The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1843-06-10

when it is my bent, and with which |
can battle your proteslations Of bible tenn
perance as eiicctuaIly as the s On of Analh
did the Philislines with the ox-goad
Judg. III, 81.
In looking over the articles BY Vindex,
can detect none Of that ''abLityn or ssdig-
nifty" with which Fair Play credits him.
They are throughout a muddy and jum-
bIed up mass, and risk The assertion that
his brain has been'bIuntcd by gin or BRAN
| DIV, or that he has numbed and slupe(ied
1t by guzzling wine or beer. No man,
4 care not what may be his station,) but
one possessnga corrupt and vi,ialed taste,
AID the distorted ard couded mind of
higo', would have committed to paper
such an amount of perverted truth aud
gIarng error Through all ri, pieces he
has eslnccd disposition to lead off from
the point or else (Which rather think TO
be the case like blind man fighting, he
has been bu!letlng he knew not what In
noticing him | shall regard neither his
blunders or nanguvrcs, but shall choose
my own manner as well as my own time
In his first article, index SAYS, he .sdiI
| conceive temperance to be a fixed princI
pie extending TO all the actions of our
lives" II Temperance have such an ex-
'ens'"c meaning, why di! Paul in his e.
Pisiie TO the Galatians, enulnerale as the
fruit OF the spirit, among ether qualities,
! gentleness, goodness, meekRess. TEMPER
ance? GAL. V, 1928. Why did he not
simply say its fruit was femme, auce2-
Endex copies as his definition of tempe--
ance, DIR. tIarke's note on The word in
the above tex . cerbuiim ct Ntcratim.--
Let INN took al his comment on the word
mcehneSS immediately preceding, tie wilt
ind 1t to be IAN even balance of all tenn
! pers and passions" and pray does not
this comprehend most Of the temperance.
held to ty fIndcx, III theory but not in
practice.
again VIC read (Acts. xxIy,QJ.) Ma,
Paul reasoned with Felix of righteous.
ness, temperance, sc. Now if tempcr-
ance Compensated all of good, why did
not the apostle use that term alone? WHY
/ did he in this aud in other cases rs, usr-
| Ic$S words. 1t would not be forced ms
terence from the text last quoted, that 4
man may bc righteous and not temperate.
touching lh's P"t.t however, there will
/ be HUE doubt wheu we quote GaN.vI.9.
That No'h was a ust man and perfect. and
walked with God, and G..N.IA.2l, that
Noah gJt drunk.
! EndcX IN his first article did not name
/ "bIbIe tempe ancc." That therefore, i,
not The question at issue. The question
mootcd by him was that the tcmperanr,
reformation was brought about by ,,uD-
warranab!e means.' Scrutator drove
him from that position as .slood sipyly.
aud then IN the attempt to shield himself
he sneaAed behind the billie, and prated Of
bible temperance" He knew that some
scores OF religious denominations. some
OF them differing as much on the most vi
tai points as day differs from nirht, land
The foundation Of their faith upon texts
found IN that book, and that MANY Of
! them o: necessity must sustain themselves
by dlsorIIHg lis doctrines; hence, thilher
he He'd, tEINkIug by like system of per-
version to she!tes bis destructive and =.
bohlnabie practice OF drinking alcohol
! il We rGcollectaright the word temper.
&nce occurs but jONr times in the bible,
and III not oHc OF these instances, does il
in the slightest degree coullic, with the
modern temperance reformation. Tenn.
1 perance societies, therefore, are not forbid
den by the bible. In no place in that
book is total abstinence from wine Or
strong drink" charged to be sin, but in
many is their use deprecated. See prov
xX,l;xxln,2O ,2o-32;lsAl y,Il;xxylu.I,
Z; Ern, V, Is, &c.
Bal the present temperance relorma-
ton IS the temperance of The bible. for
proof OF which refer to Rom. xiv,2l,
and contend that that text, is sufficient
foundation for temperance societies, and
DEFY EIndeA, or any other individual to
controrert the position.
here is no fitness in arguing that Tenn.
pciance Societies are III opposition TO IN.
bible, because CnrisL al the marri,rr s,,-
per turned wafer INTO wine. There IS no
proof tIiat that VINE was an intoXi.a,lr
drink; the presumption is that it was no..
for 1t is lnIer"ble from the text that the
men had swell drunk, )" ana it is scarcely
probable that Christ would furnish them
with that which would dethronc their rea-
son, aud make them ripe for the perpclra-
ton OF evil, the suppression of which was
his errand from heaven. AID here |
will observe incidentally lhall have not
yet seen the proof that he ever tasted H.
toXicatug drink.
But granting that he in nprrorn,iur ,