The Columbian fountain., 1846-02-12
BIBLE ALCOHOL.

There are many ministers and members
| Of the Church, who maintain that Christ
/ aud his apostles used Intoxicating wine.
| That il is the proper wine for the Lords
/ table, and that the notion of Temperance
men now -a-days is a delusion and origin
ates in infdelity. While we would re-
spect the opinions Of those who understand
the Bible better than we profess to do, We
| must maintain with firmness our own con-
viclions upon this subject. We insist that
infdelity, SO far from originating the senti-
ment, that the Book of the Christian s
faith forbids The use Of alcohol, would re-
loice in the establishment of the doctrine
that the holy book licensed its use. The
Bible should be always interpreted consist
emily with sound reason. Whenever we
4 step beyond this bound, and ask our fell
! low -men to believe that which wars with
their reason and experience, we make
them intidels. The reason. of finite men
may not be able to comprehend every SUBJ
ject of faith, but when it is comprehensive,
it is always consistent with the reason and
experience Of men. For example, our rea-
son and experience prove that Jesus Christ,
the heaven-sent messenger came on mis-
sion of eternal love to man. That he saw
and pitied, PROSTATE, helpless, dying, re-
bel world, and moved with compassion, he
bowed the heavens, and came down to lift
men up from their deep degradation.
These facts are distinctly set forth in the
Scriptures, and they commend themselves
to our understanding We ask those who
believe that Christ came to save, whether
it is consistent with that belief, TO suppose
that in the last interview with his loved
disciples, when he desired them to shadow
forth his undying love, he presented to
them at his sacred board, cup which las
spread moral pestilence over his whole
| earth, and filled with unnumbered millions
perditen's deepest hell'
History, science, experience and reason,
prove conclusively, that The Intoxicating
cup is the cup Of Devils, and has blighted
the hopes, and ruined the fortunes, destroy
ed the bodies, and blasted The intellect,
marred the happiness, and damned the souls
of unnumbered thousands Of Gods crea-
lures.
Has Jehovah approved of that which
constantly, uniformly, and throughout all
time, has shown itself what he declared ii
TO be, mocker
Did the Son of God, at the marriage
feast, convert the pure water into an iniox-
icating liquor, which would, when drank,
inname the lusts, and lead the unsuspect-
ing wedding party to profane Gods name,
and commit every abomination
God has said that fermented wine should
not be looked upon, because it biteth like a
serpent This result we know to be true !;
all past history and present experience
prove it. Did the " adder's sting" lurk in
the jars Of water after our Savior had
wrought the mlracle' Those who believe
that he manufactured Intoxicating wine are
forced to that conclusion. We cannot, nor
would we believe, that he whose bound
less love evolved the plan Of redemption,
and undertook to carry out that plan, was
engaged in the manufacture or use Of that
which is now filling earth with waIings
We think il impious to suppose that God
would put the bottle to lie lips of his
creatures, and say drink We all OF il, after
he had denounced a bitter woe upon his
creatures for doing the same thing' The
distillers and venders are reaping a fearful
harvest Of wretchedness and woe for SUD-
plying the stream Of death for infatuated
man. Yet, the pious minister who clings
to the Bible as his unerring guide, insists
that his Savior was sengaged in the same