The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-03-19


popular work. that the growing Of vine
yards and the manufacture Of wine n this
country win do more to promote the tenn
perance reformation than al the public lee
turoa have ever done or ever viii do. That
the use Of wine win create distate for all
stronger drinks. and thus intemperance,
with All is consequences, win be done
away. We have in our minds eye some
actfve members Of Christian churches, who
once gave their influence and their money
70 promote the cause Of total abstinence,
Who have become thorough converts to this
doctrine, have planted their vineyards and
Withdrawn all their sympathies from the
cause Of temperance on account Of the
ultra doctrines Of its advocates. How far
motives Of interest--the influence Of the
= aimigAiy doliars ''--have operated on their
eipaa 4 i not our province 70 Judge, but
It is quite certain that they expect to make
large profits on the product Of their vine
yards, and it Is also certain that theyop
pose every advance step in the temperance
enterprise.
As some Of these wine advocates are pro-
fessed Bible Christians, we call their atten.
tiOn to few divinely authenticated facts
from the book of God, to show that "native
wine is no promoter of temperance, NOR
ality, or religion.
"Noah began to be an husbandman, and
he planted vineyard and he drank wine
aud was drunken, and he was uncovered
within his tent. " This "perfect man,
who walked with God, who was so obe-
dient, and faithful and pious, was drunken
on &c natiUe iCine." This is a signal instance
of the danger that awaits even a devout
christian, who indulges in this drink. 1t is
at least an evidence that RGtiUe tOiRe is
not calculated to "prOnaOte the temperance
reformation. "
"It is not for kings to drink wine, lest
they drink and forget the law, and pervert
the judgment of any Of the afflicted. F" The
instances recorded in ancient history oi
kings" getting drunk on native wine and
forgetting the law, and perverting the
judgment Of the afflicted" are numerous,
and familiar to every reader.
"And the Lord spoke unto Aaron, say
ing, Do not drink t0ine, nor strong drink,
thou nor thy sons with thee, when ye go
into t,-a tabernacle of the congregation, lest
We die and it shall be statute forever
throughout your generations. " Why this
Injunction to the minister of God, if wine
promoted health, temperance, morality and
religion "But they, also, have erred
through wine. "#a. "The priest and the
prophet are swallowed up Of wine they
err in vision, they stumble in Judgment.
: These we're the effects Of the delicious ma
n tiUe iOines of the east upon men, strongly
e fortified against intemperance by religious
= principles There no evidence that mod
ern native wines are less harmless. There
e have been in every Christian church mel
i ancholy evidences, that I0iHe causes tn,
priest to err in vision and stumble il
judgment. There has been more than ont
Onderdonk, who has brought a reproacl
n upon the cause of Christ by this promo
!, tiUs Of temperance, morality and religion :"
!. "And the angel of the Lord said, now
= therefore, beware, pray thee, aud drink no
7 wine or strong drink"
t The wine making christians in the vi
b. cinity Of Cincinnati would have the ange
y of the Lord strike the word iOiHe out of tn
: warning, and leave only strong drink
"Woe unto them that rise up early in tn
t morning that they may follow strong drink
= that continue until night till iOine iuflam
s them.
/, We shall be told that the wine here re
ferred to, is not such as is manufactured b.
: LOngwOrth and others. Well, perhaps moi
D but the alcoholic element was in bottles
g and it is this element that "infames, " an,
: it is on account of this element that tn
caution is given. "WOe unto them that ar
: mighty to drink wine. Uninspired wri
J, ters would say, "woe unto them that ar
/ mighty to drink brandy, rum, sOhisky.
: "WinO is a mocker, says Solomon. Ol
no say the wiser than Solomon of the l9t
4 century, "Wine is promoter of health
T comfort, social enjoyment, temperance, MOI
| ality and religion" Yet the facts prov
: both in ancient and modern times, wha
5 Solomon said, that "They who tarry long a
the wine have woe, sorrow, redness of eyes
3 babblings, contentious and wounds with
, out cause. {" "LOok not upon the win
! when it is red, when it giveth its color il
, the cup, when it moveth itself Alright.
I " For at last it biteth like a serpent an
! stingeth like an adderl" Oh no, this isal
j. a great mistake cit is distilled spirit
that do all these things :" "wine creates
distaste for all other kinds of intOxicatin
drinks and will do more to renOvate an
4 purify society and remove evils, than a
/. the temperance lecturers have ever done.
!. Solomon was all wrong, and he did not r
n fer to the native wines raised on the hill
0 Of Ohio.
!, "The pipe and mine are in their feast
. but they regard not the work of the Lor'
neither consider the operation Of his hand
4 Whoredom and sciRe, and nsO wiRs tai
M away the heart. "
1. The vices are intimately associated, an
u thew unite in taking away the heart. II
ID influence Of wine in awakening lust hi
y been illustrated in ten thousand instance
a. The wine drinkers are generally the moi