The Delaware herald., 1854-04-19

"a ',ie Mtg0T0 beacon, OF the 9TH OF April, under
the cognomen Of "Nimrod.n | think that the
Two Will be apt to set you right, and perhaps
keep youso. kf
You will find, by referring to Deut xxi. 90,
that drunkenness and gluttony were punishable
with death. If man had a stubborn and re.
belllous son that would not obey the voice OF
: his father or his mother, they were to declare
, unto the elders that he was a drunkard and
glutton, and the men Of the city took up stones
ana stoned HIM that he died. Wonder how
oephus would like such stringent laws as that
IN THIS country! | expect he would think
worse OF that than he does of the Maine law
But why was this done! The answer is TO he
iound IN the 2lst verse--that they might put
evil away from among them, and that all Israel
might hear and fear
Again, Leviticus x, 9, 10: "Do not drink
VINE nor strong drinks, thou, nor thy sons with
thee' when ye go into the tabernacle of the
congregation, lest ye die; it shall be statute
forever throughout your generations; and that
ye may put difference between holv and rnbolv
and between clean and unclean." PROV wi
~, 30, 81, 80: WHO hath woeq who hath
sorrow! who hath contentious! who hath bah
bling who hath wounds without cause who
halh reGness OF eyes they that tarry long at
the VINE when 1t Is red, when it giveth its color
Iii the cup, when it moveth itself Alright: at the
last 1t blteth like serpent and stingeth like an
adder" bid, 30, 81: "Be not among wine
bibbers; among riotous eaters Of flesh for the
drunkard and glutton shall come to poyertv. and
drowslness shall clothe a man with rags. .
again. Prov. XXI, d, 5: " It is not for KINGS to
drink WINE, nor for princes strong drink lest
they drink and forget the law, and pervert the
Judgment OF any Of the afflicted" Isaiah V.
II: 9 Wo unto them that rise up carlv in The
mOrDl0U- that thnTr c.
that continue until night, till wine inhamc
them" Ibid, %, %: Woe unto them that
are mighty to drink wine and men of STRENGTH
10 mlngle strong drink; which Justify the
"lcked Tor reward, and take away the rirhte-
odShcss ct the righteous from hiIar' Do not
these Passages faiuy forbid the use of wine
and strong drink Certd;"lv they do.
! think that those p,ssa yes Of Scripture,
when we have quoted, clearly and concu2.ge-
| y prove that wine and strong drink was, to
great extent, prohibited by the Jewish law
But there are few more TO which we
wish to call your attention. You will find, by
referring TO the 2Sth cha ter Of Isaiah, that a
woe Is pronounced against the drunLlr:l and
tnose Who are overcome with wine: "Wo to
the drunkards Of Ephraim, whose glorious
beauty is flower" The crown o.. pride
The urunkurds of Ep}rain, stall he tr6laar
under foot We commend 70 your careful
!HruSal, Mr. Scphus, tar following lC--we
t'lhh mat 1t Is very app. c3hic - year case ard
! nope mat You VIII appreciate it: " r. cY also
lave erred through wine, and through stroro
/ d'lni, are out oI the way : the priest ar,d the
prophet have erred through strc,.r drink. thn,. /
arc swallowed UP Of wine. trcy are out of the /,
way through stron" drink ; they err in vision. .
'h,y stumble IN Judgment"
DO you not learn from t---takiGr the R;ble
"a
DIVINE authenticity, am. throwing aside vour
experience and observation relative fo thc asc
"' ardent sprts-that those WHO are .a,jctcd
70 the use of vine often err ~ judgment fro,,
us use; that they @3t ,ut OF thr Vav" ;hrouoL
Suohg drink, aud the priest, the lcgislntor. th,
statesman, and the Judge will err in VISION
anu stumble III judgment" when they uart8ke
oi tins exciting beverage? Wiv not abandon
IT, then Why not unite with ns and ass.st N
iF.r''i'Hing this evil from the land: You style
llGHor blessing! We think it a curse
nat Il IS regarded such. in the Bible. ven
cannot fall to perceive; for, when the Most
i'1h' through his prophet Ezekiel, pronounced
curse against the Wlckpdaegs an. corrpitiop
OF Aholiblh, he said " Thou shalt be flIed
win drunkenness and sorrpv., with the ctp ofi
astonlshment and desclatlon.''
SephuS thinks that tht. advocates Of toetotal
ism from splrituOus liquors are uichcd Won
der what he thinks OF ood old Hannah OF
"C[lplure memory for when Eli. the priest
'"id her to put away wine from h.r. she r,pljod
=" have drunk neither wine nor srron,r dri,k ! 5
pnt have poured out my soul before the Lord
couns not thine handmasd as daurhIer of, !
DciIaI. SAVING IN substanca, that those who d
used these things were the servants OF the devil J
AGAIN, Hab II, 10: l." Woe unto HIM t,l,t
gFeth his nc'ghbor drink, that putte.t thy bot 4,
lie to Inn, and makest hIm drunken" iiyo.
70 MN that lncrcascth that which Is not ms s
w nose money is that which the rumselicr wrests /
rom the unfortunate victim Of a ytiutod anne- | y
i't' WINE he gives INN IN exchange that which (,
only degrades and ruins him! We re,ea,.
= oe 10 HIM that inCreaseth that which 5 no,
his!' " ''''" 's i'o'
but time and space would fail me were TO
ituelhnt TO cite the principal passages of HOLY
:" [i' dehouncng, IN language plain and easily
- OT understood by the most illiterate that
1' u"Acthtss is "ickedness N the sight OF God b
that 1t is prejudicial to the best interests OF /.
nose who practice t--that it units man for >,
bearing his proportionable snare of the duties :,
INA burdens OF society; ans that as II affects m
ne interests OF society, that society," thus affect n,
'd ana burdened, has legitimate right to adopt =,
uieS and structures regulating its sale and use, q,
lpon the principle of civil law VIZ that ifadi- 50
'tauat enjoyment must yield to public erpedi-
Rcy 0Rd Wutty. 81,
Certain am |, from acquaintance and inter- n,
course with society, that the intelligent and u,
linking portion OF the community thus think
md believe, and are ready To oct accordingly. n,
We know that some will not act with, but are rs,
rrayed in virulent opposition against us. Be tb
SO. But we have nailed the flag to the mast N
ead' and we don't mean to pull it down, nor or
How our enemies to shOoi ii aaoav. We u
'on't "give up the ship,''-we have remained NJ
n board during several political contests, in the
ark hours OF moral and political reform, when ab
"a wild and many weaponOd ihrong, re
Hung on our front and flank and rear" mr.
'ut we have passed safely through it; which af. ga
nrds another exemplitication Of the truth of
hese beautiful lines OF Bryant: pc
Ir9Ih' crushed 10 earth, will rise again, .''
The etetnal years of God are hers. te