Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1854-10-11
Original artitIcs,
Written for the Smyrna Times.
Bible Temperance,
BY JoHANAN.

Hosea !, IL : " Whoredcnl, ana wine and
new wine take away the heart" Like whore
dom this is its direct tendency. 1t corrupts and
demoralizcs every virtuous affection and makes
man a beast or friend in human form. Did it
not take away the heart of Lot, who, while un-
der the influence of wine, committed incest
with his own daughters! Did it not do so in
the case of Noah, who got intoxicated and
cursed his son! And has it not done 50 IN ten
thousand instances Look ut the overwhelm-
ing torrent of misery and wretchedness that
has deluged the earth through the influence of
intoxicating liquors! And yet half has not
been told us. Could the grave utter her voice,
she would disclose the most appalling horrors.
What, then, will the judgment day disclose =
Scenes, no doubt, that will make the very ears
Jingle, and fill the soul with the utmost conster-
nation. How many appear even to mortal
vision as If possessed with legion Of demons
No man can Comprehend the awful effects o.
intoxicating liquors. Eternity alone will reveal
them. And yet, iorsooth, God sanctions It's use
as beverages . shame, where is thy blush
How great is the compassion and long suffering
of Jehovah, that man is not consumed-man
who prates about that God sanctions such abomi
nations.
Again, Isaiah 2s, I, and TIab. 2, 81 God de
clares that it causes man to err and transgres
his Holy Law, even the priest and the prophet
Would the Lord sanction the use of an articl
!; that produces such results, ard thus encourag
! the transgression of his own law! No, Gel
Y tainly not. thrust we nave more correct view
Of the character Of Jehovah, and more revc1
Il entail awe than to utter such imPicty. Agar
l Peter 4, 8, and Prov. 30, /: those who use
are declared to be wicked men, the very OPP
Il. site of the christian. They are "not wise
being "deccived," revealing in their own sham
But the christian is wise job %, %: Ma
r. %, B." sober, watching unto prayer" Pet
Al. If, therefore, the Bible sanctions it's u
as beverage, it is strangely Inconsistent.
p! But, presume, my readers have more CORE
views of the Bible
'"' That awful book whose leaves unfold,
The secrets of the immortal soul;
And when that last dread trump shall sour
'e: What multitudes it will confound
ny So there might be other passages quoted,
these for the present will be sufficient. C
ast any man, in view of these declarations a
precepts, for a moment think that the Grt
tue God of the Universe can connive at such inc,
sistencies and denominations, which necessar
ust flow from His sanctioning alcoholic liquors
beverage! Can any man have such vie
my of Jehovah' if SO, / envy them not. All
persons adopt what they think is Bible tea
the ing, without due examination. Such, Il
are many advocates Of wine drinking. But
10Y that breaketh one of these least commandme
- and teaches men so, shall be called the leas
: the kingdom of Heaven.-Matt. s, 10.
ers, But an objection may here arise, that in IL
cases it was used to excess! What is exc
20 Where will you form the standards Ii we
,,e, dulge in one glass, that glass will want ano
and then another, until the appetite is forr
and the result is beastly intoxication ar
ow- drunkard's gravel One man takes his dr.
occasionally, another daily, a third sew
the times day; and yet nohe think they drin
py excess! The man who drinks his quart
'A' and even the drunken sot, win not believe
" he drinks to excess Men may think that OF
fifty drink to excess, but they will not think
you themselves. Where will you form stand
=" Total abstinence is the standard--anything
= is excess. The tendency of one drop
much as one drop can do, and when you
two drops into the system, il is twice as IN
was and when four drops,it is four times as IN
and when Eve drops, It is five times as 10