The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1856-06-06

subject of brewing AMI fcrmlntinc this
''hcalthful beverage" What Il terrible state
they were in. No wonder there were 50
many "aharp prcindiccs hrcwc1 up" against
wine. and that this oil book is 50 full Of
them, Oh. had we ('mcc Of phioniAro-
ri$'s!!) lived in that day, me should not
(no, not we y have fallen into their mis-
takes on the licct. We should have sent
our learned friend. Dr. Togao, us mssiou
airy to lecture .Ecm out Of their strange no.
tions. We are certain if he could only
have been with Noal and planted that vine
yar, for Him, he never would have got drunk
and disgraccd himself rs he did. He's rot
mare g,"rc than Noah, (Noah didn't belong
to the Society "f Christ. to") and besides
that the Doctor understands 80 nicely the
whole philosophy Of wine maxim. and wine-
drinking tlnt he could have set things
strai ght, and prevented that four blot uror,
sacred history. And then il Solomon could
only have la'l the benefit of DR.. Tocno',
exp, rirrcc and infal!ile wisdom, it would
have saved him from man. strange mis-
, take on this subject. For Solomon had q
vineyard too. lie says: g." sought in my
heart 10 :Girc 'rYscL '"n;o mjnc =; | made nc
great works builcd me houses ; I plant
. cd me vineyards; then | looked upon ali
! the works that my hands had wrought, and
Oil the labor that ha.l alorel to do, and
l,choll all was vanity and vcxa:ion Of spirit"
! md lie was ftm;,'fH to caution lis son
"Heor H,o". a'y son, Gnd be lciye. Be not
ontoRg ri"eLibber$." Alas Solomon witt,
all his wisdom, What was he compared with
DR.. To.no
: And ,ilcn turn to Isaiah. What tano-
tie Inc was on this subject. almost rs bad
rs Gen. Carey: "Woc unto them (l.c
cries "u') that 'i*e up carly in tho morning
that they may follow S;ron" drink, and con-
iinue until night ill w;;"" ;nfomc Mcn ~
Nh that must have i'crn tel 'riHc, surely,
which produced suc, effects. Isut YOU saw
. (vcry chn"aHg) ";hc hungry belly has no
ears" Won't listen either to Solomon or
Cen. Cary. Thc;" c!nGu2ncc Is not siiu,u-
t"iiHg enough. Nothing short of good
dinner an'! :;om"i"ing I" drinA will answer.
What s"iI; Isaiah o, Isl, sub bcc; "Bchod
joy :n': :;i:'In"** ,,''.> ~: oxen Hnl killing
sheep, ":ni"- il,>t aud cr;n19"n 7r;ne.
Surely (',c a.l''>) his i";4";iy shall not Lc
pnrg@'i ::on! YOU ui;l yc lie O:u:. Doc
;or, VIC hope better ,l.i;:g~ Q: .yon)
AnL again ir,cmall WIS lust rs fanat-
ic"! 81 am Ike 81 drunken man, Che says
in his distress an'l like r.an whom rinc
h"M n"frrG!Jr." :" wine did overcome in
those days. And he tells lis that not only
in n'!r;', l''lt l;al'vlnn. they kept this bnd
wine, which Il" doubt had passed (as You
s!y) INTO Tie ouiri" t'o;sdi!;oa, c"d hnd not
ii.'"i":'r'E N"Sc "nc'2 "nd miJ:yurScr0iag(HO
sir"2suiS, oLcpioI l:'r.ic "nA t0riurric
"ci"%." l@r:"In"e this Babyloni*h wine
''m"ic ~ iAr :,";'.".,S q tie rnyi. dyu,.I.."
y" wonder Daniel (;inotLcr Enatic of the
sam" stamp refused to %cfhc h;asrJ' with
~. n.l.:.!..'.;.l. :n"
But stop. Doctor. let's 200 .ll:i text Vol,
have got there. .th! that belongs to the
nao.'C c"HGhfr"ci times of Christ and PouI
I'"'. Doctor. You have torn oil the end Of
that text. It'll make Your watling too
sma'l-no' tight cnough Here! let INC
tear out the wholc passage for you. Tn
;''ra'd I've got loo w"ch i!lough-il'lI make
Your "!d gun hich tr,rb!y! (Acts xix, 13)
"il' hen certain OF the vaSabonl Jews, cxor-
cl':s, i"rh uprn Mrm to .uN orc;. them
Which !'a'! crH spirits the name of the Lord
Jesus, saying, We adjure YOU hy Jesus whom
Paul prcachc:h; anil the ccl spirit an
"wrrc';, Jesus know, and PAUL know, but
who are yc!' We have cflcn heard Of
"ih" D""it q"o'ing .Scripiurr,'; but here wc
have Il Scripture uttered hy tie Dcul him
.r!t, and q"ot~'dy In. 1og"o ogaiinst Tie
Temperance rtoran! All! Doctor, sec
the cloven foot! Wonder if that cuil spi-
t7't was any kin to these spirits that arc
moving and stirring so oraeatlyabout i,ere2
I Wonder. if Ire wasn't after all this same old
$p"3t of corruption which has So long been
rlotIng in orr fair world, and now again.
using the holy name of JESUS, would have
lis believetliat to be Christians we must bo
'gi"c-6ibbers, and the Church, IN its su(Ii-
cheney, will project us from Tho corscduen-
crs? that it is religions work to bc turnino
The rotting vegetation Of a sin-curscl carth
INTO drinks which stimulate the brain anil
IRE the heart, and withcr and palsy the
body OF man? that, forsooth, pictJ demands
htl'at th we should be good Judges of aoine !
and always have some of tlietsssthousaud
beverage 5" and "brcwed drugs"on our ta-
bles and NowescosserilereD: that JEsts
name of blessing and grace, watch-word
Of faith in this dark world, synonimc ofall
that Is 1'urc on earth or holy and Gzoyious
III heaven-that this name may he pleaded
III support of alcoholic drnks!!! Wine
drinking Clristians of Abbevile, What think
ye OF this? Jesus set up as the patron Of
wlne-makers and winc.Libbcrs! What
think you Of seeing Ills name, 50 dear (
your hearts, written upon the distillcries ,1nh
w'ne-yats OF the land-stampcd upon tthv