Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1857-11-12
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Now, want to make a closer application
Of this matter to the Church, VIZ to the
ordinance Of the Lords Supper. | know,
t6eJ that I tread on holy ground Ieei
tne responsibility of the position now taken
Mistake not nv intentions, TO the pure
all things are pure have shown that the
cause of Christ, the purity OF the Churcn,
and the eternal welfare of immortal souls
demands an exposition of the truth IN this
matter. In consulting church history, par
tieularlv in regard to this institution, we
find that the Jews were very strict IN using
materials that were pure to represent the
body of the Lord. unleavened bread was
commanded by God TO be used at the Pas
chal Supper, on account of Its purlty-be-
cause of its having no leayen, which IS,
like alcohol, the product of destructive
process, and which was discarded by the
Jews as unclean and an unfit emblem to
tipify the body of Christ. The VINE ap-
pointed by God was not rotten nor PERM
cious wine. So far from this being the
case, he utterly forbid the use OF any sub
stance that had undergone fermentation to
be employed in his service. The wine used
by the Jews in the Paschal Supper was
unfermented wine, and the wine used at
the Paschal Supper was the same as that
used by our Savior in the institution OF the
Lords Supper. The Jews of the present
dav, in obedience to the command of God,
put away every fermented substance during
the Passover from their houses, and in
those services use only unfermented wine.
During the seven days of the festival the
use of fermented substances was forbidden
under pain Of death.
To the use of pure wine, such as God
appointed in his service, and such as he
recommended for use, have no objection;
but fermented or alcoholic wine is curse,
and is SO decided in Sacred Writ. | do
not wish to be understood that the pure
juice of the grape should not be used, but
| utter my protest against the vile stuff re-
tailed at the doggeries of our town. More
over the juice of the grape can be kept
free from the intoxicating principle for a
year or moro, thereby obyiating the neces-
sity of the Church legalizing or counte-
nancing drunkenness, which ii cannot help
but do as long as Christians procure wine
for sacred use from the same vessel from
which every drunkard of town sucks his
liquid damnation Come We out from
among them touch not the unclean thing.
Would it not be better to use water
that emblem of purity-f6r God has pro-
nounced it good? Would it not be more
consistent to use that liquor which God the
eternal brews for all his children not in
the simmering still, over smoky fires, but
in the green glade and grassy dell, where
the deer wanders and the child loves to
play; and low Down in the valleys where
the fountains murmur, and high on the tall
mountain top, and out on the wide ocean
there he brews it, that beverage of life,
health-giying water
Prom the esta hall, and the of mfrth
They have warret against it iacamp aud neld.
They have cast It away from the social beard,
But It's left On the table Of the Lord.
They have sung in wild aud rnournfuI songs
" the drunkards woes and the drunkard's wrongs;
They have sought 20 lead him from errors way.
And often for him do they weep and pray
Yet they stand at the altar and taste the cup
That carries destruction IN every drop.
II They e. have told Of lis strange and mighty force.
" ITS sin-eegetting and hendish course:
VI sorrows tear, and misery's groan-
Yet the half Of its mischief remains unknown
But oh can the soul polluter be
An emblem Of Christian puriEy7
Oh well may the arehhend smile with pride
When he marks the flow Of the ruby tide:
Oh- well may he count the victory sure,
When the CHRISTIAN will bow at the shrine impure:
For monsters ard hends satanic swim
In the liquid that floats round the goblets briu
Why should not the gushing spring be sought.
Aud Natures own beverage thence be brought'
het the LORD HIMSELF hath pronounced IL good.
IL would strengthen thee than sparkling vine
for IT comes from the Fountain Of Life Divine