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REPLY no 9SsRirAs." --eoHCLuDEp
"Veritas" next says we affirmed ninoty
out ofeyery hundred moderate drinkers
become druukards.
Nom,as to what he understood us TO say
We dorot Know. But we most emphaG
coity declare we meant no such thing. We
did ase the phrase "rinoty nine in every
hundred" twice, but each time chad ref
Iereneo exclusively TO the drunkard after
having become confirmed in the habit that
ninety nine in every hundred" never re.
formed. But euppose,we had intended the
reader.to understand the phrase as "Yeri-
tas" does and then we conceive chat we
would not have made much greater ex-
aggeration than lie has. lie says
can, count scores of men in my nc
quaintance from go to 80 years of age who
have used spirits all their lives, and who
are not drunkards."
Now, we would remark that we suppose
some country which is more favorable. 10
health and conducive to longevity than even
the mountain regions of South Carolina.
But the a0ine spoken of in the Bible is
"Neritas'S" strong hold as it is all others of
like stamp. Now, does "Ncritas" or any
other sane man WHO reads tho scriptures
with an unbiased mind reasonably suppose
the wine spoken of with appreciation and
that spoken of with disapprobatiou were
one and the same wine, If so he must be-
lieve the Bible contradicts itself, aud If so,
why docs he quote itas authority. For if
1t can DC proved that any two passages clash
there is its authenticity invaldated, and it,
all falls to the ground and is no more tliau
a cunniugly devised fable. Now, the Bible
tells us that the Lord promised TO bless the
wine of the Jews. Here it is spoken Of with
APPRECIATION, and as blessing. The same
Bible tells lis that the Lord told tile same
Jews not t. look upon tho wine, that wine
was mocker, DC. Now, do those seem.
ingly contradictory passages have reference
to the wine, or to the qualities of the vine
They evidently have reference to tile quail.
ties Of two different wines. For wonId il
not be singular blessing an article ,ffood
that the aii-wise God would give to peo-
pie and then tell them it was mocker, and
that whosoever was deceived thereby was
not wise, That it was so pernicious and
dangerous in its qualities that they should
not even so much as look upon it, Quite
singular blessing indeed.
In the 3lst Chapter of Proverbs the rea
der will find the following language res
pecting the use Of wine.
1t is not for kings, o Lemuel, it is not for
kings to drink wine nor for princes strong
drink, lest they drink and forget the law
aud pervert the judgment of any of the af-
lic:ed. Give strong drink to him that IS
ready to perish, and wine unto those that
be Of heavy hearts. Let him drink and for
get his poverty and remember his misery
no more.
Now, does not every one perceive al a
glance that it is not only the abuse but the
use Of the wine that is forbidden here. But
"Nerilas" contends that the use is recon
mended here, for he quotes the 9th verse to
prove that the Bible recommends the tenn,
peraie use Of alcohol. |" Give strong drink
to him that is really to perish, and wine un.
to those that be of heavy hearts" We ad.
mt that the use is recommended here, but
we deny lis being the temperate use or the
use Which "yerilas" attributes to il. lis
nse,is also forbidden, and the two classes of
persons who should use it named. And the
persons to whom its use was recommended
are described, so as to show more clearly the
pernicious quantities of this wine andits en-
TIRE untitness for any other persons than
those 10 whom it was recommended. "Giye
strong drink 10 him that is ready to per,
ish." This doubtless has reference to tho
practice of the Jews, giving stupefyinc and
deadenlng potations TO maefactors who
were going to perish on the Cross. These
dranghts were given to them TO render the
pains of death less acute.
Now, If any one has his doubts respecting
our notions being correc as respects the
Jews having two kinds of wine, we recon
mend him to pefuse work on this subject
by the Rev ELIpHALET NoTr, ID. ID. which
perhaps may somewhat dissipate those
doubts. DR.. Norg tells us that the most of
the wines of the Jews were drunk in an un-
fernented state, and consequently were DIES.
iitute of any alcoholic properties, and that
these wines were known TO the Jows by n
different name from that used to designate
fermented wines. That the wines in those
days which were esteemed the best were
always infcrmented. This learned divine
has made a'criticaf Investigation Of every
passage in the Bible where wine is mention
ed, and has found without any exception,
that wherever wine is spoken of with ap.
probation that the word whichis rendered
wine in om English version that IL is in the
original the word which signifies the unfer.
mented juice of the grape, and that on tae
other hand wherever wine is spoken of with
disapprobation the original signifies the fer
mentcd juiceof the grape, and that the word