Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-10-06

Here dear Jesse, is the high principle OF ''Total
abstinence men," and here Is practical christi
anity. Hero is the selfdenial-the voluntary act
the free-will offering on the altar of the public
good Of Temperance men," and here is the NOR
al obligation on all christians who are placed un-
der the attendant circumstances of world Of
drunkenness, totally to abstain from drinking
",viue, and anything whereby brother stumbleth,
or is offended, or is made weak" Temperance
societies" of men and women do totally and vol.
UNFAIRLY abstain from wine, &c., for the good of
others, in order that they may be delivered from
drunkenness Christians do totally abstain not
only voluntarily for the benefit of Others but also
to shew their willing obedience to the will Of God
and in this their langua age is, "Lord God thy will
be done, thy holy will, however itcross my own" 4"
Once when distller, who also was habitual
dram drinker retail vender Of spurious liquors,
and yet reputed to be sober man, and chris
tian, was exhorted to the duty Of q total abstl-
nence from whiskey SC. !; and when urged in CON
versstion to this his duty BY the teachings Of 81
Paul in this very scripture, he felt himself hardly
pressed, and being puzzled to find an answer he
said, "If had been St. Paul, / would not have
said that" Now my dear Jesse, await your
answer to these things.
Dear Jesse: I am amazed to hear you answer,
that sin this teaching of st. Paul he Is only Civ.
ing erhortation to the Romans and Corinthians in
the matter of meat and drink, as he did to the
Corinthians in that of marriage. Cor. 7: l, g.
g." ....- ~
Ans.-Not so Jesse. The Corinthian church
was then undergoing q state of persecution for
their religion, and in this condition Paul advised
the unmarried 80 to remain unmarried during this
distress ver /, 6, 9 yet here he left the matter
open for the unmarried to marry if they soW. No
case of conscience arose on this matter among
the Corinthians, as did of eating meats sscrafced
to idol gods-chap. 8: l, l3, and chap. 1O-and
between the jewish and Gentle christian converts
at Rome, about the eating of meats esteemed oy
Jewish christians to be uncean, Rom. IA 10
On the matter Of marriage Paul gave his OPINION
and adviceto the unmarried1-Cor. 7: 10, q, y
on the matter of meats clean and unclean he gave
the precept Of the Lord to all. Rom. IA TO- Il
& Is. =
But my dear JESSE, even thougha total absti.
nence from wine, whiskey, &c., be here based
simply on the exhortation Of st. Paul, and not on
divine command; and even though the rule for
action here be the ,ciN of man-of christians, and
not the Holy Scripture in moral precept, yet, I'M
der your circumstances you are very far behind IN
charity to men, the charity Of those who volun-
tariy do make will Offering sacrifice on the
altar of the public good, their liberty to drink Of
wine, or whskey, &c. These temperance men
would exalt those who are debased BY drink, and
save the rest from this degradation and misery (;
but you in selfshness utterly refuse to be disci-
cpe of the apostle Paul. in choosing rather to in
dulge yourself in an unnatural and acquired ap-
petite to the degradation Of yourself as profess
sed follower of the meek and lowly Jesus Christ,
and in leaving others in their degraded state, or
exposed to ruin. If all men do. follow your pre-
cept and example here, by whose agency is this
drunken world to be reformed ? 1t would never
be reformed. High proof this, that you are here
in error.
But Sir. did you ever reflect on the NOR
ality in this matter of the Rechabites Jer. 35: 2
in how far it does erteU your own? They ab-
stained in Otto from wine, simply because it was
commanded them by their father Jonadab. Did
you ever reflect in how far Mahomedans do szcslI
you in morality in this matter? Mahomedans DO
totally abstain from wine, simply because Maho-
met their leader "a dead many commanded them.
Mahomet said of drinking wine, &C., what is sound
doctrine, viz: "Itis great Sin, and also some
things of use to men; but the snfulness is great
er than the use." "Sureiy, wine, &c., are an a.
domination of the work of Satan; therefore avoid
them" (Koran vol. !. PIP. 2l9, 308.) But you,
dear Jesse, are commanded of the living God to-
tally to abstain under the attendant circumstan-
ces yet, you do refuse obedience to his will
One thing is certain, you do in your drinking
whiskeyH &c., stand Christian convicted Of erro'
neous practice at the bar Of the Rechabites, and
at the bar of Koran of Mahomet; and how you
will fare at the bar of God for your rebellion a.
gainst his will, do not pretend to say. l leave
You in bis hands. NOBODY.
ro,BE CONTINUED.