The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-08-02
sPARTANBURG, S. c.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 2. 1860.

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ding service, purify ourselves for the com
munion OF our Great High Priest and Sa-
yiour? Does the drunkard always leave his
drunkenness AT home when he appears at
the house Of Gody You often see i'm your
solemn assemble, the flushed countenance.
the blood-shot eye. and the swayinS form of
the drunkard, dsgracing the sanctuary of
God Verify these things ought not SO TO
be.
Another rotaGo instance in which a
high estimation was placed upon total ab-
Stincncc, is the law regulating the perfor-
nance of the vow of the Nazarte. The
nature Of this peculiar devotion, we may
best undcrsta by referring again to the
sacred volume And the Lord spake unto
unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the chill
drcn Of Israel, and say unto them, When
either man or Il woman shall separate
themselves To VOW vow Of u Nazartc, to
separate themselves unto the Lord; He
shall separate himself from wine and strong
drink, and shall drink neither VINEGAR of
wine or vinegar of strong drink. nor shall
he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist
grapes or dried. All the days of his scpa
ration shall he eat nothing that is made of
hCsk.' How completely does this compre-
hcnd the whole subject of tcetotalism; no
vcstige of an excuse left for error 1t is
distinct and uncquivocal 1t is the proto-
type ol that beautiful apostolic Injunction,
"touch not, taste not, handle not that which
is to perish with the using" Have you
vowed the vow of a Nazaritcy which means
no more than have YOU consccratcd your
self to holy living? Then YOU will
yield willingly to the obligation of Naza-
rite. You will readily adopt creed which
has the earnest OF 50 much happiness, both
for time and Loundicss eternity
The Holy Scriptures. to the authority of
which We all submit gives still another re-
markablc passage connected with the sub
jcct The angel OF the Lord, when prophc-
Syin% to /acharias concerning the greatness
OF the promised child of his old age. says.
lie shall Eo great IN the sight of the Lord:
and shall drink neither wine nor strong
drink. Here. notwithstanding "A different
opinion prevails ~ our degenerate davS. we
hnd greatness c,tcd with strict temper
ance. In truth, the Inference is. that the
! ideas expressed above are intimately con-
ncctcd with each other; and whether we
consider nrrsou,l b,Iiu,s, -. c,,, C,r,,,;,,., .,
trmncronre - coprs, oc coz 1mct 60.
ent with ITS nature, or whether we view the
virtue itself rs contriLutiu. 70 the n,r.onol
holiness o! tl.is .e,.at.r th,n all the nronbc,s
vet the importance of tn, conncction !
still apparert. Ei;Lcr l. !, NOR, holy he.
cause hc is temperate. or he is tcmncrotc
because he is most holy.
But dismi..inr ir.l',.,,.I h., o.
our frs, view or rho s,,L;n.. f ,r,i IN ',.'
coed next 70 cons;lar rho ;nf,,n.o .h,. r Voc
M, exert by our ,am,nr,nrc ~. ;,,n,mnor
aus, ua5n the bapniur.s or o,r r.lIn,v ,lo,,
Our very existence rs social, -. iny'I,.n.
the idea Of mutull influence, exercised upon
one another. Any cod, # ~ lrlls that viii
,Ilatr man, and deprive him Of this ines
timab!c preroSat yc. is inconsistent with
nat 'ral a':d revealed truth Thc r,a-t.tu