Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-04-03

that different kinds Of wine existed and are SO
referred TO. Wine that is commended and
made symbol of mercy is one kind, and wine
that is condemned aud made a symbol oi
wrath is au entirely different kind. The one
Is unintoxicating wine, ie., the pure new, IN
termented juice OF the grape. The other is
intoxicating wine, made SO by continuous fer
mentatiou, or by drugiug. This affords a
complete and satisfactory explanation Of Scrip
ture language. Il reconciles the highest com
mendations with the severest cOndemnations
and it is easily and naturally applicable to
every text in the Bible.
That different kinds Of wine are spoken of,
the one good and blessing, the other bad
and curse, appears on the very face Of our
English Bible. How can we suppose that
the wine by which Noah was dishouorcd, by
which Lot was defiled the wine which caused
prophets TO err in judgment and priests to
stumble and fall the wine which occasions
woe and sorrow and wounds without cause !;
the wine of which be who is deceived thereby
is not wise; wine which Solomon styles a
mockery, and which is alluded to by greater
than Solomon as a symbol of wrath. How
can we suppose that this wine-the wine
mingled by harlots and songht by liberlines.
was the very wine which wisdom mingles and
to which wisdom invites, which priests offered
in sacrifice evangesis dispensed at commu-
nion tables, and which making glad the beart
of man, was a fit emblem OF the mercies Of
God. To make the matter entirely clear com
pare few texts in which the different kinds
of wine are respectively referred TO. First
the good wine. Gen. q, 28 Therefore
Ged gave thee OF the dew of heaven, and Of
lie lafness Of he earth, and plenty Of cern
aud vine" Nun. %, -, " An the best Of
the oil and all the best of the wine and of the
wheat frst fnits of them which they shall Of
fer unto the Lord them have given thee
Deut. q l3, e" He viii love thee and bless thee
and bless the fruit OF the land thy corn ard
thy wine" Now hear few texts referring TO
bad wine. Deut. 81 50, Their wine IS the
poison of dragons and the cruel venom OF
asps." Ps, -, 8, " In the hand Of the I.,rd
there i cup ard he wine is red +; il is full
Of mixture; aud lie poureih ont the same :;
but the Gregs thereof all the wicked of the
earth shall wiring Them olt and drink them .
Jer. ST. :, The nations have drunk Of ler
WING therefore tie nations ere mad" Prov.
70. ] Wine Is a mocker and strong drink is
raging" Such cnntrasted texys might Le
multiplied 20 any extent. Bat these ara
en"uah. Who can believe that wine Of such
different qna!iies, presented in such II ked
and terrible contrast, Is ore and the same
illirr. In t. same identical s:aIe2 II even
4i~jory bore no testimony WHO could believe
70? Docs uoi tie pancst dictate Of reason
IN vicw OF snc't opposite usage, demand DIFF
crcuce in The wi;te*.
IN short It must be conceded that the Bi-
BE speaks Of two kinds of wine, the one good
and the other bad
Now I afyln that the good wine. which
lie Bible conncads, Is unirtoNicating wine,
ie wiHa auisrmcnted a. it cxis's in the cluster.
he press, the vat. and the vineyard and the
bad wine. which the Bihle condemns. is IL
t,xicairg wine ie. vine after il has undergone
fermentation, or been mixed with mi xicaiir,ss
or SIMPLIFYING drugs. ! an iuiy aware Of th,.
objection made by our opponents, that the
fresh iaice Of the grape before fermentation
is moi riHe n oil and so is not to be under
stood when wine is spoken OF in The Scrip
lures. Permit me to say that all who make
such objection and attemp, by such means
10 bring Scripture authority over 10 their side.
only show their ignorance and want Of revcr-
ence for the wcrd of God. The object, n is
in fact hut shallow sopli>m, growing out of
! The popular use Of the term wine, at the pres
ent day. Does il follow that because mel
have grown so drpravtd aud their les be-
come 50 vitiated, that nothing now is accoun-
ed wine according 10 popular estimate, that
| is not lermeuled or drugged, until it is proper
| fully intoxicatiug-d il follow thai because
this is SO, the thing is so or that because il
is SO noar, it has 0iuays been so? That the
fresh uniermentcd juice Of the grape was ac-
counted wine, even good wine, is easily proved
Il is expressly so called Thus in joel 2. d.
4 The foors shall be full of wheat and the watts
hall overflow with wine" Here the inice Of
| The grape as ii stands in the vat, Just running
| Il ON the press, is called wine 1t is also call
ed wine in the press. as in Prov. 3, 10, So
| shall thy barns be filed with plentv and thy
presses burst out with new wine" Many other
passages might be cited 10 the same tff-ct-
/ IN aH such cases the Hebrew terms h4ve been
rendered by our English IranslAiors aoiie-
! They have also been rendered by the CORES
pondng term in the Septuagint and the bull
gate. Did not these harmed transators know
what was wine according 10 the accepted use
of language? Also that wine was scc5m-
ted good wine appears from the numerous
commentators bestowed upon it. Not only
is there testimony from the Scriptures. but
from prolane writers, Greek and Roman
They called fresh grape juice wine. and they
called il good wine, as may be and has been,
by competent scholars, shown 10y quotations
from their works. Ii is even known that they
even tried 70 keep this wine free from fermen
tation, resorting, for this purpose, to every
device known TO their limited science, such as
rucking il off he dregs. sealing il up and sim
mering it in wafer, or barying ii in the earth,
6ltering it through charcoal, and concentrating
it Icy boiling.
Before p. proceeding to consider particularly
the position taking that Misunderstanding wine
alone is commended in the Scriptures, while
Intoxicating wiGe alone is condemned, l should
remark, that by unntoxicating Wine is not
meant wine absolutely free from alcohol, but
wine containing it in such minute quantities,
and so combined with and modified by other
ingredients that the wine is heathlul and nu-
tricious and only SO. And by Intoxicating
wine is meant wine containing alcohol in such
quantities as will, if drunk even moderately,
" disturb the healthy action Of the organs and
produce general or local arrangement of the
system" This is the true and propeS mean
ing of the term iatozlqal ng- a man is in
toxicated whenever Ire h.ts aabibed sufficient
alcohol thus to 6stEug, aAs healthy action ef
the organs, or produce general or local de-
rapgement Of the systen,' This afsiea nay
be produced by small quantity of wine as
we'll as larger, depending altogether au tAe
state of the system, and the peculiar aernpeg-