Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-12-17
Bungay's ecture-Temperance Issue to
Break Out in New Places and By Nays.

evening last his subject, temperance,
the admittancc fee, Is cts. His lee
ture was especially provided for the
beneit Of the Good remplars We
supposed beforehand there might be
out rushiug crowd to hear Bungay.
But there wasn't any rush--not over
as many as usually turn ont Sundays
to hear amy one o. the three popular
preachers, Eaton, Cook or Moore
Bungay's lecture had all the richness
Of the mines deep in the soul. On
Sunday after, one Of our clergymcn.
after referring TO the lecture said.
"But what do such moving words
amount to, since they reach not the
ears and hearts Of those who visit the
dens Of intemperance The subject
ought to be carried to where the sell,
ing and drinking is done, and where
men can Dc met in y gentlemanly
way and reasoned with as brothers.
Very weli-that will do even bet
ter than what We proposed not long
since, which was this License one or
moro of the best and most worthy
men to sell liquor in each village. the
place OF selling to be unobjectionabIe,
say in the basement Ola church Our
idea was to put liquor selling in re-
sponsible bands and in approved pla~
ces, SO that temperance lecturers
might call In and be respected; might
there meet with those who drink and
reason with them. The complaint is
that the traffic is in irresponsible, of.
ten brutal, hands in most eases and
that birds o; q Feather Fock to1ethe~.-
Now, granting that there is moro or
less truth in these complainings as to
the class OF men generally found SELL
ing liquor, we proposed to put the
business into better hands, and to OPP
en- it IN more respectable places-in
order that temperance men and lec>
turers, and the moral masses may go
in and mix up with the immoral just
as the apostolic christian practice
seemed to be when Jesus was abroad
proclaimlng salvation, not to tie
righteous, but to the chief publicans
and sinners in the highways and by
ways.
Speaking OF the Savior in connec>
ton with this subject, a mon tn
since we received the following from
some friend in PENNSYLVANIA. which
has been Qrawered until now
In the HeraId Of August 9th, under
the head Of Bigotry on Stills" &c,
the editor says "Ata temperance
marriage feast, he (Jesus) changed
water into wine and the guests got
well drunk" And again he says =
Moreover he could not be a member
OF any temperance society, for having
gone and made UP barrel Of wine to
be drank at wedding"
Now, would be have us believe
that the wine made By Jesus was in
toxicating, and made the guests
drunk; or does he mean to say that
all temperance societies prohibit the
use of notwithstanding liquors?
KEYSTONE.
To which we answer that there
were SIX Watering pots Of waite,
changed into vine; that the guest
doubtless drank thereof to their con
tent that the miracle was wrought
at welding, where q merry time
was doubtless the desire wine drink
ing to produce merriment beings well
established practice in those days 10
that country Of the vine and fig
Marriage festivals on such occasions
were remarkable for social enjoy
ment. Jesus did not shun pleasure.
but rather delighted init. Weddings
took place evenings, each carrying a
lamp these lights "ero uade to
dance and produced pleasing fleet;
Jesus loved these gay and animated
spectacles. and drew from the like
some Of His parallels. The self~right-
oous, (Pharisees we believe they were
called we have som in our DAYS
condemned the conduct Of Jesus as
scandalou5 one day when the dis,
ciples Of John and some Of the Phar
isees were keeping a fast, the Savior
drew nigh, when some Phurise asked.
"Why DO thy disciples eat and drink
while ours fast and pray p Jesus
said, Suffer them can We make The
eroomsman ta5t while the bridegroom
is with them 4" Again, it is said,
John came neither eating nor drink
ing, and ye say he hath devil. The
son of man Is come eating and drink
ing and We say, behold guttonous
man and a wine bibber, friend Of
publicans and sinners !"
So il would seem the followers OF
John were fanatic Good Templars,
/ opposed to drinking wine in any form,
whilst Jesus the friend Of publicans
and sinners, for such he truly was, !
both made wine and drank ii IN some
form, either untermented OF fcrment~
ed, and so was not first rate Good
| Templar, because the Good Tcmplars
reject the new and old, the fermcnted
persons not to make or use either
when applying for membership. Oar
opinion is that Jesus miracuously
changed the water into new wine,
though the scriptural context, nc.
cording 70 John II, is not 80 very
clear tn that country wine was he
common beverage, just as beer is in
Europe, or coffee and tea in America,
and 1t is probable that all these arts
Giles are more or less admired for their
intoxicating and nerve exciting prop,
critics. Some use tobacco for like
effect, aud some opium.
Like All great wise, good mon.
apart from his divine nature, Jesu.
had deep sympathy with the people,
and fell himself 81 home with them.
lie was a sound republican. and Big
selt>nission was to labor, not with
the rich and chief folks but with the