Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-07-31
BAcorstrtc. Julr rs. 1857


Friend Paul III ask your pardon for
so long ~neglecting to reply TO yours of
the 18th Of June. The great subject
Of temperance should be viewed and
discussed in Q common sense way, ac-
cordiug 10 sound reason, and in the
light Of Bible truth. In the case of
st. Paul to Timothy, it is plain that
Paul advised the wine as s medicine
and not as a beverage, for when he was
telling Timothy the characteristic
qualifications for the Office of a Bishop,
he tells him he must be q man, mot
given TO wine." First Tim. Sd chap.
Sd verse-Not given to wine, that is,
not in the habit Of using it. 1t is not
likely that Paul would advise Timothy
q young p~reacherl to do what would
disqnalify him for the Office of Bishop.
But you say, ''that was q personal COM
mand to Timothy, and does not admit
Of general application" Well, we
must admit that all Paul said to limo
thy is Scripture; and now read the
10th verse of the Sd chap. of I'd limo
thy-"An Scripture is given by inspi-
ration of God" &c. Now take I'd Pc
ter, 1st chap. 10Th Verse,4"Knowing
first, that no prophecy OF the Scripture
is of any private interpretation."-
Thus you see that what he said to Tim
othy is of general application, If we
admit it to be q part of the Scripture,
which / think you will admit. What
Is personal or private Interpretation, If
not compatible with Scripture? All
that st. Paul said TO Timothy applies
to us and all mankind, and as the
Scripture says, r'As profitable for doc
trine, for reproof, for correction in
righteousness.p
But was the wine used in that day,
the same as in this? l answer, wine is
wine, and there is no wine without vi
nous fermentation. Wine is the
juice of grapes fermented. 1t is not
wine till fermentation takes place.
The juice of spples is not cider till it is
fermented. The ancients had provis-
ions and good wine they had new
wine Snd old wine. They made their
wine Of the juice Of the grape. Much
of our wine Ia made Of rain water,
dragged Whiskey, logHood and red SAN
ders. / have no doubt but the people
of that day often used the pure juice
Of the grape as it run from the press as
We often $ the apple juice calling it
sweet cider. But the wine of COM
merce in that day was fermented, snd
consequently Hss Interesting. Alco-
hol is begotten b. fermentstion, and it
is the alcohol that intoxicstes. The 81
cohol is separated from the accornps-
nyipg ingredients Of fermented liquor
BY distillatien The idea that theEine
used By the people in the days of the
Prophets, Apostles and Christ, was not
Intoxicating, il mere dodge of the
question, and L disliksi it in eommenta-
tori, t~heoloasinh o., Temperance FadVo-
Gates. Better brsvely meet the facts.
The Bible no where commendg the
use of wine or strong drink, except IS
q medicine, and its use y beverage
is condemned by all the authors of the
Old and New Testsments. Solomon
says, Give wine to him who is of 8
heavy heart, and strong drink to him
who is ready to perish" He also says,
Look not upon the wine when it is
red, for at last it biteth like q serpent
and stingeth like an adder" "Woe to
him that riseth early to follow strong
drink" The great cause of temper
snce loses nothing when its advocates.
admit that wines and strong distilled
liquors may be used beneficially as q
medicine. because it is true, and in
keeping with Bible teachingucs Z
: All fermented as we'll RsL distilled
liquors are poisonous according to the
amount of alcohol they contain. All
the brandys, gin, rum and whiskey
contain over so per cent. of alcohol,
while all the fermented liquors, wines
Of all kinds, ale, beer and cider, con-
tain from Is to 20 per cent. of alcohol.
The fact that alcohol is poisonous.
proves it to be medicinal, and should
never be taken in state of health
All medicinal agents are poisons il TAX
en- in health. If alcohol is not poison.
GUS, why does it produce intoxication I
1t is not digestible by the human stom-
ach and therefore infoxicstes Alcohol
contains no nourishment and is totally
indigestable, and therefore should be
svoided as all actiVe medicines should
be, ID q state of health. ts9
What l believe as a temperance re-
proven, is: LIST, That all alcoholic IL
9uors are intoxicadngs ID. AlIintoxi-
liquors are poisonousin proper
tion to the alcohol they contain. Sd.
That cider, beer or e, when drank to
produce intoxiestion. poison the sys-
as fatally as distilled spirits. 4th,
That all fermented liquors as well as
all distilled spirits should be forbidden
and p~rohibitedS by law as articles of
commerce, except for medicine, me-
chanical and scientific purposes.
Yours, ALOPATH.