Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-07
The Human and Divine Missions.


Ind those who misdeal in the articles
under a general head of strong
drinks ; also, as 30 The latitude of the
christian mission and of Christ and
what manner OF man he was and Of
his practice. For we stick to it that
drinking men may and ought to be
seen to in their places of resort that
dealers in liquor may be reformed or
their places filled with better men :
that the christian mission is to 90
into the liquor haunts and in gen>
tlemanly and moral way labor with
the hangers about; and that Christ
was not the type and stile of man
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS as he made
wine, unfermented wine, and doubt-
less drank it himself and recommend
ed it TO others as being good, and in
flavor, color and quality not unlike
the pure juice of the grape-from all
which we may infer that it is no sin but
right for men TO make and use as a
beverage good new wine If Jesus,
to supply wholesome want, made
wine at wedding party, and OF a
quality pronounced good thereafter
also recommending wine for sacra-
mental use, then is it wrong now to
make and use wine as it was then
used-at weddings and doubtless at
all times as q wholesome drink p
BY way of further and clearer state
ment Of our views, we affirm that in
these two general attempts at i'm
proving upon Christ and making him
and his mission and practice to cons
form to modern styles of whimsical
perfection is just what playing
smash, not only with the religion
called christianity, but with the doz,
Ell moral enterprises we are called on
to favor. Jesus possessed human
love for the vineyard as we'll as for
the field, and for the ears of corn
which he and his disciples plucked
on the Sabbath day He resided
with the common, rude people, and
with all their vices he loved them
better than the rich and noble. He
loved natural life and what was near>
est natural crudity. Hence, he was
most always found in the low haunts,
laboring among the worst people for
their reform. But now things are
reversed the worst and lowest peo-
pie are neglected the rich have the
gospel brought to them; artificial
life is preferred, and nature voted
disorderly. Were Jesus to come
again, in man-God nature as before,
he d find hardly country to well
come him as q citizen, doubtful
whether a church willing to own him
as their head, we guess no moral re-
form brotherhood to greet him-no
anything OF modern style would well
come him as the Christ. We except,
of course, those elected to eternal life,
called ,quickened and sanctifed, there.
fore knowing Christ as sheep know
their master The best Christ could
do would be to gather up as before
some of the fishermen for disciples,
and he would have TO 70 into the
doggeries for them.
1t any think we treat these mats
tiers in jocular way or lightly, let
such but see and compare the present
practices of protesting and following
Christ with the Bible practice We
mean no offence to churches and pro
fessors the pious will certainly agree
with us that their Savior is still
homeless upon earth whilst the fowls
have nests and the foxes holes. We
have diverged, but return to the Bun.
gay article:
The idea Of putting the liquor traf-
fic in better hands and in better pla-
ces is objected to, and for such rcas.
ons as would make it Objectionable
to make and use better liquors. The
idea OF good people going into sa-
looms and laboring for the good of
men and praying over bowls of punch
is light shower. Jesus laboring
with publicans and sinners, and go>
ing among the money changers and
overturning their tables is not allud,
ed to. The idea of preachers and
praying people going about from sa>
loon TO saloon and praying and drink
ing with men is original with Mr..
Bungay The Pharisees certainly
charged Jesus with being wine bib
Der because he no doubt drank wine,
whereas, John, the water Baptist, fill.
ed the bill OF a Good Templar.
Mr.. Bungay is to lecture on tens
perance at Bloomington on the even
ing of the ninth inst, and is the
ablest and most entertaining talkcr
we have ever heard in the West.