The New York herald., 1871-04-02

he publicly refused 10 take the temperance pledge,
and we have no doubt that the good Essenes sned
tears quite bitter Christ for the same rea-
son. When tears proved unavalng they had re-
course to revilings. pretty much ike our modern
Essences. Dr. Dio Lewis aflrms that guttony KILLS
more people than drunkenness IN TINS country. Inc
wel.known couplet III Buffers "liudiDras" derives
its mOrdaclty from It's trutliuness-
Compound for they are inclined to
BY damning those they have no mind to.
EngltshmeD are called beef-eaters, but the Amerl-
cans consume twice as much animal iood as the
English. friend OF the writer visited England
some time since On his return he complained sadly
OF his diet while there. Speaking or week spent IN
private religious family he sQld:-"l was half
starved. l got oniy one good meal day; that was
dinner. For breakfast IL was tea and coffee toast
and boiled eQg-literally 0ne For tea, slices OF
Duttered bread, thin that you could see through
OF them. For supper. bread and cheese and ale
(both ale and WINE at dnnerI, and before going to
ocd for the male members, tumbler OF hot Coynac
brandy and water.n We'll" said we you are
II they were hair starvedY "No," was the frank
answer. "Did they look as II they were poisoneds'
From the teachings OF God in nature our teetotal
pulpit orator goes to the teachings OF God IN revela
less disregard 10 the obligations OF the ninth
mandment, because he Is dealing with the words
which !ne Holy Gnost teacheth III aver" says he.
from alchohc int0Xicants. Before this assembly, rs
before court, l viii summon as witnesses Noah
and Moses to prove tins asseruon.n But what
mock trial where there Is no counsel to cross ques
tlon the witnesses and where the mock judge per-
drank too much wlne" said Noan in giving in his
evidence; II didn't know the Wine was 50 strong In
these parts.n ''Then. by your own admisslon.' re.
plies the Judge .'yOu ought not to have drank any
God enJoined on YOU total abstinence" Friend
Cuyler you eat hot dread and bee steaks or fried
nam and drink strong coffee for breakfast, and
you lessen your muscular power, dminlsh the
animal heat and derange the digestive organs,
the most fashionable ana expensive hotels where,
according 10 your own account, published IN the
women snockingIy decoilete. ana where you 20 ito to
gambling saloons to see how the "blacklegs' cheat,
although you know tnat your Bible teaches you to
''De wise concerning that which Is good and simple
concerning that which IS evil" These anu other
things you do, whereby yon .wound the weak con-
sciences or your brethren and sin against Lhristn
Therefore, II aver That the word Of God enjOns on
all Christians" total abstinence from animal food
verbal criticism or holy text, In which most unac-
countable error In the translation OF the Hebrew
word so often occurring in the Old Testament rem
mon expedent with men, when they find anything
In the Bible which they don't Ike to quarrel with the
translation. But strange blunder 1t seems has
been committed here. Instead or strong drink 1t
should have been weak drink-"a sweet drink
unIermented state" bold Jesuit would
have pronounced this hazardous move
Hebrew scholars present; but suppose the recol.
lection Of the text had flashed across the minds OF
they had repeated it"Ihe juice OF fruits pressed
out, whether lermented or not, IL raging"-what
shock would Lave been produced ON, learned doc.
tor IN Hebrew, would not your hearers have hung
their heads In shame OF your Fortunately for you
they, as well as yourself had forgotten the text.
There was another part OF the sermon which, II it
mad been remembered, would equally nave destroyed
the credbIty or the preacher III this "court." But
neither the speaker nor the hearers were IN state
or mind to put things together, that 1t was not
important TO remember the Old dproverb-"People not
over fond OF the truth should have good memo
rieS." The congregation were informed that their
pastor had been IN Palestine and mad tasted the
smocker'-the raging drink commonly drank By the
Notwithstanding the divine injuncuon-' -'Toucn
not, taste not handle not" But he only tasted
at Saratoga s ga @ Springs and at dance house. ons
midnight IN Water street to see the .s0ed doves"
In company with his English reverend brother,
Nathan Hall, to whom he was showing "New York
by gas lightn He did not say whether, when nc
tasted the wine, he looked at 1t to whether 1t
was rcd and gave It's color In the cup" Ii he did
he knows that another transgressfon or a divine
command. But perhaps he happened to remember
just here that the pulpit was not confessional and
that he was bound tell all that did wnen III
| Palestine. Then comes another assertion which
| throws his argument into a complete mudde, ana
Bipe," the preacher says in several passages pro-
hlbts their use lhat is of intoxicants,, and COM
| mands total abstinence more than once" com
mand not to DO thing, we suppose. Is prohibi-
tion; the several passages and the more than
once" ones might have been grouped. Strange
that the preacher did not give chapter and verse;
he would have settled at once tue whole contro-
versy, and DR.. Cuyer's able opponent, Dr.
Duyrea, whom this sermon was intended to
refute, would have been compelled, as an
faithful minister OF Christ to have made public re-
cantauon. Where are these prohi6ltory teAtsS
Dr. Cuyler has left echo to answer, .'Where" But
why claim this prohibition for intoXcants-the fer
mented juice Of the grape-when, whether fer
mented or not. II Is "ragingr Ine wine which the
Saviour made at the marriage feast at Cana, IN Cali
lee, 1t is claimed, ufermented-that is, 1t was
what Solomon had called the raging drink. "God
commended it," says DR.. Cuyer 'in the Old Testa-
ment." Christ made 1t, the New Testament de-
clares. What perfect cnaos OF thought Is here
We are grieved to the very heart read this SER
mon. 1t Is o disgrace to the Christian minstry-a
disgrace 10 the Christian religion. We greve for
DR.. Cuyler himself. When out OF this monomanca
hn ia a in Qll la M IN cnrfn
OF hts idiosyncracy OF character and oddities into
which popular men OF his temperament are apt to
pain still we are glad to see this sermon. We hope
that 1t will everywhere be circulated and read, and
that 1t VIII be extensively commented on bOtn by
the secular and religious press In order to tone the
latter press to the work and rid itself OF the moral
cowardlce which has SO sad.marked 1t In relation
to this subject we could wish that every religious
paper would transfer to Its columns the most adml-
rabIe article entitled "Manly Christianity which
appears In the same number OF the HERALD that
contains the report OF DIR. Cuyers temperance SER
mon. II anything can do 1t this sermon Will drive
the National Temperance Society from It's utterly
untenable position and compel them TO place their
noble cause where 1t beongs-among the economics
OF life and not It's religious duties There are many
and strong reasons why men should rorego the use
OF ntoxcants. Let the society gather them up and
present them as forclbly as possible and make as
many converts as they can. But let them not say,
"The Lord hath spoken to u.s." when He hath
not SPOKEN and thus prove themselves lying pro-
rreligous reiIgious books and the electrotyped
plates to the foundry sparing Dr. Cuyier's sermon
as sort oil neHtentO WOiI, anu Inen come DcIOre
the public with new name-"The Reformed Tem-
perance ReOrmer5."
Ii was well he only tasted. Had he taken a hearty
draught Of the grape juice just fresh from
the wine vat las what he tasted must have bcen for
in that warm climate 1t becomes Alcohol in two or
three days. 1t would probably have produced either
raging" vomit or ''raging" collie. In reference
to the assertion that in this slate the liquid IS COM
monty drunk by the present natives OF Palestine,
must alter Old Horace's sneer at the creduiy Of
| the Jews and make the well known passage read.
'Non creddt Judeus dDei,d sea ego" Every native
| OF Palestine or other wne-growng country knows
that until the juice has undergone fermentation 1t Is
| not ft 10 drink. DIR. Cuyler Is not Munchansen-
he believes what he says; but he went to Palestine
TO seek facts In support OF his theory and or course
| he found them. Nothing easter. II he mad wished
to prove that the people of Palestine were in the
habit OF taking EPSON salts with their meals ne
would have done Facts 20 suit come to the hands
| or theorists with wonderful ease.
"Honi Soft Qui NAL y Pcnsc.''
tn THE EDIToR OF THE HERALD.--