Litchfield enquirer., 1871-05-11
For The Enquirer.
 "A TEMPERANCE.

For The EnQ0lfef. 4Na
 "A TEMPERANCE.
 E NH EDITOR: It is not Because wan,
 z thelast word" that I send this short com.
 mupication on ,thesnbiect in debate be- tween Mir. Elliot and myself. But write
 to state my emphatic disclaimer of any in
 tentional "discourtesy." in the intimation
 of ss. ss.couscious weakuessa ason lsis@paft, iu
 the argument. It seemed to me quite legitimate Inference, from the way he called
 for final decision, after so much writing oi
 his own on the question, and so little, com.
 paratively, of any one else. Whether such
 a course was any more courteous" than the Elimination" attributed to me, the
 public can judge. a9f3-sa sdga42 .aa
 What I have desired. and now desire in
 this whole discussion, is mot controversy,
 but the trudt on the Scripture aspect of this Temperance question. Now, MT. Ed itor, as have not written these articles to convince Mr. Elliot-a hopeless task, I readily admit it-but with the wish simply to call your readers attention to the estab- lished usage of the Greek words in the cases mentioned in the New Testament, as determined by the most eminent scholars
 living, by the way, outside of. Litchfeld Oounty-I only ask them to judge accord ingly, Quite possibly the views both of my opponent and myself may have little weight, but when Mir. E. shall produce his s'men of larger learning" or more compe- tent to give an opinion on the very impor- tant meaning of those Greek words, than such world-famous men as Lange,i and Dean Afford, and Dr. Robinson, and scores of others like them. the republic of letters. to say nothing about the public generally, will be glad to know it. Till then, they will wait. H,.,, c,.,... - ,..l'-,@. } Your correspondent has produced no shred of proof that either in the case at Cana. or that at 'Corinth. the wine was un: fermented.9 I claim to have shown. that the words neuer, in any one instance in the New Testament. meant, according to the highest authority. what my opponent says they might mean in. the cases cited. How, in the face of that authority, he can retain so comforting an assurance of the correct ness of his own conclusions passes my conjecture His main proof is invalidated, and yet he stands by his opinion. gse
 I repudiate the assumption that those who believe that the wine made at Cana was fermented, thereby implicate the char acter of our Lord, as entirely unwarranted, and a fgment of Mir. E. s own fancy. I presume that we, on this side of the ques. tion, are quite as jealous of our Masters honor as he. It is cheap way of arguing, to attribute consequences to your oppo- nent's premises that never follow from them. To say that because Christ made real wine, the fermentsd juice of the grape, therefore, He countenanced drunkenness, is about as logical as to argue that because God made. the tobacco plant, Mersfo'e, He sanctions all the abuses arising from its use So He dined with publicans and sinners, kaooing them to be vile, did He therefore abet or favor their evil doings? But enough. thank you, Mr. Editor, for your kindness in affording me the space I have occupied. and only hoping that the t,aah may prevail,p T remain, yours, 9 EIa asaaf stHH 451a w q Co1,roN. 5srt at tfn1 aHs I,8ny. f4f''' ''-.Hs'as> Hs' S1'1'>1
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