The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-07

GA Temperance.

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The main object OF Good Trms,isrs. Al,
Ter many weeks. which s"r,url 10 lnr
80 many months. n splendid answer ar
pears 10 your last issue. never ihouah'
Thar any pnc down In the "Tcrriiorv
would call me friend. And the author
az 10" uncoumonlv we'll flushed article
on '-lntemperance." called m. hi, friend
twice. This of course would make me
p~ul. if pride was not as drfcstahlc a.
iriemper"rcc. rut my friend down
'h"rr will permit me to "ccent his
friendship. md allow ne cal! him hv
ihe Same name Whatevcr my pcn shall
nrniurc. wish IL 10 he understood. that
!. above NJ love the new Comnan'imcn'
- orr Lori. John NH. al AMI IS. and
Mafh. Y. -. which tells MS to love one
mother. cven our enemies. Aithouoh
OUGHT 10 know tho author Of said article.
shall write as if lil not know my
fri'nd. lie certainly is n most Learned
AMI moderate citizrn % Ireland. Put
now let me critieisc his article. and show
rqiniv to rverv Intelligent reader of the
Courier. how he misrenrcsrntcd nv ar
iclr on tho e.. 4. lie wrote on SIN
temperance" ] write on "Tempersnce."
assure my FRIEND that hate and dctest
drunkenness AZ we'll as he does. bnt not
he drunkar,l do ! hate. because that is
against Chrisf's religion. There is
,i,ic difference between Temperance
ani abstinence. | an Temperance
man. "n' M abstinence or rrol,ihitinc
Inln. What is T-mner1nrp Webster
>lvs Iii is moderation or moderate ~
Aplgrnre OF the appetite or passions" -
The g. T.. therefore sare not Temner-
anrr Society. Int a prohihifory or ahsii-
hence society. because thrir rule is:
Touch not. tlsfe ?ni." tn" N ,l,r,tn 4
use Of any Of Gods gifts within certain
limits aud rules is in perfect harmony
with sthe Bible teachings And If my
friend quotes so manv passages from
that holy hook. not onlv can quote rs
many again to the contrary. hut also
shall prove that lac mSEnderstandS or
,ni>u-eS his nno'ations. Let us see in
ProvHrbs. NX. l. wine drinking is no.
forbidden. hut to he wise Won rnnst no;
he deceived and III the NXIII 90. thc
use Of wine again is not prohibited. but
excess in the Use Of il. anil to STAY fairy
among drln kards also i'm verses %. 81.
end 81. of the samc chanfer ia not il
forbidden. hut the long tarrving at The
hllf- iiNi NV SHUT ONf bFsttl~P ~ lt~l
il biicrh like "A srrpentSnd stingeth like,
AN adder (but not nj first. Or course
Won mast NOT iaka IN 10 the last. Again
III Isaiah. XNNIII. Z. even The priest
aud t!ie prophets have erred through
strong drink. Well oven here strong
drink is not prohibited hut the crring
through il. And nj last in Luke XXI.
-. christ forbids the overclarne with
drunkenness. but not the moderate Use
of wine
Ever, plain mimi can sec' then. that
these quotations are not TO the point.
and mi>rcpre sents the matter because 1
not one Of these quotations forhi1s The
moderate nse OF wine and strong drink.
hut only the excess in using iiwlila tie.
Old and New Tcsfaments arr fill Of in
rident~ where wine was useh. aud even
commanded nv the Lord 10 be used :
These quotations void fill. indeed. moi
only one. but more than ten Weel,!ies
Therefore ] give only the chapter and
number of some for the rerusai Of The
Intelligent: Genesis XNNiI. -: Gen.
NNNN. IA: Gen. Nj. to -: Gen.
NIlI. -; Gen. XLIV. 5: Gen. MIN.
Toto IL: neut. XXXTIT. IA: Numbers.
NNNIiI. ia 81: Numbers the whole
chapter. XXXK.
am getting tired hunting mp nil The
Passages. where the use of wine j even
commanded by the Lord through Moses Il
Aud il j. well known fact that the
Jews mp 10 this day have certain ieasts 1,
when every member brings a bottle of,
wine into the Synagogue to drink it
there.
Now let US go to the New Testament
in which Christ, our God, is the Center
and Establisher of the pred0minafino
Christian Religion. that for light and
morality never can be surpassed. See
Math. y. u: Math. Nj. Is and 10: Math
Nv, IL. Is and 10. Did Christ say any-il
thing against the thousands of vine
yards in the Holy Land? Read Matb.
NX. l to 8: Math. MI. 80. 81. And
even in heaven we shall drink wine
with our Savior, sec Math. XXVI, 90.
This will do again. though hundreds
of quotations from the other Evangc-
ii>ts. from the Acts. Epistles. etc. could
De eiv.m. But 10. with pity have seen
that ny friend doubts the miracles of
lrisi : chan .ing water into wine. and
ihe wine INFO his holy blood. IL he
doubt one report Of the Bible. lie may
inst a. well doubt the whole of it, and
throw i away. and establish the Society
of food lcmpllrs as the Most Perfect
Religion. the first aim and intention of
which j. TO tear or burn down every
mans house, who uses spirituous liquors
or has them for sale. Such pursuit. iii
pver nnseihfo IN cnccaoI II l..;.,..