The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-28


Ma. tniTrE: H. A. Mr.. \. VI. is 81
n,Th e'Itr'l Ia know That he j. r-cro,.
ni,el Ne = f.'-na. I will again spr.k ~
him ~ mv friend. AMI h";e that il viii
arouse prize cnoush in his breast 10
smahic him to c>t--m himself above
dram -drinSin... ami all it, attendant
vices. Andssin~c i.e has 8. gratefully
aecrps~d INV fri-nhship. I consider ,hsr
We have formally fulfilled the nmsnd-
Went "f God to -lov- our enemies"
III The fir-t place. rms friend says that
he writes on temperance or moderate.
indulgence Ur the passions. aud thar he
Is Temperance man. But ! write an
intrmperanec. ar habiiual indulgence in
drinking spirisuous liquors. with or
without intoxicstinn. I contend from
This that INV friend j. moi only tenn
perance man. hot an intcmpcrancc man.
also. brrause he INDUCES in drinkiu.
spirits without infoxicaiion. +.
He also saws that the Good Templars
are not temperance society. hut an all
siinenre sociefy. 6ecausc their rule is
touch not. taste not Now contend that
this is the rHia THAT was. given mxn by
(sod hisselfbecansc we are commanded
In Proverbs XIII: 81. not 10 even
look upon the wine when il is red. &c.
In the second place he saws that nv
quotations were all nisu>s,i. and are
not to the point. This is not the case.
i~rsu-c they have reference to the use
Of wine M beverage. To satisfy your
own mind examine nv former quota
lions more closely. He saws he can
quote ~ many again Passages in favor of
the use Of wine as beverage (tliis is the
subject Of discus>ionl rs 1. can against
il. This >Lall not deny but will state
that but one ef his Last quotations IN,
reference to the use Of wine Is bcve-
rage. This YOU will lind Ia Matthew
AANI: -. For the translation or in
depreciation of This passage | will refer
YOU 10 Acis y Al which SAYS. mot TO all
people. hut unto u who did drink with
Him after He rose from the dead Now
II my friend j. one of the twelve apos-
Ties. ar owe Of their descendants. will
give up the papers. for he will gain sthc
victory by some mirarle. il not other
wise. but still ] would rather see him
healing the blind. curing the diseased.
cssfing out devils, raising the dead. etc.
Ny friend also SAYS that If the tenn
persnce or abstinence society should
succeed il wOuld bring our present pop
ulation back to the low grade in which
Columbus found the natives. This is
not the case. becaIIse the natives were
neither an abstinence nor temperance
people. ~ they used wine and strong
drink to excess whenever accessible.
Ny friend asks whether or not we
should throw away any Of Gods gifts
after the close Of the first day: I an
aver that il il is u gift still. we must not.
but since nothing is Intoxicating that
does not contain alcohol, / contend that
wine and strong drink are not cift of
God. First. v hat is alcohol. and how !.
Il made? IL it.thc work Of God or of.
man? Ii is The intoxicating element Of
'piritu0us liquors. Ii is extracted nv
simple distillation from the juice and
gluten Of various fruits and vegetables.
which have undergone vinous fermen-
Iation. And it is the work of man. for
il IL well known fact that the fruit of
any tree ar vine may hang on its mother
'iem until il rots without being lrfexi-
ating ut any time during the change. ar
~ its close. Bnt 10 illustrate this more
clearly, will just ask my friend If he
we're 10 purchase bit of fresh meat du-
rinc the warm season Of the wear. and /
lailed 10 use it or put sufficient GUAM
lity Of salt on il to save il. and il were
~ ferment or sour. thus showing the
power Of God. who, A. INV friend saws.
caused 1t TO !erInent. would he then use I
I or throw it away! would do il like
do the wine. throw II AWAY. and sup Z
pose he would do it like he does the
vine. use II. IN
In the next place nv friend gives an /.
recount OF the premature death Of a q
and accomplished Young lad '.
This was truly sorry to learn, for judg-
ng from tie wav nc speaks of her.
'uppose she was his sweetheart. And
really can not censure him very much
or using soured meat and wine. for such
bereavement as THAT is sufficient to
overcome the stoutest heart, and run the
strongest mind crazy. At the last lac
avs his grandfather and grandmother
wed to be over eighty years old. and
hat they always used spirits. This / 4
10 not doubt, but l would advise him
'efore narrsting any more such facts. to
prove the morality or hurtlessness of
vine, to read Genesis XIX 81 to SO.
a RESIDENT OF IRELAND. II
~ Senator Mortoa approached a