The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-04-10

throne reason and to force its posscssor
to commit unnumbcrcd crimes against
self and humanity, there would doubt
less soon be strong enactmentS against
the sale or distribution of that class of
goods. OF course. gluttony Is con
demned in the word of God. because it
is bcastly because it is an abuse of
heavens rich bounty, and clogs mans
mental energies. and dcgrades his no.
bier faculties. But one mans gluttony
will not atone for another's drunkenness;
one mans forgery will not Excuse
anothcr's Del lury; n mans theft will
not screen another mans murder. So
much in answer to- the weakest apology
ever offered from pulpit, rostrum Or sa-
loon for intcmperance.
TIL SCRIPTURE ARGUMENT.
As clearly as the word of God is in
emphatic antagOnism to any other sin.
| hope to prove that the Bible condemns
the use of any distilled or fermcnted
liquors as Il beverage. | propose TO
show that our blessed Savior. while upon
the earth, never tasted, never cuuntcnancci and
never encouraged any one to taste fcrIncntcd
wine. neither did His apostle, nor did the Jews
in celebrating the feast of the passover. That
the Jews. inc Apostles anu our SaNlsT U~ttl ut
fruit Of the yine,' no one will deny; hut To
say that "frrit of the vine WAS Icrlnrntct
wine, il in direct confridicti ton to every passage
of scripture W here il /, instanced. Every bIbli-
cal scholar knows taat there WAS n great variety
of wines in the days of our Lord and His .Apos-
ties. One writer mentions as many ~ 400, from
the thickness g: jana, marin .lale "r Jelly (Which
had 10 be mixed with water before they were
u,c'D 10 the thickness OF water. 1t is further
known by him that great a. is the variety, there
j. hat one name fer them all-winc, from the
iuic,. that WIS sullp,ypl ont pt the rilISttr iulD
the cup AT the feast Of the passover, To the harl-
featured old trrncnted wine which always looks
at it, victim with . >crpcntS eye and al ihr fri
opportunity ''bites like n serpesi and stings ike
an aidrr;'' but one name fer the harmless
juice which you enjoy when eating the ripe cius-
Ter lrrul The vine. and for the same juice old and
;cr1r entct, aud II ~'mockcr," II ,ircriving. Turk
ing lend concealed within it. II i. known, too,
that the ancient Jews never used ternIcntrd wine
in the feast of The Passover the fermentation
WAS '.lrarsn," which they were forbidden Ia
u.c during The seven days of that feast; and ii
WIS simply grape juice, the fruit of the vine
which our savior Used in the last supper, or I'M
fern , ed wine, which lie probably used during
His lite tim" on the -arth, a. 1t was Il national
beverage. And this brings Us to Mr. Eisrnlohr's
statement, which We must chariiably set down
To ignorance, that the wine used by our Savior
wa, irrmenttI, for the unierincnte'i wine would
not Keep two days.
Modern travellers through Palestine state that
an nnieIIncht-i wine Is used there now, which
Will keep hrr years. | quote from Rev. llrnry
Hphncs, Missionary, ut Constantinoplr, Isis,
WIND SIN- tftc tlaIV lu1tt II btitfl Splilf VI
which hr, himself, had KEPT two year, without
lis undergoing any change. lie writes: Here
is a cue'ing grape liquor which is not int"Nica-
ting. ! refer YOU To- still older authority. 10 one
who lived In the age Of the Apostles, viz:
Pliny, book NV, aud | give You hi. recipe
for keeping uniermrnled wine sweet: lie say-:
They plunge the casks immediately after they
are all filltd rom the vat int" the wafer until win
ter Ia, PASSED away, and the wine ha, acquired
the habit oil being cold"
several other writers mention this SAM
method.
Iwi!i give ii still more ancient authority and
his recipe. The latin poet Virgil. who wa, born
10 wears before Christ. Ior will lin | hi, recipe
in hi Grorgir, book II, "a. which i simply
builng the new wine. which was generally done
At night. Arhcneu- mentions the same process
of preserving Wine, sweet.
Mp,r- stuart. 81 noted philnlngis; saw: Fact,
show thai tn. aIcirnl, not only preserved their
win, unfrrn-utr-i, bus regards it ut n higher
flavor and liner quality Than lea meni"d wine.
hiy' just turned IL my dictionary OF u IMAM
and ,,rocinn antiquities, by Nm. smith. l.. J..
~, who IL author ola Einir Dictionary al world
wil- reputation. % prg. isDg, lind several
mcti,l, used 10y the ancient, tor preserving
t i-Ir vim =, unf'rm .nI,"l. mDns tn m-iIrI-
he mentions i, bury ing the s'aietl HnipEpga nj
wine IA wet sand Tor >iN weeks. The ana J!urI
WI, lined within and without with pitch. he
also guulr> riny, who gives still aanlhrr meth
"i: Boil over a slow fire o. chip on Il night
when ;UirT. l. no moon
Cato. Sarro. Coinmcll and MANI ancient
writers give 4 great variety III mcth""I- of pre-
serving unicImenr,i wine sweet and delicious.
mere can ne iip d'Nibt, litl. III III MINUS al
intelligent people that there were tu" himd- Ut
wine in u-- aInpa" the anci"ni>-Ihc one was
sweet, cooling, r.iIe.hiaG, micrm "nitng; the
other WAS fiery. ~cNcitiHg, icrucnisd. intuNici-
ting. Both wrr' called wIIc; both in u-c IN
our Sayigr'~ ii.ur-
vi which Goes Holy Writ say ''Lon!. No, thou
on the wine when At i red, when it givctIi II.
color IN thu cup?' Docs any -nn' Ium doubtI
Which one WAS the ''mOck'r!'' Winch was
raging!
Drinking which one of these does Gml ask ur
mn h1ft MIE9 N H., hath &, ,frp.Xg n bu nah +.
blood llyt eyc-.'' Which al the wines ''hiIrin
Ike Il SCI, ,rnt md Stings like IN adder Nh,Ch
al The Two dUl our SAVIOR cI"ii' ont OF waller NJ
the wedding ir,-t. ito YOU think. tine harmless,
pleasant beverage, or the nn: which l. Ia"
''mpckrr," 10 mock oT deceive his friends
with?
The iasinua'i,n iy Nj. Ei-cniohr, TINT Christ
made the inioAir ting SORT t. make the rIc-t,
.'mrtry,' sounds more like the bla-ph NOUS
r.blldry of Tom Paine, than The sobcr words Of
Il minister Of IN. GOSPEL.
II i, not the advocates Of total abstinence that
accuse Christ, himself, 81 sin. They hirl At
back la the teeth Of HE opponents of Temperance
rhtu they maxi our Lord contradict IIims,if, III
His miaIng Lni plriak mg Of what lie au'Ior-
iz"t His wis" servant, solomon, just lvS year,
before, to say VA, Il ''mGchcr,' ami 10 say 10
all nrn ''Lpnk not upon the wine when il l. rcd,
when it SiV"th his color Tor his cyr) IN t.' cup
that Is, when TIA" heaven Of alcohol wa7 Ia
it. They make God Inconsistent with himself,
and the Bible - bundle Of ubsurc!ilic, and contra
diriiun>. our Saripr, who never stunned, who
never acted IucnnSi-ienily with the teachings OF
thr b!n Testament ana >cfIlilff-r WHO 'ihH
mol 10 dcstrOy the law or tn. plup!ieis'' tl-tIaii
I!irlut 'il, "r to say that SoionlVh'I cautions
against strong drink We're ncedlr>s.lnd unwisr;
] repeal il: lie never drank, ycycr tasI ii, llat
which would "Nhilaratr or make him or .GE onr
else ''nirr"y.' 1t wDRhl not only be prep Not"r-
Gus to hnld that He ever tasted strong drihH or
aicJhul, but i also I'M insult 10 His divinity. lie
ncN r. did. on encouraged other, Ia do, what Sol
onion and l,aiaa and Paul eau ion men against. :
Prov" that he did, and YOU can not put u stronger
ar.rIinr II in oIl q lan Is Of the i.hriS AMI IN" IN
iId-i. NV inc III the cluster Wis the WINE That
'nihk"ih clad HE heart Of man'-IU-ta as u good
crop always r,joiccS the heart OF the asriculiuI-
list. Thick no one will clam fh1t thr-i did mol
make an un1rTrh-nicd wine III IN" marriage least
IN t.ina-Ind IL had no time Ia irIIirnt after II
was made brior" It WAS pronounced thr"'bcNt