The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-05

try people had only one feeling ana one prayer,
during the late Empire :-Ldtssez-ao,s tran9u&lies
Let " be Let Us have peace, 10 raise our crops
ana sell theml II 80 before the late war, how
much more SO now. Security Is what the
mass Of the French country people crave. In the
voted for the Empire OF Napoleon Iii. for the sole
reason that they believed he would secure them
revolution. For TINS very reason TO morrow they
would vote Tor the restoration OF another Napo-
icon, II tney ieit sure OF his giving them twenty
1t Is the writer's firm conviction that the French
masses ma n are nrsf i0r stability ana order and next
other considerations or form OF government,
Dynasty, religion, &C., are to them OF less than
DEGENERACY OF FAITH AND POPULATION COMO
TOGETHER.
=. Faith has but little hold the French Masses
Since 1893 indifference to religious forms, scept-
clsm ABOUT all religious belief, distrust in
pSlltcai Institutions, contempt or hatred Of
leavenlng the bulk OF the nation. penetrating
more deeply and widely every year. Their re-
be replaced BY any other or TO be rene wed IN its
own pristine vtgor. With this waSing or religion
on Rs wr decrease n the popaas
rallying the French population beneath this or
classes, the educated 00ur0e0isle and their edu-
Gators the army OF salarled professors and govern
and r the erey s
characteristic feelings. teachers OF what
eyer Gas oas II every aS Of the admins
jos.ty or Frenchmen hate OF despise Chris
cling 70 the Old Iaith. II the one s Child in in
most families is . daughter she is brought up IN
he Will De voIlairlan, like his father. Therefore,
II you would know who is to rule the France OF the
Dy ns aS S
IS the majority or the leading classes. 1t can be
above described, are Orleantsts, less than one.
third Bonapartists, the REMAINDER with anorner
third, divided between Henri Cinq and the RepuD-
the forlorn hope OF the republicans, who will
gladiy see every man OF them perish in storming
the enemy's position sHn nur.ou a..nv
VIII gladly give IN It's adhesion TO Louis Philippe H.,
remembering the many solid liberties they enjoyed
ances Of which, they have learned TO acquit his
memory. At any rate, II MacMah0n be only al
OF permanent republic in France. Ii 4 choice is
forced on the French people, and they left Tree,
you may declare Tor an Orleanist king. But II, as
was animated IN your columns, Germany should
lend her weight to Napoleon w., there is good rea-
son TO believe all the agricultural ana commercial
In no eventually Is there any hope for the Comte
de Chambord, or the revival, with or without him,
OF Catholic ascendency. PRUDENTIUS
Did the Wine Of Scripture Contain Alco-
hol, and Was It Entoxicatings
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
There il large party OF processing Christians
who coincide with the opinion Oh the leaders OF the
'Women's Crusaders" some OF them OF the medl-
Cal and others OF the clerical profession. who MAN.
tain, probably to substantiate their own theories
that the wine Of Scripture not stimulating and
contained no alcohol; and their belief in such O
theory caused them to write to DR.. Hall and others
to discontinue the use OF modern wine at the sac
r0r faoa Gurh ~
impairment and basphemous-is open disregard
for the teachings Of the Word OF God. And sim
cerely hope that Dr.. Hall and others viii not even
reply to such communication. On the face Of the
fact that the Bible says as much against drunken
ness as in praise OF wine, we are led to believe that
degree; had 1t been Misunderstanding the proba-
bty Ii tnat the cOndemnations poured forth
against the drunkard so repeatedly and severely
would not nave been so strongly enforced by the
Word OF God. l VIII now examine three Hebrew
words, because, under these, In the vast majority
OF Instances, our English word 'wlne'' occurs;
therefore they claim principal conside ration.
FUSt-Take the word "llrosh." The wine desg-
mated by this term is generally spoken OF Us bless
ing to be enjoyed by the people, with gratitude 10
OF corn and wlnen The root OF this He
brew word means ito possess"-the land OF His pos
session. To dlspossess, as Proverbs XXX 23:-'.An
handmade that is heir to her mistress.n To make
one poor Genesis xiv ~ LEST thou and thy
Of trosh with is root Indicated that Il was an
u
meant, take Isaiah, lxi.-"rhe Sous OF stranger
shall not drink thy. wine." Another thing 10 be
noticed Is that IN the ninth verse 1t IS expressly
scated-"They that have brought IL together shall
drink 1t in the house OF the Lord.n SO that it
seems 1t was TO be drunk and drunk as religious
observance Take another passage. Joel, H.,
xxlv.-"And the iats shall overflow with wine
and with Oil" Is it not a lair inference, and the
winen prove that trosh" here means ou"rs Mi'h
know that the term "overnowngn Is sometimes
applied to things that are not liquid, but it there
that
any more than because the word .'brcadu Is an
Piled to otner things than bread ITSELF bread can
passage may De cited in proof that .stiroshr does
not always denote VINE fruit Hosea, iv, H., "Wine
YAM, and "a new Z, wine, .trosh.' take away the
when used IN an immoderate degree?
Drunkenness besots and infatuates men and
''tiroshn Is spoken OF as blessing to be enjoyed
BY the people with grateful heart; that though
denotes liquid that as liquid 1T is an into xicanJ:
and, finally, that IL was used IN religious observ-
ances. THEODORE JUNIUS, NJ D.
Sunday Amuscments-An Energetic Pro-
test Against the Sunday Laws.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
The Pnilistines are upon US in the disguise of
bands OF masked robbers-the Commune, the
police and the Sabbatarians The
police are supposed to protect from the robbers
and Communists, but who is to protect US from
the police and Sabbatarans2 The former are
scarcely able to tell friend from foe, and the suf-
erers, from their excess OF duty, can get no
redress the Police Court, like the court below,
takes care Of its own. Their zeal Is spasmodic,
however, and we are spared some clubbing and
many such scenes as occurred at the raid made
upon the Assembly Rooms a few weeks ago, when
loo young girls were dragged through the streets
rs an exhibition or che moral recttude and watch
lul care these guardians Of the peace have over
tie ciys welfare. They have not yet awakened
to the knowledge that there Is fast driving and
billiard playing going on, and that the Sabbath
day IS desecrated as much by such amusemenls AS
by dancing Is there no way or reforming the
force, or are they outside oil the pale OF ali law and
order