, 1874-04-14

Thoro WoTo mhng thingB In tho Diblo thas too
h1r. Meredith waa very gorry It was connldorod
rEnn,n1E THING
for Brother Strobri1ge to tako tho sldo lie did.
Flo WhB glad Of 1t, 80 ns to bring out the truth.
THE nApT1Br nnEw.
blr. Ynulzer Haid Mr.. Gordon, tho BnptiBt hlln-
iatort told him thoy used vino Of thor own si1ar-
ufnoturo tor communion purposes. It waa nit-
tle to tho meoting, TINT tho htetholiBtH might
sample 1t. Somebody auggcatod tint ho havo 1t
thora nexs weols.
rnupENr1An MORALITY.
Tho Rev. Mr. Thomas had yot to find that tic
except aB d raatter OF prudential morality. That
waa tho position thoy should take, and not try to
provo things out Of tito Bib1o which wore mt
c1oar to every mind Ho stood on rr'ont,,st
Mr. Youkor said tho toxt look not upon tho
vino whom u ia rcd taught total abstinence Or
sashf %hs heS ''S'Am4as' ms Durns ., south EVANSTON
wantod to know whore A1r. Thomas' prudential
policy would placo thon... r
DR.. Thomaa did not beliovo IN extromos. Itao
truth might llo midway and he believed It did In
this caso. They might as vol ndmft that wine
was drank in tho oldon tiuo and sanctioned In
tho Diblo, but thny should teach TINT 1T waa
wrong to drink bocause 1t Beta bad example;
Alr. nIoCneBuoy could not agreo with the phil
osophy of DR.. Thomas.
THE TEMPERATURE BT1I.rl rising.
DR.. Briggs denounced tho position taken by
Dr.. Thomas, and boliovod tho truth did not
osciato botwoon two extremes. Ho wont on to
rulato some personal adventures In connection
with Blayory, which woro somewhat egotiBttcal.
| DR.. Thomas remarked that tile speech was all
very nico, but lio Haw no argument in 1t.
Dir. Briggs (angrilY to Or. Thonas)-To yonr
could 10 any argument.
Iha exPIlosion To-. Of angry passion caused bit
Dr.. Thomaa took 1t worry quietly, and setd per,,
| hapa bis capacity could not take III tho supposed
argument, but he VAS still Of the opinion that
wino was nsed in Bible timcs, and ita uso sano-'
'';t Dr, Edwards d ard ~ wnntod to know what kind Of:
Dr.. Thomas said Tint WAS the question. Paul
told Timothy to take a little for Ills Btonach's
| Bako.
| DR.. McChesney-Look not upon the vino
when 1t is rod. Reconcile tho paaaago. ~:
| Dr.. Thomas believed tho truo@ ground to taKe
| was TINT the Bible denounced intemperance,
and TINT total abstinence 'sas mattor Of pru-
| donco. :
DR.. Edwards volunteered to show from Ho-
| brow or Crock Bible that vino In tho Script ure
| Was not formonted.
DR., Thomas did not bo1iovo ho could do 1t.
l. PUTTING Hill on RECORD.
The Rev. 1Ir. h[oKown--1 would like to ask
| you, DR.. Thomns, II nm to understand that you
believe TINT jesus OhriHt, your Savior aud mino,
may havo used fornented wine ]?
! a yoice-Was moderate drinkor.
. DR., Thomas replied that was tho way lie
i wished to bo nnlerstood. There was danger Of
I going too fur. Tho Bible, for instance, proMb-
tied braided hair to DO worn by women. Would
thoy enforce tho Biblo In tlaat particular?
by this time soyornl gontlomon had left, and
tho debate began to be repetition Of what waH
said boforo. After sou,o further talk, In which
nothing particularly bright or novel was uttered,
tho mooting 1ispe,Hod with the understanding
tllat tho Bible inoulcated total abatinence from
fernlentel wiues.