The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1874-04-17
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would be in order, and we therefore
touch such points as we may deem worth
a passing notice. Although he makes
our Savior both president of the mar
riage feast, at Cana of Gallila, and
manufacturer of wine; and leaves him
treating the whole company" in his
first article, yet in his last he claims to
have stated; that Christ made three bar
rels of wine! and sent them to the Gov
ernor of the feast" that is he says, gave
ii TO be drank in moderation Now
from the best authority We have, there
were between and 3 dozen persons at
tending that feast, and they had already
exhausted the supply Of wine intended
for the occasion, and these three bar
rels" of NJ KS come in just to wind up
the festivities Of the occasion, yet he
saws 'gave it to be drank in modera-
tion"'
Whether this be a specimen of NJ.
KS truthfulness, or of his extreme
moderation" )" leave the reader tojudge,
yet we think there is ample latitude for
some of each, when we consider their
relative quantities.
NJ X. further claims that our Savior
was the first to oppose "street praying"
Now the "way yfaring man though fool
need not err" on this point. Christ,
condemned the praying of "hypocrites
who loved to pray standing on the street
corners, to be heard of men; and why?
because the prayers of the wicked are an
abomination NJ X. condemns the pray
ing of our christian women; and why?
Is it because they are hypocrites? Is 1t
because they love to pray standing on
the street corners? Is 1t because God
has not answered their prayers, that the
virtIous NJ. X cries out against them?
Or, is it not because these praying wo-
men have endangered the nefarious traf-
fic ofdramselling and drunkard making,
and been instrumental in dealing blow
to this monster evil, such as it never re-
ceived before? There is where it hurts the
SQUIRE the most, for he but lately 'pick-
ed the pence" in the traffic himself, and
there's money in it, and he knows it.
The successful record made by our no.
BILE christian ladies against this monster
evil intemperance, is as good an argu-
/ ment in its favor as we want, and we can
/ but expect the "Alexanders" whose
crafts, be in danger to whine cry and
rave, over the distress it works in their
ranks, and it need not scare us if they do
undertake to pervert the scriptures to
sustain their infamy, as Satan himself
set them that example over 1900 years
ago.
In regard to Good Templars, we only
). gave to our readers in our last, just
what all applicants are entitled to know,
before obligation; and which is printed
and published, not only in the ritual
constitutions, manuals &c, but also II
| "Chase's Digest" by the @. rs own pub
fishing house in Cleveland; now this
impaled our violent M. X. upon the
horns of a dilemma" from which he /:
not able to extricate himself, and he may
writhe, wriggIe and twist, to his hearts
content, and call J. C. c. "falsefer" OF
a "revealer of the secrets of the order,
or we care not what; as his saying, this
does not make it so, for j. c. c. stands
ready to back up any proposition he has
as yet made, and deies successful con
tradiction.
Now no living man could tell what J
c. c. or Dio Lewis might have been IS!
centuries ago, yet many of US do know
what this unstable NJ. K. is, withou
showing him back through the many
ages referred to, and ifany unprejudicec
mind, can read his three articles pub
lished in the press, to which j. Q. c
has replied, they will find sufficient evi
dence to satisfy them as to his presen
status; and will be able to place him il
the rank and file of the army of evi
doers, who defy and defame not only tn,
scriptures of divine truth, but also def,
the law of the land in which he lives
as we'll as the character of the better par
of the human race who are arrayeC
against the rum traffic. Now in conclu
sion | will say a few words in relation
to St. Johns version of the first christ
ian wedding we have any account OF
The Importance of that event is quite a
apparent to us as to NJ. K. perhaps, al
though we educe quite another train o
thought from it, and can show by con
sistent course of reasoning that this grea
first miricle of our blessed Lord strike
US as being not only important from tn
fact of its being the first, but, it show
his humble submission and obedience t
his holy mother, as we'll as evincing t
the world of mankind, that his grea
heart had feeling in kind sympath
} with the wants of his people, to tn
which he generously ministered not onl
on this, but on many subsequent occas
ions as given by the inspiI ed writer. No'
) we defy any one to prove that the waite
was turned into Intoxicating fluid; O
would make drunk. But we would res
SonaDly suppose thaI II was eAactIy SIN
liar to that with which our Savior in
stituted the "Holy Eucharist" viz, 9Th
fruit of the vine" or unfermented winC
for fermented or intoxicating wine is a
unlike to the fruit of the vine as "Tan
gle foot whisky" is to the corn or graf
from which it is said to be distilled. Fel
mentation changes organic substance
from one thing to entirely diiieren
matter, as for instance the saccharihe fel
mentation converts the gum and stare
e into sugar; the vinous turns sugar int
alcohol, and their elements are recon
bined into new compounds, forming a
entirely different element from what
was before. We can therefore reasona
bly, conclude, that this wine which ou
opponent so tenaciously clings to, wa
an entire harmless, beverage and coul
t be drank by child without any DANCE
, of intoxication resulting therefrom, an
we have full confidence to believe tha
the Redeemer of mankind in assertin
, thus his divinity to the world, did moth
f ing that could be used afterward as
stumbling block by men who wish 10
any ways near right. ]. c. c.