, 1874-04-20
THE BIBLE AND WINE.

of like all othcr ahaokles, and cast II with all
ruoblah on tho Wasto-heapB OF tic past
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THE BIBLE AND WINE.
Sermon By tho REV. MIR. nIcChcancy.
Tho Rev, DR., MoOhoeuov. unator of Trinity
n1o,i,dist nr;ecoroI chnro1; snoto in al ovon,ng
On tho subieot "Tho piblo and re Wino ' the d.s
course being rcply to tho comments Of tho
Rabbi Tolaonthn, his 'snrmon Of TIM rra-
yious Sunday evening, published In TIE Tim
uvE fow days ago, Ho took as his toxt: /
l07e naeona or I,ne-1ossa, n.' ~ -, ., o;, =,
~ .he lnstouuasury poiuou - sno ae..a Nv
aaid that the ctltctsma upon his DISCOURSE OF tho
threo following important points OF tho argu-
mani i Tho nbvaica1 nntnre ~ man.
saeasa,a - 49, .os.;,aour ~ nonr,~ -, ,o,1,ooi
~ools ~ o,s sno sooy y. Aosy " 80.
repels any other poison. II tho Bible recon-
menda its ,lao, then It contradlcts tho plain lava
Of physlt 1o3y, and Nature aud Revelation are
squarely at variance. g. Moderate drinking, nc.
cording to NIL human experience, tends toward
Of civilization; therefore, il tho Bible encour-
ages even moderate uao Of Intoxicating drink
II ~ i H. h @ S1 IF 11aana gna u u s tho bop Eop
Is Il, sol solf-contradioto21y. ono oiass Of passagos
plainly recommends wine; another class aB plain.
so pe'ss ns 4 on eso e9 Te s pan Ge oontsston
taken by Rabbi Folaenthal IN his oommunica-
i'm, Tint ront1oman nsl,ed tha nnastinn. HHow
;a Il rosaible ti,at any unbinaed roater of tho
Dible cou appcar before the public with such an
unfouni1ed md r,ntonnb]o nesortinn that t1,e
;nn # tI,a I1b]e rnonns il, Mi onsea tie t1nfor
mnnted inico at the rrape :" No tomnorauco ro-
former however rnltcaI had ever ssid that. Gould
tho Rabbi inform him Of tho man or woman on
gaged in tic temperance movement who eyor
ssradicais" lad eaid. and do say, not that
tho wine Of tho Biblo ID In nll
casos nnfer1uontod, but that whenoyor
God or His inspired servants speak OF vino ap-
nmonto3 wine. The learned Hebrew asserted
I'm. tho scrinturee nnyhore made n f'Iatinction
between fermented and unfermontod wine, but
thia yaa BEGGING tho ouostiou. Thig was mere
hpsoth IL an;S S that IN ncnrv ali eaeos to vino
~ Tia Mhla wna fornonted wino. Tina admitting
that tlero wero fow exceptions. Would ho
vn1obsafa tho information what kind Of wine
wns rcfsrrel to iu the exconsional oases? The
concuaion ""n to ha ronched frnm his nsaortions
wna ti,ot tho B;llo aid ollutlo to two linda Of
w;ne' IF tia wine of thu Dib]o yan in nearlv all
caaea fornontol and Intoxicating. was
i a1ways ,,,s 80 - or, er wss tt th9fs S :,
vine was il on liz aaY when it wns takon from
tho oross Who ever saw fermonted vino made
from lie jutco Of tho grape which was not on
tirely free from alcohol, tlnrermontoo and un-
day, as was learned fran Chapter v, is, there
woro all sorts Of wine, and this accounted for
the fact Tint thore arc In tho original Hebrew
difforont words which arc translated by the ono
word vino.
1t was to be regretted that the learned Rabbi
did not carry his criticism OF Hebrew words
| o little farther. It would hnvo saved others the
trouble Of doing 80. Was it true TINT
there wore niue different words in the
original Hebrow which in the common
English version were translated by tho ono word
| wine? Flo mentioned fonr only-yayin, tirosl,
| shechar, chemcr-and said that they are Syn
| onymons. That, however; remained to DO soon.
Was it true that the word f!roah occurred 10 tho
! Hebrow Scriptures thirty.eight times, and that
| In every caso, with single exception, 1t was
spoken Of al blessing promiaod by God, .
proof Of tho Divine goodness to be received with
gratitude ?. Was i true that i sometlmes
Was Il truo TINT there was no Divine warning
uttered respecting it, not a single aamonition,
not one clear cnao Of condemnation Of the article !
tho word wno2 Was it true Tint tho word
sAechar occurred twonty-throo times in tho
| Hebrew Scriptures, aud TINT twice 1t stood con.
nectea with religious service, and that in every
warning Tie Rabbi said tho words meant tic
Same thing, yet tirosh was uniformly spoken Of
as d blessing, aud shcchar as curse Was II
| truo that tho work ydVin occurred In 141 pasB
ages. and of those paBsages tlore wore twenty
four Which spoke ct 1t as permitted, while II
seventy. one it waB branded with words OF warn
ing because Of its Intoxicating power7 Tht
learned Hobrow aesorted that slechar, meaning
literally Intoxicating drink" was recommended
il tho Bible, md referred to Deut XIV, 26. HI
must have made o mistake about it, however, al
there wero only twenty-five verses in tho chapter
ar1i no mention of tho subject anywhere. po1
hans he would rootify tho lniBtako 7
pressed bv bic rabbi, that @ cAoerfui and happ,
] enioymont OF tLo blessings Of the Garth raj raj
fufly in accordnnoo with the lettor and spirit o
tho scripturoB, Paul speaking to tho Hebrew
was ouotod as authority that some things sprin,
from tho earth which were curses, not blessings
Tho carth itsolt, cursed rs it had boon for mani
or formontel liquor Without mans help. It 70
quirod sin-outaod earth and q sin-ouraod mel
Operating togelAor bofore ALCOHOL could be pro
duced oIther in wine. boor, Of distilled spir
its. Yet Jewish priost pleaded TO-
shechar az ono Of the blessings OF tie earth Or
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