The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-27

also used wine ut comnuniOn--a sinful drink at
ahoiy ceremony They say, indeed, that the
Wine was unfermented; but such was not ths
Case, for The unfernicnted Juice of the gruip is
not wine, and spOis in day or two. They have
also said II was cider, but the people that im,g-
Inc that must not be we'll versrd In the Scrip
the vine. In this manner they make q sinner OF
Jesus himself, and want TO be- holier and more
perfect than the Savior. Can We he blamed If
we follow his example?
Secondly, they overthrow, by their action,
christian liberty: In the same manner in
which We are forbidden to drink now the lew,
wer. forbidden to eat certain knls of food.
These prohibitions were not observed in Chris
tanity, Tor Jesus declared that not what entered
Into n mans mouth made him impure, but
what was emitted fiom the same. i,u know
yourselves, my fri .ndts, hnw many sleci, OF
food were forbidden to the Jews. The m-at Of
many animals were unciean to them. In the
first periods ofChristanity the most pious. or
rather the Jewish Chr .stiiis. attempted 10 msn-
tain these prohibitions of the Old Testament.
Bat they soon m Il with opposition at the h indS
of the former G,nties, who had adopted Chris
t;anity.
Is there something more holy than prayer,
when man is staining before his God, when in
mCmrnt- of weakness and anguish, he calls -
Him for help, when the poor. crushed soul scars
up to the q Gator to an h,t comfort and balsanl
fDr its wounds; when man Is conscious of all his
failings and bows down IN reverence To Al
forgiveness, or thanks him gratefully for Bless
ings he has enjoyed? such u prayer Is some-
times great aud holy.
But soon u new question arose. Some very
Jealous CHI Inns were in doubt rs to whether
II WAS sin 10 cat the meat OF sucrihced animals
or not. In ihe countries Of the Genil-s, whcrs
they frequently lived in aIniable intercourse
with the Gentiles, to whose idols living animals
were sacrificed, only such parts OF the annual
were burned werr not DC for human food.
Those parts rs were not burned were either eatrn
at merry banqtets or sold in the market like
other meat. In or,cr TO decide the question,
the disputnnts appealed to the Apostle Paul,
who decided the same in his epissle TO the lso.
mans. lie lett 1t to their Conscience to act u
they saw Mt. Whoever deemed 1t sin IN eat Of
niraf, To him il should In sin; but whOeyer
deemed 1t not sin, for him it should not H. sin.
lie wrote us follows, Romans XIV. 3, i, ~;
Let not him that enleih despse him that
eatcth not; anil let not him which eateth not judge
him that catsth; for t;sst hath received him.
''He that eatrth, eateth unto the Lord. for he
giveth tod thanks: and he that eatrth not to the
Lori he cateih NOT, azd gIveth God THINKS.
81 know, and am persuadri by the Lord
Iesus. that there Is nothing uncienn of itself, but
TO him 'h,f e-sieemeth anything to BE- uncicin, 10
hun IL Is uns'lsrsn.'
Now. plaae instead OF eating ",lrinking," and
you have the opinion OF tho Apostle on the
whole movement. Every one ought to net ac-
coriing to hi, own conscience, for whoever
deems it sin to drink. to him 1t Is u sin, amt
whoever does not d,em II sin to drink, to him
That the Apostle did not only mean eating,
but also drinking, is un,louDtable, rs Can see
from his iir-t Epistle to the Corinthians, in
Corinthians. TX. 4.-"Have you not power 10
cIf anl drink?''
lie demn. Il, thereby Christian liberties for the
faithful, while On the contrary our modern tenn
perlncc apostles attempt TO press Us again INTO
the old yoke which Christ and his Apostles took
from us. Bur if what the people want Is un-
christian. ihr manner In which they attempt TO
attain II Is still more so. They are dragging
something holy into the dust, and hold it up to
The sncrrs of the world.
Violent discussions rnsued in regard this qucs-
ttx.vx IL La kuI ~ ia ~, h..
Apostles. These assembled in Jeru 'a'eIn had
resolved, after IN ture deliberatiou, to cast OF
the yoke which had so long rested ON the Jews.
rsvsrence ta the old law, and who looked upon
the partaki ny of unc'ean food sin. the pro-
visions ofthr old law remained in force. Aner
tween Chrisiians, desc ,nding from Grntilcs to
jews, began to disappear the difference in food
also disappeared.
But the whining and bowling on the strrets,
tlc kDrr'ins down in the DIRT, Is q desrLiati0l
m,st rrvolting To Us.
Matthew y. 6-''But thou, when thou praycst.
enter into thy closet. and when thou has, shut
and thy Father which secth in seered shall re-
ward thee openly
lie did not say that anybody should run into
saloons and Oh the streets To make n laughing
stock Of the Most Holy. Aye, he even blamed
the Pharisees for praying On thr streets anil
called them hypocritcs; and the same he would
say of these modern Phnrisces. We see iron
Jesus own example what he thought OF such
doing.. lie has Himself prayed a great deal.
but never dId he whine Sud shout. II His sout
ruse up to Iii, F,.hrr, he retired to soltudc-the
woods or even the desert, but never was he Seen
10 march praying and shouting, through th-
streets oI Jerusalem. and if he reapirarrd ON
earth what would be say K h. witnessed ths
drag the Most Holy in the dust. lie woul'i
drive them al'art v ,th n soouryv, drive thtp.
home t0 '.eir work, which they neglect while
aissr ..ng themselves and religion " lhis
ipT' der.
f,nt we will continue to eat and drink accord,
ing to our conscience tn tA. hOpsr Of ted. for
God is m'st hoRore,i u We Accept grsS~Wus
from his hand a blessing the juice of the grape
am, the prlEst nf ~ lt than II We deSry Y ~ the
gin OF Satan, and degrade the Most Ho y by
hypOcrt!oyl and stupid conduct. Amen.
Tribute Of Respect.