, 1874-04-25
l. REPLY TO Dn. THOMAS.

tAtng the public mind. Like all other qne5-
tions, it has its friends and it's enemies. It Was
with great surprise read the remarks Of DR..
Thomas on the subject of Bible temperance. Is
he aware that hundreds of the enemies OF tho
temperance movement arc making use OF his
arguments in fa1or OF the liquor traffic To
say the Bible does not prohibit the drinking OF
intoxicating wines Ii absurd as well as mis-
chieyous. He might IS we'll soy the Bible does
not prohibit polygamy, slavery, etc. Let US
glance at the Bible wine question. The kind Of
wines spoken Of in the Bible are, 1rst the drugged
wines and, second. the unfermentod wines; and,
third, the boiled wines. The dragged and fer
mented wines were the wines spoken against in
the Bible. The unfsrneuted wines, the boiled
vines, were the pure juice OF the grape, con-
eequently did not intoxicate. No temperance
man would be afraid to drink the pure unfer-
mented juice OF the grape. am sure would
not object to drink Of such wine. II DR..
Thomas means the Bible sanctions the drinking
OF the unfermented wines, l agree with him
but, if he means the feImented and drugged
wines cannot egree with him; and think it
will be shown in this paper that the Bible clearly
opposes the use of al kinds Of Intoxicating
wines. A classification OF yayin shows it oc-
curing Ill times; yayin is used gcnerlcally 68
times; all kinds Of wine. good or bad, 81 times.
We find tho Law OF the Nazarite forbids the use
Of wine:
the children OF Israel and say unto hem When either
woman shall separate themselves to vow VOW
Of Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD
He shall separate himself from wine aud strong drink,
and shall drink no v1negar Of vine, or vinegar OF
strong drink; neither shall hc drink any liquor Of
grapes, nor eat moist grapes or Tried.
And have led you forty yc.rs in the Wilderness
Ye hays not eaten bread, neither haro 80
drank wine strong drink that 5s might know that
am the Lord your God.
II tho Bible is the Word of God, the above
goes to prove that the Nazarites were for
bidden to use wines Of any kind. al the
days Of their spiration. In the Wilderness
they did not drink wine or strong drink The
logical sequence il that men under the influence
Of Intoxicating vine forget God. II the Bible
sanctions the drinking OF intoxicating winet it
teaches doctrines opposed to the temperance
movement; but, If it teaches doctrines TINT OPP
pose the drinking of Intoxicating wines or strong
drink, it is in harmony With temperance. 1t
must do one or the other. 1t can't teach both,
and be an iufaiible rula OF religious faith and
practice affirm that tho doctrines OF totsl ab
stinence harmonize at once with the very words
Of Scripture, as well as NTH the entire spirit
and object of revelation
Harmony is derived from ''Aro," to 1T or
adapt, to square; and its meanings
are: Ftrst, Adaptation OF parts; oonso-
nance; concord. accordance IN facts;
agreement in views; peace, friendship,
Now, If the Bible and total abstinence it and
square with each other, common sense will ad-
nit that there is plain teaching Of one truth
By both. 1.-THE whole tenor Of Scripture ap-
proves the principle OF abstinence, and does
honor to the men who practced it."-Jamcs Sher-
man, H. D. DR.. Thornns 4" has yet to find that
the Bible prohibited the use OF Intoxicating
wine" In the Greek Bible, to-wit: the word
oinos (wine) is ordinarily applied to unfer-
mented wine (as in the translation Of tirosh and
ausis) but it is does not, therefore, follow that
it is not sometimes or often, applied to into1-
icating wine also.
Second total abstinence is many times en-
Joined by St. PAIL. 1T, Paul Uses the same word
which Josephus employs in speaking Of the
priests and, II Dr. Thomas chooses to put different
meaning upon it, / shall use the liberty OF dis
senting from him, and OF believing that con-
kind Of Greek, best knew the meaning OF the
word. Read the learned Bretschneider's Leu-
con of the Naw Testament, and lind the follow
ing explanations "Nepho, vino abstlneo, to
abstain from wine !" "Nephallos, sobrius. vino
abstinens (Joseph Antig. III, II Titus H., a."
" "Oiuos yiuun oinos, neos, mustu1n !; " Gleukos,
muBtum," Acts H., -, HesycMus explains, as to
the tears OF droppings OF thee grapes from the
first treading" Let the hearers Of Dr.. Thomas,
then not be bedeceived by either ounces or D. Is.
ALI these words are in the New Testament, and
they mean total abstinence, and are more harmoni-
ous than such bibbers as Dr.. Thomas are willing
to allow. The Bible plainly teaches total ! abstin-
ence. Read I. Tim. ILL.,. 2: = Be- (Nephalios) ab,
stlnent, sober" Tiuts H., 2: "That the aged
man be absenent, grave" II. Tim: ", S: "Ab-
stinent, watchful IN all things.' I. Tim. Iii, 8:
Ne Paroinos, not near wine" I. Titus l., Z:
Not opposite wine, /. e., in it's company" We
cannot quicken dull apprehension; still may
hope DR.. Thomas will begin to see where his po-
but Am convinced the Bible teaches tempe1-
ance but until hear from Dr.. T. will leaye
the host Of evidence for Bome future occasion.
ANON.