, 1874-04-20

nccopt TINT account III John, or did lo not l.
tbins3 Il ho % aid aeeoptfi il, Why did G Gho not ro-
colve Him Of whom MoBes in tho law and tito
prophets did write The question was prosscd
al1 tho moro because, accord!nB to tho lsabbis
interpretation tho first nniraolo Of Christ was
amount Of Intoxicating drink. As tlla act Of
Christ coincilod with the Rnbbi's doctrine Of
" moderation" !" why did lo not roceivo Him
Tho sermon closed as folowa: And now,
Inst snppor, because Of tho aolomnty Of tho
occasion. III fow llours tho Bon Of God was to
leave tho world, aud fto foretold tho lnn''nor Of
Ills death. Tho ti1no had como for Him to 10y
down through tho centuries, and give It ful.
Moss Of meaning. 1t mover had possessed before.
Tie Passover had always meant salvation
from wreth, from, the destroying angol;;-
salvation hy bl99d, tho blood Of frosh-
0hriat, to, tonch Ills dacip'os, how
III spiritual se1sae they wero to oat 1fia body
aud drink His biood-that blood which Is ropro-,
nontod as having auol freshness Of efficacy,
Of W dod appoara Is 4 lamb tIat lad beon slain.
And I tremblo whom any religious tcnchor vou-
turoB to say tint tho immaculate Sou Of God up
pointed Intoxicating drink to symbolizo His own
that to yDS1Ss S.a ana MH 9sps
ohoaen that which Inns lot looao more destroying
angels III society thnn my other one thing. But
We arc told that Christ drank It Himself On that
occasion. Wlant did ho drink His own blood
lie did % say II will n not driu, % honcoforth Of
tho frnit Of tho vino until drink 1t now IN
My Fasher's Kingdom. We arc told that after
thanks, He gavo it to tho DiHolplen, aayiug !:
Drink 20 al1 of this, for this ia My blood. And
NO nro told thnt tha. cup wns for,ne,,ted. Do
| thoy moan to say that the blood Of Christ was
a1do fctTu ,fad9 In film nNhft n1,arUaR
with blasphomy. IB that the blasphomy to which
We aro to be driven ? But TINT is not all of It.
He tolls us Christ drank ct least fout cups Of In
toxicating vino ut TINT supper. little later and
| supposed that Ho was prostratod by n mystori-
| ous and redo1nptiyo agony. Arc wo now to DO
reminded that only few hours boforo No had
drank enough Intoxicating vino to PROSTATE any
law-abiding 1sraclites. also dranlt four cups Of
tho same article. Thon no wondor the Disciples
were 80 stupid In tho garden that they could not
keep awake. Poor Peter IL to be EXCUSED for
| donying his Lord and for hts profanity, for he
| probably had not recovered from his four cups.
Judas was simply drunk, for 1t was Immediately
after that supper that lio sought to botray Ills
| Master. No Wonder tint ho sold out his interest
| In tho Kingdom Of Heaven 40 choapiy. Hla
suicide, perhaps, aftor nll. waB tho result Of
| himself, and, having drank 30 much Of tho for
mented vino, he waH much like old
I bottle. ind therefore, ns wo nre. told on
good authority, he burst opon. And
tho Jows who cruci1od Jesus had. aB law-abidiug
Israe1itos, each taken four cups. The oruci:
| f1xion scene which followed was the reuu!t OF
universal intoxfcatiou. No wondor TINT there
was darkness over all tho earth. Tint darkness
has not all gono yet Those arc some of the
conclusionB to which no are led by tho doctrine
| OF resurrection.
"If remember woll, thore Is q WOO rcseryoi
for tho man who puts tue bottle to his noigh
boris lips, oven If his noighbor has enough solf
control to drink moderately ct frat"