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untor ohattelmortgago. There fa an awful re-
aponHlbllity resting on hlr. Morton that ho has
not aooncr applied the romody to this gigantic


he country has again brought Into prorninonca
he supposed teachings OF tho Diblo In referonco
o tho uao Of vino, and tho discussion has, in
somc instances, arrayed tho pulpit asainnt tho
,rusadorg. Tho first countor-movomopt in TO-
fgious circles camo in point-b1ank dental by
:ospeotablo o1orgymcn that tho Bible fayorB or
adyiaos total abstinence. ThfH position was
takon by tho Roy. DR., Thonlas III this city, aud
It has boon taken by aundry clorgy1non olse~
where, Of tho Protestant, Cntholio and Hebrew
faiths. THIS poaitlon has not yet boon ovor~
thrown by tho advocates Of prohibition. The
offort now is to turn tho position by
showing that there ayo two kinda Of
vine mentioned In tho Diblc-fcrmentod and
by virtue Of thia distinction,
in the Dblo which il advorao to the
uao OF vino is charged to tho lermentcd sort;
In favor Of vino to tho untermontad.
Upon this basis, tho Rov. Mr.. McOllosnoy framed
m argument in favor Of temperance tn his last
Sundays sermon, an abstract Of which has boon |
printed In THE Tribune. Reduced to tho brief
est space possible, Or. MfcChesnoy'a argument Is |
40 fullvnn Tho rino opolson Of In sho nis1e
could not hAvo boon fermontcd; II 1t wore, then |
tho Diblo is contradictory; but as tho Bible cau-
not DO contradictory, therefore the vino must |
lavo boon unfermented. Il is only necessary |
to epply this modo Of reasoning to tho oYcnts In |
tho Bible throughout in order to show tic
reducl;o ab absurdum Of auch an argument. III
addition to tho intrinsic fallacios In Mr. McOhos-
ney's syllogisnn, tho authoritiea are against him
at tho outaot. Tho Testimony Of travellers and
historians, nnd tho 5owiah Rabhla, tho Bible
dictionaries (notably the standard work Of
Dr.. smith), tho scholarship Of Andover,
Princeton, Chicago, and New Havon, mud tho
Theological reviews all maintain that tho Biblo
dooe not describe two kinds Of vino and Mr.
Doochor, strong prohibitlonfst, aftor examining
tho authorities, as has boon already shown by ono
Of our correspondents, deliberately says It La
tho almost univessai conviction Of those COM
potent to form judgment that Our Lord did
both make and ugo wines which answor to tho
feimonted wines Of tho present day in Pales-
tine." With auoh facts against him, 1t III little
wondor that Mr. McChosney comcs to d conolu-
sion which, II applied to other occnrroncoR IN
the Bible, would lead him into tho worst school
Of theology over known, md, aftor laboring
painfully and struggling md foundering about in
tho ,,,oat a,at,aotinr manner, oudg where 10 bo-
w., T., ,,,o,oaa confnp,on.
r,,oro aro vova powcvor. in which Afr, Me-
Chosnoy and othor clergymeu iu tho aamc trouble
~, ,noro.o,voa ort IN n cortain oxtent.
mn. ...a. .oa,,. -. ofroroo In THAR rrav ia tho
..-,. =. .,,.,r;,,, +,,o .7ator ,nto vim AT the
1,.,-,,oo +o,at IN cano of gall]c,. If thov can
or,., oot ovor +},,a t1,av hava hopes that they
roav or.dna,1y n;o,, their way out Of tie mosasa,
.,che ~ arcnmont or tvo kinda Of wine
Ia. boon annfcd to this caso, and
| n1r ,rcohoanav and othors l,aye zea1ouB.
1v 1oborcd tn ahow TINT it was unfcrmontoc
w;no vh,ch tho Savior mndo out Of tho water
| Ono of orr CITY cergymon, In fact, at tho recon
rrootno of t1,e nretholist Ministers' Association
iueoniously claimed TINT the miracle was only
o,,nnpo of tho water into unformentcd vine, be
canso Il taRca tiuo for vine to Torment. Al
this. however, is tantamount to oycrthrowinl
tho possibility Of miracle altogether, and in
volvoa a limitation of Divine power, 1t is NOR
bona1oaa solution than Mr. hlcChosnoy's, an,
will neyor bo adopted. 1t might bo added, tin
| Tho only Inference from tho story rs narrated
IN 1obn ia. that tho gueats woro abroad
i. re1, drr,nken." that it was good win
.g,,;ch maf1e mon we'll drunken in tlos
aovu and that tho Lord mado good wine
+. av.rv man at the beginning doth sot fort
o,oa <o;ns. and whom men hive we'll lrunl
thon ,,,.t w1,;cr Ia voreo but thou has Kept III
.oo7 ,,;no ,,nt;, now." Tho best yay to got Oh
=, +1,a rnnda,o Ia tn abolish tic story altogctno1
and fortunately for Mr, McOhosney, this has q
randy hmm 3ono for him BY tho German critics
n,o ,,ost o,n;nent soho,ars vho baye studied Il,
T ,,onuucrnta and carly toxts layo affirmed thl
, tho whole story is IN Interpolation. Clit
amonp those is Tiso1ondorf, whose sinaiti
. manusoript. tho Oldest known version of th
: Nav Toatamcnt, makes no mention whatever