The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-05-07

ANS was wine and the result of drink
Ing u not very different tom what it is
to-day. We will now see what the Bible
says about this drugged wine: Isaiah 5-22
wee 10 them that are strong to drink
wine ana men OF strength to mingle strong
afihK. rs 1913 There is cup and the
Wlne is red. it is fnll Of mixture and he
pooreth out Ct the same; but the dregs
thereof, all The upgodly ofthe earth shall
| dFlnk them.'' Here Gods wrath is liken-
ed TO wine, which the wine that cheers,
| of the wine given by bright Helen.
On the other hand we find wine IN
| intoxicating. The priest Mason gives to
U'ysus a skin Of wine, perishable,sw
~ money, and shat must be diluted with
twenty parts water. That would be rather
weak Tor wine 5ibbers OF the present day.
Pllny and Varro mention q wine Muir
RIA which the Roman matr0ns were al
lowed to drink; yet it was capital crime
for them to drink wine. But Varro calls
this Dalies ne3 lnebricans; The following
ceipe is from Cato: Eighty gaIlons OF
mHst grape juice sixteen gallons Of vim
igar, sixteen GALLONS of sopa (musg boiled
down one thirdl four hundled gallons of
pure water, eight gallons Of sea water"
This mixtu. would nos suit wine bibber
q -day but 1t was wine and in use about
the time Of Christ Here we have the
same testimony from prefane history as
from the Bible. A wine that was curse
and taken to represent the dire wrath oil
God, and wine that was Us ful and even
| allowed bJ the stern Romans to their
wives. Yet ministers Of Religion are anx-
ioqs tQ prove that Intoxicating wine il
Recommended By God. But the. AVS Ma
ture are always the same, and the wine oil
Bible countries are, not strong eppugl
TO inSoxicate now unless. drugged; any
one who wishes to know the truth in this
Matter can soon do i. On leave once IL
| ne ISLAM u Crese (C4ndia) saw twenty
tnen take possession Of WI Q shop. anC
drink for i've hours as fast as two dagon
could be filed from the cask ara handed
round, yet the whole party s:eercd ,
straight course from Cannea TO Sud Bay
passing through lhe salt pans by rath
about two feet wide, and not one STUN
blcd IA. Co1ll this he done If the wine
Was such as We drink here. Yet the wine
OF Crete is stronger than the wine O
islands farther east. But Noah got drunk
therefore, we must drink intoxicating
drink. Can we wonder that we make in
fidels " ben we put such strange construc
tons On holy writ Noah gets drunk hi
son laughs at nim, Noah wakes out o
his drunken sleep and is inspired to curse
son and grandson, (bah.) Once convince
me thai God inspired q drunkarj to curs'
his son for mocking him when drunk ant
l should have but little respect for thu
GOD. But this construction net only d oe
violence to my idea Of God, but TO reason
The wine It that country was not intoxi
eating unless drugged. Now let US try
another view Of the case. Noah made
some wine, his grandson wi h the knowI
edge of his father (probaoly) druggeG
this wine and enjoyed the results on hi'
grandfather. Noah when be was freeG
from the effects Of the drug. was inspired
to curse his grandson for his base crime
This may be poor theology, but plair
common sense. and in accordance will
facts of history and the laws of Nature.
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