, 1874-04-16

.+or con ro.a,on NJ faith ia mt anft,c,ont,v 1on.
nito to enable mo to Judge wletl,or Mr, 9wing'a
mnt m,t ctp certsinly 10 far rs on % indao no
sontimont xbioh hayo over honr1i lin ,ttor.
eicr i, ruhlin or In priynto. ionnn in I'm ioaat
tnwnrd t1r III tln Unitarian Geliot, 49, Wv '''''
con}ompaton I'M @ Of m or from svnnpotzinn @ u with
thnac WIN wnl,id contlomn onn ,yhnm htoliove
to 10 as honest % ho Is abc, and as eooa In
hoart a. ho ia groat in intoiloct that. inatoai Of
taounn,,tl sucl, uroachorp Of tlo iayev md olar
stnhio roanoi Christ ta,,n,,t '"o A''oS 'A'o 'A"'
Hcgrottng to bo drawn into this controversy.
and ' mailing ills atatonont mt oniy | IN defouso Il
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a ald a., rot aay tnnt the Council was "bonght
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hoars Of The ns vote, yore brought" EYER by
t,e. ne stronger hiluonee OF tho ruling MINDS in
tnat TIT! nody. gavo ti!s a. my opinion, and y Is
NY opinion eslil. But do not "aah to 10 unaor-
asooa n5 charging anyone with bribery. nnloss
bribery. N T. NAvL1N.
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tint avon clergymon ' NAV H6omotmos 6o @ entertan
n,out nrroroo,S .! !v;""sa ~ n,,1a. = tnoan1n How
in Il nnasihlo that INV unbiasofl raaler Of tho
Blblo can appear befora Tie public With such an
% nnfonntlod md untonable assertion. i lint tho
Gzm,euted fniee Of tic 1 srano2 y 4 The % sornturoe
nowhoro make distinction between forrnontod
md unformento1 wine and, in most-ayo In
noarly nll-caaog. the 'sy,r1o" Of tho Blbio is
IL
Let us first consider tho word yayin, most COM
monty employel1 for wilma in tile HebroW Dibie
We read that Noah drank Of the uavjn, and bo-
chmo drunk (Gonesis IL, 21); tnst Nabal drank
udyin, mud became uery drunk Il. Samuel. XIV,
80, sly; that tho drunkards Of Epl,rain arc
struck down hy vaYi,a {Isaiah, xviii, u that
Jeremiah says, II am like drunken man, like
| person whom yayi, has overcome" (Joreraiah,
| It is spokon OF as a BLESSING. IBaao blossos
Jacob, that God may give him plenty of corn and
vino (Gonesis, xvii, 28). Jacob blesses
Jutlah that his oycs may be rod by ydyin
| fGepests, xlix,. 12) God promises to Israel
that thoy ahall again plant tlleir vineyards and
drink their yayin (Amos, H.. ~. Tho Nazarito
| was permitted to drink yayin after his VOW had
| expired [Nuubora, Vi, 20). The drinking Of
| fsraolitss deuteronomy XIV, 28). Compare
| also the word Of the Psalmist (ciy., 15), that
s'The vino g]addons tho heart Of man'; tue
| word Of lothian, that vino ''choeroth both God
anu man tJuuGca, N.t H. hnQ 80 fofth, ana 60
forth.
What ia said Of yayfn ia applicable to tho He
I brew synonyms Of tile word, TO shechar t;rosA,
chener, kc. And evon shechar, meaning, liter
| ally, "intortcating drink" is permitted anl
recommended in the Diblo deuteronomy,
| xiv, 90.
From ill this It muBt be concluded, /, that
thero is not tho least particle Of show Tint tho
"wino" Of tho Bible ia but tAe unfermonted
Juice of tho grape and, 2, that the advocates OF
so-called total abstinonco cannot claim the Bible
as being on their side OF the question. On the
contrary, tho Bible recomucMds tho use of vino,
and ouly docries its abuao.
It is . vain attempt to doprave the religion Of
the Bible into a religion OF ascctic austerity. A
chcerful aud happy enjoyment OF the blessings
Of tho oarth is fully In accordance with the loster
and tho spirit Of tic Scriptures. Tho only con
tision imposed upon tho lsraclilo is, neYer to
| forgot that he owes all enjoymentB, not to his
own exertlons or his own merits, but to tho bo-
ncfconco Of God; anl, further, that in oujoy-
ing Gods gifts, he Bhall never mako boast Of
himself, but that he shall always remain mind
full Of the fact that e ia h,.,ao,, being, endowed
with roaBou and an immortal soul.
Lot mo add one remark moro j: Are those
" Christian ~ people who 30 emphatically de-
| nounco the F" Wire-bibbors AZ criminals Of tho
| worst kind, aware that thoae denuncations in
| thcir mouths are sheer blaBphemy For they
donounoo noue loss than the founder Of the
Christian religion himself, a. Jesus was no aB-
| cetic, and drank yiue. Tho rnirncIo OF Cana.
whorowith, according to tho Gospel Of John.
chap. H., 1le began Lis public life, would alnno
| be sufficient proof Of thiB. But, as m Israete
who had come q not to destroy, but to fulfill"
| he also drank vine, at loaat on every Friday
evening, on tho commencement Of Sabbath Fur
it was thon generally. accepted and oLoycd law
among tho jews, to take cup Of vino before
| the first Sabbath-meal was oatpu aud to praiBe
God by saying, before drinking it, " Blessed b.
Thou, Q Lord, King Of the Universe who hast