The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1875-01-21
fFOr the News.
''TO Whom 1t May CoBceru'
ira General. and ~. w. CO
and "Jark n.Ihe.P ulpii" in
Particular.


in General. and ~. w. c.
and "Jack in.Ihe-P ulpii" In
Particular.
"Wine is a mocker; strong drinl
is raging; and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise"
We do not propose to try to dis
pose of the Temperance question
from scriptural standpoint. This
has been done-and ably done-by
wiser heads. We refer those inter
ested to "Bible Wines" by Rev. J. B.
Dunn; send 25 cts. to Hitchcock &
Walden, 100 W. Fourth st. Cincin-
natl, for package No. l of Temper
ance Tracts, or swine asa Beverage,
by Rev. ]. F. Lloyd
Some statements of p. W. G. mot
Past Worthy Chief strike us as in
consistent. He makes this remark
able admission: drunkenness is
carrying its thousands annually to a
d17nahards Craze, and still eoorse, to
a drunkards He'll" and yet justifes
those who contribute to this result.
"Love worketh 10 i'll to his neigh
bor."
'Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself"
Can I do this, and for the sake of
my neighbor's dimes furnish him that
which ruins his home, beggars his
family and carries him to a drunk
ards grave and drunkard's He'll,
P. W. G. says, "If God had not
commanded Noah to build an ark
for the saving cfhimse!t ana. family,
the manufacture Of Intoxicating Hq-
uors might haze been numbered
among the lost arts" So might "all
shames and crimes" If Christ had
not saved Peter on the Sea of Cali
lee Peter would not have afterward
denied Him. Faith saved Noah,
faith saved Peter; it made neither
of them infallible.
He says "Jf Godhad thought that
alcohol oodS not beneficial to the h,l-
man race, He qc0dld not placed it
aohere 1T is. But at as there, and God
intended ecerythi'ag for some useful
purpose" Suppose He did; it does
not follow that purpose was to enter
into the human stomach.
We agree with him that "He kneao
that ii acou1d be a temptation to u.s."
we rejoice tnat "He that oUercometh
shall be clothed IN achite raiment;"
but we ask who comes nearest over
coming-the moderate drinker or
he who ''looks not upon the winee
He says that "God has commanded
us to use aoi,ae and strong drinks an
a useful and temperate ,oay." We
were not aware that He had "com-
manded"C) us to use them at ALL
We would call his attention to the
fact that the same Bible that says
"No drunkard shall inherit the King
dom of God" says "Woe to him that
putteth the bottle to his neighbor's
lips" That does not mean the man
who gets drunk. Did the man who
sold that gun know that it was to be
used for murders If so, he was
Does the man who makes
and sells liquor know that it is to
cause drunkenness? Judge ye;
Drunkenness carries its thousands
annually to drunkard's grave, and
far worse, to a drunkard's He'll"
Ifno man would drink moderately |
there would be no drunkards. |
Therefore I will not drink moderate
ly. If no man furnished the distiller
grain there would be no drunkenness.
Therefore sell no grain to the dis
tiller. God holds every man respon-
sible for his influence; let each do his
part.
Jack-in-the Pulpit Che had better
be in the Pew asks what right
minister has to scold his congrega-
ton for selling their grain at the
still house; calls it vulgar imperti-
nence" 1t is the duty of a minister
to denounce sin in every form
"Well," says Jack, "but. he insults
his hearers; he stirs up the worst pas
sions."
Was Moses afraid to speak his
convictions, for fear he '.insult" some
body? Were Elijah and Paul and
Peter? Stephens hearers did not go
out "meditating on the glowing
truths that should have been re-
vealed;" their worst passions" were
so "stirred up" that they gnashed
on him with their teeth, and stoned
him to death.
'.For the time viii come when
they will not endure sound doctrine;
but after their own lusts shall they
heap to themselves teachers having
itching ears" ALIUS.
Judge Haag's reso' 'utions request
ing Congress to compel the State of
Indiana to keep the Indiana division
of the Wabash & Erie Canal in re-
pair, were unanimously adopted by