Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-03-22

Iitieal fighf, but think that il = consnoa
ground On which Ell Christians, whaf-
ever their tame or belief, can meet and
make common cause. believe that
al The Christian churches forbid the use
81 intoxicating drinks and encourage 20
tai abstinence. &c there are any that
do not, save me iron them Is all have
to sav about Il.
'M undertakes 10 show that our wines
arr not the same Is those spoken OF N
the Bible" Messrs. Editors, IL there
are not two kinds Of wine spoken OF IN
the Bible, viz. the feTmented and un-
fermented, and IL the unIeTmented = not
the kind we are commanded In "buy
without money and without price.
then the Bible must contradict ITSELF.
Hear Gods denunciation Of wine Ter
mented). II il ismocker" and SO rage.
at biteth like serpent and stingeth
ike an adder" "Woe unto him that
giveth his neighboS drink" tits called
the "wine OF astonishment," the wine
through which ''Ihe priests and the
prophets have erred" and ''are out OF
the way" through which they "err IN
vision and stumble in judgment" through
which ''all tables are full of vomit and
fithiness, 50 that there Is no place
clean" II is called the poison OF dra-
CONS and the cruel venom OF asps."
Common sense tells US that this Is not
lhe wine re are told to tbuy without
money and without price, which We
are urged to drink abundantly and Is
held up before the eyes Of the IsraeiItes
as the supreme blessing of God, and
which Jesus made at the marriage feast.
But 10 prove that unIermented wine was
made and highly esteemed BY the an
clients. one has but TO read contempt
raneous history. We will refer you to
Aristotle, Pliny, Horace, Plutarch,
ColumelIa and Josephus. ID. Thorn
son saws: "The Moslems make no fer
mented wines; they boil the juice doWn
to preserve it, and they claim to have
received this custom from the remotess
antiquity" Itis claimed that men can
not be made moral by law: then why
are laws passed TO punish murderers'
robbers and thievess If they will be
Intellectual IN one case they viii in an
other. They are certainly analogous.
If laws can be passed prohibiting men
from selling ImPurc articles OF food,
why cant they be passed to prevent
them from poisoning their fellow-man
with impure drink Verify, Citizen,
ian ounce Of prevention viii be worth
pound OF cure" have heard the
news concerning the defeat of the gen.
eral local option bill, aud Judge as soon
as you did as | do not keep secluded,
but will tell you some other news, tina,
is, we will never despair so long as we
have Key.
think Citizen your idea Of an asso-
citation good one, but | will object to
YOU acting as chairman, as you show
yourself glutton as well as drinker,
for am not prepared to assign any SUI
pernatural qualities to you, particularly
when you make such mistakes, and
must therefore think that you measure
my capacities for gormandizing by your
own habits. In conclusion, Citizen,
do not think there is any necessity for
any soliciting oil the ladies, for believe
that nine-tenths of them are with me.
but think 1t great pity that you can't
find your ''queen of gems" to lead you
from the cup. Some merchant would
perhaps thank her, as you might pay
Tor that suit OF clothes little sooner.
NJ.
?. s. Will not some Of the friends
Of temperance take some steps for or
ganiziDg9 Our opponents are alert,
and are already preparing for combat
in case We get local option bill for the
county. Friends, be up and doing
call a meeting some one and let us or
ganize. / suggest Saturday, March
30th. If it suits, let Us hear from you
III.