The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-03-31

" G. UIN MAAN NHaA HHaNN NNH NHr HfHN
inHad bold enough 20 deliver such
aa slirtss la fremont Temple. for it
csmpels men 70 ihiuk. aud The cmel
h'a4rarce % The temperance cause IS
want ol clear thinking There has
leen q supeiabundance Of impc,uous
passionate, hasly action, but gert
lille calm. thoughtful. impartial
thought. Some Of Dr. )sby's as
sergions are Too positive. IL Is stil
aa open question IN science--in spite
al Dr. AinslIc's positive declarations
whether alcohol ever properly serves
The purpose Of food ia the human
bOiy; it IS iolerably certain that IN
any form ID IS injurious 10 men under
.ui9lle Tie. when beallh demands
rapid disintegraiion and reconstruc-
liln-of tue tissues. which alcohol
delays The example Of Christis not
conclusive on the question Of per
son1l use Of vine Because IN tie
warm cl.mate aud sluggish ciyiliza
ton OF Palestine Christ drank q mild
wine mixed with water, it does not
follow that It Is wise for hot. blooded
Americans, in the cold climate ald
intense civilization OF tho Northern
States, % drink fiery wines mixed
with alcohol But the main premises
Of the address need some better refa
ta,ion than that Of Mr.. Phillips
philippe or Mr. Mallelleus prayer
Temperance is not Synonymous with
total abstinence, a total abstainer may
be q most intemperate mau, and a
good many of them are. The Bible
commends the use Of vine; Christ
lived iu 40 age when drunkenness
was more excessive than in our own
time; when total abstinence societies
existed and pledges we're prescribed.
and He never Joined the one or
recommended he other lie made
wine By q miracle, used It socially,
snd dying, recommended tito His
followers in memorial service ap-
pointed to keep His name in loviDg
remembrance among His followers
Ia the face Of these facts, to de-
nounce all wine drinking as a sin is
to denounce Christ, and to enforce
total abstinence as the scle remedy
fot intempcrance is to denounce His
example. To avoid this conclusion
by lnyent.lg two kinds OF wines, one
termcnted, the other unfcrmepted, is
to violating intellectual honesty for
The sake OF securing Biblical sanction
70 an ethical hobby The cost is too
great for { benefits There is not
q single living independent Bible
scholar Ia England, America or Ger
many who can be CITED in support Of
this weak untenabIe invention There
Is 8 clear and unquestioaable dis
tinciion between distilled and ier-
mented liquors ia the process Of their
production, their essential nature,
and their inevitable effects on the
system. DR. Willard Parker, the
foremost authority on temperance
problems in this country, has recently
10 our columns demonstrated this
differences so olssfly that no reply TO
The demonstration has ever been
attempted Any method oi reform
that ignores ordenies these principles
sets itself against truth, and though
in short battles passionate invee
tive sometimes yanquishes truth, iu
long campaigns truth always con-
quers. The permanent aud final tenn
pefance reform must recognize these
truths and reconcile itself 70 them
We wish that Dr Crosby, IN MS
proposed method Of temperance re-
lorm, had placed greater emphasis on
the truth that there is no specific for
intemperance; that the only true
remedy is a reform Of the whole
nature. Temperance is o plant Of
slow growth; it cannot bo forced.
Iutemperance is the mastery of the
animal over the intellectual and spir
itual; temperance Is tue mastery OF
the intellectual and spiritual over the
animal Prohibition puts the Tiger
ia a cage and denies hin The use Of
blood Gle pledge is his promise TO
turn yegetorian Christianity takes
his blood thirsty disposition out OF
him. Prohlbitofy laws and personal
| pledges may sometimes serve IS q
useful temporary purpose, but 10th
/ ing less than Christian life makes
Radical and permanent reform. A
| genuine revival Of religion is the besl
temperance movement; a genuine
Christian church IS the best temper
aneo society and q genuine Christian
I preacher, whoputs temperance where
Paul put il, between righteousness
and judgment TO come, IS the best o
all Temperance lecturers.