Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-10-01
The Bush Convert Again.

EpiroR SATURDAY PRRss The following are
some of the authorities spoken of in my Last who,
ON the grounds Of hygiene and physiology, are
strong advocates of the of alcohol in tho form
of wine and beer. But Mr. Editor, independent of
such testimony how are VIZ 10 dispose of the high
est authorty-tho Word Of God-tho precedent
laid down by forcfathers, from NOAH who got
drunk on wine, to David who "gave royal wine in
abundance to the common people, TO Christ
who, ms of enjoyment as well ns of health
converted water into wine-six lage waterpots
from its original purpose to vessels full OF wine
and the last better than the first TO Paul who
advised Timothy-a young man apparently strong
and healthy, chosen TO accompany and mid him in
long and fatiguing journeys of missionary labor
chiefly ON foot-to take little wine for his, limo
thy's, frequent infirmitcs and stomach's sake,
doubtless arising from severe exertion and wear
and tear of the nervous system. The life or irit
of the body needs support and enlivenng, aa well
as that of the soul and mind. To the Church who
constantly drank. what total-abstainers say "a
curse" but we call, wine, at the sacrament IN
commemoration of the Living Christ, his death
and resurrection. ask, my dear sir, how can We
attempt TO dispose of these facts or how reconcile
| them, without sacrificing the truth with the doc
| trine of total -abstinence.
| shall copy the first few lines of an address
| delivered by DIR. A. L.. Carroll before the Alumni
of the Medical Department of the New York Uni
versity, upon the physiological effects of alcohol :
"rhe evil effects of intemperance so constantly
| before eyes have induced many estimable
| phanthrophist to take pure emotional view of
| the subject Physiology, however, should discard
| all sentimentaism from its elaboration, and II IN
irrational to argue from the abuse to the use of
alcohol as it would be to decry appetizing viands,
because gluttony may induce an acute surfeit or
chronic dyspepsia The scientific consideration
must assign to alcohol, rs very ready oxidizabe
hydrocarbon, a high place among force generating
foods" Here the doctor answers, what he calls
the quasi scientific arguments advanced against
ITS ailmentary properties-and goes on further Ia
say, the daily utilization of alcohol proven when
takon in oxidizable quantities or doses IL esti,
mated at ~ to ounces of absolute alcohol equal
TO . or ounces brandy about u pint sherry, and
increases both the muscular and nervous energy
Many experiments show that the only difference
We find between its action and that Of other car
bunaceous food would be, more rapid fulhllmen
of its purpose arising from the oxidation. The
, brain wasting muscle taxing strife of civilized
, communities 30 many wearing e1iRencies, whether
of business or pleasure beset us, that the moder
, ate employment of alcohol II taken to supplement
and not to supplant more enduring food il no
only harmless but beneficial, ETC., etc."
Az my time liz just now limited and do no
desire to trespass further upon your time o
! occupy too much of your space. merely contin
myself to the following names without quoting n
present their sentiments and practical observa
!, tons, in advocacy of the moderate of goo
vine or ale; Drs; 1eibie; Muspratt, pre, Lnplay
y NJ. Perrin, Berthelot, Dumas, WOrtz, Wolowi
u and Graham. Drs. Smith, Chapman, Manton
h Sandford Holdswarth, McCulloch, Pereira, Brin
u ton and others too numerous 10 mention. pre-
' found chemists and professors of the hiphes
. human authority. THp Bush CONVERT.
= There are evils spoken of in the Bible-as Par
4 says" for examples" and are not intende
for US to follow to our destruction any more tina
e in the early days. In the present age We recol
4 nize evil in the abuse Of many things that wei
q originated with good intent, and probably II
greater evil existed than that OF liquor drink
!, ing, and of which to-day the large army Of mode
y ate drinkers are its main defenders, among whoI
% we regret to find correspondent laboring har
n to support theory that has been exploded by u
d ablest scientists and medical authorities in IL
a United States and England, of which we gave b'
a few in our issue of the 18th ult.-ED.