Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-05-27


offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, hs
blessed the people in the mans Of the Lord III
Hosts, aud be dealt among all the multitude, even
among the whole fnnltitude ~ Israel, a. we'll n
and gp,,J piece ~ flesh and fsgJn ~ wine.
4 ~ Bamnai yisis, ~.
"The aeses BE- for tho kings house
| bold ~ ride on and the bread and summer fruita
for the young fnsn ~ cat, and the vine that snch
/ r,i2.
| the tzentieth year II Artafrres the kine, that
| @ins vas before him sud ! took up tbs vine and
gave y unto The king" Nehemiah Ill.
Also fowls were prepared for me and
| ylts W Ten days stores ~ III spris ~ vine"
J Nehemiah VIZ.
Z I'm those days saw 10 JuJsh some ues,Iine
.lne presses % ihs sabbath q. =. Sat.rdsy, the
/ seventh day and bringing Ia shos,es sbd fading
A,aas - sl@D vine, grspss and hgs and all manner
q burdens which they trough, into Jerusalem on
,hs 5sbpath day, aud testified aganss them ~ the
daT wbefeof They ND yis,Gsiz" Nehemiah fiii15.
l And they gave ,hsn drink In vessels u rid,
the yeasals being divers on. from another, and
f2yal zine IN abundance seeordng 70 the state Of
the king and tho drinking according W the
law none did compel for the king had ap-
pDinte1 y all The officers u bis bous Ina, they
'' On On ~ sagansb gsy vi ssn a. bsl,, = o..
king Wa merry with vine Bs,bsf IA, :, 10.
"And The klng said unto Esther a, he bangus.
d vine "hal is tby p1iiiion' and y shalI te
Esther ~
Ard there came day rhsH his ~gus and hi,
dauRhisfs aefe eating and drinking vine In their
elder bfOibrf's hyuse.H job i13.
"FOr ia the hand ~ The I/yfd there u cup and
The wine Ia red, IL IL full Of wiyfays." Palms
Then the Lord awakened ~ One OBi of slsep
aud Ike mighty man that shou,sth bT fsAsryn ~
vine" Psalfns lrrviiiEJ.
He causeih the grass ~ grow for the cattle and
herb fyf The seryioe n man, itla, be may bring
fgfth i0od out 81 The earth; aud vine tha. fnaseh
RiaI the heart ~ man Psalrns civ;1$,D.
"WisdDrn hath builJed her house. she hath bsvu
ont her seven pillars, she hA,h killed her beasts,
che hatb mingled her wine, abe hath also fuynishsd
her table" Prov. iI.l-2.
Give strong drink unto him that ia resdy 10
perish, and vine INTO those that 10 ~ heavy
heart Jet him drink and forget his ppvsrty and
remember bis misery no more" Prov. mis-, T..
"a feast Is made for laughter and wine rnaksth
merry, but money answcfeth all things FEC.
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" ! have drunk my vine with nv milk; eat
Oh friendsi drink, yea drink sbundsniiy.T Soi.
song vi.
Now also thy breasts shall BE- a. clusters
of the vine and The smell VI thy like apples;
and the roof Of thy mouth like The bez. rins that
goeth down sresiy, causing the lips Of those that
are asleep 10 speak" Sol. song Wis, ..
'Ihy silver has become dross, thy vine nired
with water" Isaiah isl1
.'Ihe new wine rn0urneth, the vine Isnguishsth,
all tho rnerry-hearted do sigh they shall
p. drink wins Ei;h eng; strong drink shall b
log for vine s IN ibs a s,lse,s all Joy =
the nirtb of the land il gone" Isaiah rriv7, o. IL
Stay yourselves and wonder; cry ye out and cry;
they are drunken, but not with vine, they sssg1sr,
but not With strong drink" Isaiah IriI9.
"Oh vine u Bhibrnah will weep for thee With
the weeping Jazer; thy plants are gone over the
ga they reach even 70 the ses Of Jasei the spolsr
u fallen upon thy Summer fruits, and upon thy
vintage, and joy and gladness Is taken from the
plentiful field and from the land Of Moab and I
have caused vine 70 fail from the ~inepress; none
shall tread With shouting. Thsir shouting shall
shall be no shOuiing" Jsr. Ilyiii5s2, -.
TIN, soh g man is eog> eqfisg a,sd dyialisg, ard
ys my Gehoid gfai,oaoas MN and ,iHe-JiJ5.y,
fTislfd Of pnJiio0Es md sfaH<rs.' Luxe rii54
And the third day there marriage in Cana
IN Galllee; and the mother Of Jesus there and
both Jesus was called, and his Disciples, 20 the
marriage; and when they wanted wine, the mother
of Jesus saith unto him, They hare wine
His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever
ne ne saiih ~, unto you do It. Jesus saith unto
them, Fill the water pots with water; and they
filled them up To the brin: and he saith unto them
Draw on. nOY and bear unto the Governor Of the
feast; and they bore it. When the ruler of the
feast had tasted the water that made wine and
knew not whence IL came, but the servants which
drew the water knew, tbs Governor Of the feast
called the bridegroom and saith unto him. Every
man AZ the beginning doth set forth good wine and
when men have well drunk that which IL worse, but
thou hast KEEP. the good wine until nov. This be-
ginning Of miracles did Jesus in Cana Of Galiise
and manifested forth his glory and his disciples
believed in him John ii:1.
Viii the reverend gentleman assert tina; there
was less than five per cent of pnre wine in those
yearsi
Likewise must the deaeons be grave, no, double
tongued not given to much wine, not greedy Of
filthy lucre." / Tim. iiiS
But speak thou the things which become aooud
doctrine that the aged msn be sober, grave, tenn
perate the aged women likewise, that they
be in behavior "a beoonsth holiness not false ae-
cusens not given to much wine, teachers Of GOOD
/ things.h Tit1s ii:l, 3.
Drink no longer water but q little wine for
thy stomach's sake and thine often inirmities-
| / linn. y:23.
"And in this mountain shall the Lord of Hosts
make unto all people feas; of fat things feast
Of wine on the lees Of fat things full Of marrow,
of wines on the lees, well refined" Isaiah .xxv6
| | might quote from the Apocryphal books, num-
erous references to the temperate Of wine, bat
it is needless to multiply the evidences that vine
/ was in common use in the beginning Of the Chris
tiau era and that the use of II was countenanced
/ by the Savior Of man. II was indeed chosen by
him as a symbol Of his blood, and passed to his
/ disciples by his Own hand, and they we're hidden
| to drink in conrnemoration of the last Passover.
The abuse Of wine is of course condemned: all
reasonable men condemn it; that Timothy's stom-
ach was weak, that he had also other infrmities
/ was probable, blu; he was not monopolist- II il
not unlikely tina. there are to-day more weak
stoInachs in the pulpit than in any other field With
the like number of laborcrs- The American nation
is distinguished for spirit of progress, which Il
brilliant in spite of its handmaidens Of dyspepsia
and caiarrh. To what shall attribnte the
| dyspepsia which has become a national calamity
Is II to bad whiskey. or to excessive indulQsocs
in pie, iee-Eater and hot bread. Hot bread, which
is fermsnted dough. saturated with butter and
/
chemical analysis of an American stomach charged
with pie and no. bread mingled with copioos
draughis of ice-water,
England survives her ale, her porter and her
| improbable port. Ii is evident that tine beer Of
| Germany breeds as good soldiers as the absinthe
and cognac OF Frances nor does the beer CLOUD the
sentiment Of the one nation, while the absinthe
| and cognac quicken the fancy of the other.
would like to see chemical analysis of the unft-
cred water drunk in this city, and to the exce&zve
use of which may probably be attributed the chief
cause Of the epidemics tina. have visited ~ from
| time to time. Ola the whole, after careful oous-
parison of national statistics it seems that the
| most unEholesome beverage nov in general use h
q cecoc,ion of .Cocculus indicus, the Iankest
poison known, oil of vitrioi, pepper aqusfortis.
poppy seeds, logvood wormvood, tobacco, COP
peras, sugar of lead sulphuric acid prussic acsd
and black ants in other words beer. As for the
ants, being in country where they permsate
everything eatcble and drinkabie. would rather
take them In beer than In any other form that
know of MopKIAriox
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