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

EDrToR SATURDAY PEzss I'm your issue of May
18th is sermon moderation, delivered preri-
ously by one Of the reverend gentlemen of this
city 1t is not surprising that sermon, or lecture
on moderation, written by one who acknowledges
himself an extremist should prove unsatisfactory
to those who profess to be moderate - rnoder-
ately good, moderately honest-few are more than
this-moderate in eating drinking, etc.
| believe no reasonable man will deny that In
every question much may be said on both sides /;
the reverend gentleman has made an ingenious
compilation of unfavorable statistics, and could
have swelled the catalogue of his authorities had
he had time and inclination; 1 regret that he had
neither ! would be glad to see the subject of
fermentation for instance, "rotting," as he pre-
fers to call it, fully and fairly discussed. If We
are not permitted to partake of anything. edible
or drinkable that has begun 10 ferrnent, or TO
decompose. where shall we draw the line. Much
of the fruit in the market would be denied US
much butter and no, few eggs, and many yiands
without which the meagrely furnished tables in
this Kingdom would be still more meagrely fur
nished. But is decaying or decayed matter, yege-
table or animal deleterious The American abort
gnes bury their meat until IL is quite rotten it Is
then disinterred and eaten with great relish has
the noble red man suffered IN consequence Ger
tain cheeses are not priced by gourmands until
they are rotten. Game should, in most cases,
nearly approach that inevitable stage Has the
author Of the discourse on moderation ever eaten
ky-UAf, or VIII he presume 10 mat the
German nation has lost intellectually, morally OF
physically BY the general consumption of sauer
kraut and beer While he Is willing to accept the
chemical analysis furnished by the scientists, will
he kindly continue his quotations and let Us know
what they have TO say of the best vinegar What
is vinegar OF what Is it made And In what con-
diton is the original substance when II comes TO
the table in the vinegar cruet Will he give us the
chemical analysis of tea Is there any pure tea IN
the market How many poisons are compounded
in the beverage to which the wise virgins abandon
I A. h. alxy erraru
of this brewing to his neighbor, knowing as he
does, that the world is filled with beSotted Tea
bibbers And tea with sugar IN it-does he not
know that refined sugar contains a portion OF
blood when he takes sugar there is strong
probability that he eats blood with it, as much
blood as he is likely to get in sherry There are
juice IS expressed and is probably pure juice in
the beginning what becomes OF all the pure juice
Is il portioned off, that there shall be less than
five per cent to the boitlef Has the reverend gen
tlernan ever been IN wine growing districts and
seen the process Of wine making aud wine bot
/ ting wish to ask him If he believes that the
per cent. of alcohol in the grape juice OF to-day
greater than 1t at the beginning Of the Christian
era The wine of that day abused Just as II J,
/ now abused the two Testaments are full OF drunk
ards yet the Saviour OF men did not use Of
wine, because there were those VINO would mol ust
There are certain texts in the good book which
are continually ignored by preachers and temper
auce lecturers. Let quote some Of them, merei,
TO prove that much may DC said ON both sides OF th
/ question. 10 quote tho reverend eentleman's Owl
I words what says God = God says al this, ant
\ much more beside He says" And Melchisedec
King of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, ans
4 he MAS the priest Of the Most High God" Gen
I 1iy;ls.
He says. through the life Of the dyias Jacob il
his prophecy concerning Judah, the chosen one o
| the twelve tribes Of Israel" Binding his foa
unto the vine, and his asses colts unto the choic
vine, he washed his garments in wine and hi
clothes in this blood Of the grape. His eycs shal
be rod with wine and his teeth white with milk.
Gen. xlix:ll, II.
Nov this is that thou shalt oder upon the alta
and the fourth part OF bin q
wine for drink offering TX. xxixsss, ".
See also Lev. xxiiiils, and Mum. xy5. But
need not multiply these references, which are moe
Of them merely Teiterations.
sIn the holy plaes shalt thou cause the stfon
wine to DO poured unto the Lord for drini
Offering" Mum. xyiii7.
Then said tho trees unto the vine, come THO
aud reign over US. But the vine said unto then
! shall leave my vine which choereth Tod an
man aud 60 to be promoted over trees = 'udg'
ix;i2 H.
~ .And there Is bread and wine al.o q
ma thy handmade and for tho young man which
with thy servants There IL no want OF anything
Judges xix:l9.