River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-05-03
Christian Temperance VS.. Political
Temperance.
lBY JOEL FosTER.)
Confined from last aueek.

we shall find that the passion, or love TO
govern in the teacher has overpowered his
reason or love to teach his fellow man to
govern himself, and thus man has gone lack
in civilization from time to time just in pro-
portion to the length OF time these false prin-
ciples have been taught.
The next lesson is how to use these strong
drinks. We find it in Numbers, Chap. Is,
VS.. 5, 6, 4. s and 8. The quantity OF wine is
/ fixed in proportion to the meat, and when we
compare their measure with the measure we
discover here that God is teaching ignorant
mar as father would child, and we find
no blame to be found until the child or man
has had a chance to understand the princi-
pies.
The next lesson is the first trial of self
government, where the father gives the child
the reins over his passions We find it
in Deuteronomy, Chap. IA, VS.. 20, "a, IS
and 90:
Sand thou shalt eat before the Lord thy
God in the place which He shall choose to
place His name, there the 1.-THE of thy corn,
Of thy wine and OF thine oil. and the first
lings OF thy herds and OF thy hocks that thou
mayst learn to fear the Lord thy God al
| way;
'sAnd if the way be coo long for thee SO
that thou art not able to carry Il, or II the
place be too far from thee which the Lord
thy God shall choose TO set His name there
when the Lord thy God hath blessed thee,
| then shalt thou turn it into money and bind
up the money in thine hand, and thou shalt
90 unto the place which the Lord thy God
shall choose;
Al l.aIk <L.af for
whatsoever thy soul lusieth after, tor oxen
| or for sheep, or for wine or for strong drink,
| or for whatsoever thy soul desireth;
Sand thou shalt eat there before the Lord
thy God, and thou shalt rejoice thou and thy
| household
Here is perfect freedom given, as much as
| | had at the Yankee training. Here are three
things in this passage OF scripture that the
prahibitionist should notice God don't say
you may it is 'sthou shalt" Here is u posi-.
tive command to sell and buy strong drink,
and to do it to get the strong drink to use as
beverage. God never told them to go to be
doctored but to have a good time, just as
father would to son when he wished to
| find out if he had taught him correctly: "My
son, take this money, go to this ball and en-
joy yourself as gentleman should We
also see that the priest was allowed very
liberal amount of wine.
Up to this time until the people had time
to learn these principles of self-government,
nothing is said about punishment for viola
ton OF them. Here comes the penalty.
Deut., Chap. II, VS.. IS, 10, 30 and 81:
SIT man have stubborn and rebellious
son which will not obey the voice of his
father or the voice of his mother, and that
when they have chastened him will not
hearken unto them,
s'Then shall his father and his mother lay
hold on him and bring him out unto the
elders of his city and unto the gate of his
place;
HAnd they shall say this our son is stub
born and rebellous, he will not obey our
voice, he is glutton and drunkard;
'And all the men of his city shall stone
him with stones that he die, so shall you put
evil away from among you and all Israel
shall hear and fear"
No doubt it is great wonder to the high
license mas and prohibitionist that God never
thought of their better plans. We have
failed and shall fail to find any thing in the
Bible favoring either OF them. The high
license reformer's plan is too far fetched,
where you rob an innocent man and pity the
criminal and let him go free to reform him.
Now the man that sells strong drink COM
mits no more crime than the man that raised
the grain or the man that manufactured it,
in the sight of God He encouraged man to
do it. History never has and never will give
an instance where this kind of reformer
ever got through reforming where there was
anything to steal ON this plan
The Bible is a noble history of this great
struggle between truth and principle and
falsehood and passion Solomon, when he
used the following language, could not have
thought God criminal, like Bishop Ire
land: 44th Psalm, l4th and 18th verses:
CHE causeth the grass to grow for the cat
tie and herb for the service of man, that he
may bring forth food out of the earth;
"And wine that maketh glad the heart of
man, and oil to make his face to shine and
bread which Strengthened mans heart"
Here we see every thing is given to man in
the trough" as it were, and mans enjoy
ment depends largely on his industry and
enterprise in developing these things given
him He can, like the brute, use them in
the straw" God in speaking ON this subject
useth the following language. found in Deu-
teronomy, Chap 81, verses 10 and 16:
ssSee have set before thee this day life
and good and death and evil, in that COM
mand thee this day to love the Lord thy God,
to walk in his ways and to keep his COM
mandments and his statutes and his jndg-
ments that thou mayst live and multiply;
ssAnd the Lord thy God shall bless thee in
the land whittier thou goest to possess it"
Here we see perfect freedom. but we must
choose on which side to fight. We are surely
in training for heaven or hell. In heaven
there is neither high license or prohibitions
in hell there is neither high license or free
dom. Thigh license will have to keep sort
of halfway purgatory house and rob both
sides.)
The Lords Prayer gives us sight OF the
| principles that govern in heaven when He
says, "rhy kingdom come ON earth as it is
in heaven, give us this day our daily bread"
which means wine to go with it. His whole
| life while ON earth was an example to show
us how to use and not abuse these things;
and so is all the teachings of the Bible. The
| political christian is determined to shun this
| test oil strong drink whereby his christianity
is to be tried He acts like a stubborn child
towards parent when he says, "If can't
do as want to | won't do at ALL" Now, if
we Judge the two principles, prohibition and
freedom, by the bill of fare they hold out to
us, freedom ought to win, it sets the best
table, five govern ourselves on Gods plan
roast lamb, wine, oil and all the other trim
mings. Compare this with the prohibition
bill OF fare--fire and brimstone for breakfast,
birthstone and fire Tor dinner, and the two
hashed Tor supper.
ERRATA.--In last weeks issue two errors
occurred In speaking OF the political moral
tramp it should read ''stealing for their god
and keeping it all themselves for the reior-
nation and good of their fellow man." The
other is s'fashion" where it should be ''pas-
sion"
tFo BE CoNTNUBD.)
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