Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-25
INTERPOLATION.
..,,vs Logic Based on the Deca-
,,..s,,e-The Law Of the Naza-
rites Not Prohibitory.
4 Citations from the Bible Dis
...,ed- ProhibitiOnists st7'-s
Social Craze.
BoSuAr, TEX, sept. n, 1854.

1. Tnr GAzETTs Of Aug. % your
ham correspondent undertakes TO
- that prohibition is Bible doc
I. and charges some one in Bon
with hostility to the Bible be-
4 no cannot find prohibition in
GOOD book. To prove that prohibit
"a in the Bible he cites
.h.repeated thou shalt notn in the
,Iogne, which, l suppose, means
because God says thou shalt not
rrit adultery, therefore thou shalt
drink the fruit Of thy own vine; or
.~se God says thou shalt not steal,
.srore thou shalt not make any
y beer; or because God says thou
M not bear false witness against thy
a rhbor. therefore thou shalt not make
wine or strong drink; or because
"a shalt not covet thy neighbours
n therefore thou shalt not sell any
or wine. This is heavy logic.
srvbody must feel its force and see
snnlication. Whately, Rleu, Hedge,
'rart and Lock must now subside.
! relatien between thou shalt not
,,mit adultery and thou shalt not
nnfacture or sell wine is apparent.
our gallant Bonham correspond
does not rest his case on his logic
NJ. he quotes the Bible, or rather
lis readers where TO find the pas
- He refers us to the sixth chap
n M Numbers. This chapter con-
usthe law in relation to the Nazs-
The NaZarite was a temporary
otsler. The law provides that
IN the time limited by his vow or
Bge had expired he came before the
a of the tabernacle and was puri-
1 by having his head shaved, and
various sacrifices and offerings,
no which was the drink Offering.
brink Offering consisted of wine.
Smiths Bible Dictionary, Cal
Dictionary of the Bible, and see
me's Introduction, Vol. H., y.
After passing through the puri'
BIZ process prescribed In this chap
and being restored u
manhood and citizenship,
4 added with peculiar emphasis al
close Of the Goth verse of this same
spter: after that the Nazaritt
IN drink wine.u Here notice two
ings: |, The Na2arite was restored
fellowship by sacrifcial offerings
3 ofwhich was wine. But how doe
At harmonize with prohibition,
here did wine come from? One OIL
b things is true. Either the BonhAn
respondent never read this chapter
be has utterly failed to understand
import.
BE next refers to the case Of Sam
another NazaTite by the way.
/ No biblical scholar has ever been
Ey enough to attribute Samson's
EDerhuman strength to the length Of
hair, or his habits of teetotallsm.
br has 1t ever been con-
ded by any respectable writer
In his fall and destruction
lie caused by the loss of his hair OF
any indulgence in the use of wine
Be calamities that befell him ar'
kne traceable to his disobedience o.
I divine commands. So was 1t ever
ID Israel. 1t was not the making
The golden calf per Sc, or the COM
sion of any idolatrous act IN
il that brought ruin and desolatior
In the peculiar people. IL was theil
nstent disregard of the divine law
biggest and strongest men VIZ
saw wore their hair short ant
ok liquor. The most contemplate
es we ever saw wore their hal
and are always conspicuous
mems rights meetings, prohibition
etIngs and other social crazes
averment that Samson was pro
itionist has as much trutl
II as the one that the sixth chapte
Numbers teaches prohibition =
he then refers us to Luke /, Il
here 1t is predicted that John tn
hptist shou. d neither drink wine nc
,Rpng drink. But If that proves an,
hing for total abstinence, much le'
Exhibition, then what does the fa'
prove that no such prediction Wa
mhde In relation to Jesus Christ, WIN
Fas Johns master, and who bet
Wade wine and drank 1t, and mac
la disciples drink it and engrafted a
aztitutiUn on his church which max
obligatory on her TO either man
4eture or buy wine as long as chri
nifty shall last.
he then calls our attention to 1lr
4inthians vi, 10; 1t says a drunka
II not enter the kingdom
ven. Well, suppose he shall nc
hat does that prove forprohibition?
ambition had been the rule this te
zald have been unnecessary a.
auld not have been written. 1t "
y then the rule, never has been 81
fFer can be with a free and enligl
4 fd people.
passage quoted from Galatians
fhe same purport. They both 81
mean that drunkenness 10 a mo
{ |meand will exclude a man fro
inch membership. All of WIN
as much to do with the polite
: tltption called prohibition as I
\ n In the moon.
ny learned Bonham biblical prom
1lst isquite dissatisfied with Pau
vice to Timothy. He says ~
y ght to have told him TO drink bla'
hry tea. Paul was an insplI
OsLle. / think he was the great
1 All the great men that the great 7
y - made. But our correspondent
8nham sets his Judgment agail
great apostle and rays that bla'
ffy tea would have done as well
&c the theologlans TO say how