Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-16

o.hpie VI physical strength, was total |
abstainer; that Samuel, set apart from
his birth 70 the service of Gcd, drank
no wine; that there were sects OF peo-
pie in the old-Blble times who, when
set apart for Gods service, took vow
10 drink no wine, as they were not
considered perfectly pure II they
drank II. He also neglects to tell us
that bishop must be blame
less as steward of God;
and among the things Of which he
must be blameless, he must not be
given to wine, and also that he must
be sober, just, temperate, and thus |
might go ON indefinitely. But the
blow Libertas gives the Christian
church Ia not wholly unmerited, how
ever; 1t doee not fall upon the Women's
Christian Temperance union, for /
find the following in one of it's reports
on bible winesh: 1.-THE simple ua.
fermented juice OF the grape may be
uaed and is sanctioned by the Bible.
1t Is free from alcoholic Fermented
wine Is allowed In rare cases as q
medicine, while its use as beverage
Is forbidden in the most solemn man
ner. The Lords supper was instituted
in connection with the feast Of the
Passover, when all fermented articles
were forbidden and banished from
the tables and houses of the Jews, so
the wine could not have been fer.
mented. The wine OF commerce in
our day Is so mixed and impure that
when IL Is offered at the table OF our
Lord we do net know that 1t has one
essential quality of the grape juice In
1t. So in using 1t we do not know
what is offered rs a symbol Of redeem
ing blood, and we have no warrant to
use the cup as symbol unless II con-
tains the fruit of the vine.
Rev. II. Bross of Crete, Nebraska,
says: "Prohibition-that terrible
word-armed with more horrors than
the sheriff's or marshal's warrant. IL
invades private rights, II assumes 10
dictate to TIA concerning our domestic
relations, yet this word is very precious
to all sober? )minded people, except
in its relation to alcohol, for 1t pro-
tects their property, reputation and
everything else they hold valu
able. What If the nots were
removed from the ten command
ments? Even thieves and adultereri
and murderers want prohibition t
bind every other man but themselves. ,
The first and second commandment
say, "Thou shalt have no other God
etc,n and yet we know that man be
comes lover of strong drink to tina
extent that he worships 1t to the eS
clusion of wife, of children, of home
of friends and of his God; and W
know also that the terrible curse, 9TH
iniquity of the father" is visited, Il
his case, upon his children to the thir
and fourth generation. Wealso knoy
A. that Christ said, "Thou shalt love tn
nelghbor as thyself.n We ask Is h
who deals out TO his neighbor tbs
which, according to the Bible render
him unfit for the kingdom OF HEAVIER
mt for the sake of dollars and cents, 10y
ing the neighbor as himself?
We think we have clearly show
that the Bible teaches prohibition an
total abstinence from all that intox
Gates, but If it did not then would an
faith teaching 1t be superior, In thu
particular, TO ours? And yet it woul
not follow, by any means, as Liberti
seems to think, that because the faii
doctrine that all his doctrin
are worthy of adoption. i believe tn
il Libertas will take the pains to II
form himself of the different faiths
the different peoples of the earth tn
he will find some little good In exc
and everyone, because our God fiji
inscribed his perfect law upon q
hearts Of men, tut throughout &
ages IL became perverted, and IL 10 /
deed sad that in this enlightened ag
and In this Christian land there is
individual 80 ignorant az 70 belle
that he can teach the people tnat 3
'o- ten commandments were written wit
lu- out the "notsn and that Christ, &
OF purest of all teacher, engrafted In
IN our religion plank for the whis
- fiend to stand upon. File upon su
az ignorance and such eXtravagant l
ro' tions, such fanaticism Go back
he your Bible, Libertas, and study
he. again before you attempt to iiau
iis your sophistrles in the eyes of an
lot telligent people under the garb of
ce, called Christianity
ser MRS. A. ID. b
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