Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-01

not published and sold by J. n.
Stearns. SIS Reade street, New York,
as she states The book and the plates
and copyright were all expurgated
from the National temperance pub
fishing house just named An article
In "Ihe Christian Unionp on Sam
sons book, date April 49, tells the rea
son why. Every here, scholars de-
nounce the book and its author as ut
terly unreliable. Think OF his assert
ing that for Centuries In the republic
of Rome, the use OF wine, except as a
medicine, was prohibited Nobody
but Geo. w. Samson, DID, would risk
such statement. But his book
Is condemned, anu Madam A,
ID. B., In commanding book said
to be false in biblical e1egesis, false In
philology and false In its statements Of
facts, and evidently the work Of a
chsrlatsn--l literary mountebank, Is
doing herself great discredir, whatever
she may be doing for her favorite
cause. The fact IL, the publishers be.
came ashamed Of the book, and out Of
decent respect for the opinion Of
scholars, they took ii from their shelves.
could I'LL columns with false quota
Ii ms, false criticlsms ard false
hoods from the pages Of
Mrs. A. ID. BIS favor.te book.
Having taken her Samson from un-
der her feet, ali her little gable about
the unint ,xicatipg wine msde by the
Savior at Cana, and used by him AT the
institution OF the last supper, passes
by like the idle wind. The sacred
writer's call IL wine, ainos; the vul-
gaia has IL vlnum, now ainog-vinum,
eK vi termini, means fermented wine,
In Standardization from musteem-
glenkos, which means raw grape. juice.
/ have in my possession the
statements OF many missionaries
In Syria, Asia. Minor, the is-
lands Of the MEDITERRANEAN,
and from az far east "a the Euphrates
and the Tiger. Aud they say, with alb.
soluie unanimity, that such "A thing Az
unfermented wine as a beverage is uD-
known In all the Orient. The idea is
preposterous. Grape juice they cay,
could not be kept from fermentation
In that climate over twenty-four hours.
Mrs. A. ID. B. asks, HAS Liberals
ever seen or known OF any alcohol in
any OF its forms or mixtures generated
by the hand Of the Almighty" Ans :
Yes; never saw II any other way. The
process Of fermentation ia just Ms truly
provided for by the laws OF nature,
which are the laws OF God, As is the
ripening procefs of the grape upon
the vine. And while the abuse
by excessive use of wine
IL everywhere In scriptures con-
demned, 1t ia ss frequently mentioned
in the Bible rs an indication OF the
divine favor as anything else. See
Genesis Xix. IL.
II 10 with supreme Difference would
suggest 10 my friend more thorough
study Of the Bible, Of chemistry and
8 little natural philosophy. She would
then appreciate what the Savior said
when he told them not TO put new
wine into old bottles the fermentation
process would tear the old hides 10
pieces.
Mrs A ID. Il. charges me with neg
llgence In not telling my reader that
Paul said bishop should not be given
10 wine.n The madam ought TO know
thst the revision has dropped that
passage out. But II they had not, that
came Paul says, "It Is not good for 8
man to touch q woman +. CORN
thians. vii, l., and this reading the
reyisors have not disturbed. Is my
friend EnswereiY LIBERTAs.