The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-24


ibus Lift. Orient" Call OH me when con.
venient and l will take pleasure in show
ing you the document. Be not surprised
then if you find that unearthing oriental
roots affords me greater pleasure than
taking refuge in common sense" l do
not, however. feel above taking advan-
tage of the researches Of such represent
tative men as Garry, Cobb, Skies, Crosby,
Hovey, Hodge. Goodwin Smith and
others. Indeed, feel it to be "a dam
gerous thing" to trust to Common sense"
or to little learning" in discussing a
question so important rs the one now
before US.
MIR. Cooper, YOU have compelled mo
to write in self-defcnsc. This, however,
is no new thing. Paul, "a good spcci-
men of manhood" found it necessary
more than once to do the same. Now,
sir, please tell your readers what right
you have to be heard Oil question
whose issue turns OH scholarship! Can
you read the inspired Scriptures? Or
are you at the mercy of what this one or
that other one may say they teach? Is
your sheep skin" ornamented with the
seal of some recognized educational in
stitution or with its native wool? Leav-
the dead languages alone" (per force no
doubt and betaking himself to Common
sense" my reviewer calls the attention of
his readers to number of texts, wine
texts if YOU please. He says, "When
turn to my Bible and find many places
where WINE is spoken of as mocker,"
(see PIONEER EXPRESS, July 2Oth,) 81
naturally conclude that it is all evil
thing if the Bible IS true" "rhen when
l find such passage as this. lisa. G5:S, 1
naturally conclude that there is differ.
ence or contradiction; and when l
learn that different word is used in the
Hebrew this idea lie confirmed" 1t is
too bad that we, shallow and simple in
mind, arc so easily Confirmed" il,
error!
The portions of the field in which my
reviewer toiled so unskilfully and, we
naturally conclude" 50 unsuccessfully,
are Prov. 2l:l; Prov. 23:29-3l; lisa. 65:s;
Gen. 4O:ll. In the first passage the He
brew for "wine" IS yayin, of which the
''root" is yum to press the vine, to tread
or to press out the grapes. According
to this etymology," says DR.. Julius
Fuerst, lone might take the noun yayin
to mean u pressed or trodden thing, il
such were not too general" etc. Blu,
this pressed or trodden thing is a
"mockcr." So was the holy Elijah wllel
deceivers, intoxicated but not with wine
cried out, 20. Baal, hear U.S." The word
for "strong drink" in the same passage
is slekar. Of which the root is sllakar tc
drink one's ill, to drink to satisfaction
to drink abundantly. to drink deeply
1t is too bad that this sllekar is 50 desir.
able a thing that some people do no,
know when they have enough of it
Our best friends rage" that is, make us
rage" when we do no: know how to use
them! What are we to do in such a
case? Not to put our friends out of the
way, but to learn how to use them. In
the second passage to which lie calls the
attention OF the reader wine is mention,
ed three times-twice rs yayin (wine)
and once as mimsak (mixed wine). The
root of mimsak is masak which, accord.
ing to Fuerst, means to mix wine,
especially to mix it with spices to make
it more fiery. Now this mixed, spiced,
fiery thing may. according to the com.
mon sense" Of a Prohibitionist, lie an
"evil thing" but in Cant. ~ (Heb. 8
ver.) it is spoken Of avorably and iigur-
atively. "Alixed wine" (,ninsak) is no
more an 'evil thing" than quails, but it,
like them. may become troublesome to a
people Goddess and given to appetite,
lisa. 65;ll. The third passage he refers to
is lisa. 0:S, where the word for wine is
tirosl NEW wine). New wines, like new
preachers, are often sought after simply
because they arc new. But how often
are those seekers for novelty taken imp
Tirosl (new wine, "a blessing" has for
its "root" yarasl,, to seize, to snatch for
oneself. to take possession Of, to conquer.
What blessed conlueror is tirosll. new
wine What does it take possession of 7
What does it conquer? Ans. The brain
of him or her that uses it to excess.
Hence tirosh, new wine, is not infer
mcnted wine. His fourth reference is 10
Gen. IO:1l, the dream of Pllaraol's ser
want, from which lie seems to infer that
the old heather king Of Egypt WAS .
better Christian than Abraham This
old glutton, etc., was go good that lie
would not taste even grape juice that
was allowed to remain in a vessel more
than few minutes. The grapea must
be pressed into cup and this cup hand
cd immediately to the hcati,cu king.
LANCE, on this passsge. says. "TLe PEG.