The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-08
From Rev. Chas. MacLsan.

From Rev. Chas. MacLean.
PEMBlNl, 5-2S.lSSS.
MIR. DEMONSTRATING last week stated
and briefly illustrated my first objection
to the w. G. I. I. movement, That it is
Antl-Christan in Method, | now pro-
pose to show,2 That it is Anti.Biblical in
Argument.
The Union proceeds OH the principle
|. That the Holy Bible recognizes two
kinds of winc--unc Intoxicating, the
other notwithstanding. .. That COM
mercc i'll wine and other strong drinks is
contrary to the teachings of the Holy
Bible and therefore to be discouraged,
). That the use Of wine, except "thc
Notwithstanding" even at the Lords
Table. is opposed to the teachings of the
Holy Bible and ought, therefore, to be
discontinued as Il beverage and in the
Holy Commandments this position ten
able? And
l, Does the Holy Bible recognize two
kinds of wine, al Intoxicating and non.
intoxicating? Several years ago, before
learned to read and understand the
Bible for myself. acted on this belief,
cut and dried by psucdo Temperance
men and women. Since then ! learned
to read the scriptures AMI to understand
at least some of their teachings; und, |
fail to discover the distinction claimed
| by persons who know 80 much about
Hebrew, CiIatlce and Greek. the origin.
al languages of Scripture, us my grand
mother, Il humble Highland peasant,
knew Of modern English. 1t is true that
i'll the original Scriptures wine or strong
yayh, shsfaatrf t it H. aais, etc., III es
brew. and oinos. glenkos, i'm Greek, but
it Is also true that Noah WIS drunk on
yayin, that Lot was drunk oil yayin. that
Hannah was supposed to be drunk on
shekar, that Nabal was drunk Oh yavn,
that the heart Of Ammon WAS merry OH
yayin, that "the kings heart was merry
on yayin," that he made IL fool of him
self by drinking yayin to excess, Esther
l:lo-l2. that yayin is Il mockcr, that she.
kar is raging, that slickar and yayin doth
lnliane the excessive users of them, that
yayin makes drunk, that sllekar causes
staggering, that "whore,lom (zenutl).
wine lyayinl, and new wine ,vo tiroslN
take away the heart" Hosea, 4:l4, that
Tie apostles were supposed to be full of
glenkos, the Greek equivalent of the
Hebrew irosh, when in fact they We're
full of the Holy Spirit, that one can get
drunk OH oinos, the Greek equivalent of
the Hebrew yayin, Eph. 5:l7, Is; that
our Lord manufactured oinos, that our
Lord blessed oinos, that our Lord was
counted in among the drinkers Of oinos.
By no system of philology or hcrln.
neutics can the Bible be made to recor-
nize more than one kind Of winc-the
Intoxicating. And this one kind was
used and abused by good men and w.
men and by bad. The use was ell
couraged and commended; the abuse
discouraged, condemned, punished. This
one wine was used on all occasions
ordinary and extraordinary, SECULAR and
sacred-for period of two thousand five
hundred years Or more, from Noah to
John, perhaps from IN carly time in the
period. This, however, is
uncertain. do the Scriptures recognize
more than one kind of wine2 No!
.,,
strong drinks contrary to the teaching of
the Bible? The Bible is m. authority
for saying that llezekial made store.
houses fol the increase of corn and wine
and oil" and that he made Stalls for all
manner OF beasts, and co'cs for !n,ks."
suppose corn, oil, beasts, nocks, bein.
III all ages things of commerce., no one
will hesitate to admit that he boi,pht
them? How about the wine? Did he
buy it also? Or did he smuyrle it
through tile lWls of prohibition? LET
those who say wine must not be bonylt
or sold make answer.
Again, the Bible is my authority for
saying that Solomon entc,cJ into 81
treaty with Hiram, king Of Tyre, and
that this international treaty" provided
not only for the exchange of cedar trees
IL trees, and algum, trees for wheat 8
'arey, oil, but for wine also. Wine WAS
staple product in Palestine. 1t WAS IL
onrce OF great revenue. Ask Solomon
the women of his country Organized
themselves into Il society to ayilate and Il
rg!sl;'tc against the manufacture of wine 8
ND lie will tell YOU that the ladies of his y
Jay ana nation were not such fools as TO "
10 that sort of thing. think that even A
lie young man vino kicked against Inns Ii
aslor and left the churcl, because his
;st"r could be guilty of pl;lclny in hi.
"'lns parls''ioner's land IL temperance p
'"c'' giving the views of Hodge of Ii
'','",.d memory; of Crosby the Galna-
's' oi our day; OF Cobb; of Wilson and n.
.''e's distinguished for scholarship and IL
'e'yi think that even this young man st
'o'''d DC willing to admit that Inc com. al
'etce III wine and strong drink is not II
" the teachings of the Bible.
Again. Is the use Of wine opposed ,o
ne teaching of the Bibleo
1t is true that such men as Noah Lot q y
mmon' Nabal and such dignltarcs as til
lhss prophets, priests, slnncI ard Il.
la'e fools Of themselves with wine and .!
rong drink. Yet it is true that win. tr
us IIrSritrI I'm Alr,,, lac a., ~. a.,
e most high God, Zen. lI:is; that i, w
us drank by Isaac when, in prospect of 81 ~
'atlI, lie was about 10 blass Iii, .o,, "