The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-04-26

the Apostle Paul in speaking TO limo.
thy requests him thus, "Drink no lon
ger water, but little wine for thy
stomach's sake and thy oft infrmities.
The language of Paul itself shows it
was for medical use. just here a his
tory of vie in those days will explain
all. The translation of the Hebrew
words, Fagin, means all kinds of wine
unintoxicaling, and intoxicating,
Shekar, sweet drink generally intoxi-
eating, Alesis, unfermented, Mesek,
wine mixed with water or with drugs,
Kleouietz, fermented but not intoxica-
ting. The translation of the Greek
words, Onios, all kinds of wine fermen-
ted and unfermented, Gleokas, sweet
wine unfermented, Skera, sweet drink,
unintoxicatng so you see the term
wine is variously y applied in the Bible,
fermented and unfermented, intoxica-
ting and unintoxicating, that among
the Jews, Greeks aud Romans, there
were different kinds of unintoxicating
wines, that the same still exists in
many eastern countries, and was ex-
tensively used by the ancients. You
can very readily see the Bible informs
us that there was two kinds of wine
made and used, the same kind which
our divine master made and the Bible
sanctioned was unfermented, and the
other kind which the Bible condemns
was fermented wine, the one beng
wholesome and the other poison.
Gus Tue Bible teaches us to abstain,
aud abstinence is in accordance with
health; it also contains warnings
against drunkenness, habitual drinking,
aud even drinking at all, as the follow
ing quotations show, "who hath woe,
who hath sorrow, who hath conten-
tions, who hath babbling, who hath
wounds without cause, who hath red
ness of eyes, they that tarry long at the
wine, they that go to seek mixed wine,
| look not thou upon the wine when it is
red, when it giveth his color in the cup,
when it moveth itself Alright, at last it
biteth like serpent and stingeth like
an adder. Woe unto him that giveth
his neighbor drink, that putteth thy
bottle to hni, aud maketh him drunk
en-" Sc you see that tarrying long at
Jhe wine, drinking mixed wine, and
strong drink, and putting the bottle to
his neighbor's lips and making him
drunken, are clearly condemned.
| admit we were not put here on
lowery beds Of ease, but it is your in
terest, and my interest, to have as few
evils as is possible, to have only such
evils that are impossible to blot out of
existence. that it is our imperative duty
to eradicate any evil, such as the one
mentioned, from the catalogues of
crime. We have enough temptations
to resist without putting more in the
land. We had better abandon some,
if we cannot entirely exclude it from
the country, we desire the law to pro-
hibit the manufacture and sale of il as
beverage the same as it prohibits
murder. Murder is not legalized,
neither should rum he. Well, but they
say that you can't prevent their getting
it, they will have it, neither can you
prevent murder for they will murder,
but you can give it all the restriction
the law affords, as in the case of muir
der, and this will modify the crimes
that would be perpetrated very much.
1t is certain it will cure the ten cent
drunkard, and this is the worst enemy
to contend with. | admit that those
persons who have the means and facul-
ties may get it from other states, but
the majority can not do this, and be
sides this, If we undertake to have al
the states act upon this amendment al
the same time, it would never trry; Il
must be accomplished by degrees, ont
state at time. Yes, but you ,ay il
will not prohibit. 1t will to the same
extent that other laws prohibit variou.
crimes, for example, you compare two
, places, the one has licensed house
and the other none. | know of such
places, aud my experience is, that in
: places without license the old confirmed
druukards will have it if they can ge
t,but the young generation have grown
{ up to manhood, sober, industrious
|, honest and upright men, with scarcel,
, an exception. But the places having
license are quite the reverse, the old
confirmed druukard always get it, and
three tourths of the young m9n have
, met their fate, and are on the down
r ward road to ruin. | appeal to you i
this is not the case Place the evl
- and tt tmptations before them, and i
has its power, aud mighty one too
{ but take it away, and its power is usa
| ess, it is gone forever. One ounce o
prevention is worth a pound Of cure
i And now the taxpayers, you ask, wha
will become of them. Did you eve
stop and think what makes all thi
bnrd ansome taxi Does not the run
traffic compel US to build commodiou
, jails, asylums, penitentlaries, and aims
; houses to hold her criminals Wn,
pays this | ask. Do We not pay fo
the keeping ard trial OF such criminals
! directly and indirectly? Are we no
! compelled to keep all extra police fore
for the protection of ourselves anC
property? for one will ba willing I,
, double my tax and have every one els
= happy aud comfortable.
D A great many try to persuade farm
( ers that 1t will lessen the price of thei
gram, which is a great error Farme
. do you know that the money expend
/. ed for whiskey would bread thi
: whole uation and more too1
= Taking this as a basis, suppose tn
D amendment throughout the Unite
, States should carry, would not tn
2 poor have extra what they expende
e for rum, aud the time they occup
e while on sprees, to make their home
g happy and comfortable, would the
a not live better, instead OF starvatio
5 staring them in the face all the while
}. They would have everything full an
n plenty, thereby purchasing NOR
d bread, potatoes, &c. of you for the
b families. 1t would not only raise th
: price of grain, but it wonld give you
e better market. For instance, whs
r signifies a farmer driving up to
"a drunkard's house to sell somethin
& aud feed them without money.