Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-02
For the Phiilipsburg Herald.
Wine Drinking.

For the PhHlipsburz Herald.
Wine Drinking.
We find that a great many persons
who profess to support temperance,
still cling to the old habit Of wine
drinking, saying that It is beneficial, |
and is supported by the scriptures.
We find by investigation that wine
drinking has been the cause of a /
great many young men becoming
drunkards, and I find IN my efforts |
to persuade young men to give up
the habit Of intemperance. that they
still cling.to their fayorite drink, wine.
I have been informed time and
again that the best of citizens drink
wine, and it don't hurt them, why
can't We". Paul says ''to shun even
the appearance Of evil, and we are
ali aware that alchOol IS found in fer
mented wines.
We propose to show forth the true
effects Of wine drinking, and will
quote from the best authorities.
We will pursue our subject in this
wise: Origin, Elements of True
Wines, History of Wine Drinking;
How Vine is Made. Pure Wine, De-
fusion, etc.
THE ORIGIN OF WINE.
We have no certain knowledge of
the original manufacture Of wine. In
all probability it was first drank fresh
and sweet, as Pharaoh drank it just
pressed from the grape. In the
course Of time, if it were freely and
freqHently'used, it would surely hap
pen that some of this fresh juice
would be left standing IN the vessels
containing it, where it would begin
to decay or ferment exactly as our
fruit sauces now spoil, as we say,
when they stand unconsumed. Of
this fermented grape-juice, some
thirsty or greedy person not over nice
might drink and become intoxicated.
This is the most simple and natural
suggestion as to its origin.
For ought we know, this may have
| happened long before the flood, and
the use of this fermented wine may
have gone to swell the revelry and
wickedness which were so great that
the Diety could endure them no long
or. Certainly we are far more wick
ed than we should be likely to be
without it, for it IS intimately asso-
ciated as cause and effect with much
Of crime and wickedness. It's nature
and effect were the same then as now.
Noah drank and was drunken, but
there is nothing about that bit of his
: tory to show that alcoholic wine was
E q new thing. Rather the contrary
l There was no alarm at the stupOr
there is no explanation of this effect
as If it were a previously unheard Of
occurrence.
: It Is sometimes the pride of the
( wine drinker to tell how long tn,
o human family has used his favOrItt
e drink. But this antiquity of wine
e drinking proves nothing in its favor
K If he could prove that it was the yer!
forbidden fruit of which the first PAL
partook In the Garden of Eden. HI
would not add to It's responsibility
l. The sin of murder has an older re
? cord than wine-drinking, and man,
u other sins have ancient pedigrees
:, but this does not make them right.
n Excuses are also made for the US
/ Of into1icants by saying that almos
every nation has some form of intox
g icating indulgence, and therefore tn
D. appetite for intoxicants must be nat
> uraI, and should be INDUCED. Thi
? IS only running with the multitude t
s do evil. It is true that this indul
d gence of the appetite is the oIdes
sin on record, and exists everywhere
e but it would be quite as correct t
n plead that because thieving and lyin
n were found among all people, there
- fore they are natural and should b
, INDUCED.
h We have no reason to suppose th8
It this fermented wine was the mos
o highly priced in those early days.
is possible that King Pharaoh ha
2 his wine pressed into the cup befor
> his eyes, that he might be sure t
y have no faint of decay about it, w
know that the ancients sometime
II took much pains to preserve win
= unfermented They filtered out tn
gluten, put 1t into tight vessels, an
sunk it under water. They boiled