The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-23

y. HOWE. 4 - FIrst Uaass4 Pressvs1~
ran cnurcA. epprcps1atsly pr<actsed a
tasf sub3sst- The sear1ss ef his sesuou
va ar axgnEens supDorffng ~ eza6m
snaf Duc1 - the wins spo1Eeu Of e us~A
In BfaiicL stznss particularly shat saac-
toned - beverage. Including tAe ufns
nzsrAcui0usay made By Jesus af Ens 0ar-
riage feast Wa nEEsrmsnted, and consS-
qus5kiy not Intoxicating. Thfs opzni0r -
nos concnrrsd In ~ az Ctsixsians. which
makes Rev Hovfe's csscourns especiaEsy
Interesting 70 students of ths question:
Toe preacher said Ia part:
''Is II sat4 that tas tusce Of the gracs
ss not uine. ara tAsrsfors when tns Bsoss
speaks cf vine u does rot mean unfsr-
nsnfed tusce % the grape. Bat shas il
mere zsaumptfon. Webster Wis 70 a. ad-
ard Aushorffy ~ TO che meaning 81 Enw-
lisa words. apples ths term wfns - both
sae fsrmeut<d ard unfernented suics OF
the grape. He gives ~ the ds1nsEsca Of
vine. the ferzn<nsed Juice Of the grape.
beverage prepared by sQneexing out
their juice. and allowing IL 70 feTnear.'
He also gives - the definition of must
wine pressed from the grape. but not fer
mented We therefore see thai Webster
applies ne term wine to both sha fer
nensed and tue unfermsnte6 Juice Of the
grape. Il. shsn. appears plain thar re.
Know
Two kinds Of wine. the one sermeate2 and
Intoxicating. the other unsersneGssd and
rot Intoxicating. Ws19xer traces xhls
word must baek 10 the Latin m1ssum.
meaning young. new. fresh. We Also
find y.nuE uas1an' used in connection
and TRANSLATED new win3., The generic
Latin word for wine 10 'vsnun' Its mean
Ing Seers 20 embrace al shades az IDEAS
from the grape 70 intoxicating wsrs. And
syt -xxv . "a. xff
four other words. give 40 four kinds OF
vine known 10 the LAtins. From this
ws 80 plainly that the Latin speaking
people knew Of the unfcrmenssd and fer
mented. enc mellow and the strong wine
And = II going too far to conjecture
that ~ the la tins. - web as other races,
were famIiiAY with unfsrmsnfee and fer
msnfed wines. that the GREEKS were Also.
IS well ~ sks Savior and His dssciplssg
But we ara not left to superstition.
There il one passage In which the Savior
clearly shows Us thar He applies the word
'onios. wine to the unfsrmenfed juice
OF the grape. In Matthew ix.II he says:
sSaither do men put new wine into Old
bottles. In tbs passage. la connection
with 'oniof fused Ia the objective easel,
the adjective neon meaning new. fresh.
IL used. And not only the word neon
but the wnoie idea conveyed shows us
that unfermscfed wine was meant The
very reason why men did not put new
wins into old bottles WAS because when
fermentation began the old bottles would
burst We may then Dc assured mat the
Savior Called unfermensed grape juice
new VINE And going back into the Old
Testament we viii hnd the same thing
that the term wine was applied TO the
unfsrmsnled. as well ~ the fermeptsd.
juice OF the grape
''it 10 fact, then, tina: the inspired He
brew writer. and our Savior himself. used.
as did the LAtins and the Greeks. and al
do the Germans. and the pstch. and the
Danish. and the Italians. and tho Spanish,
and the Frcnch. and the Portuguese. and
the 6wsdes. and the IcslAnders. the word
wine to designate the unfermented juice
And from ts4e fact that the term wine
was applied to the unfsrmented as well
~ the termsnted juice OF the grape by ali
these different nationalittes. extending
from the present time away back 10 the
time of Josspn's sojourn In Egypt. from
the fact that the Savior applied the term
nav wine to the unfsrmented juice OF ths
grape, and from the fact that the Lord
calls the grape juice. eth In the grapes
united In the cluster, new wine. II re-
mains . matter Of candid inquiry whether
the Lord has commanded the use OF the
unfermented or fermented or BOTH II
God and the people only knew OF one kind
OF wine. and that Was tfle fermented, then
IL would be plain that il lie has sane
toned The use of one Il must be the fer
menied But when both the Lord and the
people. even many nat.onai.t.es. from re-
mote tines till the present speak az well
OF an unfermented wine. IL Ia matter for
US 20 Determine what is the Lords viii
In reference TO our use OF wine. fermen,ed
or nnsesmented. Surely we have seen that
II Is not to be presumed and taken for
hat ira AT q M
toned in the Bible We are 70 understand
she fsrmsnted and Intoxicating. Surely
We have seen that We are no; warranted
Ia assuming that any sanction OF the use
OF wine In the Bible must necessarily
mean use Of intoxicating wine. Possibly
unfsrmentsd wine may be meant. Al
least. from me facts presented. and from
the general teachings OF the Bible. aud
from the teachings ~ science and expert
enee. there 10 an equal IL not greater pre-
sumption that God would approve Of the
use of unfermehted wine With the pre-
sumption rather In tAis direction. we may
look at more direct proofs that God sane
tons only the use Of unfernsnted wine.
The use Of fermented wine 10 forbidden
In the bible. Prov. XIII. 30: Look not
thou upon the wine when II 10 rod. when
II giveth its color in the cup. when II
move<h itself Alright This Is fermenting
or fsrmented wine that II spoken or in this
passage. This passage implies that we
may sook at The unfermented wine. bat
ne are positively forbidden even 10 look
AZ thu fermented wine. II We may not
look ct IL. much less may We taste IL.
1T would almost seem to be conclusive
that Il must be the un. srmentei wine that
IL spoken OF with approval In the Bible:
hut to prove this sacs we are not left 20
the mere inference that IL the fermented
Is condemned II must be the unfermentad
that II approved.
1--WE have a direct argument from the
words used by the Lord In many passages
when speaking faveraAiy Of the use OF
vine. When Isaac blessed Jacob and said.
srherefore God give thee Of the dew OF
heaven and OF the fruits OF the earth.
and plenty OF corn and wine he used the
word 'sircsh.' which means. as we have
shown, unfermensed wine
THE GREAT oRD OF DAY.