Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1905-02-16

ed wine, by drinking heavily of which
they contrived to get themselves into
sodden stupor, somewhat OF the same
kind as the South Sea Islanders secure
to this day by eating an enormous guam
tity OF solid food, after which they |
crawl off into a thicket like boa con-
strictors to digest their gorge,
But yevenons nos moHfons Mrs.
Grundy demands" text, and we sup
pose we must furnish one.
Theologians define God as pure spir-
it, We suppose Mrs. e. grants TINS.
Then we make the assertion that Goa
desires as near perfection associateo
with worship as possible. This staeo-
ment is made solely with reference 70
the beginning of things for as things
are now the idea of perfection seems 10
have been in great measure lost slgnO
of. But to resume. God said to Aaron
'sYou shall not drink wine or anything
that will make drunk, nor thy sons
when you enter the tabernacle lest you
die, beca use it is an everlasting pre-
cept through your generations. Lev
1879. The mo Drinking" sign was
hung out. True there was no prohlol-
ton against drinking outside the tap
ernacle, but as Aaron and his sons were
in practically constant attendance IL
could not be reasonably supposed they
ordered up skin" occasionally. ana
if it was a qualification Of perfectlon
that they should abstain from wine' Is
it not as important that the people OF
this generation, who are supposed 10
have profted by years of increasing CIV
ilization, should in their search Tor per-
lection give wide berth to that whlcn
has placed many poor mortal In en-
barrassing circumstances.
Solomon was muchly married man
In fact there seems to have been many
followers of Mormon in those days-and
his experiences with his 700 wives ano
800 concubines would furnish asplendid
ground plan for modern society novel,
but he managed to record few OF bis
thoughts between weddings, and IN
Prov "a. al. az, he remarks in fine mel
anchoiy style, Look net thou npor
the wine when it is red, when 1T glvetf
his color in the cup, when IL moVeCt
itself Alright At the last it biteth lik'
a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
And in verse 90 of the same chapter III
saws EN- phatically, "Be not among wine
+, bibbers." And Solomon knew what h'
was talking about. In fact If he wer'
at the helm of Mrs. Grundy now Their
would not be whiskey advertisement
:. in her columns, Another OF his pro
hibiton speeches reads thus; "Wine
a mocker, strong drink is raging, AM
whatsoever is deceived thereby Is no
. wise"
The editors reference to Noah as oe
ing just man and getting drunk
misleading. His business preceded nj
: getting drunk. The result OF his IN
, ebriatiou was not creditable to Noah
and 1t worked harm to an innocent thir
party. Surely Mrs. Grundy does nc
:. counsel the injury of the innocent.
!, And sneering allusion is made tha
we have lots OF space to spare for tn
discussion of this question. KEN az
tetigistl You have touched upon
sharpensd point when you say this, Il
we always have space to spare to engag
in a honorable combat against evil, an
;. if the PRONUNCIATION OF the whiske
traffic is not an evil, what Is 4
= 1t is not a virtue, for incompetence
numbered among the Seven Dead
Sins. There is no Scripture which sa.
Take a little wine for thy stomach
:. sake, and thou shalt inherit the Kin
i, dom Of Heaven"
We have had occasion to caution o.
friend ON his Interpretation of sente
+, ces and we again find he errs. He sa
:. that Melchizedec presented Samuel al
his army with bread and wine, citil
!. Heb z: l, and Gen. 14:1S to prove
- The only one treated was Samuel, Al
. he was so excited we don't believe
took more than swig or two. He b
=. probably issued orders to his army
:. let the "Falerian" alone, SO they wou
=. be in condition to 60 out and slaugh'
n few more kings. The reporters do \
a, seem to have secured all the details
a the occasion, and no doubt consideri
"a the prejudice then existing against
use of wine at the tabernacle it is 1
y. unlikely that our supposition is true
The wolf has cast aside it's shee
-. clothing. The editorial columns
ha Mrs. Grundy, like her advertising c
10 umns, now contain eulogy OF the Writ
of stimulants, which formerly argr
a. for temperance and the Adams IL
~. We trust the good lady is suffering fr
-, indigestion. or some other hfSm ndfa
On. which will pass of, and leave her ii
40 better condition than ever. Posi-
-. it may be o lack Of finances that ma
-. her persist in error, and that as soor
a few OF her ''dear delinquents" pay
she will feel that she is able to ban
90, those BLooD-MoNEY ADVERTISING
from hsr columns. Until her method
.ul money-raising is changed we shall
., profound pity for her, and until I
tho happy day comes we make use OF
softly sweet Spanish word aides to