Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-07-11

getting along very we'll. If condi-
tions in this county do not get
worse we will be satisfied TO let
we'll enough alone"
.'Temperance" Quotes The Scrip.
lures to Sustain His Position
on The Liquor Question.
Mr. Editor: You have, I presume,
several hundred subscribers VINO
believe (as.I dog that, while hot
house growth Of temperance senti-
ment may be produced by prohibi-
tion. a more natural and more per-
| manent growth is produced oy
gradually restricting the sale OF
alcoholic liquor. During the last
twelve mouths. oar wives and
children have read, in your paper,
| MANY columns in which was pre-
spnted your view of the liquor ques.
ton. We now ask that, in accrr-
dance with fairness, you give us
1.-The opportunity to show them the
other side of the shield,
A prt tvalent error concerning the
.iouor problem s,that high morality
and sound statesmanship forbid
any compromise with evil. With
YOUR permission, ] Shall discuss
that subject in future article. In
doing so, shall call attention to
the opinion of some eminent p1litl-
cal philosophers, and shall quote
several passages from the sacred
scriptures.
Another prevalent erro. that
the temperate use of in, ';ating
lliauor is forbidden by Bible,
and is. therefore, sin. i ask pei
mission to discuss that subject now.
/ The fact is, that the Bible forbids
excess, or intemperance. in the use
4 of wine or strong drink, but fully
/ sustains the right to use these arti.
! cles temperately. in the entire
Bible, there is but one passage that
/ forbids anybody to use intoxicating
lliquor temperately, aud that pas
sage applies only TO avery small
sttstiararafan1sfy 4 as sacred d
sEBDek stsaI
hss foart f hi fffisand Sc .is .iixth verses
stDff The thirty irst chapter Of Prov
erbs are as follows: at is not for
Kings, o Lemuel, it is not for kings
| to drink wine, nor for princes
Z strong drink; lest they drink and
forget the law, and pervert the
Judgment of any of the afflicted.
Give strong drink unto him tnat is
ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts. +"
You will observe, Mr. Editor, that,
while the sacred writer states that
certain officers (kIngs and princes)
should abstain from wine or strong
drink, he recommends that it be
given tn certain other persons.
The eighth and ninth verses of
Leviticus contain these words:
"Aud the Lord spake unto Aaron.
saying, do not drink wine nor
strong drink, thou, nor thy sons
with thee, when ye 60 into the tab.
ernacle of the congr. gatiOn, lest We
die" 1t is hardly conceivable, Mr.
Editor, that, if'the Lord wished
these priests to abstain from wine
or strong drink at all times, he
would have told them merely not
to use e at q certain place.
TIE urst verse of the TWEEN tieth
chapteI Of Proverbs consists of the
foliowing "ords:," ,"Wine is II mock.
er, sti3a1 drink is raging; and who
soever is deceived thereby is not
Wise.n Observe that the writer
/, does not say. whatsoever drinks
them as Il beverage commits sin,"
as he could easily have said, if he
had desired T. teach that doctrine.
1t is not necessary TO discuss the
meaning OF TIE word deceived, as
here employed e.. t:n.tirg is as
serted as to Ain th:. i. deceived,
except that he "!s n"t wise
The twenty-a:nth and ihirtieth
verses of the twenty third chapter
of Proverbs are as follows: "WhO
hath woe? Who hath sorroW2 Who
hath contentious? Who hath bab-
bling? Who hath wounds without
cause? Who ha tn redness of eyes2
They that tarry long at the wine;
they that go to seek mixed wine."
Itis clear, Mr. Editor, that the "woe"
here described is the result of gross
excess. 1t comes to those who
starry long" at the wine, and to
those who "go to seek mixed wine",
which must have been wine of
extraordinary viciOusness.
fpl,> y e., ~
verses of the same chapter consist
of these words: "Louk not upon the
wine when it is red, when it giveth
his color in the cup, when it moveth
itself Alright. At the last, it biteth
like serpent, aud stingeth like al
adder" The writer is evidently
the effects of certain
Kind of wine-a "red" wine. Va.
rious passages in the Scriptures in-,
innate that this red wine was a
mixed wine. For example, in the
eighth verse of the seventy fifth II
Psalm, are these words:ss For in
TIE hand of the Lord is u cup, and
The wine is red ;it is full of mixture"
In the fifteenth verse of the Sec $
)nd chapter of Habakuk. are the |
words: "Wne unto him d
hat giveth his neighb)r drink. that (:
1attest thy bottle to him, and T
nakest him drunken also You U
,annot fail to observe, NJ E iitor, t
hat, to complete the of .nae in this {
;ase, it is necessary not only to Y
i've ones neighbpr drink, bat to I
make him 'drunken also" Of e
curse, drunkenness implies gross v
Xcess. il
The eleventh ver;e nf ths Il '.h Z
hapter of Isaiah is az follows: 81
Woe unto them that rise up early h
the morning, that they may fol. "