The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-08-23

koitor AdNsruSers In the OUTLOOK
The Law OF Liberty is commented
upon by Lyman Abbott. and his words
are reproduced in this mornings sun
day Advertiser. Touch not. taste not,
handle not. ot.'-Colossians IL. 81. The
reverend gentleman says II Is curious
this text should ever have been used
as scriptural authority for total alb
stinence. Total abstinence Is som=-
times quite essential to life. to say
nothing Of virtue. DR.. Abbott says
Paul condemns the use Of tue wcr,iS
which he, L A.. QuoteS-"TouCn not.
taste not. handle not" DR.. -Nthott
further says: He who devSCes nim-
self with absolute singlsness Of pay
pose 10 Christ's work is ths-ehy re-
leased from bondage TO rules and reg
ulations. II IL Is his supreme
desire 10 make his body the instrument
OF his spirit. he does not have to hsige
his appetites about with restrictions.
His sppetites become self-regula-ing.
In short. he who always pleases 10
do right. can always do as he pl-ases.-
Most pernicious pronouncement. Let
me, sir, for a moment endeavor 10
show why. A man or woman desires
10 do right and keep in health. not oniy
for the innate pleasure therein, but
because the power for mental and
physical work is vastly enhanced by
doing the right thing and by keeping
in condition. Such a man or woman
guided by appetite takes, in what is
commonly known as moderation, wine.
beer or other alcoholic beverage. That
many, very many, from peculiar phys
ical idiosyncrasies. can not use such
beverages at all, without the gradual
but absolute failure of their will power.
is unhappily too well known, but. Mr..
Editor. long before that comes about,
minor conditions of inefficient control
and i'll health set in, detracting from
the users usefulness as a citizen, and
endangering the comfort and well be-
ing OF those dependant upon him. No
end of testimony OF the highest order Is
at hand to verify and support these
views All perfectly well know that
many. from their physical makeup,
will never go to the dire extremes of
drinking that cause absolute and COM
plete degradation. All, however. do
not know that the continued moder-
ate use of alcoholic drinks attacks the
protoplasmic cells of the body and i'm
pairs the general health and efficiency
for work. rendering the user more LA
Bile to take on the ills which flesh is
heir to.
The illustrious Russian scientist,
- h. Trz
Paris, recently lecturing in London be-
fore large medical audience of great
distinction. closed his address by say
ing that, even in tiny doses. alcohol
exerts a baneful influence. Beside"
he said. ''its deleterious influence on
the nervous system and other import
ant parts of the body. alcohol has a
harmful action on the white blood
cells, the agents of natural defense
against infectiye microbes"
The world knows and we OF Hawaii
are not ignorant of the name Adolph
Lorenz, borne by the great surgeon Of
the University of Vienna Visiting the
mainland some time since. he was ban
quoted in New York by the medical
fraternity. On taking his seat he
turned down the wineglasses put for
his use Answering the inquiry If he
practised total abstinence, he replied:
Il am surgeon; my success depends
on having a clear brain and steady
nerve. No one can take any form OF
alcohol without bunting these physical
powers; therefore. as surgeon, must
not use them" Reading this in an
Eastern medical journal, and DESIRING