The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-21

The Law of Liberty is commente
upon by Lyman Abbott, and his word
are reproduced in this mornings Sun
day Advertiser. Touch not, taste not
handle not."-Colossians H., 81. Tn
reverend gentleman says it is curious
this text should ever have been USED
as a scriptural authority for total alb
stinence. Total abstinence is some
times quite essential to life, to say
| nothing of virtue. DR.. Abbott says
Paul condemns the use of the words
which he, L. A, quotes-''Toucn not
taste not, handle not" DR.. Abbott
| further says: He who devotes him-
self with absolute singleness Of par-
pose to Christ's work is thereby re-
leased from bondage to rules and reg
ulations. If it is his supreme
desire to make his body the instrument
of his spirit, he does not have to hedge
his appetites about with restrictions.
His appetites become self-reguladng.
In short, he who always pleases to
do right, can always do as he pleases."
Most pernicious pronouncement. Let
me, sir, for moment endeavor 10
show why. A man or woman desires
to do right and keep in health, not Only
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 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
zeal 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..
long before that comes about, |
minor conditions of inefficient control |
and i'll health set in, detracting from |
the users usefulness as citizen, and |
the comfort and well be-
ng Of those dependant upon him. No !
end of testimony of the highest order is
1t 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 !
lte use of alcoholic drinks attacks the
cells of the body and Inn
pairs the general health and efficiency /
or work, rendering the user more LA
Die to take on the ills which flesh is !
leir to.
The illustrious Russian scientist,
of the Pasteur Institute,
Paris. recently lecturing in London be-
fore a large medical audience of great
distinction, closed his address by say
ing that, even in tiny doses. alcohol /
exerts baneful influence. Beside,
ne said, 'Its deleterious influence on
he 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 infective 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
some time since. he was ban
1ueted in New York by the medical
On taking his seat he
turned down the wineglasses put Cor
his use. Answering the inquiry if he
practised total abstinence. he replied:
II 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 I
to verify the account, wrote TO the
great surgeon, whose wonderful ana
successful work the world wots of. In
due time I received from him the an
swer that the account had read was
quite correct, and expressed his views
on the temperance question. DR.. Alb
bott-I believe Lyman Abbott is a
d. D.-says, if it is a mans suprelHe
desire to make his body the instru-
ment of his spirit, he does not have
TO hedge his appetites about With We
appetites become SELF
The theologian may so be-
lieve. The psychologist and well-in-
formed physician knows the contrary.
"The average mans body has never
learned to obey. 1t is slothful, lazy,
slipshod, donineering, Indifferent, dis
respectful to his mind. AS
long as a man can do business he sub