Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-02-20

enquirer after truth, all he can say Isl.
agnosko, don't know He can not
take any ether position, If be Is hon.
eat wi b himself But this does not.
/ in any way. preclude his being d de-
yout religionist II he can not found
bis hopes 81 immortality on syfIog-
ism. BE can know that his Redeem
er liveth By allowing his faith to
come to his aid AS Tennyaon has we'll
said
There III more fail III honest doubt.
Believe me. than Eli hall the ereeds.
rates, by i fathomIess abyss the moral
character OF man from the divine ideal
When we attain 60 d trn b which frees
lis from the sins al the flesh. then We
shall be free indeed But this does.
not mean tru h as see II or ais you
see Ii. but truth as all. both high and
low. see III that fru which the old
heather poet, Homer saw with his In
ner eye. when said that rligion was
the chain Of gold which links earth
vi the throne OF the Eternal.
But 10 return to our mutton, not
meaning Miss Carr, cannot conceive
by what process o. reasoning ne con
strnes my words into .thiniy yelled
attack on Catholicism and good old
Cardinal Gibbons. whom every body
loves and respects even when differ
Ing with his religious tenets had
the honor and pleasure OF meeting him
socially some years ago when I was
living Id Bal imore, and one of my val
ued treasures Is an autograph letter
from him which | am sure Miss Carr,
and many other good Catholics would
give much to possess
shall not, however, concern my
self further about this evidently ma
licious attribution. What do wish to
protest against mos emphaticay ii
his dishonest and blasphemons az
tempt to make Christ onE registering
jolly good fellow and convivfaI com
panion, INDUCING III alcoholic drink
and other excesses, This he does BY
twisting out Of its c0ntextual meaning
the passage fl Luke which be quotes
wi 81 Any church, which suffers
within its fold member INDUCING IL
such sacrilege. ii To be piled indeed
II there IL any one thing which
stands out prominently Hi Christ's
whole earthly career. II Is the manly.
dignified serious view He took Of life
No where Is He said to smile or laugh
ing for the sins Of his fellow beings
III the whole range of the New Tesla.
ment, have been unable To find any
passage which says he drank wine of
any kind except by implication. When
eating Of the feast of the passover
with His disciples ltfle last sup
per II Is called Christ said To-
them u viii drink no more the frui
of the vine until that day that /
drink II new ID the kingdom OF God
The modern communion service ii
merely i continuation of this Teas of
The passover, where only unieavened
bread was allowed Il is legitimate
inference that the cup which Christ
blessed contained the pure, .unleaven-
ed fruf. of the vine. that Is, unde-
cayed nnfermented, And SO III the
marriage Ia Cana oE GaIilee ii Is said.
when men have vel drunk. not are
well drunk The Greek word
nlethusk omai means to drink freely
without intoxication II would out
rage eli sense of decency and propri-
~ and make Christ out hypocrite
70 suppose that. whereas i'd Luke
XXI. 81 He condemns 'surfeifiRg and
drunkenness, ! He would make 4 vine
that would into1ieate the guests Please
note also that i: ii not said that Christ
himself partook of the wine either
here or al the Last su0per.
Further. when the angel or the Lord
announced 70 zacharias the future
birth Of the son Who was to Be John
the Baptist. He says very emphatical-
II that this son shall drink neither
wine nor strong drink fkai oin0n kai
sikera ouk me piel Observe the dou-
bic negative ouk me He was not to
taste. touch or handle them. Nay Ne
not Iegitimafely infer that total ahstf-
neace waa the prime QUA ifcakion to-
make him I proper fog sgpnner IS the
Christ
Possibly the words of Card knaI Max
ming may and their SPECIFICATION here.
Be sayss ne ehieg bar 10 sAs wosk-