, 1926-06-23

anu SINNERS. Mathew Zb-2I Ant
he took the cup and gave thanks
and gave it to them saying; Drinl
ye all of it, for this is my BLOOD
of the New Testament, which is
shed for many. But l say unto
you, I will not drink henceforth OF
this fruit of the vine until thai
day when l drink it new with you
in my Fathers Kingdom'i Timothy
1923. Drink no longer water. but
use a little wine for the stomach's
sake and thine own infirmities''i
st. John III Jesus said, fill the
water pots with water. and he saith
unto them, draw out now and bear
unto the governor of the feast.
When the ruler of the feast had
tasted the water that was made
wine etc!" Too bad Wayne Wheel
er and his flock couldn't attend this
wedding feast, they could have re
quested that some of the water be
turned into soda-pop!, IF you are
so weak, fellow citizen and real
ize that you can not indulge in a
social game of Slough" or bridge
whist" without becoming a "shoe-
string gambler or ''bunco steerer,"
or imbibe in the juice OF the grape
without becoming a booze-fighter,
rumhound" and degenerate. just
spread our ~pin-feathers and fly
from temptation instead of initial
ing the Son of Man by valiantly
facing it and overcoming it; but
bear in mind that in the making
of a man, the almighty employs
more than one kind of clay!" So,
instead of wasting time and the
peoples money in attempting to
prohibit the practice of drinking.
which, as Abraham Lincoln said,
us as old as the world itself; when
all of us of maturity first opened
our eyes upon the stage of exis-
tence, we found Intoxicating liquor
recognized by everybody, used by
everybody. repudiated by nobody. 1t
commonly entered into the first
draughte of the infant and the
last draught of the dying man.
The side board of the parson
less loafer both held whiskey. Ply
sicians prescribed it in this, that
and the other disease; the govern
ment provided it for sailors and
soldiers, and to have a rolling or
raising. a husking or hoe-down n
where about without it, was posi-
lively insufferable! Every where it
was a respectable article of manu-
facture and merchandise. Wagons
drew it from town to town; boats
bore it from cline to cline; and
the winds waited it from nation to
nation; merchants bought and sold
it with precisely the same feelings
on the part of the seller, buyer
and bystander as are felt at the
selling and buying of plows. beef,
bacon or any other of the real nee
essaries of life" Even then it
was known and acknowledged that
many were greatly injured by it,
but none seemed to think the in
jury arose from the use of a bad
thing, but from the abuse of a good
thing!"If then, what l have been
saying is true, is it wonderful that
some should think and act now
as all, thought and acted 20 years
ago? And is it just to assail, con-
denim, or dispise them for so do
ing? The universal sense of man
kind OIL any subject is an argument,
or at least an influence, not easily
~over-come!" Thus spake Abraham
Lincoln! not Wayne Wheeler ct all
stance, the same thing; II hear men
Fathers of the church says. in sub
| cfon0a tho cornn fhinn. sgIIaor ,,Dp
cry when these %deplorable abuses
happen; Would to God there were
no wine!" What folly! what mad
ness! when other men sin, you
find fault with the gifts of God!
What insanity is this? Is it the
wine thai causes the abuses? No,
it is not the wine, but the intern
perance of those who take an evil
delight in it. But rather cry out!
Would to God there were no drunk
enness!" If you shout, Would that
there were no wine" you should
add, would that there were no
iron, because of the m~urderers;
would that there were no night
because of the thieves; would that
there were no light because of the
%informers; would hat there Were
nc m because of the adulter-
esses!" In this way you would de-
stroy everything. This is a devlish
way of t%hinking!' Thus spake st.
Crysostom: Not, "Pussy-foot' John
son!
I will add that all the good
things of life have the capacity for
evil in them, as well as good, viz:
wine, women, song, dancing, fire,
water, books, the stage, the movies,
money, marriage, love, religion, edu-