BIBLE ALCOHOL.
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There are many ministers and members
| Of the Church, who maintain that Christ
/ aud his apostles used Intoxicating wine.
| That il is the proper wine for the Lords
/ table, and that the notion of Temperance


men now -a-days is a delusion and origin


ates in infdelity. While we would re-


spect the opinions Of those who understand


the Bible better than we profess to do, We
| must maintain with firmness our own con-


viclions upon this subject. We insist that


infdelity, SO far from originating the senti-


ment, that the Book of the Christian s


faith forbids The use Of alcohol, would re-
loice in the establishment of the doctrine


that the holy book licensed its use. The


Bible should be always interpreted consist


emily with sound reason. Whenever we
4 step beyond this bound, and ask our fell
! low -men to believe that which wars with
their reason and experience, we make
them intidels. The reason. of finite men


may not be able to comprehend every SUBJ
ject of faith, but when it is comprehensive,
it is always consistent with the reason and
experience Of men. For example, our rea-
son and experience prove that Jesus Christ,
the heaven-sent messenger came on mis-
sion of eternal love to man. That he saw
and pitied, PROSTATE, helpless, dying, re-
bel world, and moved with compassion, he


bowed the heavens, and came down to lift
men up from their deep degradation.


These facts are distinctly set forth in the
Scriptures, and they commend themselves
to our understanding We ask those who
believe that Christ came to save, whether
it is consistent with that belief, TO suppose
that in the last interview with his loved
disciples, when he desired them to shadow
forth his undying love, he presented to
them at his sacred board, cup which las
spread moral pestilence over his whole
| earth, and filled with unnumbered millions
perditen's deepest hell'


History, science, experience and reason,
prove conclusively, that The Intoxicating
cup is the cup Of Devils, and has blighted


the hopes, and ruined the fortunes, destroy
ed the bodies, and blasted The intellect,


marred the happiness, and damned the souls
of unnumbered thousands Of Gods crea-
lures.


Has Jehovah approved of that which
constantly, uniformly, and throughout all
time, has shown itself what he declared ii
TO be, mocker


Did the Son of God, at the marriage
feast, convert the pure water into an iniox-


icating liquor, which would, when drank,
inname the lusts, and lead the unsuspect-
ing wedding party to profane Gods name,
and commit every abomination


God has said that fermented wine should


not be looked upon, because it biteth like a


serpent This result we know to be true !;


all past history and present experience
prove it. Did the " adder's sting" lurk in


the jars Of water after our Savior had


wrought the mlracle' Those who believe


that he manufactured Intoxicating wine are


forced to that conclusion. We cannot, nor


would we believe, that he whose bound


less love evolved the plan Of redemption,


and undertook to carry out that plan, was


engaged in the manufacture or use Of that


which is now filling earth with waIings


We think il impious to suppose that God


would put the bottle to lie lips of his


creatures, and say drink We all OF il, after


he had denounced a bitter woe upon his


creatures for doing the same thing' The


distillers and venders are reaping a fearful
harvest Of wretchedness and woe for SUD-
plying the stream Of death for infatuated


man. Yet, the pious minister who clings


to the Bible as his unerring guide, insists


that his Savior was sengaged in the same