From the Gardiner Cold Water Fountain
RUM AND RELIGION.
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The Angel, Gabriel, was first sent te
Zacharias, and his wife, "who were both
righteous before God, walking in all the
commandments and ordinances Of the Lord
blameless." The message TO them was tha,
they should have a son, and should call his
name John. "He shall be great in the sigh,
Of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine
nor strong drink" The same Angel was
next sent to Joseph, and Mary of Nazer-
eth, a city of Galilee, with similar tidings,
in reference to the Saviour. And why TO
Ndzereth Because firstly, Joseph and
Mary were just and righteous persons
temperate in all things; secondly, that " it
might be fulfilled, which was spoken by
the Prophets" that the Saviour should be
called Nazarine, separate and Holy unto
the Lord, drinking neither wine nor strong
drink The requirement in becoming a
Nazarine and separating himself unto the
Lord, was, "He shall separate himself from
wine and strong drink, and shall drink no
vinegar of wine or vinegar Of strong drink,
neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes,
nor eat moist grapes or dried. All the days
Of his separation shall he eat nothing that
is made of the vine tree, from the kernels
even to the husk" For further light up
on this matter, the reader is referred to the
address Of the Angel 10 Manoah's wife, in
respect to Sampson, and the reply Of Han
nah to Eli, in respect to Samuel We may
trace the old Testament through, and we
can find no account of Gods approving the
use Of intoxlc ating drinks. He commanded
Moses to smite the rock in Horeb, that wa
ter should come out OF it, and the children
of Israel should drink. All through that
long and tedious journey OF the Israelites
to Canaan, water was furnished them but
no strong drink. Sampson after his con
fct with the Philistines, in which he slew
a thousand men with the Jaw OF an ass,
"was sore athrst," and called upon the
Lord, ''that he might not die of thirst, and
fall into the hands of the uncircumcised
Phlistines," "God clave hollow place
that was in the jaw, and there came water
thereout, and when he had drunk, his spiri
came again and he revived" IS


Here is strong example, as strong q,
need be, TO show up the utter falsity 0
strong drinks contributing to strength o,
recruiting the system when fat'gued. Sam
son, solitary and alone, had maintained I