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If this evil is the afflicting of mankind, then, as (Jod employs no other visible agency superior to nmn, and His AVord declares — Psulni 17th — " Deliver my soul from the wicked which is thy swonl," then we ourselves are the instmnients. Hut as we would not wittingly destroy ourselves it is necessary to produce a delusion. ijtMl avows himself to be the author of that delusion -Isaiah, 6(lth chap. 4th verse: "1 will choose their delusions." In the matter of delusions we ourselves must still be the instruments; the most influential class amongst ourselves are alone capable of producing a delusion, because if error arose among the lower classes the learning of our teachers would sweep it away. The evil that I intend to trace to its origin, and to the revealed decree concerning it, is into.vication. Those whom Uod designed to visit with that evil are His enemies, the wicked of the earth. I will also show the class appointed to produce the delusion and the instrument employed by that class for the purpose. , (ioA avows >iimself to be tlie punishcr of the wicked by intoxicating them — Isaiah, CSrd clmn. (Jth verse : •• And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fur}', and I will bring down their strength to the earth." Jeron.iah, 2.ith chap. 27th verse : " Thus saith the LonI of hosts, the Uod of Israel, drink ye, and be drunken, and spue and fall and rise no more." In the magnificent song of Moses — Dent. 32nd chapter — is given the true nature and effect of the wine to the drinking of which the nations are given up ; — 33rd verse : " Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps." The gradually increasing strength and virulence of the liquor is alluded to in the :i4th verse, and also the fact that its worst qualities would be developed in after ages. History confirms the truth of this, for we find that about the darkest period of the dark ages of ('hristianity the discovery of the art of distillation was made. The verse reads thus : '• Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures ? " Ood's Word also describes the colour and drugged condition of the wine he gives his enoinies to drink. Psalm 'i'lth, 8tli verse : " For in the hand of the Jjord there is a cup and the wine is rkd, it is full of mixture ; and he poureth out the same : but the dregs thereof all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them." This view is confirmed by the warning and chemical tests gixen. Proyerbs 23rd chap. 31st verse : •• Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cuj», when it moveth its-if nrighl. ' The class to be employed is the ministers of religion. Jerciniah, 25th chap. 15th verse : " For thus saith the Lord Uod of I^iiael unto me, take the wine-cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom 1 send thee, to drink it." (Kith verse) — "and they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them." (17th verse) — " Then took I the cup at the Lord's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the Lortl had sent me ; to wit." I [ere follows the iianies of all the nations then known, and nations unknown are included — " all the kingdoms of the world." Jeremiah liKPRESKXTS the ministers of all religions true or false for it was impossible that he could personally give the wine-cup to all the nations of the world, yet he says (I'tli verse) that he gave it to them and caused them to drink it. The comiqand is more fully given in the 27th verse, part of which is «|uoted above : it reads thus — '• Therefore slmlt THOU SAY unto THEM, thus saith the liord of hosts, the God of Isi-ael, drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more. ' That Jeremiah represented the ministers of religion in this work is proved by what John says in the Kevelation speaking ot the Church, 14th chap. Hth verse, " and there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because SHE MADE all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication." Also, J Hth chap. 3rd verse : " For all nations have 3rd clinp. 2iul viT.se, '• Why iiit thoii RKD in thine apparel ? " Knowing that Christ was without sin and lioly ho could not understand wiiy he apponied stained uitli sin or the emblem or sin. Here is the point of the whole subject. 'l"he recommendntioii of beinjr einl)leuirt of Clnint'r* fnii.' in the Sacrament, throwing blame on the Mother Church for her selfishness and taking credit to herself for so doing. AV'hen alcohol was first distilled it was named Water of Life, a name which it yet retains and will retain untilJeremiah withholds the cup. We will now turn our thoughts to what has been done to supply the demand caused by the recommendation thus given to intoxicating liquor.' 'J'he first liquor known to have intoxicated man was THK JUICK OF THE GRAPE fermented, because unferniented it'does not into.vicato. The propensity that is in our corrupted nature to " call evil good and good evil " caused the heathen to worship the vices, and the worship of Bacchus (who was Noah), the god of drunkennesss, was set up with the others. The worship of Bacchus made a large supjdy necessarj , the product of vineyards could not meet the demand. This is evident from the fact that drugs were used which w;ould not have been done had the product of tlie vino been adequate. Under Christianity the same truth is patent to tho world, but Christendom has produced the intoxicating spirit from corn of every' description, and has concentrated its strength by distillation, and tiom its supposed greater excellence given it the name of " WATER OF LIFE." Notwithstanding this great increase in the materials from which it is procured the demand was still tho greater. The most terrible poisons known are added to all the grain that can be spared and yet there is no glut in the market. All the machinery in use — the distillers, the brewers, the whole.«ale and retail dealers, the taverns, saloons, and nil groggeries — ar© required to bring tho liquor within the reach of the miseraljlo priest-ridden people of Christendom, who receive the sip with the injunction " Drink, yea drink abundantly, beloved." Contrast the drunkenness of Christians with the sobriety of the Hindoos and Pagans, and contrast also the name given by tho Arabians (Mt hammedan) to the Sijirit— they named it Alcohol, w'iich i- evil spirit or devil, and that name baiii.shed it completely from amon^ them. Christians named it Aqua VitaJ, which is water of ' I'e, anl that retained it and inereaseil if it were possible the demand. With this fact in view return now to the decree and commission given to Jeremiah, 2;'Jth chap. 28th verse : " And it shall be, if they refuse to tal(e tho cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them. Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, ye shall certainly drink." 'I lie 2(ith verse s.ays " And the king of Sheshac shall drink after them.' Ancient Sheshac was Babylon, which fell by its drunkenness ; modern Sheshac is tho samo country ruled l)y the liilse prophet and his laws — it also must fall by drunkenness, and the ministers ol tho ('hristian religion who have access now to that empire are the instruments to give to them the wine cup. 'I'he empire of Hindoos and Pagans of every description must fall by this wino-cup. A beginning has been made in India. Archdeacon Jefl'reys snys that 2.n thoroughly examined. and of at least suspending the administra- JAMES MILLER. # A • K i ■ 4 My great reason for distributing these appeals to the Synods and Conferences, is this : — Knowing that the discovery will be mode, my earnest desire is, that it may come to the people fr:m the AjLinistcrs of tho Gospel. ToEONTO, C.W., May 10th, 1''62. .., . .„,;.. .-.. ... > .,. ■ -,, , ... . > . *. .. .,- .. .... •..•.....! l. # \ • K < 4 [tIIK FOIJ.OWINO WAS DISTnintTED TO THE SYNODS AND COSFERENCKS IN THE YEAR 1859.1 A BITTER COMPLAINT IN LOVE AGAINST THE MINISTERS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH^ For having caused the Drunkenness of the People by falsely representing ond giving to them Intoxicating Liquor um the Emblem of the Blood of our Kedcenier in the Saerantent contrary to the taw of that Ordinance, »m0m0^^^0*0*0^0t0^0^0m0^0***0*0^0^ ' <«M««MM«*M««**aM*M«^M Whatever U used at the Loi-d's tublo rocoivos, because of ita use there, the highest rucomiueiulution that uiiything on earth can hove. This is a self-evident truth, ami needs no urpunient to prove it. 'I'hc law of the l'a,ssovor, ut wliich feast our Lord instituted His supper, forimde all leaven under pain of death. Christ kept the feast in the spirit uiul in tho letter ; and the Apostle Paul instructs the Christian Church to " keep the feujt not with old leaven, neither with the leuven of imdico or wickedness." Ifo gives directions hero both us regards the state of the heart and the materials of the feast. \Vt>re he speaking only of tho state of tho heart, ho would have said — not with old leaven, the leaven of malice or wick(!dne8s. With unleavened or u iferiuentod things at tho feast ho could say — tho " cup of blessing which wo bless ;" intimating that the cup was in itself a blessing, being ])erfect in its nature and beneflcliU in its effects. Ifud he used, as tho Christian Church has used throughout nearly its whole history, the fermented or corrupted and corrupting thiiijc\ ho shouhl have said to bo correct — the cursed cup which we bless ; but that is the cup ho calls tho cu[) of devils. 'J'ho Church, then, has dei)arted from tho positive instructions both of the Old and New 'I'estament, and given tho highest recommendation that anything on <>arth can have to the thing that is the most fruitful cause of disease, crime, and misery. All the evils caufsoil by this departure from Christ's ordinance can never be ascertaiiUMl in this life ; only very few ol" them can. The strong aversion to alchoholic licpiors in the unvitiatod appetite had first to bo overcome ; this could only be dono by represent- ing it as a holy thing. The simply tornuMitod li(|uor being weak, was best adapted for removing this natural dislike, and pre|)ured mankind for receiving tho strong spirit when it was distilled. This S'icred use of tho poisonous spirit has caused it to be maile the pledge, proof, and test of friendship throughout Christendom, and its eft'ect was considered an earnest and fortasto of the happiness of heaven. This belief in its excelleiu!0 of nature and efl'ect cau.sed tho spirit when first nroduced — ai)out tho tenth century — to receive the name of '• Water of Life,"' and that is its name in several languages yet. Ijiiin, Aqua Vita; — French, Kau do vie— Goelic, Usquebaugh — this name is derided Irom the Word of God, and the high estimation in which the spirit and its efl'ects were held sent the Church there for that name. No other words could equal in force the reconHuendotion that this name gives to the liquor. The error that this was the appropriate name for the liquor produced another delusion — viz., that the world was coming to un ond inmiediately, because the river (jf the water of life was discovered, and men on their death-beds gove their lands to the ( 'hnrcli for tho salvation of their souls, tli'e deed commencing with the words " seeing the world is so soon to be at an end." The error also caused it to be used as a medicine, ii universal medicine, a constant beverage, and as indispensible to the hunmn body as the Grace of (>od, its great antityje, is to the soul. It was believed to be a great help to devotion, and was used to remove des])ondency and fear, and to give boldness and confidence in God. Hence the wild and frantic devotions recorded in l)iography and history. The liquor has the sacred place in the affections of the people yet — healths are drunk ; the drinking of a health is a prayer ejacu- lated to God by friends, for the wellfare and happiness of one another, tho expressions used are but slightly altered since the time when men said they pledged themselves in the Blood of our liord. In drinking the liquor to this day, the pious .Scotch Highlanders are known to ask a blessing ovoi each succeeding glass, and whiit wonder when in their language its name is AVater of Life. But the strongest proof that the liquor has the sacred ])lace in the afi'ections of christians, is tho fact, that the Temperance people in their efforts to substitute cordials for tho intoxicating liquor, as the pledge of friendship, felt they were doing an impropriety, because the cordials had no sacred association. Let us never forget that people are induced to commence tiie drinking of alcoholic liquors for frienf'ship's sake, and let us also remember that for the same reason, it is continued until it has created a craving appetite for itself, and the poor besotttid drunkard receives his glass from his cceming I'liend as the greatest kindi;ess he can do him. Tho Temperance pledge itself is a monument leaving no room for doubting what 1 have here established ; the first part of the pledge forbids* the drinking of tho liquor — this may be done for two reas^ons, either because it is an evil thing, or l>i'cause it is too lioly for conmion use, neither of which a))pear in tho first part, but tho second part explains the reason. It i)roclaims the wine a holy thing. A person unacquainted with the Temperance movement, and with drunkenness, <'oul(l finil no other reasen in tho ■ document itself lor the prohibition. /^" The Free Presbyterian (.'hurch of ( anuda, at its last meeting in IS.'iS, decided that the agitation of :his question, (sacramental ^' wine) does not tend to edification, showing that the liquor has the same hold on tho Ministers of the Gospel at the present day, thaj, it had in the dark ages, their reconunendation to procure the purest wine within their r^ach, notwithstanding, for they have not described what pure wine id. Another difficulty arose at the same Meeting of Synod, as to tho admission of membei-s to the Conimunion, who were engaged r/ in the liquor traffic, they could not be debarred because of this sacred hold the liquor has in tho minds of all. The Churches would have to go to these same dealers for the wine fin* the Sacrament, for it is them that supply it, and therefore it would be a great injustice to keep them from the Ordinance ; for gross vice they could be debarred, but the first steps astray they cannot see it their duty to prevent, and their use of intoxicating liquor at the Ordinance is the only thing that keeps them from seeing their way clearly. It also made the Synod d(?cide that the agitation of this question (sacramental wine) does not tend to ediflcntion. It prevents them too from seeing the necessity of making thorough total abstinence a term of Communion; true, their last document says that the Synod feel that the evils of the traffic in some of its most common forms are so great and manifest, that it is difficult to realize how a true Christian can feel at liberty to engage in such forms, or being engaged, can continue in them. This really goes for nothing in practice, for from the first deviation from the path of safety to the ruinous end of the downward course, mankind ore under a delusion that cannot be removed until they are shown which was their first step astray. John Wesley commenced his societies with the total abstinence pledge, as a term of membership, but his successors hod to set it aside, because of the wine they used at tho Sacrament. When it was proposed in tho Church of Phigland Synod last year, to do something for the suppression of drunkenness, the idew was ridiculed; Why? they believe it a sacred duty to drink, and drink abundantly. The use of fermented'wine in the Sacrament, is the only thing that has prevented tho Christian Church from seeing it to be a SIN to touch, taste, or handle the accursed thing. THE CAUSE BEING ONCE ASCER'rAINED, WE NEED SEARCH NO FURTHER FOR THE REMEDY, AND MAY GOD IN HIS MERCY SPEEDILY BANISH THIS " ABOMINATION THAT MAKETH DESO- LATE " FROM THE HOLY PLACE. . „ „.„ JAMES MILlLEJR. ToBono, June 0, 1869.