тени папа поr yayım. f of the firstfruits was waived by the priest, yin: "the drink offering thereof shall be of yayin, hin." (Lev.23.13). yin was forbidden to God's people, it was not mself. He demanded daily three quarts of it, Num. 28.9-10) six quarts; and the least amount ot at a special sacrifice was a pint and a half. ing too far to say that without yayin was no Jehovah. Now, if yayin was forbidden to the se it was evil, what did Jehovah wish with it? osing his people to extreme danger to require arge quantities and have it on hand all the time orship? Would they not reason that if yayin God it was good enough for them? A man may ample of even a fellow-man. How much more God! Besides, the altar sanctifies the gift. ose churches reason to-day that exclude yayin nunion; and, from their point of view, they are t in church cannot be wrong out of church. If bidden in the people's houses, it would never - in God's house. If it was good there, it was There is no gainsaying the fact that Jehovah › make and offer to him continually an alcoholic that, in excess, would intoxicate. This beverage an accursed thing, for God's offerings must be blemish, perfect. Nothing imperfect, let alone 1 him (except the broken and contrite heart). unto the c woman sh himself un strong dri shall he d All the da the grape Why t does not co of yayin is Another thing. In that Levitical prohibition the wor ehovah spake unto Aaron," are significant. Why are they n ehovah spake unto the children of Israel?" If wine had be bidden to everyone, no special prohibition would have been need the priests. But the law of Moses has no such general pı ition. It is true, too, that the Nazirite was required to abstain fro ne and strong drink. But let us give the whole of this part obligation: "And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Spe to the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man man shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separa self unto Jehovah, he shall separate himself from yayin a ong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of strong drink, neith ll he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or drie the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made grape-vine, from the kernels, even to the husk" (Num. 6.1Why the grape and its products were inhibited to the Nazir es not concern us. But it does concern us that the prohibiti yayin is associated with these other indulgences clearly lawf well as, in addition, with hair-cutting. Yayin was forbidde so was unfermented grape juice. And the release from the v ried the allowance of yayin, as well as of the rest: when the da his separation are fulfilled, "after that the Nazirite may dri in" (Num. 6.20). Later, the Rechabites were total abstainers. Their story is . 35. The reason they gave for their cause was as follow 'e will drink no yayin; for Jonadab, the son of Rechab, o Digation. пе пао no reamings to asceticisin, were not intended to make his followers ascetics. ut the term wine is to be understood strictly; on of any other intoxicant. His motives would , the nomad regards agriculture and city life as , less spiritual than his own. Jonadab wished the higher life. Moreover, when the Israelites life to settle on the farms and in towns, they orship of Jehovah by combining it with the mmoral rites of the Canaanite baals, to whom, ey owed their corn and wine and oil ("for she I gave her the grain and the new wine and the used for Baal."-Hos. 28). Recently, under he worship of Baal had greatly developed. The and of the wine seemed to lead directly to BaalId seem to Jonadab that by cutting off his people n with agriculture he would preserve the purity heir ancient worship of Jehovah." the account given by the Rev. William Henry .D., D.D., Professor of Old Testament Exegesis w Colleges, London; and it is the account that ts of the subject concur in. Therefore, any feel like becoming Rechabites, if they wish to be te their houses and set up tents to live in; and seed; in addition to abstaining from wine. The ers are debarred by their occupation from the ship in this great order. inference from the words of Jeremiah, "in the New York district superintendent of the Antilished in the July number, 1913, of the Review he title "The Campaign against the Saloon," paragraph of the article contains the surprising om. GALLONS (English) 46.0 26.2 22.2 19.1 16.5 ry ranks fifth and not first in the consumption opulation. According to the work of Grosjahn y occupies the sixth place, as Italy is given as ted States in the use of beer. The as a con greater a not true Evidentl to consu Clea consumpt problem. capita co lated into and Kau Switzerla Hungary a use of alco enough in it only ten have been At th subject of increase in consolation the increas pecially in always a areas). A mo ceivable. |