85. Wine

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“T. H.” It seems strange to us that any Christian, with his eye resting on 1 Timothy 5:2323Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities. (1 Timothy 5:23), could speak of wine as “an impure liquid.” Could the Holy Spirit recommend Timothy to use a little “impure liquid” for his stomach’s sake? That men, in their guilt and folly, have made an impure use of God’s creation is, alas too true; but that a child of God should be so fettered by the unscriptural bonds of teetotalism, as to rob himself of the sweet privilege of showing forth the Lord’s death, in the breaking of bread, is, we must confess, beyond our comprehension. “Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving” (1 Tim. 4:44For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: (1 Timothy 4:4)). Is the grape an exception? True, Noah made an impure use of the grape; but is that any reason why I should refuse the cup in the Lord’s Supper? Surely not. We fondly trust your friend may be fully emancipated from the influence of what we must pronounce to be a morbid feeling, or an unscriptural vow.