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August 18, 1909.
. begin to examine our floa
various rooms, large and
ship, and lastly those witl
far from the busy world fo
we consider the wonderful
modern steel ship, like 011
genius, skill, industry, ant
brains and thoughts seem
ness of the ocean ; and hu
with a spark of divinity. :
speare. "What a piece of w
son, so infinite in faculty, i
in apprehension how like :
one eighth of a mile long. 7<
from keel to upper deck.
28,000 tons of iron and m
swim, until we consider til
pressibilitv of water. Anc
for so many days and mile
this dense fluid and against
Of course one does not
sea in shins " tn spp all t
world; but the more we in
of the deep," the greater
advances in navigation w
A month ago. when at Sav
the first vessel propelled I)
was from that port in 1817,
horn. Then that vessel d
It is just a century ago as
"Clermont" started from )
Albany, against the wind
velocity of 5 miles an hour
larger, go five times taste
For five bright and cool J11
palace, like a thing of life
smooth seas; with a delig
and intelligent mortals. A
ters of the gospel, four of
each passage money. Sev
"second class"; and save 1
far as I can see they enjoy
-1 ?'
. mult Llian ?C 111 3L LlclSS
accommodations are far su
ten years ago. On July
the Azores Islands, "Florej
of these volcanic islands,
miles from New York and
ugal. They belong to Po
1435. They are semi-trop
or hot; and so very fertile
to 258,000 industrious agri
est island is "St. Michaels'
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nately for us, two of the
each, which we sailed alon
about two miles, so that t
fields, and gardens were p
a day, as we steamed along
miles of latitude so that a
pass them, all in daylight;
the passengers to hail lan
we were in sight of Cape St
July 4th. we expect to ent
famous Western gateway.
THE PRESBYTERI/
ting palace; just to see its
small, then the size of the
li whom we are to live,
r ten or more days. When
dimensions and build of a
rs, we must marvel at the
I invention of man. Then,
almost to equal the vastman
nature seems touched
so we exclaim with Shakeork
is man, so noble in rean
action how like an angel,
i God." Our boat is about
o feet wide aiid 80 feet deep.
One great marvel is how
erchandise can be made to
le great density and incom)ther
marvel is, how it can
s be swiftly forced through
: powerful winds.
have to "go down to the
he modern wonders of the
vestigate these "Leviathans
is our astonishment at the
ithin less than a century,
annah, Ga.. I was told that
y steam across the Atlantic
, only it years before I was
lepended partly upon sails,
we all know when Fulton's
\ ew York city up towards
and tide, at the marvelous
! Now, steamers fifty times
r than our first steamboat,
me days, our grand moving
, has been gliding through
jlited swarm of interesting
iinong us, are eleven miniswhom
are ah1f? tr? nav inn
en of them preferred to go
lalf that passage sum. As
themselves fully as much or
people. The second cabin
perior to the first cabin, of
ist we struck the front of
>" (flowers). There are nine
lying in mid ocean, 2,000
a 1,000 miles West of Portrtugal,
discovered by them
ical lands, never very cold
: that they give sustenance
cultural people. The largwith
several lar^e towns
i8,ooo inhabitants. Fortuislands
were 36 miles long
igside of at the distance of
he smiling vineyards, grain
lainly visible to us for half
They embrace about 250
whole day was required to
much to the excitement of
d again. Three hours ago
Vincent, and early Sunday,
er the Mediterranean at its
Henry M. Hall.
iN OF THE SOUTH.
WHY IS WINE NOT M
NEW TESTAMENT
By Rev. C. W.
No less than eight times t
ters speak directly of the liq
sacrament of the Lord's Sup
word "wine" used. Matthev
each gives ivn account of the
and they all avoid the use of
is this?
Both Luke and Paul quot<
himself and they likewise av<
Can this be accidental? Ma
ther and give the words of t
directly to the contents of th<
it is natural and necessary to
contains, still the Lord refuse;
using instead a general term
vine." (See verses following
22, Luke 22: 19, 1 Cor. 11:2,
not from any aversion to the
that the Lord made use of it <
is used by nearly all the N
It is evident that the contents
of the vine. The Greek wot
one for fruit. (Not karoos
One of the prayers used by.t
was in these words: "Blesse<
God who hast created the fi
probably takes the expression
so, he had good reason for us
refuse to say "wine"? Paul
"For as often as ye eat this 1
ye do shew the Lord's death 1
he go out of the way to sa;
"wine"? Five times within f
word "cup" where he had in
the contents of the vessel. (
was an accident or for a r
people will agree that the cuj
naturally contain a portion of
by the Jews at that time, at t
claim that this should be u
Others point to those "evil-<
wine in the Corinthian love
same drink was used in the sa
Let us not go into the tw<
pose for the sake of argumen
the weak, sour wine that was
erage of the people of that c<
we use tea or coffee. Let us s
down the centuries and saw
of distillation and the consecp
evils of alcohol; that he sa1
people are making in this yc
rid the world of one of the gr
upon the race. He saw that tl
the wine cup would he banisl
Christian home and, knowing
vout souls who would insist
that he did, he refused to sa
cup and thus left the Church a
uct of the vine that the enlig
time might demand.
9
ENTIONED IN THE
SACRAMENT?
Maxwell.
he New Testament wri[tiicl
element used in the
per. but not once is the
Mark, Luke and Paul
institution of the Supper
the word "wine." Why
: the words of the Lord
oid the use of the word,
tthew and Mark go furhe
Lord where he refers
: sacramental cup, where
designate what the cup
s to use the word "wine,"
, calling it "fruit of the
I Matt. 26:26. Mark 14:
3.) Why is this? It is
word itself, for we find
an other occasions and it
ew Testament writers.
4-U? 1?*
v_? 1 llic VIIJJ Has ct piuuutl
d used is not the usual
but gennema, produce.)
he Jews at the Passover
1 art thou, Jehovah, our
uit of the vine." Jesus
i from that prayer, but if
ing it. Why do they all
1 says in i Cor. 11:26:
aread and drink this cup
:ill he come." Why does
y "cup"? Why not savour
verses Paul uses the
mind not the vessel but
Tan we believe that this
hetorical reason ? Most
) on that occasion would
the drink that was used
:he Paschal feast. Some
nferraented grape juice.
wed snots " drunk with
feast and infer that the
icrament.
> wine theories bnt supt
that the cup contained
and is the common bevmintrv,
used by them as
uppose that Jesus looked
the invention of the art
lent multiplication of the
iv the struggle that his
ar of his grace. 1909. to
eatest evils that ever fell
le time would come when
led from the table of the
that there would he (.Icon
copying everything
y what fluid was in the
t liberty to use any prod
htened conscience of the