REPLY TO MR REES.
ITo the Editor Gisborne Timea^ Sir,—My reply to Mr Rees must bp brief, as yuur spaoe is valuable, not fo say* costly. The Bible dpes not prohibit the „ use of wine, but it does use strong lan. gusgo to prohibit the man. who puts a temptation or an ocoaeion of Btumjbli°S hi his brother’s way. Further, the Rible I says that drunkards shall not inherit fbe kingdom of God. If therefore we find we I have been supporting a system wbiob stimulates the desire for strong beer and I still stronger spirits (two things uukaown in the Bible), thereby manufacturing drum kards to a degree unknown in Bible times and in eastern countries, we ate only acts ir.g in accordance with the teaching of the Bible in seeking to remove this source of temptation. Furthe r , the New Testament gives us principles, and leaves us free to apply these prinoiples acco-ding to nrela and circumstances, so long as we do mt violate the two great precepts of love to God and love tj our neighbor, neither of wbiob, I tliiok, is violated by vo.ing noliceneo.—l am, etc., F. W. CHATTERTON, S’© Ran Uoilogo,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1612, 27 November 1905, Page 2
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197REPLY TO MR REES. Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1612, 27 November 1905, Page 2
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