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Show disciples was to give them w lne ad lib., and to enjoin them to drink often in renftmbrancc o( him. On tho other hand, you may search the whole length and breadth of the scriptures and yon will find only one rami who ever mentioned men-tioned water. Ho only allied foV a single drop of water, and ho was in hell, which in all probability prob-ability was the place for him." . Tsii presbyteriaa synod has msde trouble in tbe cabinet. It bas censured President Harrison for drinking wine and Vice-President Morton for selling it, and praised Postmaster-General Wauamaker for bis temperance. It is said that the president and vice-president are very much humiliated, while tbe postmaster-general is greatly elated. Tola action on the part of the synod has given rise to all sorts of gossip. Mr. Wauamaker, it is said, fiuds it very difficult to abstain from wine, especially 'at social dinners, but owing to his position in the church and in tba Sunday school ho cannot, as a matter of principle, touch it. At one of these dinners no liquor was serred, and Mr. Wanamaker is reported to have said that as a social mffair it was a dismal failure. Secretary Secre-tary Blaine thereupon said: "Wine is frequently mentioned with favor Id tbe scriptures. When our Bavior came upon the earth one of the first things he did to prove hi divinity wat to turn water into wine nd when about to take his departure mm of MlMtthinicfhedldtoiliowtiia love for his ' w.. . . , : ; . . -I |