The Laws of Fermentation by William Patton

• Title Page
• Introduction
• Personal Involvment
• The Question Regarding the Identity of Wine
• Ancient Methods to Preserve Juice
• Ancients Use and Terms
• The Scriptures
• Specific Passages
• Testimony

Introduction

My design is not originality. It is to collect and so to arrange the facts and arguments, under their appropriate heads, as to facilitate the investigation and to produce the clearest and firmest conviction.

The proofs are stated on the authorities to which they are credited, and who are to be held responsible for their accuracy. Many, however, of these authorities I have verified by my personal examination, and to these I have added new ones.

The use made of the facts, as well as the reasonings connected with them, is obviously my own. For the exposition of many passages of Scripture I must be held responsible. My simple aim is to present this important subject in a manner so plain that all readers of the Bible may understand what are my convictions of its teachings on the subject of temperance, and particularly of the wine question.

It can hardly be expected that the views herein expressed will satisfy all. But all will bear me witness that my reasonings are conducted in candor, and with due respect to those from whom I am constrained to differ. Their views are carefully stated in their own chosen