• Title Page
• Introduction
• Personal Involvment
• The Question Regarding the Identity of Wine
  • Fermentation
  • Warm Climate and Sweet Fruits
  • Palestine a Hot Climate
  • Sweet Is the Natural Taste
  • Fruits Preserved
  • Fermentation Prevented
• Ancient Methods to Preserve Juice
• Ancients Use and Terms
• The Scriptures
• Specific Passages
• Testimony

confirmatory letter of Professor Moses Stuart. From these and other works I learned much, as they made me acquainted with authorities and proofs which I had not previously known.

The Question Regarding the Identity of Wine

True philosophy is based upon well-ascertained facts. As these never change, so the philosophy based upon them must be permanent. The laws of nature are facts always and everywhere the same. Not only are gravitation and evaporation the same in all parts of the world, but also in all ages. All the laws of nature are as clearly the expressions of the divine mind as are the inspired writings. God’s book of nature, with its wonderful laws, and God’s book of revelation, with its teachings, must be harmonious when they treat of the same things.

The devout Christian has nothing to fear from the discoveries of true science. Though for a time they may seem to conflict with the teachings of the Bible, still, when more perfectly understood, it will be found that science, in all its departments, is the true and faithful handmaid of revealed religion.

All the laws which God has established, whether written on the rocks or in the processes of nature, are in exact harmony with the inspired records. This will be made apparent when the interpretation of the Bible, and the facts of science, and the operation of the laws of nature, are more thoroughly understood.

The advocates of only fermented or intoxicating wines thus state their positions: “When the word is the same, the thing is the same; if, therefore, wine means intoxicating wine when applied to the case of Noah and Lot, it