New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins, do this in remembrance of me. Verily I say unto you, I will no more drink of the fruit of the vine ("not water nor milk," and allow me to add, nor any compound of poisonous deleterious drugs called wine," as some are now contending") until that day that I drink it new with you in the kingdom of God." The dispute then, between us, brother Wallis, is not whether the cup on the Lord's table should be one in its contents, and not two cups, each containing a different substance. In this we are agreed. We cannot but condemn the sinful practice of introducing two substances to the table of the Lord, to represent the blood of the one Christ. The point at issue is, Are those who use water or milk, any further from the truth, than those who use the compounds, which in the present day are called wines ? For my part I know not how disciples can justify themselves in taking such vile compounds, and use them unscrupulously as the fruit of the vine, barely on the evidence of interested worldly spirit merchants, when they can so easily procure at any time, beyond all doubt, that which is the fruit of the vine; proved to be such, not by the evidence of mercenary worldlings, but on that of their own senses.

It is not my business to prove that the substance called wine, used generally at the table of the Lord, is not the fruit of the vine, though I am prepared to do it. I do think however, it is the duty of those who contend so much for it in the Lord's Supper, to prove that it is; and in this they will have a task. I am satisfied, and so must every reasonable man be, that the express juice of the grape, in a fresh state, or a decoction made from dried grapes, is the fruit of the vine. It is for those who use the compounds of the day, to prove that such contain anything belonging the vine. Until this is done I am, I conceive, fully justified in saying that those who use them at the Lord's table, violate the law of every passage you quote from the divine record, just as much as those who place on that table either water or milk as some at present are doing. Without hesitation, I pronounce both wrong. When both parties can procure a substance which can be proved beyond doubt, to be the fruit of the vine, why cling to that, concerning which there is no doubt.

I do not wish to provoke an unprofitable controversy on

this subject, though I should like to excite that spirit of inquiry which will lead the disciples of Jesus to prove all things on this question, and hold fast that which is good.

Yours in the one hope,

JOSEPH BOrmond.

EDITOR'S REPLY.

BELOVED BROTHER.-Although comparatively strangers to each other, yet being disciples of Jesus we stand in the relation of brethren, and therefore, so long as that relationship continues, should write and speak to each other in a decorous manner.

The Lord's command to his disciples is," That there be no division among them, but that they be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment." (1 Cor. 1-10.) This is the standard of Christian perfection. Unity of faith and judgment respecting all things testified in the Scriptures, is attainable by all those who are teachable. But unity of opinion concerning things which are not written in the Bible, is not to be expected, therefore not enjoined upon us by the Lord.

You remark," That in my condemning the conduct of a Baptist minister, I take the opportunity of giving the simple and obvious principle of teetotalism, a sort of side blow." I can assure you it was not my intention to do so, only so far as this ism is made a bond of union among the disciples of Christ, or as it is brought into the congregation of saints, and mingled up with the institutions of the gospel. such instances my mind is now as it has been for seven years, fully made up, not merely to give a side blow," as you express it, but to make a firm and immovable stand against it and all other humanism.

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The Christian system is perfect in itself, and requires no human appendages to make it efficacious in accomplishing the design forwhich it is given to a perishing world. Although teetotalism, is perhaps, the best institution ever originated

n the kingdom of Satan for the removal of a particular evil, yet the intelligent Christian requires no such institution to enable him to perfect his character before God.

We have the highest authority for saying, that Satan, during this dispensation, is transformed into an angel of light, and that he and his subjects have always pretended to have something in their possession to present to the human family, which if received and adopted will prove more beneficial to them than the commands and institutions enjoined by the Father of mercies; but he has ever proved a deceiver, and therefore requires to be particularly watched and contended against. All Christians ought to be able to say as Paul and his associates said, "We are not ignorant of his devices;" and I may add, will never receive or submit to any of his pretensions. But this by the way.

The subject of your letter appears to be, What kind of wine ought the disciples to have on the table of the Lord, when commemorating his death? It seems doubtful to you, "whether those who take water or milk are any further from the truth, than those who use the compounds which in the present day are called wines." I would here ask, which is the most EMBLEMATIC OF BLOOD ? Do not misunderstand me, my Christian forbearance extends a long way in this matter, as the following facts will demonstrate: I have communed at the table of the Lord, in different places, when the element in the cup has been either raisin washings, with a little spice in it, or port, sherry, raisin, or red currant wine, but never with either milk or water, nor do I intend ever to do so. Let any man hold up the emblematic cup filled with milk or water, and repeat the words of the Saviour, "This is my blood (or, this is emblematic of the blood of Christ) shed for the remission of sins." What an insult to the Saviour himself, and contrary to all common sense!!

You seem to lay great stress on the fruit of the vine, by which I suppose you to mean the vine of Palestine, Portugal, or Spain-the juice of the grape. This is not the case with

myself, unless it be emblematic of blood, and can be proved also, that before the apostles commenced the work of evangelizing the world, this fruit could be obtained either in a green or dried state, throughout the whole world. The apostles, in my judgment, would select in every place, that wine which was most emblematic of the blood of Christ; nor would they trouble themselves to know whether the parties from whom it came were more "interested or worldly minded persons," than the parties who made the bread they ate, or the clothes they wore.

If Paul, as is generally supposed, came to England to plant the gospel, when a congregation was collected together; would not the black or red currant be as much the fruit of the vine and as emblematic of the blood of Christ in this part of the world, as the grape is in Palestine? Some horticulturists are maintaining this position most strenuously, and if it be true, might not some of the beloved sisters in the church, make wine from this fruit in the proper season, sufficient to serve a congregation for a whole year? But then the teetotalers cannot obey the Lord because of this bugbear, alcohol! Simpleton, as he is, to allow Satan and his friends thus to bind his conscience from keeping the commands of Him, who is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Will not the love of the truth keep any man from sin ? Is not the constant enjoyment of the remission of all past sins, and the hope of a promised reward at the resurrection of the dead, founded upon the oath of a God who cannot lie, sufficient to animate any man to live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present evil world? I have been informed, brother Bormond, that you are a disciple of Christ and a teetotal lecturer. In this occupation you may be the means of removing much physical evil from society; but whether you will be rewarded by the Saviour for this service, there being so much evil connected with it, is not for me to say. His book gives no information on this subject, For myself, I would rather be the instrument of con

verting one sinner to Christ during my whole life, than to follow in the wake of father Mathew, with his ten thousand converts to teetotalism at his heels. I could never recommend any man to bind his conscience to any thing but to Jesus and his truth. Nor do I want any human institutionss any more than Paul did at Corinth, to lead a sinner to this consummation. J. WALLIS.

IODINE.-CONSUMPTION.

THE medical journals mention iodine as a very valuable remedy in case of incipient consumption; and a writer in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, who, we presume, is a physician, cites the following instances, as evidence of the beneficial effect of this medicine in diseases of the lungs.

The first case is that of a lady, who had been afflicted four or five years with a very serious cough. The paroxysms of coughing would often continue for the space of ten or fifteen minutes, and were so violent as often to call forth the fears of both herself and family, in relation to her bursting a blood vessel. She inhaled a quantity of the vapour of iodine: this was about a year since; and from that time to the present she has not coughed as much altogether as she had frequently done at one time, before she used the iodine.

The next case is still of a more striking character. In conversing with an eminent dentist in this city, about the medical properties of iodine in the disease of the lungs, he exclaimed, "This is what has been curing me." This led to an inquiry of the nature of his complaint. His words were as follows:-"I have been afflicted with consumption for five years: about eighteen months since Dr. Coates measured my side, and found that it was contracted about an inch and a half, about half of my lungs are entirely gone; and owing to this, my left side is considerably depressed. For the last five months I have been prosecuting another business, in which iodine is used, and during this time, without knowing the cause, my health has been constantly improving; and now I have no doubt but that the inhalation of the iodine has produced the happy results. In short," said he, “I consider myself perfectly cured, and this is the only remedy I have used.'