Download or read book Religion and Drink written by Rev. E. A. Wasson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Religion and Drink The word drink in this book means those alcoholic beverages spoken of in the Bible. The conclusions apply, strictly, only to those particular beverages. But, naturally, they apply, by analogy, for certain purposes, to other alcoholic drinks that are no more hazardous. For example; if wine is right, beer is. In the composition of this book I gratefully acknowledge valuable suggestions from my learned friend, Mr. Walter J. Kidd. What is God's will for us in the matter of drink? This book is an attempt to answer that question; and no other. As far as I know, mine is the first examination of this question, on so extensive a scale, in the English language. This is remarkable, too, in view of the fact that the religious aspect of the drink question is the really vital and critical one for millions and millions of people; and of the further fact that around all other sides of the question veritable libraries have been built up. The answer I seek in the Bible and the Church; - the Church, I say, not some division of it; but the Church as a whole, the Church Universal. The chapters on the Old and New Testaments may look hard and uninteresting, because of the Hebrew and Greek words recurring so frequently. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.