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Temperance
wine. They understood that the most careful and solemn preparation
was necessary before presenting themselves in the sanctuary where
the divine presence was manifested; but by intemperance they were
disqualified for their holy office. Their minds became confused, and
their moral perceptions dulled, so that they could not discern the
difference between the sacred and the common.—
Patriarchs and
Prophets, 361, 362
.