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Temperance
Unfermented Wine and Cider
—The pure juice of the grape,
free from fermentation, is a wholesome drink.—
Manuscript 126,
1903
.
Cider and wine may be canned when fresh, and kept sweet a
long time, and if used in an unfermented state, they will not dethrone
reason.—
The Review and Herald, March 25, 1884
.
Sweet Cider
—Do we know of what this palatable sweet cider
is made? Those who manufacture apples into cider for the market
are not very careful as to the condition of the fruit used, and in many
cases the juice of decayed apples is expressed. Those who would
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not think of taking the poison of rotten apples into their system,
will drink the cider made from them, and call it a luxury; but the
microscope would reveal the fact that this pleasant beverage is often
unfit for the human stomach, even when fresh from the press. If
it is boiled, and care is taken to remove the impurities, it is less
objectionable.
I have often heard people say, “Oh! this is only sweet cider; it is
perfectly harmless, and even healthful.” Several quarts, perhaps gal-
lons, are carried home. For a few days it is sweet; then fermentation
begins. The sharp flavor makes it all the more acceptable to many
palates, and the lover of sweet wine or cider is loath to admit that
his favorite beverage ever becomes hard and sour.—
The Review and
Herald, March 25, 1884
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The Only Safe Course
—Persons who have inherited an appetite
for unnatural stimulants should by no means have wine, beer, or
cider in their sight, or within their reach; for this keeps the temptation
constantly before them.—
The Ministry of Healing, 331
.
If men would become temperate in all things, if they would touch
not, taste not, handle not, tea, coffee, tobacco, wines, opium, and
alcoholic drinks, reason would take the reins of government in her
own hands, and hold the appetites and passions under control.
Through appetite, Satan controls the mind and the whole be-
ing. Thousands who might have lived, have passed into the grave,
physical, mental, and moral wrecks, because they sacrificed all their
powers to the indulgence of appetite.—
Christian Temperance and
Bible Hygiene, 37
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