ou THE VINE AND CIVILISATION. 
of her merchants, and been injurious to the future welfare of 
Holland; for she must know that as long as she drank the 
wholesome light wines of France, Holland was a great and 
noble nation—without exception the first in free trade and 
economic science, and in pure and strict morality. 
‘‘Already great events have taken place to weaken her 
power; the brains of her eminent men, badly impressioned 
by a blood diluted by beer, have not been equal to those great. 
events that were neither foreseen nor guarded against. 
‘* The kingdom of Belgium, a detachment from Holland, only 
came into existence because Dutch diplomacy and administra- 
tive talent were below their ancient level. 
**Let the Hollanders refresh their courage and their intelli- 
gence with the only wholesome exhilarating drink that God 
has given to man; for brains, impregnated with beer and alco- 
holie gin, can never have the intellect sufficiently lucid to 
unravel, without breaking, the knotted threads of politics. 
‘*In the new alliance wine is the symbol of the Christian 
life—it is the connecting sign that binds man to God. ‘ Drink, 
this is my blood,’ said the Savior, presenting the cup of wine 
to his disciples. We can then only hold communion fraternally 
but with wine. 
‘* The Roman Church, in its forecast, has established for its 
faithful communion with one kind, that wine might never be 
wanting in the sacrifice of the mass, accomplished by the 
priest alone. Protestantism, proclaiming that every Christian 
is king and priest, according to the expression of St. Paul, 
and repudiating as an usurpation all hierarchical and privi- 
leged priesthood, admits all the faithful to full communion 
under the two kinds, such, indeed, as was ordained by Jesus 
_ Christ. 
