Excerpt from The Reformed Presbyterian and Covenanter, Vol. 14: January, 1876 But there are those who think that because the old wine is better, Luke 5: 39, it must derive its excellence from its intoxicating power. It is freely admitted that fermented wine improves with age, but this is not due to any increase of alcohol, but to decrease of astringency and the development of the aroma. The same thing is true of unfermented wine. The peculiar aroma and fruity taste are developed by age; and to him whose taste has not been depraved by alcoholic drinks, the unfermented will be the good wine. The fruit of the vine is said, in Jud. 9 13, to cheer God and man. It does this before fermentation, because it is then the appropriate thing to be used in religious ceremonies, and it is then both nourishing and cheering to the human family. 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.