Below are links to a two-part article written by John MacLean in 1841. Dr. MacLean was Professor of Ancient Languages at the College of New Jersey at the time.
In this two-part article, John MacLean examines the claims made in two articles:
Bacchus, by Ralph Barnes Grindrod
Anti-Bacchus, by Rev B. Parsons
In John MacLean’s introduction he says:
The comparative merit of the two Essays we shall not undertake to discuss, as our purpose is merely to examine some of the positions assumed, and to show that they are utterly untenable, being contrary to the word of God and the testimony of antiquity. So far as the object of these Essays is to promote temperance, we cordially approve it and we only regret that in the prosecution of an object so important, and so benevolent, the authors have not confined themselves to arguments which will stand the most rigid scrutiny.
These two articles form the foundation of modern prohibitionist arguments, and John MacLean refutes them soundly.
| The Princeton Review Volume 13, Issue 2 April 1841 pp. 267-306 |
Bacchus and Anti-Bacchus, Part 1 |
| The Princeton Review Volume 13, Issue 4 October 1841 pp. 471-523 |
Bacchus and Anti-Bacchus, concluded |
The distribution of these documents was made possible by: Princeton Theological Seminary.
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Articles in The Princeton Review were published without identifying their authors. However, in 1868 an index was published which made it possible to identify the Authors, such as John MacLean.