The patriarch was not drunk at the beginning, but he became a husbandman, planted a vineyard, and then drank of the wine. " Is thy servant a dog that he should do this thing ?" the soul may indignantly reply !-but if the hidden tempers of the dog be allowed, his active fury will break out in time. "Walk in the Spirit,"-that is the divine security,- " and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh." The holy, watchful habit of denying the flesh, its tempers and its lusts, will keep the appetite fresh and ready for the new and better wine; and into all this may the gentle and strong hand of the Spirit lead our souls daily !