Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1900-06-02
For The Enterprise.
A LETTER FROM
A PROHIBITIONIST.
Quotes the Bible to Sustain His
Position.

Mr.. EdltOr-Wlll you allow me
space III your paper for reply
to the article of Mr.. 81. r. M"
am Prohibitionist--God for
bid that | shall ever be anything
else. | will take the Bible for
my standard. In the book of
Psalms you will find these words
"There is cup, and the wine is
red; it is full of mixture, and he
poureth out of the same; but the
dregs of all the mixed of the
earth shall wiring them out and
drink them" In the book of
Isaiah you will find this: "For
all tables are full of vomit and
filthiness, so that there is no
place clean; Babylon hath been
a golden cup in the Lords hands
that made all the cath drunken
the nation have drunken of her
wine, therefore the nation are
mad; who hath woe, who hath
sorrow, who hath contentious,
who hath babbling, who hath
wounds without cause, who
hath redness of eyes, woe unto
them that follows strong drink,
woe unto them hat are mighty to
drink wine, and men of strength
to mingle strong drink, which
justify the wicked for reward and
take away the righteousness of
the righteous from him"
As / have said, | will take the
Bible for my standard. and, OF
course, the devil will take the
same, for when Jesus was here
He presented the Bible to~defend,
and He took the same Bible and
put the devil to flight. We must
know that Gods sympathy and
love is revealed through man by
the inspiration of the holy spirit
TO sinful men. and, of course, the
devil holds up his side of this
question through those whom he
can conceal. | will admit that
Outlines and drunkenness is
wrong in the sight of God, but if
drunk man did not hurt the
community any more than a man
who eats too much, whiskey
would not be in politics today.
will go back to the standard
truth in the book where it SAYS
"dO not drink wine nor strong
drink" In the book of Mum
bers, 4 and 3, "he shall separate
himself from wine and strong
drink, and shall drink no vinegar
of wines, or vinegar of strong
drink neither shall he drink
liquor" In the book of Judges,
13 and IA, "she may not eat of
anything that cometh of the vine.
neither let her drink wine or
strong drink" This is enough
to show that God abhors drunk
enness.
Now, let us see who is respon-
sible for the murders which have
been caused by whisky. Is the
poor drunkard guilty alone {?
This will be the answer of the
poor drunkard at the judgment
bar of God Il stand here before
this bar convicted of wilful mur,
der. Truthful witnesses have tes-
tilted to the fact that | was a
loafer, a drunkard and a wreck,
while | have no recollection of
committing the fearful crime, and
in human deed | have no right
to complain or to condemn the
verdict. But may it please the
throne OF justice 20 Say that | am
not alone responsible for the mur.
ders that | have committed
The judge, the jury, the lawyers
and the witness have made me
drunkard by law. If it had not
been for the saloons Of my town
| Dever would have become a
drunkard ; ! would not be here
now ready to be hurled into eter
nifty. Had it not been for the
human trap set out by the gov
ernment, would have been a
sober man, an Industrious work
man, a tender father and loving
husband, while | was murdered
by the strong arms of the State.
God, you know | tried to reform,