The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-22
Quotes scriptur, on Prohibition.

QuOteS SCrIOtuTc OH FTof'pihio'- To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 We will first define prohibition as word I have just examined the word, and as Webster defines 1t, every phase of 1t, as now held, is not prohibition TO forbid seems to be the leading meaning. That is, so far from what the fanatical people teach. They present it that it means take away the article. And Web ster said. "God prohibited Adam, or for bade him, from eating the fruit but He did not take away the tree. So as we un- derstand. what is now called prohibition Is not prohibition. God never prohibited wine; that is, He did not forbid its mod- crate use, as the scriptures show, and He is the same interchangeable God as He ever was.
 First, we notice that wines and liquors were in use by the Jews, by prophets, priests and kings It was also used by Jesus Christ to represent His blood, and to be used In His sacred service to com memorate His spilled blood for the remis- sion of sins and He in that age, by a hypocriticai sect, was called a wine bfb- Der.
 God esteems wine a blessing. And Mel clizedek, King of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God, and he blessed Abraham and Levi in the loins of Abra- ham-Genesis 14th chapter, 18th and 18th verses.
 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold I have made Him thy Lord and all His have I given 10 Him for servants, and with corn and wine have I sustained Him-Genesis 27th chapter 18th 18th and 37th verses.
 Binding his foal unto the vine and his ass colt unto the choice vine, he washed his garments In wine and his clothes in the blood of grapes; his eyes shall be red with wine and his teeth white with milk Genesis 18th chapter, 11th and 12th verses. Thou shalt not delay to offer the first ripe fruit, and of thy liquors, the first born of thy sons shalt thou give unto me-Exodus 22d chapter, 2Sth verse.
 And he will love thee and bless thee, and multiply thee; he will also bless the fruit of thy womb and the fruit of thy land thy corn and thy wine and thine oil. the increase of thy kline. apd the fiocks of thy sheep in the land which he swore unto thy fathers to give ethee-Deuteronomy 7th chapter, 18th verse.
 This is Gods blessing on His people Thou shalt observe the feast of the taber- nacles, seven days after that thou hast gathered III thy corn ana thy Wlne-peu- teronomy 18th chapter, 18th verse.
 See Deut 1874 Deut. S3;2S. Second Sam uel CHS. 19: Second Chronicles a2:27, &; Nehemiah 2:1; Nehemiah 5:17. IS, 19; Es- ther 5:6 z; Job 1:13.
 And wine that maketh glad the heart of God and man and bread which strength eneth mans heart-Psalm 104:15.
 Isaiah 62:S, g: Dan. 1922. 3: Hosea 2:S, g: Joel 2:19, "A; Matthew 11:1s, 1s; Matthew 2e:2s; First Timothy 5:2s; Col. 2:16.
 Noah. Daniel. Job, Melchzedeck, Abra- ham, Moses, Isaac. Jacob, Solomon. Heze- kiah, Joel, Amos, Nehemiah. Esther, Isaiah, St. Paul, Timothy and the im- maculate Son of God all used wines and liquors, calling them a blessing from God Is this not enough. I could cite much more and the word wine is men, tioned Sb times and liquor and liquors three times. It was used and not forbid den only In certain ways. and by cer- tain ones at certain times. But that by no means sanctions the doctrine taught by the present so-called prohibtonists They go beyond the meaning of the word, and should be called liquor annihilation- ists. They are not satisfied with law, but want to put an end to it. Since Christ made wine at the feast and to condemn that means to condemn Christ, therefore we could call it Christ condemning doc Urine, and I can't do that What is not with Christ is against Christ. therefore it Is anti-Christ
 How can real, true Christian face such a thing and still claim the name? Nah omet, 1t seems. if he was consistent would sound better to him. He started this tn ing, so history says. He was no Christian. When I asked a prohibi- tonist if Christ did not make wine he repled, well, if Christ did wrong that was no reason we should pattern after him. That man was drunk, but not on wine. and many such utter ances convince me that our people many of them, stand in line with the Pharisees so severely denounced by the Son of God. The beginning of the sec ond chapter of Matthew classes them. They sit in Moses seat--in the seat of what they call the moral cause Read this entire chapter and see the ph oto- graphs of modern Pharisees don't blame them for opposing Christ for like their ancient brethren they were tanked up too strong on law and had never in their light of the gospel been made to sit in heavenly places. ySl,