The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1913-08-14
The Whisky Question.
Editor County Record

CnlnklnR, mas Deen nanQleQ wrong.
The argument so often, and we
might say, most always, used, is
that whisky is a terrible curse and
should not be on the face of the
earth. In this do not concur, for
the fact is, we find in that same BIZ
BILE, Chapter |, that when God created
everything He said it was good. l
shall not dispute it. Whisky is a
good thing,n no doubt of that. 1t was
wise in God to inspire man to make
it for what it was intended to be.
God made man upright, but he
sought out many inventions, is the
divine record. What would we do
without our inventions? Who can
read !ienesis xix, last paragraph, be-
ginning with the 30th verse, without
feeling horror at the sad result of
the wrong use of wine? But they
were all innocent, because they knew
no better. That was l 1898 years be-
fore Christ, if our chronology be
correct and 1913 years since Christ,
making 3,8l1 years. Lot being ig-
norant of its influence, it was not
sin to them. The blood of Jesus
Christ atones for sins of ignor-
ance. Sin is fully expressed in lack
of conformity to the Divine will. In
this respect we are all sinners; none
are perfect; all under sin; no sinless
perfection in this life. We need not
pray for it; the thing is impossible.
Gods word teaches it, but His ten
der mercies are over all His works,
and to make man happy in time and
eternity, all things are working to-
gether to accomplish this glorious
end.
HaveI gone too far in this theol-
ogy? / think not. When we UNDER
take to roll large log or dig up
large stump we must hook the log
under the bottom side, and hunt the
main root of the stump. Whisky is
a good thing-I thank God for it,
The trouble is not in the whisky; it
is in the man. Of fourteen living
children God has graciously givenEs
the angels have carried some away
my youngest is in his 18th year.
don't remember when any whisky
was in our house. Good doctors have
advised my wife for years to use one
teespoonful three times day; say
she would soon be fat and hearty.
She won't do it. have offered to
get it for her; she says she will die
sober. By Gods help she is getting
hearty now without it. Glory be
to God; no fight against whisky; the
beast in the man is what | am after.
Gods plan is toImake him over; that
is, give him a new heart, put new
spirit in him, cause him to walk in
Gods statutes and do them. See
Ezekiel xxxvi:25-26, etc; II Cor Wit.
When one is saved, man or woman,
they don't want whisky or anything
else that is wrong. Before we are
saved we sin and we love it. After
we are saved we often lapse into sin,
but we hate it. Many brethren have
talked to me through their tears be-
cause they can't quit it. There is
but one remedy, more religion. AS
long as we walk in the Spirit, be led
by the Spirit and be filled with the
Spirit we don't sin, but we are so
weak, ignorant and sinful, our best
actions, apart from the blood of Je-
sus, are corruption in His sight.
When we are so happy and full of
Gods love we can't express it. If
we could look down into our souls,
in our most unsinning mon ents, with
Gods eye, we would see stains that
we did not dream were there. The
more of God we receive the less
opinion we have of ourselves and the
sweeter we rest in Jesus; the more
we see God the more we hate our
selves. So we have no strength. no