The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-16

cfcnt as well "a omnipresent and. there
FORE He could see the end from the beginning.
and consequently He knew that Intoxicating
wine. IL given by Him to the people in cana
1900 years ago. would produce just the results
which see In the world today by using In
toxicating wine, and that fact IL ample reason
for us to conclude that the Lord did not give
the people an intoxicating wine. If he had done
So we who live in the Twentieth Century could
mot fail to sec that He had made great mis-
take, but since the Lord is infallibie. the mis-
take has been made by man in the wrong In,
depreciation of the first miracle, by holding
drink habit in intoxicating wine.
In the nrst miracle the Lord knew Just
what effect would follow the giving of
large quantity of intoxicating wine at
as easily have made either intoxicating
or notwithstanding wine. Then which
would He have made, think you? Then we cen
safely Judge the character Of the wine by the
character of him who made 1t. I fully
persuaded the Lord could never have given the
people that which would prove to be such q
curse to them nor could the Lord have placed
Himself a stumbling block in the way of the
people for all time But the advocates OF the
one-wine theory effectually make the Lord to
pose as the leader in the intoxicating wine
ling habt-the kind of wine which the Holy
Scriptures call "a mocker, and command us
not even ito look upon it, for at the lass IL
biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an
adder" Also read the words OF the Lord In
Luke l7:1. "It is impossible but that offences
come. but unto him through whom the
offence cometh." This is warning which
should be before our eyes every day, lest We
should mslead those about and cause them
10 sin; not only in reference to the drink habit
which is SO great curse but the warning APP
plies to eyes in all the avenues of Ire.
1t applies pointedly to our friends Of the per
sonal liberty" persuasion, who would do as they
please regardless Of their influence upon other
people.
I will now give few plain facts which APP
peal to the Judgment OF everyone. Every farmer
boy knows that the Juice Of the apple as 1t
runs from the press is cider; is sweet, unfer-
mented cider 1t is equally true that the juice
of the grape as It flows from the press Is sweet,
unfermented wine, Now. II the juice of the
apple, or any other fruit be left exposed to tho
air and man will keep hands Off, the juice or
all alike will become vinegar. That is. the laws
Of nature, when not interfered with by man, viii
make vinegar of all fruit Juices. In order to
make intoxicating wine, man takes the newly
expressed Juice of the grapes, and by his man3-
ulations in the process of fermentation converts
1T into an intoxicant called wine; and but fer
what man does there would be no Intoxicating
wine, but vinegar only Again, the Lord causes
corn and rye to grow and rpen the stalk
every year; man takes the corn and rye, and
by his manipulations in the process of distilla.
ton, converts them into Intoxicating liquors
We are told by eminent chemists that alcohol
lis nowhere found ready formed in nature; ard
in the vegetable kingdom. where it will be a
/ blessing and not a curse. 1t Is man VINO Divers
alcohol from It's natural course and use. And
again it liz true that God converts water into
wine every year. and He deposits the new, I'M
/ fermented wine in the cluster lunches of
grapes on the vine. So here is proof that the
wine made in the first miracle was unfermented
wine, like nuts that which He makes every year
and deposits Ina the grapes on the vine. D..
Adam Clark says, THE Hebrew Greek and
/ Latin words which rendered wine mean
simply the expressed Juice of the grape" Tia.
friaans the juice may be either unfermented or
fermented. Wine Ia generic word. as doctor
and merchant are generic words. II is the COM
mon boast among sellers and drinkers of in
toxicatng wine. that Jesus made wine and gave
1T to the people to drink. which Is true but that
statement they qualify by another statement
that Is false. That false statement is that grape
| Juice Is not wine at all until 1t has fermented,
and therefore. they say Jesus made Intoxicating
wine; and as consequence of such teaching.
and the weight of the example of Christ added,
the drink habit has become SO popularized that
tho people now generally think II right to use
lntoxcats on all occasions and the great ma
jority of our churches are using the "mocker
kind of wine to celebrate observe the Lords
! Supper, when the fruit of the vine only
should be used and not the fruit of fermenta
ton. which Is very different thing from the
| fruit of the vine"
! The evidence which / have given above IL
| sufficient to show that there are two kinds CT
VINE, anu tHat tHe Wins VI ssic A ~ iA oS'o aus
that which Christ used In the instilation of His
Memorial Supper, were both unfcrmented wine.
for the laws governing the Passover Feast would
rot allow any leaven things or things leavened
/ (fermented) to be in their houses during ..e
Passover week. See Exodus, twentieth Chapter,
/ therefore the Passover Cup which Jesus. used
| 10 nstitate the Lords Supper contained the
fruit of the Vine" or unfermented wine. He
Gid not call 1t wine at ALL but fruit OF the
/ vine" And let 1t be remembered that those
who claim that the Lord made and used IN
toxicating wine dishonor the Lord by putting
Him in the lead of the intoxicating wine busi-
ness, with its consequent damaging effects upon
the children OF men, whether they intend 1t
| or not.
VETERAN y W. DOLTN.
Lee Camp Soldiers Home
Richmond Va