The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1916-11-01
A Call For Thanksgiving an d
Prayer.

on which tho Mapp Prohibition
Law will go into effect. That
law is a reversal Of the attitude
OF the Commonwealth of Yir-
ginia towards the Liquor Traf-
tic. 1t dissolves, it is hoped TO
be forever, the Partnership of
Virginia with the liquor Traffic,
and brands the Traffic as a
criminal, as the enemy both of
the individual and also of so.
clety in it's organized forms-
the Home, tho school aud the
Church.
This great change of policy
is the result of many years of
labor. The ed-sowing was
done with faith aud prayer, al.
though often times with years
amid great acknowledgements.
But the seed were of Gods own
planting, and they were water.
cd and nourished by the Divine
Spirit, 80 that the final Harvest
was sure.
In view of this great deliver.
ance from tho bonds of this de.
grading partnership, it 10 meet
and right that our people should
rejoice and be glad, and render
thanks to Almighty God, and
should pray that our public of
ticials may be given the wis
dom and courage necceesary
for an effective enforcement of
the law.
In order that there may be
some concert of action, tho
Headquarters committee of tho
Anti-Saloon of Virginia hereby
recommends that Sunday, De.
cember 10Th, DO set apart by
the temperance people of Vir-
ginia as n day of Thanksgiving
to Almighty God for His Bless.
ing and Guidance in tho days
that are past, and also "a day
of Prayer for continuance of
His Blessing and Guidance in
the days that are to come. 1t
Ia recommended that in every
Church and Sunday School ser
vices be held concentrating
our deliverance as n State, aud
praying for our deliverance as
II Nation from our alliance with
the Liquor Traffic. 1t il recon.
mended that whenever practi.
cal it be arranged to render u
special program or appropriate
hymns, reading, reciations, dia-
iogues, addresses or sermons.
In towns aud cities it ia recon.
mended that in addition to the
services in the Sunday Schools
and Churches a mass meeting
be held in the afternoon which
shall voice the sentiment of the
community as whole.
1t was the first thought of the
Committee to recommend that
the first Sunday in November
be used for this purpose, but in
view of tho fact that most of
the churches IN the towns and
cities the Sacrament OF the
Lords Supper ia celebrated on
the first Sunday in the month,
and i'll view of the further fact
that the ministers and the con-
gregations of probably one-half
of the churches in the State are
working with special reference
to their Annual Meetings held
in the middle and latter part of
November, it was finally decid-
ed to issue the call for the
second Sunday in December.
1t is the hope of the Com
mittee that from one end of
Virginia to tho other this day
will be observed, and that there
will be such an expression on
the part OF our people that the
whole Nation will see that Vir-
GINA realizes the greatness of
her dellverance, and that our
public officials will $50 that the
people of the Commonwealth
are behind them in the enforce
ment of the Prohibition Law.
Trusting that this action will
meet the approval of our peo-
pie, we are,
Your Fellow Workers in the Masters
Kingdom,
J. w. Hough,
r. 8. Barbour,
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