The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-13

a Dry State and What 1t Means.

Editor Nirginian.
Sir,--On and after November |,
1915, the State of Virginia became q
dry State. that is. the State ceased to
license the sale of intoxicating liquors
and to prohibit the sal of all such
liquors; and backed by a stringent
prohibition law for its enforcement.
seeks to discourage the drinking of all
intoxicating liquors as far as possible,
all of which is in compliance with the
wishes of the 10000 majority of the
people of the state as expressed at
the poles two years ago. Yes. 1t Is the
e trbinR of the personal liberties Of
some people, and II will teach a lesson
which some people have never learned,
that no man or woman nor set OF men
have the moral religious or legal
sight to DO as they please, unless they
please to do right, and will respect
tho personal liberties Of their fellow
men, by following the golden rule.
The State prohibition law is in strict
agreement with Bible prohibition,
which says, Wine is mocker
strong drink Is raging and whatsoever
IS deceived thereby is not wise" Then
follows a description of fermented
wine in the form of a divine COM
mnnd, Look not thou upon the wine
when il is red, when II giveth it's color
in the cap, when it moveth Itself
Alright. \ the last IL biteth like a
serpent and stingcth like an adder"
Alas, what a multitude OF men have
been deceived by the fermented wine
| IuP' an" VINO az 'aSt Wheh u was too
- ,'tir'" tht' 'he! We're bound
.'"'" az" tVot ny one Oh the strongest
Nt'l'onS ~ me aoNi IN TINS world tthe
N'"' up ana VINO nave
- - ~ a. 'HN@fu grave TO
~ ~, ~ ni "lhai u ) d"ohl. 80 we see
.'"' hl'iT PfPiHn't'oh IN reference to
/ it'illeh'eo WINE. Is, not even TO look
/ "pun ~
p,i 1 we co"Sui' ancient authors Mr..
nv 'tNVh !" t"e HfSt century
',ilei historians VINO llVcd at a
"",'' we VIII learn that the peo-
;" aL'SlI'le al the Tune of the
PIi%eu 'ha' I" be their best
h,,1 M, ~, wa nearest Tree OF alco-
iS'plc ~ onin',loh is TOO plain
'' lhtSohoeFSl"oa ny the most
,,,.' ,'"' ,'ai,ei >, anu yet We md that
- oui tIIu'tfes use fermented
~ ,J nun" OF WINE when
'uiN [Ht A-otu supper And why
~ "i's"ei' because there are
'''''''S ",''t u eeFa' 'iet or leaders who
'"i''HI that the LORD IN His first mir
80 "t converting water INTO wine.
t'' F'''eu VINE t"hiCh no
tH ~ PRIV II nc nad done 50.
~ ""nlH nay" oeeh IN dlre't disregard
~ 'i'o scriptures above quoted. and at
Wv same me wound nave placed Him
'' tH' i'aa 81 the intoxicating
''Iroi BUSINESS
ne d"No,a'rS OF iermented wine did
li'"' very 'hHlk, ana thereby greatly
1'9tio'''L va i'e A|ota' ana IN that way
MANY u me 'H"Eth"S nave been mis-
'"u iheo me ways OF using the
ihoche' Klnu OF WINE when observ-
'ne the i@ur" supper The above
Ni'P'uie' LOOK not thou upon the
Nine Nii'l' II - req etc, says plainly
ouli"Ws ieiHleht"d VINE, and COM
! Ht"tUS az npi even 10 look upon that
KIM XII, OF WINE. ana now that both the
hInle ana thc state prohibition out
! I"N Itfhhrnte" wine IL Is not high
| t'ie ioi an lhe churches in the State
,ii"l as" iermented wine to substitute
| II WIN frult OF the Wine which the
.'ofq used when lie instituted the
L"fd supper But ! am told by some
people mat tho juice of grapes Is not
WINE at an unuI fermented. On the
contrary let II be remembered that
'here nave alWaNs been TWO KINDS OF
wine the uhferinented ana the fer
mehted
ana let us also remember that the
Lofd converts water INTO wine every
year and He deposits the new infer