Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-27

ly. We have seen that, although Gil roi-
dially receives and parjons every error, true
pcnteni, He has righteous wrath for the I'M
penllent and iucorrigibl-. We have seen that
His 1nstircisn mn msrs ssntii9sgS M grrss
prinyip.e, not ID. be lritel with. We have seen |.
that instead 81 making single mtimation That
Capital Punishment ,iouli be done away, our |
blessed Lord, In so far a. He taught anything, |
directly OF indirectly, the subject sancton-'
cd by precep and bsexampls, the p1nishlnsnt |
| Of all crime, and especially the ueafh of We
wilful murderer. - n
And here 1 might stop, satisfied that my case
WIS made out. But briefly, With to ash the
| question of "Varitas." Why confne yourself TO
TIE ", rls and acts Of Jesus? Is not all tile New
| Testament the word Of Goi, equally inspire '.
AMI hi,idls rs our rule VI faitl, apu ptae'ies
Aud Is IL hot recognized principle that VIA.
mau does ~ his agent he does htmseif'
Is not that which Christ teaches and COM
mands BY His holy, ap"sties Just Is worthy o.
our acceptance as that which he directly lncui-
Gates? Now Jesus Christ, by His servant Paul,
teaches the doctrine for which Icontend. he
saws, that tie civil Al spistrAte- is the MINIS
ter Of God To thee for good. But IL thou 40
tlat which is evil, be afraid; tor he bcareti
NOT the sword In vain; for he istiie minister OF
| God, the avenger to execute wrath upon MIN
that doeth evil from, Is, ~ Now tine
| powers that be av ordained VI God, ana II
they wear Gud's sword by Gods direction
surely it is but right and lawful FAINT Christian
T alsol that they should not bear the "sword III
yain'
Tbs same Apostle taught this doitinc in Al
25;ll When lie declares In his - ;eeli oei"r'
Festus, f / Am an offender, uf haze coinmitte,
anything worthy OF death, refuse not ~ die
i showing tia, there is crime properly punished
| by death, and that if he was proven to be guilt
n Of that crime, or those crimes, he would APPROX
the Justice that would execute hun.
The SAME doctrine crops eut Ia that preoi.
% tion against wholesale ,uiud erers which Is writ
ten in Rev. 1910. "Ile that Killeth with til
y sword must be killed with the sword"
,fI Surely 1 might rest my cause here; out wh
should we he confined, alone? In this discus
. | sion ~ the New Testament, Is not the oil
= Tes' ament part oil the canon aud may we no
without doing a "ianlentable thing" reverend
appeai 10 any part III the inspired word oil Cos
however old? What do the Old Testamei
scriptures teach ei this subject: Tod iilflt
terrible capital punishment upon all the anu
e. aluvlaus except one family. HIS hrst ie3is
tive a,lactmant after the food may lie entiile
he "an act against murder And it was II Law
w tou, that had iu New no particular people, AZ
or country, and NO particular kind OF iuufdr
| but ii was against murder simply Oh It's own u
eOunt, This circumstance accompanying u
ell ,ctment Of this law is explanatory oil 1t, seol
aul IItea, it was given ~ the second l'hiVers
;. father OF our race. The statute Is perfectly /
trl,igiOie aud uiiani1iyuol, 10 the ieealest MN
MOI is it an ''old Mosaic law" but given lol
before the Jewish Nation or their great lead
wa, boru 1t is rccurtle in Gen. W., and rei
i, uus: "WhosO slleddrth mans blood, by M
ma s'.aIl his blood be She'd Aud why should \
,., this law continue in force rs long tie rcas
In, for intontiuuc, "ior IN ihe image OF u
i,. created He n,an II lat is ths tassn md H
T. SET gives + its .laet,uenl. AMI q" rs mol I
H.. | ira,,n III CONT at, : D., asa In vui hay liza
~, ~ is, HE ina. ii 'sai ihai ihu' hal
An thr iuilnuu,a p1s ID lnvhn 'i.c' An l. th'
vi is ,,n IN ucstiv>insi the mag VI E9d IA
a, | th.uI 'ln.ir Was Ilicn.
M ia view ii ,iir,v considerations AMI s
il, As tlr.., ta.l bound 10 yield ,ui assent 10
nj, prbi osition that the sacred sotuinc aulIori
his aud unjoh tile illliclmu ri capital pnnisln
M, upon iii. w.lful assassin. Nest truly yot
- | DAVID j. BEALE