, 1879-03-10
PENALTY AND IsEFORM.

and to % riEht to live for It, ind dio in its su
prcme hope!"
PENALTY AND REFORM.
SERMON 1T THE REV. SUMNER Hills.
The Rey. Sumner Ellis made reply last
evening IN the church Of the Kcdccmcr (UnI.
vcrsasist) to Buch ns affirm that the am and Of
ilco Of punishment arc not to reform the Of
fender, but to vlndlcatu q broken law. lie
authorities agniust tho Defenders OF the no.re-
form theory:
Furthermore, we had fathers Of our flesh
which corrected us, aud VIC gave them rev.
crt,lce: stall wo not much ratLer be IN sub
iectton unto t,e Father Of spirits, md livcl
our profit, that We might be par,akcrs
Of Ills holiness. Now, no Christening for the
prcscns scctnc:h to be 1nyous, but gricvoas; !;
bic fruit of righteousness unto them which arc
exercIsca u.ureby."-EpisEe to thu H31re.c5.
" "I,chold, happy u the man whom God cor
recteth; therefore, dcsp!se not thou the c!asten-
blndctll up; He wounaoth and Ills hands make
Sh0lc,t-job.
"Pnnlshment Is In It's operation like mcdt-
elmo: # dissolVcs tho hard heart, puIEcs away
ings Of pride ulsd haugl,tincss thus restoring Its
subj cct to d sound and Acalshlul state. ."-C4em-
en- Ilerahdrih,n.
t'rhc punishments Of God arc holy, as they
arc remedial and salutary. ~ their effect on
tsansglessors, for they nre inflicted not to pre-
Bcrye them In their wlckcdncss, but to mako
Them ceaso from their eias.''-7lns, Dishop Of
Bostra.
s''rhe wrath and indignation Of the Lord. 80
called, arc not euel, passions rs bear thoso
naues In mon; but tllcy ure opcratloue Ut the
Divine mind directed solely to cur puritcattou.n
-Nopaiian.
notion or for tho rcason TINT he has done wrong;
only the unreasonable fury OF 4 beast acts tn
tint way. But lie who desires to ntlict rational
punishment does not rctalLntc for past wrong !:
Tor what is dono cannot bu untsonu; but he has
regard to tho future, and Is des!rous TINT tho
man Who Is punIhhcd, and be who sees him pun
lshca, may be cletcrred from doing wronE ngain.n
PLATO ii I'rotagros.
"We will not punish a man because le hath
offended, but that lie lnay offend nu rnoro; nor
docs punishment ever look to tho present, but
to tc future: ior 1t is not the result of passlou,
hut tlat the sumo thing may be guarded ngalllst
In .imu to come.",-se,'eea. -.
venient % te to appy ost proper re- s I for
Inc euro Of sn au iiilutlity, md TO administer
puu!shn,cnts as ncdicatnonts to every truus-
Ercssor.r-I't1.tareh.
nso to thom,"- ToItair.. '0 '''N'>''' " -
"purlfyfng n,n1 corrective punishment whcl,
awaits tho lInnenltcnt In both tho here md De-
yontl the Crave.'F-CaHou Idrrar,
q Punishment Is inflicted for prevention and
not for rUtrlbution. .N-Irchbiahou Ivhate,tv
It Is scnlI-barl,arols tr1ft to LOOK to re.als-
elton rather than to pruyent{on.n-Idan,
Snfth's :" IAeorv or Noral SentimeNt.H
!. Punishment ID not by wuy Of utoncmont. or
cxp,uto, Tor The crime committed Int ns t,rr-
caution against future otIcnscs OF the sa,po
kind. For tic amcndat!on OF the oiYortlcr hin,-
self ul punishI,sttlts- tmprtsoumcDts. etc,
arc inflicted. ~ Niackstoue,
" Tic obIcrt Of ali plnlshment Is to reform,
thc olIcndcr. 10 detor hin and othera from cam.
mItt!pe ike oTonscs, md 10 protect socicty. H.
Uuuuier,t Lam DIrtioaarM.
From th!6 argument, fn .yiudfcat,ou o5 tho
theory TINT punishment muaps primarily MD
mnfMly raIorrntiui,. nasol Tins On a,,ti,orfttns %
sacrcd md scculnr, Mr. EiIis turned to runsJicr
thu rntonal view OF thc sl1btcct. iicro In shnwrl
that map vas cruatcl n frcu hclnr, n,ui nrrn.d.
fnwiv thero onNnr,i hnfore him tero nn,h. m,
nj r}tht md ona Of wronr oithar nf With, M, hc
rn,oitf chnnsc Over tn: nsth nj wrnrS ti,o M
LIZ. Ind Sunc nanliuid Bcriptural warnIrs 't' t'
MN tint it wol,iI mt he VIII fnr him r. entc,
thcrnIn. Nom" If ,hese nossarcs In
nmntrT s,,cm os. uiFhs wnv ~ ,ha
transHressor ia hnrd.u u1ne wnrrs ~ ain T..
drstG " &c Sn ,he o,hrr i,antl. t,yrr Tho ' ma,%
NJ ri1sh, liz 1nr h, hmm, monItnitl nro,ntscs nss
timt 4 wol H.. wsiI ,stti, ,no II h. wonfJ r,,1e1
th.rcin ~ 'Ecs, nrn,niscs Ia nnnfe,I Suc,' ~