The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-10


horny bonds: aud Then You come M he &c and dt
vide Your dollars with thcs- soft fingered, whit,
arrone'i l. llows down here who sell whisfcy, ant
YOU 20 nome ana won jcr why this world ~ nc,
prosperous, you low Gown SEQ Indrels rltia MAJ
VINO II taihing to You has worked in an ore banL
Tor seventy firc cents day. have toilrd Will
YOU aud tad hard. hor, v hands. AMI thsyc i.
not inhorinG man in this Town that hasn't 81 a
a.,ena IN sam Jones' hui then ron should not 60
m ;, on saturday mis- hts and divide your money
WIN dram sellers. hut. ihap. yuu may saw i II
V Urn wniskey IL is none of Sam Jones business,
81 ,rn,,ds ~ II. huoul It, You o'd chr Cog youf
wnsScy in Gown can say they never sold any
wnn;sRsy on Sunday: IL they did how in the name
~ h you conM they gc' n license: They say that
mere Is one oh sister Who couldn't ,,ct ono
Forty out OF forty-'eren. The most clcaniy. The
meet molly. the most iIrcproacbablc 60, OF men in
The community. Iou can't nick on forty m,e a.,
IN this town aud let shcm pass muster The Al
."om Neopers alone pass muster tho best citi
.ems' "n' actually tc men who dcbauch the
town aud damn the hogs can piss mustcr forty
on OF ,1rty-scven; ~ good citizens worthy OF
10 men God bless the excise board fhcv'ra
aandics, on big scale l tell Jon wna,. n id
;ha, 'isn.y would turn over the gates glory TO
anml excise BOARD, wouldn't they turn in a motley
crew: l reckon they would let about iorty-nve y.
inc forty seven into rloe,. They wonidnr be
puitc so particular up there.
Listen never u man who ,ynutcd IN
SCH whiskcy, TINT had confidence in his man
hood and character to believe that 10 ourh, tn
sell it, Tic fact that lie. wants TO -c, Il ~ ~,
that nc is not lit for soap grcasc When crime
goes unwhirrcd of Justice. you are sowing n
Not Only do men defeat justice here and there
along the Incl have mentioned hut >ntnctim,
inc! 60 INTO courthouse and briSe Il Judge and
something's thcy ncty tho authority OF Judge in
court When once II man is arrai.uctl hcnrr thn
courts IN this country. there ar. but three wavs
IN which he can escape. Ono, by force. of law.
one. ny force OF testimony, and. last. where tho
governor stcps-in and extends his clcmensy
Now listen When II man is arragncd before
the courts az this con- try, and Que witness nctcr
another haa been introduced and tho cnsc ms
, ueon Turned over to tie Jury: the Judge says to
that this man is guilty or the charge in The In
dictmctt. hnt there IL nothin. in the code tn
punish him And then he is acquitted. BY The
But If tho law condemns tho act then tho
lucsc snys. 'Gcntlcmcn or the jury, unless 1t is
proven beyond n reasonable doubt that the nris
oncr is guilty as charged in tho Indictment. then
YOU you must acluit hin and il the jury finds the
evidence ~ he insufficient, then he Is acpultt
ny torrc or testimony. Bat IL he Is acquitted by
force OF law or force OF t, sti,nonv then there l.
only one way left by which hc cln Nc punished
and that IL where the Governor ,vi.hSnids ~
pardon. ~
You cannot lily away from Cod III take tho
wings oi the mornin: and lily away into the nj
trrmos' part OF the Garth, God is there Ii |
make my bed in hell God is there Where shall
nee from thy presence: You cannot hribc
w Vo"r s."na nry h have already sat upon
sonl tina, stnncth, it shall die The grand Iurv
lli s already fou al true bill, and Jon cannot
btbc inc grand jury up yondcr.
Again, \ on canno, defy the judvc tina, sits
up there on Ills awful throne. Shall Won or |
rush ny into the presence of the Awful God who
In the beginning laid the fearful mass OF matter
on the anvil Ut purpose. and every spark that flew
,,hercirom created world-shall we rush up IN
His presence and defy II is authority. No sir No
Listen. Shall VIZ be acquitted bv force. of
law: Look on that open book. Where IS the man
IN this audience who can look that Book in tho
race anu say: i never violated law In that Book
in my life some will say: Il never broke many :
Bnt listen; lie that brcallcth the least OF these
commandments broakcth all WHY how can IL
DC: sec tlat hont in the river Wonder! II Is
chained to the bank and | have lost the KEY. How
many links mast gu; in order to get the boat
loose: W hen cut irc smallest link IN the chair
That breaks them all. And he that brrakcth the
least commandment OF Coo, breaks them all
Here II one road that leads to Salem Here
are several Emergencies to the ri.nt and len
How many OF these must man take to lose his
road: When he takes one wrong rond he loses
MS way. When n man breaks one law he brcnks
them all anc puts himself into the Justice W God
No man shall he Justified by the works OF the
law
~ hear men say they don't like To read the
Bible, hccnusc II condemns them. |. this book
condemns you in Virginia to-day, it will con.
denim You III the bar or God Tomorrow
IF there Is no hope in law, for We have MI
sihncu anu come shot OF the glory of God, the
next ,, thing IL, How cam hope 10 come ont by
Tue lorct OF testimony Green leaf and other emf
ncnt lhrists tell us that the witness who has the
best reason for knowing tho truth, and tho least
credited M testimony shall he introduced 10
alter or change written statement. Wtit;cn
testimony Is better than oral testimony The
@randest inrist that ever sat ON tho bench of the
supreme court Of my State SAYS; :, would rather
trust the smallest piece paper than ali tho oral
testimony in the State.
when You and stepped across tho line of nc.
countabiity our hearts were blank tablets and
yon anu iinvc ever since h on writing down the
tcstmkny by which we shall he Judged at the
maj bnr or God. on are the witness that has
tho best reason for knowing the truth Am un-
icasohah,c when say tina, yon and make the
testimony ami write il down On cur hearts: Man
that Is born or woman with his reason he
cloudcd man vino has hut few days 10 live aud
thcy fnl of tr!al--hc has invented a little niece
a. M
ana yon can start that engine from the depot
here ana 90 nv the Southern Pacific 10 'alifurnim
anu pack by the Northern Pacific to New York
and right back 10 Roanoke
And when thai engine rolls up 20 your depot
ann Stops, and .Om want To ind out how many
miles l; has Travelled. you needn't ask the cng.
ncer word on walk up to the d al and 10 IL at
that piece of mechanism, and il will tell YOU how
many miles II ran before il stopped: how many
stops II made; how long it was making the
whole trip. and how many miles II ran altogether
and there Is an engine * epiDg correct record
OF It's trips across This continent and back again
Ano II Il man can make an engine kec? its record
cant God make man kccpa record OF his lie:
''t'o into one of the hotels OF New York where
some lights burn 100 Jets OF gas and some iitty
lets and some ono. Aud say To the proprietor
How do You know the amount of gas you con.
sumc:' He takes you with hi To the gas meter
aud opens tho little dial and says. THAT little
in.cr indicates To Il hundrcdih part or u 'onr
how much gas we consume i'm X lnouth. There
IL record FOR yoi
":hctc l. not man in this town today who
can't Jay his hand on his heart and say. What
u"'t b'ttH nave NEitcn. NHN tncrc IL IL III
in. chlc letters that will sparkle forever a- tic
evidence "t your Innocence or guilt before God
and man.
''oh. record Hear me. There ARE men within
the hearing Of n voice. aud II could go Gown
into the record oil your life and paste IL In c.ibc
letters Oh that post 50 that he who rnus may
rcnt, you would run Outof IL building aud ont
OF this town and your facc would never lie snen
here again II Your wife could read the record
on Your lie. she would spurn you from her pres
cncc Man only can hold up his lace before his
i-iow men because his rccird l. oni, known by
Cod. aud Goi says that that rccoru shall he pro.
claimed upon the huLsc iups.
III Noa will give me yumr atienti N aud your
prayers. brethren. viii de- You good To dav !
am physically, artcriy unit Tor the work hive
airt ally talked for more ihau an hour. anr il NAV
take me another hour hrI,irs | am done Rui