The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-05-10
NV hat conscience dictates to be ,iunc.
Or wnrns me MOI 10 do
ms teach me more than he'll TO shun,
That more than Heaven pursue"

though the bic l. richly laid before mo 'rhat
,pnne'h'ns ina, VIII not let me sleep hrtimcs. al
thous II tile pillow Is SOFT and downy. Conscience
that something tina, makes me hang my head
IN quit when all The world = going about me
oiscicicc-conscicncc. SOMEONE said :hat tho
liic that brings on mn outraged conscience L. but
the io5cc that incubatcs the egg tina; matches the
forever
As truly as I have a conscience 80 have
record Every man in this place assembled has
his rcco'd. The life that you live; the wors .hat
you have spoken; the deeds that you have COM
m hi make up 'hc record OF Your life.
part OF me as my hand is part OF my body.
fn Bn' n You say The surgeon caa remove that in
time ago by the side OF an old rebel soldier An
empty sleeve was dangling at his side With n,
| shrng OF his shoulder he ,ad My hand has been
hurting me all day | said, which one .rbis
one he said, giving sh-ug of the shoulder in
the empty sleeve.
II said To hun: There is no hand there oh
M sald, 1T seems 40 To you. This arm was sew.
cred from my body at the battle OF Gettysburg.
50 they say, hut II is IA much there .s ever and
the palm OF that hand aud thtsc fingers have been
itching and burning Inc all day So my record
~, IT. = part OF me that cannot he severed. The
tho lItc you have lived, il n part OF your imInnr
tally and shall live NJ long you live The
most horrible thought in NIL tho world is that II
lie today Will he a lie forever. 4 dcbnuch.ry or
day will be II dcbauchcry forever. a deed com.
mittcd against God and man will he n Ain un,il
you ma the grace OF Your God and the ;res OF
ondcmnrtion shall have conc ont forever.
.o m;"c C.. record AZ truly ~ l have con
Tie 0ud who made me: the God who not only
created the world nut whose Providence over
in The ;hicict never falls 10 the earth until God
ia> signed It's death warrant The lilies that
niooin IN The field ami The ravens that are led
from Ills hand with tho aitcSa,iun from Ills linz
that the hairs OF orr head are numbcrci fcncn
~ that there il not only cod, bu; that lie
Watches over us. l'i- divine cars hear not ONLY
me curses on our lips, bur the records ON the
I"ni: kec3rd record, record. Tho Things have
dohc; The lie have lived: the words have
spoken; tie deeds have committed; they arc n
part III NE and will &c forever
we are gathered here to-'iny n n conrrcro.
ton ~ pilgrims-travccrs ncrc-wc arc ON our
Journey thee, and there will he Mt our Iour.
ncy'f end. There we VIII stand before the God
looked IL from tho cradle to this hour Judo.
lnent, Judgment, iudginc
To-day, after This service Ia over, some uf us
VIII 90 III This direction; Others WI 20 in thar
direction. and some OF us will 90 in that dircc
ton, bat 40 matter in whn' direction We may 20.
every pathway from this dcpo, leads toward liz
Judgment scat or Christ
:, And after acknowledgement. Now. Judgment
Is forensic term. and in our courts 1f law II
means simply The equitable adjustmcnt OF mn
issue. but in an cCclt sinsiica sense IL means
wncn God shall summon men and angels alike To
come before the great white throne and give a,-
count Tor the deeds of the body The lurispr,,-
dencc OF the courts of Virginia and the courts
dencc .; the court OF God. When a man IS :r
r:gned before the court yonder. there are but
sr"nt y4n' he can cheat justice before trc very
threshold. lie may defeat Justice. man NAV
violate the laws OF Virginia and 30 unwhippcd
by justice by reason or unfaihful officials and
II You lct me be perfectly candid and kind about
II, believe that koauekc has been cursed iust M
that point with unfaithful officials.
There Is many II man who Is II clever man who
Is not tit 70: mayor. There is many Il clever Eel.
low who is not Ill for chief of police There is
many clever fellow who is not III for police jus.
tice or n company OF policemen. Hear me- 4
thousand law breakers have gone unwhippcd Of
clever officials, hut because they had no back honr
and no manhood iou may jump them up like
night and phil u few gamblers like they did last
night; but did They do that because they were
sworn to enforce the law. or because it was their
DUTY, or because some little preacher way down
from Georgia called their attention to their duty
ana to their gross negligence sf the grca; crime
God pity the official who has mn oath upon
MN as ninoing is the oath of Il Spartan. that he
must he whipped into his duty by the lips of
mortal man. And crime ha. gone unwhippcd OF
Justice in Your city. while darcsay your officials
nave looked on In apathy ~ the damnablc law
81 think your chief of police is clever man.
h h"r nc Gin; mas GOT cotton string running up his
bone. And ray this in all kindness. / am not
talking about him ~ man. | am liking about
hin, as the chief Of police OK this city. / never
attack private man, hui when it comes To an
othcial-tod bless you he is .urlic property, lie
was put H. by the public is paid by the public
he e, VIII .rSah nm n public Official And II
posts running around here he will strai.htcn up
string up his back.
AND that is nat NIL. Wherever You see public
officials with no backbone will show y.ua
community without any backbone If Won
iathcTs ana business men of this town. wond hot
have put up with The way things are going on, IN
this WY. things would not lie rs they arc.
doubt IL there is backbone enough IN This town to
make up strength enough 10 20 M one mans
back. don't know whether it is in the pulpit
know II Is moi In the c'urchcs. know that |
conbt whether There is much OF il in tho pninit
or not. Tell yon that when God Almighty
want wants man 70 use, he oaiids him on certain
IN nj l..fts -ti-.
hone, NJ dor't care !. uch what else the other
five per cent. is in him; That. it.
"a mayor can be ii clever rcllow. | have known
l,amy n mayor M clever and nice Il fellow
walked THIS earth, and yet did not have the
Gna,ihrdtions to be the leading official Of this
aoont the private character Of these mcn for /
Know nothing a3ont it. But "a to ,hcir official
character, they are just about what nomgnt
would he II YOU spoil the circle from around it
Hear inc. dnn'tski.ow what sort of u
y Mhai sor, ~ W" "a ,NG,o got don't know
was he judicial officer N ihls city
ro, you'd stop ,his gambling or
perjury.
don't know what solt o. prosecuting after
ney YOU havcgo don't care. know things
have been going on wrong here, enous h To break
me heart or many good woman and to the de.
Oanchcry OF the Sonng men in the town. And
1--WE call this the land OF the brave and tn.
home OF the free, ami there never WAS a many
towards to the square mile and slaves IN tIc
square yard III any country there il mere III
America ~ "
.. sill pull ont pistol and shoot somebody
II we cont like what they do. but when /; come.
to enforcing the law we have got no mnnhood and
no moral courage You are per cctly willing To-
run 10 sam Jones NJ d tell him things and tell
him what 10 say, and lou, cowartlydor Won Won
are afraid tn say IL yourself "
:. "iheg tell me that no man IL guilty OF gamh-
ing III this :thte unc+s hc loses AT least \ % IN
one stake. and II that law was not Irried in he'll
aud voted on and passed upon BY the devil, I'm
hell and put on their stntutes-that law mean.
>. " I'm III
wasn't $50 III IL, and you're all right Isn't tnat
law OF the stat tie books. brother Wnnhso,, rhis