Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-03

AS GOD WROTE IT IN THE BIBLE FOUR
THOUSAND YEARS AGO.
Remarkable Language by q Preaehcr--
why Not Follow Divine Justice and
Destroy Those Men Of Niolcnces

PETERSBURG VA, July 2-(spe-
ciai)-Rcv. pr w. q. Starr. pastor OF
the Washington-St Methods; church
during his discourse Sunday night made
usc OF the following remarkable language;
'.Nhat is an Anarchists lie Is an IN
dvidual whose purpose 1t IL to MI 'h's
earth with violence. lie Is not only the
sworn enemy Of civil government but az
A reckless dcstructionist he goes SIN
further. 1t IL his publicly declared de-
termination 20 destroy the marriage tie
abolish the Sahbath. cancel the right 10
hold property. and drive out OF the school,
room and the sanctuary every ves,ige
Of belief in Cod, Away With law, judge.
,.rvi Every man shall be a law unto
himself lr cities. counties. Common
v,alths. Down with the existing order
M matter what fl may be in a monarchy
or a rcpublic' Tho change shall come.
~ hv thc slow process of safe and Well
measured evolution. from sheer expert
cnce Co ihc wiscst methods. but by dis
ruptlon and catastrophe.
ANNIHIIATTON.
The result would be disloyalty to God;
annhlation ~ every form Of government.
social impuriiv. murder at viii upon
tho highway. aud the transformation OF
settled communities into wandering tribes
Of thriffIcss savares-eagcr not only 10
tear down castles hat 90 rob the poor
man as well Of his little cottage under
The hill such an upheaval could not be
clr~umraated without a black record OF
r.p.ro ana slaughter terrible sub
stifltc oC violence for those conditions OF
t.,arc which ought 10 prevail in every
Land
"Whst saws that God who never closes
Ifie .ves o. whaI Is going on upon the
little globe IN The sixth chapter oil Gene
SIS ~, have the statement Of a divine
,..rt..s, to Hood the world with an over
y,f,lming aelugo-a mighty catastrophe 10
destroy ufc. Why Read the eleventh
ana thirteenth verses. Notice the tact
TINT God tNic, gives the reason for this
fearful visitation of Supreme Justice. II
Ms not because earthquakes or wild
animals had wrought havoc. but because
a.. children of men had filled The earth
with violence.
THEIR PURPOSE.
"Tris g. the exact purpose Of the An
orrli~t. ~ is the exact outcome or An
nrcny.-to Nu The earth with violence.
What Gi1 God 90 Win people OF tha'
etrr. over 40n years ago. H. swept
nom o.t OF existence The Supreme
U.'rr cannot DO wrong. shall We, as men
accept his standard Of Justice in dealing
with u.uf W. take The Ten Command
r,,uts without controversy. Why not
r1u, Le Divine administration Of justice
?. n. ant,Iluyiaue and decree death
q. every author 81 violence" WHO has
forfeited l.s right % live? To the mind
Of C.l wholesale destruction seemed 10
Dr.. rr. orfy alternative. federation is not
. virtue when dealing with mai-dogs. \
f.r...ous mraiir. win a knife IN his
hand is rli O. suitable person 20 De in
trusted WITH tn, rcins Of government.
rs. na.. reached au erH whtr" seni-
mental mercy O. human brutes Is 20 be
r.s.r..I as an act autag0nistic to the
via o. GoI Let Us halt a moment and
r.4l o.. mind ~ Jehovah In the wreck
o.. d world destroyed because OF the sins
~ those who filed th" earth with 'vio-
l...e. and forfeited their right 10 live