The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-25
POOR BLANCK'S SOUL.
4 Sermon on the Life and Death
Of the Desperate.
rug REV. CLARK DAVIS KISSED.
u,s Remarks Not Appreciated at an A.
r. A. Meeting-The GOOD Iernpiars
Altman Revivals.

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~ Alison said: Poor Blanck- Every
.,..sv seems 10 BE- rejoicing that the poor
s-I1ax Is dead How many OF Us have
s~s,va. seriously OF the unfortunate
a.n's fate. he has gone down 10 death
.s.nout apparently a thought Of the life
- come We cannot believe he Is out OF
sxssfeace. We believe he Is still llv-
,-y soul. lie dIed as he had lived, evil
ss,.Iy without the fear OF God In his
ssart or any regard for man. He vas
-n.nifestiy desperado. He bid defiance
- al Law both Divine and human. And
%. ne was a son OF God. Have we any
49, for his future felicity How ran we
ave. Judged By the equities Of the laws
t~,fh OF God and man. ne has earned
aaarh. for the instruction which God
~aye 10 Moan after he came out of the
srk Was: Whose sheddeth mans blood,
:. man shall his blood be shed This
isx i older .han the Mosaic. and was
nof. therefore. a0rogated by the end OF
ths Jewish d!spensation.
agat. while admitting the justice OF his
saa;h. and. therefore. its proprlety, and
"a. advantage 10 society which the re-
raegai Of such criminal from the land
~ the living procures, We must stili Ie-
r.s1nber with q shudder of regret The ter
r,hls end this brother man has reached,
ard he fate that must await him In the
world Of spirits. for IL must be obvious
tb.t having died as he lived. he went all
uayFeyared to meet his God.
wat reflections should we have In
thls connection2 I answer. first. he was
somsssodys boy. HE had a father and
mother He lay on his mothers beast
a. Iosiagly and guiIeless as any ether
babe that Was ever usnered into life.
We casot tell just where the crossroads
IL his life met The broad mantle OF
charity should not be forgotten. List Ls
remember that many child goes 10 the
devil because OF his lack of proper train
tx or bis environments. IL may be that
Blznek inherited tendencies OF vicious
character, and that his environment as
sueh that these tendencies. instead Of be-
lag checked. had fun play to mature
along the diaboilcal lines which have dis
covered an end so disastrous to himself
and so Injurious 10 society.
Surely. we may learn from the fate
of Biauck In the second place the awful
ness Of sin. an unbridied surrender OF the
whole man 10 the service OF iniquity. Sin.
IKE the Canada thistle. is self propoga-
tive. IL terminates and grows at light
ning speed. What Is total depravityf IL
Ia not meant when we say that all men
are totally depraved that they are as bad
as they can be. But, Il Is meant that all
men are born with a sinful biasA with
tendency to grow worse unless they are
brought under the counteracting effects
OF Gods grace directly or indirectly. By
grace Indirectly, l mean inherited piety.
Cor I beIiete that all men who live
moral life and are not protesting Chris
fians owe more to n pious ancestry than
they frequently admit. II takes long
time for piety 10 get out Of the blood
mean the effects of -. The second CON-
mandment teaches this: Showing. mercy
unto thousands OF them e. e.. geBo stiors
- hat s..ra md
maHdments.'
THE other side Is also true: Visiting
the lniquIty Of the father upon the chill
dren unto the third and fourth generation
Of them that hate me- We do not know.
however. how much a man owes to his
circumstances. While circumstances do
ret form, they always confirm the char
aetsr. Blanck's circumstances may have
Tad much TO do with his desperate wick
sahess How much living in the West.
where law Is so frequently eyaded and
justice IS so meageriy dealt out. he may
have been tempted more and more 20 cx-
esss In sin. II Is not unlikely that such a
maa had been much less villainous ia a
community like Pennsylvania. where IL Is
50 very difficult for a law breaker 20 es-
cape his deserts. Given a commonwealth
such "a we meet with In the West and the
criminal gathers boldness In sin by the
knowledge that he may be able TO escape
his deserts BY the methods SO well known
and practiced by the members OF the le-
sal profession. IL becomes. therefore, "A
serious question. as the post-Intelligencer
~ell expressed II the other day in an edi-
torial. how far the counsel for a con-
dsmned criminal is Justified in the effor,
10 set aside the penalty OF cripe by re-
course 70 the technicalities Of the legal
Statutes. particularly when. as Tn this
case. gull, was admitted by the prisoner
q, the bar
Or. Alison then urged his hearers 20
FaaFd against the first suggestions OF
evil
We want more care In the training OF
ehs young We want more care in the
framing % our statutes. We want more
are IN seeking their enforcement, When
We are sure a criminal Is guilty. we
snolld DO what We can 20 see that he gets
a's Deserts. Nothing short of good train
hs' good laws. and the faithful enforce
WFAt OF them. can bring about a whole
some oheCk on crime. We may abuse the
.flnlnal and utter our anathernas at the
As+nreaker. bat We should rot fail also
70 include IN our condemnation the rros-
s,aHon or the grand profession OF the
~s 20 the low business % seeking 70 ex-
Use brain power and the WITS in eyad-
sas rs manifest spirit Laws are made
TT NE protection OF human society, We
saail tail 20 reach the ideal platform until
" nave folly realized the guile that lies
= ~" door ~ the attorney who hv legal
"alva 50 manlPulaies technlcalities that
- "c.d desperate Is given renewed on
rtttuntY Of adding 30 his crimes he
49, mar on the day or Judgment many
-,ai'fd respectable lawyers will De as
s'A'Shtd 20 fad them selves unfer The ro,,-
aehlaatioa % the Most Iirh for hslo-
tsFocePs criminis in many a murder he
N~se ne assassin was given his Nher.sv
roaEn The desire for notorietv on tia
800 hts counsel. which opened his
$50 door and sent hifn forth anew on
Hs mission ~ blood
acre IS IN profession q q se,si,~
- :. taai | esteem more highly thar thai
49, ais pies OF blackstone The truly
81 "a "trr VIII esteem Il his mission -
- tts enforcement Of law. While 10
v'tr recognize THAI ten guilty men
+'3 e. free rather than one innos-e,,
-" SaoAlt Pa par ~ death Vet ne viii
seek 90 ala in acQuittlnx from his
80. fF1 penalty the man who IS clearly
49, et tae crime with which he i
AFi IN IRE case % H5anck there VS.
'.et as ~ hts guilt. n the law had
So '.'N'i - taNe itS course the unfur-
.A'e NAN hat ar beast haa an o.snorr,,
- it' afi"S TOR his end according 20
:, N'ytNt-. rs pfaN }slonS Of the statute. A
go he VAS lea So believe that he
e~' set escape Pals fust deserts As a
~ ne has had an opportunity
.tas a7Va to thc ErAve without a
60 .r >@otT 'Aousht 90 the solemn
ee N cor'e upon hlm How car fha
skst.-' or ttiase ho are ioval ami law
a. N'--@, ~ Pee aNEAt save shocked hv
means W h}-h w~r. -ssr4 - ,,~o-s,,.,s
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