Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-25
ENFORCE THE LAW
PUNISH THE WICKED AND DEFEND
 THE OFFENDED.
So Says Rev Glen Mcwilliams in An Able Lecture Last Evening at the Second Presbyterian
 Church.

tion to the Second Presbyterian church last night. His theme Cor ruption In Our Courts of Justice. !" 1t was an admirable sermon, aad it made lasting impression for good on those who heard it, and for the benefit of those who were unable to attend the service last evening, the GRAPHIC gives space 10 the sermon below, feeling sure it will benefit all those who readit. Tonight the evan gelist will discuss Religious Hypo- critics" and you may be assured that he will handle them without gloves, for he is a fearless speaker and tells the truth, no matter who may be hit. These services will continue the remainder of the week
 The services begin promptly at 7:45 and you should go early in order to obtain a seat.
 Acts VII. .26-"Sirs, ye are brethren; why do
 ye wrong one to another?"
 Though capital punishment is the law in most of our States, yet we find that murder is on the increase.
 We learn from a collection of facts that during the year 1893 there were G,615 persons murdered in the United States. Only 126 murderers were legally executed, while 200 persons were lynched for murder and other crimes.
 JUSTICE CHEATED.
 Does not these facts send forth volumes of discussion9 A wide field is open for protest from the law-abid- ing and justly indignant citizen. We boast of our famous statutory laws providing for just and honest punishment of all classes of criminals, but how faithlessly enforced are these laws.
 Unfortunately a number of men who live in the realm of politics and jurisdiction, seem to believe that when they have devised and placed upon our statute books legal instru- mentsffor the punishment of crime they have performed and accom- plished their whole duty to God and his people.
 SCHOOLS OF CRIME.
 Is it true that we profess to be d Christian Nation? Yes, and it is also true that for the insignificant sum of $25, ,0O0,0O0 we sanction and legalize 24O, ,000 schools of vice and crime.
 The gates of these infamous death traps stand wide open day and night with the word Welcome. Each l letter illuminated and made artistic by theskillful hands of our law ma- kers.
 These helIs are running at full blast day and night, Gods Holy Day included, alluring the young and the old, our boys and our girls, the pure and innocent, down to sin and dis ease-down and down to the grave and eternal destruction.
 The social infamy and character of wickedness practiced in these lawful and legalized academys of vice, death and dispair, am unable to describe. l am not familiar with any terms by which I can characterize them to such a respectable assembly as is now before me.
 SIXTY MILLIONS FOR PROSECUTION.
 And we are put to a cost of not less than $6O,OO0,OOO a year for the support and prosecution of these un- fortunate victims and graduates of vice and crime.
 In the face of these facts can we help bowling our heads in shame when we say to the world Ours is Christian Nation" Are we God believing and God-fearing people when we sanction and support these internal agencies and institutions of crime and wickedness which brings destruction upon our republic, our homes and our souls?
 Yes, we sanction their existence right where they have their origin in the legalized liquor traffic for which thousands of church members cast their vote. Oh, shame upon us! Let us cease to worship justice while we annually offer up more than 1000 men and women as sac rifices on the altar of a legalized whiskey and death traffic.
 DO YOUR DUTY. Do your duty, yon men who pro- fess to be standard bearers for God, for home and native land. Lift up the flag of Christ and His gospel Don't trail it in the trench of vice and crime. Don't be traitor to Christianity any longer.
 Demonstrate your fidelity to God,