Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-28
TRANSLATION or SOLOMON,

TRANSLATION OF SOLOMON
Wife-beaters and men who assault lit
tie girls. in my judgment, will never be
improved by physical punishment.
Brute force cannot develop moral quail
ties. A more rational and beneficial
form OF punishment is required. An eR-
fectivo remedy should be discovered and
applied for the cure of morbid. emotion
nj disease The worldwide renowned
Christian civilization OF the American
Republic, should apply a merciful rem
edy with It's punishment for crime that
should make it possible for that class OF
criminals who assault little girls 10 be-
come seif-raspecting and respected men,
capable of rendering valuable service as
good citizens
When gangrene is discovered in a dis
eased eye, foot or arm, the good, merci-
full surgeon removes the member which
is likely to consume the whole body.
and thus saves the individual who is
likely to prove a benefactor to his fell
lows. The whipping post could have no
such effect; its only influence would be
to increase q desire for personal revenge
upon those who applied the brute force
to the victim. The whipping post will
never serve as a healthful example to
prevent crime, because it possesses no
element to establish a higher moral de-
velOpment in the individual. 1t pos
sesses none of the attributes requisite
to transforming a human being from a
low mental type, to a higher spiritual
development capable Of assuming re-
sponsibility and privilege toward the
weak and dependent
Punishment for sin is the law Of God
and should be the law Of man, and it
should be tempered with mercy in hui
man life, which is the preparation for
the real life to come. A Just law of
punishment for all animal life should be
for the protection of others, and a high
er development Of the creature punish
! ed.
Statistics prove that physical and
particularly inhuman, cruelty. can only
result in degradation Of its victim. Of It's
in1ictor, OF those who witness the
/ operation, and especially Of the public
and the young who read the long, dis
gushing accounts published in our daily
newspapers The miserable perversion
OF Scripture the quotation from Solo
mon, spare the rod and spoil the
child" should be wisely interpreted TO
mean, deny the child substantial pa
rental training and faithful teaching
! concerning retribution OF natural law,
and you adopt the surest means OF spoil
| ing the child
! The loving Heavenly Father does not
/ send His messengers with material rods,
| and straps to scOuTgc or mar the pre-
ciOus earthly tabernacle5 OF His way
ward children, which lie intended to be
the indwelling Of the holy Spirit.
AS a nation we have not sufficient
! age to assume that We can learn no
valuable lessons from the Orientals: but
let us adopt in practice only such metn-
DDS as elevate. and none which degrade.
If the whipping post could serve as a
means Of protection to the public de-
! velop a higher degree OF love mercy
and truth in the criminal, in the officer
/ applying the lash, TO those Witnessing
! the operation, and serve 10 wholesomely
| educate the young, we would gladly
subscribe to it.
Many OF your readers viii really re-
call the case Of the Waterman in a
theological seminary in New Jersey,
who was. a few years since, sentenced
TO life Imprisonment for assault upon
4 Young domestic in the institution.
This man murdered his victim because,