New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-11
WRONGDOING AND PUNISHMENT.

DIR BANKS breaches on SOWING TO THE
WIND AND REApING THE wHIRLwIND."
At the Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church
Last evening Dr. Louis Albert Banks spoke on so"-
ing to the Wind and Reaping the Whiriwnd-he'
hections on the Hanging OF Holmes. McKanes Ap-
pcation for Pardon, and the Trial 81 iou"s
Hldreth." Dr. Banks chose for his text: Be ho'
deceived; God is not Knocked: for whatsoever IT an
soweth, that shall he also reap Galatians W. ~
He said, among other things
1.-THE newspaper press OF a single day daring tho
last week carried among many other tninSs oi IKE
import striking reference to three vronsdoers
whose crimes had been largely in the public eye.
The trial OF a youth scarcely yet a man N years.
for the wrecking OF train, when cost human ne,
the appeal for pardon by one OF the most notorious
the hands OF the law Of man whose loathsome
record Of crime has shocked the civilized world;
to the truth Of the words Of the text Whatsoever
that n sha o he also IN he wake Of
wrongdoer 1t is sometimes lost to VIEW HMd
to be fo seSD.s but IS Ss Sa
sistent as God. The wise man OF old said; WhS 1850
as of Goa an is Ss hedse
way OF the human soul Mhos9 a not ' de
OF it at once but the poison WI llnser in his blood
and wiz ha1 Its msH eee en- the o Se ecg
God; and, Ike Holmes; the murderer hanged last last
meek in III Sse y ng be n0 %'ds
not Knocked for at the age OF thrty-eight ne dies
fed case os of McKanc who appeals for pardon
after only two years imprisonment Tor coarsc or
crlminalty almost unprecedented In lts COMBINING
81 many clements OF wrongd0rg and vicious con-
SEQUENCES we have suggested very clearly the m
ou'rv as to the duty OF the public In helping 10
/ carry out the Law o. God which states that what
sewer a man soweth. thft snail he also reap.
hold that the only safe In order for the Sta
bllty and progress OF civilization Is TO insist on
the enforcement o! full punishment n
such cases as this. True. crime Is not punished
10 got vengeance the wrongdoer. And yet, Il 10
absolutely essential to the upholdnG or Ia" IN inc
Community and to deterring others who arc
tempted to Ike lawbreaking, that the guilty shall
be punished ..... ,,u,xo,A ,.o ,ra,r.r,roo,.
or we have suggested an additional fact or great
inheritance When this young man, confesslng MS
The spols of the wreck as he DID not need money.
was asked why he entered into 1t, he replied, l do
not know There seems to be indicated IN his con,
! duct throughout lack OF any sense or personal
responsibility OF any keerness OF concern at t1e
Violation OF law fear there is reason TO believe
| that We are multiplying the number OF young PEG,
pie in our time who grow up without being trained
| 10 obey Men may say what they please put
| solomon was no fool when he SAID he that
spareth his rod. hateth his son. but he that loveth
| him chasteneth him betimes. IT may De old
| fashioned doctrine, but kindly family govern
which demands obedience and persists In having IT,
though 1t costs and requires at times serious
| punishmeat, has produced the most valuable men
and women that this age has known. child that
| grows up to manhood womanhood without nav
Ing learned the duty Of obedience. and without hav-
Tor conduct and accountability for IT, is fertile soil
| in which the devil may SOW his seeds Of anarchy
| and lawless4ess. with every reason to expect .
Sich harvest"