The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-03-23

>.atc and never raritaiIy lNnhi>hcl
Were il j, committed by white men.
vas IeiiNern4 IN INC presbyterian
Shurch. at Y"rkNiile- by the pastor,
!.ey. Ncyilic. me suggestions
sl'eil trial ami ~" BAH, III all
50 -; homici!c. should receive the
-~.iioi> Consideration ni our hc"plc II
q are really III earnest IN Their cH-
t-~rl wish I" put Il stop I" the
.t'"Naicnc" OF bloody crimes
''NrrruNer, " shall take u" 7atiS-
ti"n for the lie OF a murderer,
*hlrh i guilty OF death: but he 1baiI
'Lroly he put to death Numbers
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This test brings TO om attention
:lc ncntvil subject Of murder.
i."i pr c'n>iiirl int 'h' 'n"rmlt.i
lhe Hllnn". s.p'i teaches u III us
t1nl thAt mur'icr r. "n' 81 the most
'%.lrpcipi- GRIMES that can he commit
d ~ man and our cnlieit'n'o
narin'it corrpb"rat"s God estimate
this SIN. There j. more involved
. TINS I'm. perhaps. than IN any
.lic:. In order to realize. t" some
>%,tcn;. 1T least. the comprehensive
weep Of the issues involved III tins
IN, Just consider. Tor Il moment. o
me man who IS murdered IS affected.
IL" Is n>hcrcd INTO the nntrlci and
'yiul realities "f eternity, ana rs Il
lie. without Il moment > warning.
lis connection with tins world IS Tor
.o' severed and hi> destiny Is ei"r-
.a!l.y %s'a!r'.
The A.ln who commits mnr'rr as
inning ~rrcrogati'c which belongs
.pGol exclusively, and one which Is
especially sacred to Him. Hence the
an who takes this prcrogativr and
xcrci'c> IT without the direct prrmiS-
son Of God IS guilty of a very hcln"us
lime III the sight Of God.
Murder Is Sacrilcgc III God 5 sight.
4tls infinitely different from taking
Inc life OF Il dumb brute. 1T IS not
ally violating a commandment OF
God-tlls Is bad cnough-bu 1t IS
.cfacing the image OF Tod. IL IS
practically al effort to put an end to a
being who is made in the image of
God. Yes, the murderer does all he
AN to annililatc not only a product
Gods creative power, but a person
who was made in the image of God
lad who bears upon his very being the
..amp OF Deity.
Oh, how deep a man has sunk into
lhc depths Of iniquity who can commit
lhis crime! Human language IS TOO
wcak to depict the real character Of
his sin. It is as black rs hell itself.
Take as an example to illustrate the
zeal character of this sin the horrible
crime committed u short time ago at
Lake City, in u own beloved State.
';y looking at that crime you can have
>omc conception as the real character
Of murder. Look at the dark picture.
Men going to the home Of an unpro-
:cctcd family in the darkness Of the
light, while the inmates of that home
arc asleep, and actually setting fire to
,hc house; and then shooting the poor
Features down like rabbits as they
ny to escape from the advancing
Games. Sec that mother, with the
: instinct ola mother, carrying iii
icr arms her infant child, thus help
ing the helpless, and :l.csc licnds in
,.uman form actually shooting the lit
lie innocent childl Could the devil
himself have been guilty of a NOR,
;.trocious crime? And lust to think.
ny friends, that this cowardly crime.
,his dcyilish deed. was committed by
South Carolinians, We have been
prcud Of our bravery and ohiyalry: and
nstlv so. L,ut \ black hlcm;sh has