The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-22

the 95 per cent that are true, loyal and
 law w-abiding.
 While I have said this and would
 emphasize it with all my soul, I wanI
 to say further, that with the most loya
 and intelligent white men of this coun-
 try, l am opposed to mob law. While
 Sam Holt deserved death, believe that
 the moral effect of his punishment
 would have been greater had he been
 speedily and legally convicted and suf-
 fered death at the hands of the law.
 Lynch law is contrary to the spirit of
 our institutions and imperils the life
 not only of bad men, but of good men ! also.
 | But the danger of mob law is that sometimes innocent men are condemned
 and executed. And in my condemnation
 of lynch law it Is not that I wish the guilty to escape, but that do not wish
 the innocent to suffer. In this I am supported by such men as ex-Governors Northen and Atkinson and all other good men In this section.
 There is no danger of a race war; | all such talk is idle and foolish. With | 95 per cent. of our race good citizens, | what occasion is there for war? The good men of both races will and can get together, and peace and harmony will prevail
 Endure hardness as good soldiers of Jesus Christ. Let good people of our race bear their trials worthily Even | if it be to suffer. It is hard for us to suffer for the criminals of our race; to be regarded as bad and vicious because 5 per cent. who bear our color are vii cious and wicked. Let us endure this patiently and be good soldiers of the Lord Jesus Christ We will come through our trials by and by. Educa- tion and Christianity will go hand in hand to break the shackles of sin and make us happy and redeemed people. Our fears shall be turned to smiles and our mourning to joy. We shall run and not be weary, we shall walk and not be faint. We shall mount upon an eagles wings and bask in the sunlight of Gods heaven.
 "An eagle had once been kept in a cage many years. At last his master decided to free him. He knocked the top from the cage and broke the chain from his foot. At first the eagle did not know that he was free. He walked around the cage as he was accustomed to do. After a while he found out that he was free, the chain had dropped from his foot. He looked up and saw the top of his cage was gone. Then he spread out one wing and shook it, then he spread out his other wing and shook that one then he shook out both wings o,, 1 a;,1o+ fro tiy, to tip. At that moment the cloud pass ed from before the sun and his eye caught sight of the beautiful day. Then he gave a scream and rose from the earth and plumed his flight toward the sky. Higher and higher he rose leav- ing the world and clouds beneath him. The man watched him as he grew smaller and smaller and at last was lost to sight in the deep blue sky, his native home.
 'Oh Christian friends, you are like the eagle down here in this old prison | world. Your spirit is chained by the | bounds of time and earth, but one day | your Redeemer shall come. He will break the chains from your soul. And | then you will look up, like the eagle, toward heaven, and your eyes shall shine as you see the golden city of God; and on immortal wings you shall rise. And as you pass above the clouds of sin and death you will give forth one glad shout of joy and then rise higher and higher until at last you shall fly through the pearly gates of heaven and reach your eternal home on high
 "'Thou, therefore, endure hardness as good soldiers of Jesus Christ.