The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-28

. l iiness looks out Of the tapestried win- oOw. NhSre IS Lne law .naI ueLee SaAe | the braxen wretches and put tneir races m an iron frame or a stale prison wln- oow!
 sometimes il seems to me as IT so- cie,y were gong Da-k 10 the staue oi morals oi Hercualneun, when It ecuAp Iured its vIieness on pillars ana tenl- pie WaLiS ara nO.hinS but the lava oI q burning mountain could hide the nm mensity ot crime. At what time ooo will rise up and extirpate these eVhs upon society 1 know not, nor Wnetner
 He will do 1t by fire or hurricane or Dy earthquake; but a holy God oo no' think will stand it much longer. De- lieve the thunderbolts are hlsslng not i..u nat when God comes to chastise the community for these sins, against which he has uttered himself more pit terly than against any other, the Iate of Sodom and Gomorrah Will De toier- able as compared with the fate or our modern society which knew better. but did worse.
 We want about lo,c0o pulpits in Amer : Ica to thunder all adulterers and W eremonaers shall have their place In the hell that burneth with fire and birthstone. which Is the second death.
 It Is hell on earth and hell forever. we have got to unders And that iniquity on Columbia Heights or Fifth avenue or Beacon Hill is as damnable in the sight of God as 1t is In the slums Whether it has canopied couch or eider down or dwells amid the putr1dity or low tenement house. God IS after 1T in His vengeance. Yet the pulpit Of the Christian church has been so coweo o,,hi dares to speak, and men are almost apologetic when they read the Ten Commandments.
 The Sacredness of Life.
 Then look at the fascinations thrown around assassination. There are in all communities men who have taken the lives of others unla Wfully, not as exe- cutions of the law, and they go scott free. You say they had their provoca- tions. God gave life. and He alone has a right to take it. and He may take 1t by visitation of providence or by all executioner of the law. who is His messenger. But when a man assumes that divine prerogative he touches the lowest depth of crime.
 Society is alert for certain kinds of murder. If citizen going along the road at night is waylaid and slain by a ioppCT Wc all NdHl lIt NlAidiH lCoICu and executed. For all garroting, for all beating out of life by club or an ax or a slungshot the law has quick spring and heavy stroke; but you know that when men get aff1uent and high position and they avenge their wrongs by taking the lives of others, great sympathy is excited, lawyers plead, ladies weep. judges halts, jury is bribed and the man goes free. If the verdict happens to be against him, new trial Is called on through some technicality. and they adjourn for witnesses that never come. and adjourn and adjourn until the community has forgotten all about it. and then the prison doors open and the murderer goes free.
 Now. if capital punishment be right. l say let the life of the polished mur- derer go with the life of the vulgar as- sassin. Let us have no partiality of gallows. no aristocracy of electrocution chair. Do not let us float back to bar barism when every man was his own judge. jury and executioner, and that man had the supremacy who had the sharpest knife and the strongest arm and the quickest step and the stealth lest revenge. He who willfully and in hatred takes the life of another is a murderer. care not what the provoca- ton or the circumstances. He may be cleared by an enthusiastic courtroom, he may be sent by the government of the United States as minister to some foreign court or modern literature may polish the crime until 1t looks like heroism; but in the sight of God mur- der is murder. and the judgment day will so reveal it.
 Now. do not be fascinated by the glamour thrown over crime of whatever sort. Because others have habits that seem brilliant but yet at the same time are wicked. do not choose such faults. Stand independent of all such influence Put your confidence in the Lord God. He will be your strength. Vengeance is mine. I will repay, saith the Lord" Cultivate old fashioned honesty. This book is full of it. Old fashioned hon. esty such as was spoken of by Dr. Liv- ingstone. the famous explorer. You may not know he was descended from the Highlander. pr. Livingstone said that one day one of the old Highland CTS called his children around him and said. Now my lads I have looked all through our family line. l have gone back as far as I can, and find that all our ancestors were honest people There doesn't seem to be one rogue among them, and you have good blood Now. my lads. be honest
 Some Plain Questions.
 There are hundreds of young men