Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-09-12

Punishment, must, Of course, be laid
upon the offender = the law must
strike with its strong arm, but the
one thorough remedy against this evil
as against all evil, is the gospel Of
Christ applied and brought home to
each man.
AS in the case Of the Gadara demo-
MAC, there was but one who could
exercise The demons which possessed
him, and that was Christ. So, here,
the m all-powerfel means of exorcls-
ing the devils Of meanness, hate and
bloodshed is Christ. II no Christian
could do that deed, then the necessity
follows-make all men Christians.
The next lesson we learn is that
ideas have a wide and far-reaching
effect. Before / knew what we're the
exact steps by which the assassin YVES
led TO do his shameful deed, / had
noted this fourth lesson from the
event. ! did not need the specific
proof, for the laws Of character are so
universal and u~nyarying that /
knew that certain ideas must have
operated 10 his life and brought him
to the doing of his murder. When the
specific proof came it merely on
irmed my conviction that an idea
prompted the action. This man had
filled his mind with the writings OF
Emma Goldman and, led by those
false teachings, he reached early in
life the shameful goal to which they
pointed.
There is an old lie, coined By satan
and circulated by his followers, that
lit makes no difference what q man
believes, so he lives right That say
ing bears on its face its falseness; for,
what a man belieres that he win do.
The man who does not believe right,
cannot possibly live right. Gods
word has said: "As q man thinketh
in his heart, so is he.n
An anarchistic idea leads 10 the
anarchistic deed. An atheistic belief
produces a Goddess life. An unholy
heart inds its fruitage in an unholy
life. 1t makes, then, a vast differ
ence what a man believes, since char
acter Is the fruit Of faith.
Lastly then Is seen here the far
reaching result Of single acts.
From one act-the moving Of hand
aud the pulling of a trigger-see what
has come. Uneasiness in the business
world, the possible changes in govern
ment and readjustment of all its
machinery; the intense excitement
which has swept over the entire land
and touched even other shores. The
suffering that might be entailed OF
hundreds and thousands, and the
anxiety and sorrow brought home to
the friends and relatives Of the Pres
ident. These, and other things Of
like import, follow as the effect OF one
act.
What tremendous issues depend
upon the single deeds Of menl What
fixing Of destlniesl What a harvest OF
sorrow and tears What widespread
disaster
A criminal steals out In the dark
ness and displaces a rail from the
rtack, and what follows? Sweet moth
ers, noble and earnest fathers, happy
youths and innocent, smiling children
are hurled to death by the deed.
Homes are broken, tears fall and hearts
break-all because one heart was foul
enough to misplace a rail. So, out Of
the darkness Of anarchy there crept
the form that sought to wreck, by one
act, the peace and happiness OF u
nations life.
From the tremendous results Of this
deed may we and our children learn
to-day, as never before, the lesson Of
constant watchfulness, to keep heart
and hand free from each unworthy
thing, and seek ever the things which
make for peace and righteousness.