Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1901-08-10

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through some technicality. and they
adjourn for witne sses that never come.
and adjourn and adjourn until The
community has forgotten all about e..
and then the prison door opens and
the murderer goes free.
Now. II capital punishment be right.
say let the life of the polished MUIR
derer go with the life Of the vulgar
assassin. Let IA have no partially OF
gallovs. no aristocracy Of electrocW-
ton chair. DO not let ms foa; hack
10 barbarism. 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
stealthiest revenge. He who wilifuuy
and In hatred takes the life OF another
is murderer. / care not what the
provocation or the circumstance. lie
may be cleared by an enthusiastic
courtroom. ne may be sent by the gov
eminent OF the United States min
lister 20 some foreign court, or mod
ern literature may polish the crime un-
iii IL looks like heroism; but in the
sight Of God murder is murder and the
judgment day viii so reveal IL.
There are hundreds Of young men
who have good blood. Shall ask three
" four plain queStions2 Are your
habits as good as when you left your
fathers house? Have you pool ticket
in your pocket? Have YOU a fraudu-
lent document Have you been exper-
imenting TO see how accurate an imi-
tation you could make OF your en-
pioyer's signature? Oh, you have good
blood. Remember your fathers
prayers. Remember your mothers
example Turn not in an evil way.
Have you been going astray? Come
back Have YOU ventured out too far?
At Brighton Beach or Long Branch
you have seen men go down into the
surf TO bathe. and they waded ont
farther and farther, and you got anx-
ious about them. You said: II won
der II they can Swim2" And you then
stood and shouted: "Come back! Come
back! You will be drowned" They
waved their hand back, saying: NO
danger" They kept on wading deeper
down and farther out from shore. IN
til after awhile a great wave with
strong undertow took them out, their
corpses the next day washed on the
beach. So l see men wading down into
sin farther and farther, and I call to
them: Come back! Come back! You
will be lost! You will be losti" They
wave their hand back, saying: NO
danger; no danger" Deeper down
and deeper down, until after awhile
wave sweeps them of forever. Oh.
come backl The one farthest away
may come.
"Oh." you say, you don't know
where I came from; you don't kne W
what my history has bseni you don't
know what iniquity I have plotted
have gone through the whole cata-
logue OF sin" My brother, do not
know the story. but tell you this
the door of mercy is wide open.
Though your sins be as scarlet. they
shall be as snow; though they be red
ike crimson, they shall be as wool"
Though you had been polluted with
the worst Of crimes. though you have
been smitten with the worst OF lep-
rosies, though you have been fired with
all evil passions. this moment on your
4. brow. hot with ubiquitous indulgence
NAV be set the flashing coronet OF a
{ saviour's forgiveness.
Pleased with the news. the saints below
: In songs their tongues employ:
!. beyond the sky the tldings go.
Aud Heaven Is filled with JOY.
: Nor angels can their Joy contain.
!; The sinner lost Is found, they sing.
; And strike the sounding Tyre.
A Pesstmsss's Pan.
sI see that q pearl necklace ha,
iust been sold In Paris for ss& $40"
|, Strange how fools With money vii