Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-14
BIBLE AGO TIE MOB
Lynch Law ana the Law Of
Christ as Spoken by
Paul.
FATHER LUcEY BREACHES SEN.
slBLE SERMON AT ST.
JOSEPHsS
Enforcement Of Law Me7ns No Moas.
anS Morai Support Ct Courts
Enf2rees Law.
Of Law Means No Moas.
RIGHT REMEDY WITH PEOPLE
Err ff,2rG as Law.

IN b1lei sermon Yesterday morning
b Father ]. +. Gtcey at ST. Josepl's
church on the text OF ST. PauIas episjIe
10 the Romans, chapter s, verse l.,
alHsion vas made in the natural ap-
FEeajion Of the text to mob law After
5(ating that the remarks he should
b6 led to make in this direction in ref
arence 20 the text We're not given
chiefly on account OF recent occur
renee, and that he felt nothing but tie
greatest sympathy for family ST dis
tressed, he spoke in part as follows:
st. Paul, in addressing the Romans,
and through them the Christian world
declared that Christians should not be
debtors to the flesh beyond providing
food, raiment and other neeessalea
for the body; fa'=if hey regulated
their lives by the lower passions OF
human nature. death 20 body and soul
would come. On the ether side if ed
by the spirit Of Cod. They controlled
the appetites and 3=,# ef the flesh,
they should 10 oa's live but he ac.
counted ehi!6. 81 af God ard eosheirs
With Christ, 80 HAT tles might then
duly addreza God BY tie 5ender naiaa
Of FaJfas.
~ the GosS q moo fa&s people are
led by ham@a passion #sbaH# nan the
a.it Of God an deNp4se themselves
n death eearnal. Some say in oYcuSo
taa1 they must 5ahe vengeance fer y
certain orTase. Tao Holy Bible fa-
bids tbis tallag of vengeance. as We
Tead Vengeance is miaa, saith the
LoIa.
i II a3so sad 5aa} III e.ataia extl3-=
ordinary csse= 5ha5 mob law is JUST
lissble. faesesse=the Ordinary process IN
courts faa SLOW and uncertain. II
this ba ta1e, &a1 it's 1ae. tic remedy
lies ia Tee hands Of de people. The
white people have tire entirc matter
Of making laws ia tneir own hands.
The legislature mo1ts every two
years. # neceasaFE =pat oatlaWfy
upon the statute book in punishment
for Il certain crime. only specifying
some brief process y ye,irH the facts.
1t is moreover charged that the
judges CT the courts and etna,' offieees
entrusted With tfa es=r#t4na a. the
laws GO 10 faifI' tI;aje 5s.ts anal en-
force them. This u a}ss ~ !aast
partly trne Bat - 5aa.ad IS IN the
hands ef tia y lie Wn3 INV ffo
power 20 ehasse these ofeia}s anI
elect men Who vi f5ifhpta. paHfolm
their duties. Thi5 f45..za#! IS, however,
greatly discounted ~ tie c1aim on
The parl of II, osfieais 5aag wHen they
make an honest e&f9&t ta execute tho
laws, the moral support OF tHa COM
lnunitE IS not enly withdrawn from
them but il certain cases placed
against them 50 5hat their own lyos
are in jeopardy. II i; not tae right
thing to MAKE laws, elect officers to
enforce them and tian refuse 70 give
the necessary moral support. The
strict and certain enforcement of law
IS far greater determining influence
against crime than mob law and lfe
}eaire Of every citizen should be N
2at direction.
Several years aSo the Indian Ter t
1ory had grown into such a state OF
awlcssness that vigilance committees /
'nd not courts of law usually admins t
ered Justice. Circumstances were i
uch that no other course seemed pos I
ible The United States government /,
rad jurisdiction over ell cases where il
n a white and an Indian were con- b
erned. Judge Parker. of Missouri. a
vas appointed Judge over the United |;
states court and promised the moral g
urport Of the Washington officials.
1e hanged 76 desperadoes. After o
he rst 80 We're hanged, no one was Il
card to say that justice could not be q
ad. There was plenty of justice. Il