Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-10-20

and still b respected, while a woman,
having done wrong can never be al
lowed to enter again into the associa-
ton Of thu good and tho true ana the
respectable. But the divine law does
say this: 20 men, II The sin that this
woman las committed Is to be ptmish-
ed by stoning, every one of you who
has committed the snme sin deserves
10 be stoned Also" A biasphemy from
mans lips in the sight Of God IL
Just rs viz and culpabse A. bias
phemy from a woman's lips. The SINS
Of ApAnias and Ahab are az evil ~
the sins Of SapphAra and JeDebei. And
yet from time immemorial The world
has always had two criminal ceurts In
which It has Judged Its moral delin-
Queuts The one y the ''cosrt Of mer-
cy'' for masculine Offenders: The other
Is the court Of no hope" In which
lyny eyed judge Harihsart ats upon
the bench, charging the jury Of mo
regrets" and sentencing woman de.
fendant after woman defendant 70 a
life imprisonment in the "penttentiary
Of despair"
! The rule Is one coM1ern nation for
masculine sins and another for femi-
nine We all know that the pharisaical
ideas of old are common mt the present
time Indeed. I 60 even further than
this. sometimes think TINT as far
as the world Ia concerned many people
are prone to admire men IL they are
not too good. If they have An Immoral
besmirchnent OF their record They
are not glad when they say. He is a
square. true man." but they are happy
when they can say, Tie Is a wild fell
low, hut mighty nice" 1t is on account
Of this tendency Of the human race to
judge mans sins differently from WON
ans sins that we often ind men IN
public places boasting OF their evil
deeds as though they were the signs
Of true manhood and nobility. a few
weeks ago WAS riding in California
railroad train opposite two men. One
was famous eastern contractor.
What was my Amusement to And that
his conversation was divided into al
most equal parts. The one was TO tell
his companion the hurd work ne was
doing by the day, and the other was to
tell how many times he got drunk by
night and how he could outd,ink every
one Of his business associates with
whom he was accustomed to deal Had
any woman dared in & public car to
acknowledge such debaucheries every
man, woman and child sitting within
sound Of her voice would have looked
upon her as a moral leper. to be shun-
ned as much rs the eastern lcpers.
forth from the habtations Of man and
Quarantined by themselves As menaces
to the public safety.
Deal Justly WITH the Erping.
The highest compliment which In
chivalric times could Re given about a
father was. His daughters were all
virtuous and bis sons were all brave"
But why should not the sons be vArtu-
ous as we'll as the dauRhters? And
yet. man--O bitter man. O eensonous
and guilty man-thou art ready to con
denim thy sister when thou nrt not
ready to condemn thyself. Joseph Par
Eer in ono of his great addresses de
scribes n brother minister who had
driven an erring and yet repentant
daughter away from his home. Joseph
Parker pleaded and prayed with the
angry father to take her back. But
She has disgraced my home" said he
II canpot, | will not take her back -
But. man." said Joseph Parker. in
, your younger days have not you your
self also been guilty OF SIM" Yes. u
said the father. but | am a man and
she is n woman. The world Judges
mans sins differently from Il woman 8
sins" THAT is so, SAID Parker. Man
, Judges mans sins differently from wo-
, mans sins. hut Christ judges both The
sins the same. He that Is without siu
, among you. let him first cast stone
at her "
Another Characteristic Of the divine
law il that it recognizes no distinction
OF rank or station. As the divine la W
. makes no distinction between sexes
It also makes no distinction between
the sins OF the upper and the lower
, social classes. II does not have ont
criminal code for the palace and
another for the hut. II does not have
one for the wealthy Wall street finhn
, Cier who m8nipuates the railroad
stock and "waters'' II and cheats thou
! sands OF small investors out of their
all. and another for the grocerymar
/ who has false weights and never sends
, full pound OF coffee or tea or sugar
, to his customers when they pay for q
full pound. 1t docs not have one sci
Of rules for the wife Of the millionaire
who hiCies her diamonds and watches
and tewciry in her dress to escape the
scrutiny Of tho New York custom
house officials, which jeweiry she Is
, bringing to her American friends after
a European trip, and another set OF
| rules for the newsboy who steals q
!, loaf OF bread ont Of the bakery wager
when the driver is away selling his
, goods at kitchen door. In othel
words what the divine law condemns
|, in homespun II condemns in broad
, cloth. When II says Thou shalt not
! to the plebeian, It also says Thor
shalt not to the arisoocrat, What 4
denOunces IN the heart OF the SER
} 1t Also denounces in the heart Of tn,
t ruler sitting upon the king's throne
or Of the Judge sitting upon the chial
i Justices bench OF the supreme court
= or Of the premier governing In state