Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-24

OUT LnaC ne Stlll mas a SNOW No llldll
Is wholly bad; none is utterly lost.
Cant Reform by Law"
But we don't do this. We pass laws
I don't care for all the laws in the
world; you can't reform men by law.
You can arrest them and shut them DIP
and fine them, but you don't make
good men or women either by coming
their evil.
ut is a shame to take from poor
men the money that they have earned
just because they have fallen. 1t is
scandalous to rob women who have
been brought to the lowest depths, of
wicked to coin the evil of men or wo-
men. 1t is disgraceful to have lot
OF people spying and sneaking around
spotting wickedness so they can jerk
the victims in and make money out of
them. Oh, it is wrong-wrong."
Mr.. Murphy leaned far over in his
chair and his heavy brows contracted
threateningly.
THE trouble is that religion today
is a trust; it is in the hands of a mon
opolistic few
Then he stopped and thought.
I'D better not say any more about
that" said he slowly. Il don't think
I'd better say anything about religion.
Under Sway of Moses
But I'll tell you this" he declared,
Frightening up. I'VE are all yet under
the sway of Moses and we haven't
come into the blessedness of Jesus
Christ. We are obsessed by the old
Mosaic law which was given in thun
ders from Mt. Sinai. We engrave the
ten commandments on our hearts and
forget that Christ gave us a new one,
which was Whatsoever ye would that
men should do unto you, do ye even SO
to them That Is the law that Christ
gave; how do we observe it? By hold
ing to the old rule of an eye for an eye
tooth for a tooth of Moses. It's
wrong; it's all wrong.
THE first declaration of independence
was given by Christ; it is all in the
sermon on the Mount. The starry BAN
ner of this blessed country was born
from the words Christ uttered on that
mount, and we are not yet living under
either. We haven't yet shaken off the
shackle of Moses and the terror of the
fire and smoke that hung over this
mountain whence he brought his laws
when Christ came He didn't arrest
and fine drunkards and publicans; H.
didn't arrest and fine poor outcast wo-
men. No, He came to them; He
mingled with them; He visited them,
and He ate with them in their homes
"How do we do? The women that He
stopped to comfort, the Magdalen,
whom He rescued from the stones, we
fine. 1t is wicked.
1T is the same way with the drunk
ard and the publican; He met them and
mingled with them; He came to save
them, and He said so. We pass them
by, or tell them they are below ouy
level, and cannot hope or be rescued.
That isn't the law that Christ told us
to heed.
mo, we must get away from that
idea of making a drunkard a creature
to be arrested and mulcted or that he
is beyond hope. No man is that; If
you can reach the depths of his soul,
you will find some goodness, some
where. That is what 1 am trying to
do"
do you go out and seek these men IN
the highways and byways?" he was
asked.
Seek Murphy Out
mo; do not find it necessary; /
have all can do with my meetings and
those who come to seek me. Singular.
isn't it, that they should seek me out ?
Men come to me every day to be
helped. and l talk with them and /
pray with them and get them on their
feet again. l let them feel that in me
they have a brother, who has suffered
as they are now doing-oh, yes; used
to be a drunkard, too. But I pulled
myself out, and they can do the same.
If they try. 1 restore their confidence
in themselves; make them understand
that they can let liquor alone If they
will. No man needs fear liquor If he
can let it alone when he wants to.
That's the condition ! try to get them