The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02

Tobacco was pit here for good rur-
posc.5 There are many men VINO use ~
to their comfort and without injury; but
the boy who smokes cigarettes or VINO
fuses tobacco in any lorn while he Is
growing, will be the worse for y, ana
IL ho uses 1t to excess he VIII seriously
impair his health, If lie does not weaken
his brain power and entirely destroy
his constitution.
The boy who wishes to BIO a strong and
healthy man Will do well to learn rrl u les
son from tho Japs,
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'.Judge Not ~
Let us rest gou 7 eyes OH the Cruciflel
one. the eternal witness OF our inluuity,
tho victim OF our injustice. He mas sa no
TO lis: Judge not" Since we listen s1.
to Him, when He says: Thy sins arc
forgiven thee;" since we asl Him lin 70
give lis His hand when we weep over q
grave; since Ills eyes, that reflect eternal
life, Unlocking into our eyes, where dcatn
is reflected, shy to us: Il am the resur-
rection and theSlife;" since He knows how
10 console JUS and strengthen US, let us
also Rharken to Him when He giycs Jus
stern counsel
OF I'LL professions, the one Would ll'1 least 't
like 10 follow Is that Of a Judge.
I had to pass sentence, the thought
Of It alone, In advance would prevent II
me from sleeping. And, after having
passed it, the fear Of having made q leg'lt
mistake would take all rest away from
me. Perhaps many amongst you think think
as i doE4 But let me call your ntten-
ton "a strange inconsequence
We are all children OF these times, and
more or less trained in the upright school
OF what we might call modern spirit, in
its highest equity We are all enemies Of
injustice, of organized Injustice; we re-.
prove with all our heart, and with en-
tire sincerity. The old, barbarous forms
of Justice, such as we describe them with;
horror to our Fchlldrcn, TO make them
realize the difference between the present
manner Of rendering justice and the sum
mary brutalltyaof olden times .s,5
1T is true that barbarlty still exists to,
some degree here and there, in the pub.
lic form of laws--lynchlng is still in
force, but IT IS reproved BY public opin-5
ion. But this old barbarty, which has
Disappeared and is disappearing every
day from exterior laws, before greater
light and greater equity this old barbara
ty retains an almost imprcgnable citadel
in the heart of man. 5.s.s ~ 4,
Morally, and outside Of the ordinary
apparatus OF lcgality,3we daily judge peo-
pie who have not been heard; every day
we take seat, a Il our tribunal, ind the
prisoner at the bar is our ncighbor, and
he lis Judged even when absent, often
when absent, according to what is said
OF him by another who does not know
him, or who perhaps hates him.
1t is really AZ horrible thing to think
that u man who has committed a. crime
and comes under the laws of his country,
is torn from tho hands or Justice and
strung up high, or else burnt alive. in an
hour OF popular frenzy, In the midst OF
angry passions, OF cries OF rage, in an
outburst OF souls completely foreign to
justice. But l have seen many people
lynched by the fireside, without the ac-
compartment Of savage shrieks, in the
midst Of gracious smiles wherein iniquity
assumed the mostfSelcganty form. Yet,
it is more hideous thus than when Its
atrocious and bcstial revenge shrieks in
tho streets.
Every day. my brethren, we judge with
complete absence OF equity. How many
people, when public morals and faults OF
administration are III question, disapprovc
of secret papers and documents? Now,
who amongst you has not, III his soul,
~ secret place. wherein arc papers tllat
are yet moro secret and documents that
are not spoken Of to those whom they
concern? In every mans soul there Is
a place where injustice begins; in every
mans soul there Is a limit, that is somc-
times very arbitrary, beyond which the
right ortothers is Knocked at
Take care! More you feel sure OF your
Judgment, more you should turn toward
| the One who said: Judge not" DO not
do so-wi,o are you, that you should judge
and condemn? 4. H
In old fortrcsses. far beneath the Level
OF the earth. there We're secret cells that
were called "oubllettes," Once in them,
the voice could no longer be heard by
men, Those who nut you there doubtless less
went out hunting on heir pleasures,
smiled at their wife and children; perhaps
they were dead. but their sentence ice killed
YOU even after their death, and con-
tinued 10 externlnate you far from tbs 'e
noise OF the world lfar from other men,
in oblivion under tho dust, When sf"e
think OF that sometimes III seems to u W
as though we were buried alive IN sons ''
dungeon, and wo experience q feeling o.
suffocatlon. as though sitting IN 9 CLOSED SCI
tomb But. have you ever thought ina
thcro are some oua2llettes that stu exist
i ,rhose oubllettes are In our iearts. There