The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-02
Copyright, 1905, by Mcclure, Phillips &

(Copyright, 1905, by Mcclure. Phillips X
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 Let us rest our eyes on the Crucified One, the eternal witness of our inidui- ty, the victim of our justice.
 He has said to us: Judge not" Since we listen to Him. when He says: Thy sins are forgiven thee; since we ask Him to give us His hand when we weep over a grave: since His eyes, that reflect eternal life. in looking in to our eyes, where death Is reflected. say to us. q am the resurrection and the lIfe"; since He knows how to con sole us and strengthen us. let us also harken to Him when He gives us stern counsel
 Of all professions, the one I would least like to follow is that of a Judge. If had to pass sentence. the thought of it alone, in advance. would prevent me from sleeping. And, after having passed It, the fear of having made legal mistake would take all rest away from me. Perhaps many amongst you think as l do. But let me call your attention to strange inconse- uuence
 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 in iustice: we reprove with all our heart. and with entire sincerity, the old, bar barous forms of justice, such as we describe them with horror to our chill dren. to make them realize the diff ference between the present manner of rendering justice and the summary brutality of olden times.
 It is true that barbarity still exists
 nd In public form of laws-lynching is still in force, but 1t is reproved by public opinion. But this old barbarity. which has disappeared and is disappearing every day from exterior laws, before greater light and greater equity, this old barbarity retains an almost inn pregnable citadel in the heart of man.
 Morally. and outside of the ordinary apparatus of legality, we daily Judge people who have not been heard; every day we take a seat at our tribunal. and tbe prisoner at the bar Is our neigh hor. and he is judged, even when ao- sent. often when absent, according to what is said of him by another who does not know him, or who perhaps hates him.
 It Is really horrible thing to think that a man who has committed crime and comes under the laws of his coun- fry. is torn from the hands of justice and strung up high. or else burnt alive In an hour of popular frenzy, in the midst of angry passions, of cries oi rage in an outburst of souls complete lv foreign to justice. But l have seer many people lynched by the fireside with out the accompaniment of savage shrieks, in the midst of gracious smiles wherein iniquity assumed the mos' elegant form. Yet, 1t Is more htdeouS inns than when fits atrocious and bes- tiaI revenge shrieks in the streets.
 Every day, my brethern' we JudE' with a complete absence of equity HOW many people, when public morals and faults of administration are m question. disapprove of secret papers and documents? Now. who amongs' vou has not, in his soul. secret place wberein are papers that are yet more secret and documents that are not spok en of to those whom they concern Tn every mans soul there Is place where injustice begins: in every man soul there is limit. that Is sometimes very arbitrary. beyond which the right of others is mocked at.
 rake care' More you feel sure or vour judgment. more you should turn toy,ard inc One who said; Judge not Do not do so-who are you, that you shouId judge and condemn?
 Tn old fortresses, far beneath the 1-.4AJ ef LhA aaSth- Lhars were secret