Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-02
DIVINE DECREE
LANDS RASCALS
PASTOR REFERS TO ARCHI-
TECT WHITES KILLING
In Sermon on the Hall of Shame
Rev. Or. Phelps Tells Of Avena-
,1g Lash of Public
Vengeance

Continuing his Sunday night series of
picked Topics by Picked Men," Arthur
S. Phelps preached at Central Baptist
church last night on "Shall We Have
a Hall of Shame?" a subject selected
for him by previous request by S. T..
Glover, editor of the Evening News.
Taking as his text, Remember Lots
Wife," he said:
shall we have a hall of shame? No
marble hall, though much might be said
in it's favor. Nothing else seems to
get hold Of some men.
"The law is inadequate for great
criminals, and small ones sometimes
find the Jail attractive. Perpetuation in
marble might have it's effect. 1t would
not be a pleasant thought to feel the
eyes of a sculptor fastened upon ones
anatomy, studying with a professional
eye ones various poses, just as you
stepped out from successful coup in
the stock exchange.
But it is inexpedient. Think of the
law suits that would originate for de-
famation in stone. 1t would be neces-
sary to get a sculptor to change the
features to those of Abraham Lincoln
and carry the statue across the street to
the Temple of Fame.
Paint Out Scars
"Then, too, we Americans do not like
to dwell on peoples faults. We paint
out the scars, by preference. And worse
yet, every niche untitled would create a
demand for crime. A thirst for cheap
notoriety is one of the vices of young
America. Gazing on the figures of the
immortal five of the preceding year,
men would first endure, then pity, then
initiate.
Let the eastern philanthropist, or
misanthrope, whichever he be, put his
100000 which he offers for the con-
struction of such a hall into the refor-
nation of our youth or their protection
I'VE should find it hard, as I under
stand he has found it, to get a city to
accept such a temple. 1t would depre-
ciate real estate, like the presence of a
crematory.
Who Would Judge?
who would serve on the committee
Of adjudication? We should all have a
sneaking feeling that we belonged there
ourselves.
But there is already hall of shame.
Divine decree, expressed in private
conscience and public sentiment, is
building it. Its walls are not of mar
BILE or reinforced concrete, but they are
none the less permanent.
1.-THE judgment day is the day of
dedication, and that is every day. What
ye hear in the ear in the inner cham
bers shall be proclaimed upon the
housetops.
Gets the Real Rascals
Goods decree gets the real rascals.
1t is not influenced by private grudge,
which magnifies a mote into a beam;
nor by political considerations, which
impugn a mans motives: nor by fail
ure which is sometimes embittered
against all successful men. God sees
not as man sees, but he sees.
1T meteS out the appropriate penalty.
God knows his man.
"Haman, the proud, is punished by
humiliation; Peter, the impetuous, by
tenderness; Napoleon, the ambitious, by
exile. My lord cardinal says Shakes
peare, God does not pay every Satrr-
day night, but he pays Who shall oc-
cupy the hall of shame? The great sin
ner, you say. Yes. Selfish wealth will
be there. Outbreaking impurity, the
most threatening sin of our youth to-
day will be there.
White and Fifty others
white, the famous architect, Turing
young girls to ruin, as it is said, did not
foresee his death in the public eye by
Thaw's pistol, nor his worldwide eX-
posure.
Nor did the fifty others who are said
to be fleeing from the avenging lash of
public vengeance, suspect such reve-
lation.
"The hour of judgment has struck for
this republic. Men who laugh at the
idea of a hell are finding that the
American public are erecting their hall
of shame, a hell more terrible than the
old domain of birthstone"