Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-24
CITY POLICE COURT
WAS THEIR THEME
Subject Treated Upon in Sunday
Sermons by Revs. Simp-
kin and Young.
COMPLIMENT TO THE JUDGE.
Has Heart That Is Tender for Those
Deserving siercy-Word Pic
tlrc of Scenes.

tlire of Scenes.
Revs Simpkin of the Phillips Congre-
sotional and Young OF the First Meth
odist churches preached last evening on
inc city police court. Mr.. simpkin
snake from the text. Which shall be
INTO all people" and said in part;
II spent few hours there the other
day and the life that flows through the
min Of the court is worthy OF note and
study. II is dark. disagreeabe room.
lis odors are not Of Araby. The CRIME
n the walls is suggestive of the folly,
The sin. the sadness that have been
voiced there. The judge is young, but
ne has learned much that is needed. He
IS a good judge. not too harsh with
the foibles ana Weaknesses of human
nature. For first offenders, for youths
and women, for the broken man OF
affairs, for the one fallen from the ped
esta Of the better, he has a heart that
Is tender, For the manifest criminal,
the hard case he has a right will to
administer the fullest measure in his
power. He has an evident purpose to
make the court serve the end Of bet
tering. saving or furnishing, as the case
shows need, and he Is as said, a good
Judge
DESCRIBES SCENE.
Look at the scene IN front Of. him.
A handful OF stolid policemen, ready
for duty, giving with a due estimate Of
the value Of words their brief evidence
when called upon. Here are few
benches OF spectators, here is bench
OF men and women. some with white,
shame-iilled, nervous faces, some hard
and careless. Here is the witty and
thirsty lrishman, in from the desert
camp, oyerborne by the curses OF the
spirit OF the convlvial. His defense Is
naive and direct. But as tits not his
debut In this court he goes. despite the
cunning appeal of his brogue and his
wit. to dwell for half a month In the
place where he will have ample time
to think on the value of Father Mat
thew's temperance work, and also pre-
pare for new temptation.
CLASS or PEOPLE.
There is the swarthy son of Mexico,
wondering with great wonder as.
through the Interpreter, he learns that
his little over-indulgence IN Utah pull
que Is the reason why he must pay
cnquo pesos, or do Ave days In dur
ance. The husband with the ready fist
and the short memory Of his marriage
VOWS Of love gets the limit, Here is
man whose broad, high forehead, well
set and beautiful eyes and sensitive
routh beneath a nose that speaks of
breeding and character. That very man
who spends Christmas In jail here
was once an honored circuit Judge a
notable citizen, a man high Ia the
worlds most honored fraternity, a con-
fdant OF the influential, one OF two
men on whom fell the choice Of Will
liam Mckinley for appointment to of.
flee in one OF the most honorable posi-
tons at the bar. More than that, he
was member In the communion Of one
Of our churches. and the vision Of his
face in that sordid atmosphere was a
positive pain. The curse OF the bottle
is on him. The Judge looks on with
great pity as the man makes d tit
appeal for himself But he goes to the
lazar house Of American society. SO
the pictures might be drawn Of others,
ranging from the hlgh-browed unfor-
tunate TO the low-browed thief, from
the high-souled woman, broken by sin,
to the low-souled thing that has lost
not only It's ideal but its shame.
'oh, my friends, II is a good place |
to go TO measure your possibilities each |
way from where you stand, no less |
than to develop that pity for your |
brethren and sisters who have fallen /
where you only slipped. and have found /
the deep thrust waen you bore away
only the scratch. The lesson Of the
hour is here. that as the Christmas mes
sage and love rings across the earth,
you who are Christ's are not carrying
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men. The flashes OF humor that are
occasionally heard as lawyers make
contention for their clients or some other
bryo Jerrold or Swain makes rotort
out OF his misery are few and have
a pathos that dulls the sunlight In
them.
HELP AND LOVE.
There human creatures need the
more for what they are and are not,
ministry OF help and love. The shad.
oWs have been touched on here because
i Is Christmas time and the time has
Tor both them and us a message; for
them OF hope for us OF duty. Charles
keade echoed the Christ thought when
ne wrote, It's never too late to mend.
There ought to be a police court
missionary. Much OF the life that
comes there Is not tailings, There Is
much that carries high value, that the
ACIDS Of passion have not leached away.
ana It viii all flush with some color.
Never a wretch that shivers in the
arafty room, with parched throat and
burning brain, finding today gray and
tomorrow black, that has not some OF
We divine still In him. Never one for
whom Bethlehem has not a hope. Never
one to whom Christianity owes not a
uuty, This stream OF lie is Of the
Worlds most priceless thing. Some OF
mem go to jail who are not needing
punishment for the violation OF city
statutes half as much as they do the
help.
But the Christmas message goes be-
yond this sad line that marches to he
usrs OF prison and the pit OF death. The
Iire OF hope lies IN prevention. The most
cheering sign Of our time is in the wise
enort TO make our boys and girls safe
gainst the terrific forces Of destruction
NJ the stress OF life.
We must save all we can OF these
unIortunates. but we must the more
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