Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-11-18
WHERE rs ABEL, THY
BROTHER (? :.


When Cain rose up against Abel,
his brother, and slew him in the
field, very soon afterwards the Lord
appeared on the scene, and put this
question to Cain, Where is Abel, thy
brother?" And Cain said, 81 know
not. Am l my brothers keeper?'
And the Lord said, What hast thou
done? The voice of thy brothers
blood crieth unto, me from the
ground. And now art thou cursed
from the earth, which hath opened
her mouth to receive thy brothers
blood from thy hand When thou
tillest the ground 1T shall not hence
forth yield unto thee her strength.
fugitive and vagabond shalt thou
be in the earth" And Cain said unto
the Lord, "My punishment is more
than can bear" s
Cain killed his own brother and
then lied to God: said he did not
know, while his hands were still red
with his brothers blood. For over
six thousand years people have been
committing murder and denying the
fact. And to every one who has
ever killed his fellow-man, God has
come to him or her with that same
message, Where is Abel, thy bro
ther?" And the same reply Cor an
swer) is given, II know not" and
the same punishment that was put
upon Cain has been put upon every
one who has murdered his brother
In cold blood. from the days Of Cain
and Abel until now.
On, that man would stop and
think-think Of the awful conse-
quences that follow; both in this
life and in the life to come. A man
gets mad, whips out gun from his
hip pocket, shoots to death his
neighbcr CHS brother), and as the
earth drinks in his blood and the
poor fellow is graphing with death,
1T is then that he would give the
world if he had stopped one minute
to think. That gasp, that struggle,
that "Oh, you have killed me-" will
ring in the slayer's ears as long as
life shall last; that spirit will be at
his side by day, and at night it will
sit as ghost upon his bedpost; it
VIII never down, And ever and anon
he will hear ringing In his ears,
Where is Abel, thy brother?"
We do not know what kind of q
mark God put upon Cain, but we
think that 1T was guilty conscience.
But, be that a. 1t may, it is put upon
every one who takes life In cold
blood. Moses brought down from
the Mount the table of stone, and
upon the face of that stone is written
by the finger of God. in letters that
will live forever, THOU SHALT
NOT KILL"
He that killeth a man, he shall be
put to death. Lev. 1921, reads, "He
that killeth any man shall surely be
put to DEATH" Genesis 9-6, "Whoso
sheddeth mans blood, by man shall
his blood be shed" How quick man
is to get mad, whip out pistol while
the brainstorm is raging, and shoot
down his fellow-man, not stopping
moment to think what the result
VIII be until the smoke has cleared
away. Then he begins to realize the
awfulness Of his sin. He has violated
the divine law and the law of his
country, and has made his victims
wife a widow and his children Or
phans, with hearts lacerated and
bleeding at every pore. They are left
to face the issues Of life without
bread-winner. On the other hand.
the State takes charge of the man
slayer So there are two homes
made desolate by a pistol shot A
pistol is made to kill men with, and
nothing else. If man wants to kill
a bear, wolf or deer, he will take a
Winchester rifle on his shoulder like
man, but, If he wants to kill man,
he will slip that accursed pistol into
his hip pocket.
Why are not the laws of our land
executed? There is something dead
at the fountain; the stream is not
pure. Where are the grand jury!
What IS the matter with our Courts
Of justice? Mercy cries for justice,
and says, "How long, oh, how long,
will it be until violence, bloodshed
and murder shall cea sc in our land?"
When civil law Is broken and dis
regarded with impunity that coun-
try's downfall is sure. Read the his
tory Of Rome, in the days Of Caesar
and Brutus, and the history Of Spain
one hundred years ago, and look at
them to-day.
King Ahab and his wife Jezebel
killed Naboth and robbed him. We
read in the first Book of Kings, 21st
chapter, and in the second Book of
Kings, 10th chapter, how they were
punished, with their seventy sons.
The Lord sent Elijah down to Ma
both's garden and he said to Ahab,
Hast thou killed, and also taken
possession And Ahab said, "Hast
thou found me-. oh, mine enemy?"
And Elijah answered, 81 have found
thee"
"Where is Abel, thy brother?"
j. Russell Wright.
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