The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1908-11-05
Sanctity of the Law.

dency Toward the Utter Dis
regard of Law and the
Danger that Lies in Taking
it in Our Own Hands---We
Have Sown Our Dragons $
Teeth and Reaped a Harvest
of Cold Iron.
Concord Times, Oct. p.
Rev. Plato Durham preached "a ser
mon last Sunday night on The
Sanctity of the Law" and in the
course of his sermon uttered some
timely and solemn words of warning.
1t takes no prophetic eye, said he, to
see that there is in the life of this
nation fever that is appalling and
difficult of analysis. There is an utter
disregard of law, and of taking it in
our own hands. Every lover of his
State and nation should study the
cause. We cannot say this lies in
lack of manhood. No nation has
ever had the wealth of virility that
this has had. 1t is not i'm lack OF
ideals We are in a grave crisis, and
the final fulfillment, if not checked,
will be death. Rome Knocked her
prophets of fine vision who pointed
out that her tendencies would bring
her to death, but you know her his
tory.
The laws of the nation are not our
making. They are the laws OF God.
.Jehova sits upon his throne. God ia
the giver of law. When it becomes
law on our statute books it becomes
overarched with the authority of God.
To break it is not to right wrong.
but it is to bring anarchy worse than
death.
The law of trial by jury, for in
stance. is not the law of man but of
God 1t drips with the blood of cell
turies. 1t is not some political crea-
ton. The life of all depends on law.
where is your life, the sanctity of
your home, the virtue of your women,
the protection of your children?
When you tamper with law you are
breaking down the fortress that sur
rounds us.
We are in grave danger of forget
ting these things. We have said:
"Are we not sovereign citizens?" We
have awakened to the fact that no
mans life is safe, no matter how free
from guilt. Given sufficient wrath
and ignorance, every mans life is at
the back of the mob. We have sown
our dragons teeth and reaped a har-
vest of cold iron.
The law-making and breaking
power is the same. Even the crimi-
nal is guaranteed Justice and fair
trial by the law. When you deny
him this you spit in the face of your
State and nation and trample on
their flag. The Governor of Tennes-
see called out the whole State militia
and the madmen laughed in his face.
God help her Shall this be the story
of North Carolina? Her right arm is
your only defense. Will you teach
your children and neighbors to laugh
when your State speaks?
The mob that lynched the man in
Tennessee last week is a mob of our
own making. Every man who has
ever broken a law is a man who helps
build up the mob. Are there any law.
breakers here? You have IA prohibit.
tion law here. How mauy have
broken it? No matter whether you
agree with the law or not, when NORTH
Carolina says it is a law and you
break it, you are sowing the seeds O
hell. When men laugh at law, seeds
are sOwn out of which the moi
springs as Il legitimate harvest. Dc
nothing to degrade the nfajesty o
the law or to degrade your Common
wealth. How many men give a cor
rect return of their property for
taxes? How many laugh at thar
and wink the other eye? If we Civ,
; ourselves to that kind of thing, tn,
tendency is to ride down any law.
Another thing: The President q
our country may be red-handed, bu
he Is the sovereign OF his nation. ant
when you vilify him you have de
graded the office of President of TIN
United States. You have a right t,
criticise him, but you mist have rev
) erence for the office he holds. w
may disagree with the Governor @
our State, but We should not ridicul
: and vilify him. 1t is the same wit
all officers Of State and nation. n,
wonder people lose respect for gov
ernment when both parties do thi
: sort of thing. As a result we finall
wake up to the fact that we have II,
: reverence for law. Stand for an
? party you please, but be All America
citizen first.
The sovereign life of this nation
above any party. Every violation {
! law is a dagger struck into the bosor
) OF our nation. America sits on tn
highest. throne of our nations Sha
2 We trample her sacred life in the dus
or cause her feet to walk the way {
2 death? Shall the owl aud bittern il
habit her palaces? | ask you to ope
4 your eyes and look into the maiesti
face of your motherhood.
; Mr.. Durham's sermon was listene
! to with the closest attention bv
2 large audience. No report Of it csi
? give more than an idea OF the pUws
= of the sermon, and We realize ho
feebly we have presented above ii
4 main features of it.
!. 1t isn't difficult to strengthen a wet
| Stomach II one goes at ii correctly Al
). this isltrue of the Heart and Kidneys. r
J old fashioned way of dosing the Stoma
= or Stimulating the Heart or Kidneys
). surely wrongi DIR. Shoop first pointed O
this error Go TO the weak or ailing nerv
of these organs, :" said he. Each inside org,
ha- its controlling or inside nerves" VII,
these nerves fail then those organs mu
n surely falter. This vital truth is leadiI
] dmggists everyW here TO disnense and recn