The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-18
STATE OWES DEBT
TO JUDGE MASS|E
His Courage and Devotion to
Duty Must Even Impress
Those Mountain Bandits.
DR.. YOUNG ON GREAT CRIME
Minister Points Out Work That
Must BE Done TO Spread
Respect Tor Law.

arc cursed Rev. w. j. Young, q. D.,
| pastor OF Centenary Methodist Church,
drew Il moral lesson from the Carroll
/ county tragedy in his sermon last
night while these words" he said,
Were used by some of tho leaders in
our Lords day with wrong applica-
ticn. they arc nevertheless true for
| every age and every cline THESE
mountaineers OF Virginia and some eth
| cr Southern States have very largely
| q law to themselves. regulating their
| own AFFAIRS in their own way. They
! nave violated internal revenue laws
| and laws against person and property,
| largely With inpunity, partly because
! OF The peculiar difficulties in the way
! of their arrest and couN ictiun. partly
/ because OF the fears OF vengeance, and
+, partly because, Shut up III the seclusion
o: their mountain homes. they did not
disturb the great peace ana progress
OF the world beyond. ,iut inirtuucntly
! from their own number officers of the
| law have been selected, and them
Z selves have been heard TO boast OF the
attainment OF their liberty TO do as
they please in Illicit GistiilinE and
other crimes, through some sort OF
/ compact with men whose duty it was
l
Stntc's Debt to NnssIc.
The State of Virginia owes IL debt of
! gratitude TO Judge ALassic which il
/ can never fully pay. for such a mani
| icstation of courage ana devotion to-
duty as will bring forcibly home to
these lawless elements III our civili-
aation. and to the good citizenship of
| the state, lessons that perhaps would
/ never have been learned I'm any other
| way. The blood of this martyr will
| be the seed OF Il better coming day, let
US hone The eyes OF our people will
| be at last open to conditions at their
very doors and will see the need for
something more than has yet been
! done For the present it is obvious
tnat there must be an nnrclcntng APP
piication OF all the powers OF the law,
| no matter how much 1t may cost in
| money. time and patience. There are
] times when the largest mercy Is I'M
severity, and when to withhold pun
ishment is the greatest OF crlmes
Never before has there been such an
opportunity for teaching the majesty
and the inevitablencss OF all law. But
| let good people every where set the eX-
ample OF reverence foY law and for
courts OF justice.
| I'VE should be careful 10 see TO ii
! that we select the right men to make
| our laws, and ourselves take an inter
! when once they are on our statute
| books, We should obey them ourselves
and insist on obedience TO them by 9TH
crs. We should do whnt we can to
! have judges OF ability and OF unqucs-
/ toned integrity, and. when this is done
insist upon the sanctlty OF those nails
Of justice where they preside 1t is
evident that in all these things there
! l. an objectionable loosencss Oh the
part of our American people. And Les
US not forget that. not only In tile
| mountains but in tho cities as well,
there are lawless elements which for
/ every reason need not only to be held
in check by the iron hand of the law,
but also need the training whcii
comes both by prcccpt and example.
VIII Not Stop Here.
surely our duty Will not stop with
this. The church, with lis new mis-
sionary conscience. must send the Cos
pel--thc pure Gospel for the present
agc--to these mountainccrs They are
worth all the money and effort which
may he spent on them, both because
they are human beings. with immortal
Souls and because they are Il sturdy,
pure American stock, with large prom
Use of strong manhood and usefulness
If only we shall give them & chance.
And the church must do this work not
in the spirit OF UNCONVENTIONAL pride
and rivalry, but in the broader spirit
of true Christian service. \ certain
type of so called Christianity, II Is
true. prevails quite largely in these
mountains. Ii decrics education, on
poses sunday schools for the religious
training of the youth, condemns all
missionary endcavor, both home and
foreign. and ridlculcs cvangclstic
movements Tor the conversion Of the
; masses, ana paraiyzcs all human ac-
/, tivity IN things moral and religious
by peculiar theology which lands
It's advocates in fatallsn. The church
, must send her best men, men of pru-
age, men who have the Masters spirit
The task Is not an easy one. bun il
aust be performed.
, Something We Need.
= along with the religious work
, must go the educational The cdu-
. cation must ne or the broadcast sort
= look ing TO the liberation or the mind
the widening Of the horizon. the rcvc-
latton OF what is going on in tho
world outside the hills in the centres of
progress 1t must he OF a social kind
including the appreciation OF citizen
ship In our great nation. Ii must be
moral education. with u view cspe-
cially to the upift of the home and
the dclivcrancc from habits which
must always bring dcgradution ProIni-
pent among these habits is the con
stant use OF whiskcy, one might AZ
most say from infancy to the grave
The Illicit still. it has been said. is TO
be found under every pine tree ana We
read the other day that the nils
Vile murdercrs prepared themselves
for their deadly work 10y fliing them
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