The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-29

t''ie" ~ ,tsss this divtney COMMANDED eN'
rutlon along with the electro as,fed N Vir-
!, w .},l.risr,g The question IL asNea - ne
hea1hei1'S"t -+tern after this. do not see tile
hearjnr of this the matter ~ ha ~. ,rayern-
,,,,ssion Of the special legls!a'lon To- 70 CON
-,ent of n theocraCy is not perlhei,e " aoa,,aa
Ia ~stjCr- ~ capital punishment Also pe1e
God made special use OF dhis .h, d, for me
~. -, 20 me to be sufficient reason ioI ~.
no, a1V''' NY 49,, hands i'm horror and abhor tha'
20 ~" the question we have Is not exc
@+tior on religious grounds bur execution .e AM,
The speakers citing the Gaining u ~ ~ he
from heaven, does not apP'"'
relevant to the question. u..tar 4, ard
second as to our Saviours positioH "a ,ei+1e
To fine law Dr. Wicker IS quo'eo az - a. o,.er
70 IN the other hand. said over ana over
-, -, have heard 1t said by them tMosesl IS
IA fine hut ] say unto YOU. 40 Io' ~
~. ,rrnaCtion IN line doctors So t1"'., -,
,,'a,,1d infer from such an eApressiol 80 he
- ,.os seeking to show an ahtasoii'ai'l
tt,sar christ and Moses bld out %, pa, S,,,,r
'"es' 49, ~ ttffla Of the law in her sermon
an the Mount Did he revoke sihs'e WIS
on Wv - 80 mo TO occupy a position in ta's
sermon toward the law somewhat mr. 80
r.,eefro RfnrshaAs position toward t,ie - -
,, constitution. Some without y Couo' III
~ - +ha ,tse of the word fulfill as uSeH
NJ 1,,-'onr lord lie does not mean 70 49, 49,
rlete" with the idea that ne 'aEg Ne. ~ mat a
elf orr temporal punishment. ;" enc vases Of
,,s,.,rtaa drunkard must vet reap , -, MEANS
tat,,, ,1rnlnH" as used here cleafls -
-, ..gyc n perfect interpretation, - 40 Here
,,hat Christ Immediately proceeU9e ~ r,aoler's
,.E a. gt lords
~ ~ ,ve would our saviour W.
=, undermine capital punishment {.drrnent
.o some pointed ana pa ~ capitaI
Val ~, him concerning the th."b, - mo
nttefe" ~ ia not restrict ourselves |" -
fl'l'+S' t,,,a gererallties in when we trre
~ sdopt our Lords words 70 %ui ccrtntnres
s,,.l4ttyc Of their connection III INTEL punish-
- and even an intimatloh 81 ,1,,rt or any
DO ho' ~" ~, fho sermon on the Mount VI "'
llgae eIse in Chrst's teachings. ~o,.ou that
70 understand this point y" ~ 3ayc Of Moses.
,4F,,rnr fg
tht ia"s s+,,,teIy did not attack that "a" ~
7td attack the contemporary tnl'i ,pr,,ch-ouoted
ti1at law Whom he usen Ia "a tooth for
80. .aan eve for an eye ana :, 80 IN ner-
phrase .tt3rl at the abuse of the Ia" III -! -
l revenge If he, had mean Nc nhrase
~. ,+eelf ne would not have oHStl 49, con,-
Ia" ~, -, 4+-,,an+ in the same sentence ~
~ 4i,fy ,or-resistanco. If we take we - ,,et
fnr 10 judicial rulings, to be eotsl9'e, 9a have
80. the, second likewise. Iheh We % ,,,oII as
tahe u ~ 30 DnllCe and the prisons, as ""
1ott3 ,1,nishTnent Hundreds OF PeIseoHs ~
me FIRST gubiy who do not KNOW h4" tbo undjsputed
rtance When we see that tne raointely
seIi f the close of this sentence aosopt9ls
DESTROYS a very common ln'eIp lawns mon
"',. - This sentence then IL oaWt9 49,
onr minds how very daheeio"'
9f1re leaving the Sermon on the Nloaus, No
- - the next step in that lncoltl"i -
me ft.ei :" 70 have heard that it was sa}o'
4lscou w. l6ye thv neighbor, and hate thant
-,,erov In the paragraph above Sa iv,, ~
+ r.l,,,st was not attacking the puHl'lNc - 40
- W. ece that statement demonstrate" ne
-, the satisfaction of anyone VINO VIA
=, Noses had said, Love they nelehpo'
~ had NOT said. Hate thy enemy. ne" " =,
- Ctbriz4. use the aexpression2 Because ne ~
moi talking about the law. lie does no, asrn 20
ttig ~ Moses Doubtless the lega! ihteIprel "a
. 80 ~ ~hrist's day had been reading TINS H.
/ Nut Moses said. III thou meet TIME enemy ~
or his ass going astray. thou smart SURF 10 ~
/ II hack to him again. Exodus "a ~ % -
( NOT sound like the words of a slave anu d NJ,
/ 5orpr in a low stage of civilization, NOT are VIC
4 a. c,nu,n Moses as the Greater of such laws
" cd
Holy Spirit' II Peter l, xxi. The legislation on
Noses directed his people to overcome eva WIN
/ "Tf Moses, law were sufficient, Christ need
/ NOT have spoken This is an extraordinary
statement in its connection here That IS true
+ regarding the redemption of men, put IAN 70
see it's bearing on this question Whlch Is CON
corning government. our Saviour dld hot pFiliE
4 . new legislation: he did not destroy the ola
t legislation. He does not destroy his own WORK
lie builds wiser than that. He gave us the
Mosaic code The law is holy
Now if we admit that Moses was inspired
ana a. make Christ responsible for the Mosaic
code then we must make Christ responsible for
any discrepancy in that code we must MARI
him responsible. both for the sixth command
rncnt and for the judicial execution in accord
ance with other parts of the code III 9uolcial
( execution is judicial murder according to the
sixth commandment. then judicial execution
nccessitated by a Thus saith the Lord. brands
Cod himself as a murderer. Logical consistency
would quickly show the true nature OF much OF
! our boosted humanitarIanlFn. me FeN"il .,
human nature against the diYlnely appointed
/ order mons up In most unexpected places
/ Third much has ben said about Moses ana
/ his code Yet all Of it is wide Of the mark II
we do not consider the Inauguration of capital
punishment We will not find this in the life
Of Noses but away back in patriarchal history.
/ Moses found capital punishment with The sane
ton of centuries behind it. 1t was not at his
late day that capital punishment was intro
duced in the divine order. Why blame Moses,
when we read that Jehovah instructed Noah in
this matter directly after the food. Whose
| sheddeth mans blood, by man shan his blood be
shed: for in the image of God made He man.
tablished. Can we not find a spiritual lesson
here in this punishment of murder by temporal
death, because man is made in the image Of
| God? II seems to me to point strongly to the
punishment of sin against God himself by
| eternal death However, we find hundreds
howiing against eternal death a Pigment OF
| preachers vivid Imagination SO it is quite
reasonable to expect to find hundreds CRYING out
/ against what / style a symbol Of that stern
/ reality. Observe that Noah was not He
brew, but the father Of the entire human race
since his time
In closing I wish to retterate the kindly spirit
+ IN which have approached this subject Also
! would protest against any charge of being
! hlood-thirsty tvraunical, Neither have /
any taste for the gallows or the death cham
! Der l would repeat, the Bible is my concern
( IT inaugurated capital punishment and don't
see where II has ever revoked It, We cannot
/ say the spirit OF the New Testament is incop-
aistfht with this decree of the Old Testament
4 without saying that the Bible contradfcts H.
sen. 10 make the mere spirit of one antaron
4 lSuc To- and annihilative of the other yyo1,la
r he