The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1922-03-17
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: PENALTY AND AMERICANISM =

ra.,or Ocala Banner:
uas the time come when all reli
...us. political and domestic justice
"a love Is 10 be commercialized
u,hat il the Mother and Father to the
.bose in protection-penalty.
Mr. Editor. il anyone tells you am
:. old crouch who has crawled OF
here. hiding time and cross at the
world and everybody in IL. deny IT,
A. far as my American sister and
hrother are concerned. every day
M, love them and their home and
ar glorious flag which We all love 50
dearly and so well.
What the American people want is
American Justice. First and foremost
INST come religious justice. with love
am and obedience TO (let the pen.
.lsx be what Il may the religion
,.urhi By Jesus Christ. and there Is
beauty here which overcomes all
penalty. wish to call my readers at.
ienlIon TO the fact that all OF them
Who have made me know their true
honest loyalty TO the above have also
made me know the same not only TO
her own but also the field of the
worlds humanity. man TO man. In
meeting men who have lived such
life. their consciousness of the love,
mercy and justice of unselfsh duty
has placed them far above the past
and present man-made opposite.
have come to the conclusion that in
order for my American brother to
Be real American citizen, loyal to
the principles upon which this govern.
ment was founded, he must be truly
religious man. Why? l don't be-
lsse Il possible for any man made
law. be it either for or against man
for any purpose not to be for OF
against Christ for the same purpose
DO your Is II not so written in Holy
WITT II so. who is to blame-man
and man absolutely
We have Just witnessed an instance
applying directly on this issue--a reli
g0us court trying religious brother
understand me, in no way mean to
east any reflections either for OF
against this case. but this courts
Individual personality in its Chris
tan and legal duty appealed to me
50 wildly in this argument on penalty
have never met this honorable court
hu' ask any fair minded man wheth
sr anyone suffered or endured more
penalty than he at the time ne made
bis statement and rendered his yer
DICT.
This now brings me 70 where shall
as things you don't care to read any
more than to write. l. believe the
ume has come when we must have Z
national religious regeneration to un
1e The political and commercial knots
win which we have bound ourselves
Why Man has shown us he cannot
run God Almighty's business-so let u:
. nation ask his help to run man:
sod.
BUSINESS How? BY some religious DO
necai creed or sect? No-nothing o.
me kind. Politically, let Democrac,
ana Republicanism remain and rule
4 "Ws Those principles have beer
proven eternally right for the govern
'asa1 OF men. How? Make every DO
noea meeting missionary society
"'ong again. First--solid and tru,
sa'a'samation of all Christian organi
ANS INTO one and move against man
e7 e'h as one man as we did t.
A me haiser-only instead of as
= 9ne power Of steel and lead. uss
= power OF honest loyal Christian
4s''can prayer. Second-a persona
suggestion put in the platform tina
4'0ae buying, trading or barterin,
-'',ean suffrage have full power O
SENSATION used against him to Civ,
= not more than life on bread an,
saess bread the better. know
"a = light penalty but it viii hell
@s How about Christian mere,
IS = 'nat statement? | am an Amer
I s ana believe as firmly as be