Show sentimental VIEWS OF SIN store sentimentality Is out of place in dealing with crime to make pets ot of ruffians rull lans to seek to lo justify lawlessness because te sorted to in order ed lo 10 right aronim real or lui or to tAl lnell any dignity to lacovic lawless 5 nets acts because participated in by a great number of per none shows a sad subservience to senti on tic the subject of crime we cannot forget that thai any such iLa it tilty Is dishonoring to god nowhere ln an the bablo Is crime lightly spoken of or lawlessness regarded as aa a a more mere result of unfortunate fortunato un environment while in the treatment of crime we assume an attitude A a taco to the honor of f god we assume also alao an attitude opposed to the welfare of the community lit in the crime has been perpetrated when god cave moses the ten commandments and the w whole hole law with ua its minuteness of detail and ami comprehensiveness of oc purpose and definiteness denal tenets of principle he propounded a law good tor lor every nation and every community no community IQ in which both saints and sinners dwell can devise better today to day in matters of law wo we build best when we build according to the pattern which has hag been shown us in the tha aou mount tt but it if laws lawa are practically made to bo be broken or the lawless spirit Is to be ignored If nored then I 1 laws iwo are at an aggravation and a curse to a rom core duniy human nature resents a an W and the very command th thou shall halt or thou eha 1 l not rous dourea the spirit irle of per that dwells within the tha heart the forbidden fruit has baa a bloom seemingly possessed by no ne other anle as therefore law Is to be enforced it had better belter not toe be enunciated lulf wity prosecution cution Is simply persecution away with the gibbets it if no mail is to be hanged but law I 1 n a necessity it deters defees many a man from the commis commission of wrong even though it may not aftret bi hh heart if it insures tho the punishment a of if the wrongdoer so 0 o that he does no further wronie 9 or so thai others othera by the fear are arc restrained from like ilka evil deeds the community is the no gainer the community being of more importance than the individual by so no much as the whole Is greater than its parts tahe first practical use ot of law lan jj 1 its benefit to the community law la is not virsIl etive it seeks the punish clont of the offender aft buqo it Is 1 ilia child of innate jonato justice and justice la IS ever alert to bring au alf and at al created things up to its unswerving measures find and standards otan darla dards while sentimental views of lawbreaking anil and petting of thin ves anarchists and f arff are dW honoring to god and 44 i eh hl bt lat ot of the community they are also contrary to the best welfare wei fare TC ot of the lire sinner simmer himself punishment to toe be effective must punish otherwise it will never prohibit Alo borcover lor cover rover the nian marl who realizes that people are ra busy malting making his anine any aay less horrible looking than sl it really Is will lose im any sense of 0 penitence ahl which ch prompt anil and sufficient punitive measures would lie be likely to produce there seems to ibe be no doubt thab muM erera who hive have been cna enabled bled by weak sentimentality to lo put oft off their day of doom again and again been deluded into the e expectation it pac tation of escaping execution altogether the concern ot of such has centered itself upon the escape from punishment in tills this life rather thin ih in upon the preparation for eternity a preparation already too long lone Ifil ayed when sentimentality hag bas rione done its ti best and in rescuing tta its object front from death who will pay bay that it 11 liis as not been for the sinners neglect of ilia his opportunity tor for seeking and finding pardon and lle life eternal through h re Perit trice toward god and faith lit in our lord jesus christ for the triple ton ron aon that divine may hs he honored chat the community m liay efty be safeguarded and that hat t tho the kinli sinner er may inday know that sin bin is 18 ingul and thrift that it ithac lin isan evil and bitter thine to arfy law we must dismiss ivcak weak and maudlin sentimentality dwity go about the elie righteousness of 0 the law and ancl rive give to lo sin ot of every kaml its proper name tind and as far up as possible its due punishment new york observer grebby terian te rial |