Show A Womans Woman's Viewpoint on Capital Punishment Punishment- nt The following article artice is from that tha very beautiful u writer Mrs bars M. M W W. Cooley of Dragon About half haf of th the article is herewith presented The ba balance bal bal- ance will appear next week Editor of Record I lam nm am deeply interested in th the two articles on capital punish punish- men I from Morton Alexand Alexan ur r rand and WJ Jackson in in your issue of Feb 9 Unfortunately I missed miss missed ed the first article from Mr 1 Alexander and the one he replies replies replies re re- re- re plies to in this last arti Colonel Shanks but this issue above bo to cont contains ins enough to appeal to my interest interest interest inter inter- est in the subject I want to give a womans woman's view of the thc subject under discussion discussion discussion dis dis- which I wi wish h was vas more more vigorously handled and spread pread from one end of the globe Iobe t to the other and into every nook and cranny of this thiC good good- old ok L w world of ou ours r Mr 1 Jackson says in his article ar ar- article article to the thc article o of Mr Alexander This S article lt might ight pass without serious criticism but for the fact the writer appealed to the scriptures scriptures scriptures scrip scrip- tures in vindication of I his is position position positron po po- and then sought to belittle belittle be- be little ittle any state slate for the thein in infliction of capital punishment Then he be le goes to the scripture to strengthen his attitude in defense de de- fem ense e of his t theory eory Therefore I will fol follow ow the example b by backing my pinion opinion with scripture scripture scripture scrip scrip- ture and turn to the most wonderful wonderful won won- wonderful most just sermon ever delivered from temple ma made e with or without hau hands s that sermon so appropriately st styled led the diamond sermon Jesus Jesus' Sermon in the Mount In com- com the l Mosaic Decalogue Decalo gue he said Matthew Q 17 Think not that I am come nonce to destroy the law or th the prophets prophets prophets pro pro- I am not come to destroy destroy destroy de de- stroy but to fulfil Th Then n h he takes akes up certain of the commandments commandments com- com as for instance nce in inthe inthe the he to the verses Ye have lave heard hear that it was said by hy them hem of oI old time Thou Thon not kill But I say unto you then hen he tells that it is a crime to o he be angry From this we infer that he tried to show V the people that the real crime was not lot in the act ct committed butin but butin I in n th the pas passion ion indulged in iu that the he foundation inn of murder is in inthe the he thought and the a act of kill kill- in ng is a re result of the wrong thought bought Thou by hy no nom nom nor r m ani an come out thence from prior o-i o till thou has paid the theu uttermost u tt e r m In o 0 s t farthing Sin brings rings its own punishment Ini u the S seventh chapter verses erses 18 S and 19 h he says a corrupt tree ree brini th for forth h evil fruit and nd must be he l hewn down and cast ast into the fire There are arc such diversified of the Bible teach teach- ings That is why there are so many religious denomination If we take the Bible literally what a mess we make of life But Jesus told us to search the sc anti and that spiritual things must be spiritually dis dis- So my concept of that thatis is that we mu must t search for the thee e spiritual interpretation back of the printed word wordE So I read in that statement of cutting cutting- down t the corrupt pt tree that all wrong thoughts and hates er tends to evil en doing must be he hewn down and burned in the fi fires fi-es es of experience How Flow much would a farmer I gain by going over o his land with pruning r shears cutting off the weeds as the they appeared above ahoe e the ground That flint would be he foolish for he gains nothing I but hilt loss of til time lC Instead he goes toes with plow and plows deep and aad di digs s up the weeds root and branch and burns burns' them I witnessed an exceedingly exceedingly exceed exceed- inglr apt illustration of this several years ago in inan an eastern Sunday School The class of little tots had been discussing the subject of thought that day and were told to think of th the I heart as a garden an and ther the r. r J t- t f clean true thoughts as beautiful ful flowers and the naughty thoughts as u ugly ly weeds which wh ich if if allowed to grow row would crowd the the flowers and finally kill them then the garden was spoiled One little lad listened listen listen- ed eagerly nodding his head headin in appreciation of the idea When the class was dismissed the children rushed through the door and this little boy bumped humped into another bo boy and both immediately fi r e d pup up doubled their fists and a u fight was evident 1 13 But 3 u t suddenly this boy bo stopped and all the fi fight ht disappeared disappear d from his face and he quietly stepped aside a and let his bis opponent pass out b before fore him hina Looking jip tip he hes s saw w his teacher watching him and d his swe sweet swett t face lighted up ups as s he said toler with a sigh My Iy I pulled that bad weed Oll out t q quick nick I don t interpret Jesus Jesus' words as Mr 1 Jackson does when he said sai in his article The liThe very commandment he cites from the Great Grent Teacher rencher while on blue Galilee ee constitutes s the stat states state's 8 moral obligation to in inflict inflict inflict in- in the th death cleat h penalty for nits mur der How HOB can cnn one ore stud study the thes s sermons an and parables of our OUI Master laster Peacher and especially his lis Serm Sermon n in the Mo Mount 1 and get that idea from them Ho v can one find anything but mercy compassion and justice in inthe n the beatitudes th the I fail to find anything in all nIl the earthly teachings of Jesus J to prove that that that-he he endorsed ed in the slightest degree that old life for a life doctrine but on the contrary I do find everything ir ill n his teaching and living to prove prose that evil cannot be destroyed de de- de- de that tha t way why Moses was n a a pessimist l His I d' d dispensation was a disturbed era He lost his temper and literally smashed swashed t the h he e com- com a and n d eventually was vas not permitted to enter the promised land Jesus was an optimist H He believed that As liAs Asa Asi a i man think th in his heart heartso so sos is s he Vl When cen the crowd of Pharisees brought to h him in holy wrath a woman caught ht in n sin and demanded that he judge and condemn her did he heob ob obey y the demand No He quietly said Let ILet him who is without sin cast the first stone tone Not one of that crowd of f men even ren stooped to pick 0 u up a stone stone but the they slunk k way away from the awful silence nce that followed and aud then th that t glorious man won the womans woman's gr gratitude and love by jy simply saying Neither do doI doI I Iby I condemn thee go arid anti sin no nom m more more Isn't that brim full of I t lessons essons to us I call that t Ch Christian risti n tea tea Ii h rig ng His dispensation dispensation dis- dis t was living Christi in- in ity ty The Mosaic 1 dispensation n-I n was vas a life for a life I 1 prefer r to o agree from Jesus' Jesus standpoint standpoint stand- stand k point and not go 20 back to the dark ark ages es for a basis for my belief elief When his enemies were brutally murdering him he did didot not ot cry co out f for far r revenge he be only said aid Father forgive them they ley know not what they do How How- much uch has the world gained by killing murderers Has laa t that lr 11 a t c custom stow lessened lessene crime rime How much has hos the world gained by holding bolding to that worn out human law Jaw of a 6 alife a life ife for for fora a life Compassion mercy true justice cry out against it But many liany like W. W J. J Jackson would style com compassion compas- compas pasion pas pas- sion ion and mercy as a n tide of sentimentalism But I had much rather err on the side of compassion and mercy than to lend end my influence to the side sid pf f capital punishment liow Plow many have haye been condemned condemned con- con to d death ath upon circumstantial circum- circum evidence e And when too oo late their innocense has hns been leen proved 0 O I had rather be je the means weans of freeing one onehundred onehundred hundred murderers than to cause ause the death of one oue innocent person But our law makers still till sustain the thc hi hideous laws of f the dark ag ages s of an eye for foran foran forn an n eye a tooth for a tooth and anda a life for a n life C rd I r I |