Show DEATH PENALTY I FOR MURDERERS Rev Mr Bowerman Advocates Capital Punishment in All States STATUS OF THE CRIMINAL I- I I Flays Ju Jury ry System I in ii Sermon Upon the Wages of Bloody Crime For Tor tho the crimes of r murder antI and rape rapo I believe o that capital capitol punishment should be hc adopted by every state sal said l Jle MuIs S S. of or thin Fat East Sub Side Baptist church In thin tho course of or his evening o S sermon Imon yesterday The Tho pastor advanced his views from Crom tho ho standpoint of a 1 pr preacher anti and a citizen Bible mail and his history tor of the world and of oC day every lire lifo as authorities au au- an- an berRies He lie said that the American Jury 8 system stem for criminal cases was a n farce and that only onh through h the universal universal uni uni- versal enforcement of or the tho laws of oC Go God and anil man could tho the present alarming spread of or crime be stopp stopped d. d For the sentimental women who send flowers and letters to convicted murderers ho saul said he be held heM the utmost contempt Taking Tak ing as his text Whoso ma mans man's blood bloo by man shall his J blood ho bo shed Genesis Ovi Mr Ir Bowerman flowerman said Pint n l Purro un Plato has wen well defined the purpose of or punishment Everyone who ul undergoes undergoes under under- el goes punishment if that punishment be bo rl rightly inflicted either to he be niad madl better hetter thereby and profit by It it or 01 serve O as s an example to the rest of oC mankind that others other seeing tho the sufferings suf uC- uC he ho cn endures ur s may bo 10 brought by fear car to amendment of oC life All 11 of oC tho h. h older S systems of or religion ns as seen scon In the Egyptian Babylonian Zen I loran Koran oran deal with the question ques ques- tion tinn from rom this viewpoint Also the Grecian an and Roman Itoman law It Is at nt this basis ot of modern jurisprudence though to It ha hn has been a added dell the clement element of oC merc mercy not seen so o cl clearly in the olden ohlen time Tho The older ohler systems also made tho the penalties severer than thc they are arc made vado today an and lid dirt not hesitate to tomake tomake make capital certain offenses that we toda today oday treat differently There was a n. lime time in England when IGO ICO offenses of- of were punishable with death Atthe At Athe Atthe the he the present time there are arc four Cour In William imam Penns Penn's co code o for tor Pennsylvania Oln only treason and murder were capital Tho The colony colon of oC Massachusetts had twelve At the present time In Inho inthA inthe ho the various states state there are nine of- of tenses for each cacti state makes its own laws Jaws aws Four states have havo abolished capital cap- cap tat ital punishment It was vas also abel abol- shed in New York and Iowa 10 hut because be- be cause of oC the tho increase of crimes of or yb- yb ence lence lence It wits was restored In Tn dealing with he the the question of oC rl right ht or 01 wrong of this he tho great reat mass has always stood for forthe forthe the he the right light of oC the tho state to punish in the lie WR way that seems b best st st. 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J has has as much right Bright to to deprive o a m n oC or tt its own safety ns s it has to incarcerate ate him for life he Tho The question wIt with the state stale Is as to which will iv-ihl servo the best purpose o o nn and andere luCre ere of com course so o opinion will ivill differ Xo No Teaching hr hy Jesus gave e no teaching teaching- upon this point for He lie lid did not come to create a 1 L state stale hut to create character not noto notto notto to o build up h n system but to build up upa n a maii The Mosaic law dealt with the on one Jesus esus called attention to departures on the he part of the lie Jew J. from It It for Cor hint hint- self elf ho he dealt with the the- individual He lie Hene gave n e not law but ethics Moses dealt with Ith the state tc Jesus with the manNow manNow man Now considering c conditions as they are arc re there has be born been n a noticeable Increase increase In- In crease of oC crime in our count country In proportion to population we are arc told toll that hat there are seven se times as kS many murders In Chicago as In London that the fie United States Is about heading the list 1st The query at once will win come conic as asto asto to to 0 the tho causo of It Ve We c are told there are arc re nearly as man many l as cx- cx Tho average crag of oC mankind seems cems to believe e In a capital Punish Punish- meat ment for Cor treason murder and rape Statistics s scorn om to prove pro that when for Cor or the capital punishment Is there thera Is a n. heavy increase in these heso crimes Also when the law dalles dallies dal dal- lies les with reference crime Increases State vu H H. H CrIminal Now V 0 the state Is more more valuable that than tho the criminal so was the life lIfo of nr ho tho victim titan than the murderer or the honor I lonor nor of th tho woman than that tho the life of or orthe the he hue rapist These things aro are usually forgotten in the tHo sentimentality for tor tho the about to be criminal The greatest thing I iu In this world Is love ove but those who will not live livo under love Jove ove must come under tinder law and ond as ns it Is enforced Impartially on on lines Jines of strict justice tempered with mere merc mercy the thc safer for fn tho the state and for human nee and ind honor The Tho present jur jury s system Isn isa Is la 1 n failure Lawyers doctors teachers and ministers excepted and most er c every business man getting setting easily out of or it it Study the average Jur Jury Few indeed d are arc worthy the name In for For our criminal cases there should be 0 selected tho ho most honest Just and God fearing men In a community men meno o of years and of oC wisdom Tho They ld ilo lio nothing else Thc They should have clear CO for past years ears men inca able to r recognize co the right of the tho law In Inan an and also ilso be he absolutely fair to the hue accused In ln this wa we believe way vay we justice would be conserved and u 11 tho the criminally In Inclined In- In checked by the certain certain- knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of a sure punishment in accord with the circumstances of or tho the crime Mr 11 Bowerman th then their IT discussed the question In the light bIght of or its Itu relation to the south Clear and emphatic are the tho teachings of of- desua CHUH regarding sin punishment and destiny He go goes eM deeper than the state can go so and set set- tbs tb's tho the question upon the thc state of or as a as s soul ul tul as well as upon the deeds lone done In Inthe Inthe Inthe the bod hod Tho rho result of ot sin Is death Wilful refu refusal n to abide under the thc love and anel law JM of God results In 10 the final Unal and anil complete separation God holds hoWs before men the thc W ways S of ot II life Co and nd death deith Men choose from the h heart lt choice of oC sin ln then jhen must come cornu sins sin's doom and anti pun pun- 1 I |