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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
SATURDAY. DECEMBER 15, 190C
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CLEAR NOTE SOUNDED
BY ATLANTA PASTORS
FOR REIGA OF LA W
The following excerpt* from sermons
delivered by the ministers of Atlanta
are Riven to the public with tho hope
that the strong words spoken will help
to crystatlze a hearty and Immovable
public opinion against crime and all
forma of mob violence.
This Is one step taken by the minis
ter* in co-operation with the officers of
the Business Men’* Gospel Union, to
ward an effort to readjust the relations
of the race* at the South.
1 The Christian League, recently or
ganized In thla city with member* from
both race*, is now attempting to bring
order out of confusion and harmony out
of rilneord ami hate, through a wane,
Hound public opinion, to become domi
nant among all the people. The end
Hought I* concerted effort to Inspire in
all the people a greater respect for the
law.
There I* needed strong public senti
ment to hack up the Jaw upon the fol
lowing proposition*:
1. That criminal assault* upon wom
en 'constitute the most villainous crime
'known to the catalogue of inlquitleH
and must be punished to the very ex
tent of the law in the execution of the
criminal.
2. That death by mob violence 1*
inurdfr, outright, and can have no ex-
cu*e or countenance in Christian civili
sation or individual or community life.
It violate* the law of God and tho law
of man a* well.
3. That all law-abiding white people
and law-abiding negroes, a* far a* may
be needed, will aid the proper officers
of the law to apprehend and bring to
trial all offenders against the law,
whether Individuals or mobs, regardless
of race, with such proof to convict as
inay be within their knowledge and
control.
4. That It Is the duty of every citizen
to be absolutely obedient to law and to
maintain the peace of the community
ns far ns his power and Influence may
go.
r>. That in tho adjustment of all dif
ferences between the races absolute
Justice a* to all legal right* shall be
secured to euoh JndJviduaJ, Irrespective
of race or social condition.
6. That the press of the state may be
used to create. In every possible wny,
such public Nentlmcnt as will maintain
obedience to law.
7. That all the people may pronounce,
positively, against all undue delays by
the court*, whether in forms of the law
or through petty technicalities that
finally defeat the end of Justice, and
demand sucli changes in the law as will
make the penalties for violation swift,
certain and effective.
W. J. NORTHEN.
ence to law Is the highest moral and
social protection. Without law there
Is no safety or good government.
The law of Christ known ns “the
Golden Rule," is the true foundation
of all law. "Therefore, In all things,
whatsoever* ye would that men should
do to you, do ye even so to them.”
Rtv. W. ETfARMER,
Pastor Butler Street M. E. Church
(Colored.)
Prov. 3:1. No man can be a good
citizen who breaks the law of his coun
try. My friends, If you would have
peace to reign supremely, obey the
laws of your state and city. Law Is
God’s grent gift to man that they may
observe, obey and keep them. Bind
them about thine neck, write them
upon the table of thine heart. Htnnd
always In the sunlight so that the of
ficers of the law when they meet you
nmy know* that they are meeting their
friend and supporter who will help
them to execute the law. Let the
wrongdoer know you take no part with
him in his wickedness and sin. The
host way to observe these things and
bring about that* peace that passes all
understanding Is to be guided by the
Holy Spirit for Ho would teach you all
things well.
Separate yourselves from that class
of lawbreakers who bring shame and
disgrace upon the country and the state
and upon our race particularly. He
that doeth these things shall never be
moved.
Rev. A. C. Ward.
. Pastor Templs Baptist Church.
“Without law, what?” The object of
law Is to prevent crime and fix a Just
punishment U|n»n the evildoer.
Lawlessness Is the utter disregard of
the law's demand. A lawless human
being is the most dangerous of all
creature*. An outlaw must be sup
pressed or exterminated for the safety
of all other people.
Law must not he regarded as an
enemy. It is not made to curtail pleas
ure, but to prevent excesses or over
lndulgemioM which would bring ruin
upon the community.
The dignity of the law Is not In It
self, but In those who uphold It. An
unwritten law may be ns binding and
even more itutcnt than the written
law*.
A man’* standard -$if worth la meos- Uhrlst an ^ Bis advent for twen-
ured by his regard for the law. Obedi- ty centuries more God’s only Son and
REV. W. W. LANDRUM.
Pastor First Baptist Church.
“Order Is heaven's first law'.” Dis
order Is of tho devil. Civil government,
because order, has Its source In God.
All civil power, tho world around, Is
appointed and ordained by Him. Such
Is the apostolic teaching. “The pow
ers that be are ordained of God.” Any
government, therefore, Is preferable
to anarchy. Nero, the dlabollzed, was
emperor, bo It remembered, when Paul
wrote: “Let every soul be subject
unto the higher powers” or the civil
authorities thiijt are oyer hjm.
livery 1 officer of the government ac
cording to Christian doctrine, whether
legislative, executive or Judicial, Is
minister of God. His oath Is his or
dination. Not less than a Jewish rabbi
or a Roman ruler of men. Failure to
know and act In accordance with this
fact makes the civil officer a traitor
ullke to his country and to his God.
citizens who resist legally constitut
ed authority, by taking tho law into
their own hnnds, resist the ordinance
of God. Whatever tno form of gov
ernment, whntevcr the designation of
tho ruler, from bailiff to governor or
from sheriff to president, whatever the
rank of the administrator of law, civil
authority must be recognized as of di
vine origin and right. A bad citizen
cannot be a good Christian. A good
Christian cannot be a bad citizen. In
his eyes lynching Is always murder and
mob violence the breaking loose of hell
on earth.
REV. R.^oT FLINN,
Pastor North Avtnut Prasbytorian
Church.
Rom. 3:24-26. In his Introductory
remarks Mr. Fllnn showed how for
twenty centuries, by means of sacrlfl-
lal tires, God kept before the race the
majesty of the moral law; then came
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Instruction in Depart
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Students received .-it
any time when there is
room, and there will he a
few vacancies when exer
cises arc resumed on the
2nd of January, also when
the spring term opens on
the 1st of February.
Those desiring to at
tend during the present
school year, should re
serve at once.
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God’s only perfect Man, dying a sacri
ficial death, has been a sufficient re
minder to the race of the Inexoruble
necessity of obedience to law. Even
God Himself, when carrying out His
sovereign will to redeem the race, pro
ceeded In such a way as to comply
with the eternal laws of Justice, though
the crucifixion of His Bon was the cost
of this requirement. Therefore, It was
shown that by nature and necessity
w;e are under law; no matter how good
and desirable that thing we would ac
complish may be, as Is manifested by
the divine example, we can only be just
and Justifiable when we proceed ac
cording to law. The point especially
dwelt upon was the necessity of main,
mining and obeying the law of the
land. God’s law requires obedience to
civil law. Reason and experience both
alike uttest this necessity. Man is by
nature selfish, and It Is only by a great
struggle that the noblest specimens of
the race control these Individualistic
impulses ond become altruistic and
philanthropic. Through the high or
ganization of our modern civilization
It has come to pass that all are de
pendant on each, and each on all. In
order for the Individual to attain his
highest good and enjoy his greatest
liberty, he must consent to have his
personal liberty restricted and to have
his personal good modified In order to
the greater liberty and the greator good
of the whole, by whose liberty and by
whose good nlnne he can he assured
of freedom and blessedness. There
fore, If men would dwell together they
must agree, and this agreement Is
called law. If there be those who can
not or will not obey the law, they
must emigrate or be forced to comply—
this must bo done for their own good
well oa for tho good of the commu
nity.
The penalty attached to law-break
ing and the manner of the admlnlstra.
tlon of this penalty must be of such a
nature ns that even the criminal hlm-
Helf shall recognize that this penalty Is
not Inflicted, but entailed; that It rep
resents not the spite of his enemies,
but the solemn and necessary conse
quence of his own wrong doing. He
should bo made to feel that he has
earned what he received; that he has a
right to It, and that It would be unfair
for him not to receive It, because It is
Ills due. Thus the penalty should be
neither too large nor too light, lest it
fall to satisfy the sense of justice in
both the offended nnd the offender and
thus mnke the law contemptible. Cer
tainty of punishment, rather than se
verity of punishment, will best avail.
Any administration of punishment
which Is of such a nature os to ob
scure the senso of justice Is wrong
and tends to lawlessness; hence mob
law Is no law. but against law and con
ducive to crime. Justice Impartially
administered, whose sentence Is Inex
orably executed, while a compassion Is
manifested for the offender, will inako
law majestic, and when law Is seen In
Its majesty it will be recognised and
revered.
REV. aTE. DAY.
Pastor St. Pauls Episcopal Church, Col
orad.
Prov. 28:4. Law Is the foundation
of all government and the stability of
all government, whether ho'me, society,
state or church, depends entirely upon
the enforcement And the keeping of the
law. Home becomes the house of hell,
society becomes a hotbed of Immoral
ity. the state a tottering wall, the
church a house of “merchandise,’’ when
the laws are not obeyod.
Thero must be some rule to govern
and direct rational creatures In their
moral nnd religious actions. Without
such rules, which we call the law, gov
ernment becomes a bubble soon to
burst und shrink Into nothingness.
The Bible gives us the assurance
Ihnt civil ruler* are God’s ministers
for good, hence the prayer often as
cends for the president of the United
Btutes. the governor of this state and
all others in authority. The Christian
duty on this wise becomes twofold, his
allegiance Is bound to the church and
to the state, a citizen of a spiritual and
temporal kingdom.
“Submit yourselves to every ordi
nance of man for the Lord’s sake,” Is
the Christian law. On this wise the
obligations of the lower citizenship
becomes Just as binding os the obli
gation of the higher. The state com
pels men to obey the laws and hangs
over them a penalty which must of
necessity cause fear. The church
stretches out her tender arms of love
which we know Ig the fulfilling of the
luw.
The state cannot afford to. allow men
to come to Its support and help to pun
ish the guilty and to proteet the Inno
cent. The good citizen Is the man oho
obeys the law.
Today in this great Southland we are
threatened with peril and danger be
cause men will not^obey the law. When
citizens of every class co-operate in
bringing criminals to Justice, whether
they be the rapist or the murderer, the
thief • r any others, who commit law
less acts, truth and Justice, religion
and piety will be established among
us for all generations.
REV. R. L. MOTLEY.
Pastor Central Baptist Church.
In order to arrive at a due apprecia
tion of law one imwt view It largely j
from a Scriptural standpoint, “for there
is no power but of God. the powers
‘that be are ordained of God.” Many
do not reverence the law because they,
have contempt for it* administrators, j
In thla they fail to,distinguish between j
the persons that are in pow»w and the \
place of power-Itself.
Let It be remembered that officials!
do not represent themselves, but the
places of power which they fill.
Some laws .may not t*» righteous, but
until they cah be repealed, every loyal
citizen must abide by them; other
wise. each man becomes a law unto
himself and .anarchy ncc***artly fol
lows. The violation **f a bad law tiers
not remedy that law Mob violence,
while giving temporary satisfaction,
never correct* a crime which it seeks
to avenge, and it leaves In Its wake
less res|»ect for law and order and
many a painful regret. If laws are
unjust, bv the exercise .»f our Qod-
glven suffrage, let us call men to office
•\li.t ulll repeal them and give u*
wboles*• me taws instead. If the admin-
COLLEGE PREPARATORY.
For
Donald Fraser School
DECATUR. GEORGIA.
MID WINTER TERM BEGIN3 JANUARY S, 1907.
FOR CATALOGUE WRITE G. HOLMAN GARDNER, PRINCIPAL.
Istratora of law are unfaithful thla,
too, may be corrected by selecting as
their successors men who will be true
to their oath of office.
Every good cltlxen should vote and
encourage good men to offer themselves
for nomination of civil trust and re
sponsibility. The whole matter of law
creation and -law observance should
be .a subject of prayer. My ballot
should be as sacred to me as my Bible.
REV. J.”b7"EPTON,
Paetor St. Paul A. M. E. Church.
(Colored.)
Jas. 1:25. We are called upon today
to preach on law and order and I re
gard It as coming from Qod. I must,
therefore, give It my best thought and
consideration. It Is your duty to pray
erfully consider It with me under the
following heads:
1. The civil law. 2. The moral law.
3. Perfect law.
Law Is said to be a rule of action: a
precept; a command, coming from a
superior authority which an Inferior Is
bound to obey. This superiority may
consist In office nnd not from an In
tellectual or moral standpoint. Wheth
er from one or all, we are required to
obey the law. This Is God's way to
govern His rational creatures. This Is
what we call the moral government of
the world.
It matters not how we are situated In
life, we And ourselves under the con
trol of rules, emanating from an au
thority to which we are compelled to
yield obedience. The negro, like all
other human beings, should ask only
equity before the law.
We are asked to help run down per
petrators of crime In our race. When
we are clothed with proper authority,
and those we help capture are guaran
teed a fair and Impartial trial before
the law, certainly we will do so. The
wicked element In our race cannot be
upheld. The obedience to social and
religious regulations and to conven
tional rules and to law, not as a race,
but ns American citizens, not from fear
of punishment, but from the fear of
God.
We deplore all crimes. Rape Is
crime of the worst sort, but lynching
Is Just ns bad. The better class of
white ond colored are looking forward
to the abolishment of crime and are
praying for peace and harmony t<
reign In this city, hence they are or
ganlzlng to this end.
The gospel of Jesus Christ possesses
the properties of law. It Imposes ob
ligations upon us. It Is the law of
liberty. It Is perfect because Its Author
Is perfect. It Is perfect because tt frees
Indeed. Let us as a race rise t« the
perfect law.
REV. J. B. FICKLEN.
Paster Inman Park Prssbytsrian
Church.
Probably the most marked charac
teristic of the English people which
would Impress a casual observer on
the streets of London Is their pro
found respect for the law and those
In authority. The policeman on the
street by the lifting of his Unger Is
able to exercise absolute control over
the ever flowing tide of people. That
trait of character Is largely the secret
of the success which England has
achieved In the past. Take a single
illustration.
In 16SS, there was a revolution In
England which was deep and radical.
The tyranny of the Stuarts was over
thrown. And parliament waa made su
preme. James II left the kingdom un
der the shadow of darkness. William
ond Mary were given the throne which
he had vacated. That revolution took
place without the losa of a single life,
without the shedding of a drop of
blood, or even the firing of a gun or
the drawing of a sword. In fact the
change took place so quietly and so
gently that many people living in that
day did not realize what had happen
ed until It wop a thing of the past. In
Prance, about one hundred years later,
a revolution of the same kind, If wc
look at Its purpose and Its results, took
place. But what a difference In the
manner and expression of the two rev
olutions. In France the bastlle was
stormed. The king was personally at
tacked and imprisoned by the people.
The guillotine was put Into operation.
The rivers of France were made to run
red with the blood of her best citizens.
What did France gain which England
had not gained a hundred years be
fore? Nothing. But on the other hand
she lost a great deal which England did
not lose.
It Is true that the American people
have some very serious problems to
solve In the near future. The same Is
especially true of the people of our
Southland. And I have the highest
confidence In the ability of our people
to settle these problems. But we will
only do so by honoring the law and
showing respect for the powers thnt
be. Should we undertake the solution
of the problem by any other method,
we will only postpone for many years
the end after .which we are seeking.
We will lose much and gain nothing.
Let the law be honored.
ROMEO AND JULIET
IN MODERN LIFE
GRAND
FIVE PERFORMANCES,
beginning with matinee today.
THE BEN GREET PLAYERS
MATINEE TODAY, TONIGHT, MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MAT.
EVERYMAN,
The XV Century Morality Play as Given by this Company Three Month,
in London and ZOO Times in New York
Tuesday Night, “THE MERCHANT OF VENICE."
Acted In the Elizabethan manner.
Night, 25c to 51,50; Matinee, 25c to $1.00. Matinee Tuesday at 3 p. m.
WEDNESDAY'AND THUR3DAY, DECEMBER 19-20—MATINEE THURS-
The Drury Lene Theater Ballet, Spectacle, Mueioal, THE 8LEEPING
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
FASCINATING IN ITS WIT AND HUMOR, MU8IC AND DASH.
A VISION OF LOVELINE88, GEORGEOUSLY MOUNTED.
BRILLIANT ELECTRICAL EFFECT8.
NUMEROU8 SPECIALTIES.
60—PEOPLE IN GRAND ENSEMBLES—60.
Night, 2So to $1.50; Matinee, 25o to $1.00. 8alo Monday.
Friday and Saturday and Sat. Matinee, Dec. 28.29
MESSRS. MARTIN & EMERY’S
Majestic Presentation of the Great Mj’stic Festival
Drama
PARSIFAL
The Most Imposing Production Ever Sent on Tour.
Philadelphia. Dec. 15.—In his speech de
fending Max Hotter, who Is on trial for the
murder of bis sweetheart, Annie Morgollei,
former Judge Maxwell Stevenson said that
the tragedy was s real life production of
"Borneo and Juliet," except that the lover
did not aneceed la dying.
He declared that when the Hei’e
euts objected to the marrlege,
WITH COACH BURNING
TRAIN RUNS TO STATION.
Speelal to The Georgian.
Camilla, Ga., Dec. 15.—The south
bound Atlantic Coast Line passenger
train yesterday evening pulled Into this
place with the negro roach burning
Thla car was set on fire by the explod
ing of a lamp several miles from town.
The coach for white people was left
up the railroad until after the local Are
department had extinguished the
flames. No one was Injured.
NEXT WEEK.
Matlnsss Tuesday, Thursdsy and Sat-
urday.
Sweely, Shipman A Co., Present
ANNA DAY
And Criterion Theater, New York, Company In Charles Majors’ and Paul Ke«.
tsr’s Romanes of Chivalry
WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER
GREAT CA8T OF 25 PEOPLE INCLUDES ALFRED SWENSEN. AS
BRANDON, AND OGDEN STEVENS, AS HENRY VIII.
Complete Seonio Environments for Five Aots.
SIN-YEAR TERM
FOR KILL! A MAN
Wilt Smith, colored, charged with
the murder of Henry Williams, was
found guilty of voluntary manslaugh
ter In the criminal branch of Fulton
superior court Friday afternoon and
sentenced to seven years In the peni
tentiary.
Claude Rowe, white. Is on trial Fri
day afternoon on the charge of biga
my. On August 22 tost Rowe married
Callle Thompson, when, It Is said, hs
had one wife, Mary Jcnklna, already.
A peculiar feature of the caae Is that
Rowe claims that he contracted hls
last marriage on the advice of hls
attorneys. It was sst up that his first
wife had a living husband when she
married Rowe.
TALKING MACHINE and
EDISON PHONOGRAPH
= OUTFITS ==
$12.10
And Upward.
EASY TERMS
Phillips & Crew Co.
37-39 Peachtree St.
HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS
VIA GEORGIA RAIL
ROAD.
On account of Christmas holidays,
tickets will be sold at all points south
of the Ohio and Potomac and east of
the Mississippi river, Bt. Louis, Mo„
Included, ut rate of one and one-third
first-class fare, plus 25 cents, for the
round trip.
Tickets on sale at all stations De
cember 20 to 25. SO, 31 and January I,
Anal limit Januury 7, 1907.
For further Information apply to any
ticket agent, or . /
A. G. JACKSON, C. C. M'MILLIN,
G. P.A. A. G. P. A.
Augusta, Gt.
Davis to Build Church.
Cumberland, Md., Dec. 15.—Former
Senator Henry Gassauny Davis, of El
kins. Is to build a Presbyterian chur.li
to cost, about 533,000, at the new town
of Gassaway. West Virginia, on the
coal and coke mllroad which he owns.
MiRAND
Five Ptrformancti, Beginning Satur
day Matlnss.
BEN GREET PLAYERS.
Saturday Matinee and Night, aln
Monday Night and Tuesday -Matinee.
"EVERYMAN.”
Tuesday Night, December 15.
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
Acted in the Elizabethan Manner.
Night, 25o to $1.50. Matinee 25c to
1.00. Sale now on.
"<r BIJOU
Matinee Today—Tonight.
CHARLE8 E. BLANEY OFFERS
HOWARD HALL
In Hit Great Success,
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BALDWIN-MELVILLE STOCK CO.
TIIHRS., FRIDAY AND SAT. NI0> It&
rniDAY-SATURDAY MATINEEf
"WOMAN AGAINST WOMAN
Night prices 10,
Matinee prices 1**
NEXT WEEK:
“TEN NIGHTS IN
A BARROOM’
THE START
Old Clothes steamed clean
ed by Tom Weaver.
SPECIAL TRAINS DUR
ING HOLIDAYS BE-
TWEEN ATLANTA
AND ALBANY VIA
CENTRAL OF GEOR
GIA RAILWAY.
Effective first train leaving \ti. r ,„
5:45 a. in. an.l first tialn I«vln* ad i „ Christmas For Poor Childr.n.
bany 2 l». m.. December 13. an*! dal 1 v •’******* to The
to and including December 23, for the ° a » 15.—Rome i* '
Accommmlattovt of Uolidav travel. 1 Ins extend the glad hand «»f
Kor detailed Information apply ir> to Santa Claus. The Elks ar»* I •
your nearest ricket wmi. or Ing to give a 51,000 “blow out" <■
» 1 " f "hi Renta on fhrtstmas da> - •
District Passing,r AgenL benefit ut the childnn.
WEEK OF DECEMBER 10.
Sensational Drama in Three Acts
“A DESPERATE GAME "
New Moving Pictures
Matinees Monday, Wedn.rdof-
Thursday and Saturday at 2: 3U. K' ,rT
night at t;lt.