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    tmnity LtojretafoigQttd foe ^ vilil U » d € r ; tke mfluene ^ of ^ feia pimciple , ^ vliJck& ^ mpitfesrijA iw » re «*> Me and . wore calculated to bring men , through the practice or it , nearer again to the Divin ^;^ e ^ fe ^ fci © ii »( evie ^\ pfl ^ n ^ ei ! w $ i $$ fiocliD ^ t ^ ae Arh ^ ibelbadr'Oflfendefti ^ i < i m society , which can in some cases Mic ^ si ^ i fedifis ^^ been directeel w % ja ^ i pBtf ^ no t m enemy , but a benefactor . If we obeyed die injun ^ triena : of Jesus ^ rist , wMek are in jOpen contrast to the retaliating

    epeforof the MoamG ^ ispen ^ afcion , we should , so far from repelling violence by * v&ateiiGCiranxk ^ on the contrary to make , in favo ^ vof tiiose who are uafortuoately offenders against the laws of God , andn ^ ainst huroan laA ¥ S » an additional sacrifice for the purpose of assisting them in obtaining the end of their existence on earth . If it were sufficiently kept in view that every human individual is born for the purpose of recovering himself , during his existence in this life , from a state of sin and rebellion against God , into which we have unfortunately fallen , we should be leas inclined to proceed against those who are more particularly distinguished by the baneful effects of that sinful state in the manner in which we do . We

    should make less light of violently removing a man from the scene of this life , and sending him off to eternity without having asked ourselves the ques-r tion , whether he has actually endea his course according to the Divine purpose : whether a prolonged existence might not , under the blessing of Divine rrovidence , and under the influence ctf love and kindness , lead him to a state vastly different from that in which we force him to quit this stage of existence .

    " The fault , however , rests not with capital punishment only : it rests with , the general mode of proceeding against all those who have violated existing ; laws . We never regard those immense monstrosities in the present state of society , by which many individuals are , from their very birth , placed under circumstances t ; he most unfavourable for their moral development—circumstances directly tending to nourish , even to luxuriant growth , every seed of evil in the heart , and to cut them off from every ; good influence , without considering howrtorvy is the responsibility which society has incurred ia this reare

    spee ^ Hie ^ jF inany vi * : tafis t hfere every day made to the ^ ehishness , the , luxupfj the ^ fthjtioa ; aui the avarice of those who rule over the earth . , ,. .... l * M lte ^ n % e witk seKerit ^ noli s oaly . UnchristiaJi i but even inhuman , those \? ha have / imadeiiieoeasy ^ nd , inr some instances , almost necessary , jferansitiQa from < the > utmost ) \ vretchednesa and destitution to criminiahty . . Tbe idea that every Uein ^ jborn in the bosom of society , has a ri ^ Jit as well-founded as that of his neighbQubs ^ to the enjoyment of fife ; the idea that the souls of the ,

    lowest bdJ ^ i ' are as valuable hi the si g ht of the Lord as the souls who hold the swords of juidoe -the idea that society Jias an imperative duty to * provide fot t \ it > m allntlie f in . eans of i acquainting themselves with their true position to their MAker- ^ all thk < never occurs to the minds of those who give and execute the dwil tod crnainal laws . To secure the right of property , to secure the possession of djuat to one . craature ecsDcluBiVely of another--tthis is the great end which , they purpose to * hemselves and for this end they neglect altogether to insvirey or evea' to rioiHler accessible 4 ; o Jbhd majority itf the : members of society , fiMv

    the » m ' e ^»^ fj atlon ^ andrLthe rJ ^ origin , and th « indestuiatiofe t / il w , ) w >) : u- v ) r > iJ jvnh \ id '> -un ' !«> *< i -i ¦ : ¦ ¦ . i ^ . l certKiiklpthijikrriiatv . in this i ^ pect > y > society ife asiUnchristiari , as pagan , atyjeveRdt'j cbo ^^ wbiohichdrftcterlzcdvtheJe > vi ^ li ) Ination / aml iiiiwhicli the criminal code of Moto wAs ® erJfec % indte iilajoeijAutiithato v ^ hicfal la supplied An the place of

    tyeooraqyira ^ feuot snpurer !) fon »| xif > moiistyylmi ma ^ htubpiAixpectecl , from the profession \ Vhich js made oikOtl ^ sidairit ]^ our social institutions ateV <^ the ^^^ tuid the pri / iciples of . » € lunSMm $ y Wvilkiotlevten ^ ddoide ' i su muclji > in four Christian stute&aa to prevent the j most'qruiil Veai ^ eajiccf ^ ding * ckero iB ^ d by the ruling ¦ "•¦ ¦ " ¦ . u-f ¦ f . i . mJ » > ? ijJ jA : v « . I <\ i (*) r -i . jr . uu * u ' ' ¦ . ., i ') illisf , j ( } ; . ; '¦

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1828, page 820, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2567/page/20/