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SearchNon-Judgment with a Criminal - There is a Higher Court
'To the condemned criminal he said at the last hour: "My brother, you have fallen on evil
times. You lost your way; you became entangled in the meshes of crime. From talking to you, I
well know you did not plan to do the thing which is about to cost you your temporal life. But you
did do this evil, and your fellows have adjudged you guilty; they have determined that you shall
die. You or I may not deny the state this right of self-defense in the manner of its own choosing.
There seems to be no way of humanly escaping the penalty of your wrongdoing. Your fellows
must judge you by what you did, but there is a Judge to whom you may appeal for forgiveness,
and who will judge you by your real motives and better intentions. You need not fear to meet the
judgment of God if your repentance is genuine and your faith sincere. The fact that your error
carries with it the death penalty imposed by man does not prejudice the chance of your soul to
obtain justice and enjoy mercy before the heavenly courts."