On Prison Legislation and Penal Legislation

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874. Excerpt: ... ON PRISON DISCIPLINE - AND PENAL LEGISLATION With Special Reference to the State of Tennessee. BY J. BERRIEN LINDSLEY, M.D., D.D., NASHVILLE, TENN. I was in prison, and ye came unto me. For he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good. when Luther, about three and a half centuries before our day, rescued the Bible from the fetters of the cloister and of an unspoken language, and boldly brought the deep questions of philosophy and theology to the tribunal of the intelligent masses of a central and dominating European nation, he became, perhaps unwittingly, the forerunner of the great democratic movement which characterizes the modern era, and also of the humanitarian idea which, in so many channels, has found course and fertility within the current century. When all the people have the Bible, all the people may become intelligent. An intelligent people is capable of self-government. Hence, democracy. As the multitude of individual Christians study, in his own works and words, the character of Christ, the more conspicuous and the more impressive becomes the singularly man-loving nature of his earthly career. He who descended from heaven, that he might redeem man from the penalty of sin, went about doing good, and was constantly employed in alleviating the ills to which flesh is heir, because of the transgression of the law. All modern philan Reprintecby request of the Robertson Association, from the Theological Medium, a Cumberland Presbyterian Quarterly, for July, 1874. The Association being in nowise responsible for individual opinions. 1 thropy really springs out of the spirit described in, and fostered by, his account--clear, simple, and sublime--of the final judgment: When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy ang...