1865 SAMUEL T. SPEAR. The Punishment for Treason. God Commands Capital Punishment for Traitors. Manuscript Illustrated by Tony Johannot

Illustrated by Tony Johannot

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formerly a Judge at Patna

1865 SAMUEL T. SPEAR. The Punishment for Treason. God Commands Capital Punishment for Traitors. Manuscript Illustrated by Tony JohannotA fascinating sermon by Samuel Thayer Spear, preached just 9 days after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, in which Spear argues that, while the Church is a Gospel community, the Government is a justice community, divinely ordered by God to punish wrongdoers. He urges in no uncertain terms that a Government of Christians would demand capital punishment be imposed no just on Lee and Davis, but on a whole host of leaders and perpetrators in