A Methodist View of the Present State of the World.
THE alarming increase of immorality and crime of every description, in all parts of the land, drew from the Detroit Annual Conference of the M. E. church held in the fall of 1866, the following resolutions: “Whereas, The late war has most disastrous influences upon the public morality, particularly in increasing intemperance, diminishing regard for law and the sense of the sanctity of human life, which are the foundations of social and personal security; and “Whereas, Crimes of every kind and murders of the most atrocious character are greatly on the increase; therefore, “Resolved, That it is the judgment of the Detroit Annual Conference of the M. E. church, that the only scriptural and reasonable safeguard against premeditated murder, is the capital punishment of the perpetrator.