A. H. Tuttle, The Living Word (Cincinnati: Jennings and Pye; New York: Eaton and Mains, 1904), sermon IV, “The Blessedness of Pardon” (Ps. 32:1–2), p. 77

Suppose our governor, impelled by mighty love, should pardon all the criminals in our State. It would jar the machinery of government, and endanger the very foundations of society. But God’s law has no defects. Its decis…