Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-31

earth even unto the other end IT tho
earth; thou shalt not consent unto him,
nor hearkcn unto him;neithor shall thine
eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare,
neither shalt thou conceal hint Hut thou
shalt surely kill him; thinc hand shall be
first upon him To put him to death, AMI
Afterwards tho hand OF all the people.
And thou shalt stone him with stones
I'll he de-" bout. XIII: 0--i0.
II a city apostatizsi and went after
other gods, the city was 10 be des-
troyed, the inhabitants slain aud all
the property burnt with fire.
"ff thou shal, hear sly In Quo Of thy
cities that cerlAin
men. the children Of Belal. are gone
out from among you. and have
withdrawn tho Inhabitants Of their
city, saying, lie, Us 10 and serve
othor yods thou shalt surely
smiic the Inhabitants Of tina. city with
the edge Of the sword, destroying u utter
~. aud all that is therein, aud the cattle
thereof, with the edge of the sworL Ana
thou shalt gather all the spoil thereof Into
the midst OF tho street and shalt burn
with hrc the city and oil the -poil."--
Deut xiiii 1910.
Tho practice Of wltchcraft, divlna'
lions and similar mystic arts was a
criminal act, since person In the ca.
orclso thereof either In reality stood
under dcmoniacai Influence or,with the
intent TO deceive, pretended TO have
Supernatural powers ut his command.
This basis Of this law was that persons
OF this cla,s usurped divine preroga.
tiyes In atiemptlngto perform miracles
without being commissioned TO DO No
by Him TO whom alone belongs au-
thority a. well as glory aud dominion.
They were therefore to be- stoned to
death.
"rhou shalt not suffer a witch TO i've"
Tx. xii, ~ "a man also ora woman
that hath familiar spirit, or tina, Is a
wizard, shall surely be put 10 deaths they
shall stone them with stones; their blood
shall be upon them." Low. xx, %.
A special provision relates TO false
prophets. They were 10 bc put TO death.
but how Is not specified. Probably
tie judges were 10 determine this In
each case. The law l.:
"The prophc, which shall presume TO
speak a word In my name, which have
not commanded him 10 speak, or that
shall speak In tho name Of other gods,
even tina. prophet shall die" Doui. xviii.
20.
False prophets should be put 10 death
even II they could give signs and per.
form wonders. And they were to he
tested by their doctrines.
"ifthorc arise among you n prophet, OF
u dreamer Of dreams, and glvcih thee q
sign or wonder, aud tho sign or the
wonder como 10 pass, whereof
no speak unto thee, saying, I.o,
us go amer other gods, which
thou hast not known, aud lot Us scrye
themi thou sbslt not hcarkcn unto IN,
words OF that poophct or that dreamer oi
drcamSi f"rfhe Lord your GOD provc'h
YOU to Know whether 20 love the Lord
your God with all your heart and with
all your soul and
that prophci or that dreamer OF dreams
shall be put To death" Dcut Kill; Id
Uring the name oftheDelty except fol
purposes Of the most rcycrentlal worship
was considered blasphemy, aud III,
punishment Of this ofirnse was death
by stoning. An Instance Of this 4
given IN the following narrative:
"a son Of an Israclltlsh woman, whose
father was M Egyptian. went out among
tho children Of Israel, aud this son OF II,