The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-02


distract the aim Of the hunter or the
course Of the ball--both perhaps, that
they could not shoot and hit deer or
other animal, yet could hit mark with
the same precision as they could before
the spelling was laid. | believe it be.
cause have the evidence from hundreds
of truthful hunters with myself be-
lieve it because witchcraft in all its va
ried forms has been handed down to us
] through all ages by legend, by tradition
and by history both sacred aud profane.
If we believe history, there never was
a nation, kingdom or country but has
been infested by witches, and in all cases
required resort to capital punishment
to relieve country from such terrOrs.
The great King Saul, the first king of
Israel, at one time took the most dread
full measures u rid his country of
witches necromancers, fortune telers
and those having familiar or demon spir.
its, by having them all put to death un-
til he believed there was not one remain
ing in his kingdom. But he was soon to
repent this decree, for when he was aban-
doned of God he was forced to seek out
the Witch of Endor for consultation.
Now while Saul was good man God in
structed him through his prophets, but
when he chose evil he was forced to 90
to witch or the devil for advice.
Josephus tells us that he saw one Flea
Ear releasing people of demons in The
presence of Vespasian, the Roman en-
peror. He further says that those de-
mons are no other than the spirits of the
wicked that enter into men who are still
alive, etc.
/ need only refer to the New Testa-
ment writers as proof of the elements
of witchcraft that are taught in it. All
readers of the New Testament are too
well acquainted with this part of it to
need quotations.
Now we all very well remember that
in the early history of America, particu-
larly in the New England states, that
witches became so intolerable that the |
most rigid laws had to be enacted and
executed to suppress them. The death
penalty was inflicted in the severest man.
ner possible, for this was the only means
of Kidding the country of such monsters
of wickedness Then after the country
had been freed from these pestilential
fiends and another generation had grown
up the men who enacted those laws and
executed them were denounced as super
stitious barbarians and murderers
There is one thing certain that ever
since the devil has been turned loose all
the avenues to wickedness have been
opened up and the devil reigns supreme
over every species of crime, and makes
of his advocates and directs just what
part he intends them to perform. And
it is just as easy for the devil to make a
witch as it it to make an 'antichrist,
or n drunkard. 1t is just as
easy for the devil to make gun speller
as it is to make lie swearer. 1t is Just
as easy for the devil to possess a man
with familiar spirit or demon as it is
to make thief. 1t is just rs easy for
he devil to make sorcerer as it is to
make mizer.
Owing to the crowded condition of the
of THE HAZEL GREEN HERALD
an compelled to close my narration after
my sincere thanks to the editor of the ,
best paper published in America outside
IF the large cities. am,
Very Respectfully,
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