Show CUITI 11UNIbI131MIr The Nova acknowledges tha receipt i of a copy of a paper by llev Dr H E WI bard In which he treat ou Ibo subject of capital punlihuiant Irtm a Bible point ol view The paper was read nt a meeting ut the ministerial association of this city and by riquest sent to the dally papers Olug to lack of space wo can only refer to Its Macllerit salient points here The object ot the paper Is slated to be to trace the history of divine on talents cJDcornlOIl murdor 10 ills orrer If possible bow Ud has dealt with the crime and aicsrtaln what If I auylnllueuce legislation should have I upon the leglilallou ol the talon tal-on this subject 111 points out that In the world before the flood the modern humane Ideas were testeJ with tile result that Iniquity Increased and the Lord had to viol Ibo human totally with destruction The announcement 01 Ibo death Funnily for murder Dr XVlibard asssrls was given to Nosh Gen 0 1 G and this was a new Ut parlure butter for the world than the previous condition Then t tie law wo rooactod 00 Mount Herb aDd wrought It lulj the permanent code of the mornlsof Hlo elision people The death perally was lubsequeutly Incorporated In the Levllical coda 01 worship and eruphui sized at the entrance of the people Into t lit land of promise It was when Iboo Jaw wore illsregnruaj and life bee me Cheap that the progress of the nation was destroyed Many of the kluge were murlroro who polluted their thrones with blooduntU the nation broke down DtvlJ It tiled Ira an Instance ol a king exeoul Ing illTlm I Justice when chaining Balo mon not tm Ut Joabd hoarj had 50 down to tbo trivo In linces The author further font Bis that the commutation com-mutation of death pentjncej is a violation vio-lation of the divine law and that clemency encoutajoi crime lie nextarguu that Ibe I Now Tojtu mol does not abrogate the law ol Ibe Old and quotes the ubuil bcrlpturo pasages in support of this view The paper costelades How tlmll we it a nation nnwer the rrul btalititcal fact that doring tile 1IvolI year i there Ivo bet11474lo need cities and only ll exucutlun A lawyer onto pleading In court for a erinilua affirmed hat the PUIOO or the law Is not punish Ilio guilty but to pmet ho Junticow11 in IblsatUrmatlon 1 tU prolouu t mati MHU Daniel Wabfeter riplird Hie purpaaa of the law Is to protect tin innocent by jiunliblue the icullty tio lone tut Ibo Wisdom 01 God ndllrho Penalty which lie 114 nOll to tilt IImo of mllrlo III bo Ibe bust security for the safety Ibo slate Tbtro die be no doubt tint n murderer mur-derer deecrves to die Is who take human life Is not lit t to live Nor can anyone acquainted with tiered writ doubt that the Almighty In I the Mosslo dispensation cmpjworel Ihu ticutors of His lawji Uls will to cut short the earthly career of certain criminals Tho justice of this U I per leclly eeltvldent The facts are very elucliiatol In the limper reviewed I It be ctsirteil however Ibnl every human loolety no mailer what Its relation re-lation to Gel Is l can claim the powers nuj prerogatives of ancient Iirael I whole leildatlvf Judiciary and III nilnhtratlvo functions were vesteJ I ulllmatoly In JibovaU tile ground taken cannot bu held Tbe mistake li similar lo that of a moJeru minister who base his claim to being a sirvaut of the Lord on the Ul vlna commsslon given to the ancient ApMlle naJ It Lives the opponents the advtntage of having all the logic ou their side Inasmuch Mil h Indisputable that a government tie living all Its flowers from tire governed I occupies a ulflertint position to tbe governments ctablhtiej during the i patriarchal and Mosaln dispensation Tin isonlng It I uitjer weakened by thu locI that a cod patterned ac cordlnzto the ancient law woull require re-quire tile death penalty also for Idolatry for fortune tolling or dl vluntlon for falsely claiming divine authority for Imige worship blot phimy Bibbitli breaking cutting or ralllne parents and for theft uf menThe men-The same code that justly fixes a utatb penalty for BE Rater sea Incest Includes In the list of capital cllens tbo crimes her a eounierntoJ fact that hardly can be juorej In a blbllci discussion el tbu subject the whole question nbould not be very Intricate The duty of tile State is I ta defend the life and properly of Us citizens In the most effective way Hut It ehtuld te done with Impartiality aDd without the legal Jugglery with justice that tie often Is exhibited In criminal courts Oncilded execution of law however severe oauuat but rerll In Increase nf crime |