Show CAPITAL rUNIMIULM The NEWS uCknowledg tile I receipt of a copy of a paper ty llnv Ir H E Wlabard lu which he record on tbo subject of capital puulibmaut Iran a Bible point of view The paper WIB road nt a meeting uf the ministerial niaoclatlou of this city bull by request sent to the dally papers O0lug to lack of space we call only refer to Its salient points here The object the paper la I stated to be to trace the history of divine enactments en-actments ojnccrultiic murder to ills oiTer If possible how Old fits dealt with the crime and ascertain what If anylnlluouce legislation abould have Japan the Initiation ol the Elate on this I I subject It points I out that In the world before the ROM the modern humane Ideas I wero teiteJ with the result I that Iniquity lucriostd and the Lard hail < to visit the human fatally with I destruction Tile announcement ot the death funnily for murder Dr Wlihard asserts was given 10 Nestle Gen 9 0 and title was a now dt parture better for Ibo world thou the previous condition Then tile law was roootoJ on Mount Horob Clod wrought lulj the permanent code of the moralaof Hta chosen people The death Penalty was lubaequenlly Incorporated In Ibi I Levlllcol coda of woieblp and mlba < lead et the entrance ol the people Into the t land of promise It yes when these laws were lsreIared mud life became 41chanplo that the I progress ol tbe nation was destroyed Many of the kings were niuMerert who polluted their thrones with blond until the nation broke dowotl Devil It cite 03 an Instance ot a blue txecut lngdvc uatlcu when clurglng Bolo moo not to let 1 Joauj hoary head go j down 10 IIw CrAVO III itsco rh I author lurtbbr tlontnde that the com i mutatlcn ot Uaatu ceutonaua la a violation i vio-lation of the I divine law and that I clam ucy encourajei crime I lie rtxt argues that the New Testament Testa-ment lion not abrogate thu law ol tbe Old and quoits the usual bcrlpturc ja > aagea In supper of Ito view The paper co oclud Q > low hon IN 0 as u nation aniner tho fearful statistical fart that during thn Leaven years there liavo btnnliiW hand video and only 7 J aoulloll1 A lawyer 1110 pleading lit court for a criminal I r nfflrmvd Mm tile purpoboof the law In I not tu piinisb tho Kiilhy I buttoprmc ttbelnnm n Io I IbtaatUrmatlon l IIUI proloun I olrniinn Daniel Whlr replied Moo Purpose of Ibo law is to protect lilt Innocent 11 puuiihliiB tile fullty So loug in the 1lom 01 Clod ndurestho < ronolLy watch lie hall Atinxill 10 thecrinillof tjiurdf r will bo Ilia ool ooorly for Iho afttyo the state Tluro oiii be no doubt tint n murderer mur-derer deserves to die Ho who take human life IB not lit to live Nor cm anyone acquainted with ficroJ writ doubt lhat the Alml Ighty In Van Mosaic dispensation cmpoworoJ thu ercutors of Ills laws Ills will to cut short the I earthly career of certain criminals The tuition of this In I perfectly 1 per-fectly eelevldont Tho facts CLIO very well oluclamtel In Ibo piper reviewed 1 It bo nmrtted however that every human society no matter what Its re lotion lo UoJ Is can claim the powers real prorDiatlvis of ancient Israel whwo lejlslttlve judiciary and aJ < 1 mlDltratlvii functions Were vestal ultimately In Jehovah tile RrtinJ taken uanttit Lu field The mlitako Is 1 similar lo that of a moJcru mlnlatir who bases Ins clJlm to being n I savant cf the t Lord on the dl I vivo conmiltsljn wino tu tbe ancient ApHtle and < 1 It gives the upponeutatheadvientagis ot avlDg all the I loglo on their aide Insomuch alit lilndl > iuablttliat a Rovernmenl de rlvlrg all Its Powers Irom lio governoa occupies a different position to tile Kovernmeuta ttnlillitjcj durln the patriarchal and Moaalo dispensation The reaaanlng Is luitjor weakened by tile fact filet n code patterned according ac-cording to Ibo anrlent low would re quire the death penalty alto for Idolatry for fortune telling or dl vluttlon for falsely clalmlu divine authority tat linage worship big rbtmy Bibbitli breaking curtlng or smiting parents and for theft of 1 men Tbeaame code that justly fixes a Utath penalty for m irJer and Incest includes 11I1 tile list ol capital t flenssj the crimes here utmucrnloJ fact that hardly can bo Ignore l lu a blblloil discussion ol tile subject The whole question should not be very Intricate The duty of Iho State la I to defend the life and property of Its citizen In tile moat effective way But It euvuU Le done with Impartiality and without thu legal Jugglery with justice that no often la exhibited criminal courts Onesided execution of law however severe cannot but rolllo Inertson 01 crime |