| Show Ill 1111 1 A crt rt litO 0 reproduced from dhe he Ira Era nu an article from r pie ien of President F I Smith tho Ilia folly tolly t f In witchcraft Lt rl with another fro poPer POI on fl the thO sunt subject In tim tho Ju JI I Instructor or of September l 11 It g M CiCar forcible and thit wo we copy It In Ita entirety nd It to tho careful careM atten alten Uon ot t all LII Who ho have havo been led jo any upon tho lon modern of wizards rl nisi other pro esse or DC the lb Rrt It Iq aho for ruri forG i G I us loll OW Tho for Cor these words of It t anI nd counNe to the will ap apTt Tt o r from the extraCt irom r m a letter of one ot of tile tho StOke pr pre A tInted August August 0 D 12 r In the or of stake there thero t Ives a iter who Ian has teen been confined to ier bed lii sickness for tor nearly six t d her father fAUler who hi 11 a end very cr mon In that corn persuaded ded to believe that I t daughter Willi ami the tho ot friends In a 8 n and Salt Lake n a wo we weI I In Salt Bait ake City ho rim that his aughter wn wa ruid nd to describe the tho ho tiLe the iichI upon Ullon tier her t hie d to NOet Y With that of oC 1 a brother anil lisier In the ward both of at whom I the bent or of Church In that community r Roomed to doubt tho thi Mate of at tho thi woman ami In order to him Nbc lopos d to t lio him their faces cc In h or orvee vee Which h be hid with the tho to Jo Jl sired result Ito vall nTH on home mailers mattero In Ine e to hla am frIends nod the ho until now fhe hio ward 18 I greatly and ancl the tte tory Is bi being told anti to somo noine ox tent believed In other wards In this tak ns n well oB CIS In The of this ct c the ilie have II a com coin hl taint in the Bishops court the tho theather ather or of the sick lod lady I made mallo a visit heard tim tho matter tully fully and oil nil parties concerned believing In Huch n a aloe theory 18 that no liS witchcraft but the tho to hare suell Buell upon many that It appears to root it out and lady Indy came camo from Crom the tho same wart o 0 me about her who hall hn eon for Cor about a 11 year and too the tell her ho Is t bewitch td 4 nil the horrors that have been brought about ut the belief bollet In witchcraft It strange In this ago ngo of oC enlIghten ant ent that t mon men or esp who havo hao received the nn ini be who believe in III tuch IL i Zhe lele Ible and history hIko conclusively the superstition ns as ti IL child ot of evil n f times GOll Go required the lara INra Ute hitos to drive the C from Crom mod and witchcraft was one ot of otho ho crimes which lie He laid nt at the door ot of othI hI and for tor which the theole ere ole lI adjudged unworthY ot of tim thA land hat the theY possessed to t this hla fleet will be found In the chapter t f D verses InclusIve heY read as follows When thou hou art come Into the land Innel the tho Lord th God thee lhee boa rot learn to do otter the ot of those thos nations There hal ball i l he be you ou hut hat I keth his hili son or his to afis the fire or that or nn flu observer of times time or ora a er or II a witch or II a charmer I i I r a with rIth familiar or 01 rl II or n a necromancer Vor all that o I these things are arc nn an abomination ate the and because ot of these thee the tho Lord thy led doth nyc them out from before briore thee rhou holt halt be with the th thy God Cod Godor Codor or which thou pos ess eio hearken unto of oC times nd 01 unto diviners but ns as for tor thee the tho rd Id thy God both hoth not suffered thee so 0 10 Wll Witchcraft has hall not Infrequently been heen beena o a of at the tho doer Men be the Spirit cf f Gods hen the voice olce I f the lord ha has to sarn them frequently tu to witchcraft the endeavor to learn that which aven withheld and ho people ot of 11 rain very er early 1 to 0 the present aye ae been troubled with rd IId Who ho hoe have re rc rt d to anti kindred devices S Sr r C elfish purposes anti tie lie liea a 5 III the middle ages It rested III upon nil pitch U 11 lOan itA as Jolln Wesley tho h hI t I In wrol The Thle ip ot of witchcraft t to III In erl t gly gh up the tho Bible here are many who undertake to Predicate their practice rt of this superstition upon the authority ot of the tho and uSe Saul n as examples rho spirit or of witchcraft lif Is destructive ot of th spirIt ot of unit no men or we 0 men who indulge In It can call enjoy the tho or of God amI It Is not only the ClIO my ot of religion but It Is the enemy ot of civil liberty This Tille country In the t re 12 had hada R a taste ot of It its Influence In Inthe the witchcraft lair to laws of the Church ni tM the laws lawe oC at the tho land Innel men women ore ale to meet their accusers anti ho hool i ol can ho bo proved against them truet trustworthy worthy witnesses must ht be pro Tile The and tb laws ot of the tho theland land alike guard mon inert anti women against accusations o of secret origin train the ot of witchcraft or H necromancy Church III disciplIne will vIIi not tolerate that inca Illen Or MI UHe th their lr brethren upon no I authority than the tho UM or of C a man or woman who proc the occult art of at witchcraft tire arc doubtless some ponte In our Jar harg CJ CI Will who the tho superstitions and Ignorance Ignorance lIt of those ot of our brethren nod who firo aro enough to who deal In magic rho sooner Hooner our cease nile the tho practice or of con lI suIting pretended either to have their told or Jr orto to tel information trout trum all ott iy y to their broth loll Ien and sisters ot of bewItching l people better It be or the tho lt those b by such flU su and Ignorance A believer In and In 11 II a few tew credulous tol ci lowers In 1 a can muto no 10 end of at trouble It If belief In witchcraft over one ot of In the there IIII ht be n a little plausible excuse for tor Ito 11 existence l From the It Il huts has been beon ot of happiness lutman the tho must not hOt permit its Ita baneful to sap Blip the tho lions ot of their thell In and In the of Ills Priesthood Let Iet It not bo be forgotten that the evil Olle great power In the earth and that by bV every possible means he Heeke to In the thc minds of at men and then offers them and deceptIon In inho Iho ho guise Of truth Satan Is rt a skillful Imitator and liS as genuine Gospel truth I Is IMen tue tho world In abundance so Q ho he the tho counter counterfeit I feit coin o of tise doctrine of oC I his spurious currency It will purchase for or you nothing but bilt dl m misery ery nM spiritual death Thu Tho ta fa tather thee ther of at lies lie he Ims been heen and such Kuch no nn adept hua he through the tho nI ages e Qt gf practice In huts hIli notorious work that seto It po possible Ito ho would the cry ery elect cleet and women wizards anti nuts necromancers who have hao he be como ct to 10 the tho powers of oC the tho devil and anel are with him In the work ot of deception their fellows tb n a tower which gauged by the t common ot of natural supernatural The weak and arill doubt In lag once are dazzled b by these theRe I or of agencies nail I rite made o to believe that such nr are of divine origin Ono One ot of our people 1 a man or of eden title thought and nolle an examinatIon ot of some of at the tho stones employed b by necromancers In Inthis Inthis this including the tho stones u used Nl hy by the woman to In the foregoing communication Ito found some or of these marvelous to be ordinary crystals one OM waR wan irregular an lump ot of common giase lie He the tue users user ot of the tho Pee stones aunt investIgated theIr ot of procedure nod demonstrated to his own complete completo as 1111 well as that ot of who were as also to the tho ot of the tho mc l until tIle the that thai was bing J and the there theN nina mon Iest who vho turn to soothsayers nail wizards for tor their Information are invariably weakening In their faith When men hel began an to forget the tho Ocil of oC theIr fathers who lund declared himself in III and to Ih Ito hater the they accepted the devil substitute and for Cor them themselves gods or of and stone lono It was tItus thus that the abominatIons ot of idolatry had their origin hue gifts clUa ot of th tue Spirit anti tho how ot of the tue hol holy are tit of loti loil thc they are given for Cor the tho blessing of IC th people for tor theIr encouragement anti for tor the strengthening ot of their faith ThIs Ihla Satan knowlI full therefore ho he seeks b by to blind anti deceive the of oC Clod Ho 10 member what the magicians ot of I accomplished iii their efforts to deceive ns as to the tho dIvinity ot of the mIs mIssion sion ot of Moses and John the He lev elator sow In vision the tho ing power Jower ot of the evil one Note his words ud I another coming tip 11 out of oC the earth hue he great creat wonders so that thai lie he fire come COllie down on the tho earth in tue tho night ot of mono men And them that on the tho earth h by tIm tho lit of mira des cle etc lie IS 33 1114 Fur tIter John fol saw three unclean spirits whom ho he describes Ra aa the spirits ot of devils miracles Rev 1 I JI I the power to work wonders ma may come from an evil source Is declared by br Christ In his HIli prophecy regarding the great judgment Man will so say to mo me moIn mein In thuit da day Lord Lord have hao We not prophesied lit thy name Aol nd In thy have cast casl out devIls In th thy done d ne many wonderful lId the ther will sill I unto thom them I never knew you depart from me ye e tat work iniquIty Matt Iatt i 7 2223 tho anti power for tor evil In Is not so fO much In the witch witchcraft craft O mis In the foolIsh that superstitious give to tilt the mode In Its It Is out to believe that thiat the devil cnn enn hurt or Injure nn an Innocent nina or woo wo mm especIally especial It if the they are members or of the Church ot of that or Or woman hs has faith alth that ho he or she shean II an bo be banned l b by such lIuch on an 11 by EliCh cuch means U C thO they entertain urh nn an d a then they are to fa to their O own superstItions There Thero Is no power In witchcraft Itself only us It Is L believed in und accepted P F |
