Show q i lIt J It Il Is 1 th pe times Umes ot of Inquiry antI intellectual progress I ress that thoro 10 PO LW much flUCh sit BU BUt t Per and eren Cen I i should attach importance to so po occult In b ory nry agencies that two ti r ent except In own minds und and ocr I nerves Mental ot of otten often ten Into bodily disturbances and the tho saying l is that All Ai a 11 atuna tuna llIan 80 III he tC 1 The old exploded belle belief In witch witchcraft fi craft Is revived to sonic extent even event evenIn t A In the tho century and that Is IsI I not very wonderful in view ot of the fads h that sway the tho minds ot of millions una r tito guIse o of titles and pretensions TherO Ther l is n a per perG G j nent article lo on this subject In the rn V Era for tor by 4 Ident Joseph 1 F Smith and Wo we duco It In the News that It may ob lain tam II a still sUIl wider than that thai 4 afforded by the tho Era whIch however t hUll has a bIg and circulation 1 throughout tho Church It iii 18 as tol fol follows lows lols It WIl nt no uncommon thing or I ot of eastern from tini r Immemorial to profess to hold com cam with the thO spirit through the tha medium ot of ti Y practices There were magical torm forniti tc i Ito Ire lucky and unlucky days horoscopes and various ot tr do dor r vices and onel superstitious rites and j tices through which magicians gets divInes witches sorcerers necromancers con l t jurers nd played upon the tho v ignorance oC o victims It Is ot of course to tell tall what the st se seA A k crots of their practices were ve e but bul It Is III pao no tosny to say that the power of L 1 strong I and cunning will over II a weak one was c uppermost In their deceptions Tho 1 ot of Israel were forbidden to bu be bui bei i i 4 In these various chuse ot of Ku er fa heathenism and Idolatry for tor forI I the tended l to 10 draw Incas I minds from fromI I Clod the true source of at taO powe Says Isaiah ld when whon they I shall say unto you ou unto them that have 1110 spirits and unto wizards peep and that mutter should not s f 1 fi f I O a pe people ople seek unto theIr for tor tue tho l i 1 i j to the tho dead ro Jo th the law and to this t testimony It If they speak not ne ec i l cording to this word It is 11 beeac tre treIS 1 i IS III n no light In ii them Thoy Flioy were forbid i td ilen to 11 lI seek eJ wizards that p ep anti i If t mutt r hut bul yore were commanded to ohe obey t the law InV and the tho testimony ot of the tho S r etA ets S Otto Ont think that In the tho Iny tIn In 1 5 L which We live tho belle In witches anti lY 5 wItchcraft no nei mor exists nut that th the theS S S counseL given Riven to ancient Israel lit III this j res respect oot would bo be to the tho Saints but apparently thIs Ihla Is not case enst Word comes front II a northern Stake of at Zion whIch Indicates that In II a certain N the belle belief In these thIngs Is IR IsS S fairly and II a feat deal ot of trouble and unnecessary annoyance t have b teen en given to the lie authorities ot of 5 S the tho anti ward because ot of this ab abS S belief bellet entertaIned IW by certain fool foolish sh ish old men and women ot of the word S It Is heedless to assert that to those thola I Iho who ho ar Intelligent anti not bound II by byS S old notions and superstItions there ther Is hI hIno no truth In people rail call witchcraft M Men n and women who omo caine the k influence ot of II a t therein nrc boo be bet t witched b by their own tro lell Icil astray b by and mis 5 S Who peep mutter mutterS r rIt S It I Is really that there thero 5 shoUld tm be nn any to believe In nb II I lIl No o man or women romen whO en cn enS S JO joys the Spirit ot at Coil and the tho antI Ocr Oter of at the tho 1101 holy can belle belIo In superstitious notIons S 4 anti those thoe who do will lose Inde q lost th nce ot of the tho of JOI i I ot of the anti are lecome d subject to the I or f Who Is IR IRi to draw away the i t from the Iha true wn It if not b by bythe lif the ot of such uch nonsense 70 S then theft W by other InsIdious methods OnO OM IndivIdual ran can not nn an tit nt tipon another In tho th way that these aels would have the pen peo rr rho belIeve bellm Jt It Is III n a trIck ot of to then nen and women and to lr them aWay front the Church from the tho Inn Influence ence ot of till the Spirit of Goil t the ow r ot of His 1111 hol holy that Ih they bo be These peep tont hl Inca n and wornell are arc 11 b by i tie tle devil delI and are the real wItches tt It an tiny 8 h there lie Witchcraft nM flint nil i 1111 are the ot of the l hn lit m n aunt women who nr are In Ia I J 54 l and their power over S i Jo opIe lp from the th devil anti thoe vin to 0 this are aN S by hini th they repeat the ther will iy t he C There is IR l n for perron Who ho enjoy tie italy ot of God to even en belIeve that I Oun he tiny S him The enjoyment ot of the Italy Hoh t absolute proof n against nil UI lit litS S s tf hf evIl you pu never can obtain I 4 tat Spirit h I I men who p taut mut thiat hI I I bI St ot hJ hand d b by the servants of Got arti ard artiS ardI I S eE 11 by right It If you ou have st It repent ond to Clod anti Jr r your our all l and for tor th tin nice ot of your children voli the ernis ot of lAtan Hatlin wh who peep anti and mutter imi who would lend you 11 down a 1 to dark flees and death It is Impossible for tor anyone possessing Ito Iho spirit of the gospel laying the thelow low ower r or Of tim tho holy to believe c cn n a or bo be Influenced by stay power lit My advice to the tho FaInts I is to so live that they tIle have hao the find In ot of the Lord with then for tor havIng that It Is IL ii ot of protection against all powers o of evil that cek nn an Inroad Into their hearts and thoughts The or of ortho the tho Italy Spirit Is a 0 suro JutO e agaInst evIl thoughts superstItions Ig Ignorance norance rind the an anti machina machinations ot of men women Saint should so con conduct conduct duct that lie he mn may enjoy this Spirit nut th there re wilt be Ito 10 ot of othi hi his heln lee led nI away by the tho foolIsh non nonsense sense that Ignorance unit nOlI superstition o k to hn Implant lunt In the ot of people I cOncerning the existence o of witches and There Is rio danger to anyone In so eo called Itself the evil effect lies In the Iho b belief lIet there thereIn In The Tho person who believes Injures himself through fear teor and nOlI II b Het no other verson line lower to In lure hIm It Is who injures hImself through the he sUperstItion of hut hIli own mind In n the tho bland this superstitious bell belief t wn was very crr lire Ire talent years curll ago ORO They cult call It or the r of It sorcery It 11 aB no uncommon thing for tor it IL persen Cn who sho became beset with the tho ho was wall being prayed to death dath actually to wither away awny and III die r knew a 0 good RoOe wonton wits ot of a 11 leading whom I ott ottI often viSIted I who ono day ay became very lit Ill litI IllI I asked what was the tho matter mattel Sho Rho SIlO IO 5 being prayed to death ant the lie sAn serious seriously Ill III anti get I 1111 ready rundY to 10 die Illel so 0 great WM was tier hor tar faith In what sonic In himself olt Impotent per yer 01 had whispered Mr her I her It Was WaN nil all wrong hat she ahe must mut tot II believe It It was ImpossIble alto must believe on the Iho contrary she AIle would live 1101 ho be well I 1 lobo labored tell with willi her In this nf for sonic time believed and was und nod such nonsense never bud tower over II r again It was as Mt so o with t 1 young yount cook hom the Ito cm played ot of the jealous natives one day when wo vo were ort off on f a vIsit hll brought him word that ho was as prayed to and It so no him and so great was his hii belief In Ida superstition that lie ho died within n a nw w week ek anti anel wo were without a cook cok when We returned As Israel or of old were enjoined to abe obe the law the given to them b by Moses Mosell so the tho SaInts ao allI commanded to turn to the tha hopel law restored anew to them anti to hat they mn inn enjoy the Holy ot of promIse A sentiment agaInst belle belief In the ot of and andall all other evil things should b be cher cherIshed among the Saints for tor persons who tho believe bellevo or express faith therein are arc In danger of at losing hosIng the Spirit ot of clod and ot of tinder the influence ot at the adversary whose footsteps heal to death deuth 1 r S SMITh |