Show OF THE CAUCASUS peasant murdered his son at the command of god in the village of 0 a the caucasus lives a man named ivan Asla mazoff who a few weeks ago started the community by cutting albo throat of his seven months old son BOH on tho the threshold of the church ile he vaa m as at once arrest cc and taken before a judge whereupon ho he gave an explanation of 0 his conduct A few years ago he said he was very sick and one nihlet st john ap feared to him in a dream and took him into a valley where he be saw god seated on a throne of bold the al mighty he be continued then said I 1 to 0 o him ivan 1 I will restore our goc good d health to U oil hut but in time you will have haio a son and as soon as he Is seven beven n months old you must offer him up as a sacrifice flee said that many times bince then he had god to spare his son but that as aa tho the almighty made no response he con ll it his dut to capil vacil nce lle him ills ilia stoby made a groat great Impi Impie eslon islon on the people and the gi opinion ophilo Tj was wag that lie he had acted like a saint anki anil that the authorities had rio no right to arrest illin him nt diw w i orl alei aid |