Show ALMOST BLASPHEMY when certain men who are now acting as grand jurors in this district were examine das to their qualifications attorney varian asked them some searching questions one of chis inquiries was which should have precedence the laws of god or the laws of man and at least oue of the present jury answered emphatically the the reply was quite satisfactory and the individual was passed and sworn today the man is sitting to judge his follow men under a solemn oath to his maker but what value can the most solemn affirmation haye when the party making it denies the very authority to which it is given how can a mans fellow citizens feel safe when they know that he sitting on an inquisitorial rial body is restrained by jio faith and no conscience mr varian will find some culty in obtaining the approval of bis course from disinterested members of the bar he asked the question in its broadest sense he acquiesced in the answer and ac cepter the juror and yet he knows that the vital principle of all just human law must be its consonance with omnipotent commands he knows that the fathers of ats profession fes sion the masters who have made it honorable in the earth universally declare that the divine edict is superior to any enactment ot man this officer pleads in court for the prevalence of christian light how does he reconcile his profession with his practise |