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CAPITAL PuSIsHMEST.-The lecture OF Or. Ora
ham, ON Saturday evening, vindication OF the
doctrine thn, Capital punishment is Rot nolr sane
toned by the Bible, nor adapted to prevent the
crime Of murder In some respects the lecturer
would wish To be considered as standing aoot from
most others in this reform. They seem 10 be any
ious, in their zeal 10 pull down and uprooold Inst
tntions, rot sufficiently considering whether the
times and circumstances warrant such movement
As God always chooses the best according TO pre-
sent conditions and circumstances, so should men,
He argued with power and eloquence that Capital
Punishment is not now needed,-that the taking OF
life whether public private tends 10 produce IN
society the mursrous didthesiS. and that all detail
ed accounts of murders and executions should be
kept from society. The lecturer regretted that our
religious teachers should better understand this
important subject. He would not have an nstiti-
ton charged until the pnblic mind is prepared, and
the appropriate business of The Clergy is to prepare
the public mind for and better institutions,
ther than TO retard human progress by lingering 10
support old ones and he contendcd that if they per-
sist in clnging TO those ancient Institutions which
were established in conditional necessity, and which
are incompatible with the highest and best condition
of human nature, they endanger the institutions and
lessen the usefulness OF the priesthood.