2352.—W. W. P.—Capital Punishment.—The New Testament is not a book of civil laws, but a book of soul-saving, character-building, Gospel truths. It takes government as it is and exhorts the believers in Christ to “submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake” (1 Peter 2:13, 14), unless these human ordinances interfere with our duty to God. Then “we ought to obey God rather than men.” Acts 5:29. The Bible declares as a prediction that “whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed.” Gen. 9:6. And most nations have fulfilled the prophecy. There is much to be said on both sides of the question.