Emphasis Preaching Journal

There is a story from Taiwan of a young king who was dismayed by the practice of human sacrifice, which was done to ensure a good harvest. He outlawed the practice. But when a drought came, and then when crops failed for the second year in a row, he was faced with a delegation demanding a return to the old practice. Seeing that his only choice was to capitulate or face revolution, the young king gave in. He instructed the advocates of human sacrifice to go to a certain tree in the forest the next morning at dawn, and there they would find their victim.