All New England knows that commandment from Exodus, but you see tears glistening on more than a few faces as the Reverend George Burroughs, condemned as the master wizard, says farewell.

Softly and simply, he forgives his accusers and is bold to say,

“Our Father, which art in heaven…”

He speaks each hallowed phrase perfectly, and the crowd marvels.

No witch—let alone the wizard mastermind—should be able to say the Lord’s Prayer. The executioners act quickly before the spectators rebel.

The Reverend Cotton Mather, visiting from Boston, warns that

“The Devil has often been transformed into an Angel of Light.”