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Show j DEVIL'S EXISTENCE. j I Skeptical Age Scouts Idea of Invisible ! Evil Spirits Superstition Denial of 1 1 Satan Includes a Denial of Christ j Scriptural Proofs Israelites Believed j Pagan Oracles Were Fiends Spirit-j Spirit-j ism Not 'All Humbug Impersonators i of Departed Souls Demons Satan's 1 Influence in the Bloody Annals of His-jj His-jj tory. j i j j The devil hath power ; I" assume a pleasing shape. I Hamlet. I !' i- lucMly perceptible In the writer that this I i- a ,-ry skeptical ago in which to contend for the !'!!: that there exists a personal evil prinee who iii; r i , - by divine permission in the affairs of jj and individuals, and yet. to one who medi- f I,!'.- hi the dark phenomena of history, the terri- Lie passions of men and the convulsions that have , ' j v,v!,,,l away nations on rivers of human blood, it ; ni;;t l.e so that Satan is. Amonir a great and rap- i.i!. im-reasinir multitude a belief in Satan in i n uai-'h'il as rank superstition and those who hold belief are to be treated, according to these ; m'm rinr intellects with supreme Contempt. Now I ; very doubtful if many of these scoffers know I liat ihe definition of superstition is. Supersti-j Supersti-j consists, according to good authority, in as- I .-lil'ina mysterious or unknown phenomena to in- .'l';,!,iate and unreal causes. There are other dofi- in? i. mis of it such as an ignorant and irrational v.ihip of (iod; an excessive reverenee for un-I un-I ...wable events, etc.. but ail this is not one atom 3 r.'.it a superstition as extreme disbelief in I every thine: above the natural order of earthly 1 1 v' 31 any prominent and erudite protesting . ? i:ii',i-ter in past and present times, ignoring pla-( pla-( j ;i' disdainfully the utterances of that gos- I I,f;l 'bat had railed their ministry as they main-l main-l i ' . into existence have denied the superhuman k.s ! Pliancy of I.ucifer and his intervention in hu- ! ! ::m events. Neither did it occur to these good men f ilia! Iii denyintr Satan they must deny Christ, for j die Savior came into the world to be crucified that ; Jie niicht overcome ihe malign works of the devil. 1 I be doi-lrine of the existence of a personal king i "f 'v'l precedes in reality the dogma of the In- eni.itiMii. for without the former there is no need j ''c latter, and Satan's domination, reign and j ' "iuse of evil demonstrated to be false Chris- j Ma-iiiy. in spite of the indisputable fact that it has I 'audit civilized and caused to progress all nations I under its swav. while those peoples under Confu- e;;iiiNin. Buddhism. Mahommetism and other pa- I i:;ui r ligions have continued stagnant in lust and j l'!-':?;dity. is false and its infallible sinless, humble ! ' "'J pure Auihor a deliberate falsifier, or what is w.m-m.. as sonic maintain, a deluded maniac. ' ' 1 1-i -1 uttered many terrible words dealing with da perpetual duration of a fiery Gehenna where di. w..rm ..f memory in the eternal soul of man '" d! never die or the flames be extinguished, s Kilter yet in at the narrow gate: for wide is the I -;? and broad is the way that leadeth to destruc- : ' '' " find many there are who go in thereat. ; i N'-w narrow is the gate and straight is the f 1 hat leadeth to life; and few there are that i '"i:'l it. In fact anl truth many columns of this I ( T-My r could be occupied with quotations from the j dpi and Xew Testaments concerning hell and its I -lie.-d ruler, but it would be a monumental task I jeprouuee ihem here. Jt is impossible to make i I " M'"ieh the Scriptures when they do not believe i j '?."' :ir' he word :.nd law of God. but it is a ter- I 1 .' ' 'Midemnation to be banished from the sight I ';' 'lie Creator and eternal hapiness for not seek- I !:- ji" truth while the opportunity was present, I : : voice of conscience with the whisper of the. ! p " dan -angel, called to duty and the courts of S A-:.e from jll this ignoring the Eible entirely, I ', ;!!''' "'"'In' ovid-nceM in the visible creation ; j j: I't present, a creation that eonipre- I V !"!- 'hr. events, occult and mysterious of king- ; ! -publics, mobs and individuals that have I (' ::' ' ineffiK-eably the pages of all human his- '' v.it!i bloody deeds to prove Satan's being. Xo j ' '-an analyze the component parts of the prin- j : !id iassj'0ns unholy that have underlied ,; v. ;i rs and convulsions of empires without I io the conclusion that some dark, mali- "'''. invisible tpirit of evil that hated good was I ' I o ascribe all the craft, hate and malice ' a an of those leading spirits of the Frenoh I ',' ",1 a- originating and existing in them j ' "' ' in-ufticient. Mere individuals cannot car- I ' ':'fk or good deeds lhat effect multitudes and 5 '1 n-ith.,ui eiiher ihe malignant aid of Luei- l (' t " 1',f" attor ,f''. the beneficent hand of I "" b-present. I l.vi j. j., spiritiMn we see, at least those who are I ;-l'i!.. mndly skeptical do, Satanic intervention. I !' '"die ...nd ridiculous to treat with sarcasm I ''' '' of niini an( intellect when they assert J J1"11' e.p, 11, -es -nlili spirits. A large part of I ,,'.M , ""'iiifitations are undoubtedly hum- I .'l',"' aert that they all are is to impugn I ;"(: "'"an lost iiooiiy. Many of these intelligent I j '. " really conversed with spirits, hut the j tin y make is in supposing those to whom j '"K'uiuiiieato and who tell them secret j ." '-lits no one knew but themselves, to be rela- 1 J' ,,r any dead who ever lived in the flesh. I "' spirits who do unaccountable things and im- 1 (.Continued on Page 5.) ! DEVIL'S EXISTENCE. (Continued from page 1.) personate human beings are really devils which the church has always recognized as existing but which she forbids evocating or holding any dealings deal-ings with them. Even Moses forbade his people to hold any communication with spirits. There is also another idea regnant among people peo-ple and has been in ever- age of the Christian era and that is that the ancient oracles were manipulated manipu-lated by pagan priests and priestesses. Now that is a very great strain on the imagination. To entertain en-tertain the unprovable conception that for 4,000 years great emperors like Alexander, Ceasar and the ancient monarchs were always deceived when they journeyed to those pagan temples to learn the fortunes of war or any other event pertain-1 ing to the future, is not sensible. There must havf been something more than human sorcery. It must be conceded unless we wish to think that all ; these millions of ncople, kings, senators and his- j torians of pagan nations prior to Christ, vere insane, in-sane, that devils from eternity uttered prophecies through these stone gods or oracles. The highly intelligent Jewish people who honored the living and true God so believed concerning these idols, and because something more than the lifeless stone was there many Jews easily followed the idols. They appealed to them more than an invisible Creator who only spoke to their holiest prophets. The devils as gods would converse with anyone that could gain access to their temples. In conclusion it must bo affirmed that if superstition super-stition is detestible, irreligion and extreme skepr-ticism skepr-ticism are a thousand times more so. Hence it is that we find such gross superstition among races that had or really their ancestors had departed or apostatized from the true God. No men advanced superstition so greatly in the minds of many people peo-ple jas Spencer, Darwin and a host of scientists of the nineteenth century, who thought much and proved a great deal los. for when true religion is destroyed in the hearts of men, or to put it another way when a valid reasonable faith goes out through tho window of the soul a gross superstition wends its undisputed way through the door, for all nations and peoples that forget God shall be turned into hell, and the places that knew them once shall know them no more. R1CARDO. |
