Standing in the middle of the lawn was a tombstone and pushing up out of the lawn in front of the tombstone was a skull and two skeletal hands. A few blocks away I passed another house that had the entire front lawn covered with goblins, witches and tombstones. It was the only day on which the devil was invoked for divinations. Today, rather than trying to frighten away evil spirits, they seem to be invited and welcomed. Hell House is a popular and bewitching attraction.
People seem to want to be frightened by the ugly and repulsive.
Harmless mischief has degenerated into violence. Such activity may seem innocent to many but it is deadly serious business to the father of lies, to the deceiver of men, to the murderer. We have so yielded this day, indeed, the whole month of October, to the enemy that he does not even have to cloak it in respectability. It is blatant, raw evil. We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us.