The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-01-22

Il 49, ASANhASAU VI khV ENAlpkuACl
against the traditions Ioi the Pharisees
Moses classified the serpentlunder tn
indefinite head Of "the beasts Of the field.
And the supposition that the serpen
was Satan In person Is wholly gratuilous
That entire account Of the fall Is undoubt
y allegorical, like the temptation Of oul
Master In the wilderness. Certainly Mo
see never commanded the Jews 10 bellevt
that the serpent in the garden Of EdeI
was fallen angel.
Butiwhat shall be said of the emphatic
languagein Isaiah, which sAndsas oul
text: ''
"How art thou fallen from heaven, o Luciier
iSn OF tho morning How art thou cnt down L
the around, which did weaken the nAtionsl"
But was that Lucifer an angel Of light
No, he was king Of Babylon.
Take your Bibles and examine the 14th
chapter Of Isaiah; and you will all be
satisfied. s." - an
"Thea ansl. tako up this proyctb agtinst tAt
n1 ss StSASySlSn and say How hath The S
At rest and Is quiet. Thy pomp Is brought down
and worms cover thee. How art thou faliet
from heayen, o LucIfer, son OF tho morning
How AT thou cut down 70 the ground, which
dieRealIen tho nations. - = They Thai
SEQ thee ShGll narrowly look upon thee, TAI.
ing is this the man that made the earth 70
Iemble, and that did shake kinS doms; that made
me earth as Wilderness aud destroy the cities
thereof"
That Lucifer, therefore, the faint to
whose garments gave an early name to
our friction matches, was only man. He
ruled kingdoms. He thought himself q
god. He said In his heart, II will exalt
my throne above the stars Of God. Twill
ascend above the heights Of the clouds. I
viii be Ike the Most High But he
was only man; Q conceited and q vain
glorious man, to be covered with worms
In the sides Of the pit.
But the most significant passage Of all
Is the. 18th chapter Of the Book Of Reye-
lalions- Ia l- r-nsafr,
sAnd there was war in Heaven; HIchScl and
bis angels fought against tho dragon, and the
dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not,
neither was there peace found any more 10
Heaven. And the great dragon was cast out,
that old serpent called the Devil and Satan,
which dectiYeth the whole world; he was cast
out into the earth, and his angels were east ont
Win MIN. kew XII b etc.
The language in the Goth chapter Of
Revelations should also be read in con-
nection with this 90, if.F5
"And saw an angel come down nom Heaven.
having the key Of the bottomless pit, and great
chain In his hand And he laid hold on the
Dragon, that old serpent, which Is the Devil and
satan, and bound him q thousand years, and
cast him into the boLtomless pit, and shut him
cetYe themnons nomore I'LL the thousand yeIrs
should be fulfilled. and after that he must be
looied little season."-R Rev. II. /. etc.
Now, it any Christian believer educes
these passages in proof OF the original
fall of Satan, the passages unfortunately
come too late in the history Of our race.
St. John saw visions OF the future. But
Adam and Eve had been tempted, and
had fallen some four thousand years be-
fore. How, therefore, should the war in
heaven, which was witnessed on the Isle
OF Patmos, ninety.fve years after the
birth Of Christ, be regarded as tie occa-
sion of the original fall of the Devil? II
there be any Methodists within the sound
OF my voice, or any devout persons who
have faith in the integrity and learning of
their great biblical expounder, DR.. Clarke
! desire them to notice that this illustri.
commentator could not restrain his irony
at the idea that these passages refer to
the original fall OF the Devil. DR.. Clarke
uses delicate bit of sarcasm at the folly
Of supposing that either passage hath a
reference 10 a literal Satan at all. He
claims the whole language to be highly
allegorical, referring to the contentious
between the heather powers and Chris
tianity. And, aside from the historical
absurdity which l have just mentioned,
do Christian believers ever reflect upon
the wicked folly Of supposing that God,
our gracious and loving Father, would
allow Michael and his angels to cast the
Devil and his angels into the earthS Then
might we expect tender mother to turn
a wolf and her whelps into the nursery
among her blessed little children. If a
loving, heavenly Father sent angels at all,
would they not be the blessed and beau.
tiful angels filled with the holy spiritP
THE PERFECT LOVE THAT cAsTRTH OUT
~af w FEAR.
Last weeks New York papers tell Of a
poor crazy woman who was found wan
dering among the mountains Of Bavaria.
Her husband had committed crime: he
fled from the officers Of the law; the wife
and two young children followed with
him; the youngest was an infant; they hid
IN athicket near the road; the little darl.
ingin its mothers arms began to cry; the
French policemen, those irightlul gen.
d'armes, halted and listened but a lew
rods away; a trembling hand was laid over
the mouth Of the baby to hush its wall,
ing; In ten minutes the horsemen were
gone, and all were sale-but the little
child, alas, was dead-dead In It's mothers
arms. No tear came TO her eyes; they
opened large and wide like the eyes Of a
maniac, and she fled to the mountains
alone. God help that wretched crazy
mother. Out Of love to her husband and
love for her child, that poor heart was
torn as the eagle tears the dove.
Now, In the face Of human love so ten.
der and strong as this, will Christians
tell US that God, who Is the fountain Of
all love; and Of all mercy, and Of all grace
dare they tell US that such God has
turned loose a devouring devil and mil
lions OF his savage allies, first to seduce
and then to torture forever Gods own
childrens What are those angels who
were changed into devils in heaven to be
domiciled among otherwise innocent be.
ings on earthf Are pious people, men
and women, to love their families and
love their God, and believe such theologyG
l would as soon put Satan in Gods place
and worship him.
A New York policeman found q lost
little child in the streets, and she said,
"Pm cold, and my name is Mary" and
the almost dying voice was SO plaintive
that the policeman wept BE took the
child in his arms; he carried her to a
warm asylum. Afterwsrd a kind, rich
lady adopted little Mary as her daughter.
The child proved a wonderful and sweet
singer, and not long since her voice was
heard in the great Brooklyn Academy Of
music. The same policeman was there !;
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