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

91iiVu htElDuVtu W Iue HE6hL 6Ou II
Heaven Avaunt ye wild fanaticismi
Of the Dark Ages Have the COLLINS o
Dante's Inferno Matched their eggs unde
the cushions OF our pulpltsp Have thl
green poisons Of the Dragons Rountdii
been poured into the wine Of the gospel
Those priests should weep and howl VIII
bring forward these blasphemiesin IN
name Of Him whose merciful kindnes
endureth forever. 1fangels have sinneC
and become like devouring beasts, ther
mercy tous and mercy to them demand
their confinement and discipline. Ant
hence, read II Peter, I'd. as. Ais
Peter III 10, etc. Also, Jude. vi
etc. In all these passages fallen an
gels and wicked spirits are declared "a
be under confinement. And there Is M
hint OF release, except by the effect o
the preaching Of the gospel according tc
l. Peter, " 0
.The gospel was preached also 70 them itha
afedeId, thItthey N ght DO judged according
the split"
God cares for the redemption OF the
wicked out Of the body as well as,in 1t. And
fallen angels are confined with q double
purpose, lo.wit, 10 keep them from uB, and
10 prepare them for better things. Jndg.
ment Is blessing in disguise. "
II now you will turn 10 the second pass.
age OF Scripture which l have placed al
the head Of this discourse, you will find q
doctrine Of the temptation and fall Of man
which is not repugnant 10 reason, nor in
compatible with the love Of God.
"But every man IL tempted when he is drawn
away OF his own lust and entlced. Then, when
lust hath conceived, 1t bfingeih forth sin, and
sin, when itisaniahsd, brinGeth forth death. ~
James l; II Is I,g u
: This is q temptation which every man
must endure for himself, SO that our sin Is
In no way chargeable to Adam-a terrible
mockery Of Justice. Such temptation Paul
llkened unto "a law In his members war
ring against the Law Of his mind, and
bringing him into captivity to- the law Of
sin.-Romans vii. %. h't'H'S tt'sfsr
There Is an antagonism between the
flesh and the spirit, 1t corresponds to
many other antsgonisms which have been
ordained ofGod. Herels Highland dark.
ness, heat and colo, fire and water, matter
and spirit, gravity and repulsion, summer
and winter, youth and old age, growth
and decay, lie and death, each battles
against the other in continual warfare.
But the law Of antagonism is not neces-
ssrily q perpetuated evil. Too much
darkness, too much cold, or fire, or attrac.
ton, or summer, or growth, or decay, may
be 1nischievous. The proper balance Is
all right and bsnihcent. So every pas.
sion in the feshis good, and nothing 10 be
despised, II only We maintain the due bal.
ance Of authority between the flesh and
the spirit. And the whole phenomena
takes place within ourselves. No per-
sonal fallen angel has an agency in the
matter. No external demon induces our
sin any more than such creature induces
our disease, or sends us the plague and
the famine which wastelh at MONDAY.
TEMPTATION AND THE LAW OF ANTAGo-
p & NIsM. i.H
Neither does this Biblical doctrine OF
temptation and the law OF antagonism,
give any countenance 10 the eternal per-
petuity Of evil. That is to say, the antag.
onism Is not necessarily eternal, so that
our conflict aud misery will be without
end.
There is time when every manner Of
corn and Of wheat, and Of rye and OF bar.
ley would be affected by the frost and be
destroyed. But distillation will extract
a substance called alcohol, which would
not be affected BY any such degree ofcold
M mould houa rnir o6 tho oory, IL Iha ,,,;it,
Copper and zinc and water and acid and
salt are all pondersble bodies, and affected
by the law of gravitation. But they may
be so combined in an electric battery as 10
produce that impondersble agency which
we call electricity, and which ia not af-
fected by gravitation.
Darkness falls on the earth because q
material substance casts q shadow. But
the grosscst material may be SO refined as
to deprive it Of the power OF casting
shadow.-The light will penetrate 1t as it
does air; and then, in that object, the con.
lict between light and darkness comes to
an end. So in relation 10 that conflict
which we call sin, and the warfare be-
tween holiness and depravity. z = 3 %
Don't be deceived by supposing that
there must always be a hell because there
will always be heaven, and that there
must always BIO devil if there is always
an angel, and always be sin because there
will always be holiness.
I. Goodwill permit antagonismst to exist 90
long ashe thinks wise. But he can dis
pense with them and destroy them and
put US beyond their power at his own
pleasure.
THE REAL NAME OF SATAN.
But we have now discovered the secret
Of the great power Of what the Bible calls
devil. His real name is an adversary
and deceiver. Neither the Greek nor
Hebrew name is used for an absolute per.
sonality. Judas was called devil; Peter
was called a devil; the messengers OF David
were called devils; the hairy goats, to
which some Of the Jews offered sacrifice,
were called devils. The angel Of the Lord
which stood in the narrow pass TO com.
fort Balaam's ass was called in the He
brew q DEVIL The Hebrew. word sAH.
TAIN Is found In twanty.six passages,
and in thirteen Of them 1t Is called an ad.
versary in King James translation.
The wonderful theological drama, the
Book Of Job, Is far more intelligible when
we consider that Satan is the symbolical
name Of the adversary to Jobs prosperity.
The adverse elements in the family and In
the field are personified under one com.
mon name. We think that the devil has
q great deal Of power. And when we
understand that this is only term which
has been applied to all the material, the
abstract and personal hindrance to our
peace which beset US in the flesh, 1t Is no
wonder that he seemeth to have great
power. He Is the embodiment OF all
those mighty and conflicting agencies in
matter and In spirit which we are set to
overcome. The devil that Is personal to
US is in the lusts Of the flesh and the lust Of
the eye and the pride Of life which we
harbor in our own bodies and souls.
We have been amazed that the devil
was everywhere at once-present in all
ares. in all kingdoms and families. and