, 1875-11-08
THE DEVIL,
Ills Biography as Sketchcd r.
Moncuro d. Conway.
no Seems to Have Originated in a p.,.
sim Fable.
Notcs or Ills Tralts...IFo Appears IN n.
Always Lean and Hungry.

No'cs u "'s Iraits''.1fo Appears IN n,
Always Lean and Hungry.
Mr. Aloncure D. Conway lccturoa b4fo,,
largo audience in McCormick 1Isl1 v.,,s,s.
on The Doyil." 'es'efas}'
Tho lecturer, who Il gentleman ., u,,, ),
aBo tall. spare, full.beared, and afOnlo.1 n.
ap'oasant msnnor and easy delivery. M. o,... ..
| ca heartlly when he catne forward 10 II, s.s'
ne aia not know OF airy reason uhy ch;L,s..
should not bowtheif heads respectfully vhsa es ~.
nAuao o. the doVit was mentioned. i'rob,rr T.. .'
ueasn sao Surface Of ph.lo!ogy, tlcy voula Nv
| cover thas demon aud deity woro o+iefa.u, ~,
SYNONYMOUS. Tho Latin word Dea. WAS corrrn," y
" inc Eng!'hli dcucc, and tho Egyptian torll ~.
fcgartied ~ q God. In soms copiea ~ ~. ~ ~,
lhbo thoy found tho curious ninnction 'ae :! ~ od
sue'. nos % AFRAID Of any bugs by night" ~, 4Hae
vii VIII WpcG al onttan Of te word bug.boo
Fe'sted 70 Doa aud. In Short ali such wori. ~.
affinity. eto"sa regular
In the carly ages tho .l1eroa fall o, ,,a.,
Il va. hal1 ~ TAKEN IN ter. Jup
was naturally, rather hurt bv tho fsli ,,,.. Ia
coming down, fell upon his foak iii ~ i.ItS'tes
| tor. e'' '' Aloot' lLauRh.
N,,a III; ;nnu 10y 4oht1tl hlmaef enconnternr IN
htmsoif surrounded by strange inuoncosu uogGt uhs.t
nc c'hsaod a. spirits Man had jiyod H. Iia!ea ia
neHcr. The crowd Of Rods aud codd"sso. .vss5 :,
sAe pagan Ages wsEe now regarded s'1 ~ ~. T..
dy.uo1Gsy dsv sn ., Nature They had ouivod hs,
pn,!osopheIs studied the history Of tho poare,.
In mono Of the earlier sacred books cou,d th,,
nnd ln doytl-a being specially and so1ol, rIy,
FnsgpSnsoa Fsatgrt creature Of unalloscd vckednesa
Clouds wero described as fIocks Of .msn. rnsa sst
~ nno ngatnlnK was casaed az q fiery eorcenk
lnose shapes Werc conceived of etnnI7 =.
noHots Pow M and torces. Each wAs half good: .ns
a ang o.noe nsn tae ereverso.-soinetinlea sflletns
THO reRson why there Was no devil in N. ..,,
pooRa was heoattso mono waa NODDED then Thss
souo considered themselves ~ being ouItn con,:
70 any emergency that might arise n ths NV ul -;
wiokedness. [LauGhter.l IVY VI
goddesses Wan brokon up, they enlt 1 into no no
tactlons-sho deties and tho demonsNbn,i, ~
oclns thon regarded as forcea OF a,,ornntn cond
and evla, 1t was hold TINT tho de,uons@,soa sToa
asnEois-Were s'ne not Wicked in their pstures'
.n,appeaahbto hunger, even ns tho sh.,a
follows lts pray to satisfy what u1turalists cal;
nn iilsatlnbis sppotlte, not from anv n,,n,.i
cruelty OF dssposltlon. Any harm dono Ly ti,a
oomone was considered as incidental upon thsi.
apposi!e. This su7etslttiouu. to epreass thnn ,nsa
offered gifts, which led to the early sser,tices %
such ~ whole burnt ofIo.iuse ana m,tto,s ~
that description. 10 tho nuelents tic det,et ~.
nresBsd all that was ploas1ut, tbe domon, Al;
that was unpleasant. Tho former ropto
FIRST men.loued represented sorono akits liz
demons represented tue thundor aud tLo rbt.
Mug, tho B,rooco aid tho tornado, prm,tiya nan
found himself bcglrt By the obstacles Of Nature
and It VAS only Nhen hts mind became mora Do.
yeio?ed, and when. ho armed himself to copt
With anoh difficulties, that bis mind becamps
clearer On the subject Of tho supernatural, Fl
ually, attor many ages, ho succeeded IN rcjucnc
All those obatAclcs which crowded OH his lpfauci
into one grand whole Of uupleasAntness, u.me.
OF man's earlY idea Of natural oestacloa.
FOR generations man won urecarous liysl+
hood from tho bard bosom OF Nature. ue Looked
around aud sav all oroation about him hunRry,
There seemed 70 b spirit Of hunger abroad,
The blrda and 0shes appeared to hc 50 neanty.
man oamo to the conclusion that tEers ue1s % u.
visible aud voracioua beluss abroad. who usu.sd
everything for Themselves. and deypured eyerr.
thing Within ha reach. Thus tho dragon and the
ghou!-the earliest natuted forms OF tue dsmons
showing the idea Of intense vorscisy.
Tho vampire was chiefly slavon.o supersi!.
ton. bat Il e1tonlod into Germany. and ia soms
districts OF Prussia corpse ia mover buried nlth
out plenty OF food tn tho coffin 80 that It may
eyen reached H. eplghtened ssores % Of Ansriss @ M
Rhode Island, bad tho body Of tie daughle. due
up aud hor heart cut out, 90 thst
sslc might drink tho blood Of the
considered : spociao in family, CONSUMPTION.
In fact, tue homely name hobBooliu-of British
oorigin.-ampl! si9nlhed = ghost that gobblod.
[Laughter.l When tue British otI!cors went to
1nd!a to view tho solar cclipse, tho natives KIN.
died tmmenao ares tor ths PURPOSE Of b'otsiaas
not steal It. Tho officers, however. tramped
cut the fro and reuoaed their wosk. 50
might enlghtaumont evor trample .uron
error snd supetnti,iou In eyely 'and, 70
H. s1.s science might pFospor: Loud app'.u.e
particle Of food In ther houses, In order to briba
the devil not to eteA their sun tLaughtor]
A strange thinE about the whole matter WA
that d0vlls wctc always described Is lean. Who
EYER hsa1d q IA dssl5 shstaps.ts put IT.. Iste
s!1a," and added, "Such men are dangerous
Marc Antony attempted to defend cAualus. but
the great conquerprrepllod: Would he were fa!'
tori" ldreat taughteE.1 Afgan fables made deSl!a
low In tho back. somo Of them wore 30 thin
dnd 50 hollow that they cast no shadow.
Tho lscturer wont on to enumorAte tho dl1arse
anperstiuons OF naAny countries, and said lbat'
IN the East, the plague Was considered aeuon@
So terrible Was tho fear created by Il that tho
nativos lay down to die In abJect COW
ard[co. An Eaatorn fabts tells ho"
trayelor mot = woman on tho way.
side. "a route to Damascus. ~
asked her whence she came, and she replied.
From yondor city. l hm the plague. Ten
thousand people lla dead tn the strcets Of psm.
saeas. of these ! have sla!a 1000. Ind fea
killed all the rest"
The idsA Of the prcacpt do,!l first origi11stsdd
In Persia, whero tho philosophers. considered
that tho universe was divided into tNe
held BY = god and the other By devil
Ohca invented. the devil u!ade rapid etEaea
lLaughtor.l lie could not be laid. 1t rellessa
tho Deity OF al that Was bad ln nature, sod
gave man An excuse TOR hiA misdseds. Laugh,
ter.l In tho latter point Of yisx, tho deva
might ba conaideEed . remarkable hneee'A
tLaughter.] ..,
In the Book Of Job there was not oue ,.ei, 70"
OF evil RBatuak the moral character Of Ihe deM.
lLaughtor.l He Is always mentioned W.
great sehpeet and II any, LAWYERS th.s Tsis sh.
present would excuse him, he might saJ tns. ~
desil figured 10 the Old Tostaue1t ~ ksna o.
attorney. (IsoArs Of laughter!
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