The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-02

.Fwm the indianapolis Saturday Herald.
Mr.. Conway has evidently well studied
HE subject, and probably knows more Of
the history Of this celebrated parsonage
than any living man. He has, as it were,
had him IN the dseCting.rOOm, and with
microscopic eye viewed each and every
part Of this much dreaded individual.
II ! understand Mr.. Conway, the devil Is
myth-au importation thousands Of
years agOlrom Persia. The Jews had no
devil, but substitute in their scapegOnt.
The Christian era gave the devil prom
nCnce he had never before attained. The
Creator Of heaven and earth, and all
things visible aud invisible, might per.
haps logically be held responsible for the
seeming faults Of his creation. TO relieve
him Of this responsibility the devil was
imporled-a being GternNlly at war with
God, and ever trying to destroy souls.
Tothi' creature was ascribed all that was
evil
Martin Luther evidently believed in a
personal devil. lie has seen and wrestled
with him; and thousands Of well inform.
people Of to-day believe that he still
existsas a roaring lion, going about, &c.
II this Satanic majesty really does have
abeing, he must feel under Infinite obi.
cations to Milton for the splendid biOgra.
ply he hr written concerning him. In
reading Millions paradise Lost II there
Il one character that stands out rs il
were, and challenges admiration, il Is
that Of l.ucifer. Compared with him the
good angels are tame and insipid, much
like Marx TwAin's little boys that loved
to attend Sunday School. But according
TO Mr.. Conway, the Devil Is dcad-in
fact never had but an imaginary exist
ence. Now, while ] am disposed to he.
ltcve, and, in fact do believe, all that Mr..
Conway said relative to the genealogy,
&c., Of this remarkable parsonage, ! de.
sire to suggest that, II Mr.. Conway sue.
Ceed1 in convincing the Christian world
that he Is right, il he not raising bigger
Devil than the one he put down? There
are thousands Of well.meaning, honest
men, doing honest hard labor, as they be.
lieye, for the benefit Of the human race,
known as orthodox priests or preachers;
destroy the Devil, and what becomes Of
them? They are deprived Of nearly all
their stock in trade, and Il not petitioners
in the bankrupt courts, will, perhaps, do
worse by trying to exc out n miserable
existence as life insurance agents. have
before me the prayer.book Of The Protest
ant Episcopal Church; turn to its
Splendid litany and quote "From all
evil and mischief, from sin, from The
crafts and assaults Of the Devil, &c.
food Lord, deliver u.s." Again, in the
oaptismal ceremony, II Is ordained tina!
the minister shall demand Of the spOn.
'or' IA follows: "DOst thou, in the name
OF the child, tcnOunce the Devil and all
biz work'' &c. Now, II the Devil goes
overheard, what becomes Of the churches2
This thing won't do. have said that
believe all Mr.. Conway said but, some
how, don't like retormers-l am con-
;etvAtive 2orOaster, Socrates, Martin
Luther, Claiming, Theodore Parker,
William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell
Phillips all were or aro right-all re.
lofmcr.. They were or are beacons, as II
were, standing out on the headlines Of
Time reckoning ia onward; and cling as
londly AZ we may to our old courses, the
Tine has, and will come, when their charts
will be our guides. But these men al.
ways make trouble in the world-they
Nn.cttle things generally. Mr.. Conway IL
one Of this class. Ills discovery Is worse
Than that Of Calico, and II the lnquili.
ZION existed here / well know he would
,,3qiiet the pains and penalties his damna.
Ole hcresy merits. The trouble with
such men as Mr.. Conway is, that he sets
people to thinking. lie bothcrs them.
Now, most men hate to think or reason,
johnson IL u respectable man, who
made fortune by killing hogs and ship
Plng, hi, pork to Europe. lie pays three
hundred dollars per year pew rent in
'ome good orthodox church. Possibly he
conducts u Bible class. lie reads little
OF nothing save the price current in the
Newspapers, What little religion he has
ne thinks he pays for, and takes II in like
aspongc, by absorption, johnson does
many mean things and thrives thereby
he comforts himself by believing that
9 n. meanness IL all the work Of the devil
nls preacher has literally told him 10
johnson bnin0 a rnarnhar In s,,,,i s1snJ