Dodge City times., 1878-02-23
THE DEVIL. AND HE'LL.

cIuse AMI daration Aany OF the lucas au-
vanced We're undoubtedly new 70 many in the
audience. aud were listened fe with sppsrrent
interest \ brief quotat ion FROM his morning
discourse viii give some tides Of the new church
or swe'ienhorgisn doctrine concerning the devil
Referring 10 the texts IN Rev 1873 and ~ 3.
wherein are mentioned =. he dragon, that old
serpent, which is tie Devil and Saisn,'' the
speaker said; = The sensuous nature OF ms n Is
THAT Old serpens.'' and the evils and falses
originated In mans peryerte sensual or exter-
nal nature, constitute the Devil and Satan.
There is no other Devel and no other Satan than
that which has thus originated. Every soul
,hus permanently perverted so that the ruling
love il the love OF self aud the world. is devil
and So appears and .css in the other world, ~
well a. here. and every mind ia which false
principles permanently guide aud direct, Is =
sl;an Here. then. ve nave the origin Of the
Devil and Satan. Devils hlinsn souls whose
wills have become wholly perverted. and con-
armed In antsgonism to the divine will: and
sstsns are human souls whose understand
inss have besome wholly beclouded by false
ideas OF spiritual things; and these he said.
are irrelarable--s debas-i will clothing itself
with corresponding false thought. Ihe aggre-
CATION of these perverted human Wills. he said.
is spoken Of in the singular as ''th- Devil AMI
the aggregation OF perverted human under
standings. rs Satan" that all the spirits OF
this character that had gone 10 the world OF
spirits before the Lords advent. combined in
their assaults upon his humanity, thu. acting as
one -
We regret thai We have nos room for . more
lengthy notice.
In the evening Obscure concerning Hen, the
views advanced were very unlike the fire and
birthstone theory. Tue text Was from Luke
1875. relating to Dives and Lazarus, whom the
spesker regarded - representative characters;
the rich man representing The jewish people OF
the time in which the parable was spoken, and
ia larger sense, all who. like the Jews, have
the word OF God, and SO are thus inteilectu ally
or docirinaliy clothed with purple and fine linen,
terms used in the wor'i u symbolic the spirit
ual wealth Of minds in possession OF spiritual
truths. and who fire sumtuous.J every day, in
the fact that they are fed by the Heavenly in
nuences with which divine truths iniilicd-
LaSuSus represented the Gentle nat 0ns in
their relation 10 the Jews. and likewise all who
sustain corresponding relation TO the church
the depository Of spiritus! truth-all vino are ig-
norsnt Of true do5trlne, bat who, like Lazarus,
are lying NJ the rich mas gate, znd realize
their dependence On the truth Of the word OF
God and the spiritual food il emb0di,s.
Heaven, be said, Was y state Of The under
standing enlightened by Divine truth, and Of
the will subor,lInatsd and assimilated % the
Divine villa state in which the ruling love is
the love Of the Lord, or Of what is good and
true, and OF the neis shbor: and that Hell is the
Oiln lie Of thela lnxe .,fs off
and of sensuous things, that both heaven and
hell are states OF the soul r.gArds good and
evil, truth aud f.sity. and not places in space.
The character acquired on earth. whether good
or bad. determines mans state and spiritual
relations IN the great hereafter, each soul voun-
tariiy seeking kindred associations In the spirit
uai world. and .here is no desire to change such
r,litions, the evil being unable to bear the light
or sphere OF heaven. and therefore hell Is .
mercy to these not ht,ed tor the happiness OF
heaven.
The heii-fire OF the bible. he said, is not nate
rial re. but the Gre Of intsnse seashness, hatred
towards all Who oppose their designs and hinder
the qualification Of cherished lusts. The evil In
hell, he said, have no conscience and are not
Afflicted with any stiugs OF conscience. .nless
Brought INTO the light Of heaven, and hence they
shrink from the lighs and seek to hide then.else.
under the mental clouds arising from THAR own
syis-their own sslf-l0ye and the lust Of SELF
qualification. that the comparative uahappiness
VI the wicked Results from ungratified desires
unsatisted because in sntagonism To The laws in
conformity with which alone sai istsction is pos-
sible. The evil, he said. are necessarily under
restraint in the spiritual world ss they are here
and hence, under the impulsions Of uncurbei