Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-12


fist parents may hsve been
hsuled so The spot /, Goo. oO0 years before.
This prince Of the power OF the air hiss
been trying for slI that 900. coo years to
dem lisa and use up this world The
record is on the rocks. He tried to drown
it with universal waters. he tried &c
burn 1t up with universal fires. Then he
tried to fraez3 IL into ruiz, and covered 1t
with universal glacier. And for ages ne
ke pt this world, before our first parents
occupied it, in psrozysms and conV1!-
siors, snd t1e remains Ct those struggles
hSve seen and you have seen In Bus51mS,
or il with geologists hammer you
have gore down inso the stone libraries
of tae mounttipg. Yes, after the famous
Is bic week the world had been 1ted into
a paradise for the homs Of our sinless
ancestors, Ss:sr comes into the Garden
Of Biep, not Though ths gate OF foliage
and upright in posture, but crGHls in
under the bushes, sake, ard having
dsspoiled cur frft parents goes to work
to ruin Paradise, and does the work so
thoroughly thai ono who recently visited
the cite Ct the SrcieRt garden between
the rivers TigEis snd EupnrAtes says the
place il Q desert, not 6 flower, and the
ground 90 poor that nothing but some
date trees grow there, and the miserable
villagers from nesr By are not SO well
covered up with their rags as Adam and
Eve were covered up with their limos
cercs. So you see the father OF lies for
once told the truth when the Lord said
unto him: "Whance CONTEST thou?" and
Satan answered the Lord and said: "From
going TO and fro In the earth, ard from
waking up and down il H."
In ny text We nave
SATAN ON HIS TRAVELS,
and an going to tell you some CT the
routes he il apt 10 take. On his wsy
down from the palace wnere he reported
himsehiu answer TO the question: Whence
CONTEST thought the fi,st range Of mis-
caief hs may oe expected to tSKe Is the
sir. II vas n5I wisticism or slip 81
the pen when Paul IN his Iettsr 10 the
EphesiADs called Satan the "Princs CT che
Power Of the Ait." think II mssns that
Sl.sn works through conditions OF the
atmosphere. The west wind is full C1
angelo, the east wind Is full CT devils
Sstsn spreads abroad his black wings and
hurricanes and eurcclydors an Csrib
| nesn whirlWinds aud equinoctisls are
hstched oHt. he takes the miAsmks that
fost up HOE swsmpS end hatchss them
| into typhoid savers. He takes the cold
blasts AID matches them into pEeumolias
snd rheumstiems aRd consumptieRs. So'
| only has he power in the upper air where
highest clouds fcst, but power over the
lower cir which VS. breathe, and ~ ~
| bresthe niAetesR times . minute and tax:
III $50 cubic feet Of air in every twenty
four hours and much Of this sir sdectS TIT
srserial circulation, you see what oppcr'
| tunitieE she Prince Of the Air has of con.
terminating and despoiliBs and demoraliz
ing man. ThrCagh atmospheric indu
| ence he clouds the disposition snd rssp
the nerves s1d covers the best Of people
| with religious dependency as in the css
| Of Z Ward PAyson and William Co1pe
Ard that beloved apostle CT evangelism
James " Alexander. His great deligh
ia 10 have tle air OF churches viiated snC
in that way culls the preacher and
sTuPIFKs THE people
aad sees 10 IL mas the atmosphere Ct DO
more InaZ one ous CT hundred churche
is A. to bTestee, and whole congregation
Sabbath BY Sabbath EIs Rsphyxistsd
Yes, he is worthy Of the title S.. Pau
gave him, "Prirce CT the Power OF tn
Air"
Another route hs is apt to take il
through domestic life. There isn1 grsste
sport for him than corr lgsl quarrel. l
| does not make any difference now lorj
the marriage rirg nGs been On the h2ge
of the right haed, he wi Try 10 pull CT
tie s.gset. he Gags to the husbaGG
"9haE pain wits YOU have compared
with what she oZcs Was. Don't you Sc,
thai the color has gone out OF her chez
and there ere several wrinkles about he
temples and sprinkllrg Of frost on he
loeks2 Besides that, you have advance
IL intelligence while she has stood still
or sope back. How hsrd it is tISG ycI
should be chained 20 aUch dullnes
cne imbecilIty" Thsl he turns and say
TO the wife: Chat MAJ neglects you
yos have right TO be Jsslous. II lik5
his cigar AD1 hiE clab and anything 81
everything better thsR you. WAy not g.
a divoTce? Marriage IL oEly civil cor
tract anyhow, and not divine 0lliRlc:
Let ns hEye that ring. l. magns nosniS
and you migk! oG well give il 50 me
The ring ID h4nded oysE to Ss.aE, SAD
J losses Is up sed down liks q pls7ehiK
ovsr Shs mouth Of peFditi1c and says: "
, Will ksu6 1t back, ONLY Lee me- have Il
: !ialIs while" And nc keeps tossing the
| ring with ell fhs sscred memories highs
/ Go AVID farther cat, tossing Szd cstCeio,
: tossing and catching it anil ora dsT 20
; clutch for It, crying: 'GiVs me bsC
} nY Eing!" has 10. it has 6roppsd into q
! Ewnins gulf, aud you Suddenly fEt vi
hiss been pitching and catching the Tig!
Aat Voc cry cat: "Wnepce come
I .hoE" azd ne sHswerE: "Fgoz2 gois
7 to tRd f1o IL ehe dosneedc IFS Of shs CT
q ead walking up asd down in it; that
) all" TAers are thousands Of
MAREIAGs RELATIONS
= strained eluoss 30 J3s breaking, sad
; recommend so al Hen and womC
= who SIS restless il ths presel
e. marriage STATE, thsS thsy rssxns :.
h old-time courtghip and tako 50 D1t
= pains 10 msEs them selves ssrsesbls
: they did Eve CT ten or twenty years sg
before the wedding march announced
= the flushed and fasterlng crowd that Z
@ bgids and groom asHs coming. AccoTt
8 ing to tie statistics OF P 5ofe9soS Dixie
Il in CHS year III moral Nav HampsGi
r there were 24l divorces; in tsmpers
& Maine, AS divorces; IN good old has
|. ehVsssts, 600 divorces, sra in the NJ
d Eog'snd of "s;esdJ habits" 2Il3
C o1c county in Illinois $50 divorces sU!
{ were bsGun in ere year, and in mai
1 IA