The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-23
M0VEMENTSOF SATAN
The Devil Credited With Vast Power,
Whose Malign Influence Must
be Rcpulscd by Every
One.

mon: "Satun Oh HIS travels, HIS text
was. Job I. q:
And the Lord said unto Satnm Whence
CONTEST thou: Then Satan answered the
Lord and said: From going to aud fro in
the earth, and from walking up and down
I'M it,.
In 1912 wns printed the largest hook
ever published. namely. two huge volumes OF
near 1000 pages i'll small type. The author
Joseph Garyl. 1t was IL commentary on this
Book ofIoh. When it took year for the
journey from England to ln'liu. the son 0i
the author ofths commentary started for
India, leaving his father writing on his book.
and war gone for wears. aud wien he came
luck to England still found his fnthcr writ
ing on it: never saw tl.c commentary. but
j do not wonder at it's size because there is
no end to the cnterest ofthe Book Of Job.
am not surprised that Goethe, I'll" unbe!iever.
took from this wonderful hook thcopcnng OF
his drama Faust" and the Mcphstoplirl's
Ofthe great German WAS only The Satan %!
dob. II seems hat one day in heaven God
was on His throne nndunGcls and messengers
came to report on their different missions. ]
suppose one angel said IL was OH, among
the stars und saw one of them burn down.
Another angel. | imagine said: II was oil
on n stellar excursion and WAS present nj the
birth of licw world" Another angrl. !
think. said: II was inurnryin@ five hundred
million miles in the wilderness Of imn.nsily
and saw a meteor run down Il planet. An
other angc II WAS off and helped Mt tho
inauguration ot Il low race oI beings the
nmil the mountains and Valleys OF that
mighty world in the southeast part of tho
heavens. But wlilr these great and good
spirits were milking their reports II CHASTITY
grizzly, hi'lrons monster from some miry
sulrhurous, filthy world. came into the.
palace without wiping his feet, and God
asked him whore and how he had been DC
cnpying himself and this gr"atcst scoumlrol
ofthe universe nude reply with bra2rn el'ron-
terry. and instead Of acknowledging any of
the mischief he had been doing said lie had
been an earthly pedestrian and had lived Il
sort frircnmnmhua'"rH pcripatetir lii"
"And the Lord said unto S;lt;m Whence
CONTEST thou. Then Sntan answered The
Lord: From going 10 and fro i'll the earth
and from walking up and down i'll ii,
This monster ofmy text has II great va
rietN OF names. You know that notorious
villains are apt to take u variety OF names.
Arranged in Paris for burglary Il man will
give one name: arrested in san Francisco iur
arson he Will give another name imprisoned,
in Montreal for murder hc will give another
name. So this creature of my ttNl has many
names. lie is called in sacred and pruf;lc
literature Aha,ltlnn. Apollynn. .hrimnnrs
Eehicl. Asmo'!eus, the l,.ven:.in.. devil. l!"l-
gebMb I he sovereign nj devils. l.uri'pr the
brilliant devil, Dinhoius the ,rsraiiin.s dcvil
l.
devil. Banl the military devil, Mcresn tlt
plagulng devil. He is called the father nf lics
and has for his children and gi;,n,;c.ll,i,en
nnd great -gran'iclildyen all lalsphuo,'s. do
captions. frauds. swindlcs. SANDERS back
billings and sllh.eriiigns. M mrn ut
good sense. whether enlightened H. the
Bible or in hrn,l.rn,om have noticed
that there IN" ba".ul and mn'nrlc',.
Influences abroad that have not their cri2in
III the human r;irr. and cmo,nln.y il, ms
ceHnin ms nn%el"logy. The sword of Par
nccsns was thought TO have had IL demon in
the mt an! there is now Il demon in every
sword hit. The nnrirn,s supposed lie mir
was filed with sylplis and sniyrs and sirens
nnd Snonrs AM! vampires and sal;,;nn,,cis
and nMdincs aud hobgobns. Tie ruM"id
says hat Adams first vic WAS Lis :.ull hat
their children were all devils. Two or three
hundred years ago Il tlrmunogl;lpherg av"tl. he
names of ambassadors of evil which lr
Thought Satan sent to dilrlen, countries;
Mammon, ambassador TO England: Briphr-
.or, ambassador 10 Finnc"; Mnutlrt. am
basshdnr tnSwii4, iaM.l. liimon, ambassador
10 ltllsSlt; iiianHZ. ambassador 10 SpHin:
Hutein, Ambassador to ituiy aud that there
was princess of devils hy the name Of
4'roserline. But what was mere guess work
o. mythology or superstition has been made
eiear by divine revelation. We find 1hHi
thele Is sOlncwllerr monarch all wicked
ness. lie has II tl'roi," Of power and rour-
tiers and armies and navics and nn..iin.rvu!
evil vast rs the round worll. lie is tn. SUI
pervisor of all mischief and Whit he c;.nnu,
TO himself he delegates Others To do. nnl MS
each ore OF our race is supposed IN lrlv. II
guardian good angel. have no ,loul,, tll,
every human being hasa lsrsicain@ malignant
spirit nugging his footsteps and trying; to
make him think wrong and act wrong an
especial devil. II devil of fraud or n devil of
ayarire or a devil or In'.'"nn'inrs> or u devil
ofpoor health am, rs in my tcS, he spirits
nre represented us reporting tn he Lord so
nave no doubt the evil spirits report to S;!-
tan, who il the enemy vi Tie whole human
race, and who has celebrity that makes iiigh,
around the world the u,nt,cr q! :. second,
and who marslals on Ills side lie forces vol
sanic. atmospheric epidemic. geologic ocean,
sc ahd cy.lonir. ''And TIL" Lord said unto
satan: Wheno" CONTEST thou. Tl,nm Satan
answered the Lord and said: From going
to aud fro in the earth and from walking up
and down in it,"
Satiul began his attack on his world long
hriolr Adam and Eve were created. While
believe the Billie record that the world was
ntted up for man residence in one week. [
believe also the geological record tina, The
world was previously for luH-lrctls of thou
sands OF ears going through great changes
lie timber for the house th. waa'o hc built
Tor our first parents may have been hauled
TO the spot Il million years before. This
prince Of the power OF the ;irh;s been trying
for al that million years 10 lcmolish and use
up this world. The record is on the rocks. l!c
tried to drown il with universal waters He
tried to burn ii with universal fires Then
nc tried to fieeIr il into ruin. aud covered il
with universal glacier. And for ages h" kept
TINS world icioi~ nur first parents occupied i.
in paroXysms and CONCLUSIONS. and the 10.
NUNS oil those struggles | llnvcseen and YOU
have seen in museums. orif with @eolocist's
II I,, Al. :.
libraries OF the mountains. Yea. after the
famous Bible wee; the world has been fitted
into II paradise ia. the home of our siulcss
ancestors.
Satancomcs into the Garden of Eden. no,
through the gate Of foliage and upright in
posture, but crawls in under til. bushes n
snake. and. liavng laspo!e,l our first par
ents, goes TO work To ruin paradise. ;rl dcrs
the work SO Thoroughly t!l;,, Oh" who ir
gently visited the site nf the :incir.t garden
between the Rivers rigfis and Enpl.ra,rs
Hnys the place is /; desert not II flower and
the ground so poor that nothing blt some
date trees grow there. and the miserable vii
layers from near by IRE not so well covered
up with their rags as Adam and Eve were
covered up with their Innocence. So You
zee the tather of lies for once told the trull,
When the Lord said unto him: whence
eomest thou? and Satan answered the
Lord and said From "ong 10 and fro in
the earth and from walking up and down in
it,
lnmy text we have Satan on his travels.
ana am going to ,el you some of the
routes he is apt to take. On his way down
tromthc palace where liz reported himself in
answer to the question: Whence Comes.
thou? the first range of mischief he may he
expected to take is The air. Ii was not ii
wittirism or u slip of l" PEN WHEN ptrl in
his letter TO the i:plrsi:..,s called Satan III,
"Prince of the Power of the air" | think i.