The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-11-21
HOW TIE DEVIL TRAVELS.
REV. r. DEWITT TALMAGE'S SUNDAY
MORNING DISCOURSE.

MORNING DISCOURSE.
His Satanic Majesty Marches to His Vic
TINS Souls Through Ararice, Theft
Forgery, Jealousy, Murder. Arson. Adul
terry and Every Other Crime.
At the Tabernacle on Sunday morn
ing the Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, d
D. took for the subject of MS sermon
ssSatan on his Travels" His test was
Job l., I: ssAnd the Lord said untt
Satan: Werce comest thou? Then Satan
answered the Lord and said: From goins
to and fro in the earth, and from walk
ing up and down in it,
ssIn my test" said DIR. Ialnage, 'sw'
have Satan on his travels, and an
going to tell you some OF the routes h
is apt to take. On his way down from
the palace where he reported himself IL
answer to the question: whence comes
thou9' the first range of mischief he may
be expected to take is the air. 1t wa:
not witticisn or slip of the pen whel
Paul in his letter to the Ephesians calico
Satan the prince of the Power Of The
AR think that it means that Satan
works through conditions of the atmos
phere. The west wind is full of angels.
the east wind is full OF devils. Sater
spreads abroad his black wings and hur.
ricanes andseuroclydons and Carribean
whirlwinds and equinoctials are hatched
out. He takes the miasmas that float ur
from swamps and matches them into ty.
phoid fevers. He takes the cold blasts
and matches them into pneumonia and
rheumatisms and consumptions.
s:Not only has he power IN the upper
air where highest clouds float, but
power over the lower air which We
breathe, and as we breathe nineteen
times minute and take IN $50 cubic
feet of air in every twenty-four hours,
and much of thif air affects the arterial
circulation, you see what opportunities
the Prince of the Air has OF contamlna-
ting and despoiling and demoralizirg a
man. Through atmospheric influence
he clouds the disposition and rasps the
nerves and covers the best Of people
with religious dependency, as in the
case of Edward Payson and William
Cowper and that beloved apostle OF
Evangelism, James ". Alexander. His
great delight is to have the air OF
churches vitiated, and in that way duils
the preacher and Supplies the people,
and sees to it that the atmosphere OF not
more than one out of huuGred churches
is fit to breathe, and whole eopgrega-
tions, Sabbath after Sabbath, are as
pbyDxiated. Yes, he is worthy of the
title St.,.Paul gave him-sPrince of the
Power Of the Air
s'Another route he is apt to take is
through domestic life. There is no
greater sport for him than coniugal
quarrels. he says to the husband
sWhat plain wife you have compared
with what she once was. Don't you see
that the color has gone out of her cheek,
and there are several wrinkles about her
temples and a sprinkling of frost on her
locks? Besides that, yon have advanced
in intelligence, while she has stood still
or gone back. How hard it is that you
should be chained to such dullness and
imbecility!' Then he turns and says to
his wife: sThat man neglects you; you
have right to be jealous. He likes his
cigar and his club and anything and
everything better than you. Why not
get divorce? Marriage is only civil
contract anyhow, and not divine ALI
ance. Let me have that ring. Itmeans
nothing, and you might as well give it
to me. The ring is handed over to
Satan and he tosses it into the yawnins
gulf.
s.rhere are thousands OF marriage re-
lations strained almost to the breaking,
and commend to all men and women
who are restless in the present marriage
state that they resume the old time
conrtship ard take as much pains to
make themselves agreeable as they did
five or ten or twenty years ago, before
the wedding march announced to the
flushed and huttering crowd that the
bride and groom were coming. Accord
ing to the statistics of Professor Dikes,
in one year in moral New Hampshire
there wee 24l divorces; in temperate
Maine, ATS divorces; in good old Massa'
chnsetts, 800 divorces, and III New Eng.
land of steady habits, 2,ll3. La one
county of Illinois $50 divorce suits were
be gun in one year, and in many places
1t seems SIS if new arrangement had beer
made Of the commandments, and instead
OF ten there were only nine, the seventh
commandment having been left out
When you see how many husbands ano
wives are parted by law, and know OF sc
mauy who would like to dissolve co1lu.
gal partnership, DO you lot come to the
conclusion that Sa:an is engaged il
mighty industries?
"Auothcr route that Satan is apt tc
take in his active travels is the factorlss
and otEer establishments where capita
sis in the Office or counting room aud 8
good many hands of laborers are busy
among wheels and spiudles and fabrics
On this visit he will first step into the
manufacturer Office and finding the
owner and proprietor of the great estao
ishment all alone with his correspond
ence and his account books. says 10 him
You are not making as much money
as you ought. You furnish all the brains
We're it Lot for your enterprise this es
tabGshment would not be in existence
These men and women in your employ
are very common mold. Their appetite
is coarser and they do not need the lux
uries you require. Their comfort ant
happiness are of very little Importance
Pat them down on The very verge o
starvation and take all the profits int