Milford chronicle., 1888-11-16
MILFORD DEL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER l6 1888.

In my text we have Satan on his travels,
and l am going to tell you some Of the routes Il
he is apt to take. On his way down from II
the palace where he reported himself in an
syger TO the question, Whence CONTEST thout q
the first range of mischief he may be expected !
to take is the air. It was not witticism OF I
a Sin, Of the pen when Paul, in his letter to
the Ephesians, called Satan the "Prince OF ! !
the Power of the Air. think :
it means that Satan works through condi-
tions OF the atmosphere. The west wind Is
full of angels, the east wind is full Of devils
Satan spreads abroad his black wings and
hurricanes and euroclydons and Caribbean
vrhirlyyinds and equinoctials are hatched out.
He takes the miasnas that float up from
swamps and matches them into typhoid levers.
He takes the cold blasts and hatches them
into pneumonias and rheumatisms and con-
snmptions. Not only has the power in the
upper air where highest clouds float, but
mower over the lower air which we breathe,
and as we breathe nineteen times a minute
and take in three hundred and fifty cubic
/ feet Of air in every twentyyfour hours ana
1 much Of this air affects the arterial cir
,ulation, YOU see what opportunities
he Prince of the Air has Of con
;aniuatine and despoiling and demoralzlng
tnan. Through atmospheric influence be
clouds the disposition and rasps the nerves
hnd covers the best of people with religious
dependency, as in the case of Edward Pay
uon and William Cowper and that beloved
apostle of evangelism, James W. Alexander.
His great delight is to have the alr OK
churches vitiated, and in that way dulls the
preacher and Supplies the people and sees to
it that the atmosphere Of not more than one
out of hundred churches is fit to breathe,
and whole congregations, Sabbath 10y Sab
bath. are asphyxiated. Yes, be is worthy OF
the title St Paul gave him: ''Prince of the
Power of the Air"
7 MARRIAGE Is BY NO MEANS FAILURE.
Another route he is apt to take is through
4 domestic life. There is no greater sport for
/, him than conjugal quarrel It does not
1 make any difference how long the marriage
ring has been on the finger Of the right hand,
;, he will try to pull off the signet. He says to
: the husband: "What a plain wife you have
: compared with what she once vast Dont
y 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
. locksl Besides that, you have advanced
= in intelligence, while she has stood still
~ or cone back How hard it is that you
q should be chained to such dullness
= and imbecilityr Then he turns and says &c
y y the wife: THAT man neglects you; you have
- a right to be jealous. He likes his cigar ane
:, his club, and anything and everything bsslei
: e than you. Why not get divorced Mar
= riage is only a civil contract anyhow an'
- not a divine alliance Let me have tina
~ ring 1t means nothing, and you might a
~ well give it to me- The ring is handed owe
y to Satan and he tosses it up and down like
~ plaything over the mouth of perdition AM
an an saws: 81 will hand it back; only let mo hav
~ it a little whilen And he keeps tossing tina
uP ring, with all its sacred memories, hlgne
up and further out, tossing and catct
An ing. tossing and catching it until on
day you clutch for it, crying; GIVE n
-, ,'-. back my ringln but 10, it has dropped I'M
- - the yawning gulf and you suddenly ilnd WI
nj has been pitching and catching the ring, al
sIl . Won cry out: ''Whence comest thouF an
Aoi hs answers: From going to and fro IN u
leo ,.1 domestic life Of the city and from waikiki
llel @ M and down in it; that is ALL There u
any thousands Of marriage relations strained
ait' most to the breaking, and l commend to
- men and women who are restless IN the PR
~ ~ ent marriage state that they resume the Q
-. - time courtship and take as much PAL
1@ius @ to make themselves agreeable as tn
- - did five or ten or twenty yea
a AGO. before the wedding march
. nounced to the flushed and luttering crol
,i-ii that the bride and groom were coming:
m cording to tho statistics of Professor Dix
one NGlE III AiA9lsAA At1f AAe-AAil1~l---
''ei were 241 divorces; in temperate Maine,
divorces; in good old Massachusetts, GU
ioili, vorces. and in the New England of "stea
aiil | habits.n 2l13 In one county Of Illinois
divorce suits were begun in one year, ana
IL many places it seems as if a new arran
in rnent had been made of the commandmel
hau and instead of ten there were only nine,
mon Seventh commandment having been
49, ont. When you see how many husbands
li,F wives are parted by law, and know o
7Ile g,l many who would like to dissolve conJu
i,i, partnership, do you not come to the con
i-llIls sion that Satan is engaged in mighty INT
- tries' ,. -.
which ENEMY.
tries; Another route that Satan is apt to tax
slphe- his active travels is the factories and o
, am establishments where capital sits IN the o
)assa- or counting room and a good many hanl
II to laborers are busy among wheels and spin
!; ana and fabrics On this visit he Will AlsU
the into the manufacturers Office ano' LII
mere the owner and proprietor Of the great 6
n has lshment all alone with his correspond
We and his account books, says to him; - L o'
rch OF not making as much money as you ougl
power Won furnish all the brains. Were 1t mo-
5 and your enterprise this establishment woul'
world. he in existence. These men and women II
what employ are Of very common mold.
ers TO annette is coarser and they do not nee'
S sup I1xuries vou require. Their comfort
l have happiness are Of very little Importance.
S a be them down on the very verge OF stafV
) loot and take all the profits into your own p
wrong sion, and if they do not like it tell th'
evil of ~, ,9rere they can do bettern Having
OF un- Lis work in the counting room satan
! as IN right out among the workmen. he
report ssYou work too many hours and you do
he evil vvorl, better than it needs to be done.
emy OF arc serving a bloated bondholder any
a celer- He has no right to have any more thal
'orld a bove Why should he ride and you
on his WHY should he have tendeTlOin stea
ic, ept- 1ou salt porl,l Capital IS the eneE
And labor. Let labor be the sworn zoe O.
comess ital Why don't you strike and orlni
rd and to termsl Wait until he has
rth ana order TO gil By contract, and 'he
cannot help himself Go all pos
RULE. without q moments warning and t
rid long YOU are going TO stop If be has ai
While sonrces than YOU know OF and pers
rid was ding on and getting new men, give
week, vollev Of brickbats or put little dyl
hat the in his Office and blow him and bis TACT
u lhou- ~, With the same explosion" Look ou
"a IN. on the aight sky Great nre so'ne
DC .ulIs what is III The night is cold and Sal
ay nave made n big bonfire Of that factory Z
ears 10 bin,self by. The capitalist has lost !
the AIR - l-,,, and their famil
years to aliu il,. euo ,'oaS a1d clothing. ''N
o record "lla "lluou' e,ta,5r ss7rom going
it with eollleso e,i''.i M, er,Dloves. al
n it up lro sioi 81, .ii 60, ar,on9 them
to freeze WaiAliS w - -, made anvthi
lllivels,i u s,i of that strike. What a splendid
rs WIZ " lots of smokel Hal hal like smoke
...;-s ~ SOME REASONS WHY GOOD MEN GO
~. ,,a-,e Another route Satan is apt to tai
- -, active travels is through the me
- 80 establishments. He steps in and say
-'S clerks; .How much salary do you
after the tbat ana why, you can't live on tina