The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-02-28

man Faust. Ihefe are t1OusaIus VI peo'
Pile selling him their souls nowadays, but
they don't know it. Some of the old
writers say that the devil has g govern
ment just like nations hare governments.
It is spIendidly organized and has gov.
ernment of seven devils. Beelzebub is
the chief of false gods and idols. Belial
is the author of anger and malice. Ar
modeus of revenge and Satan of lies and
deceit, Abaddon is the destroyer and the
formentor Of wars and tumults.. Diabolus
scatters slander and despair. Meresin is
the prince of the power Of the air, and
breathes out pestilence and plaques. The
next in rank are Moloek, and Pluto, and
Leviathan, and Mammon, and Proserpine
and Lucifer, and Antichrist. These last
seven are ambassadors from foreign coun.
tries-the seveu Kingdoms of England,
France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany,
Spain and scotland-where Christians
have set up the cross. This country was
NOT settled then, and had no internal
ambassador, but We have one now-two
or three, they say, one for the north and
one for the south to keep us fussing, and
one for Kentucky to keep the distilleries
going. Then there are thousands of sub
devils, and they run for Office just like
our folks run for Office. In fact, most Of
our oficeholders go there when they die
and rdn for an Office right away, and gen.
orally get it oh account of their expert
ence. The head devils and chief officers
all have secretaries, and body guards, and
"valet.de chambres." Then there are
the directors of public amusemcnts, and
gambling houses and round dances and
shameful literature. The directors attend
to all this kind of.business that is going
on in the world, and see to it that it is
done up in brown and in the most devil
ish manner. They make weekly reports
to the heads of departments, and if the
business is dull and they have sold short
the old devil wants to know what's the
matter and he raises a rumpus, and either
deposes the officer or gives him more
help. One writer says that the air is not
an full of flies In summer as it is Of devils
all the time.
The most intelligent men in all ages
believed in these personal devils. St.
Paul and st. John, Homer, Socrates,
Plutarch, Cyrus the Great, Milton,
Shakespeare and Walter Scott, have all
expressed their convictions. For time
Wizards and witches had big run as we
see in Macbeth and Tam O'Shanter and
the "Haunted House," The Puritans
laid the blame of every misfortune upon
the witches and had thousands of them
burnt at the stake. Their victims were
not men but women-not Wizards but
witches. The pusilanious towards Ihey
never gave the women half chance.
They wouldn't let girl wear red rib
bon on her bonnet, nor 8 flower in her
hair. The more I study history about
these Puritans the more I don't like
them. Macaulay says "they hated bear
batting not because it gave pain to the
bear but because it gave pleasure to the
spectators"
But it is enough for us all to know that
no good man or woman or child has ever
been harmed by ghosts or witches. /
believe in the influence of the spirits both
for good and for evil and that We can
court the one and drive away the other.
Our duty and safeguard is to IDEAL
justly, love mercy. and obey the Lord our
God"