The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-06
SAN SMALL LAND THE DEVIL
The Evangelist Seems to Be Famil-
lar With His InkY Highness.

He talked on the subject Of his Sultanic
Majesty for more than an hour at the
Academy of music and talked to a
crowded house. The occasion Of the dis
course Of Mr.. Small. on the Devil. was one
Of the Sunday meetings of the Young
Mems Christian Association and the
Evangelist had been invited to speak
TO men only, for the reason pre-
sumably that they knew more about the
Prince OF Darkness than the fairer sex
When Mr.. Small WAS introduced 20 the
audience there were on the stage about
one hundred mem bers Of the Association,
and among them were s F. Cowles,
President; 4. o. Church, Vice President;
Rev. DR.. Cornelius Brett. Rev. Mr.. Nc
MINI and Rev. n. NJ. Sherwood.
J. II. Stevens and Mr.. Davis, cornet-
lists, and Lindsey Rowe, the blind organ
ist, furnished the music for the choir,
which was composed Of members OF the
Association The most notable of the
absentees were Collector p. II O'Neill
and Justice Weed.
The evangelist is q thoughtful looking
man apparently about forty-hve years
old, tall and slender. A mustache and
pair OF eye glasses adorned his face and
he wore a Prince Albert coat and white
tie. He sad be was glad that be was TO
speak to men only for he felt more at
mixed audience, for he better understood
their thoughts, purposes. visions and as
piraIions.
"We talk Of the day Of DEVILS" said the
Evangelist, ''as If that day had gone by.
but this Is not true, for the day OF devils
is just beginning. 1t has been increasing
since Christ cast out devils from man,
when on earth, and the Devil Is greater
today than ever. The devil Is the DOC
trine we commonly Use to designate the
meaBness of man. We call a man q
devil; we say the Devil is in him; we ask
what the devil he wants. and we tell him
to 60 to the Devil" Haughtert
DEMoNIzfSG EASIER NOW.
"Men," continued the Evangelist, sub
nit easier now to being demonlzed than
ever before. It is worse than being hyp-
Noticed, although similar. A man vino
is hypnotlzed may be made to commit
crime, and the real culprit escape, for he
takes full possession OF the hypnotized
man. The Devil in the same man
ner takes possession OF a man, aud
demonizes him, and the man then be-
comes a devil, and is not himself. The
Devil has the best of the partnership.
This was my case, and for fifteen years
was a drunkard and sinner, aud in fact
did everything short of actual crime. /
was seemingly a man, but in reality
was devil, for | was in his power and
1 he had fnit possession Of me and was
1 QIdkKluH
There is but one who can cast cut g
devil, and that is Christ. When / had q
devil in me tried 10 cast IL out by will
| power, and | had strong VIII, too in
| fact, was always called Dullheaded, but
| when l came 10 the particular thing the
| devil possessed in me, was weak. Nor
al and legal suaslon mas no effect at all
on the devil put myself in charge of a
| specialist to drive out my devil, nv thirst
| for drink. and paid thousands Of dollars
| for il, but it was a failure. No doctor
can cure you of the liquor appetite. Some
people here may say this language is too
strong, but l say II there Is any physician
who can cure this thirst for drink, it is
| time ne began 70 do so. or else take in his
sign. / never saw a single case OF cure in
| this way, and I've got nearly half ton of
| books on alcoholism Drunkenness Is a
| spiritual disease as well as physical
| one"
| Mr.. Small related this When
4 Bob Ingerson was lecturing one evening,
/ he, after referring 10 the books of Moses.
/ tossed them aside. remarking:-rI
could write better book than that my
| self in three months time"
'.Au old woman in the audience immed-
! lately exclaimed: 'You had better do it,
Bob, right away, for there's money in
IT.
$50 It is with the doctor who can cure
/ drunkenness, commented the EFance-
| list; ''he had better do it right away for
there is wealth and fame in IL. Trying to
/ keep a drnnkard sober with drugs is ike
trying to keep hog clean with soap-a
clean waste of soap, The only doctors
| who claim they can cuTe the thirst for
/ drink are the patches of ". ID. IS let loose
/ each year from the colleges. Their only
/ stock in trade is "A parchment, some quin-
4 iue and some liquor. When called 10 at
| tend patient whose illness is rum they
| gi ye him the quinine, and If that doesn't
| cure him they give him the liquor which
| kills him, end the death certificate reads,
! Died of heart failure.
''HEART FAILURE CONVENIENT
Heart failure is new name the devil
| and the doctors have got up for dying.
/ The only man nowadays who dies drunk
/ is the poor devil who is found in the gut
4 ter without money enough to have heart
[ failure. III you DO not believe me watch
some old fellow you know must soon die
/ and see if when he dies the doctors do not
/ say it was heart failure. This is new
! term for death and would never have
been invented by the Devil and doctors
1 had not temperance people published the
statistics Of the deaths from rum. TIE
/ Devil and doctors could not stand this
aud heart failure takes its place. lap
| plause.
"It must be a picnic, - said the evangel-
ist, for q devil 10 get out Of his place be-
low and 20 rowing around. 90 not won
der wnen once they get in a man they
hate 10 get out
| I'VE all know about the app 0 trick OF
| the Devil when he got Adam, his first
! hold on man, but who knows how he got
his second gripf Il was when Noah
planted his vineyard. The Devil knew
the apple trick would not work again but
the vineyard was Just what ne wanted.
Noah got drunk and the Devil get bis
grip again. The Devil has held this griu
ever since and has continued to use the
grape as the agent"
Mr.. Small talked for an hour in this
strain and was frequently applauded.
| He denounced the government for per-
| Initting the sale of liquor for the sake OF
receiving the license revenue and told
| this story. A man under the influence oi
| drink boarded a crowded train and could
| not get seat After looking around he
| found a drummer who with his baggage
occupied four seats. The tipsy man
said:-
MAKE er little room p-pleases'
"No,n answered the drummer
The lover of tipple looked elsewhere
but failing to fHd a seat returned anC
said:-
..Will er you let er fsller sit dowpYs
"No," the drummer replied. "You'r'
drunk"
That's true, that's strue,n p said the mar
sadly, adding. ssbut when / get er sobe
I'll be gentleman again. bur You'll b,
er darn hog Just er salne.n usaughter)
Before the meeting closed many men /,
response 10 an invitation arose for prayers
Asa EoR VAS HoprES . cocoA-T2ks no othsl