Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-17
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D. TAknAeE rsscovasEs o. III
Duns DEVIL

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ohzkA~ns 81 kasrs~iss EVEN ops>s-
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ynDoxxrx, Nay 15--kn hs sesnnn
osdny Rev. Dr. rzl1nsgs nzszsssd. m
pp1sns 2ad convincing language, the
dry incu<zhe1s upon Chzistians Of en-
1snn1ns every opportunity that Offers in
fkis1ilb 10 d. good and 70 advance tho
e.nns a ths ki.Sion Il Christ ey bold
nnknuw1sdgmen< Il thsix principals b.
wo0sn. Ths tsxs sslsctsd wa, Mark
II - -Ih1u dumb and deaf spirr.
Unnrw -. CONS ont Of hinL
r sW0 . 60 Of great doueu&1c ~
mi r. son ef tas household vas
pos. I'D Il n svll spirit which. anong
e<h<s thngs. parakyzsd his tongue and
uake hin speschlsss- When tho inSiu-
80 wsss on tAs patient he ooald not say
= vord-sxticul2<lon was impossible.
- spiris that c>peured this member Of
- h11.nhoh Was . dumb spirit-so
nnzlo6 ~ CAziss-a spirit abroad today
- - nvs1y asa poseus - in Sew Tes-
1nmme ekmek Yek In Al the realms Of
omunnnongy I eannoe ind . dincourse
onnnssnin9 thn dumbdsvil which Christ
oknEgsd upon my text. saying. Come
- e hn-s
Ikws has bean much destructive su-
pszuoi<ica ahssad IN the world concern
n ponsalDa BY evil spirits. Under
~ fssn ck belief in witchcraft this do
lnGion swepS the cont-aeats. Persons
vezs supposed 70 b possessed with some
ov1 spixis which made them able to de-
olrcy otheEz In the Sixteenth century
n Gensvs 500 psxsous were burned to
dse1h - witches Under. one judge in
LoRfains 800 persons. were burned To
dsoh "a witches, In ons neighhorhood
of France 1000 persons were burned.
II two eenturies 2e0, 600 persons wero
nlain - witches. So mighty was the do
lusion that it included among its VIC
tins Soma Of tho greatest intellects Of
I'll time. such a. Chief Justice Matthew
Hale and Sir Edward Coke, and such
yeuovnsd ministers OF religion as Cotton
llats,sr. one OF whose books, Benjamin
Franklin said, shaped his hfe-ard Rich
ard Baxter and Archbishop Cranmer
a1si Martin Luther. and among writers
and philosophers, Lord Bacon That BE-
hsf. which has become the laughing
stock Of al sensible people, counted its
1isciples among the wisess and best poo
PIE q Sweden, Germany. England,
1s.ncs, Spain aud New England. But
While W. r-iscs witchcraft any nan who
bs1fsvw tie BIbls must believe that
1hss ars d12so5eEl agencies abroad in
- world. Nude there are ministering
Warifs 10 bless sazrs are internal spirits
- kinder, e. 2c.Scn AMI destroy. Christ
~ speakir< 20 spiritual existence
Uhm. st<rdies before tho afEicfsd ono
g - taxi, he said, Thou dumb and
6enk Esprit. come ont of hum
NOT A LITERAL Ba1nu1.
Auinse this dumb asvil Of tho tsxt,
~ you on ysur 6aArd. Do not think
- xhis sgsa< VI svii has put his blight
- tkass who. by emission Of the vocal
0xnns, hsvs had the golden gstns Of
unush boltsd and barred Among those
~ hsve mover spoken . word aro tho
- gs1einns ana lovely and talented
oU11b thnt wsro sew ineaEwked. The
dhnu1nins u shs asyhsns tpr the dumb
e. ~ you enchanting seoFiss Of those,
~ aUvee called the aame Of father or
mn1bw or child. and many Of the most
1ousus ana prsyerfal soals win mover
fn31n1s wurid sysak the nayas Of God or
C1Eisk Mary dat nxufe have seen
M - snwsl u intcilisncs seated at
1hownAow Of the eye, who never came
foesA fruu tbs dcsr Of the mouth.
What . miracle Of lovc6ness and
hnowisags wan Laura Bndgman, of
New Hampskirsl Net only without fac
ul<y Of speech. bat without hearing and
without sight. al these faculties re-
moved by sickness whom two years of
age, yet becoming wonder 1T needle
work. 1T tao piano, at the sewing ma
ehine. and N intelligent strdent Of the
Gcrlpturrs. and confounding philoso-
phers. who came frern all parts Of the
w1rId TO study the phcnomenon- Thanks
70 Christianity for what it has done for
- snn>lsorat10n Of the condition II the
6oaf and the drmb. Back in the ages
they were put 10 death rs having no
yigtt. with such psncity Of eqxipment,
- hvc. and for centuries they were
claszed araans the idiosic and unsafe.
But in tbs Sixteenth century came
Ysdro Ponce, the Spanish monk, and in
~ Ssvousesash century came Joan PAb-
y Doust, Aao<h6r Spanish monk, with
dnc1yicioxy or the finger alphabet. and
n eur own century We have had John
Drzidwood and Drs. Mitchell and Ack-
u1y and Peet and Gsilsudet, who have
aiven unconnted thousands Of those
vhoss tongues were fersvsr silent the
pOww 10 spsl ous ON the air BY . man
- 0rhsSet their thqpkhts about this
vurl1 "a Shsir hopes FOR The next. We
eutnics in the brilliant inventions in b.
hnlf IT those VINO were born dznh
One Of The wsst impressive audiences
sxrr addressed was In the far wee two
q fhzpe yeass ago--an sudisnce Of about
60 psrxons who bod nsvsr hsasd sound
g SPOKEN . word. n interpFstG stxnd.
- beside ne Whale addressed them.
I csoxrafu3atsd that audience On two
o1unntagss they had over the most Of
uD--ths one THAI they escaped hearing q
Nens many disagreeahle things, end O.
- o>her fsct that they escaprd ayina
1ninws they were sorry for afterward.
Yet af>er al the alIsviatioss . shackled
tongos - "a sppsl1ing limitation. Bui
- - - - morning speaking %
omuEmitni uutes. We mean those whc
- burn VIII AL thefacuitiea ct vocal
lnn6fsn And yet hsws ben strsck By IL
ovi1 - meukiossd in the text-&hs dumb
All to whnu Christ called vhen h