The herald., 1894-08-20
Tho Devil and the Library.

Rev. Will A. Knighten OF Grace NJ. E.
church, East First street. preached to a
crowded house on the subject, Cute
Ways OF the Devil last evening.
The text was in Epheeiana, 6, XII,
That ye may be able to stand against
the wiles OF the devil.
Paul wrote to the Ephesian church.
He had studied the corrupt and idol
atrous practices of their city, and had
taken profound interest in the Christ
ian church that he had founded. He
made his first visit to their city A. D.
81 and preached in q Jewish syna-
gogue, while on his way to Jerusalem to
attend q great festival, and remained
only few weeks.
A few months afterward he returned
and preached three years and gathered
a large congregation of Christians about
him.
He loved these people, and did all in
his power to warn and teach and lead
them into the great truths OF religion.
He wrote this letter from his prison in
Rome in the year 81 and sent it by his
true friend Tychicue.
He tells them OF the great struggle
that they must pass through, and urges
them to arm themselves for the contest
with Code equipments. He tells them
OF the enemies they must meet in their
wrestling" OF the power for evil, and
the cunning devices" of the ruler OF
the darkness of the world" He points
out the spiritual wicksdness in high
places" and calls upon them to stand as
an armed guard ready to defend the
truth.
Paul had preached against the sins OF
ths city, and at one time q great many
who used curious arts came and burned
their books, and they counted the price
OF them and found it $4,000 pieces of
silver. DR.. Whsden thinks it was about
$4,000. He had great victory.
First-Every Christian is q soldier
against every evil, and must be q de-
fender OF Christ against Satan.
Second-The devil is not an honest
and brave enemy but a cowardly, sneak
ing bushwhacker. He lays traps and
snares, and Turks in ambush and uses
lies. and fraud, and deception and insin.
yates his rulership over people before
they are aware. He is one of the fallen
angels, and has been studying for thou.
sands OF years how to seduce and lead
the human mind captive at his will. He
can create an imitation of the truth, and
has substituted his own inventions Tor
the law of God. He can pervert and
warp the truth, so that right will see IN
wrong and good sesm evil. He will in
spire hatred and division, and produce
war and misery where ought TO be peace
and love. He will make pleasure seem
plausible and right till it turns to be q
habit, and chain too powerful to be
broken, and it will become a curse too
grievous to be borne.
He will appear as an angel Of light
and delude and cause to stray "the
elect of God"
He plans go deeply and works in such
subtle ways that before the victim is
aware the ruin has been wrought. He
came to Eve as a serpent and whispered
his lies into her care. How can evil be
accounted for unless we find it as Paul
has stated? How do, whisky, wine,
beer, and all other poisonous alcoholic
beverages come 90 close to human
hearts, and under the guise of pleasure
run candidates, control primaries, ma
nipulate conventions, degrade sons, i'm
poverish homes, corrupt affections, in
etigate murder. rot character, open up
fountains of tears and damn souls? Is
it not a cunning trick OF the devil2
How does book, written in French,
run its course of slime and infamy until
it rests its serpent coils upon the shelves