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!" IS THERE A DEVIL 2
The Rev. DR.. Charles Herr
breaches on the Person
atty Of the Evil
One.
BIBLE PROVES HIS PERSONALITY
If One Believes in the Mission
Of Christ He Must Neces-
sarily Believe in
Satan.
BIBLE PROVES HIS PERSONALITY

M 49,
The Rev. pr; Charles Herr IN the FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN church, last evening
EHreached q sermon on The Devil He
chose as MS text John 49, 10 thfs eAu
was the soa q God manifested tnat re
might destroy the works OF me deVil.
He said among other tnings:-"on the
question: 81 ihe VAistehee u q =
Holy scriptures give no unceAtaii u.te
ance- Ihey declare not only that ie -
Dut ehat ne y q psrsoi. aiiu Z - :
the heaa Oh 2 merarchy OF demons VINO az
called ms Angels ne : reIerred g e lle
Prince OF Devils ana the Prince 81 Oars
ness IN Iacl Y may justly y saiu tnas
ne IS Just as real q persahase y tie passs
OF scripture as God Hlmseil ~
his Origin Is mdeea snrouue II ooscui-
''y, put ior nat matter 90 = essi ~
anterior 10 the history OF the huHah RAGS
veliea ra1her thah reVeaieu y 49, :
Wora. Ihere are hlnts u a faseus' 9
catastrophe INDUCED oy ampltlon' IN nes-
ven, WHEREBY many angels zen from .ne,i
sublime estate. me sup3ect as one winch
scripture envelopes IN shauoW ~
terry, as indeed was inevltapie 2 ae-
signed, ihasnuch as man AZ SOME seases
OF ms career at any rate y lhcapapis y
understanding arlght events thas i1se
taken place on SO ~superhaturai q 4
AZ the same time, from what we hho" y
human sin. II IS not inherently lmpfopaoie
that angels, too, revoited from lne nav "a
their Maker a lifted up amDitlon ana
pride TO rival Belty ana De as Goo-the
same SIN by when man lel-thes Wfoosns
tnelr own rum
But ms origin aslde, satan the srsAe
adversary, with his angels IS Just %
definite and real IN the representations
OF Scripture as GOD ana HIS angels. Inc
same sort OF s~eriptural PROOF thai estaD-
fishes the existence and nature OF COG
does the same for satan. Every attribute
of personality is ascribed to him. ne
speaks, he hates. he and goes ne
lies, he murders, he is punished. surely
the Scriptures are in these phrases speak
ing OF . definite personality just as mueh
as when they say that God wills and God
loves and Cod Furnishes; they refer to no
mere principle of evil ~pervading the world,
but to a positive personality. Moreover.
Satan is not merely spoken of; he and his
work enter into the very substance of
Gods Word. He is inextricably a part of
it all. EeAis bound up with its very mat
ter in such a way that to eliminate him
would be to tear it into shreds. 1t is to
destroy the works of the devil that the
son n Goa was manifested and If there
is no devil then the Whoie 1ospel is @
legend of uncalled-for pity. signifying
nata;n. ~. ,r,a1o : mar,a~k eaI,anses
in ruin
aJn DENYING the exis er,ee and personaI-
ny ol Satan. tAeils ohe - merely no
jecting the testimony OF Scripture upon
some isolated point. but is d~isrupting the
,rt,oIa aia-,;eoarca ~ ID arama II baa
"hote slsAliieanee u : uiaAia' y
comes Hamlet, with Hamiets uncle lett
out. If there is NO Satan. whose evil
w5,,aa 1870 h.a,,uht 49, cor ~
God in sovereign compassion, them With
reverence. it is another case of Don
ouiva4a tfI.irv a. xvin5,osI1s The whole
- bas...rn
process CT redemption from the beginning;
the sacred sufferings of Calvary. before
nb;.b ~ r,ori7 bas heen acc,4staus d ~
= ~ 49,. e $3.50 h-Sss.
stand WIN aWea nedFt ana paeeu p1edui'
the present struggle of the church mill
4.nt rvbosa boets arc r~narshalled by a
- 4..~se.n n .sa
conquefinS fiead 1H lhe hnsevi, al thsss
things are pure and utterly misleading
oggara4ians If tbera il no satan
49, a..ua.,
against whose lhhuehce anu suPlshtaps
tley are directed. Men may think that
tbev can rAieot these scriptural state
sma haI,n,a - hard
melms wFileii 5Aie iaiu
to concaten2te with other opinions, ana
tive sentiment makes no resistance But
that is an entirely Illogical method az,
ways, and especial IN relation 10 me evil
ore. Scripture is of one piece, like our
Lords garInelst, the evil and the good
together; and TO take away the one IS