The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-11

good and comforting of him-that there
is time coming when the devil shall de-
ceive the nations no more. III. also tells
lis that God Is more powerful than the
devil. and that He Is going to put an end
to him.
VIII Mr.. Campbell have the goodness to
tell me why God made the devil? If He
Is going to put an end to him, why did
He start him? Was 1t not waste Of raw
material to make him? Was 1t not unfair
TO let this devil, so powerful, so cunning
so attractive. into the garden of Eden, and
put Adam ana Eve, who were then scarce
ly half dry, within his power, and not only
Adam and Eve within his power, but their
descendants, so that the slime of the SER
pent has oeen on every babe, and so that,
in consequence of what happened in the
garden Of Eden, flames will surround
countless millions in the person OF the
most merciful God?
Mr.. Kraeling Orthodox.
The Rev. E. c. ]. Kraeling, pastor of
the Zion Lutheran church, declares that
those who do not believe in a personal God
90 not believe in a personal Satan, and
vice versa. The one. he says, necessitates
the other. In this I do not think he is
quite correct. / think many people believe
In a personal God who do not believe iii
a personal devil. but I know of none who
also believe in q personal God. The ortho-
dox generally believe in both. and for
many centuries Christians spoke with
great respect OF the devil. They were
afraid Of him.
But / agree with the Rev. Mr.. Kraeling
when he says that to deny a personal
Satan is to deny the infallibilty of Gods
word.
He further says. and I agree with him,
fEHy yl-.-
gurnent proving the existence OF the devil
Al the same time ] admit as the Rev. Mr.
Krasling says. and I thank him for hts
candor, that the Bible does not prove the
existence OF the devil from Genesis TO the
Apocalypse. and Go agree with him that
the revealed word" teaches the existence
OF personal devil, and the Rev. Mr.. Krae-
ling proves this by the fall of man. and
he proves that without this devil there
could have been no redemption for the evil
spirits; so he brings forward the tempta-
ton OF Christ IN the wilderness. AT the
same time that Mr.. Kraenng agrees with
me as TO what the Bible says he insists
that I bring no arguments that I bias
pheme and then he drops into humor and
says that II any further arguments are
needed to prove the existence OF devil.
that l furnish them
How a man believing the creed of the
orthodox Mr.. Kraeling can have anything
Ike sense OF humor Is beyond even my
Imagination.
Now, let me ask the reverend gentleman
few plain questions, with the request
that he answer them without mis-: or nays-
terry. II you. Mr.. Kraelng. had the power
90 make world. would you make an
exact copy Of this7 Would you make a
man and woman. pr: them IN a garden.
Knowing that they would be deceived
knowing that .hey would fali2 Knowing
that all the consequences believed sn by
orthodox Christians would follow from that
fall? Would you DO ~ And would Won
make your world so as 10 provide for
earthquakes and cyclones? Would you
create the seeds OF disease ard scatter
them Ia the air and water?
Now. answer fairly. Do not quote Scrip
ture; Just answer. ana be honest
Would you provide for she settlement Of
al difficulties by war; Would You so
make your world that the weak would
bear the burdens. go that woman would be
a slave. 70 that children would bs trsxnp,sd
Upon. as though they were poisonous rep
sliesr Would you al tire woods with wild
beasts? Would you make a few volcanoes
TO cverwheiri your children? Would you
provide for earthquakes that would swal-
io~ them? Would you make them igaor-