The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-08-03

,,,,, half my life | ran with the
- ;, .nd had much to do with hin
d S," ,..rr little to say against him, but
'' ,,,,er part of my life | have been
..;n, him personally and officially.
g learning more and more Of the
a. :, a,ery day. have yet much to
a of him and his devious ways.
M a.. most men, | once thought the
I'll II was monster with hoofs and
3s,as topped ears and spiked
!, those business it was to devour
~ a. and women and children.
Rut latterly l have learned some
i. =, Of the devil. He is a mean,
81 ..tsmptible. internal spirit, whose
|As;.f aim is to embody himself in a
~ or woman or child or horse or a
1, Hogs won t let him gointo them.
& IN r. remember that when Christ per-
s';,,ed them to 60 into the hogs when
q. east the legion Of devils out of the
smoniac, the hogs broke for the sea
rd drowned themselves. A Georgia
hack hog might take him in still.
q There is one thing about the devil
II oerer lets YOU know he is COM
4 h. be never lets you know of his
,sseucc: and when the devilment is
Zone be is gone and all inquiry and
s|,,rch cannot find him. l heard q
slsl)ow say the other day that the devil
3I,veled ''incog." He did not wire
q head that he was coming; he
aidut order brass band to meet him
u the depot and parade him over
own; he never wanted humanity to
|Snow when he was coming; and if his
reseuce was recognized in the town
ae left Immediately.
q Let's see how the devil plays his
bricks. Here is GOOD sister just
hoved into the community. She is o
}ouan of intelligence and church
1uslities. The first Sabbath she at
suds church, presents her letter and
kindly commended by the pastor to
be love and brotherhood of the
Sjhurch. She is soon a member of all
De societies of the church, and very
pon she is running, OF attempting to
|spn, the societies and the pastor him
flf, and she runs the whole thing in
3he ground and breaks it off. The re-
3ut is the church is disrupted, the
Sastor must move, and the DEVILS to
Day all round. And when we come to
$ok around and say, "Who did all
Shis?:'' somebody says, "Thc devil
las been among the sheep" Some
Body else asks, Where is the devil?"
8hey reply, "He'sg gone" tell you,
}hsu the devil gets among the sisters
4 the church he can kick up more
3eal devilment than anywhere this side
Y his own dominion. When the Sa-
pour cast seven devils out of Mary
2gagdalene he did big thing for her.
y course I was net personally aa-
77ualnted with Mary Magdalene and
FONT know how seven devils can make
woman do; but I think have seen
!0ne women with fourteen devils.
The devil gets into neighbors some
pines and gets them to talking about
|ne another and slandering each other,
99nd old friends become enemies and
|euds are inaugurated and the mis-
Ihlef's to pay all round. And when
33Ae neighborhood surveys the wreck
iao ruin that something has caused
2lth one accord they all speak out and
|ay; WHO did this?'' But one an-
lHer is given: "The devil did it. y
["here is the devil?" "They all
|nsVer, He's gone. - The devil
||ever is ready for settlement when
|nt,r &
|00 want him. He don't propose to
|o9e to judgment. He has been ad-
%oged once and came out SO badly
|na' ne is always gone when you want
0 bring him to Judgment.
lhe devil gets into a preacher some
PFnes, and next to a woman he had
/ h'ner De In preacher than anybody
se tie makes a preacher jealous.
|uu l envious and narrow and bigoted.
pe oellttles the preacher in the eyes
the community; he makes the
.,eacher |, strnt like peacock and look
'Ae a mud hen. The preacher begins
| look around and sees his power is
'ne' MS influence over his members
que 'hat things are not as they once
IRE 4 and he begins to ask, "Who did
! =, ths?. !! The answer is, "The
'sV., 'sVnol, ana it," We'll, where is the
'sVll? "He's gone.''
Sometimes the devil eets in an adj.