The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-24

are not ln direct statements. This d0ca
away with the position OF many people
who arc disposed 10 say a good deal about
The Satan myth, which had It's rise In the
infancy OF our lace. when the human mind
was exceedingly childish and credulous.
The devil Is the author of evil. the fount
ain Of weakness. the adversary Of the
TRUTH the corrupter OF the world He
panteth snares. s0weth error. nourlsheth
contention, distur0eth peace and scatter
eth affection j ana sure there Is never
greater glee in hell than when q church
quarrel Is engendercd nor when peace rs
driven away from heart and home in the
face Of a storm OF contention. This is q
word picture Of him, but we must have
more.
1t is quite plain that Satan had some
connection with the earth before man ap-
peared He Is now supposed to be a fall
len angel. If this suppositlon IS true then
the New Testament references would
seem to indicate that pride and envy were
the cause of his fall. When God said,
Let us make man, and let him have do
minion over everything that we have
made" the envy began, and as another has
suggested this seems to be the true TACT
when we notice the devils position IN the
tembtation Of Christ. Matthew a. S-9,
Again the devil taketh Him up into an
exceedingly high mountain, and showeth
Him all the Kingdoms Of the world, and the
| glory of them, and saith unto Him, All
| these things will give Thee If Thou wilt
fall down and worship me-" 1t IS as if he
were making one last great effort to over
/ throw the Master and rule the world.
/ Certain direct statements are made con-
| corning him by our Master. No stronger
one can be found than that which is re-
| corded in John 8: A, eye are Of your
/ father, the devil, and the lusts Of your
/ father We will do. He was a murderer
! from the beginning, and abode not IN the
| truth, because there is no truth IN him.
| When he speaketh lie he speaketh OF his
/ own; for he is a liar and the father OF It.
| He is a terrific foe and in the interests OF
! all young men who desire to be true and
like Christ lift up NY voice against him.
II.
The Rev. w. G. Moorhead, D. D., has
given us a list Of his names as recorded IN
the New Testament Scriptures. This list
is as follows:
Abaddon-Reyelation 9: II.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS II: 10.
Adversary-l Peter 8: 8.
Angel of the Abyss-Revelation Q: II.
Apollyon-Reveation 8: II.
Beelzebub-Mark 3: p.
BeHal-2 Corinthians 6: 10.
Devl-Matthew 4: l.
Dragon-Revelation 20: 2.
Great Red Disqualification y: 3.
Evil 0ne-Matthew Is: 10.
Enemy-Matthew Is: 80.
Father of Lies-John 8: A.
God Of This World-2 Corinthians 4: 4.
Lar-John s: "A.
Murderer-John s: A.
| Prince of Dpvils-hfark 8. %
Prince Of This World-John 3: 81.
Prince of the Power Of the Air-Ephe'
SLAMS 2: 2.
Satan, Serpent-2 Corinthians Il: 8.
Strong One-Luke IL: q.
Spirit of Evil Working 2: 2.
Tempter-l Thessalonials 9; 5.
Notorious criminals have 4 certain nuH
Der of aliases by which they are known t.
their partners In crime. They rear Ger
tain names because they have committed
certain things, so all these rames meal
something; as they are applied to th'
devil each name is descriptive of his dls
position, energy and power.
He is Apollyon because he is destroyer
He is Abaddon because he is destruction
itself.
The Man Murderer because he is the as
sassin Of the Race.
The Great Red Dragon because of hi
bloodthirstiness.
Tho Serpent because o. his craftipess,
The Tempter because he is a deceiy9r.
Some years ago IN the city Of Phiadel
phia there stood outside OF one Of the sa
looms woman clad in rags, who once hat
lived in one of the hest homes in tina
city, She bad a little baby in her arm
and an older child was Juggling at he
skirts. She raped upon the door an
when it was opened she said, II want m
husband" The husband was called cut
de had once been Of great reputation.
man of real talent, had provided for hi
wife and children all that money coult
buy, and, now he is shorn of everything
except the merest sembldnce of manhood
What do you want" he said, with al
oath, and she answered, Il want you Il
come home; the children have had nothing
To eat and they are crying, and I wan
you" and the man who had sworn 70 low
and care for her drew back his fist anC
struck her. The baby fell from her arms
the elder child ran shrieking from her side
Is he not a destroyer with such a picture
as this in your mind and this is but on
OF the multitude. His names are enough
to terrify us. so that we would, while w,
may, escape from sin
III.
Ills personality. know III is true tina
very many people scout the idea of per
sonal devil, but the following statement
has been made by a most distinguished
Bible scholar, namely, Every attitude
quality, action, walk and sign which can in
dictate personality has been predicated o
the devil and cannot be explained away
The argument that would rob the devil o
his personality would rob God of His, anC
if as men say, these attributes simply
mean the principle of evil then on tn,
same ground of Interpretation the Bib,
may mean anything or nothing"
".
just word or two about his work. Ht
begins in a very slow way and his inhu
ence is most insdious.
As q fisherman when he has 4 GREAT Gel