Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-10-09

When he speaketn lie nc sPc"hc'n v. n'5 20
own; for he is a liar and the father OF It,.
He is n terrific foe, and in the interests OF
all Young men who desire to be true and
like Christ I lift up my voice against him.
II.
The Rev. w. G. Moorhead, d. d., has
given us n list Of his names as recorded N
The New Testament Scriptures. This list
is as follows:
Abaddou-Revelatio 9: II.
Accuser II: 10.
Adversary Peter 5: ..
Angel of the Abyss-Revelation 0: IL.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 0: IL.
Observation-Disclosures 8: o.
Belal-2 Corinthians 9: 10.
Devil-Matthew 4: l.
Decentralization 20: 2.
Great Red Dragon Revelation II: 3.
Evil One-Matthew 13: 10.
Enemy-Matthew ID. 80.
Father of Lies--John s: "A.
God of This World--2 Corinthians 4: 4.
Liar-John s: a..
Murderer-John s: A.
Prince of Devis-Mark 8: %.
Prince of This World-John 3: 81.
Prince of the Power of the Air-Ephc.
Satan, Serpent-2 Corinthians II: 3.
Strong One-Luke il: 81.
Spirit of Evil Neutrality-suspicious. 2: 2.
Tempter--l Thessalonials :: 5.
Notorious criminals have certain nun
Der of aliases by which they are known to
heir partners in crlne. They rear Ger.
tain names because they have committed
certain things, so all these ranies mean
something; as they are anp;ied to the
ievi each name is descriptive OF his DIS
position, energy and power.
Ia io AnplIvpn
He is Abaddon BECAUSE he is destruction
itself.
The Man Murderer because he is the as.
,assin of the Race.
The Great Red Dragon because of his
bloodthirstiness.
Tho Serpent because OF his craftiness.
The Tcmpter because he is 'eceiv?r:,
Some years ago IN the city OF l'hiladei-
rhia there stood ontsil, OF one OF the sa,
looms woman clad in rags, who once had
lived in one of the hest homes IN that
city. She had little baby IN her arms
,nd an older child ws Juggling at her
skirts. She raped upon thu door and
when it was opened she said Il want my
husband" The husband was called cut.
lie had once beeH OF Gret reputation; a
nan of real talent. had provided for his
wife and children all that money could
buy, and. now he is shorn of everything
except the merest SnmDl,nae of manhood.
What do YOU WANT" he said, with an
oath, and she answered. II want YOU to
ome home the children have had nothing
10 eat and they are CRYING, and l want
rou." and the man who bad sworn 70 love
and care for her drew back his, fist and
struck her. The baby fell from her arms,
The elder child ran shrieliing from her side
Is he not a DESTROYER with such a picture
as this in your mind, and this is but one
NJ the multitude. Ills names are enough
10 terrjfy lis. so that we would, while we
nav, escape from sin
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Ills fersonaltv' l know !. ~, N .rue ,,,a s
very many people scout ihe ioea oi per
sonai aeVii, put inc lo!'oWhhE s.a'emeuii
mas neen maze by h'o1S u,s''ns .;.,n.
blhic schoiar' hamn'eiE. rNei{ h'ea, w. ~,
luallty' ACTON Walh ah', sIeh Wiz t"n ~ -
dlcate personality mas neem b rtulra' ou, VI
the devil ana ca not be eNplalneo avn.
he argument that Wouiu ro1 w ny He''n ~
ms personality Won" Iou uon y, '', s n'iu
mean tns pF'nF'pe o et't 'ne The ~ B;he
same ground OF interpre,,hhi;roh '"e i'i''e
may mean anything or ho'"'hs'
~. >,
just word or two about his work. ne
begins in very slow way and his lnitu'
ancr is most insidious.
As a fisherman, when he has great hsh
IN his hook, lets out the line, so that the
fish may swallow down the hook. and be
more surely caught, even so the deVi',
when he has a poor sinner upon his nook,
does not, at the first treat HIM roughly,
out stretches out his rod, line and all, that
he may make the surer of him, and hold
him the faster.
Not long ago in the Tombs man VINO
had been a brilliant lawyer awoke from,
stupor Of days, and shaking the door de-
handed of those who came to answer his
summons why he was there. They told
lim on the charge of murder. "For God $
sake he said, "do not send the word
rome; at least, do not let my wife know,
or it will kill her" and they told INN that
t was his wife h. had killed. have
written these few words concerning one
Hho can take a man with brightest future
md greatest reputation, and make him a
murderer OF his own homes JOY. This Is
his work
Y.
His Doom. He may be overcome in the
New Testament We read, RESIST the
levil and he will flee from YOU" Jesus
Gid this and when the devil tempted Him
lie said, 1T is written and then, at is
written again" There is but one weapon
hat can make him afraid, and that is the
word OF the Spirit. which is the sword OF
Sod.
There is a legend of Luther that during a
.rrious Illness the evil one seemed to enter
us sick room, and looking at him with a
Iumnhant smile unrollcd a vast roll which
70 carried in his arms. As the fend
brew one end of it on the floor and it