Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-01
Pastor Casts Out
Literary Devils.
rsouR LONDON LITERARY LETTER..

1 literary devils or fallen angels At all
| times he Is open TO an engagement to
cast out any sort OF devil that has
! taken mp "a human habitatl0n. one
Of the entries IN his case book tells Of
triumph over one Of the old fashioned,
hot and Kissing fire and birthstone sort
This Is how he has recorded it.
Pastor Greening Of Leeds, Pos
sessed, when a lad, Of most horrible De-
mon. Came TO the home. where
! fought with Demon, which eventually
came Kissing from patients mouth, like
a fierce serpent In casting this devil
out, the room aud everything I'm Il
| shook, and the chairs danced about
He began to tackle devils twenty
| years ago, renting "a small house at
| GlOssop Tor the purpose at something
under thirty-fye cents week He
| has prospered In his work. has built
| mission chapel at cost OF s. 800 where
the faithful guther and bear testimony
60 his victories over evil spirits and IL
now building a large house where,With
ample accommodation for his patients
he viii be able TO carry ON his yOca.
ton as o demon specialist on big
scale For strange as Il may seem I'm
this materialistlc age OF milllOnalres
and motOr-oars. with many the faith IN
demons abides as strongly as Il did IN
the old days Of broomsticks and witch
es, aud out Of their patronage Pastor
HOwton makes q very comfortable Nv
ing.
lie is not at an the type OF man one
associates with the ascetiCs OF DID,
who were reputed "a possess power
over evil spirits he N hig man
with a big voice reddish hair. sandy
moustache. q great doulf chin and
waist whose tremendous Rlrth oousti-
tutes an atrOcIous libel on the claim
he makes that he finds IN fasting one
Of the chief sources Oi his spiritual
power. At his home plush-bottom
chairs, comfortable touches, and soft
carpets take the place of the stone
iloors wooden benches and slab OF rock
with which the old-fashone1 demon
exorcsers were content
As TO his methods OF treatment he
does not go much into details. When I
asked how he casts out the devils Doe /
replied
BY prayer and fasting spend /
nights ana nights IN prayer Then there |
suddenly comes t0 me wonderful /
l'N'l NiAN . w I"l NAl' N'iINN AAhNA \
of rs either him or me theu once /
or twice II has been nearly me; but I've l
won iu the end prQise the Lord"
Each Of his patients Is supplied with
q separate room whore. n need be, 4
nurse looks after him while the pastor
IS working up the power that win en-
able him 10 fight Il out with hts par
ticular demon Whenever IL comes 90
him, at whatever hour OF the night. ne
makes % dash for the room that holds
the patient and proceeds to exercise.
One OF his greatest victories over de-
mon, he SAYS was achieved when he
vas clad only ln a nlghtshIrt and pats
NJ bedroom slippers.
What damage is done 10 the demons or
whore they 30 after tine pastor has hn.
iehed with them, Is IN open question.
But they leave no tucsR az birthstone
pr sulphur about the house lie adapte
his charges 10 The purses of his pg-
liants. He once cast out poor wo-
mans demon for a trl0ng consldcrp-
Hon that in American money would br
under as cents tie profa5.
sea 20 cure all sorts of sickness and dlg.
'ase In The same miraculous fashion and
IN tho same terms
if be really has discovered how 90
'Norclse The literary devil and put an
md TO the writing Of bad books. tho |