The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-01-20

glory Of the incorruptible God into tn,
likeness of the image Of corruptibl,
man, and of birds, and of four-footet
beasts, and of creeping things" (Rom
l., 2O-23)
1t was owing to all the abomination
of idolatry and approximations prac
tees which the devils fostered anon.
the heathenish inhabitants of tn,
Promised Land that the Lord Coz
punished them by ordering His PEG
pie to eXterminate them utterly on it.
arrival among them. The passage o
Deuteronomy in which this IS mar
rated is the more striking as it show
that many of the works of the Devi
then were the same as are being re
newed today in modern Spiritism an.
other superstitutions. He said to Hi
people: when thou art come into tn,
land which the Lord thy God shall
give thee, beware lest thou have :
mind to initiate the denominations o
those nations. Neither let there b.
found among you any that consultetl
omens, neither let there be any wiz.
ard, nor charmer, nor anyone tina
consulteth pythonic spirits or forum,
tellers, or seeketh the truth from tn,
dead. For the Lord abhorreth all these
things, and for these denominations HI
will destroy them at thy coming.
(xviii., 9-11.)
II civilized people today were con-
WINGED that spirit rapping, fortune tell.
ing, seeking the truth from the deai
etc, We're really the works of the
Devil, they would have nothing to dc
with those heathenish denominations
deceits, and being the father of lies
he makes believe that these are only
trifles, harmless amusements and
satisfaction of scientific taste for
knowledge, in fact, that there is nc
personal Devil at all. How Christians
who believe in the Bible can think sc
is to me unintclligible. Certainly he'll
was not created except for persons
and Christ says it was created for the
Devil and his followers; for He tells
us that the sentence of final condem-
nation will be this: Depart from me
We cursed, into everlasting fire, which
was prepared for the Devil and his
angels" (Mat. xxi. ALL
st. Paul, writing to the Ephesians
calls the Devil 1.-The prince Of the pow
err of this air, the spirit that now
worketh on the children of unbelief.'
CD; to the Corinthians he writes:
Satan himself transforms himself into
an angel of light e Cor. XII, 14); ST
Peter says: God spared not the an
gels that sinned," e Pet, H., ~; and
st. Jude puts it down explicitly that
the angels who kept not their
principality, but forsook their OWL
habitations, He (GoO has reserved
under darkness in everlasting chains
unto the judgment of the great day.
and he describes "St. Michael, the
Archangel, disputing with the Devil
about the body of Moses.
(6-9.)
1t may not be amiss to give here a
brief connected account of what the
ologians generally teach about the
Devil and his angels. The Devil was
the chief of the rebel angels. who
created in sanctifying grace, but not
yet enjoying the beatif1c vision, were
unfaithful, In the trial Of their fidelity
to God. They were then cast out OF
Heaven and their fall is usually sup
posed to be described by Ezekiel
(xxviii.), under the figure of the King
of Tyre.
The Prophet wrote: "Thou vast the
seal OF resemblance, full Of wisdom
and perfect in beauty. Thou vast ir
the pleasures of the paradise of God
Thou a cherub stretched out and pro.
tecting, and, l set thee in the holy
mountain of God, thou hast walked IL
the midst of the stones of fire. Tho,
vast perfect in thy ways from tn,
days Of thy creation, until iniquity wa:
found in thee. Thou hast sinned an;
cast thee out from the mountain O
God and destroying thee, o coverin.
cherub. out of the midst of the stones
of fire. And thy heart was lifted VI
with thy beauty; thou hast lost tn,
wisdom In thy beauty; have cas-
thee to the ground. All that shall Sc
thee among the nations shall be aston
ished at thee; thou are brought t
nothing, and thou shalt never be an
more"
Satan was allowed to tempt our frs
parents in Paradise. and he has eve
since striven to seduce their posterity
that all men who come to the age q
reason may freely choose. as did Al
the angels at the beginning, to sid
with God or with the Arch-rebel. He
has been created to be the abode G
the Devil and his followers, angel
and wicked men. for all eternity. Blu
until the last Judgment the devils ar