The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-12
"Hls MAJESTY, THE DEVIL"
Rev. L. o. Bass, of Cairo Baptist
Church, Says Satan Can Work
Only Through Man.

y ne SUBJECT OF my tonight lee
! ture is one with whom | trust yon
] have but slight acquaintance. He is
, one who has been carrying on his
business for six thousand years.
Our purpose is to find out if possible,
, the character of His Majesty, the
Devil" However, we will not do as
n the Scotch preacher who delivered a
sermon upon this subject and divided
il into the following divisions
/. Who the Devil He is.
2. Where the Devil He stays.
3. What the Devil He's doing.
There are certain philosophers who
say that all OF this talk about a per
sonal devil is nothing more than fs-
ton. ! would ask them why it is
that for six thousand years man has
been lighting this power2 would
ask them to explain the origin of
that trouble between you and your
next door neighbor? He no doubt
would answer you that 1t is the re.
suit OF little microbes i'll the air, !
which, when taken into the human |
system, creates a moral disease. r
wish they could prove that and IL
they did, | am quite sure that some I
Yankee would invent microbe kill
er that would put an end to ii and
every time that you meet a tempta-
ton and are about to do that which
God forbids, just go down TO the cor,
ner drug store and purchase some i
Sin Mierobe Killer, Whenever that
rod messed, blodshot eyed loafer that
sits on the street corner louuging
about beer kegs aud whiskey barrels
guzzles down the rot-gut until he is
In a fit condition to go home and
tramp the very life blood out of his
wife. abuse his children, all that you
would need to do would be to throw
him down in the middle Of the road,
bind his hands and feet, and inject
dose Of Anti-Liquor Cure under his
tongue. He's the fellow that goes
home in the early hours of he morn
Ing and as he staggers into the house.
he hears voice s7ying to him which
proves to be that OF his wife. What
10 you mean coming home here at
his timer He replies. There is no
)ther place open" rs that you
Iohn?" Why. of course, who else
ire you expecting?" Or IL you wish n
for that old gossiper that a
cans over the board fence in the k
ear of your yard and gathers up all II
he lies there are in the neighboT- !,
ood, just remember. there is no need
i prayer Just get a syringe and in !
ret into her jaw bone a good dose \
( Anti-Prevaricator.
This Bible says. God made the
levil.' Someone says. Certainly /.
iod did not do that" God did not !.
rcate him to be devil any more .
han he created you to be a liar. !.
cd male him an archangel and call =
Il his "Lueifer." and made him a =,
rier. This archangel became dis =
bedient. disregarded Gods com :
raded his name was taken away -
ON him aud instead Of being call =,
! him "Lucifer." and made him
Devil"
Satan can't materialize. The only >,
ay that the devil can work on man -
to work through man. am not =,
fraid OF the devil. He has no finger =,
, pull the trigger or hand TO hold a ~
nife. am not afraid Of the old He q,
evil himself except when he gets ~
Ito some man or woman and sizes
i'm on me. The Devil initiates God. 81
Oh puts his spirit in man and as a n
suit We have the preachers. evan h,
'lists. teachers. etc. There are men N,
N women IN this house tonight who IA
g possessed Of devils When Christ
ss here upon earth. He cast out
wis. Men have been possessed Of
wills ever since The Devil uses 49,
'ur hands. your eyes. your tongue. o.
perform bis mission. You have ~,
on dude come to town wearing q ~.
ng swallOwtail coat and a high an
anding collar on his neck that has an
r. appearance 81 a whifewashcl "a,
nee around a far ground. and no Oh,
Oner does he appear than all the tn
wn gals begin to make goo goo DO
rs at him and the native boys must
and back. A few months roll b.
ID there is a new subject for town a,
'ssip. and when you heard it you 8
snt Shoe" but it wouldn't Shoe or
'hgt has become O. the young rcos- n,
: Hes gone Tie devil Is slFsvs =.
sent when ECU Esnt him % settle