The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-09-30

obsession. The great remedy against
all this is the Truth of Gods Word.
Those who accept that cannot be de-
ceivcd But the masses of mankind
are being deceived. The Scripture
teaching is that when man is dead
he knows not anything. and will never
know anything until the resurrection
of the dead Whoever knows this is
fortified against all the receptions of
the evil spirits.
We are not claiming that all me-
diums are fraudulent. Some of them
we know to be most sincere. A large
number have been delivered from their
awful position of acting Us tools of
Satan by the reading Of our little
pamphlet. proofs that Spiritism is
Demonism."
Jesus Preached to These Spirits,
There are no human spirits to be
preached to. Human beings are not
who have never heard of 1.-THE only
name given under heaven or amongst
men whereby we must be saved" will
hear that name in Gods due time-in
the resurrection-during the thousand
years of AIessiah's reign when he. as
the true Light. shall tighten every man
that cometh into the world" John i. o..
But if Jesus died and in death knew
not anything, how could he preach to
the fallen angels? We answer that it
Is a common expression that factions
speak louder than words" The great
actions or facts connected with our
Lords death and resurrection consti-
tuted a most wonderful sermon to the
fallen angels. AS they beheld the Re
deemer's faitbfulness to God, even
unto death. even the death Of the cross,
and as they then beheld Gods faith
fulness to him in raising him from
the dead to the highest nature-the
divine nature-"far above angels and
principalities and powers and every
name that is named''-all this consti-
tuted most wonderful sermon Of love
and loyalty, faith and obedience, etc.
The sermon to them meant. How seri-
Gus was our mistake in being disobedi-
ent to God in any particular. 1t meant
also. May not God, who has thus gone
to SO much trouble for the redemption
of fallen men, have in his heart also
a place of mercy for US, should we re-
pent? The Apostle intimates that
these angels. with the exception of
Satan, are yet to have a testing or
trial. for he assures the Church that
God purposes that we, as the Bride of
Christ. shall not only be entrusted
with the work OF judging OF giving
the Millennium. but also that we shall
Judge angels-not the holy angels. for.
of course. they need no judging on
our part-but the fallen angels q Cor.
vi. 81.
Quite possibly the hopes inspired by
that great sermon preached by our
Lords resurrection to the spirit be-
ings led some of those fallen angels
to repentance. If so we may suppose
that during the eighteen centuries
since. they have suffered severely at
the hands of the rebellious angels.
who would be aroused to animosity by
their reform.
The Scriptures seem to imply that
fallen angels" wicked spirits" 'ly-
ing spirits,' demons" will have
much to do with bringing about the
great time Of trouble with which
this Gospel Age will end. before the
complete Inauguration Of Messiah's
Empire and the binding of Satan Rev-
elation Xxx, ~. The intimatiOn is that
the trouble here will be short and
sharp. as in the days of Noah. The
declaration of the Apostle that these
evil spirits will be in chains Of dark
ness until the Judgment of the Great
Day leaves room for the inference that
when the Judgment Of the Great Day
begins, the chains Of darkness will be
broken. If, therefore. we have the
right understanding of this matter
great events are near at Lend. Spirit
mediums are already declaring that
the spirits tell them that they will
soon be able to materialize in broad
daylight. With the power to counter
felt and personate humanity what may
this not mean in the way of deception
mentioned by our Lord. who declares
that it will be so strong that it would
deceive even the Every elect" were
they not specially protected and guild.
ed
We, remind you also of the great
stride which Spiritism. Occultism and
Psychic Science have made within the
last few years. These now number
amongst their friends and advocates
some of, the brightest scientific minds.
One of these, Prof. James. of Harvard
College, recently, before dying. de-
clared that he would speedily COM
municate with his friends. Already
the newspapers tell us that he has be-
gun to communicate. but the mediums
claim that he has difficulty in operat-
ing through them, because of the great
force and power Of his intellect and
that they must gradually become able
to act as his mediums. From the Bible
standpoint all this is a fraud-a de-
ception-but not on the part of the
mediums who are themselves deceived.
but on the part Of the fallen angels.
who are thus tricking humanity.
Tho Gentle Game Of Golf.
On one occasion IN old lady was in
the same railway compartment as a
party Of golfers. 81 found fearful