Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-06-28
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LONDON, England.-AIbert Memorial Hall
was again crowded to hear Pastor RUSSELL The
discourse. on 1.-The Overthrow Of Satan's En-
pire." was in the nature of religious lecture.
1t was marked throughout by deepest reverence e
for the Bible, many of the passages OF winch
shone out with new meaning under the search
light Of his message He asserted and seemed
to prove. the personality of Satan. BUT ac-
cOrdfng TO his showing It is a great mistake to
suppose the arch enemy Of mankind 10 be a1ar
off stocking furnaces and torturlng the uead.
Instead. he is the cunning deceiver who Tor
centuries has been hOodwinking humanity, In
Guiding the church-putting darkness for light
and light for darkness. God did Nos create MIN
devil. He became such by self-perversloh
through ambition. Originally his name was
Notwithstanding Star. He beheld our flrst
parents in Eden, noted their power to produce
a race in their own likeness and coveted an
empire with them as his subjects
For 5000 years God has permitted Satan to
exercise a measure OF deceptive power over the
race and to display to both angels and men the
terrible results of sin, exemplified In what
the Apostle terms the reign of sin and death,
and the mental moral and physical degradation
satan has not been alone Not only is he 1.-THE
prince Of this world or age. but additionally ne
IL the "'nrince of devils''-demons. The speaker
showed from the Scriptures Genesis vi; Jude o.
how these subordinate demons had once been
holy angels, too-and when and where they
The Apostle Peter gives the key to the real
solution of the matter when, in reciting the
events connected with the flood. he tells us of
the fan Of the angels at that time who n the
days of Noah kept not their first estate
Q Peter fiji. 10. 2O). Those angels who were
permitted to have measure of control or the
fallen race. with a view to helping them as
much as they might be able, and who, for the
purpose of rendering such assistance to man
kind were permitted to appear in human form
became enamored OF the human female, and
preferred the human form to their own state as
spirit beings. They thus left their original
estate as Jude also explains dude g.. These
angels are the ones denominated the sons OF
Cod none of the human family being given
that name after the fan. The angels who fell
from their noble work and condition, and be
came groveling and sensual, manifested clearly
in their own course the downward tendency OF
all transgressions OF the divine law. ~.
1.-THE APOSTLES Peter and Jude clearly mark
out the punishment visited upon those sons
of God who thus betrayed their trust and fei
into sin, leaving their own habitation, their
own nature, and affiliating with the human ma
ture. Their punishment has been their deprlva-
ton Of all such liberties, and thelr separation
from God and from the holy angels; ana this
restraint is called, by the apostle, chains OF
darkness while the restrained ones themselves
instead OF being recognized as sons OF COD
or angels of light were thenceforth known as
'auHeIs of darkness demons 'wicken spirits
Incidentally remark that these are the
.spirits in prison mentioned by Peter Il Peter
3:i9) and that although restricted as respects
their powers of fellowship with the holy an
gels and with mankind, being no longer privi-
legged TO appear as men, they still seek human
fellowship. endeavOring to gain possession OF
human beings who yield up their wills, and
who are then said to be possessed or devils
o 'OhSeSSed.' 1t is DuL preliminary sup
toward thus getting possession of the individual
that these wicked, spirits appeal TO humanity
70 become their mediums Esprit medlumsl,
through whom they to some extent communl-
cate And they persOnate dead human beings,
because they know well that humanity would
shun them and fear them If their real identity
siSs+an and his subordinates have maintained
a system of human deception the speaker de-
clared and IL must he confessed that ne gave
Pi1licaI proofs for his every claim. he as
serted the communications believed by Spirit
ualists-Dr. Funk, Professor Hyslop. EdltOr
Stead and others-to be communications from
tba dead are really deceptive communications
from these fallen angels So far from claim
ing that these professors and mediums prac-
tice deception his claim is that they theyn-
selves are deceived and are un1ntentlonally
leading others onward INTO terrlole spHllual-
istic maelstrom which, he declares, we are
nearing according to the Bible He warned
against hypnotism,. mind cures. etc, practlced
nv we'll meaning but deceived physicians, minis
ters and others. He declared that all these
tended TO break down the human Will, the Gods
given barrier and defense OF mankind against
the, encroachments of these fallen angels who
seek continually to intrude themselves into
the mind. thoughts and will of men. He warned
ali against occult influepces OF every kind.
urring that the human viii should be preserved
and should be submitted only to the Almighty,
with His instructions in the Bible
OVERTHROW OF SATAN'S EMPIRE.
'sSatan through false doctrines-'doctrines or
devils has entrenched himself In the super
stitious and prejudices. not only of the heather,
hut also of the civilized. The creeds of the
dark ages evidenced the fact that he had much
to do with their formulation. His false doc
+rines antagonistic to the Bible, have been
palmed off upon US as veritable Bible truths