Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-03-12

The Bible tells that these fallen an
gels az one time were holy, but that in
the period before the flood they be-
came contaminated with sin through
association with humanity. Since the
food, cut off from association with the
holy angels and from liberty to mater
ialize and appear as men they have,
nevertheless, sought to break down
the barriers. Not permitted to mater
ialize, they have sought to control, to
obsess and to possess humanity-using
the human body as their medium, their
body, to the extent of their ability to
break down the barrier of the human
will. The Scriptures continually guard
US against having anything to do with
necromancers, wizards, witches, med
iums, or others who claim to repre-
sent and speak for the dead. The Bible
assures us that The dead know not
anything" and that the only hope for
them is in the resurrection and that
not dead humanity, but fallen angels,
strive to communicate with us and
through US. We are not in this blam-
ing spirit mediums with being in col
fusion with the fallen angels know
ingly. We believe that they are deceiv-
ed, as are others, Indeed, the Bible
alone gives light on this subject, as we
have been able to point out to many
mediums whom we have recovered
from their decisions
The two maniacs of verse % were
crazy because many demons possessed
them and attempted to control them in
| different ways. Intelligent physicians
recognize that probably more than
one-half of the inmates of insane
asyIUms suffer from this same terrible
trouble, demon possession
Another account tells us how our
Lord questioned the obsessed ones
and how the evil spirits answered
through them that they were legion
that is to say, a multitude Of demons
were in possession They besought the
Lord that if they could not remain
they might at least be permitted pos
session of the herd of swine. The per-
mission was granted them The result
was that the entire herd Of probably
hundreds stampeded, rushed down the
| face Of the hill, and were drowned in
the sea. When we consider the nature
of the hog, it would appear that there
were enough demons to supply one
for every hog, because, unlike sheep, "a
hog Will stand still while his fellows
in the same herd may become greatly
excited Each hog is Independent in
his action The number of demons
was indeed legion. Unable to break
down the barrier of the human will in
a general way, they crowd into poor
human beings whose will-barriers
have been let down.
Continually we warn people, in
harmony with the Scriptures, against
Spiritism and everything occult, as
being of the Adversary. We warn them
also that hgpnotism and everything
which breaks down the human will is
injurious and leaves the person the
more subject to the invasion of these
fallen angels into his mind, his affairs,
who, if yielded to, endanger his sanity
through obsession.
The result of this miracle shows the
power of selfshness. The multitude
came to see the miracle-two men who
had been crazy, clothed in their right
minds. But" said they sordidly,
what a cost! See the. hogs floating
in the seal" And they besought the
Lord to leave their country, which he
promptly did. The same principle of
selfshness may be noted everywhere
today. The multitude are moved spec
tally by their temporal interest, while
the great blessings of the Lord they
pass by comparatively unnoticed. Let
so many Of US as are disciples of the
Galilean Prophet take a different
view of matters and have our hearts
in harmony with his glorious work of
the deliverance of humanity and the
destruction Of everything obnoxious to
the Divine will-even as swine were
counterbrand of the jewish Law.