The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-05-31

Pastor Russell. The discourse, on
"The Overthrow of Satan's Empire, .
was In the nature Of a religious lee
ture- 1t was marked throughout by
deepest reverence for the Bible, many
of the passages of which shone out
with new meaning under the search.
light of his message. He asserted, and
seemed to prove. the personality Of Sa.
tan. But according to his showing II
is great mistake to suppose the Arch
enemy Of mankind to be afar off stok-
ing furnaces and torturing the dead
Instead, he is the cunning Deceiver
who for centuries has been hoodwink.
ing humanity. including the Church
putting darkness for light and light fol-
darkness. God did not create him q
devil. He became such by self perver.
sion through ambition. Originally his
name was Notwithstanding Star He
beheld our first parents In Eden, noted
their power to produce race in their
own likeness and coveted an empire
with them as his subjects.
For six thousand years God has per
mitted Satan to exercise a measure OF
deceptive power over the race and to
display to both angels and men the ter.
rible results of sin. as exemplIfied in
what the Apostle terms the reign OF
sin and DEATH" and the mental. moral
and physical degradation resulting.
Satan has not been alone. Not only
Is he "the Prince of this world" or
age, but additionally he is the Prince
of devils"-demons The speaker show
ed from the Scriptures Genesis vi;
Jude @ how these subordinate de-
mons had once been holy angels. too
how.
"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 fall of the
angels at that time. who in the days
of Noah kept not their first estate
q Peter fiji, 10. 20) Those angels who
were permitted to have measure of
control of the fallen race, with view
to helping them as much as they
might be able. and who, for the pur-
pose of rendering such assistance to
mankind. were permitted to appear In
human form, became enamored of the
human female, and preferred the hu-
man 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 de.
nominated the sons of God none of
the human family being given that
name after the fall The angels who
fell from their noble work and condi-
ton, and became groveling and SEN
sual, manifested clearly in their own
course the downward tendency of all
transgressions of the divine law.
1.-The Apostles Peter and Jude clear
ly mark out the punishment visited
upon those sons of God who thus be-
trayed their trust and fell into sin,
leaving their own habitation,' their
own nature. and affiliating with the
human nature. Their punishment has
been their deprivation of all such lib
critics, and their separation from God
and from the holy angels: and this re
straint is called. by the Apostle.
chains of Darkness while the re.
strained ores themselves. instead OF
being recognized as sons Of God or
angels Of light, were thenceforth
known as angels of darkness de
MONS wicked spirits Incidentally
we remark that these are the spirits
in prison mentioned by Peter Il Peter
Lii, 19). and that although restricted as
respects their powers of fellowship
with the holy angels. and with man.
kind. being no longer privileged to ap-
pear as men, they still seek human
fellowship, endeavoring to gain posses
sion of human beings who yield up
their wills. aud who are then said to
be possessed of devils or 'obsessed.' 1t
is but a preliminary step toward thus
getting possession of the individual
that these wicked spirits appeal to hu.
manity to become their mediums (spir-
it mediumsJ, through whom they to
some extent communicate. And they
personate dead human beings, because
they know well that humanity would
shun them and fear them If their real
identity were discovered.
Satan and bis subordinates have
maintained system Of human decep-
tion." the speaker declared, and II
must be confessed that ne gave Bib
lical proofs for his every claim. He
asserted that the communications be-
lieved by Spiritualists-Dr. Funk, Prof
Hyslop, Editor Stead and others-to be
communications from the dead, are
really deceptive communications from
these fallen angels. So far from claim
ing that these professors and medi-
ums practice deception. his claim is
that they themselves are deceived and
are unintentionally leading others on
ward into a terrible SpiritualistiC
maelstrom, which, he declares, we are
nearing, according to the Bible. BE
warned against hypnotism. mind cures
etc., practiced by well-meaning but de
ceived physicians, ministers and 9th
ers. He declared that all these tended
to break down the human will, the
God-given barrier and defense of man
kind against the encroachments Of
these fallen angels, who seek contin
ually to intrude themselves into the
mind, thoughts and will Of men. He
warned all against occult influences of
every kind. urging that the human will
should be preserved and should be
submitted only to the Almighty, and to
him only-intelligently in accordance
with his instructions In the Bible.
Overthrow of Satan's Empire.
Satan, through false doctrines
doctrines of DEVILS has entrenched
himself In the superstitions and preju-
dices, not only of the heather, but also
of the civilized. The creeds of the
Dark Ages evidenced the fact that be
had much to do with their formulation
His false doctrines, antagonistic to the
Bible, have been palmed off upon us
as veritable Bible truths-just as Satan
endeavored to twist and misapply the
Bible to Jesus In his wilderness temp
tation Mark |, 49,. Thus Satan has
caused gross darkness to cover the
heather and considerable darkness tc
cover the civilized earth. But we are
in the morning of the New Dispense
ton, which is to bring so much bless
ing to the world of mankind in the
opening of the eyes of mans under
standing, and in physical blessings ant
comforts. AS a result we have the
wonderful conveniences and appliance:
of steam and electricity, the printing
press and the electric light, as instead
of the tallow candle and quin pen Of