Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-07
Both preaching services and in
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fact all services, at the McCabe Meth.
odist church Sunday. were all at
tended and results excellent. In the
morning DR.. Shute preached from the
text found in John 14:16. And the
subject Another Friend" In the ev
ening the subject was that of a per.
sonal devil. All of these sermons are
fundamental and while the preacher
thinks that stealing, lying, drunkenness
and all such are evils and must not
be tolerated, but that you must 60
deeper and eradicate the cause beore
you can eliminate the effect
The following lis an outline of the
sermon:
The text was BE sober. be watch
ul; your adversary, the devil, as
roaring lion, walketh about. seeking
whom he may devour: whom with
stand steadfast in your faith" l Peter
SO, 9.
These are meaningless words il
there is no personal devil. That there
are plenty of devils among men is
admitted, but no objection is made
to naming their chief and king. The
The devil does not wish his presence
and person to be recognized--it would
hurt his business; and so his minis
ters have rigid instructions to deny
his existence.
The devil is person; there is nc
quality or principle of evil apart from
personality. He is given personal
names: Satan, Abaddon, Apol';on
References to his connection with the
sons of God, his conversations with
God, and his contest with Christ as
a personal master, show him to be
as personal as any of these. RE las
all the attributes o personality-lntel'
lect-a crafty schemer; sensibility-
he wakes wroth; and will-his victims
have "been taken captive by him un-
to his will" The sinner is in bondage
to the will of the devil. There are
many personal devils called the dev-
lis angels, under one chief, Satan.
His positions indicate his personality );
prince, king, father. Sinful men are
related to the devil as his children.
HE that doeth sin is Of the devil.
aye are of your father, the devil"
said Jesus to unbelieving Jews. In
the temptation of Jesus we see the
personal devil at work to destroy the
personal Saviour.
Probation is the key to the origin
of the devil. This is the only method
of developing men in holiness, or, so
far as We know, of developing any
other created intelligences. Angels
on probation sinned, kept not their
own princpality, and were cast down
to Tartarus. The origin of the devil
was from the abuse of freedom under
probation.
In character the devil is a sinner,
a liar, murderer, and the deceiver OF
the whole world. He appears as an
angel of light, not with horns and
hoofs: he could not succeed, II ne
were always to be seen lin his true
character. Paul warns US that there
are "false apostles, deceitful work
ers, fashioning themselves into apost'
les of Christ And no marvel, for even
SATAN fashioneth himself into an an
gel of light" The less he is made to
appear in his own true guise and his
own real self, the better he is pleased.
Deny his existence, and serve him as
an angel of light, and his diabokcal
glee is satisfied. The devils power,
signs, and lying wonders" are the
real inspiration of the worlds delu-
sions: Theosophy, Eabism, New
Thought, the Religion of Science, and
of Humanity, Ethical Culturism, Lib
eralism", Spilitualism, Eddyism, Dow
ieism, and every other ism which men
for the gospel and the Son
of God. The devil is not at all par
is a "Liberal'' of the lib
erals" anything goes with him that
keeps a soul away from the divine
Saviour and Lord. And of all this
we have had warning from the Christ
There shall arise false Christs and
false prophets, and shall show great
signs and wonders; so as to lead as
tray, if possible, even the elect. Be-
hold have told you beforehand"
The devil is very busy opposing
Cod, fighting to defeat Christ, destroy
ing men physically, morally and spir-
ltually. He is the father of the Anan'
las Club, binding the minds OF the
snatching away the good
sted of the kingdom from the heart
and sowing tares, and so produces
death temporal and eternal. He per-
secutes the righteous; buffeted Paul,
tempted Jesus, sifted Peter; and he