The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-02-13

@AsIaEfESgsSEkES which kept not
their first estate
dude O.. Excellent attention was
given at both services. We report the
latter as follows:
The Bibles teaching thatsfhe earth's
atmosphere Is infested with evil spirits
Is now very generally disbelieved.. AS
a result Of the disbelief thousands OF
wett.meaning people are being the
more easily entrapped by these evil
spirits. The blight Is both physical
and moral. The usual method Of pro.
cedure Is to arouse curiosity. Willie
the quest for knowledge proceeds, an
influence much like that of hyTnotism
affects the Investigator. impellIhg him
forward 10 further Investigation.
Sometimes the curiosity Is attracted
through the outer senses ut spiritualis.
tic seances, with oi~lJa.boards, etc. At
other times 1t Is by spirit rappings.
Again. It may be by whisperings In
the ear. inaudible to others. at other
times the messages come through
trancc-medfums.
In every instance these communica.
lions purport to come from dead hu.
man beings. This Of Itself gives to the
communication a special charm to
many. They feel honored In being
sought out by the dead and In being
able to communicate With them. They
are curious for Information respecting
the hereafter. They forget that they
have been taught from infancy that
the holy dead are far on in heaven,
and that the unholy dead are far of
in torment.
They Teach False Doctrines.
How fully this is forgotten is shown
by n letter which I received on the
first day OF this month from n Catio-
lie lady. In 1t she tells how she first
obtained c%lairvoyant powers-the gift
Of hearing what Others could not hear.
This. in turn. permitted her to icommu.
nicate with the evil spirits. the fallen
angels, These, representing themselves
to her MS inmates Of purgutory. came
to her for help. They solicited her
prayers and were progressing to get
her more and more under their control.
Just IN tlme she was rescued through
reading my writings on the subject.
Since then she has exercised her viii
and her prayers against having II
fellowship whatever with these fallen
angels. Gradually she Is becoming
more and more enlightened in the
Truth Of Gods Word.
Not infreqiently do these spirits per.
senate the Heavenly Father and Christ,
urge more prayer. accuse of sin, recon.
mend the reading OF the Scriptures,
etc. This appears to be with n view
to gaining the confidence. the relaxing
OF the WILL! Later on disllonorable sug-
gcstlons are made. The Bible is scorn.
ed, prayer Is laughed at. II, then, the
subject takes fright and seeks to break
the hypnotic chain, the evil spirits
laugh at him. swear at him. ind some.
times tell him that they will shortly
have him fully In their power. to roast
him forever. II he attempts to pray,
they lntrude aud interrupt aud tell him
that God would not lenr him now, that
he has gone too far, etc.
Wfth1 some the matter goes SO far
that the human will Is broken down
completely and the SPIRITS iobsess them
and use their bodies footishiy-some-
times 'vlclously, sometimes ~insanely.
until finally they are pronounced dan
g%erousaand committed to asylums. We
do not claim that all the insane are
obsessed Of evil spirits, but so far as
We can Judge, nearly one-half the In
mates Of asylums are obsessed by
demous who live In them willie they
are mastering their wills.
Prepared For These DeIusions.
God, through His Word, has fore
warned His people against these delu.
sions. In permitting them. ncyerthe.
less, to fall into these traps. He Is
merely teaching a great lesson. The
terrible results Of dlsobedience, OF
neglect Of Gods Word, are not eternal.
The Divine arrangement Is that ulti.
mateIy the entire human family shall
be released from the bonds Of sin and
death, ignorance and superstition. and
MI have full opportunity for coming
into full harmony with God. The
present lesson will Illustrate tile ne.
cess!ty for searching the Scriptures
and obeylng Gods voice therein.
Seducina Spirits-Doctrinos of Devils.
st. Paul, IL describing our day, de-
clares MI Of Its prominent sighs;to be