The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-13

but so far as we can Judge. nearly one
,iaI me inmates OF the asylums are oh
seSseo by demons who live in them while
'ney are mastering their wills.
n Prepared for These Delusions.
God. through His Word. has fore
warned His people against these delu-
slons In permitting them. nevertheless.
teadbirol % isII INTO these traps. He is merely
suits OF disobediencc or neglect OF Cod s
word. are not eternal.
INC Divine arrangement is that ulti-
tmately the entire human family shall
1e released from the bonds of sin and
uEEa1h, ignorance and superstition. and
an s,,u nave , fun opportunity for coming into
son VIII illustrate the necessity for
searching the Scriptures and obeying
Gods voice therein
Seducing spirits-Doctrines of Devils.
81. Paul in describing our day, de-
81 ets res one OF Its prominent signs 10 be
seducins many yi, MI new give heed to these e
pracllces lead away from God. st. Paul
lnumates also that by these misleading
spirits many will come TO hold doctrines
OF demons. or devilish doctrines II is
u sad commentary upon our wonderful
usGS uusG on snilghtenment that the most en-
a",u' doctrine respecting the hereafter.
doctrine of demons It most surely
rs which tells. 10 the dishonor of Gods
name, that nine hundred and ninety
nine out of every thousand OF humanity
are TO be eternally tortured either be
Gause OF Divine Incompetence TO make
500 %Illed and forcordained 1t so before
creation: This doctrine OF demons has
enslaved many honorable people who
would themselves scorn to make such a
God
THANK God, the time is not far dis
competeIY com, wnGY 5meSs hnno sedueing spirits viii be
selve humanity thus no more. But the
SbersP.ion mas so long prevailed that poor
humanity is thoroughly under Its con
error Is Satan's first lie to our parents
IN Gden. There. contradicting the words
OF .5od he said. 'iYe shall not surely
ne has worked along this line, and all
tne fallen angels with him. His mes
sage Is. "Ye shall not surely die" You
they died
on account Of these errors. that dead
men are alive Satan and the fallen an
gels. contrary to the teachings of the
Bible. have lnstilled into the whole world
nonsensical. heather superstitlons re-
speettns heaven: purgatory and hell. The
Catholics pray for those who go TO pur-
gatory 10 help them out. Protestants do
not so pray. believing that the sanity
few 60 direct 10 heaven and all OF the
ture.
II this great lie wherewith Satan first
seduced Mother Eve and murdered our
race could be fully eliminated from our
minds and our oreedS, Ii would mean a
religious revolution 10 both Catholics and
Protestants--back to the Bible and away
from the domination and seduction OF
the lying spirits. the fallen angels. who
rersonatc humanity
So far as we can learn from those who
nave once been spirit mediums, the trend
purity. And this agrees well with the
Scriptural declaration relative to the sin
through which these fallen angels first
became reprobate.
ii, -. tell us briefly OF the fan Of the an
gcls--that "theY left their own habita-
ton and kept not their first estate.
Both apostles mention the circumstance
In connection with human Iasciviousness
The story Of the fall of the angel is given
US briefly in Genesis vi. IL. After mans
fall into sin God permitted the holy an
gels 10 have communication with human
lty And because human eyes cannot see
spirit beings. God permitted the angels
TO materialize. For instance, we note
ham on the plains OF Mamre and for
whom he prepared veal dinner, We
read that, materiaiized. these angels were
like men. and taken by Abraham TO be
him II was subsequently, that Abraham
learned that they were really heavenly
visitants
How the Angels Fell.
So IL was with all the angels before
the flood. They were permitted 10 ma
the word as men The record shows that
the angels became lustful We read.
The sons OF God saw the daughters OF
men that they were fair and took unto
themselves wives OF such as they chose
The angels with superior powers and
superior knowledge TO mans. acted as
the masters OF men. who were practically
obliged TO do their bidding The result
IS stated in few words, The children of
this mcsalliance, we are told, were giants
as compared with the ordinary members
giants physically. but also intellectually
They were men of rcnown' Poor hu-
manity could not compete with this race.
The result was that strife and conten-
cd in all the earth, until God declared
that every imagination Of the thoughts
Of mans heart was only evil continually.
God had foreknown all this. and a can
opv of waters. which then surrounded
the earth. similar TO Saturn's rings now,
was held In readiness TO cause food
Of the angels might be destroyed Only
Noah and his family were found worthy
OF preservation to be the new start OF
humanity this side Of the food, The
Noah's family is. Now Noah was per-
feet In his generati ton" He was proper
~ generated or born-so were his chill
dreD. There was no strain or admiX-
ture OF the angelic stock In that family.
The plain information Is that the re-
maindcr OF humanity were so degraded
by the seductlons OF those fallen angels
that they were not 1T to live. The en-
tire race had become corrupt.
Angels Checked-Chains Of Darkness.
or course. the fallen angels were not
destroyed by the flood. for they not only
had the power TO matcrlalize. but also
the power TO dematerialize, IT at
that time however. that all Of the fallen
angels were put under restraints-not
permitted again to materallze. the linn
itation lasting until the Judgment OF
the great day.
Their restraints or chains arc not phys
teal 10 Confne them 10 place in Tar
tarus-the earth's atmosphere They
may roam at will: but are chained. or
restrained from materlalizing. The in
tination OF the Scripture seems 10 be
that with the ending Of this gospel age.
lust prior to the inaugural lion OF the new
dispensation. these cyll spirits may be
allowed to break their chains and mani
fest themselves as men. In connection
with the great trouble time incidental
10 the change of dispensation
Separated from God and the holy an
gels and unable 10 assume human bodies.
The sinful angels have probably had ter
yible experiences during the past forty
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