The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-30


10 propagate BIS own species Satan
reallzfd lint tbrSconauest Or this pair
nnd the bring ~ them into subjec.
\ tion 70 himself wonId signifS the cap.
,tnte ofa World: fuit Ok ipeoptc eventual
fly-sthat the enhla ytnent OF tic jI,af-
ents Weaid sisaif tie easlayemeat
Eventually of Etle facsa'
satan,s sisshodss Refs saeeessfai.
H We c,innot deny that SSatan.s ilatis
were logical did ttiat lie bus carried
them ont with great success so that
the Scriptures declare him The Prince
.of;thls worldl John xiv. 80; ;ihd again.
s.the God Of this World al C6tinthians
~. Ne eetileless. biz Sdciofy was
not SO great d one as he doubtless ex.
,pected II to be. No doubt lie expected
that be was chptufing. an immortal
race. Quits probably he believed tie
falsehood lie told mother Exc. when
he contradicted The Wori of Cod tbat
sin, that disobedience In eating The
forbidden fruit xonll bring tnotl them
the penalty OF death I'd s Ing tlioif shalt
de- II 4 Va Il s q re-
Satan's charge was that God had
mlsrepresented the facts for the pur-
pose OF holding Ills creatures Ia mental
slavery 70 himself; THAT hc did not
wish them 10 Be wise. therefore lie for.
babe the eating Of this. particular kind
Of fruit md declared tie penalty Of
death for the transsression III hls5law.
II, Satan. assure You that you necll
not be afraid ofSthe fruit: lsassure you
that 4 will do yonSgool. nnd that YOU
will not surely DIE from the eating
Of Alas! Mother Eve believed the
Adversary and dlsbelleyed her God,
and then enticed her husband, Still
thinking. no doubt. thar she would not
die and that the serpent Ind told her
the truth and TINT God Ind been tile
deceiyer. St. Paul tells us TINT father
Adam knew better and ate: the fruit.
knowing that ft.would cause ills death.
willing thus to gdlsobcy Iii order to
maintain the fellowship of his vile.
whose life. he realized. was already
forfeited 3
the Divine sentence began. to
60 Into execution when our lrst par.
ents were driven out Of Eden to Dat.
tie With the thorns and thistles until
they should return to tie dust, no
doubt satan was disappointed. He
had rather be the Prince Of Il noble
living family Of angels or Of humans
thnn the Emperor Of a weak aud dying
race. However, from that day to the
present time be has been fighting upon
the same line: he lias been :contentllns
with mankind that THE Word OF G oil
IS false twhenalt declares that A.tl,e.
wages Of sin Is death,r and that $"t!ip
soul that sihneth It shdli de- From
that dry to this he has been using this
falsehood to the Injury. Of orr rice. AHA
surely lie has succeeded wonderfully.
Today. not only III heathen lands.
but amongst the most Civilized, It Is
freely, believed Mnd by many Chris.
tians consl1eted iScrlptural to believe
the nonsenslcalti that "a dead man Is
more alive THAN before be died. PEG.
pie Of good. so.1ld rehsoning faculties
or sordlnaFS s1Pl IT'S Seem to be .'hoo.
Idooed'' BY this fdlsehood Of Satan. ."ye
shall2ndt surely dle."s So trhe Is this.
that It seems not Inconsistent to them
to say, that a man hit over the head
with a stick md knocked sanseless,
knows nothing, but a man, bit over
the head harder and killed, knows cy-
erythlng. Z 4 I!
This Fallen Angels. n
1t was sometime after the fall Of
Satan and the fall OF man that the
Lord permitted the great test to come
upon the angels Of 1 heaven, under
which test a host Of them fell into sin.
disobedlence, etc., and since then are
known in the Scriptures as the fallen
angels and as devilsGmore properly
demons. Two weeks from today, D.
", we will consider their temptation
and sin and penalty ana whether or
not there be my hope. Suffice It to
say now : tint these fallen hhgels,
demons. are under Satan US their great
Prince and that they hnye been his
active agents In long centuries In de-
celving mankind aud opposing the Di-
vine Program. e q 31 tss n Nj
It would have been as easy as not
for God to have bidtted out of exist,
ence entirely both satnt and tho fallen
angels. and man also, and 70 have CON.
pleted another creation. angelic. md
human. But such wns, not the Divine
Program. Gods ways aro not as mans
ways. but. higher1as the heavens are
higher than the ehrth qsaiah II. %.
Satan the Great Murderer. 3
No less an authority than our great
Lord md Redeemer tells US that Satan
WIS q murderer and a lliar. He dc.
clares TINT he was a murderer from
the beginning and abode not IN the
truth; when be speaketh d lie no speak,
eth Of his own. for he IS the father Of
lies Gohn viii, Al. 1t is well that. We
keep this Divine testimony, iii our
minds. It IS well that We note Just
what the flrst great lie was, namely,
satan's misrepresentation saying, we
shall not surely tlie.ns IT. ID important
that we notice this, because so thor.