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

scpmpnNhle Win The love, 10y md;
peace which belong alone 10 d coidt-
ton of holiness. Under such circuIn-,
stances we cannot wonder that these
fallen angels would seek association
with humanity! Being under tile con-
trols OF Satan ms d chief or prince OF
devils. they hnyc followed his course
and propaEated Ills original fdlsehood
aYe shaif not surely die, 1'heyy hare
s%con1ured to mems minds the hell OF.
the heather, the heltsa Purgntoryl OF
the Catholics, and, worst Of aii.. our
Protestant misconception of awful and
amending torture for oil except the
sanity few. q 4, !
Enemies OF God and. Men.
These doctrines Of demons have in:
creased the gulf between God and hu.
mainly and have made the Bible. the.
message Of Gods love, a book OF ter.
rors-not to be. loved, merely to be Ell.
dured or kept as fetish to secure pos.
slbly a cooler place In purgntory. We
may safely say that all the false doc.
trines Of Christcndom. represented III
all Of the crceds Of the Dark Ages"
are doctrines Of demons. Our minds
became defled-onr {hymnSbooks, our
creeds. everything.
Thank God? that the light Of Tie New
Dispensation Is now bringing to us tho
beginning of hiessing-reiease rom,
some Of our darkness. Tho seeing ,of
the true wage OF ;slnAthat!l Il is death
and not eternal tornaentz-isss one OF the
most Important features connected
with our enlightenment. When we.
learn that the dead are really dend
aud. IS the Bible declares. will. not
know anything until the resurrection.
then we begin to- see the beauty Of
Gods Plan-the need Of. Chrlst,s death;
tire need Of His second coming; the
need Of His Kingdom; the need Of
resurrection: the need Of an opportu-
nifty for all mankind to, come to a clear,
knowledge of the grent Truth Of re-
demptlon through the precious blood
and the opportunity. then, by Gods
grace, Of attaining eternal llfe-elther
during this Gospel age, as. New Crea.
lures, spirit beings Ike unto the an,
gels, or in the New Dlspensation dur
Ing the more general salvation OF the
world to human perfection in an earth.
ly Paradise.
Jesus Cast Out Devils.
Our great Redeemcr manifested his
power by casting out demons from
those who had become obscsscd. And
we read further that he Commissioned,
his Apostles to heal all manner Of. dis.
ease and to cast out unclean spirits.
We are told that they did this-and
numerous instances, In Illustration. are
given us. One man was obsessel by
a legion Of these spirits. No wonder
the poor fellow was crazy, But after
they were cast out he was clothed and
In his right mind and became a disciple
Luke viii, 2G,38}.
st. Paul and silas had an experience
with an obsessed young woman who
spractised sooth.saying. fortunestclling.
by the power Of the evil spirit which
obsessed her. As the evil spirits rec
ognized Jesus and cried, I'VE know
Thee. who Thou art, Jesus" so this
spirit Knew the Apostles and!a through
the young woman's lips, cried utter
them, These be the servants Of Tile
Most High God, which show to us The
way to obtain eternal life (Acts xvi,
1918.
Neither Jesus nor the Apostles were
willing itosaccept demon testimony aud
commanded the evil spirits to come
out Of their victims.
Scientists Being Entrapped.
Tie Scriptures indicate that there
Will be n wonderful activity amongst
the fallen angels In the c,vsc Of this
Gospel Age. The Master declared that
the deccptions would be such that, IL
1t were possible. the "vcry elect.
would be deceived. But that will not
be possible, because Divine providence,
stands engaged to protect the eject.
The Ninety. First Psalm, which gives
"a picture of the closing Of this Age
and its sundry trials aud tests, de-
clares that God will give his messcn.
gers a charge concerning the feet mem.
bers Of the Body Of Christ In all their
ways-lest a foot should be dashed,
against a stone of stumbling psalm
xci, 12).
As Satan and the fallen angels op.
crate largely through 'the. children OF
dlsohedlencc," so God and his holy
messengers use not only the Scriptures.
but Gods children Of obedience rs,
mouthpieces, MS helpers, as Gods nm
bassndors In building one another up
In the. most holy faith" Hence the,
time when "a thousand shall fall ut.
thy side and ten thousand at thy right
hand Will be also the time when these
~ensnaring and deceptive errors will
"not come nigh them"--not come nigh.
the members, of the Body Of Christ, the
elect.
II our understanding OF the Scrip
lures be. correct, we need not be sur
prised If the fallen angels may again
seemingly gain a victory over the DE-
swine restraints and materialize In
broad Notwithstanding not only
the dead. but also;at times p%ersonatlns