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

House on the.
THEREAFTER R"
and subsequently.
E@@@ on Those angels
MASIaHHpsSEEfN which kept 1iot,
------ their first estate,
Jude 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 tho disbelief thousands OF
well.meanlng people are being the
more easily %entrapped by these evil
spirits. The blight Is both physical
and moral. The usual method Of pro.
cednre IS TO arouse curiosity. While
the quest for knowledge proceeds, an
influence much like that Of hypnotism.
affects the Investigator, impelIlhg him
forward to ,furthes investigation.
Sometimes the curiosity Is attracted
through the outer senses at spiritualis.
tic seances. with oulja:boards. etc. At
other times 1t Is by spirit rappings.
Again. 1t may he by whisperings in
the eur. inaudible to others. At other
times the messages come through
trance.mediums.
In every instance these communion
tions purport to come from dead hui.
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 Off In heaven.
and that the unholy dead are far Off
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 Catho-
lie Indy. Init she tells how she first
obtained clairvoyant powers-the gift
Of hearing whnt others could not hear.
This. In turn. permitted her to icommu-
nlcate with the evil spirits the fallen
angels. These, representing themselves
to her MS inmates Of purgatory, came
to her for help. They Solicited her
prayers and were progressing to get
her more and more under their control.
Just In time she vas rescued through
reading my writings on the subject.
Since then she has exercised her will
and her prayers against having any
fellowship whatever with these fallen
angels. Gradually she is becoming
more and more enlightened in the
Truth Of Gods Word.
Not in%frequcntly do these spirits per-
sonate the Heavenly Father and Christ,
urge more prayer, accuse of sin, recon-
mend the reading of the Scriptures,
etc. This appears 10 be with n view
TO gaining the confidence, the relaxing
of the Will. Later on dishonornble sug-
gcstlons are made. The Bible Is scorn-
ed, prayer is laughed at. If, then. the
subject takes fright and seeks to break
the hypnotic Chain, the evil spirits
laugh ut him. swear ut him. md some
times tell him that they will shortly
have him fully In their power to roast
him forever. IT he attempts to pray,
they lntrude and interrupt aud tell him
that God would not hear him now, that
he has gone too far, etc.
With some the matter goes so far
that the human will IS broken down
completely and the spirits obsess them
and use their bodies foollshly-some-
times %vlclously, sometimes %insanely,
until finally they are pronounced dan
gerousnnl committed to nsylums. We
do not claim that all tile insane ARE
obscssed Of evil spirits. but so far as
We can Judge. nearly one-haif the In.
mates of asylums are obsessed by
demons who live In them willie they
are mastering their wills.
Prepared For These Detusions.
God, through His Word, has fore
warned His people against these dclu-
slons. In permitting them. nevcrthe.
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 TINT ulti.
mately the entire human family shall
be released from the bonds of sin and
death, Ignorance and superstition. and
all have full opportunity for coming
into full harmony with God. The
present lesson will illustrate the ne.
ccsslty for searching the Scriptures
and obcying Gods voice therein.
seducins spirits-Doetrinos Of Devils.
st. Paul. IN describing ii day, de.
clares one Of Its prominent signs,to be
that many Will now give heed 10, these
%seducing spirits; whose teachings and
practises lend away from God. st.
Paul intimates also that by these mis-
leading spirits many will come to hold
doctrines of demons, or devilish doc.
trlnes. 1t Is Il sad commentary upon
our wonderful day of enlightenment
TINT the most enlightened people should
hold the most awful doctrine respect
Ing tho hereafter.
a doctrine Of DEMONS 1t most surely
Is which tells, to the dishonor OF Gods
name TINT nine hundred and ~ntnetv.