Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-06
Jesus Gave Them Leave

In the heading we nave connected
this study with the demons, because
the Scriptures intimate that the dem
ons will have considerable to do with
stirring up the great "timeo trouble
and discomfort with which this Age
win close and Messiahs Kingdom be
established
on the other side of the Lake, as
they landed, man came running to-
ward them, having seen them afar off
He was obsessed-that is TO say, dem
ons, the fallen angels mentioned by st
Jude dude 81 and st Peter (II Peter
ii. ~, had gained access. and were in
control of him. 1t was these that rec
ognized Jesus and spoke through the
mans lips, saying What have to do
with Thee, Jesus. Thou Sob of the
Most High God? | adJure Thee by God
that Thou torment me not This was
the answer to the command of Jesus
that the fallen spirits should come out
of the man. 1t transpired that not
merely one demon had gained access,
but many Of them, a legion.
The demons realized that they were
subject to the commands of Jesus and
requested that they be allowd to en-
ter into the swine. The Bibles expla
nation of how some angels fell, fros1
their original perfection and harmony
with God, and of why they seek to
gain control of humanity and communs
with them through mediums, and why
they persenate the dead, we have not
the space to present in this study: but
as there are many today more or less
under the influence of demonism-
spiritism-we will send further infor-
nation upon postcard request.
Jesus gave the demons the privilege
they requested. The swine like the
man, were crazed bS the strange out
side influence which took possession
of their brains. They ran violently
down steep place into the sea and
were drowned. Meantime. the man, re-
leased from his obsession. was agar,
IN his right mind. and praised God for
his deliveranee. He desired to go with
Jesus to become one Of His disciples.
he wanted to preach to others of the
great deliVerance which he had expert :
eheed and to tell them of this further
proof that Jesus was the Messiah. But
TINS was not in harmony with the
LORDS Judgment of the Fathers will
and He refused his company Instruct
ing him to go unto his own house and
to tell his friends what great things
the Lord had done for him.
|, lie did So and the people from all
the region around who had known hin,
as crazy and obsessed man. maryeIel
| at his recovery and took note of the
laet that Jesus had healed him. Thoss
familiar with such matters claim that
N hi h e
our insane asylums are persons OBJ
sessed by evil spirits, demons, without
any organic disease of the brain. And
| alas. we see evidences on every hand
that these evil spirits are paving the
way for a great onslaught upon hu-
| manity.
Under the title of Psychic Phenom-
ena spiritism is being examined nv
some OF the prominent college profess
sors of our day They, like other spir
itlsts. are deceived in supposing that
the manifestations which come to them
| are from their dead human friends
| me Bible alone makes the matter per-
| Ieclly clear. 1t assures us that tha
dead nave no power to thus eommuni-
cate ana that all such communica
uohs come from the demons. who do
net dare to tell who they are. for If
they did, humanity would be on guard
against them: and they, desiring 20
come closely in contact with humans
" personals and represent variously
the dead.
hyphotism, mesmerism. clairaudient
power and clairvoyant power are all
part and parcel of the same great de-
ception