Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-05-04

permitted 10 demonstrate that the
downward tendency OF sin is incurablc
except III the manner which God has
already arranged for through Messiah
and His glorious reign Of thousand
years.
Instead OF those angels helping man
kind out OF sin they helped themselves
Into sin. and by so doing they increased
the deprnvlty amongst humanity until
the astounding record Is that "the wick
edness OF man was great In the earth.
and that every imagination OF the
thought Of his heart was only evil con
tinually." The particular sin of those
angels was that when they were grant
ed the privileges of materializing of
taking human bodies for che sake of
helping and instructing mankind they
misuscd this power and took 10 them.
selves the daughters OF men for wives.
Thus these angels came gradually, 10
prefer 10 live ms men amongst men ana
TO rear earthly families rather than 10
abide In the condition In which they
were crcated-spirit beings. higher
than humans Not only WIS this
wrong IN the sense TINT Il was taking
course In opposition TO the Divine
arrangement. but Il was wrong also
because the thing was done for the cul-
tivation and qualification OF lust. and
Il led TO their own moral defilement rs
well ms having bnneful influence
upon humanity: for we can readily see
that for the angels. of superior powers
and intelligence. TO become leaders In
lustful practices would mean n great
influence upon mankind toward sin.
We are particularly told that the of
spring of this improper union between
the angels and the daughters of men
were giants. both physically and men
tally superior Ia the fallen human fam
ily-"men of renown" And this state
ment. that they We're men of re-
nown." was nj time when manhoods
estate was reached at hundred years
and Implies that God did not interfere
to hinder or stop the progress Of sin
for perhaps several centuries. In the
meantime the race had become so cor
rupt that apparently only Noah aud
his family We're uncontaminated-a
others had more or less come under
the influence. directly or indirectly. OF
these fallen angels or their giant sons.
Hence, of Noah II was written mot
that he was n perfect man. bun. Now
Noah was perfect In his generation
tuncontaminatcd) and his family appar-
emily the same Hence these alone
were saved in the ark. while all the re.
mainder. more or less contaminated.
were destroyed by the flood.
ain Chains Of Darkness
II was then and there that God I'M
prisoned those spirits. angels. who kept
not their first estate. and are therefore
called fallen angels, devils. demons.
They were not imprisoned in some far
of world called hell. nor are they en-
gagged there In stocking fires for the tor
turc OF poor humanity. Following the
leading of the Scriptures we find that
when the Hood came they were not de
stroyed because. while their ileshly
bodies which they assumed might in
deed perish. yet they would merely de-
materialize. or assume their spirit con
ditions again.
The record IL that God cast them
down. that lie condemned them To an
overthrow that they might not any
longer associate with the holy angels.
but must be reserved In farfarHS our
earth's atmosphere. Here they were
imprisoned. not In a special place. hut
In the sense of having their liberties
restrained. lin chains of darkness.
They were no longer permitted To ma
terialize and thus 10 associate with hu-
manity. These things are distinctly
told us by St Jude and ST. Peter
dude q: II Peter Ii. 4. Dan explana-
ton In full harmony with the Genesis
account of their fall
Once Disobedient-Stilio isobedient.
We OF course cannot know that all
of those fallen angels are still In dis
loyal condition of heart. On the con
trary. In harmony with our text. we
may suppose that some Of these fallen
angels have since repented of Their
wrong course and 1t would be none
too strong way TO state the matter
that any such repentant ones would
surely have terrible experiences rs q
result To he Obliged 10 be In close
touch and relationship with the more
evil and malignant ones and 10 have
knowledge of all their evil designs and
efforts would be n terrible experience
and. besides this. we may be sure that
the rebellious would not hesitate TO
prosecute the repentant ones In ever.
conceivable manner. as they would he
lawless. regardless Of the Divine will.
On the other hand. the repentani
ones would he obliged to restrain
themselves and TO not render evil for
evil, knowing that this would be con.
trary to the Divine will. In other
words. repentant ones amongst those
fallen spirits. influenced by the preach
ing of Jesus or otherwise. would have
n kind of uircnforial expcrience and