The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1913-05-15

reserved In lasting
restraints under the thick darkness for
. judgment Of the Great Day" dude
g. He said:
Last Sunday we discussed the fall
OF the angels. who succumbed to sin,
FIRST introduced by Satan's rebellion,
and continued by mans fall from. d.
vine favor. Mans fall had to do with
the fall Of the angels. and they in
turn have had much to do with mans
further perversion mentally. morally
and physically. st. Paul declared that
We wrestle not with nesh and blood
merely. but with wicked spirits in high
positions.-Ephesians 6:12.
Pastor Russell said that many who
read his sermons in the newspapers
will laugh at what may seem to be his
superstitious belief that fallen angels
are in close propinquity With humanity
"A continual power for evil. God and
Truth opposing. Personally he knows
nothing Of spiritism: for. obedient to
the Divine command. he avoids every
thing occult His knowledge Of Spirit.
Ism comes mainly from the Bible. but
10 we'll supported by the testimony Of
many rescued from spiridsm.
The Bible styles the fallen angels
demons. translated devils in our Com.
mon Version. These demons. not our
forefathers. have perverted the True
Gospel. St Paul refers to their insid.
lous teachings as doctrines of demons. :"
These demons have blasphemed God
BY teaching that He prepared for
the everlasting torture Of nearly all hu-
manity-except the Elect-at the hands
Of fre-proof demons.
Thus the human mind was turned
against God in dread. Thus humanity
learned to think Of Satan and his asso.
ciates as in some far-of place-not near
them. But now. the Pastor said, that
humanity are gradually learning that
the theory Of great torture place is q
hoax. these demons would lead truth.
seekers to the opposite extreme, and
convince them that there is no such
place, nor are there any demons.
Cast Down to rartarus.
The Bible. however. teaches that
these spirits are near us-in. our at
mosphere-and that they have power
over us only as we yield our willis to
their suggestions. and our minds to sin
st. Peter says that Satan goes about
through the earth. seeking whom he
may devour: and that his host of fallen
angels are present power for evil
throughout the world. Jesus bids us
pray. Deliver us from the Evil One"
Pastor Russell said that st. Peter tells
us that the fallen angels were cast
down to Tartarus at the time of the
Deluge. The word fartarMs IL used ONLY
once IN the Bible. and mistranslated he'll
We must not confound the Bible
story of the fall Of the angels with the
symbolic picture Of the Revelation.
where Satan is cast out of heaven. said
the speaker. This does not refer to the
literal Heaven. 1t is Ggurative dex.rip.
ton Of events which occurred long ago.
when the Roman Empire was over.
thrown and Papacy set itself up. claim.
Ing to be Messiah's Kingdom.
Satan's First Lie Psrpstuatsd.
The Pastor then showed at some
length that although God could have
destroyed Satan ut any time. vet He
has permitted him to continue in his
course for six thousand years. in order
70 demonstrate the evil character Of
SIN. IN contrast with the beauty Of holt.
ness. When men and angels shall have
learned their lesson we'll. Satan and all
who love sin will die the Second De,th
Note Satan's persistency and 4ffront.
cry. said the Pastor. God distinctly
told Adam that dfsoIedience would
Dring death. Satan contradicted the
Almighty l'ointblank. declaring. "Ya
shall not surely die" When mankind
experienced death. Satan continued tn
pervert Gods Word aud mems mind.
by saying that when men die. thew do
not die really: but that de,,d man I.
more alive than liz IL living one.
This aI*nrdity has been rer,ent.d IN
our race century after century. unti,
oil believe Saian's lie and dim.rpdit
Gods Word. The way hack to t;,d
and to sanity ut reasoning IL to repu.
aiate the lie. and teIieve Gods Truth.
The dead know mot anything"
II the Truth prevailed. where would
come In prayers and masses for the
3ead: II the dead know not ANYTHING
how can they suffer in hell or p,rrs.
/ lory? Where would come In the belief
u thoSe WIN claim to have cvmmuni..a.