The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-02-13
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The Witch may have been able, as some
today claim they are, to materialize the
demons who personated the dead. The
Lord, however, in His mysterious prov
idence. first cast aside the Kingdom of
darkness, He thrust aside the demons
and the Witch as well, for she was
frightened almost to death, and surprls-
ed beyond measure as she saw Samue,.
By divine permission Samuel was seen
and heard, but it was to rebuke Saul
for his gross wickedness. No comfort
to Saul from his visit.
The power behind the medium is
Satan. There is such a thing as the
Devil possessing and using human be-
ings. lie did it in The days OF Christ and
doubtless does it.now days. We must
admit that there is some fact connected
with it; residium of truth which can't
be explained on scientific grounds. The
Bible is our only source of knowledge
concerning Demon possession. Satan
is smarter than we and knows more
about US than we do ourselves. He is
practically everywhere by his legions of
demons, He knows what is going on,
and has his finger on the affairs of life,
and gives these facts which are occult
to US, to his representatives who use
them for the strengthening of his king
dom. There are those who sell them.
selves to Satan, who gives the facts of
a mans life to demon and he in turn
communicates them to the clairvoyant,
who uses them in the interest of Satan's
kingdom. God has forewarned US
against these things. You may ask why
God has put restrictions on US and
commanded US to avoid such evils.
Read Duet. 1911. He tells US the things
to do with the denominations IN which
these nations INDUCED. He specifies,
so they will make no mistake. We too
are not to have any thing to do with one
that useth 'dlvlnation. What is
diyination? DAZZLING with fortune telling
or clairvoyance, or related things. Have
nothing to do with witch or enchanter,
or charmer, or wizard" A wizard
Is our "Palmist'' Pass along the
street of city and you see a sign in
window, come in and have your fortune
told from your palm You are silly
enough to go, but you slip in AMI sneak
out lest any one should see you; you are
in heart ashamed of it. Well you might
be, for YOU have disregarded God's com
mand; you have done what He hates.
Nor are we to have any thing to do with
"a consultor with familiar spirits, 4"
that is mediums" or 'necromancers, !"
God warns his people against it. So
we are forbidden as truly as were the
children of Israel to have any hing to
do with enchanters, witches, charmers.
These are the Splritualistic mediums
who claim to have intercourse with the
dead. AS professed believers in Jesus
can we disobey the Lord and expect his
patience to wait, while we are thus
associating with the powers of darkness?
Do we wonder why the Lord cast GU
the Canaanites and gave their land to
Israel? Their abomination had come to
head. Yet some protesting Christians
are practicing these same denominations
at the present time. You cannot wor-
ship God and. demons at the same time
or hold fellowship with charmers and
necromancers and fortune tellers. How
avoid these things? Read verses 1919
of Deut. IS. He raised up for Israel a
Prophet. He has given US greater
than Joshua, even Christ, to whom we
are to hearken, as He speaks through
His word.
In Acts 16:l6-18 we have an lllustra-
ton of one who had a spirit of divina-
ton, who followed Paul and Silas in the
streets and cried after them. She was
only one of numbers mentioned IN the
New Testament in which demons pos
sessed and used human beings who al
low them to do so. Is it too much to
say they do the same now. Read
demon Possession" by DR.. Nevins,
and you will not doubt that it is true to
day as it was in the days of Christ
So far as spirituaEsm, or spiritism is
concerned. the highest scientific testi-
mony in the world is to the effect that a
large percentage of it is fraud, yet ad-
nit there is residium of fact in it.
which can't be explained on scientific
grounds. The explanation is found in the
Bible which gives the truth concerning
demoniacal possession. Demons are
smarter than we and know more about
US than we think, Satan by his legions
is practically everywhere. He knows
what is going on and what can convey
these occult facts to his representatives
who in turn use them to strengthen his
kingdom.
Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord
thy God''-that is science. If it be
true that you worship God then you can
not worship demons at the same time,
or hold fellowship with necromancers
and fortune tallprs Sunh falloucbir &c