Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-02-26

Is purely symbolical, as all admit. 1t
does not refer to literal Heaven at all,
but in tlgurative way describes mat
ters which happened on earth-matters
which found their fultllment centuries
ago, at the time the Roman Empire
was OyerthrOwn, and Papacy set Itself
up, claiming earthly and Heavenly
power and authority as the Kingdom
Of Messiah, operating through the
pOpes as Messlah's yicegerents.
Satan's First Lie Perpetuated.
At some length, Pastor Russell show
ed that the very name Satan signifies
opponent Of God, and that this name Is
well deserved, because he who was
formerly known as Luclfer has array
ed himself against God and in opposi-
tion to every feature of the Divine
Plan. The Almighty could have de-
stroyed Satan at any time, but He has
permitted him for the past six thou
sand years to go on In his course, In
order to demonstrate the evil character
of sin, and to give opportunity, on the
contrary, Of demonstrating the beauty
Of holiness. Eventually, when the les
son shall have been taught to angels
and to men, Satan and all who love sin
will be utterly destroyed In the Second
Death-Revelatlon 21:S.
Note the persistency Of Satan, said
Pastor RUSSELL and his effrontery,
God distinctly told Adam and Eve that
dlsobedlence would bring upon them
the penalty Of death. Satan contra
dicted the Almighty point-blank, de-
carlng, aye shall not surely die" And
when our race found the truth Of Gods
statement borne in upon them by
death, Satan still sought to peryert the
Word Of God and the minds Of men by
telling humanity that they do not die
really but in appearance only; that In
reality a dead man is much more alive
than living one.
This absurdity has been repeated to
our race century after century, until
today mankind, rs a whole, believe
ssatan's ns and entirely discredit the
Word Of God. The Ssv back to God
and to sanity Of reasoning Is the re-
pudlation Of Satan's fasehood and the
acceptance Of Gods Truth. The dead
know not anything. Their sons come
to honor and they know 1t not; to dis
honor and they perceive It not Of them.
-Ecclesiastcs 0;5; Job 14;2l.
Satan's original lie is the basis Of all
the superstltions Of religion. II man
kind believed God-that the dead are
dead, and thnt their only hope OF fu-
ture life is based on the resurrection
It would clear the world OF thousand
superstitlOns. How could the dead
suffer tortures in a Protestant hell or
in Catholic purgatory, If the dead
know not anything, as the Bible de.
clares2 If the Truth prevailed, where
would come in prayers and masses for
the dead2 And where would come In
the belief OF splritists and others that
they have communications with their
dead friends-lf, as the Bible says,
1.-THE dead kHOlO not dnUthinOf
Demons Personate tho Dead.
On the bnsls Of human credulity-the
suppositlon that the dead become more
alive when they appear to die-the
demons have advanced their decep-
tlons, and sought to enthrall humanity.
Invisible to men, yet fully informed re-
spectlng all human affairs, they can
readily personate the dead The fallen
angels, since the Deluge deprived OF
the power to matcrlallze use as chan
ncls Of communication such indiyld-
unls as they can deceive into being
their scrvants-mcdlums. Many OF
these are noble characters, and many
Of them the reverse: but vicious or ig-
norant or good, the demons use such as
they can control none being too de-
based for their service.
Working ON the credullty OF their
dupes, they use the lips or the pencil
Of the medium to describe the dead
one who is supposed to be very anx-
lous to communicate with the living
And the description generally fits well
to the dupc's last knowledge OF the
person age, sex, clothing, ALL SO de.
ludcd do people become that they fail
to remember that the children Of two
or ten years would, ten yeNrs later, II
alive, he twelve or twenty years OF
lngc, and proportlonately larger, and
certainly not content to wear In a
spirit land the same clothing they wore
when last secn by the dupc The de.
mons power to discuss matters known
only to the dupc and the deceased car.
rlcs conviction.
And all the teachings Of all the de-
nominations, that the dcnd are not
dead, are helping on with the dcccp.
ton The venerable minister deceived
by the doctrines Of the Dark Ages,
tells 'hls hearers ut the funeral that
their deceased friend Is lowering over
them; and that II he could spcnk, he
would say "Wccp not for me- The
medium and the clalryoyNnt announce
that they are under spirit control, and
that the dcpovtCd one can speak
through them Is II any wonder that
the deception Is a powerful one with
many? The ntldntC for nll the doe.
triucs Of demons II the Message OF the
Word VI God;
~ Tint the dead nrc really dead;
(2) That Christ died on our behalf,
(8 That at His Second Coming and
Kingdom, "thcre shall be- n rcsurrcc.
tlon Of the dead, both Of the Just and