The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-05-27

der to hold humanity as far as possible
his slaves, he realized that he must Sc
duce them by fostering ignorance and
superstition. He must ALLEVIATE them
from God Therefore be caused them
to think of God as terrible being. I'M
worthy of their love and confidence.
one whom they might fear. but could
not worship in spirit and in truth. As
a basis for this great scheme of human
ensnarement and obsession. Satan used
his original lie. For now four thou
sand years be has sought by every
means in his power to instil that lie
into the minds of all humanity in ey
cry land He has his demon host to CO
operate with him in making light ap-
pear darkness. and darkness appear
light, TO deceive mankind.
How wonderfully he has succeeded
the whole world is witness today. Not
withstanding the fact that mans FIVE
senses tell him that the dead are dead.
the masses believe to the contrary
fore they died Notwithstanding the
consistency of Gods Word, Thou shalt
surely die" and the inconsistency of
Satan's lie. "Ye shall not surely die"
the whole world is enslaved by Satan's
lie. The Pastor declared that the Book
of the Revelation pictures the condi-
ton of the world, in declaring that all
nations will be made drunk with the
wine of false doctrine
Spiritism, ohsession, Possession.
While we must acknowledge that
some spirit mediums are merely frauds
said the Pastor. we have every reason
to believe that many of them are
very sincere, but deceived Many of
them thoroughly believe that they com
municate with the dead. Only the BIZ
Bile can save any one from that delu
sion. 1t alone shows us that demon
host is cooperating with Satan, to
prove his lie and to enslave mankind
and to separate them from the truth of
Gods Word.
Witches. wizards and necromancers
and yet there were some there, and In
fluenced such as were not fully in har-
mony with God. King Saul, we re-
member, sought the witch of Endor.
The demons made certain things APP
pear on the retina of the witch's eye
She described what she saw to King
Saul He recognized it as a descrip-
ton of the Prophet Samuel. The witch
also communicated to Saul what pur-
ported to be the word Of Samuel, and
what was really the word of demons.
Il Chronicles 10:13
Satans lie is still potent in the world,
hindering millions from the knowledge
of God and the appreciation of His
Word Frequently the spirits get such
control of the minds and bodies of
those who yield their wills, that they
not only suffer obsession, but some
times become absolutely possessed by
these demons. Under such circum-
stances, they are generally considered
to be insane. although doctors know
that many of these have no mental dis
ease, but are controlled by outside in
fiuence
The Pastor urged all to accept the
testimony of Gods Word-that death
is the penalty for sin; that the death
Of Jesus is the Redemption from
the curse of death, and that the resur-
rection of the dead. the raising up
again to perfection of life, is the saliva
ton of the Bible. Not only would this
help US to come nearer to God, through
a better understanding of the Bible.
but it would help to free us from the
various snares of the Adversary.
Furthermore, he found In the Bible
limitations that in the very near fu-
ture these evil spirits would be per
mitted to break over their restraints,
and that all not properly fortified by
the truth on the subject would be liza
BILE to be specially ensnared by Satan's
lie. He would not prophesy what
this trouble would be, nor just how 1t
would come, but he did forewarn his
hearers He urged all to come out
from the influence of Satan and his
ISLANDERS of the Almighty and his mis-
representations of facts, and to enlist
under the banner of Jesus as servants
of truth and righteousness.
Satan the Father of Lies.
Jesus declared Satan to be the Father
| OF lies. This corroborates the thought
that never until Satan started the
course Of sin was there any need for
lies. All of Gods dealing with the
angels and their dealings with each
other have been along the lines Of SIM
plicity. truth. purity, holiness. The
| first use for lie was when Satan de-
termined TO exalt himself as the god
of earth. 1t was to ALLEVIATE our first
parents from the Almighty that Satan
lied to them. assuring them that dis
obedience to God would not bring the
death penalty that God had declared.
! Ever since then, sin, Astounding, has
given temptation to Misrepresentation.
, bearing false witness, etc.
Selfishness was the foundation for
the first lie And selfishness continues
to invite falsehood, even amongst those
who see clearly how despicable false
hood is. And each falsehood seems to
call for another to help Justify it, and
| to cover up the selfishness which
prompted it. No wonder the Apostle
urges those who become Christians to
put away lying, saying, Lie not one
to another" As Satan stands as the
Father of lies. so God. on the contrary.
stands as the Father of Truth
| Our Lord not only said that Satan Is
| the Father of lies. but intimated that
the lying spirit is of Satan, saying to
| some of those who opposed the Truth.
Ye are of your father, the Devil, If
his works We do. HE was murderer
from the beginning and abode not in
| the Truth" John S:44.J On the con.
| trary, God. the Father of Lights and
the Father of the Truth, is the person
ification of Light, Truth. even as Satan
personifies darkness, error. falsehood
The Children of the Light.
The conflict between light and dark.
ness, truth and error, has progressed
! for more than six thousand years
Gods Word is always the Truth. Jesus
prayed, "Sanctify them through Thy
Truth; Thy Word is Truth" Satan's
AdiSChOOdS diG always iuJ uIlOuSs ucuCe
the promise is that when Jesus, the
Prince of Light, shall take His great
power and reign, He will bind Satan.
the Prince of Darkness, that be may
deceiye the nations no more
Here we have another confederation
Of the fact that the great deceiving
| power amongst mankind for six thou
Satanic power. No wonder that under