The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-10

this falsehood, this deception, oEhAF
errors could bio introduced. SEEMS
could be taught respecting a purgators
and respecting the possibility OF e$
cape from puEgatory under certain
terms and conditions. All this would
tend to bring about the slavery % she
human mind, and make posBtbsS fur
Their inroads by the evil spirits.
st. Paul refers to these doctrines OF
demons, and styles them also ''strong
d~eluBions, that they should believe "a
lie," because they had less pleasure I'm
the truth. These strong decisions hava
been, operating In the world for new
more than four Thousand years. Can
we wonder that they have gained q
strong hold upon humanity Can we
wonder that they are to be found In
every corner OF the earth--among the
savage Indians OF America, among the
blacks of Africa, among the millions OF
India, China, Japan2 We cannot won
der at this. especially when we remem-
Der the Apostles statement, 1--WE wres-
tie not with hesh and blood, but with
wicked spirits in high lintiuentiall
places"
Witches, Nsoronanosrs.
OF course, there must be some chan
mel, some theory, some attempted proof
given In support Of Satan's lie. OF old
It was accomplished by witches, and
necromancers. These pretended to
communicate with the dead and to get
from them answers to the questions
from the living. Thus by continued
receptions In accordance with Satan's
original lie, mankind was kept from
knowing the source Of these instruc-
tons and the demons, the fallen angels.
were permitted to inveigle mankind,
thus binding them more closely than
ever with letters Of ignorance and gu
perstition.
So far as the world in general was
concerned, God permitted this, intend
ing eventually to deliver mankind; but
In the case Of Israel, Gods favored na
ton, He especially interviewed to shel-
ter them from the attacks Of the Ads
versary, by special laws and regaia-
lions prohibiting mediumistic opera
tons Of the evil spirits. He did this
by warning Israel against having any
thing whatever to do with those who
had familiar spirits-wttches, NEGRO
mancers wizards, etc. Under penalty
OF death none OF these YER TO reside
In Palestine. -.
Some Of them, however, risked The
penalty and did reside there, as owl"
denced by King SauPs visit to the
Witch Of Endor, when he desired to
communicate with Samuel, the Proph+
ct, who was dead. OF course, Samuel
was dead, and neither Saul nor the
witch could revive him. But the evil
spirits could ~impersonate Samuel; and
that they did so, Is the record. They
caused the witch to see certain things
which she described to the king and
which he interpreted to himself. Thus
was the error p~ropagated even In Gods
special nation-separated from all the
others OF the world to be His people.
Jesus Cast Out Demons.
In the days Of our Lord we find that
many Of the people had been dabbling
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influence Of the fallen angels to the ex.
tent Of obsession, and some Of them to
the extent OF being possessed by evil
spirits. which did their thinking aud
talking for them, merely using their
human organs as their servants. This
would seem to have been the alterr1a>
tive to naturalization. II the fallen
angels could no longer materialize, they
would do the thing next to their pref
e~rence-they would get control Of the
mind OF ONE individual and thus have
control Of his body. 49,,
In all such cases, it would appear
that the victim, becoming q tool OF the
evil spirits, is frequently caused by
them to say and 10 do things indicatS
ing ~depravity greater than he or shs
had before the obsession beg Tho
tendency OF all such things SENS to
be toward Righteousness. En the days
OF Jesus and His Apostles, according
to the Scriptural accounts. they cast
out demons from many people, some
Of whom had more than one. One
man had q legion Many physicians
know well that some who are appar4
emily insane are not, really 30 as re-
gpects any brain disease. They merely
are obsessed, possessed Of evil spirits.
When several OF these gain control Oh
one man, they make his life mbeara-
BILE by the conflicts which they estab-
lish, especially operating along the au+'
ditory nerves ssasT
Throughout this Gospel Age Satan
and his demon legions, operating
through dreams, mental Impressions,
etc, have so thoroughly deiuded. the
masses of mankind, that nearly all be-
lieve Satan's lie, and only an extremes.
~ small minority believe the Word of
the Lord. The process OF supporting
the lie continues. Writing mediumss
trance mediums, tipping mediums.
black art, ~theosophy and occultism I'M
general-a1 support the theory that a
dead mar Is more alive than a living
one. In the syEnbolical language OF the
Book of Revelation, all nations have
been made drunk with the wina of
false doctrine.
Those who discern the falsehoo6
have learned a great l~esson-to put
confidence In the Word Of the Lord and
not in human im~aginations. This
great lesson, ere long, will be taught
to all, and we may assume will surely
justify the Lords course In permitting
Satan's lie to flourish so thoroughly
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