River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-03-05


minds, they would be more amenable
than ever to Satan and his associates
in evil. Then, too, upon the basis OF
this falsehood, this deception. Other
errors could be introduced. Some
could be taught respecting purgatory
and respecting the possibility of es-
cape from purgatory under certain
terms and conditions. All this would
tend to bring about the slavery of the
human mind, and make possible fur
Their inroads by the evil spirits.
st. Paul refers to these doctrines of
demons, and styles them also s'strong
delusions, that they should believe
lie," because they had less pleasure in
the truth. These strong decisions have
been operating in the world for now
more than four thousand years. Can
we wonder tlat they have gained a
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 Africn, among the millions of
India, China, Japan? We cannot won
der at this, especially when we remem-
Der the Apostles statement. Eve wres-
tie not with flesh and blood, but with
wicked spirits in high influential
places"
Witches, Necromancers.
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
lions and the demons, the fallen angels,
were permitted to inveigle mankind.
thus binding them more closely than
ever with letters Of ignorance and SUI
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 ma
ton, He especially interviewed to shell
ter them from the attacks of the Ad-
versary. by special laws and regula
tons prohibiting mediumistic opera
lions of the evil spirits. He did this
by warming Israel against having any
thing whatever to do with those who
had familiar spirits-witches, NEGRO
mancers, wizards, etc. Under penalty
of death none of these were to reside
in Palestine.
Some of them, however, risked the
penalty and did reside there, as evil
denced by King Saurs 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 propagated 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
in Spiritism, and had come under the
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 and
talking for them. merely using their
human organs as their servants. This
would seem to have been the alterna
tive to naturalization. If the fallen
angels could no longer materialize, they
would do the thing next TO their pref
erence-they would get control of the
mind of some individual and thus have
control of his body.
In all such cases, it would appear
that the victim, becoming tool of the
evil spirits, is frequently caused by
them to say and to do things indicat-
ing depravity greater than he or she
had before the obsession began. The
tendency of all such things seems to
be toward Righteousness. In 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 a legion. Many physicians
know we'll that some who are appar-
emily insane are not really so as re
spects any brain disease. They merely
are obsessed, possessed of evil spirits.
When several of these gain control of
one man, they make his life unbeara
BILE by the conflicts which they estab
lish, especially operating along the au-
ditory nerves.
Throughout this Gospel Age Satan
and his demon legions, operating
through dreams, mental impressions,
ETC.. have so thoroughly deluded the
masses of mankind, that nearly all be-
Iieve Satan's lie, and only an extreme
ly small minority believe the Word of
the Lord. The process of supporting
the lie continues. Writing mediums,
trance mediums, tipping mediums,