The Washington herald., 1915-12-13


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| ~ great Drama OF fou
NJ. parts, two hour!
~ each. II had a run o.
IL s some three month!
MsIQR RUsSaD) Thea,er i s"s a year % sso
and many of thos'
attending during tn,
Fast week Witnessed II then, and enthu
siastically declared that its wonderful
lectures and beautiful pictures surpassed
any other entertainment as respects in
struction in Science. Philosophy and Re
ligion from the Bible viewpoint. We un
derstand that In Chicago the Drama ha.
had a run of nearly a year. and Is still
showing at the Metropolitan Auditorium
In New York City Temple. West sd st.
mr.. Broadway. the home Of the Drama
II has had a run OF more than a year
and lately has been showing in Swedish
German. Italian and Polish. 1t IS an
nounced that II will reopen in English
next Sunday afternoon, continuing for ar
indefinite period.
OVERTHROW OF SATAN'S EMPIRE
was a fitting conclusion to the Drama
here. emphasizing some Of the lessons In
the Drama He said In part:
Long has the world been taught the
fable that Satan is in some far-off ant
unknown place called He'll, stoking FIRE:
and causing UNRELIABLE anguish to mil
lions OF our race. But the Bible tells nc
sucn 1dDle- IL represents satan as
great and powerful spirit being-'the
prince of this world John ii:30J Again
IL STYLES him the ruler or god OF this
world. who now worketh In the hearts OF
the children OF disobedience." (Ephesians
2:2D He has great spiritua! Empire
amongst men. which controls through
ignorance superstition and fear the vast
majority OF the human family. The Bible
declares him to be the great expert in de-
ceiving the -people-making darkness ap'
10 "a light fa1sehnni IN ~.
truth. and truth appear to be falsehood
IL declares that God has permitted Satan
thus to rule as a prince. but that He
never authorized him-that his power Is
purely usurpation, based upon these de-
ceptions. II tells why God has permit.
ted him to usurp authority. what object
will be served eventually by the permis
sion Of evil. how Satan shall be restrain
ed or bound, during the thousand years
Of Messiah's glorious Kingdom. and that
eventually he will be utterly destroyed
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 9:,. 3.
satan Originally 4 Glorious Angel
The Bible story Is that Satan was ere
ated perfect: that he was an angel OF
very high rank, named Lucifer. which
signifies bright. glorious. Intelligent Ht
was the first creature OF God to rcbeI
against the Divine arrangement Pride
and ambition beclouded his wisdom. He
desired to become a king. an autocrat, In
some realm OF his own. which he ap-
pdrcntly fanC1eO ne COulu RUE more wise
" than could Jehovah Beholding the
newly created Adam and Eve, with pro
creative powers and authority from God
to fill the earth with glorious, perfect
human beings. Satan concluded that he
would never have a better oportunfty
than this for establishing himself q
great king. II he could ALLEVIATE man
from the Creator. he would soon have ar
empire of his own He succeeded in
tempting Adam to disloyalty. disobedi-
ence to God. and thus barred him from
Divine favor. But later. he found that
Gods pronouncement. The wages OF sin
is death 1Romans SCI, vas not an idle
threat: and that all of his subjects were
dying The blight Of sin WAS upon his
kingdom. and the only way he could con-
tinue II at all Was through continued de-
ceptions.
His next move was to establish a new
race, infused with fresh blood. The fact
that God had not punished Satan's dis.
loyalty was, no doubt. surprise to all
the holy angels. II appeared as though
Satan were too powerful for God 10
sented the proposition that the angels
should materialZe as man and beget
human children of the human mothers OF
the race. a considerable number of the
angels deflected. and participated in the
proposition. As the Bible declares. they
left their own estate" or condition. The
Bible tells us that the result of this un-
authorized union. was Il new race, ply
sically giants. linen of renown'-intel-
lectually strong. but morally perverted.
The record further is that this new race
filled the earth with violence. dominating,
enslaving. mistreating humanity.-Gene-
sis 81.
What the DcIuEc Accomplished.
Foreknowing these conditions. God had
arranged for a deluge; for mankind had
become so corrupt under these evil in
fluences that a continuance of these con-
hr. al T,a
entire race. except Noah's family of eight
persons were drowned in the Deluge.
Not a word In the Bible tells about those
people going to eternal torture. but every
life entirely. But because God intends
their eventual deliverance from death
during the Thousand years of Christ 5
Reign. therefore the Bible teaches that
they fell asleep in death, not TO be awak.
ened until after the Millenial dawn and
the establishment of righteousness in the
earth. Then they are to come forth, not
all at once, but every man in his own
order.''-1 Corinthians 1873.
St. Peter i2 Peter 30 and St. Jude
Jude s. inform US that from the time of
the Dcluge. Satan and the other angels
of lower order, who wore misled by him
into misuse of their powers, were put
under chains of darkness until the judg-
ment Of the great Day. now at hand.
This signifies their restraint. their him
drance from materializing. Since then.
their dealing with mankind has not been
open as before. but in darkness, in de-
ception. etc Satan is called the Prince
OF Darkness, Of evil of sin, of error.
Jesus STYLES him the father of lies;" and
because it was through his misrepresenta-
tions that Adam and his race came under
the Divine sentence of death. therefore
Jesus styles Satan "a murderer from the
beginning. John S:A.
For approximately four thousand years.
this mighty. wicked spiritual prince has
not only been the Prince of demons, OF
1.-THE angels who sinned." but also by de-
ception the god or ruler of humanity.
His rule of darkness has not been an
open one. which the race would resent.
but reign through deception and
through the wickedness of humanity
.'chiidren of disobedience'' the ma sses of
neutrality-suspicious. 20: Corinthians
~.
The work of Satan and his demon hosts
is manifest among the heather peoples,
As St Paul declares, these are SO de-
ceiyed that they really worship the DEM
ons instead Of God-ignorantly. (Acts
17:z.) The demonology by which they
have been deceived has operated through
dreams, visions and spirit mediums, in
every heather nation.
Christie ndom Is Satan's Triumph.
When God entered into a Covenant with
bade them having anything to do with
these evil apirits. whose communications