The Detroit times., 1917-12-17

I
gciist. in Arcadia, sunday niEkt. and
is printed by the riuhes as the one for
the publication OF which most re-
quests were received.
Instead OF having hoOfs horns and
l a tail tbs hE4l Is - A4al,aa and de-
erptlVe angel or cntrauclug beauty.
/ de Is working with all his power.
ana no claims possession or his hu-
man subjects today as hc did In the
Gays when christ was upon earth.
! The time VIII come when he viii be
| transformed into am angel OF light
| % Cor. ll;lf), and there ls good rca-
son 90 conclude that as a result or
/ The humorous miracles he viii per
/ form IA healing the sick. duplicating
/ TIE Wolk on hlil0l, and bringing trc
/ down. tItev l3I3) many viii believe
| that hc 10 christ. and multltudes viii
/ be led away iu this deception.
The devil ia "a diligcnt student he
KNOWS moro about tho Bible than we
| do. lie Understands by prophecy that
/ THIS grey old world has nearly full
| hlled It's days, and that he has but
a short time % continue his work OF
deception ana destruction There
| fore, he mas come down with great
wrath, and those who do not become
informed Will very likely be among
the deceived
Ia this age OF the world. slSepticlsm
| toward the Bible ~ very common.
Unbclief is moro common than be-
I Lief. 90 believe the Bible Is 20 DO sim
| Pile and 70 be skepto or higher
critic is 20 be wise The promises
| OF God. however, are 20 the believer.
and nothing 10 the believer but eter-
nal destruction. The believer accepts
the Bible as the expression or God ,
will ~ is the last court OF appea
Thus saith the Lord must with
him settle all differences Ot opinion.
Us the devil cor satan an imaginary
creature, or Is he real peraon2 Let
Tho following anawer; Then the
devil takrth him mp into the holy city,
and settoth him un pinnacle ot the
temple. and saith unto him, II thou
bc the Son of GOD. cast thysrf doWn
Tor 10 iE written, lie shall give ms
0nrcls charge concerning thee. ana IN
their hands they shall bear thee up,
lest az amy time thou da+h my iooL
against stone. Jesus sara unto MN,
~ IA written again Thou aAalt not
tempt the Lord Thy God Again. the
devil taketh him up into an exceeding
nigh mountain. and showeth MN an
glory ~ them; and saith unto MN,
An these things viii 1 give 20 thee.
IN thou wilt fall down and worsh p
me Then saith Jesus unto him, Get
thee hence satan for i - wrltteh,' yer,
Thou shalt worship the Lord tny God'
and him only shalt thou serve
THE foregoing would indicate 20
anyone who believes the BIBLE that
the devil or Satan is reAl pefsou
lie has an Individuality just as dis
tlnCt as you and / or any OF ttoo y
creatures There are two great forces
nn tho universe that % Good ana
chat OF Evl they stand opposed 70
each other Christ and Satan are NJ
tho- head ~ each God has in the
DpUtfeyors, brftyecn GOOD aud evil
an eternal purpose. with whlch ne
wishes o. acuu4fut every Intelligent
creature God thru his Son created
the worlds Hoh t,2.
THE plural form ~ the word
worlds" indicates clearly that there
is more than one W 1rId The universe
Nnoyys ro. bounds Iu it tNcre are
.ltsr systsr,s and suns Bevoud the
borders or our system tho telescope
can only cnfrh Tho ray~ from the
sums ~ other snHteus but around
rarh sun there traverse The worlds
teteergpc cannot see these worlds or
t,larpts because the reflected rays or
lfehf arn NOT elTnue enough Tor even
th, most POWERFUL lens 20 eaten.
.rbarr ar. rrua located az such great
distances chat affhn 'ght travels az
tl. r.t, rf frrooo miles per second
If ,.tIs NOR YaaCh ua within 5000
,rsra which represents the earth's
itst.r. Isl. whom we speak ~ the
b,.-t,,,.tr,v ~ creation. aside from tho
rrsntl1r of thIe enrth We have no
rar.rnftpr az what lt means
srituro Whom cDrf'ctlY uuderstooo
arrrrs with the Hlhlo rrrord. Nos
ey.rvt1firr DnsIne under tho name %
srt,rre deserves thc name IL ~
pftv thar trr afmosnhcrc ~ our col-
'eees ard DIVINITY schools is s9T
AVA r.rber criticism a.-tendln~ toward
rrsro M Code all directing thflf
et~fta 90 tle Eihlc account of cf"h
tIou Tho rrvenn Is Frf tu h" Iohhd
vehu bias reaur1 rnr uhstaniiai beh"
fit from urhrilef The religion or
CHRIST consists 80 pnsitves ana IN ~
tho only srrf THAT benefits the sous