South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-05-15


Evening praise and thanksgiving ser
Vice az Rescue Mission.
The day has Tast for man TO
doubt that there is "a power in spir-
itism. The manifestation of spirits
through human mediums is an ac-
tuality but those manifestations arc
the workings OF the devil through
hypnotic Influence over his subject.
TIE medium" This is the explana-
tion which Bob Jones gave OF the
religion of the physic cult now in
the limclight. when ne addressed an
audience of more than 5000 people
at the tabernacle Friday night, The
evangelist In iIis rerrls3n. False Re
EgiOns, attacked Christian Science
and Russellism along with spiritism
characterizing them as the three
systems the devil has established for
seducing different mental types away
from God and Christianity"
The audience. attracted by the i'm
port of the sermon subject, was the
largest present at any week day
meeting since the opening o. the
camI aiBr. Every seat i'm the big
building was occupied and hundreds
stood in the aisles Many. unable to
ind seats. left the tabernacle.
Delegation Present.
Delegations from Warsaw and
Winona Lake and a group from the
South Bend real estate board Were
the only occupants Of the reserved
sections. Dr. hartman, OF Winona
Lake. led the opening prayer.
Preceding the services c. p. Du-
Comb, chairman of the executive
committee. I'm a short talk. asked for
the cooperation Of all Christians i'm
making the three Sunday meetings
which close the campaign the ban
ner services of the drive and asked
for a collection which would fully
cNLress the appreciation OF the peo-
pie for Mr.. Jones work This is the
only collection which Will go to the
evangelist
The evangelist in his opening re-
marks stressed the point that the
final meetings are usually the most
fruitful OF the campaign and asked
for cooperation among Christians in
bringing their uOn-Chrisitian friends
TO the Sunday services. Ee also
made the announcement that the
many letters containing questions on
points OF religion received by him
could not be answered from the
platform but that he would be glad
20 answer by letter any such ques-
tiOn.
Text OF Sermon.
Fer his text he took the first
verse OF the fourth chapter of First
Timothy: NOW the Spirit speaketh
expressly. that IN the latter times
some shall depart from the faith.
giving heed 10 seducing spirits and
doctrines OF devils"
He opened his attack on the trio
.of cults by declaring that there is
uo doubt in the mind OF the reason
able Christian as 10 the existence OF
the devil. a personality who is re-
sponsible for the sin. the chaos ana
the ruin brought about in the
world He defined the devil as a
self-ccnscious being with a free viii.
not in human form but nevertheless
a person.
The devil" he said was. ac-
Cording 10 the Bible a fallen angel
who throuh pride N the belief that
he could equal God was cast out or
heaven and who has since been lead
ing an organized rebellion against
God on earth. He described him
as a powerful. attractive personality
who eNerts "a great influence on
earth. He points 20 the passages de-
scribing the visit Of Jesus with the
devil TO the mountain aop. when the
devil tempted Him with all the world
if He but recognize him as the
worlds God. He stressed the fact
that Jesus did not deny that the
devil was the worlds God but only
said TO him, Get thee behind me.
satan"
Devil l. Omnipresent.
He said that the devil was praC-
fically omnipresent through his
many agents on earth who do his
bidding. There are multiplied thou
lands OF them" be said God cast
out a host from a woman and I
know some people who have as many
in them today
Coming 20 his claim that the be-
Iiefs IN question were created by the
devil he explained shat the devil was
not against religion primarily but
= Eainst Christianity. The devil Gre
ates religions OF his own 20 draw
people away from the religion OF
Jesus.
There is even such a thing as a
Devil Worshipper. he stated. They
have been found IN Berlin. in other
countries and lately IN the United
S,ates Their theory is that some
dav the devil viii win his battle
with God and that they then viii be
rewarded for their sins. Those are
mem bers OF an established cult but
there are multiplied thousnds Of
people over the world worshipping
The devil uncOnsciously.
The ideal agent OF the devil. he
described. as the man who could
fsed "a clean moral life in this world
and shut out God. The drunkard
md those who have fallen 20 the
lowest depths he classified as the
devils failures because others seeing
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