Demoniacs

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 8, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 48.

Demoniacs.— When our Lord came to earth, nearly 2,000 years ago, He met special manifestations of satanic working. Everywhere He went, nearly, He found those possessed of demons. Sometimes the malefic spirit controlled the human but slightly. Sometimes the victim was made dumb. Carrington tells us that one of the investigators of Eusapia Palladino, who was right-handed, became left-handed; and Eusapia, who was left-handed, became right-handed. Sometimes the ancient obsession manifested itself in inarticulate cries, in foaming at the mouth, in temporary insanity, developing into permanent derangement of the mind. All these are duplicated in Modern Spiritualism. When God is pouring out His Spirit upon all flesh, Satan is also working “with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness.” 2 Thess. 2:9, 10. True, there are some who call these wonders “the great power of God;” but so they did anciently. Acts 8:9-11. There ought to be more power in the churches of Jesus Christ to cast out the demons.