The Devil's Four Servants.
The devil has a great many servants; they are all busy and active ones. They ride in the railway trains, they sail on the steamboats, they swarm along the highways of the country and the thoroughfares of the cities, they do business in the busy marts, they are everywhere and in all places. Some are so vile looking that one instinctively turns from them in disgust; but some are so sociable, insinuating, and plausible, that they almost deceive at times the very elect. Among the latter classes are to be found the devil's four servants. Here are their names:— "There's no danger." That is one. "Only this once." That is another. "Everybody does so." That is the third. "Bye-and-bye." That is the fourth. When tempted from the path of strict rectitude, and "There is no danger" urges you on, say, "Get thee behind me, Satan!" Whenever tempted to give the Sabbath up to pleasure, or to do a little labor in the workshop or counting-room, and "Only this once" or "Everybody does so" whispers at your elbow, do not listen for a moment to the dangerous counsel. All four are cheats and liars. They mean to deceive and cheat you out of Heaven. "Behold," says God, "now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation." He has no promise for "bye-and-bye."—Christian at Work.