The Devil's Signature

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 20, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 24.

The Devil's Signature

The Devil's Signature.— Some years ago two Roman Catholic papers in Germany got into a dispute over the genuineness of an alleged signature of the devil, as published in a pamphlet at the time. It is said the devil signed himself, “Sanctus Daemon Primarius Praesas (First Presiding Holy Demon).” This matters little; the quarrel and possibly the book are almost forgotten. It is immaterial to us. This we do know, that Satan has written his signature all over this sin-cursed earth, in the faces and lives of the vicious, the vile, the false-hearted, upon and in all who will yield to him, as well as upon every system of false religion. But we also thank God that the blood of Jesus Christ will obliterate it all from heart and face if the sinner will but let them be cleansed, and in its place God will write the name — the blessed character — of Eternal Righteousness. For this we contend. The signature will be genuine. Is it not worth contending for?