THE DEVIL IS ALIVE by G. W. A.

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 22, 1861

THE DEVIL IS ALIVE.

By G. W. A.

How strange it is that we can sit down in the evening and talk about war and worldly matters, or read books and newspapers, and keep up a good interest till a late hour at night; when if we take the Bible and read for family worship ten to one we shall gape and grow sleepy before we get half through a chapter. I have noticed this strange phenomena at my own altar, and also where others pray whose godly walk is a safe pattern for others to follow.

I attribute this spiritual supineness to two causes. 1. It is often the result of putting off family worship till a late evening hour, when exhausted nature is incapable of enjoying the occasion; and 2. It is directly chargeable to the Devil, the author and sum-total of all spiritual darkness. I believe it is our privilege to "have light in our dwellings," victory in our souls, and when we bow our knees evening and morning, feel that "the Lord Omnipotent reigneth." G. W. A.