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Bn Praise Of The DevilThis month millions of Christians will encourage their | ; children to pay respect to the devil and his gang of evil spirits- ] Thousands of churches will fully sanction this homage to .Satan j | in direct violation of the Word of God. Many church fellowship ; | rooms will be decked out with all the paraphernalia and trap-| pings of Lucifer’s kingdom- Preposterous? Read on-1 “Halloween (in Britain) was thought to be the most fuvor-| able opportunity for divination . • . It Was the one day on which» the help of the devil was invoked”—Encyc. Britannica- “ft isy associated with supernatural (demonic) influences, and clear-•\s ly a relic of pagan times”—Encyc. Americana- Many, if not) most, Halloween practices have come down from the ancientA demon-worshipping Druids- They txdieved that black cats were| reincarnated human beings- “From these Druidie beliefs come| the present day use of witches, ghosts and cats”—World Book.A black cat Is a witch . . - it is the devil; it is a ‘haunt’ fromthe dead—Standard Dictionary of Folklore- “The devil oftentakes the form of a bat, according to a widespread belief” (same source).»i The Christian is to concentrate on pure and heavenly things-I But what is heavenly about witches, fortune telling, magic, f screams, threats (trick or treat), begging, disfiguring property. t skeletons, hideous masks, spooks, haunted houses, eof-1 j fins, owls (omens of bad luck and death), graveyards, pirates,1 monsters (demons), and the like? The emphasis is all upon ‘ I fear, darkness, death, and everything associated with the unit derworld of hell-i ! God says. “There shall not be found among you anyone that | .... useth divination (fortune telling), or an observer of times 5 » (horoscopes and such), or an enchanter (one who casts spells ! or hypnotic trances), or a witch, or a Charmer, or a consumer - I with familiar spirits (spiritist mediums), or a wizard (walls lock) or a necromancer (one who speaks with the dead)-FOR ALL THAT DO THESE THINGS ARE AN ABOM1-| NATION TO THE LORD-” Deut. 18:10-12- Yet virtually all these evils are associated with Halloween. “But we only do it in fun |lt; and make-believe,” you may object- Cod says. “Don’t do it, | period.” God knows what you may not, that you can’t get in-5 vclvcd in Satanic practices witthout a positive and sure danger | of getting hooked by the devil. Halloween is the devil’s day f Keep it out of your home and—for goodness sake—out of your I church- — II- L- BURNSIDE1 Paid Advertising
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Bronte Enterprise
Bronte, Texas, US
Fri, Oct 10, 1975
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