incapable one is oneself; but it is greatly to be regretted that the mistake should have been allowed to stand in the Revised as well as in the Authorised Version. I have ventured to italicise "abideth," because that is the proper rendering of ornke, and surely the rest of the context gives no colour to the contention that the devil ever owned any goodness to fall from. He did, indeed, from evil intent try to scale heaven, and the Master thus describes his failure :—

"I beheld Satan fall as lightning from heaven."— (St. Luke x. 18.)

Satan, the tempter of the servant as well as of his Master :

"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat; but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren."-(St. Luke xxii. 31, 32).

Satan almost possesses St. Peter :

"But He turned and said unto Peter, Get thee behind Me, Satan: thou art a stumbling-block unto Me: for thou mindest not the things of God, but the things of man.". (St. Matt. xvi. 23, 24).

Satan completely possesses Judas :

"And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve."-(St. Luke xxii. 3).

Satan, the usurper of this world:

"The prince of the world cometh, and he hath nothing in Me."-(St. John xiv. 30).

Satan's doom, to be destroyed by fire:

Depart from Me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels."-(St. Matt. XXV. 41).

This is the Divine Master's testimony, and it seems evident that the devil and his satellites will undergo probationary punishment from which they can only be rescued by the acceptance of the Christ's atonement; but that after the Judgment Day their punishment will be final. Space will not admit of my bringing forward the overwhelming testimony of the apostles to the reality of the warfare with the personal devil. I must pass on to the apocalyptic vision, merely summing up the apostolic testimony with the warning, "Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."-(St. James iv. 7).

THE TESTIMONY OF THE APOCALYPSE.

Satan's Presumption and Satan's Doom.

"And the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. . . I know where thou dwellest, even where Satan's throne is: and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth. . . But to you I say, to the rest that are in Thyatira, as many as have not this teaching, which know not the deep things of Satan, as they say; I cast upon you none other burden." -(Rev. ii. 9, 13, 14, 24).

"That they should not worship demons. . . "-(Rev. ix. 20).

"And there was seen another sign in heaven; and

behold a great red monster (dragon), having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his head seven diadems. And his tail draweth the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the monster stood before the woman which was about to be delivered, that when she was delivered he might devour her child. And she was delivered of a son, a man child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and unto His throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

"And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going forth to war with the monster; and the monster warred and his angels, and they prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

"And the great monster was cast down, the old Nachash, he that is called the Devil, and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world: he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him. And I heard a great voice in heaven saying, Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accuseth them before our God day and night. And they overcame him because of the Blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death. Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and ye that dwell in them.

"Woe for the earth and for the sea! because the devil is gone down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.

"And when the monster saw that he was cast down to the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. And there were given to the woman the

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two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the Nachash, And the Nachash cast out of his mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream. And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the monster cast out of his mouth. And the monster waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, which keep the commandments of God and hold the testimony of Jesus: and he stood upon the sand of the sea."-(Rev. xii.; read also chap. xiii.)

"And another angel, a third, following them, saying with a great voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receiveth a mark upon his forehead, or upon his hand, he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of His anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: and the smoke of their torment goeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day and night, they that worship the beast and his image, and whoso receiveth the mark of his Here is the patience of the saints: they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus." (Rev. xiv. 9-12.)

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"And I saw coming out of the mouth of the monster, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as it were frogs: for they are spirits of demons, working signs, which go forth. unto the kings of the whole earth, to gather them together unto the war of the great day of God the Almighty. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. And they gathered them together unto the place which is

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called in Hebrew Armageddon." (Rev. xvi. 13-16.) "After these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power belong to our God for true and righteous are His judgments for He hath judged the great harlot, which did corrupt the earth with fornication, and He hath avenged the blood of His servants at her hand. And a second time they say, Hallelujah. And her smoke goeth up for ever and ever. . . . And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Hallelujah for the Lord our God the Almighty reigneth. Let us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His Wife hath made herself ready. . . . And I saw the heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He that sat thereon called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He doth judge and make war. And His eyes are a flame of fire, and upon His head are many diadems; and He hath a name written which no one knoweth but He Himself. And He is arrayed in a garment sprinkled with blood and His name is called the Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven followed Him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and pure. And out of His mouth proceedeth a sharp sword, that with it He should smite the nations: and He shall rule them with a rod of iron and He treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of Almighty God. And He hath on His garment and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

"And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against Him that sat upon the horse, and against His army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs in His sight, wherewith he deceived them