Chapter 9—Separation
A Demon-controlled Wife—Dear Brother D: I hoped the change
which seemed to take place in your wife at the meeting in Chicago
would be lasting, and was so grateful to our heavenly Father when I
heard her confession, for I thought that a most severe task was lifted
from my shoulders; but the burden is still upon me. I know that she is
not changed for the better. The dangers and difficulties which she will
create if her whims are gratified, are almost incredible to those who
do not understand the spirit which actuates her....
However earnestly her husband may endeavor to pursue a straight-
forward course to serve God, she will be his evil angel, seeking to lead
him away from righteousness. In her own estimation she is the idol
he must worship; in fact, she is Satan’s agent, seeking to occupy the
place where God should be. She has followed the impulses of her own
unconsecrated heart until Satan has almost complete control of her....
Unless there is a change, a time will come soon when this lower
nature in the wife, controlled by a will as strong as steel, will bring
down the strong will of the husband to her own low level.... In this case
it is not the woman whom Brother D is dealing with, but a desperate,
satanic spirit. The Lord has a work for Brother D to do; but if he is
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overcome by these outbursts on the part of his wife, he is a lost man,
and she is not saved by the sacrifice.
Separation Better Than Apostasy—His best course with this
child-wife, so overbearing, so unyielding, and so uncontrollable, is
to take her home, and leave her with the mother who has made her
what she is. Though it must be painful, this is the only thing for him
to do, if he would not be ruined spiritually, sacrificed to the demon
of hysterics and satanic imaginings. Satan takes entire control of her
temper and will, and uses them like desolating hail to beat down every
obstruction. Her husband can do her no good, but is doing himself
incalculable harm, and robbing God of the talents and influence He
has given.
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