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condition. He tells them that they need love and sympathy. Pretending
great interest in their welfare, he casts a spell over his unsuspecting
victims, charming them as the serpent charms the trembling bird. Soon
they are completely in his power, and sin, disgrace, and ruin are the
terrible sequel.—
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene, 116, 1890
.
“Latent Forces” of the Mind—The apostles of nearly all forms
of spiritism claim to have power to heal. They attribute this power to
electricity, magnetism, the so-called sympathetic remedies, or to latent
forces within the mind of man. And there are not a few, even in this
Christian age, who go to these healers instead of trusting in the power
of the living God and the skill of well-qualified physicians.
The mother, watching by the sickbed of her child, exclaims, “I can
do no more. Is there no physician who has power to restore my child?”
She is told of the wonderful cures performed by some clairvoyant or
magnetic healer, and she trusts her dear one to his charge, placing it as
verily in the hand of Satan as if he were standing by her side. In many
instances the future life of the child is controlled by a satanic power
which it seems impossible to break.—
Prophets and Kings, 211
(1917).
(See
Testimonies for the Church 5:193
;
Evangelism, 609
.)
Satan’s Electric Currents—Satanic agents claim to cure disease.
They attribute their power to electricity, magnetism, or the so-called
sympathetic remedies, while in truth they are but channels for Satan’s
electric currents. By this means he casts his spell over the bodies and
souls of men.—
The Signs of the Times, March 24, 1887
. (
Evangelism,
609
.)
Following God’s Will Versus Gain and Life Itself—Those who
give themselves up to the sorcery of Satan may boast of great benefit
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received thereby, but does this prove their course to be wise or safe?
What if life should be prolonged? What if temporal gain should be
secured? Will it pay in the end to disregard the will of God? All
such apparent gain will prove at last an irrecoverable loss. We cannot
with impunity break down a single barrier which God has erected to
guard His people from Satan’s power.—
Testimonies for the Church
5:199
(1882).
Curiosity Lures On—Side by side with the preaching of the
gospel, agencies are at work which are but the medium of lying spirits.
Many a man tampers with these merely from curiosity, but seeing
evidence of the working of a more than human power, he is lured on