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He is inefficient and unreliable. Whoever has the courage and honesty
to warn him of danger, thereby incurs his displeasure. The slightest
remonstrance or opposition is sufficient to rouse his combative spirit.
But now an opportunity is presented to seek help from one whose
power comes through the medium of witchcraft. To this source he ap-
plies with eagerness, freely expending time and money in the hope of
securing the proffered boon. He is deceived, infatuated. The sorcerer’s
power is made the theme of praise, and others are influenced to seek
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his aid. Thus the God of Israel is dishonored, while Satan’s power is
revered and exalted.
In the name of Christ I would address his professed followers:
Abide in the faith which you have received from the beginning. “Shun
profane and vain babblings.” [
2 Timothy 2:16
.] Instead of putting your
trust in witchcraft, have faith in the living God. Cursed is the path that
leads to Endor or to Ekron. The feet will stumble and fall that venture
upon this forbidden ground. There is a God in Israel, with whom is
deliverance for all who are oppressed. Righteousness is the foundation
of his throne.
There is danger in departing in the least from the Lord’s instruction.
When we deviate from the plain path of duty, a train of circumstances
will arise that seems irresistibly to draw us farther and farther from
the right. Needless intimacies with those who have no respect for God
will seduce us ere we are aware. The fear of offending worldly friends
will deter us from expressing our gratitude to God, or acknowledging
our dependence upon him.
We must keep close to the word of God. We need its warnings and
encouragement, its threatenings and promises. We need the perfect
example given only in the life and character of our Saviour. Angels
of God will preserve his people while they walk in the path of duty;
but there is no assurance of such protection for those who deliberately
venture upon Satan’s ground. An agent of the great deceiver will say
and do anything to gain his object. It matters little whether he calls
himself a spiritualist, an “electric physician,” or a “magnetic healer.”
By specious pretenses he wins the confidence of the unwary. He
pretends to read the life history, and to understand all the difficulties
and afflictions of those who resort to him. Disguising himself as an
angel of light, while the blackness of the pit is in his heart, he manifests
great interest in women who seek his counsel. He tells them that all
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