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apostasy. We read in I Tim. 4:1, "But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons." By "doctrines of demons" is evi dently meant teachings that evil spirits will promulgate through those men and women who are under their control, such, for ex ample, as the teachings of modern "spirit ualism," which might more properly be termed ''demonism. '' The marvelous growth of belief in the "o·ccult" in our day seems to be a fulfillment of this word of prophesy. On every hand men seem to be departing from the faith once delivered to the saints and giving heed to all manner of evil spirits. We are further told by Paul in bis second epistle to Timothy that those days shall be ''grievous times.'' He says, ''But know this, that in the last days grievous times shall come• for men shall be lovers of self, lovers of m~ney, boastful, haughty, railers, dis obedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, implacable, slan derers, without self-control, fierce, no lovers of good, traitors, headstrong, pu:ffed up, lov ers of pleasure rather than lovers of God; holding a form of godliness, but having
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