This work begins: "I know that there are many who call themselves Christians, and who believe in the Redemption, and yet, absurdly enough, deny the personal existence of Satan. They assert, with an air of profound wisdom, that the word devil, Satan, is simply the imaginary personification of all the evil influences to which we are subject in this life. But I ask: What can be more absurd than to deny what all nations, without exception, have always believed, and still believe-the personal existence of tile devil?"This is the story of a young woman, Nichola Aubry, who had an apparition of her grandfather and then was troubled by the devil for some time and finally possessed. We have great details in regard to these exorcisms and the triumph of our Blessed Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.Let us consider this about Protestantism: "As the strange Circumstances of Nicola's possession became known everywhere, several Calvinist preachers came with Their followers, to "expose this popish cheat," as they said. On their entrance, the devil saluted then mockingly, called them mockingly, and told them that they had come in obedience to me. One of the preachers took his Protestant prayer-book, and began to read it with a very solemn face. Tho devil laughed at him, and, putting on a most comical face, he said: "Ho Ho My good friend, do you intend to expel me with your prayers and hymns? Do you think that they will cause me any pain? Don't you know that they are mine? I helped to compose them!""Let us heed this warning: "Satan is constantly engaged in doing all in his power to entice men away from God, and to have himself worshipped instead of the Creator."
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