The Devil Up To Date

The popular contemporary conception of satan is of a highly successful man of the world. It is adniitted that there are shady spots in his past history, that he has done some things that he should regret, that he is a hazardous associate and an unsafe person to have transactions with. But conversely it is realized that he is rich, powerful and attractive and intimately concerned and interested in promoting the material prosperity of the human race. He is known to be fnll of enterprise and public spirit, disposed to make things pleasant and powerful in carrying the enterprises with which he is concerned to a profitable issue. It is true that he is understood to be uuscrupulous, but it is feit that success excuses very much, and that when an individual has attaiued a position which enables him to be usefui to the pnblic ii is a mistake to be overnice about rejecting his good offices because in early life, when his necessities were more pressing, his methods or afflliations were not always such as a