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Title: The modern devil, his play between the false and the good;
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Chambers, Isaiah Mench, 1865- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Philadelphia, International publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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udicial chair, and with him were two of his colleagues.They had reached a conclusion concerning a case, and the judge,with unquestionable authority, announced that: Having weighed the evidence, the court has decided to grantan annulment of the marriage in question, and grant the saidparties a bill of divorcement. Belial and his friend chuckled with great glee as this decisionwas declared. What a feather in our caps! said Belial. Church members,too, with no more real ground for divorce than for jumping intothe river. There will be more of our victims here, said Faultfinder.So we 11 wait awhile and help to keep matters moving.Good, rejoined Belial. THE DEVIL IS VEEY POLITE Then I saw Satan join the smooth-tongued attorneys who hadpleaded the case, and noted their jovial conversation. We are very much obliged for your interest in our business,said one of the attorneys. The obligation is mutual, replied Satan. We consider youour most efficient co-laborers in this branch of our enterprise.
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THE DIVORCE BUREAU 353 Thats a great compliment, indeed, added another, bendinglow out of respect to His Satanic Majesty. At this moment Satan introduced them to Belial and Fault-finder, and in turn the attorneys introduced the three friends tothe Court. Before leaving, the Archfiend divided among the attorneys alarge sum of money as a further retainer, and I heard him say: See that those mills keep on grinding; for we shall be needingnew material right along. • We shall certainly look after your interests, they replied. THE DIVORCE MILLS ARE DESTROYED Not long after this, however, Wliole-soul and Determinationgathered a number of faithful souls for an attack upon t6eDivorce Mills, whose location Hypocrite had given to Evangelist. Allien I saw them go forth on their mission, the righteousindignation which fired the great reformer of Galilee as hescourged the money-changers from the temple burned in theirveins, and when they reached the Divorce Mills, the entire band,at the command o

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