The sturdy
declaration in the last century by John Wesley, that "giving up
witchcraft is giving up the Bible," is echoed feebly in the latter
half of this century by the eminent Catholic ecclesiastic in
France who declares that "to deny possession by devils is to
charge Jesus and his apostles with imposture," and asks, "How
can the testimony of apostles, fathers of the Church, and saints
who saw the possessed and so declared, be denied?" And a still
fainter echo lingers in Protestant England.[[167]]
But, despite this conscientious opposition, science has in
these latter days steadily wrought hand in hand with Christian
charity in this field, to evolve a better future for humanity.
The thoughtful physician and the devoted clergyman are now
constantly seen working together; and it is not too much to
expect that Satan, having been cast out of the insane asylums,
will ere long disappear from monasteries and camp meetings, even
in the most unenlightened regions of Christendom.
CHAPTER XVII.
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