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Jan. Iftl5. 



These powers of darkness were always on 

 the alert and never let an opportunity es- 

 cape them for tormenting human beings. 



Fig. 23. 



Rutland, Mass. 1760. 



These matters were very real to our 

 forefathers. The best educated among them 

 firmly believed in an ever-present personal 

 devil and warnings were given from every 

 pulpit in the land to beware of him and his 

 machinations. 



In fact the Indians themselves were con- 

 sidered by many as emissaries of the evil 

 one, and we find as high an authority as the 

 Rev. Cotton Mather saying that they were 



