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June 21, 1903
Bisbee Daily Review
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
What is this article about?
Rev. Dr. Louis Albert Banks warns that beginning a life of sin mortgages one's soul to the devil, leading to eventual foreclosure where hidden secrets are revealed amid anxiety, pain, and remorse.
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A Course of Sin a Mortgage To the Prince of Darkness
By Rev. Dr. Louis Albert Banks of New York
WHENEVER A MAN BEGINS A COURSE OF SIN HE MORTGAGES HIMSELF TO THE DEVIL. The mortgage may run a good while. A man may be permitted to pay an enormous amount of interest in anxiety and pain and disease and shame and remorse while he staves off the fatal day, but some day the mortgage will be foreclosed. THEN HIDDEN SECRETS BEGIN TO FLASH OUT LIKE ELECTRIC LIGHTS IN THE DARKNESS. AND ALL THE STORY OF HIS TRAFFIC WITH SATAN BEGINS TO UNFOLD.
By Rev. Dr. Louis Albert Banks of New York
WHENEVER A MAN BEGINS A COURSE OF SIN HE MORTGAGES HIMSELF TO THE DEVIL. The mortgage may run a good while. A man may be permitted to pay an enormous amount of interest in anxiety and pain and disease and shame and remorse while he staves off the fatal day, but some day the mortgage will be foreclosed. THEN HIDDEN SECRETS BEGIN TO FLASH OUT LIKE ELECTRIC LIGHTS IN THE DARKNESS. AND ALL THE STORY OF HIS TRAFFIC WITH SATAN BEGINS TO UNFOLD.
What sub-type of article is it?
Supernatural
Tragedy
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Sin
Devil
Mortgage
Foreclosure
Secrets
Remorse
Story Details
Story Details
A man who starts sinning mortgages himself to the devil, paying interest in suffering until foreclosure reveals his secrets and dealings with Satan.