Are you well assured in your heart that you are not
thus deceived and led away by whispers and suggestions from the
father of lies?"
There was no anger in her face, but a beautiful look of reverent,
yet joyful, confidence and peace.
"I am well assured, my father, that it is my Lord who speaks to me
through His most holy and blessed Saints, and through the
ever-glorious Archangel Michael."
"And yet, my daughter, you know that it is written in the Holy
Scriptures that the devil can transform himself into an angel of
light."
"Truly that is so, my father; but is it not also written that those
who put their trust in the Lord shall never be confounded?"
"Yes, my daughter; and I pray God you may not be confounded. But it
is my duty to try and test the spirits, so as to be a rock of
defence to those beneath my care. Yet if things be with you as you
say, you will have no fear."
"I have no fear, my father," she answered, and stood with folded
hands and serene and smiling face whilst he went through those
forms of exorcism and adjuration which, it is said, no evil spirit
can endure without crying aloud, or causing that the person
possessed should roll and grovel in agony upon the ground, or rush
frantically forth out of sight and hearing.
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