"Mark was probably inspired, _because he was an acquaintance of Peter_; and because Dr.Henderson would be reviled by other Dissenters, if he doubted it." * * * * * About this time, the great phenomenon of these gospels,--the casting out of devils,--pressed forcibly on my attention.

I now dared to look full into the facts, and saw that the disorders described were perfectly similar to epilepsy, mania, catalepsy, and other known maladies.

Nay, the deaf, the dumb, the hunchbacked, are spoken of as devil-ridden.

I farther knew that such diseases are still ascribed to evil genii in Mussulman countries: even a vicious horse is believed by the Arabs to be _majnun_, possessed by a Jin or Genie.

Devils also are cast out in Abyssinia to this day.