The Spirit's Sword

Milton relates how that, suspecting Satan to be in the garden of Eden, two angels instituted a search. They found a toad at the ear of Eve, as she, together with her husband, reposed in one of the bowers, whispering evil in her ear. One of the angels (Ithuriel) touched the toad with his spear, and up rose, in all his fallen grandeur and malignity, the Tempter, the Devil. We are exposed to evil: when we would do good, evil is present with us. It is sometimes difficult to detect; but touch it with the sword of the Spirit, which is more powerful than Ithuriel's spear, and the evil will appear in its true colours.—Biblical Treasury.