Excerpt from The Autobiography of SatanOf the professional ministers of religion there are many who, exercising their functions in the spirit of the Lord Jesus, hold high rank among the salt Of the earth. Such men, what ever their creed, whatever their position, I honour and love. These are not the priests whom I censure in some of the following pages. The term is meant to describe a caste, a power, a direction of clerical agency which thinks more of itself than its avowed Master, and labours for what is called the Church'f rather than for the real interests Of beings who cannot be well Off hereafter except so far as, in the true sense.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.