Ole satan tremble when he sees, The weakest saint upon his knees. Go 'way satan I doan min' you; You wonder, too, you can't come through? Oh brother, breth'ren, you better be engaged, For de debbil he's out on a big rampage. I plucked one block out o' satan's wall, I heard him stumble an' saw him fall. Ole satan thought he had me fas', Broke his chain an I'm free at las'. I met ole satan in my way; He say, young man, you too young to pray. The devil tries to throw down everything that's good, He'd fix a way to confuse the righteous if he could, Thanks be to God-er-mighty he can't be beguiled, Ole satan will be done fighting after awhile. The negroes have many other phrases which they apply to satan and picture him in other relations. "Ole satan is a mighty busy ole man, an' throw rocks in my way." "What makes ole satan follow me so? Satan ain't got nothin' fer to do with me." As a _busy man_ he also has his "shield and sword", not only _gives_ trouble but _gets_ into trouble. Says the negro: "I heard de debbil howlin' when I come out'n de wilderness an' I gib de debbil battle." "Now stan' back, satan, an' let me go by ... why doan de debbil let a me be?" "Ole satan mighty busy, he follow me night an' day. Ole satan toss ball at me, he think the ball hit my soul, the ball for hell an' me for heaven." "Ole satan gettin' in mighty rage", for "satan's camp's afier." "Satan mount de iron gray hoss an' ride half way to pilot bar." But "We'll shout ole satan's kingdom down, gwine a pull down satan's kingdom, gwine a win ag'in de debbil." Victory is the negro's for he exclaims: "I saw dem bindin' satan", and "I saw ole satan's kingdom fallin'." But while satan is a great schemer and is very busy and "wash his face in ashes", "put on leather apron", his greatest attribute is the liar. The negro cannot give too insistent warning: When I got dere Cap'n satan wus dere. Sayin' "Young man, dere's no use to pray, For Jesus is daid an' God gone away." An' I made 'im out a liar an' went on my way. With these pictures and warnings the negro song gives a final bit of advice. "If you ain't got de grace ob God in yo' heart, den de debbil will git you sho'", then the singer rests securely in the knowledge that _he_ is filled with the grace that holds against the devil. "King Jesus" was the original name most commonly given to Christ in the spirituals. Besides this He was the bosom friend of the negro. He comes in to intercept satan and to save the individual from hell. He is very real and no one is more vividly described than He. He bears many relations to his people. Now my Jesus bein' so good an' kind, My Jesus lowered his mercy down, An' snatch me from de doors of hell, An' took me in with him to dwell. Oh, Jesus tole you once befo' To go in peace and sin no mo'. I heard o' my Jesus many one say, Could move po' sinner's sins away. Den Jesus he come ridin' by, Gib me wings to ride an' fly.