Who Is Regulating The World's Affairs? God or the Devil?

What impression is made upon the minds of those men of the
world who, occasionally, attend a Gospel service? What are the conceptions formed by those who hear even those preachers who are counted as "orthodox?" Is it not that a disappointed God is the One whom Christians believe in? From what is heard from the average
evangelist today, is not any serious hearer obliged to conclude that he professes to represent a God who is filled with benevolent
intentions, yet unable to carry them out; that He is earnestly desirous of blessing men, but that they will not let Him? Then, must not
the average hearer draw the inference that the Devil has gained the upper hand, and that God is to be pitied rather than blamed?