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Other evils there are that may come; for Sauron is himself but a servant or emissary.
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I don't think that Gandalf was just talking about Morgoth here. Yes, Sauron was Morgoth's servant, but he was banished to the void and, as I understand it, not to return until the final battle.
The way I interpret what Gandalf is saying here is that Sauron was himself a servant of the original source of, ie Morgoth, and other servants or emissaries of that same evil may well arise, even after Sauron's defeat.
As the X-Phial said:
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When Melkor was cast into the void his song remained.
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In other words, even with Morgoth's banishment to the void and Sauron presumably following him, evil will still exist in ME and others will arise who will serve it. Which makes utter sense, since I never imagined that ME would become some sort of Utopia devod of all evil following Sauron's defeat.
The question which I think kittiewhirl is asking is whether another Dark Lord of the same ilk might arise or whether evil would be resticted to the lesser beings who remained (much as is the case in are world today). The former is possible, since another Maia could become corrupted into evil ways, but the latter is, I think, the more likely.
Certainly, I do not believe that it was ever contemplated that there might be some being outside Eru's creation of greater or equal stature to Morgoth who might enter ME as some kind of fresh source of evil.
[ May 17, 2003: Message edited by: The Saucepan Man ]