The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser. (Woodville, Miss.) 1853-18??, 1853-04-19
Spiritual Rappings.

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language fails US to express the astonish.
ment-and the humiliation and shame, IN
view of the boosted intellectual development
aud advancement Of the present agc-with
which we hear and read ofthe extent 70 which
this delusion has reached and poignant IN
deed is the sorrow with which we pesnse a.
most daily, in our exchanges recorls of the
dethronement Of human reason through the
inituation wrought by this montrosity Of
fraud, and cunning, and avariec, and folly.
We had resolved never again TO burden these
columns with the disgusting theme; but il
seems to become a journalists duty 10 give
line upon liue and pnccpt upon precepLH
since the imposturc is still marring domestic
happiness and filing our mad-houses with its
victims.
Ii is really difficult however, 70 preserve
the calm spirit which becomes public discus
sion while speaking or writing upon this sub
icct. In the emotions which the theme awak
ems are strangely blended adherence and dis
gust at those among the profssed uppers
aud mediums who ply the wretched business
for gam, or even as q means OF acquiring in
tluence or status in their respective ncighbor-
hoods; pity for those who are the dupes Of
the fraud contempt mutterable for those
who can habitually assemble around table,
OF in q circle 70 hear the most commonplace
or turgid twaddlc counted out letter by letter
or guessed at by rap5 for lacl, Of letters horror
at the now covert now open assaults made Nv
the impostors upon all the sacred yaritios ofre-
yealed truth-at the fiat contradiction which
the imposhre itself popetualy gives 70 the
whole system Of our holy christianity deep
est sorrow, rs we think, upon the confidence
destroyed, The domestic peace blighted, the
luuatic asylums peopled, aud the homes made
forever desolate; indignation at the hypocrisy
whie,t while thus repudiating and assailing
Divine revelation and working iremelable
mischief and he9rtsickening wo on every hand
assumes the garb Of beneyolence the name Of
progress, and the dialect Of religion such
emotions as these crowd upon the mind, al-
most 70 the sitting Of ut:crauee when we IL
tempt 10 treat upon this painful subject
Marvellous indeed has besa the spread Of
this dclttsion and iniposlnre~ Cor inlposture
we skaom ii to ohave been In one case, under
coveso Che cllildisbnessof die nodiiim, En-
boldened III suceesa, thc tappists adventure
lie gf5sse f4bfils; intellectually ana rasf4
ally dwarfed by the habitual loving and be-
ievng of o lie, the dupes shrink with awe in
proportion 10 the monstrous iacomprehensi-
bilily and absurdity Of the object set before
them. twas mentioned ii DIR hearing last
evening that the flrce--the fraud--has been
recently carried so far that il was publicly nm.
nounced--the audience retaining their gravity
and their temper, and many really believing
The declaration TO its fall cxtent-t!as 4 ME
dunn would be exhibited who would GRADUALLY
erBjfe before Che company, and that when the
spirit left the body, any other spirit whom
seekers sitter communication might name
would take possession Of it, and give respou-
ses to qucstionA TO such pass have inpos-
hlre and folly attained Yet it is to be borne
in mind that the press almost unanimously
has raised warning voice against the dea-
sion not a respectable newspaper, unless one
in this city be- an exception, has failed 70 point
ont the minged fraud and folly which are at
the foundation Of IL; the utter abBurdity Of
the claims it puts forth have been repeatedly
demonstrated the ruin it has wrought has
been depicted, alas only partially, for It's cx-
tent win be unknown probably through al
time professed trick players have copied and
eycn exceeded the so-callod phenomena it ex-
hbit5; aud yetall this has been comparatively
in vain; and who shall say where the end
WILDE And why Is thisl The philosophy
oft is IN the tendency 0f the human mind 10
look behind the curtain that shuts us In 20 the
present and tangible and to peer into hidden
secrets Of the past and the futurc-the dis-
tnt. To meet this want ofthe soul We have
rcyelaton, made from the great gource Of
al true knowledge, and bearing the plain,
broad, ndelibIe stamp Of truth 10 that am.
thenticatsd revelation The public mind must
be more fully and constantly directed for just
al all Chat il ambiguous and false creates a
morbid taste and IN ungratilied curiosity. and
leads TO error and bowiIdenncat, sothai which
Is true relines the taste, gratiiies all laudible
inquiry, strengthens the iuteilect aud gives
yigor 10 the Judgement In one sentence, II
there were more Bible knowledge there would
be less spiritual rapping
86w YORK. CommcrciaL Aisytiesr
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