Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1854-04-22

NUoutSd anu )IUHIulScu lOI tHC bCGep-
ton and belief of man. There are er.
rors enough in the world, foslered aud
naurished in the genial soil of mans un-
degenerate nature, to counteract and ef.
face the effect Of truth, and when error
comes in SO disguised an aspect
stealing the livery Of heaven to servo
the devil in lit should be disarmed Of
its power and despoiled of its potency to
effect its desolating purposes. God has
given his Holy Spiris-the Comforter
and how absurd tho pretensions and me-
NAL the operations Of this modern self
styled spiritual agency" His spirit
ual demonstrations are such as were ex-
hibited on the day Of Pentecost-such
as arrested Saul on his way to Damas.
cus-such as made Felix tremble-
and such as makes the rebel against His
government fear and tremble in view Of
his sins aud trunsgressions.
The length to which have already
written precludes the intention with
which l started out, 10 quote several
passages of Scripture bearing on this
subject; will, however, furnish the re-
ferences, and you may read them in their
connection:
Ell Spirits.-Judges 0: %; Sam.
16: 14-2S; is: 10; 10: 0; Luke 7:
81; So; Acts 10: 12,-16.
Familiar .SpiritS.-Levilicus 10: 81;
90: 6-27; Deut. is: IL; Sam. rs: .;
9 Kings 81: 6; go: 81; Chron. 10:
Is. Is; Chron. SO: G; Isaiah 8: 10;
10: g.; 90: 4; Tim. A: L.
In the connection which they s,andin
the Bible, classed with evil doors under
various names, always under condemn
alton with Wizards, necromancers, &C.,
it is not singular that we should find
the unaccouutable phenomena of mod
ern spiritualism claiming a spiritual au-
thority and power; and as the begotten
of ovil-the dangerous and insidious
medium" of error aud false teaching
it should be discarded. 1t brings no
claim to our judgments but forged
one-it bears no sanction but its own
mental authority-it has no warrant in
the word of God-lherefore VIC should
reject it. If it be spirit, it is the spirit
Of darkaess, and he who trusts his feet
10 its guidance will find bis steps un- i.
steady in dangerous path. E
Thus much l have written to satisfy
the reader that this agency is not what
it claims 10 be, aud that to receive it as
such is 10 pass by the Scriptures Of Dt
vine revelation, and to embrace an un-
plausible system that will lead astray
just in the proportion of your faith or
belief in it.
AS to an investigation of it, would
just add that Your experience viii DO
mine, aud that will be that ofall who
have devoted attention TO it, the farther
you go the less you will be satisfied
The more you will be perplexed-the
farther from any satisfactory conclusion.
1t is an exciting, perplexing subject. of
no practical utility when Investigated.
and the chances are all against any
beneficial result. l do not wonder that
it has made lunatics; and in view,of
what l have seen ofitI believe there are
persons whose mental and physical or.
CARNATIONS unfit them for the rspping~
and writing exercises. more particular
" should they become mediums III
should succeed, in what | have written,
in convincing such an one Of the injuri-
Gus tendencies Of Spiritualism. my OBJ
ject WILDE fully accomplished.
Examine the subject as we, may
philosophers upon it as we will-holdit
up in every light of which it is suscept-
ible-REAsoN and REVELATION stamp
it with the impress Of Satan, and leave
it among the agencies Of evil, as a mys-
terry to inyiegle the ardent believer in its
dogmas into the "snares ofthe fowler"
Verify. mcthinks.
Wisdom is oitimcs nearer when VIC stoop
Than when We soar" ''7e'
5a.eg OMEGA.
MoReANrowy, Va, April l6, "a.