Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-03-07
For the Times.
ReD1V 10 SDirituaIISm No. IL


spiritualism (Rappinss ! su2pose) is
prompted by contracted ideas Of the
Deity. Then il follows that the spiritu'
aHsts arc persons Of enlarged IDEAS.
Wonder what kind Of ideas that woman
had who threw tho Bible on the floor
and slem ped it with her feet; she was a
medium.
AMI those twenty or thirty luno'ics
no,v in the asylum at Columbus fIom
this State blone--tremcndous largeness
OF ideas that.
When God revealed his will to man,
did he ever reveal trilling things, and
did he not always choose good men to
write his revelation. Does he not say
TO the wicked 'what hast thou to 90 to
declare my word
'Inceptors,' scripture quotations show
that with all the enlargement OF ideas be
has not road the Bible much. llspirt'
uolis,s have wrought any miracles, It is
that Of de!hroning reason and predicting
lunacy ns above mentioned. AS 10 their
prophecies tlSey are different in England
| from those in A,Mericn. Moreover, some
say the Bible is true, others that 1t Is
partly true, aud others that i. needs ma
ny more things added.
Asiotongaes-.-lhey speak with their
casn Tongues, and world Of lniqu'ty ii
lis.
But dom. you believe any thing in i
says onc--and says another how will
you account for it; yes, ploughboy
could ask question that Sir Isaac New
ton could not answer.
But what do you think of it.
think that whatever dethroncs 1ca.
son, is from beneath, whether it be a.
dent spirits or Rochester spirits. and is
especially an enemy Of religion.
think that if an Indian jugler was
to come along here he would do things
that would be much more astonishing,
and tell his audience at the close that il
was all trick To say tina, they really
comm une with spirits, only makes the
matter more forbidding; for such things
in the Old Tsstomen! are cal 'ed 'abom
nations When thou art come into
the land which the Lord thy God give!h
thee, thou shal, not fenrn 10 do after the
abominat,ons of those nations. There
shall not be found among you any one
that make.h his son pass through the
fire, or that usc,h divina;ion, or an OBJ
server Of times, or an enchantcr, or
witch, or charmer, or a counsellor
with familiar spirits, or wizard, or a
necromancer. For all lha, do these
| things are an abomination unto the
Lord. And because Of these abomina.
lions the Lord thy God will drive them
ou, from before thee, Deui. IS 8.
Let men and women Of large idea
read the following from Isa. Chap. 8, v.
10, to end Of chap. And when they
shall say unto you seek into them that
are familiar spirit, ard unto Wizards
that peep and mu,ler--shouId not peo'
pie seek into their God? for the living
to the dead?
To the lac and 10 the testimony il
they speak not according to this word
i, is because there is no light in them.
And they shall pass through it hardly
hestead and hungry -anl it shall come
TO pass that when they shall be hungry,
they shall fret themselves and curse
their being and their Gol, anl look up.
ward. And they shall look unto the
earth AMI behold trouble and darkness,
dimness Of anguish, and they shall he
driven to darkness. REUCHLlN.
| An exchange says that the Sultan has
mustered two hundred thousand men,
but that the Car would pepper them.
The mind OF the greatest man in the
world is not so Independent, but that he
may be subject to being troubled in the
least junble which is made around him
i, need not be the noise Of cannon ,c
disturb his thoughts; il need only be the
noise Of wealher.co ok or pul y.
The School bill has passed both
bra nc hes OF the Texas Legislature. Two
millions Of dollats are set aside as a
school. .fund-the interest on which,
(sloo, ,ooo,) to be distributed among the
counties, according to the number oil
children Of scholastic age.
TEnRE HAurE AND SA.r LOUIS RAIL.
aoAp.-Mr. Brough has finally succeed
ed in getting the bill for the charter {
this road through both branches Of th'
Illinois Legislature, and it is now {
law. The distance is I65 miles, anc
: Brough is determined The road shall be
in running order in eigh, months.
Tha, terrible malady, the hydrophobia
prevails to an alarming extent, on tn
Indian reservation at Ca,taraugus Creek
Several Of the family Of Blue.sky,' on
Of the chiefs of the tribe, have die
within few days from eating the flesh O
COW, which was bitten by a rabid dog
and Blue sky himself is thought to b
e beyond medical all.
J., SrIRIr MEpIuMs.-Several distinguish
y ed spirit mediums have arrived in tn
:. city within the las, few days, and NOR
are expected 10 arrive shortly. The
assign no reason for coming here at tn
0 present time, except that the spirits hay
If directed them TO do so. Yesterday, W
e are informed, a medium just arrive
!. from Cincinnati entertained,a large part
with revelations from the spirit wofl'
A dispatch from Washington stale
that the British and French Minister
an Thuret.y calIed unon Secretay