Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1854-01-26
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uuu WTltltu UVOUl tEcfls OF opTlIuhl
manifestations, of It's filing the insane
asylums, Of lis being impious and, plao.
phemous, &c. and Of lis being con.
trhry u scripture. Now ii is wei
known that insanity is caused by over
action or too liile action o. some OF the
faculties Of the mind winch creates in.
harmony between them Thus any sub
ject which causes undue excitement or
action of any enc faculty o' the mind so
as 10 partially destroy lis relations with
the rest, Is liable 10 produce insanity.
a very great proportion of the present
inmates OF our asy lums for the insane
are placed there through sectarIan re-.
ligiuus excitement. Why range this as
an alegati against rplriluaIsm when
the creeds and dogmas OF the accuscr
are ten times more prolific OF madness
nad insanity Than the teachings oil the
HarmonlaI Philosophy
Ii is not dlsgraceiul nonsence or cool
plasphemy TO asser. that the Almighty
permits departed spirit To return TO
10 this world, tor il il be 70, rl, n the
gospel writer's were grossly bIasphcmous
when they asserted thlt Moses and
Ell m appeared to men on the moul {,
or that Peters mInsterlug spirit came
and liberated him from pIIson and con-
Quoted him through the wards Of The
city 10 ii sale retreat And il li,sr
things we're ever possible, who wili say
they are now in osslhle
The predominant teachings and tf
iects of Spiritual manifestations are not
radically ntidel, both in theory ana
practice, unless "infidelIly" il iiicliy to
rational truth. Is il hk,Iy that one who
Is sure he has seen heavy subs tances
moved about, and a human body up.
borne yIthoul mortal effort viii less he
lIeve that Jesus walked on the water, or
that an ange! rolled away a stone from
the sepuchrc, or that PEERS chains
were stricken off by Spiritual power, or
the iron did swim at the request ol
Elisha
Win one who has seen brilliant lights
and appearance ol Hame, caused, as he
believes, by Spirits, be less lIEcly to
believe that the angel Of the Lord
appeared to Mores IN the ap,a-
rentIy burning bush, or that cloveu
tongues ol flame sat on The apos.
ties at the great Spiritual maules
tation Of Penlecosr, or that the light
shone in Peters PRISON cell VIII H.,
done unassistcd by human effort, believe
less thar mystical writings were seen on
Belshuzzis palace wall Can he who
has heard the clairvuyant tell Of the
glorics aud beauties OF the Spirit bone
IN Il language unknown to him uhlle in
normal state, dispute the gilt oi un-
known tongues at the Ptntacostal gath
ering Nay, skepliclsu and lnideli,y
TO truth can hot ell exist under Ihr
co-obo!atIng testimony ol the new re-
vealment' Ill.
We have only to say 10 "lI, =" that we
live in n different age from that when
the apostles and profits OF God wrote by
direct inspiration from Him. That day,
those events and the actual manicsta-
ton OF God 10 man, by his real
presence, have ali passed away, and
nothing is left to us but the pror ise OF
God TO pardoh all sins through the
merits OF ms Son. with the Holy
Ghost rs our comforter. lie who at
temrts to talk with the departed and 10
receive information such as no human
himself TO bo mad man, d knave or a
fool. The mysteries Of the future and
the condition Of the dead will only
be revealed on that day when the Son
Of God shall again come to earth in the
majesty and splrnGor OF Omnpotence,
and Of the coming Il that day, Lot
IL Of
zant.
Weare told in the Bible that there Is !
to be great resurrection OF the dead,
and day ci universal judgment and
we have every reason to believe tina.
the dead ure all unconscious and will
remain so unul that time, because we
only measure time aud take note of its
progress, by our present condition with
mortality. II the dead were conscious
and could realize all that is uanspirng
en- earth, and could impart it TO finite
creatures here, then would they know
oil the glorlcs Of heaven and the terrors
oi he'll, aye, and what each ones por-
ton would be, long before the final
obstruction OF the world. As we said
~ our FIRST article, the dead are dead
indeed and the soul will realize nothing
a il the last gathering Of the nations TO
d1ment Death is solemn, terrific in
e extreme in going to the grave.
man gee down to darkness and the
dust but he is cheered aud susiai ed
by n true and sincere faith in the glorl- /
Gus Redemption, aud hope oi pardon.
Tor hi, nnumerabIe iransgressions,
through the same. Let the weak and .
,ly believers in Spiri rappings, IN.
,read Of impiousy pretending TO hold .
communion with the dead, devote them
selves and their energies TO practical !
and rse.1l employment here. Tor The !
benefit oi themselves aud the lylng
GENERALLY. nnd horc t he accepted o.