The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-02-23

Powerful Manifestation Of Spir. it, =

FRIENps HOLLOWAY il DAVIS: In looking over
your paper. my attention was attracted 10 what
regard aS i worse than worthless communication
bearing the above caption the writers Of which
say they feel i, Be their duty to give history
o. spiritual interview, a one Moons spin. room
as they csil It, and they say they leave the
trulhfulat>s al thest statements IN The hands 81
the pabAc, deem !. my privilege and daty. as
one Il Ne public, 70 expose the thing.
In the first place. they offer no evidence Of the
lo- In. having beea built BY spiritual direction
They have neglected TO inform the public that
| lie mus:ca. instruments which they hear play,
| are seen By the i.y5t, and played in the dark
They also ne ec; . state that the m horn spa
| Aen of Is unseen, well a the voice, and that
persons are informed lhat II the TN horn is look.
Cd At by daylight, while the voice IS speaking,
the atmosphere viii become convulSed. and the
horn will fab. They have also neglected 10
state that the so-caled spirit hand has phospho-
rous rubbed on il, 50 thai il can be seen in the
dark.
The communication said to have been written
by spirits, appears 70 be The same Old hackneyed
one, written oUt st all the circles. They offer no
evidence to prove whether ii was written before
he hands passed over the paper, or how large the
writing was, and suppose II would be Difficult. 10
tell which by the light Of PHOSPHORUS.
They say nothing about galvanic battery on
the premises. &c, which. if fully explained.
would remove all the marvelousnesS IN which it
is envelopcd.
\ dark lantern during the performance. might
serve 10 throw light on the subject.
| will now leave the Moons room and spirits
with the public 10 Judge OF the truthfulness of
the statements alluded to, while | proceed to say
a few words about this modern spiritualSnl, alias
necromancers. witches, wizards, soothsayers,
astrologers, magicians and modern fortune tel
lers. &c.
These spirilualists claim that they have scrip
ture to sustain them. and thereby delude many
innocent persons who are sincere, and are deceiy-
ed BY their psychological influence and mesmer-
ism. l. is well known fact that good psy-
chologst can make many persons believe the same
thing at the same time, no matter how ridiculous
it may appear to others; they will believe it all.
and will not nor cannot believe differently until the
influence is gone.
Such, l am sorry 10 say is the situation OF
MANY persons at this time. in this city, that they
veril4 believe that they can converse with spirits
of departed friends. and hold meetings for the
purpose. Where the best psychologist is pres
emit they get the most truthful communications.
Ii he happens 10 have known or has learned
enough of departed relatives, he influence
medium, (as ii is called, as to get on paper
what he may impress upon his mind.
If it is incorrect however. ii is reasoned away
upon the principle that .spirits have their pecu-
iarities; ii is best known to themselves. DC, and
that "the time 10 receive the desired intelligence
has not yet arrived and that there are lying
spirits; or at the proper time the spirits will be
sure to give the desired information
/ l have had valued and beloved friend in
whom the most implicit confidence was placed
while earth, 10 make statements as false and
contradictory as any depraved mortal could do.
/ l have called mentally for spirits, and received
no answer except from arelauve or friend OF some
one in the room-never could getan answer from
any other than connection acquaintance Of
some one present.
! All circles and mediums are of the same stamp
and about capable Of obtaining information as
another.
Ihaye been solicited to investigate the subject;
have done so, and become disguised, as the be-
levers do no. allow il investigated in phiosoph
| zeal point of view. You are required to make
up your mind to believe all that is said or written.
as coming from the spirit world. | have become
satisfied that it is dangerous thing, degrading
70 the mind, and having baneful influence. 1t
asserts the bible to be Of the worst Of books,
+ full Of error, and a of profanity and cor
ruption-that christianity IS a cunnngly devised
fable, an injury rather than a blessing to mankind
that ministers Of the gospel are time serving
slaves, full Of hypocrisy and corruption, and the
foes of human progress-that the churches of the
land must be broken up, and our houses OF wor-
ship forsaken-that all the civil governments and
laws are wrong, and ought to be aboshed-that
the marriage institution IS wrong and ought also
to be abolished
In short, it is contrary to scripture, reason and
common sense; and as the leaders in this misera-
bic delusion frequently refer to scripture to sus
tain them, we will show that il has foundation
in scripture. The only return Of spirits men
toned in the bible. IS that Of the spirits Of the
saints at the second coming Of Christ, and the
general resurrection. The scriptures teach most
clearly and unequivocally, general doctrine,
that the soul and body are distinct essences
that death IS the separation Of the soul from the
body-that at death the soul departs from earth
that !. dwells away from earth during the in
termedate state or period md that il does not and
cannot return 70 earth till the second coming Of
Christ, and the resurrection Of the dead. To this
general law, however, there have been some ex-
ceptions referred to in Scripture. which were en-
tirely different from communications received By
modern spiritualists. What was then cornmuui-
Gated was done IN an audible manner and ina
language well understood. There were no cir
cles forned-no rappng out words and sentences
letter by letter-no writing with the hand Of the
medium nor was any electrical apparatus seen. as
in the pretended appariiion Of benjamin. Frank
lin The messages communicated were strait GIT
forward and important predictions, which were
lie rally fulfilled; in contrast with the silly mesa
ges and seldom fulfilled predictions or guesses Of
oar modern necronanccTs. who assert tat all tie
angels are dsembodied human souls.
Ii angels are the spirits of the dead. then there
could have been 10 angels until some one had
died. We have abundant proof that angels. both
good and evil existed and manifested themselves
before any human spirit had left the body. Cher