The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1858-10-09
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,nost ~ 49, "ias hiss hiready beea nm.
ministering tuibem who late I'LL heiss aoly8 tana
,be u especially remembered, that IN Y shesxlAAss
instances. IL III human spirits Mo- w WIN
after debt' re recorded az mira.p feAppasS
miraclet of course out OF The eoSa COVE sad NV
Of nature, therefore proving the MN uMa ! laESs
disembodied spirits, with mnrtals. INV Isaufccux
reetion OF Christ on the third day d ~. %ss, ths
t1e ioarth. 20 70 pre"e that all WHO At II %llaalla1isA
ceasei Nor do THESE miraculous : aiser aaNSSSf
few departed spirits, in any wab a appeafances "
,am ; " ri Z natural and Legitimate r s,uxe Y 1 ssasth
,am. ine,a.ieged apparitlons Of moss y 4 gssg
upon a Inherent basis. The tina Ivy AntinksMH
at least q large majority, beiis,aas : Then IL,
non-goplins '--spooks, etc.. that ~. /. ! ghaa..
naa passed. away but sad to nv s% WI ne .thoya
asa'a .osiIg diligently promulgated sn1n%ssso o
uion INV experiences Of the last iIalf Il. HE obNey
overlook in this discussion. Nnieh We VIII
LIST. IT. is n fact-that the nu,n,,.sa .ae
IN a gwen community, depends ab,;s ghosts i
character and circumstances Of s a,,as 1poal
~ IL IS ignorant and supcrstitious thaa c%e,I1tnue
IN gnosts, and be terribly afraid N IN nlltp
people are always seeing e spnoks II 4 .ne5n~N
equally sharp sighted. never see I'll 7 6l9,,sst cua
recently ghosts, and ghost stories sss,s SaIlta
s9lete-and why? Had tile ghosts III i. n MM
snese mundane shores? or had the 1,eon,s sh WA n
inuiay 81 signt seelngf Or have iii p,, Ky Y
Ftess, ana general information. bsnisbss y SIPN,A
our land! The latter is doubtless tha !leni NJ
the scarcity OF apparitions for tia i Issi eaesl;
years tna' TINS ls so, is fully proven fro I s xxi
that IN the rural districts Of Eilrone ,,hhom va N
Iiaa one IN ten, can read ghosts ~ Sas KIN ", llyy
Ems shows q very intimate connex , HUN p!slt
gho. t seeing and ignorance, sAvl petFA
"a. II Is a TACT that ghosts are peuprst1a.SsS
~ those who believe in, and iear fbsiys ss1as
always, Jusa where they expected TO see I'M " y!
sas ~ III. '1oagn regarded, as ethereal xssa
ana OF course difficult 10 be seer. nnass Il AlF,
favorable circumstances. they alway y ~ Y sns VT
Ills dark. lelieve there ia yet "a ;n WIZ YEA
record, OF a modern ghost, being sesr la " NY NJ
fllne. They verify always fly before NJ Y r. Ss NJ
lamp Or candle, Us il their very breath . ! ~
ness.'i "ea.n were dh.
I'd. When ghosts are caught (which i. ...seg,
iney are always found to possess plysiea, s ssws
just Ike other earthly substances. q : ri guaals,
swing "a ghost carried into the belirvf arS, NJ. I
.he D~euciappef, "a bush, or a stu111p IL ssXS1 VIM
gen; a loose shingle QUA roof the fT,rb Y WY N
old tree 'tchaping against The boas,a s' w q n
screech-owl in the garrett y any OF ali I'm ] Y "
for a ghost, provided they have an .imrs sIsss!
subject. From all these evidences. il Il 4 fss "
co'eiusiont that all modern ghosts ara c,s sssn.
the imagination, like the . grifs ]: ma ae Y w .
other countries. From the clear and man, sas Y
testimony OF the Bible, and from the k n ! n
enee oi fear, in creating ghosts. and III e9 ;.Nm iAe
eah,Atioii ana feligion ~ banisbing them fom y !
lstenee; IT Is very doubtful whethe. INV ;m \ n
sAelhs, mas manifested himself, To man, eithss M
oily, brht'di5ly, since Johns apocalyniis .', siI. h ~
the Isle OF Patmos. But these are lana s ,ssva Y
Convincing us they are) when compared - n,
arguments drawn from the Theology Of H. M N
It's which we NOW propose EXAMINING j sHs
brings rs To notice the Substance OF these 4 ss,,,ss
communications We quote from tbs MAJ sPh hMs
and papers verbatim" N ONa1
LIST. They teach that both spirit and malta, /.
eternal; or we've never created. As eyidsnrs IN, N
Ihey leaih inls long exploded dogma We ouop
Du.lef. Ii" Matter and spirit are 10th elm,
co-eHi ta 4 substances etc. B~oygtonis Iluialas"a.
-. " Mater is eternal it ever was. It ever wM "
Messenger No. I. . The Divine soul Il ua's.t.
pns human soul, both %etornal.n If both spiril ~
matter are eternal, there never was a cryation ifr
ciehtton, then no Creator-hance to Atheism " =
I'd Man never fell and the doctrine Of nstor
depravity is false. spirits through Finpev y M
senger No. H.. Man never fell. The idea II N,
depfavityyt or original sin in the human race. il :,
absutditf a relic vi the past, developed ii nnythA
&C time ,maColloqny with spirits-fhi- Hist b. 4
=" Q4estg. Thea man WAS not made Originally, !
perfect physically, and spiritually, as nowff
+H"A No'Htsla baNS tuhetl4 pluce. VI
has progressed in his physical being with Nj sp,
itnal Development Spirits through Amber
Teacher, p. 81. Sc. "what God has made pirs al
holy in it, nature, can never be rendered impr
aid unloly.*** Man can never in ant circ,um:ian,
or by any possibility become totally %depayed, b.
the soul remains pure,' etc. Ibid p. l25. .Arr
eral sentiment has prevailed. among the mot Il
vlnced minds on earth, that the world needs 10 y
reformed that the structure of existing society
wrongly constructed, and that it Isl source
prevalent evils, which do net exist inherently Ind
nature Of man.
This sentiment the spirits recognize as perfect
correct, and they hayt teen pleased to wihneSi
rapid progress among the minds Of the masses.
is a true and righteous thought that humanity hi
present IN a degraded state, and that il results, nj
so much from any inherent tendency to evil, as hq
The false and unnatural position in which II
piared.' a
This is directly the reverse Of Bible tearbl
There is no doctrine more fully and explicitly !
forth in Gods word, than :" total deprayity.W J
SEPARATION has collected the strongest ~phraseoloI
possible, to teach it; saying, +" The very imagin
tons, of the thoughts Of the heart are only q
continually al was conceived in sin. aud broug
forth in iniqpity." But we leave spiritual tlleolel
for another chapter. REerusp