, 1859-03-15
CHICAGO, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH Is, 1859.
Rev. DR.. RICE ON sPIRITUAIIsM

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The Lecture at metropolitan Hall.
Despite tho wretehed prevailing street and
weather influences. which were Of nature only
- be ministerial ineopyeniense4 to those whoes
immstorialtty had neither to contend With nist or
mife, No mean tho spirits themselves, Metro
| politan Hall was well filed LAST evening With
| one Of the bert and most intelliQent teeture
audiences Of tho season. Ghe oeeaaion wa
what might BE- termed In theatrical parlanca
| tho Benefit of tho Young Meas Christian Aeso.
s.iou, Tho benefit a. well n the intereat Of the
| audience being the trestment OF theme Of tho
nature of sirituslism BY one Of our most
| esteemed city pastors. Rey. Dr.. N. L. Rice. OF
| tho North Presbyteriau Church,
Cyrus Bently, ESQ, President of the Young
Mems Christian Association presided and intro.
| dueed thu 1ecturAr of 4he eveninp nm thie occs.
] zion 10 reneat bv nniyersaI reouest: 4 lecture
! prepered for and delivered to members OF hf3
ovn eanprepstion. W. sbs1l onlv atten1nt in
10 doing manifestl7 ahearlu1 the sapno of much
of their force and xeieht.
He commenced by 4 coinpariaon Of mesmer,
ism and clairvovsnee With modern an;rituafisn.
a ,ev;av of tha different firm. of rrvention hv
t,.nces hv d,rams md finally hv aetua1-aa
c1s;,. ed-ani,itna1 uoanifeststiona in ranninon
snd tiuoint. and xritings. All error. hn said.
&m6e IN and compounded with greater ar
Eiks bortiou of truth. No one administering
kpo{hn hy stealth 10 mother, world ernec. to aea
I. taken unless mixed with something ann,renttu
nutritious and good. He vonld aeree with soIr.
itualists that spir;ts both good and had we're in.
terested and concerned III The affair. of men. We
call the good spirits angels. to which the spjrt-
ualjsts deny existence. The Bible teaches that
angels are miuisteging spirits. Peter was released
from prison aud bonds by an angel. Angels came
to announce the birth of the Savior Of Men. On
Bible authority. We believe that good angels yisit
earth and have ministry in the plan Of salvation.
Aud nc further believe in the existence Of evil
spirits, and their influence and agency in human
a1alrs. The New Testament even teaches the
doctrine of demonlacal possession. It is strange
that 1nfdelit7 once sneeted at = doctrine it nuw
comes forward to approve and defend.
But there is this difference, the angels nerer
need to caat about for medtum The angel
at Peters prison did not wait to huat up me.
dunn. The bad spirits it is true, in instances on
record had mediuns, and even seemed to need
them, the woman in her diyina.ious, the poor
man possessed with deuons. In th,s latter in-
stance too, when BY ,hs command Of our Saviour
the eyil spirits were forced TO seek another me.
dfum. By permission most humble mediums
were accepted. greatly 10 the detriment and
ruin of the Swine Who doubtless didn't under.
stand the case,
He wss not about to deny, at the outset or at
4ll. certain wonderful phenomena. moving of
tab|es. rappinp on doors. and yarions other ma.
terisl uauitestatiopa. Such had their exist.
epce. vere established mspv Of them a. having
taken n1ace Int IA. il eert.in that a ,rrftns1
spencv v.a demanded to eause anv or all of
them1 rtwa. an open auestion. snd ab1e rri.
ters. Mshnn end others had nub1i,h,d vo1nmrs
in which il Was asse5:ad and claimed "A proved
that the-s nbenomena could be aec,un.ed, far
vi.bopt .n;r;t.. Tb;. in7estjea+io, i. .nothar
matter md mt for di.cns.ion At mi. Tina
11a uaa acrus.om4l in aronm,nt In fn17nV Tho
rrcecnt r,,1e mover ~ dpnv mn "a than ia nec,s.
sar7 Far The s.ke OF tie truth. FIR tte .ate of
the ar.rm.nt bc won1d al,ov that snir7ts aid
these 1h;nns. that .nritz ran on, write m, the,e
con,m,pc,,ion, tn men anil lot M n,s, tn tes,fnc
lin, o,4-to, a. IN til. rr1iabitv IT these commn.
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bear unon ,hr oa.,,;on and IN he c1a;m, n,o.
dacp1 a m :chine tn tent tse nrs,ence If sn;r;t.
Admitting the Spirits to be present 81 indicated.
the question ia. uhat do thew bring tn NJ. What
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