The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-02-10
L CHAPTER ON GHOSTS.
From Pew. ?. Powers "Cateehisn Of
Catholic Doctrine"

short time, and return 10 this world, 10
order to warm its surviving friends, or any
other persons! Or, in other words, csp
there be- or have there been, such things
as spirits or spactres (: 1t is certain that
the belief IN Sptrits-a belief spread far and
wide-can be traced back to the earliest
times People OF every nation, even the
most bsrbarous and unciviiized. ale, or
have beau. Of opinion that souls after death
can return to this world, assume teIres-
llal or aerial form, make noise. howl, speak
and ask questions. In this there Is moth
ing opposed to commoE sense, nothing
surprising the almighty power Of God.
4" When soul has been separated from
the body" says Berger, "God can make
it appear again in The world, give it the
same body which it had before, or some
other body, and endow it with the power
of performing tbs very same functions j,
had performed before death This is one
of the most striking means which God
could employ in instructing men and Ten
dering them tractable.' 1t is, then, alb
soulely possible that souls after death can
again appear in the world
20 Bat, IN rsa'tty, hare any persons
after death returned 10 this trorld Z" "a.
Yes -; there hare teet persons who hors
returned from the other a00sa ; and there
IS nothing to pyepent a similar occurrence
again" That souls after death have re-
turned TO this world, We have no iess an
authority than lbe Sacred Writings. We
are told in the Gospel, that Moses with
/ hob -,
time Of our Lords TRANSPORTATION snd
at the death OF Christ, and after His rasur>
rectior, +" that many bodies Of the saints
that had sept arose. And coming out
Of the ton.bs, after His resurrection, came
into the holy city, aud appeared to
many. - Matt XVII. 81. In the second
book of Mach ahees We read that Jaremias,
with the holy PouNtf Onlss. appeared :.
though ic visiou. to Judas Machabeus,
and presented him with q sword Of gold,
saving: Take this holy sword, d gift
from God, = herewith thou sinai; overthi ow
the adyerssries Of my people lsreaI. -
ntach. Ky 6 VI : read, too, 10 the frat
book Of Kings, that the Prophet Samuel
appeared after d5a:A to .he Witch u En-
der, and hat lie p:ophesiad and tor+told
to Saul tie evils ahi ch ere soon TO befall
him. St. TLom2s unhesitatngly says
that Samuel, appeared in person. ST Au
CUISINE, after having held the contrary
opinion, thus speaks in his "Qnsetlons
10 Simpiicius -" 1t is not absurd to
believe that God permitted the prophet 10
TO the king that lie might inspire blln
WIN s@,u'"'y 'e"'' ihe same n"'5
d"I'"'' ~ h!' 'e'.e' 70 i1'o"'uS piSD"P'
'n"h'a ''en'ioh u !ou"s "'"" .no ~
Pea'eu W 'e", many Pe'so"a AMER I'm
desth "nu oy that means, ne adds, Hci
permitted mat they should be confined
III ms "l!hion "hlch they had OF his
SaHct''y' HusooeLs, ~. aailh&2, Gi'gcn,
59Verus' iheodofe1, ~ Gregory tho ''raat
""o ''iioi "li'ois scouh1 ia th0F "otkS
h.S'y instances o. Pei5oua VINO fetuThed
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Z ere "e hsh 10 0oS'tVe lie sfoI7fs
current G00uf %p'ratS
Il 40 because nearly a" 'bese Sfor'f'
are 9/ooh"e%S ana cam y Std"4 the feSl
y efa'"taahoh'
Although there NAV be, and 10 reality
have been, we'll authenticated accounts nj
persons who have returned from tha other
world, and have Teen seen again on earth
80 must not, however, conclude that all
the stories that re hear told at the fi:eside
bv eight, or at agakes and meetings about
spectres and ghosts, aye true. OF thou
sand stories Of this sort, there is not one
thst Turns cut to be true and even APP
parations Of the reality of which there is
scarcely a doubt entertained, can be ex-
planned, in almost every case, in natural
way. What great number f stories do
we hear about spirits, which. when closely
examined, have turned ont to be purely
the resu, of deception, skill and ar,ifice
At one time We ti0d that the spirit spoken
of as making its appearance in a certain
house, and there uttering unearthly
sounds and making fearful! noises turns