The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-06-19

Il 20, then modern spiriualsm Is one of
SRtan's means of doing the work he wishes
10 accomplish, to-wits the destruction et /
theology. That that Is the avow-
ed object dfspirinp ism can be known by |
referring 10 its otrrent newspa pers. They /
positively declare that that Is their object /
and to establish on It's ruins system OF /
the rankest iniidelity Now. who cannot
see that spiritualism Is aiming death blow |
at Christ hitAsclf They make no scrubles 4
IN declaring that lie was but IMAM, and AL
very imperfect one 40 that. What must be |
the feeling Of christian, TO hear the pame
Of Christ blasphcfned. aud the Bible set at
naught. Then why not have some sym
.pathy with the only man who has really
taken this graud system Of inlldelity by the
horns, and has not only goFed It through
and through, but absolutely annihilated It's
whole system Of philosophy by prooJs as
ceifGinip pOsitire as dBy that can be ddduced
10 support spiritUdiism at GH. lie positively
declares that lac became what l. known ~
a spirit medium, aud so fully Ia this proved
that further proof IN unnecessary. lie says
further, that under the influence Of this
lpower-knowu as the power of Spirit con-
trOi-he wrote many singular pieces OF
composition. These he has introduced IA
corroborutiye evidence of the fact of what
he declares, to-wit That spirits controlled
] him to write In the ordinary way Of mcdi-
umistic writing. The pieces set forth as
specimens Of this Kind of writing bear the
most indubitable evidence of having been
written In that way. He further states
| that he was not alone In the matter-but
| that another was controlled In the same
mysterious manner. This helps amazingly
TO corrOboratc the authors statement. Be
sides the statement made at the commence
ment of the work declares that these pieces
| of decomposition are only introduced as spec
linens Of that kind of composition; and, IL
so, why make garbled extracts from them,
| to, in part, attempt TO prove that the au-
thor leans twO-thlrds towards spirltualism
himself 1t is unfair--ccrtanly very un-
kind, IL the Intention was to mislcad or mis-
represent.
That The author u ne iCok hds SET forth
these Siag,tidr pieces Of composition as spGci-
mems NJ that kiHm n tCritiig mdy be seen in
| the tdct that he tcaS deceiUed by them hiinseD
made odo somr things which never would
have been done but for this kind of decep
tion being praoticcd upon him. Now, who
lean dispute but that some Devil or demon
Is the author of the piece given In the
fourth chapter, under the assumed disguise
of the Almighty himself? Who but the
Devil could have set forth such u grand
system of philosophy? IL begins with the
creation of the world and ends with the
utmost limits of the Allnighty's works.
Who but an Intelligence equal TO the Devil
cent scheme for the creation of the So
called rudimeutary universe and the seven
heavens about IL. 1t must have been a
being who was cOnyersant, at least some
tohdt with the Creators works II certainly
was no being of limited Intelligence that
could set forth such comprehensive Ideas
of Creatio n-Snch ideas that IL you admit
the first links In the chain to be true, you
must inevitably come to the conclusion
that it Is all true. What author started
the idea that our sun with all its attendant
planets, moons and rlnged satellites sprang,
phWnix-likc, from an immense ocean OF
, molten matter-hnviug arisen in the form
of clOud or vast eXbalRtiou to the re-
gions Of the codpst ethereal space there to
cundensc, polarilc and assume the oblatC
/ sphcroid before throwing Off its first sat
elite. Then. assuming more rotund
, form rs planet after planet Is thrown
4 from It's equatorial disc say, who but an
intelligence equal to the Devil could have
Q originated such n grand idea, for he was be-
fore his fall among the mighty hosts OF
| heaven and must have joiued in the CRANE
, chorus when all the mornlngstars, and all
the sons of God shouted for joy. Then wha
mortal. mind would have conceived of the
magnificent scheme of the formation of the
=, seven heavens. And who but an intelli-
u gence more than mortal could have de
IS fined the limits of the vast empire of tha
Y uncrtateu btlnE VINO lnnaDlltIn eternity
;, That this piece of composition purporte
to come from an intelligence under the as
" summed RdBte of the AhPighty, is sufficient {
y fix aud establish the fact that none but tn
d Devil could have dictated it. But there ar
# several other pieces which the author in
" troduced as specimens of the kind of com
y position alluded to- which bear the mark
II of having come from the same source.
st There Is one other point worthy of not
Ia that If the author originated the ideas |
" that piece of composition on the nature
ol birth, and one upon the origin Of our uni
& verse and the formation of the heaven
then he must be 4 man OF eXtraOrdin ar
:, capacity of mind-certanly those ideas al
,s not to be found in the writings of an
, author whether the authors writings ma
= be known as sacred or proianc.
~ If this author has picked up few smoot
~ stones from the brook of Gods providenth
~ dealings with him, surely the youn
US Davids--champion Of the gospel-ougl
~ to be willing to place them in their sling
- be hurled at the giant sprtualism, wi
=, has delied the hosts of the living God.
,S CASDoR.