Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1869-04-27
Spiritualism.
SILVER CRY, Apr. 25, 1869


Ed. WAVE: Your notice of the growing
disposition of some well informed persons of
this place to investigate the philosophy OF
spiritualism is received by me with pleasure.
Let the motive of the notice be what it may,
| hope it was designed lor good, although
seemingly to reflect upon the beautiful sci
ence The correct definition of spiIitualism
is the science of life and the philosophy OF
death The communion Of the spirit world
with mortals on the earth is subject OF
much magnitude and worthy of earnest in
vestigation. Why, sir; to-day this science
of sciences has more genuine talent devoted
to its untoldment than can be found in the
investigation of any one science upon the
face of the earth, and absorbs the attention
of the spirit world. You say, ii is strange
to you, at least, that decent respectable
spirits should leave their places of bliss and
come down 10 owyhee ON a cold stormy
night to answer frivolous questions. Allow
me to say that they would not, il they were
as selfish as the most Of mortals are on the
earth They rise above selfishness in the
spirit world, consequently they are enabled
to see the low condition of mortals on the
earth: enslaved in sectarian dogfnas and
selhshness. 1t is through the magnetic in
nuence of sympathy that spirits come to our
relief, and if possible influence US to break
r nd
that bind US to crecds, so that we may walk
forth into the broad and open fields oil nature
and science and learn the will ofGod TO man,
teaching us to become more wise by investi-
CATION. more afectionate by contact with
supermundane influences and doing unto
others as we would that others should do
unto us.
You saw, notwithstanding the improba,
| bilitv Of the reality Of spiritual manifesto
tIous. the system is beautiful" So say wei
so saws the bible; and ask, is there any evi-
depce Of the Immortality Of the soul only by
spirits manifesting themselves to man on the
earth. as set forth in the bible, and demon
strated by the present day phenomena
Daniel the author of one Of the Jewish
books. says, q / ate no pleasant bread; mel
ther came flesh nor wine in my mouth I'LL
three whole weeks were fulfilled AT the
end of the three weeks fasting, Daniel says,
;. Then lifted up mine eyes and looked, and
behold a certain man, whose face was as the
anpearapce of lightning, and the voice OF his
words was like the voice of multitude, and
forthwith sleep came upon him with his face
toward the ground While in this magnetic
condition, according to the account, an ange
sno<e into the spiritual ear of Daniel, 'Feal
not Daniel; for from the day thou didst SCI
thine heart to understand, and to chaster
thysen before God, thy words were heard
and came for thy words, :" &C. That Is u
saw in plain English, that by pursuing th'
proner course. hisguardian spirit came nigl
a,d ;,nparted Instructions. The same prln
ciple Of publication was acted upon by al
who received spiritual communications II
o,dep time So do mediums of the presen
time Take the case Of Samuel appearing
uuto Saul with hundreds of instances re
corded in the bible, which throws upon Tn
searcher after truth flood of LIGHT.