White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-01-13
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S~mc - VI W ru"PPt" "'ticics tuot We
presume It imagined q crusher.
We have only to say to the editor Of
tha Record, that be may rest easy. II.
lie taking prominent part in the Spirit
ual po~-wows. bat we do not accuse him
Of being dupe. or crazy. He is too
sherp for that. He is merely mixing in.
acting the hypocrite, and watching for
.n opportunity to gobbIs something from
those wio sre dnpes.
But the Record says that We have at
tackled the religion Of Dr.. Crane. and
thousands who believe with him. Rslig-
ion! Lord help Us! We are behind the
times-we did not know thst Spiritual
ism had got to be religion. or we shonld
have been more guarded in our rem arks
But a. ws have let ont Whist wa thoueht
We shall have to stand to it. Bot really.
We had no idea they were making q re-
ligion Of Spiritusl;.m. We thought they
merely met to pew.wow and smuss them-
selves over the supersti,ious notion that
dead people can sky lark about in the at
mosphere. thumping tsbles. blowing ont
candles. and all other nonsensicsl stuff.
that no person ever saw performed. unless
they had FIRST been brought somewhat nm
der the influence Of the superstition. But
religion-good gracious!
1t is strange that spirits have existed
for thousands of years, and have never
been able to make themselves known and
understood until within few years past.
Spiritualism was invented about twenty
yesrs ego. by the Fox girls. in New
York. who for Q season carried on 9 sue.
cessful system Of legerdemain, bat finally
subsided, because their discovery had been
improved upon so rapidly BY others. that
their patent right ives worthless. The
humbuggsry has been since prscticed ell
over the world. BY the Dsvsnports and
other sho ~men. and has been repeatedly
exposed and shown up. Yet it is . 70.
ligion!
Humbuggsry q it is. Spirituslism is
calculated to take in the weak minded
and supsrsiitious. It has taken to the
insane asylum and to the grave more per-
sons than sny other mental excitement
that has ever existed the same length of
time. When person comes to fully be-
lieve in Spirituslism, be is insane to oil
intents and purposes. and is unfit for any
thing Of practical nature. Search the
country over, and you will fnd It So
whether the person be Judge. = preach
er. doctor. or any other trade or pro-
fession. And they call this religion!
DR.. Crane, from what we know OF him.
is an honorable man and Q good citizan
he has doubtless given literally. during
bis life. to various public. religions. and
benevolent enterprises. Giving thus. does
not indicate that a man is crazy; but
when be deeds house for residence
for our our beloved notwithstanding
not the Supreme Being. but something
thst is supposed to be towering about in
the air. performing mysterious tricks, and
communicating things that are of not the
slightest practical use in this world or
in that to come-in this case, we think.
a man acts as il hs was sligatly "off his
pins" 1t is not worth while for the
Doctor to quote Jesus Christ to us 10 this
mattsr. Spirituslism is sn invention Of
which Christ prophssied when he spoke
Of false prophets. and its teachings oil
tend to courss exactly opposite to those
Of Christ.
And we will.further say to the Record
man. that no matter how late in the af
ternoon of the nineteenth centnry it is. it
is just the time Of day when men have a
right to express themselves freely regard
ing humbugs and pretenders. ss we'll as
others have right to believe in hmm
bngs, aud call them their religion. The
theory that mans belief must be respect
cd, 10 matter what It is. so that it is bis
religion. is about played ont. The Chi
nsmau builds his "Josh house." and re-
ligiously believes in it.: bat Americans
laugh ct him for It. The Hindoo has
his praying machine. warranted to say .
given number Of firss- GLASS prayers every
hour; or be falls down and worships .
hideous image carved oct sf stoss-thsss
are sscrsd objects to him. and his rslig.
ion centres 10 them. Christisn people
make light Of him for it, Yet these
Chinese and Hindoo fooleries ere every
whit % reasonable. and fer more time
honored. thsa the nonsense about .'our
beloved medium. :" and the worshippsrs in
them ere generally more honest 10 their
belief than majority of the Spirituslists.
The good old Puritass. who burned