The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-12-19
Spiritualistic ENuvinc.-No. :.

Of the hour, ] shall make no personal rel
erence whatever, further than is necessary
in making quotations and the like Those
who read the other side, as it appears In
your columns will know when | refer to
their writings. Believing as | do in an
inspiration Of evil, | believing also that
1.-THE history ofSpiritualism, is the history
of inspiration, an erH inspiration and
that old Gamaliel was guilty Of great
misconccption when he said, "if it be not
of God it will come to naught ;" but be-
lieving on the contrary, with the poets,
that,
Error is fruitful"
Error is worse than ignorance
Error is a hardy plant, it fourisheth
in every SOIL"
| shall endeavor, in the duty | owe to
God and man, to do the best | can in
striking at this form Of Terror, now most
active and aggressive in our midst,
If | nm ignorant of the subject, the
public will judge but if | am, the chance
for enlightenment is now most promising /;
since the sun ofspiritism..is rising full orb.
ed on this bcnighted region, and especial
ly, upon my "narro S-minded, sclf-conccit-
ed, bigoted and arrogant self. Bat un-
der these luminous circumstances, if the
Bible be true, when it says that eight is
o for the righteouS," then in view Of
the plentiful harvest | an realizing, ought
l not to be regarded, with all my short
comings and waywardncss, as one Of "the
righteous ?"
But the first thing to which | would
call your readers attention is the God Of
SpiritualiSm. That there is such a thing
is apparent from the fact, that they, some
Of them at least, referred toit in,,thcir writ
ings. We refer to this Deity by ncutcr
pronouns for it seems to be a very doubt
full kind. begin however, my invcstiga-
ton at this point, for the existence and
character of God is a prime factor in any
system of religion true or false. lfa
system stumbles here, it is defective every
where. If it is rotten in its conception at
this point, it is rotten in every part. For
this is the tree or 1.-THE vinc," to use the
figure Of Jesus. and if the tree be corrupt
the fruit will be also though, still it is
true, that every tree is known by its
fruit"
What then is the Spiritualistic idea Of
God. | find that eminent exponent gifts
creed, Professor Denton, whose great
reverence and respect for sacred persons
and things, made Il profound impression
on his hearers at the late convention in
this place, and whose writings, which |
have before me are characterized by the
same sublime tone, | find this great light,
saying, in his tract entitled, Orthodoxy
false since "Spiritualism is true" | find
him speaking of a God, which he calls
the Soul Of the Universe What does
he mean by this universal "soul ~ Not
Jehovah, for he says, page 10Th, "the BIZ
Bile Of orthodoxy is false, so is the God it
reveals, The Jewish Jehovah is no less
an idol than the Beclzebub Of the Philis-
tine or the Jove of the Roman, A fine
Spiritualistic uttcrance Most clear and
explicit We now know certainly what
their Spirit god is not. So radical is
their departure from the system Of Chris
tianity !. Can anything be more opposite,
fundamentally, than this Can there be
the least affinity, or likeness, or similarity
between them If one be truth, must
not the other be error, the EXTREMIST,
darkest, foulest error. 1t isn't a differ
ence in some architectural adornment, in
some arrangement of indifferent things in
the superstructurc, but it is such a differ
ence as places an impossible gulf betwixt
system and system. The God of the BIZ
BILE must abhor such a system, which with
such marked and terrible ~disloyalty, re-
jects, insults, and dethrones him. So must
every one who is loyal to him reject it, as
a loathsome and abhorrent, and abomina-
bic scheme Of falsehood and Of crime.
For there can be no higher crime than
that of open, wilful, w%anton, downright
insult to the ever blessed God, and to his
Christ. For Of the latter, this same dis
tinguished Rabbi Of Spiritualism says, in
the same tract, page 6, "Jesus is no Saw
or in the orthodox sense no salvation
came by him. lie was no moro sent Of
God, than Patrick's baby born yestcr-
day. He was no more the Son of
God than Socrates, who preceded him,
John Brown who came after him, or We
who ~criticise him no more a Saviour
than Socrates and Plato, who shine like
stars in the Pagan heavens, or Garrison
and Phillips who shine in ours to-day
all Of these men are in advance Of Jesus
in many respects. Jesus is the Christian
Juggernaut. In India, the devotoes
throw their bodies before the idol In
Christian countries. they PROSTATE thciI
souls before theirs and Jesus in his tri.
umphal car, drawn by his blinded follow
crs, encouraged by his priests, rides cvcl
ovei them. Don't 20 ducking and bow.
ing, %cringing and crawling, through the
world believing in nature, and sacrificing
to Jehovah believing in individuality ,anC
yet paying priests, and building their jos.
houses p
Does one say this is horrible? Ayes i
Is but it is the fatness OF the Spiritualisti
olive-tree. DO you say it is too horribl,
to be printed. But it is printed, and cir
culated in this community, and, | pre-
sumo read and received by many. For j
is the utterance OF a man who is a promi
nent lecturer among Spiritists, and who
regularly from Sabbath to Sabbath, ant
whenever he can, holds forth /,
audiences, who receive, and gloat ovel
such abominable blasphemies at these, anC
who was recently imported to this place
as the great oracle Of the late convention
Such are the poisonous virus of this deadl,
issue which som people call a 'heavenl,
blessing true Spiritualism and the like
Verify,
'In folly's cup still laughs the bubble joy.'
But where did this Denton get hi
sounding phrase, Soul Of the Universe,
and what is the meaning of it, and wha
mont &c n nai4r L. = .o..A.-Ln IN