Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-08-15

4 organized dIfferently--sO the disem-
! bodied on aeeount OF these peculiarities
require different methods Of Demon
strating their presence to those ia the
/ form. Yet the tyro has the same right
J Of investigation as the learned scientist
or theological student that would place a
I barrier to inquirers by the egotistical as
sumption Of being confidential agent Of
/ the supreme intelligence, forgetting
that faliibility is written upon human
y pages, and no ultimate standard Of per-
/ lection can be fixed. Were the door
closed TO knowledge inertia and annihi-
lation might ensue. As there can be no
beginning to finite comprehension, il is
worse than folly 70 presume upon q
J finality of the NANTES alton OF mind
land matter These things are not
question Of morality but Of feasibility
of angels returning in human shape, 70
be recognized By friends. PTecOnceived
opinions, Bible texts and scientific
deliberations to the contrary are Of very
little import when the -
ALPHABET ''RAPs'i
out, events, time, date, etc, that no
one present knows until, by searching
for the proofs of the statements, finding
that g Something is wiser than the
physical beings that witnessed the phe-
nomena, Mystifying people by Bible
texts to falsify this source Of divine IN
teiligence, is Ike resOrting to the man
IN the moon to tell one when he is hum
CRY. Rational views viii not refUte
the testimony of millions Of living wit
nesses Of a truth nor rusty records that
are 50 mutilated by translatiOns that the
original can never be known. Instead
Of being ast9unded at the intelligence
displayed by the invisible commandments
from The spirit realms, the skeptic de-
mands first. truthfulness, not studying
the laws Of reflection and attraction;
because a man is dishOnOrable here, il is
no less proof that be Is q man in all par
ticulars; his honor does not involve the
question Of organization and capacity,
aud the same legitimate right to exist
ence belongs 10 an unprincipled being.
1t is our art Of detecting the virruOus
from the vicious that protects US here
and hereafter. IndOlence to shirk the
resp possibility, Of redeeming ourselves
from wrong which Is sin, and resting
upon the viii of cur neighboT, is the
greatest bane Of humanity. Self-knowl-
edge, founded upon experiment, is the
only escape from dOgmatie thraldOm.
II EOspel b2 pouu0cfs WUulu TEST LllS EHt-
soning, intelligent force, as did Professors
Hare and Napes, they might, like those
brilliant chemists, yield their vaunUed
learning to the modest pretensiOns of
truth that moved the5table, answering
questions beyond ordinary culture, after
a medium's hands had been placed upon
brass bells and zinc plates. Perceptive
theOlOgians acknowledge this spiritual
hypOthesis-bUt it is bad spirits, for the
pure cannot visit earth to cheer, to COM
fort, the weary and outcast. Yet, these
same consistent teachers are horrified if
an infidel distTusts Gods personal super |
vision in the petty affairs Of this world,
although the Author of all things could
do the menial service Of fighting the
battles Of his children, while the refined
cherubims and seraphims find more glO- |
riOUs recreation in singing praises in the
spiritual abode. on, ye hypOcrites!
ye can discern the face Of the Sky, but
cannot discern the signs Of the times.n