Liberal Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1872-1???, 1873-03-08
A Lecture by Thomas Gales Forster, on
Sunday Evening. December I5, 1912,
at Apollo Hall, New York.

at Apollo Hall. New York.
My text may he found in the 18th
chapter and Goth verse of First
Corinthians: Now this | say breth-
era that Flesh and Blood can not
inherit the Kingdom of Cod" Most
persons in Christendom think that
Jesus Christ ascended in his material
body, Imposition founded on the
opinions OF people unscientific and
eredulons, and having a superstitious
feeling about the unk nown and obscure
Even, notwithstanding the enlighten.
ment of the age. it exists to great
extent. To this doctrine Of mater al
resurrection, Spiritualism is diametri,
cally opposed, as it is constantly
contrad'cted by natural aud scientific
phenomena The law Of the Universe
is one Of perpetual creation. Science
says that decay and death are imme
diate agents of the constructive
nature of which man is the apex of
all He holds magnetic relations to
both worlds. Man absorbs an impal,
pabIe substance from trees, animnls,
minerals and human beings He re-
tains the same character in Spirit life
as here The Spirit World is as much
condition as place. All thought
aud sentiment come from the Spirit
World. while the material substance
comes from the earth. The elements
are ever changing aud man chunges
Eighty per cent of the hun an system
il water, small amount m@re il Of a
mineral substance, "A small amount oi
nitrogen, oxygen, etc An eccentric
Frenchman, it is said. succeeded
in reducing aid concentrating the
remains Of his wife so a. to wear them
in hi finger ring Martyrs have been
turned at the stake aud the bodies al
m2ny msn have been changed thou.
aud times. How absurd is the matcli
ali-tic dra that the brain is the mind
Of man. There are three question that
may be put on this -uhlect
lsf. Is The thinking principle a
eutity?
~ l. it an intangible something :
Sd l. it the spiritual man with az
IDENTIFY Of its own?
If the latter. then the grand old |
,arth must he esteemed much more |
noble, anh this pro1iem of the rcsurrcc- !
ion is answered. Spiritual phenomenal
entirely overthrow our conceived ideas /
f immortality, aud prove that Flesh |
md blood can not enter the Kingdom
If Heaven II comes so clear aud |
,eautIful that earIhs children can
almost realize the spirit world On the I
,ther hand Theological teachings have |
,ecn so exceedingly indefinite aud dark.
hat doubts and gloom have been spread |
,ver mankind. The Ofhudox dugma~
IN the snbjcct are but little else than a
splendid failure Spirtualism proves
hat the law regulates both worlds, and
hat the spirit life is but continuation
,f this, not death. High aspiration
noble duties and love are beautiful
nhuence for his future exalfation.
Flesh aud blood were formed for the /
lses Of this world and hence would /.
prove au et cumberance in the next.
This real Intangible being at death
carries life, sensation and love. 1t has
been said, that if Jesus did not rise
with his body. how was it? | may
ask, how cid he appear among them
when the doors were closed 7 John !,
sPys that Jesus rose to Heaven with |
his body. Paul says, flesh and blood |
carnot enter tie Kingdom of Heaven
M evident contradiction. Paul was
more a logical writer than John.
explains many points OF
the New Testament, such as the
opening the doors of Peters prison
and many other things. When
clergymen contend that Spiritualism
IS false, they prove too much, for it is
the only proof of many of the Bible
facts. Spiritualism teaches that the
spirit hods subordinate all con itions
through which it has passed. The
snirik in an infant aap ac,roal,, oorn |