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stn. Inc minuteness o. detail and complete |
ness Of description kiven Of Aseance BY Frank
0unneli before q delegation Of East Warrington |
ians, which Appeared In your valuable columns
last Monday, excited, no Doubt the admiration
Of that class Of persoas who devote their time
and attention 10 the mysteries OF sp,rltuallsm.
II IA an ainisbie weakness, Mr.. K litor, Of the
average American 10 BE- humbussed, and the
nineteenth century has produced q system,
which for fraud and social degradation exceeds
In quality and quantity the folly Of every pre-
vous age. I am acquainted with many East
wsshinRtonlans who OF late have given their
ms, % M S
nell and Who are ys, in quite d..cd condition;
M ses5s
partly 10 the ART by the Davenport brothcrs. fOr
he e,iincation Of my friends OF the delegation,
which have entertained IN regard to the sub
Any one acquainted with the prevailing spirit
o. OUT times VIII no, DENY that since ths Intro.
| 10 is4s w the Fox aisters Of Rochester, New
YORK, u has brought captive to lis shrine over
u ,ss o. ssen Gne
| appealing 70 their own experienced In eonnrmA-
| ton. Many OF the'briahtest minds IN the coun-
arc ss 4 PG1sS eS s:p:ss
ing the Deiphie cleft nlled man and beast with
turn e me pass Q, n',G we nm sns
| Of the heather nations. Among the Hindoos
there existed q superstlt,ous dcmonology, spirit
sSs sS ,Ss sSs
same. They had their statues Of Apollo, their
little eods who were eoeAallsd before The per.
foImssce o. any undertaking; they had their
An down through ne yI.,s q ,Ilss Y ersp,
along by ~ :,as q Car;,.,ss csnsn, being q.
tue skspticsi. But what IA IL but denonism,
| the necromancy End witchcrsp or familiar
spirits Of the ancient woiidf Men who re-
jec! CaIistlan,,N Who have no belief N
dun and consult her, Is Saul IN his iespc-
ration consulted tho witch OF kndor. But u It's
dsyS.sss were a., to seriously contemplate %,
directly opposed to the weil-beine Of society, 70
morality and religion, am sure they would place
themselves In position far from It's evil tcnden.
Giles. Ny object, therefore, IN presenting this
article IL 10 show and subsiantiste these charges,
i some whom ! know were at Master Gunnelr'
The political attitude assumed by spirituallsn
has never received that attention whicn Its cnsf
acter demands. "iet Us assume" says one o.
world feel that We arc no longer TO be trainplet
\ upon with lmpunity. Our design 10 TO crush
destroy and break IN pieces all existing forms o.
: government, and build form which shall be
4 iheocratic democracy. Every man will be HI,
own ruler, and his natural demands his highes
/ law" What Is this, Mr.. Editor, but . spirit 9
cal spiritualisin." at Is hardly 10 be suppose,
n that an enterprise so startling to the world o
the spiritual movement would have for It's gran,
! phenomenal exniblticns me great purpose !
J. Of much broader nature, and Of more thor
q oughy practical spirit. spirituAllsm !, IN
q therefore the mother Of nc states, and In tn
v Church aud state. II IA the purpose Of spiritual
q practical fanclons that they shall become pivot
e Of groups IN the coming new social order.
y Again: aThe next government which shall arts
I men.-God ruling !hrOash mediu.m'st'cc man"
!. This governmental theory is also unfoiied /
searching for the cause Of the preference give
n to a "theOcratlc governinent,"1 am pretty sur
q that we will be met by the examples In ancieu
n paganisin 81 supernatural Interference IN IN
= affairs OF state. me ofscles Of Delphi and
n DodenA were consulted by kings and etatt
ii before political movement was undertaken
nj through these oracles Satan ruled heather
NJ dom. Modern spiritualism wishes a political II
A. strument Of this kind, and In Its demand reyea
nj afiinllJ with the dlAbollsin OF antiquity. WI
u me sIsr oas v5o
~ opposed and prosecuted spiritual communion
n make any poor man rich In one day; make 81
%aa pSSs Sss s sss. NE 81
,,e make woe IN the human heart. or Jog or Ria
!" ness there" These are not extrAyasant clam
r. but come from spiritual authority, and cam,
~ be passed over with Iidicue. Every Judge al
a lawyer who has had dealings with spirttualls
,e knows that they believe In the subsection OF u
VI medium they perjufe themselves in court, W
or late contracts and defy tho law. This, then,
IN the spirit Arrayed against society, and strikes
g And sses, again, religion also Is to be s.u
I'll pated. SplhtuAlism rejects the divine Ruthohl
10. Of the scriptures. SUI is SONY the carting Q
y, strictly IN accordance with The will ani pcasu
y. Of God" Here Christ Is ignored. "No pers,
=. should rely upon any savior outside himse
II. Each and every man Is sayior-a god. Chr
,ss Ia no more the sou OF Col than was John Ho
M ard or George Washington The origin Of
le morality, the abutment Of oil order, the force
m and law, the source Of every good, Mr.. Editor,
n. faith In the existence Of a supreme beln
nd spiritualisn In rejecting Christ blots out his
membrnnce and presence from the world. g
an. spiTitualism perfect mauk 81,
lbe For other illustrations III the spiritualis
.hs code Of morality the Bdiu,s. " Light may be
,ed ferred to: "WUman must demand her freedo
ny, mr' her right to receive the same pay OF man;
right 10 have children when she will and
whom she will, &c.
Thus Is spiritualism arrtyed against soci,
and religion. Can 1t originate from any e
asst sourcef Ia not the assertion, Mr.. Editor, Il
in the spirits who hold communion with the iivi
nj. are departed friends? Is not such statemen,
ms palpable lief No human being, acting FROM
ar self, could counsel the practices, or proclaim
rds Teachings, which modern spiritnalism husl
not to counsel and practice. A reformed SPIT
uaiist Dr.. p. b. Randolph, says that ave OF /
fTiends destroyed themselves, and he himself
,,r tempted 1t by direct spiritual influence. hut
es, cense 70 this god Of spiriiuaiisni. Man bends
lge head to tho earth as his new heaven, and IN