St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-01-09
Spiritualism the Work of the Devil

Editor Of the HeraId Having read
in the HerGId of the Goth inst. the arti-
Gle headed The Spirit Land" | feel
impelled to write Just what think and
feel. Were | Il person who Judged
merely from observation and not from
practical experience my words might
have no weight \ few years ago when
plauchette WAS Just introduced into the
city of Boston. | purchased one and
commenced writing: wrote tiuently and
with perfect ease. | soon found plan
Ghetto was not sufficient for me. | took
my pencil and through mediumistic
influence answered all manner of ques-
tions. Then mental questions We're
asked me these | answered with re-
markablc facility. next tipped tables
made one follow me across the room.
| found myself becoming greatly inter
cStcd i'll Spiritualism attended several
SeanccS, talked with mediums. | then
became IL medium. made predictions.
was Influenced 10y an Indian spirit saw
my friends in the ''happy hunting
grounds. | would go into Il store and
the moment | saw il person would know
and feel that they were splltualists. III
order to prove my assertion Will quote
one incident that happened. \ friend
said to me one day. will You 90 shop
ping with me ," les" replied. We
entered store saw Il person whom
never before met. He spoke not one
word To. me- Something said to me
He is IL spirituali>t' Nonsense"
said to myself. However. to satisfy my
curiosity. said to him. ssh. feel You
IL ..N,l.,,,, - ,.,i1 hn
''Vuu are the first person who ever told
me that. | am and was among the first
in New England" Now |. as IL pr"tcs-
sol of religion. and one who knows
something about >prtnallSm. feel II my
duty to speak Il word for tlni>t and Ito
all in my power to break down spiritual
ism and tlamplc il i'll the dust. If Il
person desires to loose his mind and
send his soul to pcrdition. let him be
come il medium or Il believer ill spirit
ualism. How dare amy man publish
such circular Us that entitled The
Coming Man with the Warning Voice -
demnumcc it H. impinu> and hla>phcm-
Gus. Christ meyer has and He never
will work through any human being
who is Il medium or >pirltuall>1. 1t
i the devil and no other power Ill
heaven or on earth. | would rather
have Il friend of mine belong to any
sect on caIth-Jrw. Roman Catholic.
Protestant of ANY denomination than
become Il believer i'll ~pilituali>m.
The spirits will desert one: they are
not reliable: will not come when N"u
want them: hut Christ never triticS
With any human being. seek and We
shall find knock and il shall lee opened
unto You" No matter what may be-
our state of mind nl body if y" desire
Christ will he with Us and give us
strength 10 conquer. He has saved me
from >cllm" my soul To the devil
through Spritunli>m. Oh. my friends.
il Won knew how II shakes Vour faith
in the HOLY Bible. teaches Nnu tn look
upou Chii>t IL only Il very good nIan,
and wcnVcS Il net around You until Nou
alc caught in the snare and lost torcN-
rr. | know y"u would flee from it ~
from Il roaming lion seeking /" deVour
Nou. it This communicable can he
the mcan> at lcScjun" one precious hui
man hciu" from >pilituHli>m ANA lead
nm them Ia Jesus Christ it Will have
accomplished my purpose. - HoStoH
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