, 1875-01-03

conditions for true spirits to work ia. Nov, II
man vent there ut all. sid the relation is true
one OF the above csuses prevented the usua
control and result.
Jesus Christ was
DEPENDENT UPON CONDITIONS.
In certain place it is said Of Him in the Cos
pels, HE could not do many mighty works, bo
| cause Of their unbel:ef." Again, when the unbc
levers were testing Hin bY asking for sigr
from Heaven, BE absolutely refused to give one
/ Does this refusal prove that He could not give
= Elgn and that he was pretender or hum
| bug, or that he understood their ineinccsity apG
malicious motive. sna that He would not gratify
] anch ruockeTY? think it ia the latter; and il
| 1t unworthy In modern medlumn to follow the
| example of tho Great Teacher?
| Again, The TRIBUNE has d column from tho
Boston Globe, Of another character, about a
young man who went to = dark seance at Mrs.
Asrdy's, SAW what transpired, with no objection
to it. went home, and claims he can do in the
light what is done in tho dark at Mrs Hardy's,
and pretepds to doit.
THIS Is TOO THIN AND WEAK
to reply to or critloise. It is only the g1ossest
ignorance OF all Spiritual manifestations or ip-
tetligence that can eive ans, weight to this pre-
tondsd exposure. 1t Ia lighter than feather
Suppose he did do something III tho light SINH
lar in the minds of oppossrs. Does that prove
Mrs. Hsrd5 hunabug or doceiver?
Does The TRIBUNE recollect that Moses par
formed wonders. under Gods direction aud as-
sistance. before Pharaoh, King of Egypt ana
that PhaTaoh's magoiuns aud sorcerer9 did the
same thing? When Moses made frogs come up,
the naeicians did tile same thing: goof the lice;
30 of the roo becoming serpent: 30 Of turning
wafer into blood.~ Does thus prove Moses and
Aaron deceivers and 1umbuGs2 Is it not Won
derful that intelligent people will strain ut gnat
(spirit-manifestations Of these days). and
SWALLOW THE CAMEL,
in tho Bible wonder1,-the story Of Samson, OF
Jonah, Of tho flood, OF Elijah and Enoch, Of
Elisha and the forty bears?
Based upon tho two anonymous articles re-
ferrcd to, taken from the New York Herald and
Boston Globe, The Tn1Du:;E contains an editorial
Of nearly column. The writer. assuming the
truth OF the articles, makes Spiritnalists, aud
those seeking tor the truth, idiots and fools. 1t
says:
In tho light Of such revelation. a. these It does not
seem possible that any one can bs left eble enough
to be taken IN by them and vet Of this de-
scription matters Of daily and nightly occurrence
in Chicago and all over the country, and there
edge and general culture, who ready to swallow
the performances Of thess ncdiuma and accept them
1s unaceountab!e, If not as genuine Spiritual mani
fesattons. Such testimony ought to be sufficient
sink the whole buainaas Of out Of sght
forever.
'such teatimony!" What sort OF testimony
is that OF anonymous writer's, who dare not give
their names or Residences 7 What Ii 1t worth
Nothing but
THE pRoFoUSDE5T IGNORANCE
OF the Spiritual philosophy, backed by the dark
est preJudices, can give credit 20 zuch anopy-
nous testimony, against the testimony OF many
Of tho best minds and wisest persons OF this
city, country, and Europe OF the present day.
I app1ehend thar TnE TRIBUNE man has neyer !
investigated spiritualiskn much and, il he has,
it # as with 3 spirit OF prejudice, desiring to |
prove it false, and not honestly seeking truth. |
Tho Bible Gays, '' Seek and ye shall tind." Gen |
orally, persons find what they seek for. Now,
would it not be wiso to adopt tue suggestion Of /!
one Ut tho oprosera OF Paul: If this be OF |
God, il will stand; il not, it will fall to tho
ground Z" T. NcH.dQNp, I