The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-12
GhegntelIiqettrer
4 Former West Val Clergyman
who has Received Light.

ucllNcIe" " 'hS AeSN' AHHothy ~ 4UIiVli
formerly Of Fairmont and still later ol
Moundsyille in this State. The subject
matter of the lecture is thus announced
at the head OF the report; Spiritual
ism indicted with motion to quash."
II is gotten up in quasi legal style and
sc,s ont with certain counts made up
from extracts from the sermons OF Tai
mage and other clCrgymen against Spirit
ualisnl. These counts the reverend
Timothy proceeds to argue and dcmol-
ish, one by one, after the style Of an &C.
clcsiastical lawyer (which he is) until
he finally wins magnificent victory in
favor Of SpirituaIism,
We knew Timothy Of old, fte was a
poor specimen Of humbug when he lived
at FairmOnt and Moundsvillc, and
preached and edited at those points, He
now informs the world that he had u sIs-
picion he was in the wrong business, not
only in the days to which We allndC, but
for the twenty-five years in which he was
in the ministry. We quote from his re-
marks on this head Us follows;
"Somc one might ask the speaker how
ii caule to pass that he was in the minis.
try twenty-five years before he discovered
tho contradictory nature Of his creed. lie
did find ii out long before, but when he
asked the elders Of the church they had
told him not to trust reason, that Il was
liable to be mistaken; he must ascribe all
such seeming discrepancies to the 'mys-
terry Of godlincss.' Look here, young
man, they said, you are beginning to be
an inillel; you had better go and pray In
secret And he did, but the more he
prayed the more he failed to sec the cor
reciness Of the position Of his church, and
the ground he stood on to-day, opposed
a. il was to that church, was the result Of
his earnest Thought and praycrful medi-
tation." [Applalse.l
The Rev. Timothy Is now engaged In
propasating the Gospel according to An
drew Jackson Davis and other leading
apostles Of spiritualism. He finds 1t
much more consistent with reason than
the ministry In which he has lately en-
gagged. lie never could feel sure Of the
ground he stood on when he was Meth
olist preacher, but he knows all about
his footing now. lie became an inlidel,
at least doubtcr, in regard to the mira
Clcs Of Paul and Peter, but II has been his
privilege, "in his own personal expert
ence, to see duplicated many of the mira
clcs OF both the Old aud the New IcsLa-
ments in his sday md generation" We
Judge from his lecture that brother TimO-
thy has had wonderful Spiritualislic cx.
perienccs. lie tells lis that "ln the same
manner in which Samuel COnvGrsed with
Saul through the presence Of the woman
of Endor, Judge Mcdonald, and other
spirit friends, lad frequently cOmmnni-
Gated with the speaker" meaning himself,
We presume he does not mean TO say that
he received any such OminOus messages as
Saul received through the famous Witch
Of Endor. We all know that Timothy Il
too much Of saint to receive my such
communications. Not only has he had
experiences Ia Saul, but also like tho
prophet Elijah. Here iSwllat he says OF
this point;
ale had seen the spirit writing Of The
prophet Elijah duplicated In presence o
DR., Slade, nj. his Office in New York City
where deceased relative had in full
light transcribed upon u slate letter
filled with kindness and good cheer. The
leading difference IN the cases was only
that while Ell jah had been dead seven
teen years when lie wrote to Jehoram
the man who wrote 10 him had been de-
ceased some twelve years. Look nt that
slate, said DR.. T., holding II up to the
audience. 1t Is only common school
slate; II was never out Of my possession
during the whole time, and yet In the
process Of the sitting this message was
written upon II by no mortal hand. nm
willing to go into court aud swear that to
the best Of my knowledge and belief
that communication il in the handwrit-
ing Of my brother who died twelve years
ago. The message recorded land which
Dr.. Taylor Ind caused to be defended
from Grasure by the subsequent insertion
of glass plate in the frame) reads rs
follows:
ITcpo follows n letter from "Johnsou
r,.iasD y y aLsa,t,osot,hn ioo,nros,s...nro oI
'"F' "nf"'.'' VI '"u 'Ve'"'o' .'.', I ~ "
the StereoIyPed sort 'llat every Oouy IN,
read, and just as common place ana
meaningless us nlne''en!ilS oil "'' sueI s,,s,
communications generally are e'll
brother timothy cou.a zee passages u
great Significance III tie IeI.er' fOr III
stance, when he was told 10 go ON go on
angels Will help you 10 40 .he goou xOtk'
lie was wei satisfied 'n"' "nse,' "a0
helped MN 10 20 " gFsas wo.ki 'la' ~ =, y. y
ABOUT .ne country a." sP'". W. "' wv
ing. Inc PROOF oL 'I'ls ,a was ','"' ,,..,.,
Mhen ne iSl. ..s,n 'ne n'.I'S t ;V,nncs % I iIa
% ,Saif n Sovstiy W came ] 10 bis IlooF. lte had No