The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-18
A Christian spiritualis..


A Christian Spirituaiist.
We have note from an estimable lady
Of the city, one for whose many good
qualities we entertain a high respect, en-.
closing US an article from newspaper
headed thus: "Christian spiritualism.
zone hundred reasons why | an Chris
"tian spiritualist." This article would
make over n column in the INrELLloEN-
GER. 1t gives but twenty Of the one
hundred reasons announced in Its head
lines, remarking at the close, however,
that the others will follow in.succeeding
issues Of the paper. We should be glad
to crafty our respected correspondentby
publishing these reasons in full, as per-
souaf favor to her, for we believe in,
her sincerity when she writes us that
she thinks their publication will do
good. We are sure she. aims 10 do good
in all her words and work, and yet, with
all due respect to her. We think that
portion Of the twenty reasons contained
in the article, will do us much good, per-
haps more, than il we should reproduce
all Of them. This, OF course, is as muLh
as to say that we do not attach the same
Importance to them that she does.
Some Of these twenty reasons are as
follows. We quote here and there from
the schedule before us:
lam Christian spiritualist, because |
believe that God is q spirit and must be
spiritually worshiped. ,"For God is a
spirit; and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and in truth
John 4:24.
am Christian Spiritualist, because
believe that I will soon be a spirit in the
world of spirits. "For the spirit shall re-
turn unto God who gave it."-Ecc. 12T.
lam Christian Spiritualist because
believe the gospel OF Christ is the same
spiritual gospel in this day, it was in
Christ's day, without one word Of all It's
miraculous signs or wonders having pass
ed away. "Heaven and earth shall pass
away; but my words shall not pass away"
Mark 1881.
lam Christian spiritualist, because !
believe that in obeying all the commands
Of Christ, we do all the wonders, signs
and miracles that he did, and sometimes
even greater works than he did. "Verily,
verify, l say unto you, he that believeth
on me, the works that do shall he do al
30, and greater works than these shall he
do."-John l4:l2.
l am Christian SpititualisL because
/ believe that the true gospel Of Jesus
Christ Is accompanied with all the signs
and wonders in this day, as it was in the
days OF Christ and the Apostles, and that
il is precisely the same gospel in this
day, Il was eighteen hundred years ago,
and that wonders signs and miracles are
no less the religion OF Christ in this CEN
tury than they were in the FIRST century,
and that not one word Of his commands
has ever perished or been repealed, nor
will they ever become abrogated or pass
away, but that true Christians must con-
tinue to teach whatsoever Christ COM
manded unto the end Of the world or unto
the end Of the ages. Teaching them to
observe all things whatsoever l have COM
manded you; and 10, am with you al
ways, even unto tho end OF the world
Matthew 1920. ... t' --
lam Christian Spiritualist, because
believe that the religion OF Christ Is
religion full Of signs and wonders, every
miracle Of which i full OF love and hap
piness from God and the angels to the
children Of men, and that signs and won
ders will follow all who truly believe the
gospel. "For they went forth and preached
everywhere, the Lord working with them
and confirming the word with signs fol-
lowing. Amen v-Mark 1G:20.
am Christian Spiritualist, because
believe that the dead are raised from
the natural body into the Spirit world or
Paradise, lust as Christ was on the day
He died, as He told the malefactor on
the cross that He would meet him IN
Paradise that day; and that the spirits
Of the dead can return 10 earth the same
as Christ did, and appear TO and talk
with the living just as He did. after
wards He appeared unto the eleven as
they sat at meat and upbraided them
with their unbeIief and hardness OF heart,
because they believed NOT them which
had seen Him after He was riSen."-
Mark 2Gl4. ..rl. .I'eW
| am Christian SpirituAlist because
believe that the resurrection takes place
like that Of Christ Immediately at death,
that the spirit Of every one At death 10
Tesurrected into the world Of spirits, or
Paradise, in the very same manner
Christ himself was, and can come back 10
earth the same as Christ did. For he
vent before and opened up the way for
al our race. He preached TO the spirits
IN prison, proclaimed liberty to the cap
itiyes, opened the prison doors Of death,
liberated the Spirit world, and came back
% earth a triumphant conqueror over
death, hell and the grave.
am a Chriaiian spiritualist, because
| believe that our resurrection will be
Just like Christ's resurrection, that We
Will not have TO wait unto the end oil the
world for our resusrection, but like
Christ, as soon as we leave the body we
Will ge into Paradise, the Spirit-world,
and like Christ return at pleasure. For
he is our. resurrection, and our life:
And We shall also be' In the likeness ot
his resurrection. GFor II We have been
planted together in the Likeness OF his
aeath we ShGll be also In the likeness OF
his resurrection. Roman 5:6. ~
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