Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-26
TIE Tho Is.ra Stated.

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stration OF the trulhtulncss OF the charge inaac
by spirtlst, tha, they will stoop to any nihg
| low and contembtible to advance spisillsnl.
| This Splrtist in thu Banner OF Light OF May
/ %. 1863. says Cur people tSpirisls) are the
/ most illibcral and meaneet under the sun ID
The matter II spreading the gospel we profess
| SO soutly TO love. They run riot in all that Is
small, mean and butempiible," This is not
| the language Of an encmy Of spiritism, but an
advocate OF spirit Communication. DO not
/ make this charge, but simply state II DO as 10
| let the people see whether it is true or not
| Instead of MIR. b. Proving that his Spirltsm Is
right, be seeks 10 destroy my character anu
reputation by grosi personalities. were ~
! stDop to notice this unealled for abuse accord
| ing to the above ,tatemcnt another step IN
abuse would be taken. Personalities are NOT
arguments. lie tbSt engages IN these peiit'icS
| himself in the eyes VI the people. lhey octIay
lack OF common sense, and are far below the
notice OF a gentleman.
lie has been trsing to yindicate Minseh.
| OF what Spirltsm. How! by W!i'hS
basc personalities. And these persona 'iies ne
thinks vindicatc and clear him OF tbs char.e
Of departing from ihe teachings OF Inc chufch
| OF Christ This kind Of reasoning Is eSreslous-
| ly false, and dcmoslizing to the rcnsoncr.
| Again he says. lis conviction OF duty lmpeis
| him 10 this course. What courscf VI enter
! ing the columns ofthc TRIBUNE with abusive
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not Que word of which is true, and then calls
this ''yindicating myself" "Miserabilc dic'
| % What nexly
| According to Mr.. b., st. Paul had n recumf
state Of mind when he considered man her
etc and gave this charge "A man that Is
hereto after the irst and second admonitlon
reject" Mr.. B. would say pau, analyzc
| your mind, and sec ii you are capable OF Ioril-
| INK correct judgement OF their intellectual
status" Was Paul wrong, and did he have "a
peculiar State OF mind y Yes, says Mr.. b.
! He thinks ''othcrsnrc deluded and hcrities and
| deny the Bioc.o
! But if Mr.. Il. is wrong ''the Bible is to blame
! for it," Here is What he says, LET u. take
! the Bible alone for stand point, and then II
we nre WRONG we will have TO blame the Bible
for IT," This outstrips all The daring etirontcry
that ever saw or heard of. But this Is pro
| erosion. II he finds out by the Bible that he
! Is wrong, that his life Is Inconsistent with It's
teachings, that his doctrines are false, The BIZ
| bic |, to blame Tor IT," This j. u strange con
4, clusion but il is the end reached by ii 'sc who
] take reason alone as safe guide.
| The following Is related OF a "back.woods-
man or Mlchigander. Before starting into the
| dense pine forest he was prevailed upon 10 pro-
| cure a compass, so rs To be directed by II III inc
| painless forest when all other helps failed. In
| his journey he became lost and as directed ap'
peaed to his compass but to his surprise it
polliicu III u uiIcIcnt NTtCtloU h'ti tuS p1o nv
! preferred. Feeling that his prior convictions IN
regard to course were correct, he deter mined TO
| force the compass to harmonic with "hi, rca-
SON. So he took hold OF the index and made
| it point for north in the direction his reason
| said, but when he let 1t 20 it immediately re.
turned to its correct bearing. Enragcd and
heartily disgus,ed he FASTENED back to the
| shop keeper from whom he had purchased II,
saying "a axe this larnal thing, II is OF no use
to me, for when try to make 1t point to what
| | know is north, it will decide decide right
| around to the west" So when the word OF
| God, the true compass, con, nually points to
the pole star of truth in opposition 10 the pre-.
conceived opinions of Spiriiis,s, they throw 1t
| away TO the molcs and the bats eXcanng
The Bible is to blame for it The Bible is to
blame for it p"
| Mr.. h. seeks to prove that his reason Is suf'i-
cient guide, by the Word of God, and refers to
| the case OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, who, when he
heard that his kingdom had departed from
| him, that his dwelling shonld be with the
beasts, and that he would eat grass like oxen,
| became insane. or In other words his reason
was dcthroned for certain number Of days.
| And At the end of days hi, reason returned and
| he became once more rational being. Be
! cause forSooth Il man loses his reason and il re-
turns Ia him, therefore reason is safe or sutli-
cicnt guide, Is shockingly absurd and betrays
the want of iniormaliun. 1t betrays Ignorance
ness by nidel thought Yet b. would have us
understand that he is full of wisdom, that the
Spirits have illuminated hin with divine phil
osophy y to such an extent as 10 make him
look down with contempt and pour out his Vi
| tuperatons against the Mineral Point Spirillsts,
calling them low ignorant set with correct
principle. This is MIR. BIS "brotherly love
Tor his phtualist brethren.
Ii is said that Robert Dale Owen Of Indiana
went crazy ON hearing of the Katie King ey
posure,' and was placed in the asylum and b,
proper medical assistance his reason was again
restored to lis normal condition. 1t wonld bt
Illogical for any man to argue that his reason
was IA safe guide. Reason divorced from lht
Word OF God led Mr.. owen To believe in the
naturalization OF departed human spirits, and
it will lead its devOleeS into "A thousand Other
absurdiics. Reason itse { must have a guide
and that guide must be divine Revelation tn,
, Bible.
If We allow the Bible to direct us, we vii
not suffer the humiliation of being guled b,
the pretended revelations and lying words
OF modern Spritis;-.
We do not deny the Spirituality of the teach
ings OF Christ aud his Apostles and Prophets
Every Christian Minister believes and prcacbe
the Spirituality of the Bible. 1t is therefore
miserable >ubterfuge and reveals moral COW
ardice Ia hide behind the phrase christian 81
bic Spiritualisn"
The hciici IN Spiritism or the doctrine o
modern Spritists il n very different thing from
the bc'ict in The Spirituality of The Bible. Mod
ern Spiritsm, as we iud it to-day, versus th
| word at God "ie the true issue
VIII this be borne in mind The Charge o
Spiryi,m is fully sustained by Mr.. IS owl
words spoken both PUBLICLY and privately
Aud il may be truly said;
"AmidSt the mists and coolest frosts,
With barcst wrists und stoutest boasts,
He thrusls his fists agan5, the posts
Aud 'ot insists hu sees the ghosts"