Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-09-11

and though it is there doubtless BY
the direction Of inspiration, yet it
is not the counsel of the Divine
Being. The DEVILS Judgment was
nearly always wrong, and DIR. G.'s
may be too. Because "A thing is of
God, that is no positive evidence
that 1t will prevail; and because a
thing Is OF man, that is no reason
that it will come to nothing. Chris.
tianity and righteousness are of
God. DO they prevail! Have they
everprovaifedf Pagonism, MOham.
mechanism, intidelity, and sin gener.
ally, are of men. Have they come
to naughtf And yet, Mt least six
thousand years have passed away
since. Sin was let loose upon the
earth. And things are so Hnfavora.
0le for the prevalence of the truth,
the Jesus says himself, with refer.
ence to the Second Advent: "When
the Son of Man comcth shall he find
faith on the Earth"
But Brother "Esual Rights calls
upon "Bro. Abifl,r-not to pray
but to "stand up and answer not
for his life; but some questions Oh
the Bible. Hear him: ado YOU
believe the angels visited, ate and
lodged with Abraham OF course
he makes him say yes. But my
dear brethren, YOU are both wrong,
for the angels did not lodge with
Abraham at all. There is no such
fact in the Bible.
But he goes on: BRO. .Abiff, do
you believe the story of Elisha and
/ the ravens "les," he responds.
! But You are both wrong again. For
there is no such story as that in the
Bible.
Bu; again: "Do YOU believe in
the story of Elisha and the bears."
OF course he does. Both wrong
again. we have no such Scripture.
But go on Bro. Equal Rights
with your class.
"Do You believe the story that
Moses turned back the waters of
the Red Sea- "Yes," SAYS Bro. A.
Wrong one time more. Moses new.
cr did this work, but God. See
Exodus xiv: 81, "And the Lord
caused the sea to go back by a
strong East wind, all that night
But once more.
"Bro. Abiff do you believe that
the light so suddenly shone around
Paul as to tear the scales from his
eyes" "Of course You do, and YOU
do welf.7 But again my brethren,
yon are wrong. There is no such
fact recorded of st. Paul in the
Book. Three days after the scales
had ben formed over his eyes BY
the intense light, they fell off at his
baptism by Ananias, see 9th of
Acts. Other plumbers of this kind
might be pointed ont, but let them
go, if there be more. Now, | fear,
Bro. Equal Rights" knows as little +,
about modern spiritualism, as he |
does about the Bible. But before
BRO. Abiff' takes his seat, I'll Just
ask him one question: Were any
of the spiritual manifestations of
the Sacred Record brought about
by esprit rappings," table tip. /
pings esprit circles" estate wri |
tinSs,' "cabinets,7 ''planchettes,"
"planchettc outdont," and such |
like!
Bro. y. looks at his master and
hesltates TO reply. Then ] will call +,
upon that young lady who has been
raised up to read her Bible every
day; who promptly responds, no;
and she answers correctly.
Bro. Equal Rights progresses,
however, with his pen, and gives us
the creed of spiritualism and men.
tlons about twelve or fifteen articles.
And yet, Mr., Efdridge. in your pa
per Of last April, 9th, says that
'Spiritualism has no treed.-
Now we fear our Equal Rights
brother has taken but the first and
second degree of this modern error.
which commences with a professed
belief in the Word of COP, and
then gradually drifts away from
from this divine citadel of strength
and safety, ont upon the darker
currents, hungry waves, and fright
full breakers of the most gross inf.
deity. And Yet, whether they
have taken only the first, middle or
highest degrees, they all claim to
be spiritualists and one vast body
in the land.
The spiritualists some time ago,
held convention at Chicago. They
claimed that the whole United
States we're represented there in
that gathering of delegate spirit
ualists- The notorious Mrs. Wood
hull was elected President. In her