The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-10-16


As the cherished phenomena, philo-o
|pkY ed eyea shq4qEzf HilIinao oi
Americans, called spiritaslisia was on
the evening Of Oct. 4th csi,icised b. the
Rev. ~. II. clage1f, in 3he l't.r6yter
ian palpit before u crowded sssdle ncs,
and = he disdsiDe4 IN the stsrt ~ dc
sire for cossroverst upon the ssbiect,
will yoh oblige Ms By publiehings de-
fense5 The clergy hnys nearly always
stood within their fort, the pulpit, and
shot at poor, weak, trembling sinners,
the hot she'll "f eternal wrxtl, and IN.
endisg despair, ,erusgh the part hole,
meyer wiling 10 o0MAOut into tie open
field of free scussIOn, within range Of
the enemies guns. So We have To Skin
mish around through the papers AMI sus-
tain new truth A. hest We can. They
seen ~ hsye two omniscea aAnd omni-
present ruloes termed CD I'D Satan,
and a. tho Batter has rsthsr 0ser-ruled
tho former in the wortt6ztepry. We
cannot mueh blame the for ahRifest-
ing 6jsesetS6n ~ the SdlS6g PAT u valOr.
Your only safety gentlemen is IN stick
ing to your forts until the last crust of
creed is devoured. Tn. earthaanhszef
spiritual phenomena il rumbiing be-
meath. | honor the heart Of Nj. Clsg.
gett tor acknowledging the cowardice
of hls head. fla told j. that vs. isdo6
did GOT CON istIi4 iSnSring or aenoahc5
ing soiritualisIn. that it il indeed pow
er in the land, claiming in America some
ten millions OF adhcreLts and rapidly in
creasing. and numbering many OF the
wlssst and best, such rs Owen, Edwards,
Garrison and Giddings IN the broad do
main OF inteiligeacs. A psrt Of the mas
ifestations he DECLARED to b tricksry,
and . pat toIbs genuine and spiitsd
10 their origin, bat, from Che devil. SiIe
said "spirituaIism Is plainly taught in
the bible. Angels take deep interest
in the affairs OF this world. Angels have
appeared in human form. Angels are
not dead mems spirits" II angels ap-
dear in, human tOfn and departed gmsp
appear IN human form Who can tell
whether they are angels or men? A man
wrestled with Jscsb all night aad he de-
clared he had AseSn God face TO face
"The Lord appeared unto Abraham in
tho plans of Msmre and 10. three men
stood by him: "And the men put forth
their hand and pulled Lot into the
house, ManOah's wife says "a man of
God came unto me, and the angel of the
Lord came unto the woman aud Manosh
said: ave shall surely die because We
have seen God" Did they see angel,
man Or..God, or the three in one like the
ortLordox Trinity? Moses and EIias
no admitted were on tho Mount of Trans
fguration, real man agels OF. departed
men. "Entering into the sepuIchre,
they saw young man sitting on the
right side" "beho!d two men stood by
them in shining garments" "behold two
men stood by them in white apparel"
Wers they departed men or angels
Who knows? Does Mr.. CIaggeti He
said there ID in the bible but one in
stance, that Of Moses and Elias. where
departed men sppeared. Rev. %: 50,
says: 81 John, saw Ihsso things and
heard them. And when 1 had hoard
and seen, fell down to worship before
the feet of the angel which showed one
these things. Thon said he unto me.
see thou do 1t not, for am thy fellow
servant. and of thy brethren tho proph-
ets. and. Of them which keep tho sayis 90
Of this hook; worship God" Waa TIA
angel . departed prophet o. it says? Il
80 then hr. Clsggstt doe mot read bis
bible very closely. Again "there we're
no mediums when angels appeared IN
bible times" How does he know that
Abraham. Lot, Jacob, Mrs Manoah and
jesus, James, Peter and John on tho
Mount were no mediums? Does no not
guess at it that he may carry his pointy
Docs he know that that prison cell in
which Peter was confined WAS in its
darkness no cabinet. and that
Peter was no msterinlizing medium?
How does he know Guessrs ut IT. Il
guess such was the case. Who is to do
eide when Doctors disagree? Does he
know that John was no writing medium
when pcnning tho Revelation He was
not there and people tell me sm gull.
Bile to believe in spiritual phenOmens that
happens thousand miles from where
Am. | accept testimony Of living wit
nesses; he goes back centuries to dead
ones, and that one only single Peter To
witness tho angel, and Paul TO record il,
and John I" witness tho angel, who sai0
that he wa. one If the prophets. Jesu.
seems to have had intercourse with an
gels, spirits, demons or departed men,
which ii true es,xhl,-hes hi. medium
ship. Saul on tho road t. Dumsscu,
,sw. tho light and hoard The, departed
man Jesus, thus showing Tint he was
both clairaudient and clairvuvant. The
speaking Of unknown tongues BY the |
disciples upon the day OF Pcn,cs.u.,. but
proves their mediumship. ~ hundreds
IF modern mediums do the same. The |
,asc Of SAnl and Samnsl wss the. fret
Dsanes sver held s1 q w. aot Samuel
but an evil spirit. II arose out OF the
,arth and good spirits come down and
svil ones come up" DR.. Adam Clarke |
says 1t was Samuel. Who knows1 Two
good spirits leaving earth. one NJ IL n.
he other at II p. ~. one would have
10 go straight through the earth 10 both
20 in the same direction, 50 perhaps |
Samuel wss on his trip down from
Heaven through the bowels If the earth.
Who know-, No guessing. What pur.
ported to be Samuel, told the truth, and
hat certainly is more than all do Who
attempt the destruction OF rpiritusii-m.
They go inside of cabinets and perform
heir vosders a ihe dssk." Couss IN.
;hristiAn, hos many asgelio sisitalsnsss !,