Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-18

An anonymous correspondent in the Swift
County Advocate, under the nom de plume
of "Delta," takes umbrage at our stigma
tiZing Spiritualism as a "humbug," and
considers it "shows a want of moral cult
vatiCn" on our part, and also gives good
evidence of our ''adhering to the doctrines
of Thos. Paine, Voltaire, and other atheis
tic celebrities" We do net usually notice
anonymous communications, and do not in
this instance depart from the rule, to at
tempt to argue the point with Delta" for
we know that 10 logic would make the
least impression on the brain Of u person
who is so simple minded as to be hood
winkcd by this absurdity. "Deita" quotes
scripture to prove his assertions, and We
presume also to give this ism a tone Of re-
spcctability Acts 2, 1918; Heb -, % -23;
1st Cor, all Of 18th Chap; Rev. %, SO,
are quoted, but we, through our line Of
reasoning, can see nothing in the scriptures
that will sustain Spiritua!ism in any Of its
claims. The passage from Acts, alludes to
Cast days" Now, does "Delta" recklessly
nsinuata that these are the latter days of
mankind and the world? Why, to us, it
appears that the simple facts Of Spiritual
ism and SEiritualsts prove that the world
is in its infancy and mankind in their swad
| ling cloths. Now, take 1st Cor, 18th
| Chap, it speaks of Spiritual Gifts Now,
! If ''rclta's" beliefs or rather ideas, are
! strengthened by sentences where the simple
/ word spirits occur, We would advise him to
| purchase liquor dealers ledger, and keep
| it as s nursing bottle from which to draw
/ sustenancc for his notionalitics. References
to certain passages Of scripture to sustain any
belief, allow great latitude i'll argument, for
all thinking minds place their own Construc-
ton Oh sentences and passages, and were
people to accept either our or Delta's trans
lation, they would do an injustice to thou
sands whose views are as worthy of con-
sideration, and as much at variance as we
sincerely trust are ours and those who en-
tertain similar notions with Delta. The
trickery and jugglery of the Humes, Foxes,
Davenports, ct al, throw shade Of suspi-
Cion on the leaders, and leave the inference
that their followers are simply dupes. No
revelations of the spirits (?), and nothing
that has emenated from the spirit land (?)
is in the least wonderful; indeed the say
ings attributed to the illustrious dead arc
unworthy of them, in fact not even com
mon sense. If we take one passage OF
scripture, we must reconcile its utterances
with the thoughts contained in every
other relevant passage. It is nonsense
TO shoot off at a tangent with one sim
pie idea; if the Bible is true in one par
tcular chapter, or one solitary verse OF
sentence, it is also true in its entirety. II
we cast aside one sentence, we must rejec
the whole. We will take it that the Bible
; is the word of God, that unerring source oi
all truth" and refer delta" to 1st Cor, II
o: But as 1t is a0ritte1o, eye hath not seer
nor ear heard, neither hare entered intt
the heart Of man, the things which Got
hath prepared for them that love Him.
Again, Isaiah lv, 5-17: "For behold ere
! ate new heavens and new earth: and til
former shall not be remembered, nor com
into mind" Also, Psalms CIV, II: "Th'
) dead praise not the Lord, neither any tha
: go down into silence" Also, 1st Cor. ii
2 s to II. We might go on for a week, bu
as we previously asserted, so far as Delta
, is concerned, we consider it a waste o
: space and time. Our only reason for nc
D ignoring the matter is, we object to seen
the Bible misrepl and in hands Ill
! able to appreciate its blessed teachings
4 There are no instances on record of commu
4 nication with disembodied spirits.