The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-12-03
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 o2. NEWMAN A sPIRITuALIsT
 New York Tribune
 P a,' Newman na at hs xsoss ss sstenee ss gregational church last Sunday. has ;ed considerable comment. His sub = was: Do the Dead Return.- The se non being one of a series on the im- 2z.ahty of the soul. He took the posi- . 2 that the spirits of the dead inhabi, : invisible world and that communica- :s are received from them. Dr. New sr-2. in conversation yesterday with a
 7nrs reporter. said:
 There has been a belief m spirits lng nearly all nations. and that there - intermediate state IS almost uniyer- =. believed In bible times the two Natids met There was communication S= seen them as there Is now between \ =v York and Loadon-not so frequently. ai curse. If spirits exist the question .oaes as to what form they have In the -: place say that wherever there have ee-a appearances the spirits have been in
 .an form. it IS physiological fact :r- =. the human soul Is co-extensiyc with .es nervous system If you take away sTy;hing from the body excep, the ner-
 -s tissues. you still have left the human T. Death IS the evolution of the soul of this system of the human body
 Do you believe in communication q epaBed spirits.''
 Nothing IS more clearly iaugh, m the
 .e. Not less than five persons are re- s.iAl -hara
 Il pre-existence- During the three ts intervening between his death and .s2rec;Ion his spirit Is represented as sent from the body. Firs; he visited 7A- adise. for he told the thief on the cross IT.: he would meet him there on the day 3i ais death. Then he went 10 Gehenna.
 he preached 10 the spirits who 'afore- ;.@e were disobedient. The scriptural = ord Is Tn l. Peter. iii. r9. There is no aea abt some accepted his teaching. This 2resupposed by the fact of his preach ' to them. He then returned to the e-:h and Is to return again.
 Was Christ in the flesh or the spirit, our opinion, after the fesuFFeetien:s,
 He took up his body again but il un- aefweH; transformation before his as -s1sion. Then there are the cases of S41uei. Moses and Elijah. Moses rep 7e ea,ed the disembodied spirl,s and re- .--ned after an absence of 800 years [ ah represented the embodied spirits -fe Was translated, you know-.e,nrned q 900 years
 What was their mission:-
 They were evidently a committee of sent from the spirit world to inquire ,.h la (uf. -s-. 10 make their heaven permanent by death on the cross. They were ia Lar with this world they knew where Ctrist was: what mountain-top he was on aying they knew he was to die in s-usalem-a future event"
 Did you make use of Paufs cause in yo.r argument
 Yes. that IS another example. Under .-e law Of levitation. he was caught up to third heaven and heard. as he says. |: 1gs no; lawful for him to utter. He -1le back and lived twenty years after :s event. l, was to him the inspirati on oi his ministry, and enabled him 10 en- re martyTdom. He IS the only man :; :; ever longcd for death He knew all 4sout Il. He had been there"
 What do you think of Swedenborg's j eories:"
 There can be no doubt that he Is cor .e IT his assertion that the spirits of his :; ends came to him and communicated h him. There are many cases where ere seems to be this communication of sa r;,s. When the father of the eloquen, ackminster was dying in New Hamp-
 -e he suddenly exclaimed: My son IS .1 H. .L-. e,ii ia Boston. buried precious wo- -l a few years ago. Her only son was :, .o~a- While blowing in field he 4denly stopped and said ;ha, his moth- : ~as dead. The young mans father,
 was mathematician, made a calcu- -..on. and found that the death and the 1pression received by the son were CO., ,ldeni in point of time to the moment.
 How did you get this evidence
 From the father and son. l knew :-em bo.h we'll
 In what way do you account for the . -nsmission of such intelligence =
 The mothers spirit may have com Q inicated ii to him. have had several remarkable instances of similar char z-;er to those have cited in my own fe-
 Do you believe in verbal messages from the spin, world as well as spirit im- 1-ession
 Stepping away from necromancy and :t.ngs of that sort, there are persons. oeiieve, who are messengers of the spirit orid"
 By what means do they come into 7ossession of this power ?
 Faith is condition These persons cid themselves to the influence. Others rough them, by consenting and exer- sing faith, may receive communica- ssonso
 -Is moral character a condition F'
 Bad spirits may communic ate through I'd persons.