New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-12
DR.. .NEUMAN 4 SPIEITU4LIST
HE Avows HIS BELIEF IN COMMUNICATIONS FROM
THE SPIRIT WORLD.

he AVOWs HIS BELIEF IN COMMUNICATIONS f"oN
THE SPIRIT WORLD.
The sermon preached by the Rev. DR.. ). L.
Newman az the Madison Avenue Congregational CAuIcn
last sunday has excited considerable comment. HIS
plect wa "Do the Dead Return 2" the sermon being
one of a series on the Immortality OF the soul lie TOOK
the position that spirits OF the dead inhaolI an III
visible world and that communications are receNeu
from them Dr. Newman i conversation yesterday
with a TRIBUNE reporter said:
.TAere has been belief IN spirits among nearly all ma
toDs and that there is an intermediate state has been al
most universally believed. In Bible times the TWO worlds
met There communication between them a. there Is
now between New-York and London-not so frequently,
of course spirits exist the question comes as TO what
form they have In the first place say that wherever
there have appearances the spirits have been In
human form Ii is ply OlOgical fact that the human
soul is coextensiye with the nervous system II you
take away everything from the body but the nervous
tissues you still have left the human form Death Is the
evolution OF the soul out of this system OF the human
body"
"Do YOU believe in a communication with departed
spirtsr
"Nothng1s more clearly taught in the Bible. Not
less than five persons recorded there as having re-
turned Christ had persistence During the three
DAYS intervening between His death and resurrection
Ills spirit is represented absent from the body First
He visited Paradise no old the thief on the cross that
He would meet him there the day of his death. Then
He went TO Gaheuna for He preached TO the spirits who
"atoretime were disobedent" The Scrpura record Is
IN l. Peter ill., 10. There Is no doubt some accepted HIS
! teaching. This presupposed by the TACT OF hls
preaching to Them He then returned to the earth ana
| is 10 return again.
Christ i'll the flesh or the spirit IN your oplhoh
| after the resurrection"
He up His body again, but 1t underwent trans
formation before His ascension Then there are the
| cases Of samuel, Moses and Ejah Moses represented
| the dis,mOOGied spirits aud returned after
an absence OF 1000 years Elijah, representing the en-
bodied sprits-he was translated you kho"-Ielurhed
| after 900 years"
| "What was their missionP
"They were evidently committee OF two sent from
the spirit world inquire ot Christ whether lie let nun
self mt to make their heaven permanent by His
death the cross. They were familiar WIN Wis WOrld
| they Knew where christ was; what mountalntOp be
was on praying; tAey knew that lie was 10 do III JeIu-
Did Won ua Ike use OF Paus in your argumentP
| Yes, that is another example. Under the law OF
deviation he caught UP 10 The thlId Heaven ana
heard, says lings not lawful oi hl 10 uter' ne
eau, nacA ana lived twenty years after this event IL
was TO inspiration Of his ministry and enabled
ever longed lor death He knew all about it, lie had
.What do YOU think of swedenborg's theoriesi"
There be donot that ne Is correct ID ms asser
lions tnat spirits OF his friends come 10 MN ana
communicate win MIN. There are many cases wncre
there seems ~ be this communication OF spris WHen
! New Hampshire he suddenly exclaimed: My son is
dead! His did die al that very moment ia b0sto
"a
son was in Iowa Wliie plOughng III hed ne suddenly
stopped and SAID that his mOncr was dead Tie young
mans father VINO Is mathematician mdue caicuId
uouaDd found that the death and the impression re
Ceyed by the son were cOIucIuIH1 III punt =" ' " '"o
| How did you get this eyidenceW -
.From the fa her and son. know them both well"
"In way do you account Tor the trahehies!oh vi
| such intcliigcnceF ..., a.. .
HIM have had several remarkable Instances o. SIM
Br character those nave cIted III my own ne
do you believe in verbal messages rom 'he spirI'
| MD uX.II mir
| "stoppng away from necTomancy ana thlnR'
of sort, there are pcisOns,I DrcNe, WIN dio OS
| seugers OF the spirit world 80,
by means do they come into possession OF thir
pOweri' -,
Faith is a condition These persons yield themselves
to the influence Others through Them by cOnstntlng
and exercising faith, may receive communications
| " Is moral character "a condition.
| Bad spirits communicate through bad persons
DO you believe III the tncOIy that the spirits OF the
dead iaDiuar with the condition aud acts OF tine liy
mgr
sJust the angels rejoice over a repentant sinner
dead friends are familiar with condition, and
companions great army Of evil spirits are
COMPANIONS Of the wicked While IT beautiful To
celebrate All souls Day III praying FOR the dead II IS
wonder that nothing said Of the dead praying
for us, which 10 great Bible truth. 1t II stated IN
Revelation that the prayers " saints precious
| incense ascending from golden censers."
els IL unusual for clergyman 10 declare his be
! lief In the communication OF splrsf
eli is exceptional Tor u take up the subject and
treat il gIcaIy and phlOsOphcay. Many cicrgymeI
sneak OF the Of spirits In sentimental way
| ana Tor rhetorical elect
MAY they do this ana YET not Deicye III Spiritual
"Tney 90 wrong II they do"
"HOw long have you entertained your theories on thi
subjectP