The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-11-29
speelal 10 the s.. Louis GIohe-Democrat. ]

4 TIERS CITED N SUPPORT THEREOF
Special to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
E New YoRK, Nov. 1.-THE sermon
: preached by the Rev. DR.. j. H. New,
t man at the Madison Avenue Congrega.
tional Church last Sunday has excited
: considerable comment His subject
was ''Do the Dead Return Z? the ser.
] mon being one OF a series on the immor-
tality of tie soal. He took the posi-
ton that the spirits of the dead inhabit
: an invisible world aud that communi-
cations are received from them.
Dr. Newman, in conversation to-day,
said:
''There has been a belief in spirits
} among all nations, and that there is an
: intermediate state has been almost uni
versally believed In Bible times the
two worlds met. There was cammuni-
cation between them as there is now
| between New York and London-not so
frequently, of course. If spirits exist
the question comes as to what form they
have. In the first place, l say that
wherever there have been appearances
The spirits have been in human form
It is physiological fact that the human
soul is co-extensive with the nervous
system. If you take away every
thing from the body but the nervous
tissues you still have LETT the human
form. Death is the
EVOLUTION OF THE SOUL
out of this system of the human body"
''Do you believe in communication
with departed spirits 2"
Nothing is more clearly taught in
the Bible. Not less than FIVE persons
are recorded there as having returned.
Christ had pre-existence during the
three days intervening between His
death and resurrection. His spirit is
represented as being absent from the
body. First He visited Paradise, for
he told the thief on the cross that He
would meet him there the day of His
death. Then he went to Gehenna, for
he preached to the spirits who afore-
time were disobedient. The scriptural |
record is in 1st Peter, iii, 19. There is |
no doubt some accepted his teachings |
This is pre-supposed by the fact Of His
preaching to them. He then returned |
to the earth, and is to return again"
"Was Christ in the flesh rthe spirit,
in your opinion ?"
"After the resurrection He took up
His body again, but it underwent a
transformation before His ascension.
Then there are the cases of Samuel,
Moses and Elijah. Moses represented
the disembodied spirits, and returned
after an absence Of 1900 years; Elijah
representing the embodied spirits, was
translated, you know, and returned
after 1000 years"
"What was their mission?"
"They were evidently
COMMITTEE OF TWO
sent from the spirit world to inquire of
Christ whether he felt himself compe-
tent to make their heaven permanent
by his death on the cross. They were
familiar with this world. They knew
where Christ was, on what mountain
top he was praying. They knew he was
to die in Jerusalem, a future event"
"Did you make use of PauPs case in
your argumentY"
Eyes. That is another example.
Under the law of levitation he was
caught up to the third heaven and
heard, as he says, things not lawful for
him to utter. He came back and lived !
20 years after this event. 1t was to him
the inspiration of his ministry, and en-
abIed him to endure martrydom He 9
is the only man that ever longed for
death. He knew all about it. He had
been there" &
"What do you think of Swedenborg's
heories ?"
"There can be no doubt that he is a
correct in his assertions that the /
spirits of his friends came to him
md communicated with him. There are t
many cases where there seems to be e
his communication of spirits When j
he father of the eloquent Buckmin- g
ter was dying in New Hampshire he v
,uddenly exclaimed: v
MY son IS DEAD :,
His son did die at that very moment \
n Boston, l buried precious woman Il
few years ago. Her son was in Iowa. Il
While blowing in field he Suddenly r,
topped, and said that his mother was I
lead. The young mans father, who is b
mathematician, made calculation, C;
nd found that the death and the inn j.
'ression received by the son were coin a
ident in point of time to the moment" tC
Chow did you get this information ?"
"FrUm the father and son. | know is
hem both WE'LL" b
In what way do you account for the ci
of such intelligence 7" tC
''The mothers spirit may have COM fo
1unicated it to him. / have had sew b.
raj remarkable instances of similar W
haracter to those | have cited in my es
wn Iife" &C
''Do you believe in verbal messages :"
'om the spirit world, as well as spirit st
IMPRESSIONS ?" al
stepping away from things necro- nj
lantic, and things of that sort, there at
re persons, I believe, who are messen- eN
ers to the spirit world" be
by what means do they come into I'll
ossession of this power ?" al
Faith is condition. These persons of
lGIu luCuS6iNHS u tue IuuuGuCS VI LII
hers, and through them, by consent ha
lg and of
EXERCISING FAITH, b
ay receive communications" of
''Is moral character condition r.
''Bad spirits may communicate al
trough bad persons" ~ an
'sDo you believe in the theory that 70
le spirits of the dead are familiar with
le condition and acts of the living?" th
Just as the angels rejoice over a re- to
entant sinner, our dead friends are
.miliar with our condition and are our ev
A great army of evil alb
,irits are the companions Of the wicked re
Thile it is beautiful to celebrate All wi
oufs Day in praying for the dead, it is be
wonder to one that nothing is said of tic
le dead praying for US, which is a is
.eat Bible truth. It is stated in Rev 10
afsov.s fLaf 4o y,,-a xE1,se ~ ., :