Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-27
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spiriiism Means Deyilism.

Spiritism Means Deyilism.
FoRs WORTH, March 26, 1883.
/ Editor of the Gazette:
In the GAZETTE of Sunday | noticed
an article headed "Spiritism." | wish
the writer would tell me from what
source he derived his definition of
spiritism and spiritualism. j have
| studied this much maligned subject
! for twelve years, as science and re-
/ Iigion. and know spiritism
! to mean the religion OF
splrituaIists, jusC as Methodism
and Presbyterianism is the religion of
! Methodists and Presbyterians. Spir-
| itualism is the purifying and elevat-
! ing of the soul through Il living faith
in spiritism, whereby we hold COM
munion with God and angels. 81 be-
/ lieve in the communion OF saints" Is
one of the Christian dogmas and is one
of the strong pillars of spiritism.
"Spiritsm is a mixture OF magnet
ism sleight-of-hand and devilism"
would like the writer to
prove these assertions. From
what source does he derive his
knowledge; was ii from sitting in cir
cles or from having intimate commun-
ion with the "evil one.n The quota
to every spiritualist, and they pray to
be 80 purified that they will furnish no
avenue for the entrance of evil or IA
miliar spirits. No class of persons
realize more fully than spiritualist that
the water partakes of the channel
through which it flows. suppose the
writer on "devilismn knows
that the word familiar rs used in the
Bible is synonymous with evil. If
we are commanded not to deal with
evil spirits the inference is that there
are good spirits we can deal with.
Say to child, shun evil associations,
| and he knows straightway there are
4 good companions to be found. Be
lieve not every spirit, but try the
spirits whether they be of God, LIST
John, 18th chapter, LIST verse, and
again to another by the same spirit,
the gifts of healing, to another the
! gifts of prophecy. and to
another the DISCERNING of spirits, LIST
Corinthians, 18th chap. 1910 verses.
| would say To the writer on devilism
to search the Scriptures for in il are
the issues of life.
"They seek the darkness to propo-
gate their decisions" How does this
gentleman know, has he been in the
habit of attending services? ] have
been sitting in circles for years with
intelligent women and intellectual
men, mot with SILLY womenn) and
have never been present at y
perfectly dark circle except for
GENERALIZATION; and the best manifes-
tations | have ever seen have been in
the bright light of an afternoon, with
7 the medium and two or three friends,
for"where two or three are gathered to-
| gether in my name ] will be in their
, midst" The conditions formaterializa-
, ton in darkness any man who has
9 studied solar and astral rays knows
the power of the positive ray over the
: negative. Two rays of light, converg
: ing ut the same point, will, in
+ stead of producing white spot
= produces shadow, tor the reason spir
!. lists shut out the solar rays so as t.
q get perfect astral rays. Any man who
! has studied the science of light viii
6 see plainly the truth OF the Statement
g here made. One might as we'll con
i denim photographer for taking hi
!; work into dark cabinet to make !
/ visible
II "They do not unfurl their banner tC
e the public, and show openly its bene
q fits The writer shows in this usser
le ton that his reading is very limited
y wide spread to those who are seelSin.
IT the truth, are the works of DR.. Wat
o. son, Or. Publes, Hudson, futile, Prot
rs Denton, Xollner, Britten Cora, w. /.
e. Richmond, Miss Shelhamer, and i
I'd YOU will look to the days of Queer
re Ellzbeth, YOU will find the testimon,
Nh OF the old friar, Roger Bacon, adde
" to the list OF those who stand rs beu
G. cons on the tower of spiritualism.
to "rhcy lead captive silly women.
as When man speaks SO siightingly {
e women | wonder what kind OF
IL mother he had or il he has n wife an
r. daughters. | nave attended for yeaI
-, Methodist revivals, and upon one OF
% caslon the minister in his enthusiast
n walked the tops of the pews, steppin
wildly over the heads of his audienc,
Il. enchanting, II am the Arkai
ed sas shoutern | have
NJ my mind another minist,
who when he "proiessed religion sal
81 he was going straight to heaven an
ny began by climbing II sapling, While
ny broke and landed him on terra lirma
j. Did you ever hear of women doir
" more Irrational things
They say il is not popular, an
oi hence they operate in the dark. . WI
nt- did the early christians seek refuge
the catacombs of Rome was il h
MS cause their religion was unpopular,
his because their deeds We're evilss VIII,
Jesus raised from the dead .Iariu
OF daughter, he said, ~ charge you {,
no man. was this because the de,
wn was evil And again, when the dis,
OF pies We're in an upper chamber, al
the doors were shut for fear of d
ter Jews, was this because they we
Ia ashamed OF their religion No. TIL
shrank from the reproaches aud rev