The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-05-01
A GREAT IMPOSITION.
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soft mArahes Yielding rank grass. Spirit
uallam destroys the physical health. lta
disciples are ever hearing startling
news from the other w0rldi strange be-
ings crossing tho room In white; tables
ldgety, wanting 10 got It's feet loose as
II 10 dance; voices e0pnlchral and. .0min-
Oua, bewildered with rapa,
have never known confirmed Spir,
ituallet who had d healthy nervous sya,
ten, II IL inciplent epilepsy or catalep-
ey. Destroy your nervous byatem and
you might M we'll be dead, " 10 an aw.
ful thing 10 tfihs with the nervous ays-
tenn II Is 80 delicate. Got the nervous
ayatem o jangle, and 80 far as your soul
and body are concerned, the whole uni
verse Ia a jangle. Better In our ignorance
experiment with q chemiata ret0rt, or
an engineers steam boiler, that may
smite na dead, than experiment with
the nervous system. Splrltuallam smites
hrst OF all aud nightly against tho ner-
Y0as system.
Another remark: spirllualiHm IN q no.
cial aud martial curse. The wOrat deeds
OF llcentiOusnesa and the worst orgies
of 0bsconity have been enacted under Ito
patronage. The story 10 too vile for me
to tell, Will not dcale my tongue nor
your cara with the recital. Sometimes
the civil law has been evoked TO stop tho
outrage, Many families have been bro
Ken by H. IL has pushed of hundreds
and thousands or young women Into
lives OF pr0figacy. II talks about "elec.
tive atilnlties" and "alllnital rela-
tions," and spiritual matches;" adopts
the whole vocabulary OF free.loylsm. In
one OF its public jOuraal9 II declares
marriage the monster curse OF clyili-
2atlon" that III h dobanchery and In.
temperance" II Spirltualism could
have ita full swing II would turn this
world Into pandem0nium OF carnal-
Ivy. 10 IL an unclean, adulter0us rellg-
Ion, and the sooner II drops into the hell
from which II rose the better for both
earth and heaven. For the sake of wO.
mans purity and mans honor, say, let
the last yestige OF II perish forever. |
wish could gather all the wraps IL has
ever heard from spirits blessed or damn.
ed, and gather them all on itS own head
Ia one laundering rap OF annihilatiOn
Another remark: Splritualism IL tho
cause OF much insanity, There Ia not
an asylum between Bangor aud San
Francisco which has not the torn and
bleeding victims Of this deluslOn. Go
Into an asylum, care not where, aud
ask the presiding officer, what In the
matter with that manw aud he will say
"Splrltuallsm demented him." or "what
Is The matter with that woman" He
Will say, "Spiritnallsm demented her"
II swept of Into mental midnight Sena.
tors, Judges, Governors, ministers OF
the Gospel, aud one time
came near capturing one Of
tho Presidents OF the United States
Az Flushing, near this city, man be-
came absorbed with II, f0rsOok his fam.
lily, took his only $4,000, surrendered
them TO q spiritual Medium In New
York, attempted three times TO put an
end 70 his own life, and then was incar-
cerated In the State LuDatic Asylum,
where he ls to-day n raying maniac
Put your hand In the hand OF this iullu-
ence aud 10 Will lend you TO bOtt0mess
perditiOn, where II holds lts everlasting
seance.
Many years ago The steamer Atlantic
started from Europe from the United
States. Getting mld.Oceau the machln.
cry broke, aud she tl0undered around
day after day, and week after week; and
lor whole month after she was due
people wondered, and ilnally gave her
up. Thete was great anguish In the
cities, for there were many who had
friends aboard that vessel. Some of the
women In their dIatross went 10 the
spiritual mediums aud inquired az 70
the fate OF that vessel, The mediums
called up the apirita, aud the rapping
on the table Indicated the steamship
lost with oil on board. Women went
raylng mad, and were carried 10 the
Lunatic Asylum, After awhile ono day
a gun was heard On Quarantine. The
flags went up on The shipping, and the
bells OF the churches were rung. The
boys ran through the streets crying,
"Gxtral the Atlantic IL safer There
was the embracing, ~ from the dead,
when friends came again " friends; but
some Of those passengers went up 10 find
their wives In the lunatic asylum where
this cheat Of Internal Spiritualism had
put them. A man In Bellevue Hospital,
dying from wounds made by his own
hand, was asked why he had tried 10
commit suicide, and he said "The splrits
told me to-" Parents have strangIed
their children, and whom aeked why
they did II replied: "SpiritualIsm de-
manded H." IL Is the patronizer and
l0ragor for the mad house. Judge Ed.
m0nds, In the Broadway Tabernacle,
New York, delivering u lecture In be.
BALI OF Splrltualism, admitted In 40
many words: There IL fascination
about consultation with the spirits OF
the dead that has tendency TO lend
people olf from their right judgment.
aud 70 instill lnt0 them u fanaticisln
that is revolving 10 the natural mind
II not only ruins ite disciples hut 10
ruins the. mediums also. only give II
time. The Gaderean swine on the banks
Of the Lake OF 6alllee no sooner became
spiritual mediums than down they went
In an avalanche OF pork, 10 the c0nster.
nation of all the herdsmen. The OillcA
Of n medium Is bad for u man, bud Tor n
woman, bad for beast.
Another remark. Spirituallsm ruins
the soul immortal, First, IL makes n
man u quarter OF an lnadol; then II
makes him half an inlldel; then II makes
him q whole inAdel. The entire syetem,
IN ] conceive II, is founded on the In.
Of the word of God M a reye-
laiion. God says the Bible In enough for
you TO know about the future world.
You say IL is not enough. There IL where
you and the Lord differ. You clear the
table. you shove aside the Bible, you put
your hand on the Bible aud cay. Now,
let anlrlta OF tho future world come and
tell me something tho Bible has not told
me, and although the Scriptures say,
Add thou not unto His words lest Iio
reprove thoe aud thou be found o llnr,'
You risk II, and say: Come back spirlt
Of my departed father, como beck spirit
OF my departed mother, OF my COM
pani0ns, OF my little child, and tell me