The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-05-01

nacle on the glhiect, "Splritualiam al
lmpOsture." Before the sermon he read
from the Scriptures some Of the st0fics
Of witchcratt, The opening hymn was;
The mlmlng Hight Is breahug,
The darentts dlhapptaf,
Ihr SONS h men Arr WANING
To peult-iltla tears"
His text was from Deuteronomy, chap.
XVIII, 10 ana #; "lhere shall not be-
found among You cOnsuter with a.
millar BpIits or q wizard or a necTO'
mancer, for all that do these things are
an Nh0mlnatiOn 10 tho Lord" Follow
ing Is Dr. TamAge's sermon In full:
We are surrounded on oil sides by
mystery. Before ug, behind us, 10 thu
right OF ~, to the left Of US, mystery,
There is an unexplOred world that sci
auce, believe, will yet map OuJ,
Strange things that have not been ac'
counted for, S0unds aud appearances
that cOnf0und all acoustics and all IN,
yestlgatlOns. Approximations to the
spectral effects that seem to have 10
sufficient cause. The wall between The
material world and the spiritual think
! N very thin. That there la eOmmuniCl,
/ ti0n between this world ana another
world Is certain. Spirits depart from
this TO that, aud The Bible says minister.
Ing spirits come from that TO this, II
may 10 that complete and constant ana
unmlstaka0le lines Of communication
between these two worlds may yGt be-
opened, To unlateh the door between
the present state and tho future state oil
the llAgers Oi superstition have been
busy, We have had books written On.
| titled "FOOtlalls on the Boundaries Oi
| Other WOrldg," "The Debatable Land
Between This World and the Next"
! Researches In tho Phenomena OF Spir.
| itualism," and whole libraries Of hOcua.
pOcus enough 10 deceive the very elect,
| have no time TO Iehear6e the story Oi
| DiyinatlOn aud Delphic oracle and Plan,
| cnettes and sibyls aud palmistry
and whole centuries Of imp0stuTe,
Modern Splflluallsm comes In pro-
| posing 10 open the door between this
world and the next aud AFFORD
us communication with tho dead. But
! II has not one reasonable credentiHl,
There IL nothing In tho intelligence Ol
/ moral character 0f To- founders TO com.
mend II. All the wonderful things done
ny II have been shown to be sleight Of
hand and rank deception. Doctor Car
pointer, Robert HOudiD, Mr.. Waite aud
others have exposed the fraud by drama.
lizing upon the stage In presence Of
| many auditors, all the nlysteries OF
spiritualism. "By their ifui.s shall 80
Gnow them," said Christ, and judging
this tree Of spirltualism from lta fruits,
which have been bad and only bad and
! bad continually, | conclude that " iE
Ono Of the worst trees IN oil the orchard
Of necr0mancy. This post0lllco which
they propose TO set up between the liys
| ing and the dead IL q star route post
office that has never yet delivered one
letter from the other world TO this.
have lyo or six things TO aay about
lplritualism. First, II isa very old To-
liQon. II tia natural that people should
want 10 know the origin and the history
Of a doctrine which Is 30 widespread IN
all the Villages, towns and cities Of The
civilized world, getting new convert
! every day--a doctrine with which many
OF you are already tinged. Sprituallsu
! m this country Waa born In 1871 iu
! llydtWlle, Wayne county, New YORK
! when one niRht there wae u loud IA
| hpard against tho door Of Michael WeOl
man; u rap u second time, u rap II thltl
! time; and all three limos when the dor
was opened there was nothing fOun
| there, The knOGkiuga were made seem
! ingly by Invisible knuckles, IN thni
same ROUSE there Wag u young w0nh'
who md Il cold hand passed over her
! face, una there being Neemingly no arm
attached 10 II, ghostly suspicious wclr
aXGlted, After a while Mr. Fox ana hls
family moved into that house, ana the
every night there wNa hanging at thu
IuOr; and one night Mr. Fox Hnid, "Aly
! YOU II spiutW Two rapa, answering AZ
the affirmative "hre you an inInto
,plntY" Two raIa, nDBwering iD up
Affirmative 40 they found out, au
| they gay, that II was the ghost or splfl'
of n Deddler who had been murdered in
THAT house, mnny years before, for BIZ
500, Whether the ghost Of the dead PEI
Her bad come there to collect hia 1000 or
hlg bones | cOun0t say not being a
4plrItuaieti but there was great rack
{. thp door, 30 Mr. .Neckman declareo,
ltd Ma WceRman ana Mr., Fox uud Mrh
Fox and all tho little Foxes, The eX.
ellOmpnt spread. There was uniyereul
rumpua. Tho Honorable Judge Ed
munds declared IN u book that he hn
actually seen bell start from the tu,
shelf Of a closet, henrd " ring over tllt
people who were standing In the closet I,
then swung by Invisible hands II rang
,yor the people IN the buck parlOr ana
hoated through tho folding doors TO the
front parlOr, rang over The people there
aud then dropped on the 0oor N T.,
Fnlmnge, U. s. Senator, utterward gov
ernor Of Wisconsin, had his hend com.
pletely turned with epirituallstic dom.
0nstratiOns. man, ~ he was passing
along the roud, said no was lifted bodily
and carried towards HIS home through
tho air NJ such great speed he could not
count the posts az no passed, ana IN hp
hnd Il handaaw and square In his hand,
they beat, He he passed through The air,
most delightful music. Aud the tables
tipped, tho stools tipped, tho bedstOads
raised, .he chairs upset, and II seemed
M II tho spirits everywhere had gone
into the furniture business. well"
said the people, I'VE have got something
! ueW ln lnW COuHWyi " ~ noW Iplk
ION" Oh, no, my friends. Nothing In
Tho epiritualistiC clrcloe OF our day has
been more strange, mysterious and Won
derful than things which have been
sOen In tho pnat centuries OF the world.
In NIL ages there have been uecronnn.
GERS; those who conault with thepplrits
Vt tho departed; charmers, those who
nut thpiI sibiActa IN n lnpHmpric state
sotcerere. those who by taking poison.
oue drugs, SEQ everything, hear every.
thing, and tell everything, dreamers,
people who In their sleeping moments
can ace tho future world aud hold con
sultatlon with spirits, astrologeye, who
could rcad a new disponsation In tho
stare; experts In palinlstry, who can by
tell by Che lines IN the palm OF your
hand your origin and history. From o
cave ON Mount Parnaaa,is we are told