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

hNhlli uIlNtI llh mhnlNullllOu1 OF Tie
bfahmina. Now, do you say Spiritual
ism Is different from theseY IansWeH,
all these decisions belong TO the same
family. They are examinations from
the unseen, What does God think az
all these delualOnsp He thinks 80
severely OF them He never apeAk0 a.
IN m, but with liyid thundefa Of in
dignatl0n. lls says, II will be 4 sWin
witness against the sOrcereF," lie SAYS
. IhOn shalt not suffer witch TO live
And lest you might make some Import
ant distinction between spirltuallim
an1 wltchclait God saya In 20 maHY
words; "lhere shall not be among yuu a
consulter Of familiar spirits or a wizard
or a necrOmancer; for all that do these
things are an ab0mlnatlOn unto tha
Lord" Aud He says again: THE soli
that turneth after such ns have familiar
lpirita and after wizards to 20 wh0r4
lug liter them. lwlll even sgt my face
against that soul aud will cut HIN 90
from among his people," The Lord AZ
mighty In score Of passages, which
have not now time TO quote, ulter6 Hla
Indignation against all this great im
ily OF deluaions. After that be Spirit
uallst II you dare,
Another remark; People are captured
by Spirituali5m when they are weak q
morbid from trouble, You lose q frleuaf
You want the spiritual world opened N
That you may have communication with
him. In highly-wrOught, nervous aaG
diseased state Of mind you 20 aud roe
yourself In that communication Thni
IN why hate Spirituallsm. IL takes "a
vantage OF one In q mOmoni OF wax
ness which may come upOn us at A1y
time, lose friend, The trial Is koOH
sharp, snll0catlng, almost maddenlug
II WI could marshal host and storm
lhe eternal world and recapiufO duI
loved ono the host would eO0n be mag.
7halei. The house III 40 lonely, tV
world IN 70 dark, the separation Ii g ln,
auiIerable, But spirtualism says. "We
VIII open the future world, 0nd your
loved one can come back aud talk a.
YOU" Though we may not hear hiA
voice, We may hear the rap of his han1
so, clear lhe table; ait down; put y0uf
hands on tho luOle; be very quiel. RlN
minutes gone, ten minutes no motion
OF the table, 10 response from the ~
ture world. Twenty minutes, Thirty
minutes Nervous excitement all taS
lime increasing, Forty minutes. The
table ehiYets. Two raps from the fupJru
world. The letters Of the alphabet ars
called over The departed frlcnd'a pnniS
IL John. AZ the pronunciation Of lln
letter -" two rapa AZ the prOnuncit.
ton OF the letter co. two raps, At TN
pronunciation OF the letter I'll" twU
rNps. At the pronunciation Of the letteN
IN" two rnps, There you have tha
whole name spelled out John, John.
Now, the spirit tcing present, you g,ys
John, are you happyY" Two raps glyu
m Affirmative answer, Pretty soon tht
aand Of the medium begins 10 tWilet
and toss, aud begins ~ write out, aiiW
u0por and Ink are furnished u mCasaga
from the eternal world. What ia ~.
mlrkahle, the departed spirit, Olth0ush
u has been amid0t the illumlnatOns OF
Hoayen, can not apell as well as lt uSss
I0l IL has lost all grammatical aceur.
ucy, ana can not write GS distinctly. U
received letter through mtdiuM
0 co, | sent II bach, ! said, "ln8
please TO tell those ghosts they had bet.
lef 20 TO school aud get improved iN
their Orthography" Now, Just ihiuh ~
lnlrlta that the Bible represents aa ea'
thrOned In glory, coming down 10 crawl
under the table, aud break crockOry aud
ing ten bells before supper ID ready,
lnd rNp the window shutter on \ gusfy
nightl " there any consolation In auel
pp0r miserable work cOmpW ed with ihs
h0ught that our departed Christina
'rlends, rid Of pain aud langulahinR,
urc m tho radiant society 0f heaven, aud
that Ne shall Join them there, not IN q
ltillod and mysterious hall utlefancg
VhlCll makes Tue hair stand on end and
hN cold chills creep the backs, out IN 6r
unhlndprod Hud illimltNblp delight.
Ana none Bhnl mnfmur ~ msIuubl,
When U01v v rll suuiu' mus IA cut"
Yea, my friends, spIitualiym comes SO
lhOAr who Nre IN trouble and sweegS
hem into It's delusiOns The vast ma
inrty VI those whu have gone To splfil.
lJl mediums have behn sent therp
trough their misf0rlunos,
Another remark; Spifitualism IN 6g
iiluir Of tho darkness, Spiritual me6i
lms for the most part, II not alwayS
prrf0rm their exploits In Che night.
Tho Dlycnp0rts, the Fowlors, the FOScg
lheaplrituOl mediums OF all ages, have
'h0son the hight or q darkened roOm
NhyY The majority OF their wOnden
have been swindles, aud deceptiua
pf0spera beat In the night, Some 0f the
performances OF spiritual mediums afE
not u be- uscribod 10 fraud, but 10 aOiU6
occult law that after n white may m
demonstrated, But | believe that nOa
nine hundred ana nlnety.nine out VI
every thousand achievements on TN
part Of spiritual mediums nrO arfant
ana uAmitigated humbuge, The mya
tofious red letters that used 10 come 0cl
~ the MEDIUMS arm were forms said Ia
nave been made by un iron pencil thua
won't heavily over the llesh, not teaflny
II, but disturbing the blood 40 II came
up In great round letters. The witnesses
OF the seance have locked the door, pnI
the koy In their pocket, arrested t@
operator, and found out by searching
the room That hidden leyerB moved the
tables. The eenled letters that weW
lnysterl0uHly read without opening were
found 10 have been cut NJ the side and
then afterward slyly put together with
gum arabic, and the medium who witt
n heayy blanket over his head. couN
read book has been found TO have 4
bottle Of phosphOric oil, by the light "
which anybody can roa n book, aud
yentrlloquisn, aud logerdemain, and
sleight.0l'h0nd and optical dolualon no.
count for nearly everything, Deceptiot
being the main staple OF splritualiem,
no wonder II chooses the darkness. You
have all seen strange and unnccountablt
thlnge In the night Almost every mar
has some time had u touch OF balluclpa
tion. Indigestion from u late puppes
will generally account for II. II Ii an
outraged physical organism, and not b
call from The future world. Spiritual.
lam, knowing that II IL able 10 decoivs
the very elect after rundown, does near.
ly all ite work In the night. Tho Witch
Of Eudor held her sennces nt light. M