Omaha daily bee., 1885-03-23
SPIRITS VS.. SPIRITS.
Ghosts Say II Will Do No Good TO elise
The Saloons,
Ar Egyptian Who Died Thousands
of Years Ago Still
Kicking.

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been converted to that form of belief.
The spirit of a Roman senator was the
first to take possession of one Of the me.
diums, and opened his address in poetry
then followed with a prose argument In
favor of spirltua'ism aud closed with an.
other p%oeticsl effusion, of considerable
merit. There was much curiosity to know
who this Roman senator was, and
in answer to a query, he replied
through the medium, Wherever you can
tell the name of the Roman that said in
the senate that q man goes to he'll with q
piece of money In his mouth, then you
have my name" No one was able to re-
call any ouch personsge, and here the
matter dropped.
An Indian chief known as "Midnight,"
then got control of a medium, who pro-
ceeded to give quite o discourse In a sort
OF unintelligabie mixture of Indian with
English. 1t was finally asked him what
he thought of having the saloons closed
in Council Bluffs. He answered that he
did not believe it would do any good but
Greece Landamus, the Egyptian, who had
commenced a discourse here at q meeting
two weeks ago could tell more about 1t
than he.
1t appesrs that the Indian "Midnight"
could get C )ntrolof the medium easier than
the Egyptian, end this accounted for his
first taking possession of the medium and
then turning her over TO Graecco. The
Egyptian is one who lived 400 3. c.,
and belonged to a royal family. He Is
said to appear dressed In Egyptian Style,
very richly, and to be, ia fact, a Roman,
but dark-vlsaged, tall and well proper
toned. At a meeting two weeks ago ne
commenced a discourse on "a Lost Soul"
q yesterday he continued the theme.
1t seems that he found fault with the re.
port made OF bis speech then, aud he took
occasion yesterday to rebuke the press,
sho wing that, though dead nearly $500
years, he still retains the human pro-
pensity to lick about what the news.
papers say. His address, as given through
the mediumship of Mrs. Bradbury, was
as follows:
"Have you not as parents often
thought how dumb your children are?
You could not seem to make them see a
thing as you cav II, or do a thing as you
do 1t. You could not seem to make
them come up to what you supposed
would be comm IN sense. Just take that
reflection to yourselves you as the
children of later growth. You cannot
seem to understand, and the ref 4ctions
you get ara as through a glass, dark.
We cannot seem to bring you up to the
standing that you want. | will proceed
further on that by and by. One thirg l
do mt ltkn thT9 nttIf.,,o aud n,.H,tl,,-
If a thing is worth being known to the
world put it in It's pure state. If you
think a spirits a1dI ess is worth listening
to don't think 1t can be advanced in merit
by writing what it did not say, and
leaving out what it did cay. I will not
have an address of mine g, bsflrs the
public unless il is in shape; and really |
WAS not satisfied with 1T the last time;
and / do not know that | can do the sub
ject mora justice. But to % on with
that lost soul.
] believe we brought it frat to the sea.
| told you nothing was lost. There il
but a rebound. The rebound has to be
taken, and that Loaf spirit Is gaining, YET
gaining a hold; and as you teach your
babies how to take their tottering stept
In thetirst lessons Ct life, 60 these spirits
have to be brought back and tangh-, anc
the lessons they have neglected, IN white
or In black, ara against them. They
have to toll and march on their ways anc
journeys day by day, month by month,
and year by year, till their life is con
summated. They have to make their
own atonement. They rec gaize no sa.
vior as you with your life. You dc
10 have come one else to live II
So much the brighter your life will be by
going through the vlcissitudes. So your
characters will ome out brighter with the
chastisement.
Thoy continue to grow on, and by tina
growing have advanced in humanity. L
sees things with a brighter, clearel
vision, By good actions they atone thei
character, they atone their pat, ant
30 by that wonderful machinery They
come to the front littls by little, till o
last they act ike spirits with their prope,
calibre and they can teach you the wa!
they have come.
However, there is still advancement
We have our schools hers in which 20,
are taught Co manage and conduct your
self to a higher standard, and to patterl
by those who have got up to the realm
Of more perfect case. Understand, tina
as you have dark and light, sunshine anc
shadow, that p5oc spirit that went ava,
bad has a right to come back as a goo
one.
When they first come back, they siez
the medium and make him act strange
They come back, and i
they have had a love O
drink, they make those whom they con
troll have such a desire. This Is why 20,
will not close your saloons. Men who ar
fond of drink VIII make resolutions tim
n time again, yet they cannot pass tn,
door of a saloon. They ara taken In b
that irresistible force a, was spoken of
few minutes ago. When you obey ns
lures laws and get brighter reie ctions
then your saloons will be able to clos
and you will then begin to know what
Is to live. Iou will have TO begin at tn
base and start your structure sfresh.
tell you 1t Is up'hill worS, which 1t wi
take Jour life to accomplish,
Then comes that brighter than all tn
Consciousness of a we l-spsnt life. TIL
rough and rugged road has been trav
ersedi the redemption of our atonemeu
has been going on; and you lay yol
burden down and pass to the other sid
But make 1t as light as you can, and the
you won't have that dark, deep, trouble
breas Of that one that was lost ana
saved"
POOLING WITH THE SLATE