Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-11-18

The NJ. E. Church Sunday evening was densel,
crowded. Large congregations attend mornin:
and evening service. Rev. g. Lowthcr Giscourscd
of which the following is q synopsis:
And they came to Jesus and saw him that wal
possessed of Devil sitting clothed and in hi,
right mind, and they were afraid. Mark '; 10
Man is mystery to himself. In his aspirations
his powers for advancement, his deeds OF unselhs.
love, he seems almost divine. Then he startles
the world by the commission OF crime that seem!
more like the work of Demons than Of man en-
dOwcd with the God-lke faculty or reason
The solution of the mystery seems to be thai
there are outside of ourselves mighty forces OF
good and evil that play upon the passions of on
nature. That each in turn takes possession of III
and controls us in the degree that we open our af
taught in the language of Christ: "Rehold, stand
at the door and knock. If any man will open the
door will come into him and sup with him and ht
with me-
Also in the language "know We not that your
bodies are the temples of the Holy Ghost"
The text i'm common, with many other scriptures
show demoniacal possession.
l. is not surprising that with the spirit SHE OF
our IatGr. we should touch the spirit world any
more than to suppose that with the material side
of our nature we should deal with matter spirits
good and evil with almost infinite powers may bt
all about us, though by us unseen.
We're it not SO we would not know how to in
terprct the language ''thc angel OF the Lord en-
campeth round about them that fear him and de
liyereth them.
Are they not all ministerng spirits sent to
minister to them who shall be the heirs OF saliva
tom
LEAD us not into temptation but deliver us
from the evil one because yOnr adversary, the
Devil, goeth about like roaring lion, seeking
whom he may devour.'' There is something more
than poetry in fongfel!ow's "Foot tops of Angels.
There scriptures are not to be so construed as
to endorse the seances If modern spiritual!sn
with its spirit rappiEgs, table tippings and jug
gcry. have cnOcarOrcd tn study modern splr
itualism and lind it composed of the following SC
far as can understand it:
1. fsand, for its frauds have been exposed again
and again for years.
= The use of the natural laws not generally well
understood, in order 10 deceive the uneducated.
3. They may also bring to their aid supernatural
evil agencies: for seine things performed by them
must remain mystery upon any other hypothesis.
But that il is evil is apparent from its effects.
Its votaries in large numbers become dcmcnted.
1t causes large numbers CT divorce Cases every
year, breaks up happy families and numerous other
evils follow in its track. 1t is forbidden in the
word of God in the following language: There
shall not be found among You any that mGketh his
son or his daughter TO pass through the fire, or
that Is an AstrolOgcr or SOOthsaver. or Diviner
of the times, cOnsulter with familiar spirits,
confront the fact, that may place oursel, es
der evil Influences may form bad habits, read bad
literature, cluster around us bad associations IN
I'll evil becomes orr master, takes possession OF
and controls us: and TO all practical Purposes We
are possessed of devils. There is then no dcllv-
erer but in him who commands the ''CIclecn
spirits and they obey him" Or we may choose
exactly opposite course. &c led by the spirit of
God, with Christs image in our hearts. and our
bodies the temples Of the Holy Ghost" Heaven
our destination and the spirits Of ''tbe just
made perfect as our companions