Telegram-herald., 1888-04-30


aad il seeszed .s L ths spirits sseFy~f'efe
ha.f xaae inl.s tls fszrnilElrs business 81
fhs peopls sad we Aase geE scfnethieS
.s~ "a thlz country; e . = ne~ rsi1sioa
Oa 40. my friends. fhozs1nfis of years 40
Ne And Ia oar text sE,irIsu4lisEie ssai<es-
sal further xe iezra from this text how
IL II s6as people e0nae - fzli into SplriEna-s1-
saul al saouzh troabls - kill ten nsE. tie
cid nos Know sheFs 10 80 for relisf After
awhile ns resolved % 20 and sec tne witch of
En-dor Hs sxpeeted that somehow sns
,xoui.f afford kisn relief II was kis trouble
taat drove hira shere. And have % tel
Won nov dat spiritllaiian 6ads It's victims IA
ths troubled the bsnzrapt. the sex, the
I bsneft. You loss your watch, ami yea go TO
i sEse fortune tzller - ind where It Is. loa
lose a friend, ron want tbs spiritual world
opened 80 that you NAV have communication
With alma In highly wrought, nervous
and diseased state Of mlnd, yoa 20 and put
yoursef IN that communication That Il
why I hats SpiFituallsHl- IL takes adgaR-
tage q one In a monenE OF weakness,
WHICH may c0ne upon Us at any tinle.
5 We loss friend The trial is keen, sharp,
suiFoeating, almost nladdening. IL We could
marshal host, aBd storm the eternal world,
and recaDture our losed one, the host would
soon b. marshaled The house is 50 lonely.
The world IS - dark The separation Is 80
insaifsrable.
But Spiritualism says. "We viii open the
future world, and your loved on- can come
back and talk 10 you Thonsa may not
hear his voice. 10 may hear the rap Of his
hand So. clear the table. Sit down Pat
your hands on the table. Be very quiet
Five minutes gone Ten minutes. No mo-
ton OF the table No response from the
future world Twenty minutes. Thirty
minutes Nervous excitement all the time
increasing. Forty minutes. The table shiv
ers. Two raps from the future world. The
letters OF the alphabet are called over. The
dsparted friends name IL John. At the pro-
nunciati a OF tho letter - !" two raps. At
the pronunciation OF the letter 90" two
raps At the pronunciation Of the letter
III, two raps. At the pronunciation of the
letter IN" two raps There you have the
whole name spelled out. John, John.
Now, the spirit being present, you say
John, are YOU happyf' Two raps give an
affirmative answer Pretty soon the hand of
the medium begins To twitch and toss, and
begins 70 write out, after paper and ink are
furnished, a message from the eternal world
What Is remarkable, the departed
soirit. although it has been amid the
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as it used To- IL has lost ali grammatical
accuracy and cannot write as distinctly.
received letter through medium once.
ssnt it back. said: .'Just please toll those
ghosts they had better 20 TO school and get
; improved In their orthosraphy." Now. just
, think OF spirits, that the Bible represents a
] anthroncd in glory, coming down TO crawl
> under tho table, and break crccEery, and
, ring tea bells before supper is ready, and rap
. the window shutter on guSty night. i
there any consolation in such poor, miserable
Z. work compared with the thought that our
. dera-tea Cnristian friends, got rid OF pain
, and lauZaishing. are in the radiant society
OF heaven, and that we shall Join them there
: not IN sti4ed and mysterious half utterance
which makes the hair stand on end and tbC
| cold ehi'ls creep the back, but IN an unhin
, dersd and illimitabie delight
4 AID none shall murmur or risdoubs.
: When Gods great sunrise finds Us out.
. Yes. my friends, Spiritualisrn comes t,
those who are in trouble and sweeps then
into irs delusions. saul. in ths midst OF hi
; disaster. went 70 the witch OF En-dor Th
5 vast majority OF those who have gone Z
spiritual mediums have been sent Their
through their misfortunes
learn still farther from this subject tha
SDiritualism and necromancy are affairs o
o the darkness Why did not Saul go in th
' dayl He was ashamed TO go. Besides that
: he knew that this spiritual medium, like a
her SUCCESSORS, performed Der exploits in th
: night The Davenports, the Fowlers, tn
= Foxes, the spiritual mediums of all age:
= have saosen the night or darkened room
" Whyi The majority OF their wonders hav
7, been swindles, and deception prospers best /
tho night.
some Of the performances OF spiritual ms
= dirrns are not 10 be ascribed to fraud, but {
u soue occult law that after awhile may
demoustratsd But believe that now 90
= out OF every 1.0oO achievements on the pal
!, Of spiritual mediums are arrant and uI
- nitigated huIabug. The mysterious red ls
ters that nSsd 20 come out on the medium
- arm were found 10 have tsen made by {
iron pencil that went heavily over the fesl
rot tearing Il. bat so disturbing the bloc
that is cane up in great round letters tn
= witnesses Of Tae seances have locked th
y door put the key IN their poke
i, arrested the operator, and foun
= out. by searching the room, that his
den levers moved the tables. The scale
Il letters that were rlysteri0usiy " read withos
= opening have been found to have been cut I
"a the side. and then afterTard slyiy put &
rcther with gum arabic; and the mesiiul
Z, who, with heavy blanket over bis hea'
: could read hook has been found to haV
hai bottle of phosphoric oil, By the light
= which anybody can read a book; and vet
triloquisru. and lerer,lernain. and sleight I
:. hand. and optical delgsion, account Il
everything. Deception heiug the main stap
- q Soiritualism. no wonder it chooses Il
y, q kness
- indict Spirituslisn also. because Il Is
- social ard marital curse. The worst deeds
a. ticeutiousness and the worst orgies of ohscel
"a ity have been enacted under is patronaz
ne The story IS TOO viie for rne to tel. / "
>. not roilufe my tongue nor your esrs With q
.n recital Sometimes the civil law has bes
M evoked - sscp fbe outrage Families Inn
II facrable have been broken up by It. Is n
ar / pushed Of hundreds Il y7GnS women into
10 life q profigscy. Il talks about elects
sfirities.- snd "sfinital relations AZ
- s,sriritpal Matches" and adopts ths who
~. vocabulary of free iovelSEa. IN one q
=, pubIic journals Il declares ''nssrTiszs Is &
~, monster curse II ciriIixatiou.- sTs is
~ source q debauchery and intenpsrsncs.s
~ Spiritualisn could have fss fun swing.
,-a would turu shis woris into q pandenouiu
,sr sf carnaIity It Is sa sDcleau. sduiserou
- lsranahle izion. s1d the sooner Is ero
Ia into tia he'll from wech L rrse. tt@ beto
- both for earth ana henven. Fer ths sase
r rr,an's homer snd woruass purity. sav
On she last res- e q = 2erish forever I vi