The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-30
And none shall murmur or mlsdouht
When Gods great sunrise finds lis out, 4"

When Gods great sunrise finds lis out"
Yes, my friends. Spritualism comes to
those who are in trouble and sweeps them
into its decisions. Saul, in the midst OF
his disaster, went TO the witch OF Endor.
The vast majority of those who have gone
to spiritual mediums have been sent there
through their misfortunes.
learn still farther from this subject
that spiritualism and nccromancy are al
fairs OF the darkness Why did not Saul
90 in the day? He was ashamed TO 20.
Besides that, he knew that this spiritual
medium, like all her SUCCESSORS, performed
her exploits in the night. The Daven-
ports, the Fowlers, the Foxes the spirit
ual mediums of all ages, have chosen the
night or darkcned ROOM Why? The
majority OF their wonders have been swim
dies, and deception prospers best in the
night.
Some OF the performances OF spiritual
mediums are not 70 be ascribed TO fraud,
but TO some occult law that after awhile
may be demonstrated. But believe that
now 800 out OF every 1000 achievements
on the part OF spiritual mediums are ar
rant and unmitigated humbug. The mys-
FERROUS red letters that used to come out
on the mediums arm were found TO have
been made by an iron pencil that went
heavily over the flesh, not tearing it, but
so disturbing the blood that il came up in
great round letters. The witnesses of the
seances have locked the door, put the key
in their pocket, arrested the operator aud
found out, by searching the room, that
hidden levers moved the tables. The
sealed letters that were mystcriOusly read
without opening have been found 10 have
been cut ut tue side, and then slyly after
ward put together with gum arabic and
the medium who, with heavy blanket
over his head, could read q book, has been
found TO have had u bottle OF phosphorc
oil, by the light OF which anybody can
read q book: aud Veniriloquism, and
lecerdemain, and slciglh OF hand aud OPP
teal dclusiOn account for nearly every.
thing. Deception being the main staple
OF spiritualism, no wonder IL chooses the
darkness.
You have all seen strange and nm.
accountable things in the night. Almost
every man has ut some time had touch
OF hallucinaiion. Some time ago, after
had been over tempted 10 eat something
indigcstble before retiring at night, after
retiring | saw the president of one OF the
prominent colleges ustridt the foot OF the
bed, while lac demanded OF me loan OF
> cents When awakened had no idea
IL was anything supernatural. And have
TO advise YOU, ii you hear and see
strange things at night To stop eat.
inc hot mincc pie and take a dose OF bil-
ious medicine. IL is an outraged physical
organism, enough Ia deceive the very elect
after shutdown, and does nearly all its work
in the night. The witch Of Endor held
her seanccs at night; 40 do all the witches
Away with this religion Of spooks.
Still further learn from my text that
| spirituali-m is doom aud doatl1to H. dis.
ciplcs. King Saul thought that lac would
get help from the "mcdiuin;" but the iirs.
thing that lac sees makes him swoon away,
and no sooner is Inc psllscilalod Than hc il
told he must die. Spiriiualisin is doom
and death TO every one that yields 10 IL.
II ruins the body. Look in upon an au.
dicnce OF spiritualistE Cadayeruus. Weak.
Nervous. Exhausted. Hands clanmy
and cold. Nothing prospcn but long haiI
soft marshes yielding rank grass. Spr.
itualism destroys the physical health. IL
disciples are ever hearing startling news
news from the other world. Strange beings
crossing the room in white. Table iidgcty,
wanting 10 get liz feet loose ~ II 90 dance.
Voices scpulchml aud ominous. Bowl.
dcred with rapS. ] never knew u con.
iirmed spiritualst who had a healthy nery.
Gus system. II i incipicnt epilepsy and
caialcpsy. Destroy your nervous system
aud you might as well be dead. | have
noticed that people who are hearing mps
from the future world have but little
strength left 10 bear the hard mIs of this
world. II Is an awful thing 20 triilc with
ones nervous system. II is 10 delicate; IL
IL ~ iar.Tcaching It's arrangements are No
terrible. get the nervous system ajanglc,
and ~ inr as your body aud soul arc con
ccrned the whole universe Is a-jangle.
/ Better IN our Ignorance experiment with a
chemists tctori, that may smiio NJ
dead, or with an engineers steam
boiler, that may blow us TO aiums,
than experiment with the nervous
system. 4 man can live with only one
lung or with no eyes. and be happy, %
men have been under such Affections, bul
woe be 90 the man whose nerves are shat.
tered. Spirilualism smitcs iirt Of all aud
nightly, against the nervous system, and
~ makes lie miserable.
indict spiritualism also because Il Is q
sDcinl and marital curse. Tho worst deeds
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS and the wont orgies OF
Obsccniiy have been enacted under Il pat
ronagc. The story IL too vile for me "a
tell. ! will not pollutc my tongue nor yOui
ears with the recital Sometimes the civil
law has been evoked 10 stop the Outrage
| Families innumcmblc have been broken
up by il. IL has pushed Oh hundreds OF
Young women into n lie Of pronigncy. II
talks about elective aiiiniuCs," and "al
initial relations, aud spiritual matches, VI
and adopts the whole vocabulary Oi free
luycism. In one Of its public Journals II
declares marriage ~ the monster curse 81
civilization" at IL a source Of dcbauch
cfy aud intompcmnce. II spiriiualisT
could have IL foil swing, II would turn TIN
world into padcmonium Of carnaliiy. II
II an unclean, adulterOun, damnable rlig
ion. and the SOONER Il drops into the bel
from which II rose, the better both io
earth and heaven. For the sake Of man
honor and woman's purity, ] say lct III,
last ycsiigr IT Il perish for ever. | wish
could gather mp all the rai'- y, has cyc
heard from spirits blcst or damned, m,
gather them Ill on its own head In on'
laundering mp Of humiliation.
further indict spiritualism for the fac
that Il u tho cause Of much insanity
There Is not an asylum between Bango
aud San Francisco which has not 'hc tori
and bleeding victims Of this delnsion. q,
into any asylum, care not where
II, and the presiding doctor, ate
YOU have asked him; "Wha
u the matter with that mani" will say
"spirilualism dcmcnted him." OF "Wha
Il the matter with that woman hc vii
say: "spiriiualism domen,ed her" !