The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-30

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spiritr' Two raps answering in the af-
tirmative. "Are you an injured spirit?"
Two raps, answering in the affirmative.
And so they found out, as they say, that
it was the ghost or spirit OF peddler' who
had been murdered in that house many
years before for his $500. Whether the
ghost OF the dead peddler had come there
to collect his $500, or his bones, cannot
say, not being spiritualist; but there was
a great racket ut the door, so Mr.. Week
ham declared, and Mrs. Weekham and
Mr.. Fox and Mrs. Fox and all the little
Foxes. The excitement spread. There
was universal rumpus. The Hon. Judge
Edmonds declared, in book, that he had
actually seen bell start from the top
shelf Of closet, heard il ring over the
people that were standing in the closet;
then, swung by invisible hands, ii Iung
over the people in the back parlor; and
floating through the folding doors TO the
front parlor rung over the people there,
then dropped on the floor n. Z. Tamage,
senator OF the United States, afterwards
Governor of Wisconsin, had his head
completely turned with spiritualistic
demonstrations. A man as he was
passing along the road, said that he was
lifted up bodily, and carried toward his
home through the air at such great speed
he could not count the posts on the fence
as he passed; and as he had handsaw
and square in his hand, they beat, as he
passed through the air, most delightful
music, And the tables tipped, and the
stools tilted, and the bedsteads raised, and
the chairs upset, and il seemed as ii the
spirits everywhere had gone into the
furniture business Well, the people
said: 1--WE have got something new in
this country; it is new religion" ono,
my friends. Thousands of years ago we
find in our text spiritualistic seance.
Nothing in the spiritualistic circles OF
our day has been more strange, mysterious,
and wonderful than things which have
been seen in the past centuries Of the
world. In all the ages there have been
necromancers, those who consult with the
spirits Of the departed; charmers those
who put their subjects in n mesmeric
state; sorcerers, those who by taking poi
sonous drugs see everything and hear
everything and tell everything; dreamers,
people who in their sleeping moments can
see the future world and hold consultation
with spirits; astrologen, who could read q
new dispensation in the stars; experts in
palmistry who can tell by the lines in the
palm OF your hand your origin and your
history. From acave on Mount Parnassus,
we are told, there was an exhalation that
intoxicated the sheep and the goats that
came anywhere near II, and shepherd
approaching IL was thrown by that ex-
halation into an excitement in which lac
could foretell future events and hold con
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before the time OF Christ the Brahmins
went through all the table.moying,
all the furniture excitement, which the
spirits have exploited in ouolay; precisely
the same thing over and over again, under
the manipulations OF the Brahmins Now
do you say that spiritualisn is different
from these? | answer, all these dclusions
| have mentioned belong 10 the same fam
lily. They are ordinations from the un.
seen world. What does God think OF all
these delusions2 He thinks 30 severely OF
them that he never speaks OF them br,
with liyid thunders OF indignation. lie
says 81 will be swift witness against the
sorcerer" He says Thou shalt not sui.
| fer witch 10 live" And lest YOU might
make some important distinction between
spiritualism and witchcraft, God says, in
30 many words: There shall not be among
you a consulter OF familiar spirits, or wiz.
ard, or necromancer; for they that 10 these
things arc an abomination unto the Lord. -
And he says again; "The soul Of those
who seek after such as have familiar spirits,
and who go whoring after them, will sci
myself against them, and he shall be cut
off from among his people" The Lord
Almighty, in score Of passages, which
have not now time TO quote, utier his in.
dignaiion against all this great family OF
delusions. After that be a spiritualist II
you darcl
Stll further: We learn from this texi
how Il is that people como 10 fall into spir.
itualism. saul had enough trouble 10 Kill
ten men. lie did not know where 10 20
for relief. After awhile lac resolved 10 ~
aud see the witch OF Endor. lie expected
that somehow she would afford him relief
/ IL was his trouble that drove him there
And | have 10 tell YOU now that spiritual
ism finds It's victims In the troubled, the
bankrupt, the sick, the bereit. You los,
your watch, and you 90 10 see the fortune
teller 10 find where II is You loss
n friend, YOU want the spiritual world
opened, 10 that you may have oommunica
ton with him. In a highly.wrought
nervous and diseased state Of mind You 70
and put yourself In that communication
That IL why I hate spirtualism. II take,
advantage Of one In moment Of weakness
which may come upon us at any time
We loss q friend. The trial u keen, sharp
suiIocating, almost maddening. II W,
could marshal host aud storm the cterna
world and rccapture our loved one tbs
host would soon be marhacd. TIT
house il 10 lonely. The world is 10 dark
The separation 10 insuiicrable.
But spiritualsm sayE 1--WE will opcI
the future world aud your loved one car
come back aud talk 10 YOU" Though ",
NAV not hear his voice. We NAV hear III,
ran OF his hand. 80 clear the table. ~
down. Put your hands on the table. II
very quiet. Five minutes gone. Tel
minutes. No motion NJ the table. No r.
sponso from the future world. Twcnt,
minutes. Thirty minutes. Nervous cx
element all the time increasing. Fort
minutes The table shiycn Two rap
from the future world Tho letters Of III,
alphabet are called over. The departc,
friends name Is John. AZ the pronuncia
ton Of the letter ~" two mps. AZ III,
pronunciation Of the letter co. two mps
At the pronunciation Of the letter I'll twu
nps. At the pronunciation Of the lctic
"N' two nps. There YOU have the Who'll
name spelled out John, John. Now
the spirit being prcscni, you say John
are you happyY' Tworaps give an aiiiru
alive answer. Pretty soon the hand Of III
J medium begins TO witch and toss, and bS
I gins 10 write out, after paper aud ink mr.
, furnished, a message from the ctcrn'
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