Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-05-10
IN SPIRITUALISM.
Hrmssks the Mediums
a rlstans who Prey Upon
7 weak humanity.

=.
.s..s and the Berert-
s esv. +. Dewitt Talmsge, d. D.,
III. had, in his welI-known
{. ...ded the scriptures, the
s s.sonle who ihwnged the taber-
& 4, ~ entrances. packing every
z, d Standing apd sitting room,
snriag;
s.,,ssion let the echo ~
sn ~. ssnariocs earth around,
( - ~. 81 the armies Of the ekY
,esc IN 70 raise the sound.
900 announced his subject:
s,s,;,ua,lsm.' He took tfor his
woman that hath familiar
c!z sssls And saul disguised himself. and
eo.,,,snfs and ne went. and two men
90 4 81 sj ,Ses came 70 the woman by night,
., 'h' i "a; NAV thee divine unto me BY the
s eAsi rssd hiring ne him up whom l shail
b n H. IL. Samrel xviii, rs
- q the sermon in full:
SIS -.s.atly become spiritualist At
me of The journals of that belief
,.s,s together with the fact that
:, are now being tiled in the Grim
,. setting millions OF people 10
- IN regard 70 communication
~ world and the next, leads me
"A, tsis sermon.
"a The right of him. and trouble TO
s'Ns siv- Satll knew not what 20 do.
~ e -. s,.,st he concluded TO seek out
~ .ase,I,nm. or witch. or anything
~ 1850 10 call her--at any rate, a
~ - ~ had communication with the
~ ~. eternal world. II was very
y y an, M 4 do. for Saul had either slain
~. ~. ,... .sss o compelled them 10 stop
20 w 4 servant one day said 20 King
asSsr t,,sSs at a spiritual medium down
NO. "a Fn dor, .'Do your" said
& ts''esS .r5t falls. Saul, putting off his
- '..A,s and putting on the dress Of
,,..sn with two servants, goes out TO
=. s'', M SPIRITUAL medium. 1t was no
W.. ~ ~. IN saul 10 disguise himself, for
~. IL reople in the country only came
ls,.ss ssNlIder, and ! think from the
'e u. n ne man and the way he bore
- ~ - must haze been well proportion
II Il nust have been frightiui
: - see man waking nlong m
.. AZ eight or nine feet high. suppose,
~; people saw HIM pass, they said:
"a i thsfs He Is as tail az the king
'.s;nv 20 idea that in such a
r. dress there rsaily was passing The
= asul and his servants alter a while
s.. s. ,hs village, and they say; 81 wonder
AZ { the hoaises" And they look IN and
~ IL hsrzard. weird, and shriyeied up
,,fs.l medium sitting by the light. ana
Is, tshle srulpttlred images. aud diyiniug
!. sae poisonous herbs and BEETLES, apf
Y y They say; sizes, this must he the
i One loud rap brings the woman TO
d.cr. aid is she stands there holding the
IN or LAMP shove her heal aud pcering
INTO the darkass-- she says: -Who is
~ Tie tall king informs her that he
rs,ae 20 have his fortune told. When
kssrs that she tTembles and almost drops
ashf. for She knows there is no chance
! fortane-teller or spiritual medium in
d. laad. But SAM, having sworn that
hs-r, shaii come 20 her. She says: swell,
! shslI bring r2 from the deads" Saul
: erriar up Sainuel.' That was the
,bet sek5 had died little while before.
!. her waving wand, or stIrring upsome
sseosls herbs In ealdron. or hear her
'tssiar over some incantatious, or stamp.
ser rot as she cries ont TO the realms Of
aesd: sSanueit Samuel.' Lo the
,inr horror. The floor of the tenement
n and the gray hairs float up, and the
head. the eses. the iins the shoulders,
eru:s. The feet, the entire body of dead
p,fl. whipped IA sepulcllral robe, APP
ting 30 the astoni>hei group, who stag
back. and mold fast. and catch their
~ ard shiYer with terror. The dead
sbes. white and awful from the tomb, be-
Il, move his asaen bps. and he giares
4 King Saul. and cries out: "lKhat did
hrssg me M Tor. Why did you break
lolg sleepy Whist do You mean, King
~ saul, irving 20 compose and control
self. makes his stam,pering and alright
a. lie SAYS to the dead prophet:
e Lord Is against me and have come TO
for helm. What shall dosr The dead
,het stretched forth his finger 20 King
and said: .Die tomorrow Come
, me into the sepulcher. L aui going
Come, come with mer' And To- the
again opcas and the feet Of the nead
hat disappear. and the arms, and the
.aers. and tho forehead. The floor
a Sosh.ns Is Ielf in the room but Saul
TIE two servants ard the spiritual meai-
and The sculpiured images. and the di-
1S rods. and the bottles, aud the vases,
tie poischous herbs. oh, that was an
ii seaSce.
earn frst from this subject that spiritu-
. Is 4 very old religion. II il natural
people should wait TO know the origin
fhe history Of sdeetrine which Il so wide
sd IL all the villages. towns.and cities of
civilized world. getting new converts
! isay "a 9ortrine-with which many Of
arc already tinged.
iritnaiiln in America was born In 1s47,
Isdcsyille, Wavne County. n. Y, when
nixht there was a iond rap heard against
door OF s-aclsael Weekman: rap q
nd time, rap thsfd time, and all three
4, when the door was opened, there was
ing found there, the knocking having
made seemingly by Invisible knuckles.
iat same house there was young wo-
VINO had a cold hand passed over her face
there beng seemingly no arm attached
gbestiy suspicious were.excited. After
lie Mr.. Fox and his family moved into
house. and then every night there was
ing at the door, and one light Mr.. Fox
n the Affirmative. "Are yon an injured
: And 20 they found out, as they say,
II was the ghost or spirit Of a peddler,
had been murdered in that house many
! before for bis 800. Whether the
{ Of the dead peddler had been there to
ri his 500 or his isones, cannot say,
lssins q spirituslist; but there was a
racket at the door, 50 Mr.. Weekrnan de-
d, ami Mrs. Weekman, and Mr.. and Mrs.
aud slllthe little Foxes. The excitement
I'd. There was a universal rumpus.
Juige Edmoids declared, In book.
he hatl sctnaliy seen bell start from
op shelf uf claset. heard it ring over the
he that were standing in the closet, then,
Y by invisible haads, il rang over the
ie In the back parior and fioated through
10 the front parlor, rung
The people there, and then dropped op
floor. \. z. Tsimase, senator of the
ed States, afterward governor of Wis
10. had hisbead completely turned with
fazlistie demonstrations. A man as he
psssiug along the road said thaS lie was
d ND bodily and carried toward biz
: IillSiign me air at such great speed he
ROT eSUmt the posi-. Oh the fence as be
ID; and as he had a handsaw and .
re In his hand they beat. as he passed
Ugh the sir. most delightful music. And
ablcs tipped, and the stools tilted. and
1edsfcads raised, aud the chairs upset,
{ seemed as IL the spirits everywhere bad
into the furniture business. Well, the
he said. "We nave got something new
lie country; il i a new religion oh,
~ friends. Thousands Of years ago We
In our text spiritiiahstic seance.
'fhiag In ihe spiriin llistic circles of our
has been more strange, mysterious, and
deIful than things which have been
in the Tast centuries Of the world. In
be ages there have been necromaneers,
: who consult with the spirits Of the de-
ed; charmers, those who put their sub
IN mesmefic state; sorcererS. those
by taking poisonous drugs see every
and hear everything and tell every
!; dfeamers, people who in their sleep
no'eeHts can see the future world and
consultation with spirits; astgoIogers,
could read new dispensaSion In the
experts IN pslmistry, who can tell by
lHeS IN the palm Of YOUR hand your or
and yoiu history. From a cave on Mount
aes,is. we are told, there was an exhala-
Iisi intoxicated the sheep and the goats
came anywhere near u. and a shepherd
,aehing il was thrown by that exhala-
Into an excitement in which he could
Ell future events and hold consultation
the spiritual world. Yea, before the
OF Christ the Braamins went through
be taSle-moyiBg. all the furniture ex-
lent which the spirits have exploited in
az D. eei<eiy tlie same tiiiug over aud
assin. under the nianipulations OF the
niliis. Now, do you say that spiritual
! different from these2 | answer. all
decisions ] baye mentioned belong TO
'asne family. They are examinations