Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-30
The fables Tipped, the Stools Tilted,
The Bsdsfeads Raised, and
The Chairs Upset.
,u,,,s ages Thfrs Have Been Those
~ Who Consult the Spirits Of
The Departed.
,.,,. ChRrmors, SoIcerers,
t".s,nsr. astroioger'' Prestiziafors'
uopjurerr, ETC > In PalmistrJ.
.,,, IN the Gaze ire.

Rev. T. Dewitt Tsimsge' u. u, nso IN
o.. coll .knowa manner expeunded the
a.' the multitude OF people who
d. the Tabernacle and al the en-
!..Uc c packing every svailsble space Of
lending and sitting room, united in sing
Ing: ,o,.,o ocnonv
The spacious earth around,
while all the armies Of the sky
ConspIre 10 raise he sound"
n T.lm.ge announced his subject
,yoderD Spirituslism." he took for his
..L.. Behold, there is womsn who
s.,S . f.milisr spirit at Endor. And
e'"i dIss6ised himself, and put on other
o: au and he wea:, and two men with
10, and they came TO the woman by
a aiu and he said, pray thee, divine
aF;o me by the ismiii.r spirit, and bring
70 him up, whom l shall name unto
t5so III Samuel xviii: IS. Following
"a the sermon in full:
fb.ye recently become Spirituslist.
A. esst. so some Of the j lurnEls of that
ssrsf dec.cre. This, together with the
t.rs that nmadiums are now being tried
n .be criminal courts, setting millions of
naorIe TO mike Inquiry in regard to com
gnnnicstion between this world and the
1eyt leads me to preach this sermon.
Trouble to she right Of him, and trouble
N The left Of him, Saul knew rot what to
do, As 8 last resort he concluded to seek
nnt A spiritual mediam, or witch,
or ANYTHING that you please to
call he at any rate, wo-
m.n who had communication
with the spirits of the eternal world. 1t
WAS very difficult thing to do, for Saul
had either slain all the witches or COM
nelled them to stop business. A servant,
6ne dsy, said to King Saul: "I know Of
spiritual medium down st the village OF
R1dor" "Do your" said the King.
Night falls. S.ul, putting Of his kingly
rooes and putting on the dress Of 8 plsin
ci,:z.n, with two servants, goes out to
buut up tais spiritual medium. It YVES no
essy thing for Saul TO disguise himself,
for the tallest people in the country only
csme up to his shoulder, and think from
the strength CT the man and the way he
bore himself, he must have been we'll pro-
portioned. L must have been frightful
Thing to see man walking along In the
night eight or nine feet high. l suppose,
IS the people saw him pass, they said:
HWho is tns'? He is ss tall as the King"
Having no idea that in such
PLAIN DRESS
there really was passing the King. Saul
and his servants alter awhile reached the
yI!lsge, and they say: "I wonder il this
Is the house," and they look in, and they
zee the hsggsrd, wierd End shrivelled up
sreitusl medium sitting by the light, and
on the table sculpIured images, and diyiu-
Ing rods, and poisonous herbs, and bot
ties, ana vases. They ssy: "Yes, this
must be the place" One loud rap brings
the woman 10 the door, aud IS she stands
there, holding the candle or lamp above
her head and peering out into the dark
ness, she says: "Who is here?" The tall
King Informs her that he has come to
have his fortune told. When she hears
that she trembles and most drops the
light, for she knows there is no chance
for fortune-teller or spiritual medium
IN al the land. But Saul having sworn
that no harm shall come to her, she says:
well, who shall l bring up from
the dead" Saul says: "Bring up
Samuel" That WAS the prophet
who had dl. d little while before. see
her waving wand, or stirring up some
poisonous herbs IN 8 csuldron, or hesr
mu!teriDg over some Nominations, or
Stamping with herfoot, as she cries out to
Inc reslm Of the dead: "Samueli Sam
oell" Lo, the freezing horror! The
G1of OF the tenement opens, and the gray
aalfs noat up, end the forehead, the eyes,
Ge ups, the shoulders, the arms, the feet,
NE entire body Ct dead Samuel, wrapped
IN sepulchral robe, appe sriug to the
sstonlshed group, who stagger back and
aOla last, snd catch their breath, and
SILVER WITH TERROR.
me desd prophet, white and ewful from
ns tomo, begins to move his ashen lips,
anu ne elates upon King Saul, and cries
W. W. "Hnst dli you 0riug me up for?
muf uid You break my lorg sleep? What
soyou m an, King Saul2" Saul, trying
wcompose and control himself, makes
WIS ssanusring and afftighted utter
H SvSe, as ne says to the dead prophet:
lac Lord is against me, and have come
A. ,Vu lot help. What Shall I dor" The
prophet stretched forth his finger TO
S,as oia! and said: "Die tomorrow!
o UTIe Win me into the sepulchre. lam
sS'as now. Come, come with mel" And
M N. tne moor again opens, and the feet OF
ana eau Cav prophet disappear, and the arms,
s sSu me shoulders, and the forehead. The
b bvVt o CiCses, NOtaing is left in the room
sD,,, oAui aud the two servants, and the
inI.uA medium, and the sculptured
ba,,sis s' and the divining rods, and the
Ss,Ss sS' aud the vases, and the poisonous
US v, That was an awful seancei
Sni, earn Asst from this subject that
p. .,r.uaIsn is very old religion. 1t is
rs ost INA! people should want to know
wsicb !; and the history Of doctrine
tnv NV IS So widespread in sill the villages,
rs.,;s s ana cities of the civilized world,
i i'm new converts every d.y-e doc
anged 'u IL any u you are already
la1 u,i u in America was born in
YorE ~ hydesvllle, Wayne county, New
IAN W9en one nj ght there was loud
Weesata against the door Of Micheal
aird VA. rap & second time, rap q
door I s,; and all three times, when the
iCpS, ", was opened, there was nothing
nsds s mere, the knocking having been
|. has seemingly by invisible knuckles.
sOn,n same same house there WAS q young
hsr ~. VINO had cold hand passed over
Avn and there belnu seefninolv M