The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-30

of pork, to the CONSERVATION of all the
herdsmen. The office of medium is bad
for man, bad for a woman, bad for a
beast
| bring against this delusion more fear
full indictment; il ruins the soul immortal.
First, it makes man a quarter of an inf
del then il makes him half an il fidel; then
it makes him whole inhdel The whole
system, as | conceive it, is founded on the
insutiiciency of the Word of God as a rev.
elation. God says the b. BILE is enough for
you to know auout the future world. You
say it is not enough, and there is where you
and the Lord differ. You clear the table,
you shove aside the Bible, you put your
hand on the table, aud say: "Now let
spirits of the future world come and tell me
something the Bible has not told me-" And
although the Scriptures say: add
thou not unto his words, lest
he reprove thee, and thou be
found liar" you risk it, and say: Come
back, spirit Of my departed father; come
back, spirit of my departed mother, of my
companions, of my little child, and tell me
some things l don't know about you and
about the unseen world If God ever
slapped square in the face, 1t is when a
spiritual medium puts down her hand on
tae table, invoking spirits departed to make
a revelation. God has told you all you
ought to know. and how dare you be prying
into that which is none of your business ?
You cannot keep the Bible In one hand and
Spiritualism in the other. One or the other
will slip out OF your grasp, depend upon 1t.
Spiritualism is adverse to the Bible in the
fact that it has in these last days called
from the future world Christian men to
testify against Christianity. Its mediums
call back Lorenzo Dow, the celebrat d
evangelist, and Lorenzo Dow testifies that
Ia nkA lie
back Tom Payne, and he testities that he is
stopping in the same house in heaven with
John Bunyan. They call back John Wes-
ley, and he testifles against the Christian
religion which he all his life
gloriously preached. Andrew jack
son Davis, the greatest Of all
the Spirituaists, comes TO the front aud
declares that the New Testament is but "the
dismal echo of a barbario age" and the
Bible only lone of the pen and ink relics of
Christianity" They attempt to substitute
the writings of Swede lborg, aud Andrew
jackson Davis, and other religious balder-
dash, in the place Of this old Bible. have
in my house a book which was used in this
very city In the ublic service OF Spiritual
lists. 1t is well worn with much service.
open that book, and it says: "What Is our
baptism3 Answer: Frequent ablutions
of water. What sour in,pirations Plenty
OF fresh air and sunlight. What is our
prayerl Abundant physical exercise. What
Is our love feastl A clear conscience and
sound sleep" And | find from the same
book that the chief item in their public
worship is gymnastic exercise, and that
whenever they want tn rouse up their souls
TO a very high pitch of DEVOTION they sing
page sixty-five: "The night has gathered
up her moonlit fringes;" or page sixteen
Come to the woods, heighol" You say
you are not such fool as that; but you
will be if you keep on in the track you have
started.
But" saySsoneone, wouldn'tE 10 tss of
advantage to hear from the future world.
d mt you think it would strengthen Chris
tiansl There are great many Materialists
who do not believe there are souls; but il
spirits from the future world should knock
and talk over to us, they would be per-
suaded." To that answer, in the ringing
words Of the Son OF God: "If they believe
not Moses and the prophets, neither will
they be persuaded though one rose from the
dead"
Now believe, under God, that this SER
mon will save many from disease, insanity,
and perdition. believe these are the days of
which the Apostle spake when he said: I'm
the la ter times some shall depart from the
faith, giving heed to seducing spirit"
thiok my audience, as we'll rs other au-
diences in this dav, need 10 have reiterated
in their hearing the passages quoted some
minutes ago: "rhere shall not be among
you a consulter Of familiar spirits, or
wizard, or necromancer; for they that do
these things are an abomination unto the
Lord !" and "the soul that turneth after
such as have familiar spirits, will set my
self against them, and they shall be cut off
from their people"
Rl1f I invita- Won this m oVY,inor to a Gtbria
tia seance, a MONDAY seance. This con-
gregation is only one great family. Here
is the church table. Come ar und the
church table, take your seat for this great
Christian seance, put your Bi1le on the
table, put your hands on the top of the
Bible, and then listen, aud hear IL there are
any voices coming from the eternal world.
| think there are. Listen "5ecret things
belong unto the Lord our God. but things
that are revealed belong unto us and to our
children" Surely that is a voice from the
spirit world! But before you rise from this
Christian seance, / want you TO promise
me you will be satisfied with the
Divine revelation until the light
of the eternal throne breaks upon
your vision. Do not go after the witch OF
En-dor Do not sit down at ttable-rappings,
either in sport or in dead earnest. Have
your tables so well made, and their leZs so
even, LndJ Uuey Will not UP ana rattle. III
he table must move, let 1t be under the
Offices Of industrious bousewifery. Teach
your children there are no ghosts TO be seen
Or heard in this world save those which
walk on two feet or four, human or bsstial.
Remember that Spiritualisn at the best Is
useless thing; for If It tells what the Bible
reveals it is a superiuity, and IL it tells
what the Bible does not reveal, it Is he
Instead Of going out to get other people to
tell your fortune, tell your own fortune by
putting your trust in God and doing
the best you can. will tell your fortune:
''All things work together for good 10 them
who love God" Insult not your departed
friends by asking them to come down and
scrabble under an extension table Re-
member that there IS only one spirit whose
you have a right TO invoke, aid
that is the holy, blessed and omnipotent
spirit Of God. Hark he Is rapping now,
not on table or the floor, but rapping on
the door Of your heart, and every rap is an
invitation 70 Christ and a warni0g Of judg-
ment TO come o grieve him not away.
Quench him not. He has been all around
you this morning He was all arou you
last night. He has been around you all
your lives, Harkl there comes a voice
dropping through the roof, breaking
through the window, filling all this house
with tender and overmasterin9 intonation,
saying: my spirit shall not always strive. 4"
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