Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-05-04
i. fables Tipped, the Stools Tilted,
''' The Bsdsteads Raised, and
The Chairs Upset.
,.,s Iess Theirs Have Been These
u :" who Consult the Spirits Of
Tbs Departed.
Oharm.rs, Svrcerers,
Iscfo~, Astraiogers, Presttz,etors,
cor iursrr, Etc. in Palmistry.

,,v T, DeWltt Aaiin"se'
~" Unknown manner expounded ths
u the multitude OF people who
Si the Tabernacle and all the en-
.'.asss, packing every available SPACE Of
s,sdipg and sitting roOm' united in sing
pt' sss,ystion let the echo ny
The spacious earth around,
uhue sll the armies Of the sky
consplre to raise 'he sound"
T.lm.re announced his subject
,y y spirituslism." He took for his
I.. Behold, there is a woman who
ga fsmIlisr spirit at Endor. And
aI discussed himself, and put on other
o ant and he went, and two men with
i.m nd they came to the woman by
a nst. and he said, l pray thee, divine
NE q.o me by the familiar spirit, and bring
ls' him up, whom shall name unto
s.on-I Samuel xviii: 7-S. Following
!. the sermon in full:
H 1S,ya recently become Spirituslist.
,Issst, so some Of the purnsls of that
s.,ist decisre. This, together with the
w., 4 Hmadiums /" are now being tried
|, tse criminal courts. setting millions OF
.s'rIs TO make Inquiry in regard to com :
rrnic.tion between this world and the
,s,t leads me to preach this sermon.
Gamble to tha right of him, and trouble
;, The left of him, Ssul knew rot what to
Al Asa last resort he concluded to seek
AMI a spiritual medium, or witch,
\, ANYTHING that you please TO
nl he -st any rate, wo-
nu who had communication
with the spirits OF the eternal world. l.
Was very difficult thing to do, for Saul
had either slsin all the witches or COM
rslled them TO stop business. A seIvan. ,
me dsy, s.id to King Saul: 81 know OF
spIrliual medium down at the villsge Of
g,dor" "Do your" said the King.
Night falls. Saul, putting OF his kingly
,nDes and putting on the dress Of plain
,itlEsn, with two servants, goes out to
tunt up this spiritual medium. 1t WAS no
ssy thing for Saul to disguise himself,
iDr The tsllest people in the country only
cane up 10 his shoulder, and l IL ink from
ne strength of the msn and the way ne
bore himself, be must have been well pro-
oor,ioned Ii must hsve been 8 frightful
hing to see man walking along in the
lgaI eight or nine feet high. suppose,
IS the people saw him pass, they said T:
HWho is thAlI He is es tall as the King"
H,ying no idea that in such
PLAIN DRESS
here really was passing the King. Ssul
and his servants after awhile reached the
village, and they say: al wonder IL this
d the house," and they look in, and they
Zee the hEggard, wierd and shrive!led up
piritusl medium sitting By the light, and
% the table sculptured images, aud divin-
Ing rods, and poisonous herbs, and bot
les, sno vases. Thew say: ayes, this
must be the place" One loud rsp brings
the woman to the door, and IS che stands
here, holding the candle or lamp shove
her hesd and peering out into the dark
ness, she says: "Who is here7" The tall
King informs her that he has come to
have his fortune told. When she hears
that she trembles and 8 most drops the
light, for she knows there is no cnance
Tor fortune-teller or spiritual medium
n al the land. But Saul having sworn
a,t no harm shall come TO her, she says /:
well, who shall l bring up from
he desdi" Saul says: "Brlng up
Samuel" Tat was the prophet
who had dl, little while before. see
Ast waving a wand, or stirring up some
poisonous herbs in csuldron, or hear
naiterirg over some incantetlons, or
Stamping with herfoot, as she cries out to
lie realm OF the dead: "Samuel! SAM
yell" Lc, the freezing horrorl The
loof Of the tenement opens, and the gray
anfs hIas up, and the forehead, the eyes,
helps, the shoulders, the arms, the feet,
NE entire body If dead Samuel, wrapped
u stpllchrsl robe, appearing to the
snrlshed group, VINO stagger back and
lsia last, aud catch their breath, and
SILVER WITH TERROR.
Inc dead prophet, white and awful from
We tomb, begins to move his ashen lips,
spa he glares upon King Saul, and cries
g WI WHAT did you briog me up for?
way old you break my long sleep? What
aO!ou man, King Ssul?" Saul, trying
seonpose and control himself, makes
als seumering End sffcjghred utter
sSTi Is ne says TO the dead prophet:
iae Lord is against me, and l have come
Syoa Tor help. What shall dor" Tie
SSiu prophet stretched forth his finger to
Sls Saul snd said: "Die tomorrow
va. .SHe With me into the sepulchre. am
sag now. Come, come with mel" Aud
NJ y. ne noor again opens, and the feet OF
=, ~ uead prophet disappear, and the arms,
A., ~ Ae shoulders, snd the forehead. The
IN NV O closes Nothing is left in the room
,, NJ oAul and the two servants, and the
saual medium, and the sculptured
NE and the diviaing rods, and the
bs.sSEeS, snd the vases, snd the poisonous
-' i, y, thGt was an swful sesnce!
sns.,ssfn nrst from this subject thst
s s,ts,suailsm is very old religion. 1t is
,ss Al that people should want to knoS
sS,O ut'sin and the history of & doctrine
NV nv Is SO widespread in ell the viLlsgss,
rss S' And cities OF the civilized world,
si ~ new converts every days doc
snasS" i'n which many Of you are already
M 5a..'Gallsm In America was born in
fo,s hydesvllle, Wayne county, New
m A m9en one night there wss a loud
ssssSa against the door Of &ichesl
ess sA rap second time, rap 8
tOes sne; and all three times, when the
hora y, nAs opened, there was nothing
alcs asle, the knocking having been
h,S, seemingly by invisible knucklea.
sur,r sns house there was ypueg
art,cs.s no hsd a cold hand passed over
IN s,. I,.sho there being seemingly no
N,s s,S1seo 10 1t, ghostly suspicious
+ AhnSlea. After awhile Mr.. Fox and
/ la s-a.! moved into that house, and
h o doo, night there was banging ct
H AS No, W. and one uignt Mr.. Eek said:
hsia H. .sprh?' Two rsps, answer