Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11
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CIV. DR.. Ta!mage Discourses on Modern
Spiritualism.

Mr. GNGican. AdulterOus, Damnabte RE
assE7on-No, Madhouse but Has It's Vic
ssFnux-Thc Bible Is Enough for Us ia
rSsess " of the Future.
nwccKLYS, April 29.-After the Rev.
Il De Witt Talmage. d. D.. had in his
vssM-known manner expounded the Scrip
&sa-c@, the multitude Of people who .hrong
sHx., Tabernacle and all the entrances, pack
1mg every available space of standing and
sittinS room, united in singing:
rnl.ation let the echo fly
TIA spacious carth around,
While all tho armies of the sky
Co:lspre to raise the sound.
Tsr. Ialmaee announced his subject:
Modern Spiritualism." He took for his
t.xa: behold, there is n woman that hath
a sansiiiar spirit at En-dor. And Saul
disguised himself, and put on other raj
sasnt. and be went, and two mon with him,
aud they came to the woman by night; and
fie, said, pray thee, divine unto me by
sSsss sasssi!iar spirit, and bring me him up,
xtsss,sA , shall name unto thee" l. Samuel
xSsiii. :, $. Following is the sermon in
EuYk:
& slave recently become Spiritua!ist.
As least so some of the journals of that
sesiise declare. This. together with the
GAe6 chat "metliulnS" arc now being tried
I'd fst3 se~i,ninal courts, setting millions Of
pesnlc 20 mako inquiry in regard TO COM
axeanscation between this world and the
rexe, aeH%;s HE to preach this sermon.
Trouble 10 the right Of him. and trouble
&Nt. Ats a Inst resort he concluded TO seek
u1t 81. sp;rii ual mo Iium: or q witch, or any,
firing ;hai you please to call her-at any
G-sste, a woman who had communication
with the snirits OF the eternal world. 1t
was & Nrry difficult thing TO do, for Saul
Stad either s!aiu all the witches, or COM
psAs,,d ,heu 10 stop business. A servant,
,ane day, so.,! to Ming Saul: II know of a
sS,Gii,;al E.edIam down ut the village Of
fsst DOR "Do yon?" said the King. Night
taHa, Saul, putting off his kingly robes,
sns2 put!ing Oh tho dress Of a plain citizen,
RSt, two servants. goes out 10 hunt up this
%ssstyEtal medium. 1t was no easy thing
SxK. Saul 10 disgnise himself, for tho tallest
sssas,se in the country only came up to his
sssausdcr, and think from the strength OF
stm mar aud the way he bore himself, he
ssast slave been we'll proportioned. 1t
saase Eaye been q frightful thing to see O
.sa'ssa sse. high. Isuppose, as the people
:sa@ Kim pass, they said: "Who is that?
ale is as toll! as the King"-having no idea
&hal ia such G. plain dress there really was
Yess7ng the Sing. Saul and his servants
a&tesf awhile reach ths village, and they
SAY II wonder if this is the house," and
SheE look in and they see the hnggard,
7wcSrd. AID shriveled up spiritual medium
'assssanss 10y the light, and on the table sculp-
lssisoncus herbs, aud bottles and vases.
they say: SYes, this must be the place."
slae loud rap brings the woman TO the
efaos'. cad as she stands there, holding the
.caodks or lamp above her head and peering
oct into the darkness, she says: "Who is
-stescs" The tall King informs her that he
.s.as come 10 have his fortune told. When
,ssse hcars that she trembles and almost
drops the light, for she knows there is no
caance FOR fortune teller or spiritual
rae2ialn in all the land. But Saul having
SWORN that no harm shall come to her, she
says: "Well, who shall bring up from
obs dcad?" Saul says: Bring up Samuel {"
skhat was the prophet who had died little
while before. l see her waving wand,
e., stirring up some poisonous herbs in q
ssaatts'on, Or hear her muttering over some
carnations, OF stamping with her foot as
rals cries out to tho realm of the dead:
+Ssaauel. Samuel" Lo, the freezing
raonsor' The floor of the tenement opens,
',isd Cue gray hairs float up, and the fore
head, Gus eyes, the lips, the shoulders, the
.ittFns. The feet, the entire body of dead
'ssssaTel, wrapped in sepulchral robe, APP
fxsaeisg TO the astonished group. WHO
stse,ser back and hold fast, and catch their
t,reath, and shiver with terror. The dead
g,eophet, white and awful from the tomb,
siegins TO move his ashen lips, and he
ssstares upon King Saul, and clies out:
What did you bring me up for? Whv
s,id you break my long sleep? What do
so. snean, King Saul?" Saul, trying to
cssrsapoac and control himself, makes this
80, arnmering and atfrighted utterancc, as
4 10 s5Nry to the dead prophet: "The Lord
IS against ne, and / have come to You for
help. What shall / do?" The dead
iaseassset stretched forth his finger 10 King
Sssavs and said: ode tomorrow Come
with me into the sepulcher. I am going
ha@ Come, come with mel" And 10!
She floor again opens, and the feet of the
asaaa prophet disappear, and The arms and
.ahe shoulders and the forehead. The floor
- obus. Nothing is left in the room but
.sa1.l and The two servants and the spiritual
' atadxrm and the sculptured images and
= .Elc dIsdning rods and the bottles and the
Eases and the poisonous herbs. Oh, that
W'sn ;nan awEca scance!
ledna FIST from this subject that
spirituals'm is very cold religion. 1t is
she. origin and the history of o doctrine
\. ,ke.'ch is SO widespread in all the villages,
\sGHnb, sand cities of the civilized world,
s:SaSing nev converts every day-a doc
ur,ne with which many of you are already
tlStssetl.
!. fEspiritualism in America was born in
T}k42. in Hydesville, Wayne County, N. u,
,thsn|one NIGHT there was a loud rap heard
against the door of Michael Weekman;
-7ts e, second time, rap third time; and
iii Three times, when the door was opened,
there vas nothing found there, the knocks
gag having been made seemingly by invisi-
slte 1uucl1les. In that same house there
essas Il young woman who had cold hand
passed over her face, and there being
seemingly no arm attached to it, ghostlv
i. snss.:icns were excited. After awhile Mr..
~ :y,55t iind his family moved into that house,
AVID Ghcn every night there was n banging
III I'm, door; and one night MIR. Fox said:
sahze you a apirit?" Two raps, answering
xn the affirmative. "Are You an injured
,sspirit?" Two raps, answering in the affirm
,atiue- And so they found out, as they
SIG, e9at it was the ghost or spirit of a
suddIer who had been murdered in that
house many years before for his $50.
eAYseeAer the ghost of the dead peddler had
>.-t,,xe there to collect his $500, or his bones,
x::nnat say, not being Spiritualst, but
tipsrA was q great rucked ut the door, SO
nfs Woa1,man declared, and Mrs. Week
snan. and Mr.. Fox, and Mrs. Fox, and all