West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-05-10

ing victims OF this delusion. Go into any
asylum, care not where IL Is, and the pre-
siding doctor, after you have asked him:
what Is the matter with that mann will
say: "Spiritualism demented him." or,
4 What is the matter with that woman he
/ will say: "Spiritualism demented her." It
/ has taken down some OF tho brightest intel
/ lects. 10 swept Off into mental midnight
/ judges senator's, governors, ministers OF the
I gospel, and ono time came near capturing
one of the presidents of the United States.
AT Flatbush, near this city man became
absorbed with it. forsook his family, took his
only $4,000. surrendered them TO n spiritual
medium in New York, attempted three times
TO put an end TO his own life. and then was
] incarcerated in the State Lunatic asylum
where he Is 20 day raving maniac. Put
your hand i'm the hand of this
witch of En-dor and shs will lead
you 20 bottomless perdition, where she
holds her everlasting seance. Many years
ago the steamer Atlantic started from Europe
for the United States. In midocean the
machinery broke and she Aoundered around
day after day and week after week, and for
a whole month after she was due people won
dered and finally gave her up. There was
great anguish in the cities for there were
many who had friends aboard that vessel
Some OF the women, in their distress, went
TO the spiritual mediums and inquired as TO
the fate OF that vessel The mediums called
up the spirits, and the rappings ON the table
indicated the steamship lost, with all on
board. Women went raving mad, and were
tiiIltu W Ltlt AhlluHl AIJeE 0Wn1lo
one day gun heard of quarantine.
The flags went up ON the shipping. and the
bells of the churches were rung. The boys
ran through the streets, crying: ''Extral
Tho Atlantic is safein There was the en-
bracing as from the dead, when friends came
again TO friends but some of those passen-
gers went up TO find their wives in
the lunatic asylum, where this cheat of i'm
fernal Spiritualism had put them A man in
Bellevue hospital, dying from wounds made
La
commit suicide and he said: "The spirits
told me to-" Parents have strangled their
children, and when asked why they did It,
replied; "Spiritualism demanded it." It is
the patronizer and forager for the madhouse.
Judge Edmonds, in Broadway Tabernacle,
New York, delivering lecture in behalf OF
Spiritualism, admitted, in 50 many words
There is a fascination about consultation
with the spirits of the dead that has a ten
dency TO lead people off from their right
judgment, and 10 instil into them a fanati-
cisn that is revolving 20 the natural mindn
IL not only ruins its disciples, but it ruins
the mediums also. only give it time The
Gadarenean swine on the banks of the lal0
of Gahlee, no sooner became spiritual me-
diums than down they went in an avalanche
of pork, to the CONSERVATION of all the herds
men. The office of n medium is bad for a
man, bad for woman, bad for a beast
bring against this deusion more fearful
Indictment: 1t ruins the soul immortal.
First, IL makes a man quarter of an infidel;
bneu 10 mikes nlln nalt an lnndel, then IL
make him whole infdel. The whole system,
as conceive it, founded on the iusufiiciency
OF the word of God as a revelation. God
says the Bible is enough for you to know
about the future world. You say 1t 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,
and say: "Now let the 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 n 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" II God is ever
slapped square in the face, IL is when a spir-
itual medium puts down her hand on the
table, invoking spirits departed to make
revelation. God has told you all you ought
TO know, and how dare you he prying into
that which is none Of your business. You
cannot keep the Bible in one hand and Spirit
ualism in the other. One or the other will
slip out of your grasp, depend upon it,
Spiritualism is adverse TO the Bible in the
fact that il has in these last days called from
tho future world Christian men to testify
against Christianity. It's mediums call bac }
Loronzo Dow, the celebrated evangelist, an Z
Lorenzo Dow testifles that Christians ar'
idolators. Spiritualism calls back Tom Payne,
I anu ne UeSJlutS lNdb uo II SbOpDlHE III Juo
same house in heaven with John Bunyan.
They call back John Wesley, and he testifies
against the Christian religion, which he all
his life gloriouslY preached. Andrew jackson
Davis. the greatest OF all the Spiritualists,
comes 20 the front and declares that the New
Testament is but ''the dismal echo of n bar.
barrie age,n and the Bible only 'one OF tbs
pen and ink relics of Christianity They
attempt to submit the writings of 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 public service oflSpiritualists.
IL is well worn with much service. open
that DOCK, and 1t says;
what is our baptisml Answer: Frequent
ablutions Of water. What is our inspirationl
Plenty OF fresh air and sunli@St What Is
our prayerf Abundant physical exercise
| What is our love feasti A clear conscience
and sound sleep" And find from the same
book that the chief item in their public wor-
ships gymnastic exercise and that Is when
ever they want TO rouse up their souls TO
a very high pitch of devotion they sing
page 60 The night has gathered up her
the woods, heigho" You say you are not
such fool as that; but you Will be If you
keep on in the track you have started.
But" says some one, wouldn't it be OF
advantage TO hear from the future WOrldF
Don't you think it would strengthen Chris
tiansi There are a 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 persuaded
To that j 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 sermon
will save many from disease, insanity and
perditiOu. / believe these are the days Of
which the apostle spake when he said: ''In
the latter times some shall depart from tho
faith, giving heed 70 seducing spiritsn L
think my audience, as we'll as other audiences
in this day, need % have reiterated in their
hearing the passages 1 quoted some minutes
ago: There shall not DO among you n con
sulter OF familiar spirits, or wizard, or nee
romancer; for they that do these things are
an abomiuation unto the Lord /" and THE
soul that turneth after such as have familiar
spirits, / will set myself against them, and
they shall be cut of from their people"
But invite you this morning TO a Christian
seance, n monday seance This congregation
/ is only one great family. Here IS the church
table. Come around the church table take
/ yOur seats for this great Christian seance.
put your Bible on the table, put your hands on
the top Of the Bible and then listen and hear
| IN there are any voices coming from the
eternal world. / think there are. Listeni
I Secret things belong unto the lord our
God, but things that are revealed belong
I unto us and our children Surely that In d
I voice from tho spirit world But before you
I rise from this Christian seance / want
YOu % promise me you will De satisfied
with the divine revelation until the
I light ~ the eternal throne breaks upon