Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-05-05
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ana ne resumes Gnat ne is SIOpp1nRl1n&luS
same house in heaven with John Bun8
They call back. John Wesley and he Stestsssts' Y
against the Christian religion, which -hal q
his life gloriously preached Andrew Jasts ;.
Davis, the greatest of all the Spiritual
comes to the front and declares that the Now
Testament is but "the disfnaIecho of a bar
barrie age" and tho Biblo onlys..one of Ito
pen and ink relics of; Christ nifty They !.
attempt to substitute the writing ot:S&eden-
borg and Andrew jackson Davis and ot6cr
religious balderdash in the pii1scs 81: ;tlis old
Bible. I have in my house Eichwass
used in this very city il. service
Of Spii'itualists. 1t is vel with much
service open that bool, did t'sdys: III 81
aWhat is our baptismg Ans ar:11
ablutions Of water. What is ourinspi ticitl3
PlentySof fresh mir and sunliS ht. Hat is
our praycrs Abundant physical exercise.
WHAT is our love feast2 Aclear conscience
and sound Sleep And Iflnd from the samo
book that the chief item in their public wor-
ship is gymnastic exercise, and that whom
ever they want to rouse up their souls to
very high pitch of devotion they sing,
page Co.. .Thc. night has gathered up her
moonlit fringes;n or page 1G: Come to-
.stEe woods, heigho!'' 'IYous say you are; not
such fool as that; but you viii sbelf you
keep OH i'll the track on:liaye. started Il
But, = says some ono, ldn'tS il be.of;
!. Don't YOU tfi It would stfef then Chris
!. tiansa There ore a great many faterialis
who do not believe there arc souls, but If
spirits from the future world should knock
and talk over to US they would persuaded"
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
through one rose from the deatl."
Now believe. under God, that thi sermon
will save many from disease, insanity and
pcrdition. l believe these are the days of
which the apostle spalie when he said "In
the latter times some shall depart from tho
faith, giving heed to sedacins spirits"
think my audience, as well as other audiences
in this day, need to have reiterated in their
hearing tue passages quoted some minutes
ago: "There shall not be among you COLI
suffer Of familiar spirits, or wizard, or nee
romsncer; for they that do these things are
an abomination unto the Lord;' and "The
soul that turneth after such as have familiar
spirits, I will set myself against them, and
tLey shall be cut off from their people"
But / invite you this morning to q Christian
seance. a 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,
nut your Bible on the table, put your hands on
the top of tho Bible, and thenlisteE; and hear
il there are any voices coming FROM the
ctt rnal world. think there are. Listenl
Secret things belong unto the Lord our
God, but things that arc revealed belong.
unto us and our children" Surely that is u
voice from the spirit world! But before you
rise from this Christian seance,. want
YOU to promise me you will bc satisfied
with the divine revelation until the
light of the eternal throne breaks upon
your vision Do not go after the witch OF
E.l-dor. Do not sit down ut table rappings,
either in sport or in dead earnest. Have
your tables SO well made, and their legs SO
even, that they will not tip and rattle, If
the table must move, let it be under the
offices of industrious housewifery. Teach
YOUR children there are no ghosts to be seen
or heard in this world save those who walk
OH two feet or four, human or beStial. Re
member that Spirituulism at the best Is q
useless thing; for if it tells what tho Bible
reveals it is superhuity, and if 5 it tells
what the Bible does not reveal it is lie.
Instead of going out to get other people to
tell your fortune, tell your own fortune by
putting your trust in God and doing
tho best you can I will tell your fortune:
Gail things work together for good to- them
who love Godn Insult not your departed
friends by asking them to come down and
scrabble under an extension table, Remen-
Der that there is only one Spirit whose dicta-
ton you have a right TO invoke, and 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 oil invitation to
Christ and warning Of Judgment to come.
Oh, grieve him not away. Quench him not.
lie has been oil around you this morning.
pc was all around 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 overmastering
intonation, saying: "My spirit shall not
always strive"