The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-05-31
spiritualism could have its full swing it

would turn this world into Dandemonium
of carnality. 1t is an unclean, adulterous,
damnable religion, and the sooner it
drops into the hell from which it rose, the
better for both earth and Heaven. For
the sake of mans honor and woman's
purity, say let the last vestige of it
perish forever. wish could gather up
all the raps it has ever heard from spirits,
blest or damned, and gather them all on
its own head in one laundering rap of an
initiation!
further indict Spiritualism for the fact
that it is the cause of much insanity.
There is not an asylum between Bangor
and San Francisco which has not the torn
and bleeding victims of this delusion. Go
into any asylum, / care not where II is,
and the presiding doctor, after you have
asked him, "What is the matter with
that mani" will say: "Spiritualism de-
mented him." or, "What is the matter
with that woman?" he will say: spirit
ualism demented her." 1t has taken
down some of the brightest intellects. 1t
swept off into mental midnight judges,
Senators, Governors, ministers of the
Gospel, and one time came near captur-
ing one of the Presidents of the United
States. At Flushing, near this city,
man became absorbed with it, forsook his
family, took his only $4,000, surrendered
them to a spiritual medium in New York,
attempted three times to put an end to his
own life, and then was incarcerated in
the Safe Lunatic Asylum, where he its
to- day a raving maniac. Put your hand
in the hand of this Witch of Endor, and
she will lead you to bottomless perdition,
where she holds her everlasting seance.
A man in Bellevue Hospital, dying from
wounds made by his own hand, was asked
why he tried to commit suicide, and he
said: "The spirits told me to-" Parents
have strangled their children, and when
asked why they did it, replied: 'Spiritu-
alism demanded it!' 1t is the patronizer
and forager for the mad house. Judge
Edmonds, in Broadway Tabernacle, New
York, delivering lecture in favor OF
Spiritualism, admitted, in SO many words:
''There is fascination about consulta-
ton with the spirits of the dead that has a
tendency to lead people off from their
right Judgment, and to instill into them
fanaticism that is revolving to the natural
mind"
1t not only ruins it's disciples, but it
ruins the mediums also, only give it time.
The Gadaraean swine, on the banks of the
Lake of Galilee, no sooner became spirit
ual mediums than down they went, in an
avalanche of pork, to the CONSERVATION
of all the herdsmen. The Office of
medium is bad for man, bad for wom-
an, bad for beast.
Spiritualism is adverse to the Bible in
the fact that it has in these last days called
from the future world Christian men to tes-
| tify against Christianity. Its mediums call
back Lorenzo Dow, the celebrated evangel-
ist, and Lorenzo Dow testiies that Christi
| ans are idolators.. Spiritualism calls back
| Tom Paine, and he testifies that he is stop
| ping in the same house in Heaven with
John Bunyan. They call back John Wes-
| ley and he testifes against the Christian
religion which he all his life gloriously
| preached. Andrew Jackson Davis, the
greatest of all the spiritualists, comes to
| the front and declares that the New Testa-
ment is but ''the dismal echo of a barbaric
age" and the Bible only tone of the pen
| and ink relics of Christianity" They at
| tempt to substitute the writings of Swed-
enborg, and Andrew Jackson Davis, and
| other religious balderdash, in the place of
| this old Bible.
But" says some one, wouldn't it be
| Of advantage to hear from the future
world? Don't you think it would
strengthen Christians? There are great
many materialists who do not believe
there are souls; but if spirits from the
| future world should knock and talk over
to us, they would be persuaded"
To that answer, in the ringing words
| of the son of God:
| Ii 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. 1 believe these are the
days of which the apostle spake when he
| said:
| In the latter times some shall depart from
the faith, giving heed to sed1cing spirits.
think my audience, as well as other au-
diences in this day, need to have reiterated
in their hearing the passages l quoted
| some minutes ago:
There shall not be among you a consulter o.
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 Myself against them,
and they shall be cut OF from their people.
l
Christian seance, MONDAY seance.
This congregation is only one great fam
lily. 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 top
of the Bible, and then listen and hear if
there are any voices coming from the
eternal world. I think there are. Listen
Secret things belong unto the Lord our God,
but things that are revealed belong unto US and
| to our children.
Surely that is voice from the spirit
world! But before you rise from this
Christian seance, I 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 Endor. Do not sit
down at 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 indus
trious housewifery. 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 bestial. Re-