Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-05-10

has = tendency TO Ieaa people on tom f,ss,7
right Judgment. and 10 Instfll int fhsrs =
,ana,'sism that Is revolving to the natural
-, i not only ruins its disciples, but ii ruins
INC mediums also--only give it time. Ths
Gadar1an swine, on the banks Of tina T,afe
ol 1aiiiee, no sooner became spiritual medi-
ulns than down they went in an avaIaneha
% pofk, 70 the CONSERVATION Of all the herds
lnen. ne ONCE OF medium Is bad for
man, PAD for woman, bad for n beast.
bring against this delusion more fearf,,I
indietment-it ruins the soul ,mnortai
rirst, ~ makes man quarterof an infisIel !.
theh u makes him half an infideIs Then /,
makes him whole infidel. The whole system
as conceive ii, Is founded on The insnffi.
clehry OF the word Of God as areyelation. God
s as;a,, ,ne Bible ls enough for you TO know
about the future world. You SAY IL Is mot
enough, and there Is where You and the
loId uiifer You clear the table. YOU shove
asiue the Bible, you put your hand on the
liable, and say; Snow let spirjts ~ The
future world come and tell me somethins
me Bible has not told me-" And although
the scriptures say: add thou not unto His
words lest He feproye thee, and thou be
iound liar" you risk 1t. and say: UCome
PACK, spirit OF nv departed father. come
BACK, spirit OF my departed mother. Of NV
companions, Of my little child. and tell me
some things don't know about YOU and
about the unseen world.D II God II ever
slapped square in the face il 4 when a
spiritual medium puts down her hand on
the table, invoking spirits departed 10 make
revelation. God has told YOU all Won OUGHT
70 know. and how dare you be pryiug into
that which Is none Of your businessf You
can not keep the Bible in one hand aud
spirituaiism iE the other. One or the other
will slip out of your grasp, depend upon ID.
splrltuaitsm Ia adverse 20 the Bible in the
fact that IL has in these last DAYS called from
tne future world Christian men to testify
against Christianity. It's mediums call back
Lorenzo Dow, the celebrated evangelist,
ana Lorenzo Dow testifies that Christians
are idoiators Spirituaiism calls back Tom
faine, and he testifes that he Is stopping In
the same house with John Buuyan. Tbey
call back John Wesley, and he testifes
against the Christian religion, which all his
lie he gloriously preached. Andrew Jack.
son Davis the greatest of all spiritualists,
comes TO the front and declares that the
New Testament Is but "the dismal echo of a
barbaric age" and the Bible only zone of the
pen-and-ink roles of Christianity.n They
attempt to substitute the writings of Swed.
enborg and Andrew jackson Davis and other
religious balderdash in the place Of this old
Bible. l have In my house a book which
was used in this very city in tks public serv.
Ire OF spiritualism. 1t is well worn with
much service. open the hook, and il saws:
what Is our baptismy Answer. FREQUENT
abiuiions Of water. What Is our inspira.
ton? Plenty of fresh air and sunl GIT.
What is our prayer? Abundant physlca. ex.
ereise. What is our loyefeast? A clear
conscience and Sound sletpo And find
from the same book that the chief item In
their public worship Is gymnastic exercise.
and that whenever they want to rouse up
their souls to very high pitch OF devotion
they slug page 50: "The Night Has Gath
cred Up Her Moonlit Fringes;" or page l6:
Come to the Woods, Highop' You say yor
are not such fool as that; but you viii be
II you keep on in the track you have started
But" says someone, swouldn't il be OF
advantage TO hear from the future wo.ldp
Don't you think IL would strengthen Chris
tiaEs9 There are great many materialists
who do not believe there are souls; out il
spirits from the future world should knock
ana talk over TO us, they would be persuade
ed" To that ! answer, In the ringing words
Of the Son OF God: of they believe not
Moses and the prophets, neither will they
be persuaded, though one rose from the
desd.n
Now believe, under God, that this ser.
mon will save many from disease, insanity and
perdition. | believe these are the days Of
which the apostle spake when be said "In
the later times some 81 al depart firm the
faith. giving heed 70 seduciDg spirits, n
think NV audience. well as other audiences in
this day, need tohsye rel Grated IN their hear
ing the passages quoted some minutes ago:
There shall not be among yoI a consuiter
ofiamil nj pirits, OF wiz, d. or seromaneer;
for they thai do the taings are an abomins.
ton unto the lor L" and 'sThe soul that
iuraeth after such as hsse familiar spirits,
Will set myself against Il en-. and Shall be
cut off from their pc pie.'
But | invite YOU ,is .morning 10 a Chris
tian seance. Ibis cong ega 10 is only one
great family. Here Is the church tn lie.
me around the church Ia e, iale your
seats for this great Christian seapce. put
your III lie on the able, tut our hands on
the top OF the lille, and then listen an h i r
!, e are any VT 90 an from the et-l-
ma wfid. l thnk tRre a'e Listeui "Se-
c. ct things beIolg unto the 10 d our God,
but iings thai ar Ie,eaie be ong unto us
and to our children" 5 r.iy that is voice
from the spirit world! but be,o you rise
from this Chrirtian seanse | want YOU 10
promise me You will be satisfied with the
divine reyelat on until the light the eter-
nal throne breaks VI on your vision. Do rot
20 after the witch OF Endor. Do not sit dow /
at tie tablc-rappi *, either In sport OF in
dead earnest. Have your tables so w II
made, and their legs so even, that they will
not tip aud rattle. IL TIE table must move,
let II be under the offices Of industrious
housewiiery. Teach YOUR children there are
no ghosts 10 be seen or card in this world
save those which walk on two feet or four,
hulnanor bestlai. Rem lnber that spiritual
isln at the b st Is a useless thing; for il IL
tells wat the Bible reveals it's t.superfuity,
il II tells WI + the Btbte dos tot reveal it IS
a lie. Ins cad of gong out TO get other PEG.
pie tn tell your fortune, tell your own for
tune by putting your st u God and doing
the best you can. i will tell your forum /:
"Ali things work toget.,r or good Ia l. en-
who love God" lnsalt not your departe ,
friends by asking them TO come down and
scrabble under an xtsnsion table. Remem-
Der that there Is only one Spirit whose die
tation you have a right to invoke, and that i
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 an invitation to
Christ and a warning Of Judgment to come.
oh, grieve Him not away. Queneh Him not.
He has been all around you this morning.
He was all around YOU last night. He has
been around you all vor lives. Hark !
There comes voice dropping through the
roof, breaking through the window, filing
all this house with tender and overmastering
information, saying; "My spirit shall not al
WAYS strive"