The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1890-08-09
Spiritual Phenomena.
OF Which We Hear and Read SO
Much Nowadays.


Much Nowadays.
Search and thou shalt find. knock an,
thou shalt be opened unto,"-bid us Jesu
the gentle Nazarene.
All spiritual gifts that have been at
tributed to the prophets Of the Old Testa
ment stories, and Jesus of Nazareth and
his immediate followers as miraculous
have not as supposed or believed by many
who are ill-informed-stopped with them
for good, which is great error; those
gifts we're not realized, when people for.
got and did not know how to comply
with the necessary condition, like any
other rule Of creation; but they were
practiced by many as they are nowadays
In our country, in the Orient, India, and
china as well as among the American In.
dams aud other tribes In other countries
under many phases. Although It must
be understood that some Of the Bible sto.
ries are misunderstood and have been
exaggegGte When Jesus awoks Lazsr.
us, he was not really death. but in .
death-swoon or trance, for several days;
as OF late has occurred frequently in this
country. But those who practice these
phases. among which is the communics-
ting with our departed loved ones, com.
ply also with the condition Of such a
subtitle rule Of creation-necessary for
such phenomena and live besides an ex-
amplary life, as the writer In the "Ban.
ner OF Light" under the title "The Spiri
tual Facts of the Ages" by DR.. F. L. |
Willis we'll proves; who concludes with
the following beautiful verses:
oh; most glorious truth!
Heaven encircles all. The blest immortals
Near US. divine with loves pure beauty stand: |
Alluring as through faiths translucent portals
Into the better land.
The friends We mourn a. lost have not d,p.rt.
ed;
They have but laid aside earth's disguise:
Oeryour dark way they pour, oh; k,nely heart.
ed,
The light of loving eyes.
The saints and seers who made the old time
glorious
Dwell beautiful within our human soheres:
serene the move, DER doubt and pain victori.
Gus;
Paul, Plato John are hers.
There lives po man
ly,
Bound with the gyres. immured In darkest
cell.
But with him. ministrant Of influence holy,
Some seraph friend doth dwell
Each wondrous thought Of Truth. or Love, or
Duty,
Flooding with sunrise beams thrvuxh minds
and hearts, ts
Inspiring us with, Wisdom, and with Besuty. | 4
Bone Angel guest imparts.
No curtain hides from view the spheres ely
sian
But this poor Of half transparent crust.
AND ALL THAT BLINDS ouR sPIRITuRAL VISION
Is pride and HATE and LUST"
eances or circles shonld be held at q re- !.
alar stated hours and days once Q week,
ith settlers who are we'll adopted to each y
her In harmony and thoughts; and q
lOuld be opened with . mild song or
usic and with like prayer as this:
Oh! our dear Father or Creator, Thou "
'eat Spirit Jehovih. Whose word is love, -
hose rule is life, Thou Sacred and In.
aite Presence, Who art ever In the =
idst of humanity, Whose being doth "
thrill every form and object in exis-
nee. we Thy children, turn in aspira- 3
'n to Thee. hear our praises sad :" -
anks-givings for life. beautiful lie, ''
the pleasures and the experiences Of =,
ne. for all those things that infinite :, :,
ace doth afford OF human conception ~
ID stn'y, for these are ours to under -
IN. "a emulate and to achieve. Oh! 10
e Father, we say, II We will, 90 for.
lrd exercising that potential energy :. ~
lich Thou hast implanted within hu- ~ =,
IN life, to expand our natures, to study - -
a universe, to achieve greatness, at the ."
me time to develop like unto the an
Is, who do Thy will In loving works
d kindly deeds.
Oh! we desire to come into sympathy -,
d cooperation with those wise and no y.
souls, who are ever Ut work doing M
cd. May we draw from their lives x
d inspiration. May We receive pearls
wisdom and Of truth from such tea
ers as return from worlds beyond, i'm
ed with the desire and the thought to