Arizona republican., 1890-06-30
SABBATH BELLS. Services in the Churches
 Yesterday. The Work of Trinity Church
 for the Year. Rev. RickersOn's Sermon on Spirit ualism"-Dr. PearsOn's Last Sermon Before Vacation.

Regular services were held yesterday at the Methodist Church South.
 At the Adventist Tabernacle, in the evening, the subject spoken upon was What Claims has Sunday as Divine Institution"
 The Catholic Church was we'll at- tended. Father Juvenceau spoke in Spanish upon the works of St. Peter.
 At Trinity church, Rev. Dr. Pearson, the rector, yesterday being St. Peters day, took up the career and character of that apostle as his subject, and gave fascinating picture of his eventful life, deducing and enforcing warm vital lessons for present days issues. Dr. Pearson now takes a few weeks needed vacation. The progress of the Episcopal church here during his ministration, has been very remarkable. A little over two years ago there were no ser vices and no place of worship. Now the communicants number between seventy and eighty, and Bishop Kendrick, wrote after his recent visit, church so organized and a congregation so char acteristic as would be an honor to any diocese. They possess beautiful house of worship, connections rectory and the energy and liberality of rector and people has been continuous, not spasmodic, the past year witnessing some $2400 of contributions for all pur- poses. That the people may continue to grow in numbers and moral power and be favored long with their present leadership is the wish of the community.
 At the Baptist church, Rev. Kicker son. delivered his second lecture on Modern Infdelity." Topic;
 sPIRITUALIsM.
 Text, Is. 8, 19. "And when they shall say unto you. seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep and that mutter. Should not people seek unto their God? For the living to the dead?"
 The word spiritualism is indefinite, being used to designate a variety of re- ligious and philosophical systems; c. g. CD. Those who believe in the existence of God, angels and man apart from the physical organism-spiritulists as op- posed to materialists. (2) Those, like Madame Gayon, who makes the bible 6 series of allegories, illustrating any truth, any whim of interpretation. This type flourished most notably in the seventeenth century, but it's author was Origeu, in the third century. No man ever left such cursing heritage to the future; no professed lover of God and truth even sOwed SO broad an area of faith with cursing tares. But the name "Spiritualist" is claimed by larger number who profess to hold communication with the dead. Spirit ism, as we know it, had its origin among the Shakers of New Lebanon, N. Y., or in the house of Michael Weekinan, in Hydesville, N. Y., in 1S47. The house was afterwards occupied by John D. Fox, who inherited the "knockings" and carried them with his other effects to Rochester. In few years the whole continent was rapping and tipping, and the dead threatened to come out of their graves.
 Some things with reference to modern spiritualism are clear to any thinking reasonable man.
 1. The whole structure is based on thin sophistry. A medium establishes absolute conditions then tables are tipped, tamborines rattle, etc. You are asked, "Can you discover any trickery? Can you explain the mystery?" No. Then comes the triumphant declaration, Therefore, declare it to be the work of disembodied spirits" 1 introduce an ignorant man to a locomotive, and ask him to show me how steam moves these plstons and drives these heavy wheels. Surely he cannot. Then 1 assert, with out fear of contradiction, that steam is the breath of the Devil, and all these phenomena are illustrations of his great power and resources.
 2. The results of spiritualsm are evil, only evil, always evil.
 8. It is proven false by the character of it's manifestations. Some of the say ings and doings at an ordinary "seance" would disgust an unweaned child with natural brain power. As a lover of mu- sic have been amazed that all spirits have low, vulgar musical taste, rarely rising above the scraping of tambour- inc, the tumming of a banjo, or the tinkling of guitar, and then generally making the music with the sounding board, and not the string. am also astonished to find that most spirits even the learned and eloquent of other days-write poorly, spell wretchedly, construct barbarOus sentences, and ex- press sentiments that no one in heaven, on earth or under the earth can under stand.
 4. This system is clearly and terribly denounced by the word of God, as IS taught by the parable of Dives and Lazarus-the gulf is fixed. ,
 We are wisely left, for our knowl- edge. of the unseen of the vast interests and destinies of the unex. plored future. to the wisdom and word of God. Searching for truth, let us not "seek unto them, that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep and that mutter." This is my be- loved Son hear him."