The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-11
IDOL WOR SLIPPERS.
Father Wall So Terms those Who Visit
Fortune Teliers.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
Rev. Father Wall, rector of st. PauPs
cathedral, scored the people of his parish
yesterday, particularly the married women,
on the practice of patronizng fortune
tellerS and other wizards who read the
past, pres mt and future, as they cast one
eye on your hand aad the other on your
pocket book. The reverend gentleman de-
nounced them and said he had positive
kno Wedge that young people had their lives
ruined as the result Of coIsul ations with
fortune-tellers. An effort was made to find
out whom he meant. but this could not be
learned. 1t is supposed that a recent case
told in the co feSsional was tle cause Of
Father Wallis remarks.
Father Wall began by saving that all per-
sons who visited 70 tn le-tellers for the pIr-
pose OF learning their fortune violated the
tir't comma .dment of Col. He said they
became idolaters BY so doing, and worship
ed an idol, at whose feet tuey fell down on
their knees. He told the story of Moses on
Mount Sinai, who worshiped God while
Aaron and his people were worshipping
golden calf in the valley.
When Moses came down and found out
what he people were doing he was SO angry
that he threw down the two stone tables he
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all their jewelry, rings, ETC., at the feet of
the idol and danced around it, while the
spirit of God was the mountain. There
were D, 900 of them, a d God made law
for fear the people would fall into idolatry.
Faith r Wall sail:
"Whel person visits fortune-teller to
ascertain his fortune he goes to find out
hat God alone, aud no one else, knows.
When you give to a fortuue-teller your
nd lyah h,li
they have aforeknowle lgs of seeing the
inside view of the future you adore him and
make him believe he has power not give 4 to
the devil Mlny people believe that when
they have anything stolen or lose their
friends, the first thing they should do is to
run to fortune-teller. If you think he can
peer into the future you make him the equal
of God. Therefore you have strange gods
before him and violate the first command
ant. You are guilty of a mortal sin, and
should expect the punishment of God for
an indulgency in this prac Ice.
we find youths, young girls, and espe-
clally married wOme making practice of
this sin. If you deliberately visit a fortune
teller you are INDUCING in a mortal sin. If
you 60 out Of cure thong tlessneSs it is not
50 bad, but it is a sin nevertheless. l. is the
same thing as going to an idol and giving
your hear to it. This is idalitry of the
worst kind | would like to impress OF
your mind that fortune-tellers compose the
worst characters IN the community. One
class of the business is fortune-telling and
the Other is seduction and ruin of youth
To my own personal knowle lge 1 know of
persons who have been ruined by consult
ing these people. l warn all persons of the
congregation, and hope you will extend
this knowledge, that it is a mortal sin
against the first commandment. Avoid
them and their nefarious business, for the
designs they have on the m )rality of youth"