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step forth and communicate witt
man. This is spiritualism.
Spiritualism, whether brough
about by the former method la) Of
the latter 10y, may be several sorts
/ !. Intercourse with God, or holy
beings, such rs the angel Of the
Lord, or Christ lefore He took flesh
upon Him.
,. Intercourse with resurrected
beings like Elias, Moses, MOrOni,
etc; both OF which sorts are sane.
TONED by the Gospel.
8. Intercourse with the spirits OF
men not yet resurreCted, and who
may he good or evil. This species
Of spirituslism Is fraught with much
I danger.
J. Satanic spiFilualism, or inter
course with evil spirits who are
never to have n mortal tabernacle.
sEERS, PROPHETS, MEDIUNs, &c.
Many names exist by which are
meant those who have that peculiar
gift Of being visited by spirits Of
one or all sorts; such names a.
seer, prophet, revelator, medium,
sOrcerer, conjurOr Of spirits, witch,
etc. Likewise many names exist
whereby to designate those mOrtals
whose spirits have the faculty Of
spiritual vision, or OF visiting other
spheres. Such names as dreamer.
visionary, ClairvOyant, cataliptist,
extasist, etc. THESE gifts are COM
mon to men and women alike.
y too common error exists which
suppOses that the terms prophet,
prophecies, sOrcerer, sOrceress, witch,
etc, relate 10 the category Of spirits
4 man or woman may communicate
with, " that prophet must neces-
sarily be holy, prophecy the truth
only, or commune only with good
spirits or angels.
The world has long been without
the keys OF the true Gospel; cOnse-
quently the terms alluded TO have
obscure meanings, which we will
not now try 10 disentangle. But,
let no one suppose that Mother Eve
was witch because she conversei
with the old serpent; or that Cain
was either a prophet, seer or revel-
atOr because God visited him.
Again, do not suppose a witch 10
commune only with evil spirits.
Did not the witch Of EndOr see
as the ,Euglishl Bible says, ''gOds?''
Do not suppose that the LOri may
not put lying spirits IN the mouths Of
the Prophets. A Prophet may DO
amiss-pOllute himself-and still be
the anointed and the only one ap-
pointed 10 prophecy or reveal au-
thOritatively.
THE ORIGIN Or sPIRITUALIslI,
as defined in this article. can
not aHtedate the advent Of
mortal man, but its elements
in heaven, and the
extremes of which il could he /.
were revealed when the re-
belliOn Of Lucifer and his allies &C.
CURED in heaven. Since the fall Of 4
Lucifer and the triumph Of God /
these two extremes have been sn-
forces, and at the advent |
Of Adam and ever since then the
craft or power Of the evil one has
to introduce itself 10
nan as the only true spiritualism.
the revelations OF God I
the Gospel Of eternal life, aud
,uch spiritualism, Of any name or
Urm, claims to he today.
Hardly had God revealed a few
to Adam and Eve when
he serpent claimed TO bring the
gospel Of the opening Of their eyes
md the method Of becoming like I
rod. From that day until the
ieluge many forms OF this wicked
pirituslism probably eXistei, ami,
eight souls. tended great
J TO oppose the Gospel which Noah
vas commissioned TO preach. When
loses welded the rod OF miracles,
he Egyptian spiritual;sts (magiciansl
we're prepared TO harden the heart OF
'haroah. Thus Of the mission Of
,hrist, etc.
So far we have only treated Of
be two extremes. Two other
Drms Of spiritualism remain
D be traced, namely that form Of
10 3 which deals with
OIa tide spirits Of the unsanctified
eparted; 20 p that which deals
nth resurrected beings. Neither
these eau / trace TO their origin.
ut early instances Of the former
ne Indicated by the fact that :
'itches were prohibited in Israel,
nd Of the latter form the trans
guratiou on the Mount lie. the
isit Of Moses and Elias) furnishes !
n example.
After all this classification it
ems an anomaly to have TO account
IT Modern Spiritualism'' and its |
lcient prototype. Referring 10 :
hat Is mere styled the prOtOty pc,
nj Judging from my personal otser- !
atoms Of ''mOdern spiritualism," / :
IOuld not wonder but that imme-
.ately after the murder Of Abel I
me spirit presented itself 10 the
.latives Of Cain, claiming to he :
bel himself, and saying that Cain c
as forgiven and that be had un. '
ittingly conferred a favor 10y slay- !
G Abel, that God was FAR too !
erciful TO take Vengeance for any :
Use, and that the hereafter would G
] be smooth sailing, except for old Z
gOts like Adam and Eve who ?
pulled God with their prayers L
ID offerings. n
WHAT MODERN sPIRITUALIsN h
lat so-called psychological science
Ncepting hypuOt' sm, animal mag
tism, etc.) which is supposed to
al with the souls OF men, Il usually
-med modern spiritualism, and u
lich, besides many intricate phe- 81
mt ma, involves table-tilting, rap al
lg, Extraordinarily, etc. V
But it really remains 10 be proven :
At those various phenomena are 4
Iduced by the bOna-flde departed.
st here the reader must bear in
nd that those evil spirits who were
1 out Of heaven have had ages Of :
lie in which 70 develop arts and
ences more deceptive than our
nbined arts Of statuary, painting,
talking machines n,
i autOmaton or mechanical NJ
ures who walk, talk, play, g
whistle, and that thus these g
rits could produce an autnmaton b
aterialized pirit)having apparent 3
all the peculiarities and features p
he deceased which it Is intended Nc
) automaton for false spirit is 20 f'
peSonate.
1et US for a moment lay aside
sc structures and see If modern
rituslism" is really what it claims
be with regard TO its name, ,
Iodern.- :;
n the "fortiesn Of this century I
Iodern spiritualism" was either sc
or entirely unknown, Sc
IL remained so until the sisters
and X. Fox developed
until then unknown. l -;