Telegram-herald., 1890-05-23
THE SPIRIT WORLD.
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A generation = s&id - b about t1ir~
ty-tbres AMI one-tnId years. 81 tnls
tis meant th@g Il tie Ives of al were
averages. the world xoud h poou-
4ted ana Gspopglaled three times in q
, sutury aud gong back 10 farther
THAI loo wears 10 the history az man
on oar globe, = VI be sen that 8sss
generations have tAen toru and nave
1.ad-p2ssed INTO OBLIVION or a. unseen
aud comparatively unknown spirit
world existence. III the advent II me
human family upon our earth dates
tack many thousand ages. a. science
aua history seem 70 indicate. &nd Ine
planet "a remote antiquity was deusely
populated uy seemingly extinct raDes.
What a past and Il mau be mortal fu-
ture universe OF existence must there
D. somewhere beyond cur mortal VS.
ION. Truly when = man dies may he
b. sad 10 have gone over 10 the SIDE
of the majority for there must be
mlAous al times as many dlsemLOdled
splI T. a. there are human beings Oc-
cUpyng the globe today.
Assuming that We are immOrtal-fOr
that ls the popular and almost universal
doctrine, IN church and out OF A-seY-
eral problems occur, aud that from :
purely phllanthropical standpoint.
WHERE Is HEAvES?
They call il Heaven, and the home Of
souls has been - designated through
al history; but where Is IL Is Il IN the
atmosphere surrounding our EARTH OF
on the other planets composing our
solar systemy On the sun ltselfy Or far
away beyond them all, on other suns
and systems, or throughout the bound
less realms of spaceg
Probably IL Is not unfair 10 say that
no rational human being pretends 10
know. The theOlog ians stand back; the
astronomers lower their telescopes
II is all mystery and fog. We look up,
and pray, and call II Heaven; but our
antlpodes DO that way-ln an oppOs. te
direction. Nobody can see anything
or hear anything of that countless aud
inv sible host that have departed. Ii
they play on golden haTps, our ears are
deaf 10 the muse; II they slngpsalms of
praise or ride IN charriots over golden
streets, we can not hear the rustic OF
their wings nor the treSd OF their celes-
ual horses. TO priest and philosopher
alike il is ali faith and speculation
often rank enough TO make the average
AgnOsuc dizzy.
And Just 50 as to what a respectable
citizen becomes after that wonderful
change called death" has disposed of
his body. That his spirit survives,
everybody no pes, and the most of us
believe; bat where II goes and what 1t
looks like are the questions. Are we
real bodies, as before death, only invis-
ible? What heavenly modes are there
OF locomOtlon--wh we walk or fly,
or flash about like electrical sparks
through immensely? Are we organic
Identities, as here, with race and sex
distinctions? Are homes and nourish-
ment provided or required IN that
mystic, upper-realm?
LACK OF KNowLEDGE NO Proof.
Many take the gloomy view that be-
cause there lsnO knowledge on the
subject, nothing practical and scientific
after these ages of inquiry, ali is a
myth and 4 deluslon; that there can be
no sprIt-worid populated with count
less myIiAds Of the departed. But this
position seems wholly untenable. GRAY
itatlon is invisible, and the spirit IN the
body IS the same; and 50 OK many Of the
most potent and proven forces-mag-
neusm, for instance. The greatest OF
all pOwers-thc one that holds suns and
planets in their orbus-is unseen. TneD,
again, ahead of us may be.
GREAT AND WONDERFUL Discoveries.
We have not explored even the lands
and waters of the globe yet. Stanley
has seen but a portion OF Africa, and
the North and South poles have not
been visited. 1t has only been q tew
hundred years since America was al
unknown land. and largely d.s-
believed in; and go OF the electric
light, the ocean cable and other great
discoveries. Half dozen new planets
and more or less comets are brought to
light every yesr; and IN ages p2sJ such
wonders were never dreamed OF.
CONCLUSION.
Standing with the Christian and most
of the higher minds of the world. We
believe IN immortality. IL not proven,
Il II now close % that, 30 h or scientific
and spiritual grounds. The wcight OF
evidence bears that way. But as
America Whispers Ao EuIOIlf aCiOsS LIif
Atlantic. why should not Heaven vet
telegraph glad tidlngs 10 the inhab-
tants OF the world2 Undoubtedly great
and almost lnsurmOuntable obstacles
have always stood between the two
stages of existence. The silence and
non-intercOurse of ages show that; but
the splrit-world perhaps, iOng-stTivnc
10 that end, as columbus found America,
and Field laid the cablel may any day
open telegraphlc communication with
US. Surely, If the dead live. nature has
put 20 eternal bar against such sublime
| knowledge, and ours is an era of the
most startling discoveries. Why should
heaven not cooperate or surpass us in
opening lines of communcstion2 Mind
this prophecy; II the two worlds exist,
they win vet talk with each other. But
II will be IN noble and glorious man
ner. OF course, not with a semblance OF
the black art, or theIshyster and brazen
tricks Of mercantile claIrvoyance. and
the disgusting shams and impositons OF
I spIrItuslsm.
The writer has full faith that many
who read this will live TO see the fulfill
ment Of his predictions.