The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-10-02


Editor Herald Tine spiritualists are
subjected TO the sneers and uerision of
people who know absolutely nothing of
our doctrine. yet we are forging ahead at
a remarkable rate, and if the same ratio
OF increase Is maintained we will be mas
GERS OF the situation in ten years The
three splendid meetings that are held in
this CITY each Sunday, viz: The First
Spiritualist Society, the Truthseekers and
that at the tneater, all indicate the drift
OF public opinion. l contend that spirit
ualism is the only philosophy upon the
earth which teaches the truth as it was
taught by Jesus Christ. Is it not strange
that mortaIs Will today swallow the story
OF Jonah and the whale. Christ transfig
ured upon the mount with Moses aud Eli
as, the handwriting upon the wall, the
voice of God in the burning bush warning
and pleading with the apostle Paul, ths
writing OF the ten commandments upon
Inc tablets Of stone, the Interpretation of
Pharaoh dream. the sending out by the
apostle OF magnetized aprons to heal the
SICK, the woman of Endor. Christ ap-
pearing among his disciples when every
door and windoG was closed, Christ and
HIS apostles healing the sick by the the
laying on of hands. the immediate resur-
rectionof the Nazarene (for did He not
say To-day you shall be with me in Par
adise. not three days hence) and ten
thousand other miraculous events men
toned in Holy Writ. Yet they will not
believe the manifestation taking place in
the days of an equally remarkable char
acter. CBn you today find an intelligent
thinking mortal who believes in the lit
eral resurrection of the hodyP Can you
lind an intelligent being who believes in
the hell of the Bible? Some may say they
do, but canvass them deeply and you will
n ~ r olxx.ox Ind thA.v N~1,
of the sort. Nearly all fully realize that
the myth is man-made in order to con-
troll human minds by fear. What layman
in the church who taxes himse If to
build costly church buildings In order
that he may realize heaven when the last
dread trumpet shall sound. Take hell
out OF the Bible and the grand orthodox
church edfices will crum BILE into rims in
the shortest space imaginable. That is
the great trouble with the spiritualists to-
day. They have knocked the bottom out
OF sheol, consequently they are meeting
around wherever they can rent hall.
They have no fea: of hell ana as a result
them to pay the smallest rent or pay de-
cent living rates to spirit Instruments
The philosophy of spiritualism is grand.
1t teaches purity in man. To be good
spirituallst in the strictest sense you must
necessarily be of the highest morality,
.emPofate III All tuipgs, Jake hoIniHB lhto
tharmoutt which will destroy soul or
body. Live up strictly to the teachings
of God and the laws of the country, "do
unto others as you would have
them do unto you," the highest respect
for the marriage relation, the discourage
ment of every act or Thought in man
which tends to lower the high moral
plane set by the Great Medium himself.
1t teaches us that the backbiter and SIAN
derer are to be Stunned as you would
shun the poisonous creeping things of the
earth; in plain words, to be a conscien-
tious spirituslist means that you are
good citizen of the country and Chris
tian IN all that the word implies.
BEN M. BARNEY,