Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-29
HISTORY
And Statistics of Modern
SpirltualiSm.
THE EXTENSIVE AND Tnn LEARN
I'm LITERATURE
OF SPIRITU AL ISM
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, ). rENNIMonn
COOPER, RALPH WALDO EM-
Easos Ann cLAimEp.
while tho sam. Authorities Lay
Claim to All Teaching. OF sacred
and rrorane History.
OF SPIRITU AL Is M

al
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how many there are In this country2"
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IeTh LAKE PARK iheyIl sct some OF
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gueh nre tho snmniea az the evpr.a-
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these queries tho following Information
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rolled upon ~ n correct rcpr iRcntpton
OF fnptn na aeon Nv Tho beIlevera I'm
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HpllluhllHmi Whloh ~ u knowledge,
not belief simply. Ia the fact OF the
eoniip,,itv al tif, .ft,r "a coilo1 d.,h,
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nhu Hlul uhuNr eeIthlh circumstances
ducnrnuie intelligoncoa do commune
cato with their rionda ON the earth
MAN, ,,,,,,,,,.,,,, 80, M,
i"'"N' >" 80 VI" uN mummy i'e''' inr
histories OF All nations give ample
PROOF uf TINS ASSERTION, The Bible from
tlin account Of inc woman OF lGndur
VINO had familiar Hplrlt' to the
NflENfAtfAAlNN VI aANN'N hllu lsllhh hl AlAH
MuunI tht Wonucfh OF the Day or
FonteeoHt aud the revelations Of the
upooAlypaei IN iull OF rplrltuullnllc dem
onstrhuunh, Good aud bad Hpflta
ullto appear Nor Ia II stated In any
place thnt those Manifestations shall
eQnhe with the close Of tile nerlpture
canon, BolleVefh Ia thlH doctrine at
tlrm that the signs ana wonders that
Christ ana the Apostles spOiSo OF ana
SAID should follow those that believe"
have follower true believers all along
dawn the ages, aud that every phase Of
mudiumHhip that W prucurcd today
was pt0ptlcel IN bible times in short,
that tho good book Itself furnishes tho
strongest proofs to many OF the truth
OF Apiritunlism,
A. nn entity among the beliefs OF
the world II has pnaHru nom the appcu-
lntive ana tentative condition into per-
nttncnt organization In It's more mod.
crn manifestations II BEGAN with tie
NRooheBter ltnooldngM" nt Hydcsylllc,
N, y, Ia the Fox FAMILY, In iSlS pho-
nomcun like our table tlppnFs, etc,
appeared, and almost simultaneously,
aiiullnr Manifestations occurred In
many other puftn " the country, Me.
diumn. teachers, clniryoynnt "Won-
dpia" multiplied untl there ~ now
Honrcoly a town pf amy nigu IN tho
land but what has 'oircic" through
which communication are received from
. lNNNil NlAhNt Miillil MlI0INM "a MnIll OF
con- lNtinn 10 those on tho earth pmup,
WI the churches have usually de-
noun Il IL az Tho Wurl, OF tho dnylt
houcHt investigators an admit that At
tho very least, There ~ alfasthng la
r. And %hlle many frauds protesting
to raise the spiritH'' have been cs.
posed and much ioHerdcmniu has bepn
discovered. Il numbers its honest. In
tolligont helicyera hy the hundreds OF
thousands Even Rev. Joseph Cook
the mouthpiece OF New England or.
thodoNy, admits there Ia much truth
In Il, to say the least
The nrnt effort that was mNdo to 81.
feet n national organization was at
ChlenRo, In 1874, hut nothing nerm1,
ncntly was effected untl aenten,bot Va
iSga, whom, at the Norldn icalr IN ,hn
samo city, convention assembled. at
tended by 900 dcloRatca from thirty dir
fcront aintoa aud territories. mia re-
uultcd IN permanent organisation.
Mr. II. ", Hnrrptt " the gront Caapn.
/ day bank was chosen president, and
I the body WAS legally Incorporated. An
annual convention has boon held each
( year since In Washington.
AZ tho close OF the year 1891 tho
Rplrituallaia of this country wore In Il
worry prhaperOun condition. Nn tbn fai.
lowing facts will show The number of
lectures, including test mediums who
{ give public teute, was a6O rho mum.
tings was over 300 cNeiualve of Inc
| speakers nnd platform test niodlunis.
4 The number Of camp meeting assoet,.
! lions wnA 49, There we're nump Ass To-
cal societies distributed through Thirty.
| four states and territories, rhero were
ton state associations, aud tho mona
ndc membership OF the roclotloa reach.
cd some 10000 IN 1850 Archbishop
l1uRhcH nhin there were 10 900 600 mir.
! ituallata In this country, but thpy
themselves make no such claim az
20 members. There are over 5000 bona
iide aplrltuallHta IN Texas. II X ostl-
I mated that there are now IN all tho
4 world some a0,0OOOoO adhcrenta ot this
| biRhop'a cntimnto Ia not far from right
/ today, applied 10 the United Statea,
\ though most OF them arc not IN or
/ ghnsntionr, They own AZ this time
4 81 900 900 worth OF nrAporty Thpv have