The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22

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cations Of the mysteries Of nature we shall
doubtless increase Ia knowledge - 20 the
occult forces that are In operation coz
tinuAlly In and around W. We are told
by our spirit friends that darkness occu-
pies negative relation In nature, In con-
tradistinction 10 light. which l. . pcsitivc
principle In the economy Of the unlvere.
whilst the Investigations Of Professor
Crooks Of the Scientific society Of London
have confirmed the fact that the raya Of
| light absolutely exert = positive physical
energy And this 10 in strict conformity
with what the spirits had previously an
noGncsd, but which wac discresiited. This
IL one step, At least, toward the solution Of
an acknowledged difficulty in the line Of
Investigation. But what We have learned
OF the dealings of our spirit friends toward
US In the light should certainly engendcr
an abiding confidence In the integrity and
hepcvolenee OF their approach at all times.
even though 1t may be occasionally In the
dark, About half OF our earthly lives are
spent In tho dark BY Gods law.
In the first chapter OF Luke II 10 eatd
that an angel appeared to zacharias and
| promised the birth OF John, zachartas and
his wife being both well stricken Ia years.
no doubted the fulfillmcnt OF the promise
! and said az much In effect TO the angcl. In
reply the angel said Behold, thou shalt
| be dumb and not able " speak until tho
days that these things shall he performed,
because thou beiievest not my words" and
he at once became dumb. The Epritualist
! more than any other can believe In the ex-
ercise OF such power upon the human by a
/ spirit because he is aware OF similar mani
Z, festations occurring at the present day.
| In the same chapter II is declared that
an angel appeared to Mary and promised
\ tho birth OF Jesus.
In the second chapter OF Luke Il is stated
that angels appeared to the shepherds by
night lin the dark. and whilst electric
glory shone around tas We render ~ ro-
claimed. GLORY TO God In the highest, and
| on earth peace. good will toward men"
| Similar lights have been seen and similar
words been heard from the blessed angels
In modern times.
| In tho ninth chapter OF Luke II is re-
corded that as Jesus, John, James and Peter
were on the mount. whilst Jesus WAS
transflgured Behold, there talked With
Him two men, which were Moses and
Elias Are we not justified in believing
| that Jesus was learning from the dead
| when He was talking with Moses vnd Elias
hundreds of years after they had gone to
their home In the skiesy
| In the twentieth chapter OF John, after
the crucifixion, the disciples having assem-
bled together In chamber and the doors
being shut for fear OF the Jews. came
Jesus and stood In their midst" Here SER
tainly was what Is now termed materiali-
cation, whether you regard the Nazarenc MS
God or man: and II must have been pro-
duced through the same law brought into
| exercise In modern times on all cases OF
genuine naturalization. For. surely. no
one in the present age OF enlightenment
will assume that even God himself acts
outside OF law. How can any one consist
emily believe this testimony OF 1000 years
ago, and yet decline 10 accept the over
whelmng evidence existing today in favor
Ia, .t.t
parts of the earth? One OF our most emil
nent American scientists mot n spiritual
ist) In an article seeking TO account for
\ these phenomena, both ancient and modern,
through the operation of natural law. with
ont eupermundant interference. either d.
vine or spirit. said that the person who
In this day doubts Tho fact OF the phenom-
ena Of modern spiritualism is not skeptical
but ignorant"
In the third chapter OF the Acts of the
Apostles ar account Is given, Of Peter re-
storing man who had been lame from
birth. and In the ninth chapter OF Ananias
a disciple restoring Saul tof~leht by the
laying on Of hands You have similar
manifestations presented often In your
midst and by precisely the same law, In
the tenth chapter OF the Acts OF the Apos-
ties 1t Is stated that while Peter was on
the housetop at loppa he fell into trance
And In the twenty chapter Paul de-
clares OF himself that while he was pray
ing In the temple he was In q trance, using
precisely the pbraseology of modern times
and the fact OF trance as occurring amonl
us daily And in cases OF profound trance
occurring in the present day, We have q
parallel to the raising OF Lazarus by Jesus
as recounted In the eleventh chapter o
John, and the raising OF Tabltha by Peter
in the ninth chapter Of Acts,
In the twelfth chapter OF the Acts II
an account OF the Imprisonment OF Peter By
Herod and OF his expected execution
While he was In prison an angel visitct
him and the result was his enhancement
and his liberation without the knowledge
of his guard. And when Peter had CONF
10 himself lin the street. as stated h,
proceeded to the house of Mary, the mothe
OF John, whose surname wac Mark. f~her'
many were gathered together praying An'
as Peter Knocked ut the door OF the gate
damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda
And when she knew Peters voice sh'
opened not tho gate for giadneSs, but raj
in and told how Peter stood before TIN
gate And they said unto her. thou ar
mad. But she constantly affirmed that !
wES even so. Then. said they. II IN hi
angel" believing that he had already bcel
executed. Now, observe the point which
desire to make. II these early Christians
who were assembled at the house OF Mary
had not believed 1t possible that the anpe
have given utterance 10 such an exclama
!, ton?
, In the twenty third chapter OF the Act
OF the Apostles. in the account given OF tn
arrsignment Of Paul before the council o
chief priests, the following declaration wa
made by "the scribee that were OF III
Pharisees' part":"we find no evil In thi
man: but Il spirit or an nngepbath spoke
10 him. let Us rot fight against God" Sure
/ ly this Is satisfactory evidence that In thos
days spirit and angel were synonymon
r terms and were used INTERCHANGEABLE An
, an Indication that II was believed In apos
! toiic times that spirits could commune wilt
mortals and that TO attack mortal thu
. committing was considered as tan,amoun
{ TO fighting against God. II this be tru'
g how impious indeed, are the enemies {
: sprituaists and mediums today.
s. Allow me TO present one manifestatio
( more which occurs IN the last chapter {
{ Revelations. when John was on the Isl
;. OF Patmos and had received the mysterie
: Of the Apocalypse, the angel through whoi
1 they had been received approached hin
o John. being psychological by the mate
D realistic idea OF the age, when he perceive