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


form, unslterabls and eternal. hence III ths
occurrences both Of time and eternity.
whether simple Ar great. must b. Ia ar-
cordsnce with the harmonious action Of
some Law, either known or unknown, or else
we implously conclude that tho economy Of
this majestic universe 10 Incomplete and
who will dare thus TO decideg And fur
fher N a sequence. that II In the past
thcre was Z law Ia existence BY means Of
which these angels In the form, OF men
could commune With Abraham on the plains
Of Mamie. by which Moses and Elias could
have conyewed with Jccus on earth hun
drcds OF years after they had entered the
higher life. by which one Of hts brethren.
the prophets, could appear TO John on the
isle Of patmos and advise him ~ to the
psoper object o. devotion. then that law
must stll be In existence. and you. my
friends. can commune with your departed
companions aAi friends, prcportioned and
circumscribed only BY the revelations aud
conditions with which you may be individ-
ually surrounded This, II seems to me,
Is logical deduction, a legitimate con-
clusion, from which there Ia no escape,
And thus. my friends. I can but decide
| that those Bthiists (Jew or Christian) who
deny the fact OF spirit communion are
really undertaking. the very foundation Of
their own text book. for. in addition to the
| facts there recorded. every inspired word
,of the Bible was hrcathed into man through
! this glorious iustrumentalIty. THE patri-
archs of old conversed with the Angels
| through Il. Moses, amid Egyptian SANDS:
isaiah. clothed In the sublImity OF hts
terrific eioquencc; Jeremiah, out Of tho
depths OF his wailing lamentations: Daniel
| in the lions den. or surrounded by the
splendor OF an Eastern court: David,
swelling the chords OF hie prophetic harp.
| tho apostles and pioneers of the Christian
t.A. lA.... lsxs.<
! fectione, were the recipients OF this Penta-
costal power. which embraces within It's
| influence seraphs and mortals. the spheres
| Of heaven and the orbit Of earth. And
| even He, whose birth is said 60 have been
4 heralded by star and His death dirgs
carolcd by the muttcrings OF an earth
quake, lie, whose words were "ogic set
on fire by love" disdsined not 10 be the
| recipient OF angelic min~trations. And
shall we refuse this divine beneficencc oil
! decline the advocacy of so glorious truth
Forbid IT, 70 bright and beautiful spirits
now lowering around aud about us; aud
Oh, carry on your heaven appointed work
until the entire race shall have been re-
deemed from sectarian fapaticism on the
one hand and materialistlc obstinacy on the
other.
In conclusion, allow me to advert briefly
| TO dhe fact that the student OF the Bibls
can but observe adherence in the tenor
and manner of The communications to b,
found within It's pages. This Is, OF course
attributable 10 the condition and clrcum'
stances OF tho age In which they we're writ.
ten. aud the conditions and circumstance
OF the different individual channel,
through whom the communications ma,
have come. the law of communication oil
OF Inspiration remaining intrinsically thu
same In all cases. The pivotal point o
the revelation OF the Old Testament wat
for an "A
tooth" The pivotal point OF tho revela-
tion OF the New Testament was Father
forgive dhem: they know not what the,
do" SO that tho difference alleged to ex
iet in the spiritual communications OF to
day, and which are urged ms an objection
to spIritualism OF modern times, have thei
anaogies In the past. and II tho ono sys
tenn is TO be rejected on the ground o
seeming contradictions so must the othe
by tho same rule OF reasoning. The pvota
points OF modern inspiration are God u
love- man Ia immortal. Tho canon OF rove
lation has not closed. With these spirit
,ialism is before the world within
quarter OF century go wonderful hav'
been Its attractive qualities that Il has be
come one OF the themes Of public thought
| subject alike to ridicule and to reverence
which OF these two sentiments II shall
arouse In your bosoms you yourselves cal
alone determine For myself. l can trul,
say that when first / recognized the fact
Of the perpetuity Of individual conscious
ness and of progress beyond tho grave an,
that the beloved aud the departed can an,
do commune with the Borrowing hearts 0
Garth the brilianco OF these consDlatory
truths ehed an Illuminating ray over tn
entire future. both for time and eternity
whilst the well OF sweet waters In TIL
heart became at once and forever mex
haustlble
SIS God asleep, that He should cease to b.
All that He was to the prophets OF In
| past?
All that He was TO poets OF old time?
All that He was to hero souls. who ella,
Their sun bright minds In Adamantine mai
or constancy. and walked the world witt
Him,
And spakc with His deep mueic on thei
tongue.
And acted with His pulse within the heart
And died--or seemed to outward sense /
die
Evanishing IN light, ms II tho sun
Gathered Its image back into itseif7
Is God less real now than when He ssns
And srnote with His right har0 the harp o
space
And All the stars from His electric breath
! In golden gaiaxies OF harmony.
Went cheerinv out. heart flushed with III
from Hin?
open thy soul to God. o. man. and talk
: Through thy unfoIded faculties with Hin
who never, save through faculties OF mind
Spake unto the Father"
Founded by tho Rt. Rev. A. G
al, Garrett. y, D., LII. d.. BishoI
! Of Dallas. Texas.
CT M DVC