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

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that It should b. submitted 10 Huldah. The
prophetess. You believe "a the pentateuch,
manv Of you. You believe that the law
Moses is important; and yet the world
e uependent for those books upon 4 spirit
nal medium BY the name Of Huldah. rnd
woman at that You have many srch
prcphetesses aOd mediums today, but In
Stead OF crediting their beautiful cun,snuri-
cations. they are taxed a. are gin placed
and beer gArdens
l In Psalm Xix n n very remarkable tcyt.
david Is represented as utserins prayer
against his enemies. and he makes use
OF this expression: May their tables be-
come snare; and may that ' hi,h Vas
intended for their welfare become trap"
II Is difficult TO tell what this text al
iudes TO: but. II Il 10 an allusicn 10 cor.
respondinx manifestations OF the present
day. no one but an experienced investiga-
tor OF spiritualism can appreciate how
deep must have maliEnity OF any rsn's
heart who could have uttered such a
PRAYER
In Escksei !. II and Ill It Is written that
the prophet Is favored by visions nns In
the course OF one Of them no distinctly
says: The spirit entered into me, and
enabled me to hear a voice from the sky. ("
~ Daniel Ill It is stated that Shadrach
Meshnch aud Abedncgo were cast into
iterv furnace. and an angel was seen
| Walking with them.
In Daniel 1t Is stated that an angel
wrote upon the trembling walls Of the
palace OF the reveling Belshazzar: Meme,
meme. tekel upharsen." and that a mcdi-
UNI as spiritnalists recognize the fact in
terDreted the spiritual chircyraphy.
In Daniel vi we learn that Daniel was
cast into den OF lions. and that God sent
an ANGEL and shut the Hons mouths. Spir-
dtunlists may believe this, but how can
m ~ b0 haf .;rIt
either communicate intelligihiy or control
physically?
In Daniel II is stated that, after fast.
lnr, Daniel was entranced. not only the
TACT as It exists in modern times. hut
the exact phraseoogy Is used likewise.
| After Tasting 1.-THE practice with many OF
the mediums of the present day. Daniel
was entranced and spirit approached him
| In the form of man. and spoke 10 him,
and touched him. In this connection, I
NAV remark that some Biblical scholars
affirm that Gabriel and other angels who
apDeared to the ancients were not the
spirits OF the departed. but beings of a
speciai creation" Yet in the ninth chapter
Daniel distinctly says. THE man Gabriel
anproached him and touched him.
In Nehemiah tx, It is said that on GER
tain occasion all the people praised God
because He sent good spirit to talk to
them.
In | Samuel tx occurs a lIttlc history,
which clearly shows the similarity be-
tween mediums OF the present day and
those of ancient times. In short. The sIir-
itualism OF today and the spiritaai.Sm or
buddhism OF ancient times. II Is there
recalled that a number OF the ASSES hc-
longing to Kish. the father Of eAni, lad
strayed away: that Sauls father sent him
and one of his servants TO search for the
asses; that after they had been searching
for some DAYS Saul became fa,igued and
| wished 10 return. The servant said 20
| him: Behold. new there Is In this city
a man OF God. and he is an honorable
man all that he saith cometh surely TO
pass; now. LET us so thither: peradvcniurc
he can sbew us our way that we should
GO" Saul said. But. behold, II We 80,
what shall we bring the manG' The SER
want said: behold. have here at hi nd
the fourth part OF a shekel of silver; that
viii ! give the man of God to tell as cur
way" This was a little more than Is cents.
The good Samuel took money ror telling
where the asses OF Kish had strayei. IL
is said further that God had Appeared to
Samuel the day before. and hal told nlou
the asses and had told him that Saul
would come. and that when Saal id ar
rive he must doiain him Cor a day. and
anoint him TO become king In Israel. When
Saul reached Samuel. Samuel told him that
the asses had returned home. AMI that row
Sauls father was Borrowing for him;
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, him. He did remain day, and he went
forth anointed as the future ruler o. ls-
fael And he went forth also, my friends,
with another blessing: He left medium
i himself lust as has been the case In many
instances In the present day by visit to
strongly magnetic mediums. The esidencc
|, CT this is found in chapter XVI, where II
is related that he was controlled, az many
mediums are. in their earlier experience
, by an undeyelcped spirit. He got rid oil
, this spirit by precisely the same method
, that spritualists and mediums get rid oil
, undeveloped spirits today. that Is. by eall-
ing in the agency OF music and hariloty.
David was sent for, that he might p,ey
upon his harp. thus creating better condl-
lions: and the evil spirit departed.
Again. you have all heard Of the witch
! | OF Endor" as she Is called. the woman
referred TO in | Samuel xviii, he Btle
does not call that woman witch from
the beginning to the end OF the chapter
the word witch is not In the chapter. u
is in the heading only, and that heading
, YOU. OF course. understand. was supplied
! bv the translators. She was good medium
and benevolent. kind-hearted woman
|. too. for. although poor In this worlds
goods she set before Saul all that she had
. She gave him also. what In modern
rhrase ology, would be called "a sitting
; or seance. and the result was that tht
: shirt OF Samuel presented himself; ant
Saul received communication and :
/, pruphosy that were fulfilled. Mediums arr
sometimes called witches In the present
: day. Three hundred years ago they ~er,
called .witches' ia Massachusetts,. ant
were hanged fer it. Mediums. be not Of
Tended when YOU are called witches
. rest assured that the witch Of Endor' tai
3 she IS called was a good woman. and wal
Y doing Gods work in the best way sh'
: knew how. and angels could do no more.
4 Again in Job xxx!i. is the declaration
4 "But there is a spirit In man, and the IN
SEPARATION Of the Almighty giyeth them IN
derstsndine" In the next chapter, tNNNlh
, II is stated: In dream, In a VISION
the night when deep sleep fallen rpcl
/. men, in slumberings upon the bed. Got
t "openeth the ears CT men and seaieih thcl
, instructions" every word OF which TN
Z splritualist and only the spiri.ualiSt, cal
, benieve intellieently.
g Now let us turn TO the New Testament
: and iu the first chapter we find a spirl
: | manifestation, or angel visitation. OF som
! Importance in Christendoln. An angel ap
pears 10 Joseph In dream and explain
! the condition of Mary before marriage q
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