The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-03-03

a spirit?" Two raps-answcr in the
affirmative. Are you an injured
spirit?' Two raps-arawer in the af.
frmativc. Then they knew right away
that it was the spirit of a peddler who
had been murdered in that house years
before and who had been robbed Of his
$500. Whether the spirit Of the pedC,cr
came back 10 collect his $500 or his
bones do not know.
The excitement spread. There was
a universal rumpus. Hon. Judge Ed
nondS declared in book that he had
actually seen bell start from the
top shelf of closet. heard it ring over
! the people that were standing in the
closet; then, swung by invisible hands,
il rang over The people in The back par
| lor and floatcd through the folding
doors to the front parlor. rang over
| the people there and then dropped on
| the floor. \ senator OF the United
| States, af;crward governor of Wiscon-
| sin, had his head quite turned with
| spritualistic demonstrations. The la
blcs tipped, and the stools tilted and
the bedstcads raised. and the chairs
upset, and il seemed us IL the spirits
everywhere had gone into the furni-
ture business! Well. the people said:
1--WE have got something new in this
country. II is u new rcligion!" Oh.
no. my friend, thousands of years ago
we find in our text, II spiritualisti"
scancc.
Nothing in the spiritualistic circles
Of our day has been more strange,
mysterious and wonderful than things
which have been seen in past centuries
OF the world. In all ages there have
been nccromanccrs, those who consalt
with the spirits of the departed;
charmcrs. those who put their subjects
in mcsmeric state; sorcerers, those
who by taking poisonous drugs see
everything and hear everything and
tell everything; dreamers, people who
in their sleeping moments can see the
future world and hold consultation
with spirits. Yes, before the time of
Christ, the Brahmans went through all
the table moving, all the furniture ey-
citcmcnt. which the spirits have cX-
plotted in our day, precisely the same
thing over and over again. under the
manipulation of the Brahr,ans. Now.
do you say that spiritualis.n is differ
cnt from these? | answer, all these
decisions ! have mentioned belong to
the same family. They are cxhuma-
tions from the unseen world.
What docs God think of all these de-
lusons? lie thinks so severely OF them
that He never speaks Of them but with
livid thundcrs Of Indignation. He says:
81 will be a swift witness against the
sorcIrcr." He says: Thou shalt not
suffer witch TO live" And, lest YOU
might make some important distinc-
ton between spiritualism and witch
craft. God says, in SO many words:
There shall not be among You con
sultcr CT familiar spirits, or wizard. OF
necromanccr, for they that do these
things IRE an abomination unto the
Lord" The Lord God Ahnirhty in
score OF passages which have not now
time to quote uttcrs His Indignation
AGAINST all this great family Of dclu-
aions. After that be n spiritualist ii
you dare!
Still further, we learn from this test
how it is that people come to fall into
spiritualism. Saul had enough trouble
to Kill ten men. He did not knowwhcre
TO 90 for relief. After awhile he re-
solved 30 go and see the witch of En-
dor. lie expected that somehow she
would afford him relief. II was his
trouble drove him there. And thavc
to tell you now that spiritualism finds
its victims in the troubled, the bank
rupt. the sick. the bercft. You lose
your watch, and you go to the fortune
teller TO find where it is.
You lose a friend; you want the spir-
itual world opened, so that YOU may
have communication with him. In a
highly wrought, nervous and diseased
state Of mind you go and put yourself
in that communication. That is why
hate spiritualism. II takes hdvan.
tagc Of ono in moment of weakness,
which may come upon us nj any time.
We lose friend. The trial is keen,
sharp, sufTocating, almost maddening.
If we could marshal host and storm
tho eternal world and rccapture our
loved one, the host would soon be mar
shaded. The house is so lonely. The
world is so dark. The separation is so
insuifcrablc. But spiritualism says:
1--WE will open the future world and
your loved one can come back and talk
TO YOU" Though we may not hear his
voice. we may hear the rap of his hand.
So, clear the table. Sit down. Put
your hands on the table. BE very quiet.
Five minutes gone. Ten minutes. No
motion of the table. No response from
the future world. Twenty minutes.
Thirty minutes. Nervous excitement
all the time increasing. Forty min
utes. The table shivers. Two raps
from the future world. The letters of
the alphabet are called over. The de-
Parted friends name is John. At the
pronunciation of the letter j, two raps.
Vt the pronunciation of the letter o,
two raps. At the pronunciation of the
letter II. two raps. At the pronuncia-
ton Of the letter y, two raps. There
you have the whole name spelled out
john, John. Now, the spirit being
present, you say: John, are you hap
py?' Two raps give an affirmative an