The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-01

called over. Tne departed lrlendS name
| is John. At the pronunciation OF the lot
| ter J two raps. At the pronunciation Of
| the letter o two raps. At the pronuncia-
| tion OF the letter II two raps. At the
pronunciation OF tho letter N two raps.
| There you have the whole name spell cd
| out-J-o-h-n, John. Now, tho spirit being
| present, you say, John, are you hnppy?"
| Two rnps give nn mn lrmative aoswer.
Many years ago the atcamer Atlantic
started from Europe for the United States.
Getting mldocean, the machinery broke,
and she flouudered around dny nfter day
aud week after week. and for u whole
month after she was due people wondered
aud finally gave her up. There was great
anguish In the cities. for tlisre were many
who had friends aboard that vessel. Some
OF the women In their dstross went to tho
spiritual medium and inquired as to the
fate OF that vessel. The medium called up
the spirits, and the rapplngs on tho table
Indicated the steamship lost, with all on
board. Women went raylng mad and were
carried to tho luuatic asylum. After
awhile one day gun was heard OF quaran-
tine. The nags went up on the shipping,
and the bells OF the churches were rung
Tho boys ran through the streets crying:
"Extral Tho Atlantic Is safe!" There was
the embracing as from tue dead when
friends came again to friends, but some of
those passengers went up TO nnd their
wives in the lunatic asylum, where this
cheat OF Internal spirtunism had put
them.
bring against this delusion more
fearful indictment 1t ruins the soul i'm
mortal. First. it mikes u man n quarter
of an lnlldel; then 1t makes him half nm in
ildel; then 1t makes him whole inldol.
II God is ever slapped in the fnce, 1t Is
when a spiritual medium puts down her
hand on the table, invoking spirits de-
parted to mako revelation. God has told
you all you ought to know. and how dare
hn s,t oil Ia .s,f
your business? You cannot keep the Bible
In one hand and spiritualism in the other.
Ono orthe other Will slip out OF your grasp,
depend upon It. Spirltualsm Is adverse
to the Bible, in the fact that II has In
these lust days called from the future
world Christian men to testify against
Christianity. It's mediums call back
Lorenzo Dow, tho celebrated evangelist
and Lorenzo Dow testnes that Christians
arc idolaters. Spiritualisn calls bnck Tom
Paine, and he testiiles that he Is stopping
In the same house in heaven with John
Dunyan. They call back John Wesley and
he testiaes against tho Christian religion,
which ho all his life glorousy preached.
Andrew Jackson Davis, tho greatest OF all
the spirltuallsts, comes to tho front and de-
clares that tho New Testament is but "tho
dismal echo OF barbaric age" aud tho
Bible only "onc Of tho pen and ink relics
OF Cnrlstianity."
have In my house book uscd in spir-
itunlistic service, 1t contains n cntecbism
and hymn book Tho catechlsm has these
questions and answers:
Q. What ~ our chief baptism? A. FEE
quent ublut.on in water.
Q. What Is our inspirations 4. Fresh air
and sunshine.
Q. What is our love Toast? A. Clear
conscience and sound sleep.
q. What Is our prayer? A. Physical eS-
ercse.
And then il goes on to show that great
proportion OF their religious service is II
system OF callsthenics. Then whom they
want to arouse the devotion OF the people
TO the highest pitch they give out the
hym on the siXty-ilfth page:
The night hath gathered up hor sllkcn
fringes.
Or, on the nfteonth page:
Como to tho woods, hoigh ho
'But," says somo one "wouldn't IL be
OF advantage to hear from tho future
world? Don't you think 1t would strength
| on Christians? There are Il great many
materialists who do not believe there are
souls, but II spirits from the future world
| should knock and talk over to us they
would be persuaded" 10 that answer In
the ringing words OF the Son of God, "If
they believed not Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded though ono
rose from the dead"
believe those are the days OF which the
| hpOStl6 Spuke WHEN uo Sulu, In tnO lHttof
times some shall depart from the faith
giving heed to seducing spirits" Audi
| onces In this day need to have reiterated
| in their hearing tho passages l quoted
some minutes ago. "rhere shall not be
among you n consulter of familiar spirits
| or wizard, or necromancer, for they that
| do these things are an abominatiou unto
| tho Lord" and, "The soul that turneth
after such as have familiar spirits I will
! set Myself against them, and they shRli be
cut off from their people,"
But l invite you now to q Christian
| sennce, monday soance. THIS congro-
| gotlon Is only one great family. Here Is
the church table Come around the church
table; take your seats for this great Chris
tim seance; put your Bible on the table,
| put your hands on top of the Bible aud then
| liston and hear IL there are any voices COM
] ing from the eternal world. l think there
are. Listenl ''Secret things belong unto
the Lord, our God, but things that are re-
| vealed belong unto us and to our chill
dren." Surely that Is u voice from the spirit
| world. But before you rise from this Chris
tian seance want you to promise me you
| will be satisfied with the Divine revelation
| until the light OF the eternal throne breaks
upon your vision. Do not go after tho
witch OF En-dor. DO not sit down at table
| rappings either In sport or In earnest.
Teach your children there nre no ghosts
to be seen or heard In this world save those
! which walk on two feet or four-humnn or
bestlal Remember that spirltuallsm at
the best Is a useless thing, for II 1t tells
what the Dlbo reveals 1t Is u superllulty,
and II 1t tells what the Bible does not re-
veal 1t is q le
Instead OF going to get other people to
tell your fortune toll your own fortune by
putting your trust In God and doing tho
best you can. will tell your fortune. "All
things work together for good to them
that love God" Insult not your departed
friends by asking them to come down and
scrabble under an extension table. Re-
member that there Is only QUO spirit
whose dictation You have right to
invoke, and that is the holy, blessed
and omnipotent spirit of God. Harkl
He Is rapping now, not on table or
the floor. but rapplng on the door OF your
heart and every rap Is an invitation to
Christ and q warning OF judgment TO come.
On, grleve Hin not awayl Quench Him
not. He has been all around you this
morning. He wns all around you last
night. He has been around you all your
lives. Harkl There comes voice with
tender, overmasterlng intonation, saying:
"My spirit shall not always strive"