Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-02-26


terlous and wonderful than things
which have been seen in past cen
turles of the world. In all ages there
have been nccromancers, those who
consult with the spirits of the depart
ed; charmers. those who put their sub.
jects in mcsmeric state; sorcercrs,
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
excitement. which the spirits have ex-
plotted in our day. precisely the same
thing over and over again, under the
manipulation of the Brahmans. Now,
do you say that spirltualism Is differ
ent from these? / answer, all these
delusions l have mentioned belong to
the same family. They are exhuni1-
tions from the unseen world.
What does God think of all these de-
lusons? He thinks so severely of them
that he never speaks of them but with
livld thunders of indignation. He says.
II will be a. swift witness against the
sorcerer." He says, Thou shalt not
suffer witch to live" And lest you
might make some important distinction
between spiritualism and witchcraft
God says in SO many words, "There
shall not be among you consulter Of
familiar spirits, or wizard, or nee
romancer, for they that do these things
are an abomination unto the Lord"
The Lord God Almighty in score Of
passages which have not now time to
quote utters bis Indignation against all
this great family OF delusions. After
; that be spiritualist if you dare!
Takes Advantage of weakness.
Still further, we learn from this text
bow it is that people ccme to fall into
spiritualism. Saul had enough trouble
| to kill ten men. He did not know
| where to 60 for relief. After awhile
he resolved to so and see the witch of
In-dor. He expected that somehow she
would afford him relief. It was his
trouble drove him there. And have
to tell you now that spritualism finds
its victims in the troubled, the bank
rupt, the sick, the bereft. You lose
your watch, and you 60 to the fortune
teller to find where it is.
You lose friend; you want the splr-
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 I
hate spirituallsm. 1t takes advantage
Of one in moment of weakness, which
may come upon us at any time. We
lose friend. The trial is keen, sharp,
suffocating, almost maddening. If we
could marshal host and storm the
eternal world and recapture our loved
one, the host would soon be marshaled
The house is SO lonely. The world is
SO dark. The separation is SO insuf.
ferable. But spiritualism says, eve
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 min
utes. No motion of the table. No re
sponse from the future world. Twenty
minutes. Thirty minutes. Nervous
excitement all the time increasing. Two
= raps from the future World. The let
ters Of the alphabet are called over
The departed friends name is John
At the pronunciation Of the letter
two raps At the pronunciation of tn,
letter o two raps. At the pronuncla
tion OF the letter ii two raps. At TIN
! pronunciation of the letter N two raps
There you have the whole name spell
ed out-J-o-h-n, John. Now the spiri
being present, you say, John, are yo,
happy" Two raps give an affirmatlv
answer.
Pretty soon the hand of the medium
begins to twitch and toss and begin
to write out, after paper and ink ar
furnished, message from the eterna
world. What is remarkable, the dc
parted spirit, although 1t has bee
amid the illuminations of the HEAVIER
cannot spell as well as it used to.
has lost all grammatical accuracy an
cannot write as distinctly. Ireceived
letter through n medium once. | sen
1t back. said, Just please to to
those ghosts they had better go [
. school and get improved In their o.
. biography" Now, just think of spi
Its, that the Bible represents as er
throned in glory, coming down I
crawl under the table and break crocl
cry and ring tea bells before supper
|. ready and rap the window shutter on
: gusty night. What consolation In sue
miserable stuff rs compared with III
consolation of our departed friend
free from toll and sin and pain are 70
ever happy and that we will join then
not In mysterious and half utteranC
which makes the hair stand on en-
and makes cold chills creep the bacl
y, but in % reunion most blessed and hal
u py and glorious!
And none shall murmur or niisdoubt
y When Gods great sunrise hnds us out.
q Affairs of Darkness.
Y learn still further from this SUI
ject that spiritualsm and necromanC
l. are affairs of darkness. Why did N
n Saul go in the day? He was ashamt
y to go. Besides that, he knew that tn
I, spiritual medium. like all her succe
II sors, performed her exploits In Il
r night The Davenports. the Fowler
le the Foxes, the spiritual mediums of &
1t ages, have chosen the night or dar
n ened room. Why? The majority
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