The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-07

madhouse. .ludge Edmonds, IN broad
way tabernacle, New York, delivered a
lecture concerning splrltuallsm, admit
ted in 50 many words, There is a fas-
cina,ion about consultation with the
spirits of the dead that has tendency
to lead people off from their right judE-
meot aud to jns,iIl into them a fana,i
cism that is revolving to the natural
MUD. y
1t not only ruins its disciples, but it
ruins the mediums also, only give it
time. The Gadarene swine on the
banks Of the lake of Galilee no sooner
became spiritual mediums than down
they went in an avalanche Of pork, to
the CONSERVATION of all the herdsmen.
The Office Of medium is bad for man,
bad for woman, bad for a beast.
l bring against this delusion more
fearful indictment-it ruins the soul
immortal First, it makes man a
quarter of an in6del; then it makes him
half an in6dcl; then it makes him a
whole inidel The whole system, as
conceive it, is founded on the INSULT
cheney of the word Of God as revels-
tior. God says the Bible is enough
for you to know about the future world
You say it is not enough and there IS
where you aud the Lord differ. And
althaugh the Scriptures say, Add
thou not unto his words, lest he re
prove thee and thou be found a liar,
you risk it and say: Come back spirit
of my departed mother, Of my compan,
ions, of my little child, and tell me
some things don't know about you
and abaut the unseen world.
If God is ever slapped iu the face 1t
is when a spiritul medium puts down
her hand on the table, invoking spirits
departed to make revelation. God
has told you all you ought to know.
and how dare you be prying into that
which is none of your business? You
cannot keep the Bible in one hand and
spiritualism in the other. Ooe or the
other will slip out of your grasp, de-
pend upon it. Spiritualism is adverse
to the Bible, in the fact that it has in
these las. days called from the future
world. Christian men to to testify
against Christianity. Its mediums
call back Lorenzo Dow, the celebrated
evangelist, and Lorenzo Dow testi6es
that Christians are idolators. Spirit
ualism calls back Tom Paine, and he
testiies that he is stopping IN the same
house in heaven with John Bunyan.
They call back John Wesley, and he
testi6es against the Christian religion.
which he al his life gloriously preach
Andrew jackson Davis, the greatest
all the spirituslists, comes to the front
and declares that the New Testament
is but "the dismal echo of barb.rlc
age" and the Bible onl y ''onc Of The
pen and ink relics Of Christianity
have IN my house book used in
spirltualistic service. 1t contains a
ca,echism and hymn book. Tne cate
chism mas these questions and answers;
Q. What is our chief baptism! \.
Frequent ablution in water
Q What is our Inspiration y
Fresh air ana SUuSnlOe.
Q What is our love feast? y. Clear
conscience aud sound sleep.
Aud then ii goes on TO show that
great proportion of their religious SET
vice is system Of caliStheDics, Then
when they want to arouse the devotion
Of the people to the highest pitch, they
give out the hyun on the sixty-fflh
page:
The night hath gathered up her si]ker
fringes.
Or, on the fifteenth page:
Come to the woods, heigh he!
But" says some one, wouldn't il
be of advantage to hear frou the fu
ture world? Don't you think it would
strengthen Christians? There are q
great many materialists who DO not be-
lieve there are souls, but If spirits
from the future world should knock and
talk over to US they would be persuad.
ed" To that | answer in the ringing
words of the Son of God, If they be
lieve not Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded though
one rose from the dead "
IbeIieve these are the days of which
the apostle spake when he said, in
the latter times some Shall depart from
the fsith, giving heed to seducing spir,
it's" Audiences in this day need to
have reiterated in their hearing the
passages | quoted some minutes ago,
There shall not be among you con-
sulter Of familiar spirits, or wizard, or
necromancer, for they that DO these
things are an abomination unto the
Lord" and The soul that turneth at.
ter such as have familiar spirits | will
set myself against them, and they shall
be cnt of from their people.
But l invite you now to Christian
seauce. neonday seanee. This con-
eregation is only one great famile:
Here is the church table. Come around
the church table; take your seats for
this great Christian seace; put your
Diple on the taO!e, put your AaCuS on
top Of the Bible and then listen and
hear if there are any voices coming
from the eternal world. ihi"S ,t"re
are. Listen! Secret thirsS Dvioog
unto the Lord, our God, but things 'Ha'
are revealed belong unto Us aud cur
children" Surely that is a voice from
the spirit world. But before You rise
from this Christian 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 the witch Of
En-. dor. Do not sit down at table rap
pings either in sport or in earnest.
Teach your children there are no
ghos.s to be seen or heard in this world
save those which walk on two feet or
four-human or bestial. Remember