The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-03-07
WITCH OF END0R,
A Type of the FaIiac'es OF SO
Called Modern Spjrituaiisn7.
wlTcHcRAFT AND sORcERY,
Dr. Talmage Warns People Aga'nS'
What He Terms the Re
Iio;on of Ghosts.

n this QjS"oUlsS ~. anna 80"
cusses meme never more under ezpio-
ration t 81 at this tine and warns peo,
ole against what he calls religion OF
ghosts; text, Samuel xviii, :: BE
hold, there is woman that hath ia
miliar spirit at Eo-dor. And Saul ol'-
guised himself and putoc other ralmsn'
and he went, and two m,a with hl1n,
and they came to the woman by nlst:'.
Trouble to the night Of ham a0o
tropblc to the Lett Of han, Saul hfS"
nor what 10 do. As last resort ne
concluded to seek cut spiritual nedl-
nm or witch or anythisg that you
please to call hers woman who h&o
communication with the spirits OF the
eternal world 1t was very o'thcu!t
thing to DO, for S4ul had either slain
ali the witches or compelled them 70
stop business. \ servant one day sad
TO K;pg Saul, Il know Of a spiritual
medium down at the village OF kudor.
DO you?n said the king. Night falls.
Saul, putting of his kiDgly robes anc
putting on the dress of a plain citizen,
with two servants, goes out to hunt up
this medium.
Saul and his servants after awhile
reacbed the village, and they say, !
wonder if this is the house" and they
look il, and they see the baggar,c!,
weird aa6 shriveled up spiritual medl-
um sitting by the light and on the table
sculp,ured images and diviping rods
and poisonous herbs and bottles and
vases. They say, Yes, this must be
the place. Onc loud rap brings the
woman to the door, and as she stands
there, boldipg the candle or lamp above
her head aud reering out into the
darkness, she says, Who IS here?
The tai king informs her that he has
come to have his fortune told. " hen
she hears that, she trem5les and al
most drops the light, for she knows
there Is uv chance for 9 fortune teller
or spiritual medium in all the land.
But Saul having sworn that no harm
shall come to her, she says, w ell,
who shall I bring up from the dead!
Saul says, Bring up Samuel. That
was the prophet who had died little
while before.
l see her waving wand, or stirring
uo some poisonous herbs in a caldron,
or hear her mutterlDg over some lncan-
tations, or stamping with her foot as
she cries out to the realm Of the dead:
Samuel, Samuel Lo, the freezing
horror! The Hoor Of the tenement opens
aud the gray hairs fiat up and the
forehead, the eyes, the lips, the should
ers, the arms, the feet-the entire
body of the dead SAmuel-wrapp,d IL
sepulchral robe, appearing TO the aston.
ished group, who stagger back aud hold
fast and catch their breath and shlVer
with terror.
The dead prophet, white aud awful
from the tomb, begins to move his
ashen lips. and he glares upoo hlrg
Saul and csi S out: What did you
bring me up for? What do you mean,
Kiug Saul?" Saul, trying 10 compose
and control himself, makes this STAN,
mering and afrighted utterance as he
says to the dead prophet: The Lord
is against me, and | have come to you
for help. What shall I do?' The
dead prophet stretched forth his fngeI
TO King Saul aud said: Die tomor-
row! Come with me into the sepol-
cher. am going now. Come, come
with me!' And, 10, the floor again
opens, and the feet Of the dead prophet
disappear aud the arms and the should
ers and the forehead The floor closes.
Oh, that Ras an awful scene.
We are surrounded by mystery-be'
fore and behind US, to the right Of Us,
to the left of US, mystery. There IS .
vast realm uneIplored that science,
have no doubt, will yet map out. He
who explores that realm will do the
world more service than did ever Co,
lumbus or an Amerigo Fespucci. There
sre so many things that cannot be ac-
counted for, so many sounds and ap-
pearances which defy acoustics and in
yestiga,ion, so many things approx,
mating to the spec>tai - many effects
which do not seem to have >ut;i lent
cause.
To unlatch the door hetScca the
present state and the future state all
the fingers Of superstition have been
busy. We have books entitled Foot
falls on the Boundaries Of Other
Worlds" The Dcbatsble Land Be
tween This World and the Next, Re
searches Into the Phenomena Of Spirit
ualism" and whole Libraries OF hocus
pocus, enoughs to deceive the very elect.
shall not take time to rehearse the
history of diviustion. Delphic oracle,
sibyl or palmistry or the whole centu-
ries of imposture.
Modern spiritualisn proposes to
open the door between this world aud
the next and put US into comuuolca-
with the dead. 1t has never yet offered
one reasonable credentiai.
When I fnd Saul in my text consult
ing familiar spirit, lcaru that spir-
itua!ism is very old reigioa.
Spilitualisu in America was born IL
the year 1917, in Hydes7illc, Wayue
county, n. y, when one night there
was loud rap heard against the door
Of Michael Weekman; rap a second
time, rap third time, and all three
times, when the door was opened there
was nothing found there, the knocking
having been made seemingly by invisi-
bic knuckleS. In that same house
there vas young woman who had a
cold hand passed over her face, and,
there being seemingly no arm attached
to it, ghostly suspicious were excited.
After awhile Mr.. Fox with his fami-
~ moved into that house, and then
they had bangiDgS at the door every
night. One nisht Mr. Fox cried out,
Are you a spirit? Two raps-sn-
swer in the affirmative. Are you an