The Penn's Grove record., 1900-03-02
DR. TALMAGES SERMON,
SUNDAYS Discourse BY THE NOTED
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SUNDAYS DlscouRs
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Subject: A Religion
ualism Denounced,
D~elusion-Its DIsSi
It Causes 1nsan u
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WASHINGTON, b. i
Dr.. TaltnaGe discus $
n 4 exploration u
WARNS people against !
ligton 81 ghosts; text
b6uoiuS there Is q
familiar spirit at En-
guised himself and put
and he went, and two j
they came to the womf
Trouble to the Right
to the left Of him; Saul
do. As a last resort he
out a spiritual medium
thing that you please L
who had communicable
Of the eternal world: !
cult thing to do; for sd
all the witches or CONF
business. A servant d
Saul. II know OF a spill
at the village OF En-dol
the king. Night falsss
his kingly robes and pI
of a plain citizen, with
out to hunt up this mel
Saul and his sery|
reached the village,
wonder II this is the lid
In, and they See the \
shriveled up spiritual
the light and on th|
images and divining
herbs and bottles AMI
Eyes, this must be the
rap brings the woman
she stands there, hoi
lamp above her head /
the darkness, she Sal
The tall king informs !
to have his fortune toll
that, she trembles an
light, forshe knows tt
a fortune teller or spill
the land. But Saul lid
harm shall come to het
who shall / bring up 1
says, Bring up Samu
prophet who had died
I see her waving a Vi,
some poisonous her1
hear her muttering :
tions, or stamping VI
cries out to the +
Samuel, SAMUEL, j
rorl The floor OF the It,
the gray hairs float 4I
the eyes, the lips, the 5
the feet--the entire \
Samnel--wrapped in I
pearing to the aston
stagger back and BIZ
their breath and shfvel
The dead prophet, vi
the tomb, begins to J
and he glares upon I
out: "What did you
What do you mean
trying to compose a
makes THU stammerdl
utterance as he says \
"The Lord is against il
to you for help. WI
dead prophet stretched
King Saul and said:l
Come with me into II
g~Oingnow. Come, cot
10, the floor again OH
the dead prophet disat
and the shoulders and
floor closes. Oh, that n
To unlatch the door
state and the future sta
superstition have ~.
books entitled "Footk
daries of Other Work.
Land Between This ",
Researches Into the L
itualism" and whofe
pocus, enough to de$,
I shall not take time {
tory OF %divination, Dell
palmistry or the WHO'D
posture.
Modern ~spiritualisq|
the door between this (,
and put us into comm
dead. 1t has never ybI
able credentfal. I
When I find Saul in Il
familiar spirit, I leard
q very old eligio
Spiritualism in Amdr
year 1S47, in Hydesvt
N. Y, when one nigh
rap heard against tlll
Weekman; a rap n SIC
third time. and all thte
door was opened, thells
there. the knocking
seemingly by invisible,
After awhile MI. n,
moved into that housd,
bangings at the door,
night Mr.. Fox cried ou|i
Two raps-answer in til
you an injured spirit?i'
in the affirmative. TIL
away that it was the &
who had been murd,e
years before and who /
his $500. Whether tha
came back to collect hj
I do not know.
The excitement sprek
versal rumpus. The ID
declared In a book I'll
seen a bell start frdr
closet, heard it ring Z
were standing in the 81
Invisible hands, 1t ran
the back parlor and \
folding doors to the fr{
the people there and Il
floor. A Senator OF II
terward Governor oil
head quite turned with,
STATIONS. The tables N
tilted, and the bedstb
chairs upset, and 1t seIe
everywhere had gode
business! "Well," the( 4
got something new ini
new ~religionl' Oh, ID
sands Of years ago, WI
s~piritualistic seancel
Nothing in the spi{
our day has been more
and wonderful than I
been seen In past ce1'
In all ages there have(
those who consult wiz
departed; charmers, Il
subjects In q mesmSo
those who by taking
everything and hear
everything; dreamer5,
sleeping moments cad
and hold consultation
before the time of Oh
went through all the Il,
furniture excitement.
have exploited In OH
same thing over and b
manipulation Of the j
you sey that spirituallI
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