Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1900-03-15
Dr.TALMAGE SERMON
THE GREAT DIVINE'S ELOQUENT
nESSAGE.
Subjects 4 Religion of G~hosts-spirit-
uaiisn Denounced az Ne%croInancy and
Delusion-Its Disciples Arc doomed
1t Causes Insanity Among Its Victims.

+, Cau.es Ins.ui,y A,uo,r TIA Victims.
jC3rErSH' lae5
WAsHINCToS, b. t.-In this discourse
DR.. Talmace discusses a theme never more
under exploration than at this time and
warns people against what be calls q re-
ligiol OF ghosts: text. l Samuel xviii. Z.
''Behol1, there i a woman that hath a
familiar spirit at En-io-. And Sail lis
Euised himself and put on other raiment,
and he went, and two men With bin, and
they came to the woman ~ night.
Trouble 10 the right of him aui trouble
70 t!4e left OF him, Saul! knew not VIDA. 10
do. A. a last resort he coHelu1e. 70 seek
out a spiritual medium or a witch or ANY,
thing tuat you please to cali her-a woman
who mad communication with the spirits
OF the eternal world. 1t was a very diff
emit thing to DO, For SAIL had either slain
all the witches or compelled them to stop
business. A servant one day said u X ng
Saul, II kno OF Il spiritual medium down
at the village OF En-dor." DO YOU, said
the king. Nigh, falls. Saul. putting off
his kin-!v roles and putting on the dress
Of a plain citizen, with tw0 servants, goes
out to hunt up tai, medium.
saul and his servant. after awhile
reached the village. and they say. 81
wonders II this Is the house, and they look
! in. and they see the laggard. weird and
shriyeled IN spiritual medina sitting by
/ the light and OH the table sculptured
images ana dlvlniny rods and poisonous
herts and bottles and vases. they saw.
'Yes. this must be the place" One loud
ran brings The woman to the door. and MS
she stands there, holding the candle or
lamp above her head and peering out into
the darkness, she says, "Who IS here?"
The tall king informs her tina he has cCme
to have lis fortune told. When she hears
that, she trembIes and almost drops the
light, for she knows there is no chance for
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the land. But Saul having sworn that no
harm shall come to her, she says. "WelI,
who shall L bring up from the dcad?' Saul
says, Bring up Sannel.' That vas the
prophet who had died q little while before.
/ see her waving n wand. or stirring up
some poisonous herbs in ,. calfron, or
hear her muttertl3 over some lncanta-
tions, or stamping with her foot as she
cries out to the realm OF tho dead:
samuel, samuel" 10, the freezing hor-
ror. The floor nfthe tenement opens, and
the gray mars h2at up aud tle forehead,
the eyes. tht lips, the shoulders, the arms.
tho feet the entire body Of the dead
Snmnel- WRAPPED in serulclral robe, ap-
petrinG TO the asloiil7fed group, Who
siaSStr back ana hnld lt7l and catch
their ilreith ana shiver with terror.
The dead prophet, white aud awful from
tie tomb. begins - move his ashen lips,
ana he Giares upon hilG saul and cries
out: What did you bring me up tor:
"hat 10 You mean. hipS saul: Saul,
trying 70 conpo ant control himself,
makes MS staminerln5 ana alfrighted
utteraHce as he says to the dead prophet:
'lhe LORI Is against me, ana | nave come
70 you Tor help. what shall | do:' Thu
dead prophet stretched forth his finger t.
Ming Saul and SAID: "Dic TOMORROW.
Come With me into the s~epulchcr. Ian
going now. Come. come with ne!' Aud.
10, the floor @SAii, opens, and tue feet Of
the dead prophet disappear aud the arms
and the shoulders and the forehead, The
floor closes. Ga, that was IN awful seance,
To unlaich the door between The present
state AMI the future state al ihe fingers Of
superstition have been busy. We have
books entitled "footfali- Oh the Doun-
darie3 Of Other Worlds, The Debat1hIc
Land between This World and the Next
"Ee-earcl"s Into tho Phenomena OF SpIr-
itu9iISnl' and whole libraries of nOcus
pocuS, enough to deceive the very elect
l shall not take time to rehearse the his.
tory OF dlvinntton, Dclphic oracle, sibyl OF
paiinlstry or the whole centuries OF i'm
posture.
Modern ~splrituailsm proposes 70 opeI
the door between this world ami the mex
ana put rs into communication with the
deai. lt mas never YET offered ono reason
able cteaentia'.
Nllch ana Htui IN my text consulting {
familiar spirit, | learn tlat spiritual II i
#
S~pirltuaiisln IN American was born in the
yer ~, II HydeSvIle, Wayne County,
n. \, when one night there was Il lou'
rap heard against the door Of Miehae
Neeknan: a rap Il second time. Il rap
thlfd time, and al three times. When til,
door was opened, there was nothing founc
there, the knocking having been made
sssminsiy ~ invisible kn"ekies.
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not.n ~ ..n h9uSe' "no 'heh they na'
= .NtS "l1At- on'
~ Soua SPIRIT;
- - nl'i1iiti'e. Art
= APPS ahe"t
. iu'n .HeS MIC" rlSh
IVY 'n"' - . 9pir,t - = peudie
VINO nv Ie'h murdered IN That nous
S""r- nriore ana WHO ha,t been robbed o
hi7 w. NHttHti tneoilflt 81 the peuuie
ri,hf patN !" coiie't MS @3nV Or MS bone
10 hPt know.
me excitement spread. There was a uni
seis"l fuhpus' re non. Judge Limond
"'ciareH "a a book tl"t ne had nctuall.
st'i u ptli start from the top sheIt OF