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liar" you risk it and say: Come back,
spirit OF my departed father; come back,
spirit of my departed mother, Of my com
panions, Of my little child, and tell me
some things | don't know about you and
about the unseen world"
Adverse to the bible.
II God is ever slapped in the face 1t is
when a spiritual medium puts down her
hand on the table, invoking spirits de-
parted to make revelation. God has
told You oil 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. One or the other will slip out
of your grasp, depend upon it. Spiritual
ism is adverse to the Bible, in the fact
that it has in these last days called from
the future world Christian men to testify
against Christianity. Its mediums call
back Lorenzo Dow, the celebrated evan
gelist. and Lorenzo Dow testifies that
Christians are idolaters. Spiritualism calls
back Tom Paine, and he testihes that he
is stopping in the same house in heaven
with John Bunyan. They call back John
Wesley. md he testifies against the Chris
tian religion. which he all his life glori-
ousy preached Andrew Jackson Davis,
the greatest of all the spiritualists, comes
to the front and declares that the New
Testament is but "the dismal echo of a
baybaric age" and the Bible only "one of
the pen and ink relics Of Christianity"
| have in my house a book used in spr
tualistic service. 1t contains catechism
and n hymn book The catechism has
these questions and answers:
Q. What is our chief baptism9 A. Frequent alb
luton in water
@ What is our inspiration9 A. Fresh air and
sunshine.
O. What is our love teastS A. Clear conscience
and sound sleep
O. What is our prayer' A. Physical exercise.
And then it goes on to show that n
great proportion Of their religious service
is system OF calisthenics. Then when
they want to arouse the devotion of the
people to the highest pitch, they give out
the hymn on the sixty -ffth page:
The night hath gathered up her slken fringe,.
Or, on the fifteenth page:
Come to the woods. heigh ho
But" says some one, wouldn't It be
of advantage to hear from the future
world? Don't you think it would strength
en- Christians? There are great many
materalists who do not believe there are
souls, but il spirits from the future world
should knock and talk over to us they
would be persuaded" To that l answer
in the ringing words Of the Son of God,
III they believe not Moses and the proph-
cts, neither will they be persuaded
though one rose from the dead"
The SeducinE Spirits.
l believe these are the days of which
the apostle spake when he said, 'ln the
latter times some shall depart from the
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits"
Audiences in this day need to have reter-
ated in their hearing the passages ! quot
ed some minutes ago, There shall not be
among you consulter of familiar spirits,
or wizard, or necromancer, for they that
do these things are an abominaton unto
the Lord" and "The soul that turneth
after such as have familiar spirits | will
set myself against them, and they shall
be cut off from their people"
But | invite you now to a Christian
seance, monday seance. This congre-
CATION is only one great family. Here is
the church table. Come around the
church table: take your seats for this
great Christian seance; put your Bible on
the table. put your hands on top Of the
Bible and then listen and hear If there
are any voices coming from the eternal
world. ! think there are. Listen. "Se-
cret things belong unto the Lord. our
God, but things that are revealed belong
unto us and to our children" Surely
that is voice from the spirit world But
before you rise from this Christian Sc
ance | 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 aft
er the witch of En-dor. Do not sit down
at table rappings either in sport or in
earnest.
Teach your children there are no ghosts
TO be seen or heard In this world save
those which walk on two feet or four
human or bestial. Remember that spir-
itunism at the best is a useless thing, for
II 1t tells what the Bible reveals it is a
superfuity, and il il tells what the Bible
does not reveal it is a lie. Instead of GO
ing ont to get other people to tell your
fortune tell your own fortune by putting
your trust in God and doing the best you
can. | will tell your fortune; "All things
work togcth,r for good to them that love
God lnsu not your departed friends
by asking them TO come down and scrab-
bic under an extension table Remember
that there is only one spirit whose dicta-
ton you have a right to invoke. and that
Is the holy, blessed and omnipotent spirit
Of God. Hark. lie is rapping now, not
on a table or the floor. but rapning on
the door Of your heart, and every rap is
an invitation 10 Christ and a warning of
judgment to come. Oh, grieve him not
away! Quench him not. He has been
all around you this morning, lie was all
around you last night He has been
around you all your lives Hark! There
comes voice with tender overmasterinp
iutonation. saying, my spirit shall not
always strive"
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