The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-01-24
RELIGION OF GHOSTS.
mr. Talmagc Warns People Against
Modern ypiritualism.'
-. witch of Endor n Type OF the
Eallacies of the Present Day
neneunccs 1t as Witchcraft
and Sorcery.
feopyright, 1900, by Louis Klopsch.]
Washington,

.,,ssas a theme never more under eX
,,loration than at this time and warns
neople against what he calls a religion
a Ghosts; text, Samuel 2S:7: BE
mid there is a woman that hath ia
miliar spirit at Endor. And Saul dis
paised himself and put on other raj
ment. and he went, and two men with
him, and they came to the woman by
night
Trouble to the right of him and
trouble to the left of him, Saul knew
not what to do. AS last resort be
concluded to seek out a spiritual meds-
nm or witch or anything that yol
please to call her-a woman who hal
communication with the spirits of the
eternal world. 1t was a very difficult
thing to do, for Saul had either slain
all the witches or compelled them to
stop business. A servant one day sail
to King Saul: II know of a spiritual
medium down at the village of Endor.'
.Do your said the king. Night falls.
Saul, putting off his kingly robes anil
putting on the dress of a plain citizer,
with two servants, goes out to hunt up
this medium.
Saul and his servants after awhile
reached the village, and they say: 81
wonder il this is the house." and they
lookin, and they see the haggard, weird
and shriveled up spiritual medium sit
ting by the light and on the table
sculptured images and divining rods
and poisonous herbs and bottles and
vases. They say: "Yes, this must be
the place." One loud rap brings the
woman to the door, and as 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 that he has
come to have his fortune told. When
she hears that she trembles and al
most drops the light, for she knows
there is no chance for fortune teller
or spiritual medium in all the land.
But Saul having sworn that no harm
shall come to her, she says: "Well,
who shall bring up from the dead?"
Saul says: Bring up Samuel" That
vas the prophet who had died little
while before.
| see her waving wand, OF stirring
up some poisonous herbs in caldron,
Or hear her muttering over some incan-
tafions, or stamping with her foot as
she cries out to the realm of the dead:
Samuel, Samuel" Lo, the freezing
horror! The floor of the tenement
opens, and the gray hairs float up and
the forehead, the eyes, the lips, the
shoulders, the arms, the feet-the en-
tlre body of the dead Samuel-wrapped
u sepulchral robe, appearing to the
as1onlshed group, who stagger back
md hold fast and catch their breath
and shiver with terror.
The dead prophet, white and awful
nom the tomb, begins to move his
ashen lips, and he glares upon King
saul and cries out: What did YOU
enng me up for? What do you mean,
Alng saul?' Saul. trying to compose
sna control himself, makes this STAN
nerlns and affrighted utterance as he
says 70 the dead prophet: 1.-THE Lord
= against me, and have come to YOU
aof help What shall / do?" The dead
prophet stretched forth his finger to
nlhg saul and said: die tomorrow:
eone with me into the sepulcher. i ara
saas now. Come, come with me!'
ana, 10, the floor again opens, and the
..e' g OF the dead prophet disappear and
.ae arms and the shoulders and the
.oienead! The floor closes. Oh, that
vas an awful seance,
'e are surrounded by mysterv-be-
.'fe US, behind us, to the right of rs To
.ae leit OF us, mystery. There is a vast
Ism anexplored that science, / have
- aouot, will yet map out. He who cx-
P'otes that realm will do the world
A''re service than ever did Columbus
n.s - ainerigo Nespueci. There are so
aay things that cannot be accounted
M ~a:.s g many sounds and appearances
s ~ eeiy acoustics and Investigation.
snaa ahy things approximating to the
sas se'lai, SO many effects which do nnt
sn 70 nave sufficient cause.
suniatch the door between tie
ia 49, state and the future state all
hasr lgers IS OF superstition have been
ts.,s We have books entitled Foot
s on the Boundaries of Other
,, slias, The Debatable Land Re-
zen zen Ibis World and the Next - ..Pe.
,sn .cnes Into the Phenomena of Shirt
A - anu whole libraries of hocus
Tvs, enough to deceive the very elec+
h;ssna NOT take time to rehearse the
sihs. s OF divination, Delphic oracle.
t,.;. paimstry or the whole CEN
a.les OF imposture.
Modern spiritualism nro,osos ..
ths ~ 'ne door between this world and
sin. IL asA. and put us into commnnica-
nsa nsa with the dead. 1t has never ve+
Il W. one reasonable credential.
n,,;s sa ! md Saul in my text con.
sp;,;.gs.,a s : familiar spirit, 1 learn that
snsm sn;s;s Is very old religion.
the ..uahsm in America was born in
,esn,s ,.ar !, 1877, in Hydesville, Wavne
- l., when one night there