The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-13
SEES PERIL FOR
M0RMONISM
Spiritualist Says the Church Is
Drifting From Revelations.
DECLARES DANGER is GREAT
SPEAKS OF INSPIRATION TO Jo-
SEPH SMITH AND LUTHER.

THE MORMON CHURCH was last
evening declared 10 be on the
brink of precipice over which it
viii dash TO destruction unless the Of
heials of the church revive and
staunchly adhere 10 the teaching of
| revelation or human communication
with beings OF the spirit land. The
assertion was made at the Spiritual
istie seance in Castle hall last night
by Charles Schaefer Of Chicago. one
of the leading Spiritualists. who pre-
sided over the seances. He asserted
that Mormonism was founded upon the
basis OF Spiritualism, and urged all
good MOrmons to call upon their bish-
ops and the presidency Of the church
and urge them 10 do something TO pre-
vent the church from coming 10 this
fate. He declared that the church
would live and be z power I'm the world
If this were done but that unless il
were done. 1t, like other churches,
would have to go down before advance
ing truth and progress.
These assertions were listened 10 by
an audience OF hundreds of people, and
j nAEn kttN statements Aca DFth q
voice from the audience shouted out
that the speaker had said enough and
it was time TO quit. The speaker, how
ever, continued until he had finished
his statements
The lights weren't put out, no ghost
like spectres were seen and no strange
voices heard, bat the mediums called
spirit names which some Of the audi
ence claimed 10 recognize, and then
related messages which the same ones
claimed related TO actual facts.
Schaefer on Mormonism.
The opening services were devoted TO
addresses, and it was while making
his address that Schaefer made the
statements in regard TO the Mormon
church
Il don't want 10 hurt anyone's re-
ligious feelings, because I don't know
what religion you may represent, but
l want TO say a word about Mormon
ism and the Mormons, said the speak
er. "Mormonism, like all other reli-
giOn. is founded upon the base Of Spir-
itualism. There is not a one of the
churches but teaches of an existence
in the other world. and there is no man
as good as he should be unless he be-
lieves the spirit of his old mother is
I
acts.
when the angel spoke to Joseph
Smith and showed him the Mormon
religion, il was but a spirit from the
other world that spoke 10 him and told
, him what human mind could not know.
. Luther when he established the Meth
odist church, communed with the spir-
; its of departed ones and learned from
! them the the truths which he incor-
porated in the church.
'The Mormon church recognizes this
power of communing with the other
world and has taught that man may
be directed in his actions by counsel
from the other world. All the other
churches have been founded upon the
same principle. but they have trodden
! that truth under foot and discarded IL.
; 1 want to tell you good MormoDs that
; your church is on the brink OF preci-
pice and il win 80 over to destruction
! like the rest unless this principle is
J taught and adhered TO. You good Nor
? mons, every one of you. ought 10 go 70
: your bishops and TO the presidency OF
: the church and beg them TO revive this
| principle and implore them to dc
!. something TO save the church from GO
ing over that precipice. The Bible
says. Where there is no vision there
is no life and that is true Of any
4 church"
Talks of Spirit Pictures.
: AT this juncture a voice from tbs
n audience shouted out, You have said
d enough" and the speaker changed thu
: vein of his conversation, going on tC
: talk about spirit pictures. He said
he was going back to Chicago TO get &
picture which would prove that spirits
did exist after death and were present
A., upon this earth He asserted that h
s could swear in any court In the lanc
a that people did live out of the physica
n body and could talk to human beings
- through the mouth of medium. HI
n declared that all the brainy men of tn
( world had been Spiritualists and tina
a all great things that had been accom-
pnshed had been accomplished through
the means of Spiritualism and seances
Great secrets, he said, had been re
:. vealed in this way to mortal men, an
a he went so far as 10 assert that n
~ could prove that Abraham Lincoln
- declaration Of emancipation had bee
er given him at a Spiritualistic seanc
n. and was signed by Thomas JefrersOl
y and George Washington. He declares
a also that Thomas Edison was now per
fecting a machine by means of whic
man Could look into heaven itseif- an
lsee/~hat was there.
~ Charles Crane Of Salt Lake was N
= hrst speaker. and he made a stron
81 plea for Spiritualism. declaring that
no knew the teachings TO be true. An ad
4 dress was also made by DR.. Chapman
Il George Arnold OF Arnold Diekso
" brothers then told OF the difficultie
they had gotten into in the West Ter
or pie street rooming house, apd-tfen an
nouneed thar ne would commune Wit
the spirits. He said that he woul
-. give only a sample of the work an
a that he would not attempt to max
= any visual demonstrations, but simpl
- talk TO the spirits. He called nun
= Der Of names which parties in the AT
~ dience said they recognized as n
a. names Of their departed ones, and de
Se liVered messages 10 these parties whic
ls the latter said related exactly TO e1
iStiug circumstances