Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-18

Canaanites had them: they were COM
! mon among the Greeks and Romans
all protesting to have the same inter
/ course with spirits How is that for
the Fox girls Were they the daugh-
tiers of Canaan, the great granddaugn-
ters of old father Noahe Spiritualism,
be it remembered, originated with
| them yet Canaan had il, and so did
the ancient Grecians and Romans be-
fore they were born. We are glad the
without knowing what he is talking
about, Brother Pye, prove that YOU
know something about what you arc
| talking about. that would sound bet
| ter than empty Boosting. a wise man
4 said: Let another man praise thee. ana
| not thine own mouth: n stranger and
not thine own lips Prov. s7::..
| The gentleman was partly right.
Spiritualisn was among these heather
| nations. and so was Christianity, all
of it. will here and now pledge my
! self to find all of Christianity among
!! the Very tribes and nations To whom
he refers, they had every ordinance.
every service and every fast and feast
of Christianity. Your Christmas and
Easter festivals. and all of your forms
and ceremonies are of heather origin.
Why bless YOU your Sunday. sabbath,
was the old heather dies-s oies. day of
the sun. of the heather world.
An these people, as he says had or
protested to have communications
from spirits: so did all the Bible peo
pie Spirits came to Abraham Isaac
and Jacob: they came to Moses, Josh
ua. Samuel. Isaiah and all the propn
cts. Jesus could pray and Immediately
receive more than twelve leGions of
angels. John talked with spirits on the
Isle OF Patmos.
Mr. Pye speaks Of sorcerers Sor-
cerers are those who communicate
with evil spirits and those who COM
municata with spirits for selfish ana
evil purposes. II all communication
with denizens of the other world was
sorcerery then Jesus was a sorcerer
and Elias Joseph OF old was al
was accessory to sorcerery when he
sent an evil spirit between Abimelech
and the men of Shcchem. Jud. .:
IS God sent an evil spirit to Saul
Samuel 16 t4-fs-as God sent
400 lying spirits to deceive Ahab. ]
Kings 90: ls-2S.
The remainder of my remarks will
be based on language taken from his
own pen. as reported in the T.-R. IN
that letter he says: 1 wonder how
Christian men felt when a few weeks
ago il was announced in the T.-R. that
Moses Hull would attack the character
OF the sainted Wesley? I will say tina:
I must be permitted to doubt whether
any Christian man ever saw that IN
the T.-R.. or elsewhere. Moses Hull
never attached the character of the
sainted Wesley. nor OF any other man.
He never advertised 10 do II. Some So
called Christians had attacked the
character OF the sainted Thomas
Paine. Moses Hui advertised that he
would compare the lives of John Yves
ley and Thomas Paine. With no dis
parngement to the latter. This he did. |
The audience who heard me may tes-
tify as to whether I said one worl
against the character IF Wesley. / II
simply took their public records. ! |
showed that Paine came to this coun- |
try TO give the world what had no: |
been known for ages, a state without a
king and a church without a pope. |
Wesley came in the interest OF King I
George to overthrow republicanism |
and failed
Il leave 4. for Methodist ministers |
who have little else 10 do to attack |
characters. That kind of diet is too |
thin for Spirituaiists to live on.
II wish now had time to take up |
and pass under review all of his sup
posed arguments. but I have not. He
quotes Professor Chaney's prayer to |
the devil. and hands that out as the
voice OF Spirltualisnl. The fact Is Pro-
lessor CLANCY never was Spiritual.
Ist.
"sp!rituaiists have held fifteen
here In your city. II /
The reverend gentleman. has accused
hem. some OF you who went to the
camps from time to time would have
heard soma OF the speakers advocate
these heresies. Did any of you ever
hear III Allow ME to say tina. in all
Ills speech he has not made one genu-
ne quotation IToin II genuine Splrltu-
Hist. Spir!tualists are nationally or
,anized body. Splri.ualism has its an
1ual conventions. It has an authorized
platform of principles every year II
publishes in its report OF its annual
meetings series OF resolutions as t,
what Splritunlism is and what II IS
-rytng to do. Honest men, men who
want to go into an honest investiga-
ION OF Sp!ritualisn,. can obtain these
'eports. All honest investigators will
10 So Others who wish to create ad
vulgus VIII retail old
yorn-out second -hand slandet-s IN
'tead. The humming bird gathers the
iweets from the flowers: the CARTON
,iM gathers and distributes filth.
Those who enjoy filth are welcome 10
leai in 1t; as for me and my house, we
vill serve God"
B. !. DARLING DEAD.