Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-28

'SIie6 we report, was from the text,
%TSat is Maui psalm viii, A..
Notwithstanding all that the Bible
s,s 70 say respecting the nature OF
IAN few subjects seem to be more
-,,rrderstood Science declares man
:. no an animal Of the highest type
y. order In this, science is in abso-
INTO agreement with the Scriptures,
rblch declare of our first parents, THE
erQt man was of the earth. earthly u
Corinthians XIV, Az. Our text agrees
NTH this declaring that man was
made a little lower than the angels
oDcols being the lowest form of spir-
a beings. man the highest type Of
s,rth beings A particular account of
mans creation is given, and when we
o,omine it we find it in full agreement
with what we have seen to be the
teachings Of other parts of the Scrip
nres. That account declares that God
formed man of the dust Of the earth,
and II tells us that after mans trans
ressiOn had brought him under the
nylne condemnation of death, his
Creator said to him. Dust thou art.
and unto dust shalt thou return"
Whence Came Our confusionH
In view of these facts. which we
now have clearly before our minds,
how strange it seems that most Of the
civilized world denies all and declares
70 the contrary-that man is a spirit
being. and that his death is merely an
evolutionary step by which he passes
on to his real nature as spirit. This
Is supposed to be very scientific, be-
canse many. presumably wise and sci
enti6c people. thus assert themselves.
However. according to these same peo-
pie. such an evolution, from human
nature to spirit nature at death. in
stead of being a desirable progression
or evolution. Is a decided diSadvan-
tage, because. as they tell u.s. the ma
jOFlty Of those thus graduated from
flesh conditions to spirit conditions
will find themselves tortured, either
mFgatorialr or eternally. 1t would
seem, If this be true. that this at least,
TO the majority. would be step of
&UOlutiOn rather than one of evolu-
ton.
But upon what are these scientific
and learned assumptions based? Who
will vouch for the change said to take
place at death? Who will prove TO us
that rlan In dying becomes a spirit
being of higher order than human?
There is no such proof; the wish is
parent to the thought Yet why should
men wish to he spirit beings at death.
II they believe. as the creeds declare,
that tortures await them in the spirit
hnd-await nine hundred and ninety
nine out Of every thousand? All. here
again humanity does not believe its
own crePdS The devilish suggestions
are allowed TO remain in the creeds.
unbeeve1 by the intelligent. to af.
fright the unintplligent. But alas.
these msropreSer'"tions are really
OaSphemieS a"'insi Hu" C"oqtOr which
miSrepreSPnt his U''4i"m. Justice
Love and per. And thoeo blasphe-
nous thou ''' ""o ac"rp6ited to the
Bible, with 20 result th"' ~ is disbe.
Iieved and II ''reat 'r''or doubted or
denied and thousands of the intelli.
gent of our rnrp are ncnostics.
One Noic0 onIv Answers.
SpiritiSm sncaks IN to nSscrt that it,
and it alone can furnish proof that
man, of The earth enrthy. is after
ueath Snirit K furnishes us medi.
ums at whose instance tables are tip.
ped ar rrNrinns rrp ho,r1 and 9th.
T evideN"es nre given of unseen pow.
err ana these unseen powers. we are
lo'd, are the spirits of dead men seek.
'nf 10 prove to humans that they are
ao' dead brt that in thr moment OF
Oea'l they were trans formed into
spiri'
AHH now "ur scientific men are tax.
lng '1 the subject They decline Ia
De Identified with Spiritism and desig.
aa'p ''h HNd'u~S Pev hi "hpnnmena
MeulpNS pnd their demonstrations
nave On subjected to evpry imagina
Wv scientific test to demonstrate that
,ue re MS are NOT fraudrlcnt-that
n''' y 'p' ''r u spirit power an invis.
''' l'o'. "f "'hi'-h can do nnI has done
,euiarkH3lr thinrS beyond the power Of
yuu'ahli' y" cutting these investiga
uons as Srjcnt'li". and ncrcn,ing the
eSuItS as scientific prur that there
SpiFf pov'"" or force which car
anu mas "'"~"red in ccu'ru. ton with
uuulah all1irs nd r~' iqlly through
%su'umS S what durS this prove? What
%ehtit" f"rt have we hero 70 evi
u Ssu'e fn' these spirit powers have
SnylnlhE to do with our friends whc
aave died? '' ""'
=, Lying Spirits" Says ST. Paul.
A., neSe spirits operate through me.
s" %ullS sometimes in trance. sometimes
SaSWerlng hy written notes from mo.
Inr sometimes mechanically grasp.
az sTs 'ne hand of the writing-medium
soD,.. u using it without her volition;
nv IN ,liies by rappings and sometimes
,rr,ss ,SsSslla'Ooards, declaring themselve.
ss.,.' .uiui' sincere, honest, desirous of
1pD,s.lng d.! humanity, etc.
thai uoeS this prove. scientifically
'ney are honest, that they