The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-01-28

which we report was from the text,
What Is Man" psalm viii, ~.
Notwithstanding all that the Bible
has to say respecting the nature of
man few subjects seem to be more
misunderstood. Science declares man
to be an animal Of the highest type
or order. In this, science is in abso-
lutte agreement with the Scriptures,
which declare Of our first parents, ''The
first man was of the earth, earthly" q
Corinthians XIV, AZ. Our text agrees
with this, declaring that man was
made a little lower than the angels
angels being the lowest form Of spir-
1t beings, man the highest type of
earth beings. A particular account of
mans creation is given, and when we
examine it we find 1t in full agreement
with what we have seen to be the
teachings Of other parts of the Scrip
lures. That account declares that God
formed man Of the dust Of the earth,
and 1t tells us that after mans trans
gression had brought him under the
Divine condemnation Of death, his
Creator said to him, "Dust thou art,
and unto dust shalt thou return"
Whence Came Our Confusion7
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
to 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 a spirit. This
Is supposed to be very scientific, be-
cause many, presumably wise and sci.
entif1c 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 desirable progression
or evolution, is a decided disadvan-
tage, because. as they tell us, the ma.
jority of those thus graduated from
flesh conditions to spirit conditions
will find themselves tortured, either
purgatorially or eternally. It would
seem, If this be true, that this at least,
to the majority. would be step Of
de-polution 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 a man In dying becomes a spirit
being Of higher order than human2
There is no such proof: the wish is
parent to the thought. Yet why should
men wish to be spirit beings at death,
II they believe, as the creeds declare,
that tortures await them In the spirit
land-await nine hundred and ninety.
nine out Of every thousandf All. here
again humanity does not believe it's
own creeds. The devilish suggestions
are allowed to remain in the creeds.
unbelieved by the intelligent. to af-
fright the unintelligent But alas!
these misrepresentation are really
blasphemies against our Creator which
misrepresent his Wisdom. Justice.
Love and Power. And these blasphe-
nous thoughts are accredited to the
Bible. with the result that 1t Is disbe-
lieved and its great Author doubted or
denied and thousands Of the intelli-
gent Of our race are agnostics
One Voice Only Answers.
Spiritism speaks up to assert that 1t,
and 1t alone. can furnish proof that
man, Of the earth earthly. Is after
death a spirit It furnishes US medi
ums at whose instance tables are tip
ped and rappings are heard and 9th
er evidences are given Of unseen pow.
er; and these unseen powers. we are
told, are the spirits Of dead men seek
ing to prove to humans that they are
not dead. but that In the moment Of
death they were transformed into
spirit.
And now our scientific men are tax.
ing up the subject. They decline to
be identified with Spiritism and desig-
nate their findings Psychic Phenomena.
Mediums and their demonstrations
have been subjected to every imagina-
BILE scientific test to demonstrate that
the results are not fraudulent-that
there is really spirit power. an invis-
lble power which can do and has done
remarkable things beyond the power Of
humanity. Accepting these investiga-
lions as scientific, and accepting the
results as scientific proof that there
Ii spirit power or force which can
and has operated In conjunction with
human affairs and especially through
mediums. what does this prove? What
scientific fact have we here to evi.
dence that these spirit powers have
anything to do with our friends who
have died?
"Lyins Spirits" Says St. Paul.
These spirits operate through me-
diums sometimes in trance. sometimes
answering by written notes from no
where" sometimes mechanically grasp
ing the hand Of the writing-medium
and using It without her volition;
sometimes by rappings and sometimes
by ouija-boards. declaring themselves
truthful, sincere, honest, DESTROYS Of
assisting humanity. etc.
But does this prove. scientifically,
that they are honest. that they