The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-01-31


which We report, WIS from the text.
what Is MANI" psalm viii. A.
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. ~. Our text agrees
with this. declaring that man was
made 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 ii we find it 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 ii 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
entific 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 us, the ma
jority OF those thus graduated from
flesh conditions to spirit conditions
will find themselves tortured, either
purgatorially or eternally. 1t would
seem, If this be true. that this at least,
to the majority, would be a step Of
de-Uolution rather than one of evolu-
tion.
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 man 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 be spirit beings at death.
II they believe, as the creeds declare,
that fortunes await them in the spirit
land-await nine hundred and ninety
nine out Of every thousand2 All. here
again humanity does not believe Its
own creeds The devilish suggestions
are allowed to remain In the creeds,
unbelieyed 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
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ped and rappings are heard and 9th
or 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 magma
BILE scientific rest TO demonstrate that
the results are not fraudulent-that
there is really spirit power. an invis-
ible power which can do and has done
remarkable things beyond the power OF
humanity. Accepting these investiga-
tons as scientific, and accepting the
results as scientific proof that there
Is 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 EVIL
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 mo
where" sometimes mechanically grasp
ing the hand of the writing-medium
and using 1t 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
are true? Ask any spiritualist! he
win tell you. at very most, that he be-
heves some of them are honest, or
win tell you sorrowfully that some Of
them have lied to him time and again;
and II he be an advanced and expe-
rienced Spiritualist he will tell that
at times some Of these evil spirits
have made all manner of vile sugges-
lions to him. But he viii tell also
that at first it was not SO; instead he
was at first told that he should pray
more and read the Scriptures more.
Afterwards he was jeered at and
Knocked and told that the Scriptures
were nonsense and that although
there Is God the inquirer is too rene
gade to hope for any blessing from
God.
We have neglected our Bibles too
much; we have trusted too much to
worldly wisdom The Bible alone
gives the solution of the matter. 1t
alone tells us respecting these spirits;
that they are not humans and never
were; that they are the fallen angels
d. v. we wiz consider them a week
from now.
~ Name q Man For A. That"
The Bible Is thoroughly consistent
with itself; from first to last 1t main
tains that man is an earthly being.
According to the Greek and the He
brew of the Bible he is an animal soul
or animal being In contradistinction to
spirit soul or spirit being. Man
that is born of woman Is Of few
days and full of trouble; MAN dieth
and wasteth away. and where is he?
He shall not awake nor be raised out
of his sleep until the heavens be no
more'-until the present order of