Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-08-27
BY BISHOP
w. 4. GAMBLER
1.-TWO PAIRS OF PINK PAJAMAS AND
A BLACK NECKTIE FOR CHRISTMAS

er number of the cultured" resort to
them than the number of the inlet
tered who seek their guidance. Our
rationalists have prepared the way
for these fakirs to reach some of the
people who assume to be most intel
lectual. A man who pours his doubts
out whenever he enters the pulpit is
adopting the most direct and effect
ual method for sending a certain
number of his parishioners to the
palmist's tent; eventually he may be
found there himself. A preacher con-
sulting a palmist would not be a.
more strange or a more ridiculous
thing than a professor accepting a
message as a genuine communication
from the spirit world which mention
ed nothing more important than a
christmas present of pink pajamas
and a black necktie.
The revelation of the spiritual
world. which is found in the Holy
Scriptures, is enough to show men
the way of life, and that is suf-
ficient for all our needs. 1t was
never designed to crafty a peep
ing curiosity, or to resolve all
mysteries. To one of old who vas
disposed to claim that light was
wanting to his five brethren,
although they had the writings of
Moses and the prophets, the an
swer was given. IF they hear not
Moses and the prophets. they would
not believe. though one rose from
the dead" This is quite true; FOR
one has risen from the dead, even
Jesus Christ the Son of the living
God, and yet learned professors
doubt the resurrection of Jesus and
accept messages about pink pa
jamas and black neckties purport-
ing to be from the spirit world.
If Professor James, or any one
else, who has died, should speak to
their former friends in the earth.
they could not tell more that is
true about the spiritual world than
Jesus has already revealed; and if
they contradicted what Jesus has
revealed. we would know that they
were lying spirits st. Paul wrote
to the Galatian christians,
Though we, or an angel from
heaven, preach any other gospel
unto you than that which we have
preached unto you, let him he
accursed." He spoke thus strongly
because he claimed to be an IN
spired apostle. mot from men,
Jesus Christ, and God, the Father.
who raised Him from the dead"
Galatians I'D If the apostle 10
the Gentiles had been uncertain
about the revelation which he mad
received, he would have been quite
ready TO listen to one pretending to
be an angel, and mimicking angelic
powers; but knowing that the light
which he followed came to him
from the highest possible source, he
was ready to reject with all
vehemence any false light which
might challenge his attention. Men
who doubt the inspiration of apos-
ties and prophets and distrust the
divine message sent to our world
through the Holy Scriptures are
perpetually deluding themselves by
their vain efforts to eavesdrop the
heavenly world and catch secrets
which God has not seen best to re-
veal. They get nothing but self
deception for all their pains.
The spiritualists and the PSYCHE
cal research societies have never
added one new truth to the sum of
human knowledge, nor inspired one
virtue, nor overcome one sin, by all
their pretended communications
from the spiritual world On the
contrary, We may say of them what
/. the Hon. Thomas B. Reed is re-
ported to have said Of a certain
member of Congress, who served in
the House Of Representatives while
Mr.. Reed was the speaker of that
body: whenever he opens his
mouth he augments the sum Of
human ignorance in the world"
Let us turn away from the
rationalities and the fakirs, and
follow the light. of Gods word. It
will not lead us astray and
although it may not teach us how
the heavens go. it will infallibly
show us how to go to heaven.