The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-05-08

say dUOuI US, OuI only TSSltl 10 IIidI we
are disappointed to know that some
whom we thought to be our friends have
turned out to be otherwise and the
longer they keep up their bonbardment
of falsehoods the harder their boomerang
will swat them.
Where is the honest, thinking man or
woman, who would believe the story
referred to in Ham s" article of May
LIST? The author of that expose makes
bold to state in the very beginning that
he was fraud and liar. No honest
seeker after the truth would give the
slightest credence to such story when
there are thousands of honest men and
women whose integrity has never been
questioned, vouch for the genuineness
of spirit return and communion. There
are cOunterfeiters of many good things;
they care not for the truth, but for
the loaves and fishes. The same desires
are responsible for the scores of ungodly
men who have been in the ministry;
they account for all the Rev. Richer
sons but would it be just and right to
say that all preachers, all lawyers, and
all business men are crooks and frauds?
am glad that. metaphoricallv speak
ing, most people are from Missouri. "
Hundreds are not only being shown
every day but they are being convinced
of the great truths of spiritualism. 1t
is true that many are too stubborn, or
too fearful of what their unbelieving
friends may say about them to in
vestigate in the training school of life.
1t takes truths like spiritualism to
scratch the white wash composition of
vanity and bluff with which
| regret to say, so many are coated
A man whose wife was very homely
once said to Sam Jones, beauty is only
skin deep" to which Sam replied, why
don you skin her. | am persuaded
that there are not a few who would
look much better if they were skinned
of this coating. If the devil in a man
can make him lie about his neighbor
and friend he finds the golden oppor-
tunity when that friend disagrees with
him on some subject of religion. RE
ligion, what crimes have been com
mitted in thy namei"
The local believers in Spiritualism
who have been accused of being crazy,
feel Just as happy as though they had
good sense, and while we would not
think of CHASING ourselves with the
now recognized great minds, who were
once called crazy, | will venture this
assertion: many of those who ridicule
the idea of spiritualism will see the dav
when the churches will preach it and
those who refuse to accept its teachings
will be the crazy minority.
For the benefit of those who have
asked this question: what use is
Spiritualism?' ! beg to quote from
paper | have in my possession: ut
would seem that the reply is self-evident;
but many persons cannot understand
the great need of the truths unfolded
by spirits communications, nor the bene-
fits obtained therefrom These truths
are written in MANY books and express
ed in thousands of human lives.
A denizen of, or a visitor to an I'M
known country usually obtains interest
ed auditors to listen to his descriptions.
Every detail of that country, its climate,
people and customs are supremely in
teresting to the hearers. Should not
such details be vet more important and
interesting to earth dwelers when one
from the spirit planes of life comes to
tell them Of its people, customs, life,
how formed, where located, occupations
of residents, possibilities Of life therein,
homes, schools; meetings; unions of
those related by love and consanguinity,
etc? For are all of US not going to that
spirit world and but few expect to visit
the foreign land we have heard was eX-
plOred in some remote part of the earth.
The spiritual planes of life after death
on earth would appear to be more
supremacy interesting to US, and indeed
that is true of most people. Thus the
search for such information has attract
ed many millions Of peoples. and they
have obtained the desired knowledge
and information.
When a loved one has gone to a
foreign country they who are left be-
hind anXiously await the mail to bring
a message, and now the messages are
expected from one who has journeyed
to the spirit world. Such messages are
has been dispelled. Instead comes the
eXultation of the arisen ones that have
gone into larger life and utility. Thus
despair and sorrow have been taken
from human lives.
The grave is no longer an afiiiction
that has no panacea: nor is death a
mystery. All ideas of affiiction sent of
God is banlshed and the edicts of nature
known to be the fiat of law. Super
naturalism is destroyed and naturalsm
is shown to be the eternal law, with
blessings and not affections, the para
mont condition of life. Spiritualism
has brought incessant blessings to the
spiritually minded; has brought knowl-
edge to every earnest seeker; has caused
morality, virtue, honor and justice to
be better expressed in human lives than
ever before.
Science, art, music, mechanics, litera-
ture and concomitants of human
progress have been accelerated and I'M
folded by spiritualism. Religion is eX-
panding from creedalism and ceremon-
ialism and belief into philosophy,
naturalism, knowledge, responsibility
of life, divine inheritance for all. uni
versal salvation, eternal progress, the
inevitable consequence, spiritual life,
altruism and utility. The eternal God
is acknowledged and Christ is a force
of incarnation for every child of immor-
tally; and all shall go forth INTO a con-
tinuity of progressive embodiment.
'All are but parts of one stupendous
whole, whose body nature is, and God
the soul
| have heard some of the greatest
preachers in America state that they
could not prove to the unbeliever that
there was another life after this; that
the soul is immortal and that there is a
place or a condition called Heaven. |
have heard them state that there were
times when doubt would assail even
them. How happy they would have
been had they accepted spiritualism.
and spiritual bodv and that the SPIRIT
is Immortal.
Go on Ham, go on; and you will be
done with the subject soon; done brown,
done to finish and done to a fragile.