Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1914-03-12

believes in that quotation then class
ify him as an extreme Materialist, IN
der the cloak of Christianity / will
now refute that quotation, with mod
ern Spiritualism and another biblical
quotation that personal consciousness
does not cease at death, use the term
death to be understood.
1--WE affirm that the existence and
personal identity fthe individual con-
tinuesS after the change called death
This principle is not contrary to the
word Of God eternal. affirm that it
is in harmony with eternal law, that
is God and nature. Yes we have also
from the writing Of one Of the three
apostles in the New Testament, WHO
possesses so much Spiritual know
ledge, Cor, 121. "Now concerning
Spiritual. gifts brethren would not
have you ignorant" Now do you see
the discordance between Apostle Paul
and Rev. q. Johannes. Paul affirms
that their is an established Spiritual
Kingdom. Cor. 1910 He states con-
corning Spiritual gifts.
To another discerning of Spirits.
Paul knew that Spirits exist and some
people have the power to perceive
them. How could Spirits exist if it
was not the fact that we live after
the change called death; The FONDA
ton of modern Spiritualism is Spirit
and Its essential principle is the ex-
ercise Of the faculty Of Spiritually
which Constitutes the channel in
which departed Spirits may if they
SO desire transmit messages and prove
THEN personal Identity 10 those of NOR
ltal5 life. Now referring to the parable
Of the rich man and the beggar, Laz-
arus, It makes It appear that there is
a great gulf fixed proving that those
who poss from this world either have
their doom etermally fixed or their
blessedness q teternally 4 established
Well / declare how IN the name of
! truth can they pass from this life
when we are all doomed to die &C.
cording Eccl. 95.
Next he says None of these de-
parted spirits or souls stand ready or
are ON top to appear at the summons
of some medium. This they neither
can eor would. How preposterous is
SUCH statement. know from facts
that departed spirits never respond
at the summons Of our recognized SEN
sitives' or Mediums. ] do know that
our friends and loved ones are ever
ready to help Us to- attain higher stan
dards Of moral, intellectual and Spirit
ual life. That would be natural with
human proclivities. Heb. ia. Are
they not all ministering spirits, sent
forth to minister for them who shall
be theirs Of salvation" Rev. Peter
Dean says: "If the Bible teaches any
thing it teaches that the spirits of the
dead return and manifest themselves
to the living" MY friends. the Rev.
G. Johannes Is not q lit man to Judge
Spiritualsm. take it for granted
when he says This they neither can
nor would" that he denies the phen-
omena of Spiritualsm. recall from
memory these words from the writ
ing Of T. ]. Hudson in which he class
lies such persons who hold such opin-
ions toward Spiritnalism. HE who
denies the phenmoena of Spiritual
ism, is not entitled to be called a
sceptic, he il simply ignorant" or
words to that effect It is evident by
some of ReT. @. johannes remarks
that The religion which he condemns is
an incentive to moral conduct by
their fruits he shall know them.
That Is . good point for Spiritualists.
He states, chose who claim to possess
the ability to summon the spirit Of
the departed together with those who
claim to have heard and received
messages from then are either de-
|ceiyed, dupes. or dipping fmposters. %
Such an argument as that against the
evidence of Epir1tualism Il built on
sand. ! dont want assertion, ] wish