The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-22
ISpiritualism Exposed, Sub
ject of Address by
Adventist
SPEAKER HIMSELF
ONE TIME MEDIUM
States, However, that Power of Spir-
itualism Is Greater Than Power of
Man-Dr. Bliss Tells How to Treat
Various Diseases.

Various Diseases.
cit is useless to deny that the pow
er of spiritualism is greater than the
power of man, said Pastor R. J. Bryant
in his lecture on Spiritualism Exposed,
at the Seventh Day Adventist camp
last night. Spirituahsm, said the speak
er, is not only growing rapidly, but is
manifesting an increasing power that
is beyond the average mind to COM
prehend.
Spirit forms are made manifest.
works are performed miracles wrought
all purporting to be carried on by the
spirits of the dead. The pastor said that
at one time he was a spiritualist medi-
UNI and bad power to raise tables and
chairs from the floor so that no one
could force them down, or hold them
to the floor so that no one could lift
them up. He also was able to com-
municate with what he considered at
that time the spirits of the dead, and
carry on conversations, receiving re
plies and answers that proved many
times to be very accurate,
he said in part that anciently God
had forbidden his people to have any
thing to do with the spirits. In this
connection he read from Leviticus
1881, and from Leviticus 20:27 to
show that death was the penalty for
communicating with spirits In Isaiah
$40 we are told that we should not
seek familiar spirits for knowledge,
but should go to God direct. In Ec-
clesiastes 9:5, and 10, Job 14:21, and
Psalms 1863 and 4, we are told that
the dead know not anything; that the
| living come to honor and dishonor and
that the dead know not of it, and that
! the day a man dies, even his very
thoughts perish. This goes to show
clearly, said the speaker, that the spirits
that answer the mediums are not spirits
of the dead. In Deuteronomy 1879
to il communication with these spirits
is called an abomination and in ]
Samuel % an account is given of how
Saul communicated with a familiar
spirit when it seemed that Samuel was
brought up before him. In Chronicles
1913 and II, we are told that Saul
lost his life because he communicated
WIN the spirits.
In | John 4:14, we are told that We
should not believe every spirit but We
should try them. In Isaiah 500 We
are told to try them by the law. if they
speak not according to this word, there
is no light in them. These spirits claim
to be spirits of the dead. They are
lying spirits, hence they came from
Satan, whom we find in John S:44 il
the father of lies.
When Satan fell he drew a goo,
many of the angels with him; thes
angels have since become false spirit
and transformed themselves and appea
as the spirits of our dead friends
Through their power they are able t.
deceive those who are not willing t,
live in harmony with the word of God
In l Timothy Al and ., Thessalonian
2:9-12, we are told that these spirit
: will appear and deceive men just be
fore the second coming of the Lord.
One of the most interesting feature
in the afternoon was talk by DR.. "
E. Bliss, superintendent of the Ney
England sanitarium of Melrose, Mass
on how to treat colds, influenza. pneu
mona, fevers, and disorders of tn
stomach. The doctor said that NOR
than ten million people died in til
y world during the last epidemic of til
influenza and that the entire medics
t profession was expecting a still grea
d er epidemic this coming winter. II
said in part that it would be well t
n learn how to combat these terribl
r diseases or better still how to avoi
= them by personal hygiene and by learl
+. ing how to give treatments that will al
% in the fight of the disease
He stated that when the last ep
demic was on, all the students of IL
% South Lancaster, Mass, college, undo
his direction were organized to comb,
the disease. As the result of this no1
: of the students died, but a large nun
Der were used in treating the Poop
in the vicinity of the school. II
nurses of the sanitarium, though niue
overworked in the institution, ga
their services freely in and arour
n the vicinity of Melrose. AS the resu
1g the lives of a great number of peop
ct were saved.
os The doctor during his talk had h
of assistant, Mrs. mclaughlin, nur
~, from the institution, give practic
ba demonstrations. For this purpose a t
u BILE was provided on which small b,
re was placed and all the processes of t
,a treatment were shown, using the b
m as a patient. The demonstrations we
~ practical and SO simplified that anyo
ne could learn how to give them. The
- treatments consisted of fermentation
= congresses and packs together wi
cold mitten friction. The doctor a
nurse then devoted their time to perso
al interviews throughout the day,
/ The latest arrival at the camp |;
night was Pastor A. G. Daniels. pre-
dent of the World s General Conf,
ence of Seventh Day Adventists. P;
tor Daniels stands at the head of t
entire movement in the world and /
travelled around the world many tim
He has lectured in all countries
Europe and Asia. This morning
spoke to the delegates; and he "
speak again tonight, when he will g
L many accouute IF Wonderful mi ssione