Evening journal., 1920-02-04

diums. The text and address follow
"When they shall say unto you,
seek unto them that have familiar
suirits, and unto wizards that peep.
and mutter; should not a people
seek unto their God? for the Nv
ing 10 the dead2
ITO the law and 10 the tcsti-
mony: If they speak not accord
ing 10 this Word, II Is because
there Is no light I'm them"
Isaiah will. 1920
Such men as Crooks, the inventor
of Crooks Tube, and Sir Oliver Lodge
originally scollng at the possibility Of
communicating with the dead through
mediums. have. by rigid examination
Into facts, beeoihe convinced that such
communication Is actual. A body OF
French scientists, the Society of Psy-
chical Research, Crooks, Lodge. and
many other scientists of note aud rclia-
bllity, declare alike that such commu-
nicatlon is an established, scientific
fact.
Sir Oliver Lodges lectures. now ap-
pearlng in the daily publications, have
widely arouse public interest In the
subject. A definite, rational, and au-
thoritatve answer 10 the fact, virtue,
and lawlessneSs of communicating with
suirits through mediums Is demanded
and imperative.
Heretofore the churches, other than
the New Church have met the ques-
tlon not by investigation and rational
explanation OF the phenomenon, but
by declaring the whole matter to be
impOslure and a fake This regretta-
bic mistake is now evident; for sci
ence declares the fact Of communica-
tiOn with spirits, the doctrine Is every
where preached, the ouiia board never
was in so general use. faith in spirit
ualism is widely extending, and the
masses of people have no knowledge
Of the practice for their defense or for
the instruction of others.
In the Bible. the Word Of God, the
subject Is set forth and fully explain
ed In all clearness. 10 repeatedly de-
clares the fact Of such communica-
tions, that they are evil practices. and
tells the reason why they are unlaw-
ful. TO deny the fact Is TO reject the
Word and fail TO give protecting truths.
In hiding their heads in the sand, the
churches leave their flocks an easy
pray TO the Internal crew of infesting
spirits.
DO we not know the Levitlcal law,
~ man also or woman that hath a
familiar spirit, or that Is wizard.
shall surely be put 20 death?" Here
the fact Is declared, and the penalty
for the practice was so severe because
II destroys both mind and soul in spir-
itual death. Fifteen times in the Old
Testament the fact Is admitted and the
ban placed upon the practice. In
Deuteronomy II is called an abomlna-
tiOn 10 the Lord and mentioned as an
evil with the inhabitants of the Holy
Land for which they were 20 be
driven out.
Saul. through the witch OF Endor.
medium like those today. called UP
Samuel. But it was not Samuel, for
he was called up" not down. 1t was
a ooterie o. magcians from the splr-
itual UNDERWORLD for said the medium
when asked whom she saw, II saw
gods ascending out of dhe earth" not
down from heaven; gods of the hells.
satans who because of their magical
arts were thought TO be gods In their
Internal abode. They were gods Of the
Treitsche philosophy, Kaiser-gOds, the
Lucifer OF the Bible. They took ont OF
Saul's mind what already had been put
there, and by magical arts personated
Samuel.
The New Testament IS fully in ac-
cord with the Old Through the man
dwelling in "the tOmbs." one who had
completely fallen into the power Of
spirits. the spirits spoke The
unfortunate victim OF satanic powers
desired to be freed, but the obsesslng
spirits would hold him captive, and
impl0rod the Lord to leave him in
their hands When the Lord asked as
TO the nature Of the obseSslon, the
spirits answered. MY name is Le-
gion." legion Of evil spirits had the
unfortunate under their control. and
could work their will through him.
John gives the rule by which evil
spirits can be distinguished from good
spirits and angclS. He SAID. "Thy the
spirits whether they be OF God
Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus
Christ Is come in the flesh Is of Goi !
and every spirit that oOnfcsseth not
that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh |
is not OF God. ard this is the spirit of |
anti-Christ whereof ye have heard |
that 70 would come" And this is the |
test today, and over viii be. II ap- |
piled in the true Apostolic sense. For |
the acknowledgment that Jesus Christ I
Is come in the flesh is the confession |
that He was Jehovah incarnate. the |
Word made flesh, in whom "dwelleih |
the fullness Of the Godhead bodily" |
and that He alone Is our teacher guide, |
and object of worship.
II Is for the church 10 admit facts, |
and II the facts are evil, 20 show the |
evil To admit the fact of communl- |
eating through mediums no more COM
mcnds the practice than the acknowl- |
edgment of disease germs confesses dis
case 10 be desirable
Why the practice Is evil may be evi- |
dent from the following: All Scrip |
ture shows that the Lord governs the |
world by means Of spirits and angels.
even as he leads society upon earth /
TO higher conditions through the good \
and wIse. Scores OF times IL Is de-
oasred that Tho angel OF the Lord
caDs or was ssnA To Abraham and TO
Moses Il ~es promised, -IIe shah send |
HIS angels before thee" Daniel says,