Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-05-19
MAN ASKS AND GOD
ANSWERS QUESTIONS
ON SPIRITISM AND
OCCULTISM
~ The Laymen's Home Missionary
Movement, 1927 Snyder Ave.,
Philadelphia, pa.

Philadelphia, Pa.
How have the fallen angels, in spir-
itlsm and occultism, Impersonated the
dead?
"a In Spiritism, / Sam. %: z, IL
10, 10: Saul said unto his servants
Seek me woman that hath familiar
spirit His servants said to him, Be
hold, there is woman that hath
familiar spirit at En-dor. Then said
the woman, Whom shall / bring up
unto thee? And he said, Bring me up
Samuel And when the woman saw
1.-THE representation of Samuel, she
/. spake to Saul And
the king said unto her What
sawest thou? And the woman said
unto Saul, / saw an old man >.
covered with mantle. And Saul per-
ceived concluded that II was Samuel.
And the representation of Samuel
said to Saul. Why hast thou dis
quieted me- to bring me up? And Saul
| answered, am sore distressed;
| (. and God is departed from me, and
answereth me no more. Then said
1.-THE representation of Samuel the
Lord will also deliver Israel with
thee into the hand of the Philistines:
and tomorrow shalt thou and thy sons
be with me.
| (2) In Occultism, Acts IS: 10: A
| certain damsel possessed with a spirit
| Of divination brought her
masters much gain by soothsaying.
How do we know that the fallen
angels impersonated samueI2
"a God and His servants would
have nothing to do with Saul. l Sam.
% 6 The Lord answered him not.
neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor
by prophets.
(2) God had forbidden necromancy
lt--alleged talking with the dead -
hence His servants Stunned it, Deut.
10: 10, IL: There shall not be found
among you necromancer.
(3) God punished Saul with death
for consulting with the demons
through the witch of En-dor. l Chron.
10: 10 So Saul died for
asking counsel of one that had IA
miliar spirit, to inquire Of 1t.
(4) God would not permit one I'M
der His death sentence to disturb the
death-sleep OF faithful Samuel. FIX.
%: 1S: Thou shalt not suffer witch
to live.
How do we know that fallen an
gel In occuItism impersonated Python?
| ~ In the Greek of Acts 16: Ia
the damsel is said to have been pos
sessed by the spirit of Python: A
certain damsel possessed with the
spirit of Python [margin] met us.
(2) st. Paul cast out fallen angel
from her, Acts 10: 18: Paul :.
said to the spirit -. Come out
of her. And he came out the same
hour.
How must we ScripturaIly consider
spiritsm and occuItism with all their
methods, like frances, visions, mental
teiepathy, psyco-therapy materialixa-
tlons, table-rapping and tIppngs, &C.
ances, pianchettes, ouiIa boards, mes
sages by card shuffIng and writing,
opening the Bible at random for an
swers to questions, etc, ETC.?
(D AS methods through which dew
ils-not dead people-operate. Deut.
80: IT. They sacrificed unto devils,
not to God to gods whom they know
not, 2 Kings 81: 1. 3, 6: Manasseh
did that which was evil In
the sight of the Lord, after the abom-
nations of the heather he
worshipped all the host of
heaven, and dealt with familiar spirits
(2) AS heather denominations, Deut
10 9-12: Thou shalt not learn to do af
tel. the denominations of those nations
consulter with familiar spirits
or a necromancer for all that do these
things are an abomination unto the
Lord and because Of these abomina
lions the Lord, thy God doth drive
the heather out from before thee.
(3) AS polluting practices, Lev. 10
81: Regard not them that have famil
lar spirits to be defiled by
them.
What are the scriptur lily enJoine,
punishments Of their devotees?
Lev. 20: 81: A man also or woman
that hath familiar spirit
shall surely be put to death. Chron
10: 10: SO Saul died :. for ask
ing counsel of one that had familiar
spirit to inquire of II. NAL 81 8:
will be swift witness against thu
sorcerers -. saith the Lord o.
hosts. Rev. 21: 8: Sorcerers
shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and birthstone, which
is the second death.
What should be our attitude towar
spiritism and occutlsm7
~ Avoidance, Deut. 10: ID: Fo
these nations which thou shalt posses
hearkehed unto observers of times, ant
= unto OWNERS but as for thee, tn
Lord thy God hath not suffered the
+, so to do. (2) Opposition, Eph. 9: IL