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ti h sfegSgaaHEgULJ ftWU.'J himmmmi Jitl'itimJii & Vt?twi!J&&aa!XVtt m mm jmafeni. maum ? ny ii fwWMkvwvv ""'"" " 'T'" 1 r-'i - iri-ni riiiwn wsnirim mi fnnwnniiUL. t. . - Sj sriT ai -i "-iii .g,,, a,, MWMyWMMMIrw U ihi.ni mt Pn fc. j ....,.,.,.,.,..-,.,.,. . , .....,...,..., ,, yvw mi inm uiiiiiiii.oiii'T'ir' vrrr' I' f IM V TAHKRKACLK SHIlVrCKS. REV. DR. TALMAQE DlSOOUU'lEa ON MODERN SPIRITUALISM. An lliK'Irnn, Ailiiltertiin, Duimmliln Him Union Not it .Mitillninn lint lliu III Vlt'l'iin 1 lm llltiln I lliuiiiyli for IJ In Know nf llio l'n I il rr. UnooKt.v.v, Aprll'.V.-AfUr I ho Itov. T. Do Witt Tiilningo, I). I)., hnd In hi well known manner ex ouudcd tho Scriptures, tho limttltiulo of people who throng tho Tuber undo and all tho entrance, packing uvery nvnllnhlo sm e of standing nud sitting room, united Inslnglngt HAlinllniil If t ths echo fly Tho spacious enrth nrotind, While nil llio armies of tint sky Consplro to rnl tlin sennit Dr. Tnlmngo nnnouuood his subject, "Mod em Spiritualism." llo took for hln tost, 'Ikdtold, there Is uwniuniithnt ' uthnfninll inr spirit ut Kit-dor AiidSuuldl-.gulM-d him self mill put on ot'ier raiment, mill ho went, and two men with lilm, mid they cnino to tho woman by night, nud ho sold, I pmy thett dlvliio unto mo by tho fninlllnr spirit, mill bring mo hint up whom I shall iiiiiun unto thoo."-l Hmmii-I xxvlll, 7, K. Following I tho sermon In full) I Imvo recently liccomon Spiritualist, At leant so somo of tho Journals of) that. Iiollef declare, Thi, together with tho fact thnt mediums nro now being I tied In tho criminal courts, netting million of people to nmko Inquiry In regard toeomiuunleutloii between this world mid tho noxt, lends mo to preach thin MTIIIOII. , Trouhlo to tho right of him nnd trouhlo to tbo left of hliu, Hnul know not what to do. As n Inst resort, hoconchulod to oek out n iplrltunl medium, or n witch, or anything that you please to cnll her nt nny rate, n woman wlm had communication with tho spirits of thocteriinl world, It was n very dlflk'iilt thing to do, for Kind hnd either slain nil tho witches or compelled them to stop business, Ascrvnntouo day mid to King Saul: "I know of n spiritual medium down nt tho village of Lii-dor." "Do yiiiir' Mild tho king. Night folk Hnul, putting oil hi kingly rolx, iiiul putting on tho dress of n E lain citizen, with two servants, goes out to tint tin this spiritual medium. It wns no ensy tiling for Haul to dlguln himself, for tho tallest jtroplo in tho country only camo up to lilt shoulder, and 1 think from tho strength of tho matt uud tho wny ho boro himself, ho miiHt hnvo lcen well proimrtlonod. It mint Imvo Ikmmi a frightful thIiiK to w-o n man walking iUoiir In tho iilRlitrlKht or ulno feet high. I upKie, itttho eoplo ww lilm jmnn, thoy Mid: "Who Is that? HM tia tall iih tho kliiK" havli'n no Idea that In Mich a plain dress thero lvally wiw passlnj; tho klnp. Bnul nnd Iih vorvantH after nwhllo reacli tho vlllap', and thoymyi "I wonder If tliH Is tho houo;" nnd thoy look in nnd mmi tho hnggnnl, wclnl uud nhrlvolod up plrltual medium slttliiRliy tho light, nnd on tho tn blo H'tilptunil Inuigon, nml divining rods, nnd polMouoiiH herliM, and Itottlci, and viises. Thoy miyi "Yw, this must be tho place," Ono loud rap brings tho woman to tho door; nud ns blio Mauds thero, holding tho cnudla or lamp nliovo her head nud peering out into mo iiaruncas, siio Niyst "Who U herof Tho tall king Informs her that ho hat coma to Imvo his fortuuo told. "When Bho hears that, kIio trembles and almost drops tho light, for ho knowM thero Is no clinnco for n fortune teller or uplrltual medium in nil tho laud, lint Saul, linvlng worn t hat no hnrui hhal I como t o her.Mio says : "Well, who tthall I bring up from tho deadp Saul rays: "llrlng up HaiiiucI." That wns tho prophet who hail died n llttlo whllo bo fore. Iwohcr wnv'lug n wand, or ktlrrlng upnomo poisonous horbs In n caldron, or hear muttorlng over Homo Incantations, or Stamping with her foot, ns ho cries out to tho realm of tho dead: "Snmiiell Hnmucir' Lo, tho frizzing horrorl Tho lloor of tbo tenement ojkmis, nnd tho zruy haii-s lloat up, nnd tho foivhend, tho eyex, tho llvt, th shoulders, tho arms, tho feot, tho entire body of dead Samuel, wrapped In sepulchral robo, nppearlng to tho nxtoiiltliixl group, whu stagger Uick nud hold fast, nud catch their breath, nnd shiver with torror. Tho dead prophet, whlto nud awful from tho tomb, begins to move his ashen lips, nud ho glares upon King Saul, nnd eric. out: "What did you bring mo up fori Why did you break my long sleep! Wlint do you menu, King SnulP Saul, trying to compoo and control himself, makes this stammering nnd nITrighted utterance, as ho hays to tho dead prophet : "Tho Lord is ngulnst mo, nnd I hnvo coma to you for help. What shall I dof Tho dead prophet (stretched forth his finger to King Saul nnd mild; "Dlo to-mor-rowl Como with mo Into tho sepulchcr. I am going now. Como, como with mol" And lot tho lloor again opens, nud tho feet of tho dead prophet dlsapiKwr, nnd tho nrms, nnd tho shoulders, nud tho forehead. Tho lloor closes. Nothing Is left In tho room but Snul and tho two servants, nnd tho tplrltunl me dium, and tha sculptured images, nnd tho divining rods, nnd tho bottles, nud tho vases, and tho pol&ououi herbs. Oh, that wns an awful uenncol I learn first from this subject that spir itualism is a very old religion. It is natural that pcoplo should want to know tho origin and tho history of n doctriuo which Is rc widespread m nil tho villages, towns nnd cities of tho civilized world, getting now con verts every day a doctriuo with which many of you nro already tinged. Spiritualism in America wns Iwrn iti 1817, In llydesville, "Wnyno county, N. Y,, when ono night thero wns a loud rap heard against tho door of Michael Wcokmau; a rap a sec ond time, n rap n third time; and nil threo times, when tho door wns opened, tlicro wns nothing found there, tho knocking having beenmodoMiemlnglyby Invlslblo knuckles. Iu thatsamohouso thero wasn young woman who had n cold hand (Missed over her face, nnd tbcrohoingfcccmiuglyno arm attached to it, Bhostly suspicions wero excited. After nwhllo Mr. Fox and his family moved Into that houso, and then every night thero was a banging at tho door; nnd ono ulght Mr. Fox laid: "Aro you a spirit!" Two rais, mw swering In tho nUlrraatlvo. "Aro you an Injured splritf Two raps, answering iu tho afllrmative. And so they found out, ns thoy say, that it was tho ghont or spirit of n ped dler who hnd lecn murdered in that houso many years before for his $r00. Whether tho ghost of tho dead peddler had como thero to collect his WOO, or his bones, I can not say, not being a Spiritualist; but thero was a great racket at tho door, so Mr, VTeekmnn declared, and Mrs. Weekman and Mr. Vox and Mrs. Fox and all tho llttlo Foxos. Tho oxcltcmont spread. There wasn universal rumpus. Tho lion. Judgo Edmonds declared, in a book, that ho had actually hoen a bell start from tho top shelf of a closet, heard It ring over tho people that Were staudlug In tho closet, then, swung by luvisiblo hands, it rang over tho peoplo in tho back jxirlor, and floated through tho folding doors to tho front parlor, rung over tbo peoplo thero, and then stropped on tbo floor. N. T. Tnlmag, senator of the United States, afterwards Kovcrnor of Wisconsin, bad his head completely turned wltb sptrltualUtia drmonstrAttons. A man ns bo wns passing nlong tho rond, wild that ha was lifted up liodlly, mid carried toward his homo through tho nlr, nt such great vcd ho rould not count tho hh on tho fenco as ho putwed; nud ns ho had a hniid saw mid n Miuarolu his hand, they Ixvit, as ho posmmI ihroiigh tho nlr, most delightful music. Ami ' tin' tallies tlpxvl, and tlio Mool tilted, mid tho hodMcfid I'm I Bed, nud tho chairs upK't, and It twined as If tho spirits overywheru hnd gouo Into tho furniture busluess. "Well," tho Kop wild, "wo hnvo got something now Iu this country; it Is u now religion." Oh no, my friends. ThoiixnuiN of years ngo wo Unit In our toxtn plrltualitlo K'miico. Nothing In tho upltitiiallstlo circles of our day hns Ih-imi iiioro strange, mysterious nnd wonderful than things which luivn Ueii seen In tho pant centuries nf tho woi Id. Iu all tho ngos thenf hnvo lieen iiivrnmniuvrH, thixc wiiocDiiMilt witli thu spirits of tho departed; plinrmers, thiwo who put their subjects Inn mcmuerlo statoj sorirrerH, thoso who by Ink lug h)1m)hous drugs nc overythlng nnd hear everything nnd tell overythlng, dreamers, (KMipIo who In their olcoplng inoiiients rnuscc tho futuro world mid hold consultation with tplrlts; astrologers, "who could read u new (lhpeiiHutliiii In tho stars; ixktIs Iu palmis try, who enn toll by tho lines Iu tho palm of your hand your origin mid your history. From a envo on Mount Parnassus, wo nrc told, thero wns mi exhalation that Intoxicated tho sheep and goats that camo miywhcro uenr It, mid n shephenl approaclilng It was thrown by that exhalation Into nn excitement Iu which ho could foretell futuro ovenlH nud hold consultation with tho spiritual world. Yea, licforo tho tlino of Christ tho Ilrnhnilus went through all tho tablo moving, all tho furniture excitement, which thosplrits Imvo exploited iu ourdny; precisely tho wuno thing over and over again, under tho manipulations of tho Ilrnh mius. Now do you say that Spiritualism Is dllTereut from these I answer, all theso delusions I hnvo meutlouoil belong to tho samo family, Thoy nro exhumations from tho utiM'on world. What din's (IikI think of nil theso delusion! Ho thinks so mveroly of them that ho never hHakH of (hum but with livid thuuderM of Indignation. Ho says: "I will Inj n swift wit miss ngniust tho sorcerer." Ho says: "Thou shult not sulTor n witch to live." And lest you might nmko Homo lmiortaut dltluctlou lietwecn Spiritualism and witchcraft, (lod says, In so many words: "Thero shall not ls aiitong you n ctmsiiltcr of faiiilllnr spirits, or wizard, or iii-oroiiinnccr; for they that do theso things nro on nboniinntlon to tho Lord." And ho says agnln: "Tho soul of thoso who seek after such ns have familiar spirits, nnd who go whoring nfter them, I will set myself ngalust them, nudho Khali bo cut nil from ninoug his iicoplo." Tho Lord Almighty, In tih'coroof jxissagcs, which I have not now tlmu to inioto, iittora his indignation ngniust ill this great family of delusions. After that Iki n Spiritualist if you dure I Still further wo learn from this text how It Is that K-oplo como to fall into Spiritualism. Siul had enough troubloto kill ten men. Ilo did not know whero to go for relief. After nwhllo ho resolved to go nnd set) tho w Itch of Ktwlor. llo expected that somehow sho would alford lilm relief. It was his trouble that drove lilm tlicro. And I have to tell you now that Spiritualism Hnd It victims Iu tho troubled, tho bankrupt, tho sick, tho bereft. You loso your watch, nud you go to tlio fortuuo toller to find whero It I. You loso a friend, you want tho spiritual world opened so that you may hnvo communication with lilm. In n highly wrought, nervous nud diseased stnto of mind, you go nud put yourself In that communication. Thnt is why I halo Spiritualism. It takes ndvnn tago of ono in n moment of weakness, which mny como uiou us nt any time. Wo loso n friend. Tho trial is keen, sharp, suffocating, nlmost maddening. If wo could marshal u host, nud storm tho eternal world, nnd reenpturo our loved ono, tho host would soon bo marshaled. Tho houso Is so lonely, Tho world I so dark. Tlio separation Is so InsuflTerable. Hut Spiritualism says: "Wo will often tho future world, and your loved ono can como back nnd talk to you." Though wo may not hour his voice, wo may hear tho rap of his hand. So, clear tho table. Sit, down, l'ut your hands on tho tablo. llo very (pilct. Flvo minute gone. Ten minutes. No mo tion of tho tnble. No rcpono from tho futuro world. Twenty minutes. Thirty miuutes. Nervous excitement nil tho timo Increasing. Forty minutes. Tho tablo shiv ers. Two raps from tho futuro world. Tho letters of tho alphabet nro called over. Tho departod friend's naino is John. At tho pro nunclatloii of tho lettor "J," two raps. At tho pronunciation of tho letter "U," two rn4 At tho pronunciation of tho lotter "II," two rajM. At tho pronunciation of tho letter "N," two raps. Thero you hnvo tho wholo namo spelled out. J-o-h-n, John. Now, tho spirit being presont, you say: "John, aro you hnppy!" Two raps givoan alllrmattvo answer. Pretty soon tho hand of tho medium begin to twitch nud toss, and begins to writo out, after paper and Ink nro furnished, h messago from thocteriinl world. What I remarkablo, tho demrtcd spirit, although it has been amid tho Illuminations of heaven, cannot spell u well ns it used to. It has lost nil gramiuntica nccurncy nnd ennnot writo ns distinctly. I received n letter through n medium onco. I scut it back. I said: "Just pleas.n tell thoso ghosts thoy had better go to school nud get Improved in their orthography." Now, Just think of spirits, that tho Illblo represents as enthroned iu glory, coming down to crawl under tho table, nnd break crockery, nnd ring ten bells before supper is ready, uud nip tho window shutter on n gusty night. Is thero nny consolation in such oor, miserable work compared with tho thought that our departed Christian friends, got rid of pain and languishing, ure In tho radiant society of heaven, nud that wo shall Join them there, not In n stifled nnd mysterious half utterance, which mnkes tho hair stand on end nnd the cold chills creep tho back, but in an unhin dered nnd llllmitnblo delight And nono shall murmur or misdoubt, When Clod's great sunrise finds us out. Yes, my friends, Spiritualism comes to thoso who nro In trouhlo nnd sweeps them into its delusions. Saul, in tho midst of Ids disaster, went to tho witch of Ku-dor. Tho vast majority of thoso who hnvo gouo to spiritual mediums Imvo Ixxm scut thero through their misfortunes. I learn still farthor from this subject that Spiritualism and necromancy nro affairs of tho darkness. Why did not Snul go In tho day! Ho was ashamed to go. IJosldes that, ho know that this spiritual medium, liko all her successors, jicrformcd her exploit In tho night. Tho Davenports, tho Fowlers, tbo Foxos, tho spiritual mediums of all ages, havo chosen tho night or a darkened room. Why! Tho majority of their wonders havo been sw Indies, and deception prospers best in tho night. Somo of tho performances of spiritual me diums aro not to Iks ascrllxxl to fraud, but to somo occult law thnt nfter nwhllo may bo demonstrated. Dut I bellovo that now 090 out of every 1,000 achievements on tho part of spiritual mediums aro arrant and un mitigated humbug, Tho mysterious ml let ten that used to como out on tho medium's urm wero found to havo Iwen mado by mi Iron pencil that wont heavily over tho flesh. not (earing It, but so disturbing the blood that it camn up In great round letters. The wiUicffvoM of tho scuhcvs hnvo locked tli door, put tlio key in their jmclct, nrrcstol tho njK'rntor, nnd found out, by searching tho room, thnt hid den lovers moved tho tnble, Tlio sealed letters that wero mysteriously rend without ienliig havo been found to havo been cut nt tho sldo, nnd then afterward slyly put to gether with gum arable: nud tho medium who, with a heavy blanket over his head, could read a hook, has liccn found to havo hnd u ImiUIo of phosphorlo oil, by tho light of which anybody can read a book; alul veil trllomilsm. mid legerdemniu, uud sleight of hand, nnd optical delusion, account for everything. Deception Is'lngtho main staple of Spiritualism, no wonder it choose tho darkness. You hnvo nil seen strnngonnd nunccount nblo things Iu tho ulght. Almost every limn ha at somo t lino had a touch of hallucina tion. Somo time ago, nfter I hnd been over tempted to eat something Indigestible beforu retiring nt ulght, lifter retiring 1 saw the president of ono of tho prominent colleges nstrido tho foot of tho bed, while ho do- tmimled of mo u loan of flvo cental When I iiwnkcnod I had no Idea It wn nnythlng Miiieriiatiirul, And I hnvo to ndviwyou, it you hear mid ceostrnngo things nt night, to stopentlng hot mliico plo nud tako a (loso of bilious medicine. It Is mi outraged physical organism, enough to deceive tho very elect after sundown, nnd does nearly all Its work iu tho night, Tho witch of Ku-dor held her sennces nt night; so do nil tho witches, Awny with this religion of spooks! Still further! I learn from my text thnt Spiritualism Is doom nud death to its disci, pie. King Saul thought that ho would get help from tho "medium;" but tho first thing that ho see makes him swoon away, and lie sooner was ho resuscitated than ho is told ho must die. Spiritualism Is doom mid death to uvery ono that yields to It, It ruin the body. Look iu iikiii mi audience of Spiritualists. Cadaverous, Weak. Nervous, Kxhnustcd. Hands clammy mid cold. Nothing prospers hut long hair soft mm-shes yielding rank grass. Spiritualism destroys tho physical health. Its disciples nro over hearing stmt liug news from tho other world. Strange lnings crossing tho room In whlto. Table fidgety, wanting to get It feet Iooso as if to dauco. Voices sepulchral and ouiluou. Be wildered with nips. I never know a con firmed Spiritualist who hnd n healthy nervous system, It is Incipient epilepsy mid cata lepsy. Destroy your nervous system nud you might ns well bo dead. I hnvo noticed that jieoplo who nro healing rajw from tho futuro world hnvo but llttlo strength left to liear tho hard raps of this world. It I an awful thing to trlllo with one's nervous system. It is so delicate it is so for reach ing Its derangements nro so terrible. Oct tho nervous system n Jangle, and so far ns your Inxly and soul aro concerned, tho wholo uulverso I" " Jungle. Better lu our Ignorance ex)eriinent with n chemist's retort that may suilto us dead, or with mi engineer's steam Killer that may blow us to ntoms, tiimi ex ieriuieut with tho nervous system. A man can II vo w Ith only ono lung or w Ith no eye and bo happy, as men huo been under such nllllctlons; but woo to tho man whoso nerves nro shuttered) .Spiritualism smiles llrst of nil, nud mightily, against tho nervous system, nnd so makes life miserable. I Indict Spiritualism uUo, IwcaiiHi it Is a social nud marital curse, Tlio w orst thssls of licentiousness nnd tho worst orgies of oWcii Ity havo boon enacted under It patronage. Tlio story Is too vilo for mo to tell. 1 will not ollutu my touguo nor your ears with thu recital. Sometimes tho civil law has been evoked to stop tlio out rugo. Famllle innu merable lme Urn broken ui) by It. It hits pushed olf hundreds of young women into u life of profligacy. It tnlks about "elective nillnltlcH," nud "nlllnltnl relation," nud "spiritual mutches," and ndnpts tho wholo vocabulary of free lovelsm. Iu ouo of Its publlo journal It declares "marrliigo Is tho monster curse of civilization." "It I n sourco of delsiuehery nnd Intemperance." If Spiritualism could hnvo its full swing, It would turn this world into a luiudeuioiilum nf carnality. It Is nn unclean, ndultc rotis, dnumnblo religion, nud tho sooner It drop Into thu hell from which it rose, tho better both for earth and hen veil. For tho sako of man's honor nud woman's purity, I sny let tho lnt vestige of it perish forever. I wish I could gather up nil tho 1-1111 it has ever heard from spirits blest or damned, nnd gather thorn nil on Its own hend iu ouo thundering rap of annihilation! I further Indict Spiritualism for tho fact thnt it Is thocauso of lunch Insanity. Thero is not 1111 asylum between Bangor and San Francisco which has not tho torn nud bleed ing victims of this delusion. Go Into any nsyhim, I care not whero it is, uud tho pro siding doctor, nfter you havo asked blurt "Whnt is tho matter with that inunf" will say: "Spiritualism demented him;" or, "What Is tho matter with that womuiw" ho will say: "Spiritualism demented her." it ha taken down somo of tho brightest intel lects. It swept on Into mental midnight Judges, senators, governors, ministers of tho Gocl, nnd ono timo camo near capturing ono of tho presidents of tho United States. At Flushing, near this city, 11 man becmno nbsorbed with it, forsook his family, took Ids only (15,000, surrendered them to 11 splritunl medium iu Now York, attempted three times if Ttiif. nil ottil tt littl nil'll If fat nttf 1 ttuiit 11 nu l" I'M" , s. r. ,! ,i,l. I! IMlll -IS1 incarcerated in tho Stnto Lunatic asylum, ... - . wuoro no is toany iv raving maniac, l'ut your hand in tho bund of this witch of Kntlor nnd sho will lead you to liottomless iierdltiou, whero sho holds her everlasting seniiee. Many yean1 ngo the steamer Atlantic started from Europe for tho United State.. Getting mldoccuu tho machinery broke nud sho floundered around day nfter day nnd week after week, und for n wholo mouth nfter sho was duoicoplo won dcred and llunlly gnvo her up. There was grent nngulsh Iu tho titles, for there wero mnny who had friends aboard that vessel. Somo of tho women, In their distress, wont to tho spiritual mediums and Inquired us tu tho fnto of thnt vessel. The medium called up tho spirits, nud tho ruppiugs on thu tablo indicated tho steamship lost, with nil on board. Women went raving mad, nnd wero carried to tho luuatio asylum. After nwhllo or.o day n gun wns heard off qunrontliio. Tbo flags went upon tho shipping, nnd tho bells of tho churches wero rung. Tho boys ran through tho streets, crylugi "Kxtral Tho Atlnntlu li safol" Thero wns tho em bracing ns from tho (lend, when friends camo again to friends; but somo of thoso passcn- gers went up to ilml their wives in tho luuatio asylum, whero this cheat nf In fernal SplrltunlUm bad put them. A man iu llellovuo hospital, dying from wmmdsmndo by his own hand, was asked why ho tried to-1 which previously seemed incuHililo ofdlml commit sulcldo, nnd bo said: "Tho spirits ' nut Ion. Two freight cars were hired und, told mo to." Farents hnvo strangled their children, nud when asked why they did it, replied: "Spiritualism demanded it." It is tho patronlrer and forager for tho inndhouso. Judge Kdmonds, In Broadway tabernacle, Now York, delivering a lecture in liehalf of Hplrltuidltm, ndmltted, iu so many words; "Thero i n fascination aliout consultation with tho spirit of tho deud that hns n ten-, dency to leud ixwplo off from their right Judgmcut, nnd to Instill Into them 11 fnnatl rlsm that Is revolting to tho natural mind." It not only ruins its disciples, but it ruins thn rordlnm n1o, only givn It timo. Tho Ondnmcnii "Wine, .m llio Innks of tho Ink.) of (lulllcc, no sooner Urumo splritunl in illumi than down thoy went, iu mi nviilniicho of jsirk, to tlio consternation of nil the herds men. Tho olllco of u medium Is bail for n man, bad font woman, bad for a beast. I bring against Oil delusion n more fearful Indictment: It ruins thu soul Immortal. First, it make u man u quarter of mi lulldol, then ft make him half mi (ulldel; (hen It makes him wholo Inlldel. Tlio wholosystem, ns I conceive It, Is founded on tho Insulllclency of tho word of Qod iih n revelation, (lod says tho Illblo is enough for you to know iihoiit tho futuro world. You sny it Is not enough, uud there Is whero you unit tho I,ord dlll'er. You cleiir tho tnble, you shovo nsldn thi' Bible, ou put your hand on tho table, mid sny j "Now let spirits of tho futuro world come nud tell mo something tho Illblo has not told me." And although tho K'llpluies nay, "Add thou not unto his words lest ho reprove thee, mid thou lo found a llnr," you risk it, mid sny: "Como Inek, spirit of my departed father; como i ., spirit of my departed mother, of nv isnnianloiis, of my llttlo child, and tell nii gomo things I don't know about you ma ,,iHiiit the iiiiceii world." If (lod Is ovo: my mo ud' ver i slapjHsl square iu tho face, It Is when u spir itual medium puts down her hand on the table, invoking spirits departed to nmko u revelation, (lod has told you all you ought to know, nnd how dare you Iki prying into that which Is uouo of your IiusIiush, You cannot keep tho Bible in ono hand and Spirit ualism In tho other. Ouo or tho other will tiUpout of your ginsp, deioiid iqion it. Spiritualism Isnilterso to tho Bihlo iu tho fact Unit it ha In t heso last days called from tho futuro world Christum men to testify against Christianity. Its mediums cnll back Ijoreiio Dow, tho celebrated evangelist, mid Lorenzo Dow testllles that Christians nro Idolntors. Spiritualism calls liack Tom Payne, mid he testllles that ho I stopping in tho samo houso Iu heaven with John Bunvnn. They call back John Wesley, and he testllles ngalust tho Christian religion, which ho all his life gloriously preached. Andrew Jackson Davis, tho grentost of till tho Spiritualists, conies to thu front nnd ilivlnrvs that the New Testament is lint "tho dismal echo ofu bar baric age," and tho Bllilo only "ono of tho pen uud Ink relic of Christianity." The attempt to substitute thowiitlngsof Swislen borg ami Andrew Jackson Davis nnd other rellgloiisbalilerdiu.il In the pluco of this ok Bible. I havo iu my houso a book which wn used In thi very city iu tho public sorvlov of Hplrltlialists. It I well worn with much service. I oK.'ii that hook, uud It says: "What l our baptism! Answer: Frequent ablutions nf wntcr. What Is oiirlnsplmtionj l'lentyof fresh nlr mid sunlight. What li our prayer! Abundant physical exercise. What I ourlovofvni.tr A clear conscience and sound sleep." And I find from the same book that the chief it m iu their public wor shtpi gymnastic excrcNo, mid that when over they want to roitso up their soul to a very high pitch of devotion thoy sing, pago IB: "Tlio night has gathered up hel iiiisiulit fringe;" or iago 10: "Como tc tlio wmks, helgho!" You say you are no snehn fool n that; but you' will lio if yoi keep on iu the track you havo started. "But,"Niys some one, "wouldn't it Ikj of ndvnutngo to hear from the futuro world! Don't you think It would strengthen Chris tian! Thero nro u great many Materialists who do not Uiieve thero niv souls, but if spirit fioin tho future world should knock and talk over to us they would be ienunilod." To that i miswer, In the ringing words of tho Sou of God: "If they bcllcvo not Moses nud tho prophets, neither will they Ihj persuaded through ono rose from the dead." ow I believe, under (lod, that thi scrmoi will save iiiany from disease, insanity ami ' orditlon. I lielleve theso aro thu days of which tho njKistle spake when hosald: "In j tho lnttor times some shall depart from thu , faith, giving heed to seducing spirits." I think my audience, us well ns other, audiences in mi nay, noisi to nave reiterated m llieir hearing tlio usMigcs I quoted somo minutes ngo: "There shall not bo among you n cun suiter of familiar spirits, or wizard, or nec romancer; for they that do theso things are mi nbomliiation unto tho Lord;" und "Tho soul that turueth after such a havo familiar spirits, I will sot myself against them, und they shnll 1h cut olf from their pcoplo." But I invito you this inoriilugtoii Christian sconce, a noonday seance. This congregation is only ouo grent family. Here Is tlio church tnble, Como around tlio chinch table, take your wntH for thi great Christian senneo, put your Bible on tho table, put your bunds on tho top of tho Bible, uud then listen, uud hoar if there aro any voices coming from tin eternal world. I think thero ore. Listen, "Secret things belong unto tho 1ird our God, but things that aro revealed belong unto 11 mid our children." Surely that is 11 , voice from tho spirit world! But boforo you riso from this Christian sciiucc, 1 want you to promise mo you will Ik) satislled with tho divine revelation until the light of tlio eternal throuu breaks ui-;i your vision. Do not go utter tho witch of Ku-dor. Do not sit down nt table ruppiugs, either iu spoi t or ill dead earnest. Havo your tables so well muile, mid their legs so even, that they will not tip uud rattle. If tho table uiuxt move, let It bo under the olllccs of iiidustiions housewifery. Tench your children thoro tiro no ghosts to bo seen or heard in this world save thoso who walk . 1 ., . " two feet or four, himinn or bestial ' .mini .,1. (Iii.t Sfikil'ltlliillwlil lit. (li.t lu He- momlier that Spiritualism at tho liest Is h useless thing; for if it tells what tho illblo reveals It is u superfluity, uud If it tells whut thu Bible, docs not reveal it Is u lie. Instead of going out to get other ieoplo to Uil your fortune, tell your own fortune by putting your trust iu God mid doing thoU'st you can. I will tell your fortuuu: "AH things work together for gcsnl to them who lovo God." Insult not your departed friends by iitklug them to comedown uud scrubblo under an extension tnble. Itemem bcr that there is only ono Spirit who-o dicta tion you Imvo 11 right to luwiko, uud that ir thu holy, hlcKscd and omulHtcnt Spirit ot God. Hark! Ho is rapping now, not on n tablo or tho floor, but rapping 011 tho door 01 your heart, mid uvery rap is 1111 invitation to Christ uud a warning ot Judgment to como. Oh, grieve him not uwuy. Quench lilm not. Ho lias hit'ii nil around you this morning. Ho was all around you last night. Ho has been around you ull your lives. 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