Show MODERN spiritualism if enlightened P latter day sainte 1 quent ly say of spiritualism its J is true perhaps dul blit not always in the sense they bey those these who say it is humbug mean that those qa called spiritualism are brought out ly by the trickery of man ahat hat form of spiritualism which opposes su poses man to have a soul or Pui organization is the opposite or of materialism which denies denes the sine thus the latter day saints me tha christians certa ertain n jews and even be cathens atKens ea are spiritualists but as Ws definition is so universal we y discard it and def define ne spiritual 1801 as the intercourse of living with those who usually behin 1 the baij this inter urcie oune maybe may be brought about by two if meth methods 0 ds viz a the soul mal aai may go behind the vall vail Ba though a spiritual phenomena eldom called spiritualism but leves ieves aves various names namee as dreams ecstacy trance vision etc b an inhabitant of the hidden world may step forth and communicate with man this is spiritualism spiritualism whether r brought about by the former method a or the latter b may be several sorts 1 intercourse with god or holy beings such as the angel adgel of the lord or christ I 1 afore he took flesh upon him 2 intercourse with resurrected beings like ellas elias moses moroni etc both of which sorts are sanctioned by the gospel 3 intercourse 1 uter course with the spirits spirita of men not yet resurrected and who may be good or evil this species of spiritualism is fraught with much danger 4 satanic spiritualism or intercourse with evil spirits who are never to have a mortal tabernacle many names exist by which are meant those who have that peculiar gift of being visited by spirits of one or all sorts such names as seer beer prophet revelator medium sorcerer conjuror of spirits witch etc likewise like wise many names exist whereby to designate those mortals whose have the faculty of spiritual vision or of visiting other spheres such names dames as dreamer visionary clairvoyant exta etc these gifts are common to men and women alike A too common error exists which supposes that the terms prophet prophetess sorcerer sorceress witch etc relate to the category or of spirits a man or woman may communicate with or that a prophet must necessarily be holy prophecy the truth only or commune only with good spirits or angels the world has long been without the keys of the true gospel couse the terms alluded to have obscure meanings which we will not now try to disentangle but let no one suppose that mother eve was a witch bec aae she conversed with the old serpent or r that cain was either a prophet seer or revelator because god visited him again do not suppose a witch to commune only with evil spirits did not the witch of endor see as the english bible says gods do not suppose that the lord may lying spirits in the months of the prophets Prophet 9 A prophet may do amiss pollute himself and still be the anointed and the only one appointed to prophesy or reveal authoritatively the origin of spiritualism as defined in this article cannot antedate the advent of mortal man but its elements originated in heaven and the extremes of wb which ch it could be capable were revealed reveals when tho the rebellion of lucifer and his allies occurred in heaven since the fall of lucifer and the triumph of god these two extremes extra mes have been antagonistic forces and at the advent 3 of adam and ever since anen the craft or power of the evil one has endeavored to introduce itself to man as the only true spiritualism superseding the revelations of god the gospel of eternal life and such spiritualism of any name pr or form claims to he be today hardly had god revealed a few instructions to adam and eve when the serpent claimed to bring the he gospel of the opening of their eyes and the method of beb becoming oming like god from that day until the deluge many forms of this wicked spiritualism probably exi existed and excepting eight souls tended greatly to oppose the gospel which noah was commissioned to preach when moses wielded the rod of miracles the egyptian spiritualists magicians were prepared to harden the heart of pharoah Pha thus of the mission of christ ete etc I 1 so far we have only treated of the two extremes two other forms of spiritualism rt remain main to be traced namely that form of bf spiritualism b 3 which deals with bonafide spirits of the unsanctified departed ba b 2 that which deals with resurrected belavs beings of these ean can I 1 trace to their origin but early instances of the former are indicated by the fat fa t that witches were prohibited in israel and of the latter forni form the bratis figuration on the mount ie the visit of moses and elias Eli af furnishes an example after all this classification it seems an anomaly to haat to account for modern spiritualism and its ancient prototype referring to what is here styled the prototype 1 and judging frow from my personal pets onal obad observations of modern spiritualism I 1 should not wonder but that immediately after the murder of abai some spirit presented itself to the relatives of cain claiming to be abel himself and saying that cain was fr forgiven given and that lie be had un wittingly conferred a favor by slaying abel that god was far too merciful to take vengeance for any cause and that the hereafter would all be smooth sailing except for old bigots like adam and eve who troubled god with their prayers and offerings that so called psychological science excepting hy sm animal magnetism etc which is supposed to deal with the souls of men is usually termed modern spiritualism and which basi beliles be siles jes many intricate phenomena involves table tilting rapping trance etc but it really remains to be proven that those various phenomena are produced by the bona alde departed just here the reader must bear in mind mi nil that those evil spirits who were cast butof out of heaven have had bad ages of time iu in which to develop arts ano and sciences more deceptive than our combined arts of statuary painting photography talking machines and automaton or mechanical figures who walk talk play or whistle and that thus these spirits could produce an automaton materialized spirit having apparently all the peculiarities and features of the deceased which it is intended akie automaton or false spirit is to impersonate let us for a moment lay jay aside Aric junctures tures and see if modern spiritualism is really what it claims to he be with regard to its name modern ll 11 in the far forties ties of this century irio modern dern spiritualism was either comparatively or entirely unknown and it remained so until the sisters M and K fox developed a until then unknown edwiw js guase q aab rap mappings pings this was I 1 jn n 49 in the state of new York hard by the spot where wore more thau than twenty years before the american angel the once dead moroni con conversed versed with the prophet joseph this was in our age in modern days and was the first case of authentic aud and legitimate spiritualism and consequently might be properly call d the origin of the only genuine modern spiritualism but thanks to the revelations of the holy spirit we have a better and more comprehensive name for this branch of theology spiritualism of any true sort is after all but a diminutive item of the gospel we will abide by our name of latter ilay saints and let the others call themselves as they will but we may investigate the reliability of modern spiritualism I 1 could write chapters about spiritualistic phe phenomena romena which have come under my personal observation I 1 was raised as a spiritualist but I 1 will only refer to a late instance typical of spiritualism in general young C while in new york city called upon two female relatives sister and stepmother from whom he had been parted only a few years his reception was warm and as he sailed off the adieux were tender in france C called upon his fh fa ther and another sister at a winter resort and parted from them at naples Naple sC C took passage to athens and egypt this was the alth of january the two ladies at new hrkas was their custom went to a circle on the of january materialization was expected many things happened uninteresting to tons us or the parties referred to but after awhile the materialized form of young C appeared there he was natural as life taji and handsome they claim and even the moles on his face were visible yes yea even that small mustache of which they had bao suspected him to be proud while in life others at the remarked 11 what a bright briga t spi spirit rit t that hat is 10 11 the sister and stepmother step mother of C J sprang up with tears in their eyes and fell upon the neck of their beloved loved loveda dC C and wept groaning oh 0 what has happened C answered in low but gentle tones dont mourn for me I 1 am not unhappy in the spirit world yesterday I 1 took a steamer from naples and today it sank with all on board As soon as I 1 recovered my senses I 1 flew to you to let you know break the news gently to father and sister in france or it way may kill father farewell and he vanished or de materialized in their arms the testimony of those two new york lad 1 ulies ies I 1 consider entirely reliable they have seen humbug and materialized spirits and can distinguish between the two abey even recognized the clothes of their brother broth er at a rd d stepson step son SOD 0 and his accentor intonation of speech eyes etc the letter which relates the occurrence is full of tender sentiments and interesting particulars and the cautious and consolatory w any ay iy in which the news newa was broken to the father of C Is extremely we yAnA tac jbv asa im sai im sod arvi obber aTtic we an correct anil and such evidence would be often sufficient to cavert c avert stubborn sceptics skeptics if left in that light let us have more light those two ladies at now new york are my own relatives whom I 1 love dearly and those in france likewise the person styled as you young dg C is myself the writer of this article but I 1 am not dead nor did the steamer sink although I 1 and it left naples on the eve of the when that lying spirit materialized a living likeness of me corie conert ct apparently in all particulars such is the power for deception of modern spiritualism may we not autly conclude that it Is tile the gospel of satan C 17 1 ADEN arabia june 2 1890 |