i DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON. Modern Spiritualism. “Hehold, there 8a woman that hath a fam- liar spirit at En-dor. And Saul disguised him- elf, and put on other raiment, and he went, md two men with him, and they came voman by night: and he said, 1 pray thee, di Adne unto me hy the familiar spirit, and 1 ne him up, w shall name." 1. Sai Y in s | i | At le ast Se) BM shat belief declare. This, together with ihe fact that “‘medinms’’ are now ing tried in the criminal courts, setting millions of people to make inquiry in regard to communication between this world and the next, leads me to preach this sermon, Trouble to theright of him, and trou- ble to the left of him, Saul knew what to do. Asa last resort, st. ine ol or a witch, or anything that you please vo call her—a woman, who had COMMUNICATION WITH THE SPIRITS of the eternal world. It was a very slain all the witches, or compelled them to stop business, A servant one ual medium down at the village of En- ior.” “Do you?’*said the king. Night falls. Saul, putting off robes, and putting on the ) kingly on plain citizen, with two servants, goes his y | out to hunt up this medium. Saul and his its after awhile reached the village, and they say, *‘l wonder if this is the house’’; and they and they 4 serval A look see the haggard, ill, dium sitting by the light, and on the table sculptured images, and divining- rods, and poisonous herbs, and bottles, and vases, be the place.” rap brings the woman to and as stands there, holding the candle or lamp above her head, and peering out the darkness, she says, *‘who is here?’ loud door; One the into come TO HAVE HIS FORTUNE When she hears that, she trembles, and almost drops the light, for she knows there is no chance for a fortune-telle: or spiritual medium in all the But Saul having sworn that no harm shall come to her, shesays, **Well, who shall I bring up from the dead?’ Saul says, ‘Bring up Samuel.” That the prophet who had died a little while before, I see her waving a wand, or stirr.ng herbs in a cauldron, or hear her muttering over ncantations, or stamping with her foot, as she cries out to the of the dead, “Samuel | the freezing horror! The fl tenement opens, and tl float up, and the forehead, the eyes, lips, the shoulders, the arms, the entire body of the dead wrapped in sepulchral to mished hold nd shiver wi roLbD., up some poisonous ROme readin wnt itt 1 Kamuel ! Lo, wir of the € Fray nairs +1 Lae + asi the g wean, King Saul?” ‘0 compose and control this stammering and afl: ince, as he says to the dead “The Lord is some to you do?’ The dead proj his finger to King Saul and said, to-morrow! Come wilh me into I ire, 1 going now, And lo! the the feet of the and the the fi was if, makes , and What sheet stretch Re mic arms, wad, an awful isappear, Wd rel OQ, that :s } , learn from ritualism is A VERY I spiritualism In America was born in year 1847, in Hydesville, Wayne County, New York, when 1 night there was a loud rap heard against the loor of Michael Weekma ond time, three times, when the door there was nothing found there, knocking having been made seemingly by invisible knuckles. In that same house there was a young woman who had a cold band passed over her face, and there being seemingly no arm at. tached to it, ghostly suspicions were excited, The excitement spread, a universal rumpus, Edmunds declared, in a book, that he had actually seen a bell start from the top shelf of a closet, heard it ring over the people that were standing in the closet; then, swung by invisible hands, it rang over the people in the back par- lor; and floated through the folding OLD RE] the 1, & TAP a sec- 3: and all the There was floor. N. I’. Talmage, Senator of the United States, afterwards Governor of Wisconsin, had his head quite turned with spiritualistic demonstrations. The where had gone into the furniture busi- ness! Well, the people said: **We have from these? I answer, all these delu- slons I have mentioned belong to the same family, They are exhumations from the unseen world, What does God think of all these delusions? He thinks so severely of them that He never speaks of them but with livid thunders of indignation, “1 will be a swift witness He says: “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.” And you might make some important distinction between spiritualism and witeheraft, God says, in so many words There shall not be among you a consulter of famihar spirits, or wizard, or necromancer; for they that do these are ah abomination unto the Lord.” The Lord God Almighty, ina score of passages, which 1 have not now His indignation against all this great family of delusions. After that be a Spiritualist if you dare! 11. Still further: we learn from Saul had He relief, and see expected Him trouble to Kill did where ten to g£0 es. fol to Hi afford alialag RO of Enun-dor, that HIM THERE, now that n the troubled, ’ TROUBLE DROVE Spire. it 1 ys £} 1s {ts im itualism finds its victims | lose your wa you go the may In a friend; you want opened, 0 that you i world havi ighly f h t Of § + communication, That is WHY I HATE SPIRITUALISM It takes advantage of of weakness, w h may come uj at any time. We The trial is keen, sharp, su ating, almost maddening. If we warshal a host, and storm the et world, and » host would house is The ina moment il US be m arshalled, he S00 The world is seperation is so insufferable. itualism says: “Wey ture world, and ; come back ane h ¢ HAY NOL S00n lonely, 80 dark, fu- An : Though we may hear clear the i talk t u ear his Voice, the rap of his hand, do, table, Put your hands on the table, very quiet, Five min gone No motion of the table, world, 1 v1 § gaa SLE RATS, ? We 1ntes from TO + NO Twenty Nervous creasing, shivers, world, called response minules, exciten Forty Two raps The letls GVeE, I's Oi id: ** Just J they had . i in HNPprovex nk as 1 } ak EA fore i sup the window-sh utter Is there a : ’ r, miseratde Oi t nhindered in illimitable delight? an u Hint Vise And now shall murmur When God's great suneis 111. 1 learn, still farther, from this subject, that Spiritualism and necroman- Cy are finds ua out AFFAIRS OF DARKNESS, Why did not Saul go in the day? He was ashamed to go. Desides that, he knew that this spiritual medium, like all her successors, ploits in the might. The Davenports, the Fowlers, the Foxes, the spiritual mediums of all ages, have chosen the night or a darkened room. Why? The in the night. mediums are not to be ascribed to fraud, and USNSMITIGATED HUMBUG, new religion!” Spiritualistic seance, Nothing in the spiritualistic circles of our day has been more strange, mys. terious, and wonderful, than things which bave been SEEN IN PAST CENTURIES, of the world, In all the ages there have been necromancers, those who zonsult with the spirits of the departed; sharmers, those who put their subjects in a mesmeric state; sorcerers, those who by taking poisonous drugs see sverything, and hear everything, and tell everyting; dreamers, people who in their sleeping moments can see the future world and hold consultation with spirits. Yes, before the time of Christ the Brahmins went through all the table-moving, all the furniture ex- citement, which the spirits have ex- ploited in our day; precisely the same thing over and over again, under the manipulations of the Brahmins, Now do vou sav that spiritualism is different come out on the medium's arm pencil that went heavily over the flesh, letters, The witnesses of the seances have locked the door, put the key in their pocket, arrested the operator, and found out, by searching the room that hidden levers moved the tables, The sealed letters that were mysteriously read without opening, have been found to have been cut at the side, and then afterwards slyly put together with gum arable; and the medium who, with a heavy blanket over his head, could read a book, has been found to have had a bottle of phosphorie oil, by the ligut of which anybody can read a book; and ventriloquism, and legerdemain, and sleight of hand, and optical delusion ac count for nearly everything. Deception being the main staple of Spiritualism, no wonder it chooses the darkness! You have all seen sfrange and un. accountable things in the night, Al most every man has at some time had a touch of hallucination. Some Lime ago, * SS — after I had been over-tempted to eat something indigestible befere retiring at night; after retiring I saw the presi- dent of one of the prominent colleges astride the foot of the bed-—while he demanded of me a loan of five cents! When I awakened I had no idea it was anything supernatural. And I have to advise you, if you hear and see strange things at night, to stop eating hot mince pie, and take a dose of bilious medicine, It is an outraged physical organism, enough to deceive the very elect after sundown, and does nearly all its work in the night. The witch of En-dor held A way with this religion of spooks! 1V. Still further: 1 learn from my text that Spiritualism doom and death to its disciples. King Saul thought that he would get help from the medium but the first thing that he sees makes is he resuscitated than he is told he must die. i8 one that yields to it, IT RUINS THE BODY. ists, Cadaverous, Weak. Nervous, sepulchral and Jee with raps. 1 Voices ominous, nevetl It i8 incipient epilepsy and catalepsy. Destroy your system and you might as well be dead, I have noticed that people who are hear- ing raps from the world have little strength left to bear the hard of this world, A man can live with only one lung or with no eyes, a be happy, as men have been under such ! ms; but woe be to the man whose future 1 al s 3 WLETea, » jin 1 nst piritunil i } £1 # a mightily, s 0B OWI in the s to«lay. FALSEHDO! day a whole wondered, There 3 $4: month HAOe : and finally gave was great anguish vessel, distress, went and inquired as The medium friends aboard that the women, in their the spiritual medinm, to the fate of the vessel, on the table indicated Jost, with all on board, Women went raving mad, and were carried to the lunatic asylum. After a while a gun The flags went up on the shipping, and the bells of the churches were rung. The boys streets crying : “Extra! I" There was the as from the dead, when friends came again to friends; but sofne of those passengers went the steamship The Atlantic is safe had put them. from wounds made by his hand, was and he said : “The spirits told me to." Parents have strangled their children, and when asked why they did plied : **Spiritualism demanded it." It ig the panonizer and forager for the mad- house, Judge Edmonds, in Broadway Tabernacle, New York, delivering a lecture in behalf of Spiritualism, ad- mitted, in 80 many words : “There is a fascination about consultation with the spirits of thedead that has a tendency to lead people off from their right judg- ment, and to instill into them a fanatic. ism that Is revolting to the natural mind." It not only ruins its disciples, but it ruing the mediums also, only give it time, The Gadarasan swine, on the banks of the Lake of Galiles, no sooner became spiritoal mediums than down they went, in an avalanche of pork, to the consternation of all the herdsmen, The office of a medium is bad for a man, bad for a woman, bad for a benst, VIL I bring against this delusion a more fearful indictment : IT RUINS THE SOUL immortal First it makes a man a quarter of an infidel ; then it makes him half an infidel ; then it makes him a whole infidel, The whole system, as he Word of tion, God says the Bible is enough fo vou to know about the future world, You say it is not enough, and there is where you and the Lord differ, although the scriptures say : “Add thou not unto Iis words, lest Ie thee, and thou be Sound a liar,” risk it, and say, “Come back my departed father ; come back sp my departed mother ; of my compan of my little ehild—and tell somethings I don’t know it you ciency on t God as a revela- 10118 ne ain and about the unseen world,” ever slapped square in the face, it is when a spiritual medium puts down her the table, invoking spirits de- parted to make a revelation, God has told you all you ought to know, and how dare you be prying into that which is none of your business? You cannot in the other. One YOIull or the lip out of id upon itualism 1s ADVERSE » fact that it fre the called 5) them to mer an extens thi visi have is the holy memoer re 18 fon voke, and that bilossend, Hark ! while, «3 He now, not on a t the door ard EVEery rap is A warming f in a grieve } fot Him not! vou this m heart, judgment bowen He was has heen Hark! der over. My H Your ves, with mastering iftonation, saving: Spirit shall not always strive.” around vou all i Rn ———— The Power of Beauty been,” writes a corres. a South “lad yon pondent, *‘in been listening, as the writer was, to a conversation be. tween a lady and a conductor you would have noticed a striking illus ness, The lady passed the conductor upon which he instantly said: “his half dollar is a counterfeit.’ “‘Why, is it? I'm sure 1 didn’t know it,’ she replied. “Well, 1don’t believe you did,’ said he, gazing admiringly into her pretty face, while hp retained the coin and passed her 45 cents good money. ‘One of those rascally conductors must have it onto you. I'll take fit and pass it onto somebody else,’ According to Mr. E. (G. Ravenstein, the English foot is used as the stand- ard of length by countries having 471. 000,000 inhabitants, the metre by 347.- 001.000 people, and the Castilian foot by 5,905,000, Denmark and Russia are the only countries in Continental Europe which have not adopted the metres, 001, LESS( IN. SUNDAY sCH Jesus in Gethsemane, LESSON TEXT. (Matt, 26: 30-468, Memory s LESSON PLAN. Toric or ge QUARTER JHE QUARTER King in Zion, Jeaus the GOLDEN TEXT For THE QUARTER! But we behold him who hath been made a Je Us, because of the sulle ring of death crowned will glory and honor.—-Heb, 2 : O, little lower than the angels, even Lessox Toric: Agomizing tn Solilare 1 his Borrows, va, 86.38, . Alone with bis Father, va, 50-45, 4. Alone with his Foes, va. 46-46, GoLpex Text: Though he Son, yet learned he obedience by things whch he Heb. 5: 8 were a the uttered. Dairy Hoye READING M.—Matt, 26 AZONIZINg. Mark 14 : 3 narratiy S044, ANAI YSIS avers (Heb, 5 : 7 Sorrowful unto Death arated from Men: ii. ALONE WITH I. The Bitter Cap: If it ne, s I not drink it {. Il. The Fainfal Surprise : id ve ur? (40). I mary , Ye Wi 11. The Beloved Father: () my Father....thy will 2). I 2 be done and earth (Matt, 11 ; 25). and the Father are one {John 10: hearest me always 5 fou 3 3 in me, and 1 He went forward a little, his face, amd and fell on prayed.” (1 3 (3) Jesus in praver, 2. ““O my Father, if it be possil this cup pass away from me.” 1 The loving address ; (2 nized contingency ; (3) The earnest wiition, “Thy will be done.’ Father's sovereignty ; (2 submission. 111, ALONE I. The Crisis : Behold, the hour is at hand (45). {1} The } The Son's WITH HIS FOES, | (Matt, 26 : 18). { He... .prayed that. ...the hour might pass away from him (Mark 14 : 35). { This is your hour, and the power of darkness (Luke 22 : 53). Father, the hour is come (John 17:1). IE. The Betrayal: The Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners (45). The Son of man shall be delivered up (Matt. 17: 22). Delivered unto the chief priests and scribes (Matt, 20: 18). Delivered up to be crucified 26 : 2). Who was delivered up for our trespasses (Rom. 4:25). HL The Betrayer: Behold, he is at hand that betrayeth me (46). Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him {Matt. 10 4). I have sinned in that 1 betraved the in. nocent b ood (Matt, 27: 4). Woe unto that man through whom the Son of wan is beteaved (Mark 14 : 21) (Matt Judas, etrayest thou the with a kiss? (Luke 2 1. “*He left them : CUHre tHIvacy ile ps i : 5, rf :. 3} J LO Deseesi 1 hous 1. The Place ; ts nam = The Events: He ——— A A—— LESSON SURROI NDIXGS he departure t VOR 2 VES, 41 Immediately before of Oh + last lesson cn A———— Good Advice to Young Lawyers 3.01 3 3 : hiladelphiz : Supreme Court, in listorical interesting anleresiing + i *ennsylvania } livered an “Road to Success in tical Hints to the Juni other this he sad : wu find your client ors d possession of a bh no legal right you , a4 participer in the ry { You are commuting of this law, i “You must not tell falseh« even with a mental reservation a lawyer obtains a re ity and honesty he SUCOess, “Remain ir when not forced to be absent from it fessional duties, You can obtain many clients by always being at your post. i “To all 1 recommend patience; d« | not solicit business, as that is most un professional, “Be careful how heavily your first client; in your get the golden egg don't that Bys it, “If your client’s case is a hopeless one tell him so at once. Frivilous litigation only rebounds upon the lawyer, “Attend to your client's business | promptly. 1 press this upon you with | all earnestness, It is the lazy man with little business, who is careless of the | little he has, “Don't learn to lean upon the advice of others, Depend on yourself, Get the law from the books and not second | hand from an old practitioner, { “Be prompt in paying your client: | the money you have collected for them. | This 1 consider of vital importance. “Be careful of your habits. 1 have heard of the care of large estates taken from men simply because they drank, There are no drinking saloons, licensed | or unlicensed, along the road to success, “In addressing a jury don’t make long speeches; don’t ask the witnesses unnecessary questions; don’t make un. necessary objections; the jury who looks to the court for their law lose confidence in the lawyer whose objections are con stantly overruled, “When you bring your case before the Supreme Court don’t cite too many authorities. We bave always five or six cases to consider a night, and it & really not necessary in a case involving a promissory nole to cite every case it which the word promissory note occurs,’ A man who is concerned in the mak. ing of acoustic telephones has discover od that the efficiency of his machine it pot in the least impaired even by severa angles in the wire, conmsting of 9° each. It has been stated that under these conditions he has conversed to » digtance of nearly one-half a mile, It this statement be true it is an advanc: in the acovstic telephone which wil render that instrument of considerably commercial valua, Poli putation son a fai 1 your office ‘ you charge eagerness Kill * tu the goose
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