Nineteenth century miracles, or, Spirits and their work in every country of the earth : a complete historical compendium of the great movement known as "modern spiritualism" . ers and mothers, husbands and children, thatwere dearer to us than life, we are told, that they have already melted out,or else, that their graveyard emanations have been very busy, striving todrag us down into mental corruption, and Spiritual ruin !! Are we toreceive this, as the culmination of all the long-hidden wisdom of theOrient ? Or, supposing we venture to defer to such monstrous assevera-tions, question their au
Nineteenth century miracles, or, Spirits and their work in every country of the earth : a complete historical compendium of the great movement known as "modern spiritualism" . ers and mothers, husbands and children, thatwere dearer to us than life, we are told, that they have already melted out,or else, that their graveyard emanations have been very busy, striving todrag us down into mental corruption, and Spiritual ruin !! Are we toreceive this, as the culmination of all the long-hidden wisdom of theOrient ? Or, supposing we venture to defer to such monstrous assevera-tions, question their authenticity, and ask for proof. One answers us, The venerable chief of our Band of Brothers says , The God within me affirms it. Still another, GautamaBuddha says so, or Very high intelligences have revealed this to mCcIf you humbly question, why very high intelligences cannot come to you,as well as to your Occultist informant, you have answers which stronglysavour of that ancient pharisaism, which would say, if it dared, Standby; I am holier than thou. And if all these are not answers enoughyou are overwhelmed with the opinions of Hindoo, Egyptian, Aryan, and. Cha? Foster and a Spirit NINETEENTH CENTURY MIRACLES. 305 Greek sages, whose opinions are worth about as much, without corroborativetestimony to-day, as the opinions of any other men-, whether they Hved inthe days of antiquity or in the nineteenth century. That which the Spiritualist asks is reasonable enough. He says : Giveme one shadow of proof to convince me, that the pure and holy spirit withwhom I have been conversing is a shell, a gheist, a reHqziia. of thedead, and not my mother herself: give me proofs as strong as I can bringto show that it is my mother herself; that death has had no power overher, and that with all the difficulties under which the Spiritual telegraphworks, there is not one shadow of evidence to doubt that it is my realveritable mother. Bring me proof for proof; and testimony for testimo
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