himself saw nothing-he”perceived,” from the de-
scription, that it was Samuel. Easily convinced, as
people under such circumstances usually are, Sad did
not stop to question how it could be that Samuel looked
as old and as stooped as he looked in the present life,
if
he was now a spirit being and far better off; nor did
he inquire why he wore the same old mantle in the
spirit world that he had worn when he knew him as an
earthly being. Saul had been forsaken by the Lord
and was now easily deceived by these “lying spirits,”
who personated the prophet and spoke to Saul in his
name, through their “medium,” the witch, neaoman-
cer, Spiritist.
The fallen spirits are not only well informed in re-
spdt to all the affairs of earth, but they are adepts in
deceit.
In answering Saul, the manner and style, and
as nearly as could be judged the sentiments of the
dead prophet were assumed – the better to deceive.
(Thus these “lying spirits” always seek to counterfeit
the face manner and disposition of the dead.) The
response was, “Why hast thou disquieted me to bring
me uj? ” This answer corresponds to the Jewish be-
lief-that
when a person died he became unconscious
in “sheol,” the grave, waiting for a resurre&on. (Job
14: 12-15, 21; Psa. 90:3; Eccl.9:5,6.) Hence the rep
resentation is that Samuel was brought u. from the
grave, and not down from heaven; and that his rest or
peaceful “sleep” was disturbedor “disquieted.”-Psa.
13: 3; Job 14: 12; Psa. 90: 5; John 11: 11, 14.
Saul was easily deceived into thinking that the
Prophet Samuel who had refused to visit him to have
any further converse with him while alive, had been
forced to commune with him, by we wonderfa