tests was the following:-He
placed a small, light table
in the center of the floor and said, “I call for the spirit
of our old dog Dash to come into this table.”
Then
addressing the table he said, “Come Dash!” The table
balanced itself on two feet and hobbled after him around
the room.
I should here remark that our friend who vouches
for these matters will no longer exercise any of his
powers as a medium. He is a prominent Christian man
now living in this city: his views with reference to
Spiritism are now the same that we are here endeavor-
ing to present.
The daim of Spiritists is, that these manifestations
and communications from unseen intelligences are from
human beings, who once lived in this world, but who,
when seeming fo die really became more alive, more in-
telligent, freer, and every way more capable and com-
petent than they had ever been before. It is- claimed
that the purpose of these manifestations is to prove
that tlhc dead are nof dead, but alive;-that
there is no
need of a resurrection of the dead, because there are
no dead;-the dead being more alive than ever, after
passing into what is termed death. We shall not stop
‘here to show how inharmonious all this is to the testi-
mony of Scripture upon this subjd, but merely cite
the reader to the Word of the Lord; reminding him that,
“If there be no resurrection of the dead, . . . then they
also which are fallen asleep in Christ are prished”-
1 Cor. 15: 13, 18; Job 14: 21; Psa. 146: 4; Eccl. 9: 5,6.
Here is the point of infatuation. As soon as the
unbeliever in Spiritism has been convinced that an un-
seen intelligence communicates through the medium
be is all interest. Nothing else offers such Proofs from,