INFLUENCE OF SPIRITS ON SENSITIVES
That spirits may excite a strong
influence cannot be denied, but it must be over those with whom they are
in harmony.
There is nothing more certain than
that spiritual beings often exert a superlative influence over the
unborn child. By this heretofore unrecognized force, the theories of
heredity have been confused by being unable to account for the facts.
The great characters of history are
examples of spirit power concentrated to bring for
ward leaders in science, literature,
art, and statesmanship; an influence sometimes pre-natal, and continuing
as an educational factor, giving direction to thought and action. And what
is of vastly greater moment, these leaders, impressed from earliest life
by spiritual intelligences, continue under the same guidance to execute
the enterprises for which they were designed.
In short they rear mediums for the
execution of great plans, which have been and are carried forward without
recognition of the power behind the throne.
SUICIDE.
Glorious and attractive as the next
existence may appear, it is best to bear the misfortunes of this life to
the end. The spirit, that was enfeebled by its contact with the physical
body will not be permanently affected by the failure of the latter. It is
not to be supposed that the spirit at once recovers its full activity. The
infirmities of the body are reflected, for a time, but the new life will
be glorious by comparison. When the spiritual perceptions awaken to the
new life they will carry with them an unspeakable joy.
THE MORAL FACE OF SPIRITUALISM.
There is not a single Spiritualist in
the prisons of this country. The reason is that while the doctrine of
vicarious atonement offers a premium on sin and crime, the Spiritualist
knows that for every wrong be commits
be must bear the penalty himself,
while the church believer is assured that
whatever he does will be forgiven and
the atonement made by Jesus. Then, again, the Spiritualist and Infidel are
thinkers; they have broad and liberal minds, and are above the plane of
crime. They are better informed and have more self-control.
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