"For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles,
which go forth unto the kings of the earth, and of the
whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great
day of God Almighty."
I really see but little in the argument drawn
from this text, unless it is that the sound of that
horrible word, devils, is calculated to frighten a few
who are moved by sound rather than by sense.
WHY THE POPULAEITY OF THIS OBJECTION
Why it is that this objection should become so
popular with a certain class of ministers, I must
frankly confess I cannot tell, unless it is for want
of mental capacitv to invest in objections which
do not sound so loud, and yet really have much
more weight.
Indeed, this is the only objection against Spiritualism
which does not, in some way, place the onus
probandl in the hand of the objector. Every other
objection implies some knowledge and requires
knowledge to back it up.
Let an objector, anywhere, or any time in the
nineties, arise before an audience of twenty persons
and undertake to argue that the facts do not occur,
and he is liable to be met, not by fools and knownothings,
but by men and women of brains—honest
men and women, who say to him, "Sir, you are mis-
taken; I know the manifestations occur, I have
seen them." It takes a man more bold than wise
to run against the united testimony of more than
ten millions of witnesses. It is dangerous ground;
few care to tread thereon.
ARE THEY TRICKS?