Spirit Rappings a Fraud: A Lecture, Delivered December 16th, 1852 |
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... sound reason or philosophy . So far as we can ascertain the facts in the history of the phenomena , by a diligent search of the best authenticated authorities , there is no evidence by which the idea of supernatural agency can be sa ...
... sound reason or philosophy . So far as we can ascertain the facts in the history of the phenomena , by a diligent search of the best authenticated authorities , there is no evidence by which the idea of supernatural agency can be sa ...
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... sounds and all their correlative details are utterly unworthy of enlightened Christian respect , and that a true regard to reputation for sober intelligence must restrain every well informed person from placing the least dependence upon ...
... sounds and all their correlative details are utterly unworthy of enlightened Christian respect , and that a true regard to reputation for sober intelligence must restrain every well informed person from placing the least dependence upon ...
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... sound principles of interpretation we are constrained to admit that the historian himself believed that he was narrating a series of incidents which really occurred , and it seems to me utterly derogatory to the character of an inspired ...
... sound principles of interpretation we are constrained to admit that the historian himself believed that he was narrating a series of incidents which really occurred , and it seems to me utterly derogatory to the character of an inspired ...
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... sound of at trumpet summoning other witches , who quickly after the sound would come from all quarters unto the rendezvous . One of them falling into a kind of trance , affirms afterward that G. B. had carried her into a very high ...
... sound of at trumpet summoning other witches , who quickly after the sound would come from all quarters unto the rendezvous . One of them falling into a kind of trance , affirms afterward that G. B. had carried her into a very high ...
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... sound came . But I catched him by the arm , and said , " Sir , you are convinced this is something preternatural . If so , you cannot hurt it ; but you give it power to hurt you . " He then went close to the place , and said sternly ...
... sound came . But I catched him by the arm , and said , " Sir , you are convinced this is something preternatural . If so , you cannot hurt it ; but you give it power to hurt you . " He then went close to the place , and said sternly ...
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Page 5 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 7 - These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.
Page 7 - And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying : the same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
Page 5 - A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death : they shall stone them with stones ; their blood shall be upon them.
Page 5 - And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
Page 5 - Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
Page 7 - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 15 - Molly, was waiting as usual, between nine and ten, to take away my father's candle, when she heard one coming down the garret stairs, walking slowly by her, then going down the best stairs, then up the back stairs, and up the garret stairs. And at every step, it seemed the house shook from top to bottom. Just then my father knocked. She went in, took his candle, and got to bed as fast as possible. In the morning she told this to my eldest sister, who told her, "You know I believe none of these things.
Page 10 - It cost the Court a wonderful deal of trouble, to hear the testimonies of the sufferers ; for when they were going to give in their depositions, they would for a long time be taken with fits that made them uncapable of saying any thing. The chief judge asked the prisoner, who he thought hindered these witnesses from giving their testimonies. And he answered, " He supposed it was the devil.
Page 14 - ... above the shelf, then below. She took the candle, and searched both above and below; but being able to find nothing, threw down butter, tray and all, and ran away for life. The next evening, between five and six o'clock, my sister Molly, then about twenty years of age, sitting in the...