In Bro. Waggoner's work on spiritualism, pp. 37, 38, is given what is claimed by the spirits to be an improved version of the first chapter of Genesis, given by “an exalted spirit.” Spiritualists are naturally enough ashamed of it, and now have begun to deny its authenticity, claiming that it has been gotten up as a burlesque. One of our preachers was lately met by spiritualists in this manner, when he held up to deserved ridicule the first chapter of their Bible; and he writes to this Office, inquiring when it was written, and where it can be found. To this inquiry Bro. Waggoner responds as follows:— In answer to your question, I reply that that version of Gen. 1 is a veritable spiritualist production. It was published in the Mountain Cove Journal, Mountain Cove, Virginia, in 1853, by “Rev. T. L. Harris,” who was at that time a prominent author and medium. I have the original now in my possession. I saw three chapters, but preserved only the first.
J. H. WAGGONER.