Roman Catholicism and Spiritualism.
By Editor
The Catholic Telegraph has the following:— "Spiritualism is becoming a religion, so that men and women who ought to be Christians are abandoning the teachings of Christ to accept the teaching of devils masquerading as spirits of the dead. In Baltimore, a few nights ago, Mrs. Rachael Wolcott was 'ordained' pastor of the First Spiritualistic Church of Baltimore, and, after being installed, went into an 'inspirational trance.' It is pitiful to see persons so misled by the demon." All this is true, but Roman Catholics ought to be the last to find fault. What is "adoration of saints," or "intercession of saints," but demon worship? "The dead know not anything." Those who sacrificed to the dead anciently, sacrificed to demons, not to God. See Ps. 106: 28, 36, 37; 1 Cor. 10: 20. The first falsehood of Satan, "Ye shall not surely die," is the basic ground of all idolatry, of adoration of saints, worship of the Virgin Mary, and of modern Spiritualism. They are all branches of the one great tree. The saints are not responsible; they sleep in Jesus, and by the power of his life will come forth to endless immortality. The theory of the immortality of the soul held by so many robs Christ of his glory, and furnishes a basis for the deceptions of the enemy.