SPIRITUALISM by Editor

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 11, 1862

SPIRITUALISM.

By Editor

Last week we gave the prayer of Miss Lizzie Doten to the Devil, copied by the Cincinnati Gazette. We gave it upon the same authority it came to us. That the Spiritualists are progressing somewhere no one can doubt. The Herald of Progress for Feb. 1, corroborates the statement as follows:

"Spiritualists in Boston have commenced having free seats; this should ever have been. Miss Doten, the queen of Spiritualistic intellect in the old Bay State, a few Sabbaths since invoked the evil one! Among the many of the Spiritualists it was considered a 'happy hit.' You noticed the fact—it was reported for the Banner of Light."

The Herald of Progress, the organ of A. J. Davis and Co., for Feb. 1, 1862, says:

"By the term 'spirit world' is meant the 'silver lining to the clouds of matter' with which the mind of man is thickly enveloped."

The following from the same issue is doubtless a fair description of the deceptive powers of the Devil and his angels:

"All intelligent spirits are great artists. They can psychologize a medium to see them, and to describe them, in the style which would produce the deepest impression on the receiver. The will-power, and the knowledge of the intimate connections between mind yet in the body and mind disembodied, are familiar to most spirits. They can easily represent themselves as being old or young, as in worldly dress or flowing robes, as is deemed best suited to accomplish the ends of the visitation."