The Future of Spiritualism.
We often hear the remark, "Spiritualism is dying out." Whenever we hear one make such a statement, we are led to think at once, Did you know what it is doing, you would take back that saying, and stand aghast at its gigantic strides. He might as well have said, Popery was dying out in the thirteenth century, because very little noise was made about it. The reason was, there were scarcely any left to oppose, hence all was comparatively quiet. Spiritualism has already planted its sentiments so firmly, and generally, in church and state, that the victory is nearly complete. The opposition is now very feeble, like that of a dying man in his last moments. We do not say that the great body of church and state are yet avowed Spiritualists; but that the sentiments of Spiritualists, more or less, are being adopted by the masses. As poison, from the bite of the rattlesnake, taken into the smallest vein soon affects the whole system, causing subsequent death; so is Spiritualism poisoning the whole world. Like drugged liquors, the doctrines may exhilarate at first, but delirium and death are sure to follow. But we are to speak of its future. Its past and present are partially known to the world, while its future history is yet unwritten, except on the prophetic page of inspiration. It is a well-known fact that false systems of religion, existing in the past, have sought political power. The Pagan, Mahommedan, Catholic, and some others, have succeeded more or less. We have now arrived at a period in the world's history when we may expect the last development of Satanic power, for the purpose of overthrowing the doctrine of Christ and the apostles, and establishing the great lie to man in Eden, that he is now immortal, and hence cannot die. In order to make this fable triumphant, it needs to be woven into politics among Protestants, as it has been by Pagans and Catholics. In the new system of government about to arise, the doctrine of the immortality of the soul is denominated the first of the eternal principles—the foundation-stone. The Spiritualists, by the advice of the spirits of demons, now begin to talk freely about organization. The following extract from an article in the Banner of Light, July 19, 1862, headed, "Principles of Organization," will give a glimpse of coming events. Referring to a previous article, the writer says: "I have heretofore shown, at considerable length, the method by which the two essential, yet opposite, principles of the sovereignty of the individual on the one hand, and of implicit obedience to the commands of a chief on the other, can be harmoniously balanced and adjusted in practical organization or government." The government proposed is called, "new system," composed of two elements combined—Monarchy and Republicanism. This explains the sentence just quoted.—World's Crisis.