p. 416 | Signs of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 26. (7/7/1887)

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The Seybert Commission on Spiritualism

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THE "Seybert Commission" that has been investigating Spiritualism for some time, has finished its labors, and reports that Spiritualism is wholly a fraud. The members say that they had the best mediums in the world before them, and that afterwards they had a professional juggler, who did everything that the mediums did. This decision will satisfy a few people; but those who know anything of Spiritualism, whether they believe it or not, will have little regard for it. A skillful general will always conceal his movements, and no doubt Satan is pleased to have "scientific" men thus pronounce Spiritualism a fraud, so that people may still continue blind as to what Spiritualism really is, and may fall into its snare even while they are denouncing it. There is only one way to successfully investigate Spiritualism and that is with the Bible as a guide. The "investigation" conducted by the "Seybert Commission" seems to have been a very tame affair, but the very best "scientific" investigation will never amount to anything in explaining the phenomena, for the simple reason that the devil is more acute than any scientists, and can fool them every time.

ROME'S WORK.

By Editor

DR. MCGLYNN'S case is assuming pretty large proportions. The following cablegram was sent from New York to Cardinal Simeoni at Rome, for the Pope, June 22:—

"One hundred thousand Catholics, in a mass-meeting held in this city on Saturday, June 18, denounced the threatened excommunication of Dr. McGlynn, with whom they are prepared to stand, and protest against ecclesiastical interference with the political rights of American citizens. JEREMIAH COUGHLIN, M. D., Chairman. JAMES GAHAN, Secretary."

But this is not all. Owing to the continued pressure upon him from Rome, Dr. McGlynn has begun to grow resentful, and is telling some things that he knows about Romish affairs. In an interview, June 23, he said:—

"The people may know, what I can tell them on the highest authority: The Roman machine is to-day most anxious to have a minister of the Pope accredited to, and received by, the Government at Washington. Such minister would be an archbishop and one of the Italian ring, in whose hands it is the Roman policy to keep the power. His presence there could not fail to be a fruitful source of corruption and enslavement for the Catholic Church in this country. The Pope is also trying to have diplomatic relations with Queen Victoria, in order, as he is alleged, 'to be able to get accurate information about Irish affairs.'"

We have not the least doubt that this is the exact truth. Nor have we the least doubt that the Pope, under cover of the Irish question, will yet succeed in establishing diplomatic relations with England. Nor have we much doubt that the Papacy will yet have an accredited minister at the capital at Washington. When the Papacy shall have been recognized as a sovereign power by all the powers of Europe, and thus becomes a personal factor in all the affairs of European States, exceedingly plausible reasons can be produced to show that this Government ought to receive an accredited ambassador from one of the chief sovereign powers of the world. It might well be counted the height of presumption for the Government of the United States to refuse recognition to a sovereign power that was recognized as such by all the world besides. These arguments would be exceedingly convincing to politicians, when backed by the solid Catholic vote of the nation.

As for these "one hundred thousand Catholics," what does Rome care for them so long as she receives official recognition, and is courted by Governments and nations? She knows that this, being entirely political, will soon blow over. Besides, she is playing for larger stakes than anything that is involved in the question of disobedience of a mere priest. And with the accumulated experience of centuries she knows she holds the winning hand, and she, above all others, knows how to play it. The secret of Rome's consummate power is that she looks not at things in the narrow view of parties and administrations, but in the broad view of nations and ages.

CAMP-MEETINGS FOR 1887.

By Editor

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Healdsburg Meeting-House Dedication

By Editor

The new meeting-house in Healdsburg will be dedicated the last Sabbath in July. More next week.

Alcohol and Brain Size

It is said that an English scientist has been making experiments by which he concludes that the effect which alcohol has upon a person is determined by the amount of brain that he possesses. He made his experiments upon pigs, which have very small brains, and found that alcohol had very little appreciable effect on them. Hereafter when a man boasts that whisky has no effect on him, the people will know the reason.

The Morality of Bribery

By Editor

VARIOUS comments are made upon the conviction of Jake Sharp, the notorious New York briber, but quite a common sentiment seems to be that he should receive only a nominal sentence, because he is an old man. We cannot see that age is an extenuating circumstance. On the contrary, it rather aggravates the offense. One man says that the ignorant and corrupt aldermen who were anxious to receive bribes, should be punished instead. And still another says that Sharp did what any other business man would do,—he found a set of corrupt aldermen, and he used them to further his ends. That is to say that Sharp should not be punished, because he would never have given bribes if somebody had not been willing to receive them. All of which shows that there is among many business men a very low grade of morality.

McGlynn and Martin Luther

By Editor

It is said that Dr. McGlynn calls himself the Martin Luther of the nineteenth century, but we fear that he is still too much of a Catholic to be able to appreciate the work of Martin Luther. The only likeness between the two men is their opposition to Popish tyranny, but their opposition is from entirely different standpoints. Martin Luther's work was wholly on a moral basis. He sought to free the minds of the people from the bondage of Papal superstition, and to teach them that "the just shall live by faith." Dr. McGlynn's work has solely a political aspect. He is not seeking to reform the church nor the people outside of the church, and his aim seems to be to teach the American citizen that he shall live by free land. His opposition to the Catholic Church is only to the extent that that church opposes his land theories. There is plenty of room for reformers, but they must preach the word, and not preach land.

FAITH HEALING.

By Editor

A CORRESPONDENT of the California Christian Advocate says:—

"I am persuaded the cause of religion, and Methodism in particular, is suffering to-day from 'Holiness Bands' and 'faith-cure' fanaticisms more than from any other source. If the failures to heal were reported as faithfully as the supposed cures, there would be less of the latter in a little while."

We are convinced that this is the truth. But while we say this, we do not wish to be understood as decrying real holiness or denying the efficacy of faith in the healing of disease. What we do object to as bringing a reproach upon true religion, is "holiness" that would never be recognized if the possessor did not call attention to it, and to "faith" that is advertised as a quack doctor would advertise his nostrums. We believe most implicitly in the truth of James 5:14, 15. We have seen marked instances of healing in answer to prayer. We do not believe that anything that concerns the welfare of God's creatures is of too little importance for him to notice; and we believe and know that in all cases of necessity he may with confidence be implored for help.

But there is nothing in the Bible nor in common sense that would indicate that God will interpose to save a lazy man from starving, or that he will work a miracle to cure a man who is in distress, when a cure might be effected by taking a bath or drinking a copious draught of warm water. In other words, while we are to recognize that it is only because of God's continued care that we live at all, and that we "ought always to pray," we are not to expect God to do for us directly that which he has given us the power to do for ourselves. Neither are we to suppose that God holds himself subject to the beck of everybody who thinks he knows what he wants better than the Lord does. The Lord has all power; but for a man to set up a "cure" and advertise himself as the Lord's special agent in healing disease, and to warrant a cure every time, is blasphemous presumption.

TRUSTING A FALSE GUIDE.

By Editor

In a recent number of a religious weekly we find the following:—

"Think how Abraham received his message in Chaldea. Little by little his mind opened to the truth. Day after day he became more certain of divine help. By and by, clear and sweet as an audible voice, came the words into his soul, 'I will bless thee,' and 'thou shalt be a blessing.' The Holy Spirit will bring the words of Jesus so close that you know they were sent from God to you."

This paragraph occurred in the course of an article designed to teach that we should recognize God in our every-day life. The real effect of such things is, however, to induce people to take their own imaginings for the voice of God. We have seen of late a strong tendency toward eliminating the supernatural from the Bible, and bringing everything down to the human level. The "new school" will have it that God did not speak to Abraham with an audible voice, but that when the Bible says that God spoke to Abraham, it means that he had an overpowering impulse from within, to do a certain thing. We cannot expect such people to be logical, but if they were, they would necessarily have to explain the command to offer Isaac, and the subsequent call to Abraham not to harm the lad, as meaning that Abraham felt an uncontrollable impulse to kill Isaac, which, when he had the knife in his hand, suddenly passed away. The great trouble with such interpretation is not alone that it robs the Bible narrative of all sense and consistency, but that it teaches people to follow the insane promptings of their own hearts. It teaches that the voice of God is simply a strong impression, and is thus identical with the Spiritualist teaching that "truth is the voice of God speaking through the human soul." And all such teaching, if believed, as it surely will be, can result in nothing else but moral anarchy and corruption. We may never hear the voice of God as did Abraham, and there is no need that we should, for God's will is fully revealed in his word, and we are to follow that, and not feelings and impressions. That alone can make us wise unto salvation. It is as true now as it ever was, that "he that trusteth in his own heart is a fool."