those angels? I believe, principally disembodied human beings. I think so, because they invariably appeared in the shape of men, acted as men, spoke as men, commissioned by God; and to confirm this statement, I will shortly give additional proof. Having laid the foundation, as to what kind of seers are to be avoided; I pass rapidly by Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel's Mediumship; and of countrymen going to them for information as to future events: communicated to them by angels, or "Bringers of tidings;" and now enter into the Christian dispensation. CHRIST was heralded to man by spirits, who were seen by human beings, the singing and the words were heard; showing that there are heavenly hosts, and that it is possible for ordinary men to see and hear them. Christ was a man of Principles-every act was the declaration of a principle-he never misled-he is our example, and we are to follow in his steps. The principle of communion with the so-called dead, was declared when Moses and Elias conversed with the MAN as to future events. Christ said of the little children brought to him, "Their Angels do always behold the face of my Father, who is in heaven." Their Angels-Whose angels? Then children have angels who live in heaven, yet by some living sympathy, come to their charge when needful. If children, why not men also, or tell us at what age they leave their charge. At the ascension of Christ, while the disciples were watching him rising from the earth-two men stood by them in white, and spoke; showing the power Spirits have of appearing in their celestial form, and their power of speech-and that, at the moment of Christ's proving in his own person Man's Immortality. St. Paul, who is an authority among Christians, as a man inspired, and who was caught up to the Third heaven; (how many there may be beyond three I know not) tells us plainly, "The Spirits of the prophets or Seers are subject to the Seers" on earth: in other words, Earth's prophets are guided or directed by those who were in olden days earth's seers: thus showing man's communion with disembodied human beings. Again, St. John,

though inspired, was so dazzled by an angel's power, that he fell down to worship the being who showed him so much of the world's future history: but said the Spirit; "See thou do it not; for I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren the Seers-worship God:"-thus giving a brilliant illustration of St. Paul's assertion, that disembodied seers communicate and converse with the embodied. The various appearances of Spiritual beings, were, in the New Testament, in the form of man; thereby naturally leading us to the truth, that the spirit who appeared to St. Paul-spoke to him, and informed him of the future fate of the ship and passengers,—was a disembodied human being. Thus, I have shown that the Old and New Testaments are crowded with narratives of Spirits, or Angels; appearing to, and talking with, and directing the movements of those who were, or who desired to be, filled with heart-worship to the God of the Jew and of the Christian. It is therefore thoughtless for anyone to say that Spirit-communion is forbidden; the angelic appearances to St. Peter when he was let out of prison, to St. Paul before his shipwreck, to Philip with the Eunuch, to St. John at Patmos, were about the years 33 to 96; and there is not one command from Matthew to Revelations, which forbids Divine guidance as of old through God's Seers; even to finding lost articles, as I have done successfully. On the contrary, the powers of communion were continued to the Christian, as declared by St. Paul, 1 Cor. xii. 5, 6, 10. Some have (not had) Spiritual gifts, namely,-working of miracles, healing the sick, seeing Spirits, prophesying. The possessors of such gifts have them from God, through the agency of "Gabriel," "Michael," "Angel from the Lord," "spirits of the prophets;" and are sub-agents, "Seers," or "Men of God," as Samuel, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Paul, Philip, John, etc. Divination by Evil Spirits is to be avoided, or the seekers will be involved in the errors and wrong-doings of those powers. The custom of communion or converse with "Spirits" is a privilege for the Christian church; and is plainly laid open to us in John, chap. iv., where we are told how to test the character of the Spirits

those angels? I believe, principally disembodied I think so, because they invariably appeared men, acted as men, spoke as men, commission. to confirm this statement, I will shortly give

-they are of 1. Hereby it that con

, is of God; the Christ is rred to by sing Spirits, s me of their gabus and others; 27, 28.-Acts from Jerusalem to them named Agabus,

Having laid the foundation, as to what kind be avoided; I pass rapidly by Elijah, Elisha, and Daniel's Mediumship; and of countryL for information as to future events: commu. angels, or "Bringers of tidings;" and now Christian dispensation. CHRIST was heralded who were seen by human beings, the sing were heard; showing that there are heave it is possible for ordinary men to see and) that there should was a man of Principles-every act was and his companions principle-he never misled-he is our ex at his house, and the follow in his steps. The principle of which did prophesy" or so-called dead, was declared when Mose they were not superior with the MAN as to future events. C from a Spirit who spoke children brought to him, "Their Angel was the usual manner face of my Father, who is in heaven." angels? Then children have angels by some living sympathy, come to the If children, why not men also, or leave their charge. At the ascena disciples were watching him rising stood by them in white, and spoke have of appearing in their celestial speech-and that, at the momen own person Man's Immortality. thority among Christians, as a caught up to the Third heaven beyond three I know not) tells

CONVERSE therefore Lord by or through

but on the contrary, they confess Jesus (the)

trary to Scripture for e a step farther; and Sal human beings have Bring tidings."

gits to the Christian 9 who states the predays and also states of have fore-knowledge of the gilt of prophesying; se the sick, and heal speak in all Paul spake," &c.

CTION VI.

PAGANDOM.

's minds on the great vital truth, THAT not only seen in the religious faiths in world; but it is sown broad cast throughe empires of the other two divisions, Asia

is "There is one God, and Mahomet is his sm is the belief in "one God and the incary of powers." China revels in the same faith

d their faith in a future world is so strong, and ss of getting there is so weaved in their very he choicest present you can give a Chinese, is a n. Africa teems with the idea of the "Great › where you will, and you have the upheaving of this certainty, in various forms, depending on the d the scenery by which men are surrounded. If eir books, or listen to their legends, or to their narrarsonal experience, all are magnetised to this truth as e to the pole--spirit manifestations as developed in pical climates of the east, far exceed in power any stations in temperate or arctic regions. However varied the details of religious ideas, the GREAT GRAND PIVOTAL stand out:-There is a God-there are Spirits-and is Immortal.

he various phases of spirit development may be seen in the as of magic, and the forms and ceremonies of various naions; but as there is no need for consuming our time in collecting distant proofs, while at our doorsteps we have them in abundance; the subject narrows its bounds for the purpose of our testing its nature and capabilities.

distance, and never physically interfere with the engagements of man on earth-that interference is only produced by God through Christ. Thus the bright, glorious, intellectual beings, created by the Creator-archangel and cherubim-have no duties to perform in connection with earth; Michael, Gabriel, and the angels of the Lord have left the earth, because the sacred books were made up; and though those books century after century were only copied, one here and another there, in monastic institutions, so that not one in twenty millions of the population could read it and obtain the true faith-light, yet the Deity withdrew the ministry of spirits or angels when the last apostle died. "Ichabod" was, and still is, written on the foreheads of hundreds and thousands of millions of human beings; and all the signs in the heavens above, and in the earth beneath, in apparitions seen, in voices heard, and domestic predictions given, are deemed by the materialist, "Hallucinations" and "Hysteria," and by the Christian "Satanic influence."

Right and proper it is for the materialist to doubt, so long as the phenomena is beyond the ordinary laws of matter, and he thinks the evidence unsatisfactory; but for Christians to throw the purple of divinity on the shoulders of the devil, is to me a marvel. Gunpowder was of the devil, gravitation was of the devil, vaccination was of the devil, gas was of the devil, mesmerism and clairvoyance were of the devil, and now spiritualism is of the devil. Verily, of such folks it may be said, "God is not in all their thoughts." They forget that "the earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof." The phenomena of spiritualism, if it can be proved, throws sunlight on the landscapes of spirit-scenery in the Bible; and as there may be—and I know there are-thousands of good Christians who have it on their minds, that spirit-power is true, but that it is forbidden in Scripture, I think it well to satisfy their minds that they are under a "delusion;" and those readers who have not that impression will bear with me for giving my reasons, so that the Christian, being satisfied that it is lawful to examine this subject, may join hands with us in the examinations we may have to make.