"DEFENCE OF PHRE SPIRITUALISM."

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 June 1910, Page 3

"DEFENCE OF PHRE SPIRITUALISM."

T't the ('Miter. Sir.-- In yisterday'.s issue, nndei ilie 'il)i)Vt' I)i';ir 1 ii)ii'. appears n con tribiition t'r< 'in Mr W. ('. Nation. For ]ilmusiI>ilitv (".sulcltestiivt' of the forbrn hope) here we have it fi'im "tin- deliled fountain head." .\ natural sprint t;ivt-1-11 n-r>t forMi fresl water ;itrl suit. whatever uin-nnn liotor" i tray ili>in:>nsl rati". What is Mit- inference, then? Simply tin! the cri! vp't'i'.'i! is I'rcin an iinnatui"i! snune. niid tliorr I'orp ef no util itv, on I'Mi'th or lor heaven, lor tbe n;i 111 in I 111:111 or woman, whether churchgoers or otherwise. Mi Nation is always at a vil':> ili-lmice, and plays 11 «eeandary part fin a Axlit*n the primary contention is to him n prrsanal and <1 irt't-l attack from me, or anyone else, on liis pet f'vl or 11 ;iMI lei 11 ati<m. I bold no brief for tin 1 invt'sti'rafcr ('Mr Marriott). whom Mr Nation ridifiil"s. Inil: f believe Mr Driver: be is ail honest eiuniirer of "If these things b:> s'i." ,\s eliarlal'inry an-iv-hi's to be 0!) emit. rvf t''i-' " i-'Hi," f'ere was no need for Mr Nation'" letter, is lu» represents tlie 1"-ip:ii 111itilt; one iv'|> c;-nt; but as to ♦ lie p"ritv and imniiritv, it is written, "I'V their works ye shall know f h "'11!" Oil" never see* in Serint'ip> the term " nnr.' " vr'th the term I'hari-'ee. Sadducee. .J 11 r 7 -ini. T ennvider S- ■ jut nvi' ns <i'• l"'v or tribunal civm to men in '•oiritinl ma ! t"rs. especially to inc •' ini'pris'tnre. . A nd ta ni" sue'i is t'>" ih• r-i 11 "11 f sjii rit''*ll J?.-m. ff T lake t'ds hi'di "■■iirt S a int ore. T could i"- i '-iv that if 1 i»"t, 1 r ibey «-ere in a stat'nf t'lvrif oalpm There ii'i'rbt he testacy, .'■oiil-l{l , v 1 !'""ss : but. net a eoife'l pl> !••«««•. Tli" term pnr" would trv me b" inadmp.sihl > anrl iiiip""tie""t. ft i';: a nitv that men '■f ''<-ientifi" ha'"e their i'-ui'ms ebiL'''ari'""!, or pirated by tl"\-:> who s'''iinlv da this to e'ive '■olnur and effect to this hollow viv'•"''V. "lid brazen nreteusiou, lairdled " Sniritiii'lism." T presume tbe Mr MarrioH mentioned would utter1v confound his asperser: in fiu-f, by past experience, Mr X"t.ioii voi'W not fie" the inevitable. ' " Defence of " should rend "cli'-finiice of," fnv tbe whole basis of this craft is antasjonii-'tie to .all fv'riptnre; seeking 'tbe livinc: am mm tbe dead. Some scientists, bv tliycovery, verify Scripture : others ("like ordinarv mortnls) are apt to r-rr. Mr Wi'ai r "e, for instance. Lord. Kelvin could not define eleetricity; ordinarv mortals cannot define the term of pure spiritualism. One cannot 11.se the phrase "pure spiritiiali.siu" when seekino: tlio liviiifj; tbe dead and corruptible. Sn ii is simply a plirase. cfiequal with tinkliin.n cymbals and. fdnud.s without water. Soinetimos T mil led to think that hi.story may repent itself, viz., they will not believe even if one rase from the fleod. Tbe Apostle Paul say.s: ""When T was a child T .spake as a cliilii, but when T b'eame a man f put away childish things." Here is where T cmi'dder Mr Nation has procrastinated; cha.sin<j: an irrnus fatuus 'tfi tbe end of his earth's sojourn. He still continues (0 see ..as tlironfjli a ,ejass -darkly. I say to li.im nmv (r.nt from self-ri'ihte-ousness bitrotry cr fanal i-i'vu) that the cry af the Prodigal S;m i.s a v necessary to him, is eoen. to I:iin ye't! but rf a truth f fervently iielieve the Scriptural dietuin, that mv "spirit shall not aliravs .strive with man." The word.s of the .\ii')->le Pi l ter are .significant and seasnnahle for Mr N.'jfi 11 a No: "Thou Icsf no lot or part in tins matter, for 1 perceive ye 'M'e in the full i f bil ternes.s iu llie band of i'li'iuitv."" Mr Natic-n has termed siudi lan ( j;ua f ie „as Mllivl;v. I'll' I .' i'! -is i n .f|,o " fMII Ibev live, and one thanks God ■(•'■'ere i- .-till in u'"ee un rl er TT""ve»i "ivc' 1■•• ■ - 1 1 •• I' 'i" 11 | ! );J " f"' dl ' b|i'!-l. *!>.. -r!» ri 'ltv I'i'-'e,]" f"iri:-'t. Yours, etc., v;. ,1. v.