"--_"Nineteenth Century Miracles"
(Manchester, England), p. 554._
[Illustration: THE SALEM WITCHCRAFT
One of the historical settings of Spiritualism. A poor woman accused by
her neighbors of practicing witchcraft.]
Now the Scriptures teach plainly what these agencies in Spiritualism are
not, and what they are.
What They Are Not
They are not the spirits of the dead communicating messages to the
living.
In one of the earliest written portions of Holy Scripture, the Lord
declared plainly that the dead have no knowledge of the living:
"He passeth: Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. His
sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but
he perceiveth it not of them." Job 14:20, 21.
The dead have no part in any communications with the living on earth:
"Neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done
under the sun." Eccl. 9:6
What They Are
Already we have told what they are in quoting the warnings of prophecy
concerning the special deceptions of Satan in the last days.
"The working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders.
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