Three Lectures on Modern Spiritism

Excerpt from Three Lectures on Modern Spiritism: Delivered at Augustana Theological Seminary, Rock Island, Illinois Conan Doyle proclaims spiritism as A New Revela tion, which will conquer and replace Christianity, if it cannot purify it, as Christianity has become an elfete religious system. We surely cannot ignore such a chal lenge. We must contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the Saints. Jude 3. We must also follow John's advice: Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 1 John 4: 1. Conan Doyle in his book, A N evv Revelation page 23, line 5 says: Spiritists are now numbered, it is said, by millions. In 1877 Hepworth Dixon declared that one-tenth in the New England states were touched with spiritism. In 1900 in the United States there were 25 working spiritist societies, over ten thousand mediums were at work, and eighty-two wealthy churches with Sunday Schools were flourishing. Spiritist schools were common and spiritist ordination of ministers recognized. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.