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SPIRITISM AND CHRISTIANITY 227
clared that in like manner God would tear away
the Kingdom from Saul, a terrible prophecy that
was being then fulfilled at that very moment. Samuel
alludes to the circumstance (a proof of his identity;
for the episode was possibly only known to the two) :
"the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand
. . .this day." He proceeds in the awful words,
"to-morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me"
(i.e.,
in Sheol, the place of the dead).
Saul is "sore afraid," not on account of the appearance
of Samuel, but because of his words.
False Predictions
Nothing can more clearly show what Modern
Spiritism really is than a careful comparison of the
recorded utterances of the Fedas, Moonstones, Red
feathers, etc., with the wonderful words of Samuel
(verses 16-19). The contrast between the drivel of
the one and the awful majesty of the other is most
impressive. It is true that on occasions Spiritists
have tried solemnly to predict earthquakes and other
things but these predictions have proved their
lying source by their falsity.
Mr. Stead himself embarked upon his last fatal
voyage with a light heart, for he could not be drowned,
the spirits having revealed to him that his death
would be from some runaway horse in the streets of
This he told to me.
a large city!
The Dead Have Spoken
That the dead have been raised on exceptional
occasions, and for definite Divine purposes, may not
be denied. We have the cases of Moses and Elias on