Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, and shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, the number of whom is as the sands of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the whole earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city; and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophets are. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened, and another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and hell gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged every man according to their works; and death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death."-Rev. xx.

"And I saw a new heaven and new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away and there was no more sea. And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with

them, and they shall be his people, and God shall be with them and be their God, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, for the former things are passed away. And he said unto me, It is done; I am Alpha and Omega, the beHe that overcometh

ginning and the end. shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be my son."-Rev. xxi.

Such is the consummation as predicted in the Scriptures; and according to Bible spiritualism there has been from the earliest day a conflict between the spirit of Theopneustic doctrine and that which denies the principle upon which the Christian religion is founded. But in the trial of their power in every important event, the Spirit, the Life of Bible religion, has prevailed over the opposition; and in the end of the conflict the prophecy is, that the religion of Abraham, of the Prophets, of Jesus, even the Gospel will prevail, and close the conflict by depriving the Evil of its power and liberty with men. Such is the compend of scripture teachings upon this subject. Hence the Christian believes, and his faith is predicated upon the Word of God, that Jesus, who was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrow and acquainted with grief, who was betrayed, falsely accused, unjustly condemned, and finally crucified, and who is now denied

as Savior, will return, subdue the foe of God, the afflicter of man, and redeem his people. For it is written, "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city; and there shall in nowise enter into it anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the lamb's book of life. . And God shall wipe away all tears, for the former things are passed away. And there

shall be no night there, and they need no candle, neither light of the sun, for the Lord God giveth them light; and they shall reign forever and ever." Thus saith the scriptures.

Having traced the Bible history of Spiritualism connected with the Spirit of Truth and that of Error; and having discovered the divine nature and utility of the one, and the evil and falsity of the other, we next proceed to consider the COVENANT, its fulfillment and confirmation.

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CHAPTER I.

THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT.

AGAIN We invite the reader, and particularly the spiritualist, to the consideration of Old Testament "manifestations;" and, ere we yield the Christian faith for clairvoyant sayings, and the sentiment of anti-Bible spirit communications, we request the "progressed," "exalted," and "illumined" "spirits," their "media" or advocates, to equal by one demonstration, those we shall offer them connected with Bible religion.

The first instance we shall notice of heavenly communication with man, is the call of Abraham by the Lord, and the Covenant then made. This is one of the most important to the Christian, and is a "manifestation" quite at war with the naturalist, and one that the opposition should do away, or at least counteract by an equal or superior demonstration from the spirit world. Spiritualists tell us that whatever of the Bible is of spirit origin was given by like spirits to those now communicating, only less developed, and in a manner similar to the present manifestations. In view of this, the following is introduced, and the entire anti-Christian manifestation, embracing mesmerizers, psychologists, prophets, seers,

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media, poets, and their spirits, all, all, are challenged to disclose its equal. Let us, then, examine that communication with Abraham, its profession, promise, and results as far as fulfilled. But be it remembered that the doctrine of Redemption is intimately and inseparably connected with that Covenant. To do away with the Gospel, therefore, it is important to prove the following doctrines unfounded: 1. That of the fall; 2. The Abrahamic Covenant; 3. The doctrine of the Incarnation; 4. The Messiahship of Jesus; 5. His Resurrection; 6. The doctrine of repentance and the forgiveness of sin.

The doctrine of the Fall cannot be disproved by man or spirit, for there are no means adapted to that end. And, moreover, the history of the race corroborates it. But this subject will be considered under a different head, and therefore will not now engage our attention.

With respect to Abram and his communion with the Spirit of God, it is thus recorded, Gen. ch. xii.: "Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all fam