Author: Eugene Crowell

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-03-07

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 9780267006465

Excerpt from The Identity of Primitive Christianity and Modern Spiritualism, Vol. 2 of 2 If it be objected, as it sometimes is, that Spiritualism is not a sys tem, my answer is, Jesus in his teachings presented no system. He taught the truth generally and specifically, but with no regard to any systematic arrangement, and there is a nearly perfect resemblance between Modern Spiritualism and Primitive Christianity in that the latter had not, and the former has not, a pronounced or written creed, or formula, or complete statement of faith and doctrine, or an eccle siastical structure and hierarchy. If these are essential to a system, then Modern Spiritualism like Primitive Christianity is not a system, but if through Spiritualism a future life is demonstrated, and its nature explained convincing evidence furnished that in that life we are all to be rewarded according to the deeds done in the body if through the knowledge derived from the inhabitants of the spiritual world we find additional and convincing evidence that God is really our Father that obedience and worship are justly due Him, and that He designs all His rational creatures to be happy; that as He is love so we must love one another, and in fact if through the revelations of Spiritual ism we receive teachings precisely similar to those of Jesus, so com prehensive in their character as to be applicable to all the relations of life, clearly defining our duty and course, then Spiritualism is a system. That it is this, and that it is in addition both a philosophy and a religion, I believe in the future will be abundantly proved, and generally acknowledged. N o doubt it has been observed by the reader, that my subject has taken a wider range than the title of the work would seem to imply but as I proceeded in my task I found it necessary, not only to constantly refer to the spiritual manifestations of the Old T esta ment, in connection with those of the New, but to treat of them equally with the latter, and thus the work has gradually assumed a form and character in which the varied phases and features of Modern Spiritualism are viewed in the light of those of the whole Bible. It has been found necessary to thus extend the scope of the work, for the reason that the manifestations of the New Testament. 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.