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"Under an impression that whatever is communicated by a spirit must, of course, be true, many persons are…

Date of account: Published 1857
Source: The Spirit Land
Reference: The Spirit Land · selected passage 120
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

Record summary

"Under an impression that whatever is communicated by a spirit must, of course, be true, many persons are receiving these communications as the truth of God--as a new revelation from the spirit world

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"Under an impression that whatever is communicated by a spirit must, of course, be true, many persons are receiving these communications as the truth of God--as a new revelation from the spirit world. But if these communications are from spirits, we have no proof that they are good spirits. The presumption is, that they are bad spirits--lying spirits. At my house they often accused each other of lying--contradicted at one time what they affirmed at another; inflicted injury upon property in the most wanton manner; and have given conclusive evidence throughout that the discipline of hell, which they profess to have experienced for several years, has not been wholly effectual in improving their characters, and qualifying them for the 'higher spheres' for which many suppose that the discipline after death is a preparation."--_Dr.

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