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the daily comet (baton rouge, la.) 1850-1856 — spirit rapping

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1853-05-22
Location: baton rouge, louisiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the daily comet (baton rouge, la.) 1850-1856 · 1853-05-22 · page 2
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1853-05-22 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “spirit rapping”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... had been en gaged in spirit rapping. The Presby tery adopted the fo kiwing resolution "Resolved, That the prac'ice of spii it rapping«, (so called,) as it pre vails in many parts, is in view of thh Presbytery, a revival of the old abom ination of n" romacy, so decitfe^l} c mdemned in the word of God." il'^Tiie commi-n fluency ofspcech, In mauy men and most women, is ow ing to a scarcity of matter and a sesre ity of words; for whoever is m arter a language, aud lits a mind full of ideas, witl be apt in speaking to hesi tate upon the choice of both, wheren. common epcakers have only one set ...

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