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50161 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1118.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

It is into this category that Peebles not only puts “Jesus,” but likewise “Buddha, the light of Asia,” who, he says, “doubtless preached for centuries to Asiatic spirits in prison.” That relationship is characteristic of Spiritualism.29) Ibid. 30.

50162 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1118.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… against “Spiritualism and Angel Ministries.” From this he never deviates.30) Ibid., p. 318.

50163 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1118 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

V. Spiritualism Equated With Christianity Till Constantine

50164 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1118.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… for Spiritualism, on an unprecedented expositional basis, that his assumptions thereon must be examined. As mentioned, Peebles steadfastly maintained …

50165 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1119.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

Spiritualism, with its signs, wonders, visions, and healing gifts was the religion of the Apostles; of the post-apostolic fathers, and the primitive Christians up to the reign of Constantine.” 32) Ibid. (Italics supplied.)

50166 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1119.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… Modern Spiritualism. That is a tremendous assumption. But it is a totally unsubstantiated claim. Nevertheless, it is the premise for Peebles’ unsound conclusions …

50167 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1119 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

2. MODERN SPIRITUALISM ALLEGED REVIVAL OF “APOSTOLIC” CHRISTIANITY

50168 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1119.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

In support of his own claim that Modern Spiritualism is the revival and restoration of characteristic early Christianity, Peebles quotes from British Spiritualist Dr. B. F. Austin:

50169 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1119.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

“‘Spiritualism is a revival of that Christianity which centered around and in that ideal Man of Palestine. It is a revival of the Spiritual, so alive and so potent, in Apostolic times.’” 33) Peebles, The Demonism o/ the Ages, p. 335.

50170 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1119.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

Peebles elsewhere cites Dr. Crowell similarly to the effect that “Primitive Christianity and Modern Spiritualism” are one “in essence and purpose.” But he goes further.34) Ibid., p. 330.

50171 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1119.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… of Spiritualism: “It [Spiritualism] is the rounding up, the filling out, or the fulfilling of the Nazarene’s prophetic words, ‘These signs shall follow them that …

50172 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1120.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

That is the authority presumptuously invoked for the phenomena of Spiritualism.

50173 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1120 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

1. ASSERTS ANGEL OF Revelation 14:6 IS “SPIRITUALISM.”

50174 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1120.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… —“Spiritualism as It Is, and the Message It Has for the World”—that Peebles launches into one of the most audacious claims ever made for Spiritualism on …

50175 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1121.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… Modern Spiritualism, sweeping over the earth in its triumphant course. And “What,” he asks, “is the message of Spiritualism to the world?” This he answers “emphatically …

50176 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1121.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

That is the heart, the essence, the core, of Peebles’ Spiritualism. And the promulgation of Spiritualism, he avers, is the intent of the symbolism of the flying angel of Revelation 14:6 .

50177 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1121.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

“But this angel messenger of demonstration [phenomenal Spiritualism] in planting the tree of life an Hydesville [home of the Fox sisters and the 1848 episode, the new Bethlehem...” 39) Ibid.

50178 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1121.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… , Spiritualism restored to man the Edenic “tree of life” through the confirming message of the raps of Hydesville in 1848. Through Spiritualism man has …

50179 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1122.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… what Spiritualism is not, and then puts it forth as the essence of the “everlasting gospel”—the fulfilling of all its promises and the restoring and completing …

50180 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1122.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… of Spiritualism.” 41) Ibid., p. 373. (Italics supplied.)