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51121 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1117.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… sublime Spiritualism which is from above.... The new time is at hand.” 24) Ibid.

51122 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1117 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

IV. Spiritualism Has Eastern Occult Connotations

51123 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1117 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

1. SPIRITUALISM LIFTS “EASTERN CURTAINS.”

51124 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1117.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

… does Spiritualism antagonize true and pure Christianity.” The purported reason makes his contention obvious. According to Peebles, unpolluted, original …

51125 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.

51126 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.

51127 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1118 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

V. Spiritualism Equated With Christianity Till Constantine

51128 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 …

51129 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.)

51130 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 …

51131 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1119 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

2. MODERN SPIRITUALISM ALLEGED REVIVAL OF “APOSTOLIC” CHRISTIANITY

51132 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:

51133 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.

51134 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.

51135 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 …

51136 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.

51137 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 1120 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)

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

51138 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 …

51139 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 …

51140 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 .