Before quoting a few texts, so dreaded by "Oxford M.A." and his confreres, it would be well to clear the ground by stating that Spiritualists affirm their belief in God as Creator and Sustainer; deny that the Lord Jesus was and is divine; deny that His death was an atoning death: deny the existence of the Devil and demons.
They affirm their belief in the existence of an impersonal God, and of human beings, either incarnate-that is, in their human bodies in this world; or discarnate that is, disembodied in the spirit-world, as they term it. The system is simplicity itself. If there be no Devil, Spiritualism cannot be Satanic. If there be no demons, there can be no truth in the charge that the spirits that communicate with the living, claimed by them to be the spirits of departed friends, are in reality personating demons, or " seducing spirits." In short, if we are visited by discarnate friends, whom we did not fear when in their bodies, why should we fear them when they are without their bodies? Thus the way is cleared for Modern Spiritualism.
Under the heading of Biblical Spiritualism, if you please, the author of "Outlines " quotes a number of passages of Scripture in the vain endeavor to prove that the Bible is not opposed to Spiritualism. In every passage he quotes but one, we are given instances of angelic visitation. Mark well: in no instance does he quote the plain condemnations of Spiritualism the Bible contains. He completely ignores them. Is this honest? As he appeals to the Bible, to the Bible we are well content to turn. Let us quote a few scriptures for his benefit.