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Enoch Fitch Burr, writing as “A Connecticut Pastor,” addresses readers considering the claims of Spiritualism. His short work places contemporary attempts to communicate with spirits alongside the biblical passages and religious duties through which he evaluates them.
The argument begins with scriptural treatments of divination and necromancy, then turns to the modern movement and the explanations advanced for its phenomena. Burr considers the place of testimony, the authority claimed for communications and the reasons he believes Christians should approach such practices with caution.
Published in New York in 1859 as the first of a series of addresses to the public, the work is a complete statement of its author’s position. Its compact format retains the direct manner of a pastoral appeal. The original edition preserves the argument’s progression from religious premises through its assessment of Spiritualism to its closing counsel.