P h y s i c a l L i f e —T l ie P r i r a a r y D e p a rtm e n t i n tlie S clio o l o f H u m a n [Progress.

VOL. II. rMIND AND MATTER IM iblisliin No. 71!t Nunsoni S tre e t, IMiiln

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WORDS OF CHEER.

1IY IIOIIACU M, UICHAHDS.

We hid thee (iod-K|>eed on Ihy way, / And hnively life'H Inirden to hear, ,

Far tlie. dawning Uuld of a mining day ■Will lift from Ihy heart Us care.

Thy night hath been lonely and drear, And Ihy soul .hath hern clad m gloom,

Hnt the. rising snn will surely n|i|ienr,And hlossonis ol hope nginn Will hlooin.

The ehh and the ItooiVoflife’s sea,Hike the surging of ocean's tide,

Hringetli at hist a rest to thee,When llion readiest the otliev side,

lint ere (lion guest " over (he, river,”'.-Thy Master hath work to do;For though n most glorious giver,

He nskclh something of yriiCThere are. wounded hearts to'heal,

And spine of them Hum eaijsl eiire ;And the more I lion doesl for others weal,

The more Ihy soul grows pure.Then hr ively hear with thy load,

And strength sludl he given to thee,Till at- last llioii’lt reaeli a hel'ler abode

Heyond life's Ironhloiis sea.

ItsPhysical Phenomena.--The Cataleptic Condition.Effect on Mind and Body.

Cattilopsy litis generally, buF iiiqizopcrly, linen considered a'disease.; the descriptions given-of if

/by ineiliettl tvrilt'fs 'ilii, tin!, vary" lualerially, and whmi a person is “ suddenly seizAid,” tis ''is- ustittlly the ease, (lie senses .itnd 'powers'of. voltiutnry mo­tion are. as suddenly suspended;.so Dull I lie )>a- tiehF remains fixed in l]ie position iit which lie happens to he al line moment of seizure, and flu

j The doctor also slated “that there was no settsi-1 leading would land us in falsehood and error. i ' bility in any pavt of the hotly, except over Hie pit i AVo know by experiettee, and often bitter expe- i of the stomach, the palms of the hands, and tin ', rienee, the actualities of spirit inlluenee. We1

i soles of the feet,” simply because her mind was : know of a certainty, of spirit foes us well as spirit i only diverted to those parts—and it is also very ; friends, and we know that the former are gon- evident that in tliese experiments the patient he-1 entity found where they can harass and thwart us

, lieves, or was made to lielieve, (lint certain results i ip every wav conceivable. i would follow the experiments made—and if she laid known her powers, she could have felt or

i not, heard or not, or seen or not, as she pleased,1 or have thrown herself out of the condition in tin ^instant, independent of any one. i It is a p'l't'tif'misfortune that the condition of I callilcpsy’has not been heretofore more thoroughly j investigated by- the-medical faculty, as imp'll hu­

man misery might haver'heen prevented if they 1 had 'learned the (rue nature of the condition, and | the natural 'powers of ..those who fell into it ; for ' instead of its, being a disease, they would soon i have found that it was’the only true and natural t remedy placed by the creator within the reach of I every one; and ihal it is simply a phenomenon | natural to -the sonamhulist, ■whether naturally.or ■ artificially induced. Xlatnvolcncc is the ■sttnie ; condition, induced by the will of the subject, and j all those who enter this condition, ran produce thcentalcppii'or insensiblerondilion in any part of the body .at. will ;■ and by so doing render it. free from irritation, intlamation pain or-spasm as long as the, body or.any part of it is kept in lltecoudi- t ion. The relief a ml good, resulting from litis power lo the human (iimily ('tinnot, lie estimatei and .as sjahivoten.ce' is the only.seienee.that .can devolope, this remedy,if should lie taught, in es­tablishments i'isliitileil by government for. the henelil of the army and navy, and by individual means for tire relief of suffering humanity’

These spiritual devils are always great sticklers j for (lie religions side of Spiritualism. They are verv.anxious to liave it (’atholieized or (’hrislian- ized, or sonic "other izeil; but-they mean really to have if kept from reaching the .public with the 'facts in the ease. • ■

They move ■heaven aiid earth -to-control-the negii,fives who are medial"instruments, and often they succeed i jjiillieting great misery upon them, for they have.some power, as well as Hie wise and bcnelieenl, to do as they will. The linest medi­ums in the world are the special objects..of their hatred and often sneaking in undid' pretense of wishing' tocommunicate; they force the medium to falsify amh counterfeit till the heaver is dis­gusted with the. whole subject. If our would lie leaders would lead such spirits hack to truth and honesty, they might have some excuse fur assu­ming their prerogatives; lmt as for phenomenal mediums being led by litem, please.excuse me.

Weave under no special 'obligation toimy but the spiritual leadership for our powers,-and them

f .we will obey as-long as they lead ns according to, /.the principles of . fr.ulh and justice;; hut tin furl Iter.

1 j'ATew' worilA in ('oni'Liision.; It seems tis.if the great idea of spirilual intervention in ivn'r lines might lie iiuderslood, They come to exemplify to us two great I rat I is. One, the fact rif immortal-- ily, (lie other tlie, fuel of individuality’. .The. iuo-„ .(linin' can 'do no more Hum relied the power

limbs' commonly' retain any position/ into which |.Held is tis-important as it is large. Who will n'nT| thrown over him or her fur good or evil, as itthey mayIkrp.laeed by.external force, while, the action of theheart, lungs ami other vital fmic- tiqns eiinliniiedo ho, performed nilh hut little or no 'change,-quid after a duration .which varies from a faw uiinttk'S to .hours, or in some, cases even Cor days, the .paroxysm, suddenly.-declines, ami tlie .patient awakens as from a sleep, wit h (lie restora­tion of till the functions of the body. !

During the paroxysm the patient neither feels, 'receives impressions trout /external- objects, nor retains nnv recollection of what, happened during the lit, These symptoms const it Ute wind Is called ; ■",ii. perfect-paroxysm," vet many of tliese symp- loins vary in-different individuals, and a want of knowledge in regard to its true jtalure,Juts led 1 many physicians to suppose that, iliere wns u transportation of the senses to the pit of die stom­ach and oilier points./ Many east's have been I recorded by medical authors in which this (vans- 1 position of the senses is said to have.existed, lail, | which' really only appeared to do so, hectmse the : powers of tlie patient, to use them al any point, j

-..were.notunderstood, and we ascribe all.the,seem- j ing results which were exhibited in tlm experi- j liients which were made to prove llnil, the senses i

■, ■■'wereltranslated to (lie pit. of the stomarli, to the i Tiud I,lull, the. physicians ■who. were engaged in I them only directed (lie attention of the patient- to i that, locality. Their patients could ltaye answered | The same i|iieslions, etc,, just, as well if-they had.! diverted their attention-lo any other part of their bodies, if the ell'ort upon the part of-the'subject'! to do so had been-made.'

We have frequently witnessed the same appa­rent transposition cHecled by the will of those who

. were inti statuvolicorsommimlmliceomlitionpiml i if those who are subject loeiitulepsv were, taught the ! true nature of tliecondilion and their powers in it, 1 they could convert a great annoyance into a bless- j ing that would enable them lo escape .many of the :

■ills that, their want of knowledge is heir to. Hut, to give the reader an idea of how the. experiments i upon cataleptic patients were conducted, wo will i statg u east! in jioint. Tlie following is .an extract i of tlie case of Mademoiselle MnluniHiy Dr. Du­rand of Caen : “On October 12, a few days after her first access of ■somnambulism, I found (lie patient in a stale of catalepsy, Having placed my hand ou tlie epigastric region, I noticed that her

the cause ?-— It'. />’. I'nlinaMoak, in /.nmus/iT ( /At.) Inlallii/andar. ,

. Who Aro the Leailers?It seems that son,e of the New York Spiritual ,

fraternity tirehtisily engaged in the old struggle, as to who shall be greatest-in the new movement',, and are foolishly applying-lo it the methods pre­valent in the pnlil iraicircles of I liat famous '.city,, liy your leave I would like to quote mi extraet from a nuissage given nie tiyl'araday, tiller some stiecessfnl experiments in spirit ' photography, whirli may iltuniinale llte minds o f some not' so prominent in spiritual disrernnient as tin' tliese geiillemeii who pulilisli dogmatic'statements re­garding phenomenal Spiritualism, lie.said: '.‘‘When anything is to he demonstrated—-any

problem to he worked out—by Die spirit-world, that hand of spirits having that work in eliatge must do it will) tin: inoDiuni trained for (lmt pur­pose, ” *

This elfeelutdly settles the ipieslion 'nf leader­ship, for the spiritual powers do not, pay much re­gard to our opinions concerning their purposes;' and except, .providing-suitable.conditions for the work of the spirits, all interferenee with, it is purely gratuitous..' Spiritualism-is altogether too. complicated a system for human wisdom to rom-. prebend, much-less direct. Considering tlie Tael that phenomena] evidence is the only source we have of a proof of spiritual beings, if becomes a subject of grave importance, if it is to lie ignored, ami when Dr. Hrittan states'lhaf no spirit can ma­terialize tt solid form, it is high lime that suclrfolly was iffel. liy phenomenal trials to ascertain the power resident in spiril-lile.

I will make this proposition to nmvcirele of sci­entists, or others; who will hear the necessary ex­penses ; I will go,lo New York with such a. me­dium as Win. Ktldy and hold a series of test circles for the purpose of settling the truth of nutterial-

■ c<mins from the. spirit.. The spirit, exerts" that power aeeordi.ug to' -his own disposition for good or evil, and'willi these facts, which are tint basis of the whole matter, we can dogmatize at leisure,

The scientists in spirit-life, like Ihe-seientisis in mortal life, are the best,' leaders we can have,'if we wish to follow truthful ideas Ihr tlie scientist by nature has ito other disposition Ihab To ascor- lain truth by .methods of stiidy atitl 'experiment.There is no disjiosition, however, upon their pa rt,

' lo institute a leadership in tlie movement, and any ellort to 'subordinate (heir special work hv the religionists in either .life will he summarily ignored by them. They will eonlimie their work with phenomenal mediums,-and will ultimately perfect it "Tor the benefit of, humanity ; nor will they permit, it to he monopolized by any special order or clique;' ^Mediums \yho.wfirk with them

■will lie henelltted and helped beyond measure; anti if care, be taken, will tie relieved from milch ; of tin' baleful inlluenee of Hie religious foes of i Spiritualism, hut us mediums, one and all, choose ■■ them for our lenders,',and see if..we 'are not, led j.

i more surely than by. any other minds, in tlie'i i movement, : • T. ('. K. iI +..... j! Special Notice from “ Bliss’ Chief’s” Band, t

M l1',, Hist Olimil, sgi'iik I'm' ltliii'kfimt, Hit', si'i'i't Mi'illi'im: i Cliirl iVoin Impiiy liiiatins:-a>'(am(l'*.l tin say lm lovo •

) wliito I'liii'lri mill tin lmvi‘1 tike Dio wind, lie goI tu oiii'tos. Him IiIk I'liii'l. lllnokliiot witnl mill'll wink M>

ito. Him wiml to hIkiw him lii'iilins piiwi'i'. Mnkn sick i |ii'i)pln wi'll, Wliei'ii inqii'l' (jo,- ltlai'kliiul t;ii, (In ipiiiik.

Si'ml lislil iiwiiy. No wnm]mm for lliire mmm.'l’liis spirit message was lirsl-published in Minu

: anu Mattuii, .laiiuury Kith, M, S. H2, with, the i iinnounceineuf Ihal “ Magnetized Paper", would he sent to.all who were sick in hotly or mind, that

I desired io he healed, also,-to those that, desired to i he developed 'as spiritual mediums, for three I inoivlhs for three IkT, stamps. The three monthsu pruspeela.!

Materializations Through Mrs. Cobb at Claridon, Ohio.Packages of your paper were received and dis­

tributed among friends and foes to help along the cause of truth. There are but few Spiritualists here and Jesuitism lias a pretty strong hold, but I am going to stick by them until they open their eyes to the light. AVe have lately had Mrs. Newton t'olrb with us from Mantua, -Portage County, Ohio, and she held four seances on tlu) Kllli. Nth, loth and Kith of May, with very good' results. The first evening there were eighteen persons in attendance, and a number of their friends materialized and were fully recognized.

The second evening a very slim lady mine, out, dressed in tt robe of pure white, in her bare feet. The medium is a short, thick set woman, weigh­ing one hundred and lil'tv pounds. The Indy thiit came out of the cabinet -re­mained long enough to be weighed four differ­ent iimi's, twice in one evening. Once site weighed 7S pounds, then S2, tilt and oil pounds re- . speetively. The medium-being examined each evening by live Indies, and "the cabinet also was thoroughly examined inside and out.

This lady could lie seen in front of t ho cabinet, ittnl tlie medium inside at the same tinte. A spirit calling himself Jimmy.came ouUunl shook hands with a number of persons present. .' The fourth evening was a family circle consist­ing of ten persons, including Die 'medium, amt the . manifestations were truly wonderful; eight full forms materializing,. ..My wile was killed liy.Die kick of a horse, and site came .out with a bandage around her' head and down over Iter eye, just as site was laid out in tier eotliii. ' . _

Site also showed Die wound across hut; forehead mnl down the side of Iter nose, 1 asked her to let me see tier hand which she kepi, out. o f sight. Site then held it up,.am i we all recognized the

-dou ble ring on Iter linger which she alw ays'w ore.A young lady wlm died, in Die neighborhood

| eame out accompanied by two other ladies, all three being seen at once ; whilo the room was.so

I light. I could see to I'eml -common print anyw here . in the ronm. Another lady ernne and apparently

made luce about eight itu 'liiS 'w ide, which looked i like a rhiud of smolui \vben: if.begau to form, Sh e /w o rk ed it in Iter hands until it was finished.' Then taking her basque which wns while-ribbed ! goods, ami laying it out oven-Dfe rabinol door, j nlacing Die lace around her" neck and out over tlie

basque, so we might see’how it looked, It seems l !hnt could any one, however skeptical, have seen

these manifestations, they could not help being convinced. Mrs. Cobb is a remarkable medium,

t anil I cheerfullv recommend Iter to any who nitty . desire her services. ' J. C. Ki.K'ivnmt.; t ’laridon, O hio,M ay till, 1SS0.

The Prairie Boulder. Sermons in Stones.Os i 'uoi.a , Iowa, June 7th, ISSO,

On theevening of n wnrm Kundav, a wayfaring traveller went to church. Hut his church..was tlie open itir, and its dome was the blue arched'skv.11 is choirwas the song of birds. The church lltior hud a beautiful, green ■■carpet, ornamented with ilowers, No ordained priest was present, a great • granite stone was preacher.- The congregation-an aforesaid, was one wayfaring-traveller. Service commenced by a catechism, or questions asked liy the congregation of the Kev. Mr. Stone, preacher, us follows:

Where did you come from? I low came you here? How long have you .neenpied your present, position? What lots been your experience whilst occupying that position? What nre your future

have now closed with the following result:: • ••• . ---- ;|? ...... ........... ............ :i-l()f> persons have sent for the naper by mail.i/.ation in the light, and if said circles fail to pro-; 1,01)0 persons have received .it. at the ollice; and

l’rof, Michael Faraday and Col. James Fiske, Jr., all conic out fully iiuiicrtalizcd in as tangible solid forms us they ever .lmd in-'mortal-life and since

‘omilenancc beenme’expressive of pain. I then j then have signalled to me their readiness to tryplaced my lips on the pit of tier stomach and n......... ......* ' u' ' " : 1 ' ' .......... * “asked her several questions. To my tifilonisliment sin;-answered-correctly, for although Fluid read most of. tlie histories of the kind .'recorded'-in different-works, I did not believe one of them.Dm;ing I tie first examination I made numerous experiments, which led -me tojielieve that there

"was a ImiiHjmilim of Ilia Jive Hannan lo ilia nloimirh."Hut further, he goes on to say : “ During the catu-

dnee satisfactory results, will then reconsider the I the hundreds of testimonials that have been re­statements made. I would say. that with Wm. 1 eeived1 of its wonderful work in healing the sick F.tldy at The hake Pleasant Camp-ground, last i and developing mediums,-prove (lmt lied Cloud

........ 11 " ... ......"" and Hlaekfoot have faithfully kept their promises.Summer, three public men, lion. Clots, Sumner,That all limy have an opportunity to test .the

Hold on, said Mr. Slone; one question at a (imo if you please,. |n reply to your first question, AVhcre did 1 come, from? From the depths of Die earth, miles below its surface, l was nmnuiiii:-. hired in nature’s great laboratory. Mixed with great heal-the miscaping gases gave me the beauty of composition, and the polish of a granite slt/ne. 2d question. Dow came,1 hum? Oppressed with

the experiments if t wish to repeat them.. Should this meet, the eye of any one wlio cares ; .Philadelphia hrDnstiliite a scientific, circle, for the purpose of I testing Ihe mailer in good faith, they can .send tellurs to yon, which will be considered by me, and we can have a -e.ire.lo (hut may shed some hglPLupon This bubjeet/huUwouldsaythatAheHt1

us follows:—1 sheet-, f postage paid,) 10 cents, 12 sheets, SI,00, Send a silver ten cent piece if you can. Address, James A. Bliss, 71D Hansom Street,

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leptic slate, the muscles presented three ditl'erent conditions. Sometimes they were all relaxed, and the limbs could he jilaeed in any position, which they relumed, however fatiguing Die posi­tion might tic"; at other times ait Die muscles were in a state of rigid contraction; at other times they were relaxed, and Die limb Tell down when jiiised froin tlie body.”

These 'conditions of the muscles we linve also frequently seen in persons who were in a statu- votic condition, and are natural to this state when the mind of the patient is not placed upon them, and can be assumed by them at pleasure, viz: If the arm be raised and they da not have their

men have never said they would try the experi­ments for tlie sake of anything rbiit test proof in the interests of spiritual Heienet;''

Herein is the great mistakeof .'spiritual' .leader.-; shipiiH nssiijaiod by many of the .'old believers in the cause. The spirit forces prefer to do their own leading nnd generally through the mediums chosen liy them, and it is anything lmt agreeable to the medium to have to rim the gauntlet of igitornnce that surrounds (lie subject. Evidently they do not care to he limited by our ideas of AhS1 subject, and they will work on, for years if neces­sary, to perfect their "knowledge of Die power re-, . - ... . , pewqmsite to gi ve proof that is unmistakable as to its j I w'rli to say a word in relation to the medium- origin. ■ j ship of Dr. A. B. Dobson, of Maquoketa/Iowa. I

Those who nre working hard to enable tlie spirit1 have known him intimately for several years, and mind expressly upon it, it will remain in that po- forces to perfect their plans are not at present par- 1 I unhesitatingly endorse him ns a genuine testsitipn, simply because it is as easy for them to tieularlv partial to dogmatic leadership by any one j medium and a good healer. I have never seen

'■ upon' this side of spirit-life; nor do we care how j liis equal as a rapping medium, nor his powers nsBUeh leaders or leading may affect tis. ! an independent slate writer excelled. lie some

have it in that position as in any other, and if their attention be called to it, and Die question is asked, “ Why do you hold your arm in that posi­tion ?” they will tell you, with the utmost candor, that they did not know that it was raised ; and if they do not, by an express act of their will change the position,‘‘it will remain there for an indefite period, no matter how awkward it may seem.

Nothing lias ever contributed so much to bring out the hostility between the two wings of the movement as the assumption of leadership by some of the philosophical workers over the phe­nomenal mediums. The latter resent it, for the former are so often in error that to follow their

merits of the paper, the price for the future will he I heat and tlie pent up gases, I struggled for liberty “ " ' 1 ‘ ‘ ‘ ’ ’ ' and hurst Ihe bonds that oppressed me until I saw

Iho glorious light and foF tlie free air. (AVe stones call this struggle for liberty, earthquake,- men’s struggles for liberty are enl’led revolution.;) Hd question. How long have I occupied my present position? Before ..Adam Avak a bachelor, I lay iyt my present quiet lied, and htiVtf not turned therein —andjicrc'shall I continue iinliLthc:.generations— of man, TikeDie Troubled waves of Die ocean, shall lmye rolled on, and one by one have all passed into oblivion: -Itli question. AVhut has been my past experience? Fong 'before man’s lime, I saw great mastodons and reptiles walking the earth. Thro’ the. Tot moist aiiq l saw monstrous Hying forms prey on each other, uiid thcv earth was a great slaughter house, (such as man of the present day occasionally makes it, when in battle by sea and land lie uses patent instruments of.destruction to slay his fellow man.) And later still im the lapse of time, I saw the wild buffalo, the deer, nnd the Indian, retire before the plow, the reaper nnd the locomotive engine, fith question. What are my future prospects? In the dis­tant future, when man shall have passed away, and scarce loft a trace that he laid ever been, my compact body of stone will slowly disin-

j tegrate. _ Matter eternal, but ever changing its form will no longer recognize me as a granite stone, for I shall have gone back to .original ele­ments, to he re-formed by the great hand of na­ture.

Stranger, said the stone, addressing itself to me —the sun Is getting low—had not you better he trudging homeward ? And so the services ended.

F. J. Emoby.

A Proposition.I am prepared and will send to any one address,

direct from my ollice,- one sheet of “ BlaelDoot’s” Magnetized Paper, iio.sftige_.paid, every week -Ihr-F one month for-11)cents; hvo months for 70 cenjs; three months for $1.00. Address with amount enclosed, James A. Bliss, 7DI Sattsom St., Thilada.

•J.D. Batdoi'f,M.D., Medtimicsville, Iowa, writes: ‘‘Dear Brother Roberts:—Allow me to hid you 'God-speed in the glorious work in which you'arc engaged. 'Die importance of this work, few if any, nre at present able to realize. The future can alone reveal it, and to the future must you look for your reward. Especially do J wish to commend your outspoken and fearless defence of our mediums against the machinations of tlie iov/pi'8 of darkness. “ Cry aloud and spare not."

times gets a message on the.slate without the ves­tige of a pencil of any kind. In a word, he is most wonderfully gifted. I would say to those who wish to investigate Spiritualism through the phe­nomena, call on or send for Dr. A. B. Dobson, and I think he will not disappoint you,"

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MTINTD A N D M A T T E R . [JUNE 19, M. S. 33.]

CHILDREN’S COLUMN.

SOMETHING LEFT UNDONE.

l.O.VGFKfXO'V.

Labor with wlmt zeal we will, Something Ktill remains undone,

Something uncompleted stilt Waits the rising of the sun.

Hy the bedside, on the stair,At the threshold, near the gales,

With its menace or its prayer,•I,ike u mendicant, it wait's;

Waits and .will not go away;Waits, and will not be gainsaid ;

By the cares of yesterday Haeli to-ilay is heavier made.

Till at length the burden seems Greater than onr strength can bear,

Heavy ns the weight of dreams, Pressing on us everywhere.

And we stund from day to day,Like the dwarfs of times gone by,

Who, as Northern legends say,On their shoulders held the sky.

Wild Strawberries.

HV I.IICY JtAXDAI.E COMFORT. '■ ____ . . V

-“ Yon arc very <|iiict llii.s evening, Killy,” said (iraiKiniamma Corbin.

Killy sat in Iter usual plant! at the roundtable, where llie cheniTtil light of the k(inlcSit-liUTi]) fell full upon the pages of her geography; hut kIic was not studying. She sal staring down at I he red- and-black pattern of the table cover, with her chin resting in the hollow of her hands.

“ Yes, grandmamma, f am t|uief,” said Kitty with a sigh. . ■ ■

“Art;your lessons hard to-night?”“ It isn’t my lessons, grandmamma,” said Kitty,

with a big sob in her throat; “it is my con­science.”

“What on earth does the child "mean?” Said ■Grandmamma Corbin,-- peeping over.-her specta­cles,.

She was a nice old lady, in a black dr.css and a while .lace: cap, with a string of gold, heads around her neck—just the sort of grandmother logo to in any sort of trouble. So Kilty jumped down, and ran to hide her face on the old lady's shoulder,

“You said our consciences were like alarm- clocks. grandmamma," said Kitty, “ and .mine keeps striking, striking all the while. Oh, grand­mamma! I have been a naughty, wicked little girl! 1 ought to be taiten- up by forty bears, like the children in the Bible, or else thrown into a lion's den !”

" Tell me-.about it, my dear,” said old Mrs. Cor­bin; ..■“■.Perhaps it isn’t so bad, after all.”:. .. “Ob, it is,!’.' said Killy ; “ it ’s iniiful bad ! You •know obi Nila-, the Indian basket-maker? She lives up in the forest—I don't just know where— but she comes down- here sometimes, with mats and baskets for mamma.”

" I know there is such a person,” said old Mrs. Corbin.

“ Well,” pursued Kilty, “ her little girl Trudy came, to School to-day. Ob, she was dressed so funny, in a red cloth skirl, embroidered with white ' beads, and black leggins, and her hair braided in a long tail down her back; and she hasn't any shoes or hat.”

“ I hope' you were kind to her, iny dear,” said .-Grandmamma Corbin. ■

“ No, grandma, I wasn’t,” confessed Kitty. “ They all laughed'at her, and I among the rest; We pointed at her, and called her names, in t,he recess, and I threw a tin-cup of water over her bare, brown feet.”

“Oh, Kitty! ” ’ <v- "Yes, 1 told you it. was dreadful,■grandma!”

sobbed Kitty. “But the other girls laughed, and it seemed as-if it wasn’t me at all, butapiischiev- otis,evil spirit inside of me, urging me on; and then she cried, and Tam away into flic woods, and said she never wanted to come to school any more.”

“I do not wonder at that.” said old Mrs. Corbin, -gravely.

“ And oil, my conscience does ache and smart so!” sab! Kitty, dolefully. “Grandmamma, what shall I do?” ' ■■■■■.'

“ If yon know where she lived, my dear,” said Mrs, Corbin, “ yon might go and ask her pardon.”

“ But I don’t,” returned the child, piteously. “Then you must ask God’s pardon in your

prayers to-night, and wait patiently until, some- opportunity oilers itself to set matters straight.”

“ Do you think it will come soon?” said eager 'Kitty—“ the opportunity, I mean.”

“I don’t know, my dear,” said Grandmamma Corbin. “ It isn’t often'that we can atone imme­diately for our faults in this world.” . - ,

The next day was Saturday, a bright, sunshiny day, and Kitty resolved to go strawberrying, up at the mountain.

“ The Ricechildren are going,mid so are Ruth and l’lnebe Hull,” said,she, “and Mr. Smith’s hoys, I’ll take my dinner in a basket, and slay all day, I can bring home the berries in the din­ner basket, you know, I’lnebe Hull says the lields are till red with them, up beyond the stone i|iiarries.” •

And so Kitty Corbin started oil', in her little gingham sun-bonnel aiid calico dress,singing gaily as she went. - ; .

But either she took the wrong path by the stone- (piarries, or else sh had misunderstood the ar­rangement made by the other children, for when she reached the sunny pastures, high up on the mountain, where the wild strawberries blushed beneath their leaves, as if the .whole field was strewn with red jewels, there was no one there.

“After all, I don’t care, much,” said independent little Kitty. “ I can pick bet'ries by myself, and I can think of all the fairy stories ! ever read. I don’t suppose there are any fairies tip in these mountain rocks, hut if there should be’’ (gazing wistfully around) “ they’ll he a deal more likely to come out and talk to me, all by myself, than if there was a lot of noisy children shouting and screaming around!”

However, the fairies did not come,.but Kitty picked her baskefh early full of fragrant, delicious

strawberries before she perceived that the sky! A n admirer of the articles contributed for M ind was clouding darkly over, and a certain myste-j AND M atter by ThorSas Richmond writes usxas

kS * ” " = “ ,,|eaK * iy t° Thomas Richmond th a ting for goine signal. _ j readers of M ind and Matter cannot stand it long i

“Oh, dear!” cried Kitty, dropping the basket of: without a piece from, his truthful pen upon the i strawberries in her consternation; “ there’s going . Bible and Spiritualism. We would like one page |tree6 by W - covered with hie writing," 1last storm we had—and—oh, dear!' what shall I ; Tiie Protestant clergy use all the efforts possible ;do?” ■' ■ ; to get control of the civil government, in order to |

far as possible from the big pine-tree, which was : Uitl'sts. M hat good care they will take of us i f : already so unpleasantly acquainted with the na- j they should succeed; but we don’t like their Chris- s ture of electricity; but the faster and faster she tianity, which smells so much of blood. It wants

self of themfodris°tIOSe ^ i t o d r i n k b l o o d a i l d b e w a s b e d i l ! t b e b , o o d o f |

The scared rabbits that dashed across her path ; ^ie I'a,ub* ■seemed panthers, or wolves; the harmless little : Mrs. Mary A. White’ of Dardenelle, Ark., willstriped snakes that writhed-themselves into rocky , b t u Me(liuirm> Camp-meeting at Creedmoor. recesses became, in her startled eyes, rattlesnakes i r> 1 , -. . , .,or poisonous adders; the dense hemlock woods | ^ark( near hiladelphia, and act as agent foi the grew darker and more tangled ; and, although it. | Texan Spiritualist, a monthly paper published at was scarcely more than shnset, the darkness, of [Hempstead, Texas, by C. W. Newman. All those twilight bad settled over everything, as the rain who wi(jh t(J noti(,e the progress of our <mse i„

the South, and especially in Texas, will do well to subscribe for this earnest and cheap monthly.

J. Wm. Van Names, M. D., of Pembroke, Genc-

began to patter down in swift, glistening sheets,Just at that moment, wheii.-Kitty was about to

sink down in despair, convinced that she had lost her way in the tempest, a cheerful red light jstreamed through the stormy darkness. The! ....' ' U ' ......’ ....... Isound of a human voice■ struck- upon her ears, j Kee ^0,> Y., writes: Please announce to your

“Little girl! little ^rirl!” it said, “ what is the I readers that, in compliance with the urgent re- matler?” i quest of numerous patients, I return to the city of

‘ t’slhe fairies!” cried Kitty breathlessly j Xew/ York. M addre8H m lin ,an iocale a„ ollice But it was no fairy-palace that she saw, It was . .

a little log-cabin, built there beside the brook, in i Wlb b(; Station I). As soon as I can secure a the thick forest, where lived Indian Nita, the i proper'place and locate myself, I will inform you.basket-maker, and little Trudy, her child.

And the next moment, Kitty found herself seated by a bright lire of pine logs, with Trudy wiping the rain from her hair..and lace, for the little gingliain sun-bonne! had'somehow got lost in the general confusion.

“ Don’t cry,” said Trudy. “ You are lost, hut it’s dry and warm here. I’ll give you some of my

I stop on my way to New York at several places, where I have'calls to lecture.”

A recei'tjo.v was given to .Mrs. Nellie J. T. Brig­ham, in New York City, Saturday evening, May ■Jttlli, at the residence of Mr. Henry J. Newton. The rooms were well tilled with prominent Spirit-

supper, and’when it ships raining I will-show you j ualisls, among whom were Mrs. Mollis-Millings,the way home. Your are Kitty Corbin—I know you!”

At this, Kitty cried more bitterly than ever.“ Yes, Indian Trudy,” said she, “ I am Kitty

Corbin! I am the naughty little girl who. laughed at you yesterday, and called, you had names, and threw water over your poor little feet! Oh,Trudy, lam so sorry and so ashamed! You would serve me right if you put me out into the rain again. Oh, Trudy, will you please forgive me?”

“.Of course I will forgive you,” said Trudy; pttl-. ting her. cold hands. “And here conics Mother.: Nita with the milk, anti[ we’ll .have some supper. Do you like strawberries and milk?”

“ Yes, J like it,” said Kitty, looking'around in a

Tlios. Gules Forster,.). V. Mansfield, \V. Il.-Pow- ! ell, J. L. O’Sullivan, and many others. The time until-midnight was pleasantly occupied in ad-I dresses, literary exercises and refreshments,— I Voice oj A njdn.. ■ !

' Not a single physician lit all .'Europe, who had j readied forty years of ago ever adopted* Harvey’s f doctrine of the circulation of the blood.; tuid his j large practice was lessened very much by (lie oh- j loquy and opprobrium brought upon him liv his useful discovery. Is it. any w'ondpr, then, that,

. . . ... . , weak-kneed Spiritualists who wish to do things in |

f c p * “ *..... .1 « * « * * * - * •“ Never mind," said ehccrltil Trudy, llutter and foam when new ideas are advanced by

any one whodare speak the truth for truth’s I sake.

The press and-public of St,-Portia, Mm, are just i til, lliis tinie-gfeatly interdsled^viul somewhat ex­cited over the remarkable manifestations by slate writing and otherwise, o f Dr. Henry Slade and Mrs. .1. \Y. Kldridge. .Under.the severest tests, all ■ (ihser.viys liri! compelled-to-'admit that ■'everything j is done as claimed, without suspicion or chance j for any legerdemain. A Times reporter has exr amined (lie whole thing critically and at much j pains; he went it confirmed skeptic, hut came j away it full believer.— Voice of Amjeln.

Mu. J a.tins A. Buss, the prcsidenLof’ the-Medi­ums’ Camp-meeting Association, will he upon the ground during the-entire meeting and personally I direct iiil-tho work of the .association ; lie will lie |

fully-ashamed of myseff ?” ' |-assisted by the efficient-Board of Managers--of the“Ah, my dear,”- said-Grandma Corbin, - “.your j Co-operative- Association. Mr. Bliss was .active,

‘opportunity’ has come sooner than p tliougIit.it, tiu; organization of the first Spiritualists’ camp- \\oud. (lulihn ' meeting that evcMvent oulof.. Philadelphia;-and

EDITORIAL BRIEFS.Harry Bastian is delighting the spiritual pub-

I’ll give you more strawlierries. 1 picked'a lot to-day, and Mother Nita-will lend you a basket: to carry them. Home in.”Ub the two little girls tile their supper, side by

side, and when the summer shower -wits' fiver, -i Trudy went down the mountain-pathwith Kitty, until they came in sight of the Corbins’ -farm­house.-• •- .

“ Now, good-by I” said Trudy. “ I iiiiisl run . hack to help Mother-Nita..gather rushes for the baskets.”

Kit,tv looked wistfully at the Indian child.Trudy kissed and hugged -her right heartily.“And you’ll come to school on Monday? I’ll

keep a seat'for you close to me, and no one will dare laugh .at my friend.”

Trudy promised slits-would-come, and, what is more, she kept her promise when the time came.. Kitty ran home as fast as she could, and related

the story of her day’s adventure .“ Wasn’t she a dear, good little .Trudy, grand­

mamma?” said she. “And,Mil) I didn’t T feel aw-

he also aided in,setting on .foot the rump-meeting that was-held at Neshuiiiiny Falls last, year. We

I predict that the meeting under his managementwill lifv H MiimwM.

R ead “ Bliss’ Magnetized ■IManchetlo" adver-1 tisement on the 7th page. -I

Mrs. A nnie T. A nderson, of St. Louis, Mo,, lec­tured at the West End Opera House in Chicago on Sunday the fith insl.

lie in Lock port, N. Y.will lie a success,

Mu, F. 0..Matthews is now lying in the jail at i Wakefield, Eng!, where he was sentenee'd to three j months' hard labor as a rogue-and a vagabond for having eonscientioiisly, as lie had a right to |

, do under the laws of nature, practiced and oxer- ! Persons residing in the lower part ot the city, can | (,jiSU(| his gifts asa medium. Under (lie stupid law i

obtain Mind and Matter every Friday and j 0f GeorgcIV. he was convicted of using “subtle [ alter, tit Mr. Allred James’ residence 71G Wharton | nieans or devices by palmistry, or otherwise, to I direct, deceive or'impose on " Her Majesty's subjects.

Dr. J. .M. Pe eiii.es, dosed his engagement in Dr. Slade came near being caught in flic meshes Springfield, Mass., on Sunday, May :i()lh. He will ; of this saine unjust and tyrannical law. Men and , lecture during the -present month for the First ■ women who will put in motion such a law, or sit Association of Spiritualists of this city. idly by and not condemn it, have our pity and

A new and powerful slate-writing medium has indigmiliom been developed in New York City. Ilia mime is j At a special meeting of the Co-operative Asso- Alexander Phillips, and . the genuineness of his i..cialion of Spiritualists, held Thursday evening, claims, is vouched for by J. L, O’Sullivan and .1. ; .iune 10th, Mr, .Tames A. Bliss, was elected l’rcsi- Rodes Buchanan.— I uic< of Anyds. i dent of the. Association, in place of Mr. S. Wheeler

W. Harry Powi-:u,"the wonderi'ul shite writing I resigned. A newconstitutioiv avrs .Tdoptedpand medium, of Philadelphia, is meeting with grand r other vacancies among the olllces tilled. The success in Rochester, X. Y., being compelled to i meetings of the Association are-held every Sunday hold---twr and three seances a ’day. Mr. Powell afternoon, at L’ 10 South Fifth St. On Sunday will leave Rochester June tilth lor Buffalo, stop- i afternoon, June 27th, the Association will hold a ping at intermediate towns. - - conference meeting at the (Ireedmoor Grove; the

T he materializations at the private residence of regular meeting at No. 2-tn Soutli<f>Fifth StreetMr. A, L. Ilateli, in Astoria, Long Island, N, Y., continue in interest and instruction, and we hope, an account of them is being kept for future refer­ence and use. Thousands of interesting and iij- structiVc facts have been lost because no record has been kept of them.

will be discontinued oil this occasion. Boats-*! will leave Walnut Street wharf direct for the grounds. Tickets for the round trip 15 cents.

A Pious Deea it.ter.—John Grail’, Secretary and Superintendant of the Board of Managers of the Franklin Reformatory Home for Inebriates, sit-

was a prominent<$iember of St. Andrew’s P. E. Church. This is still another warning to”rfien in high places, not to give entire trust to any person,' simply-because they make long prayers and are exemplary Christians. It appears that Christian­ity is as impotent to restrain its votaries from dishonorable actions, as is any other formulated, or unformulated code of’moral conduct. r

A s o m e w h a t singular incident occurred on board the steamer Narragansett, which went down on Long Island Sound, off the coast gif Connecticut, about midnight on Friday the lltli instant. The Rev. E. B. Lockwood, pastor of the Ii8th street M.E . C h u r c h i n N e w Y o r k c i t y , w a s o n e o f t h e p a s ­

s e n g e r s , a n d w a s t a k e n f r o m t h e w a t e r , h u t d j e d

s o o n a f t e r w a r d s . H e s a t u p l a t e t h a t n i g h t i n h i s

s t a t e - r o o m r e a d i n g P a i n e ’s “ A g e o f R e a s o n , ” a n d

p e r h a p s h a d a p r e m o n i t i o n o f t h e f a t e o f t h e - v e s ­

s e l . O n t h e f l y l e a l o f t h e b o o k w a s f o u n d w r i t ­

t e n , “ I f I g o d o w n " w i t h t h i s b o a t . I d - n i g h t I s h o u l d

h e a s h a m e d t o h a v e t h i s h o o k f o u n d w i t h m e ,

w e r e i t n o t t h a t I L e a d i t t o r e f u t e i t s d o c t r i n e s . ”

N o w t h e q u e s t i o n n a t u r a l l y . i r i s e s i n o u r m i n d ,

D i d t h e o r t h o d o x G o d s e n d t h a t b o a t d o w n t h a t

d a r k , f o g g y n i g h t , c a u s i n g t h e d e a t h o f t h o s e p a s ­

s e n g e r s , s i m p l y b e c a u s e t h a t r e v e r e n d g e i i . t l e t n a n

w a s r e a d i n g P a i n e ’s “ A g e o f R e a s o n ? ” T h a t i s .

t h e C h r i s t i a n ’s l o g i c . w h e n a n y t h i n g h a p p e n s t o

L i b e r a l s .

T he Mediums Cainp Meeting, under the auspi­ces, of the Ci(-operative Association of Spiritualists is rapidly maturing with every evidence of a pleasurable and profitable time, letters of inquiry are daily coining in to Ihe-seerctury from all parts of tlit*, country, making arrangements for tents, hoard, Ac. Mr. R. M. Adams, of Vineland, N. J., has made arrangements fora party to spend the entire time. A similar arrangement by P. It. 0.A . Keeler, editor of the ('dcd'ud <'ihj, will bring a party from Brooklyn. Parties from Baltimore, Tennessee, North Pennsylvania, and many oilier places, have also signified, their intention to he , present. Mediums are coining from everywhere, ■and the-rostrum - will ]),e filled by (he best talent the country a fiords. Notable among our speakers ; are Mrs. Nellie 'Pease Fox,s of Rochester, Mrs., Ophelia Samuels, of St. Louis, Mo., Mrs,’Juliet Severance, M, l)„ of Wisconsin,-- Dr. R, (!. Flowers and Mrs. Katie B. Robinson, of Philadelphia, We expect the presence of .'the highly gifted and witty - speaker, Rev, J. 11. Il.arl.cr, to opeirthefirst week, uiiil the renowned inspirational tniisiciiin, ,Les8e Sheppard, will he-present during the entire ses­sion, "and give nightly seances, .this alone will warrant any one to be paid for the trouble and expense of coining. Every phase of niediuniship will be-manRested, and developing circles will he - held for the benefit ■ of those who need them. Tents PixLl feet can Lie secured for tilt! session, : for the extremely low price of S!);(ii); hoard■ $1.(10 ; per day and under. Cots and camp chairs will he for sail! upon the ground, at a low liirure, saving' the trouble.of carrying. The steamer Vanderbilt will leave the Walnut. Street wharf every hour, and trains from the Kensington depot, will slopat Tacony, j mile from the camp' ground, where stages will meet, each” train. Further details as to excursion trains,-Ac., will he given in a later n uni her of M i n d and Matter. Those desiring tents, Ac., should send in their orders early while desirable,space can lie given. James A. Bliss, President, E. S. Craig, M. I)., Secretary, 71B San- som Street, Philadelphia. -

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The Authenticity of the New Testament—Hand in Your Testimony.

Editor Miiul and Matter: .1 h a v e a m o n g m y t e x t L o o k s a c o p y o f a c l a s s i ­

c a l d i c t i o n a r y , b y ,1. L e m p r i e r e , I), i ) . ; c o r r e c t e d

a n d i m p r o v e d b v C h a r l e s A n t l i o n : G e o . L o n g , I V .B . G i l l y A C o . , N. Y., A . D . 1825. "

I n t h i s w o r k c r e d i t i s g i v e n , i n a l m o s t e v e r y i n ­

s t a n c e , t o s o m e p r e v i o u s l e x i c o g r a p h e r a s a u t h o r ­i t y . - B u t i n n o t i c i n g . I ’o t a i n o i i a n d h i s l a b o r s , t h e

f o l l o w i n g i s g i v e n w i t h o u t n o t e o r e o n u l i e n t :

“ P o l o m o n — a p h i l o s o p h e r u f A l e x a n d r i a , i n t h e

a g e o f A u g u s t u s . H e w r o t e s e v e r a l t r e a t i e s , a n d

( ■ u n f i l l e d h i m s e l f t o t h e d o c t r i n e o f n o p a r t i c u l a r s c i t t o f p h i l o s o p h e r s . "

T h i s b r i e f n o t i c e , g i v e n , a s i t i s , w i t h o u t n o t e o r

c o m m e n t , i s v e r y s u g g e s t i v e , t o s a y t h e l e a s t o f i t .

It , i s e v i d e n t t h a t t h e c o m p i l e r o f . t h e b o o k f e l l t h a t t h e w o r k w o u l d h e i n c o m p l e t e w i t h o u t s o m e

s l i g h t r e c o r d o f s o p r o m i n e n t a p h i l o s o p h e r a s P o t a m o n . S o m e t h i n g m u s t . ’h e s a i d t o p a c i f y t h e

a w a k e n i n g c u r i o s i t y o f t h e s t u d e n t , l e s t h e s h o u l d

l i e r a n s a c k i n g H i e a r c h i v e s o f a n t i q u i t y , a i i d p o s ­

s i b l y p l i g h t f i n d l i g h t a n t i k n o w l e i l g e " w h i c h ' t h e

D . - D . ’s w e r e d e t e r m i n e d t o s u p p r e s s . T h e y e v i ­

d e n t l y h a d n o i d e a t h a t I ’o t o n i o n w o u l d t u r n

u p o n e o f t h e s e d a y s o f m e n t a l s u n s h i n e t o e x p l o d e

- t h e i r s a n e t i n i o n i i i s a n d f r a u d u l e n t s c h e m e ; - ' w e r e —

g u i d e d b y t h e c o w a r d l y p r i n c i p a l w h i c h ' d i r e c t s

t h e b u l l e t a n d b l u d g e o n o f t h e h i g h w a y m a n a n d d e s p e r a d o , t h a t " d e a d m e n t e l l n o t a l e s , ” l i n t , ,

c o n t r a r y t o t h e i r g r o u n d l e s s b e l i e f s , P o l l u t i o n l i a s

a l r e a d y o p e n e d a r i c h m i n e o f h i s t o r i c a l w e a l t h ,

w h i c h I t r u s t i s t o h e s u b j e c t e d I n f u r t h e r e x p l o r ­

a t i o n s u n t i l t h i s g o l d e n t r e a s u r e o f t h e p a s t s h a l l ,

h e b r o u g h t t o t h e ■’k n o w l e d g e o f a l l w h o s e e k t o k n o w t h e t r u t h o f t h e - m a t t e r a m i f e e l ' c o m p e t e n t

t o j u d g e b e t w e e n t h e l i n e g o l d a n d iLs v i l e a n d

w o r t h l e s s c o u n t e r f e i t - .

S t . A l b a n s , V t . C i i a r i . e s T i i o m e s o x '.

T he spirit of tyranny add oppression against Tinted at Nos. fill, DIB, i)15 Locust street in this Spiritualism is not alone confined to the 1'nited ( city, has stolen and misappropriated nearly £5000 States. According to the Licld mehr Licht (Light of the funds belonging to the Home, since April more Light;, which were the last words of the great 1st, 1879. Mr. Grail is a very piotis young man, G(ethe,a bigotedUr. Iledler, of Hamburg, Gerniit-1 an active member of the Y. M. ('. A., a good ny,-called on the magistrates to take proceedings speaker, very genial and so,its is too often the against some Spiritualist schoolmasters. Alas! case, was trusted fully, and given entire charge of Low true Burns’ words are:' “ Man’s inhumanity 1 the'finances and management of the Home. He to man makes countless thousands mourn.” has borne an excellent reputation heretofore, ar.d

Orson Brooks, of Denver, Col., writes: Yourpaper becomes more and more interesting; your defense of genuine mediums is right, while the dubbing yon give that old beast, Jesuitism, is. to me, whatall priestcraft deserves; and that " New Religion,” attempted to be set up by Buchanan A Co., needs to be closely watched, 1 think, lest, un­der the garbof Christianity, it beclouds the glnries of progressive philosophy, like its namesake, an­other 2(IU() years! Go on, brother, you are doing well, and my feeble lielp-shall he yours. I am nearing the “nhining shore" (in my 72d year of e.-.rlli-life), hut to the last day and hour my voice shall be for truth and freedom I”

[JU N E 19, M . S. 33.] M I N D A N D M A T T E R .SPIRIT COMMUNICATIONS.

ALFRED JAM.ES, MEDIUM.

W illiam J ohn A rhuckle. - Good A fternoon S i r :—T wo .m onths'is all I

know of spmt-life. I leaned toward the Lutheran religion. I was only thirty-six years old at the time of passing to spirit-lile. I come here to give my evidence according to what I know.

jb e r s o f Parliament. W hen the civil,w ar broke ; out he took sides with the King, became Chancel- ; lor of the Exchequer and mem ber of the Privy 1 Council. In 1(544 he accompanied Prince Charles

(afterwards Charles II.), to the Isle of Jersey, ami lie remained there two years after his travelling companion hail left him to go to France. It was at that time that he conceived the plan of his liis- toril o f the (!rent Rebellion, lie also composed while he was in the Isle of Jersev the different writingsI have . . .

found neither pe. ce nor happiness as a spirit, he- -.that appeared in the name of the King in reply tocause flu id a natural desire to stay longer' here. In fact,jpy earthly desires*1 were not satisfied in the brief time that I existed here I have alt fac­tions that will hold me to this earth until I am

.joined by certain persons for whom I have an

the Manifestoes of Parliament. After the tragic death of Charles the First, Fdwar llyde was called to France by Prince Charles, and afterwards wits sent to Madrid to ascertain if there was any hope from the Spanish Government, l ie soon

on the Potomac and Chesapeake. I was a sharp ( fellow for trade, and so 1 follow that up vet. You ' may talk about your happiness away off, but I . would rather stick to what I know. T here may , be a mighty tine place away up high, but there is , too much lead on my spirit, for to climb and so j I ’ll make the best of it where I am.- Them that want any more happiness, just let them hunt it ti]i, say I. There are plenty of envies on (lie lower Potomac, who knew me well enough so you can just put my handle to this. 1 pegged mu on the 4th of March 1841. Sn,as Wkstcott.

. Alexandria, Old Yu.

ailinity. The religion of the spirit-life., as far as.I returned to Paris, charged with attempting are--.can comprehend it is broad and liberal, and is confined to no dogma, creed or ism. I have been obliged’to inquire into this subject thoroughly as a spirit. In my mortal ife cared very little for church or church rcligidn. It is only to let those connected with me know that I can and will come back every chance I can get,, until I have had enough of this earth ’s attractions.' My spirit is of

conciliation between the Queen-Mother and the Duke of York, l ie quitted Paris for Lit Il.'iye, w here Charles II. named him, in Him, Grand Chancellor of England. Auer the death of Crom­well, Edward llyde contributed more than any o ther to the happy issue of the negotiations which restored the throne to the Prince, lie gave the greatest proofs of intelligence and probity in un-

the earth on account of being deprived of reaching 1 ravelling tlfe chaos of affairs, the natural result of the experience of a full mortal life .'T here is hap- ' such terrible convulsions, and hejidded to liis po-piness for me here that must be fulfilled before. I can enjoy the spirit-life. I think 1 see this com-

and I th ink it.will open their eyes to what I mean. My name was W illiam J ohn A hiiuckle.

Christiana, Lancaster Co., Pa.

Sarah ■ Grieve.“ S ir :—This communication is for the benefit of

one who was closely connected with me in this mortal life. I cannot rest, while there is unhap­piness ip what were my mortal surroundings.There is o.ne great and beautiful law of an All­wise Providence, and that is that, we shall all be reunited, and have t hat love and happiness in the spirit, which we wei'e deprived of on earth by death. There is nothing in any religion that can keep us from the enjoym ent o1' a family reunion in the spirit-life. Wrong beliefs and ideas of the Great. Supreme, has nothing to do with your final judgment. The end will be reached through the correctness of your actions, both as a mortal and a spirit. Mv return is to show to all my relatives and friends, that whatever their belief, they will be happy finally if they have only fried to act ' that depraved Court disgusied with public affairs.

litical renown by opposing the project of procur­ing. for the King a revenue' independent of the votes of Parliament and evading the greed of the royalists. Nevertheless, tha ardour with which he continued to criticise Presbyterianism made him unpopular. In KitiO Edward Hyde became Chancellor of tlfe U niversity 'of Oxford. In Ifiill he was admitted to the peerage and obtained (lie title of Viscount of Cornbiiry and Earl of Claren­don. But by opposing the views of Parliament, who wished to accord liberty of conscience and by favoring the intolerance of the Church the Chancellor drew upon him self the hatred of all the dissenters. : He also displeased the King, who, seeing in t hese measures of showing himself favor­able to flu1 Catholics. Then he daily lost his in ­fluence over the mind of Charles II.; less anxious In have near him a skillful -m inister than tn'sur- round himself with men who served -liis prodigal­ity. Charles 11. withdrew his favors from Claren­don ; and the latter the butt of (lie continual rail­leries'of the favorite Buckingham and responsible in the eyes of the people-for all the faults of the administration, withdrew more and more from

rightly. This mmnlunieation is’ l'or the 'benefit of .John Grieve, Fair Street, Trenton, from-his wife Sarah Grieve.

.: C,nun's-|A Homan Courtier).:: “ 1 wisl/.you happiness my friend, Tlm evils of

a mortal life exist long, long, after death. They are the burthen of Atlas upon your shoulders that weighs you down, down, into the slough of de­spondency. The. vileness of my mortal life con­sisted of my inordinate selfishness, Sensual gratifications were all I .was capable of enjoying. Morally .1 was a tlafferer, and born to fawn at. the foot of those1 in power.'. It lias beep, well said Ural, those, who sow the wind will reap the whirlwind. But, (in being examined both by self examination and by spirits over here, 1 find I am forgiven on the ground that I was naturally constituted a sen­sualist, and hence it, was impossible for me to do a kind act unless it forwarded my own gratifica­tion. I eomo.Jiere to-day to tell I lie truth in order, th a t ..mflmrs "may take warning and avoid the sulfei'ings 1 have, had to endure as a spirit. No courtier ever pandered to the.sensual wishes of a tyrant wlm was more subservient than myself, and no spirit .ever sulfered more, spiritual dam na­tion fhroughso many, centuries of spirit-lile. Brief iit^.eil WMCtmny pleasures compared with what I havb^snll'ereil since. To all thoughtless mortals who are enjoying sensual pleasure here 1 would say: p ause 'and -reflec t; or your spiritual sufi'er-

U last, his-slight success in tliew arw ith Holland, the sale of Dunkirk to .Louis X IY. ( llifi:'), and o ther circumstances amused d iscontent; ami the humor of Urn King changing into hatred when lie saw that his plan of separating from .his wife and ■replacingher by the belle lady Stewart, had been counteracted by Lord. Clarendon,, wlm 'wished Ur. m arry her to the Duke of Richmond. The -mon­arch deprived him of all em ploym ent; he was'iit-■ taintedbl' high'f lwdisbffi a t ul CHn r ein’l m 11 >n 1 y esira ]hy(1 death by exiling -himself from Ills country. .Mean­tim e be, sent' his justification to 'th e 'ilouse o f Lords; but the t wo chambers decreed it .should be burned by the hand of the executioner, and the barlisimio.iifoI'Tke Jikuil was-ulsm)iroiionneed. T h e . haired of flu' people followed him to Krnnee where lie was badly treated by the English sailors and dangerously wounded. For six years he lived a l­ternately at. Montpelier, at, Moulius and at Rouen. Transferred, to England, l.iis remains were a f a later period deposited in W estminster Abbey."

| Read that communication in the light of the earl lily career- of fiie great and: pat riotic Clarendon ami doubt if you can its genuineness.? To say t hat the medium is capable of such natural expression of llit' mental tendencies of tlit* spirit of a mu.ti of whom lie never heard, is absurd. It is not only ii genuine spirit, cominunicalion, but a most instruc­tive one.—Em I ■

ings will bt^such that the torments of hell will be mild in comparison. Willi this warning to all I will leave. My name was rad iu s , I was courtier of Nero’s Court at Rome .

T hojias W ii.son (Dean of Durham).'Phis is wonderful, l.n tlm name of God.! why

should 1 be summoned again to this mortal life,.to bear witness to this fact that 1 lied about the. truth?

. . . .. . , I knew, yes, well knew, that the statem ents| Ihei'e is no historical mention ol such a per- | [ siimlay after Sunday were not true. By

son.—En.J j translation from the-Greek,-.Latin and Arabic his-■ I torians, which I made myself, I knew t l ia t l l io

-Edward H yde (E a r lo f Clarendon). .• ■ | Jesus of- Nazareth was a myth and never had a Goon AmaiNooN,Sin:—Knowledge is the origin > mortal history. A el 1, daily, in my m inistry,

of all true power, and he who drinks deepest of! poiuh'd people to the atoning blood of this-m an. this fountain is a benefactor to him self and lm* I l’\>r 1-1 !'M l 11111 so scourged by an avenging con- inanity. Riches gives power, hut, knowledge gives j science, that, I seek Ibis place to-day to make what eternal enjoyment, l’hilosophy and science are i reparation le a n therefor. .According to my readthe true saviours of mankind. Religions and creeds are and have been the curse of all genera- tiuiiK. L ight,can only he obtained hv conditions and the man or woman who wishes to progress must first prepare their minds to receive at I truth, All human beings are judges unto themselves. They must consider with clear mind and unbiased 'judgment everything submitted to tJrnjr reason, and analyze it closely in order to live a life that: future ages can point hack lo'nnd sayTHje lived not in vain.” Do not he governed by any written moral code, lint.’make vour lives and actions com­port with reason riglilfully exercised. In .that course will consist the impress you will make on the- growth pf hum anity and it will never die. Morality is an adjustment of life to comport with human experience. Experience must be your guide' in everything, both as a mortal and spirit. That experience that covers the widest, range of intelligence and judgment, is that w hich is best calculated to make one, Nature’s noblemen here, and an exalted spirit, hereafter. W hen I was on earth rich men had -many Hatterers—wise men had few followers. All the people labored for was the-gratification of their mortal wants.— I-iun glad- thcre has been progression. T am glad that every­thing is advancing. I f moral deformity is ns pre­valent to-day as it was when I lived on earth, still it is obliged to hide itself before the advance of public opinion. The purer public, opinion may be, the sooner the nation will be regenerated. W ith the most ardeiit hope that spiritual inter

mg, .Jesus was an outgrowth from Platonism, Eclecticism and the* doctrines of the Magi of the

; East. Especially is this Hie case with the-four (iospels, the real origin of which will lie found in

i an Egyptian hook which is extant, hut kept out of sight, by the priesthood. I t is known ns the doe;

■ triiics of Tlmron of Alexandia, a magician of the tim e of Ptolemy. Motor. There are at least five volumes of this hook in existence, 1ml no church

' dignitary nor priest will w e r let them he seen if i they can help it. But there is a bright hand of i spirits in the after-life that will vet bring, this ; hook to light, and it will settle forever the ques- j lion of the origin of the four Gospels,’ To deceive j is easier than to he forgiven for acting the pari.of ; the deceiver; because this is an incubus .that will■ hear you down when you. try to rise towards i higher planes of happiness in spiriElife. I would

Warn all these teachers of religion to beware of a fate like that which I have experienced, It, is to save them from being-miserable; in the hereafter, th a t I now warn them. If they heed it not they cannot say I did not do my duty. I was know'll When here as Thomas: W ilson, Dean of Durham, 15SlL-_

[We have not, been able to find any historical reference to such a clergyman. Will lie glad to lie informed regarding him .—En.]

S ilas W estoott. , '.’Goon Day S ir :—Well friend I was a hard case

when I was here, I don’t know tint, I am any

tals will help them by giving them the ditions to enable them to accomplish the enlight enm ent of earth ’s people, is my most earnest hope.

You will sign me, E dward H yde,Earl of Clarendon.

course may be cultivated so that all the wise spir- 1 worse over here than these other fellows that have its of the past may be enabled to throw all possible j been here to-day. The trouble with all of them is spiritual light upon this planet, and tha t you mor- j th a t they’ve been a pack of hypocrites When here, tals will help them by giving them the best con- T here is where the shoe pinches, I was one of

the old regular sort. If I d idn’t like any one, I would give them a cursing and then turned in and helped them . If there was any one thing I did not like, it was a lazy man.

[W e take the following account of Earl Claren- Do you know how yoii can tell w hether there is don from the Nouvelle Bwqraphie Generali’.—E d.] ; anything in a man ? I ’ll tell you. W hen you see

‘‘ Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon, an English ■ a man dressed up and with his hoots blacked, he statesman, horn at Dinton, in W iltshire, February | is one of the go-a-heads, but when you see his IGth Hi08 died at Rouen, December till), 1074. He j shoes are down at heel and his elbows out, lie is commenced his studies in his th irtie th year, at slow. He can’t earn a dollar a day. Well you see the University of Oxford. H e afterwards studied it is a m atter of th irty-nine years since I cut out, law under the direction of his uncle, Nicholas i and I ’ll tell you w hat kind of a spirit I am. I am H yde Presiding Judge of the King’s Bench j neither a saint nor a sinner. I am indifferently Court! By his great talents he soon gained under good. I th ink th a t will express it. Do yon know Charles the F irst the confidence of all the mem-1 where I spend my tim e? I used to run a schooner

J ulius Eroxtixus (A Roman).11 My F iiinxn:—I was born of wealthy parents. I

had all that 1 wished for, hut instead of it making me vicious or sensual, I-was’devoted to literary pursuits. 1 gathered together some of the most valuable books, statuary and artistie produetioqs of my time, and 1 considered myself somewhat of an authority on the subject of the religions of my day. I lived about 87 and 07, A. 1). That was the time when I was best known. I have no evidence whatever'to furnish you that such a man or man-god as Jesus ever lived. 1 know that the three letters 1. II. S, were engraved at the foot of the statue of Saturn, at Rome, at that time. We understood them to refer to the Greek god-Bac­chus, hut changed to our god Saturn, and it re la­ted to the supposed sufferings of those Gods, when they were in mortal forms. 1 now know, as a spirit that most of the Grecian and Roman gods were taken from some real person, hut afterwards by the pries(ly classes, they were said to have been horn of virgins. They were simply men who d.id some good'in war, peace or in Ihe Semite, for (lie-benefit of-their.country . According to my earthly.--readings and my spirit knowledge, all llcsli is horn under the same conditions. There can he no deviation, from nature’s laws. The per­son wlm claims otherwise is a fool o ra knave. I do not suppose that at any lime in Roman history there was so much proselyting going on as'-uiulor the reign of the Emperor Trojan. In Tael the successful wars of Ihe Romans-had brought to­gether people of all nations. I do not th ink there is a doctrine- taught to-day, lluPt you could not have'-.'found followers of it in that day at Rome.- It was, indeed, a .perfect- religious Babel. Such confusion prevailed licit people did not know from day to day what they believed. Such was the slate of :t Hairs that’ when we saluted each other on the street, we used to ask, “ What do you,think b n hid to-day?” In tracing those things as a spirit, 1 think tied all your, popular religions sprung up or got a new impulse about that time. This confusion gradually took one) direction, and that towards .('hristiuiiity, it .lias nearly run its length; and on ■■account o f th e weakness of its historical cv-ideuces-tii-usl.be eventually old item-; ted. Those wlm help ty Firing it to an pil'd will be the benefactors of their race. My house was open to artists fuel the learned in all departm ents of knowledge. 1 also spent some time at ‘Florence.. Sigii me, ■ . Jui.U's F iiontunus.

|_W-e-translate the following sketch ol'.Erontipus. from the I l io t im ph ie J ’n ieem l le .— E d.]

“ Sextus Julius Front inns,- was horn of a piitri- dun family and nourished from the lime of Ves­pasian. Tacitus -mentions him as I’n e to ro f the city, in the year S'.!:l of Rome, (A. D.70.) lie was three times. Guiisul, commanded Ihe Roman ar­mies, in capacity of pro consul, in the-.expedition.’ to Greal Brilaiu, in Ihe year Slid, (A, D. lliii.i There remain to us only three of his w orks, 1st His lour hooks on S trategy; 'Jd. I>e lupw ilnelibns ttrhir lloinie. Fronlinus composed this work when he was charged, with the oversight -o f the water supplies of Rome. .It contains several laws'll* decrees of the. Senate on that subject that are very curious; and I ml for (lie light it furnishes, a great part of Roman antiquities would lie yet in obscu­rity ; tkl. The treatise De ipnilHule- tujronnn, is at­tributed to him, Imt has come down to us in ter­preted. Besides it is a-production of the old age of ihe author who died without having finished it.. | \Ve gather ihe following additional/facts ron- Ceriiiiig. Frontimis from the /'.'im/o/iirdm Ilrilnn- 10Y11.--E 1). |

“ Se'xtus Julius Erontiiiiis, a Roman soldieiyaml the author of some iulcresling-works, was horn of a-patrician family at Rome a b o u t-10 A. D. Noth­ing is known of his early life or history until we find him acting as RraTor U rbam is under Vespa­sian in 70, nil ollice from which lie soon retired to make way for Domitinn. Five years later he was sent into Britain to succeed l ’etilius (,’erealis as governor of that island, U nsubdued the Silurcs and held the other native tribes in cheek till 78, when he was succeeded by Agrieola:, In 97 he was appointed Curator Aqtmnim at Rome, an ollice which was nev er’ conferred' except upon persons of very high standing.. He was also a member of the College of Augurs, retaining Ihe dignity till his death, wliieh appears to have hap­pened about Kill. The latter years of his life were spent in studious retirement- on the shores of the Campania.” '

j And this is all that is known of (lie man whose spirit comes hack to earth after nearly eighteen hundred years, and slides fuels concerning his earth-life that up to the present time lias remained unknown, His. taste fo r-literature and architec­ture, which he expressed in his communication, is fully horn out by Ihe fact, tha t until his 3(1111- year mulling is known of his occupations. At ihe age of th irty lie was appointed to (lie respon­sible d ilie e o f l’ra'tor Urbamis, or Prietor of Rome. This constituted him the chief magistrate for the adm inistration of justice, That one so young should have-been-chosen to so important nil ollice sliows that he must have already become ouite distinguished for his talents and learning, There cannot lie a doubt that Fronlinus, when not in the discharge of his duties of public otlice, was en­gaged, as he says, in literary pursuits, for which he especially states, he acquired an overruling taste at an age when men in his time rioted in sensual indulgences'. But the most pregnant fact of all is, that in liis literary investigations',-rang- ing from A. IJ. GO tO'lOli, lie found no historical trace of such a man or man-god us Jesus. Had there been such a trace, how could the learned Frontinus have failed to have discovered it? He states that in the reign of Trajan, wliieh began in A, D. 98, that the work of proselyting was espe­cially active, and that people of every faith were assembled at Rome, nt winch time lie sa y s : “ I do not think there is a doctrine taught to-day, that you could not have found followers of it, at that day, in Rome.” The doctrine now taught as Christian must then have been taught as Itomaii, Grecian, Egyptian, Syrian or Braliminical theol­ogy ; the name Christian having been attached to them after that time. W hy will sensible people insist on claiming a personal history for Jesus

Christ without tv particle of authentic evidence of that fact and in the face of so much contemporary evidence that no such person ever lived?

We cannot close without noticing anothernnost curious and strongly confirmatory feature of th a t communication when viewed in the light of the historical Ifacts above set forth. In his rem ark : “ It was indeed a perfect religious Bable. Such confusion prevailed tlu t people did not know, from day to day, wlnit they believed. Such was the state of affairs, that when we saluted -each other on the street we used to ask, ' What do you think of God to-day ?’ In tracing those tilings as a spirit, I think liiat all your popular religions sprung up, or got a new impulse about that time. This confusion gradually took one direction and that towards Christianity.” There can be little doubt that it was not until after the first century that any religion called or recognized as haying relations to the life and actions of a man called Jesus Christ had any existence. Fronlinus tells us that his investigations and studies were such as justified him in considering himself somewhat of an authority on the subject of the religions of his day. lie was during the latter part of his life a member of the College of Augurs, and was be­yond question acquainted with the secret know­ledge bf spirit communion. Some one has said that it was impossible for two Roman augurs to meet and look each other in the face without .laughing. The expression used by Front inns in li,is communication, “ What do you think of God to-day ?” would seem to confirm the conscious de­ceptions of the Roman augurs. Take the commu­nication, in all its bearings and it is a'most re­markable one.— En.] .

Spiritualism Subserving Ecclesiasticism.I’ll I I.A IIEI.I 'II I.A, June 10, 18811,

T o ih e K i U l o r o f M i n d w n d M u l l e r :

I t is doubtless a fact that there isa wing of Spir­itualists with a church god and saviors, a church skeptic and ensign, and a contemplation of in­stalled pulpii kings. On Sunday, the Gth inst., 1 attended tlit' meeting of the Eirsi Spiritualist As­sociation of I’hihidolphin, in the hall it usually oc­cupies at 8|(i Spring Garden street. Mr. I Veldes preached, his text was, " lie tha t belicvclh and is baptized shall he saved, he that- bolievcth not shall be damned." Into his expressions on belief he wove some line spiritual farts, and thought the real baptism was that of the holy spirit, but spoke afferlionatoly of Hint by water, even immersion, in wliieh lie -had ollieiated. lie spoke with fervor on conserving the good in old institution,sAyhile ■reaching up for fresh supplies, but uttered no •.-word of caution, on giving intlueneeaiHl .power to tyrannic intolerance and ecclesiastical despotism , : nor on the duly to so guide received truth that it shall iiyonu ile priigress, IVeedoni of conscience and speech, and justice' in-codes, creeds' and commerce: ~ evidently intending to show he antagonized m> sect custom .or policy, He gave what lie thought-evidence that the Jesus that the elnireh deities was a veritable character and received the baptism of the holy glmsl. Said he needed a God fo rely on, as the eahin-boy in the- storm -needed— for his rest to know his father, the captain, was at thebelm . Said Spiritualism was a good name, he would be pleased to have its truths known, by tha t name, nevertheless, God’s will be done: it was permeating eluirelies, and it was well for him to go and bear Talinage? Bellows, etc. The(discourse ... throughout .was Mich as, if heard by. zeubms' churchmen,"would;cause tiieni (o say, if Spiriluiil- ism will work for ns to this extent, .We will caress it as a faithful servant.

At the close, J. M. Spear, who thirty years since* rebelled, like Mr. I’echlos, Davis ami others, who now seem to prefer captivity to resistance, came Ibnvurd and warmly eulogized' the discourse; ap­pealed to theXjH'oplo for the building of*n new temple to asse'.iiliRnil; then for (lie installing of Mr. l’eehles in it, as father and shepherd, to dis­tribute knowledge gathered in trav e ls ; and tlms

cherished he could write it in a hook Tor those not favored with hearing it. ,

I looked around the audience..-to learn lmw it ' reeeiv'ed the ideas o f conserving the authorities and'Customs of. inquisitorial churches, .and of -per­petuating pulpit kings. As liir as I could.observe,- faces wore the expression of satisfied acquiescence: Two days later I saw the programme of exercises for the congregation where A. J. Davis is pastor, and probably seer; and, judging by the-strictly- theologie leal tires, and Mr, D.’s recent views, llmt society may also he accepted'by the church as an auxiliary.

Well, if the departed Jesuits, with those still" incarnate, are able to thus acton some of those wlm lmVe proof of communion with deearim tod' spirits who see that human beings beeomiiig.spirif angels, have in all ages given the oracles attributed

i to the Gods, and by thus acting, inlluenee them through love of praise, and of temporary ease, to yield their power to the tyrannous and ilehasing; ihen, llmse who have dim growth and poise to scorn threats, bribes and llalteries, and work against selfish, insidioiis and intriguing seels, have the moreeH'orts and sacrifices to make in resisting the enemies of truth , strengthened by forces be­guiled from tlm ranks of liberty. Then, all the diuintlesH'fi'ieiids of Spiritualism, Materialism and Free-thought, outgrowing churches, and those! never accepting them, friends of equal rights and institutions to protect them, should u n ite 'in linn eo-'operalion to labor for their general liber­ties. Doing Ibis wisely, aided by (lie wise in all spheres, they will succeed and bequeath -their, miiieveiiienis, as philanthropists have ever done, to those who opposed and stigmatized them while they wrought, amid blows of brothers and showers of gall. Though the vuiii and c rav en 's tr iv e to create prejudice and smite with vicious laws, their

c ra ft and its penally will rebound till they fall by their own weapons; and, as we cannot save them now, we cannot, resuscitate them then. The Na­tional Liberal Leagues are the nucleus of T ru th ’s ' gathering phalanx ; their platform the field of principle, inviting the brave and the pure, too, from all elans despite obscene scares. Soon ns woman can be aroused from tlm lethargy of deathly customs and called to co-act on the liberal side, her vital inspiration will enthuse the requi­site energy, and right will trium ph.

Faithfully, Mary.E. Tiu .otson.

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DOGMATICAL NONSENSE.In the Beligio Philosophical Journal of last week,

appeared an article from the pen of Wm. Emmctte- Coleman, entitled “ Spirit M aterialization versus Mediumistie Transformation.” We h av e read it, to try and discover in it some useful or tVulli-

, ful statement, but with the most indifferent suc­cess. Mr. Coleman claims to be one of a compar­atively limited .number of persons that lie desig- ignales, Spiritualists with practical judgm ent and sterling good sense. All who do not follow the, lead and dictation of Mr. ('., he assumes to condemn. That condemnation is no very serious m atter, to h e sure; but as his dogmatic vaporings may serve to point a moral,-we will give him such attention as will sullice for that purpose.

We absolutely refuse to" iHsu 1 t__our readers by publishing any of his wholesale slanders of Spirit­ualists and spiritual mediums, and shall coniine our criticism to the points which Mr. Coleman at- temps to make against ourself. It is true, Mr. Coleman has forfeited all claim to notice from us by grossly and wilfully misstating our position; but that we will overlook, in order to m eet a manifest plan of opposition, to die publication of' facts which are of the most vital importance to m ankind. It will be.remembered,, by all who have followed the editorial course w.e have pur-

■ sued, that ’we have sought to fortify every posi­tion we have taken on the subject of Spiritualism by facts truthfully presented. We shall continue to pursue, that ■■course in meeting the warfare ■which Mr. Coleman has initiated, in the following portion of his article, lie says:

"Tbc whole theory .of Jesuit spirits, evil spirits, .obsession,

we know, human spirits, acting under and gov- "erned by the same law th a t attaches to all-spirits. They are no more “ evil spirits ” than are other spirits, and we insist th a t no hum an spirits are essentially evil. I f inclined to evil actions, the evil does not attach to them, but to th e ir acts. We know that the facts.of M odern Spiritualism teach nothing more positively and absolutely, than that there is no truth in tlui Christian fallacies of inate human depravity, and diabolical spirit beings. All human spirits are of essentially the same nature and none can be designated “ evil sp ir its” with any propriety.-whatever. We may speak of bigo­ted spirits, selfish spirits, untru thfu l, spirits, vi­cious spirits, deceiving spirits, hostile spirits, etc., with the same propriety th a t we speak of bigoted, ‘selfish, untruthful, vicious, .deceiving or hostile

M I N D A N D M A T T E R . [JU N E 19, M .S .33.]

U nder th a t delusion'M iss Leys has been held away from the grand work she was doing, for the long space of more than five years, w ithout so much as the first indication that she will ever be­come a medium for spirit materialization. To­day, Miss Leys is made to believe that persever­ance will yet accomplish the great object for which she has offered herself a willing Sacrifice; ar.d no­thing can induce her to rebel against the control of her spirit deceivers and betrayers. How much longer this control of her will continue remains to be seen. .The probability is that it will be m ain­tained until by impaired health or mental powers she can be no longer of any use as a medium to the spirit friends who once so grandly and use­fully controlled her.

Space will not allow of the citation of the many mortals. But there is no propriety in speaking of i marked cases of spirit obsession that could he ad­mit mortals and therefore none in speaking of duced to dem onstrate the folly and inexcusable

evil spirits." ignorance which Mr. Coleman displays in ignoringFyr Mr. Coleman to deny the amply demon- a fact of most common occurrence. I t is true that

strated fact of spirit obsession is folly in the ex- we have only cited extrem e cases in which the treme, in view of the volumes of facts which have i result of spirit obsession is manifest., but we doubt been published, all clearly proving th a t medium- \ wlfother .there is a family in the land who have

ualist who would ignore it, in his pursuit of spir­itual tru th , is, to say the least, a fool. -We would he glad to th ink tha t folly was the worst failing of Mr. Coleman, when he makes such loud and em ­phatic averm ents of being a Spiritualist; we are, however, compelled to conclude that Mr. Coleman is more a hypocrite than a fool in his persistent efforts to ignore and conceal the facts on w hich Spiritualism rests.. W hen lie has learned to speak, even in a slight degree, the tru th concerning Spir­itualists, spiritual mediums and spiritual phenom ­ena, he will have presented the first trace of evi­dence of his honesty and sincerity in professing to be a ’Spiritualist. I f Spiritualism had not put an end to all diabolism, it would not be unnatural to conclude that Mr. Coleman was the possessed vic-

. tim o fth e “Father of, Lies." ■ T hat he is the victim : of most untruthful spirit influences; is certain, or ' lie would not devote so much- tim e to falsehood

and the misrepresentations of others.' William Einmette Coleman is. no m ore a Spiritualist than

; are the members of' th e Young Men's Christian , Association, the members of the Roman Catholic

propaganda; or l)r. Henry T. Child, Col. John C.islie persons have been so subjected to the control , not had some evidence of the fact of spirit obses- ; Bundy, Alt'. S. Hutchinson, or any other enemy or o f 'sp ir its as to render their lives m iserable to ' sion, within its experiences. It is not a tiling of i-slaml^'er-of Spiritualism, Spiritualists, and spir- themsejves and intolerably-distressing to their i uncommon occurrence, but one tha t prevails lo an ! itual mediums.friends. We will only .m ention two cases of \ extent that none but an unprejudiced and clear-I W henever you hear a person prating about the

iimVall Die oilier i i I ihncs ofthis dialiolism aounlit l o lie fas­tened upon Spiritualism,'is a hu«i- fallacy, a delusion, de­void of Die least foundation in realily; and it is a marvel to nie hotv any Dunking person capable of calm, considerate reflection, can have fallen a victim to ayy sueli absurd delu­sion. Inno asserting let me say, T u r n I m e h e d b y m i n e o f th e

wisest (t in t b est t e a c h in g s e v e r g iv e n f it th n th e s g i r i t - w u r l d . I V ise a n d g i f t e d s p i r i t s i n t h e h ig h e r c i r c l e s o f th e s i d r i l - i v o r l d , c u m - m u n i c u l i n g t v i lh m e n , t o h t l ig d a n g a n d r e p u d i a t e th e c u r r e n t c o n r e j i l in n o f d e m o n i a c in f e s t a t io n , a n d t h e i n j l i u ■ o f ' d e v i l s '\ d a m n e i l1 let lo o se o n e a r t h f r o m th e s p i r i t - w o r l d to t o r t u r e , ! t e m p t a n d in c it e d e f e n s e le s s m o r t a ls to a c ts o f c r i m i n a l i t y a n d v je e , Sueb doctrines may well be called diabolism j-ather than Spiritualism; and as a Spiritualist, one proud of Die name in its true signilicalion, I utterly repudiate sueli crude, Hupcrlicial and pernicious doctrines; mid in so doing, 1 merely cello Die teachings of soine.of our best mediums and seers.''

There cannot ho a doubt, that Mr. Coleman in 'th a t rare specimen of dogmatic negation of posi­tive facts, has aimed to conceal some of the

m arked spirit obsession which will suffice to show ! th e absurdity of Mr. Coleman’s dogmatic denial of i th a t spiritual fact. The first case was that of j Lurancy Yefmrn, “ the W atseka wonder.” Here i we have an instance of the control of a mediumistie ; girl, who became.so possessed and controlled by> ■the ignorant spirit.'of an old woman as to be, pro- | nounced hopelessly, alllicted w ith what, were re­garded as epileptic attacks. An experienced ob- !- server of spirit control of mediums (l)r..-Stevens,. I if we remember correctly), having seen the pa- , tient, detected the fact th a t her allliction was that o f-sp irit obsession, and tha t too tled -a cure of her j malady it would be necessary to break the power

i of the obsessing spirit. This wijs found to be no ! easy m atter, and was only finally effected’ by the j

intervention of co-operative spirit effort. The ! .sp ir i t of Mary Roll', who had many years before i i been subject to a similar calamity, and only ob- i. tained relief'when her spirit left its mortal , tene­

m ent for spirit life, was perm itted 4o take posses­sion of Lurancy Yemim’s poor, persecuted and possessed physical organisin', and to -hold it for several months, until .the obsessing power of her sp irit torm entor - was completely b ro k en ; when the spirit of Lurancy Vcnum was perinitted’again to re tu rn to its old,])hysiearhabitation and to oc­cupy it, no longer molested by the poor ignorant sp irit th a t bad caused its natural occupant so much m isery. We have, it is true, in th is in-, stance, a most unusual ease of spirit possession of a physical organism n o t its own, Usually suclr possession is H ot persistent longer than hours or;

headed observer can realize. - | impurity of Spiritualism and the necessity thereMr. Coleman speaks of spirit obsession as a phase j for its purification, before decent or sensible

of diabolism. Dialiolism was ended when th e ] people can give it countenance, rest assured that light of Modern Spiritualism dawned upon the “that person is a hypocritical and most dangerous world. The Devil and his legions were a played enemy of tru th , as it is made manifest.in the facts out institution. , The moment it became known ! of Modern .Spiritualism. Spiritualism is pure, and tha t human spirits had im existence, that they I it cannot be made imnnre bv-anything that mortal, could and did return, or tha t they remained upon. Cor spirit can'do. It,Is but the highest inanifcsta- tho earth to influence, unseen, tlie actions of man- ; tion of natural law known to mortals, and can in k in d ; every incongruity in the actioy of in'ortal.s no way be corrupted or perverted by the selfish could be accounted for without demoniac agency, and irrational actions of human beings.

D ays'at a time; but-"here we had an instance, of such absolute possession for mouths. Tim facts of th is case are as thoroughly attested by human evidence as any facts could be, and limy prove tha t what Win. Einmette Coleman dogmatically sneers at and denies, is not only a possible natural occurrence, but a positive fact. W hat does the denial of any man amount, to in the face of fads? Nothing—absolutely nothing.

Again, we will cite another case o f sp irit ob­session of so marked a chai'acter that'none but a fool would deny the occurrence of such'a perfectly

the iu- eys, will

m o st important teachings of Modern Spiritualism, j natural fact. Who that has ever .heart'In order to make his point, he finds himself under | spirational utterances of Miss Jennie I the necessity of confounding the most widely ! have forgotten the wonderful evidence of spirit different theories; concerning spiritualjacts. We )• influence which distinguished that rem arkably assert without fear of contradiction that the fads gifted woman and her public labors? Miss Leys

and the Devil and his imps of darkness were dis­pelled forever by the light of sp iritual-truth .

But -what does Mr. Coleman mean when he says “ this diabolism sought lo be fastened upon Spir­itualism?” Is th is not idiotic.nonsense? How can that which has no existence be fastened upon anything?. We would like this dogmatical wise­acre to attem pt to explain the wisdom of that.fal­lacy; .Mr. Coleman says “ this diabolism is a,huge fallacy, a delusion devoid of the least foundation in reality.” Will he explain, how anything so non-real can be attached to 'Spiritualism , or can ip way whatever have any relation to it? The thing tha t concerns Spiritualism is not “diabolism,” but obsession-by hum an spirits, a clearly ascertained fact. In .connection; with the subject of Spiritual-' ism there is nothing thal. it is more im portant to understand and counteract' than tills long un­known.misapplication of spirit power. There is not a m edium istie person who has not, sull’ered more, or less from it, and if, would be hard to say who are and who are not mediiiniislie persons, so general is the influence exerted u])on mortals by ! disembodied human, spirits.

But we now come to a portion of Mr. Coleman’s I article (hat we insist upon his explaining. We l allude to his assertion that he “ is backed by some : of the wisest,and bestteachingsof thospirit-w orld.”: W hat proof does Mr. Coleman give to show that ! he speaks tru thfu lly? It is simply the following i assertion ; “ Wise and gifted spirits in the higher ] circles of tin; spirit-world, communicating - with

men, totally deny and repudiate tlie current, coir-.'| ception of demoniac infestation and the influx o f

‘devils dam ned’ let loose on earth from tlie spirit- world' to. torture, tempt and incite defenceless mortals to acts of crim inality and vice,” How, pray, does that in any degree hack Mr. Coleman’s nonsensical denial of the fact of spirit obsession?

Persons like Mr. Coleman, Col. Bundy, Dr. Brit- tan ,D r. Buchanan, Mrs. Emma Ilardinge-Britten, and a few oilier selfish and ambitious people, have foolishly, conceived the idea tha t Spiritualisin'is: a thing of human origination, and subject to human limitations; and have accordingly undertaken to dogmatize if into -subjection', not to . their U t i l e

m i g l i t i n > s e e s , but to their m i g h t y li t t le n e s s e s . ,As we have many tim es said,.'-Modern Spiritual­

ism has.come to .earth to put' an end to mortal conceit, and to render that class of m en and women who have led and ruled.their-follows by dogmatic dictation, objects of contempt, and pity. We advise all dogmatizers and contemners of nat­ural fads, to give M odern.Spiritualism “ a wide berth,” as the sailors say, for they will bc'nuide to «• cut a sorry figure before they proceed very far. This Mr. Coleman and Col. .Bundy have already found out, but like proverbial Bourbons, “ they never forget and never learn anything.” The same fate will come to them .that came lo their dynastic, prototypes; they will Ini wiped away by the drift of liuniaii progress. We shall notice Mr. Coleman’s concluding paragraph in our nex t; and we are very much mistaken, if we do not show by the most conclusive reasoning that Wm. Kmmetto Coleman is not a S p iritualist whatever else Hemay he. \

of Spiritualism all touch th a t man is as much a : was a medium for what Mr. Coleman spirit while iii rfiortal form, as he is when freed > spirits of (lie higher circles. For such intellectual from the encumbrance of .that form. Those fads i and beneficent spirits Miss Leys was acknowledged all teach that on leaving the earth-life, spirits i by all who h ea rd ,h e r to lie a perfect medium; enter the after life,-with the same spiritual traits 1 T he influence she was exerting upon llie'public of character which were developed in their mortal I mind was of the m ostm arked character, and ('re­lives. Those fads teach that those persons who ; uted- just alarm on the part of those in earth and were religious bigots in their earth-lives are j u s t ! sp irit life who were laboring-to keep earth ’s ]ico­ns'much religious big its in spirit-life, and strive ! pic in ignorance of the tru th of the spirit revela-

the. whole mental and physical organisms, of mor­tals, thus accounting for all the abnormal mental

m ust as persistently to perpetuate their dogmas ] lions concerning the spirit-life. In the course o f : nine possession, and demonstrates the fact of spirit and creeds, w hether true or false, as when on the | time Miss Leys found herself in California, a see-earth. The spirits of th'dse who derated their j lion of the country that had been for m anylives to the propagation of Roman Catholic d o g -! scores of years completely under the influencem as; who inculcated the principle, of im plicit j and control of the Rom an'Catholic Church. Aobedience to the commands of Oilicial Superiors; ; conflict of spirit effort to control her,, betweenand who realized the pow er'and intluenee th a t i the sp irit' friends and the spirit enemies of and experienced physicians of the world, All was attained through compact and perfect organi-1 Modern Spiritualism was the natural eonse-'j sjiirits, wise and unwise, while testifying to the zatioiY;on entering spirit-life, take up their work quencc. The latter had the advantage, for th e ] u tter fallacy of the existence and possession of precisely where they left i t while,here. They are country was in possession of the p sych o fo g ic^D ev ils or evil spirits, do wfouairrently testify to the as much an organized body of spirits’as they were forces of Catholic spirits, and the struggle was ofj/fact of the influence which human spirits for good an organized body of mortals, and hence have short duration. Miss Ley’s--vanity-mud am bitioirj or ill exert'upon m b r ta k “ Mr. Coleman’s attempt, been enabled to exert an, intluenee which in d i - w a s appealed lo, to d ie d her betrayal, and most ] in tli'e interest of deceiving spirits,do. confound vidual spirits cannot exert, in contending for su- j .unfortunately for herself: and the cause of S p ir i t- ! diabolism with sp irit obsession,, in order to :pre- premaey in spirit-life. That these spirits were all Lualism, she was unconsciously taken possession of-! vent the arresting this fearful evil, is' a case of Jesuit spirits no one lias be lieved ; but tha t they i by Catholic' spirits. Personating with perfect sp irit obsession clearly in point. As a m atter of are, as a class of spirits?, devoted adherents of the : success her beloved’and trusted spirit guides, her Roman Catholic faith, Mr. Coleman will not deny, i spirit betrayers succeeded in making Miss Leys

believe tha t she had been selected to be the me-

WHENCE, WHERE AND WHITHER?Six years ago the w riter was a confirmed mate­

rialist, en tire ly ignorant, of the existence of;. Hie . spirit, i^ l l ig e n c e and force, o f which all natural objects and phenomena are but the outward, visi­ble and sensuous expression. He had been per­fectly cognizant of the reported phenomenal filets which, for a 'qiiafter of a celitury,had been taking place through spiritual media in all sections of this country and in all .parts of the world; but with the complacency of ignorance and the egot­ism of pedantry, those facts were ignored by him, and he floundered along in a blind and fruitless search for truth.'-•

At length, through the persevering eli'orts of his spirit, parents and friends, lie was convinced be­yond all .question or.doubtof the truths of Modern Spiritualism. At once, where all had been dark, inexplicable, and unsatisfactory; light, law and

| knowledge took their place. The questions that ibsession and possession of the will, and often of; confounded theologians, philosophers and scient­

calls the j Those who believe in dcmi'miae possession of Ini- man beings are those only who adhere to the the­ological teachings termed Christianity. . Those theological teachings are essentially demonology, in as much as the whole Christian conception is based upon the fundamental idea of the existence and injurious operations of diabolical beings, whose deligh t it is to injure m ankind. Spiritual­ism lias put an end to all diabolism and all demo-

ists were solved by those tru ths with wonderful success, and a vast terra incognita of human in­

W e have never had reason to think, and never have claimed, that the bigoted spirit enem ies of Modern Spiritualism were confined to those who had been members of the ecclesiastical Order of Jesus. We have, however, claimed that the re­sult of our investigation of the facts on which Modern Spiritualism rests, all tend to show th a t there is in spirit-life a banded opposition to it,

phenomena which has so' long perplexed and i quiry,.w its'opened to his view. W here all had battled the skill anil researches of the most learned ’ seemed inequality and injustice, perfect equality

and justice appeared.' W here imperfeetion and failure seemed to prevail, perfection and eminent, success, reigned. W here discord aiul inlnirinony appeared to hold sway, concord and harmony were (irmly seated and all nature acknoWledgeTr allegiance to them. All seemed lo him as if he was born into a new.world. Grateful for th is blessed realization, lie resolved to make m ost of the opportunity-which' the light of Modern Spir­itualism afforded him, to advance on the road of knowledge, and he set about a careful and sys-eourse, spirits deny that “ ‘devils dam ned ’ are

turned loose from the spirit-world.” That is the j tematic investigation.of the phenomenal facts on fact, hut where, when and through whom did j which the beacon of Spiritual T ruth had been

diutn of Jesus of Nazareth, and tha t in order to | spirits ever deny that by a law of nature, incident reared. .perfect her development, for the mediumistie pur- to spirit-life, spirits are attracted to, and do in flu- ,. Hardly had lie set about that, investigation when poses of that deified spirit, she must retire from j ence the actions of those who afford them the 1 the enemies of Spiritualism,'in the name of Jesus the world and give herself up wholly to th is work ; means of individual gratification and satisfaction. . Christ, began that war upon spiritual mediums, of special development. Miss Leys was induced*; This spirit testimony is therefore wholly against which, since that time, has been so unscrupulously to believe that by complying with tlie instructions Mr. Coleman’s dogmatic attem pt to ignore one of waged by Catholic and Rrotestant Christian bigots, of the spirits who had obtained control of her, the most obsolutely established facts of spirit in- both on the earth-plane and in spirit-life. Hesaw

and that- the opposing spirits are mainly, if n o t ! that she would be so developed tha t her Nazarene tercourse with mortals. some of the foremost men in the Spiritual move-whollv, votaries of the Roman Catholic Church. : spirit control would materialize through her me- Mr. Coleman says: “ Such doctrines may well m ent lending themselves to aid those Christian We have never pretended, nor do we know of ( dium ship and in materialized form with divine be called'diabolism rather than Spiritualism.” To ! enemies of tru th to discredit the phenomena! facts any Spiritualist wlio lias ever done so, that those authority teach men, as it is untruthfully said he which we rep ly : Spirit obsession of mortals is not which could alone support that truth . Notably Catholic spirits were “ evil spirits.” . They are, as j did nineteen hundred years ago. ; a doctrine, it is a demonstrated fact, and th e Spirit- among those foremost Spiritualists were Robert

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-Dale Owen and Dr. H enry T. Child. By a system | and as the only means of being heard, and the Mythology, and no more. He holds h im se lf : door and went in, I followed and almost on theo f falsehood, intrigue and corruption,-such as ! only chance of being heeded, was to command the bound to the proof that the so-called Virgin Marg lllst:,nt three persons passed out, and the doorwould disgrace the most debased and vile of the columns of an independent weekly.paper, lie set is the \ lrgin of the Zodiac and no woman at all. ;s th e ''m atte r”-” and the voice ofhum an race, those two prom inent Spiritualists on foot this publication. • He has already shown this in a previous article Mr. Griilf, the spirit guide, said that a man lightedallowed themselves to be enppshed, and to save them selves from ruin, weakly danced to the .music, which their betrayers piped for them. X more staggering blow was never struck at any cause than was struck a t Spiritualism by the Christian

Those who have followed up the events eo n -* on that subject, but there is much more proof to a match, and the medium was hurt thereby. He nected with Spiritualism, during the past eighteen lie adduced to that etieet, which has not been asked me to join hands with those present. At

. , . . , r , • i that time I did not know who or how manv weremonths, need not be told the part which Alixn given. _ Spiritualism tor thirty-two years has in ,he rooni_ [ asked, ‘'W here are you ? ” A m an’sand AIattkk has performed. In starting out on fought its way against the delusion that centers in V()jtv said, '■ Here," and 1 found his hand and alsohis editorial career, the writer pledged him self to the man-god, or supposed medium, Jesus of Na/.a- the hand of a lady. We sat a few moments and

conspiracy, known :ls the “ K atieK ing imbroglio." be guided by tru th , right and justice, in his treat- reth. Having not enough of truth about it to H ind i asked.m e to get some water tor the me-The writer, up to that time, had not the most ment of all, whose public conduct should be sub- resist the irresistable logic of facts, the adherents

remote thought of taking any public part in the jected to his criticism, The private acts of per- contest through which he saw that Spiritualism sons were only to he the subject ot criticism where

they were of public importance. The ground was taken and has been maintained, that Modern Spiritualism rests solely on phenomenal facts, which are inexplicable on any other hypothesis than that they are the production of disembodied

of. that delusion, have conceived the idea of subordinating those facts to it, and by dogmatic assumption to establish the dogma that.old delu­sions are better than modern truths. The writer does not believe, this, and hence he insists that truth and nothing but tru th shall have sway. We intend to give those who dill'er with us, the fullest chance to state their side id 'the case. • We will be-human spirits, which facts are 'dem onstrated

to be the work ot such spirits. These phenomenal gin next week by publishing a somewhat personal prepared to break up this humbugging any fur- facts haviim invariable been rendered possible by communication,.from our frieiul, Rev. F. J. Briggs, ther. I brought wax matches with me. I caught

would have to pass, and which had been clearly indicated to him by many spirit communications through many mediums, lie had. witnessed enough of the manifestations at the seances of Mr. and Mrs. ,1. Nelson Holmes, under the most abso­lute test conditions, to know that Mr. Owen had most correctly and truthfully described them in, his various published statements regarding them.Knowing th is the writer sought bv everv entreaty the intervention of spiritual media, the protection, which we will reply to in our next number. In to induce Mr. Owen and Dr. Ohild' to reinvesti- ■ onrouragienient, and support of such ' media, he- our next number, we shall also published an arti- .gate 'the phenomena they had been induced to j comes of the lirst importance, if a knowledge o f cle from the pen of our friend, Dr. , 1 . M. Peebles,discredit without one particle of sound reason, j spiritualism is to be imparted. This is the first, which will receive our attention. Both thebut all to no purpose. Dr. Child had sold h im se lf! and most, important duly that rests upon those act ides referred to are intended to show that, weto his bet ravers; and Robert Dale Owen, entirely 1 wlm claim to be Spiritualists. Indeed he or she are mistaken in denying the personal existenceignorant Of that fact, was completely under the ; wlm disregards that duty is not a friend of Spirit- and history of Jesus of Nazareth. As Mr. Briggs influence of that Judas of Spiritualism. There- nalism. Mediums being psychic sensitives, and and Dr. Peebles cover about all the ground that fore the w riter could not and would not stand more liable to be influenced by their surroundings can be occupied by the advocates ot the identity

than less sensitive persons, especially n eed 'th e ,ol Christianity with Modern Spiritualism, when sympathy and.sustaining iutl.ueiivos of those who we have ellectuallv driven Ironi that ground, we unselfishly desire to advance and sustain the work of the spirit authors of Modern Spiritualism,. I'liforlumitoly for spiritual media, they are not

alone the subjects of mundane influences. The inlliieiice exerted upon them from the spirit-side of life, is infinitely greater, and being impercepti­ble by mortal senses, are more dillirull to provide against. For th is reason it becomes the duty of every friend of Spiritualism to weigh'w ith more than ordinary care, the actions of those who areknown to be spiritual media, before condemning j delusion. In whatever we may say or do, let it

stances that, made, it certain that, neither (he poor .-and censuring them. An extended experience in 1 understood that we have, no personal, unkindsuch matters has (aughldhe writer to know that j Tidings -towards those . whom we feel called no inortiil can properly judge the conduct of a J npmi to oppose.; I t . is not .the men, hut their im;.d in mist ic sensitive. They ..cannot; determ ine, j act. ions and teachings against, what, .we know with any chance, of correctness; the extent, of j .to be tru th that we . denounce-" and. / resist, m oral responsibility attaching to their acts, And ! Men cannot, act diflerently -from what they yet, there is a numerous class of so-called Spirit-1 th in k ,,say . and do; and hence their thoughts, ualists, whose constant business if is, to magnify the short, comings of mediums, and to render

dium. I opened the door and passed out, followed by the others. I called to the housekeeper to bring water. She brought it. The medium’s son came up. On passing from the dark room to the light one, 1 found Mr. .McClellan talking to a young man and a lady. I listened to what they were saying, as I wished to know what was the matter. The young man was,). D. Whitney, las'I afterwards ascertained,! and the lady was his sis­ter. He, M r.'W hitney, explained it all in answers to questions asked by Mr. McClellan.

His story then and there was that “I came here

idly by and see truth thus trampled beneath the feet of religious bigots. He appealed to the pub­lic, through the I’m i of 1‘hiladelphia, the only lo­cal paper that he could h ire-to give him a hear­ing, asking a suspension of judgment until (he tru th could lie determined between Air, and Airs. Holmes and their accusers. For that privilege he paid fifty-two dollars. The B anna-o f Light ropied his appeal fo ra suspension of judgement, and he set about an investigation which continued f o r

m o re than two years. During all that,, lime the spirit, known to Air. Owen as Katie King contin­ued to appear in materialized form, under circum-

will have nothing more to do, in that field.of con­troversy.

To those friends who think this issue is of little or-uo consequence, we would sav ; we know it to

a spirit by the wrist and lit a match, and held it to her face. She was a young girl about fifteen or sixteen .years old. The sister said about seven­teen. Mhen asked why he did not hold on? lie replied, “ / am id nol, it tlim ppraral; but 1 have had enough of this.” Air. .McClellan asked him if lie would swear to the truth of what he said, (ho Air, A id': being a magistrate,) lie could not swear to it but was satisfied of it. This was repeated three or four times. 11 is father began to upbraid young W hitney for his behaviour, and wished a more thorough investigation, and begged of his son not to make a talk about it as it placed him (the fa­th e r),in a had position, he having vouched for their good behaviour, lie promised him on the honor of a man he would not do so. All this time the medium was almost' in convulsions on the sofa, attended by her son and the housekeeper.

At this juncture the bell rang and a lady on-lie of vital importance hi the predominance of tered to impure alupit-and look at a room shotruth, in Spiritualism, and that they will see this as the controversy proceeds. Spiritualism em­bodies the essential truth of all things, and must he preset ved and protected against lhe organized and long maintained usurpation of error and

hired Eliza White, nor the medium, nor any other person in mortal life1 could have had anything; to do with personating..liei*r . . :

For taking this stand ,w hen others .had aband­oned or turned iij|ainst-lhe mediums, lie became the target.for m isrepresentations.of the vilest and .most unfounded nature at the 'hands of the anti- spiritual press, Having stood by and encouraged

JM r. ami Airs. Holmes until they had completely i Spiritualism answerable therefor. At the head of vindicated their mediumship, and demonstrated 1 that class is Col. Bundy. Not a week goes 'round

Utterances and actions will be the subjects of our anim adversions and not the p e rso n sw h o se ' thoughts, utterances 'and actions they are. We want it distinctly understood that wo are not, as

the reality of the impeached 'spirit nialeria.liza- but,that he avails himself of every possible upper- ! "’e have been represented to he, and as many sup-tions through them, the writer,,supposed that- his ■especial-work as a Spiritualist was at an end. But in this lie was mistaken.

Hardly had the break which the-enem y had made in the spiritual defences; by the. fall of Air. Dwell and l),r; Child, been repaired and streng th ­ened, than a new assault by the enemy was planned. This time by Catholic Christians—flic former having been the work of Protestant Chris-

tunit.y to assail mediums, and by exageratiou and falsehood, not only to bring reproach- upon the assailed mediums, but, upon the spiritual cause. ■Allno and A1 AT'i'mi has persistently opposed this inimical a n d : pernicious conduct, and in doing so has spoken with an emphasis that has, made Spiritualists of that kind, squirm and tremble. This could not he avoided, and we rejoice to know that it will not be much longer necessary. These

tians. Air, and Airs. James A. Bliss were lhi‘ me- ; inconsiderate and-self-righteous people arc fast dim es selected, through whom another crushing ' learning that justice is one of the first principlesblow at spirit materialization was to he struck. Shortly thereafter, the editor of the R .- l‘. Journal, Stevens S. Jones was assassinated to make way for Jo h n C. Bundy, who has since conducted, that paper in the interest of the enemies of Spirit­ualism. After eleven.months plotting, intriguing and preparation of a most liend-like malevolence, they succeeded in making out- a plausible appear­ance of deception on the part of Mr. and Airs, Bliss?} and the howl was raised (hat the humbug of spirit,-materialization was put at rest forever, W ithout wailing to (earn the facts, John 0. Bundy

Jo in ed the enemy, and ont-IIeroded Herod in his elforls to discredit Air. and Airs. Bliss, to secure their imprisonment, and to destroy the value of the only positive evidence th a t exists or can be given of the. truth of Modern Spiritualisiii.

Again the writer-came forward to the defence o f what he had every possible reason to know was the truth. Against one of the most formidable combinations tha t was ever formed to wrong per

of true Spiritualism, and that j to them that judge.

.Mediums through wlmm spirit materializations (ake p lace have been especially selected by the mortal and-spirit enemies of mediums, as -the'ob­jects of .their warfare, and failing to arrest the oc­currence of that crowning:fact of spirit power

pose us to be;, a'quarrelsome-man, a cruel man, a revengeful man, iioran unjust Than; we deplore the necessity that requires one harsh word Or hostile demonstration. Oh ! lmw we long for-peace, But we know that there can lie no peace until justice, right, and tru th prevail, ( ’ease all injustice, all wrong, and all falsehood, and peace, love and har­mony will reign uninterruptedly. 1'ntil then it is useless to cry peace, prave; there is and can, be no peace.- The battle which is being fought on earth to uphold truth, is but the reflex of the

remont is meeted ! greater bailie for truth that is being fought out in : spirit-life. Eel no friend of truth despair, Every­

thing portends success if ynu.are only faithful to the testimony within your own souls. Spiritual­ism, is the grandest, truth ever vouchsafed to mor­tals; see. to it that error does dot. smother it.*'aud­it will soon grow into a mighty tree, beneath

materialization—they seek to discredit, it in every ! "'hose sheltering brandies you may rest in the 'possible way. Spirits purporting to be those ; beatitude of trium phant peaccy biblical characters wlm are especially venerated Jas being connected with Ehristian theology, have ! LETTER FROM T. GATES CLARK—MRS. CRINDLE been making their materialized' appearance FULLY VINDICATED,through many spiritual media, and without ques- Jo Julil"r ^ iWiml ,imlli,m wU-rf l m l M i a m p l i v l liy S |]irh,iafel* n» S 5 1 1 T .(rut,hint, friendly and honest spirits. Especially ; (;].„■]< (ITf(.ITed to b v sn id Whilnev in- liis letterhas this hem. tlm case, by spirit personations of, ^ ic n i s a l io n agmnst Mrs, ( ’rhulle, published in nilm w ()f j w hilnev, wIloS„ ll011()1. aml hltcg. the \ lrgin Alary and her immaculately conceived \h e \A .- /• Journal)... (-)l All. \\ hitnej I know littleson,Jesus of N azirelh. The writer knows as well H.V l^arsay nn.l nothing of my own knowledge

. , i As Mr ns I can ascertain he has never attendedas he, can know anything m the historical events ;llly di-deaund never a private one beforeof the past that, no such person as Jesus of Naza- the one at Mrs. Erindle’s, of which you speak, mill or his Virgin Alother ever had an existence, The circle was composed ol his lather, mother

wished to hire. She was a stranger to all in the. house. 1 asked her if she would hHp us to find out lmw the spirit got in and out of the back par­lor. She assured us of her disbelief in Spiritual­ism and was glad to have an opportunity to catch fraud. n

I asked the four persons 11he Whitneys) to as­sist in searching the room, but they declined. The resrof us,accompanied by an upstairs’ lodger, entered (he room, The blinds of one window -were-down. The window was sealed with sealing wax. 1 then removed the curtain: from the other window. -It also was sealed. The. sealing-wax . was solid, showing positively that there was no opening for even a mouse to get'in or out. The : strange lady said, laughingly,:1'D efte r look up the chimney;” though in the grate there was a smoul­dering lire. The entrance to the Hue is about, four by fourteen inches. Now, sir, it was impossible for any person to get out or in without passing in through the front, parlor, and no one did pass out that wav. ' Tliai, llu- nilkr*,.mid no. They knew it would not do to say to the contrary, as it. would lie false. These are the facts. -

It was my intention to make no comment; oil what was published in. the B .- l’. Journal. As the ■hid! rolls on it gathevs more tilth, and therefore, in justification of myself and in the interest of li'Utii, I send you this answer to your inquiries. It has caused many a laugh among my friends, and more than forty of them have asked me why I did not answer. 1 did mil do so sooner, because 1 am averse to writing.

Airs. Crindle is at Sacramento, and does not know I have written you this.

Yours in truth , T. ( I a t k s Ci.ahk.San Francisco, Alay “Nth, 1SS0.| When we criticised the statement of J. D. Whit-*

uey, which was published- in the ll.-P. Journal, and vouched Corby Emma llardinge-Britten and Col. John ( l Bundy, we did not expect to have such a complete confirmation of the conclusions ■1 hat we derived from that, statem ent alone us to the. real nature of that so-called exposure of Airs. Crindle, which is afi'onled by DivT, Cates Clark’s most, satisfactory answers to our questions. In ­stead of this proving an exposure of Airs. Crindlo, if (urns out to have been a most, .complete demon­stration of her mediumship. We would like to know what Airs. Britten and Col. Bundy have to say in answer to Dr. T. Cates Clark's overwhelm­ing demonstration of the dishonesty and unfruth-

fect.lv innocent persons, truth, right and justice ’ and hence he has been forced to conclude that l bimsell.. Air. Mc( lellan is a gentlemanh - , , ol business standing, who spends Ins winters inagain- trium phed, but only alter a m ost desperate’ spirits wlm personate such non-existent human j u , j s (.jt v Myself and hiind’reds of others whostruggle. For taking a prominent, part in th is beings, are notyvhat they purport to be and hence i know him regard him as all tha t a man and-goodsecond grand battle for Spiritualism, the writer ! are deceiving spirits. None of these spirit person- j citizen should be. As to myselt T am one oi tile

1 j . , , i . i . . T • - i oldest white residents of this .Stale. As a publicators pretend to have any special object m making I ^ Jny v o i ( . e ]1(,ml over t]u. L g ththeir appearance and hence it is inost proper that ; ,uul jm .mjth of the l’aciiic '.slope,. on diHermitthey should be challenged for some proof of their - topics, 1 /never-was in any trouble, legal or civil,identity. The writer has never been favored with I >■> niy life. I am well known as a Spiritualist and

, . . . . . , . , j an advocate of its truths. Was about the first whoa visitation from thesedeceiving spirits and hence | ^ u .i( ^ uultl.l.iuUi,;ltioll Wolll(, o m l, -ininfers that they do not care to subject themselves ; public, on this coast, - ............to such a direct, questioning at his hands as would ; Now, as to the fads of that sitting at Airs. Crin-delerm ine the tru th regarding them, lie holds *Ue’s and lmw I came to be there. I am not an. . . . . . . . . - , I attendant of her circles. Have attended but. t othat it, is a- m atter ot very great importance to p ro - . „ -s y(,,in j ,m (!ll,,a , , ,111(,nl willl ()11(. , | l(.tect Spiritualism from (he deceptions of deceiving i occupants of Airs. Crindle’s house. (Airs.Crindlespirits, as far as possible, and therefore insists i lets furnished rooms.) I passed in at the busc-tliat spirits who come hack to earth, as with a n - ) 111,1111 (l0111'. I then.' found’-Mr. AlcUellan and thethorily, should be made to show the amplest d d f u i c ' l f was limn pern 1 oTdi.'k

was made the target, for every calumny (h a lt he lying tongues of the enemy could u tte r; and most, conspicuous in this infamous outrage was John 0. Bundy, the successor of his brutally assassinated' father-in-law. Not a word of reply could he make to -these concerted slanders. Spiritual and anti-

• .spiritual- papers were alike closed against, him. He appealed in vain to the. editor of the Jlunmr'qf Light to protest, against the manifest dishonesty and untruthfiilness of C!ol. Bundy’s course, not, only towards the .mediums and himself, but to­wards the Banna- o f Light and its editor. For reasons which the reader may infer, but which lie leaves for Alessrs. Colby and Rich to explain, they silently connived a t Col. Bundy’s, intolerable con­duct; A steady fire was kept up by Col. Bundy against all Spiritualists and mediums who would not join him in his Jesutieal crusade against Spir-

dentials as 'the warrant for their interference with what concerns them no more than others.

The writer gives due notice to those who insist upon the personal existence of Jesus of Nazareth, that he will require them to prove the human cx-

rily they endorsed, in order to injure Airs, Crin­dle, a genuine medium for spirit materialization. We demand of them, in-the name of justice and tru th , that they withdraw their endorsement of the falsehoods of their endorsee ; and of Colonel Bundy, we demand that lie publish the unsolicited testimony of Dr. Clark in behalf of Airs. Crindle. If'they"do not do this publicly, they are not one whit belter than the untruthful young man whose falsehoods they endorsed as tru th . What right have Airs. Britten ami C o l. Bundy to claim to bo Spiritualists, so long as they lend themselves to render such outrages on faithful and genuine me­diums successful. If A1 rs,Crindle isusMishonoHt and untruthful as are her accusers, she is about as un­trustworthy as she need he. But we will have to have some evidence of that fact a good deal more reliable than the statements of her present ac­cusers before we will believe it possible'.--En.]

----•S. AI. B.u.nwix, of Washington, D. C., has pre­

sented a bust of Thomas, l’ai lie, made by Clark Alills, to the United States Patent Oliice, and it has been placed near the front door in one of the most conspicuous places in the building. He has also deposited there the shoe buckles and specta­cles which Paine wore while w riting the fifth number of “ The Crisis.” The lion . William’ Henry was a merchant and manufacturer in Lan­caster, Pa., in 177U, and his hospitality was widely know n; and during, the sessions of Congress in

itualism. Fur the space of fifteen mouths this istence of his reputed mother, "The Virgin Alary." work of demorialization and destruction was car- If he was not the son of the Virgin Alary, he was ried on, without so much as a feeble protest from nobody’s son, and being nobody’s son he was any quarter. The writer had waited month after himself nobody. He knows Bint all this pretended month in hopes some one would see the necessity history of Jesus and his mother, has relation only of arresting this disastrous career, and would no- to the Sun and the the Only Virgin that ever gave tify the editor of the Journal th a t lie.must stop or birth to a Son (Sun), the Virgin of the Zodiac, isbe ruined. No one coming forward, his sense o f ' just as authentic as the mythical fables of the a n - ; Kcreaiu. « Gruff,” the medium’* cOfilrbl, sjioke j th a t so thrilled the American h e a r t ; and there he duty would no longer allow him to remain s ile n t; cient world, called, The History of the Gods, or very loud. Air. AleClellen opened' 'the sliding .le ft these spectacles and shoe buckles.

P. AI. While sitting at tl^c table 1 saw a young man pass through, I asked if that was a new lodger? I'was told he was one of a purlv fo ra sitting. I was also told th a t the lady I had called to see could not wait longer, as I had not come at the appointed hour, and had left, for the AliSsion.I then said, I would like to sec Airs. Crindle. I was fold lo wait a short time and I could see her.I concluded to do so, as I had no appointment until 4 o'clock P. M. 1 was at the time connected with a newspaper. By request of the housekeeper j that place, he entertained many of the members, Air. AlcClellan and my.-elf went to sit in the p a r - ■ and also Paine, Franklin and o ther illustrious lor. Airs. Crindle did not know that I was in the men boarded and lodged in his house and enjoyed house and did not call on me.^ A fte r sitting there a few moments,..there was a

his extensive library. It was in tha t library tlvat Paine \yrote-this fifth number of "T h e Crisis"

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single spiritual manifestation at their public : see your paper outstrip all the big and little envi- k 1 i ous sheets tha t are published in the interest of ;HUDSON TUTTLE ON THE NEW RELIGION.

W e see th a t the author of “ Ethics of Spiritual­ism ,” Hudson Tuttle, does not train with the.“New Religionists.” In the l i .-R Journal of the 5th inst., in speaking of them , Mr. Tuttle says:

"After all these* Christian Spiritualists are no more Chris-. v . i r Qi,nmo , , - , - ..tian than those who reject the term. They oust aside the , him but the ruin oi every public medium, ftuame, ^ q0 would make me a friendly visit.

Dr. J. C. Phillips' Liberal Offer.Omro, Wis., Jan. 14,1880.

Bro. Roberts:— Y o n can say in your paper tha taseances. ; great big I , We, Our^Self & C. You are a friend _________ ____

W e therefore do not hesitate, to denounce A)l; : 0f l j ie mediums, and I like-you for that. /B ro ther ! any one subscribing for your paper through me, Bundy as a willful and malicious lying slanderer, j Roberts you a rea brick, and I wish you God speed, j and sending stamps to prepay answer, will receive in seeking to harm them in the manner he has I f I am entitled to a premium send me some of J a psychometrical reading; or should they prefer a . r , h , , u,iii K,.tiRfv Bliss’ magnetized p a p e r ; I am sick and need that i medical examination, by giving two or three lead-done. I t would seem g * the most of anything. W ish Blackfoot, Red Cloud ing symptoms, (to facilitate) will receive the latter.

. .. ~ . . . " ’-•* " r- ’ - Send lock of hair. Dr. J . 0. Phillips,Ptrychometri&t, Clairvoyant and Magnetic Healer.

public | awe- w v e us a , 1“ J1. ™ ^ «*“ • A Philadelphia Medium’s Valued’ Offer.930 N. T hirteenth St.

give av

.......... . ...... _ . . , . . & Co. would make me a lrienuiy visit. We havedivine inspiration'of the Bible, the atonement, a burning; hell the pensonal devil, the ‘ ‘ ' “like a celestial (love cotshort, the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith........ .only desire to retain the name us a ttham, and it I* a ttham that j or lie WOUld IlOt lie SO reckless lit ms puuuo ; , „l.1(j|v j am triad to'See Brother£ ? A t M f f S f S l S ; course. 'W hen will those who are being deluded i chapm am ttnd lAherJwielding the pen in defense | _ *t i a n i t y , n o r w e n th e u n e n m h i e r e p u t a t io n o f h v i n y C h r M t a n i n | y jjj8 hypocrisy awaken to the realization of that of our cause in the Truth Seeker. W e are bound to . I01* say m your papt. u ia i j. win

............................> h a v e S p ir i t u a l i s m , b u t b h ( fh te d | J J l

I * ’ t i l e ^ x ! >Lw j ' e r u s M ^ '■ shame, shame. The great vidian in Spiritualism formed a circle at my house and are striving to j'c cot ill the'sky, the judgment day, in ;H j 0}in (j Bundy,- He is capable of any crime, make conditions suitable for them as fast as pos- •ntai doctrines of the Christian faith. They ■ ■J . . . , sible. Give us a call, my red brothers. We will .n th/> n/niip iiM n uhnin tniit it is <i xltani that '■ nr ho WOIlld IlOt be SO reckless 111 ills PUDIIC , i _ _______ . . . . ____l . . i__ t nr**

fact ? Soon, we hope, if Spiritualism is to live.the eyas of the rhttrehen. Yott dea l with the dry-rot oj ageing rengeetahitity."

W e have italicised a portion of tha t extract from , “ U ttleTouie ”M r.T uttle’s article, for two purposes; first to show I * T])(j. (!lltertainlnents j,iveM ^ the Koyal A qua-; th a t M r.T uttle is not more sparing oi plain Saxon ] r ;um in j i0I1(i0Ii( jOng., | )y p ro'f. Heriott, and his,! m0re

: have it healing medium here, a good one, to o -M r . : free sitting to any person who will suhscribeTor 1 AVheelock. He is charged full of vital, magnetism . Mind AND MAm-K for ®nc j u r fioiu date.__Anv

and ranidlv develoninu ” ' : PerBon accepting this oiler must bring a nofiTwtlh‘ 1 ^ ^ . | them, from your office, stating that- they are, en-

Mary S, Lloyd, W aterford, N. Y., writes: “ Two j titled to receive the,sitting, ore packages received. There is a weekly seance

A Mediums Valuable Offer.G rand Ha rids, April 20,1880.

their m iss ion will add strength to the honorable cause your paper so promptly sustains. I t has en­tered a large figld of labor, and every Spiritualist

such folly; and in the second place because it is a i forniances. The little- girl-comes upon (he plat- most merited rebuke to that class of Spiritualists form and is blindfolded, when instantaneously shewho are a e ta n e j of Spiriloafom and w h o t C C a t , i l l a i j i» Ic o - 'o rk e r j eacl, l ,e .la „ i a aharc willing to hum iliate themselves and the cause Kpe{;tatorBf walking sibuut room. . of the burden—Concentrating the ir light and in-w ith w hich' they fire identified to tiny extent, in j Mr. Frank Buckland has written the following (iuence it becomes a m ighty pow er,and eventually order that they may curry favor" and toleration I description o f one of her entertainm ents .in I /iiid overcomes the powers of darkness, the enemies of from Christian bigots. It these people must have : and jVakr., which wc copy from the. London Spir- ! Spiritualism. One morning your paper lay within “ r .. , | -dualist: ; my reach, I thought to take it and read. HieChristianity and cannot live without, they cun Iw d , m tle-girl,aged about ten ,is placed in a chair j pronii.se I made in tha t dark hour of tribulation, all they want or need of it outside of Modern Sjar-1 on a dais in front of the audience. Her father ! when rny immortal spirit was enveloped in chaos, i itualism • blindfolds hereves with a handkerchief. He then | rushed into my mind, pulsated the emotion, of my j

Thev certainlv nevbr will find it in Modern ^ u t the .audience and niquests the loan ! inner l ife ; then the thought, h a v e J done, and am j. „ • . . . . ot any object thev isito r—selected at landom —may : J doing all I can to hel j> and enlighten hum anity.’ ;

Spiritualism. .D ie w lioie movement is not only a • imppeii 'to have in his or h e r possession. H teasks Xlien came the'response from my spirit guide: ; “ a sham that deceives nobody,” as Mr. Tuttle well the child what he has got in his hand, and the ‘-\V 1 leruver Mind and M attbr goes, light, illmni- 1 remarks, but it is worse. Jt is an attem pt to ar- . little thing answers immediately, never in any

ease making a mistake. I give the questions andrest tilt'w ork of the sjjirit world, or at least to subordinate that work to the present'exaltation and glorification of its projectors. We are amazed that such folly can have been the outcome of even an indifferent realization of truth as manifested by the phenomenal facts of Modern Spiritualism. W e cannot but think, that the New York move­ment, to shape a " New Religion ”’ in the name of Spiritualism, is very effectually-dead, and it i- to be hoped the folly will-not be repeated, in any o ther quarter, of attempting to Christianize'or re­ligionize' the spiritual .movement; especially that all; thought, of' Hooturiamzing-it will be jjerma- nently abandoned. Friends, we are hot as far

1 nansw ers' that- were given when 1 was present. F a ther: What is this 1 have in my hand? Child;: A match-box.- What is it made of? Mil ver. Any­thing, peculiar about it? Opens with a secret spring. (The father opens it.i Wlnit’s inside of it? Wax matches. The fattier goes to another person. What is this? A book. What hook is it? A very small hook. What does it contain ? An..almanac. For what year? 1877. lie then passes to another. What i.stliis? A lady’s satchel; What is it made of? Sealskin. What are the

.fastenings? Gijt. W hat is this? Ajatr.se. What is it.m ade of? Elamite, What does jt contain? ■One coin. W hat is Unit. coin? .Sixjienee;: ; What is th is ?( A key-ring. VVliat sort of. a key-ring? Split key-ring. What’s on tiie key-ring? A watch key. What sort, of a watelckey ? Gilt toji and.

from jieaee and harmony as yon would suppose. Nsteel endv: What-is th is? A railway ticket. Wind The;power and influence of those who would oh- , class.?.: firs tc lass . W hat is the -number.bn- it.’ struct truth,..as it is-flowing from the ^pirit-world to earth,^through Modern Sjiiritealism, are. fast j departing, and very soon all inha-nnony in the : spiritual ranks will cease. We have nothing to ; fear from all outside hostility,. Indeed we regard j a strong outside, ojiposiiion'-as- the best and inost j etiedive .means of reaching a united purpose ] w ithin the spirituul .camp..; Those.wlio. want to presented by toy friend-H'aclis,on-which'"is a'-ntodel .coinproinise dlie cause of Fjiiriliialism by dicker- ' ol a j.;-lli..-alniOn eaugiii at. <uavesend), liad ne\eiing with "Christianity, ancient,■■’or. modern, are-of

rJ795 .. i t Then, came to my turn, and I gave, the ; father my scart'-ring^tlie like of which does not j exist in London. .He examined it carefully, and • tlien jiroeeeded as usual, What is tliis? A scarf- : ring. Anything upon it ? Yes. W hat? A model,

of a fish. W halfish? A salmon. -Anything else? An'.inscription. .What is on Hie''inscription? A date. W hat date ? April llltli, 1870, Now lam .quite certain and |)ositive that this ring-fniade form e .and

the enemy, whether they -have"common sense enough to know it or not. Their proper jdaee is outside of the lines. . . •

.......THE “ R.-P. JOURNAL” AT ITS HABITUAL WORK.

T P MORE THOROUGHLY TESTED ME­DIUMS ASSAILED.

In un-editorial in the last number of the.Journal Col, Jlundy says:

“ I’rof. J. JV. Cailwi'll, a IccUin-i' oii'mcsim-ritiMi, iniil

been mil of my iio.-a-sH'in siie-e April, 187i), so that Ihe fatherlam ld have never sol.eyes upon it before. The gentleman silling next 1o me, tlien pul an object into the -father’s hand. Wind is th is? A whistle. Wiial sort of a whistle? An American trick whistle. Another gentleman then took a ticket from his pocket. What is th is? A ticket. Wind ticket? A Co-operative Store ticket. W hat is on it? A number. Wind num ber? 27,87b.

"A friend of mine then put an object into the father’s hands. Win’d is th is? A breast jsn. What, is on the top of it? A fish; What sort of a fish ? A' shell tish. What is indlie shell?.. A

\ny th in g on tinseal? . A crest (Tacked across jdets, Never on one occasion did the child make a mistake. That collusion-between H ie .audience

BjjiniuuliHi'of loii({-stiiinliii({-,'Hcii<ls ns a ilc-.inilcil accoimi of ] JjeaiT, Wind's this ? A seal thesoiin<li11 <>ud'‘ijiii'i<m- i11 wliicli ili*; iioi.jiitjiiH l l o l n i m s . - s l i r e A (Test. A nything peculiar: in thii seal?(iWlinlliiiK Ilia iMfuplaof lialtmiore ami ulln-r ciln-s with lln-ti- : ,, , , , . , t . i c I , ;i., ,i.‘nmlei'iali/.iiiK allow’ ami ‘leht’ ivjcuLiiict. Hjol', (,'ailwi‘ll Hu'aeked aeioss. And so on fin ,,l.\LIal oilier oh- belicvca llm llolim-w-s liave lost lliaii- iiii'iliiiniislic j'illH,"

W e.have no doubt thatLol. Bundy refers to the same " detailed account” Unit tliis man Gad well sent to us, signing himself Prof. ,1. AY. Gadwell.The character o f the mail limy he derived from tliis evidence of charlatanry.'. The story

•■sent to us by . Gadwell was so m arked by false­hood, prejudice and malice lhal. we refused to take any jnihlie notice of it. -AVe have-been in receipt, of several letters from Baltimore, show ing-the utter untridhliilness of Gadwell’s statement, hot li before and after t he receijd of the latter. It was its. own refutation. .So much for

and the father existed was perfectly inijiossiblc,as lie walked about freely among the 'people. , . . . . . . . ,.Soinelinies his hack w as towards his d a u g h te r ,! ’1 designing pr cm. hood sometimes lie was at a considerable distance from her. It was impossible there could have

nation from thy inner life, experience goes with the divinely illumined pajier sjireading light and truth-far and wide.’ Then 1 thought,-how eaufe.T interested in your jiaj/er? I read the jiajier with deeji interest, and the impression I could not throw- olf. • 1 subscribed for it, waiting the result. Tiie result is good in every sense of the word, my inner life overflows with gratitude. It has ojiened the Way for me to do some more work, while I am wailing on the shining shore to pass onward and upward to the higher life. The dear sjiiriis in jjioximily have,watched the changes and jwugrcss in my warfare with Hie pn-wers-ol darkness, light and tru th has won tlie/vietory. And well may my sjii-i-i-l. guide sa.y,J This glorious haven of rest,’ 'resting in the light and truth from tiii: '.supernal; ■ sjilipres, aiding the work ’in tliis |irogres.d;ye age,- Modern .S |iiriluaR sm .Please find cnc4os:ed 82.15 for one year’s siibserijilion, .Send jiro iiuuin 'O i- |ihan ’s Rescue.’ ” ' o

iS, C. Grane, Potsdam, N. Y., w rites: ” Enclosed find one dollar to ajiply on m y snhseriptioii for Mind anii Mattbr, Irome .June Dili, 1880. I have taken your |ia|ier over six iilontlis, ID ituk , and must say that in (he main it meets my views and wants. I ani slightly wounded occasionally when' some of-liiy old gods are disemboweled by your two-edged sword. And 1, in Any .individualism* •criticise, your '.wholesale slaughter of some of' niy

j. worshipful deifies whose self-erected sliriues have ! been to me the Mecca of my earlier Spjritiialism. i Most, of our j.eojde have olitaiiicd to a zealous he- ' liel'jand rested their ease• fiiere.,; Now Wo are ; coming to.a time vvhere. belief is hut Die toy. til'\ childhood, and we (some of usj have .earned that

1 ru th , no other 'pursuit' hut. tru th , will answer our wauls ; and tli il: Die jieriod will never come to us we can sav nothing further. AVe are apt to drive our slakes and liileh our mules to'them , and say,

: ‘‘ Thus far and no father.” I cannot believe that ! our Emma Hardingc-Britten ever intentionally

projiagaled a falsehood or intentionally let slip Die ■ breath of calumny against any one, cither for fear : or favor. Jlul Diis being a belief founded on ac- ; quainta'iiec, of course actual knowledge of the facls | in Die ease are iioLat liand, therefore-'judgment is. I suspended.iii this court. I.el us have honorable j peace, if thereby justice can he meted out to each i one, whether orthodox orbetrodux. But if war is !.required in order Dial exact justice may he done,I tlien let it come, and come now. The world lias : siilfered too' long'already under the selfish rule of

S|)iriUialism will never consent to such a rule, and the would-be rulers may as well learn tliis at once and save their

I J U I i l J J h l » 11. W i l l ) I I I I J H i . n l l J I L I I I L I I . L ' H I B l i J i l \ L > . < , # < . . ■. . • ■ >n< ♦ 'hem any eommunicalion l.y means of speaking'; |,;l1 poo ler and l ’rotes an t wind. Jl.e_.ii ' ' or o ther iiieeliimiciil'appanitiiH, nor could I <llvl,ll,al at the helm nl mii.d,lllbuS ‘Ji jmA/nium.ai iii/imi iumi, *hji lwuhi t . 1 i «• . ,Die child possihlv see Die objects. The question ' i!!.".1 "!’ 1111111 !’r ” < “ '‘’'V 11,1' llH,irl'was |nil so often’ in the same form of words, such llllh 0111' l,ell(:U wt’ <1,11> 1 kl1™ a l> :lll,)llt " as “ What is this ?” Dial. I cannot undefsland lmwil is done. It really was interesting- tq sec th is , , _ .. _ _ „ ,. , M ,.mite of u tiling puzzle so many assembled visitors. | ^ Ai.Ljiersohs acceiiting any of the following me- , t i ? \ m ^ 0A™mKa M.’. f e ;

yet.”

Alas. F aust.

l k ( \ B r i ) l h r r Seeing that through the columns of Mind and Mattbr, u work can lie done to the advancem ent of spiritual progress, I thought I would "make Die followilig offer. Any person sending me 82.15 and two three cent stamjis, I will give e ither a medical examination or business consultation, and will forward the same to you to secure to them Mind- and Mattbr lor one year.

Yours respectfully,M as. Da. Say lbs,

3(15 Jefferson A ve., Grand Rapids, Mich.

A Vitapathic Physician’s Kind offer! -D ear F riend.ok H uman I’rooress:—I have not

time to seek .subscribers to your valuable jniper ; b u l l will offer tliis inducement to qvery jier^on sending me two dollars,(my usual price) and with.: it a lock uf their hair, age, sex. etc., with postage, stamp for answer; I will make, for them a full examination of their Case—give diagnosis and ad­vice, and will forward, their 1 wo dollars to you to pay for them a year’s suljiicription to Mind, and Matter.

This offer remains good for all lime.,1. B. Gami-iikll, M. ,1)., V; T). ■

2()(i Longworlli Si., Gincinnati, O hio ...

Harry C. Gordon’s Liberal Offer.Pm ladblimi i a, Pa., March 1st, M. S. 32.

; To any ja-rson who will subscribe for M ind and .M attbr,. for one year, through me, I will give a iree Slate. Writing Sruncc and one admission liclcet to iiiy '-week-day materialization seances.

; Yi'mi's truly, ; ;■■ IIariiv G. GoanoN.

A Chicago Medium’s Generous Offer.' ; No„ 7 l.allin St. cor of Madison St.To lliose' who will subscribe Dirough me for

Mind and Matter one year, 1 will give a sitting for.spirit tests. This oiler to hold good .for six. m onths from dale. Yours Respectfully,

Mrk.'Mary E. Weeks,.

Amanda Harthan’s Liberal Offer.SiMtiNiiE'hcLD, Myss., 437 Main Street.

I will giver I o' jinyUi^w/rfubseriber. Io AIi n d a n d - Ma tter . in-tliis vicinity) one magnclic irealm ent, or one Tiicdicated. Ii.atli, or two inlialations for ca- larrli, lo help you in.-'yourTiohlie. iydrk..'for;The-:;.:'.' diiun.-. : Very re.-pi-.-lfully, . -

• '" A. H arttian, AL I).

PIIII.A nr.U'IIIA SPUtlTHA L SWKT1NUH.

t i i i : <:o-o i ‘ i :k a t i v i: a n s o t ia t io .v o rSilM ltH 'I’AMNTN, will liold n I'm- ciml'm-iM'i- mcclina i‘very Sunday nitontoon nl MO Sonlli l-’il'lh SI., until (lie o|m*ui11*( of flic Mudium;;' (Tiiu|i MucHiik id Crt.-cdnuir 1’nrk,.1 illy HI li.

t i i i : ic i :y s t o ,\i: a s s o c ia t io n ' o f s i m k i t -I VI.IS I S. will hold a I'onfcmicu every Sunduy iifleninon ttl, 21 o'clock, ul I lie I lull comer ofSprini; Ourdcn and ICiKht h .Sired.. Kvcryluuly welcome.

T in : I 'lltST ASSOCIATION OI' S r ilt lT IlA Ii*: IST S—At "Aciidcmy Hull, Htli-iiimI - S|>riii|< .(iiirdcn SI reels/•; every Siimlny id lllj/iii. Iii. mid 7/{, p. in.

ITUST S l'IK IT C A l, < 1111 ItC 11 of the (lood Smiiiivi- tmi, al the N. U. Cor. I’.iulitli mid HulloMWood.hlK.y.Td lloor. Sjicukiiif; mid IchI circle, every Siiuduv iifleruoon mid cvc’ng.'- ■■■— / ------------ ----------------------------------

SI‘JI!lTt!AI. MEET I lit IN IN NEW YORK CITY.

TH i:Si:CO M > SOCIETY OF S I'IU IT C A M S IS ,of New York (lily, hold reauliir ineelintcH every Sunduy lnornint'Tit 111.15; Aflenumn ill T.lf), mid Kveninu: lit T.lfi, in the lieiiutiful MiiHonie T’cmple, (nen(in(;'(iiipiieity 1,00(11 cornel- 2:)d SI., mid lilh Avenue. Alfred Welden, I’rehl,, Alex. S. Jluviu, See’y.f K. I*. Cooley. Tieiis., 2f)0 W. Ilii.li SI., N. Y. City

| PHILADELPHIA MEDIUMS. .I Mrs. M ary A. Lamb, Trunee 'J'e.it ,Medium, BUS .Jay

Street,’ lielwei'n Stli iin«l Dili, Itelow 1-Tiinnoiinj Avenue. Sitlinpu daily.

J. AV. Cad well’s slorv. Col. Bundy accepts it as •>>« very clever little daughter, whose name is Lit- true. So m ud, Die worse for Goi. Bundy. j i(1, , 1-nie de-erved to he patronized. Childfcn just | n . ,, , . ,, , „ ’ I now are becoming pretcrnaturally learned. It we iCol. Bundy is not sati,ilied to allow Gadwell to mo- , | () ])llV(; (-Ijjldroii like llijs young lady, (here ]nopolize the slandering ot Air. and Mrs. JJolmes I will not he much need for school hoards, and no- i for he proceeds lo say : - ! body lint Little Louie will have a chance at acorn-

"AhHolmes mid hinwlfeluive loiijf since been proven inosl I llx,lllH 11:1^011-iirranlswiudlers.il is not worth while for us to publish the

“At the end oi'every answer she rc|ii!atcd ‘papa.’ I <lhuns’ oli'crH arc not entitled to receive any.other | i)iK(. uses of women u speciuiily. ConHiilInliun free, Consid- Tlius ‘A rimr Dana ’ -‘A seal liana.’ This liana and preiniuiii Dial we have oil'ereif in our advertising onion by lein-r, enclose three a-ci.stumps, Devel*fpinK circle

■ H1 -1 ’■ - ' • ’ 1 • ' ' • • • • columns. ---- :o;---- Tuesday evening.R 0 Flnwpr’S' fipnermiT Rffpr ' . Hcnw C. Coi-don, Muterializlnif and Slate Wri-n. L. riUWU a uuiuruus Ulltr. | ting Medium,.Bill N, lath st, Select sejuiees every Monday,

For the Jllirpose of extending till! circulation Of I’l-iday and evenings, at H. oleloek; also Tuesday in ., ani) aiatter—the best, SpiritnaiiKt, paper | tM sl,lle

Jjttle Louie is a native of Alanchester. Shedetails in tliis instance; if people will he sillycioukIi to pa- i made her first ajjpcai'tmce in public as " Little tronizc such triekhierH, their ‘Riith1 is beyond (he reach of | R(,(l Riding Hood " at the Theatre Royal ill 1875. reason and they must he left lo swallow until they are sur- I u , r < ,• „ . ,, i 7;,.i,i » ,felted. Those who wind lo see a skilfully conducted show fif-'t pel fol IllUllce of second sight \t.lsin which nine-tenthsof the performance is juaiflery, can eon- ’ ' ‘ ’ ’ 11 " " *'.......................f 11 'tjmie lo palroni/.e the Holmes family; those who believein which nine-tenthsof the performance is juanlery, can eon timie lo patronize the Holmes family; those who believe that Hnirilualism is too serious a subject lo he -thil treated and who desire to invesliaale rather than pander to a morbid curiosity, will seek other sources

AVe can from jicrsonal knowledge pronounce tha t infamous and malicious attem pt to injure Air. and Airs. Holm es false in every respect. If Air. and Airs. H olm es’ seances furnish hut one-tenth of genuine spirit, iiianifestalioiis, then is there no foundation for Modern Spiritualism. Air, and

given at the same theatre, on the occasion of the Henelit of th e manager, Air. Thomas Chambers. At the Aquarium she has apjieared before Die Royal Family. • - -

.... -*■ ♦ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ••Elizabeth McDannel, Ironton, Ohio, writes:

“ Your pajier proves more interesting each week. I don’t think 1 could get along without it."

AIindwc have—I make this offer: -Any one sending, me two dollars (my regular |)i'ice), and will) it a ! lock of hair, giving age, height, weight,, sex, tem­perature of skin and feel; with two |)Oslage stamjis for answ er; I will give them a I borough exami­nation of (heir case; also full advise, as to what course 1.1iey*had best, |)ursue; and J will send you the two dollars to pity -their subscription lo AIind and Matter. Let all Id le rs of this kind he ad­dressed to me in your care.

R. 0. F lower. Al. ]).,13J9 Filbert St., Philadelj>hia,T’u,

r"Dr. Dobson’s Liberal Offer;

For the jmrpo.se of extending the circulation of AIind and Matter, I m ake the following oiler to

Dit, A. B. Dobson.

i M. G. Marston, M, D., renewing subscription,■ w rites : “ Alay the pure, the true and the wise o f ! any person sending me $1.25 and two.3-cent stain])s ! every sphere guide and.direct your every thought, i they will receive AIind and M atter fornix months,

• Mrs. Holmes have given their seances always t in - ! 'vor<1 illl<l l,raycr of y°u r ^ -w o rk er in j and I will answer ten questions of any kind and; , , J. , i tne cause of tp itli.” .exam ine any diseased pcrsoiDfoee (by independentder conditions that admitted of no doubt as to the ; . ,, . alate writing). Send lock of hair, state age andspiritual cause of the manifestations. AVe have , r Y \ ^ crH (jen®\*}> ^t-hiAska, luiew m g .......... »• ■=- *. , , , , subscription, writes: A our paper is lo me aattended h u n d r e d s ^ seances given by Mr. and necessity, and were I able and had the means, IAirs. Holmes, at which thousands of persons have . would pay for several copies to distribute free, hut been present, and we have never heard a single I cannot d o ; hut I am sending mv papermanifestatirin questioned at the time it was taking wherever I can find a reader. I am glad the truth

. . has one champion. Lay on and spare not.place, llio se persons who questioned their gen- > \ \uineness took precious good care ne rer to question , ^ nilb ’ Gasterline, of Belmont, N. \ ., w rites: “ Itho rrVinrfJnnmniu rif H.n ...ortifn . * „ , i -i ,i ‘iave il confession to make. I had concluded to th e m ; I will m ake this offer, any one sending methe genuineness of Hie manifestations while they jet Iny Rubseription to your paper run down and'j one dollar and twenty-five cents, ($1.25) and 2were taking place, and when the operating spirits Lorrowof my neighbor to save expense; 'bu t when ( postage stamps, I will give them a ticket to mycould vindicate their.work, hut always after it was J 8aw your generous offer to Dr. J. II. Severance, i materializing seances, Tuesday or Thursday even-too late for such ;■ chance to test the tru th . In all i t®ndenng 1,ier th ? use y?“ r columns to reply to ings, or a full w ritten life reading, and AIind and

our acquaintance with Mr. and Mrs. Holmes as : the decision and here is my subscription for an- j I am very respectfully for the right,mediums, we have never known them to simulate i o ther year. I want to see you prosper. I want to i Dr . F. H ugh D’Vougii.

sex and leading symptoiis.Alaquoketa, Iowa.]

A Materializing Medium's Generous Offer.M jlw aukue, AVis., Ajiril 19,1880.

Grata .-—For the purpose of extending tiie circu­lation of a [taper that does not cry fraud to every medium, or that will not bow down and worship

Mr. anti Mrs. T. .(.A m brosia. 8lu(i! ■ Writing, Clair­voyant, Trum.'i! mid Test Mediums, 12211 North Third Street. Circle every Sunday, Wednesday, mid Friday evenings, iiIho every Tuesday ill 2.:tO i». in. 'Consultations .daily'from H a. in. to 0 ]>. in.

All'retl .lames, Trunee and Test Medium and medium for miileriulizulion. i'rivAle. siHings daily nl 7iB Wharton St, Materialization seances on Tuckday and Friday evenings. Test and developing circles on Sunday and Wednesday evenings.

Mrs. 1). N. l'ow ell, liiisiiiess and test medium, 2.T9J4 North Ninth Street, Philadelphia. Olliee. hours, B a.m. too p.m. Circles Sidaiuy, Monday,..Wednesday and Friday evenings, also Wednesday afternoon. ' ’

Mrs. A. K. Delians, Clairvoyant examination, tthtl magnetic treatment, Olliee hours fromD a,m. to 12 in., and 1 p.m. to •( p.m. No. 12JI North Fifteentli st,, 1‘hilu.

Mrs. Katie D. Kolilnson, (lie well-known Trance- test medium, will give sittings daily lo investigators, at 2123 Hrandywiue street.

Mrs. L. N. 4'oleiiian, Cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, and all other disensks by Magnetic and Kleelric treatment, at 1019 Ogden street, Philadelphia,

Mrs. Mary .1. Millard, Trance Medium, 1135 South Kleventh street. Circles Tuesday and Friday evenings. Sittings daily except .Saturday,

Mrs. Carrie Crowley, Trance Test Medium, will give select sittings daily from 9 A. M. to5 P.'M., at No. 1031 South Seventeenth Street.

Mrs. Surah A. Anthony, Test Medium, 1129Soutli 11th street. Circles on Monday and Thursday evenings. Private sittings daily.

Mrs, Ida Whnrlon, Trance Test Medium, No. <23 Wharton street. Circles Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Sittings daily. .

Mrs. George—Trance and Test Medium-No. 680 North Eleventh st. Cirtcles on Tuesday evenings. Sittings daily.

Mrs. Thomas Mathews, 531 Butler street, North Pniladelphia. Developing circle every Friday-evening.

Mrs, Faust, Test Sledium, 936 N. Thirteenth st. Private sittings daily from 9 a.m. to 9. p.m.

Miss Marks, Trance, Test and Business Medium, 240 ’Lombard Street.

Mrs. Mary Ball,, Ciairvoyan, 1110 Carpenter street. Sittings dally.

Test C la irvoyant, Mrs. Loonlls, 1372 Ridge Av. Sit­tings daily.

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hand-writing, or nphotograph; he will (five you a correct delineation of character, giving instructions for self-improvc-' ment, by telling wbat faculties to cultivate and vvlml to re­strain, giving your present physical, mental mid .spiritual condition, giving past and future events, telling wind kind of a medium you can develop into, if any. Wlmt business or profession you are best calculated for, to be successful in life. Advice ami c'bunsel in business matters, also, advice in reference to marriage; the adaptation of one to ihe othVr, and. whether you are in a proper condition for marriage; hints and advice to those that are in .unhappy married rela­tions, how to make their path of life smoother. 'Further, will give an examination of diseases, and correct diagosis, with a written presoriptiomund.instruelions for home treat­ment, which, if the imtienls follow, will improve their heMlh and condition every'time, if it.does not effect a cure.

delineations. <IIKALSO Tit EATS DISEASES .MAliNUTICAl.I.V AND OTlIUltWIsli •

Tiskms llitief 'Delineation, si Jill. Full and Complete l>e lineation, 32.IH). Diagnosis of Disease, 91.01). Diagnosis and Prescription, 53.IK). Full and Complete Delineation wath Di­agnosis and Prescription, 55JK), Address A. 11. S e n i-;11A Ni t:, lit (irand Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis.

J. -V. IM^ TSIFIELiD, * ’T est Medium, answers sealed letters at 01. West Foiitv-

Second Stiiebt, New Youk. Terms, 53.00 and four 3-cent stamps, Itegister your letters.

JAMES A. BLISS,TEST MEDIUM.

Communications by letter for persons at a distance. Terms ■91.00 and three 3-et stamps. bOilloe, 713Saitsom SI., Phila. Pa.

U r . H en ry C. G-ordon,Physical, Tranee and Slate Writing Medium. Select Mate­rialization Seances every Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at 691 North Thirteenth Sired, Philadelphia. _ tf.

mu. Sittings duilv.. tf .

Business

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H fR S . A N N IE P H Y .- 'I’ranec Modi jV| (lloueester, N. ,1.

M ine. L . W . Speucor, Uneonwimis, Test, and Healing Medium. 170 15. Water St., Milwaukee.. .. i

Matlftino C a rte r - I’liolographer, 15s West Madison SI., , •Chicago, III. Sittings made by appointment.

M rs. H. V , Ross,—Materializing medium, HT> Carpenter street, Providence, It. I.- Arrangements for Seances can he \ made in person or by mail.

MRS. I,I/ ,/IE EENZREItG. Trance, Test and Husi-' | ness Medium, 83 Fourth Avenue, New York City. Sittings I daily, from 9 to 12 a.m., and 2 to 15 p.m. English and Herman. \

POWER has been-given me over .undeveloped spirits , and eases of obsession, Persons desiring aid of this sort wiH please sftnd me llieir handwriting, state ease and sex, and I enclose SI.00 and two 3-cent stamps, Address' MliS. M. It, j STANLEY, Post Olllee Hex (MW, Haverhill, Mass, tf

MILS. II. .1 EX VIE ANDREW. Clairvoyant ami Test : Medium, and Psychomeirie- reader.' Send age, sex,lock of hair and 50 els., Box 31, New Brilniii; Conn. tf. |

lilt. A MRS. I . HUGH lUVOUGII. Business Cliiir-,| voyants;.Trance and Miilerializing Mediums, IfiS Mason SI,, Milwaukee, Wis,

' -MEALING MEDIUMS.

MRS. DR. E. S. CRAIG.Clairvoyant diagnosis o f disease by lock of liair. Address lints. Hit, 15. S. CRAIG, 7i:tSaasom Street, staling age, sex and leading symptoms, enclosing S2.00 and Tel. slump. To anyone sending me 23 cents for llm 'first three months, I will, send free of postage, one of my Magnetized Plasters guaran­teed to relieve pain wherever located.. Olllee, hours from 9 to 12 a,m., 2 to 15 p.m.

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M R S . M. K . B O O Z E R , 1Medium for Medical Diagnosis and Psyebomelry, 113 I,yon j Htreel, (irand Rapids; Michigan. Mrs. Hoozer cures all forms ; of Oliroaie diseases. Diagnosis made by lock of bail' or |

'■ patient's hand-writing. Diagnosis, Silling or Psyebomeli'l- ; zation, $2. Exiimlimlion ami preseriplion, wilb medicine, S3, ; The cure of lliebabit of usinglolmeeojispecially—thenppelilc -j often elianged by one treatment. 'Perms, 55 per treatment.1 . j

D R . DUM O NT C. D A K E ,Magnetic Physician.- Olllee and residence, 117 Clinton SI., ,

Brooklyn, N. Y, Fifteen years experience in tint, exclusive i and successful Irealmenl, ofCbronie Diseases. . ■ i

M R S . F A N N Y W . S A N B U R N ,Clairvoyant, Healing and Test Medium. For diagnosis of! disease or lest, send lock of hair, giving age am! sex, TerntH, One dollar for examination or (esl, ami fill chills exIrtiNvIten medicine iH required. Residence, Main street, Hyde Bark. I Address, Lock Box 319, Scranton, Pa. 2-50 !

To Tlio A fllioted.Arc yon siill’ering in mind or body ? or do yon wisli advice

on business? Then consult IHt. J. O. PHILLIPS, Ihe relia­ble Psyeliomelrist, Clairvoyant and Magnetic Healer, of Omro, Wisconsin. Send letlcr containing lock of hair, or photograph, or both. If for disease give, two or three leading i symptoms, (In. facilitate.) Brief.delineation SI.DO ami two 3-conl slumps; Fall delineation 82.00 anil I wo 3-eenl. slumps; Diagnosing disease and preseriplion 93,00 and two .'i-ccut'7’ stamps; Magadized paper 91 .IK) and two 3-cent slumps; Magnetized medicines sent by express when desired. .SVitfs- ■ faction Qmrmitcf.il. Dr. .1. C. Phillips, Omro, Winnehag Co., Wisconsin. All wiling vie before April 15f/i will get a reduction of one-half above rales.

M rs. C. M . M orrison, M. D .—The wonderful-healer and clairvoyant. Thousands acknowledge Mrs. Morrison's unparalleled success In giving diagnosis by lock of Imiiviind thousands have been cured with magnetized remedies pre­scribed by her Medical Band. Diagnosis by teller.—Enclose lock of patient’s hair ami JUKI. Hive the name, ageand.sex. Remedies sent by mail to all parts of the United Slates ami Canadas. ‘ Circular containing tesliniouiuls and system of . -prnctieo, sent free on application... Address,2-30 MRS. M. C. MORRISON, M. I)„- P. Ilex 2519, Boston, "'

J . W in. VnnN am oo. M . D .. Clairvoyant and Mag­netic Pltysielan, W Clinton Place, New York City, Exami­nations made from lock of hair 91.00, Psyeomelricnl reading. , of diameter 92.00. Magnetized remedlessenl forall diseases. Will tuisWcr calls to .lecture before Spiritual Societies, Liberal i Leagues, Temperance Societies, and attend Conventions mid

...Funerals -within .reasonable distuuon from borne on moder­ate terms,

M adam M , J . P h illip s , M. I)., ami Healing Medium ! No. 55 Windsor st., Hurl ford, Conn. Cancers and Tumors j cured in every case, where the vital organs tire not dc-

s stroyed. Site trouts all kinds of Acute and Chronle Diseases. >' Requirements ere, whole mime, age and description of ease. 1

Send 92.00, and receive medicine for two weeks by mail,

■ C. J . R a io h ard , Healing Medium, North Wayne, MninO, Mngnclized Paper is a specially witli me for the euro of disease. Price per package, 91.00; renewal, 50 cents.

M rs, L , A . P aioo , 137 Trumbull st., Hartford, Conn., 1 Clairvoyant and Magnetic Healer and Psychometric render. ; Reference given when required,______________________

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THERE’S A LIGHT IN THE WINDOW FOR THEE.

BV MlUi. U. A. WHITTIER.

does not say in so many words all materialized Again, the gentleman, for a base,of defence-for I meterialized fabrics have they that are no t com- objects claiming to be of spirit origin, are 'thus 1 his sickly claims, lias-seen proper to attem pt to j mon to all sensible investigators?” W ould th e irfraudulently produced, yet he would necessarily I show me m n.com pos-m enlh in deciding upon the j decision in a m atter of producing a phenom-

'■■■ . ■ .. , — . . have to mean it, and nothing less: if he is honest subject under consideration. Well, do>lhi^, my(luighulroY P enr°c,nd in (saying, “ There is not a single instance in j friend, and vou will have.rem oved from your path

Mary B. Wisweii, As tier bark whs touching. the shore o f , which any fabric or substance can be produced ! only one ot a list num bering millions \\ no will" the spirit-land, she caught the sound of beautiful voices can |)e demonstrated to be out of terrestial i confront you with the same testim ony I offer,

sintrinir. an.! said. • do vou not hear the music? Thcv are mannfacture or prow,h » a8 I ghaH 81,0W. ' Listen to his twaddle : / ‘Again, when it ISBut this unjust, contemptuous assertion of Mr. known tha t Mr. Mendenhall is not a rigid scientific

singing, and said, “do you not hear the music? singing, ‘There's a light in the window for thee:'"

“ There's a light in the window,A light in the window for thee,”

, The low, sweet music floated Above the roa'ing sea :

And she caught the murmuring echoes,As her bark drew near the strand,

Of the bright celestial city,The beautiful spirit laud.

We saw not the beatiful angels That waited our darling there;

We heard not the joyous greetings Of welcome every where:

We caught not the heavenly music As the gate was open thrown;

We saw not the shining portal Of our darling’s beautiful home.

, 4 We suw not the light in the window f For the blinding tears tliul fell;

We heard not thy voices of angels,As they whispered, “ all is well

Yet we.know that her love will not fail us,That still she is dearly o'ur own;

And a light she has placed in the window,To guide us to loved ones, and home.

And oft when the sad tears are falling,And we long for one glimpse of her face,

Oh! may not the dear Father send her Again to our loving embrace! y

And may not our loved one be with us To bless with her sweet love and care?

Oh, may not our home be the gate-way!’ Of the city bright and fair?

West Medway, Hass,

Reply to William E. Coleman’s Article ' in the “ R.-P. Journal,” on the Materialization

of Permanent Fabrics.$

l!Y .1. II. MKXDKXIIAI.L.

C., is followed by what would seem to be the re suit of a rem inder from the lingering relic of a sickly conscience, for he adds, “ Or it may he pos­sible that in some cases, genuine materialized forms may have allowed visitants or friends, to take specimens of the cloth or hair worn by them, such clothing and hair being, however, not true materializations, hut are articles of human growth

and analytical investigator of sp irit phenomena,* but one, who is prone to take appearances for facts, who looks simply upon the surface of things,” etcr. Ah, my friend, let me advise you not to seek self-elevation by attem pting to sink one whose investigations of spirit phenomena have been deeper, broader and higher than your own ; yes, would beggar even your grandest conception

and production, used by them to-^fissist in the - of the same. You are welcome to all benefits youwbrk of manifestation.” How is it, friend William that you came to admit the truth of a “ genuine

1 materialized form.” Is not that form a substance? Certainly you know it is. And being a genuine materialization, does it not strike a death blow to

i your whole hypothesis of trickery and I'raudu- j lence you so uniformly apply to materializing me- Ulia? Every reflecting mind can hut see at a

glance the dire dilemma in which you have either ; thoughtlessly or ignorantly placed yourself: The

very fact of there being a single “ genuine mate­rialized form,” adm itted by you, is prime facia

i evidence tha t the same law and process of action,! whether it he chemical, will-force, or some other

occult method or principle that will admit of form materialization, will adm it of any and all m anner |

can derive from this, your only alternative to save your pet theory of negating all facts. ’Tis said “ a drowning man will catch at a straw .” But who told you this pleasing story ? W hat do you know of iny -abilities as an investigator of spirit phe­nomena-? When and where did you ever meet me at a spiritual seance? And if I look upon the outside or “ surface ” of a phenom enon—a mete- rialized form—to test its shape, size, height, com­plexion, lineament, movement, etc.; and if 1 use my outward ear to test the voice, place my hand upon the outward body to prove the tangibility of the materialized spirit, etc., what method liaye- you more rigid, scientific and analytical for the in­vestigation of spirit phenom ena?

Pray, what is science hut knowledge, truth as-

enon which neither of them could perform,, nor have any special knowledge of the mode or principle by which it is done, be m o re ' worthy of our confidence than the declaration of the' spirits themselves, the real producers of said phenom ena? Could the m anner of the produc­tion of a fabric of the" kind in question be logically decided upon by any other principle than that applied to the materialized forms, viz: its recog­nized existence, corroborated by the explanation of the builder?

You may sup such broth, if you,like, hut I w ill. not. However, any one or all of the committee, and you, too, can have the opportunity of witness­ing said phenomena,- if desirable. Since the sketching of this paper, only on last evening, at a seance given by Mrs. Mendenhall, the first given for months, owing to the ill slate of her health, it was declared by a materialized spirit of no ordi­nary rank, that “ Mr. Coleman will have many thini's to learn in spirit-life tha t he ought to have learned in this.” Had lie-been p resen t-I th ink he would have crawled into his hole and drawn it in after him.

To conclude his silly twaddle on this point of the subject under consideration, Mr. C. unrolls his priestly scroll of moral drapery and m akes a wholesale charge of fanaticism, credulity, super­stition, and bigotry against till who differ with him in opinion, in accepting the truth of genuine sp irit m aterializations; and then opens his great(?)

of materializations; for, is not the hair a part o f cerlaincd? And aHde from the proper use of i .heart of .sympathy,, giving to his opposers an that form? or does your peculiar fancy of spirit your senses, corroborated in the testimony by ‘ " ' <’Jl ‘organism in the more perfect life see nothing hut , your judgment (if you have any), tell us by what“ Elishas,” or bald heads? Tell us, friend philoso­pher (?), if you really'believe;that, the law under i which materialization occurs will admit of^-Hie production of the entire organism of a m aterial­ized spiril minus the hair? If so, howYlo you ac­count for the evolution of thisrerowning ornam ent of humanity in terrestial life? And then do you fancy that the shining hosts in the purer and brighter spheres run nude? ■ I’ray, tell us your , scientific views of life in the spirit spheres? Your hypothesis declares that the llivine Architect can frame nature, hiijl- cannot put on the finish. Away with such nauseous-sophistry. ' :

But another thought occurs: f have more than fifty limes asked the genuine m aterialis 'd forms if those fabrics, locks of hair, etc., worn by them, are actually the1 malcrialized products of spirits, and they invariably answer in the affirmative. Do you, Mr. propose to contradict ,Jhe positive de­claration of the.genuino-matorializ.ed form ? Dare you, in flat terms, give the lie to the producer oH a phenomenon before your,eyes, the law and n a ­ture of which you know positively n o th in g ? . If so, what is. it that you-would not do to carry bu t : your dogmatical claims ? Such a priestly course ; was widely in vogue when the learned (?) Luther : declared thal, "This Galileo's astronomy would turn-the world upside-dvrwn,” and still later, when the noble Harvey was ostracised from the medical fraternity for declaring-That the human heart was not the seal of conscience, hut of'circulation. But in this, our day, ’hvere better for one wholly ignorant of the law and nature of a certain phe­

nom enon to learn of the workman thereof'. In alluding to the fabrics mentioned in my/ former paper, yoil say, “ These fabric- could have-been of

- earthly, manufacture,, procured : by the .spirits; for the'-"purpose, and limy have been surrounded by the sj>irits with an aura sending them' invisible1 In

: material eyes, which aura being gradually dissi­pated through thutyill-foree of the spirits, the arti­cles become visible by degrees to those present.” Yes, they could have been. So you could have produced this identical paper being now produced

‘by my pen, but then you did not,-and the spirits say they did not procure Hie fabrics worn by them in the manner .prescribed by you, and the beauty ol it is,all sensible Spiritualists prefer their statement (o-yOiirs. That, spirits can and have on certain occasions transferred articles, J know to

In the Journal of the loth inst., th e re appears an article by AVm. E. Coleman, criticising my review of a paper on “ .Materialization of Spirits,” pub­lished in your, columns, the 17th lilt. My friend M r.C. informs me, that said paper is the production of the scholastic gentleman, Mr. W. 11. Harrison, the editor of the Spiritualist, London, England, and further rem arks that 1 was not aware of this fact, when I asserted the author of said paper to manifest a limited knowledge of the facts of phe­nomenal Spiritualism, Ac., Ac.

Trite I was not, and had I been, it would have been all the same with me. .Name or position liave hut little to-do in directing the expression of my-honest convictions. I.gave utterance only to’my then honest- thought; and now, alter learn­in g the. fact, I have nothing to retract,''but. am sorry to have to say, that I feel constrained to place my learned friend Mr. C., in the sannycate- gory, for reasons thal will follow. ~r ~

/ F o ra basis to his defense of the talented editor, he, Mr. C. remarks, "T he experience of Mr. Men­denhall, is but a trifle compared with that of Mr.Ha-rrison, and after a long and patient investiga­tion for a term of years, into all phases of mate­rialization. Mr. Harrison vcryTriithfully fells us th a t there is not a xinyk ■ instance known in 'which any fabric or'substa nce can be produced wh ich ran be demonstrated, to be not of terrestial manufacture or growth." The italics are mine, but; the declara­tion. has how become Air, (Jolcman’s and as'slioh I shall deal therewith.' And first it may not be out

■ o fp la e lo notice the part referring to my own case. I t has.never been my aim to sell inyself to

■■The public, for more than m y iea l worth, having taken care in all my contributions to add neither handle nor tail to my signature, in lire form of Prof., D. D., or any initial signifying title of dis­tinction, although for nearly fifty years, I have in my humble way been a.student of the laws and phenom ena presented through the movements of'Nature, and since my fourteenth slimmer, have written* more or less for nearly all the radical journals coming under my notice, besides MSS. amounting to forty volumes, the highest reaching six hundred pages..' This, however, I should not- have said of myself. Bul l suppose he alluded to my experience in-phenom enal Spiritualism. In answer to this, I can only say, that, for th irty years past, I have never been without a number one medium in my house—not always the same person, but various ones, who collectively possess the m edial forces for nearly all phases of spiritual phenomena known to our era. Besides (his, I am myself a t times clairvoyant, clairatidienf and im- pressional; and from the time 1 was eight yearsold, possessed that peculiar faculty known to hut returned, to he the m aterialized products of their i investigated and exposed the genuineness of the ; many hieroglyphics used by the ancients were

the i own bands. On other Occasions they have, by same phenomena, and thus see things differently j formed, to all present a curious phenomena. Sal-

means" you form your conclusions respecting the phenomena you have sensed ? Do you' suppose you could recognize your m other on her return from an absence, she being brought to you by or through the agency of'ano ther, chained, hand- culled, or sacked up, any thh better for lief being thus shackled? Think-you, you could distinguish her more readily from the agent presenting her ; to your view, than you could if she were minus : those environments ? Or it you knew, said con-t veyor of your mother was held powerless and se­cluded from view by some devised scheme of! your own? Tell us, I repeat, if you have any ; other and heller scientific method of determining \ upon the genuineness of spirit phenomena than the one universally employed by mankind in searching out the true nature and character (if any and all'o ther phenomena? sa idm ethod being the senses and judgm en t. brought to bear upon said phenomena. If you have, and can only; prove successful in procuring a patent Therefor, J am safe, I think, in -authorizing you a larger sum than “ s.jOO” J'br the'universal right to the use of- your patent. 7 - ’ - g

But you have another reason (?) for cbnrgiiig me with incompctonoyTor judging of'the true na­ture and character of'.Hpirif phenomena. You say,“ W hen we remember tha t Mr. M endenhall en­dorses the geiiuiness of the phenomena-exhibited at- the Terre Haute den o f ‘iniquity, and wildly talks about the; persecution o f mediums, we can scarcely be blamed if we feel som edegree of doubt regarding the exact and precise nature of the oc­currences-happening in; Hie narrator's presence at the tim e of thirsuppb^edmiaterj.alization.” Or, to express your meaning more dearly , you should have said : “ .When we remember that Mr. Men­

denhall secs dill'crenlly from"me- (yourself') re- 'garding these facts, therefore his statements should be taken with a degree of allowance, at. least, if not wholly rejected,,as being wanting i'11 truth and veracity.” ' „

Seeing, my friend, that I have perceived your inmost feeling in this respect, you will confess that.’ I am capable of penetrating beyond the surface of one thing-at least, evert if I cannot in thegeneral-

- ity of spirit phenomena. But will you be so kind and obliging as to state one.solitary instance; just

: one, that, you have any personal knowledge of,

Well done, William. Though you have shown yourself a first-class qrthodox priest in your style of stigmatizing with unpleasant names all those who do no t;no r cannot wisely agree with you in your theory of negation regarding well established fads; yet you mellowed down at Hie silent ap-‘ preach of a great truth 'w hich you did not sense at the time you hinted if. For it will require “ an eternity of time in spirit-life,” and then the effoi;t will fail to discover any “ folly or mental obli­q u ity ” in their conclusions upon matters of spirit materializations.

To return this complimentary declaration, we offer you a few hours .only after your restoration to consciousness'in spirit-fife as beingal 1 snflicient lor the discovery of. your misspent efforts in the- investigation of spiritual phenomena. F ia t lax. T hrive in the interest of tru th .

BLACKFOOT’S WORK.

.,/; (KuT.ikvei) of Ba in , in the Sum-:.- .New Bedford. Mass., June loth, hSSO. u

Mr. lliw r—Ihar S ir :— \ want to thank your hand, for the.'magnetized paper which has relieved my left side ( hat had troubled me m anyyears,.causing, palpitation and "neuralgia.- I would like another sheet, for I think 1. Inn! better not leave off using if now. The relief, is wonderful. Very -respect-.. fully. a-: --, — _ E, (1. Ci.auk'. A

. A"■ AVoNnEHFiii,-Statement.' ':Lake City, Minn., June 7,-1880.

-.—Brother ////.is;—Yo'ui’ magnetized paper came to- hand June . 1st. 1 applied it to a very painful bunch on my head, at half-past two iirtlie after- . noon, for about live minutes, then laid it asjde and thought no more of i t ; at nine in the evening: 1 went.to re tire ; I fell lor the bunch and found i t entirely gone; there- Was a sunken.'.place.where Ihe hunch was and the skin loose over it, The

'.place 'fee ls like an.old bruise. My opinion is it was a cancer. If 'had been on my head for about two years. Send me two more sheets.

. Mas. Cai.fixh U k e ii.

MANIFESTATION i .\ Mn iiiuax.«■-■> Leslie,-Michigan, June '1st,

Ju nes .1. M m — Deur Fir .'—Your magnetized paper came duly to hand at Williamston, to the address of Sebastian Cabot, 11 w as'obtained to

Connected with the Terre Haute mediums, w here /develop mediums if any could be found. A few lie a fact; but then they, do not falsely .represent.: a ' phenomenon of any. description occurred,/ persons It irmedTi circle as a trial effort, none had the facts when interrogated on the matter by lion- j either by treachery or genuine spirit: agency ? ever seen anything of the kind, except Chester esl investigators, J have had them by request lake j /No, sir, you dare not—you c a n n o t . Then w hat is /C a b o t anddiis wile, and they but little ; t hey met the jewelry, ear-rings and linger-ri-ngs from the j your argument worth as touching my faith or en- j two or three limes with but little,ell'ect. Oil- person of :my wife, keep-;them three weeks .'amf'-J dorsement of. said* phenom ena?-. Nothing, less Thursday .evening, May 291 h '/1 attended the eir- return them, neatly wrapped inclean ..tissue paper, /th an nothing, if possible, I suppose you hold in ele as a guest; a verse or .two was siing, and thenplacing them in .any own hands in the broad the same spirit of denunciation the jtev. Samuel light of day. On one occasion, a piece .of-motion cloth, containing fen yards, was thus mysteriously conveyed the distance of more than one hundred j hundreds, jx*a, thousands, of others of your supe- miles, But they never claimed said articles, when | riots in spiritual knowledge, who have, with me,

a l l w a s q u i e t . I t h c n t a lk e d a l i t f l e i n e x p l a n a - AVatson, Jtev. J. M. Beebles, lion. Judge Booth of lion -of the spirit and psycic force, m aking if as Kansas, Judge. Lawrence of Michigan, and the : simple and plain as possible. In a short time-simple and phi

some indications of spirit 'presence were given, by request J submitted myself (0 the control, and

few, of separating mvself, so to speak, from body, visiting the Spiritual realm, and beholding with unseen ey e much of the scenery so beauti­fully grand and truly expressive o f’ the angel- spheres. The best phase, however, is one of only occasional occurrence, not subject to my volition, Still my experience m ay be a trifle compared with th a t of Mr. Harrison. Only so much the worse for him, or rather his representative Mr. (!., since

request, passed through-solid walls, what was solid matter hut a few moments before the phenomenon

he has failed to utilize his vast experience. Now 1 us an honest/'./'critic can possibly ask from this to the absurdity ol the talented gentlem an’s (Mr. - mysterious phenom enon,called fabric-mafcrializa- C.) assertion. To be able to .know that there is 1 lion, let us suppose tha t the fabrics worn by the not a genuine spiril materialized fabric or sub- 1 genuine materialized forms, were once those of stance existing anywhere, one m ust necessarily j human .production, m anulaotute Or growth, but

*■ be. thoroughly acquainted with no t only the entire i were thus demalerialized, then rematerialized for list of materialized fabrics, substances, etc,, bu t he | the occasion, and were rendered visible to Inale- must he also equally acquairtted with every c ir-j rial eyes, I ask you as a logician, if it is not cumstancc connected with the production of said ; genuine spirit materialization, as much so, in fact, objects, and to say that any one person, Air. 0. for | as if they (spirits) laid gathered from the atmos-

. instance, as he is now the author of the assertion, 1 phere the crude elements; and by whatever means possesses such knowledge, is to declare that which j employed, rendered them tangible, objects ? AVhat he him self knows, to be positively untrue. And it 1 else can you make of it, yon skeptic ? (Nothing', seems to _ me th a t suclma claim per sc, is strong Observation, common sense and every attribute of presumptive evidence either of dementia, or lack I honest reasoning, cry-noth ing else. None but a of m oral. honesty in any one who would m ake : conceited bigot, a would-be leader, ever crying, such a glaringly untruthful assertion. But to th is ; “ Wonder workers — wonder w orkers’- against absurd declaration lie 'adds contempt, in tlie u se / sensible, honest investigators, at the same tune of th e following language, respecting materialized (seeking to develop a belief or theory the wonders fabrics, etc. “.Some of these locks of hair,certainly 1 of which would startle the minds of the “ wonder

from yourself "j unlay evening, May 29, we met at th e residenceNo, m y Iriend, you are not held censurable by 1 of .-(’heater Cabot with Ihe magnetized paper on

occurred. This I know to lie a fact, havingohad it. * me, I t would be neither legal nor humane to h an d /a few verses sung, I rose to give a few words done under the most thorough lest conditions. : blame one so void both of a knowledge of duty of encouraghment, by relating some of nty expe- Then, I ask yon,-Mr. C., how was th isdone, bill by ! and manly spirit as to attem pt the impeachment rience, when on my lirs t itinerant tour as a Hpiril- dem ateria liz ingoneoro therpf the solids, and then j of the testimony and character of another upon d ta lis t lecturer in Hm cause of M odern'Spirilualism remalerializing the same ? d h e m ere grounds of difference of opinion. I from Leslie,-Michigan, through Ihe stales of Ohio,

And "now to give you all the benefit -.-your'claims [ from my inmost heart you have my emotions of I Pennsylvania and into New York State. Onepity. l iw w in m ie s l errare.^ I forgive you, k n o w -1 place I11 particular- w h ere . twenty or more medi- ing that you are irresponsible for what you say. : unis "were developed,. This place became so noted Still another thing is yet to be sounded. .You i as to bo called “ Spirit H ill.” These spirit.'m ani-

.offer as a wager ( lh o u g h .n o / precisely so ex- ; fostations were of various phases and strange tQ us pressed) “ $o00 that one square inch of that cloth all, It being the fourth year of Modern Spiritual- cannof "be produced by a m at rialized form in the T ism. I had but closed my story when a Mrs. presence of a committee consisting of Messrs. A. / Sugar was most powerfully ‘controlled,- then a J. Davis, I)r, E. Crowell, II. Tuttle and Mrs. Ma- Mrs. King, each went through a severe psychic ria M. King.” A noble band of souls, 1 freely shaking, head, hands and feet as well pall seemed admit. Personally I have no acquaintance with more quiet for a'lim e, then a chiming like that either ol them, though I have gleaned many a of a social, native Indian, rejoicing such as I have useful lesson from "their feitchings respectively, j often.se'Cn and heard The Indians perform when I Thoughts coming from their pens sometimes seem j was a soldier in Hie war of T812. T h iscon tinued - to live-end breathe, and 1 ever hold them sacred, j for nearly an hour, each person more or lessun- B u tit is said, ’‘Nt fno rnottalium omnibushor'acmjhl." \ conscious of their, situation.' Mrs, King was de- .So, too, I have read, words giveil.by .the same pens- j veloped a clairvoyant. Now after the chiming that disgrace the very cause they-claim, to love so | ceased, Mr. Segar Was' iiiade to sing, jum p In his dearly. J | chair, on the floor, dance, laugh, and whoop, many

They have each, if I nlislake not, decided clearly j forms of whooping; now. whatever band of spirits upon matters of' th is kind—cabinet phenomena, i was present, a time of glee was realized. Airs.

never grew upon the head-of any lnunan being. 1 w orkers” of the mythical ages; nay, would even j and that, too, upon the m ere basis of dictum de - King who saw her father, gave signs of great sal* They, are mostly clippings from th e wigs (usually shock The mind of Proteus himself, i dido. At last they have cried, aloud’" fraud and j isfaction. Much more could he told of th is sittinguir(I6 of borne hair and other coarnc matcidal) in ..«* iv...*««« m.Monoo t 1 ♦ aouiiu't./mid.iin t-t...,*,, i t „..*n ii._i 11..*.. *— ----- n _ i__worn by the pretended medium and their confed­erates while personating the spirits, while the pieces of cloth are finely-cut from the garments

But there is ye | another feature of evidence I trickery” against certain mediums (Terre Haute j but I will say tha t this was more like the phe- wish to n o tice /in connection w ith this particu-j mediums) of whom they know nothing, nor a I nomena of 187)0,1851, ' ". . . , . . w. , ,1852 and 187)1], than any I havelarly. You say the aura rendering visible these i whit more of thecharacterof witnesses whosetesti- 1 witnessed for many years. I t was nature, natural,

» , » , . \ , r- :----- , fabrics can he dissipated through the “ will power inony constitute the only basis for their decision.: honest and instructive. Many good effects areAc., worn by these same coris'cienceljjks tricksters j of the spirits.”. Ah 1 do you say so, indeed? And : And has not A. J, Davis—once the world’s teacher said to follow the receipt of the magnetized pa-while engaged in the despicable business of spirit j what have you gained for your theory 'by admit- j —titled materialized phenom ena .“ cabinet tom- ( pers, in many'localities throughout the s ta te 'inimpersohation. 1 ting this tru th ? If an aura so material in its na- j foolery ? ” But I cannot extend my rem arks 1 which I have travelled? People residing in

ture as to render invisible to natural eyes, solid j here. Michigan wish to know of its trqjh. I-am re­fabrics, metals, and even living organisms am be ] But tell me, friend AVilliam, why it is that you quested to say, will you please inquire of Black-so dissipated as to render said objects visible, what, .wish to select the entire committee, and that, too, j foot or any of his hand, if they were p resent at

W hile it is true, that such fabrics as above de­scribed have been introduced into cabinets by wilfully malicious enemies to Spiritualism, known to be, such, separate and apart from the m ed ia ; I dem and of Mr. C.ito state if he has any personal knowledge of a single instance where a fabric o r lock of hair has thus been detected to be the work of the medium. Does he not assert th is claim dogmatically upon Dictum de diclo, as can be show n t<5 be the case in ninetv-nine out of every one hundred such charges. Though |I r . C.

again I ask, is this but dem aterialization? And if spirits through will-power dematerialize said aura,- is not the only logical inference this, th a t the same was first materialized by the spirits for that

n ose? And then, was it not genuine material- substance still ? Answer this before you at­

tempt to deny facts witnessed and accepted by tens of thousands.

of persons whom you know have already decided against the genuineness of said phenomena ? AVas there ever such an instance before,known upon record ? AVhat but the fact tha t it is-in keeping

our circle sitting May 27th and 29th, 1880. AAliat inform ation you get from Black'foot about this please inform us in M ixd and Matter.

E lijah AVoodworth.[Blackfoot says, “ tell preacher brave Father

I AVoodworth, he did come to circle on nights he you to make such unfair dem ands ? I would ask j say himself, and did have charge of circle— you, “ AVhat improved method of testing genuine coming again soon.”—J. A. B.] r

with your manner of dealing with facts conflicting with your own hypothesis, could have induced