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PREFACE. 
 
 This little book is sent forth on its mission among men, by 
 the author, with the firm conviction that it is a necessity — as 
 "Modern Spiritualism," with all its soul -inspiring truths, has 
 to suffer so much misrepresentation at the hands of those who 
 know nothing of the sublime teachings of this heaven-horn 
 philosophy — to educate the people from a Bible standpoint. 
 
 No doubt a great many, even among the thoughtful, will be 
 surprised at the statement that the intervention of angels in 
 human affairs is a very conspicuous element in the sacred books, 
 and that hardly a great event is recorded there, in which they 
 have not been prominent actors. As the question has been so 
 often asked, "What saith the Scriptures in regard to spiritual- 
 ism," the author has gone to considerable trouble in order to 
 answer the above question, or rather, to put facts in such shape 
 lat the Scriptures may answer for themselves, and this, I think, 
 nas been so well done, that the reader must see, at least, the 
 wonderful affinity between Bible spiritualism and that which is 
 known as "Modern Spiritualism." 
 
 This little book is also intended to teach that a materializing 
 seance does not contain all there is in spiritualism, as some 
 would-be exposers would have the public believe, and indeed, 
 judging from the utterences of some of our religious leaders, 
 we are forced to the conclusion that they, too, entertain the 
 same crude idea. Then there are others who — strange to say, 
 have never investigated in order to find out what spiritualism 
 really is — very readily admit the facts, but they attribute all to 
 his "Satanic Majesty." If such can lay aside their prejudice 
 and give this book an impartial reading, carefully comparing 
 the Scriptures therein referred to, I think they would come to 
 the conclusion that spiritualism must be a mighty uncomfortable 
 place for such a notable personage. As the reader peruses the 
 pages of this book he will find that the greatest men of the 
 present day are avowed Spiritualists, and all over the world 
 millions are rejoicing in the benign influences of "Modern 
 Spiritualism." They believe in the continued love and helpful- 
 ness of the departed; they have certainly revived the ancient 
 faith, and boldly assert what every personage of the New, and 
 every prophet of the Old Testament would assert, that heaven 
 is within speaking distance, and that the constant companion- 
 ship of angels is one of the inalienable rights of aspiring souls. 
 
 If Christians had thoroughly believed the Bible and accepted 
 
its revelations in this regard, it may be that "Modern Spiritual- 
 ism" would never have been born. Now it must be stated that 
 the author lays no claim to any phase of mediumship; he is but 
 an humble student of the truth, and as this little book is sent 
 out in the interest of the truth, free from all spirit of contro- 
 versy, he has no fears as to the ultimate results, whatever may 
 be the opinion of bigots who are wdse in . their own conceit of 
 the subject of which this book treats. And I am sure that no 
 fair-minded, no philosophic thinker, will dream of treating it 
 with derision or contempt. 
 
 JOHN FORTUNE, 
 
HAS SPIRITUALISM ANY FOaNDATIQN 
 IN THE BIBLm ? 
 
 IS Spiritualism true ? is a question that at the present time, as 
 never before, is agitating the minds of the masses (There 
 being about ten million adherents in the U. S. ) and, as 
 Spiritualism finds its worst opposition in those who are, or 
 at least claim to be believers in the Bible, this little book is sent 
 forth in the hope that it may give a satisfactory answer to the 
 above question from a Bible standpoint. Webster defines 
 Spiritualism as "A belief in the frequent communication of 
 intelligences from the world of spirits by means of physical 
 phenomena, commonly manifested through persons of special 
 susceptibility, called mediums." Before proceeding further we 
 wish to settle a question that is often asked by our "orthodox 
 friends," that is, is there no distinction between an angel and a 
 spirit? To make it appear that the Bible ignores spirit return, 
 the Church draws a line of distinction between the two. Psalms 
 104:4 reads : "Who maketh his angels spirits, his ministers a 
 flaming fire. ' ' The angel that John saw on the Isle of Patmos 
 was the spirit of one of the prophets, "And I, John, saw these 
 things and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I 
 fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed 
 me these things : Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not 
 for I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren, the prophets. ' ' 
 =»— a human spirit.— Rev. 22:8:9. Angels are ministering spirits. 
 "But unto which of the angels saith he at any time, Sit on my 
 right hand, until I make thine enemies thy foot stool? Are 
 they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those 
 who shall be heirs of salvation" — Heb. 1:13:14. In Gen. 3:8, a 
 being called "the Lord God." Klohim walks through the 
 garden, and talks with Adam and Kve. In Verses 21 to 24 this 
 same being makes clothing out of skins for them, and drives 
 them from the garden. Gen. 12:1 to 7 — the Lord speaks unto 
 Abraham, also appears unto him. Acts 7:2:6 says: "The Lord 
 
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 of glory appeared unto our father Abraham and called him out 
 to sojourn in a strange land." In Gen. 17:1, This same spirit 
 (God is a spirit | appeared to Abraham again and said: "I am 
 Almighty God." He afterwards spoke unto Moses, and told 
 him he had appeared unto Abraham as "Almighty God," but his 
 real name, which he kept from Abraham, was Jehovah. — Exod. 
 6:2:3. Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of 
 Israel — 74 persons — saw God. — Exod. 24:9 to II. We ask our 
 orthodox friends, do you believe these persons ever saw, and 
 talked with God ? The answer comes, yes, I believe it because 
 the Bible says so. We now ask our friend to turn to John 1:18 
 which reads : "No man hath seen God at any time." I John 4: 
 1 2 reads the same, ' 'No man hath seen God at any time. ' ' I Tim , 
 6:16 reads : ''Whom no man hath seen, nor can see." John 5: 
 37 reads: "Ye have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen 
 his shape." I Tim. 1:17 and Col. 1:15 declares that God is invis- 
 ible. Exod. 33:20, God tells Moses "No man shall see me and 
 live." 
 
 We again ask our friend, do you believe the statement that 
 "No man hath seen God at any time?" and he will answer us 
 by saying that we are an infidel, or sceptic, and the pulpit will 
 hurl its anathemas at us for daring to question "God's Holy 
 Word." Since but one of these statements can be true, I choose 
 to believe the latter; our orthodox friends may believe both. 
 
 The Bible says : "Come now let us reason together." I want 
 to say, I cannot believe that God was ever seen by any mortal, 
 not so much because the Bible says so, but because I can only 
 conceive of God as being omnipresent, and as such he can only 
 be seen as he is revealed to us in His works. In Abraham's 
 time, any spirit that communicated or gave any manifestations, 
 whether they were one or more, were called "The Lord." In 
 Genesis, 18th chapter, "the Lord" appears to Abraham. He is 
 called "the Lord" eight times ; "my Lord" once; "three men" 
 once; and "the men" once. The manifestations were wonderful. 
 The first Abraham knew the Lord appeared unto him. He looked 
 up "and lo ! three men stood by him." He did not see them 
 come to him, they appeared, as Moses and Elias appeared to 
 Jesus, and as Jesus "appeared to two of them as they walked, 
 and went into the country." They were materializations that 
 could be handled, and they had their feet washed. — Verse 4. 
 
 They also ate "a square meal," consisting of bread, veal, 
 cake, butter, and milk. — Verses 6 to 8. It is absurd to sup- 
 pose that a .spirit could partake of such coarse material food, 
 or have their feet washed, but there is nothing mysterious about 
 it, if we admit they were clothed in material bodies. After 
 
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 they had their dinner, they revealed to Abram the impending 
 doom of Sodom. Verses 20 and 21 read : ' "And the Lord said, 
 Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because 
 their sin is very grievous, I will go down now, and see whether 
 they have done altogether according to the cry of it, and if not, 
 I will know." Gen. 11:5 reads: "And the Lord came down 
 to see the city and the tower, which the children of men 
 builded. ' ' Candidly now, do you think this could be said of an 
 omnipresent, omniscient God? I cannot think so. Gen. 19:1 
 says that two angels came to Abraham's brother Lot in Sodom. 
 
 These two persons are called angels twice, Verses 1 and 15; 
 they are called men six times, Verses 5, 8, 10, 11, 12, and 16; they 
 are "sent of the Lord" three times, Verses 13, 14 and 16; and 
 they are called "my Lord" once, Verse 18. These also partook 
 of material food, Verse 3. Gen. 32:24 to 32, Jacob wrestles with 
 one of these heavenly visitants. Verse 24 says it was a man. 
 In Verse 30 Jacob concludes that he has really had a tussle with 
 God himself. "And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, 
 for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." In 
 Exodus 3:2 to 6, the angel of the Lord appears to Moses "in 
 the burning bush." This spirit, in Verse 2, is called "the angel 
 of the Lord." In Verse 4, both Lord and God. Verse 6 says : 
 Moses was afraid to look upon God. In Judges, 13th Chapter, 3 
 to 22, a spirit being appeared first to the wife of Manoah, the 
 Danite, and then to Manoah. This appearance is called an 
 angel of the Lord 9 times, in Verses 3, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 and 21; 
 an angel once, Verse 19; a man 3 times, Verse 10 and 11; a man 
 of God twice, Verses 6 to 8; Angel of God once, Verse 9. 
 
 And finally Manoah believes it to have been God himself, for 
 in Verse 22, "Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, 
 because we have seen God." In the 28th chapter of I Samuel, 
 13th verse, the spirit of Samuel comes to Saul through the 
 woman of En-dor. In answer to Saul's words : "Be not afraid 
 for what sawest thou?" the woman said unto Saul, "I saw gods 
 ascending out of the earth, ' ' I have tried thus far to show how 
 these heavenly visitants were taken for, or else were called 
 gods. Had I lived in Abraham's time, no doubt, I too, would 
 have taken these heavenly visitants for gods, if I know as little 
 of spirit return as he did. Aaron was one of the 74 persons 
 who saw God, (Exodus 24:9 to 11), and yet but a little time 
 after we find him making a golden calf for he and the people 
 to worship — Exodus 32:1 to 5. Had I really seen God, as Aaron 
 is said to have seen him, I hardly think that I would have 
 wandered away from Him so quick and worshipped a god of gold 
 which my own hand had fashioned, but the circumstance only 
 
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 shows how common a thing it was for these so-called gods to 
 appear unto men. That these influences called the Lord are 
 not always the same individuality is proved by comparing II 
 Sam. 24:1 with I Chron. 21:1. Both texts teach that David was 
 moved by a spirit influence, but while the former says it was the 
 Lord moved David to number Israel, the latter leaves the Lord 
 out, and says that it was Satan that provoked David to number 
 Israel. It is evident that the Lords and Satans of Old Testa- 
 ment times were simply spirits, nothing more, nor nothing less. 
 "No man hath seen God at any time (I John 4:12 and John 1:18). 
 Who then was the spirit being who came to Abram and said : 
 "I am Almighty God." We believe him to have been a very 
 ancient spirit who w*as interested in the welfare of the Jewish 
 nation. In Judges 1:19 we read, "And the Lord was with Judah 
 and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain, but he could 
 not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had 
 chariots of iron." I believe, my dear orthodox friends, that the 
 Ruler of this Universe could have driven out the inhabitants of 
 the valley, as well as those of the mountain. If he could not, 
 then he is not Almighty God. 
 
 But we will come now more direct to the subject. Is 
 Spiritualism true ? As Spiritualism is simply a belief in spirit 
 return, let us ask, is spirit return true ? We answer yes, and to 
 take spirit return out of the Bible, you would have nothing of 
 any account left. 
 
 There are a great many ways for spirits to communicate with 
 mortals, but it is always through a medium of some kind, and 
 though mortals are generally used as mediums, yet they are not 
 always, as spirits sometimes use articles or pieces of furniture, 
 through which to communicate with those in earth-life. Thus 
 we read in the Scriptures that some consulted oracles, such as 
 the Urim and Thummim, the Divining Rod and Divining Cup, 
 Malcolm's Bible Dictionary says, "It seems probable that they 
 ( the Urim and Thummim ) were the twelve precious stones of 
 the high priest's breast-plate, on which were engraven the 
 names of the tribes of Israel, and that the letters, by standing 
 out, or by an extraordinary illumination, marked such words as 
 contained the answer of God to him who consulted this oracle." 
 
 The Divining Rod, or Staff, is mentioned in Hosea 4:12. The 
 cup which was placed in Benjamin's sack (Gen. 44:1 to 5) was 
 a divining cup used by the king, Joseph also used divination. 
 (See 15th verse of this chapter). These were used to receive 
 communications from the spirit-world, the same as Planchette, 
 Od-Graph, Psyche, and various other instruments are used by 
 
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 those who are mediums — mediumistic enough to get communi- 
 cations through them to day. 
 
 Nearly every one has some mediumistic qualities, which by 
 time and perseverance could be developed. The following are 
 the phases of mediumship to be found amoung mediums today, 
 which we will take up in their order, and confirm them by Scrip- 
 ture proof ; Clairvoyance, or clear seeing ; Seership, or fore- 
 telling of future events ; Clairaudience, or clear hearing ; 
 Giving of tests, or test mediumship ; Inspirational speaking, or 
 speaking under spirit control; Divining; Healing by laying on 
 of hands; by Fabrics, Languages Spoken, Trance, Slate Writing, 
 Mind Reading, Spirit Writing, Levitation, or movement of 
 bodies without physical contact, Transfiguration, Materialization. 
 
 CLAIRVOYANCE. 
 
 The Apostle Paul, in enumerating the gifts of the spirit, I Cor. 
 12:10, says: "To some is given the discerning of spirits." 
 What will those who would have us believe that spirits and 
 angels are two distinct orders of beings do with this passage ? 
 If spirits are only those who have passed from the mortal life, 
 then this passage speaks of clairvoyance. In Numbers, 22d 
 chapter, we have a case of clairvoyance. Several times in 
 Verses 23 to 30 we read how Balaam's ass saw an angel in the 
 way. In Verse 30 the ass is represented as speaking. About 
 this time Balaam himself became clairvoyant. "And the Lord 
 opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord 
 standing in the way, and his sword in his hand." — Verse 31, 
 Here Balaam's inner vision is opened. In II Kings, 6th chapter, 
 is another case of clairvoyance. 
 
 "The king of Syria wared against Israel, and took counsel 
 with his servants, saying, in such and such a place shall be my 
 camp" (Verse 8). In 9 and 10 Blisha warns the king of Israel, 
 saying, "Beware that thou pass not such and such a place, for 
 thither the Syrians are come down," thereby saving the life of 
 the king of Israel. In Verse 11 the king of Syria calls his ser- 
 vants "and said unto them, will ye not tell me which of us is 
 for the king of Israel." Verse 12 says : "And one of his ser- 
 vants said, none my Lord, O king; but Blisha, the prophet that 
 is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that thou spakest 
 in thy bed chamber." In Verses 13 and 14, the king of Syria 
 sends horses and chariots, and a great host to Dothan to take 
 Blisha prisoner. In the morning Blisha' s servant finds the city 
 compassed about with a great army, and asks, "Alas, my mas- 
 
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 ter! what shall we do?" (Verse 15). In 16 and 17 Elisha 
 answers, " Fear not, for they that are with us are more than 
 they that be with them," and the Lord opened the eyes of his 
 sen-ant in answer to Elisha's prayer, and he saw, and beheld 
 the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round 
 about Elisha." 
 
 Here we find the inner, spiritual vision opened. In 32 and 33, 
 Elisha has a pitting at his house, and there fortells to those sit- 
 ting with him that the messenger of the king is on his way to 
 take his head, "and while he yet talked with them, the mess- 
 enger came." Stephen, the first Christian martyr, when dying 
 had his inner vision opened, and saw into heaven. — Acts 7:55:56. 
 Job saw a spirit. — Job 4:14:15. He says : "Fear came upon me, 
 which made all my bones to shake, then a spirit passed before 
 my face; the hair of my flesh stood up." If angels and spirits 
 are two distinct orders of creation, as some would have us be- 
 lieve, then this is a clear case of spirit return, and clairvoyance. 
 
 SEERSHIP, OR FORETELLING OF FUTURE 
 
 EVENTS. 
 
 Seership, or foretelling of future events, is often mentioned in 
 the Bible. The following are a few instances only: I Sam, 9:1 
 to 3, we learn that the asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. 
 In the third verse, Kish sends his son Saul with one of his ser- 
 vants to seek the asses. After seeking in vain for the asses, 
 Saul, with the servant, is about to return, when Saul bethinks 
 himself that at Zuph there is a man of God that can foresee 
 and foretell things, and adds, * 'All that he saith cometh surely 
 to pass," (4th to 6th verses). From the 8th to 19th verses, we 
 learn that they consult the seer, paying him for his services; 
 the one-fourth of a shekel of silver. In the 20th verse Samuel, 
 the seer, reads the mind of Saul, and says, "As for thine asses 
 that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them for 
 they are found." This is a clear case of fortune telling for 
 money. In the 9th of this chapter we learn that it was custo- 
 mary to enquire of God through these seers. "Beforetime in 
 Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, 
 Come and let us go to the seer, for he that is now called a pro- 
 phet, was beforetime called a seer." Instances of consulting 
 these seers is found in I Chron. 21:9-11. It was customary 
 for kings to have their seers, through whom they got commu- 
 nications from God. (Chron. 21:9 & 25:5)/ There are numerous 
 gods mentioned in the Bible, but Jehovah was Israel's God. 
 God is a spirit. (John 4:24). In Psalms 86:8 David compares 
 the spirits, or gods, as follows : "Among the Gods there are 
 
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 none like unto thee, O Lord." In this the inspired writer ac- 
 knowledges those other spirits to be gods, but his choice is 
 Jehovah. Judges 11:24, the writer says : "Will not thou pos- 
 sess that which Chemosh thy God giveth thee to possess ? So 
 whomsoever the Lord our God shall drive out before us, them 
 will we possess," See also Jer. 48:7; I Kings 11:33; II Kings 1:16. 
 That there were other gods is also evident from the fact that 
 Jehovah himself said : "Thou shalt have none other gods before 
 me." (Deut. 5:7). "Every religion has its trinity of gods. The 
 Hindu has its Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva, with a vast retinue of 
 lesser divinities, Brahma was the creator, and Siva the evil one. 
 In the theology of the Persians and their descenders, it^ was 
 Ormuzd, Serosh, and Ahriman, with a host of subservient spirits, 
 Ormuzd was the founder of the universe — the great, good, and 
 all wise power. Serosh was the Messianic archangel, who 
 directed lost souls to heaven, while Ahriman was the agent of 
 destruction and wickedness. ' ' 
 
 "The Egyptians worshipped Osiris and Isis, and their trinity 
 embraced Horus the avenger, conqueror of Typhon, restorer of 
 life and the seasons, and the mediator between the upper and 
 lower worlds. Among the Hebrews, Jehovah held the highest 
 place in the pantheon of the deities, and the Romans worshipped 
 Jupiter as the Heavenly Father, or the father of both gods and 
 men. 
 
 * 'Thus we find very similar ideas and conceptions concerning 
 the Divine Being, the Great Author of all things, and the lesser 
 angels, divinities, and spirits existing among the various nations 
 of antiquity." In Acts 14:8-13, we have an account of Paul's 
 healing a man who was a cripple from his mother's womb. The 
 nth and 12th verses say : ' 'And when the people saw what Paul 
 had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of 
 Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of 
 men. ' ' * 'And they called Barnabas Jupiter, and Paul Mercurius, 
 because he was the chief speaker." Verse 13 adds: "Then 
 the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen 
 and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with 
 the people." All beings who appeared to be supernatural in 
 Bible times were taken for gods. 
 
 dyAIRAUDIENCE, OR CI,EAR HEARING. 
 
 In I Sam. 3:4 to 10, we are told how the child Samuel heard 
 spirit voices calling him three different times in succession. In 
 the 9th chapter, 15th verse, we have another instance. "Now 
 the Lord told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, 
 Tomorrow about this time, I will send thee a man out of the 
 
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 land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over 
 my people Israel.'] Another instance still is that of Saul of 
 Tarsus, mentioned in Acts 26:14; "And when we were all fallen 
 to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in 
 the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?" 
 And in Acts 1 1 7, "And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, 
 Peter; slay and eat/' 
 
 GIVING OF TESTS. 
 
 In I Sam. io;i to 8, w r e have a most remarkable test given 
 through a test medium. After Samuel anoints Saul as Israel's 
 king (read whole chapter), we find Samuel saying to Saul :. 
 "When thou art departed from me today, thou shalt find two 
 men by Rachel's Sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah, 
 and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to 
 seek are found, and lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, 
 and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? 
 Then shalt thou go forward from thence, and thou shalt come 
 to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men 
 going up to God at Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another 
 carrying three loves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of 
 wine : And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of 
 bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands. After that thou 
 shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Phil- 
 istines : and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither 
 to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of Prophets coming 
 down from the high place with a Psaltery, and a Tabret, and a 
 Pipe, and a Harp before them, and they shall prophesy : And 
 the spirit of the Lord shall come upon thee, and thou shalt 
 prophesy with them and shalt be turned into another man * 
 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou 
 do as occasion serve thee, for God is with thee : And thou 
 shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come 
 down unto thee to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices 
 of peace offerings : Seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to 
 thee, and show thee what thou shalt do." Verse 9 says : "And 
 it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, 
 God gave him another heart : And all these signs came to pass 
 that day." In I Kings 14:1 to 6 is another remarkable test, 
 given to the wife of Jeroboam the king. The son of Jeroboam 
 was sick, and the wife of Jeroboam the king disguises herself at 
 her husband's request, and taking ten loaves of bread, some 
 cracknels, and a bottle of honey, with which to pay an old 
 blind prophet — seer, or medium. It may not have been very 
 popular to consult mediums in those days, so she disguised her- 
 
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 self, as many do today when consulting mediums. In Verse 6 
 we are told that, "When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as 
 she came in at the door, that he said, Come in thou wife of 
 Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent 
 to thee with heavy tidings. ' ' After giving her a message, giving 
 tests concerning the overthrow of her husband's kingdom, he 
 finally concludes his message, in Verse 12, as follows : "Arise 
 thou therefore, get thee to thine own house; and when thy feet 
 enter into the city thy child shall die." In Verse 17 the 
 historian tells us that when she came to threshold of the door 
 the child died, and if we read the history further we will find 
 that every point in these predictions met a literal fulfillment. 
 
 INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKING. 
 
 Inspirational speaking, or speaking under spirit control, is 
 quite frequently mentioned in the Scriptures. Many of our 
 mediums never know a single word that they utter when de- 
 livering an inspirational address, while others are in a conscious 
 state, but have no control of their vocal organs while speaking. 
 We believe the same to be true of those who prophesied, or spoke 
 under spirit control in Bible times. We may infer from Num. 
 22:38 that Balaam the prophet had no power to utter other than 
 the words the Lord spake through him. In I Sam. , 10th chapter, 
 Samuel anoints Saul and foretells that Saul is to become a pro- 
 phet — seer, and in the 6th verse says : 'And the spirit of the 
 Lord shall come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, 
 (the company of prophets mentioned in 5th verse) and thou 
 shalt be turned into another man. ' ' Saul was not himself while 
 under spirit control. Should any medium today be controlled 
 to do what Saul did, (I Sam. 19:24) the Christian Church would" 
 lift up its hands in ' 'holy horror' ' and denounce mediumship as 
 the work of an orthodox devil, yet we are told (Verse 23) that 
 it was that spirit spoken of so often in the Bible as God. Any 
 message coming from a spirit source through a prophet — seer — 
 was supposed to come from a god. 
 
 Thus we read of the prophets of the Lord, the prophets of 
 Baal, and other prophets. We are sometimes asked why it is 
 that our mediums commit errors at times in their prophesies. 
 ' 'Spirits themselves, through much more acute in their percep- 
 tions of the future than mortals, are but human. True and 
 reliable prophesies can come from only very high spirits. Isaiah 
 or Jeremiah could make false prophesies and still hold the seat 
 of honor as God's prophets. Isa. 17:1 declares that Damascus 
 shall be "a ruinous heap" and Jeremiah predicts its destruction 
 by fire, and yet it stands up to this very time as a superb com- 
 
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 mereial city, which, according to Burckhardt, has a population 
 of a quarter of a million." In Ezek. 2:2 we have a case of a 
 spirit entering into Ezekiel, and using his vocal organs, spoke 
 unto the prophet. "And he said unto me, Son of man, stand 
 upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. And the spirit entered 
 into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that 
 I heard him that spake unto me." Acts 19:13 to 16, we read of 
 a case where an evil spirit spoke through the organism of a 
 mortal. "Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took 
 it upon them to call over them w T hich had evil spirits, the name 
 of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul 
 preacheth, And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and 
 chief of the priests which did so. And the evil spirit answered 
 and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are ye?" In 
 Acts 2 14 we read, ' 'And they were all filled with the Holy 
 Ghost, and began to speak w T ith other tongues (no rare thing 
 among mediums today) as the spirit gave them utterance." 
 
 In comforting the disciples against persecutions, Jesus, in 
 Matt. 10:19:20 says, "But when they deliver you up, take no 
 thought how, or what ye shall speak : For it is not *ye that 
 speak, but the spirit of your Father that speak eth in you." In 
 Mark 16:17, in enumerating the signs that should follow them 
 that believed in his name, Jesus told his disciples that "they 
 shall speak with new tongues." Acts 19:6 says, "And when 
 Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Ghost came on them, 
 and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. ' ' Again, in Luke 
 21:14 and 15, after telling his disciples how they should be 
 brought before kings and rulers for his sake, Jesus tells them, 
 "Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what 
 ye shall answer : For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, 
 which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor 
 resist. ' ' 
 
 DIVINING. 
 
 In Gen. 44:1 to 5, we learn that the silver cup belonging to 
 Joseph, which he caused to be placed in Benjamin's sack, was 
 used by king Pharaoh as a divining cup, and in the 15th verse 
 we learn that Joseph himself — one of God's best boys — practiced 
 divination. In Numbers 22:7 we are told that in coming to 
 Balaam — one of God's prophets — "The elders of Moab, and the 
 elders of Midian took with them the rewards of divination." 
 Balaam himself, though a prophet of God, sought enchant- 
 ment. (Numbers 24:1.) 
 
 HEADING BY RAYING ON OF HANDS. 
 
 Acts 28:8:9 reads : "And it came to pass that the father of 
 
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 Publius lay sick of a fever, and of a bloody flux, to whom Paul 
 entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed 
 him. So when this was done, others also which had diseases in 
 the island, came, and were healed." After Christ had arisen 
 from the dead, he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat: 
 4 'And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach 
 my gospel unto every creature. And these signs shall follow 
 them that believe, In my name shall they cast out devils (evil 
 spirits ) . They shall speak with new tongues. They shall take up 
 serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt 
 them, they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. 
 (Mark 16:15:17:18). 
 
 Should one have those gifts today in the Church, that one 
 would be turned over to the spiritualists as one who is linked 
 in with the devil. There are scores of such healers in the 
 ranks of spiritualism today, but the Church has lost the power 
 to heal, because they have lost the Christ spirit. Healing is one 
 of the gifts mentioned by Paul, in his letter to the Corinthians 
 (1 Cor. 12:9). In chapter 14:1 Paul exhorts to "Follow after 
 charity, and desire spiritual gifts." 
 
 HEADING BY FABRICS. 
 
 Acts 19:11:12, "And God wrought special miracles by the 
 hands of Paul, so that from his body was brought unto the sick 
 handkerchiefs, or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, 
 and the evil spirits went out of them. There are thousands to- 
 day in the world that can testify that they have been cured by 
 wearing pieces of flannel which had been magnetized by healing 
 meduims, and sent sometimes great distances through the 
 mails. I know that many sceptics will laugh at the idea of such 
 a thing, but psychometry has demonstrated that our magne- 
 tism is conveyed to every thing with which we come in contact. 
 
 LANGUAGES SPOKEN. 
 
 It is a frequent thing for mediums under spirit control to 
 speak in — to them — unknown tongues. In Acts 2:5:8, we learn 
 that at Pentacoste "There were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, 
 devout men, out of every nation under heaven : Now when 
 this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were 
 confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his 
 own language : And they were all amazed and marveled, saying 
 one to another, Behold, are not all those which speak Galilaeans ? 
 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we 
 were born ? 
 
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 TRANCE. 
 
 The trance is one of the most common phases of mediumship. 
 The subiebct sometimes being fully entranced will leave the 
 body and visit distant localities. John O. Wattles, of Kansas, 
 well known in the west as one of the most eloquent and earnest 
 laborers in the antislavery cause, at a time when to be such was 
 to be ostracised, accidentally discovered that his spirit could at 
 will leave the body and return, and he frequently looks down as 
 a spectator upon his body lying in a death-like trance, and then 
 roams at pleasure over the earth, and returns again. Prof. 
 William Denton, in a little book — "Is Spiritualism True" (Page 
 18) says: "Mrs. Cridge, Mrs. Denton, and my son Sherman, 
 travel spiritually with great ease, and describe with great accu- 
 racy distant localities never visited by them." Dr. A. J. Davis, 
 of Boston, Mass., also enters what he terms the "Superior 
 State," in which he leaves the body and visits the spirit world 
 at will. 
 
 There are hundreds of trance mediums today in the world. 
 Acts 22:17, we learn that Paul fell into a trance while praying 
 in the temple. While in the trance state the medium often 
 describes the glories of the celestial country, and gives the 
 names and description of loved ones who have lain off the mor- 
 tal, and passed to that beautiful country. In II Cor. 12:2:4, 
 Paul, in writing to the brethren says, "I knew a man in Christ 
 above fourteen years ago (whether in the body I cannot tell, or 
 whether out of the body I cannot tell ; God knoweth ) ; such an 
 one caught up to the third heavens. And I knew such a man 
 (whether in the body or out of the body, I cannot tell, God 
 knoweth); How that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard 
 unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter." 
 
 Paul in making his "defense" before the "chief captain," and 
 rehearsing his history, says, "And it came to pass that when I 
 was come again to Jerusalem; even while I prayed in the 
 temple, I was in a trance." (Acts 22:17). Again, Acts 10:9, 
 "Peter went up on the house to pray about the sixth hour, and 
 became very hungry, and would have eaten, but while they 
 made ready, he fell into a trance, and saw heaven opened." 
 Paul was doubtlessly entranced when he was "caught up into 
 the third heaven," for he says he could not tell whether he 
 was in or out oT the body at that time. 
 
 SI/ATB WRITING. 
 
 This is one of the finest phases of mediumship that can be 
 developed, as it is one of the most convincing, when coming 
 
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 through a genuine medium. In Exodus 31:18 we read : ''And 
 he (the Lord) gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of 
 communing with him upon Mount Sinai, two tables of testi- 
 mony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God." (See 
 also Exodus 24:12, Deut. 4:13). 
 
 A slate is a table of stone and whether Moses ever received 
 a communication from a spirit, I do not know. (God is a spirit; 
 John 4:24). The orthodox Christian believes he did, though 
 the account of it was recorded so long after the death of Moses 
 that the historian says: "No man know r eth of his sepulchre 
 unto this day." (Deut. 34:6). 
 
 To me it is the most likely thing in the world. On the 23d 
 of June, 1891, I met my mother in materialized form at Mrs. 
 Cadwell's, in N. Y. City, and talked with her, she greeting me 
 with all the tenderness of a mother's love. In the evening of 
 the same day, I, in company with John Fortune and another 
 friend from Shamokin, visited Mrs. Mott Knight to get a sitting 
 with her for "Slate Writing." Neither of us ever met her 
 before and as she knew nothing of the questions we were to 
 ask, or of our spirit friends, she therefore had no way of making 
 any preparation or of preparing the messages beforehand, as 
 some people would have us believe they do. On taking our 
 seats at the table, the medium gave us each three slips of paper 
 upon which we were to write our questions, addressing them to 
 our friends in spirit-life, saying, as she did so, that we should 
 turn the written side of our slips down upon the table. The 
 medium then left the room until our questions had been pre- 
 pared. During the medium's absence we turned the little table 
 upside down, and a thorough examination of the same satisfied 
 us that so far as the table was concerned there certainly was no 
 chance for deception or fraud. 
 
 The medium soon entered the room to see if we were read}^ 
 and taking her seat at the table told us to pick our slates 
 from the little stand a few feet away from the table, upon which 
 were placed a dozen or more slates. The medium then asked 
 each in turn which of the slips we wanted answered first. Mr. 
 Fortune's first question read : "If my father is present with 
 me and can give me a message from spirit-life, please do so with 
 your signature. " To this question Mr, Fortune signed no names 
 so that the medium had no way of knowing his or his father's, 
 name. Mr. Fortune was then requested to place his slate upon 
 his own hand and hold it under the table, with the upper 
 surface of _ the slate against the under side of the table. The 
 medium sitting on the opposite side of , the table then placed her 
 left hand on the table, while her right hand was placed under 
 
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 Mr. F's hand, beneath the slate. Writing was immediately 
 heard, followed by raps upon the slate. Upon examination the 
 following message appeared upon the slate : 
 
 My Dear Boy : 
 
 This will come to your town some time. 
 Your Father, 
 
 John Fortune. 
 
 Upon my first slip I asked mother for a few words from spirit 
 life and upon my slate obtained the following : 
 
 My Dear Son : 
 
 I am not as strong as I was to day. Amanda can 
 write you. 
 
 Mother. 
 
 I want to say that I met both Amanda (my brother Stephen's 
 first wife) and mother that day at Mrs. Cadwell's, a few hours 
 before receiving the messages on the slate. The medium then 
 told me to take two slates instead of one, which I did, receiving 
 two messages, one being from my father and the other from 
 Amanda. The message from father was as follows : 
 
 My Dear Lewis : 
 
 I am so glad, for we are all helping to convince 
 the world of this grand truth. William will some 
 time believe in this. 
 
 Father. 
 
 The William referred to is my brother, who had just begun to 
 investigate, but who, at that time, was not fully convinced of 
 the truth of spirit return. These messages prove to my mind 
 that those who loved us before the mortal form went down into 
 the darkness of the tomb still live and live to love us. 
 
 Mr. Charles Watkins, of Cleveland, Ohio, now of Ayer, 
 Mass. , the wonderful medium for obtaining slate writing between 
 closed slates, was severely tested by the Rev. Joseph Cook and 
 a party of ^v\^ sceptics in the library of Kpes Sargent in Boston, 
 Mass. The committee certified ''that two slates were clamped 
 together with strong brass fixtures and held at arm's length by 
 Mr. Cook, when a message was found on the inner surfaces." 
 If these messages were not from a spirit source whence are 
 they. Our orthodox friends will no doubt say that Moses ob- 
 tained his from God and that ours are from the devil. 
 
 MIND READING. 
 
 The people of Shamokin have had such convincing proof of 
 
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 the genuineness of this phase of mediumship through Prof. H. 
 Calif that it seems almost useless to say anything in connection 
 with this phase, but we will say that there are hundreds of mind 
 readers in the ranks of spiritualism today. Cases of mind 
 reading I have already given under the head of Seership; we 
 will recall a few of them, 
 
 In I Sam., 9th chapter, we have the account of Saul's visit to 
 Samuel the seer, to consult him in regard to his father's asses 
 which are lost. Saul met Samuel, and not knowing who he was, 
 said unto him (18th verse) : ''Tell me, I pray thee, where the 
 seer's house is." In Verses 19:20 we read, "And Samuel 
 answered Saul, and said, I am the seer : go up before me unto 
 the high place, for ye shall eat with me today, and tomorrow I 
 will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thy heart: And 
 as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind 
 on them, for they are found." In II Kings, 6th chapter, the 
 king of Syria wars against the king of Israel. In the nth verse, 
 the king of Syria calls his servants "and said unto them, Will 
 ye not tell me which of us is for the king of Israel." Verse 12, 
 one of his servants said, "Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, 
 tells the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bed- 
 chamber. ' ' 
 
 People who know nothing concerning these "spiritual gifts" 
 naturally think that Elisha was one of the most wonderful men 
 that ever lived. A meduim living in Ohio saw the danger that 
 was menacing the late Jas. A. Garfield and went to Washington 
 to warn him. He had an interview with the martyred President 
 and forecast the future for him and told him that unless he 
 exercised extraordinary precaution and care he would surely be 
 assassinated. The President received the messenger most 
 tenderly, but did not deem the message of sufficent importance 
 to act upon its suggestions, hence the assassination that followed 
 and which possibly might have been prevented. 
 
 Marguerite St. Omer, test medium, attended a meeting June 
 7th, 1 89 1, at Hanson, Mass., where Dr. H. B. Storer was lectur- 
 ing. On their return home it was reported that a young man 
 had been drowned on Friday and his body could not be found. 
 They called at the house where the young man used to board. 
 She said, "I see the young man. He was about 25 years old, was 
 a good swimmer. You need not send to Boston for a diver for he 
 is only 15 feet from the point of land, and when they pull him 
 out they will hook him in the eye." This was reported to them 
 and in a few minutes they pulled him out. The Boston Daily 
 Globe had the following: "It is stated that a clairvoyant told 
 the searches where to look. ' ' 
 
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 SPIRIT WRITING. 
 
 Mediums for this phase are many. One of the most remark- 
 able instances of spirit writing is to be found in II Chron. 21:12- 
 15. Here Elijah the prophet writes a letter to Jehoram, king of 
 Judah, eleven years after his — Elijah's — translation. The tran- 
 slators of the King James Version have tried to cover up this 
 fact by stating in the margin that the letter was written before 
 Elijah's death. 
 
 There are two Jehorams, one was the son of Ahab, who reign- 
 ed in the latter part of Elijah's life on earth. The other was 
 the son of Jehoshaphat, and did not enter upon his reign until 
 seven years after Elijah's translation, and reigned eight years. 
 We learn that this Jehoram was Jehoshaphat's son, from the 
 statememt made in the letter : "Because thou hast not walked 
 in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father," &c. Again, the tran- 
 slators must have forgotten that Elijah was translated without 
 tasting death. Another proof that this writing w r as given after 
 Elijah's translation we get thus: II Chron. 20:31, w T e learn that 
 Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah 25 years. II Kings, 2, we have 
 the account of Elijah's translation. In Chapter 3, 1st verse, 
 Jehoram, the son of Ahab, began to reign — which is eight years 
 after Elijah's translation — over Israel. At this time ( 1st verse) 
 Jehoshaphat had reigned but 18 years, having yet to reign seven 
 years to fill up his 25 year's reign. At the end of his reign — 
 seven years after Elijah's translation — according to II Chron. 
 21:1, Jehoram, son of Jehoshaphat, began to reign in his father's 
 stead, and the 5th verse says that he reigned eight years in 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 According to the 18th and 19th verses of this chapter the Lord 
 smites him with a disease from which he dies at the end of two 
 years. As a great part of his wicked reign was before receiving 
 this writing — Verses 12 to 15 — we may safely place the receiving 
 of it about the fourth year — or middle — of his reign, which 
 four years added to the seven year's reign of Jehoshaphat, his 
 father, after the translation of Elijah, would just make the 
 eleven years between Elijah's translation and the receiving of 
 this writing by Jehoram. Further proof that this writing came 
 from Elijah, after Jehoram began to reign, is the £act that his 
 wicked reign is spoken of in the letter, or writing. 
 
 The Bible, therefore, clearly proves and sanctions — 
 
 ist — The communications of those who have passed to 
 
 spirit life. 
 2nd — That spirit writing is proven beyond a doubt by 
 Biblical history. 
 
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 In Daniel, 5th chapter, we have another case of spirit 
 writing. A materialized hand writes npon the walls of Belshaz- 
 zar's palace the words "Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin." Both 
 these wicked kings are reproved for their wicked acts and 
 warned of their approaching destruction. Other cases of spirit 
 writing could be given from the Bible, but these two should be 
 sufficient to establish the fact that spirits can and do communi- 
 cate with mortals. Let those who wish to pursue the subject 
 further examine I Chron., 28th chapter, where a spirit writing is 
 given to David, giving the pattern of the temple and its furni- 
 ture. It was written by God's sanction and direction. There- 
 fore, God sanctions spirit writing. 
 
 INVITATION, OR THE MOVEMENT OF 
 HEAVY BODIES. 
 
 This cannot properly be classed among the phases of medium- 
 ship, but is liable to take place in the presence of any medium, 
 or in any circle of investigators. At the home of an intimate 
 friend of mine — Edwin Woman, of Boonton, N, J. — I saw a 
 table lifted midway between the floor and ceiling of the room 
 during a sitting. John Fortune threw himself bodily across the 
 table, but it was raised with him on it. Three persons then 
 caught hold of the table, and such a tussling match as they 
 had I never witnessed before, nor since. Among those that 
 witnessed this was Joseph Cardwell, of Shamokin, who, I think, 
 was one of the three who tussled with the table, which toward 
 the last turned upside down, with its legs pointing toward the 
 ceiling. 
 
 Magnetism ! says some • 'smart Aleck. ' ' I afterward saw the 
 same table leave the centre of the room and by request go to 
 some of the sitters, no one being within ten feet of the centre 
 of the room, and saw it answer questions intelligently by rising 
 on its two legs and descending again upon the floor, three times 
 for yes, twice for no, once for doubtful or don't know. You 
 may gather in one all the magnetism in the universe and all 
 the electricity that all the dynamos in the world could generate 
 and apply it to lifeless, inert matter and it could not beget rea- 
 son nor cause one intelligent movement. But there is an intel- 
 ligent force manifested in the movement of a table when the 
 letters of the alphabet needed to spell out a communication 
 from a loved one in spirit life are rapped out, and that intelligent 
 force is spirit. 
 
 It is a frequent thing for mediums to be lifted and carried 
 about the room without physical contact. At a meeting of the 
 "Society for Psychic Research," Mrs. Flower, wife of B. O. 
 
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 Flower, Editor of the "Arena," was lifted, with a rocking 
 chair in which she was sitting, and placed on a table, in the 
 presence of many witnesses. I would state that this society is 
 composed mainly of Ministers of the Gospel, the object of the 
 society being to investigate Psychic Phenomena. An account 
 of the above was given in the "Philadelphia Press" shortly after 
 it occurred. 
 
 Levitatiou is several times referred to in the Bible. The fol- 
 lowing are a few T instances : "And it shall come to pass, that 
 as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the Lord 
 shall carry thee wdiither I know not." (I Kings 18:12). "And 
 it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, 
 there appeared a chariot of fire, and parted them both asunder; 
 and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven." — (2 Kings 2: 
 11). "Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a 
 voice of a great rushing." (Ezek. 3:12). "So the spirit lifted me 
 up, and took me away." (Ezek. 3:14). "The Spirit of the 
 Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw. him no more; 
 and he went on his way rejoicing; but Philip was found at 
 Azotus: And passing through he preached in all the cities till 
 he came to Caesarea." (Acts 8:39:40). 
 
 TRANSFIGURATION. 
 
 Many times has this phase of phenomena been produced 
 where the medium has been transfigured and led out into the 
 room in an unconscious state, and claiming at such time to be a 
 friend w T ho has passed to spirit life. Should some one at such 
 time seize the form they would find it to be that of the med- 
 ium, while the spirit is just as truly the one it claims to be, as 
 it would be, if it came in a body materialized for the purpose. 
 
 The Rev. C. H. Fitzwilliam once told me that if he ever had 
 the opportunity of attending a materializing seance that he 
 would have blood, if there was any. If he failed to get that, 
 then he would be satisfied that it was a genuine spirit manifes- 
 tation. He also told others that he would want the privilege of 
 firing a revolver at the head of a form and if it failed to kill he 
 would then believe it was a spirit. As the spirit draws upon 
 the very life-forces of the medium to materialize its form, any 
 injury done the form must and will react upon the medium 
 and produce ofttimes fatal results, except where the medium and 
 the spirit are made aware of the tests to be applied, then the 
 controls will prepare for it by severing, for the time being, the 
 battery between them and the medium, the medium regaining 
 his or her normal condition. 
 
 I have many times known this to occur where sceptical persons 
 
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 have been permitted to put a finger in the eye of the material- 
 ized form. This was done in my own home on two different 
 occasions, at one seance there being twenty-three persons pres- 
 ent, at another twenty-nine persons. One of the persons thus 
 privileged, after admitting the fact to certain ones, afterward 
 denied it to others. Spirits reading the mind of a sceptic very 
 often use such means to convince them that they are really 
 what they claim to be — materialized spirit forms. 
 
 In enumerating the signs that should follow those that be- 
 lieve in his name, Jesus says, in Mark 16:18, "They shall take 
 up serpents, and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not 
 hurt them." I wonder how many could submit to the above 
 Scripture test to prove their genuineness as Christians. If a 
 genuine Christian, there certainly could come no harm from 
 such a testing. I would make no mention of this passage but 
 for the unreasonable tests asked for as to the genuineness of 
 spirit manifestations. 
 
 On the 17th of May, 1890, at 9:45 A. M., my mother left her 
 mortal form. At 11:30 I took the train at Boonton, N. J,, and 
 went thirty -three miles to attend a materializing seance at Mrs. 
 Cadwell's, in the city of Brooklyn, N. Y. The medium never 
 saw me before that time, had no way of knowing that I was to 
 visit her that day, nor of my mother's having passed to spirit 
 life that morning. At that seance my mother materialized, and 
 coming from the cabinet, threw both arms about my neck, 
 kissed me, and exclaimed, "God bless you, my dear boy!" She 
 then spoke of her children, sayings "Tell William, Emma, 
 Augusta, and the rest not to mourn so for me for I am through 
 my suffering and am perfectly happy where I am. ' ' 
 
 On the 24th of Dec, 1889, at Mrs. Gray's, 323 W. 34th Street, 
 New York City, I saw — fully ten feet away from the cabinet — 
 within five feet of my eyes, a form rise apparently out of the 
 floor, assuming gradually the form of a lovely female, giving 
 the name of "Star Bye." I spoke to her, felt her hand, heard 
 her speak as one in the mortal form would do, then watched 
 the same form dematerialize again, standing on the very spot 
 where but a few moments before it — the spirit — had clothed 
 itself in materiality. Finally all had vanished except a lumi- 
 nous spot about the size of a ladies' handkerchief. Gazing in- 
 tently upon this I beheld, gradually developing, the head of a 
 man, then the shoulders, arms, and finally the whole form of 
 an old gentleman, giving his name as Dr. Baker. I heard him 
 answer questions put to him in regard to things on the spirit 
 side of life and saw him disappear again as mysteriously as he 
 came. I examined the carpet on that floor and found it to be 
 
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 whole. I never think of those two forms coming up, apparent- 
 ly through the floor, without thinking of the words of the 
 woman of En-dor in answer to Saul's question: "What sawest 
 thou?" "I saw gods ascending out of the earth." 
 
 If prejudice is cast aside and perfect conditions are given, our 
 loved ones are ever ready to give us satisfactory evidence of the 
 fact that spirits do return to mortals. Some people will sneer if 
 told that it requires perfect harmony for spirit manifestations 
 and yet those very persons, before a revival of religion, will 
 spend a week in prayer and exhortation, getting the members 
 of their church of one mind and in perfect harmony with each 
 other, and when those conditions are met, who ever heard of 
 that church failing to receive a baptism of the spirit ? 
 
 We have one case of transfiguration mentioned in the Scrip- 
 tures, in Mark 9:2:3, which reads: "And after six days Jesus 
 taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them 
 up into an high mountain apart by themselves: And he was 
 transfigured before them: And his raiment became shining, 
 exceeding white as snow, so as no fuller on earth could white 
 them." And there appeared unto them Klias with Moses: And 
 they were talking with Jesus." This spiritual manifestion 
 must indeed have been grand. ' 'And Peter answered and said 
 unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make 
 three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for 
 Elias." We can enter most fully into the feeling of Peter at 
 this time, for who is there that ever attended a seance where 
 they have met and talked with their loved ones whom death 
 for a short time has seemed to separate from us, who has not felt 
 as did Peter; but they soon vanish from our sight again. "And 
 suddenly, when they looked round about, they saw no man any 
 more, save Jesus only with themselves." (Verse 8). How often 
 have we witnessed just such scenes, but we are glad even for 
 these occasional visits, knowing that it will not be long, at the 
 longest, till we, too, shall lay aside this robe of flesh which, as 
 Paul says, is only the house we live in, and be permitted to join 
 them once more in the summerland where partings shall be no 
 more. 
 
 MATERIALISATION. 
 
 This is the crowning phase of all mediumship. Many will 
 not believe that a spirit can take on a material body so as to be- 
 come tangible to our sense of touch, and talk with those who 
 are still on the earth plane because they know nothing of the 
 laws governing this phase ef spirit return. Mrs. Cora L, V. 
 Richmond says : "If you would know the laws governing ma- 
 
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 terialization you would guard them as carefully, preserve the 
 conditions as sacredly, treat them with the same kind of defer- 
 ence and the same kind of reason that you do the carefully 
 prepared plate, the electric battery, the various refined and 
 subtle processes of chemical science that are oftentimes experi- 
 mented with a thousand times before there is one successful 
 result. The matter of which these forms are composed are 
 taken — First, and mainly, from the medium, whom they usually 
 entrance; Second, from the parties present at the seance, who 
 may be mediumistic, and from whom they draw, and from the 
 atmosphere which contains the particles of matter that are 
 being constantly thrown off from the bodies of every one pres- 
 ent at the seance," and by the chemical and electrical manipu- 
 lation of these atoms of matter, spirits do, in a very short time 
 build up a body which, by the ordinary process of nature, 
 would require years to produce. 
 
 Materialization may be classed under two different heads, viz: 
 Partial and full form materialization. A case of partial mater- 
 ialization is mentioned in Dan. 5:5: "In the same hour came 
 forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the 
 candlestick upon the plaster of the walls of the king's palace, 
 and the king saw the hand that wrote. ' ' There are thousands 
 of living witnesses in the world to-day to this kind of spirit 
 writing. 
 
 The following we quote from the "Religion of Spiritualism," 
 by Rev. Samuel Watson. Page 61, he says: "I mention one 
 of many incidents which have occurred in my own house. A 
 Methodist preacher, a member of the North Miss. Couference, 
 and his wife, were spending a few days with us. They occu- 
 pied a room in the south end of the third story. About noon, 
 on a clear day, a little girl came to see us. At my request she 
 went up to the preacher's room, into which she had never been. 
 His shawl was spread over a small writing table. A slate was 
 held by her under the cloth, with a small piece of pencil on it. 
 A materialized hand wrote a number of messages, which the 
 preacher said were from his father, long since passed to the 
 spirit-land. A hand bouble the size of the girl's was extended 
 from under the shawl, showing it in sunlight some distance up 
 the wrist. The hand shook hands with the minister, his wife, 
 and others who were present. It possessed a strength which 
 was tested stronger than one or two of those whom it em- 
 braced. ' ' 
 
 In the 1 8th chapter of Genesis we have a case of spirits 
 taking on a material form. In the first verse, one claiming to 
 be the I,ord appears to Abraham. "And he lifted up his eyes 
 
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 and looked, and lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw 
 them he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed him- 
 self toward the ground: And said, My Lord if now I have 
 found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee from thy 
 servant." (Verse 2 and 3). From 4th to 8th verse, Abraham 
 washes their feet and prepares them a meal and they partook 
 of it. I was once told when quoting this passage that it 
 did not state that they had their feet washed, but their reply, 
 "So do as thou hast said," in the latter part of the 5th verse, in 
 answer to the words, "Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, 
 and wash your feet," proves this. It is immaterial who did the 
 washing act; my point is to prove that these beings had mater- 
 ialized bodies. 
 
 A spirit body cannot partake of coarse material food. In the 
 19th chapter of this book, there came two angels to Lot, at 
 even, as he sat in the gate of Sodom. These he addresses as 
 1 'my lords, ' ' in the second verse. In Verses 2 and 3, ' 'They wash 
 their feet, and Lot made a feast, and did bake unleavened bread 
 and they did eat, ' ' thereby proving that these heavenly visi- 
 tants also had for the time being material bodies. We might 
 go on to show that other of these messengers had bodies as 
 tangible to the material touch and sense as are our own bodies 
 to our sense and touch. But we will now examine carefully an 
 account of a "Materializing Seance," in Bible times. In 
 I Samuel, 28th chapter, we have an account of Saul's visiting a 
 woman, who the translators of the King James Version have 
 seen fit to call a witch, but in the Hebrew Scriptures is only 
 spoken of as the "woman of Bn-dor," — they being about as 
 honest as a majority of the orthodox divines of to-day. In the 
 3d verse, after Samuel was dead, Saul banished all those that 
 had familiar spirits, out of the land. In the 5th verse we read: 
 "And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, 
 and his heart greatly trembled." Verse 6 adds: "And when 
 Saul enquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither 
 by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets — or seers. (See 
 I Sam. 9:9). 
 
 We now find that this Saul has at last to fall back upon the 
 very class of people whom he has been persecuting — the poor 
 mediums. In Verse 8, he disguises himself — as a great many 
 people do to-day when going to a medium — after learning from 
 his servant that there is a woman at Bn-dor through whose 
 mediumship the departed ones can come back to this world and 
 commune with those yet in the earth-life. He takes the night 
 time for it. This seance is composed of, as far as we can learn 
 from the historian, three persons. In the nth verse the medium 
 
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 asks '-Saul, ''Whom shall I bring up into thee?" "And he 
 said, Bring me up Samuel." "And when the woman saw 
 Samuel she cried with a loud voice: And the woman spake to 
 Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul." 
 In the 13th verse, in answer to Saul's question, "What sawest 
 thou" the woman replied, "I saw gods ascending out of the 
 earth," thereby showing what I have before said, that these 
 materialized forms were called gods. From the 15th to 21st 
 verse there is quite a lengthy conversation between Samuel and 
 Saul, in which Samuel tells Saul that all his trouble has come 
 about through Saul's failure to execute the fierce wrath of the 
 Lord upon Amalek. 
 
 Let us see what the command of this "Lord" was concerning 
 Amalek. I Sam 15:3, "Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly 
 destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both 
 man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and 
 ass." One of this "God's" commands was, "Thou shalt not 
 kill," and yet we find the 'most horrible, wholesale butcheries 
 committed at the express command of this God. In the 19th 
 verse Samuel tells Saul that on the morrow he and his sons 
 should be with him. If we read the remaining chapters of this 
 book we will find that on the morrow Saul and his three sons 
 were killed in battle, in exact fulfillment of the words of 
 Samuel. 
 
 In Genesis 32:24 to 32 we have an account of one of these 
 heavenly visitants wrestling w T ith Jacob. This could not have 
 been done unless the spirit had been clothed with a tangible, 
 material body, In Verse 24 this being is called a man. In 
 Verse 30, Jacob concludes that he has really had a wrestling 
 match with the Creator, and Ruler of this Universe. "And 
 Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God 
 face to face, and my life is preserved, "again showing that these 
 beings were taken for gods. 
 
 We now come to a New Testament seance. In the 9th of 
 Mark we find that ' 'Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, 
 and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by 
 themselves: and he was transfigured before them. * ■ • -* * 
 And there appeared unto them Elias and Moses, and they were 
 talking with Jesus. ' ' Here we have two spirit beings who had 
 once lived in the mortal, coming back to the children of earth, 
 and yet we find those who will tell us of "that bourne whence 
 no traveler returns. ' ' 
 
 In closing this phase of mediumship, I will give a few 
 extracts from Rev. Thomas Colley's— A.M., late of the Royal 
 
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 Navy— account, which he with others witnessed, and published 
 in London, England, but which I copy from "The Religion of 
 Spiritualism," a book written by the Rev. Samuel Watson, a 
 Methodist minister of Memphis, Tenn., and for sale by Day & 
 Pitman, No. 9 Bosworth St., Boston, Mass. The Rev. Thomas 
 Colley is a Baptist minister, as is also the medium on this occa- 
 sion — the Rev. Dr. Monck — who, by the way, is one of the 
 greatest living mediums. Following are a few extracts pub- 
 lished by J. Burns, London : 
 
 "Dr. Monck was again medium. Four of us constituted the 
 circle, all in perfect rapport with our instrument, having that 
 confidence in him which is of knowledge, which yet for the 
 sake of others and the better to observe what transpired, did 
 not prevent us from taking every care in the application of 
 tests that should answer for the genuineness of the manifesta- 
 tions and satisfy the most exacting." 
 
 "The sitting was wholly for materialization and the first form 
 that appeared was that of a child, as it were, as we on this side 
 of eternity would say, about six or seven years of age. This 
 figure, in view of all, grew out of the medium's left side as he 
 stood before us. It had all the actions and ways of human 
 childhood; clapped its little hands, pursed its mouth to kisses, 
 and spoke in pretty accents, Dr. Monck, under control, speak- 
 ing to it and instructing it like an elder brother; then after a 
 few minutes' further stay, sliding back into the medium, it 
 gradually disappeared. 
 
 "The next form was none other than Dr. Monck's old earth 
 friend, fellow student, brother minister and chief spirit-control, 
 Samuel Wheeler. When he, in like manner issuing forth, 
 first stepped from the medium into separate being, Dr. Monck 
 was unconscious, under control of 'Lily' and her voice through 
 him contrasted very markedly with the voice of the material- 
 ized form — it, to the very syllable, being the voice of 'Samuel,' 
 as when speaking through the medium. But this did not 
 satisfy our spirit-friend, for the marvel of the night's effort had 
 yet to culminate. Conditions being so good, 'Samuel' thought 
 he might dematerialize and awake Dr. Monck, and then to be 
 able to dematerialize with the medium in his normal state, fully 
 alive to all that transpired, and conscious of the astounding fact 
 we were to witness, and successful beyond all conception of the 
 mystery, was this most unique experiment; for after the first 
 alarm of Dr. Monck had passed away, and after the pain and 
 nervous snatchings he felt in the process of his friend's evolu- 
 tion from himself had subsided, medium and spirit-form con- 
 versed naturally together, and the astonishment and glee of the 
 
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 former were only equaled by our profound sense of inability 
 adequately to grasp at first the vast significance of this amazing 
 demonstration of occult power. Equally with the child-form 
 did Samuel Wheeler show all the attributes of humanity, and 
 in his case, reason and ripe manhood, as in her's, girlishness and 
 simplicity. He was not unlike the medium in stature, form, 
 and bearing; and one of our company having intimately known 
 'Samuel', in the earth-life (being frequently one of his congre- 
 gation when our spirit-friend was, as our medium also was, a 
 Baptist minister), unhesitatingly declared that this 'Samuel 
 Wheeler' was that 'Samuel Wheeler,' and none other. 
 
 "So for some time the spirit, temporarily clothed with earthly 
 elements, molecular agglutinations and atomic gatherings, that 
 thronging in from spirit — attraction and life — magnetism, cling- 
 ing round the soul — Deity's central fact — form the visible man, 
 the spirit thus endued, compacted, and embodied, stayed and 
 talked with us, walked about with his old friend Dr. Monck, 
 and greeted his other friend joyfully, and did many other things 
 to show how perfectly he was a man, and then at last, psycho- 
 logical laws ( about which we are altogether in the dark ) com- 
 pelling, reluctantly retired, and drifting back into the medium, 
 threw him into trance and resumed control. 
 
 "And now a new sensation was in store for us. A spirit- 
 form, eight inches taller than Dr. Monck, grew from him by 
 degrees, and building itself up into giant proportions with mus- 
 cular limbs, developed like statuary of bronze, and of the color, 
 there came into disconnected, independent, vigorous life, apart 
 from the medium, an ancient Egyptian. From its general 
 aspect, dress and manner, I addressed it as such at once without 
 a moment's doubt or hesitation. For ancient Egypt has been a 
 favorite study with me, and in modern Egyptians I have, when 
 in the East, endeavored to trace the ancient masters of Israel 
 and the sciences, and have dreamed amid the ruins of the temple 
 of Isis, and sketched the blue tuniced and turbaned descen- 
 dant of the Pharaoh's, and have pleasant recollections of an 
 Egyptian Fellah, Zozab, who used to accompany me through 
 the bazaars, and pioneer me through the intricacies of Suez; and 
 if ever Bui wer's Arbaces the Egyptian, in the "Last Days of 
 Pompeii," had existence other than in the mind of the author, 
 it was here embodied in the materalized form I handled and 
 closely scrutinized last night. 
 
 "The vitality and power of this spirit were remarkable; it 
 walked with manly step and dignified carriage round and about 
 the room, before and behind us, without fear or hesitation; ap- 
 peared curious about, and leisurely inspected the furniture and 
 
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 ornaments of the room; took up a chair and placed it on the 
 table; brought us books and other things, and then, taking the 
 chair from the table, placed it close to mine and sat down at my 
 side. Meanwhile I closely introspected it and felt its anatomy, 
 the medium standing at my left side while 'Mahedi' (the Egypt- 
 ian ) was seated at my right. I now got the spirit to measure 
 hands, placing its palm on mine. The hand (stone cold, while 
 the medium's was burning hot,) was small, like all Eastern's 
 and the wrist was also small, but the arm was massive, muscular, 
 bronzed, and hairy. Its eyes were black and piercing, but not 
 unkindly; its hair lank and jet, and mustache and beard long 
 and drooping, its features full of life and expression, yet 
 Sphynx-like. Its head-dress was very peculiar, a sort of 
 metal skull-cap with an emblem in front, overhanging the 
 brow, which trembled and quivered and glistened. I was 
 suffered to feel it, but as I did so it seemed to melt away like a 
 snow-flake under my touch, to grow solid again the moment 
 after. 
 
 "Altogether our mysterious visitant was a weird and everlast- 
 ing puzzle. But for the sake of an inner circle studying with 
 me the correspondence and causative philosophy of these 
 mysteries, I am instructed to say that 'The Mahedi' is the 
 'Coming Phase,' and what I have thus been the first to witness 
 has yet to develop to something out of all proportion to any- 
 thing at present experienced or dreamt of. 
 
 "But other matters of moment transpired too recondite to be 
 lucidly recorded, and at last our new acquisition from the 
 'Grand Man,' through mortal man retired, and bowed a silent 
 adieu, and as I had done with other spirit-forms in their 
 exeunt and exit, I, at the distance of a few inches only, watched 
 'The Mahedi 's absorption into the body of the medium, and his 
 gradual disappearance, till he was merged viewless into the 
 boundless hereafter through this mortal gate of access to the 
 mysteries of the other life. 
 
 "But Dr. Kennedy was now invited to draw equally near and 
 realize more closely with me the marvel of the separate identity 
 of the spirit-form from the medium, and as we stood looking 
 with all our soul upon the mighty fact of spirit birth from mor- 
 tal man , Dr. Monck, still entranced, placed the lovely visitant 
 from the inner world between us, and affording it each the sup- 
 port of an arm, we advanced with our sweet spirit-companion 
 some steps further into the room. Meanwhile, holding the 
 hand of the spirit-arm that rested on mine, I felt the wrist, 
 rjalm, fingernails; it was in every respect a living hand, 
 answering to my touch, yielding to pressure, having natural 
 
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 weight and substance, and all things pertaining to humanity, 
 but it was damp and stone cold and the thought passed through 
 my mind, how, like steam, first invisible, congealed, is then 
 seen as cloudy vapor, which, precipitated, may finally take 
 solid form in ice, this figure at my side had, by a somewhat 
 analogous process, been rendered visible and tangible from the 
 vital force, viewless and imponderable, of the medium, being 
 under the chemistry, not yet understood of the higher life, 
 Congealed into the nebulous condition instanced of the form's 
 first appearance, further to solidify into the lovely creature we 
 supported and wistfully beheld. But, not to theorize, I now 
 come to the climax of the night's most wonderful phenomena. 
 
 "When the form at last retired I was, as an extreme favor 
 w T hich might cause the medium great prostration, permitted to 
 accompany it and draw near with it slowly and cautiously, 
 until I came again close up to Dr. Monck, as he, still entranced, 
 stood forth full in view of all, waiting to receive back into him- 
 self the marvelous aeon, phantasm or emanation that we must 
 call angel or spirit. As it neared him the gossamer filament 
 again came into view, its attenuated and vanishing point being, 
 as before, toward the heart. By means of this subtle cord I 
 noticed how this psychic figure seemed to be sucked back into 
 the body of the medium. For like a water-spout at sea — funnel 
 shaped — or sand column, such as I have seen in Bgypt, horizon- 
 tal instead of vertical, the superior vital power of Dr. Monck 
 seemed to absorb and draw in the spirit form, but so gradually 
 that I was enabled closely to w T atch the process; for, leaning 
 against and holding the medium, with my left arm at his back, 
 and my left ear and cheek to his breast, his heart beating in a 
 most violent and alarming way, I saw him receive back the 
 lovely birth of the invisible spheres into his very person and, 
 as I gazed for the last time on the sweet face of the disintegrat- 
 ing spirit, within three or four inches of the features, I 
 marked its fair aspect, eyes, hair, and delicate complexion, and 
 kissed the dainty hand as, in process of absorption, it dissolved 
 and saw the angel face disappear and fade, as it was drawn, 
 positively, into the bosom of the medium. Gazing thus closely 
 with awe and breathless interest, did I, therefore, w T atch the 
 departure of our angel-friend, and the living gate and avenue 
 of the medium's very self did X> with feelings indescribable, 
 mark the steps of her progress to regain, through the living 
 organism of Dr. Monck, her home in the viewless spheres." 
 
 Hon. A. H. Dailey, Ex- Judge of Surrogates, and the senior 
 partner of one of the best known and most high-class firms in 
 the legal profession in the city of Brooklyn, New York — Dailey, 
 
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 Bell and Crane — in an interview with Walter Howell, published 
 in "The Light of Truth," Cincinnati, Ohio, July 7, 1894, in 
 speaking of Dr. Monck says: "I met Dr. Francis W. Monck 
 first at the residence of Mr. Fred Haslam, in Brooklyn, about 
 1SS1, at a reception given to Dr. Monck by Mr. Haslam, and I 
 became quite intimately acquainted with him. He was very 
 poor, and a purse was made up and presented to him. He was 
 seeking employment as a magnetic healer. I have witnessed 
 some remarkable phenomena through his mediumship. His 
 fame had, as a materializing medium in England, become 
 known here. He gave a few seances in Brooklyn, but none for 
 materialization. The phenomena usually consisted of raps, 
 moving of heavy articles of furniture, and upon a few occasions 
 of the passing of matter through matter. I will explain the 
 remarkable experience we had with him when this was done. 
 There w T ere probably a dozen people present, seated at a large 
 extension table with Dr. Monck in the circle. By very heavy 
 raps in answer to the alphabet it was announced that matter 
 would be passed through matter, under strictly test conditions. 
 Among the most sceptical was the late Mr. S. B. Nichols, who 
 did not believe it could occur, and I certainly could not con- 
 ceive how it could be done, and I never could. All explana- 
 nations have not explained to my comprehension. To be sure 
 there was no deception, Dr. Monck was firmly held by both 
 wrists by four persons, two holding each wrist or hand. Mr. 
 Nichols and myself each held a wrist and we did it so firmly 
 that the doctor complained of being hurt. All the rest in the 
 circle were directed to sing and one to turn down the light. In 
 an instant Dr. Monck uttered a groan, we heard a rustling 
 sound, and the lights were at once turned up. We were still 
 holding Dr. Monck firmly, but his coat, vest, and cuffs were 
 gone from his person. His vest was over the head and face of 
 Mr. Nichols, his coat was on the floor. His cuffs, still unbut- 
 toned, were in different places in the room. We did not release 
 our hold until every one present was satisfied that we had held 
 him securely, and when we did do so, the firmness of our grip 
 left deep impressions upon the doctor's wrists and hands; one 
 of his fingers was bleeding from the cut of a ring pressed into 
 the flesh. 
 
 Doctor Monck certainly had these articles on his person when 
 we took hold of him. They were not torn or separated into 
 parts when we again examined them as they were replaced upon 
 his person. If anything seemingly set the laws of nature at 
 defiance this did. I do not believe any person can be made to 
 understand how those garments were removed; I have no doubt 
 
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 but we shall some time understand it, but not in this world. 
 
 The most satisfactory observation of the process of Materiali- 
 zation I have ever witnessed was with Dr. Monck, It was 
 during a call at the house of Dr. Blake in Brooklyn. There 
 were five persons present. My wife, Dr. Monck and I were 
 passing Dr. Blake's residence one evening and made a social 
 call. As an amusement we sat for a few moments at a round 
 table to see what manifestations would be given. A gas jet was 
 dimly burning directly over the table. An exclamation from 
 Dr. Monck called attention to the formation of a dense vapory 
 mass close to his side. It was in incessant agitation. The hands 
 of each sitter were on the table in plain view. We looked at it 
 intently, when it disappeared with the quickness of lightning. 
 While we were dicussing the strange phenomena it re-appeared , 
 and commenced forming the shoulders, arms, and vapory body 
 of a human being, and again as quickly disappeared. This was 
 repeated a number of times in the plain view of all. The effect 
 upon Dr. Monck was quite serious, and produced a hemorrhage 
 of the lungs, the same as had followed his materializing seances 
 in England. The serious result prevented, in so far as I have 
 known, the efforts of Dr. Monck to give materializing seances 
 in this country." 
 
 Many persons do not believe that spirits are able to pass 
 matter through matter as described above, but not less remark- 
 able was the seance given in the G. A. R. Opera House in 
 Shamokin, on the evening of Friday, Oct. 27th, 1894, by the 
 two noted spiritual mediums, Ira T. Davenport and Mr. Fay. 
 A. G. Marr, one of Shamokin's most prominent lawyers, and 
 W. S. Guiterman, Editor of the ''Daily Dispatch" — and who, 
 by the way, with the assistance of "Detective" Henry Welker 
 and a few of Shamokin's lesser lights, undertook about a year 
 ago, the difficult task of killing Spiritualism in Shamokin — 
 were appointed a stage committee, whose duty it was to make a 
 thorough examination of the cabinet used by the mediums, to 
 see that the seance was given under strict test conditions and to 
 detect fraud, if any could be found. The committee, by request 
 of Mr. Fay, examined the cabinet thoroughly, which, by the 
 way, was a plain wooden structure about 5x9 feet, standing on 
 long iron castors, leaving a space of from 12 to 15 inches under 
 the cabinet, sothat all persons sitting in the parquet could look 
 under the cabinet throughout the entire cabinet seance — and 
 reported that after thorough examination they found it to be a 
 plain wooden structure very securely framed together and 
 declared that they could discover no chance of fraud, so far as 
 they could see. The mediums then took their seats, one in each 
 
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 end of the cabinet, facing each other. By request, the 
 mediums were tied by the committee, who afterward reported 
 to the audience that the)' had tied them hand and foot, as 
 thoroughly as it was possible to do, with their hands tied behind 
 their backs in such a manner that it was impossible for them to 
 slip their hands from the ropes. Musical instruments, consist- 
 ing of two guitars, several tambourines, bells, and some other 
 instrument, where placed between the two mediums. The 
 doors in front of the cabinet were then closed; but as the middle 
 door of the three was being closed the manager requested Mr. 
 Guiterman to take a final look to see if the men were still in 
 their positions. As he did so he received a slap on the face 
 from a hand inside the cabinet and was also hit on the head 
 with a tambourine, leaving the tambourine strung about his 
 neck, some one remarking, "A cuff and a collar the first go 
 off." 
 
 Immediately after the doors were closed the instruments 
 began to be rattled and banged about in the cabinet, the racket 
 being kept up for several minutes, during which time hands of 
 different sizes were shown from a small window in the middle 
 door of the cabinet; on one occasion the arm of a female, bared 
 to above the elbow, was thrust out of the window. No sooner 
 had the sound of the instruments ceased than the doors of the 
 cabinet were thrown open by some power from the inside and 
 the committee found both mediums securely tied as before the 
 doors had been closed. The attention of the committee, some 
 time during the seance, was called to the fact that the locks 
 were arranged in such a manner that it was impossible for the 
 doors to be locked or unlocked except by physical contact, on 
 the inside. After examining, Mr. Marr reported the fact to the 
 audience. I make mention of this because it goes far towards 
 showing that it could not have been done by the hands of the 
 mediums, as it was utterly impossible for them to untie and tie 
 in so short a time, or even for a confederate, could there have 
 been one. 
 
 The mediums being still tied, the doors were again closed and 
 locked from the inside. On taking a final look to see if the 
 mediums were still bound, before closing the middle door, Mr. 
 Marr this time, got a slap with the hand from the cabinet, a 
 tambourine also being strung about his neck. In about as 
 short a time as it would take to tell it the doors were thrown 
 open and both mediums stepped from the cabinet untied, 
 leaving the ropes lying in the cabinet. They again entered the 
 cabinet, when they were as quickly tied again, this time by 
 some invisible power in the cabinet — as the committee reported 
 
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 — more securely than they could possibly tie them, 
 
 Mr. Guiterman was now ordered to take his seat in the 
 cabinet between the mediums, facing the audience; a hand was 
 placed upon each of the mediums and tied with ropes so as to 
 detect any movement upon the part of either. The instruments 
 were then placed upon Mr. Guiterman 's lap, the doors were 
 closed and immediately all the instruments in the cabinet were 
 being played, hands being continually shown at the window. 
 "You will observe," says Mr. Marr, "that the hands are smaller 
 than those which we tied." After a time the music ceased, the 
 doors were opened and Mr, Guiterman sat with a tambourine 
 strung about his neck and the three men were found securely 
 bound. At Mr. Fay's request, Mr. Guiterman gave his 
 experience while in the cabinet, in substance as follows: "I 
 took my seat in the cabinet, as you saw, with the instruments 
 upon my lap, tied to both men. Could detect no movement on 
 the part of either; a dozen hands were passed over my face, 
 patting me on the back. Hands were thrust into all my 
 pockets. Every request I made while in the cabinet was 
 granted. Do not think it possible for the men to do it." 
 
 Mr. Marr was now requested to take his seat in the cabinet, 
 the instruments were placed upon his lap, his hands were placed 
 upon each of the mediums and tied. The doors were closed 
 with the same result as when Mr. Guiterman was in the cabinet, 
 except that Mr. G. got a slap on the head this time as the doors 
 were being closed. Immediately after the noise of the instru- 
 ments had ceased the doors were opened and Mr. Marr sat with 
 a tambourine collar on, securely tied to both mediums. As the 
 doors were locked in such a manner that they could only be 
 unlocked from the inside by physical contact, and no move- 
 ment could be detected by either committeeman on the part of 
 the mediums, and both were found securely bound, it is evident 
 that they were opened by some power other than the mediums. 
 Mr, Marr reported his experience while in the cabinet, in sub- 
 stance as follows: "I took my seat in the cabinet; the instru- 
 ments were placed on my lap. I held both men; could detect 
 no movement on the part of either. The instruments were all 
 playing. At my request they played above me in the cabinet. 
 Hands were passed over my face and thrust in every pocket. I 
 was completely deluged both with music and with instruments." 
 This latter statement created much laughter. On being asked 
 by Mr. Fay if he thought that they had anything to do with 
 the manifestations Mr. Marr said, "I am unable to explain how 
 they could have had anything to do with the manifestations. 
 It is entirely beyond my comprehension. I am amazed." Says 
 
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 Mr. Fay: "What do you say, Mr. Guiterman?" "The same as 
 Mr. Ma it," answered Mr. Guiterman. 
 
 The mediums being still tied, the doors were again closed for 
 a few seconds, then they were opened and Mr. Fay stepped 
 from the cabinet untied and to show the audience that they 
 took no part in untying themselves, Mr. Fay, in the presence of 
 the committee, placed a teaspoonful of flour in each of Mr, 
 Davenport's hands — which also could be seen by the audience — 
 the committee pronounced Mr. Davenport securely bound, the 
 doors were closed, and in less time than any mortal could have 
 done it, even in the light (the cabinet was dark inside) Mr. D. 
 was untied, and stepping from the cabinet in the presence of 
 the committee and in full view of the audience, opened his 
 hands, which were found to contain the flour placed there by 
 Mr. Fay a few moments before. 
 
 A DARK SBANCE. 
 
 Mr. Fay now stated that a dark seance would be given, but 
 as it required perfectly negative conditions — stating that as it 
 required darkness for the photographer, so it required the same 
 negative conditions for this phenomena — yet the seance would 
 be given under strict test conditions, as light would be admitted 
 every few T minutes, showing that there were no confederates 
 and no deception. 
 
 Two chairs were now placed upon the stage. The mediums 
 seated themselves and were again securely bound with ropes, 
 by the committee, their hands being tied behind them in such a 
 manner that it was impossible for them to get loose without the 
 aid of a confederate. The lights were extinguished for a few 
 seconds after which they were turned on again, when both 
 mediums were found untied. Mr. Fay now stated that they 
 would again be tied, but not by the committee this time. The 
 lights were extinguished and in much less time than the com- 
 mittee could have done it, both mediums were again tied — by 
 invisible agency this time — as Mr. Marr stated, more securely 
 than they could bind them. 
 
 And now came the most mystifying phenomena of the 
 evening — the passing of matter through matter. The feet of 
 both mediums were placed upon white sheets of paper. With 
 a lead pencil Mr. Marr drew the outline of Mr. Fay's shoes, 
 likewise Mr. Guiterman of the shoes of Mr. Davenport, so that 
 it w r ould be impossible for them to move a foot in the dark with- 
 out being detected. Mr. Marr was now requested to seal the 
 knots which secured Mr. Fay to his chair. This was done with 
 sealing wax, to the entire .satisfaction of both committeemen. 
 
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 The lights were extinguished. Mr. Fay told Mr. Marr to 
 request that his coat be removed, which he did. Immediately 
 light was called for and Mr. Fay sat before the audience in his 
 shirt sleeves, his coat still flying through the air. The com- 
 mittee examined the knots and found them to be intact, with 
 the seals unbroken, also examined the sheets of paper and found 
 that the feet of neither had been moved. Mr. Guiterman was 
 now requested to put Mr, Fay's coat upon himself, which he 
 did, laying his own coat aside. The lights were extinguished 
 and immediately called for again and Mr. Guiterman's coat was 
 found upon the medium. The lights were again extinguished 
 and in as quick time as before were turned on again, when 
 Mr. Fay again sat in his shirt sleeves, while Mr. Guiterman's 
 coat was seen flying through the air, landing on the foot lights. 
 
 At this juncture two more committeemen— H. G. Steel and 
 Harry Learn — were called to" the stage, the backs of the guitars 
 were rubbed with a luminous oil, the instruments all being 
 placed upon a table, the two last chosen committeemen stood, 
 one at either end of the stage. Mr. Steel held the manager, 
 Mr. Learn held Mr. Davenport, Messrs. Marr and Guiterman 
 were seated at the table with Mr. Fay; Mr. Guiterman placed a 
 foot upon both Mr. Fay's feet, his right hand was placed upon 
 Mr. Fay's head, while Mr. Fay held tightly the wrist of the 
 same, with both his hands, Mr. Marr also, from the other side, 
 holding Mr. Fay, so that the least movement on his part might 
 be detected. The lights were again extinguished, when again 
 every instrument began moving about, playing, the illuminated 
 guitars flying through the air at a terrific rate of speed, rising 
 at the request of Mr. Marr to a distance of 8 or 10 feet in the 
 air, now lower, then higher, passing back and forth, from one 
 end of the stage to the other. 
 
 Light was called for, when the two guitars were thrown, 
 landing with great force, one at the feet of Mr. Steel, the other 
 at the feet of Mr. Learn, The committee were asked to report. 
 They did so, stating that they could detect no movement on the 
 part of Mr. Fay, Mr. Davenport, or the manager. At this 
 juncture Mr. Fay thanked the audience for their kind attention 
 and made the following statement. ' 'There is no sleight of 
 hand, no trickery, deception, nor confederates here tonight. 
 We are not here to say what power has produced this, but leave 
 each one to judge for themselves. Goodnight." The follow- 
 ing appeared in the ''Daily Dispatch" of the next day : 
 
 DAVENPORT AND FAY. 
 * 'Davenport and Fay mystified their audience at the Opera 
 
jS Has Spiritualism Any Foundation 
 
 House last, evening by their wonderful and incomprehensible 
 cabinet seances. Messrs. A. G. Marr and W. S. Guitennan 
 were appointed a stage committee, and although they were tied 
 in the cabinet with Davenport and Fay, they were unable to 
 explain how the mysterious music and other manifestations 
 were caused, when the performers were apparently bound." 
 
 Why do you say "apparently bound, " Mr. Guiterman ? If 
 so, then you apparently bound them. They were bound. But 
 whence those hands that slapped you and Mr. Marr on the face 
 and strung the tambourines on your necks, that stroked your 
 faces, slapped you on the back, were thrust in your pockets, 
 that granted your requests while in the cabinet, that locked the 
 doors from the inside, w T hile the mediums were still bound, 
 without a movement on their part, that tied the mediums even 
 more secure in the dark and in a shorter time than you could 
 even in the light, that show r ed themselves at the cabinet win- 
 dow 7 , that untied the mediums in a much shorter time than you 
 could, that removed the medium's coat and put your coat on 
 the medium, w 7 ith his hands and feet securely bound, without 
 breaking the seals upon the knots, that played all those instru- 
 ments while flying through the air at such a terrific rate of 
 speed ? 
 
 You say, "We are unable to explain." Will you please let 
 one w T ho, about a year ago, you called deluded, explain ? The 
 hands that did all this were none other than the materialized 
 hands of a band of immortals, who once passed through this 
 earth life as you and I are doing and who are trying to demon- 
 strate to the w r orld that "there is no such thing as death." You 
 ask, "How is it done?" I answer, from the bodies of every 
 person assembled there is constantly being thrown off through 
 insensible perspiration, very finely attenuated particles of mat- 
 ter, and by a chemical and electrical manipulation of these 
 atoms, together w T ith other atoms that are constantly floating in 
 space everywhere, the disembodied spirit is enabled to clothe 
 itself with a real, tangible, material body. Mediums for mater- 
 ialization are those who possess a certain amount of what 
 spirits themselves term psycho-dynamic power. Through this 
 force — existing in the medium — spirits attract from the atmos- 
 phere these substances and particles. This process of mater- 
 ialization we can see going on all around us in nature. Every 
 atom that shall go to compose next year's fruit now exists some- 
 where in the great ocean of matter that surrounds this world of 
 ours. 
 
 Go with me in the spring w T hen the buds begin to shoot forth 
 
In the Bible. jg 
 
 and follow this process of materialization. As the little buds 
 burst a thousand tiny cups may be seen holding up their dainty 
 heads, drinking in the sunshine of heaven. Within each little 
 cup, hidden from mortal view, and placed there by an all-wise 
 and provident God, is a little magnetic, spiritual germ, attract- 
 ing to itself atom after atom of matter, from out the great ocean 
 of matter surrounding it, until finally you behold the mater- 
 ialized, golden fruit. You partake of that fruit and your own 
 immortal spirit w T ithin takes up those atoms of matter, and 
 through a subtle process of spirit-chemistry of which, as yet, 
 little is understood by mortals, is materialized the body that 
 clothes your spirit; for remember, these bodies of ours are con- 
 stantly dematerializing and would soon pass away w^ere it not 
 that this process of materialization is constantly going on from 
 the food w T e eat. This process of materialization is going on all 
 around us in nature. Indeed, you cannot point to a single 
 material thing in all the vast universe of God but what has thus 
 been materialized. "Through the existence and force of spirit 
 operating throughout the universe, substance has been wrought 
 upon. Atoms, elements and forces are brought together by the 
 operation of the law of attraction, and assume shape, come into 
 the form of objective life, but nevertheless they are vitalized by 
 that inherent and potent force which we call spirit. ' ' 
 
 The whole w r orld is beginning to realize that what we term 
 spiritual phenomena are real. Even that great enemy of Spirit- 
 ualism, T. De Witt Talmage, sometime ago said in a sermon; 
 i 'There is a class of phenomena that makes me think that the 
 spiritual and the heavenly world may, after a while, make a 
 demonstration in this w T orld wdiich will bring all moral and 
 spiritual things to a climax. Now I am no spiritualist; but every 
 intelligent man has noticed that there are strange and myster- 
 ious things which indicate to him that perhaps the spiritual 
 world is not so far off as sometimes we coujecture, and that after 
 a while from the spiritual and heavenly world there may be a 
 demonstration upon our world for its betterment. We call it 
 magnetism, or we call it mesmerism, or we call it electricity, 
 because we want some term to cover up our ignorance. I do 
 not know w T hat it is, I never heard an audible voice from the 
 other world. I am persuaded of this, however, that the veil 
 between this world and the next is getting thinner and thinner, 
 and that perhaps, after a while, at the call of God — not at the 
 call of the Davenport Brothers, or Andrew Jackson Davis — some 
 of the old spiritual warriors; some of the spirits of other days, 
 mighty for God — a Joshua, or a David, or a Paul — may come 
 down and help us in this battle against unrighteousness. ' ' 
 
fo //(is Spiritualism Any Foundation 
 
 Should Joshua, David, Paul, and all the good men that ever 
 lived from Adam to the present day come back to earth, the 
 Rev. Talmage and his like would denounce their return as the 
 works of the orthodox devil. Like the brethern of Dives of 
 old, "neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the 
 (lead. 1 ' 
 
 Yes, dear reader, spirit-return is an established fact; materiali- 
 zation of spirit forms is a fact, and though there are frauds in 
 the world who would deceive us, yet there are hundreds of 
 good, genuine mediums. The Church may call spiritualism 
 witchcraft, enchantment, divination, sorcery, dealing with 
 familar spirits, or whatever they please. I have shown very 
 clearly that every one of the phases of mediumship that are 
 bestowed upon and practiced by our mediums to-day, were held 
 and practiced by God's own children in Bible times. These 
 different phases of mediumship are gifts from God. If a man 
 or a woman has the gifts of Clairvoyance, Seership, Clair- 
 audience, Giving of Tests, Inspirational Speaking, Divining, 
 Healing, Speaking of Languages, Trance, Mind Reading, or 
 any other of the many gifts of the spirit, they can no more 
 help having those gifts than they can help breathing. 
 
 The apostle Paul, in his letter to the Corinthians, 14:1 says: 
 ''Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts." In the 12th 
 chapter we read; "Now concening spiritual gifts, brethern, I 
 would not have you ignorant. " x ~ * * Now there are 
 diversities of gifts, but by the same Spirit. * . * * But 
 the manifestation of the spirit is given to every man to profit 
 withal. For to one is given by the spirit, the word of wisdom; 
 to another the word of knowledge by the same spirit; to 
 another faith by the same spirit; to another the working of 
 miracles; to another prophesy; to another discerning of spirits; 
 to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpreta- 
 tion of tongues. But all these worketh that one and the self- 
 same spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will." 
 
 The Church has ever been ready to strangle any new truth, 
 but her attitude toward Spiritualism is fast changing wherever 
 it has been established and the time is coming when every 
 church door will be opened for the utterance of its truths. The 
 Church charges spiritualists with being indifferent to the truths 
 of the Bible. This is a mistake. We accept all the spiritual 
 facts of the Bible and stand by them, but we cannot accept the 
 Bible as a whole in the sense that the Church does, knowing 
 that it has its mistakes and its contradictions. It is not the 
 sacred books of the world that are inspired, but t]ae truths that 
 they mirror forth. All the facts of Modern Spiritualism are 
 
In the Bible ? 41 
 
 established by the Bible. Ancient and Modern Spiritualism run 
 on parallel lines; we cannot accept the old and ignore the new. 
 The Church not only ignores the foundation of her faith — spirit 
 manifestations and power — denying the possibility of the signs 
 which Christ himself said should follow those that believe in 
 His name, but she pronounces the wide-spread spirit manifesta- 
 tions to be of the devil. Is it not a significant fact that the 
 Church does not possesss these gifts to-day, but that every one 
 of them are possessed by those Spiritualists whom the Church 
 to-day — if the laws of the country were such — would torture at 
 the stake as watches, and all in the name of Christianity. 
 
 I have had persons say to me, Well, suppose Spiritualism is 
 true, what good can it do? I would say that it has demonstrat- 
 ed what the Church for ages has been teaching, but has failed 
 to prove — that man is immortal. Spiritualism has done more 
 than all else combined to sweep back the tide of materialism 
 which but a few years ago was sweeping over Europe and Amer- 
 ica, The Bible says "Add to your faith knowledge." The 
 Church believes in man's immortality, but as soon as one of its 
 members begins to seek for a knowledge of immortality they 
 are told that it is sinful to "pry into the hidden things of God." 
 There are millions of people to-day who know that spirit return 
 is a fact, while thousands more believe it. Spiritualism robs 
 death of its terrors, leads the thirsty to living waters, and 
 lightens the burdens of weary pilgrims, and shows that death is 
 but a beautiful transition or birth into a better life. It is the 
 most joy-inspiring of religions, as it gives us back our loved 
 and lost and proves the glorious life that awaits us. Spiritual- 
 ism is built upon demonstrated facts. 
 
 Dr. J. P. Newman, the eloquent Methodist Episcopal Bishop, 
 said some time ago, in a sermon delivered at a funeral, 561 
 Madison Ave., New York: "The two worlds met in Bible 
 times. The communications were as real then between earth 
 and heaven, as between New York and London to-day. From 
 Adam till John of Patmos there was frequent intercourse 
 between those who had gone and those who were left behind." 
 Angels were companions of Daniel in the lion's den ; they 
 conversed with Mary; they delivered Peter from prison; they 
 visited Cornelius the Roman Centurion. Celestial visions were 
 given to Isaiah and the prophets, to Paul and the apostles, to 
 Stephen and the martyrs, while Samuel, and Moses and Elias 
 were returned to earth. And why should we suppose that there 
 is less interest in heaven for earth now than in the glorious 
 past! We have the inspired record of the return of five persons 
 to our earth, three of whom entered the spirit-world through 
 
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 the portals of the grave." 
 
 "And there was another who was born here, and went to that 
 spirit-land and returned to us, and remained with us from June 
 44, A. D., till June 64, A. D., a period of twenty years; and six 
 years after he made this declaration public. He said : "I was 
 caught up into the third heaven." This is levitation as taught 
 in I Kings 18:12; Ezak. 3:14, in Acts 8:39-40. He went not only 
 to the place of departed spirits, but to Heaven, where he heard 
 unspeakable words. 
 
 Do you say that if only one of our own race and time would 
 go and return and witness to us it would be sufficient? Most 
 lawyers are satisfied with one good witness. The law is that 
 two good witnesses are sufficient to confirm a fact, but here are 
 eight — Samuel, Moses, Elias, Christ, and four apostles. These 
 eight persons are as good as eight hundred. 
 
 But do the communications between the two worlds continue 
 to this day? Let us rise to the sublimity and purity of the 
 great Bible truth, and on this day of sorrow console our hearts 
 therewith. It was the opinion of Wesley that Swedenborg was 
 visited by the spirits of his departed friends. Dr. Adam Clarke 
 believed that the departed spirits returned to earth. 
 
 The sainted John Wesley remarked in one of his sermons 
 ( Vol. 2-470-1 ) : "And how much will it add to the happiness of 
 those spirits who are already discharged from the body, that 
 they are permitted to minister to those whom they have left 
 behind? An indisputable proof of this we have in the twenty- 
 second chapter of the Revelation. When the apostle fell down 
 to worship the glorious spirit which he seems to have mistaken 
 for Christ, he told him plainly, "I am of thy fellow servants, 
 the prophets; not God, not an angel, but a human spirit. And 
 in how many ways may they 'minister to the heirs of salva- 
 tion V " 
 
 Conscious of and rejoicing in the sweet and holy influences 
 of God's ministering angels, inspired the late Bishop Simpson 
 (Methodist) to say in one of his eloquent sermons : "The very 
 grave itself is a passage into the beautiful and glorious. We 
 have laid our friends in the grave, but they are around us. The 
 little children who sat upon our knee, into whose eyes we look 
 with love, whose little hands have clasped our neck, on whose 
 cheek we have imprinted the kiss — we can almost feel the 
 throbbing of their hearts to-day. They have passed from us, 
 but where are they? Just beyond the line of the visible. And 
 the fathers and mothers who educated us — that directed and 
 comforted us — where are they but just beyond the line of the 
 
In the Bible ? 43 
 
 visible? The associates of our lives, that walk along life's path- 
 way, those with whom we took sweet council, and who dropped 
 from our side — where are they but just beyond us? — not far 
 away, but now it may be very near us. Is there anything to 
 alarm us in this thought ? No. It seems to me sometimes that 
 when my head is on the pillow there comes whispers as of joy, 
 which drop into my heart thoughts of the sublime and beauti- 
 ful and glorious, as though some angel's wing passed over my 
 brow, and some dear one sat by my pillow and communed with 
 my heart to raise my affection toward the other and better 
 world. The invisible is not dark, it is glorious. Sometimes 
 the veil becomes so thin it seems to me I can almost see the 
 bright forms through it, and my bending ear can almost hear the 
 voices of those who are singing their melodious strains. Oh, 
 there is music all around us, though the ear of man hear it not, 
 there are glorious forms all about us, though in the busy scenes 
 of life we recognize them not. The veil of the future will soon 
 be lifted, and the invisible shall appear.' ' 
 
 We have shown, dear reader, that the various phases of 
 mediumship as practiced by mediums to-day were possessed and 
 practiced by God's own people in Bible times. The same laws 
 that governed then govern to-day; what was possible then is 
 possible to-day. As to whether spiritualism is true or not, we 
 would say, investigate honestly, casting all prejudice aside and 
 as "the proof of the pudding is in the eating" I have no fear 
 of any one rejecting it who will investigate as I have done. 
 There are frauds everywhere: in the Church, in State, in busi- 
 ness and social life, and Spiritualism is no exception. 
 
 While writing there lays before me a book entitled "Crimes 
 of Preachers, ' ' giving an account of over two thousand crimes 
 of every description under heaven, committed by preachers 
 since 1886, giving the names, crime commmitted, place of resi- 
 dence, trial and sentence of each. I would not for a moment 
 think of condemning Christianity because of these frauds, 
 neither should we condemn Spiritualism because now and then 
 there are to be found those who would deceive and practice 
 fraud. As there are many who would like to investigate, I 
 have thought best to give here the following rules for investi- 
 gation, which I copy from "Religion of Spiritualism," by Rev. 
 Samuel Watson, as copied by him from the "London Spirit- 
 ualist." 
 
 HOW TO INVESTIGATE— HOW TO FORM CIRCLES 
 AND DEVELOP MEDIUMSHIP. 
 "Inquirers into the phenomena of Spiritualism should begin 
 
4.4 Has Spiritualism Any Foundation 
 
 by forming circles in their own homes, with no spiritualist or 
 professional medium present. Should no results be obtained 
 on the first occasion, try again with other sitters. One or more 
 persons possessing medial powers without knowing it are to be 
 found in nearly every household. 
 
 ''Let the room be of a comfortable temperature, but cool 
 rather than warm — let arrangements be made that nobody shall 
 enter it and that there shall be no interruption for one hour 
 during the sitting of the circle. 
 
 "Let the circle consist of four, five, or six individuals, about 
 the same number of each sex. Sit around an uncovered wooden 
 table, with all the palms of the hands in contact with the top 
 surface. Whether the hands touch each other or not is of 
 usually no importance. Any table will do, just large enough to 
 accommodate the sitters. The removal of a hand from the table 
 for a few seconds does no harm, but when one of the sitters 
 breaks the circle by leaving the table, it sometimes, but not 
 always, considerably delays the manifestations. 
 
 "Before the sitting begins, place some pointed lead pencils 
 and some sheets of clean writing-paper on the table to write 
 down any communication that may be obtained. 
 
 "People who do not like each other should not sit in the 
 same circle, for such a want of harmony tends to prevent mani- 
 festations, except with well-developed physical mediums; it is 
 not yet known why. Belief or unbelief has no influence on 
 the manifestations, but an acrid feeling against them is fre- 
 quently found to be a weakening influence. 
 
 "Before the manifestations begin, it is well to engage in 
 general conversation or in singing, and it is best if neither be 
 of a frivolous nature. 
 
 * 'The first symptoms of the invisible power at work is often 
 a feeling like a cold wind sweeping over the hands. The first 
 manifestations will probably be table-tiltings or raps. 
 
 ' 'When motions of the table or sounds are produced freely, to 
 avoid confusion, let one person only speak; he should talk to 
 the table as to an intelligent being. Let him tell the table that 
 three tilts or raps mean 'Yes,' one means 'No,' and two mean 
 'Doubtful,' and ask whether the arrangement is understood. If 
 three signals be given in answer, then say: If I speak the letters 
 of the alphabet slowly, will you signal every time I come to the 
 letter you want, and spell us out a message? Should three sig- 
 nals be given, set to work on the plan proposed, and from this 
 time an intelligent system of communication is established. 
 
hi the Bible f 4.5 
 
 " Afterward the question should be put, 'Are we sitting in the 
 right order to get the best manifestations?' Probably some 
 members of the circle will then be told to change seats with 
 each other and the signals will afterward be strengthened. Next 
 ask. "Who is the medium?' When the intelligence asserts itself 
 to be related or known to anybody present, well chosen ques- 
 tions should be put to test the accuracy of the statements, as the 
 alleged spirits are found to exhibit all the virtues and all the 
 failures of humanity." 
 
 "A medium is usually a person of an impulsive, affectionate 
 and genial nature, and very sensitive to mesmeric influences. 
 Mediums are of both sexes, 
 
 1 'The best manifestations are obtained when the medium and 
 all the members of the circle are strongly bound together by 
 the affections, and are thoroughly comfortable and happy. 
 Family circles, w T ith no strangers present, are usually the best, 
 
 "Possibly at the first sitting of a circle symptoms of other 
 forms of mediumship than tilts or raps may make their appear- 
 ance, while by sitting regularly two or three times a week the 
 manifestations will rapidly develop. 
 
 "Among the varied phases of phenomena already observed 
 by investigators, may be noted the following : Movement of 
 physical objects, both with and without contact with the sitters; 
 direct writing, drawing, and voices; entrancement, trance and 
 inspirational utterances, temporary materialization, involuntary 
 writing, healing; visions, impressions, as well as many phenom- 
 ena observed in the study of mesmerism. 
 
 "Possibly symptoms of other forms of mediumship, such as 
 trance or clairvoyance, may develop; the better class of mes- 
 sages, as judged by their religious and philosophical merits, 
 usually accompany trance and clairvoyant manifestations, rather 
 than the more objective phenomena. After the manifestations 
 are obtained, the observers should not go to the other extreme, 
 and give way to an excess of credulity, but should believe no 
 more about them or the contents of the messages than they 
 are forced to do by undeniable proof. ' ' 
 
 We are often asked the question, What do the Spiritualists 
 believe ? We would say that there are different shades of belief 
 among those who believe in spirit return, and while it is impos- 
 sible for spiritualists to have any set form of belief or creed, so 
 long as the truth is progressive, yet we believe that the majority 
 of spiritualists could submit to the following articles, especially 
 those in Christian countries : 
 
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 ist— We believe in one God, the Soul and Ruler of the Uni- 
 verse, a conscious entity dwelling in the universe, as its 
 master. That God is a law unto himself and that all matter 
 obeys His will through natural law. 
 
 2nd — We believe in the Divine mission and work of Christ and 
 that the Christ principle which came from God the Father, 
 and dwelt in Jesus, is to save the world, but that no man 
 can be saved through Christ unless he takes into his life the 
 Christ principle, and that we are saved by what we live, not 
 by what we believe. 
 
 3rd — We believe in future rewards and punishments and that 
 the only way to escape the consequences of our wrong- 
 doing is by a genuine heart-felt repentance, followed by the 
 undoing of our wrongs to the best of our ability, and the 
 living out of the Christ principle in our lives, and that "As 
 the tree falleth so shall it lie;" that is, that we enter the 
 spirit-world no better, nor no worse than we leave this 
 world and that we begin life there just where we leave it 
 off here, but that the path of progression is ever open to all 
 of God's children, both here and in the spirit-world, who 
 may have an earnest desire to better their condition, and 
 that all punishment is for correction. 
 
 4th — We believe man — all mankind — to be literal sons and 
 daughters of God and the soul of man to be a spark of 
 divinity, and as such it is immortal and undying, and that 
 man, while on the earth plane, is a three-fold being, com- 
 posed of a material body, the Soul, or Kgo, and a Spiritual 
 body, the two latter surviving the former, for which they 
 will never have further use. 
 
 5th — We believe that man is sown, at birth into this world, in 
 corruption, but is raised at death, — birth into the spiritual 
 world — in incorruption. That he "is sown in dishonor, 
 raised in glory." "Sown in weakness, raised in power." 
 "Sown a natural body, raised a spiritual body." 
 
 6th — We believe that the only veil between this and the spirit- 
 world are these coarse material bodies of ours, and that 
 under favorable conditions the spirits of the so-called dead 
 can come back to earth's children and communicate sweet 
 messages of love to them, and that by the chemical and 
 electrical manipulation of atoms they can mould a material 
 body in a few minutes, which by the ordinary process of 
 nature would require years to produce, and that they can 
 as quickly dematerialize it again. 
 
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 7th — We believe that heaven and hell are conditions and that 
 the only way to gain heaven in the great hereafter is to 
 have heaven in you while here, and this we believe can 
 only be done by living out the "Christ-life" in our lives. 
 The humble Nazarene once said, "The kingdom of heaven 
 is within you." So we say; that either the kingdom of 
 heaven or of hell is in each of us, and we will carry either 
 the one or the other of those kingdoms with us into the 
 spirit life, and that we make our own heaven or hell the 
 same in the spirit life as we do here. 
 
 8th — We believe that the only sanction of the doctrine of eter- 
 nal punishment to be found in the Bible is in the mistrans- 
 lation of the Greek word Aion, in Matt. 25:46. "And 
 these shall go away into everlasting punishment (Greek, 
 Kolasin Aionion), but the righteous into life eternal." The 
 word Kolasin is derived from kolazoo, which in the Greek 
 signifies: 1 — To cut off, as lopping off branches of trees; to 
 prune. 2 — To restrain, to repress. 3 — To chastise, to pun- 
 ish. 
 
 That an Aion is a limited time is proven by the fact that it 
 can be made plural, and no multiple of a limited time can be 
 synonymous with eternity. The following are a few of the 
 many passages where the word in its many forms appears, in 
 none of which can it be used in the sense of eternal : 
 
 "The children of this world (Aionos) marry and are given in 
 marriage." Luke 20:34. 
 
 "But they that shall be counted worthy to obtain that world 
 (Aionos) and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry 
 nor are given in marriage." Luke 20:35. 
 
 "And be not conformed to this world. " (Aioni). Rom. 12:2. 
 
 "Where is the disputers of this world." (Aainos). I Cor. 1:20. 
 
 "Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet 
 not knowing the wisdom of this world (Aionos) nor of the 
 princes of this world (Aionos) that come to nought." I Cor. 2:6. 
 
 "Which God ordained before the world (Aionon) unto our 
 glory." I Cor. 2:7. 
 
 "Which none of the princes of this world (Aionos) knew." 
 I Cor. 2:8. 
 
 "If any among you seem to be wise in this world (Aioni) let 
 him become a fool that he may be wise." I Cor. 3:18. 
 
 "In whom the God of this world (Aionos) hath blinded the 
 minds of them which believe not." II Cor. 4:4. 
 
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 "That he might deliver us from the present evil world." 
 (Aionos). Gal. 1:4. 
 
 "Charge them that are rich in this world (Aioni) that they 
 be not high-minded." I Tim. 6:17. 
 
 "For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present 
 evil world." (Aiona). II Tim, 4:10. 
 
 "We should live soberly, righteously and godly, in this pres- 
 ent world," (Aioni). Titus 2:12. 
 
 "Which God ordained before the world." (Aionon). I Cor. 
 2:7. 
 
 "Not only in this world (Aioni) but in that which is to 
 come." Eph. 1:21. 
 
 "The harvest is the end of the world (Aionas) and the 
 reapers are the angels. " Matt. 13:39. 
 
 "So shall it be in the end of this world." (Aionos). Matt. 
 13:40. 
 
 In the above passages we have the Greek word Aion in its 
 various forms, rendered 'world' no less than seventeen times. 
 We might give many more where it has been translated 'age' or 
 'ages,' as in the following: "That in the ages (Aiosi) to come 
 he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kind- 
 ness toward us through Christ Jesus." — Eph. 2:7. "Even the 
 mystery which hath been hid from ages (Aionon) and from 
 generations, but now is made manifest to his saints." — Col. 1:26. 
 
 Words of like meaning may be substituted one for the other 
 without destroying the sense of a passage. Apply this test to 
 any one of the above passages of Scripture, using instead of 
 'world' or 'ages' the words 'eternal,' 'eternity,' or 'eternities,' 
 and the sense is at once destroyed. If an Aion is a limited 
 time, as the above passages prove, then the punishment of the 
 wicked may be for a limited time. I have given the above be- 
 cause it has always been the teaching of the Church that the 
 event called death changes the attitude of God from that of a 
 kind and loving Father to a cruel, vindictive being, and that 
 no matter how sorry a soul may be for the sins of this life and 
 however much it may desire to rise out of its fallen condition, 
 God's favor is forever withdrawn from that soul after the 
 change called death. 
 
 My dear reader, spiritualism knows no such God as this, the 
 God we worship being all love, all goodness, whose love is 
 infinite, extending to all his creatures both here and in the 
 spirit world. In the last quarter of a century the fires of hell 
 have been extinguished so that a hell of "fire and brimstone" 
 
In the Bible, 49 
 
 has become — as the Rev. Charles H. Fitzwilliam once said in a 
 sermon on Hell — "a back number," and with it that other twin 
 doctrine and blasphemy against the character of a loving 
 Heavenly Father — eternal torment — is doomed to oblivion. 
 That there are spirits in the hells of the spirit world, who have 
 suffered for a long time and who, perhaps, may remain there 
 for ages to come, there is uot the shadow of a doubt in the 
 mind of the writer, but it is not because death has changed the 
 attitude of God toward that soul, or that his favor is withdrawn, 
 but because that soul is satisfied to remain in its fallen state and 
 has no desire to better its condition, and as long as a soul pre- 
 fers hell to heaven even God himself cannot make a heaven 
 for such a soul, and if He, in his loving kindness should, it 
 would to that soul be another hell, because its likes and dislikes 
 are such as to unfit it for the enjoyment of holy companionship, 
 and it would deliberately gravitate to its own place again, 
 where it could surround itself with such companions as are best 
 suited to itself, who have the same likes, dislikes, and evil 
 cravings. And I want to say that if every soul could be brought 
 to understand that as naturally as water finds its own level, so 
 will every spirit on leaving the body gravitate to its own place 
 and be drawn to those who are in every respect as they are, that 
 the thought of the horror of such a soul would stimulate one 
 to a course of right living here. 
 
 I am aware that some will say that this picture of hell is 
 rather an orthodox one. Let it be so, the picture has not been 
 overdrawn. Every honest spiritualist knows that this has been 
 the teaching of many spirits, who have been permitted to come 
 back to us and tell of their wretched condition in spirit life, 
 while others again have told us that they have seen their mis- 
 takes, and with the earnest desire have progressed away from 
 their former beliefs and lives and are now happy. I would like 
 to say here to those who are now developing, or seeking to de- 
 velop mediumship, that unless you are living pure lives it were 
 far better that you never became mediums, for as like attracts 
 like, so you must expect to draw to yourselves just such spirits 
 as you yourselves are. What spiritualism needs today is pure 
 mediums, and this applies alike to all spiritualists, whether 
 mediums or not. There are many today who claim to be spirit- 
 ualists who are anything but spiritual. 
 
 For such I have only pity. True spiritualism spiritualizes. 
 Many who are spiritualists in name try to tear down all that is 
 good in Christianity. To me Christianity is a blessed faith, and 
 to take the Christ spirit out of this world, I would want to leave 
 it myself. Do away with the Bible if you will; close up the 
 
$o Has Spin' fun lis hi Any Foundation 
 
 churches, let all the best minds in the world come together and 
 establish a code of morals for the government of men, and that 
 code of morals would be nothing more or less than Christianity 
 in its broadest sense. Christianity, if lived out, cannot be im- 
 proved upon. If every one in this world of ours was a good, 
 pure, genuine, whole-souled Christian we would need no locks, 
 bolts or bars, and this world of ours would be transformed into 
 a heaven, for then every man wwild acknowledge every other 
 man as his brother and God as father of us all. That person 
 who lives the Christ-life is a -truly happy person here and his 
 happiness in the hereafter is assured. 
 
 The following is a partial list of eminent persons who have 
 investigated the phenomena generally known as psychical, or 
 spiritualistic, and have become convinced of the truth of spirit 
 return : 
 
 SCIENTISTS. 
 
 Alfred R. Wallace, the Discoverer of Evolution. 
 
 Dr. Lockart Robertson, Editor Journal of Medical Science. 
 
 Cromwell Varley, Electrician, F. R. S., C. E. 
 
 Dr. William Gregory, F. R. S. E. 
 
 Herman Goldsmith, Astronomer and Physicist. 
 
 W. F. Barrett, F. R. E., Professor of Physics in the Royal Col- 
 lege of Science, Dublin. 
 
 Dr. Ashburner, 
 
 Dr. U. Hitchman, Physiologist and Physicist, 
 
 Wm. Crookes, Chemist. 
 
 Alex Von Humboldt, 
 
 Prof. N. D. Wagner, Geologist, University of St, Petersburg. 
 
 Prof. A. Butlerov, Chemist, University of St. Petersburg. 
 
 Dr. Hoeffle, Author of Historical Chemistry. 
 
 Prof. Nees Von Esenbeck, Prest. Royal Academy of Sciences, 
 Breslau, Germany. 
 
 Dr. J. Elliottson, F. R. S., some time Prest. of the Royal Med. 
 and Chir. Soc, London. 
 
 Camille Flammarion, Astronomer. 
 
 Prof. De Morgan, Prest. Math. Soc, London. 
 
 Prof. William Denton, Geologist. 
 
 Dr. Vladimer Dahl of St. Petersburg Academy of Science. 
 
 Dr. Herbert Mayo, F. R. S. 
 
 Prof. F. Zollner of Leipsic, author of Transcendental Physics. 
 
 Prof. Worthen, State Geologist of Illinois. 
 
 Dr. Maximillian Perty, Prof. Nat. Science,, Berne, Switzerland. 
 
 Prof. Robert Hare, Chemist. 
 
 Prof. J. J. Mapes, Agricultural Chemist. 
 
In the Bible ? 51 
 
 Prof. W. D. Gunning, Geologist. 
 
 Prof. J. R. Buchanan, Anthropologist. 
 
 Baron von Reichenbach, Physiologist. 
 
 The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, F. R. S., Prest. R. A. S. 
 
 PHYSICIANS. 
 
 Dr. Jos. Haddock, England Dr. Julius Frauenstadt, Germ' ny 
 
 Dr. J. J. Groth Wilkinson Dr. Grunhut, Buda-Pesth 
 
 Dr. J. M. Gully Dr. Gray Sexton, London 
 
 Dr. Stanhope Templeman, Dr. G. W. Langedor, Mannheim 
 
 Speer, Edinburg. Dr. J. M. Peebles 
 
 PHILOSOPHERS AND METAPHYSICIANS. 
 
 Prof. S. B. Brittan, Moral and Mental Philosophy. 
 
 P. Yowkevitsch, Prof. Phil., University of St. Petersburg. 
 
 A. Bronson Alcott. 
 
 J. H. von Fichte, the Emerson of Germany. 
 
 Dr. Franz Hoffman, Prof. Phil., Wurtzburg, Germany. 
 
 Dr. Robert Freise, Breslau. 
 
 Narson E. Senior, Prof, of Political Economy, Oxford, England. 
 
 Prof. W. E. Weber of Cottingen. 
 
 Prof. G. F. Fechner, 
 
 EMINENT STATESMEN AND PHILANTHROPISTS. 
 
 Ex-Gov. A. P. Tallmage of M. Francois Guizot, author and 
 
 Wisconsin. Statesman. 
 
 Ex-Vice President B. F. Wade Leon Favre, Consul General of 
 Hon. Joshua R. Giddings of France. 
 
 Ohio. Jules Favre, his brother 
 
 Abraham Lincoln Senator Fitch, of Indiana 
 
 Ex- Vice President Henry Wil- Senator Harris, of Louisiana 
 
 son. Senator Stewart, of Nevada 
 
 Victor Hugo Hon. Robert Dale Owen, Late 
 
 Ex-President Andrew Johnson Foreign Minister 
 George Thompson Hon. N. P. Banks, of Mass. 
 
 Guisippi Garibaldi Senator Howard, of Michigan 
 
 Louis Kossuth Hon. G. W. Julian, of Indiana 
 
 William Lloyd Garrison Senator Simons, of R. I. 
 
 Senator Sprague, of R. I. Senator Anthony, of R. I. 
 
 DISTINGUISHED LITERARY AND ARTISTIC 
 
 CELEBRITIES. 
 
 Trowbridge, the Artist Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall 
 
 Florence Marryatt T. Adolphus Trollopp, the pop- 
 
 Wm. and Mary Howitt ular Novelist. 
 
5«2 ff&s Spiritualism Any Foundation 
 
 Gerald Massey, the Poet Hiram Powers, famous Sculptor 
 
 W. M. Thackeray Robert Chambers 
 
 Sir Edward Lytton and Sou Mrs. Eliz'b'th Barrett Browning 
 Epes Sargent Captain R. F. Burton, African 
 
 Mark M. (Brick) Pomerov Traveler and Author 
 
 Hamlin Garland, Literary. 
 
 CROWNED HEADS, NOBILITY, ETC, 
 
 Queen Victoria, of England Sir W. Travelyn 
 Emperor Alexander, of Russia Countess Caithness 
 Emp'r Louis Napoleon, France Sir T. Willshire 
 Prince Wittgenstein, Lt. Gen., Lady Cowper 
 Aid-de-camp to Emperor of Sir Charles Isham, Bart 
 Russia Sir Charles Napier 
 
 Hon. Alexander AskakofT,Rus- Bishop Clark, of R. I. 
 
 sian Imperial Councilor, St. Col. E, B. Wilbraham, of the 
 Petersburg, Russia. English Army. 
 
 Baron von Dirkinck, of Holm- Judge Dailey, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 feld Holstein Judge J. W. Edmunds 
 
 Le Compte de Bullett, of Paris Judge Ladd 
 Lord Lindsay Judge Lawrence 
 
 Lord Adare Sergeant E. W. Cox ] 
 
 Lord Lyndhurst H. D. Jenckens ( 
 
 Duke of Leuchtenburg, Germ' y H. D. Durphy 
 Hon. A. B. Richmond, Mead- Lord Dunraven J 
 
 ville, Pa. English Barristers 
 
 Hon. W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska Hon. A. B. French, Clyde, O. 
 Hon. L. V. Moulton, Grand Rapids, Mich, 
 
 TESTIMONY OF EMINENT MEN. 
 
 Lord Brougham — "Even in the most cloudless skies of skep- 
 ticism I see a rain-cloud, if it be no bigger than a man's hand: 
 it is Modern Spiritualism." 
 
 Camille Flammarion — "I do not hesitate to affirm my convic- 
 tion, based on personal examination of the subject, that any 
 scientific man who declares the phenomena, denominated 'mag- 
 netic' 'somnambulic,' 'mediumistic,' and others not yet ex- 
 plained by .science, to be 'impossible,' is one who speaks 
 without knowing what he is talking about." 
 
 A. R. Wallace — "We are justified in taking the facts of 
 Modern Spiritualism (and with them the spiritual theory as the 
 only tenable one) as being fully established. Its whole course 
 and history proclaimed it to be neither imposture nor delusion, 
 nor survial of the beliefs of savages, but a great and all-impor- 
 tant truth." 
 
In the Bible ? 53 
 
 The London Dialectical Committee report — "That sounds of 
 a varied character, apparently proceeding from articles of furni- 
 ture, the floor, and walls, occur without being produced by 
 muscular action or mechanical contrivance, or adequate exer- 
 tion of muscular force by those present, and frequently without 
 contact of any person. That these sounds and movements often 
 occur in the manner asked for by some person present, and 
 * * * * answer questions, and spell out coherent 
 communications. ' ' 
 
 J. H. Fichte, the German Philosopher and Author — "I feel it 
 my duty to bear testimony to the great fact of Spiritualism. 
 No one should keep silent. ' ' 
 
 Prof. De Morgan, Late President of the Mathematical Society 
 of London — "I have both seen and heard, in a manner that 
 should make unbelief impossible, things called spiritual, which 
 cannot be taken by a rational being to be capable of explanation 
 by imposture, coincidence, or mistake." 
 
 Dr. Robert Chambers— "I have for many years known that 
 these phenomena are real." 
 
 Prof. Challis, the late Plumerian Prof, of Astronomy at Cam- 
 bridge — "I have been unable to resist the large amount of testi- 
 mony to such facts, which has come from many independent 
 sources, and from a vast number of witnesses. 
 In short, the testimony has been so abundant and consentane- 
 ous, that either the facts must be admitted to be such as are 
 reported, or the possibility of certifying facts by human testi- 
 mony must be given up." — Clerical Journal, June, 1862. 
 
 Prof. Hare, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Pa. — 
 "Far from abating my confidence in the inferences respecting 
 the agencies of the spirits of deceased mortals, in the manifes- 
 tations of which I have given in my work, I have had even 
 more striking evidences of that agency than those given in the 
 work in question." 
 
 William Crookes, F. R. S., etc. — "That a hitherto unrecog- 
 nized form of Force — whether it be called physical or psychi- 
 cal is of little consequence — is involved in this occurrence is 
 not with me a matter of opinion, but of absolute knowledge." 
 Professors Tornebom and Bdland, the Swedish Physicists — 
 "Only those deny the realty of spiritual phenomena who have 
 never examined them; but profound study alone can explain 
 them." 
 
 Baron Carl DuPrel (Munich)— "This intelligence can read, 
 write and understand the language of human beings, frequently 
 
54 Has Spiritualism Any Foundation 
 
 such as is unknown to the medium. It is no use whatever to 
 fight against this proposition." 
 
 Dr. Lochkart Robertson — "The writer can no more doubt the 
 physical manifestations of so-called Spiritualism than he would 
 any other fact." 
 
 William Howitt — "Spiritualism having reached its millions of 
 adherents, is now beyond the influence of opponents. ' ' 
 
 Thackeray — "It is all very well for you, who have probably 
 never seen any spiritual manifestations, to talk as you do; but 
 had you seen what I have seen, you would hold a different 
 opinion." 
 
 Rev. M. J. Savage — "That he is in possession of a respectable 
 body of facts that he does not know how to explain, except on 
 the theory that he is dealing with some invisible intelligence." 
 
 Prof. Elliott Coues — "In full view,a few inches from my face, 
 I distinctly saw the pencil write 'of itself;' and finish the last 
 word or two of a sentence which straggled over most of the 
 slate. That I saw it, just as described, is simply true." 
 
 Judge A. H. Dailey, of Brooklyn, N. Y — "I have seen inde- 
 pendent slate- writing. Mr. Kellar and Mr. Herrmann, the 
 magicians, many criticise this phenomena as they see fit, but I 
 undertake to say that it is absolutely impossible for them to imi- 
 tate it, or produce anything like it under the same conditions. 
 If they will come here and allow me to take my own slates and 
 put them down on that table, one on top of the other, a piece 
 of slate-pencil between the two, the slates held together with 
 my hand on top — if they will write on those slates while I am 
 holding them there I will give them $1000. But they must 
 not touch them. I have seen slate writing done under such 
 conditions. Once the writing was over the name of my father, 
 and another time over the signature of a deceased sister of my 
 wife's. There were two separate hand writings. My father had 
 been dead for about thirty years and died a long distance from 
 where this phenomenon presented itself. My wife's sister had 
 been dead about fifteen years, and it was utterly impossible for 
 the medium in this case to have known the name of either. 
 Then I have seen a hand produced in broad sunlight without the 
 aid of a cabinet, in a room containing five windows, the blinds 
 being open. On that occasion I was sitting at the table with 
 two other persons. I have seen a naked hand without an arm 
 to it produced before me. In the presence of five persons I 
 have seen unexpectedly, right close by my side, without any 
 cabinet or any preparation, or any idea that there was going to 
 be anything like the phenomenon presented while we were sit- 
 
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 ting at a table. I have seen the form of human beings slowly 
 shape itself from a sort of etherized substance of lightish color 
 until it took on the form of a person, with a body, limbs and 
 head, finally disappearing with the rapidity of lightning. I have 
 .seen that done five times, once in the evening when the light 
 was sufficiently bright to read the newspaper. Spiritualists 
 claim, and I think with good reason, that if you take everything 
 that we denominate the phenomena of spiritualism out of the 
 Bible it would cease to be a religious book." — From Philadel- 
 phia Press, Sunday, July 30th, 1893* 
 
 Forty years ago the first spirit raps were heard in the home of 
 the Fox family at Hydesville N. Y, Since that time the growth 
 of modern Spiritualism has been phenomenal, considering the 
 opposition it has had to contend against. Scientists treated it 
 with bitter contempt. Learned doctors tried to expose it; D.D's 
 condemned it; not many of the learned and wise believed in it 
 but, like all other great truths, it has found its way into the 
 hearts of those who were not too proud to accept it, clad as it 
 was in the garb of an outcast. Since then it has spread through- 
 out the whole world, until it has ramified all classes of society. 
 ''From peasant cots to kingly thrones, from beggars to million- 
 airs, and from lowly artisans to kings, queens and emperors, 
 extends an unbroken chain of believers in this philosophy, this 
 faith, this religion of Spiritualism." Many are enemies to 
 spiritualism because they are ignorant as to its strength and 
 standing and know nothing as to its teachings. There are, as 
 before stated, about ten million Spiritualists in the United 
 States, maintaining between forty and fifty camp-grounds where 
 camp-meetings are held at some time during the year, the at- 
 tendance in many cases running up into the thousands. The 
 following is a partial list only of the camps: 
 
 Haslet Park Camp, Mich., has eighteen acres of land and thirty 
 cottages are built. 
 
 Vicksburg Camp, Mich., occupies a beutiful grove of forty 
 acres. The association has a fine auditorium, a hotel, cot- 
 tages and lodging-house. 
 
 Onset Ba> Mass., has a temple that will seat 1,500 people. 
 There are 500 cottages on the camp proper. Has been or- 
 ganized 18 years. At Harwich, Ma^ss., is another camp 
 which has existed for twenty -seven years, holding success- 
 ful meetings. 
 
 De Leon Springs Camp, Florida, is a winter camp where good 
 meetings are held. 
 
j6 Has Spititualism Any Foundation 
 
 In California, Summerland Camp is regularly organized, and 
 many others are held in different places in the State. 
 
 Parkland Camp, Pa., contains 150 acres, with a number of fine 
 cottages, hotel, restaurant, pavilion, etc. 
 
 Temple Heights Camp, Maine, has some thirty cottages on the 
 ground, 
 
 Sunapee Camp, N, H., is located at Sunapee Lake. 
 
 At Lake Pleasant Camp, Mass., there are about 400 cottages 
 built, and more contemplated. 
 
 Clinton Camp, Iowa, owns 19 acres of land and has a pavilion 
 seating about 1800 people. A number of cottages are built* 
 
 Vernon Park Camp, Maine, has thirty cottages, good boarding- 
 houses, and a fine pavilion for holding meetings in. 
 
 Merimac Island Camp is near St. Paul, Minn,, and has a good 
 attendance. 
 
 Delphos Camp, Kansas, besides its present location, owns the 
 most beautiful natural oak grove in the State. 
 
 Lily Dale Camp, at Cassadaga, N, Y. has 46 acres of ground, 
 over 150 cottages, a grand hotel, stores, a large auditorium, 
 and its fine water works and flower-gemmed parks make it 
 "a thing of joy forever." 
 
 Queen City Park, Burlington, Vt., has twenty acres of ground. 
 
 Mountain Lake Park, Md., has 800 acres of ground; the park is 
 lighted by electricity. 
 
 Lookout Mountain Camp, Tenn., is a fine, large camp, sur- 
 rounded by the most beautiful natural scenery. 
 
 Magnolia Camp, Pensacola Bay, Florida, is a new camp con- 
 taining some twenty acres of ground. Is most beautifully 
 situated. Has a large 50 room hotel, and about twenty 
 cottages are to be erected. 
 
 The following are a few of the many camps which it is impos- 
 sible to describe here: Cherry Vale Camp, Kan.; Lake Harbor, 
 Mich.; Chesterfield, Ind.; Lake George Camp, N. Y.; Maumee 
 Valley, Ohio; Devils Lake, Mich.; Catalpa Park, N. Y.; Maple 
 Dell, Ohio; Lake Brady, Ohio; Mantua Station, Ohio; Woolley 
 Park, Ashley, Ohio; Verona, Maine; Niantic, Conn., Etna, 
 Maine; New Bra, Ore.; Cape Cod, Mass.; Echo Grove, Lynn, 
 Mass.; Twin City Park, Minn.; Muskegon, Mich.; Lake Helen, 
 Florida; Haslett Park, Mich.; Orion, Mich.; Montpelier, Ind.; 
 Como Park, Minn.; Liberal, Mo.; Denver, Col. 
 
 Besides the above there are scores of grove meetings being 
 
In the Bible f 37 
 
 held every year in the different states, which will eventually 
 result in the organization of new camps. Spiritualistic temples 
 are also being erected all over the United States, where services 
 are held regularly. 
 
 Now dear reader, whatever may have been your belief in 
 regard to Spiritualism, I think you will be convinced by this 
 time that the phenomena of Spiritualism and its phases of 
 mediumship have some foundation in the Bible. And now, 
 little book, I send you forth, hoping that you may lead some 
 out of the bondage of prejudice and superstition into the light 
 of spiritual freedom and liberty. 
 
 LKWIS I,. BVARTS. 
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