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No.. 167.—(V ol. VII.— No. 10.) LONDON: NOVEMBER 5, 1875. Published Weekly; Price Twopence.
BRITISH NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPIRITUALISTS. The Latoral and Vertioal Extension of Spiritualism ...... ^17 Manifestations with'the Fakirs in India. No. III. By Dr. Maximilian Perty...... 217 THE READING ROOM AND LIBRARY, Spirit P eop le...... 218 Spiritualistic Sunday Evening Services at the Cleveland Hall ...... 218 38, GREAT RUSSELL-SREET, BLOOMSBURY, Pulpit Abuse of Spiritualism...... 218 Winter Meetings of the British National Association of Spiritualists. RE open to the public. Newspapers and periodicals By George K ing ...... 219 connected wbh Spiritualism, from all parts of the world, and Brixton Psyohologioal Society. A Seance with Mr. Williams ...... 219 various high-class journals, are regularly supplied. Tho library contains, Provincial News:—Isle of Wight, Extraordinary Seances at Ycntnor and in addition to tho best writings on Spiritualism, works on historical, specu Carisbrook—Terror of a Dog at the Spirits—Dublin, Spiritualism lative, and scientific subjects by the best authors. in Dublin—Newcastle-on-Tyne, A Trance Lecture—Immortality— Terms to members : One guinea a year, which also includes membership ; Miss Fairlamb’s Mediumship—Liv&'pool, Liverpool Psychological Quarterly tickets, 5s.; Monthly tickets, 2s. 6d. To non-mombers, annual Society ...... 220 tickets, 30s.; Quarterly, 10s. ; Monthly, 5s. A Trance Lecture in D alston...... 221 A Seance-room can be engaged under special arrangements, to be loarned The 1875 Conference of SpiritualistsPublic Reception of Mr. Morse from the Secretary. —^Presidential Address by Mr. Coleman—Tho Progress of Spirit Open from 10.30 a.m. to 10.30 p.m. Close at 6 p.m. on Saturdays. ualism during the Past Year—Words of Welcome to Mr. Morse N.B.—T h e S ubscription f o r t h e C u r r e n t Y e a r , 1875, w il l n o t be —Spiritualism finds its own Workers—The Antagonism of Excep CLAIMED FROM MEMBERS JOÎNINO AFTER THIS DATE. tional Scientific Men—Mr. J. J. Morse on Spiritualism in America —Spiritualism in Baltimore—Spiritualism in Philadelphia—Spi ritualism in Boston— kSeance with Mrs. Lord —A Seance with BRITISH NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SPIRITUALISTS M ls. Thayer—A Test Seance—Spiritualism in Maine, Connecticut, and Massachusetts—Painting Mcdiumship...... 222 SUNDAY EVENING LECTURES. Pardon of Mr. Firman ...... 22(5 MR. J. J. MORSE, TRANCE SPEAKER, A Seance at Dalston ...... 226 Poetry: —Mad ...... 227 WILL DELIVER Correspondence: —Good and Evil—The Funeral of the Body—The A SERIES OF INSPIRATIONAL LECTURES, Mediumship of the Bamford Brothers—Diroct Spirit Writicg ... 227 A New Hypothesis. By Colonel H. S. Oloott ...... 22S At Cleveland Hall, Clevcland-stroet, near Portland-road Station, W., on Dalston Association of Spiritualists ...... ! ...... 228 flic following Sunday evenings Novomber 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28ih. Paragraphs ¡—Magic, 217; Mr. Bright on Funeral Reform, 206; A Reserved soats, 2s. and Is. Tiokets for the course, Cs. Body of the Hindoo Somnambulist, 226'; the Davonport Brothers in Europe 228 hall, free. Service to commence at 7 o’cloolc. Doors open at 6.30. a s t Lo n do n "s p i r i t u a l Y ief/jcings. — l e c - TUEES giving information about Spiritualism are delivered every BRITISH NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ThursdayE evening at 8, p.m., at Mr. Cogman's Lecture Rooms, 15, St. Peter’s-road, Mile-end. Inspirational addresses every Sunday evening, at SPIRITUALI STS. Seven o’clock. Admission Free. Supported by voluntary contributions. IRKBECK BANK. Established 1851.—29 and 30, THE 1875 CONFERENCE OF SPIRITUALISTS B Southampton-buildings, Chancory-lane. will be held in London, at 38, Great lïussell-strcei, W.C.7 from the 3rd F our ter Cent. I nterest allowed on Deposits. Curront Accounts opened similar to th* Joint-Stock Banks. to the 5tk oj November. Cheque Books supplied. urchases and Sales of British. Foreign, ana Colonial Bonds, Stocks Shares, &c., effeoted. Advances made thoroon. General Programme. Office hours from 10 till 4, on Mondays from 10 till 9, and on Saturdays Wednesday, November 3.—Opening Soiree—at the Cavendish Room*, for from 10 till 2 o’clock. the benefit of Mr. Morse. Hours from 6.30 to 10.30. A Pamphlet containing full particulars may he obtained Thursday, November 4,—First Session of Conference, 3 p.m. Seeond post free on application to Session, 7.30. ______FRANCIS RAVENSCROFT, Manager. Friday, November 5.—Third and Fourth Sessions at same hours. ARTHUR MALTBY, Subjects for Papers. TAILOR, HATTER, AND GENERAL OUTFITTER 1. The Moral Responsibility of Physical Mediums. 2. The Importance of tlie dissemination of Spiritualism as a Religious 8, HANOVER PLACE, REGENT’S PARK. Influence. ESTABLISHED, 1833. 3. Healing Mediumship. Has a very large stoch o f New spring Goods, including hats, shirts) an 4. Rcinoarnation; the theories it involves, and tho evidenoe in support of it. umbrellas. , 5. The unreliability of Spirit-communications, and how far this arises from ignorance, carelessness, or deception. HERE ARE THE DEAD ? or, SPIRITUALISM 6. The British. National Association of Spiritualists—its object* and EXPLAINED. By Fredk. A. Binney. Third Edition. Price 3s. interests. L ondon:—Simpkin, M a r s h a l l & Co.______7. Popular errors with regard to Spiritualism. Published on the first of each month. Prico Sixpence. Other papers on kindred topics are also invited. HE SPIRITUAL MAGAZINE, EDITED BY GEORGE All essays to bo sent in to tho Secretary, 38, Great Russoll-Street, W.C., T SEXTON, LL.D., etc. This Magazine is the oldest of the periodicals not later than Saturday, October 30. devoted to the cause of Spiritualism, having now been in existence for upwards of flftocn years. It has from the first taken a vory high stand in tho literature of the movement, having been contributed to by men of tho Admission to Conference, Froe, by Tickets, to he had on application to greatest literary ability, and contained only such articles as were likely to the Secretary. have a permanent interest. All Spiritualists and inquirers are invited to take part in the conference. A new series of the Magazine commcncos in January, 1875, and this pre Further particulars in fnturo advertisements. sents therefore a favourable opportunity for new snbscribors to commouco taking it regularly. HE SPIRITS’ BOOK. By ALLAN KARDEC. London: Smart and Allen, London-housc-yard, Paternoster-row EC. T Translated into English by Anna Blackwell. Price 7s. 6d. Postage GJd. Post Office Orders to bo made payable to W , H. Harrison, Spiritualist AlUS.—Parisian, readers of Tho Spiritualist may obtain Newspaper branch publishing office, 38, GreatRussell-street, London W.C. P it of Mme. Ve. 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Translated from “ Psychic Studies thousand Spiritualists attended the Sunday services in I t ofton happens that wealthy Indians spend their last years Benares, retired from the world. Among the pilgrims who resort the Boston Music-hall, whereas now only a hundred there arc sOnie who have been commissioned to bring the ashes of or two are to he seen there. Mrs. Hardinge has rajali3 or other rich persons, which have bocn collected in sacks after the burning of their bodies, for the purpose of throwing them into withdrawn from the rostrum, because she does not like the sacred stream ; for it is the last hope of the Hindoo to die on tho the way in which the public business of Spiritualism banks of tlic Ganges or to cause his remains to be brought there. is transacted in that country, and altogether a tem To this circumstance Jacolliot was indebted for tho acquaintance of one of the most extraordinary fakirs, Covindasamy by name, whom porary reaction has set in. We attribute this to the ho had met in India. He came from Trivanderam, not far from circumstance that little or no deep research or scientific Capo Comorin, tho southern point of Hindostan, with the order to observation of phenomena has been carried on there, convey the remains of a rich native of Malabar, of the commercial easto ‘(commnli/s) to Benares. The prince, whose family had eome so that little real knowledge has been acquired, but from the south, was accustomed to entertain pilgrims from Tra- mediums have been multiplying faster than the dangers vancore, MaTsnr, Tanjoro, and the old Makratta country, in the precincts of his palace, and had assigned to Covindasamy, who had and advantages of modiumship have been unravelled, already been there a fortnight, a little straw hut on the banks, and half-educated talkers have uttered much nonsense, where for twenty-one days he had to make, morning and evening, mixed with a little intelligence, from public platforms, daily ablutions in honour of tho dead. As soon as Jacolliot had gained his goodwill he asked him to come ono day at noon, when and, with no standard of excellence imposed upon them every ono in the palace was taking his siestat to his room, in front by the body at large, have imperfectly and ill-advisedly of which was a terrace overlooking tho Ganges, and where a foun mooted many wild social problems in the name of tain diffused the most agreeable coolness. When tho fakir had crouched down on the ground, with his legs Spiritualism. Had the prevailing knowledge of crossed under him, Jacolliot askod whether he might put a question mediumsbip in America equalled even the little that is to him. “ I am listening," was the answer. “Dost thou know," known here, Mr. Dale Owen would not have trusted continued Jacolliot, “ whether any force is developed in thee when these phenomena aro produced, and dost thou never feel a peculiar the Holmeses or their spirits so far in the absence of sensation in the brain or muscles ? ” “ It is no natural force that test conditions, and Mrs. Carpenter’s outrageous conduct is at work,” answered Covindasamy; “ I call on the souls of my forefathers, and it is they who show their power, and whose instru would have promptly mot with a stern rebuke. ment I am.” Various fakirs, whom Jacolliot had questioned on the Close study of tlio facts, with extensive scientific same point, gave nearly the same answer, and ho now asked Covin appliances if need be, is more requisite in Spiritualism dasamy to begin bis work. Tbo fakir, who had already taken his seat, strptched out his hands in the direction of a very large bronze just now than mere proselytising work, not that the vessel filled with water. Scarcely five minutes afterwards the vase latter should be undervalued. The solid and slow began a series of swinging motions, and was soon unmistakably growth of the oak produces more permanent results approaching the enchanter, without being visibly propelled, and in proportion as the distance from him diminished, metallic sounds than the quick growth of the cucumber, and those who were heard proceeding from it, as if of strokes from a steel rod; and in their haste wish to rise like a rocket, must expect theso sounds were at ono moment so numerous, and followed one to fall like its stick. Heavy public blows, liko those another so quickly, that it was like a sliowor of hail upon a zinc roof. Jacolliot asked to bo allowed to suggest the order of the in America and Trance, will now and then fall upon operations, which tho fakir allowed at once, and tho vase under his the movement until the nature of powerful physical influence moved forwards or backwards, or stood still, and the sounds were given forth in unbroken succession, or came slowly mediumship is better understood ; and the best thing and regularly, liko the striking of a clock, according to the wish England and America could do at the present time expressed by Jacolliot; also a certain number of strokes followed would be to try to make some arrangement, if possible, in a given time, and the playing of a musical box which was iu the place—and of which Hindoos aro particularly fond— was accom whereby such men as Dr. Crowell, Mr. A. H. Wallace, panied in time by the strokes, whether the tune was a waltz from and Mr. Epes Sargent, should devote their whole time Ber Freischiitz, or tlio march from Le Prophiie. Everything took to the unravelling of the laws and facts of Spiritualism. place without apparatus on a terrace of a few yards squaro, and the Vtis© ill question, which, whs of £i brorid opou form, find usod to Vertical growth is more required than lateral exten receive water from the fountain for tlio morning’s ablutions (which sion, in the present state of the Spiritual movement. in India moans a bath), was, when empty, of such great weight that two men could scarcely move it. The fakir, who until now had remained crouching, rose up and placed tho points of his fingers on tho edge of the vase, which in a M agic.'__“ Art-Magic: or,Mundane, Super-Mundane, and Sub- few minutes began to rock to and fro still more rapidly, without Mlindane Spiritism" is tho title of a work particulars of which any sound proceeding from its base, though it rose and fell, first on are contained in a circular received from Mrs. Hardinge Britten, ono side and then on the othor, on the stuccoed floor. Besides that, and which closes with a letter from that lady recommending the to Jacolliot’s great astonishment, the water iu the vaso remained hook in tho highest forms. It will be published under certain motionless, as though prevented by some heavy pressure from stringent conditions, should as many as five hundred subscribers following the movement of the vessel, which continually altered its be forthcoming before the end of this yoar. A copy of the circular point of gravity. Threo timos during those operations tho vase will bo sent to any lady or gentleman applying to tho Secretary to was raised from seven to oight inches above the ground, and when the National Association of Spiritualists, 38, Great Kussoll-stroot, it was again deposited there was no perceptible shock. Bloomsbury, W.C., by whom the names of tlioso wishing to sub The sun, which was now noaring the horizon, reminded Jacolliot scribe will he received and forwarded to Mrs. Hardinge Britten, of the excursion he intended making among the ruins and monu who lias consented to act as the author s secretary. Mrs. Britten ments of ancient ICassy, the centre of tho spiritual power, since considers the work to be the “ most wonderful and practical revela the Brahmins had lost their territory to the rajahs, and the fakir tion of the subject treated on, and tile only scientific explanation of of the customary prayers in Siva’s temple preparatory to the ablu occult powers m man and his planet ever given to the world. tions and eeremonios for tho dead, which ho was hound to fulfil 218 THE SPIRITUALIST. Nov. 5, 1875. every evening on tho shores of the sacred river. He promised to the ground about ten centimetres at a time, and in about ten como every remaining day of his stay in Benares, for Jaoolliot had minutes arrive at the end of the terrace, the distance of seven won lhs heart, because he, having lived many years in the south of metros, and then return baokwards to its former place. This India, could speak the soft and euphonious Tamul language, which happened three times, iu aooordance with Jacolliot’s wish; the is not understood in Benares ; the fakir was therefore enabled to fakir’s legs being raised above the ground to tho level of the seat of converse with him about his wonderful native country, full of the stool. The heat was on this day unusually great, the cool ancient monuments and luxurious vegetation, and about the mys evening breeze from the Himalayas not having yet set in, and the terious crypts in the pagodas of Trivandcram, where he was cook was workiug with all his bodily force, by means of a cocoanut initiated in the art of invocation by the Brahmins. iibro string, an enormous punkah, a sort of movable fan, which At their meeting on the following day, while Covindasamy, after was fixed to an iron pole in the centre of the terrace. The fakir the usual preliminaries, was sitting pensively on his crossed legs, took hold of the string, placed both hands upon his forehead, and he rose up suddenly, approached the bronze vessel, which was crouched beneath the punkah, which soon began to swing, without filled to tlie rim with water, held his hand over it, and remained any movement on Oovindasamy’s part, first gently, then • more and motionless. Perhaps because his power was weaker on that day, more rapidly, as when moved by a human hand. If the enchanter an hour passed without any visible results, until finally the water let the string go, the punkah moved more and more slowly, till at began to be agitated as if a slight breeze were passing over it. last it stood still. Covindasamy next chose one of three flowerpots Jacolliot, who had placed his bauds on the odge of the vase, felt a on the terraoe, which were so heavy that a man’s whole strength cool breath, and a rose-leaf lying ou the water was driven towards was necessary to lift one; he laid the points of his fingers on its cue side of the vessel. It was remarkable that the ripples were edge, causiug a regular pendulum-like motion of tho base, and at formed on the side opposite to the fakir, and flowed towards him. last tlie pot seemed to Jacolliot to rise off the ground, and to follow By degrees the water began to bubble, as if strongly heated. It the will of the fakir in any direction, a phenomenon that Jacolliot flowed over t tie hands of the enchanter, and some of the water shot had often seen in broad daylight. upwards to the height of about two feet. When Jacolliot asked the fakir to withdraw his hand from the water, the motion subsided “ SPIRIT PEOPLE.” gradually; when he went near again it recommenced as before. T he following review is from Public Opinion of October 23rd:— The Hindoo begged for a little stick, and Jacolliot gave him an uncut lead pencil, which Covindasamy laid in the water, and which Spirit People; a scientifically accurate account o f Manifestations recently produced by Spirits, By William II. Harrison. (Spiritualist presently followed the fakir’s hands, as iron will follow a magnetic Office).—Mr. Harrison is woll known as a practical eloctrician, anrl needle in any direction. Then he laid his forefinger very lightly as the tester of the submarine cable between Wales and Ireland vicl on the middle of tho pencil, and it sank in a few moments under Abermawr Bay. As a dispassionate scientific mau, he appears to water to the bottom of the vase. Jacolliot had seen, with some of have investigated the subject without preconceived ideas, and the the fakirs, objects raised from the ground, and askod Covindasamy result of bis examination has been to identify his opinions with for this manifestation. The fakir took an ironwood stick, which those of Messrs. Varley, Crookes, and Wallace, in favour, not only Jacolliot had brought from Ceylon, rested his right hand upon the of the absolute reality of tho phenomena, but also of the genuineness knob, cast down his eyes, and began his evocations, when gradually, of the communications alleged to bo given by the spirits of the still leaning one hand upon the stick, and with his legs crossed in departed. Into the much-vexed question of a priori objections to oriental fashion, he rose about two feet from the ground, and Mr. Harrison’s opinions we shall not now enter. We will only say remained immovable, in a position similar to that of the bronze that his descriptions of facts are couched in a moderate and truly Buddhas which overy tourist now brings from the far Bast, scientific spirit; that he appears to have exhausted overy reasonable whereas the greater part of these statuettes are manufactured in test which his experience led him to make; and that the whole tone the foundries of Londou. Jacolliot could by no means comprehend of the book, which is singularly free from dogmatic pretension, is how tli© fakir could remain over twenty minutes in a position rigorously logical. It demands a much more ingenious refutation entirely contravening tho law of gravitation. When he took leave than Dr. Carpenter attempted some years ago. We wish that tho of Jacolliot that day, he informed him that at tlie moment when the sacred elephants in Siva’s pagoda should strike the midnight hour scientific aspect of what is called “ Spiritualism” could be settled on the copper saucers, ho would call on the familiar spirits of the at once and for all; but so long as some Spiritualists write in an unscientific method, and some shut their eyos, and ignore Franguys (Frenchmen), who would then manifest, their prosenoe in savants patent phenomena, there appears but little chance of an explanation. Jacolliot’s bedchamber. In order to secure himself against decep tion, Jacolliot sent both his servants to spend the night in the dingui, with the cercar (boatman) and other attendants. The palace SPIRITUALISTIC SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES AT of the Peishwa has windows on the Ganges sido only, and consists THE CLEVELAND HALL. of seven stories, whose rooms open on to covered terraces and As Mr. J. J. Morse’s immediate stay in London will extend galleries. The stories communicate with each other in a peculiar through the month of November, tho National Association of Spirit w a y ; from the ground-floor a staircase leads to the first- story, ualists has appointed a committee to arrange a series of evening and at the further end of this is another flight of steps to the next services for the four Sundays of the present month. The services above, and so on to tho sixth, from, which a movable flight, will begin next Sunday evening at the Cleveland Hall, the scene of attached with chains like a drawbridge, leads to the seventh story, mauy successful and well-atteuded meetings with both Mrs. Emma which is furnished half in oriental, half in European style, and is Hardinge Britten and Mrs. Tappan as inspirational speakers. The generally reserved for the foreign guests of the Peishwa. numerous admirers of Mr. Morse will doubtless form an audience After Jacolliot had carefully searched his rooms, and pulled for which Cleveland Hall will not be too spacious, and its proximity up the drawbridge, all communication with the outer world was cut to tho PQrtUnd-road railway station makes it easy of access from oil. At the given hour he thought ho heard two distinct raps on all parts of London. The admission to the body of the hall is free the wall of his room, and as he went towards tho spot, a faint and the service will commence next Sunday at seven o’clock. For rapping noise seemed to como from tho glass bell that protected the further particulars see advertisement. hanging lamp from mosquitoes and night-moths, then a noise in tlie cedar beams of the roof, and all was still. He then walked to PULPIT ABUSE OF SPIRITUALISM. the end of liis terraoe ; it was one of those silvery nights, unknown T he following extracts from a ranting sermon against Spirit in our climates. The Ganges lay like a broad carpet at the foot of ualism are taken from a report in the Eastern Post of Saturday the sleeping city, and on oue of its steps a dark figure was visible; it was the fakir of Trivandcram, prayiugforthe repose of the dead. la s t :— Jacolliot could not feel convinced that, the theory of the Hindoos, On Sunday evening last the Rev. J. W. Atkinson preached a that the phenomena which be had now so often witnessed were sermon*on “ Modern Spiritualism,” at Latimer Chapel, Mile-end. produced by the spirits of their ancestors, was in any sense proved; There was a very full chapel. The rev. gentleman took for his but lie was equally certain that no one in Hindostan understood text the first book of Timothy, 4th ehapter and the first three by wliat means these enchanters operated; lie saw that the Hindoos verses, and said :— do not separate material phenomena from religious belief. u It was I come to-night to speak of that gigantie imposture of the ago so,” lie said to the fakir, when he appeared the next evening; ‘‘ the called Spiritualism, which has fixed its roots and thrust its fibres sounds which you announced were really to be heard ; the fakir is and well-nigh spread its poisonous branches over the whole earth. very skilful.” l< The fakir is nothing,” answered Ooviudasamy Do not let us delude ourselves with the thought that this upas tree quite calmly; “ he says his mentrams, and tho spirits hoar him. It is a mere upstart growth, hero to-day and gone to-morrow, and was the manes of thy French forefathers, who visited thee.” shedding no influeucc around. To show you the hold it has taken “ Thou hast power also over foreign spirits ? ” “ No one can com on men I quote the words of Judge Edmonds, who says, “ In tho mand the spirits.” “ I mean, how can the souls of the Franguys year 1867 there were in America 11 million Spiritualists, in other hear the prayers of a Hindoo, when they arc not of thy caste ? ” words every fourth person in that land was a convert to tliis “ Thore is no caste in the world beyond.” It was impossible, as at strange religion.” And William Ilowitt stated that in 1864 there all other times, to shake Oovindasamy’s conviction. were 20 millions of Spiritualists in tho whole world. And since He took a little bamboo stool, without further ado, and seated then the growth has been both rapid and extensive, whilst tho himself with his legs orossed Moslem fashion, and his arms across papers, books, and pamphlets have poured from the press in a his breast. Tho servant (Oansama in Hindostani, Dobascliy in ceaseless flow. Tamul) had lighted the terrace to the brightness of day, and Now perhaps some of you are ready to ask whether I believe the presently Jacolliot saw, after the motionless fakir had apparently whole system and theory of Spiritualism is a sham, or whether concentrated his will-power, the bamboo stool begin to glide aloug there is any spark of reality and truth connected with it—whether Nov. 5, 1875. THE SPIRITUALIST. 219 it is a gigantic aud unmitigated imposture, or whether there is any through tho medium of the “ Proceedings” the world may become thing of the supernatural in it at all. Let me commence by say acquainted with what ho lias just discovered. Now, thero is no ing, then, that in 999 casos out of a thousand I affirm that the thing reason why the British National Association should not perform is unmistakably a sham; a question of sleight of hand and leger for spiritual science tho same functions as the Royal Society for demain. You all know and have witnessed the marvellous decep physical. On tho contrary, this was ono of the chief objects for tions that can be produced by our professional tricksters, our Au- which it was founded, and wo must look forward to the time when dersons, Maskylyno and Cookes,aud Davenports, and others. And it will be thought as groat an honour to bo the first to communi if so in one case, why not in another? But you are ready to cate a now discovery to the National Association as it is now to do remind mo that these Spiritualistic seances and feats have been wit so to the Royal Society. nessed and investigated by the most eminent and honest scientific It should be remembered by thoso who may intend to send papers men of the age, who have had nothing either to gaiu or to lose by to be read at the approaching meetings, that wliat we want arc not their verdict, and who have givon it as their opinion that the new theories, but new and well-authenticated facts. When a suffi things witnessed by them could not be accounted for on scientific cient body of facts is collected the theories will tako care of them grounds, or from auy known laws of uature. True, I roply, you selves. Tacts, however trivial, will bo acceptable, because a little may not be able to account for these things by auy known law, but fact may be just tlie missing link of the chain to which a B ug may there not bo some unknown and, as yot, undiscovered law of theory can be suspeuded. A mere statement of opinion should, I nature by which wo shall years lionce bo unablo to unravel the think, scarcely bo accepted, because it is of little consequence to mystery ? It is not very long since men were unable to account for know what a mau— bo he ever so intelligent—thinks, unless we also 10,000 mysterious plieuomenas in nature, through the ignorance know tho grounds for his conclusions. Further, I do not suppose of the law of gravitation. But wliat onco almost amounted to a we shall care as a rule for reports of what spirits say. It may be mir&clo is now as simple to the scientific man as the alphabet. all very good in its way, but it will be much better for us to learn I do not say for certain that in the case of modern Spiritualism liow they say it. Under proper observation, however, tho opinions there is actual communion with the dead. I only say that on Bible of the spirits may throw much light on the vexed question as to grounds the thing is possible. And I say that oveu if, aftev all, wo how much belongs to them, and how much to the medium, a ques should fail to discover any scientific solution of tho mysterious and tion of tho very highest importance. apparently unnatural problem, we can at any rate fall back upon A misOonceptiou exists in some quarters as to the duties of tho the Bible teaching, aud if ultimately the world shall pronouuco it a National Association and its committee with regard to thoso moot supernatural plieuomena wc shall know by the teaching of this Book ings. For instance, in the report in The Spiritualist of tho mesmeric that it is supernatural in the sense of being Satanic, whilst its brow experiments at Brixton, it is said that the operations of the mesmerist is stamped w ith tho thunder*-scar of tho curse of God. on tho sensitive as his modium would bo “ a subject which the But, blessed be God, whilst we repudiate this Spiritualism, with Lectures and Discussions Committee of tho National Association its seances and its falsehoods,there is a Spiritualism in which wo do of Spiritualists might take up with great advantage to the spiritual believe. I invite you to-night to a Sabbath evening seance. Hero movement, aud iuterest to its members.” Doubtless such a subject we are, a great Christian family, gathered in the light and in tho would be of tlie very highest importance, but the committee are face of tho world. Let us all come aud place our hand on this powerless to bring it forward. They are uot an investigating or Bible, and then let us wait and listen till wo hear what God the experimenting committee. Their sole duty consists in receiving all Lord, the Great Spirit, shall say concerning us. Hark, tlie first papers submitted to them, aud sending forward those to be road words He speaks are these. “ Secret things belong unto the Lord, that aro suitable.* but things that are rovealed belong unto you and your children.” Iu conclusion I would say that it would not bo in all cases neces And the second message Ho utters, far better than the fortune sary for the subject matter of a paper to have coino under tho telling of wizards and spirits that peep and mutter, is this, “ All personal observation of tho author. It is equally useful to apply things work together for good,” Ac. Insult not your departed scientific analysis to tho facts recorded by others. Mr. Robert Dale friends by endeavouring to summon them to scribble for you Owen lias afforded an admirable example of such a mode of pro their experiouco iu the dark. They aro gono ; let them rest. We cedure in his Footfalls on the Boundary o f Another World. need not the voice of the rappings now ! And yet there is a voice and there is a knocking that may be heard by us all inwardly if we will. “ Behold, I stand at the door and knock.” That is the only BRIXTON PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. spirit-rapping in which wo believe. And as for a spirit voice, hero A SEANCE WITH Mil. WILLIAMS. is one with which wo are content for ever, u The Spirit aud tho To the Editor o f “ The Spiritualist.” bride say, Gome! ” S i r ,— R ecords of facts are always valuable, and, though there Most of the much abused spirits would know the English may be no doubt of them with regard to Spiritualism, it is essential lauguagebetter than to speak about tho “ mysterious phenomenas ” that the history of tho phenomena should be rendered as unbroken or “ a supernatural phenomena.” as possible, in order to secure the best data for future research and theory. This persuasion induces mo to put before you tho following WINTER MEETINGS ON THE BRITISH NATIONAL statement of tho manifestations (by uo means rare or extra ASSOCIATION ON SPIRITUALISTS. ordinary) which attended tho meeting last Friday of tho Brixton By George K ing. Psychological Society, at 0, Loughborough-road North, Brixton, with Mr. ‘Williams as medium. I n a field of investigation so extended as Spiritualism, it is not We numbered about fifteen, and, seating ourselves round two possible for any ono explorer to do more by his personal efforts small tables pushed close together, we linked hands and joined in than cover a very small portion, and it therefore bocomes of im singing. I held the medium’s right hand, Tho first indication of portance that some means be adopted to mako each investigator movement came in about tenminutos, and was a pull from behind at acquainted with what is being done by others, in order that, as tho medium’s chair, mine also being pushed slightly away from far as practicable, mutual aid may bo rendered, and that time and him. Several of the sitters saw lights, but as they were not visible energy may not bo wasted by different individuals going over the to all, tboy may bo taken to have been subjective appearances only. same ground. The proposed periodical meetings of the British I was then touched by fingers on my shoulder from bohind, and soon National Association of Spiritualists are inteuded to supply this after tlie manifostatious became general, and consisted of tho want. They have received tho name of u Lecture and Discussion striking of the strings of a guitar, and the waring of a fan in tho Meetings,” but it appears to mo au unfortunate one, for although air; finger touches, both those of children and adults; ringing a small the papers read may sometiinos take tho form of a lecture, aud al handbell; tappings on the head with two paper tubes, and finally though discussion is suro often to arise, yet the special object should the voice of John King, who greoted many of the members by not be oither the one or the other. The meetings should bo similar name; the voice was remarkably distinct and emphatic, and was in character to thoso of some of the scientific socioties, to which aro heard to pass very r&pidly from ono ond of the tables to the other. communicated the result of tho private research of tho members, Though I had previously beeu present when this voice was hearJ, and not so much rosemble what may bo termed educational gather it had n'ovor addressed itself to me personally, but on this occasion ings, where a lecturer gives popular orations on facts which pos it came close up to my face, and said, “ Well, how aro you getting sibly he himself has borne no part in discovering. ^ on with your medium? ” Ou my inquiring how ho knew anything It is true that, as a rule, {Spiritualism is not investigated by about it, he replied he had often heard me talking of it, as indeed I scientific methods, and that, at tho outsot, thero may bo a scarcity had been in tho early part of tho evening. John conversed affably of really good original papers contaiuiug the results of careful and earnestly with several of tlie members, promising assistauce, research, but so much the moro uecd is there for sncli meetings as and asking by name for some who were absent. Shortly after, a those proposed. Spiritualists as a body must be educated into signal came, demanding the alphabet, which resulted in a request to rigid inodos of thought and expression and scientific accuracy of change or break up, John having expressed his willingness to try observation ; and what could be better fitted to achieve this end and materialise himself. than the public readiug of papers which display these qualities? During the foregoing mauifestatious,thc manual contact between Investigators must be encouraged to strike out now paths for the medium and myself was brokeu twice; once when his hand was themselves, and how more effectually stimulate them than by en violently jerked away, which, however, had no effect Qn the mani suring publicity, without troublo or expouse, for ovorything they festations then proceeding, and again when my fingers wero seized may have worthy of attontiou ? When a man comos upou some thing now in physics, his first thought is to communicate it to the * Could not mesmerists road, papers illustrated by experiments ? Aro Royal Society, that he may receive the credit of priority, and that, experimental illustrations forbidden ?—E d . 220 THE SPIRITUALIST. Nor. 5, 1875. by other glowing fingers, and wore drawn up in the air to the ex tablo, and deposited itself in a far corner of the parlour. Our host tent of my roach. For tho rest, I can assert that the medium was had a dog which manifested the greatest alarm from Dr. Monck’s entirely passive, and neither had, nor could have had, any external first entry, and hid itself under a table right away from him, relation with tho phenomena; indeed, it was interesting to note trembling violently with terror till it was removed to the kitchen. that during the time the voice was audible, he appeared to be Tho raps proved, that some one knew the minutest details of my sleeping or entranced, his drooping head having twice come most private affairs, and communications wero made which I am in contact with my shoulder, which roused him up to make an confident no mortal beside myself could have known or guessod. apology. ' A curious thing occurred a few days ago, which I will briefly In the second part, a black curtain, about live feet high, had been relate. Dr. Monck accompanied a party of gentlemon, of whom all but suspended in front of a couch placed parallel with the end wall, and tho writer were absolute strangers to him, on a trip ou the coacli to the medium reclined upon the couch. Perfect darknoss was again Oarisbrook; on our arrival we all sat down to dinner at an hotel. obtained, and all hands being joined, singing was kept, uf> with Samuel, Dr. Monck’s guide, lost no time in commencing his pecu great vigonr, and in about ten minutes Peter’s plaintive voice was liar proceedings; tho compauy were considerably startled by heard, and a chair was taken from the floor and placed rosting hearing loud and rapid blows on the dinner table, and while this partly on the table and partly on two of the sitters. Then a gleam was occurring, some of tho party looked under the tablo, aud of of faint light appearod abovo the curtain, and, after two or three course discovered no cluo to the mystery, for they only saw ineffectual attempts, it floated up towards tho ceiling and down Dr. Monck’s feet resting quietly on the floor, while the loud thumps wards over tho tables between tlio sitters. ¡Suddeuly, as it grow were shaking the tablo above. The conversation was about certain somowhat brighter, the well-known features of John King were deceased natives of the island who had made their mark in the recognised by all those sitting nearest to the curtain. Tho glowing world, and Samuel was emphatic in knocking out his approval or light in his hand showed visibly between his Angers, and, as he other wise. When any mistake was niado concerning the history of raised and depressed it, it illumined his head and shoulders and any of tlm departed worthies, Samuel dissented with a tremendous threw the shadow of them upon the coiling. This was repoatod ltuock, which set the plates dancing, and put ns right with authentic eight or tcu times, with varying intensity. John explained that the information on the disputed points,—of course none but Dr. Monck power was not very strong on this occasion, and he did not, there and mysoif understood this spirit language. Dinner over, the table fore, make his identity clear beyond a distance of seven or eight feet was cleared, and wine glasses and bottles crowned tlio festive from the curtain: those seated at the other end of the circle, six board ; glasses wore filled .all round. Now was Samuel’s oppor teen or eighteen feet away, were thus unable to discern nioro than tunity, and a vigorous use he made of it, for ho tumbled glass after an irregular mass of nebulous light of broken outline. Peter also, glass on the table, spilling tho wino and exasperating the would-be after sadly declaring his inability, managed to show himself twice, imbibers. It was really amusing to see a thirsty sonl, with moving very rapidly in a space of about four feet, and crying, the pleasure begotten of anticipation smiling in his face, “ D’ye see mo? d’ye see me?” Gradually tho lights became stretch out Ids hand to lift to his lips tho tempting fainter and fainter, both John and Peter declared they could do no glass, and then to beliolcl his rueful expression of countenance, as, more, and finally took their leave with the customary “ Goodnight, like Prometheus of old, he saw the viuous receptacle recede from God bless you.” During all this time, tho deep breathing of the him, lean gracefully at an angle of forty-five degrees, and then medium was heard from behind the eurtaiu, and it was not possible pour out his coveted wine an oblation to no better god than tho that he—without the aid of some light-giving apparatus and of table cloth. But one bon vivant was treated to a still greater surprise, skilled confederates—could have produced any portion of those for just as ho was about to tako his brimming glass, the wino ob later manifestations. liquely ejocted itself on his knees, and tlio glass then performing a Tho sitting lasted a little over an hour, and was thought to bo masterly somersault stood on its mouth bottom upwards. very satisfactory. There was no room for tho slightest suspicion When it became known that Dr. Monck, tho celebrated Spirit of deceit or collusion; indeed, in all the phenomena that took place ualist, was present, tlio mystery -was cleared up so far, but no one there was a dry, matter-of-fact plainness, which deprived thorn of could -‘understand how lie performs” the aforesaid inconvonient any colonring derived from oneself, and impressed npon all a con wonders, and a serious impression cropt over the company tliat viction of their objective reality. W. Newton. “ there most bo something in this Spiritualism after all.” We came Mitre-court, Temple, 1st Nov., 1875. home at last in gallant style, and next day one of the party ex pressed himself devoutly grateful “ that Dr. Monck did not do auy- thing to the horses on tlio way back.” , t’his event has set the town all in a ferment, and “ Spiritualism ” Ihabmctal ftrks. is the tlicmo of conversation everywhere. I was talking to a person who “ did not believe in spirits—not h e!” I saw him next day, ISLE OF WIGHT. when, in a dismayed sort of style, he told me that on going home the previous night he was assailed by such frightfully loud raps in EXTRAORDINARY SEANCES AT YENTNOR AND CARISBROOK— TEIlKOll his hitherto quiet house, that he was “ nearly frightened out of his OF A DOG AT THE SPIRITS. wits.” This is how tho matter spreads, Mr. Editor, and I hope all To the Editor o f T iie Spiritualist. sensible people will catch tho infection. Sir,— Until lately I was a confirmed sceptic regarding spiritnal T he Editor of the “ I sle of Wight Express.” phenomena, but owing to the kindness of Dr. Monck, I have had a Yentnor fow experiences at his Ventnor seances, which have entirely taken the wind out of the sails of my philosophy, and convinced me that there really aro such things as distinctly spiritual phenomena. At DUBLIN. the first seance, on being informed that I was an editor and a SPIRITUALISM IN DUBLIN. sceptic (which, by tho way, he seemed to consider io/nonymous terms), Dr. Houck invited me to sit by liis side and take care of his Mr. J. Coates, of Liverpool, writes ¡—“ What Mr. Crookes’ able researches and articles in the matter of psychic phenomena have left hand, while a friend of mine took charge of the other ; we thus done towards arousing thought, scientific and theological, in had him in a net, and kept all our senses on the alert to prevent Kugland, through the medium of tho Quarterly Journal o f Science, deception. Wc were quickly convinced everything was straight Professor Barrett’s noble stand of impartial observation, and his forward. In the light wo saw heavy articles rise np and move excellent contribution to tho columns of tho Nonconformist new s across the table without hnman contact. A handkerchief appeared paper, have accomplished in Iroland, and Dublin especially. I am to bo endowed with throbbing life, llaps came in perfect showers happy to say, I can assure you as well, it was a great surprise to in all directions; we wore touched by iuvisible hands, and thrilled discover during a flying visit of forty-eight hours, so much Spirit by a strange vibratory influence. On sitting in the dark, chairs ualism in tho capital city of tho land of Burke, Grattan, Curran, and musical instruments seemed suddenly to become iustinct with Moore, and O’Connell. There aro at present more than twonty life, for they moved about, sounded, touched us, and finally a chair clergymon in Dublin, to say nothing of certain scientific and philo came on my arm while I held Dr. Monck’s hand, and, on releasing sophic professors in connection with tho leading scholastic estab his hand, I found him standing on my sliouldors. Strange lights, lishments of Ireland, who are not only willing but anxious to self-luminous hands, and names, danced about overhead, and the investigate Spiritualism. The principal inquiry is, “ Where can wc hands grasped us palpably. Many of my friends were told the obtain tho mediums ? ” Tho chambers of a good physical medium names and various particulars concerning their departed relatives. here would, I think, be continually crowded. With that impatience T h e seance staggered me, and having sinoo had several opportu and impulsiveness that soem indigenous to the soil (I beg pardon— nities of witnessing the psychological phenomena that atteud Dr. I mean “ my countrymen ”), thoy can scarcely wait to develop© Monc.k, not only at form al seances, hut on all sorts of unlikely occa sions, I am constrained to say tho opposite of what Sir David mediums among themselves. I impressed upon them the necessity of tlicir doing so, and did your correspondent have tho time and Brewster said, and just do what any other reasonable sceptic means, he conld have set twonty circles in full swing, composed of would do under the circumstances, namely, “ give in to the spirits.” thoughtful individuals of tho upper classes, comprising in their I have seen Dr. Monck in tho honscs of others many times, and in rank scholars, lawyers, clergymen, men accustomed to sift evidence. my own office, when seances w ere not even thought of, and yc-t I have hoard the raps on tho floor, and all about him, in the glare of These are the people who will investigate Spiritualism in Ireland. the midday sunlight. Only last night I was onjoying a social hour Less thonghtful people are either too bigoted or indifferent to give tho subject attention. with him and a friend, when, without warning, the table frequently went up, with all the supper things on it, none of them, however, Already several trance and writing mediums have been de- vek)ped in this city, but so surrounded by secrecy that they are being disturbed by the levitations. Terrific knocks oame on the difficult to get at. I may bo wrong, but it is my confirmed im able and distant parts of the room, and & largo jar jumped off the pression that a medium of the above claes3 moving in the Nov. 5, 1875. THE SPIRITUALIST. 221 higher walks of social life had much to do with that able article in are we most miserable.” Where, ho said, is the goodness of God the Nonconformist. The difficulty of ascertaining how far Spirit and the eternal love of the Father if no future life ? A thousaud ualism has succeeded getting a hold here I may venture to illus times better we had not been brought into existence. “ In my trate. I called upon a photographer here. Various matters were Father’s houso are many mausions; if it were not so I would have discussed comfortably, but it was not until the gentleman had dis 0ld you.” covered who I was that he considered it safe to make any observa Miss F a ir l a m b ’s M ethumstiip.— On Thursday evening about tion on the subject of Spiritualism, which, to take hold in Dublin, six-and-thirty members of tho Newcastle Spiritual Society met at will have to work upon a scientific basis. Notwithstanding thoir rooms in Weir’s-court, when Miss Fairlamb entored tho the diffieulties in the way, and my short stay, as well as en cabinet, and was entranced by a spirit who kept up a running con gagements, I had the pleasure of attending three circles here. versation with the members for some time, and promised a good I formed the' acquaintance of one writing medium, tlireo clair * seance, On the gas being lowered, leaving just sufficient light to see voyants, and two tilting and rapping mediums, and it was iu con all the eompauy present, a female form emerged from the cabinet, sequence of the communicatiou received by the writing medium largely onveloped in white drapery, aud came boldly up to some from her husband and a spirit said to be Valentine Grcatrakes of the company, giving her baud in somo instances. As she passed that I am indebted for the few happy hours I spent in Dublin. Mr. Rhodes sho also gave him her hand, but lio not having seen Having accomplished the object of my flying visit, in obe- Minnie before, was not certain whether tho dark hair falling below dieneo to the desire of friends in tho flesh and out, I can the drapery of the head and face was a hoard or otherwise, by tho mention with pleasure as a stranger in a strange place, I was mado insufficieut light. On telling Minnie so she bent forward and took to feel perfectly at home, and among thoso who made me feel they his hand, allowing him to feci that it was hair extending up the side were Spiritualists. There is a lady who has developed into a of the head and hanging down loosely. Ou Mr. Rhodes expressing * drawing medium, and there is somothing very peculiar about it ; himself satisfied, and thanking her, sho took his hand, and kissing it, she has no taste for drawing at all. The outline of the article or passed on to one or two others, giving some little token of recog thing to be drawn rises on the paper, and with pen and ink are then nition to each, and after remaining in view nearly half an hour sketched out by the medium. The variety of drawings sketched altogether, retired into tho cabinet. The gas was again still out by this lady during the last two years is almost endless; the further lowered by directions from tho cabinet, when another form gift was kindly given her during sickness, to occupy her mind in came out, apparently shorter than the other, with very large headgear, that trial, and she has retained the power ever since. Her recovery but it was too dark to be able to get anything like a good view of it. from that terrible disease of paralysis, affocting the lower part of Miss Fairlamb on this occasion was not securod in any way in the her body, rendering tho use of her limbs impossible, is due to eabinet, but she wore a tightly fitting dark dress, and her hair, “ spirit-mesmerism.” which is of a light colour, was all gathered up into a neat compact head-dress, totally dissimilar to that of Minnie in every respect. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. The committee of management has set apart Wednesday evenings for a developing circle, as there are one or two very promising T h e Newcastle Bally Chronicle of Wednesday, 27th, eontainecl a modiums in the first stagos of development among the members of review of Where are the Bead, by “ Fritz.” the society. A TRANCE LECTURE. On Monday evening last, at the old Freemason’s Hall, Wcir’s- LIVERPOOL. court, Mr. Lambello, the uew trance medium, of South Shields, LIVERPOOL PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. delivered an addross in the unconscious traneo condition to an audienee ef about 120 persons. Mr. Robson was voted to the Mr. John Chapman road a paper on “ Signs of the Times,” on chair, and after a fow introductory remarks, the controlling intelli Sunday afternoon, and in the evening Mr. John Priest delivered an gence alleged himself to be Cromwell, and the medium, in a good able address en “ Gems of Thought.” Mr. J. Coates has re-openod voico and expressive attitude, spoke for au hour and a half, giving his public free seance on Monday evenings at the Psychopathic a brief but graphic outline of the prineipal events of his historical Institution. career, from the time he sat in the Parliament of Charles I. till the time of tho Restoration, about which ho spoke severely, giving at times very miuute details of circumstances and persons connected A TRANCE LECTURE IN HALS TON. with him; lie seemed to be particular with dates also. He spoke M r . E. W . W a l l is , trance medium, visited the Halston Associa of being ambitious, but said that when ho had to sit in the saddle for thirty-seven hours at a strotch, it was a sense of duty and love of tion of Inquirers into Spiritualism on Tuesday evening last, when the principles he had at heart; he further endeavoured to show a special seance was held. There were present—Mrs. M. Thoresa that ho was, with others, a humble instrument in the hands of the Wood, Mr. Thomas Wilks, Mr. J. Tozeland, Mr. R. Pomeroy Alifiighty in a cause in which right was fighting against might, Tredwen, Mr. James Joint, Mr. Edwin Botliridge, Mr. Charles Lee, and mind against wealth and power; fighting for a free and open Bible and for liberty of conscience. In a fine peroration he com Mrs. Amelia Corner, tho Misses Carolino and Mina Corner, Captain pared tho presont Spiritual movement with that he was engaged in, James, Mr. Richard Cocker, Mr. George W . Forbes Playfair, and as Spiritual forco exerting itsolf upon matter. lie exhorted liis Mr. Thomas Elytou, honorary secretary. hearers to fight for the truth, to learn from tho lessons of past history that xuon must act as men, as brothers, and that truth will The seance was held in the light, and was opened by Mr. R. prevail in the end. Pomeroy Tredweu reading a portion of Scripture, followed by the Several questions were asked at the close of the address and singing of a hymn by tho circle. The first spirit controlling the satisfaetorily answered, after which a vote of thanks was proposed medium gave the name of Lighthcart-? he narrated in verse the by Mr, Robson, aud seeonded by Mr. Mould in au able speoch addressod chiefly to those of tho audience who wero not Spirit leading incidents of his earth-life, stating how, while out hunting, ualists. On inquiry at the close of the meeting we found that this he met with his death by a wild animal springing upon his baolc from was the longest address4hat lias been givon through Mr. Lambelie, a tree. On regaining consciousness in tho spirit-world, and direct and he was surprised that he had not been controlled by other ing his attention to the earth, lie saw “ only his bones ” whero ho intelligenees. had beon killed, and observed that tho animal had been feasting The medium gave his services without charge, and everybody upon his body. It was thereforo a soureo of some mystery to seemed to be pleased with the address. him as to where he will obtain his earthly body from when the day IMMORTALITY. of resurrection shall arrive. After a while lie met a friond who took him to a kind of school. In his new state of existence ho On Sunday evening last the Rev. Alfred Payne, pastor of the found there was work to bo done; ho was made to feel the cruelty Unitarian Ohuroh, Now Bridge-strcot, Newcastle, t preached an of his familiar sport of hunting, which lie said he found opportuni autumn sermon on “ The Hope of Immortality,” taking two texts, ties to pursue for a time after his ontrauco to the “ happy hunting one from Ezokiel and the other from John xiv. 2nd verse. grounds.” At length he was met by a beautiful white woman, who The preaeher endeavoured to unveil one of the lessons which solicited his assistanco, and brought him to, and taught him how autumn teaches, that God acts uniformly and by unalterable to control the medium. . . law, also that autumn is like tho evening of rest, out of which Lightheart here gave an example of his manner of speaking men arise with renewed vigour. In tho socond jiart of hisdiscourso when he first began to control the medium, which was certainly a he asked if there was any real ground for trusting in a future life ? remarkable specimen of “ unintelligible utterance,” and must havo That there was such h e’endeavoured to prove by tho universality sorely perplexed thoso who were fortunate enough to have watcliod C»f the hope among men in every condition of existence. He said that the progross of tho medium’s early dovolopment. Ho stated, later men cannot rest satisfied with visions, their desire for truth was on in the evening, that when on earth ho was a dark-skinned boutli innate, and there was a longing for perfeetion either in this life American Indian, and lived in proximity to the Amazon river; that or a future one; he said further that all the faiths, creeds, aud he has liis two children with him, hut that his “ squaw is in a religions, are so many evidences of tho fact, and that meu s holiest higher sphere than himself. . and highest aspirations were prompted by this belief. The God of Tho next control, after having uttered a most impressive aud infinite truth would not plant or allow such a hopo of immortality beautiful invocation, spoke on the baneful influence of relying upon to e?ipt in the breasts pf mankind, if it were not true, for in tho false authority. In roply to questions it was stated that he was word£ of Paul: “ If to this life only we have hope, then of all men y 222 THE SPIRITUALIST. Nov. 5, 1875. now known by the name of tko “ Standard Boarer,” but that when I cannot pass away from this very satisfactory statement]without on earth ho was known as Benjamin George Endworthy, and that paying due honour to those members who have undertaken to upwards of two centuries had olapsed since his passing away. discharge the onerous duties of attending regularly at tho Council Various questions were answered at some length in a very satis meetings to watch over and direct the affairs of the Association, factory manner, while some remarks made upon Educated in and I will take leave to mention the names of Mr. Alexander tellect being the voice of God” -were exceedingly interesting, the Calder, Mr. and Mrs. Everett, Mr. Dawson Rogers, Mr. Bennett, conclusions of the controlling spirit being that educated conscience Mr. Morell Theobald, Mr. Fitz-Gerald, Mr. George lting and Mrs. is the voice of God in the heart. Sonic remarks were also made Maltby; also Mr. Martin Smith tho lion, treasurer, Mr. Martheze upon tho subject of freo will, considered as an outgrowth of of Brighton, Mr. Charlos Blackburn of Manchester, aud many others Christianity. who are the most liberal of our supporters. Another control, who refused to give any name, but desired that The hon. secretary, Mr. Joy, is, as you all know, a very activo what was put forth should bo judged purely on its own merits, and intelligent gentleman, who devoted a great deal of time to tlie spoke forcibly upon the question—What think ye of Christ? The business of the Association during the first year of its existence. views expressed were that Ho was the Son of God, endowed with Mr. Joy has been called away by professional duties, and he has great gifts, and One who lived in obedience to God’s w ill; that Ho been absent in America for several months. The chief duties of was inspired in His actions, and was the Saviour of men, so far as the secretarial department have, consequently, devolved upon the they followed in His footsteps. If Christ were God, which the Resident Secretary, Miss Kislingbury, who is a gentlewoman pos Scriptures did not warrant our assuming, how could it bo expected sessing very superior qualifications for tho post, which many of that fmito creatures could succeed itKimitaring His example ? The our sex may envy, aud who, I think I may say, faithfully and controlling spirit directed attention to the utterances of Christ efficiently attends to tho business of tho Association under the Himself, as recorded in the Scriptures, showing that He taught us direct orders of tho Council. to look to God as His Father and our Father. Lot me further tako tills opportunity of stating that a committee In reply to a member, he remarked that lie had not seen Christ. has been formed of several of the foremost workers in Spiritualism, He further observed that when on earth he (tho spirit) had been a for the purpose of raising a money testimonial to be presented to Calvinist, but, sinco his birth into tho spirit-world, he had out Mr. W. H. Harrison, as a mark of esteem for liis uuselfish devotion grown those views, and had now entered upon a progressive stage during the last seven years to the cause of Spiritualism, and as a of life. Before releasing liis control of tho medium, he was careful partial compensation to him for the sacrifices he has made in esta to impress upon the circle that the views expressed wero but those blishing The Spiritualist newspaper, which, I think you will allow, of an individual spirit, and must be accepted simply upon their is conducted with great care and ability. Mr. Martin Smith is the own merit. treasurer to this testimonial fund, and Miss Ivislingbury is autho Lightheart again controlled the medium, and, on being requested, rised to reeeivo subscriptions. I sincerely hopo that the appeal sang in an unknown tongue, which he afterwards translated into which has been made will meet with a hearty response from all English. He then made up some verses, in which ho incorporated readers of The Spiritualist, and that as much from a sense of justice words suggested by various members, and afterwards bade tho to its editor as from goodwill to the cause it so ably advocates. circle farewell, and released tlie medium. You all, uo doubt, read the Spiritual journals, and you are pro A cordial vote of thanks to the medium for his visit was proposed bably acquainted with tho chief incidents which have transpired by Captain James, seconded by Mr. R. Cocker, and carried unani during tho past twelve months, not only in England but in America mously ; after which the members dispersed with expressions of , and France. tho pleasure derived from listening to tho interesting statements Iu tho latter country a gross injustice has been perpetrated thus mado through Mr. E. W. Wallis. against a wcll-knowu and respected Spiritualist, M. Leymarie, and a young American medium, Mr. Firman, who was resident in v Paris. THE 1875 CONFERENCE OF SPIRITUALISTS. Edward Buguet, the photographic artist, whose mediumship yras undoubted, and who obtained many veritable and unmistakable PUBLIC ¡RECEPTION OF MR. MORSE. spirit-likenesses both in Paris and London, was arrested by the police of Paris, charged with fraudulently producing the spirit- Last Wednesday night the Annual Conference in connection with pictures, which he admitted, and, to save himself from imprison the British National Association of Spiritualists was held at the ment, he falsely accused his best friend, M. Leymarie, as being an Cavendish Rooms, Mortimer-street, Regent-street, under the presi accomplice in the fraud. dency of Mr. Benjamin Coleman; at tho same meeting, also, a I know nothing of the moving causo of this man’s extraordinary couduct, but I have no hesitation in saying that Edward Buguet public reception was given to Mr. J. J. Morse on his return from the has proved himself to be a most unworthy, fellow—a traitor to the United States. Tho hall was crowded to tho doors upon the cause, and one whom all men will spurn from society. The trial occasion. and condemnation of that excellent man, Leymarie, for complicity in Buguct’s frauds, was, iu the opinion of many disinterested During the first part of the oveniug refreshments were served, persons who heard the trial in Paris, a most scandalous perversion after which the Misses Withall, who are both efficient musicians, of justice. eutertained the company with a duet upon the pianoforte. Very ample details were furnished by Mr. O’Sullivan, one of tho National Association’s most intelligent correspondents, and pub PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS BY MR. COLEMAN. lished in several numbers of The Spiritualist, to which you who Mr. Benjamin Coleman then rose and said:— may not bo already acquainted with the facts can refer. Buguet, though convicted by the French Court of Justice, was L ad ies an d Gentlem en,— Permit me in the first place to remind you that this is the commencement of our Conference Meetings for released from imprisonment on bail, and afterwards escaped to 1875, and that the reading of papers and general discussion will Belgium, where it was reported that ho had confessed to having follow at tho first session to-morrow, at the hours 3 and 7.30 p.m., sworn falsely against Leymarie and Firman, and this has since and again on Friday at the same hours, at the rooms of the British been confirmed by tho full confession itsolf, which is addressed to National Associatiou of Spiritualists, 38, Great Russell-street, tho Minister of Justice in France. A translation of this document Bloomsbury. is published in The Spiritualist of tho 8th of October last, and should be in the possession of all Spiritualists, to show to their THE PROGRESS OP SPIRITUALISM DURING THE PAST YEAR. sceptical friends who have seen the charge of imposture, but who may not have seen the answer which is now volunteered by that You will naturally expect me, as president of this meeting, to cowardly rascal, Ed. Buguet, tho spirit medium, late of Paris. review some of the prominent incidents which havo occurred in this Turning with disgust from a man who has disgraced the cause and other countries during ^ the past year, and I shall do so as he had tho power to piclp, I invite your attention to the name of briefly as possible. In the first place, allow me to say a few words another Spiritualist, who in his social status, his high literary re respecting tho National Association of Spiritualists, which I am putation, and his devotion to tho cause of Spiritualism, commands happy to say is now an accomplished fact. (Applause.) It has our highest respect and admiration. I speak of the Hon. Robert taken firm root, and is assuming a position of great importance in Dale Owen, whose recent temporary affliction brought out from all the spiritual movement of this country. The members are daily classes in every country whore ho is known, the most profound increasing in uumber, and it is recognised and supported by sympathy. Happily tho disease under which he laboured has dis about fifty honorary and corresponding members resident in most appeared, and we may offer him our hearty congratulations on his parts of the world; and you will see in the list published every complete restoration to health. Of this latter fact you may all be week iu The Spiritualist newspaper, that many of these honorary assured by reading his letter of October 4th, published in the last members are men and women occupying high social positions in number of The Spiritualist. their respective countries, which include America, India, Australia, Of the chief incidents which are transpiring in England, tho Turkey, Africa, and all the great continental cities of Europe. Tlie manifestations occurring at Newcastle-on-Tyne may be said to reading-room of the Associatiou contains a good library of tako the most prominent place. It will be seen by several letters, Spiritualist literature and all tho Spiritualist journals, and tho published in the Medium newspaper, that Mr. Barkas, a most other rooms are well adapted for the various objects of tho Associa reliable witness, and several others in Newcastle, have had on tiou, as you, who aro strangers, mil have the opportunity to-morrow many occasions during the past year very wonderful manifestations of ascertaining for yourselves. Nothing is now wanting but a of materialised spirits, but the most important fact is that they have hall which we may call our own, and this I have no doubt we shall proved to demonstration that the materialised spirit-form—as Mr possess in due time. (Applause.) Crookes, I, and many others haye proclaimed for toyo or three year 9 Nov. 5, 1875. THE SPIRITUALIST. 223 past—is a distinct entity. At a recent seance at Newcastle, the tiously fulfilled a duty I owed to my honest convictions by spreading entranced medium, a young girl, was led out of the cabinet by the the truth on .all suitable occasions; if I have not improved my spirit of a young boy, and both passed before a circlo of not less worldly circumstances by my open advocacy of Spiritualism, I than thirty persons ; and ultimately, after shaking hands with most have at least the satisfactiou of knowing that I have made many of them, the spirit left tlio medium, Miss Wood, in the centre of the eonverts in all grades of society, aud that I have beon one among circle, and walked away alone into the cabinet. This account is a few—so small in number that they may almost be eounted on my given in a letter by Mr. John Walton, of Newcastle, and published fingers—who were the early pioneers in this country, who have in the Medium of Oct. 22nd, and sinee then I have been assured by beon tlie means of breaking down, to a certain exteut, tho prejudices M. Aksakof, who was present, that Mr. Walton's statement is whieh naturally surround a subject not accepted, but opposed, by quite correct, tlio leaders of public opinion—and thus wo have been tho means of The Hon. Alex. Aksakof, who is a distinguished Russian gentle smoothing the way for tho introduction of such specially gifted man, has done much for the propagation of Spiritualism in his own women as Mrs. Emma Iiardingc Britten and Mrs. Tappan, and such country. He lias been at the cost of translating some of onr best men as Mr. Morse— all inspirational speakers of great power known books on the subject iuto his own and the German language. whose utterances would not have been understood, and would pro He has also established a high class monthly journal, which is bably have fallen dead on tlio ear of the multitude, without that published at Leipsic, under the name of Psychic Studies; and is preparation which precoded them, and no such andience as this doiug great service in many ways to the cause, not only in his own could have been assembled to listen to an address lipou au unpopular country, but throughout the Gorman Empire as well. M. Aksakof, subject delivered by any ouo who elaimed to be inspired by the who was so lately the guest of the Association, lias now returned denizens of the spirit world. . to Russia, taking with him two boys from Newcastle, by means of And what else can it be, I ask, but inspiration, when you hear whose mediumship he hopes to prove to tlio scientific eommittoe of men and women, who have never had any educational advantages, the University at St. Petersburgthe reality of spiritual phenomena. speak -without a moment’s preparation, learnedly and eloquently, Should he accomplish that, some of our learned bodies ma}?- awaken upon almost every subject which may be proposed to them by a to the necessity of imitating the oxamplo of tUe Russian savants; but promiscuous audience ? I have often asked myself how it is that to ns, who know how they have treated the subject hitherto, by a man of comparatively untutored mind, as mine is, with no more misinterpretation, indifference aud ridicule, and seeing the present than a commercial education to boast of, with no scientific acquire position of Spiritualism in this country, it ought to be a matter of ments whatever, not a deep reader upon philosophical subjects, with supreme indiifereuce to us what steps meu of science in England no especial ability to eommand an audience,—how is it, I ask, that may ehoose to take in regard to it. (Applause.) men like Mr. Morse (who, I believe, has never had any training nor In the matter of Continental literature, I would remark that we book learning) and myself have become iu our respective spheres have now for the first time an opportunity of reading in English prominent in promulgating the great truth of Spiritualism, wbieh the doctrines promulgated by Allan Hardee some years ago, of we know is now spreading throughout tho world with marvellous which reincarnation is the chief point, and truly a very important rapidity, and this, too, despite the opposition of the press and the one, which differs from the Spiritualism of England and America. learned bodies of every country ? From what little .1 know of tlie theoretical doctrine of reinearnation, It is true that there are a few honourable exeeptions belonging to subverting as it appears to me tho realities and the pleasing hopes these bodies—men eminent in learning and seicncc, who have engendered by our own experiences, it has not made a favourable shaken off the blunders of their early education, who have had the impression upon my mind, and for myself I entiroly reject it. But courage to investigate and have proved for themselves the exist at the same time, it is a strange and important fact that the doctrine ence of various phenomena which have an objective reality, and is accepted with avidity by the majority of Spiritualists—or, as which are accompanied by strong intelligence, yet they pause be- they call themselves, “ Spiritists”—residing throughout the Conti foro committing themselves to pronounce upon the cause or origin nent of Europe, among whom there arc many very onlightened of them \ but they do not hesitate at the same time to condemn tho men and women, and none more so than my accomplished friend, foolish theories by which' men of scienco attempt to account for Miss Anna Blackwell, who has just translated and published tlie them. Spirits'1 Book into most excellent English. And, as many of yon There are still a few other eminent men whose minds, I am happy will bo disposed to take part in the controversy which is likely to to say, are made up, and who are not afraid to eonfess that they follow on the bold efforts Miss Blackwell is making to introduce can find no rational explanation of the facts, and without reser tlie Kardeeian theories (for so I may properly call them) in this vation they feel obliged to proclaim themselves Spiritualists. country, you must prepare yourselves by reading the book already Is there nothing, think you, which is designed by a higher power published, and the others which may follow. _ _ to bring about the relative positions which Mr. Morse, and I, and Turning to the American continent,the newest and most strilriug many others occupy in this spiritual movement ? feature to bo observed there is the development of an idea started On reflection, you will no doubt see that there must be a reason by Col. Olcott, the author of People from Another World, written to why the most unlikely instruments are used to bring about and to attest the Eddy manifestations. This idea—which I will not stop push on a revelation which I believe will nltimately draw into its to lay before you, but which you will find propounded in the late ranks all serious thinkers. numbers of tbe Banner o f Bight newspaper—has culminated in the It will give more light to tho materialistic philosopher. It will formation of a so-called “ Theosophical Society,” whose object is to soften off and liberalise all theological dogmas ; and thus it will tend revive the stndy of the old art of magie as practised in the middle to nnite science aud theology, by a rational adjustment of those ages, in the hope that the knowledge of tho occultists of what are differences which have hitherto kept them asnuder. ealled “ Elementary Spirits,” may throw light on tho maimer in Yon will see, therefore, that Spiritualism, like all great truths which some of the present spiritual manifestations aro produced. which havo gone before, is guided and directed as if by Divine On the subject of American Spiritualism, however, we shall presently order. have more detailed and authentic information from one who has You will seo it does not necessarily need recognition by men of just visited the country. advanced learning, who, in their several departments, havo been educated to travel on in a fixed groove, from which few will ven WORDS OF WELCOME TO MR. MORSE. ture to step out, even for a moment, to look at a new fact, lest it This evening, as you are aware, we have also assembled to give should overturn and set at nought the labours of their lives. Wo, a welcome to our friend Mr. Morse on his return home after a the humble workers, on the other hand, whose minds are happily lengthened absence in America, where he has doubtless met with not burdoned with the accumulations of false philosophies, are not so more than one rival possessed of similar inspirational powers to hampered. himself, but where we are told lie at once secured the confidence of «, We have our common intelligence to guide our judgments, aud his audiences, and where he has made many warm friends, who are when we are brought face to face with an objective reality—“ a anxious to have him again amougst them. t ghost” so called, or any other strange phenomenon, if we are I can well imagine what a source of happiness it must be to him honest, having no scientific reputations to protect, we at onee pro self, as it is to liis numerous English friends, to find that he has claim the fact and take tho earliest opportunity of learning more taken a foremost place in the feelings and affections of our Trans about it. * atlantic brethren. I can imagine, too, the natural prido lie must feel when he contemplates the great mental change which has been TEE ANTAGONISM OF EXCEPTIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEN. accomplished in his own person within a very few years, by the aid Lot Dr. Carpenter insult us by asserting that we are simpletens, of his spirit guides and trusted eounsellors. victims of a mental delusion. If Mr. Morso can say with truth—and I have no doubt ho can— Let Professor Huxley sneer at the proof wo havo obtained of that he is a changed man both morally and meutally, great must be immortality, which he is bold enough to say does not interest him. his satisfaction to find that he is gifted with unusual eloquenee, and Let Professor Tyndall trifle with tlio subject, as he did at the only that it is his privilege to exereise liis powers in the education of the seance, I believe, he ever attended, and avoid a serious inquiry, lest people, by promulgating and expounding the great truths embraced his well-known honesty of character should, after a candid examina in the Spiritual philosophy. tion, eompcl him to surrender. Let all this happeu, and mneh 1 more which comes from various quarters to divert our attention from SPIRITUALISM FINDS ITS'OWN WORKERS. the great facts which our senses have verified—it will not avail. It is more than thirty years since I became a convert to a belief We know enough to make us desire to know more, and here again in mesmerism, and to the reality of the phenomena which accom Providenco steps in and places in our ranks humble men and pany clairvoyance; this naturally led me to receive Spiritualism women gifted with the power to teach ns what we most desire to on its first introduetion to this country more than twenty years ago, know, and one of these inspired persona is he whom you have come since which time I have, without regard to consequences, conscien this night to welcome. (Applause.) 224 THE SPIRITUALIST. • Nov. 5, 1875. I ask you then, ladies and gentlemen, to pay him a special mark Personally, though I entertain very warm reminiscences of my visit of honour by rising frem your seats to bid him a hearty welcome to that city, as also do I of a second visit in the month of June, in back to his home and family. . tlic present year, being a return engagement, iu cousideration of the satisfaction previously afforded. Taking the matter altogether, I ME. J. J. MOUSE ON SPIRITUALISM IN AMERICA. cannet but feel that Spiritualism in Philadolpliia occupies a very Mr. J. J. Morse then rose amid loud and continued applause, and favourable position, and as soou as it regains its equilibrium, will saidp ’ go forward more successfully than ever. Dr. Child lias resignod Mr. President, Ladies aud Gentlemen,—While far away from liis presidency, which office is now filled by Mr. W. H. Jones, one of home, the announcement that the British National Association of the city merchants, who occupies a good position commercially and Spiritualists had determined to givo me a public reception upon my socially. return, was read by me with pleasure upon its first appearauce in SPIRITUALISM IN BOSTON. The Spiritualist, aud its connection with the opening of our annual Leaving tho State of Pcnsylvauia, passing across the State of conference was a happily conceived idea, while tlic placing of the New York, I finally arrived in the State of Massachusetts, finding pecuniary proceeds at my disposal was iiuother evidence of the myself at last in New England, and ultimately coming to rest in thoughtful consideration of the promoters of this meeting. Let me Boston, the “ Hub of the Universe ” as it is designated by its inha here state, for the curious in this matter, that personally I had no bitants. This is the centre of American Spiritualism. In this city knowledge of what would be the character of this handsome recep is located the publishing office of tho Banner o f Light, from which tion, until I, in common with the public, saw the announcements iu house is also issued all the leading Spiritualistic, literature pub print • and I am proud to say the entire matter is a spontaneous lished iu America. The business department is presided over expression upon the part of this Association, and my many friends by Mr. J. B. Rich, who, to use a Yankee phrase, is a thorough in London and elsewhere. I am most grateful to all concerned, and “ smart man,” and the department that he is connected with fully trust my friends will ever judge mo by my deeds ; and, on my part, evidences the business proclivities of its director. The editorial • I will endeavour to so order my acts that they may ever be my department is under the superintendence of Mr. Luther Oolby vindicators. Time heals all wounds, and rights all wrongs. whose smiling face, gray hairs, and genial manner, inspire confi To convey an adequate idea of the progress aud status of Spirit dence, command respect, and denote the accomplished gentleman. ualism in the United States is simply impossible upon my part, for Mr. Oolby has held the position of editor of the Banner o f Light for the bare reason that having only come into contact with it in tlic many years, and his labours on behalf of that journal will never be Eastern States, along tho Atlantic seaboard, it would be presump fully appreciated until he ceases to wield the pen in the mortal tion for me to attempt to givo an authoritative opinion of the form. The Banner o f Light has passed through many vicissitudes, movement through the entire country ; but such little as I have aud encountered much opposition, but it has survived all, and seen, and the conclusions drawn therefrom, and such experiences as maintains its place and position as the best American Spiritual paper T have encountered, I cheerfully submit for your consideration this to-day. I found in Mr. Colby a warm personal friend, to whose evening, in answer to what I foci is but a natural expectation on the kindly assistance and advice I am deeply iudebted, and whose deep present occasion. Whatever may have been the past condition of interest in tho progress and welfare of mediums recommend him to Amoricau Spiritualism, its present one, so far as the world is con the respect and esteem of every Spiritualist throughout the world. cerned, can scarcely be considered satisfactory; but in my opinion At the time of my visit tho u Music Hall Society of Spiritualists ” its position is not due to any radical defect iu the movement, but is were holding their meetings. It was in their courso that I was rather traceable to the fact that it is passing through a transitional engaged. The Music Hall Society numbers among its supporters stage, which must of necessity be a period of discord and confusion. and adherents the wealth and position of Boston Spiritualism. Tho SPIRITUALISM IN BALTIMORE. financial burden has been mainly borne by a few, and Mr. Lewis B. Wilson, chairman of the Association, and also sub-editor of tlie I only had the privilege of observing its workings in ono Banne)' o f Light, has been indefatigablo in his exertions to fur southern State—Maryland—in the city of Baltimore, where I filled ther the interests of the said society. The meetings held iu Beethoven my first engagement, in November, 1874. I found the Spiritualists : Hall, Washington-street, were well attended, fully reported in the of that city to be hearty, genial, and intelligent. The meetings Banner o f Light, commented upon by tho secular press, and afforded were fairly attended, increasing in numbers and interest upon every general satisfaction to the audiences assembled. At that time occasion. In all respects tho month’s labours were a success. In there was another society in existence under the title of the the city itself, among the outside public, there was upon the surface “ Boston Spiritualist Union,” meeting in Rochester Hall, Washing a deal of opposition, but privately the facts of Spiritualism were ton-street, holding its sessions in the evening. In the morning, readily admitted and earnestly discussed. The press either pre at tho same hall, the Boston Children’s Progressive Lyceum assem served a severe silence, or indulged in sarcasm. Baltimore was at bled. I had the pleasure of attending the session during my stay one time a living centre, its Spiritualist Society a capital one, and in the city, and found a very completely appointed Lyceum in the meetings well attended. The workers in the causo are as zealous operation. Tho scholars exhibited a degroo of intelligence and as ever, and iu one department their labours are certainly being ability far in excess of wbat might be expected from their years. crowned with success; I refer to the Children’s Progressive Lyceum, The general public was admitted, and quite a large number availed which in this city is a flourishing institution. The Lyceum has a themselves of the opportunity presented. Spiritualism is decidedly large library, which is liberally patronised by its members. On a recognised fact in Boston. The press give it respectful notice Convention Sundays—once a month—papers are read, and questions while the pulpit contents itself with an occasional grumble. On discussed, recitations given, and vocal and instrumental music ren the houses in many of the streets, notably the most prominent dered. The display of talent on such occasions reflects the greatest credit alike upon the institution and its officers. ones, Washington-street, Trejnout-strcet, and Shawmut-avcnue, the signs of test mediums, clairvoyants, and magnetic healers are SPIRITUALISM IN PHILADELPHIA. quite numerous ; while their advertisements are to be found in On reaching Philadelphia, in December last, I found a very much several daily papers. There are several other societiesinBoston—one improved condition of affairs, an old-established society, an excel meeting at John A. Andrew’s ball, where Mrs. Eloyd is the speaker in lent roll of membership, capital audiences at the Sunday lectures, the trance. Another society, calling itself the Free Platform Spirit and an exceedingly efficient Lyceum, with that iudispensable ualists meets in tho Lurline Hall; whilst still another, calling itself adjunct, a good library, and a magnificent hall, capable of seating the People’s Spiritual Meetings Association, holds its sessions in nearly a thousand people, these constituting the external machinery the Paine Memorial Hall. An attempt was made during the last of the movement. Any number of public media, for every variety spring to create an association under the title of the Boston of phenomenal manifestation, were scattered tliroughont the city.. Spiritual Temple. It was a signal failure, and, considering the Public sentiment was moro tolerant, and the number of private elements the attempt involved, such an end was but to be expected. families accepting the Spiritual philosophy exceedingly great. Dr. To build a 80,000 dollar temple upon dollar subscriptions is rather IL T. Child was the president of the society, and his self-sacrificing a hazardous experiment. labours in furthering tho'work are worthy of all praise; he is A SEANCE WITH MRS. LORD. simply indefatigable. At the time of my visit Mr. and Mrs. Holmes While in Boston I was the recipient of some pleasant spiritual were in the city, and just immediately prior to my arrival the experiences through the mediumship of Mrs. Mary B. Thayer, and imbroglio they became involved in buret forth. Charges and Mrs. Maud E. Lord. Mr. Robert Cooper, of Eastbourne, I counter-charges were freely baudied about. Tho low-class journals must here state, was my travelling companion, having arrived in the of the city made as much capita] as they could out of the matter; States about five weeks after myself, and I have much reason to be and within our owu ranks the party feeling,pro aud con, ran high grateful for his company, as I was a stranger amongst strangers. and strong, the conseqxiencc being my position was rendered any JIo was also present at tho seances. We accepted au iuvitation thing but enviable. Without offering any opinion as to the merits to Mrs. Lord’s seance, forming ono of a party of some sixteen or seven of that celebrated affair, there seems to have been sufficient evidence teen. It was a dark circle. Mrs. Lord is seated in the centre, with a to create a belief that'a power, iuimical to Spiritualism,was seeking guitar aud tambourine. She is a clairvoyant as well as a physical to work harm to our cause through these persons. Here I met medium, sees and describes spirits, often giving names and in those veteran workers, Mr. and Mrs. J. Murray Spear, who nearly all cases affording tests. We all held bauds, Mrs. Lord inquired very warmly after their many friends in England, and striking the palms of hers together at regular intervals. Ingress entrusted me with the transmission of their fraternal wishes, of to, or egress from the room, had been previously prevented. The which duty I new discharge myself. The consequence of the light was extinguished, and almost directly, the instruments were Holmes’s matter has been a decided weakening of publie credence floated above our heads round tho circle, laid on tho lap of each with regard fo Spiritualism in Philadelphia, and it will be some person and there played. Hands would grasp us, and play very time> in my judgment, ere the movement recovers its former tone. curious freaks. Mr. Cooper’s spectacles were removed from his Nov. 5, 1875. TI-IE SPIRITUALIST. 225 face and very gently and deftly placed properly upon my own. A broached may bo, and to which I am not prepared to assent, they gentleman present whose nose itched, and who had uot expressed aro certainly indications of a keen appreciation of tho necessity of tho fact, was suddenly told by the spirit voice to “ Sit still and T reform, and indicate an earnest desire to arrive at such measures as will wipo it for you,” which was accordingly done, with another may bring the required results. person’s handkerchief. A fan was taken from ono of the visitors, So far as coherency is concerned, that is organic coherency, very and carried round the circle, finally coming to rest on the top of my little can bo said. The best examples in that direction have yet to head; I said uothing but quietly disengaged my hand from my bo made. In New York, whero I spoke during July, I met quite a neighbour’s, removed the fan from my head, and after asking tho ilourishiug society, one that also has its Lyceum. It engages the spirits to take it from me placed it between my teeth and joined my most popular speakers, pays them well, and secures a good attend neighbour’s baud, and ere I had hardly done so tho fan was taken away ance ; but the existence of a federal union among the Spiritualists from my mouth, without any fumbling or bother, aud I was fanned throughout the States is yet to be witnessed; and whether such a therewith. Like experiments demonstrating the ability of the possibility is practicable, in the preseut phase-of the movement in operating agont to seo objects, and intelligently obey requests, America, is a matter of great question. either mentally or audibly expressed, were continually transpiring PAINTING MEDIUMSHIP. during the entire evening. Frank and open, affording every facility for investigation, thereby disarming the most sceptical, Mrs. Lord I must not omit mention of one incident that transpired during is a medium that it is a pleasure to sit with, aud her manifestations my stay in this city7-, and one peculiarly pleasaut to myself. It arose are such as to carry the conviction of their genuineness upon their out of an impromptu visit to Mr. Wella Anderson, the spirit artist, faces. a name quite familiar to every American Spiritualist, and almost A SEANCE WITH MRS. THAYER. equally to European Spiritualists. My friend Mr. Cooper was with me, and we arrivod at Mr. Anderson’s rooms a few minutes past Mr. Cooper and myself were favoured with a seance with Mrs. four p.m. Mr. Anderson remarked, “ I 'wish you had called a few Mary B. Thayer, who is what is styled a flower medium. Upon minutes earlier as the ‘ band’ leave at four o’clock, aud do not re that occasion, after adopting precautions to prevent trickery, aud turn until ten a.m, next day; I am afraid I cannot show you any on extinguishing the light, tho table was very soou covered with a thing.” Wo, however, went into his studio, aud inspected many of variety of raro flowers and ferns, seventeen different sorts being his wonderful drawings. Presently Mr. Auderson took up a drawing brought. A peculiar incident appertaining to the stance was tho board and a piede of cartridge paper, drew his handkerchief from his presentation to myself, by the spirits, of a beautiful live white pocket and desired us to tightly bandage liis eyes. We did so. pigeou, which was the admiration of the circle upon being viewed He then commenced drawing a little circlo about the size of a cent, in the light. A second seance was afforded us for tho purpose of then next a zigzag line, which proved to be a uose outline, and placing these extraordinary phenomena upou a still rrioro satis finally an entire head was drawn, the whole being dono upside factory basis. Mrs. B. Thayer, upon her arrival, was searched by down. A rough portrait of a Chinaman was thus produced. two ladies, who mounted guard over her until tho commencement of Another portrait was drawn on the reverse of the same sheet under the seance. The people presont were all personally acquainted with exactly similar circumstances. Ere we left Mr. Anderson, he each other, and no inducement was presented for playing tricks. Quite inquired if I could givo him half an hour’s quiet on the 26th of a quantity of flowers and ferns, with soino fruit, was brought, and that month—it was July. I replied, “ I should be at the Silver Mr. Cooper, this time, also received a white pigeon. I regret to Lake Camp Meeting, 270 miles distant.” Mr. Anderson’s controls say that a gentleman of the cauiuc persuasion subsequently made ; wrote that did uot matter, all required was my passivity. I as a breakfast of them both. : seated, aud ou the morning in question brother Cooper and I were A TEST SEANCE. quiotly enjoying ourselves in a yacht upon tho bright bosom of The editor of the Banner o f Light deeming the phenomena very ¡Silver Lake, quiot and passive enough in all conscience, for it was extraordinary, aud thinking it wise to subject the matter to a too hot even to think. With regard to the picture produced through' thorough scrutiny before submitting it to the public, thought it best Mr. Anderson, tho following correspondence transpired, and the to have the matter carefully tested, in furtherance of which object picture, pronounced by competent judges as a splendid specimen Mrs. Thayer gave a seance in the Banner o f Light building, in the of pencil drawing, is the one on exhibition here this evening. room of Dr. H. B. Storer, to nine persons, none of whom were in 303, West 11th Street, New York City, vited by herself, or whom she knew 'would be presont On her , July 31st, 1875. arrival she was handed over to three ladies of the party, who took D e a r B ro th er M orse,—The last touches are on the picture of her into an anteroom, and completely stripped her, bringing her the bright 'aud beautiful “ Chinese.” Completed this p.m. The apparel into the circle room to be inspected by the members ; this picture awaits your order. Please accept it wir-h tho kindest regards can scarcely be considered to be one of the pleasures of physical and best wishes of most truly aud fraternally thine, mediumship. After having inspected and duly certified that they W e lla A nderson. had nothing concealed about them, Mrs. Thayer was re-dressed, P.S.—Please remember me kindly to Mr. Cooper.—W.A. brought iuto the seance room, and introduced into a muslin 303, West 11th Street, New York, sack, which was brought up round her neck, tightly tiod, September 4ih, 1875. and securely sealed. I here quote from the report in the D e a r B ro th e r M orse,—Your land aud welcome letter is before Banner o f Light of May 1st, of the preseut year. She me—came while I was ill in the country. I feel very much gratified was wholly in the bag, except her head; she ■was then seated to learn the picture of your bright and uoble guide was admired by with the rest around tho table. The light was turned off, and we your many friends. In regard to the time occupied in its execution, were in darkness. In about a minute a noiso was heard, aud oue of it was days, of ono sitting per day of 12 to 13 niinutos each—148 the party, Mr. Cooper, said: ‘ Here’s something! I guess it’s a minutes—taken by Piaphael Sanzio, through the fingers of your pigeon.’ The gas was lighted, and a white fantailwas found added humble servant with a No. 2 Faber’s pencil, except the hair, which to our party, flapping around, dazed with the light, and frightened. was of No. 1 Faber, done while I was lost to this cold discordant In addition to the foregoing a canary was brought in answer to the world, which I hope soon to leave. Please allow me to tender my mental request of one of the party, and the tablo was covered with most heartfelt thanks for the picture I fouud enclosed in your last flowers and plants. Tho light was Anally turned up, the medium of my much esteemed friend and geuial brother J. J. Morse. My found in exactly the same condition as at the commencement of the lovo to Mr. Cooper and yourself, hopiug you are both well and seance, and the test conditions intact. Besides the pigeon aud the prosperiug.—I am most truly and fraternally thine, canary there was a fresh branch of an orauge tree, with a large W e lla A nderson . ripe orange adhering. Another branch of orango tree, a foot in length, with fragraut blossoms; a white lily with four buds; two To attempt to give a detailed description relating solely to Spirit tea-rose buds; three varieties of fevus; a sprig of cassia; a ualism, after my t welve months’ experiences, would be absolutely im blossom of bourgaim villier; a leaf of calla lily; a cactus leaf; possible, iu the scope of this address. What I have stated is tho two or three varieties of green ferus; and a handful of moss.” The faintest outline of what could be said ; while to speak of the pigeon mentioned is the bird that is in tho cage hero this evening, country itself, its people, aud its customs, would require an address and which Mr. Cooper gave into my charge, to be exhibited to the specially devoted to that purpose. And even after so brief an ac British National Association of Spiritualists. (Applause.) quaintance asU have had, I am uot sure whether it would uot bo presumption to attempt it. Still, I am preparing a lecture upon SPIRITUALISM IN MAINE, CONNECTICUT, AND MASSACHUSETTS. that subject, the manuscript of which I hope shortly to have com From Boston I went to Greenfield, in the western part of pleted, and when finished shall hope for an opportunity to preseut Massachusetts, from thence to Bangor, in the State of Maine, it for tho consideration of our people. It is uecessary now for me returning to Lynn, in the preceding Stato, thence on into to make a statement, which I do with miugled pain and pleasure ; it New Haven, in the State of Connecticut, in each of which is to this effoct—that in couscquenco of my success, which lias places I found Spiritualism in various degrees of prosperity, but in caused me to receive numerous re-engagements, and in obedieuce all cases the zeal aud activity of the workers was highly commend to the monition of my spirit-guides, I return to the United States, able. Tho position of the public towards tho movement was seem with my family, in the May of uext year, probably remaining some ingly apathetic, but privately I found it had a deep hold on the eighteen months or two years, gaining fresh experiences, gathering interest and thought of the liberal and cultivated portions of the doeper knowledge, benefiting myself thereby, and I trust fitting community. My experiences at the two camp meetings, which it myself to be more useful as a worker at homo, when I am was my good fortune to attend, were in one respect most satisfac ermitted to return. I speak in Bangor, Maine, during June and , tory. They reveal the fact that American Spiritualists are alive to uly, New York City in Septembor, Philadelphia in October, Wash- the” important issues underlying the religious, political, and social ingtou in November, next year, and expect to winter in New Orleans constitutions of society, and however wild many of the schemes —’way down south. I intend going west to California, and shall 226 THE SPIRITUALIST. Nov. 5 , 1875. make an attempt, all boing well, to reach our Australian colonies. PARDON OF MR. FIRMAN. 1 have formed a sincere respect for the American Spiritualists and people, for on all hands I met with the greatest kindness; on B y Electric Telegraph. every sido I met brothers and sisters, and my earnest hope is that FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. American and English Spiritualists may be united in the bonds of fraternal affection, and that the Stars and Stripes and the Union Paris, Wednesday night, Jack, Cousin Jonathan and John Bull, may stand united for over in I h a v e much, satisfaction in announcing to yeu that peaco and goodwill, as two great and grand nations should, and the remainder of A£r. Firman’s impri$onmexif has been while I heartily endorse tho sentiment of Rule Britannia, at the same time I am not oblivious of the music of Hail Columbia. (Loud remitted this day by the President o f the French applause.) Itepublic. Mr. Morse sat down amid loud applause, after which thcro was an interval of ten minutes. The Misses Claxtouthcn favoured the company with a duet. A SEANCE AT DALSTON. Mr. Morse next passed into the trance state, and an address was A n interesting seance was held on Monday evening, the 2oth ult., given through his lips by the spirit who calls himself the Strolling at the residence of Mr. Thos, Wilks, in Dalston-laue, Dalstou, with Player.” % ‘ . Mr. William Eglington, physical medium. There were twelve Miss Sexton next favoured the company with a song. persons present iu addition to the medium, namely, Miss Phillips, Mr, Martin R. Smith rose and said that it was his pleasing duty Mr. J. Tozelaud, a lady and gentleman (strangers), Mrs. Wilks, to propose a vote of thanks to their worthy chairman. Ho added Mr. Phillips, Mrs. Bradley, Mr. Large, Mr. Winn, Mrs. Saminell, that the profession of abelief in Spiritualism at the present time was a Mr, Harris, and Mr. Thomas Wilks. Tho light was put out, and comparatively easy matter, but that when Mr. Coleman first ex after sitting a few minutes, a slight movement of tho articles upon pressed his belief, in days when the movement was so intensely un the table Was observed. By not very load raps, hut which were popular, it was a very different thing. Twenty-three years ago heard by all present, questions were answered, and tho circle Mr. Coleman became convinced that Spiritualism was a fact, and directed to join in singing ; after which tbe influence became much from that time to this lie had unflinchingly borne testimony to that stronger, and the manifestations more marked. Several members which he believed to be true. The spiritual movement owed him of tlie circle stated that they were touchod by hands, whilo Mr. thanks which no words of his (Mr. Smith’s) eonld express. Indeed, Wilks was particularly favoured by a roll of paper beating time to he was unable to give utteranco to all that lie felt that Spiritualism tho singing upon his head. A pear wras taken from Mr. Hands, owed to the gentleman who had presided that evening. (Ap and placed first in the medium’s mouth, and afterwards in those of plause.) He looked upon him with respect and reverence as Mr. Wilke and Mr. Harris. At this juncture the medium was one of the fathers of this great movement. It was a great pleasure controlled by a spirit known by the name of Daisy, who suggested to see him assume again that night tho position lie had so often that Mr. Eglington should change his seat, on account of the filled in public meetings in connection with Spiritualism. Of late influence of Miss Phillips, stating correctly tint she was a powerful Mr. Coleman had been severely afflicted in health, yet lie had been medium. After the change had been made, and some moro singing able that evening to give them an instructive, exhaustive, and inte given by the circle, the loud voice of another spirit, named John resting resume of the progress of Spiritualism during the past year. Ring, was heard addressing Mr. Wilks and other members of tho Ho hoped that now Mr. Coleman’s health was restored they would circle in tho usual familiar manner, but no communication of any often see him assume the position he liad taken that evening; he partionlar importance was made. The chief controlling spirit of therefore moved that the meeting tender its cordial thanks to him the medium, known as Joey, also spoke, but did not have sufficient for taking the chair. (Applause.) power to make himself heard above a whisper. The medium was Mr. ColemanLadies and gentlemen, Mr. Martin Smith has again directed to change his seat, this timo being placed nearly done me the honour of proposing a vote of thanks. That a man of opposite to his first position, and Mrs. Sammell grasping his hand his position should do so, and that a response should be given by on one side, while Mr. Winn did the same on the other side. In the an audience like this, is one proof that I have not been unsuccessful course of somo singiug Mr. Wilks had his waistcoat unbuttoned. in inspiring men of position and great reputation to take an Mrs. Wilks was then instructed to change her seat, so that in doing interest in our movement. The proceedings of this evening are so she sat opposite to the medium ; and taking an apple out of her now at an end. . pocket, it was taken from her hand, and thrust into tho mouth of Ml*. The company then slowly separated. Winn. Tlie medium hero remarked that his chair was boing withdrawn from under him, and in a short timo tho gas was ordered to be lit, when the chair was discovered threaded upon the Among tlie numerous friends present were Mr. Martin R. Smith; arm of tho medium. The matter was not, however, considered* Mr. and Mrs. Keningalc Cook; Mr. J. N. T. Martheze, and Mr. sufficientlyjested, inasmuch as, unfortunately, Mrs. Sammell had Martheze, jun.; Miss Leekens ; Mrs. Makdongall Gregory; Mr. A. released her grasp of the medium’s hand. Tho spirit, how Colder; Captain James; Messrs. John and Archibald Lamont and ever, agreed to try again; Mrs. Sammell this time taking caro James Coates, of Liverpool; Mr. E. T. Bennett; Mrs. Teb'b; Mr. to keep her hold of the hand of the medium as firmly as possible, R. Pomeroy Tredwon; Mr. Morell Theobald; Mr. and tho Misses when tlie result was snceessful. The spirit Daisy explained that Withall; Mr. Alexander Tod; Mr. Crisp; Mr. and Mrs. "Wood; they had done their best, and, as she was speaking, the pencil was Mr. Harper, of Birmingham; Mr. and Miss Shorter; Mr. Thomas heard writing. At the close of the seance it was found that Joey Blyton; the Rev. Mr. Colley, Curato of Portsmouth; Mr. and Mrs. had signed his name with Eanny Davis, tho name of a spirit Everitt; Mr. F. Everitt; Mr. and Mrs. Maltby; Mr. G. R. Tapp; unknown to the medium, but who is well known at Mr. Wilks’ Mr. and Mrs. Farmer; Mrs. Vesey; Mr. Stack ; Dr. C. Blake ; Mr. seancesboth, names were written “ direct,” as no one was near the E. D. Rogers; Mr., Mrs. and Miss Fitz-Gerald; Mr. and Mrs. table at the time. After bidding all “ Good night and God’s Edmands; Miss Houghton; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bird; the Misses Wil blessing,” Daisy shook hands with each member of the circle, and liamson; Mr. E. P. Ashton ; Dr. and Miss Sexton ; Mr. R. Pearce; so terminated a very satisfactory and interesting seance. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett; Mr. and Mrs. Parkes-; Mr. Barber; Mr. and (Signed on behalf of the circle), T h o m a s W i l k s . Mrs. Regan; Mr. Wallis, and many others. M r . George F a r m e r will leave England in a few weeks’ time If the little gnomes seen by Mrs. Ilardinge were anything more for the West Indies. than subjective impressions taking objective form in the brain of a clairvoyant, the said gnomes seem to us so far to lead an irrational A H indoo Somnambulist.—A curious case of somnambulism mode of existence—all purposeless danee and “ shimmering arms.” is reported by a correspondent at Calcutta, of which a hhidmutgar Black beetles lead a more useful life. in the employ of ono of his friends is the subject. A little after midnight till nearly two o’clock in the morning this man, he says, M r . an d M rs. G ustave de V e h , who havo been travelling in begins chanting verse after verse of his Koran, and of saered Switzerland, and visited Prince Wittgenstein at Yevey this week, hymns, repeats tho divine precepts, criticises the shortness of timo are about to return to their home in Paris, and expoet to spend a in this world and tho length of eternity in the next, and finally few weeks among London Spiritualists in January next. winds up with an unearthly liowl or shriek. During all this time M r . B r ig h t on F u n e ral R efo rm .— The following letter has he is in tho soundest of slumbers, and tho only way to put a stop been written by Mr. Bright, M.P., to a Birmingham gentleman :— to this hullabaloo is to turn the man on his side ; for should any “ Rochdale, 26th October, 1875.—Dear Sir,—If your friends or any one awake him, he will just open his eyes for a minute, and if sensiblo people wish to reform the funeral exhibitions and funeral allowed to remain on the flat of his back, he will recommence his expenses, let them observe and copy the practice of the sect to howling hymns. This phenomenon suggests some interesting which I belong, that of the Society of Friends. Nothing canbe nioro questions. May not a propensity for useless metaphysics be but simple, and nothing can be better. They wonld be wise, also, to the result of a similar species of somnambulism ? And is it not follow them in rejecting the fashion of wearing mourning, which but too probable that many an otherwise estimablo person has is always costly, and, as worn by many women, hideous. I am ruined his political and social reputation by imprudent utterances, sorry to say, however, that the wearing of mourning has of late merely because bis friends did not know they ought to turn him been rather increasing with ‘ Friends,5 amongst whom aro many on his side ? The experiment ought certainly to be tried in the who apparently cannot comprehend and do not value the principles case of the supporters of “ causes,” hut for the unfortunate fact on which the practices of their forefathers wero based.—I am very that they are already too exclusively attached to one side of a respectfully yours, J o h n B r ig h t .— Mr. Geo. H . Phillips.” question.—The Echo. Nov. 5, 1875. THE SPIRITUALIST. 227 or God’s disposition after the likeness of human nature. Mr. Her PMVJ). bert Spencer’s religiou of the Unconditionod Absolute is all non sense, as every one sees—that is, that a religions sentiment can MAD! only bear relatiou to a personal being. We may not ignore facts to make things pleasaut and sentimental, but take nature as wo As in the holy garden of the Lord, find it, for better or for worse, and hold to truth abovo all things. Guarded by cherubim with flaming sword, "Where I God’s beauty ever have adored, But that in a general senso “ there is a soul of goodness in things Dwell I within this lovely house alone. evil,” I admit. If thcro was no folly there would bo no farce; if They say that I am mad because I know there was nothing terrible there would be no tragedy; and were That all around the heavens ebb and flow, there no badness wo should miss a vast deal of what art has made That all about the angels come and go, so entertaining, and should not be looking to progress aud the And tabernacle here ’neath flesh and bone. future. No doubt pain often draws our attention to an evil, but ***** only by another evil; for instauce, but for the pain of a burn we Oh, lovely is this lifo— although alone might bo consumed without knowing what was going on. Thus I dwell within this silent house, where they pleasure and pain are, as it were, tests of goodness and badness ; Have prisoned me. But glorious is God’s way, And ever yet more glorious day by day; and hence tho “ object ” in nature seems neither pleasure nor pain, And life divine I read in every stone but healthy development and continued production. Of this fair mansion, and they glow like gems. IIenry G. Atkinson. Transfigured are all outer things—the hems Boulogne- sur-Mer. And fringes of heaven’s glory through the stems Of these old cedar-trees are broadly thrown. I wander through the gardens, whore I see THE FUNERAL OP THE BODY. More than the marigolds and hollyhocks pied— Si r ,—Tho model we have looked on and loved of the soul and A thousand wonders spread on overy side ; spirit, claims our thoughts and affections before the atoms change For in each blossom fay-souls dance or hide, to corruption. We Spiritualists are not atheists or mere deists. Praise God in joy, or frisk with bird or bee. I can of healing plants the virtues tel), We know that there is a spiritual body, ethereal in its structure, Of noxious weeds the evils ean dispel; and therefore unseen by our ordinary eye powers. Spiritualists Within each petal read of heaven or hell, know also that there is no death, We sorrow not for the annihila For nature mirroreth back man’s destiny. tion of earthly life, but for the removal of the loved one from the Though rarely now I see a human face; ordinary social life duties. Let us, therefore, bury tho model with When evening sunshine floods the galleries old, respect, and in harmony with our eonvictions. The music-room, and cinnamon-room with gold, Shall I unveil my family sadness in July last, and narrate some Sweet converse with me throngs of spirits hold. of the incidents counccted therewith ? as suggestive of the plan to Odours celestial spread through every place; Whilst pictured thought-clouds roll themselves around, be adopted by us as a body of thinkers, to express through our And trailing rainbow-raiment fans the ground. families to the public, the need for a marked change in our funeral Of new-born poets, hay and myrtle-crowned, arrangements. Perhaps I had better do so. Then have I glimpses—the supernal race! After the last breath, the body of my eldest son, Arthur, lay on Alone! alone! yet am I not alono; his bed, and before rigidity prevented I placed his body slightly on My thoughts are mossengors to human kind; his side, placed his head on tho pillow, as if in a natural sleep, the Ambassadors of spirit from the mind hands, resting on the chest, with a yellow rose. The bedding was Rent forth to other minds to knit and bind; arranged as usual; all was-sleeplike, and so remained, till coffined. Yet oft for others' sin must I atone. The walls of flesh dissolve, and I can flow The coffiu was plain elm wood, varnished, no black cloth; only the Into the core of human hearts, and know haudles and naino plate wero black. The samo position of sleep How loves and hatreds blossom, bud, and grow, was retained in the coffin. The burial day came, the closed coffin and To them unknown, I with them make my moan. body were brought into the drawing-room—the room where so many ****** miracles transpired in 18G8, a wreath of Chinese roses was entwined From Aurora, by A.M. on the lid round tho name-plate ; and a smaller one over the feet. The convolvulus flower and tendrils, with lilies, bordered the lid. No black pall. Wheu the time of removal came, one of the family playod on the harmonium “ The Dead March ” in Saul. Tho coffin (Eorresponkmce. deposited in tho hearse, and the undertaker’s men in coaches, tbe [Great freedom, is given to correspondents,who sometimes express opinions cemetery was reached, and the unpalled coffin, with flowers, was diametrically opposed to those o f this journal and its readers.'] earned into tho church and placed before the clergyman, while he read portions of those grand noble declarations, which include _“ There is a natural body. There is a spiritual body. We aro GOOD AND EVIL. sown in corruption, we are raised iu incorruption.” In like manner, S i r ,— A statement in. The Spiritualist of Oct. 22ud has quite as at home, was the coffin, uncovered except by flowers, carried to startled me. that the presouco of a perfoctly good man would be so and lowered into the family grave at Nunhead, and the fact of unbearable that men would have no alternative but to crucify him; earth to earth was carried out by the family—father, son, and that he would have so littlo sympathy with human naturo that wo daughters—standing round till the grave was filled. should have no kiudred feeling towards him. Now', I have known Deference to the national usage produced the clothing in black, men who seemed to be all gooduess, and to have sympathy for im but free of scarfs and weepers. I think all things were dono perfect men in proportion to their own goodness; nor can I con decently, and so in order as to excite surprise aud pleasure in the ceive how it could be otherwise, siuco compassion seems to be the minds of the lookers on. very essence of goodness. As for that deep and solemn question I prefer personally that the usual clergyman at the cemetery read of good and evil—a question so considered in all ages and by all the service, because, as a rule, no member of the family could nations—iu no religiou or pkilosophj^do we find evil denied except, muster courage to make a speech and read a service; and that perhaps, with the Stoics, who deuied that pain was an evil. The plan avoids the chance of a zealous talker talking nonsense at the Buddhist regards all lifo to be an evil, and his thought is to get rid grave; bettor far conform to the form of a national burial service, of it in Nirvana; nor can we attribute evil to man and not to which, though it has some drawbacks, is, on the whole, the best. nature, since mania part of nature—human nature. Thegoodnianno I have thus for practical purposes written, as funeral absurdities more made his own gooduoss than the bad man mado his own bad are forcing themselves before the nation so painfully, that Spirit ness ; and when meu have personified goodness they have been ualists would do well to lead in producing a change, and so give forced to personify badness. confidence to many who dread to carry out tlieir desires for fear of To say that “ there is no place for absolute evil in a universe singularity. J- E lm or e J ones. governed by a good and Almighty God” is a denial of a good and Enmore Park. ------Almighty God. .If a man tells me that my toothache is no evil, I can only reply that he docs not know what he is talking about, and THE MBDIUMSIIir OF THE BAMFORD BROTHERS— DIRECT BPIRIT if there is no evil—and the term “ absolute” does not alter tho fact WRITING. —what is tho meaning of the terms charity, benevolence, mercy, Sir,—On Sunday evening seven of our friends, together with and what is the meaning of au author of all evil, and what the mv wife and two boys, sat for physical manifestations. We com meauing of eating of tho fruit of tho tree of knowledge of good menced about half-past eight in the evening, all joining hands, and evil ? t , including the medium. The gas was put out, and immediately Can the writer really mean to say that want, and pain, and dis the phonomena commenced. Hats placed on the tablo were put ease, and misery aro not evils ? and was Hamlet really mad to make on the heads of the mediums aud some of the sitters; theu taken that wonderful utterance of “ To be, or not to be ?” No doubt off and replaced upon the table. At one timo one hat was placed good and evil are for tho most part but relative terms—that is, on the top of another on the head of the youugcst boy, and on the what is good for one may be bad for another, just as one field may top of that the stove top, the latter weigliiug about 4 lbs. I now want sunshine and another rain. That my loss maybe another give you the statement of one of the sitters:— man’s gain does not diminish the evil to me; but if I am struck “ A small hand bell was takeu, and the handle was placed in my bliud by lightning it is no man’s gaiu. As far as we can sec or mouth, so with my teeth I tried to keep it, but preferred parting know, nature is neither goodness nor baduess, humanly speaking, ■with it rather than lose a tooth or two. It was then carried over but simply indifference. Anyhow, God’s ways are not our ways, my head, and allowed to fall to the floor. 228 THE SPIRITUALIST. Nov. 5, 1875. “ Again, tho spirits pushed the bell-handle into my mouth, then aud make tho air resound with their elamour. The pity is, that not the end of a. violin stick, which I held until the gas was lit, to one of my critics evinces tho slightest knowledge of his subject, and the amusement of tlie company, and perhaps of tho: spirit friends so tho effect which otherwiso might result from tho oceasional also, for immediately the gas was put out again they presented to my flashes of wit whieh havo broken through this dense bank of wind- lips the violin, which with great effort I managed to hold for a clouds is lost. I can afford to wait—my assailants eannot. moment whilst I was again exhibited to the gaze of thoso present.” _ With a view of promoting tho study of oecultism, and of afford We spent a very agreeable evening in a similar manner. Bells ing to seience and religion a noutral ground upou whieh their “ ir were rung round the cirele, sometimes close to our faees, at other repressible conflict” may be terminated, a number of gentlemen and tiinos over our heads ; we wero touched all round with the violiu ladios of character and condition havo just united to form*a Thoo- stick; somo of the sitters were tapped on tho head, somo on tho sophical Society in this city. Our list embracos Hebraists, geo face, with spirit hands; at oue time ouo spirit carried the match metricians, Cabbalists, travellers, Orientalists, journalists, authors, box to the middle of the table, took out somo matches and rubbed mediums, aud men of leisure. Amoug them is M. De Lara, a tho ends together, so that wo could see from the light given off by learned Jewish scholar ; Mr. Georgo Henry Felt, discoverer of the the phosphorus tho finger cuds of the spirit manipulating them. geometrical figures of tho Egyptian Kabballah, aud the missing I must not forgot to tell, perhaps, tho best test of the evening, as Greek Cauon of Proportion; Madame H. P. Blavatsky, who is it occurred in full light. A half sheet of note paper, inspected by writing a work to be called A Skeleton Key to Mysterious Gates (whieh the sitters, and pronounced free from marks of any kind, was is destined to mako as profouud a sensation as anything that placed in a book (Wallaee’s) and the page noted. The youugest Spencer or Huxley ever wrote); Mrs. Ilardinge Britten, who is boy with his right haud took tho elosed book with lead peucil and editing a mysterious book called Art Magic; tho editor of two or hold it under the table, which had simply the ordinary eovering three literary magazines, oue of them au LL.D. of an English on, and in a moment, underneath the table-top, raps were given university; somo physicians, lawyers, and leader-writers of our with the peucil, which was takcu out of the boy’s hand ; in another New York dailies ; the president of the New York Spiritualist moment the book fell to the ground. When taken up and.opened at Society, who also succeeded Professor John W. Draper in the page noted the blauk paper was gouo, but was found upon the presidency of tho Photographic Section of the American Institute; floor. It was examined, but nothing written upon it. On further sundry artists and others. Our preliminary meetiug was held last and elose examination, however, of the book at the specified page, Saturday evening at a private house, and, besides orderiug to. be these words were found, “ I shau’t write.” With the exception of printed a preamble aud bye-laws, we listened to on extemporaueous the right hand of tho medium, all tho others wero held in full address by Mr. Charles C. Massey, of London, upou his observa view of the sitters. tions of the phenomena occurring in the prosenco of Mrs. Iluutoon, During the dark seance, every two or three minutes light was a sister of tho Eddys. It is within tlie seope of tho society to re- struck, as siguallcd by the raps, to show us how busy tho spirits priut and translate standard occultist works and papers read at its had been meanwhile. Jos. B am fo rd . monthly meetings. I think you will not have to wait loug before 26, Pool-street, Macclesfield, hearing its eehoes across tho water. My proposed “ Miracle Club” October 27th, 1875. will bo merged iuto this broader and more important organisation, and the course of experiments I had laid out may be conducted under its auspices. • ' A NEW HYPOTHESIS. Now York, October 21,1875. BY COLONEL H. S. OLCOTT. In The Spiritualist for October 8tli I find the following editorial paragraph:— DALSTON ASSOCIATION OP SPIRITUALISTS. A Problem.—Colonel Olcott’s book narrates hew at cne time the Eddy T he ordiuary weekly seance of the Dalston Association of In Brothers publicly exhibited genuine spiritual manifestations as conjurors’ tricks, aB has also been done by Melville Fay, Von Vleck, and Borne other quirers into Spiritualism was well attended. The cirelc eousisted physical mediums. What kind of spirits are they who aid mediums in of Mr. William Eglington, physical medium, Mrs. J. R. Copo, Cap auch a career ? • tain James, Mr. William Harris, Mr. J. R, Cope, Mrs. R. Cocker, Mr. Thomas Wilks, Mrs. Amelia Corner, Mr. iw Pomeroy Tredwon, Rim acu tetigistL You havo hit the nail upon the head. What Mrs. M. Theresa Wood, Mr. R. Cocker, Mr. G. It. Tapp,’ Mr. Thos. kind of spirits are these ? Can any mero observer of modern Blyton, Mr. Henry Cook, tlie Misses Nina and Caroline Corner. Spiritualism auswor ? Can they oxplain the enormous disparity between the behaviour of many eonimunicating spirits—their Tho seance was opened by reading from the Bible, aud by the singing of a hymn. Before extinguishing the light all hands were iguoranco of natural law, their crude speculations as to spiritual life and laws, tlieir multifarious mutual and self-eontradictions, joined, a Condition which the circlo observed throughout the sittiug. their frequent endorsement of absurd, not to say grossly immoral Evidenco of the presence of spirits was given by various members of the circle staling that they felt the touching of hands. Tho bell social schemes, their despotie control of thoir wrotehed victims the and concertina, which were upon tho table, wero manipulated, aud mediums, their approval of dogmatic superstition—with a theory the peucil was heard as if some ono wore writing with it. A sheet that our “ manifestations” are solely attributable to the iutervention of paper was handed to Captain J tunes, and on a light being ob of disembodied human spirits ? Since my book appeared, I have diligontly read the literature of tained the signature of Joey, one of tho manifesting spirits, was oriental magic, and 1 am very much mistakeu if I have not found fouud inseribed thereou, while the chair, upon which the medium therein the solution for this problem which has so vexed intelligent had been sittiug, was discovered upon the table. The sitters on Spiritualists for a quarter of a ceutury. To my mind, all that was each side of Mr. Eglington averred they had retained tlieir hold of his hands, and, as tho remainder of tlio circle had observed tho previously dark lias become light; and I think that all unpreju diced readers will agree in tho opinion that tho ancient Occultists same eonditiou, tlie results obtained thus far were considered inost and their suecessors possessed the secret of the relatious between satisfactory. Tho chief result of the second part of the seance was us and the departed. It is evident that, after making allowance the raising of tho medium aud placing him upon the table, Mrs. for natural effects, produced by physical laws not familiar to the Wood stating that she retained his hand while it was being done. eommou people, they must be credited with many phenomena A second spirit responded to the name of Daisy during the sitting, identical with those common in the experience of tho frequenters and spoke through tlie medium. The seance elosed shortly after of modern circles, whieh they eould produee at will, and which ten o’clock. ■ prove the marvellous capabilities of tho human will over certain denizens of the other world, and, indirectly, over the very elements. T he first meeting this session of the Psychological Society of Nay, I will go so far as to say—as I have said in sundry recent London was held last night, under the presidency of Mr. Serjeant communications to tlie American journals—that I havo personally Cox. witnessed the demonstration of such powers as the above by adepts of the Oriental school of theosophy: extending even to the produc D ea th in tiie P u l p it .—The Rev. Isaac Ilanks, for many years tion of “ materialised” forms of human beings and animals, the minister of tho Independent Chapel, Silver-street, Malmesbury, disintegration and reiutegration of flowers and metallic substances, fell down dead in his pulpit on Sunday night, just as he had given the production of spectral lights, and the instantaneous production out his text, which was, “ But man dieth and wasteth away; yea, and obliteration of writing in books, sealed letters, and upon paper, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?”—Daily Telegraph held by myself, and other equally wonderful effects.* 26th Octobor. I havo recently ealled attention to the existence and approach- N e x t Sunday evening, Dr. Sexton will give a discourse at tlie ability of elemeutary spirits—beings intermediate betweon man and Cavendish Iiooms, Mortimer-street, Regent-street, in reply to mattor, without immortal souls, but possessed of intelligence, and Professor Tyndall’s article in the last nurnbor of the Fortnightly capable of being more subservient to our will-power for the accom Review, upon Spiritualism. plishment of so-called miracles. These beings I have seen evoked, T he D aven po rt B roth ers in E u rope.—Tbe Davenport and therefore I knew exaetly what 1 was talking about when I Brothers are still on tho Continent, drawing largo audiences. raised the sound of alarm. But, with incredible indiscretion, a score Last Friday night they gave a public seance at the Victor Emanuel of Spiritualist writers, of more or less prominence—among wliom I Theatre in Turin. 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Atkinsou, F.G.S.; Lord Lindsay; the Hon. Robert Dale ,, 7.—The Human Body and Spiritual Planes. Owen (New York): Mr. Epes Sargent (Boston. U.S.); Sir Charles Isham, Bart.: „ 8.—The Placets Saturn and Ceres. Mrs, Ross-Church (Florence Mavryat); Mrs. Makdougall Gregory : the Hon. Alex ,, 9.—Spiritual Marriages. andre -Aksakof, Russian Imperial Councillor, and Chevalier of the Order of St. ' ,, 10.—Spiritual Symbols. Stanislas (St. Petersburg); the Baroness Adelma Vay (Austria); Mr. H. M. Dun- ,, 11.—The Lost Orb. Part 1. phy, Barristcr-at-Law ; Mr. Stanhope Templeman Speer, M.D. (Edin.); Mr. J. C. Luxmoore; Mr. John E. Purdon, M.B. (India); Mrs. llonywood; JR, Benjamin „ 12.—The Angelic Soeicty of Aaron’s Rod. Coleman; Mr. Charles Blackburn; Mr. St. George \Y. Stock, B.A. (Oxon); Mr. „ 13.—The Lost Orb. Part II. James Wason; Mr. N. Fabyan Dawe ; llcrr Christian Reimers ; Mr. Wm. White 14:—Unity, Harmony, and Identity in Heaven. (author of the “ Life of Swedenborg ”); Mr. J. M. Gully, M.D.; the liev.C. Mauriee ,, 15.—The Lost Orb. Parc III. Davies, D.D., author of “ Unorthodox London Mr. S. C. Ilall.F.S.A.: Mr. H. D. „ 16 to 30.—Experiences of a Spirit; containing an account of the Jencken, M.R.I., Barristcr-at-Law; Mr. Algernon Joy; Mr. D. II. Wilson, M.A., LL.M.; Mr. C. Constant (Smyrna); Mrs. F. A. Nosworthy : Mr. William Oxley ; Birth, Parentage, and Death of Teresa Jacoby, with her experiences in the Miss Kislingbury,; Miss A. Blackwell (Paris); Mrs. F. Showers; Mr. J. N. T, other lifo, up through the states to the tenth in which she is now in, and Marthezc; Mr. J. M. Peebles (United States); Mr. W. Lindesay Richardson, M.D communicates as the Angel Purity. (Australia); and many other ladies and gentlemen. With an introductory chapter by the Recorder, who gives a full account concerning the giving of the communications. THE LIVERPOOL PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. The volume will be curiched with a Frontispiece photo printed, of the Angel, the original of which was produced by the direct operation of O f f i c e -B e a r e r s f o r 1875. Spirits. President.—James Wason, Esq. Vice-President.—Mr. John Larnont. As the matter is unique, and the subje treated of being of such a Secretary.—Mr. J. Priest. thrilling interest, the editor has spared no expense to make it a handsome Treasurer,—Mr. William Davies. volume, and not being published with any regard to profit, it is hoped that Committee of Management.—Dr, William Hitchman, Messrs. John Priest. a large circulation may be obtained. R. Casson, James Coates, John Williams, Henry Jones, J. Haslam, E. G, Irving, Mrs. Gay, and Miss Hilton. Price of thevolume 6s., andan early application is requested in the mean Trustees.—Mr. Joseph Shepherd, Mr. John Lamont, Mr. J. Chapman. time, to be addressed— Auditors.—Mr. Bretherton, Mr. H. J. Charlton. MR T. GASKELL, 69, OLDHAM-ROAD, MANCHESTER; MR. F. 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