A W E E K L Y JO U R N A L D E V O T E D TO T H E H IS T O R Y , P H E N O M E N A , P H IL O S O P H Y , A N D T E A C H IN G S OF

SPIRIT XT A. LI8M.[ l l E G IS T E R E D AS A N E W S P A P E R F O B TR A N SM ISSIO N IN T H E U N IT E D K IN G D O M AND A B R O A D .]

No. 221.— Vo l . Y.] LONDON, JUNE 26, 1874. [D o u b l e Sh e e t — Pr i c e l |d .

THE PHOTOGRAPH OF A SPIRIT.I n tliis age o f progress and discovery, lie would be a bold man w ho would assum e to draw a line at the im possible. D uring the present generation science has brought us every year nearer to the realisa tion of that w hich Spiritualism has u ltim ately accom plished. Indeed, Spiritualism m ay be regarded truthfully as the very apex o f scientific discovery o f the

resent age, being a natural and armonious developm ent from

the know ledge previously ex isting. The term “ spirit- photography” m ay be justly regarded as expressing the connecting link betw een science physical and science spiritual. The wonderm ent which th e introduction of photography occasioned can scarcely be exceeded, even by the fact o f spirit-photography.To the uninitiated, the idea of producing th e im age o f an object perm anently by the photographic process w as w holly incom prehensible. The usual visib le and m echanical means of pictorial art are en tirely absent, and quite a new series o f agencies had to be looked for to produce a w ell- known result.

In spirit-photography the difficulty is increased y e t ano ther degree. The object repre sented on the plate; as w ell as the agency w hich performs the operation, are alike invisib le to the spectator. There are pro perties connected w ith ligh t other than lum inosity— pro perties o f w hich the m ost scientific investigators are but dimly cognisant. These im perceptible rays are an active principle in the production of photographs. H ence it is tiiat an im age m ay be properly photographed on th e plate through a lens o f blue glass so opaque that no object can be seen through it, and im ages have also been obtained in com plete darkness— im ages of that w hich did not at the tim e exist palpably in the room.

Such being the case, i t is easy to understand th a t there m ay bo a condition of existence quite as im palpable to our senses as the invisible photographic ray, and w hich , in connection w ith that ray and other obscure agencies in the atm osphere o f certain individuals, may be capable o f realising astounding effects. T h is is the w hole

philosophy of spirit-photography. Man in the spirit-w orld can relate h im self to a variety o f m undane conditions through peculiar elem ents evolved from persons o f singular organic properties called m edium s. Man w hile in th e flesh is a spirit, controlling and using a physical body ; and it appears th a t in certain cases th e elem ents

w h ich enable the spirit thus to control th e body m ay be in part utilised by other spirits to influence other bodies em ploy in g these elem ents as th e con necting link.

W h atever m ay be th e theory, spirit-photography is a reality . Mr. M um ler in A m e rica, Mr. H udson in London, and others in various parts o f th e w orld, l» v e succeeded in dem onstrating th is fact. A t th e present tim e Mr. B u guet, from Paris, is am ongst us as a professional spirit - photo grapher. H is room s are on th e first floor at S3, Baker Street, corner o f D orset S treet. D uring the w eek he has been busy every day w ith a constant succession o f sitters, w ith a ll of w h om spirits have been ob tained. In m any cases th ese are n ot recognised by th e sit ters, y e t the testim on y is abroad th a t even th e sp irits w h ich are n ot recognised are apparently E n glish in extrac tion, and do n ot bear th e F rench characteristics seen on th e im ages obtained by Mr. B u gu et in Paris. T his is itse lf a curious fact, and one w h ich m ost people w ill th in k speaks for th e genuineness o f M r. B u gu et’s protensions. B u t stronger proofs are a t hand. Various prom inent S p ir itu a l ists h ave fo llo w ed M r. B u g u e t through the entire process, and figures other th an th o se o f th e sitters h ave b een ob ta in ed on th e p lates, and no m eau s could be d iscovered h o w th ey cam e there. Mr. R . Cooper, w ho is w e ll acq u ainted w ith photo graphy, th u s overlooked Mr. B u g u e t’s process, and is w e ll

satisfied that no trick w hatever w as em ployed .M uch stronger proofs are y e t to be brought forward. S in ce

Mr. B u gu et arrived in L ondon h e h as obtained figures on h is p la te s w h ich have been recognised as th e lik en esses o f deceased re la tion s. W e hear th a t L ady C aithness had a series th e other day, w h ic h

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bore ispirit-fomis which could he iiTnpniseil from the ne-ruliveM, Mr. Homey has xli own n> ;i photograph, on which iio vorogniH c; t)ie like ill'."I of a doci'a-nul Vihitive, Hi , brother, Mr. \V. Ivemey, nlso unites in tlie ivoognil ion, tu well ns ot her nu-mlie-is of I he iiunih ; but wlmt i> inure stuisfaeloiv, ti clerk', who know Urn d e p a r t e d , at once <ledar. it whose likeness was rcpr-vented Ijy the sh ml own picture. Wo lituo seen the photograph, and can a or I, that tin' portrait is most characteristic, iintl may he romlily recog nised by all who know the original.

A s an illustration w e giv« this week an onwravintr ol one, o f Mr. H uguet's p ilo t" .vaphs, taken in Paris during Mr. W illiam s’s visit there. T ho sitter is ,\lr. W illiam s, w hose likeness has not been very w e ll preserved in the engraving. 'L ie spirit is ‘‘ John K in o ,’ amt the encravine- is a carotid _/<s w /u/n ol the photograph. I nU nlunalolv, the shades and lilies in photography cannot be t rut hi ull v t-lie t a \c d , so that our cut look > much eoar.-er than Liu; photograph, but it g ives a., good and a true, an idea o f this iiuini- ie tation as can I <ib,'.'tilled hy the most, skilful engraver. Many w ill at ('lice rorogniao th<> likeness o f “ John Kill”' ’ as he is in the h abit o f m aterialising hiirindf; only that his lmad e-ear is not in turban form. N\ n have seen him in the sam e attitu de repeatedly.

Mr. Ria'itet c a n also obtain pltOToj"iaphs e l spirits on receipt of the photOfTPSobic likeness pf the. perron w ho m akes application. He is reeni\ in:: photographs from Paris; and even from Italy, lln -sia , and other countries. Mr. llu gu et is a m edium and a S piritual!''.; his personal experiences aw very intcro tin;/, l ie is a s ' r. ami ah w hen a spirit is obtained tin the p late, lie experiences a. peculiar shock in the forehead. \ \ hilo the plate is being exposed h,. turns his face to the w all, and engages in prayer, and it may bo that ho thus induces a state of m ental passivity and aspiration w hich enables spirits to make better use of the m odium istie fluids w hich ho supplies. H o asks all h is sitters t o attend in a prayer ful spirit. To succeed in obtain ing a spirit-photograph, ho says, im plore the aid o f I lod.

A PLE A FOR MR. HUDSO N.Fkom O.xi; w h o has had nia.nv T est l ’noToaitAi ns.-

l ’o tho Uditor.— Dour Sir. - I am not alone in the opinion I hat, t he sug gest ion put forth o f Mr. Hudson’s “ splitting’’ on his “ accomplices ” would be •• more honoured in l,ho breach than in tlio observance.’ Whatever Mr. Hudson's delinquencies may have hern, there can bo no doubt he hasTutlered severely, and tu tiered alow, because in no one single in stance has he hinted a betrayal of those who have assisted in the sourious spirit-photographs. ITe is down, and clown very low, and then; has b rii t >0 much of the flavour of “ kick him, he hasn’t no friends” in the merciless attacks which have been made upon him. Fully aware—as all Spiritualists must be— of the magnitude of the olfenco of which bo has b, f n accused, we who have had experience only of his honest deal ings must in duty bear testimony for them. Lot us take a glance at, the man's position. Hard-worked, ill, and struggling, with a large family to support, him self “ unkempt” arid almost shoeless, with but one decent chair and a rickety table in the photographing room, dignified by the name of “ studio,” failing day after day in getting spirit-photographs for the numbers who at one time besieged his house (and he one day said to me, when lie saw a beautiful spirit-form on my plate, “ I might have got any money for such a thing this morning”), he was tempted. It was a great temptation, no doubt; hut, have all of us who have had great, temptations in our lives come out from thorn scatbless? Looking upon him. then, as a fellow-being, in poverty and sorrow, and as guile less a man, as far ns my experience of him goes, as I have ever met, I hold out my hand to give him a lift out of tin; troubles which have been Leaped upon him, maybe not uniFservedly.

As far back as the early part of the year 1871. I made the acquaint ance of Ivlr. Hudson, and frequented his “ studio” from week to week. In the very first, instance, when I met, there by appointment Major0 ---- fa scientific gentleman and experienced photographer) to watchthe process, Mr. flud-on was most open in everything connected with the manipulation of the plates, in giving free permission to inspect the camera, the slid-s, to superintend the process of collodionising and sen sitising, and to focus the instrument. Since this time to which I allude1 have had some us< ful hints given to me by a very celebrated and well- known photographer, so that my scrutiny has been even more active.

On this very fir.-t, ocea-ion a lovely draped form appeared on the plate, which, when developed, was immediately recognised hy myself tit the time, and subsequently by relation.; and friends, without arty senti mental colouring o f the imagination or twisting a faint resemblance into a striking likeness! There was the spirit-form. It had evidently moved towards me (spirit, is thought in motion), for there were two identical forms, the one somewhat removed, the oilier close at my knee, with tlie drapery covering part of my dress, the plaiting? on which were distinctly seen through it, arid a streak of light, from one form to the other indicated this movement, although the iorm itself was not in the Fust blurred. I t is acknowledged to he one of the most beautiful photographs which have come from the “ stud io” of Mr. Hudson.

On ihe many subsequent, occasions on which I have visited Mr. H ud son with various friends, Mr. Hudson has not only allowed me, but re quested me, to choose my plate from a large packet, to clean it myself with spirits of wine, to mark it with a diamond ring, to coilodionise and sensitise iho plates in the operating room, to place fir m myself in the bath, and in the frame, to focus the instrument, afterwards to take them out of the frame and hold one side of the plate whilst he poun d on the developing fluid, arid to watch him closely whilst he held the plate under the water-tap, arid brought, it fairly into the light room, so that lie had not. a single opportunity of playing a trick of any ' '■In alm ost every photograph lie has taken of m ie-lf or my !i-;i■ i■ >i a spirit-form with luce exposed has appeal-i d which bus 1ecu recognised, or our bpirif-lriendn have fulfilled “ tests” they lm-re p ro n c 'd at, our private circles, such as showing m. (lowers they have tiil.cn from ns, and others more i't inU’ l.uble, wiiii-h I will p c -.■■> nl !y give, n strikinginstance. One evening a clerical anti somewhat sceptical friend call' d no me opropok of these spint-pbotogcuphg, and v. agreed to meet i-o ly

at H udson 's th e in a I. m orn ing w ith o u t giving tiny warning. | | (l clnrcd that, if I '1' could gel. a recognisable spirit-photograph ho w.,,'' j believe. W e met, as arranged , and a spirit, npp.-ured a t the Hr»t Hill!',,, which my Iririu l failed t.o recognise. l ie sat, again, amt (ll| (|“ Veliipnient t wo to n u s appeared on the p la te bo close together p n It hough the I'ealiii'es were qu ite di Keren t, three eyes were only ri-iiuj,.','j to form two perfect, faces ! M y friend , thoroughly sal.iiified'l.liat il,,!' two forms and fiiees were those of h is d ear ones on tlu» other sid?' promised H udson t.o give, his testim ony to the ir gcnuiiicre-B, hut limn,,! failed to do no, I now do it, for him . It, would occupy tun I(M|,.j space to describe a ll the recognised spirit-form * we havo had ut 11,1,1' son's ; hiicli as a young lady accom panying rue there for the fir-.t, q, and her fiit.her ap p ea rin g w ith th e face perfectly diitiucf, which recognised by thn m other and o th e r friends on the cur tea being Imme, and a le tte r of m ust g ra te fu l thanks w ritten to mo in (;c,n. eeqiiimoe. I w ill w ind up hy p erhaps the m ost ruinarkabln of all. rulafion of mine who had been fo r Some years investigating Spiritiuksm in consequence of w hat she had heard from mo still i-ripuml I.,,, u tte r I'-.it. iSho cam e up from Iho coun try w ith a mental wielgm,, lest, w hich would confirm liar. >She hud confided it, to no one, anti she was perfectly unknow n even hy nam e to H udson . I prepared evert- 1 th ing ns ubii;.I, focu'-sed th e cam era, and blood behind the curtain j„ m edium . A lter a longer exposure than usual Ihe photograph wn-. la -n ou t and developed. T o th e iutcnvc u M onish merit, of my friend, there stood before h e r on the p late h e r fa ther, w ith not only I'ue inir.t.l

it given (which was a very remarkable one), but other tests unwiiboi- for and unl.houghl of, nrid the likeness perfect, which (us he wioalso relative ol my own) I at once recognised. The very cap, of a peculia; form, ho had worn in his last illness, his dark dressing-gown, 4c., kc and his message t.o us that night as we sat in our family circle v,“ You cannot doubt now, alter the cap,”— Yours truly,

ClIARJ-OTTK Fit zgkhal d,ID, Cambridge, Hired, Hyde Vark Square, Juno 21., 1871.

Tub friends of Mr. l ’erks’s circle, 812, Dridge Street, Rirminghatn, respe ctfully inform 8piritualists and friends in Birmingham tint they have engaged one of the best trance-speaking modi ums in the midlaiid dia- Iriels to give a trance oration for the benefit of the .Midland .Spiritual Institute, Suffolk Street, Dirmingham, on the first Monday in July. Tickets, Is. each, may bo had of Mr. Forks, .M r. Cotton, or of any<r tlie friends. The meeting will commence at half-past seven o'clock. A limited number of tickets on sale.

A V o io k i-'ito.u Ca j iiu id k ib.— 1To the Editor.— Sir,—Relieving, as Ido, that, Spiritualism unfolds to us many important phenomena, and op-m the way to a higher state of knowledge than that wo at present poi—--,J. in company with some of my friends, have decided upon forming a Society for the investigation of Spiritualism, and, if possible, the ult - inat. 0 attainment of its advantages. As we particularly wish to inv-‘ • gate the subject privately, and to develop our own mediums, it i- necessary that we should clearly be informed as to what si ep» must I,- first taken to ensure success. If you can kindly, through the agency ut the Mmmi.u inform me how to set to work, you would much oblige. - Your obedient servant. E.xqi.'i her. Cambridge, June ath 187-1. j'Ve have sent a packet of printed information, but publish this lett r that local readers may see what is going forward in their midst.—Kuril.]

“ Goon A.xckls.”— W e have received a parcel, containing a quantity of pamphlets, for sale. The title, including the above, is, u -Sermon by the Rev. John Wesley, M.A. (sometime fellow of Lincoln Collcg--, Oxford), with a narrative, drawn up by him, of extraordinary oc currences in his father’s house, from the Arminian Magazine. Some or the teachings in the above-named sermon are what modern Spiritualism practically carries out.. The healing by laying on of hands and otlur aids from our spiritual friends are all made fully manifest in modern Spiritualism. Mr. W esley makes no affirmation about spiritual visitants, for had ho dono so, he knew that odium and fiery per-• cut ion would have overtaken him as it did others who made declara tions of that nature, and thus have hindered his usefulness in the great relbrm in which he was engaged. H is sermon and the narrative will now be read with great interest among all classes of the community. Yory few, we presume, of the present generation have perusrd those ancient narratives extracted from tho magazine which Mr. Wesley first published in 1778. The price is 2d. each, or if sent by post, 2.U1; two for 4Ad.; five for l id . , or ten, Is. lOd. Thotmdcciin be supplied by Mr. burns, 15, Southampton Row, Jlolborn, London, W . C .

A Diu kxck or Lit. M oxck.— As we, were just commencing to inquire into the phenomena of Spiritualism when Dr. Monck paid his visit to Newealth', we did not feel ourselves qualified to express our opinion upon I lie nature of the manifestations (hat took place with us. Now, however, that we have patiently investigated the affair lor a few months, and been very successful in our research, we feel ourselves placed in a suitable position to analyse the character of tin; phenomena that occurred during his bri< f visit to the town, and make no hesitation in vouching for tho value of his mediumship. As our guest, wo bad ample opportunity of discovering its truth, for not only did raps con tinually attend him during tueals and while resting hy the lirrside, but when away al. the lecture-room they followed us around tho room; and lights that were apparent to tho Doctor in tho full glare of the gas were witnessed at the Kiinu lime by our little boy. Often while seated at. the fin-ride vein! ng some experience of tho past, Dr. Miiiirk a.-f 'nted tlie communication hr mentioning t he mime of mine individunl whom we had almost forgotten, or suddenly stating a numbor or n word revivified our memory of the occurrence. A. lady, a strait err, who had been affected with rheumatism in the hack for sixteen ve-ire, was touched hy the Doctor, and relieved fora while of all pain, though rim had never before succeeded in obtaining any cessation of it. q\vico the phenomenon of spirit forms was apparent t.o others of flu; liimse-hold, and t he D octo r d< : rr ip fio n o f th e ....................... f u mi luln-r of tlief '.nidy uu she died -proved tlie co rrectness ol his spiriluni \i-.iou, mil. to m ention m any w onderfu l m in o r mimil'estal io.-,a that, took pluri-. iSufficient, has bum no ticed , vve opine, lo r us to subscribe our quoin in viudical ion of h is ch a rac te r. W e t.ni.-J. th a t th e 1'iil.uro outcome of hi* career as lie becomes h o tte r k n o u ii will bo th e best answer to w'lirnluii*I'pin.'oiiii and couiDient*.— Jou.x M oi'i-o.

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T H E O C C U P A T IO N O P S P IR IT S IN S P IR IT -L IF E ,A n d t o w h a t E x t e n t a r k t u n y P e r m i t t e d t o I m p a r t

T H E IR . Kn OWDUDOK TO Mon.TAT.Sp”(A m Inspirational Oration delivered by Mrs. Cora L. V. Tappan,

at Darlington, on Tuesday, Juno ftth, .187:1 ; subject chosen by a com m ittee from the audience.)Mrs. Tappan s a id :—The com m ittee and Iho audience have presumed tw o firings;

that there are spirits, and that th ey impart information concerning themselves: o f course, not having asked for any proofs of im mortality, nor concerning tho present form o f im parting know ledge. There are only tw o w ays by w hich human beings can add knowledge. One o f those m ethods is to derive that knowledge through the usual avenues called th e senses; w hatever human beings know upon earth, it is claim ed by science that th ey obtain it through the senses. There is another m ethod, however, some what ignored by science, but recognised by tho m etaphysical schools and by religion and inspiration. That m ethod is intuition, ora knowledge of things that do not pertain to the senses, and that are not attained through any of tho senses. A ny knowledge concerning the inhabitants o f th e spiritual world m ust ho derived bv mortals through one o f these tw o m ethods, or through both. Anything you know concerning th e inhabitants of any distant country is obtained by exploration, by the visitations o f voyagers and travellers to those distant lands, or b y th e presence of som e of the inhabitants of those countries am ong yourselves. The infor mation that you have derived concerning the inhabitants o f the spirit-world has not until th e n ineteen th century been obtained from the usual m ethods o f inform ation. I t has been obtained from the various forms of inspiration or religions revelation, and those divine visitations in tim e past th a t have been supposed to be supernatural. B u t in th e n ineteenth century it is claim ed there is a process not on ly natural, hut elig ib le to all, w hereby the nature of tho spiritual w orld may becom e know n, and whereby the persons inhabiting that w orld m ay speak to m ortals, and convey knowledge and testim ony concerning their form of life , their occupations, and th e ex istence of th e various phases of being that constitute life.

W e w ill first refer to the know ledge th a t inspiration has given in times past-concerning a future world. B ear in m ind that th is information has been som ew hat vague, and that it is confined to the evidence and testim ony of those seers and prophets from w hose writings or utterances the inspired b ib les of th e w orld have been compiled. A nd not on ly am ong Christian and H ebrew nations have these inspired utterances claim ed to v is it the earth, h u t every nation under the sun have favourite conceptions from revelations of some future form of existence. A m ong countries of the rem ote East it was a favourite theory— perhaps introduced by Pythagoras, and certainly taught by h im — that th e future existence of th e soul was one of transm igration, either in a state of reward or punish ment incorporated in liv in g forms. Other phases o f a future life have been pictured b y M oham m edans. T hey b elieve that only men are im m orta l; th a t all w om en w ill h e b lotted out of existence, and that the im m ortal m an w ill in herit Paradise ; th a t A llah , th e Almighty, chooses th em to l i v e ; th a t every d eligh t o f th e physical senses w ill he enhanced by th a t future existence.: that all forms of gratification w ill he supplied, and th a t houris in the bowers of Paradise w ill attend upon every im m ortal soul and m inister to the blessed o f A llah . I t m ust be observed th a t th is k ind of vision is som ewhat m a te r ia l; but though it m igh t answer th e purpose and w ish of th e founder o f th e M oham m edan religion, it scarcely corresponds w ith th e h igh aspirations o f P lato , o f Con fucius, and Pythagoras, w ho taught a d iviner theory.

The Scriptures g ive very litt le concerning a future state of life.It is true that all through th e records of th e inspired prophets there is mention m ade of angels ; th e w ords m essenger, angel, and men are used synonym ously. O ftentim es an angel is said to appear, and it is called a m an; and a ll v isitan ts of an im m ortal kind that inspired ancient prophets saw are described in th e form o f man. The word angel itse lf im plies m essenger, but there is no description of the future state or sp irit-life iu all th e Old Testam ent, unless the prophecies concerning th e restoration of Jerusalem h e taken in a spiritual sense. C onsequently am ongst ancient H ebrew s th e thought of im m ortality w as not in th e direction o f a spiritual idea, hut it w as th e b e lie f that th e e lec t or chosen of God w ould inhabit the e a r th ; th a t th e uevv Jerusalem w ould he th e restoration of the ancient city , and th a t those w ho w ere th e chosen of God would abide and dw ell upon th e earth for ever, w hilst others w ould he totally destroyed. D iffering from th is, th e Christian religion has revealed to m an a spiritual state o f existence beyond the earthly life— an anticipation o f a state of continued life rem oved from earth, and in testim ony o f th is w e have the m essengers or angels w ho v isited Jesus. W e have h is statem ent that “ In m y Father’s house are m any m ansions, and I go to prepare a place for you,” w hich is a m ore direct and specific statem ent concerning a future life than any other to he found in th e Scriptures. Then we have not only that, but evidence o f h is having been seen after his death. W e have a ll th e varied inspirations and g ifts o f the Spirit, and finally w e have th e vision o f John upon tho Isle of Patinos, w hich th e H ebrew s m ay take to m ean a prophecy of the restoration of Jerusalem literally", hut w hich Christians unquestion ably believe to refer to tho spiritual k ingdom w hich they shall inherit beyond th is life. I t m ust be horne in m ind that in all this testimony th e statem ent concerning the future life is left to the religious aspirations and im agination o f the believer. I t m ust also be borne in m ind th a t all specific know ledge concerning the m ethods

of that existence is le ft to ho ascertained w hen th e spirit shall arrive there.

But aside from this there have been, not only w ithin the pale and records of the Christian Church— amongst inspired seers, saints, and martyrs—hut outside the recognised pale of the Church, certain visitations have been received, conveying a sense, an im pres sion of spiritual presence that seemed to indicate the absolute power of angelic messengers to present them selves at tim es to mortals. Unquestionably Swedenborg was one of those gifted, minds, and ho founded a system of belief predicated upon his spiritual experience. There were seers canonised in the Catholic Church, and outside tho Catholic Church there have been those who saw visions of angels in their abodes—held converse will) th e m ; but th is subject has not been made a matter of deep philosophical scrutiny and absolute test until the manifestations of Spiritualism at tho present day. The fact that these come unannounced and unsought by mortals, the fact that in every instance (w hatever the form of manifestation m ay he) intelli gence is apparent, and the fact o f the increase of these mani festations and the w ide spread o f th is philosophy, have carried w ith it a system of spiritual ethics which proves it is som ething beyond human agency. O f th is testim ony it is said by spirits, first, that death is hut a change of l i f e ; that mortals begin on earth an existence w hich is to he continued for e v e r ; and that instead of death being a terror, a frightful monster, or a fearful Gorgon-headed evil, it is sim ply one of the changes of life ; and that it is no more for a spirit to put off its outward covering and em erge into th e spirit-life than it is for you to change your clothing and pass from one nation ‘to another or from one town to another. D eath is hut a transition— a continuation of the form of life h e r e ; and that tho spirit enters into a spiritual existence precisely where it le ft this life, m entally, morally, and spiritually, changing only in its physical nature, leaving behind the outward physical body it took w hen it entered into spirit-life, hut retaining every essential and property which constitutes tho individual.For instance, it is not yourselves w ho are visible to your eyes, hut it is sim ply au organic body that conceals and covers the spiritual body, from w hich th e spiritual body afterwards rises.Take the man of vigour, o f life, of intelligence, of power, of activity, o f influence, o f m orality and goodness to-day; to-morrow he is dead. There is no life , no vigour, no activity, no conscious ness of th e body. The life, the vigour, th e intelligence are some w here. The Spiritualist says they ex ist spiritually. “ B ut we cannot see them ,” says one. N either can you see them when in the body. Y ou cannot see that conscience, that love— all that makes the m an, though you see the bod}'. N ow that the body is dead it is sim ply that the spirit still retains every faculty o f m ind, every power of thought, every gift of intelligence, every propensity; only these propensities are outgrown by the new life into w hich th e spirit has entered.

W e are asked upon th is basis to state the occupations of spirits in spirit-life. Yrou m ust first consider that spirits leave the m aterial body and m aterial necessities behind. For instance: it is not necessary that they should delve and to il to clothe the m aterial body. I t is not necessary that they should eat and drink to keep up the m aterial body. I t is not necessary that they should build habitations, to nialio cities, towns, or v illa g es: to cu ltivate the soil, to delve for gold, or to seek for hidden mines of w ealth . These are physical necessities. Take away these physical em ploym ents and necessities, and w hat is there left for mankind to do ? V ery little iu the present state of spiritual culture. YTery little in the present conception of w hat the mind requires. B u t are there not w ith in the sound of the speaker's voice som e w ho have often desired to be freed from the pressing cares and necessity of food, drink, clothing, and shelter, that they m igh t cu ltivate more o f the spiritual and m ental power ? There is not a person w ith in sound of the speaker’s voice w ho has not said, I f I had tim e I w ould study m usic, art, science, poetry, or logic, everyth ing but these pressing anxieties of m aterial l i f e ; but under these cares of the m aterial life they often develop every power o f th e m ind that is m ost valuable to the individual. Do not scorn them , hut remember that w ith a change o f life comes a change of occupation. N ow , w hat w ill spirits do w hen freed from earthly life, w hen unadorned by earthly raiment, w hen removed from earthly splendour or earthly poverty? "What w ill he its status? W h at shall i t do? There is a spiritual raiment to he p rovided; there is spiritual nourishm ent to be obtained; there is a spiritual habitation to he builded. B ut spiritual science reveals that the m aterial of w hich the spiritual world is com posed is infinitely finer than th e finest hum an thought^ it has in fin itely less m aterial property than the m ost infinitesimal particle o f m atter or force it is possible to conceive. The spirit is to he clothed w ith spiritual raiment, and it is to he done by th e acquirement of know ledge, by th e acquisition of w isdom , b y th e cultivation of all the graces, the eliiefest o f w hich is c h a r ity ; by adorning and w eaving around the soul the raiment o f spiritual thoughts, clothing tho spirit in w hite garm ents lik e sh ining raim ent that appeared to the prophets in th e olden tim e. There are souls constantly going out from earth, w h o leave behind, probably, the fine linen and splendid habitations of m aterial life, w ho have so neglected the spiritual part o f th e ir nature that in the world of souls th ey are paupers; they enter w ith o u t clothing and w ithout food, w ithou t h ab ita tion ; th ey have not arrayed them selves in those spiritual adornm ents. A s the lily w hich springs from the soil w eaves the line m esh es of its sunny petals from the sunlight, and absorbs to itse lf day by day tho particles w hich shall make up its beautiful fragrance and bloom, so it is

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tho spirit biichtlv or davkly \ v t ' ; u t h e tiicdies th*uL;lit that Attract to itself spiritual lit'.- and tumospheiv which .-h.«H mak" its raimcnt lightue— or daikmv-s. Hut it there are " a.-totI -euls iu tile spiritual hie they are spirits such as go out from your midst surrounded by the ignorance mul crime of the piv-ent day, mid arraved in dorkne.v, rendered all the darker Uvtiu-c of their luck of k". wied^e, mul ihe brightest that ootue out 'run earth mu-t ; needs Ik' imperfect in the eve.- of the hu.'oL-. I'lien whut have | they to do - First and foremost, .-lauding in the presence ot tin'! searching eyes of the spirits mul ol the micvi-, who do not jinlo • ( them harshly, the soul is conscious ot its ow n imperii it. n. ot us | own lack of grace- mid culture and power, and though ot the misty and shadow v kind, it hovers near the earth, vainly striving to plume its witi.:s to loftier abodes; sometimes iu the shadow y haunts ot nund- v auc-. .1 and mi fortunate spirits it abides tor main w on ry years without the power to rise, because' it u e\er trained the impetus and impulse heiv . Sometimes, however, the spirit is empowered with ability to r.-e, and is adorned with these special grac - and goodnes<es which it profes-od upon earth, and there is scarcely a soul s,, dark which has not performed at some time an act ot kindness, or approached another spirit with charity and benevolence.

W e have said that spirits take with them till their faculties of invention, of art, of poetry, o f power ; all these things accom pany the soul, and there is also the sincere and higher life ol the spirit, that sublime and perfect beauty of friendship, the lofty attractions that bind kindred souls together. The occupation therefore must needs be in seme direction according to their w ish or desire or greatest power spiritually. If a man has here been inventive, and has constructed mechanism for the uso and welfare of his fellow-mortals, unquestionably on entering into the spiri tual life, if familiar with the subtle forces of nature, ho can verv distinctly discover some other power w hich w ill benefit mortals, and consequently there is not a man but receives inspira tion from a disembodied spirit who lias pursued the same course of thought. Unquestionably the man of science, striving to build up a theory of the great creation o f nature, finds there are tilings to discover not only of the chemical, mechanical, and physical processes of life, but o f the more subtle o n es; how the worlds revolve in their places, and w hat is the primary cause of them. Undoubtedly when the musician passes from his earthly life he feels the sweet powers of harmony and melody, and still pursues the ancient theme, having the songs of angels and the sweet harmonies of spirit-life to aid him. And in spirit-life the harmony is such that the sound of the sweetest earthly melody would sound like discord, for it is sou l-m usic; it is iu the spirit itself, the woven meshes o f the vibration of the soul; it is adorned w ith prayer, holy desires, and impulses aud aspirations. Undoubtedly the man o f prayer and the man o f God, who has and ought to benefit- his kind, who has uttered words of charity and lovingkindness among men. has woven for him self a raiment o f spiritual light, and finds him self still in the midst o f those w hom he can benefit. Even as Jesus when he preached to the spirits in prison, so those m inistering angels and teachers can hud many spirits in prison iu the vast lim its of space who have no power to rise. W hen you consider the number less semis that pass daily aud hourly from the earth w hich have to be instructed, or which instruct in their turn those who are beneath, you w ill perceive there is occupation sufficient for sp irits; for the whole universe o f souls must be taught. Those w ho are a step in advance can only gain new knowledge by teaching those w ho are beneath them — by fultilling the w ill of the Father that they shall do good to their kind. If, then, w e consider that added to those is the entire human family of earth, between whom and the spiritual world until recently that veil and film of death had been drawn, and between whom and the spiritual world only distant voices have been heard at long intervals, but w ho have ever striven for and ever hovered near, in all classes of inspiration aud prayer, to add their words to those upon the earth ; when they considered the m illions of those now made visible by the law s of spiritual com munion ; when they considered the scope o f this occupation, they would find there was sufficient to do.

“ To w hat extent," the second portion of the inquiry has it,“ are they perm itted to impart their knowledge to their friends on earth ?” There is no lim it to the power o f imparting know ledge, except the ignorance of the taught. The ignorance of the laws whereby that knowledge may he gained is the chief harrier between your world and the n ext— ignorance on your part, kept in its place by fear and terror; ignorance on their part, som etim es because o f a lack of reciprocity on yours. But even as the lightning is made your errand-boy, and ihe subtle power o f steam has been made to bear the burdens o f the world, so this power whereby spirits can converse w ith mortals is becoming dailv and hourly more apparent, and it is also becom ing more apparent to many who have not been aware o f it ; that they have been subject to the guidance and guardianship of their angel-friends; that oftentimes in the hour of danger or tem ptation some sudden thought has thrust them from the track and they have been saved ; that som etim es a premonition or warning of danger has come to you or your h ousehold ; and that som etim es the m other, w ith uplifted eyes and longing heart, has fe lt the pre sence of her darling child, even though the grave hid the form from her sight. These things have been in tim e past, hut not known nor understood. N ow they .are known and understood. That w hich was in days gone by considered to be im agination or superstition has come to be a fact. It seem s as i f those who have visions and those who prophesy are now springing up in every quarter o f the world. It is uot the mere vision o f the

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rlmpsodist, but absolute fact; and there is a law w li..r„|,N miad when disembodied can iiillueneo and control, h ikI jn measure guide and difeet and always approach tlm aiiml q' lo\cd upon earth. It has, however, only been tare, he, knowledge of these laws has been extremely limited ; hUi j|"lr in proportion as your Knowledge increases will your i»,w„r ' oouimuuioutlon increase. Wo know ot an elderly in an resides within fifty miles of a railway ami telegraph Mutien, ,l|1(j yet so strong is his conviction against travelling hv stcinu ;,,,| s-'iuling messages by lightning that bo will not even leak up,, the diabolical monster and overcome the piviudwe of his 'file re may be those who live within a stone.- throw of this ....system ot science who consider it is not well lor them to n e themselves of the mission be I w ecu tint two w orb Is, who di-h. h,.\,. as ho did, that messages come by lightnings, that angelic vi-,.- eoiue more aud more us more and more you place yourselves j„ a position to receive them, by studying the laws of mini, ti, lntluence of one mind over another, ot the power el seal t, converse with soul, of the intelligent sympathy ot two fang, spirits, and the power by which one mind influences another,, on though thousands of miles away.

It the power ex ist in this form, let it be removed ono step further, and the living spirit w hich lately passed away from yoin side is no longer far away. The soul that goes out from your midst, loving and loved to-dnv, is not debarred by anything mv- vour fear from returning loved and loving to-morrovv. Uns-rn, but felt; not perceptible perhaps to the outward senses, but vi-ihle to the spiritual sight. How are you to cultivate these gilts r them no longer he shadowy ami faulty, 't on have schools of k ,v,. lodge, you have system s o f learning, you have physical training, you have mental culture, but the culture o f spiritual gilts and their recognition have been ignored. I f anyone prophesy, you su it is imagination. I f any one see heav en, you cry it is a d«.'li;-i .,. I f a child say to its mamma, “ I saw an angel," you say it is a dream. If a grown-up child see angels, you send him to an asylum for the insane. H ow can spirituality grow in a world so material r l lo w can such m ethods become known w hen you refuse to give them the culture they require ? It is true that, notwithstanding the blindness and spiritual deafness, there has grown up all this testimony' and belief w ith in a quarter o f a century. And it is true there are many minds w ho have never heard of Spiritualism, yet who are daily and hourly inspired. I t is true that the men of God who stand up before their people and govern mankind, are given the thoughts to speak ; and it is true there is many a one on earth w ith this power around them , but th ey know it not. But know ledge is power; hence you attract the forces of nature, and becorn-. their master, and he w ho understands spiritual laws, ns truly be the spirits w ith him. W e lind the ch ie f bugbear is evil spirits; but w e find good is m uch m ore pow erful than evil. There is no need o f encountering ev il spirits, hut like attracts like. Call around those w ho are authorised to com e, aud they will come/ The spirit-world is n ot peopled w ith any worse beings than this one. They' have all passed from th is world. You have seen them daily. D o not fear the souls that w ould com e forth to you; hut i f you do, see to it that no ev il spirits pass in to the other world; make your custom s and education such that they shall sow the seeds o f goodness here. The spirits in the spirit-world tire your fellow-beings. T hey seek converse w ith you, as you do with one another, for education and im provem ent. A nd the laws whereby the worlds are linked together are like those divine and subtle laws of harmony w hich influence hum an th ou gh t and take it one step higher in the scale o f human progress.

A t the close tw o inspirational poem s were given by Mrs. Tappan. The subjects were chosen b y th e audience. There being almost a tie vote on the tw o subjects, Mrs. Tappan’a guides kindly offered to give a poem on each.

TH E D EA TH OF C H R IS T ;WiiETiiEtt i t w a s S a c r i f i c i a l , o k w h e t h e r i i e D ie d f o r jus

P r i n c i p l e s .

Far in the East when the earth was young,Man feared the power of God,

The worshipper in terror clung Where’er his footsteps trod ;

Or rock beneath or desert plain.l ie deemed that God was there,

Unseen, but felt and palpable,W ithin the silent air.

The winter was the God whose power Could bring men evil then,

The summer was the power of good.Fraught with its light to men.

And when the storms of winter came,Out from their native woods

Men brought the beasts and birds to slay,From their sweet solitudes;

That He, whose evil rule could sway The darkness and the flood.

Might thus be moved his wrath to stay,And change his ill to good.

Propitiating evil things,Man grovelled on in fear,

Seeking to make burnt offerings,Bringing the doves and deer.

And thus within the market-place.Lambs slain and steeped in gore,

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M an ventured before God's h igh l'n:0 T h is bloody Hood to pour.

’Twns said th a t 1.1 io Lamb on Calvary W as slain 11ni I Clod’s great, wrath

W ith man might be appeased and soothed.To open I he clear pal h,

That he might In to his children home. Lending them through that bloody tide.To dw ell forever by 11 is side.

W o know not all Clod's power and law.A round, beneath, ab ove;

It seem s to ns so full o f joy ,O f mercy, and o f love.

Y ou w ould n ot slay you r on ly son Y our ow n wrath to appease,

H ow then shall G od, the A ll-lov in g One,H is anger th u s to please,

S laughter the innocent, and make T h e g u ilty thu s their wrong forsake?

R ather, insom uch as God's hand H as reared in every age

Som eone to speak H is truth som e seer.Saviour, prophet, or sage—

Socrates in h is dungeon cell,P la to w ith in h is grove,

P roclaim the pow er o f God to men,H is wondrous lig h t and love.

Those w ho have striven in every age T o h elp their hum an kind,

W ere burned or crucified or scourged ;A nd those w ho strive to bind

God's love by m en's eternal hate,M ake G od a ll m en despise,

A nd p la ce H im far beneath th e law O f hum an sacrifice.

R ath er was C hrist d iv in ely sent,.By h is life sou ls to save ;

F ollow h is footsteps and the ray T hat from his lo w ly grave

Shines ou t m ost h o ly an d serene B eyond th is dark and earth ly scene.

Christ was th e sou l o f lo v e ; h e taugh t G od’s excellen ce and power.

And by that, m ercy y ou are frau ght W ith h is supernal power.

H e lived to save th e world ; h is death W as but the passing out o f life ,

S laughtered by envy, m alii^, and scorn,T he harvest o f lon g years o f str ife ;

H e w ith th e F a th er d w ells in peace,And through his life and love you find release.

ST A R S , R O C K S, A N D F L O W E R S .

In the heaven th a t is far above,T he space that is filled w ith life.

B ehold h ow num berless th e y m ove,W ith pow er and w ith beauty rife.

C ountless th e w orlds th a t deck a ll space. M yriads the orbs th a t sh ine.

E ach one fu lfillin g in its p lace T h e ed ict o f th e law d ivine.

M oving as w ith th e h arm onyO f m usic th rough out th e spheres.

K eeping tim e w ith G od’s great soul,As it throbs through endless years.

T he stars th ey m arch sublim e Up the steps o f etern ity—

H ark ! you m ay hear them beating tim e, F o r ever through im m ensity.

W ith flash ing banners burning bright, W ith brazen sw ords of flame,

M arching up th e stilly h eigh t L egion is their w ondrous name.

God's great hand has linked all T h e suns and w orlds together,

B y a subtle law and force T hey are lo st— ab, never.

E ven by a golden m agic chain.E xten d ing through all space.

E very star doth st ill rem ain W ith in its chosen place.

A nd not. one cou ld be lost, but all W o u ld feel th a t vacancy ;

E ven so you r souls are linked in one T h rou ghou t eternity.

'J lie rocks may inch, tln u again and move, T he earlh witli pain is lorn,

The law o f mighty elmngn to prove And nnot her age is born.

Vet ages on ages roll away,And rock on rock is built,

And for evermore the selfsame sway liy which the stars are gilt,

lia s also forged (lie. iron chains That link I lie earth and sky

In one supreme and perfect whole,W hose power can never die.

And the Spirit that lives within the stars, And dwells within the sun,

And throbs within the granite’s heart.Is but one the only one.

And flowers are the lesser stars,By loving angels filing

Down to the earth, that she may learn 'I he songs by spirits sung.

For they are blessings scattered round Your lonely earthly way,

That you may see in each fair face The glory o f the day.

Or they the types o f virtues are,W hich you may cultivate

W ithin the garden bright and fair O f your own m ental state.

The rose is Love, which represents The power o f heart to heart,

T he lily by its purity Is o f heaven a part.

And then the low ly violet Is called the m aiden’s flower,

A nd by the streams so clear and bright She seeks it hour by hour.

Its m odesty you know fu ll w e ll;And the daisy, snowy white,

"Upon the meadows blossoming,M ay represent the ligh t

That on the angel meads above The children gather in their love.

T he angel flowers o f Paradise,Y ou know them n ot— for your earth eyes A re not accustomed to their gaze ;B ut they bloom there, and loud their praise Is sung in words no tongue can tell—The nam e o f one is Asphodel.

M RS. T A P P A N IN Y O R K SH IR E .On Sunday Mrs. Tappan had two m eetings in Bradford, which far

eclipsed those held on her first visit. They took place in Pullan’s Music H all, an im m ense building w hich few occasions would be adequate to fill. The B rad ford Chronicle, speaking o f the meetings, says :— “ That in the afternoon was w ell attended, considering the nature of the sub ject. M rs. Tappan gave an address, o f which the subject was ‘ Ancient and M odem Spiritualism .’ ” A fter describing the lecture, the report concludes :— “ Subjects for an extemporaneous poem were then handed in, and from these ‘The Efficacy o f P ra y e r ’ was chosen, and, an elegant poem having been recited, the proceedings concluded.” Respecting the second m eeting, the report says:— “ In the evening there was even a better attendance than in the afternoon. A com m ittee of the assembled people having been appointed, they chose for the subject o f the address — ‘ The origin o f evil, and w hy G od perm its evil to exist.’ ” The pro ceedings concluded with another poem.

As our Yorkshire friends are n ot remarkably fond of writing, except when they want an announcem ent made in the M e d iu m , we are glad to make som e extracts from a letter written by Mrs. Tappan herself. I t was not intended for publication, but it is so interesting and gives so much inform ation, that we venture to present a few quotations:—

“ D ear Mr. B urns,— You have doubtless received tidings o f my pro gress and success in the different towns that I have visited. I am work ing pretty hard. Gave eleven lectures in thirteen days, and travelled three hundred m iles. B u t of course th is includes two lectures on Sundays, and not every n ight during the week. After the lectures at Oldham, I spoke for the friends at M orley, in the Co-operative H all, lleck m on d w ik e; then visited three days w ith Mrs. Butterfield and her friends in M orley, going w ith them to K irkstall Abbey last Thursday, and down into a coal m ine on Friday, where I captured a ‘ black diam ond,’ and helped to kindle, or rather keep alive, the ‘ perpetual fire that burns in the p it.’ W e were drawn a m ile or two under ground in sm all trucks or cars, and each with our lam ps in hand, and heads covered with hoods and handkerchiefs, we looked like veritable witches.

“ I go to Oldham on the 15th o f Ju ly. After that my address w ill be, care o f the H in d e Bros.. D arlington, Durham , for one m onth. T hey are arranging for me in the adjoining towns, and w ill send you a lis t o f the places ns soon as known.

“ The people are most cordial and enthusiastic. N o sooner am I gone from a place than they are w riting for me to return.”

As for the rocks, they constituteT he strong foundations o f the earth ;

U pon tlie ir sturdy strength you find The fru its and (lowers o f rarest worth.

Form ed o f the grains o f sh in ing sand,O f atom s jo ined together,

B y a subtle pow er o f G od’s com m and, W hich law alone can sever.

B u t w hen the sea is tem pest tost,T h e waves break wild and free.

And the tiro w ith in earth’s fair breist W akes from its lethargy.

T h e Y w.u k o p P l a n c h e t t e s .— A country correspondent w rites:— “ A friend who had a planchette from you w ithin the last throe m onths has had such wonderful communications from the sp irit-w orld through it that I muse have one for my fam ily use. A few o f us had eat d ili gently for fifteen m onths w ithout the least success o f any kind, but had no sooner got the planchette than we got com m unications from our spirit relations and friends— com m unications of such a nature ns leave no doubt on our minds that they really are disem bodied spirits w ho communicate. I enclose -Is. Id . for one o f Sturm berg’s planchettes if you have one left. These new planchettes have givon quite an im petus to writing mediumebip. Every fam ily should have one.

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0 1! MAT I HI I: ATI-: ON .SIM R1 I I1 A 1 I M l, KhTHIT.N OK.SKNTON AM* Ml.’. I'lIAKU.S WATTS, AT TH K JIAJJ.OK Sl'I ION CIO

(in Sunday evening lint Mr. ('Inrles Walt ’, according to announcenient. gave a lecture hi tli, | lull of Sen-....., < 'it V Hour), on "Npil it uiili-.ni.'witli especial riferrnoe to tin, ilelnt. between l*r. Setton and Mr. (1. \\ Id,ole, anil tin. twelve propositi.. n wliieh Dr. > • ■ I on put beforn I lie iniilienoe on t hat or,- , ion l!v i.n advert isummit in our columns, 111 : Doctor vvm invil il to ivttenil find promised equal linn with Mr. Watts, n i t n o ninn.iineeinent ,.f thin kind ,vni mail, organ or in the |.| u> ,rd- that had been issue I.

\ warm d• hate bci e g expect. d, tv lio-/.- u I ill ietlCi time lor eomieencitie the I ret lire

\ \ hen, it hull -1> • ! Bin ell i.’.-loek, t he two a |leaker - In ide their w a v I • platform, .Ii-eoinnamtil l.v the ,-hairman, Mr. Dowry, they were r.-e, with ent luisiis’ie applause. 1 he majority of lie tSeeidari-.lH w< r emn-s ■ in ignorance ot tie- intended iliseim-inn, and hud eome simply to hear a leel nr.-from Mr. Ghirb-.s Watts. The annonneemenl. however, tiiat att.-r Mr. M atts should h ire delivered Ins lecture I lie Do,-tor would be allowed equal time t<> reply to it, was reeeivrd with a great, demonst ration of »al isfael ion ; ini I,-id the mill ienee evidently look.-d upon it as an unexpected tr.-ivt, nncl the fact that the majority of them sat. out patiently : lie il.-hate, which lasted till ten o’clock, allowed that limy took great interest in the subject.

Mr. Watts commenced by giving six reasons why he did riot aceept Spiritualism, which were as follows:

1. I he Phcnonena were highly improbable.‘J. The l-'aillire of the Tests that had been applied.

The I seleesness of Spiritualism.4. The If xtravagance of tin- Pretensions of Spiritualists.... The Nature of th - Spirit-W orld as described by Spiritualists, il. The Unsatisfactory Method employed in Investigation.He dealt very briefly with each of these topics, referring under

No. 4 principally to the exploits of Mrs. Guppy, and those of what lie was pleased to call "that arch-impostortbo Rev. Dr. IMonek.” Under No. he stated his objection to the spirit world mainly to be the fact that m a r r ia g e was permissible; he going on to say that, supposing the man died before his wife and wont to the spirit-world, he might marry again and then when his wife came she would make a bother about it Under No. !>, he pointed out that the conditions imposed on the sitters were sueh as to preclude the possibility of real thorough inves tigution ; that Spiritualists were, as a rule, persons whose nerves had been worked upon by the darkness and the other conditions insisted upon at seances, and could not therefore have arrived at a calm and rational opinion on the subject. No opportunity, he remarked, was ever given for fair investigation. He then proceeded at some length to point out the insufficiency of the reasons that had been given for a belief in a future state, referring mainly to the intense longing on the part of all persons for immortality, that had been so often dwelt upon especially by Dr. Sexton in his published lectures; and the theory that in the future life we were to be compensated for the evils of the present state. He wanted no immortality, he told them, at least not of a personal character; he only desired to live in the remembrance of his fellow-creatures as having done all the good he could whilst here. People

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would have been c inn'den-d ! The Doctor at r-oi,» referred •-> the printinp-pri railway., gas, pfiofo/r. modern discoveries, all of winch hm l h-on highly die -ovi-rnl, and vet which to-day w< re mat ter-, ot tact t,,Surely to talk of improbability displayed a great, lack v

o, •' Ti.,,ts had failed, and the Conditions were !in»ati-.fv .f/ whom had the tests (ailed ? 'J housands of i n ' n of more ■; ' ability had gone into the in y.-t igat.ion of tin’s subject, y,j,}( f ‘ full of prejudice and e'-pticism, determined to lind o r , (hi- w hole thing, and bring th". m ' / i l n ( i p i r a i n b , of fir; - h . ami w-liat had been the result? Why, they had -non lirdi-in wan t r u e , arid that there was no trickery to |,-t- failed with sueh men a..Mr. Wallace, one of the of the age, whose able articles iri the i o r t i n ' l h l l '/ //'.< dune In- l Dr. S'-xtori) would advise flierri all to re ri ; one of the gi-i-ate-t Jiving chemist i. wiio had bee-; il'-.vn valuable time to ibis im|»orfant question under the . conditiotiH, and bail come to sr-e that it, was alter all agre: * I’rol’c" nr Do Morgan, a matl.ernatieian, whose wJio.e i,fy, demons)rating ; with D r . Robert Chambers, autoor ot if,,. the Natural History of Creation,” a book frequency f,plat form ; with Robert, Dale Owen, a man that, .-.noufd that .-nidience ; and with a number of others? Ir ‘ /. that every person who had carefully examined t.i,e foe's of : . had become a believer. How. then, had toe f - 1 s ];...erj ' contrary, they had succeeded most admirably. A -■ to t.neco., - were imposed, they wen no more strict, than tbo-c v,, - .. .necessary in the investigation ol any other branch of , Doctor ]jointed out at great length the utter falsehood of so frequently made that the phenomena could only take iy.V.-;-. and in a given room prepared beforehand, arid adv. ■.<■'! a.I or'---.-' the thing for themselves in their own homes.

.*{. “ The Inutility.” He considered tiiat to discoaltogether a w. . . .

into a rrr<L, VOr] o'-w

believed in a future life not as the result of reason and reflection but as the consequence of the emotion and poetry in their nature.

Next, he dealt with the phenomenal and scientific aspects of Spiri tualism. and proceeded at great length to tell the audience that he did not believe in Mrs. Guppy, nor Dr. Monc-k, nor tbe Davenport Brothers, nor doubles, nor the spirit-voices, nor apparitions, nor spirit-photographs: but be didbelieve inthe tilting of tables and the raps. The evidence quoted to support these things was unimportant, because there were matters which no amount of evidence could prove. In support of this view he read with great gusto an extract from an article that appeared in the R a t i o n a l E rform er in 1S02, written by Dr. Sexton himself, which he now called upon the Doctor to answer. Tbe ease was there put far better than be (Mr. Watts) could put it, and he looked upon the writer of it then and still as a most learned, able, and pre-eminently talented man. Then he proceeded to point out that Spiritualism was a new form of an old superstition, and that tbe reason that so many persons accepted it was because they had not entirely got rid of the old notions in which tbev had been educated. This was his explanation of the Doctor's conversion to Spiritualism. If the fact that great men had become Spiritualists were to be taken as proving anything, thei) it would also prove the miracles of tbe Roman Catholic Church, the doctrine of the Trinitv, and witchcraft. Science was opposed to Spiritualism because science showed that there could be no thought without brain. The lecturer here quoted Dr. Wigan, as an authority which Dr. Sexton would accept. (The Doctor shook his head.) Air. Watts: “ Oh; well, you quoted him once.” Buchner, Carpenter, and Solly were also appealed to.

The lecturer then proceeded to discuss Dr. Sexton's propositions, but in reaiitv he only dealt with one—the second—which reads as follows : “The intelligence is not that of the medium, nor of any person in the circle, since it is frequently given through agencies which they have no means of controlling, and has, in thousands of cases, evinced a knowledge not possessed by any of them, often replying to questions directly in opposition to the current of all their thoughts.” In reply to this he said it was impossible to tell what the mediums did know and what they did not. He then demanded that tbe Doctor should give a definition of spirit, and said that he would keep him to this point: and also an answer to the questions—first, whether mind was matter; and secondly, whether it w;.s a part of the universe. The lecturer then concluded with an eloquent peroration, having been speaking for about an hour, and sat, down'amidst groat applause.

The Doctor now rose to reply, and was received with considerable applause. He proceeded at once to deal with Air. Watts’s six propositions. He said, however, that No. 2 and No. 0 were so much alike that he thought he might put them both together, and deal with them at the same time.

1. -• The Spiritual Phenomena were highly improbable. * Well, what of that? Had anyone a hundred years ago predicted that to-day we should he able to send our thoughts to the most distant parts of the world in a few seconds of time, how highly improbable the whole thing

theory before you had proved its truth wz of procedure. “ First let us,' said b ;’os'- rt .i• wl j * • --- , true ; its utility can take care of it-elt. ’ Many a science n a manner quite as insignificant as the simple rap-, on the tab; tics living at the time when theae small beginnings were readily have called in question the utility of - ich puerile Bv-and-bye. however, the whole thing developed mighty truth, the benefits of whose application w«-r till we see the end of this great truth called .Spiritual;-: . a- , . us talk of its utility. The q p e t t iO B to-day is, Js it truer Jot thousand instances could be given of its utility, did we fV-ldi.-v do so, even at the present time.

4. •*The Extravagance of tbe Pretensions of So! itualists.' v.’this were true, it proved nothing. Had r.ot every v •-the same thing ? One rnan told you that by following a •• -of living you might avoid death altogether: wa- the scrienc-- ologv therefore untrue because such extravagances were utt-rm name? The Doctor here gave several other illustrations of rO kind. Tet. nevertheless, these very extravagances to which 21.-. had referred mi<rht, after all. turn out to be facts.

5. “The Nature of the Spirit-World.” Well, ti e ob-'eet:.:. •under this lmad really was the funniest that he had ever'e-om: & People got married in the spirit-world. Most persons would think an advantage. Certainly be the Doctorj did. B r. said Air. Vf man might go there before bis wife and marry somelo :v ei~. ' that kind of thing was done sometimes without 2 ■ ’ to t. :•world at all. A man occasionally did that here. Is ail T: is . called argument? Really, it showed how poor a ca?e his oppo.v-.t to support.

The Doctor said he should pass over for want of time the immortality viewed from the ground independent of because he considered that was no part of the question to . V ri that evening. Whether a “ longing after immortality “ or the v of compensation proved a future life, was not now the qtiss-i thought they did, but certainly whether they did or not wa- .. to-night, and as time was short he should pass them by. He - make the some remark regarding the question of the exis-enteof • which Air. Watts had dragged into the discussion. He was quite p pared to discuss this at some other time, if Air. Watts wished, be : to-night.

The statement that Spiritualists were influenced by their feeMr.yss emotions was not in any sense based upon beta. Spiritualists were. ?. rule, a very practical set of people, hard-headed ar.d matter-':-;'.. -. " had been convinced, not by appeals to their feelings, but by the s:-rr of all stern facts. They bad judged of the matter in the roast an.' way, and not at all in the light of imagination. Air. Wars ha i f lit audienoe, at great length, what he believed and what he d hi :. - : he had far better have given reasons for h's beliefs and disbeliefs. the Doctor) might occupy all his time in telling them that he bell '

this and the other, but they would probably lake no interest in matter, except as a phase of psychology. What they had to disr.ss r' not what each believed, but what was true. Air. AVatts bad quet d f an article which lie (tbe Doctor) wrote in the R a t i o n a l E - f i r . - ' 1years ago. Well, what did that prove? Surely not that Spirit - ? was not true, nor that he had not had good reasons for his charge opinion. A man might change greatly in twelve years, and proto:

ith benefit to himself and others.The talk about superstition was not argument. It was so easy

matter to call names. .Suppose that he ( the Doctor) chose to say ' Air. Watts was superstitious, and secularism a superstition, how wiser would they be? The authority of great names Air. Via"a -• amounted to nothing, because great men had believed in nonsense. A • or great men had believed in nonsense, and did s > still. Air. M a::s was r. - ' man, and he believed in secularism, and secularism was nonsense, tin- cases quoted by Air. Watts would rot answer his pur;, se. Gr men had believed m the Trinitv : yes. because the Trinity m s ':ue t- ' 1 was true: in Roman Catholic miracles: yes. tor there wasatru::. ; them which Spiritualism alone could explain; in witchcraft: ye?- witchcraft was a truth which it was utterly impossible to deny. s' j Spiritualism was the onlv key by which we could unlock t.-wse - “•mysteries of the past which materialism bad no mear.s of exp. =

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but was compelled quietly to ignore and abut, her eyes for fear of arcing them.

Now. as to his twelve propositions, lie considered that they had been in no sort of way tone hod ; they still remained, and, if the phenomena wero accepted, proved irrefragable that Spiritualism was the only means bv which the facts could be explained. Of course, if the phenomena wore denied, his propositions would not meet, tlio case; but where the phenomena wero accepted, ho hold that these twelve propositions did unmistakably establish the truth of Spiritualism. Ho was asked to defiuo spirit. What if he could not? It, would bo found exceedingly di/lioult to doltno electricity, or mag net ism, or beat, or light, or oven matter itself. It. by no means followed that- wo did not know a thing because wo could not define it., lie would, however, deline spirit, to bo the part of man which gave vigour and force to his body, in which wore located consoioiisne.-.-'. memory, and judgment, from which sprung volition and nil that essentially belongs to the moral and religious faculties. We only knew of anything bv its attributes, ami if wo argued for a material existence from material attributes, so lmioh the more would spiritual attributes demonstrate a spiritual existence. Volition, memory, oonscioneo, See., could bo in no sense tbo attributes of the material body, but sprung from that which was higher than matter, viz., spirit, nhd of which in truth, after all, wo knew more than we did of matter. He was asked, Was mind matter, and whether it was a part of tho universe ? Of course it was not matter. Whether it was a part of the universe depended upon what was meant by the term. I f by the universe Mr. Watts meant everything, why, of course, it could not be anything besides everything : and, therefore, a spirit, was a part o f the universe : but if by tho uni verso ho meant material nature, then a spirit was something else.

The'Doctor having spokon for nearly an hour, concluded a most eloquent speech, and sat down amidst, groat applause.

Mr. Waits rose again to reply, but it was apparent to all, even to his own friends, that he had nothing more to say ; and after floundering for about ten minutes in a mass of words, sat down. The Doctor bad tho right of a second speech, but did not avail himself of it, ho having nothing to reply to.

Thus ended one of the most important debates that lias ever taken place on tlio subject of Spiritualism.

A DEVELOPING CIRCLE FOR D R AW ING MEDIUMS.Mrs. Wood fordo wishes to form a class of young ladies or gentlemen

for drawing under spirit control. An interesting young lady of about fourteen years of age, now taking sittings, is controlled by a little girl- spirit (a sister), and an older female guide. Other spirit-children of different ages—some lovely little ones, almost babes—attend the seances, and the sphere of innocent happiness and harmony they bring with them is very marked. The drawings of the young medium, although stiil of a childish character, display rapid progress. When the con trollers wish tho sittings to end. the pencil is instantaneously jerked out of the medium’s hand. Mrs. Woodforde feels sure that tho cultivation | of (bis form of meoiumsbip, or of writing either, by young Spiritualists would be highly beneficial in the development of tho spiritual faculties, and she would be happy to lend her aid, and the 'instruction of her guides would be gladly contributed towards the beautiful and elevating, work. If tho young people cannot spare time from school, evening sittings would be given.

The principal object sought would be the flowing into the mind of higher influences from above, and the strengthening, of those bonds of loro already existing between relatives in tho two worlds. The children of Spiritualists are probably growing mediums. Mediumship sup pressed, or misdirected, causes tin health fulness of mind and body. How much wiser, then, to put our children into the way of being healthih trained under high guidance, than to leave them to the olmnce of eccentric control coming on at any time, and. if from a low spirit, most oortainly ending in ill-health, or disordered intellects. It is a safe plan to have a certain channel of communication opened to tlio spirit- world, the influence will then take a far more orderly course in its manifestation, and produce beauty rather than grotesque ccoop- triflity, which it frequently does if left undirected. There is no reason why our young people should not submit to a little of this training at tho hands of tlio high spirits who train the minds of the young in the heavens, W e should soon have judications of lunv this I raining is carried on for our own enlightenment in this lower sphere for the training of youth. As soon as wo begin a work of ustiluluesB on tho earth, tlio higher spirits arc attracted down to aid, and indeed they arc tlio inspirors id' our plans for progress. It' we will give them a field to work upon, they will undoubtedly show us what they will do. Let us invito them down, then, to help us in a field of useful- mss to the young. .Every picture produced under spirit control, be it ever so childish, Will have an educational effect, upon the mind. To liiul. • electricity harmless we use lightning conductors; let us, then, make tlio spirit-influences, which Few can resist these days (and tlio power increases), harmless by conducting thorn into safe channels.

Classes could ho held at the Spiritual Institution, or at tho residences of pupils, as desired. But all .would bo considered as belonging olu, Wly, and at a stated (.into ouch year exhibitions of the' productions of tlio several young artists, with name, ago, and time of development, iiltaebed, could be held, and their progress observed. Any productions of it literary character also worthy of preservation could bo vend. hYoni the singular character of many of these spirit-pictures, nml their sym- balioal meanings, some interesting and curious informal ion might be elicited. Aeeording lo Swedenborg, tlio great seer, “ children in heaven arc taught bv representatives suited to their respective genius.” No would our children bo Inilght by I Imso representatives, and bv degrees "e should all learn an ew spirit-lore, and conic to school to our own children.

Mrs. Wood Fordo has been directed by her guides to take notes of her experiences in development, and is gathering uisetul information, whichwill one day bo published. ----------

iSiUNoit A i i u i - n i i T a m 'A n i bus a rrived in liondon, w ith le tte rs of int.ro- fliialiou from S ignor D am iani. S ignin' Vunl.mi is ;l nit iuhi'r o f the Nurirly o f S p ir itu a lis ts a t Homo. Jlo is tin onlbui i.istio siiidcu t of our soi. iK'f., and brings encourag ing tid ings of p ro g iv ts from tlio " E te rna l Oily.” ’

EVA I’OKA’I INi.1 To tlio Editor.- Dear {Shy

yet sensible letter, signed Mateeryulised Npirit-forms.’

■Lit »s.in your last issue J noticed an amusing, I lainocles,'' (lim ing al. a test For the

proffer him, yoursell, andbeg to proli'er him, yourself, and th e readers of the M i’.iiii m v:;i> Day iikkai; a pertinent and practical reply .

Your correspondent suggests that the truth of the phenomenon could bo demousl rail'd by tlio spirit., while n ihh to //„• riecU. th matrrialhiufj it.-alf at that time. 1 liavo witnessed wliat )m requires! In (hi- wise: on Friday, the .11)1 h inal., I was the gm i t of Mr. Mould, 12, .St. Thomas Croseout, Newcastle, For tlio purpose of being present at a seam-e with tho Newcastle mediums, the Misses W ood and I'airlamb.

An ordinary dark seance was held, but it was quite barren of any result. After » recess a seance for spirit-forms w. s arranged. Mi-a F.iir- lalnb in the cabinet, simply a. ciirlainrd alcove, ('rout'd be screen. Gas low, but sullieient to disclose every eitier and the furniture of the room. After tho lapse of fifteen or I went v minutes, a taint hazy strip

l ig h t appeared at the fide of tho screen, t lie leaf ha ving Hivin'•; op.-n,door-1 lliir

leasteonfiveon

tliored

He. Floating and undulating, it. grew before our ever pairs—and at Inst, alter repeated efforts, came out a full form, at feet, four inches in height! It walked with graceful carriage; leaving us, it evaporated in our sight—(idling like a fleecy churl ;.t entrance lo the cabinet! Two other forms--of children :d, o up;.-'

-came bodily out into our midst; sometimes bright and light, again dull and opaque ; and sometimes appearing sharp and real, and anon molting and in part transparent; the beads, butts, and feet ei the forms being always brightest. No illusion of reuse. The ga--ligi,( at the same height throughout. And yet those forms swelled and grew beforo us, then incited and wore lost to view! Miss Fairlamb L a buxom lass, too real to melt into thin air ; too short for the tall figure-, yet not short enough lo personify gracefully the child-forms that iiitt d so airily before us. Tho tost, “ Damocles” requires lias br.-ii given. Spirit-tests arc ever the best. This was one. A ghost that forms before your eyes, and melts as it disappears, is convincing proof that flesh and blood (/.c., the medium) is not, “ acting spirit,” and at the same time it. shows us our loved are not lost; for one gentleman in Gateshead, who is my host, recognised bis mother in one of the forms that appeared to n s! Evnporating spirit-forms are facts. It, is a good test, in the process of formation detached portions of the forms appeared : they united ; the form was then complete. Afterwards it melted before our eyes! I f thirteen of uscould bo simultaneously the victims of an illusion, and all in the same direction, 1 might say, with Dominic Samson, “ Prodigious.” Ami so it would be, considering it is not a question of feeling, but one of fact.

My guides have been, and are, more successful than ever this tour. Under their advice I take uiy trip across the Atlantic. Preview? to my going T shall trust to meet my friends in London. With love to all, lam , a worker for the cause, J. J. Mo r s e .

SO, High Street, Galcshead-on-Tyne, June L’Otli, 187-1.

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lx a letter just received from India Mr. Mylne ohmevex . - “ Thanks, besides the cost, thereof, for sending nui Dr. W olles book, ‘ Startling faet.s in Modern Spiritualism.’ .1 luive read it, with groat pleasure and considerable benelit. May tho movement in all the'shapes if assumes (and they must necessarily bo many) go 0n and prosper,''

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D R . SEX TO N A G A IN AT T H E N E W H A L L OF SCIENCE.

According to advertisement which appeared in our columns last week, Mr. Charles W atts lectured on “ Spiritualism,” on Sunday evening, at the Now H all of Science, and Dr. Sexton replied thereto. W e call special attention to the occurrence as another victory for Spiritualism. I t is a noteworthy fact that Spiritualist and secularist never come into collision, but the latter faros the worse for the encounter. A ll this is in the highest degree grati fying, and is doing more to open the eyes of the benighted party called secularists than anything which could possibly be achieved by any other means. W e begin to think that, after all, the secular- istic leaders are Spiritualists in disguise—-traitors to the cause they pretend to champion— and by their feint-fighting expose the lamentable weakness of the party position. One striking feature of their procedure is the utter unmauliness of conduct displayed by them on the platform. Several things are looked for in a man who assumes a public position as a defender of what he considers truth. Firstly, he ought to be w ell stocked with information; and secondly, he should be capable o f conducting him self in a calm and dignified manner, reserving his paroxysms of enthusiasm for real points,, and not waste lung-power on undignified quibbles or mean personalities. A ll the secularist leaders break these command ments in a manner most hum iliating to them selves, but tending to liberate their dupes from the unhappy influence of their personal dogmatism. Our short experience has given us some grand illus trations of these peculiarities. W hether if be Air. Bradlaugh, Air. Reddalls, or Mr. W atts, all alike become the victim s of their sectarianism, and allow their spiritualistic opponents to walk in and occupy the position of triumph. The debate on Sunday evening was the old tune w ith variations. The secularist, full of assurance, indulged in the usual platform materials to his heart’s satisfaction, and, being full of the spoils of speech, he sat down desiring that Dr. Sexton m ight h it him ever so hard, he would not mind it. Dr. Sexton did h it, and shouts o f agony arose from the audience, which gave occasion for the Doctor to remark that if Mr. W atts were insensible to blows his followers were not. But Mr. W atts also exhibited the phenomena of suffering, but in a manner peculiar to the leaders o f secularism, whose special privilege it is to make fools o f themselves before their flocks, and thus unw ittingly give truth the advantage which th ey seek to disallow by their sophistries. Air. W atts rose to reply to Dr. Sexton, but he displayed no concentration of thought, pertinence of remark, or personal dignity. The man was in a lever of exasperation, and much more distinctly than if he had confessed it orally, he by his behaviour unmistakably indicated to all present that he was soundly beaten. The effect on the audience was marvellous. Dr. Sexton had engaged their attention very deeply. The most prejudiced could at once see that he occupied ground of great importance, and when Mr. W atts followed him and had not a leg to stand on the argument was complete. W e heard numbers in the audience express their private conviction, and we can assure the reader that secularism received a tremendous shaking in most o f the minds present. The audience saw that the case for Spiritualism was good, but w hat added w eight to this finding was the unenviable position of poor Mr. W atts, who stood before his flock the confessed obstructor of truth and progress, w hile he had been all the tim e representing him self as its m ighty champion and the saviour of mankind from darkness and supersti tion. Revolving the m atter over in their minds, the secularists question themselves th u s : H ave w e not been and are w e not at th is day the dupes of these secularist lecturers ? Have we been paying our twopences and fourpences every Sunday evening for years that these men may receive from £-5 to £ 1 0 per night to shade our mental eyesight from the glorious light of truth ? W hy is i t that these leaders of ours are so afraid that we believe in a few natural phenomena which may be induced and exam ined free of expense P A re they afraid of tho twopences and fourpences ? A s secularists w e are truthseekers, and i f Spiritualism be truth, then it is the kind o f secularism w e w a n t; but our lecturers have

not boon truthseekers, but have acted as a kind of Lunar eclipoe betwoen our minds and the truth. These are a few of tho com . tions of tho more intellectual secularists, and while all thanks’’ aro due to Mr. W atts for his important services on behalf of truth, Wc hoarlily sympathise w ith him in hi3 martyrdom. His position i, not an enviable one, but as all magnanimous individuals aro proud to bo sacrificed that others may be saved, we readily give Mr W atts a position on the calendar for his recent sufferings on behalf of truth at the N ew H all of Science.

D R . SEX TO N ON T H E BRAIN.The phrenological evenings at the Spiritual Institution continue

to increase in interest, and w ell they may, for a great amount of information is conveyed in an agreeable manner. Instead of the proceedings being “ dry,” the company seem surprised when the hour for breaking up comes, and separate with reluctance. On Tuesday evening Dr. Sexton was chief speaker. The subject was the brain, and it was illustrated w ith a fine series of diagrams skulls, and models of tho brain. Several medical gentlemen were )resent, and Dr. Pearce was called on to preside, to which request le kindly acceded. Dr. Sexton proceeded to give a very clear and

comprehensive view of tho brain and nervous system, from their lowest development up to man. The lecture was full of informa tion such as every person should possess, but which is far too much neglected in ordinary education. Dr. Sexton having concluded, Mr. Burns was asked by the chairman to make some demonstra tions of phrenology. For that purpose the chairman, Dr. Sexton and Air. W hitley were selected. The remarks on Dr. Sexton’s organism were very striking, and showed to advantage the system

ursued by the examiner in taking into account body as well as the rain in forming his judgments. Air. W hitley was a fine contrast

to Dr. Sexton in some respects, while Dr. Pearce occupied an intermediate position. A t the close, Dr. Pearce said it was the intention of Dr. Sexton, himself, and a few other scientific gentle men, to commence a new college in October next. Air, Burns proposed a vote of thanks to Dr. Pearce and Dr. Sexton for attend ing. H e said he felt grateful for the kind countenance afforded him in his efforts by the medical gentlem en who attended from tim e to time, whether in the audience or as speakers.

On Tuesday next the seance w ill be occupied by an examination of the brain phrenologically. Those who attend will he taught how to manipulate the head, and the location of organs will be pointed out. Those having extraordinary development of any kind are invited to attend. The proceedings commence at eight o’clock, at 15, Southampton R ow , every Tuesday evening. Admission, Is,

T H E E X P E D IT IO N TO STONEHENGE.This little excursion was h ighly successful. When the matter

was first mooted, it was suggested that a large party should go down. U ltim ately it was resolved by a few philosophical and antiquarian Spiritualists that a deputation of their number should visit the place in the first instance, and open up the way for fuller investigations in the future. The task was a laborious one, as it was continued night and day, but the success was grand. His solar majesty was so kind as to show him self in his scarlet robe oi state at the proper moment, and the almanack of the “ Antidelu- vians ” was once more verified. A full report, introducing plans and much information on the subject, w ill be given in next issue of the AIe d i u m .

IL L U ST R A T E D P L A C A R D S FO R AIRS. TAPPAN’S M E E T IN G S.

These artistic announcements are high in favour amongst our country friends. Liverpool had 2,000, Yeadon 500, and Messrs, Hinde Brothers are having 5,000 for the Darlington district, Y e also print handbills w ith specimens of Airs. Tappan’s inspirational poetry, particularly the poem by Burns. Specimens will he sent on application. B y having their work done at the Spiritual Insti tution, our friends would help us, get their printing intelligently done, and he thereby enabled to put the question respectably before the public.

FURTHER W RITING BY A BABY.Dear Air. Burns.—The publication of our little boy’s writing, in

f a c s im ile , in your journal, has brought me several very kind letters from Amorica. Amongst these one from Mr. Epes Sargent of Boston,H e -writes : “ I was much interested in seeing in the M e d iu m a n d Day b r e a k , for May 8, a f a c s im i le of the writing got through your infant boy. It was truly a marvellous occurrence. I think you are wise in repressing, out of consideration to the child's health, for the present, at least, all such manifestations of mediumship.” That I hare done so you may take for granted. Notwithstanding all our efforts, every now and ) then the tiny little hand of my child will waive, his eyes sparkle; wo know the signal, nor can his mother quiet him until paper and pencil are placed before him. A few days ago he wrote a long message, cover ing a sheet of printer’s demy. On another occasion he drew figures and signed the paper with his initials, “P. L. J .” Every week appears to add to his exceptional medial powers.

All this is very wonderful, but, bad I my way, I could have wished the manifestations to have been suppressed until bis infantine strength bad matured into boyhood.—Believe me, truly yours,

June 22nd, 1874. II. D. Jexckex.

T h e Religio-Philosophical Journal, Chicago, has a weekly circulation of 22,000 copies.

M r . J o s e ph Ca r t w r io iit , of Peckham, has another long letter on Spiritualism in the Devonport Independent.

J u n e 26 , 1874. T H E M E D IU M AND D A Y BR EA K . 409

MRS. ANNIE E. FAY’S SEANCES.W o havo several long reports of sittings with Mrs. Fay on hand, but

have only spaeo this week for a small ono, but which is rather im portant. Can our correspondents in general not cultivate a little more the spirit of brevity? Mrs. Fay lias had uniformly good manifestations sinco bIio came to London. She is located at 2, Vernon Placo, Blooms bury Square, and gives seanooB every night except Saturday and Sunday, at eight o’clock ; admission, 10s. Wo give Mr. Cooper’s testimony. It will bo remembered that ho travelled with the Davenports in this country and on the continent.

On Tuesday evening I was present at a soanco of Mrs. Fay's, and am pleased to bear testimony to the satisfactory and conclusive character of the manifestations, which were the samo as already described in the Medium. Mr. Bray, of Brighton, and Mr. Hook, of Snodland, wero the only others present, and I am desired by thorn to express their concurrence in the views above expressed. I may mention that while Mr. Fay was held, Mrs. Fay placed both her hands in mine, and two instruments wero then played at the samo time, one boing a considerable distance from the modium. The experiments appear to be given under conditions that loave no room for doubt or cavil, and must necessarily bo the moans of convincing thoso who aro capable of being convinced. —R o b e rt Co o per .

On Wednesday evening, Mr. Charles Bray, author of the “ Philo sophy of Necessity,” “ Force, and its Mental and Moral Correlates,” and other works, attended the seance. The attendance was full, and the phenomena good, and tho philosopher seemed much interested in what ho witnessed.

MARYLEBONE ASSOCIATION OF INQUIRERS INTO SPIRITUALISM.

The next quarterly meeting of tho above society will be held on Mon day, July 6tb, at 8 o’clock, at the Shakespeare Hotel, 6, Blandford Street, Baker Street, when it is hoped every member will be present, also friends desirous of joining. The Committee beg to acknowledge with thanks a donation of two volumes of the English Mechanic from Mr. Swinburn, one volume of “ Nature’s Secrets ” per Mr. J. Burns, and one volume of “ Poems from Mr. h. Tindall.

Books for the libraty will at all times be thankfully received by the librarian, Mr. Maynard, 103,Lisson Grove, and also donations of money —and just now the Association is rather in want of funds—either by the treasurer, Mr. Whitley, of 2, Wellington Terrace, Bayswater, or by the secretary, Mr. Hunt, 41, East Street, Baker Street.

MR. MORSE’S APPOINTMENTS.L iv e r po o l .— Sunday, June 28th, Islington Assembly Rooms, Islington!

afternoon at 3 o’clock; evening at 7 o’clock. Admission free. D a r l in g t o n .— Sunday, July 5tb, Great Central Hall; evening at 6.30.

In the district until July 11th. .Bishop A u c k la n d .— Sunday, July 12th, Town Hall; evening at 0.30 H eckm ondw ike.—Re-engaged. Sunday, July 19th, Co-operative Ilall,

afternoon at 2.30; evening at 6.30. Monday, July 20th, same Hall,evening at 8 o’clock.

B a t l e y . — Thursday, July 23rd, and Friday, July 24th, Temperance Hall; evening at 8 o’clock.

Gl a s g o w .—July 28tb.Sa l t b u r n -b y -Se a .—August 13th.Br a d f o r d .—Sunday, August 23rd.Br ig h t o n .—September 6th. _ _

Mr. Morse may be addressed next week, care of Mr. G, R. Hinde, Bright Street, Eastbourne, Darlington.

MRS. TAPPAN’S APPOINTMENTS.Ye a d o n .— Guiseley Town Hall, Sunday, June 28th, at 2.30 and 6.30.

Lecture Hall, High Street, Monday June 29tb, at 8 o’clock.L iv e r po o l .—June 30th, and July 1st, in Concert Hall, Lord Nelson

Street.Ol d h a m.—July 5 th .Ba t l e y or H e c k m o n d w ik e for the Morley Association on July 12. Da r l in g t o n D is t r ic t .—Messrs. Hinde, Brothers, Bright Street, East

bourne, Darlington, furnish the following list of arrangements already made on behalf of Mrs. Tappan :—Y o r k .— July 13th and 14th. Sa l t b u r n — July 16th and 17th. N e w c a s t l e .— July 21st, 22nd, and 23rd. D a r l in g t o n .— July 19th and 26th. St o c k t o n .— July 27th and 28tb. G u is b o iio ’.— July 30th and 31st. L e e d s .— August 4th, 5th, and 6th.Letters for Mrs. Tappan may be addressed to her at 15, Southampton

Row, London, W.C.

Bishop A u c k la n d .—J. J. Morse will speak in the Town Ilall on Sunday evening, July 12, at six o’clock. Subject—“ The Religion of Spiritualism.”

M r. M o rse ’s V is i t t o D a r l in g to n .—Central Hall, Darlington, July 5, 1874, Mr. J. J. Morse will, in reply to the former request of Mr. G. S. Fisher, discuss the question of the “ Existence of a Personal Devil.” Doors open at half-past seven p.m., to commence at eight o’clock. Admission:—Reserved seats, Is.; body of the hall, 3d. On the following Tuesday evening (July 7) a soiree will be held in the large room of the association, Ridsdale-street, Eastbourne. Tea on the tables at half-past six p.m. Admission, Is.; to the discourses after wards by Mr. Morse’s two guides, 6d. each.

The sermon delivered on Sunday evening by Rev. W> H. Charming, at Little Portland Street Chapel, was attended by many Spiritualists, who were well pleased with the broad and intelligent manner in which Spiritualism was referred to. The fact that tho announcement in our columns attracted so many of our readers shows that the sermon sup plied a want which is felt in that part of London at the present time.

The Rev. Dr. Watson writes cheeringly of the progress of Spiri tualism at Memphis, Tenn. A good trance medium and lecturer is there from Texas. “ Rev. J. B. Ferguson ” controlled her and spoke to Dr. W atson, saying he had been long anxious to do so. We hope to have a supply soon of Dr. Watson’s celebrated work, “ The Clock Struck One,” and in duo course his new book, “ The Clock Struck Three.”

A LETTER FROM AN OLD MAN.Dear Mr. Editor,—I was pleased to see some Hlliifiion to tho

Spiritual Institution in last issue of tho MkwJ’M. I juuI > that the Institution had retired or become so independent that its affairs would never more be the subject of public consideration. 1 must say that I was glad to seo its claims once moro before Spiritualists. I think a much more persistent advocacy of the needs of tho Spiritual Institution might appear in tho columns ot tho Me d i u m with propriety and advantage. All know that the Mic dium, the Spiritual Institution, and the progress of Spiritualism in this country are convortable terms. At the present time there aro a number of workers in tho field, all highly successful in their various stations, and the movement may be said to be in a healthy and prosperous condition. I travel much, and can bear personal tostiinony to this statement derived from observation made in many centres of the movement. Now I wish to ask my brother Spiritualists, What is it that has tended more than aught else to bring about this state of advancement ami prosperity ? I reply that much of it is due to the faithful and kindly services of the Spiritual Institution, both at head quarters, and in its weekly messenger, which is despatched so regularly to all parts of the world. It cannot be denied that mediums and speakers must have the elements of success within themselves belore these can be turned to public utility, but many wonderful powers frequently lie buriod in obscurity, and u waste their fragrance on the desert air,” because of not being properly brought into notice. This important work of publicity is excellently performed by the Spiritual Institution. From statements which appear in the public

Eers, and from private correspondence, I am happy to learn that !. Tappans career in the Aortli is an ever-increasing victory.

She deserves it all. She is worthy of it all. But I ask, How could we provincials have taken the step of engaging her, had it not been that her exalted merits were rendered so familiar to us by the labour and expenditure of the Spiritual Institution ? The least experienced of country Spiritualists had all placed into their hands—placards, testimonials, and every move which had to betaken, by the advice and information so liberally supplied in the Me d i u m . Then, take the case of our favourite, Mr. Morse. I well remember that this medium had created a deep interest in my mind, and that also of every Spiritualist I was in the habit of conversing with, long before he ever gave a speech in public. With parental care the Spiritual Institution garnered up the gems of truth which fell from the angel-lips of his guides, and presented them in all their beauty to the friends of Spiritualism in England—everywhere. Well, then, when Mr. Morse did come out he was received with open arms, and he is now a credit to the fostering care which developed him, and a great help indeed to the movement. But to bring the matter on to other grounds, I may observe that the help of the Me d i u m is just as valuable in respect to local mediums as it is in the case of the more public servants of the cause. Our local mediums are not only excusably proud of being noticed in the Me d i u m , but such notice very much enlarges their usefulness, and seems even to augment their power. The connection is spiritual, and I have sometimes been amused by observing that those mediums most intimately associated with the work of the Spiritual Institution have had fewest mishaps in their mediumship, and have in a steady and useful manner helped and adorned the cause which they served. _ . .

These are some of the claims of the Spiritual Institution upon the active forces of the movement. But what shall I say of the indebtedness of individuals? It is mostly those who are investi gators who are most aided^by the Institution, the old Spiritualists having a means of helping themselves. Yet we all know how gratifying it is to receive our Me d i u m on a Saturday morning and feast on its full contents. The money paid for it is a mere trifle compared with the return afforded. There we have Spiritualism in England in a nutshell. All our wants are anticipated, and if each of us engaged the editor as our special agent we could not be served more satisfactorily. I know no other paper conducted on the same principles. There is no touting for advertisements, hut if the editor can help any of us by giving a few lines, he does so freely and graciously, and the poorer and the more struggling we are, the more ready is he to give us a place in his columns. Now, this I call Spiritualism, both in theory and practice. And when the outside world asks us what does Spiritualism teach, we can point with pride to the practical working of the SpiritualInstitution. ,

But I must now commence what I intended to say when I sat down to write this letter. I am glad to_ see that the Me d i u m advocates the claims of the Spiritual Institution. Let me point out, however, that it is a hard matter for a man to plead for the maintenance of his own position. The Institution sustains us all, helps us all in our several spheres, and what I want to propose is that we return the compliment to the Spiritual Institution. I hope this is the first of many letters that will be written and published in the Me d i u m on its behalf. I am sure if the Spiritual Institution were under the responsibility of anyone else than Mr. Burns, that it would not he long till he made it a grand success. So it is already, except in the matter of cash. The good it does; the work performed is unalloyed success; but when we look at tho subscription list which appeared in the last number of tho Me d i u m , we can easily see that, however much the Institution does its duty, all the Spiritualists do not do theirs.

My plan is simple. I will state it and conclude: The Spiri tualists should, without any special urging and exhortation, see that

J tho Spiritual Institution is supplied with the nocessary funds. I

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luiv© taken some p;»in ̂ to tieqtmint invsolt' intiinalolv with liow mutters slnml. I son mm oral people working hsml lor Spiritiinlism w ithout auv ooi'tiiinlv of tln'ir boing jiiiid for it. I see tlio editor titling o\or his table trom day to dav labouring diligently that. Spiritualism way ho w ell served, and yet, when his paper is sold, he does not receive hack what it cost to print it. This is surely working for principle; hut can wo nllord. n- Spiritualists, to allow Mr. 1 turns to he the only inartvr? for martyr he is. ll does not require even a practised eye to se e that Mr. I turns is sn fieri ng much, both trout mental anxiety and overwork. It is hard for him to say exactly how the shoe pinches, hut to save all this let us as Spiritualists do unto him as he strives daily to do unto -ns. I f there is a man on earth who is heart and soul devoted to the cause ot humanity, it is the head of the Spiritual In stitution, and that his worth is acknowledged is clear from the assistance he receives in his labours. This help might with advantage he more systematic and abundant. If wo starve out Mr. Hums we shall never have another such servant. No man nor set of men, be they rich or poor, can he found amongst us w ho would accept Mr. Burns's position, and do his work for the small sum he ask-.

I could say much more, hut 1 must defer it till next, week, as 1 am determined not to let this matter r e s t: and 1 hope 1 shall have many others to help me in an agitation on behalf of the Spiritual Institution.—I am, your old friend, S e .v k x .

June tUh, 1874.[This letter was intended to appear in our issue of .Tune lit, but

it has been crowded out.—Do. M.]

MR. HERNE'S SEANCES.To the Editor,—Dear Sir,—On the evening of Sunday, Juno 7, a

circle eat for manifestations at ME F. Herne's, Itookmead Road. South Hackney. The Bitters were 3Ir. Herne, his father, mother, two brothers one of them an assistant at Mr. Burns's, Southampton Row, the other a little boy between six and seven years old—Mr. Herne’s sister, and myself. The circle sat in the back drawing-room round a large table, on which rested a guitar, hand-bell, and paper tube. The little boy sat on my right knee. At about eight o’clock we were all seated, the light was put out., we joined hands all round, and almost directly “ Peter's” voice was heaid in a merry stylo saluting us. Then placing his hands (as I distinctly felt.) on my head, he gave a phrenological description ot' my character and some practical advice—told me to be patient, and to stay in London. Then the little boy asked him to carry him up; in one second lie was tloating over our heads, and, in reply to questions put indiscri minately by the sitters, told us he was close to the ceiling. His voice appeared to come from the centre above the table, and pre sently, from tbe direction of the window, lie was placed in his mother’s arms. Then ‘'Peter '’ went to a cupboard on tbe right of tbe room close to the folding doors between the front and back rooms, and re peatedly struck the bell of a clock that was in the cupboard ; he also brought out of it a water-colour drawing, gave it to me, told me to take it home and frame it. In a lew seconds more, “ John King’s” voice was audible, telling me to cheer up ; I was to stay in London. Next the voice of a relative of the family conversed with Mr. Herne’s brother, and tolcl us to appeal to God only. The voice got very faint and low at the last.

On the previous Sunday six distinct voices were heard, and the large 4 table was iloated over our heads, and placed with the top against, the

wall. I was much gratified by the various manifestations that occurred. —Yours. &c„ " * C. ALLWoon.

June 10, 1874.

Some of Mr. Herne's seances of late at tlio Spiritual Institution have baen remarkably successful. The report which follows js of one at which *• Katie" manifested, as we understand for the last time through Mr. Herne's mediumship, as she has ascended into a burlier state in tbe spirit-world. AVo fear the report which has been furnished toms gives but a meagre view of the proceedings;—

Juno 23, 1874.To the Editor.—Sir,—I attended a seance at t,ho Spiritual Institution

on June t). after the circle was formed, and had sang two or three songs. “ Peter ” came and gave us the usual manifestations. He brought out of the book-case a skull, telling me at the same time it was not bis to give. A bell which was upon the table was heard to ring, and spirit.-lights were seen floating over our heads. “ John King” came, greeting one and alL “Katie” came and told us wo all should see her. In a few seconds she was behind my back, calling me by name, saying, quite plainly. “Can you see me ?” I was able to distinguish her features. They were of the Eastern type. “Peter” asked if I should like to see him, and in one second 1 was conversing with him face to face. Before “Katie’’ left the circle she gave us a blessing, telling us every soul in lime would ascend to the happy home. The seance was a glorious treat. Spiritualism is something to live for. I hope God will speed us in our work. C. Al l w o o D, Phrenologist.

MEDIUMSHIP IN LITERPOOL.Liverpool has become famous for mediums. Some three years ago it

did but possess one medium (Air. Fegan-Egorton) who had developed into a good trance-medium, and afterwards physical. His services were eagerly sought then, as now. Tho Psychological Society ventured to bring the thing before tho public by Sunday Services. The astonish ment in the town was very great; the local papers were all full of surprise; some individuals were for putting it down with the strong band of t he law, while one comforted himself with tho thought that, as the town had only one medium, he had great hopes That ere tbe lime he wrote the delusion would have hecotne extinct, and numbered with the super stitions of the past. The Sunday Services continued, and have been well supplied with good and itselul mediums. The subject of Spiritual ism haB been well ventilated; the people have gouo into tho investi

gation of the. matter; family oirdea have, heen formed all over the town by many who wish to see and judge for themselves ; the results huyi. been astounding. We need not refer to those mediums of whom accounts bare appeared so olten in your columns, Messrs. Jigcrton and lives being loo well known to bn referred to at, any length. Mr. hanks who was a good trance-speaker, is now a medium for materialised forms ami many a sceptic has been convinced of tho facts of Spiritualism through his mediumship. Mrs. Ahlson is being developed into a good trnnee-spoiiker; site has been announced to give t.rance-Jectures every Wednesday evening at the Caledonia Hotel, (5, Stafford Street; admission, by ticket, free. Mr. Coates, who has been developed at his own house, is a good inspirational speaker; ho occupied the platform at the Islington Assembly Rooms on Sunday last, afternoon and evening, wit It great effect. The subject for the afternoon,' “ Spirit ualimn, its Pa-:, ami 1’rcsenl.” The control, said to bo an ancient philosopher, held the earnest attention of tho audience for lorly minutes. The subject, for the evening, “ .Spiritual Advent.” The control .-aid lie was known in earth-life as a met liodist preacher, and gave some of his earth- views on tho second advent, with bis altered views as far as he had advanced in spirit.-lil’o; he now believes in eternal progression. .Mi-s Dixon, a young lady about 1.7 years of age, was also on tho platform in the evening, and spoko in a manner that completely surprised the audience. The control said lie had been ari atheist in earth-life, one John Godwin. His illustrations were aptly pointed. Undid not believe in (Tie existence of a God in the days gone by, but now, in spirit-life, he believed in a God of Jove. He would speak more fully on this and other subjects from that, platform, if permitted to do so. This medium has also been developed in her own family within a few months. Mr. Parry's circle I have visited, where there are five mediums in the family. Here the spirit-form is seen, lights and rapping in all parts of the room. The principal physical medium, the daughter, is about 15 years of ogo. She has been levitated and placed on the tabic. Tho circle has been formed a few months, and makes great progress. Mis3 Clark is another good physical medium. Through her are t.o be seen the form, spirit-lights, bunds, &e.; letters of light are written upon the table, the hand being seen at tbe same time; conversation with direct voice, articles moved about, piano and other instruments played without contact, the medium being conscious all the time, and treated by the spirits a3 one of the sitters.

Mr. Brethevton has had some wonderful manifestations at his house, for which I refer your readers to an account published in the M e d iu m , May 22, under tbe heading of “ Spiritualism in the y a / io 'n n l R eform er,” a letter worth perusal. I will let this suffice for the present, airaid of taking up too much space; but I will mention one thing which the Psycho logical Society has inaugurated, i .c . a developing circle, with the view of bringing out local mediums for the platform. These things speak well for the cause in Liverpool, and we trust that, by like perseverance, this and every other town will set, their hearts and houses in order to carry on the positive knowledge of immortality and eternal life.—Yours, &e.

J . ClIAPlU*.

SPIRITUALISM IN NEWCASTLE.With but little outward agitation the progress of Spiritualism in the

town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne is rapid and wide. Wtiile Mr. Morse's orations are being eagerly beard, and tbeir forcible arguments and fervent eloquence sweeping away many, if not most, of the weak doubts and objections as to the truth of Spiritualism, small coteries of investi gators are witnessing the most marvellous samples of its varied phe nomena. The Society of Spiritualists have made good progress, but Spiritualism does not depend upon large societies or organisations. The humble family circle, or one bumble individual, may get more and deepen revelations of the spirit-world than often is conceded to the public circle. Harmony cannot always bs insured in a public circle, and some earnest people have not found themselves en r a p p o r t with a mixed company, and baring, by the force of tbeir own nature, n deep desire to penetrate into tbe mysteries of the future life, have felt that they could pursue tbeir investigations more agreeably at home. Amongst such as these Mr. Joseph Petty, of No. (!, Suffolk Street, in this town, has continued in tho family circle to hold seances for more than two years, and has been rewarded for his patience and perseverance with manifestations of a varied character. His wife and son (twelve years of age) are good trance mediums, and in their presence physical phenomena of a startling nature occur: and likewise discourses of an intelligent character arc delivered, through Mr. Petty, and one controlling spirit (■* Dr. Ilood ”) prescribes for ttiose whose bodily ailments need it. They arc being very successful in respect to wbat is termed materialisation, the spirit of a femalo called “ Emma” having appeared in full form, while the medium was at the same time seen reposing in a deep trance. Another spirit, a male, promises to appear in his sailor costume, and in time it is anticipated that their spirit-friends will mingle freely with them.

The writer called on Mr. Petty a few nights ago and was present when some wonderful phenomena took place. Violins and a bell were floated and played like harps in the air, cherries were brought cool and fresh, large articles wore put on the table without noise, slippers were taken off, hands and anus were felt, and the table with violins upon it in a moment seemed to make itself air, for it was gone without the slightest sound to the corner of the room, which was ascertained on the 'candle being lighted.

The name of the writer you know, and the names of the sitters at Mr. Petty's ciiu be given with their addresses, but any who doubt the genuine ness of the phenomena have only- to seek in a right, earnest, truth-loving, unprejudiced spirit, and they will get the evidence of their own experi ence to satisfy them.

Mr.. M o r s e a t N e w c a s t l e -o x -X y x e .—During the past, week we have been regaled by the guides of this eminent trance-medium with a feast of fat things. The value of Mr. Morse’s mediumship is ever attested by increasing audiences, and I lie people’s esteem for the man is intensified at every visit. Though we get our share of such angel-ministrations, we could do with even more, and we cannot say we look with delight (as the loss and deprivation will hi ours) on his anticipated visit to America. Nevertheless, we trust his visit thither will be pre-eminently

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successful in every respect. Wo arc nol., nor will lli« renders of |.li«> Mnoit'M who know Mr. Morse ho. surprised In hear 1,1ml. the iSpiriliml- is*s of tikis (own purport) giving him a lionolil, soiree in August next, to enable him to undertake po expensive a tour with mom oomlort than the incorno of a professional m nlium can afford. Tim receipts naturally cannot ho expected to be a(lri|iiato (,o I lie rcepiiremeiiln of llte ciihc, hut if Spiritualist associations generally adopt tlu< sainn meaiiH, a imllieieiicy may bo obtained to allow h o valuable a medium to travel without d is comfort or fear of endangering Ilia mediunmhip. We have had Ilia Sunday-evening lectures reported, and very probably they may in due time appear in these pages, and therefore forego any analysis ol the subjects, though we cannot refrain from expressing our delight u illi their precision of thought, oonsoeutiveness of arrangement, charming de livery, and rhetorical effect, evoking in the mindu of all enthusiasm with IIh< teachings of Spiritualism, if leaving some still unconvinced ol' tlux phenomena of tnuuio-mediuineliip,- -,J. J\TiUii,n.

are occupied with liirminglmm, and

W ORTHY' O PPO NENTS Ob’ TIM Several columns of the /inn / Time:; of last week

correspondence respecling the “ Ex-Medium ” of a report of one of his lectures. Mr. John Ainsworth publishes a letter signed by the “ Ex-Medium’s ” father and mother, two of his sisters, and a brother. Hero is n. paragraph from that letter the words of the father of tho “ Ex-Medium —

“ As the head of the family, I .have felt keenly upon the subject of opposing one of niy sons in the Press, but feel compelled to do so, as ho lias so slandered the whole family, and stated such untruths about me. besides the vile treatment to his dear ■mother last week, calling her that name, the worst of names a woman can bo called, and with uplifted and clenched fist tlircnloned to drive her out into t.lio middle of the road. I must desist respecting his character, for none can conceive if, and there never was stated upon any platform or in letters in this world such a series of untruths as he has uttered.”

lie must bn a had man indeed whose conduct can wring from a father such words as these, ami to which his mother, sisters, and brother have signed their names. The elder brother follows with a long letter, in which communications from a number of respectable inhabitants of .Birmingham appear stating that Mr. Lees, senior, is not a Spiritualist, and so jjeed not abuse his son for attempting to expose it. 'That the “ Ex-Medium” never was recognised by Spiritualists as a medium, but only as a raw lad whoso niediumelup—if ho had any required develop ment, and that many o f his statements were false, including allegations by him that his father had attempted to stab him and shoot him. The .Rev. T. Ashcroft regards the “ Ex-Medium ” as a victim of persecution, that the things said against him arc the fruits of Spiritualism ; in short, that he is the only saint in his family. The “ Ex-Modium’s ” looture, presided over by this “’Rev.,” was a queer mixture of opinion, blunder, and falsehood. H e makes statements about mediuinship which everyone with the least experience knows to bo erroneous, l ie characterises Mr. Wallace, who has just written in the b'orln’ujhtly, as a “ trance medium,” and says he attended one of Mr. Herne’s seances at the Spiritual Institution, at which ho discovered the hand of the medium ‘■tumbling” the Strings of a guitar which hud been floating in the room and fell w ar the “ ex-medium.” That this statement about t.lio seance is false is most certain, as Mr. H erne’s hands are held tightly by the Bitters all the time the light is out.

Prom the testimony of Ids family, and the slightest examination of statements, it is evident that this exposer of Spiritualism is a wholly unreliable individual, and it is ordy t.lio most ignorant people, or those whose moral obliquity is as had as his oxvn, (.hat can he influenced by his random talk. We think our friends in Bury have taken quite suflieicnt notice of their “ reverend” townsman and his worthy )>rolrt/i\ and we ask them to give themselves no pain or apprehension ns to the stories invented about mediums and Spiritualists by such persons.

A N E W M ESM ERIC O l’ERATO R.To the E ditor.—Sir,— If you will kindly grant me the insertion of

these few lines in your invaluable paper, you may confer a favour upon one whose sole aim in life will he devoted to the furtherance of making known unii’crsally the divine truth ot .Spiritualism.

I will state my position briefly.A gentleman, professor of mesmerism, proposed to give me free

instruction in the art, ns lie considered I possessed ( if developed) unusually strong powers. I accepted his disinterested offer, and alter mjr first lesson I took a subject very satisfactorily. And now that my course of instruction i’h completed, I can avow myself t.o he mistress of the art, and perfectly competent to give either private or public enter tainments, only I am held hack through the want ol a little capital t.o start with.

If any of your gentlemen or lady renders would advance, for a short time, a sum sullicient to enable me to engage a ball and pay the incidental expenses, I should only lie too glad to return the amount out of the profits, at. fr per cent, interest..

After I am once launched, I. should depend upon my future success for a livelihood; so whoever would hold out a helping hand to me in my extreme emergency would confer a life-lasting benefit upon one who would he ever grateful,

I should he Imppy to receive any communications directed to Miss Cbandos, at the address given below, to arrange an interview. Trusting yen will pardon the liberty I have taken in making this irregular request, 1 am, .Sir, vour obedient servant, I/. Uiia n d o h .

Varnham Villa, Varn/tam. /{owl, A ’em Thornton Heath, Ha ere//.June IfOtli, 1874.

M EETINU AT T H E ATI I E,\ EfJM, NO.VJ KKN T O W N .At the Al henamm, Heorgo Si reel,, Ec-lon Road, on Sunday last,

a lecture was given by Mrs. Bullock in the trance Mato; a sm all luit appreciative audience attended. A ltera hymn, No. ‘17 ol the “ .Spiritual Eyre," had been sung, Mr. Ifaxhy read p!ir|, ,,f (bo -billi chapter o f Isaiah, and then asked the audience to name a subject that the rpirit- guidni o f M rs. flu Dock m ight lecture upon: four subjects were chosen-■— “ The origin of evil,” “ The em ployment ami progress o f sp ir its ,” " VVIml. is .Spiritualism ?" and " Spiritualism p.rl and present, and vvlmt if. will tie in the future?’' I pon each subject being put h, (lie vole, the last, of the four chosen was selected hy the majority. Another hym n was sung, and at the clone Mrs. (hillock, now in the I ranee- tale, ro e, and for a few minutes engaged in a prayer to the Eather of all erealed being. “ To Thee do we look for strength to sustain us in tho present, and in the future as in the past,” Ac. At the couinieecmieiil she -aid that., the audience having eho.sen |).i subject as well as desiring to knowand learn smnel liiug of spirit teaching, we will endeavour io ......I yourwish and embody the hint subject with the one you have given m • which t hey did in a very phasing and irml ruel.ive manner, coni inning, in a very wonderful way, a long flow o f words well adapted to the subject, and enlightening the minds of those present on the importance of spirit-teaching and writings in I he ages o f the past, bringing forth the truths of those ancient days ill their newness and beauty, showing their grand and beautiful meaning, t hough remarking I hut, through the blindness ol those who profess to t-eivli the. (ruths of the great .Ma-ter at the present, time, they fail t.o teach the t ruth as it is in Jesus : t hey fa i I to find f.lie good ness they are in search ol, and hence are turning some ol tho most sublime teaching into foolishness, explaining away and pin.-mg a meaning or interpretation upon many passages entirely different from wind the inspired writers wished to convoy. In tlieaneie: t rJ ivsii-. now, there were many m ediums; the seeing, the writing, thf) prophetic mediums, the inspirational, and the trance and test-mediums. The Infinite .Spirit 1ms from the first creation of man communicated and held converse with him. This eorrunnicition still exists. The voice of Clod from tho spirit,-world is around at the present lime, and will ever continue in the future, through the vast ages of an eternity. After the lecture, which was continued considerably over an hour, another spirit took the control of Mrs. Bullock, and made some remarks in a very friendly way to the audience before they :■ operated, stating that in investigating, and in their endeavours to find out spiritual truth, they should all try to help themselves, and he would give them all the it i format ion, ad vice, and assistance he possibly could ; also announcing that if the audience so desire, next .Sunday, answers to questions would l.o given instead of the usual lecture. Mr. Ilaxhy thanked Mrs. .Bullock and tho spirit-guides for their great kindness, on behalf of the audience. Another hymn was sung, and the. meeting closed. As announced in another column, Mrs. Bullock will give a lecture, or speak to those who gather together, in the same hall on Sunday evening, tho 28th June, and also the 4th July.

R E PO R T O F M R. W IL SO N ’S LEC TU RE O N S U N D A Y EAST.Svaiiiomsm or Nr.minus. No. •>.

In considering the Symbolism of .Number he represented the term as indicating two distinct ideas, namely, the groupage and the division ol number. Bv groupage ho meant, representing Ile* whole ns a imitation, a dnalalion, a triadation, or a qu irl.eration, and these groupages Ic pro posed to lay aside, and refer to the succession of numbers as similar divisions.

Tho first step was to find the scale, and for this purpose betook IB an the complete number, as capable of being diviih d «nlo I wo occn es. or ■I as quarters, or ns eight, two’s, or sixteen one’s. \ , .w , the decimal divides into I.wo fix'es, and four of two-and-iv-hall each. Again, sixteen is the law of nature for falling bodies and for shading bodies in the square of the distance- -in flic third stage. 'Taking the divisions ol a note in music, lie had heard it said that you can I tear the Bed. the nth, and the octave, as the vibrations cease; also, it is a bict that I he common chord in music is the “rd, the f>lh, and the Bill note, Iroin the bass note. Now, ns the proportions of red, blue, and yellow, in a ray ol light are, namely, red, live parts; blue, eight parts; and yellow, three parts; a I a.s we have seen, that the circle is the result oi I lie pent igon, the rblorij

I he triangle is three, he saw a liar-

of ( ’..lour. Form, and Number

Wi: have had a call from Brofossor (laillard, of Eiverpool, on his way to Baris, where he intend;: making the acquaintance of the Spiri tualists. Ho presented us with a ropy of his work, “ The French Eanguage, hy Association of Ideas, comprising a Series of Interesting Sketches to the extent of 0,00(1 Words, thus alT'oriliiig the Men us of E 'onvrrsing on almost every iSubjeel.” The first chapter, or lesson, on creation introduces ideas oil intuition, the spirit-world, and the Deity, 'the, professor says lie had sonic suggest ions Irom Mr. Morse under inspiration relative to the matter in this department of tho work.

is two squares of four as eight, and rnony between -

Red, the circle and i>.Blue, the oblong and 8.Yellow, the triangle and B.

Consequently he assumed the primaries to ho in harmony.

Fivnis the life-law of nature. Most flowers have >• petals; llud animals have f> projections from Hie body, namely, the head and lour limbs (for the tail gradually diminishes as the animal approaches I ho human). In nuiti we have his f> senses, his f> toes and lingers, his ■> h o l es in lii.s head, his directions to lii.s eye, and the symbol ol >'• is a star lish, I he hth order of creation.

Eiu iitis (.lie octave, tin* little mile above the large one. I he m eaning ol 8 is recognit ion, and Hie symbol is an hour-glass.

T ii i ibk .TJio moaning of three is classification, or (lie separating every' major

idea into three parts in relation, and tho symbol is a third.Number 11as always been held as of great significance in all brandies

of knowledge, ns chemistry, astronomy. The Bible leva great st ress on number: and for music it. is the base of time and lim e. 'The lecturer explained the science of vibration as a string I hat bisected or trisected itself ns quickly lurried and held slack. l ie then proceeded to exploit! the hand language of number ns ( wo distinct octavos, and explained that now that I hey had obtained the IB numbers, it was necessary to make the scale of colour mill form extend to sixteen examples, so as to ooin- pnre with the IB numbers. At llm conclusion he repeater! 'Temivson’s “ Grandmothers Apology,” as lire poetry o f 70, and umiom iced that h is next lecture would he on the Symbols of Work.

We are glad to (hid that, those lectures arc beginning to attract from the originality ol the subjects.

412 THE MEDIUM AND DAYBREAK. •TOME 2(J, 1874,

01 IPS AND KN OS.l ’lUvrr.srANTisM \xi> Humanism. ||' wo read, instead of these two

term#, wlmt urn supposed lo ln> t li<>ir followers' cesenl ini (Iih!inot i vn principles, viz., “ Tlm right of private judgment.,” ami - Infallibility," wo shall linil Hud ninny wlio consider tlioinsehi-s iiltrn IVnlesluiits lire, in the spirit, though not, in the let I or, Romanists, i.c., tlmy adopt, in some form or oilier, the spirit of Romanism, infallibility (suppim. <1 to lie given to n mortal or inorlnls), us their guide. “ (Kid’s Word " is I heir shect-niuAior, and they lake it. tin-granted that they have it, “ pure unci unadulterated ’ in our English translation. They do Hot trouhle thein- selvt-i about the vc\cd quest ions us to its discrepancies and sourer, anil the sources of its source, nor do they realise Hint human infallibility, in many ways, is involved in this opinion. They are like I he old damo who b I i i i I up the argument, alien it, as seem, d toiler, wandered into Hebrew, (1 reek, and Syriac, In proposing that the disputants should

just go bark to the original, ii/ ., " King .’ainie's version.” Their exercise of the right of'private judgment goes no further than forming their own opinion from that version, sometimes not even so far, for the dictum of some favourite mini ter or of some pel commentary in looked on ns gospel on any doubtful point. The natural and logical result of the /Vur/ess exercise of private judgment, starting on the supposition that the liible is the sole and linnl revelation of (Kid’s will to man, is either scepticism or else sheer materialism. The inquirer ends bv disproving his premises, and limls himsell like the man who sawed off the branch he was sitting on. These two things, scepticism and materialism, have served, and are serving, the purpose of clearing away much theological rubbish, whilst science does a like service as regards other siiperstitions. One meets people who, recoiling with horror from materialism, t ike refuge in the idea of the plenary inspiration of tin' Bible, and avowedly shut their eyes to all difficulties. One logical step further, and these persons would, like Hov. Dr. Newman, become Romanists. Wo see the natural outcome of infallibility, when consis tently followed out. in the I’apaldenuneiationsagainst, science in other words, against progress. Infallibility necessarily implies finality, and finality in religion, properly understood, involves finality in everything else. " Fj>ur si Still the world moves on morally us well asphysically in spite of 1’ope and priest, thus giving the practical lie to their denunciations. Give the doctrine of infallibility in any shape “ rope enough and it hangs itself.” It comes to a red actio ad. ab surd a in. There is, however, a certain sense in which “ infallibility” and “ salvation by belief’” may both be true. Thus a plenary divine reve lation would be infallible, but then facts prove that it lias never yet been given, Man, us a progressive being, is not fitted to receive it. Pro gression and plenary inspiration cannot go together. With God t here is no waste, either in the material or spiritual world. His economy is perfect, l ie gives to each man and to each race just the amount of truth that can be digested and assimilated, no more and no less. Hence ii follows that revelation in every ease, whether individual or collective, must be continuous and progressive. The Spiritualism of to-day will bo mere crudity compared lo f lint, of a couple of thousand years hence. “ Salvation by belief" is true in this sonae, that a man’s belief must have great influence on his mind and character. A linn belief in the liible has no doubt been the saving from evil ways of many a man. In fact, these two dogmas, in one shape or other, were, and in many eases still are, the only sheet-anchors by which men could, or even now can, hold on to religion at. all. Growth in positive know ledge of all kinds—material and spiritual—is rapidly preparing the way for a now basis on which to found religion. The religious ideas now current boar about, the same relation to the positive religion of the future that, tho so-called science of the schoolmen— founded as if, was on the supposed infallibility and finality of tiio Aristotelian philosophy - bears to the inductive science of the prosent day.

There is yet another topic to be entered into in connection with our subject, i.c., the unfolding of the interior meaning of tho Word, as it. is called. It seems to us that hero the effect has peon mistaken for tho cause. Put of this more hereafter, if the Editor permit. II. M.

Hath, May 24, 1874.

A r c a n a a n d Co mme n t a r i e s . Tub S pi r i t a n d t h e L e t t e r .—Those who have studied the Bible in a right spirit, in an earnest, prayerful search after spiritual truth, have often been astonished and borne testimony to xvhat appeared to them to be the unfolding of t.lie inner meaning of the text, how old truths seemed gradually to expand into larger and more nearly universal proportions, how new truths dawned upon them, and how many of their views insensibly changed became larger and more charitable. The deeper the thought, the morn earnest and prayerful the search, the greater lms been (lie effect. The true cause, however, lies in the spiritual linfoldmont of the reader; tlm apparent unfoldment, of the text is tho effect. If such effects worn confined to Bible students tho ease might, bo otherwise; hut tho same thing occurs with earnest, right-minded students of any supposed infallible revelation. The Koran, for instance, lias been by Mussulman mystics spiritualised and made to boar a far higher and purer meaning than it does in the minds of others less spiritually developed, and whose guide is the letter. Where the spiritual faculties are greatly developed wo have “ celestial arcana,” “ arcana of Christianity,” and wlmt might be called “ arcana of Mohammedanism,” mid so on. 8l.arl.iug from the premises of an infallible revelation, the writers of such arcana naturally believe themselves to be tho subjects of dirertt// Divine inspira tion, e.//., Swedenborg, and, 1 believe, Harris. So with Mussulman and other mystics. Where the spiritual unfoldim-nt is less we have mere commentaries less of the spirit and mure of Hie letter. There is a noteworthy difference between these two classes. Writers of nreann, in spite of their belief in the infallibility of the particular sacred book tliey treat, of, appear, as a rule, to bo moved to the summary rejection of certain portions. Swedenborg, for itislunco, constructed his own canon of Scripture. Writers of commentaries generally swallow Iho whole.I do not mean to assert there is a broad line of demarcation between the two classes. They run imperceptibly into each other from uremia written under unmistakable spirit.-influence to the mere dry com mentary. These are invaluable, no doubt, in their different degrees, to those who cannot make theron-lvus independent of one particular revelation, who cannot yet see fully that God’s revelation is like nil else proceeding from Him—ever-flowing, universal, to be seen with I

the. eye of the spirit in every!lung material or spiritual. Among;,]; races mill nil sects He raises up men with, in comparison with Uu*ir fellows, highly-developed spiritual and intellectual faculties, wli,)S(| mission is lo riiiso tho prevailing ideal to a higher and gradually higher standard, and so prevent I heir brethren from sinking down inti, the slough of mere form ality: such men as Faber, Nnwman, (mil, to mention m Homs p asta I’aseal or a Ifossnel), among Cal holies Robert Hall, Robertson, Stanley, in the present century, anil a I lost of otliorH jn (Ik, past, among Hroteslunls, put, life into the religion (,f those who cannot yet emancipate themselves from creeds nnd dogmas- t hey prepare tho way for I,he freedom to conic, that which a iiffj appreciation of the Truth shall give to all.

Hath, Juno J2lb, 1874. if. M.

A GAFF RIO SPIR IT M ANIFESTS IN LONDON.A few weeks ago a gent Inman called u( flic Spiritual Institution will,

a letter of introduction from an inquirer into .Spiriluali-on resident in Natal, South Africa. We found our visitor to Iw-a generous and intelligent Scotchman, who laid resided for over twenty years in South Africa. Alter conversing on various subjects, that of Spiritualism e.nne op, anil wo obtained from him many interesting fuels respecting the iiiediinnisl.ie performances of the Call res, A\ lu-n a Callre loses any thing, lie goes to I lie hut of the wise man, or medium; and, sitting d o w n without saying n word, remains in a passive stale till the medium tells him his errand, anil gives him some salisfactory advice.

A Iter listening I o many sm-h narratives we introduced somo of the forms in which Spiritualism is to he met xvitli in London. \Yc Iound our new friend an entire stranger to the subject but willing to gain in- formation, l ie expressed his desire to bo present at a circle, and we introduced him to tin- seance by Mr. Feuvcr, held on Friday evening, atMr. Bull’s. Our friend was very much interested in (he pr....f-dingj,more particularly us he had a communication from a Callre whose identity ho recognised. Tho indisposition from which he suffers wai also accurately described by a spirit-doctor who controlled Mr. braver. Being a stranger to die subject our friend did not know very well how to test f he spirit which presented itself, but on receiving an invitation to attend the weekly seance with tho same medium at, Mr. Maynard's on the following Tuesday evening, lie went, better prepared to investigate the strange phenomena presented to him. Again the African spirit manifested through Mr. Fearer, who is a trance and personating medium. Our investigating friend put questions in tho Cnfl're or Zulu language, nnd got intelligent answers through the medium, who is a working man, and knows no language but English.

Without giving all that took place at this interview, we present the concluding manifestation which convinced our friend that it was indeed a real Cnfl’re spirit, who was present, and flic one who was supposed lobe Communicating. This Cadre had met with a violent death, and our friend, in allusion thereto, said in (he Cnfl’re language how sorry he was for (lie way in which lie was used before his death, and if ho knew how to help him now ho would gladly do so. The medium was immediately made to stretch across the table, and in the kindest manner took both the investigator’s hands in his, gave lliein a grateful pressure, and then did as a Caffre always does when ho expresses his amplest and warmest gratitude, put his forehead in both the stranger’s hands, with a deep, downward pressure.

On his return t,o Scotland our friend instituted a circle at Iho house at which ho was visit ing. The table soon moved and beat good time to their singing, sonic ticking was hoard, and some questions were answered by these faint raps. Ultimately a strange succession of sounds were heard on the under side of the fable, as if a horse were beard galloping round its under surface. On listening to it, attentively all present agreed that it was tho sound of galloping. It became louder and louder and faster-and Castor as it went round and round tlm under surface of tho tabie-top, and our friend got the idea that it was in imitation of ridingaraoe. The noise of this horse-galloping manifestation became so loud, and Iho vibratory motion of tho table so fast nnd furious, that our friend was of opinion that if nuytmo bad been ever so soundly sleeping in tho apartments bolow ho must have been awoke by the loud nnd violent noise of the unseen horseman and tho table. Alter the hubbub subsided an explanation was sought for, but could not bo obtained. Our friend is of opinion that ho may near further from the invisible rider, and thus clear up the mystery.

I s n ’t i t a H oax . - Dr. Belling writes lo a London paper lo say that ho cremated tho body of his wife's mother in his study in Bloomsbury Square, by hermetically sealing up in a sarcophagus the body and about twenty pounds avoirdupois of sodium. In three days the sarcophagus a v u b opened. No effluvium was observable, mill about a pint of dust as lino as wood ashes was all that, rrimiinod in the receptacle. These wore deposited in a vase, which the deni- departed had herself provided for the purpose, and which is now tlm only orna ment decorating tho doctor’s study.

P i iy s k -a i, IOd u c a t io n in I Ii UM i Non a M,— For sonic time pasl a class for flic physical education of children and adults of both si xes lias been commoted at Mr. Hall’s middle-class school. Frederick Street. Newlmll Hill, under Hie superintendence of Miss Ifeauelerc. This important branch of education is so frequently omitted in the ordinary eiimeiilnui of our elementary schools in Fuglimil, and wlu-n taught at all, is done in an uiiscientifle manner, tlmt a class of the kind started In MissJtcmieloredeserves wlmt. we uro glad to see it, obtains the support ol a largo number of persons. Lust, night, I lie class closed for the season previous to Hie summer holidays, and by invitation a large ussenffffv of parents and friends of the pupils were' presold. Tlm exercises gone through by a largo class, consisting of young persons of belli sexes, showed a remarkable degree of proficiency in gymnastic training, alike creditable to (lie pupils and t lm tcuelicr. I'lxi-reiscs were gone llirough with tlm rings, dumb-bells, clubs, wands, marching, At-,, ami die performances of tin-pupil* elicited loud applause from tlm spectators. The oluNN reiisMc-mbles at. six o’clock on tlm evening of the fill tiigusl. wlmii Mies lieaiieli-rc will be glad to see visitors present. The sisteni ol iiist.i-uel ion adopted exercises every purl, ol t.lu- body, mid tends to impart, grace, command, and llexibihly to Hie frame, /•‘ir/uiiii/hum M" m i hi/ Aril's, .Lino 2Uili, 187 I,

I (INK 2(5, 1S7 I t j i k m k d i d m a n d d .v v m k k a k . 4 i a

E x it 0TANT I NVI'.HTIIIATOH ( B elfast). W o cull Hilly III (I'll11 (o COITO - spondents wlio favour un v il li th e ir real nam e mid w ldiess. W hy not allow un tu furnish mi in tro d u c tio n In investigators in I Si-1 iawl. ?

Rvn. An anonym ous correspondent. gives mi account. of tw o n c u ih u 'h at. which physical phenom ena of an o rd in a ry Kind occurred , lie utuo

.mills flint (he d esire to investigate I.Iic h o iimnifcsfaUonH “ yviih IIrot rrented by a stray copy o r two of y o u r excellent. publication ." O ur correspondent. m ay lie genuine and iiionn well, hut having failed lo favour iin w ith Io n nam e and o th e r evidences of his good faith, we cannot give fu r th e r prom inence lo h isoom m unien tion .

Tin: discussion on (Spiritualism ill O oniston con tinues in the I'lrer- *(one Sun. T he Rev. Mr. Ohnpnmii lias “ auuih ila le il " S p iritualism in n recent serm on. M r. S. P ride replies: " I would suggest., as a palpahleluiiondmeiil, th a t instead of do ing any th ing so foolish, th e clergy ol this and every o ilier d is tr ic t should lirst earnestly mid p rayerfu lly exam ine the subject and try to lind th e good th ere is in il. In these days of growing infidelity th e C hurch , I th ink , can ill spare such a useful support lo its essential doctrines. I may lie p e rm itted lo ipiote a few words, recently spoken before I lie public in A m erica by a good man tolerably well Known in th is d is tr ic t an d in the w orld abroad. Ilis nam e is Herald Massey: ‘ If these m en fru it eared for the facts of religion,instead of shaking the list and gnash ing the teeth a t Spiritiia lism , they would embrace it. ns if it. were th e hand ol very salvation itself, lo r it. contains llif* solo fact. that, they have to go upon, o r ever d id have, or ever can have. Hut w h a t they care for a re file fables and figm ents which have become th e ir sloek -in -trade .’”

Invkstioato ii.- H ear S ir, 1 have th is m orn ing w ith m y le tte rs one from an anonym ous w rite r , w ho signs. “ A n Investigator.” I do not make a- practice of answ ering such le tte rs . I alw ays give my! nam e and address, and I do n o t see why 1 should be m ade the fool, and answ er letters for those w ho ap p a ren tly a re a fra id to sign th e ir nam es; how ever, as I have reason to believe th e s igna tu re m ay b e genuine, but. signed in this way by m istake, I w ill h r icily reply to the ipiesl ions, if you will kindly allow me space in your colum ns. T lio w rite r w ishes to know “ if such meetings as have been h e ld a t th e T em perance H a ll, Som ers Tow n, a re to be continued a t th e A thom eiim , O-eorgo S trco t, Huston R o ad ?” T he meetings hold a t the T em perance Hall wore tw ofold, i.e. lec tu res and seances; both, how ever, w ere n o t g iven a t th e sam e service. If was p u t to the vote as to w h eth er wo shou ld have th e one o r flic o ther, and seances as well as lec tu res wore given in th e course. T h is resu lted in objectionsboing m ade, an d in o u r hav ing to leave T em perance H a ll in consequence of th e noise m ade by som e of those co n tro lled w ho w ere n o t far developed, th e h a ll being also ren ted fo r a S unday school in th e afternoon, and used in th e evenings by an E vangelica l society. No doubt much good was done by th e seances, as well as by the very excel lent lectures M rs. Ilulloek delivered . T h e A thonnuim has been taken for trance lectures, to he g iven by M rs. Mullock's guides, so th a t the meetings may not, ho d isco n tin u ed ; h u t ns to w hether we sh ill he able to have seances, th a t is a. question lo he asked, lirst. o f the p ro p r ie to r of the lmll, and second of th e com pany, if they will give th e ir ap p ro v a l and support. T he seances in th e last ha ll w ere announ ced by tlio sp ir it- guides of M rs. Jhillouk, in d ep en d e n t of any suggestions from myself, and, as 1 had no w ish to d is tu rb th e w ork of those dep arted friends, th e seances took place. If a gu aran tee could bo go t, and a h a ll o r room secured, som ething of a s im ila r n a tu re m ight, soon he ob tained a t a very trilling c o s t; therefo re , as th e w rite r says, it need n o t be m onopolised by the tow, b u t th e poor, t he m any, w ho cannot afford to pay a lo t of money for sp iritu a l phenom ena, w ould have a sharo in public, seances, and thereby become w itnesses of th e w onderfu l pow ers of t.hoso now in the spirit-w orld a t a very cheap ra te . J: t r u s t th is w ill he a suflloiont. answer. .Perm it m e lo usk, if any fu r th e r in fo rm ation he req u ired , t.ho parties w ill not, fo rg e t to a tta ch th e ir nam e an d address to th e le tte r o r communication.— I am , you rs tru ly , J o h n W . H a x d y , 8, Sandnll Road, Camden Tow n, N .W .

I n M e m o u ia m . - -On th e 4 th in s t., d e p a rted to th e sp irit-w o rld , Abraham A shm an, fa th er o f Jo sep h A shm an, healing-m edium , in the eighty-ninth year o f h is ago. A bou t seventy years ago t.ho deoeased had a revelation, w hich gave h im a perfec t confidence in t he existence ol celestial m essengers, th a t such m essengers b rin g good tid ings to men, attend them th ro u g h th e ir e a rth ly p ilg rim ages, and woloomo them beyond. M r, A shm an was, in alL respects, an exem plary character, showing in his long life a belief th a t a ll th in g s w ork to g e th e r lo r good if men w ill only roly upon th e prom ises of G od, endeavour to do what is righ t, allow them selves to he ta u g h t by C hris t, an d aim on ly a t what is consisten t and tru e . B eliev ing th a t som e reco rd of so w orthy a soul may not, be o u t o f place in y o u r in te restin g paper, I m ay fu rth e r siulo th a t old A braham ’s daugh ter, w hen young, became a c rip p le for life th rough an accident,, w hen (foreseeing th e fo rlo rn cond ition in which he m ust leave h e r shou ld d ea th lirst, ca ll him aw ay) h is p ers is ten t prayer was th a t ho m ig h t surv ive her. H is p ray e r was answ ered, and no did survive h er, liv ing to th e g ro a t age m en tioned above. H a d it pleased G od to take h im before, he was p repared to how th e knee, and to leave h e r to th a t P rov idence w hich cares fo r a l l ; h u t h is lilo-long impression was th a t lie shou ld ho spared to w atch over h is ch ild till his care was no lo n g er needed. I n I,lie au tum n of last, year ho lo s t his physical High!., and , as ho d id so, h is sp iritu a l percep tions became m ore anil m ore d ev e lo p e d ; so m uch so th a t lie frequently heard th e voice of a little g ra n d d a u g h te r (long d ead ) singing celestial m elodies t.o him . Becoming aw are th a t b is tim e was d raw in g near, and as it had boon an unalterable conviction w ith h im th a t th e hoard in g of w ealth only brought tro u b le , ho had n o t saved a penny , still believing th a t a ll would he well. I n F e b ru a ry last, his ntllictod child succum bed to a sudden illness, and , a f te r tw o days' delay , d ep a rted for th e happy land , thus p reced ing h e r aged p a ren t. H ere then , 1 say, is a p ro o f of answered p ray e r . Death having rem oved tlio child , th e p a re n t’s career in th is w orld scorned ended, am i, in th e sh o r t space of n ineteen weeks from th e ir earl lily p a rtin g , t h e ir sp irits w ere united in heaven, ami all th a t rem ains m o rta l o f them lies in one grave in the yard of the eluipel in w hich th e fa ther had boon a w orsh ipper for fifty years, and his child a teacher fo r a very long tim e. T h u s ended the p ilg rim age of one who had borne h im self iih a p rayerfu l, tru sting , w o rth y m an, who, il lie had a regret, if' was lest, his fa ith in the goodness o f G od t.o provide lo r his children should ever fo r a m om ent have w avered, or th a t his holy angels seek to gu ide th o le w ho choose to bo h o gu ided .- H.

I’i io s i 'IIo iiiih ion An o in t in o I n s t ih imk n t h .- M r. E d ito r.— W ill you kindly inform me, th rough you r notices to co rresp o n d en ts , th e best, way of p rep a rin g the phosphorus for ano in tin g in s tru m e n ts for dark seuiiiTs, ami oblige yours tru ly , BriiAinv | W e do n o t know. W e never used it., ( 'an any of o u r correspondents give tl ic ir experience?

Hi), M .|.“ H o mo ,” in a le tte r of advice t.o Sp iritua lists , quotes th e c o u n s e lo r

G am alie l: “ ’ And now I say un to you -Refrain from those m en , olidlet. them alone, lo r if th is counsel o r th is work he of m en, il w ill coinn to nought,. Hiil.il' it he o f G od, yo cannot, overthrow it, lest. Im ply yo Im round even to light against. G o d .’ Gan liner reasoning o r a b e tto r argum ent, lie p roduced on behalf of S p iritua lism . Therefore, instead of bring ing forth Irilles, o r troub ling ab o u t wlinl, o thers cay o r do, p ress onw ard in yo u r eiinse, stain facts, stoop not, to petty linings, no r lend an car to bickerings."

Riniiui.vii Bamisi.ic Kouktoi.ii in a Diikam. A landslip occurred I,bo o th e r day near Oruigydon, a villa belonging to M r. I). Howell, of Machyiillel.il. T h e rock in th e rear o f th e house gave way, and anim m ense q u an tity , form ing a perfect, avalanche, of stones .....I earthcam e down, overw helm ing anil cru sh ing in l.lie roof of ihul pert, of the house serving ns a do rm ito ry for the m uiil-servants. H appily , there was no one in at, tlio tim e, and thus loss of life was averted , A singular m ferre t is added to the oecurrcnoo th ro u g h its having been foreseen in a dream by an old lish haw ker, who took good care to let. the workm en know that, th e re was going to ho “ a fa ll.” North W all. C hronicle, Ju n e20, 1.874.

Mas. B in , l o c k 's D e v e e o i ' ipk ; C i r c l e ,- -To th e E d ito r. B oar S ir, W e have engaged a sm all hall at. the hack of a p riv a te house, w hich w ill accom m odate betw een forty an d fifty persons. M rs. B ullock has taken th is place to hold a “ develop ing c irc le ,” fo r m edium s only , every week, and I th in k we shall succeed well th ere w ith it. W e ir’s "Passage being closed on iiccounl, o f tlio noise undeveloped m edium s m ake, end them being no public ha ll open to hold seances in a t a ll, I certa in ly th in k th a t th e re ought to ho som e place open fo r these p u b lic seances, as 1 believe they cause a great, im pression to unbelievers in S p iritua lism , rim one at. th e T om poranco H all, W e ir’s Passage, seemed to give g rea t

satisfaction to a few, or, I m ig h t say, good m any. I th ink wo canno t do but to r th a n open th is place on Sunday m ornings. Wo shall he able to give fu ll p a rticu la rs in a n o th e r fo r tn ig h t o r so ; anil, besides, it. w ould he th e only place open dow n th e Hast end , ns G oswell H a ll is sh u t up. and th e A tliem eum being th e only p lace open. M rs. B ullock, hav ing k ind ly consented to m anage th e develop ing circle, has a vacancy for th ree o r fou r m edium s, ladies o r gen tlem en, and full p a rticu la rs can he had from y o u r m ost hum ble servant, W . R u s s e l l , 15, W estm ore land I’luce, C ity B ond, 10.0.

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cussion on theo ries ad vanced in e x p la n a tio n of tlio phenom ena. By “ M. A.,” (O xon).

C hap te r 11.— On (ho m ovem en t o f objects w ith in a close room , w ith out, hum an agency. T he ca rry in g of ob jects in to a locked room from w ith o u t, an d on th e passage of so lid ob jec ts th ro u g h m ateria l obstacles.

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and Psychological Society. By .). B urns.G erald Massey in Chicago.J . M. Peebles on Robert. Owen.A G irl w ith a R em arkab le M em ory.W ith th is n u m b e r is offered •* R esearches in th e P henom ena of S p ir i tu a lism ,” by W. C rookes, P.R.S., pub lished in Tw o P arts a t Is., for 7d. post f r e e ; Unman N ature and e ith e r Part, together, Is. 2d. post tree Unman N ature and both Parts, Is. (Id.

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T he C lue of an Idea • -The P re jud ice against. Religion -Religion as E ire—Tlio N am e: I. D erivation - T he D erivation from “ R e lig a ro ”

T lio D erivation from “ Rolegoro”- l l . Usage—T he P rov incia l Use Tim C osm opolitan Use T he T h in g : T hree P opular C o n cep tions

of it- Religion as Thought. -Religion as Peeling Religion as A ction ■The Evil of D isproportion- T he Unify of T h ough t, P ee lin g , a n d

Action T h e New C onception of Religion G radations of R eligion Religion and tlio Belief in God -The I'litiive of R eligion.

A New Book on S piritualism . (Quotations: S late W ritin g - S ta r tl in g C om m unications M other A nnounces H erself in a D ark C ircle “ Jam es N o lan ” speaks for her A R em arkab le Test, by “ Ski w iuikoe”— 1 tow I w as Named.

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S u n d a y , J u n e 28, K e i g h l e y , 10.30a.rn. and 5.30 p .m . Messrs. Shackled,ri and W right, Trance-M edium s. C hildren’ Progressive Lyceum at 2 a.m . and 2 p .m .Bo w e b b y B r i d g e , a t M r. W. Robinson’s, Causeway Head, Children’-. Lyceum, 10 a.m . and 2 p .m . Public M eeting, 8.30 p.m . Trance-Medium, M r. Wood.B o w l in g , Spiritualists’ M eeting Room, 2.30 and 6 p.m . Hall Lane, 2 and 6 p.m .Bo w l in g , in H artley’s Y ard, near Railway Station, Wakefield Road, at 2.30 and 6 o’clock.Ma n c h e s t e r , Temperance H ail, Grosvenor St., All Saints, at 2.30. Coivmb, at George H ohlroyd’s, a t fi p.m .Ga w t h o b p e , Spiritualists’ M eeting Room, 2.30 and 6 p.m. Mrs. S. A Bwift, Test and H ealing M edium .M o r l e y , Mr. E . Bair es’s. Town E nd.H a lif a x Psychological Society, Kali of Freedom , Back lo rd Street, L ister Lane, a t 2.30 arid fi. Children’s Lyceum a t 10 a.m. N o ttin g h a m , Churchgate Low Pavem ent. Children’s Lyceum at2 p.m. Public meeting a t 0.30 p.m .Os s e t t Common, W a k e f i e l d , a t M r. John Crane’s, at 2 and 6, p.m. Healing and Trance-speaking M edium , M r. John Crane.Bis h o p Au c k l a n d , a t Mr. Fuucitt’s, W aldron Street, a t 0 o’clock. Notice is required from strangers.N e w c a s t l e -o n -Ty n e , a t Freem asons’ Old H all, W eir’s Court, Newgate Street, a t 6 .3 0 for 7 p.m .L i v e r p o o l . Public M eetings a t th e Islington Assembly Rooms, at 2.30 and 7 p.m . Trance-mediums from all parts of England, &e. D a r l in g t o n Spiritualist Association, F ree Assem bly Room, above Hinde Bros. Stores, Ridsdale Street, Y arm Road. Public Meetings a t 10.30 a.m. and 6.30 ji.m.S o u th sk a . At Mr. W . H . Stripe’s, 31, M iddle Street, at 6.30. B irm ingham , a t M r. Perks’, 312, Bridge Street W est, near Well St„ Hockley, U nited Christian Spiritualists, a t 6 p.m .L o u g h b o ro ’. Mrs. G utteridge, Trance-m edium , Dene’s Yard, Pinfold Terrace, a t 6 o’clock.G l a s g o w . Public m eeting, 6.30 p.m ., a t 164, Trongate.H u l l , 5, Straw berry Street, D ry pool, a t 7.30.H k c k m o n d w ik k , service a t 15.30 a t Lower George Street.Developing Circle on M onday and T hursday , a t 7.30.L eed s, B ritannia B uildings, Oxford Place, close to the Town Hall, addresses a t 6.80.Os s e t t Spiritual In s titu tion , Ossett Green (near the G. N. R. Station, Service a t 2.30 and 6 p.m . John Kit son, m edium .

M onday, J u n e 29, H u l l , 42, New -King Street, a t 8.30.Bi r m i n g h a m . M idland Spiritual In s titu te , 58, Suffolk Street, at 8.

T uesday, J u n e 30, K e ig h le y , at the Lyceum , a t 7.30 p .m .. Trance-mediums, Mrs. Lucas and Messrs. W right and Shackle.ton.Sow erby B rid g e , a t M r. W. Robinson’s, Causeway Head, 8 p.m.

W ednesday , J u l y 1, B o w lin g , Sp iritualists’ M eeting Room, 8 p.m.M ob ley , M r. Em m anuel Baines’s, Town E nd , a t 7.30, for development. O s s e t t Co m m o n , at M r. John Crane’s, a t 7-30. H ealing and Tronca- m edium .M r. John Crane.B irm ingham , Mr. Perks’s, 812, Bridge S treet, a t 7, for Development. B irm ingham . M idland Spiritual In s titu te , 58, Suffolk Street, a t 8.L e e d s , B ritannia Buildings, Oxford Place, close to the Town Hall, seance at 7.30.

T h u rsd a y , J u l y 2, B o w l i n g , H all L ane, 7.30 p .m .Ga w t h o b p e , Spiritualists’ M eeting Room, a Developing Circle, at 7.30, B i s h o p A u c k l a n d , a t M r. F aucitt’s, W aldron Street, a t 8 o’clock. Notion in required from btrangers.N e w c a s t l e -o n -T y n e . Old Freem asons’ H all, W eir’s Court, Newgate Street. Seance a t 7.30 for 8.B i r m i n g h a m , Circle a t Mr, Thomas Qodrides, 10, C ourt House, 12, Wren- tliem Street, a t 7.80.B i r m i n g h a m , Developing Circle, at 7, H yde Roud, Lady wood, at 7.45, by Miss Baker, assisted by a Clairvoyant and Trance-m edium .

F rid ay , J u l y 3, L iv e rp o o l, W eeklv Conference and Trance-speaking, at the Islington Assembly Rooms, a t 8 p .m . The Comm ittee meet at 7 , N o ttin g h a m , Cbuvebgate Low Pavem ent, Seance at 8 p.m,

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Containing well au th en tica ted and selected reports of a ll th e d ifferent phases of m odern sp ir it phenom ena, from tab le-tu rn ing to th e visible materialisation of the faces an d form s of th e departed , an d th e photo graphing of s p i r i t s ; p rov ing by undeniab le facts th a t those wo m ourn as

D E A D A R E S T I L L A L I V E ,and can com m unicate w ith u s ; and th a t Spiritualism is sanctioned by Scripture, and consisten t w ith science and com m on-sense; w ith speci mens of in tensely in teresting com m unications received touch ing death , the future life, and th e experiences of tho departed . Also ex trac ts from Hie lite ra tu re of S p iritua lism , advice to investigators, list of books, addresses of m edium s, an d all useful inform ation. By F r i t z .

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TM I8S LOTT I E F O W L E R , the G R E A T A M E R IC A N SO-M-i i l NAMBIH.IST CLAIRVOYANT!', and TK.3T M EDIUM , w hose reputation is well known th ro u g h o u t Europe and America, can bo l.'O.NiSl1 l/l'E I) on c ither Medical nr Husine. s AITairs connected w ith th e Diving and Dead. Hours, 13 till 3. T erm -, One G uinea.— A ddress, 9, Som erset S treet, Portm an Square, London, W.

N.B.— Miss Fo w l e r dec - n o t receive any vi itors on Sundays.

M RS. O L IV E , T r a n c e M e d iu m fo r Test Communications from S pirit Relatives and F rien d s; also for the C ure of various

Diseases by Spirit-M agnetism and Proscriptions. Private Seances by appointm ent.-—49, Belmont S treet, C L .'k Farm Road, London, N.W.

A PutiLtn Se a n c e a t the above address on T uesday Evenings, a t Seven o’clock. Admission, 2s. Od.

R S . W O O D F O R D E , T r a n c e M e d i u m a n d M e d i c a l Mn s m k h is t , will also give S ittings for D evelopm ent in W riting or

D raw ing under S p irit Control. On p ou rra a’en tre ten ir en Fran ,-ai;. T erm s reasonable.- -Present address, 41, B ernard S tree t, Jtus. oil Square. P rivate Seances a ttended .

/JR. F. H E R N E , Medium, gives Public .Seances at the Spiri tual Institu tion , 15, Southam pton Row, London, as fo llow s:—On

M onday E vening, a t 8 o’clock ; on W ednesday Afternoon, a t 5 o’c lock ; and on T hursday Evening, a t 8 o’clock. Admission to each seance, 2s. (I’d. Mr. H e r n e m ay bo engaged for p rivate seances. Addres-.— H erne’s Oak Villa, Rockmead Road, South H ackney, N.E.

A N N IE E. F A Y , th e c e le b ra te d P h y s ic a l M ed ium fro m A m erica , has a rr iv ed in London, an d taken a suite of parlours, 2, Vernon

Place, B loom sbury Square, W.C. Seances w ill be con tinued every evening, except, on S atu rday an d S unday evenings. A Light, and Dark Seance are g iven each evening, lasting tw o hours, comm encing a t E igh t o’clock prom pt. Seats fo r any evening m ay be secured by calling a t 2, Vernon Place, or 15, Southam pton Row. Term s 10s. for both seances. Seances given a t th e residences of investigators.

TO INVESTIGATORS.T C. C A L D W E L L , Medium fo r Test Communications, lias t ) ■ been very successful in ge tting Tests in P rivate Circles, and is open to ATTEND Investiga to rs a t th e ir own residences. Term s, 7s. Od. and expenses, tra in or ’bus.—Address, 151, W alw orth Road, S.E.

MR S. J U L IA B. D IC K IN SO N , the celebrated Medical, C lairvoyant, an d M agnetic H ealer, is abou t to return to the United

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M R . A . F E G A N -E G E R T O N , th e w e ll-k n o w n Trance and iLL Physical Me d iu m , is open to engagem ents to a tten d Seances in the neighbourhood of Liverpool. Fee, One Guinea. L etters to be addressed, 79,. B oundary Lane, W est D erby Road.

Mr. Eg e r t o n a tten d s a Public Seance a t the Caledonia Tem perance H otel, 6, Stafford S tree t, L iverpool, every M onday, a t S o’clock. Adm is sion (by T icket), 2s. Gd. each.

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A L A D Y , w ho is practising H ealing-pow er w ith great success, is open to a few m ore ENGAGEM ENTS.—Address, M. E. D., care

of Mr. B urns, 15, S outham pton Row, Ilolborn, W.C.

MR S. B U L L O C K , T r a n c e M e d iu m , is ready to receive inv ita tions to L ectu re on Spiritualism , in public, o r to p riva te

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