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]12 8PIBlTUA:L SCIENTIST.
TIrE Advent Review IIdmlts thIIt Splritunllem
Is making wonderful progrt'SlI, but sees In
thlll only 0 confirmaUon af Its belief lbnt the
"llllter dllY" Is about to dnwn and tbe devil I.
Ilt hand to c1nlm bls owo. At tbe .ame rate
of progress thllt It has made the past80 yea""
if tile devil bllS a little mare timo It Is difficult
to predict what the result may be: 'in the
meantime If the Advent Review will continue
to pllbllsb .... many facl.s concerning Spiritualism
as It bag done, they a;e weleome to
their deducllo1l8. We will be content with
the publlcatloo of the facts. Th.y speak
ror themselves. '
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Several ministers In the West, coonected
wltb different denominations, bave expressed '
a belief In the genulnene .. of tbe pbenomena
they have witnessed, while two have preached
a course of 8ermons wbicll lire' nothing 'Dore
nor leBS than Spiritualistic lecture.. The
churcbes have taken no notice of their CODduct.
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VOICE OF TJlE PID;SS.
REv. JOElBPD COOK did nol tell bl. hearere
In Tremont Temple. or his readers In tbe
Advertl8er, that'thesenlor and leading editor
, of ?.eltschrilt. Prnf. Ficlite, \a an open and
avowed Spiritualist, (as recorded In tbe tblrd
edition of Fichte'. Anthropology,) and tbat
others of Its sta1f are more or less Interested
In tbe pbllosophy and pbenomena of the
New Dlspen8atlon. !lr. Cook Is willing to
get facts wbere he can, IIvldenUy, but 18 also
"Ullog to leave to olbers tbe giving of credit
. wbere credit Isdue.-[Dauner of Llgbt, Apr.
27.
WE '.\liB by on meaDs dcslrous 01 giving
the pbenonlena a name; It I. enougb tor the
pre.ent to attA8L.to their reality, leavlnr: It
for Iclentlsts to Investigate aud theologian.
and skeptics to gaze upon with wonder and
astonlsbment. Jt Is 01 no use lor any man,
8tnndlng alar of( or near, LA> call It a cb~at or
a sbam; as well mlgbt It tie said that the
peaUog tbunder Is "f the Imagination and the
flasblng IIgbtnlng a visual IlIusln. Whatever
they may prove to be, !be pbenomena.
are real; aod the eternity of the paat, the
elernlty af the present, and tbe eternity of
the future, making one rolling, end 1_ cycle,
wlllllot be loog enougb to undo that lact.
Of neceaslty this dlscorered power must up.
root old theories, but what is a theory 1Dthe'
fnco af It.
Apr. 27.
Inct? -(Hllverh1ll Pub1lsber,
EVERY Ume a Cathallc clergyman r",lmlnlltes
bls rays of Ire against the swelllng,flood
of Spiritualism, ooel:lUl say that our cause Is
p1'08perlng. In fact It Is a sign af on 1m po ...
tnnt triumpb wben tbe Roman clergy are
-obliged to break. their sUence an &COOunt of
the progresS of Ule doctrines of All .... Kar- ,
dec.-(lUll!l&raclon Mexico. '
• THAT a designing, unscrupulous pefllon
'may, througb lotolmation obtnlnetJ. by hh
own medial powers, or otherwise, with cleverly
performed trldlll and deceptive representations,
so work upon the credulity of intelligent
peaple as to cause tbem to firmly bebelieve
they have witnessed a genuine .plrlt
'Iorm mate~lallzatlon, I'; liemonstrated In
hundreds of Instaoces. To the collfldlng and
credulous observer the prUllfAjacie evidence
In 8Upport of the gelluh,enes8 o~ tho fraudulent
maolf~tatlon8 I. equally as good, and
Irequeutiy beuer, than the evidence In support
of, the truly geoulne. Tbat there are
genuine forlo manifestations scems, from Irrefraglble
evidence, to be fnUy established; •
and It Is eq\lally certain that most .&Called
form mal.l>riallzations ale counterfeit. There
Is, then, nO,alternatlve left buL for u. to 10-
alst on crucial test coodlUone in every case.
IR. P. Journal, Apr. 20.
WE A.RE perfectly aware how sensitive
mediums are, and bence bave been wIDing to'
be as lenlellt as possible toward them; but
we agree fu\ly with the R. P.' JOW'llal that
tbere Is a point where patience ceases to ~ a.
virtue, alld iliat the time has come to rebuke
such vacWaUoo. (Banoer 0; Ught AprU 21.
OI1B FBI\l:NDs 01 the dally preas (with a
lew noble exceptions) dOD" like 9nr facts, '
and 80 they hope to stamp them ont by Ignoriug
tbem, andpreveptiug their readers
from. becoming aequalD~d with wbat I. ac­
Ing on In tbe world, so lar as Spiritualism Is
concerned. "It mov .., gentieman, notwith·
atnndlng."-(R. 1'. Jourr oJ.
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'MAruFK8TA.TlOI'IB wblch I
utterly valueless 1.(\ Spiritual!
be .0 considered hy all Splri'
Is euough that Is genulnu, w .
are strlppeli' oil', to colOJOlWd I
coniideDCe ot the wo;ld.-18 ..... _-. '
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