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]16 BPIB1TU.AL SClf:NT18T.<br />
bop teD 'secondS, wblle he T7llS DpoD It. TII8<br />
bnDde of the sitters were upon the upper<br />
surface.<br />
-<br />
A Medi ..... Cam€d out qf "Clo.'Jed Room_<br />
A most remarkable ~llI1ce """urred In<br />
London, Eog •• at the residence of :drs. Makdougall<br />
G~ory. 21 Green .treet, Gronenor<br />
.quare, In presence 01 tbe medium. Mr. Eg<br />
llntnn, and a eel..ct party. The l..obdon Spir<br />
Itualist I. resPonSible for tbe f:\ minute. li'rom the time' Mr.'<br />
F.gllnton dl.joilled bands, to tbd time tI.e<br />
fDil In the room Above w"" beard, was probably<br />
les. tb811 ten second.; sowe of' the .Ittel'll.<br />
a few minutes after tbe event occnm.I,<br />
cstimnted It 1>' Ove ..ecoDd..<br />
Wben the IIg11t<br />
was struck, JIlr. F..glllltun was 1I0t In the room, '<br />
Mr. George ::Sutherland ulliocked the door by<br />
turning the koy wbicb was In tbe lock, I>nd<br />
It was then nollcyd lhot the .,....age outsld"<br />
wasre..bly illuminated by .... Heeted IIgbl from<br />
tbe gas In the hall below. Mrs. G~ry and<br />
several sitters proeeeded up.tal .... and fonlld<br />
,Mr. ~:gllnton lyllIg In a dep trance on the<br />
Ooor, with hi. arms extended. This was<br />
'abou,' two minutes after he dl"joilled haDd.<br />
io the room below. In two or three minutes<br />
he revived,' and <strong>com</strong>plained of the back of<br />
his bead belRg hurt, &' if by a blow; beyond<br />
thi. there wa.. nOlhlllg tbe matter with blm,<br />
aud be wll8 M well as eVer ,In a fow mh'\ltes.<br />
The .Itters were all satl.8ed that the phenomenoll<br />
w"" genuine, and that the door cOuld<br />
noL bave been opened, closed aud locked uu<br />
the In.lde hy allY of tbe mortal. pNl:!enL wltbout<br />
their knowing It.<br />
This case Is paralleled by otbers In the bl ..<br />
tory of Modern ::Spiritualism, a. well as by<br />
ancient cburch legend.. Mr. Eglll.ton telJo<br />
U8 that be bas had the sarue manifeotatloD<br />
twice before-once at the houss of hi. frl'snd,<br />
Mr. Davl8, where be .tatee that It loa.' given<br />
nnder teet condition., some of tbose Present<br />
having their back. &gablst "'" door at the<br />
time. Tbe production of manlfeotations In<br />
response to the sudden suggestlou of .omebody<br />
pre""DI I. not un<strong>com</strong>mon. Tbe late<br />
Mr. Ouppy used to apoak of It as a remarkable<br />
Lblng that wbon Mr. Benjamltt Coleman,<br />
of Upper Norwood, was preseDtat Mrs.<br />
Guppy's .eaMes, the .plrlU! were almo&! Bure<br />
to do whatev.r he .... ked. Tbe facts bereln<br />
recorded cannot In any degree be paralleled<br />
by any experiments knOWD to pby.lcblts,<br />
and are at present foreign botb in deg_<br />
aDd In klnd to tbeIr experience and their<br />
theories.<br />
CYBUS MUNBOR of WobnrD, M ..... , records<br />
the Interesting Incldeut that Mrs. .<br />
YOUDg&. the plano medium, de8ed Biohop to<br />
~upllcate the manlfe&tatlone occurring In her,<br />
presence at a public seance In New York,<br />
Bishop helng preaeot. It """! a trlumpb tor<br />
the medlnlD, and Bisbop WBII coafonoded.
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