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by COnC9ntmUng Ita f&cnltie&. The first condition
for metmerlsing I~ a .tronll will, the
second Is conlldence, the tbird Is benevolence.
The acUon of mesmerism Is, in Its principle,
spiritual; bu~ It I" pby.ical in It.~ elleet9.
Tbe strengw of will does not eom~ entirely
from tbe bead, bllt oblelly from \.he b~Rrt.
The m ... merlc fluid I. ollly lleallng wllefl Lbe
beart I. pure alld strong In .falth.
The mesmeric proceo. wblcb 1 bave employed
Is simple. Uerure Inosmer.izlng 1 I.n­
'ale myself as much as po ... ible. Illeilher
see 1I0r b"ar Rnytbing tbad. paning ar"ulld
me. 1 make a mental prayer that God may.
bleso .my eaorts. M! tboughts Ollce IIxed, 1
mesmerize.
Materializing a Si'tl>ing Mflchine BtiCch.
TI,e R. P. Journal tells a siory: 'A certain
amiable lady b88 beeu for a 1,,"[\ tlmo III we
babit of visiting DaaUan and Taylor'S sean-
, .., :' cell, wbere .be felnbahlle bad Ibo exquisite
p",asure of seeing and a.ft'ecUonately greeting
tile malerlallzed spirit lIt a very dear female
relative. Upon one ~'Ion sbe reqnested
a piece of the draper)" of the spirit to tetaln
&8 a 80uvenlr of IbC$e bappy reunions; \.be
opirlt complied wltb alacrity, and Revered a
plere of the robe, including a portiou of tho
hem. The precious relic was carefully p ....
&erved, and, upon examluation and plcklol!
out the tbread, the Roalll waR found to have
bP.en .ewed with a lock·~tltch sewinS rna·
el.lno. Tbis circum.tance was ratber " 'tunner
to sume of tbe famllv. but thc 8000 old
lady readily .tralghtell~ tlle seeming crookedness
by explaining wat .be had been
taug!'t, that In tbe spirit world tbey bave everything
as wo bave here, and, therefore,
. must of necessity bave loc:k .. Utcb sewing
macblnel. .
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Pre/ling Jor Raln~
A nangalore, IndIa, paper 8aJO : "Owing
to Ibe great draught and' consequent f"llure
of crops. tbo·M;'bamedatu Dlot In a body, In
n maldan, a mile OUt of town, and offered
prayers for f"lo. Stmuge to say, frOID \.hat
very momen' the sky began to be overeaot
witb tblck clouds, aud It bas been raining
since wen." The MIId..a. and Bonibay papers
also coutaln notices of a .Imilar tenor.
Tbe Rev. J. M. Peebles, In a d""erlptlou of
the ceremonies above Alluded lO, sbows Will.
• \.bere was a method lu their praying.
BPnuTUAL SCLE~8~
.4n Impartuil OpinIon.
In May last tbe Rigbt Uonorable W. E.
Gllldatone ploCi!d on record In a I.lverpool
journal, one of we most Imp:inlal and 00-
bl~ opInions ever uttered ~ 011 outBlder;
and from wbicb we extract the following
. word.: "1 know of no rule whlcb forblolA a
Cbrlstlan to examine fnto tbe signs of pretprnatural
~ncy 10 tlie system cnlled Spl ..
ItuallAm. II tbe .... vlews and fado of the day
bave in any way sbaken !.he st.l\Ddlng ground
of a CbrlsUan, I. It not bls ftnlt and most
obvious duty to make an bnmble4>ut searcb.
In~ .eruth.y of tbe foundations? I speak as
one who I. deeply convinced tbat Ibey will
~at It, and Wat God haa ye~ many a fait
plant to rear In Ibl. pllrtlon of lIi. garde.,"
Suel. ",e· some of thn thoughts of we great­
PSt of living orators and statesinan •.
In dian Mysticisms.
'l'.:. S. G. In an ·article under tile above he.ad
in the I." s. 29.~ Ray. that a p:1/cLi.ed eye wi I
readily detect tbe way In wblcb every trick
10 done. 'I'he m"ngo tree I .. simply the sub-
8111u\.lon of several lree. of differeDt growth
from the ReOO. It Is true Unit they bave no
confederatca, bnt they have a little bag, a
~p Into wblcb tell, the 810ry.
. A Jo'/OUriBhing Socielll.
Tho society over wblch Mra. Cora 1 •. V.
Rlcbmond presides In Chicago, bas reoled
tho Third Unitarian Cburcb; comer of Monroe
an.! I.aIIln Btreeta, and ,took possession
tbe lI';'t Sunday In )fay. Thl8 edillce cost
originally over forty' thousa:nd dollars, and
contain8 one of tbe flnest 'organs In the city.
It Is a place where all can meet ·wltb pleaa,
urO. Thl. chango o;>f baae will lIIark a ne ...
era In the progress of Spiritualism In tha
city.
The real The080phiats date from the y·.a
XVI or tbereaboulS, and begin witb I'ara",,!
os. Thoy are divided into two parts, !.he on
iliOn: popular and mvstle Iban leam"d, I
whom belong J. Boi!hm, S"edenborg, Ma
tinrz l'asquaU., an'd MI. Martin; the olb,
branch is more Bcientitlc, philo80pbical at
theological and includes Parceleu8, «;oro
liu. Agri Pl'a, .'Indd, ..... d Von lIelmonl.
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Tbe may·pole and ibe churcb spire wi
Ihe wenth.·r-cock alop are the nalural biel
glypb of !.be re.umction.
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