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142 8PIB1TUilL SCnJNT1ST.<br />
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life nnd you bn:"e no Ide" of the utent of its<br />
Inlloence.<br />
PLEASE JlECOMMJ~ tile Scientist to your<br />
frieodS. Show them ilB meri~' and advise<br />
them to subscribe. A, little personal effort on<br />
tbe P""' of our reade.. would give U8 pat<br />
, encouragement by eoiarging our sub=iptJon<br />
list_<br />
ExA(''TINO CONDITJON8.<br />
The Banner of Ligbt, May 21>, saYs: "We<br />
do not thlok tIIat tile ,,",til can \:>c best served<br />
by vloleoce, or by el!lIl1Uog condlt.loos, wblcb,<br />
thougb they ulI.y seeau vers reasonable to<br />
tIIooe Dot yet acqualoted with all tile phen'<br />
omena, are 10 trutll opposed to successful'<br />
manifestation."<br />
But bow dOe. tile, Banner know tbat exacting<br />
condlU~ns<br />
opPoses successf,,1 manifestations?<br />
It I. quite time that this fallacy,<br />
sbould be lald,aslde for the faCta u-o agaln.t<br />
tbis theors_ The,'8 Is not a meilium who bas<br />
been demonst.fate!.l ~ be geoul/,e, who Is not<br />
!.CHiay wllJlll~ to ha~e condltlone Imposed,<br />
and who has not under the strletest condltiona<br />
obtained the 8troogestof manlfestatiQlls. ,<br />
Unlesa tile demon8tratlon Is ab~olnte tIIat tile<br />
producing cause 0' these phenomena Is spiritforce,<br />
as Spiritualists assume It to be, then<br />
the lDanllestal.loD8 are wortbless and a wasta<br />
6f lime; Cor they are sald to 00 give" lor tIIi.<br />
purpose alone_ If the eJld and aim of tile<br />
Spiritualist movement la to support all person8<br />
who Claim to be medluin. In tIIeir endeavora<br />
\0 make doilars, tben ~he }K>lohion 01<br />
the Banner I., a correct one. If tbe end and<br />
aim of tbe Splrltuall\lt movement Is to spread<br />
tile trUth before bnmanlty, to alleviate Its<br />
sufferings and Improve ita ""o~itlon, to Iaacb<br />
the way that a true lUe shoulclbe lived, then<br />
the 000 clnllnlng '0 have bad evidence or ber<br />
genuloeuesS, tII~ otller decloring tlillt tIIey<br />
bave detei:ti!d fraud. The vlllue of tile evl~<br />
deuce 00 ellher side I. ueutrllli2.ed by that of<br />
tIIs otller; lias tIIere beeD any tiling exact; I.<br />
obe willing to bave tes, condition. Im~?<br />
We,bnve attended a number of Sl:MOO8 and<br />
came aWBY without tile conviction that we<br />
bad witnessed genulue form·manitestatlol,s.<br />
A rew slj"ple tests or a Blight In .. est.lgatlon<br />
that would determine tile questlon Is not pe","<br />
willed. This M .... Boothby Orst came prominently<br />
btifore the pubUc, as a pbysil!aJ medium,<br />
In '73 or '74. At tIIa~<br />
l.ime ahe gave<br />
8ean""" "Imllar to those given by Ml's. 'Maud<br />
Lord, wHich were tIIen vers much the rage.<br />
By the 8alne process that we obtailled evidence<br />
fa"irable tD ltrs. l..ord, we becawe<br />
fully 8"U.fied tIIat Mrs, Bootbby, In thlo role,<br />
was a decided fallnre, and that abe slm~ated<br />
the manlfestatlous wblch Mrs. lArd obtained<br />
outside of her own exertions. Mrs. Bootllby<br />
800n gave up thlo husin .. s and came ont as<br />
a materializing medium wben the wonder<br />
Beekers were demandlnl1: mateTlallzatioDS.<br />
From all that ~e bave BeeD we are of the<br />
opinion tliat abe needs no spirit aid 10 go<br />
through her performancee. Prof. Webater,<br />
ber control ao-called, Is no better educated<br />
Iban Mn. Bonthby berself; we mention thl!<br />
because ~ome have claimed his superior glfu<br />
as evideoce tIIat It I. not Mre. Boot!iby. N01l<br />
If sbe I. nota true medium the public shoule<br />
know It, aDd the same is lrue uf olb..... II<br />
I. not enoUgh to be sUent, to let tIIem alone<br />
\0 act on i.he defensive-but to wage an as<br />
gresslve war against tIIem uotO they pro ..<br />
lbelr rigllt to be called medlWlll! and to hi<br />
entitled 10 the protection and support of Splr<br />
Itualhots. I.et us have prOof and tIIen thel'<br />
will be DO mOre exposures.,<br />
the claim tIIat condlUon. sbould not be e,,<br />
acted, or that medln,ms should not be rigidly How TO INVESTIGATE .<br />
tested Is a wroog one. So fat as lays In Our A correspondent asks If we are III favor 0<br />
power we will opt endorse a p,cdlum witll- seizlog forms at a seance lor 'lonD maolf'"<br />
out laying beloN our readers the'reasons why tallons?, We anower "tlla' depends" If<br />
we do so; If anyone can point out wherein medl~ "ffers lovestlgators every opportunit<br />
our reaaonlng io delectlv( w.! shall deelD it to sat.l.1y, themselves that there are no tral<br />
incumbent upOn us to remedy it. Perfection doors, Coucealed masks, eloC., and permll<br />
Is only measured by uperleoce.<br />
<strong>com</strong>peten,' person, to Impose proper oond<br />
, - tJODS, then. we say tIIat we should be the fil'1<br />
. MRS. I3oOTBBY. ,.' to grapple with anyone wbo would undel"tlll!<br />
Doe.s Mrs. Bootllby posseSs, tbe,power to tos.i2.. One of the forma that shonld app'"<br />
produce malerillte splrlt-foruls? At present at tile cabinet. On \be eontral'y, where tl<br />
tills seems to be an open qu~tlon. One asys I medium ,8o-erulcd refnae.s to permlt any e:<br />
yes; the other, no. Both 8ldes..., positive; amlDatioll or to aUow anyone to obtain BOm
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