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162 SPIRITUAL SCUlNT18T. "<br />
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• b.nd n bnlf mlDute) p:lSt 'welve; but by !.be<br />
Clock In !.be ban It was fifleen mlnutes p:lSt<br />
t"elve. aDd Ulis 1 foulld BUbseqlleDtly to be<br />
l-aIlwny time. What argument by Dr. C .....<br />
penter or IIOY other person 19ooraot of facts<br />
Uke Ulls c:>D de::t our knowledge of !.be subhme<br />
tro!.b of spiritual 1011 ueoce.<br />
•<br />
A Warning Dream.<br />
The VIrginia City (Nev.) Enterprise relates<br />
Ule following as a receot veritable occurrence:<br />
"About a week or ten day. since<br />
a mao In this elty dreamed Lbat be saw biB<br />
nest door neigbbor btougbt bome dead from<br />
the mlue In ~blcb,he worked. He !.Old bla<br />
wife of the dream next morning, and during<br />
tbe day they talked a good deai about II.<br />
On the oecond day tbe man who bad esperienced<br />
Ule dream, looked from Lbe window<br />
and .aw the neigbbor on bls own doorotep<br />
about to leave for tile mine. lie &ald to hl8<br />
wife, 'I ba.e a great mind to go aod ~ Ulat<br />
man not to go to work. my dream lIaUllIs ma<br />
80.' The wife answered tbat It was a foollsb<br />
tbougbt., whlcb would ooly annoy tha<br />
man, and was 'not wortb mentioning, as It<br />
'Was tbe neighbor'. last day In tb. mine.<br />
Witbln two bours from that momeDt tila<br />
nelgbbor'a body, CM1l!bed out of sbape aod<br />
qulte dead, was brousht bomo."<br />
::Man(f... taUo1l8 in a Jail.<br />
Writing 10 J. M. Peebles, Lbe Rev. J. n.<br />
Uarter, ... y.: Our couoty (Cayuga, N. Y.)<br />
hung a colored man In our City about a year<br />
ago. 1 was opposed to hanging blm, as I am<br />
opposed to banging anybody. 1 did all 1<br />
could to save bls lite, but all In vain. I visited<br />
him 10 jail. and on one occasion l"Iked him<br />
what.ber b,e believed 10 a lite beyoUd t.bl ••<br />
lie replied 10 tbe aflirmative. 1 asked for<br />
bls reasons. lie sald, "My moUler I. dead,<br />
but sbe often visits me In my cell, sO I know<br />
abe is alive." "Now Thomas," I said to<br />
hhu, "after lOU are executed and have been<br />
In .plrlt-llfe e. spell, will yon '<strong>com</strong>e back' to<br />
tbl. ja.lland Fo.Ule aud bczng and Ihundoo-, and<br />
do anything elae In your power, to couvlnce<br />
the sheri II, jailor, and otilers of the fac~ of<br />
your continued ""I.teuce:>" lie promised 10<br />
<strong>com</strong>ply w1tb my requesl 11 able to do &0. I<br />
kep~ .tlli In relatlou 10 this matter for a nnmber<br />
of weeks. wben reportB were In circulation<br />
In regard to "strange uolses" that wera<br />
h~ard In the jail, etc. 1 called on the jailor<br />
,to milke luqulrles. lie said ibnt often In tbe<br />
nlgb~ eeIl doors slammed, b3lll;ed, opened,<br />
IIJId sbut, !liter he hOO lce1ted tilem, IlIId hod<br />
the keys ID bls pocket& Disbes were blWd<br />
to fail from the dining room tobl'\ lIS Ulough<br />
broken 10 piecea, but on entering with n light,<br />
fouod everything In order. Tin palls would<br />
jUmp from the panU'y sbelf, and wben be<br />
went In, found all things iu order. lIe snld<br />
to me: "Harter, the&e t.blnganrefllCla, but 1<br />
don't kIIow wbat In Ule devil does II." So<br />
you Bee from this that even aecuted men are<br />
BtllI amoDg us. I willuo& enlarge.' When<br />
YOIl return 10 America 1 want"" see you. 1<br />
want yoo to help to organize our forces.<br />
Loud flappIng. ill a Large Audience.<br />
At tbe anolversary celebration In Loudon,<br />
presided over by J. Enmore Jones, In tbe<br />
p .... ence On the plaiform of Ule .Ioters Katie<br />
;,j,d Maggie 10'0& (now'Mrs. Jenckeo alld Mrs.<br />
Kane), tbe original mediums In wbo.e faLbai's<br />
house at lIydesvllle, New York State, in<br />
April, 1848, avldeuees of Intelllgeut &plrlt-' '<br />
&ttlon on pbyslcal substances were given.<br />
During the speeches tbe tappings, or rather<br />
kuocklngs, were very frequent and loud; Uley<br />
c9uld be beard clear and dlstluct througbout<br />
the hall, The 1I0we"" arranged on futms,<br />
were &e~n sbaklng vigorously aud contlnnously;<br />
several persons In tbe ball asserted<br />
they saw one of tbo ceotre 1I0wor pots raised'<br />
to ao angle of about forty,lIve degre~.; of<br />
couroe DO person was Dear Ule 1I0wers.<br />
Spll'il Seen at Time III De4th.<br />
Lieu~nant-Geoeral Albert F'ytche, C. S ..<br />
1., In bie boak, "llunnah, Past and l'I'l'.ent,"<br />
just pnbUsbed in England, say.: ". bad an<br />
old BDhoolfellow, who was afterwards a college<br />
fricnd, ,with wbom 1 bad Jived in tbe<br />
dosc8t intlmacy. Years, bowe .... r. pa88ed<br />
away witbout our eeciDg each other, One<br />
moming I had just got out of bed and was<br />
dresBing myself, wbe" suddenly myoid friend<br />
.,,"'red Lbe room. I greeted him wBrO.ly;<br />
lold him 10 call for a cup of tea in tbe verandah,<br />
and promitwd to be witb him Immediate.<br />
Iy. I dreosed myself in haste, (llld W.llt Ollt<br />
\Dlo tbe nraodnh, but found no one there.<br />
1 could not believe my eyea. I called to th •<br />
• entry, who was posted at Ibe iF:ut of tbo<br />
hoose, but be bad seen 110 straoge gentleman.<br />
A fortnigbt afterwards Dews arrived that h.<br />
had dled. 600 milc. 011, aboDt tbe .ery time 1<br />
saw him at Mulmaln.
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