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cllppiDgs we shall abst.i-act the main slate<br />
IOcnL', slating on whAt authority they am<br />
b:l.ged and naming' the joumallu which they<br />
are·made public. .<br />
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OUR JOUJl.~AL Is not designed to iako the<br />
placo of any other spiritualistic paper: ]t Is<br />
rather supplemenfary to tbem all. H bas a<br />
field that Is pe~ullarly iLs OWJl. Its purpose<br />
I. to pre..erve cvellLs and nelV Ideas related to<br />
our ~usc a.. they <strong>com</strong>o Into existence. To<br />
gather up and reproduce In a pel'Olaneut and<br />
cOllveulpnt form tbe most con$plclous and<br />
noteworthy artJcles that appear In the A merlean<br />
and foreign papers devoted to Spirltnal·<br />
ism, as well as the fugitive picces U,a! occa·<br />
slonally filld tbeir way into the secular pre ...<br />
Anybody "liD bas tried tbe bllSlncss of hunt-<br />
. ing up II!) article,making tbc elion at discovery<br />
80me weeks after be bas read It, 'II1l11 probably<br />
bavebad an experience in rummaging througb<br />
back files. <strong>com</strong>parable ouly to t.he proverbial<br />
soarch for a needle lu a haystack' ; to keep ..<br />
.crap book of all the importsnt itelDS or arti,<br />
£.1'" that please the falley or are considered<br />
valuable for reference destroys llIe. that<br />
would otherwise be valuable, and if <strong>com</strong>pleted,<br />
which Is seldom tile case, does not<br />
give satisfaction. 'rhe Spiritual Scicntl.9t in<br />
!ellds to be an index to everything of value,<br />
sllowing at 0lle8 where fuJI information reo<br />
latlng to any suhJect may be obtained. Every<br />
metbod will be used to make the record in<br />
our country/as well8f.l.in foreigu lands, full,<br />
nccurate and <strong>com</strong>plete.<br />
ItF:Ct:NT MATEIlIAI.JZATIONS; The reader<br />
of the ace..,ull ... of r .. cent materialization.<br />
III EnglAnd I. forced to ~ept ()ue of two<br />
collclWlions ; eiU,er the phc,nomeua are gen·<br />
uine &lId materiall7.ation is a reality, or the.<br />
authoJ'lj of the account.. willfully mlsrepre<br />
.ellt the C3:!8. A. they slate tbe condltlono<br />
and narrate the reaul!.". it cvldenc