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SPIRITUAL SCWNTIST.<br />
btl,'r clO'3 U.e\r mooth. for " period of<br />
WO\1tb?<br />
Inlt'Ue1 Dod oplrilonl colturt' moot ond<br />
,vii) be lUlon dt'~ded of Ihe persoo (mPdium<br />
or olher" ise) ",",uming 10 te:wh; if nol, Ihe<br />
field mlly a. ..ell be abandoned 1,0 Orth ...<br />
dozy ond ita IpJlI"IlI'd Ihtough misdi!'\-cted<br />
koOOl·nt.<br />
If tweoly y"ors' fn>,nctJ and, inapimtionlll<br />
Apl'nkio~ will Dot edoenl" and .. Ievolo Ibe<br />
medium inlo 0 spU..,.,ntrt'd exponeni.flf irolb,<br />
tbeo splf juslice demoodslhot tht> ml'dinmship<br />
be nbQlldonw Dod normn1 condilioD8 relied<br />
upon for •• U·improvement.<br />
Aaaociation, prop.slflo ond developmeot<br />
ore cardinal priocipl"., and ltoPy ~hould be<br />
"l'Ieeti • .,I)' manifesled in tbe speaking IIIl'di·<br />
UIIl. The coreful studeot of tht' Unnnooini<br />
Philosophy enooot fnillO disco.er 10 tbe dis·<br />
eours"of M .... Richmood a wanl of knowledge<br />
of thcbe I.rinciplea aod a fnilure 10 <strong>com</strong>prehend<br />
Ihe 'COIIO lind mngnilud., "f Ihis phil·<br />
oooph)' and the Inws of .piriloal illumination.<br />
Hence this most indu.trious arid d"voled<br />
ai8\l", afler near a qu"rter of a century of al·<br />
most cunslant pUblic "rato,y, slill 1"8ch .. a<br />
only a ..... peaking medium I Rea.90 and ex·<br />
pl'rieoce d"mo08Iml" Ihat tbere Is no kind<br />
of mt·l1ium.bip Ihat, in itseU alone, will promol"<br />
80ul growth and true' culture in tho medium.<br />
The briUi.-mt und \lS~rnl C.:lfl'~?, no on omlor<br />
IIDd pb.iloJophcr. of th~ ):;1 .. S ... ld?n J. l>'ion~y.<br />
is n strit.inC ezomple of educalioo of d"vl'l.<br />
opmeot throullh IlIId out of mwiumwip.<br />
Comm .... i:ing "" n ap;.>:lking m .... ium, hut<br />
IlIdPd by npplie:ltion nod study, he soon be.<br />
CQme inRpin.d ,vith the spirit of lruth aDd l'10-<br />
qutme-e.<br />
• • • •<br />
If Ibe prioclpl~R of tho Hnrmonial Philoso·<br />
phy (which trent d..ductively. ioductivelynnd<br />
objectively, upeeiaUy of the germin"l "spir<br />
Itual fo""e8" of th., uoive ...... nad insistl>ntly<br />
maintaln "thot the orgaoic function. of 1Dn0"<br />
are not "the "'01 producers of spirit.,") fnillo<br />
impress oor ~peakiog modioln io Ihe light of<br />
trotb, ought Dot .uch mwium. to be relegnted<br />
to the etudy alld 110., private cirel~? On Ihe<br />
roslrum they a .... giving no evidenee of direct<br />
spirir,.influi.nce.<br />
The exaltation and genoml i081,imtion of<br />
the Ihinkiog facultie., with oCC4tiional exercis.<br />
of clairvoyant power, splain the pre •• nt<br />
pheuom.,"nn of speaking mE'diumBhlp DB ex·<br />
hlbired before the public. Therefore tbe pre·<br />
leoCe of pnrticular spirit control ought 10 be<br />
abandoned. For this claim baa beeome no<br />
"Jnl8 /atuU8 luring untbinking SpirituaU.",<br />
into the belief of m"ny of Ihe wild and un·<br />
rt'88ounhle doctrio.,a and I'!Ylhs of bygooe<br />
age ••<br />
~-.. ......-. ............ --_ ....<br />
SI'lIUTUAI, PHENOMENA TWO lIlJNDREI> YE\!t'! AU:).<br />
The f,,\Iowillg eztractR are from tbe writ,. ranee'lnd recklessn.,a.. of as.ertion. That<br />
lug8 "f J".eph Hlaovll, published ,at J..oudou I the.e things do take place, we know. We<br />
III the ye.... I6&>. Tb" volume Is prepared b .. vc bad every evidellce tll"t can be<br />
wltb great eare, and \.he' evidenCes demon· I furni_lied many tim.... repeated. Othe ....<br />
Btraling the actuality of !.be Occurrences bave bB.! tbe like e:apcrlt'nce. Read tbe fol·<br />
\.herein narow, are abuoda.ut. In peruolng lowing extraet lro'll Glanvll'. wrlUngs above<br />
tlJi. ancient work we bave been forcibly alluded t", entitled "Saduclsmus Trlumphanruck<br />
wi\.h thtl .. sact earuene>a of the pbe- tus," p. 4;18. .<br />
nomella of twolhundred years ago with Ihe "The relation of James Shcrring, inkeD<br />
phenomella of to-day. Not ouly the same collumlng tbe mntter at Old (;... t's bonse,<br />
In character, but likewise tho .... me cuodi· of L.ttJe Bartoli, June 23, 1611, as follo ..... o:-<br />
UOn8 which fnvored the manlfestauons theu, '''The IIl"$t nigbt that 1 was there with<br />
IIkewl .... favor them to-d .. y. , Hugh Mcllmore and F.dward Smitb, they<br />
That pbyslcal objllCts may be trau&ported beard 0.' It wllre the ......... blog 10 water over<br />
wit bout bands, or phy.lcaI COlltac,t, iR knuwn tbelr bead9. Then taking a candl~ and ";0'<br />
to tbouOlWd. aud ten9 of tbouSllnd. wbo bave Ing up .""Irs. them W
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