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62 SPIRITUAL SCIENTIST. •.
THE VOICE OF TlIB pJUi;sS.
Th\ Le.'IS01I8 qf the ilour.
Ullder tile above 'tItle tile r. p. j. ,of Jo-ebru.
ary, write. on Ule &Rvernl e"p".t!1't:l! wbicb
it prillt.. In its coluwns. It says:
uJust such occurrences as we tllis week
publish. teacll 1 .... 0". fur u. all to beed." •
• "~~very hone.t .medium w11l ,,~colld all'
nl"a.~u...,. tbat may be ofIe",d for b,e beUer
security 01 tbe public, as whah,v.r: Is lor tbe
general ~ood I. of n."" •• ity ad,'anlaseou.
~ themselve.. '
'.. The dallger of coulltenancing untrust­
,vortby persOJl:'l, who are medium~. has been
rePeatetlly treated of (hcs~ columns, botb
editorially and by SOrDe of the foremost Spiritllallsts
of the cuulltry. Uad the.e "amings
"""" more generally hee annoyance and dlstm.t,
And inv..,Ugators must approach such
exblbitioll. ",iU, a pnre and hOliest purpose.
with mind. fre .. from deceit and receptive
\0 the t"lth. Wltb tbese bamlOhlous COIIditiclIIS,
.weet accord will pl'evall and sati.­
factory results become possible
A rU,fence qf Physical M tdiums.
'Vo have no "war to wage on mtdlums.'.;
That would be .. strauge c"urse Illdeed for
a journal devoted to Ihe advocacy of a phi.
losopby fotllided on =dlum.hip I 011 tbe'
cOlltrary wo are making every sacrifice in
favor of geuuine mcdiutne; we are IRborilig
dlUgelltly to I"otcet tbem by .waging war 011
every lorm of deception and fraud. ln do­
Ing thi>, we urge every Splrltuali't and invesllgalor
to demand condition. such .... aro
knowu lIot to intcfera with manlfesLatio,,",
but such a. will rendcr imposition impossi­
Iy galolng gronnd, and lecturea and 'seances'
are ill order every week, at wbich clergymen
alld ·plJla.. in the cburcbcs' lU'6 lou,,,,.ied"
attend"n"'. One minister d .. cJ ...... that he
is certain be talk('d with the spirit of bl.
daugbter; and another Is sure th~t his se(,...
ing over tweuly 'materialized fomis' i.t a ,i.­
cent sitting was "ot an 1Uu.,ion of the se"ses
or a f"';ak of Ibe Itnaginatioll."
CASUAL GnO&T8. Tb .... auffalo 1-:xpl'CAO
of January 80, editorially commenls all tile
bu.hless Of_ '~g.... bbing materialized .pi.rlL~;"
and 61111. all '!L'p~rtllnity to ,write, a humor­
OtIS article on the receJlt:expo.ures of tricksters.
Ito ironical .u~ge'Uon tbat' tbtl
spirli. sbotlld d~f~lId themselves may at
some time be acted npon. We ai-e lIot sure
that they may 1I0t be hI Uie gClluine fami
manifestation,. some' powerf~l f~rce. ' Cer ..
uilnl)Oowliatcver Its "".1 "atu,.., triay be Is as
yet only a IIlatter of speculatiun.
FoA TN the l'hUad('lphl.. Tim ... of a recent
date: UUeliry (). (~)rdon, brigu~ tqat-Prializcr,
11'''"' ~rabbed. laot lIight, while playilll; 'r,lri\.
Medium (;ordon, lie", to tl, .. lSl\.se~ •• the
8lnaltest,,1nost hIICr.es:-ful ana mo.,,, audacious
01 all "piritual bumbags. fii, ",if. I" a lugl·
tlvefrolU ju.tic." with three bl1l~ of,illclictm.m t.
hanging over her in tbe QU3tter St~8lii()ns.·
Gurdon funnerly ti,ed Chlc~o, but hi. wif",
to rid herself of him. bad Iilln pl.c~d III tb 0
\':ook cuuut)· A.yhun for the I"oalle, and then
ral) away witb another mall. At oue time
she ""sided with the motller of. Josephlno
Mall.field,Col. lo'i~k'. well-known companion.
;,IIlH i. a relative of Ruyal Samni;', charged
with being tbe priueipal' acj.or ill the'lerrible
KclM"y outrage all I.ollg lsl,!ud. ,When our rauks tbe false, 'and the true tim ... he was so generally ace"p,ted, tbat be
wlll gain tenfold Inf!uence,-r. p. j. lOeb. 16. was expected ,to Umateria1\z.c'~ "rhelJdore
Parker upon tho M ... i. Hall platform, wbo
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