Experimental investigation of the spirit manifestations, [electronic ...

294 ADDITIONAL CORROBORATIVE EVIDENCEof the truth of spirit iiuuiifcstations, and did not wish to be ]nimhu(j(jed.These cases, however, are but a saniple of tlie chain of testimony that hassatisfied my mind fully on this question. John M. Kennedy."Communication from Wm. Wcsty Esq.1485. As respects the communication which follows, I have only to saythat I consider the author as quite reliable, both as to his capacity to observeaccurately, and his disposition to exert that capacity faithfully. Ibelibve him to have one of those minds which, like the scale-beam, allowsevery thing pro or con to have its due weight."Professor R. Hare :"PiiiLADELrHiA, September C, 1855.1486. ^^Dear Sir : At our last interview you wished a few facts frommy experience.1487. ^^ About three years since I lectured in this city against thespiritual agency of ^ the modern manifestations,' and advocated a nerveaura, obedient to the will. At that time I had the power to stop thephysical movements. Subsequently, the agents in these phenomena refusedto obey me. I have since been informed by the spirits, that theypermitted me to control them for a time, in order ultimately to convinceme by depriving me of said power.1488. '^ Having read your statement of the message transmitted by you,through your spirit sister, from Cape May, in July last, to this city, Ihave thought that an account of a similar despatch from myself, througlimy spirit wife, to a circle in this city, might be acceptable.1489. ^^ On the evening of June 22, 1853, while sitting at the table atMrs. Long's, (a writing medium, living at No. 9 Thompson St., New York),my deceased wife purported to be communicating with me. At that timeI had been appointed, by the spirits, dictator to a circle, which convenedever}' "Wednesday evening at the residence of H. C. Gordon, 103 NorthFifth St., Philadelphia.I inquired of my wife if she could convey a messageto the circle then assembled in Philadelphia. She answered, 'lie illtrijJ I then requested her to take my respects to the circle, and informthem that I was succeeding admirably in my investigation, and becomingstronger in the glorious truth of spirit intercommunion. In the courseof seventeen minutes, the spirit again announced her presence, and informedus she had delivered the message. On the next Wednesday evening,I was present at the circle in Philadelphia, and was informed by allthe members present that my communication had been duly received.Another spirit, I was informed, had been communicating, when an interruptionoccurred, and my wife gave her name, and, in substance, the communication,through the hand of ]Mr. Gordon.1490. ''There were present about twelve persons of high respectability.