New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-26
Facts Touching Spiritualism.-
WHITEsBORS' Oneida Comfy y. !

Touching
wHITEsBoRs'. oneida County, N.Y.
SIR: PerceiviDg that you still publish facts Spiritual
ISM in order that honest inqurer may be helped to form
onsstent opinion this vexed and quite absorbing sub
ject offer them few clusters Of facts.
More than two years since while abroad invited to
investigate in a circle Of five lall professors Of religion 81
the Orthodox faith and obtained not very clearly some
communications and rcsponses-such, however that re-
solved at fitting occasion TO renew the investigation
Recently happening in at pious neghbors the mother
says: My daughters hand still moves and shakes
said, Perhaps she is TO become writing medium a
slate and pencil brought her hand seized the Latter
and after rapidly producing few iegble lines wrote the
word Iepcut: then after similar iegibes, believe;
then after the same the words in Christ and again as
before, "Why will YOU not all come Request was made
that tie name Of the writer be gwen when after Few
trials to the surprise of the mother the name of her daug
ter whO died very yOungl was plainly written ana the
mother took an invitation 10 the medium and her o,her
children to accept the Saviour She lthe spirit was men
asked To give her present IN figures lhe hErts were
written Together with the words years and months Inc
reckoning then made 10y the mother counting with the
fingers and found 10 be correct. Now, al these
spiritual communications land satanic have
often thought, how avoid the conclusion that SATAN IN
the above case cast, out Saanl Doe he strong
Is hate Christ invite and sinner, 10 come 10 him!
The mother suggested that should ask questions when
inquired Are any of my deceased friends present
When the unexpected word cone was written. | asked
"Havc YOU any communication 10 make Answer
Believe" said, d" will believe YOU will write y0lr
name" Unexpectedly, the word "wite was written. /
called at the house another Time 10 invite visit to my
house wished prove whether writing held IN my
two d"r AGO. i rcay hers when he hand of the dauh
ter began violently if to write now The slate
was brought, and my wife fairly and fully writ
ten. as ii to say wrote IT. The medium hid never
known the name before After few questions and answers,
asked Is there any punishment after death The hands
OF the medium shook violently that she started up and
reeated from the table Becoming composed and resun
ing her position, asked How long Is the punishment oi
the wicked p Answer" Your Bible tells You The
mother asked meHtqy, l. it etenal The daughter
swcrcd Must not or cannot tell" Il was asked. WI
some other spirit tell" When the word. For such
have done the objectionable SIM, were written. Who
wrote thatr Answer" Wife written At another
tine the question was put her Are these any besides such
that shall never enter heaven Answer" les.
Question:" Are angels only cloried spirits from earth p,
"Ycs." Q.-More plainly" We're there angels created
before mans creation D. A.-"Yes.'
Cucsfoh-"Ni YOU write out your age in fall T.
After several seemingly difficult efforts, calculating,
the wears and months of her age were accurately given
had to count before knew the amount of the months.
thought they TO- when she gave 9the true number
said Many spirits have said read that there is
10 punishment after death and that all happy The
answer was, Evil communications.
Question-"Are these eyilspirits y Ans.-" Yes q
GLOW shall wetel theml" Aas-"When they deny Christ
Q-"Have you changed your belief since your death ~
ins-.No" q" Are the Father, Son and Holy Ghost
one God and equal ?" Ans-" Yes
Atanother time. q" Is there such being as Satanl
A-"Yes" o. Some of the spirits or books say that in
revival God does convert souls by HIS spirit but en-
poys some spirit to do it's it sol II plainly and
Q@"What is tmoves on the heart in conversion ?! Aas
Gods spirit
is ii such an shall have at the resurrection
C-"Wi itniure the mind or health ofthe medium to be
thus used frequently ?" ms" Her health q" How
often might she be thus employed Twice week
These are not all that was written But they sui
cient to pu in question the conclusion that MI are the
doings Of demons 1t is difficult to believe that Satan or
his agents would if able write such Orthodox opinions and
exholt to repentance and faith Though Satan Is said to
transform himself into an angel Of light yet is Unlimited
that he as false apostles do speaks falsely That there are
evil spirits that write rap false doctrine J. taught IN he
above communications She who processes TO give them
died strong in the faith has been in the spirit world more
than twenty years and claims to be exalted to the seventh
sphere The medium through whom they came stourteen
wears Of age. and d, unpraCtced IN deception am not
ully fixed in nv opinion the origin of these spiritual
phenomena and will wait for further proof and develop
i,ents do not think that such investigation have done
me- any HARM but rather that they have brought me nearer
10 God and 10 Heavenly conformity apprehend that eX
cess this well in other mental pursuits causes
arrangement Of intellect Still II Is fearful and critical
subject and should be prayerully and cautiously nvesti
gated II was wise in the clergy of Brooklyn thus to try
the spirits before they condemned them ii 1t be- as Mr.
Beccber reports il is overwhelming evil and Is lkelyto
increase If portion of the revelation Is from good spirits
as many udcious and religious persons beheye-by
vyi.ev DISTINGUISHING the good from the evil much good
NAV rsu A. the result already many Dests and Atheists
have renowned their ceptcsm and some have proessed
reuetance and embraced the Gospel IL Is possible that
satan may have thus unwilngly accomplished good
Remarks.
We have given place to the above as il reached u5,
although the writer has violated our well known rule by
uingpg with his facts superfuity Of his specula
tons He seems unwilling to leave the reader free to
draw his own conclusions bur insists that the phenomena
sbabe seen by all through his philOsophc and theo
logic spectacles We shall not initiate his bad ex-
ample but simply preclude Misrepresentation by say
ING that while We presume there no Intentional de-
cepton or ugge practiced by any in the premises,
We see nothing in the above relation tending to convince
us that any spirit dictated the responses from be-
hind the curtain except the spirits of the live men and
women visibly and papably present. We do not say
how or by whom these responses were dictated, but
simply that hiss narration with scores like t) presents
10 our mind no conclusive evidence Of supermundane
agency in the business and cannot help suspectlDg
that if the persons bodily present (ncluding the me-
dum) had been of radically different faith the res
ponses would have been correspendingy different from
these above recorded
We regard this whole subject deeply interesting,
and its candid and proper investigation calculated TO
shed important light on Mans mental constitution
perhaps in time also on his essential immOrtsty-but
as 10 all the confirmation which may be drawn from it
Of the truth of this or that creed think dogma
lists of various creeds eager 70 secure the har-
vest before the seed has fairly sprouted 3D. Irb.
Jrney Doue1A-A private letter tells Us that Judge
Douglas has left for North Carolina. and that be Will not
visit Chicago until he has made permanent arrange
narts fcr his children. Ii not be generally known