Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-11-20


Giysr Of An!--for every good 80 SIS
the Redeemer came I! s......,.f
-. For rain1ent, shelter, and for food
80. thank Thee in His name f-l.
Father, and Son, and Holy Ghosti 81
Thou glOGous Three in one!- .. -..
| i2S Thou knowest best what need most,
And let Thy will be done. -
from the New York Christian spiritu.list Nov. T.,
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LOST HAsskIGERs OF TdK ARCTIC. 4,
SECOND LBTTHR., i-sa l-..o q
The following is the letter Of judge
Edmonds, referred to last week in the
| notice we made of Aarris's sermon. We
have no doubt it will be read with pleas
ure, and We hope with thought and At
Etention, as there are some points that
may seem pew to the spiritual reader.
While We are yet in the infancy of me.
/ diumship, and very imperfectly u,der.
stand its philosophy, it beheoyes all to
be thoughtful and cautious in reading,
| that full justice may be done to all-th,
spint, the medium, and the thought com.
municated. We have much yet to learn
| and unlearn: Il. : :
nm NHw YoRx, Oct. 21, 1854.
! Dear Sir: Perhaps, I'M your discourse
on the wreck of the Arctic, you would be
willing to have more minute detail OF
the events which / mentioned the other
day, and l will therefore give it to you.
For several days before we received the
news OF the accident, an attempt WAS
made to communicate the event TO nv
daughter, IS she had been Q wear AGO
taught the wreck of the San Francisco.
But it failed, because Of her anxiety
about relative of hers, who was at sea.
and with whom she associated the wreck
the moment the idea was presented to
her. Thus was produced confusion and
anxiety, which interfered with the clear.
ness of the communication, though the
idea of tho wreck was frequently and
wildly presented to her. =
On the day before the Arrival of the
neWs, she bad call from . lady friend.
who, in the course Of her visit, became
entranced, and gave . graphic dsscrip-
ton OF some Of the scenes which va Al.
terwards learned took place on board the
ill-fated stsamer. But the Communities
ton was interrupted, and thus only An
indefinite apprehension Of some impend.
ing misfortune was produced.
On the day after we received news Of
the wreck, l returned home from nv
ONCE late ia the aftsrnoen, and found nv
friend Mr.. J. in my parIor with nv
daughter. Some spirit was eommuni-
eating through him. I gave nv atten.
ton to it, and then for about two hours
through him, through Laura, through
MIR. A., who came in during the
evening, and through myself, We had the
intercourse with the passengers of the
Arctic, which I mentioned to You.
imblOed the idea that there were
present with Us at least hundred of
them, though only q few made them
selves known to US, or spoke to US.
n. B. Blunt, late District Attorney
Bishop Wainwright. Isaac T. Homer
Dr.. Cory. and others eff nay spirit friends
were also present. and occasionally spoke
through or te some of us.
I plainly saw the whole assemblspe.
and particularly one of them, with whom
| had been well acquainted. Hev.s Ia
boring under great mental excitement.
lie exclaimed to me: ''Go2d God. Ed
sm0nds can this be truel Ia death
after all, what you said it was, and is
this deathf Can it be possible this j,
the change which death, makes 2"
l answ cred "You see. You can Judge
for yourself. Bring your own clear in.
tellect to bear upon it, and you can un-
derstand." ......, - = -...;..--.
"But, :" he said, where anil! What
must do! Where am going? Is this
to be always so 2"
1 told him, "No, by no means is it to
be always so. But it will be dificult
for me to tell you what to do, for | can.
not know all the circumstances that sur.
round you. But there is one close at
hand who can tell you, and who can as
sist you"
"Who is that 2" he asked. ..-l
l answered, "Osr old friend, Blunt"
lie said MAT Is he here Wbere2
Let me see him. Let me hear from him
where | am, and what | am to do"
This conversation had thus far been
between me and that spirit direct, and
now Ar. Blunt came through my daugh-
ter, and said - ..
''Judge, tell him I am near at hand,
ready to assist hiu,, and he has only
earnestly to wish If, 10 see and hear me
himself. Now his mind is in such un
certainty and confusion, that neither bis
brother nor can make ourselves visi.
bic to him." r--9 s' - ,e-1 sd .-s !.
This being said to me in an audible
voice, was heard also BY the spirit, who
no longer paid any attention to me, but
turned to where Blunt, was, and, soon
Engaged in conversation with him.
Other of those, spirits then spoke to
mo. One said to me that his last thought
on going down with the ship was, that
in few moments he should be reunited
again to his wife and children urbo =, =, oI,,t