New-York daily tribune., 1854-03-11
about tbem' Frt determine what are the facts other
copsideIstohs VII take care Of themselves
Nr. Harvey, in his Introduction says:


corsieTstions vii take care OF themselves
Dir Harvey, in his Introduction says:
There has been in existence for about SIX years class
Of phenomena which claim spiritual origin. These phe
Of various kinds and have spread With
irg rspdiy over The county till they have reached near
ly Of any considerable note and thousands Of
quiet and retired negbbob boocs They have spread to
other lands and occurrngin different parts OF Europe
IaIcuail, tie more enlightened and chFi-ian'zei por
ticrt OF il with great frequency And from Their variety
e1tGn' frequency and the mysery 10 which they in
yoyed great and prevailing Interest Il felt in regard to
them. There il subject PERHAPS which engages
large share Of thought aud excite. proounier emotions
Than Spiritual Manifestations There Thousands upon
Thousands of all orders Of mind from the most humble IN
who hesate not 10 their profound conviction thst
these things what hey claim TO be. manifestations OF
departed Fps sbd, Of course, to all such these pheno
of prof Interest There are hundreds o'
thoussos who know not what 10 think OF them, and have
settled opinions Of them and earnestly waiting lar
tbtr Developments, aid wishing more light; while multi
tuoes without number indalgng in strains Of ridcu
and scorn end denuncaton, and sarcasn and vuPeran
railing though they had higher ambition than 20 er
cell ihe protection Of vulgar wit and senseless Diack
usTdism Some not content with this; but ara
,osed TO hurl the missiles of persecution against all who
either believe in TIE reality of Spiritual Manifestations or
disposed TO do anything which tends To enlarge le
sthere Of conviction that they true These latter are
chiefly found among ecleasics and already have tcey
sounded forth their thea a. the jews did against t2
Iievfrs in the Messahhp Of Jesus. II any man shall
believe In them he shah be turned out of their syna-
eogue" One who has taken his pm against them thinks
excluded from the church; another, land both minis
Of the Gospel that modums and those who counte
nance them should be confined in peneniisry. Mean
while though many have been attempted no solution Of
these mysteries has yet been made which sasfsc
tory their authors the public and the and
still onward every day winning hundreds o9er to tue ah
that these things reality. Though the puip; and The
press generally labor with the whole power of their iau
ence ttay the onward tide still sweeps ana the
cry Is now very genera" whereunto will thee things
grow
Pew any person in the land perhaps, have enjoyed
better opportunities for investigating these phenomena
batie author Of the present treatise and these oppou
mites he has felt disposed TO improve. The result is
full ana firm conviction that these things are true This
conviction ranks among the strongest which entered
bis mind and nothing short OF 'o1tion OF these nyte
rics natural principles clear logical answer 10 the
vi which il is based will ever be able TO shake
it, Roicule reproacb persecution, from eny quarter or
in any amount i'll prove pOwerless toward eecting ~
dissIaon. All these have been tried upon me till
should think their authors would be satisfied Bat If they
not they st liberty 70 continue it TO their heart
content Ibave been expelled from Professorshp IN
the Wyoming Seminary, and from the Methodist ministry,
for other than that believed and va disposed
10 m5le public my belief in the reality OF sprr MANI
festatons. have been called crazy ani ric'cl ana
stpzid and silly and thousand and one other tnnEs
equally eredable TO those from whom they came ana
confaring argument of equal weight and yaldty-but
none OF these things me. am still believer in
Spiritual stations, and hesitate not to aYow De
fore Israel and the sun. have lost many nominal
friends me Of wh0mseem scarcely disposed 10 speak TO
me when meet them but still believer; and feel
1eriecy content to part with them, for now believe as
I have that hat mans friendship ~ bOlgnt q1ie
too dear when the purchase consideration to think ana
speak end write all questions according 20 his views
or not at all Those who hold their friendship at such
price keep to themselves, or Ind other purchasers
For one cannot aord myself treasure however lnxu
rops which costs the rights oimy manhood Of m7 Araer
cen citizenship, and good conscience Ihis S paying
too dea for q whistle started in life with nxed
determination to be honest man and to meet to the
best ofmy abilities the responsibilities devolved upon me
AT whatever cost by Gods help, viii retain and act on
that purpose tie end shall never for the applause of
men or for the honoTs of ProessOrshp or denomina
floral ministry prove fale to conscience. AMI retract
ard thereby stnDd forth before heaven and earth as
rubc liar And wish Ecclesiastical or other connec-
fop with men who demand this as condition of uni1n
with them And in 40 far a. have been connsc:ed with
such mon il il no affection to me TO have II dissolved
have consecatcd my all TO the service OF my master me
the great author of truth and from him received my com
mission preach his gospel and am ready TO lay do"h
that commission at his feet when ne cdis Du' MOI Ut 'e
bidding OF man.
On the point of the rity OF the alleged Spiritual Mani
fesstions Mr. Harvey is direct and cogent
"The charge of receiving money any pretence is
Wholly false when laid against any medium upon the LIST OF
nv scoualntanee Every whom ] personally Know
absolutely refuses to receive single penny even as DO
nation from guests however strongly ney he urgedpon
n cir accerance The charge that they practice arts OF
deception for onCy sherefore so far as the range OF my
ol observation extends not only gratuous' but niamou'iy
,lapderous Let the pulpit and religious press continue to
redde il il they wish they will doubtless receive their re-
ward The only motive therefore which can possibly be
conceived which induces these persons to labor 20 deceive
herg slandered and scorned and yhed and held up by
priests and editors public rdicue and contempt! Ih
is their reward What motive 90 induce them 70 eaFn
ndnractice system of fraud This of itself il sufficient
TO dispace these phenomena from tle lst OF auds D
II islot all Under the head of circumsana evidence
the fact by to be overlooked that IN large
ms;ov of In Instances those who become mediums never
saw a medium till after they became such themselYe-
This know to be the case And what Is siil more sur
prisinc these manifestations occur around ten oten
weeks pnd IN ophs before they know even suspect their
cause The lady of whom gave an account IN my pre-
yious treatise in defense of Spiritual Manifestations rs
heard the sounds about her when in sparsey woodei
Grove alone They were she described them to me, OF
abou the strength but different in tone from the ticking
of a watch No thought of Spiritual administrations en-
tered her mind She supposed the SOUNDS were poduceu
by some insect and examined her bonnet and neck dr,
in oues of the cause but found This wasrepeated
and il W as not till the third time she heard then hMhs
thought even of spirit rappings entered her mind And
then IL was but thought unaccompaned win any con
yction for she believer in these things aud had
treated them thousands do, with ndereAce aad
phtness though not with rdcule ana scorn LOT she WI"
too much Of lady and christian To indulge IN any such
deceucv was upon her retirement at night that that
thought grew into conviction and was far from
controlling She heard them under circumstances when
rendered them deeply mysterious and then requested that
ii thev proceeded from intelligent source, she might
hear three distinct successive raps upon the TOP OF her bed
post The request was instantly gran'ed. Inc souhu.
coItrued but she knew not how 10 interpret nor 70 wnat
cause TO attribute them for more than week aferWa5d
Then by directions from myself through Mrs siarNey the
mystery was solved There is living in this city Carbon
delo afsmy which immgrated several years since from
scotland During the last winter reps commenced around
little cirl in that family, then thirteen year ol age VINO
had never seen medium, but soon became an excellent
chsInel for communications by means OF me SOUNDS
have this account from the girl herself and from other
members of the family There now iady boarding IN
NV own family together With her husband, who ielt
sanee Influences about her person for several WeeAs oe
fore she had any idea of their She had ger seen
q n edium The first medium she ever saw was tins iIe
Scotch girl She met her at ny house. Those strange
il uencs continued increase till she became developed
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