New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-21
Jroor EDYoyDs on sPIRlrU4LIsN
VI.
TFST NEDIUMsHlP.

been II judgment - re'ehgr' yu' ~ u gum
"srd mere, ard respecting usn's oody.
Tss.s remark. are equally true Of tie nsIifes;i-
tiops Of to-esy. No harm i done, though the power
IN do Il, present for Il = Restrained by az over
wiling n,elgetce sud directed for our welfare; and
that Welfare the elevation Of our mora 1s'ure.
One por 'io1, however, OF Bleons remarks Il not
strictly tue Of what u before us. The raryes o. the
p.esert dsy are moi consumma.e about mans body
Aiming .til a. Biz moral elevation, they 20 farther
than mere appeal 10 his senses. They address MS
emotions and his means Of his regen. ration,
ard ,hi. nay properly be termed mental proof OF
Spiritual In rcOur-e.
Foren,ost N this class is Tes'-hedlnnship, sh0sns
at once the presencs Of the poser and The identity OF
the G., mn unipg Intelligence.
Il mu.t not bo~ever, Be understood Tbs. thi test
ing proc.s. j. ,onfued the mental manifestation
for il il apparent IN ell kinds Of usdium-hlp Add
there mas sprung up among u class known e. Test
Me6uuf-s class sai esHeris-and | have frsqueatly
heard it raid, We cannot ansFe that question
Through this instrument yoa mist go 70 a ties:
=" medium
DO Lot understand and cannot eIplain why this Il
%. only know the fact that through some mediums
tests are sseily given, while through some they are
given only Incidentally.
IL is through Thu testing process that the AFFECTIONS
20 TIE reality OF Intercourse between and spirits
Of the departed have been met and overcome. And
has cone TO u ID such variety Of forms that i
viii be difficult to give anything Ike an enumeration
TIE utmos. Of my effort must be TO give general
idea.
First. Even in the sounds and the ,able-iippinss,
irrespective Of the words spelled out, there vii often
be observed the Characteristic Of the individual.
TITUS, strong nlsn vii be loud and vehement, a
child soft an light-s calm VII be slow and de-
liberse, al impatient quick and hurried. Some
time- they vii be bold and ca-hipg aud sometimes
sorrowful 0 joyous, in accordance with the emotions
u. the omen,.
The feeling against this subject i strong In many
mir d. that cannot give wiihou; infcting pain
Ii il were oti erise could mention .eseral persons
wei known in this vicinity, whose manifestations
would be recognized at once az characteristic. Two
can mention without danger Of wOnnding any one an
that will illustrate ny meaning. Ny wife comes gentle
AM joyous; Isaac I. Hopper, prompt, clear and
deciced.
Second: Names, ages, dates aud place are given;
sometimes by writing several worcs Oh slips Of paper
and 80 folding them as 70 hide the writing, and the
right ore be picked out sometimes by pointing IN sue
cession 10 several rsmes and receiving the manifesia
ton a the hight word; sometimes by speaking OF writ
ing the word; and sometimes synbO.caly.
Occasionally, however mistakes made, aud Il
may be mere reflex Of the mind or the proiuet OF
cairvoyance But il ia most frequently correct, and
often the word given il unknown 70 the medium, and
Rot recognized by the inquirer One instance Of this
where the inquirer al the moment insists the word is
wrong but ateIward finds il to be right. Another is
when the word giyenis unknown TO any one present.
Tkud: Letters carefully sealed aud iuclosed in
envelopes are returned unopened and correctly
answered. A medium IN Bostos,- BY the sssEe oi
Man field, has answered hundreds of such letters,
thus showing that there Is a power at work which
can read what is inside the sealed envelope, and by
the character OF tie answer that must be the spirit
il processes 10 be. Sometimes this il tested by the
ers also con sning copy Of the letter thus con-
cealed.
Fourth Another phase is exempihed IN Tie
Banner Of Lieht, a newspaper of Boston. For
many months there have appeared 10 ia columns
from spirits whose existence and
names were alike unknown 10 tie medium, bat WAC
have been recognized, not merely by the names,
but also by incidents told and traits o. character
displayed.
Fstth Seeing mediums have described the spirits
present so that they have been recognized. This has
been common NY house for several years, and nun
dreds have witnessed il. have myself occasionally
that power, ard | mention an Illustration, that
yourg man, unknown TO me, was once al my house,
and the spirits present and from my description
he recog nzed whom had never seen or heard Of
before.
Sirfi Through sresking and writing mediums the
OF the spirit at times unnlsiake-
ably displayed. Sometimes this vii b. in the len-
gusg. used being IN brogue or broken English. or
some peculiar iiiom: sometimes by peculiarly OF
thought and sometimes by the tone Of feeling.
Serenth Incidents are related or alluded to which
are known only tie inquirer aLd some one who has
died For initsroe not long received letter
from Mane, purporirg to be communication from
Professor Hare, 1t referred 70 interviews between
us, kpcwr Only TO u.
ligAh Another instance, which Is a test rather
Of the presence Of the power thsn Of indvidaaliy
whert thoughts concealed from every one are openly
revealed. Often have / beheld this ard observed
how the inquirer has been startled at thus re.hzng
the truth-Ofteu proclaimed, but seldom belie'~d-
that every thought il indeed known To the inies Fence
which is ever around Us, and carried-vhere :
have not space to enter into the details Of these
things They would FL many pages Of your paper
must content myself with appealing TO the expert
ence Of the many who have svailed themselves, s.
have the opportunities afforded them All with ai-
dir that al may witness them II they wish. They
have but 10 seek and they will find.
II they 20 seek one thing Will strike them a. = has
me- and thu; Is tina; while all history sacred and pro
fame Is full Of the evidence Of spiritual Intercourse in
all ages ard conditions of mankind j, has not beer
till Pow that L has come in the definite form Of iien
tifying the spirit
There Is surpsssing wisdom in this come from wha.
source il nay.
II the spirit that comes Is one whom have never