The New York herald., 1868-05-16
THE SPIRITS In SCOTLAND.

Grand Soiree Of the New Religionists-Exfrn.
ordinary Scene-The Spirits and the Fine
Arts-A Married Lady Influenced by Two
Spirits--Pope Hildebrant nm Evil Spirit.
The Glasgow (Scotland) Association of Sprituasts
held their annual s0iree at temperance hotel in that
city May /. The company, which included many
friends, numbered about 200. The Chairman, Mr.. j.
Marshall in his opening remarks congratulated the
members that seeds of Spiritual truth We're cermina
ing and said that he had no doubt that ere long q
rich harvest would be reaped
Mr. Harper, OF Birmingham, gave an exposition o I
the 'elevatlng influences Of Spritualsm.'i
The secretary, Mr. Cross exhibited several articles
they included specimens Of Esprit writing" water
color drawings produced in few seconds &c.
During the evening Mrs. Green, who had been
referred to by her husband, the Secretary Of the
Progressive Spiritual Association o testimony to
the truth OF Spirituasm was introduced. There
then. says the Glasgow Herald, followed an extra
ordinary scene. When Mrs. Green was led into the
room the meeting was being addressed by Mr.
Harper. Immediately on that gentleman resuming
his seat, Mrs. Green, who was understood to be an
inspired medium, started to her feet She was well
dressed, appeared to be woman Of between thirty
under some strong excitement. She spoke with her
eyes closed, and In nervous jerky manner, at
times stopping for moment, and then hurriedly
were coherent enough, but she afterwards
began to speak IN a confused, unlnelligible style,
language, "Oh,n she continued, show much that
spirit Is trying to make me say something that
sna to the name Sr pecS
with his fingers and In q second or two, with kind
OF convusive gasp, she seemed to come out OF her
trance.
Her husband now rose ana said they had here one
Of the most incontesable proofs OF The spirit infu
ence. They had woman possessed by two spirits
one an evil and the other good spirit. The eUu
spirit tcas Pope Htlde6rant Mrs Green, he said,
held at one time high position in the Church Of
Rome, and to the fact that she was now opposed
to the creed OF that church he evidently attributed
the interference OF the late POntln. While he was
speaking his wife was convulsed as If with some
fOrciby held by one and sometimes two men, and for
ten minutes probably she appeared to suffer the
greatest physical torturing All this time her hus
band kept on speaking IN strain which implied that
he regarded this exhibition a convincing proof Of
the reality Of Spirltualism while the audience was
greatly excited, and underbreath communications
were made, expressive of the greatest annoyance
and dislike for the whole affair.
when a lull took place, the Chairman rose, and,
saying that the meeting had been prOtracted to a
later hour than was intended appeared anxious to
bring the proceedings to q close. The Secretary,
the meeting separated, and was about to do SO when
Mrs. Green again started to her feet and calculating
'The Great AlFather says stay p" went on to speak
in a style which was quite incomprehensibe to ordi.
persons and left the meeting. Mr.. Cross here
expressed hope that friends would remain to hear
the ntimatl0ns. This interruption brought Mrs.
Green's harangue to an abrupt close and she resumed
her seat.
Mr. Cress said that before the company left he had
to apologize for the exhibition they had He felt
sorry that the thing had come before them In the
form IL had taken; indeed he had not only felt an
what disguised. There two sides to Spiritual
ism; there the good and the evil and they ought
always TO be able to keep out evil Influences. They
had had inspratOnal addresses but still he thought
their friends had not been quite satisfied.
This last observation elected cries of Iear hear
and shortly afterwards the proceedings terminated.