Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-30
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A NIGMT WITH aPIRITuA LINTs
A "TFuth Seeker on Mr.. Reads Per
foFmaucea Eight Gsod Reasons
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a arroth saeNtarss o, MI ne ad'a Por.
rormanees = Eight Geod Reasons
Ma. EpIrop, Kindiy invlted by friend on
the evening Of the 2oth instant, attended 81
entertainment given by M'. "" ,or.,ns ware
spiritual medium. About iorty ~ 1900. =,
present, among whom there were nu%J'u
teAioua spi .,.' ~ wolf with a short speech,
commenced BY mh ~ ,slIum ana hIs
claiming honesty iot tho 'neu'ua, anu ~.
$500. .,serting that there are reasons why
,l's,, a. neeessary TO spiritual manifesto.
d sLhns IA senSuTing = MI. - for pronouue.
isS ne performances about to be exhibited |"
MI Read followed, Accusing Mr., - with
having siandsTed MIN, essertinR that gentle.
oifsring 10 nav MIN a thousand doiiars for a
sueeessfnl attemnt and declaring that but for
hIS devotion 10 tfulh he would prefer work
i1r Al his trade 10 pursuinE his present. oceu.
Committee of tvo gsn,i.mo, wero than
selected BY the gpectafora, who bound the
and hands being lied securely. a small table
and chair were within reach, one on each side.
The light was several times extingulshed and
Iellghted, when sgoh phsnomsna .. the tol,
been moved from the table TO his arms the
chair either hung on his arm or poised on his
head; atumbIer Of water moved from the air
to his headj his coat taken on, and the coat OF
spectator put on, all Of which required the
free use Of hla hands. He closed the entertatn-
ment with second speech, taxing our ervdh-
lily with ridiculous stories about pitcher
from his cupboard 10 bis tables a stove weigh
nolselessly entering his room and resting on
histablei and one OF hts Iron rings being placed
by spirits around the neck OF an increduloua
Methodist minister, which he wears to the
present umei and 10 conclusion he thrust upon
US his theological Views, which he would fain
have Us believe were communicated by the
spirita, taking special pains 10 denounee the
doctrine Of fiturc puniihment =
Several persons present claimed to be spir.
ltualiats. One lady especially seemed vain Of
her eredullty, asking II IL 10 not to be lamented
thai man ever suspeets his feilsw.msn road
to practice upon him an Imposition. And \
gentleman solemnly declared that hih body had
frequently been manipulated by spirits, aud
that he had even shaken the hands OF spirits
and counted their fingers. The entertainment
was also Interpreted with appropriate sing
ing. Upon the whole exhibition I submit the
following remarks;
l. Darkness IL usually SOUGHT to conceal
vlckcdnesa and deception. No reason was
given and no satisfactory reason can be given
why darknesa should be a condition OF spirit,
uLi manifestations, II spirits cannot work In
the light they cannot perform the fcats as
orlbed to them This At once IL sufficient to
awaken suspicion, The Divine Teacher de-
clAfes that linen love darkness because their
deeds are evil"
. The rings, chair, tumbler aud coat were 10
reach Of the medium. II his hands had been
free his pefiotmances would have been easy
None oTthem were as difficult as many featl
OF iuRrleTy, Spirita can convey A chair or !
ring ten feet Just As eauIIy as 40 inch. Thi,
repders IL probable that he moved them him.
self
Il II il easy TO ascfIbc featH Of Eleirht ol
hand 10 unbodied spITita Tho nIvIis farsc ir
some Tespeets TesrmbIing sirctTisitv sn5 a.,
phenomeba, such as :" fable ranpingW a.,
knoSTn Ia men Of asienre' All untnpp ~ ,,i"I,
ofiuEFleTy with these phenomena. by design,
IN bsISsn'' has long Mean nTaSticSJ MI
1890 .nIrt,nsi sS,sSs.,, A. " psst,. ~
tenueis ept , htsshu1 IN Nt' heaus pei
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p ~ ~ 4 ~ ~ the BtNlpe hAatti u
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n s, nt' IL ~ Nu1 Ietu,neu theI
SnHbs Ia ,sSists I sHS ne
OF hlh hahuh anu WINS AotuAly ahggeals w
explanasion. But without any such eontT
ahse, WV ~ , HsvL,DSu 70 tne oIyl
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