The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-11-01


ion. Tn- scene recorded 10 2ud ,mIei.
1s,n chapters grand spiritual ssancr--
Bringing, not from she vas,y deep IA
from the spirit realm the 'lAnd o the sral' |
Samuel, TIE old seer and pfophel, @h2tn I
the world hal called dead and buried |
for two years ami = half. That vas
grand spiritual seanes on the Mount ~
Indignation. when Jesus, the bsaItfu
medium Of Gslilee called into his pre-
ence Moses. who bad b,en 'ni from the
tents Of Israel 1900 years, and Z j N
who had been gone from ths asld Of pro-
phe.y 900 years yet here, In the presenc
Of witnesses. Peter, JAMES aud John, they
are msterializ-d -("as the can, OF spiri'-
uslism has il, that's what you cay OF spir-
itualis.ic Nomenclature yes, IN .'-f.l
lied, or how could Jesus, Peter, Jane.
sad John eco thsm7 How could they
talk without matsrializs1 vocal organs
Il Is we'll for christianity tha, some OF thr
NJ. De aud newspaper reporters Of Cairo
were not in that sesuco on tn
Mount during the darkness OF
tina, night, made Iuminnu'
only by the transcendan. glory Of th-
medium aud tho spirit, for they would
have spoiled tue mos. bei1.ifll Had won.
irois story of the gospel, by a few da'hs'
Of crsyon on psste-boar1, ana few wits
pers through 9 tin horn Tost was
grand spiritual mAnifei.s;ion, given a,
Bellshszars feast, when spirit hAnd
'msterialized" --''aa tho cant Of spiritual
sm has it"--take your own record for it
he Bible. and wrote "ntHe UtsHc &c
II you n. ID .. q 60. had been there, aad
seen tho nigh. and dismay Of the king,
you would have said "Why you old
fool 1ha, was nothing under the ,un
but pas,e-board hand, touched With
erayon!' Bat alas tia, samo night was
tue king slain.
Alb my friend. you kao~ not how '.i.I
,;;a5 you give your christian neighbot.
shen you charge tina. all Of ',pritaal,,m
- : wicked fraud.
But 90 far ~ Mrs. HJll.s is concera-.
he whole ditficulty lies ia what you C air
- a lack Of tee. conditions. Da. 81.
hollis has bssn tested - thoroughly.
irucially, By such msn ~ Dr.. Wolf d.
Plat, Mr.. P.ym,,on and many Other
md the result publish & t. tho w.rid--.
that 70 hrntt
,nd lodi sniios that might b. required h
very cosr,e and igGIr4nI aap or won,
WOO might choose to DO -, /, simply M
tian hum n n, ure can bear, aud II
ca msiium, hsying luli AM peri-c,
consciousness Of my mediumship, woub
'sy TO such ru 10 msn, "5ir.-as you .,
that and all o. these thing. are II N
ieyil you may just 60 10 - and lear
I the truth about il there" And get, |
ought to have patience With sc.pdc., iu
| once required the most crucial tests ny
self but whon found such evidences If
scnuiness ss Mrs. Hollis has given again
md again, in this city, tried, then TO be
ressonable in my demands. Now, SIR
allow me to tell you wis. know
about Mrs. H.'s seances in Cairo-no.
VIA. somebody else told me yet my own
| knowledge is sustained by the experience.
It others for the arst and only tlmo sat in
her circles Was At Dir. Ms, in this "horri
Bile darkness" that you spesk OF, and as
w sang I'm a pilgrim AN extra voice
joined and sang mot Mrs. Hollis-excuse
ms-Mrs. Ii. was never guilty Of perpe
trating such fraud AS attempting to
sing anything, even in Methodist prayer
meeting, 80 ! am advised by those who
know her best, and II there is anything H.
phrenology, Mrs ii could not "lune a tune
even With u crooked stick" Whilo We
we're questioning who it could bs, a voice
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. from out the view.
less air" darkness-saying at was your
sister Harriet, God bless you my B-other;
l atn so happy to meet you once morr
under such conditions as enable me 10
speak to YOU" ect ect., many tests of
real Identity we're given in few moments
Now ye wiss ones say M g. Ii. gets the
Information she imparts in the dark
.sances, during the ight seances whom
the writing 10 done on tho slate. But |
had not bean in any ssances before. and
then there arc score Of "good man and
true" and women as we'll, wac, At tho
first seance and who were utter strangers.
got the names Of parsons, got facts, indi.
cations, days and dsses, of tho most won
dsrous character, written ia various hand.
writings--in German, French, Engh b
ect. Wheor did,the knowledge como from?
How was it pu. on the slate? Can you
hold slate out At arms length with one
hand and with the came hand writo n
lengthy and intelligent communication on
i IN language that you know nothing
Of 4. ali ? No sir: you DOM dare to say
you can, or that any other mortal on the
s,rth can; yet spiritual phenomena, this
b ~ occurred Mrs. II, holds a slate with n
little fragment of pencil on it,-out Mt
arms leng,b and such u communications
n a language to her unknown--is wd,,en
On it. " no does III
Your explanation OF the trumpet
psaking Is simply childish see Mrs. II
8 vain and dressy, wears diamond