The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-01-25
.T1.sFIRITUALISM.
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| II DifminghHm, England, bA. been
found an AnSi-Spiritual association. A,
recent meeting Of the members, Mr.. X.
j. Lees, former trance-medium, proceed.
Cd TO deliver an address descriptive Of
eM e4perisncs in epiritualism. He had
discovered il 70 b . dslusion, but still be
wes not bi9otsd IN his belief. The spirit.
uslists 10 Birmingham urged bin 70 take
ne superintendcncs Of developing a.
ehsir mediums, asd he held sesncss for
that purpose ia Suffolk street. Now for
the mode Of development. To develops
epping nediums, oil they had TO do was
% ~ then dc AZ tabls. and II the con.
ditions were favorable, and they had de.
yslopsd fully, the table would tip.
Then they had speaking msdi.
uns and sesing mediums, which we're
nofe dimcult 70 develop. Spsskisg me.
dNos wsat lAto the trAncs, ssd u they
could not 60 of BY thsnnsslves, they were
esnt % by mssmsric passes from one Of
me members Of the circle. Next, - 70 Sec
~ mediems; HtANy Wished 10 see any
efthe1r departed frisaae b would give
them Instructions He used 10 Be sesine
medium, And used TO see spirits "a that he
could not d.stin guish them from real men
but, strange 70 say, that after Civ.
ING up spiritualism about three
months be had never seen . spirit
though be possessed ell his other
faculties Of nediumship. How did they
develop . seeing medium? Tie most
nervous psrsons they could ind made
the best seeing mediums. They must 60
hop4 nut tbsmSslvss 81 . dark room,
ban0Alo their eye, and sit there for half
ea h0ufts Thos vas for che Frat night, and
they must repeat Il ill they could see
spirits. That was the way 70 develop a
eselag Msdium;it was the way be developed |
evo ~ three psrsons who at the present |
S1ne were good mediums amongst the
lr6s(tualists. NJ. Lees nsst vent on
= speak Of ths mistakes n,ads By
epirits, their general foresttsltnsss OF |
Demes, and The in osodb ility AZ erustias |
ANY Of their communicae 40. A mope
oeAee things hs snsnsioned that The spir { |
q JeAA Kelt, Scotch minister, made the |
mistaee on one occasion Of manifssting |
himself 10 Birmingham and Wolverhamp-
lon at the same time. AZ one time the |
BifnlaeAam spisisualists we're honorsd by |
'ome NY sxalAsd spirits. He rernem.
bsrsd one night speaking medium was
.peaklng and Oh the name Of the spirit
keing asksd, the reply given WAS Jesus
Christ" He M. Lses) aid, "srs you |
The Jesus Chyist sst forth in:ths New fes-
lament - the Saviour Of the world ?"
The answer was "Yes;' but |
on his Asking, "Are you the Saviour Of
the world ?" the reply Wa "H0.n There
were persons Present IN that room who
we're sittipg with him in a circle some
time In 1887, or commencement OF 1865,
when thew received n com uf, ication frorn |
DR.. Livingstone, who, ct that tine was
supposed 70 have been cruelty murdered
In Africa. II took about IN hour and Q
half 70 make the Communication through
The table. The spirit Of DR.. Living tone
'oM them that he had bssa shot; that Eve
Africans attacked him, but before be Was
,illed himself he managed 70 settle
our Of them also that he was buried In
J village with twsuty-six lsttsrs In its
lille, etc. He quoted instances 70 show
hat the spirituslsts themselves did not
thoroughly believe the communication
made 70 them from the spirit world.