Connecticut western news., 1875-07-02
The Witch of EmdOr.

The Witch of End0r.
 We have been requested to publish the following extracts from discourse on the Witch of Endor, delivered at South Canaan May 10th: ...
 From Gilboa, where Saul was encamped, Endor was some seven or eight miles dis tant. The road lay through rough coun- try; the king makes the journey by night, two men with him. They come at last to the rude, lonely shanty of the fortune tel Ter. Saul states his errand: I pray thee divine unto me by the familiar spirit and bring me him up whom shall name unto thee.' The woman, with her gaunt figure and sallow cheek, fastens her piercing glance upon the stranger. Truly, here is subject-a stately, powerfully built man, but preyed upon by scne private grief, weakened by protracted fastings, the dis fractions of the last few days imprinted on his face.
 Whether to reassure herself against treachery, or by way of mesmeric study, the woman objects. Behold thou know est what Saul hath done how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land; wherefore then layest thou snare for my life, to cause me to die?. Satisfied by the solemn oath of the applicant, she proceeds, Whom shall l bring up unto thee P d. .-s ...' -. ?.
 Bring me up Samuel. tlt E.. The next three verses read: "And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spake to Saul, ! saying, Why hast thou deceived me for thou art Saul
 '''And the king said unto her, Be not afraid for what sawest thour And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascend. ing out of the earth =
 f'And he said unto her, 'What form is he of?' And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with mantle.' And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stopped with his face to the ground and bowed himself"
 Study now the narrative thus far. First as key to unlock the mystery take this l fact namely, that mesmeric connection be- tween two minds is very strong; the other yielding must be permitted, an inter-com- munion wherein controlling will extracts the thoughts, the knowledge, and even the forgotten ideas of another, and frames them to it's purpose. For example, man living in a town east of Hartford went to fe- male splritualistic doctor in regard to hit invalid wife. The mesmerlst answered the questions readily and correctly questions
 however, of which the visitor knew the answers. At length he said
 There is one other thing should like tc
 ask. which do not know myself, but will
 ascertain on returning home, and that is
 just how many of my wife's teeth are un
 sound ?"
 All the answer deigned to Lis was tha
 the husband of the doctress in rage turned
 him out of doors. So long as the question
 CT knew whereof he inquired the medium
 could go on, but as soon as he named {
 matter about which he himself was in tht dark, she was in like embarrassment. Alp ply this principle that what the questione knows or has known, the spirit medium whom he consults also knows, to that an cient medium at Endor. The request :- Bring me up Samuel occasions no sur prise. But when she saw Samuel she criet : out. As the mesmeric connection betweeI her mind and Sauls becomes complete, sh' sees first the most prominent object in tht mind before her. That most prominen object in Seul's thoughts was the venerabl
 old man as he last saw him alive, clad il that mantle which had such lesson fasten ed to it, the mantle which Saul in the uH gency of his plteous entreaties had torn which mishap the prophet improved to il lustrate the rending from the unhapp. monarch of his kingdom.
 Accordingly now as the king asks 'Wha form is he of P she presented the form jus as she beheld it in Sauls fevered imagina ton.
 But perhaps the most instructive thing il ; the point where the fortune teller's aston : ishment comes in. As was just observed the leading object in Saul's mind-tha
 which he had journeyed eight dreary mile to wake from the dead-was Samuel. Blu not alone Samuel there was present tn consciousness just then unusually sharp who he himself was-as if he had said :- Here am King Saul, all the way iron Gilboa this dark night to get little ligh from your departed soul Saul was hon est. He believed the woman could do wha she professed she could. But let us se what advice the deceased prophet offere'
 on that occasion. . "And Samuel said to Saul, Why has
 thou disquieted me to bring me up?''