The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-02-21
has published 4 number of accounts-0f
these seances, which he has witnessed,

Has puOllSIleU u IuluUtI VI dCCOuulSIOl
these seances, which he has witnessed,
and in one of these accounts he is hon-
est and Independent enough to say:
ing that were the world surrounded BY 4 Gordon
OF pulpits, and in every pulpit minister pro.
testing against these facts. It could make NO dil
ference with their existence, and IL could not
knowing ii to be So. zee declare it. ~
If there IS anything in the world claimi e to
its. when It is only trick il may be called sor
Gerry. II there are sham exhibitions in the name
OF Splriturlism they may be called by their prop
to attempt to connect the great volume of facts
known TO exist under che modern name Of xSpir
ftua!is'n with the sorcery0f the heather will be
mountain Of Hebrew facts, over which the cords
Of connection cannot be stretched 50 as to com:
bine the sorcery Of the past with the Spiritual
ever, Of the past with the present., which. of
right, should be made, and at some future time
it may be shown. Theret is a deep interest in
connections believe, and are asking to have their
unbclief helped. They listen with eagerness, as
we meet them in the streets. At every recital Of
souls rejoice In the faith that they are hearing
voices from the other Shore. There is nothing
about this hing like sorcery, either in form or
spirit, but it carries with f. the spirit Of hope
faith in Immortality. Whoever knows these
facts, and accepts their teaching, will feel the
power of instructive hope in nature, and will
Join with force Of emphasis in saying that
1T must be so--PlatO, thou reas0nest WE'LL
Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire,
This longing after Immortality"
In speaking of the tricks which had been prac-
ticed here, and their pretences, q few weeks ago,
has been widely quoted by American and Eu-
ropsan journals interested in such natters:.
1--WE have seen q woman, entirely unprOfess-
lOnal, and unskilled In magic, or 4 prestidigita.
teur, without paraplernalia, without trap doors
or closets. and without c0nfederates who could
so far distance HartZ, Cazeneuve and Heller, in
certain things, that all they have done or can
Go, as mn gicans. pales, shrivels, and drops into
nOthingness in the comparison"
THIS acdS said IN the light of oar observation
ana knowledge up to that hour, and IL is n0au
reiterated aoith emphasis The cool investiga-
ton and the calm Judgment of men are leading
them up to that point of reverent conviction.
Rev. Frederick Rowland Young, of London,
procaimS his belief as a CHI iStian Spirtualist,
ana says: II know, rs far as a human being may
be said to know at all, that what we call the
dead do communicate with those whom we call
pahly, and IN other ways give convincing proof
The pulpit has taught us to think that depart
Ell ones are near us, watching over us, infillenc
ing a d sympathiZing with US. Some OF us have
made advances and have been able to again
clasp hands with those on the "Other shore, -
hearing their voices and becoming assured OF
their immortality. Is this vain and useless? II
so, is not ''preac ching vain?"