The Worthington advance., 1878-12-12

Ohio, He came to the door and was.
recognized by his sister-in-law. Mrs. r.
Conn, one of our party. A spirit form
next stood in the door with stripes on
the shoulders. He had formerly been
Il Colonel in the army. DIR. Fence's.
former wife came to the door, took tie
Doctors arm, stepped to the side If
the platform, and stood there several
minutes while the Doctor talked Will
us. The medium could be seen sittinu -, y,
her chair with q shawl wrapped aroi,nd
her during all this time. On Th"rs-
day we went to the hall and staveI
there two or three hours examim;So
the seance room, the platform. tho cai,e.
met, and the adjoining room. Tie
platform, ten feet square. stands IN
trestles, raised some two feet from tho
floor. I'VE ecould see all around, thronoh
and underneath it. The cabinet rese,n.
bles somewhat Il wardrobe with two
doors, is perhaps three feet wide and
the length Of the PLATFORM, and ab0nt
eight feet high, made of thick boards.
closely joined, affordlng no chance for
fraud, no place for concealment. Dur
ing this seance some eighteen or twen-
ty persons were present. The medium
entered the cabinet and was soon en-
tranced. The first spirit form that
came to the door was George Smith
again, the mediums brother. This
time he came down from off the plat
form, opened the door Of the next room,
closed it again, and sat down or
chair: then arose and re-entered the
cabinet, when we soon heard the sound
of a guitar playing in the cabinet.
Having closely examined the cabinet,
we knew that there was nothing in it
but chair and 4 small piece Of carpet
on the floor. Next appeared George
Washington, the father of his country,
standing in the. door. We all recog-
nized him at once. He came down
from the platform and shook hands
with Mrs. Kline and then with Mrs.
Lewis, resting himself by her side, and
talking with her several minutes before
re-entering the cabinet. The spirit
form of Mr.. Jno. Edison then appeared
and was recognized by his wife, who
was present. He beckoned her to him
aud grasped her hand, Which she held, /,
tangible and firm as ever in earth's
life, and talked with her for some time.
Mr.. Robert Conn now came to the door
with his bl other, Alien, who died in
infancy, and was recognized 10y lis wife,
who talked with him and held his hand
until he dematerialized almost to the
floor. Friday morning we had 4 pri-
vate seance, ut which, only eight per-
sons were present, including Dr.. Pence,
The medium entered the cabinet, and
in about twenty minutes was entranc-
ed.
After little while, du:ing which
| the spirit control talked as usual, the
| cabinet door opened, and a majestic
form appeared that filled us with awe;
| for there in the door stood, in majestic
grandeur, Jesus of Nazareth! the Lord
Of Glory! the King Of Kings! the pure
and holy Christ Of God! lie came ac-
cording to promise, and stOad manifest
before our eyes. lie stood looking at
us silently for several moments, and
then said: 'YOu are faithful soldiers.
and greater things than these shall you
yet see These words he spake in /.
low voice, yet distinct enough for all
to hear. He reached his hand to Mrs.
Lewis, who sat nearest the cabinet.
She then took it and gave him boquet
of flowers. lie then reached his hand
| to Mrs. DIR. Cutter, who sat next to
Mrs. Lewis, then to Mrs. Kline, who
| had stepped on to the platform. lie
took her by the hand, then laid his
hands upon her head, blessed and kiss
ed her. lie then beckoned each one
Of us to him, took us by the hand.
blessed and kissed us, before retiring
to the cabinet. He had stood in tie
door and on the platform nearly half
an hour. lie had Oh Il white robe and
a crown upon his head, in the center OF
which glittered beautiful gem. A
faint halo was visible surrounding lis
sacred head. lie left us awe-stricken
with his sacred presence. This was
the masterpiece of naturalization.
Surely these are the days foretold by
John the RevelatOr, when he declared
that Jesus Christ should come again
the second time, with power and great
glory, and have not the dead arisen
through mt the land, and angels return.
ed appearing unto many.
Would to God every mortal could
have seen and kno,u, as we now kno,r,
this glorious truth. The Savior OF
mankind has appeared; the Second Ad
vent has arrived; the heavens are open
ed; the dead are raised; mortality is
swallowed up in immortality; death
has lost its sting and the grave its vic
tory!
Having thoroughly examined the
cabinet, the seance room and the metli
um, we are prepared to witness to the
world that the materialiZations that
have occurred in our presence are gen
uine and true.
Signed 10y Mrs. John Edison, Var
Vert, Ohio; Mrs. A. Kline, Van Vert
Ohio; Mrs. Lucie Il. Lewis. Jackson
vile, Fla; Mrs. DR.. A. E. Gutter
Louisville, Ky; Mrs. r. Conn, Var
Vert, Ohio; Mrs. y. W. Rose, Var
Vert, Ohio.
A writer in the Austin REPUBLICAN
speaking of Mayor VanValkenburgh'.
ridiculous outcome in his attempt It
whip Major I1otcllkiss, editor of til.
Republican, says:
1t is not probable that the Major
who has faced rebel bullets, can be
frightened from the path of duty
Meanwhile we see no way for Van t.
soothe his lacerated feelings and face
unless he can get that boy expelled
from the church. AS q warrior h
don't seem to win many victories out
side of the church.
BY all means, have the boy expelled
for whipping the mayor in defence o
his father. We will wager still .anotl,
pair of old shoes that the Church Com
mittee will decide that the hoy wa
wholly to blame and that he ought
therefore to be suspended.
Bishop Whipple preached at Worth
ington the other day and the ADVANCE
| is moved tn wish What all the Pharis