Louisiana capitolian., 1880-09-04
sPIR1TUAI1sN.
A Family Saved From Starvation by .
Mysterious Communication.
81. Louis Times.

81. Louis Times.
"Spiritualism 10 not running to seed-
Ia not an exploded fraud, aud there IL
something in II whether you believe II
or not Just because you do not happen |
to inlorse . thing, 10 Il bound to 10 false
on that accounti ] hate such men ~ |
you are; you stand In the way Of pro-
gress You would imprison the men who
say tho earth moves II you could.
II have been forty years \ spiritualist
and have seen aud heard things stranger
than are dreamed Of in your marrow phil
osophy, which makes man y clod aud
says that there is nothing In the blue Dir
aud space What good has ever come
ofitr plenty Of go"d.' ! can give You
Just one instance out Of many which
have come under my own observation.
During the winter Of 1871 there lived u
few blocks from me young man who
WINS confidential clerk in ono the lead
lux firms Oh Main street.
zone day ~ he sat nj bin desk bis arm
commenced to tremble violently. It was
broad daylight, and the honse was crow.
ded with customers. Mr. Jamison-that's
not his name, but 1t will do-was max
ing out bill, and not knowing what
WAN the matter (he had never seen any
spiritualistic manifeStations), he eudea-
vored to 70 on writing. But instead of
tracing OH the papeS 1850 pounds clear
sides a l4c.,' the pen wrote, Go to No.
s35 Biddle street without fall He turn
ed white as sheet. but made u strong
effort TO regain his self-posseSsion, aud
went on writing. Again tho pen traced
the same sentence He tore the paper
into shreds and took new billhead.
"A third time the sentence was traced,
aud he became 50 agitate1 that his en-
ployer took notice of it, and asked him
the cause. He pleaded sickness, and,
crumpling the paper in his hand, went
to his clearinghouse. That evening be
came to mel was then president OF the
st, Louis Society-sud asked my advice,
1t was to 20 at once to the number ind'-
Gated. Heinvited me to accompany him
and accepted When We oame 10 the
house We found q lady stretched on u
miserable bed, starving to desth-yes,
sir, absolutely starving TO death. Her
daughter, u beautiful girl Of nineteen,
was sitting Ut her side, wan with hun
ger, holding her mothers hand.
eve learned their story from her lips
Her father wealthy Chicago merchant
bad lost everything in the great fife
With bis wife aud daughter he came Il
St. Louis TO engage In the real estate
business, but died in u few years afte
his arrival. What little money the tw'
ladies' had was soon spent, and in tho
dead Of winter, being too proud to beg
and too honest to steal, they were starv
ing together in tbnt wretcbed lodging
We brought them provisions and Goa
and sent lol q physician. The mothe
rallied and was soon we'll enough to bt
removed to better quarters, which m.
friend provided. He learned for tn
first time on receiving tho mysterion
message that he was medium. "Dur
ing o seance which we held together
he again received . communication froI
the same source, the spirit identifyin
itself rs the girls father. A few month
after
"Tbere was u quiet wedding, eh ~
"Yes, sir, there was, and he marie
that girl, and now they shavr thre
I. children as fine rs you ever saw-th
second one named Charles H., after I'M
Spiritualism sever did any good VIII!
do yon think Of that ?"
"Why, ] think it's u mighty tong
. story sounds like one Of Beallcs," sa
the reporter, ~ he went through q
= door.