Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-28

Can nuu hOthius 10 OBJ ect buL their seemingly
inherent impossibiIity, judged by VIII at science
has 70 far been able TO tell us definitely
OF the unsolvsd problems of life aod death.
In this category may be placed the Heaphy
story, to which Dickens, at the time Of
tie publication, affixed his guarantees "A the
perfect sanity Of the artist, whose name WAS
then withheld, although that III hi, abo,,ly
visitor was given as Carolj.,e Ann Lule. or
this extraordinary stor.y, the hardest skepti-
cism has ever bee,. called upon to account
ior' we give synopsis in order TO refresh the
memory III The readers of the APPEAL.
The HeaPhy Ghost story.
In September, 1857, Mr. Thomas Heapby.
on the borders of Yorkshire and Mncolnshire
He hears the name OF Kirkbeck mentioned.
which recalls to his mind the forYottea fact ths.
a lady and ge1tlemsn of that name had eaEed
at MS studio in the previous May and left their
card but with no ad res ON it. He now finds
out their address aud writes TO Mr. Kirkbeck
who replies that he wishes bin 10 visit him
about picture when he is returning to Lon
the English exclusive fashion, and there is ne &C.
cupant but himself until at Doncaster a laay en-
oers the carriage and sits opposite him. This adv
young, handsome, rather than beautifuI and
very sad and quiet, is the ghost whom he again
sees Wherever ne goes, until he has finished nar
picture for father Here Is the gIsi Of the hIs
Story. bereaved father desires esrnestiv g
portrait Of his dead daughter. That dead darigIi-
Ter travels WI the artist sits opposite 10 him nj
dinner. stamps her aspect indeIibiy upon his men, y.
ory 80 that u rs In vain that servants assure him
on each occasion that no such person was present.
entered or went out Weeks 90 by II is ChTist!
mas time. THE light of a short winter iay The
artist, who now is dead. tesifes, was drawing 10
close, and was seated at my table writing let
teTs for the evening post Ny back was tosard
the folding door leading into the room in which
my NiklJOfB usually waited, i had hpqn
some minutes in writing when, without hearing or
had come through the folding doors and was then
standing beside me. turned and beheld the lady
9er In j1dinsse , fsIrage sIPpose that man
the usual salutation said: Pardon me for dis
turolng you You did not hear me come IN.
by the sketch of another person Ted1
A., which she hands him as having AWAY,
her face, though abe does not aid him BUT turns
meh ace away. ne next scene is at Litchfeld,
An invitation is delivered him to come 10 the
mouse OF Nr. Lutte. "You are the very person /
mos most wish 70 see. You are painter and want
come to my house Immediately for the purposeY'
hhe artist is tod by thoughtful girl of fifteen
mat since her sister Caroline died her father has
ossn pro5trate with grief and sees her constantly.
Lave they nothing to guide him." he asks.
Nothing but description says her sister though
she was wonderfully ike portrait of LADY A..
which is missing from the scrap book. The artist
produces Il rom mis- own portfolio 1t IS the very
picture his ghostly visltant had given him. The
father says: 1T could have come from none hut
my poor dead Caroline and il was you saw with
her In all my Visions"
Cardinal Newman, speaking of transub.
sanitation, says: "After all, why should it
not be? Who of US knows what matter
really isr Aud he adds with approval that
there Is growing school of philosophy which
teaches that We can know nothing Of m after
except the phenomena. The spectroscope
reveals TO us what without is not other
wise apparent to the senses, and the
microscope has made plain to medical
scientists the origin of diseases in bac-
teris and infusoria which the human
eye cannot detect. The powers of the
air We breathe bsffisd and eluded the powers
that our sentient and quickened energies of
mind could bring to bear upon decimaling
diseases until glasses Of multiplied power.
even 10 hundreds of dismeters, m ade all these
thugs plain--no, not all, for the smallest
bacteria brought 10 light were found living
on otbers still smaller, the evidence of whoss
existence was only made plain by the move.
ment OF large numbers of them. John Nelson
Smith, in his work on the Simple Element
OF Soul" Gays: GAS the soul of the small
est specimen of monad is supposed to
be composed of very small number of SIM
pie elements OF spirit, and the smallest pos
slble number of mites OF simple force of ami
NAL growth, and very small number of
simple gasss, then 1t ia evident there must be
several simple elements Of spirit, as we'll an
OF force and matter out OF which to combine
equivalent fractional parts 10 Just the proper
quantity 10 produce the intelligence with
which man is endowed" May it not
ne possible, asks the believing Spiritualist.
that the spirits of the dead can reyitaIize
themselves, at least seemingly, out
oil the simple elements of the spirits
oil selected mediums. or from the hid
dep powers of nature, and thus make
themselves visible when missions OF love draw
thsm TO earth again. The apostle said while
In lie he saw as through a glass darby,
but that in the other world he should see as
with light. What else can that light be than
the fuller, the complete comprehension and
absolute knowledge OF The things nov unseen ?
Christ after his resurrection-the alleged fact
on which all Christians rest their hopes of a
life 10 come-When He appeared to hi, die
ciples, they said il was his spirii. but He
answered; Handle Me snd see that it is l
myself. Aspirit hath moi flesh and bones as ye
see me have" ST.. Paul declares hat "there is
analural body aud there is spiritual body"
May not the latter retain the phe-
nomena though not The real cub
stance Of the former? The spirit
ualists 30 assert; and in proof of it tell
stories OF experiences al circles" and "se-
ances" that battle human credulily and
surpass belief. These stories often, indeed
generally, are attended by conditions"
which give rise to doubts in the minds OF
investigators, and lead 10 dispu,es that at
least btcloud the solemn assertions of the
bslitvers. Blu, as 10 these clouds, Mon.
slgnor Capel, in letter to the Lon
don Times, said that Hif facts we're TO be
received on human testimony, then has the
aPPsritlon at Lourdes every claim TO be re-
ceived." And Mr.. Huxley, the great ex-
FOUNDER of evolution, in oue OF his New
York lectures, said at is upon human his
torical ev deGc. that we depeud for the
greater part OF our knowledge for the doings
OF the past" 10 an experience extending as
Jar back as lS4S, when the Rochester knock
ings were first heard, aud embracing the best
mediums of nearly all the large cities of the
country, the writer has never witnessed any
oil the phenomena of spiritualsm without the
imposition OF these conditions but ooce, and
that was in this city in the humble cot
tage OF POOR and uneducated woman. She
was indiffer5 mt 10 the glorious light OF day, to
the desultory conversation oil her visitors and
10 their movements, and careless as to
whether they should put their hands on the
table, aud yet was the medium Of astound-
ing revelations. Ia the presence Of at lea I
two pronounced doubters OF all spiritual
agencies or power, she produced messages on
the inside of double slate without pencil
or anything else that could make a mark
on slate; and a button-hole bouquet
pressed between these hinged states, and held
in place under the table by one OF the doubt
ers while the other was ready to lift that
rickeiy piece of furniture 1t a word, was
taken away, as The medium said, by The
spirits, disappearing altogether as completely
az though il had bsen destroyed by fire
leaving only leaf on the floor ard scrap
oil the un-foil iron the stems 10 tell
Aof its eKis,euc-. And all this transpired
NRder the watehful eyes Of four men
wnitsAe running Il re OF conversation and in.
qUiry was going on, each one present tx
pressing himself freely upon the pheDom ma
81 lie various phases were developed, or ex.
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