Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-30
Spirits AT A CHRISTENING.


SPIRITS AT CHRISTENING.
The Ceremony of Defeating an Infant to
spiritunlistic Work on Earth.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Last night at st. Georges Hall there was a
spiritual;stic christening. A baby was dedi-
Gated to the spiri. land, and the initiated said
thai the graves gave up their dead, who came
and lowered over the child. filing the air with
promises Of future greatness for their infant
protege. One medium, however, declared that
the recent discharge of bombs and frecrackers
had SO disturbed the clements that the baby
tutelarles were littls afraid to be out and only
the holder spirits were present.
DIR. G. NJ. Rin-es presided and the christening
ceremony was performed by Dr. Robbins, late
minister of God, present healer of the sick.
There was an admission fee of ten cents and
DR.. Hines had to divide his time between the
dimes taken in at the door,
Mrs. U Conner opened the ceremony by pass
Ing into prayerful trance, The spirits seized
hold OF her frau form and swayed her body
back and forth for half an hour. causing her
to emit whole volumes of supplications and
suggestions to the great spirit, which the minor
spirits assured her were at once jotted down in
the big book for future consideration After
several songs from the spiritualists present
that told OF pure delight DR.. Robbins was in
troduced.
DIR. Robbins, under influence" told how for
many years in the pas. be had taken money
from the Christian church for pr0mulg ting
''its doctrine OF lies, but had finally had his
eyes opened to the truth. He then passed into
the discussion o. the married state and told
bew he had been married twice, and each time
he had been sorry fos 1t. Through his sin
huence" he made q strong appeal to his hearers
not to marry, but il they did marry he advised
them to regard the laws Of polarity, let the
negative wed the positive and the positive the
negative. The red-haired man should marry
the biack-haired woman.
He congratulated the parents Of the baby on
the wisdom of their selection Of each other,
the one being fair. the other dark Then the
doctor took the baby in his arms for moment
before christening it. The music played, the
baby cooed and kicked on the doctors arms
and the spirits descended on the doctor In
force. The contortions OF his face under their
influence were painful in the extreme
The stronger influence passed in few mo-
mehts The doctor brought the baby forward,
and reading from lengthy piece Of cardboard
said: 'Lottie Augusta Heuforth. baptize thee
in the name of the Great Spirit, in the name OF
thy spirit friends. thou sweet little dove that
the beautiful spirits have sent into thy father :
abode Of love. Thy little hands shall develop 80
large that they shall spread over and heal the
d.
Thy work shall be done"
He then gave back the child TO its parents,
predicting, under influence, that it would at
tain great things and become o power over the
people, and be a healer of the sick, and that the
graves should open up aud yield their secrets
power, she should be an Adelaide Nelson, and
move people through many moods and years
Then the ceremony was over and LOttie Reu-
forsA was dedicated to the spirit world.
Thought She Was shot. hut She Wasn't.
From the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Even the saddest accident is pretty sure to
be the moving cause of one or two more or less
amusing incidents, and last Tuesday night q
gasometer explosion Was no exception to the
rule.
The story is worth telling as illustrating what
imagination can do.
Appointment young Rochester physician had
call that night that promised to keep him
out late and his wife sat up for him, getting
more and more nervous as the slow hours
Jagged by on leaden feet, after the manner of
ladies SO engaged. At midnight there came a
step up the walk, up the side stoop, even to the
ONCE door. Mrs, Doctor thought she recog-
nized II as her husbands, and, without any
precautionary Who's therey' or rs that YOU,
Tom?" threw the door wide open. There was
man there and he was not her husband He
was big, burly fellow; his face bore what
seemed to her q murderOus expression; his
right hand was raised and pointed toward her
In what seemed to her threatening attitude
Murderer" revolver" shoot" were the
words that best represent the impression pro-
ducsd on her. She drew back TO close the
door and that very instant came the sharp,
sudden sound OF the explosion mile away.
That was enough. The chain of suggestion
was completed. Her imagination, directed by
having heard gunshot wounds professionally
discussed, caused her to feel sharp burning
pain pierce her shoulder, aud with . scream.
I'm shot! Im shot" she staggered into the
hall.
The man, naturally, ran tor dear life.
Mrs. Doctor dropped into chair and
screamed for help. Her brother ran TO her as
sistsnce. With u last effort she raised herself
from the chair reeled toward him and fell
fainting in his arms, gasping out just before
she loss oonsciousness: ice, he's killed me.
Break il gently to Tom"
II came near being matter more serious
than funny, for when the fainting spell yas
over II was no easy matter TO convince the lad
that she was unhurt and quiet her nerves. And
now In one physician's family the principal
topic for wondorment is whether Mrs. Doctors
nervousness thwarted q genuine burglarious
attempt OF whether some innocent visitor seek
ing instant relief for SOME suffering member oil
the family is wondering why DR.. - doesn t
exercise proper supervision over women he il
treating for acute mania IL he will keep then.
in his own dwelling.
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