St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-15
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Messages From the Spirit World
That Shocked Their Hearers.

Messages From the Spirit World
That Shocked Their Hearers.
1t sounds rather novel to hear sane
men talking in sober earnest about mes
sages from the late Judge Henry Hale
and the late Gordon E. Cole. This is
precisely what was heard at the Spir-
itualistic meeting held in the A. y. U.
w. hall last evening. Frank /. Ripley,
test and healing medium, read the mes
sages, and they were in plain print,
too. He explained, by way OF preface,
that the Banner Of Light paper pap
lished in Boston, makes a specially OF
publishing communications from the
Spirit world. The paper employees
medium who receives these messages
in public meetings, and they are writ
ten off by Stenographer. and then
placed in cold type. Judge Hale died
in this city something over year since,
and, in his message TO tie mateFldl
world he excuses his return
on the score that lie is not
now satisfied that he, did as
much good while in the heSh as ne
should have done. He explains shat he
was possessed of great wealth ana
notent influence, While he carries to
the spirit world all the MAIN character
istics of the temporal existence, his eX-
perience i'll one short year as a dWeller
among the congregation of spirits who
date their advent to prehistoric times
has taught him valuable lesson,
and he felt constrained to de-
clare that il is better for his spirit
ual welfare for man to distribute
a certain proportion or his worldly ag-
gregation among the needy. Judge
Hale'S communication, furthermore, as
Nral- To tta nrl
not fully developed. for he is now in
TRANSITIONS state. so to speak, and he
comes as a mere child. But what
sounded rather strange, and what Jared
upon the erudite nerves OF the few
admirers CT the late Judge Hale
who were present, were several shock
inglY ungrammatical sentences IN the
message. And the same was true in
one instance in the message from Cor
don Z. Cole. where it is related that he
done it," etc. The latter message was
too long to be read entire by the me-
dun. aud only extracts Weee given to
the audience.
This was followed by a lecture upon
the absurditieS of Christian science. but
the medium failed 10 explain whose
spirit influenced him. The Chris
tan scientists claim, he said.
that there is no such thing i'll
science as matter. Everything is spirit,
whatever is meant by this declaration.
They claim that God or the spirit of
Jesus Christ cures disease. The spirit
ualiStS do not believe in Jesus because
they do net know that He is the son of
God. They hold that, il He ever ex-
listed. He was powerful medium; but
He never performed more than the
mediums of today are perform
ing. Then followed lengthy
praise service of the efficacy
the healing medicines and minute
description of curing disease by mes
was carried to great length, and it was
asserted that Dir. Newton. of Boston,
had healed a dying girl in Waltham
without seeing her. The girl was the
child of great and learned lawyer, it
was narrated. Physicians had de-
SPARED of her life. and as
last resort the father went to DR..
Newton. The latter merely rolled
up bit of innocent paper inside of
handkerchief, and the father was told
to have this laid across the girls breast
and it would restore her to health. This
was done, so said the medium, and the
girl was quickly about the house as
strong as ever.
The meeting closed with what are de-
nominated tests. The medium walked
down the aisle and, like Mejnour,
through the power absorbed from mystic
cabal commenced with the spirits of the
friends of the members of the audience.
Some of the latter claimed to recognize
the graphic portrayalS of departed rela-
tlveS, but good many were unable 10
place the Invisible ghosts, much 10 the
discontinue Of the medium.