The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-02-01

controlling one to consent to deliverance.
We found young man, a handsome,
manipulating fellow, standing in a mud
hole with fog constantly arising and en-
velopng him. The fog would sometimes
part before his face and the Young man
would seem about to step out of the filth
upon firm land. Then a beautiful girl
would suddenly appear and curse the
young man. The clouds would roll up
and hide him again. This had been the
condition of the two spirits for long
time. We inquired the reason. The
young man had deceived the girl, and
this was the punishment he was suffering
for the wrong. ! iDterceded with the
girl. told her that vengeance had been
satisfied. She was very hard at fret.
pleaded for the young mans par
don. We talked over the whole
story of their SHINING. | tried to find
out that perhaps there was fault on both
sides. Gradually the hardness melted
away. The girl forgave the young man.
Immediately the fog rolled back. The
spirit stepped out upon the firm dry land.
The young man and the young lady talked
together as they walked on. They ap-
preached little box and knelt down, one
on either side, and there they wept and
prayed. | saw inside the box. The form
of an infant was there. After a time the
parents arose and went forward until they
came to a kind of grotto. In a niche
was the statue of the Virgin aud other
Roman catholic emblems indicating an
altar. These young people were catholics.
They stopped and worshiped. Suddenly
the statue OF the Virgin seemed to disap-
pear. priest stood in It's place. He
conducted the marriage ceremony. The
I01n roNofraA
young couple walked awav with happy
faces. 1t was very beautiful"
These things were net told freely.
Even after assured that his name need
not be printed the narrator argued that
the world at large would not understand.
People" said he, will call it trash
They will think that no sane person could
have such experiences know very well
the feeling with which those who have
not investigated look upon spiriutslism.
| was a meteriaiist l had seen g happy
family circle broken up. / had seen the
good and useful taken away and the evil
and worthless left. There is no God
had said. for no God could be so unjust.
Friends tried to attract me to spiritualism.
| pittied them when they told me what
buCl udQ On DtIAol1Cous IL bctn0u lnab L
might do some service to them by expos
ing the fraud, for the whole doctrine was
nothing else than a delusion. in nv opin-
ion. With this object in view, | sent to
Germany and to France and got the
standard works on spiritualism. 1t was
nv intention to be very thorough In my
exposure Well, | studied and investi-
gated and be anne convinced that spirit
ualsm was right and l was wrong"
When Oliver Johnson was on the witness
stand in the Beecher case he was asked ii
he wasn't a spiritualist. The intention
was TO cast discredit upon bis testimony.
Mr.. Johnson replied
II will answer that question by saying /
am spirituaiist, but not ID fool"
In much the same spirit this Washing
ton believer said:
"Don't understand that 1 subscribe to
all that passes for spirituslism. l do
nothing OF the kind accept no mani
festations but upon the most rigid scrutiny.
There is a vast amount of fraud practiced.
do not even trust mediums whom know
to have medlumistic power. Mediums are
human. The temptation is very strong
WHICH NlblAl W bOO
A medium NAV do some things that
are genuine and then add lot OF
stuff which is not genuine. So l say
] trust none OF them. | accept manifesto
tions as genuine when / have assured N.Y.
self that they could not be produced by
trickerv but not o herwise. After making
a most thorough examination OF a cabinet,
and proving to myself that it was empty,
| saw arise in one corner little mist or
cloud. IL was only five or six inches IN
height This expanded and grew higher
and higher until il was nearly as tai as
am. Then it unfolded, you might say.
aud there appeared the face of a beautiful
Indian girl. The mist or cloud disclosed
more and more until the whole form WAS
visible. clothed, not in the Indian cos
tune, but in garments OF civilized fashion,
OF fine texture and OF bright colors. This
Indian girl gazed in my face. She was as
near to me as Won ara. Then she stepped
out and passed me- The conditions were
perfect | an as confident that | saw
what described as
ain that we are now cUnversing.
NV advice to ali is to accept nothing in
spiritualism without the most rigid ex-
animation The amount OF deceit prac-
ticed in tue name of spirituaism is al ost
/ beyond conception. Yet there is truth.
and it can be found by earnest seekers.
have seen many mediums. Nearly all oil
them have some real power The inyesti;
! gator must learn to discriminate. He
should neither reject all that the
medium does because some OF ii
is false, nor should he accept all
the medium does because some oil
/ it is true / have myself denounced many
mediums for vie ding to temptation and
/ trying to do too much. Yet obtained from
/ these same mediums wonderful results
which conformed to test conditions, and
which | knew were genuine. So say the
/ line cannot be drawn too closely between
/ the true and the false spiritualism. The
/ belief is a beautiful and satisfying one. II
/ Is not TO be condemned because, as in ali
+ other religions, some who practice or pro-
/ fess il are unworthy"
! The business man slipped on his over
coat aud overshoes and went to attend q
/ meeting of directors. w. B. s.
| Persistent Dog.
| Street & Smiths Good News.i
Mother" Horrors Where did you gel
/ that dog ?"