The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-21
SPIRITS IN CAMP
AND 1T WAS NOT CANTEEN Al
4 MILITIA TENT
EITHER.
ANNUAL MEET OF BELIEVERS
IN THE RETURN TO EARTH OF THE
DISEMBODIED HUMAN
SPIRITS
s OPENED AT PRIOR AVENUE.
Programme for the Opening Day
Was an Interesting One-WiII
Continue a Month.

The third annual encampment of the
Northwestern Spiritual Camp Meeting
association was opened yesterday
morning, the grounds on University
avenue near the Merriam Park line be-
ing utilized. These grounds present the
appearance Of tented city, crowds of
people being in attendance at the meet
lnSS yesterday. In addition to a large
canvas, under which the meetings are
held, there are some fifteen or twenty
small tents in which the spiritualists
VIII reside during the month. Several
oI these canvas houses have signs
winch inform the uninitiated that they
| can see all the spirits by calling in
slde' at SO much per see" One Of the
ehteFprlslng members of the spiritual
lstlc fraternity has arranged a spirit
! speaking idol" which he has on exhi-
bltion under a small canvas and which
is supposed to have conversed with a
large number Of persons during the
day and to have taken in a correspond
ing number of shekeIs.
The opening session of the encamp-
ment was held at 1870 a. m. and was
| largely attended. Addresses were de-
| nVered by Mrs. George Prior, Of Ne
praska; Dr. j. c. B. EWeIl, of Denver.
COL, and Dr. Aspinwall, the president of
the association. This was the formal
| opening of the affair, and the addresses
| delivered were more of a formal char
acter than otherwise.
The afternoon meeting at 2:3O was
taken up with an address by DR.. EweII,
| nf IOr.1f
! Washington, D. c.. who was billed to
nave delivered lecture The subject
! OF DR.. EWelPs address was "SpirituaI-
ism versus Christianity and he han
died the subject in a mastery man
ner from a spiritualist's standpoint. He
quoted the twelfth chapter of L CORN
thians as the basis of his remarks, and
spoke in part as follows:
we, who believe in spiritualism.
| claim that Jesus Christ himself was
i ineGlum' ana that we are simply fol-
| lowing IN His footsteps. Jesus said to
His disciples when they wondered at
| the miracles He performed. All these
| thlngs shall We do and greater have We
| falth, and we believe that by faith
| Jesus meant knowledge, and that
| through knowledge we have come into
| that great faith which Jesus Christ
| eXemplified during His life. Also, Jesus
| said, A little child shall lead them
and sp1ritualism is the only religion that
| has come through children. We believe
in the healing of the sick, and that He
| appeared to His disciples after death
| because the same force and the same
| law is demonstrated in magnetic heal
! ms and naturalization today: in the
communion, and life everlasting, be-
cause the philosophers of spirituaIism
demIonstrate and prove the same. AS
10 the existence of hell, we spiritualists
! claim that the punishment to be dealt
! out to wicked or sinful men is done
! IN the flesh through their trouble, anx-
! lety, and other tribulations We claim
| that none are lost, but developed to a
| oiterent stage of embodiment through
their own labOrs and efforts. and that
eventually we all enter into the King
| dom of Heaven The address was
! listened to with great interest by the
| 800 people in the audience many of
whom were unacquainted with the doc
trine advanced by the spirituaIistic
| brethren.
After the conclusion of DR.. Eweu's
address, a public test seance was given
| by Benz Foster, assisted by his son.
| Or. Foster entertained the audience
| with an interesting performance. dur
| ms which he made a number of tests.
! Which rather startled the portion of
! the audience which did not believe in
Il
series of what is called "box work.
! in which Mr.. Foster Jr was encased
| IN a green box with hands handcuffed.
| and while thus sitting in the box. an
parently without moving his person at
all, an lnnumerable number of hands
would be performing evo utions through
| Sits in the green baize covering of the
| boX, such as rafting tin pans handing
| out slips of paper with writing on them
aodressed to certain parties in the au-
dlence, and once. when Mr.. Foster must
! nave saSSed the spirits, they flung hin,
bodily from the box out on the stage
He was not injured. and went on with
! the performance. BENZ Foster exD}afn
ed to the audience that a little thing
like that did not feaze them. as they
had got used to it. Slate writing was
| INDUCED in. and the performances
| closed. The meetings will be continued
for the next month with four daily.
Probably Fell on n Train.
A man giving the name of John AxlunI
morning in dazed condition and badly
| bruised about the face. The left cheek was
confused and swollen, while particles of grave!
! were ground into the flesh and the eve is
somewhat injured. The man was seen BY
several railroad employees in the Burlington
yards at Z o'clock wandering about in a be-
wildered condition. The Margaret street po-
lice were notified, and later found Axlund IN
box car. He was still dazed and could give
no account of how he hurt At the hos
pital he gave the name of AXlund and said
he lived in Red Wing. 1t is the opinion of
the police that the was injured by at
tempting to alight from a moving train He
is uninjured except about the face and is
not thought to be seriously hurt.
The butchers will close Tuesday or
account of picnic at Taylor's Falls
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