The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-21
SPIRITS IN CAMP
AND 1T WAS NOT a CANTEEN AT
A MILITIA TENT
EITHER
ANNUAL MEET OF BELIEVERS
IN THE RETURN TO EARTH OF THE
DISEM3ODIED HUMAN
SPIRITS
IS OPENED AT PRIOR AVENUE.
PrOgraiiine for the Opening Day
Was an Inter sting One-WiII
Continue Moth.
ANNUAL MEET OF BELIEVERS
OPENED AT PRIOR AVENUE.

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 he
ing utilized. These grounds present the
appearance of a tented city, crowds of
people being in attendance at the meet
lhgS yesterday. In addition to a largo
canvas under which the meetings are
held' there are some fifteen or twenty
small tents in which the spirituaIis+s
Will reside during the month. Several
oL these canvas houses have signs
winch inform the uninitiated that thav
can see all the spirits by calling in
sue at so much per "see." One Of the
ehterprlslng members Of the spiritual
lStlc fraternity has arranged a "spfrit
speaking idol" which he has on exhi-
pltlon under a small canvas and which
IS supposed to have conversed with a
large number Of persons during the
uay ana to have taken in a correspond
ing number of shekeIs.
Inc opening session of the encamD-
ment was held at 1870 a. m. and was
largely attended. Addresses were de-
nVefed by Mrs. George Prior, of Ne
braska; DR.. J. G. B. EweII of Denver
Col, and DR.. Aspinwall the president oP
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.. EwelI.
IN the absence of Prof. Barrett. of
Washington, D. c., who was billed to
nave delivered a lecture. The subject
OF DR.. Ewell's address was spiritual
ISM versus Christianity" and he ham
died the subject in a mastery man.
ner from spiritualist's standpoint. He
quoted the twelfth chapter of I. Corin-
th1ans as the basis of his remarks. and
spoke in part as follows:
We, who believe in spiritualism.
claim that Jesus Christ himself was a
medlum, and that we are simply fol-
lowing in His footsteps. Jesus said to
HIS disciples, when they wondered at
the miracles He performed. All these
th!ngs shall We do and greater have we
talth, 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 spiritualism 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 ID
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
demonstrate and prove the same AS
TO the existence of hell, we spiritualists
claim that the punishment to be dealt
out to wicked or sinful men is done
an the flesh through their trouble. anx-
iety. and other tribulatiOns. We claim
that none are lost, but developed to a
different 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
trlne advanced by the spiritualistic
brethren
After the conclusion of DR.. EwelI's
address, 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
spiritualism. The performance was a
series of what is called "box work"
in which Mr. Foster Jr. was encased
IN green box with hands handcuffed
and While thus sitting in the box, ap-
parently without moving his person at
all, an innumerable number of hands
would be performing evO,utions through
Sits in the green baiZe covering of the
lS p~of limo
out slips of paper with writing on them
addressed to certain parties in the au-
dlence, and once, when Mr.. Foster must
have sassed the spirits, they flung him
bodily from the box out on the stage.
He was not injured, and went on with
the performance. Benz Foster explain
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 performance
closed. The meetings will be continued
Tor the next month with four daily.
Probably Fell OF a Train.
man giving the name of John AxlunJ
was taken TO the city hospital yesterday
morning in a daZed condition and badly
bruised about the face. The left cheek was
confused and swollen. while particles of gravel
were ground into the flesh and the eye is
somewhat injured. The man was seen bv
several railroad employees in the Burlington
Sut vs. a. u CAOCh. NdHueTlHS ABOUT In a be
wildered condition. The Margaret street no.
lice were notified and later found Axlund in
box car. He was still dazed and could give
no account of how he was 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 man injured by at
tempting TO altght from 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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