Show ebi EDI AL SUMMARY the have recently been holding in various parts part of the states the anniversary i of the adgent of modern spiritual spiritualism S m at boston mass the anniversary was celebrated with a public procession of about children and terminated in the evening with a public meeting addresses supper and dancing pr dr lef JET F gardner who presided si dedon on the occasion said it was claimed that the spiritualists of the united states numbered in europe also they are quite numerous and their numbers are continually increasing the history of spiritualism shows the great tendency of the human mind whether cultivated and refined or otherwise to receive with avidity anything bordering on the supernatural super natural or professing to reveal the he mysteries lesof of a future state in the short space of twenty years it has gained millions of adherents among whom are to be found numbers of the rich and learned ag well as the poor and illiterate converted to the faith probably in every instance by some soine so called supernatural manifestation fe these exhibitions of spiritual man mani fe station are being continually continua ll y kiven given iven and are cited as proof proofs of the tho divine divino origin of spiritualism one of the latest sensations of this character was published in the new now hampshire gazette of the fth uit the medium at this exhibition was a young lady about fifteen years of age named laura V ellis the performance was conducted in ina a small cabinet about 5 feet high A 4 feet wide and 3 feet deep dr parsons was waa appointed by the audience to see that everything waa done fairly the wrists of the young lady were bound together with strips of cotton cloth and were then secured to an iron ring at the back of the cabinet her accles were also bound together and a piece of cloth placed across her neck and nailed at each end to the back of the cabinet A strip was also tied tightly about her neck upon the cabinet being closed for a moment a ii mans voice was heard wIth within irl lif and immediately after the cloth that had bad been auton put on miss elliss neck was found on her lap and in scarcely a moments time was tied by the invisible gentleman into nine hard knots A stick of wood was next placed on her lap and upon the cabinet door being shut shui the stick was heard striking with great forca forab in all parts of the cabinet jt it was then put out at the door and dr parsons being permitted to take hold of it gained possession of it only after a stout struggle A bell placed in the lap of the medium was wrung and then thrown into a corner and sweet home was played on a small harmonica which on opening the cabinet was found between the girls lips A number of other tricks equally astonishing toni shing were exhibited an and to conclude a jack knifeman knife was mas laid on the girls lap and the invisible power was requested to sever the bands with which she was bound this was done as requested and the girl walked out at perfect liberty upon being examined the imprint of the cloth was found upon her flesh the audience were informed that the various manifestations were performed by the spirit of a mr blake a union soldier killed at the battle of bull run kun philosophers have attempted to account satisfactorily for these manifestations tat ions without having recourse to powers invisible but their theories and hypotheses have hitherto failed and it is now pretty generally conceded that they are the result of spiritual agency but even if the latter theory be the true one it by no means follows as the spiritualists ca claim aim alm that this tifis is the method godbay god has adopted tomake to make known his will to man indeed the latter day saints f in n thousands of instances have traversed the civilized world over to testify to the contrary they have laid the truth before the world but as it was in the days dayson of the savior se so it is now the people are eager for signs and they are given over to strong delusion luelon de |