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friend of ours, a thoroughly sincere and trustworthy, high-principled
woman. Mr. Smedley attended one of her seances, and was very much
surprised at what took place. On informing his wife of what had occurred,
she expressed a desire to invite Mrs. Hitchcock to hold a seance in their
own home. The invitation was given, and it was accepted by
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the medium, who was at that time a perfect stranger to both Mr. and Mrs.
Smedley, who also invited a number of their friends. The meeting was
opened with a hymn and prayer. After a second hymn had been sung,
Mrs. Hitchcock passed under influence, and for a short time seemed dazed
and unable to speak. Mr. Smedley says: 'She then passed under the control
of an intelligent being, opened her eyes, and manifested the greatest
amazement.
'After looking round the room very deliberately at various objects, then
at one person after another, and fixing her eyes on my wife, she ran across
the room, and throwing her arms around her neck, kissed her most
affectionately, addressing her as "My dear sister."
'After speaking with her in endearing terms she came across the room to
me, and placing her right hand on my shoulder, said: "Well my good
brother." (This was exactly as a deceased sister of my wife's had been in
the habit of doing.) "How unspeakably glad I am for such a privilege as
this! When we used to sit on the hearth at night, conversing on various
topics that used to interest us so much, we little expected we should ever
have such a privilege. You know we used to sit up at night discussing
theological questions till the embers in the grate died out, and sometimes a
chiding voice from upstairs called out: 'Alfred, Alfred, do come to bed. Do
you know what time it is? You know Charlotte is not fit to sit up so late.'"
This was precisely what had taken place, the exact words being used.
'She referred to a number of incidents known only to her and ourselves.
She asked for an album in which she had written the dedication, pointing
this out, and also various pieces of poetry she had written in it.
'She asked for a hymn book and desired us to sing what had been her
favorite hymn, which at my request she instantly found. She next asked
for a Bible, and asked me to read her favorite psalm. I requested her to find
it, although I knew well which it was. She turned to it instantly, and I read:
"The Lord is my shepherd," etc.
'When the psalm was finished, the medium stood transfigured before
us; her countenance was radiant, and her
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eyes bright with a heavenly light. Turning to my wife, she said, "Sister
dear, by inviting strangers to your house tonight you have entertained
angels unawares!"
'After the meeting the medium remarked: "When under control I was
strongly influenced to look round for a picture, but could not find it. I do
not know what it meant, but the control was anxious to find a picture."
'My wife replied: "My sister painted a picture of the Savior bearing
His cross, many years ago, and it now hangs in our dining-room."
'The above incidents, combined with her mannerisms, and bearing in
mind that the medium was an entire stranger to us, and uneducated, were
sufficient evidence of the presence and influence of her deceased sister to
cause my wife to explain, "Of a truth, that was my sister Charlotte. "'
The foregoing is an interesting glimpse of the kind of mediumship
which carries conviction of the 'real presence' of the so-called dead, and
your aim should be to get into communication with the intelligent operator
at the other end of the line, and elicit from him evidences of his identity
and purpose. Table movements, raps, materializations, writings, messages,
or controls, are of comparatively little value unless by their agency you
can secure proofs of the personal identity and survival after death of your
departed friends, or some indication of a rational purpose on the part of
the operator.
PSYCHOMETRY AND CLAIRVOYANCE.
If you have good vital magnetism and are sufficiently sensitive, spirits
may put you into the unconscious or at least into the semi-conscious
trance state, and cause you to become clairvoyant or psychometrical while
under their control. They may, through you, diagnose the diseases of and
cause you to lay hands upon, and heal, the sick. You may assist them in [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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