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as a record of fact given by an unimpeachable witness. In the corner of the seance-room, before the lights were put out, Mr. Weldon had himself placed a “very large musical box; a large, heavy box, requiring some effort to transfer it to its appointed place.” After the incident above quoted “John King” appeared, and the following occurred. Mr. Weldon had been conversing with “John King,” when, “to my surprise, the big, heavy musical box, which I myself put into the farthest corner of the room, was carried up into the air, and went circling all about our heads, and then it suddenly fell with a bang on the table. There it remained for a minute or two, while the sound of small bells was heard ringing in perfect harmony and with the most pleasing effect. Then a lady present—not a Spirit—wound up the musical box, and it was instantly carried into the air again, the tune going on all the time. Whilst this concert was being performed between the bells and the box no voices of any kind were heard. That any human hand ever touched that box when lying in the corner I am unable to believe. The medium did not do it, for Sir----and I held him fast bound. There was no other gentleman present, and as to two of the ladies I held the hand of one, and Sir— — — held the hand of the other. They did not move from their seats; and of the two other ladies one was an elderly lady very delicate and feeble, and the other a young girl who, if she tried, could not carry the musical box across the room without the utmost possible difficulty.”
Now these are facts! Let us leave the Spirit-theology alone, for the moment. Surely there is nothing diabolic in what Mr. Weldon saw, though there may well be that which is divine; for truth, of whatever kind, is a gift from above, though man, when it is new to him, has been singularly consistent in attributing it to the devil. It is time that that unworthy expedient were discarded, and that men learned at length that this bogie is of human manufacture. As Epes Sargent nobly said, “Every fact is a Divine disclosure,” a better Gospel, I make bold to say, and a nobler creed, than this evangel of an ubiquitous devil.
Origin of the First Man
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Formative Power of Spirit Imagination and Will
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Editor's notes
- ↑ Origin of the First Man by unknown author (signed as B), Light, v. 2, No. 55, January 21, 1882, p. 26
- ↑ Formative Power of Spirit Imagination and Will by M.D., Wild, George, Light, v. 2, No. 55, January 21, 1882, p. 26
- ↑ Dr. J. M. Peebles commenced... by unknown author, Light, v. 2, No. 55, January 21, 1882, p. 26
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Light, v. 2, No. 55, January 21, 1882, p. 26