Experimental Investigation of the Spirit Manifestations: Demonstrating the Existence of Spirits and Their Communion with Mortals. Doctrine of the Spirit World Respecting Heaven, Hell, Morality, and God. Also, the Influence of Scripture on the Morals of ChristiansPartridge & Brittan, 1855 - 456 pages |
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... dium , was often moved rapidly to and fro , without moving the table . To move this under such conditions without moving the board or tray , required a distinct spiritual process , of much greater difficulty , and which some spirits ...
... dium , was often moved rapidly to and fro , without moving the table . To move this under such conditions without moving the board or tray , required a distinct spiritual process , of much greater difficulty , and which some spirits ...
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... dium was prevented from having any other communication with the apparatus , actuated under his mediumship , excepting through water . Yet under these circum- stances the spring balance indicatad the exertion of a force equal to 18 ...
... dium was prevented from having any other communication with the apparatus , actuated under his mediumship , excepting through water . Yet under these circum- stances the spring balance indicatad the exertion of a force equal to 18 ...
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... dium and apparatus . It may be easily conceived that instead of the hands being placed upon the board , the plate and balls being interposed , the hands of the medium may be supported over the board of Fig . 2 , as they are represented ...
... dium and apparatus . It may be easily conceived that instead of the hands being placed upon the board , the plate and balls being interposed , the hands of the medium may be supported over the board of Fig . 2 , as they are represented ...
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... dium was to be seated , so that she could not see the letters on the disk . A stationary vertical wire , attached to the axle , served for an index 152. On tilting the table , the cord would be unwound from the pulley on the side of the ...
... dium was to be seated , so that she could not see the letters on the disk . A stationary vertical wire , attached to the axle , served for an index 152. On tilting the table , the cord would be unwound from the pulley on the side of the ...
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... dium should be reversed , so that she should be on the same side with the apparatus . By this change the table would have to rise under the hands of the medium . The proposed modification was successfully carried out . 202. I asked my ...
... dium should be reversed , so that she should be on the same side with the apparatus . By this change the table would have to rise under the hands of the medium . The proposed modification was successfully carried out . 202. I asked my ...
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Page 256 - Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: 52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
Page 364 - And these things being considered, it seems probable to me, that God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties, and in such proportion to space, as most conduced to the end for which he formed them...
Page 420 - And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein, shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
Page 207 - And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
Page 158 - For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we be ever with the Lord.
Page 173 - And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saui And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth . And he said unto her, What form is he of?
Page 257 - Set thou a wicked man over him : and let Satan stand at his right hand. When he shall be judged, let him be condemned : and let his prayer become sin. Let his days be few ; and let another take his office.
Page 208 - And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul...
Page 398 - And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses.
Page 207 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.