*Mediums and Mediumship," from which we extract the following:

“And here let me tell you of a séance held under the above-mentioned higher conditions-one of the most beautiful [!] it has ever been my lot either to induce or attend! It was on New Year's Eve, 1878, and the meeting took place at the house of Mrs. Makdougall Gregory, of 21, Green Street, Grosvenor Square. There were 8 or 10 persons present, some of whom I see here to-night. After the dark séance manifestations, which upon this occasion were more powerful and instructive than usual, I took my seat in the back drawing-room, being separated from the sitters by a heavy curtain. I wish to strongly impress upon your minds the séance which I am now relating was a most unusual one, due, I firmly believe, to the fact of my having given many séances at the same house, and to the friendship, trust, and appreciation with which every sitter regarded me. Of course, what occurred during the materialisations was related to me afterwards by the sitters present, as, unfortunately, during these manifestations I am kept in a deep trance. The gas was turned on until the room was pervaded by a dim religious light [!], when slowly the curtains opened, and from the cabinet came one dearly loved, long known, and always treasured by the hostess, Lady G widow of the late Field Marshal Sir W. G——. The form was no dummy dressed up to represent life, nor Mr. Eglinton transfigured, which will be best evidenced by Mrs. Gregory's own words :

"I have no hesitation in giving my testimony to the wonderful power and satisfactory nature of your mediumship. Indeed, I, personally, have never seen it surpassed. I, with many others, have scrutinized it carefully when it occurred in my house, and we have all been satisfied with its truth. Seven different times my friend Lady G appeared to me fully materialized, when you were lying apparently in a trance on my sofa in the drawing-room, visible to 5 or 6 of my friends who were with me at the time. Your sincere friend, LIZETTE MAKDOUGALL GREGORY.'

"What could be more beautifully impressive [!!] than this midnight scene on New Year's night? The spirit, after requesting CAKE AND WINE to be brought TASTED THE CAKE, touched the wine, and then handed it to each of the sitters, that THEY MIGHT PARTAKE OF THIS HOLY COMMUNION WITH HER!!

"After this the persons present were requested to kneel, and in their midst, THE SPIRIT KNELT ALSO, and pouring fourth a solemn invocation, asked that Almighty God would bless each friend present, and make their new year one long to be remembered, and then vanished!! When the influence had left me," says Mr. Eglinton, "and I found myself fully conscious, I was persuaded the séance had been a failure, so restful and peaceful was my condition; and not until I saw the tear-wet eyes of my friends, and received their grateful messages of thanks, did I fully understand this memorable event"!!

The following account of the blasphemous impersonation of our blessed Lord is taken from the

"Cincinnati Enquirer; and is quoted by Mrs. McHardie, in her "Midnight Cry.

"We have just received a remarkable document, duly attested by seven witnesses, giving an account of a series of séances, which we print verbatim, simply stating that these witnesses are all persons of respectability, moving in the best circles of their respective homes, and looked upon as truthful and reliable. Adventists are looking for the Second Coming of Christ, and if this wonderful story is true, He has surely come!! The attested document says, among other things:

"Friday morning we had a private séance, at which only eight persons were present, including Dr. Pence. The medium entered the cabinet, and in about twenty minutes was entranced. After a little while, during which the spirit control talked as usual, the cabinet door opened, and a majestic form appeared, that filled us with awe : for there in the door stood, in majestic grandeur, Jesus of Nazareth! the Lord of Glory! the King of Kings! the pure and holy Christ of God! He had come according to promise [!], and stood manifest before our eyes! He stood looking at us silently for several moments, and then said: "You are faithful soldiers, and greater wonders than these shall you yet see"!! These words He spoke in a low voice. He then beckoned each one of us to Him, took us by the hand, and blessed us before retiring to the cabinet !! He had stood in the door and on the platform nearly half an hour. He had a white robe and a crown upon

His head, in the centre of which glittered a beautiful gem. A faint halo was visible surrounding His sacred head. He left us awe-stricken with His sacred presence. This was the masterpiece of materialisation! Surely these are the days foretold by John the Revelator, when he declared that Jesus Christ should come again a second time with power and great glory, and have not the dead arisen throughout the land, and angels returned, appearing unto many! Would that every mortal could have seen and known, as we now know, this glorious truth!! The Saviour of mankind has reappeared; the Second Advent has arrived; the heavens are opened; the dead are raised; mortality is swallowed up in immortality; death has lost its sting, and the grave its victory!! Having examined the cabinet, the séance room, and the medium, we are prepared to witness to the world that the materializations that have occurred in our presence are true.'

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(Here follow signatures of the witnesses)."

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Well might Mrs. McHardie, and others, who have also noted this diabolical imposture, refer to the warning words of our Lord, "Then, if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS; insomuch that, IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, He is in the desert;

1 The Midnight Cry, by E. McHardie, p. 474.

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go not forth behold, He is in THE SECRET CHAMBERS; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be "no "SECRET rapture," as some persons delude themselves with supposing; but "with power and great glory "2-when "every eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced Him and all the tribes of the land," Tâσai ai þvλaì τῆς γῆς, i.ε., of Israel, “ shall wail at Him,” επ' αυτόν. Amen." 994

Even so,

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2. A brief summary of some of the doctrines of the demons, gathered from various sources.

The Rev. T. L. Harris, whose testimony I have before quoted, on abandoning "Spiritualism" on account of its demoralising tendency, published a sermon preached in London on the 6th of January, 1860; from which Lieut.-Gen. Sir Robert Phayre, writing upon " Spiritualism unveiled," in "The Silver Morn," of June, 1887, gives the following summary of the doctrines held by Spiritualists, and professedly taught by spirits from the unseen world :-"First, that according to spiritualistic tenets, nature is God! Secondly, that God is an undeveloped principle in progress of EVOLUTION! Thirdly, that the Jehovah of the Bible was a ferocious human spirit who deceived ancient Medea! Fourthly, that the Lord Jesus Christ was but a natural man, possessed of

1 Mat. xxiv. 23-27.

2 Luke xxi. 27.
4 Rev. i. 7.

3 Zech. xiv. 1-5.