Nineteenth century miracles, or, Spirits and their work in every country of the earth : a complete historical compendium of the great movement known as "modern spiritualism" . tion of table turning experts, until the advent inEngland of Mrs. Hayden, an American lady, who came to this country ona professional tour, in company with her husband and a business agent—asan avowed medium for comviujzications between earth and the world ofdisembodied spirits. Very shortly after the advent of the Rochester Knockings in New YorkState, America, Mrs. Hayden, the wife of a respectable journalist, foundhers
Nineteenth century miracles, or, Spirits and their work in every country of the earth : a complete historical compendium of the great movement known as "modern spiritualism" . tion of table turning experts, until the advent inEngland of Mrs. Hayden, an American lady, who came to this country ona professional tour, in company with her husband and a business agent—asan avowed medium for comviujzications between earth and the world ofdisembodied spirits. Very shortly after the advent of the Rochester Knockings in New YorkState, America, Mrs. Hayden, the wife of a respectable journalist, foundherself the subject of the same strange rappings connected with intelli-gence, which distinguished the earUest American Mediums. Having beeninduced to sit for the public as a professional Medium, Mrs. Hayden wasvisited by a Mr. Stone, an English gendeman on a tour through the UnitedStates. Mr. Stone received such striking tests of Spirit presence through mediumship, that in 1852 he persuaded her to accompany himto England, never doubting that his own countrymen would become asmuch interested in the results of her marvellous gifts as he himself hadbeen. ?^ K. Alfred Russell Wallace, NINETEENTH CENTURY MIRACLES. 129 In all the accounts published of early Spiritualism in England, is mentioned as the Medium who first introduced the Americansystem of communicating with Spirits through the alphabet and rappings,and strange as it may appear to thoughtful minds that any human beingscould do otherwise than hail with delight a system of telegraphy whichrestored to the mourner his beloved dead, and converted the mere hopeof immortality into demonstrated proof, it is nevertheless an historical fact,that an avowed Medium for Spiritual communications no sooner appearedon the scene, than the leaders of the press, pulpit and college, levelledagainst her a storm of ribaldry, persecution and insult, alike disgracefulto themselves, and humiliating to the boasted liber
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