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figure   of   a   young   girl�察  �which   he   immediately   recognised   as   that   of   a 

deceased       relative。      The      circumstance       made      a   great    excitement。 

Numbers of persons rushed to his rooms�察�and many have found deceased 

friends photographed with themselves。;                ��Perhaps Mr。 Mumler�察�too�察�may 

become   ;endowed   with   competence;   in   time。             Who   knows�殖�        Finally�察�

the true believers in the gospel according to Howitt�察�have�察�besides�察�but to 

pin their faith on ;ladies who see spirits habitually;�察�on ladies who KNOW 

they have a tendency to soar in the air on sufficient provocation�察�and on a 

few     other   gnats    to   be   taken   after   their   camels�察    �and   they    shall   be 

pronounced by Mr。 Howitt not of the stereotyped class of minds�察�and not 

partakers of ;the astonishing ignorance of the press;�察�and shall receive a 

first´class certificate of merit。 

     But   before   they   pass   through   this   portal   into   the   Temple   of   Serene 

Wisdom�察  �we�察  �halting   blind   and   helpless   on   the   steps�察  �beg   to   suggest   to 

them     what    they    must    at  once    and   for  ever    disbelieve。     They     must 

disbelieve that in the dark times�察�when very few were versed in what are 

now     the   mere    recreations    of   Science�察   �and   when     those   few   formed     a 

priesthood´class   apart�察  �any  marvels   were   wrought by  the   aid   of   concave 

mirrors   and   a   knowledge   of   the   properties   of   certain   odours   and   gases�察�

although the self´same   marvels   could be reproduced   before their eyes   at 

the   Polytechnic   Institution�察  �Regent   Street�察  �London�察  �any   day   in   the   year。 

They must by no means believe that Conjuring and Ventriloquism are old 

trades。     They   must   disbelieve   all   Philosophical   Transactions   containing 

the records of   painful and   careful inquiry  into now  familiar disorders   of 

the senses of seeing and hearing�察�and into the wonders of somnambulism�察�



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epilepsy�察    �hysteria�察  �miasmatic      influence�察   �vegetable     poisons    derived    by 

whole     communities       from    corrupted    air�察 �diseased    imitation�察   �and   moral 

infection。      They  must   disbelieve  all   such   awkward   leading   cases   as   the 

case of the Woodstock Commissioners and their man�察�and the case of the 

Identity     of  the   Stockwell     Ghost�察   �with   the  maid´servant。       They     must 

disbelieve the vanishing of champion haunted houses ��except�察�indeed�察�out 

of   Mr。   Howitt's   book���察  �represented   to   have   been   closed   and   ruined   for 

years�察  �before   one   day's   inquiry   by   four   gentlemen   associated   with   this 

journal�察  �and   one   hour's   reference   to   the   Local   Rate´books。     They   must 

disbelieve all possibility of a human creature on the last verge of the dark 

bridge from Life to Death�察�being mysteriously able�察�in occasional cases�察�so 

to influence the mind of one very near and dear�察�as vividly to impress that 

mind with some disturbed sense of the solemn change impending。                         They 

must     disbelieve    the   possibility   of   the  lawful    existence    of   a  class  of 

intellects which�察�humbly conscious of the illimitable power of GOD and of 

their own weakness and ignorance�察�never deny that He can cause the souls 

of the dead to revisit the earth�察�or that He may have caused the souls of the 

dead to revisit the earth�察�or that He can cause any awful or wondrous thing 

to be�察�but to deny the likelihood of apparitions or spirits coming here upon 

the stupidest of bootless errands�察�and producing credentials tantamount to 

a solicitation of our vote and interest and next proxy�察�to get them into the 

Asylum   for   Idiots。     They   must   disbelieve   the   right   of   Christian   people 

who do NOT protest against Protestantism�察�but who hold it to be a barrier 

against the  darkest   superstitions that   can enslave the soul�察 �to   guard  with 

jealousy all approaches tending down to Cock Lane Ghosts and suchlike 

infamous swindles�察�widely degrading when widely believed in�察�and they 

must disbelieve that such people have the right to know�察�and that it is their 

duty to know�察�wonder´ workers by their fruits�察�and to test miracle´mongers 

by    the  tests   of  probability�察   �analogy�察  �and    common      sense。    They     must 

disbelieve all rational explanations of thoroughly proved experiences ��only�� 

which appear supernatural�察�derived from the average experience and study 

of the visible world。         They must disbelieve the speciality of the Master 

and the Disciples�察�and that it is a monstrosity to test the wonders of show´ 

folk by the same touchstone。           Lastly�察�they must disbelieve that one of the 



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best   accredited     chapters   in   the   history   of   mankind   is   the   chapter     that 

records   the   astonishing   deceits   continually   practised�察  �with   no   object   or 

purpose but the distorted pleasure of deceiving。 

     We have summed up a fewnot nearly allof the articles of belief and 

disbelief     to   which    Mr。    Howitt     most    arrogantly     demands      an   implicit 

adherence。       To uphold these�察�he uses a book as a Clown in a Pantomime 

does�察�and knocks   everybody  on   the head   with it   who   comes   in his   way。 

Moreover�察      �he   is  an  angrier    personage      than   the   Clown�察    �and   does    not 

experimentally        try  the   effect   of  his  red´hot    poker    on   your    shins�察  �but 

straightway   runs   you   through   the   body   and   soul   with   it。      He   is   always 

raging   to   tell   you   that   if   you   are   not   Howitt�察  �you   are Atheist   and Anti´ 

Christ。     He   is   the   sans´culotte   of   the   Spiritual   Revolution�察  �and   will   not 

hear   of   your   accepting   this   point   and   rejecting   that��down   your   throat 

with   them   all�察  �one   and   indivisible�察  �at   the   point   of   the   pike�察  �No   Liberty�察�

Totality�察�Fraternity�察�or Death� �

     Without presuming to question that ;it is high time to protest against 

Protestantism; on such very substantial grounds as Mr。 Howitt sets forth�察�

we do presume to think that it is high time to protest against Mr。 Howitt's 

spiritualism�察�as being a little in excess of the peculiar merit of Thomas L。 

Harris's   sermons�察  �and   somewhat   TOO   ;full�察  �out´gushing�察  �unstinted�察  �and 

absorbing;。 



                           THE MARTYR MEDIUM 



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