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A WEEKLY JOURNAL

DEVOTED TO THE

HISTORY, PHENOMENA, PHILOSOPHY, AND TEACHINGS

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OF‘ . v

S P I R I T U A L I S M .

J. BURNS, PROGRESSIVE LIBRARY AND SPIRITUAL INSTITUTION,

15, SOUTHAMPTON RO W , HOLBORN, W.C.

1878.

INDEX.

1878, 8Acme of Materialisation, 3 Advice to Controlling Spirits, 341.

357 ; to those desirous of making Converts, 005

Alcohol, Miss Leigh Hunt on, 133 Analysis of Perception, 027 Ancient Anthropomorphic Alle­

gories, 240Andrews, Mrs. Louisa, 519 Ann field Plain, 155 Anniversary of Spiritualism, the

thirtieth, nt Doughty Hall, 152, / 108, 185 ; OrttT of Service. 201;

Report of Proceedings. 305 . Correspondence'. J . Sutcliffe, J Lamont, W. Johnson, W. Brown. 214 237; from American Spiri­tualists, 236, 244; Grafton Hall Meeting, 187, 232, 249, 281, 379

Anti-vaccinal ion—(seeVaccination) Ashman, J., Anniversary speech, 227 Atheist’s Experience and Position,

an, 378Atonement, the, 529 Ashington Colliery, 715 Aahton-under-Lyne, 172, 331, 353,

524, 535, 553Astrology, .135; Pestilences pre­

dicted, 455 ; Influence of Her- soliel, 455, 491,538; “ Princess Alice” and Astrology, 602, 083, 742

A. T. T. P. (see Controls); Judge Not, 051 ; Sauce for Gander,714; on Colville, 610

Australian Colonies, Master Tebb's Visit, 298, 793; Adelaide, 84, 250, 510, 682; Sandhurst, 310.; New South Wales, 90, 355, 375,

035,819 ; H. Lord, Letters from 001, 731, 762; Victoria, 121; Manifestations in, 341: Britton Mrs.313, (see Britten and Slade )

Avery, Cyrus, Anniversary Speech, 233

Bump, 247Baitey, Rev. W., Reply to, 050;

Lectures by, 634, Debate with, 583,779, 761

Baud yourselves together, 120 Baptism by a Materialised Spirit,

452, 726Barret,Prof.,on ahaunted house,85 Barrington Colliery, 775 Barrow-in-Furness, 268, 379 Batie, James, Letter from, 791 Batie, Mrs., 426, 540 Batley, Pic-nie, 474 Beard and Longevity, the, 570

Bengough’s, Mr. Letter, 078 ; Re­marks on, 680

Bewick Main, 12 Bmgley Circle, at, 491 Birmingham New Year’s Party, 23;

A flower medium, 101; j . W. Mahony, 172, 202; Library, 340, Mr. Sneath’s Lecture, 572, 000; Mr. St. Clair's Lecture, 585; Psychological Society, 647 ; W. Berks's rooms, 26, 28,59,108,140, 220, 327, 360, 490, 020, 699, 780

Birrell’s Lime-light apparatus, 34, 153, 200

Birth, Mrs. A. H. Firman, 723 Bu-tley, 172, 199 Black Combe, Pic-nic, 476 Blaekie, Prof, in love, 93 Bootle, 748Boston No. 1 Children’s Lyceum, 07

Boston Sunday Herald, 118; Para­graphs from, 172

Bradford, 204, 250, 283 Bristol, 555British Republic, the, 4S6, 500 Britten, Emma Hardinge, in Cali­

fornia, 71 ; in Victoria, 121; at Sydney, 310, 375; Melbourne, 373, 695

Brown, Miss, 135, 172, 219, 283, 316, 422

Brown, T. M. 12, 28, 42, 188, 327, 358, 635, 695, 700, 763

Brunskill, R. Materialisations at Land's Bank, 299; Baptism of babe, 452, 726; Seance, 792

Buddhism, Christianity, Spiritual­ism, 70

Burnley, 170, 251, 34S, 519, 567 ; Colville and Burns, at, 660 ; Dr. Brown, 712

B urns, J., Letters by:—Rotes of an invalid’s tour amongst Spiritual­ists and mediums—Glasgow, 34; the Boston No. I. Childrens’ Lyceum, 6 6 ; For Spiritualists only, 8 7 ; an explanation, 121; Trip with Dr. Peebles to Lanca­shire and Yorkshire, 265; the departure of Dr. Peebles, 277; Unite as one man, 313; the scruples of a non-spiritualist re moved, 329; Twenty four hours with Newcastle Spiritualists, 345; Interviews with physicalised spi­rits at Newcastle, 361, 372; the meetings at Ladbroke Hall, 360; Conference at Newcastle, 377; Trip to Cambridge, 423; Spiri­tualism in County Durham, 421; Friendly visits, conditions of, 456; Manchester, 441 ; Timely pre­paration for next Medium, 440 ; a Sunday with the Marylebone Association, 438; Could you be happy otherwise, 457; a Sunday in the West Riding, 473 ; a missionary tour in Durham, 501; a friendly visit to Stockton-on- Tees, 577; Wanted, an honorary worker, 632; the question of the hour, 648: My trip to Leeds, and home again, 675; a Sunday with Manchester secularists and Spiritualists. 708 ; some facts respecting Mr. Williams’ me- uiumship, 740; a letter from a sick-bed, 776 ; Remedies for diphtheria, 791; Two Confer­ences in Co. Durham, 824: Last Words for 1878

B urns, J., Lectures by: The Word of I he Spiritualists and how to do it, 641; Anti-vaccination con­sidered as a Religious Question, 4 6 5 ; How to keep Priestcraft out of Spiritualism, 721; Con­stitution of English Society, 738 ; The Creation, Fall and Redemp­tion of Man, 753 ; T. A. S., on, 744; Friendly Visits by: Sowerby Bridge, 265; Burnley, 265, 060; Preston, 265; Liverpool, 277; Oldham, -265, 278 ; Cambridge, 332, 423; Lidbroke Hall, 360; Darlington, 421; Newcastle-on- Tyne, 345, 361, 372, 422, 501; Ousfon,421; Consett, 423; Mary­lebone, 438; Nottingham, 442; Loughburo’, 442 ; Leeds, 473, 675 ; Batley Picnic, 474; West Pelton, 501; Houghton-lo-Spring, 502; Peckbum, 534 ; Stockton, 577, 604, 629 ; Scarborough, 266, 67 6 ; Manchester, with Dr. Pee­bles, 265; with W. J . Colville, 630,641; at Alexandra Hall, 441, 465, 538 ; with Secularists, 681, 708,731 ; Crook, 502,823 ; How- den and Willington,823; Ipswich, 792 ; Debate at Birkbeck Institu­tion, 745; Debate with Rev. W. Britey, 583, 729, 761; Message from “ Judge Edmonds,” 680; Three Months’ Rambles, 569; Lancashire Committee, 488, 524; Phrenological delineation of Pope Pins, 113 ; Delineations from Photographs, 731. ; Work at Doughty Hall (see Doughty H all); Letter from J . Chapman, 820

Burns, Dr., bust of, 408Burns’s, Mrs,, Health, 200

Byers Green, 374 Calcutta, 296.Cambor, 389, 409, 505, 521, 553,

665, 697, 729, 777, 793, 820. Cambridge, 283, 299, 423, 553,629. Canada, 12, 344; Letter from H.

Phillipps, 490.Cape Town, Echoes from, 104, 473,

553; W. N. D., 587; W. Eglin- ton at, 56S, 819.

Cardiff Medium and his Friends at the Spiritual Institution. 645.

Cardiff, Spiritualism at, 39 ; Ma­terialisation at. 133, 483; J . J. Morse, 274, 291, 306, 322, 513; Enter by the Door, 519, 547; Verification of a Spirit-Message, 630.

Carpenter, Dr., and Spiritualism, 75.

Caspar, Hauser, 777.Causation, 245.Change in the Substance of the

Body, 667.Choppington, 219.Christian, What is a, 563. Christians, the Notions of, and

Spiritualism, 485.Circulars, 151.Circulation of tbe Medium, 25, 41,

56, 72, 104, 729, 761.Cleopatra’s Needle, 140.Clergyman's View of Spiritualism

and Spiritualists, 678.Cleveland, Ohio, Lyceum, 135,729,

731Coates. J., 29, 43, 60,156,172,188,

312, 326, 459, 556, 667, 081 Cockfiold, 651Colley, Rev. T., Acme of Materiali­

sation, 3 ; Foregleams of Perma­nent Materialisation, 3 6 ; Trans­parent Drawing-Slate Peycho- graphy, 68 ; Tho Mahedi Enact­ing a Death Scene, 100

Colville, W. J . : Appointments, 12, 28, 44, 60, 76, 92, 108, 124, 140, 156, 172, 18S, 204,220,238,252, 268, 284, 300, 316, 333, 348, 364, 380, 396. 412, 428, 444, 460, 476, 492, 508, 524, 540, 556, 572,588, 604, 620, G3C, 652; At Spiritual Institution, 13, 23, 104,290, 594; Doughty Hall, 43, 599; Salsburv Hall, 12.28, 44.60,76 ; Langham Hall, 279, 295, 588, 615; Dona­tions, 8 ; His Tour, 139, 188; Burnley with J . Burns. 660; Cocke/Moor, 182, 204, 215, 347; Liverpool, 300, 331, 442 ,'651; London, 248, 280; Macclesfield, 396,551; Manchester, 165,219, 424,539; With J . Burns, 585, 017,630; Hultne Town Hall, 188, 202, 331, 582, 586, 596; Recep­tions, 458; Milnrow, 475; New­castle, 105, 122 ; Nottingham, 620; Preston, 155; Rochdale, 373, 458, 607 ; Slaithwaite, 555 ; Windy Nook, 122 ; Wigan, 523; Poetry: Divine Maternity, 442; Man’s Mission on Earth, 595; Tho Old Year and the New, 5 ; Poetical Oration, 257; Tho Word of God, 758 ; Winoona’s Fare­well to England, 682; Portrait and Experiences, 593; Leading Article on, 600; Spiritualism De­fined and its Uses Stated, 596- A. T. T. P. On, 616; Need of more Workers, 187; Extraordi­nary Prophecies through, 600, 682, 758; Last Meetings in Eng­land, 660; Departure for America, 504,538; Parting Words from, 681; Arrival in America, 741

Cook, Kate, Spirit Photographed, 518

Concerning Professional Medium- ship, 437, 459

Conditional Immortality; Eternal Punishment, 91

Conjuring and Spiritualism, 550 Common Sense Value of Author­

ity, Reason and Religious Be­lief, 682

Consett, 316, 422. 540, 715 Controls. Oriental, Historical, by

by A. T. T. P.Abgarus, of Edessa, 789 Alfred William Eldridge, 706 Anaxagoras, 674 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 640 Borton (Boughton), Dr., 5

Caisar Borgia, 83 Charles tbe First, 435 Christian Heinrich Heineeke,809 Dialogue between Calanus and

Ignatius Loyola, 658 - Dost Mahomed Khan, 692 Dr. Alex. Blackwell, 533 Drawings, 246 Dr. John Faustus, 387 Edward Irving, 757 Elias Aehmole, 403 Elizabeth Barton, 705 Emma Lyons, 626 Flavius Josephus, 450 Gen. Count Arthur Lally, 531 Godfrey, De Bouillon, 260 Isaac Beltbazar Orobio, 481 Jeromo Cardan, 419 Joan of Arc, 162 John Howard, 324 John of Leyden, 810 John Pordage, 467 Marcus Claudius Marcellus, 722 Marcus Manlius Capitolinus, 790 Menu, 209Michael Servetus, 601 Mikado of Japan, 4 Mirza Abdool Hosein Kban, 564- Nadir Sbah, 614 Napoleon Buonaparte, 19, 51 Numa Poinpilius, 738 O’Connor, Lord Macguire, 497 Pausanins, 774 Pius IX., 275Ridley, Bishop of London, 163 Sabatei Levi, 602 Sir Henry Vane, 578 Sir Thomas Moore, 355 Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrus, 498 Walter Banks, 532 Viva Pcrpetua, 773 Unpublished List of, 822

Correspondence on Dr. Boughton, 21; Aspect of Affairs, 90; Cardan, 442 ; Banks's Horse, 554, 566 ; Old Orientals, 727, 762 ; A. W. Eldridge, 740, 758, 775, 779; Criticism of. 076; Defence of. 696, 706, 707; Oxley on, 818; Edward Irving, 824

Convert, Statement of a, 630 Corner, Mrs., 508, 539Correspondents.—Answers to A-

Pery, 12, 26 ; Amicus, 2G, 108; W. Ormond, 2 6 ; Free Speech, 43 ; E. R. Young, 59; Simple Faith, 107; Layman. 107, 490; Newton Oroslanri, 118; Junius, 134 ; An Aged Man, 134; A. H., 134 ; Frutarian, 172 ; Parnaby, 172; Investigator, 203; Scru­tator, 190, 203 ; Dalstou Associa­tion, 267 ; J . Summerfield, 268; M., 268 ; Schofield, 279; W. Hesketh, 423; W. A. Dixon, 423 ; A. P. S., 454; R. H., 554 ; Ge.orge Laurie, 647; An Old Subscriber, 791

Could you be Happy Otherwise? 457

Coventry, 711Oranmer Progressive Association,

00, 124 ; Dedication, 566, 761 Curious Physical Phenomena Oc-

cnring in Daylight, 795 Dalston Association, CO, 140, 172,

204, 268, 280 Darlington, 44, 374, 421 Davis, A. J., on the Platform, 328 ;

On O. S. T .,377; What he be­lieves, 391

Davies, Dr. Maurice, Lectures, 248 ;attack on, 344. 379

Dearborn, Mrs,, Illness, 57 Dearnley, 188Debate between Mr. Burns and Mr.

Baitey, 585, 729, 761 Decrease in weight of Materialising

Mediums, 372Delineations of character, 459 DeMain.S., 211,310, 343, 389,549,

712Departments, our new, 9 Derby, 105, 252,280, 310, 522, 604,

616,809; Pic nic, 551 Devonport, 475Devonshire Spiritualist in London,

166Diet Cure, 267 Dietetic Experiment, a, 43 Dietz, Mr. and Miss, 57, 93, 117,

140, 345, 360, 426, 444, 731 Diphtheria, Remedies for, 791, 793

Divining Rod, a man who uses, 199

Dixon, Miss Charlotte, 187 Domestic Department, by Amy Ivy

Burns, 25, 57, 106, 1S1 Doughty Hall, Speakers at.—Dr.

Peebles, 18, 49, 55, 81, 97, 116. 146, 162, 17S, 229, 241 ; W Tebb, 81, 233; T. Everitt, 97, 228; W. Whito, 130, 690; W. Stainton Moses. M.A., 145, 152, 657 ; D. Fitz Gerald, 161, 235 ; E. D. Rogers, 177; T. Shorter, 116, 234; J . W. Colville, 43, 24S, 599; J . J . Morse, 8 ,680,689; Major Forster, 116, 130, 657, 097, 713 ; R, II. Haro, 469 ; Miss Young, 487 ; C. Refiners, 505 ; w . H. Lambelle, 202, 273, 293, 305, 322, 337, 353, 369, 385.401, 417, 434, 545, 561. 610, 616; Ivor Macdonnell, 529, 744, 759, 809; W. Wallace. 535; J . Burns, 18, 49, 55, 116, 202, 225, 241, 457,713, 721, 753; W. Towns, S09; J.. King, 809; B. W. Wallis, 822; Last Sunday at, 184; Meet­ings, Great Success of, 152; Se­ance at, 809 ; Anniversary Cele­bration, 225; Conferences, 89, 116, 138,145,161 ; Conventions, 517, 580,721 ; The Conference— Blavatsky, Olcott, Magic, 138.

Dreams, 215; Clairvoyance and table-tilting, in harmony with, 661; a remarkable, 808; or vision, a remarkable, 5831

Dresden, A. Rita at, 118, 155 Drink Traffic and tho Church, 359 Dunn, J., 475, 491, 502, 519, 535,

588Durham, North, Progress in, 11,

421, 501East Cheshire and North Derby­

shire Report, 700; Notices, 748, 763

East-End Spiritual Institution, 12, 28, 44, 55, 76, 92, 108, 151, 220, 250

Eastern Question, The, 213 Editorial Etiquette, Corrections

and Comments on, 581 Edmonds, J . W., Messages from,

457, CS0Eglington, W ., nt Mrs. Gregory’s,

41; at.Kingston-on-Tliamos, 122; W. T. Rossiter, 166, 470; at the Hague, 282, 290; Materialisa­tions through, 313; Testimonial to. 412; Farewell Seance with, 420; Last Seance in England, 470; Departure for South Africa, 392; Arrival at Cape Town, 568; Progress at. Caps Town, 819

Efficacy of Prayer, 769 Elocutionary Class, An, 280, 297 Enter by the Door, 519 Epitaphs, Ancient, 443 Eternal progression of the human

soul, 389Evangelistic Contemporary, An,137 Everitt, Mrs., Direct Voice Mani­

festations, 028Evil Spirits and Spiritualists, 470,

726,778 Failswortb, 519Fairlamb, Miss, Materialisations,

247, 297; Visit to Scotland, 280, 533, 028 ; J . Burns’s Report, 361; Photographing Spirits, 423; Beam oi’ Day, 4.40, 499; Mrs. Mellon at Glasgow, 533 ; at Newcastle, 550, 600, 617 ; New Series of Seances, 020, 712, 726,742; And Newcastle Society, 633, 550, 062, 664, 678

False Announcements, 524 Family Circle, A Persevering, 42 Family Fatality, A, 86 Features of the Week, 40,136 153,

168, 216,249, 297, 328,360,392. 4fiS. 424,455, 472 488 50-t. 520, 536, 552,568,584 6 lo', 632, 648, 064, 681,710 708 745,760,702, SOS

Eire-Proof Facts, 404 Fletcher J . W., at, Quebec Hall,

23Flood Predicted, 295 Flower Medium, Another, 55 ; Epes

Sargent, On, 71Footprint of Spirit on Blackone

Card, 582, 609

Forgive and Forget, 347, 374, 443Forster, Major, at Doughty Hull,

116, 120, 130, 664, 6 9 7 Letter from, 244; Lectures by, 616, 657, 697, 713

Fourth Dimension, The, 662 Fowler, L. N., 667 Fowler, Miss Lottie, 200 Fox, K. Margaret, at the Hague,

393 ; Spontaneous Materialisa­tion, 458

Fox, Margaret and ICate, 281, 296, 312, 581, 609

France, New Spiritual Movement in, 179

French Reception, A., 373 Funeral, Spiritualistic, at Gates­

head, 539Gateshead, Now Medium in, 604 Ghost at Preston, A, 7 ; Story, A

genuine, 508 ; Story, A modern, 85

GhostB in Austria, 572 Glasgow, Seance with Mrs. Mellon,

533Gough, J . B., 264 Grafton Hall Meeting, 1S7 Grateful Thanks to Kind Patrons,

583Great Pyramid Prophecies, 118;

and Jesus, 138 ; Remarks on, 151, Colville on, 170. 258

Hacknev, 251, 296, 394. 411, 428, 443, 523, 556, 620, 748, 788

Halifax. 652, 780 Happy Evening Suggestions, 53S,

582, 599; Programme, 665; Report, 679

Hard Times, The M edium Gratis on Account of, 134. 156

Hare, R. H., at Doughty Hall, 469 Harris, T. L., Recent Works of, 411 Haunted House at Bridgewater,352 Haunted Houses—the Means of

Inquiry, 133Health and Cleanliness, An Apostle

of, 456Hell and Future Punishment,

Changes of Opinion of, 405 Herbst, J . H., 104; To Cape

.Town Friends, 122; Reception to, 131 ; At Doughty Hall, 162, 228 ; Letter on Maskelyne and Cooke, 167; On Eglinton,313

Herne, F . G., Astounding Pheno­mena, 43 ; Seances, 348, 410 ; At Brighton, 587

Hetton-le-Hole, 524, 535 Historical Controls (see Controls) Holinwood, Spiritualism in, 155,

213Holland, Treatment of Mediums in,

618, 730, 747Hollis-Billing. Mrs., Departure for

England, 312 ; Her Spirit-Guide on the Future of Spiritualism, 313

Home, Sweet Home, Author of, 743 How to Provide Means to Promoto

Spiritualism, 106Howitt, William, Vindicates his

Veracity. 311. 326 Hudson Tuttle’s Reply to J . J .

MorBe, 42Hull, 75, 101, 203, 345, 428 Human Interdependence, 294 Index, Our, 823Institution Week, 1878, 713, 728,

700 ; Subscription list, 820 Intelligence apart from the body,

55SInterlinked Rings. 484, 519, 521,

550Intermedium, 358, 379. 411 Islington Spiritual Institute, 12,28,

44, 60, 76, 188Judge not, By A. T. T. P., 651 Jersey, First trans-message from,

374 ; Progress at, 535, 731 ■H-bub of Nazareth, 211 ; the Birth

w 1J,a ; Visions of. 185; Jesus- ^Worship, 340Keeves, Mitsa, Anniversary address,

227Keighley, 427, 42c, 620, 780Kennedy’s Scottish Entertainment,

375. 396Kind Let.er from an Old Friend,

820Kingdom of God, The. 630 ̂Kingston-on-Thames, til ; JDglinton

at, 122; E. YV\ Wallis at, 250 Kirkcaldy, 136; Social Meeting at,

Ladbroke Hall, 28; Opening of, 37, 762; Colville at, 55; Reports, 76, 104. 120, 135, 153,154,16S, 1S4, 200, 216, 297, 328, 360, 376,408 (6ee Lambelle).

Lambelle, W. H., Lecture at South Shields; 7 ; Farewell at South Shields, 26; Lecture at New­castle, 27, 747 ; Circle at. Spirit­ual Institution. 121, 137, 153, 169, 186. 201. 218,249; At Que­bec Hall, 156, 809; Reflective notes, 1S2, 198, 219, 243. 265, 279, 295, 309, 327,345,361, 375, 393, 454, 503 : Origin of Reli­gions, 180, 202, 273, 293, 305, 321, 337, 353, 369,385,401,417, 433,545,561. 610; Private In­terviews with Controls, 342 ; Advice to critics, 357; Apprecia­tion of lectures, 425; An ancient spirit on reform, 500; Psycho- metrical contagion, 58, The latin quotation, 617, 663, 680; Cri­ticism on, 647, 715, 729, 744; Ladbroke Hall, 700, 745, 762, SOS

Lancashire Committee—announce­ments, 13, 28. 44. 60,76,92,108, 124. 140, 156, 172,18S, 204, 220, 238, 252, 26S, 234,309,316,332, 348, 364, 380,396, 412,428, 444, 460, 476, 492, 50S; Quarterly Conference, 101; Criticism on J . Burns, 488; A fair exchange is no robbery, 524

Land of the Leal, The, 359 Langham Hall, Meeting at, 698,715 Leaders sent, Leaders self-chosen,

031Lectures against Spiritualism, Cir­

culating information at, 134, 328 Leeds, 675Leicester, 54, 411, 032, 647, 067,

6S4Letter from a Mother in spirit-life

to her daughter, 327 Light seances, 585 Liverpool, 300, 4-42. 769, 780, 791;

OpCningof Perth Street Halt, 603 Love of God, some few thoughts

concerning, 793 Lowestoft, 506, 508 Lunacy Law, reform, 166, 357 Macclesfield,250,360,374; Opening

of new ball, 396, 406 Mack, Dr., his new work on henl-

ing, 71; Magnetic power for healing, 710; Cases of Harriet Bashed, 71; John Pearce, 118 ; Mrs. Hudson, 539; Healing by magnetised paper, 035; Mrs. Lambelle, 759 ; J . Burns, 791

Mahedi, the, enacting a Death Scene, 100

Manchester, 124,155, 204,219,441, 471, 476, 4S9, 668, 760; Healing medium, 709

Manner of conducting discussion for disoovery of truth, 394

Man’s moral guide is within, 458 Marriages :■—G. W. Rowe and Clara

Garbett, 7, 123 ; A. Ivitson. 92 ; Mr. Hill and Miss Merry, .123; J . B. Mellon and Annie Fair- lamb, 471; -J. Wallace and Ohan- dos Leigh Hunt, 551

Marvlebone Association, 12, 23, 28, 00. 70. 92, 108, 121, 124, 140, 156, 172, 188. 203. 204, 220. 252. 208, 284, 300, 332. 348. 364. 380, 396.412,428,444.460, 476, 492, 508,524, 540,556, 572, 604, 620,

■ 635, 651, 609, 684 700,716,732, 748,762,780,809; Appeal for, 315 ; a Sunday with, 438; C. Reimers, 458 ; F. Wilson, 4-75 ; Iver Macdonnell, 587; Quarterly tea, 762

Marylebono, work done at, 135 Maskelyne and Cooke, 167 Materialisation Phenomena, Pro­

gression in, 483Materialised Spirit sets as Phreno­

logist, 726Materialised Spirit-form baptises a

babe, 452, 726Medium for 1879, 792, 822 (see Cir­

culation) ; Free distribution of, 409, 745; Ninth Vol., Our, 822

Mediums and Spirits, 214 Mediumsbipol Children, 296 ; and

Conjuring, 326; Practical Views on, 427 ; Philosophy of, 817

Mellon, Mrs. (see Fairlamb) Mercurius’s Great Prediction, 43 Merthyr, a Call for Unity and Ac­

tion, 199, 250, 279, 29S; Marvels of Spiritualism at, 154

Mesmerists, Instructions to, 216 Midland Counties District Com­

mittee, 666, 703 Milnrow, 475Mineral Medicines Beneficial or

Injurious, 211Mission to Friendless and Fallen

Women, 377, 453, 776 Missionaries in England, Need of,

507Misunderstandings Removed, 520 Monck, Dr., The Boy Preacher,

52 ; Manifestations through : Acme of Materialisation, 3 ; Fore­gleams of Permanent Materiali­sation, 36 ; “ The Mabcdi ” en­acting a'Death Scene, 100; Slate Writing, 40; Transparent Draw­ing-Slate Psyehography, 6 8 ; W. T. Eossiter’s Seance, 166; Let­ters by: Ladbroke Hall, S,7o ; On his Titles, 24 ; On his Health, 312; 711, 794 ; Invitation to Naples, 482; To Burnley. 567 ; On Continent, 216, 248, 2S0, 312; No Evidenoe against, 760; Lon­don Meetings (see Ladbroke Hall) Cranstoun’s Letter on, 818

Moral Consequences of Slandering Mediums, 745

Morse, J . J . : Appointments, 12, 28, 44,60,76,92, 108, 124, 140. 150, 172. 204, 220,238, 252, 268, 284. 300, 316,332, 348, 364, 380, 396, 412, 428.444.460, 476, 492, 508, 524, 540,556, 572, 588, 604, 620, 636, 652,668.6S4, 700, 716, 748, 763,780,796, 811; lectures by: Peace or War, 148; Man’s Reli­gious Requirements, 274; Divine Providence reconcilable with suf­fering, 291; Conversion of Hea­then. 292 ; What is Spiritualism ? —Darwinism, 306; Objections to Spiritualism, 308; God; a Criti­cism and Definition, 322 ; Priest­craft, 513 ; Spiritualism, its disr tinclive Mission, 0S9; Questions on New Dispensation, 742; on the Bible, 742; on Temperance, 777; Notes from Diary, 21, 339; Hudson Tuttle’s Reply to, 42; To Rev. C. Jones, 298; Concerning Professional Mi diumebip, 437 ; Removal to Derby, 74; Recep­tion at, 131; At Doughty Hall, 9, 233. 689, 689; Belper, 299; Cardiff, 274. 291. 306, 322, 513; Lancashire, 61; Macclesfield, 406; Keighley and Burnley, 77; Old­ham, 75; Newcastle, 171, 711, 795 ; Scotland, 129. 628.

Mowbray, Robert, 780, 796 Mourners, a Word to, 312 Mysterious Affair in Kilmallock,

247Newcastle Spiritualists, 24 hours

with, 345; Psychological Society, announcements. 12, 28, 76. 92, 108, 124, 140,156, 172, 188, 204, 220, 238, 252, 268,281,300, 316, 332,348,364, 380,396, 412, 428, 444, 400,476,492. 508,524, 540, 556, 572, 588.604. 636,652, 60S,

- 684,700,716,732. 748, 796. 811; Quarterly Meetings, 54. 295. 475, 677; Lecture by W.H. Lambelle, 27 ; Mr. and Miss Brown, 75 ; What is a Spiritualist, 289 ; E. W. Wallis, 347, 540; Paper on Ghosts, 395 ; Mutual Improve­ment, class, 428; Picnic,489, 534; Morse, 171, 711, 725; Happy Evening, 10, 747 ; J . Hope, 793

Newcastle, Spiritualism in. 107, 139, 171, 188. 202, 219,247,283, 316, 331, 667, 732, 806 ; A New Medium, 809 ; Debating Society, 28, 60, 7,5 ; New Inspirational speaker, 716

New form of superstition, a, 379 New Mills Christmas Tea-meeting,

11New Movement, The, 504 New season of work and Spiritual

progress, 456 New Year, the, 6New Zealand, Dunedin, 340, 39o,

458

Newspapers and Spiritualism, 372 No. 1 Institution Seances,W. Towns,

Medium, 9, 41, 56, 123, 167, 182, 202, 267, 325,359,391,411,424, 440, 454,471, 523, 538, 555, 572, 5S2, 599, 635, 663, 684,699, 710, 728, 748, 761, 776

Northampton, 715 Nottingham, 1SS, 379, 442, 620 Obituary :—-William Swain, 25 ;

Cottereli, 42; Sanderson, 4 2 ; Mrs. Batie,' 54 ; J . Derby, 54 ; Mrs. Hardy, 73 ; Rev. Wr. Stow- ell, 107 ; John Crane, 124 ; W. Glynn, 216; Mrs. Ashworth, 245; Julia Gillard, 245; G ; Metcalf, 312; G. Ashworth, 374. Dr. Cargill, 422; Joseph Teale, 426; John Kennett, 440; Mrs. Pearson, 471 ; Mrs. Mary Rob­ertson, 471 ; Mrs. Towns, 567 ; Samuel Ralls, 582 ; George Thompson, 666 ; James Smalley, 678 ; Caleb Ogden, 759

Ogmore Valiev Anniversary, 565 Oldham, 28, 44, 61, 75, 93, 124,

220. 793Old Sian’s Christmas Box, The,

801Olive. Sirs., Tumour, Healed by,

523 ; In Switzerland, 600 Order of Spiritual Teachers. Half-

yearly meeting, 9 ; Weekly Re­ports' 25, 41, 57, 73, 89,' 121, 137, 153, 169, 201, 249,265,329, 425, 451, 473. 521, 553, 569, 5S5, 601, 617, 713, 777; Use of Salt, 105; Visions of Jesus, 185; Spiritism and Spiritualism, 217 ; Spiritual Organisation, 2S1 ; Old and New Order, 297; A. J . Davis on, 377; A Hough’s Paper, 393 ; Competition Report, 505 ; The Guinea Prize. 537; School at Sunny Brow, 665 ; Lowestoft, 506

Oriental Controls (see Controls) Ossett, 107, 18S, 203. 444, 474,

556, 572, 604. 700, 747, 807 Other Worlds. 140 Ouston, 59, 280, 348, 421, 555 Owen, Reginald, 425. 440. 508 Oxley,W., Spirits and Mediumship,

626; Philosophy of Medium- ship, 817

Packet of Progressive Literature for every Family in Great Bri­tain, 472

Porkinsville, 460, 491 Paris, To Spiritualists in, 472,521,

551Passage of a Medium through

Closed Doors, 123 Prayer (is) an Essential Element to

Spiritual Advancement, 310 Peak. Progress near the, 631, 683,

700, 715, 759, 807 Peekham, Dedication at, 534 Peebles, Dr.,The Spiritual Pilgrim,

1 ; At, Doughty Hall, 8, 18, 49, 65. 81, 97, 146, 162, 178, 229, 241 ; Reception to. 8 ; Report of, 17 ; Twice round the world, 24; Letters by, 8, 9 ; on Strolling Player, 24 ; Seance bt Mrs. Gre­gory’s. 4 1 ; His works, 89, 120, 167,246; Ethics of Spiritualism, 120; How to help, 184; Fare­well Soiree, 217, 248; Pro­gramme, 252 ; Report, 278; Capo Town, at, 19, 88 ; at Lad­broke Hall, 37 ; Stanley, the Ex­plorer, 85,107,115; Wigan, 101; at Osset, 203 ; Sowerby bridge, Oldlutm, Manchester, 265 ; at Liverpool, 277 ; Champion Hill Paragraphs. 151, 169, 181, 197, 214, 243. 263 ; Last words from, 278 ; Departure, 277 ; News from, 372 ; Reception at Boston, 390

Permanent. Materialisation, Fore­gleams of, 36

Permanent Resumption of Earthly Life, 806

Persecution, A New Form of, 133, 170

Personality of God Maintained, 213 Phonetic Class. Sheldriok’s, 43 .Phonograph, The, 188 Photographing Spirits in Daylight,

Mrs. Mellon, 423,449,499; Kate Cook, 518

Phonography, 171 Pic-nic in lipping Forest, 409,425,

443, 487, 507, 522 Pierart’s New Movement, 179, 261 Pigeons brought at a Private Circle,

726Plea for Assistance, 107 P oetry :—

Acrostic on J . and A. Burns, 25 Angela, 247 ■Anniversary, 54; S. C. Hall, 425 Awakening, The, 264 w._ .Azor, 727Creation,The, according to Saints

Tyndall, Huxley, Darwin, und Spencer, 264

Day of the Lord, The, 792 Divine Maternity, The, 442 Gleams of Golden Light, 250 Hymn for Spirit-circle, 379 Invocation for a Spirit-circle, 683 Led, 250 Life, 246Life and Change, 683 Light, more Light, 633 Lines on Truth, 422 Look up, Look up, 568 Love and Tobacco, 282 Luther Colby, 360 Madam Sievers’ Hymn, 316 Man’s Mission on Earth, 595 March of Intellect, The. 359 March of the Men of Progress,

480Moon, To the, 328 New Church Doctrine, The, 203 Old Year and the New, 5 On Earth Forsaken, 247 Other Side, The, 181 Redeemed, 426 Slave’s Vision, The, 331 Sower, The, to J . M. P., 40 Spirit-Whisper, The, 475 Spiritualists’ Motto, The, 585 Theology, The Fruits of, 88 Three Silences, The, 265 To J . M. P., M.D., 40 Why Mourn Ye ? 409 Winoona’s Farewell to England,

682 b Word of God, The, 758 Writings of Nature, The, 246

Pope Pius IX., Phrenological De­lineation of, 113; Meisnge from, 275 ; Criticism of, 298,315

Poor in Spirit, The, 729 Presentiment, a Strange, 47; Sud­

den Death and Singular, 1S8 Preston, 7, 155Priohard's, Mrs., Mediumshin, 620

630,035 Priestcraft, 513 Private Physical Seance, 534 Prophecies of the New Dispensa­

tion, 728 ; of a Priest, 732 Peychograpl.y, Transparent Draw­

ing Slate, 68Peychometrical Contagion,580 660

073Public Libraries, Books on Spiri­

tualism in, 56 Pure Solidified Cacao, 139 Pyramid (Bee Great)Quaker, The, 387 Quarmby, S. H., in London, 12,

23, 73 ; Reply tp, 216 Questions and Answers : — Har­

riett Martmeau, 13, 26; Vege­tarianism, 26; Wesley’s Spiri­tualism, 26; Miss Wood, 26, 74; To Mediums, 43; Spirit Colours, 55; Poetbumoue Growth, 55; To Vegetarians, 56, 74; The Medium and Spirit, 90, 118; Translations, 118; Whence the Soul, 170; From what was Man Developed ? 198, 212; The Watoh, 212, 245, 554, 566, 586; Spiritualism or Materialism, 245, 267; Reflection of Black Objects, 245, 267,283,298,329, 347, 378, 410; Spirit-Phenomena and the Laws of Nature, 297, 330, 347, 358 ; King Test, 314, 538, 554, 586, 634; Matter and Spirit, 298, 330, 347,358, 395,410.459, 490; Plato on the Soul. 329; Witches, 377 ; Pius IX., 293, 316; The Double, 377, 378; Prophecy, 314, 410; Influence of Alcohol on Spirits, 298 ; Pay- . choiogical v. Spiritualism, 298, 315, 347, 358, 373, 423 ; Diffi­culties of Communion, 314, 378,

Fall of Man, 410, 459, 490; Answers to Prayer, 410, 459,566; Analysis of Perception, 459 ; Poetry Explained, 459; “ The Flood,” 490; Evil Possession, 554, 633, 726; Haunted House in Berkeley Square, 586, 634; Controlling aSpirit and Teaching

'Spirits, 726, 778; Teachings of Christ, 762, 778, 779

Question of the Hour, The, 648 Religion Pure and Vain, 820 R eviews;—Christ the Corner-Stone

of Spiritualism, 8, 120, 164; Later Phases of Materialisation, 26; HumnnNature, 74,136; Mr. Hands’s last Work, 90; The Triumph of Love, 117; Zollner’s Wissenschaftliche AbhaDdlung- en, 117 ; Spirit, Force, Matter, 117, 153; Psychography, 124; The Moon, 135; Vaccination Tracts, 136; Texas Spiritualist, The, 136; Spiritual Offering, 136; Ghost Review, The, 139; Budd­hism and Christianity, 167, 246; Psychological Review, 171, 247 ; Spiritual Scientist, 151, 199; Burlington House, 330;- Couch- man’s Useful Books, 330; Thoughts on Theism, 407; The Sciences of Correspondences, 518; Ireland, TJr of the Chaldees, 519 ; A Parallel Holy Bible a Myth, 633; The House Surgeon, 743; Hints on Sanitary Matters, 743 ; Social Notes, 777

Reading, 203, 219 Reflective Notes (see Lambelle) Refiners. C., at St. George’s Hall,

220, 281Religious Hihtts and Ceremonies,

Origin of, (see Lambelle) Remarkable Prediction. A, 11 Remarkable Story, A, 199 Responsibility of Man, 132, 170,

198, 212, 251, 299 Rhyme of the Learned Professor,

763Eiko, A. J., Visit to England, 522 Rita, A., in Dresden, 118, 155; at

Mr. Brain’s, 331 ; at The Hague, 341,371,426; Spiritual Institu­tion, 4S5, 776; at Amsterdam, 618 ; Reply to Charge, 618 ; Seance at. Mr. Rutherford’s, 619

Rochdale, 297. 312, 331, 373, 428, 458, 556, 667

Rome, A Circle in, 266, 299, 326 Saddlewortb, 279St. Patrick’s Armour, 572; Com­

munication from, 210 Sauce for the Gander, 698, 714, 730 Scientists of Germany Spiritualists,

667Scottish Notes, 22, 53, 129, 628 Scruples of a Non-Spiritualist re­

moved, 329Seabam Harbour, 61, 123,187, 667;

Case of healing, 748 Season of Suffering and Develop­

ment, 71Secularism, and Spiritualism', 23 Sheffield, 508, 758, 819 Self-supporting Spiritual Move­

ment, A, 376Shaker in,a Tantrum, A, 85 Shildon, 475Short, Prof. B., Case of, 459, 471 Siiotton, 59 Shrosbree's Hall, 507 Signs of the Zodiac, 724 Skeleton found at Dundee, 136 Skirmishing at Stepney, 73 Slade, Dr,, Sitting with Bellaehini,

40 ; Movements, 75. 93, 296 ; in Russia, 151, 200; with Zollner, 232, 237; in London, 408; in Australia, 694, 731

Slaithwaite, 555Slate Writing through Mr. Wat­

kins, 68Smallpox, Protection from, 200 Social Sittings, 680, 729 Social Spiritualism, 729 Sorrowful Tale, A, 123 South Africa, Graham’,! Town, 55 ;

Latter from Cogin, 171 Southampton, Mrs. Everittat, 628;

Lecture, 809 South Shields, 246, 567 Sowerby B-idgo, 55, 77, 198, 220,

251, 299, 374, 428, 460, 684, 796 Space of Four Dimensions, 237

Spirit-Answers not Mind-Reading,505

Spirit - Communication, Extraot from, 567

Spirit-Guidance denied by the Church, 425

Spirit-Identity at Burnley, 53;through Direct-Writing, 454

Spirit and Medium Visible at the same Time, 374

Spirits and Mediums, by W. Oxlev,625

Spirit-Mind and Body, 409 Spirits on a Steam-Ship, 453 Spiritual Gifts, 777 Spiritual Institution. Misrepresen­

tation of, 41 ; There is a, 121; Annual Subscription List, 102; An Explanation, 121 ; Subscrip­tions, 1S78, 183, 343, 375 ; Work of the, 137 ; Friendly Co-opera­tion with, 184, 297; Lectures, 680, 737; Quarterly Subscrip­tions, 727, 743, 759, 807; Visit to the, 667

Spiritual Spheres, Diagram of, 453, 538 .

Spiritual Vineyard—MoreWorkers Needed, 187", 199

Spiritual Vision of the Dying, 69 Spiritual Visitor, The, 567 Spiritual Work and Warfare for - 1878,72Spiritual Workers, 43 Spiritualism, Beneficial Effects of,

40 ; for the Million, 39 ; Prize Essay against, 164; Rationally Considered, 709; and Short­hand, 453; Thoughts on the Progress of, 533 ; v. The War, 135 ; and Unitarianism, 347

Spiritually Contaminated? Is it Possible to Become, 549

Spiritualists, a Hint to “ Penny,” 75; Persecution of, 567 ; Re­specting, 491; Responsibility of, 389; Secret, 554; Why should we be, 491

Stability of our Spiritual Work, 744 Stockton, 29. 200,411,491; Burns’s

Visit, 577, 629 ; Brown, 695; Wallis, 743

Suffolk, Work Begun in, 779 Sunday Meetings, Great Success of,

8 8 ; in London, 150 Sunderland, 373, 423 Sunny Brow, 140, 250, 762 Supernatural Intelligence, 187 Swedenborg Society, 443 Tow Law seances. 679 Tebb, W., in Switzerland, 569 Temperance Lecturers, use of, to

the Cause of Spiritualism, 697 Theological changes, 311; Absurdi­

ties, 555; Student’s views of Spiritualism, 246

Thames disaster, Til a, 631 The next World, 457,453, 537, 631 Thousand Pounds Fund, The, 473 Things in themselves, 811 Timely preparation for next Me­

dium, 440Towns,W.,Testimonial to, 456,473,

503True brother and Fellow-worker, A

651Tyerman, J , 443; in America, 489 Unite as one man, 313, 345 Universalism, the Sectarian nature

of, 121Unprofessional missionary work,

376, 407Victoria, 121, 311 ; Manifestations

in, 341 ; Britten, Mrs, 373 Visions and Premonitions of War,

261Visitors, 585 ; from the country,

328Vital force a healing power, 458 'Voyscy, Mr,, on the incarnation,

374Vaccination Acts, Sir 3. Clarke

Jervoise on, 10; W. Tebb, Prose­cution of, 165, 427, 806, 821 ; Faringdon Prosecution, 635,728; Petition in favour of Pease’s Bdl,168 ; Vaccination Contagion, Quarantine, 555 ; inquests, 761; Mortality, 678; Death from, 7; Death of a Darling, 572 ; Why do Medical Men cling to, 539; Superstitution, The, 70, 132,133, 151; Direct from Calf, 165, 196, 251, 283, 315, 331, 503 ; Sir T.

Chambers on, 363; A Physician on,427; Unjustifiable,486; What Phonograph said about, 346, and Homosopathy, 501; Does it do Good ? 501; An American Editor on, 570 ; Hindoo MSS. on, 570 ; To Parents and Guardians, 89 ; Eleusis Club, 156, 193 ; Leoture by W. Young, 193; Conversazione at Mr. Tebb’s, 361 ; Appalling Infantile' Mortality at Preston, 196 ; Anti - Vaccination con­sidered as a Religious Question. 465,487; Anti-Vaccination Move­ment, 523, 570, 586, 683; Burns’s Lecture at Stockton, 578; Con­ference, 501; Dr. Wyld Debate with, 197, 267, 329, 363, 471; Dr. Pearce to, 346 ; Lessons which Compulsory Vaccination should impress upon the country, 267 ; Opinion of John Bright, 315; Anti-Vaccination as a Ques­tion to be put to Candidates for Parliament, 5 7 0 ; Vaccination Tyranny, 634; The Road to Free­dom, 63 4 ; Manchester Anti- Vaccination Meetings, 346, 360, 412, 523, 539, 555, 570, 586, 603; Derby, 412 ; A Nantwicli Heroine,586; ThePublio Health, 411; The Small-Pox Epidemic, 634

Wallace, A.R., and the Dutch, 454 Wallace, W., 39, 55, 91, 93, 236,

251, 408, 583; Mission to West of England, 458, 519, 585, 663, 679, 711, 761, 776

Wallis, E. W., Appointments, 220, 238, 252, 268, 284, 300. 316, 332, 348, 364, 380, 396, 412, 428, 414, 460, 476, 492, 508, 524, 540, 566, 572, 588, 604, 620, 036, 652, 668, 684, 700, 716, 732, 748, 763, 7S0, 796, 811; at Spiritual Institution, 424, 440; Impromptu' Verses, 491, 555; Cominendatiou of, 537 ; Northampton, 715; Dough­ty Hall, 227, 823

Walsall, 44Wandsworth, 139,156, 420 War in Heaven, The, 116 Warninge, T. P. Barkas, 151 WaBte Paper, 297, 312, 344 Weldon, Mrs., at St. James’s Hall,

615Wells, R. B. D., His Portrait and

Labours as a Professor of Phre­nology, 785

Wendell Phillips, on Sumner, 107 Westgarth as a Spiritual Teacher,

92; ob a Healer, 507; in Lan­cashire. 631; bis Usefulness, 824

West Pelton, 329, 357, '426, 535, 540, 687

Whaley Bridge, 700 What is a Spiritualist? 289 Which is the Christian ? 453 Why not form a Company to pub­

lish the Meoium, 114 Whv women cannot beMaeons, 343 Wigan, 101, 523Wifliams, C. E., wonderful seances,

73 ; Extraordinary tests, 85 ; My first Beaneo with, 91.; a private sitting with, 100; v. Maekelyne and Cook, 167; at Amsterdam, 618; Reply to charge, 618; Facts respecting his mediumship, 740, 746; at Cambridge, 741, 746, 775 ; Mrs. Volckman on, 713; Mrs. Weldon on, 746

Wellington, 491, 587, 824 Windy Nook, 42, 122, 250, 427,

458. 491, 620Wine to Guests, by S. C. Hall, 58 Wisbech, 219Wirheford, E. J ., Suicide of, 502,

504, 549Wood, Miss, 26, 74 : at Newcastle,

213,280, 340,345,374,617,' 793 ; Remarkable seance with, 325, 409 ; Seance with J . Burns, 3 7 2 ; Materialisation, 489. 681

Word in Season to Spiritualists, 342

Wqrk of the Spiritualist, and howto do it, 041

Wreeboutoh, 216, 411, ‘PA 587,700 . .

Writing Medium, experience or a, 411

Young, Miss, 439,481