p. 7 | Spiritualism at Nice

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 31, 1864

Spiritualism at Nice.

Mr. Benjamin Coleman has an interesting paper in the May number of the London Spiritual Magazine, on “Passing Events—The Spread of Spiritualism.” We would like to transfer the entire article to our columns, but its length and the pressure of home matters prevent. We copy the closing paragraph:

“After Mr. Home’s expulsion from Rome he spent several weeks at Nice, where the phenomena were examined and scrutinized by a great many of the winter residents, and many were convinced of the facts of spiritual power. We hear that these new converts are now returning with the spring to England, and a correspondent writes us that amongst his own friends he numbers half a dozen of them, and that they are wonderfully impressed with what they have seen. It appears that the manifestations were not confined to Mr. Home, for that after he had left Nice, a party of ladies and gentlemen formed a circle to see what could be done without him. They soon obtained very striking results. The medium was found to be a Russian lady staying at Nice with her family, and who, a month ago, was unconscious of her power. She speaks only a word or two of English, but, under her influence, a heavy oval table gives answers in English and German. She is also a writing medium, and her hand writes, without any play of the fingers, intelligible messages. A great progress has been made by these occurrences amongst the visitors.”—Banner of Light.