Immortality proved by the testimony of sense : $b In which is contemplated the doctrine of spectres and the existence of a particular spectreCummings, Abraham
Religion
Immortality proved by the testimony of sense : $b In which is contemplated the doctrine of spectres and the existence of a particular spectre
Cummings, Abraham
Apparitions; Immortality; Spiritualism
After much other conversation, which I do not remember, the Spirit said
to us, “There is one of this family, who is not here.” Some person
asked if we should go and call him. She said, “No; I am going where he
is. They say I can appear no where but here; but I mean to convince
them that I can appear in other places. I must appear before you all
this night, and go to the next house and to another. You must all go
up and be ready to walk with me. But you must walk in order, two and
two, solemnly, as if you were following a friend to the grave. For the
Lord is a God of peace and not of confusion. Sing a Psalm as you walk,
and I will walk with Lydia after you.” We all went up, and in about an
hour after, we heard the token, and placed ourselves before the door,
and hearing it again, we walked on to Capt. M’s, and the Spirit knocked
under his floor. He and my son went down and, after conversing with my
son, she told Capt. M. who she was, and the purpose of her coming to
his house, and asked him if he was satisfied, and he told her that he
was. Then she directed him to go up and tell the people to stand in
order before the door and she would appear before them in the field.
They did so, and she appeared to them and disappeared, as some of them
informed me. By her direction we walked back to my house in the same
order, and then I saw her plainly about thirty feet from me, in the
form and stature of a person; white as the light and moving after us
like a cloud, without ambulatory motion. ABNER BLAISDEL.
I have discoursed with all these persons, except two or
three, whose names are mentioned in this testimony, and
they all attest to almost all the facts which are here
related, as being known to them.
* * * * *
TESTIMONY II.
_Testimony of Miss Mary Card._
I am not only a witness to many things in the preceding relation, but I
further declare that, on August 13, about two o’clock in the day, while
Mr. Blaisdel was gone for evidence, the Spirit knocked, and M. M. and I
went near to the place of the sound and asked what was wanted.
The Spirit answered “I have come, I have come. Make room for I am
coming among you.”[34] I pleaded that she would not. I must, I must,
said she, don’t be scared. I answered we were poor sinful creatures,
and could not help it, and again earnestly entreated her not to come.
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