The reader will remember the testimony of Dr. Randolph, p. 105, that five of his friends destroyed themselves, and he attempted it for himself, by direct spirit influences. The Philadelphia _Record_, of Feb. 17, 1894, speaks of the suicide of May Brooklyn in San Francisco, Cal.:— “The letters and papers left by the dead woman show plainly that in her grief over the death of Lovecraft she had dabbled in Spiritualism, and had finally reached the conclusion that her only chance of happiness lay in joining her lover in the other world.” A few figures, as samples, will be given just to emphasize the general statements. The following is from the Chicago _Tribune_ of Jan. 1, 1893:— “The number of persons who have committed suicide in the United States during the year (1892), as gathered from telegraph and mail report to the _Tribune_, is 3860, as compared with 3331 last year (1891), 2640 in 1890, and 2224 in 1889. The total is much larger than that of any of the eleven preceding years.” The _Christian Reformer_ gives the following figures of murders, suicides, and embezzlements from 1891-1893:— “Murders in 1893, 6615; increase over 1891 of 709. “Suicides in 1893, 4436; increase over 1892, 576; 1891, 1105. “Funds embezzled in 1893, $19,929,692; increase of 100 per cent. over 1892.” It may be asked, What has this to do with Spiritualism?—It is a test of the value of its promises. Spiritualism has been posing for fifty years as the “world’s reformer,” the great energizing, uplifting force to elevate mankind, the mighty power which has come to empty our workhouses and prisons, abolish suicides and all crime, the “electric light” compared with the “tallow dip” of the gospel. And yet with all these claims, with its millions of adherents, and the funds and influence at its command, it is allowing, year by year, crime to increase much faster than the population. Now if Spiritualism was the purifying, renovating power which it claims to be, such results could not have been seen. It is very evident, that, as a power in the world in behalf of righteousness and humanity, it has been of no account; and as between the forces of good and evil, its weight has been on the side of evil instead of good. It is thus that the author of Spiritualism, the father of deception, fulfils the promises made through that channel to deceive mankind. What organized, aggressive efforts against evil has Spiritualism ever shown? Where are its schools and colleges? Where are its hospitals and benevolent institutions? Where are its organized charities? and what are its millions of members doing to relieve suffering and distress, and turn men to better ways of living? The very aspect it presents to the world to-day, stamps the brand of Cain upon its brow. The Boston _Herald_ of Dec. 17, 1874, said:—