What I Saw at Cassadaga Lake: A Review of the Seybert Commissioners' ReportColby & Rich, 1888 - 244 pages |
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Page 55
... raps . These grosser physical manifestations can be but the mere ooze and scum cast up by the waves on the idle pebble ; the waters of a heaven - lit sea , if it exist , must lie far out beyond . " The time is not far distant , I cannot ...
... raps . These grosser physical manifestations can be but the mere ooze and scum cast up by the waves on the idle pebble ; the waters of a heaven - lit sea , if it exist , must lie far out beyond . " The time is not far distant , I cannot ...
Page 57
... raps . These grosser physical manifesta- tions can be but the mere ooze and scum cast up by the waves on the idle pebble ; the waters of a heaven - lit sea , if it exist , must lie far out beyond . " That is a beautiful sentence , but ...
... raps . These grosser physical manifesta- tions can be but the mere ooze and scum cast up by the waves on the idle pebble ; the waters of a heaven - lit sea , if it exist , must lie far out beyond . " That is a beautiful sentence , but ...
Page 58
... raps " are made without the agency of either sitter or medium , they are proof positive of the presence of an unknown and unseen force ; and if those sounds intelligently answer interrogatories , stating circum- stances unknown to ...
... raps " are made without the agency of either sitter or medium , they are proof positive of the presence of an unknown and unseen force ; and if those sounds intelligently answer interrogatories , stating circum- stances unknown to ...
Page 163
... rapping , " " table- rapping , " and " table - moving " occurred at our first , and at many subsequent meetings . 8. That the table - moving referred to was in the nature of heaving , oscillation , or tipping ; the table often moving in ...
... rapping , " " table- rapping , " and " table - moving " occurred at our first , and at many subsequent meetings . 8. That the table - moving referred to was in the nature of heaving , oscillation , or tipping ; the table often moving in ...
Page 164
... raps in rhythmical order upon the table , and asked that the rhythms should be imitated , our requests were complied with by responsive raps exactly imitating the rhythms prescribed . 14. That our experience in regard to the phenomena ...
... raps in rhythmical order upon the table , and asked that the rhythms should be imitated , our requests were complied with by responsive raps exactly imitating the rhythms prescribed . 14. That our experience in regard to the phenomena ...
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Page 231 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Page 77 - And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
Page 80 - I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Page 78 - Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
Page 5 - Why, so can I, or so can any man ; But will they come, when you do call for them ? Glend.
Page 237 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 83 - Spirit is given to every man to profit withal ; for to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit ; to another faith by the same Spirit, to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit, to 'another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another divers kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally...
Page 77 - And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
Page 77 - AND the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day ; and he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground...
Page 78 - And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.