xvi CONTENTS. A NEAR RELATIVE SHOWS HERSELF, THROUGHOUT FIVE YEARS, Mr. Livermore's testimony.--The crucial test.-Figure re- flected in mirror.-Exhibition of rare beauty.—Corroboration throughout years.--Figure throws shadow on wall.-Appari- tions seen through three hundred sittings.--Spirit flowers.- Christ's mission.-Marquis de Guibert's hospital. --Cure through Gifts of prophecy, of discerning of spirits, of tongues, of work- ing of "miracles,” of seeing the hidden past, all exemplified Acts, human, all entail their appropriate results.. Adventure, Midnight, in the Wolfridge Wood... Atonement, Vicarious, according to Luther.. 84 Augustine, St., his early life and vast influence.. Bach, N. G., his dream, 415; writing by impression. Bell-ringing, unexplained, Cluster of narratives regarding.... 312-320 Butler, Apparition of a, seen by Lord Erskine. Children, laws condemning them to death.. Christ, his office, 267; his birth, 269; his powers conditional. 271 Christ seeks to awaken the slumbering love of the Right.... 538, 539 Christ's teachings: what underlies them, as foundation-motive... 536 Compacts with devil: Christ did not believe in them. Conscience, the supreme interpreter. Creeds of Christendom: table of chief phases of belief.. Demoniac theory unphilosophical and untenable. Depravity, Original, Calvin's ideas on. Devil, Effect of belief in.... Gifts, Spiritual, have not ceased, 161; promised by Christ, 163; desirable, 164; appear in patristic times.. 166 Gift of tongues in 1830. 178 Good deeds to the poor and helpless, service to God. 107 Grandmother's promise, 404; fulfilled.. 407 Greek Church,.. 32 (note), 217-219 Guldenstubbé, Baron de, examples of spirit-writing... 370-373 Hell, Theological idea of. Henry III., of France, last of the Valois. 126 424 Humility, True basis of. Home, D. Dunglas, Sessions with............ House-haunting, Character of evidence in proof of. House-haunting, Examples of,.. House of Mystery. Identity of Spirits, Numerous proofs of.... 391 331-334 320-327, 357 325 122 396-450 Identity of Spirits, A case of, three hundred years old. 409-433 Immortality, proof of it the great desideratum.. 179, 194, 452 158 Infallibility, Dogma of, 43; a dangerous popular error 207 sing with this doctrine.. Inspiration, what it is, 242; origin of all religions. Infallibility utterly untenable, 143-145; no danger in dispen- Inspiration, of genius, 255; poetical, 256; musical. Intemperance, Startling statistical item concerning. Lady of Burnham Green: midnight adventure. 323 148-151 Light, suddenly struck, what spiritual phenomena it disclosed.. Luigi, Prince, of Naples, Anecdote of, 238; his experience. Luther, at Worms, 48, 49; at Marburg, 50; his intolerance, Luther, his doctrine of vicarious atonement. Luther, his ideas on charity and on works. Luther, his free opinions, 94; rejects St. James. 85, 86 96 105 44, 142 250-251 Maid and cook; the author's first experience in Spiritualism. 282 50 427 Marryat, Florence, her testimony regarding apparitions. 321 Marryat, Captain, his midnight adventure.. Mercy not sacrifice, Christ's doctrine. 116 Midnight visitor, A. 296 Morality, effect of certain orthodox doctrines on. Morgan, Lady, her "dog-ears-and-folds" explanation of the cause of alleged apparitions.. Moriscoes, expatriation of.. Moving ponderable bodies by occult agency. Numbers, comparative, of Protestants and Catholics Number of Quakers, 223; of Swedenborgians. PAGE 110 338 31 Opportunity, A golden, lost by Catholic Church. Parables of Christ versus doctrines of Reformers. Parchment, Old, autograph of Henry III.; fac-simile of. Possession, in Jesus' day. 200 Protestantism: its successes, 27; its reverses. Protestants applaud Calvin's part in Servetus' death. Protestantism, Grand truth in. 69 30 48 Public opinion opposed to doctrine of the infallible. 189 135, 138, 139 Quakers, their persecution by Puritans. 135-137 Quakers, their original doctrines, their mistakes, their failure 221-224 Rénan, whither he leads us, 155; his Christianity. Repentance in the next world, Example of... Repentance, mode of exit for “spirits in prison' Repentant housekeeper, The. Roman Catholicism: its gains in England, 32; in America. 33 40-43 Sabbath and Lord's Day, according to Augsburg Confession... |