the name of his peculiar friend, a medical doctor and open materialist, who was expressedly denying man’s immortality while he was in his mortal body, from which he departed a few months before that meeting.  The pastor gave a number of questions, and expected to get some answer, with which he would be able to show, that such an answer could not come from that doctor.  But at length the pastor confessed, that by nobody else except by that departed doctor he would expect all those answers which he had received.

When all was done which would convince the greatest sceptic, if he was prepared to reflect upon the facts, I interfered and remarked, that after having received sufficient testimony from that spirit, we wished to converse with some other, if any is present.  Soon raps were heard of so different a sound from the former, that any observer could perceive the exchange of spirits.  The first gave answers to German questions; therefore also the second was asked, whether he wished to converse in German.  He answered in the negative, and the medium was pointed out by raps as the person with whom he wished to converse.  Then English questions were given and he consented to give his name.  The alphabet was repeated, till all the letters of his name were pointed out by raps.  And his name alarmed the medium exceedingly, that she commenced to cry, and also all her acquaintances were very much excited.  I asked the reason, and was told, that that spirit was expected amongst the first when that girl became a medium, but they had never any test that he was present, and that they gave up all their hopes of getting any answer from him.  Therefore his manifestation was so unexpected, that it produced such an effect upon the medium.  I understood the whole matter.  That spirit was the principal guardian of that medium or she was principally possessed by him, and he had rapped generally in the name of others, when the inquirers were so congenial with the medium, that he could look into their wishes.  But he did not give his name, that he might not be discovered as the deceiver who rapped in the name of others.  At length I came in the charge of my mission in March, 1851.  I was acquainted several years before that with that pastor and exhorted him to study my books and then to proclaim our message of Peace.  But my message was not popular and it teaches, that the belief of the close connexion of men in mortal bodies with congenial departed spirits is the A B C, to arrive gradually to a deep knowledge of true religion and to the true freedom and deliverance from lying destroying spirits.  But pastors who became materialists, were scared when they perceived, that my message presupposes the close connexion with congenial departed.  At length mediums or possessed by departed spirits alarmed the materialistic pastors.  The mother of the medium belonged to the congregation of that pastor and she invited that pastor to come and be a witness.  My leaders were controlling the legion of spirits,