in the animal courage which man possesses in common with many of the brute creation:

Not to do base, unworthy things is valour;

If they be done to us to suffer them

Is valour too.

It is this latter and rare and nobler quality of valour which Dr. Newton has pre-eminently displayed. All the sneers and slanders and scurrility with which he has been assailed have not provoked him to an unkind feeling or an angry word. We cannot but respect the man who thus respects himself, who respects his own high principles, and enforces them by his example. Dr. Newton hopes, and we all share that hope, that he may visit England again; he will ever be remembered by us kindly and gratefully, by some for the personal benefit they or their relatives or friends have received at his hands, and by all who know what he has done, and the spirit in which he has laboured, for his noble and disinterested philanthropy. Especially at a time like this, when the demon of war is shaking his red right hand over the nations, and his course may be tracked by pillars of fire and seas of blood, should we be grateful to one who comes amongst us not to destroy life, but to save it. We work not alone for time, but for eternity: in the future life, if not in this, we shall realise that cause is eternally linked to consequence; even here we measurably reap as we have sown, but only in the great reaping field of eternity will the full harvest of our life-work be gathered in; and while the men whose mad and guilty ambition has plunged the nations into fratricidal strife, have caused to ascend to heaven, not alone from many a bloody battle-field, the groans of the wounded and the dying, but the cries and curses of widows and orphans from thousands of desolated homes; there will rise up to heaven for our friend the prayers and blessings of those who through his instrumentality have enjoyed the restoration of health and strength; and while the destroyers of their kind will meet in the spirit-world the myriads who through them have been prematurely sent to their account with all their imperfections on their heads, with their hands grasping the weapons of destruction, and with hate and murder in their hearts, he will meet on the shining shores of the better land those whose grateful memories will hail him as their friend and benefactor.

"Some of us may never see Dr. Newton's kindly face or have the pleasure to take him by the hand again; but all, if we are of kindred soul, may meet him in that better world where there is no more disease or pain, for these belong only to the former things that shall have passed away. But we may be sure that he will have the same deep human sympathies and affections

there, as here; for these are not the accident of time or place, they belong to the soul, and are immortal as itself. They constitute the very life and blessedness of heaven, for what higher life and blessedness is possible, or even conceivable; it is the very life of God himself—the life of unselfish, untiring benevolent activity. I am sure I am expressing the feelings of all here, and the many who are unable to be present, when I wish that, wherever our friend may be, in whatever circumstances he may be placed, he may be the joyous recipient of every temporal and of every spiritual blessing.

Mr. JOHN JONES, of Enmore Park, seconded the resolution. He said, "I rejoice at Dr. Newton having come amongst us, and wish there were many like him. By organic constitution the Doctor is enabled to receive and transmit the powers of the angel-world, and alleviate human suffering. Not all cases could be cured by him, but when there are proper conditions great things may be accomplished. In Carnarvon, about a month ago, I was staying at the Sportsman's Hotel, and I read aloud an article in a newspaper concerning Dr. Newton. The subject was taken up by those present, and the waiter said, 'I have cause to speak well of Dr. Newton.' I asked, 'How is this? has the Doctor been in Wales?' 'No,' replied he, 'but my son, who is now here, was in Nottingham on a visit to some of his friends. He was lame, and had been so from childhood. He was taken to Dr. Newton, who told him to do certain things, which he did, and was ultimately cured. The boy could with difficulty walk with a crutch and stick. The result of the treatment was that he threw away these wooden auxiliaries, and he now enjoys himself with the other boys.' The boy was then sent for to the hotel, and his appearance confirmed the statement as to his present condition. There are various kinds of mediumship. I have known events correctly predicted: in some cases spirits are seen and recognised, and in others they have manifested their presence by various signs and tokens; one of the most useful phases of mediumship is the power of healing, and I hope that many like Dr. Newton will be raised up amongst us.

The resolution having been carried by acclamation, Dr. NEWTON, amid great enthusiasm, rose to reply. He spoke at great length, reiterating many of his previous public statements, and recounting some of his personal experiences, among these were the following:-He said, "A young man came to me to be cured of catarrh in the nose. While manipulating him I saw with my eyes closed a tall spirit near him who passed round to a desk The spirit told me he had been a schoolmaster, that the young man had been in his school, that he one day had struck

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him with a ferrule which had caused his present trouble, and that he had now come to beg his forgiveness. The young man said the description was in all respects correct, except that the schoolmaster was not dead; he had seen him alive and well but a few months before, and no tidings of his decease had reached him. On writing home he found that the schoolmaster was indeed dead. Another case was that of Mrs. England, wife of the city editor of the New York Tribune. Mrs. England was severely afflicted with paralysis, and no remedy could be found for her. She had entirely lost the use of her limbs, and could bear no weight on them. Mr. England applied to me: I answered, 'I promise you that I will cure your wife.' I visited ker on a Tuesday, but after working for a quarter of an hour on her, I produced no effect whatever. I tried my utmost, and yet, when the lady was supported and her feet put to the ground, she could not bear an ounce on them. I said," Mr. England, Í have promised to cure your wife, and I will do so. On Saturday evening she will sit to the table and take tea (for she could not sit up). She will drink a cup of tea, and immediately get up and walk, and go out of doors, and walk half a mile.' On Sunday morning I received a letter from Mr. England, stating that Mrs. England had done as was predicted. She has not suffered from paralysis since. Though Mr. Greely, the editor of the Tribune, knew this cure to be a fact, he would not publish the account of it in his paper, as he said it was too wonderful to be credited; but Mr. England got it published in another paper.

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"Another case was this: A Mr. Torquand brought to me a young lady about twelve years old, who was unable to move herself. Her head hung forward, with the eyes closed. People said, 'Why do they bring the dead for Dr. Newton to restore them?' but of course she was not dead, or she could not have been restored. She had been in this state for twenty-two weeks. I sometimes treat my patients in such a way as would make you laugh, but I never inflict injury or pain on any of them. I was impressed to take the girl by the head in my two hands, and then I suspended her in the air and shook her slightly. The child opened her eyes, and I then set her down upon the sofa. I found that her neck began to gain power, and shortly she could bend her neck, but could not speak. As I had something like 100 patients to attend to, I told them to bring her again in a week. They did so, and I further worked upon her till she could stand, but could not walk. I requested that she should be brought again, as I had many other patients to attend to. I sometimes have a rope, over which I make my patients jump; the third time she came she was enabled to jump the rope, and could talk and see well. Four years

afterwards in a meeting-as I often call upon those who have been benefited to rise-this young lady rose and related her case, and said she had not suffered from sickness of any kind

since."

Dr. Newton then asked those who had been benefited by him to stand up. About twenty did so. Some gave the particulars of their cure. One of these, Mr. Wooderson, of Hampton Court, had with him a lad, son of Mr. Hewitt, baker, Twickenham Green. This boy had been afflicted with fits for a long time. He would have five or six each week, and sometimes he would be in the fits for ten hours a-day. He was taken by Mr. Wooderson to Dr. Newton, at Kingston-on-Thames, and the boy has not had a fit since, and was much improved in health generally. He could now run about and play like other boys.

Dr. Newton announced that as long as he remained here he would be glad to treat all who came to him for aid. If they could not pay him a fee, they were just as welcome as if ever so able and willing to pay. He sometimes refused money from grateful patients, as he was impressed that they were not in a position to afford it. He claimed the privilege of thinking for himself, and he did not expect others to be able to see as he did, as they could not exchange experience with him. As to his religious convictions, he was a "practical Christian;" that was all the religious profession he had ever made; and, as Jesus said, "By their fruits ye shall know them," if the fruits were good, who should condemn him? All who breathe forth the love principle in their daily life, whether Catholics or Protestants, Jews or Gentiles, are practical Christians. No matter where good comes from, we should receive it, even if it be from Hades. He loved all who came to him, every poor sick child, no matter how covered with rags and tatters and dirt; beneath all was a beautiful human soul, and if he sent those little ones away to wash themselves before relieving them, he should need washing himself. He closed by saying, "May God and the angels bless you for ever."

Mr. JAMES BURNS said: "I claim the privilege of adding a few words. Dr. Newton is generally recognized as a healer, but I look upon him as a teacher. What has he taught us? He has pointed out the true science of man-that man is a spiritual being, operating through a physical organism, and that the spiritual man is the primary subject of all education and care. He has illustrated the great truths of medical science—that all treatment should be applied to the spiritual principle within the organism, and not to the external machine, as was the case with popular medical science, falsely so called. Our good friend also taught us spiritual and divine truth, and

made it clear that the man who loves truth and his fellow-men, SO as to apply that truth to the welfare of others, at once worked with God, and God in and through him-that God is the Father of all-nearer and dearer than any relation in life, and that we may at all times do His will and His work in proportion to our capacity, and that we are thus brought into rapport and enter into communion with the just and good who have gone before. He further taught that the spirit world forms with this one great unity, from which we cannot be dissociated; and that we can co-operate with spirits and spirits with us, according to our ability to reciprocate influences with them. But the crowning feature of Dr. Newton's teachings was his fearless openness and thorough candour. He openly avowed the truth as it appeared to him, at the expense of cherished friendships and public approbation. I have travelled much with Dr. Newton this summer, and addressed thousands of people, and I am practically certain that Spiritualism is spreading at a very rapid rate, and never so surely and steadily as now.

The proceedings terminated in general conversation, and an account of a recent séance with Mr. Home by Mr. John Jones.

MANIFESTATIONS ON THE CONTINENT THROUGH MRS. GUPPY.

THE last number of the Spiritualist gives a history of Mrs. Guppy's mediumship compiled from our pages, and adding the following account of manifestations through her mediumship on the Continent, where Mr. and Mrs. Guppy have been living for the last two-and-a-half years. Mrs. Guppy's mediumship was a subject of much interest to many of the more cultured residents in Naples and Florence, in which places several séances of a remarkable character were held. Some marvellous manifestations through Mrs. Guppy's mediumship have also been witnessed in Paris.

About a year and three quarters ago, at a dark séance held at the house of Mrs. Puget, Paris, at which séance Madame Val d'Or, of Paris, was present, the latter lady said, "It is impossible for me to believe this kind of thing. I should like Mr. Guppy to go away from the table, while I hold the hands of Mrs. Guppy." This was willingly consented to, and showers of fresh flowers fell afterwards, just the same as before. About the same time, at another sitting in the house of Mrs. Puget, in