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(Contents.
Suggestions for the Future ... ...121
The Cure of Diseases near Sacred Tombs:—Extract
from a Letter Written by a Physician at Rome to his
Sister, a Carmelite Nun, at Cavaillon, dated May 1,
1783—Extract from a Letter from an English Gentle¬
man at Rome, dated June 11, 1783—Extract from a
Letter from the Abb£ de Limel, dated Rome, July 16,
1783—A Collection of Divers Miraculous Cures, ob¬
tained by the Intercession of the Venerable Servant of
God, Benedict Joseph Labre, extracted from the Regis¬
ter Preserved in the Church of S. Mary Di Monti,
which in the Whole amount to the Number of One
Hundred and Thirty-six, which have been Certified
till this Day, July 6, 1783, without Reckoning Many
Others, which have not yet been entered into the
Registers, on account of their not having been yet
Sufficiently Attested—Account of a Miracle wrought
through the Intercession of the Servant of God, Bene¬
dict Joseph Labre, on a Nun of the Convent of Bolene,
in the Diocess of St. Paul Trois Chftteaux, sent by
M. Eymard, Archdeacon of the said Diocess, dated
July 4, 1783 ... .... .. ... 121
” Gone Home—Song of the North Wind 127
The Relation of Spiritualism] to Christianity. By J. A.
Campbell ... 128
Poetry:—The Wind’s Voice 129
Correspondence!—Spirit Identity—The Interlinked Rings
—Healing Mediumship;.. ... ... 129
Spiritualism in Paris 130
Remarkable Psychological Experience of a Lawyer 131
The Character of the Exhibitor of “Everettism” 131
The British National Association of Spiritualists:—Meet¬
ing of the Council 132
The Rev. Dr. Lee on Spiritualism 132
Paragraphs:—Mr. Colville’s Trance Lecture To-morrow,
121; Home Circles, 121; To Readers of The Spirit¬
ualist ... ... 132
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