The Spiritualist newspaper > No.331, December 28th 1878

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No. 331. (Yol. XIII.—No. 26.) LONDON : FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1878. Published Weekly; Price Twopence.
Contents.
The Management of Spirit Circles ... 301
Whom shall we Worship ? 301
A Private Seance 302
The Bible and Modern Spiritualism. By 0. J. Sneath:—
Dreams, Trances, and “ Speaking with Tongues "—
Spirit Forms and Spirit Hands—The Levitation of the
Human Body 303
Mr. Lambelle at Ladbroke Hall 306
Well-proved Clairvoyance:—Miss Fancher’s Perception of
Colours—Photographs Recognised—A Committee of
Clergymen—The Testimony of Physicians—How Does
She Live ?—Dr. Mitchell’s Tests—Her Present Physical
Condition 308
Slate-Writing Phenomena ... 310
The British National Association of Spiritualists:—Meet¬
ing of the Council 311
A Man Scourged by Spirits... ... 311
Correspondence:—Spiritualism and Spirituality in Glas¬
gow—Spiritualism and Religion 312
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