h to his surprise,
the whole matter came clearly to his recollection. He then adds:--

"I still remain a skeptic as regards Spiritualism, but I repeat my
inability to explain or account for what must have been an
intelligent force which produced the writing on the slate, which,
if my senses are to be relied on, was in no way the result of
trickery or sleight-of-hand."

Another instance from "Home Circle," p. 25, is that of Mr. Bellachini,
also a professional conjuror, of Berlin, Germany. His interview was with
the celebrated medium, Mr. Slade. From his testimony we quote the
following:--

"I have not, in the smallest degree, found anything to be produced
by prestidigitative manifestations or mechanical apparatus; and
any explanation of the experiments which took place under the
circumstances and conditions then obtaining, by any reference to
prestidigitation, is _absolutely impossible_. I declare, moreover,
the published opinions of laymen as to the 'How' of this subject,
to be premature, and according to my views and experience, false
and one-sided."--_Dated, Berlin, Dec. 6, 1877._

When professional conjurors bear such testimony as this, while it does not
prove Spiritualism to be what it claims to be, it does disprove the humbug
theory.

In addition to this, it appears that two propositions, one of $2000, and
the other of $5000, have been offered to the one who claimed to be able to
duplicate all the manifestations of Spiritualism, to duplicate two
well-authenticated tests; but the challenge has never been accepted, nor
the reward claimed. See _Religio-Philosophical Journal_, of Jan. 15, 1881,
and January, 1883.

A writer in the _Spiritual Clarion_, in an article on "The Millennium of
Spiritualism," bears the following testimony in regard to the power and
strength of the movement:--

"This revelation has been with a power, a might, that if divested
of its almost universal benevolence, had been a terror to the very
soul; the hair of the very bravest had stood on end, and his
chilled blood had crept back upon his heart, at the sights and
sounds of its inexplicable phenomena. It comes with foretokening
and warning. It has been, from the very first, its own best
prophet, and step by step, it has foretold the progress it would
make. It comes, too, most triumphant. No faith before it ever took
such a victorious stand i