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C H IC A G O , m A Y 2 3 . 1891. N O . 7 8

PSYCHICAL RESEARCH.The Views of an Eminent

Metaphysician.A Lecture D elivered bv

WILLIAM COX Before the Society for Psychical Re­

search, Rochester, X. Y., and Re­ported Especially for The Pro­

gressive Thinker's Rostrum.Oddfellows Hall, Rochester, was

crowded to the doors on the Sunday evening when William Cox, the author of “Homer Unveiled,” “The Empire of Mind." “The Theology of Homer, “The Nine Muses,’’and other works, addressed the usual Sunday evening meeting, upon the subject of “Psychical Research.” The following is a report of his lecture, made especially for Th e P ro g r essiv e Thinker.

i with intelligence or soul; it has its germ, j its blossom, and its fruiting, and in its fruit is contained the germ of still othor fruit. A newly-born child is a germ from the tree of life, and within it is held in embryo all possibilities. If it should fall into good ground, it will bring forth and multiply ten. twenty, fifty, or a hundred-fold of its kind. Individ­uals form families, families make com­munities, communities make States, and States form empires. It is possible for the human soul, in its growtn, to attain proportions as vast' as the scope of an empire. Intelligence is an empire. Afirincipality, a state, a kingdom,a repub* ic. an empire, each hare a had starting

point, or germinal dot, from which, as a nucleus, its growth has been developed. Egypt, China, Carthage, Persia, Greece, Rome, Britian, Columbia, were evolved

have no udvunoQ to that pluoo; for man­kind liavo boon created under this con­dition thut thov should keep that globe which you sec In the middle of this tem­ple, ana which is called earth.” “ Now the place he spoko of was a radiant cir­cle of dazzling brightness, amidst the darning bodies which you, as you have learned from the Greeks, termed the Milky Way, from which position all other objects seemed to mo,as I surveyed them, marvelous and glorious.” Then continuing, he said: “ Now, remombor, my son, the soul of every man is the man. and not that which Is mortal:, do thou, therefore, employ it in tho noblest of pursuits, and the noblest of causes are those for the safety of thy people.”

There was a custom ut Athens of send­ing once a year a ship with a solemn embassy to the sacred is' of Delos. When they began the pi . oration for this holy pilgrimage, tli *y rad a law that the city should be ^rifled during the period, and that no „ubMc execution should take place un'.il the ship hod reached Delos and returned to Athens. This occasionally took a long time, when the winds happened to Impede their passage. Socrates had been con­demned to death, and execution awaited the ship’s return. His friend Crito, from reports that tho vessel was expected next day, came early to him, looking sad and heavy, and bade him prepare to die on the morrow. Socrates replied: “ Crito, It will not be to-morrow. To

I over tho tempoHluouB seas of trouble and j ignorance; and tho Ark of the Covenant; this was a kind of ohost or coffor that was plucod in tho m netm n nunc- loruni with tho two tables of stone con­taining tho docaloguo, or ten command­ments, tho most sacred monument of moral instruction. Along with tho ark was deposited tho rod of Aaron, und tho ]K)t of mnnnu, und tho pot of Incense. Tho ark was u symbol of tho divine1

' presence, and a protection und a pledge

which Crito asked: “ Why do you speak from what may properly be called ger- 1 f̂ ,U9 positively?” Socrates replied: minal dots. It has been shown-that a veg- night a beautiful and majesticetable frerm acted upon by the influence I w’oraan clothed In white garments ap-of air, feat,earth, and moisture, will ob-1 proached me and said: “ Socrates, three tain full development through the sev-J days hence you will reach

The subject of my-discourse is Psychic-1 al Research. In the fables of mythol­ogy. Psyche becomes the beautiful bride of love, the offspring of attention and beauty: and is the representative per­sonification of the human soul. Research means investigation: therefore the in­tent of our examination is to seek for the essence, nature, and manifestation of soul, as exemplified in the actions of mankind. An important group of facts showing the truth of psychical philos­ophy can be shown from ancient sources, were the question asked: “ What issight?" the answer is: “That sense by ana through which we see.” If the question isput: “What is soul?” the answer is: “That sense by and through which we know.” Observation teaches that a seed planted in the earth is acted upon by the influence of air, heat and moisture: and all are requisite to develop the chit to fruition. Only under the combined action of these influences can there be steady and complete growth. If air be absent, growth ceases; if heat be lacking, or moisture or earth, there can be no per­fect growth. Should either earth, air, heat, or moisture be insufficient in quan­tity. the plant will present a dwarfed or stunted appearance. So with beauti­ful Psyche. u the right influences are notEresent aiding developments, or if she e carelessly dropped into the wild

and uncultivated regions of neglect, there can be no intellectual buds, blos­som?. or fruit gathered from the branch, through her isolated and unnourisbed condition. Soul is composed of two parts, the rational and irrational. The irrational is the appetitive, or feeding part. The rational is the part which obeys reason. Soul is grown, nourished and developed upon a physical basis. What the fragrance is to the flower; what beauty is to the maiden: what the quick light is to the diamond, so soul is the perfume, the grace, the dazzling glorr and splendor of the intellectual! product, generated in the natural body of mankind. Flora and fauna are the outcome from seeds. All life is pro­duced from egg germs. The skill of mechanism is determined by excellence:! nature effects her work by the best] means. A story from classic lore says: “When Lore was born, the gods bad a feast. After the supper. Peace, the daughter of heavenly Justice, invited earn one to contribute something toward a birthday present for the babe. As she passed around the cup, each dropped a portion of their essence into it. She thee handed the collection to her moth­er. who viewed the gathered treasure with wondrous delight. The precious material,handling with i an shi moulded] into form divine, then with sweetest voice, said: “Dearest and most beautiful gift of all the Gods, you are indeed an offering worthy of Lore; dear child. re-| ceire my kin, and with it. thy name ‘Psyche ehBjcomposed of nothing but the nature of I

i gods: therefore, thou art the fit and I : proper embodiment of aouL" The im-1

pregnated egg, operated on by the influ- II cnee of warmth, shows that stage by I

[ stage, degree by degree, it passes from I Its fluid state into, and becomes a solid, I living body. There is not sufficient power I sr force- in language to express the | sort hod how this phtnomi non is brought I about, and no srgusueats or instances cae be presented by Reason that will ex-1 idais the principle why an egg should ■aid is embryo within Itself, the source af living form. Principle* never change. They are the u s e yesterday, to-day and Isr ner. Principles are invisible to . physical sight, and can only be seen by I the eye of intellect. As the magnet at­tract* the Iron, so a small silver of iron, I

I in exact isgnl|ui4m unerringly points its I W q finger to the north.

Beauty is the m agnetic influence that I i charms and draws to it the understand- { I h | of the soul. Attracted and fasci-1 setae w the star-gemassd vault above. I

I where the heavenly osasdeUatiooo move I L Is shining trades of ligh t, the rapt and I I nstraaeed gnzer develops into the under-1 [ dauiiag astronomer. Fssrinstr il aod

•n d y j the Unzing autograph which I me m id lightning writes upon the

I msbwzy ef the stars, the sea l of a. "Horae" i j w fisei in thought; then does U seek to] [ *stck thedectncspnrfc, and in Us whin-;

p slang the wire, it speaks to the listess- i —d wondering world. James W att.• ■ 9 ~ his mother's £* nleneen

I the tapping mm ic of n teakettle'sj U *» iz dadoes to the tooth of escaping

m . He sees bmety there: he in n s lr * * wfleets, rwsssti t u . s s ill is . and w s. smderstandlag In fau nmsnaafian, * » » <hc wssid the Iren b sisi of ih i F*- Isfis n s s l vegetable Ufe-thmawh

eral stages of bud, blossom, and fruit, and in the fruit is contained the germ from which the plant is again developed and continued throughout the cycles of time. So it is with empires; they bud, blossom, and fruit, and from the seed of this fruit come the germs of still other empires: thus the process ofrise and tell, and rise again, are perpetuated until the child of time returns again to its mother eternity. Soul, or Psyche, in like man­ner, as an empire, is governed and evolved from the seed of developed in­telligence. The mental germ, acted upon by the influences of Attention, Con­struction, Wisdom, Harmony and Order, will develop stage by stage, degree by degree, increasing by growth until ft branches and buds forth ten immortal principles of Soul, namely: Power, knowledge, Experience, Reason, Strength, Courage, Zeal, Virtue, Justice, and Mercy. The scope, efficacy and grandeur of these principles or mon­arc hs in the empire of Intelligence can best be exemplified in the lives, thoughts and deeds of the world's mighty citizens, who as long as time en­dures will live in endless praise.

There are sufficient proofs, not only among the monumental and architec-

_-____Jfertile Phth- la.” “ Phthia” is the dwelling place of Truth,—we call it Heaven.

Plato gives the account of a brave man, Erus, son of Armenius, a Pamphy- llan, who appeared to die in battle. When the dead were, on the tenth day, carried off, already corrupted, Erus was taken up sound, and being carried home, as he was about to be buried on the twelfth day, and when laid on the funer­al pile, revived, and, regaining concious- ness, he told what he saw In the other state. Here is a case of trance medium- ship. He said that after his soul had left the body, it went with many others, and that they came to a place where there were two chasms in the earth near to each other, and two other openings in the heavens opposite to them, and that the judges sat between them, and that when they gave judgment, they com­manded the just to go on the right hand, and upward through the heavens, hav­ing fitted marks on the front of those that had been judged; but the unjust they commanded to the left and down­ward, and these likewise had behind them marks of all they had done. But when he came before the judges, they said he ought to be a messenger to men concerning things there, and they com­manded him to hear and contemplate_____________ ______ ___________ empu

tural remains of the east,but on the relics | everything therein, and he saw there, and parchments of the museums of the through two openings, one of heaven, world, to establish the fact of the exist- and one of earth, the souls departing, ence of an Egyptian and Persian civiliza- they were judged, and through

the other two openings he saw rising through the one out of the earth, souls

tion. comprehending spiritual philoso­phy. long before the dawn^ — — .. _ of Greek in­telligence brightened the world with its full of squalidness and dust: and throughwisdom, beauty and light. By that in- the other he saw other souls descending exorable process in the order of time Pure from heaven; and that on their ar- which limits the continuance and deter- from time to time, they seemed as mines the fate of all nations, the civiliza- u they came from a long journey, and tions of Egypt and Persia went their that they gladly went to rest themselves prescribed rounds, passed from height fo the meadows, as in a public assembly, to height, from glory to glorv, entered I such as were acquainted saluted one the shadowy paths of decline and fall- another, and those who arose out of the and finally fell into decay and became earth asked the others concerning the mere fragmentary remnants of a former things above, and those from heaven splendor, shrouded in the mists of Lm-1 asked them concerning the things below, pending night. Intelligence budded, I ond that they told one another: those blossomed, and borne fruit again to seed, and from that

merit, speaking of Pythugorus, tho phi­losopher of Suinos, says: “ IIo mentally hold oommunion with tho gods, al­though far distant in tho regions of tho houvons, and what nature re fused to human vision ho viewed with tho eyes of his mind. And when ho had exam­ined all things with his inlnd and with watchful study, ho gave thorn to bo learned by tho public as thoy sat in sllonce und wonuored at tho rovon'ed origin of tho vast unlvorso, und theoauso of things, and what naturo meant, I of tho stability of tho law, so long us t and what was God, whonoo aumo tho people adhered to the articles of the snow, what was the cause of lightning, covonant. When within tho influence whether it was Jupiter or tho wind that I surrounding the “ holy of holies,” they | out und nob! thundered when tho clouds wore rent I who wore prepared received tho essence | ago: asunder; what it was that shook tho! and naturo of spirit. This Is tho 81

ohlnah, u name (not occurring In

A D IV IN E LKHSON. Grander Than That in Any Bible\ Houl In Unison W ith

I Am.tlm Great

To th is Editor:—Iilvlno Lessons urn whut the people require. There uro more and hotter Saviors to-day In the world tliun ever lived before: there are more divine lessons ulloul than can bo found In all tho hlhles of unelunl times. The following exhibits one of the grand-

Test women of the present

earth, by what laws the stars took their course, und whatever bosidos lay con­cealed from mortals—ho told of won­drous things never investigated by the Intellect of tho ancients, and things which had long laid concealed. He ex­horted all not to be stricken in soul by tho alarm of death; for whether the funeral pile consume your body with flames, or old ago with gradual disso­lution, it cannot suffer injury; souls are not subject to death, and having loft their former abode, thoy over inhabit now dwellings, and thoro received, live on.”

All products, or processes by which they are manufactured, or the impelling power of motion not comprehended by observation, may be defined a mystery. Science is a profound mystery to all not familiar with the principles governing speeies of knowledge embodied within tho scone of its genus. To understand how influences operate upon principles, and the methods of principles In tho performance of their work, is to know science. Civilization and all advancement made in philosophy and science among the ancients, are due to those insti­tutions which,under tho veil of mystery,

j tn fB P imp!

them upon the souls of their disciples.sought to illustrate the sublimest truths of morality and virtue, and impressHistory speaks of many institutions of this kind, chief among which were the llndian Mysteries, the Egyptian, the Orphic, the Bacchic* tho Elouslnian and the Persian mysteries of Mithra. The civilization and social Institutions of Persia, Greece, Egypt and Syria, and the degree of civilization in morality and science to which they attained, can be traced to the influences of the mys­teries, For none but the Just and vir­tuous were eligible to membership, and the initiated were the wisest ana best people of all countries; Every doctrine and ceremony had its mystical reference, hence arises the necessity of ‘scientific psychical wisdom. The mystic cere­monies were emblematical of the pro­gress and development of mankind, and were intended as an aid to that develop­ment. The mysteries were established _ P | Bfor instructing in the operation, meth-1 glory to gToryTuntil you reachthe sum" ods and working of that unseen intelll- mit of its pure mount, when you will gence which governs the universe. We j

p o n o m o (not occurring in tho Scriptures) applied by the rabbins to tho visible symbol of God’s glory, which an­ciently dwelt in tho tubornaclo of Solo­mon's temple. Aaron was the high priest, and signified “ ministry of tho law,” whonclothod with tho broustplates of “ Urlrn and Thummln,” which means “ light and perfection,” through which can bo seen the will of tho holy spirit; his rod manifested tho virtue of his pow­er, and when produced before tho people it became a living branch, and, marvel­ous to toll, It budded, blossomed and boro fruit: in somo places there wore buds, In others blossoms, in others fruit at the sumo time. No ordinary branch can have them all at once. The rod possessed of such wondrous powor Is the rod of correction, for it alone has tho virtue to bud, blossom and bear fruit at the same time. The pot of incense is the emblem of a puro heart, which Is always an acceptable sacrifice to tho Deity, and as it glows with fervent heat, so should our hearts continually glow with gratitude to the great and benefi­cent author of our existence for the maifold blessings and comforts we enjoy. The pot of manna is an emblem signify­ing the bread of life. The manna was the heavenly bread, by which the choice people were sustained In their travel through tho wilderness—exemplifying the journey through life. These things were some of the furniture, ornaments and jewels contained In tho temple, and which, a» emblems and symbols, aided In teaching the unseen mysteries of Intelli­gence. The furniture and ornaments symbolized the material strength and beauty of the soul, and the jewels repre­sented the glittering splendor bestowed by wisdom to decorate and to crown with a diadem of glory the beautiful brow of “Psyche” tho bride of heavenly Love.

1 commend you, m y friends, to tho investigation of this interesting subject, “ Psychical research.” It will lead you by peaceful pathways Into a territory of surpassing splendor, of endless extent, bounded only by the infinite, whenceSou are led, step by stop, from beauty to

eauty, from splendor to splendor, fromI pure mount, wfien you

® . H ■ 7 7 , - r . behold, far and wide, the vales ofl*1® Bible that. It is the glory thought, spread in expanded grandeur;

of God to conceal a thing: but it is to whilst, with gentle voice, sweet, smiling hgaogi af c king to search out th eL~ ------- — -*-■—|the honor of a B H matter.” Many of the institutions erect­ed for the purpose of teaching the mys­teries were marvels of architectural skill. We read of the temple of Diana at Ephesus as being one of the seven wonders of the world. Another was the temple at Olympus, containing a statue of Zeus, sixty feet nigh, in a sitting po­sition, mode of ivory and gold. But the temple of Solomon at Jerusalem eclipsed them all in splendor and glory, and in magnificence and beauty far excelled the works of architecture ever before seen. It was a small building, compared with the size of some of our churches, its di-

Tranquillty calls da ” beycPbtbi uyond.

you to fertile

Don't you romombor u dream I told you I hud somo tlmu ngo? Well, It Is sho I suw In my droain.' IIo bad not soon mo nt ilia time of his droain. Ho dreamed that a young woman oaino to tho village, that ho offered her Ills hand in murrlagu, hut that shu would not domaint to tio inarrlod uxoopt from hor father's house und tho imrlsli churoli In Sliulllold, Ho said, ' This is she, but do not toll hur my dream,' nor did I hour II until wu were married.”

I looked ul her as she lay under her soft, white coverings, and I thought of hur birth on July 13, 1821, und bv that alone roallzod that on tho I'llli of July lust shu had lived 00 years, and more than half of II on a hud, her frame rucked with pain, for there la soared a wrinkle In hur face, and hur beautiful soft hnlr Is not more threaded with silver than an average uge of 40 gives. What pain she has suffered has not left ono-half the murks on hor that 1 have

THE INFIDEL.The Lever that Moves the

World.What does It d

meaning of theoil no? word

What is tho n Infidel? Does

It was n small brick houso on 2nd uvo- nuo, near 28th slroot, N. Y. I knocked timidly at the door, for with becoming modesty should one enter the presence of royalty. “ Come In,” said u sweet voice. I pushed the lattice door gontly back and walkod In.

Tho culling Is low, the two windows | noted at the opera when I looked among are hung with clear while “ cottage the butterflies of fashion, drapery" and tied back with bright There sho lies, days and weeks und plaid silk ribbon. Thoro are flowers | months und years, willing to go to her growing In pots In one window, und vases Father's call und willing to stay and flllod with flowers In tho othor. Fbo njoa(] |{ |a cause hero, walls are well hung with pictures. At tho head of tho bed are the founders of Mothodism, ut the foot u colored copy of the “ Angolus,” and uround hero and there somo well-known faces of million­aires and their wives and daughters.

A shelf that turns on a pivot, snob as a dentist has attached to Ills chair of torture, Is hinged to the window near the head of the mid. On this shelf there are non, Ink, paper and money—a small bonk of deposit, In fact, which has for customers some of the mightiest of the mighty names of finance. The monoy Is not locked up. There is no great Iron safe with a complicated combination lock, but there it rests safe from harm, and the lady before us Is the president, | receiving and paying teller all In one.I observe that the cross-pieces of the head and fool of the bed are wound at the four corners with stout webbing about throe inches wide, and from hooks and |Iron rings in tho ceiling depend two stout ropes, and I know that Inis means that tho occupant of that bed must bo lifted on u canvas while her bedding Is changed beneath her; and when this Is done sho Invariably passes a night of agony and a day in wnich she is unable to taste food of even the most delicate kind. On this neat little bed, supported by soft pillows, which were incased most daintily In tucked and embroidered slips, dressed in a snow-white gown, with a fine, plaited bosom and ruffled front, tho lace and ruffled cuff falling over a beautiful hand, and a dotted mullc cap with a soft lace ruffle around tho face, lay Mrs, Bella Cooke, for thirty-five years a bed-ridden Invalid, during which time she has bestowed II

pertain to religion alone, or is it signifi­cant to other mivancements? What Kind of a world would this Im without the in­fidel? Christ, who was infidel to tho re­ligion of his time, s|mnt his whole life in showing what to him seemed a hal­ter way. It was evolution of mind brought forth, and budded and blos­somed, and roared In the lap of poverty to become groat In the advancement of tho human family; but Is this tho end of Infidelity? Wo are apt to lose sight of tho real significance of the word by tra­dition, It ooing handed down and ap­plied only to subjects pertaining to re­ligion. who and what was James Watt, tho father of the powor of steam, born a natural genius—budded, blossomed and roared In comparative poverty? While a child his mind was at work with Ills grandmother’s tea-kettle, trying to find if steam had powor that he might apply to the elevation of humanity, he being infidel to the manner then existing of thcinwor to move tho clumsy machinery.

The word infidel is so closely Inter­woven with evolution, that in our thoughta, and, In fact, to one who has never been horn twice, they cannot bo separated.

Think of tho great reformers in his-about 87.0.000 In charity and race 1 rod in Utry Hnd how luuliy wnr„ n o l roflPlsd the neighborhood of lOfi.OOO visitors. poverty? Who among them, like Christ, . Christmas she presented to iwor ] fo TO ' o t crucified? Galileo dls-

Htly a Mrs.

OrganizationA N ecessity Under P resent

cum stances.

the civilization of Greece and Rome from whose grafted branches comes the intelligence of our time.

Psyche, appetitive, and led by devel­oped Reason, exploring the relics and parchments of elder days, finds recorded many events that appear visionary or fabulous, bat which are entirely of a spiritual nature. Lucian tells the story of an illustrious Roman general, Pom­pey the Great, who exterminated the Mediterreanean pirates: pat an end to the Mithridatic war: besieged and took Jerusalem: built in the city of Rome the temple of Pompey, capable of seating forty thousand persons: be was one of the triumviri with Crassus and Cseaar

i which ruled the Roman empire. He | entered the city of Rome three times in 'Humph, yet this great Pompey. by

__________ f me ns Ions being only one hundred andit, «ruj gone I wailing and weeping whilst they called I twenty-five feet broad and one hundred it seed grew to mind what and how many things they and fifty feet long. Its splendor and

— suffered and saw in their journey on the earth; and that those again from heaven explained their enjoyments and spec­tacles of amazing beauty. It is just possi­ble that the story in the New Testament relating to the disposal of the sheep and goats is borrowed from this re­lation

superiority lay in the richness materials and the ornaments with it was decorated. It was built marble and so skillfully put together that the joints could not be dis­tinguished, and the whole building looked as If it had been cut out of one entire stone; the timbers were cedar

I have read several articles In The Progressive Thinker on the subject of organization, and as I am interested in anything which will advance the cause of truth, love and justice, and give the groaning world a firmer foundation upon which to build its hopes for im­mortality. I am in favor of organized effort, for this would greatly advance the

I work of spreading tho gospel of ltnmor- th whlfh tStttv. Nearly every Spiritualist would of white ** to do something for the advanoo-

mentof our glorious philosophy, but as it is at present, there are no avenues open through which those who haro a very small share of “ this world's goods ” can do a really effective work.

In the menexenus Is found partly what l^ndToUv^woodi covered with plates of I ..T*1® Christian churches have built ■» contained in the funeral oration I gold, and studded with precious stones I enterprises from dona-

of many hues. This temple was not only a place for instructing the people in the taw, but It was also a dwelling-fnlaoe for the priests, and a depository lor the ark. This sacred chest was

families 210 baskets which contained either a turkey or u pair of chickens (at the choice of the recipient), potatotqsJ tomatoes, rice, tea, sugar, and last! card upon which was written by Cooke herself a verse from Scripture supposed to specially apply to the spirit- ual need of tho recipient. A Hat of poor

Cir-1 larger than many a prosperous church has this woman. Tea parties to women bo- tween 00 and 05 years of age are given in this little room, about one of which I must tell you.

The daughter of a certain wealthy lady of New York was to be married on the twenty-third anniversary of bar mother's wedding. The mother was a warm friend and admirer of Mrs. Bella Cooke, and so Mrs. Cooke, In order to contribute her share to the honors of the daughter's wedding, gave a supper to twenty-three old women. Just as the bolls were ringing and the newly- j married passed out of the church, these twenty-three old women, not one of

I whom bad overseen the bride ur perhaps ever hoard of her before, sat down to a j supper of the very best that the markets I of the city of New York

ItthoabeealleiLfor thou art I order of the young mao Ptolemy Auietes,was assasinsteid Immediately upon hisL arrival In Egypt. His head was cat off and his mutilated body left on the sands of the sea shore, to be swept away with I the tides. Few bodies contained a sonl I •o brave as Pompey. / am now vAruj to I low jm o little o f old SyiritunlimH. Forth I from his earthly tabernacle did this I Pompey tsww.and leaving the limbs and mortal flesh, be reached the ethereal ■ptkeres; then, after he had filled himself with genuine light, and admired the planets and stam, he behErld beneath how vast a mist encircled our earth, and I he laughed at the mockery of his head- less body; thea, hovering over Brutus 1 and Cato, he Implanted h£» wish la the | minds ef these uaoooquered heroes. The | result of this control led Brutus and ■ Cato quickly to join the sweet common-

| km of their friend. Cicero says that: to, when he had ntei viewed Mar

seniam. a prince friendly to his family, after retiring to bed, Africans*, Us grandfather, presented himself in that mrm which was more known from his station than from his own person, and pointing to Carthage from an eminence that was filled with stars bright aad glorkms, told hiss what his destiny would be, aad that upon bis single per­son the preservation of Us country dn-

I pended, aad that, after he bad destroyed Gsrtbage. he exhorted him to display to

| Us oonntry the lustre of hie spirit, gen- lias, aad wisdom. Then, pointing to the I ride, continued; “ Sow. m y boy. behold I yoar father aad Us friends whom you | thought dead: they have escaped from

i s prison.

spoken by Pericles, in honor of the dead who fell at Marathon, Palamls and Pla­ten defending the liberty of Greece.Pericles was the consort of the beautiful and talented Aspasia. of Miletus, the woman who taught the people of Greece the nature and res ence of that wisdom which surpasses all other, aod alone ac­knowledged justice and the gods, and which is largely found In the doctrines and works oforation he told bis hearers what theparted heroes enjoined him to tell, and I tion of Moses, aod accordi which, if they possessed the power,they I tern shown him on the b

| would now gladly say to you themselves. I The temple and its furniture were etn­as he conjectured from what they said I MtmaUcal, and the symbols were the to him. “Hear their words, O children! I means by which the divine law was that ye are the offspring of courageous I taught. The two pillars which stood at fathers the present deed Itself dec la

I For when it was In our pow

tions of 10 cents, and even less than that, and when an organization is perfected through which the mass of truth-loving I bestow Spiritualists can use their small means, I Numbers of n

■have a bust more mighty for I the country dun

could furnlab. They ate and drank and chatted, and [wished the two hearts made one all the happiness which health and wealth can

more mighty torsupposed to hare been made from X ho\truUi than the churches *u»ve been for wood of the “ burning bush.” This wood „ ...had a close grain, and was capable of . chlefdlfflculty wUl, It appears, be receiving a beautiful polish, and like the to d.eU^m,ni° g tb® «? “ 5“ ,mL"r' cedar, from Its fragrance exempt from g y ^ F o n , Mr. E. W. Gould, in The----------------------- ---------- rooremjve Thinker for May 2nd,

|^It seems very important that an̂ r

xior children sent Into ng the heat of July and

i covered what Christ (although he was God) never dreamed of: that the earth Is round; not only the earth, but all heavenly (so-called) bodies are round,

| and besides they all revolve. What was | said of him? no was not fit to live, and I came very near being burned at the | stake as a heretic or Infidel, Where | would the world be today in intellect if It wore not for the minds not satisfied with what their father's and mother's knew? How was It with Bruno, tnur-

! derad for his advanced thought, cruelly ! crucified; and only the other day thirty | thousand people who have been made better and grander by his great mind, met to do him honor and raise a monu­ment to his memory.

Infidelity Is now. aod always will lie, the father of though t, father of advance­ment, tho great lever to truth and evolu­tion. How, was It with P rot. Morse, the father of telegraphy? He was scorned and hooted (crucified) as a crank, and by some pitied until be sent his first mess* ago. How then, these same (orthodox, that Is to say the many who always have to bo led If (hoy move at all) people were ready to carry him on their shoulders.

Infidelity Is the great mover of the world In every conceivable way; In edu­cation, In music, In mechanical genius and religion. It Is the only true way to aspire to God. The world moves so fast now that the masses drop their lower

eir philosophers. In this I the attack of worms, rottenness and cor-1 Ide-1 ruptlon. It was made under the dlree-

fragrance exempt from IH L "m I ________l ogt ot t o“p a t - 1 “ m M D 1 60 ®l,Iritu*1 ofy mountain, ^*t "h°u,d h*Te ^nnula, worn— 1 well defined general principles by

I >w* lT w o^ or,1^ 7^ h X xyh lgettin g lor roolhera and their sick babies:: 250 j (dinner. They are willing to be led by

Publius Cornelius Scrip!/ arrived la Africa and ii

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I

■ body a*|_Hi* called rosr In Ttttx. Sefpio hegea TLocj most sacred r, siaee this Is life,

B B H B H B B I________I r ib a , why do 1r-t fa c s s u t o s i I * f L r e l act f e t e s to a m a the genss ef I H* n * U td : "Net so, m j . : (has (he y r s - l l f a t p o w er whose u a f l e ft rttaee Iw n g k lw lfttb jssb ih d i, shall b a

ftfawSs, so I this usprisnaauat la tte ■//.

ires, I____ I to live I

with dishonor, we chose to die with I honor, rather than bring you and those af- ter you into disgrace! andshame our own fathers, aad all oar snreutore, conceiving that to him who dishonors his family life is no life, aad that to such a fellow there is no man or god upon earth a friend while living, nor under it when dead. It beboovee you, then, tokeeptheee, our words. In remembrance, aad If you practice any thing else, to practice It with filer, well knowing that deficient in this, nil other possessions and pur* suits are base aad wrong. For neither] dees wealth bring honor to him who! poeeemes it with want of manliness, since |

[Mch a one Is rich for another and not! for himself; for hereditary honor Is to do-1 seendaats a treasure honorable and mag-

I nifident. But to ran op the treasure of I riches aad renown, aad from the want of | ooerts own wealth aad good repute, not j to head it down to posterity. Is aa act I both disgraceful aod unmanly. Should I you, then, pnrane thane objects, you wfll looms to us as friends to friends, whoa- srw rm rfatlasd fate shall bring you:

I but If yoa disregard them aad baeomede- ] based not one of as will receive you kiad* I ly. Thas much let it be told our children, I bat oar fathers aad mother* who are laorrivtog It Is very meet to aootia into11*i----iTf Drtlng ar — ft j m pcasilds llie it---- * Ity, should aay

and aot to lament srftth

uprightness, and Hoax; they a! the merUuf^

the entrance of the porch of the tempi/: were symbols of conscientiousness and ■rightness, and called Jacbln aod

| are particularly described in ■ c e s , aod were considered of

such importance as to be pat for the temple itself when Its destruction was threat*nod by the Almighty; they were made hollow for the purpose of bolding the archives aad preserving the eoasti- tutiouai records. Within the porch was a brazen sea, the figure of which was that of an hemisphere: It was celled a “ sea” for Its largeness. It rested upon [the images of twelve oxen, aod was sup-Started by ten hoses that were called >J ocboootb, which. Interpreted, means,

r those who understand can teach.” Now the sea was for the bathing of the when they entered the temple aofl were to ascend the altar. HokmbobB_I mutethree tbousarid proverbs,| were many, when the prlfrom the hath they gave forth a!_odor, aad their garments smelled

rfume of heaven. This m m__thed in aa tnUlbsiMialiwntil i me of purification celestial results.

It was written In the tempis of dooms: “ Let all who some to offer at this shrine be pure.”

Now. purity consists ia holy thoughts W ilm a th e raceasee of Holenson's tsm -

jpfo. In a swrlndcd plane, was constructed

some____ _________ _ i h i c h

Jthey maythe oft-repeated question may \m intel­ligibly answered, viz: ' What do Spir­itualists believe?' “What la Spirit- uaUem?*" etc. I desire to say that I would prefer an organization having for Its object merely the spreading of spir­itual truth, say by sending good mediums

j to towns and cities where Spiritualism has never been introduced, and supply money to worthy mediums to enable them to visit these outlying fields, and sustain them ia this work. The “ common peo­ple ” are awakening as never before, aad are more aad more demanding reason for faith, Instead of faith for reason, aad the clergy are flad tag it more aad more difficult to Impose the “Holy Scriptures * on intelligent people as evidence of im-] mortality, and they are learning that the devil done aot produce half as much of the phenomena as be did fa the early day# of Spiritualism.

The tints is at hand Cannot a meet-

goodlike

IA

in ic impose roe " tu n y Script u. blllgent people as evidence of llty, aad they srti learning lbs

| oevu i*-------- lrLa*» .JLte priestsana were

k wrote^n------------------- 3--------r-®-;------—-I his s o n t w e w f o d aad organization perfected? leoto csoa I Who will take the first step?

W. N. WomsKitEUk.Aaisui

sea, when the produced such

Bpi-

y a* tsjMiii t s s h i; . s sw ia moj m k s happen to I the M ad as eeadenm, or “ holy of ho-1

i s l exeat-1 arise, end aot to lam ent with them—for I Hob,” as a secure depository for certain ' as I hswr j they do aot aeed anything to pala (hem ( valuable secrets, la (h is jaaee was also Uw t j « e |“ 4w th eir p w .n l. aaMovtaam are

. 10 m g r I sufficient to produce that—hut to heal ms. anient I aad m itigate their sorrow, by reeeladiag i aO this, ] them that th e gods hare hearkened to

you from I what they expressively prayed for,” r. you rea l O vid, a a sa e* IWj’* wad aad standard

put the A it. Now, there were several Arks; the Ark of l ie Bulrushes, which preserved the aswfy-hora Menas for ex­pounding the four; the Aril of the Pined,

] wMeh Is embftemotizal of that divtan aa- I slstaace which triamphaatir bears m

P aused to Kpfrit-LiTe.Els worth Thatcher, the prominent

young former aad stock breeder, rmfd- fog near Hills burg, lad., (masad to spirit-ilfe April 17, after a prolonged Ut | neuk. He was a young cn 1 bwriaem aad social qaal

•ad by his trlsasi bout the country,

heros the Masonic frets* voted Spiritualist

rnspa.througl taw oTU

* excellent1 , aad well; qoalalaace rasa nan- aad a do-

Jbildron made glad at Christmas with a [toy or two aod some candy: flfio garments given away at Christmas to the deserv­ing poor, young and old—-these are some of the Items In the work of this poor invalid last year. Yet she Is a ttoor woman, rich only In the love of God. |l)ut so holy Is tile life she leads that

food men and women gather around her Ike devotees at the shrine of a salat.

Here In this little room many of New York's “ 400” call, and if they meet a hungry, careworn-looldng sister, fash­ion's child forgets her money and her j social standing, aad by the spirit that! I pervades the place foals th ship of humanity.

By Mrs, C oo k s are diet secret charities of such as Vanderbilt, Mr*. Field, 1 Dodge. Mrs. A. G. Phelps, 1 Mrs. Jeffrey, Mrs. M BW fi mater. Mrs. Kills aad M son. the millionaire car-tx

“ But do you not find It to dlscrlmlasle? Are Imposed upon, sines come from all over th from other Stales? Is to he too charitable?” j

“ There Is much gras being charitable enodg Cooke with a smile. Th “ We are as careful as not make aay mistaken.'

“ Will you toil ms where aad when you commenced?” said L

“ When 1 was about 17 yoar* old the superintendent of the Sunday school whore I was a teacher asked who would take the 'Isle,* a vicious district ia Sheffield—just about what (ha Five Potato was la New York city Is former yea**. Aa bo oue else would take it, I •aid I would try It aad did. All were mrprised at m y saaama. 1 — rtf***It a r work fa Sheffield aatll. oa mxxjwml a t III health, 1 was sent to Hall

infidels. Tbs fires of ball are test going out. Miracle* are fading into gauze, ft is no longer • sin to disbelieve the state­ment that Jonah swallowed a whale, or that the Hebrew children were oast Into > fiery furnace; but it Is the heighta nenr i satisfaction be

too a progr i called aa INFIDEL.

D.AohnwiUi O.

■ire thinngnt or Inker to

a sweet kin- w* mtbwjr rAHIM r e . Mary E

rl bated the 1 son), of I>MatMrs. F, I life from theHr*. W, b CICourtlaad fit.Mrs, fttou^. rkes. 1 fog of April i

mild•/mu rjwT**in»w

Il ?wry difficult■aod fyftpf)

tmr applicantsdtjV, and even

t BOll dangerousifikiid.pf BMger of aot

said Mr*.p

Interesting Incidents In (lie D m IIi o f W alter K uisnon Wilson.

person Wllsoo, oldest son of L (and the late K. V. Wfl- ford, III., passed to spirit- i home of bis mother, 127 l, Chicago, HI,, on the even-

B Sod, aged 12 year* aad l I months. T hough ao Invalid from a child, aad a loving core, ho was a natu~ ral seer, often tolling me of spirit friends hs saw present, aaJifag them by name aod what they said, aad to stranger* de­scribing those he sew with them, giving their names. To him It wasarealify, aac nothing strange. Two days before be left us, be suddenly called to too, seyiag: “ Mother, 1 just sew tether. Aunt Pern- foe, Crandrns, Grandpa, aad many other* (calling their aom m ji tether little Lulu ie his anas, and ho said to me; ‘ Walter. I am coming for you, end yarn mood not he afraid. I will lake good ear* of you/ 1 realized thee fully tkat he was soon to leave us, aad 1 said to him; “ Well, Walter, you era aot afraid to g o w ith tether, ere you?” H o repfied: “ lam net afraid,” f talked with him explaining the change eoua to oomo. and two day* after he quietly breathed his last, aod our loved oue was at rack He was loved by all who^ ■ ^ ■ 1 knew him,hereto** ware eusdastod at the house by Mr*. Ik Wolf, We fold Mm baste# bm

time after this, at ary fosfm? house U L, M rm ,W okom oo,Mr. Cooke. He was la tu m to J iM m I tookfm g the cfoeieg re-

Nome

.or* (ha* Tex FarmsessrvaTataan■ f*~— the sd---- rf thoifotos g uw gfo f *»to4i Ova E cu en e I t iv u n t , sah- hmti* every M ia wash, will ' a worth th* sake af a to d u t o , wessfis lie M easts.

«f Msttf to fleet sa trial

comfortable I rlrnwasteaesa. owned pro foad r/ifnre aad had shares fo e third. Mr,Ccofc*

I was several year* older thee myseff, but from the find day of my ssooud visit to

\ m y sHdnPs house he began to pay atlea- Jfow to a a He said to my sfotor;' Mr*.

! Leas, that young w om om w tttho m y wife.

marks at the grave. Htrrm

m r ok ro o mettMrliafofoi l vs T s/ssssto t

t-. ------J mssrase* tor faafoaa mtodt to «MAT H0W MMs s :

tooegtos, a On M to not Issvsry do, Itw dlleam tffl e ss is tm

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ON THE LOWER SHELF.P ra c tic a l T h o u g h ts fo r Spiritual*

hits to CoiiNhlor

Whon viewing tho moral and social habits and prodilootlons of humanity at largo from tho standpoint of advanced thought, which deals largely In general­ities, tho lessor phases of those groat governing elements become for tho most part of secondary importance, or, Indood, overlooked entirely. As in tho mobil­ization and concentration of vast armies, tho ultimate ends of groat battles, or tho siogo of cllios. tho commanding general takes no oognlzanoo of human llfo, or tho cost in treasure of the plans laid out, so the philosophical considerations of hu­man advancomont,tho unfoldmont of tho evolutionary processes of nature, and tho rlso and fall of civilization, do not touch upon tho woes nor tho bliss of individ­uals; and, In a sense, this is in accord with the law of necessity. If men stopped to analyze each fragment of hu­manity and measure Its depths or its height, the world would be little tho better for it. But while this is truo, and whilo tho vory ailments which thus would have attention paid them, would, in turn, proro their ignorance by the basest ingratitude, tho fact nevertheless confronts us that by persistently ignor­ing these lessor considerations, we shoot high over tho mark, and land the jave­lins of speculation and theory upon un­productive soil.

Tho philosophical thought of our time is too nigh for tho average mind. At least one-sixth of tho population of our country Is tributary in thought to Rome. Pour-fifths of that number know as little about tho purpose of life as tad­poles know about astronomy; and yot those people contribute to tho material wealth of tho country, and vote upon tho most vital subjects, matters they are as little versed in as they are in tbo plans of their lives. Now, tho need of the times is not tho acquaintance and follow- ship of a fabulous deity, but a secular­ization which shall bring boforo those and kindred masses of humanity those fundamental principles which gradually lead up to tho higher and broader views of philosophical discussion. To tell a Hibernian fresh from a coal mine that the solar spectrum reveals in the so­lar photosphere many of tbo primary elements of the earth ,Js about as proflt-

to bo honest. his followinon would not lot him. Juugo Hatch ausponQod son- tonco and Instituted inquiry Into tho ciiao. which domoitHtmted tho truth of the old man's statement as related, Tho Judge determined to give him another chance, and with hoiiiq sound advice, discharged tho licensed on his own rouog- nlzanoo. A philanthropic ntuiimifuo- Hirer gavo him a situation, but tho poor follow must nuotls enter scoretly and under an assumed name, olso Ills luontlly becoming known, tho same fato might again overtake him.

This Is but an Instanouof tho rocoptlon ■noted out to tho unfortunate through­out tho world. I t Is entirely within tlio bounds of probability that tho churls who thus blasted the revived hope of nil old man are psoudo-ChrlalInns. T hat Is to say, thoy can slay tho good name of u follow-bolng, unit bathe In sacerdotal olntinont a t tho saino time. This phiiso of liypoorlsy Is as common us tho suutn I on stagnant water. Out upon It! and | shaino upon tho men who, knowing tho weakness of mortality, fall to bo goner- oils. Is It n wonder that cynics Jour and scoff, mid tall us thut mun Is only un ani­mal with all his niunllnoBH?

There Is no reform of greater magni­tude than that which lnvolvos tho re­formation of the solf-conslltutad goody- good Iob of modorn sooloty. This Ts one of tho tasks boforo Spiritualists. W hat arc thoy going to do ubout It? What aro thoy doing ubout tho crimes com­mitted ugalnstorlinlnalsy Why Is It that in fruo Amorloa, with tho Stars and Stripes Hooting above ovory sink of In­iquity, a voice and a purpose are not put forth by tho Spiritualists doiitandlng a purging of tho body politic? Why Is It that a man who has worn prison stripes ean not And honorable omploymont, ovon whon ho Is desirous of reforming his llfo, and calling back a lost character? Aro wo to bo classed among tho suplno, who sit and fan thoir freckles, whilo moral obloquy and stilted prldo make a furco of spirituality? It has conic to pass that tho exhibition of moral worth invokes raillery, and to bo known us a spiritual rolndcu man or woman-Is to bo known ns weak minded and incupablo of adding to tho majosty of law of tho survival of tho fittest. Are wo thoroughly entrenched behind some bulwark of rootiludo? If wo aro, then tho past forty years of angel teaching should begin to bear somo sort of practical fruit; and thoro Is no more cogent power and leverage to that ond than tho ballot. If Splltual- IsUt would cease to pandor to parly limit­ations and place American citizenship above plutocratic partisanship, tho ora of honor and justice In politics would be­gin. Tho tlmo Is nl hand whon Spiritual­ists, to bo counted worthy of thoir calling should refuse to vote for men or meas­ures that kcop In uboyunco and falsehood tho principles upon which root tho constitutional righ t of tho puoplo. This Is no ahlmora; i t is a manifest faot.| Spiritualists are a power for good, and would bo so rocognlzod If they stop out from bohlnd tho skirts of Mother Grundy and face tho world. I know Spirltual- uallsts who have boon in a fossil state so long that nothing save tho powor ofSeyo homo try can ovor reveal to a won- loring posterity thoir olomontal charac­

teristics. Every timo tho community is shocked at casos of tho DuBois charac­ter, tho worst fonturcjls that Spiritualists who glory In tho powor of tho moral law ao not rise on masso and put tho seal of thoir condemnation upon thorn.O temporal O mores!

Willard J . Hu ll .Buffalo N. Y.

GoiiNoumteil G round.CoiiHuuratod ground, what U It? In

what roiqioot docs Its soli, water, worms mid nnlmuluulm differ from uneonso- crated soil? Is It more fertllo, its water purer. Its trees more grand, Its plants more luxuriant, Its Unworn more fra­grant, Its grass greener, the air wafted over It more balmy, the sunshine that duscunds upon It more Invigorating, and tho rain that falls upon It from tho storm-oloud mere fertilizing than that of the adjoining Hold, owned by an up­right and honest Infidel. Consecrated ground, alas! it Is In nil roHpoota the sumo ns that Immediately Joining owned by the ouo who knows nothing of Clod, yet It plays u very prominent part In the t'nthofiu religion and has proved u source of great vexation anti endluis trouble. These Intorinlnuhlo squabblcH arising over it uro both pitiable and amusing—a source of sorrow us well its of smiles, and Its principal orop seems to bo nothing, particularly, but trouble. Consuerntod ground Is used mostly for burial purposes—a sort of gravoynra for tbo faithful religious dovotoo. Tbo dif­ferent treatment two oorptiutt received In Costa Hicu, Is Illustrated by a Cartage letter, which set forth that In the corri­dor of tho chapel, In an honored place

T h o C om posite In th o C ollec tive B ody.

In this turbulent torrostrlal sphere no ono knows all things; ovon his knowl­edge of a fow things must bo imporfoot. His vision is circumscribed, his hearing isconflnod within an exceedingly limited space, and his understanding of matters in general must, from tho very nature of things, bo very contracted. Ho can only calculate tho tlmo of an eclipse, tho movements of a comet, or tho oocultatlon of a planet, by a tedious mathematical process. Intuition plays but a subordi­nate part in those discoveries that have astonished tho world. Facta have boon studiously dug for, and oxpoaod to public view after a long and laborious procoss. The knowledge of tho wisest and most profound on earth is very contracted, and much thoy have presented to a gap­ing world as truo they havo afterwards discovered were gross orrors. W hat is truo of actual scientific knowledge is also truo with reference to the virtues. No ono is wholly good, In its widest and most comprehensive moaning, as no per­son is wholly wise, in tho perfected sense of that word. Tho good and bod, and wisdom and folly, aro joint hairs in tho constitution of every mortal body. Herein, thon, lies tho secret why a re­ligious body manifests waywardness as well as godliness; is neither wholly good nor wholly bod, hut a mixture.

Human nature exists in an assembly of poople, In tho aggregate, as In the Indl-abloas to listen to a parrot repeating tbolT'- r r -—p-----

multiplication table: but you toll tho HI- M,2®whBt’ of “ " " M Fbernlan that a priest In the confessional fho combination. Tho composite existsis God Almighty on earth, and ho u n d o r - — ------stands you at once, in tho same degree that tho parrot understands tbo multi­plication table. •

Now. what tho Hlbornlan needs, and with him I place tho wholo category of priest-ridden humanity, is an under­standing of tho simple rules of life, tho law of cause and effort as operative in tho whole of his environment, mon­tally and physically. He Is to undor-l stand that manhood, developed and

In the collective body, whether com­posed of ono or a thousand people. A composite Ukoncss of tho twofvo persons combines in tho one picture tho striking

I characteristics of nJl. Tho bad oxlsts therein as well as tbo good. For this reason, and this alono, thoro will con­tinue to bo church scandals, church trials, and licentiousness manifested by

I church members—tho result wholly of I tho exact status of all combined. Take, for example, tho Salvation Army. On

Holms, much against hor parents’ wishes. Miss Helms was much infatuated with tho religion of the travelers. Her fathorl had tho officers follow tho band up, and bring tho girl homo. This they did a timo or two, but after each recovery sho again escaped. Finally sho returned homo, her illusion boing completely die-Etolled. She told a remarkable story, iho says tho Salvationists are money­

makers, and lack all religious fooling. At ML Vernon, Ind., they oonducted themselves In such a scandalous way that tho W hite Caps put tho following note under tbo door: " I f you don't got out of hero in a fow hours, all your throats will bo cuL" As a class, this Salvation Army represented a composite combination, tho hod olomont was prom­inent, and a scandal was unavoidable.

sianu m at mannoou. uovoiopea ana uso-1 <' . . . ful, depends upon Individual effort, not ono occasion that army stormed VIn- In the allegiance ho pays to established oonnos, Ind., and succeeded In taking authority. Speaking of tho inclinations I W*«J them a young girl. Miss and predilection of animals as paralleled |M » m l^ H o lm s ^ a u g h to ^ o ^ J a m o o In man,a gantlaman told me the othordsy that one time he was driving a flock of I sheep on his farm, and In crossing a bridge the leader saw tho shadow of an upright iron rod which tbo rays of tho afternoon sun threw across tho brldgo.The sheep, taking the shadow for a rail, jumped high over IL and overy sheen In iho flock following did tho saino thing.This Illustrates exactly the moral and religious status of men generally, and the reason thereof. Men follow pre­scribed customs, good, bad and indiffer­ent, simply becauao thoy find those conditions as they mature in life,and are too selfish and cowardly to root out tho tares and give the wheat a chance to grow. In this light It were of llltlo avail and a thankless task, as previously stated, to attempt or to carry on the work of reformation and regenera­tion among the mi sens

Until the Infamous arbitrament bo-l tween man and his God through the meditation of another Is outgrown Ig­norance and stupefaction must he the common heritage and blot of civilization.That largeness of self,whleh makes ao In- j dividual think. "1 am hotter than thou." is the curse primal and all-pervading in tho social elements of life. A poor old convict, named Du Do is, was arrested in this city a short time ago for horse stealing. It transpired at tbo prelimi­nary examination of the offender that he was drunk a t the time, and hid boon driven to drink because his companions in the factory where he was omployed, having learned that ho had onoo been in prison, refused to work with him, and told the foreman that unless DuBois was discharged thoy would quit work. The foreman reluctantly discharged tho man because he had been faithful, honest and a good workman. DuBois told his story, admitted the crime, and asked to be sont to prison, saying It was useless for him

A C o n g ra tu la to ry N ote.Will C. Hodge, the efficient Secretary

of tho Mississippi Valloy Spiritualist Association, sends ua the following con­gratulatory note:

" I rejoice In tho prosperity of your ‘ Baby,’ [Our subscription luL] My! how ft grows! I want you to have fifty thousand subscribers."

I t Is this good fooling, coming from all parts of the country, that has given The P rogressive T hinker such phenom­enal success. Our aubacrlptlon list has more than doubled since last July, and wo look for it to doublo again before tho first of April noxt. Spiritualists realize that our paper combines cheapness and excellence, and thoy want It to succood.

L. O. Roebrtg, lately professor of Sanscrit and the living Oriental lan-rruagee in the Cornell (N. Y.) University, ■ master of no loss than thirty lan­

guages.

among Cartage's " door dupartod.1 lib tho bonus of an Englishman named liallllo. who, quite by ouoldonl, soon rod hlmsolf Christian burial In a community whuro horullcs aro hated. Just boforo lio died tho Aluudu was cullod to draw Ills will, and, according to thooustomury form, uskod iho sick man If ho was u Christian. Boing u devout Episcopal­ian, Mr. Bullllo promptly responded thut he was: whereupon tho Alcodo, unablo

Ito uonoulvo of u Christian who was not a Roman Cuthollu, wrote him down uh "Sonor Bullllo, Catollcu, Romano, Apou- tollco, Chrlstalno." Mr. liallllo had not contemplated this, and knowing nothing of IL dlod Jpoiieofiilly in tho EplHoopnl faith. His frlonds, under­standing tho groat difficulty horo of ob­taining uny kind of u docont burial for so-callod horottes, said nothing—and In­deed I doubt If uny protest on tliolr part would have boon rocolvod, for tho Al- oado's word was sufilclont ovldonco of Mr. Ballllo's orthodoxy.

But not so woll fared a young Amorl- can who dlod in Cartago during Iho saino year. IIo wus u brilliant whole- Bouiou follow, tho only son of a wealthy Now-Yorkor, who lmu strayed down hero In a spirit of youthful auvonturo, and had fallon a victim to calenture. As ho was not u Catholic, tho vluur refused to bury him In connoorutod ground. Dr. Brldloy, who was thon tho only Ameri­can resident of tho place, and In whoso homo the young man dlod, rodo ovor to San Jose, and, making an osjtoclal point with tho Government on tho treaty oxlstlng bolwcon tho United StutoH and Central Amorloa, finally obtained an or- dor from tho Prosldont for tho Now- Yorkor's burial In tho Citinpo Snnlo. Still tho fanatic vicar—acting, hoBiild, under a hlghor powor than that of tho Prosldont—refused to admit tho corpso to tho corootory.

Thon a messenger was dispatched to San J obo, and two companies of Fodoral troops ordered out to escort tho body to tho gravo. Tho pooplo gathered In scowling groups, and threatened to mob tho soldlora; but tho poor caduvor was safely interred, and for two months his gravo was jruardod by bayonota. Tho day after tno funeral tho disgusted vicar, wlth-al) thoomblomsand Images of tho cathedral, attended by u largo con­course of oltlzons. wont in solemn proces­sion to tho "Field of Saints," and ro -1 consecrated tho ground thut had thus boon polluted by tno burial of a heretic.

Poor human nature, not stooped In re­ligion, not grounded in faith, not estab­lished in tho endless muddle of prece­dents, and not ruled with an ironliand, doesn't know thodlfforonco between con­secrated and unconsocrated ground, and it makes but littlo difference to It whore tho lifeless body shall crumble to tho dust. But superstition among tho masses prevails, and tho poor simpletons can bo mado to bollovo thoro are spe­cial virtues In what tho priests designate as ''consecrated ground!”

Ih i t a B r id g e to H e a v e n ?In times past—tlmo* th a t wore dark,

dismal and positionLlul with orror, superstition, Ignorance and cruolty, tho rainbow was considered a bridge th a t I united tho homos of tho gods with those of mortals, and ovor which liberated souls passed In going to dim es elysian. Tho funeral sermon in some res poets is considered just such a brldgo—some sort of a guarantee th a t tho liberated soul Is more acceptable to those who havo chargo of heaven, and will receive a warmer wolcomo thoro. Tho opisodo of " Tho Littlo Church Around tho Cor­ner,” Is still fresh in tho minds of tho J pooplo. Tho minister who rofusod to officiate a t tho funoral of th a t theatricalSiorformor was of tho opinion, un- joubtcdly, that ho had gone to hell, and

It would bo a waste of tlmo and effort for him to preach ovor his remains; or, like many othors, ho m ight havo entertained tho opinion that his remarks would con­stitute a sort of brldgo whereby tho liberated soul could steal a march into hoavon, and thoroby thw art tho wishes of God.

Wo cannot Imagine why theatrical pooplo should bo such consummate stlcKlors for u funoral sermon whon ono of thoir numbor pusses through tbo ohaogo called doath. In Itsoli it is powerless to alter tho status of tho as­cended spirit; It cannot otovate him, nor degrade him In his supornal homo, and In iho most comprehensive moaning of tho term—ff fa umUm ! Why, thon, do actors run hlthor and thlthor, as if dis­tracted to find some orthodox minster to ftvo utterance to flowory words or sooth-1 ng sentiments ovor a dead body which

is of no more importance In tho oconomy of nature than a liko numbor of pounds of soil ju st dug up from tho oarth. Whilo tno avoragu funoral sermon, as delivered by an orthodox minister, amounts to out vory littlo. If not wholly without Intrinsic morll, tho utterances of tho cultivated Spiritualist, whilo thoy in no res poet olinngo tho status of tho aaconded spirit, do have a harmonising, olovatlng Influonoo calculated to give those In attendance a grander concep­tion of tho provldonoe of God, a more comprehensive vlow of life as continued | In tno spirit realms, and tho noooaaity of living exalted lives horo, in order tnat tho spirit may tako an exalted position thoro. Theatrical porforraora would do woll In tho future to Ignore orthodox ministers whon ono of thoir numbor dies, and ongago somo advanced Spirit­ualist to officiate. Thoy will fool batter for ao doing.

H e Liken th e T une It Playn.Wm. Ellison, of Preston, Kansas,

writes: " I like tho kind of music The P rogressive T hinker plays; It Just suite my ears. I havo road all kinds of liberal papers that are published in tho United States, but I think Th e P ro­gressive Thinker plays the swcotost music of any; it plays somo now tunos that aro very rich, particularly tho Josult song."

Prof, Langtry, Hocrotary of tho Smith­sonian Institution, doolared tho olhor day before the National Academy of Salonoo that man will yot learn how to fly by using tho kite principle.

H |ilrltiiiillsiii C om m on to nil l lu - iiiiinlty.

Hplrll manifestation* aro not eonIInod excited voly to ono nation, longun or oIiimh of |Hioplu. No ono can by any sys­tem or priiolluo monopolize tho various gifts of tho spirit. Thoy uoiuo to all gruduHof people the high and low nllko; tho philosopher with Ills hooks, and tho pennant, with Ills boo and shovol. Thoro Booms to bo no partiality to persons In this grand baplUinal showor from tho spiritual realms. Tho Catholic, tho de­vout Methodist, tho all-saving Untvors- ill lot, the robo-olud Idplsuopulluu, the ull-bollovlng Adventist, tho polygamous Mormon or tho Joe MinlLh Igittor-l)uy Haitita, ull havo iioun favored a t times with genuine manifestations from tho splrlfaworld. Hplrlt manifestations being III oxaul luiuoroanoo with nuturnl laws that onuonipiiHH tho Hull and tho poor, tho lonriiou and tho Ignorant, tho good ami tho bad, tho virtuous ami tho llcon- tlous, of oourso all those grades ean bo favnrod with thorn. In this oily on onu occasion, im reported a t tho tlmo, thoro was a mooting of latter-Day Hnints. Tho briof exorcises wore oonduotod by Elder F. M. C'oopur, of Druid wood. Thoy consisted of pruyor und Informal talks among tho momhors. " Wo bollovo,” said Mr. S. O. Good, u prominent looul saint, " In tho faith as handed down to us from tho saints of old. Tho biblo re­lates how tho church of Ghrlst was re­moved from tho oarth and takon into tho wlldornoss, to bo later on revealed to Joseph Smith and ro-ustabllshcd by him. God gi vos us witness that our be­lief la firmly foundod and gonuino. At our Juno mooting In this hall thoro was a revolution to us that God was In our midst. Tho prophecy of tongues was in ado plain to all present. Ono of those In uttondunuo tnlIced In n language whloh tho speakor did not understand, nor was it intelligent to uny ono in tho uudlonco. A brother was Inspired and translated It.

" Tho most romurkablo portion of IL” continued Mr. Good, "w as thut whilo tho brother upon whom tho Holy Ghost had descended wus talking In this un­known lunguago, thoro wus u second voice In u minor koy hoard distinctly, apparently hovering ovor him. Wo rarely montlon those strango manifesta­tions to tliOHO outside of tho olrolo of Hulnls, bemuse thoy are skoptloul. Boing present Is tho only tr.uunor of convincing iho outsldo world."

Wondorfut spiritual manifestations havo occasionally occurred uinong the latter-D ay Sainta or Mormons. Remark­able healing poivorH havo boon manifest­ed, extraordinary visions roullzcd, and such experiences had by different ones thut mado this religious organization on tor tain tho opinion thut It alono was tho favorite of God—in fact,tho only truo churoh. I t is boginning to bo rocog­nlzod us a tru th by all critical thinkers, thut spiritual manifestations will Im- nrovo in moral und lnlollootuul worth In just thut proportion as humanity ad­vances in those characteristics. It should bo borno In mind th a t tho momont tho crystal drop of water that has boon wuftod on a storin-cioud. and fanned by tho gonial broozos of hoavon, plunges into a muddy stream, it becomes dollied; th a t Is not tno fault of tho drop ltsolf, but tho stream with which It is brought in contact.

Spiritualists havo in tho pust, failed to organizoon anything whlcn savors In tho loast degree of a sectarian basis. Spiritualism Is d 1 fluidvo, and can not bo ofrouiuHcrlbod. Whenovor the manifest­ations appear among prominent churoh momhors, tho creed lx tirokon, modified, or disappears aitogolhor. Tho minister who listens to tho tiny rap, tranoo-uttor- uncos and descriptions of sconos in tho spirit-realms, and receives a communi­cation from some ono near and dear to him, a t onoo modifies his religion, and assumes a higher and grandor stand­point. Hut you can 't monopolize tho rap; you can't monopolize tho cloquont voice of tho spirit; you can't monopolize table tipping; you can’t monopolize vis­ions; you can't monopolize tno gift of tongues; you can't monopolize tho gift of prophecy, or healing, nor can you or­ganize thorn Into a creed, for thoy como a t times to all religions, to all grades of society, and to make them wholly tho specialty of thoso designated as Spirit­ualists would bo Impossible.

S M ILIN C ~ H E A V E N .I t Comet* F o r th B e a u tifu lly fro m

tlio F e u o f A rc h d e a c o n F a r r a r .

To th e Editor:—Booing tho namo of Charlos Bradlaugh mentioned In n Into numbor of T h e P rogressive T hinker , inclosod you will find a clipping from tho St. Goorgo'a Journal,of n correspond- onco between his daughter and Arch­deacon Farrar, on the subjoct of " Hoav­on,” which will be of Interest to your numerous readers.

Dr . J . W. Briggs.

C U R IO U S VIB R A TIO N S.T h e T ran sm issio n o f H ab its .

B R A V E AND B IT T E R . Prof. Rudolph and His Work.

G e n e r a l S u r v e y .‘Helenee hesitates a t nothing," says

tlio Chicago lit raid, " from umi'bit to thoology. It analyzes ntoms, molomilos, limit, light; It dovotos Itself to nutrition, food, drink, imlhology, physiology; It him Its say of spirit, astral liodlos, tlio composition of soils, tho canals of Slurs,, tho iitinosphoru of tlio moon, tho uvor- ugn of human llfo, tho Infiuoncos of co- loallal phunomona. In vlow of this di­versity of observation and study, It Is not wonderful that tho potent energies and I rphis all tho olhor qualities of uloohol, receive j,,.,.,, the olose attention of tlio selentlst. Its pathology, lie neurology, and all Its othor uffoets on tho human frame, form u subloot of tho highest Interest to tho Htiluiillllo student, wTio lias so successfully dissected and dosorlhod ull those devel­opments, till thoy are us fumlllar to tho world us tlio details of an ordinary inup.Thoso |Hir*lstont Investigations Intoalcohol lo uffoets have boon so thorough that It would hooiii as If thoro remained nothing now lo be luurnud. And yot, at tills vory point, whon tho subject ap­pears to lie exhausted, It has suddenly received a fresh uddlllon In regard to certain hereditary results. Professor < 'millers, an eminent selentlst and phy­sician, has discovered tbs', drunkenness Is often tho outcome of hurodltary causes. I t Is generally understood that u

R kadkiw ok T iik Pkooiikmmivk Thinker :—You and I havo often seen Prof. Goo. P. Rudolph's name In these columns. As an educated ox-prlest he Is out Lliundurlng a t the pope, bishops and the Vatican! A grand victory has been gained a t Alllanco by tho three lectures given In tlio Independent Churoh horo. It Is tho second liest church edifice of this city, so tho Hplrit* uallsta und liberals are Independent,

paper and Its editor have friends Tho President, I). W. Hmlth, und

Hoorotary, Mrs. H. H. Koukhlll, secured tills wur-liorse glunt of Clyde, Ohio, to coino and give tils three lectures on 1 toman Ism and its Invasions of our liber­ties. On Hunday morning and evening. May 10th, whilo other ohuridies hold forth, fiOO earnest souls wore held

Tim NpIritUftllKtir Fittld- oi*h, Doliijpt, Etc.

■ Work-

MJ . A. Wolford,

writes;iif—Ill ver City, Now I wish aome good

test medium would cornu this way, | think ono could do woll, both spiritually and financially. People lire, a* a rule, liberal minded. I would like to enter­tain a l/OOd medium three or lour weeks free, or pay his living expenses."

II. O. White, of this city, write*; " For several weeks there has Iwon no rn|sirt In PitnciiiKNNiVE TlllNKr.ii from tho First Houth-HIdo Hocioty. Frlonds, do not think wo are Idle, for truly wo srn doing muoh. Our meetings a t 144 22nd

IHL aro largely attended ovary Hunday at II o'clock, Mrs. O. K. Daniels, trance

pell- speaker and teal madlum, coiitliuhound, and tlio saine numtsir or more on hilmr for this Hocioty, and Is doing toMonday night. Thu ulurgy of othor ehurehus would never enter this build­ing until now; but some of the leading ministers attended, and this scores a point for humanltarlanlsin.

It Is use I cm to attempt a rehearsal of tho volloy of canister-shot and bursting shells which

by all. ig'iit. to

norninny

tho papal bulls and tho wholo Itomtsh bivouac oncumping on our shores to ovorthrow the freedom of our Itopubllo.

. .. -~rn~ .— -— rTho Professor Is olotiuont and bravo,drankunfaUioiMvin iw rjm tuat^hildrcn | nnd whon his Irony reviews tho stealthy,crafty, oncoming foe with black csjsi

good work. Hho Is loved guides give food for thong minds."

Mrs. 0. D. Prudnn, after two your* of efficient, labor In tho spiritual cause In Minneapolis, Minn., and having tho meetings thoroughly ostahllahcd, hs

rj to withdraw

who will also iNscotno drunkards; tint this Is not the now discovery of tho pro­fessor. IIo cites Innumurablo cohos to prove that the progeny of lntotn|iurato parents la liable, wltliout ovor touching it drop of liquor, to become Intoxicate*!,

rained from hla lips upon J do d d o d to withdraw from th» workithero for tho present, in order to fill ■'alls from othor localities. Bln* has or­ganized a sooloty that will oontlnuo tho meetings In the same plaoo.

Dr. Gould, of Weal Randolph, VL, writes: "Onu of the last Sundays In April E. A. Tisdale nddrc*"cd the West Braintree Spiritualist Hocioty, with great acceptance. The afternoon ad­dress upon tho suhjacL 'The _Spirit*

and white Ups, ho grows hitter arid defiant. Whon h polished gentleman, erudite scholar and orator, like this man. ox poses tho corruption and tho works undor cover ol th is hellish foe, all lovers' . ‘ unuur cover oi m is iioiusn too, an lovers — ■ v .with till thu feelings and actions of one of m>urlv wm a |,predate anew the tone, ^ o r ld and to Itelatlon to this W orld/

under tho Influence of alcohol. Ho re- l<jrror am] warnings given In Tin: l*no- W,M Vo7 . f b,° •"?, ln"ln *^1' r; . A1 ‘bo lates Instanco after Instaneo In which all orkhhive T hinker about Romanism ° ,OHO 7 ■ vote of thanksof tho worst forms of this disease have hoon suddenly dpvolonod among totally abstinent pooplo, who liavo, at the tlmo, evory symptom of Inobrloty, savo tho alcoholic breath. Hu names clergymen, lawyers, eminent nnd Irranronchnblo hiislness men, who havo suddenly been smitten with this result of horedlty."

This statement, mado by ono thor- oughly competent to critically examlno abstruse questions, Is no doubt truo In all roHiKiuts, and lliustratos tho fact that tho whole body Is subject, a t times, to cortain woll-do lined but spontaneous vi­brations. Tho auditory nor vos have boon known to vibrato whon there aro no Impulsos In tho a ir to cause them to do so, producing cortain well-dull nod iihonomona. A mill oporator, as related by Upiuiin, was on onu occasion resting from hor labors, far away from tho noise of looms or moving machinery, whon sho wus suddenly startled by lioaring an exact counterpart of tho noise pro­duced while a t work. Thoro was a spontaneous vibration of bur auditory norvo, In comnloto harmony with tho vi­brations prouuood whilo sho was a t work. This spontaneous vibration often affects thu optic norvo, and objocts that havo onco mado u vivid Impression thereon aro scon subjectively. Tho wholo system, particularly tho norvos, Is subjoct to woll-dollnod vibrations, conflnou, of course, within a certain limit, and often wonderful phenomena are produced thoroby. A disease of tho norves Is simply a change In tho normal vibrations thereof, anu nn electric in­strument has boon Invented thut, brought to boar upon thorn, restores thorn to u hoalthy condition by simply stopping tho diseased vibrations. In drunkenness nil tbo normal vibrations of tho body aro changod, and through tho mysterious laws of horedlty, those vi­brations in tho father while drunk, may bo rovivod in his children, producing all tho phenomena that accompanies that

I degraded state. Thoro la no condition of tho body, In health or disease, in cheerfulness or sadness, that is not the result of certain well-defined vibrations. From atom to plunot, this law holds truo. From tho slmplo rap producod by a spirit, up to tho most perfect material­izations, vibration Is ono of tho concom­itants. J u s T ice.

the was ox tended to him for his able aervtos, and to Mrs. T. O. I’arkur, of Barra, for a fine bouquet of flowers presented by hor for tho occasion. Mrs. Geo. Pratt very ably filled the desk last Sunday, May 3. Meetings aro to be hold every two weeks, until camp-men ting time."

Rolls Stubbs, Long Luke, Minn., writes: " Our Sooloty Is fully organized

._....... nowi undor tho namo of Lake Minno-ofton false pl'oa from | Spiritual Progressive Society. Wo

havo about thirty active members. During tho fore purl of April we had lectures by Dr. .1. H. Randall, of Chi­cago, an excellent speakor. To tho many frlonds whore ho may travel, we would say, turn out to hear film: he will give you oomothlng to think about. At nrooonl we havo Mrs. Lowell, of Anoka, Minn. Mho too, Is excellent, and gives many tests."

Lyman C. Howe Is doing a good work by his able advocacy of spiritualism In tno Free Tlilnker'n Mngiuinr. In a nor!os of artlclos. For the liberal lata the Fm Jhlnlerr't Magazine. Is tho moat desirable

as tho Invader and your Iioum Invaded.

Whon ho porlruyod tho cause of so many orphan asylums In Catholicism, and so many thousands of littlo human waifs, who know not thoir fathers and mothors, wo saw anew why It Is that prlosts and vollod sisters cannot look you In tho oyos upon our streets. How many times business mun In our larg allies accept tho often false plea these white-handed Bisters of uocoptlon, hogging under the guise of charity, In order to furnish thoir priusta with Ca­tawba, and themselves with shameful prostitution. Still there must lie a largo army of kids In order to I no rouse tho flocks and folds of tho Invader.

IIo Is to locturo in this church twloo on Sunday, 24th Inst., on othor progressive thoraos, and It Is exported that this socioty will engage him os speaker for two Sundays oucli month during this year. Progressive friends a t Canton, Salem and Youngstown reading this may also secure his services and ablo locturea by addressing him atClydo, Ohio

I am muon pleased to boo this able lecturer coming forth on our spiritual rostrum In ovory phase of reform. IIo teaches nine languages and fluently speaks IIvo, so ho is likely to prove a bravo dotondor of truth not only agnlnst Romanism, but agalns* every form of thoologlcal superstition. Managers of spiritual cump-meutlngH will please ex­cuse my suggestion, out somo of hla lectures against Romanism would awaken a mighty enthusiasm in tho camps.

Thoro is a great " shaking among tho dry bones" anu systems hero of late, and I hope some of our othor ablo speakers In Spiritualism will arrange with tho Prosldont to como hero ana lecture. A gonuino medium, who has true gifts In clairvoyance and Independent writing. Is In demand here, w h o will corre­spond with tho Hocrotary about it, or with myself horo?

A. J . Swartb, Ph. D.Alliance, Ohio,

uaunmagazine published, or, in fact, that ovor has been published In advocacy of free thoughL H. L. Greene, Its editor and publlshor, Is In no sense Illiberal or prejudiced, but bread and cosmopolitan In nls views, and gives all subjects a fair hoaring.

C. Crosslcr, of Mturgls, Mich., writes: “ Tho Harmonla! Society of Sturgis will hold Its Thirty-third Anniversary. Juno 12, 13 and 14. Mrs. R. 8. Lillie, of Boston; Joel Tlffanoy, of Chicago, and Abram Smith of Sturgis, will be the speakers."

F. H. Morehouse, Secretary, writes: "T h e Ashley (Ohio,) <'amp Association has engaged Mrs. Adah Sheehan, A. B. French, D. M. King, and Mrs. Mary C ,' Lyman for the camp of 1881. commenc­ing August 21 and closing Sept. 8. O ther speakers will be added. Arrange­ments are being made for se< •uring good test mediums, and will ask those intend­ing to bo proecnL and desiring to be ad­vertised, to send their names and phase of mediumship to the Secretary at once. The Society would like to make term with a good Independent slate writer.

jS o m o two or three months ago, Dr. G. Will somo one respond? A complete A. Bishop, Dr. Charles Lewis, and two programme will bo mado up soon, and

H u m a n e D eed , or three months ago, Dr. G.

T lie

The Resurrection.PoMsillxed C a th o lic C h u rc h

S till A d h e re s to It.

th e Editor:—T ho old carcass, up with millions of infinitesimal

ARCHDEACON KARRAR WRITER TO MRS.URADLAUGH UONNEK.

Archiloacon Farrar has addressed tho following lottor to Mrs. Hypatia Brad- laugh Hon nor (Hays tho 'National lie- former), In reply to a communication which sho hod addressed to him:

Dear Madam:—I do not know u slnglo reasonably educated Christian who takes tho more symbols of hoavon for hoavon. Wo do not supposo that hoavon is a cubic city o r a pagoda of Jowols, or ovon an ond loss sovon-fold ■■horns of hallolu- Jahs and harping symphonlos. Long ago a Christian pool sang—0 for a deeper Insight Into Ik aven;More knowledge of the glory and tlio Joy Which there ante tho happy aonls I* given;For It Is psat belief that Uhrltt hath died Only that wo eternal paslm* might alng.That all the gain dentil'* awful cartalni hide I* thl* eternity of antheming,And Ull* pnuaed real; *ball there be no en­

deavor! etc., ate.If I could find a printed sermon of mlno

entitled, " W hat Hoavon la," you would boo th a t wo regard It as a plaoo of pro­gram, of fruition of all that la noblo, of growth and progress unwnrds and onwards, of ond loss ana bonofloont activity, of a loro which knows no foar and no hatred, of a growing more liko to God because wo shall soo Him as Ho Is. In Browning's poems you will soo this vlow of hoavon constantly sot forth; and tbo ominonl theologian Whiohoot said, twooonluriosago, "HoavonUalomnor."1 havo often quoted with approval tho saying of Confucius, " Hoavon moans principle.” Tho old dotostablo notions of happy souls rejoicing ovor tho term on la of tho lost havo long alnoo boon exorcised, and if you have timo to glance a t my " Etornnl flopo,” or " Morey and Judgment," whloh now represent tho boat opinions in tho ohurch. you will soo many proofs that tho Calrinutio horrors of an unnatural thoology havo novor boon authorized by many men, ovon byfto* tost Christian fathers, and can on- tod saints in tho tnodbrral churoh.

Lot me odd, I for ono havo not ulterod a syllable of disrespect about,your fatlior, though I am a sincere ana oonvlnoed bollovor. I only mot him onoo, as chaplain of tho House of Commons, and wo oxchangod a courteous greeting. Had I boon able to show him Christianity as I soo It, I do not think that be would havo wished to he counted among tho fooaof our gospel, If such was his attitude. But Christianity has been more sorely wounded in the nouse of Ito friends than by its onomios.

Yours faithfully,F. W. Farrar.

To oatenworms, and containing tho gorms of numborioss dlsoasus, is to bo resurrected, if tho fossilized Catholic Churoh Is any authority. The Tribune says; " A I local paper professedly published for tho Information of Catholics, and bearing os its motto tho aontonco: 4 A Catholic newspaper is a perpetual mission In ovory parish,' finds fault with an article in tho Tribune on tho rosurroctlon of tho body. I t claims th a t the doctrine of tho resurrection was a familiar dogma of faith among tho J owh (?), and was taught oxplloltly. formally and froquontly in tho Olu Testament, bosldoa being in­culcated by Christ nnd his Apostlos, especially St. Paul. Tho odltor says;‘ If that doctrine bo a divine truth, dlvlnoly revealed, having God for Its author, can It havo unythlng to fear from modorn selonoo?’ Ho may bo an­swered with an emphatic ' No.' But there ii tho rub. Is it possiblo for an Intelligent man to bollovo that God Is tho author of a statement whloh modorn selonoo shows cannot bo In accordance with tho lawn of nature, which he created? I t is utter nonsense to quote Suarez (HIIO), St. Thomas (thirteenth contury), or ML Augustine (fourth con* tury) In support of tho dootrino of a physical resurrection. Tho editor of | tho hobdomadal print might a* well quote ArUtollo or Soloo, for It is fair to | assume that ho does not olalm Infalllbll-

Indies were appointed a committee to raise monoy and procure for Bro. Morris Roscnstoln a wooden log. Tho People's Socioty a t Bricklayers' Hall gave 830. Tho First Socioty of tho South Side, gave 912.AO. The Band of Harmony, o f ! tho First Socioty, on tho West Side, gave 18.30. Personal friends of thu com mil too gave 910, 9A, 91, 2fi cents and 10 cents, until It had collected 983.00. Ono young lady gave a suit of elothes. Tho com­mittee paid 976 for tho log, 93 for u pair of shoos, 91 for changing clothing, as j

ic by ■will

any ono so desiring can obtain writing for iL Brother D. M. King hold meeting at the Opera House. Ash­ley, Ohio, Sunday, the 24th InsL Friends, turn out liberally. Bro. King is well worth hearing. All information ro gardlng camp mooting cheerfully given by addressing mo at Marengo, O."

Frank T. Ripley, of Boston, U making up hls Fall ana Winter list of engage­ments, and would like to serve societies the coming Fall and Winter in Penn­sylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas. Hls terms are liberal. He sing*,tho pants had to bo refitted by a tallorl—

Tho rest of tho monoy was presented to lectures and gives platform tests as usual. Bro. Rosonstoln. Tho committee also In Address him, care of B anner o f Light. Bro tho moan tlmo secured for him more ! worth SL,Boston, Moss.monoy, amounting to 98, and one-half ton of coal, whlcn he greatly noodod. Mr. IL Bocmod very grateful for this

I aid, oheorfully given nlm by Spiritualist friends. The committee was only re-1 fused by throe persons, and two of them were hls Hebrew brethren, tho only Jows who wore asked to give anything.

I Spiritualists make no distinction be­tween Jews and gentiles In benevolent donations: It la enough to know that any ono Is worthy. Great praise la due to Mr. Jenifer's mooting In accomplishing this object.

Nickerson- W arne.

A city Da nor says;" A few of the near relatives and more

Intimate friends of Miss Emma Nicker­son witnessed hor marrlago a t hor home, 1361 Michigan Avo., to George B. Warno, cashier of S. A. Keans late bank. The wedding was a very quiet affair, but although entirely without oh- I tontatlon, It proved thoroughly delight- ful In evory roapecL Both of the eon* |

iFathere,' though _ho may | Chicago? whore thoy havo woncircles of admiring friends. The

large _Ipree-

onoo of an abundance of flowors arranged by the bride's own hands, proved a very tasteful feature of the largo double par­lors whore the ouremony took plaoo. The bride wore dovo-oolorod silk anu dia­monds. She was attended by Mias Nellie i

white silk. Victor Vogel had tho honor linns officiated.

HU mako their homo In this oily for tho presonL"

The happy pair will linvo the best wishes of thoir numerous friends In Chicago. Miss Nickerson has made a

rinsist on It for tho Apostlos. The fact is that previous to tho last century no man living know anything about tbo chemistry of nature. None of those cited by him, nor any who prooodod them, hud any Idoa that tho human body Is principally oomposod of gases which, after death, pass off into theatmosphere and subsequently enter in to . wnitoW S^^Sotor^osroi the composition of vegetable forms of ofbolng b a tm an . Dr.Th uz aL)noo, nMalng thoDOO into other Mr> (ltl(1 Mrs Warno wl animal bodies, so that tho same molo-r— cuius of matter may, lor aught we know, become i part of sovoral hundreds of human bod I os In succession. Tho fart Is ono of modorn disco vory, and there so I onoo rests Its oaao. If tho theologian of to-day ehooaos to shut hls eyes to all this, accept all that was said or written by hls predecessors, not daring to assume tno responsibility of questioning Its truth, or willfully disregarding the evidence of hls own senses, ho must bo allowod to do so. Tho compulsion is all on hls side, the ovidonoo nil against iL Ho may try to dodgo tho lsauo by quot­ing from old monkish writers, who spent thoir llvoa in monkeries, what they nave to say about tho risen body boing 1 not only zjKcilloaUy but numerically the same body as It was in the prime of life,' but tho citation does not provo that thoso writers had any corroet idea of the facts which nogatlvo tho claim for such a rosurroctlon."

In fact, thoso old monks, ignorant, superstitious, destitute of common In

Mrs. E. Nugent, of Bradford, Pa., writes: " Through an advertisement Is

I your columns we obtained the service of E. W. Sprague, of North Collins, N. Y.. for two lectures. Mr. 8. gave good satisfaction, and impressed his hearers with tho truths o f Spiritualism. sad showed It was a good religion to live and die by; no angry gods, devils or hells for anybody, a great Improvement on the old orthodox religion. We ex­port to organixo a club soon, and whon the lecture season opens this Fall, we will bo in a position to engage and cn*

I tortaln snookers and mediums of all kinds. As a numbor of lecturers have written mo concerning our meetings. I take this way of answering them aU. i

E. B. Nelson, of this city, writes: Tbs members of Tbo First South Side Spirit' iuil 1st Society, will give a Domln Masquerade party. Thursday erenll May 28th., 144 22nd stroeL

Lyman C. Howe is now lecturing very acceptably a t SL Louis, Mo. He will be s t Orion, Mich., from Juno 13th to lbs 23rd. Ho will bo a t liberty to fill any engagement the first Sunday of June.} Mr. Howe's address a t St Louis is, 3555 Olive SL Hls permanent add res* U Frodonla. N. Y.

Gladstone's Illness has been much ex­aggerated. A t the worst ho has had only a slight oold, with a little fever, and It took a good deal of pursue!loo U>

Ponolton, who was attired id black and induce him to Improve tho opportunity■ r l i l l a sells# V I n i n e \* i *■ r* ■ I 11 •* 11 9 t i n liranni* I I a •* I a* twwl a — -*-------- - * -----a S L —-to remain In bed a few days and get thor­

oughly rested.Boron Hlreoh, tho Hobrcw phllsn-

tbrophisL is tho son of u Bavarian Banker, and mado the foundation of hls enormous fortune by a railway contract with tho Turkish Government. The

very favorbio impression here with her Baron's wealth is variously estimated at lectures, and all feel like heartily eon- ,rom 9100,000,000 to 9160,000,000.grstulating hor now. I ------------—

— • • ——--------- I A C lu b o f F if ty .Brother L. P . Wheelook, of Moline,M adam e Illavataky,

Sho Is dead! Tbo human vulturos, tho dirty bipods, the scavengers of filth, those who aro not her equal -In morality or any of the cardinal virtues, are now

iupeItoUeclual dleoornmont, and hold in abeyance by a creed, were not as good authority as tho Indians on our Westernfiralrlo. Alas! how steeped this world is n superstition! P lain Facts.

111., sends ua a club of fifty subscribers, for which he has our heart felt thanks, and best wishes. Rcmomber, Spiritual­ists, that wo have made tho prediction that the second doubling of our list of

stoning her dead bqdy! Follow her In subscribers will occur on or before Apriltho gravo, you human hyenas and moral bankrupts; and as the worms oat her pu­trefying physical casket, go there and feast off of them, you fiendish ghouls of the nineteenth contury!

We never were in the least an admirer

InoxL Assist us in having that prod lo­tion oomo true. Not only does The P ro g ressive T h in k e r com Dine cheap­ness and oxcellonco. but It furnishes weekly os muoh reading matter, by act­ual measurement, as some of the papers do that cost 92.60 per year.of this woman, but we object to having

hor grave defiled by human vultures.8ho Ti b s gone; sho alono will suffer for any misdeeds. We -take no stock what­ever In Tbooaophy, but there is such sthing os dooonoy, which tbs assailants of ̂ ___ ___ ___________Madsme illavataky ought to manifest, I log ic of your spoakera and writers; youi

“ho Is dead. W hatever she may fearless expression of w het you think lo t y o a r Crowning Triumph l I t consists ®ono ®n no mortal w ill be j be true ana good; th e ch a n ty and lov-i

Id furniahing for IM cents per week, as much upou to pass sentence upon her. I ln g kindness w hich sooms to permeatereading matter n> car city oontcmjwnry does 11 s t her now root In poaco. I ltg every page, binds us to It ssd forfar B cents. I DIVINE WRIGHT. a chain of i

A H o u s e h o ld N e c e s s i ty .L. Sallies, of Moscow, VL, writes I

|“ Your paper has become a household necessity. The eloquence end sound |

T H E PR O G R E SSIV E TH IN K ER 3

THE N E W BEGINNERS.^ tn H u in c r t h o P r i m p r o f S n i r - I lhu>' 0>Pi*Ottoh nnd partaku of I ho prop- b iu a y in g in e r n m e r ot o p ir - 0Ptfo, J nmthomatios. Tuko oh o m W y

itualism .

miml? I doubt if tlioro la, and that ono ia mathomatloa. All o thor branches of nonfilled sclenco nro mlanoinora only oa

A fter (ho K iloienvo F orty-T hree Yearn, nn to Its T ru th .

N p l r l t u n l l s i n i\v I n q u i r i n g

.In Ojvn l>ffrr to fAe /frr. .If. Snrtii/r, unit Other Meiitbrrm of the Vmyehtmt IiirriNj/ii-ffori Soetetit.Ladies a n d g e n t l e m e n :—A llow ono

who, In tworespcots, la nourtho •• jump- Ing-off place,” to congratulate you moat alnceroly upon your pralsoworthy and disinterested undertaking. Allow mo to explain: Physically, geographically and topographically, I could not go much further W est w ithout “ jum ping off " Into the rolling deep— the un-Pncillc Ocean. And so far us tne present stage of llfo la concerned, I am looking overy day to nee the token of the coming boatman—a hi Secretary W indom. So, ‘‘before I go,” I want to contribute another mite into the great sealo o r wolghing much i no of hu- man thought.

First. Lot mo say, don’t w orry or suond too much time ovor your orltics. They all mean well; so do you, and as the crim inality of an act lies in th e lnten- Uon, when wo discover w hat th a t la, we con usually dispose of a given caso In fow words. So I hope th e re will bo no lengthy controversy botweon tho “ Asso­

ciation ” and sensitive members of tho great Spiritualistic family, who. years and years ago, under more favorablo cir­cumstances than have been enjoyod by the morabors of your Association, settled for thomsolves, and forever, the ques­tions th a t you now propose to lnqulro into.

Second. Tho wording of the “ Pros­pectus " was, possibly, a little unfortu­nate: and th is fact, It was, th a t touohed some of our more sensitive b ro thers and sisters. Tho elem ent of the eg o —the per­sonality—th e I, was, porhaps, a little loud for tho steady-going leaders in th is g rea t team, who, because of th e ir steady ad­herence to th e track of scientific disqui­sition, had never felt a line draw n, or hoard tho crack of a whip. The words ’’settled, If posslblo, once for a ll,” Were a little ostentatious: for w hatever tho Association may do, o r not do, will not “ se ttle ” th is much-vexed question. If your committees should, w ithout a d is­senting voice, doclaro against tho whole m atter; If you should tell the world through the press th a t tho would-be- manifestations of sp ir it power were all a fraud, an optical o r aural illusion, a men­tal hallucination, a self-induced hypnotic condition upon th e p a rt of s itte rs and in­vestigators, i t would scarcely m ake a ripple on the g re a t sea of mind. O r If you should insanely follow su it and thus join in w ith Rev. Miles G ran t and o th er orthodox o r heterodox preachers, and

say: “ Yes, we a re sure th a t th e phe­nomenal phases of Spiritualism are O. K. W e have settled th is m atter, once for all; bu t we have settled ano ther m atter equally satisfactory, and th a t is, i t is ail o f the devil, why. Spiritualists and some “ scientists,” would ju s t laugh a t tho su­perstition of th e Association, and the Spiritualists, especially, would hold the grandest “ d a rk seances” tho n ig h t af­te r you published your re p o r t" th a t they had ever held, and say: “ W ell, if devil i t is, then we’ll have a devil of a good

eapa-

for oxamplo. T h a t Is called an “ exact1 I science.” W hy? Uccauso It iturtakos I of th e elem ents of m athem atical prupor- I tlons. I tut would you rulogate the soul's I continuity tothosolencoof mathematics? I Scarcely. W hy not? Because mathe­matics ucal with '“ quantity, magnitude und numbers.” Hut what has quantity , m agnitude and numbers to do with tho question, “ If u man dlo, shall he live again?” and If ho live, can ho roturn to his old haunts nnd m ake himself mani­fest? Then you would not choose to rulo­gate th is question to a professor of m ath­em atics any sooner than to any othor senslblo person. If th is la correct, then wo must, by cancellation, cut out m athe­matics and chem istry, two branohos, par

I excellence, of science, os not being tho realm In whloh these g rea t questions can

I bo settled “ once for a ll.”W ell, le t us try tho science of astron­

omy. But th is branch lscallod “ tho scl-| I once of tho sta rs .” W h at havo tho stars |or th e ir movements to do with tho re ­turn of the dead? M. Flamarion is an ablo astronom er and m athem atician, and

| a t tho samo tim e he is a good Spiritual­ist of tho Intelligent typo; bu t I ’ll wager a sixpence tha t. In becoming a good Spiritualist, he novor consulted the quadrant, tho sextant, tho wator-lovol, tho differential calculus, logarithm s, o r any of tho o thor paraphernalia udorn- Ing tho science of astronomy. Then this magnificent branch of human sclenco m ust also be ruled out, as u tte rly worth less In tho study of tho soul and its e billties.

Davis and Poobles m ight want to draw upon th is science of the stars In fixing the “ locations and employments ” of the dead. (?) (W ell, how 1b th a t for an Irish bull, tne employment of tho doad? Ha! “ Tho dead know not anything,” says tho Bible, Miles G ran t A Co. To specu­late on th e ir “ employments,” therefore, sounds odd to tho aforesaid.) B u t your business will be, no t so much to de te r­m ine whero those doad folks livo (there i t Is again), o r w hat they a re engaged in, as it will be for you to determ ine, with

I scientific exactness, w hether they livo a t all a fter th e doctors, undertakers and o thor worms are done with them , and if they do, they alone can verify th a t ulaim.

Suppose you call to your aid the sci­ence of gooiogy! No, th a t won't do a t a ll, fo r th a t is “ of the earth , ea rth y .” W ell, how about botany? A h! that branch treats of plants, grasses, e tc ., and Is “ too g re e n ” altogether. And so you may go through the whole range of the sciences and Und no more aid o r comfort than you will in tak ing up any plain, hon­est man of good common sense from any of th e common w alks of life.

Flam arion, the astronom er; Sherm an, the m athem atician; Lyle, th e geologist; Tyndull, tho chem ist; C arpenter, the physiologist, and all th e re st of the noted scientists, a re not w orth th e ond of a bu rn t m atch beyond an in te lligen t farm­er, m erchant, o r mechanic, as observers of, say th e fact of th e independent slate­w riting , o r th e m aterialization of hu­man forma. Accuracy of observation and in tegrity of repo rt a re , to my mind, the c h ie f th ings. B ut do not understand me to underra te th e scientific appliances used by Prof. H are, Prof. Varley and

liglon. Do not ligh t your candle und “ then put It undor a bushel, but on a candlestick, th a t It may give light to all In the house." W ishing you tTio great­est happiness th a t can uorao ofjiuoooss, I ain your fraternal oo-worker.

T. B. T aylor , A. M., M. D.Stockton, (Vi/.

■— •------z------ . ---------------------------------Mothers, fo rtesting the rea lity of the pho-1de_mo° 18 .» I nomena. All t h i t was well enough a t

the tim e of i t : bu t those gentlem en did all th a t work, and did i t well. B u t while I m ake these concessions to th e honor and c red it of th e parties, a t th e same tim e th e same solid convictions as to the essential facts could have been ju st as satisfactorily reached by o th er and less ostentatious m ethods w ithout,Indeed, all th is flourish of trum pets! If those gen­tlem en, by scientific m ethods, demon­strated the tru th of psychic phenomena, w hat is th e re left for you to do? And haven’t they? Can you hope to do more in th e application of m achinery than did

i R obert Hare? W h at say you of Prof. Varley*s methods? He. tn e m ost dis­tinguished electrician of tho world, op-

l plied the most delicate “ touch-stone ” th a t is known to th e mind of man to-day —an elem ent th a t approaches nearer to

| mind, to sp irit, than any th ing else—elec­tric ity ; ana y e t over th a t m ost positive

| safeguard there bounded a form Into the visible presence of the circle, la rger and

| seemingly more corporeal than tno me- | dium herself. W ell, a re you going to i re-test these things? H ardly, I should th ink . W ouldn’t I t be a sort of insult to the name and memory of Haro? Would

good devil a t h is worst; so. here goes![ And they would sing “ John Brown,” and all the o th er “ M arching on ” songs and tunes they could th in k of. No! such a report would not affect the masses a particle, only in the direction I have hinted.

O r if, on the o th er hand, you should run Into th e still more unreasonable, un- philosophlcal and absurd views en te r­tained by certain pseudo philosophers on this subject, and espouse the views of those calling themselves “ Theosophists,” and you should te ll th e world th a t all th a t is manifested in sp iritua l seances

a re only “ sh e lls” (of course should you make th is discovery), you will, pursuing the scientific methods, tell the world what kind of “ shells.” o r “ shells ” of what. If so, you will do a good service th a t th e Theosophists have never done. Those foolish people te ll us th a t “ the forms th a t we see in m aterialization se­ances arc only th e “ sh e lls” th a t the living or the dead have throw n off by th e ir thoughts. They say th a t “ thoughts a re th ings,” and these, I suppose, a rc the “ th ings ” th a t a re m ade of “ though ts.” Well, for one I hope th a t your com m it­tee reports will “ settle th e h a s h ” for those “ learned fools” “ once for a ll, If possible.”

In addition to w hat was construed by

Varley th ink It much of a com plim ent to ■ til world th ink ifhim ? W h a t would the

you should publish th a tfu l <>f t Ha luiiwiluul/mu atra

you are doubt- Ived a t in Eu-

dishonorable “ d d k h o n est have bcen ^ w ST ^U lcJd as any o ther proceeding ever had In fb e nam eof sci- acientiflc fact. no t excepting chem istry;

e n w o r on not ^ ex w p ttn g th e w no ahead, and we of tfieSpanish Inquisition under tn e direction -<o b Ha

the Vatican. Sm arting under tho dis­appointm ent and chagrin connected with th a t Commission,It is not wonderful th a t your critics felt a little waspish and glad to prejudge. But, as I tru st, all crim inations and recrim inations are over,I hope th a t you will go to work in good earnest to know th e tru th . “ T he tru th shall m ake you (conscience) free,” but will not free you from th e curse of Itoino o r of pseudo-bigoted scientists. If you[ tell the tru th , os o thers havo done, you ] will “ make Itomo howl.” Genova snarl, and Huxley and Tyndall groan, “ being burdened. W hile, on tn e o th er hand,

enlightened sp irits and Spiritualists will be glad.

Having said these th ings, by way of Introduction, I would like to m ake in­quiry as to what methods you have adopted for carry ing on your researches, and how can scientific men on th e Pacific coast, for Instance, contribute to your alm s and objects? I have probably not seen all th a t the Association has pub-1 llshcd on these points, o r I m ight nave | no occasion to Inquire. Do you ask for facts In the experience of scientific ob-1 servers? If so, I would refer your hon-i orablo committee to o private le tte r w rit­ten to M. Cora Bland, M. D., W ashing­ton, D. C., and read by her in ono of the Fact Meetings a t Onset Bay. and after­wards published In the rloul. about throe years ago, written by tne sub­scriber.

By the way, ladlos and gentlemen, let me assure you tha t, 'personally, I have not shared in tho apprehension tha t some of your c litics have expressed th a t your researches would be a duplicate of tho Soyburt Commission fiasco, for th e rea­son, chiefly, th a t low in telligent men and women, of common self-respect would be guilty of com m itting a sim ilar offense as long as A. B. Richmond Is alive.

Thun, again, I am personally ac­quainted with several of your members, and know the balance by reputation, and so am wall satisfied tn a t you are not made of “ tho stuff th a t dream s are made on.” Hence“ High hopes uiskc the heart throb* lighter.”

One item more. Allow mu to express my disapprobation of tho frequent use of the words, scientific, science, scien­tists, etc., in connection with tho study of what la called Hplrituallsm. Tho enemies of Spiritualism say: “ Hclonoe has novor acknowledged Spiritualism us a fact in nature,” and you. In your cull, as well os Hudson TutUo in his strictures, have «omo pretty noar saying tho same thing.

W hat branch of solonce Is I t oxpoctod will aettlo th is question of continued life after so-called death and of the roturn of the dead? (?) h there more than ono true science known to the world of

Pacific Coast will aid you all we can in your good work. W e will not a t least present a more absurd aspect than did th e Irishm an who would show his valor by attem pting to k ill a dead snake. You and your work, if faithfully done, will contribute to take away tho “ odium ”(?) of Spiritualism and to make i t “ respoct- uble.”

But, a fter all, It cannot shako off the conviction th a t w hat Is more needed than all else, Is com petent teachers of genuine Spiritualism . Thousands of Spiritual­ists are running off after th a t most ab­surd craze called Theosophy, as If S p ir­itualism , properly doflned, did not em ­brace not only Theosophy, bu t all else. And undor th is delusion (Theosophy) many th ink they a re doing big work for themselves and tho world studying “Tho Secret Doctrlnn,” consisting of collated dogmas of 2,000 years ago by th a t apos­ta te from Spiritualism —M adamoBlavat- sky. Now, these simpletons, who Inl­

ine th a t they are away out and bo-* g iyond anything known, or taugh t by

f n l t y o r tho spiritual ph"‘__*______ I B __ iZZij, goo!_____yacIpuH, are simply dying of “ dry ro t,”

Christianity or tho spiritual phi lose in place of growing wise, good antf t :

os u friend of mlno and u member*of tho fratern ity expresses It. Thoy boast of tho adepts of those ancient times, and urge the sumo idea. Tlioro is not one In 60,000 of them th a t could possibly attain unto th a t phase of modlumship, o r self- control, and th is Is well; for what in tho name of tru th Is an adept good for? Of w hat use ia ho to tho world? None un­d er tho sun. Then why spend time and______ivhy s£_money in studying to become a nuisance in society? B ut Spiritualism properly Interpreted und llvod is an active, vi­vacious, in telligent system, and of great worth to men here and hereafter.

I t restrains evil propensities by and through tho law of tender sym pathy and mental emotion. For example: a reek- less young man, who loved his mothor while she llvod, Is now convinced that, as a sp irit—she la ovor with him . This knowledge restrains him from evil, be­cause he would not grlavu his loved m other. Hplrituallsm Keep* men out of the ponilontiary. for i t teaches th a t no man can escape the consequences of his own conduct by faith and prayer, laying his sins on tho shoulders of Jesus; hence years ago, I found, on exam ining the register, th a t in an Illinois penitentiary there was but ono nseudo-HpIrltuallst, whllo there were fifty-throe preachers Incarcerated for crimes. Ono Spiritual­is t against flfty-throo clergymen.

Ho hurry up, friends, sottlo'tho facts of Spiritualism “ once for a ll,” and than taka the rostrum , tho pulpit, tho street cornor, tho pon and by overy honorable method possible, prom ulgate the facts and the philosophy of th is Natural Ho-

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ik Editor :—I t appears from tho tho Catholics in Nowth a t

a modicum of sense loft.Thoy are strongly opposed to tho schomo for national bishops for America, as pro­posed by catholic committees of Gor- many, Belgium, A ustria, Switzerland and Italy. Dr. John Gllmany, tho well- known Catholic historian, says In tho Catholic Ncios: “ W o can look on this movement abroad as ono fraught with groat dangor to the ohuroh of tho United States. Tneso solf-constltuted commit­tees will scok tho support of tho ambas­sadors of tho lr rospootlvo countries in Romo and of tho cardinals representing tho othor nationalities. O ur libortlos in th is country hang by a frail th read— a fow words in tho first amendm ent of tho Constitution. Onco g e t up the cry of foreign interference in our affairs, anu a now am endm ent would easily pass by which Catholicity in tho U nited States would bo fettered and tram m eled in a thousand ways. T here are loading mon ready and anxious to organize a move­ment against us, and a single step ut Rome will b ring th e avalanche down upon tho ch u rch .”

“ If the Roman au thorities follow tho suggestion of these meddlesome commit­tees,” said a p riest conspicuous in the New York arcndioceso, “ the American bishops will rise as one man in protest. T here is no need for th e appointm ent of national bishops in the first placo. Catholic im m igrants are well cared for sp iritually in th is country. I t is su r­prising now ignorant of American affairs th e ecclesiastics in the E ternal City are. They do not know w hat we Am ericans want, bu t if they a ttem p t to force these national bishops on us, they will very soon find out how wo feel in regard to the m atte r.”

Dr. Gilmany sees the dangers th re a t­en ing th e Catnolics when he says: “ O ur liberties in th is country hang By a frail th read .” H e is aware of th e constant encroachm ent of th e sect which he represents, and knows the danger.

A Skeptic Developed as a Medium.H E GIVES SOME EXCELLEN T SLATE-

W RITING TESTS.T o t h e Edidor:—I had tho pleas­

ure of attending a most rem arkable se­ance last evening, and I w ant to give you a little inform ation regard ing the me­dium, as you no doubt m il hear consider­able of him in th e future. M r. Davis is h is name. H e has always been a very good rapping medium. Because of his inability to ge t a certa in test demanded by him, he concluded th a t the raps were produced by animal electricity , and were influenced by a human mind. He then issued a challenge to mediums, which you have read. Recently M r. Davis has been able to g e t w riting on slates, and various o th er manifestations a re pro­duced through h is power, so th a t he nos boon compelled to change his ideas, and ho is now giv ing free seances a t nearly all residences whore ho is invited, as much as he can. His independent slate- w riting Is open and above board, and ho devotes about one hour to th is class of manifestations. Tho rest of tho tlmo is given to a variety of physical phenomena. I have never seen so many distinct phases of medial power united in anyone medium bofore, and th e Spirit-world has done a grand work In developing this obstinate sceptic to such an ex ten t th a t ho has convinced him self as well as a hundred o thers. T h ir ty persons recolvod excel lent tests last n ig h t and all w it­nessed rem arkable phenomena.

A lla n T. Ma n n in g .Brooklyn, N . Y.

Parkland Spiritualists National Camp Neeting-

Having passed through a period of civil war, and thereby gulned a title to religious respectability, Parkland comes out into a broader light, nnd with wings plumed for a loftior flight, to a wldor sphere of spiritual growth and useful­ness. Bltuatod on tho Philadelphia and Reading rallrouds’ d irec t lino which connects in one unbroken chain tho cltlos of tho East—Brooklyn, Now York, Jersey City, Trenton, Philadel­phia, W ilmington, Baltimore and W ash­ington, with all tho lr outlying States and counties, cities and towns, Parkland offors tho g reatest facilities for excur­sions, and tho most variod list of a ttrac t­ions, to tho largest num ber of people of all shades of religious opinion.

A now summer hotel; two miles of de­lightful boating; carrlnge and horsoback riding; a carousal equul to Conoy Is­land’s; a pavilion, tho dancing floor of whloh Is unoxoollod ut any resort; good music: athlotle grounds nnd gamos; all the attractions, and all tho comforts that a lovoly country rasldonoo aqn afford con­stitu te tho temporal Inducements to visi­tors; whllo many of tht In at speakers and all tho comforts th a t a lovoly country rosldonoo can afford, constitute tho temporal Induoomonts to visitors; whllo many of the bent aped kern nnd best mediums ga ther hero to m inister to tho spiritual cravings of tho soakers after tru th .

Purklnnd essays to bocomo tho Nation­al Spiritualists Camp of tho East,'which h er broad acres und unoqualod location,

make posslblo to her Wo ask Hplrltuallsts

ovory whore to oomo and holp to build up a now Hplrltual Utopia. L. R. C.

I ’n rk h n u l. / 'a .

fvoographlcally, |_ n tho near future.

W illiam W orcester has just boon re­leased from tho jail of Dover, N. II., after an Imprisonment of six years for debt.

Adelaide Rlstori. although 70 years old, Is s till erect and strong. Slio a ttr i­butes her good health to having always slopt well—to nature’s swoot Rlstori.

Tho King of tho IJoIgtans will spend a fortn ight In England a t tho und of tho month for the purpose of still further discussing certain questions whloh havo urlsen In connection with the Congo.

iiaptiktH vs. Catholic#.T h e Win* H u g o s F ie rc e ly .

Ovor lioro In Ohio the religious war grows apuco. In Deflanoo county thoro are a great many Catholics; those who are not bigots are rank m aterialists (about throe), which Is strange, but

tin_| highest posslblo respect, tho b itte r antagonism

true. Deflanoo has a very large iroreont-tifrlsm o f iiugo of (Catholics (Dutch and I

degrees of Intelligence. A they control lnunlu.liiul aJTu,

Apptfairs.

_lullpurontly

Thenoy ci_____________ ._________________Inilk of the Protestants are Methodists—

[unst-lron ones a t thut. T here are a few Liberals und Hplrltuullsts who refuse to koep tho lr lights under bushels. A g rea t many In tho ohurchcs are famil­iar with the phenomena, but ure afraid to lose caste by muklng It public. I havo lived among C uLIio IIuh nearly all my llfo, and must say thu t hotter luw- abiding oltlzons than thoy cun ouslly bo found. Thoy are quarrelsome, bigoted, slandor-inongors, intem perate, und o|>- posed to oivll luw.

B ut concerning tho B aptist war against tho Catholics: Lust Thanks­giving. In his sermon, Rev. J . M. Mills, lof tho Deflanoo M. E. Church, suld tha t tho radical olement of tho Catholic ohuroh was opposed to our froo educa­tional Institutions. T h a t th e reason thorofor was th a t tho progeny of C ath­olic em igrants would in tho course of u fow generations bocomo “ P rotestants or P ro testan t C hristians.” A t th is littlo sully, John B aptist Jung, priost In ohurgo of the Gorman Cutnollc church, in a lecture delivorod Jan . 5, took occa­sion to rem ark th a t ho would disavow as a Catholic any of h is church who would claim to bo hostile to Am erica's froo in­stitutions. Tho learned priest occupied several hours reading of tho wonderful doeds of Catholics in American history, bu t fallod to give uny account of tho dovlitry performed by Catholics. Ho took occasion to say th a t tho tlmo would come “ when Am erica would havo to teach religion in hor public schools.” W hat religion? Tho Catholic? Ho ulso said th a t if occasion required, “ f/ic Catholics could make the United Slates more trouble than the Indians do.” Doesn't th a t sound ra th e r th reaten ing? Tho priost was vory choice In his language, fearing to say too much. Tho Moth odist parson’s congregation importuned not to reply to the priest's lecture, as It was hinted th a t M ethodist business mon would probably be boycotted bv th e ir Catholic customers if he should do so.

One m onth passed, and then ono preacher with plenty of sand and back- hone, Rov. A. L. Jordan, of the B aptist church, having gotten himself into good fighting order, made a most te rrific on­slaugh t upon the Catholic church, re­viewed tne priest’s lecture a t g rea t longth, and left him w ithout a sign of a log to stand upon; and now tho silence is vory monotonous, for th e Catholics havo no more to say on tho school ques­tion. Rov. Jordan’s lino of argum ent was sim ilar to th a t of W illis F. W hite- head and others, in T h e P rogressive T h in k e r , and of course was very weighty. T he Rev. Is a ra th e r bigoted C hnstlan , bu t is sound on the Catholic question. H e s till has h is w ar pain t on, since a t a conference of B ap tist p reach­ers a t Toledo, O.. M arch 26-27, no road an ablo article. “ W h at Shall Bo O ur De­fence of O ur Public Schools vs. Catholic­ism,” and Rev. Eccles, of Salem, O., road a chap ter on th e same subject. Yes, tho B aptists have enlisted for tho war, for which “ th e Lord be praised.”

In Bryen, O.. a few years ago, a young lady g raduate of the public school,in h er essay a t commencement, made some casual rem ark concerning the Catholics, a t which a p riest devoted an hour re­viewing w hat h e called “ an unw arrant­ed a ttack upon th e m other church. B u t as nobody paid any atten tion to his raillery, the p riest th ereafter kep t his peace.

B ut a few weeks ago, the “ R t. Hon. V ery Rev. F ather ” B ishop Gilmore sus­pended F a th er Glodln, of Foster ia, be­cause Glodln refused to have th e church repaired, as i t would cost more than tho congregation was able to pay. The Catnolics a re tools in th e hands of theKriests, and th e priests a re tools in tho

ands of the bishops, and so on up to the pope, who is bossed by the cardinals.

A few years ago, a t a C atholic funeral, because a fow P ro testan ts were present paying th e ir last res poets to tno de­ceased, as common decency thought propor, th e officiating p riest poured out a tirade against all wno wore not C ath­olics, and said he would deligh t to wado in P ro testan t blood to his knees. Of course we want to live under religious domination—especially Catholic.

U. G. F io l e y .

S C I E N T I F I C M E T H O D S . Th e Issue One of Facts.Honesty the best policy, though often

rogardod ns an ancient onestnut, Is stillf- food for Spiritualists who w ant science

J i theirs, though they know th a t, w ith a fow b rig h t exceptions, i t has ovor ig­nored Spiritualism , as nas religion nlso.

I t is ovident to the th lnkor th a t from tho first tho Issuo has been ono of foot, which was in no way dopondont on any system previously established; ye t ovor wo have boon barnaelod by attem pts to make tho ono or tho othor, whloh moans w ith tho builder of th is air-ship tha t Bolonco o r religion, as tho caso may bo, Is tho kite, unci Spiritualism tho trailing appondugo.

This inconsistency Is Illustrated in tho case of a certain school of motaphysics. Those pooplo tuko from A. J . Davis tho tru th th a t tho powor absolute of tho uni- vorso Is good, w ith tho hoallng quality known to Innora in his Mnglo Staff, place w ith these some of tho most false and absurd th ings ovor conoolvud, and p rin t and soil o r teach In olossos, a t so much por hood, labeling tho samo C hristian Sclenco. Mounwhtlo, this oonglomoratlon of tru th nnd falsoliood Is repudiated tho round world, by both Christianity and sclenco, as no p a rt of tho lr systems. It was a woak trick to havo thus namod It, for tho non­th inking who wore caught by It will bo tho first to dusart It when It tumbles bo- fora tho Integrity of tru th .

Anothor caso Is th a t of tho psychic soelotlos. whore tho most oomploto ovl- donoo of tho cat iso of tho phenomena only rlvots tho lr adherents tho closer to tho theory of an unknown something yot to bo discovered, but Is novor found; yot In tho lr estimation, no wisdom can ooin- poto with th a t of mothods solontlflo; and i t Is ovidont thoy will novor mako any progress, unless public opinion oompuiH against tho lr own opposition.

O ur Boston clerical frlonds seem In­allnod toward tho samo mistake; yot thoy are wlso not to parade tho religious as also tho standard by which Hplrltual- Ism Is to bo measured.

Tho ovldonco of tho tru th of Hplrltual- Ism Is such only and simply by virtue of Its own Intrinsic and Internal character, nnd tho affidavits of a scientific or re­ligious syndtoate cannot odd to tho ovl- dunce possessed by John Hinlth or Wm. Jonos. Tho tlmo will coino, und tha t soon, when tho commonest of common sense will bo universally considered suf­ficient for tho aocoplanou of all facts th a t dem onstrate this continued exist­ence.

Tho difficult)' connected with tho In­troduction of olthor of those factors Is, th a t tho lnvostlgator will naturally bo substituting thorn for Hplrituallsm, mak­ing tho ono to moan just oxactly tho o th ­or. Wo really In this Investigation havo no posslblo use for olthor, whllo we may havo for each In Its own place

tmonsu 111 wo

Wo iirousi of th e ir rank

against us, to allay whloh our foruos are diverted from legitim ate work, and ren­dered more or loss Inoporatlvo.

If half tho onorgy displayed In trying to establish Hplrituallsm as a science or u« a religion had boon used to strengthen and dignify it, by showing It tho respect and effort duo a g rea t tru th , It would oro this have attained tho recognition donlod from both, as It Is certainly des­tined to do by a slower process of growth. I t can well afford to d i with tho lr uld. If It Is tho tru t claim, and simply because It Is th a t tru th . Thu fuel th a t they have both ovor Ignored It Is In such u caso tholr misfortune, and not th a t of Hplrituallsm. for common sense la sure to settle It w ithout tho lr uld.

W hllo respoctful to tho smalloat detail of tho righ ts und tho realm of both sci­ence ana religion, Hplrituallsm, resting on tho lauds of human affootlon, Is thus In no way dependent; but with Its own devotional aspirations, soulfully sings, In the quaint words of tho old-tlmo poet:

Illcst I to the tie tbnt binds Our hearts In holy love I

The fellowship of kindred minds Is Joined to that shove.

We share our mutual woes.Our mutual burdens bear;

And often for each other flows The sympathetic tear.

When wo asunder part It gives us Inwara pain;

But wo shall still be Joined In heart And gladly meet again.

H. W . Boozer. Grand Ilapids, Midi.

A NEEDED CHURCH.The Church of the

Fragments.Divine

W ritten f o r The I ’rofj reeel re Thinker.

A S A V IO R .

j . i i .

The Two Forces in the Universe,A vory fine gathering of young mon

mot In tno Y. M. C. A, nail to hear Dr. J . M. Poobles’ lecture to gentlemen, which, while plain, practical and scath­ing a t times, was spoken of only In words of commendation. Tho doctor does not lack In the courage of his convictions, nor in th e expressing thorn In -torso, two- edged Anglo-Haxon.

T here are two forces, said tho lecturer, a t work all through tho universe, male and female. There was a barren tig tree in C hrist's tlmo, and thoro are barren human beings to-day,-and there are many reasons lor it. A pair of spiders and th e ir broods produce 7,000,000 per year. Tho queen boo lays 50,000 eggs p er season, while the elephant produces bu t one a t a tlmo, and th a t requires twenty- or twenty-four months. T he Humboldts, Carlyles and Emersons had few or no children . In the coming ages thoro will be fewer children born, and better ones. Souls come from God, but fleshy bodies, tem pers and tendencies are of human origin. H eredity was too little understood. If farm ers would spend half th e ir tim e in Improving th e ir chil­dren during gestation th a t they do In im proving tho lr breed of horses, chick­ens and dogs, the world would bo the b e tte r for it. C hildren nowadays are accidents ra th e r than wishod-for designs. Education should begin before b irth . T here are ju st as many fathers' as “ m other's m arks.” Syphilitic men nnd sickly, scrofulous, consumptive women should n e ither m arry nor reproduce th e ir kind. T he doctor spoko pointedly of youthful indiscretions and social ox- cesses in m arried life.

Said tho doctor: Insanity, precododby secret vices, nervousness, loss of mem­ory, elm, is on th e Increase in our coun­try . T he young should be watched, warned, guarded and saved. The “ W hite Cross” movement was reco- mended os prom oting social purity. H ere follows the pledge:

I,-------- promise by th e help of God—1. To tre a t all women w ith respect,

and pro tec t them from wrong ana de­gradation.

2. To pu t down all indecent languago and coarse jests.

3. To m aintain tho law of purity , as oquaUy binding upon men as women.

An O rg a n iz e d by Rovte r .

A IM.KAH1NU INCIDENT.A young lad of about fourteen years of

age was before tho Recorder recently, on a ohurgo of Intoxication; on account of his oxlrumu youth, a One of only 13 was Imposed. Urothor H arter, who was present, Immediately saw his opportun­ity und Improved It. Hu soon convinced tho young man th a t It was for his in ter­est to become a member of the "C hurch of Divine Fragm ents," which ho did, by signing his name to one of tho "com ­mon sense temperance ImprovementSdodge*;” then the boy was permitted to lupart In peace for his home In Honors

Fulls.—hi/raciuu 'I'imts.The Church of tho Divine Fragments

may well bo considered an anomaly at itho present tlmo. Mr. H arter, now de­ceased, In reply to the above, sot forth th a t his muno being Jacob, ho was u " M inister of Jacobs Branch of tho Church of tho Divine Fragments, loca­ted wherever a fragm ent of humanity could be found”; and he clalmod as members of this organization, society or I church, all the wicked, the wayward, tho sinful, the ungodly, whothor drunk or sober, whothor In prison or out, and | his object was to reform these people and If posslblo to make them Better. His first effort was to Induce tho way­ward or sinful person to abandon tne “ Church of the Divine Fragm ents,” and by signing the document which he had prepared for such a purpose, the re­formed became a graduate Into a church unto himself; which Is denominated, “ My Own Com mon-Ben sc Temperance, Religious and Self-Improvement Organ­ization or C hurch.” I t will bo seen th a t by signing this document ho graduated and ceased to be a member of the

i “ Church of tho Divine Fragm ents.” W hile o ther churches seek to increase

The Only Kind W orthy of any Notice.

To t h e Editor:—During the year 11888, when actlvoly ongaged with tho F irst Spiritualist Society of Portland, Oregon, an oxparlonco occurred which gives mo pleasure to relate. Wo all worked hard In our Society, and Anally my health gave way. I contracted sev - oral bad colds, ana although naturally of a hopeful nature. I boeamo very do-. spondont. During tno worst period, ono ovenlng, when almost giving up tho struggle. I retired to bod, and as soon as I laid down I fell Into a tranco-llka, semi-conscious state, realizing what wasfn °ln i( on about me. I felt quite restful. Hrectly I saw a figure moving about

and makin________ )g i_______ __an electrifying hand tinss ovor my body. I boil nevor soon nor neard any such ox-

passes over me. Soon I foil )vot

?' "7 such eet to the

wm ortlfli! lnaivliiuar, who appeared to bo a powerful Indian. I felt no fear, bu t rathor an agreeablo foaling of case noth In body and mind. Every onco and a whllo, seomlngly undor spirit control. 1 turned over to ono side, and then to the othor, the Indian continually making posses over me, and upon my body, so th a t I could feel his hand: i t hau an agreeable electric warmth. Thus he worked until about throe o'clock In the morning, as I thought (which time was verified by my wife afterwards). Then I saw him pass out of the bedroom Into the kitchen adiotning, rapping three

I times so loud th a t It awoke my wife, who tried to awakon me. I answered h er th a t all was rig h t now. I then fell Into a deep sleep. Awaking In the morn­ing, I not only felt refreshed, but I was completely restored.

You may Imagine how surprised my wife and myself were over the wonder­ful change during one short night. Suf­fice It to say th a t the kind-hearted Red Man, the noblo Indian, whoever he may | have been, did the work, and effected a

th e ir membership, Mr. H arter sought to “ " ’P1®1® cu™, without money and with- dlm lnlsh his. As the sick pooplo belong °}11 !"* » , to he»P » poor mortal in hte ... il . .1_._ . i n __ .__ l ______i . . __5 I struirtfle toward more life. Manv Mich

i endeavor to spread these princi­ples among my companions, and try and

Z j n y j - b. To

iclp m

fulfill

youngor brothers, use overy posslblo means to

th e command, “ Keep thyselfpure.

Jamestown. N . V

W o r k f o r T h o P r o g r e s s iv e T h in k e r

How earnestly we should g rasp overy opportunity to advance the cause of Spiritualism . W h a t a noble arm y we havo In tho field contending with tho powors of darkness. Compare tho pres­en t advanced condition of tho band of Spiritualists w ith th a t of 1848. Tho littlo tiny raps a t Hydosvlllo wore only tho commencement of tho groat array of forcos th a t were to sweep over tho entire planet. W hat a grand evolution has carried us onward. T he voloes of loved ones a re urging us forward and upward. N ature's divlno revelations havo aawnod upon our pathwav. and a glorious ligh t is sh in ing arouna about us. Tho fabled gods are crum bling to dust; a more por- foot knowledge Is tak ing tho place of m eaningless creeds and slavish dogmas. H um anity Is soaring away on the pin­ions of nopo: redeem ing Itself, i t Is clim bing the ladder th a t roachos up to Hoavon. The angels are a t tho top, and mon arc aspiring to bo angola. W hat enlightened S p iritua list wishos to ro­turn to tho chaff and husks of u dying religion, a monstrosity stalk ing across tho path of grow ing humanity. All hall to tno coming ago of reason, tho ago of tho brothorhooa of man. In th a t day ono shall not say to anothor: “ Do you not know th a t tho gates are a ja r and th a t our absent frlonds whom we supposed to bo dead are coming nnd going to and from tholr homos in tho sky, for all shall know th e angels, from tjio least oven to tho greatest.

To sjiroad th is knowledge among our fellowmon, and to elovate humanity, lot us subsoribo and work for T h e P ro­g r essiv e T h in k e r .

Sulliran, O. D. C. Ch a f f e e .

. __igto the doctor till restored to health, and as the Ignorant pupils belong to the I teacher till they nro educated, so bad I and wicked people belonged to the “ Church of the Divine Fragm ents " till made better. T here was no othor wav by which people oould get out of h u church only by becoming good. O ther i churches frequently expelled members for being bod, when th a t Is just the time thoy should bo retained and reformed. He was w illing th a t o ther churches should recru it from bis, but he consid­ered I t unfair to often throw them hack again in a worse condition than when taken. He was like the grave: he took all th a t came, believing th a t in the resurrection improvement will be made. He was doing w nat he could, In his way, to Improve people, and one of his meth­ods was to havo each person dally stand before a m irror and deliver reform or Improvement lectures to the person whose image is reflected before him . In case th e lecturer desired s la rger audi­ence, he has only to obtain more mirrors, and arrange them so as to reflect a multi­tude of lecturers, as well as a m ulti­tude of listeners.

Many instances can be given to show the improved condition of men whom M r. H a rte r had “ convinced” th a t i t was to th e ir in terest to abandon th e ir

struggle toward more llfo. Many such Instances, no doubt, so happen, and In­valuable Is the service thus rendered. Many a tim e our angel guides are unable to reach us with th e ir warning voices, and then, when reduced to u tte r need and helplessness, they send us help, as was done in my cose. We are certainly one common brotherhood below, os weft os above. W hether we belong to ono nation or another, to one race or an­other, such Instances as the above show how closely we are all related.

L ou is W illiam s. :P o r t A n ye les , W ashing ton .

Do Right and Fear Not.“ Borrow no trouble; It will be left a t

your door as fast os you wish to use 1L” “ Never cross a bridge until you oome to i t .” Much of the unhappiness In the world oomes from a failure to take tho advice given in these two proverbs. We are constantly troubling ourselves about possible future evil. If we were able to take m atters philosophically, and to a l­ways consider tha t everything was for the best, we should then have solved tho problem of true happiness. Not tha t there would be no periods of sorrow; but th a t a t such times we would be able to feel such a resignation, and to see soclearly beyond, as to realize a "pleasure in the pain.” A woman who sola apples

membership w ith th e “ Church of the Divine Fragm ents.” One man, who hadIn various ways neglected and abused I was noted for h er uniformly pleasant his family, was able to make h is wife a disposition a t all times, and some one “ Christm as present ” of a sober bus- j asked h e r how she managed to maintain band, and h is children a present of a I such a cheerful demeanor. Her reply sober fa ther—som ething they hod not was th a t when she did a good business hod in ten years. A fter th is “ present ” she thanked God for It, and when she w as given, th e various and numerous | sold but little she thanked God tha t thewants of the family were well provided for, as he became a m inister to those In need. And this, Mr. H a rte r remarked, was the mission of those who are Induced to graduate out of the “ Church of the Divine Fragm ents.” They not only cease to be “ :fragm ents,” but they become fully developed men and, like Jacob and Paul, become “ the m inisters of Jesus C hrist to the Gentiles, (or Divine Frag-1 ments,) m inistering the gospel of God •

• * to make the Gentiles obedient by word and deed.”

Everybody m ust concede th a t this

apples the sc

were still left. She had found Isecret of true happiness. The

thought has been expressed th a t con­tentm ent means stagnation: but i t de­pends entirely upon what wo are con­tented with. I t m ight be said th a t the apple-woman was contented; and yet it is probable th a t she had fully as much enterprise as others in tho same business. Indeed, If we note a person able to make th e beat of everything, we shall find such a one much more ready to grasp opportunities than Is another who is constantly growling a t fate, and

church* is a peculiar one: and th a t it is cursing the luck. In a m aterial sense, if founded on sound principles no one can we always endeavor to do w hat we be­wail deny. A tender solicitude for the I lieve to be righ t, the worst tha t can crim inal, tho unfortunate, the sick, tho happen to tho individual is to starve to indigent, the intem perate, characterized death. T here is very little likelihood Mr. H arte r, who was the founder of th is of th is occurring; but even if it should new church, th e members of which a re | be our lot to undergo th is experience, it

Iwtl) lost only a few days. W hat do weexpollod or ordered to “ move o n ” the moment a complete and satisfactory ref­ormation has boon effected and they no longer need assistance. This Church of th e Divine Fragm ents should be resur­rected. T he grand, the noble, tho solf- Bocrificlng, the God-like H a rte r is in spirit-lifo. His mantel should fall on somobody capable of wearing it.

A n Ex-Mem ber .

M aterialization.Roahoster. N. Y. (if It Is not the

“ mongor," It is certainly the cradle of modern Spiritualism ), Is highly favored ju st now by tho prosonao of M rs. E tta B. Roberts, n m aterializing medium, whoso ad spied n o u to sp irit uso In th a t direc­tion Booms indeed wondarful. A wire cabinet, constructed undor tho auspices of porsons enjoying tho oonfldenoe of the community, was tested tho first tlmo on tlio evening of tho 7th Inst., and Huomod to present no barrie r to tho coin­ing forth of materialized forma—two, throe, and sometimes four appearing simultaneously. During the seance, tho medium, whllo In a trance, was lod out and back of tho wire compart mont by a sp irit, and at tho oloso, was pushed, al most thrown, trom, tho eablnot. A gou- tlemon In tno audlonoe furnished hla own nadlook, and soouraly looked tho only uoor to tho eablnot, und ho found It In the samo condition after tho soanoo th a t ho loft It In bofore tho soanoo, when ho looked tho medium In. If any ono desires an affirmatively doolslvo answer to Job's quostlon, “ If a man die, shall ho live again?” ho can gut It by attend­ing ono, qvon, of Mrs. Robert’s soanoo*.

‘nchestrr, N Y . L. B. F ield .

. o r T u b P so o s s ss iv s T hin Kim has the largest circulation o t any Spiritualist paper now published. No o th er Sp iritua lis t paper can present th e a ttractions th a t II does, and all furn lbed 10 weeks fo r 98 cen ts.

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Aidua In the grand work In which wo are engaged. T im Pkouhbmsivs T u in k bn Is to bo n g reat agen t for doing good everywhere.

“ The Ministry o f Spirits.”

T o t h e E ditor:—“ T he M inistry of Spirits ” was the subject of a late lecture by Mrs. H. S. Lake, tranoo apeaker, In F irs t Spiritual Temple a t Boston, Mass.

A fter reading a poetical soloction o n - ' titled. “ S p irit H unger,” and invoking tho good offices of those beings In the j othor world who are willing to ad­m inister to those In th is m aterial ex­istence, Mrs. Lako gave voloo to an oloquont message from hor sp irit guide, a conscious entity who once on a tim e | lived among the pooplo of earth , and triod bore with hut partial suoooss to solve the mystery of lire.

“ To m inister, sold the spirit, " is to I servo, nnd thoro is no sorvioo so bounti­ful as th a t of lovu.

“ Many cannot distinguish between , self-Iovo and th a t which emanates from anothor.

“ A true m inistry is a service of love.“ A spirit Is a oonsclous ontlty clothed

differently from you."Y ou havo not learned the lim it of

your own oonsoiousnoss. You havo not yet found It posslblo to draw tho divid­ing lino between your capabilities and ours.

" In ordor for me to approuoh you— to m inister to you—I must endure suffer­ing, because I must tako on tho human state, and ovory being horo is bound to a world of suffering.

" B ut I cannot m inister to you unloss wo oxohango forces.

“ W e direct your actions only to the oxtent tha t your spiritual consciousness and our sp irit oonsoiousnoss can blend.

" Tho clearest method of communicat­ing to those embodied is through the lnoltatlon of tho lr spirit faoulllos work­ing In harmony with ours.

“ Wo do not d irect your actions.“ Evory human oonsoiousnoss bos

gain by allowing the possibility to cloud tno whole life? The agony of the reality would be none th e leas keen when ft came. Of course, where others are de-

I pendent upon us there appears some ex­cuse for anxiety and care as to the future; y e t no amount of worry la likely to help us any; it will actually be detri­m ental. Forethought, however, should not be oonfounded with worry. We c a n consider and provide for the future without feeling any anxiety about IL L et us, therefore, strive to do what w e believe to be righ t. If we see opportu­nities to Improve our condition, let us grasp them , and when wo make mis­takes—for no one is perfect—let us ac­cept the result as so much necessary experience. Thus shall we live to the host advantage, and have the deop satis­faction of knowing th a t we always t r ie d to do righ t, and to th ink and feel rigbL O ur thoughts and feelings govern our lives, and when we have learned to c o n ­trol them we shall have obtained co m - pleto mastery over ourselves.

A l e x . S p e n c e r .

Y O U S H O U L DPi

H A V E IT .WEMS FROM TH E IN N E R LIFE.lily LUiH Dotes. New edition. T h la ___

volume opt a . with the wonderful tiftrltsM a of US I wno la uacuUarlr uinad a t a ttanoa madlun_ jrp icuU arlr |W ad ua ■ ■ ■ ■

and subtle apoaurr. liar platform laboia Suva for u ^masalas, and Ua dare rrllstoua and

brr djarourata havo extend ad harloan time bcen uaeaH aplnmal loan of hatluDuenco far beyond the limit of her voice, throash the Initromentallty of tho pram. But It la cbladjr for her medlumlaUo power to give otirraser is porsw noble, exalted ana thrilllns. pervaded with a Mint rollgloua and elevating, that aha It moat .pedally known. This volume contain, the Renta of the luiplr- atloaal Utterance*, given chlrfljr before pnblla aadt- aneaa. under direct aplrlt Influence, flrvarnl of theon are attributed to the spirit of Edgar A. Poe. They

I have nil tho rhytlimlo beauty, grandeur and Imagery of bis nruductlona la earth-life, nut far .arenas tneso In exatledneas of conception and purity of purpoam Other, are by the Inspiration of dbakeopaare. Bans, A W. Uprmwaei but la many eases the authors turns la not recorded. The Mugrapfelcal Introduction given a auccloct account of the means by which these perms ore given to tho world. The peculiar Influence whloh each spirit exercised over the medium la stated, aeo the unmistakable certainty and algalflreecn of ihlarl and aienL .

I communion la heeatffMt portrayed. Cloth, plain, rodeoed from ■Pontage 0 cents. For aala at ihla otfloe

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within 11 tho capacity to absorb spiritual ■flow or absorbs tho aunllghL

Sof tho In the

them th a t an

llifo, as thoW o And no lim it to tho ablllt soul to appropriate all thoro unlvorse.

" Pooplo say spirits oomnollodto do thus and so. I doclaro H__untruth.

" Spirits a re said to bo a t somo times unreliable. T h a t la boeauso this is an unroliablo world of yours, and we havo to uso the tools, so to speak, tha t you provide. No sp irit In aplrlt llfo uaos the same tools—ho neltnor boos nor spoaka as you do here. He la, as It wore, differently ulothed to th a t.”

Boston, Mass.

THE GOSPEL OF NATURE.IT IS A M O S T E X C E L ­

L E N T W O R K -Thin work la by DR. M. L BHBRUAN, ami*ted by

P llor. W. r . LYON. Heretofore II haabeen wtld[for w, but the price now baa been reduced io IL II Ian book uial will Internal and InatntOL It contain. »u> nagoa, and la fall of auggeaUre I bough U. Dr. B&ari man wad a medium of rare quaJlUea, nod hla work Is n redaction from tho ccleatiol sphere* II treats of UM Soul of Thing*t Intdiilgvuoo la uabauseei Animal In- (allaetat Furftyi SalvaQoai Dlaeordai floodi end Brilt UnnaturalIdeeai ChurchUlatoryil 'rtigroarioni lahar>

^ Particles era trgtai Tl imortnll*Mournlngi The Oonfoundlngof Language! The 9. AbadaaiM alter and flptriiiSUa andDlaUaoai Spirt* al org.Bl.mai Dora Again 1 TSf Key I Spirit DIG

Heaven: A 81*'

Unnatural Idoaai Church Ulatory t wograari ant In hubetaaeei Tha x.buiou. Theory i IJ Kn ti tle* i J satire i Impregnation of the V Science of Death; Spiritual Deathl In

The

■ K Slave Master i etc* etc. anther aayw **KuOb tsdlywnal partakes.

bothpSyidcelaadmanmlormtrttnal i Hmfdt Tar fit M lt Kaoli one rourt digest their various kinds of for ihomsalvon and that la all they can paaalbly whether I bay ha priori or layman. Mannar or I My physical expands by v ir tu of that food nnd J l.nmaot of which T Individually partake and dli

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air soul mutt expand by virtue of tha soot t o i which I Individually gather and comprehend or digest. Voraaiaet uisofk*.

TH E PRO GRESSIVE THINKER.

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SYBILLATrue and Thrilling Narra­

tive of “ One Alone."Abounds in Startling: S itua­

tions.By iIml i

M KS. EMMA’oorloKH Woman.IIA R I>IN G K B R IT - T E X .

CHAPTER n lm lre r*

I.[T h e n u m e r o u s a d m ir e r* o f M r *. K m m a

B m h i n ' i i i B r it t r x Id t b l a c o u n t r y w il l b e g r a t l t W to k n o w t h a t w c h a v e c o n c lu d e d to p r e s e n t th e m w ith t h i s I n te r e s t in g n a r r a t iv e , w h ic h a b o u n d s In s t a r t l i n g s i tu a t io n s a n d a m o s t e x a l te d s p i r i t p o w e r . M r* . B r i t t e n w il l b e p le a s e d to k n o w , a ls o , t h a t h e r p r o d u c t io n Is t o a p p e a r In T i n : 1’ rcx ih* '» iv b T m N K r.it , w h ic h n o w h a s t h e l a r g e s t c i r c u la t io n o f a n y S p i r i t u a l i s t p a p e r In t h e w o r ld , o n e s p e c ia l e d i t io n r e a c h in g 109,000. O u r o n ly a im Is t o m a k e o u r p a p e r a cmn/>frlr rpitom* q f in lm n cw f IAought, a n d I t w o u ld n o t b e , w i th o u t th i s s k e tc h f ro m t h e 1’ k k h i.r ** K m m a H a iid in o b B h it t b n . O u r re n t ie r s , » e a r e s u r e , w i l l thank u s fo r p r e s e n t in g I t .— K n iT o u P r o o r b s s iv k T U lNKKK.J

and scones than I could tlion nnino, or ovon now, uflur long yenra of ox|Kiriunuo, attoinpt to dcHorlbo. All I can any is,’ tho alia always nhono In that airy world.I know It was real, for the lovely pooplu I saw thoro moved about—cauio and went: traveled In our* Uko great shells as swiftly as tho lightning shbno. Thoy were all beautiful and good. I could novor sou thla world unless I was very still and thinking of nothing, ami then 1 would look right into It and fool so

very happy. Sometimes I saw]

still purauod In silence, my mother led mo to St. .lames Park, whoro seated on ono of tho bonohos, she tenderly questioned me concerning the strange emotion that hud possessed mu. 1 hardly know wlpit I tolu her In oxpnlnatlon except to repeal tho words 1 have given above, hut tho result of tho sweet, pouuuful conversation was that I felt oompollud to toll hor of my Inner experiunces—of tho ulry world and tile lovoly people I saw, und tho far uwny monnlalns, amidst the shimmering mists of whioh 1 saw l hose ploturos of

shaggy head In a perfect halogroy. snaggy noiiL , —angelle llgTit, and to my poor lluttoi lug heart (albeit unused to any kindness but siioh us hung on tho Ups of my gentle mother or poor Nancy) foil like a balm tha t sent mo on mv wav relololng.

( T o b e C o il 11 n u r d . )

of Honesty, Chastity and Morality.•let u re l>y

W orker,u V e t e r a n

I was al ways “ ono alono.'' I don't I lli-st begun toknow at what oarly ago]

think; In fact, according to our prosontl . Ideas of rollootlon, 1 don't know that I

over thought at all until I was sovon years of age. Tlion It was that a change occurred In my Ultlo llfo, which I now believe awakened thought within mo. Prior to that scarcoly mature age I scorned to live a kind of strange double llfo—too dtMoult for mo to comprehend or think about. Ono Ufo was passed partly in a fair-sized, roomy attic, which my mothor rented, and where she kopt house—she and I together—cooked, and oat our humbio meals, and slopt: and partly in a national or publlo school for very young children, amongst whom I passed several hours of ouch day, oxoopt Sunday. I dearly loved Sunday, be- causo on that day I was free from school —free to spond It with my over dear, dear, precious mothor, whom I so ten* derly loved that I think now sho was my aoleldoaof ail oxlstoncooutside myself —that is, In this, my first Ufo. This be­loved mothor of mino was a bnllel duncer | a t ono of tho groat metropolitan thea­tres. Sho had to leave mo thon very often; noorly ovory morning, In foot, to go to what sno called rehearsals; and al­ways of an evening, some tlmo long after I had been put to hod. I never slept, though, until sho was gono, because I so dearly loved to watch nor as sho moved I about tho garret, or sat working and I humming sweet, low, pothotio airs. I hardly know at that tlmo what a “ ballot dancer ” was—1 know It must ho some­thing very fino and beautiful, first, be­cause my noautlful mothor was ono; and noxt, bccauso sho began to pro pare mol for tho samo charming profession. How I enjoyed tho lessons sho gave mo no words can oxpross. I could not only do all tho stops, attitudes, pirouettes, and figures she put mo through, but it seemed to mo often tha t I could have sprung higher, boundod more lightly and swiftly than hor lossons permitted. Oh. thoy wore glorious! and whon 1 was told that some day I, too, should bo a "ballet danoer,” Uko mv mothor, I was almost franUo with delight, and only lived In anticipation of when tha t happy tlmo should arrivo.

On tho samo top floor as ours—mothor’s and mine—thoro lived a good woman who, Uko my mothor, camo from Franco. Sho was a laundress, and got up, as I heard, very fino work for shops and manufactories. I ■ suppose sho was os poor os wo wore, by hor living up so many stairs, and that In a mlsorublo street In the neighborhood of Drury Lane: but, I remember, sho worked very hard lndood—was always a t work, ana this made me oak mothor If sho was not very rloh, and whothor sho did not earn a grout deal of money. Mothor sighed, as sho so often did, and ropllod, ‘‘No, my child, that Is not so. Nancy Is very poor, for remombor, SybUla. tho harder ono works, tho worso one is al­ways paid.”

However, though Nancy was poor, she was very, very kind; so kind In attend­ing tome and helping little mothor, that 1 should have loved hor almost os well as mother, had they boon more alike.] But this thoy wore not; mother was lit­tle, fair—ana as I then thought—beauti­ful, gentle, sad and patient; whilst Nancy was, oh, so big, and though very, vory lclnd, she had a loud voloo, a merry laugh, and was always singing, not hum­ming in low, crooning tones, Uko my sweet mother. The only thing In which they resembled each other was, that botn spoke French, whioh I wondered at, not oecauso mothor spoke it, for sho. I am sure, was high enough ana learned enough to speak any language; but Nancy wasn’t. " How, thon,” I asked, " could she have learned French?" Mother said, " I t was because she was born in Franco." “ I wished I had boon born thoro," I said hastily. " You were so, my child," mother replied; but as sbo spoke sho turned so very pale that I was fearful of saying anothor word.

1 don't romomber whon I first wont to school, which was quite noar, but I do

! remember bow much I detested It. I | suppose I did not lore children: child as

I was myself, certain It Is, I had no friends amongst any of tho rabblo that came to that school. I dreaded and dls- Uked thorn, and I am sure thoy disliked me. They usod to worry and annoy mo at ono tlmo, until I was almost dlsposod to run away. A t last, however, tho teachor stopped thorn, and I hoard hor say I was tno boat, tho olovorost. and lndoed, tho only good ohlld In the sonool, and If any ono dared to annoy mo again, tha t one should be severely punished.

From that tlmo I was free, and left all alone, just as I wished to bo. As to my lossons, thoy were nothing to mo. I hardly looked a t tho book before I know It alL I could both road and write fairly —as my toacher said, " wonderfully,"— before I reached my aoronth your. And yet I did not think highly of myself at all, until ono day, whon some visitors camo to sec tho school houso, and wo tho children, wore all put Into rows, an

vast, airy-looklng mountains, and upon future events, tho recital of whioh had those, pictures would come and go; and so often startled iny mothor and Nauoy. I those always cumo to puss, und warned Instead of costing a shadow of doubt on mo beforehand of what was to hapjion. my impulslvo eon fuss Ions, my mothor Now and then, but very seldom, some I gently replied: "All this, my darling, 1 beautiful being In this airy world would usod to see when I wus young, pure

and Innocent like thou, but It bus all van Is hud now; 1 soo Paradise no more."

" Is It, then, Paradise, Mothor, tha t I b o o ? " I said.

" It Is, Sybllla," she replied. ''A ll

*rr n ir , look righ t into my face and say something to me, and though I novor after could remombor what tho words wore, I always felt vory solomn after­wards, and vory anxious to do good and bo good. I am quite sure that It was looking Into this bouutlful ulr-world that made me learn mv lessons so easily, for directly I wus disturbed In tho (oust, and It would nil molt uwny, I hud but to open my book und I know ovorylliing that wus in It; or, If I bud n sum to di

the misty ground work, so dnrlc und thick thiit your oyes uuimot polio- trnle It, Is purgatory."

" IIoll, mother?"" Not exactly—only—only—probation.Hut, now, Sybllln.’toll mo when noxtyou

see into Paradise—toll mo—If you cunor u copy to write, I never thought nlxiut J soo your poor mothers fuuo."It, but why I much.

f did It all directly, und that Is cannot recoiled ever thinking One day, when leaving soliool, I

saw a vory finely-dressed lady passing the end of tho lane In whioh wo lived. I was going to turn into it, whon I saw hor draw hor hnndkcrehlof out of hor poekot and drop her purse That day I had boon sitting on my form and soofng into tho beautiful ulr-world.

A distant hill covered with mist was In vlow, and suddonly from this n shilling scorned to spring out of tho side of tho hill and strike against me. At tho sumo moment I heard tho sound of distant bolls and voices singing. Thoso sounds always portondoil to mo same little plooo of good luck, or ono of the pleasant walks In the park tha t iny dear little tired mother would take mo on a Sun­day. This tlmo I know It was tho shil­ling tha t I saw, which I folt sure was coming to mo. Thus, whon I saw tho lady drop tho purse, my first thought was of tno shilling, but my noxt was to run aftor hor and give hor tho purso. Looking sweetly down upon mo tho lady said, "Y ou dour Utile angol you, who are you?" " Nobody, ma'am," I said, shrinking away from hor fixed glance and making for iny homo as fast as I could.

" Here, you beautiful fairy you!" sho cried, running aftor me, and thrusting a shilling Into my hand, sho turned and wont on her way, and so did I, but not yet to my homo. This was tho first shilling of my vory own I ever had In my llfo, and so I stopped a( ono of our own lano shops, bought half u baked shoop's head, some nice now rolls, two- ponny worth of big swoot cukes, and some apples. Thus lotulod down, I rushed noino with my fonal. B reath­less, I communion tod tno story to moth­er. Nancy was Invited In, and hadn't wo a feast tha t evening!

Soon aftor that, In iny air-world I saw a groat mountain of mist rlso up, and In tho midst of It. bohold, thoro was littlo mo, dressed all in white, but covorod with fiowors, and dancing, and looking, oh, so beautiful! that, Involuntarily. I olappod my hands togotliorwith delight. This broke tho spoil, and tho air-world melted.

T hat evening my littlo mothor said,

if , ng to bogl J Will sn

day, an<life. W hat says ina miynon? Will sho I bogin noxt Chrlstmus In tho pantomimo, ana bo ono of tho falrlos, along with hormothor?" My answer was u bound nearly to tho ooillng ~pirouette of joy thut would havo made

of atho fortuno >

of our garret, and a ■ u ld h a d

Taglionl, and from tha t

i i u i v u v nmade to go through mo mo of our singing and motion oxoroTsos. Thon It was thatono of tho ladyus, stoppod ana looked steadfast'

tho lady visitors, j]

remarking to anothor lady. "W h at

Ingally

boforo a t meWjklL__

beautiful creature!" and than to tho teacher, "W ho la tha t lovoly ohlld] She soo ms sadly out of plaoo bore." Sho la ono alono; all alono In ovoryl thing," I hoard tho toaohor say, and] thon tho two passed on. I did not hood] what more tney said, though 1 know] thoy were speaking of mo, but I caught a l and chorlshod tho words, “ Sho la ono! alono."

To mo this sontoaoo Boomed so forcibly! to oxprosH myself and my llfo that my! oyos filled with tears, though more froml a suddon burst of consciousness and omofl tlon than from sadness. I novor forgot! thoso words, "S ho Is ono alono,” and to mu thoy seemed, for many succeeding! yours, to bo tho kuy-noto of my llfo. But I havo Bald I lived two llvao. Whoro and what, thon, was tho second?

At that tlmo it seemed to mo to bo In a sooond world—which would appear to mo to ba in tho air—u world resting on a dense, thick, gray mist, whioh formod at tho top of tho oarth, to about tho dopth of four foot, and upon whioh rose, up, up, up, righ t to tho clouds, an airy world, fuil of mon, women and children; fuli of flowers and green fluids; hedge­rows of lovoly colors, rloh orchards and fair white cities; lovoly dwolllngs, and far, far more beautiful things, objects

night, for tho noxt two years and a half,I school was ended and rehearsals bogan. Nights of oIvcb, falrlos, demons, mobs, villagers, etc., followed, and though tho charm and Illusion of tho stago llfo Boon ended, thoro was tho joy of holping tho dear little mothor, anu positively earn­ing a MU iny a night. This was afxponco more than was paid to any other child, and paid, too, for my faollo powors of I dancing, or, as some spiteful voices wore] heard to say, for my long, goldon curls. Be this as ft may, my shilling a night brought so many littlo comforts to my now, alas! alas! fast fading, poor, oon- Isumptlvo mothor, th a t I was gloriously happy. I only longod to do more work, so tha t I could m ake her Independent. And all tho tlmo—that Is, a t odd moments, □hen I could bo qulot—over and anon tho air-world would appear, and on its distant hills gloamod forth all manner of oomlng events. And thus I livod and

orkod, and oxcopt to the dear mothor novor felt ns If I cared to spoak to any

ono, and with my beloved air-world to i razo at, or tho pale face and wasting orm of tho doar, precious mothor to ala

and comfort, I moved In tho midst of crowd. “ one alono."

CHAPTER II.I do not know that any ono ovor had

oxaclly tho same mental oxporlonco as I havo attempted to describe. I do not fool as If any words of mlno could do thoso oxporlonoos Justice, or truly do- plot the peace, rest, and dreamy happi­ness tha t usod to fill my wholo being whon, as a little, worn-out, tired ohlld—

creature that was novor young, novor realized tho pleasures of ohlldlsn sports or ohUdlsh companionship—I could sit in my old rush onatr, or Ho on our hum­ble llock bed, and tho hoavonly stlllnoss of a bettor world would steal ovor mo. and I looked Into lovoly aorlal cities, houses and fields of f/ic beyond, So sa-

d pooullar to myself did thoso I pictorial visions scorn tha t I

novor spoko of thorn to any human bolng, not evon to tho beloved mothor, until on a certain occasion whon wo bolng out to­gether onjn Sunday morning, motnor took mo Into a Catholic church, in whioh tho servloe was proooodlng. Up to that tlmo mothor had spokon littlo or noth­ing to mo of religion, oxoopt to toll mo tha t there was a good God—a Hoavonly Father—from whom I camo, and to whom sho taught mo to roolto, morning and ov- onlng, ono or two slmplo prayers. 1 know that our neighbor, Nancy, was a Roman Cathoilo, ana I believed from soino con­versation that passed botwoon thorn, that motnor was the samo; but what it moanl to bo a Cathoilo I did not In tho loast understand until wo entered upon tho scono commenced to witness tho ceremonials going forward. My mother knolt reverently down on ono of tho froo bonohos, but as for mo, a terror so indosorlbablo soiled mo that________ II!burst Into a passion of tears, and oould only with difficulty lin sobbing aloud. / JrII

{iravont myself from ■ H o i if i had pone

away from God. 1 was quite sure Ilo| was.not there, and tho light, tholnuonsc- tho bowing boforo linages, and till harsh, nasal chanting o f tho priostw mado mo fool as If I wore In tho terrlblo lowor regions, of whioh I had hoardl vague accounts. I ain sure I should havo fallon Into convulsions under thoso direful lnfluouoos had not tho porfotml anco boon Interrupted suddonly by the sound of a delightful fumalo voloo, whose pure liquid tones warbling forth ono of Mozart's enchanting solos, restored my trembling nerves to equilibrium, ana enabled mo at tno otoao of tho solo to whisper to my mothor—"Oh mothor, uo come away, iet us go Into the air where God Is, and Into the parks whioh Ho has mado. God Is shut out here, mothor. All thla Is tho work of tho ovll ono."

Silently, and without ono word of re­buke my mother rose and lod mo out into tho stroot. From thonoo, by a long walk,

A long, deep silence ensued. Tho waving Ii'ooh anil flowery grasses van­ished, the few passing forms Boomed lost in mist, tholr voices wore hushed, and ovon tho songs of tho birds dloil away as I sat still, spooohloHH, entranced, und gazed Into Paradise. Long and ongorly did I look for tho bout beloved fnco mv llfo imd ovor known; but I scorned obliged to ro-ccho a voloo which sounded In iny ear tho words, "N otyot—only tho risen ones who have passed through tho gates of death are thoro."

Startled nt the sound of my own voice,! 1 raised my oyes to tho mountains that bounded tno fair scono, and thoro, ovon us the vision wus fudtng from iny sight, I bohold «i picture o/’ mi/ mother dead, dead—noty o t arlson! W ith a violent shuddor I started from my soul, and, stretching out my hand to grasp my mothor's, I oould only just articulate tho words, " Lot us go homo, mothor; it Is so cold here."

I often saw tha t samo scono aftor that, and tho mountain of vision drew noaror and noaror to mo with ovory fresh repre­sentation, until n t lost I conned to look, and waited—waltod—all alono. for tho end. How it camo about I shall now toll, In tho prosaic lungttago of tho outer world thus:—

Lot any of mv reudors tha t inay boSnood enough to fool an Interest in tho I t t lo "olfln" creature of tho garret, puss ovor tho throo years tha t sucooodod tho sovonth birthday before ulludou to, und entering upon tho tonth year of tho su­pernumerary bullet child's life, bohold nor orouohlng ono rehearsul day behind a " black forest" scono, listening to tho following conversation botwoon tho manugor and prompter of tho said theater, a t which tho littlo listener was ongagod:—

"M r. Sharp! W hat on ourth Is tho use of kooping th a t poor, inlsorublo scrag of a woman who’s figuring away thoro In tha t group of water nymphs? Why, sho can 't danco n bit; ana as to hor ap- poaranco, mothor of Mosos! she's enough to scare away tho owls. Instead of a t­tracting tho parouot. I toll you, sir, I wqn’t havo such Plmrnoh’s loan kino In my bailot; so just turn hor out, and tho soonor tho hotter."

"Foot is, Mr. Hcavysldos," ropllod tho functionary addrossoa ns Sharp (bolng nono othor than tho prompter In a cer­tain famous metropolitan theater,) “ that littlo faded creature has boon with us ovor slnoo Mr. Doublofaoo has had tho theater. Sho wus pretty whon sho first cumo, and drow hor regular sot of young follows ovory night. Sho had boon n most indofatlgnblo littlo body, too, novor miss­ing a single rehearsal, anil always ready to go on nt a moment's notice, to inuko up a soono, or dollvor a message, or ovon got through a principal part, or—or— why, sir," stammered tho picador, still desirous of putting in u good word for tho luokloss subloot of tho conversation, "sho has boon—"'

" D— your has boons;" savagely ro- torted tho well fed, porpoiso-llkc stago managor; " tho pooplo don't como hero to soo has bcens, thoy want flush and blood, not skin and bono. I toll you to [got rid of hor."■ "V e ry woll. sir; vory woll. I 'll dismiss hor noxt Saturday, of oourso, sir. of courso: but I bog pardon, sir might, I ask—"■ " No sir, you may not," lilssod forth tho tyran t of tho littlo kingdom to tho humbio subordinate, who, as natural law, had to boar all tho potty assump­tions of tyrannous powor th a t tho inana- gor vented on his subordinate, tho afore­said stago managor, who, In turn, handed down tho above with in terest to tho hapioss prompter, who, In turn, would havo handad ltdown concentrated to tho call boy, had not tho vory small plttanco on which said prompter sub­sisted so qualified his naturally tondor heart th a t It absolutely boiled ovor In

to all who wore as 111-usod os him­self, "so swoot are tho uses of adver­sity."

"Plaguo on his Impudent, pompous, ovorboarlng, woodon-hoartod, atono- listed, barrel-all aped body," murmured tho prom pter, this extraordinary list of opltnots forming a safoty-vulvo for his Irritated faoiings. I was going to ask him If I was to dismiss tho ohfld along with tho mothor, but now—" and horo ho was Interrupted by ono who hiul boon a silent, but not uninterested auditor of tho wholo soono, Including In espoolal tho final soliloquy, tho nature of which was an appoal diroot to tho torrlflod subject of his remarks th a t oould no longor ho resisted. Running forward to tho tall, gaunt old man, seising one of hla bony bunds In my own, I, tho ton* roar-old ohlld of tho skin und bono Inl­et dancer who was to bo dismissed—I,

who was ovldontiy trembling In tho bal­ance of dismissal mysolf, orlod, under tho pressure of an Impulso I oould not resist—

" Oh, sir! don't sond mo away, please don't; mothor Is vory thin, sir, anu can’t dance much now, I know vory woll; sho'a got auoh a pain In hor ohost, sir; but I'm not vory thin, am I. sir?” (stretchingout a pair of broad-wl thou trim t to r- look Ing arms,! “ Besides, sir, If you'il only koop me. I'll do all I can to got fat, and I’ll danoo. sir, I'll danoo like everything, and I'll bo just as good as mothor was, and bo mysolf too, sir, If you'll only koop mo."

" Fond of tho stago, oh, littlo ono?" domandod tho prompter, regarding mo with hood on ono sldo and tho a ir of an amateur. " Like tho boards, do yo? and tho oxoitomont, I supposo?”

"No, sir, tha t Is not It," I ropllod, without tho smailost Idea what oxoito­mont moanl; "only, If you sond mothor and rao both away, sir, wo shan't oarn anything and wo shall starvo, and—and —" I foil I was losing ground, for tho ridiculous, Intrusive tears bogan to pour down my face so fast tha t I couldn’t mako tho spoooh 1 intended, and had to sob out as boat I oould, " I don’t cure for mysolf, but If my mothor should dlo of hungor. Oh, mothor! mother!"

" H e ld your tonguo and don't ary, and abovo all don't say a word to any­body, and I'll tako care nolthor you nor)vour mothor shall dlo with hungor whllo I ’m prompter horo."

So spoko the old man, whom for fourfvoars 1 had rogardod as tho spoolal bo­ng sent on earth to bo tho terror of lit-

tlo supernumerary children; but now tho Intonao tooling of ooourlty which tho rough, but sincere spoooh of tho old prompter Inspired mo with, olothod Ills

Slalo W riting Extraordinary.A P O R T R A IT D R A W N IN H K V K N D I F F E R -

K N T 0 0 1 ,0 1 1 8 .To tiik Editor:—A loiter In Tine

P rourkhsive Th inker of Jun. 31, from Dr. Bowdoln, of Stockton. Cal., contain­ing an account of u sorles of sittings with I)r. I). J. Stnnsbury for indopun dent slate-writing, spirit tolog othor manifestations of spirit presenco I and power, Induced mo to seek a tost of tlio Doctor's wonderful inedlomlstlo abilities, though nt long raugo. Accord­ingly I procured a pair of now slates, anu having thoroughly ulounud them with soap and water, being careful to leave no finger marks on llio Inner sur­faces, I securely fastened them together, using six common wood screws for tho purpose, countersinking tho Horowhouds tioiow tho wooden frames of tho slates. Tho holes abovo the Horowhouds were thon llllod with hot soultngwax and oaoh seal slumped whllo soft with a Hep- urate und distinct murk or Impression. Boforo fastening und scullng tho slutes I placed botwoon thorn two tightly foluod slips of pupor and a orttm of slate pouoll. On tho slips of pnpor wore writ­ten u fow questions und requests,—first, to our daughter who bus boon In spirit- llfo near nine years. (in the other slip I wrote this; "T o iny Spirit Guido, If 1 have one, or any other friend In splrlt- llfo: Please sond me a inoHsugo. suoh us I need, In regurd to spiritual or tem­poral things. I am sooklng tho proof tha t our friends In splrlt-llfo can und do communicate with us." Tho slutes thus soouraly fastened and soulod wore care­fully puokod In u light woodon ease imuio for tho purposo und oxprossod to Dr. D. J . Stansbury.

W ithin ton days tho slates wore ro- turned. Thoro uro In our futnlly throo, including tho w riter, of mature age, supposed to bo of sound mind und com­mon sense, who oould toko u thousand oaths or ufilrmatlons, or both. If noodful, thut tho seals and screws binding the slates togothor hud not boon ovon tom- pored with. Tho seals, with tholr vari­ous murkings,wore just as wo fixed thorn boforo storting thorn on tholr round trip iournoy of two thousand milos. Now for tho result. I t wus grand boyond our highost expectations. One of tho slates was filled with a inossugo from our daughter, oxprosshig tho nlghost joy at having tho opportunity to coininunfoato with us. sh o said sho was learning rapidly how to ovorcomo tho barriers th a t hinder our more porfoot commun­ion: th a t sho hud everything for hor study and pleasure, and was vory happy; Also thut sho hud lately boon on u voy­age to soino of tho pianola, of whioh sho would tell ub soino tlmo. Sho olosod with loving mossoges to us all, und u ro- quost thu t wo toko good care of hor dar­ling, u throe wooks'old bilbo given to hor mothor’s caro just boforo hor departure, assuring us th a t sho would communicate with us a t ovory opnortunlty, und sign­ing horsuif, "Y our loving daughter Jon- nio." Occupying tho uppor half of the othor slnto and llankod on olthor sldo by Musonlo und Astronomic figures and omhloms, was tho profile portrait of a vonorablo-looking man of somo three­score years, ovory foaturo prominent and dlstlnot ns If olilsolod from tho slate; proinlnont nose, brilliant oyo, hulr long and dressed In tho stylo of n hundred yonrs ago, and all dono in sovon dlfTor- ont colors. Bonoath tho ploturo wus tho following: "M y Frien d ; I oomo In response to your call for your guldo to give you tho knowledge you uro sooklng. Your own Intuitions, your spiritual ox-Iiorloncos, all nature, and tho whlspor- ngs of your lovod onos, all toaoh you

tho immortality of tho soul. Tho light will coino to you."

Thon follows a personal message, d os­ing with, " I am your guldo, Dr John Abernothy." *

In conclusion I havo only to __ ...I know absolutely tha t no hand of Hush did tho w riting and painting on those slates. j . Higdon.

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enjoy I odious

I havo been reading your “ Celestial City," and the pussnort nocosnury to

■by Its HwcolnoHHunu light, and my soul Amen! Morality needs to gut

ripe In religion before It Hunutllies. Many u ohustu, h o Ik ii* und technically liouesl person la totally sterile In the moat vital of ull redeeming graces. But I is il strictly honest und Hplrlluuily moral I to oultlvato tho vanity of austere self-1 rlghtoouaness? Is It honest to ilvo for

iuv ^ _ self ut the sacrifice of all tho highost liiy'and I qualities und tho spirit of hoInfuT fru- rose nee | tornity? Is It honoal and moral to turn

n holplusH faintly Into tho stroot be­cause the luw permits It? Is It moral to build u wall of selfishness around us, until wo rol) ourudvos of God's blessings, and tho world of tho usefulness For wliloli Nature orditinud us? If so, 1 would ruthor bo Immoral, uml let tho heart express Its gunorous sympathies, und tho spfrltuul emotions go out In froo ubun- don to " food the liungry, clothe tho nuked und minister to those In prison,” whllo the frigid diustlly of moral sol fish ness absorbs all to llsolf, and robs tho world of nil- It has to glvo thut is worth rouolvlng.

Chastity Is bouutlful when It Is not fed on poison, and starvod into u cold shadow by tho sordid uruulty of Its own vanity. Give luo u heart warm with tho swoot jtiloos of humanity, oven If It bo misguided and often botruyud, ruthor thun u lump of lee tha t bus no power to sin. Morality and chastity coagulated with conceit, und puiuilyzeu with Indif­ference, uro more to bo shunned than tho vioos tha t thrlvo on passion. The

| self-satisfied moral bigot lias loss spiritual fortuity, und is more incorrigible and obstructive to tho best Interests of soci­ety thun any othor class of criminals. But your touohlug Illustrations of tho dilToronoo botwoon morality and spiritu­ality. In tho oharaotors of " Mudutn S." and "A u n t M artha," will not rouch suoh solf-lnsulated souls. Thoy wlil not read it, and If they did, thoy would not absorb tho losson. Thoy uro too woll sutlsflod with thoinselvos. Thoy have tho approval of tho oold, proud world. Thoy fool no ncod of reform or expan­sion. Thoy havo no use for tho tondor amotions tha t bind up tho wounds of tho unfortunate, and turn tho streams of loveful charity on tho cold, dark paths of tho |>oor and oppressed. Thoy novor suspoot tha t lioavon would not fool hlglily complimented by a visit from

I tho lr throno of sobrloty, morality and [chastity. Thoy hollovo thoy are too good for any sympathy with poverty and

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squalor to bo liiatlfiablo, und regura It ns a woalcnoss, if not u aln. You cannot touch thorn with your houvonly uppoals. But death and tno judgment oun: and you may turn thousands not yot hurd- onod In solf-rlghI o o u h iic h h to u helpful und suvlng contompliition of tho dlvlno law, and lovo will uo tho rest. So push tho pon strongor. Lift tho voll and show tho monster to hlmaolf, as re­vealed by tho holy light now shining In tho darkness, from tho "Colostlal City."

Yours for morality with a soul, and chastity thut does not froezo out ovory spiritual virtue, and honesty tha t roaohos doopor than creeds, wider than statutory limits, und hlglior thun tho legal gratification of solflsn Instincts.

Lyman C. How e.

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SP IR ITU A LISTS VISITING CHICAGO ■ J can And coxy room ., rqu a S piritual!*! fam ily , a t m a t

can And coxy room a. equal lo tlioan a t liotula, w ith ■ U M rltu n llit fam ily , a t a S i. Jo h n '* T laca n e a r U nion Pnrk.i—

7 y /E BLIND MEDIUM, MR. FREDJL A . H eath , give* reading* by lo n e r . In o rd e r th a t

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Golden W ords from Coast.

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Tho ninth annual oiunp mooting of tho Mlsslsslnnl Valley Spiritualists' Associa­tion will uo hold upon tholr grounds at Clinton, Iowa, uominonolng tno 2nd and closing tho 30th day of August, 1801. Talont second to no camp in tho coun­try has boon sooured for tho season, and wo confidently look forward to tho host camp mooting ovor hold by tho Associa­tion. Tho following woll-Known speak­ers are ongagod: Prof. J . S. Lovoland, Mrs. Colby Luthor, Lyman C. Howo, Mrs. R. S. Lillie, Ada Sliohun and \Y. F. Pock. Mr. Pock will also havo ohargo of tho singing, and will bu assisted by a first-class soprano from tho St. Louis Conservatory of Muslo, and part of the old Ottumwa Choir. Among tho mediums are Prof. A. I). Severance and Dr. J . C. Phillips, the well-known payohomolrlsts; Mrs. A. H. Sain, u lino clairvoyant; Ed­gar W. Kmorson. tho noted platform-test medium: Mrs. DoWolf, of Chicago, and Mrs. Olllo A. Blodgett, of Davonport, who ns Blato-wrltlng mediums cannot bo oxcollod, and! Mrs. Kfiiu Moss, Mrs. Bos- slo Asplnwaii nnd Mr. A. w tills, mo- dlums for fuli form materialization. Tho manogomont are In oorrosjtondonco with Mrs. Soory, tho oolobratou trumpet me­dium, and Mrs. C. C. Stokwoli, of Cin­cinnati. Thoro will bo a change In tho manogomont of tho dining had, whioh will bo undor tho supervision of |>artlos who thoroughly unaorstond tholr busi­ness, and who will Hpnro no pains to fully satisfy tholr patrons. Tho restaurant, undor a now nnd separate manogomont, will bo kopt with a vlow of mooting tho want* of tno oampors and will furnish re­freshments a t all liouro. It'ls proposed, If poBslblo, to push tho now proapootlvo hotel to oomplotion boforo tno oponlng of tho camp, whioh will Insure ample fa­cilities for lodgings. The M. V. S. A. ox tends a hourly goodspood to othor camps, bollovlng all are noodod. and that tho increasing Into rest among tlio pooplo will Insure a large attendance a t each. Circulars will soon bo tssuod, giving fullItarlloulare. Any Information may bo tad by addressing tho Soorotary, or L.

P. Wiioolook, Sup'l. of grounds, Moline, 111. wiiaL C. Hodge,

Soorotary M. V. S. A.Ikloit, Il'is.

To th e E ditor:—Your papor comes to u b wookly, bringing comfort and hono; It Is replete with noble thoughts ana high aspirations, fearless in de­nouncing tho wrong-door; is just to all

Imodiums, and willing to glvo honor to thoso who doservo It. Tho pnpor must

lonltghton Its roudors, unless thoy havo haruonod tholr hearts, and uro resolved not to bo convinced. Spiritualism Is a groat oaglo, with groat wings, full of leathers—It will tako tho hlghostl

| * Fbranches In u fruitful Hold: tako deep sq.y_that root and spread, and bring forth sprigs

I ore long throughout tho world. SphTt- || uallsts are liko sheep tha t have boon | scattered, during cloudy and dark days; but tho good shophord of light and Intolligonco will bring thorn togothor Into tno truo fold, guiding wanderers and skoptios to Investigate tho tru th of Immortality boyond tho gravo; and will toaoh tho crrfamfM of spirit return and communication, which Is no fablo.

Tho fallow ground must bo brokon up, and tho seed of our own boautlful philos­ophy planted In good soil by energetic hands, whon tho results will bo: Our number* greatly Increased by prosolytos, who will andoavor to add others to the fold.

Whon wo are persecuted and ostracized, as In this town, for not bolng members of somo orthodox ehuroh, ovon though wolvos In shoop’s olothlng, tho hoart must onduro and tho hands be strong whllo tho conduot proves how muon more Chrlst-llko are Spiritualists, who can bo wolghed In tho Imhinoo and not found wanting, than those who, llko tho Pharlsoo, thank God they are not as othor mon are. and wo will thus enhance our lovod philosophy with all llboral- mlndod portions.

Thoro are about a dozen interested In our dootrlno hero; but tho bread-and- butter questions koop thorn sllont on the subjoot, and all thoy can do Is to read tho ]taper* and magazines for consola­tion. A fter living for years In oltlos, whoro a man's religion wus not a sine qua non for his having frlonds and patrons, thon to oast Ills lot In a church* rlddon town, whoro It Is worso than hor- osy to spoak of Spiritualism. Is as groat a punishment as It would be to plaoo a millionaire bohlnd tho bars of a prison, In solitary oonflnomont, and surround him by a hedge of thorns, nnd politely | request him to accommodate himself to olraumstanoos and bo hapny, Ono's only rollof Is llborty from th random, and tho dally prnyor, In nil earnostnoss, Is: "C u t thou tho oords tha t bind mo hero, and lot mo onoo more associate with lib- oral-mlndod pooplo, and bo free to oon- vorse on suojoots most Interesting to mo."

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P■Etnollno P . Donlng. Soorotary.I writes: "Again tho Vloknburg (Mich.) Spiritualists Association has nod Mrs. Lona Bible, who discoursed upon tho spiritual nnllosophy to fair sizod nu* dionoos, giving satisfaotlon. Sho has many admirers horo. Soolotlos desir­ing u sjioakor need not hoaltato to pro­cure hor sorvlnos, as thoy will bo pleased with hor work, Hor psyoliomolrlc readings are convincing. Mrs. Luara Holton Hurson rendered boautlful song and muslo for the oooaalon (sho has no suporiort In tho musical Uno), assisted by Mrs. Agnes Robinson and G. E. DonL Monuny afternoon Mrs. Blblo wont to Mondon, and bold a largo alrolo In tho ovonlng, giving good satis- faction, starting Investigators Into new

1 Unoo of thought, and giving thorn post- I live htnta of continuity of llfo with her tests.

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adm irab le w and c e ll, any |—d e ta ils and a c c u ra te i w o rld !—la th e co u ttan D eath Is approaching. I know m y friend* b e y m e? W h a t I t th e ir nre occupatlun*? In till* i th e y m ay, n re allow ed m an Is b e t te r q u a il lied w ork o f th la k ind b e fur M ysteries u f L ife i Dnu1 th e R iv e r: Ftiregleain* S a in ts : T b* U row th x< B o d y i lo l l th a so u l or th e S p irit W orld i O a r I oonal K xpcrlenrea o f j T ra ilm o n y i Kvll Spirit S p irit L ife i T h e Homei

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Independence, Mo

W U lInrd J . H u ll.Wo nre glad to nnnounoo that Wllllard

J . Hull ban oomo to tho oonolunlon to ontor tho lecture Hold. Mr. Hull Is an eloquent s|MMikor nnd n coinprehonslvo thinker, nnd wo nrodlot for him a brilliant suoooss. Ho nnyn: " My- voice shnll ovor bo rained In bo half of tho downtroddon. In donunolntlon of wrong, and In tho nuvnnoomont of Spiritualism pure nnd slmplo." Mr. Hull's normanont address Is 280 D ew itt St., Buffalo, N. Y.

Anno Louis Carey, a t ono tlmo oon- sldorod among tho greatest contraltos, Is a largo blonde woman In whoso hand-1 some countenance booms the benevolence of her heart. Domestic affairs and charity work now engage the greater share of her daily time and attention.

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n poetess, and a u th o r o f m any exqu isite atmge.—dnL Eve sp e c ta to r H e r poem s o re w orthy to bong like » banner <m o n r w alls to reon ll u s d a lly to o u r better solve*.—He*1te r M. Poole. A g ifted lady , w ith r a n poetic ta len t - tv a n v il T ribune. A p o e t w ith abun­d an t ta lo n t a n d versa tility .—Wanner « f L ig h t She to 5 ° ? o f n a tu r e '! port* .—A m erican. In tn IU ve, aplrltuaL daM Uly rc a n e d . se ttin g Itse lf lo m u sic 1 'rogreatlva ' T b iuk rr. s tro n g , tru e and beau tlfn l.—Mr*. Bara A.5 n darw aad . C lsrlbe i to exqnlalteljr h e s u ttra l__1>. K

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