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t h e p e i m e v a l c r e a t i o n .silent!-’!! was first directed to this remarka- ■l.- of f:e Swedish sage, by an article pub-

S fir iO o il Telegraph, J u n e 23, 1855, u'.'.unnication was doubtless designed tention of Spiritualists generally to views, and, perhaps, also to prompt i.s in the same direction, we here

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Ti:, if to'! tone and deeply religious spirit per-niir: tii.- .■-'•I’.r.nunication, indicate a source cor- rsr..;i’ii;v.-ly elevated, while a certain interior full- e . - i 1 i i. iiiiesss of expression, suggest at once,

...■ who have had experience in such things, •p; •: must have been ultimated through the in-

ata'ity of one in whom the interior or higher :,;ros ef the mind have been opened into the ¡rasa of .--.lperior wisdom. It is thus introduced svhoti.'iied lhr by tiio conductors of the journal row referred to :—■■on Friday morning, of last week, a gentleman

xf) s unquestionably one of the best mediums for finin ' communications now known, entered our

‘ • and immediately became subject to a pow- :rff Spiritual intlux. "A fter being slightly exer­

i in the way o f expanding the lungs, he sat i nn mid dictated from a trance state, the follow- ■; niii,.ue, and to ns entirely novel thesis, respect­; fie origin of man and the lower animated

f It will he read with interest by all, and to . ■ , -7 ir will be far more acceptable than that hy- ;■■.... which places the ancestry o f our race in

\Y,• ¡l ive, however, no wish to forestall the opin- v "f the reader, but, on the contrary, would com-

tcr.-L f m view liere presented to the closest scru- rv. IF idlin'', indeed, is too strange or novel to

[ i; trim: and no system o f the past is so perfect ¡1 U, at times, to be rejuvenated by being u i ami modified by other truths. There is i’v ; * t;. r motto for imperfect and short-

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And with these words, and in their spirit, let us ¡airuiiice and study the following communication :

'It is one peculiar property o f animated nature, that its forms are varied according to the condi­

A earths and atmospheres. In order, there- 17-, that Floral or Animal forms may be unfolded into fr.o visible representatives of the ideas and i i m f w h i c h they typify, it is important that s'titiV; terrestrial and ethereal conditions should be lr.ivi.i 1. before the Human Race, whoso ex- ivvd f .tins are the embodiment of all inferior I t ’ ll and whose interior forms are the recep- ~.l:s of divine ideas and loves, could ever have - im : cited upon this earth, suitable terrestrial as

i 'Aim atmospheric developments were necessary, k t n n e , as has been taught by many o f the Kw.rr. day, that man in the beginning upon this wy pa.ece led from the womb o f the animal crea- f-t., heoaime the atomic particles which enter •cto ti.e c .7.-tit'Uion of the human external form,

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i!-c.l in a state o f liqucscencc, receives an ti.e infections of celestial angels. The uii-bearing principle is celestial, the neg- .-Ana!; by the conjunction o f the twos. A suitably developed human being e .ei.t time, purified from grossness, by of the fruit of any tree, would be enabled ic quality of the celestial affections ulti- :rein, and to feed upon that which is

y, as if he were an ascended Spirittree, every plant bearing seed, from the

“"At minute to the most enlarged and stately veg­etable organization, in the beginning o f the forma-t.on of the animal kingdom, subserved a mediator! al use. The rose brought forth the dove, and the stateliest of all the forest trees nourished in its fruit-bearing receptacles, the soaring eagle. The

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antelope was gestated in the bosom o f a tropical tree, that in its trembling foliage, like an enormous sensitive plant, corresponds to that wild and timid creature.

“ You call this theory poetical, perhaps— as i f Creation was not a sublime utterance, lyrical in al its parts, and grandly rising to celestial utterances. The little book written by a Seer o f the last centu­ry, concerning the creation o f man, is not, as his so-called followers say, the production o f a state inferior to his subsequent illumination.* He was indeed, more than impressed— he was im pregnated

mentally with a divine idea; unfolded, however, but partially in the externals o f his mind. Never­theless, it was the highest, clearest, and most har­monic statement which could have been unfolded through his mind. He was then overshadowed by the creative sphere o f the universe.

I am asked in what manner this process o f uni­versal impregnation o f the vegetable kingdom oc­curred ? Permit me briefly to utter my thought in relation to it. There descended from the hea­vens an Innumerable multitude o f angels who en­compassed the earth, literally enclosing the orb with their harmonious company, and they came bearing gifts, and in fulfilment o f one ol the sub- limest o f of all uses. And the archetypal forms of all animal creations were unfolded in the sphere which emanated from their connected radiations, and by degrees the vegetable kingdom, beiDg thus overshadowed from on high, was impregnated and brought forth. In consequence, however; o f oscil­lations and perturbations to which the earth was subject, this conception which then took place did not, in all instances, result in developed animal life ; but in many instances in abortive formations, and in others the developments which took place did not in all things represent their archetype. In reality there are no creations from subversive inte­rior spheres, all creations being from the Lord through the heavens. Interposing and vitiating in­fluences, however, operating on and through the impregnated matrices, arrest the embryo in its de­velopment, and produce perverted organizations.

“ A t a subsequent period, Jehovah God projected from the Divine Infinity the thought, the arche­typal, primordial, dual form o f man, inter-involved, and presented the appearance of one organization, which was masculine. And this form was inter­involved into a terrestrial foetus, formed within an ovarious fruit of a tree,! and the celestial influxes o f the heavens nourished the embryo until parturi­tion.

“ The society from whence this utterance is per­mitted to descend for a divine use, was also per­mitted to operate upon the mind of the Seer before referred to, for many months, during which time he received, and subsequently unfolded into lan­guage many truths o f a character identical with that herein uttered.” ! .

As intimated in the foregoing communication, this work o f Swedenborg is not yet ca n o n ic a l; that is to say, it is supposed to have been written by the illustrious sage before the period o f his cons­cious illumination— though not published till tico years after. This latter is a significant fact It shows that Swedenborg considered it an important and truthful work, and that the influence under which he was then acting did not prevent his g iv­ing it to the world. To us it seems it must either bo received as a work o f Spiritual illumination, or regarded as a kind o f half philosophical, half Spi­ritual romance. He affirms things that could not possibly be known except by revelation. That he himself, in his mere external states, could give no satisfactory account o f its production, makes noth­ing one way or the other. The greatest works, as he himself affirms, are most commonly outwrought by unconscious instruments. So Prophet and Pslamist o f old poured forth thoir living inspira­tions. So the proudest monuments o f art and ge­nius have burst forth from minds burdened with they knew not what.

“ E ach wrought in sad s incerity ;H im se ll from G od he could not free.

T h e y bu ilded w iser than they knew-;

T h e conscious stone to beauty g r e w ."

The author o f the life o f Swedenborg, prefixed to the “ Compendium” o f his works, thus speaks of the volume we are discussing.

“ This work may be regarded as an attempted bridge from philosophy to theology; an arch thrown over from the side o f nature, towards the unseen shore o f the land o f life. A s it is a kind of link, so it has some o f the ambiguity which at­taches to transitional things, and by those who judge o fit from either side, may be misunderstood. Those who study matter and spirit in connection, see in its exuberant lines, no want o f clear truth, but simply the jo y and Recreation o f one goal at­tained ; the Harvest Home o f a scientific cycle, the enthusiasm o f a noble intellect, peacefully sink­ing back into its own Spiritual country; the Pen­tecost thence o f new tongues as o f fire, in which every man is addressed as in his own language, not o f words but o f things. For here has science become art, and is identified with nature in the very middle and thicket o f her beauty; here the forgotten love o f antiquity begins to be restored;

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* “ T h e S eer of the last century,” here referred t" , is Em anuel Sw-edenborg; the book (w h ich w e have never seen ) is, w e be lieve , en titled “ T h e W orsh ip and L ov e o f G u d ." It is now out o f print, but w e are in form ed that a new translation o f it has been for some tim e in progress, by J. .1. G . W ilk inson , o f London , and w ill probably soon be published.

t T h e medium here described the form o f the fruit in which this operation took p lace, as it appeared to his in te ­rior vision. It was a large egg-shaped appendage o f a branch or tw ig o f the tree, som ew iiat o f the nature o f a pod, and its developm ent tvas preceded by a large crim son and gold-colored flower.

+ A t the close o f this dictation the medium saw a red seal let dow n before him, suspended from a red ribbon. On the sea l w e re stamped the letters “ E , S ,,” and a vo ice said, “ This is a sea l of attestation, '

and principle, ratified into truths, takes a body in mythological narrative, the first creation o f the kind since the dawn o f the scientific ages; here the doctrine o f correspondences commences to re­assert its sublime prerogative, o f bearing to man the teeming spirit of heaven in the cups o f nature. A ll this accounts for the singularity of the work ; for its standing in a manner by itself, among the Author’s writings. It is an offering of both science and philosophy on the altar o f religion. Whatever o f admiration one has felt for Swedenborg’s former efforts, only increases as we enter the interior o f this august natural temple. A new wealth o f prin­ciples ; a radiant, even power, such as peace alone can ^communicate ; a discourse of order, persua­sively convincing ; an offering and substantial beauty more deep than poetry ; a luxuriance of ornament, instinct with the life o f the subject; in­tellect, imagination, fancy, unitedly awake in a lonely vision o f primeval times ; wisdom too, mak­ing all things human; such is an imperfect enume­ration o f the qualities which enter this ripe fruit of the genius o f Swedenborg. Whether in fullness or loftiness, we know o f nothing similar to it— of nothing but what is second to it— in mere human literature.

“ Three celebrated men in Sweden,” observes a native writer, “ have distinguished themselves by writing sublimely and beautifully o f the B e a u tifu l ;

but o f all Swedenborg’s works, he esteems the treatise on the “ Worship and Love o f God” the most beautiful, and the most conspicuous for its “ brilliant and harmonious latinity.” The same writer says, (and it should be observed that he is not a follower o f Swedenborg,) that it is written with so much poetic life and inspiration, that i f divided amongst a dozen poets, it would be suffi­cient to fix every one o f them on the heaven of Poesy as stars o f the first magnitude.”

W e have cited the above extracts to show the estimate in which this work is held by enlightened and liberal minds. As a work o f human genius, they declare it beyond all praise, without a parallel in the annals o f literature. They find in it a rythm and beauty that indicate, ‘ that inspired estate di­vine called poesy.’ Now, if we call to mind the author’s principle that man produces nothing good o f himself, and that wise remark o f S. T. Coleridge, that wherever you find the expression rising natu­rally into uncommon sublimity or beauty, you will find the internal thought correspondingly elevated and inspired— we shall not be far from the true method of judging o f the character and origin of this and other works, from which harmony and beauty speak forth and sing to us like aDgels choir­ing in the rosy dawn. -

Having thus introduced this uncanon ica l and hitherto almost unknown work o f Swedenborg, we proceed to give a brief resume o f its contents.

“ I was walking,” says the pious and peaceful Sage of Stockholm, “ once alone in a pleasant grove, for the sake o f composing my thoughts, and observing that the trees were shedding their fo­liage, and that the falling leaves were flying in all directions, (for Autumn at that time took its turn iu the revolution o f the year, and dispersed the decorations o f Summer,) from being sad. I be­came serious, and because I recollected the gratifi­cations which that grove, from the beginning even to this season, had communicated, and so often dif­fused throughout my whole mind : but on seeing this change o f scene, I began to revolve on the v i­cissitudes o f times ; and it occurred to me whether all things relating to time do not also pass through similar vicissitudes.

“ For the ancient W ise Men, whose minds were in a sort o f removal from their bodies, and were thus nearer to heaven, in applying themselves most intently to investigate the interior secrets o f nature, discovered clearly in the revolutions o f their own times, that ages more distinguished than their own had preceded, and that in the beginning o f creation, justice and purity, with their attendant virtues, ruled the sceptre o f the kingdoms o f the world; wherefore they taught posterity to believe that their deities, descending at that time from their astral abodes upon earth, consociated with man­kind in all the friendship o f life ; so that heaven it­self, as it were, descended from on high to these lower regions.” Such was the reign o f Saturn and the Golden Age. They also conceived o f the earth as adorned with the most delightful shrubberies and orchards self-cultivated, makmg the whole a garden o f Paradise. An eternal Spring brooded over the earth, and the gentle zephyrs redolent of all fragrances, and moving iii audible harmony, filled and refreshed the m inis o f the primal inhab­itants with their soft blandishments. For, they reasoned, there is nothing but commences its exis­tence from Spring, infancy, and innocence. So mirrored forth in nature they read the history of the world. “ Let us also,” concludes our author, in his beautiful Introduction, “ contemplate the face o f the universe, in the mirrors presented by the individual things o f which it is composed, and from them let us unfold the stated circumstances of times and o f ages. Nevertheless, without the favor and influence o f the Supreme Deity, from whom as from the only fountain and highest sun o f wisdom, all truths flow down as rays into our understandings— inquiry would be vain; where­fore let us with adoration supplicate His presence and His favor.”

W e now'proceed to give a brief resumé o f SwG1

denhorg’s conception of the origin o f the planetary worlds, o f the floral decorations and animated in­habitants o f our own, o f Paradise, and the dual progenitors o f the human race. W e can, in the narrow limits allotted us, present but a dim outline o f the great chain o f thought forged and interlink­ed and riveted in the author’s well-known manner,

gu s ta m e li b y g u p n m o r t a l a id . .

I There was a time when the sun, being pregnant, carried in his fruitful bosom the planetary bodies o f his own system. Radiating into the glowing atmosphere that imbosomed his surface, the ele­mentary principles, the nuclei of future orbs, they were enclosed in a crust, as in teeming loins, until the period o f their foetal maturity. Then bursting forth, but remaining near his surface, they were still nourished as at the breast and within parental arms. A t length, obeying the inherent forces o f their own nature, and the attractive influences o f the sun, they revolved around him in out-winding gyrals, like children sporting before the loving eyes of their parents. Being at first so near their glowing source, their temperature would be cor­respondingly elevated— which agrees with the ob­servations o f geologists— and revolving with incon­ceivable rapidity, the seasons would succeed with such celerity that an eternal Spring would brood over the face o f the earth ; which coincides with the stories of ancient fable, the dreams o f poets and the traditions of the most primitive races.

Thus the earth, like a young virgin in the first flower o f her age, followed by her one satellite like a faithful attendant ever near, advanced by degrees among her sister stars, which rained their choicest influences upon her uncrowned but radiant head. Quickly, however, the germs o f life latent in her bosom, quickened by celestial ardors streaming from every side, unfolded into the simpler species o f flora, and veiled her form in their abundant wealth, like a festal queen o f May. (Nor were these garlands that decked and crowned her, woven without significance. The stars in their courses, and the constellations o f the zodiac, the sun flaming forth like a bridegroom from his chamber, were inwrought and represented in this floral robe.— Thus the new earth, like a maiden whose feet un­consciously move to the music of her own thoughts, wreathed in smiles of innocence, and thrilling with new-found joy, sportive and full o f life, hastened upon her appointed way.

Soon, however, the simpler floral forms gave place to the statelier products o f the vegetable kingdom, and the cereal grains and fruit-bearing trees brought forth abundantly, after their kind. But the earth contained in her teeming bosom the germs o f a still higher life, and the floral recepta­cles became impregnated with ther germinal forms o f animal life. And, like those insects which pass through many changes in their short existence, each ruder type contained within itself the germ of a nobler offspring ; even as the winged butterfly springs forth from the unsightly worm. A t length the stateliest and most perfect form o f the œrial and faunal inhabitants filled the groves and fields o f Paradise.

But man as yet was not— and Paradise without him was like heaven without the Lord. A ll things seemed to wait for him. The flowers exhaled not their most precious odors, treasured deep in cups o f sweetness ; the birds poured not forth the full tide o f their richest, purest melody ; the faunal races, sporting in grove and glen, or roaming o’er the mountains, felt an unknown want, like a love that has not found its object Thus, from the bosom o f Nature herself ascended an inarticulate but united voice, invoking from the heavens and the eternal Father the crown and glory o f the new creation.

A s w aits a snow y dove, its sw eet lore-th irst confessing—

A s w ails the spotted faw n the m aiden’s hand caressing,S o Earth o f H eaven besought her last and crow n ing b less­

ing.

T h e m ild and m e llow W inds , untaught as y « t to borrow

From human hearts their sigh and moaning sounds o f sorrow W ere hushed and breathing low , expectant o f the morrow.

H e s p e r u s .[T o bo continued.)

SOCIETY A N D THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

The London “ special correspondent" o f the New York Daily Tribune (supposed to be Hanry James) under the date o f Nov. 29, writes o f the present and philosophises on the future o f the Church and Society after the following manner. The plain sense o f the communication may be summed up in few words, since Mr. James m ore than intimates that the machinery o f church and state have been and are to be useful only so long as they are educa­tio n a l to the race, as the one concedes the possi­

b ility , and points out the way in which its members are to love the Lord, with all the “ soul, m igh t,

m ind , and strength ,” while the other enforces its m o ra l and socia l obligations, where and when the soul fails o f loving its “ neighbor as its e lf ."

Few will doubt, who study the “ philosophy of history,” or give heed to the wisdom o f providence, that such has been the order o f Spiritual and social progress, but many, very many, will doubt the pos

s ib ility o f dispensing with social or church gov­ernment, however marked its limitations or de­fective its measures, when judged by the celestial harmonies o f the divinely illuminated souk When however g o te m m e n l o f any kind becomes a hin­drance and an obstruction to the soul’s growth, it must give place to, and harmonize with its pro­gress as only thus can it become expressive o f the new and unfolding characteristics o f the age. In this connection, the following may prove sugges­tive, i f attentively read.— E d . Ch. Spt.

“ The great fact which strikes you here, as well as on our side of the water, is the complete eman­cipation which men are undergoing from the bond­age o f A u th o r ity . The evidences o f the fact which meet you on every hand are not near so handsome, on the whole, as those you encounter with us, but they are to be found equally diffused in every sphere o f life, as I might proceed to prove in great detail i f I had the space. Nowhere more than in England do the bonds o f authority which used to

bind man— the eld bends o f Church and State—

seem to have fallen into popular disbelief and dis­regard ; and it strikes me as desirable to consider what shall take the place o f these bonds, or to what source we shall hereafter look for our social conservation.

The Church viewed merely as an ecclesiastical,

institution, and the State viewed merely as a p o l i t i ­ca l institution, evidently confess themselves impo­tent to guide human development In Protestant­ism, the Church fully disowns its authority any longer to guide human thought; in Democracy, the State disowns its authority any longer to guide hu­man action. Protestantism, at bottom, is nothing more nor less than a proclamation o f individual freedom in the Spiritual sphere; Democracy is the proclamation o f the same freedom in the material sphere. The former absolves man from all alle­giance short o f God in religious things; the latter absolves him from all allegiance short of Humanity in secular things. The Church accordingly, as an authoritative divine in s titu tion , with power to bind the popular thought, disappears from Protestant countries, becoming Spiritually diffused among the whole body o f Christians; and the State, as an au­thoritative divine in s titu tio n , with power to bind the popular will, disappears from Democratic countries, being equally diffused among the whole body o f citizens. That it is the pretension o f Pro­testantism to bring mankind into direct contact with God— the Church, which formerly mediated between the two, being now by joint consent drop­ped out; and it is the pretension o f Democracy to have brought man into direct contact with Huma­nity— the State, which once mediated between man and man, being henceforth by joint consent also dropped out.

Obviously, then, we are at a crisis in human af­fairs. Mankind is manifestly entering upon the period o f its majority; and the law o f its action must be sought no longer in the precepts o f tutors and governors, but in its own ripened intelligence. The old paternal mansion, with its wholesome aus­terities, is fairly left behind, and the strapping youth, with pack on shoulders, is cast upon the world to seek his own fortune. Church and State, which have hitherto been his father and mother, which have been the soul and body o f his past cul­ture and discipline, can do nothing more for him. They have exhausted their skill in bringing him up to this critical age, and they consequently open wide their doors, bidding him speed hereafter upon his Spiritual and material mission according to the blessing o f Heaven upon his own manful courage and ability.

Now, this demeanor on' the part o f Church and State would be totally unintelligible and without excuse, save upon the understanding that science is now f u l l y adequate to ca rry ou t and complete

the career they have inaugura ted . The pretension o f Protestantism to ally us directly with God, so passing by the mediation o f the Church, is wholly fallacious, unless Spiritual laws or the laws which regulate the intercourse o f the soul with God, are capable of a scientific statement and apprehension ; and the pretension o f Democracy to ally us direct, ly with humanity, or our fellow-man, so passing by the intervention of the State, would also be wholly fallacious, unless social laws, or the laws which regulate human fellowship, were so similarly capable o f a scientific form and body. I t is absurd for Protestantism to pronounce itself an advance upon Romanism i f it give its followers nothing in exchange for the goods they have relinquished.— The Church separated us from God only by the breadth o f its own sacraments and priesthood ; that is to say, it allowed us the freest access by their mediation. Protestantism, in as I conceive very ' properly rejecting this boon, and in promising us direct or immediate access to God, did not mean to delude us. It does not say, when it finds us looking back to the area beaia o f our Spiritual in­fancy, or to the sacramental grace and sacerdotal absolution we have left behind, that it has nothing to give in lieu o f these specious blessings; on the contrary, it insures us the direct illumination and immediate comfort o f the Holy Spirit. And of eourse this direct illumination and comfort, in dis­avowing every ecclesiastical conduit or channel, claims a normal and regulated descent to man, or obeys certain laws o f communication ; which laws,

like all others, legitimately commend themselves to scientific cognizance.

“ In like manner precisely it is absurd for de­mocracy to pronounce itself an advance upon mo­narchy or aristocracy, i f it give the citizen nothing in exchange for the order and protection he has re­linquished. Monarchy and aristocracy allowed us a quasi and conventional fellowship with our kind, or separated us from our fellows only by the breadth o f their own necessities— the breadth of what they call the State. Democracy, in as I con­ceive very justly rejecting this boon, and promising us the direct and unlimited fellowship o f our kind, does not mean to deceive us. I t does not say when it finds us reverting to the days that are past — the days of kingship and coercion, o f social or­der enforced by the bayonet, and civic honesty guaranteed by the prison— that it has nothing bet­ter to give us than these shabby blessings. I t as­sures us on the contrary a full fellowship with our kind, or an -unforced social order among men, and an honesty and good faith which shall permit pris­ons and bayonets to crumble into the disregarded dust. And this perfect fellowship o f man with man, since it disclaims any definite political chan­nel, must be contingent for its manifestation upon certain laws, which are a legitimate quest o f the hu­man understanding, and fall within the scope o f its science. Thus the Church and the State, under their present Protestant and democratic administra-

l.fion». perfectly concur in putting human destiny

upon a scientific footing, or committing our Spiritual and secular interests to the sole regime o f intelli­gence. Intelligence is henceforth the crowned king ■ o f men, as the goodness which sanctifies it is their sole annointed priest

“ Our leading Protestants and democrats are no . doubt wholly unconscious o f the strictly humanita- ry bearings o f our present ecclesiastical and politi­cal rule. They fancy, good easy men, that Protes­tantism and democracy are permanent or final evo­lutions o f the religious and social sentiment, and are seriously incommoded by the suggestion o f their rigidly solvent and transitional efficacy. They are unwilling to regard these things as mere men­

strua through which the Church and the State un­dergo a refining process, or pass on to a glorified form o f existence; on the contrary they would gladly circumscribe the redeeming love to the arena o f their indefinite and wide-weltering dimensions. Neither Protestantism nor democracy as yet sus­pects that it is only, a providential half-way house roadside inn, to bait the weary pilgrim on his jour­ney from the old and worn out East to the new and blossoming West. And we consequently see'many a traveler seduced by its foaming tankards and its cozy fireside, and its neat-handed Pnillis, into re­garding the inn as-the true goal o f his pilgrimage, and sinking into an abject loiterer and craven. But these, after all, are the sottish sort chiefly, and will not be missed when the muster-roll o f the mighty host is called in the gray o f the inevitable morning.

“ The fundamental truth o f Protestantism is the right o f private judgment in Spiritual things, as that o f democracy is the right o f private judgment in civil things. In whose behalf are these rights asserted? Protestantism does not claim Spiritual freedom for one person more than another; demo­cracy does not claim civil freedom for one person more than another. They both alike espouse the claim o f universal man. Protestantism pronounces every m a n Spiritually free, and democracy pro­nounces every man civilly free, by r ig h t o f his b ir th

as m an. Freedom is his birth right as man, not as Catholic or Lutheran, not as Greek or Arabian, not as English or American. Hence it is clear that the Church, according to the Protestant interpretation o f it. and the State, according to the democratic in­terpretation o f it, have a world-wide scope, or iden­tify themselves with the interests of universal man, and consequently cannot be perfectly realized u n t i l

some doctrine be developed adequate to cover on the one

hand the en tire f ie ld o f m an's re la tion to God, and on

the other the en tire f ie ld o f his re lations to his fe llo w -

m an. Both Protestantism and democracy assert a universal truth: the one, that man is related to God simply as o s d , or Spiritually and no longer ecclesiastically; the other, that he is related to his fellow-man simply as man, or socially and no long­er politically, or humanly and no longer nationally. Protestantism is the providential vastation o f the state considered as an ecclesiasticism. Democracy is the providential vastation o f the church consid­ered as a police . Luther was only a consummate, John the Baptist, proclaiming God’s ripened judg­ment upon the church, and baptizing the nations henceforth with Spirit instead o f water. And Na­poleon was only a grander Yespasian overturning his subject state in the interests o f universal hu­manity.

“ The foregoing analysis will not be disputed, I apprehend, by any one who has been-wont to ac­knowledge the leading features o f human progress.To all such it will be evident that we are being providentially forced, as it were, into an enlarged conception of Church and State, and that we shall have no intellectual rest, no repose, indeed, either for heart or mind, until we acquiesce in this neces­sity. A s Protestants and democrats we are logi­cally bound to stand by our colors, and manfullyfollow them whithersoever they may lead us.__Church and State are in truth nothing more nor less than two most motherly eggs, whose use has been temporarily to house the human understand­ing, or to keep it living and finid until such time as providence shall be ready to quicken it in new and immortal forms. The true form o f the under­standing, and that which it is always aspiring to realize, is a universal one, is the form o f the uni­verse. The material universe is only an image o f the soul, and the various sciences as they are bom are only so many successive hints o f the fact, only so many cumulative proofs o f the perfect adjust­ment which shall be found eventually to character­ize the two. "What we call science is indeed no­thing else than the gradual or protracted develop­ment o f the human understanding, so that when all the sciences finally converge and culminate in the grand zodiacal science o f human society or fellowship, analogy or correspondence will be seen to furnish the pliant key o f all knowledge, since man himself will then be seen to be the true and infallible measure o f the universe. H. J.

From the Practical Christian.

W H A T IS SEC TAR IAN ISM ?All the different denominations o f the nominal

Christian church are sects, from the Roman Cath­olics downward to the latest-born Protestant sece- ders. This, however, does not condemn them necessarily. It is an honor to any class o f religion­ists to separate from those whom they conscienti­ously believe to be in capital errors o f faith or practice, and themselves to set up something purer. But when the upbuilding, maintenance or preser­vation o f any sect, church or community, is placed above absolute righteousness o f the heart and life in other words, above essential divine principles’, that is sectarianism. To condemn or disparage absolute righteousness because it happens to be wrought outside o f one’s own sect, is sectarianism. To justify, excuse, or cover up real wickedness, because committed within the pale o f one’s own sect, is sectarianism. To oppose or discountenance any Reform, because one’s own sect will be dis­turbed by uprooting established wrongs, is sectari­anism. Holding one’s sect, church, or party, in any suck devotion as leads to the sacrifice o f truth, justice, mercy, or any other essential divine princi­ple, is sectarianism, a. s , '

Bo long as Men are Honest, bo long -will Success follow in the Footsteps of their Labors.

- N E W YO RK, S A TU R D A Y , JAN . 5, 1856.

S P I R I T U A L L I B R A R I E S F O R T H E P U B L I C .

A communication and letter have been sent on the above subject, by a person who writes as if he had the cause o f truth, Spiritual progress and mental illumination at heart. His thoughts, there­fore, are worthy o f an attentive and thoughtful reading, as they may suggest method and give di­rection to enterprizes— worthy alike o f the best in­stincts o f the age, and the cause for which they may be employed. W e are happy, however, in being able to say to our friend “ D. B.,” that the idea o f a Spiritual Library for the public is not non with the members of the Society for the Dif­fusion o f Spiritual Knowledge,” for it has long since been talked over by them in their meetings, and has been postponed for lack of means, rather

. than from lack o f knowledge as to its need, or be cause o f ignorance as to the benefits likely to spring from such an auxiliary. Indeed, many such instruments and agents have been thought of, or suggested by others^all o f which, however, for the present, have been considered im practical, since in the infancy o f our means we are forced to use infant measures for the prosecution of the work and the spread of the cause. As a promise, however, o f what the Society intend to do, its rooms are free to all, to be used at discretion for Spiritual and mental improvement. Here at all hours o f the day can be had books and papers, which may be read as long as the person chooses, and returned before leaving the office, to be again borrowed, should he or she again visit the rooms and need the work. And it is no uncommon thing to see persons thus spending portions of their time in the office of the Society. Still, the need of an exchange and circulating library remains— for like all marked and individualized instrumentalities nothing can fill its place.

W e are therefore obliged to cur friend for thus refreshing our memories, and calling the attention o f the public to the subject at the commencement of the New Year, as it may have the happy effect o f stimulating attention in the right direction, and making many acquainted with a very simple but powerful method o f doing good. Many indeed have already commenced to collect the standard works on Spiritualism, which they loan out or send out as missionaries on their errand of useful­ness. Not a few in our villages and towns take this method of throwing their ‘ ‘bread upon the waters,” in hopes it may return to them after many days. And their rewards are as sure as the benefits that spring from the efforts. These, for the most part, are individual and isolated enter­prises, and therefore come very far short o f the combined, harmonious and practical method sug­gested in the following. Let us hope, however, that as we grow in numbers, that means and w is­dom will be given us to do, not only what is needful but what is best for progress and the race. May God bless every effort in that direction.— E d . C/i. Spt.“ To the Society f o r the. D ifu s io n i f S p ir itu a l Know ­

ledge,“ Gentleken" : I take the liberty o f calling your

attention to an idea, which, from time to time, has been suggested to my mind, and may be worthy of your consideration, as its practical development would aid human culture and facilitate progress. The time has come when the public mind seems alive to the facts of Spirit intercourse, and therefore in a measure are prepared to investigate the sub­lime philosophy o f Spirit Communion— a philoso­phy which is destined to produce such revolutions in thought and feeling as the human family have never known. Although in the brief period of seven years- over three millions o f minds in the United Slates have, by many millions o f facts, been convinced o f the reality of Spirit intercourse— the knowledge of the subject is still in its infancy, and we still have the rudiments of the sublime science to learn.

“ W e have conferences and circles, public and private, a continually-increasing literature, period­ical and standard— lectures well attended, and many mediums busily employed in furnishing truth to anxious inquirers.

“ W e now want an Exchange Library and Public Reading Room, furnished with all the literature pro duced by Spiritualism, and accessible to all in­quirers after truth, male and female.

‘I t may be asked, what is an Exchange Library? I answer, I want all I can command o f the works being brought out on the momentous subject, but like thousands more the whole is beyond my reach. An Exchange Library, therefore, would enable me to get a book, and having read it, return it within a given time, and get another, paying ten cents for the use o f the first, should I not wish to keep it.

“ Thus a book ten times out would clear itself. The advantages of this scheme it is hoped will be obvious, when it is recollected how many find it in convenient to store many books in boarding houses andiiotels, where they must make their homes. Many too who have means and opportunities do not care to buy works on Spiritualism, but would like to read them.

“ An Exchange Library and Public Reading Room started in New York would likely be fol­lowed by similar institutions throughout the Union. And then, by certain arrangements, a person pur­chasing in one place might exchange m another, thus having the benefit o f reiding while traveling. I t is presumed that a fund would accumulate suf­ficient to support such an establishment handsome­ly , and it is believed that such a scheme would very much increase the facilities and means of spreading the knowledge o f the Spiritual philoso­phy. Here permit me to add my conviction that a’ l believers in Spirit-intercourse have some work to do in handing the blessings round. W e must not supinely indulge', merely to gratify idle curi­osity in getting communications from the departed, but use what means is presented to us, as in the line o f duty to bring about a practical reform, be­ginning individually at home. '

Modern Spiritualism is but the dawning o f a brighter day for the race— a day- when “ Paradise Regained" sh all be realized— when “ the Spirit shall be poured out on all flesh when “ the fullness of time shall come when “ nation shall not lift up sword against nation— neither shall they learn the art of war any more.”

It is long since the “ vail o f the temple was rent,” and a new and more perfect way opened for mankind '* a better hope,” as Paul says, which made that perfect which the law could not.

The truth needs but to be kronen but to be be­lieved by all. The real manifestations require our co-operation, and the gorgeous fabric o f Spiritual­ism, woven by Spirit hands, will overspread the earth, as the waters “ cover the channel of the great deep.” Let me not be understood to separate Christianity from Spiritualism, for with me they

are synonymous terms. But S p iritu a lism and S a y tarianism cannot breathe in the same atmosphere. By and bye the ism and the ist w ill be solved in the crucible o f truth, and the radiance o f the Sun o f Righteousness will dispel the clouds o f darkness, which so loDg have enveloped the moral and the spiritual. Then again will be practically ebaunted that Anthem announcing the birth o f our first great Medium and Teacher— “ Glory to God in the highest on earth, peace and good will to the chil­dren o f men.” D. B.

T H E M E M B E R S O F T H E P R E S S I N V I T E D T O I N V E S T I G A T E T H E M A N I F E S T A ­T I O N S A T T H E D A V E N P O R T C I R C L E .Various circumstances, both before and- since the

arrival o f the Davenport family among us, has urg­ed the necessity of making the members o f the press better'acquainted with the mode and charac­ter of the manifestations in general, and those at the Davenport Rooms in particular. Accordingly, during last week an invitation was sent to the members o f the Press, secular and theological, re­questing the presence o f one or more persons from each office, at the Davenport Rooms, 195 Bowery, who should be authorized to report for the paper thus represented. This had the effect to bring together some eighteen or twenty persons on Sunday afternoon, Dec. SO, who, after institut­ing every test method, consistent with the ac­knowledged laws of Spirit manifestation, witnessed phenomena that was both astonishing and start­

ling.W e withhold our own rep o rt o f the manifesta­

tions and the circle, until we have seen, heard and f e l l more of these singular exhibitions and devel­opments— for it is difficult, i f not impossible for any one to compare, much less digest so many wonders and marcels in one seance, as was on this occasion made palpable and positive to sense.

In the meantime we submit the following, which was drawn up by T. D. Curtis, as expressive of what was seen, heard and fe lt in the circle, without expressing any opinion as to the character o f the agent or the nature o f the power thus manifest­ing. '

This plain, unvarnished conception o f the na­ture o f the testimony to be borne was drawn up as there were those present who did not wish to be committed to Spiritualism, because they were called on to bear witness to certain phenomenal wonders.This mild statement, and mental precaution,did not

get, however, for the bare facts, a very full acknowl­edgment, as some of the party— Spiritualists and non-Spiritualists— evinced not only great reluc­tance to making any acknowledgments whatever, but, actually skulked o ff without putting or autho­rizing their names to be put to the statement of

fa ct, which they knew was intended as a simple act o f ju stice to Mr. Davenport and his sons.

It is humiliating in the lowest degree to know that such conduct receives the tacit consent i f not the direct approval o f thinking and business men, for it not only degrades the man, but ultimately makes him a m oral coward, in directly recognizing and paying deference to an ignorant and bigoted public opinion, the usurpations and tyrannies of which, have long since become “ a by-word and a hissing.” In contemplating such Immoral aspects o f the age and society, we need a l l the charitable impulses nature gave ns, as well as the influence of the example o f Jesus, in hjs patient and labor- loving efforts in behalf o f an ignorant and selfish people to restrain us from feeling aDd expressing unqualified contempt for such manifestations of character.-

As it is, we will simply say God save hum anity, when it gets so low as to look to such men for sympathy and common justice, for in our present state o f feeling we cannot conceive o f any thing short of a special providence saving it from total ruin, when the race arrives at that point.

The following is the report :—V e , the undersigned, members o f the press, were

present at a private sitting o f the Davenport boys, held on Sunday afternoon, the 30th o f December, 1S55 , under the following circumstances: ’

None but persons connected with the press were admitted. In a light circle, when all were seated close to the table, and all had hold o f hands, musi­cal instruments were moved about and thrummed under it ; bells were rung, instruments were poked up from under the end o f the table, in sight o f all ; nearly all were touched by the instruments, and several had instruments placed in their hands. This was done while the hands o f the boys were held by those sitting next to them, and they were not detected in any kind o f deception, or in them­selves producing the manifestations.

In a d ark circle, all were seated around the room, having hold o f hands. Two at a time were then seated at the table to hold the boys’ hands and place their feet in contact with the boys’ feet. The lights were then extinguished, when the instru­ments were sounded ; the two sitting at the table were touched with them; some o f the instruments thrown on the floor; a voice was heard through the trumpet, etc. After all had thus (two at a lime) had a sitting at the table, the boys were care­fully tied to their chairs and the table, and their hands securely fastened with handkerchiefs. The same manifestations were had, with greater force and instruments appeared to ra:se from the table and circle round it through the air— some power snapping the strings. “ A man is up,” was rapped out by means o f the alphabet The man owned up. A voice through the trumpet said, “ I rapped him.” This was acknowledged also. Afterward by request, the handkerchiefs were taken o ff thé boys’ bands and returned, knotted, to their owners Then the cords with which the boys were tied weie heard drawn through the chairs with great rapidity, and were tossed out to the side o f the room— the boys declaring themselves free. A gui tar was unstrung, and the strings and keys scatter­ed round the room. A light was repeatedly struck to substantiate the statements made by the unseen power, and to satisfy our own imaginings. In no instance did we discover deception, or that the boys, in the ordinary sense, were the agents o f the manifestations. Mr. Davenport and Mr. Coles the gentlemen in charge o f the room, were all the while made secure between two o f our own numbers.

Other things of a similar nature occurred, but the foregoing is a brief general summary o f what hap­pened. e

T. D. Curtis, H. Sciilarbau .vi,J. II. W . ToonEv, J. P oole.

The undersigned were present only at the dark circle.

Thomas Edoerley, R. C. McIntire,T. A. Edgerlev.

m g oi intercourse and communion between me “ firing and-the departed," he says ;

“ I t is high time that more rational,' more truth­ful, and therefore more healthy sentiments on the subject should prevail. I f correct ideas on this head were inculcated by thé teachers o f moral and religious systems, neither would children o f any age be liable to be terrified by the fear o f ghosts and spooks, good and commodious dwellings be abandoned b y their scared inmates (as in Cleve­land three or four years ago,) from the same cause, nor would we be so often called upon to read o f the fatal consequences that not unfrequently attend weak believers in Spiritualism.”

W e call these views novel, because they are new under the sun, but because a mind professedly reli­gious, can be so insensible to the voice o f nature and the intuitions o f humanity, as to urge M aterialism as the only corrective for crude conceptions and angular beliefs on the subject o f Spirit intercourse.

Had this language been used b y some Atheists or Nothingarians, the belief would be consistent and the logic in character^ fcfr the language and lo­gic has been used times and again by the disciples of these schools. It is worthy o f remembrance and consideration, that most theological systems at some point or other, shake hands with Materialism and Nothingarianism," and will i f the premises are constantly and persistently urged, force the advo­cate into atheism or dogmatism.

W e have little sympathy, therefore, for the con­clusions o f “ Philoveritas,” and less respect for his logic, although he like many others o f the Advent Annihilationist school may be well intentioned and reformatory in his sympathies.

I t is worthy o f remark also, that we have now as in the days o f Christ, those who theologically deny man’s immortality, as it may suggest other parallels between the eightheenth and the first century. Surely, Spiritualism is a necessity as well as an experience.

A N E W S E C T , W I T H O L D H A B I T S .Within the past week the majority o f the reading

public have been surprised and horrified by the published details o f a murder in New Haven, which seems to have been planned and executed for theo­logical reasons.

It seems, from the confessions made by the par­ties, that a certain widow Wakeman “ died” some years since, (probably came out o f a trance) and came back to this sphere as a special “ messenger’ for the redemption o f the world. The widow sue ceeded in convincing some eight or Dine persons of her mission— one o f whom seems to be in some sort a kind o f Judas, who was possessed o f an “ evil Spirit.” This individual’s name was Hunt who, dying, bequeathed his e v il genius to Justus Matthews, making him the “ man o f sin”— for which offence he was murdered by the widow’s brother—Elder Sly. The ostensible reason for this crime was the belief that Matthews in some way exercised the power o f the “ evil eye” over the W idow, which made most o f the believers appre hensive that Matthews would kill the Widow, i f he, Matthews, did not submit to have this evil ge nius driven out o f him. This seems to have been the condition o f the parties up to the time o f the murder; when all the members o f this new sect, meeting for religious purposes, Matthews submit­ted himself to the others, expressing a “ willing­ness to die” rather than not have the evil Spirit go out. Sly, who seems to be the leader, was con­vinced that nothing but the death o f Matthews would answer; and, while the other members were at prayer, (Matthews being in another room, M ind­

fo ld and tied,) proceeded to murder him. The sacredness o f the widow may be imagined when the members testify that i f the widow should die, “ the judgment would come” and all earthly things end, Thus we have old facts with new faces— and a new sect with old habits ; for accusation, condemnation and murder are as old as history and tradition.

Still, old as the facts are, there is much in them that invites comment and suggests inqu iry; but we will not anticipate, as most o f these questions and answers will doubtless be given at the time o f the trial. The case cannot be other than interest ing in a legal point o f v ie w ; as the lim itations of theological and religious tolerance must come up for discussion and decision.

In the meantime, the following reflections from the N. Y , Tribune, may suggest the practical bear­ings o f the question to other issues, possible or pro­bable, in theological life.

The writer says: “ A bloody tragedy of this sort, enacted under the very eaves, as it were, of Yale College, in the intelligent, enlightened and pious city o f New Haven, must strike every one who hears o f it with a sudden and creeping horror. Yet, the sort o f delusion out o f which it grew is bv no means rare or uncommon. In what did that delusion differ, we should like to ask, from that which has made so many ecclesiastics believe not only that they bad power, both in earth and heav­en, to bind and to loose, but also that it was their right to deliver over the enemies o f the church to the secular arm to be put to death ? In what does this delusion differ except in its bloody catastrophe

■nor does even that difference always exist— from that which makes up the staple o f the innumerable miraculous legends o f the middle ages ? TYe have chosen this example, not because the middle ages by any means had a monopoly o f these delusions, but because it is more agreeable to contemplate the faults o f other people than our own.

But to take a more modern instance ; i f Elder Sly killed Justus Matthews because he was possessed by an evil spirit, is not Judge Edmonds, too openly accused by Bishop Hopkins o f acting by the insti­gation o f the devil? This accusation will, o f course, not lead to results so lamentable as that o f the New Haven case; rather, however, on account o f the superior refinement and more elevated senti ments o f the parties concerned, than from any es senlial difference, in the question at issue, or in the intelligence exhibited in their respective judgments upon i t ”

„ . . . . articleswere removed into, or near, thecentre o f the room, f m where we had assisted in placing them, and they too beat time with the musical instruments. W e have been spoken to through a tin trumpet, which, at our request,was placed at our feet, while every mortal in the room remained seated. W e have had a communication (now in our possession,) written to us, upon a piece o f blank-paper, which we examined and placed upon the table, while the table was some four feet from us, we being the nearest person to the table, no others being within six feet o f it a t the time the communication was being written. These, with many other similar phenomena, we witnessed at Mr. Brooks’ house, "Buffalo. ■

“ A t other places we have witnessed the follow­

ing facts: .“ W e have seen persons, who, in their normal

state, were not capable o f composing more than an ordinary piece o f composition, write the most beautiful poetry, and highly-finished and philoso­phical dissertations, all o f which they did me­chanically, their hand beiDg made involuntarily to write, while their brain was as inactive as the hu­man mind can be, or they were holding an ani­mated conversation upon some every-day topic with those present. W e have seen a table, in broad daylight, and that too in the house o f a friend, whose name should we give it, would be proof positive to all our readers against anything like trickeiy or collusioD, move as requested by ourselves, towards all the points o f the compass alternately, and this too when no mortal was near i t W e have, when sitting in the parlor o f one o f the most eminent gentlemen inThis State, had his daughter describe to us the presence, in spirit form, o f a deceased connection o f ours, whom she saw present, so correctly that none could mistake, and this too when the young lady had never seen that person in the flesh. These, and scores o f other similar phenomena we have been witness to, and could occupy our whole paper in giving like in­stances which have come under our own observa­tion.” •

To the modern sophist who patronizes Electric­ity, Od Force and Mesmerism, that he may the better depreciate S p iritism , and ignore the manifes­tations, he says: _

“ Electricity, an imponderous and subtle force, not only moves tables, plays upon pianos, and other musical instruments, but possesses intelli­gence, and moves ponderous bodies in every direc­tion requested, plays tunes as called for upon va­rious musical instruments,writes out— through un­read and unlettered mediums— the most elegant compositions, both in prose and verse; inculcates the highest code o f morals and deepest philosophy ever given to man since the time o f Christ; and, moreover, carries messages (not over the electric wire,) through the air, and intelligently delivers them as requested 1 A ll these, with hundreds o f other feats that might be mentioned, are performed by electricity 1 Is not the supposition too ridicu­lous to be entertained for a moment?”

To the pompons ecclesiastic and dignified theo­logian who are ever boasting o f their antecedents, he says :

“ In olden times, a Spirit, or “ Angel” spoke to Balaam through an ass, (and we are willing to con­cede that we witness frequently a like phenomena in these days!) In olden times, a sprig, a rod, ¿ a were used as the instruments through which God, by Spirits, communicated to man; and is an ass, the sprig o f a tree, or a rod, any more “ dignified” articles o f communication than a table ? I f so, we have yet to learn the fact

These demonstrations as noticed above, are simply physical manifestations, the A . B. aDd C’s o f Spiritualism,which have to be given to convince mankind, who are more easily won by the visible and tangible, than by the mental and philosophi­cal evidence o f Spirit communication. I t is only by being convinced by the first, that the human mind can grasp and lay hold o f the latter.

E O O N S _ _. C O M I N G T O N E W T O R E .

Although there has been an earnest desire to have this Brother „and his family among ns, circum­stances did not seem to warrant the enterprise. Within a few weeks, however, friendly aid has been given, o f which Brother Koons, in a letter says, “ I hope it will enable me to make a visit to N ew York this winter with m y daughter.”

This statement, although somewhat contingent, will be good news to many, as the presence o f this family among us will enable those who may wish to compare the manifestations developed in the Da­venport and other circles with those o f “ Koons Rooms,” to do so. The reason assigned for his daughter’s coming instead o f his son, is set forth in the following extract from his le tter : He says,

I have just returned from a visit to Cincinnati and Columbus with m y son. W e found the cause in a prosperous condition. During our visit o f near four weeks, we held circles in every place we made halt, and had satisfactory manifestations on every occasion. Since then I have located m y son near Delaware Station, north o f Columbus, for the pur­pose o f assisting a Mr. Van Sickle in the execution o f a panorama which is in progress at the counsel and direction o f the Spirits, relating to the laws o f matter. M y daughter is developed for the same or similar demonstrations to those had in the presence o f m y son, and the arrangements o f the Spirits appear to be, for her to fill his place for a season.” Yours, as ever,

J onathan K oons.

Before the commencement < by the Spirits, the two media took their*b-,* either side o f the table placed in the centre ' ^ room— the company being seated around the which was large. The lights being then extin' •"'I ed, after a few minutes the strings of a g a i t - ^ j struck, producing the full and successive a,/ every string; then followed in like manner T *| banjo— and these, while being struck, were * T 'J around and across the room with lightnin * ^ 1

sometimes over our heads, and sometimes j floor, passing so near to us that the wind5* ^ " from their movements might be distinct* A Then followed a tambourine, which flew I room, being rattled and thumped in a mostk!' manner; bells were rung, and violins th ^ and these all at once passing and repassin*"^ j wildest confusion, producing a perfect BaU ^ cordancies. oe ^ >

In the height o f this

something might come in contact with m I put up my hand to protect it, when ' ^ the tambourine was rattled against

the guitar pummeled me in tb°c side, and t i t ,

, L / y ?ars oId- seized the

confusion, fear¡¿

have ifoam

fcssifinger o f my left hand, which, as I beyond the reach o f any person wh shook us violently. The testimony 0f ^ Wd ed cane satisfied me that 1 ®y «tend-

M I S S B E B E E .W e were unfortunate in not being able to com­

mand the time necessary to hear this young lady when she lectured at the Stuyvesant Institute.

W e say unfortunate, for we consider ourselves so, whenever w e f a i l o f hearing good words and true, such as report says compose her lectures. However, as omittance is not quittance, we shall hope for her return to the city at a convenient season ; that she may deliver two or more lectures, as we are o f the opinion, there are many, who would be pleased to hear her again.

W e have been informed by a friend who knows the lady and her mental characteristics, that her lectures are Spiritual productions as well as intellec­tual communications, and are fit in finish and Spirit to be read before any Lyceum audience in the coun­try.

She is now prepared to receive" invitations from her friends, as henceforth her labors will be for the cause o f Spiritualism and Mental Illumination.

For the present, all letters addressed to her, should be sent to the care o f Partridge and BrittaD, No 342 Broadway N ew York.

E V I D E N C E S

Other names will probably be added before this report is published in the secular papers.

S P I R I T U A L I S M D I S P O S E D O F .Some person no doubt intending a kindness, has

sent us a copy o f the Cleveland D a i ly H erald, containing a long article on Spiritualism, which at­tributes the parentage o f Spirit-intercourse to the popular notions ‘ in a state of conscierus existencebetween death and the resurrection,” concluding asa matter o f course, that Spiritualism was a hum­bug, where it was not a delusion. This piece of m odal wisdom comes from a person so fully in the sphere o f love and equity, that he is forced to sign himself “ P h ilo v ir itas .” -

W e should have passed the article by, however, notwithstanding the complacent logic and “ loving kindness” o f “ Philoveritas,” were i t not for t h e crumb o f novelty w e f i n d i n t h e f o l l o w i n g , S p e & k -

F O R M O D E R N S P I R I T I N ­T E R C O U R S E .

Mr. T. G. Young, Editor o f the Saratoga R ep u b li­can, in compliance with the request o f a subscriber, has put on record, in a late number o f his paper the facts and evidences which authorize his belief in Spirit intercourse. As we occasionally copy from that paper, the reader may have more inter­est in the articles when he knows what manner o f man it is that writes them, and what are his “rea­sons" for the hope that is in him.

The following is an outline statement o f the manifestations he has “ witnessed at various circles.”

“ W e have seen a piano, with its front placed against a solid wall, play more than a score of tones in the order as called for, in the most finished and artistic manner, the key notes and pedal being used, when those present sat upon the opposite side o f the room from the instrument, and while, more­over, not a mortal in the room could execute the first tune upon a piano. W e have seen two tam­borines, a guitar and dinner bell, carried round the room over our heads during the playing o f the piano, all o f w h i c h w e r e beating or playing i n p e r ­f e c t t i m e w i t h t h e f o r m e r i n s t r u m e n t .

M I S S E M M A F . J A Y .Two weeks since this young lady arrived in this

city after a somewhat tedious and protracted voy­age across the Atlantic. She appears to be in good health and cheerful spirits, and thinks her visit to Europe will be productive mentally and physically o f much good.

On last Wednesday evening she lectured at the Stuyvesant Institute to a fair audience on the sub­ject o f “ Reproof.” Her style o f delivery seems to be more quiet, while her arguments were more elaborate and explanatory than when last we heard her. .

She is now ready to receive invitations from Spi­ritualists and others in this.vicinity and elsewhere, who may desire her services as a lecturer. Letters for her may be addressed to Partridge and Brittan.

D R . J . B . “ D O D S A S P I R I T U A L I S T . ”The world in general and Doctor Sangrado (o f

blood letting memory,) in particular have long since said, it was ruinous to a man’s “ reputation" to write a book, and then deny its conclusions, never­theless, this is what Dr. J. B. Dods has done in acknowledging himself a S p iritu a list. Therefore, this announcement so natural in the order of things and so long expected by the friends o f pro gross, will doubtless be received by the theological and worldly wise, as another manifestation o f hu­man weakness and inconsistency, for any and all reasons will be given for his change o f opinion, ex­cept the true one, so fearful are the many o f the authority o f facts. A s however, he has lately de fined his position, we will insert so much o f it as will enable the reader to understand his present faith and philosophy. W riting to the S p ir it u a l Te legraph he says:

“ The theory advocated in my book, I grant has been extensively received by the Christian commu­nity, and indorsed by many o f the ablest divines in this country who have addressed me upon the subject The book embodies, as your paper last summer admitted, the only plausible theory by which Spiritualism can be assailed. The grand principle o f m y book I consider sound, and have never been successfully assailed. I admit through­out the book, that there are certain facts stated by Judge Edmonds and others, which, i f real, my philosophy does not cover ; and I there say, “ Con vince me o f Spiritualism, and m y philosophy (that is, so far as it goes,) is still true. I shall in this case move m y position one step farther back, and contend that Spirits act through the cerebellum (the back brain) o f the medium, to produce any communication to mortals.” I f this be not so, then in what sense can he be a medium ? for “ me­d ium " only means an individual through whom the Spirit acts or communicates. Spirits certainly do not act through the cerebrum (the front brain) which contains the reasoning faculties, because immortals do communicate what lies far beyond the grasp o f the medium’s reason and understanding. Let a few things be struck out o f my book, and it embodies what is now my philosophy of Spirit ma­nifestations, or even o f the inspiration o f the pro­phets. My book contains a new system o f mental philosophy, unless as Professor Bush in his review o f it says, I have been in some points preceded by Swedenborg. But I have never read his works, nor borrowed an idea from them.

Yes, I am a Scripture Spiritualist ; and let not my friends, for one moment, suppose that I re­nounce the Bible. I am aware that by this avowal, I shall receive cool treatment from many friends, and expose myself to pfiblic ridicule by many of those whose confidence I have long enjoyed. I re­tired from the lecturing field about five years ago, except to deliver an occasional lecture, and hence am not in a condition to defend myself against pro­miscuous newspaper assaults, for I have no time to write. Let not m y silence, therefore, be construed into an inability to defend the position I have taken.I desire merely to enjoy my faith undisturbed, as I have no wish to meddle publicly with Spiritualism, or to hold any private letter correspondence upon the subject.

I would give my reasons for embracing Spirit­ualism, and state my whole experience ; but as it would require a full hour’s reading, I have no time to attend to it. And indeed I must, for the present, be excused, as the facts o f my experience are in many respects too startling— too wonderful for hu­man credulity. I do not decline on account o f any fear that I cannot meet the objections o f the oppo- sers o f Spiritualism. I feel myself fully able not only to do this, but to satisfy any clergyman that he must be a Spiritualist, or deny the existence of God and divine revelation.”

G O N E T O T H E S P I R I T W O R L D .'William Ford, youngest son of Rev. Thomas C.

and Margaret E. Benning, died Sunday morning, Dec. 30, aged 3 years, 6 months and IS days.

W e understood this affectionate and much-loved child had been unwell for some weeks, but was ex­pected to recover. The affliction for the time will therefore seem severe to all who lived within the sphere o f the child’s spiritual and affectionate na­ture. Fortunately, however, neither father nor mother mourn as those without hope, for they know o f a su rely that if this earthly house o f our taber­nacle were dissolved, we have a building o f God— a house not made with hands eternal in the heavens."

This they know, lor they have abiding faith and living consciousness that their child is well pro­vided for “ in another and better world,” he hav­ing communicated consoling and blissful tidings toniii Lin BiKf K «»a ¿1. . O_ ! _tA 1 _ . _ n .his mother since his birth in the Spirit home. Ser­vices were held at Mr. Benning’s house in Twenty- first street on Monday afternoon, Mr. J. H . W . Toohey officiating. Tbe^remains o f the c h i l d w i l l be t a k e n South i n a few d a y s , a n d p l a c e d i n ¿16 W h i l e t h i s I f a m i l y b u r y i n g - y a u l t - .

[For tlie Christian Spiritualist]N O T E S B Y T H E W A Y .

NO. XXII.D E V E L O P M E N T S I N T H E D A T E N P O P . T C IP .C L E .

N ew Y ork, Dec. 29, 1S55.B rother Tooiiev ; M y past epistles have been

from the country to the city o f New York. B y the way o f change, I now write from the city for the pleasure o f my country friends.

I arrived in this city last Friday, ( 2 1 st,) where I have been most cordially welcomed by a host of kind friends. On Sunday last I was privileged to address a large audience in the Stuyvesant Insti­tute, where I shall again officiate on the next Sunday.

On the day o f my arrival, the remarkable medi- umistic family o f Davenports,, from Buffalo, held their first circle in this city, and gave a variety of very satisfactory demonstrations o f a physical char­acter; according to the testimony I have received from many witnesses. But, according to my cus tom, I speak o f nothing but that which I have seen, heard, or felt; and those things which have been satisfactorily addressed to m y senses; I know, and o f them only will I now speak.

On the afternoon of last Monday I visited the rooms in which the demonstrations were being given, and met a number o f ladies and gentlemen;I suppose forty or more, who were on the same errand. I was seated on the extreme left o f a line o f spectators, having on m y right and in front a raised desk like the front o f a pulpit, in front of which, stood a table.- In this position I was out of the reach o f any arm 'which might have been ex­tended towards me in front, and none could possi­bly pass before me near enough to touch without coming in contact with m y feet or cane, w h i c h w e r e e x t e n d e d f o r t h a t p u r p o s e »

have done it, and there was no MDli|

who could have had so small a hand. Aft 6 *• Spirit produced a shrill whistle of a m o T l 'e S ' character.

On the evening o f the same day, W as p~ again, when the same manifestations were witnessed. On this occasion, Spirit illumina were seen ; and the Spirit officiating spake me and others through the trumpets provided f" that purpose. On the following evening, j ^ attended, in company with my brother, ¿d all the former manifestations were repeated others which I will now relate. On this octad» the media kept talking, that all might W satisfactorily to locate them during the ei®. A t one end o f the room, which was, I judge, 2 forty feet long, was placed an oval mahoganysw having a marble top, on which was placed a di­mer weighing not less than fourteen or sixj. pounds. This was moved from the place what was lying, and placed on the knees of myself friend who spt next m e ; the stand was ay, to the opposite end o f the room, and the nari slab laid gently on the head of a gentleman wfej on the opposite side o f the room to that on I was seated. This was expeditiously done,»^ most acute listening could not detect a inag. which must have been the case had the mediit tempted to perform the feat, both of the® kg heavily shod. Toward the close of this sitting luminous star was formed, apparently, to me, ab; the size o f a walnut. This flew about the rw gracefully curveting from one extreme to theoS and again the whistling was repeated, louder 5

on the previous occasion, and instantaneously different parts o f the room, and always from ¿j our heads.

The Spirit calling himself “ John King’ ld appointed a meeting for me on the following ra ing, which I attended. I carefully examined! room, and satisfied m yself that none were prJ but m yself and the two media, who are ladsof fourteen and seventeen years of age, respecinj The doors were then locked. Two tables were| side by side in the middle o f the room, andij sisted to lay the instruments, &c., rider (he tfj upon the floor. The room was lighted by twoj lights, so that I could clearly see every pm it; and, with the room thus lighted, we down at the tables— myself on the west sot them, and the two lads, one on the north and other on the south.

A l l our hands were then laid upon the table,j during the manifestations hands o f the lads were not withdrawn fori ment from m y sight. There was not the so movement which the most skeptical couH taken as the remotest indication of a dii purpose. Thus sitting, the instruments bea move about and thump agaiust my legs, ai: sently one o f the tin horns was thumped ups- knee several times. I enquired if the Spiritr( me to take it o f him. The Spirit responc three raps, signifying yes. I then placed myi under the table, and the neck o f one of thea was placed in it, and grasping it, it wasle£| m e; after a few moments it was takenfel Then, on the east Eide o f the tables, whici « 4 occupied, the banjo, having a neck aAsr/i&wfi| long, was held up as far above the cdpoUhet as it could be, allowing only suflicient roomfc good hand hold, at its extreme end. It wh moved backward and forward from north tos This manifestation was repeated several t large tin speaking-trumpet, about two feeiici; several times thrown up from beneath the ¡its) much as four feet above its top ; and the t lins were lifted up in the same way as the b and laid on the table; and the necks harfeij put under the table, the bodies being i were again laid hold o f by the Spirit, and dips on the floor, beneath the tables.

A fter this, the various instruments, eery'* the banjo, two violins, tambourine, andtwkj were successively- placed in mv handirifM by me on the table. Thus ended th; nidif tions in the light.

The Spirit then requested that the lighi be extinguished, which was done—flic ms lying on the table, and the lads ami tuysd: as before. A t the Spirit’ s request, each of dia laid the front o f the Angers of one hai-u backs o f the fingers o f his other hand, so tb my right hand I grasped the two hand; medium on m y right, and with my left hands o f the medium on my left, and tlies B rm ly during all the following manifest): There followed first the thrumming of the instruments lying on the table; the banjo ed and its neck rested upon mv shoulder, lb resting on the table; the violins were restd arms; the tambourine was rattled around m y head, and the parebraeu: thumped repeatedly on my forehead fe” o f half a minute. Then the large speak;" was raised, the large end placed upon-! breast, and I heard a voice speaking thru- saying, “ There, doctor, what do you think I expressed my gratification at the niar.ii; given m e; and held a connected convenati® the Spirit; the horn being sometimes at breast and sometimes near my left ear. horn was raised above my head, and my repeatedly struck with the round part of tkl o f the horn, and so hard that 1 began If ¡night receive a hu rt; but on this thought in my mind, the horn was lowered in face, mu] tile voice said, “ Don’t be Iris Doctor; I won’ t hurt you.” It then rjR'1

knocks on iny forehead, and then again th spake and said, “ I could knock your hod hard ns I filcnse. I f any skeptic were k"'-1 you think I could knock it into him, so would believe?” I replied, as 1 believed truth, that I certainly thought there was M

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, :,i,m mV self-consuming breastI (rcl " h unt in- vision o f the vast unknown—

SonjC n‘ pronhr.tic, that with strange unrest Some P °? r . t|lP curtains o f the empyrean zone,

pl j ; -her Ksscnccs pervade alone \\Vrr l ,~||..|l|(>d realms o f n:i E ternal Sphere ;—

Tit’ 111* - ^ ^v-pand o 'er which no storm hath b lown,\Vhl’rj’ ^ | j j 1 11ous tloat so sw ee tly clear,

Ami , jN dust, and mourns its bondage her# Th«’ * v-,ltlM '

. UOIld. unclouded and serene,In that t 1 r on our S p irit-sense—

*Vr< i ' !||r'than those o f earth have eve r been,,!|lp jj ;i!i deathless in the w ide im m ense ;

Tt’ ‘V ^ m’ ous hot»4' no mortal eye hath seen—Their t,0von«l the farthest star—

b* T‘ i'j ¡lowers and fields o f fadeless green—.,.¿<1 in endless bloom ; w here naught can mar

— where no fierce con flicting passions jar.Vreimt'1

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| ihr pah? o f dread alarms,iMtv o f her native clim e,iiM temples rise, eternal and sublime.

:h>, when thro’ the m isty v e il M-urcIy o 'er yon peacefu l goal, o\e those k ind lv spheres exhale,:i art, and burns into the soul : o«e *oft and fond control, •uind to an immortal bride ;, *i;iv i-ih dark b illow s madly roll ark o f life, still o ’er the tide,-like shines ; ourtruc and earnest guide.

nd Klysian shore,i.e heart hath w ish ’d — the m ind hath

. a!itv . sublim ely more ! uhlr, with which is frauirht hall there be told and taught . and read by kindred eyes an^e. nor Heath, nor aught, m breaking hrarts those gentle ties—

o f our being's mysteries.

>; iLonc mortal bars, spirit in their hard em brace, non the lonesom e stars,_• liie solemn a isles o f spare— lo r home : w here I shall trace :.s >t Mpnio steps have trod,•Mi— .tv, fon d ly— face to fa ce ,■,.id a ll iance w i th the sod . )—’ he early lov 'd o f God.

, fidels. A large majority o f our legislative bodies, both state and national are infidels. A large ma­jority o f the legal and medical professions are infi­dels. The officers o f the army and navy are near­ly all infidels. And yet the legislative bodies re­ferred to enact laws and keep them in force to pro­tect your church and every church in the country, including the Jewish Synagogue. I f you want to know in what estimation the sectarian clergy are held by Congress, look at the contempt heaped up­on the remonstrance against the Nebraska bill, signed by three thousand clergymen. I mention

m u m i s MFrom tho Buítun Transcript.

: i : i> o f l i g h t !■y. , 1 1Í uf li-lit ! thorc is n rrtl o f licht ’To ~UK<T of E rror’s n ijlit ;Tm. 'V .T ! m .i d.trki m rl wavs o f ours,W ! t'1 M:' u. - «U arc many, and frw tho flow erSl.-ic- • oath and ìlio Bi co t 's zeal

'.miv t.'M'ir creeds by >|ic aid o f stre l.

; „ .n ,;it : • r o f P eace is trailed in dust,Ami ri:* '•:!Ei1"!! thunders for P ow er and Lust,Ami’ :.': ui ' in's cry and the w id o w ’s wadM. -ii'. i wave, and shriek in the Líale ;

- IwJ’i: i- crushed By the licei o f M u h t—Ti»'!." i> >' t m the world a nerd o! light.

>i-.w r;.di man closes alike his door.A: <*. i.’-s L e.t. to the plea o l ìlio starving poor :.rimT î:1 :lîi- in !" ings are Bought and soldT-. mm die feverish thirst 1'or Hold,

B '!<' is «junted to prove it right—T;¡. r- m lì- i ). is there not need of Jmht ’

V.- iI . Í u h-ht like that which shoneF;--!. : Ml■.'fin! and cross, and where the stone{iv ati •¡on_ aunéis was ro lli"! asidef; . .> _'t•ave e.fthr risen C ru c ifie d 1A :- ; . a lu lu to hum and :|mvJ . r*-ru; ’ '•. m ti o' hearts o f all hclow

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is not the man who boasts of foremost in the hour of peri!,

needs his services. It is not the of iris religion and traduces the neighbors in the same breath.

real chiistian. To illustrate, let us sup­!' - a case. Suppose, for instance, there was an

i'.f a daily paper in Troy, who took great f ens to collect and publish tile sermons o f sccta- rin T rgymen. Suppose that one day he gave a '•.nacti front father Jlavermans a puff, and the '-'..'it day. a sermon from L)r. Baldwin a puff, and t'.-.-i.-.M day, a sermon from the Rev. Mr. Tucker a 1 ;ii, an i about twice a week he denounced Spi- r:: .nd , as. iidi lcls to religion who sought to 11-nd.. do\\ n the press and the church, and over- i'trs.v .-ociclv. Suppose after all this, that it was *•'. known to tin* public, that this same editor was

ad), i-t, and had to be assisted home not far T i i ,Vsc'iving night, mentally oblivious. That

iii • a"...d a i-o-t on River street “ a d— Spirit rap- r-r." '•••:■ uiho it refused to shake hands with him. ' d ; ti.i •, I -ay, would the public be under any '■•Uipatior.: I-Oicve the man was a Christian, sim­ply • ! •; u -i d tile same language in his edi- '■ ru -.a i s. to .Spintualism that sectarian

i:i their sermons on Thanksgiving i ia t the public be more likely tow

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like, and a man is known by his hat is patriotism? When asso- .iatiitv as a finality, it seems to be . I understand a patriot to be a the [(articular country and »as born in preference to all

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L E T T E R NO. 4.ro Till-: K IM . MR. T rc K F . l t , OF THE C H H iC ll

i 1F THE HOLY c r o s s ;, OF TROY.

H,:"nlitK Ti cri: i; : While I think o f it, I will ;-,ke a request. 1 have written to the editor of

Times on various occasions to reprove him for unhappy faults, but without any perceptible

.:i.' t. Now, 1 wish you would admonish him pri­nt, Sv of the evils of intemperance and falsehood. Puii uauiy with him, and remember that “ all :V:h is gia.;;."

I ¡ a.-> over a large portion of your sermon wdiich siii. ri.ly a rehash o f what the Jewish Church iU'l nh.'u: .h so ; and his apostles, and what the

.uiMi said about Luther and bis followers, and vh:u the Kngli.-h Church said about George Fox an-1 hi.' fi'Hewers ; and what lias been said by the l.-i.'iiar . hindi of every age, of every religious re­;. oni iiad moral courage enough to throw ci .-h.i.'kles of priestcraft, and take another s'...i ! -.vaids tied and truth:

I u " -Vs patriots then we are impelled by u.c 'tnaircst and purest motives, to uphold in w..|.l sr.A the laws and institutions of our

lb-id .-U[.|io.-..d that, a Christian was a love of ! ru.'o.'..:n.i, but it seems I was not correct.

friend Tucker, I will make a few remarks . .. rmen as a whole, and leave it. Taken y. it is a weak and abortive attempt to lew w'lnen and children with the idea,

tie: e. '.iiitry is about to be ruined by infidels, id ionary, the word ¡njolr.U applies to all, jt work in sectarian harness, and accord- census of ISoO, it includes four filths of

country. Admit then for that sectarianism is chris-

and that all outside of it is infidelity, are an infidel nation. Such, indeed, by

your < ic ti 11 i tion is the case. The commander of the anuies ol the American revolution was an infidel. The framer of the declaration of independence was an inli'b l. The man who drafted the Constitution of the L’ ni'cd States was an infidel. The conven­tion that ralifi j.It,hat constitution was infidel to the letter, and by its vote suppressed an attempt to engraft an established church upon that constitu­tion. A majority of our Presidents have been in-

la vom- < who do :■ i ¡'Z to tb(I!»: p.'iiu'atioti of the di1.' sake of argument, tiariitv, tb- n hi

this as a circumstance, not that I endorse it, for honor the men who signed that remonstrance, am willing to give the church its fuff, utmost right in the social, moral, and political progress o f this country. But it claims the whole. I demur, for I know it is a false claim.

Now, my friend, i f this infidel nation can be converted to the dogmas and doctrines of. the church, and made any better by it, it is very de­sirable that it should be done. But is there any prospect o f it? Has not the church had time to accomplish this object ? Can you see that your system o f teaching is making any progress in that direction ? Take the whole population at the be­ginning o f this century, and ascertain the relative proportions o f professional Christianity and so-called infidelity, and then follow the ratio o f the decrease o f ono and the increase o f the other, and you find that in the same ratio, the end o f this century will find America destitute o f a church. Now what is to be done? A llow me in kindness to tell you that your present mode o f treating sick souls will hasten the end. I admit that the system o f theological training has been modified in the last ten years. I hear nothing now about infant dam­nation, and I get very little brimstone, except from my Methodist friends. But, after all, the clergy do not come up to the Spiritual wants o f the men and women of this generation. You say in sub­stance to the sick soul what the doctor said to his patient: “ I have bled you ten times and you are no better, now I will physic you ten times, and i f you are no better then, I will see what is to be done.” That is the way you do business, Brother fucker. Like the old fashioned doctors, who con­tinue to use the same drugs to cure disease and kill rats, you undertake to heal us with Spiritual medicine, that is loathsome to our palates; and, consequently, you are preaching to old women and young children ; you are not preaching to the en­ergetic men and women o f this generation. I doubt not that there is a class o f mind that can be bene­fitted by your preaching. But when any of that class become Spiritually unfolded to a higher plane they will leave you ; and if you follow and denounce themes backsliders, you excite their combattive- ness and drive them further from you. St. Paul was a backslider; so was Luther, so was John Wesley. “ There’s a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will. A watchful Father is providing for the wants of this generation. While the greater portion o f the clergy of the popular churches are blind to the glories of the New Dis­pensation, its preachers are coming out from the field and the workshop, from the classes o f the fac­ulty and the bar, and a few o f them from the school o f divinity. W e say to the clergy everywhere,“ let us reason together.” But you stand behind the imaginary sanctity o f the sacred desk, and re­main silent to discussion, while we are proclaiming the truths o f Spiritualism in the streets o f the city and the highways o f the rural districts. You give the people a right to infer that you are afraid to encounter us. I f you ever intend to meet the case, you must come out from the pulpit or permit us to come into it. The pulpit needs greater at­traction than it has had for some time, for the greater part o f the enquirers to Jordan do not go there to get a guide board.

There is a wide difference between faith and knowledge. People who live on faith, look for evi­dences of immortality among the ruins o f antiquity.I cannot help loving the man or woman who dwells with rapture upon the characteristics o f the great medium o f Nazareth. And when I know that the high Spiritual aspirations of such persons are drag- ed down to eartli by doubts at times, I cannot

forbear pointing to the promises and commands of the carpenter’s son. But they have been instruct­ed to believe that the tests and Spiritual gifts were promised only to.the early Christians. Very w e ll; then the commands have do force, after the close of the Apostolic age. “ Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” “ And these signs shall follow them that believe,” &c., are all done away together. The priesthood o f the so- called Christian church are preaching without au­thority in that case, and it is not to be wondered at that not one o f them can meet the first or last test of Christianity.

This is the way we havebecn educated. W e are told that angels visited this earth a great while ago, but they come no more. W e are told that “ God is the same yesterday, to day, and forever, without any variableness or shadow o f turning,” and we are told in the same breath that God once spoke to his children by inspiration, but now He is silent.

Brother Tucker, Christianity without proof is Christianity without life. It is a mere corpse at best. And the materialism of this age is no marvel when the priesthood discredit the “ ministration o angels,” and put limits to Christianity, by limiting its evidences. I t is a strange state of things when the professed ministers o f Jesus, are so material that they cannot credit the existence of any Spirits but devils, unless they are dressed up with flesh and bones.

Spiritualism, with all its attendant phenomena, is less inexplicable than the theories that have been arrayed against it by its opponents. And by the side o f these is the additional inexplicable fact that the self-styled priests o f God should continue to follow in the footsteps o f their predecessors o f all ages, nations, and religions, by opposing every thing that is not recorded in their confession of faith. W e have seen the clergy of this country standing up against Phrenology, Mesmerism, and Psychology. And yet all these things are now known as sciences. But a few years ago, Dr. Dods and Professor Grimes, two adepts in mesmerism, were denounced from the pulpit as impostors. Now these men are laboring to discover hoio much of Spiritualism is mesmerism, and they are looked up to as the champions o f the church by the very men who denounced them eight years ago. I have seen a whole platoon of clergymen in the Tabernacle in this city, sit with open mouths to hear Dr. Dods explode Spiritualism. The doctor had not forgot­ten the opposition he once had to contend with here when lecturing on mesmerism, and he took advan­tage o f the opportunity to repay it with interest

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Reformers, and-lately against Spiritualists, that they are “ making money” out o f their doctrines, that it seems neoessary that those who have “ testi­mony to bear” to what seems to them the truth on the subject, should speak out. Not so much on account o f those who are disposed to cavil, for these will find or make occasion enough always- the eye that is awry will always’ see truth pervert- ed— but on account o f the “ little ones” who may be “ offended” by these things.

When Christ sent forth his disciples to “ preach the gospel to every creature” the directions he gave them should be earnestly considered with reference to our own times, and our own evangelists. “ Carry” he said, “ neither scrip nor purse.” “ Take no thought for the morrow,” is the general instruction he gives all believers. Still he has distinctly given us to understand that those who go forth preach­ing the word freely to meD, have a right to expect from the love and fullness o f those they preach unto, a full supply o f their temporal wants. The system o f preaching for a stated salary has evils innumerable. Among these, the most prominent is the temptation it offers to many who are deficient in physical energy to meet the demands o f active labor or business, to take upon themselves the office o f minister o f the gospel, while they are ut­terly unfitted Spiritually for such an office, and spend a dull inefficient life in vain endeavors to per­form its functions. Thus has tameness and exter- nalism crept into the church. Where men should have found, where they looked to find the living oracles o f God, they found dead forms, where they asked bread for which their Spirits hungered, they received a stone.

Another evil, not so much felt in this country, where Church and State are happily divorced from their unholy marriage, as in other lands where the Church has political supremacy, is the corruption and avarice it has introduced among those who should have exemplified in their lives those sweet Christian doctrines o f unselfishness and charity which they were exalted to teach. The extent of this evil, external history vainly essays to portray.

He who gives himself to mankind as minister o f the holy things pertaining to eternal life, must needs sacrifice earthly possessions. \Sacrifice did I say ? he must be so filled with the better things of Spiritual life, so fed with heavenly mana, so re­freshed constantly with the new wine o f the Fath­er’s kingdom, that he shall desire nothing that earth can give beyond the mere means o f sustaining phy­sical life and strength. These he must have, or his work will not be perfect; a starved and undeve­loped constitution is a poor medium, for it is through ultimates that man can most successfully communicate with man. So soon as he begins to

hanker after the “ flesh- be sure that the divine his soul with its former

pect t o sell t h y l i f e i n a n a d e q u a t e ' m a n n e r ? ’ W h a t price, for example, would content thee ? The just price o f THr u ra to ihee— why, God’s entire crea­tion to thyself, the whole universe o f space, the whole eternity o f time and what they hold ; that is the price which would content thee— that, and i f thou wilt be candid, nothing short o f that! I t is thy all, and for it thou wouldst have alL Taou art an unreasonable mortal, or rather thou art a poor in fin ite mortal, who, in thy narrow clay-pri­son here, ¡eemest so unreasonable! Thou wilt never se ll thy life, or any part o f thy life, in a satisfac­tory manner! Give it, like a royal heart; let the price be nothing; thou hast then in a certain sense got all for i t !”

A Mammon worshiper can never be a Spiritual­is t He may call himself so, as it has been usual for sensual and grasping men in all churches to call themselves Christians; but he cannot be one really, because to be a Spiritualist requires that a man should live within and above the material and na­tural. Practically, and in regard to our physical wants, money does avail much, indeed little else seems to avail as the world now is, but we are not always to live in the external, we shall need no more than will safely carry us to our journey’s end, and O, how joyful to know that in the land to which onr steps are tending, the bright Morning Land which is so near, the distinctions of mine and thine will no longer exist, and all we need for our development or our delight will he given us as freely as the sunshine and sweet rain are given to the flower.

I f there are among us now those who make merchandize o f Spiritualism, it is nothing new.— Religion has long been made merchandize o f by men whose only idea o f the worth o f anything is the number o f dollars it will bring them in. W ith such we have nothing to do. They cannot injure the true cause in which we are engaged, for God’s truth will prevail in spite o f all men can do to hin­der it. The earnest souls who seek truth will not shrink from investigating it, because some o f those who profess it, pervert it to their own selfish Uses. There are those to whom they can turn for true light, men o f pure and holy lives who have given themselves to the cause as media, and who will not wait for a fee before they will open to others the door o f the Spiritual realm.

Above all, should every man who would know the things pertaining to his own Spiritual interests, seek to open his own interiors to influx. \Ye are all designed to' fulfil some mediumship; there is not one of us who might not learn more through

own opened interiors than through all that

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I use this Quaker expression because it seems to me to express better than any other the idea 1 wish to present. Though I do not mean exactly what they mean by the word.

It has become so universal a reproach against all

covet more than this, to pots o f Egypt,” we may afflatus has ceased to fill unspeakable fullness.

“ Many wages to the extent of keeping your worker alive, that he may work more,” says Car­lyle, “ is indispensable.” Also “ the wages of every noble work do yet lie in Heaven or else no­where.” This is the truth, for his reirard should no man look out of the sphere o f his own labor, especially i f he be the minister o f Spiritual things, will his reward be Spiritual and not ex­ternal.

No true medium o f divine love and wisdom can ever sell his gilt for money. B y this, we do not mean that he cannot lice o f his gift, for we believe it is right that men should live of their labor what­ever that may be ; but no true bearer o f the ves­sels o f the Lord, will ever take them in one hand and balance them against gross dust in the other, no matter how much that dust may glitter to dazzle the external eyes. Therefore, it pains us to see how in every new development, there are men, who will seize as a new commercial idea the wis­dom that comes from above, and begin at once to endeavor to buy and sell “ the gift o f God for money.”

Dost thou need Spiritual consolation, my lowly brother, my suffering sister? Sad for thee, i f the only password to this is “ money.” Sad for thee, if thou must buy the air thou breathest, the water that quenches thy thirst with money. Sadder yet, 0 hungering and thirsting one, i f the Spiritual bread and wine be locked up in coffers, whose only key is gold. Ah brother, ah sister, it is not so ! Be thou sure, that he who offers it thee on these terms, gives thee “ that which is not bread,” and “ that which satisfieth not.” Know that for thee, there is enough-in the storehouse o f the great Pro­vider, and that for the simple asking, it is thine.— Some meek and lowly one stands ready, couldst thou find him to minister to thee o f the divine con­solations. Some almoner o f Heaven will freely fill thiDe open palms with that which he himself has freely received.

This gospel, Spiritualism professes to teach.— Most inconsistent then would it be for it to en­courage those who seek to enrich themselves out of it, either by preaching its doctrines, sitting as mediums, or healing the sick. Yet the preacher, the medium, the physician must lice, “ that he may work more.” The true preacher, he who devotes his life to the ministry o f the word, will desire nothing more than this. He will not wish to lay up for himself nor for his children treasure on earth, knowing by actual experience, how much better and richer, aDd far more enduring treasure is laid up in the Heavens for those who desire it. And not only for the future is it laid up for him, but he has it now; his Spiritual life is daily sus­tained, adorned and increased by it— it is his fro m eccrlastiny. To such a man, external wants will be few and easily supplied. He will not despise the body and its needs, knowing that it is according to Divine Order that he should preserve it as the “ carthern vessel” in which is held that inestimable treasure o f immortal life which it is his mission to dispense among men. He will use his externals as not abusing them, so that they may be healthy me­diums o f his internals.

“ The love e f money is the root o f all evil” — why ? Because money is gross dust, on which i f the heart be set in whatever form, it will be as­similated to it. Therefore too, “ ye cannot love God and Mammon.” Because God is the inner­most, and Mammon is the outermost, and these two cannot be worshiped together— “ ye will hate the one and love the other.” And i f we believe in God— in the Eternal Love— and that to become one with that Love is the greatest destiny man can attain unto— how can we regard the “ dull material accidents o f this sensual body” otherwise than as temporary means o f that body’s existence ? And if in the Spiritual life we look forward to when the body shall be laid aside as no longer fitted to our use, we hope to enjoy the living goods o f which externa! riches are the correspondences, how can wc insanely hug the.shadow, while the substance courts our embrace ? The true prophet— the heav­enly minister, will not look for his reward in the external things o f time, he will value too highly the gifts o f God to suppose they can be bought with or sold for money. Hear Carlyle :

“ My brother, the brave man has to gize his life away. Give it, I advise thee,— thou dost not ex-

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R E F O R M R E P A R A T I V E T O O R G A N I Z A ­T I O N .

When want is provided for the soul is sat isfied but when unprovided for, the soul becomes unhap­py. This statement becomes obvious truth, when we contemplate the effort made to adapt man to organizations and organizations to mao.

No organization has ever yet met the wants o f the human mind, for the wants and necessities o f man’s intellectual, moral, and physical natures, must be a l l met and answered, ere he can be made contented and happy.

Hitherto only one o f these natures has been re­cognized and p a r t ia lly sustained in organizations, especially devoted to the development o f man.— Other organizations have diverted attention to this or that want o f the human mind or body, while a third selects some other fragment o f the soul, and makes it its hobby. These organizations, in their present condition, could not effect the object in view, because each oue is defective in itself, and at issue with its neighbor.

A proper combination o f these three, however, based upon progression o f the whole, would ulti­mate in unity and mutuality, and devevelop a fourth nature in man— i. e. Spirituality. As it is, the Spiritual being stinted, stints the whole, and vice versa. This, in a measure, is natural, since no one organixation has yet taken into consideration the wants o f these four natures in man ; and, therefore, could nat combine nor concentrate effort for their education. How, then, can an effective organiza­tion be developed and secured ? is a question of primary importance to all, who may be hoping and working for the good time coming. W e suggest that each individual commence and reform one, and but one, until that one is so emphatically reformed as to feel and say in all he or she does,

“ Here Lord I give myself away, it’s all that I can do,” and continue to do until the “ deformed is transformed” by “ renewing o f the mind,” and making whole the man.

When the Spirit is entirely given up to the Lord or-to truth, there will be a fitness for organization which will make institutions permanentand lasting. Organizations founded on any other principle, must sooner or later cease to be operative for good, and thereby necessitate the formation o f others, which will more thoroughly embody and express this principle. These changes will be necessary until the Golden P u le is thoroughly understood and p ra ctica lly lived to the full extent of its significance.

Let Peform then commence at home, and it will soon make itself felt ; for it will seek to organize in educating and harmonizing society’s members. In this private and public manifestation o f the soul, the missionary spirit o f Diffusion, is recognized, ivhile centrality or the soul’s needs is cared for.

The home idea o f culture or self-reform, must expand and ultimate in universal self-hood and general reform.

Let each individual, therefore, know how to loce himself or herself, ere they attempt to teach man­kind how to love one another. Let them under­stand in d iv id u a l wants, and they will soon compre­hend collective needs. I f they know not this, they are poorly qualified to advise others as to the na ture or source o f happiness. Let all, then, learn to discriminate, that they may be able to “ judge with a righteous judgm ent;” know “ good from evil,’ ’ and’ separate the one from the other, by the direct and constant application o f truth.

And let it be observed in these efforts, that “haste is not speedf else we may forget the admonition— “ Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.” E. G.

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B e s i d e s , i t i s n e a r l y t i m e t h a t t h e m e n t a l c h a r ­a c t e r i s t i c s w e r e s t u d i e d a n d c l a s s i f i e d , f o r u n t i l order a n d p r a c t i c a l i t y i s g i v e n t o o u r p o p u l a r e t h i c s a n d e v e r y d a y p h i l o s o p h y , w e c a n h a r d l y e x p e c t o t h e r t h a n e x t r e m e s i n c h a r a c t e r , m i s c o n c e p t i o n s o f t h e nature of things, a n d a l i e n a t i o n a n d a n t a ­g o n i s m b e t w e e n S c i e n c e a n d T h e o l o g y , B u s i n e s s a n d R e l i g i o n . I t i s f o r y o u t o s a y , r e a d e r , t o w h i c h “ c l a s s ” you belong. W e c o p y f r o m t h e B u f f a l o Republic.

E v e r y a g e i n t h e h i s t o r y o f t h e w o r l d h a s s o m e ­t h i n g p e c u l i a r t o i t s e l f . M a n i s a b e i n g s o w o n ­d e r f u l l y a n d c u r i o u s l y c o n t r i v e d , a n d e n d o w e d w i t h s u c h a m u l t i p l i c i t y o f p o w e r s , t h a t h e s e e m s c a p a b l e o f a s s u m i n g n e w a n d a n t a g o n i s t i c a l p h a s e s d u r i n g e v e r y c e n t u r y o f h i s e x i s t e n c e . I f w e w e r e t o e r e c t a s t a i r w a y , c o m m e n c i n g o n e s t e p a b o v e t h e b r u t e , a n d r e a c h i n g u p t o a n g e l i c p o w e r s , o n e a c h s t e p w e s h o u l d f i n d s o m e s p e c i m e n o f h u m a ­n i t y , s t a n d i n g a s a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f s o m e p e c u l i a r p h a s e o f h i s r a c e . C o m m e n c i n g a t t h e b o t t o m a n d a s c e n d i n g a f e w s t e p s , w e c o m e t o a p h a s e o f m a n ­k i n d w h i c h s w a l l o w s w i t h unsatiated voracity, a l l s o r t s o f h u m b u g s , q u a c k m e d i c i n e s , l i c e n s e d p i l l s , a n d “ l y i n g v a n i t i e s . ” T h i s p h a s e e m b r a c e s t h e “ m a n y , ” t h e “ m i l l i o n , ” t h e “ g u l l e d a n d g u l l i b l e , ” — t h o s e w h o f l o a t l o o s o a n d c a r e l e s s o n t h e t i d e o f l i f e , a n d w h o w i l l g i v e m o r e a n d s p e n d m o r e t i m e a n d m o n e y t o b e c h e a t e d a n d f o o l e d , t h a n t h e y w i l l t o b e i n s t r u c t e d a n d b e n e f i t e d . T h e s e h a v e l i t t l e o r n o t h o u g h t o r d e s i r e t o c o n t e m p l a t e t h e real and substantial— t h e “ s t u b b o r n t h i n g s o f l i f e , ” b u t a r e c o n t e n t t o m i x i n w i t h t h e o v e r w h e l m i n g f l o o d o f fiction, t r a s h a n d f a l s e p h i l s s o p h y , w h i c h a r e s w e e p ­

i n g t h r o u g h t h e l a n d , a n d h a v e w e l l n i g h i n u n d a t e d i t . A n y t h i n g e x t r a o r d i n a r y , u n a c c o u n t a b l e o r m a r ­v e l o u s , i s s e i z e d u p o n w i t h “ i t c h i n g e a r s , ” a n d o p e n m o u t h , a n d s w a l l o w e d w i t h a s l i t t l e t a s t e a n d a s g r e a t voracity a s t h a t u n c l e a n b i r d , t h e o s t r i c h , d e v o u r s e v e r y t h i n g w h i c h i s o f f e r e d i t t o e a t , n o t b e i n g a b l e t o d i s t i n g u i s h b e t w e e n a l o a f o f b r e a d a n d a d i s h o f t e n p e n n y n a i l s .

R e a s o n d o c s n o t a p p e a r t o e x e r c i s e a n y a u t h o r i t y i n d e c i d i n g u p o n t h e q u e s t i o n b e t w e e n t r u t h f u l n e s s a n d t h e appearance o f t r u t h f u l n e s s . W h a t e v e r i s p r e s e n t e d f r o m t h e r o s t r u m o f t h e p u b l i c s p e a k e r i s r e c e i v e d a s t r u t h , e s p e c i a l l y i f i t p a r t a k e s v e r y m u c h o f t h e m a r v e l o u s . T h e d o o r o f r e a s o n s e e m s t o b e c l o s e d , a n d w h a t e v e r i s offered i s r e ­c e i v e d o n t h e outside, w i t h o u t b e i n g s u b j e c t e d t o i t s c r u c i b l e . N o w o n d e r t h e n t h a t s t r a n g e s i g h t s s h o u l d b e s e e n , s t r a n g e s o u n d s h e a r d , a n d s t r a n g e p h i l o s o p h y p r o m u l g a t e d . T h e supernatural e l e ­m e n t i n t h e h u m a n c o n s t i t u t i o n h a s n e v e r b e e n e n ­t i r e l y d o r m a n t , b u t h a s n e v e r m a n i f e s t e d m o r e s i g n s o f l i f e a n d a c t i v i t y t h a n a t t h e p r e s e n t t i m e . T h e c o m m o n t h i n g s o f e a r t h a n d o r d i n a r y p h e n o ­m e n a , a r e e n t i r e l y i n a d e q u a t e t o s a t i s f y t h e d e ­m a n d s o f t h i s p r o g r e s s i v e a g e . Feelers a r e s e n t o u t , a n d a l o n g t h i s m u n d a n e s p h e r e u n t i l i t s b o r d ­e r s a r e e n t i r e l y c r o s s e d , a n d a s o r t o f r a i l w a y c o m m u n i c a t i o n e s t a b l i s h e d w i t h t h e extra m u n ­d a n e . T h i s s e e m s t o b e d o i n g a n a c t i v e b u s i ­n e s s a t t h e p r e s o n t t i m e , i f t h e n u m b e r o f c o m ­m u n i c a t i o n s s e n t , a n d t h e weighty m a t t e r t h e r e i n c o n t a i n e d i s a n y e v i d e n c e o f t h e f a c t . I t i s n o w

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A s k t h e m w h i c h i s t h e b e s t m a r k e t t o p u r c h a s e g o o d s i n , a n d w h i c h i s t h e c h e a p e s t , s a f e s t a n d m o s t e x p e d i t i o u s r o u t e o f t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , a n d t h e y a r e c a p a b l e o f g i v i n g a r e a d y a n d c o r r e c t r e p l y ; b u t a s k t h e m h o w t h e p o w e r o f s t e a m i s g e n e r a t ­e d , a n d m e c h a n i c a l l y a p p l i e d , t o m o v e t h e b o a t s a n d c a r s w h i c h c o n v e y t h e i r m e r c h a n d i s e , a n d y o u h a v e a p p r o a c h e d a s u b j e c t w h i c h t h e i r i n t e l l e c t s h a v e n e v e r g r a s p e d , a n d w h i c h t h e i r m i n d s w o u l d t a k e n o p l e a s u r e i n c o n t e m p l a t i n g . T h e y s e e m n o t t o a p p r e h e n d t h a t t h e r e i s i n s c i e n t i f i c r e s e a r c h e s a n u n f o l d i n g o f t h e v a s t p o w e r s o f t h e h u m a n m i n d , a n o b l e n e s s a n d a n e x a l t e d p l e a s u r e w h i c h f a r o u t w e i g h a l l m e r e q u e s t i o n s o f d i m e s a n d d o l ­l a r s . T h a t l o f t y a n d d i s e n t e r e s t e d e n j o y m e n t w h i c h t h e p h i l o s o p h e r d e r i v e s f r o m c o n t e m p l a t i n g t h e o r ­d e r a n d h a r m o n y o f n a t u r e , a n d t h e s i m p l i c i t y , r e ­g u l a r i t y a n d p e r f e c t i o n o f t h e l a w s w h i c h c o n t r o l t h e u n i v e r s e , a r e e n t i r e l y u n k n o w n t o t h e s e w o r l d ­l y a n d s e l f i s h m e n .

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T o t h i s t y p e o f m a n k i n d w e l o o k f o r w a r d w i t h hope. T h e e f f e r v e s c e n c e n o w s e e n , i s b u t u p o n t e h s u r f a c e o f s o c i e t y , a n d c a u s e d b y t h e d e e p b o i l i n g o f t h i s s c i e n t i f i c a n d a n a l y t i c a l e l e m e n t I t i s t h e b u b b l e o f t h e i g n o r a n t a n d s u p e r s t i t i o n s . I t w i l l p a s s o f f i n d u e t i m e , l e a v i n g t h e c l e a r w a t e r s o f i l ­l u m i n a t e d r e a s o n w i t h t h e s t u b b o r n f a c t s o f a d ­v a n c e d s c i e n c e u n a f f e c t e d b y i t s p r e s e n c e . T h i s i s t h e t y p e t h r o u g h w h i c h r e d e m p t i o n t o t h e h u m a n f a m i l y m u s t c o m e . I t i s few i n n u m b e r s , y e t m i g h t y i n cause. I t s i n f l u e n c e i s r a p i d l y e x t e n d i n g t o t h e m a s s e s . A l r e a d y h a s i t i m p r e s s e d t h e i d e a t h a t t h e r e i s n o m o n o p o l y i n thought— t h a t all m e n , w h e t h e r b o r n i n t h e g a r r e t o r i n t h e p a l a c e , h a v e t h e right t o t h i n k , a n d t h a t t h e r i g h t o f t h i n k i n g a l s o c a r r i e s w i t h i t t h e r i g h t o f acting. A l r e a d y h a s i t w h i s p e r e d i n t h e e a r o f o u r c o m m o n h u m a n ­i t y t h a t r e a s o n i s reason— a n d c o m m o n s e n s e com­mon sense— a n d t r u t h truth, w h e t h e r e l i m i n a t e d f r o m t h e m i n d o f t h e p l o u g h m a n o r t h e l a b o r a t o r y o f t h e t i t l e d p r o f e s s o r . A l r e a d y h a s i t g i v e n u t t e r ­a n c e t o t h e s e n t i m e n t t h a t a l l m e n b y N a t u r e a r e e n d o w e d w i t h t h e r i g h t o f t h i n k i n g , s p e a k i n g a n d a c t i n g , a n d t h a t e a c h m u s t b e a r t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f t h e w a y t h i s r i g h t i s e x e r c i s e d . A n d h e n c e i m ­m e n s e m a s s e s o f m i n d a r e w a k i n g u p f r o m t h e s l u m b e r o f a g e s , a n d a r e s h a k i n g o f f t h e t y r a n n y o f forms and platforms, a n d a r e e m e r g i n g i n t o t h e f r e e d o m o f t h o s e “ w h o m t h e t r u t h m a k e s f r e e . ” C o n v e n t i o n a l r u l e s , t r a d i t i o n a l n o t i o n s a n d s t e r e o ­t y p e d l o g i c , w i l l n o t a n s w e r t h e d e m a n d s o f t h i s t y p e o f s o c i e t y . I t c u t s l o o s e f r o m t h e c o a t - t a i l s o f a n t i q u i t y , a n d l a u n c h e s o u t i n t o t h e b r o a d o c e a n o f investigation, w i t h t h e f u l l a s s u r a n c e t h a t i t i s b e t t e r t o t a k e p o l i t i c s , p h i l o s o p h y o r r e l i g i o n fresh f r o m t h e f o u n t a i n , r a t h e r t h a n t h e i r c o n t a m i n a t e d m i x t u r e t h r o u g h t h e t r a d i t i o n s o f t h e p a s t - T h i * i s a t y p e w h i c h w e l i k e , b e c a u s e i t s n u f f s t h e m o r n i n g b r e e z e o f freedom, l u x u r i a t e s i n t h e m e r i d i a n s u n o f reason, a n d p l a y s w i t h t h e e v e n i n g z e p h y r s o f truth.

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h o l i e r ' m o o d , i n s e a r c h a f t e r t r u t h for the sale of truth, a n d a d v a n c e d t o t h e harmony o f t r u t h i n t h e o p e r a t i o n s o f N a t u r e ’ s u n e r r i n g l a w s , e n j o y i n g a n i n t e l l e c t u a l e n t e r t a i n m e n t , t o t h e g r a n d e u r a n d n o ­b l e n e s s o f w h i c h , t h e a r i s t o c r a c y o f w e a l t h a n d f a s h i o n c a n f u r n i s h n o c o m p a r i s o n . I t w a s s a i d i n o l d e n t i m e , t h a t “ N a t u r e a b h o r s a v a c u u m . ” I t m a y n o w b e s a i d t h a t N a t u r e d e l i g h t s i n e q u i l i b r i ­u m . T h e c l a s s o f w h i c h w e s p o k e i n a f o r m e r n u m b e r w a s o n t h e e x t r e m e o f t h e c r e d u l o u s a n d f i c t i t i o u s . T h e c l a s s t o w h i c h w e n o w r e f e r i s o n t h e o p p o s i t e e x t r e m e . T h i s i s a w i s e p r o v i s i o n t o s e c u r e a p r o p e r balance. " W e r e i t o t h e r w i s e , t h e w h o l e h u m a n f a m i l y w o u l d s h o o t o f f i n t o t h e e x ­t r e m e o f t h e m a r v e l o u s , t h e f i c t i t i o u s a n d g o s s i p i n g n o n s e n s e , o r i n t o t h e o p p o s i t e e x t r e m e o f c o l d a n d r i g i d s c i e n t i f i c a n a l y s i s . A p o r t i o n o f h u m a n i t y b e ­i n g o n t h e o p p o s i t e s a n e q u i l i b r i u m i s p r e s e r v e d a n d a c o n s t a n t t e n d e n c y t o w a r d s t h e centre truth o b t a i n e d . I t i s t r u l y a s t o n i s h i n g t o w i t n e s s t h e s t e a d y a n d c e r t a i n r e v o l u t i o n i n p r i v a t e o p i n i o n a n d p u b l i c s e n t i m e n t , w h i c h i n d u c t i v e s c i e n c e a n d c r i t i c a l a n a l y s i s a r e m a k i n g u p o n p o l i t i c a l a n d t h e ­o l o g i c a l q u e s t i o n s .

I t i s n o l o n g e r p o s s i b l e t o c o n c e a l t h e f a c t , t h a t t h e d a r k c u r t a i n s o f t h e p a s t a r e d r a w i n g a s i d e , a n d “ l i g h t , m o r e l i g h t , ” i s b u r s t i n g i n u p o n t h e w o r l d ! T r u t h is a s s e r t i n g h e r s u p r e m a c y o v e r t r a d i t i o n , a n c i e n t f a s t e n i n g s a r e c u t l o o s e , f a l s e p h i ­l o s o p h y a n d superstitious d o c t r i n e s a r e d i s c a r d e d , i n t o l e r a n t v i e w s a b a n d o n e d ; w h i l e s c i e n t i f i c a n a ­l y s i s a n d i n d u c t i v e r e a s o n i n g — b o l d a n d a d v e n t u ­r o u s — r i d e m o s t t r i u m p h a n t l y u p o n t h e w a v e o f v i c t o r i o u s t h o u g h t 1 W i t h t h i s c l a s s t h e p r e s e n t i s a n e x t r a o r d i n a r y t i m e . Intellect i s t r a v e l i n g u p t h e “ h i l l o f s c i e n c e , ” a n d p l u c k i n g u n f a d e d l a u r e l s f r o m t h e b r o w o f fundamental truth. T h e p o w e r so f t h e e l e m e n t s a r e s e i z e d b y t h e g r a s p i n g h a n d o f m a n , a n d n a t u r e h e r s e l f , a s i t w e r e , f o r c e d t o y i e l d h e r c h o i c e s t s e c r e t s t o t h e m a n d a t e s o f s c i e n c e . I n ­v e n t i o n s u c c e e d s i n v e n t i o n , t r u t h f o l l o w s t r u t h , i m ­p r o v e m e n t p r e s s e s u p o n t h e h e e l s o f i m p r o v e m e n t , a n d d i s c o v e r y s u c c e e d s d i s c o v e r y i n a r a p i d s u c ­c e s s i o n o f new facts.

. T h e p h i l o s o p h e r s e e m s t o b e d r a w i n g l a r g e a n d f r e s h d r a u g h t s f r o m t h e p e r e n n i a l s p r i n g s o f i n s p i ­r a t i o n . T h e f o u n t a i n s o f t h o “ g r e a t d e e p ” o f m i n d s e e m t o b e b r o k e n u p , a n d s t r e a m s o f l i g h t t h r o u g h o r i g i n a l c h a n n e l s a r e p o u r i n g i n a n d f l a s h i n g u p , t o c h e e r a n d g u i d e t h e p h i l o s o p h e r o n w a r d . N o o t h e r a g e h a s b e e n e q u a l t o t h e p r e s e n t W e l i v e , a s i t w e r e , i n t w o w o r l d s , h e i r s t o t h e k n o w l e d g e o f a l l a g e s — i n p o s s e s s i o n o f t h e p a s t — a n d present w i t h t h e f u t u r e . T h e w h e e l s o f u n i v e r s a l P r o v i d e n c e a r e m o v i n g o n w a r d w i t h a n i r r e s i s t i b l e m o m e n t u m t o d e v e l o p i m p o r t a n t c h a n g e s i n t h e p o l i t i c a l , s o c i a l a n d r e l i g i o u s a s p e c t o f t h e w o r l d . A d e e p , m i g h t y a n d i r r e s i s t i b l e u n d e r - c u r r e n t i s r u n n i n g a t t h e f o u n d a t i o n o f s o c i e t y , i m p e l l e d b y t h e h i g h e r i n s t i n c t i v e i m p u l s e s o f m a n k i n d ; a n d o n t h i s c u r r e n t , i g n o ­r a n c e , s u p e r s t i t i o n , i n t o l l e r a n c e a n d a i l f a l s e p h i l o ­s o p h y , w i l l b e b o r n e l i k e a b u b b l e u p o n t h e m i g h t y w a v e , a n d d a s h e d t o a t o m s u p o n t h e r o c k s o f s c i -

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I g n o r a n c e i s t h e c a u s e o f a l l e v i l , a l l s u f f e r i n g a n d m i s e r y — a l l t h e m i s f o r t u n e s a n d a g o n i e s m e n s u f f e r i n t h e i r a s c e n d i n g l i v e s . W e a r e t o l d t h a t a l l o f t h e s e a r e t h e r e s u l t s o f t h e p r o v i d e n c e o f G o d . S t r a n g e G o d , s t r a n g e a c t i o n o f a G o d ! M a n i s d e s t i n e d t o o v e r c o m e a l l t h e o b s t a c l e s n a t u r e t h r o w s i n h i s w a y . H e i s a d a p t e d t o t h e r e c e p t i o n o f t h e t r u t h s o f t h e m i g h t y u n i v e r s e a n d i s d e s t i n e d t o g r a s p a l l t h e l a w s o f t h e m y s t i c i n t e r n a l a n d e x t e r n a l w o r l d s . S o l o n g a s h e i s i g n o r a n t o f t h o s e l a w s h e m u s t s u f f e r t h e c o n s e q u e n c e s o f i n f r i n g e m e n t B u t i s a l l s u f f e r i n g t h e r e s u l t o f i g n o r a n c e , o r i s t h e r e s o m e p r e d i s p o s i t i o n i n m a n t o v i o l a t e l a w ? O r i f h e h a d k n o w l e d g e c o u l d h e a v o i d v i o l a t i n g t h e l a w s o f h i s n a t u r e ? — S a y s a n a d v o c a t e f o r m a n ’ s d e p r a v i t y : “ A m a n g o e s o u t i n a s h i p , m e e t s t r e m e n d o u s s t o r m , a n d i s c a s t o n t h e r o c k s ; i f h e h a d b e e n a f e w m i l e s o n e i t h e r s i d e h e w o u l d h a v e p a s s e d s a f e l y t h r o u g h . H o w c o u l d h i s k n o w l e d g e a v a i l h i m ? ” I f h e h a d h a d a p e r f e c t k n o w l e d g e o f t h e c o a s t , o f t h e w e a t h e r , a n d h a d h i s s h i p b e e n p e r f e c t l y c o n s t r u c t e d , h e w o u l d h a v e p a s s e d s a f e l y . I t w i l l b e r e a d i l y a d m i t t e d t h a t h e c a n b e c o m e a c ­q u a i n t e d w i t h t h e c o a s t , a n d o f t h e w e a t h e r , a s i t d e p e n d s o n f i x e d l a w s a n d c e r t a i n c a u s e s , h e c a n a c q u a i n t h i m s e l f o f t h a t . I n s e c t s f o r e t e l l t h e s e a ­s o n s f o r a y e a r a h e a d , b u r r o w i n g d e e p e r b e f o r e c o l d w i n t e r s ; a n d t h e s q u i r r e l l a y s u p a g r e a t e r s t o r e b e f o r e a y e a r o f f r o s t . T h e s e e v e n i f l e d b y b l i n d i n s t i n c t , a r e i n f l u e n c e d b y c a u s e s w i t h w h i c h m a n h a s b u t t o a c q u a i n t h i m s e l f , i n o r d e r t o b e a s t h o r o u g h l y c o g n i z a n t o f t h e w e a t h e r a s t h e y . T h e g n a t f l o a t i n g i n t h e s u n s h i n e , r e c o g n i z e s t h e m i n u ­t e s t a t m o s p h e r i c c h a n g e ; a n d c e r t a i n l y m a n c a n a c q u a i n t h i m s e l f w i t h t h e c a u s e s c o n t r o l l i n g t h e m A n d o f t h e l a s t , h e e v e r e x p o s e s h i s l i f e f o r a v a r i c e . S h i p s a r e n o t b u i l t o n t h e b e s t m o d e l f o r r e s i s t i n g t h e w a r s o f t h e s t o r m , b u t f o r c a r r y i n g t h e g r e a t e s t b u r d e n s , o r c u t t i n g t h e w a t e r s w i t h g r e a t e s t s p e e d , a n d i f m a n r e f u s e s t o a d a p t h i m s e l f t o t h e c o n d i t i o n s i n w h i c h h e i s p l a c e d — r e f u s e s t o l e a r n t h e g e o g r a p h y , m e t e o r o l o g y , a n d t h e b e s t a r c h i t e c t u r e , h e m u s t s u f f e r f o r h i s o w n i g n o r a n c e .

T h e m a n w h o w i l f u l l y k i l l s a n o t h e r i n c o l d b l o o d , a n d w i t h p r e m e d i t a t i o n , m a y b e t h o u g h t f r e e f r o m t h e p l e a o f i g n o r a n c e ; b u t , i n r e a l i t y , h i s i g n o r a n c e w a s t h e c a u s e o f h i s c r i m e . C o n s c i o u s n e s s w a s u n c u l t i v a t e d ; i g n o r a n t o f t h e e n o r m i t y o f t h e d e e d . H a d i t b e e n e d u c a t e d , i t w o u l d h a v e m a d e t h e m i n d r e v o l t a t e v e n t h e t h o u g h t o f c r i m e .

S o ; s i t w i t h m a n i n e v e r y c o n d i t i o n i n w h i c h h e i s p l a c e d . F r o m t h e s e , h u m a n i t y e x t r i c a t e s i t s e l f a t l a s t , a n d l e a r n i n g n e w w i s d o m b y i t s b r u i s e s , g o e s o n i t s w a y . I t w a n d e r s a b o u t i n d a r k n e s s , g u i d e d o n l y b y t h e l i g h t o f t h e k n o w n t h r o u g h t h e w i n d i n g l a b y r i n t h o f t h e g r e a t u n k n o w n . T h i s i s t h e p o s i t i o n o f m a n ; s o f a r a s h e k n o w s , h e a c t s t o t h e b e s t o f h i s k n o w l e d g e ; b u t w h e r e h e d o e s n o t k n o w , h e m a y a c t r i g h t o r w r o n g , a n d b y t h e p r e s ­s u r e o f h i s s u f f e r i n g , r e c e i v e n e w l i g h t t o a i d h i m f a r t h e r o n . T h e k n o w n i s a d r o p t o t h e o c e a n , a m o m e n t t o a n i n f i n i t y o f t i m e ; w i t h a l l o u r v a u n t e d k n o w l e d g e w e k n o w n o t h i n g i n c o m p a r i s o n w i t h w h a t w e m i g h t a c q u i r e — w h a t w e s h a l l i n f u t u r e . We s e e t h a t t h e h i g h e r m a n b e c o m e s , t h e m o r e h a r m o n i o u s h e b e c o m e s , a n d t h e l e s s m i s e r y h e s u f f e r s . H e n c e i g n o r a n c e i s t h e c a u s e o f a l l h i s p a i n s a n d s u f f e r i n g s , a l l h i s e v i l s a n d c r i m e s .

I f t h i s i s s o , a n d i t c a n n o t b e d o u b t e d , t h e s p h e r e o f e v e r y o n e i s p l a i n l y m a r k e d o u t , a n d h e i s s o m u c h a m a n i n p r o p o r t i o n a s h e f o l l o w s t h a t c o u r s e . E v e r y o n e s h o u l d s t r i v e t o a c q u a i n t h i m s e l f w i t h t h e l a w s o f h i s n a t u r e , a n d t h e c o n d i t i o n s t o w h i c h h e m u s t a d a p t h i m - e l f . I f h e d o e s n o t a d a p t h i m ­s e l f t o s u r r o u n d i n g c i r c u m s t a n c e s , m o s t a s s u r e d l y t h e y w i l l n o t a d a p t t h e m s e l v e s t o h i m , a n d h e m u s t s u f f e r . I t i s t h e d u t y o f e v e r y o n e t o l e a r n a l l h e c a n , a n d t e a c h o t h e r s a l l h e c a n . I g n o r a n c e s t a r e s u s i n t h e f a c e a t e v e r y s t e p . I t h o w l s a t u s f r o m e v e r y g a t e a l o n g o u r r o a d , a n d s n a r l s a n d h i s s e s a t e v e r y t h i n g n e w t h e a c t i v e t h i n k e r s i n t r o d u c e . L e t u s s t r i v e t o p o u r s o m u c h o f o u r r e f u l g e n t l i g h t i n t o t h o w o r l d t h a t t h e d a r k e s t p l a c e s o f e a r t h s h a l l b e e l e v a t e d .

A f t e r t h e s e r e f l e c t i o n . - , i t i s q u i t e h i d e o u s t o h e a r r e v e r e n d s , d o c t o r s a n d l e a r n e d p r o f e s s o r s , p r e t e n d ­i n g t o u n i v e r s a l k n o w l e d g e , a n d s e t t i n g t h e m s e l v e s u p a s c a p a b l e o f u n r a v e l i n g t h e m o s t d i f f i c u l t p r o b ­l e m s o f m i n d , i t s a c t i o n a n d i t s c a u s e s . M a r k t h i s d o w n a s a n a x i o m , t h a t w h e r e v e r a n d w h e n e v e r y o u f i n d a p e r s o n p r o f e s s i n g t o k n o w t h e m y s t e r i ­o u s a c t i o n s o f f i r s t c a u s e s t h o r o u g h l y , h e i s a p r e ­t e n d e r a n d a q u a c k . I f t h e s e o n l y c o u l d s e e t h e i r i g n o r a n c e a n d t h e v a n i t y o f t h e i r p r e t e n s i o n s , h o w i n s i g n i f i c a n t t h e y w o u l d a p p e a r . M a k e n o p r e t e n ­s i o n s , b u t g o a t t h e w o r k q u i e t l y , a n d w i t h t h e l a m p o f r e a s o n c a r e f u l l y f e e l y o u r w a y t h r o u g h t h e l a b y r i n t h s o f e f f e c t s a n d c a u s e s , u n t i l y o u r e s t f a r d o w n o n t h e b a s i s o f t h e u n i v e r s e . T h e n c a n y o u s p e a k o f t h e m i n o r e f f e c t s s e e n m a n i f e s t o n e v e r y h a n d , a n d f r o m t h e m i g h t y g e n e r a l i z a t i o n , e m b r a c ­i n g c r e a t i o n i n i t s f o i d s .

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t h e f o l l o w i n g . T h e p h i l o s o p h y o f m i r t h h e r e p r e ­s e n t e d , h a s b e e n a f a v o r i t e “ d o g m a ” w i t h u s , i n public a n d private, f o r y e a r s . W e g i v e i t a p l a c e a t t h i s t i m e , t h a t i t m a y s t i m u l a t e o u r r e a d e r s t o a d o p t i t s t e a c h i n g s , a n d profit b y t h e p r a c t i c e d u r i n g t h e coming y e a r . — Ed. Christian Spiritualist.

“ P r o f e s s o r F l o g e l d e v o t e s 2 7 0 p a g e s t o a p r o ­f o u n d l y p h i l o s o p h i c a l i n v e s t i g a t i o n ' o f t h e o r i g i n , u s e , a n d b e n e f i t o f l a u g h t e r g e n e r a l l y , a n d t r e a t s o f i t s d i f f e r e n t c a u s e s a n d a s p e c t s u n d e r t h i r t y - s e v e n d i s t i n c t h e a d s . H e i s a b l e t o i n f o r m u s h o w t o j u d g e a m a n ’ s c h a r a c t e r a n d d i s p o s i t i o n b y h e a r i n g h i m l a u g h . T h e m e l a n c h o l y m a n ’ s l a u g h i s a p o o r hi hi hi! — t h e c h o l e r i c t e m p e r a m e n t s h o w s i t s e l f , i n ’ a he, he!— t h e p h l e g m a t i c i n a c h e e r f u l ha, ha, Jm ! — a n d a s a n g u i n e h a b i t i s b e t r a y e d b y i t s o w n c h a r a c t e r i s t i c ho, ho, ho / ” — Westminster Review.

T w o h u n d r e d a n d s e v e n t y p a g e s d e v o t e d t o l a u g h t e r ! B u t n o t t o o m a n y . A s a r e m e d i a l a g e n t n o t h i n g e q u a l s i t O n e h e a r t y l a u g h e v e r y d a y , w i l l c u r e e a c h a n d a l l w h o a r e s i c k , o r a n y w a y a i l i n g o f w h a t e v e r , a n d k e e p t h o s e i n h e a l t h a l w a y s w e l l 1 T h e l a u g h c u r e w i l l e v e n b e a t t h e w a t e r c u r e , p o t e n t a s i t i s . A n d t h e t w o c o m b i n ­e d , i f u n i v e r s a l l y a p p l i e d , w o u l d s o o n c l o s e e v e i y a p o t h e c a r y s h o p , l a y e v e r y p h y s i c i a n , w a t e r c u r e i n c l u d e d , o n t h e s h e l f , a n d b a n i s h e v e r y f o r m o f d i s e a s e f r o m a m o n g m e n . A l l i t s g i g g l e s e f f e c t u a l ­l y s t i r u p e v e r y v i s c e r a l o r g a n , c h u m t h e s t o m a c h a n d b o w e l s m o r e e f f e c t u a l l y t h a n a n y t h i n g e l s e c a n p o s s i b l y d o — h e n c e t h e e a s y l a u g h e r s a r e a l w a y s f a t , h u r r y t h e b l o o d t h r o u g h t h e s y s t e m w i t h a r e a l r u s h , b u r s t o p e n c l o s e d p o r e s , a n d c a s t o u t m o r b i d m a t t e r m o s t r a p i d l y ; f o r h o w s o o n d o e s h e a r t y l a u g h t e r i n d u c e f r e e p e r s p i r a t i o n , s e t t h e b r a i n i n m o t i o n t o m a n u f a c t u r e e m o t i o n s , t h o u g h t s , a n d m e n t a l i t y , a s n o t h i n g c a n e x c i t e i t ? a n d u n i ­v e r s a l l y p r a c t i c e d w o u l d b e w o r t h m o r e t o t h e r a c e t h a n i f C a l i f o r n i a d e p o s i t s c o v e r e d t h e w h o l e e a r t h ' O n l y w h e n f u l l y t r i e d , c a n i t b e d u l y a p p r e c i a t e d , L a u g h t e r i s l i f e ; w h i l e s a d n e s s a n d l o n g - f a c e d s e ­d a t e n e s s i s d e a t h . ,

A m e d i c a l n e i g h b o r t e l l s t h e f o l l o w i n g : “ W h i l e o n a p i c - n i c e x c u r s i o n w i t h a p a r t y o f y o u n g p e o ­p l e , d i s c e r n i n g a c r o w ’ s n e s t o n a r o c k y p r e c i p i c e , t h e y s t a r t e d i n g r e a t g l e e t o s e e w h o w o u l d r e a c h i t f i r s t T h e i r h a s t e b e i D g g r e a t e r t h a n p r u d e n c e , s o m e l o s t t h e i r h o l d s , a n d w e r e s e e n r o l l i n g a n d t u m b l i n g d o w n t h e h i l l - s i d e , b o n n e t s s m a s h e d , c l o t h e s t o r n , p o s t u r e s r i d i c u l o u s , & c . , b u t n o o n e h u r t T h e n c o m m e n c e d a s c e n e o f t h e m o s t v i o ­l e n t a n d l o n g c o n t i n u e d l a u g h t e r , a n d w h i c h , b e i n g a l l y o u n g p e o p l e w e l l a c q u a i n t e d w i t h e a c h o t h e r a n d i n t h e w o o d s , t h e y i n d u l g e d t o a p e r f e c t s u r ­f e i t T h e y r o a r e d o u t w i t h m e r r y p e a l o n p e a l o f s p o n t a n e o u s l a u g h t e r ; t h e y e x p r e s s e d i t b y h o o t ­i n g a n d h a l l o o i n g w h e n o r d i n a r y l a u g h t e r b e c a m e i n s u f f i c i e n t t o e x p r e s s t h e m e r r i m e n t t h e y f e l t a t t h e i r o w n r i d i c u l o u s s i t u a t i o n s , a n d t h o s e o f t h e i r m a t e s ; a n d e v e r a f t e r w a r d s t h e b a r e m e n t i o n o f c r o w ’ s n e s t , o c c a s i o n e d r e n e w e d a n d i r r e p r e s s i b l e l a u g h t e r .

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T h e hi Id Id, he he he, ha ha ha, ho ho ho, m e n t i o n e d i n t h e a b o v e q u o t a t i o n a s s i g n s ’ o f c h a r a c t e r , a r e a l l t r u e , b u t e m b o d y o n l y t h e m e r e s t g l i m p s e o f t h o s e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s d i s c l o s e d b y d i f f e r e n t l a u g h s . T h u s c o n t i n u e d l a u g h t e r , c o n t i n u i t y a n d a p p l i c a t i o n ; w h i l e a s h o r t ha Tia o f o n l y t w o e j e c ­t i o n s , a n d t h e f i r s t t h e m o s t f o r c i b l e , s i g n i f i e s “ g o o d o n t h e S p i r i t , ” b u t w i t h o u t c o n s e c u t i v e n e s s . ‘ W h a t s u c h c a n d o w i t h a r u s h , t h e y w i l l d o f i r s t r a t e , y e t w i l l p l o d o v e r n o t h i n g . W h o l e s o u l e d , s p o n t a ­n e o u s p e r s o n s , l a u g h r i g h t o u t h e a r t i l y a n d l o u d l y , w h i l e s e c r e t i v e p e r s o n s s u p p r e s s t h e i r l a u g h t e r , a n d h y p o c r i t e s c h a n g e t h e i r c o u n t e n a n c e i n t o a n u n m e a n i n g l e e r . W a r m f e e l i n g b u t r e s e r v e d p e r ­s o n s h o l d i n f o r a w h i l e , t h e n b u r s t i n t o a b r o a d h e a r t y l a u g h . S u c h w i l l b e c o l d a n d s t o i c a l o n f i r s t a c q u a i n t a n c e a n d t o w a r d s u n c o n g e n i a l s , y e t w a r m a n d d e v o t e d f r e i n d s w h e n t h e i r a f f e c t i o n s , a d h e s i v e o r c o n j u g a l , a r e o n c e e n l i s t e d . D i s c r i m i n a t i n g p e r ­s o n s l a u g h w i t h s e n s e o r o n l y w h e n s o m e t h i n g l a u g h a b l e i s p r e s e n t e d ; w h i l e t h e u n d i s c e m i n g l a u g h a b o u t a s m u c h a t w h a t i s a l i t t l e l a u g h a b l e a s a t w h a t i s s u p e r l a t i v e l y r i d i c u l o u s .

C a s t i r o n c o n s e r v a t i v e s l a u g h l i t t l e , a n d t h e n b y r u l e ; a n d p r o u d a r i s t o c r a t s m u s t k e e p o n a d i g n i ­f i e d ’ h a r d f a c e d l o o k , w h i l e t r u e r e p u b l i c a n f a m i ­l i a r s l a u g h f r e e l y . V a i n p e r s o n s l a u g h m u c h , a t l e a s t w i t h t h e i r f a c e s , a n d a t w h a t t h e y h a v e s a i d a n d d o n e . F o r c i b l e p e r s o n s l a u g h “ g o o d a n d s t r o n g , ” w h i l e t a m e o n e s l a u g h t a m e l y . S o m e l a u g h m a i n l y w i t h t h e i r f a c e s , o t h e r s w i t h b o t h f a c e a n d b o d y . T h e f o r m e r i s b e t t e r f o r h e a l t h t h a n n o t h ­i n g , y e t a t h o u s a n d t i m e s m o r e h e a l t h y i s t h e l a t t e r .

T h e o l d f o g y n o t i o n t h a t t o l a u g h o u t l o u d i s d e ­c i d e d l y v u l g a r , e s p e c i a l l y f o r a f e m a l e i s s i m p l y r i ­d i c u l o u s . I t i s o n a p a r w i t h b r e a t h i n g , t h i n k i n g , a n d e v e r y o t h e r n a t u r a l f u n c t i o n . T r u e , t h e r e i s a c o a r s e , g r o s s , s e n s u a l , a n d a n e x c e e d i n g l y v u l g a r l a u g h , y e t i t s v u l g a r i t y c o n s i s t s i n t h e s e n s u a l i s m o f t h e l a u g h t e r , n o t i t s h e a r t i n e s s .

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T h e r e a r e s o m e a r t i c l e s o f f o o d w h i c h h a v e v i r o u s e f f e c t s a c c o r d i n g t o t h e p a r t s u s e d . T h e 3 1 , - a p p l e , o r “ m a n d r a k e , ” i s a n u t r i t i o u s f r u i t • k ! r o o t i s c a t h a r t i c , i t s l e a v e s a p o i s o n . T h e commer h o u s e g r a p e i s a l u s c i o u s p r o d u c t ; t h e p u l p p ? d e l i c i o u s f o o d , a n d i n h e a l t h s h o u l d b e t h e c ”- p a r t s w a l l o w e d ; t h e s e e d s l o o s e n t h e b o w e l s , w f c t h e s k i n c o n s t i p a t e s t h e m . T w o o r t h r e e ' 'o f f r e s h l y p i c k e d , r i p e g r a p e s , m a y b e e a t e D d r - b y a p e r s o n i n g o o d h e a l t h . T h e b e s t t i m e i b r a : i n g t h e m i s i m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r b r e a k f a s t anddiaser

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t h e f o l l o w i n g i n c i d e n t s : W h i l e J o h n H a n c o c k w a s G o v e r n o r o f t h e C o m m o n w e a l t h , R a c h e l W h a l l w a s h u n g i n B o s t o n f o r h i g h w a y r o b b e r y . H e r o f f e n c e c o n s i s t e d i n t w i t c h i n g f r o m t h e h a n d o f a n o t h e r f e m a l e a b o n n e t w o r t h p e r h a p s s e v e n t y - f i v e c e n t s , a n d r u n n i n g o f f w i t h i t . T h e m o s t u r ­g e n t a p p l i c a t i o n s f o r h e r p a r d o n w e r e u n s u c c e s s f u l . I m e n t i o n t h i s n o t t o t h e d i s p a r a g e m e n t o f t h e g o v e r n o r . H e d o u b t l e s s a c t e d f r o m a s e n s e o f d u t y — t h i n k i n g i t b e s t f o r t h e c o m m u n i t y t h a t t h e l a w s o f t h e l a n d , h o w e v e r f r i g h t f u l l y s e v e r e , w h i l e t h e y w e r e l a w s , s h o u l d b e e x e c u t e d . A l a d o f e i g h t e e n y e a r s o f a g e w a s h u n g i n S a l e m f o r a r s o n , d u r i n g t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o f G o v e r n o r S t r o n g , s i m ­i l a r a p p e a l s i n h i s f a v o r b e i n g c o n s i d e r e d a n d o v e r ­r u l e d . Y e t t h e i n t e l l i g e n c e a n d h u m a n i t y a l i k e o f t h e e x e c u t i v e a n d o f t h e C o u n c i l , n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g t h e r e s u l t a r r i v e d a t i n b o t h t h o s e i n s t a n c e s , w e r e u n q u e s t i o n a b l e .

W i t h i n t h e s a m e p e r i o d , a g e n t l e m a n o f t h i s c i t y s a w a g i r l o f s e v e n t e e n h u n g i n L o n d o n f o r s t e a l i n g a s i l v e r c r e a m p i t c h e r . E d w a r d Y a i l e B r o w n w a s h u n g i n B o s t o n f o r b u r g l a r y c o m m i t t e d i n t h e h o u s e o f C a p t a i n O s i a s G o o d w i n , i n C h a r t e r s t r e e t , a n d s t e a l i n g t h e r e f r o m s u n d r y a r t i c l e s . I o n c e o w n e d a s e t o f t h e O l d B a i l e y T r i a l s , ( 1 7 7 5 - 1 8 2 5 , ) e m b r a c e d i n a s e r i e s o f p e r h a p s f i f t y q u a r t o v o l ­u m e s . T h e e a r l i e s t o f t h e s e v o l u m e s c o n t a i n e d t h e d e t a i l s o f t h e t r i a l o f t h e u n f o r t u n a t e D r . D o d d , f o r f o r g e r y , w h o s e t o u c h i n g a p p e a l f o r m e r c y , h e r e r e c o r d e d , w a s f r u i t l e s s l y e n f o r c e d b y t h e s p l e n d i d e l o q u e n c e o f J o h n s o n . I n a l a t e r v o l u m e , l o n g a f t e r t h e c o m m e n c e m e n t o f t h e p r e s e n t c e n t u r y , eight separate capital convictions are recorded as one day's job o f a s i n g l e t r i b u n a l , t h e c u l p r i t s b e i n g a l l b o y s a n d g i r l s b e t w e e n t h e a g e s o f ten a n d sixteen, a n d t h e i r o f f e n c e s p e t t y t h e f t s .

O n e c a s e I r e m e m b e r , o f p e c u l i a r j u d i c i a l a t r o c i ­t y . A y o u n g g i r l o f s e v e n t e e n w a s i n d i c t e d f o r s t e a l i n g a r o l l o f r i b b o n w o r t h t h r e e s h i l l i n g s : “ T h e p r i s o n e r c a m e i n t o m y s h o p a n d b o u g h t s o m e r i b ­b o n . I s a w h e r s e c r e t e t h i s p i e c e a l s o . I p e r s o n ­a l l y k n e w h e r , a n d w a s o n t h e m o s t f r i e n d l y a n d s o c i a b l e t e r m s w i t h h e r . W h e n s h e l e f t t h e s h o p I a c c o m p a n i e d h e r , a n d offered her my arm, w h i c h s h e a c c e p t e d . W e c h a t t e d t o g e t h e r . A s w e r e a c h ­e d t h e c o r n e r o f a s t r e e t l e a d i n g t o t h e B o w s t r e e t o f f i c e , I t u r n e d t o w a r d i t . S h e s a i d s h e w a s g o i n g i n a n o t h e r d i r e c t i o n , a n d b a d e m e g o o d m o r n i n g . I s a i d t o h e r ‘No ! y o n a r e g o i n g w i t h m e ! I s a w y o u s t e a l a p i e c e o f m y r i b b o n ! ’ S h e i m m e d i a t e l y i m p l o r e d m e f o r G o d ’ s s a k e t o o v e r l o o k i t , a n d r e ­s t o r e d t o m e t h e a r t i c l e . I s a i d t o h e r t h a t I h a d l o s t m a n y t h i n g s i n t h i s w a y , a n d w a s r e s o l v e d t o m a k e h e r a n e x a m p l e —that I was determined to have her life / ” A n d h e g o t i t I c a n n e v e r f o r g e t h o w m y b l o o d b o i l e d a s I r e a d t h e t e s t i m o n y o f t h i s c o l d - b l o o d e d w r e t c h . I n v i e w o f t h e j u d g m e n t o f a m e r c i f u l G o d , f a r r a t h e r , i t s e e m e d t o m e , w o u l d I h a v e b e e n i n t h e p l a c e o f t h a t p o o r , f r a i l , e r r i n g g i r l , e v e n o n t h e s c a f f o l d , t h a n i n t h e p l a c e o f h e r h e a r t l e s s a c c u s e r .

I r o s e f r o m t h e p e r u s a l o f t h o s e v o l u m e s , h o r r o r ­s t r u c k w i t h t h e c o n t i n u o u s r e c o r d o f i n c o n c e i v a b l e l e g a l c r u e l t y . I t s e e m e d t o m e t h a t t h e s e v e n t y t h o u s a n d h a n g i n g s i n t h e r e i g n o f H e n r y V I I I w e r e m a t c h e d b y a n e q u a l l y l o n g l i s t o f p e r s o n s condem­ned to be hung i n t h e r e i g n o f G e o r g e I I I . S i n c e t h i s t i m e m u c h h a s b e e n d o n e i n E n g l a n d b y R o - m i l l y , B r o u g h a m , M a c k i n t o s h a n d S y d n e y S m i t h ; a n d a s m u c h — p e r h a p s m o r e — b y k i n d r e d p h i l a n ­t h r o p i s t s o n t h i s s i d e o f t h e A t l a n t i c .

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