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V O L. II . SAINT F E A N CISCO, S U N D A Y , SEPTE M B ER 13, 1868. NO. 36.L I T E R A R Y

For the Banner of Progress.

BEAUTT_OF SOUL.Let others prize the crimson hue

That mantles on the youthful face,Or seek the eye of heavenly blue,

And mien of ifleasing, faultless gTace :That these are charms I freely own ;

But still I ask a higher kind,That lasts when other charms have down—

That matchless one, the charm of mind !

Tho chill of years will surely quench The brightness of earth’s loveliest eye ;

Timo’s icy hand will surely blanch Tho reddest cheek’s vermilion dye ;

The form by age will lose its grace,The voice its tender, sweet control;

But never, never can efface The beauties of a noble soul.

And what is beauty but a flower,That blooms but for a summer’s day ?

When on it falls the wintry shower,Its charm of life will pass away.

The mind that seeks tho rich perfume That dreary winter cannot chill,

Like earthly flowers, may lose its bloom,But heavenly fragrance lingers still.

The stars that gem the vault of heaven,When day’s last crimson hues decline,

As denser grows the dusk of even,With brighter rays their beauties shine :

Thus in the night of coming years,When youth’s most joyful days are o'er,

More brilliant will the soul appear,If clothed in wisdom, than before.

So, dear young friend, let virtue hold A glorious charm for you and me,

And deck our souls with purest gold,Whose charm shall last eternally :

For wealth and beauty are the snare That calls us from true wisdom’s road ;

O, cultivate with anxious careThe thoughts that lead your soul to God !

C O M M U N I C A T I O N S .

TH E PHILOSOPHY OF MAGIC.

ASTROLOGY.----(CONTINUED.)

Till very recently, Astrology maintained an un­disputed rule over tlie minds of all classes. W il­liam Lilly, the Astrologer, was cited before the Parliam ent of England, after the great fire of Lon­don in 1666, to explain, if he could, the origin of the fire. He had, twelve or fourteen years pre­viously, published two hieroglyphics, which plain­ly predicted the “ great plague ” and the fire, and were remarkable enough to attract the attention of Parliam ent.

“ Kings and other eminent persons resorted to Astrology down to a very late period. In the fifteenth century, Pope Calixtus III anathematized a heretical comet, tha t had in some way aided and abetted the infidel Turk. In the sixteenth, Catherine de Medicis presented Henry IV to the famous Nostradamus. In the seventeetli, Charles I took counsel of Lilly, the Sidrophel of Butler. Dryden not only cast the nativities of his sons, but singularly enough lived, or ought to have lived, to see one of them positively verified.”— W estm in ster Hevicio.

Burton, author of “ Anatomy of Melancholy,” cast his own nativity, and predicted the exact time of his death—so exact, indeed, that the students jocularly said that he committed suicide to accom­modate his prediction.

Genethliacal Astrology claims to reveal the fu­ture life of man by the configuration of the heav­ens at his birth. In this branch of astral philoso­phy, it is computed that each degree between a planet and the ascendant, meridian, the Sun or Moon, or their “ aspects,” is a year ; for example, if, at the birth of a person, the Sun be twenty de­grees from the trine of the meridian, it signifies tha t at the age of twenty, or twenty-one, he will be honored with great preferment and success. How a degree signifies a year is more than I have been able to discover. There is a show of reason in the hypothesis tha t transits over the angles of meridian and horizon in a horoscope should afiect the native, but there is none for converting de­grees into years, that I know of.

Horary Astrology, as an art of divination, must be ranked with other modes of divining, and does not, as does genethliacal Astrology, depend upon arbitrary rules. It is not scientific. The revela­tions given by Horary Asrology proceed more from m ental sympathy than from positive prescience based on scientific principles. The preliminary rules by which the Astrologer should be guided prove this, as the following examples will show :

“ Judo-e not ligh t motions of the querent, for a question fit to b<T judged ought to be premeditated and seriously pondered by the querent ; therefore, judge not, unless he be ol a capacity to state thequestion. . . . .

“ Figures of Horary Astrology prove true or false, according to the intent of the querent.

“ Astrologers ought to be impartial^ men ; tor love or hatred causeth error in their judgm ent. ’ —Coley's A stro lo g y .

This method of divination is based upon the hy­pothesis that there is an intim ate sympathetic rela­tionship between every individual and the stars; it is said tha t “ no person moves a question—to an astrologer—with earnest desire of satisfaction, but the ascendant of the figure [the sign rising in the

east] will be either the same or of the same triplici- ty with the sign ascending a t b irth .”

The question being proposed, the Astrologer draws a map of the heavens, divided into twelve equal parts, six being above the horizon and six beneath; these twelve divisions are called houses or mansions. To each is assigned its share of the cares of mankind respectively. The first, begin­ning at the east and th irty degrees below the liorf- zon, is the ascendant, and refers to temperament and general character ; the second, following the same course, to movable goods and money ; the third, to messengers, short visits, and relatives ; the fourth, hades, or the grave, also the father, lands, and mines ; the fifth, social pleasures and children; the sixth, slaves and small cattle ; the seventh, matrimony, law, and general busi­ness ; the eighth, death and legacies ; the ninth, religion, journeys and learning ; the ten th—the meridian—honors and emoluments, and the moth­er; the eleventh, friends, hopes, and desires ; the twelfth, large cattle, also the abode of evil spirits and everything m alignant. The situation of the planets, in these “ houses,” with their signs and respective significations and aspects, furnish ma­terial for astrological speculation in for tune-telling. Besides planets, there are added to the celestial bodies the imaginary ones, the moon’s ascending and descending node, and a still more imaginary creation—the “ part of fortune.” This is an astro­logical fiction, bearing, as regards distance and po­sition, the |same relation to the eastern horizon that the Moon does to the Sun. Divining from a pack of cards is ju st as reliable and much more simple, as is also any other process by which minds can be brought into direct sympathy w ith each other.

For the spiritual or religious signification of As­trology, the reader is referred to the articles on “ Spiritualism,” in Vol. I, of the B a n n e r o f P r o ­g r e s s . j . w . MACKIE.

THE N a t u r a l eyiuunxte—err—n r n —ira-

MORTALITY OF THE SOUL.

E d it o r B a n n e r o f P r o g r e s s :—I propose to give a brief article on the above subject—a sub­ject which has puzzled the wisest heads, and may muddle m y brain ; but of that my readers m ust be j udges. I am aware that the whole Christian Church deny such evidence, in their assent to the text, that “ life and immortality is brought to light through the Gospel ” ; and tha t many phi­losophers agree with the Church in the denial. Concerning the truthfulness of the text quoted, it is sufficient exposure of its falsity, in the sense in which it is now-a-days taken, to point to the various passages of the Old Testament, where life beyond the precincts of the tomb is either expressly stated, or may be more than inferred; and to the belief, among all people, in the reality of such life; while any one, who will examine the evi­dences of the more ancient instances of spirit communication, will be convinced that all systems of religion, whether monotheistic or polytheistic in form, rest for their foundations upon the idea of life beyond the tomb, and of the visitations of the spirits of the departed. But I hold tha t the text intends to assert, only, that through the Gospel the evidence of the soul’s existence beyond the tomb was more clearly demonstrated than it was in those religions wherein the great central idea had been obscured by the pomp of forms, and by grossness of the priestly hierarchy; ju st as the great idea and fact of spirit communion is covered by the grossness of the Church hierarchy of the present day—even of those who in their weekly service repeat, as a prime article of their creed, “ I believe in the communion of the saints (spirits.)”

By n a tu r a l evidences, in this essay, is m eant only those evidences which the unassisted hum an reason is able to establish as corollaries to certain undeniable facts as prem ises; excluding all that class which the churches have heretofore been ac­customed to regard as miraculous, w ithout design­ing, by such exclusion, to convey the inference that that class of evidence was preternatural, or that any such th ing as a miracle, in the common acceptation of the word, ever did or ever could happen.

I make no account of the question of the origin of the soul ; nor of the other question, of what that soul really is ; but I simply assume as a basis, before any argum ent can be attempted, that man has a soul, or spirit, and tha t it is sometJiing. After this assumption, my first premise is, of that exalted condition which lias occurred to many, namely, wherein the mind is conscious for itself of an existence independent of the body, and which is as well authenticated as any fact dependent on hum an testim ony; and connected therew ith is the hope of immortality. My second is the im­perishability of thought. My third is founded on the indestructibility of matter. On these three premises I propose to argue the question.

Not to be tedious in m ultiplying instances under my first heading, I cite the case of Paul, who was “ in the spirit, and whether in the body or out of the body he could not tell ” ; the well known case of W illiam T ennan t; and all those other instances where the mind was conscious of existence inde­pendent of the body, and which are as well at­tested as is the fact that there was recently a civil

war in the United States, and that the Government prevailed. If the objection be raised here, that, in the case of the late war, many are living who participated in it, and that we have official evi­dence that such war did exist, I answer, that the majority did not personally participate in the war ; that the evidence rests on the testimony of a minority even of the people of the United States ; and that an official document is but a hum an testimony of a historical fact, as is the case under question. To illu s tra te : Suppose that all thepeople of earth were dwellers of intertropical climates, where water was never seen except in its liquid state ; and suppose tha t some bold voyagers should return from Arctic regions, and relate that, in those far-off countries, water was sometimes seen, of feathery lightness, and perfectly white ; that it was sometimes solid, and capable of sus­taining great w eights; and that, in either case, it was perfectly dry : would not the story be re­ceived with a storm of incredulity, as was actually the case in one instance? How much greater would be the incredulity of such a people, pro­vided they were unacquainted with the uses of steam, on being told that water in that state again became perfectly dry, and of all its power! Yet all these things would be facts, and would be, in the case supposed, dependent on, and substantiated by, human testimony. And they really are so de­pendent, so far as the mind takes cognizance of the evidence. That our own senses take cognizance of the facts, is only adding to the hum an testi­mony.

To return to the question under discussion : The fact of the mind being conscious of an existence independent of and separate from the body, is abundantly substantiated by hum an testimony, and is better established than any question ever was in a court of law ; for, in law, only two or three witnesses are required to substantiate a fact, bu t in this case we have hosts. Then, if the mind is thus conscious, and if the evidence is sufficient, who is to say it is not SO V OF wuat human intelli­gence is there, superior to mind, to sit in judg ­ment on it ? The idea of superiority is therefore absurd, and the corollary is inevitable; that, if the mind can have a short existence independent of the body, so it may have a long, indefinite ex­istence, w ith the same or greater independence, which is im m o r ta lity . For the only idea we can have of im m ortality is, of existence indefinitely.

But one th ing more is required in this connec­tion, namely, to show th a t these witnesses are neither perjurers nor insane. That they are truthful, is evident from their * want of motive to deceive, which is held to be the best evidence in law ; so much so, tha t the testimony of the dying is held to be the best. That they are sane, is, if possible, more evident, from the fact that, tried by any rule whatever, (and there is a large class of such persons who continue to live for years after having had such consciousness,) they in no transac­tion give evidence of m ental infirmity.

Connected w ith this, is the hope of immortality in every breast. I t is not the shrinking from pain, nor the dread of death : those are entirely differ­ent feelings, and have nothing in common with this bright hope, by the poet called “ undying.” Whence came it? how was it implanted in the breast ? what caused its universality ? By a pro­cess of reasoning, we exclude every other source, except the very structure of the m ind ; for, though we are taugh t it, yet we can go back to its source, and see that it must a t f i r s t have had its origin from the very structure of the mind itself. Be­sides, we often find it springing up in ourselves, de novo, independently of any teaching. I f it arises from the structure of the mind, it m ust be taken as part of the mind—as one of its consti­tuents ; therefore, being part of the mind, it must be taken as evidence that the mind is immortal.

CHRONOS.[TO BE CONTINUED.]

CHARACTER.

Character, pertaining to men and women, is “ the assemblage of qualities which distinguish one person from another ; particular constitution of the mind.” Character, as distinguished from reputation, is w h at we a re ; reputation is w h a t others tJdnk toe are . A moral character, in this age of civ­ilization, is a life according to the standard which society erects. W hat is that standard ? If a man born with a favorable organism, and placed in pleas­ant and agreeable surroundings, guided and guarded by tender and anxious parents, moves along his smooth journey of life, if tempted with the al­lurements and enchantments by which so many others less favored have fallen, he has had cast in the very mould of his being the moral power to re­sist ; in fact, that which has seemingly ruined many a noble and brilliant soul would be no tempt­ation to him. Thus he passes through life un­moved by the storms, conflicts, and passions that disturb and wreck others. Such a man is pointed at as good, moral, and virtuous. Another indi­vidual, born with opposite characteristics, and placed in unfavorable surroundings, stumbles along the rough path of life, s tru g g lin g w ith all his m ight to overcome the evils w ithin and the temptations without, but as often fails. He is pointed at as a wicked wretch. If a m an to all

outward seeming is good and virtuous, he is held to possess a moral character, no m atter w hat his private life may be, he may in his domestic circle, as a father, be ; a tyrant, and, as a husband, a brute.

Christianity places the standard of morality still lower in the scale ; it holds that, however moral, virtuous, and good a person may be, it counts nothing toward salvation. Benevolence, love, and charity may cause the hands and heart to over­flow with deeds that fill with joy and gladness the homes of the poor and afflicted, yet, w ithout “ religion,” the first mile-stone toward the heaven of future joy and happiness cannot be counted. The confession of the man at a religious revival— who had lived virtuous and moral in the expecta­tion that tha t would be sufficient to procure hap­piness for him both here and hereafter—that he had “ tried virtue and morality long enough, and now he was going to try religion,” aptly illustrates the Christian’s idea of the value of those qualities.

This pernicious doctrine—that the noblest and purest qualities of the human soul, prompting deeds of charity and benevolence, is of no value in m aking up that peculiar religious character that insures salvation, but that religion is the only coin tha t will pass current on the highways to heaven—has the effect to cause many to dispense with morality altogether. And why not ? if it is worth nothing o f itse lf , why be incumbered with the useless luggage ? They are consistent.

Many conditions which surround individuals, and in which they live by the force of the inexor­able edicts of society—conditions which they never sought, and from wliicli they try in vain to extricate themselves—bring to the surface many traits of character tha t shock society’s nerves, and for which the individual is in no way responsible. I t is the damnable doctrine of Free Agency that shifts the responsibility from society to the indi­vidual, from the re a lly guilty to the innocent— from the cause to the effect.

Recently, in Bliiladelpliia, a man, sitting in allthe virtuous dignity of an august Judge, sen­tenced a young g irl to be taken from the Court­room to the Jail, and hanged by the neck until she was dead. A cold-blooded murder perpetrated by Church and State, in which the officers were but the too w illing tools—a murder, the recital of which causes the “ blood to run chill,” perpetrated that the d ig n ity and ch a ra cter of the law m ight be sustained, and that the execution m ight be a terror to evil-doers. It is true, the crime com­mitted by the g irl—infanticide—was a horrible one ; but w hat m ust have been the terrible con­dition tha t forced a mother to murder her own offspring? W as it because of depravity, the love of crime ? or was it to save herself and her child from the disgrace, and infamy worse than death, that society is sure to heap upon its v ic tim s ? W ho knows but that young girl, ignorant of the great world, in her unsophisticated innocence was seduced from her happy country home by some high dignitary of the Church or State, who was but too glad to get rid of her when she could no longer minister to his sensuality ? It may be that she voluntarily left her home for that great pol­luted city, in search of employment, and, failing to find it, or forced into the unremunerative fate of the sewing-girl, with hunger and want staring her in the face, accepted the gold of the be­trayer as the only alternative between starvation and life, miserable though it was. Or, (to ex­onerate society as much as possible,) she may have been a perverse and disobedient child, w ith an ardent, voluptuous temperament, and may have sought from choice those conditions which in the sequel proved so fatal. In cither case, she is not alone in fault. W hen and where did Church or State ever teach personal purity, a chaste and temperate life, as a prerequisite to the production of pure and harmonious offspring ? How many parents, Tcnotcing tha t passional indulgences and intemperate habits transm it the immoral taint to their children, ever deny themselves those indul­gences ? How many husbands forbear to impose maternal conditions upon their wives, whose very soul and body revolt at the thought of increasing an already numerous and diseased family ? W ho knows but that this was the case of tha t un- fortuate g irl’s mother, who, rather than give birth to another being, sought to destroy the foetus, but, failing, enstamped murder upon its very nature ? There are only two alternatives for the wives of such exacting husbands—foeticide or separation. The former is the more often resorted to, because it subjects the mother to the least exposure ; but O, how terrible its consequences ! Better by far to separate from the hated monster and flee for life.

I once knew a clergyman, in good standing in the church to which he belonged, the father of seven children, nearly of an equal age, and the husband of a physically frail, but spiritual woman —more spirit than m ortal—who claimed that the law, both divine and human, entitled him, as husband and head of the family, to the person of his wife, and insisted tha t forcing her to yield to his demands was not a sufficient cause for sepa­ration. But she d id leave him, and sought the sympathy and protection of another, without the consent of society. How the respectaJAe Grundys were shocked! and society held up its hands in

holy horror, tha t “ the wife of our good minister should leave her husband and run away with another man. H orrible! it is but another mani­festation of the awful depravity of the hum an h e a r t!” Depravity ! it was but the first faint streak in the daion in g of an age of virtue to that poor stricken soul. She had left the loathsome polluted embrace of a b r u t e , (I ask pardon of the brute creation,) for the kind and genial sympathy and love of a pure and noble man. Yet the clergyman could have received the endorsement of nearly the whole community, as a good and moral man ; while the woman received the almost unanimous verdict of “ wicked, fallen wretch.”

W e can only know of the character of indi%’id- uals as they manifest it in our intercourse with them ; and, if they have bad traits, the more repu­table, wealthy, and distinguished they are, the more will they try to hide those traits, and the more willing is society to apologize for them ; and, if need be, their positions will procure for them in all communities any amount of endorsement as to moral character. Until each individual con­siders himself or herself in p a r t responsible for the wrong-doing of others, and applies the remedy of s e l f reform a Ho n, crime will “ run riot,” and character range low, however high and reputable we may seem to be. a . c . s t o w e .

CO MPENS ATION.

Last Sunday morning, at the Spiritualists’ hall, an influence controlled the speaker, Miss Fuller, purporting to be that of a once fallen, depraved, and, as the world has it, vicious girl of the p a v e in the city of New York. I listened to the details of her terrible earth-condition, into which she was born, and which continued to aggregate miseries and untold sorrows, as her life on earth advanced, until she reached her twenty-eighth year, when her spirit was severed from her physical body, and she found herself an inhabitant of the Bpirit world. There she unfolded faculties that before were dormant and unknown even to herself; and she began to ascend, step by step, the golden staircase of eternal progress, until she was deemed fit to return, an evangel of tru th , justice, and mercy to the dwellers upon earth. As I listened I reflected, "What a glorious illustration of the law of “ compensation,” that holds all things in its large embrace ! Here comes to us, from the th ither side of the grave, a sister of hu­manity, who was regarded by the worldly-wise in God’s ministrations of the affairs of men, as a totally shipwrecked, lost, and. ruined one—a vessel of Divine wrath, gone down forever in darkness —an unclean and leprous th ing of earth, whose breath, was foul contamination, disease, and death ; and she teaches purity of life, enmity to ­ward none, charity for all of God’s children ! The life she lived on earth was but a short segment in the vast circle of eternity. To finite comprehen­sion, her life was a fa ilu re; but, thanks to God, who givetli us the victory through His tru th , if it w as a failure, it was not a f in a li ty . This great tru th in the life of all immortal beings is quickly grasped in the land of souls ; and O, how eagerly and fondly they hug it to their innermost being ! how quickly they enter upon the great work, like our sister, of redeeming the past, to recover what is lost, so far as it can be done by diligent, faith­ful, and untiring work, in their own and others’ behalf! W hat a grand thought it is to the sor­rowing millions, who go forward to tha t higher condition of life from Christian lands alone, imbued with the fallacious, soul-cramping, and belittling teachings of our churches, when the great tru th for the first time dawns upon their benighted minds, that probation is for eternity ; that, absolutely, there are no saints, no sinners, no evil, no good ; that each one on the vast plains of God’s boundless domain is working out, not with fear and trembling, but w ith joy ineffable, his salvation; that each is receiving what he failed to obtain from his Heavenly Father while on earth ; that the crooked ways are being made straight, the rough places smooth ; that the law of compensation is in full operation, and by th a t law the abused, despised, and down-trodden son or daughter of earth receives at last the “ wedding garm ent,” and is invited to the house of many mansions !

As a “ scheme of salvation,” who would ex­change this philosophy of the soul’s return to earth, to do the work neglected while a dweller upon it, for all the blood of bulls and goats and paschal lambs, or for all the sacrificial rites and ceremonies ? Take from us this heaven-given philosophy, and this earth would indeed be a “ vale of tears.” God would be a fiend of the monstrous kind which He has been represented by the Church. W ho was to blame, that this poor soul, “ conceived in sin and brought forth in ini­quity,” th rust out into the midst of squalid poverty and its attendant train, crime and de­bauchery, became, or rather teas, what she was? Did she make her natal and ante-natal conditions ? No ; and yet, according to the theory of these sectarists—to whom, on pain of ostracism, every knee must bow and every tongue confess tha t they and they alone have the key to unlock the “ sa­cred mysteries,” that they alone are in the royal road to salvation—she must ride the fierce billows

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of an endless lxell, in a bottomless lake of sulphur­ous fire, sinking lower in degradation, sin, and misery, as the ages roll their solemn^rc-and. To compel an assent to, and belief in, these monstros­ities, they only lack the power to revive the rack and thumb-screw, re-light the fires of martyrdom, “ cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of (religious) war.” Lacking this power, they content them ­selves, as best they may, with m aking ugly faces at us, and calling us by bad names. In the mean time, tlie mills of the gods continue to grind, slowly, it is true, but su re ly ; and creeds, and impudent assumptions and dogmas, are being re­duced to powder, and scattered before the wind of God’s justice, love, and mercy. l . wvn.

fcC GOD.”

A short notice of Bro. A llyn’s essay on “ God ” has been requested of me. I had concluded to say no more on the subject in connection with the late controversy, and especially in regard to Bro. Allyn’s articles. He has said very little that the most ex acting Atheist would care to controvert. True, he presents a God for our acceptance—the universe ; but “ a rose by any other name would smell as sw eet”; and for the same reason, the universe is not changed by receiving a deific a lia s. It seems that some minds are at a loss to know what to do w ith this etymological w a if; like an unclaimed foundling, it lias been bandied about, now as one idea, then as another ; laid at tlie door of every­th ing “ in heaven above, on earth beneath, and in the waters under the earth with no abiding place or idea which it can exclusively claim as its own. Bro. Allyn thinks I ought to be satisfied w ith the “ God ” he has been at the pains to con. ju re up for m e; but I “ decline with thanks.” I am satisfied to know the universe by the name com­monly given to it; for the simplicity and beauty of language is marred by giving too many words to one idea ; besides, “ universe ” and “ God ” are not interchangeable terms. W ould there not be wisdom in applying ourselves to those things we can know and appropriate to our individual necessities, to the exclusion of the unknown, unknowable, and fanciful ? And, seeing tha t we “ cannot by search­ing find out God,” would it not be well to drop the w o rd altogether?

I will take this opportunity to notice Mr. Davis’ rejoinder. I t seems th a t Mr. Davis did not intend to “ reveal God ” to the intellect, but to expose the conceits of the intellect in such mad endeav­ors. In this he acted on the principle that a drunken man acts upon, who, to aid the cause of temperance, exposes himself as an example of the dreadful effects of drunkenness. He also says : “ D a v is is not responsible for the words u sed ”; which is curious, seeing that the title-page of his book says, “By Andrew Jackson Davis.” W e are also given to understand that it was D a v is who experi­enced deistic doubts— D a v is who discovered God— D cw is who hurried to Boston with the discovery, and D a v is who “ revealed God” to the intellect. W hy, then, is D a v is not responsible ? “ God ” has beena powerful instrum ent in the hands of theologians to enslave the minds of hum anity ; by inspiring them w ith a devotion to something awful and u n ­known-—and awful because unknown—the priests have possessed them with an idle terror, which has rendered them easy tools of a designing craft. Is Spiritualism to be burdened with such an incubus ?

ASSOP, JR.

INSPIRATION.

Many lim it inspiration to the writers of the Bible. They appear to th ink it wrong to suggest th a t any other persons or authors may be inspired. But why should they not be ? The Bible, their au­thority, says, “ men were moved by the Holy Ghost.” Has the power of the “ Holy G host” ceased? Did it die out with the disciples or im ­mediate followers of Christ ? This feeling tha t it is profane to ascribe inspiration to any other per­sons, except the authors of the Bible, is akin to the superstition that makes the Bible not only the leading guides of our lives, but the one source of all knowledge. Everything must give way to its revelations. Even when it is proved to be con­trary to geological research and scientific tru th , we must not dare to assert anything that seems to contradict its pages. As if tlie world had stood still eighteen hundred years, and we were now to be dependent on the learning of the old patriarchs and prophets,who lived while the world was yet in its infancy !

But to return to our subject. W hat is inspira­tion? It is the overshadowing of the mentality by higher powers—by the spirits who have passed from earth and its frailties, and who are redeemed from much that keeps us enthralled. They have left the cumbrous body, and stand clear in the ligh t of God’s smile. They have cast off many old superstitions, and clearly see tru ths which are dim to our earthly vision. As they come to us on missions of love, they lead and guide us as their h igher wisdom dictates. They inspire us not only to write and to speak words of tru th that will benefit humanity, but they put it into onr hearts to do many a kind deed, and speak many a loving word to the sorrowing ones of earth. W e may not realize their presence or assistance, yet they come silently, and are repaid by the pleasure they feel in doing good. O, believe not tha t the power of inspiration ceased centuries ago, but look up and acknowledge that a h igher power aids and guides you to-day! Open your hearts, receptive to all good influences, and you will find that you can a t­tain to a growth, and to a spiritual perception, of which you never before dreamed. So shall you be blest, and be enabled to benefit others in return.

CORA.

T h e Revolution says :“ A s th e b a llo t is th e co lu m biad o f our p o litica l

his powerpower, and every citizen who has it in is a full-armed monitor, we demand this sure pro­tection for all, men and women, including, of course, the mothers, wives, and daughters of the brave men who fell iu our last revolution. A place iti_ all the profitable and honorable employments, a fair day’s work, are better than charity; for virtue and dignity can only be maintained by self-dependence and self- support. ‘ Give a man a right over my subsistence, says Alexander Hamilton, ‘ and he has a right over my whole moral being.’

“ As labor is ever degraded by disfranchisement, and as capital uses the cheap labor of women to de­press men’s wages, and extend the hours of his toil in all those trades where she works by his side, it is clearly the interest of laboring men to extend the right of suffrage to the women of the nation, who are now fast coming to compete with them in the world of work.”

Benefits of the Eight-Hour Law.W O R K M E N A T T H E B R O O K L Y N N A V Y Y A R D .

It may be interesting, says the New York Sun, to know the practical effect of the Eight-Hour move­ment thus far at the Navy Yard, where it has been under operation a month. Those opposed to the measure argue that a change from ten hours’ labor would only give working-men an additional two hours to spend in bar-rooms, to the detriment of themselves and families. The experience here shown by no means corroborates the supposition. A num­ber of men in the different departments of the Navy Yard have been questioned, and the following are specimens of their statements :

T-----M——, a ship-joiner, has worked seven yearsat the yard. He lived in a confined tenement-house, a mile and a half from his work. Rose at half-past five, hurried on his clothes, did but little washing, breakfasted at a quarter to six, and soon after, with­out reading a paper, started off and walked to the scene of his daily labor, reaching there at a quarterto seven. While waiting till seven for the gate to open he sometimes bought a Sun, which he read for a quarter of an hour, adding a Williamsburg Times for evening perusal. Worked five hours until noon, and rested during the hour till one, when he again la­bored five hours until six, and walked home. After washing his face and hands, he took supper at seven. Feeling too fatigued to walk out or visit with his family, he would not change his clothes, but read his two papers, talked a little, split a little wood, and went to bed at nine. Sometimes he strolled into a neighboring bar-room for conversation, feeling that to be the only place he could frequent in his working dress. Under the Eight-Hour Rule, he has lately taken a cottage with a small garden, on the outskirts of Brooklyn, at a lower rent than he paid in the tenement-house. He rises as before, at half­past five, takes a more thorough wash, and break­fasts at half-past six, three-quarters of an hour later than before. Previous to breakfast, he works in his garden, or does any repairing in the house his wife requires, and which had formerly to be paid for. Leaves home about seven, and reaches the Yard, on foot, before eight. His work closing at five in the afternoon, he arrives at home before six, works in the garden or at repairs, washes, and takes supper at seven. Feels no fatigue ; finishes his two papers, and adds a magazine and an agricultural journal to his reading. At times he dresses and makes a visit with his wife. Goes to bed between half-past nine and ten, oftener at the latter hour. He finds that he accomplishes as much work in eight hours as he for­merly did in ten, inasmuch as he works more rapid­ly and with a greater will. He feels pleasantly to­ward the Government, and is disposed to give it the worth of its money. This he finds the invariable sentiment among his companions. The steamer W ampanoag, now laid up in the Yard, was lately housed over under the Eight-Hour Law in precisely the same number of days, and with the same num­ber of men, as the M adawaska under the Ten-Hour rule.

Another ship-joiner stated, that for years he had lived three miles from the Yard, in a cottage with a garden. He rose regularly at five, breakfasted at half-past, reaching the Yard on foot by seven. He read no paper in the morning. Leaving again at six, he arrived at home very tired by seven. Washed and supped at half-past, and, after readings while, went to bed at nine. Did little to his garden, and nothing to house repairs ; paid for its being done. He now breakfasts at half-past six, and has a little more time for both remaining in his bed and work­ing in his garden. Buys a paper in the neighbor­hood, and glances at it after breakfast. Leaves for the Yard soon after seven, and reaches there before eight. Enjoys his noon hour without fatigue, and reads his paper. Arrives at home at a quarter to six. Washes, works in the garden, aids his wife in different matters, or reads until a quarter to seven, when he sits down to supper. Having been always fond of reading, he adds to his stock of weeklies and subscribes to a circulating library. Formerly his fatigue rendered him unwilling to change his clothes and go out with his wife or grown daughter. Now, he often does so, particularly with the latter, and takes her to lectures or places of amusement, feels that he has taken the lease of a new life, hears the same remark from those around him.

Similar experiences were given by married men in the other departments of the Yard. Among the single men there were many of studious habits, who found the extra hour, in both morning and. evening, a great aid to their mental culture. Some lived a considerable distance from their work, and, if dis­posed to attend lectures, meetings, or places of amusement in New York, had not time, after reach­ing home and taking supper, to dress and arrive at the proper hour. Now they can do so, and a num­ber attend debating societies, where formerly they were content to lounge a little in the street before bed-time, or look in at a bar-room for an acquaint­ance or for conversation. Those single men who have hitherto been fond of bar-room loungiug and taking drinks, still pursue that course in a meas­ure; but even among this class it is observed that they oftener visit places of amusement, which is an intellectual step in advance, and more often visit lady acquaintances. The uniform testimony of every man addressed was, that there had been less drink­ing in his range of observation, under the Eight- Hour Law, than before. Among the less educated laborers, good results were similarly shown. The last hour of their shoveling, under the Ten-Hour rule, was felt to be hard work. They now go home unfatigued, and have more time for a smoke, and for aiding their wives in household matters. They have somewhat increased their newspaper reading, though not largely, but their spirits are lighter, and they give more time to talking at home and playing with their children. In this department, as in all the others, excessive labor rendered men disgusted with work, and they would frequently lose a day or two in the week. At present it is rarely that a man does not work the entire six days.

If a short month shows this change for the better under the Eight-Hour rule, excellent effects may evidently be witnessed as years roll by.

Heand

Spirits— G-hosts— Planchette.

Goodness gracious, ladies! What have we all been about ?

Holmes says Planchette is run by sp ir its—and Holmes knows all about it.

Christian m others! as you value your sleep and that of your daughters, throw Planchette out of the window 1

Planchette is a g h ost!Holmes saj'S sh e is !And Holmes knows.Holmes is one of the oldest Spiritualists in the

country.Holmes thinks Planchette is doing for Spiritualism

what chrorflo-lithrography is doing for fine arts.Spiritualism is being popularized.Holmes sells Planchette at the moderate sum of

one dollar and a half, and throws in a spirit with every sale. For another dollar and a half he furnishes a package of six spirits, securely packed and done up separately, so that the purchaser can uSe one at a time. One package ought to last a year —in a small famil3r.

But is it safe, ladies—is it safe to have spirits lying around the house ? We make no reference to their veracity. Is it wise to have anything to do with Holmes’ Planchette, or with his spirits? Who knows whether a package of them might not go off, like nitroglycerine?

Is it wise even to have Kirby’s Planchette in the house? Kirby Is ready to warrant his Planchette free from spirits. But who knows?—these spirits are sly fellows—perhaps Kirby is sly too. We can’t see spirits, you know—and Kirby might do up one or two with every Planchette, and we would be none the wiser. I t is for his interest, of course, to have the thing run and write ; if the spirits are necessary to this end, would such a man as Kirby hesitate ?

There is one advantage in Kirby’s Planchette over that of Holmes. You can buy an elegantly mounted cut-glass article, if you like, and so get in with a more aristocratic class of spirits 1

The reader has noticed that Kirby has applied for a patent. The commissioner at Washington has assured him that King Saul took out a patent on spirits long ago. He declines to reissue, unless Kirby can prove himself a needy descendant of the Jewish king.

I t is not tj-ue that either Kirby or Holmes belong to the Whisky ring, and the Internal Revenue De­partment has not threatened them with prosecution lor evading the tax on spirits.—W. Y Evening M ail.

A n E x t e n s i v e I l IjU S T r a t i o n . —Our people have ideas, and in expressing themselves they never

use anv little stunted K i m i l p a a 4....;: ____use any little, stunted similes. A day or two since a man said in our hearing—in speaking of the icuor-

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1868.

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BENJAMIN TODD & CO.,P U B L I S H E R S A N D P R O P R I E T O R S .

BENJAMIN TODD, W. H. MANNING, EDITORS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

A l l c o m m u n i c a t i o n s d e s i g n e d f o r p u b l i c a t i o n i n t h i s

p a p e r s h o u l d b e a d d r e s s e d “ E d it o r s o f t h e B a n n e r o f P r o ­

g r e s s . ” A l l l e t t e r s i n r e g a r d t o t h e b u s i n e s s o f t h e p a p e r

s h o u l d b e a d d r e s s e d t o “ B e n j a m i n T o d d & C o .”

MEMORY IN THE S P IR IT WORLD.

An inquiry was made of us a little while ago as to the remembrance of earthly events by departed spirits who have been long in the spirit world. Our own information proves, that, while many things non-essential to the happiness of our spirit friends in their new state are both easily and wil- llingy forgotten, yet that they are able, for a long time after leaving earth, to recall the memory cf even trivial occurrences in their earthly experi­ence, and to identify themselves by proving their recollection of such occurrences. Sometimes, when memory fails in relation to a particular event, about which inquiries are made, they will even go to the localities designated, that their memory may be refreshed, and that they may be enabled to give the desired information. It certainly does not appear reasonable that the memory of earthly experience should continue to subsist indefinitely. The idea of infinite progression excludes even a supposition of that kind. Besides, when we con­sider how large a portion of our earth life is pro­motive of pain and sorrow, even the memory of which contributes to prolong our sufferings, it is easy to conclude that a time must certainly arrive in the future life, when it will be necessary to our happiness that the memory of such portion shall be entirely obliterated.

It ought not to excite surprise that forgetfulness should be an element of spirit existence, when we reflect that there is much in our present life that is trivial and unimportant, and would not add to our happiness if remembered. Indeed, how large a portion of our earthly experience would we be glad to bury in oblivion, if we could! There is reason to believe that retribution in the spirit world consists mainly in the memory of misdeeds, and bitter remorse for their performance. An in­crease of happiness to the “ worldly minded,” then, would be promoted by forgetting as much of the earth life as possible.

But we are not left to conjecture as to the state of the faculty of memory in the spirit •world. Spirits themselves tell us that they have no wish to keep in memory tha t which does not contribute to their present happiness. Even if they did, the very constitution of the mind itself would prevent their doing so. In the earth life, the rcio3Qa.ory fo.ihj even in individuals who are not advanced in years, and many events, considered important when they occurred, fade from their remembrance. I t is this fact that has induced mankind to invent aids to the memory in systems of mnemonics, and in written records and hieroglyphics. History has been written by the scholars of one age, tha t its deeds m ight be kept in remembrance by succeed­ing ones. Yet even this precaution has failed to preserve the largest portion of the history of the human race. Oblivion covers forever the acts, anc the very existence, of whole nations of men on the earth. These facts prove tha t the present— the ever living Now—is the only acceptable time ; and tha t the past, as well as the future, is and should be, if we would be happy, like a sealed book.

W o o d w a r d ’ s G a r d e n s . —We acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of a complimentary ticket to Woodward’s Gardens. It is gratifying to notice the pleasant attention of Harry Andrews to those who patronize the Library ; and the gentlemanly courtesy of Mr. Pearson, the superintendent, to the visitors The votaries of pleasure, lovers or philosophers, will each find in the Gardens a retreat suited to their tastes.

Nevada Mountains in letters as big as Mount David­son!’ ’— Virginia Enterprise.

D r . C. H. D e W o lf will succeed Miss Fuller as Lecturer at Mechanics’ Institute Hall, and will give his first discourses on Sunday, Sept. 13th, morning and evening. The subject for the morning is, “A Scientific Analysis of the Story of Noah’s Ark ” ; and, in the evening, “ A History of Twenty-six Different Bibles” ; there being that number extant among the nations of the earth.

“ T e s t M e d i u m s a n d T h e i r C h a r g e s , ” by G. G. W. M., cannot be published in this paper, for the reason that it contains several personal reflections and imputations upon the honor and truthfulness of our associate editor. That the communication may not entirely fail in its object, however, we have sent it by mail to Bro. Todd.

“A. P. B.”—The lines sent to us last week are so faulty in rhythm that we are obliged to decline publishing them. _ Many spirits in the other world are not better poets than they were in this. W e cannot receive all rhyme as poetry, if it does come from disembodied spirits.

K n a p p is now at San Jose. H e gave up Napa as too wide-awake a place, after Bro. Todd’s big meeting in the Court-House. We notice that he continues to give Stockton a wide berth, since the Devil got alter him in that city, in the form of loins of beef and unnamable household utensils!

T h e R e l i g i o - P h i l o s o p h i c a l J o u r n a l is about to be enlarged to contain eight pages, as it did when that stupendous failure, the S p ir itu a l■ Republic, waB founded, only to founder at last. The Journal was and is, and is to be, an excellent paper, and we wish it success.

K n a p p ’s R a i d u p o n N a p a Ci t y .— A correspon­dent calls Ivnapp’s revival at Napa a C a lva ry raid ! If it was, his forces were routed, “ horse, foot, and dragoons,” by Bro. Todd, in one charge, at the Napa Court House!

THE 6i RESTORATION OF TH E EARTH’S LOST H ISTO RY .”

“ C o r a ” will be welcome to our columns, in case 6he should desire it, provided she shall make herself personally known to us. Her first contribution is an evidence that she can and will write better and more copiously by-and-by.

E d it o r s o p t h e B a n n e r o f P r o g r e s s :— G e n t l e m e n : The “ Remarks ” on my letter toyou of the 1st instant leave the reviewer of “ The Restoration of the E arth ’s Lost History,” I th ink, in rather a worse condition than they found him . W ith your indulgence, I shall briefly examine them se r ia tim .

The 1st Remark, judging from the words itali­cized, is a verbal quibble. If, “ after a thorough perusal,” the reviewer “ knows nothing certain of the earth’s restored History,” whose fault is that —the author’s ?(1) To have accused the reviewer of prejudice on the ground he assum es, would indeed have been absurd ; the words were perhaps, on any ground, inapplicable to h im ; but I shall now define his position. Suppose a dozen sane and veracious people (not Spiritualists)(2) were to tell me that they saw and spoke to one whom they knew well when alive, and give details precluding all “ explanations ” other than the fact itself, and that I chose to maintain a Pyrrhonic equilibrium, and say I could “ form no judgm en t” about ap­paritions, but that, if they did exist, they m ight come and “ pe tam ” ; however “ happy ” that “ frame of m ind” m ight be, few would call it an intellectual one, or expect any discoveries from so stolid a skepticism. Now, is the reviewer’s case at all different? No proofs can be given by any one, in support of the doctrine of apparitions, more convincing or more varied than those th a t uphold the doctrine of a past and a future burning of this earth—a doctrine, like the former, coeval with the oldest records, wide-spread as the natural evidences upon which it re s ts ; yet the reviewer takes the stand we see in Remark No. 9, saying that no j udgment can be formed about “ an event that has not yet taken place ” !—as if the dissolu­tion to come of anything, w hether animal or earth, were susceptible of a less degree of proof than its formation p a s t! (3)

Remark 2. Heaven only may tell w hat “ must appear reasonable ” to the “ scientific ”—any­thing, in my opinion, bu t the tr u th ; but, as to the unscientific, let me, as an humble member of tha t class, tell the reviewer he “ reckons without his host,” and tha t not one in a thousand, after a “ thorough perusal ” of the History, can believe it possible for the sun and moon to fall upon Jupi­ter or Saturn. I t may be very “ scientific ” to believe that the earth will one day he attracted to and fall toward the sun, but not very reasonable, since experience teaches tha t the lighter body always flies to the denser. And though I were to concede the untenable hypothesis tha t the sun is “ the center of a revolving system,” I cannot see anything unreasonable in the doctrine that he will some time fly to one of the denser bodies, unles» the reviewer is prepared to show, against all ap­pearances, tha t he is denser and heavier than any.(4)

In w hat a philosophic fog the reviewer does move ! W hat has the History virtually to do with the “ Copernican System ” or the “ Newtonian theory of attraction ” ? The first the author seems needlessly to have kicked out of his road, though by implication it is overthrown beyond the pale of a m athematical recovery; and, as to the second, I do not remember tha t the author said anything about i t ; I am not learned enough to know if it clashes or not with anything in his book—he could best answer this and perhaps will-

Remark 3. From some typographical omission, I suppose, ju st the reverse of w hat I wrote as to “ b igh t,” “ length,” etc., was printed. I said that these terms were used by the author only with reference to the relative dimensions of bodies exist­ing in space, and not with reference to space itse lf, as misinterpreted by the reviewer.

Remarks 4, 5, 6, 7, are but confessions of igno­rance tha t a perusal of the History should have re moved, mixed, nevertheless, w ith phrases such as “ the great ocean of electricity,” “ of electric space,” “ magnetic attraction,” etc., more preten­tious than relevant. But, in tru th , the reviewer adopts a method the very reverse of Bacon’s— “ ig n o ta a n o tis dedu cere ”—and, instead of fram­ing his theories from the data of facts and illustra­tions so copiously supplied him by the History, he adopts the fancies of men, who had nothing certain to guide them, as the measure of tru th and falsehood. W hatever does not square w ith their speculations he generally calls “ absurd.” I put it to your readers, Has he shown a single “ ab­surdity ” against the author ?(5) I doubt much if he knows the limitations of this word, fond as he seems of it. Let him try his hand at an im proba­b ility , before essaying the heavier task. And, as a parting word, I challenge him to take up any con­clusion in this book, and, by a fair analysis of the reasons given for it th erein , to show even its im p ro b a b ility .

As the reviewer seems to intimate, in his last Remark, that he had to deal w ith the author, I subscribe, gentlemen, my name,

CHAS. L. ACKERMAN.

REMARKS ON THE ABOVE.

1. The author’s book has made us less certain of events in the lost history of the earth than we were before; and this present uncertainty of course implies that his imaginary r e s to ra tio n of tha t history is, to our mind, of a very doubtful character. This result is neither the author’s fault nor ours ; it is, intellectually considered, a misfortune for both. That some theories in his work are extremely probable, we freely admit ; such, for instance, as that in relation to the original form of the earth, and the position of the waters. But his speculations in regard to the first races, and his misplaced confidence in mythology as a key wherewith to unlock the mystery sur­rounding the subject, seem to us suitable points for criticism. For, it must he evident to every one that theories establish nothing with certainty. Facts alone can do this. The mistake of the author is in substituting his theories for facts.

2. We hope the writer does not intend any dis­respect by his parenthesis. W e take it for granted that Spiritualists are as sane and tru thful as other people.

3. W e kn ow tha t the earth has had a fo rm a tio n , :’or we see it in its present form ; but as to a future dissolution and re formation, sudden or gradual, we can have no conclusions except from analogy. And our analogies may be so wide of the tru th as

to preclude any theory of a total change of the earth s condition by the agency of eitlier fire or water. Therefore we have a much less deoree of p r o o f of future dissolution than we have of past formation.

4. The writer does not tell us what is to become of Jupiter or Saturn, or other bodies receiving light from the sun, when that luminary shall, as he says, rush madly in chase after the earth. Neither does he inform us what data he has for determining whether the sun is less dense than the earth. And as to the doctrine that “the lighter must fly to the denser bodies,” it lacks demonstra­tion, as do all the w riter’s astronomical theories. No such event has ever been recorded in the history of astronomy ; whenever it does take place, an opportunity will be afforded for observa­tions tending to confirm the w riter’s assertion.

5. One unerring guide our astronomers have al­ways had, which seems to he beyond the compre­hension of the author of this book ; and tha t is, mathematical calculation. There is no “ specula­tion” in that. Figures will not lie, when fairly used. Mathematical demonstration is worth a thousand theories. W hile the duration of an eclipse can be calculated and predicted to a second of time, months before it occurs, this author offers not a single formula on which to base a calcula­tion of the relative movemeuts of the heavenly bodies, or of their relative positions. One of his “ absurdities,” which he asks our readers and our­selves to fasten upon him, is the assertion tha t those luminaries which give us the light of day and night, the sun and moon, “ rest upon our atmosphere ”! Then those bodies must be of a density less than that of the rarefied upper air, or ether, which subsists in that locality ! Such a proposition exhibits a confusion of ideas in regard to the subject on which he writes, which we should pity, if it did not excite our derision.

In conclusion, we remark, th a t instead of a pe­rusal of this book, pretentiously called a “ Restora­tion of History,” removing ignorance in regard either to what is lost or what is yet to occur in the earth’s history, the reading of it can only tend to aggravate the doubts already existing, and to throw a deeper veil of obscurity over the origin and destiny of the planet we inhabit.

Com plim entary to Miss F u lle r.

W oman’s R ights.

The Texas V in d ic a to r , published at Paris, Lamar county, Texas, of August 8th, contains the following advertisement :

“A FEMALE PARTNER WANTED.w o m a n ’s r i g h t s .

“ The publisher of this journal desires to get a lady partner in the business—one that is in favor ofthe great, cardinal Reform of the day, and can write well and talk well in public, ou this subject. To such a person, we will offer such inducements to connect herself with us in the publication of this organ as shall be satisfactory. We wish to devote more time and space to this subject. We w’ish, also, to be able to present weekly to our lady readers the utterances of one of their own sex upon the vital theme of woman’s enfranchisement and redemption.

“ Applicants will confer a favor by giving refer­ences, and addressing us at their earliest conveni­ence.”

E l d e r K n a p p is holding services at Napa in a large tabernacle. The congregations are said to be very large and the interest encouraging.— Christian Advocate.

Those by whom the congregations of Knapp at Napa are “ said ” to be “ very large ” are guilty of a very large untruth. Any church in the place would have held all who came to his “ large tabernacle.” So says an eye-witness.

W o m e n i n P r i n t i n g O f f i c e s . —Open, then, the composing room ; invite her to enter, instead of harshly excluding her. Give her work; she can do it better than half the clumsy boys and men who are now engaged iu the business. Open the door of the editorial sanctum and accept the grace of her wit, the loveliness of her satire, and her keen intui­tion of right. Throw down the bars of old preju­dices, and admit her into all places she can with propriety and womanly modesty fill, and a great step will be taken in the advancement of the world. —San R ernardino G uardian.

S h a r p o n t h e B i b l e . —A day or two since, in conversation among some men who were talking about their prospects and so forth, one of them, iu speaking of the length of time he had been fruit­lessly striving to make a fortune at mining, said : “ I have stuck to quartz about twice as long as Job served for Rachel.” “ Ha, ha!” cried one of the party, “ Job for Rachel! You meant to say twice as long as Boaz served for Ruth.” “ O, yes; so it was Ruth,” said the other; and all hands accepted the amendment.— Virginia Enterprise.

A n a e r o l i t e , seven feet in thickness, and ten feet in circumference, fell in Cheatham county, Tennessee, August 14th. When searched for and found, it was smokiDg ho t ; it had buried itself several feet deep in a solid ledge of limestone. The Smithsonian Institution will be after this atmo­spheric wonder, no doubt.

Y o s e m i t e D e s c r i b e d b y a L a d y . —In the San Jose M erm iry is being published a well written ac­count o f the great natural wonder of California, by a talented lady who has lately returned from a tour a m o D g the Big Trees and to the Yosemite Falls.

“ T h e K i n g d o m o f H e a v e n i s w i t h i n Y o u . ” — Iu order to be able to “ overcome evil with good,” as all shot wiall that He is doing.

G o d ' s kingdom comes to the soul when there is a perfect willingness that His will be done—when there is a cheerful willingness to accept all that comes, with a feeling that all is for the best; that He is in fact doing all things well.

L. J u d d P a r d e e , a d is tin g u ish ed m ed iu m lecturer , has p assed to th e h ig h er life .

The following notice from the Board of Trus­tees of the San Francisco Association of Spiritual­ists, of the excellent woman who is the subject of it, will be endorsed by every one who has had the pleasure of an acquaintance with her :

S a n F r a n c i s c o , C a l . , Sept. 11th, 1868.Miss F u l l e r :—As you are about to leave us for a

new field of usefulness, we take great pleasure in testifying to the excellence of your deportment and the high order of intelligence manifested by you in your lectures to our Association, and confidently commend you to the sympathy and friendship of all friends of the cause of Spiritualism, wherever you may find yourself. Very sincerely, your friends,

j . d . p i e r s o n , Rres't.G E O R G E G . W . M O R G A N , V. jP.J O H N F . b a n f i e l d , Treas.J . W Y L I E M A C K I E , Sec'y.

Members o f the B oard o f Trustees o f theS. F.~Association Of Spirttueutsts.

Miss Fuller, we understand, will lecture next at Sacramento, commencing Sept. 13th.

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T H E B A N N E R . O F P R O G R E S S

P H E N O M E N A L F A C T S .

Obsession—(Continued.)BY J. M. PEEBLES.

ANCIENT HISTORIC REFERENCES.The roots, the first principles of religion, such as

an intuition of God ; a sense of human dependence ; confidence in a Divine government; distinction be­tween human actions, good and- evil; belief in im­mortality ; the guardian care and diverse influences of spiritual beings, are among the radical elements of all religions. All enlightened nations have trans­ferred to and preserved some or all of these dogmas in their records. Others have retained them through tradition. In those marvelous books, the Vedas, we get near to that distant source of religious thought and culture which has fed the different national streams of Egypt, Syria, Persia, Greece, and Rome; besides making such an impress upon the minds of the old Christian fathers as to induce St. Augustine to startle even his admirers by say­ing:

“ What is now called the Christian religion has existed among the ancients, and was not absent from the beginning of the human race until Christ came in the flesh, from which time the true reli­gion, which existed already, began to be called Christian.”

The Vedas, Puranas, and Upanishads abound in references to the D e va ta s and S o o rs—good angels and subordinate celestial beings, and to the D ew s , A so o rs , and D a n o o s—evil spirits, and the method of destroyinty thpir infliionnoa TTnbom aotra fbla ** H Anf rinn ai

ground in violent contortions. He then said to the obsessing d em on , ‘ D e p a r t !’

“ The girl seemed now weak and exhausted, and could hardly walk forward with a steady pace. She was held by one of the male assistants of the priest, and conducted to a tank, where she was bathed, somewhat like our Baptist sisters, in her clothes, and came out of her own accord, hardly yet in her right mind. Her exorcist demanded of her to tell her demoniacal name. She sharply turned upon him, and with a scream uttered her name. He then inquired how many devils had possessed her, to which she replied, ‘ Five.’ ”

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ing their influences. Upham says this “ doctrine of demons, in full force to-day in the island of Ceylon, is older than Buddhism. Gotama found it when he there made his appearance, 540 B. C. ” (Ast. Res. viii. 531.)

J. C. Gangooly, a young Brahminical priest, visit­ing this country a few years since to study its cus­toms, said in substance to Rev. W. A. Baldwin, a friend of ours, that the spiritual phenomena was nothing new to him ; adding, that among the Hin­doos it was as old as their national history. He further assured Mr. Baldwin of the existence of a class of seers in his country, who lived by the pro­fession of clairvoyauce; and that those remarkably gifted with this spirit power not only healed the sick much after the manner of Jesus Christ, but cast out demons. He then described their psychologic meth­od of casting out these demons, declaring he had often been an eye-witness thereof.

The Chaldean philosophy, with whom at Babylon the Jews had so much to do, has an elaborately con­structed system relative to the obsessional powers of demons. Speaking of the devices they employ to carry out their arts and selfish schemes, Fsallus, quoting from Marcus, of Mesopotamia, says :

“ They affect these things, not as having dominion over us, and carrying us as their slaves whitherso­ever they please, but by su g g e s tio n ; for, applying themselves to the spirit which is within us, they themselves being spirits also, they instil discourses of affections and pleasures, not by voice verberating the air, but by whisper insinuating their discourse.

* * * -*• * *“ If the insinuating demon be one of the subter­

raneous kind, he distorteth the possessed person, and speaketh by him, making use of his lingual or­gans to convey his ideas. * * * Others stop thevoice, and make the possessed in all respects like one that is dead.'1''

No one can fail to see the resemblance between these paragraphs and the language of the New Testa­ment. Take an instance from the Gospels:

“ And one of the multitude Baid : Master, I havebrought unto thee my son, which hath a d u m b s p i r i t ; and wheresoever he taketh him he teareth him, and

••he foameth and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away. * * * And the spirit cried and rent him sore, and came out of him ; and he was as one dead ; inso­much that many said, He is dead.”

The learned Marcus, writing of another kind of demon—undeveloped spirit—says :

“ And because it is irrational, void of all intellect­ual contemplation, and is guided by irrational phan­tasy, it stands not in awe of menaces, and for that reason most persons aptly call it d u m b a n d d e a f , nor can they who ate possessed with it by any other means be freed from it, but by the Divine favor ob­tained by fasting and prayer.”

See a similar account in the ninth chapter of Mark, where a Jew brought his son to Jesus, possessed with a dumb spirit :

“ And Jesas asked his Father, How long is it since this came unto him ? And he said, Of a child. * * * If thou canst do anything, have compassion on us and help us.

“ Jesus said unto him, If thou canst, believe a ll things are possible to him that believeth.

“ And straightway the father of the child cried out and said with tears, Lord, I believe ; help thou mine unbelief.

“ When Jesus saw the people come running to­gether, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, T h o u deaf and dumb spirit, I ch a rg e thee com e o u t o f h im and enter no more into him. And the s p i r i t cried and rent him sore, and came out of him, and he was as one dead.

“ But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he arose.

“ Then Jesus said to the disciples. This kind can come forth by nothing but by prayer and fasting.”

Aware that these demoniacal possessions of the New Testament have been the subject of much dis­cussion by the learned for the past hundred years and more, we comment upon the matter in no dog­matic spirit. The ancient fathers, however, several Neo-Platonic writers of eminence, and the most dis­tinguished commentators, with great unanimity agree that these obsessions literally occurred. The position of carping “ Rationalists,” that these de­mons were nothing more than lunacy, epilepsy, and sundry diseases, must seem to every sound thinker exceedingly weak and illogical; and for the follow­ing reasons :

I. These demoniacs of the gospel records and con­temporary literature are represented as differing widely from mere insane and epileptic individuals.In Matt. iv. 24, the Greek terms show this contrast in a marked manner. See also Luke iv. 33 -36. And verse 41, as compared with the 40th, presents the contrast still more direct. Dr. Clarke, commenting upon the 24th verse of the 4th of Matt., says, “ Pos­sessed with devils—dem on iacs. Persons possessed by evil spirits. This is certainly the plain, obvious meaning of d em o n ia c in the Gospels.” (Com., Vol.V, p- 62.)

II. If dem on s were simply natural, physical dis­eases, was it not a matter of the highest importance that Jesus should have undeceived his contempo­raries, Jews and Greeks, upon this vital point, thus correcting the erroneous and pernicious philosophy of the age ? But he did not in a single instance. To say, as some have, he accommodated himself to the prevailing notions of the times, is simply to say, in the language of another, “ He who came to bear witness to the truth, accommodated himself to a lie. ” Suppose we were to substitute diseases for dem on s in the scriptural accounts. Take, as an illustration, Mark xvi. 9, reading, “ Now when Jesus was risen,* * * he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils”—d a im o n ia , demons. Who, with any scholarly reputation at stake, would assume the responsibility of giving us such a render­ing and exegesis as the following : “ Out of whomhe had cast seven devils”—that is, seven diseases, lunacy, lumbago, dyspepsia, rheumatism, colic, pneumonia, and the measles?

III. These obsessing dem on s could not have been diseases and lunatics alone, because they qouversed intelligently with Jesus, uttering propositions unde­niably correct, and such as were adapted to the oc­casion. On the other hand, Jesus addressed these d em o n s—spirits—as thinking, conscious individuali­ties, and commanded them, as beings distinct from the obsessed or psychologized parties, to leave. The Rev Dr Wolff, who labored so long as a missionary in Asia,‘informs us, in his “ Life and Travels,” that obsession is common to this day in the xLast. Lie relates several cases that came under his own ob­servation.

In a late English paper’s selections from a period­ical printed in India, we find the following :

The Carnatic (India) T eleg ra p h says :“ Castiug out devils in India is extensively prac­

ticed by the natives; but there is much difficulty to get at the truth. We were present a few weeks ago at au exercise of exorcism. The possessed was a girl of about sixteen, hale and hearty in appearance, and withal ‘ very good looking,’ as is the expression applied to native women. She was much excited as she accompanied, or rather preceded, the exorcist, and broke out occasionally into singing and dancing with an energy and manner which showed that 6he had no self-control. The party that went with her stopped at a tree on the way, when the exorcist de- Bired her to halt. His command instantly brought her prostrate before him, and she rolled ou the

Grass Valley, Sept. 3d, 1868. E ditors Banner of P rogress :—It is rare to

find a rational being so engrossed in the pursuits of life—money-making or pleasure-seeking—as to treat w ith indifference well authenticated facts in spirit communion. There is no one but has had some dear friend hid away from mortal sight, within the dismal precincts of tha t narrow house that sooner or later awaits us a l l ; no one but at some time has put to himself the solemn question, “ Is there aught that survives the tomb—aught that can elude the cold embrace of death?” If there is a sight on earth that causes the heart of a man to sink within him, that chills the very fount of life, that calls Ambition from his airy flight, th a t forces upon our reflection the stern and awful truth, it is the silent form laid in that profound slumber, th a t dreamless sleep, which nothing can disturb. I t is then tha t the real, the inherent beauty of the philosophy of Spiritualism appears. At such a time, a single true, undisputable test, that our friends still live, is of more substantial weight, gives more consolation, better ground of hope for, and belief in, ^ fu tu re life, than all the conversions, all the preaching, from the crucifixion to the pres­ent time. It is to give some doubting, despond­ing inquirer one or two of these tests that I again address you. Since my last communication of Ju ly 23d, the medium (a boy between eleven and twelve years of age) has been steadily developing in holding intercourse w ith disembodied spirits. This is no guess-work ; no conclusion can ever be more satisfactorily arrived at. Science cannot more clearly demonstrate a fact. Listen, skeptics— honest doubters—and say how you will dispose of this :

On Sunday n ight, Ju ly 19th ult., the medium, in the presence of several persons, said, “ A spirit is present who says his name is W illiam Holiday, and wishes to communicate.”

I replied, “ W illiam, are you my old friend, whom I knew many years ago in Adams county, Miss.?”

Answer—“ The same.”Said I, “ Your sister and brother, who communi­

cate here, have told us that you were alive and well.”

“ They were righ t,” said the sp ir it; “ for it was only to-day that I was thrown from my horse near Hernando, De Soto Co., Miss., and instantly killed. W rite to the Post-master at th a t place for proof.”

W ell, I did on the next day write as directed, and here is the answer now before me, which any one can see.

Mr. W illiam Holiday was thrown from his horse, and, I believe, instantly killed. He was found dead in the road, about five miles from tbis place, and liis horse about a mile off.”

Again : The spirit of James M. W althall, late of San Joaquin county, in this State, came and stated that he fell from a windmill frame which he was repairing, and broke his neck ; with other particu­lars, all of which were in due time found pub­lished in the Sacramento JJnion.

Again : The spirit of a little boy, who gave his name as George Mattice, came, and said he was drowned in Boardman’s reservoir at Volcano, Am­ador county, in this State. This also, was after­wards found published in the W eekly U n ion , (of August 8th, I think,) in nearly the same language as a spirit friend of the little boy wrote out, as the child said he could not write.

The spirit of an old friend, a tried friend of mine, thirty-six yeaTS ago, the Rev. Dr. George Junkin, head and front of the old orthodox Pres­byterians—he, I believe, who preferred charges against Albert Barnes, of the New School, but whom I had not seen for many years—came and truthfully rehearsed the outlines of his history since we had parted, more than th irty years ago; among other things, that his daughter married Stonewall Jackson ; that he, the Doctor, had been at one time President of the College at Lexington, Va.,—-the same College now presided over by Robert E. Lee. All tbis, w ith much more ; that he was driven from his position for loyalty, etc. In the New York T rib u n e of May 27th, you will see this confirmed.

There was no possible way in which the medium could have been apprised of any of these things, except by and through the means afforded by our deceased spirit friends. The tests are constantly varying in character and interest. Living two and a half miles from the Post-office, we are al­ways told when there is anything in our box. Our spirit friends are never absent from us, and always seem to be seeking out ways and opportu­nities of instructing and assisting us. Recently, when lost in an almost impenetrable forest at night, these kind friends and guides not only led him to the righ t road, but actually furnished a light to travel by. W ill any one desirous of ar­riving at the tru th of th is—the most momentous, the most vital question tha t ever agitated man­kind—ignore these things, every one of which is susceptible of being verified as tru th or refuted as fiction ? Is there a question in any department of a m an’s life of equal importance ? Is not this paramount to all and everything else? W hat will not a man give in exchange for his soul, or, rather, to know that lie has a soul ?

It may be of interest to some, to mention other phases of his mediumship ; such as w riting with both hands at the same time, and on different sub­jects. On two occasions, the spirits showed him where money lay in the road. He reads sealed letters, writes rapidly from righ t to left and up­side down, etc. Respectfully yours,

J. A. TYLER.

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May X8'.h, 1868.Pkof. Payton Spence :—For more than two years I have

not only noticed your Positive and Negative Powders adver­tised, but have frequently been asked, by my numerous cor­respondents, what I know of their efficacy.

In most instances I have replied, that I knew nothing of them beyond that which was told me by those who had made use of the same.

As for myself, I had for years adopted the Homoeopathic mode of doctoring, and found it usually sufficient for my­self and family.

But for the last year, my son has been much afflicted with what is commonly called Chronic Catarrh, and the Homoeo­pathic remedies which had hitherto relieved him had ceased to do him any good. He became nervous and despondent, and general debility was apparent. About this time one of. your agents chanced to visit at my house, and seeing the con­dition of the young man, advised or recommended your Powders. A box was procured, and, before he had taken twenty Powders, he assured us he was better ; and by the time he had taken the contents of one box, he said :

Father, I feel that I am nearly well.” His appetite re­turned, he slept soundly, and is now about his daily avoca­tions, as well, if not better, than he ever was.

Mrs. Mansfield was at the same time suffering from pain caused by falling, which had troubled her right side and back. At times was the pains so severe that she would he obliged to lie in bed for several days at a time. We applied all the remedies used by Homoeopathists, besides rubbing the affected parts with liniments, but all to no purpose. Mrs. Mansfield then resorted to your Powders, and, within the space of three days, she was free from pain, and is now as well as she ever was.

At the same time, we had in our family a young gentleman from Boston, who had been for years afflicted with a Bron­chial difficulty. So inflamed was his throat at times, that it was difficult for him to articulate. Day by day I watched his decline in health ; and one day I thought 1 would speak to him about it. I did so. His reply was: “ Mansfield, I think the game of life is about played with me.” He was making preparations to go home, and, as we thought, (and no doubt as he thought too,) never to return again, when Mrs. Mansfield thought it best to recommend your Powders to him. Feeling confident that she had received benefit from them, she thought there was a bare possibility that our young friend might also receive some benefit therefrom. So we talked with the young man, and he consented to try them, although he laughed at the idea in his condition of health. He took a Positive Powder on going to bed, and coughed less than usual through the night. The next day he took them as directed, and a perceptible change was evident for the better. This was about four weeks ago. To-day he is apparently well, and about his business, although he con­tinues still to take a Powder now and then. I consider the young man out of all danger, and as likely to live twenty years longer as any one I know of.

There are several others I could speak of, whose cases have come under my observation within the last two months, but I will close by calling yonr attention to only one of them. The case I now mention is that of a gentleman of my acquaintance, who had for several years been troubled with a rush of blood to the head. At times it was so severe that it came near terminating in Paralysis. Not long ago he had one of these attacks, and I was called in to see him. I found him writhing on the bed, at times apparently uncon­scious. I was alarmed, and, at first, knew not what to do. But Mrs. Mansfield advised your Powders, and they being at hand, we gave them. Now, singular as it may appear, this man was sleeping quietly in less than fifteen minutes. We continued to give the Powders at intervals during the night, and the next morning the gentleman dressed himself, and went down town to his business. He said he felt symptoms of the old attack for several days, but as he continued to take the Powders from time to time, he tells us he is freer from those bad feelings than at any time during the last ten years.

As before said, I have other cases to relate to you ; and when I have a leisure evening I will call at your office and relate them. Until then, I remain yours, very sincerely,

James Y. Mansfield,No. 102 West 15th Street, New York.

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THE NEGATIVE POWDERS CURE P a ra l­ysis or Palsy; Amaurosis and Deafness from Paraly- ysis of the nerves of the eye and of the ear, or of their nervous centers ; Double Vision, Catalepsy ; all Bow F e­vers, such as the Typhoid and the 'V s phns j extreme Nervous or Muscular Prostration or R elaxation .

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1868.

LYCEUM DEPARTM ENT.“ Angels where’er we go attend

Our steps, wliate’er betide,With 'watchful care tlieir charge defend,

And evil turn aside.”---CflARI.F.S ■WESLEY.

N O T I C E .

The Sant Francisco Children’s Progressive Lyceum will assemble on Sunday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, at the Mechanics' Institute Hall, Post street, near Kearny.

From the Lyceum Banner.

M Y DARLING-.BY MALCOLM DUNCAN'.

O blossoms that ope in the meadow !O roses that bloom mid the dew !

My darling’s pure breath is far sweeter.Her ruby lips redder, than you.

O robins that sing in the branches !O birds with the yellow wings !

The notes that you carol are discord To the songs my darling sings.

O daylight that gilds the hill-tops For many and many a mile !

The sunbeams you sbed are but darkness To those of my darling’s smile.

So cease from your labors, O sunshine !Robin Red-breast, how useless your song !

And, violets, hide your sweet faces,For my darling will soon pass along.

Golden Words.

Mary F. and A. J. Davis write to tlie L y c e u m B a n n e r tlie following’ beautiful sentiments, which will not do any harm if read with appreciation in this quarter of the world :

“ It is of the highest importance that Societies adopt Lyceums with parental love and spiritual reverence. Officers and Leaders should accept their positions with feelings of profoundest grati­tude, and with the devotion which only cultivated and unchanging love can inspire and perpetuate. They should learn to feel tlie magnitude of the blessed privilege. Only lovers of tlie young can be impressed with these delightful and truly ce­lestial feelings in the heart. Such, as Officers and Leaders, promote the growth and prosperity of Ly­ceums. Such are p r o m p t—always in tlieir stations at or before the hour of assembling. Such never envy or produce disturbance by jealous criticisms. Such men and women are but little lower than angels, and children will march with such into the kingdom of harmony and righteousness.”

The Best "Way to Teach.

I t was once said by the French philosopher Diderot that “ the best way to educate a child is to tell stories, and let it tell stories to you.” There is so much true philosophy in this remark, that we will extend it a little. There is a school-room education, and an am bulating or walking educa­tion ; the one is obtained out of the book on the bench ; the other from walking among and ta lk­ing of things. And we believe that this out-door instruction has been too much neglected ; having been conducted on the principle of looking out of the window at things, instead of visiting objects, and learning their properties and uses. The stu­dent, for example, looking out of liis college win­dow at a horse, can give five or six names to the an im al; one in Latin, one in Greek, another in German, and then the French name, etc. The stable-boy can give but one name ; yet, which knows the most of the properties, nature, dispo­sition, and uses of the horse ? Education consists too much in merely n a m in g things, when it should relate more to their properties and uses. I t should connect words with ideas, and ideas, as much as the nature of the subject will allow of, w ith ob­jects. If we instruct children orally while visit­ing nature, words, ideas, and objects will natural­ly be more in connection with each other than the school-room lesson can make them. And the teacher should take occasion to instruct in the fields, in ship-yards, in the crowded streets, and in the pathway of canals and railroads. He should talk on all these subjects, and elicit from tlie children their own im p re ss io n s , in q u ir ie s , and re ­flections. He should talk and walk more, in the process of education, than has been tlie practice with the majority of instructors.

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Curious Appearance of the E arth.—Clayton once made a successful ascension in a balloon from Columbus. Among tlie remarks in his journal of the aerial trip, were the following :

“ From the questions I am frequently asked, an idea seems to exist with many that aeronauts lose sight of the earth when at great liiglits. This is a mistake ; they never do, except when clouds in­tervene or n ight appears. On the contrary, the earth is always like an immense concave map, painted different colors, which designate not the different townships or counties, as the coloring of maps generally do, but tlie various products of the soil. That the earth, which in reality is convex, should appear to the aeronaut to be concave, may at first seem strange to many, but a moment’s re­flection will render it clear. His horizon is fre quently upwards of a hundred miles from him. Draw a right-angled triangle, and make tlie base fifty or sixty times as long as tlie xierpendicular ; the hypotlienuse and base will then be nearly in the same line. The horizon appears to the aero­naut to be on a perfect level with the car of the bal­loon ; but the part of the earth directly underneath him seems at a great distance from h im ; conse quently, the whole surface of his scene must ap­pear concave.”

Impure Water.—Set a pitcher of water iu a room, and in a few hours it will have absorbed nearly all the respired and perspired gases in the room, the air of which will have become purer, but the water utterly filthy. The colder the water is, the greater the capacity to contain these gasses.

_At ordinary temperatures a pail of water will con­tain a pint of carbonic acid gas, and several pints of ammonia. The capacity is nearly doubled by re­ducing the water to the temperature of ice. Hence, water kept in the room a while is always unfit for UiSG‘ i ° r same reason, the water from a pump should always be pumped out in the morning before any of it is used. Impure water is more injurious than impure air.

Corporal P unishment of Children .—At the recent State Convention of the Spiritualists of Wisconsin, Dr. Stillman said:

“ If children are born on so low a plane that they cannot be reached through their moral and afTee- tional natures, do not torture them for an existence over which they had no control or choice; and do not arouse their combative natures by the exercise of your own toward them. It is from the corporeal punishment they receive from parents or teachers1 that children'learn to strike and light each other. The practice is heathenish and barbarous, and be­longs to the dark aeres.”

A.N Oliio school-girl went through her calis mic exercises at home for the amusement of the ildren. A youthful visitor, with -interest and y on liis countenance, asked her brother “ if it gal had fits?” “ No,” replied the lad con- nptuously, “ that’s gymnastics.” “ O, ’tis, hey ?” d the verdant ; “ how long has she had ’em ?”

T h e co m p o sito r w ho divided tlie word “ jeivekarp’ ’ after th e w , has n o t been seen to carry his g o ld w atch la te ly .

M ARRI ED.“ O married love !—each heart shall own,

When two congenial souls unite,Thy golden chains inlaid with down,

Thy lamp with heaven’s own splendor bright.’

In this city, at Maguire’s Opera House, on Sunday even­ing, Sept. Gth, by Mrs. Laura Cuppy, Mr. Harry Wiggins to Mrs. Amanda D. Chase.

[Not being acquainted with the parties thus united, we do not feel free to take the customary liberties with their names. We hope that their union will prove as happy as any that have received the most sanctimonious sanction from the lips of self-righteous Pharisees.]

Progressive Lyceum Register.Boston,Mass.—Sunday at 10a. m.,at 541 Washington street.

C. H. Bines,Conductor.Brooklyn, N. Y.—At 3 p. m., in the Cumberland Street

Lecture Room, between Lafayette and DeKulb avenues. John A. Bartlett. Conductor ; Sirs.Fannie Cohill, Guardian.

Buffalo, N. Y.—In-Music Hall Sunday afternoon. Sirs. S. H: Wertraan, Conductor ; Aliss Sarah Brooks, Guardian.

Charlesloion, Mass.—At City Hall, at a. m Dr.C. C’York, Conductor ; Mrs. L. A. York, Guardian.

At Washington Hall, Sunday forenoon. A H. Richardson, Conductor; Mrs. M. J. Mayo, Guardian.

Chelsea, Mass.—At Library Hall every Sunday at 10 a. m. James S. Dodge, Conductor ; Sirs. E. S. Dodge, Guardian.

Chicago, III.—Sunday, at Crosby’s Slusic Hall, at 12>2 p.m. Dr. S. J Avery, Conductor; Mrs. C. A. Dye, Guardian ; J. R. Sleeper, President Literary Circle.

Cincinnati —Greenwood Hall, cornerof Sixthand Vine sts, at 9 a. m. A. W. Pugh, Conductor ; Sirs. Lydia Beck, Guar­dian.

Cleveland, Ohio.—At Temperance Hall, 184 Superior street. J. A. Jewett , Conductor ; Airs. D. A Eddy. Guardian.

Detroit, Mich.—Conductor, SI. J. Matthews ; Guardian, Sirs. Rachel Doty.

Dover and Fozcroft, Me.— Sunday afternoon, in the Univer- salist c.hurcb.

Foxboro', Mass—In the Town Ilall every Sunday at 11 a. m. Hamburg, Conn.— John Sterling, Conductor ; Mrs. S. B. An­

derson, Guardian.Hammonton, N .J .—Sunday at 1 p. m. J. O. Ransom, Con­

ductor ; Sirs. Julia E. Holt, Guardian.Havana, III —Sunday at 3 p. m., in Andrus’ Hall. J. F.

Coppel, Conductor ; Mrs. E. Shaw, Guardian.Haverhill, Mass. — Sunday at 10 a. m.,in Slusic Hall. John

Reiter, Conductor ; Mrs. E. L. Currier, Guardian,Jefferson City, IV. J .—Sunday afternoon in the Church of

the Holy Spirit, 244 York street Joseph Dixon, Conductor.Jersey City, N. J,-—At the Church of the Holy Spirit, 244:

York street., Sunday afternoon.Johnson's Creek, JV. Y.—At 12 m. every Sunday. Sliss Emma

Joyce, Conductor ; M-'S. II. O. Loper, Guardian.Lotus, Ind.—F. A. Coleman, Conductor ; Eliza SI. Huddle

ston, Guardian.Lowell, Mass.—Sunday In the forenoon, in the Lee street

Church.Milwaukee—Sleets in Bowman Hall, every Sunday at 2 p.

m. G. A. Libbey, Conductor ; Mrs. Alary Wood, Guardian.Mokena, III.—Sunday at 1 o’clock, in the village school-

house. W. Duckcr, Conductor ; Sirs. J imes Ducker, Guar­dian.

Ncwarlc, IV. J —Music-Hall, No 4 Bank street, Sunday af­ternoon at 2 o’clock. Sir. G. ,T. Leach, Conductor ; Sirs. Harriet Parsons, Guardian.

Hew York City.—Sunday at 2>£ p. m., at Ebbitt Hall, No. 55 West 23d street, near Broadway. I). B. Shirks, Conduc­tor ; Sirs. H. W. Farnsworth, Guardian; E. O. Townsend, Slanager of Dramatic Wing.

Osb rn's Prairie, Ind.—Sunday morning at Progressive Friends’ meeting-house. Rev. Simon Brown, Conductor ; S.A. Crane, Guardian.

Oswego, JV. Y .—In Lyceum Hall. Sunday at 1 2 p. m. J.L. Pool, Conductor ; Mrs. Doolittle, Guardian.

Philadelphia, Penn.—Sunday morning at 10 o’clock, atThompson Street Church, below Front street. Isaac Rehn, Conductor . Mrs. Stretch /Guardian.

Philadelphia, Penn.—Sunday, at Washington Hall, south west corner of Eighth and Spring Garden streets, at 10 a. m., except July and August , in which the summer recess occurs. SI. B. Dyott. Conductor ; Arabella Ballenger. Guardian.

At new Hall in Thoeuix street, Sunday at 10 o’clock. Prof.l. Rehn, Conductor.

Plymouth, Mass—Sunday forenoon at 11 o’clock. I. Carver. Conductor ; Mrs. R W Bartlett, Guardian.

Portland, Oregon.—Meets at Oro Fino Hall every Sunday. Providence, it. /.—Sunday, at 10>£ o. m., in Pratt’s Hall,

Weybosset street. Conductor, L. K. Joslin ; Guardian, Mrs. AbbieH. Potter.

Putnam, Conn.—Sunday at 10}£ o. to., in Central Hall Quincy, Mas'.—Sunday at 1 ^ p. m.Richland Center, IFis.—Sunday at 1 p. m. Mr. H. A. East-

land, Conductor ; Mrs. Fidelia O. Pease, Guardian."Richmond, Ind.—In Henry Hall, at 2 p. m. Eli Brown, Con­

ductor ; Mrs. Emily Addleman, Guardian.Rochester, JV. Y.—In Black’s Musical Institute, (Palmer’s

Hall.) Sunday afternoon at 2>£ p. m. Mrs. Jonathan Wat­son, Conductor ; Mrs. Amy Post, Guardian.

Rockford, III.—Sunday, at 1 0 K a. m., in Wool’s Hall. E. C. Dunn, Conductor ; Mrs. Rockwood, Guardian.

Rock Island, III.—At 10 o’clock, in Norris Hall, Illinois street. W. T. Riggs, Conductor ; Mrs. W. T. Riggs, Guar­dian.

Sacramento, Cal.—At Turn-Verein Hall. Sunday at 2 p. m.J. H. Lewis, Conductor ; Aliss G. A. Brewster, Guardian.

San Francisco, Cal —At Institute Hall, Post street, onSunday at 2 o’clock p. m. Conductor, W. H. Manning ; Guardian of Groups, Mrs. Reese.

Springfield, Mass.—Sunday at 10>a a. m., at Fallon’s Hall.B. S. Williams, C -nductor ; Sirs. M. A. Wyman, Guardian.

Springfield, III.—Sunday forenoon at 10 o’clock. Wm. H.Planck, Conductor ; Sirs. E. G. Planck, Guardian.

St. Johns, Mich.— Clinton Hal!, every Sunday at 11 a. m. E.K. Bailey, Conductor ; Sirs. A. E. N. Rich, Guardian.

St. Louis, Mo.—Sunday, at 2>£ p. m., at Mercantile Hall. Col. Wm. E. Moberly, Conductor ; Sirs. Mary Blood, Guardian.

At Polytechnic Institute, corner of Seventh and Chestnut streets, at 3 p m. Myron Coloney, Conductor ; Henry Stagg, Cor. Sec.

Sturgis, Mich...—Sunday at 12>£ p. m., in the Free Church. John B. Jacobs, Conductor ; Mrs. Nellie Smith, Guardian.

Troy, JV. Y.—In Harmony Hall every Sunday at 2>£ p. m. Monroe I. Keith, Conductor ; Mrs. Louise Keith, Guardian.

Vineland, JV. J —Sunday at 1 o’clock p. m. Hosea Allen, Conductor ; Sirs. Deborah Butler, Guardian.

Williwantic, Conn.—Remus Robinson, Conductor ; Mrs. S.M. Puriuton, Gnardian. ;

Worcester. Mass.—In Horticultural Hall, Sunday, at. 11)4 a-m. Mr. E. R. Fuller. Conductor ; Mrs. M. A. Stearns, Guardian.

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A m erican Crisis. Chase..............j .......................................A Sketch of the H is to r y o f thei'Davenport B o y s .

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Dan s k i n .................................................................................H is tor ica l T ransform aiion of C h r is t ia n ity .................Is th e r e a De v i l ? John B aldw in ....................................In te llectual Freedom. Chas. S. Woodruff..................In c id en ts in M y Life . I). D. H om e ...............................Inqu irer’s T e x t Book ...............................................................Ideal A tta in ed . M r s . F a r n h a m . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................Is it 1 ? A Book for E v e r y Man. Dr. H B. Storer. Joan D ’Arc, A B iography. T ranslated from the

F rench , b y Sarah M . G r im k c . W ith Por­trait ...........................................................................................

J e su s of Ni-Ziretl) ; or, A True H is to r y of th e Mancalled J esu s C hrist . N e w E d i t io n . ........................

K ingdom o f H e a v en ; or, the Golden Age. E. W.L o v e l a n d ...............................................................................

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Lily W reath . Mrs. J. S. A d a m s ........................................L iv ing P r e se n t and Dead Past. H . C. W r ig h t ........Life Line o f tlie Lone One. W arren C h a se .................Legalized P rost itu t ion Chas. S .W ood ru ff , M. D . .L yr ic o f th e Golden Age. Thom as L. H a r r i s .........L-'ve and M ock L o v e . George S te a rn s ........................

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T ested . R ev . C. H . H a r v e y . . . , . ..........................M i n and H is R elat ions. Prof. S. B. B r it ta n ............N a t t y , a S p ir it . A den P u tn a m ................................... .

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G i l t . .Poem s. A ch sa W .S p r a g u e ............ ....................................Plain Guide to S p ir itu a l ism . Uriah C lark .................Peculiar ; A Tale o f th e G reat Transition. Epos

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Cob h o .............................. ...................... ...........................Religion o f Manhood. Ib’. J . H . R obinson .................Reply to Dr. I .unt. M iss K. R. T o r r e y .....................R e v iv a l of Religion w h ich w e n eed . Theodore

P a r k e r .................................................Report o f an Extraordinary Church T r ia l .................R e lo b en b a co ’s D ynam ics of M agueti = m .....................Spirit M anifestations . Adin Ballou................................

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from Lbe Fourth Gel m ilt E d it ion ............................Seif Contradictions ol’ the B ib le .................... .....................Sp ir itualism . -Vol. 2. Judge Edm onds and Dr.

D exter ................................................ .. c .So.crest of P r e v n r s t ........................................ .. ......................Spiritual U atsouer. Dr. F. W . L e w is ............................Spiritual True1 or. Tlin uch R. P- A m b le r ............

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Lectll^ers, Appointments and AddressesPACIFIC STATES AND TERRITORIES.

Mrs. Ada Hoyt Foye, rapping and writing test medium, 42 Geary street, San Francisco, Cal.

Mrs. Laura Cuppy, San Francisco.Miss Eliza Howe Fuller, San Francisco, Cal.Mrs. C. M. Stowe, lecturer and clairvoyant physician, San

Jose, Cal.Benjamin Todd, San Francisco, Cal.Mrs. L. Hutchison will receive calls to lecture and teach

the Harmonial Philosophy, illustrated by charts and diagrams which greatly assist in comprehending the structure of the universe and the spiritual spheres, as also the physical and mental development of matter and mind. Address, Owens­ville, Mono Co.. Cal.

Mr. & Mrs. Wm J. Young, Boise City, Idaho Territory.Mrs Lucy B. Huie, Oakland, Alameda County.

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Spiritualist Societies and Meetings.P A C I F I C S T A T E S .

San Francisco, Cal —San Francisco Association of Spirit­ualists. President, J. D. Pierson ; Secretary, J. W. Mackie.

Sacramento, Cal—Children’s Progressive Lyceum, every Sunday afternoon, at Turn Verein Hall, K street. Conductor, J. H. Lewis ; Guardian, Miss Brewster.

Portland, Oregon —First Society of Progressive Spiritual­ists, every Sunday.

Salem, Oregon—Friends of Progress.

A T L A N T I C S T A T E S .Baltimore, Md.—The First Spiritualist Congregation of Bal

timore on Sundays, at Saratoga Hall, southeast corner of Calvert and Saratoga streets, at the usual hours. Mrs F. O. Hvzer wiil speak till further notice.

'Bangor, Me.—In Pioneer Chapel, every Sunday.Boston, Mass.—Miss Lizzie Doten will lecture each Sunday

afternoon in Mercantile Hall, 16 Summer street,' commencing at 2>£ o’clock. Admittance 15 cents.

The Progressive Bible Society, every Sunday, in No. 3 Tre- mont Row, Hall 58. Free discussion on the Christian Atone­ment at 10>£ a. m. Lecture followed by conference at 3 and 7 p. m. Miss Phelps, regular lecturer.

Spiritual meetings every Sunday at 544 Washington street. Conference- at 2>£ p. m. Circle at 7 p. m.

Brooklyn. JV. Y.—In the Cumberland street Lecture Room, Sunday at 3 and 7>£ p. m.

Charlestown Mass.—-First Spiritual Society, at Washington Hall, every Sunday.

The Independent Society of Spiritualists, Charlestown, every Sunday afternoon and evening, at Mechanics’Hall, corner of Chelsea sireet and City square. Seats free.

City Hall, meetings every Sunday afternoon and evening.Chelsea.—The Associated Spiritualists of Chelsea, at Libra­

ry Hall every Sunday afternoon and evening, 3 and 7>£ p. m.The Bible Christian Spiritualists, every Sunday in Winni-

simmet Division Hall, Chelsea, at 3 and 7 p. m. Mrs. M. A. Ricker, regular speaker. D. J. Ricker, Superintendent.

Chicago, III.—First Society of Spiritualists in Chicago, every Sinday, at Crosby’s Opera House Hall, State street. Hours of meeting 1 0 >£ a m. and 7>£ p. m.

Spiritual meetings, for intellectual, scientific and spiritual improvement, every Sunday at 10>£ a. m., and Tuesday at 7>£ p. m., at the hall of the Mechanics’ Institute, 155 South Clark street, room 9, third floor, till further notice. Seats free.

Cincinnati, Ohio.—Religious society of Progressive Spiritu­alists, Greenwood Hall, corner of Sixth and Vine streets, on Sunday mornings and evenings, at 10>£ and 7>£ o'clock.

Cleveland, O.—Sunday at 10>£ a. m. and 7 p. m., in Tern perance Hall.

Dover and Zbxerfft. Me.—Sunday forenoon and evening, in tlie Uuiversalist church.

Past Boston, Mass.—In Temperance Hall, 18 Maverick street.loxboro’, Mass.—In the Town Hall.Lowell —Lee street Church, afternoon and evening.Lynn, Mass.—Sunday, afternoon and evening, at Essex Hall.Hammonton. JV. J.—Sunday at 10>a a. m. and 7 p. m., at

Ellis Hall. Belleview Avenue.Haverhill, Mass.—Spiritualists hold meetings at Music Hall

every Sunday, at 2>£ and 7 p. ra.Jersey City, N. J.—Sunday at 10)£ a. no. and 7)£ p. m., at

the Church of the Holy Spirit. 244 York street.Louisville, Ky.—Sundays, at 11 a. m. and 7>£ p, m , in

Temperance Hall, Market street, between 4tli and 5th.Morrisania, JV. Y —First Saciety of Progressive Spiritual

ists, in the Assembly Rooms, corner of Washington avenue and Fifth street, Sunday at 3 p. m.

JVewton Corner, Mass —Spiritualists and Friends of Progress, in Middlesex Hall, Sundays, at 2>£ and 7 p. m.

New York City.—The First Society of Spiritualists every Sunday, in Dodworth’s Hall, 806 Broadway. Seats free.

At Ebbitt Hall, 23d street near Broadway, on Sundays, at 10>£a. m and p. m, H. B, Storer, Secretary.

Oswego, N. Y.—Sunday at 2>£ and Hall. West Second, near Bridge street.

p. m., Lyceum

Philadelphia, Pa.—In the new hail in Phoenix street, every Sunday afternoon, at 3 o’clock.

Plymouth, Mass.—The Plymouth Spiritualists’ Fraternity in Leyden Halt, three fourths the time. * ’

Portland, Oregon.—First .Spiritual Society meet at Oro Fino Hall every Sunday, morning and evening.

At Washington Hall, corner of 8th and_Spring Garden sts., every Sunday.

Spiritualists in the southern part of Philadelphia, at No. 337 South Second street, at 10)4 a< m* an<* P* a^d on Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock.

Providence, R. /.—In Pratt’s Hall, Weybosset street, Sud- day afternoons, at 3, and evenings, at 7K o’clock.

Putnam, Conn.—At Central Hall, Sunday at IX P- m-Quincy, Mass.—Sunday at 2X and 7 p. m.Richmond, Ind.— The Friends of Progress, every Sunday

morning, in Henry Hall, at 10>£ a. m. .Roch^er, N. Y.—Society of Progressive Spiritualists at

Black’s Musical Institute (Palmer’s Hall), Main street, Sun­day evening. Public circle on Thursday evening. _

Salem, Mass.—Sunday, afternoon and evening, in Lyceum Hall.

South Danvers, Mass.—In the Town Hall, Sunday at 2 and 7 p. m.

Sin-ingfield, 111.—Every Sunday in the hall.Springfield, Mass.—The Fraternal Society of Spiritualists

every Sunday at Fallon’s Hall.St. Louis.— At Polytechnic Institute, corner of Seventh and

Chestnut streets, at 10>£ a m and 7j>a p. m.Taunton, Mass.—Sunday, in Concert Hail.Toledo. O.—Sunday at 10>£ a. m. and 7>£ p. m.Troy. N. Y.—Sunday at 10>£ a. m. and 7 p. m., in Har­

mony Hall, corner of Third and River streets.Vineland, N. J.—Friends of Progress, Sunday at 10>£ a. m.Washington, D. C—In Union League Hall, every Sunday,

at 1 1 a. m. and 7 p. m.Woburn Centre, Mass.—Bible Spiritualists, Central House

Hall. „Woi'cester, Mass.—In Horticultural Hall every Sunday after­

noon and evening.

A T L A N T I C S T A T E S .

J. Madison Allyn, trance and inspirational speaker, Boston. C. Eannie Allyn, Londonderry, Vt., during July.Mrs. Sarah A. Byrnes, Lowell, during June. Address, 87

Spring street, East Cambridge, Mass.Mrs A P. Brown, St. Jobnsbnry Centre, Vt.Mrs. H. F. M. Brown, P. O. drawer 6325, Chicago, ID.Mrs. Emma F. Jay Bull*ne, 151 West 12th st., New York. Mrs. Abby N. Burnham inspirational speaker, Auburndale,

Mass.Warren Chase, 544 Broadway, New York.Dean Clark, inspirational speaker, Brandon, Vt.Dr- L. K. Coonley, Vineland, N. J.Mrs. Marietta F. Cross, trance speaker. Address, Hamp­

stead, N. H , care of N. P. Cross.Mrs Hettie Clark, trance speaker, East Harwich,Mass.Mrs. Sophia L Chappell, 11 South st., Boston.Mrs. Augusta A. Currier, Box 815, Lowell, Mass.Dr. J. H.Currier, 199 Cambridge street, Boston, Mass. Albert E. Carpenter, Putnam, Conn.Mrs. Jennett J Clark, trance speaker, Fair Haven, Conn. Miss Lizzie Doten, Pavilion, 57 Tremont street, Boston. George Dutton, M. D., Room 25, Postofflce building, New­

burgh, N. Y.Andrew Jackson Davis, Orange, N. JA. T. Foss, Manchester, N. H.Mrs. Mary L. French, inspirational and trance medium.

Ellery street. Washington Village, South Boston.Dr. H. P. P'airfield, Greenwich Village, Mass.S. J. P’inney, Ann Arbor, Mich.J. G. Fish, Red Bank, Monmouth Co., N. J.Mrs. Fannie B. Felton, South Malden, Mass.C. Augusta Fitch, trance speaker, box 1835, Chicago, III. Isaac P. Greenleaf, Kenduskeag, Me.Mrs. Laura De Force Gordon, Denver City, Col. Ter.Mrs. C. L. Gade (formerly Mrs. Morris,) trance speaker, 77

Cedarstreet, Room 8, New York.N. S. Greenleaf, Lowell, Mass.Dr. L.P. Griggs, Evansville, Wis.Dr. M. Henry Houghton, West Paris, Me., until further

notice.W. A I). Hume, Lowel., Mass.Lyman C. Howe, inspirational speaker, New Albion, New

York.Mrs. Susie A. Hutchinson, Somers, Coud., during August ;

Cleveland, Ohio, during September, October, and November. S C. Hayford, Coopersville, New York.Charles A. Hayden, 82 Monroe street, Chicago, 111.Miss Nellie Hayden, No. 20 Wilmot street, Worcester, Mass. Mrs. S. A. Horton, Brandon, Vt.Miss Julia J. Hubbard, box 2, Greenwood, Mass.Mrs. P’. O. Hyzer. 60 South Green street, Baltimore, Md.Dr. E. B. Holden,'Ciarenden, Vt.Moses Hull, Milwaukee, Wis.Miss Susie M. Johnson, Milford, Mass.Dr. P. T. Johnson, lecturer, Ypsilanti, Mich.W. F. Jamieson, inspirational speaker, Postoffice drawer

6325, Chicago, 111.S. S. Jones, Esq., 12 Methodist Church Block, South Clark

street, Chicago, 111.Harvey A. Jones, Esq., Sycamore, 111.Wm. H. Johnston, Corry, Pa.O. P. K ellogg , le c t u r e r , E as t T rum bull , A sh ta b u la Co., O. George F. Kittridge, Buffalo, New York.Cephas B. Lynn, inspirational and semi-conscious trance

speaker, 567 Main street, Charlestown, Mass.J. S. Loveland, Sturgis, Mich.Mrs. E K. Ladd, trance lecturer, 179 Court street, Boston. Mrs. F. A. Logan, Salina, Onondaga Co., New York.B. M. Lawrence, M. D., 54 Hudson street, Boston, Mass. Mary E. Longdon, inspirational speaker, 60 Montgomery

street, Jersey City, N. J.Mr. H. T. Leonard, trance speaker, New Ipswich, N. H. Miss Mary M. Lyons, inspirational speaker, 98 East Jeffer­

son street-, Syracuse, New York.John A Lowe, Box 17, Sutton, Mass.Dr. G. W. Morrill, Jr., trance and inspirational speaker,

Boston, Mass.Loring Moody, Malden, Mass.B. T. Munn, SKaneateles, New York.Dr. Leo Miller. Postoffice box 2326, Chicago, 111.Mrs. Anna M. Middl< brook, Box 778, Bridgeport, Conn.Mrs. Sarah Helen Mathews, East Westmoreland, N. H.Dr. John Mayhews, 50 Montgomery street, Jersey City,

New Jersey.Dr. James Morrison, lecturer, McHenry, III.Mr. & Mrs. H. M. Miller, Elmira, care W. B. Hatch. N. Y. Prof. R M. M’Cord,Centralia, 111.Emma M. Martin, inspirational speaker, Birmingham, Mich. Charles S. Marsh, semi-trance speaker, Wonewoc, Juneau

County, Wis.Mrs. Mary A. Mitchell, inspirational speaker, care of box

221. Chicago. 111.Miss Sarah A. Nutt, Lawrence, Kansas.C. Norwood, Ottawa, III., impressional and inspirational

i speaker.A. L. E. Nash, lecturer, Rochester, N. Y.J. Wm. Van Namee, Monroe, Mich.A. A. Pond, inspirational speaker, North West, Ohio.J. L. Potter, trance speaker,,Cedar Falls, Iowa, box 170.Dr. D. A Peaze, Jr.; Detroit, Mich.Mrs. Anna M L. Potts, M. D., lecturer, Adrian, Mich. George A. Pierce, Auburn, Me.Mrs. J. Putter, trance speaker, South Hanover, Mass.Lydia Ann Pearsall, inspirational, speaker, Disco, Mich. Mrs. Nettie M. Pease, trance speaker and test medium, De­

troit, Mich.A. C. Robinson, 15 Hawthorne street, Salem, Mass.Dr. W. Ripley, Box 95, Foxboro’, Mass.Dr. P. B. Randolph, lecturer, care box 3352, Boston, Mass.G. W. Rice, trance speaking medium, Brodhead, Wis.J. H. Randall, inspirational speaker, Upper Lisle, New

York.Mrs. Frank Reid, inspirational speaker, Kalamazoo, Micb. Austen E. Simmons, Woodstock, Vt.Mrs. Fannie Davis Smith, Milford. Mass.Abram Smith, Esq., inspirational speaker and musical me­

dium, Sturgis, Micb.Mrs. Nellie Smith, impressional speaker, Sturgis, Mich.Dr. Wm. H. Salisbury, Box 1313, Portsmouth, N. H.E. Sprague, M. D., inspirational speaker, Schenectady,

New York.Seiah. Ven Sickle, Greenbush, Mich.Pr- f. S. M. Strick, inspirational speaker, Peoria, 111.J. W. Scaver, inspirational speaker, Byron, N. Y.Miss Lottie Small, trance speaker, Mechanic Falls, Me.Mrs. M. E. B. Sawyer, Baldwinsville, Mass.Miss MarthaS. Sturtevant, trance speaker, Boston, Mass. Mrs. Mary Louisa Smith, trance speaker, Toledo, Ohio.H. B. Storer, inspirational lecturer, 75 Fulton street, New

York.Mrs. H. T. Stearns, Detroit, Mich., care of H. N. F. Lewis. Mrs. M. S. Townsend, Bridgewater, Vt.Mrs. Charlotte F. Taber, trance speaker, New Bedford,

Mass., Postoffice box 394.J H. W. Toohey, 42 Cambridge street, Boston.Mrs. Sarah M. Thompson, inspirational speaker, 36 Bank

street, Cleveland, Ohio.Hudson Tuttle. Berlin Heights, Ohio.James Trask, Kenduskeag, Me.Francis P. Thomas, M. D., lecturer, Harmonia, Kansas.N. Frank White, Oswego, N. Y., during June ; during July,

Seymour. Conn.Mrs. M. Macomber Wood, 11 Dewey street, Worcester,

Mass.F. L. H. Willis, M. D., Postofflce box 29, Station D, New

York.A. B. Whiting, Albion. Mich.Mrs. S. E. Warner, Box 14, Berlin, Wis.E. V. Wilson, Rock Island during June ; Galesburg ducing

July Address, Babcock’s Grove, Du Page Co., III.Alcinda Wilhelm, M. D., inspirational speaker, care of H.

N. F. L<= wis, Detroit, Mich.Prof. E. Whipple, lecturer upon Geology and the Spiritual

Philosophy, Sturgis, Mich.Elijah Woodworth, inspirational speaker, Leslie, Mich.M rs E M . W olco tt , D an b v . V t .S. If. Wortman, Buffalo, N. Y., Box 1454.E. S. Wheeler, inspirational speaker, 5 Columbia street,

Boston.Mrs. S. A. Willis, Lawrence, Mass., Postofflce box 473.Lois Waisbroker, Mankato, Blue Earth Co., Minn., care of

the Clifton House.Mrs. N. J. Willis, trance speaker, Boston, Mass.F. L. Wadsworth, Postofflce drawer 6325, Chicago, 111.A. A. Wlioclock, trance and inspirational speaker, St.

Johns, M cb.Miss Elvira Wheelock, normal speaker, Janesville, Wis. Warren Woolson, trance speaker, Hastings, N. Y Henry C. Wright, care of Bela Marsh, Boston.Mrs. Mar3’ J. Wilcox, care of Dr. Larkin 244 Fulton street

Brooklyn , N. Y, ’Mrs. Mary E. Withce, trance speaker, 71 Williams street

Newark N .TA. C. Woodruff, Buffalo, N. Y.Miss H. Maria Worthing, trance speaker, Oswego, 111. .Jonathan Whipple, Jr., inspirational and trance speaker.

Mystic, Conn.