DEVOTED TO RATIONAL SPIRITUALISM AND PRACTICAL REFORM.

N E W S E R I E S . B O S T O N , N E W Y O R K A N D C H I C A G O , S A T U R D A Y , M A Y 1 , 1 8 5 8 . V O L . I . . . . N O . 1 8 .

T or th e S p ir itu a l A g e .

F o r the S p iritu a l A ge.

T H E C H U R C H A N D N A T U R A L PH IL O S O P H Y ./N o . 5.

Now that the jubilee "frump is sounding loud and long in the joyous , working of the “ vein” of ancient and modern Spiritualism, Brother Beecher and the New Englander would do well to call thc Boston Courier and the Springfield Repub­lican to the good cheer awaiting them; for, though we see neither of these papers, we have good report of them that they have followed in the chase both as hounds that hunt and as those who fill up the cry. Now may they enter into their rest, for their works do follow them ; nor need they to wait a little longer for the good time come.

Even the New York Tribune, having backslidden from our fold into theirs, and helped, though somewhat,in the distance, to fill up the cry, must not be forgotten in this day of con­summation. Mr. Greeley was one of the earliest converts to the New Advent, while we were yet struggling on the lower­most anxious seat. We thought at the time Brother Greeley’s conversion rather hasty— as not taking sufficient heed that he was rooted and grounded so as not to fall. But he had seen the first gleam of light. We had not. Our faith was yet weak, and we must march with measured step and slow up to the New Jerusalem.

Trembling, yet hoping, we waited, watching the record of facts, and threading each avenue of mind, that we might not jump the life to come without substantial proof of the same. Mr. Greeley’s haste proved to be of the lesser speed ; for, af­ter doing us great service, he backslides from, the other to this side Jordan.

A future baptism awaits him into our fold. His next jump will not be into the midst of Jordan’s cold stream, beyond his depth, to scramble back shivering and denying the shore be­yond, because he, like Peter, sunk for the Jack of a sufficient basis of faith.

Others, too, in their haste to pass over without knowing the way, were frightened back, and denounced our Jordan as a hard road to travel, because they had to work their salvation out on the waj'. and hence declared their preference of the ancient way, by the Wilderness and Dead Sea theologies, where they have so long wandered in darkness, that they sup­pose the present vision of spiritual sight is but the transfigu­ration of the “ goblin damned,” which their dark ages created and named Satan, but who now comes in Protean visage of Science,—now this, now that,— but so volatile and thin that a ceremonial church cannot grasp it, but offer it to the “ Natural Philosopher” to be worked !

The Tribune sloped from our fold on the plane of commer­cial profit. I t al.-o found itself marred by splinters which an unpurged vision had failed to remove. But its plea of com­mercial inutility was most offensive to such as sought for the i light of immortality instead of the perishing treasure&»''of earth. Of what use is Spiritualism, ask the groundlings, when it will not let itself to do material service in the where­withal to lay up riches on eprth ? On this dark plane has the Tribune stood, and offeree ̂ pay to the court of heaven for such ignoble service. I t psked for “ telegraphic despatches from Europe,” instead of life and immortality from heaven. As pertinently ask of what use is Christianity, because it fails to bring “ commercial intelligence from Europe,*’, for which the Tribune has offered*abundance of money. Is the Chris­tian spirit so dead within that it has forgotten its parallel case of olden time, when one offered to purchase the higher spirit with money, and the rebuke, “ thy money perish with thee,” and the exhortation to prayer for deliverance from the “ gall of bitterness and the bonds of iniquity,” so apparent in the conception of the thought ?

We do not like this dark spot upon the character of the Tribune. For some fifteen years it has been our daily bread for breakfast. We have digested all its isms with unimpaired digestion, and have stomach for more ;—we have labored for it without money and without price,—have procured many subscribers, taking no heed of its side-thrusts against our re­ligion ; for though sometimes obscured in earth-smoke, it has been a mighty pioneer in ligh t; nor do we believe it can lose all its original brightness; but when it crawls upon its belly and asks of the saints in heaven “ commercial intelligence from Europe,” there are—

“ ------angels grieving for the good man’s sin;B lu sh to reco rd a n d weep to g ive i t i n .”

We return to our work in^the “ vein.” I t appears that in the year 213 before Jesus, Young Chinadom expressed itself against old fogiedom on this wise : “ Prejudiced in favor ofantiquity, of which they admire even the stupidities, they are fall of disdain for everything which is not exactly chalked after models that time has nearly effaced from the memory of man. Incessantly they have in their mouths, or at the tips of heir pencils, the three Ho-ang [the Chinese august triad], and ke fixe Ti [the Chinese Pentateuch.”]— Types o f Mankind.

How parallel the planes of old fogiedom in all ages,— for do we not seethe “ stupidities” of Jewish Spiritualism wor­shipped even now as the word of God ?

More than two thousand years before Jesus (2337), Chinese Spiritualism was suppressed in a decree against “ false prophe­cies, magic and revelations”— “ commanding the two minis­ters of Astronomy and Religion to cut asunder all communi­cation between “ sky” and earth ; and thus there was no more of what is called this lifting up and coming d o w n — Types o f Mankind. '

We commend this to Prof. Felton and the Boston Courier. They will thus find that Spiritualism is not the bantling of to­day, but of the patriarchal age of more than 4000 years. We do not require that they should find it in all its phases venerable for its “ stupidities,” whether in or outside of the Jewish record.

“ The authors of the ‘ Types of Mankind’ place everything Israelitish on precisely the same human footing as has been assigned to the more ancient time-registers of Egypt and of China, and to the more solid restorations of Assyria.” They also decide “ that the whole of Jewish chronology is unhistor- ical, and that Moses, or the Hebrews, being unmentioned upon Egyptian monuments of the 12th— 17th centuries, B. C., and never alluded to by any extant writer who lived prior to the Septuagbit translation at Alexandria (commencing in the 3d century, B. C.), there are no extraneous aids from sources alien to the Jewish books, through which any information worthy of historical acceptance can be gathered elsewhere about him or them.”

“ Here then we have finally arrived at the great fact, which, in different or less outspoken words, all the scientific authors we have quoted are at this day agreed upon, viz: that the Jews knew not an atom more o f ‘ Humanity’s Origins’ than we do now.”— Gliddon, in Types o f Mankind.

From all this our dead churches may see how much the letter of Jewish Spiritualism is worth. I t certainly is very far froiii right to make use of falsities “ for the purposes of piety,” even though church-fathers have taught that “ pious frauds are useful as a medicine.” We trust our opposers will not conceal any fraud they may find in working the modern “ vein.” Let us have the sternest of truth with a clean breast. Heaven was never yet reached through the portal of lies ; nor would true manhood ever covet it on such wise. No angel in white raiment ever so proffered it. The banner hung upon the outer wall of the shining spheres, is that which dis­plays integrity of heart in all its surroundings, and outwrought through all suffering for Truth’s sake.

The King Log of the Church, unable to quell the gathering hosts of Spiritdom, sought alliance with the King Stork of Natural Philosophy. The Natural Philosopher “ comes up to the help of the Lord against the mighty,” by opening a “ vein” down in old Jewry, and letting its life flow away. He has ta­ken a cast of the dead body, and set it up among “ Types” as the God of the Jews and dead churches. We have accompa­nied the “ philosopher” to the end of his journey through the “ Types of Mankind;” and if the church is satisfied with the help it has received, we are. ,

We propose now to walk a little with Science as contained in the “ Contributions to the Natural History o f the United States, by Loins A g a s s i z , ” whom we readily grant, as far as our experience goes, to be the scientific Collossus of the age. Yet, is it not humiliating that this gigantic mind could brood years upon the turtle, and yet, with scarce a moment’s thought, venture into conception upon so vast a matter as Spiritualism, with even his own name given to the abortion ? He will yet live to see and to know that the mis-step was not in the line of immaculate conceptions.

When we view Spiritualistic phenomena in its higher un­foldings, by the side of Science, as outwrought by its apostles, we at once behold the wide waste of unfilled blank in mighti­est of scientific minds. Our author lays his foundation well in spiritual causation. He has a Supreme Almighty Principle, or Cause, outworking itself to begin with; and the “ vein” is admirably worked through all human kind, till the change of death ; and then a guess at immortality awaiting both brute and man—as in both he finds the “ immaterial principle.”

This is more generous to the lower creations than formulas which speak of “ the beasts that perish and if it shall in­duce man to be more merciful to :Kis beast for his kinship of immortal attributes, we shall much rejoice. When often pained in the sight of merciless s c o u r g iD g s of animal creation, —the faithful ox, horse, &c., though not solicitous of all man­ner of creeping things in heaven, we have full oft in anguish hoped that for all serviceable domestic helps, there is compen­sation for so much suffering*'' and toil. There is room in Boundless Love for these lesser, yet ofttimes suffering beings.

We are happy to record that our worker in Natural History, after hewing many turtles to pieces, passes them to the other side of Jordan with sentiments of his distinguished considera­tion, exclaiming amid their disejcta membra, “ W hat unex­pected resemblance to the moral and intellectual development of Man!”

Surely the turtles have no reason to complain, when thus immortalized by the philosopher at work in their “ veins.” On no other wise could they have acquired so lofty a status in creation. Our contributor to Natural History has succeeded in lifting turtles up, even if he has not succeeded in finding the angels. True, there is an unfilled immensity between turtledom and the “ Almighty Intellect,” where man, in physical embodiment, is the highest link Godward in the chain of Science. But our author has spiritual sight something be­yond the mere material and physical philosophers who hold that “ the necessary action of physical laws” is sufficient for creation ; “ and call mysticism even a passing allusion to the existence of an immaterial principle in animals, which they acknowledge themselves in man.”

Thus we see this great leader in Science receiving the spir­itual principle as the primal causation of a ll; and he thinks the “ pretensions” of his material and physical brethren in science “ of a false philosophy.” He believes “ that isolated and disconnected facts are of little consequence in the contem­plation of the whole plan of creation.”

Surely this great mind, in this direction, must sooner or later find the planes of finite spiritual Intelligences. He has said much, which we have not room to quote, in behalf of his spir­itual theory, and we do not see how his premises can reachtheir conclusions “ in plan of a connected whole,” and notfind the intermediate unfoldings of spiritual or angelic spheres; for between turtledom, capped byTiumandom, and the Supreme Spiritual Cause, there is a vasty deep, as little and as dimly explored as the sphere of the tnrt'-j when our Professor en­tered it.

I t were becoming and modest in Science not to pro­nounce too surely against the beings of the imponderable world. How can even Agassiz, in a connected “ plan of the whole,” lay his foundation in a Supreme Thinker and Father of Spirits, and then shut out all inter-communication df-gpir- itual beinss between Him and us ? How can all these be©■trieken from the link and the chain not be worthless? He thinks “ it was an immense progress which freed Science from an old prejudice”— that is, the Old Testament account of Cre­ation, which Science has utterly swept away as worthless—and •‘has lard the foundation for the conviction, now universal imong well-informed naturalists, that this globe has been in exist­ence for innumerable ages, and that thc length of time elapsed ince it first became inhabited, cannot be counted in years,

liven the length of the period to which we belong is still a iToblem, notwithstanding the precision with which certain sys­tems of chronology would fix the creation of man.”

Thus does the Harvard Professor sweep away the Jewish traditions, though our churches still rest upon them as the word t)f God. He recognizes “ such a similarity between oertain faculties of Man and those of the higher animals,” that he finds it impossible “ to trace the limit where this com­munity of nature ceases,” and says, “ I confess I could not ,say in what the mental faculties of a child differ from those of a young Chimpanzee.”

After saying more to the same purport, and exhibiting the affectional and mental range of animals as of one with man on fhe plane of creation, and as being partakers of the “ immate- lial principle” distinguished “ by its excellence and superior endowments in man,” he says. “ I cannot, therefore, agree with those authors who would disconnect mankind from the animal kingdom, and establish a distinct kingdom for man alone.”

This is very different from the biblical traditions of the “ beasts that perish.” Our student, who finds his word of God in the unfoldings of Nature, also discovers that animals “ have a psychological individuality, which, though less fully -tudied, is nevertheless the connecting link between them and man.” One would suppose that a philosopher who could thus trace the “ psychological individuality” of animals, was not far from the kingdom of trans-mundane spiritual individuali­ties of men, women and children—as it would be rather hard to receive that the psychological character was of the body and not of the soul. True, the Professor, in his present work, says nothing of the immortals in communion with this world, though the paper he signed with his Harvard brethren placed him in the position of denial. But, in our next extract, it will be seen that, though he puts his kingdom of heaven a lit­tle farther off—intending, perhaps, that there should be no communion of saints, even by telegraph—he yet makes up quite a variety in his heavenly household. He says, “ Most of the arguments of philosophy in favor of the immortality of man, apply equally to the permanency of this principle in other living beings. May I not add, that a future life, in which man should be deprived of that great source of enjoy­ment and intellectual and moral improvement which result from the contemplation of the harmonies of an organic world, would involve a lamentable loss; and may we not look to a spiritual concert of the combined worlds and all their inhabi­tants in presence of their Creator as the highest conception of Paradise ?”

The “ happy family” of biblical creation,are delicately dis­posed of as follows : .

“ For my own part, I cannot conceive how moral philoso­phers, who urge the unity of origin of man as one of the fun­damental principles of their religion, can at the same time justify the necessity which it involves of a sexual intercourse between the nearest blood relations of that assumed first and unique human family, when such a connection is revolting even to the savage.”

You mean to say this, Doctor,—-that Jewish inspiration ig­nored the idiotic results of “ breeding in and in,” and of course that Jewish Spiritualism was very fallible in some of its outworkings. Very well,—it is proper to know that fa- miliar-spirit utterances in the name of the Lord, are not nec­essarily infallible, but are oft exceedingly otherwise.

Science, in watching the domestic arrangements of turtles, discovers that they marry in ages from seven to eleven years, but that they refuse, in slavery, to Multiply and replenish the earth. With them, as with Abelard and Eloise,

“ Love free as a i r , a t s ig h t o f h u m a n ties ,S p read s h is l ig h t w ings, a n d in a m o m en t flies.”

So they were taken in freedom, and “ hundreds were opened,” or “ ripped up,” as were many mothers in Israel in olden time. There should be a calender of saints in Turtledom, for so many martyrs to science,— in perils by land, in perils by­sea, and in perils by scientific brethren, who fear not to kill the body, while they immortalize the soul. How many turtle- mothers were despoiled of their anticipated, little ones, kid­napped by the Ccesarean operation ! Ah, tu rtles! we shall never look upon your like again, without thinking of the sac­rificial offering of “ hundreds” for the glory of Science ! But now we part with you for the present, as also with the philos­opher, who has doubtless given more years in opening and ex­plaining your inner man, than hours to the examination of spiritual phenomena, which he off-hand condemns ; and who, from a point in Florida, shows an up-heaval of modern crea­tion 19-1,000 y e a T s b e f o r e the Garden of Eden was dreampt of in anybody’s philosophy. c. b . p .

%P . S. T here is a m is tak e in th e m ak in g u p o f A rtic le No. 2 , second

p a ra g ra p h from th e to p , 2d co lum n. T he la s t h a lf o f th e la s t sentence is d isconnected from its firs t, w hich c ited D r. P r i tc h a rd as its a u th o r ity . As th e h a lf sen tence now re a d s , i t w ould seem r a th e r to po in t to A g as­siz as th e a u th o r i ty , a n d we do n o t w ish to m ak e h im an sw erab le for m ore th a n h is ow n. c. b . p .

F o r th e S p iritu a l Ago

GOD W IT H U S.W earied w ith e a r th ly s tru g g le an d re s is tan ce ,

N eed ing T h y “ p re se n t h e lp ” a ll free ly g iven ,W h y do we p ra y to T hee, th ro u g h boundless d istance ,

“ F a th e r who art in Heaven ?”

“ W ho a r t in H eav e n !” A r t T hou n o t a ll ab o u t u s? •A r t T hou n o t know n a n d felt, w h ere ’e r we a re 7

O h, leav e m e n o t am ong th e feeble d o u b te rs W ho love Thee from afa r!

L eave m e n o t in th e b lin d n ess , lo v in g H e are r ,W hich loses Thee in dou b t a n d d istan c e th u s ;

G ive m e th e s tro n g , t ru e fa ith w hich sees T hee n e a re r ,A n d p ra y s to “ God with u s ! ”

“ T h y k ingdom com e!” W hose k ingdom is th e P re se n t 7 W hose, i f n o t T h in e ? — does i t no t ow n T h y sw ay 7

O r is T h y m ig h t a pa le im p erfec t c rescen t,G row ing from d ay to d a y 7

“ T h y w ill be done on e a r th , as now in H eav e n !”W hose w ill sha’ll question T h ine , o r m ak* d e m u r 7 '

B y w hom un to T hee sh a ll T h in e ow n be g iven ,F o rm e r a n d F in ish e r?

“ L ead u s n o t in te m p ta tio n !” D ost T hou lead us In to these strifes for fam e, a n d pow er, a n d pelf?

A n d ca n s t T hou c h an g e?— ca n s t th o u fo rget to heed u s ,O r lead u s from T h y se lf ? .

“ T h in e is th e k in g d o m !” w orlds re p e a t th e s to ry ,T h ro u g h boundless space, a s in th e y e a rs o f y o re ;—

T hin e is th e pow er, th e k ingdom a n d th e g lo ry ,Now a n d fo reverm ore!

P o r t l a n d , M b . F l o r e n c e P e r c y .

Imitation.What a waste of time it is for one man to spend half a life

in imitating others, when, by following out his own tastes and dispositions, he would, with less trouble, acquire respect for his sincerity and independence ! Whatever we do with spon­taneity, is easy and pleasing in the doing, and profitable in tbe result. By following nature, we grow, as it were, towards the sun, fair and straight. A ship that runs with the wind goes smoothly and swiftly on her course; but against it, how much tossing, how much loss of time, how much hard work and ever-recurring anxieties, none but the mariner can recount.

D eath .I t seemeth to me that most of the doctrines of the philoso­

phers are more fearful and cautionary than the nature of things requireth. So have they increased the fear of death in offering to c u re \ i t ; for when they would have a man’s whole life to be but a discipline or preparation to die, they must needs make men think that it is a terrible enemy, against whom there is no end of preparing.— Lord Bacon.

- M O D ER N . P H A R IS E E IS M .[ I n th e J\rew Jerusalem. M a g a z in e fo r th e present month, may b*

found a p o rtio n o f a le c tu re on “ S p i r i t i s m delivered by John H. W ilk ins, E sq ., before th e Boston Society [S w ed en b o rg ian ] on the 11th o f M arch . M r. W ilk in s is a g en tlem an o f resp ec tab le s ta n d in g in this co m m u n ity , b u t delivers h im self o f se n tim e n ts savoring o f religious b ig o try a n d P h a r isa ic a rro g a n ce o f th e in ten se st k in d . A correspond­e n t, w ho h a s been for m a n y y e a rs an e a rn e s t b u t liberal-minded re­ceiver o f th e doctrines o f Sw edenborg , sends u s th e following extracts from a n d re m a rk s u p o n M r. W ilk in s’ a d d ress .— E d .3

The lecturer, after adverting to the earlier condition and severe trials of the New Church, goes on to say, “ I t cannot but appear strange, that the little band, who, forty years ago, were supposed to be the sole depositories of these supernatural gifts, as they are deemed, should now be the main, if not tho only bulwark that can prasent a defence against the flood o f deceitful appearances and empty knowledges whieh appear to be pouring into this world from the other.”

Again, he says substantially, that Emanuel Swedenborg brought into this world as a practical idea the great truth that man lives after the death of the material body; that while in that body he has a spiritual body, spiritual senses, &c., and then claims that this idea or truth “ would seem to be an in­heritance in all its goodly aspects belonging legitimately to* generations of the receivers of the doctrines promulgated by him.” [Does this imply that no one has a right to learn these truths except through Swedenborg, and that all who walk not with New Churchmen ought to be treated as some among the early disciples of Jesus wishM to have those treated who would not follow with them—that is, destroyed by fire from heaven?]

Further on, he speaks of the “ crude, unqualified and heter­ogenous outpourings that come to us by and through mediums of no religious character whatever, and of no intelligence, I will not say in the science of correspondence and in the sense of the letter of the Word, but of little or none even in the common sciences of the natural world.”

He says again, “ In regard to witches, soothsayers, necro­mancers, and the whole class of such characters, the literal sense of the Word is full of denunciation against t h e m and adds, “ It is to be feared that some, if not many persons, when considering this subject, may fall into one or both of two mis­takes, viz: first, that the letter of the Word denouncing these practices is not of universal obligation, but is limited to the Jews; and second, that the modern practice of intercourse with spirits is so different from those denounced in Scripture as not to be embraced in the same category.”

Now, without noticing the charge of ignorance made against the mediums, which, carried far enough, would endan­ger some of the disciples of Jesus Christ himself, I do not see how any person, properly informed, can assume to say that none of them have religion.

I t is not claimed that being a medium, or believing that there is open communication with the spiritual world, will of. necessity make men religious, nor do I believe it will prevent their being so. I t is simply a means of acquiring knowledge in relation to those laws and conditions which act upon us as spiritual beings, and does not make us either good or bad. I t is the use made of our knowledge which determines that ques­tion. .

Is it not, then, a mistake, to say the least, for any class o fmen, hewever much they may know, or however religious they may think themselves, to assume that a,certain other class, numbering by millions now, have no knowledge and no relig­ion ? I speak now of those who communicate with their friends in the other world through mediums, and not of the mediums themselves, as I suppose they are equally wicked.

I t is undeniable that for more than twenty years there has been a constant and increasing amount of aid from the other world through clairvoyants and mediums in the cure of pkysi- . cal disease. The number of otherwise incurable cases is al­most innumerable. Are we to conclude that all this aid is for an evil purpose? or shall we not more naturally and charita­bly suppose that as men are in the other life, as in this, some­times inclined to do good, they may, with 8uch instruments aa they can .command, help to correct our physical ills?

I f this is so, as I think, then how can we believe that there is no aid for the spiritual ? Have our best friends ceased ta care for that essential part of us, which, as well as they could, they cared for when here ? Do they know nothing more, now that they have lived in two conditions, than when they had experienced but one? And will they not tell us? Does the mother forget the child, because she has thrown off the old and worn out body ? Does she never come to her child, speak t§ it, and influence it in every pure, good way ?

How then shall we be told that all these communications are “ disorderly ?”—that they are all “ sorcery” and “ witchcraft,” and that the Bible is full of denunciations against us?

Is it not rather to be feared that all these efforts to “ crush out” Spiritualism are instigated by that abhorrence of change in old modes of belief so common in all ages ? and that the “ New Church” has an additional motive in the apprehension that if these cortimunications are continued, even Swedenborg himself may be found to have made<mistakes? w.

B o s t o n , April, 1858.

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R E L A T I O N S O F I D E A S T O I N S T I T U T I O N 'S .

The practical life of men and the institutions of the world are the revelations of their thoughts and desires. Thus, in the order of time, thought must precede outward action and orr»anic formation. In other words our ideal conceptions must assume distinct forms and a specific value in the mind before they have an external embodiment or can be otherwise out­wardly expressed. The fact that the ideal thought and life thus exist before they can be expressed—before that existence can be made known—may account for our dissatisfaction with what the present enables us to realize, and for the earnestness of the progressive mind in reaching forward and upward after nobler attainments. The Past may all (be fitly represented in the Present, but we wait to realize the {vision of the Future. The institutions of society and the distinguishing featiires of our practical life, are always and necessarily behind and below the ideal conceptions of the poetand the philosopher. The heavens are mirrored in the vision of the prophet long before the cold, un­yielding elements of earth and of the common mind are prepared to receive the divine image. It is true that the manners, customs and ideas of a people generally represent the average degree of intellectual growth and moral refinement; they never record the maximum development either in mind or morals. I t requires time and effort to work out the practical results of our ideas, or to exhibit the solution of any important problem, in political economy, social science or spiritual reform. Thus the intuitive mind may perceive and comprehend thc truth long before the organizing hand is prepared to mold the ma­terial elements into new, appropriate and adequate forms of expression.

All living ideas may very properly be regarded as illustra­tions of the powers of spiritual generation. In the mental and moral sphere of our existence no less than in thc physical, birth inevitably follows conception. But when the one is im­mediately succeeded by the other, the harmonic order of thc Divine economy is interrupted and Nature onlj' makes abortive attempts to reveal her latent capabilities. Ideas are the off­spring of the mind. The spirit receives its impregnation from the sources of interior life, and thoughts that have vitality in them are legitimately begotten and born. I t is further neces­sary to their normal growth and full development that the pro­cess and the period of mental or spiritual gestation should be uninterrupted and complete. Ideas that are given to the world before they are half formed are but spasmodic and unsuc­cessful efforts to imitate the forms and functions of a natural

■ life. The world is full of these poor foundlings, and they are seen in great numbers about the doors of fashionable society, where the art of concealing natural defects by artificial means is best understood and most skillfully practised. Thus all the creations of A rt and Industry; the systems of Science and Philosophy ; the forms of Religion and the institutions of the State, are but the external and tangible forms of ideas. "When onr habits of thought are changed ; when new ideas are con­ceived by the mind they may be regarded as significant proph­ecies of approaching revolutions in the outward affairs of men. But the work of changing the institutions of a people so as tomake them conform to the enlarged and liberal views of moreenlightened minds, is seldom or never the work of a day; it is usually the accumulated result of repeated trials and protracted labor. The new idea must necessarily struggle into organic .form and actual life by slow degrees, and agreeably to the laws and processes which regulate the development of all inward principles. These suggestions are plainly derived from the economy of Nature which is the statute-book of God.

But men utterly disregard all the laws and analogies of Nature when they look for the ripe fruits of Modern Spiritual­ism in the period of . its early spring-time. Yet many are too impatient to wait for the natural order of its development and maturity. They insist on the use of some forcing process— while they look for the occurrence of impossible results. Be­cause Spiritualism has not yet realized ali the visionary ex­pectations of the enthusiast, in the complete renovation of the world, they rudely question its principles and dispute its claims. Should the farmer, who goes forth in the morning to break up the soil, return at evening to condemn all agricultural pursuits and interests as unprofitable, to complain of the barrenness of the earth and to fret against the ways of Providence, he would exhibit quite as much wisdom and reverence as those who blindly condemn Spiritualism, either as useless or unprof­itable, because they are not permitted to gather in its divine iruits at the close of the first day’s labor, and before they have so much as taken thc trouble to make a practical applica­tion of its principles to their own practices. Spiritualism is just now only taking root in the human mind and heart. I t has not yet had time to bloom in the garden of the affections or to adorn with its immortal freshness the outward walks of life. Indeed, as often as the germs put forth, giving promise of refreshing shade, of summer flowers, of precious perfumes and golden fruits, some hired man, with a scientific stub scythe or a theological grubbing-hoe, proceeds to cut them down, that the rank weeds of vulgar skepticism may take deeper root in the soul, and to make room for those dark and material theol­ogies which, like Canada thistles, only scratch and torment all who embrace them, while they flourish in the barren fields of the uncultivated mind and the stony soil of the unsympathizing heart.

The teachers of the cardinal ideas of popular theology have had centuries to make an experiment in morals ; and what is the result? I f we may credit the testimony of those teachers themselves, the world has been all the while wandering further from truth and righteousness, and is still sinking deeper be­neath an accumulated weight of guilt in proportion to our en­larged intellectual attainments and consequent increasing re­sponsibility. I f the world is rfeally waxing worse, where shall we look for the source^ of the fundamental error that is thus revealed in its practical life? I f the consecrated teachcrs of morals and theology, in this long period, have failed to reno­vate society, can they not afford to wait a few days longer for the legitimate fruits of Spiritualism? I f after "spending whole canturics in the work—with almost unlimited means at com­

mand and all the advantages for a successful'; experiment— they have failed to accomplish a great and Bfeneficent result for Humanity, it would seem that their vociferous demands for the fruits of the New Movement should be tempered by be­coming grace and modesty. Reason, and the remembrance of their own protracted efforts and mournful failures, should stifle their denunciations of Modern Spiritualism and prompt them to wait in respectful silence for the immortal bloom of its golden summer-time and the ripened fruits of its complete de­velopment in the heart, the mind and the life. s. b . b .

T H E R E S U R R E C T I O N O F J E S U S .H. L. Macomber, of Castine, Me., Freeman Josselyn, of

Turner, “ and numerous others,” have urged us to give our views about'the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth,—whether it was spiritual or corporeal,— together with an explanation of the apparently conflicting Scripture testimonies respecting the matter. a1 ■

The subject, we are aware, has been regarded by the Chris­tian world as one of the utmost importance. In our estima­tion, however, it is of comparatively little practical moment— for reasons which will appear hereinafter. But we have no objection to submitting such opinions as we have been able tq form in relation to it— wishing no one to accept them any farther than they shall seem to.him to be according to truth.

In the first place, let the inquirer carefully examine the several accounts given of the event by the four historians, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John ; and then, throwing aside all educational beliefs and previous convictions, ask himself in all candor whether those several statements, so various and con­flicting in many details, can be relied upon as entire and infallible truth? Is it not more reasonable to suppose,— since neither of the writers professes to have been an eye-wit­ness of all the facts, nor to have been specially inspired to narrate them,—that each wrote out the narrative as he had gathered it from the variant and distorted rumors which had gained circulation among a superstitious people, during thc many years which intervened between the occurrences and the writing? Such, we confess, is to our own mind, the strong probability in the ease; and such we think will be the conclu­sion of any mind that eau divest itself of indoctrinated preju­dices.

Some readers, perhaps, will be shocked at the idea of admit­ting error even in thc slightest detail of the gospel histories ; and thc usual method of such is to pass lightly over the seem- inrr incongruities, thinking they must be reconcilable somehow— though how, they had rather not undertake to say. But it is obviously a sense'of this incongruity of statement which pro­duces the uncertainty in the minds of our inquirers— and of a great many more who do not venture to express their inquiries in public. I f all the New Testament writers had told one simple, concordant story about the resurrection,— like that of Luke, for example,—there would have been less occasion for different opinions on thc subjcct. And, moreover, it the truth in the case were of any suclrtranscendent importance as has been usually represented, it is altogether probable that Jesus, either before or after his ascension, would have seen to it that a cor­rect, consistent and unmistakable statement was drawn up and properly attested for preservation.

What then? Shall we conclude that there is no truth whatever in the New Testament accounts of the resurrection of Jesus, or that the gospels are forgeries? By no means. I t seems- to us reasonable to accept the testimony of any mani­festly honest writer, of any age, so far as it- harmonizes with general principles, or with our own observations and experi­ences. As to the important points, that Jesus was crucified,— that his body, supposed to be dead, was entombed,—and that he was afterwards seen alive again in some form,— all the tes­timonies agree; and, moreover, there is other evidence that he manifested himself, from the spiritual world, repeatedly, after he had ceased to live in the mortal i'ornt (i. e., to Stephen, to Paul, and to John in Patmos). About the first two points, there is no dispute; as to the last two, modern demonstrations make it certain that spirits can re-appear and communicate after they have thrownwff their mortal bodies—and that, too, often in such ways as to make it difficult for those who see them to tell whether they are clothed in physical forms or not. The statement, then, that Jesus ol' Nazareth re-appeared as a spirit, in the spiritual body, being accordant with-modern ex­perience and general law (as accepted by Spiritualists), is en­tirely credible. And some of the representations given by the N. T. writers, such as that of his sudden vanishing from the table at Emmaus.—his mysterious appearance in the midst of the disciples “ when the doors were shut,”— his being seen only by disciples (all of whom might have been clairvoyant) and under peculiar circumstances,—his rising and floating away in the atmosphere from Mt. Olivet,—his appearing to Saul near Damascus, when those who were with him “ saw no man,” etc., ao to indicate that it was as a spirit, and thus only, that he was “ raised.” Let it be noted that Saul (or Paul), in stating the instances in which Jesus manifested himself after his cru­cifixion (1 Qor. xv.), does not intimate that he was seen by him in any different manner from that in which he had been seen by others; and as he was invisible to all but Saul, he appeared evidently as a spirit.

The supposition of a corporeal resurrection, on the other hand, is more difficult to receive. I t is contrary to modern ob scrvation and experience that a human body, after becom­ing wholly dead, or after the heart has been pierced by a spear, should be revivified. I t would take an abundance of clear, consistent and positive testimony, from thoroughly com­petent witnesses, to substantiate so extraordinary a fact. To our apprehension, the New Testament writers do not furnish such testimony ; hence we are obliged to regard the other hy­pothesis, of a -spiritual resurrection, as every way the more probable. .

I t is very easy to.understand how the early Christians came to entertain erroneous opinions on this subject. Having no clear idea of the existence of a spiritual body, the exact coun­terpart of the physical, which survives the death of the lat­ter, they naturally supposed, when the presence of Jesus was manifest among them after his crucifixion, looking so exactly

' like his former self, that it was his veritable physical body re­stored to life; and this supposition was confirmed to tlfie’m by the fact that somehow this body had disappeared from the sep­ulchre in which it had been deposited.

What, then, became of the body of Jesus, if it was not raised to renewed life ? I t is easy enough to suppose what might have beeojae of it. According to the account, the “ watch” which was thought necessary in order to keep the body from being carried away, was not set till the_day after the crucifixion. I f any persons, either friends or foes, were disposed to remove it from the sepulchre, there was ample op­portunity to do so during the intervening night. Other ways may be imagined, but this, from the fact that a report to the cffcct that the body wxs stolen became current amoDg tho

Jews, would seem the most probable, though the disciples may .have known nothing about it, and hence accounted for the re­port in another way.

But did not Jesus eat before his disciples, and challenge them to test his tangibility, saying, “ a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have” ? True, it is so reported by one writer; but, as we have already suggested, the numerous in­consistencies of these reports make it evident that there are mistakes somewhere; and we are obliged to accept what ap­pears reasonable and in accordance with known law, attribu­ting the remainder to misapprehension or human fallibility of some kind. Besides, the facts of tangibility; and of partaking of food, etc., would not of themselves prove the presence of the old corporeal body, since spirits now sometimes render themselves tangible (as the writer knows from experience) as well as visible ; and instances are reported of their disposing of food in some way equivalent to eating it, as is said of those who visited Abjaham and Lot in the olden time (Gen. xiii and xiv). Let it be remembered that the visibility of any substance depends upon the form in which it exists at the time. A slight chemical change in an article of food, or any other substance may render invisible what was before visible. If then a spirit knows how and has the power to instantaneously resolve food into its essences, he may appropriate these just as mortals appropriate the external forms of food.

Such seem to us the rational probabilities in the case. "We have heard, indeed from disembodied spirits, different theories. One, for example, through Mrs. Hatch, argued very ingen­iously that the physical body of Jesus was raised— that the spirit never became wholly disconnected from it— in other words, that the bod}’ did not wholly die, notwithstanding the wounds it received—that so pure had been his life, so free his physical organism from any taint of disease, and so vigorous the power of the spirit over it, he was able by interior spirit­ual energy to control and revivify the temporarily weakened and cateleptic frame, as any other person may be who lives a life of equal conformity to law. I t was intimated', moreover, that thc phj'sical body was afterwards dropped or cast, off in some way of which no account, is given, and that all this was in accordance with his “ declaration, “ 1 have power to lay down my life, and power to take it again.” This seems very plausible, and if there were other well attested facts going to corroborate the theory of such resusc-ilative power under simi­lar conditions,'wc might accept it.. Tlu: spirit, claimed to know of such facts, and hence held that this physical resuscitation j

was in accordance with general law. But wo do not know of j such facts, and hence must form our conclusion in accordance j

with what we do know.We said that wc regarded the question under consideration

as one of little practical moment. Why? Bccause, whether the physical organism was temporarily reanimated or nbt, in the light of modern science, no one can suppose that when Je- J sus at last ascended from the earthly life, he carried with him ' a ponderous earthly body, such as we now wear. Such bodies ' do not rise in the atmosphere, and float off in the clouds. And j

if his did, what a clumsy appendage would it have been to ; him in those etherial habitations which he has occupied forthese eighteen hundred years! No : even the most strenuous I

• i • 1believer in “ physical resurrection” has a vague idea of some Isort of spiritualizing process by which the earthly tabernacle j was transformed into a “ glorious body.” And what could : this be but the luminous electrical form, or spiritual body, which every purified soul has on emerging from the grosser material tenement? The important question in the case of Je ­sus was, Did he, the real man, still live, notwithstanding the death of the external body ?—not, what became of that body? . I f he did so live, then immortality was a fact— for him and for all others. Hence we find Paul (1 Cor. xv) presenting the evidence that he did continue to live; which evidence consist­ed in the fact that he ivas seen by upwards of five hundred wit­nesses, and last of all by himself also,— this latter manifesta­tion being obviously spiritual, not corporeal ; and then he goes on to affirm the general law, that all who die do “ rise” in the same way, even going so far as to affirm that “ if they do not rise, then is not Christ raised.”

Now, we have modern testimony, at least equally explicit, and reliable with that of Paul, Cephas, James, or the unnamed “ five-hundred,” to the fact that not merely one but hundreds of persons “ a r e s e e n ” after the death of their external bodies. We are, then, under no necessity of relying upon this single case occurring so long ago, for proof of immortality, and con- j sequeutly the importance which once invested it in this respect no longer attaches thereto. ^

We are aware that these views will be considered “ infidel” by worshippers of the letter of the Bible ; but this will not change their intrinsic reasonableness; and we hope no one will accept them unless satisfied from his own perceptions that they are well founded. a . e . n .

T H E “ N A K E D ” Q U E S T I O N O N C E M O R E .A correspondent inquires as to the truth of the report that

Spiritualists of both sexes meet “ without apparel,” and wish­es to be informed where information may be obtained on the subject. We do not exactly understand the object of the in­quirer ; but would say that the only persons, so far as we can learn, who have claimed to possess any information on the matter, are the editors of the Springfield Republican and of the New York Tribune—to whom we respectfully refer our correspondent.

We doubt, however, whether any knowledge can be gained from either of these sources. The Tribune stole (that is, copied without credit) the slander from the Republican; and when called on for proof, having none to give, dropped the matter as one would drop a hot iron. Whether the burn was deep enough to make it more cautious in the future, remains to be seen. The Republican, when the same call was made on it, after sundry contemptible efforts to distort something from our columns into evidence, slunk away under the pretence that it could not ‘“furnish proof without such a disagreeable expo­sure of individuals as is not required by fidelity to the pub­lic” ! We think no reader of that delectable sheet ever be­fore suspected it of any such extraordinary fastidiousness about the “ exposure of individuals”! The truth is, the Re­publican has no proof to give ; hence this subterfuge. Our correspondent and all others who have been “ exercised” on j

that subject, may rest assured that the “ naked circle” story i is wholly a myth—a weak invention of unscrupulous enemies. I

A . e . N . I

A S T U B B O R N C A S E F O R S K E P T I C S .CO M M U N ICA TIO N S FROM A C H IN E S E S P IR IT .

One of the most interesting tests of spiriUiatercpurse that have come to our knowledge, has recently been"giy-en through Mr. Mansfield, the well-known/writing-medium, of this city ; and its character is such as may afford skeptics a new and dif­ficult problem for solution. The case has been partially stated in some of the secular as well as spiritual papers; but we have deferred any account until we could see the experiment fairly concluded, and be able to present the unmistakable facts in the case. The circumstances are these :

A gentleman of this city has been for some time investiga­ting the truth of spirit-communieation through the medium­ship of Mr. Mansfield. He had written several letters to his spirit-friends, sealed them in the manner customary in these cases, and had received replies—generally, however, when he was present with Mr. 31. This fact, with the character of the answers received, led him to suppose that it was mind-reading on the part of the medium. He determined to satisfy himself on this point. With such intent he engaged a friend to pro­cure a letter from a third party unknown to him, and he would see if a satisfactory answer could be obtained when he himself was ignorant of the contents. Accordingly, in due time a let­ter was put into our investigator’s hands, and he proceeded with it to Mr. Mansfield’s rooms. Here was no chance for mental telegraphing between investigator and medium, for both minds were as blank in reference to the letter as was the envelope which enclosed it. Immediately, and in presence of n distinguished medical gentleman of this cit}', as well as of the inquiring person, Mr. Mansfield’s hand was controlled to give the answer. But, the response completed, neither party was wiser than before, for it was given in strange ahd to them­selves meaningless characters. I t was looked upon by all as a probable failure. However, our persevering searcher after truth took the senseless hieroglyph and returned with the let­ter to his co-operator in the experiment, The latter, to make doubly sure against the working of the mental telegraph, had acted through stdl another person in obtaining the required letter. The fourth and last party in the arrangement is Mr. Ar Showe, a very worthy Chinaman resident in this city. The document received from Mr. M-ansfield was shown him, when he at once pronounced it a correct answer in Chinese charac­ters to his letter addressed to his spirit-father!

Mr. Ar Showe was greatly interested as well as astonished at thc success of the experiment— so much so that he re­solved to try again at first hand. lie wrote a second letter, pasted it tightly in two envelopes, and took it in person to Mr. Mansfield’s room, where it did not for an instant pass from his sight, but within ten minutes Mr. M.’s hand was influenced, and he wrote a response, as before, in Chinese characters, while the Chinaman, sitting some eight feet distant, held his letter tightly in his own hand. This occurred in the presence of several responsible witnesses. The answer contained the names of Mr. Ar Showe’s mother and brother, and was cor­rectly signed by his spirit-father. I t also contained the state­ment that his mother was dead, of which he had not heard. Among other things, his father found fault with him for not writing Chinese as well as formerly, a residence of several years in this country having impaired his style. The response was completed in about a minute and a half, though it would have required several minutes for an expert to write it in the ordinary way. The letter was not answered in full, for which Mr. Ar Showe asked in his native language the reason. A reply was promptly written in character, which the inquirer interpreted to mean, “ I have not strength to do so.” Proba­bly his control of the medium was not sufficiently complete. This seems the more likely from the fact that the second letter was much more full than the first, showing a more perfect in­fluence.

The important statements in this matter are confirmed by Mr. Ar Showe himself, with whom we have had a personal in­terview. He is a man of intelligence and undoubted integ­rity, and confesses himself much puzzled by these singular facts. When he wrote his first letter he was entirely skepti­cal, but after thc tests he has received he is disposed to believe he has had communication with his spirit-father. Another statement which he made occurs to our mind— the characters in the answers were formed as perfectly as a Chinaman could have executed them.

Before seeing Mr. Ar Showe we received a note from him stating the facts in the case, which we here append verbatim. We presume no apology need be made that he is not so profi­cient in the use of our language as his own. x.

M r. E d i t o r :— Y ou sa id th a t one C h ina m an go t a le tte r from h is fa th e r . I th a t C h in a m an . .

I w en t to M r. M ansfield , y o u r g re a t sp ir i t p o st-m aste r. I w ro te m y fa th e r w ho died tw en ty y e a rs ago in C hina. I been th is c o u n try eleven y ea rs . I am told w rite le tte r to M r. M ansfield ; m e send it to h im a n d > m y fa th e r he an sw er m e. I do so. A ll r ig h t. H e says to m e m y m o th e r d e a d ; I know no t. V ery s tran g e ! j

O n W ednesday I go ag a in see th a t M r. M ansfield. I w rite h im a n ­o th e r le t te r a n d seal i t u p s tro n g . I no th in k M r. M . do a n y m ore le t- ■ te rs fo r m e. I have h im fastened in tw o p ap e rs— envelopes— hold on him a ll tim e. M r. M ansfield h a n d he ju m p , an d h is h a n d go v e ry ' fa s t, an d I see h im w ritin g C hinese; an d in one o r tw o m in u tes m y i fa th e r te lls.m e a l l a b o u t m y le tte r— tells m e ab o u t m y m o th e r a n d ' b ro th e r , a n d says o th e r th in g s to m e, a n d th a t I d o n ’t w rite C hinese a 3 : w ell as I used to . C h a r l e s A r S h o w e , j

A nsw ered id m y h a n d . jXalive Canton Chinese.

THEODOEE PAEKEE.P a rk e r ! w ho w ields a m ig h ty m o ra l sledge

'W ith h is s tro n g a rm of in te llec t, w ho shakes T h e d u n g eo n -w alls o f e r ro r , g r in d s a n d b reak s

I ts ch a in s on R eason’s ad am an tin e ledge; •O r , w ith w it’s p ru n in g -k n ife o f su b tle edge,

F ro m b ra n c h in g p r id e its r a n k lu x u r ia n c e ta k e s , A nd le ts in su n lig h t on the g lim m erin g snakes

T h a t h ide a n d w rith e in S u p e rs titio n ’s h ed g e ;— T h a t cham pion o f th e r ig h t, w hose fearless deeds

P ro c la im h im fa ith fu l to th e sacred t r u s t ,T ru th , c ru sh e d , en tom bed , b u t new ly riseD , needs

To cleanse h e r tem ples o f se p u lch ra l d u s t,Y ea, to h u r l dow n th a t th in g o f ro t au d r u s t ,

T h a t ske leton in m all, R elig ion cased in creeds.

I s s u e d .— The Oral Discussion between Brittan and Hanson, j

which has been anxiously awaited by so many of the friends i and foes of Spiritualism, is now ready for delivery. I t makes j a neat and eminently readable pamphlet of a hundred and fifty pages. Believers will do well to peruse it for their own satis­faction, and then circulate it among their skeptical friends.

A M o d e r n N a a m a n .—It is stated in the newspapers that Prof. Felton is about to go to Europe to seek relief from a j

disease, under which he is suffering. We would venture to recommend him a trial of those “ gross manipulations” which | he has so often and bitterly denounced. As he has doubtless exhausted the skill of the physicians, and found “ the waters ’of Arbana and Pharpar” unavailing, it may not be amiss that ' he try the virtues of this modern Jordan. We are quite sure | there are numbers' among our “ healing mediums” who would gladly minister to his restoration, notwithstanding the whole- i sale abuse and slander he has fulminated against them. j

H a r p e r f o r M a y .— Is there any body that doesn’t read Harper’s Magazine ? Williams & Co., Boston, we presume have a few copics left. '

B A S H I N G S O F S P R A Yra O M T H B “ ATLA.KTIC.”

The May number of the Atlantic Monthly completes the first volume; making a most valuable acquisition to American literature. We are constrained to repeat our thanks to the enterprising ^projectors of this periodical, Messrs. Phillips, Sampstm & Co., and to congratulate them on its entire success. I f there is one thing more than another that we haverfound to admire in its-character, it is the intellectual and moral free­dom that pervades its pages—the absence of sectarian cant or servility to popular prejudice. May its genial tide wash

j America’s mental shores as long as its namesake shall laTe the borders of our fair Bepublic.

The opening chapter in this issue is on American Antiqui­ty. Two things will challenge thought in its perusal; first, the back-handed blow it strikes at Mosaic chronology, and second, the striking similarity which the Mexican (like the Hin­doo,) traditions bear to the main features of modern religious belief. Our pride in fancying ourselves the favored, exclusive recipients of religious truth, receives here a new rebuke; and we are led to ask in abasement, why with our boasted culture have we not done more in these rolling centuries to turn to good account ideas that were current before Paul or even Mo­ses dreamed of existence. But we intend no homily.

What think you, reader, of the idea that men were origi­nally made of wood (Does it account for the abundance of block-heads in the world?) and women of the “ marrow of the corn-flag?” Or does it strike you as more probable that their bodily dust was fashioned of “ nothing” and “ a rib?” The Jewish and Indian legends differ on this question. Who shall decide ?

And the gift of prophecy, is it confined to Hebrew priests and Christian apostles ? W hat more wonderful in the visions of Daniel or, John than the prophecies said to have been made long ago in the court of Yucatan by the high priest of Mani? Here is. one of those

R E M A R K A B L E P R E D IC T IO N S . ‘

A ccord ing to th e tr a d itio n , th is pon tiff, in sp ired by a su p e rn a tu r a l I v ision , betook h im se lf to M a y ap an a n d th u s ad d ressed the king. “ A t ; th e end of th e T h ird P erio d a . d . [1518— 1 542] a nation, jrhite a n d : b eard ed , sh a ll come from th e side w here th e su n r ises , bearing with it I a sign [ th e c ro ss ,] w h ich sh a ll m ake a ll th e Gods to flee and fall. This I n a tio n sha ll ru le a ll th e e a r th , g iv in g peace to those who shall receive

i t in peace an d w ho w ill ab an d o n v a in im ages to adore an only G od w hom these beard ed m en a d o re .”

I The Atlantic's article on Intellectual Character is in the Emersonian vein. We should be disposed to attribute it to the “ Concord Sage” but it is not written in the aphoristic stylo

! that clothes most of his productions. But let the writer be who he may, we value such sentiments as we find in the fol­lowingO

. T E R S E P A R A G R A P H S .

“ There^is no escape from s la v e ry , o r th e m ere p re te n c e of freedom, b u t in ra d ic a l in d iv id u a l pow er; a n d a ll so lid in te lle c tu a l culture is s im p ly th e r ig h t developm ent o f in d iv id u a lity in to i ts t ru e intellectual fo rm .”

| “ T he fu n d a m e n ta l c h a ra c te r is tic o f m an is s p ir i tu a l hunger; the ̂ u n iv e rse o f th o u g h t a n d m a tte r is s p ir i tu a l food.”

j “ I f m en a re g u id ed b y good o r g re a t se n tim en ts , which are the souls o f good o r g re a t ideas , these se n tim en ts will be s u re to organize

? a ll th e cap ac ity th e re is in th em in to positive in te lle c tu a l character;b u t le t them once d ivorce love from th e ir o ccupations in life , a n d th e y .

' w ill find th a t lab o r w ill d eg en era te in to d ru d g e ry , a n d d ru d g e ry w ill I w eaken th e pow er to la b o r , an d w eakness, as a la s t re so r t, w ill e n tre n c h j i tse lf in p re ten ce a n d decep tion . I f th e y a re in th e lea rn ed p ro fes -

j sions, th e y w ill becom e tr ic k s te rs in law , q u ack s in m ed ic in e , fo rm a l- | ists in d iv in ity , th o u g h regular p ra c titio n e rs in a l l ; a n d c lien ts w ill be

ch ea ted , an d p a tie n ts w ill be poisoned, a n d p a rish io n e rs w ill be— w e i d a re n o t sa y w h a t!— th o u g h a ll th e colleges in th e u n iv e rse h a d show ­

ered on them th e ir d ip lo m a s .”

“ I f you exam ine c r itic a lly th e tw o ra g in g p a r t ie s o f co n se rv a tism an d rad ica lism , y o u w ill find th a t a goodly n u m b e r o f th e ir p a r t is a n s a re m en who have n o t chosen th e ir positio n , b u t h av e been b u llied in to in to i t ,— m en w ho see c lea rly enough th a t bo th p a r tie s a re b ased on p rin c ip le s alm ost e q u a lly t ru e in th em se lves, a lm o st eq u a lly fa lse by bein g de tach ed from th e ir m u tu a l re la tio n s. B u t th e n each p a r ty keep s

its professors o f intim idation and sfainers o f ch aracte r, whose businessi t is to d ep riv e m en o f th e lu x u ry o f la rg e th in k in g , a n d to d riv e all n e u tra ls in to th e ir respec tive ra n k s . T he m issiles h u r le d from one side a re d iso rg an izer, infidel, d isu n io n is t, desp ise r » f law , a n d o th e r trump­ery o f th a t s o r t ; from th e o th e r side , th e no less effective ones o f mur­d e re r , d u m b dog, t r a i to r to h u m a n ity , a n d o th e r tru m p e ry of that sort; a n d th e y o u n g a n d sensitive s tu d e n t finds i t d ifficu lt to keep the poise of h is n a tu r e am id th e cross-fire o f th is logic o f fu ry and rhetoric of ex ecra tio n , an d too often ends in jo in in g one p a r ty from fe a r , or the o th e r from th e fea r o f b e ing th o u g h t a f ra id .”

“ To be a s ta te sm a n o r re fo rm er re q u ire s a c o u rag e th a t dares defy d ic ta tio n from a n y q u a r te r , a n d a m in d w hich h a s come in d ire c t con­ta c t w ith th e g r e a t in sp ir in g ideas o f c o u n try an d h u m a n ity . All tho r e s t is sp ite , a n d sp leen , a n d c a n t , a n d copceit, a n d w o rd s .” '

A candid and discriminating article on Henry Ward Beech­er occupies some eight or ten pages of the Monthly. Rumor assigns the authorship to Theodore Parker. I t is worthy his pen. His episode on the Church is, as might be expected, re­plete with sound sense and telling sarcasm. He divides the ministerial army into three divisions, the Church Militant, Termagant and Constructant; or thc fighting, scolding and working parties. He says of

T H E M IN IS T E R O J T IIE C H U R C H CO N STRU CTA N T,

“ W hile h e e n te r ta in s every old T ru th , he looks o u t a lso in to the crow d o f new O pin ions, h op iug to • find o th e rs o f th e ir k in ; and the new th o u g h t d o ts n o t lodge in th e s tr e e t ; he opens h is doors to the t r a v e lle r , n o t fo rgetfu l to e n te r ta in s tr a n g e rs ,— know ing th a t som e have also th e reb y e n te r ta in e d an gels u n aw ares . H e does n o t fea r th e great m u ltitu d e , n o r does!'th e co n tem p t o f a few fam ilies m a k e h im a f ra id .”

The article c o n ta in s s e v e r a l extracts f r o m Beecher’s Life Thoughts. We w il l c o p y a few

S E P A R A T E M A X IM S .

“ ‘ I feel sensitive ab o u t theologies. T heology is good in its p la c e ; b u t w hen i t p u ts its hoof upon a liv in g , p a lp ita t in g , h u m a n h e a r t , m y h e a r t c r ie s o u t a g a in s t i t . ’ ”

“ ‘ I t is n o t well for a m an to p r a y c ream a n d live sk im -m ilk .’ ”

“ ‘ T h e re a re m a n y tro u b le s w hich you c a n ’t c u re b y th e B ib le and th e H ym n-book , b u t w h ich y o u c a n c u re b y a good p e r sp ira tio n and a b re a th o f fresh a i r . ’ ”

I“ ‘ T he ijaost d an g e ro u s in fid e lity o f th e d ay is th e in fide lity o f r ic h

a n d o rth o d o x c h u rc h e s .’ ”

“ ‘ D octrine is n o th in g b u t th e s k in ,o f T ru th stuffed an d se t u p .’ ”

“ I t is n o t co n v ic tio n o f t r u th w h ich does m en good; i t is m o ra l con­sciousness o f t r u th . ’ ” ‘

“ ‘ A conserva tive y o u n g m an has w ound u p h is life before i t w a s u n ree led . W e expect old men to be co n se rv a tiv e ; b u t w hen a n a tio n ’s y o u n g m en a re so, i ts fu n e ra l-b e ll is to llin g .’ ”

■ “ ‘ A m an in th e r ig h t w ith God on h is side , is in th e m a jo r ity , th o u g h h e 'b e a lo n e .’ ” >

The Autocrat talks as genially and sagely as ever,x but mostly in a didactic strain. He gives us a fine hymn, entitlea The Living Temple, appropriate, as he says, for-.Sunday read­ing ; but as it is most likely a week-day when this meets your eye, kind reader, we take it for granted you don’t want to pe­ruse any more serious extracts. So we will leave you for the present, , x .

Corrtsjioititittf.D r . "W e llin g to n , a t t b e "W est.

We make the following extracts from a letter received from Dr. 0 . a Wellington, under date of St. Louis, April 1 0 th :

S P R E A D O F S P I S IT U A L IS M .

f h e J trav e l obsGrTC find i n q u i r e , 11] 0 m o r e s s to Q is h c d I s u i a t th e r a p id i ty w ith which o u r cause p rogresses, a n d th e c h a ra c te r o f th e in te re s t -everywhere aw akened , a n d o f th e people w ho recognize a n d v a lu e th e aid and sy m p a th y o f sp ir it-f r ie n d s . I n ev ery p lace I have v is ited , new m edium s a re bein g developed, a n d w hole fam ilies an d neighborhoods b ro u g h t to feel an in te re s t. E v ery w h ere I am asked i f I

* th in k sp irit-friends h a v e a n y th in g to do w ith tjie m u ltitu d e o f co n v er­sions recen tly m ade. T he m ode of q u estion ing a lm o st a lw ays im plies a p a r tia l recognition o f th e a id o f sp ir i ts o u t o f th e form . A n d often w hen I s ta te th e view s m o st d e a r to m e, I am assu red th a t those views a re no t new ; a n d th is even by th e sam e in d iv id u a ls w ho a re so bigoted th a t th ey w ill n o t h e a r a le c tu re on S p iritu a lism even on a w eek d ay !

CASE OF S PIR ir-SU R O E R Y . '

In th e tow n o f M om ence, 111., a g en tlem an w as r id in g on a sled , an d h is leg w as c a u g h t betw een th e sled an d s t’im p , so a s to c ru sh both bones, a n d b reak them in severa l pieces, te a r in g th e m uscles a n d b reak ­in g the sled. A fte r the acc id en t, th e m an rode four m iles to h is hom e, d u r in g w h ich r id e th e foot on th e in ju re d leg w as frozen. M edical a id w as p ro cu re d , an d th e bones a d ju s te d aa well as possib le ; b u t , on leav ­in g , th e p hysic ians sa id th a t th e re w as one piece o f bone th a t w as no t in its p lace , an d th a t th e lim b could no t g e t w ell t i l l th a t h ad w orked i ts w ay ou t. T he su ffering w as so g re a t a f te r th e opera tio n th a t the p a tie n t w as induced to send for a m edium recen tly developed. Soon a f te r she sa t dow n by h im , th e pa in increased , w ith o u t h e r m ak in g a n y passes o r to u ch in g th e lim b ; a n d , as he say s, beoome m ore v io len t th a n

. w hen u n d e r the h a n d s o f th e p h y sic ia n s, u n ti l he f i l l ihe unadjusted bone re turn io placc. Then th e m edium com m enced m ak in g passes, a n d he w as soon com fortab le . A fte r th a t , w henever he becam e restless a n d feverish , th e m edium m ade passes an d a lw ay s relieved h im . H e B a y s he h as suffered v e ry l i t t le , a n d is ju s t ly e a rn es t in h is p ra ises o f th is v a lu ab le a g e n t for th e re lie f o f suffering . I n th is p lace , as in a ll

c th e o thers w here I have been, I hav e found some o f th e o ldest a n d m ost esteem ed citizens am ong th e open advocates o f th e ph ilosophy an d t r u th o f s p ir i tu a l com m union.

LECTURES AT ST. LOUIS.

I a rr iv e d h e re a week ago , an d hav e sp e n t all m y tim e in u n fo ld ing m y view s of th e “ P h ilo sophy of L ife” a n d th e facts o f s p ir itu a l in te r ­cou rse . M y h e a r t h as been g laddened by th e sy m p a th y o f in te llig e n t m in d s , a n d the w ord I h ad to say h as been welcom ed. O n S u n d a y , I w as requested to re a d a notice th a t “ D rs. Y a rn a ll an d B abcock w ould le c tu re iu th e h a ll o f the M e rc a n tile L ib ra ry , i l lu s tr a t in g by ex p eri­m en ts an d ex p la in in g M odern S p iritu a lism an d th e M orm on M iracles, d iv es tin g them o f th e ir m y s te ry , a n d su b je c tin g them to th e pow ers o f ph ilosophy an d re a so n .” •

I re a d th e notice an d assu red th e aud ience th a t th e psychological lec tu re s w ould be va lu ab le as i l lustra ting S p ir itu a lism , an d th a t I h ad in ten d ed to g ive som e m yse lf w ith ex perim en ts. B u t as these doctors w ould p re p a re th e w ay , I w ould rev iew th em on T h u rsd a y ev en in g , g iv in g them o p p o rtu n ity to rep ly to m e. I can only say th a t on th a t occasion th e aud ience show ed sufficient in te re s t to s it till n e a r ly h a lf­o a s t ten a n d ask q uestions, in w hich D rs. Y. an d 13. took p a r t w ith g re a t co u rtesy an d fairness. TJie w ord h as therefore been d ispensed on b o th sides, a n d God w ill secu re a tru e f ru i t a t last. I sh a ll ad d ress the frien d s tw ice to-m orrow , a n d th en h a s te n to th row m y w hole soul in to th e school a t Jam estow n.

C T ru ly y o u r frien d , 0 . I I . W ellix g to x .

P rogress o f S p iritua lism in P h ilad e lp h ia .F r i e n d N e w t o n :— A re a ll th e E v angelica l m in is te rs becom ing S p ir­

i tu a lis ts , o r a re th ey hypocrites , sa y in g one th in g an d m ean in g an ­o ther? A t th e g a th e r in g in J a y n e ’s H a ll, in th is c ity , on th e occasion o f p erfo rm in g . th e honors to th e m em ory o f th e la te R ev. D u d ley A. T y n g , on T uesday la s t, m a n y o f o u r c lergym en gave u tte ra n c e a s the sp ir i t p rom p ted . F o r in s tan c e , th e Rev. Jn o . C ham bers took the c h a ir a t h ig h noon, a n d in h is d iscourse he sa id : “ W hy is he (T y n g ) rem oved so sud d en ly from th is place ? I t m ay be t h a t in the d ea th o f th a t loved o n e he m ean t to teach us that he can do in death as well as he can do in life. Yet his sp ir i t is u-itli us now. He looksJ'rom Heaven upon us now, and blends his sympathy with ours. H e is now w ith the glo­r io u s com pany o f h eav en , w ith th e sa in ts o f a ll ages, a n d th e m a r ty rs o f a ll eras. H e is ta lk in g w ith P a u l abou t th e C h u rch o f P h ilad e lp h ia . H e is beyond th e reach o f a ll ca re , an d h as received th e re w a rd o f th e j u s t . ”

Now th e Rev. Jn o . C ham bers h as r id ic u le d S p ir itu a lism , h as called us crazy infidels, &c. Does he believe w h a t he said ? o r is he a c tin g th e hypocrite? H e say s the Rev. D r. T y n g is ta lk in g w ith P a u l. How does he know i t ? I f it is t ru e , th en sp ir its can ta lk . H e says th e E ev . D r. T yn g is am o n g st u s . H ow does he know th is ? D id he see h is sp ir i t? I f so, th en s p ir i ts do re v is it th e e a r th . I f n o t, he te lls a falsehood. “ H e is look ing dow n from H eav e n .” H ow does B ro th e r C ham bers know th a t ? I f it is t ru e , th en sp ir its ca n see an d be seen. W hat a re we com ing to ? W ho would hav e th o u g h t th a t th e Rev. Jn o . C ham bers w ould so soon becom e c o n v e r te d ? I c a n n o t for a u in s ta n t d ou b t th e R ev. g e n tle m a n ’s w ord. O h , no! a lth o u g h he doub ts ou rs .

L e t u s see w h a t som e o f th e o th e r R everend g en tlem en say . R ev ,I . W . S m ith is rep o rted th u s : “ A nd y e t as m u ch as I loved h im , I have n o t th is d ay one te a r to shed , an d God h e lp in g , I sh a ll no t shed one; fo r i f I could I w ould n o t call h im back. B a ck , d id I say ? W h y , he is back! T h in k you he is n o t he re w ith u s to -day ? T h in k y o u he does look dow n from h is exalted hom e in heaven ?”

W h a t now did th e R ev. D r. T y n g say h im self, in a n im p ro m p tu farew ell a sh o rt tim e since? “ A n d now m y d e a r b ro th e r, farew ell. O n e a r th w e m eet no m ore— b u t m eet we sh a ll. W hen next we grasp your hand, we shall not be E piscopalians , nor Methodists,- nor Presbyterians, nor Baptists, but we shall bc one in Christ in heaven.”

W h a t a p i ty th a t he d id n o t c a r ry o u t th e doctrines on e a r th h e knew so well! H ow ever, I hope those R everend gen tlem en w ho lis ten ed to th e read in g w ill cease th e ir se c ta ria n s trifes , a n d be one in C h ris t— p rac tice i t h e re , an d th ey w ill be ce rta in to find i t easy h erea fte r.

W hen the Rev. M r. T y n g (E p isco p a lian ) had fin ished , “ m ore th a n tw en ty su rro u n d ed h im , eager to grasp his hand and thank God f o r the ut terance which thc spirit had given through h im .” So says the re p o rte r . W h y , he is gone c r a z y ! W ho w ould h av e th o u g h t th e re ­p o r te r o f th e E ven in g B u lle t in w ould hav e so soon tu rn e d S p ir itu a l­i s t? So , frien d R e p o rte r , th e sp ir its do use o u r ph y sica l o rg an s to give u tte ra n c e to w h a t th ey p ro m p t! W hen w ill w onders cease ?

P h i l a d e l p h i a , A p ril 21 , 1858. Y ours, Sic., p . l . j .

T h e M elodeon M eetings.T h e topic of d iscourse th ro u g h S ir. H . B. S t o r e r , on S u n d ay a fte r­

noon la s t w as th is te x t : “ A re th e y n o t a ll m in is te rin g sp ir it* , se n t fo rth to m in is te r to them who B h a ll be he irs o f sa lv a tio n ?” T he sub jec t w as h a n d led w ith a n a b il i ty , c learness a n d force w hich we h av e seldom h ea rd excelled b y a n y tra n c e o r o th e r extempore speaker.

I t w as sa id th a t th e m in is tra tio n o f ang e ls w as v e ry v aguely u n d e r ­stood by those w ho profess to believe i t on B ib le a u th o r ity . T hey a d ­m it th a t sp ir i tu a l be ings in som e w ay affect a n d co n tro l the m inds o f m en , b u t n av e no conception o f th e how a n d th e why. I f th ey believe th a t ang e ls a re p re sen t a t th e tim e o f “ co n v e rs io n ,” y e t th ey a re w o n t , to ascribe a ll th e sp ir i tu a l influence felt a t th a t tim e to th e d ire c t ac tion o f th e “ S p ir it o f G od .” H ence angelic m in is tra tio n is p ra c tic a lly ig ­n o red .

Some suppose th a t b u t few a re “ h e irs o f sa lv a tio n ,” an d these alone a re m in iste red u n to . B u t w h a t is th e re in th e n a tu re a n d co n stitu tio n o r those w ho c la im to be su c h , th a t m akes them m ore need y o f su ch a id th a n o th e rs? The “ h e irs o f sa lv a tio n ” a re a ll w ho a re cap ab le of being saved , o r w ho h av e a n y th in g in them w o rth sav in g . A n d who w ill d en y th is o f a n y ch ild o f th e In fin ite F a th e r? W h atev er o f evil

is in m an i t is not des irab le to save. B u t a process is go ing fow ard , u n d e r th e econom y o f th e u n iv e rse , by w hich a ll th a t is good is being e lim inated from th e evil. God loves a l l ; H e w orks th ro u g h in s tru m e n ­ta litie s ; an d hence m in is te r in g sp ir its lab o r for all.

B u t a ll s p ir its m u s t w ork acco rd in g to th e ir cap ac ities , a n d in ac­c o rd an ce w ith th e g re a t law o f affin ity . The elem ents o f good in m an m u st be d ra w n u p w ard by a t tra c tio n . H e h a s in te lle c tu a l an d social needs w hich m u st be m in iste red un to as well as re lig ious needs. S p ir ­its come n o t because th ey a re d irec ted by G od, sp e ak in g to th em in an

^au d ib le voice, b u t because d raw n by th e affin ities o f th e ir ow n n a tu re to su pp ly w a n ts— ju s t a^ th e m o th er i^ in d u ced to su p p ly th e w an ts of h e r ch ild , th e teaS her to in s tru c t th e in q u ir in g p u p il. M in is te rin g s p ir its an sw er p ra y e r because i t is th e ir n a tu r e to.

Some suppose th a t on ly holy sp ir i ts a re allow ed to m in is te r to th e h e irs o f sa lv a tio n . I t is n o t so. T he law o f affin ity is u n i­v e rsa l. I f th e ru l in g loves a re low , base an d lu s tfu l, those a re a t ­tra c te d w ho w ill m in iste r to these. Y et even b y b r in g in g o u t these an d develo p in g th em to th e ir u ltim a te s o f d isa p p o in tm e n t a n d m isery , the soul is in tim e led to seek th a t w hich is h ig h e r.

A ll sp he res o f sp ir it- life a re rep re sen ted on e a r th , a n d each p erson is l iv in g in r a p p o rt w ith th a t g rad e to w hich he w ould g ra v ita te i f freed from th e body. M a n y suppose th a t th ro u g h p ra y e r they e n te r in to d i­re c t com m union w ith G od; b u t God ac ts on ly th ro u g h in s tru m e n ta li­ties, an d p ra y e rs ascend on ly to th a t p la n e o f sp ir it-life w ith w hich th e su p p lica to r is in affinity . T he ph ilo so p h er p ra y s , th e scientific m an p ra y s , an d each is h e a rd a n d answ ered from a co rre sp o n d in g p lane . A ll m en p ray w ith o u t ceasing , w h e th er th ey w ill o r n o t— th e ir w hole being p ray s. I f y o u r eyes w ere opened , you w ould see yourse lv es con­jo ined w ith sp ir its o f th e sam e g rad e w ith y o u rse lv es ; hence if you w ish to know w ith w h a t sp h e re o f sp ir it-life y o u r a re in com m union, look w ith in . I f you love every body, you a re in th e sp he re o f u n iv e r­sa l love, and know th a t God is th e F a th e r o f a ll; i f y o u a re selfish, y o u a re in th e sp he re o f se lf-love, a n d w ish for angelic m in is tra tio n only th a t you m ay consum e it upo n y o u r lu sts . In th e la t te r case you can expect no influences from th e sp h e re o f u n iv e rsa l good, b u t only from th e p lan e o f lu s t.

B elieve n o t, th e n , th a t God com es dow n a t special tim es, a n d d is t r i ­b u te s b lessings on ly to those w ho h av e loud ly begged fo r th e m ; b u t he d is tr ib u te s acco rd in g to law , a n d th ro u g h th e ag en cy o f m in is te r in g sp ir its .

T he even ing le c tu re w as devoted to a co n sid era tio n o f th e objection th a t S p iritu a lism ten d s to d is tu rb old ideas , to p roduce offensive e ru p ­tions on th e body o f soc ie ty , an d to dem olish ex is tin g in s titu tio n s . I t was considered a has ty ju d g m e n t to look u p o n these as u n m itig a ted evils. C u tan eo u s e ru p tio n s a re unco m fo rtab le to th e su ffe re r; volca­noes a re n o t a p t to be ap p rec ia ted by those who live in th e ir im m ed ia te v ic in ity . B u t i t is w ise to ta k e b ro ad view s o f th e uses o f these d is­tu rb a n c e s , an d to aw a it re su lts before decid ing th a t th e y a re a lto g e th e r evil. S p ir itu a lism does n o t o rig in a te th e tro u b le — it is i ts c row ning g lo ry th a t i t does b reak u p th a t w hich is false, a n d i t w ill lead to a h ig h e r and b e tte r s ta te o f th in g s . C h ris t cam e n o t to send peace on e a r th b.ut a sw ord.

B u t o u r space fo rb ids a m ore ex ten d ed rep o rt. T he tone o f th e w hole d iscourse w as bo ld ly ra d ic a l. Som e view s expressed on th e d u ties o f those w ho find them selves in u n co n g en ia l dom estic re la tio n s , d id not s tr ik e us as d ic ta te d by th e h ig h e s t w isdom . U nless g u a rd e d by im ­p o r ta n t qualifications, th ey w ere , to say th e le a s t, ex trem ely liab le to p erversion by th e evil- disposed. W e a re g lad to know th a t M r. S to re r ’s p erso n a l opin ions on the sub jec t (h e does n o t ho ld h im se lf responsib le for th e expressions o f th e in te lligence w ho used h im on th is occasion) a re opposed to w h a t is p o p u la r ly know n as “ free lo v e ,” a n d in favor o f th e h ig h es t p u r i ty a n d th e fu lfillm en t o f a ll ju s t ob ligations.

J . H . W . T oohey in In d ian a—C orrection. •Our friend Toohej writes from Delphi, In d .:

I have ju s t read y o u r issue o f th e 1 7 th , a n d find you a re led in to a m istak e , in supposing th e J\fr. M ahan o f th e Vanguard no tice to be th e Rev. A . M ah an of “ O d ” n o to rie ty . T he in d iv id u a l notfced in the Vanguard as advocating th e “ S a tan ic” conception o f S p iritu a lism ,

is a n E ld e r in th e M ethodist C h u rch , re s id in g in K n ig h ts to w n , In d . H e h a s been le c tu r in g on his conception o f S p iritu a lism for some m o n th s , an d has done m uch to p opu larize the fac ts o f S p iritu a lism . In v is itin g K n ig h tsto w n in th e c h a ra c te r o f a scientific le c tu re r (T em ­p e ram en ta l P h y sio lo g y ), I w as req u ested by th e S p iritu a lis ts to review th e lec tu re o f th e E ld e r, delivered by h im in th a t v illage an d in R ich ­m ond. T his I d id , an d as a consequence th e c o n tro v e rsy h a s been going on for near two m o n th s. I left th e v illage o f K n ig h ts to w n a few days since fo r the second tim e , h a v in g review ed th e E ld e r ’s review o f m y firs t lec tu re . M a n y w ere an x io u s for a r e g u la r d e b a te ; b u t th o u g h I w as th ere , an d acknow ledged a w illingness to ta k e p a r t in su ch a d ebate , fo r some reason i t d id n o t come off.

[We beg pardon of the distinguished ex-“ President of Cleveland University,” for having confounded him with an humble Methodist Elder'; /also of his mighty Od-Force for supposing it had got so s^on “ transformed” into “ Satan.” We think, however, that oar announcement only anticipated by a few months, or possibly years, an event which is sure to transpire— namely, the abandonment of so preposterous an absurdity as that which makes the odyle of Reichenbach the a g e n t of t h e m o d e m spiritual manifestations.— a . e . n . ]

C onference a t S p ir itu a lis ts ’ p lead in g R oom , T h u r s d a y E v e n i n g . A p ril 22d.

M r. D a n a in th e c h a ir . T he qu estio n re la tiv e to th e a u th o r i ty o f th e B ib le , as p a ra m o u n t to th e in d iv id u a l ju d g m e n t, w as resum ed .

D r. C u i l d (b e in g called u p o n to sp eak ) d id no t ca re to d iscuss th e reso lu tio n ; th o u g h t i t u n p ro fitab le to spend tim e in d eb a tin g questions re la tiv e to th e t r u th o f p a s t rev e la tio n s , b u t r a th e r in th e d ec la ra tio n of w h a t w as perce iv ed to be t ru e to -d ay . W ith h im it w as a m a tte r of indifference w h e th e r th e B ible w as t ru e o r no t. H e found m an y th in g s th a t w ere t r u e a n d b eau tifu l to h im in th e teach ings o f Je su s , b u t it depended on h is ow n in te r io r cond itio n o f sp ir i tu a l g ro w th w h e th e r he cou ld see them o r not.

M r. P l a c e considered th e q uestion one o f m u c h im portance . T here w as ce rta in ly a ten d en cy or h a b it o f m a n k in d a t la rg e to look o u tw ard for a u th o r i ty — to re ly up o n p r ie s t, pope, k in g , ch u rch o r s ta te , r a th e r th a n th e ir ow n in te r io r p ercep tions for g u id an ce in t r u th a n d d u ty . I s th is a fu n d a m e n ta l p rin c ip le in H u m a n ity ? I f so, i t is p ro p e r th a t i t be recognized. I f i t be a co rrec t p rin c ip le , th e n it m u s t be p red ica ­ted on th e fac t th a t th e in d iv id u a l th u s re ly in g is in fe rio r to th e m an or body of m en w ho a re in v es te d w ith su c h a u th o r i ty . T h is he could n o t accep t. T he in d iv id u a l m an h as in h im se lf a ll th e elem ents th a t a re in a ll o th e r m en , an d the^sam e r ig h t to b r in g th em in to use. Com­b in a tio n gives no su p e rio r ity o f r ig h t. T he pow er to d iscern an d u n ­d e rs ta n d t r u th is in th e in d iv id u a l so u l; a n d no o th e r can h av e the r ig h t to enslave it. I t is th e g re a t m ission o f S p ir itu a lism to teach th is t r u th o f in te rn a l a u th o r i ty a n d in d iv id u a l re sp o n rib ility . «

M r. C u s h m a n could conceive o f b u t two k in d s o f a u th o r i ty ,— abso­lu te an d delegated . A u th o r ity m eans th e r ig h t to d e te rm in e w h at is r ig h t a n d w hat is w rong , in c lu d in g also pow er to m a in ta in th e r ig h t a n d to ju s t ify an d rew ard those w ho do r ig h t , V * th the pow er to con­dem n an d p u n ish those w ho do w rong. I n h is view , th e judge could n o t be th e a c to r , b u t m u s t be som ebody else. H ence th e d e te rm in in g pow er is n o t in m a n , th e a c to r , b u t in G od, th e ju d g e . ■ H e h as th e p ow er, a n d w ill ex ecu te ju d g m e n t. T herefore, w hen God sp eak s, th a t w ord has authority , a u d i t w ill be enforced. If , on th e c o n tra ry , m an is ju d g e , i t is ev id en t th a t he som etim es th in k s w ro n g , a u d some­tim es feels w ro n g — hence, he can n o t be re lied up o n as a u th o r ity .

M r. N e w t o n suggested th a t m a n ’s ten d en cy to re ly upon a u th o r i ty e x te rn a l to h im se lf is in c id e n ta l to th e m a n n e r in w h ich h is ex istence com m ences. H e begins h is ca ree r an in fa n t, u t te r ly h e lp le ss a n d ig ­n o ra n t, a n d consequen tly is obliged to d epend up o n o th e rs . H ence th e h ab it. B u t he is capab le o f g row ing o u t o f th e necessity o f abso lu te dependence. A t firs t he c an n o t su p p ly h im se lf w ith food, n o r in fact even d iges t i t for him self. H is food firs t passes th ro u g h th e stom ach o f an o th er. B u t in tim e, he can n o t on ly use h is ow n s tom ach , b u t if he p ro p e rly em ploys h is pow ers he can a lso de­te rm in e w h a t is su itab le a n d w h a t u n su ita b le for h is p ro p e r n o u r­ish m en t. So as re g a rd s m en ta l an d sp ir i tu a l food— truth, on w hich th e in n e r m an feeds. E x te rn a l a u th o r i ty m ay be n ecessary for a tim e , b u t i t is every one’s p riv ileg e a n d d u ty to ou tg ro w th ethe need of th is. H e ag reed w ith th e la s t sp e ak e r th a t God isth e p r im a l source o f a ll a u th o r i ty — th a t H is w ord is abso lu te law .B u t w here a re we to look for God an d G od’s w o rd ? N ot alone su re ly in an y one book th a t h as been w ritte n th ro u g h h u m a n h a n d s , b u t w herev er he revea ls him self. H e believed th a t God reveals h im se if in th e su n an d s ta r s , in every b lade o f g ra ss an d sp r in g in g flow er, b u t m ost fu lly in th a t h ig h es t o ffsp ring o f I l is love, th e H u m an Soul— in every h u m a n soul acco rd in g to its cap ac itie s— th a t every law o f o u t­w ard n a tu r e a n d o f in w a rd bein g is an expression o f God. I f God dw ells in m a n , o r in a n y w ay speaks in m a n ’s in te r io rs , h is a u th o r ity there must be higher than any outward revelation. While, then, he

w ould re v e re n tly accep t th e voice o f God th ro u g h a n y an d a ll o th e r h u m an b e in g s , y e t he m u s t com pare i t w ith th e voice in h is ow n in te rio rs G od’s voice w ith in is th e h ighest p ercep tion o f t r u th an d convic tion o f d u ty w h ich th e in d iv id u a l can fo rm , b y th e use o f a ll th e a id s w ith in h is reach . H e w ho d isreg a rd s i t , stu ltifies an d d eg rades h im self, an d in ­su lts God. B u t he w ho heeds an d obeys i t w ill be led o n w ard an d u p - w ard"tow ards th e g ra n d C en tre o f AU T ru th .

[B y a vote o f th e conference, th e u n d e rsig n ed w as req u ested to select a n d p u b lish a sub jec t for con sid era tio n a t th e n ex t m eeting . T he fol­low ing is offered : WTh a t is th e Soul o f M an ?— a . e . n . ]

T e s t i m o n i a l t o M r . G o d d a r d .— O n F rid a y ev en in g la s t, n o tw ith ­s ta n d in g th e sto rm , a goodly n u m b e r o f th e frien d s o f th is e a rn es t l a ­b o re r fo r th e re lig ious developm ent o f S p iritu a lism , assem bled a t 14 B rom field s tre e t, to te n d e r h im a token o f sy m p a th y a n d a id . A d ­d resses w ere m ade by M essrs. Wr. W . T h a y e r, H . B. S to re r , J . M.S p e a r ,-------S m ith ( th e R azo r-S tro p m a n ) an d o th e rs , in te rsp e rsed w iths in g in g , an d o th e r e n te r ta in m e n ts .

Dciu JJorfi ftithiitj.

C onference a t 18 F o u rth A venue.T u e s d a y E v e n i n g , A p ril 20 th .

A la rg e p a r t o f th e session w as devoted to conversa tion .D r. G r a y re fe rred to th e p rev ious m eeting , a t w hich he h a d sa id th a t

he d id n o t believe ev e ry th in g u tte re d by M rs. H a tch in h e r lec tu re s , cam e from sp ir its . H e believed h e r , how ever, w hile sp e a k in g , to be in a tra n c e s ta te , an d unco n sc io u s; b u t no in te llig en t sp ir it w ould m ak e such sta te m e n ts as she h ad som etim es m ade. F o r in s tan c e , on one oc­casion she asse rted th a t none o f th e p rophecies in th e Oft! T estam en t re fe rred to Je su s o f N a z a re th , w hen n o th in g cou ld be c le a re r th a n th a t th ey d id .

M r. P h e n i x th o u g h t M rs. H a tc h h a d been m isu n d e rs to o d ; th a t she h a d m erely sa id th a t none of th e Old T estam en t p rophesies re fe rred to h im as God. ‘

D r. G r a y sa id , in th a t case he shou ld hav e ag reed w ith h er. H e th o u g h t he cou ld n o t be m istak en as to h e r position ; i t covered the w hole g ro u n d . Now it w as c le a r t h a t th e old Jew ish P ro p h e ts w ere looking fo rw ard to th e com ing o f a G re a t P ro p h e t, w ho w ould deliver th em from th e ir ills , an d th ro u g h th em , th e w hole fam ily o f m an . The prom ise to A b rah am w as, th a t th ro u g h h im a ll th e fam ilies o f th e e a r th should be blessed. Moses s l id : A P ro p h e t sh a ll th e L ord God ra ise up u n to y o u , lik e u n to m e; h im sh a ll ye h e a r . I sa ia h , am ong n u m ero u s p rophecies ev id en tly p o in tin g to C h ris t, speaks o f a v irg in ’s conceiv ing an d b ea rin g a son, w hose nam e should be called Im m a n u e l. A gain , M rs. H a tc h , in sp e ak in g o f th e L o rd ’s S u p p e r, sa id it was in s titu ted a f te r th e re s u r re c tio n ; a m istake w hich no s p ir it w ould h a v e m ade. A n d w hen asked to ex p la in th e ph ilosophy of C h r is t’s w alk in g on the w a te r , h e r re p ly , to h im , w as eq u a lly u n sa tis fac to ry . She sa id th a t he d id i t— if he d id i t a t a l l— by m ailing h im se lf positive to th e elem ents. Now he believed th a t in cases o f th is k in d , an d th a t o f P h ilip , w hen he w as borne th ro u g h th e a ir , i t w as done by th e agen cy o f sp ir its .

M r. B a r n a r d sa id , he h ad conversed w ith m an y lea rn ed Jew s re la ­tiv e to those old p rophecies, a n d th ey denied th a t th ey re la ted a t a ll to C h ris t. S everal o f th e im p o rta n t ones th ey claim ed w ere m is - tra n s la ­ted .

D r. G r a y sa id , the Je w s w ere a na tion o f p rog ress. W hile o th e r n a ­tio n s looked back an d deified m en of th e p a s t, th ey looked fo rw ard to th e cu lm in a tio n o f h u m a n ity in th e D ivine M an. T hey claim ed th a t th e c iv iliza tion o f the w orld w as to depend on th e ir re lig io n , an d th a t C h ris t w as th e h in g e on w h ich i t w as to tu rn . T he re su lt show s th a t th ey w ere co rrec t. N ow, tw o th o u san d y ea rs a f te r C h ris t, i t is ev iden t th a t th e c iv ilization o f th e race h as h inged on h im , as th e prophecies tw o th o u sa n d y e a rs before C h ris t claim ed th a t i t w ould .

M r. B a r n a r d sa id he h ad h ad som e re m a rk a b le experiences. H e h ad been se n t, by d irec tio n s th ro u g h a m edium , from C anada to th is c ity , on h is w ay to F ra n ce . H ere he hnd been d e ta in ed by th e sp ir its th ir te e n m o n th s, an d now th ey h ad d irec ted h im to go b ack to C anada. S p ir its m ay g u id e u s w ith o u t o u r know ing it, o r to w h a t end . O n one occasion he w as im pressed th a t he m u st see a n u n . W h a t n u n or w here, w as a ll a m y s te ry ; b u t soon a f te r he cam e across a C atholic A sylum for th e B lin d , a n d w alked in an d m ade the a c q u a in ta n c e o f the lad y p rin c ip a l, whose nam e w as C h ris ta . A y e a r a f le r he w as im ­p ressed to see h e r a g a in . O n th e firs t occasion, as h e h a d a b lin d ch ild , on seeing th e A sy lu m he concluded th a t-h is im pression w as in som e w ay connected w ith h is ch ild . O n th e second, f ind ing th a t C h ris ta h ad gone to th e G ray N u n n e ry a t M o n trea l, he concluded a t once th a t h is unk n o w n e r ra n d to h e r w as to in form h e r , th a t n u n s , by law , in C a n a d a , w ere free to leave a n u n n e ry a t p le a su re . ' H e w en t to M o n trea l, saw C h ris ta , an d to ld h e r she had some tro u b le . .S he said she h ad not. T hen she was ill. She acknow ledged th is , b u t d id no t ex pect a n y re lie f in th is w orld. H e annou n ced to h e r th a t she would recover a t once; an d on ca llin g two w eeks a f te rw a rd , found h e r w ell, a n d received h e r th a n k s .

D r. O r t o n sa id , a very p ra c tic a l q uestion h ad been suggested to h is m ind by th e re la tio n o f M r. B a rn a rd , viz- H as th e g en era l re su lt been good or b ad , w here in d iv id u a ls have g iven them selves u p to follow the d irec tio n s o f sp ir i ts , o r im press ions?

D r. G r a y sa id : A la rg e field o f fallacy is opened , w here th e m e­d iu m crea tes a form or body for h is im pression. T here a re very few w ho do n o t com plicate in te rn a l im pression w ith e x te rn a l sp e cu la tio n . Nobod3-’s see rsh ip shou ld be consecrated . A ll a re liab le to e rro r . H e h a d h ad two re m a rk a b le im pressions d u r in g h is life. T he firs t was w hen lie w as a boy o f six teen . l ie w as in a sm all b u ild in g , tu rn in g th e w heel o f a d y e -k e ttle , w hen a n in te r io r voice sa id to h im , You m u st go o u t o f th is house , in s ta n tly . H e m en ta lly d e m u rred . I t w as rep ea ted th re e tim es, w hen he y ielded an d w en tx )u t. H e h ad b are ly passed ou t o f th e door, w hen th e w hole b u ild in g fell w ith a c ra sh ; from th e w eigh t, doubtless , o f w et snow w hich lay upo n th e roof. T he o th er case w as a f te r he com m enced p rac tice in th is c ity . H e w as d r iv in g inh as te to see C apt. L -------, who lay ill, w hen a voice sa id to h im , Goback to A. R------- ; she is b leed ing to d ea th . A . R --------w as a Q u ak erla d y who h ad ju s t been confined. T his tim e he d id n o t hes ita te . He g av e th e d r iv e r in s ta n t o rd ers to tu r n th e horses an d m ake th e fire fly. H e a r r iv e d ju s t in tim e to save th e la d y ’s life. She w ould n o t have lived a m in u te longer. B u t a ll im pressions o u g h t n o t to bc followed. H e believed A b rah am m istook o r m is in te rp re te d h is im p ress io n , w hen he u n d e rto o k to sacrifice h is son Isaac . \

M r. B a r n a r d sa id : A b rah am becam e sensible th a t he loved h is sonb e tte r th a n he d id God. l ie - in te rp re te d h is im pressions to m ean th a t he m u st sacrifice h im , w h en th ey on ly m ean t th a t he m u st co rre c t h is affections.

M r. S m i t h sa id th e re w as a n im p o rta n t p rin c ip le il lu s tra te d by the case o f A b rah am . G od re q u ire s o u r firs t love; an d h is to ry , he th o u g h t, show s th a t he a lw ays te s ts the fidelity o f h is ch ild ren .

D r. O r t o n sa id , w hile s p ir itu a l in te rv e n tio n , especia lly b y sudden a n d pow erfu l im press ion , is fre q u e n t an d m ost p ro v id en tia l in its re ­su lts , it o u g h t n o t to be so ex tended as to cover th e case o f a certa in c lass o f m edium s, w ho sin k th e ir reaso n an d re ly on im pression to gu id e them in th e m ost tr iv ia l , a s well as th e m ost w eig h ty , affa irs o f life . H e re la ted severa l in s tan c es in p o in t, w here o therw ise sane and w ell-m ean in g m en h ad g iven them selves u p to th e con tro l o f sp ir i ts , or to follow th e ir im press ions ,— w ho w ould n o t cross a s tre e t, u n less spec­ia lly im pressed to do so ,— an d w hose business a n d business engage­m en ts w ere a ll sub jec ted to th e u n c e r ta in ebb an d flow o f th e ir im ­pressions. Some of these m en h ad been sen t ab o u t th e c o u n try to an n o in t th e fa ith fu l,— o th e rs in to d is ta n t p a r ts to ra ise th e d e a d ,— an d o thers s till, h ad q u it th e ir f im ilies , and w ith n o th in g b u t a sta ff to lean on , h ad w andered off on m issions to refo rm th e w o rld . T h is h ad b red am ong u s a class o f persons w ho m ay be term ed sp ir i tu a l loafers. T hey hav e lost th e ir in d iv id u a lity , an d will am o u n t to n o th in g u n tilth ey reg a in it. Such tu te lag e from th e sp ir it-w o rld should be resisted as p ro m p tly as th e a tte m p t o f a n ex t-d o o r n e ig h b o r to d ire c t o u r ac­tio n s, an d lead u s ab o u t by th e nose. .

M r. C o l e s re la te d th e case o f tw o o f these w an d erin g r ta r s , w ho, a f te r h a v in g q u a r te re d on a good b ro th e r for severa l days, w ere in v i­ted o u t to he lp h im move som e stick s o f tim ber. T hey took hold very ch a r ily for a few tim es, w hen th ey annou n ced to th e ir h o st th a t th e ir sp ir its said they must not l i f t !

M r. P a r t r i d g e sa id , h e a lw ay s w an ted to know th e reason of a th in g before he d id it. H e h ad been d irec ted to go to various p laces, % d do v arious th in g s , b u t h ad n o t seen fit to obey. H e th o u g h t M r, B eecher said a good th in g w hen he announced th a t he had a n u m b er of prophecies la id b y , b u t sh ou ld no t p ro m u lg a te them u n til th e even ts tra n sp ire d . G entlem en of th is c ity h ad been d irec ted to go into flour sp e cu la tio n s, to dig for gold, for K id d ’s tre a su re , etc., and had spen t time and money in the chase, but no good had come of it. He thought

i t d a n g e ro u s a n d w ro n g to g ive ourselves u p to e p ir it-d irec tio n ; an d th a t w h a t w as re g a rd e d as im pression , w as often n o th in g b e tte r th a n th e fan cy o r w him o f th e in d iv id u a l im pressed . j . a . o.

N e w Y o r k L e c t u r e s .— T he congregation a t D odw orth’s H a ll hav e concluded to d isb a n d on th e firs t o f M ay. M eanw hile , a s we le a rn , D r. G ra y a n d M r. P a r t r id g e h a v e secu red a room o f m o d era te d im en­sions, in C lin ton H a ll, A s to r P lace , ju s t off from B ro ad w ay , an d in th e n e a r v ic in ity o f D o d w o rth ’s , w h ich th ey te n d e r to th e f rien d s , u n d e r ce rta in re g u la tio n s , fo r th e ir u se d u r in g th e com ing y e a r . M an y , how­ev e r, a re lo th to g ive u p D o d w o rth ’s ; an d i t w ill be no m a tte r o f su r ­prise i f a r ra n g e m e n ts a re s til l m ade for re ta in in g i t , a n d su s ta in in g tjvo m eetings in p lace o f one. M r. H a r r i s ’ S u n d ay m eetings a t U ni­v e rs ity C hapel, co rn e r o f U n iv e rsity P lace an d W av erly P lace , ju s t off from B ro ad w ay , co n tin u e to be well a tten d ed . M rs. H atch an d M iss H a rd in g e ’^ w e e k -d a y lec tu rc s , a lso , s till con tinue to d ra w good a u d i­ences. M iss H ard in g e closes h e r series w ith th e m onth .

A. J . D a v is a n d la d y , a f te r a n absence o f m an y m o n th s, W est an d S o u th , h a v e re tu rn e d to th is c ity . M r. D. h as been engaged to d e liv er a course o f lec tu re s in D o d w o rth ’s A cadem y com m encing S u n d ay a f te r n e x t.

Bro. R. P. Amble? will occupy the desk a t Dodworth’s next Sunday.

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A M rs. T odd, w ith whom I once co rre sp o n d ed , th o u g h I now forget h e r residence , h a d a son in S o u th C aro lina , en gaged in te a c h in g school; a n d of h im she d ream ed . She w as called to e n te r h is sick ch am b er, w h ich she d id , an d th e re found h im bo lstered u p in b ed , look ing so th in , em acia ted , a n d p a llid , th a t she scarce ly recognized h im . She w en t to h im , a n d s i tt in g dow n on th e side o f th e bed , an d th row ing h e r a rm s a ro u n d h im , she p ra y e d e a rn e s tly for h is accep tance in H eav e n ; he a t th e sam e tim e ex c la im in g , “ 0 M other! M other! M oth­er! I have b u t one h o u r to live! Can I n o t see y o u once before I go?” O f th e d a te o f th is a p p a re n t d ream she m ade a ca re fu l record . A few d ay s a f te r, .she received a le tte r , s ta tin g th a t he shou ld n o t be a t hom e *• # th a t season, a s he h ad p rev io u sly in ten d ed . The m om ent h e r eye fell on th e p ic tu re , she excla im ed , a lm o st fa in tin g , “ th e re is J o h n , J u s t as I saw h im th e o th e r n ig h t! I sh a ll n e v e r see h im a g a in in th is w orld !”

A few w eeks from th is tim e , she received a le t te r from a la d y who w atched over h im in h is la s t m om en ts; an d th e h o u r o f h is d e p a r tu re , an d h is la s t w ords corresponded precise ly w ith h e r d re a m .— Cor. Age o f Reason.

W arn in g s—S p irit L igh ts .M ore th a n six ty y e a rs ago , M r. Jo s ia h P eck of B ris to l, C t., be in g on

a jo u rn e y a t som e d istan ce from hom e, was su rp r ise d , a f te r re t ir in g for th e n ig h t, to h e a r a noise lik e th e h eav y a n d tro u b le d b re a th in g o f a d y in g ch ild , accom panied by g ro an s. T h is las ted for some tim e ; an d e ith e r before i t e n tire ly passed , o r im m ed ia te ly a f te r , th e re cam e over h is bed , betw een h im a n d th e ce iling , a l ig h t a s la rg e a s th e flame o f a cand le . T h is rem ain ed a lo n g tim e , a n d th e n passed off.

A lth o u g h M r. P eck w as a skep tic in a ll th in g s th a t w ere n o t dem on­stra b le by th e o u te r senses, he was so w ro u g h t u p o n , th a t in the m orn­in g he re tu rn e d hom e, in s tea d of p ro secu tin g h is jo u rn e y , th o u g h he h ad expected to be gone severa l weeks. H is w o rs t fears w ere realized , fo r he found his l i t t le boy, a b e a u tifu l babe o f ten m o n th s, had a lread y fallen a p re y to th e c a n k e r - ra s h , w h ich w as th e n ra g in g in th e n e ig h ­borhood.

A few w eeks before M r. Peck d ied , h is wife d ream ed th a t ju s t h a lf of h e r h a ir h ad fallen off. She th en to ld h e r h u sb a n d th a t th ey w ere go­in g to be se p a ra te d . A nd ju s t one fo rtn ig h t before t h a t even t occu rred , one n ig h t as th ey lay in bed to g e th e r , M rs. P eck saw a lin e o f l ig h t on th e ce iling , ex ac tly above the m idd le o f tho bed , ru n n in g from head to foot. She th en re p e a te d .h e r fo rm er a sse rtio n , w hich w as soon verified. — lb.

P E R S O N A L A N D S P E C IA L .M r. B r i t t a n ’s A p p o i n t m e n t s .— S. B. B r i t ta n w ill le c tu re on Tues

n a y , W ednesday , T h u rsd a y a n d F r id a y (A p ril 2 7 th — SO tli), a t F ox- bo ro ’ ; S a tu rd a y , S u n d a y , M onday a n d T uesday (M ay 1st— 1 th ) , a t P u tn a m , C onn .; W ed n esd ay , T h u rs d a y an d F r id a y , (o th — 7 th ) , a t N o rth Brookfield, M ass. M r. B r i t ta n m ay be ad d ressed a t N ew Y ork u n ti l f u r th e r notice.

T h e L a d i e s ’ H a r m o n ia l B a n d w ill hold th e ir se m i-m o n th ly m eeting a t the house o f M rs. A lfred N ash , No. 7 P h ip p s P lace on T h u rsd a y M ay Cth. A ll in te re s ted in th is benev o len t w ork a re inV ited to a tten d .

M rs . C . E . D o r h a n w ould in form h e r frien d s , a n d those w ho m ay w ish to co n su lt h e r , t h a t she h as rem oved to N ew ark , N . J . , w here she w ill co n tin u e to m ak e ex am in a tio n s a n d p resc rip tio n s fo r th e sick. R esidence, 361 B road s tree t.

I I . P . F a ir f ie l d in form s u s th a t h is post-office ad d ress for th e p res­e n t is a t S ou th B end , I n d ., c a re o f M r. Jesse L eavens, an d wishes those w ho desire h is serv ices in th e W est to in fo rm h im as soon as con­v en ien t. H e w ill be g lad to com ply w ith th e re q u e s t o f V erm ont frien d s as soon a s m ay be, b u t canno t a t p resen t.

M rs. J . W . C u r r i e r w ill receive ca lls to le c tu re in th e tra n c e s ta te upo n the S a b b a th , o r a t a n y o th e r tim e desired . M rs. C . is a C lairvoy­a n t , H ea lin g , a n d T est M edium . A d d ress J . W. C u r r i e r , Low ell, M ass. •

(Dbitiumr H ofitcs.B o r n in t o t h e S p i r i t - W o r l d .— A t N ew ark , N J . , on the m orn ing of

A p r il o th , 1858, K a t e E . S t e w a r t , d a u g h te r o f G rover C . an d J a n e J . S te w a rt la id aside th e e a r th -fo rm , w hich h e r sp ir it h a d honored an d sanctified by dw ellin g th e re in fo r a period o f 2 0 y e a rs an d 6 m onths She possessed in an em in en t deg ree th o se v ir tu e s w hich ad o rn h u m a n ­ity . T ru th fu l , freedom -lov ing , spon taneons,’k in d , g en tle a n d affection­a te , she a t tra c te d a ro u n d h e r a la rg e circ le o f ad m ir in g frien d s , “ who knew h e r b u t to lo v e ,” an d w ho, w hile th e y m o u rn h e r d e p a r tu re from th a t e a r th ly ta b e rn ac le th ro u g h w h ich h e r sp ir it m anifested its div ine pow ers, n ev e rth e le ss , h av e th e g lad a ssu ran ce an d consolation th a t she s till lives, a n d co n tin u es to bless them w ith h e r lov ing presence.

K a te w as a t ru e ch ild o f N a tu re , for h e r h e a r t w as in r a p p o rt w ith th e G re a t D iv ine H e a r t w h ich is e v e r m an ifestin g itse lf in th e T rue, th e B e au tifu l an d th e Good.

S he h ad a fu ll an d g lo rious rea liza tio n c f th e t r u th a n d bliss o f sp ir it- in te rc o u rse , an d passed in to th e liigher-life , su rro u n d e d and cheered by h e r an g e l frien d s , w ith a se re n ity a n d confidence a t once sub lim e a n d b eau tifu l.

M ay we em u la te h e r m an y v ir tu e s , a n d by lives o f p u r i ty an d harm o n ious developm ent be found w o rth y o f a welcom e to h e r e te rn a l hom e of l ig h t an d love. p. d . m.

In A lstead , N . I I . , M r. G e o r g e S . S h e f e r d , M arch S th , 1858 aged 24 yea rs . 8 mos. an d 10 days.

In th e ex it o f B ro . S hep erd , fond p a re n ts , lov ing b ro th e rs , an d ten d er s is te rs , hav e been called to d r in k d eep ly o f th e cu p o f m o u rn in g ; and n o t these on ly , b u t a la rg e circ le o f friends now d ro p th e sy m p a th e tic te a r , an d feel th a t th e w ate rs o f g r ie f w ith in th e ir bosom s h a v e been s t ir r e d , a t th e loss o f one so t r u ly good an d noble.

B ro . S. w as one o f those y o u n g m en whose m inds w ere n ev e r fe ttered w ith creeds , b u t who a re ever re a d y to e n te r th e p a th o f in v es tig a tio n , to search for truth, a n d w hen found , to p rize it fa r above d iam onds, an d rub ies. C onsequen tly lo u r lam en ted friend w as one o f th e firs t in th is tow n , to exam ine th e cla im s o f S p iritu a lism , an d in th e ex am in a­tion o f its philosophy, becom e a s tro n g advocate o f its g lo rio u s re a lity . H e m a n fu lly stood u p in th e f ro n t r a n k s o f its d efenders, a s se r tin g h is freedom to receive o r re jec t, w h a t ap p ea red to be, o r n o t to be , ev i­dences o f im m o rta l life. A n d in th is in dependence , he sub jec ted h im ­se lf as a ll advocates hav e , to th e obloquy a n d sla n d e r o f th e unbeliev ­ing . H e for se v e ra l y e a rs le n t h is p h y sic a l sy s tem , as a n in s tru m e n t th ro u g h whom d e p a r te d frien d s com m unicated those t r u th s w h ich m ade h is soul rejoice w ith jo y u n sp eak ab le an d fu ll o f g lo ry .

M ay h is frien d s find a r ic h solace in th e th o u g h t th a t G eorge still lives th e sam e w arm a n d a rd e n t f r ie n d ,— th a t h is soul m eets a ll th e ir fond hopes a n d d es ires ,— th a t he h a s on ly la id off h is w orth less g a r ­m en ts b y th e ga tew ay — a n d passed to th e sp ir i t- la n d , robed in m ore p erfec t vestm en ts o f life a n d b e a u ty . w . B. p.

PA rEE M il l V il l a g e , N . H. April 12th, 1858.

T H E S P I R I T U A L A G E .B O S T O N A N lP N E W Y O R K , M A Y 1 , 1858.

L e t t e r s R e c e iv e d .— “ P h ilade lph ia ,” D . G. G regory , W . C . W illiam s, R . K . Bro true , J . S. A dam s, E . H ance , E . C orbin , E . W . K n ig h t, J . L . C la rk , A . P . Co- n an t, J . I I . R an d a ll, A ..B ishop , M. W . H am m ond , M . A . Tow nsend, H . S tagg i P - R a th b u n , M. M axim , G. Vc.-17.ic, K . M oore, A. I . D euel, J . L . F loyd , W . T ing ling , D .C. G ates, E . D . Boot, J . H . W . Toohey, S. Stowe]!, H . P . O nderdonk , M rs. P . C h ap in , J . V. M apes, D . Shaw , C. B . P eckham , H . P . F a irfie ld , J . Ju d so n , W . Et. P o rte r , G . S tea rn s, C. K . R ugg , N \ R anda ll, J . I I . Dew ey, 0 . J . M ullen , S. B a rry & C o., C. T . - G ray , O. R . 51., J . C . W allace, I I . P . Bond, T . W . Brow n, S. G. B igelow , S. B . N ich­ols, W . E . Boynton, I I . J . Copp, J . W ilder, C. A . P a u l, L. K irU and , L . S m ith , H . E l­k in s , I I . I I . N ew ton.

T he su b sc rib e r con tinues to receive ca lls to lec tu re on S p ir itu a lism He is p re p a re d to p re se n t th e su b je c t in its P h en o m en al, B ib lica l a n d P h ilosoph ical a sp ec ts ; a lso , to d iscus3 i ts c la im s to p u b lic fav o r, w itk a n y h o n o rab le d is p u ta n t . J o h n H o b a r t .

R eferences— D r. H . F . G a rd n e r a n d A. E . N ew ton.

M is s S a r a h A. M a g o u n , T ra n c e S p eak in g M ed ium , w ill an sw e rc a lla for sp e a k in g on th e S a b b a th , o r a t a n y o th e r tim e . A d d r e s a h e p a t

C a m b rid g e p o rt, M a ss ., c a re Geo. L . Cade.

G e o r g b S t e a r n s , a u th o r o f “ T he M istake o f C h ris ten d o m ,” t r i l l an sw er ca lls , in a n y d irec tio n , to 'l e c tu r e on th e v a rio u s Imposition* o f E cclesias tica l A u th o r i ty , a s w ell a s on th e R a tio n a l Evidence of Life a f te r D e a th , an d P ro sp ec tiv e H a p p in e ss th e re in . Address, t r n tQ

fu r th e r n o tice , A tW ceston , M ass.

M E E T IN G S T S BOSTON.S u n d a y M e e t i n g s .— M rs. A . M . H e n d e r s o n , t ra n c e -sp e a k e r , will

speak a t th e M elodeon on S u n d a y n e x t, a t is an d 7 1-2 o’clock, P. M. Subject for th e even ing d iscourse : T he R easonablenesa-of Future End­less P u n ish m e n t. ', S p i r i t u a l i s t M e e t i n g s w ill be h e ld at No. 14 B rom field St., every S u n d a y a fte rn o o n . A dm ission free . A C ir c l e for medium develop­m en t a n d sp ir i tu a l m an ifesta tio n s w ill be h e ld every Sunday morning a n d ev en in g at th e sam e place. A dm ission 5 cents.

W e e k l y C o n f e r e n c e M e e t i n g , ev ery T h u rsd a y ev en in g , a t N o. 14 B rom field s t r e e t , com m encing a t 7 1 -2 o ’clock. •

M E D IU M S IN BOSTON.J . T . M A N S F IE L D , M edium for an sw ering S ealed L e tte rs , m a y be ad d ressed At

N o. 3 W in te r s tree t, B oston (over Q. T u rnbu ll k Co.’s d ry goods store).T e rm s— M r. M. devotes h is whole tim e to th is business, a n d cha rges a fee o f $1

a n d four postage s tam ps to p a y re tu rn postage , for bis efforts to ob ta in a n a n s w e r , b a t does not g u a ra n te e a n answ er for th is sum .

Persons who w ish a g u a ran tee w ill receive a n answ er to th e ir le tte rs , o r th e f e t t e r an d m oney w ill be re tu rn ed in t h i r t y d a ys f r o m i t s r e c e p tio n . C h arg e f* r g u aran tee , $3.

No le tters w ill receive a tten tio n un less accom panied w ith th e p ro p er fee.M r. M ansfield w ill receive visitors a t b is office on M ondays, W ednesdays a n d S a t

u rdaya . P ersons a re requested n o t to ca ll on o th e r d ay s . 39 t fM iss It. T. A M ED Y , 32 A llen stree t, Boston, T rance S peaking M edium , w ill an sw er

ca lls for speak ing on th e S abbath an d a t a n y o th e r tim e th e friends m ay desire . A d ­dress he r a t 32 Allen stree t, B oston. She will a lso a tte n d funera ls.

M rs. I t. I I . B U R T , W ritin g an d T rance M edium , 24 1-2 W in te r s tree t—Room IS . H ours from 10 to 1, and from 2 to 7. 2—3 a

M rs. K N IG IIT , W ritin g M edium , 15 M ontgom ery p lace , u p one f l ig h t « f s ta ir* door No. 4. 'I lo u ra 9 to 1 an d 2 to 5*. T erm s 50 cen ts a seance .

M re. B E A N , R a p p in g , W ritin g an d T rance M edium . H o u rs from 9 te 1 A . M . and 2 to 5 an d 7 to 9 P . M. a t N o. 51 K neeland stree t.

M rs. B . EL. L IT T L E , (form erly M iss E llis ) T est M edium , by R ap p in g , W r itin g and T rance . Room s N o. 46 E llio t s tree t. H ou rs from 9 to 12 A. M ., a n d 2 to 6 P . M T erm s $1 p e r ho u r for one or tw o persons} 50 cen ts for each ad d itio n a l pers«m C la irv o y an t E x a m in a tio n s for D iseases an d P resc rip tions , $1.

M rs. D . C. K E N D A L L , A r t ist , N o. 89 C am bridge s t., B oston. F low ers, L a n d scapes, etc.J p a in ted u n d e r S p ir itu a l In fluence . C ircles M onday an d F rid ay e r e n i n f i

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T H E S 3? I R I T TT - A . L _A_ Gr E .

[ r c t e r e s f e g j t U s u i l a n g .THE INWARD SIGHT.

Zschokke in his Autobiography, speaks of a singular pro­phetic gift which he calls his inward sight, but which he says hus ever been enigmatical to him. He adds the following in regard to i t :

I am almost afraid to speak of this, not because I am . afraid to be thought superstitious, but lest I should strengthen

stich feelings in others. And je t it may be an addition to our stock of soul experiences, and therefore I will confess. I t is well known that the judgment we not seldom form at the first glance of persons hitherto unknown is more correct than that whiish is the result of longer acquaintance. The first impres­sion that through some instinct ot the soul attracts or repels us with strangers is afterwards weakened or destroyed by cus­tom or by different appearances. We speak in such cases of sympathies or antipathies, and perceive these effects frequently among children to whom experience in human character is wholly wanting. Others are incredulous on this point, and have recourse to physiognomy. Now for my own case.

I t has happened to me sometimes, on my first meeting with strangers, as I listened silently to their discourse, that their former life, with many trifling circumstances therewith connected, or frequently some particular scene in that life, has passed, quite involuntarily, as it were dream-like, yet perfectly distinct before tne. During this time I usually feel so entire­ly absorbed in the contemplation of the stranger-life, that .at last I no longer see clearly the face of the unknown wherein I undesignedly read, nor distinctly hear the voices of the speak­ers, which before served iu some measure as a commentary to the text of their features. For a long time I held such vis­ions as delusions of the fancy, and the more so as they showed me even the motions and dress of the actors, rooms, furni- "'ture, and other accessories.

By way of jest I once in a familiar family circle at Kirch- berg related the secret history of a seamstress who had just left the room and the house. I had never seen her before in my life; people were astonished and laughed, but were not to be persuaded that I did not previously know the relations of which I spoke, for what I had uttered was the literal tru th ; I on my part was no less astonished that my dream-pictures were confirmed by the reality. I became more attentive to the subject, and when propriety admitted it, I would felate to those whose life thus passed before me the subject of my vision, that I might thereby obtain a confirmation or refutation of it. I t was invariably ratified, not without consternation on their part. Imyself had less confidence than any one in this mental juggle­ry. So often as I revealed my visionary gifts to any new person, I regularly expected to hear the answer : “ I t was not so.” I felt a secret shudder when my auditors replied that it was true, or when their astonisment betrayed my accuracy before they spoke. Instead of many I will mention one example which pre-eminently astounded me.

One fair day in the city of Waldshut, I entered an inn (the Vine), in company with two young student-foresters ; we were tired with rambling through the woods. We supped with a numerous society at the table-d'hote where the guests were ma­king very merry with the peculiarities and eccentricties of the Swiss, with Mesmer’s Siagnetism, Lavater’s physiognomy, &c., &c. One of tfly companions whose national pride was wound­ed by their mockery, begged me to make some reply, particu­larly to a handsome young n;an who sat opposite us, and who had allowed himself extraordinary license. This man’s former life was at that moment presented to my mind. I turned to him and asked him whether he would answer me candidly if I related to him some of the most secret passages of his life, I knowing as little of him personally as he did of me ? That would be going a little further, I thought, than Lavater did with his physiognomy, i He promised, if I were correct in my information, to admit it frankly. I then related what my vis­ion had shown me, and the whole company were made acqaint- ed w ith the private history of the young merchant; his school years, his youthful errors, and lastly with a fault committed in reference to the strong box of his principal. I described to him the uninhabited room with whitened walls, where, to the right of the brown door, on a table, stood a black money-box,

- &c., &c. ■ A dead silence prevailed during the whole narration, which I alone occasionally interrupted by inquiring whether I spoke the truth. The startled young man confirmed every particular, and even, what I had scarcely expected, the last mentioned. Touched by his candour I shook hands with him over the table and said no more. He asked my name, which I gave him, and we remained together talking till past mid­night. He is probably still living!

I can well explain to myself how a person of lively imag­ination may form as in a romance, a correct picture of the ac­tions and passions of another person, of a certain character, under certain circumstances. But whence came those trifling accessories which no wise concerned me, and in relation to peo­ple for the most part indifferent to me, with whom I neither haid, nor desired to have, any connexion ? Or was the whole matter a constantly recurring accident ? Or, had my auditor, perhaps, when I related the particulars of his former life very different views to give of the whole, although in his first sur­prise, and misled by some resemblances, he had mistaken them for the same? And yet impelled by this very doubt I had several times given myself trouble to speak of the rno-t insig­nificant things which my waking dream had revealed to me. I shall not say another word on this singular gift of vision, o f which I cannot say it was ever of the slighest service ; it manifested itself rarely, quite independently of my will, and several times in reference to persons whom I little cared to look through. Neither am I the only person in possession of this power.

On an excursion I once made with two of my sons, I met with an old Tyrolese who carried oranges and lemons about the country, in a house of public entertainment, in Lower Hanenstein, one of the passes of the Jura. He fixed his eyes on me for some time, then mingled in the conversation, and said he knew me, although he knew me not, and went to relate what I had done and striven to do in former times, to the con­sternation of the country people present, and the great admi­ration of my children, who were diverted to find another per­son gifted like their father. How the old lemon merchant came by his knowledge he could explain neither to me nor himself; he seemed, nevertheless, to value hinleelf somewhat upon his mysterious wisdom.

I t is said that ivy will not cling to a poisonous tree or other substance. What a pity that the tendrils of a woman’s heart have not the same wholesome and salutary in­stinct.

He generally talks most who has least to say.

THE HYGIENE OF LAUGHTER.Cheerfulness is the elixir of life. A hearty laugh is more

potential for health and virtue than all the potions of pill-bags and the creeds of puritanic pulpits. ^

The homily of the parson is regarded as his stock in trade, and the nauseous ̂ drench and poisonons pill muster the whole vital organism to resist them ; but a genuine spontaneous laugh stirs the blood to true physiological action, shakes out the wrinkles of the soul, chagrins disease, and if continued habitually, it empties the whole body of the seeds of disease, thus shutting the door in the very face of Esculapius, and saying to his prescription : When I have a more convenient season I will call for thee. t

Are you sick ? Almost dead? Well, do you expect health will come to you and take possession of your torpid system as you sit communing with your blue spirits? I t always hides from evil spirits; therefore drive off the blues. 9

Cultivate hopefulness in your soul. Look on the pleasant side of questions. “ Fear not, only believe. How plain and simple. Look abroad on Nature’s works—tow she laughs in the fullness of joy ! But when the sun, day after day, hides his face behind gloomy clouds, h o w all things change ! Mil­dew blossoms on the fruits of the earth, rust corrodes the har­vest, poison infects the animals, decay creeps over all. Again the sun shines; earth becomes bright and health pre­vails.

, Year after year, Nature writes this lesson—will not you learn it ? Behold the lilies of the field ! go out into the sun­shine ; ay, also face the west wind, laughing at its antics, and become vigorous. Away with melancholy—laugh! laugh at something, anything, nothing ; but laugh !

Tell a funny story ; invent an innocent game for the chil­dren ; do anything, harmless, to promote laughter. Put a pleasant joke on your associate, and allow him to return a sim­ilar one; but, in any case, laugh.

Laughter is a panacea for ills, bodily and mental. How it dissipates gloom, lightens care, and drives pain off in a tangent! Try it—laugh !— Life Illustrated.

Incident at an Insane Asylum.As we were leaving one of the halls, where several of the

inmates were moving back and forth, a woman from some cause was siezed with a paroxysm of wrath, and followed af­ter us with clenched fists, violent gestures, and loud vocifera­tions. As the door closed after us, she grasped the gratings of the window, and scowled and frowned at us, and seemed in a perfect rage as she shook the bars between us.. We had, before entering, plucked a harebell—one of the sweetest flow­ers that bloom—and we stepped to the window and presented it to her. Never did we see a change more instantaneous. Had we touched her with a magic wand the effect could not have been more wonderful. She was transformed in an instant. A smile was spread over her face—her whole attitude became one of gentleness— and her entire demeanor was a testimony to the power of kindness. The expression she wore as we left the place, proved to us that a flower is more potent than a whip or a club—good treatment better than straight jackets and scourgings, and confirmed an opinion we long have held, that we bad rather risk o\jr safety, and the welfare of the worst of the insane with a smile, a gentle word, a token of love, for our weapons, than to be armed with revolvers. The latter may k ill; the former transforms— converts.— Gospel Banner.

Mistaken Conversions.A correspondent furnishes the following instances of mista­

ken conversions in New York city :A Repentant D ry Goods Merchant.—Among the recent

conversions was that of M r .------ , a large dry goods dealer.After his conversion he went to a neighboring minister, and told him there were so many tricks in the trade, that he was convinced no man could be honest, and obtain a living by the sale of drygoods.

“ T h en ,” sa id th e m in is te r, “ I suppose you in ten d to g ive up y o u r business and go in to som ething else.”

“ Oh, no,” replied the hopeful convert; “ I shall attend only to the purchase of goods, and leave all the selling to my clerks.”

A Charitable Sister.— A young lady, fond of the pomps and vanities of this world, had a beautful set of jewelry. She became “ converted.” In relating her experience, she said, “ When I had found the Lord, I was convinced that if I con­tinued to wear the jewelry I should go to Hell, and so I took it all off, and gave it to my sister-”— New York Evening Post.

Singular Delusion.Of the delusions incident to ill health, old age, or mental

aberration, many are so wild and grotesque, as to produce laughter rather than pain—however painful in their associa­tions. In one that we find recorded in the papers, there can be no feeling of levity intermingled. I t led to the self-de­struction of a female inhabiting a district in Silesia. She had reached the age of a hundred years. All of her family hav­ing been successively conveyed to the tomb, she labored under the idea that God had forgotten to call her out o f the world ’.

Vaccination with a Magnetized Needle.Prof. Roca states that since 1856, hundreds of children

have been thus vaccinated, with scarcely any failures occurring. The point of the needle is well saturated with the magnetic fluid before practicing the vaccinations, which are then per­formed in the usual manner, a single magnetization serving for many vaccinations. I t is quite surprising to observe the ra­pidity with which the vaccine virus is absorbed, when the nee­dle is thus prepared. .

Character.Human character publishes itself for ever more. The most

fugitive deed, and word, the mere air of doing a thing, ex­presses character. We are full of the superstition of sense. We call the poet inactive and useless, because he is not a pres­ident, a merchant or a porter. Real action is in silent mo­ments. The epochs of our lives are not in visible facts, but in silent movements by the wayside.

A Eine Compliment.I t was a beautiful compliment that Haydn, the musician,

paid to a great female vocalist. Reynolds had painted her as Cecilia, listening to celestial music. Looking at it, Haydn said:

“ I t is like h e r; but there is a strange mistake.”“ What is that?” asked Reynolds.“ Why, you have painted her listening to the angels, when

you ought to have represented the angels listening to her.”

The present evil is often the husk in which Providence has enclosed the germ of future prosperity.

F o r the S p ir itu a l A ge.

THE SOTTL’S VICTOBY. •[T h e follow ing lines w ere w ritte n b y im pression a f te r a season o f se­

v e re so u l-s tru g g le , a n d seem to be ad d ressed to those w ho a re p assin g th ro n g h th e b a ttle .]

A n d w h en o n th e h ill- to p m y feet I hav e p la n te d ,W hen th ro u g h a n g u ish an d str ife m y hopes hav e been g ra n te d ,I ’l l s i t in m y s tre n g th an d sm ile a t y o u r p a in ;F o r I know th a t th ro n g h suffering p erfec tion you ga in .N ot a w ord o f w eak p ity sh a ll fa ll un to th ee , !

' B u t I ’ll sa y , O be s tro n g ; come n p h ith e r to m e! \W h a t th o u g h b ram b les an d th o rn s m ay en ta n g le y o u th e re— T ang le body a n d sp ir it? —yie ld n o t to d e sp a ir ;F o r th e d a y -s ta r is daw ning . Y e s te r’s su n m a y h av e s e t;B e t r u e to th e p re se n t; to -m o rro w ’s n o t yet.B e t r u e to th e p re se n t, an d w h en th e to -m orrow H as com e, th e n th e ca re y e a re tem pted to b o rrow F o r fu tu re , bestow on th e l iv in g to -d a y ,—N o t th e fu tu re n o r p a s t, b u t th e p re sen t alw ay!

“ T ak e no th o u g h t fo r th e m o rro w ,” th e g r e a t T each er sa id ;A n d he p ra y e d u n to God b u t “ for th is d a y ’s b re a d .”T he flow ers o f th e fields a re in b e a u ty a r ra y e d ,The ra v e n s a re fed , for th e y ’ve N a tu re obeyed;B u t fa r h ig h e r th a n these m an is b o u n d to 'p ro g re ss ,H ence o f th is re s t a s su re d , w h a t h e earns h e ’l l possess.

W o a c E S T E E , M ass. l . w . w .

THE DEAD.BT JAMES T. FIELDS.

F o rg e t n o t th e D ead, who hav e loved , w ho h a v e le f t u s , .W ho ben d o’e r u s now from th e ir b r ig h t hom es above;

B u t believe— nev er doubt— th a t th e G od w ho b e re ft u s P e rm its th em to m ing le w ith th e frien d s th ey still love.

R e p ea t th e ir fond w o rd s, a ll th e ir nob le deeds c h e r ish , ?S peak p le a sa n tly o f th em who le ft u s in te a r s ;— 5

O th e r joys m ay be lo st, b u t th e ir nam es sh o u ld n o t p e r ish W hile tim e b ea rs o u r feet th r o ’ th e v alley o f y ea rs .

D e a r frien d s o f o u r yo u th ! can w e cease to rem em b er,T he la s t look of life , an d th e low -w hispered p ray e r?

O, cold be o u r h e a r ts as th e ice o f D ecem berW h en L ove’s ta b le t records no rem em b ran ces th e re .

T h en fo rget n o t th e dead , w ho a re everm o re n ig h u s ,S till floating som etim es to o u r d re a m -h a u n te d b e d ;—

I n th e loneliest h o u r , in th e crow d , th ey a re b y u s .F o rg e t n o t th e dead! 0 , fo rget n o t th e dead!

A FABEWELL.M y fa ire s t ch ild , I have no song to g ive y o u ;

N o la rk cou ld p ipe to skies so d u ll a n d g r a y ;Y et, e re w e p a r t , one lesson I can leave you .

F o r ev e ry day .

B e good, sw eet m a id , a n d le t w ho w ill be c lev e r;Do noble th in g s , n o t d ream th em , a ll d a y lo n g ;

A n d so m ak e life , d e a th , a n d th a t v a s t fo rever.O ne g ra n d , sw eet song.

LITTLE CHABITIES.L et li t t le c h a r itie s s it a t th in e e a r ,A n d m ercy g u a rd th e p o r ta ls o f th y sp e e c h ;T hen th o u sh a lt know no w ro n g of an y m a n ,A n d w ilt n o t slay m e w ith h a r s h w ords, w h ich stick In the h e a r t lik e p o in ard s. T . B . A l d r i c h .

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THE SPIRITUAL AGE;D e v o t e d t o R a t io n a l S p i r i t u a l i s m a n d P e a c t i c a l R e f o r m .

T H E N E W EN G L A N D S P IR IT U A L IS T A N D B R IT T A N ’S (N E W Y O RK ) S P IR IT U A L A G E U N IT E D .

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L I F E OF A S E E R . F IF T H E D IT IO N .THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ANDREW JACKSON DAVIS.

* V E N T IT L E D “ T IIE M A G IC S T A F F .”T H IS V olum e gives an accu ra te an d ra tio n a l accoun t of the Social, Psychological,

an d L ite ra ry ca ree r of th e A uthor, beg inn ing w ith h is firs t m em ories, and ascend ing , step by step , th ro u g h every subsequen t y ea r, to the p resen t period . Some idea of th e W ork m a y be derived from the fo llow ing:

Of those s tran g e events w hich have m ark ed th e A u th o r’s m ost p riv a te an d in terio r experiences, the descrip tions a re m arvellously beau tifu l, and the whole is d istingu ished b y a s ty le a t once sim ple an d p athetic , rom antic and fam iliar, o rig inal an d en te rta in ­Ing. T he V olum e con tains 552 p age 3,1 2 m o . I llu s tra te d . P rice , $1.25.

O rders w ill be p ro m p tly filled by the Pub lishers.S ingle copies sen t by m ail, po stage free. J . S. BRO W N k CO.,

N o. 22 F ran k fo rt s tree t, New Y ork.

TO THE AFFLICTED.D R . S. C U TTE R , assisted by M rs. G. W . W alk er, C la irv o y an t and H ealing M e­

d ium , w ill a tte n d to the w an ts of th e sick . Office, 221 C en tra l s tree t, Lowell M ass. P a tien ts w ill be accom m odated w ith board.

~ ~ T H E SICK A B E H E A L E DW IT H O U T M E D IC IN E . JA M E S W . G R EEN W O O D , H ea lin g M edium , Rooms

N o. 15 T rem ont s tree t, opposite th e M useum . Office ho u rs from 9 A . M . to 6P . M. O ther h o a rs h e w ill v is it th e sick a t tb e ir houses.

MRS. METTLER-’S MEDICINES.All these rem edies a re com pounded according to M rs. M ettler’s d irections, g iven

w hile in a s ta te of C la irvoyance , a n d a re p u re ly vege tab le , a n d perfec tly safe u n d er a l l c ircum stances.

M r s . M e t t le r 's R e s to r a t iv e Syi~up .—S e r a n im p u re s ta te of th e blood, derange­m en t o f th e Secretions, B ilious O bstructions, U n eq u a l C irculation , S ick a n d N ervous H eadache, In a c t iv i ty o f th e L iver, C onstipa tion o f th e Bow els, I r r i ta tio n ©f th e H u - cnous M em brane, etc. P rice p e r bo ttle , $1.

M r s M e t t le r 's D y s e n te r y C ord ia l.— A S to m a c h a n d B o w e l C o rre c to r . P rice per bo ttle , 50 cen ts . .

M r s . M e t t le r 's C eleb ra ted E l i x i r — F o r C holera, Colic P a in s , C ram ps o f the S tom ach an d Bow els, R heum atic an d N eu ra lg ic P a in s , B ilious S tom ach, F ev er an d A gue, an d in te rn a l in ju ries . P rice pe r bo ttle , 50 cents.

M r s M e t t le r 's N e u t r a l iz in g M ix tu r e .— F o r B ilious O bstructions, A c id ity of the S tom ach, D yspepsia , C onstipa tion of th e Bow els, H eadache, a n d F eb rile sym ptom s occasioned b y cold o r w orm s. P rice p e r bo ttle , 50 cents.

M r s . M e t t l e r ’s P u lm o n a r ia .—F o r Colds, I r r i ta tio n of the T h ro a t an d L ungs, H em orrhage , A sthm a, C onsum ption , W hooping C ough, an d a ll d iseases of th e R esp i­ra to ry O rgans. P rice p e r bottle , $1.

M r s . M e t t le r 's H e a lin g O in tm e n t .—F o r B u rn s , Scalds, F re sh C uts an d W ounds o f alm ost every descrip tion , Boils, S a il R heum , B listers , Swelled an d Sore B rea sts or N ipp les, G lan d u la r Swelling, P iles, C happed H a n d s o r C haffing. P rice p e r box, 25 cen ts .

M r s . M e t t le r ’s R e m a rk a b le a nd U n p re c e d e n te d L i n i m e n t .—F o r L am eness and W eakness of severa l p a r ts of the h u m a n system , C on trac ted M uscles a n d Sinew s, R heum atic , In flam m ato ry a n d N eu ralg ic A ffections, C allous an d Stiff J o in ts , S pas­m odic C ontractions, etc ., e tc . P rice p e r bo ttle , $1.

J a m e s M c C l e s t e r , P rop rie to r.5—tf S. T . M UNSON A gen t, 5 G rea t Jo n es stree t, New Y ork .

MRS. E. J. FRENCH, CLAIRVOYANT PHYSICIAN.M rs. F ren ch is now perm an en tly located a t N o. 8 F o u rth A venue, n e a r 8th stree t,

N ew Y ork , w here she con tinues d a ily to m ake exam inations an d p rescribe for th e sick w ith g re a t success. P a r tie s from a d is tance , or who from severe illness canno t v isit h e r a t he r room s, a re requested to enclose a lock o f h a ir an d a t le a s t one of th e prom ­in e n t sym ptom s. E x a m in a tio n a n d p rescrip tion $5, in v a riab ly in advance .

M RS. F R E N C H ’S M E D IC IN E S .These rea lly va lu ab le vege tab le com pounds (as th e te stim ony of h u n d red s of liv ing

w itnesses w ill p rove ,) a re still p repared w ith g rea t care by th e subscriber, w ho, after n ea rly five years* expe rience an d observation , feels n o t only w arran te d in g iv ing them a still w ider c ircu la tion , b u t a d u ty he owes to suffering h u m a n ity , to m ake them m ore genera lly know n. W ith th is view we h ave recen tly sim plified the classification for g enera l use. '

L u n g a n d C ough S y r u p —F o r B ronch ia l a n d L u n g A ffections, C oughs, Colds, W hooping C ough, C roup, k c . .

T h e N e r v e V i ta l F lu id s , classified as Nos. 3 an d 5. No. 3— F o r im purities o f the Blood, L iver an d K idney A ffections, H eadache, D yspepsia , G eneral N ervous D ebility , and for all d iseases w here the stom ach is im plicated .

N o. 5—F o r T ic D oloreux, N eu ra lg ia , R heum atism , S t. V itu s D ance, P a lsy , C ram p, Colic, C holera M orbus, and a ll severe nervous affections.

C h il l F e v e r M i x t u r e .—This rem edy is inva luab le . U n like m ost rem edies for th is d isease , i t leaves no s ting behind .

T h e E x te r n a l F l u id .—A s a n ex te rn a l ap p lica tio n for th e a llev ia tion of p a in an d soreness, for sp ra in s , b ru ises, k c th is flu id is u nequa lled , an d should be in every fam ily .

S a lv e s .—W e h av e a v a r ie ty of Salves an d L in im ents, for C u taneous E rup tions , F e l­ons, W h ite Sw ellings; Boils, B ea lings, k c . ; also for P iles a n d Corns. P rice S ^ c e n ta p e r box.

These fluids are sold a t $1 per bo ttle . P ack ag es of six bo ttles securely boxed and se n t b y exp ress to a ll sections of the coun try for $5. A liberal d iscoun t to agen ts.

S. C U LB ER T SO N , A gen t, N o. 8 F o u rth A venue, N . Y.I h ave recen tly f itted u p , an d have now in fu ll operation a t No. 8 F o u rth A venue,

N ew Y ork , O rie n ta l B a th s . These b a th s canno t be too h igh ly app rec ia ted a s rem e d ia l ag en ts for m an y conditions of the h u m an organ ism , w hile as a m ere lu x u ry they a re u nequa lled . S* C u l b e r t s o n .

CONSUMPTION AND DISEASES OF THE THROAT.S u c c e s s fu l ly C u red b y In h a lin g Cold M e d ic a te d V a p o rs .

D R . A N D R E W STONE, P h y sic ia n to the T roy L u n g In s titu te , inven to r of th e cele­b ra te d P u lm o m e te r , or L u n g T ester, an d ed ito r of the 44 In v a lid ’s O racle,” is tre a t­ing w ith aston ish ing success, a ll D iseases of th e L u n g s, the T h ro a t an d H e a rt, A sth ­m a, B ronch itis , L a ry n g itis , and T u b e rcu la r C onsum ption , w ith his new discovered sys­tem of Cold M edicated V apors, w hich a re b rea th ed d irec tly in to the lungs an d the sea t of disease.

T his discovery is based upo n tru e scientific princ ip les. The vapors are so p repared a n d com posed, as to dissolve tu b e rcu la r m a tte r in the lungs an d cause i t to be expec­to ra te d ,—a t the sam e tim e it traverse s every m in u te a i r tu b e an d cell, an d u lcera ted cav ern in th e lungs, causing them tb hea l, q u ie tiu g th e cough, subdu ing the n ig h t sw eats, the hectic fever and chills.

C onsum ption , th a t a ll p revailing d isease, w hich is now ca rry in g one h u nd red thous­an d an n u a lly in the U nited S ta tes, to a p rem a tu re g rave , an d w hich b rin g s tb e b lack p a ll over so m a n y fam ilies, b lig h ts so m a n y young h ea rts an d b la sts so m an y p ro s­pec ts , is now as cu rab le in m y h an d s , u n d e r m y system of trea tm en t, as a n y o ther dis­ease, if adop ted in a n y p ru d e n t season, before th e v ita l energies of the constitu tion a re too far depressed .

P ack ag es o f V apors— w ith a ll th e tre a tm e n t and inha le r, w ith bo th w ritten and p r in te d adv ice for a th ree m onths’ course, $25,—for one m onth , $15.

O ' D r . S to n e is p e rm itte d to re fe r to th e N e w Y o rk E d i to r o f th e A g e fo r in fo rm a ­t io n re s p e c tin g th c n a tu r e a n d su c ce ss o f h i s t r e a tm e n t by th e in h a la t io n o f co ld m e d ­i c a te d v a p o rs . , A d d re s s , D r . A n d r e w S t o n e ,/ N o. 96 F ifth stree t, T roy, N . Y.

i . U t a r s ^ s C a t a l o g s .

" T ^ J S T R Sts. METTLEE’S PRESCRIPTIONS.D R ./S . D. G R A N T , NO. 524 M A IN S T R E E T , H A R T FO R D .

H av in g opened a store a t the above num ber for th e sale of M edicines genera lly , and especially of B o t a n i c an d E c l e c t i c R e m e d i e s , I am p rep are d to p u t up p rescrip tions and to forw ard them to an y p a r t of th e coun try . I am especially au tho rized to say th a t M r s . M e t t l e r w ill n o t take an y responsib ility for the prescrip tions she gives, if th e M edicines a re ob ta ined elsewhere in th is city . She tak es th is course in o rder th a t th e p a tien ts , as well as herself, m ay be fairly d ea lt w ith . C om plain ts have been m ade of the failu re of h e r R em edies, w hen the fau lt h a s been d irec tly traced to the incorrect m an n er in w hich her p rescrip tions have been p u t up , im pure and v itia ted artic les hav ing been u sed , an d , n o t un frequen tly , o ther m edicines substitu ted , b y persons who have p u t up the p rescrip tion for those she has prescribed . This h as operated w ith m an ifest in justice , an d it is to avoid these inaccuracies of th e d ru g shops th a t the estab lishm en t of th e u n d e s ig n e d h as been opened.

I have ju s t received from W . S. M e r r i l l k Co., of C inc innati, Ohio, every varie ty o f th e ir ce lebra ted C o j^ JS X tra te d M e d ic in e s ; also, a la rge stock from the New Leb anon Society of S hakers, fresh and genu ine. N one b u t tbe very best shall be k e p t by me. D R . S. D . G R A N T.

M RS. M E T T L E R ’S M E D IC IN E S — R esto ra tive Syrup , D ysen tery C ordia l, Pulm o n a ria , N eu tra liz ing M ix tu re , Cholera E lix ir , L in im ent, O intm ent, P las te rs , k c ., alw ays on han d , fresh from th e factory . ■ 12— tf

SPIRIT-REMEDY FOR DYSPEPSIA.A recipe for the effectual cu re of th is d istressing com plain t, sim ple in its p re p a ra ­

tion, inexpensive, an d pu re ly vegetable , will be forw arded to an y address on rece ip t of s ix red s tam ps. T h is rem edy h a s been, an d is now, being-used w ith the g rea tes t sue cess in th is class of cases, an d w as g iven by sp irit pow er th ro u g h th e m ed ium ship of

f h e undersigned, who desires to give it to the public on the above condition, know ing g re a t good will re su lt from its use. A ddress (w ith s tam ps enclosed) A. B . N e w c o m b ,

23 E lio t s tree t, Boston, M ass. 13— tf

A RETIRED PHYSICIAN,W H O SE san d s of life h av e n ea rly ru n o u t, discovered w hile in the E a s t In d ie s , a

certain* cure for Consum ption, A sthm a, B ronchitis, Coughs, Colds an d G enera D eb ility . T he rem edy w as discovered by him w hen h is only child, a d au g h te r, w a g iven u p to die. . W ish ing to do as m uch good as possible^ he w ill send to such of h i afflicted fellow-beings as req u es t it, th is recipe, w ith full a n d exp lic it d irections for m ak in g it up and successfully u s ing it. H e requ ires each ap p lican t to inclose him one sh illing—three ccnts to be re tu rn ed as postage on the recipe, an d the rem ainder to be app lied to th e p ay m en t of th is advertisem en t. A ddress,

D R . H . JA M E S , No. 19 G rand s tree t, J e rs e y C ity , N . J .

' AN ASYLUM FOR THE AFFLICTED.H E A L IN G b y la y in g on of hands . C H A R L E S M A IN , H ealing M edium , h as

opened a n A sy lum for the A fflicted a t N o. 7 D a v is s t r e e t , B oston, w here he is p rep a re d to accom m odate p a tie n ts desiring tre a tm en t b y the above process on m odera te te rm s.

[CT P a tien ts desiring board should g ive notice in adv an ce , th a t su itab le a r ra n g e ­m ents m a y be m ade before th e ir a rriv a l.

Those sending locks of h a ir to ind ica te th e ir d iseases, should enclose $1 for the ex am in a tio n , w ith a le tte r s tam p to p rep ay th e ir postage .

Office hours from 9 to 12 A . M ., a n d from 2 to 5 P . M.

* THE UNITARY HOME.M rs. S. C. H . C czens, M atron of the U n ita ry H om e, 28 E llio t s tree t, h as th e pleas

u re of announc ing th a t she h as now in h e r fam ily M edical and H ealing M edia, who a re reliable in th e successful tre a tm en t of all forms of m en ta l and physical disease ; also m edia for the various sp iritu a l m anifestations. In v a lid s an d a ll in terested in the progressive m ovem ents of the age, a re invited to call and acq u a in t them selves w ith our facilities for rendering assistance to th e afflicted. A dvice free. -

44Sweet home! No p lace like hom ei” • 12—3m

WM. E. RICE, CLAIRVOYANT PHYSICIAN,O F F IC E No. 1 H udson Place, n ex t to 27 H udson S tree t, Boston, M ass. I f sickness

1 or d is tance p rev en t personal a ttendance , exam ination can be m ade from a lock of h a ir an d a s ta tem e n t of the le ad ing sym ptom s, age an d sex . Office hours from 12 A. M. to 3 P . M . Term s (in advance), w hen th e p a tie n t is p resen t, $ 3 ; w hen absen t, $5.

A. C. STILES, M. D„ BRIDGEPORT, CONN.,IN D E P E N D E N T CLA IRV O Y A N T,

G u aran tees a tru e d iagnosis of the disease of the person before h im , o r no fe e w i l l be c la im ed .

T e r m s to be . s t r i c t l y o b served .— F o r C la irvoyan t ex am ination an d prescrip tion , w hen the p a tie n t is p resen t, $2. F or P sychom etric delineations of ch a ra c te r, $2 . To in su re a tten tio n , th e fe e an d a postage stam p m ust in a ll cases be advanced .

MRS. C. L. NEWTON, HEALING MEDIUM,H as fu lly tested h e r pow ers, an d w ill s it for the cu re of diseases of a chronic n a tu re ,

b y the lay in g on of h an d s . A cute pain s in s ta n tly relieved by sp irit-pow er. Chronic R heum atism , N eu ra lg ia , Chronic S p inal D iseases, P a in s in th e Side, D isease of the L iver, N ervous P ro stra tio n , H eadache, 4 c . Term s for each s ittin g , $1.00. H ours from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M. W ill v is it fam ilies if requ ired . No. 26 W est D edham itre e t, tw o doors from W ash ing ton s tree t, Boston. 6__tf

B E L A M A R S H ,W o . 1 4 B r o m f l e l d S t r e e t , B o s t o n ,

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