VOLUME I. N E W - Y O R K , S A T U R D A Y , A P R I L 23, 13 55. NUMBER 51.(ìli ristia ii ^pirituali.A,

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.f, 1-M‘ITi R i 'ui 1 IT! A , Him ut tv a Bi- r. N< r..v; r,r.*:¡>lM;iy, :,Yw-

in the Stitt* as w ell a s Church, w ho dared to rise tian lty w hich operates upon the inner m an, and a h o v e a l l J iU liif in *:hii.£l.:lo»j ai»«l d . w r t t h e i r m a n * I m a k e « h im -p rerciie -r- t r r r t h crruT •.rtc jT it , In a l l m r w s lahood by doing what they thou ght ri^ht. j w hat J esu s taugh t, and can properly be called

The low ering clouds in th e theological and poli- | Spiritual, in distinguish ing it from the formalism of Ue.il atm osphere indicate that a hurricane is near | the ancient and m odern church Pharisees, a t hand. The battle h a s already begun in w hich j Politics as com m on ly understood from the cha­tho forces o f Church and State are brought toge- ( ru d er of public officers and seekers, has becom e allier to fight the battle betw een P opery and free thought.

T he union of Church and State m th is country

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P O P E R Y A l i i ) R E P U B L I C A N I S M . S P I i l - J T U .L C H R I S T I A N I T Y A N D P O L I ­

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' o n yi-inv. ago . Sima* t h a t t im e i d to p i i -ae l i t h o s e d u e t r i n e s a n d

d i n v n r d i iu . - y . T h e w o r ld h o w ­led w i th \ iee, c r i m e a n d m i s e i y . h a \ e nu t y f t i n h e r i t e d tin* e a r t h , n o r -n m:iL--rs s u h ie i e i i t ] v n u m e r o u s f«>

locality.t h i n g s w e r e limi, t a u g h t ,

gum - b a r k i n t o d e e p e r su - 1 w ie lo - d in s s , u n t i l t h e i n h a b i t a n t s o f

a r e :i m o c k e r y to l i i i in :u ii ty .• i i o p .o i d l)\* t n a n y to b e t h e lo e u l i ly

<• l i :--li, :■{ e iv i l iz a t iun a n d th e s t r o n g e s t ■hi ni, w e t ind i i ian a r m e d a g a i n s t Ids dir- v l i m i

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to b e l i e v e ì iinc-nuutii

h oL‘, give evidence , of Spiritual Christianity hearts V bet. each man

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lni|ii'irt.‘ the cause ol ,-h palsies mankind,

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t ical c tfect- S p i r i t u a l s to h im , bliterpretat ioh -. N " I¡ ¡ ty , o r to t h i n k for 1 a s s e r t s k i t e -u iv ie t i" ! ele -drm timl d o m i n a t i o n -

i t w a s th i s u i i t l i o i i t y

for a w h i le ii.v k u t k i r, in to th e s a n s - ei'1'..r u m i W h a t e v e r m a n o r Iv-'ly po'-.ver, a m i t iu f . ' i n ' ' r e

p r i s o n h " i i - i . v sou l an i l pi'-V"iU

-J'iie m o m lit a m a n o f t h i s Cl-eril, t h e '.11111

am i p r o g i v s - i ' lo o m theri 'iVoii i tb.e o p in io n s ol a p i i . a v e s all 11 "i ll iio o Ijiit' u n t i l a m a n ' l'»'-' h e h a s n o t s t a r t " ! ’

wliii'h is to p'-oyt" ra l ly . I m a n ' s r : t h e i . r ' l in av y m a n in a t l io n " im l ‘I’" "r* at, wn cou ld i»"1 e x p "'Hiey w.niM lie lit "ul'jei the g rea t l u s h w a y ol h f am i priests . A e l am e to il iny iiiill'ioris ol th e . t\ ti ll to the cn is h in s ' p< are Vet t ra m p l' - l m t

X o r h o e s th is I'.nm.ipl''

1 1

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I-, .t i l: V.f Popil'V i' o"t e.lliillle'l ,. til • he el ol' their Prie- ¡1 rliUlvheS, sects, Socicii

to Hud theivanceiiic iit,

, the hum an fam ily havTiie J”"'

m ii i ' l s w e n1 1113V he

to lire tin mi], -s. and

h ereto­, w hich one

over the le íi ned lo he

c ai 1 e sa n o n e it" i.rao- >opc o f Koine, upon all tin- m illions w ho adhere to h is doctrines and in- :,r,. ,,'.!.'Stio'.i h is infalUhi- f and if he does so ami

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that w:e' l. ii is ii l l,ut his fol'iowers so r the s u i s e o f a e o f m en a s s u m e th

lev., t h e n ! . y e n .-hi.a, to con f in e th e

v lo p im -n t .I : en t iced into the ein o f death are around

¡in . lion un t i l h e b r e a k s ay : ¡I i : eOn\ e ll ie ll t t" h a v e t or a creed to res t upon, it ofl'-tliln.hiu"'. i hat is true',

|„. ..in to t l i in1. in d cj ien d en t ly ,

in tile Ii

til th ell lie e-IM ?telme iTnvpt

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lias been wisely dissolved, because the former, or whore of Babylon, lias been lnny I'idine and op- [iivs.sinir tlie hum an family. In dissolviri"', we liave mme to the other extreme until our civil ru l ­e r have almost forgotten liod and justice.

In every election tiiat lias taken place for the iimt Luo years, this light between Popery or pa r ty on tlie one side, and individual freedom on the other, has manifested itself. A t lirst it was a cloud fcarcely as large as the hand, hu t now by its com­motion the old political parties are torn in frag- rm nts and “ the Church is in danger," as is appa­rent by the wailings of priestcraft.

In the ¡lands o f Providence a secret organization Seim s to have been used as a tem porary weapon to stir up tlie e lem en ts and prepare for the greater battle. T hat .society how ever itse lf is governed bj- the worst form o f P opery, if it he true that the m inority surrenders its jud gm en t abso lu tely to the will o f the majority-. N o soc iety or organization can long lie clfeetive and bcneticial to m ankind, w hich does not leave each individual full freedom o f thought and conscience.

T he recent m unicipal e lections have tended to give m ore shape to the issue w hich is b ein g firm ed. T hus, in D etroit last wccl;, the ¡tarty and P opery nu n headed b y the I’ishop o f the Rom an Catholic Church on tlie one side, entered tlie canvass against the advocates o f anti-Popery, anil w ere successfu l by a large m ajority. Let not (he lovers o f free­dom su pp ose that the battle is to lie s ligh t or the victory easy , hut that th ey will Lind probably- as early as 1 Soli upon the Presidential ques.5.k'who country itistinctly divided W/WaVT'- upon the one side, and all the com bined arm ies o f P o p e­ry on the other. T he latter will he led b y the Pope and his vicegerent in A m erica, B ishopHushes, into w h ose ranks m any o f the strongest sectarian protestants will enlist, lh e true P rotes­tant how ever, will side w ith freedom even if the c l,m en standard hearer shall he an avow ed Spirit­

ualist.The m ost bold and d istinguished advocates o f

freedom throughout tlie nation are now Spiritual­ists, and no others, present cham pions in favor of

; a.t'nt freedom o f thou ght upon religious as well as Tt is obvious, therefore, that the

advocates o f entire freedom , w ill in sist upon a standard hearer w hose p u rity and firm ness are ahove question, and w hose positions are limn, to the world, in order that the great m ental anil m o­ral warfare he fought upon the true issue. A con­test w as never y e t presented to the m asses o f m an­kind, w h ich lias done so m uch as this will do to ­w ards bringing m en to think for them selvc-s, and step forward in the cause o f m ental and Spiritual em ancipation. T he issue bold ly m ade m ust be boldly m et. There will be no h a lf w ay ground. True P rotestantism will take the side o f m ental freedom w hile the spurious under that cloak will fall back into the ranks o f P opery.

Under a republican form o f government like ours th is L sue can be fu lly argued and disposed of.— T he very princip les o f R epublicanism require the individual to assert h is m anhood, and thereb y only can our freedom from kingcraft as w ell a s priest­craft he m aintained. T he d istinguished advocates o f P op ery like B ishop H u gh es o f N ow Y ork, and B ishop Lcfevre o f M ichigan, clearly see and adm it that true R epublican ism and P op ery cannot exist in the sam e nation. H ence th e y pronounce our institutions a failure and are using all m eans in their pow er to strengthen the bands of P op ery and prevent the grow th o f m ental and Spiritual free­dom . T lie follow ing sen tim ents are quoted to sh ow m ore clearly their v iew s anil intentions.

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stench in the nostrils o f decent men. TYhoever engages in politic affairs is looked upon w ith su s­picion, su pp osing that all m ay be as bad as the m a­jority-. H en ce in our legislative and execu tive d e­partm ents hrmesty is hardly professed, and seldom practiced. O f course the m asses cannot be ex-pect- ed to attain a higher standard o f virtue than their rulers, w h o n ecessarily g ive character to the m o­rality- o f the nation. I f frauds are practiced in high places before all tlie world, w hat may- b e e x ­pected in other localities.

T hus the head b e in g diseased, the w hole body is affected. There are m any causes for this state o f tilings. M any w ell m eaning m en, and w ho m ean to be hon est on Sund ay w hile at church, the m o­m ent they- tur i into w orldy or political m atters, lay aside all Christianity and allow them selves to be blindly- led b y the sectarianism o f party. In ­stead o f usin g their ow n ju d gm en t in castin g their voice in favor o f th e m ost hon est man, the P opery o f conventions is used to select candidates, and the individual b lind ly follow s h is political P ope. T hese conventions are generally controlled b y a sm all m inority , and freq u en tly the m ost vicious o f the com m unity. H en ce th is latter c la ss practically elect all public officers and control the affairs o f State.

B y abstain ing from conventions, or a llow ing them to liave an y binding authority over the ind i­vidual, he surrenders h is conscience to the Pope o f party.

The only rem edy apparent, seem s to be f"" -individual to reserve to liim s“,<'-J' 110 bindin orce his ow n c a n d id ^ .u n w ould thus be resolved into ogreat ju r y to try the candidate en tire ly upon his

m erits. T hen a m an’s in tegrity w ould be appre­ciated. M en w h o are not hon est th em selves ad­m ire that trait in others w here it is not to conflict w ith their ow n selfishness. C onventions are gen ­erally m ade up o f m en w ho desire office, and are therefore interested jurors. T he great b od y o f the people do not desire office, and therefore are disin­terested and m ay render a r igh teou s v e r d ic t L et a man o f unquestioned boldness and integrity e announced as a candidate, w ho w ould be hon est m all th in " 5 and do to others as h e would that th ey should do unto him , and there is y e t sufficient vir­tue left to choose him over and above the P opery

o f any party.A m an th u s elected w ould look only to God and

h is ow n conscience to d irect the great affairs o f State and thus w ou ld be united the Spiritual w ith the governm ental. W ith such a head the body w ould soon grow h ealth y , and our glorious coun­try be saved from follow ing in the footsteps o f all other nations w ho have forgotten God and the right. U n less su ch a change does take place, the present corruptions festering upon u s w ill surely lead us to the sam e fate w h ich overtook th e nations

o f old. L et us consider n ex t

lovers o f freedom not to separate from society , bu t j strong.’’tQ tnl'P part in g li.em aui& t f.T. 0 -pui-iiy it, wilt>or 1 Co»- -e.than abandon it to the selfish . sh e said.

The discovery o f Am erica appears to have been the daw ning o f th is era. T he second step appears to have been the establishm ent o f physical free­dom . T he third step m ay be said to be the orga­nization o f the federal system controlled b y a peace C ongress, w h ich is destined to control the w hole world and is to be practically brought into opera­tion b y the A m erican system o f A nnexation . W ere it not for our p eace Congress, w e should have had num erous w ars betw een the different States. W h y cannot the sam e sy stem annex and keep peace in ail A m erica ? I f that can be done, w h y not e x ­tend the sam e system over the w hole world and thus w ould w ar cease and the sw ord be beaten in­to the ploughshare.

This is practically done already in som e places. W h at m an in the State o f V erm ont ever exp ects to be called upon again to do m ilitary d u ty ? That w hole S tate proceeds upon the princip le that war will be know n no m ore so far as sh e is concerned.

T he sign s o f the tim es seem to indicate that the despots o f Europe are to destroy each other pre­paratory to the em ancipation from kingcraft, w hich m ust soon take place. A s soon as that occurs, R e­publicanism and annexation will probably follow. T hus after the R epublican and Federal system is exten ded over the w hole world, will be prepared the w ay for the Spiritual kingdom o f truth and righ teou sness n hich cannot precede, but m ust fol­low the other.

This latter kingdom will be first established in the m ost favored places. In the N orthern S ta tes public sentim ent appears to be ripe fo- •’ qP ¡ ¡} 0 rif-ht sudd — ouern m anifestations

Hence"’'" . t nrst becam e known.I f w e read the signs o f the tim es aright, w e are

on the eve o f great changes, and to thousands those changes have alreadj- taken place in their own heart. God grant that th ey m ay continue until envy, strife, and war shall be no m ore, and thatman m ay lire in such m anner as to fu lfil h is A n t- and destiny, an.l thus- un ite the wholerifuimafi tU-m ily b y the strotg chords o f love in one com m on brotherhood. Then indeed, shall the m eek inherit

the earth.

It w as an infant that had been given her

T he child im proved slow ly in strength

as b y the

T H E FU TV ItE OF NATION’S.

T his land seem s to h a v e been reserved until th isera, uncontam inated b y

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lio oilier object in ratifying the senses, like ., Ion"; therefore is r,ni.

t h e t h i n k i n g fo r all th e t t h e m to h e full m e n . — ¡-; to fo rm m e r e p l a n k s in to b e t r o d d e n on b y k i n g s

t w o n d e r t h e n , t h a t t h e ,,i 1,1 h a v e S" lo n g s u b m i t -

,1 o f t y r a n n y a n d t h a t th ey

in d u s t .f P o p e r y r e s t

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irtrim-s or ravniL> in nc- a most ]n‘st limit tal error.

•n ines : .....whe r e t he peop l e a re Ca t ho l i c s , am! w h e r e the

li,. n l i . d o l i is an e s s en t i a l pari ut l he l a w» . i f t la „ i l l 1■ Iiumsl .ei! l i ke o t h e r r r i l i . e s . — R - (

,f Sr not am!

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ul I.'Ittruf J'l T he recent Convention at R om e consisting o f GO

cardinal;; and 140 archbishops and B ishops, full robed ecclesiastical dignitaries, m et nom inally to

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s 9 ( d T i r g n i in t h e f ,u th»- s i n r r y l n r p r i m U s e e n d r h t s o f J e s u s C h r i s t . S a v i o r d i x c n . p t f r o n t t i l l t o u c h o f o n -

D oes any reasonable man su pp ose that th is w as all that called them together ? T he sp irit o f libér­

er h eresy now grow ing in Europe, and ex istin gty d tim e m ore dangerous

s to their

■done m -ltis.li arm organ-tin- churches, but wo fmd it _

and contrnling the political parties of e v e n T hu s any convention w hich nom inates a

1,1 erects a platform and b y its usa"*' ¡on to its decrees, has so far

t/.incountry, candidate an requires bVnnl r-ubmi adopted the principle " f l ’opery..

Let our ow n experience answ er w hen a man l a* occasionally keen bold en ou gh to defy the par y , the platform, the convention or the cand.ilatc wchave seen him persecuted as a traitor or poll i a

h he were, gu ilty o f h eresy to *

in th is country, is a thousan to R opery, than the parentage o f Mary ailvanta"e. T heir reso lves and d ecrees upon the queL ion o f R epublicanism and lib erty o f consci­ence are not for the public eye. A dogma of /kith" will do to feed the su perstitious, b u t w .ll hardly satisfy the w hole world that su ch w as their

sole design.

the crim es and r ic es o f

"one b y ages, as the proper E den in w h ich God s kimrdom should first be established. T he great prairies o f the W e st seem to have b een cultivated b y the hand o f the Creator, for the land w h eie the kingdom o f truth and ju stice shall be estab lish ­

ed am ong m en.F irst physical, and n ex t m ental and Spiritual

freedom appears to b e in the order o f Providence.In no country already dow n trodden b y tyranny,poverty and v ice , could the seed s o f lib er ty be =own w h ere th ey w ou ld not be choked w ith those thorns. H ere in th is n ew country the seed was cast in good ground and has taken root, and th e re­su lt has been several R epublican States w here vhv- »ical freedom is enjoyed. T he U n ited S tates are not properly one nation, b u t num erous nations bound togeth er and controlled b y z ¡metical peace C onn-ess. Som e en th u siasts are dream ing o f a future peace C ongress, w ithou t realizing that w e have one in full operation w h ich h as ex isted alm ost a century. T he b ea u ty o f our system o f G overn­m ent is th a t each State, cou n ty , tow n, city , district or fam ily is to a certain e x ten t independent, and y e t depend en t upon each other. S o long as each k eep s w ith in its ow n sphere, the m ach inery goes on as regular as the planetary system and seem s to operate like a w h eel w ith in a w h eel. W h y therefore, sh ou ld w e step out o f our ow n properlocality or sphere to interfere w ith the local ar- .“ ¿ L n l s o la n j other district. So far „ » y

question relates to the w hole nation w e are all in­terested, and none w ill com plain o f our action m that behalf. B u t as soon as a m an seek s to of­fensively thrust h is advice into others business, hearouses passions w h ich do harm rather than good. .

I t is evident th at th is p h y sica l freedom secu red ] even w ith o u t^ n o w ^

b v our system o f govern m en t is ti .m ental and Spiritual freedom w h ich is to ex is t in the future. W h en each m an b ecom es hon est and a law unto him self, o f course h e w ill h ave no occa-

call upon the civil m agistrate. T hen a

[F o r th e C hristian S p ir itu a lis t]

P S Y C O M E T R Y .O f the varioG m odes o f character-reading, P*y-

com etry seem s:o have proved itse lf the m ost per­fect. W h en Gal discovered and reduced to system the phrenologial idea, it w as be lieved b y those w ho em braced it to b e the initial o f a perfect sc i­ence. B ut lik e its successor, p h ysiogn om y, it w as a lim ited, becaise an external sc ie n c e ; a kind of attem pt to appy the princip les o f m athem atics to th e soul. Trui as regards the active and material developm ents if the m an, it necessarily m ust ig ­nore the passite and spiritual, w h ich is, after all, the foundation o f hu m anity .

Psycom etrv, too, seem s to be to ph renology phonography' to the old sy stem o f spelling b y 1

alphabet; a kiffi o f system o f spiritual short-hand.It is difficult b y ph renology alone to draw those nice shades which often m u st be drawn in order com pletely to individualize a m an. Indeed, w e e- lieve it to b; absolutely im possib le for a phrenolo­g ist to read the character o f h is su bject w ithout the aid o f I'sycom etry. So n ecessary is it for soul to com e d in c tly into- contact w ith soul in order to

comprehend it. . 'Som e on; m ay ask— “W h a t after all, is P*yco-

‘ m etry ?” Is it a n y th in g that our han ds can han­dle, that any o f our sen ses can take cognizance o f;N o, T hcm as; and precise ly because not recogniza­ble b y any of the external senses, the m ore p ow er­ful and real. I t is the developm ent o f in t o wsenses; senses that have been tried, and found not only facts, b u t m ost available and usefu l facts. Every' man p ossesses th ese sen ses, as every m an has hands, feet, sight, sm elling, hearing, m the ex- fcornat, tUo«sK nnt f-vprjr one h as them m a state o f developm ent. T he degrees and m odifications o f CTowth o f th is faculty are as various as are ind ivi­duals. B u t am ong Sp iritualists th is facu lty h as becom e as w ell know n and m ore relied on than the external senses. I t h as becom e a fact, th a t a P sy - com etrist, b y sim p ly p u ttin g h im se lf in a passive condition w ith regard to another person, w h eth er that person be present or absent, can enter into his interior condition, can describe th e individual as he i* sp iritually, w ith ou t regard to circum stances. True, th is cannot be perfectly done, noth in g can be perfectly done until m en becom e p er fec t; unti. every m an is developed to th e fu llest ex ten t o f w h ich he is capable. B u t there are som e m edium s o f th is sort w h o have attained to a surprising d e­gree o f grow th and perfectness. W e have seen one o f those w ho w ou ld s it w ith h is e y es close , hour after hour, correctly delineating those w ho w ere p u t into rapport w ith h im ; and that not on ly w ith ou t the presence o f the subject, but w ithout a n y m aterial m eans o f com m unication , or

w h eth er th e person exam -

the forerunner o f tned w ere m an or'w om an, de ad or a V iv e .^ ^ ^

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heretic, ns thouglcreed or Pope. . ,

Thank God that our ow n age h as furnished m en

Spiritual freedom on the one hand, and Popery on the other, being fought and won by th e former let us look at their position, when insteadnf Lhurcti and State, we thus see wedded together

SP IK IT L 'A I. C H RISTIA N ITY AND T O I-IT tC S.

W e acknowledge a w ide difference betw een C hristian ity and m o d em C hurchism . T hat C hns-

supersede i t s u s e , " b ecau se then the lion and the lam b w ill lie dow n together, and no m ore com pul­

sion w ifi b s necessary .U n til then, how ever, civil governm ent m u ste x i t

To g ive a few instances in point and does not w ish to b e k n ow n as a P sycom e- trist, p ossesses a rem arkably clear and m tm tive k n ow led ge o f th e states of others. B e in g called upon to describe several persons, all w hom she gave a satisfactory accou nt o f ; another w a s g iven her o f w h om sh e found it very difficult at first to form any idea. P resen tly sh e s a i d - “ T h is m ust b e either a v e ry feeb le person, p h y sica lly and

and health until it attained p h ysica l strength and developed very stro n g pow ers o f intellect.

G etting into rapport afterw ards w ith another person, or w hom she k n ew noth ing externally , she exclaim ed, “ O, w h at a struggle is in that w om an’s soul ! (she had identified the person as a w om an.)H er sp iritual natu re is constan tly striving to soar ; but the cares o f this world, the ph ysica l necessities around her bind her to the external world. She w ould be grand and noble and angelic, spiritually, w ere sh e released from th ese benu m bing circum - staances w h ich are a dead w eight upon her .” This also w as peculiarly tru e; the person sh e described w as one o f th e nob lest o f w om en intellectual!}- and sp iritually , but surrounded b y conditions that w ould have crushed a less p erseverin g and elastic nature.

A nother m edium w as one d a y called upon b y a German physician , to whom these things w ere new and doubtful. H e gave her a person to delineate ; she described one o f great and equal developm ent o f m ind— a m an in fact great in exerythiug. A m ong other facts she stated th a t h e w as a poet. The person proved to be Baron Y on H um boldt ; and the lik en ess w as v ery striking to the Doctor. One th in g seem ed inconsisten t— that the m edium Lad described him to b e a poet. B u t the D octor e x ­plained it b y sa y in g that, although not generally know n as a poet, the D octor had actualIyjÿàV- lished several poem s, w h ich -ien rfy world, had not lity been he--wp^tation as naturalist and man o f

ju e n c e overshadow ed h is poetic character.

T hese illustrations are given, not for their re­m arkableness so m uch as for the purpose o f sim ply proving the fact that one hum an being can, in the silence o f h is ow n retirem ent, individualize and characterize another hum an being, as well as though he had possessed the b est possib le ex ter­nal m eans o f ju d g in g of him ; nay, better, because m ore interior!v. “ In th e m outh o f tw o or ,SráTrcrwanun-g-to convince rnose wno S r t ’tfpiffite conviction. The only persons in these days who can doubt these things, are either those who have never investigated them, or those who tcill not in­vestigate. _ .

P sy co m etry is n ew on ly in nam e ; in all ages have been found m en w h o had an intu itive k n ow ­led ge o f o thers. T he facu lty h as m ost frequently ■ been used w ithou t b e in g recognized ; and very often h as been perverted to illeg itim ate and evil purposes. B y th is m eans great harm has h ith ­erto been don e. M en, prom pted so le ly b y self­interest, have m ade use o f th is h o ly gift m alevo­len tly ; and in the w a y o f fortune-telling and necro­m ancy have w rought m uch harm to their fellows.N ot that I w ould sa y that all w ho have been C harged w ith b ein g necrom ancers w ere evil m en­tar from it. B u t there is a perversion of th is as o f every other good gift o f God ; and the perversion o f anyth ing, he it ever so holy, m akes it an u n holy

ao-ent.° I t w ou ld dou btless b e better for all m en that

th is facu lty should be fu lly develop ed in all ; for th ou sh som e evil m igh t at first resu lt from h, good is so"trium phant a principle over evil, that it would fina lly w ork itse lf clear. It w ou ld b e th e m ost usefu l o f all the faculties. “ T he proper stu d y o m ankind is m an.’’ H ow can it be otherw ise, w h en ] m en are bound togeth er b y so m a n y affiliations ; w eav in g and interw eaving so as to form a perfect netw ork o f attractions ? N o m an can perform the least act w h olly independent o f other m en. _ Since then our relations w ith others are so intim a e; since our hap p in ess is so c lo se ly entangled w ith theirs, w h at could b e m ore valuable to us than the mft o f d iscerning b y interior im pressions, w ho are those to w h om love w ou ld m ost attract u s , or those from w h om aversion w ould m ost repel u s !

Asrain, w hat could b e m ore usefu l to u s a s b en e­factors o f the race than to be able to see in w hat our neighbor could b e h e lp ed ; in w hat resp ects he needed help , in order for h is d evelop m en t ! YTe do well w h en w e cloth e and feed the outw ard m an ;b u t does it never occur to u s that the inner man m ay b e still m ore ragged and h u n gry ? T he sk ill­ful surgeon is h e w h o knows the disease o í h is pa­tien t, and calm ly goes to the task o f app ly in g hisremedies. .

A third m ost valuable use o f th is faculty is, that it is so available in the education o f children. The old fashion o f considering all children fit subjects for the sam e routine o f m anagem ent h as becom e su fficien tly forgotten in th is en ligh ten ed age. \ e t few parents and teachers are capable o f d iscrim i­nating w ell in regard to th e d ifferences in the orga­nization o f children. F ew are capable o f tn fe m r g xchy under the circum stances, and m consequence o f h’is peculiar organization, a child sh ou ld com m it an act th a t is w rong. C onsequently few acquire that influence over, and sk ill in th e m anagem ent o f children, w h ich m ay be attained sim ply b y know ing w h en and how to change or m odify the circum stances w hich surround them . Som e m ay object that w e m u st teach them to depend upon a P ow er that is above circum stances. I t is very true ; w e m u st teach them both . TYe m u st develop

children o f nature as w ell as children o f

upon its corresponding love. T h is form s a greatTnotiTC c^tr.pnrificn f inp s

The grandeur o f the d estin y o f m an is over­w helm ing. D estined through purified loves to constan tly unfold new w isdom s, till he reaches the statu re o f the angel. Men on the earth w ill y e t becom e-developed to that degree o f inward appre­hension that th ey will no longer reed to ask ano­ther, as th ey do now , for a character o f a third brother ; th ey will be able to understand and ap­preciate each other’s natures, and thereb y antici­pate each other’s w a n ts ; for i f every m an blew Ills brother as well as him self, it w ould be inferentlally certain that every man m ust lore h is brother as him self. This is that “ see in g e y e to e y e ,” o f w h ich C hrist sp eak s— he w ho had both know n and loved all m ankind. It is sad to think som e­tim es h o w far the world y e t falls short o f these glorious realizations ; But there is, after all, m uch to encourage the earnest believer in God. In these latter days have been opened up to m en so m any glorious unfuidings o f D iv in e AYisdom; so m any m en’s hearts have been touched as it w ere w ith a live coal from off the A ltar o f Infinite lo v e ; the in­terior o f so m any have been o p e n e d ; so that it has at last becom e an acknow ledged fact in th is m ate­rial world that man is a spirit, w ith sp iritual facul­ties, spiritual sen ses—a spiritual body. H ope taugh t m en once to look through uncertain ty d im lyinto the spiritual w orld; ¡.noiclcJge now points wt*1-

ur i le a ven

intuitions ; th ey will

stead y finger to th" UI -i-ieaven,•> ?— iHe floods o f ligh t w hich shall re-

tlTuininate the earth. L et m en trust to their h igher let them open themsehes to God, and

grow rapidly tow ards that H eaven ly state o f love and w isdom for w hich w e pray w hen w e say, “ th y will he done on earth as it is done in H eaven .”

N o m an then will shrink from nor be afraid o f tiie inspection o f his heart by anoth er: nay, rather h e will g lad ly be understood— glad ly feel that he is btum even as he know s him self. M e regard the fact that th is is a lready the case w ith manw_lo_h#i—g q i 'A „ 'y e e A i- 4 r - u i c u o a u q v a o u g i o i } l u z u r r s u e -

com ing daily m anifest, even to our outw ard senses. M e try to talk, and think, and write, and speculate in a thou. ..nd w a y s upon these th ings, b u t at last the great facts o f the age so tow er above our heads, and so d efy investigation as to “ w h en ce th ey com e and w h ith er th ey go,” that w e can on ly reve­ren tly and w ith uplifted eyes, like the poor In d ians at N iagara, excla im — O w onderful, O w onderfu l!

” Ltndine.

HOPE A S T MEMORY.From Theodore Parker's Discourse on - Old Age.”

A n old poem o f the N orth tells o f a brave b o y w ho in h is earlier d a y s found h is m other s cottage too narrow, m ourned at tending the goats on the m ountain side, and felt h is heart sw ell w ith in him like a brooK from the m elting o f th e sn ow , w h en he saw a sh ip sh oot like an arrow into th e b a y .— H e ran from h is m other and the goats, the T ick in g took him on board. T he w ind sw eiled the sails.H e saw the hill tops sin k in the b lue deep , and w as riotou sly glad. H e took h is father s sw ord in h is hand and sw ore to conquer him hou ses and land b y the sea. B u t now , in h is old age, h is palace in B yzanth iu m is a w eariness to him , and he longs for h is m other’s cottage. H e dream s o f the g o a ts ; all d a y the k id s b leat for him . H e enters a b a n k ; he sails for the Scandinavian coast, and goes to the v ery cottage too narrow for h is childhood, and eats the oaken bread o f Sw ed en , and drinks its b itter b eer; bares h is forehead to th e storm ; sits on the

rock, and there he dies.“ B ury m e not I pray thee in E gypt, said old

Jacob , b u t I will lie w ith m y fa th e rs; bury m e in

their bu ry in g p lace.”T he scholar becom es an an tiq u ary; be lik es not

yon n g m en un less he knew their grandfathers b e ­fore. T he v o u n g w om an looks in th e new spaper

' arr'iages, the old m an for the deaths. T hefor the m a n y o u n g m an’s ey e looks forward ; it is a hard w o r ld ; ho does not. know i t ; he w orks little, and hopes m uch. T he m iddle aged man loaks around at the p resen t; h e has found out that it is a hard w orld ; he h op es le s s and w orks more.

T he old m an looks back on tlie fields h e has tr o d ; th is is the tree I planted ; th is is m y foot

l step,' and he loves h is old hou se , cat, dog, sta ff and

friends.In lands w here th e vine grow s, I have seen an

old m an sit all day long, a su n n y autum n day, be­fore his cottage door, in an old arm chair, his dog couched at h is feet in the genial sun. The autum n w in d s played w ith the old m an’s venerable hairs; above him on the w all, purp ling in the sun-light hun" the full c lu sters o f the grape ripening and m aturing y e t m ore. T he tw o w ere ju s t a lik e ; th e w ind stirred the vine leaves and th ey f e l l ; stir­red the old m an’s hair it w hitened y e t m ore. B oth o f them were w aiting for the spirit in them to b e fully ripe. T he you n g man looks forward, the old m an back. H ow long the sh adow s lie in the sat- ting sun ; the steep le a m ile long, reaching across the plain as the sun stretch es ou t the h ill in grotesque dim ensions. So are th e even ts o f life m

the old m an’s m em ory.

th em as

^ n e c e s s i t y , lead u s to seek for help m o v “ \ ° fecL N q yoicC) h ow ever feeble, lifted up for truth, th e m ; and when man’s strength fails us, and ever d ies am idst the confused noises o f f l in e .—shall w e go b u t to H i m w ho is the Creator an | o f g in and Sorrow, P ain and

W rong, it r ises, a deathless m elody, w h ose n otes o f w a ilin g are hereafter to be changed to jh o s e o f

A kn ow led ge o f our natural infirm ities will,In the econ om y o f G od, n o etiort, how ever

sm all, pu t forth for the r igh t cause, fails o f its ef-

to restrain the v iciou s and enable true lib erty to

grow . I t seem s, therefore, th a t it is th e d u ty o f all

m enta lly , or otherw ise an in fa n t It seem s to have

Father o f m a n ! . . -A ll th in gs b e in g equal, in proportion to th e pun-

ty o f a m a n ’s interior being w ill b e th e d ea rn ess o f

d ie ; i t w ill grow stronger u n til it b eco m es v ery

trium ph, a s th e y blend w ith th e G reat H arm ony o f a reconciled U n i verse,— IF ?»« t o .

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WHO ARE, AND WHAT MAKES INFIDELS.

In ask in g th is question , w e take for granted for the tim e, th a t there is su ch a thing :;s infidelity, and ergo su ch persons as infidels, for w e w ish to econom ize room and look at the argum ent o f our o p p o n e n t s f r o m their o n 11 stanil point. W e do th is, as it has got to be quite a fishion w ith som e o f the orthodox, or w ould be p ious advocates o f popular is ms, to charge Spiritualism w ith infidelity, both in Spirit and tendency . T he follow ing from the H allow ed G azette (M e.) o f March S ls t , will outline th is v iew o f the m ission o f Spiritualism . It seem s to have been called forth b y the labors o f

“ One M r. D aufurlh, wlm has the honor w e believe of being a residen t of l ’eriland—or perhaps it m ig h t su it ho tter to say Portland has the honor of claim ing him us a res id en t—atte m p t­ed, a coup!.' of evenim rs recen tly , to en ligh ten the ignoran t in ­hab itan ts of th is oily on the sub jec t of m odern Spiritualism , or u -h e te rm ed it. “ tl ie iie w d ispensation ." T h e learned gen tle­m an labored to show th a t the old, o r Jew ish dispensation, pruv-

’* d ispensation , te rm ed the

fptn V,f-ituth:- • i u t i o n , -T“ and

Vi\ a failuri*, and thuL 1.ho succeedingChriítlü», bad ubo ft, It-d of accolti]At/ire- Liie lK'tv»it.y of thi ti tir ir .>'j/iritunti i uni-irritina, <tnd tr¡n<j, itmit lit' hocjiiiet/ j iti'jjliuy, j,niniAvi ill 811,;h mi'll uà this : tune JJunl'oi thPerformvrtC’ iTbeita ¡its are ours.)

It is; said tiiat like begets

error and sh ow our theological neighb ors th a t it is possib le for infidels to be m ade b y other agen cies than “ Spirit Rapping.--,” “ T able T ipp in gs,” &c., &c., in our age, w e m ake a few se lection s from the latest theological squabble, as it illustrates the w h ole subject, and m ay prove “ a new th ing under the su n ” to m any.

In L ynn , M ass., there is, and has b een for m any years, a k ind o f rough-and-ready theologian, Parson Cooke b y nam e, and a P resb yter ian b y pro­fession, w ho has sp en t m uch o f h is tim e in forging ecclesiastical thunder-bolts, w h ich he has d ea lt out w ith a freedom and ease both aston ish in g to sense and bew ildering to patience and good tem p er— th e m ore, as h e gen era lly se lec ts som e o f h is relig ious, ( i■ e. theological) neighb ors for destruction or e x ­com m unication . W e co p y from the L y n n B a y State, A pril 1-ith, the follow ing broadside on Me­thod ism in general, and the L yn n M ethodist in p a rticu la r :—

associated w ithe w o r s t d e v c l o p -

bu t in reading this extract we are rem inded that in the X ew T es­tam ent the need and oflice o f love are frequently pointed out and insisted upon, if w e w ish to be know n as Christians; and Paul seem s to have con ­sidered it the m ost ¡'radical oC virtues, since char­ity is above “j'liith and h op e,” and m ay be called the w orkdress o f love, for “ charity sulferetli long and is k in d ; charity envielh n o t; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. Doth not behave itse lfun seem ly , seeketh not her ow n, is not easily pro- yokeu, ul......... - . —• 1 1) -, r , o ^ - '

P ope has sum m ed up th is bclruTum.’. .- ' . _the follow ing line o f h is “ U n iversal prayer :”

“Tt adì me to feel another's woes,To hide the fault I sc-,

That merry, I to others.,lmw That mercy show to me.’*

N ow , b y nearly universal consent, both the phi­« losoph y o f Paul and the prayer o f P ope lias been

conceded to em body the h igh est concep tion s o f - practical religion, a lthough the goieidL jd etcticc o f

m ankind w ould seem to bcht the s in cerity o f their acknow ledgem ent, tor instead o f c h a r it} , i \ e find the m ajority ever inclined to find fault, censure, criticize, and condem n, to say n oth in g o f a ten-

_ - — •* to’ ron^pTcnous'and"made so glaringly inconsisten t w ith th e doctrine o f love and charity by the had and nmrry fc e lih - that

. so often accom panies tin* m ission o f the critic be be theological or literary, ' • d ,e office and duty ol the critic in m any mind.-. "and supposed (» spring from m onts o f hum an nature.

T his to us, is had p h ilosop h y and worse religion, lor the latter predicates the p ossib ility o f error, (man being i i . i /w to i , ) and th e former d is­crim inatingly points out why and w here the error ■s, w hile both contribute the needed rem edy that correction m ay be efficacious to cure. AYe take erdw^n therefore, in a religious and philosophical sense to be em in en tly friendly to all the relations o f friendship and the duties o f society , for in truth it Is (he friend o flea rn m g and the true and ever pro sent friend o f charity. But in the above extract there is such an evident disposition to find fauH and m ake m ountains out o f m ole hills, that we question not on ly (lie relig ious sincerity o f the writer, but the w isdom o f su ch reckless and ind is. crim inate .association o f m en, nam es and th ings. "

In the absence o f a scientific definition otinfi. ihhty how ever, w e are som ew hat at a loss to esti­m ate the true enorm ity o f su ch censure, for it is possible tile .Spiritual fan ,ily m a y b e injiJd to the editor o f the H allow d l G azette, and he to them

ju s as he and they m ay look through the reverse ends o f the theological telescope

1 , 1 order, how ever, to have th ese reflections in som e c egree practical .and „cluni, ave prem ise that e^ohhly. , s no new th in g under the sun, nor can Sp intuah sn , be held in an y w ay responsib le for its e x is te n c e he p roof o f this is found in (I,o factten 1 ° TOr3 -,U>r S° Ct ll;lS ,K‘Cn cIiarS « l w ith infidel tn d en cy , ,| not worse depravity i„ practice, and

science and ph ilosophy are still aliens to the com ­mon Health o f sectarianism , because th e y cannotbe marie to ^poak a narrow ami do

“ In regard to th e operations o f th e M ethodists in the W est, lie said, ‘ I t w ould be Letter lo r the W estern Held if a M etho­d is t foot bad never trod upon it.’ T hey had been th e cause of ‘ covering it w ith rm v e rsaH sts , Infidels,’ and so forth . ‘ D eso­la tion and heathen ism followed in its track .’ 4 T h e success of M ethodism is th e d estruc tion of th e C hristian character.*—4 M ethodism is one th in g and C hris tian ity ano ther.’ ‘ T h e sys­tem was n o th ing less than a cunn ing ly -dev ised p lan for c o rru p t­ing C h ris tian ity .’ lit* spoke of the ‘ hocus pocus operations of the M ethodists,’ th e 4 spuriousness of M ethod ist conversions,’ Ibr w hich the B ible w as no m ore responsible than for th e ‘A ra ­bian N ig h t T a les ;* and he exhorted his audience to avoid and shun M ethodism , l i e felt it to be bis d u ty to oppose i t ; 4 it was be tte r to te s t th is doetriee now than in e te rn ity .’ ’

In J o sse ly n 's L yn n D aily , A pril -Ith, w e find the report o f one other effort o f P arson Cooke, and clip the fo llo w in g :— -

“ M ethodism grossly ca rica tu res C alrin ism , asserting th a t Calvinists preach the doctrine o f the dam nation of infanta, and and charging its m in isters , in several instances, w ith u s ing the expression th a t 4 hell is paved w ith in fan ts’ Rkuils.’

“ T h e converts to M ethodism are schooled to u n tru th s. T h is was proved from the fact tha t, in re la ting th e ir experiences, each told th e ir s to ry in the sam e language, show ing th a t th e re had been concert of action and an agreem ent beforehand, in relation to w ha t should be said. H e had been p resen t a t th e ir p rayer- m eetings, and on one occasion, w hen fifteen young converts cam e forw ard am i re la ted th e ir experience, w hen th e first tw o had finished, he had heard the w hole, for those w ho followed told the sam e sto ry .”

Shade o f Joh n W e s le y ! W h a t a “ falling from grace'’ is here m anifest in th y fo llow ers! W ho w ould have supposed It possib le for so m uch cor­ruption, sin and in fid elity to be covered over in the m eek and p ious assum p tion s o f th y th e o lo g y ! T ruly, w e are surprised, for w e had a lw ays enjoyed the b e lie f there w as som e good in th y m ission , and m any o f the children o f earth had been m ade to rejoice “ w ith jo y unspeakable and full o f g lory” through th y m ediation , and that m uch good w ould continue to spring from the sam e source.

B ut it seem s w c are m istak en — and sorry enough are w e— for, aside o f th e love w e cherish for the m em ory o f the good and gifted, w e had a kind o f sp ecia l regard for thee, a s thou w as’t hon est enough to have an opin ion o f th ine o w n — w hen opinions cost som ething to get and m ore to keep and support w hen g o t ; beside all o f w h ich , o h ! John W esley — thou w as deem ed w orthy o f Sp irit v isita ­tion in tbj- day and generation, and angel m essen ­gers seem to have taken tb y m em ory and labor into their ow n care and keep ing , for all o f w h ich fol 1 bwerSnlL associatioiis, w e are sad in kn ow ing tb y thee; for again the I’arsot. and so B ay State that

“ Innocen t people h ave Leon ‘ draw n in and ru in ed by the civic a ttrac tions witL w hich M ethodism carried on iU system o f p rosely ting .’ H e spoke of th e ‘ co rrup tion of rev ivals ,’ de­claring tha t b u t a few eases o f real conversions could be nam ed. 4 R u inous im pressions w ere m ade,’ and th e evil jiroduced g rea t­ly over-balanced the- good. T h e system pu rsued by them b ro u g h t d iscred it upon religion, was no p a r t o f C hristian ity , b u t a^stum bling block in th e w ay o f th e sp read o f relig ious tru th . T h e y first led to 4 delusion, and then to the renounce­m e n t of all religion,* to backslid ing and sh ipw reck o f all ch a r­acter. 4 S purious rev ivals sp read like w ildfire,’ and th e ir effect w as like th a t produced upon a b u rn t field w hen ev e ry th in g was consum ed. X o dependence could be placed on M ethodist rev i­vals. N in e teen th s o f the converts proved spurious, passing over to the ranks o f infidels. Y oung m en had been d raw n in and th e M ethod ist system had been th e cause of 4 wholesale

^ M r ^ ' i ^ - ’’m u c b l ^ e hum an nature to S lr that if Parson Cooke k n ow s th en

l i k e

a- . nows u iere is so m uchcorruption thfe part o f U„ theo log ica l w . r i Vl,,- n ,a ,t 11 ,0 ,0 he , „ „ e a r t „"or!0 J

._ame kind ,n th e rest? A nd som e o f the L ynn filen d s h ave a lready brought to 11-ht an item r

nn D a ily ” u ses to illustrate th e fact thVi

s t o n e - ’' ’" ’i t HVV n W s h o u M °o t throwstones. i t reads as follows :__

vrl1i l1PL" -”V^.nTii7ill1“i'"u°nb^onTi”-iJto3lI Y 10,13'’ the fMls ofcrop anil drink tlio H.junr. Not uianV v nr-° cu!uvate tileto tile Society over who..), tlie Kev \ i r' A .V"'-0 u roomed goodIlo somethin!.' for foreinn :iii--ions' l„ t k T?"; “ toners, to -liort, they voted to plant a piece' of th« tIjeir money was whe-re David Taylor's house now -tends w m P Y iT 60 Pb the pronts to that purpose Th W h’.T “ Potatoes, and ap­

i ?nd-‘ “* f f i in theVop^'ind^iV-C1“ 1' a »“

P utnam , o f R oxb ury , g a v e the su bject a candid and favorable rev iew on F a st D a y last, w hile the R ev. Mr. L athrop, o f B rattle street, fe lt m ore to give th e s u b je c t s counterblast, b ecau se o f its “ lacl o f d i g n i t y T his is a queer objection to com e from a m inister pretending to love the m em ory and reli­gion o f J e su s— considering the fact th a t J e su s w as born in a m anger, and in after life h e w as the friend o f pu b lican s and sinners. T heodore Parker also called atten tion to the subject, and presented Its ph ases w ithou t com ing to an y v ery definite conclusion. For once, T heodore seem s to be on the fence. W ill som e o f our B oston friends help him over? X o dou bt, h ow ever, that the ad ven t o f Spiritualism is w ise ly tim ed, since there is a divinity that sh a p es the course o f th ings and balances the econ om ies th a t en ters into the har­m on y o f progress. T he prelim inary w ork has been g o in g on in the political agitation o f the tim es, and h as been a k in d o f J o h n th e B aptist cry in g aloud in the w ildern ess o f the nineteenth cen tury— “ P repare y e th e w a y o f the Lord,” so obvious has it been to m ost thi/Jcers that a change m u st com e to th e th eo logy and p h ilosop h y o f th is age. AYe are h ap p y to b e able to add, how ever, that the spiritual e lem ent is lik ely to b e harm onizing and constructive in its m ission , for the destructive p h ilosop h y o f criticism and political agitation needs som e su ch m odifier if th e exc item en t is to be g en e­ral. Indeed , w e cannot look at the p resence and m ission o f Spiritualism in th is country, and at th is tim e, in any other lig h t th a n providential and kind.

A nd w e are h ap p y in k n ow in g that the temper o f the great b o d y o f Sp iritualists is in keep ing w ith the gen iu s o f Sp iritualism , and both look for, and are worling to develop the long-prayed-fur and ever- to be desired brotherhood am ong m en.

X o doubt there are different policies am ong the Spiritualists o f B oston , as there are am ongst other bod ies o f m en, w h o are earnest in their convictions and ardent in their desires for p rogress and practical good. T his enthusiasm , how ever, cannot bu t w ork for good so lon g as m en tolerate and love honest differences, and seek to develop truth b y h avin g differences balance each o ther ra­ther than suppress an y phase o f thought, be it con­servative or radical. AYc return from the E ast, therefore, w ith stronger h op es for the future and a m ore intensified zeal for tlie w ork to be done— the m ore as w e kn ow the true character o f our co ­laborers better after every v i s i t T he “ F ountain H ouse” continues to be a fountain o f good, healthy food, b od ily and m ental, to all w h o m a y v isit it from tim e to tim e, and friend Gardner seek s to m ake it ail it sh ou ld be, to g iv e satisfaction to the friends.

T he X e w E ngland A ssociation are not forgetful o f the tim es, although at present not active. The gentlem en and lad ies u n ited in th is association are loooking for, and to the future w ith the faith o f H um anitarians, as w ell as Spiritualists, convinced th a t w h en reform com es, it w ill be pow erful and

un w orthy o f efficacious for good. AA’e hope to k n ow soon that ~l~ ‘'“o l.a m ore active effort w ill b e m ade b y th ese friends,

centrar..—tm setts and the E ast gen era lly sh ou ld X o t least am ong .— an(j w orking issue,

the efforts at th e Alelodeor,-«.. w ;il beand well ca lculated to call together large a u d ie n c e if seconded b y the proper kind o f speakers. The different k in ds o f Mediums m ay convert the m ind from extrem e m aterialism , b u t ph ilosophy and reasoning now as ever w ill have a work to do for the m any. AVe are pleased , therefore, in kn ow ing that Dr. G ardner and Air. D one are determ ined to . ‘ ' “ ------) tseep the su b ­

je c t o f xpint intercourse and man's inmoiiality b e­fore the people.

O f tiie few England Spiritualist alo, w e m ay hope m uch, as Br. N ew to n has Iiadsom e e x p e ­rience in the “ School for R eform ers,” ,nd is deter­m ined to “ fight the GOOD fig h t” i f n e d be, to live the Spiritualist and do w ork for hum aiitv.

t h e r o R n a t i o n o f c i k c l e s v y d t h ed e v e l o p i n g o f M E D ll

H avin g received two or m ore le ttr s o f a like character to the follow ing, w e g ive t place w ith su ch explanation as our presen t knovledge and lim ited space w ill adm it of, as no doult there are

^ Pr°^r t0 remSlyntay r f ° ^ a :more jtian tho worth of potato--°Hn ’ 16 lbree dees tion, to those friends w ho

ia ' “S rieil to furnisli tlie sp irit t l u v f ’ l S ’ the s °c le tv aneo to « r . ........ .......1 ..> liJt> ^ e r e oblige«! to p ay f *->

exceed in g e igh t or ten. I f how ever, the com pany is harmonious and all d esire to hi<ow the truth, and seek it in th e love o f good, tw elve or fou rteen m ay sit in th e Circle, b u t a s a genera l rule, e igh t or ten w ill b e m ore lik e ly to preserve harm ony than a larger Circle. N u m b ers is a consideration how ever, on ly as the Circle is enlarged, the chances are m ultip lied for g e ttin g curious and inquisitive rather than truth lov in g and Spiritual m em bers, ow in g to th e education and cu lture o f th e tim es.

T he ru le g iven in th e N e w T estam en t b y J esu s, is “ that w h ere tw o or three are gathered in my name, there shall I b e ,” w h ich g iv es u s an in tim a­tion o f the Spirit th a t sh ou ld atten d the Circle, rather than th e la w to b e observed lor d evelop ­m ent.

Too m u ch im portance cannot w ell b e a ttached therefore, to th e conditions o f m ind th a t en ter into the form ation o f th e Circle, since it is ev id en t now as in the tim es o f J e su s and th e apostles, that “ f a i t h is the substance o f things hoped for and the evidence o f things not seen," and therefore, has m u ch to do w ith the su ccess o f the e ffort AYhy th is is, it w ou ld be difficu lt to g ive a ph ilosophic reason, a lth ou gh w e m a y app roxim ate th e tru th b y rem em bering , th at e ith er a too a n x io u s o r a to opo- siliv e state o f m ind is un friend ly to th e intuitive and receptive state o f th e S p ir it M an Sp iritually , should be in all the m oods and te n se s o f h is being, passive, for passivity se e m s to b e th e first and m ost fundam ental law o f m ediation . T he Spirits, how ­ever, not un frequ en tly give the m ost satisfactory direction , b ecau se m ost d efin ite ly appropriated to the needs o f the Circle, as the fo llow in g will su g ­gest, w h ich w as g iven at a Circle no t long since. “ D eal- friends, all com e to th e table. AA’e are h ap ­p y to m eet our firm , sted fast friends. AA’hen y o u call upon u s in honest and good fa ith , w e g lad ly re ­spond. AYe are d a ily form ing n ew telegrap hic lines, w h ich w ill enab le y o u to com m u n icate w ith us w ith m ore fa c ility .”

A s to the k ind of tab le, it m ak es little difference appearcntly, a s in th is c ity , (X e w Y’ork,) every kind is in use, from pine to m ah ogan y and w a ln u t

4-d. B oth o f th ese m eth od s are used , bu t w h en the m edium raps, the hand is g en era lly m ade to strike on the table. In the case o f M iss C atharine F ox, and her sister, Airs. B row n, th e response seem s genera lly to b e c lose to th e person o f the m edium , a lthough in a good and harm onious circle, the “ r a p s ” m a y b e , and are m ade, a n y w h ere at the desire o f tlie friends.

5d. T he tw o m ost com m on m eth o d s o f usin g the a lphabet are : 1st, b y ca lling the letters over ; 2d, b y h avin g th em on a card, and p o in tin g to them in the order o f th e a lphabet. E ither w ill do, bu t se lection m a y be used at the desire o f th e m e­dium or Spirits.

To understand the affirm ative or n egative w hen questions are ask ed , let it b e un d erstood th a t one “ r a p ” m eans no , two, perhaps, or doubtfu l, and three, Y’es.

4 th . T he reason w h y th e light is p u t out or the room darkened, is n o t w ell k n ow n , bu t is generally supposed to resu lt from som e n ecessitie s in organic and Spiritual ch em istry , th at w e cannot n o w u n ­derstand, e x ce p t in a v e ry gen era l sen se . T he obviou s reason assign ed is, th at th e gas or lam p ’^ a i in ^ , con su m es som e e lem en t in the atm os-

U 0 “ v '---ivru jj be econ om ized , as it is nccessa- p resence and lnan iiesta i.r!,~«Jljj-est;lt;on 0 f Spjr;t-su pp ose that dadness is m ore favorauhiXh. m an y equilibrium and p assiv ity . D a rk ness , h ow ever, is not ab so lu te ly n ecessa ry w h ere th e circle is harm o­nious, and the m edium s tr o n g ; for in the c ircles in H artford, w h ere the S p ir it A W , arm and rodv w ere seen , tlie g a s w as brilliantly b u rn in g

AA'e m u st close w ith th ese reflections, as w e have not the n ecessary room to d ev e lo p a n y one o f th ese questions as th ey sh ou ld be, i f th e m odifications pro and con w ere p o in ted ou t in detail.

It is to be hoped , how ever, that the friends will find th ese su g g estiv e o f progress, until their exp erien ce , or som e o f our correspon dents more Light on the su b je c t ~

As to L ecturers, w e w ill do all w e can to re­m ind the fraternity o f the w ish es o f our S o u th ­ern friends, as w e desire the sp read o f th e ca in general, and w ish it am on g tho: it com ing, in particular.

B oston , circula- !

w ith a com m endation for th e exam ple set b y our B rother from and to g iv e b is rem arks as ex ten sive a (tion as p o s s ib le ; for m ore good w ill resu lt t o ! the cause o f Sp iritualism b y su ch m od est narra- i tiv es and sensib le exp osition s than th e h ig h est j

fligh ts o f p h ilosophy, for th ey la y bare th e sou l- \ life o f Spiritualism .

the friends to im itate ! I send it in the hand-w riting o f the clergyman I from w hom I received it, and w ilh u u i alteration

"'. s.Singular Phenomenon eel l Jittsji, i.\ fi. If

T his occurred at the h ou se o f M r .-------Driestnear the factory in P ittsfie ld village. It coniinene-

BREVITIES AND VERITIES.Á m an b eco m es w ise upon th at plane up on

w h ich he receives. B y read in g m an b ecom es in ­form ed in the external un derstand in g and m em ory. B y m editation he is unfolded in a m ore interior degree. B y con verse w ith Sp irits he is stim ulated and aroused. I f th ese are evil h e b ecom es subtle and brilliant, b u t n ever tru ly w i s e ; if th e y are un dergoin g vastatlon and b ein g attracted tow ards heaven , lie also is vastated and draw n upw ard with them . B u t sp ir its h ave their lim ita tio n s; every truth th e y im part is m odified b y their ow n ind i­v id u a lity , as the crysta l m u st take the form o f the cup in w h ich it congealed . M oreover, sin ce like is attracted b y like, constant in tercourse w ith Spir­its, u n less m odified b y m ore interior com m union , tends to confirm in m an w h atever pecu liar ity or id iosyn cracy he m a y possess. T h e enthusiast, surrounded b y en th u siastic Spirits, is hurried aw ay in rhapsodies. T h e sam e is true o f th e ration al­ist, the m an o f m ere facts, the son orou s and p lau ­sib le r h e to r ic ia n ; th e y b ecom e m ore and m ore confirm ed in th e ir severa l ten d en cies ; h ence m is­d irected , one-sided or partial in th eir cu lture.— Spirit-in tercourse, w ith o u t du e m odification , in tro­m ission into the Sp irit-w orld w ith o u t prev iou s pre­paration, lik e the fru it o f th e E den-tree, b u t seals and confirm s p rev iou s states.

B u t there is an in fluence, w ith o u t lim itations or im perfections, th at operates in m ostly and qu ickens w ith essentia l life. I t restores th e lost, ren ew s the old, rev iv es th e dead. I t m a y b e com pared in its operation to th a t w h ich in th e hum an organization is ca lled the r is medicatrix r,atura. It raises up the dow n-trodden and opp ressed a m on g tlie native faculties, stren gth en s th e w eak , confirm s th e w a­vering, restrains the turbu lent, com forts the m ournfu l, a ssu ages the irritated, and refreshes the w eary . AYhat in fluence can th is b e b u t th at o f H im w h o m ade and w h o p reserves, w h o w atch es and d efen d s, w h o is ab le to red eem and to save even to th e uttermost? “ AA'hatever God tou ch es lives ;” h is breath k in d les the im m ortal flam e ; his in d w ellin g p resen ce and en com p assin g sp here are su p p ort and balm , bis love th e fou n t o f jo y .

II .T he life o f the b od y is th e sp ir it ; th e life o f the

sp irit is th e s o u l ; the life o f the sou l is th e Lord.

II I .Alan is a tr in ity b ecau se the L ord is ; o th erw ise

be cou ld not be the finite rep resentative and like­n ess o f th e In fin ite . B u t in con sid erin g the th ree­fold natu re o f m an w e m u st d iv est ou rse lves as m u ch as p ossib le o f all ¡deas o f tim e and sp ace .— C onceive c f th e sp irit as diffused on its ow n sp ir ­itual plane and in its outer surface connected w ith (lie b o d y b y the “ nervo-vita l e s s e n c e ” partaking o f the nature of both . For a s m atter and spirit are d iscrete degrees, th e y can onlj- ap p roxim ate b y m ea n s o f an in term ediate. C on ceive o f tlie soul as inter-d iffused upon its ow n em otional p lane th rou gh ou t its un iverse . T h e sp irit is no t only T itb in the b o d y bu t en com p asses it b y its sphereal the blaze bulAkfL lig h t o f a cand le is no t on ly in ÍS not o n ly w ithin as th e h ea t o f th e su n i.

i ed on T h u rsd ay , Jan . 14tli, lPOti, ami r«:itinnC(} several daj\s afterward.

T he fo llow in g are som e o f the facts, related so on

after b y those w ho w ere ev e w itn esses— persons w h ose veracity w as never questioned , and who art w illin g to g ive oath to w hat is here stated.

First, th e door betw een the kitchen and parlor becam e su d d en ly bu ttoned , and w as opened only b y som e persons ge ttin g into the parlor window.— T his w as rep eated severa l tim es. A t length Mr P riest fastened the b u tton back b y driving nails on each side o f it near one end. T h e nails, however w ere soon w ithdraw n b y th e m ysteriou s agency and w ere found on the opp osite side o f the room A gain the nails w ere driven in as before, but were soon d isp laced , one breaking and leaving the point in the door. N a ils w ere driven the third time and rem ained.

F riday w as m ore rem arkable.F irst, a pain o f g lass w as broken in a parlor win­

dow . C lothes, su ch as cloaks, dresses, &c., be­lon gin g to fa c to iy boarders w ere precipitated from tlie n a ils or hook s on w h ich th ey w ere bung, on to the floor and under the b ed ; chairs w ere capsized and som e o f them throw n upon the bed, covei-in» th em se lv es w ith its c loth ing. T h e tick and straw- bed w ere throw n round sid ew a y s, the ends drop, p in g dow n tow ards the floor.

N e x t, the crock ery com m enced breaking up.— P la tes, bow ls, tea-cups and saucers, ail kinds of carthcrn w are w ere seen dashing upon the floor until n early all that w as in tlie house was smashed to p ieces. [I p icked up several o f the p ieces which I preserved for m y cabinet.] K nives and forks w ere throw n upon the floor ju st as Airs. I' wa« abou t to pu t them in th e basket where they were usually kep t. Aleats w h ich had ju st been brought from th e cellar w ere throw n out o f the vessels~in w h ich th e y stood upon the fable, both falling upon the floor and under tlie table. T hus tlie m yste­r iou s ag en cy continued until Alonday followin'- w h en it d isappeared.

Mrs. P riest is a dau gh ter o f Dea. AYm. Hill, of G reat F alls, w h ere th e p a n ic s now reside, and w h ere th e y can be con su lted if an y desire to know farther o f th e p h en om en on . B esid es w hat took place a t P ittsfie ld , so m eth in g o f a sim ilar nature took p lace a t th e hou se o f Dea. H ill while he resid­ed at Strafford, and soon after the P ittsfield affair.

ow ngive

ause w h o lon g for

bad in one sen se

¡lace to n U est L 3-1111 grocer.

N ow this is all sad an d

criticism and exposu re are se ld om " d ad r i d i n g ‘o f m a t joy to any, be the spirit ever ^ kind a n f t h e language ever so delicate that ex ec u te s thi & pleasant d u ty ; but in sob er truth it m , f that the loss w h ich respectab le th eo logy m ^y suffer from tins exp osu re and c o n tr o v e r s y ! } gam to public

. m ay have favored usw ith like requests, that tlic-ir letter another person, in hope o f a

s y — m ay be all m orals and to lerance__

teach all theological critics caution and m o d i f y ! adjudging Sp iritualism , and associating its , [m e

| and m on w ith illfi(lBlity> for lh e o b v ? u f , .

ion o f the m a jo n ty o f m inds will harm onize w ith the follow ing editorial rem arks from the B a y S tate h Inch w e su bm it as the moral o f the subject:-¡ntok-ranc^ t t ,^ t i ^ L T\,.t/J1g,£ er a^ 1 cca ie r n t t’ieo try and<-'ooke in 1 , 1 S a ttacks u p o n tlie Me?,“ *im b U < 3 b y ' j ' f w o u l d be to leran t and ct/ariioi i„ V .cven lo th is m ay be bonest, b u t m ust be“ ir™ 1 , . 1n J ulIcm£r bim //«

’..... ‘ ’ 1 ‘ tr;lnA:c',F deluded. Tbe MeibodHs1 1 1 the U nited States,and quite

b y the

are the large.-t denom ination ö r C h i t l i n '«■•as rernectal.l« „„..7.I

includingroAviiyiyni area lly mil,eves a„ t ^ n o o ïÿ à t" m f ^ c h u " '

Is n o t M idi proceedin;

an y o ther. A nd M r

vas given to m ore srientiGc and

accurate answ er than could b e expected from usA s h ow ever th e tim e has not perm itted o f such an answ er, w e g iv e the follow ing reflectim s as su g ­gestive of, rather than reliable conclusions. =

a n d l m t k e oth i S - d i s t i n c t i o u > b e c a u s e o b s e r v a t io n

t h a t n T Chd i ' ° nW arrantS thIs S eneral truth, that all m edium slnp differs in som e de-wee be thata y h c r e is an obviou s reason Ib r tU s

m the organization o f th e m edium , since i, is now

a i r i n ' that the diffiirwlces «ciallifire organic and constitutional, rather th at acci­

dental or educational.

unffi w e ! 1" fOT the fo m a ti0 n ° f Cl>deS therefore, until w e k n ow v ery m uch m ore o f the m any sc i­en ces that m ay enter in to Spiritual anthropology m u st ,n the nature o f th e case b e e le m e n t a l a !d general, rather than sp ecific and definite.

j S P AYe e x p e ct to be presen t and add ress the fi lends at A erplank P o in t on n e x t Su nd ay.

THE USE OE CONFERENCES.We call the atten tion o f the friends to our'report

o f the conference proceed in gs (in an oth er part o f our issue) o f Friday, the 2 0 th o f A pril. T he m arks o f the sp eak ers o f that even in Iv practical, and

room . S o tlie soul ***** v u u v o i |; a a s c s "1S co-ex ten sive w ilh its ra­

diations. A n d as sou l and spirit are not bou nd b y th e lim itation s o f m aterial objects nor space, each up on k s ow n p lane, is in rapport w ith all w h o are in sim ilar sta tes.

. T h e ProP er attitude o f the b od y is continual ser ­vice and obed ience ; ever p assive and recep tive tow ards the sp ir it , its in d w ellin g w isdom or lo v e - the proper condition o i th e sp ir it is to b e ever open to in flu xes o f love, w h ich is life, from the soul. T he true and norm al attitude o f th e sou l is continual p rayer or recep tiv ity o f life from the Source o f L ife, o f w isd om from the In fin ite AYis- dom , o f b lessin g s in the external from their D iv in e P roceed u re. T h u s th e heart or in m ost is filled and in sp ired , th e m ind en ligh ted qu ick en ed and su sta ined . °

I T .

and th e form

f r n l . î ’ . &d Ä * 2 * £ ™ .. XX».Bat a

rpctJy to such a rc-ulL nmt tim* . , • - .........'•«■nac K'ttus < 1 1

f” - ..... ' • ■ “ Gospel win bein ¡ibOM'nsf ™,3 b

far m ore consistent nn<l pood Avili to rnen,’ than i

w e w ould * ed to or^anl-

iu£s ol A b- course leads di

Ju d gin g both srienrr* ami nhi1ncrml>T~ 1, ° * I ruspectiuiir askr n • ' 1 1 P “ ll°S0 pliY t IlOtvcyCTj j rnake one disbelieve the BiLL»*1 ,ryCtiec*lnrT more calculat

. , ' o f H 'or apostle.«, we incline to th e opi- i , (ian,th” writing ,,f tU " dP°H'L?s‘L»1' «'HSions onrnon, that neither one nor the other ,s favorable Vo C o » " ™ “ “1m fidehty or i,-religion, for the professions o f both are m odest, w hen the true disciple speaks the w i s ­dom and not the folly o f the schools. '

In sh o it It ,.s not theory so m uch as practice that m ak es mjnldity, f,jr b(.forf. the ' ' ‘ 1 '

E ditorN o r f o l k , A'n.

re­g are em inent-

°P eu m ost im portant su ggestion s a» to the objects and teach in gs o f Sp iritualism . T he observauon s o f B rother P u tn am are conceived m the pu rest sp irit o f relig iou s t r u t h - a n d in a condensed f o r m - h e h a s laid bare not o n ly the p h i­losoph y o f Spiritualism , but has g iv en a v ery Rea­sonable so lu tion o f m a n y o f th e d ifficu lties w h ich b eset th is a ll-im portant su bject, not o n ly as regards us, w h o believe th a t sp irits do com m u nicate, bu t as regards the w h o le w orld, n o t o n ly the m inisterial but th e lav portion.

H is observations gave a true exp osition o f the u ,e o f conferences. I f th e observations he has m ade w ere acted upon, then w e sh ou ld have that harm onious fee lin g w h ich tru ly condu ces happiness and w ell-b ein g o f us all.

-lhe th eory— w e m u st not call i truth he propounded

l e t a s God is one so m an is e sse n tia lly a u n ity and m ust, i f obedient, in the com m ation be re­deem ed t h r o u g h o u t ; - f r e e from im p u rity in the affections, from error in th e in te llect, and from cor­ruption m the externa! form . T he k ingdom o f God cannot fu lly com e on earth until earth like heaven , h a s nou ght o f s ic k n e ss or sorrow , bereave­m en t or desolation . T hen the inh ab itants o f our earth m a y also s in g w ith those o f harm onic w orlds, accord ing to th e inspired w ords o f our ow n P o et :

to the

i t ¿aid th a t M r. Cooke intend« J o f Jjlá own "ood Wc* Imnp lie xi-in

™<:b o il ie r ; and m ore 7 ik~e1 ÿand

than b y rep resen ting c m 'u

F o r 1.U own hood we “o " f l ih o u a t ,5“ “ p ^ '

ualism .it is poseiLIi

w ould n o t fave Ü7n friTm tl',ene l C ” lü‘k,r.a te aud to l>’ founded of hypocrisy , b igotry

e th a t iran t course 1

ar to be w ell ‘.. advent o f Spirit-it w as a com m on acknow ledgm ent am om -

the churches, that ml,mis and all k in ds o f instrm m entalities w ere needed to aw aken the m ind to a COliFcmtisne.es o f «in end save . . ’

f f r e m o to ,1„. o f ' r ^ n ’/ " r ^ T r j J « c c iv e d a call toion tiK.’ologirrtlly c-vpri.W il, saj\s the 0j I - u n e n s o f Am erica ‘

and natural reason for all su ch indifference and°" fidelity IS to be found in t b e / V t o f m a n ’s depravity.

to have som e sen se in it, for

, A pril 15th, 1S55.r° F TnE ClmiSTiAN S pir it u a l ist : A’ou

w ould confer a favor on m an y o f the friends oi n r o ^ e ss m th is c ity , h v « ^ J t ^ u .rough yourcolum ns th e fo llow ing inquiries : ~ I. - - - — a — » e m u st not call it a th eory but

1st. W h a t is the b est w a y to proceed in formin'- I ™ d n su ch as could be re-

k i ! l oSf U b ,T t d th6 P h en om en a; th°c ! on ly , but

quisite to succeed?2d. D o es the Afedium rap, or i

ed through in v isib le m eans? d. In w h at m anner 1:

the Spiritual p h en om en a; the L -lio le Church.the nu m b er o f operators re-

T . - — b y theu .-w s l „ i i , Inier&res w ‘tli no sectarian

i C .' f n s t0 -solt;en th o se ja rr in g crudi-

¡s the (able s o u n d - ! I " ! d ‘ , 7 ! ' S° m eU,aeS W ith ou ti e " ° dl' h A into this a ll-im nortant sn h iorf w

“ W e_clirmge to angels by degrees ;\V e rise lo heaven but not by dyine ;

M e cross no dark tumultuous seas. ”A e leave no form in grave-yard lying;

M C change , unfolding through our love? ’An inner form of purer essence,

I util w e rise to H e a i e n above,Ami worship in our Fa ther 's p resence ."

A*.T he b o d y is to th e sp irit as the hard and brittle

rock to the b righ t d u ctile silver, and th is to the sou l as the b eau tifu lly -w rou gh t and ch ased vesse ls o f th a t m etal to fluid gold . To b e tru ly m an one m u st rise above the tw o low er p lan es and liv e in the h igh est. _ A laterialism is s la v ery to sen se , mere Apintuahsm is indeed a n ob ler life than th e form er as th e caterpillar is above the ' ’

PRESCIENCE OE THE SPIRIT IMPLIED IN THE FORESIGHT -OE MI D.

T he Spirit s its as the arb itress id' the reason of man, it looks out through the m edia o f a thousand visions, and sp eak s through as m any anparentlr in com p reh en sib le in te lligen cies. It lias a voice for every volition, and an interpreting fur every volun­tary en ergy , that opens the lip s o f nature with a ch im e o f ocean or a chaun t o f air. It is busv in the m ost m inute delails o f being, and it enters the dom ain o f perception and m em ory, m aking a joy o r a sorrow o f th e p ast or present, and quickening the sen tien t sta tes o f the sou l Into th e ascendency o f inspiration.

It is ea sy to com prehend how God, w ho is a Spi­rit, can o ccu p y all places w ith iiis ex isten ce , and if man b e a part o f th is universal intelligence, his en erg izin g to life th is irresistib le evidence of a

the un iverse , is no t m ore wonderful. In all’ opera­tions o f m atter, h o w ev er m inute, in tlie growth of a m ig h ty forest, and in the blade o f g w s , as. pect o f the C reator is obtained. IK-ivT too ’ is luan m fam iliar in tercourse w ith his -Maker, and it is'a good illustration o f soul and b od y aether together. The reason o f m an is set at w ork, e x p la in ! - the’ operation o f the w ill o f God in h is production. lie su bjects to ru les o f sc ien tific analovv the boundle« life and creation o f the hills, j.LwTns and valleys' Under the e y e o f the great task-m aster, he lightens the o b scu r ity th a t h u n g around the worthless w eed s th at are so soon to perish , and all at once th ey p o ssess w onderfu l attrib utes. The mode=t little flow er that veils its face in the darkness shuts its p early gate at the approach o f evening, cloved w ith its ow n perfum e, and langu ish ing“ for'the lig h t; m n v h a s m arvellous faculties.

Our Sp irits loose their ub iqu ity , because thev do- not a lw ays and invariab ly recoui.izc tho action of one in fin ite ly grea ter; this even is alm ost impos­sible, b ecau se its barriers are so im passible, and the region so w id e com pared to the allotted sphere o f hu m an com prehension , that w e cannot dear up and exp la in th e v isib le w an t o f harm ony in the outw ard stam p o f life to the inw ard signs o f the Spirit. I f a n y angu ish (ill the breast, w hatever be the d ecree o f H eaven , w e on ly sec the action, and cherish th e w retch ed n ess o f the im age rather than the order o f th a t Sp irit that balances the th ings of life and tim e. H e w ho raises altars, or lets fall a m artyr g iv es a scen d a n cy to the sam e dominion w h ich our Sp irits fail to recognize as immutable. L pbam h as fe lic itiou sly illustrated the prescience or foresigh t o f the Spirit. “ A m an proposes " he sa y s , “ to g o to B oston or N e w Y ork, or som eother place o f com m on resort, no m atter w h ere, for tlie purpose o f transacting b u sin ess there. The cution o f a design o f this

ie exe- nalu re , aìLhough ii is

m oro sim ple , im plies tlie

a craw ling

w h ich to understand the

f in s assertionit is a com m on observation well educated and ink-H knowlei and kec ns pos-Jhle; ;lt d e f ie s until all k in d s’ 0 f

THE CAUSE; IN BOSTON.:dly w e received a ^UI1 LU

1 the iilcasure r,r ■ 3nd accordinSh- w e had , e , k j..ure o f see in g som e o f our friends, and

eon on S u nd ay after-

is th e a lph abet form ed by j dansw ers b y the raj,:

i-ists tie:

m- j sp eak in g to them at (he Afelod

cognizew here

that sc ien tific and ?e t |t m en and wom en, ac-

l.ge the d a u n s o f religion w ith reluctance P aw ay from church associations as m uch

they do not jo in those so-

m achinerv , , , • aS'm<des are m oved, and

the,onsso^ sualism , how ever, b! ^ ^ 1 ^“ cam e, saw , arid conquer-d ’

noon and evenin

A\ e could not spare the tim e to m ake the neces- m y mqm ne.s a s t0 progress in gen era l; but the m ost com m on-place observer could not fail to re­

thick sig n s o f fileth e• i • - - tim es that every-m d.cated the m ental activ ity and general

e x e te m e n o f the B oston ians. NoR can w e now stop to m ake nolo o f (J - no v

. 4 th - W h Y is m the reported' m anlf'"“ , I Ul° S° U'tions a t the N orth , that the light h a s to bR i t / ' 1 ‘<J brcathcd n 'to( " “ 1 1 *>« phenom ena ^- any here on that account su pp ose it all a trick and cannot understand w h y the manifestations cannot occur as w ell in the broad g lo w o f IKht

Our peop le have taken m uch in terest in the Sni- ritual phenom ena now transpirin

• • I' C - . ! l U t i l , .(HCl"i. ;1 Spn-ituaU m affords that un dou bted .

egg , th ou gh still but - t worm ; b u t the h ig h est is a life in the inm ost or love-elem ent. T hen m an, like the insect

w in g s and soars tow h olly freed, sp reads bright heaven .

th Sleepy in so c ie ty and thé v i-m R u w ! ! d trn forccs t!lat i,ave been andr , i i -, m • grum blers in and outo f the pulpits, that in m o ste a se s the w hole thin

. le e lem en ts that cause thise x e te m e n t, m ore than to sa y , there seem s to be

Oirethcr m any phases o f thought, w h ich

A m o n g the nio- are workin

hke C æ sar : for y ea rs have been estranged

sp i-

o f the country, and a capable" l e d “ ? ™ ! d .um w ho w ould v isit us, w ou ld no doubt find i t 1 not on ly profitable to him self, bu t a great help to th e cause o f progress and reform. Our pop u la­tion is nearly tw en ty thousand, and w e have y e t had a lecturer o f the kind w ould draw full hou ses, and

all-im portant subject, h e has the m ere surface truth, and in­

evi-im m ortality , then there is a

every religious faith andr U h t e R u f ’ n; C. T i b ’ b ecau se o f h is kdk'f,' ]ive S o c iety is well called the ^ - p o l i t i c - w hen s-in f - ° ^ ’ 5°nr " 1Cn m an 'S tr u ,r convinced o f tho y0U n° and I^ a n t ¡t is a g lo rv and a defencR-a s im m ortality , he will be rendered m ore a live to " h:in and d ecrepid a burden and hind™ ’ the im portance o f the life to com e than b y the pow er ' f ngtb . lik e slough , it is ^ !

difficult to m ention one

| pu ttin g iorth o f hu nd reds and thou san ds o f voli­tions. A n d it is un d ou b ted ly tlie fact, that the ob­

je c t in v iew cannot lw effected w ithou t a vast num­ber o f volitions. A nd y e t , we perceive th is persongoes io iu a r d w ith confidence, and that he makes h is calculation wit I,out fear, and w ith tlie teehng o f certa in ty , that he will be aid th e m .”

greatest to execute

T I.

c.f belief, and die a

never am on g us. H e

„ P , , ■ increase the num bero f p ro se ly tes rap.dly. AYe ask y o u then, sir, to use y o u r influence m inducing som e su itable lecturer to pay us a v isit as early as possible. The

l h e th in gs o f th is w orld w ill fade w a y ; the brief span o f life com pared w ith

th e eternity o f the life to com e, w ill s in k ffito i n s t i cane«, and m an w ill k n ow that th e w orld ’s

goods are not garnered for th e life• t „ , - - — --w to com e, for thpriches o f the earth m u st rem ain w ith the

is vital w ithin. ca st forth hj’ all that

_W1 , . , B ut l f m an is new -born and re­c lo th ed in the heavens, so c ie ty on earth , b y analo g y , m u st have its paling enefa and th e L o in ’s pray er have its entire fulfilm ent. S E 3

earth, and- - , , , Can onIY bo carried aw ay are theim perishable r iches o f the m in d - w h ic h are fade!

the riches w hich im perishable rie less and eternal.

this state o f th in -? S

understood b y them on ly , w h en th,- the depravity o f man and h is consequent tion for in fidelity and irrcligion.

[=y rem em ber IIs : em inent stand.

i h r i t u a l i s m m u s t t a p e a n ! t h e f inefor j passage to N orfolk is on ly $S from

l h e use o f conferences is to tell our exp erien ces to lay bare the theories w e have formed^ that b y

nrire , ,com m ent ™ m ay receive instruction 3price o f j m the interior

o f this assertion, the fact thatI f there w as an y doubt o f the truth ! board here and other

steam ers Jam estow n and R oanokeTour c ity b y life.

predilec- j Prom inent m inist’ers o f B oston h a T c r a d L S i d “ “ 1

" SPInt'fh s m , and consider it worthy of lL.IU , would be sufficient proof. The Rev. Dr.

In order, therefore, to correct this lo n g -s ta n d in g !^ Sp^ alRsm'_anj ] ^s¡d¡l)YlloHhy7rrerí0

ex p en ses quite m oderate.__

and realizerecesses o f th e soul the true end o f

a nd ■, • v facts w ith w h ich Air. P utnam illustrated and ¡ lu s position are both startlin g and co n v in c in g ; an d

w e do feel that su ch facts as he related, especia llySend u s a good reliable m edium and lecturer.

M a n y F r i e s -1st. T he “ b est w a y to form a Circle ” i , u I T * LU— u e u v e n e s oi m ysteriou s le t

a n e q u a ln u m b e r o f both sex es, th e U m b e r

w h en aided b y perceptive experien ce , does m ore for ' 1 he C3T than a1' * e de liver ies o f m ysteriou s

STARTLING MANIFESTATIONS IN

com m unication w h ich accom p anies

| o d in n>y han ds a sh ort tim e sin ce , b y a v e r r re

T m t n Í i C’erffJT o f the Free AYill B aptist de- ,v b; recen t,y a resid en t in th is county , w ho

it reía les56 ^ t h e ™ ' WÍtnMS o f o f vvlmt y ea rs a có AS th 1° ccu rrence took p lace severa l L v n / f ’ T the DeW th eory w h ich y o u r paper advocates w as k n ow n , I have supposed th at y o u

>g t deem it o f sufficient in terest place m the co lu m ns o f the CALIST.”

N o w these volitions are n oth in g but th e e v es of the S p m t look in g into futuritv ami fathom in'- all 'ts h eigh ts and depth s. T he operation r e e m s \.„ . fire]}’ involuntary, and w e frequently pause beneath the influence, though the c la im s o f interest and flu ty furnish the m otive for confidence. The fore­k n ow led ge w hich the Sp irit has acquired is not w ithou t its preJictions, that there is another re­fiance higher than its ow n prom ptings and resolves, although the m ere hum an pi in tlf ,,s ^ mrn theth ou gh , o f calam ity or o f dread. R esp ect for these ...w ard adm onitions greatly m odify oven involun-

1 8 3 6 ^ e ' C" a:i lifL' ,K ¡“ voluntary, so are1 8 3 6 . I m ost o f ,ts m inor su g g estio n s

say> that the j hum an race— w ith th is, w as plnc-

T .. .................. . prom ptingis it at all incom patib le w ith (he d e si "

to g iv e it a Christian Spirit-

subjectfor £ £ £ 1 K L t ™ ^ R isp o se of it.imas you

tiny o f the. their stren gth am i w isdom —

' th their a scen d an cy in v i r t u e - w h h their sacred religious affections and high m ental developm ents, to call into ex isten ce a h igh er relation ami pow er of

e ^ p in t . To g ive a langu age and solution to em o mn as m ystical!}- engraven upon the tab lets o f

e “ P in t as those engraved upon the celestial es erected before the gaze o f the prophet o f

mai, and w h ich w ere burdened w ith the thought o M agnified as this m a y appear, it is only

breaking loose from the thraldom o f the body and m em bers, an d asserting th e la w o f Sp irit over the mere y external ob jects and influences. I t is sim-

ply giving the soul that antecedent and separate evisteure here which we claim for it hereafter, and endowin'' iU sentient principle w ith the force and nature to which it is u ltim ately designated in the unseen land.

The <t v of delusion raised by those whose baffled hates them for investigation, does

relations which the all-w ise has and light, and w hose w ays replete moot In- explained everyw here and In the tin!-- o f tiie apostle Paul, ¿he oppo-ers o f religion objected to. doctrine o f the resurrection

m ake ou t h o w th ey can live so w ell on so little ! w h ich are to purify G od’s h o ly tem ple, and to g ive I table opposite to each other, and an empty chair had been salary 1 j peace to the inh abitants o f the earth. D ou b t no ! P!aced on one slde o f ^ table- Whilst 1 was engaged in

- a c a c i ty uv ' i ipern o t e n f . - e b ! • i h . -

kindled into life with ii:y-k c; to 1 -v e rv b -i i i . snv; l-'tiham. “ j,articulai ¡y Inali the 'load, o nous, iiioxidioal. n.n-idor rid the : that tl.c .-. d. ol­iti mo ground, ti ì-uv tu the co 'ino

I f one w ould se lec t a friend w ith whom to open h is secret jo y s and sorrow s, w ould he not choose him w hose heart w as softened b y the sensib le p re­sence o f guardian sp irits w hom he feared to grieve? W h o w ould not choose such a wife as cherished love as a princip le ever-during as it is sacred, and destined to expand in th e bright fields o f spirit ex istence. Souls wedded su ch as hese, w ould let no earth ly anim osity sever so

bright a chain. IIow happy the m other w ho, w hen she had laid the earth ly form o f her loved

,, . „ ■ . i, i corivinc a communication I had received, my attention waam ore the com ing o f the M illenium to all su ch a s- , , , . , , . . . . .attracted to the chair bv hearma a sound, iiul-h 1 saiv it

uot o f its being so mysto-! one in the grave, could, with the tearless eyes offaith, see It put 00 its viewless presence, to be with her still, and with unseen lips, whisper into her heart again the words of heaven’s love, as it did that of earth! Floiirant.

!c and wonderful, but they did not i;.o-t!e rem inded them ol the fact,

Un- c-iiiVi-i .-son o f tiie Seed sow n U.! ; i.-itiL' into a plant, to fulfil a inv of n atin e was no less wonder-

lu l ." 'I h e m in d th e n , t h a t p e n e t r a t e s t h e c a u s e o f one , m a s t ' r s th e o t h e r , w h ic h S w e d e n b o r g h a s

i - iu is im u n a te d to . .u c h a d e g r e e , a s to d iv e s t t h ewhole o f m y m o c.

■ nioi.y with hi- creation or w ith earth, i-Apo-iti-iii o f the doctrine o f pow er

nee. How do wc secure this superin- -siiiiiiation to the divine presence ? that lie wiil take com passion on

< toil in lin f: a faithful and dependí

' lotice, o u i i. •e do we ivin

us and act in our behalf? Are the signs, not v is­um- enough in the lives o f thousands o f his elec t;"ri.' Are not invents w h ispering from tile softest i:pc, and iuvsk ing in tmi.-ie upon tin* soul, giving . ni-i-r ami solace am idst fever and s tr ife to o d e - -.li ittnc for ivtiieniljr.inci-? W ho can sit alone in tiie s;:vni-r arc! darkness o f m id-night, w hen all lc,t tie' plaint o f tiie .Spirit is hushed, and not feel a reiiii/.ntion that the infinite Spirit presides with him: Starting up in t'ne gioom , Hashes o f an earth­ly l i g h t break upon every faculty , and the soul Is pis -dpitatud into a .-plicre w here it is destined to . "inpielc tl.c m ule cg -la cy it has ordained for it-

il.A- ail exp

tain it, tin- n i v ! tc I. 1l i .jo'Va r ; tin- wealth o f church incorporations are ¡¡"i iiers. It do,-:; not m anifest itse lf am id the ino'lUing iiilliii-tuvs o f sacerdotal pom p or the tro- j.11'■ - 'o f splendor. A few hum an beings gatherin'" a eit el.-, a ml sum m on the aid and counsel o f tin-invisible cr-ation , and yield to those inclina­tion-: e. liieii wvar m ost strongly under the im press i-f the A lm ighty hand. It str ik in g ly recalls the pa-: of elghti eii hundred years, w hen the small build "f me.'!, railed prim itive Christians, m et in tin i aril morning', b e f o r e a ray o f ligh t aw oke the world, I" recite a prayer and m ake a vow o f a holy ¡It. . There Hie ih ou xu id s w ho feel that som e m o­le r.i, some | erio'l o f ex isten ce , m ust he given to' ici'ed tiling's o f life, although th ey do not fol-

W"iid inm akin g the otiei ing. b e t not per­il i.xtingui.-h their revelations, for Clod has tv to ever)' soul that needs it.

[ Far t lv lliri-tl.tn Spiritmili-t.]v i: i . i k k w i s ì :.”HI a 1111 n - o l \ \ o r b i ,

U i l l se l e n i i l \ i le I i r e ,t lUi i ii t ' .

' . S i l i , ; ! I . i i l i i ,

III I , o b e s i n u m e ,

e , w i i e n 1 tu n i c i 11 s u f

i l i i l n I h v m i m i .

. . e s l t r m c d , t h a t o f c h u r c h g o v e r n m e n t s ; w h i c h h a v eions n e c e s s a r y fo r C l a i r v o y a n c e . feucu p e r s o n s go , . . . .. r , . t , , .• * 1 “ ! kep t in aw e, cau sin g prating fools to b e kept ino a C lairvoyant intending lo m ake the case as riif- |

;it, with tiie w iv of r«od to sus a f l Spirit tialistii is w orthy ol" a : supported Ity nu organization ol í

li.• ih 'llîi'i

W t i f l l \ o l i

li.’U i. ! ÍÍ. il. V. il I

A m i f r u i i Di* 11 kt ' U I ~

S |,:,!i I l sxi

Turn* i -O l lin

,i Sin rit Iiv«' w Uhm,I L i m i .

P irs h is (h r «-as, when* S p ir it d w e lls —Jls uiUi. d..M w m .:- ¡.» try .

And g lo rious su n s trum ra r l l i to h oav ’n ,T im brigh t i .

M a tte r w as n o t, the S p ir it a ll P eop led the v .u ts ot s p a r e ,

A nd l i e desitrn*d o th e rs s h o u ld s h a re ,A rv u inu luU ve a r;m**».

’[’he S p ir .i 11 \ i 'd aloj*- an d e x h a la tio n s ca m e ,The j 1 1 v vt if sw e a t e x h a lin g ,And th ro u g h o u t .spare prevailin '» ,

In floods o f lire h k e ikunr.(.'haos then «•xisliin: fo rm less,

And n m iu 'ii, m aU er te n d in ’.», '' F m m has Irm a m otion grow n.

M**ti<-n o f in;,Tier is no p a rt .N o r m a tte r lio n i th e lim i,

Hut it w as in to h*hii-.f di'ivoii,A nd h \ <md*s ow n p o w e r is n u rs e d ,

T h e t r e a t has th e Ions, ft th e g rea t H ad n e v e r ye t w ith in ,

¡Spirit is given hv (dud's own pow ’r T he highest place to win.

Do y e l ik e w ise . Do \ e the good . S u g g e s te d h \ y o u r gu ide .

l lo - y ; 1 th e good th a t y e w o u ld do—If (»oil w ere b\* y o u r s id e ,

F o r he is th e re and e v e ry w h e re A ffined w ith e w v so u l.

A nd m anifest. w hen tlesh has notO 'e r S p ir it th e co n tro l. •

K now S p ir it w as tin* first am i m a tte r ca m e T h ro u g h h o d 's ow n S p ir it p o w ’r.

T h a t m a tte r to S p ir it w as n e v e r su b lim ed Sim a* e \ e n t im e ’s lirst h o u r—

' M a tte r is o n e , and S p ir it oiu*,' K a rh w ith i t s e lf a g re e s—S p ir i t it is the h u m a n so u l. •

A nd m a tte r al! m an -ee s .

X o ridd le th is — It is a tru th W h ic h Well w e re d w e lt up o n ,

' F o r iru '•concep tion in th is s ta te A la bo r'd c m iise has w o n ,

A iau in th is s ta te m a \ le a rn a n d k n o w ,F or le a rn he m ust «-re he*

A pproach tic- th ro n e w h ere (»oil is kn o w n Il> hi*: ad m it \ .

A T H O U G H T . '

I.i t thn.-:e w ho ask wluit good Spiritualism can <i", a-Iv thc-m -elves what woultl lie the effect upon tic- woviil. if every man and wom an in it w ere to l ; i n tin' pi-rpctual con sciou sn ess o f tiie pre-

i*■ i n iie in gs w lio w ere observant o f ;, siootion and purpose o f the hum an our hrrirls are tliu s transparent to

", if fv.-c except sp irits o f the low er 0

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I N D E P E N D E N T C L A IR V O Y A N C E .M r . E d it o r ; Som e th ings have oecurred since I

wrote you com m ending Mrs. i ’ialt's (iiaii vr.yance, which seem to require a few v .r.ls o f explanation as to w hat I m ean b y ‘‘ Independent C lairvoyance,” and w h at is necessary to secure the advantage o f it. I find there are som e w h o think that T mean that th ey can go to Mrs. P latt or another with som e close test questions, and be sure that the Clairvoyant will see all the truth that pertains to the subject, even thou gh th ey la th e r prefer that she should fail, or at least have no higher w ish for her su ccess than flows from the m ost ep h em e­ral curiosity , and do not aiTord any o f the condi­tions _ _to a C lairvoyant in tending to m ake the case as d ficult as possible, and ex p ect her to root out the m ost inveterate prejudice in a s in g le sitting.

X ow , I have no sy m p a th y at all w ith th is class o f m inds, and I do not consider it m uch o f a m is­fortune if such are disappointed. B u t w hat I mean is, that i f one w ho h as a friend suffering se ­rious ph ysica l m alady, will go to Airs. P la tt w ith the s.-un;- degree o f candor and hope that they won:.! consu lt an em inent physician , th ey will have a prom pt and w onderful e lucidation of the disease and valuable aid g iven to secure a recover}'.

Or if one longs for a b etter know ledge .o f Spirit­ual relations, and earn estly desires to understand the fact or the m ode o f Spiritual com m unications, they will find reliable aid in Mrs. P latt. C lairvoy­ance is the legitim ate use o f som e o f the highest Spiritual faculties. L ike all the pow ers o f the h u ­man soul, the m ost u n w orth y and d ou b tin g may have som e advantage o f it. B u t none can know the full pow er o f the C lairvoyant, or the value o f this faculty, until th ey have so far investigated , as to address a C lairvoyant w ith the sam e candor th ey w ould a physician . A good C lairvoyant will see a nu-t artless (here is som e obstacle. B u t i f one re­quires hint to sp en d his best pow ers in hunting up the house in w hich the patient resides— in exam in ­ing organs not affected— or in ascertain ing w hether the patien t has blue e y e s or grey , or som e facts equally unim portant, he cannot secure the b est aid possible from th is faculty.

I cannot close w ithou t say in g that those w ho rely on a C lairvoyant to prescribe for disease, m ust rem em ber that in exam in in g for disease, th ey look at facts, and if clairvoyant, (clear-seeing,) the}- can tell the condition o f organs, but the prescription for disease is a matter of judgment, and not the e x ­am ination o f a fact, and is o f course m ore difficult than to find the disease, and the m atter should be continually follow ed up ju s t as if in the case o f a ph ysician .

I m ake these exp lanations from a sincere desire to aid in h avin g the facu lty m ade m ore valuable to the hum an fam ily. A nd if C lairvoyants w ill s e ­cure proper inagnetizers, freedom from dom estic cares, and from all other obstacles th ey w ill be able to afford aid and com fort to su ch as go w illing to put them in p ossession o f the facts th e y know , in order that th ey m ay secure the m ost aid in a s­certain ing facts obscure and un intellig ib le . A nd I k n ow o f no one better able to give that aid than the person nam ed. O. II. W ellington', M- 15-

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are w illing to he taught b y the Spirit, w h ich is no other than God h im se lf— the M igh ty M aker o f H eaven and Earth. In the bosom o f God the F a ­ther are all those w h ose earth ly bod ies are now m ouldering hack to du st. B u t th e y p ossess their ow n individuality, and through th is Spirit-pow er now sp eak to us, assuring u s o f m an’s im m ortality, and that w e are the brethren o f angels and o f the Spirits o f just m en m ade p e r fec te lem en ts o f d iscord w ou ld soon close through th m inistration o f the Spirits, and all m ankind, b y a culture o f the Spirit w ith in , learn to appreciate the truth. T he m essages o f love and w isdom now flow ing from H eaven through th is unfold ing o f those m ysteries w hich arc now revealed b y H im that s its upon the throne. B u t let all Spiritualists bew are— rem em bering that there is a Chosen One, to w hom all dom inion is g iven , both on earth and in heaven.

“W h at is the use o f Spiritualism ?” sa y people o f all ranks and associations o f m en. “ W h at is the use o f Spiritualism 5” sa y s the tim e-honored cler­gym an , w h o b y h is e loquent and sm ooth array o f w ords, su its w ell the carnal w ish es o f h is hearers w ho go aw ay after serm on, say in g that w as a good discourse, lauding the m inister according to their various capacities. T he m inister and h is fo llow ­ers cry out— “ L et us kill th is Sp iritualism ; it is som eth ing w ith w h ich w e have no fellow sh ip ; it is defirueli-rc to tt hat vre hold tllC m ost Illgllly

silence for fear o f excom m unication from our hono­rable ranks.” L et u.=, say they , “ both b y w o r d and deed, stone this Spiritualism to death, for we are able. H ave not the m inds o f m en hitherto been kept in obed ience to our w ishes? Shall we now give up to this Spiritualism , and ow n our­se lv es w eak m en ? N o ; w e will call together our forces, and m ake Spiritualists retreat w ith the fury o f our opposition. T he pow er is vested in us to w ield the m inds o f m en, and w e w ill shape them as we please. T his vast dom inion, over sea and land, w herever hum an beings h ave found a place, is ours.” A nd thus said N ebuchadnezzar— “ Is not this great B abylon , that I have bu ilt for the bouse o f the kingdom b y the m ight o f m y pow er, and for the honor o f m y m ajesty ?” L et all read the Lth and 5th chapters o f D aniel. T h ese sh ow the pow ers o f Spiritualism to the hum bling o f the m igh ty in their ow n conceit.

T he Bible is a book o f Spiritualism , and g ives us m any exam ples of its use and abuse, through the m inistration o f the Spirit. A nd all m ankind m ust be ju d ged b y th is Spiritualism . Sp iritualists, w ith one voice, say , “ T he use o f this pow er is to per­fect all th ings in earth and in heaven .” A n d thus saith the Spirit, “ B ehold ! I create a n ew heaven and a n ew earth, w herein dw elleth righteousness. H ere the serpent o f d eceit that beguiles the people, bringing upon them unutterable woe, shall be found no m ore. H ere all tears are w iped aw ay, for pain and death are destroyed .” T he former th ings have passed aw ay, and all are in the en joy­m ent o f that lib erty w hich un ites the h u m -* runny in one great brotherhood, few sp ir it is all in all.

C. H . S h e p a r d , M edium.Spencer, Tioga Co., A . I . , April 9, 1855.

w a s in m o tio n . S u p p o s in g 1 k n e w th e S p ir i t w ho \v;ts m a k in g th e m a n ife s ta t io n , I a s k e d i f i t w as so , w h e n the c h a ir w as ra ise d a n d a re sp o n se m a d e by its s tr ik in g the floor th re e tim es . T h e S p ir i t w h e n in th e flesh h ad a c c e p t­e d S p ir itu a lism a s b e lie f . I a s k e d i f it h ad a n y c a u s e to reg re t th a t b e l i e f ; th e a n s w e r w a s “ X o .” I th e n a s k e d , had I b e t te r p u rsu e it a s a n in v e s t ig a t io n ; a n s w e r , “ Y e s .” I th e n a s k e d , w o u ld th e w o rld be b e n e fited by S p ir itu a lism a n d w h e th e r a g en e ra l b en e fit to th e w orld w o u ld e n s u e

O h ! t h a t t h e } from th e e x p o s itio n o f th e S p ir i tu a l p h ilo so p h y , a n d a n u m ­b e r o f o th e r q u e s tio n s , to a ll o f w h ic h I re c e iv e d s a tis fa c ­to ry a n d se n s ib le a n s w e rs . D u rin g th e t im e th is c o n tin u e d , I w a tc h e d n a rro w ly a ll ab o u t, n e i th e r m y s e l f n o r th e m e­d iu m w e re w ith in se v e ra l fe e t o f th e ch a ir . W h e n I had e x h a u s te d a ll m y q u e s tio n s to w h ic h y e s o r no co u ld be a n s w e re d , I th a n k e d th e S p ir i t an d th e n th e c h a ir w as q u ie t . N o w th is is a c a s e w h ic h co u ld n o t be a c c o u n te d for by th e th eo ry o f th e m e n ta l a c tio n o f m y m in d o r th a t o f th e m e d iu m ,— an d I m u s t th e re fo re s a y , th a t th e a c tiv ity o f su c h an in e r t m a ss w as a m o s t c o n v in c in g p ro o f o f S p i­r i tu a l a c tio n .

I t is freq u en tly s a id th is is a lo w a n d m e an m ode for S p ir it s to adop t. I t is c o n v in c in g , a n d w e s h o u ld be g lad o f a n y m e a n s w h ich g ives u s th e p ro o f th a t S p ir i t s c a n an d do c o m m u n ic a te , an d a re d e s iro u s to g ive to u s th e ir m e s ­sag es o f love.

O n a n o th e r e v e n in g I v is ite d a c irc le w h e re th e re w e re s e v e ra l m ed iu m s, o n e o f w h o m w as a c la irv o y a n t. S h e d e sc r ib e d a S p ir i t w h o s a id “ S a ra h D u n n h as to ld m e by v is it in g th is c irc le I s h o u ld g e t a n o p p o rtu n ity o f co n v e y in g a m e ssag e to a fr ien d in M a in e .” I v o lu n te e re d to ta k e d o w n a n 3 ' m e ssag e a n d w o u ld s e n d i t to its d e s tin a tio n . A m e ssag e w a s th e n g iv e n d ire c te d to a g e n tle m a n in te n d e d to com fo rt h im , b id d in g h im . n o t to gri«vi».for h e r . £*».**1 ** w as a liv e , and th a t i f lie c o n t in u e d so to m o u rn fo r h e r, an in ju ry to h is h e a lth w o u ld be th e re s u lt . S h e s a id h e r nam e w as ** L iz z i e ,” an d re fu se d to g ive h e r o th e r n am e . T h e m e ssag e w as d ire c te d to W illia m C ro w ie , W h ite f ie ld , M a in e ; th a t h is fa th e r w a s M a jo r C ro w ie , to w hom it w o u ld be b e t te r to d ire c t th e le tte r , a s W illia m w a s a y o u n g m a n , a n d th e re fo re th e le t te r w o u ld be m ore c e r ta in to a r ­rive i f so d ire c te d . F ro m w h a t sh e s a id i t a p p e a re d sh e had d ie d u n e x p e c te d ly . I d id n o t k n o w s u c h a n am e or s u c h a to w n , an d on in q u iry found ev e ry o th e r p e rso n in the c irc le vv;is e q u a lly ig n o ra n t. A fte r a few d ay s I p re p a re d a le t te r a n d d ire c te d it as above , w ith th e co n v ic tio n th a t th e re w a s .n o su c h p la c e o r p e rso n , a s I h ad m a d e in q u iry b u t cou ld not le a rn o f th e e x is te n c e o f s u c h a p la ce . T h e le t te r w as s e n t, an d in th e c o u rse o f a w e e k I r e c e iv e d an a n s w e r con firm ing th e s ta te m e n ts , a n d from M r. C row ie .— i th e n ie a rn t W h i te f ie ld in M a in e w a s 150 m ile s from B os­to n , th e p la c e w h e re th e c irc le h ad b ee n held .

L a s t D e c e m b e r an d in th e e a rly p a r t o f J a n u a ry , m y se lf a n d w ife w e re tro u b le d w ith co u g h s , for w h ic h w e to o k the u s u a l rem ed ie s . A fte r w e h ad su ffe red fo r th re e o r fou r w e e k s , a m ed ium w ho liv e s in S o m e rv ille , five m ile s from R o x b u ry , w as d ire c te d to p ro c u re s e v e ra l in g re d ie n ts an d h av e th e m com pounded in to m e d ic in e s . T h e S p ir i t w ho d ire c te d th is to he d o n e s a id he w a s k n o w n as N a t t y P u t ­m a n , h u t his n am e w as n o t P u t n a m , a n d th a t th e m e d ic in e w as for h is fa th e r an d m o th er, M r. a n d M rs, P u tn a m , b u t th e y w e re n o t h is p a re n ts . T h e d ire c tio n s o f th e S p ir i t w e re a tte n d e d to , h u t th e m e d iu m w as ig n o ra n t to w hom the m e d ic in e w a s to b e co n v e y ed . A few d ay s a f te rw a rd s sh e w a s in B o s to n w h en s h e m e n tio n e d th e c irc u m s ta n c e to a lad}', w ho s a id th e d e s c r ip tio n c o r re sp o n d e d w ith my*

e l f and w ife , and th e m e d iu m w a s ad v ise d to com e to us. T h is sh e d ec lin ed to do b e in g a s tra n g e r. S h o rtly a f te r ­w ard s the la d y sa w m e an d to ld m e th e c i r c u m s ta n c e , and ad v ise d my going to th e m e d iu m , th is I d e c lin e d d o in g , she bi-imr a s tran

[F o r the C hristian S p ir itn a lis t]

WHAT IS THE USE OF SPIRITUALISM?T his is a question w h ich h as agitated the m inds

o f the people since the days o f A dam . W e read that A dam and E re w ere d iscontented w ith Spirit­ualism , or rather th e com m ands o f the Spirit, and consequently partook o f the forbidden fruit o f T im e and S en se— su bjecting th em selves to death rather than enjoy an eternal paradise. U n der the im m ediate supervision of the Spirit, Cain and A bel m ade their offerings to the Spirit. A b el w as sp i­ritual, hence his offering w as accepted . Cain w as sensual and selfish , h ence h is offering could not be accepted . E n v y arose, w h ich caused hatred, and h e slew h is brother. A bel w as the first m artyr to Spiritualism .

T im e sped on, and those in w hom the sp iritual predom inated, cam e to en ligh ten and b less the children o f earth b y their superior ex a m p les— b y an exce llen ce o f life w h ich em anated from the Spirit. B u t in the m idst o f the heathen w orld to w hat trials' w ere th ey su bjected; for th e w orsh ippers o f Baal could see no use In Spiritualism , and the Spiritualists w ere so ann oying to them in their pursuit o f w orldly honors or s e lf aggrandizem ent, that th ey sou gh t to destroy them in various w ays. T he Scriptures g ive us a narrative o f the various m eans w hich w ere resorted to for the purpose o f destroy ing Spiritualists. The B abylon ian s were ancien tly the sam e as th e y are now . The ancien t city o f B abylon , w ith its m agnificent flow ery gar­dens and all its m arvellous outw ard adornm ents, w as a true type o f the children o f this world, w ho deligh t only in that w hich addresses itse lf to the

I.,- ,.| ill, n b e in gs w h o w ere on servant oi material senses. H en ce m aterialism is their God,IV iho 'ieb t, em otion am i purpose o f the hum an and all the God th ey know . T he sp irit w ithin,

ill'- 'IhM our hearts are thus transparent to w h ich proceeds from the Father, lies dorm ant,sq.irii ; is tn;", if f w except sp irits o f the low er sleep ing the sleep or death until it shall be calledord. r — ii-e v l ead our thoughts w ith d ifficu lty.) into action b y God in Christ.M o i e o i , evei-v pci..,,ii will look into the fu- My te x t in w riting th is article is, “ God is a line, and see tiiai those- sam e beings w h o had ; bpirit, and he seek s su ch to w orship him as wor- Ime'.i I'nchi/ant o f h is w h o le private h istory in ¡sh ip him in sp irit and in truth.” B y Spiritualismtin lit'--, '.vi l ' ................................................. ’ 'I ' '

W H A T IS C O SVEK SIO X ?C onversion is convincin g the ju d gm en t o f error,

l>y evhioli tho c o n v e r t is m a d e to )'icld to the influ­ence o f truth. T ruth is A lm ig h ty and will pre­vail, bu t it prevails through the influence o f law s, m anifesting resu lts. H en ce D eity is know n b y H is law s— and H is law s b y the m anner in w h ich they develop resu lts

T hu s, w h en w e are d u ly and truiy im pregnated w ith all truth, shall w e know m ore o f G od, he m ore thorough!}- c o n v e r t e d , and live m ore holy. H en ce be more hap p y, enjoying and m anifesting nmre o f H eaven , from the fact that w e sh a ll b e m ore like God, h avin g m ore o f H eaven to m ani­fest.

D egeneration will be sw allow ed up in con ver­sion. C onversion In reform , and reform in right­eousness. T hu s the resu lt w ill be in d o in g right, as w e are r igh teou sly inclin ing, in m aking the fer­ven t and r igh teou s prayer w h ich avails m uch in m oulding Internal life.

W h en these th ou gh ts are sim plified , thou ght w ill be in troduced, w h ich w ill tell u s at once, to Ic right, is righteousness; and th u s correct the error o f a fanatical c lergy , th at so often b ew ilder the m inds o f hon est seek ers after truth.

W h o can exp la in the difference b etw een m a g ­netism , m esm erism , p sych o logy , trance or the S p i­ritual force that falls w ith the pow er o f G od on the unconverted , a s is u sually su p p osed b y church m em b ers? T h e y all con sist o f an ag en cy m ani­fested h v the use o f e lectr icity , or a fin e ly a tten ­uated c lem en t c lo se ly ,re la ted to Spirit-life. I f an a g en cy , there m u st be an a gen t to produce it. I f an agent, it m u st have been produced b y som e h igh er authority , for no inferior can produce a su ­perior ; as no one th in g can im part to another that w h ich it does not p ossess.

M y ow n opin ion is, that im m ortal m an, like all oth er life, is a D iv ine em anation, Infin ite in dura­tion, but not in com prehension . H en ce its d ep en ­dence on God, from w hom it em anated , and on w hom it continues to depend , w h ile d evelop in g the rounds o f w hat w e call progression.

Your friend, L . Bush.Auburn, March 7, 1S55.

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all tilin gs were createli. Tin’s is the pow er that called into life and action every thing th at e x ists or ever did exist. Our m aterial bod ies w ere cre-

Abstract of the Proceedings at the Conference at No. 555 Broadway, Tuesday Evening, April 17.

T h e speakers on th is evening w ere D r. M ahan. M r. E enning, M r. Odell, M r. L evy and M r. M iller.

N o th ing w hich could fu rth e r th e cause w as elicited at th is m eeting , b u t m uch w hich m u s t have canst-d th e deepest feelings of reg re t in the hearts of all w ho believe S p iritua lism to be a tru th . F o r from w hat tran sp ired it was apparen t th a t m en w ho profess to believe in S p iritua l tru th can a t th e sam e tim e give w ay to, and indulge in those conventional feelings w hich the w orld denom inates as practical jokes, thns m ak ing those tru th s w hich shoxild he dear to them , and w hich lay bare the pulsations o f th e in te rio r life, an agen t to deception .

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to th e m ectim r by D r. M ah an .I c a m e to th is meetim.» for th e p u rp o se o f l is te n in g and

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.tiihl iwt h- w iili'u it unbounded inilu- ¡ated b y sp irit pow er. Mon and anim als, trees and k -am in g , an d had no e x p e c ta t io n I sh o u ld be c a lle d up o n to' s p e a k , an d am ig n o ra n t o f tb e c o u rs e u s u a lly p u rs u e d h e re

— w h e th e r fac ts a re m e re ly re la te d , th e ph ilo so p h y o f them d e s c a n te d on , o r w h e th e r th e re is a se t su b je c t lo r d isc u s -

, Yet. so ii is — we are every j vegetable.-?, together with every form o f life and w riting our history in the ! vegetation, com e forth b y spirit power.

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Sm;h a «•on>.d-n.isne<s as th is is the sure ac- '■'■nipruiimmii uf a thorough b e lie f in spirit-intcr- ‘•our-e, aw l it : necessary in iiuenre upon the m ind i> ohviMi ; awl it, to he .almost the only roottir.it it,uhI pim<\we that rare p lan t— h on esty . Let

iw-ivliaM , b,r instance, w ho sa y s that a b elieftin

in Spiritualism is uf no good effect, ask h im self 'vhet’w r he would not choose su ch a clerk w ith whom to trust his business a f f a i r s as looked upon

this heart as an open hook, read b y the e y e s o f the hniverse. W ould su ch a clerk be liable to m ake those “ little appropriations,” w hich are the su b ­ject of so m uch com plaint aga inst th is c lass o f individuals w ho puzzle (V) their acquain tances to

Ye children o f m en, m arvel no m ore, because b y the agency o f Spirit M edium s, p h ysica l su b stan ces are m ade to m ove and perforin w onders. A s age upon age has rolled aw a y to the children o f the earth, the earthly form s o f m en have becom e m ore sublim ated, and freer from gross, sensual matter* H en ce the Spirit, w hich is G od, se ts in action the m aterial form s and senses o f m en, ca lling thereb y all m en to repentance— to the forsaking o f those dead ly sins w h ich has m ade this w orld a v a st re­pository o f woe.

l Fou who profess to love th e Bible and to be d ictated by its teachings, go s tu d y its sacred pages, and there learn th a t p rophets, thousands o f years ago, told you o f the com ing o f these very th ings,

F p o n th e s p e a k e r b e in g in fo rm ed th a t th e m a tte r w a s e n ­tire ly as he p le a s e d , he c o n t in u e d :

I t s eem s to m e th a t th e o u tw ard p h y s ica l m a n ife s ta tio n s a re m ost im p o rtan t s te p s in ad v a n c in g th e b e l ie f th a t freed S p ir its d o c o m m u n ic a te w ith th o se in tho flesh . I t is w h en w e se e in e r t m a tte r p e rfo rm in g its a n t ic s , an d m oving h ith e r an d th i th e r , th a t w e a re in d u c e d to th in k w h e th e r th e m o­tiv e p o w er is d ra w n from o u r o w n m in d s o r o f th e o th e rs p re s e n t , or w h e th e r it is by an a c tio n in d e p e n d e n t o f th e m inds in th e form .

I t is a q u e s tio n o f th e g re a te s t m o m en t to u s , a n d w h ich s h o u ld be d e e p ly re fle c te d u p o n befo re w e d ra w c o n c lu ­s io n s . T h e re a re m an y c i rc u m s ta n c e s w h ic h c o n tin u a l ly o c c u r w h ic h sh o w it is im p o ss ib le th a t th e ac tio n s w e w it­n e s s c a n b e o c c a s io n e d by th e m in d or m in d s in th e form .

I w a s la te ly a lo n e in a room w ith a m e d iu m , w e s a t a t a

A lew e v e n m u s a f te rw a rd s . ,1*'' .. , x . , , ~ . , . - u t th e m a tte r ,

c irc le , N a ttv ca m e, w iien he w a s ask?-' . ,, , , _ .c u ie m e to be p rep a re d ,ho sa id lie h ad d ire c te d , , , ,

, . .- r r -u now « e w e re to <ret it , he s a id he w ou ld O n * - ,c a u se th e m e d iu m to com e to u s . A d a y w as su g g e s te d , w h ich M rs. P . sa id w o u ld b e in c o n v e n ie n t ; I th e n s a id le t h e r com e to -m orrow an d d in e w ith u s . T h e m e d iu m 's n am e w a s r iv e n as M rs. S is s e n . T h e n e x t d a y , ab o u t five m in u te s befo re d in n e r , a la d y ca m e w hom I a c c o s te d as M rs . S is s e n , um l I w a s n o t m is ta k e n ; sh e a lso c a lle d m e M r. P u tn a m . W e w ere s tra n g e rs a n d m u tu a lly a s to n ish e d . M rs. S . s a id th e ev e n in g befo re th e S p ir i t N a t ty had b ee n to h e r and d ire c te d h e r to co m e. K n o w in g th e re w as a d if l icu ltj ' ab o u t th e s ta g e s , e s p e c ia lly to a s tra n g e r , I a sk e d how sh e m anaged lo g e t to u s . S h e sa id sh e w a s in B o s­to n . b a v in s com e on p u rp o se , w h en sh e s a w a R ox b u rg h staire w h ic h she w a s ab o u t to s to p , w h en a v o ic e s a id , not th a t , sh e p e rm itte d it to p a ss , to g e th e r w ith five o th e r s ; aP.othcr at le n z tli c a m e , w h e n th e v o ic e s a id , th a t. S h e ¿ot in , a n d th e n s a id sh e w is h e d to go to M r. P u tn a m 's -— T h e re w as a n o th e r o f th e sam e n a m e ; w e liv e d a m ile ap a rt , am i sh e w a s u n a b le to e x p la in w h ic h sh e d e s ire d to v is i t ; h o w ev e r , on a rriv in g o p p o s ite m y doo r, s h e w as d i­re c te d to p u ll th e c h e c k . T h is w a s th e m ore e x tra o rd in a ­ry , as th is w as th e onl}' s ta g e w h ic h p a s s e d m j 'd o o r . A fte r d in n e r w e p roposed a c irc le , w h e n M rs . P . p u t s e v e ra l da - gu erreo tv 'p e s on th e ta b le . O n th e m e d iu m lo o k in g al one sh e s a id , th is is th e l ik e n e s s o f a S p ir i t I s a w w ith N a tty , w ho s a id h is n am e w as C h a r le s : th is w a s tru e , an d M rs. P u tn a m 's b ro ther. O n a s u b se q u e n t o cc a sio n sh e cam e ag a in , a n d th e n a s k e d , w as I a w a re th a t th e re w as a h u m o r in my body w h ich re q u ire d to be e ra d ic a te d . I s a id , y e s , I h ad b e e n afflic ted w ith s c ro fu la . T h is w a s k n o w n b u t to few . I w a s th e n d ire c te d to p u t som e d ro p s o f th e m e d i­c in e in m y e a r ; an is su e ran from it e v e ry m o n th . M rs.P . w as a lso afflic ted w ith an h e re d i ta ry c o m p la in t, both w ere ch ro n ic ; m e d ic in e h ad a lso b e e n p re s c r ib e d for th a t. W e h av e ta k e n the m e d ic in e th re e m o n th s w ith b e n e fit. I t is to be n o te d d ia l th e m e d ic in e h a d b ee n p re p a re d a w e e k befo re th e m ed ium h ad e v e r s e e n u s , an d o u r a ilm e n ts w e re s e c r e ts to all but o u r m ost im m e d ia te fr ie n d s . W h e n w e re c e iv e d th e m e d ic in e w e su p p o se d it w a s o n ly for th e co ld s . T h is also affords a c le a r an d s tro n g c a se o f in te l l i ­g en c e o u ts id e of th e m e d iu m . W e a re e a c h o v e r 50 y e a rs o f ac e a n d th e d is e a se s a re c h ro n ic , a n d y e t in th e co u rse o f rem o v al. •

T h e s p e a k e r w as ab o u t s it t in g d o w n w h en he w a s a s k e d how th e B oston S p ir i tu a l is ts w e re p ro g re ss in g . W h e n he s a id :

H e w a s h ap p y to s ta te th a t for th e la s t tw o m o n th s th e y h ad b e e n m ore h arm o n io u s . I t is k n o w n th e re h a v e b ee n d iffe re n c e s and d is s e n s io n s , b u t I b e lie v e th e s e th in g s m u s t e x is t , a n d ar*e a s n e c e s s a ry a s th e m o tio n w h ic h k e e p s th e w a te rs o f the o c e a n s w e e t. I c o n s id e r th e m ost im ­p o r ta n t th in g for S p ir i tu a l is ts to do is to sh o w th a t S p ir i t s do co m m u n ic a te , an d le a v e th e o u tb ir th s to ta k e c a re o f th e m se lv e s . I f w e d e s ire to s p e a k o f lib e ra l i ty in re lig io u s or p o litic a l th in g s, it w e re b e s t to le t e a c h s ta n d u n d e r its o w n h ea d , an d n o t b u rd e n S p ir itu a lis m w ith th em . I f th e fac ts th a t S p ir i ts do c o m m u n ic a te is p re s e n te d , it is su ffi­c ie n t , for p e rso n s ca n b e lo n g to a n y p o litic a l o r re lig io n s a s s o c ia tio n s , an d s ti l l be good S p ir i tu a l is ts . I f p e o p le u n ­d e rs to o d th a t th e se a s s o c ia tio n s are n o t in te r fe re d w ith by S p ir itu a lism , th e n it w ill s p re a d fa r an d n e a r. In good tim e those w ho com e a n d lis te n w ill g e t th e se c o n v ic tio n s so s tro n r iy w a k e n e d th a t th e y w ill n o t d e s ire to c o n tin u e in th e ir ohl th o u g h ts .

T h e m ore p r iv a te th e c irc le s th e m ore c o n v in c in g a re th e fac ts o b ta in e d . I h ave b u t l i t t l e fa i th th a t p u b lic meet* in-7 K w ill en fo rc e c o n v ic tio n , an d th e fac ts I h a v e re la te d strong a s thev a re , w o u ld do b u t li ttle in c o n v in c in g an u n ­b e liev er. W ith o u t c h a rr in g m e w ith fa lse h o o d a s tra n g e r mi Mil s u p p o se I w as m is ta k e n . A p e rso n to b e co n v in c e d m ust w itn e ss for h im s e l f ; fo r one fac t s e e n by h im w ill do m ore to in d u c e co n v ic tio n , th a n 1 0 0 v o lu m es w r itte n upo n the s u b je c t. P u b lic m e e tin g s se rv e th e ir p u rp o se by b rin g ­ing the friends to g e th e r an d m a k in g th e m a c q u a in te d w ith e a ch o ther.

Dr. S h e rm a n : T h e c re a t q u e s tio n is, c a n a freed S p ir it re tu rn an d co m m u n ic a te T "W h a t sh a ll w e s a y to th e fac ts w e h av e h e a rd . A re th e y p h y s ic a l o r S p ir i tu a l ? S u re ly n o t th e fo rm er. T h e n s a y it is m e n ta l— if it is th e a c tio n o f m ind on m in d , th e d ifficu lty is a s g re a t as i f it w a s S p i ­rit up o n S p ir it . T h e p h e n o m e n a is a t tr ib u te d to e le c tr i c i­ty , b u t I h av e n e v e r h e a rd th e re w as any in te l l ig e n c e in e le c tr ic ity . S p ir i ts u s e e le c tr ic i ty in th e ir c o m m u n ic a tin g no doub t. L e t u s ta k e th e te le g ra p h a s an i l lu s tra t io n . I look on th e tw o b ra in s a s th e b a t te ry an d th e a i r as th e w ire s , an d th e S p ir it s th e o p e ra to rs . I t s e e m s to m e ab o u t as s in g u la r to q u e s tio n w h e th e r S p ir it s do c o m m u n ic a te , as i f a m a n w ho h ad on ly b ee n b ro u g h t u p in a te le g ra p h office sh o u ld q u e s tio n w h e th e r tw o h u m a n b e in g s c a n co n v e rse face to face . M y sp e a k in g is q u ite as w o n d e rfu l as S p ir its c o m m u n ic a tin g . 1 h av e b u t o n e v o ic e a n d y e t im p ress all in th e room w ith m y w o rd s. T h e e y e a n d e a r a re q u ite as w o n d e rfu l, fo r to re n d e r th e m e ffec tiv e th e m in d m u s t be reac h ed . S p ir i tu a lism is n o th in g n e w , a n d d o es n o t s e e m to m e so rn)*sterious. I t is on ly w e a re n o t u s e d to i t .— W e s e e th e n e e d le o f th e co m p ass a lw a y s p o in ts to th e N o rth ; y e t a p e rso n s e e in g th e p h e n o m e n a a n d u n a c ­q u a in te d w ith it , m igh t d ee m it th e re s u lt o f a tr ic k . T h e re a re m a n y o p in io n s a s to w h a t S p ir itu a lis m is ; so m e s a y it is P sy c h o lo g y , th a t is th e re flex o f a m in d u p o n a m ind .- I f it be th a t o n ly , th e n i t o n ly in c re a s e s th e d ifficu lty . P s y -

T.rTTX '*£/'■t t ’L 'T ri',<27 U JmSjJjO oI-C'.G-O-iY;I am c o n v in c e d th a t it is no t C o a rE-coriJ ^ facts lu S p iritual In te rcou rse , ch iefly d e ­

p sy ch o lo g y , e le c tr ic ity , o rm e sm e r is m th a t does th is . T ho.se , w ay, N e'vvV ork .^ ' * * ? • B. Conklin , M edium , 542 B road- th e o r ie s I am s u re a re all fa lse . T h e re a r e p e r s o n s w ho ad m it j T h L en terp rise is u n d e r ta k e a l t h e u r „ (.n t solicita tion c f th e a g e n c y o f S p ir it s , b u t s a y th e y a re bad o n es ; b u t i f the p ro v h if m la n f w b e r e b r in ^S c r ip tu ra l ru le is ap p lied o f ju d g in g th e tre e by its f ru its , "" ‘ r' ' ~ 'c a n w e s a y th e y a re so ? I f it b e a bud S p ir i t c lo th in g i t ­s e l f in a ra im e n t o f lig h t, th e n it p ro v es too m u c h , for su ch a th eo ry w o u ld c u t u p by th e roots a ll re lig io n a n d a ll m o­ra lity , fo r th e a p p lic a t io n co u ld be m a d e a s w ell to th e d e e p e s t a n d p u re s t tru th s o f C h ris tia n ity ’, an d to th o se m o­ral o b lig a tio n s th e v e ry bond an d lin k o f so c ie tv a s to S p ir ­itu a lism .

Mr. P u tnam : T h e objection that the Spir its are evil has,I think, been met pretty effectually. W h en I first avowed Spiri tualism, in answ er to this charge I said I was happy to hear that it was the Devil, for i f it was his work he must have-become converted. Still it is not lo be denied that many Spiri ts come to us w ho are not e levated and pure, yet it seems to me if one can come, others can come, i f we walk in tho public s treets we m eet all grades of igmo- ■ ranee and intelligence. It appears to me Spir ituali sm is a step in advance of Mesmerism ; the la tter is the action of the will putt ing to sleep the will of another. T h e opera­to r can then express Ins thought through iiis subject, or put others in r a p p o r t with it. Th is is not the whole o f m es ­merism, hut it shows sufficient for an illustration. W el l , what more is necessary in Spir ituali sm ; the Spir it lays to sleep the Spiri t in the body, and then ente rs within it and uses the physical organs. I f this is the mode o f action, who will then come ? W h y every Spir it who is willinsr to accommodate itselt to the part icula r laws. I t is not neces­sary to const i tu te a medium, that the person should be highly in te llectual , consc ientious..or religious.. .The inoraJ and religious characteris tics seem not to lie impor tant in the operation, then it follows that it is not necessary that the Spir it must be either holy or good. T h e phenomena depends upon oilier act ions. Ti ie will is asleep— we will illustrate by the te legraph— a villain can communicate with a villain, and the good with the good, so v ic e v e r s a . This shows that any Spirit can come that is willing to comply with part icula r condi tions,

I do not know much about the spheres , but as I under­s tand the matter, Spir its with the ear th ’s affections are nearer to the earth than those of a more elevated character.I t is th e ii p o ss ib le th e y a re m ore lik e ly to co m e , as b e in g n e a re r to e a r th th a n th e m ore h igh a n d e le v a te d , b e c a u se th e first a rc m ore in th e l ik e n e s s o f m a n ’s n a tu re ; b u t if th e y com e th e n it is not lik e ly th a t th e y w ill c o n t in u e u n ­le ss w ith co n g e n ia l m in d s. A w ic k e d o r bad m an o r w o ­m an ca n a c c o s t in th e s tr e e t a p e rso n w ith a m in d m ost e le v a te d an d re fin ed , b u t it d o cs n o t fo llow th a t th e y sho u ld th e n b ec o m e th e room m a te s a n d c o m p an io n s o f th o se p e rso n s , an d th is ru le w ill ap p ly to S p ir it-c o m m u n io n .

*We all know who have exper ience on this subject, that wicked and obst inate Spir its do frequently present them­selves. but I have always found they will leave whenever ser ious or religious conversation is commenced ; and this is because there is no congeniality in the conversa tion and them. T h e characte r of the Spir it is generally as is the ta stes , inclination and desires of the circle. Looking at tho subject from this view an impor tant religious reflection presents itself. It is because of these views I th ink S p i r ­itualism is about to develop an impor tant philosophy to the world; by it skepticism and infidelity will be put to flicht.1 sneak particularly ol the skepticism and infidelity of the Church. I he only bc-ln.1] the Church has of the immortal­ity ol the soul is. that thev do not denv b- . : — moots oi the soul snone of those realiztm: and *. . . . — «'it* privilege to have for our exorr i-

„ Ai«ar tiie belici ot the Church amounts to a fm: h, that I do deny— but wiien th.-y snail realize as a fact that the d e ­parted do visit and identity themselves to their friends in the flesh, then is tiie soul’s immortal ity demonstra ted.—W hen this demonstra tive power is positive, then the con­clusion to be drawn is irresistible, and brings with it also irresistible reasons for man to live regularly, and then man will be a c o - iv o r k e r w i th H i v i who sends “ the rain upon the ju s t and upon the unjus t .” It brings confirmation and strength to the weak, and confirms tiie halting and doubt­ing ; and those who receive it will have springs of living w a ter opened in the heart, the st-earns of whien will spread and send abroad tiie fructifying influences whose fruit is c h a r it y . E ach s tream then will «»=• « ta e iy ' 'a sttiuugliL, ana the ramifications will he seen in each h ea r t ; for then every hear t will be made glad, and cleansed from skept icism and doubt.

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o f <iS r g e .Ui'f ° S PriCCS Ul' 1'i:U,° = 1‘‘r" "rd"«J to nuy a ild W ^ ^ cet es ti m on ia l of THE i i ora le WATERS riANOS.

T h e ed ito r ot the tavaim u li R epub lican , Savannah, (ia . speak.

^ td ty .' i iy “ “ ° rt" I>C i C t" i ,- t j e t l ,“-'ir p-f’ck com prises in s tru m en ts o fgrade o f e-xceiieuce, trum toe V eli-knuw n m anufacturin '?

establishm ents ol (.'bickering a Son, 11 orace W aters i t Wor**. cester, N u n n s A C lark, and ifacon a iiav en . I t m i-h t w ell be supposed, th a t m so targe a collection the re w ou ld ■ -line in strum en ts. D u; the-*. --------- -« re ir, lO rb eau tv of finis!_ . a . ,eu ,“ -s= ami -u .nuaucy oi equals, if i t d o e s 'n o t e tc e i an y th ing ol t i e land w e have eve r seen, f t i , froill the estab ­lishm en t oi itu ra e e U au-rs. I..-m g construc ted o f the host and m ost thorough ly seasoned mat,-rial, and upon im proved p rinc i­ples, it Is capable ol resisting tiie action of every climate^nnd o f s tand ing a long u iu e tn tim e. T he keys are o f ¡,earl, ¿nd tho recess to r the finger-board is in laid w ith mosaic, whik- th e t o are m ost e laborate ly carved, „ad the w hole in s tru m en t ffni-hed up m a sty le ol g rea t excellence and beauty . A nd y e t its efflef u ic n t ilea in th e pow er, brilliancy, and ricunvd> of its tone and Lite eh iiticiiv ot lLa touch ’ ionc, unu

N ow received and for eale a t th e Office o f T h e C h r istia n S p ir it u a l is t , th e follow ing W o rk s ;—

L ID A 'S T A L E S O F IiC R A X H O M E ; A Collection of S to­ries for C hildren . B y E m ily G ay, H opedale, M ass. A series in teres ting tales for v e ry sm all children. A package contain one copv of each series, 40 c e n ts : postage 10 cents.

T I IE 'H IS T O R Y O F T H E O R IG IN O F A L L T H IN G S , inc lud ing th e H is to ry of M an. from his crea tion to his fina lity , b u t n o t to Lis end. W ritten b y G od’s H o ly S p irits, th ro u g h an ea rth ly m ed ium . L . M. A rnold , Poughkeepsie , N . Y . P rice , $1 5 0 ; postage. 20 cents. -

S P IR iT -IN T E R C O U R S E : Containing incidents of Persona E xperience , w hile investiga ting th e new P henom ena o f S p irit T hough t and A c tio n ; w ith various S p irit com m unications th ro u g h h im self as m ed ium . B y H erm an Snow , la te U n ita rian M in ister a t M ontague, M ass. B o s to n ; C rosby, N ichols Co. N ew Y o rk : C. S. F ran c is A Co. 1553.E P IT O M E O F S P IR IT IN T E R C O U R S E . B y A lfred Cridge,

o f Canada, W ritinsr M edium . B o sto n : B ela M arsh, N o. 15 F ran k lin s t r e e t P r ic e 37 1-2 cents.S P IR IT V O IC E S : Odes d ic ta ted by S p irits o f th e Second

Sphere, for th e use of H arm on ia l C ircles. E . C. H enek , m e ilium . P rice 4-3 cents.

R E V IE W O F T H E C O N C L U S IO N O F R E V . C H A R L E S B E E C H E R , R efe rring tho M anifestations o f the P re sen t T im e to tho A gency o f E v il S jdrits. B y J o h n S. A dam s. P r ice 0 cents.

A N S W E R S TO S E V E N T E E N O B JE C T IO N S against S p ir­itua l In te rcourse , and In q u iries R e la tin g to th« M anifestations ot th e P re sen t T im e. B y J o h n S . A dam s. P r ice £5 c e n ts ; cloth, 3S cents.

N E W T E S T A M E N T M IR A C L E S A N D M O D E R N M IR ­A C L E S . T h e com parative am o u n t o f ev idence for each, th e n a tu re of bo th . T e stim o n y o f a H u n d red w itnesses. A n Essay read before th e M idtile and S en io r Classes in C am bridge D iv in ­ity School. B y J . H . F o w ler. P r ic e 30.

S P IR IT -W O R K S ; R ea l b u t n o t M iraculous. A le c tu re read a t th e C ity H all, R o xbu ry , M ass., on the even ing o f S ep tem ber 21,155-3. B y A llen P u tn am . P rice 25 cents.

A L E T T E R to th e C h estn u t s tre e t C ongregational C hurch, Chelsea, M ass., in rep ly to its charge o f hav ing becom e a r e ­proach to th e cause of tru th , in consequence o f a change in re ­ligious b e lie f B y J o h n S. A dam s. H e answ ered and said . . ff. O ne th in g I know , th a t w hereas I was b lind , now I see. . .. . A nd th e y ca st h im ou t,” L e t all S p iritua lists w ho have b e ­

com e released from th e bonds o f th e churches read th is little book. P rice 15 cents.

A T R E A T IS E O N H O M E C E IIA T H IC PPaA C T IC E O F M E D IC IN E . Com prised in a R ep e rto ry lb r P rescrib ing . A dap ted to D om estic o r P rofessional Use. T h ird edition , im ­p roved and enlarged. B y H u n tin g Sherrill, M. D ., M em ber of th e H ahnem ann A cadem y of M edicine, etc., etc. A u th o r o f a T rea tise on Epidem ics, and an E ssay on th e C holera o f 1532. P rice in clo th , handsom ely bound, $1.

S ince w ritin g th e above w ork th e au th o r has changed his v iew s in regard to th e B ible as th e o n / y revela tion from G od to m an. I n afl o ther p articu lars his v iew s are as the re in laid down. T h e w ork has been w ell rece ived b y all classes, and th e arg u ­m ents advanced have been considered w o rth y o f th e careful consideration of all m en o f though t. A ll sectarian ism is avo id ­e d ; no doctrinal opinions a re in tro d u ced ; b u t the “ answ ers*’ ro s t nn tho tru th s o f sc rip tu ra l revela tion and u n ­d ispu ted facts.

F R E E T H O U G H T S C O N C E R N IN G R E L IG IO N , o r N a ­tu re versu s T heology. B y A ndrew Jackson D avis. T he nam e o f th e au th o r is a sufficient in d u c em en t to all in te res ted in S p ir­itua lism and its teachings to purchase and read the w ork . P rice 15 cts.

A R IV U L E T F R O M T H E O C E A N O F L IF E , an A u then tic and In te re s tin g N arra tiv e o f th e A dvancem en t o f a S p irit from D arkness to L ig h t P ro v in g b y an a c t u a l in sta n c e , th e influ­ence of m an on ea rth ov er th e departed . W ith in troducto ry and inc iden ta l rem arks. B y J . S. A dam s o f Chelsea, Mass. P r ice 25 cts.

F A M IL IA R S P IR IT S A N D S P IR IT U A L M A N IF E S T A ­T IO N S . B eing a series o f articles by “ E . P .” supposed to be E noch P ond , P rofessor in th e B ango r Theological S em inary . T oge ther w ith a R eplv b y V eripbiios Credens, 'P r ic e 15 cts.

T H E P H IL O S O P H Y O F C R E A T IO N . U nfold ing the L aw s o f th e P rog ressive D evelopm en t o f N a tu re , and em b ra­cing th e P h ilosophy o f M an, S p irit and the S p irit-W orld , by Thos. P aine. T h ro u g h the hand of H orace G . W ood, m ed ium .

A N E X P O S IT IO N of V iew s respecting th e p rinc ipal facts causes and pecu liaritie s involved in Spirit-M anil'estations. T o gether w ith in te res tin g phenom ena, s ta tem en ts, and com m une cations. B y A din B allon. P r ice 50 c e n ts ; in cloth, 75 cents.

In add ition to the above, m ay be found, a t the Socie ty ’s R oom s th e follow ing publications by M essrs. F ow lers and W ells, In o rder to accom m odate those resid ing a t a distance, w e give the price o f each w ork w ith th e postage added. T h e postage w ill be pre-paid a t the N ew -Y o rk Post-Office. B y p re-pay ing post­age in advance, fifty p e r c e n t is saved to th e purchaser. A ll le tte rs con tain ing orders should be post-paid.

M ACRO CO SM A N D M IC R O C O S M ; or, th e U niverse W ith o n t and th e U niverse W ith in . B y W m . F ishbough . A Scientific W o rk ; C2 cts.

T H E R E L IG IO N O F M A N H O O D , o r th e A ge o f T hough t, A n excellen t w ork . B y D r. J . IL R obinson. P rice in paper cen t* ; in cloth, 75 cents.

T H E P H IL O S O P H Y O F S P E C IA L P R O V ID E N C E S . A V ision. B y A . J . D avis. P rice 15 cents.

T H E S P I R I T M IN S T R E L A collection o f H y m n s and M usic fo r th e use o f S p iritualists, in th e ir churches and public m eetings. B y J . B . P ack a rd and J . S. L oveland. P rice 25 conts.

IM M O R T A L IT Y T R IU M P H A N T . T b e E x istence o f a G od. B y R ev . J . B . D o d s ; C2 cts.

M E N T A L A L C n E M l ; a T rea tise on th e M ind and ’N e r­vous S ystem . B y B . B . W illiam s ; G2 cts. *

A ny o r all o f the above w orks m a y b e sen t b y m ail to p u r ­chasers, on rece ip t o f the price as above m arked . O rders from o u r friends a t a d istance w ill be a ttended to p ro m p tly as soon as received .

B ooks n o t on o u r lis t w ill be p rocu red and fo rw arded a t the regu la r re ta il p rice. 8

llie elastic ity of i u touch.'cori^iüer tlm m w orthy ..f rjn-cial a tten tion , from tl»e

a n t and exceedingly m u tica i tone w hich .Mr tv uteri, has «n" ............ - ‘ - "or/r J iu -ica l ti i'/7(/ -

iano F u n e» are ol full, rich, am i even tone

reson has succeed

ed in obta in ing .—„tew Y o r t iio W ,/« “ ,? T i m * ?H orace \ \ ater» 1 iano F o rte» are o f full, rich, am i even

and pow erfu l .— ¿ e t c l o i - f c J I u s t c a l J i e r i e t c O ur friends will find a t O r . M aters ' s to re the very l e s t assor ■

rnen t oi -Music and 1 lanos lo he found in tiie U n h id S tates, unu we u rge ou r S ou thern and -Western friends to give- him a call w hen they go to D ew V ork .— f Y f u h u m s J l a g m i n e .

W O .M JIilti l X JBiSCOVilR V.THE SEllYE-SOOTHIJsG IV21-1J. ELUTE*

A new K edicine p u re ly V egetableP REPARED I.h'T IliE L l liY SPIRIT-DIRECTION” TIIPOTTTT

MBS. E. J. FRENCH, MEDIUM, PITTSBURGH, PA-T hese F lu id s are if iiided in to classes adapted to th ed 'sease»

specified un d er u c h n u m b e r, a u l a re separately o r in cuui- L lnaucn a sate and ce rta in cu re lo r all the diseases nam ed Ulidor tfieir respective Deads, and m any o f w hich have for a -es baffled the sk ill ot th e learned, am ong w hich are Su V itu s 'D a n c e T ie D n lo reu r, N euralg ia , Iih eu iu a tism in all its varied form s D uell­ed J a w , E pilepsy o r Fu lling S ickness, 1‘alsv, D’ervous ai’id S ick H eadache, D yspepsia, D iseases o f th e 'K idnevs and D iver Diarrhoea, Irreg u la ritie s of th e F em a le S vstein , "T e tte r aud all C utaneous D iseases, Chills and F ev er, C ram p, Cholic, C holera M orbus, Cholera, Q uinsy, Influenza, aud all A c u te F a in s "and N ervous D iseases. Tbe.-r F lu id s have n o t failed to g ive re l ie f in any o f the above cases w here tiiey h ave been fairly te sted , and w e Lave now a n u m b e r o f liv in g w itnesses to w hom w e can refer.

A lso the D ung and C ough S y rup , a safe and invaluab le rem e­dy lo r Croup, Coughs, Cunts, S ore Throats, B ronch ial A ffections —a su re cu re lo r B leed ing o f the D ungs and C onsam ntion in its first stages.

F eeling i t m y d u ty to m ake know n to th e afflicted these In ­valuable rem edies, n o t only in obedience to th e positive com ­m ands o f m y S pirit-guides, b u t from a tho ro u g h conviction th a t th e y a re all th a t is claim ed for them , and from a desire to re lieve the sufferings ot afflicted h um an ity , I p ropose to p lace them in the hands o f all a t th e m ost reasonable rates, and shall, as far as I have th e ab ility to do, cheerfu lly sup p ly i t w ith o u t charge, to all w ho m ay n o t have th e m eans to p ay for it . F o r fu rth e r particu lars, address T . C uliieetso n , A gen t, P ittsb u rg h ,

G eneral A g en ts : P a rtr id g e & B rk ta n , 3<)0 B roadw ay. N ew Y o r k ; F ed erh en £ Co., 9 arid 13 C ourt stn-i-t. Bo-ton ; w . M. L an ing , 270 B altim ore-st., B a ltim o re ; H en ry ¿tagg , 43M ain-SLt SL L ouis. A lso sold b y D r. G ardner, B o.-ton; D i. i ie n c k , IGU A rch-sL, P h ila d e lp h ia ; D r. G roves, M ilwaukee, W is .; II . O. B a­ker, F o n d du L ac, W is.; F . B ly, C incinnati, and o thers. P r ic e $ 1 p e r bottle , or 0 bo ttles for $5.

M rs. F R E N C H w ill con tinue to m ake C la irvoyan t E x a m in a ­tions. E xam in a tio n and p rescrip tion , w hen the parties are p res­ent, $ 5 ; if absent, $ lu . ¿ 9

PSYCHOMETERICAL DELINEATIONS OF CHA­RACTER.

T o read the characte r «1 persons by. holding th e h a n d w ritin g . 1 0 t l ^ liFFiimiaU, » 0 o tv-iiicti m ay he em ployed in num erous instances for the p rom otion o f good, und to p rev en t fraud and im position upon th e unw ary .

Cases a re o f constan t occurrence, in the business o f life, w here a p rev ious know ledge o f ch a rac te r w ould n o t only save m uch troub le, vexation and p ecun ia ry loss, b u t w ould o ile r p rev en t th e m ost ru inous consequences.

In o rder to obtain a delineation of characte r o f an y one, no th ing m ore is req u ired than to possess a specim en o f th e ir h a n d ­w riting , ( it m ay tie a le tte r, note o r any cutler docum en t.) T h is m u s t be enclosed in a b lank envelop, tubing cure th a t th e re be no o th e r w riting , e ith e r upon the envelop o r the enclose, le t i„ be carefully sealed up , p u t in to an o u te r envelop, and d irec ted to D r. C H A S E , co rner o f G reene and fieV en teen tli-s tree t., P h ilad e lp h ia ; w hich m a y b e delivered personally , or sen t tlua>’ B lood’s D espatch ; in th e la tte r case, a fee rtf ^ 2 ’is expected to be enclosed. P ersons resid ing in th e coun try , a t iu»y distance, sho u ld w rite by m ail, post-paid, conform ing a> th e directions as above given.

E xam ina tions for D isease w ill also be m ade, w ith diagnosis and prescrip tion . A lock o f h a ir or handw riting .should be en ­closed in an envelop w hen the p a tien t cannot attend person­ally. 1 1 —tf

D R . B E R G E Y 1 N , g raduate of the M edical School o f Parift m em ber o f the Philosoph ical In s titu te of F rance , and assistan t opera to r o f M. C ahagnet and the Damn du P o ie t, has an office a t N o. 100 P rin ce -stree t, w here he w ill rece ive pa tien ts and v isitors. 1 1

REITIOVAL.M R S. A N N L E A H B R O W N , o f th e F o x fam ily, w ill re ­

m ove on the 1st o f M ay from N o. G4 E a s t F ifte en th -s tree t, to N o. 1 L ud low P lace, co rner o f H ouston and S u llivan stree ts .

P u b l ic C ircles every T uesday and W ednesday evenings, com m encing a t 8 o’clock.

P&it a t x C ir cles every day and even ing , excep t as above, m a y b e engaged b y parties fo r p riv a te Investigations.

LA1W Y SL'yiJ£l:LASJ\ OCULIST,BO STO N , MASS:.

R em edies for O pthalm ic AflVetions, D im , W eak and D efec­tive Vision.- P erfec tly safe und reliable in all diseases o f the ey e and its appendages, o f w h atever h ind , uml from w hatsoever cause. T hey have res to red m u ltitudes (some from totid blin d- ness,) cured persons b o m blind ; cured blindness o f fifty years, and one p a tien t was 10S years old .’ Can be sen t bv m ail.

8 3 T P am ph le ts o f In fo rm ation post free, for one dim e. A d -dress, T iie N t r c m v E C urii. Boston, Muss., prepaid. 27-Oni

B i t . l t i C A U B OIs read y to g ive lessons in m odem Languages a t th e H arlem A cadem y, 12UU)-street, n ea r 3d A venue. "Y oung gentlem en and ladies from th e neighboring coun try , disposed to learn d u rin g th e day, o r in th e even ing classes, m ay com e and tru s t w ith fiilJ confidence in D r. R icardo as a practica l teacher. T e rm s b y ag ree m en t; b u t v e ry m odera te . P lease to address, M r. S tee le D irec to r of th e H arlem A cadem y. 6

CONSUMPTION.B y S p ir itu a l Influx tho real cause and cure o f th is disease is

fu lly m ade know n. T hose w ho are afflicted can obta in fu lf p a r­ticu la rs b y calling upon, o r addressing

B. F . H A T C H , M. D „8 G-tf 100 P rin c e st., N . Y .

I V O T I C I h'P erson s d é s ir o n s o f b e c o m in g M em b ers of

MT m S ociety fo b t h e D iffu sio n o r Spntrrr.A.L K n o w l - e l i ge ,” m a y m ake application for th a t purpose to e ith e r o f th e Officers o f th e Society, o r a t th e office o f T h e C u B ts m j t Bp i* p t u l l u t .

Viri

T H E B E A R E NO T E A R S IN H E A V E N .

u\- JOHN T. SWARTZ.

I hurt a riaM : his fret were bare ;His weak frame shivered with the cold ;

His youthful brow was kni t by care.His flashing eye his sorrow told.

Sa id I, “ Poor boy, why wcrpest thou .“ My parents both dead, ’ he said .“ I have not wheve to lay my head ,

O , I run lone ami friendless now Not friendless, child ; a friend on high

For you bis precious blood has ¿riven ;Cheer up, and bid each tear be dry--

♦‘ There are no tears in heaven.

i «jaw a man in life’s gay noon,Stand weeping o’er his young bride’s b ie r ;

•• And must we part,” lie cried, “ so soon !”As down his cheek there rolled a tear.

“ Heart-s tr icken one,” said I, *• weep not “ W ee p not 1” in accents wild he cried,“ But yesterday my loved one died.

And shall she be so soon forgot7”Forgotten? N o ! still let her love

Sus ta in thy heart, with anguish riven .St r ive thou to meet thy bride above

And dry your tears m heaven.

i s aw a ffontle rnorher weep,As to her throbbing heart she j-rest

An infant seemingly asleep,On its kind mother’s shell ’ring breast.

“ F a i i .one ,” said I, “ pray, weep no m o re ; ’’ Sobbed she, “ T h e idol of my hope I now am cal led to render up ;

M y babe lias reached death’s gloomy shore.” Young mother, yield no more to grief,

N or be by pass ion’s tempest driven.B u t And in these s u re» uo rd s relief,

“ T h e re are no tears in heaw n.”

P o o r t r a v ’ler o ’er life’s troubled w are—Cast down by grief, o ’erwhelmcd by care—

There is an arm above can save,T h e n yield not thou to fell despair.

Look upward , m o u r n e r s . l.w.U u.Lm*v« l W hat though tin* thunders echo loud;T h e s u n sh in e s brigh t b eyond the c lo u d ;

T hou trust in thy R edeem er’s love. W h e r e ’ver thy lot in life he cast,

VV’hatVr o f toil or woe be given —Be firm— remember to the hist,

•• T h e re are no tears in heaven ”

[From Dream Land and Ghost L a n ij w a s q u ite out, adding, sh e b e lieved it vras o n ly aA W . a l l ghost sto r ies in c r e d ib l e ? I dream ; w h ereu pon M iss L ee answ ered it m ight be

Dr. W a tts declared th a t h e could not take upon j so, and com posed h e r se lf again to sleep . B u t

w a s com pelled b y th e sam e apparition, h e w a s h an ged at Y o rk .

T h is is scarcely m ore extraordinary than the! him to declare th at all th e stories related b y Gian- j about tw o o f the clock sh e w a s aw akened again, : dream o f the appearance o f Maria M artin, and the ! vil and B a x ter m u st b e false. The narrative oi the . and saw the apparition o f a little w om an betw een con seq u en t d iscovery o f her bod y , m urdered b y

gh o st in the W esley fam ily staggered the credu lity her curtains and her pillow , w h o told her sh e w a s , 0 order in the R ed Barn. A ll E ngland heard of

N o on e w ill qu estion th e tru th o f th is princip le in its fam iliar app lications. N o one w ill d ou b t that a m ind hab itu a lly in con tact w ith v ice an d crim e will becom e m orally d e te r io ra te d ; or, th a t the sam e m ind, h ab itu a lly in con tact w ith , and receiv ­ing in structions from th e w ise and good, w ill b e ­com e corresp on d in gly elevated . B u t it is no t m ere-

“ T H E P U B L IC C IR C L E .”T he fo llow ing from the “ P l iu .ic C ir c l e ” will

illustrate the m ethod, correctness, and character o f the com m unications g iven at these free and pub­lic sittings.

It should be know n that Mr. Conklin w ill be able to g iv e his tim e and attention to the public, if the public w ill bu t give the “ P u b l ic C i r c l e ” the help ing hand.

“ W ell,” excla im ed the m edium , “ that curi­ous,” and h e repeated the w ords ev id en tly In ign o­rance o f their drift. “ W hat letters, Mr. F ox '/” he asked. H is hand w rote, “ L etters”— “ this after­noon.”

T he m edium here recollected tw o sealed letters w hich had been left during the day, b y different strangers, desiring answ ers to their contents, and w h ich w ere then in liis letter-rack. H e fetched them at once and placed them on the table. The m em bers o f the circle and the m edium w ere g iv in g expression to their w onder and curiosity , w hen a penifif;r .Uas entranced ; and the narrator, taking

“ I am here w im " i» iM i_w as uttered, verbatim , ex istin g In the body, w ere servants,' servants o f God. W e undertook to exp ou n d from the sacred desk the W ord o f God, as w e under­stood it to bo revealed to u s ; and w e have found, sin ce pu ttin g off m ortality , that the ideas and d oc­trines w h ich we th en prom ulgated, w ere w ide of being correct. S in ce the period o f changing spheres, we have united our ellbrts in try in g to diffuse the truth through the various channels that are opened, and being opened to earth. I have an earth ly brother, w hose inm ost sou l 3-carns to know th e truth, unknow n to an}- :— and it was his bro­thers out o f the ' ' " ' ' '

i even o f Dr. P r ie s t ly ; and S ou th ey rem arks upon j it in th e life o f W e sley , “ su ch th in gs m ay be su- j jpernatural amt yet not miraculous; th e y m ay not j be in the ordinary course o f nature, and y e t im ply i no alteration of its law s." T he num ber o f em in- 1 en t m en is v ery large w h o have been Inclined to 1 pronounce in favor o f spectral appearances, w hile |

it m ust be adm itted that m any records appear to j stan d w ith in the com pass o f m ost dem ostrative ; ev id en ce. P erh ap s it will! no t be too irrelevant i f w e quote som e w hich appear to b e w ell a u th en ti­cated.

H ow num erous are the Instances o f the inter­com m union b etw een the liv in g here, and, the liv ­ing beyond the grave :

Obcrlin, the lovely and gifted apostle o f the Ban de la R oche, w h en he entered upon h is pastorate, found m any o f h is parish ioners under the influence o f th ese ideas, w h ich appeared to him absurd su ­perstition ; but h is w ife v isited him rep eated ly after her leav ing the body.

“ P rofessor B arthe, w h o visited Oberlin in 182-f, sa y s , that w h ilst he sp oke o f h is in tercourse w ith the Spiritual w orld as fam iliarly as o f the daily v isits o f h is parishioners, he w as at the sam e tim e perfectly free from fanaticism , and eagerly alive toa l l t h o c o n c e r n s o f h i s e a r t h l y e x i s t e n c e . l i e a s ­serted, w hat I find m an y som n am bu les and d e­ceased persons a lso assert, that every th in g on earth is bu t a copy, o f w h ich the antitype is to be found in the other.

“ H e said to h is visitor, that he m igh t as well a t­tem p t to persuade him that th at w as not a table before them , as that h e did not hold com munica-. tion w ith the o ther world. “ I g ive 3-ou credit for being hon est, w h en y o u assure m e th at y o u never

j saw a n y th in g o f the k in d ,” sa id he, “ g iv e m e the sam e credit w h en I assure y o u that I do.”

“ W ith respect to the facu lty o f ghost-seeing , he said, it depended on several c ircum stances, external and internal. P eop le w h o live in the b u stle and glare o f the w orld seldom se e them , w h ilst th ose who live in still, so litary , th in ly inhabited places, like the m ountainous districts o f various countries, do. So i f I go into th e forest b y night, I see the phosphoric ligh t o f a p iece o f rotten w ood ; b u t if I go b y day, I cannot see i t ; y e t it is still there.— A gain there m ust be a rapport. A tender m other is aw ak en ed b y the faintest cry o f her child, w h ile the nurse m aid slum b ers on and never hears it.”

A friend o f the w riter’s has had repeated com ­m unications w ith h is departed w ife since sh e left her e a r th y com m union w ith him .

A very w ell know n M. P . assured a lady, a m ost

had" h fff lufii'L*nd oP tbe ,(vr‘ters> that since his wifeip • 1 , ’ i - ‘ — • rail death, h is householdaffairs had cost h im m uch ie&s l. .W _ ^

had cost him before, as h is w ife had com e toSniiievery n igh t to counsel and advise him .

W h o is there, w h o can find in su ch apparitions cause for fear or dread ? th e y w ere our com pan­ions and gu id es, th ese departed darlings, w hen their being w as like our ow n, unperfectcd. H ow m uch m ore should w e hail them , now that they

her m other, that sh e w as h ap p y , and that Dy [ tliiss execu tion . In our ow n recollection it is said tw elve o f the c lock th at d a y sh e w ould be w ith j th at the days o f apparitions have gone b y , b u t it

m a y b e doubted, perhaps, w h eth er still th e y do not

form w ho im pressed him to pro- j see so m ueh clearer than w e can, and know , there- pound a few questions w hich \re desire to answ er r ’through th is M edium .” j ore> so m uch m ore than w e can know . D o th ey

“ The first is— I forbear to v is it us because th ey k n ow that w e“ Are the doctrines that m y fa other* Sarund and“ A n answ er to that is in the prelace."“ In answ er to the n e x t”-—[H ere som e visitors cam e to th e door, and a l­

though it w as instan tly fastened to prevent inter- .ruption, the precaution was ineffectual.] “ O pposing j yye can understand sp heres repel— I would see y o u ,” (addressing the narrator,) “ alone w ith the M edium , after the usual hour to-n ight.”

A ccording to appointm ent the s ittin g w as re­sum ed, at about half-past nine o ’clock. ~T he M e­dium w as entranced before the sitting com m enced.T he com m unication w as then continued

should foo lish ly b e sh aken w ith terror and alarm ? Is it in k in d n ess that th e y are w ith h eld from our viaion? T he cases are too nu m erous am i too w ell testified to regard them m ere ly as the fiction s o f the brain, the ch eats and illusions o f the sen ses.—

perhaps, w h y th ey are so se l­dom s e e n ; b u t w e can also perceive a reason for their frequent v isitations o f the old beloved p laces o f their abode, and h ap p y earth ly affection.

Som e tales, how ever, have the brand o f terrorburnt into them , th ey have not the lovely relief

“ A violation, m y dear brother, o f a natural law , | to w h ich reference has been m ade, but undei a n y is w hat m term Sin : — there is no su ch word as j circum stances, “ there is a lurkin" belief in nearly punish,unt: there is su ch a word as s in te r in g ^ com | au n lind s that th e dead," sa y s th e p oet W hittier ,

“ visit the p laces fam iliar to them w hile in this life. I am not b y a n y m ean s d isposed to enter into an argum ent in b e h a lf o f th is belief. It d oes not, how ever, lack greater and b etter nam es than m ine in its support. For five thousand y ea rs the entire hum an fam ily h a v e ] g iven it credence. It

| w as a part o f the w ild faith o f the Scandinavian j w orsh ippers o f Odin. It ga v e a m ournful beauty j to the battle-songs o f the old Erse and G aelic j bards. I t shook the sto u t heart o f th e ancien t

Rom an. It blended w ith all the w ild and ex trava­gant relig ions o f the E ast. H ow touch ing is that death-scene o f C yrus, as told b y X en op h on , w hen the d y in g m onarch sum m oned his children abou t him , entreating them to love one another, and to rem em ber that their fa ther’s gh ost w ou ld be ever at their side , to rejoice w ith their rejoicing, and sorrow w ith their sorrow ! A ll nations, all ages, as C icero ju s t ly affirm s, have g iven credit to this g h o st-d o c tr in e ; and th is fact alone, Dr. John son argues, fu lly confirm s it. T he D octor h im se lf be- liov ed in the ghost o f C ock-lane. L u th er saw , talked, and fought w ith Spirits. Sw ed en borg m ade them h is fam iliar acquaintances. Coleridge, and his friend, the A p ostle o f the U n kn ow n T ongues, w ere spectre-seers. A gainst so m uch auth ority shall w e urge the app arently com m on-sense v iew o f the subject, that the apparition o f a disem bodied Spirit tn the sensual organs o f sigh t, hearing, and touch, is a so lecism in p h ilo sop h y— a subversion o f all know n law s o f m atter and m ind ? W h a t will that at nil w ith the m an w ho has actually seen a gh ost ■; Fact before p h ilo sop h y a lw ays. I f a man is certain he lias seen the th in g , there is an end of the m atter. ‘ Seein g ,’ as the old adage has it, ‘ is believing. D isbelief, under su ch c ircu m stan ces would ju s t ly su bject him to the charge w h ich p ious father B axter brought against those w ho doubted in relation to Cotton M ather’s w itch es: ‘ H e m ust be an obstinate Sadducee w h o q u estion s it.’ ”

A ll persons w h o have attem pted to write dow n the faith in gh osts have found th em selv es puzzled b y instan ces w h ich appeared to be established be­y o n d dispute. B eau m on t rela tes, in h is book called “ T he W orld o f Sp irits,” an anecdote w hich is quoted b y D r. H ib bert in h is w ell-know n work- on apparitions. T he narrative w as draw n up by the B ish op o f G loucester, from the lip s o f the 3"oung la d y ’s father.

“ Sir C harles L ee, b y h is first lady, had on ly one daughter, o f w h ich sh e died in ch ildbirth , and w hen she w as dead, her sister, the L ad y Everard, desired to have the education o f the child, and she w as very w ell educated till sh e w as m arriageable, and a m atch w as concluded for her w ith Sir W . P arkins, bu t w as then prevented in an extraordina­ry m anner. . U pon a T hu rsday n igh t, sh e th ink ing sh e saw a lig h t in her cham ber after sh e w as in bed, knocked for her m aid, w ho p resen tly cam e to I her, and sh e asked , ‘ W h y sh e left a candle burn­ing in her room ?’ T he m aid answ ered th at sh e had ‘ left none, and th a t there w as none bu t w hat she had brought w ith her a t that t im e ;’ th en sh e said it m u st be th e f ir e ; bu t th a t h er m aid told her

consequ en ces o f our ill-spent earth ly life. ‘ G od is L o v e . ’ The m erits ot Christ save not the man ; it is the practical living up to his exam ple :—worh are the only merits that sure the man. T he future, or the life that is to com e after the ph ysica l death,-----------S t a y ! I w ish to say previously, and inorder to take the questions in su ccession ,— H eaven is where harm ony is :— it is not a loca lity .” [Then continuing the preceding sen ten ce]— “ is not a fixed c o n d itio n ; but a progressive life. A nd I w ould , m y dear brother, w ith D avid , urge upon you to 1 .'13- aside every fear, and stu d y N ature, and o b ey tier law s: and fit y o u r sp irit to jo in us in the plane that w e m ove in, o f Eternal P rogression.

Your Brothers, S a m u e l a n d D a v i d . ”

Then addressing the undersigned , it w as said—“ W e wish y o u to take the letter and the an­

sw ers, and send them to Job W . G reene— No, sta y ! He will send him to you.”

Ques. “ To m y room s at the B ow ling G reen ?Ans. “ Yes.Ques. “ Should I take both letters?A m. “ N o, only the sm aller one— It is that to

w hich the answ ers are g iven .”T he foregoing com m unication was read to tile

M edium, w ith the exception o f the d irections o f the spirit regarding the letter and answ er— o f w hich, to strengthen the test, lie w as left ignorant.

T he M edium then took the hand o f the narrator, and, m oving from the table, said, as from the sp ir it “ This need not to be reco rd ed ;” and then tou ch ­in g ly and w ith graceful dignit3', thanked him foraid ing th e com m unication.

“ There is a sister, it w as added, “ w h ose heartlit torn will» anguish ; and w ho seeks tid ings o f a sister w ho has passed aw ay w ithin a w eek ." (So unders ood to sp eak )— “ The qu estion s in the other letter are tier’s, and th ey shall be a n sw e re d ; but cannot be answ ered now. W e will see the sister, and learn the facts from her, that respond to the qu estion s; and will then give the replies. T hese tw o letters a r e answ ered, because th ey are d ic ­tated b y an honest desire for truth ;— but there is another letter”— [here the M edium ’s hand pointed across the room] “ w h ich will net be answ ered, b ecau se its object is the gratification o f an idle c u ­r io s ity .”

On the afternoon follow ing, (29th M arch,) a note w as left at the narrator’s office, during h is absence, con veyin g the w ish o f Mr. “ .Job TV. G reene,” to see him . C alling as requested w ith the unopened letter and th e foregoing com m unication, the latter w as read to Mr. G reene and his fam ily. Mr. G reene then opened the letter, (w h ich proved to be the one he had left w ith Mr. Conklin,) and w ith a moral courage w hich is honorable to him , handed it over to be copied for publication . It w as worded as follow s—

“ D ear B rothers Sam uel and D avid ,— W ill both, or either o f you answ er the questions I am abou t to propose.

“ Y ou have botli been m inisters o f the gospel, and taught the doctrines o f the Church.

_ 11 First, are these doctrines true? Second ly , is sin punishable by everlastin g ban ishm ent from th e presence o f G od— and that in indescribable m isery ? -thirdly,— Is there no other w ay o f sa l­vation e x ce p t through faith in the merits and suffer­ings o f J e su s Christ v “

“ F ou rth ly , Is Heaven a location o r a S tate?“ Fifthly’-, Is th e state of the spirit w hen it passes

in to th a t world, fixed or progressive ?“ T h ese questions, dear brothers, are asked w ith

a longing heart-felt desire to know the truth,“ W ill y o u , i f perm itted, answ er them through

th is M edium ; and relieve the an x ie ty or one w ho loved y o u here, and still loves y o u in the Spirit- World. J ob W . G r e e n e . ”

her. W hereupon sh e kn ocked again for her m aid called for her clothes, and w h en sh e w as dressed w ent into her c loset and cam e not out again till nine, and then brought ou t w ith her a letter sea led to her father, carried it to h er aunt, the L ady E ver­ard, told her w hat had happened, and desired that as soon as sh e w a s dead it m igh t b e sent to h im .— T he lad y thou ght sh e w as su d d en ly fallen m ad, and therefore sen t p resen tly a w a y to Chelm sford for a physician and su rgeon, w ho both cam e im m e­diately, but the physician could d iscern no ind ica­tion o f w h at the lad y im agined , or o f an y ind ispo­sition o f her b o d y ; n o tw ith stand ing the lady w ould needs have her let blood, w h ich w as done accord­ing ly : and w h en the y o u n g w om en had patiently let them do w hat th e y w ou ld w ith her, she desired th at the chaplain m igh t b e called to read p r a y e r s ; and w hen prayers w ere ended, sh e took her guitar and psalm -book, aDd sa t dow n upon a chair w ithout arm s, and played and su n g so m elod iou sly and ad ­m irab ly that her m usic-m aster, w h o w as then there, adm ired at it ; and near the stroke o f tw elve she rose and sat h e r se lf dow n in a great chair w ith arm s, and presently fetch in g a strong breathing or t w o s h e im m ed iately exp ired , and w as SO su d d en ly cold as w a s m uch w on dered at b y the physician and su rgeon . Sh e d ied at W altham , in E ssex , three m iles from C helm sford, and th e letter w as sen t to S ir Charles, a t h is hou se in W arw ick sh ire ; b u t he w as so afflicted at the death o f his dau gh t­er, that he cam e not till sh e w as buried ; but w hen h e cam e, h e caused her to be taken up and to be buried w ith her m other at Edm onton, as sh e desir­ed in her letter.”

T his circum stance occurred m the y ear 1062 .— D r. H ib bert calls it one o f the m ost in teresting ghost stories on record ; he does not h ow ever d is­p lay m u ch in gen u ity , or he certa in ly felt h im se lf in d ifficu lty in h is a ttem p ts to se t it aside ; for he sim p ly rem arks after say ing , that let the p h ysician sa y w hat he w ou ld , h er death w ith in so sh ort a period proves that sh e m u st have b een indisposed at the tim e o f the gh o st’s prediction ; all that can b e said o f it is, that th e co in cidence w as a fortu­nate one, for w ith ou t it the story w ou ld probably n ever h ave m et w ith a recorder.

A credu lous m an u n q u estion ab ly w as old A u ­brey , and h is- vo lum e called “ M iscellan ies,” he h a s perhaps grouped togeth er m a n y things’ w h ich faith cannot v ery w ell sw a llo w ; b u t there are tw o cases w h ich appear to b e b eyon d a n y reasonable dispute. In Septem ber, 1090, W illiam B arw ick w a s hanged in chains, a t Y ork, for the m urder o f h is w ife. T h e fo llow in g is a co p y o f the deposi­tion w h ich led to h is conviction :

U a “ ’ S eptem ber the 17th, 1090, at—<3Y ork assizes.

1 T hom as

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L ofthouse, o f Jtiun. *Rreem iles o f Y ork c ity , sayeth , th a t on E aster T u esd ay last, about h a lf an hour after tw elve o f th e clock, in the day tim e, he w as w atering qu ick w ood, and as he w as going for th e secon d pail there appeared, w alking before h im , an apparition in th e sh ap e o f a w o m a n ; soon after, sh e sa t dow n, over against th e pond, on a green h ill; h e w alked b y her as he w en t to th e pond, and as h e cam e w ith th e pail o f w ater from th e pon d, look ing s i d e w a y s to s e e i f s h e sa t in the sam e p lace, w h ich h e saw sh e d id ; and had on her lap som eth in g like a w h ite bag, a d an ­d ling o f it (as he thou ght), w h ich he did not o b ­serve before. A fter h e had em ptied h is pails o f w ater, h e stood in his yard , to see i f he could see her again ; b u t could n o t H e sa y s her apparel w as brow n clo th es, w aistcoat and petticoat, a w hite hood, and her face looked ex trem ely pale, her teeth in sigh t, no gu m s appearing, h er v isage b ein g like h is w ife’s sister, and w ife to TYilliam B arw ick .

“ S ign ed , T h o m a s L o f t h o u s e . ”

B arw ick h ad told L ofth ou se that he had carried his w ife from C aw ood to S elb y , to her un cle’s, to con tin u e there during her co n fin e m en t; bu t upon inquiry it appeared that th is w as w h o lly false.— L o fth o u se im m ed iate ly w en t to the Lord M ayor o f Y'ork, and procured a w arrant for h is apprehension, as h e could not produce h is w ife. T he depositions before th e m agistrates w ill b est te ll the story :

“ T he inform ation o f T hom as Lofthouse, o f Rul- forth , taken upon oath, the tw enty-fourth d a y o f A pril, 1 0 90 ,—

“ W h o sa)'eth and d eposeth , that one W illiam B arw ick , w ho la te ly m arried th is inform ant’s w ife’s sister, cam e to th is in form ant’s house, about the fourteenth instant, and told th is inform ant h e had carried h is w ife to one R ichard H arrison’s hou se in S elby , w ho w as u n cle to h im , and w ould tak e care o f h e r ; and this inform ant, hearing noth ing o f the said B arw ick’s wife, h is said sister-in-law , im agined he had done som e m isch ief, did y esterd a y go to the said H arrison’s house, in S e lb y , w h ere he said he had carried her to ; and the said Harrison to ld th is inform ant h e kn ew noth in g o f the said B arw ick or his w ife ; and th is inform ant doth verily believe the said B arw ick to have m urdered her.

“ T h o m a s L o f t h o u s e ,

“ S . D a w s o n , M ayor.”

“ T he exam ination o f th e said W illiam B arw ick ,tn lc o n th o d a y a n d y o a r a h o r c s a id ,

“ ^Yho sayeth and confesseth , that he, this e x ­am inant, on M onday w as sev en th n igh t, about tw o o f the c lock in the afternoon, th is exam in an t w as w alk in g in a close, b e tw ix t C aw ood and W is to w ; a n j he farther sayeth , that h e threw h is said wife into th e po->d, w h ere sh e w as drow ned, and the day fo llow ing tow ards th e even in g , got a h a y spade at a h a y stack in the said close, and m ade a grave b eside the sa id pond and buried her.

“ W i l l i a m B a r w i c k ,

“ S. D a w s o n , M ayor.”

“ T he exam ination o f W illiam B arw ick , taken th e 2 3 th d a y o f A pril, 1690,

“ W h o sa y e th and confesseth , th at h e carried h is w ife over a certain m ain bridge, called B ish op ­d yk e bridge, b e tw ix t C aw ood and S h erb u m ; and w ith in a lane about one hundred yard s from the said bridge, and on th e left hand o f the said bridge, he and h is w ife w en t over a stile on the left hand o f a certain gate, en tering into a certain c lose on the left hand o f the said la n e ; and in a pond in the said c lose, adjoining to a qu ickw ood hedge, did drown h is w ife, and upon the ban k o f the said pond did b u ry h e r ; and further, th a t h e w as w ithin sig h t o f C aw ood C astle on th e left hand ; and that there w as bu t one hedge b e tw ix t th e said close, w h en he drow ned h is said w ife , and tw o B ishop- sla tes belonging to the sa id Castle.

“ Signed , “ W i l l i a m B a r w i c k ,

“ S. D a w s o n , M ayor.”

I 11 accordance w ith the inform ation in th e con ­fession o f her husband, the b od y w as found— and upon the avidence o f th a t confession, to w h ich h e

freq u en tly appear. W e shall see th a t all persons are not m agnetically fitted to perceive th a t th ey are not in a state o f rapport, oU sym p ath y , or com ­m unication. H en ce, the reason w h y a lw ays som e are unable to perceive w hat o thers b eh old readily. Or w h at can b e said to th e follow ing instan ce re­corded b y D r. M ore ?

In the y ea r 1080, at L u m ley , a ham let near C hester-le-street, in the cou n ty o f D urham , there lived one W alk er, a m an w ell to do in the world, and a w idow er. A y o u n g relation o f h is, w h ose nam e w as A nne W alker, k ep t h is hou se, to the great scan d a l o f the n eighb orh ood , and th at w ith bu t too good cause. A few w e ek s before th is y o u n g w om an ex p ected to becom e a m other, W alk er placed her w ith her aunt, one D am e Care, in C h ester-le-street, w h o prom ised to take care both o f h er and her future child . One ev en in g in the end o f N ovem ber, th is m an, in com p an y w ith Mark Sharp, an acquaintance o f his, cam e to D am e Care’s door, and told her that th ey had m ade arrange­m en ts for rem oving her n iece to a p lace w h ere sh e could rem ain in safety , till her confinem en t w as over. T h ey w ou ld not saj- w here It w as ; b u t as W alk er bore, in m ost resp ects, an ex ce llen t char­acter, sh e w as a llow ed to g o w ith him ; and he professed to have sen t h er o ff w ith Sharp into L an­cash ire. F ourteen d a y s after, one G raem e, a fuller, w ho lived abou t s ix m iles from L um ley , had b een engaged till p ast m idn igh t in h is m i l l ; and on com in g dow n sta irs to g o hom e, in the m iddle o f

the ground floor he sa w a w om an, w ith d ish evelled hair, covered w ith blood, and h av in g five large w ou nd s on her head. G raem e, on recover in g a little from h is first terror, dem anded w h a t the sp ectre w anted : “ I ,” said th e app arition , “ am the S p ir it o f A n n e W a lk e r ;” and proceeded a c ­cord in gly to tell G raem e th e particu lars w h ich I have a lread y related to y o u . “ W h en I w as sen t aw a y w ith M ark Sh arp ,” it proceeded , “ he slew m e on su ch a m oor,” nam ing one th at Graem e knew , “ w ith a collier’s p ick , th rew m y b od y into a coal-pit, and hid th e p ick un der th e bank ; and his sh o es and stock in gs, w h ich w ere covered w ith blood, he left in a stream .” T h e app arition pro­ceeded to tell G raem e, that he m u st g ive inform a­tion o f th is to th e nearest ju s t ic e o f th e p e a c e ; and that, till t is w a s done, h e m u st look to b e co n ­tinually hau nted . G raem e w en t h om e v e ry sad ; he dared not b rin g su ch a charge again st a m an o f so un im p eachab le a character as W alk er, and y e t he as little dared to incur the anger o f th e Sp irit that had appeared to him . So, as all w eak m inds will do, h e w e n t on procrastinating, o n ly he took care to leave h is m ill early , and , w h ile in it, never to b e alone. N o tw ith sta n d in g th is caution on h is part, one n igh t, ju s t as it began to b e dark, the ap- pa.--u^n jjjgj again, in a m ore terrib le shape, and w ith ever3' tA.-.„nlSfance 0f ind ignation . Y et h e did n o t even then fulfil its injunction ; till, on St. T hom as s eve, a s he w as w a lk in g in h is garden, ju s t after su n set, it threatened h im so effectually , that, in the m orn iug h e w en t to a m agistrate, and revealed the w h ole thing. T he p lace w as ex a m in ­ed , the b o d y and the p ick axe fo u n d ; a w arrant w a s g r a n t e d against W alk er and Sharp . T h ey w ere, how ever, adm itted to b a i l ; but in A u gu st, 1031, their trial cam e on before J u d g e D avenp ort, at D urham . M eanw hile the w h ole c ircu m stan ces w ere know n o v er all the N o rth o f E ngland, and

greatest in terest w as ex c ited b v the case .—the

A gainst Sharp th e foot w a s strong , th at h is sh oes and stock ings, covered blood, w ere foun d in the place w h ere the m urder had w , n com m itted • but against W alker, e x ce p t th e accou n ts received from the ghost, there seem ed not a sh ad ow o f ev i­dence. N everth e less the ju d g e su m m ed up stron g­ly aga inst th e p r iso n e r s ; th e ju r y found them gn ilty ; and the ju d g e pronou nced sen ten ce upon them that n igh t, a th in g w h ich w as un kn ow n in D urham , either before or after. T he prisoners w ere ex ecu ted , and both died professin g their in­nocence to the last. J u d g e D aven p ort w a s m uch agitated during the tr ia l; and it w as believed , sa y s the historian, th a t the Spirit had also appeared to him , as i f to su p p ly in h is m ind the w an t o f legal ev id en ce. T h is case is c er ta in ly a so lem n ¡Ilustra tion o f the m aladm inistration o f ju stice in an an­cient c o u r t ; y e t the c ircu m stan tia l evidence, aris­in g from th e appearance o f the Spirit, appears v ery stron g— th e find in g o f the b od y— and the boots and stock in gs. Y et w e need p erh ap s to live m ore im m ed iate ly , w ith in the circle o f th e circum ­stan ce, to pronou nce upon it. N o n e o f us, how ­ever, read in g th is book, w ou ld like to take upon ou rselves the resp o n sib ility o f {hose daring ju r y ­m en, w h o d u rst venture to throw a w a y life upon evidence, w h ich , stron g as it appears to h ave been, did not com e to th em , b u t on ly to one w h o had borne w itn ess to th em . T here is a w eird and aw ­ful lig h t a ltogeth er abou t th is trial.

[T * be continued.]

h ’ in ph ysica l contact, or in

* See “ Miscellanies,” by John Anbrey, Esq., F . E. S.

[From Buchanan's Journal o f Man.]

THE PHILOSOPHY OF INFLUX.W h eth er m an is capable in th is life o f hold in g

com m union w ith h igh er S p iritua l sp h eres, and bringing dow n an in flux o f Sp iritual k n ow led ge or pow er, to ennob le h is daily ex is ten ce , is an im ­portant practical question . T he answ er to su ch a question w as not furnished b y G allian p h renology, w h ich had not advanced su ffic ien tly far to take cognizance of the im m aterial nature o f m an— and w h ich , a s popularly taught, assigned all m ysteriou s Spiritual ph en om en a to the ju r isd ic tion o f th e or­gan o f M arvelousness,— or, in o th er w ords, re­cognized them so le ly as su b jective phenom ena, in­deb ted for their ex isten ce to an ea sy and irration­al credu lity . B u t there are d eeper tru ths in nature than w ere recognized b y the Gallian phrenology, and th ese m ysteriou s truths, b y their connection w ith our cerebral and physio logical organs, becom e disrobed o f their m ystery .

In flux, or inspiration, is an im portant fact o f our daily ex isten ce , and an im portant portion o f moral sc ien ce : and how ever m ysteriou s it m a y have been m ade b y the superstitious, it is not m ore m y s­terious in a _ sc ien tific view , than an)- o ther u lti­mate facts in our constitution . To illustrate as sim ply as possible, let u s sit for a few m om ents w ith a pap er o f m edicine contained b etw een the hands, and carefu lly w atch th e im pression w hich it m akes upon th e hands, and from th em diffuses tiirough the w hole organization. I f our attention is c lo se ly fix ed upon th is operation , our sensib ility increases, and the full in fluence o f the m edical su b ­stance m a y be im parted to our constitu tion . E ven a letter held in th is m anner, m ay y ie ld to our p sy ­chom etric sen se , an accurate conception o f the w riter’s character ; w h ile , i f carelessly held , with the atten tion directed to other su b jects , no im pres­sion w ould be recognized. T hus, it is obviou s that, w henever the appropriate facu lty is called out, and the atten tion fixed upon a n y object, w e are placed in the proper condition to receive all the peculiar influences w h ich th at object is capable o f im part­ing to our m inds. In o ther w ords, the m in d o f m an ten d s to assum e, w ith cham eleon lik e facility the hu e o f th a t w ith w h ich th e th o u g h ts are m c o n ta c t

hum an so c iety , th at the in ind ev in ces its pow er to receive an in flu x o f en n ob lin g or destru ctive in flu­ences. T he entire p h ysica l and m oral u n iverse is adapted to operate upon the m ind o f m an, and e le­vate, depress, or ch an ge it, in to th e lik en ess o f those scen es w h ich it hab itu a lly seek s. I f our th ou gh ts are h ab itu a lly d irected to the ex a m p les o f th e w ise and the good, w e cannot fail to derive from th em an im portant in fluence upon our w h ole course o f life. *

I f th ese princip les be true, those facu lties have an esp ecia lly ennob ling influence upon hum an na ture w h ich h ab itu a lly direct our th o u g h ts to the n ob lest exam p les o f all that is great and good. T he facu lty o f R everence especial!)', h a s th is in fluence, i In its low er form s, b elon gin g to th a t portion o f the organ situated in the tem p les, adjacent to F ear, it 1 reveren ces w ith abject serv ility , th e p h ysica l p o w ­er w h ich b elon gs to w ealth , office, and m ilitary com m and. T hose w h o are govern ed b y th is in fe­rior sen tim ent, are ap t to b e sycop h an tic follow ers and serv ile c o p y ists o f th ose w h o p o ssess the p o w ­er and w ealth o f society .

T h e nob ler form s o f the reverentia l em otion , b e ­lon gin g to th e up per portion o f th e organ o f R e v ­erence, insp ire u s w ith an honorab le regard for that w h ich is tru ly great and nob le, and for m oral and in tellectual su p eriority . U n d er th e influence o f th is facu lty , w e have in ten se d eligh t in con tem p la t­in g a Superior character; and, th e m ind b e in g h a ­bitually attracted tow ard su ch characters, derives from their e x ce llen ce an adm irable moral influence. T h ey b ecom e our hab itual exem p lars, and their good qualities, through sy m p a th y and im itation, are transferred to our ow n bosom s.

B u t, w h en , instead o f b e in g gu id ed b y th is nob le faculty , th e region o f A rrogan ce and V a n ity over­ru les, w e are blind to th e e x is ten ce o f a n y b ein g high er than ourselves, and b ecom e un ab le to draw from th e h igh er sp h eres o f h u m an ity a n y b en ig ­nant in fluences for our ow n Spirits. '

If, then, there be in hum an so c iety , a moral pow er and inspiration, b y w h ich our nob ler nature can be exp an d ed and stren gth en ed , m a y w e not reason ab ly su p p ose that, in the vast m agn ificence o f th e un iverse, there are still greater p ow ers, w h ich w e m a y seek , and from w h ich w e m ay draw incalcu lable treasures o f Spiritual stren gth ? I f m an h im se lf b e not the auth or o f the universe, nor th e source o f the w isd om w h ich it d isp lays, there m u st be o ther pow ers greater th an m an, to w hich w e m ay turn w ith equal confidence for m o ­ral and Spiritual inspiration o f the h ig h est ch a ­racter. '

In th e interior reg ion s o f th e brain, l)'ing a lon g the m edian line, w e have th ose h igh er and deeper pow ers w h ich hold relation to the un kn ow n and m ysteriou s th in g s o f th e universe. In the organ o f R eligion, w h ich po in ts to the D ivine and Sp irit­ual sp heres, w h ich are ab ove and beyon d us, there is a s ingu lar pow er o f e lev a tin g m an, w ith in the range o f ben ign ant and en n ob lin g in fluences.— W ith ou t referring to th e D iv in e and Spiritual b e ­ings, w ith w h ich m an m ay be brou gh t in relation, we m a y perceive, even in the organization o f h is brain, th e grand and insp iring in fluence o f th e re­lig ious sen tim ent, w h en actin g in its leg itim ate channel. R eligion lies b etw een th e in tu itive p o w ­ers in front, w h ich grasp the present, the past, and the future, b y their su dd en and m ysteriou s pow er, and the com m anding m oral pow ers, located farther back, in :he region o f W ill and G reatness. W h at does tills arran gem ent tell us, b u t the exp lic it truth th at th e h o ly central e lem en t o f our nature, w h ich has been called R elig ion , m u st in its h igh est action , b e accom p anied b y an angelic, far-reaching pow er o f in tellect, and a seren e grandeur o f moral p ow er, th e p ow er o f d ign ified and com m anding will, im p ressin g other m inds, and controlling our ow n b od ies to the greatest perform ance o f w h ich th ey are capable ? in o ther w ords, th e tru ly reli­g iou s m an, is not on ly m orally great, b ein g upheld and su sta in ed as i f b y an invincib le p o w er ,— th e p o w e r o f a n u n c o n q u e r a b l e w i l l ,— but is a lso D iv ­in e ly gu id ed to seek and receiv e the tru th ,— to k n ow his p a th w a y in life, to live w ise ly and su c ­cessfu lly . I f th is be th e tru th , apparent in the constitution o f the brain, th a t R elig ion insp ires alike th e w ill and the in tu itive in tellect, it w ill not be d eem ed strange that the exterior w orld sh ou ld be constructed in accordance w ith sim ilar p rin ­cip les, and sh ou ld teach u s sim ilar truths. In other w ords, it is no t unreasonable that, a s a ll our facu lties poin t to a certain sp h ere o f the exterior world in w h ich their d e stin y is fu lfilled , so should the organ o f R ellg .on bring u s in to relation w ith D ivine and Spiritual th in gs , from w h ich m a y be derived a lim itless in flu x o f pow er, o f good, and o f truth. y ’ 6 ’

I f the h igh er form s o f R everence, in their ter­restrial action , bring us into relation w ith the n o­blest em bodim ents o f hum an ex ce llen ce , and draw therefrom insp iring in flu en ces o f g ood n ess and o f greatn ess is it not probab le that th e organ o f reli­gion, looking to that w h ich is beyon d all hu m anity — to the infin ite sou rce o f hu m an perfections, and the infin ite p ow er o f the D e ity , should b rin g from its su b lim e object, an insp iration still h igh er, g rea t­er, and m ore p ow erfu l? A n d , on th e o ther hand, i f th e v e ry structure o f the brain dem onstrates th is in sp iring p ow er in th e organ o f R eligion, is it not probable th a t an organ ex erc is in g p ow ers o f so noble a character, su sta in s a correlation in the o u t­er w orld, to the su b lim est and grea test o f all ob ­je c ts th a t m a y be conceived b y m an? I t w ou ld violate the s)-m m etry o f A n th rop o logy , and u n i­form ity o f the relations o f th e hu m an facu lties to exterior objects, to d e n y th at th e noble and insp ir­in g facu lty o f R elig ion po in ts to th a t h igh er sphere or h igh er p ow er, w h ich is th e sou rce o f all grand inspiration.

In thu s fo llow ing the m anifest d ic ta tes o f cere­bral and m athem atical sc ien ce , w e are im p elled tom P PihTir'lncinn thnf ~ T \:_ :______1 ,»

p o w er in rep o se ; its distribution , sim ultating everv arch itectural ty p e . I t m ak es one sm ile at those classical rem n an ts w h ich our ow n period repro. d u ces in its M adelines, W alhallas, and Guard Col. eges, like un iversity poem s in the dead la n g u o r Still w e can com pare them w ith the iceberg;°forth e sam e standard m easu res both , as it does Chiu.

r>... ^th e rncral contact o f j borazo and the H ill o f Ilo w th . But this thin«supernatural throughout. The

frolic o f an opium eater’s reverie is notifiai- t0 phantasm agoria o f the sk y to night. Karnaks

refraction is est frolic o fth e phantasm agoria o f the sk y to m giu. Karnaks o f ice, turned upside dow n, were resting upon ra in bow p ed esta ls; great n eed les, obelisks of pure w h iten ess, sh ot up above their false horizons, and after an hour-glasslike contraction at their point of union w ith their duplicated im ages, lost themselves in the b lu e o f the upper sk y .— Dr. Kara's .Tounial of the tfrinnell Expedition in Search of Sir j 0jm Eranliin.

the conclu sion that, th e D iv in e and infinite auth or o f the u n iverse has estab lish ed in m an a g overn ­in g faculty , w ith its organ ly in g at th e very su m ­m it o f h is person, b y w h ich h e perpetually m ain­tains h is relation to th e infin ite A u th or o f h is be­

end derives from him through that connection a perpetual in flu x o f Spiritual life and tru th , w ith moral p ow er and goodn ess, and all that g iv es to m an a G od-like developm ent.

^Yhy, then, accordin

S k e t c h o f L f t i if .i : .— A coarse, ragged, plebeian face it w as, w ith great crags o f cheek hont-s_a w ild am oun t o f passionate I'lu-i1) ’, and appetite1 B ut in h is dark e y e s w ere floods o f sorrow; an] d eep est m elan ch o ly , sw eetn ess , and m ystery, \Veri all there. O ften did there seem to m eet in*Luthcr th e v e ry opposite p o les in m an’s character. ¿ e for exam p le , o f w hom R ich ter had said that his w ords w ere h a lf battles, he, w h en he first began to preach , suffered un heard o f agony. “ 0 pr Staupitz, D r. S tau p itz ,” said he to the vicar-gene­ral o f h is order, “ I cannot do it. I shall die in three m onths. In d eed I cannot do it.” Dr. Stan- pitz , a w ise and considerate m an, said upon this “ W ell, sir, M artin, if y o u m u st die, 3-ou must—but rem em ber th at th e y need good heads up yonder' too. So preach , m an, preach— and then live o­die, a s it hap pens.” So L u th er preached and lived and h e becam e, indeed , one great whirlwind of en ergy , to w ork w ithou t restin g in th is world; and also before h e dic-d he w rote four hundred book-i — b ook s in w h ich the true m an w a s !— for in the m id st o f all th e y denounced and cursed, what to u ch es o f ten d ern ess la)-. Look at the' Table T alk, for exam ple. W e see in it a little bird, havin'« aligh ted at su n set on the bough o f the pear tree that grew in L uth er’s garden, Luther looked up at it and sa id ; “ T hat little bird, now it cowers dow n its w ings, and will sleep, there, so still and fearless, th ou gh over it are the infinite starry sp aces, and the great blue depths o f immensity! Y et it fears not— it is at home. The God "that m ade it too is th e r e !” T he sam e gentle spirit of l)-rical adm iration is in the other passages of his books. C oining hom e from L eipsic in the autumn season , lie breaks forth into liv in g wonder at the fields o f corn. “ IIow it stands there,” he say' “ erect on its beautifu l tape stem , and bendin«'its beautifu l golden head w ith bread in it— the bread o f m an sen t to him )'et anoth er y ea r!” Such th ou gh ts as th ese are as little w indow s, tlirourii w h ich we gaze into the interior o f the serene depths o f M artin L u th er’s soul, and see visible, across its tem p ests and clouds, a w hole heaven o f light and love. H e m igh t have pain ted— he might liavi su n g — could have b een beautiful like Raphael great like M ichael A n gelo . ’

A s it w as, the stream s o f energ)- and modesty m et in h is active spirit. P erhaps, indeed, ¡n all m en o f genius, one great quality strongly developed m ight force out o ther qu alities. H ere was Luther a savage kind o f a m an, a s people thought him—1 w ild Orson o f a m an — a m an w h ose speech was ordinarily a w ild torrent that w ent tearing down rock s and trees— and behold him speaking like a w om an or a child . B u t no sentim entalist was he' A tolerant m an, b u t w ith n oth in g o f sentimental tolerance. H e w en t to th e real heart of that mat­ter. W h e n h is reform ing associates made a vast fu ss about a su rp lice that som ebod y or other w an ted to wear, he ended the m atter with a “ w h at ill can a surp lice do us ? L et him have three su rp lices, i f lie will. T hat is not our religion, nor interferes w ith it at all. Domini, miserere ko. T hat is w h at w e have to th in k ; that is what we m u st think the essentia l o f C hristianit)'.”

N o th in g o f w h a t is com m on ly called cant or pride, or am bition, w as in L uther. It was this that m ade him not h igh er than the lowest man w ith a soul, not y e t low er than the h ighest. Thu; w h en he w as threatened w ith the anger o f “ Duke G eorge,” if h e w en t to L eipsic, but if he had, no­th in g on earth should prevent him. I f it rained D u k e G eorges for nine da)'S running, there he w ould go. W ell, and th is m an, w h o thought ami acted in th is w a y , p assed a w h ole life o f sufferm;! H e w as a d eep ly m elan ch oly man. More labor had fallen on him than he could rightly bear, and it w as in vain to be released , he toiled and sor­row ed on. E ven w ith Satan him self, the evil prin­cip le o f the w orld, w as he destined to use high argum ent. Men w ould laugh at that, and a cheap gam e, indeed, w as ridicule ; bu t be it recollected that in L u th er ’s days G od and the devil were equally real, and that he th ou gh t he was from the first, as w h en that vision o f the crowded house tile o f the old c ity o f W orm s, a m an specially selected to fight w ith devils. W ell, then, he sat alone one night— h e w as translating the If. 1st Psalm, and pondering w ith deep sign ificance, he had sat fast­ing for tw o days, w h en the devil rose and stood befere him , and opened the fam ous dialogue, accu­sin g L u th er w ith crim e, and threatening him with hell, and terrify ing him to recant. All which the C hristian p u t an end to at last, b v taking up hi; in k b ottle and flin g in g it at the devil. The mark m ade b y the ink on the wall is show n to this day; and a m em orab le spot, truly, is that spot—a spot th at m a y m ark at once the greatness and poverty of m a n !— the terrors o f a delusion w hich anv doc­tor s or ap oth ecary’s apprentice could explain now- a -d a y s ; b u t also o f a courage that could rise against w hat seem ed to be the bodily impersona­tion o f darkness and despair, and of enmity t- good. N o braver m an than L uther ev er appeared in E urope.— Carlyle.

_ to our sc ien ce, should m an engage m a cts o f p rayer? Can he e x p e ct the om nipotent and om nisc ien t D e ity to change his plan and la w s o f creation at the req u est o f an hu m ble creature? T he presu m p tu ou s arrogance 0 1 an essen tia lly irreligious m ind, m a y su g g est th is view , bu t true sc ien ce , and tru e relig ion ,“w h ich is never vain or arrogant, su g g est a d ifferent v iew .

rayei is the ex erc ise o f R elig ion , R everence, and su b lim ity . It is the turning o f th e m ind aw ay from the excitin g , th e degrad ing and the v icious, to contem plate and com m u ne reveren tia lly w ith the calm and h o ly th ings o f the Sp iritual u n iverse— God, eternity , the div ine law s, and the a n ge ls that m inister to hum an elevation .

P rayer is esp ecia lly n ecessary to m an, w h en he has turned aw a y from the D iv in e sou rce o fin sp ira - tion, and in the selfish and degrad ing scen es of ife am id the g loom y stru gg les o f the passions, has

tost h is connection w ith the D iv in e sou rce o f iich t and life, until h is firm am ent has becom e overcloud­ed, and the p ath w ay to H eaven obscured and lo s t

P ra y er is th e earnest aspiration o f the sou l, soar- !5£ . u ? , t0 re-establish its com m u nication w ith the

ivinit)-, and to m ake a p ath w ay through thei n t o W •li‘ 1 the P ir in e % ht m av again flow into th e interior cl m an. '

° r, in,"P'lration >•=. th en , the continual jo y m en t and illum ination o f unclouded souls, w h ich allow n o obstru cting m edium to stan d betw een the „ ‘v“ ,e a "d the trnnan . M an m a y debase h im se lf until h is firm am ent is over-cast w ith darkness — until th e sk y lig h ts o f the m ind are d in g y a’nd opaque, or, on th e o th er hand, he m a y cu ltivate

shine t b ° ns t0 Lh e infin ite’ and live in the sun- tfii r ’ C u WaJ IS t^’ and the P ° w cr w h ich flow thro’ th e facu lty o f R eligion, no t only from the lim itless source o f p ow er and goodness, but a lso from the

and 'happiness!'' pr° Ximate SPh eres o1' Sp iritual life

Animated Clocks.— In China the inhabitants 0: th e provinces turn their cats to a m ost useful pur­pose, if w e m ay believe the fo llow ing story which is related b y M. H ue, in his travels in China

.icobere is one of God’s own buildings, preaching its lessons of humility to the miniature Rtmof«*.»« ~ c ___ ▼, J. .colossal P e n te H c u ^ S; t ° Lo™ fnA „ I- - ! natel?a1-’ on®.j <*> injure p rivate in terests ¡"and w e hop"

u s , its m ass, the rep resen ta tiv e o f ¡ le s s , that w a tch es w ill continue to be u

“ One day, w h en w e w ent to pa)- a visit to some fam ilies o f C hinese C hristian peasants, we met near a farm , a y o u n g lad w ho w as taking a buffalo to graze a long our path. TTe asked him carelesslv as_w e passed , w h eth er it w as y e t noon. The chili raised h is head to look at the sun, but it was hid­den behind th ick clouds, and he could lead im an­sw er there. ‘ T he sk y is so clou dv,’ said he, ‘but w ait a m o m en t:’ and w ’th these words lie ran to­w ards the farm, and cam e back a few moment; afterw ards w ith a cat in his arms. ‘ Look here,' said he, ‘ it is not noon v e t ;’ and he showed us the c a t s e)-es, b y p u sh in g up the lids with his hands. H e looked at the child w ith surprise, hut lie was ev id en tly in e a r n e s t; and the cat, though aston­ished and not m uch pleased at the experiment m ade on her eyes , behaved it ith m ost exemplar)' com plaisance. ‘ V ery w ell,’ said we, ‘ thunk you,' and be^ then let go the cat, w ho m ade her escape’ v e ry qu ick ly , and w e continued our route. To sav th e truth, w e had not at all understood the pro­c e e d in g ; but w e did not w ish to question the little pagan, lest, he should find out that we were Euro­p ea n s b y birth.

A.S soon as ever w e reached the firm , however, w e m ade haste to ask our C hristians whether they could tell a c lock b)* looking into a cat s eves. T h ey seem ed surprised at the question ; hut as there v a s no dan ger in confessing to them our ig­norance o f the properties o f the cat's eyes, we related w h at had ju s t taken place. That was all that w as n ecessa ry ; our com plaisant neophytes m ined iately gave chase to all the cats in the neirii-

borhood.T h ey brought us three or four, and explained ¡!1

w h at m anner th ey m ight he m ade use of for w a tch es. T h ey pointed out that the pupil of their e y e s w en t on constant!)- gi ow ing narrower until tw elve o clock , w hen th ey becam e iike a tine line, as thin as a hair, draw n perpcndicuiarlv across the e y e , and th at after tw elve the dilation recom­m enced . M hen w e had an cn tiv e lv examined the e y e s o f all the cuts at our disposal, we concluded that it w as past noon, as all the eyes perfectly agreed upon th e point. W e had som e hesitation in sp eak in g o f this C hinese discovery, as it may, dou btless, tend to injure the clock-m aking trade, and interfere w ith the sale o f w atches; but all con­sideration s m ust g ive w a y to the spirit o f progress. A ll im portant d iscoveries tend in the first instance

e, neverthe-be made.