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No. 2 7 . M E L B O U R N E , N O V E M B E R 1 s t , 1 8 7 2 . P R I C E S IX P E N C E

O O N TEN TS. PaneM r. S m ith ' s L e c t u r e a t t h e M a s o n i c H a l l ........................................................... 327S u b s t i t u t i o n .................. ................................ .............. ........................................ .. 3 '20S r I n o r d i n a r y S p i r i t u a l m a n i f e s t a t i o n ! i n A m e r i c a ........................... 329-31f u n e r a l a t C a e t l e m a i n e ......................................................................................... 831-2T h e L a s t g o o d T h i n g ................................................................................................. 333*.P r o fe s s o r I f a p e s ’s e x p e r i e n c e s i n S p i r i t u a l i s m ........................................... 334-5P r e s id e n t o f “ F r e e D i s c u s s i o n S o c i e t g ’ s " A d d r e s s ................................... 335-3T i t a l i c I n d u c t i o n ......................................................................................................... 338T h e m y s t e r u e i f D e a t h ....................................... 3 3 8 -9t e v i e w — " T h i s w o r l d a n d t h e n e x t " ............................................................ 330-40T h e M e lb o u r n e C h i l d r e n ' s L y c e u m ..................... . ............................................ 340• U n c la im ed .' ......................... 340-1

In our la s t issu e w e d rew a tte n tio n to th e vagaries o f

a few individuals (som o o f whom w e re form erly Spirit­

ualists), b u t who have, w ithin th e la s t few m onths, w ith ­drawn from th e ran k s o f p rog ression , and p rostrated

their reason a t th e fe e t o f th e sch ool-m istress o f the

magnetic school. I t ap p ears th a t ou r s tric tu re s w ere

not prem ature, and o u r w arn in g o p p o rtu n e. D u rin g th e

past month th e h ead sch o lar h as spok en ; and , althou gh

wo expected som e n o velties, his d eliveranco h as outdone

our most e x tra v a g a n t ex p e cta tio n s. T h e liberal and too-

confiding co m m ittee o f th e S p iritu alist A ssociatio n , invi­

ted M r. J a s . S m ith to c o n d u c t th e ir serv ice on Sunday

October 13 th , and th a t gon tlem an having no restrictio n s

placed upon him , availed h im self o f th e op p o rtu n ity to

announce to th e w o rld th e divine will and in ten tion s as

revealed th ro u g h th e ir sp ecial o racle , th e g is t of

the lectu re w as as follow s :— ■“ T h a t G od had orig­

inally intended th a t m ankind should live in harm ony

and n o t s tra y from th e r ig h t p a th ; th a t in sp ite o f H is

incessant efforts to keep him on th e tra ck , he w ould co n ­

tinually s tra y r ig h t and le ft, G o d had trie d variou s m eans

at divers tim es, h e h ad n o t only sen t his angels to be in­

carnated in h u m an form from tim e to tim e, b u t had

re-incarnated th e s tra y sheep ov er an d over again , b u t

his efforts w ere in effectu al to ch eck th e d eterm in ation of

man to disobey h is law s, th e y h ad slau g h tered th e bodies

of the in carn ated an g els, an d th e re -in ca rn a te d hum ans

*s a ru le w ere n o t im proved, h en ce sin a n d vice w ere

ram pant and o n th e in crease , a n d G od’s p atien ce being

well-nigh exh au sted , i t w as h is in ten tio n to brin g m atters

to a clim ax, H e w ould w ithhold his w rath for a sh o rt

time and give u s o n e m o re ch an ce , which w as to be th e

•wt, and all th o se w ho did n o t avail th em selves o f i t

were to b e burnt u p in to n o th in g , by a w ave o f mag­netic fire! "We did n o t c le a rly u n d erstan d bow we w ere

to escape this unpleasant denouem ent, but in a letter from Mr. Smith, which appears in the D a ily T elegraph

o f O cto b er 17 th , th e o racle speaks m ore distinctly. I n

th is extrao rd in ary le t te r we a re told th a t “T he tru th s (sic)

delivered a t th e M asonic H a ll have no relation , and are

w holly rep u g n an t, to Spiritualism ; th a t th e w rito r is

n o t and nev er w as a S p iritu a lis t; th a t th e spirits

have been troop in g to th e e a rth for th e la s t tw enty-five

y ears in obedience to a law o f which they a re ignorant

(b u t which, o f cou rse , th e o racle knows all ab o u t) in

o rd er th a t th e y m ay bo re-in carn ated , and receive as

every hum an sp irit th a t has e v er lived is ab o u t to receive

— T h e final ju d g m en t in th e flesh ; when th o se who a c ­

c e p t th e offer o f th e F a th e r ’s love will go in to everlastin g

li f e ; th o se who a re incapable o f receiving it , by reason

o f continu ed actB o f disobedience th rou gh a succession

o f in carn ation s, will go into everlastin g death , th ey

will be ob literated from th e book o f life.” T he o racle

proceeds— “ I have said th a t th e hum an ra ce has reach ed

th e te rm o f its ex isten ce on th e g lob e," & c. & c., and then

explains th a t th e only hope o f safety lies in o u r realizing a

condition o f u t te r holplessness befdre God, until wo be­

com e fit tab ern acles for th e H o ly Spirit, when w e shall

be able to pass scathless th rou gh th a t wave o f m agnetic

fire which seem s to have occasioned th e ed ito r so m uch am usem ent. B u t th is am usem ent, th e scep tical ed itor

is to ld , will suddenly be tran sform ed in to con stern ation

ore long. A little fu rth e r on we a re inform ed th a t th e

D ivine S p irit w as n o t in carn ated in Je su s u n til he was

th ir ty y e a rs o f ag e— th is inform ation should be in te r ­

estin g to o rth od o x C hristions. I t ap p ears th a t w e a re

so “ blinded by m aterialism , and deafened by th o din o f

w orldly pursuits, th a t we have failed to ob serve th e in ­

dications o f th e com ing wave— to w it, “ th e volumes of m agn etic fire b ein g projected from th e sun, th e forest fires in America, th e number of- d eaths from sunstroke in temperate region s, and th e increased number of earth­quakes,” T he concluding portion of th e letter contains th e pith of i t , for the writer says, “ I f what he has spoken is of and from himself it will come to naught, and he will be branded as a monomaniac and derided as a vis­ionary ; but if it is the Father [speaking through him, then all the pulpits, newspapers, and Spiritualists, .will not prevail against it. Of this we have no doubt, and we leave it to the discrimination of an intelligent public to discern between the fanaticism of man and the voice of God.

329 THE HARBINGER OF LIGHT.

I t is , indeed, a lam entable sigh t when m en o f

th e stam p o f M r. Jam es Sm ith descend from th e em in­

e n ce whence th ey have been resp ected , to th e plane of

th e unreasoning fanatic. M an y will m arvel how this

can be, b u t to those acquainted with psychological or

biological phenom ena th ere is little to m arvel a t . I t is

a com paratively easy m atter for one pow erful m agnetizer

to bring a num ber of subm issive subjects under his or

h er psychological influence, which, if refreshed a t in te r­

vals, enables th e op erato r to suppress som e facu lties, and

brin g o u t others, m aking th e subjects m ere in stru m en ts

in th e ir hands, u ltim ately destroying th e equilibrium

o f th e brain. D u ring th e earlier portions o f th e initia­

tion , and while th e con tro l is weak, th e su b ject is

exh o rted n o t to read o r endeavor to work o u t any diffi­

cu lt problem , le s t th e positive actio n o f th e brain should

neu tralize th e m agnetic influence ; m eantim e th e unfor­

tu n a te victim becom es less and less able to resist, until

a t last th e op erator’s thoughts, ideas, and oven words, becom e th eir’s. T he m agnetizer says— “I am a sp irit from

th e sun,” and straigh tw ay it is accep ted and believed.

T h ere is n eith er desire o r pow er to resistan d un til th e spell

is broken by som e m ore pow erful influence, th e individu­

a lity is lost. I f th e su b ject has in te lle c t he will elab orate

th e ideas im pressed upon the m ind, and by garn ish in g them

u p in flowery lan guage fascin ate a few weak m inds who

m ay have had a leaning to som e o f th e ideas presented.

This wo believe to be th e tru e solution o f th e affair ; w e have th e testim on y o f several neoph ytes who w ith­

drew in tim e; o f th e pow erful m agnetic influence b ro u g h t

to bear, also as to th e modus operandi. T h ere has been

a very general im pression abroad th a t th e so-called m ag­

n e tic school was a sp irit circle , and enq uirers, especially

from th e cou n try , Bought to gain adm ission to its m y ster­

ies. N ow th e ir speaker has endorsed ou r disavowal o f

th em wo have nothing fu rth er to do with th e ir id eas or

follies ; b u t wo Btill hold o u t to them th e hand o f sym ­

p ath y, and tru s t th at, a t som e fu tu re day, th e lig h t o f

reason will replace th e darkness o f blind faith , and

enable a t least som e o f th em to be w h at th ey on ce w ere,

v iz : helpers in th e work o f Spiritualism , free th ought,

and religious progress.

S U B S T IT U T IO N .

S o b s t i t d t i o h , in its plain, lite ra l signification, can n o t b e understood to m ean anything else th a n on e being p u t in th e place o f another, th e su b stitu ted th ing , o b ject, or person, fulfilling th e sam e fu n ction s as th e original dis­placed object. N ow , acco rd in g to th e gen erally received id ea o f C hristendom , m an has in cu rred a punishm ent a t th e hands o f th e A lm ig h ty : th a t punishm ent being n otiim g less th an to have his soul k ep t alive fo r ever m a s ta te o f inexpressible to rtu re ¡ b u t , as i t is se t forth, th is p en alty is averted b y its infliction being borne b y a su b stitu te Je su s C hrist. F ro m th is i t should be obvi­ous th a t Je su s ChnBt, in becom ing a su b stitu te , should b ear th e e x a c t punishm ent du e to m e n ; b u t th a t he has done so is n o t m ade a t all app aren t. W e a r e to ld th a t he has tak en ou r punishm ent, b u t no am ou n t of rh eto ric o r logic c a n overcom e a d e a r s ta tem en t o f f a c t o r divert

thenC® dA T red' ,M a n ’a pu n ish m en t is (g ra n tin g for tn e m om en t th e tru th o f th e ordinary th eo­lo g ical av erm en t) everlastin g dam nation and e tern al

tek en . th e punish m en t on “ "i*®“ ? i f «0, h e sh ou ld be now m hell, and should r e ­m ain th e re t o all e te rn ity , w hile m an, w ith o u t any

■excep tion , should be relieved fro m th e exaction of tk

Sen alty ; such w ould ap p e a r » j u s t id ea o f substitution lut i t is very evident th a t th e punish m en t has not bem

borne, for i t is s ta ted th a t C h ris tie n o w in heaven, eniov ing th e praise o f G o d , an g els , and m en, an d the dfeligC o f th e contem p lation o f th e ' g r e a t resu lts his in c a m .g - has been th e m eans o f effectin g . H e appears to ha*e lo st n othing in th e shape o f dign ity , honor, o r power bv his efforts in th e cau se o f hu m an redem ption, but 0n th e co n tra ry , in add ition to h is fo rm er g lory as God! he has now H u m an ity an n exed to his D eity , completing th ereb y his universal e xp erien ce , and being enabled to receive as a m an th e g ra titu d e and h om age o f mankind I f J e s u s w ere G o d his sufferin gs h e re fo r a short period as a m an would, o n e m ig h t suppose, be cheerfully under­tak en , seeing th e im m ense issu e a t stake— th e salvation from d estru ctio n o f un told g en eratio n s o f men (men of his own crea tio n , to o , and n o t co n su lted whether they would bo b ro u g h t in to th e w o rld o r n o t) . The result w ould be su rely w o rth th e e f f o r t ; and a being having it in his pow er to effect th is g r e a t re su lt, and declining on a cco u n t o f th e pain to b e suffered in its accomplishment, w ould be un w orth y th e n am e o f m an , le t alone God! A n d all to be done w ith o u t in th e le a s t imperilling his ow n u ltim ate happiness— his ow n soul was secure, al­th ou g h , os a su b stitu te , i t sh ou ld h av e been damned, and th e p lace o f th e seco n d p erson o f th e T rin ity left for e v er a blank in th e co u rts o f heav en . W e r e Christ now suffering alone in hell, an d h av e to so suffer to all eter­n ity , th en would it , indeed, be a case o f th e innocent suffering for, o r in p lace of, th e g u ilty , and the state of m ind o f th o red eem ed in heaven who could calmly con­tem p late such a sacrifice , an d a t su ch a co st, and live in happiness a t th e sam e tim e, w ould be som ething to be w ondered a t ; a n d y e t i t is u n d er th e implication that he has m ade th is sacrifice , th a t o u r lo ve and fealty are com m anded. M an y a n o rd in ary m an has, before and since, borne suffering and d eath ch eerfu lly , sufferings

Juite equal to , o r ev en g r e a te r th an , th o se recorded of esus, and o n e ca n con ceiv e th a t a hu m an being, under

th e exa lta tio n o f feeling in d u ced by th e knowledge of th e effects on th e w orld o f his individual suffering, would gladly en d u re a living m arty rd o m o f ten fo ld intensity to an y th in g on reco rd , and a d eath o f unparalled agony, w ith ou t th e p ro sp e ct o f a n y h e re a f te r o f e ith er pleasure o r pain, happiness o r w oe, fo r him self, che sublimity of his life o f self-abn egation b ein g h is ev er-p resen t reward; b u t still g re a te r w ould b e th e im p etu s to his efforts, having, superadded— th e kn ow ledge th a t a fte r all Mb suffering a n d d eath , h e w ould be m ad e suprem ely happy, and en tirely recom p ensed fo r a ll th a t he h ad undergone, by th e approving sm ile o f G o d , and th e gratitu d e and love o f his fellows. T h e w h ole sy stem con stru cted and m aintained by c u r re n t th eo lo g y is so full o f inconsisten­cies, o f w hich th e foreg oin g ob servation s em body but a fractio n , th a t a m ind n o t e x c ite d by app eals to th e feel- lip s , ca n n o t a c ce p t i t as a j u s t exp o sitio n o f th e ways of G o d to m a n ; a n a th e in dividual who d ares to think out th e qu estion fo r him self, a n d to g ive expression to his th ou g h ts, m u st avail h im self o f th e privilege conferred b y th e vital prin ciple o f P ro te s ta n tism , th e r ig h t o f inde­p en d en t ju d gm en t.

E E - I N C A R N A T I O N .

T h b o u o h a n e r ro r , a line w as drop ped in our lead er o f la s t m on th , and th e w r ite r being absen t from M elb ou rn e a t th e tim e w e w e n t to p re ss , th e omission w as n o t discovered till to o la te f o r co rre c tio n . A s i t re­fers to a qu estion o f som e im p o rta n ce , a n d on which we h av e n o t exp ressed o u r view s, w e th in k i t advisable to supply th e om ission. I t o ccu rs in th e sum m ing up th e teach in gs o f th e m a g n e tic school in th e middle of th e second colu m n p a g e 1 , a n d is as fo llo w s:— “ E ® *“ R e-in carn atio n , o r R etro g re ssiv e prog ression .” ” je th in k th e designation o f th e th e o r y (th o u g h apparently a co n trad ictio n in te rm s) is ap rop os, a s re-incarnation is essen tially a go in g b a ck to g e t forw ard . W e have not y e t h a d tim e t o go exh au stively in to th is subject, but as f a r as w e have go n e w e find n o th in g b u t th eo ry in sup­p o rt o f it , w hile evidence and an alo g y a re again st it.

THE HARBINGER OF LIGHT.

E X T R A O R D I N A R Y S P I R I T U A L M A N L F E S T A - ^ T I O N S I N A M E R I C A .

T o * som e m onths p a s t th e A m erican pap ers have teem ed with accoun ts o f th e sy s te m a tic ap p earan ce o f th e spirits of the d ep arted a t th e h o u se o f a M r. M . K e e le r , (s itu ­ated a t M oravia , in N e w Y o r k S ta te ,) th ro u g h th e mediumship o f M r s . A n d rew s. T h e h o u se h as been visited by th ou san d s— n ew sp ap er r e p o r te r s , clergym en, and people in a ll ra n k s o f so cie ty ; and , in spite o f the most carefu l s c ru tin y , n o th in g h as o ccu rre d to th ro w a doubt upon th e gen u in en ess o f th e phenom ena. T he greater n u m b er o f th e v isito rs boo, and freq u en tly con­vèrso w ith, th e sp irits o f d ep arted re la tiv es o r friends. M ore re ce n tly s im ilar m an ifesta tio n s h av e o ccu rre d in Cincinatti, th e m ed iu m b ein g a M rs. H o llis , wife of Captain H ollis. W e ap p en d som e selectio n s, w hich are fair specim ens o f th e n u m ero u s a c co u n ts o f th e p h en o ­mena given by ey e w itn esses, w h ich w e th in k w ill be read with in te re st :—

[From tho St. Louis (Mo.) Democrat.]E d ito r D e m o c b a t .— H av in g re ce n tly v isited Moravia>

N . Y ., for th e pu rp ose o f in v estig a tin g th e n ew and m arvellous p h ase o f “ S p iritu a l m an ifestatio n s,” so ca l­led, now b ein g m ad e in th e v icin ity o f th a t village, to tho am azem ent o f so m an y people, I have been req u ested by several in te llig en t re a d e rs o f th e D em ocrat in th is community to g ive to th e p u b lic , th ro u g h its colu m n s, a statem ent o f th e re su lt o f m y in vestig ation s. So, i f you find room for su ch a s ta te m e n t briefly m ade, I have no objection to its b ein g published.

Allow m e firs t to s a y th a t i t w as n o t alon e to g ratify my own cu rio sity I co n sen ted to v isit th e M e cca o f Spiritualists, b u t also to satisfy n u m erou s frien d s who. could n o t th em selv es g o . I t seem s to be a m a tte r o f some aston ish m en t to m an y p io u s peo p le th a t I should think it w o rth w hile to tra v e l a th o u san d m iles, w asting time and m oney , besides leav in g m y li ttle c o rn e r o f the Lord’s vineyard to g ro w up in weedB, i f noth in g w orse, in order to look a f te r th in g s so n ew and s tra n g e , n o t to say diabolical. N o w th e se sam e pio as people a r e read y to applaud th e g r e a t n a tu ra lis t o f N ew E n g lan d w hen he goes to th e end o f th e w orld , b raving th e p erils o f land and sea, to find a new lizard , fish o r crab .

I would n o t p lu ck a sin g le la u re l from th e brow o f so enterprising a m an, y e t I c a n n o t eoe th a t his zeal to find som ething n o vel in th e an im al kingdom should be counted a n y m o re p raisew o rth y th a n is th e spen din g o f time and m on ey to find a n ew pow er in th e hu m an mind, an additional a rg u m e n t fo r im m o rtality , a n d fresh hopes and diviner asp iration s fo r p o o r hu m anity .

L earn in g , as I h ad , th a t th ousan ds o f in tellig en t m en and women w ore m ak in g p ilgrim ages to th e house o f an old farm er in th e neighborhood o f M orav ia , w h ere, ac ­cording to re p o rt , th e re tu rn in g sp irits o f th e d ep arted were daily m ak in g th em selves visible by p u ttin g on tan ­gible form s, a n d w alking and talk in g, tak in g by th e hand their old frien d s in th e flesh, looking lovin gly in to th e ir eyes, and a ssu rin g th em th a t th e y n e v e r w ere m o re alive, I could n o t possib ly re g a rd th e affair, w h eth er tr u e or false, as u n w o rth y o f in vestig ation . T o feel, o r affect to feel, no in te re s t in p h enom en a so stran g e, seem s to me downright s tu p id ity . I say th is w ith o u t an y wish to cast un kind reflection s up on th e good people, a n d c e r ­tain clerica l gen tlem en w ho h av e cou n seled silence with tegard to w h at I e licited , saw a n d h eard d u rin g m y th ree weeks’ in vestigation o f th e n ew p h ase o f th e o ccu lt sci­ence. T h e y n o d o u b t have reaso n s satisfacto ry to th em ­selves fo r offering su ch counsel-

•Now for the facts. Kind reader, imagine yourselves at a country house, and in a plain room, about large enough to seat comfortably twenty-five or thirty people. 7J f nappons, there are now just seven persons present to torm a circle. Only three of these are strangers to

the rest my relatives, Who accompanied me hither. We form a semi-circle and join hands. The medium, tars. Andrew's, sits facing us. I can easily touch her with my cane. My right arm rests on a piano-forte.- lai P is burning brightly. I t is nine o’clock in the niormng, but we heed the lamp, because the only win- bolted ™e aPartment “ harkened, and the only door

T h e m edium now re m a rk s : “ W o first s it in th e d ark , and con tin u e till th e spirits ca ll for a ligh t. T h e lig h t is now extinguished. T h o piano begins to p lay. I t is n o t th e m edium , fo r I am con versin g w ith h er. P assin g m y can e a lo n g th e keys I feel no one ; still th e playin g go es on, and is d irectly assisted b y voices, seem ingly in th e a ir above us, th a t jo in in w ith g re a t pow er and sw eet­ness. M ysteriou s ligh ts a re beginning to d an ce b efo re us, describing cu rve lines and circles, and playin g arou n d each o th e r in a way th a t m akes i t c le a r th e y are guided by in telligen ce. W h ile th is beautiful display is going on , soft voices w hisper s tartlin g th in g s in ou r oars, a n a d elicate hands th rill us by gen tle to u ch es and affectionate caresses. A fam iliar voice, lo n g silen t in death , as I had th ou g h t, said to m e : “ D e a r b ro th er, I com e to g re e t

Jou 1 B elieve m e, th is is y o u r ow n sister N an cy . A o rtn ig h t ago y o u visited m y grav e . I stood by y o u r

side, th ou g h y o u saw m e n o t, m y sp irit body being invi­sible as th e viewless a ir . H ow I w an ted to speak to

io u ! Thanks to H eav en fo r th e p resen t o p p o rtu n ity !” ’en d or lips now kissed rnino. I Bat speechless, m y h eart

sw elling and throbbing, b u t d irectly found re lie f in gu sh­in g tears .

D u rin g th e d ark seance w hite and p u rp le clouds g a th ­e re d above o u r headB and seom od in com m otion . T h eir crim son ed g es now and th en shed such lig h t as enabled us to see on e an o th er, and every ob ject in th e room . O u t o f th e clouds cam e, a t one tim e , a li ttle dash o f rain , accom p anied by wind and th o rich perfum e o f flowers. Im m ed iately a f te r th is a w hito figure th a t seem ed a col­um n o f clou d, snow y, y e t tin g ed w ith som ething b rig h t and lum inous, cam e down and s a t before m e. W b ilo I gazed, w onderin g w h at i t m igh t be, th e figuro bont to w ard m e, a n d o u t cam o a lum inous hand, which was g e n tly laid up on m y forehead. I t rem ained b u t fo r a m om en t, to u cm n g m y tem p le and ch eek affectionately. I t disap peared in th e fleecy folds enveloping th e m yste­riou s figure, w hich now ascended an d was lo st to m y view am id th e m ovin g clou ds overhead.

A fte r ab o u t th irty -fiv e m inu tes o f darkness, a voice in th e a ir s a id : “ P lease strik e a ligh t.” B ein g n earest th e ligh t, I com plied w ith th e req u est. T h e m edium , now risin g from h e r ch air, w en t in to th e cab in et, which is a th in g looking n o t unlike a com m on wardrobo. I t is m ode o f plain, th in boards, and has folding doors ab o u t th re e fe e t and a h alf high. A bove th e door h an gs a b lack velvet cu rta in reach in g down to th e to p o f the sh u tte rs w hen closed.

U p o n e n terin g th e cab in et, th e m edium requested m e to clo se and la tch th e door a f te r her. A s I did so, I was su rp rised to see a n arm less hand w hite as snow , como o u t from u n d er th e cu rta in and ta p m e on th o hand and arpii w hich i t did q u ick ly and several tim es, th en d arted b ack in to th e cabin et. R esu m in g m y sea t in th o circle , w o w aited a few m inutes, a n d th e cu rta in o f th e op ortq re slow ly m oved aside- while th e face o f a m an appeared . T h e re w as n oth in grgh ostly in th e look o r actio n of th e app arition . C ou nten ance, featu re , com plexion, and every m ovem ent o f m uscle, and m otion o f head, han d an d lip w ere p erfectly n atu ral. H e b e n t his g a z e stead fastly up on a m iddle-aged m an in th e c ircle , who was a s tran g er to m e, and evidently m ade an effort to sp eak , b u t fail­in g , w aved his hand and drew back from th e ligh t, le ttin g 'th e cu rta in drop. T he gen tlem an a t whom th e apparir tion h ad looked so earn estly ,.’ now e x c la im e d : “ T h a t w as m y f a th e r ! O h, will he n o t sp eak to m e P” Im m e­d iately th o cu rta in w en t aside ag ain , and th e sam e face p resen ted itself, and a n o th e r effort— I th o u g h t a painful one— w as m ad e to speak. T h e m outh opened, th e lips m oved, b u t no sound o f voice w as h eard . W ith a s lig h t

.shade o f disappointm ent on his co u n ten an ce , th e old m an bow ed his head tw ice , and p u ttin g fo rth his hand, waved a n adieu in a m ost feeling m an n er. I n a few second * afterw ard , th e cu rta in w as p u t b a ck b y a h an d resem ­bling very m u ch th e arm less one w hich h ad caressed m e a t th e ap ertu re . A n d now a face, fac sim ile o f one I 'h a d seen coffined y ears go n e by- W ith o u t speak ing , I tu n fep a g lan ce npon m y sister in th e flesh, s ittin g by m v side. She w as trem b lin g and w eep ing, so I fe lt, s u re sne was n o t behind m e in th e reco g n itio n o f th e fa ce a t th e ap er­tu re . I t w as o u r d e a r ao p arted s is te r , th e sam e who

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n o w u ttered her own nam e in h e r own clear, fam iliar to n e . H ow th e blood tingled in m y veins as h er w e J- rem einbered gray eyes m et m in e ! N o r seem ed Bhe less m oved than L I could n o t keep m y seat, b u t glided up to the ap ertu re , when she, w ith m anifest em otion, threw h er arm s around m y neck . I t was b u t fo r a m om ent. B eleasin g me, she quickly disappeared behind th e cur- tain .

B u t I m ust crow d the facts and incidents I propose to give m ore closely . O f course I can n o t se t down all, n o r even half, in an article like th is, intended to be brief, which was elicited during an investigation k e p t up day a f te r day for th ree weeks.

I saw many strange faces a t the aperture ; some days from ten to fifteen or twenty, the most o f whom were recognized by some one or more present in the circle. I t was near a week after the appearance o f the Bister ju s t alluded to, before I recognized another face, yet a number of apparitions professed to recognize me. At length two other sisters succeeded in materializing them­selves, and appeared side by side a t the aperture. The recognition was undoubted, my Bister at my side recog­nizing them at the same moment I did. And strangers present remarked upon the family resemblance. But the certainty was made doubly certain when the appari­tion mentioned incidents in their earth-life and ours which we readily and vividly remembered.

A few days subsequent, ou r m oth er appeared, threw open th e door o f th e cabin et, and show ed h erself to us from head to foot.

Six tim es during th e th re e weeks an old acqu aintance, who died a m aterialist, appeared to m o, looked and talked n atu rally ; referred repeatedly to his m aterialistic notions, and how unhappy th ey m ade him. Said m uch ab o u t his p resen t condition, and its advantages over th e form er ; tried to givo me an idea o f spirit-life, th e pursuits, plea­sures and am usem ents o f spirits, as well as th eir in stitu ­tions for doing good, ed u catin g th e ignorant, and lifting higher the low and debased.

I m ust give one m ore in stance o f recognition , and close m y story , already, perhaps to o long.

A few days before I loft th e p lace a gen tlem an cam e th ere , bringing with him tw o little g irls— his own daugh­te r s — the eld er perhaps eight y ears old, the you n ger ab o u t six. Before going in to th e seance room he said to m e : “ W h en ab o u t leaving hom e m y wife observed, ‘ I would go to o if I th ou g h t m oth er would show herself th e re ; b u t as she was alw ays opposed to Spiritualism , I ’m su re she’ll have no desire to m ake any m anifestation.” “ T he last one I should look for,” he rejoined ; “ she was so b itte r again st everyth in g o f th e k in d ." B u t lo! a fte r th e light seance began, who should app ear first a t th e ap ertu re b u t th is sam e old grand m other. Sh e b en t h er eyes affectionately upon th e children. T he little girls gazed a m om ent in m ute aston ishm ent, th en both a t once clapping th e ir hands in ecstacy , exc la im ed : “ G ran d m a ■ G ra n d m a !’’

“ K eep still,” said th e fath er in a low to n e o f voice • and evidently m uch m oved ; th en to th e ap p aritio n said’“ you did’n t believe in th is a few w eeks a g o ."

N ° .” replied th e spirit, “ b u t th an k G o d i t is t r u e !” T hese w ords w ere u ttered very d istin ctly and with a pecu liar stress o f voice indicating earn estn ess and deep feeling. T he old lady had been dead b u t th re e weeks *

I could give many more remarkable testa through re­cognition, but must close here.

I saac K elso, Alton, 111.

T he M o w in g , in referen ce to th e C in cin atti m anifes­ta tio n s, is e x tra c te d from th e P elig io P hilosophical J o u rn a l . The, a r tic le is to o long to re p o rt in full, b u t w e give th e la rg e r p o rtion o f i t :—

tim e f o r holding th e n e x t cab in et exhibition*I »djusted a shelf u n d er th e a p ertu re on th e ou tside o f th e cabin et door. I t w as ab o u t fo u rteen inches lo n g and n in e , in ch es wide. O n th is sh elf I placed a sla t« And p en cil, believing firm ly th a t th e h an d and arm th a t could b e m aterialized and m aintained in lig h t fo r one m inu te co u ld a s well exh ib it its pow er t o w rite before th e eyes’ o f m en a n d w om en. 3

O n th e follow ing m o rn in g M rs . H o llis again entered th e cabin et, and th e d o o r had b een closed b u t a f t » m inu tes, w hen, w ith o u t a n y o f th e n oise th a t had hitherto preceded th e m an ifestatio n s, th e lo n g arm was again projected into th e room , i ts fu ll len gth . This arm was in te re s tin g ! in ten sely so ! A n arm and hand is an em. blem o f pow er. I t is a m en ace to th e w ron g doer and a defender o f th e r ig h t. I t now sw ep t w ith its reach alm ost th e en tire fro n t o f th e cab in et. W ith its finoers i t played alo n g th e co rn ice on th e to p o f th e cabinet, as if m anipulating th e k ey -b o ard o f a piano. I t continued in th is inexplicable s tra in fo r a full m in u te, when, accord­ing to p reced en t, w e ex p e cte d to see th e arm withdrawn- b u t instead, i t now to ok u p th e pen cil from the slate” and p roceeded to w rite th e re o n in full light, while we w ere all looking a t it. I ca lled to th e medium while th is w as being done, and sh e resp ond ed from her usual place in th e cab in et, w hich w as n o t n e a r th e aperture. T h e w ritin g proceeded d elib erately , w ith o u t haste or any sym ptom o f exc item en t, from th e first w ord to the sig­n atu re , consu m in g ab o u t a m in u te in tim e , aggregating a sp ace o f tw o m in u tes th a t th is v e ry m uscu lar but sym­m etrical hand and arm w ere exp o sed to view.— When th e w riting w as con clu d ed th e h an d raised itself about s ix in ch es above th e slate , and , p au sin g for a few seconds, dropped th e pen cil and w ithdrew .

F o r som e un explainab le cau se I feel a trepidation when I ap p ro ach ed th e ca b in e t to exam in e th e slate, and ascerta in w h at w as w ritte n on it . W h e n I attem pted to rem ove th e s la te from th e shelf, o u t cam e th e hand and arm we h ad been g azin g a t w ith w onder and awe for the last te n m inu tes, and seizin g m y h an d pressed it again, and again , and th e n p atted m y arm to th e elbow with as m uch fondness a n d d elicacy o f to u ch as a m oth er would h e r child . A voice spok e in th e cab in et which, in my confusion, I could n o t d istin ctly u n d erstan d . I now re­m oved th e slate , a n d read w ith am azem en t th e following com m u nication , w ritten in a v e ry p ecu liar b u t legible h a n d :

“ G od bless y o u , m y fellow w o rk er in th e cause of lib erty and tru th . I g r e e t you th is d a y : ‘ W ell done, th ou good and faith fu l s e rv a n t!’ W o r k o n ; yo u r reward shall be g r e a t ! W h e n th e w orld asks who is your con­tro l, te ll th em th e w ords I said to D u m as lo n g years ago:‘ I am th e r e a r g u ard o f th e G ran d A rm y ,’ for so i t really is. W e a re a h ost, and y o u shall h av e th e cross of honor. M y voice n ev er w e n t fo rth to th e G rand Army o f F r a n c e to ch e e r i t on to v ic to ry as i t does to y o u ! W o rk on ! B e firm ! Y o u a re th e f ro n t o f th e arm y and I th e re a r . I t ca n n o t fail.

Y o u r s , in tr u th a n d honor,“ M ichael Net .”

Could w e believe ou r s e n se s ! H a d th e chasm o f death been bridged, and w as o u r loved on es again perm itted to cross th e abyss o f sep aratio n — to g rasp w ith friendly h an d o u r ow n, a n d in b road view a n d full lig h t indite w ith th e ir ow n han ds, m essages o f lo ve and congratula­t io n s ! I co u ld n o t com p reh en d th e im portan ce and m agn itu d e o f th is ach iev m en t. “ T h e w orld m oves!" was m y firs t th o u g h t ; and “ who shall believe ou r re p o rt? " w as th e second. B u t th e n cam e th e com fortin g reflec­tion th a t i f th is th in g b e t r u e , i t w ill survive all the opposition th a t m ay be aro u sed to p re v e n t its recognition. N o am ou n t o f antagon ism c a n d e s tro y a tr u th . I t con­tain s in h eren tly th e g e rm o f e te rn a l lifehood. I t may be

11 Crushed to earth ; but 'tw ill rise again,”The eternal years of God are hers,

W hile error smitten, writhes in pain,And dies amid its worshippers 1”

A fte r tran scrib in g th is e x tra o rd in a ry com m unication, and re tu rn in g to th e c a b in e t t o re p la ce th e slate upon th e shelf, w hile in th e a c t o f d o in g th is , th ree hands were p resen ted a t th e a p e r tu re , w ith in tw e lv e in ch es o f my

I was surprised, but not confused in my faculties. I looked at them calmly, and scrutinized them as closely as any one would inspect any curious thing. These hands had not been on exhibition before. They all be­longed to adults, and on the finger next to the least, on the left hand of one, was worn a heavy plain gold ring.I have seen just such rings worn by ladies, but the ban

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presented belonged to a man, I should think. I had Jnjple time to view these three hands, and the light ensbled me to examine even the texture of the skin.

As soon as th e y w ere w ithd raw n, th e lo n g w riting arm came o u t and w ro te on th e s la te u n d er m y very e y e :

« \Ve can do no m o re th is m o rn in g . O u r m edium is exhausted. W il l show y o u a face to -m o rrow . N e t . ”

Thus clo sed th is w onderful tea nce, th e details o f which X have b u t im p erfectly reco rd ed , w h ich will n o t fade from m em ory w hile life co n tin u es to m ain tain th e senses perfect. In d eed ,

“ Time will this impression deeper make As streams their channels deeper wear."

W h at effect th e an n o u n cem en t o f th is s ta rtlin g phe­nomena will p ro d u ce in o th ers, I ca n n o t say. view ed from different s tan d p o in ts an d in d ifferen t m oods o f minds, read ers will form opinions w idely different, and to suit th em selves. T h ese ,h o w ev er w ill n o t d istu rb th e f a c h ; th e y will rem ain un ch an ged , b eacon s for all time. I n vain will fashion, w arped ed u cation , b igotry , prejudice o r public opinion b e a t th e ir w aves and exten d their force ag ain st th e g ra n ite led ges up on which tru th builds h e r im m o rta l tem p le . • • • • •

In th e even in g w o a ll assem bled in th e u p p er room for the last dark c irc le . B e fo re extin g u ish in g th e lig h t, the ceiling was exam in ed , and n o t r a c e o f p en cil m ark s or any other m ark s cou ld be discovered on it. I now gave M rs. H ollis a lead pen cil, an d req u ested h e r, if she was again floated t o th e ceilin g , to m ark th e p o in t touched . The m usic-box n o w b eg an t o p lay, a n d a ll b ein g seated , the light w as extin gu ish ed . I n a v e ry few seconds a multitude o f voices seem ed to bo e a rn e stly ta lk in g about M rs. H ollis ; th e y w ere as loud as a n o rd in ary conver­sation, and am o n g th em one w ho seem ed to sw ay th e balance. T h ey spok e in F re n ch .

Now com m en ced ' th o se sou n d s w hich seem ed m ore like th e a c tio n o f b ird s’ w ings c u tt in g th e a ir , b u t n o t flapping again st th e birds, th a n a n y th in g I cou ld th en or since com p are th em to .

The voices now w ere all hu shed, e x ce p tin g th e one in command. A t a w ord from him , th is m edium floated over our heads, beggin g th e up lifting pow ers n o t to le t her fall, and resp ond in g to o u r q u estion s w ith som e trepidation w h ile b ein g th u s w afted alo n g th e ceiling, sketching th e re o n w ith pen cil m ark s th e g eo g rap h y o f her aerial v o y a g e .

The medium was now replaced in her chair, in the center of the room, complaining of no bodily injury but a terrible “ scare,” which, however, subsided as soon as the light was introduced.

The ceiling was now examined, and found to be pretty well covered with pencil marks. The pencil I gave Mrs. Hollis was worn to the wood, with lime dust covering the shoulder of it, and lime dust also found on the hand of the medium, and on the dress sleeve of her Jgh t arm.

The utmost limit of time allowable to Mrs. Hollis’s second visit to Cincinnati had now been reached, and on the following day she returned to her home, her family, and her friends in Louisville, Kentucky.

I. will now ask the reader a question or two before taking leave of this interesting subject. The phenomena I have attempted faithfully to record have a more than common interest to mankind. Several questions arise spontaneously in the mind after looking over the whole subject, and they will demand of every man an answer until his soul shall be satisfied with the integrity of his raphes. I f the foregoing statements are true, can we come to any other conclusion than to admit the existence of a spirit-world, and its propinquity to this; and that death simply liberates the spirit from its “ ball of clay,” »nd opens the flowery portal through which it passes into the more beautiful world ? I f the foregoing statements ®ra true, can we come to any other conclusion from the testimony presented, than that our spirit-friends have succeeded in repassing the borders of death, to assure n* of the continuousness of life, and that the relationship o* the two worlds are as intimately maintained as snh- «tence and shadow ?

I f the foregoing statements are true, can we come to nny other conclusion than that the popular conception °* death and hell, and the judgment is a lie that encrusts

th e soul w ith fear, and in g en d en h ate instead o f lo ve in th e h earts o f th e g re a t fam ily o f m an ?

I f th e foregoin g statem en ts a re t r u e , can w e co m e to a n y o th e r conclusion than th at to assum e a sp ecial rig h t to ad m it o r re ject souls to th e ir divinely born h eritage, is a n assum ption, a n arrog an ce in sect o r creed , th a t m ay frig h ten th e sick children o f th e race , b u t which w ill be scornfully rejected and condem ned by righ t-th in k in g and tru th -lo v in g souls ?

“ I f th e foregoing s tatem en ts a re tru e , o f w h at service will th e y be to th e w o rld ?” I asked M arsh al N e y , th e spirit, tn is question, and he w rote on paper th e following resp onse, w ith which I will conclude.

“ M y F r ie n d s :— Tim e w rites his m ark on all things. W e ch an ge by a wise and beautiful ordination . E a r th w ould cloy us w ere i t etern al. T he spring tim e o f our existen ce is a gladsom e tim e, b u t who would n o t enjoy th e su m m er g lo ry o f l i f e ? Y o u ask m e w h at good Spiritu alism can do ? Y o u need no inform ation on th e subject. I will m ake answ er to th ose who do. I say it tak es aw ay th e dark veil th a t has so long been ov er yo u r e a rth . T o know yo u rself im m ortal is m ore th an a ll else, i t gives th e assu ran ce th a t y o u r friends still live. W h y should y o u re je c t a d o ctrin e th a t tells y o u th a t y o u r frien ds still tak e a n in te re st in y o u ? They love with th e sam e love. I t tak es aw ay a ll dread o f d e a th ! I t has ca rrie d all th e th orn s and th istles o u t o f th e dark valley y o u r p reach ers so o ften te ll you of. I t has b rou gh t all y o u r friends n e a r you— in fa ct , it has brou gh t a ll good and no evil. T he lessons i t has ta u g h t you have been o f th e p u rest m oral ch aracter. T o m e it seem s s tran g e th a t i t should be n eg lected by even a pagan. '

“ I am y o u r friend, M ic h a e l N e t .“ M arsh al o f F ra n c e , M ay 19 , 1 8 1 9 , D u k e o f E ich in -

gin, P rin ce o f th e M oskow a.”C in cinnati, O hio, J u n e , 1872 .

F U N E R A L A T C A S T L E M A 1 N E .

M b s . G r u b b , nom inally a m em ber o f th o C h u rch o f E n glan d , b u t who has recen tly show n a p referen ce for th e m ore liberal ideas expounded by M r. L e e ch , died a t C astlem ain e la s t m o n th ; and, having refused to see a clergym an d u rin g h e r illness, th e A rch d eacon refu sed to b u ry h er. U n d e r th ese circu m stan ces th e d u ty devolved upon th e U n iversalists, and was cond ucted afte r th o form adopted bv S p iritu alists. A corresp o n d en t sends us an a cco u n t o f th e cerem on y as follow s:—

T he body w as carried down in th e h earse , and followed in th e usual s ty le by m any vehicles to th e cem etery a t Cam pbell's C reek , w here m any o f th e U n iversalist mem­bers, including several ladies belonging to tho choir, m et i t a t th e en tran ce g a te s , M r . L e e c h , who kindly co n ­d u cted th e service, walking in fro n t o f th e coffin un til i t reach ed th e grave m ade for its recep tio n . T h e coffin was placed on tressils close to it , and a handsom e boquet o f flow ers laid upon th e to p . T h e ch o ir, m em bers, and th e deceased’s friends, form ing a c ircle round. M r. L eech gave o u t th e 1 8 th hym n in th e collection— “ F a r from th ose n arrow scen es o f night,” M r. L e e ch then read from th e 1 5 th ch ap ter o f 1 s t C orinthians, com m en­cin g a t th e 8 5 th v e rs e ; h e th e n offered a m ost beautiful p ray er for th e w elfare and blessing o f th ose beloved ones left behind— h e r husband and ch ild re n ; a f te r th a t-th e 3 2 n d hym n w as sun g as w as th e form er one by th e choir ( “ D e a th is th e fading o f a cloud,”) m an y jo in in g in . A benediction being pron oun ced b y M r. L e e ch th e coffin w as low ered to its restin g place, and th e frien ds show ­ered down upon i t qu antities o f beautiful flow ers, a basketfull being provided by one o f th e m em b ers, and it w as handed roun d to all who choose to avail them selves o f show ing a p artin g m ark o f love a n d re sp e ct fo r th e departed one.

This is tho first event of the kind occurring since the Universalist body has been in existence. One marked feature at the attendance was the entire absence of the usual habiliments of mourning amongst those of the friends who are avowed Spiritualists: even the ladies possessed the moral courage to run counter to the pre­vailing fashion of dressing in black; the gentlemen wearing their hats during the whole service.

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M A N I F E S T A T IO N S A T S A N D H U R S T .

T hk sp irit circle a t S an dh urst continu es to m oot now tw ice in every week. I t s sp irit guides are evidently p re­s e n t with it , as th e acco u n ts we have received from th e C hairm an will shew. “T he singular class o f phenomena th ro u gh th e mediumship o f th e young g irl I m entioned in m y last, still continu es with h er. Som e five pounds in one pound notes, and about 19s. 6d. in silver and coppers nave been received, principally while sitting in th e circle . T he notes all cam e in th e circle . T h ree

Bounds was taken o u t o f her fa th er’s desk by th e invisi­les, and tw o picked up, one in M elbourne, and one in

th e Cam p R eserve. O ne o f th ese was given by order o f th e spirits to an aged lady, and th e o th er retain ed for fu rth e r orders. T he o th er threo, o f courso, w ere retu rn ed to th eir o w n e r ; small a rtic les o f clothing from th e m edium 's house have been ropoatedly brou gh t to tho circle since then. On Tuesday last, th e n igh t being clear and s ta rry , th e circle having m et as usual, the doors and windows being locked and bolted, and tho medium thoroughly searched by tw o ladies, she was con­tro lled by a sp irit calling h erself “ E ste lle L iv erm o re ," who brou gh t in to tho circle from tho house o f tho medium, h alf a m ile distant, a ladies' work-box full o f nic nacs, and all in th eir places undisturbed. T he child on com ­ing o u t o f tho tran ce s ta te m anifested g re a t jo y a t tho sigh t o f th e box, and tho circle also w ere m uch pleased, because it proved beyond th e shadow o f a doubt the genuine ch aracter o f th e phenom ena. T he c ircle sat, under s tr ic t to s t conditions. T he spirits tell us th at th ey bring th ese things to convince people th a t th ey live and can com m unicate with m ortals. T hey say to o as ou r mediums becom e developed, th ey will bring m uch larger articles, and give us still m ore convincing te s ts of th eir presence. W e intend to tru st them and persevere in th e face o f th e sneers o f th ose who, w hile believing in dead evidence o f things which w ere said to have occu rred m any centu ries ago, re je c t th e living evidence o f those who, in testifying, have no ob ject to serve, b u t th e ad­vancem ent o f tru th . T h ere is n o accou n tin g for tastes , Nino persons, says th e Now T estam en t, w ere p resen t and saw Je su s taken up in to H eaven (w hy n o t before all Je ru sa le m ), and nine persons w ere presont in tho c ircle when th e box cam e. I can supply you w ith tho nam es o f the nine respectable persons who w ore present and witnessed th e m iracle. B u t who and w b at were th e nine who saw C hrist taken u p in to H eaven ? I f th e one class o f evidenco is to be rejected , upon w h at p rin ­ciple is tho o ther to be received ? O n F rid a y evening in th e presence o f eleven persons, one o f th e m ediums, M r. D ruse, was controlled by a spirit, who had n o t p re­viously visited th e circle. I asked him his nam e, and he, through th e m edium , w rote .— " M y nam e is A llred Longm ore, aged 3 5 y ears ; died fifteen y ears ago, a t a

Elaco called B rom p ton , London.” H is w ritin g was in a old, clear hand, and quite foreign to th e m edium 's own

handw riting. T he medium, I m ay s ta te , w as perfectly unconscious and w rote with his eyes sh u t. T he spirit th en said, “ H ave P ray er,” which we did. H e then w rote “ I will com e again s h o r tly ; I am h e re to -n ig h t in p lace o f an o th er. I shall have th is m edium under prop er con tro l on m y n e x t visit, and will show you m uch. I m ust leave friends : G ood N ig h t.” T he re f­e ren ce to th e sp irit being “ hero in th e place o f an o th er” evid en tly referred to a sp irit who controlled th e medium previously th a t n ig h t a n a through whom very beautiful sn irit lights w ere seen. W e have also a w riting medium th rou gh whom th ese ligh ts com e, and who bids fair to becom e a pow erful m edium. I send y o u th is acco u n t o f th e v isit o f “ A lfred L o n g m o re ” to ou r c ircle w ith a view o f finding o u t p e r th e En glish “ M edium ” w hether such a person was ever known a t B ro m p ton . N e ith e r M r. D ru se n o r an y in o u r circle ev er knew him, so we nave no o th e r m eans o f testin g th e tru th o f th e com ­m unication. W e shall, th erefore, look forw ard with considerable in te re st to th e enquiries which w e ask som e o f ou r En glish friends to in stitu te as to th e id en tity of o u r unknow n sp irit visitor. O u r c ircle m eetings have now becom e deeply in terestin g ; and I would say to all who wish to honestly in vestigate th e tru th s o f S p irit­ualism :— ‘G o T hou and do lik ew ise.'" 19 O ctober, 1 8 7 2 .

I m ake no apology fo r trou b lin g y o u r readers with a second edition. 8 ince w ritin g to ou r friend tho “ H ar­b in g er " on S atu rd ay , I am h ap p y to inform you that ou r circle has had v e ry fine m anifestations o f a physical ch a ra cte r. I n m y la s t, I n eg lected to say th at we lately h ad sittings on S u n d ay even in g s a s well as on Tuesdays and F rid ay s W e foun d i t n ecessary to separate them edia in to th re e b ran ch circles, so as to dovelop themm ore rapidly and in acco rd an ce with th e ir mediumistic pow ers. ThiB plan h as p rod u ced th o very b est results. O u r Sunday evening sittin g s are hold a t tho house of friend M artoll. L a s t evening, w e hold a sitting as usual th ere being nine persons p r e s o n t ; fo u r ladies, and five gentlem en. A fte r read in g an e x tr a c t from “ Clarke’s P lain G uide to S p iritu alism ,” and engagin g in prayer and praise, ou r m edium , frien d D ru so w as gently con­trolled b y ou r new sp irit frien d “ A lfred Longmore," who, on m y inform ing him th a t I had sen t his statement to tho “ H arb in ger " w ith a view o f finding o u t whether ho could bo traced , rep lied , “ c o r r e c t ; " and then he w roto in a large , c le a r h an d (th e m edium 's eyes being s h u t):— “ Y o u m ay n o t h av e a n an sw er from tho Medium (in E n glan d ) for tw o y e a rs ; b u t w ait and you will. AL . 2 0 th O cto b er, 1 8 7 2 , o r 2 0 th O cto b er, 5 8 7 0 ." This is e x a ctly as i t cam e. H e th en w r o te :— “ Friends, you aro well harm onised to -n ig h t. I can show much and will. I have only ju B t co n tro lled th is m edium , Charles W rig h t (th o sp irit th a t fo rm erly con tro lled tho medium) is n o t so pow erful as I am , b ecau se I have boon longer in th e spirit-w orld thnn him . T h a t is th e reason why ho gavo tho medium to m e. Y o u shall havo ns good mani­festation s as th o F o x ’s if y o u h av e patien ce.

A l f r e d L o n o m o i i e . "

A n elderly lady m em ber o f th e c ircle th en said, “I feel a delicious perfum e clo se t o m o and som ething has just tou ch ed m y han d.” W e s tr u c k a lig h t and there sure enough w as a red rose to u ch in g h o r h a n d ; all hands boing on th e tab le a t th e tim e. T h o sp irit immediately w r o te : — “ I b ro u g h t i t , A .L .” I t will bo remembered by y o u r read ers th a t th is lady had been promised a flower som o m onths ago. T h e lig h t w as again put out and in a m in u te o r tw o religh ted , on which wo found th o m edium seated in hiB ch air m inus his co a t, and with his hands behind his back cro ssed , a n d bound in a most extrao rd in ary m anner w ith a w h ite p o ck e t handkerchief. Tho k n ot w as tied a t b o th sides o f tho w rist, and so tight th a t tho veins seem ed read v to b u rst, th e medium all th o tim o being in a deep tra n c e . T h e w hole circle care­fully and m inu tely exam ined th e k n ot, b u t could find no w ay o f u n ty in g i t ,, and th e tig h tn e ss w as b o apparent, th a t i t w as painful to w itness. I th e n asked the spirit to un tie th o knot, and p u t o u t the. ligh t. In about nine seconds we religh ted , and foun d th e medium with his co at on and one h an d leisu rely placed upon each knee. T hese a re fa cts to w h ich th e whole circle are read y to tak e th e ir solem n o a th in a tte sta tio n of. The m anifestation cre a te d in th e c ircle a feeling o f profound aw e. N o w ord s o f m ine can con v ey to y o u r readers a rea lly prop or rep resen tation o f i t ; b u t th ose who wit­nessed i t will, I feel ce rta in , n e v e r fo rg o t i t as long as th ey live. T h a t i t w as done by a n in visib le ; »pint I have no m o re doub t th a n I h av e th a t th e sun shines and o u r sp irit frien d w ro te , “ I sh all a tten d on noxt Su nd ay n ig h t and b rin g y o u m o re and la rg e r manifesta­tion s. G o od -n ig h t, A . L . " 8 o i t seem s b u t a drop.in the b u ck et to w h at is com ing. L e t th is be an example to all in vestig ators to p ersevere and ju d g e fo r themselves.

THE CHAIRMAN.2 1 s t O cto b er, 1 8 7 2 .

M R . J . M . P E E B L E S A N D D R . D U N N '

W e h av e g r e a t p leasu re in an n o u n cin g th e arrival in M elb ou rn e o f th e above gen tlem en b y th e S .8 . Hero, on T u esd ay last. A d ep u tation o f S p iritu alists w ent on b o ard to receive and w elcom e th em . I t w ill be seen by an advertisem en t in an o th er colu m n th a t i t is the inten- tion o f th o S p iritu alists a n d frien ds to give them a public w elcom e a t tn e M aso n ic W all to -n ig h t w h ich w e trust w ill be w ell a tten d ed . M r . P eeb les first public lecture tak es place a t th e T em p eran ce W all o n M onday next.

THE HARBINGER OF LIGHT. m

“ T H E L A S T G O O D T H I N G ; ”

Or the Teachings o f th e M a g n e tic School E x a m in e d ; being an O u tline o f a L e c tu r e delivered in th e i f a o n ie Hall, M elbourne, on 8 u i^ a y even ig , O ct. 2 0 , 1 8 7 2 ; by J . Tyerm an.“ Cory,, a n d let us b e a s o n together saith the L o rd ."

The le c tu re r s ta te d th a t th e re w as a M a g n e tic School in M elbourne, con sistin g o f a m edium and som e eight or ton m embers. I t w as form erly a c ircle o f S p iritu alists, and enquirers into S p iritu alism ; b u t a ch an ge liad com e over the scene. T h e m edium w as said to be dead, the leading m oinber o f th o c ircle having g ravely to ld him that he saw h er die. H e r body, how ever, was n o t y e t buried; i t still b reath ed , a n d ta lk ed , and m oved ab o u t - - a mfirvellous phenom enon, tru ly . T h e exglan r.tiion w as —that a sp irit from th e su n — a w arm rrogion to inhabit— had taken possession o f h e r bodiy ,'he presum ed th e b e tte r to instruct th e docile ijm pils o f th e sch ool. T h ey had ceased to be Spirit>>utli8t8, th e o rd in ary phenom ena being too vulgar fo>v 'th e ir refined ta s te s , and th e class o f spirits that g e n e ra lly co m m u n icate , to o low for th e ir advanced «¿■nds— nothing lo w er th a n th e “ Infinite F a t h e r ” would satisfy them . C e rta in d o ctrin es , w hich s ta rtle d some that heard th em , had been developed in th a t school. B ut they wore only old e rro rs in a new g arb , a n d fu r­nished no rea l grou n d o f a larm , e x ce p t for th e wellbeing of those who em braced th em . T h eir frien d, M r. Jam es Smith, was th e exp o n en t o f th o se views. H o w as n o t animated by th e le a s t d eg ree o f porsonal feeling again st him, o r any o f th o se asso ciated w ith him , in criticisin g their teachings. H o re g re tte d , how ever, th a t in vindi­cating his p resen t opinions, M r. Sm ith had denied his former conn ection w ith Spiritu alism , in th o face o f so many facts to th e co n tra ry ; b u t ho ap p eared to have a peculiar m othod o f reco n cilin g bis p a st and p resen t views and conduct, and it w as n o t fo r o th ers to s it in ju d g m en t upon him. T he le c tu re r w ould now leave M r. Sm ith, for whom ho still en terta in ed a sin cere resp ect, o u t of

S' lit, and deal on ly w ith w h at he had advanced as tru th .9 lectu res and le tte rs w ere fair sub jects o f criticism .

They contained som e fine tru th s well exp ressed , b u t they also appeared to him to involve prin ciples, n o t only false, but of very pernicious ten d en cy . H e criticised som e of the teach in gs o f th e M ag n etic School on th o tw o-fold ground— first, th a t th e y ten d ed to su b v ert som e o f the very first prin ciples o f Spiritu alism ; and secondly, th a t they w ere frau g h t w ith d an gerou s conseq uences to indi­viduals and so cie ty if th e y w ere e v er gen erally e n te r­tained ; and he w ould n o t do his d u ty to so ciety , nor manifest his lo y a lty to th e g loriou s m ovem ent he was identified w ith, i f h e did n o t ra ise a w arning voice, and point o u t th e c h a ra c te r and ten d en cy o f th e false p rin ­ciples alluded to . H e did n o t, how ever, do th a t in an authoritative sp irit. S p iritu alists had no creed , as th e term was gen erally un derstood , a n d he tru ste d nevqi

u ^a v e > h u t th e re w ere a few g r e a t principles upon which all prog ressive S p iritu alists agreed , and i t was thoir duty to exp o se and re sist w h atever ten d ed to over- t7r “'T .*hese. T n e firs t th in g th a t s tru ck him in looking at their teach in gs w as th e u tte r absence o f evidence or argument i n th e ir fa v o u r . S o cie ty bad a r ig h t to know °n a u th o rity a now a n d s tartlin g ann ou ncem en t

i ■ heavier th e t a x i t im posed on m an’s belief, the clearer and s tro n g e r i ts evidences ou gh t to be. A new doctrine m ig h t com m an d a tte n tio n on one o f four grounds. I t m igh t be self-evidently t r u e ; o r be capable ° f ocular d em o n stra tio n ; o r r e s t on ce rta in alleged f a c t s ; or on a ch ain o f arg u m en ts, m o re o r less w eigh ty and “ ^ u n v e . W e r e th e teach in gs o f th e M ag n etic School *eli-evidently tr u e , o r capab le o f dem on stration ? W e re they sup ported b y a n app eal to logical arg u m en ts, o r to tacts th a t cou ld be tes ted ?— N o . F o u n d ers o f religious systems in th e p a s t h ad appealed to fa c ts , as M oses, Jesu s, th e A p o stles, M ah om et an d o th ers. Spiritualism niso w as based on dem on strab le facts , a s well as reason- hole argu m en ts. T h e d o ctrin e th a t th e w orld w as going

00 d estroy ed b y a “ w ave o f m ag n etic fire ,” and th a t “U th ose who h ad n o t b en efitted by “ a succession o f in­carnations,” th ro u g h w hich th e y w ere said to have passed,

or accep ted th e offer o f th e F a th e r ’s lo ve ” in a given umnner, w ere to be “ annihilated,” m u st have a b etter

foundation th an tho rare ipse d ix it o f a single m edium , o r spirits peaaing th rou gh h e r, b efo re th in k in g mag.,-

w o u li a ccep t i t . Secondly, th e y ign ored r e a s o n ' ‘the noblest a ttrib u te o f m an’s n atu re , and th e o n ly -'re lia b le guide o f his life. I t had ever been th e p o l i c y o f m en o f a certain o rd er to d ecry reaso n as “ cavfnal ” and “ d an­gerou s.” T hose who believed th a t* tu e y h eard th e voice of God, and g o t com m unicatiojnB d irect from H im , could n o t con sisten tly su b ject.,'th em to th e te s t o f finite reason. B u t who should - d are to say th a t th e y w ere specially favoured wi'.tn a know ledge o f G od’s will and pu rp oses ? I t w as thorough h is reason th a t th e C re a to r in stru cted his cre id tu ro m an. I t w as by its bold and u n fettered o p e ra tio n th a t scien ces h ad been developed, a r ts exten ded , and social am eliorations effected ; an a w as religion th e only domain from which i t should be excluded P E v ery d o ctrin e should be su b jected to its m ost .rigorous tests , for tru th cam e th ro u gh im p erfect chan nels, and w as very liable to be corru p ted . F o r m an to abandon his reason u n d er th e im pression th a t he w as under tho gu idan ce o f an infallible pow er, w as to place him self in th e position o f a ship w ithout a rudder, and becom e th e sp o rt of cap riciou s winds and dangerous waves. T h ird ly , th ey discouraged in dividua l effort b y insisting on m an’s utter helplessness. T h a t was only a p a r t o f gloom y Calvinism in disguise. P o o r hum anity had been to o lo n g trad u ced , an d preven ted from p u ttin g forth th e pow ers it possessed. I t s “ im potence, ign oran ce, helplessness, a n a depend­e n c e ” had been im pressed upon it so long from tho pu lp it th a t th e y could n o t w onder a t so tow m aking m anly efforts to raise them selves. T h ere was no evad­in g th e logical re su lt o f th e p reach in g up o f m an’s in­ability to do an y good th in g o f himself, which was to th ro w tho responsibility o f his lo t on his M aker. I t w as pitiable to see mon o f once liberal view s go in g back to th ose p ernicious d o ctrines o f a n irration al and h eart­less th eolo gy. T he old ad ag e w as still tru e , th a t God helped th ose who helped them selves. In stead o f reviv­ing, in tho g arb o f roligious liberalism , th e debasing doc­trin e o f m an’s helplessness, th ey w ould do infinitely m ore good by try in g to develop th e la te n t pow ers and g lori­ous possibilities o f his G od-given n atu re , and th a t could be done w ith ou t fostering a sp irit o f in so len t self-suffi­cien cy . F o u rth ly , they taught hu m ility a n d obedience on a p r in c ip le very liable to be abused, a n d lead to unhappy consequences. A ll o u g h t to be as “ li ttle ch ild ren ” in sim plicity, in in n ocen ce, in openness to conviction , and in 'freedom from tho unreasoning bias th a t often sw ayed ad u lts ; b u t som ething m ore and w orse th an th a t was m ean t by m an y who w ished to m ake m en children. T hey m u st be like children in accep tin g everyth in g in blind unquestioning tru s t, w hich th e ir self-appointed teach ers se t before th em ; and in stead o f becom ing free-m inded, self-relian t, progressive m en, th ey becom e religious slaves. T he C ath olic C h u rch had e v er assu m ed a p atern al ch arac­t e r and functions. A s children th e ir “ gh ostly fa th e rs ” m ade th em believe, and did w ith th em w h at th ey chose. T o doubt, reaso n upon, o r re je c t an y th in g th e ir spiritual teach ers advanced w as to in cu r th e ir high displeasure, a n d risk a glorious heaven. A n d , p ractica lly , th e re was b u t little difference betw een th e m enchildren o f th e C ath olic C h u rch and th e pupils o f th e M ag n etic School. T he childhood o f hu m an ity m u st be ou tgrow n . I t was high tim e it began to cu ltiv ate and develop a ll th e pow ers o f full-grow n m anhood. F ifth ly , th e y opened a door for all m an n er o f vagaries a n d fa ls e teaching, u n d er the b e lie f that they w ere im pressed a n d in stru cted by G od him self, T h a t w as th e ro o t o f m u ch o f th e p ersecu tion and fana­ticism th a t had stained th e p ast. P a tria rch F ish e r, and P ro p h et Stephens o f th e p resen t, ju stified th e ir e x tra v a ­gan cies on tn e sam e grou n d . I n view o f th e e rro rs and evils w hich had sp ru n g from a b elief th a t c e rta in m en w ere specially ta u g h t .by “ th e F a t h e r ," m u ch cau tion and reason ou gh t to be exercised in receivin g an y th in g professing to co m e fro m th a t so u rce . G od cou ld only te a ch us by in term ed iate agen cies ; an d an y o f th o se th a t claim ed infallibility should be in sta n tly re jected , fo r dan-

f;er alw ays accom panied th em , an d d isaster g en era lly fol- owed in th e ir w ake. S ix th ly , they p re d ic te d a p h y sica l

catastrophe that was not lik ely to com e to p a ss . “ A w ave o f m agnetic fire ” w as rolling u p , and g o in g to sweep everyth in g before it . T h a t w as b u t th e old s to ry o f tho

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end o f th o world, and need cau s J i o alarm . Je su s and * 2 $ul predicted th at th a t terrible oveuiT^uld tak e place b efore- th eir gen eration had passed a w a y ; b'h * wer e eighteen Cc.',n tu rics w rong. Tho stars had n o t fallen, nor th e moon b een ' darkened, nor th e world b u rn t up, nor th e Ju d g m en t s e a K e re c te d , n o r tho righ teou s and wicked separated for ever. A rild as tim e had falsified th e pre­dictions o f the a n cien t alarfrri'sts, so would i t those of ou r m odem prophets. God was n cot like a blundering m echanic, liable to smash tho work o f h's-'s hands in a fit o f rago, because it did n o t answ er his e x p e c ta tio n s . T h ere was no fear o f his w reaking his v e n g ean ce on this beautiful world, which we could n o t b u t beliovo was -ful­filling its intended mission as p a r t o f his works, w ithout im peaching his infinite perfections. Seventhly, they p ro ­nounced a doom f o r a large portion o f the hum an fa m ily , which it was utterly inconsistent with the wisdom and good­ness o f Qod to suppose would ever be inflicted. T he old dis­mal figure o f “ annihilation ” was th e la test novelty of tho M agn etic School. A fow wooks ago, re-incarnation was the inviting prospect held o u t for all tho “ disobo- dient.” A nd for w h at w ere tho g re a t bulk o f mankind to be annihilated ? Ju stb ecau B e they hod n o t heard and obeyed the “ voice o f th e F a th o r ,” ns a fow o f his chil­dren understood it. Plainly and logically p u t, G od was going to destroy m ost o f hiB children, becauso ho had not Bpoken loudly enough to m ake them hear, o r plainly onougli to make them understand, o r authoritatively ouough to m ake them obey H is fatherly will. W h a t a reflection on th e ch a ra cte r o f G o d ! Call such a being F a th e r ? R ath er le t him bo branded ns a fiend! N o, no. T he God o f th e universe was n eith er going to anni­hilate his children by fire on e a rth , n o r punish thorn for ever in fire in hell. I t was blasphem y to teach such doctrines, w hether in o r o u t o f tho chu rch . Im m ortality was tho b irth righ t o f all m en, progression th e law of th e ir being, and consum m ate p u rity and happiness tho destiny th a t awnited them .

P R O F E S S O R M A P E S 'S E X P E R I E N C E S I N S P IR I T U A L I S M .

T h e A m erican papers, when ann ou ncing th e death, som e tim e since, o f P rofesso r Jam es J . S tapes, “ tho model farm er,” spoke in tho m ost eulogistic term s o f his g re a t genius and high lite rary and scientific attainm ents. “ H e was a perm anent m em ber o f th e N ew Y o rk L y ceu m , honorary m em ber o f th e Scientific In s titu te o f B ru ssels, tho R oyal S o ciety o f S t. P etersb u rg h , and tho G eographical Society o f P a r is ; and one o f ou r s ta te universities conferred upon him tho degree o f L .L .D .

“ A s a farm er Professor M apes has given hundreds o f useful discoveries to th e world. T he subsoil plough and tho ro ta to ry d igger and spade, now in such com m on use, a re his inventions, w hile his advice w as Bought and accep ted in regard to chem ical m anures all ov er the cou n try . H e organised th e F ran k lin In s titu te a t N e ­w ark, and becam e its first le c tu r e r ; and so early as 184 4 h e w a sP re sid cn to f th e M echan ic’s In s titu te a tN e w Y o rk .

“ Professor M ap es was one o f th e m o st agreeab le of m on, possessing g re a t geniality and n o sm all share o f w it and hum our, and w as gifted w ith a n extraord in ary flow o f language,” & c. &c.

Such is on e am ong m any com plim entary n o tices o f Professor M apes which appeared in th e A m erican jo u r­nals soon a f te r his death ; b u t w e have sought in vain to find an y m ention o f hiB being an advanced an d co n ­firmed believer in Spiritualism . This fact, how ever, is furniBhed in M r. B . C olem an's A m erica n Spiritualism from which exce llen t book w e m ake th e M o w in g ex ­tr a c t :— °

“ 0 n th e first dav o f ou r acqu aintance, Ju d g e Edm onds did m e th e favor o f in troducing m e to his frien d, P ro fe s ­so r Jam o s J . M apes, who, as a chem ist, holds a leading position m th e scientific w orld b o th in A m erica and “ u i°R®: H e is a m an o f varied attainm ents, possessing a brilliant in tellect, and extraord in ary conversational pow ers. H e has m astered , a f te r m ost carefu l s tu d y and exam ination , th e philosophy o f Spiritualism , and w ould help, w ere h e to pu blicly identify him self with th e sub­je c t , alm ost m o re th a n an y o th er m an, to in cu lca te and spread its t r u t h an d doctrines.

“ P rofesso r M ap es’ h isto ry in con n ection with Spirit, ualism teach es an in stru ctiv e lesson, and answers in it. self tw o o f th e m ost p ro m in en t questions which have

been p f iJ 'y j ts opponents in th is co u n try ; namely—i f Spiritualism be ’ntion, how is i t th at nom an em inent in scien ce has v e n tu re d 'to ’^yosticate its claim s and expoun d its p h ilo so p h y ? And.' S littin g tho reality o f th o p h enom en a— Oui bono ? W ell th ' answ er is th a t P rofesso r M ap es, o f N ew Y o rk , like hiscompeer, t h e l a t e D r. H are, o f Philadelphia,’ a man o fscienco, undertook tho in v estig atio n several years a"o with an en tire disbelief in its re a lity , a n d a determina­tion to expose ‘ tho delusion ; ’ and , like D r. H are he was driven step by step from his original position, ulti-

nmi.tr!}” converted to a full b elief in sp irit intercourse and , as a c o u w q u e n ce , to a b e lief in a life hereafter which ho had previionnly denied . C an m en, in tho faco o f such facts, co n sisten tly jr o on ask in g what is the good o f i t ; and a sse rtin g th a t if'.l*-.i8 rea lly true, it must bn all o f th e devil ?

“ T h o P rofesso r is la rg e ly en g aged in agricuiUnro and has a farm a t N ew ark , N ew Y o r k , w here his family s id e ; while his professional p u rsu its oblige him to remain a g re a t portion o f his tim e in N ew Y o r k . H e was (as he to ld m e), a m aterialist, u p to th e ag e o f forty-five, and in th e early s ta te o f th o m od ern manifestations, now th irteen y ears ago , he se t to w ork earn estly to investi­g a te Spiritualism , w ith o u t say in g a w ord on th e subject to his fam ily .. S h ortly a fter, he discovered th at one of his dau gh ters w as also engaged in a som ew hat similar w ay. Sh e had in fa c t b ecom e a w ritin g medium, with­o u t knowing it. O n one o f his u su al weekly visits to his family, th is d au g h ter said, ‘ F a th e r , I w an t to show you som ething v e ry cu riou s. D o n ’t lau gh a t mo, here aro pages, th a t from tim e to tim e I have been influenced to w rite, w ithout m y will o r m y m in d being engaged in th o w ork. I t h as been g o in g on for weeks, and I should n o t havo nam ed it now , b u t th a t I saw in th e Tribune now spaper yesterd ay , th a t o th ers h ad been similarly in­fluenced ; and it is said to b e th e w ork o f spirits. I w an t to know th e m eaning o f i t . ’ C urious to obtain evidenco from such a sou rce , th ou g h anxious to avoid exp lanation and en co u rag em en t, th e P rofesso r asked her to tak o a pen and le t him seo w h at she m eant. Her hand w as m oved excited ly , and she a t o n ce rapidly dashed off a lo n g m essago p u rp o rtin g to be frotn to o spirit^ of his fath er. T he P ro fesso r said, ‘ I f th e re is any meaning in th is I should like, i f possible, to havo som e proof of id en tity ." M iss M ap es’ hand ag ain w ro te , ‘ Y o u may reco llec t th a t I gave y o u , am on g o th e r books, an Ency­clo p ed ia ; look a t p ag e 12 0 o f th a t book, and you will find m y nam e w ritten th e re , which you have never seen.’ T h o book alluded to w as w ith o th ers in a box a t the w arehouse in tow n. O n his arriv al in tow n, Professor M ap es opened th e case w hich had been fastened up for tw en ty-seven years, a n d th e re , to h is g r e a t astonishm ent, he found as described, his fa th e r ’s nam e w ritten on the id entical p ag e 12 0 .

“ This in cid en t aw ak ened a n ew in te re s t in him, and he accord ingly determ ined to co n d u ct a serious investi­gation , and a t on ce secu red th e serv ices o f M rs. Brown, th e e ld est d au g h ter in th e F o x fam ily— a well-known and very reliab le m edium o f g re a t pow er. H is next step was to ob tain a p a r ty o f frien d s to jo in him, which was, how ever a very difficult ta sk . H e first invited his son-in-law , M r . D odge, a m em b er o f th e S en ate, who lau gh ed a t th e re q u e st, said i t w as to o absurd, and hoped th e P ro fesso r w as n o t g o in g to sacrifice his time and his fam e to such a delusion. A n d in th is w ay he w as m e t b y o th ers, u n til a t le n g th m ak in g i t a personal favou r and to oblige him , h e g o t a p a r ty o f te n together; having, as h e said, p u rp osely se lec ted ono h alf ofpositive m inds who w ould believe in n o th in g , an d th e other h alf o f negative mindB w h o m ig h t b e in d u ced to believe in an y th in g . T h e y a g re e d t o m e e t ev ery M on day even­in g for tw e n ty sittings, a n d u p t o th e n in eteen th evening th e y had n o t elicited an y th in g sufficiently satisfactory to c a r r y convictionj o r t o be w o rth re co rd in g ; b u t on th e tw en tie th evening som e v e r y cu riou s a n d striking p h enom en a w ere displayed. T h e sp irits who purported to be p re se n t g av e p ecu liar n am es, su ch as P ie rre Yvud-

. in g , D eliveran ce, & c., in sistin g , a g a in st th e belief of

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those present, th a t th e y w ere th e ir an cesto rs , and indi­cating in th e m ost definite m an n er th eir relationship. Upon subsequent in qu iry , each o f th ese s tatem en ts wore verified, and a previously hidden p ag e o f fam ily history being thus un exp ected ly revealed , i t excited a n atu ral interest in th e m inds o f all to con tin u e th e ir sittings, which Professor M ap es assu red m e w ore prolonged un- interrupetdly for f i v e y e a r s , d u rin g which ev ery con­ceivable te s t w as applied, resu ltin g at length in the en tire conversion o j the whole pa rty .

“A t th a t period, Spiritualism w as spreadin g in A m erica in all directions. M edium s w ore developed in num erous families, and daily th e p ress ann ou nced, on th e testim ony of m ore o r less reliab le w itnesses, th e m ost m arvellous accounts o f new m anifestations o f spirit-pow er. Profes­sor M apes having becom e satisfied th a t a g ro a t tru th lay a t th e ro o t o f it , th ough m ixed u p as ho th ought, with fanaticism and som e charlatan ism , d eterm in ed to see everyth in g for h im s e lf ; and w herever ho heard of new wonders, ho p ack ed up his p o rtm an teau , and w ith­out regard to tim e o r exp en se , s ta r te d off to m ake a personal in vestigation I n th is w ay ho visited, am ong m any others, th e D av en p o rt B o y s a t Buffalo, and th e spirit-room o f J o n a th a n K oons, s itu ated in th e m oun­tains o f Ohio ; and he fully corrob orated th e ex trao rd i­nary statem ents m ade resp ectin g them .

“ Wh i l s t P rofesso r M ap es continu ed his own investi­gation, ho fe lt i t n ecessary , from its all-engrossin g ch ar­acter, to re stra in his d au g h ter from pu rsu ing her mediumship, fearin g th a t h er health , which w as delicate, would suffer, th ou g h h e said som e o f h e r w ritin g was brilliant and p ow erfu l, and m uch beyond h e r natural capacity. A n arran g o m o n t w as accord ingly m ade for her to v isit som e friends, w ith a view o f w eaning h er from th e fascin ation w hich occupied so m uch o f her time. M rs. M ap es w as a t th is period alto g eth er opposed to th e whole su b ject, nnd un acquainted with th e fact th a t h e r husband w as so deeply in terested in it, said to him one day, ‘ I am v e ry m uch distressed to think our daughter Sophy should deceive us ; I have w ritten a strong rep ro o f to h er, as I feel su re i t is m ost im proper conduct.’ P ro fesso r M ap es dissuaded his wife from sending th e 'le tte r , te llin g h e r ho had his m otives for wishing h er to d elay doing so. I n a sh o rt tim e a fte r M rs. M apes h e rse lf w as im pelled one day to w rite, and became a t on ce developed as a w riting m edium . F a s c i­nated with th is new pow er, she continu ed day b y day alm ost exclu siv ely occup ied w ith h e r w riting, un til a t length P rofesso r M ap es felt i t n ecessary to in terfere, and said— ‘ W ife , you and I have been m arried th irty years, and I have n ev er b efore in terfered w ith y o u r p er­sonal liberty , b u t n o w I have seriously to req u est th at you wall n o t, a t le a s t for th e p resen t, give an y m oro tim e to th ese influences, an d th a t y o u will co n sen t to destroy a ll y o u have w ritte n .’ W it h m any p rotests M rs. M ap es a t len g th con sen ted , and tearin g th e leaves from a larg e m an u scrip t volum e, she consigned them page by p ag e to th e flames— th e understand ing being th a t she w ould n o t p u t h e r h an d to p ap er fo r tw elve­months to com e.

“ M on th s h av in g passed, and th e ten d en cy to yield to th e influempe having been effectually repressed, her husband a n d fam ily w ere surprised one day by hor m aking p rep aration s for draw ing, and declaring th a t she believed sh e cou ld co p y plants and flowers. T h ey smiled at thiB a n n o u n ce m e n t; th e y w ere incredulous, as she

■ had never been in stru cted , and had never show n th e least ta le n t fo r th e a r t . 8 he w en t, how ever, in to th e garden, plucked a n ap p le blossom , and sa t down to copy ““ I n a few m in u tes she m ade, g re a tly to th e surprise o f a l l arou n d h e r, a m o st ex ce lle n t co p y o f this very delicate flow er, a n d th u s sp iritu ally influenced, she com ­m enced a series o f colored draw ings, w hich, as th e y p ro ­ceeded, in creased in b eau ty , and nave now becom e m ost p erfect specim ens o f th e a r t .. “ O n re fe rrin g to th e d ay o f th e ir com p act, Professor M apes found th e draw ing nad com m enced e x a ctly tw elve m onths to th e day o n w h ich M rs . M ap es had prom ised pun n o t to w rite an y m o re . T h e ' P ro fesso r h as n o t a t- betnpted t o in te rfe re w ith th is d ev elo p m en t; on th e con-

h e ap p ears t o en co u rag e it , and iB h ig h lv in terested m h e r p r o g re s s ; a n d h as a p o rtio n o f e a ch d ay devoted

to draw ing and painting. A n d as th e y do n o t p a r t with m any, a largo accu m u lation has tak en placo, com prising now a g re a t num ber o f very in terestin g volum es. T hese draw ings, w hich a re produced w ith g re a t rapid ity , u n ­like m ost m ediu m istic prod uctions, a re o f n a tu ra l fru its, flowors, and birds, and th is extraord in ary fa c t attach es to th e birds, th a t each bird, w ithout s tu d y o r an y know­ledge o f th e n atu ral h istory o f th e su b ject, on th e p a r t o f M rs. M apes, is placed in th e accu stom ed associations o f tre e o r p la n t on which i t builds o r feeds.

“ I am indebted to M rs. M ap es for tw o specim ens o f hor w ork, which she kindly p resen ted to m e, and which have crea ted the g re a te s t adm iration in all to whom I have shown th e m ; one is an Iris , and th e o th e r a co llectio n o f A m erican au tu m n al leaves. T hey are both pron oun ced by connoisseurs to be w orks o f high a r t , and th e m arvellous fa c t rem ain s to bo to ld , th a t both pain tin gs w ere com m enced and finished in little m oro th an one hour. N o a r tis t , I believe, could copy th em in less th an tw o d ay s."

“ D u rin g th e la s t con v ersation I h ad with him P rofes­sor M ap es sum med up his a rg u m en t fo r Spiritualism th u s— 1 I f , a f te r m akin g ev ery allow ance for th e incon­gru ities, false th eories, fanaticism , and th e com m on e rro rs a ttach ed to Spiritualism only ten p er c e n t, o f th e wholo should provo p u re and im pregnable, i t is still as sound a science as ch em istry was a t th e boginning of th is cen tu ry , which has th row n aside n inety p er ce n t of th e teach in gs then received as tru th s .' ”

P R E S I D E N T ’S A N N I V E R S A R Y A D D R E S S ,

D e l i v e r e d b e fo r e t iie S unday E venino F r e e D i s ­

cu ssio n A ssociation on t h e 20 t ii October , 1872.

T in s evening th e Sunday F r e e D iscussion A ssociation com pletes th e second y e a r o f its existen ce, and we have reason to co n g ra tu la te ourselves upon its continued su c­cess. O u r financial position is satisfactory , A ll acco u n ts are paid up to d ate , and wo have sufficient funds in hand to m eet th e exp en d itu re for n e x t q u arter. This circu m ­stan ce , com bined w ith th e num bers and resp ectab ility o f th ose who habitually a tte n d o u r m eetin gs, sufficiently evidence th a t th e association supplies a rea l w an t. The pugilism o f m ere w ordy disputations would soon drive aw ay people o f ta s te and sin cere tru th -seek ers. T h at th e co n tra ry is th e case goes far to prove th e average good qu ality o f o u r lite ra tu re , th e ration ality o f ou r m oral sen tim en ts, and th e g en eral good tem p er with which w e “ ag ree to differ.” W e have had papers read to u s du rin g th e p ast y e a r which w ould bo w orth y o f an y hall o r any assem bly, and have had religious, social, and political questions discussed in a m anner, and by a class o f speak ers, show ing th a t th e re is an intelligence becom ing p opu lar considerably in advance o f ou r presont popu lar rep resen tation . T h ere would n o t bo sufficient tim e to sup port th is opinion by en u m eratin g, and con- densely review ing, th e various papers read and discussed, b u t th ose who have been in th e hab it o f a tten d in g h ere m u st feel satisfied upon th a t m atter . T he la te com ­m ittee have m ade several a ttem p ts to c a rry th e op era­tions o f th e society beyond its p resen t lim its ; b u t th e additional exp en d itu re, which such a stop w ould re n d e r necessary , has h ith erto stop p ed actio n in an y new ' direc­tio n . T he m a tte r is n o t to be lo s t sigh t of, and in th e cou rse o f n e x t year, efforts m ay be m ad e to have Sunday evening discussions in som e o f th e suburbs. F r e e T h ou gh t is a ll-im p ortan t to p rogress, and I do n o t think th a t any p latform is so calcu lated to p rop agate and cu ltivate F r e e T h o u g h t as th a t o f a w ell-conducted discussion society . A p erson is a p t to be d ogm atic and d ictato rial in p ro ­portion to th e s tren g th o f his convictions, and a dispas­sion ate discussion, while show ing liow m uch, n o t p re­viously th o u g h t of, m a y b e said on both sides o f a question, will cu ltiv ate caution a n d to lera tio n . D ogm atism , and im patience o f contrad iction , a re n o t alw ays th e resu lts o f m ere b ig o try and preju dice. W h e n , a f te r m a tu re consideration , a conviction is arriv ed a t , th e reaso n s and argu m en ts used in s e ttl in g 'opinion a r e dism issed, and th e opinion itse lf is s to re d am o n g th e in tu itio n s which form th e basis o f fu tu re re a so n in g ; j u s t as a propositibti in E u c lid , on ce dem on strated , i s acce p te d a s a m a tte r o f

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f a c t to bo used in solving o th er problem s. T he know­led ge and m ental experien ce acquired in th is process ought* to be m ade o f serv ice to a fellow tru th -seek er w hen beset by th e sam e o r sim ilar difficulties; b u t we have such a disinclination to go again drudgingly over th e sam e ground, e ith er to assist o th ers o r to review our own position, th a t conservatism , dogm atism , and im pa­tien ce o f contrad iction, are ap t to bo n atu ral results. H ow few a re fit to have th e ch arg e o f teach in g children, on acco u n t o f th is very d efect ? W hen we a re discu ss­ing any point w ithin ou r own m inds, o r with an o th er b e n t in tne sam e direction, th e love o f tru th , and the desire to know, m ay op erate with fairness and freedom from in toleran ce, because th ere is no provocative to th e co n trary ; b u t i t is a m atter o f g re a t difficulty to give im partial consideration to th oughts w ithin ourselves, m uch less to argum ents presented by others, w hen they a re calculated to u p set preconceived ideas. T he im pru­dence o f being dogm atic (as if ou r presont convictions could, even to ourselves, bo a final se ttlem en t o f any q u estion ), is frequently illustrated in thoso who a re given to speak on impulse. A n idea strik es one with an am ount o f lucidity which appears irresistible, i t is insisted upon w ith a proportionate am oun t o f self-assertion and confi­dence, and aftor all but li ttle a rg u m en t m ay bo required to mako th e notion ap p ear perhaps ridiculous. The caution this teach es is necessary to bo observed with reg ard to all opinions, how ever carefully arriv ed at'. Positivism o f any description ap p ears to m e to be irre- concileable with freedom o f T hou gh t, since to bo tru ly positive is to bo final. Positivism m ay be so fa r free th a t i t does n o t in sist upon a b elief w ith ou t supplying th o reasons which m oke th e b elief for th e tim o being im p era tiv e ; but th e positivism which m akes th o co n ­clusion o f any dem onstration absolutely final cre a te s intoleran ce. W e m ay lay down certain rules ns tho b est known m ethod o f tru e re a so n in g ; w e m ay feel bound to accep t certain principles and definitions ns axiom atic, solf-ovident tru th s , sinco we are incapable of conceiving o f anything to th o co n trary ; we a re obliged to receive as m atter o f fa c t th a t am ou n t o f com mon ex ­perience which scionce accep ts as th o basis o f its m easurem ents and sp ecu lation s; b u t how far th ese m ay bo positively final, i t would bo im possible to Bay. W o can n o t have positive conceptions o f to tal n atu re, o r o f God, since a finite m ind can n ot grasp Infinity. N o r can wo have positive conceptions o f any p a r t o f N atu re if we believe th at evory p art is affected by relations as infinite as the to ta lity o f n atu re . I t would req u ire “ a G enius oqual to the M ajesty o f N a tu re ’ ’ to com prehend, in all its bearings and im portance, th e sm allest idea or particle. T h a t N atu re can n ot lie, m ay im ply a positive tru th , but i t is impossible for finite m an positively to declare w hat N a tu re does, o r does not, say . T o say th a t w e eat, sleep, die, and so on , a r e n o t th e fa cts them selves, b u t term s which re fe r to facts, ab o u t which wo know very littlo positive besides. Q rass grow s is a term , b u t w h at n atu ralist can te ll even a li ttle o f th a t w hich is involved in th e gen eral fa c t to which th a t term refers ? T h e dogm atism o f a scientific school is difficult to be overcom e, a fte r one m ay be freed from th o dogm atism o f a theology. A scientific th eo ry is m ade to acco u n t, m ore o r less satisfactory , fo r certain known facts. So fa r i t has a claim on hum an re a so n ; b u t, being once accep ted , th e ten den cy is n o t to discuss a new th eory w hich m ay be presented , b u t to defend th e old. Thus even prog ressive science m eots th e s tro n g est opposition

' . “ a “ 0 I ,8 t ' n g scientific finality p arty , whose “ thussaith science,” is sim ilar to th e orth odox " th u s saith th e j ord .’ I n political and social science a sim ilar te n ­d en cy prevails, and reform has to stru g g le again st th eo­r e t ic and p ractical conservatism . I t appears to m e, then, th a t th e m em bors o f a F r e e D iscussion S o ciety , to be in ch a ra c te r w ith th e n a m e , o u g h t to be free from dogm a- tasm , in toleran ce , and im patience o f contrad iction , and rm t to feel positively final ab o u t any opinion, how ever a h e n g m ay b e th e ir convictions. W e a re such in tellec­tu a l pigm ies, com p ared -w ith th e vastn ess o f N a tu re , th a t i f w e m ay feel positive ab o u t anything, i t is th a t aU ou r beliefs and speculations * con tain e rro r , b e i t m o re , be i t less. I n discussing an y p o in t th e m a tte r is red u ced , n o t to w h at m ay be absolutely tru e o r false

b u t to w h at is m ost lik e ly t o b e tr u e according to our p resen t know ledge o f fa c ts a n d firs t principles, and our

resen t m ethod o f reaso n in g from th em . Thus we chil- ren o f e a rth w an d er th ro u g h m azes o f e r r o r ; indivi­

dually perform ing “ such tr ic k s b efore high Heaven as m ake th e angels weep b u t, co llectively , I cannot see an y o th er m eans w h ereb y ratio n ally to a ttain to intel­lectu al developm ent an d social ord er. T o follow im.' prossions only is th e law o f a n a tu re ben eath the scale o f reason, and th e a n t, th e bee, an d th e beavor obey th is law w ith uniform , u n p rogressive, irrational exacti- tu d e . W h en ev er reaso n begins to o p era te error comes in, and in tellectu al develop m en t com m ences. Different individuals a re v e ry differently im pressed by one and th o sam e cause. M otives, id en tical in n atu re , impress different individuals to very differen t ends, Tho same idea, o r m en tal im pulse, be i t th e insp iration o f an angel, o r th e com m unication o f a fe llo w m an , in d ifferen t minds m u st cre a te very different effects, in proportion as vary th e different in terests a t stak e , th e different organisms, and th e association o f ideas in th e variou s minds. As given him birth by N a tu re m an does n o t soem to have a m oral Bense o f r ig h t and w ron g an y m oro than other anim als. T he lion slau g h ters th e lam b, and m an destroys and plunders his follow, equally devoid o f conscientious scruples. T he first aw akening o f a conscien ce in man with reg ard to su ch m a tte rs ¡8 to su rro u n d th e killing and plun dering o f his hostile fellow m an with chival­rou s and virtu o u s n o tio n s, stud ied as a science, and ta u g h t as p a r t o f religion . T h e lo w er anim al is inca­pable o f com m ittin g su ch m oral w ron g, and m an seems incapable o f discovering rig h t, e x c e p t by th e perpetration o f stupendous erro rs . H is con scien ce, and therefore his im pressions, v a ry w ith every p h ase o f his existence. S o ciety can only be cem en ted by law s as inviolable in th e ir n atu re as a re tho law s o f p h ysical creation ; and, as a know ledge o f th e physical law s is obtained by means o f deop research and scientific e x p e r im e n ts ; so, a know­ledge o f social law s is obtained by a progressive social science, p receded and accom p anied by social experim ents. A s a p a r t o f th is p rocess, m an acq u ires notions o f what is due to o n e ’s s e lf and to so cie ty , and th is form s the consciousness o f r ig h t and w ron g. I f th e conscience be tru ly inform ed, m an ’s im pressions w ill be in th e right direction, and th o co n tra ry w ill be th e case if the con­scien ce be inform ed w rongly. K n o w led g e can only be progressive and cum ulative. C re a tio n itse lf has been, is, progressive an d cum ulative. P h y sical creation developed in to order o u t o f w h at m an ca lls chaos. In­tellectu al know ledge is developing in to sy stem and order o u t o f w h at to us seem s chaos. H u m an sym pathies and affections— religious and social— a r e progressively de­veloping. S o ciety develops o u t o f ch ao s a n d confusion — a confusion g e ttin g “ w o rse confounded ” as social com plications in crease, and b y th is m eans m an is "m ade p e rfe ct th ro u g h suffering ”— by o u r ow n “ stripes we a re healed.” P h ysical n a tu re a n d m o ral n a tu re , physical and in tellectu al m an, a re developed by p rocesses which a re in h eren t in th e n a tu re o f th in g s, unavoidable and irresistible. T h ese progression s go on indifferent to the n ecessary incidents o f individual sacrifices— “ Tis now a bubble b u rst, and now a w orld .” I n th e in ferior phases o f social e x is te n ce th e sp ectacle ¡ b hideous a n d painful to w itness— th e y a re consciou s sen tien t beings who suf­fer. Y e t , how ever s tro n g ly im pressed by ou r natural sym pathies, o r th e voice o f an g els, how ca n th e most philan th rop ic o r religious e ase th e g ro a n s o f humanity, w ith o u t th e know ledge o f a so cia l o rd e r w hich shall ope­ra te upon society as up on o n e individual— which shah cau se self-intereBts, as a p o licy , to m erg e in to th e social r L e t ou r hospitals and ch aritab le in stitu tio n s reply—” m onum ents o f good in ten tion s— a disord ered s ta te of society and ig n oran ce o f th e p ro p er m eth o d to am end and cu re it . T h e d estru ctio n o f S e lf , a s dem anded o f us by som e, w ould be th e ex tin ctio n o f life. S e lf has to be preserved, and elev ated in to a> selfishness w orked out unselfishly and w ith ou t in ten d in g i t— a progressive work w hich n a tu re is w orking o u t in a m an n er which m ay well c a ll fo rth th e ad m iratio n o f th e s tu d e n t o f social science, as th e geologist, b o tan ist, an d eth n ologist, w onder a t the revelation s w h ich n a tu re vouchsafes th em o f h er opera­tio n s in th e p h ysical, vegetable, and anim al kingdoms.

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I b God th erefore an g ry w ith th e selfishness, m onopolies, poverty, crim es, d iseases, im pu rities, and so on, which necessarily ch a ra cte rise a n in ferior period o f social de­velopm ent ? I ca n n o t suppose an y th in g b o highly im ­probable.

11 I f plagues or earthquakes break not Heaven's design,Why then a Borgia, or a Cataline f"

Science and philosophy te a ch us th a t all th ese ap p aren t anomalies belong to a system o f n a tu ra l econom y. I f we are to reason a t all, 1 th in k w e a re bound to a ccep t as a foundational tru th th a t G od, o r N a tu re , can n o t com ­mit or p erm it a w ron g, and th is axiom w ill necessarily direct us to enq uire how th e a p p a re n t anom alies which, in social p h rase, w e ca ll w rong, m u st y e t be n ecessary and righ t in th e econom y o f N a tu re . This will lead us to form ideas m o re o r less w o rth y o f th e 'S p ir i t o f the Universe, infinitely above th e m alig n an t, im p o ten t, dis­appointed ty ra n t in whose nam e p rop h ets o f evil preach destruction and w rath . T h ere is an im petuosity in th e human soul w hich, w hen fired by am bition and passion, would aspire to ru sh th ro u g h space, and arb itrarily dis­port with th e pow ers o f N a tu re . I n A lexan d er i t would, if possible, scale th e H eav en s to co n q u er fresh w o rld s ; ' in N apoleon i t Bought to su b ject peoples and th ro n es to tho will o f one am bitious ty ra n t. A ll m ay have experi­enced m ore o r less o f th o sen tim en t, b u t very few have have had th e gen iu s to disturb th o w orld under its im ­pulso. T he im agin ation o f th e ep ic p o et revels in them , and his own am bition and asp iration s a re transform ed into impossible h ero es and im possible deeds. Tho soul o f tho historian , i f a t all to u ch ed by tho fire o f genius, thrills within him , as if he him self w ore th e h ero o f tho “ battles, sieges, fo rtu n es,” o f which ho is only th e glow ­ing n arrator. T h e p rop h et o f a b arb aric religion , instead of being th e p eacefu l em issary o f a G od o f p erp etu al, ever-operating love— who can n o t com m it m istakes, and therefore has none to rem edy— feels an am bition in being the harbinger o f indefinable te rro r, o f devastatin g power. H o clothes his G od w ith th u n d ers, and arm s him with lightnings. A t h is ap p ro ach th e earth trem b les, and th e souls o f m en sink w ithin th em and die for fear. A ll th at is found o f lo ve and m ercy in th ese b arb arou s reli-

Eions is ju s t sufficient to brib e ad h eren ts, and sh elter ypocrisy. T h e pow ers o f N a tu re , as in terp re ted by

science, do n o t ap p ear ns th e fitful m anifestations o f an arbitrary D eity . T h ey still reveal tho law to m an, but not accom panied by th o overp ow ering te rro rs o f a M o u n t 8inai. T he e rro rs o f society a re now m o re num erous, perhaps, th a n e v e r ; b u t philosophy read s th em as sym p­toms o f im p erfect conditions, and th o stim u li to p rog res­sion, and n o t as a g ran d m istak e which G od him self cannot re ctify b u t by alm o st to ta l d estru ction . I f any be im pressed to “ lo ve his neighbour as him self,” le t him study th e com prehensive law s w ithin which self-love and social m ay be m ad e tho sam e. L o v e , how ever unselfish— an im pression, how ever good, ca n n o t be u tilised n o r the benefit o f m an w ith ou t kn ow ledge. A s Free-T h in k ers we can n ot a c t up on an y im pression w ith o u t. ra tion ally analyzing it , n o r receive an y d o ctrin e as a “ th u s saith the L o rd .” W e m u st reaso n up on i t to find i f w e can rationally b elieve it . O u r belief, o f course, does n o t make a th in g n ecessarily tru e , b u t w h at m ay be tru e as a m a tte r o f fa ct , can n o t becom e tru th to us until ou r reasons a re satisfied. I th ink , how ever, w e should bo in e rro r i f w e con sid er th o enligh tenm ent o f th e in tellect alone to be all th a t is n ecessary to prod u ce conviction. Som ething m ore seem s to be n ecessary . B efo re a co n ­viction is com p lete i t req u ires th e con cu rren ce o f the sentim ents as w ell a s o f th e u n derstand ing . I t w ould appear indeed th a t th e u n d erstan d in g is only n ecessary to supply‘conditions to th e sen tim en ts, in which reside all activ ity . T h e u n derstand ing , o r in tellect, is b u t th e lamp w hich lig h ts th e sentim en ts, and w ith ou t which th ey w ould b e d ark and uninform ed. A n affectional nature, w ith o u t know ledge, becom es religious o n l y - w ell-intentioned b u t blindly e r r a t i c ; w ith knowledge, i t becom es scientific and philosophic, as well as religious. In te llectu al know ledge, w ithout a du e developm ent o f M ntim ent, is b u t a ca lcu la tin g m ach ine. M e re em otion,*s life w ith o u t form — im pulse w ith ou t a determ in ate o b je ct; m e re in te lle ct , is e x a c titu d e in form and a rtis tic m otion adm irable in i ts co ld pulseless b eau ty b u t re -

quires th e b reath o f life to m ake i t hum an. A ju s t com ­bination o f th e tw o m akes th e com pletely sen tien t and in telligent m an, loving and lovable. I n discussion w e frequently forget th is dual n atu re , and we th in k o f ad­dressing th e in tellect only. I f ou r desire be to con q u er in argum ent, this m ethod m igh t be su fficien t; b u t if wo desire to produce full conviction we can n o t ignore th e sentim ents. Beligion in p articu lar possess such a hold o f th e affections th a t in m any cases m inds have to be treated w ith g re a t delicacy , and alm ost hum oured into ration al habits o f thinking. I t is to no good purpose to tr y and prove how absurd m ay be a person’s orthodox beliefs. M any would p refer n o t to h ear reason a t all, th an subm it th e ir religious feelings to w hat to them w ould be ou trage. A n arg u m en t m ay a t once c a rry w ith i t all th e lucidity th at is in tellectually necessary, but i t m ay require tim e and rep etition to .bring th o sentim en ts in to accord with th e understanding. In m any, perhaps m ost, instances this is never fully accom plished. Y o u th ­ful train in g has so deeply affected m inds, th a t although the in te llect for years m ay have regu lated th ought and con d u ct, y e t in situ ations o f dan ger, o r on death-bed, the im pressions o f y o u th aw aken in all th e ir en ergy and, in spite of' reason, ca rry all before th em . T he mind seeks sh elter in its prim itive faith, w hatever th a t m ay be, Pagan o r C hristian , o r is w recked in th e whirlpools o f despair. A deathbed conversion and a deathbed despair, in­stead o f being w arnings ag ain st free-th ou gh t and the ration al doubt called scepticism , a re terrible instances o f th e injuries done to ou r n atu res by tam perin g with the youthful mind, and reducin g i t to a s ta te o f slavery which its m anhood m ay n o t bo able to shake off, although ear­n estly and painfully striving fo r freedom . T ak e, for in stance, a person whose mind has been poisoned by n u r­sery ta lcs o f hobgoblins and apparitions. T he ad u lt m ay have reasoned him self o u t o f all belief in th e tru th o f such stories, and so long as he is un tried , he m ay think th a t his in te llect haB gained th e m astery over his em o­tions. B u t place him in a solitary situ ation a t mid­n igh t “ w here ruin ed castles gray nod to th e moon,” u n d er every circu m stan ce calcu lated to arouse the m em o­ries o f all th e g h o st stories, th e w hispered n arration o f which in the dim tw illight used to m ake his blood run cold and his flesh creep , and reason m ay bo powerless to subdue his sup erstitiou s fears. O f a free-thin ker i t is often said— “ Y e s ! i t is all very well while health lasts and th e flame o f life b u m s brightly .”— ” T he fool in his h e a rt saith ‘ th e re is no G od b u t w ait until th e m es­sen g er o f doom p u ts in his sum m ons, and death stares him in tho face , see w h at becom es o f his free-thinkiug th e n !” Y e s , tru ly 1 tho anticipation is found c o rre c t in m any instances— te rro rs sub m erge tho soul in spite o f o f reason ; b u t th is is n o t a sign o f tru th fu l repentance, an y m ore th an n u rsery tales a re proved to be tru e be­cause th e adu lt m ind, un der certain conditions and cir­cum stances, is n o t able to resist th eir irration al influences. M en tal freedom , upon which su ch m igh ty in te re st de­pends, m u st begin w ith early train ing , and i t is a m a tte r o f hope for th e fu tu re o f th is colon y th a t a system o f secu lar and com pulsory edu cation is ab o u t to be adopted b y th e S ta te . I f w e wish to raise hum an ideas from N a tu re u p to N a tu re 's God, le t us stu d y and teach N a tu re ’s laws. I f w e wish to develop th e love o f man, le t us teach th e law s o f ou r being, and o f social econom y ; and w hen th e affections a r e sufficiently cu ltivated , arid sufficient in tellectu al know ledge accu m u lated and dif­fused, and w hen social o rd er tak es th e p lace o f class ru le , th e n M an will n atu rally follow his im pressions for good, n o t blindly, b u t as an in telligen t a n a intelligible p a r t o f th is individual-cum -social developm ent.

" There is no darkness but ignorance—"" Ignorance is the curse of God,"“ Knowledge, the wings wherewith we fly to Heaven—"

A n d i t w ould be th e im p atien t folly o f m adness, o r th e savagery o f a dem on, and n o t th e wisdom o f a G od, w hich, w ith b reath o f flame, w ould a r re s t and d estroy a noble w ork on a cco u n t o f th e e rro rs and m istakes w hich are th e n a tu ra l ch aracteristics o f hu m an , individual, and social developm ent.

T h e Sunday F r e e D iscussion A sso ciatio n has done its d n tv w ith considerable success, and , in th ank ing y o n

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fo r th e kindness and cou rtesy w ith which you have sup­p orted m e in m y office fo r th e last tw o years, I would again subm it, th a t any notions o f positive finalty, dog­m atism , intolerance, and im patience o f contrad iction, the w an t o f consideration for th e opinions and even the prejudices o f others, m ore especially if th ey are th e prejudices o f earn est, sensitive, conscientious natures, stand in the way o f m ental freedom ; and, however diffi­cu lt i t m ay he to a c t up to this standard, I th ink we ought to m ake th e effort, and thereby becom e m ore effi­c ien t agen ts in prom oting individual and social good.

V I T A L I C IN D U C T IO N .

B Y J . W. EV A ET8.

T o t h e A f f l i c t e d : — I am im pressed to in dite a few lines, n o t new, nor with any claim to originality , b u t p erti­n en t, and im portant to those laboring under physical debility, chronic, m alarious, o r affective. A s i t is a known fa c t am ong Spiritualists, th a t llicro is a law la te n t in hum an life, th e prop er direction o f which will n o t only preserve an equilibrium in life's vital cu rren ts , b u t will also restore lost vitality, I will n o t a ttem p t to essay th ereon ; but adm itting th e fa ct , will lay down a few b rief rules by which disease can be w arded off, and vitality induced.

1st. B id tho body o f all oxcretion ary im pedim ents, as fa r as possible, by ju dicious and wholesome diet, bathing, and healthy exorcise, by induced perspiration and r e ­spiration, and by regu lar, d irect co n ta ct w ith th e solar ray.

2nd . B id th e mind o f depressing care , vexations, h atred s, jealousies, heartburnings; m alevolence, and mel­ancholy, by holy com munion with th o good, tho tru e , and tho beautiful, seen o r unseen ; b y tho inspiration of

{iure, fraternal love ; by deep h e a rt th ro es o f sym pathy or all human suffering; by unreserved forgiveness for

all hum an offences, and b y th e sw eet com posure rosult- a n t from p rayer to the G iver o f all good.

3rd. B otiro to re s t a t a seasonable hour, in a room of

Su re air, and invito around you th e presence o f your ear departed sp irit friends, and solicit the influence o f

a sp irit o f strong m agnetic healing power. P ra y for, and becom e passive to , th e pu rest inspirations.

4 th . L a y upon th e back , w ith limbs straigh ten ed , and hands by sides ; inspire all th a t th e lungs will com forta­bly contain, and hold th o breath ; work tho fingers and toes briskly th irty seconds, th e will directed to th em , draw up th e elbows and knees, and m ove them with force ; thonco. the shoulders and hips, w ith will and v ig o r ; th ence th e abdom en, in focalized m otion ; th en ce th e lungs, and follow th e nervous channels to th e frontal brain ; incline th e head and respire. B e s t a few m om ents and rep eat th e op eration ; th en roll ov er on th e rig h t side, and go to sleep.

5 th . O n awakening in th e m orning, tak e th o position on th o back , and go th rou gh th e in du ction p rocess again, tw o o r th ree tim es; th en tako th e “fo rty m orn in g drin ks.” A fte r a good tow el o r plunge bath, w ith th e surface rubbed to a glowing h eat, dress, and before eating, e x ­ercise briskly clean tho te e th , scrape tho ton gu e, and tak e a drink o f p u re cold w ater.

. 6th; p ivo tem perately , avoid over indulgence in p as­sion, induce gladness, jo y , hopefulness, and exten d tho fratern al hand to everyth in g h u m a n ; ostracise nobody, p roscrib e nobody, b reath e th e insp iration o f love to a ll- g o th rou gh th e process o f vita l induction daily, o r when- e v er th e powers o f life are ebbing aw ay, and new g race and beau ty and stren g th will adorn th o pathw ay o f life.

B y following th e above ru les, an incalculable am ount o f hu m an suffering can be obviated, diseases can be w arded off, and a jo y attained , w hich th e roun ded sym ­m e try of living form s alone can realize.

B o rn and re a re d in disease and suffering, from child­hood th ro u g h y o u th in to m anhood, w ith a body bruised by nu m erou s acciden ts, b u t now w ith th e p lentitud e o f h eaitb , I give m m y testim ony o f w h at th e above p rocess o f in du ction h as done f o r m e, and w h at I believe i t can do fo r others.

C entralia, HI.

“ T H E M Y S T E R Y O F D E A T H .— W H E R E 1 8 O U R L I T T L E P E T ? ”

"W here are yon, our little Pet? Do you lie all unconscious where we weeping let you down a few days ago. Or have von gone to the spirit-world ? And whnt is a spirit-world ? How can you live, feel, see, know, without that little casket the body? And if your spirit has flown, whither has i t flown ? How far away have you gone, little Pet ? Do you know anything that Is

Eing on here below ? And if so, how much are you permitted to ow, and how do you know it ? Do you see yourself, or do the

angels tell you? Do you know how much we grieve for you, how many sad tears we shed, how wc try to sing some of those home songs, in which your little voice used to mingle, and how we >ud- dcnly cease and all weep aloud ? Do you see us when wc go to visit your little grave, and do you hear us as we talk of planting the flowers, and placing the green sod, and erecting the little marble block there ?

“ Are you happy, little Pet? You used to say that you would like to go to Heaven, but that you would jump down again and come hack. Do you feel like jumping down now ? You used to say you 1 wanted to go to Heaven, but you did not want wings,' Have you got wings now, little Pet ? But oh, how we miss you little Pet I You were the light and joy of otir household, and we all feel very lonely without you ! Y et if you nre only cared for tenderly and nre happy, wc can wait. But we should like to more than believe. We should like to knew. If wo could only liear from you one clear, distinct Yes 1 to these various queries so often made, so there could be no mistake about it, it would be very consoling. But we know you cannot answer. The curtain lwtwccn this and the future world is down, never to be lifted until each one makes his exit.

“ ' The gates are not ajar,’ and if we are faithful here it will be well with us there, and wc shall go and meet the good and tho innocent—the dear ones gone before. Adieu then, little Pet I Ah 1 yes, we have said it many times before, but it comes back again upon us, and so we altornate

“ ‘ Between the calming and the weeping.’Farewell, little Pet, for this side of Heaven. And how many

like us have been afflicted I How many little coffins have been made I How many little graves have been dug, and how many sweet, pleasant homes have been darkened I But they have gone- in sweet, beautiful an<f heavenly innocency. It must lie well with them. Is it well with us ? ‘ They will not return to us; shall wc go to them ? ’ ’’

W e find th e nbove reflections and questionings in the colum ns o f th e A tch ison (K a n .) Cham pion. They are from th o h e a rt o f a sorrow ing p a re n t, whose soul is h u n g ry fo r heavenly know ledge o t th o dead. Christian faith fails to answ er th e se “ questionings,” and only differs from A th eism in th e d eclared m ysteries of a Goa th rou gh faith in his blood. A th eism says to this sor­row ing soul, “ Y o u r li ttle P o t his dead,— silent,— forever in tho grave, w ith no m ore pain, g rief , sorrow o r joy. Y o u can see th e p lace w here its li ttle cask et is laid in tho d u st. H is li ttle voice is s ilen t fo r ev er.”

This conclusion th e p a re n t’s sou l re je c ts . Tho mys- te y o f faith is oqually u n satisfacto ry , as evinced by the “ questionings.” Spiritualism an sw ers every question, solves th e hidden m y ste ry , and declares th ere is no death. W e have stood ju s t w e re th e se questions now stand. W e inquired a fte r fou r l i t t le p ets and fteir m other. W e in qu ired o f th o m in ister o f God— “ Say, m an o f G od, w h ore a re ou r p e ts ? ” . .

H e h o n estly and g ravely answ ered, “ T h e r e p o i n ti n g w ith th e finger to th e ir graves.

“ B u t w h at o f th em in th e ju d g m e n t ? ”“ T he m oth er h av in g been b ap tised , w ill bo accepted

o f G o d ; th e little p e ts h av in g n e v e r been baptised, will be dam ned.”

“ B u t, holy m an o f G od, J e s u s said “ Suffer little chib d ren to com e u n to m e, an d forb id th em n o t, for ofVsuch is th e kingdom o f H eav en .” j

“ T ru e , s i r ; b u t th e se p e ts a r e n o t o f th e kingdom, for th e y w ere n o t com m itted to th e F a th e r ’s care through th e h o ly offices o f M o th e r C h u rch .

“ W e ll , th en , holy m an o f G od, A th eism is m ore mer­ciful th a n you, and w e t r u s t th a t oblivion m ay wrap f " d ark m an tle o f forgetfuln ess a ro u n d th em all,- A11“ tna th e wife and m oth er, w ith o u r p e ts , m ay-b e silent forever, know ing n o t an y th in g .” . ,

L a t e r in life a n afagol ca m e to us,— th e wife^ an m o th er, an d carried u s u p t o th e p early g ates th a t stoo “ ajar,” and p o in tin g th ro u g h th e m , s a id : “ Behold o li ttle p e ts , sp o rtin g in th e sunshine o n th e beautu p la y g ro u n d s in th e S u m m erland .” ,

And on reading a parent’s “questionings," wetnouf; we heard the little Pet answer, “ I am up here, mamma, where flowers blossom all the year, and birds of paraon»

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eing me to sleep. I am n o t ‘ all u n co n scio u s ' in th e grave where (y o u ) w eep ing l e t (m e ) dow n a few days ago,’ O n ly tn e tin y c a sk e t lies th e re . M am m a and papa, I am n o t th e re . D e a r p ap a and m am m a, I am up m the spirit-land, w ith th e an g els ,— and C ou sin N ellie, and G randm a, to o , a r e h e re w ith m e, an d o th e r little pets also. T he sp irit-w o rld is a beau tifu l place, full o f flowers and sh ad y tr e e s , g re e n fields a n d singing birds. On many a tre e e th e bough ben ds fre ig h ted w ith lu cious fruit. M u rm u rin g s tre a m s co u rse th e ir w ay th ro u g h valleys fair— by m o u n tain side now tu m b lin g dow n a rocky stoop, m akin g m e rry for y o u r p e t. W e live on fruit plucked fro m tre e s , o r b erries from bushes bending beneath th e ir w eigh t. W it h fingers fair and w hite we feel, and w ith eyes b rig h t a n d blue, wo see as w hen on earth th ey gazed on you,— all u n ited in o n e li ttle cask et, far m ore beau tiful th a n th e one I le f t below. M y sp irit has flown, b u t n o t so fa r aw ay,— j u s t up h e re ben eath the stars ; and all th e tim e w hen n o t stu d y in g , singing or playing, w e a r e th in k in g o f a n d visitin g y o u , m y ma W e know w h a t y o u a re doing th e re below. W e are with yo u r g u ard ian sp irits ;— som etim es in y o u r r o o m ; —again, th e y leav e us in o u r h ap py hom es w hile aw ay on a m ission o f lo ve to ou r old homo. O n re tu rn in g , they tell us o f a ll th a t is go in g on b elo w ; a n d w e a re permitted to know all th a t y o u do,— w eeping a n d lau gh ­ing with y o u in y o u r jo y and so rro w . Som etim es wo see for ourselves ; som etim es th e angels te ll us w h a t we do not know ; a n d w h at w e know , is g iven u s th ro u g h our senses, j u s t as w ith y o u . A n d oh ! m y m am m a and papa, we know y o u r g rief , y o u r jo y , and th o se sad te a rs you shed, w e h av e c a u g h t a g a in and again ; and w hen you com e u p h ere , y o u w ill find th em c ry s ta liz e d ' gem s m our homo,— old m o m en to es from th e shores o f tim e. And when y o u sing , o u r so u ls a re filled w ith g lee as in chorus w e rejo ice . So m etim es w e go w ith y o u to v isit the little g rav e , a n d h e a r y o u ta lk of p lan tin g flowers above w here th e ca sk e t is l a i d ; b u t, m am m a, w e had rather m et you in th e p a rlo r w h ere w e played. B rin g out the li ttle sh oe a n d ca p , th e whip and to p , and o th e r

- toys. D o n o t w eep, m am m a, b u t lo t us play w ith th e shoe and cap , w ith th e whip and to p , as in fo rm er days.I am n o t in th e grav e , m am m a. I am hap py a n d lull of jo y, and only w eep w hen y o u a re sad. D o n o t weep at the g rav e , fo r y o u r te a rs m ak e m e sad. A lw ays when with you in th e form , y o u w iped m y te a rs aw ay. Com e, mamma, w ipe m y te a rs aw ay on ce ag ain , b y sm ilin g on your little P e t th ro u g h y o u r ow n. I w ould n o t h a v e you cease y o u r w eep ing, to r te a r s a re jew els w orn in ou r crowns. I like H eav en , m am m a. G od a n d a ll th e angels a re g o o d ; th e y s tr iv e to te a ch m e th e b e t te r w ay; and often i co m e from th e Su m m er-lan d in jo y , to th e old e a rth hom e,— n o t o n th e w ings o f a b ird , b u t on tho wings o f love. A n d if y o u will Bit in th e m e llo w even ™ e. I will w h isp er lovin g w ord s to y o u r soul, so you will n o t m iss y o u r li ttle P e t , and I w ill again be th e hght and jo y o f th e o ld household hom e. M am m a, little P e t is cared fo r b y lovin g a n g e ls ; his e v e ry w a n t is supplied. H e kn ow s no sorrow , save y o u r own. M am ma and p ap a, w ill y o u leave th e d o or ‘ a ja r ’ and bid me com e. Y o u shall m o re th a n believe. Y o u shall know th a t I a m n o t dead, b u t live, and shall live for evermore. A n d , m am m a, I can an sw er and I w ill te ll you w h e n : D o y o u rem em b er one n ig h t th e clock had ju st chim ed n in e ; y o u op ened th e d raw er and to o k up the little blue shoe, a n d bow ed y o u r h ead and wept, m am m a;— a n d th e n again , y o u sp u n th o to p , and w hen i t whirled a ll so sw ift, y o u crie d aloud— ‘ D o y o u see th e ,vP> “ ttle P e t ? ’ A n d , m am m a, w hen y o u stood b y th e fittle g rav e w h ere m y ca sk e t is laid , th e re bow ing low on bended k n ee , y o u p ra y e d fo r li ttle P e t . I w as w ith you, m am m a, a n d kissed y o u r cheek, and dried y o u r

“ I am he th a t liveth , and w as dead; and , behold, I am alike for everm ore. A m en.” — R ev. i : 18 .

Jeuim

i i ? 18- W e can an sw er to y o u r ca ll in a th ousan d ways, th e cu rta in is lifted and th e ‘ g a te s a r e a ja r ’ and a ll can come i n ; a ll c a n g o o u t ; all m e e t on th e m utu al lan d o f ° u r sp irit h om e. "W e a r e n o t g o n e; b u t n e a r you in m uocence a n d jo y . A ll is w ell w ith us ; le t i t be well with you. W e w ill r e tu r n to y o u ; y o u shall com e to

T H I S W O R L D A N D T H E N E X T . •

A D RAM A TIC POEM .

I t is a significant sign o f tho s tirrin g o f th o u g h t am ong

forL ittle P e t h as solved th e m y stery o f death , a n d lives

everm ore. D o n ’t ta k e i t to n e a rt— rem em b er th e» o rd s o f th e M a s te r :

us w hen M r. R ob ertson fools and responds to th e public dem and for lite ra tu re , having for its o b ject tho spread ­in g o f Sp iritu alistic views. L azaru s o f B e th a n y has a s tro n g cu rre n t o f Sw odonborgianism ru n n in g th ro u gh it, and has v e ry effectively served to a t t r a c t a tten tio n to th e w ritings o f one who w rote m ore fo r o u r ag e th a n his ow n, and w hose inspirations will in th e fu tu re exercise an influence ov er th ink in g m inds co relativ e to th a t o f B aco n , N ew ton , and D escartes.

Tho anonym ous au th o r (w hom w e will assum e to bo a m an) o f th e w ork im m ediately u n d er review , is evi­d en tly sin cere in believing, as he says in his prologue, th a t—“ Earth's womb is ruptured.Every day is gorged with such convulsions of established thought. That Reason reels to sec it.”H e is unable to com e to an y conclu sion m ore satisfactory to his reason th an th a t—

“ Time is a myth, Death a name, and Life a Dream ;History a burlesque, a game.Played out by Hellish and ambitious Kings,As if Creation did cxiBt itielf And God was nowhere."

W o sa t down to read th is book w ith a predisposition to like it, b u t we rose from its perusal w ith a feeling o f disappointm ent. I t is n o t only d estitu te o f m etrical h arm on y , b u t w anting in pow er, faulty in tho lan guage, and careless con stru ction is ap p aren t, in pas­sages w h ere p a rticu la r c a re is u su ally looked for. F o r in stan ce , th e first a c t conclu des in th is w ay—

" Call upon God, on God, call upon God;Call upon God to help thee, none else can." •

N o w , to say noth in g o f th e co n stru ctio n o f th is passage- th e skeleton o f a n idea which i t con tain s seem s to roepg n ise th e n otion o f a special Provid en ce, a notion which is only en tertain ed by a class o f m inds unable to rise o u t o f th e slavery and m en tal darkn ess in which a false the­ology has plun ged th em . T o ca ll upon G od for help— th a t G od “ in whom th e re is no variableness, n e ith er shadow o f tu rn in g ,” is an indolent a tte m p t to ask H im to rectify th e conseq uences o f o u r ow n stup id ity . W e d o n 't deny th a t p ray er has a softening and beneficial influence up on th ose who w orship th e ir h igh est con cep ­tions o f G o d “ in S p irit and in T ru th ." I t is a n ecessity o f o u r n atu re , aud excep tion s only prove th e ru le ; b u t ou r a u th o r p reach es th e exploded fallacy o f a n an g ry G od, and advocates h y sterical appeals fo r H i t capriciou s in terferen ce in m a tte rs which H e h as endow ed us w ith facu lties to com prehend, d irect, and m odify for ourselves, in acco rd an ce w ith the teach in gs o f reaso n , observation , and experien ce. T h e m an who fails t o see th is tru th , and is unable to feel tho

“ T h r o b b i n g a r t e r i e s o f j a w { n e v e r y p u l s e o f N a t u r e a n d o f M a n , "

i? not a poet, whatever he may consider himself. For this beautiful world in which we are being educated is not a blunder, as our author supposes, but is in every possible sense perfect, physically and morally, absolutely perfect; and if it were otherwise the Creator would stand self-convicted of incompetence,— -

“ T h e s t r u g g l i n g t i d e s o f l i f e , t h a t s e e m I n s h i f t l e s s , a i m l e s s c o u r s e t o t e n d ,A r e e d d i e s o f t h o m i g h t y s t r e a m ,T h a t r o l l s t o i t s p r e d e s t i n e d e n d . "

W e have hinted that the author of this book is not a poet, nor is he a Spiritualist, although he is on the high w ay to become one, and it may be taken for g ran ted that if a man is not a Spiritualist he cannot be a poet. The evidence we could bring forward in support of this proposition is so overwhelming— connecting the poets of all ages from Job to Longfellow and Tennyson— that

•Melbourne: O so . EOBMarso». London: A. Bt h io b a h and 0 0 .

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in stan ces in sup port o f o u r assertion will occu r to alm ost ev ery one. F ro m th is p oin t o f view, th erefore, i t is a t on ce ap p aren t th at th e a u th o r o f “ This W o rld and The N e x t ' ' (th e book we m ean) has only recen tly directed his a tten tio n to th a t phase o f m ental developm ent and quickened perception, known as m odern Spiritualism , which has unfolded in th e fulness o f tim e, w ith tho un­folding o f m an's knowledge o f n atu ral law, and only waits fo r th e recognition o f scionco to ho clothed in th e purple and fine linen it has so far been able to do w ithout. O u r au th or's references to Spiritualism are n o t unfriendly, b u t th ey proceed from a mind so dissatisfied with its own researches, and so im patient to know m ore, th a t wo shall spare our read ers quotations on a su b ject regard in g which th ero is far too much b latan t questioning, and far to o little sincere and unprejudiced investigation.

O ne o f th e m ost disinterested and y e t tru e s t sayings o f ou r au th or, a t least within tho tw o covers o f th is book, is contained in a defence o f Spiritualism which he puts in to th e m outh o f one o f his dramatis personas ( i f we m ay use a necessary syllepsis), th e speak er being a spirit,—

'• A s p i r i t o f t h e o t h e r w o r l d , I c o m e A t t h y r e q u e s t 0 M a n ; h e a r a n t i r e f l e c t .A l l o t h e r f a i t h s a r c s h r o u d e d i n d i m c l o u d s ,T r a d i t i o n s w a t h e s t h e m r o u n d w i t h m y s t e r y T h a t s c i e n c e m o c k s , a n d r e a s o n m u s t c o n d e m n .T h i s i n v i t e s a l l s c i e n c e a n d p h i l o s o p h y T o r i g i d l y i n v e s t i g a t e a n d p r o b e .T h i s c o u r t s i n q u i r y , a n d d e f i e s i t t o o ,A n d s o i s p u b l i s h e d t o t h e w o n d e r i n g w o r l d .I t i s t h a t u n r e a l i t y o f t h e f u t u r eW h i c h p r i e s t s h a v e p a i n t e d n s a t h i n g f a r o f f ,A t o r t u r i n g h e l l — a d i s t a n t d a y o f ju d g m e n t —W h e r e b y m a n k i n d h a v e b e e n d e c e i v e dA n d m a d e l i k e d e m o n s . " — A ct 3 , Scene 1— P age 1 2 2 .

This address m ay very fairly he selected as a specim en o f th e author’s qualifications for d ram atic com position, tho su b ject ho selects is gran d enough in all conscience, his tre a tm e n t o f i t is disfigured by solecism s innum erable, false quantities, disagreem ents betw oen m easu re and tim e, and gross m isstatem ents o f political facts. I n the 4 th A ct, Scene 1, P ru ssia is said to have w run g “ eight hundred millions storling, bosidos A lsatia and Lorrain e, from F ra n ce in th e la te w ar," and th a t if E n g lan d had n o t “ engloved h er hands in shoddy like a co tto n spin­n e r,” th e o th er nations o f E u ro p e “ w aiting op portu nity , “ would brou gh t (sic) ton million soldiers to th e field, and stopped th a t scandal on civilization.” T he proba­bility is th a t thoy would have m ade th o “ Bcandal" worse. I t is impossible to rise from a perusal o f th is anonym ous “ d ram atic poem ” w ithout feeling th a t i t h as been under­taken recklessly, and w orked o u t carelessly b y one o f th e m any “ phaetons ” o f politics and lite ra tu re “ who, w ith hands unfitted to th e task, a tte m p t to drive th e ch ario t o f th e sun, who fail to see (to use th o w ord s o f a S p irit com m unication) th a t C reation is a ch ain o f u n ­conn ected and in terdepen den t links. T h ero is a com m on law for a ll, and upon its fixed and perm an en t ch a ra cte r tho m utu al secu rity o f all depends ;— suns b y millions, planets by ten s o f m illions, covered with living organism , ¿11 evidently working o u t som e jo in t purpose.

“ T he scale is v ast beyond conception . W h a te v e r th e purpose o f th is am azing m achinery, m an is b u t a m icro­scopic wheel w orking in harm ony w ith th e re st . W h e n w e say m an violates th e law s o f God, wo scarce ly co n ­sider th e im p o rt o f ou r words. T he laws o f G o d a r e th e law s o f th e universe. N o t one can be brok en w ithout p artin g th e conn ection th a t holds creatio n to g eth er. M an is harnessed like th e r e s t to his w o rk ; w h atever his allo tted p a rt, he has to do i t in harm ony w ith th e ¿ r a n d plan. W h atev er th e purpose o f th e C re a to r i t can n o t be fru stra ted , th e ends designed a re invariably accom plished.”

O r, to fu rth e r con tin u e th e sam e ration al view o f crea­tion in to tru e p o etry , and a t th e sam e tim e exp la in th e im m istakeable rin g o f genius, w e w ill conclu de th is no­ti c e b y callin g atten tio n to th e lines o f P o p e :—

“ All nature is but art unknown to thee,All chauce directions which thou canst not see,All discord, harmony not understood.All partial eril universal good.”

T o w rite a p oem on th e su b je ct o f “ This W orld and tho N e x t ," a m an sh ou ld b e p u re as frost flavors

“ H i s h e a r t s h o u l d r i p e n l i k e t h e p u r p l e g r a p e ,H i s c o u n t r y s h o u l d b e a l l t h e u n i v e r s e ,H i s f r i e n d s t h e b e s t a n d w i s e s t o f a l l t i m e ;H e s h o u l d s u r r o u n d h i m s e l f w i t h h a r m o n y , ’L i k e a y o u n g A n g e l b o s o m e d i n a s t a r ,B r e a t h i n g s u c h r a v i s h i n g d e l i g h t , t h a t s o o n T h o c r i t i c w o r l d , e n t r a n c e d a n d r a p t a w a y .W o u l d c e a s e t o c a v i l a n d b e g i n t o s i n g . "

W o havo spoken o f th is , th e la s t o f M r. Bobcrtaon’« >sychological p u b lication s, w ith considerable freodom locause i t is ou r d u ty to d o so, a n d i f severe treatment

should s tim u late th e a u th o r to tr y again, and exorcise m ore care in th o co n stru ctio n o f his sentences, his first w ork will n o t have b een w ritte n alto g eth er in vain.

T H E M E L B O U R N E C H I L D R E N ’S P R O G R E S . S I T E L Y C E U M .

T h e above lyceum w as in a u g u ra te d a t th e M asonic Hall on Su nd ay m orning, O cto b e r 2 0 th . A lth ou gh no special effort h ad been m ad e (th e te a ch e rs being as yet inex-

erien ced ), tw enty-five ch ild ren , o f ages varying from ve to fifteen ycarB, w ere en rolled . T h e exercises were

n ecessarily b rief on a cco u n t o f tho tim e occupied in pre­lim inary a rran g em en ts . M r . T o rrv (th o conductor) com m enced th e proceed in gs w ith a sh o rt addresB to the children exp lan ato ry o f th e o b jects o f th e lyceum , in the course o f which he p o in ted o u t to th em th a t i t was the desire o f th e ir lead ers to te a c h th em how to think rather th an w h at to th in k . T o en d eav o r to prove to them that tr u e happiness w as th e re su lt o f doing y o u r whole duty to o th ers as well as to y o u rse lf ; th a t if another struck o r injured th em , a kindly rem o n stran ce , and pointing out th e in ju stice o f th e a c tio n to th e p e rp e tra to r, would be m ore likely to p rev en t a rep etitio n o f th e offence than re tu rn in g th e blow. T h o co n d u cto r said i t was the de­sire o f th e officers o f tho ly ceu m to m ak e th e instruction p leasu rab le to a ll, and i f an y ch ild ie l t th e ir lesson irk­som e, b y asking th e ir lead ers , som ething m ore congenial would be su b stitu ted . T h e in itia to ry exercises were then gone th ro u g h , and th e ly ceu m w as dism issed for tho day a t I I a.m .

R E C L A I M E D .

( Continued fr o m our last.)W a n t th e m o r n o t, th a t is M r. P lou g h sh are ’s orders,

and i t is m ore th a n I d a re to disobey th em . Come, out w ith th em , an d m ak e a fire o f so m e o f th a t dry stuff, and w hen i t bu rn s u p p itch th e m a l l on to g e th e r, then you’ll h e a r how th e y ’ll b u rn and c ra c k . I w as really astonished to see th e re lu c ta n ce o f th a t child to d estroy his nasty, d irty , old clo th in g , a n d I th o u g h t, w ell, I m u st not blame th e child , fo r so i t is in life g e n e ra lly . N ow , our W il­liam w h en he foun d h is s u it to o l i t t le fo r him , he cast it off a n d g o t a new one. H e is a sensible m an , and a wise m a n ; fo r he say s i t is j u s t th e sam e w ith science, phuo- sophy, th e tr u th s o f n a tu r e , an d relig ion . W h a t big w ords th ese a re ; b u t th a t is w h a t he says. O u r intel­le c tu a l and o u r sp iritu al c lo th in g h as beon continually g e ttin g to o sm all for u s , an d n o t on ly th a t, but with con­s ta n t w ear i t h as becom e ra g g e d and u n clean , and yet, like p o or G rim , w e clin g to it , as th o u g h w e could not live w ith o u t i t . T h is is h o w m y d e a r W illiam reasons. H e says th o se th eo ries an d d o ctrin e s w hich fit our intel­le c tu a l and sp iritu al n a tu r e th is y e a r w on’t fit them next, and o u g h t to b e c a s t o f f ; th e y w ill fit somebody else w ho is no b ig g er th a n w e w e re la s t y e a r . W e must ap p ly to th e In fin ite s o u rce o f t r u t h a n d wisdom j o r * n ew in te lle ctu a l and sp iritu a l g a rm e n t. W ell, I don-t know w h a t to th in k ; b u t th is is w h at he is continually te llin g m e; a n d th e n I go to ch u rch , a n d in th e responses to o u r'd e a r ,M r. C ab in I say , “ as i t w as in th e begiuj n in g , iB now, a n d e v er shall be, w o rld w ith o u t end, Amon. I f I co u ld only p ersu ad e m y d e a r husband to go to ch u rch , h q w ould see th e se th in g s different. I f it is n o w as i t w as in th e beginn in g, h o w c a n i t be, as W nba® say s , th a t m an is a p ro g ressiv e b ein g P H ow can it th a t a ll n a tu re is p ro g ressiv eP A n d th en , “ as i t a n d e v er sh all be‘ w o rld w ith o u t e n d ." I am Mraid reaso n in g of m y d e a r h u sb an d ’s leihjs h im -from

] ch u rch , and from th e bible, an d w h ere i t will lead

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to I cannot tell. I m u st g e t M r . C abin to ta lk to him, f o r i cannot answ er b is a rg u m en ts. W h e re is th a t bov? I had forgotten him . O h, th e re he i s ; h e looks as if he was m oralizing o v er th e ash es o f d ep arted g reatn ess , when it is only th e ashes o f ra g s and filth . N o w , I sup­pose he thinks h o w ever ridicu lou s he m ay look in th e dress he has on, th e re is n o help fo r i t , and h e m ust wear it, I called him to m e. H e r e , G rim , I w an t you.

I ’m cornin', m arm .Is th at fire o u t ?Y es, m arm ; th e la s t sp ark has j u s t gone.Now, G rim , I w an t to ask y o u a few qu estion s. J u s t

sit down th e re , fo r w hen y o u w alk a b o u t I am in fear that every m om en t y o u w ill co m e r ig h t th ro u g h th ose clothes. W h a t did y o u do a t sch ool ?

They calls i t a s ch o o l; b u t th e boys calls i t a “w ork ery thrashery.”

B u t did you n o t g o to S u n d ay School th e re , a n d learn about God, and C h rist, a n d S alvation ?

W e had to g o in to th e S ch ool on S u n d ay a n d learn the catechism , and th e n th e B e v . W o p em cu m B rim sto n e used to p reach a b o u t th e devil a n a h ell, and to ld us that when we died, all th e b ad boys w ould go to hell, and all the good ones w ould g o to heav en . B u t a ll th e boys as I knowed th e re w ere b ad ones. I th in k from what I heard th a t som e o f th e girls was v e ry good ; but all the boys w as bad , a n d som e o f th e g irls w as very bad.

Now, G rim , I don’t know e x a c tly w h at M r . P lo u g h ­share intends to do w ith y o u ; b u t I should like to know what you cou ld do, in case h e decided to keep y o u here for a tim e. H e m ay m ak e som e in qu iry ab o u t y o u in town to -d ay , and m ake u p h is m ind to send y o u to th e place you cam e from .

Oh, m arm , will y o u tr y and p ersu ad e him to keep me here, if I can do an y th in g to e a rn m y liv in g a t . I could clean the boots an d k n iv e s ; could sp lit th e w ood, sweep the yard, weed th e g ard en , lig h t th e fires, c a rr y th e milk round, and fetch up th e cow s. I f y o u will on ly le t m e stop here, I w ill do a n y th in g y o u wish.; g o anyw here you send m e ; sleep in an y p laco y o u like to p u t m e in ; and be thankful fo r w h atev er food y o u give m e. D o anything w ith m e , y o u like, b u t d on’t send m e back there.

M y dear child , I don’t see how I could ta k e th e re ­sponsibility o f y o u r form al and relig iou s tra in in g . I t is very kind o f m y husband to brin g y o u h ere, and I don’t say nay to w h at he has d o n e ; b u t I can ’t u n d erstan d i t to bo m y d u ty to ta k e th e lo s t childre n th a t m ay be picked up in th e s tre e t. M y h o u se m igh t so o n be filled with other people’s ch ild ren .

W h at w as th a t y o u said , m y d e a r ? said W illiam (who had com e in w ith o u t m e p erce iv in g h im ). Y o u need n o t be afra id o f re ce iv in g a v e ry la rg e fam ily from

t source, a t le a s t, n o t a ll a t o n ce, T h e g r e a t p a re n t of all has p laced th is ch ild in m y v ^ y , and p u t i t in my power to help him , an d I do n o t in ten d to shirk m v re-«ponsibility.

W ell, W illiam , is i t yo u r, d u ty th e n to b rin g hom e all the larrikin s y o u can pick up , and w ash, a n d clo th e , and leed them ?

M ary, p o or G rim is th e on ly on e I have b ro u g h t you yet, and I h o p e y o u w ill co -o p erate w ith m e in doing for him w hat y o u w ould w ish o th e rs to do to a child o f you rs similarly situ ated .

I felt th e re w as re a so n a n d h u m an ity in m y hu sband’s i ? 8lrce tow ards th e lad , a n d I cou ld do no less th a n yield .

°w> W illiam , i f I co n sen t to tak e th is boy in , you fflust rem em ber i t is b ecau se y o u re q u e s t it , and I m u st

ave yo u r co n sen t t h a t I tra in him in acco rd a n ce w ith ffly own m oral and relig iou s opinions. I t m ay be he has acquired shock ingly im m o ral hab its, an d I am qu ite su re Ms religious ed u catio n h as been sad ly n eg lected . I

hail e x p e c t him to g o to ch u rch and Sunday-Bchool.. l 0 u h e a r th a t, G rim , do y o u ? said W illia m : y o u p ,ve H0 * be a v e r y good a n d pious b o y , o r M rs.

oughshare w ill n o t co n se n t to h av e y o u stop here.w ? weec* t ' 16 g ard en , sp lit, th e w ood, m ak e th e fires,

tch th e cow s up , an d le a rn to m ilk th e m ; b u t I don’t ow how to b e e ith e r go o d o r pious.

Oh, th a t w ill do fo r m e. Y o u on ly be c le a n , indus- °u s and tr u th f u l ; and as to y o u r goodness and p iety ,

M rs P lou g h sh are will teach y o u all th a t, i f you are on ly willing to learn . 8h e wall in trod u ce y o u to th e Su nd ay school, and show y o u how to go on a t th e chu rch .

I n th a t m an n er W illiam w en t on talk in g to him , when I left th em , and tried w h at I cou ld to a rra n g e a b ed fo r th e boy. I t being S atu rd ay n ig h t, and th e sacram en t o f th e L o rd ’s S u p p er was to be ad m in istered on th e m orrow , I wished to dism iss from m y m ind a ll w orldly c a re an d a n x i e ty : so w hen G rim was gone to bed, I fe lt so stro n g ly im pressed to speak to W illiam ab o u t th e r e ­sponsibility we had tak en upon ourselves and th e im por­ta n ce o f se ttin g a good exam ple, th a t I spok e o u t to him . W illiam , I said, I consid er, as ou r good m in ister says, th a t spending th e sabbath as y o u spend i t is p rac ­tica l in fid elity ; and w h at do you think is to becom e o f y o u if y o u go on violating th e law s o f G o d in th is m an­n e r by never en terin g a C h ristian ch u rch . A n d now th e re is th is poor lo s t child whom y o u have b ro u g h t hom e for m e to b rin g up in th e w ay he should go. I f y o u s e t him a n exam p le o f Sabbath-breaking, is h e not m ore lik ely to im ita te you th a n m e ?

B u t, M ary , you do n o t in tend to in sist on th at child g o in g to ch u rch to -m orrow , do y o u ?

W e ll , I h ad th o u g h t o f so doing, for you know i t is im p o rtan t to begin alTyou in ten d to go on, and th a t is w hy I speak to y o u now, th a t you m ay see th e im p ort­a n ce o f com m en cin g to -m o rrow to se t th e boy a good exam p le b y g o in g to ch u rch you rself. B u t on second th o u g h t I don’t see how i t w ould be d e ce n t and safe to le t G rim g o th e re in such cloth in g. I f any accid en t should hap pen him in g e ttin g up o r s ittin g down in ch u rch , th e whole su it m ig h t slip off a ltogeth er.

W e ll now , M a ry , y o u know I love y o u to well to m ak e g am e o f such things as y o u look upon w ith ven er­atio n , I should like to ask y o u one question b efore r e ­tirin g to r e s t . Could you love y o u r husband as well as y o u do now if, b y con sen tin g to go to ch u rch w ith you to -m o rrow , he m ade a contem p tib le h y p ocrite o f him self?

W illiam , I d o n o t believe m y husband capab le o f a c t­in g th e p a r t o f a h y p ocrite , n eith er do I th in k yo ifr a t­ten d an ce in th e house o f G od fo r th e purpose o f w or­shipping him m u st o f n ecessity m ak e a h y p ocrite o f you.

N o w , M a ry , you know thiB is a m a tte r on which we have ta lk ed m an y tim es before, and y o u a re desirous o f keeping y o u rse lf in a calm s ta te o f m ind fo r engaging in th a t sacred cerem on y to -m orrow , y e t you will n o t be satisfied w ithout draw ing m e in to a n argu m en t o u t o f w hich you a re su re to co m e second b est, w ith yo u r te m p e r very m u ch ruffled. I t is useless for you to ta lk to m e ab o u t th e exclusive sacredn ess o f ston e w alls, th e holin ess o f e x tern al cerem onies, o r th e san ctity o f one day in th e w eek m ore th a n another.

I did n o t w an t to have m y peaceful slum bers disturbed th a t n ig h t, n e ith er did I wish to have m y th o u g h ts di­verted from th e h eavenly exercises o f th e L o rd ’s day, so I gave up th e p o in t for th e p resen t, and resolved th a t I w ould induce ou r d e a r m inister to u n d ertak e to co n ­vince m y d e a r husband o f his fa ta l e rro r . I passed th e Sab bath-d ay in th e en joym en t o f th a t holy oalm which can e x is t in th e b reast o f tru e C h ristian s only, and fee l­in g how good a th in g i t is for me to live in th e enjoy­m e n t o f such blessedness. I could n o t help b u t p ity m y d ear husband and th a t poor lad, who w ere b o th alike ig n o ran t o f th e unfailing source o f m y jo y .

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