A WEEKLY JOURNAL DEVOTE® TO THE HISTORY, PHENOMENA, PHILOSOPHY, AND TEACHINGS OF
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814 ft Vwfymffit 1874.
'\\W 6N 'jd?S,if F ^ R N ^ E z iO ^ A i i lD A , ' ' ’’ .“
\!' . ‘. translated fry Catharine Woodforde.'ardent partisans o f Spiritual
ism ,Senot Oolarida, vea drawn into its acceptance by J jg t t of intuitions manifested from infancy, to g e tfo ' with ft refWgflitiop of,the workings of Providence in ’tw wogt iB&wtow? events of
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philosopjijr: own logical deductions. '
The subject of our sketch, rho was bora in % P ®of the Ebrp, lost both his 1 ‘ il'~
H is8ti4i.es^yejffljntem pte4w © M W W ,& Pd fr0 iou^4;hims§i£, iiiged to Jew# im haotofof s w H to 3°>»
‘ ’ ’ ' ’ ’ " ' J’ f @p^ni.shj)fS|oiy.g»P& r he
he est&Jffihed ne "resided, dwotitig himself "to theV o ^ ^ o f 1 lftuk^ttaii 'broket to1
bear upon religious 8u^iects;-by3iis, fatl Christian without any1; ±iy ‘anorj conscience of the Catholi asentiments ani
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.on of his religious och he ^uajntp^, with,
Jthem the solution‘of'all ‘Mi-
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doubts, he dedicated himself to their propagation, for he could notsatisfy his conscience until he had imparted to other struggling
. brethren those truths in which he rested secure.Counselled by the Spiritualists to translate and .publish those
works; best calculated to spread the doctrines;'"Ee gratified their wishes, and the great propagation to whujh-Ke has thus contributed is evidenced in the fact that he now receives communications from Montevideo, Buenos- Ayre§,'Bogota, Rio Janeiro, Lima, Guayaquil, and the Phillipine glands, points where Spiritualism has germinated from seeds spWn by his hand.
The faith of Senor Oolarida in the consoling doctrines which he so rigorously upholds Jms been purified in the crucible of suffer ing, for his life has abounded -in misfortunes. Spiritualists the world over will welcome with satisfaction a brother who is one of the first of Spanish Spiritualists for_ zeal, modesty, laboriousness, and/whose brave and beautiful endurance. the vicissitudes and trials of an earthly existence merit a jfown of glory. /
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P A R T I. — D Y N A M I C S .BREAD.
M b 4 T ap pa n ’s O e a t io n a t C a v e n d is h RoQjstfy I S u n d a y E v e n in g , D e c . 20t h , 1874.
! I n v o c a tio n .Our Father! Thou Infinite Spirit of Life and of Llj&fi Tftou
Divine and Perfect Soul! perfect' beyond all coiflpf’abgflgfqn pf human thUght; perfect beyond all power of who, holding, for ever, control over every formmind that (exists: Thou to whom we turn, ____ _of the earth for wisdom and for knowlejjp f vibtf knowledge1:and of wisdom; whose law^^th.ab)}i>4^^ljpi.^m; the earth send the universe with life ati4 jight. Q Qpd t' WS ig il Thee; not‘alone before human shi^-por ariseand incense' from sacred altars, nor' Wit# .sflceMpial ritgSj but from the humaii heart made glad and strong; jjy.t^tji from tjjie shrine of the living spirit bathed anew in Thy i^ ^ .v '^ - po^er from an
luplifti: * " ......... " ' " *exalted and liplifting faith that releases tfy gpul from ‘the thraldom, of the senses,-find makes us one with'The^ffpm thejjiemple made '1 by Thy hand, yhose shrine is the Spirit, Mg} whospjJtajf is.jM ' perfected soulA 0 Godl we praiseiTheeAjWithi ih§ darlf§i)|| sanctuary of the, life of man Thy Sovfl for eyar h ^ ' |(kii^|,v!® mark alive to Thee thrpugh time arid etend|y^\!|cm|ba^|pe Infinite that fills fill the universe with life, with ppw#, wi$''|ipr-. fection. 0 God! we praise Thee; and from all human: lips: agtju# tomed to sorrow, and from all weary places of tjie earth whe e souls are bowed down\with anguish, let the song go forth of praise, when in the fulness of time the food of truth shall ripen upon the trees of life, and Thou,\God, shalt hear the cry oi every soul. Amen, \ 1 ! ,
Q u e st io n s a n d A n s w e e s .- Q.l. Those bom ofbad parents, and consequently predisposed to evils'by nature, are such preserved in equilibrium from the e%cts of tneir hereditaments so as td'-be quite free to choose and practise good or evil P For such children .would it be unwise and " worse than the beasts” for the parents to'Send out to a boarding school that other teachers (better able to nurttoe .and instruct) should brifog them up.imd'De -their;spiritual parentsP-^Ar-Itis quite likely that'the questioner had some idea when hp wrote; the
S w «ifl9»1w 8;been.' ® w w tfcat
we jgather ffom fte mmfaw, Un- d p g ib te to peirspDS predjipgsed $0 moral obliquities py *)» Jlftper- fefflBo of thpjr parents choose betwfie» fjj it apji wmg p0pa ailed to do so by iMtafflger wU- Tb»s efomm Witt «aa- ^t’be pMyided in their feffiili.es,, ftofore if fifeoifjlf pfoyjded lJMoji#; jn suitable nd pyop§y..ii)s|r|}Gto 9?fes (Jtftey of t p ’ ;s answered b y W)Vr>• 'Q. jy&jt wropg, and <> *P m ith^Mfeen tp boardingscjwpfe fffcstdqwrfs
upon * h p p M S S » ir e » tJw pchopjfl. we. If HM ppijitg m »
they should h w »W »W e ■<»#<**»' provided. k&>g so- w ospetent, cann6t‘;fed®fii fhem, of .
■1 uj:sp$pjpg$y&y ,from,b,oj|je does pflt Ifco phUdreij; o t " j^ything totjttepsw (i".cli:% e ,«t - ■ • >
■' > 0 , 3,'Does ft knowMgp o f -y tb ,^ !^ ^ W f:«pjfypu? syatem, ]toge%y ©f Uut positigfrjf t M ’■jpwnsipa} genes tfea$ e n p p l y J iK 4 W # | ,M te!.^ttb§ l jj any way iflcrfiftse at ^djaf-A , 0asd especially a Iwhicn acts mdre immSmatel^upbn'tn6^brain'raff'tif£iI''function8
healing power^to intelligently direct his current ot thought ,nd. ii}.. all.yca^s ^her^ healing media
the mind or,ve;not aj knAwli
i* mipfstfie nervous struct st- have such knowi
la ar| icturft pledgelUigfenCe aid ing thei
Q. 4. You say magnetic and electnc people require to sleep at difierent times of the night. Will you define magnetic and electrifc epplp so, ap^ne may know to wl ch ca egoi , }ie pr she
Q. 6. Do you mean to say that we ought to sleep from sunset to daylight p What' is the state of the spirit during sleep ? Is it oisuaUl disconnected from the body, and engaged in any activ pursuits p ''If so, does a man not become conscious until after' diathof the persd&s ^nd things he bas become acquainted with; during the sleep o f' his body ? — A. We would refer th'e i questioner to previous answers and to discourses to determine what persons are magnetic and, what are electric, as we have designated the general characteristics of the two leading tem-j i peraments. Very few, comparatively^e either deoidedly magnetic I or electric, but are intermediate—between these two— and some]/ are positively of the vital temperament; but all persons canjl determine, by an unbiassed habit of life or tendency, what the _hours of sleep they require, and at what timnof the day or night, and'so .correct is nature, that if you follow ibr a few weeks her indication you will find yourselves naturally sleeping the hours that are retired by your system, and working tne hours that are suitable for fou to work. The state of- sleepXwas also fulls described ift ja previous discourse, there being three states or; sleep, as shpvfn in that discourse; and the individual doesnp'
become, conscious of the scenes or occurrences that tak* ;until after the spirit has been as those occurrences,
result of any gjlfytt df memory or external consciousnei
ri8»je in the.#jrd stage of sleep ireleased from body, inasmuch as those occurrences,are not the
Q, 6. If t'he' erding together of criminals and diseased persons aggravate the $yil in this life, how is it that such is not the case in the spheres of%rkness ? if there be no evil resulting from such a .gjassjficatios in the spirit-world, why should there be on parth ?— 4, The quegjippr presumes that in the spheres of darkness theyj g?i9 §q cro^a^'tO^ther; but he takes the questions berond tha |i||p of of philosophy which these discourses treat■lippn in gi gtl j ppncerning the spiritual state ; but IwiH stata that thgjfg i association of numbers o£ person
spirit-world as well as in your ^ ▼bere such persons are
spirit-life, they are associated according to and not forced into the company of others
18ijpj than Then the preponderance in spirit-life'isLbl — ^ - o p d f while in earthly life the preponderance
[/ and therefore always weighs tne persons^ ___ ,_____ ... . ici^ted. For every sphere or class o f spirits:; hat are imperfect -or' spaaed in spirit-life, there are p sufficient number of t^^ers appoimed that, in due course of timj, overcome the evil tajdeaeies of thc e beneath them.
A ddeess... m M^eet tornight is “Bread.”v For every vitalised atom ii aj nly life there is a corresponding point, which is for ever seekinj
to become merged with this atom. This we may term or denomi n'ate atomic growth; and whenever a certain number of atome accumulated together, form a sufficient amount of motion, life ii the organic form is generated. Whatever supplies this power of life to the atoms constitutes the •Vitalising/and sustaining element >
up to man, ftra-fltjtysa simplyro i _chmge. For babes, the nourishi ent which is derived trOm the« vrafl sources of the mother constitute not only the food but the 1 avenue through which magnetic and electric strength is' imparted j to the infant organismf and it is not simply the quality of the food I itself, but it fujnishes a solvent for subtle magnetio and electric j] particles that might be introduced into the system. Hence for alii persons of infiiitue years, and for all stages of growth that are im-|
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jiyflBiijii.ivj) havo derived tlio vit^l power ^lp'^umap pije. ' jlepce those organic fprms that
, 'jljO nijnisP ppipisjiment are fornis that, in thjeir j|irv8tj&M pj! gjrp^th,' Ilsvq Jjpen most fi'fiqu?ntly'i^similaiei
p$turp until by this refinement they arb made for ^n e^ ^ a ljle ifo d l’ of .'^ian,.',' A ^^teyer mjjiy.be ip the various theories entertained by hygienic
°* life» W^pubtedly ^ach of these has and those properties that are contaiPed in
xt J p j j j ^ J y employed by different nations will dptpr-00, not only th e ' but ti^e mental
lues are concerned, of the
d fp n s it iv epetic #na electyic contaw .Iife or
.......is perpetualI f foocr an'd c vei
pssji^tefljwtlie E tm ^jn|pm sn;$^ ifsplf'j ;b|it i f that is; ta ieh lntb1 Me^Jiysiiiai >tjpcly:>whicn ju>,es
S ^ ctjirfy §6 $ r s?th e brajp and nervej f ^ pf pe,9|)lp. fjippe ^aces that feed most upon certain qualities
of^oo^.m ll present) iu their organisms, a preponderance es ^ - ^ ,?W,rishnient contains; p d
^pplieg in if not f o i le d in the cuisine, present■tb tn<} eapih thg $ $ s t apd fairest specimens of humap life in its ^ ig W ^ B t a ^ df ta&ent physical culture.I Ail the elembrit§" t ta t are taken iptp the system that sustain life r o ^ b e .d^noimlped generally a bread,” since vfhatever chemical m^opetjieg^e ' air 'pr tije earth contain must be imparted to the tfjjfpm either t^rPS^& the atmosphere itself or through the food
is introduced jptp the system, or through the clothing that is worn, or by tiie magnetic and electric currents that surround the m ^nduijl. tjeiige jatoms of matter are not, in themselves, nonrifh-
; Ifiut by th^>lrcombination "they convey poprishnient to the »mj, jm d contribute the various forces that make up the
,p,,iiity structure of thp human frame.’ ifcr’ the numaij body, therefore, there are required onlythpse
chemical’ properties that, being exhausted and expended bylabopr, jtPii',rtoCcpiMii^nt aggressive contact with natter, must be renewed'; a l£ l ;^ | ' ' j^ i^ 1|'(|e$|ist^r of tyateria medica will be that chemistry t M ff« r / t ip p ly , not only the requisite ajpount, quantity, p d
SiiViity pf fdopi, bjit l i e requisite knowledge for each person to d&tie‘ hiinr'to jPderstpd , by certain indications, what food is
^eciuljred, 'Kow iai reg^uped, what forces are supplied by tif at jfeififj'and whfyt amPunt is requisite for each twenty-tour hours. As c lto ly W thp electrician can determine certain indications, or as clearly as an engineer can calculate die weight and amount apd force ot .Me steW-power employed by him, so will the wise and skilful anthropologist determine to the future races of men wfyat tiredd th&y ’ Bnall' eat for daily life ; and remember, that “ dajly bread” fs all that is asked for in the prayer of the Lord.
" The greatest amount of force and ritality in the world is expended upp^'whfit.is generally considered as procuring bread. This is i^uite a flaiist®^- ^ feble. jfae bre^d ihat the world actually cpn- fla tt^ cb ^ d beproduped, with bvery requisite for hum p sustenance, IS ii je ’hpuij wpere twelve are now employed iu the fictitious p^ir- iiiit of brbU, Tfyc vitalising elements actually necessary to sustain iSe j and prbmote the highest possible physical and'mental growth, ate those that require! tjie simplest processes and that the m^nd pan t h e 'm S reality comprehend.' personal matters, in regulating clotfyipg
t ^ h b '^ y in whic;h;'people live, it will become important to treat )/b u t W the' ^ l j je c t relates especially to human nouri^h- nieffj^ I :sliEill pndeavour to show that from the man ■yrho ppr-. | 3 rM ' actual physical labour in earning his daily bread, to tjhe nimd;tfiat everyday, and pprhpps sixteen hours out of thetwpnty- foiir, employs his mental force and physical strength to generate thought for tfye world, there are requisite supplies of food in the atmosphere^ and in surrounding conditions, that are now unknown, not thought of, and rarely attainable. The story of the children of Israel, who were fed from heaven, is not, as modern secularism Would have it, a fable, since it is known chemically that the atmosphere contains in solution every requisite for human exifltenee, apd since, if a, sufficient power or force could be.brought tp be.ar uppp it, this element contained in the atmosphere may be concentrated for human use. He who feeds upon swine’s flesh, and nourishes
\ his physical system v ith the coarsest preparation of food, caupot,,of I course, De at once sustained by any ethereal diet, or by any food J that t^e gods might engender; but he who, by careful cultivatipn
p ^ p tu d ^ b y BCCU8toming-hfa^yM(jalr:frame'to the obedience ,of ' his ■?nil, instead of the grossest appetites^ depends upon fopd le j
to s ^ l y the waste forces of brain and nerve .and sinew, \yill sarjpn^ea; at: the amount of strength gaiped from absolutely the smallest substances seemingly. The fresh air of the mountains, the .odour-laden ,bree?es of the morning, the fruit-epgendbrihg ,atmjO- j^fieie o f the tropics, the breath tluit fldat^firoin,'the iEjaiios. that' %ere once confiifletea " th e 'blessed/’ inayBustain the life for a time
i'and a ® r M ?%^ey^ry ftump: Being. ice that % 'likefl'ijto: 4ie Bystem ffiay be
uy y e c ^ o x i u c u . f u i Jiits u j g c o w u i i j y v m o u i u d , p tA JU iau u n u u
nerjrp^ System reiect, w h ic l the Ipleen refuses' .to' allaw^ tb be dssimiated vntlj tne magnetic and' electric prpmtties pr.'tlib1' system, then the life is wasted by en^eaypibin& to ’^tfosV J of r|iose eleto^nts that cause death, to the jntmim bodjr, ‘ K|,; '
Tlib noimshment drived from bre^d wliwh is pad'e‘f^pii' pt|re
V * JJ*V|I|«4WV^VU^ W**W l^UUIUiV^ WUM I^UWUVIVJ ^VUUUU
and the state of growth or thiat >rea,d before it is taken ap’n p '^ ^ ment. In fasting, it was p u stom m for 'the Hebrpwa te feed upon' unleavened bread, for the reaaon that it contains the greatest 'ammiit of phosphates j^quiate for Btental ^ijimulus,' Tbttt not^ fb r '^ e a t1 physical pounshment pr Titali]ty. Take ^lso the oatmeal?' a n f the, jparep wlje^ten .grains before finely fftoijnd, apd you''Jiaye the' pjiosphates iie^ssary for n o ^ h m e p t and m en t^ n M ty .-S f iy them muscular strength is engendered also, but pot an ainpuiltiof pibulum that would be required for the greater offices of l i f # $ I t is said that in the mountainous regions of Scotland) where ’tlie oatmeal diets form almost exclusively the food, the physic&d. basis of life is quite as strong, if not stronger; than any countojes 'vfliere finer foods aie partaken o f ; but you must rqnieipfier that mountainf air and vigorous exfercise bring tneir :own pqiiivalent to tfie Hunjan systepi, and i t is not t i e ^iefi'alane that forps the ohigf source pf strength pf the Highlanders. j
You will also remember that the great power of bread in jits civilizing and civilised capacity is that itupdergoes a ckemiical. process. I will briefly describe that proems. To the pure phosrI phates and pabulum which t i e gram itself contains, thp yeffitj which is employed imparts a state of grpwth. The first stage bfl growth is vegetable, the second stage is animal. Whenever this yeaat reaches the stage of an^malculce it ceases to be the proper food for man, and becomes poisonous, and should therefore be rejected. Whenever it haa reached thje state of vegetable growth, i t aids'in, awakening tiie latent properties within tne (rrain, and becomes the suitable food for human consumption. Wherever yeast is employed it should be subjected to a chemical analysis, i f the careful housewife does pot understand i t thoroughly, in order to ascertain that it shall not have passed beyond the stage of vegetable growth, that it shall not have entered upon the stage of t^ jn fin fts s im a l animalcules that is so poisonous to the human blood, and forms pne of the chief reasons of the difficulties of digestion among those that feed upon the finest br^ds.
The state of growth is so important that I would not recommend' unleavened bread except for fasting], I believe that those nations that feed upon grains in the primitive state cannot attain to that degree of mental and physical perfection that is attuned by those who feed upon the bread that contains the fibres of vegetable life. This fibrous growth is prevented by either an alkali or acid, or by any combination tyat imitates the fibrous growth, but is not, in reality, a growth. This is not attained either by the favourite modem process called aerated bread. The introduction of' carbonic acid in the form of vapour does not cause the formation of the fibrous property requisite to the making of food, but imitates i t in a lightness, which, however, does not .contain the requisite amount I of vitality, and is only suitable for invalids and persons that are I fasting and that do not require the fibrous growth which leayeped I bread contains. Whenever the substances of which the b r e v is composed are so assimilated as to form this proper growth in a loaf, it will be found, when broken, to be a? fibrous almost as a piece* of soft wood. I do not mean that it hqs the exact fibre, but it would be found to contain fibre. Whenever %e bread is aerated by any process other than that of leavening it will be found to contam no fibre, and, if placed in water? will seem pasty 'p a life the flour before it is cooked.
The question of heat, j Isq, Js important. 3read that is leavened and not cooked is the worst physical substance that can )>e introduced into the hum p system. JBeware of the underdone lopf; beware ofthe centre of J i e l p a f that hap not fully and thorougMy .received the renovating process of the fire ; beware of any kind of tread that has passed tne stage of vegetable growth p d reached the state bf decay, when i t becomes acid, rancid, or in any ^ray unfit for introduction into the human system; and beware of &U those corroding properties that are introduped into bread to make it white or light. I say tips as a preparation, for as bread is the foundation, so the principle o f it pervades every particle of nourishment that is taken into the human system. j /
T,he reason why alcohol is the most subtle as well as the most i dangerous ofpoisons is because it contains the last stage of groj^h, and, like fire, destroys the human system, while in i,ts first'staga;it sustains it. Whatever property in grain or other substances' <|tai pe made into pure spirit Qf wine, that stage which finds i t a piire spirit of wine is its poisonous or dangerous stage, fpr the reason that it will prpduce in the human structure a /simulation of life, will ipake tne human brain and the nervous system respondjas readily almost as actual vitalising substance, but will leave pbtHiilg by which the structure of the nprye or the physical_b.ordy7c^i|bo sustained. The, spirit of wine is therefore the’ last stage* fif^Tege- table growth concentrated in the form of actual poisbn, aiid Ucts •upon tne nervous system in its various stages. Through ‘decomposing fruits, through the grains that are im propetif; jfiepiired,
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, ,t^o u g iib read : that,.has not been properly prepared,tlirough thp . ‘ v.arious Hnds bf food th a t , you taue'into inefeyatem, this same
’subtle element of poison works and' produces a simulation of life w itlioutanyactual pabulum being received to nourish and sustain theiphysical structure. . _ •i I t is a .cHemical ;fact, as well as a faot in medical science, that
while tbe inachinery of life may be set in motion when partially . at the particular time when ibgreciit-
introduction of foods unsuitable,)• Ui its various stages, i t contains no single
!^arficle|of:yital .or. cliemical nourishment to the human body, and is so much fire introduced, consuming the vital functions. Any wine containing .this spirit robs the frame of just so much nervous reaction ajid vitality. Any juice of fruit that has passed to that fotage of feirmeniation.or growth by which this is engendered gives ^;^e.^miasavsbnsc^ivce just so much of poison, and all fruits and all, substancesin 'their normal state, or when properly prepared by
suitable fire, become nutritious in the body ^!pK ^iiion!j»"tim pernneD )j and should be accepted as such, but notwhen prepared by the artificial process which makes a simulation of life instead of the life’ itself. Whatever acta as a pure
faourishnient in food, whatever supplies anything that is lacking or lekliausted, is vitalising. Hence all cereals, containing as they do not i.ttttly the vital pabulum of life itself, but also phosphates nearest itheii,outer,,coating, should be carefully prepared, so that with the Btemoval of the outer sheath or covering the phosphates shall not rftlsp be removed, which are requisite for tne sustenance of the body. fXhebrain derives its nourishment and strength from the introduc-
to stimulating or simulating the properties of life that are required in their perfection for the exercise of mental power.
The position that the Various foods take in the world I consider to be as f o l l o w s The frnits of the e».Tt,li ’am bio-hsRt. They are laden with those properties that most immediately reach the nervous structure. They remove obstructions; they give vitalised .power to the thought; they impart in the most delicate way the •requisite acids, and they clarify the blood, until each nerve can receive that portion of vitality required. Persons of electric temperament may partake of fruits that contain a great quantity of saccharine substance with impunity, since they can more readily absorb it. Persons of magnetic temperament require those fruits that have more subtle acids, since they cannot assimilate the saccharine substance so readUy. I will state that next in order come thejjjgetables, since these contain the elements of the sou, ana, to a'greaPexTBtit, act more as a diffusive agency than an actual sustaining power of life. Fattening substances are to be avoided, excepting in a moderate degree. The amount of carbon requisite to the human system should oe engendered in other ways, Lgatiy, and as containing the lowest form of vegetable life, cornea W n i&l
.food, which should be partaken of sparingly— only iiT q to fm e s requisite for the actual nourishment of the body, and for specific purposes. The custom of partaking of an enormous amount of animal food, and then requiring wine, or spirit of wine, to aid digestion, is such a waste of vital energy that, if it were adopted on ’Change, would make bankrupt the proudest nation on the earth. Any system of pecuniary economy that would make the' capital at all times hazarded by the outlay, and would endeavour to supply
.that capital, with fictitious currency, constitutes a system of economy that would be scouted at by any able financier. Each human system _ becomes, just such a method when the amount of
4, food and the kind of food taken into the system requires extraneous aids for its assimilation. The best aid for an appetite that is failing is abstinence. Nature will return to her work i f left alone. I f forced, then you may continue the process through an entire lifetime of suffering. . There is no danger of a person starving whep within reac!h;of food, unless that person has the intention of committing suicide . Nature will have’ the requisite amount of nourishment; the danger is, however, that the temptations of appetite cause the body to have too much labour io perform, depleting constantly the vital forces and nervous energy and mental power, until at last there is no strength left for mental exertion, because
.the food requires all the attention.L ,,T he .greatest remedy, as I stated, for loss of appetite, except it £be in its morbid state, is; abstinence. The next remedy is a change ;of d iet; for many persons that refuse to partake of one kind of (fool will , find they have an appetite for another kind. The ;h?ad.of the, family that insists upon all the children eating the samekind of food, who insists upon having one dish for every member of the family when it is possible to suit their varied tastes and^appetites, commits an unreasonable act, since that which will nourish one in certain stages of growth, or in certain conditions, becomes poisonous to another, as you are aware. So, far as is
(practicable, children should be allowed to determine the kind of ?food they will eat, provided, of course, you govern them as to the quantity^ flfece tl}6 appetite best determines what tiie child most requirea in an unperverted state, and since this extends to all ages of;- ad.ult.gr6w.tb, e$6H individual, .without becoming particularly or :entirely. giym tp Mnsultatipii of physical appetite, can determine what he qr; ;k h e ,b es tie ii^ e s j andno,amount ofjcourtesy or false
- hospitality a h ^ d in d u ^ .y o u to,: allow a friend io force food upon ryou that yoii io /n o t desire,.or,shoul&induce,the host to press food u n p o n ^ ^ ^ l n a l i s ^ f i o t desired.,_ The artificial courtesies of life ,prompt.youto,encrM chconstmtlyupqnthedictateaandmanfetes
in suffering and pain,- •
■ As bread contains most of the v it^ s in g properties oif life, so it becomes the most important artible of food in the preparatioh of the careful'hbUBe\yife; and I would suggest that, of all articles of diet, i t should be attended to m th the .greatest'amount of care* of what i t is made, how it is made, :and by whom i t is m&fo, so as to obtain ita due proportion of nourishment and Usefulness., W hat it is made of should depend upon the tem peram e^ vidual that is to consume it. There'should alwayB be bre^d in each household composed of the grain in its nearly natural stated composed of the grain in its next state of refinement, and cbmf posed of the pure wheatenhousehold could partake of the kind' of ,bread that, w illb esij nourish their systems. I t should,' be ^inade in such a maxmer that the fire, i f not actually coming in contact v?itli all p6rtipn|6? it, as is the case with veiy many French or Italian preparatioiis, Should permeate into the very innermost,chemical change in every portion of the fibre, else'the human stomach will not assimilate it. I t should be prepared by careful hands. The bread that is made, bymachinery ia better thaii’ the bread that is made by slothful hands'; but i f , there, t e any ote thing by which persons impart their individuality to others more than another, it is that fine'art of cooking, since those that possess i t in. degree and those who nourish their families upon carefully prepared food well understand that the mother imparts to the food that her children are to take a certain amount of her own life and vitality, and so there may be bitterness engendered even in the hands or by the hands that fabricate. | ie loaf for your consumption. I f this seem wild and strange, you will bear in mind that many geniuses of the world have boasted more of their c u i s i n e thaji of their literary attainments, and it has been the pride of many gigantic minds that they themselves cofald prepare hundreds of dishes suitable for their friends. , I f whatever you do imparts a portion of your own life, your hospitality is also naturally imparted to the'food which you would oner to a frieiid, and it bears also a portion of your own magnetic power. A discontented cook, or a person endowed with bitterness of disposition, should not be allowed to prepare the food for the household. This would seem chimerical, but nevertheless is true. >1
There are other considerations in connection with bread that of course are out of place here, but a proper system of training in ttfofie matters should be imparted to every housewife. I t is most important! she should have a knowledge of the chemical properties of all kinds! of food prepared and of the cereals that are to lie employed, aa well] as a knowledge of the chemical action these will have upon the h’u-1 man system. In this way there would be an avoidance of many things that seem palatable, but are really poisonous to the human structure. The simpler the preparations, provided they are made palatable, the better is the actual nourishment to be derived from tne substance,, since a special preparation contains its own, and only its own, vital-l ising elements. The bread which will nourish most the highlj nervous organism is the bread that has the most of phosphates, anc therefore tne bread manufactured from the coarser form of wheaten^ flour would be suitable. The bread that carries most vitality to persons of magnetic temperament is that which has been the most elaborated, since where the atoms have been the most outwrought there is the more of the electric particles retained. I could give by personal contact to each person the requisite amount and quality of food they require; but then of course we must give study and careful watchfulness, and since eaoh person cannot be under the special direction of anyone knowing those laws, he must become aware of the laws by his own personal experience.
I should say that persons engaged in active mental pursuits should rarely partake of beef, since it contains most of the stimulating property, but they can partake of milder forma of; meats, such as mutton, and some forms of game; but I think, that with greater advancement*all these properties that are now, sought for; in such varieties of dishes and low formations of life will be fountain higher and pleasanter foods. The time undoubtedly is.comipg when certain properties will be so concentrated fro ij the, atmosphere in food and in leverages as to make the laborious process of food- making almost unknown. The time undoubtedly is coming, as has been known to tbie few in ancient days, when life mpy be sustained upon the simplest vitalised elements tbat are requisite. The locusts and wild honey which the ancient prophet feasted upon were not a miracle, since from them perhaps the very vitality requisite could be absorbed into the system. The manna that descended from above was not in itself a miracle, but only a condensation of certain atmospheres abounding in certaiu climates and near certain forests, where the atmosphere itself is laden with sweets. W hat chemist does not know that in the midst of orange groves sufficient power of perfume can be obtained to last for a hundred years; and what chemist does not know that every property which tints the grqpe upon the vine, or paints the fruit upon the, tree, is dealt out by the fully-blown rays of light and atmosphere that are prepared in the laboratory of nature for this very work P And happy .the minds that, intent upon lofty pursuits, shall from sunlight and pure air, and abundance of water, receive the vitalising properties.
food* towhile, fresh from the vine, the fruitage of life gives the the nations of the earth.
There are things connected with this that point to the higher j stage of growth when man shall not really “ five by bread alone,’’I but when words and sentences and sounds upon the atmosphere,] and wondrous sights of harmony in nature, snail nourish and sus-J tain the mind ana body to the extent that food will be only a thirfgl o fthe past. I
There. be those who are called idealists that look to the titpe when the earth shall be the perpetual habitation of a glorified face,
r25, 1874. THE MEDIUM AND DAYBREAK; .. ,.#•
when death and sickness and suffering shall no, more abide because she ho'dy sKall not decay. The nearest to this that I know ; of is w henlife itselfshallheoome so perfected that from everj'property of; sunlight and air. and from, the things upon the earth, man ahall ab^9rj , jraly ^nicii, is required for 'his grb-wth and perfection, leaving the iabunaance of the earth for those whom God had appointed to dwell-in it, since from the table of the wealthy is spurned that which would feed the paupers of the world, and since by the gluttony of the pampered appetiteis absorbed enough fcd feed the starring millions that even to-night groan for the want sf bread in your crowded streets.
Qh, but the “ bread of life ” is more than th is ! I t is that subtle growth of atoins that permeates from mind to mind and soul to soul,,bearing with it the healing and feeding of the nations, and taping to. the pauper along with the loaf the sympathy that makes that loaf dotibly nutritious; nay, that gives to the poor and starving flot only that 'Which is of no use to the donor, but all that thought and feelmgj that more than bread and more than meat constitutes the vitality of life. The world may be starving for bread—undoubtedly there are millions to-night that are— but there are those starving for something more than this, for knowledge and wisdom and sympathy wherewith to probe the hearts of their foUqwrmen,. and that sweet milk of human kindness thatnourishes more than -11 1---------and thirst the sweet 1nourishes more than food can do, and that gives to all that hunger
- - - r - — blessing of its life. This is the spiritual food that by-aM-bye shall fill all the places of the earth with rejoicing, when there, shall be fruits from the vine and bread from the oven, but when there shall also be the smiles of sweet children and the happy faces of the multitude that throng hither and thither in the midst of beautiful Bowers, and each temple of worship shall be a temple where the Bread of Life shall be given to those that are famishing.
IMPROMPTU POEM.“ We hunger for food,’’ cry the weary ones,
Lifting up their pale hands to the door Where the wealthy and proud pass in and out,
And where regal power doth pour Its tide along the widened street;« We hunger for bread,” and there meet
The pole sad faces that, one by one,Go down with the setting sun.
“ We hunger for bread,’’ ories the weary world,That eaoh night with the setting sun
Proclaims its agony and pain When its daily work is done;
“ For other brfead than the bodies need For the sowing of other brighter seed;
Sinee bread quenohes not the longing aohe,And sinoe the food of whioh we partake
Bringeth no cessation of pain,We hunger for food again.”
The great heart of the earth is turned Towards the great souroe of life,
And sU the beings that here are spumed In human care and strife
Ory out to heaven, “ We hunger so—* We famish and we foint holow.”
“ Por what do you hunger, 0 pale-faced one ?Close by in yonder street
There are hordes of treasures, and you have no bread;Surely the bread is not sweet,
It hath no boon for eaoh one to give,And will not allow each ohild to live.”
“ And ye hunger that have bread to eat!What Btarves you so when along tbe street
The restless eye and tbe hurrying tread Betray a mind all filled with dread ?’’
“ Oh, I hunger for bread of peace and rest,Whioh I oannot find, for my feet are prest
So sore on the thorny path of life,That my heart is filled with oare and strife."
“ And ye hunger that lift your hands in prayer Before the altar, while, burning there,
The incense rises up to heaven;What bread is not unto you givon ?”
“ Oh, we pant for tbe blessed Bread of Life,That feeds the world, relieves from strife,
Giveth us blessings instead of pain,And renews the drooping world again;
We hunger for bread eomihg from above, •Fo r the blesBed bread of God, whioh is love.”
Dabmnqton.—The Darlington sooiety for the acquisition and diffusion of spiritual truth will hold their quarterly social tea gathering and musioal entertainment, on Tuesday, January 5th, 1875, at the meeting rooms, Bidsdale Street, Yarm Boad. These quarterly meetings have been steadily gaining populority, and_ on this ooeasion.we Bball expeot the usual large attendance of friends interested in the oause here a'nd -in the surrounding district, who it is hoped will put in their appearanoe, and help to'make.for all a hearty'good time of it. Tea on the tables at 6.30 p.m. Misses, Wood and Fairlamb, of Newcastle, have promised, tohfli w i t h n o fi* n m 4-ill U T a <1via» jJ .—’ A iV A - U lL ______ _ -J - i i
THE DMOUSSION ‘OFD'OXY. A Beuonbteaitob.
To the Editor,—Dear Sir,^fqel'soonstrainsd'^'.-mia^hoirt- oom- munieahon for 7®” valuable columns respecting the'EteiSryjdonttibu. tion wmoh.iappeared in your last issue from the erratic. p'e#jofJEnmore
00081 1 do to because I consider the two.queirtionBV/iOrthtSddxyifcafadorv whifln Via tin«h1v vil-\__HetercMmqr” w h id rh e h a s t i f a n d l i p J ^ l M ^ S l S ^ s, and demand a .oaliu an d ,dispassionate.,cohsiMraiiobi-fullv and fairlv
serious questions,, 1---------- ------------ ------ -- - U U U ulBplin order to be fullyand fairly comprehended and; toithMlyMefo& Now, I am certain tlmt your most oareful and intelligent-readers caniio fail to have perceived that Mr. Jones,has not defined, and thereforeh not duly and truly considered the matter. . ^ *
He makes it out that Heterodox Spiritualists endorse a stnne of ide and opinions anything but beautiful and spiritual. I,will notifvthi most glaring ones ‘‘ Ghosts! there are none.” I suppose Mr.Jon? means by ghosts ' frAnbodicd spirits; if so, then he states a.fiagraiil faliehood. • Now, fortunately for Mr. Jones, he di,covers his ndftSkef for,immediately afterwards he contradicts his own statement by makini the beretio oontinue, » Ghosts there are, but not evil, only undeveloped spirits*
Bather oareless, this, Mr. Jones. Yet this pieoe of carelessnert di l j not teach him to ourb himBelf, for he makes a similar blunder furthfeB | on. Again, he makes the heretic say, ‘‘ God! there oannot he a God,'!; So. Now, we oan imagine an effusion of this kind ooming from an.W atheist, but never from a Spiritualist, however heterodox he might bf*, But ‘‘ sure enough Mr. Jones again disoovers his mistake, for he coip • reoti himself hy continuing, “ There is a God, but he is bo great that no attention oan poBBibly he directed towards,map; no help from himL possible, Man must chance it. Man must ruh on and rub out into) ’ ohaoi.” It will be observed here that the after-thought is precious rlittld I nearer the truth than his previous statement, for your readers knowj full well that every Spiritualist, however deeply dyad in his heterodoxy i knows beyond a doubt that man will li p and progress for ever as an1 individualised entity, and to inake them endorse the nonsensical ravings} • of rubbing'* out into chaos M is an egregriousjijjd, to say the least of it,- unkind statement. (
I had almost forgot to notice Mr. Jones's complaint that the Hetero.« ___ i L ^ l ii i i i i . i i r .................dox Spiritualist considers that " all that orthodoxy tells him of a loving
God is absurd. Now, I hope he will forgive me if I maintain that ha has inadvertently used a wrong adjeotive. In truth, he ought to have; said, “ All that orthodoxy tells me of a wrathful and angry God,i?; absurd.” Mr. Jones ought to know, if he does not kno\r, that orthof doxy virtually inculcates the dootrine that God will damn the greaten part of his creatures to eternal punishment. Not characteristic of a God; of love, this, Mr. Jones notwithstanding.
For fear of trespassing upon space, I pais over a lot of heterogeneons and ambiguous matter, and oome to his definition of the creed, dox ohurohes, whioh runs as follows: “ God our father—-speoial provi- denee immortality—heaven to the good doers.” Now, what is the plain truth? Wbat really is their creed? It is as follows: “ Qod the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost; three distinot personalities, yet only one God—speoial Providenoe—immortality—hSaven for the true believers—eternal hell for the disbelievers." It will be observed tbat the head and tail of my definition differs immensely from bis'} yet mine is in aooordance with the thirty-nine artieles of the Ohuroh of England, and tbe artiolos also of dissenting churobes (Unitarians excepted). If the plain truth is offensive to him, I cannot help it. Mr. Jones maintains that eaoh individual ought to sink his individual doxy for the good of the cause—good!!—yet this is not the first, seoond, or third time that be has rushed into print complaining that spiritualistic advooates do not accept his particular doxy—strange inconsistency this! After all, I am half inclined to think that Mr. Jones bas rejected much ofthe spirit of tbe old theology, but olings to the letter; he rather likea tbe new wine, but tenaciously prefers the oonfounded “ old bottles,” henoa he appears in a somewhat ludiorous light when philosophising in the Medium. I oannot help but characterise his efforts as jumbling and f compounding, blundering and oonfounding. This may appear hard! but as he apparently oan give, I trust he will he able to take. If it will be any satisfaction to bim, I may inform him that I emerged from my teens ten years ago; but I hope that I am ever learning, and if Mr. J ones has anything better to give me, I will receive it and sincerely thank bim. Yours for the truth, A, D. Wilson.
Halifax, December 8th, 1874. • 1
On Doxt again.To the Editor.—Sir,—Two of your correspondents have replied td !
Mr. Enmore Jones’s remarks in the Medium of December 4th, in a hosii tile spirit. Will you be good enough to allow me a corner in whioh ttf agree with him to a very considerable extent. Mr. E. Jones is oompe tent to explain or defend himself; but I may be permitted to remark] thot I think your correspondents, H. A. Beokett and: R. Brown, haw both misunderstood tbe spirit of Mr. Jones's oommunioation I did ttotj and I feel sure few will, understand Mr. Jones to bave been making q defence of orthodoxy. He expressly said the opposite, and the drift of his words obviously was a remouBtranoe ogainst the too frequent' denun4 ciation of “ orthodoxy,” by those who had no better doxy to put in ita place. “ Those who live in glass bouses should not throw stones,” you know. But allow me to say a word on the question itself. I have beei strongly of Mr. Jones’s opinion for, many years. I belonged to a small body, whose main edifioation seemed to consist in having a- fiing- ai orthodoxy on all occasions. I was young, and fell into the habit,' but t little praotioe in dirt-throwing' oonvinoed me of my error.' Why, I wa not half so good as the people I insulted. Of cOurse, there are black sheet in all communities. I believe there may even be abide amongst Spirf tualists; but we should be able to distinguish between a bad'-myi'andi tbe oreed he professes. One of the commonest blunders denunciatory 1 make is to father the sins bfiprofessing ‘Christians 'ilpon Ohnitianilyl
<It is the most unfair and'stupid sleindfer a'iiiatii' claiming toi :be':jfe^3S^4! ■ble, oan make., JustJetus reverse 'matters alittle to seethiB;,'7'11 clergyman, for example, finds prOfessfd Spiritualists are victed of flagrant breaohes of morals— !-jiA
, u u v j iu i i /x w m ’J U W
! ''Mrt'Oi1 WiiMI dbTlJbii^tl1/ 1 •believes. c : ' : . •
;• iM^;0 ,;.Whitdo wd'bathitfelievWi!• e'.itai $tiMM$<ftu" ,li ;1 m * Hs;The»thb bd&Cfetood T-br . ! jU<>- ■" ■■ ■■ ■ ■’'■■■, t w ‘liiHV)**?1
Mr. 0. Orthodoxy, Sitjorthodoxy,- H- ' 1 .'’,'JM-■%&;■ ftiMro^lipdO!^(ia«7-^i; J.k) :•..> ' 'I
‘ .Mr. 0 . ^dp^m dthbdoxyofm yiQW ob. 'i MU.H..Np^mybeUe|xsr^; ,,• ■ " -:• m k ’Cfc fiefedaoxy, Sif; heterodoxy .,’.. . .
Mr. H. By that then I suppose I am.to,understand—— , : :Mt1. OiTbat it is ip tth y d ^ 'r i^ the w iy 6f » ¥ lAhur6ti, BuliJ
it it the dbxy.of <wy otMmdn, ofoitiHjf.dififtMtom,:' /*' ", Ileavethe foregoing dialogue fbf yiriSif iteafldM!t&fliia tfnt a
Anything in it, ’wihijo 1 recoiint an inflideht ffedPrdtid S§fiWiiir'o\iiulM!6d during the late American wuv A Wound^ eoldiW iiV'dSBWtigtit WW iHi hospital, -His; caie was to hopeless ttifc his 'Wfciflddfiti> tfltrti'gHt h'tJ needed the migrations of a olergymantather-thaufthi durgeon._ Accordingly onp was sent for, abd .was sdon by'hia tedsid^
...........4 \ RnlrliAi* naM. 11 Wlinf rot ininn cirn vnn mir fVinnrl
pejrsuasioii are you?1' ‘ .
" Of Wbat pefsuasioii, Said the buffeM, Msing himpblf up. by, wnjli imnatufal rtreflgtb, md ype^fig'iii Mni'oleaJ Mfleij '. .Qi• — - i- . v.r»vi; .-t.. j iii ifc’11 J*2iy ifHii-’■‘A
—what would be said.of thatparion’s menMoanaoityif he blamed these misdeeds upon Spiritualism? hffWoiild lie called all manner of hE^namea.andhemightwell.deaemthem )\and.yet this isjust the Borfcof thing doneby—we/shall say^the heterodox, F$w.Tfilf;^eny it!>' AVAilTtiH' mif. fn onflftlr
. ®erliapS'i(^frmtbiti tH M blM e^libertjfv;$M6bi<Saatitit te'Mteintdd’ io Mt.fi^y^BjiouId, ramepper to -ntW t n i b l r i i d b ' 7 . .. :\4DJi 8H^fydbuMlM4 in;tlie ohuronda.pfChristend6ii| ’bilt i§Sfi'rfitMt8tni a M^^viaritity?! Ar0,,V.eaUaBreeiMnAii'itiffi 'i«k'ifa fadri inM iWi'f
ttejriHelcl’ia ,:6ttth4if<&, I>dL.ti6f c ' . forgefe ... ,t . ,Botaetdmys jeef ^nd’s Biie r at dreedi iii'd cKuifohel? ' I haye Only been,a SpifttuMist tis M m me tluaandiifdimf bpltiiotyH&fitlityu bfteii' a diidbuhtaidongat us. 1 repeat 8^hp!!'inbs8 fftolitSin'gMiiouWffiBiid Mot, &S.
There is one great and Bupreme,faq wMch; BpirituaUsm cl»mB to make daafj Sild thkt iSj th'e eiisteiioe.Of M n jif^r de^th,iiad the ,poB-
;a id ^ $ e n tfl q ^ s iio i .. tdt^ ub d a y t 'th e i till wa-lmow^morb about it M orfl W ouMelres tpe duty o f cor-reoting; with fllppanfly and iitBuhied sinarm ^asB pm edpttneoorreoiion of-other' people’s beliefd. not unfitthosoiwho hold them to b6 SfriritaliiiBt^ in d it humbly seems to me, that ali th i great dfforta Of thiSmoVenlfe'iit'ihbuld be directed to that one endtaat& etfiiVerBieiiftJf |le6pW to a M ie f m^pirit-exiBtiehde and com- mtifettfii'i^iftt ttBieai all they dhh ( i l l ua from " the other side,” but at the tatnc> ti&e let n i foiflm dU* own opinion , aboiit the worth o f .what is told;t i i ' j1S ^ t :is!il6W fftiin tfitooe ifl $ t6n ii6 t tru6, tod what is true not n e # ; and iri Baying B6, Ia ifl not to ba. understood for a moment as dcM ^ifif; eplritaal ■ dbmmUnioatiohfe. 1 ato simply pleading for common juBtidtf'w'W'rda our felloTt-meii, ifod cdmmon BenBb in ourselves, t d o not wrgue that free and legitimate criticism and examination of any pbigffibf-faitli^dpMdii shall dd&ae but,jt iti geBt that suoh deolama- tdty^PHtilit 64 i hivb ^ ^ out 'of plapd on the Bpiritual plat-&Mi%Mbhitedlf'in&d4,'aia tate, tiie 'ukmpst indiilgenoe anddbffiiiipy !frb4li thtf e Withdiit; beoiiii it hd iib'Betfled preed, md offers, ndiall w'ell ltaP^ Bfid 'i:^et;ra host of o^bHpfiifies for the shafts of mPiidlela -ridiottla. Let ui be iramblb, then, and contend’ for the one ndtistihbto1’ ftdt Whioh ffe can denionStrate to all oomert, soientifio, thiologicdli athelltiP, Of What yoti Will. There, Mr. Editor, I respeotfully submit our strength lies, and it werp unwise to seem to weaken, it by dr&ggin'g iii brthfflibxy br anything elsb by way of setting it off tb advMtagafiy ColltKist. If SpirituaUsta have ought to say, as given from thei ‘‘ ‘Isfeyoiid/’ let them sajf it bn ita owil fflPriti, atid leiye what another brbthfetliiAy Hl a tb gay frbjB' thtf .teme source. in the Same manner, aldttK . 'Wbrryitig tm sdoilting'eaoh others theolbgioal opinions is a gr«Sit/iiiiit4tei' Stifidiefat fbrthe dtt 'arb the facts thdreof, and our facto arff^ell!ablS td stand iijloil thpir own feet'. There let them stand, or mtibbi ifttttie? jay I, Mmard, onvr&d, oswabb !
I/eiirfn^oit/Deceffiher 14th. ' ’ G-.fW i '^ Athdr ^yzledtoImo'whowit is possible to respeot ortbo-
dorjj'aad“&t 'thb1 flitfb tinie diWaa'BidnfatelV Weieh what may be oom- muJaicated ii- iri ttBSBftges; inl
may be oom Wake ‘‘ frei ofitfciBm and examination
offfiy-pliiiSei'df feith ot dpihibn’’ that'may present itself. It seems to U8'fthat: it* is indulgence in ftbe thdughts wbioh is unorthodox, unlteit'l&iniplidd thitliayittg bftdr examination discovered the truth, the;tHi'nkSr iB to’d flear the jiattan of orthodox errdr notwithstanding. 33^ 'ti't6b islihibnable bbu*B6i but hot thd spiritual oile, for it is neither reSgrotfifl'tb’ (5bd ndit1 horieBt tP ttW. Oiif correspondent has evidently tebn'll'ut a' sHpfi tiinb a Sj iifitdalist or he Would have known that Sriritilffistt'dbliot dBe'thdhf obriviotiohs on the diota of spiifitsjbut ra ted iistli4t iriherligliC frhich iS refleoted from their own spirits. Tl^’firfied df the S^Wfeffist ik hot a t i^ ty , but, like spirit, is infinite. O^ls^tfie.disbdvP^' bf triich, the dijEfiisioh of truth, and the applies- tioW^f 'ttntW td tliS ‘vrtlfarb bf hutefinity. ■ Ciiir definition ot truth will
ySfiU.iJ*d‘ m.pde ^ diffusion will be sit Mny grfen 'time,' and so Will the applioa-
, tion. '-Ife^e is i'creed whioh suits all, whether Spiritualists of mater rialista. It is spiritual; it appertains to' \ihiy6fsal aittiibuteB, not tb penonal idiosynorasy, to quality not to quantity. Tbe evil of the Church creed is that they are intellectual, not spiritual. Now, no two men are similar intellectually, but kll we Mike spiritually; and though theyi may [take different means of effecting it, the ultimate ptirposa and
Spiritualism >has not established itself by .ppolbgetio and “ humhla ” polioy with which our ooffeBpondent bo cpjnfprtablyi olpthffl .himselft but by-the. straightforward enunciation of !^jji',;iipw6ypr,po^icting, with TOpular opinion. Our humble half- an^hsii friepds thipk a'little of Jhd truth*; and-a great deal of their ownrgopd, name and; personal .comfort, and hence they recommend a pojicv.vwhiohrwiil protect themselyei from perBddntiont even though
A the:expen8e of the troths Spiritualism has not mubftttp|hwk tbeBa.forr^EDt M*] -
\ { \s , V ’. „S xr^^iie int^upMPM, the Doxy questipn
iii^p>^!tojTOfreminas me.isf a,co v;ersatapn!(I;ffiem;,tphavp.heaTd).oiwp^vpipna time.” betwjsett
j^ q ip io d b x ^ .# e tfftp d o ^ '; X*ep?odHW it\from memory; forpeiper,usal’of ypur. d^rs.ij) t - . . : , i <■■■>* .. ' J; ; >;.. > rve-.pajl^jto Jfldk
haTHi-lwwW
__ k persuasion! I am persuaded iUt;dngelBi nor prinoipalitieB, nor'things pfdiininoi1 ttlitigs ooiile,' nbt powers, nor height, ndr depths nor Anything lie ottifed. ^ill Wf able to separate me from the love: of God whioh 'ii ln Ohfiet ^jiitf my Lord.” And haiing thus Spoken he fell baok onlils pillow tttld died;
The man or woman who amid the Wild chaos of. hUtoan rineSfVi passion, and selfishness, and through all ’ the yioiSSitudeS of; eafihly existence oan keep burning on the altar of his or her heart a persuasion like that of the dying soldier, depend upon it, Mr. Editor, has got hold of the right doxy, let him or her belong to amj pf.no ohuroh.
Suoh s doxy, for time and eternity, is infinite in worth compared With any ever given to the world as ortWioi by irtfsllibility ex cathedrd, or by eoelesiastical oounoils in solemn cpnejate &Bj&fabldd.^Yours, See.,
.____ J.' J. 0LEPHAK,
To the Editor.—Sir,—Should you deeriiitwtiiltbwhlle to Allot a little more of your space to a continuation of1 the'.'di&jUSBiPii J*pybked by my fnendly criticism of Mr. Enmore Jones’s fltst lttWfj I iubmit a few rsmarka q&oad his reply.
Mr. Jones’s view of the funotions of a religious teaoher p.qid by the nation seems to be somewhat Similar to that Whidh is bht rtbined of the office of a legal advocate, who ii *ipeotM to itiblk to ttii jbfief. The
• clergyman’s brief is to be understPod afl tth dnlbodiiiient i f.tbd “ convio- tions” ofthe people, and theBe l,cDnVifltiptis'‘ ^ cdn'itftdting " orthodoxy.” This, Mr. Jones MyS, has fBmiliiikd 'the sjitad fdi? &K) years— aye, for 1,800 years. Then, bf courig, to go P6 furthrf Daok than “ Bloody Mary’s" time/ Soman OathPlics, Whp Wefe the orthodox people then, did not ooimt ProteatantS- (Who held td the. point* Mr. Jones enumerates) heretics, and did ndt blitn tteiti' at ttlb irake; and, per contra, Protestants, who became the or'tbbfldi pedple'ii f W deoades later, did not, in their turn, infliot divers disab litje* pn tfepir Roman Oatholio fellow-subjeots. But h itey iays .th'eae.fhings wer,e done. And if so, orthodoxy, as the word is b'bmnibhly understood, cannot be taken ai representing a fixed quantity, tt& sfaiiething &ib||f pt, W..^s consisting of a oongeries of dootrines, formulated in a ceylain age by leading minds, and accepted for the time by a mafority of those interested in-religious questions, but subjeot to modification with the advanoe of intelligence and with tbe growth of adverse opinions.
The fundamental principles Whioh underlie, all religions; and whioh a<e held with more or less distinctne3s by all rightly-constitvtted minds, remain, like tbe Solid granite foundations pf the earthi: unaffeoted by the obanges constantly taking place in the upper strata, of llamatt'.opinions. These only are concerned in What are,bailed,nrijnodp?y.Rud,bfiterodoxy, and for this reason I entered my humble protest against Mr. Jones’s onslaught on the latter, some members df the faarily of Whirfh inay, and probably will, in tbe not distant future usurp the posikitjn’ atfirthe name ofthe former.—Yours, . Hi AL’IIkckett.
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ME. JONES ON “ DOXY."—No. II.Come, come, you wasp; 1’ faith yoti af6 too The Taming, of the Shrew,■ To the Editor,—Dear Sir,—t ask you foaboord mbs similar privilege
td that given to Mr. J. Enmore Jones,, t)amely» appearing, tw'ioa in the p»ges of the Mbdicm oh'the vexed question ,of Orthodoty v, Heterodoxy. I have invariably found the Orthodox party the most virulent objectors td Spiritualism. Strange as it may seem, the believers iti the miraoles of the Bible, in immortality, ih hell and heaven, are the last to believe id the communications between the two worlds, and the least disposed td investigate the subjeot. The exercise of dogmtttid; teaching in theology, as being of equal importance to morals in religioh Has naturally retardeg free thought and investigation! amongst orthddd# psople; Sbiritualism reved? a state of existence in; the future Worldintft quite in h&mony with the teachings of modern Christianity. Eternal progress id the future -life, from a lower to a higher state, is very different from eternal punishment and eternal happiness, the two inevitable condition* aftflr’dMtb, from .Which, aecbrding' to brthMdi' tfeadbibg, tteW iB'M
. if Pi ni if1 f'Tieidipey sn d l hold ho' one citt belidW'id'SiiHtiu^Win Wlthc^i' t talomefltoui qttestiotii presenting tbefasbW^TOr idlutibn,U solved sooner or later. ' \ i
For jny own part, Spiritualism his Win tp Me thfe ittiyettt'-o? MdH that Was quite inoomprehensibleitt'theidabKin of'thb chUrimdi) tp’fiie Sbiritflalista haB-bs’SB 4 lighfcitithbdiifkrfdsi1, Shd
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mayfespifeis.tbenieebgS as to orthodoxy oeisom# Standard .of belief to whipjb;jfaHrregfllat^dpiqds may* be, supposed ■ to ;cpnfp?m., $i)oie ;wbo haWitet/ ^ | ^ * ^ l M 8M..Wfl"Wle W vby such .lp dipg-Bt ings.^8 oirpumst fiqep ha e wrapped round fchem, qre mo?t aniipus abpjit the&a. m*mer/|,j/ipc, Jbe|ng (hey ,arp in , fflcroc' ljeitj i t e r . crutohds ait knocked |rp ! upd,er'iheir craiy mental organism,; ’jbpde Whbti tot truth lw/Wrae'<ir L, sind*hd arewilling to tctfuttii thS wioked.Wa - tio&. MFWiiH^.lm^ Wo^d of God'of ibri-eife'ot,! ardqtfitiT.easy' in theft ijblSi kWoUt’ ifedU-clum ntid tweedle-de , ortbbddi^ sf<id htMi'o- doS^'MidM. teh"iiiw8r f sqiiabbles indiijged ih bytbejpetulatlt ,‘and spbilid')ir(ig6tty:'bffgttb'ratfoe and superstition, '•*_ ■ • • • -•
I’fWbUldtfotiintflide mjtfelf. into a controversy whioh hifr unhappily beta allowed to go loo faf were it: not to Apologise to my intelligent, gener'ou and aymflatheEio friend, Mri Robert Brown, for the da«t$rdly insult whioh.boab.aattjnflioted upon himi.thrpngh thecqlujpn? of the. Mpdir i ;[ igfflMe?! fpftrt of the jnptier .w^oM?, opntaroed -#i th£ iia^ .of jftftjWeekj for the first time on Friday evening, when an
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..... ■&& m s -: Last Sunday Mrs. Bullpqkva^tLv^pupied^herpMttoim, ana under-1.1 - Z. * m . • iii v .& i . .w -S-iGnS C t u l s rK \J . i • ■ -•nafruotive and ntne influence, of her Bpintrt .. .
Haxby presided, aAd,‘&)U^i^3W%|jil'^ttyrafflirA nnf n VnrrTin f V n m T . iti'Vig ive out a ifcymp' ffcm"
giw'a My^atfnl'yOTtedn to'his opinioii in the form‘of a critioiate on EiMroi*e Jbito'fitmPr lettei'. My obeeks blubbed with: ShHtte-Wheii I refili^d tHfl'ffiiKittiait 'Mi1. Bi bwii htid donktad !10s. fpr:th'e purpbse dl suitttifaih'f 6*jfatf'.Wfei6h irt adother column Pdldlly perpetrated a gross outrage upon him; i The uncalled-far language of Mr<! Jdnes jsbouldm fnoj
fie begins by supposing a case whrio¥ ii woithV of'Ha^ell/Viz., {hit df a soientifio man signing Sn agreement to teach acijirdinfe'fo <6iii6'Bii|)'pos6d Soientifio or^d as set forth in certain text- bcri!{& If 'thfe '#fitai? had b»en posseted of the slightest knowledge of the'tbndenoidi of soienoe be would have fcnown that it ie the pride of erery man of soiBfio 'tO SuifpaBS his text-books, and that theBe Manuals are being Altered and: improved in erety edition A scientific man is a eearpher for truth, the friend of humanity, thoroughly honest, and a prophet repealing t e will of God as it is disoiosed to him. Contrast thft.jjol an mimly st nd of Mr. Wallace or Mr. Crookes with the mercenary,hypocrisy suggested by Mr. Jones’s Christian orthodoxy, and eppMgb'will^P seen to, indicate whether science or priestoraft ie the servant of God and the friend df mun. I am almost ashamed to observe that anyone calling himself by fits and starts a Spiritualist shttild he ih a' raof'al position fitting him to . suppose that any1 man cdwd'tikoA dbdtrlib iWespeotiVe of its truth or ettW merely beoause he is paid for it. That such is the oa9e ih the Christian Churoh is a well- kriOWli fact, and it is the inevitable fruit of orthodoxy whioh practically meand thinking in accordance with the majority, and sneaking after the fab; things, that load the tables of the dominant party. This orthodox policy is worldly, selfish, and oarhal. It takes its inspiration from the traditions,of, men, and the ambitious designs of not ovtfr-sorupulous mprtals who ,are prepared to oondemn oertain dootrines, and praises others beiause it suits their personal projects. This system of vilest villany,- carried out by a olassof moral monsters, who would sell theif soul forihat, whioh would most gratefully fill theif bellies, is th'e fbdl thi,ng\w{tt whioh t o . Bhmoft Jbnes i.eeks tP besniear Spiritualism. With' t^i pWtstly 'abomiriatioh SpiritWalistn tas ltt all ages beeh ill diritft anttgbriisfn. I atn not awttfe Whether Mr. Jones is in the'habit of i ading hW Bible, as hi<: obrrtSpoiidetioe does liot affbrd mucb evidence ot the faot; otherwise he tfpuld have observed that from Noah down ito the'latest apostolio days tbe prophetd and spiritual teachers, ordaihed''by Giod;to perpetuate a spiritual' ohuroh aingngst mankind, were! stonbd,- imprisoned, saWn asunder, bdrned, and ctaciflqd by the orthodox, ipartyinow ifeprasented by Mri.fljiSrtor? jJones,,who, i)i, siigh gci'qipus Christian Bpiritj.auggeste " PuniBhn)0nt for toy amiable, and gpptlemanly frien i...B pbert Bi»,w , wi^ywhftpi I.haye m often exobanged, hojmi^uties, jwd ptljer, jfavours., f Jjifea,.the older ¥h r.isees,, 1 ^., J o n e s n o ppod(thing,Mn jjope out p|fNajaretb. !But,'in tne1 present ihsta^oe,.as at'.has been'thro^glibilt the history <jf the World, I am iMebtea to'Ifaii r'eth foi kifidly'arid gehe du* help,, and to Jotiei for.an ppistle for th'd^pjitiintj^' trf Which' ih thb MbdiMJ I mBki atithbgjf' to' its matiy jritefligeht ftadeVs, With the. Hope that its oolumns wiil Sievet' ih! the futUre Bb iiiiiilariy disfigured.
PttiyHm, Dbo. 19tb, 1874; J. Bosmt
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Jipfe.bsst suited, to; t£?,present 9orapa, yfl"1^ t e i 1 n g f o t j^ « R 9rtr .prayer to “ the Grea't Satiier, thA preserver of altlife,' anq iirp wljpjn^li, •ibwe? emenates to lead and guidp ,Thy ,o)i ldrpn ,ig thbpathsgf v ^ > m ’ kth< and righteousheis, grahcihM
i J »«• t _____ — i lilL't V kA 'iiii'd X u Z iithereby led to know more ana more of &si aiid whioh knows np end. Out ,of ||h9they grow and live' and .desire! to #npw, m6fl^pf;XEyj irr i(ti()if'aiid,i’tiose spiritual influenoe? aropnHt^W ’ ^ r
.ttatlove'fhal; draws us,‘we wifit do oiir best jtot of • Love.’ - The poet has well said in your r m ^ jliw ^ d ^ w r e ! ' J ,'i)he love pf. dod is made manifest,.and as the.great Maker and Creator obangeiriot,itbe, 16vd matJwaMrim,^he Bsginhiiiymd’ ip no,w ,ffliiuuoiig«p uuuj i uuo ,iy »y uuaji in w . vtu ..nuv MfgkuuiuE)V muu,1 ip uv<w ill feVe? dohtifiid emAriatfee: W ofif ttie liiglitjr ’poWe^ God.^ '* Mrrf] bullock continued speaking on the subjeot for an hour, and oonoluded with an exhortatiod fhdt he* bearers' tfpuld expand th’eit1 Spiritual exer- 'oises, and so draw around them more of thoBe spiritual influences, &o. At tbe close questions were very ably' fffplied to, and the meeting dosed with another hymn from .tihft11S d . ’’ .! Next .Sunday evening, the 27 th i|iBt.,.Mr. Cogman, of the Spiritual
■ibstitution, 16, St. Jeter .lBpad, Milejfend, 11^ nra'ljr ^rbmfiea'to be, j*eseht 'at Goswell Hall, 86,ld-biwiell fioad, iind dilii'et 'aa^i'ai in1 the trance state. Ok tiie saMef e eiitei' M'rt; BullboS His ''KWdW Soij' ' sirrted to oibiipv1 Mr. Co'gmin a 'Jjlabs at th'd lb6titutf6tf,,;15i St/Pete'A •Bpadj Mile End, And give an addrtBS^un'd^r'thSidtffitfPl'ofibets^rib' gliidesi ! Sei'Vice at thef tWo' ifleitings -ivill cominenoe ab 7 o’olbokjj'iAdu uiission free.: Collections will be made- to defray dxpeiaeai iFriiSndg ai-e earnestly invited to attend and sdpport the mediums with itfaeir!pre- senloe and synipathy.' Mrs, Bullsok’s spirit-gui.dps kindly; invi^jp^i . 'meditniis, fo joih and exobinge ,pbtfprmR,ffith ;hier , occasional ' *
to aidttje.Sunday meetings.y^iU^hel^at^psw^F 1 daytpvening,;7th January, 1875. The,. eTCnmg’apnterws slmijar, tjo thpjast ioiWgiveri on Mrs. Bullbokp^eMf; , ftiendshave given m their pames to iake part iii' thi eitertMnmrati Admission win be by tfo ete. Is. each, td 6b h^' iS'Mk^fiafijy^re.1 Biriib'ck, or pf ItA J. Bui-hS Spiritual Ihstitntioiii, IS, SdlitlificSJiro HftW;5: Sdlborh. '
NOTTINGHAM PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOfrTSE IN-* VEST1GATION OP SPIRITUAL PHENOMENA.. . .
; To the Editor.—Dear Sir,—I shall deem it a great favoUfifyoawill gjrant me a little>spoge>that> I may give your traders somi information respecting the above.sooiety. It has for some time.beenipppdrentjfo moW ojf diefrieudsliereithati the kte .?• Progressive. Spiritualiste’ Society/.’ iji a vei*y disorganisej and uniatisfaetory condition. ,It,was fhjtte|iggq. proposed by Mr.'St^plesi and seoonded by Mr, Moreton, on Sm^av evening, November 2iind, that a oommittee be appointed,, wno should levise son|e;betjte? system or organisation. This was put ,to fte^meetipg
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and unanimoijialy agreed to, when Messrs. Staples, ^Herott, FeWkeis, (jharlesworth, Ashworth, Moreton, and Lennoi were erectfed, With poVer tb add Jo their numbers. Their meetings have rtattlted; in' ffief ipCdfii-1' me'ndatibfi aniadbption of the abote fiome. ThefbH^wmgatei thef dofi aitidtiBof memberarip1st. That; all persons oVer sixteett yegrii'pf who are sincerely deairoaB' df-ihveBtigating SpiritualiSiflj Shall bb eligible. $nd. That no membert shoH ay'leys than oile penny per week. SrdjTfiiat admission shall be by ticfotionly ;. membirs to be allowed to, pufcchosS dot more than three tickets eacn quarte'r, two of Whioh they may, lend, - to friends favourable to. Spiritualiim. In consequence of jspmeiohahgei: bf mediumship about to occur in, our medium, Mrs. Hitohoopk, thp;qpm . piittee have resolved pot tp admit after Deoember, the ,20th inst,, jjh general public, until it ia seen desirable to do so. They have acted upon the advioe of the controlling spirits m taking this course. , ; r .., j
The officers of this sooiety are, Mr. Herod, presideni of the opiniaitt^ J Mr.Staples, vice-president; Mr. Moreton,; treasurerMr., Chat'towdrth, flnancial seoretary; and Mr. Ashworth, cotoeapondingiWta^Vi^YbljM Very obediently, ’ J. AShWobtb.
12, Soiiland Terrace, Heskey Street, Nottingham.
COMPBEHENSIVi! CHUBCH OF ENGLAND.—NO. H. ,On Sunday afternoon, at Cambridge Hall, Mf, 1 . Wllsotl etpliMect
the Cfted of the'Churoh as .. . ' ' ,i:“ The definition of 6 Obmpfrehitisionist, nathelVj.U 6rie?Wh'666 de ife
is bb'-operatif iiiterhatibhalilmi; Whose lAvf is tntit1 tt ei biiS to as he pleases Withtt the Restriction of'geuei^l eoftvertenc8 ; !wb<iie>Prttt- •' Ciple is the sovereignty of the individual, limited by representative; iov'emirtent'; ^hose Religion is the worship oiHhe Beyoni^heifaith bf.the Rightly<Enowabldj who«e Social Bearing isimdtuality, teihpered . py self-interest; whose Politioal Axiom.is inflquality/inequality ;..ffihf® Moral Standard is conscientious enjoyment; whose Desire; fo^Conr formity is through considerate objections; and whose plan fof .Edupa-, tional Acquirement is tbe basing the fpmitjg^oji, truth, and placing all additional information jra due relapion wrm that the inclosemeht shall be in reoiprbtiSl harihoriy Wlth ' tna opifiprf-' hehded.” ■•>.■■■■■: „
(jn Sunday nett the subject Will be “ Fitiyet."
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ME MEDIUM AM) DAIBEEAK, ' ' _ . _ . _ «F R ID A Y , D EC EM B ER 25, 1874.
THE CLOSE OF 1874.We need not summarise the events of the year in connection
with our beloved cause, these are recorded in due form in the goodly volume of which this number is the conclusion.
Eighteen hundred and seventy-four has been to us the hardest portion of the race which it has been our mission as yet to traverse. The course has been rough, up-hill, and studded with obstacles of no ordinary kind; the load on our shoulders has also been augmented, and the services we have had to perform by the way have been multiplied,—the whip and the spur have goaded and lacerated thd panting steed as with straining muscle he has tried with all his might to keep pace with the demands of stem Necessity. Overcome by the fatigues, qf the race the courser nearly perished, but his rider was nobly, sustained hy angel-help and pure human sympathy—that earthly representation of the highest attribute of Deity. The year has. closed in peace, progress, and promises for the future, for all of which mercies and perils safely passed the grateful soul with sincere humility thanks God the Father.
The progress of Spiritualism during the past twelve months has been grcater than at any former period in its history. The acceleration has resulted from agencies both within and without the movement'proper.
While well-known public mediums have increased in power, and with enlarged capacity have demonstrated the nature of the phenomena to hundreds, mediumship of an equally marvellous character has been developed in private life in various parts of the
The labours of Mrs. Tappan, Mr. Morse, Dr; Sexton, andcotatty.''otHet'^eakers have extended a knowledge of the subject in another di&ctiqn;''arid it is gratifying to observe that the services of non- professional and honorary speakers and mediums are becoming mojce general As a consequence, regular meetings for the advocacy of Spiritualism are hopefully on the increase, and local institutions, ;or places for the supply of information and the introduction ofinqhiieia to seapces are being rapidly multiplied.
0 f the external influences which have in a marked manner contributed to the extension of Spiritualism during the year, there may be mentioned, first, Mr. Crookes’s celebrated “ Notes of an Inquiry into the Phenomena called Spiritual during the Years 1870-78.” This able and succinct testimony appeared in the (Quarterly Journal o f Science for January last, and its publication atonce, and in a most decided ahd distinct manner, influenced puhUi opjmiwn^n favour of Spiritualism.. The treatise, after pass- ingi^qugh ah editio'n in a separate form, is now being published by the-Spiritual Institution at a nominal price. Next comes the noble papers of Mr. Wallace in the Fortnightly Revieto, which produced a sensation of no ordinary kind, and he would be considered an ill-informed man who would at this day hazard the opinion that the phegolxi.ena of Spiritualism were not well-ascertained scientific
fe sqr-TyndaU’s Belfastaddress created a vast degree of excitement aniinquiry, all.tending to lead the public mind to the recognition lOT-ihe’ philosophical principles which Spiritualism so dearly unfolds. -
i&fliin former years, the M ediu m has done a work peculiarly its o ^ ^ f l t jhas maintained a steeidy position which strengthens and solidifies week by week. The weekly print has not been less than 5,000| copies, while the circulation has been sometimes nearly double^ and many weeks,reached a point much above the usual sal^t^Mte^ed efforts have been made to fill its columns with
useful matter within reafeh. To Bflppypimtfa suih’ of money has been spent, tq replace W hich the oollectibns of,,Institution, , would not be, adequate. , The
has never-been regarded a s a commercial speculation, but a a ^ e a n s of instructdng the puhlic in the fects and doctrines ,of SpirituflU8m,.an^ uhder ;Bpirit-dii;e'ction, leading the movement on t»;the gloriqua^oal to% hich it3 angel-guidea and projectors have destined i t . .Througii ,/oiir; columns ;M rs.,Tappan has had the lfligM audxenj»;of iany preaoher in!'Enghmcl. . Wot only has her Londondisconrsea^ b a e n e x te n d e d .to a lF j^ s ^ ^
t lieciihioi^hbtit thi} country which
years o f joumeyinjgB to and frO’COuld;n ot 6atisfy;' Tb notice; other
in the present volume, a huge amount of reading matter of tHe most varied and best kind to qffer for! the small sum .of 6s. 6d. Deducting one-fifth of this bulk for ^vertisement matter, there is left sufficient to form six yolumea of the - ordinary size, each of 460 paMS, at the low price of is., 1 . per volume. These, multiplied by the ordinary weekly issue , of the M ediu m , give an aggregate of from 80,000 to 40,000 bulky volumes of the usual sized octavo page thrown broadcast amongst thepopulation in 'the fqrm of our weekly periodical during the year. This is an immense amount of literature, and it really exercises a wider educational influence than if pubUshed as books, for a periddicid is often read where a book is not taken up. ’ The porttaits which we
‘ appreciated, and, have added toii* •1 'I.* t* ; ' V **.
have given have been much the usefulness of ourcourse uninfluenced by the existence or disappearance of competitors.
A few weeks ago we proposed to reduce the price of the M edium to Id. weekly, but not one claimant raised a voice in favour of this reduction. It is evident that the thousands who read the M ediu m consider it well worth the money charged for it.
Our monthly, Human Nature, has improved in the'quality of its articles, the Btatus of its contributors/ and the extent of its circulation. Particularly worthy of notice are the "Researches in Spiritualism,” by “ M.A." (Oxon.) This work affordsa classification and review of tne manifestations the like of which has never been
extending over several months, have been illustrated by^spirit- photographs decidedly genuine, as they are. accompanied by the attestations of reliable witnesses who were the sitters or spectators when the photographs were taken. These articleshave been quoted in various parts of the world, and have contributed1 much valuable testimony on behalf of the more remarkable phenomena.
The ordinary routine work at the Spiritual Institution increases in importance every day. During the year 1874 a larger number of inquirers have been answered than' in any foraeT year, Thousands of investigators have been seen, replied to by letter, or furnished witb a liberal allowance o f printed information. I f the Spiritual Institution served no’ other use than this it would be ample recompense for all it costs the public. Spiritualists have called from distant countries, and an active correspondence has been carried on with South Africa, India, Germany, tne Australian colonies, and distant parts of the America^ Continent.
The Free Distribution Department has been worked quietly this year, but never more effectively. Many thousands of publications have been given away where tne\ by this noiseless i carried ‘done altogether from the resources of the Spiritual Institution. As a general principle, it has been adopted by many friends of the cause, who find ready and cheap supplies at our dep6t.
It is gratifying to be able to record that this work has met with augmented recognition, during the year now closed. We have in the aggregate received a larger amount of pecuniary support than in any previous year, in addition to which the organic resources for ensuring co-operation and reciprocity of action are more perfect than they have been hitherto. Chiefly through the means supplied by the Spiritual Institution the movement is becoming more and more combined and consolidated, and a very efficient form of organisation now exists, which time and growtn must render more complete and useful.
To the Progressive Library many valuable volumes have been added, and the list of readers continues to extend steadily. This department instructs thousands of inquirers during:, the year. Many hundreds of volumes are continually in circulation. Some of these pass through many hands before they are returned, and the work done is incalculable, and is capable of being very much extended.
The Publishing Department has kept moving, and towards the end of the year several important; treatises have been put in hand. The Memorial edition of tne Miscellaneous Writings on Spiritual* ism, by Judge Edmonds, has appeared, and the cloth-bound copies were all sold off before they were ready for delivery. Large editions, in pamphlet form, of the Essays by Mr. W. Crookes, F.R,S., have been sold, and these are now complete in three parts. A number of tracts and small works chiefly by Mrs. Tappan, Mr. Morse, and Df. Sexton, have been printed. The reply to Professor Tyndall by Doctor Sexton is a masterly essay, and has done considerable work. At present there is in the press new work by Mr.1 Wallace, F.R.G.8.,&C., entitled “ Miracles and Modem Spiritualism.” Though it Will embrace much that has already appeared in print, it has been so fully re-written and supplemented as to be a hew book. The articles which appeared in the Fortnightly Review will form part of it.
The Publishing Department has been much, stimulated by the “ Progressive Literature Publication Fund,” into which about £150 have been already deposited. It is a plan for the supply of standard works at cost price on co-operation principles, reducing the price to one-third or less. The Prospectus has appeared frequently in the M ediu m . It may be regained as one of the most novelandnoteworthy featuresof theyaar.
The English,publications for the year h ve been America has been more fruitful. Germiany haa Btaited ft ^eK
monthly.,. Soutli A frica^as established a,Biflgiesaive Library and Spiritual Institution, and bas published a “ Defence of . Spiritual?
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ir is contempkted. Australia has seen a j. J. Tyerman, in addition to the excel-ne^^eMy,"editeLr — ^ _ ------------
lent monthlypf .Mr,; Terry. The former gentleman has alaopub- lished a, '*Handbook, of Spiritualism.” Much more might be added to this hasty sketch, but circumstances prevent further additions at,.present, Everywhere there is expansion, elevation, progress; The- harvest is indeed ripe in many plaqes, but the labourers are few, i f we except the spirit-bands—those messengers of Deity to whose ever-active hands has been committed the fruition of that mighty movement—Modem Spiritualism.
A ’WORD TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.This Number of the M e d iu m finishes the Volume for 1874, and
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In 1875 fifty-two numbers will be issued, viz. from Number 248 to 299'inclusive; One copy of each will bo forwarded, post free, for 8s. 8d.; for six months, 4s. 4d.; or for three months, 2s. 2d, The amounts for more than one copy will be found stated over the first column of the1 first page of the middle of the paper. A l l S u b sc r ip t io n s p a y a b l e a b e in a d v a n c e . And that such an arrangement is an equitable one we adduce the following statement, as some people think then' subscription is not due till they have received all the papers included therein. It must be remembered that the capital and arrangements necessary to supply the paper have to be in existence before any series of numbers is announced, and the term “ subscription ” recognises this necessity, which is one of great importance in the case of a paper which is carried on at a loss to propagate an unpopular truth. We naturally regard all our readers as equally interested in the existence of our weekly, and personally desirous of doing their part in protecting the management from undue embarrassment. In fixing the subscription at 8s. 8d. per annum, we do not make any calculation for credit, for the expense of sending an account, or even for posting a receipt, and if all our kind friends attend to their patt of the business as assidulously as we to ours, they will lose no time in sending us the amount for a period, and a stamped envelope, in which to return receipt. When we have to give credit and write several times for the amount of account, we sustain a grievous loss which no person has any right to inflict upon us.
THE “ MORSE” NUMBER OF TIIE M EDIUM ,Rather than tack the portrait of our friend Mr. Morse on the
end of a volume, we have decided to give it early in 1875. We are not sure that the engraver will be ready for next week, but it will appear as soon as it is possible to have it finished. The portrait will be accompanied by a Biography of great interest, and the number will be highly appreciated by Mr. Morse’s numerous friends, and be a document of much value to circulate amongst investigators.
A LETTER PROM ROBERT COOPER.Dear Burns,—I just write a few lines to let you know of my safe
arrival here. I arrived in New York after an agreeable passage of thirteen days. The wind was in an adverse direotion most of the time, whioh made the voyage longer than it otherwise would hare been, but as there was no particular roughness it did not so muoh matter; and if my experience is a fair oritsrion, a trip aoross the Atlantio is a thing by no means to be dreaded.
Oa arriving on the Amerioan shore, I made my way direot to A. J. Davis. He was pleased to see me, and seemed anxious to do all he oould to make my visit agreeable. I found him a different man to what I expeoted from bis writings. He is as kind, simple, and affable a man as I ever wish to meet. Ascertaining from him tbe whereabouts of Mr. Morse, I made straight for Philadelphia, and arrived in time to hear ah English leoturer make his dibut in this oity. There was a large gathering in a splendid hall, and great satisfaction was manifested at the lafttares.. The one in the evening was a magnificent address, styled “ The Impending Revolution,” and was on the whole the best leoture I have heard from Mr. Morse. Ia the afternoon, in another part of the building, but not under the auspices of the Spiritual Sooiety, an address was given bv Mrs. Lois Waistbrooker. She is a remarkable woman, and spoke with great power and effect. Her topio was the neoessity for a new order of things to supplant the present, with its undue wealth and luxury on the one hand, and its want and misery, prostitution, tiokness and premature mortality, and all the other evils of civilisation, on the other. The leoture was entitled “ The New Hearen,” There was soma opposition. manifested at the olose of- her lecture. Whatever opinion might be formed of her utterances, no one oould doubt her siiioeritv, and that Bhe was terribly in earnest.
I had the pleasure of meeting our old friends, Mr. and Mrs. J. Murray Spear. They were delighted to see me. They look eiaotly as they did when in England a few years ago. Mr. Spear is as hale and hearty as ever.
I saw a little of tho Children's Lyoeum, but hardly enough to judge of its merits. It is a very different affair to our Sunday Sohools, and muoh more attractive to the youthful mind.
I shall remain with Mr. Morse daring his stay here, and then accompany him to Bolton next month.—Yours in the. pause of truth and progress, Robk&t Coopkb.
BMadelpMa, Deoenfber 7th, 1874..
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BISHOP AUCKLAND.To the Editor.—Dear Sir,—I take much pleasure in informing you
that three seances were given here for Institution Week by whioh we realised the sum of £3 8s. 6d. The manifestations at eaoh seance were, with a few exceptions, yery similar. Mr. Meek gave an excellent address- in the tranoe on eaoh occasion, lending his servioes heartily for the good of the cause. Several interesting communications were given by spirits through the mediumship of my son Thomas. My daughter Annie was also controlled to give written messages and tests.
The physioal manifestations were equally satisfactory, ocourring in the lamplight. A tambourine and two bells were plaoed underneath the table, and the sitters oommenoed singing a hymn, during whioh time the large dining-table at whioh we generally sit (and which has -before been desoribed to your readers) was oscillated in mid air at about a distance of two feet from the floor. We were then requested to sing a lively tune, our spirit-friends very expertly playing an accompaniment with the tambourine and bells.' On one oocasion the bell knooked under the table in answer to questions.
Everyone present, including strangers, were well satisfied, and expressed their conviotion of the genuineness of the phenomena.
Hoping that Mr. Burns is still improving in health.—Yours faithfully, H. F aw citt.
DOUGHTY HALL.Next Sunday the Rev. Guy Bryan will deliver a lecture at the above
place, at 7 p.m., admission free. The attendance of all Spiritualists is oordially invited. The following subjects will be touched upon:— “ Spiritualism, the Amplification of the Gospel of Jesus,” Luke ii. 8—14. Eternal progress—tbe “ good tidings” Spiritualism brings us, deduced from Artiole I. of the Established Churoh and the Laws of Nature—• the theology of the Spiritualists—definition of spirit-^God—man—sin —the Soriptures of the Spiritualists—the probable effeot of spirit-teaoh- ings on the treatment of physioal and moral disease—the spirit’s vie^ of the spiritual oondition of humanity previous to the advent of Modem Spiritualism.
Doughty Hall is at 14, Bedford Row, Holborn.
DARLINGTON.D ear Mbdiuu,— At our last meeting it was proposed by the treasurer,
seconded by M r. Speed, and oai?ied with but one dissentient voioe, . that' a donation of kalf-a-guinea be forwarded.to the M edioh in consideration' of past gratuitous favours in the shape of advertisements, announcements: of meetings, <fco., whioh have been most freely aocc^ded our societyi from' time to time by the dear old Medium, whenever it was so requested ,or- desired: So, out of the balanoe in hand (about £3), I have great]plea- sure ia handing you, from our sooiety, thiB smalll though -praotiottl):acknowledgment of your labour and, work,for the advanwmentof the truth as it is in Spiritualism, to wit, the great faot of the soul's, immortality.-r- Yours, &o., . ' GvR.Hisdb,
Eattboume, Darlington, Deoember 22nd, 1874. * -
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. I asked s-n^n, ;He answer’d me, „' “ Afioble hWtjanatu^ejjjlesti ; . . -
teld'fgif£(i'.of noayexL in fee.” .■ VV(ryr.'.weSjiy§;notr f did reply, ' ••• • . . “.Ilfewwp'ncit'for suoh. Tfortb as his ?” “ E^en^.He madd nsWer, “ in yon'Sky"
fiia: gloried, joyous spirit is. , “ ejun^(?inplii|ed hopes, dpsires,
' ^g.WHmngs for; a brighter shore,' tlie riMg throes,;the pasting jflres
Ofiira* tand brain atohifl no, inore.“ The olash'bfunoongehial ttlinds,. The petty jOys At/ pale as Brief,Hdknowetn ndt; hor enVy finds,'
Nor se'oret Hate, hor inward g ief* '11 Why s^ould we weep, believing thus ?
Death 18 no ill the Pteaoher saith; Men mtjfe the ghastly facubus
Nature knows not, and name it death." See yonder blouds—ohaotid, ditn,
And sunken to bur gki6 they Show,But e’er beyond the orbed siin • Bathes them in an etettial gldw. 11 We lookbeyond i with steadfast eye
We piptce. death’s adamantine bars,And 16! ihe moorless canopy .
Is studded with refulgent stars,“ Nor less thaU thine onr holy trust;
While taoutders 'neath the humid sod The body to itB native dnBt,
Th* soul fettimeth to its God. “ What if, of shells and shrouds and worms,
Our lips, are silent, and incline Vo breathe of rapt and radiant forms
An4.robes and purity divine.“ Can'sti thou hot tell'whioh soothes thy shul,
Whioh thills thy blood? death then I say Is that bright chaige speeds on the goal—
Sure, haply still ’tis tar away. “ This is, ft* Nature’s self doth teach,
The groat philosophy of death; Ghahge -is no evil, list her speech,
Change is progressive good she saith.”“ 1Tu)well,M I said,11 I’ll con thy oreed—
E’en now my heart !b lighter grown; And oh, the world hath woeful need
Of suoh & dreed'&s thbu dost own.
I was
' AMERICAS NEWS.t o o a a lifeMte’ft f it JtftB. L bka. C u r k e ,
' ^ s ti^hin^ i had an appointment with Slade, the medium. rtWyfisW; dlM^pdiiited in Uitb. I wished to test his powers as
Btranger to hiUf. I asked, by writing on slate, some fimple.questions, none of Whieh Were anstfered as common si)i6e^iWd dioffie froVti a spii‘it $ti6h as my husband. He gave me ab^ilt^’IMinUtei df hii time for vrhibhhe charged f(ye dollars.
hea* J. M. Peebles tell what he saw on his M t;tbe last -Week t6 the Eddy Brothers in Yermont.
jBfr&M W found at the ho.use were persona fromv^rniiu j&rts of Europe. He said tbat the spirits talked French. yyith thW Milihliien/Gte'rinan with the Germans, aiid Russian with Russians. Iwm^hAt'bn'theietond evetiihg of bit visit eight departed spirits p j^ d .themselyes in beautiful bodies’ind Walked on the stage. He p p ‘^ on tt>,'/aM: a lti^e' nutebef’of1 other rijiirits mAterialified, and wai perfflctlr MMb'd with the defflOnJtfations. Th6 New York Siin, cays ; Mri*0lTO%. last';i»6'6li :hitd ft p6Wetiful electric battery brought from BrdtfltyfiAiid experimented on Mias Honto, the materialited spirit-of the Indian girl. When the full power of tbe battery was turned upon her she did not wince. - She Ms also weighed on Fairbanks scales, with twe^Mfclts f the 'first time 88 pounds, the seoond 65, obanging her weight'st'Will;' Tfte'inatetiaKted spirits prophesy that after1® year or twd ’thsy krill’'bB/ablb to"apflettf!iia public Speakers, and after theif oiWfotfs-tttifeh!ih aiHn thb'preBfeode of the multitude.Si'£«ftji4dsy tforfiing-lsiAttedf'out earty for Mr. Beecher's dhurthV'iri
Brtohlyfl', With'''ftifti6Adi 'r'Wheii tbe-dOOrs-'opeUed a do;seii armed pdioefieB wifff 'theie tO beep badk the crowd* Wewere fortunate in
%e&t. > "E«ery: plftcie whet® Hsettt could be'put wA’A HlWd, aM j^ ^ fM ^ S iW ei^ d ifig i ^It looted 1hOre like'Alt’ opeta’ th&n
a&d'toflllitig; ■ Therb could ndt have been less than 3,000 people. The musio and singing were delightful*' the congregation joining' "fail Mtvifi8ebher: lboked-‘thoughtful a'tid leased, fresh and not unhappy, a halo at times seemed to surround lim. i< ‘.i _ ;
fehefe hb'sit wttS etSOfetBd''with vafceSj filled withl^tifiU '‘flnd ;delibafe feftis,‘ :tute roje6t ;gladiole4, autuain leaved <fec.
ftBdi‘defi|fiti(i *lth'hi»'diioOtt«e,: n ot biitig prfepWed to auy'dhufbb*:j H& is iu Murtelf & powsr;
babblitl^We^With l'oWi lifei DiagnetiSinj'&ftd -fipiritaiility^ On6 o f this ff6tdei'OU«:bt'ottd asssrtioa's he fflade \Ws t h a t a imeiii ein be & Ohtistfcn without beloiigibg W y ehiiribh^'Org^iBatioh; that:'phurchi» Are
' whioh ionie ohUWhes fHil'indHiBg/aAd-'thtt''Otily;:&9 taea ;ottt •< the ChriBb li&tuto can they;b eo(^ t»lik e fG k ^ itid *^ !!tio 'fH iW :iI 'tM n k % i9elfeton W h i ^ f t i & S h f i h to roeak and livi the ttuth bb never before.-i£ bA W «»
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" rtntuiriliistitiite; MU£bghatt',:; i H ^ ^ ^ d { ' l ^ n $ !« ^ {]pP.'B{4 " _rtiuilil‘lfrieiid4 to f6rta'4: :flii,61S'’&fcltbeir? owfl'iJoOm tfiia M'li trae'raw J tMy bbtitiried. in the 'gaslight 'nlbVenietiM ''jof the tab'lO'Wlth httlliienl) ops^er^ ind vyithput, contact with the fttd bejFiWerOir queSted tt)'-'jtut out the light, and on doing so flowed were brought’ arid the direot1 > Vcrioe. of a Spirit heard and spoken tb? vlfi these statements are -trile,' . fhat has Mr< Beddals to disouss with’ Spiritnaliste. unlesa itiheianothdr, . person of that name ? I hope these statements are true, and that they Are continuing tp. investigate, and that ,we (ioon phftU see jp. statement in the Mbdidu of theif inVesti 6tion.—Yours teSpeoHiillyj ’ , , ,,,
[Mri Perks, Birmingham, sent ub b -report -Written by M^ -tlUSseUr who is said to be brother to the .president of the Birmingham' secular -1. dlub. This report gave an account of extraordinary: phenomenaiwhioh - - took placb as indioated by our correspondent. Mr. ObplmbprlaSntelev raphe to say that the report wob a “ < toh.”i We.p^bljph wht jre now about it, and leave the parties to be dealt With by the public.—. ;
Ed. M.]
MARYLEBONE ASSOCIATION OF SPIRITUALISM,
this society will hold it* next annual meeting at aboy.e & dreB« ;on| Monday; Jan. 4th, to oommenoe at half-pait seveh ,6’cipct.j All (Spiritualists and inquirers are coMially irivited. It is hoped' e ery mejnbeif Will bfeprtsSnt, also friends desirous of jbibing the' aisociitiori. " fflig’ Subscription is Is. per quitter, for whioh "feluoble and ibtereititig Work'S on Spiritualism and kindred subjeots are M t’.’td read; alfe) the'Uee’bf1 Seanoe rooms gratuitously t#o-or three titties in themonth. Twoseoibdto are'held here weekly. (See advertisement.) Lantureaar^also oohtettf- plated being given at tho commencement of the year by talented gentled men, well known for their labours, &o., in Spiritualism. -
Any books, donations, &c., will be gratefully received' either by the president, Mr- Cowper, 388, Edgirare Road ;,;Mr., Maynard,.the.librarian, 103, liisBon Grove; or Mr. Hunt, bhe secretary.: Thfl committee will also feel indehted to any lady or gentleman who are.mediums to occasionally assist at the weekly seances. \ w • - - j.
After the buiinesS part of the evening is Over friends w i. fejjge b entertaiuirte the company With reading's, fibngs. &o', Admission freej;
6, Blandford Street, Baker Street, W. (m s. fiiJS^/Hbn. Seb.'
MR. HOOKER AMONG THE SECULARISTS.To the Editor.—Dear Sir,-—Our friend and oojworker delivered a very
able and exhaustive leoture on the “ Faots atid Fal&oieif oonoSrnifig Spiritualism,” to an attentive audienoe, on Sunday eVeftiflg last.- It consisted of a personal narrative, together with; the itestimony of Mn Crookes, Serjeant Cox, “ the Report,” &o., in support of the reality of tbe phenomena. The “ conjuring” and other theories invebWd to aoeount for the phenomena were rapidly reviewed, and reduced,to .-rags.
Mr. Hooker's earnest and ingenuous style seeipd to tell jwifh gre V effect upon tbe audienoe, apd when t^e time arrived f6r qiiB&tions, tnei*e: waa a dead pause; ultimately three geptlemefirbse td'oritidisethelqo- ture and to propound some very pertinstit and, rea onabli qrieitions, Mr. Hooker's replies seemed to give-geheTal shtiSCictipi):' ; ' bnd aftef expressing his willingness to lecture to any seculat.'of :other socifety iri London, free of oharge, and receiving, a cordial, vote of thanks from the' audience, I left him surrounded by a group of earnest inquirers, having enjoyed two hours’ “ feast of reason and flow of soul.”—Yours truly,
Henry Street, St. John's Wood, John Aubcohbe.
• NOTICE. , . ,To the Editor,—Dear Sir.—I wish to inform'my friepds, throfigh .the.,.
columhs of your Valuable paper, thfiit I Ain, fa if,made unavoidable by the very nature Of its puhlioity.'no tbe management of J. A. Paadock, and positively, decline t<# W ,,,engagements made by him; but, ttty*heA\th permitting,,I sha|l‘ 1j>4 pleased to accept invitations from my friends free.of pharee,' n
1, McC&dpx Street, Hetimt W eet, W., ' ' ' Annir Jlv^ F iv .'Deoember Yt, 1874.
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TRANCE MEDIUMSHIP. .To the Editor.—Dear Sir,—We hereby heartily than^yo,ur correspon/;,
dents who have eodeaVoui ed to Answer .ouif queries, as. aieo MrvW. kossell, of Bromicb, for his private letter to us on the ahove ei,ihjMt. If they are not weary In well-doing, we beg’ o aubihit.a .faff' mope qserjes. arising out of the peculiar tatp'eriences of one of pur tr&nee medjum We put these queries fOr the; purpose of ascertaining if there is -any Uniformity in the experiences of those exceptional phases of mediumship, that we may thereby be preserved from delusion. . ;
Q . 1 . 1 s it possible firf a medium to leave his'body?—A . See,Mr., Va'rley’s testimony, in the “ Dialeotioal Report,” in the .affirmative,
Q. 2. Cafl they See the'CoiliieQting cord o.if fluid between their .ne«hiy body Ana their Spiritual body, while in this state ; and daes dist4nee hffeet ft id'ithf Wiij ?—A. The cord is seen Bometiiiies, wi en the entranjjed Wddluib is witnessing feveiits in distan countries or jn t^lepjfj^orld,
Q. 3. How (SaU A medium be assured, when ^ ^bat^are- o^led the spirit-sjrtiWeS, that thbse b jngs whiotf he s'epf are real.oh|eotivej.dis-, embodied human beings, and.thAt their conversation , is: reel j—rA.' By the stitt* means' that he Imovs of thp reality of his earthly' friendB when id bitf normal state.
Q. 4. While in tbeBe stAtes, are their sensations always pleasing or-the reverse, and are these states compatible with health of body and mind? —A. Both pleaBing and the reverse, According to oiroumstanoes. The results As to health deperida UpOUconditions: we have known spirit- friends take a medium into, thd spirit-world do .the health good.
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_ Q/ 5; OaU.any nr all of theSb' states' bej jthe tettft'ftf '6f isiihbodied’ 1Jthe -tebfliUm in oonformity wit'[(time's spirito oan oontrol mediumB agAu
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i^ifS'My^itmeiii'with thd sacredndBs of .oiir investigation, in this rerfp dt.;': [Thia- fddiirig'ofr.ydur' p AftIwtlPdijHdiicd' ftM value' of: youi? ■itfvestigatidtte,- and1 prdseifVd; ybiu m'fe9»Umli'f#6'iii 1to'aiiV:eVilS.-] dii'tsidd! World Will* ofaoktyi|''jjjd^^itljili\igmng:at,tlieildiibf:th68tfthifi !beiagtrue/eBpfefliaUy th®''881toed!'^il6aStibetk'''Wd'humbiyi^ "truthiB titefigif th'd&’ fibtlcfp/ So iffiy phj than1, Spirituali itid ‘philosopher*’Add telili^fffiB^JbMiiaity'bf dUf ijeirig and'destiiiyi '
. r , "u A!litt4leafeiii^tB;a:dtogerdUsitlijng:• ' •itirtafcdM ft-ortastenotthoPlertaBjrfoe;. ■■ 1 MeJrShallowdraughts intoxicate the bram,•u*' •! >•■i . Apd. amking largely sobore us agaiu,YoyrftijPnj^eiiftif■ .$ (• ft® Seghill mediums, Ctaown F orsteb .
{Pdrhaps some df;Our correspondents, who have ideas to impart on theBe questions, willbeso kind as write to Mr, Forster.—Ed. M.]
, A K f i f P f l A M IN SPIRIT-PH O TO G RAPH Y.^ t o ’r.—|)isar Sir,—In the advertising doiumns of your
journal appears an^ntioueement that Mr. Parkes, the spirit-pnoto- grapher, is prepared to takd spirit-piotures at night by the use of the magnesium light. This is altogether a new development of spirit-mani- feBtoyon, forBlthougH the inoarnated or materialised spirits have repeatedly been photographed, Mr. Parkse undoubtedly is the first medium thitpM sudceeded lit obtaining the photograph of invisible spirits by artificial light.
tost nignt I sat to. him for my UkenesB under the following condition There were Bdveri persons present, with a. lamp, and a good fire buraihg iri the room and one gentleman burning ineense by smoking a good-sized cigar. When the vivid glare of tbe magnesium light was thrown upon us oiwlady laughed, bat these unfavourable conditions did notjdewi: th* ppjrit from manifesting, for on the negative appeared a beauttyiu female epirikform. Three other spirit-piotures were obtained thq&n^ evening; one of them was taken under the most strict test conditions possible, and as soon as the plate was developed the spirit- flgjjre was recognised hy two perBonB at first sight.
Will hot thig new phase of mediumship prove to be the means whereby to net^those frivplous and stupid spirits that sometimes amuse them- selve? ih our ciroles by trjing to imitate our relatives and friends, for they WfMJiafttty. continue their intrusions when they .know that we have thenjeans, of aetedting them by photography, and thereby expose their deception!)? if .soj.it Will prove to be the. desideratum of past years. As the expiring year has left us so rioh a legacy, may we not hope that the new yepr eighteen hundred and seventy-five, may usher in a new influx of spirits-power and divine communion ? W . W a lla ce .
105, Carlton Boad, December 18th, 1874.
. "LOCAL GOSSIP” AMONG- THE SPIRITUALISTS.“ A RoDNn U nvabhished T ale.”
D?. Mbirtk'i recent ViBit to Plymouth and Devonport appears to have prdfdtidefl'fl,- pitofbuild impression in favour of Spiritualism. No better prdof df thisOid be deSired than is afforded by the faot that the editor of the J7ttfcfe)>( ‘‘Independent, who attended Dr.Monok’s light BeanoeB, haB thoroughly digested the foots, and is now giving in the Independent a Beries of oarefully-written and impartial artioles, under the above heading. From these We irake the following extracts :—
“ At this time we were sitting at the table, our legs perfectly hidden beneath it, thd: edge df the table nearly touohing the Btomach, and our hands, by direotion, beiftg laid out on the table in orthodox spiritualistic fashion. After a few seoonds bad elapsed in this way—our conversation havingbeeri'^yMetl^iJr.'tobnck aiked, ‘ Is anyone present?’ No answer, but another twitoh. ‘ Is any one present?’ Then oame two or three very light indistinct knocks just under the middle o f the table— a kind of plumb, hbllow knook, not a Bharp, distinct, pronounced knock as if oauied by Bome hard substance, but a subdued knook, as if tbe sharpness, of it was taken off , by some coverings and which seemed to be as i m w tne flbor As: up against the under-part of tbe table. In a few minutes the knooks were repeated, though very faintly. They came generally one after another to thB number of three oonseoutively, and whilst the knocks were being heard Dr, Monok sat motionless. I could perceive no movement of his body, though I watdhed most narrowly; and his hands were laid out on the table the same as those of the others present, this tobk place at midday in an ordinary baok-parlour, in a room where Dr. Monok had never been before, and evidently without the slightest preparation. - ■ The knockswere several times repeated; but there were no other manifestations on tbat oocaBion.”
“ Certain remarks made on my laBt letter induce me to remind you that thd Statements I make are absolute faots—things which have aotually becijtfec!, and‘ in precisely the way I desoribe. Not that it has been implied that I fiavB not'been telling the truth, but rather that I myself have been deceived by the-Spmtu&lists, and that I have been led to imagine tbatl'saW things whioh in ideality I neVer did see. Tbe supposition is ftSfiilfd. I aSSUre the reader that there i'b no ground whatever for suoh an idea. I went to the Beanoes not as a believer, but as an inquirer with some amount of sceptioism. At all events, I was not in a state of mind to make me prone to deception. On the oontrary, I watohed most oloBely—perhaps to an extent nearly unfair—for any indication of duplioity or trickery} and I think I may Bay without egotism that I kept mysdlf pretty wide awake, though I was a great deal of time irithe dari! The oea&lesi drill of my profession, tod, gave me much assist-
fn the task’ df stftet,- cqnoentrated observation whioh I had set m id}f to pBrform. Obviously, ! oannot say herd what the result of that observation was. The reader will learn it in the statements I make.”
/'The ‘ Strange and startling’ things I had been told ooourred at a ieaitce held on the previousevening. Dr. Monck waB the, medium, and ititfSMtatftMhafcthe most Wdtiderful phenomena wWwitniSsdd. 'The Bittiftfc'tbdk pladd in the dfttWing-roora of the house of i. Waddfltnan; dnddurhrg'the evenifig, while the medium Was under the control of the spirits, i dottifniinicErtkms Were1 received through him from the spiHfc- iroirld. 'Many df those communications' vety olosely dorioefded perSdns in thd Bifdld^hdy-danid from dead relatives or friends wllb wdfd >¥e- senki'thdUgb'.ihvfeiDli ;fiddf iiTAdferal cas&ii thd odmmiiiifjandbi Wfeft'eil1 to £rlYlrtd Whiift neithertDK ‘Mbtttffc tb*
the room but the persons partidularly concerned oould have known* ■?, In ■ • thd case df a gentleman, o f whom I ihall'Tiave jtO'Say. a. godd deal' pre- . sently. beoause I took part in a seancef at'hij^hbus'e. the communications, vtaro admitted by him to be most remarkable.^/©using .tta sittiog;;the
i spirits brought a pair of BhirWinksi through the-.hir/ifroni his house— Whioh was at least a m ile Off—roonveved "them jintbt.theiii'dQmi through,, olosed doors, or Windows, or down through the ceiling; nnd threw th t o into hiB bosom. . . . At anothdr moment ithei!ro*om,-waa bodily,., vibrated, ond the windows violently shaken. as if-a fe&rfuliatb?m: was raging without, and bo great waB tbe noise thus made, that it' might have been heard at some distanoe. Currents o f delioibusly codl' 4ir,i_pi»ssed through thd heated and breath-laden room ; furniture!was m oved jfrom point to point by unseen hands; tables danced and tilted; about, thd plaoe; the 'unoonsoiouS medium was oarried bodily'thrOugh .the.airajiy ; invisible agehoy and placed on the shoulders o f a lady mdmber (of: thd • oompany; spirit-formB appeared:— in short, all the greatand cardinal liws o f nature, aS we have been taught to understand Siem, Were turned; topsy-turvy by the'phenomena manifested.” : ....
“ About eight o’clook in the evening, then, I met Dr. Monok at his hotdl ' by invitation. We went ont and strolled along through, itheltbwn-iin . busy ohat, until we arrived at the door of the tradesman’s houses! The three of us disposed ourselves around the table—an ordinary pariodf table, oovered with a coloured felt olotb. I must say here that I did ndt lose sight of Dr. Monok from the' time I left the hotel, where I camd upofl him suddenly in the midst of hiB tea, to the present time. Every .aotion on his part was watohed by me to see whether he ooncealed iaj. spring maohinery about him. I feel confident he did not. Direotly he ehtetea the parlour—where you must imagine we now are—he took hid seat? in the ordinary way, he placed his hands on the table, and from tbat time to the commencement of the phenomena I kept his hands in sight. I therefore assert that at no time before the Beance began did he place theni under the table to arrange any of tbe springs about his legs by whioh, acoording to the popular idea, the spirit-ripping is produced. The table, too, waB of ordinary make; and the Doctor consequently had no opportunity to procure particular furniture, Or to arrange that already in the room. Wbat is more, he showed no desire to make the slightest preparation. Let me add that there were two or three gas-lightB burn* ing in the room, so that everything therein oould be plainly seeni
“ ‘ Well,’ said Mr.----- , ‘ oan we have any communications to-night?’Dr. Monok remarked that be would osoertain dirootlv. This remark led to an explanation by the old gentleman of what be had heard ahd Been at the seance, and he assured me that he was oonvinoed of the truth of Spiritualism, that he conversed with hiB dead wife and she with himj and that she had told, through the medium, things known only to ior* and himself when Bhe was on earth. Meanwhile, Dr. Monok had sprdad out hiB hands on the table, and in a few minuteB knooks were distinctly heard underneath. As they were repeated, I put my hand over the spot where I suppose the knooks were made; that instant they oame with tern fold loudness, and I felt the table violently vibrated. The knooks seemed to be under my hand. Directly afterwards I moved my band to another spot—the knocks came there in the same way, and they were of that plumb, hollow kind I have previously deBoribed. This was carried on fdr some moments, the knocks taking plaoe all over tbe table, and most of them beyond the range of the feet of the medium. But I assure thd reader it is in vain to suppose tbe knooks were cauBed by his feet- thdy were of a totally different kind to the knocks that would be prodncdd in that way, and many of them were direotly above my oWii kiiedS, Whdfre Dr. Monck’s legB could not reach or come. But Dr. Monck SAt in a £«&!■> tion to render it phyBioally impossible to kiok the table unddMIdatb; kM hands were laid out at full thrse-quarter arm's-length* the table totldhjd the region of biB stomaoh, and he leaned considerably forward FUrthe#; when and while the knooks were heard, not a mdvement dould Iw pd*- ciived in the medium.
After stating that the spirit of Mr. ------*s wife rapped out that “ •tfiBwas pleased with the flowers,” the Writer addB, “ There Was a ld¥ge plaflt of the lily genuB on the table, and of thiB plant his wife was paaBibriMdly fond when on earth. For this reason the husband had taken dart bf ifej and only a quarter of an hour before the arrival of Dr. Mdflck id brought it from upstairs for the first time in his life, and Without Waving given the slightest intimation of doing so to'anyone on earth,- lfi ’bKJdt1 td see whether any notice would be taken of it by thB Spltil of WB Wife if she came. At that moment my attention was oalled by the Dotito?1 td another peculiarity. Whilst the table was perfectly Still, dn'd: Whilst there was not a movement on the part of either of us, the platit dil thfe table literally shook; the largd leaves were waftdd td tod fro,'4iifi'Jy8t-'I oduld percdive no movement of either1 of those pteserit; titit'fm fisf ourttent of air. Fancying that I might be Bitting out of any ctattdtt of air that W&s,moving the plant, I traced my hand abound it, but 1-discovered nothing of the kind:” . . .
Having graphically described the appearance of Dr. Monok Whett ed" trhrtcd'd, the writer sayB, “ We Wete led to believe thdt the 'spirit t»T Mt.- — ’b deceased second wife was in oontrol o f the body. Thd.mddium walked over to Mr. —— -. took his hand, and pladed it updtl’ tlid Breast, add made other BignB of the deepest affection for him. Sotnd tinitj^Wad odoupied by this pantomimic display. Out1 fridtid, M r. ^pjokd tthtlie medium in preoisdly the same way aB if hid t o m and'ptfeSdhd^'toiiS'thAl o f his Wife, calling him ‘ M ydear-^-*-,’ dxcIdimirigj' ,T nttdWStSitjff 'yidu, ddar,’ * I am glad to See yoii and have you ondd more with fd'di'. ;t lif theteady thing lo a n do for you# peaoe ?’ ‘ I loved you dearly,1 and' hivd bdeh vehr unhappy einoe ydu left me.’ ‘ D o Visit me rifted',’ Sind' sd 'dft; 3 l e medium continued to make the most vehement affection, and presently h e ’Whispered something' Ihto th d '& r jj f ‘ouV‘ friend. What that dbmmunid'atidil Wds nd one MsB'presetifc'liepird/Mt Mr: said'it Was of a stHctly privatd'hature( kbdas; to convince him, if hd1 had rtot alrdidy bden ddttvittcedi' Bilt HiS ifei was present in the room, add that she had' spokdn to hitn;Snd'fdddl6(i' him id the person df thd medium. A subsequdfit effort'toy'-ffli tb lSira whit the oommunioation was again failed, Mr. —— Btdtih 'thteilfitf divulged it he should break the oonfidence of his wife. 11 :
“ Directly.after tbis incident the medium returned to a d'dfooli|i&it: JHp other end of the room, and laid himself Oufr -Or the'cdtttrblli jBmisfi Wd’him oiit-^updi'it. Wewerd all Witoffing veryiiiiM'tiy!ldplSSfi wisWtfld*. “ ‘PrtSSrttly thdshbttiy tod Wd then etedivea that'thd ddftffiibdd
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wifo was baingre-enacted. The ,medium threw hip arms,about, moved, restlessly on thecouoh.elevalMhiahaiidaas'if in,prater, and did other thin'gSmdicativeofnbedof suffering anddeath.Inamomentor two
' he beokotied somebody to oome near him. Here a peculiar circumatanoo occurred whiob might b»ri different interpretations. One of thecirole approSoh^ :’';The medium;,howeTer* seeing—it is presumed spiritually, foritifei physiialeyesfof 'the medium were hidden—that tbe peraon was notjirMri '^ ^ , impatiently.motioned him to go baok, and Mr. —— to cotnif'tb!'him.-VMri —4- aooordingly went over to the couoh. The
i medium took hia handa, plooed them on the region of the heart, made other signB indioative of affection, and finally kissed him, a few- moments after which ,the'bodyrol&psedaaiflifehad departed from it, the hands t in ;oVerl&p()ed on,the breast. Perfeot: stillness ensued for about half a minute/' «Tlien<th4;body of the medium began to move again. The soeh&had nowbeenootnpleted; the spirit hod finished ita work, and was leaTirig rthe'tioriy. As the Spirit left it, so the body returned to its legiti- mAte'Ugeyso the individuality of Dr. Monok revived, and so ha regained consciousness. Presently he so far recovered as to oall over someone totblotMntO’his eyes and make demesmerio passes over his faoe. • As he reabvered'I narrowly eorutinised him. His manner was most natural, andif hoactedthe part, he did ;it well. He seemed like a person in a condition' of what,is called ‘ ooming-to ’ after a fit. It is alleged that at suit times ioonsoioujness is utterly lost—that it is a blank, and thatwhen the medium , revives he has not the slightest knowledge of what has occurred.' l'his teemed to be the fact with Dr. Monok from his demeanour and observations on awakening from the alleged tranoe—he asked whsro he was, what time it was, why it was dark, and so fortb.”
‘‘ As to Mr.------, he deolared with equal positiveness that in every waythe manifestation was an absolutely true representation of the death-bed soetae of his late Wife. In even tho simplest details the aoouraoy waa marvellous: She kiised him a few moments before her death as the medium did; ahoBmoothed back his hair and looked into his faoe as Dr. Monck did/and died with her hands overlapped on her breast! That the old gentleman believed in. the supernaturalneas of the manifestation was evident. He believed it with all his might and soul. He was deeply affeoted at one time, too, for tears trickled down over his cbeeka. He expreased great thankfulness that his wife had thus visited him.
“ Of the aotual’truth of the representation, however, I had no means of judging. There may be nothing in it at all. There may bo nothing in it : that is inoonsistent with sham and deceptioa; the medium may have soted-it, and in exoeas of bire-faoed impudenoe have imposed upon thfl,old gentleman. I oan only repeat that if ho did act tbe toene, he did-itiweft. •
M In a few minutes after this Dr. Monck was again controlled, this time by the spirit of Samuel Wheeler. The phenomena during this manifestation were still more remarkable. Spirit-forms were produoed and seen' by all, and a variety of other things. Indeed, a good peep was grren ns into the doings and conditions of tbe other world. The reader shall participate in the benefit of that peep next week."
, , _ THE FUTURE LIFE.Man must be brought to a just estimate of the physioal organisation,
and its produot of a rational spirit, before he can take his truly dignified and hopeful station among his kind. Hu must see himself greater than the world, alike in the Bimplieity, mystery, and grandeur ofhisnature. He must be hrought to see that everything in tbe universe points to him and tends to hiB development. He must realise that,hisfleshly body is but a vessel into whioh the stream of spirit that enoiroles the universe pours itself to reoeive shape and individuality; that; Iris mind,is the mirror through which, according to the degree of itsjpurity and elevation, God would refieot the nature and use of all tbingsj—suns, earths, and spiritual glories. He must know himself as designed'to be the highest issue of nature’s oreation. In his form and shape he ,admits of no improvement. In bis spirit immortal. In the disorganisation of his hody he loses nothing, but gives baok to nature what Qod gave him for a temporary use, to be laid aside when its accidents and diseases would not allow his spirit to be longer confined by.it.:. He .must oome to know that death is a wise and unalterable law of physical organisation stamped upon all bodies, and that it is only fearful to the undeveloped Boul in the freshness of youthful or immature impgination, or to the dark and forbidding views of God and the uni- veree, aijdrinistaken notions of. the .action and purposes of our being— views that make that universe an abortion, and the designs of Almighty Loye a.failure. His enlightened reflection and sanctified reason, illustrated by the faith and victory of every opened soul, will come to regard as but another sttp in life; a great and momentous step indeecl, but,.like birth, appointed by Infinite Wisdom, and guided by unchangeable love. A step by whioh we advanoe beyond the outward struggles,,and, discipline of earth, to where all moral and physical deformity may,.,be removed under the power of that holy sympathy that reigns: throughout the empire of spiritual intelligences, foretastes of which ^.experience in every feeling of pity and hope. A step by wh|oh,the Universal Father would lead upward all the images of his intelligent, , and purified oreation, • all the diversified members of hiB imiaeMurabl ,,household, to fill the “ many mansions ” 'of the house of the^mte^witlijhis jn-gathering family, and open to them blessings and blessed mission?, amid worlds of beauty ana harmony, immeasurable and.-indfisqribable. There. anew he throws the bands of kindred affection,.tenderly around them; anew, he opens the greater elements and;.e)iergie^,^thia fhem; anew he spreads the unspeakable glories over„them ;apd.thi:ough millions of centuries that no arithmetic can numj^r,.he.,bolds them on to the greater and; more perfeot, and still gres^m d ygt, more, perfect Jn eternal progression. Oh, my soul, and soul of my brother, however haitfly used and fallen I find thee, whether fallen vjpon ;a;polluted pulpit, where 'denunciation has taken the place of fOVOj or upon .an editorial tripod whoae fumes are the poisonous eteajn ,of decay,and detraction instead, of the . grateful incenBe of help and wlyation, or in the pit of vice, to bripg to thee the knowledge that lifa4«'. engirdled ,by angel-bandB of Bweet and helping friends; that
shining paths,where aqgels tread; )tflB,o^iiingcommunicationB,wbiohseranh8^peak,and,totke celestial
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y*ana to win and
woo,the6 away .from,unworthy,,.worldliness,'selfiah sobering, and. the low ways o f folly, sin, and shame ? .
■What an eternal Value does this view, of man, giveto his soul;!, ' It shows it never mature but w e .provided for its, every step. It reveals the soul as the offspring o f God, to makethe physical form , and -then weir j it out bycontact.andcolliaion with the gross world in whioh it has the. Uursery of its being,!> It mskes the material eye, and when it becomes glazed and dim it opens,its spiri-. tual easenoe to the olear vision o f eternal; light. As its outward ear beoomes closed and deaf, the spiritual ear opens to the melodies o f eternal symphony. And when the whole form stiffens andfallB as a olod to riae no more, the spirit, young and undying, soars, graoefully over the bright fields and through the joyous Boenes-tbat. awaken:its life anew to everlasting sympathy. It finds its home in that bright world, out o f which every form o f beauty in this receives its esBentiaLorjgin, q&d into whioh, at their decay, in form they return. No language can describe its boundaries; no pencil paint its beauties; no intelleot grasp its grandeur. It is worthy o f God, and our moral and intellectual progression measures its scenes, as we are prepared to receive their grand ideals. Were we really jUst and pure and free, we Would feel, as these disclosures oome to ub, a God-like nature Opening within, that would give us more realising views tban any imperfect description oan ever command. If the native nobleness o f our nature were opened, so that its vision would rise above the mists that gather o’er the ways o f deception and iniquitous indulgenoe and perversion o f the passions and appetites we bear, we would see a world o f meaning in eVery object o f sight or sound, and daily rekindle tbe eternal flame o f love at altars over wbioh no Btrife nor battle’s roar are heard. Little spirits in the flesh, whose years had revolved but half a score, have given me in their happy tranoes brighter visions o f the land to whioh We are all rapidly' mbving than have ever been open to me along the plodding way o f philosophy or the dark aisles o f a formal religion. They have said— and Beemed soarcely to know why they said it—that its mounts were glorious, “ feBtooned with vines and blooming with flowers ” ; that its broad rivers were variegated with casoadeB and cataraots, and flow ever amid the eternal bloom o f purest blossoms and tbe bending burdenB o f the tree o f Life; that sweetest strains o f musio pour forth from myriads of voioes, not one discordant sound, while hosts o f happy spirits move to tbe melodious notes in offioes o f duty and ecstaoies o f love. And their little voiceB, tuned by spirit-hands, spoke bo simply, so sweetly, and yet so grandly o f that immortal land, that I, even I, with all my unworthy grossness, almoat heard the strains that oame so gently on their innocent ears, and I too longed to pass away from a world and a ohuroh that had wst my best and purest motives, my daily and nightly labours in their behalf, with so much o f misoonception, injury, and wrong. But then tbe strain swelled to clarion notes o f victory and glory, above as well as within the strife o f human passion, and revealed that it would be servile and traitorous to leave while one hope for good remained. Ah, yes; spirits have descended from tbeir native home and given to us revelations o f the deep, indwelling realities o f those expanded fields of Almighty planting, whose shining glory penetrates the deep azure by day, and whose myriad lights span the dark arohway by night, and they. invite our purest affeotions thitherward. Would we but exnroise tbese affections, we oould know that these things are so. If we will not purify them, no amount o f evidenoe oan make them realities to us. Then
Come, and let the spirits guide Where doubt and darkness never come;
Where purest blossoms by the side Of living streams for ever bloom! J. B. Fsbgusoh.
THE FREE GOSPEL OF SPIRITUALISM. S m tircjr ( J t a i r a f S e r b r a s ,
DOUGHTY HALL, 14, BEDFORD ROW, HOLBORN.Organist—Mas D’Aacr.
O R D E R O F S E R V I C E .Sunday Evening, Deoember .27, at 7 o’olook. Doors open at 6.30.
Voluntary.—Extemporised.HYMN No. 88 in the “ Spiritual Lteb.”MOSCOW. 87.87.81.
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They are wing-lng, they are wing-ing Thro’ the thin blue air their wav: Could we pieroe the aha-dows o'er ub, And be-hold that ie-raphband,
Un-seen harps are soft-ly ring- Long-lost friends would bright be - fore
2 Lo! tbe dim, blue mist is sweeping Slowly from our longing eyes,
And our hearts are upwards leaping With a deep and.glad surprise.
We behold them—close beside us, Dwellers of the spirit-land;
Mista and shades aLone divide us from that gloriouq seraph bond.
lug Bound a - bout ua night and day. ua In an - gei - ic beau - ty stand.
3 And we know they hover, round us In the morning's rosy light,
And their unseen forma surround ub All the deep and silent night [ing
Yes, they’re winging-they. are, wing- •Through.tUinblueair their way!
Spirit-harps are softly; ringing
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BfiADING OP SOBIPTUBE. HTMN No. 1 in the "SmrituaIi L ir e .”
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For frota mor-tal- cares re - treat-ing, Bor-did hopes and fond de - sires,
Mer - cy from a • bove pro-elaim-ing, Peace and par- don from the skies,
2 Who may ahare thia great salvation ? 3 Every stain of guilt abhorring,Every pure and humble mind,
Every kindred tongue and nation, From the dross of guilt refined;
BleBringB all around bestowing,God withholds hie care from none;
Grace and mercy ever flowing From the fountain of h iB throne.
Firm aud bold in virtue’s cause, Still thy providenoe adoring,
Faithful subjects to thy laws. Lord, with favour still attend us;
BleBB us with thy wondrous love; Thou, our sun and shield, defend us;
All our hope is from above.
EATIflBOW.
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I NV O OA T I O N.ELTON No. 148 in the “ Stimuli* T ri*.”
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Bring-ing truth and joy, and love,
2 Weep no more, ye sons of earth,
f = FFrom the Fount of God a - bove.
3 Up and toil, ye chosen sons,For earth’s poor and sinning oneB, Bring them back by truth and love To the hope of joyB above.
For the wrongs of mortal birth;They shall flee like morning dew,Love Bhall every ill subdue.
4 Best not, sleep not, by the way,Pause not till that happy day Dawns upon thy gladdened eyes With the radiance of the skies.
ADDBESS BY THE BEV. GUY BEYAN.HYMN No. 48 in the “ Sp iritua l L y re .’!
M M LO O M BBS. L. M.-I---- l-n— !-|-
R. WF.nnn.
Thon, to whom in an-clent time, The lyre of Hebrew bards were strung;
Whom kings a-d or’d in songs sublime, And prophets prais'd with glowing tongue
2 Not now on Zion's height aloneThy favoured worshipper may dwell;
Nor where, at sultry noon, thy son Sat weary by the patriarch’s well.
3 From every place below the skies,The grateful sons, the fervent prayer—
The inoense of the heart—may rise To heaven and find acceptance there.
4 To thee shall age with snowy bair,And strength and beauty bend the knee,
And childhood lisp, with reverent air,I£s praises and its prayerB to thee.
Voluntary.—Gloria from the Second Mats {Mozart).
DOUGHTO, HALL. . ' .On Sunday evening, the_ 13th - met.,' Mr. Wallaoe, thovmissionary
medium,, appeared here,',but the.inolemencyvofthe weather1 evidently ‘prevented a full attendance. Mr. Alsopi presided, in the-absence’ of Ur.Burns. vibj
Mr. Wallaoe in the trance: We shall be gladtoanswer questionson . any Bpiritual phenomena whioh may. appear, paradoxical ;oc inoompre-' hensible to you, as the time has parsed hy when there, should be any mystery in regard to Spiritualism, or in respect to man’s existence hereafter. '■ •. ■
In answer to a question put by Mr. Alsop, the controlling Spirit said:All manifestations of spirit are produced by the law of attfaotion. and repulsion, and the effeot produced by the touching of a materialised or incarnated form is peculiar, inasmuch as the individual who touohed it may be negative to the influenoe, and consequently the conditions ohanged. Every individual, man or spirit, is a living batter . (Elrtre are ourrent* of imponderable essenoes playing through the organism-of man, and in the perpendicular position of the body there are-ourrents so-called magnetio lying in different parts of it; there are two 'poles to; this battery, and if the body is placed in a horizontal position, and the poles merge into one, the activity is removed from the brain, and the man sleeps. You willthuB perceive tbat anything which deranges the ourrent* iB important, causing Biokness and pain, but the moment they are restored to their natural ohannel the patient is healed and the pain oeases. So with the Bpirits, there are imponderable essences of spiritual nature playing through their organism, but dif- fering from those which operate through man. If a spirit wishes-to materialise a hand, itattraots by its will atoms given off from the medium’s organisation, and thus covers with the BubBtanoe of the medium the ipirit-hand, and if it wishes to materialise the whole form and appear to you as a living individual, then it passes through the aura given from the medium and surrounding conditions, and then by the law of repulsion the form is dissipated, and in most instanoea the materials returned to the medium, but only in part, as their nature is ohanged, Should a materialised spirit-form be wounded, such wound will invariably be found on the medium. Supposing, for instance, that a person should be so prejudiced os to Bhoot at a materialised spirit, the shot or bullet could not of oourse wound the spirit itself, but tne marks would be found on the medium ; also if any part of tbe bo4y of the materialised spirit were ooloured by a person in the oircle, the marks would be found on the medium, because what you have seen, and whioh has now disappeared from your view, has returned again to the medium, the spirit having given back the garment whioh it had borrowed. It is not every medium b organisation that oan be UBed for suoh manifestations, whioh require a partioular organism in a healthy condition. Again, few spitita enter into science, so-called, or ohemistry in particular, so as to enable them to oontrol inediumB and extract from them suoh atoms as are necessary for their peculiar organisms.
The most glorious and beautiful of manifestations ever known to mortal is the spirit-photograph. It requires tbe manipulator or medium to understand his chemicals and the modus operandi by which the photograph Ib to be produced, and then it requires a spirit of similar or greater knowledge of tbe Bubjeot to effect tbo objeot in view. It has been Baid that there is nothing new under the sun, but this is something new to the present generation, and which was unknown to civilisation sinoe its oommencement—that a spirit iB able to transfer its Bhadow on the sensitive plate—a something unknown to mortal eye, yet its pre- Benoe is recorded by the spirit on the plate, and by-and-bye scenes from the spirit-world will be given to man in th iB way, portraying the B p ir itu a l oondition in the spirit-homes; but at present the publio are not prepared for such faotB; yet in proportion as the present generation becomes spiritualised, so will manifestations of this description be giVen. But the most useful manifestation to man in his present oondition iB the power of healing the sick. But Bpiritual manifestations bave been used for private purposes, and they oan be used for good and for evil, for Spiritualism is a two-edged sword; but if man, by tbe virtue of spirituality, sbp.ll aspire to tbat which is grand and glorious, obtain spiritual knowledge, and give it freely to others, as freely as he received it, then will he be lifted up from selfish motives and love his fellow-man. He will learn that he should be no respecter of persons, knowing no higb, no low, rioh or poor, but that all are children of one great family. This is wbat Spiritualism teaches, viz., that there should be no longer any ill-feeling in Beot or party; and 1 say that they who aot thus will go through the world “ hand-in-hand with angels.”
It iB in the power of every individual to know something of the future—to know why God has oreated him and sent him os He has into the world. It is simply for him to gain experienoe, and that his mind may become expanded, for he is born into the world a perfeot blank, and may be likened in tbis respect to a sheet of white paper from the hands of tbe manufacturer, capable of taking any impression. It may be said that if man oame into tbe world thus he oannot be responsible. He is not responsible for his flrot thoughts, but for his actions, or the way in whioh he workB out h iB thoughts. There art two modes by which thought iB produced in the human mind, and only two—first, external ciroumstanoe acting upon external organism; the otber is the attending spirit operating 011 the inner brain. Sometimes thoughts will penetrate your minds, and you know not from whence they come, urging you on to some act of love or juB tice to vonr fellow-oreatureB; or they may be evil ones, and tbere iB nothing but wbat man in his unregenerated and non-spiritual Btate will turn to account to gain wealth.
To another question put by Mr. Altop the controlling spirit observed: Tbe fact must be realised of the spirit being able to oover his spiritual form with elements borrowed from tbe medium, and wbioh are drawn from him by the law of attraction, and dissipated juBtas quickly ; but there is one thing you do not take into consideration,'that is, that'you are bound by time and Bpace, whereas the spirit is not; tiie. spirit being outside, as it were, of nature, iB not affeoted by time or space, and the movement of the spirit would be so quiokly ^one that you would not be able to take cognizance of it, and the elements are instantaneously returned from whence obtained. Henoe you.no longer eee the materialised form of “ John lung,” it being returnee! ;to the medium. When you become a spirit in tbe spirit-world'ydjilwill look
,at suoh .things from the spirit stand-point, and perhaps'notlmiil'then.
■•$26 .THE fU E D IO M taN D ^fetttiA fc'• H3S
Youwillperoeivetbttfitbere iB a.^pat distinction betweenthe movie- of a material body and tte incarnation of a epirit-form, apd
j*fj?sfckfe y:'’%T/B;’ip_rB.dufcediiupde»'L,tH©'»%aidr6 ]pwi" The latter iu npt {:;j»iB^ulqy#!iaih^^ ofthe torm. but it iS'the'bringing
tpen Uaa i iottitng «ore^i‘i t is supposed that /tte
(gn;flRindjTi,'iualii8;eley£it^di|roim4lio: flo'orand floatattnd (iariceB in.»bioh,issb'ding .p% ed, until it Masea^ftfc ppt,
a miracle, but the result o f an unseen power brought into operation' : flpknpiw 'eoientiiits.: .? •:/ . : . • '■ ■
Tbe flirflQt .Toico isi^ne o f tlie mopt Bimple o f 'the'mamrestationB, in- . /^fflgpfeM ^iiilw.Wijfilii'^'niatefialiBe .thcp orgabs pr!Bjpeeoh. I f there
Wg^PBBibefcipiippiiitsvwho flQuia use the medium preaent, tbey could yqUiPti|)er6ameltime, and it would be eftected-by the. same
y r . - irHer^i(B;.:nO/more'; (Jiffiopltyi in materialising the organs o f speech: ^ (fr fftu iS ifieg /u ffh ere .iB one- more difficulty’you have n'ot'thought fvM d ' itW ii^ h W is it: that tbe spirit oanwat and drink with you, and
dpin.OiT ^nt 'and drink. There is bo more difficulty in this than ■, ji?insfiiiipr.toauifeet^tiopB . Whenithe spirit is sp materialisi?d , it,bos.fllqtfeod itsqlf in the material form for the time being, and then it
and eats, and drinks as tbe medium oould eat ai^d jlri,qfef,(. Spirits, Jjfjwdes thevpower o f clothing themselves in flesh and gSflflpfjtfy.ljaji produce musical1 instrument* and perform on them ; then ^Wfl, .b?:iPQlieoMng together certain elements, after the oharaoter of •phflBphoFUfrtbeyshow you lights, and thus exhibit their forms before ’yfl®.i.AJpOt;pne ispirit oan organise itself in the dark, and another gannotpprformi that operation' then, but connecting itself in daylight presets itself bodily.' But you must become a little more familiar with •WiptifflfgWiflfttion, and gain a little more spiritual knowledge, before .(bjy.OSij walk down the streets and dine with you; but the moment you begin, tot fear-and laok confidence in tbe spirits they are affected by your tbojight#, :and-tben. they leave you.- Tha-WPrks o f ' men and the works o f spirits, however, pass away, but fchs works o f G od are eternal. Thus the difference between the createdwtfUJw Creator.
IJHE C O M P EB H EN SW B . OHUROH- -OF ENGLAND.— ... . r ,.M t . , ? . -w t y m i\ y i r r t f - '
Will LECTUBE at Cambridge ,B .$i Jfewman Street, on SUNDAY,,, DSfebmber 27 th ,at 3.30,on “ Frayet® •i,i ,?7j. *
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A Series pf LECTPKES, commencing | Decembav the 12th, apd coptinu- .e^yrTSISAt'f at!J,ffl}fa1j ,7ft
. - ~ -FroatSeats,^a.; BiuikSeat8,^(i'.7 - ■'.V i ■MADAME O ELIyJN fS. NEW 'SONQg!r; ,
“ Nature’s Sympathy." “ A charming song for mezzo soprano—of pathos; decidedly vocal.”—Vide J-S-<5d. ppstjfim ,
!<Go to SIsep, B.aby’Parling"' Cradle'Songu: A ch^ta amct i^utifiil melody. One of the happiest efforts of fnis composer. For, soprano. Npt, 2s. post, free-for stamps. To be. had direct from me compiler, 20, Westbourae Pprk Boad, W. ;
8EABTOBB AND MEETINGS DURING TSB WH^K, AT TIjM M O U f P^Iiin s t it u t io n . i5,,BbuTHAMPiro]y BbSY1, HdEBoiflr., '
Sdotat, Dec. 2JT, Bev. Q-uy Bryan af JiedfiMg ^ow, at 7.M onday, Duo. 28, Mrs. Olive at S. Admisslop, 4s. |8d.
Ur. Herne, PhysicaJ Medium, at 8. . Admission, 2s, 6d,Wedhesday, Dec, 30,5Jr.Herne at3/ Admission, 2_s, i(j, 1
Dr. IfoMk’i S<anpe*t I. Aijpiisslon.^.Thubsday, Deo. 31, Mr. Heme at 8. Admission, 8s. 6d.
, DR. SEXTON AT DOUGHTY HALL.'Doctor gave, on Sunday evening laBt, a powerful oration on
“ SpiifitUillism in alt Ages and ip all Countries.” Mr. Barber ably jireaobd'.^Thb infdoatipn of the latter to the Creator of all, was marked with aferypurand sincerity of expression whioh many rabid denunciators of the: glpHoUs truths of Spiritualism may well imitate in their ohurchea.chiipels, “ Zions,” and“ Bethels.” Probably, the bad state of
y^ther-prqventeli a full attendance; but those Spiritualists who were not 'present fmiased an opportunity of listening to an oration fraught' With high intelligence and mental grasp. The Dootor, who appeared in admirable, health, jvas frequently applauded during ijts impressive hnd masterly delivery.
To thb.Editor.—Dear Sir,—I have lately had'several seanoes with J)r. Morickas the medinni at my residepoe Vith very good results. I will shortly forward to you full partioulars, In the meantime, as I wish Wjtoake'tyis seanoes more publio, I should like to receive the names pf
loeality wbp would wish to unite with me in a series pf ooigefcttiM filidSr the' mediumship of Dr. Monck.—I am, dear sir, wjrijrs fiuthifuu/, Josbph CabTwbight, Atwell House, Atwell Boad, Pec/cham,. ‘JPit. TSio»|DK’s‘ TfWhjfi SpAnc® at the Ikstitdtiom.—Dr. Monok’s pub-
^c|’Vl(<|3nii«4av ereming, will commenoe at 8 o’olopk. ^^miEeS tiu pjjer flf ti'cketji will be issued, whioh should be applied for ijpVjper t-ban Tuesday. Friends jyho are up from the country will do w j . to ta|e the opportunity pf Mtending, or of making early arrange- mepto with j)r. Monck -for private seances., ^bivats Light Seances.—Dr. Monok will be in attep- ctapfia otjthe. Institution, from 11 o’olock a.m. till 4 p.m. .on Thursdaty, J^idfty, ftB4;Sft(;urday next, tp receive friends at private seances. Terms, PP9 gufcw fp? four persops and under, and 5s. «sj»» for eaoh above fo ur. SftWpes. at;,priysj;(>;rppiApnce? <w jbe amnged on application, by letter, or otbpjfVfise, toJDjr, jlpnok, 15, Southampton Bow. itSBiBiOTAUSMit- A series of water-oolour drawings (numbering about 4OO),hiUtaBtratiT0‘ of. the origin of species, executed under spirit- SiiiMno8; tliiimgh'.ttlie:meaiumship of Mrs. Catherine Berry, together with a colleotionpf:«pirit-J)hotogrophB atid miscellaneous spirit-drap- iri Sj WeiiQW being exhibited at . the rooms of the Brightqn Spiritual Unita*:£2,’ ;6fc Jam&s’e Street. Admission sixpence; open daily. Artiste,' physiologists, and naturalists specially invited.
1 ^M TOfl^.’-^ b e inembers of the Nottingham Psychological Sooie(ty and their friends held a social tea-party on WedneBduy last, Deoembjsr i6&, for-'thfr furpbie5 of pacing off the loss inourred by J)e. Sextoif’s
! THe. provisions fpr the te were free of expense, and a very efljoyabla' tind successful meeting wa? held. After , tea 9 short pip* gr«nin'e';was 'jpresented; consisting of songs, readings, reoiiations, ^c. ®ie objeot 'of Uie opmmittee was fully realised, and a tew shillings haye bsjai'liatfdsd'td; thia'tmauter.
" a (e -neejyuig a«d soiree m W«4n<»>'evenii^ ‘Dedembelr SO, in the Freemasons’ Old 5 11, Newgate
Street; te ' on the tables at t o’clock. T. P. Barkas, Esq., has consented ->{ S ^ ^ <,Sii;''iitd iti'fon “ Modern Spiritual Phepomena, apd how to inTeB|j ate:t l mJ,’ ' An address will flso be delivered .by Mr. Mouljd, o15!tlii' ‘ ‘ trtilfty‘6f’Modern Spiritualism.'’ Mr. Hare ana other friends
.Id^Bs' ^e' meeting. Misses Fairlsimb, Wood, aijd ^ k yn , .aq4 will jooptribute to the har-
'. n6 sbillipg ejwb, ,to lie had pf the .coip-^omd advise the friends ip NeyrjCas le. and ifs jioinity to
id}*t Pur old and tried.friend'Mr. 111 jSirmja |fes ioisay1 !on ' jButqelit whioh -ip -,oausing so muoh.opntrovwsy■ ■ rp-ii our long ifiper;enpe pf him a, lecturer -
sr-ft|liu#e' be .di'sapnpipted.fM lS jujrPtosed a iaimopium, yiibh jyiy.aiid considerable
• 'pnging.;; ^e ' wpuld adyiserflthpr jpqieties to folldw.nsaa iiff!!/jcii'piii'. •
BEAIfOBB AUD MEETINGS IN LOJTpON, DCBBEfa T^B - .Feidat, Dec. 85, Mrs. Bullook, 61, aloucest^rB^ Quejn'fij., »t8,”!AdroWon, Is.
Seance ate, Blandford Street, Baker Btieet, 8 o’olook. Mp. jfeaver. Trance, Test, or Pantomimic Medium. Admission, 6d.
Satiteday. Dec. 26, Mr. Williams. Seeadvt.Sutoat, Dec. 27, Mrs. Tappan at Cavendish Booms, 71, Mortimer Btreet, at 7. '
Mrs. Bullock at Goswell Hall, at 7.Mr. Oogman’s, 16, St. Peter’s Boad, MU< 8pd Boad, at 7.
Mokdat, Dec. 28, Developing Circle, at M r. Oogman’s, 16, Bp. F iter> Boad, Mile End Boad, at 8 o’olook. r ■Mr. Hooker’s Circle for Investigators, 83, Henry Btreet, Bt. John’s 'Wood, at 8.45; admission la.Mr. Williams. See advt.
Tuesday, Deo. 29, Mra. Prjahold, Happing and OlfdjroyM* flt«, llw d rford Btreet, at 3. Admissiop 3d., to pay for tlje room. , .
WedK28day, Dec. 30, Leoture at Mr. Cogman’s, 16, St. Peter's Boad,#J}»In4, at 8 o olook.
Thuesdat, -Dec. 31, Dalston Association of Inquirers Into' Spiritualism, A Beanoe at their rooms, 71, Navarlno Bead, .Dalston, H.,at 8 p.m. Particulars as to admiBBion of visitors on application to the Secretary.Mr.Williams. Seeadvt.
8BASOES IN THE PEOVINCEB DUBUTG THB WHBg, SATWPAy, Dec. 26, _Ni^GA«SMi-OH-P?7ffi,. W i 3 S t w p t »
Street, at ?.3fi for 8 o 'clock .B ibm ihgham . illd la p d B p lr itu a lIn stitu te ,68,BnffolkBt#^et,at'7,
Buhbay, D ?c . 21, X k i s s l b J , 10,50 a.m . ani^ 6.80 p.m .: Messrs. B}yu>kl|>ton and W righ t, Tranoe-jtediB m i. ObUdren’ f^ og reu in s tyteam t t 9 a.m . and 2 p .m .B ow ebbt B b id se , Spiritualist Progressive Lyoeum, Childrens ly o e u m , 10 a .m .a n d 2 p.m . rn b lioM eetin g , 6 ,80p.m . 'B ow xjh o, BpirltnaliBts’ M eettog B oom , 3.20 and t p jn . HaU la n e , 9 and 6 p.m .B owwho, In Hartley’s Tard, near BM1 w ay fta tion , W ^keft^d Botul, atjl.80 and 6 o ’olook.B ibm ihgba?!, at M r. Pei'ks’a, 312, B.iitdge Btreet West, near W ell btreet, H ockley, United Christian Spir&d&UsJs at 6 0 ’dftok, fpr num bers om y. B a cd p , Service at 3.30 and 6 o 'c lock p.m .M ak ch k steb , Temperance Hs.ll, Gjrp^rencyr § t ., Baiytf, f t 9^ 0.H a li fa x Psychological Sociaty, fia ll o f Freedom, Baok Lord Street. IdBtor Jjuw, a t 2,80 s « d .6. Children's ty ceh m at 10 #.p>. ■ 1 •NOTTIBOpAJf, Chnrcjigate L ow Pavement, P u blic m eeting at 6.30 p .m . O ss e tt C q i ^ p ^ W A fcsra i® . at U r. John Omnfe, §t » and i , p .m . BISHOP A flc w ^ fl f t Ot Mr. Eaucitt’s, Waldron street, # o ’olock. Bfltlo* is required from strangers.Newcabtle-on-Tyke , at B'reemapoijp’ O ld H all, W eir’s Oonrt, Bew gate Btreet, at 6.30 for 7 p .m .L iv e b p o o l . Publio Meetings at tbe Islington Assembly Boom s, at 3 and 7 p .m . Trance-meitfnms frflm W-papts qf England, i e ,D a b l i n s t o k BpiritnaliBt Assooiation, Free Assembly Boom , above Hinde Bros. Stores, B ldsdfle Btreet, Tarin 'B oad. Piibllo Meetings at 10.80 a.m . and 0.30 p.m .
Soothska, A t Mrs. Strtpe’ s, <1. M iddle Street, at 4.30.L ou sh b ob o ’ . Mrs. Gutterldge, Tranoe-medinm, Dene’s T a id , Fin&|4 Terrace, at 6 o’olook.Glasgow . Publio meeting, 6,30 p .m ., at 164, Trongata. H eck m o sd w ik e , service at 6.30 at Lower G^orgjs Btreef .Developing Circle on M onday and Thursday, af7.30.Osbett Spiritual Institution, Ossett Green (near the G. N..B. ptatlon, Service at 2,30 and « p.m . John Kiiflpn, m fd in m .M o B fS i, HaU eiF Pixjgress, at 6,30. M rs, J n t ^ f ie l i } «n<J pfeeip. H a li fa x , Hall o f Freedom , Baok Lord Street, Lister Lane, at 2.30 an d 6
M onday, D eo. 28, B ibm isgh am . 68, Suffolk Street, at 8.C a b d im . Messrs. Beck and Sadler’s Seanoe a t l i t , -Oowbrldge Bpaj> Canton, at £ o’clook , adm iss^n Is. j also on Tuesday and Satiuaay pvgp U gs. On Thursday evening, 2s. fed.
TtraspAT, D ec. 29, K e ig h l e i , at the Lyceum , at 7.80 p .m ., ^rapce-mediums, f ir s . Lucas and Messrs. f r i g h t an^ Shackletzm.B tocktom . ■ M eeting at I£r. f u n d ’s, 2, Bily^r Strast.a i #.15. , , P e te b b o b o ’ , M r. &. (?hapman, tranoe riydfam . at Mr. Oatiing’s, ^ Cromwell Boad, at 8. Adm ission, One BhiulingT
W ed sk sd ay , D ec. 30, B o w m ra , Spiritualist*’ M eeting B oom , > p.m ,Ossett Com m ok , at M r. John Orans’s, at 7-80.B ib u d ts s a u . M idland Spiritual Institute, 68, Stlfiolk Street, at 8.Mr. Perks’s, 312, Bridge Street, at half-past seven, for development. L iv e b p o o l. Fam w orth Street Leoture-room, W est D erby Boad. M n . Ohlsen at 8. Admission free b y ticket, o f M r. Chapman, 10, Dunkeld Bt. M o b le y , H all o f Progress, at 7 o ’olook,
Th u bsday, D eo, 31, B o w im p , S a il Lane, 7. BO p .m .B ibhop A p ok lA n p , M r. Faucitt’ a, W aldron Btreet, at 8 o’clock. Rotioe isreq iiiredfrom atrangers.B e w o a stle -o k -T y h e . Old Freemasops’ HaU, W eir’s Oonrt, K ewgat* Btreet. Beanoe at 7.30 fo r 8. "B ibm in gh am , D eveloping (Jircle, at 7, H yde Boad, Ladywood, at I , b y M iss Baker, a Clairyoyant.find T p v^ ,m ,e4 )iiw .
F b id a y , Jan . 1, L iv e b p o o l , W eekly J3pnfwenoe and TranoM pealdng, at the Islington Assem bly Booiris, at 7.30 p .m . The Oommittee meet at 7- 'Sam seM is, (Sm rdigata Iiow Pavemanb S ean c6 ftt4 p a .
T? P A p S /S fn j iT i jA ^ is j - ' Pg<jToapApB|5ii.^ITTING^ X i fc'lfi Seance by appointment:, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; Fee, One Guinea,—-Address, 6, Gaynes Park Terrace, Grove Boad, Bow.’ or i ^ n rt^ ftit^'desire ity
photographs may be taken with tbe magnesium figfit !
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TV/TR/ CHARLES *E;'WILLIAMa,;Me'toim, i W *ofoe dailj,giye\ iWytfW Sfljifces; | qm[ IBs t # IP®, Pri^.-fiaftnpss
attended at th'e jhouflefl of investigatora. Public Sesnce’s at 6!,; IasiVs Conduit W d.;-••.Thursday evenings, Ss.; and Saturday evenings,' for Spiritualists' only, 5s;; at 8 o’clook e^hevening^Oi^^MflBoye..'., \r(£
vrith tto IdVing"iiB4 ,'ifewL'"Address, 21? PpnCes Street, Hanover Squire, lK)ndoi 'Wi'r ■
N.B.—Miss F0W33S doei not r?f»ire anj? nsifow onguhdays.
M R S,. .QLIYK T»an^b-]Mbdiu}i, 49,. Belmont Street, Ohalk i l l ^jrm&aa, .Wjl-TSfrs.'Olive’s spcaalities- iw»j testCBo^ununica- tinris, Medical; Btisiriess,- and other Inquines;i. sa<.KeA}i|]ghb)tjJpiril< M6sm6risnij and Kemedies. Terms: 2U. iat>Priyftto Seance admission 2j.fid.),on Tuesday iEyflnjngfci^v^.is,,,^ address. Also a’Publio Seance at the Spiritwr.I^|i^t^ii}^i99H>^' ampton Row, Holborn, on Mondays," 3 p,». ’
ftLA^OHET^E iskvafaafie^or developing!writing mediumship f fo gBtiiltig7 dlrectioiis at|
Bflancea when, there i.s no power for rapping or' a-'S8ww W w* wpW gf!or foiT^tfin^’i^sagei without lidldiiJg! aaeauca. ■' - 1 • ■ ■ i< » ,• /
‘W O T P C T PliANOHETTfe;'J- may how be had in ThreeSize3fr6rh nearly.
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■and,adorned with 27Q BrigraSihgsby Edinburgh’ artists, and jpriutiid by) the City Press,‘London.' 'An'ezhauBtive1'exposition- o f 1 the Principles, t>nd Sign's o f & complete pjBteni'of'PhyBiognom^enabling.the re&derto interpret d )to> ter by outward physical' manifestations,.' ana- the:'forms! by whioh oharaoter {a jlisolosed. Prioe, 21 S h illings. ,} 11 j
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. N O t T I C E S , O F T I ^ E . P , R E S S . j.ii!« ‘Hifltdesign>haB.nothing:!absurdiin.itself..’ He'ha8noBpeoial.crazo': that We cah discover, i and he cajt even talks of . his undertaking Jn'.a! maimer'not' inoonEioterit with his knowinghowto sctabout it, i Hej ‘ititeitOeffe^t that Wry featute of atumanbei^g has ahistory and mean-! ihe of its”oVra,—if We coiild only ndtljem outT^whioh is quite true; that! certaiifrough inferences,’ founded on'this belief, are'already aoted upprij ito some 'extent by mankind in:alsoqiiite true; that a Bpeoial.aptituie'for'makin^adiijhlhfe’reride's;in’otier J words tile g^ft o f reading e b a r a o t e ^ '^ S 'd f - ''t o ''t b o B & ' wh6-p'b8Be'mf it,,wliioh is plso'true; and that>k n o w le d g e ;t b i ? kind 'ia oapable of; bein f!i^ e « ie n t iflo iw liio l»vw9 fbwkisBMptrue.; Weoan'aeeno^eMpn! why physiognomy should not eomo day becoine a';definiteand useful branch o f the Boience o f human.nature.”— Tiki SatUrdayRevim.
!> Dr;iSlratnB- « iq ow n as a ijapst^Mlled w w tioa l physiognomist, «nd tha ttTpwrltmna nf: suoh sk manj unfolded' in the book, will be appreciated
i, »‘ TbiJ is ond of.the1m08t important contributions to .the, soienoe of
phyaidgnomy whiohjhas 'appeared .for; many years. It records, many hundred useful observation?, .illustrated by a large number of woodputa.; It is popular and sunpleinetyle, and well worth its coBt.”— CityFrit's.'1' - ^ > ” ,u - '¥»'*> r-:' <<•
*' "There is nothing in this book whioh,offends against good taste. It; 'is a harmleBB'as well aB'-a valuable contribution to literature, arid one: which of every student of human nature, everyphrenologist an$;.pfeyBib^6miBt.’ — Si»?)!a»J/(jte»,e.
“ Has devoted’ twenty yeara of his life to the study of jphysiognomy, and for this purposehas travelled over all parts of'the United States,. 'an(l over .nioai;1 bf Europe. He has produoed a book embodying the : Miigif of' i vast number of observations in that universally useful Boience,
- 1— ™u:«i,~iii vriuse*instruct, -The Rock.'»aQd oontains
aboufc3O0 engravings jflust*a|ive St.'pKysitfgnoiAioal phenomena. The author , attaches grppt, importance to the selection of food and drink, which he believes, exd'rt 'an important'ibfludripeu oii the formation of oharaoter-and* be advooates aeimple diet, with.abstinenoe from tobacoo; and intoncating dtn^.~:—!l^e‘ilmpe*‘ance Record.
“ Thisbookte'muohmorethanameretreatise onphysiognomy, It retfogni Bea1 the’tr utfr too longigndredby’the qtiacka ;wbck haVd^ealt with 'thd' Subjeot,''that' the whole of the^afts of a compoundiorgwiiism, suit ‘ai man, are in direct intercommunication,' are mutually dependent, and■ ore eaoh indicative in taeasureonlyof the temperament and-charaoter bf the individual. 'HenoeTpbysiojipomy iB dealt With'by Dr. Silnms. ini 'dOsS COttrieotidn-vrith a^n^l$hysiologyj and there is no attempt; made!, to sever what are n&ftirailyiound together. Not only is the-basis from which the writer starts the true one, he deals throughout wisely’with his
• •• subject.’ ’— The Edinburyh Evening News. -■ ;^Wehav£now before usa work treating not only of noses and other features of the,faoe,,but of.the^whplo./human iframe. He,'regards; (the,
' ’ bodilyjram e so correlated to the“m6htal arid mora:cpnBtitutibffOf'mm,j ' that/if properly /sonsic(ered, it may always.bejfpund toafford sure iijdi-
'cat|on>'Of, what that mental and riioral cori8titu(ara,iB. .r;'lt ;w p ifld unquestionably be o f great importenoe for any^ari!te pdssBsslthis power, o f IthuS 'eBtiinSlting the characters o f <all around him ,' and mig|it be the!
;meane Pf i securing safety in buBines^itranBaotions. ./We)liaye nad muchi pleaanrt'm reading .Dr. Simms’s-book, and. in , looking,'at 'u e ’many; engravings with whioh it isilluBtratel There is in the.bjopkiUnq'iiSBtion-! ably triucli'1 o f ■ ■ original and curious observation.”-— Thi' E d in b u r g h
G o i i r a t i t l ' i r ’ : all receive impressions, favourable or unfavourable, from the
faces we'm eet, and yet, with this general belief in 'th e indication o f oharaoter by ' the faoe,..there are few who^take the trouble to become
^acquainted with the prlndiples which underlie 'the eoieiioe o f |^jviog>:to see a work .on !the/subjedt by
!Dlj."SiintriBi iii whipb,:!wbile treating the subject un a Boientifle spirit, he aeeift tpinakff ltBuffldently popular to interest the general reader. The
■’>tyld'is|[dqfli(the'oPmpopition simple, and the'm eaning clear.”— M e i j&mltony4 dverli$er.' t !
■ ..'•.His book is enriched with fully 270 engravings, whioh illustrate the teWiiand the t'ext them, and teaoh muoh which it would be well for all to
■ kpowi'Many of the illustrations arelikenesses o f celebrated oharaoterB, oui1- ioiiB, rare, afitl valaabjo in themselves, apart from the lessons they are made to'teSoh-by the author. Tbe work is.in many respeolB peouliar, and ini
•'1»TO 'fifejft>ViiJ«i»We;j’'sa!oT-pH -who- wish , to study and understand the’ human nature which paBsea before them daily, we can, with all confidence,
•, recopomend,'Pr.‘Sjmms’s vo1ume."-4^qVtt 2Ja% M&il.'i " Will go farther,to eat blish the truth of pbyaiognomy than anything dii>.,’—Ths'<8cotsmqn.i i f , v,’ « .ffilhereii^VBoimuohvabilityi’BO much that is eatimablp.and wpijthy of
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