A & -w $ ' j ~ r j . 1 ('i*' é>l ----- A -zJ*&« sá \ ü í * \ \ ‘• . ' e “ EVERY PLANT WHICH MY HEAVENLY FATHER HATH NOT PLANTER SHALL BE ROOTED I P .” ji¡,r )¡K i. ií iiriiikin fé)iir¡íu;ili5t, i n . i i - i i í ’.i» i ; y . . :. ,t i«*i: T i n : ihkitsion of shritual k u o W LF iiu f . u *o. ;...*. iir<r.i«liv:i) <* \ «• \\ - Y o r k . , •., v•; >,-(.:i ¿’ir.vi.í'T !- pul'iMii'4 every ¿aturda}* , li. iLif-i per y<ar. ¡n ndyaiKv: Ave .... ,.|.!r. - ¿.-»vn l‘"!Lir> l'iúy délits; Ton copi«-'», ...... ■:.-M, i-' :tad >lDHihlbe addressed j r_y f . >ií i n r l > i r n sion of ¿ diritta i, K nowlkdgf , pr y..lT » u ¡: t s i i an ¿i’iunTAMST, No. ef*“ Broadway, New- Y •- mti w oissiiir. ‘ , i - - MI T I f , K .- i i ,|- •*. , • .. '• • Sj,i!/,f.A(’> } ,} .!■< ¡fian n ... •,-. • ./■ !,. i ifr-.iu !ite W;i ik«ir:tn (.’hronido ami Advocate.] 'i\.! »•> niof. i:i -brines by man »¡.marcii. ( ;i;i «,,■•! M-r w-'i-liij.jKMl bo, .«r nmst revered— e.. ¡it. Hi-o< ■n‘> low—ail bountiful ami free, Itv ¡.-..d an. rii.-y. iuumI Ho won t’.r tlue. I.... r. i- a «huivit in **v.-ry gn.ve that -ptvads I - rv. Ming t-unoj.y f»b««v«* <>ur lie.-uU; Ti. ■i- Invitiity in «very flower T.. i' " >-«•- Un- ilfWolr«.[. ami tin- genial slmwer ; , T:. r- i-a \v..r?liip, a.ol a ?oiu r.f praise, a tv vat.-r-r-yarUirig eh.ml lin-ir endless lays. I!.. i ti* ring br.-./.- die- f. rt li at (•!..-«> of day. Jr. . m;«tt<-r> ilici-in- in it' macie way. : j.- - :iow ! 'tis .-weeping down the verdant vale. T i ; l< r \ inlet and primru-.* pair. r- • ;■ imbibes tiieir iragranee and^llu-ir Muotii, . A.. I j'a'.iy la ar-away tli. ir Lot perfume. !. I-.; ---- now yon .'-it-, pin,' infant fair, n.y itami..,Is v. uh it.' -M,-n fair. . v. :hr..u,'h ilo- harp, thrilling music sends, V-:..-n • - Vr ilo- ni, ft a s'\ ,-rL enchantment lends ; A- ta.■¡mil iw.'iv tombed hy g.-nth* fairy hand, A:.-;-trains ijieh>.!i.>u.- ib-v from ¿pirit-Iand. A A now the tuo..iihrani-. .-¡.r.-ad upon the tTOC, A; ; n r t<* damn- in n iid harmonious ith-r. A:. ! -.."W It i’i,-> wh.-r.- limpid waters drip, T'• 1 1 'ii th-- f.-\ i-r< d hrow and parching li]>. P fni- th-- .'i,;)\-r<T u irli it- Palmy breath, • A :. 1 r m.ik. - the i.*y p-tny.- of death. 1: . p . •• no-.v i:i li.'ht an.! airy plume, ■ Am! I'-.n.liy p!a\ - around the marble tomb. : It i-.a'.o■- tu.- no... minar cypres.- bend its head, A ;.d t t !;•• ,,t forth alimi, o tin- dead, itti if lo Wti..- r»li\ ict in Id.- Ceil, Ain! ak- of uro;-.-, and tnuuntain, jdaiii and dell : ■ V bradi. - ti.e ti ur-drop- from r.-j,entant i-yes, f And upward waft.- th.- tinuui.'lo.-d mourner's sighs, i Au l n-*n A .Mi.-f - th.- hu-tiitii: lawn a^aim To eli.-'-r Voti croi;}, ,,f f,.,-ble. aired men ; Hr. alle s on tln-ir wrinkl.-d brow.- its silent prayer, An [ il.-at- atoiitel tle-ìr b» K- of goldi-n hair ; .' A-'ain th, ir Po-oMi- su ell to mirth alive : 1 A.-ait, tli.-y f.-el tie-ir ardent y.,nth revive. • Th.* ?..ft br.-ei’e wiiii.l.-r- o\-r the pebbly strand, ' Atei sicli> a kind “ 200.1 iii.’hi" t<> dreaming land ; ; ieeitiil- 2ai!y oVr tie- water's nmoidit tide. 1 Ami in Voti tbippinr sails essays to bide. - rs.-.-1 h*e.v it lua’h- - tin* drowsy sailor dream 1't 1.ola,- atei i.i.ii'lij'en{, mirrored by the stream, ' W.tij 1 I> a\ eti - hrient a.Mire b,-nt tibove sereno, li.- .»taler; mot.c \\u. pills and woodlands cr,-en ; • ‘Tdare- h:'- .Vary’- ruddy lip.- to pn-.-s, . And feet- iiinf. the an-W.-T i 1.2 rare- ---- ■ 1 it 11‘> •!A ', ,./■-//. i t ui i d tbats fr..ni shore to shore, To pray, to Mess, to wor-hip and adore. : T.',.-r.-\s Mur-hip iti tie: boars.- atei ‘learning roar ' "t u :!d M '.'iNeS dashilic oiptl'.d »'‘e.-an’s shore, ........ ; ' And music’s mystic spirits'macie toin.-s. 1 I ' Eternal li teg. rs in t h. ir shin i, m.-aii- ; There's worship in Ni.icara'- awful tlo.al — ! : b a t n r e ’s suMUm- e.r.-l,.— tt:il hymn to God. ■ There's gentler Worship in the .pii.-t ib.w • h*f streamlet, parline s..f;|y, sweet ami low; In dr.-amy, mnrmnritic joy. it wand.-rs on, - And stnili/ic, sine- to God its tireless sonc. I’li. r.-'s worship in the soft down-faiiinc rain, That p.itt. rs ivntly on tiie window-pane, Thar ;ri..-r.l.-s from tn,.* rock, with moss o'orerowu, I’- dfppinc sor.c of -Meet melodious tone. Tt.o *ry-r-.il muP ts nfti,.- -unnyril!, Th,,! -parkliuc leap- from mountain side and hill; The wayward rij.p!.-,- on the stdey lake, Tie- ¡.¡atiul brooklet, siucing through the brake, Th, hounding waterfall and curling spray ^•'fstup for evi-r, ami Mr evt.-r prtiy. T:.- -.-'isoiiS, ton, in sw.-et devotion share, T i;.-ui-t-Ivc-. a ntort.inc hymn and evening prayer. -'“ .w t-[.ring's gr. on tapestr}-, with llnwers o'erlaid, I- -t o’.-r plain and valley, hill and glade; A ho,- sylvan mu-ic rings through every grove, And -»rig.-l pu tn-ad tlo: dance of love. L»’ . "tiii.it,^ sanui.er—otf.-pnng of the sun, In pi.« nt pr-usi- it- <-ti.-<-rful circuit ru n ; hr«- . mead and lbr.--i m appsircl fair, -And freight vmhn.-au inceu-e on the air. ■N-e, wh« re Mhh l.ivi-l, Hand, th.* golden grain, Aittumn»/ Minds Uv.* *-■altered o’er the plain ; And 1 /io.itn the sighing fr.. /*• and leaflets sere, A plaintive re/jui.-m to th- .lying y,-ir. Winter arrayed m vapor, cloud and storm, ‘I*r 1 iu*r bo-out re nr- hi- gloomy form, I **- up fiiit.istic shrine**, and arches broad* b'<- : iT-i!at,;.| t e m p i , b u i l t to God. f or,i,-is, that through their devious orbits roam, Li.-Itt star- that glow in yon cerulean dome, ’’tlo-r, that r-arcoririg swing, Ail breach of harmony, of order, sing; . inf-', creation o'er, to wor-hipami adore. hirin tliat on a surib< am rides, d. of .-pray tliat in the rainbow hide», ' t coral, deep in ocean's eaves, r'g mite that in tin* dewdrop laves, '¡e ihat kindles pale nocturnal fires, /.'g t hrong that tun- th-ir evening lyres, 'i!- brood that ok-r the marsh-s roam, - - darting through hi- liquid home, »-■•id-, that bound along th- glade, '■ -i form- it. uititry furs arrayed; li* ri d throng- that sing their sweetest lay "i n.i.ruing, and to parting «lay ; 'ha! hr.-Mill. thi- 1 a auteoUS jdanct o'er, f -idp, God adore — tin- cotmn-.n Father own, 1to tur.; x to I, T:.. T in Th, Tl... '11 ... Th.- Tie- G..v And Ti... •ri- d i • n c.t i And rn “ Tiiy will hi* done.” ■-»o -, a it h ititeli-ret. and soul, *ral law that rule- the whole? mu -mg of love divine, ■•« r.-fu-e the eh oir to join ? i-.-, «li sien declare, .i... i . ....... . •* > ■*•• oi-sian o<- «. mi oniy mail it.- h.-anteotw face ........... all tin- living r-nia, through nature rife, 'P'.y II..- law that .all.,I th.-m Into life, *dhl Die tui.-'.jon, Heaven in wisdom gave, And all with all unite, to bh-as. to save, • . ‘l,i fl!i P;iVu IIUint Hod’s yoke, in meekness bear, ^ Lily he, (presumptuous rebel.) wages war? 1 or NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1 8 55. NUMBER No! Gmllik.* man, no less than bird or flower, Obedience j’b-Uis to heaven's laws and power, No more depraved i? he than fruit or bud ; No less an otf-pring of the- parent God, An<i equally with all in earth or heaven. IIis prayer is ofl'ered. and bis worship given. Heed tlien, no pampered priest's infantile edit, AYho dares of God’s •'eternal vengeance*' runt; Wh<> teaches man by otie ripe apple From heaven, his home, to never-ending Jtt-iV Tin'-n God. with boundle-s wisdom, mstelvL^s grace, Committed suicide to save the race ; And now lirin seated at 1J-- own right band. UL.-s.sings and curses scatter.- ,,\r tin* land— A captious, hasty, flckle*min<k«l sir«*, .''ends tills to glory—that to endless Are, And not for either good or evil done, Uut on»; had ; the other, none; The one was versed in deep mercantile arts, And drove a swindling trade in changing hearts,* At priestly bands, fair, soft, almo-t divine, Ate Laker’s bread, and drank of grocer's wine : Not va«.•ein.ation. but bapli- m ;{.ar;n, «k. Ami rc-aton prostrate < :a i t beh >re on<.* book, He h i s ’li in h was glidedi to shine. And mi 12 ; r*.■deci! t i n e "i ami. love ■ divine. The oil 1 er, luekl. 2ht, .‘IldleSs woe Had been Iiro-d«. i 1«. For binll IK> failli lent, But tov•tTêiçn jt nil li •air. b. It He. bèlilef, Oli mil«..! Anti Imris ilim 1.leaillut il.,■brim one wav. From *neh rude Mwi'l ,-n-t tl a jite our-. And letirn :the tear-bin: e.-!eMial sphered. Hark ! prod aimed :erv flehi abitve. T h a t G Dii. fur 1atlu-r. d of h ; Th;.. Udemi, c t-t \fet tii bis power, Fashioned imi 1i.nan, mo les s II ian fraiter flower, That nature ah. obedit -ne t'o l :Ls will Fills just the measure, ‘twas designed to till; Tliat through the universal starry host, -V o t-hihl,-/,uvh,!.s !/v t-an < \rbe W .' This day to freedom, has been hallowed long. In fervid eloquence and gilded song— Even recounting feats of honored dead, Who fell at Brandywine ; at Concord bled. Twas noble doubtless in our sires of old, ' To strike for freedom manfully and bold, To grapple stern oppression by the heal, Each meanly bended nock was made to feel. But not less hallowed, y»-t shall be the day, When men shall crush old superstition's sway. When fettered souls, their priestly chains shall rend, And men, all brothers, worship God, their friend. That morn shall «lawn—those hours forshadowed long, By prophets dimlt-y Si-on, by poets sung— That «lay shall break, more bright than prophets sav , ¿0 sure a> God is love, or progress law. Ay! it is coming; Sec in yonder sky, The morning red salutes the watcher's eye. Bright rays uf hop».-, o'er the horizon beam. And up the azure, light ami beauty gleam. There’s news from Heaven—along the gorgeous spheres, Form after form of brilliant light appears. They come our darkened ¡¿pints to illumine. And demonstrate a life, l*»-yond the tomb, They come in kindness, human souls to win, From paths of ignorance, and lives of sin. Be ours the care, their counsels to attend. And practice all the virtues they commend : Not for ourselves, but for the .-p. «‘U v live, Ami free as we receive, so freely give. Then roti-e up brothers ; be the past forgot, How valued once, to-day avails it not; Progressive life shall shake the silent ball, The crumbling column and the ivied wall; The storied relics of barbarian lore, Shall haunt, like spectral images, no more, And every soul, whose being Go«l began, Skull Ur-, tin: Vfr-hnuj t>>L>: a m a n ; Not dwarfed by or.-- ds, by sectaries rostral ne«l, But healthful, in'i'i.uil m<tn, as Heaven ordained. * <>r in popular parlance, “ gave a heart of ¿Moc, and received a heart of /, ./V’ ~ For the Christian Spiritualist THE ANCIENT PHILOSOPHERS. in. D d i . h iiiii . s , of A b d o ’a , expanded the atom ic theory of Iwh:i]y>> ts. lie denied that atom s could be infinitely subdivided, and held the eternity of existing nature, of void, of space, of m otion. lie supposed that atom s, originally sim ilar, to be en- dow ed w ith im penetrability and density, propor- tionate to their volum e, and referred every active and passive affection to m otion, caused by im pact, lim ited by the principle that like can only act upon like. lie drew a distinction betw een prim ary and secondary m otion, betw een im pulse and reaction, from a com bination of w hich lie deduced rotary m otion ; this he held to be the law of necessity by w hich all nature w as ruled. T hat from the endless m ultiplicity of atom s have resulted w orlds w ith all their properties of im m ensity, resem blance, and dissim ilitude. T he soul ho held to be com posed of globular atom s of fire, by w hich m ovem ent w as im parted to the body. H e held that by an em ana tion from external objects, im ages w ere presented, w hich m ade a t im pression upon the senses, from the influence of w hich he deduced sensation and thought, distinguishing betw een a rude and im - perfect perception and a true one. lie denied the im m ortality of the soul. lie contrived to ac- count for the then popular notions of the D eity, partly by saying m an w as incapable of understand- ing such things, and partly hy a theory of Spirits, (huge beings resem bling m an w ho inhabited the air, (w ho com m unicated certain things to m an. To them he asciibed dream s , a n d held they w ere the cause of divinations. H appiness he held con- sisted in an equality of tem peram ent, from w hence w ere deduced the m oral principles and prudential m axim s. lie w as accounted an Infidel by the A thenians, and w as com pelled to quit the city. PnoTouoiiAS, a disciple of Itciriucrilm , taught that hum an know ledge consisted only in the per- ception of appearances through the subject, and that that w hich appeared to any person w as true— so that m an w as the standard of all things. T hat in m ere purposes there w as no difference betw een truth and falsehood, and none betw een the percep- tions of external objects, so that it w as im possible to adduce certainty in argum ent, and esteem ed it as very doubtful w hether an overruling P rovidence had existence. S o crates — of him C icerosaid he brought philo- sophy from H eaven, and established her in cities and m ingled her w ith the relations of life. T he object of his philosophy w as the attaining correct j ideas concerning m oral and religious obligations; i of tlie end of m an’s being, and the perfection of his rational nature, lie w as the enem y of obscurities and philosophical chartalaney, and encountered the Siijihirtis w ith irony and argum ent. H e h eld :— 1 st. T he chief object of m en is in know ing the good w hich it is his duty to do; to effect w hich he m ust acquire self-know ledge and the habit of self- control. W isdom em braces a ll the virtues, and m a n ’s duty to him self em braces continence and courage, our duties tow ards others, justice, and the fulfilm ent of the law s , h u m an and divine, i.lly . H e Held virtue and happiness to be inseparably united. 3dly. R eligion is the hom age rendered to the divi- nity by the practice of virtue, and consists in the continuous endeavor to do a ll the good our facul- ties w ill perm it us. 4thly. T hat the Suprem e B eing is the First. A uthor and G uardian of the law s of m orals; his existence being proved by the order and harm ony observable in nature, both in the inw ard constitution of m a n , a n d of the w orld. lie held him to be a rational and invisible being re- vealed hy his w orks. H e adm itted a superintend- ing Providence, and believed that lie bine elf !mj an nthmlaul Sj'irif, mui chiiifitdjinil nfuCjhje thef/rm inil oftupei'nrilunil cormnnnioitim i ; that the pow er of G od w as exem plified in the general gov- ernance of the w orld, but that it w as especially di- rected to m an. 5th!_v. T he soul lie considered divine, partaking of the nature of G od, and approxi- m ating to him in respect to its reason and invisible energy; hence Ills belief that it w as im m ortal, fithly. A ll arts and sciences w hich had no [.radical application to the things of this life as m ere vani- ties. H e said free w ill and nature w ere both under the restraint of the law . H e founded no sect, but m ay be esteem ed to have been the father of m any. A. n tistuen es , the founder of the C ynic sect, placed the suprem e good of m an in virtue, w hich he defined to consist in virtue; i. e., in happiness and privations, as thus xvas show n an independence of external objects. B y an adherence to this course, b eh eld m an could leach the highest perfection and the m ost absolute felicity, and approach the nature of the D eitjx T hat nothing w as so beautiful as virtue, or so deform ed as vice, and tliat all things, other than virtue, w ere m atters of inditference, and w ere unw orthy of anj- effort to attain them . U pon these principles he reared a system so sim ple as lo exclude even the decencies of life, and carry- ing his affectation of acceticism to a great extent, tliat w hen he w as m et by .-sicraks, he said : “ I see your vanity through the holes in your cloak.” H e held there w as one G od superior to ail. D io g enes , o f S y n o p e , w as his m ost distinguished follow er. A r r istippu s — the founder of the G yrenaic sect— m ade the “summum bonum ” of hum an good to consist in enjoym ent accom panied w ith good taste and freedom of m in d . lie m ade very light of the physical sciences, especially of m athem atics. H e agreed w ith the Eltans in rejecting the evidences of the senses, but m aintained that although the senses m ig h t deceive in regard to ideas, they w ere truthful in presenting objects, and in their percep- tions of pleasure and pain. Pleasure and pain w ere, therefore, the criteria of action ; the form er the good to be sought, the latter the ill to be avoided. H is grandson, Arristippus , w as the first to develope upon these principles a com plete system of self- indulgence. H is disciple, Theodorn*, surnam ed the A theist, taking sensation for h is argum ent, ended by denj-ing the existence of all objects of percep- tion, and disallow ed the reality of an universal criterium of truth, thus opening the w ay to the school of the skeptics. H is system excluded ail differences of right and w rong in m orals and reli- gion, and assum ed pleasure to be the ultim ate of existence. ■ E rci.in, of M egara, in arguing, confined him self to the original proposition, and discarded analogy. H e taught that good is only in nnitj-, w hich is alone real and invariable. H e taught the unity of G od. E ebulides succeeded him . T he teachings m erged in those of the Stoics. Pnom o founded the E lean sect. H e m aintained the unity of G od, and taught that no real differ- ence could exist betw een the good and true. lie lim ited truth to identical propositions, and denied that it could be inferred by negative categorical propositions, or conditional, or collective propo- sitions. P lato w as born in A t h e n s 4 2 9 y e a r s I ’>. C . H e w as alike distinguished for his philosophical attain- m ents, and for his gym nastic excellencies, and for his virtues, his genius, and the m anly graces of his form . B efore studying under Socrates, he m ade him self acquainted w ith all the other system s of Philosophy, and subjected every theory to a sound scrutiny. H e divided Philosophy into D ialectics, P hysics, and E thics, w hich com prised Polities, and the science of Society. P hilosophy and P hysic com prised his division of D ialectics. H e considered theoretical and practical Philosophy, as form ing essential parts of the sam e w hole, and held that it w as o n ly by the m eans of true philosophy that hum an nature could attain its proper destination. U nder the term Philosophy, he com prehended the universal, the necessary, and the absolute, as w ell as the relations and essential properties of all things. Science he view ed as a form of P hiloso- phy, and P hilosophy he defined as science, w hen it w as properly designated. H e held reason, w hose object is that w hich is invariable and absolute, as the source of know ledge. It w as not the evidence of the senses, for they are occupied w ith contin- gent m atter, nor yet the understanding. That reason in certain innate notions existed, and w hich form the basis of our conceptions, and precede in the soul the representation of that w hich is original and peculiar, form ing the elem ent of our practical resolutions. T hat these innate notions have for their object the idea, the eternal archetypes, or unities, w hich are the essence of infinite things, and the principles to w hich are to be referred the end- less m ultiplicities, by m eans of thought, and w hich cannot, therefore, have their origin in experience, but have been only developed by it. T liat the soul, on perceiving their copies, rem em bers ideas and principles, like, as it w ere, recalling back to m em o- ry those things of w hich it w as cognizant w hen it existed out of the body. T he eternal idea m ust have som ething in com m on betw een them and the soul, w hich is of the D ivinity. N um bers differ from ideas, and fill the intervals betw een them and the cognizant soul. H e distinguished betw een the synthetical and anyletical m ode of reasoning. H e Held that xvhich w as corporeal, had fire and earth as its fundam ental elem ents, betw een xvhich air and w ater occupied an interm ediate rank. The soul 1 mhell icaeon eternal andselfacting energy, to trhirh theDiciuc idea is feallyunited, with theinani- f"ld , in onesubstance, andhence Iticinihj , in . ande- raild■manner, h , revealed to it. In its connection w ith the body, he divided it into tw o parts— ra- tional and irrational, w hich latter he term ed the anim a l, a n d w hich had its origin by the im prison- m ent of the soul in the body ; the rational still re- taining the consciousness of ideas, by means of idiidt it iscaj'uble of returning to its former happy state of ■ 'spirit. H e discrim inated betw een cogni- tion, sensation, and volition, and also betw een the different species of representation, of sensation, and of m otives determ ining the w ill, and betxveen thoughts and speech. H e represented the D ivinity as the author of the w orld, inasmuch as he introducedintorude matter order andharinon.y, by moulding it after ideas, and conferring (together w ith a rotary m otion) an har- m onious body, governed, as in the anim a l, by the soul of the w orld. H e also described the D ivinity as the author, or executor, or guardian of m orals. H e held evil w as not to be attributed to the D eity, as it results from a principle of that w hich is un- form ed and variable, and acts in conflict xvith the ideas, through w hich conflict, life and developm ent are brought into the w o r ld , b u t that the D eitj- has instituted all necessaries to overcom e the evil. H e also held the Spirituality of thesoul. “V irtue,” he said, “ w as the effort of m an to attain to a resem - blance w ith his original, in other w ords, to im itate G od. T he unison and harm ony of a ll o u r princi- ples and actions according to reason, from w hich tiie highest happiness resulted. E vil being opposed to this harm ony, is a disease of the soul. V irtue is, in itself, an unity, and is com posed of four ele- m ents— W isdom , C ourage, or C onstancy, T em pe- rance, ar.d Justice— and these are, independent of, and superior to, the senses. In practical philoso- phy he blended a rigid pirinciple of m oral obliga- tion w ith a spirit of gentleness and hum anity. E ducation is the liberal cultivation and m oral dis- cipline of the m in d . B eauty, the sensible represen- tation of m oral and physical perception, so it w as one w ith truth, goodness, and inspired love, w hich tends to virtue.” lie held it w as the true dutj- of the philosopher to eradicate or correct m istaken view s of real good, and to elevate the m ind into a true appreciation of the truili. He heldalso that tin Deity iras period, and from this he m aintained that good is a general law , and evil but a diseased state of the soul, w hich im peded in its progress to- w ards tliat absorption into the D eity to w hich it aspires— (thus destroying all notions of an indix-i- dual existence after death.) H is cosm ogony bears a close resem blance to that of Jfoses, som uch so that it w ould seem to have been borrow ed from G enesis, being narrated in al- m ost the very w ords. H e inculcated that the Fa- ther of the w orld cannot be nam ed, and that m en should not be too curious to inquire w hat G od is. T he w orld, the heavens, the stars, the earth, the souls, and those to w hom our forefathers ascribed D ivinity, w ere G od. H e believed that m atterw hich he som etim es called eternal, existed, not ahrays visi- bly, but intellectually, in the idea of God, from all eternity. T he exem plar and m odel of the xvorld is from all eternity. H e thought pure souls, on their severance from the b o d y , w ere absorbed by the D ivine Spirit, as the state m ost adapted for their happiness, and thosewhichweresullied by vi- cious indulgences were subjected to punishment; for thestains contracted in the jlesh remainedwith the soul after its severance. T hus the drunkard w as torm ented by a perpetual thirst w hich he cannot satisfy ; the voluptuary w ith lusts w hich he cannot gratify. lie held the indispensable rule of life w as that ireought not wilfully to injure any body, nor to sed revenge for injuries received fromour enem ies , b u t to live constantly in the practice of virtue. Thefor- givenessof injuries and the. benevolent ajplication of thosetalentswith whichwemay have beenendowed. SrE ixn’rrs succeeded Plato, and xx-as the head of the Academ ies. lie returned to the Pythagorean theory of num ber, defining the soul to be a self- m oving num ber. H e held that one is not the sole and universal good, but only one am ong m any spe- cies of good. H e assum ed a plurality of G ods, w hich he supposed the planets to be. S. B . ---------«--------- A pophthegms . — N o m an should acquire the art of reasoning soph istically; it perverts the ju d g - m ent. T here are txvo classes of religious persons; one w orships the principles of h is religion, and his G od ; the other xvorsbips the form s of religion: this class persecutes all xvho disregard the form s of reli- gion. T he other class pities those w ho disregard the principles of religion.— Sylvester Genin. [For the Christian Spiritualist.] WORSHIP. “ I must worship or 1 die.”—'»Vai . t . ace . E very m an, xvhose m ind is not w holly im bruted, and w ho has still any rem ains of that living princi- ple w ithin him , w hich m akes him feel unsatisfied w ith the “ dull m aterial accidents of this sensual bodj',” fec-ls as the poet describes in the above quotation. To the living m an it is as necessary that he should w orship— that he should lift up his hands, his eyes, his soul to som ething higher, as that he should breathe the natural air, in order to preserve his physical life. M en m ust xvorship because they are Spirits, and because that as such they have an interior con- sciousness of the D ivine. In the external circum - stances bx' w hich they are surrounded th ey find nothing to m eet this xx-ant. In the interiors of their ow n souh alone do they find that w hich they can call G od. In ever}- living tem ple there is an inner sanctuary, xvliere H e abideth, yet “ dw elling in the light w hich no m an can approach unto, xvhom no m an hath seen, nor can see,” as H e is. B ecause m an is, in his externals or ultim ates, he m ust, thersfore, externalize and ultim ate the idea of G od tliat in h is innerm osts. T h is is w hy every m an lias an external thought of G od in correspond- ence w ith h is oxvn proprium or self-hood; and, also, xx-hy the peculiar G od of any nation should have the characteristics of that nation. In proportion, then, as m an is regenerated in his ultim ates, w ill be the sublim ity and perfection of his ultim ation of the G od-thought T his too is w hy, am ong those w ho are externally m ost im bruted am ong m en. the idea of G od is buried under un- shapely and hideous form s of stone and w ood, and m ostly also invested w ith savage-hum an attributes. T h is is w hy am ong the m ore externally-polished Persians, he w as w orshipped in fire; that being to their m in d s the truest correspondence of G od ; since it is fire that purifies, destroys, and xvarm s to life. T h is is w hy am ong the w ise E gyptians the sun and m oon w ere d eified ; and here w e find the beautiful conjugal idea, in the m arriage of Isis and O siris. W hat w onder that in default of the true idc-a, these w ondering, yearning hearts should have invested those beautiful orbs w ith G odhood, since these served to express m ost perfectly the thought for xvhich they found now here c-lse an ex-- ternal utterance? In the great Pantheon of the G reek and R om an m ythology, the idea of G od as m ail, w as recog- nized. B ut the D ivine U nity w as lost sight of in their system . Still am ong their “ G od’s m any, and lords m a n y ,” som e thoughts that harm onize m ost beautifully w ith w hat has since been revealed to m an of G od, have been expressed. T he m arriage of C upid and P sych, or L ove and W isdom ; of V ul- can and V enus, or the strong and the beautiful; the grand conception of the G od-m an in the lordly and gracious A pollo, are a ll proofs that G od hath never “ left him self w ithout a w itness” am ong m en. T he w ord w orship m eans originally w orth-ship. T he idea, then, is founded on a sense of worth or holiness in that object to w hich w orship is ascribed. W orship being aseekingof the soul after that which isworthy, is necessarily given to that w hich m akes the nearest approach to w orth in the estim ation of those w ho render it. A nd the fact that this sense of w orth or holiness, somewhere in the U niverse, possesses all m en, is a sw eet proof of G od ever pre- sent. in the w orld. Paul gave beautiful expression to this thought xvhen speaking “ in the m idst of M ars’ li ill” to the A thenians, w hen he said, “ w hom ye ignorantly- xvorship, him declare I unto you .” A nd it is a beautiful and suggestive fact, that in preaching to them the true G o d , h e referred as authority- to “ certain of their ow n poets,” m en w ho, in w hat w ould by the C hristian churches now be called a “ state of heathen darkness,” had never- theless felt the proud conviction— “ W e are also H is offspring.” W hen the C hrist, the G od-m an, cam e into the w orld, then w as revealed to m an the perfect ideal — G od m anifest in the flesh. In him w as revealed the perfect G odhood through perfect m anhood. H ere then w e have that xxdiich to us is truly w or- shipful and truly lovable ! G od— hitherto un- know n, intangible, aw ful in the sublim e depths of H is Incom prehensibility— appearing in our m idst — a perfect type of m anhood— a perfect type of brotherhood!— revealed to us in the person of O ne w hose hand w e can clasp as a brother, xvhile xve kneel at his feet as a G od! It is sim p ly by regarding him so, that w e can m ost acceptably w orship him . To accept him , in that he offers him self to us, is indeed to w orship him in Spirit and in truth. To a G od so dignified, so loving, w hat is pom p of external w orship but an insult and a reproach ! T he true and loving xx-ife, bringing her w arm heart to her chosen husband, is best satisfied that he accepts that heart, and requires not that outw ard dem onstration of h is love to her be m ade in the eyes of the w orld. She feels herself best estim ated, best belox-ed, in the quiet solitude o f hom e, w here there are no w itnesses save G od, of the affection m anifested by her husband. So G od is best pleased w ith that w orship w hich seeks not to display itself as such before m en, but keeps itself living and fresh by constant secret com m union w ith him . T he chanting o f m asses, psalters and creed s; the upbuilding of great piles of m ason- ry ; the staining of w indow s, and the soft carpeting and cushioning of aisles and pew s— xx-hat have these to do w ith the w orship of that G od w ho dw elleth not in tem ples m ade w ith h a n d s , b u t in the living tem ple of the body of hum anity? N ay, the only w orship w e can acceptably offer a G od like this, is obedience to his divine law of love, conform ity to his divine law of order. O bedience to the law of love as it w as exem plified in the person of the cru- cified m a n , w ho never w hile am ong m en displayed tow ard them any other feeling. To attain true love of our brother w ill be m ost truly to w orship G od. C onform ity to the law of order, b y - o b e d i e n c e to w hatever w e find to be a revelation of H is w ill, w hether it com e to us externally from the w ord H e has com m itted to others, or internally from the w ord H e com m its to ourselves. F or G od saith to all, “ if y e love m e, keep m y com m andm ents.” E asy to keep to those w ho loveH im , for they are all found- ed on love 1 In the unfallen universe all life is xvorship. A ll the loves of the Paradiasical m en are in the divine order, and arrive at divine ultim ations. So shall it be xvith m an upon this earth, w hen its redem ption fully com es. T hen all the loves of the earth— m an — that noxv so frequently- yield bitter fruit, in con- sequence of the discordant elem ent of selfishness, xvill also contribute to xvorship him xvho im breathed them into m an, by fulfilling those uses for w hich they xx-ere designed by Ilim . U ndine . SP IR IT T E A C H IN G S. T he ultim ate destiny- of m an! So far beyond anything that the m ost extravagant im agination has ever conceived 1 M easuring that destiny by the standard of the pow ers m anifested in m an xvhen in the form , and im peded and chained dow n by its m aterial shad es ; the m ind has not im bibed even a distant concep- tion of his future, either as to his happiness or his m ight. H appiness com pared w ith w hich the m ost joyous life on earth is dark despair; and m ight, that approxim ates m an nigh unto the G odhead, and clothes him w ith m any of its divine attributes ; the attribute of diffusing happiness and dispensing justice am ong the countless m illions that people space ; the attribute of executing Ills law s o’er all the vast universe of m atter H e has created, and the poxver to grasp and m ake his oxvn— that know l- edge w hich has no bounds but illim itable space, and no end but eternity. T he object of our m aterial existence is to lay the foundation for this high destiny-; not its o n ly ob- ject, but a prim ary one, the progressive develop- m ent from the w om b to the grave being but m eans to this end. A nd as the ball falling from on high to the surface of the earth m oves xvith constantly accelerating velocity, so the soul of m an, starting on its race of progression, speeds in its progress w ith ever-increasing rapidity ; and as the ball, if arrested in its course, loses a m om entum it can never regain, so the soul, having its progress ar- rested, m ust feel to eternity the loss of that m o- m entum it can never recover. I m ean that the ball, though starting again after its fall has been arrest- e d , m ay at a certain distance acquire the sam e m o- m entum it had obtained w hen it w as stopped, yet at that distance it cannot have the augm ented ve- locity- it xvould have had if its passage had been unim peded, for it has lost it forever. So w ith the soul, in its advance in know ledge— that know ledge, be it understood, xxdiose foundation it w as designed should be laid in the m aterial existence. N o m atter xvhat the cause xvhich arrests its flight, w hether from the w ant of light or the abuse of it xxdien furnished, the effect is, m ore or less the sam e. H ow vastly im portant it is then to m an, that he should not o n ly understand his ultim ate destiny, but the object of his prim ary- or m aterial existence. Im portant, I m ean, not only in refer- ence to his know ledge, but to h is happiness also ; for you m ust at once perceive that that law of his nature w hich dem ands of him tliat he progress in know ledge, cannot be violated xvithout causing him unhappiness, and that unhappiness is m ore or less according as the violation of that law Is w ill- ful or accidental. Is it not so w ith any law xvhich applies to your m aterial existence ? If you thrust your hand into the flam e, it causes you pain, and that pain w ill be aggravated by the consciousness that you have of your ow n accord produced it.— T he law applying to this sim p le act is that w hich governs our w hole existence in all its various and m ost m inute parts as in its totality. T hen as to the effect on h is progress in know l- edge, first or last, he m ust know — earlier or later, he m ust achieve the know ledge w hich is to enable him to attain his high destiny, and perform the su- blim e and m ighty duties belonging to it; the duty of executing the w ill of the great C reator in m arsh- aling countless w orlds In their orbits, in gathering from the disjointed m atter scattered throughout space, new w orlds upon new w orlds, and dex-elop- ing from that m atter, xvhen properly prepared, itn- m ortal Spirits in their turn to people eternity. A s hour by hour countless num bers of im m ortal Spir- its are ushered into a life that is to be eternal, so hour b y hour arc new w orlds evolved, as fitting scenes on w hich to enact their part in (he dram a of existence, and to give p la y and scope to that germ from the great first C ause xvhich is speeding its w ay back to the source w hence it em anated.— Our Budget. G erman P eriodical L iterature . — T he periodi- cal literature of G erm any differs in m any respects from the cotem porary publications of the sam e class in this country, and also in France and E ng- la n d . In som e respects it lias peculiar m erits; w hile in others it cannot be com pared w ith the corresponding literature of other nations, in effect- iveness and adaptation. It is intended for the cul- tivated, rather than for the general m ind ; it is ela- borate in investigation, but deficient in the graces of style. It is m ade up, to a large extent, of essays, and thorough philosophical investigations, and m i- nute historical and philogical researches. T he chief religious journals of G erm any are strictly theologi- cal and ecclesiastical, rather than popular; they have hardly any thing that can be com pared, in direct influence upon the com m on m in d , w ith the w eekly issues of our religious press. —Horton’s Literary Gazette.
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I!.. i ti* ring br.-./ .- die- f. rt li at (•!..-«> of day.Jr. . m;«tt<-r> ilici-in- in i t ' macie way.
: j.- - :iow ! ' tis .-weeping dow n the v e rd an t vale.T i ; l< r \ inlet and primru-.* pair.r- • ;■ imbibes tiieir ir agranee and^llu-ir Muotii,
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n.y itami.. ,Is v. uh it.' -M,-n fai r.. v. :hr..u,'h ilo- harp, thr illing mus ic sends,
V-:..-n • - Vr ilo- n i, f t a s'\ ,-rL enchantm ent lends ;A - ta.■¡mil iw . ' i v to m b ed hy g.-nth* fairy hand,A:.-;-trains ijieh>.!i.>u.- ib-v from ¿pirit-Iand.A A now the tuo..iihrani-. .-¡.r.-ad upon the tTOC,A; ; n r t<* damn- in n iid harm onious ith-r.A:. ! -.."W It i’i,-> wh.-r.- limpid waters drip,T'• 11' ii th-- f.-\ i-r< d hrow and parch ing li]>.P fni- th-- .'i,;)\-r<T u irli it- Palmy breath,
• A :. 1 r m.ik. - the i.*y p-tny.- of death.1: . p . •• no-.v i:i l i .'ht an .! airy plume,
■ Am! I'-.n.liy p!a\ - around the m arble tomb.: It i-.a'.o ■- tu.- no... minar cypres.- bend its head,
A ;.d t t !;•• ,,t forth alimi, o tin- dead, i t t i i f lo W ti..- r»li\ ict in Id.- Ceil,Ain! ak- of uro;-.-, and tnuunta in , jdaiii and dell :
■ V bradi. - ti.e ti ur-drop- from r.-j ,entant i-yes, f And upward waft.- th.- tinuui.'lo.-d m ourne r 's sighs,i Au l n-*n A .Mi.-f - th.- hu-tiitii: lawn a^aim
To eli.-'-r Voti croi;}, ,,f f,.,-ble. aired men ;Hr. alle s on tln-ir wrinkl.-d brow.- its silent prayer,An [ il.-at- atoiitel tle-ìr b» K- of goldi-n hair ;
.' A-'ain th, ir Po-oMi- su ell to mir th alive :1 A.-ait, tli.-y f.-el tie-ir ardent y. ,n th revive.• Th.* ?..ft br.-ei’e wiiii.l.-r- o\-r the pebbly strand,' Atei sicli> a kind “ 200.1 iii.’hi" t<> d ream ing land ;; ieeitiil- 2ai!y oVr tie- water 's nmoidit tide.1 Ami in Voti tbippinr sails essays to bide.- rs.-.-1 h*e.v it lua’h- - tin* d rowsy sailor dream
1 't 1.ola,- atei i.i.ii'lij'en{, mir rored by the stream,' W.tij 1 I> a\ eti - hrient a.Mire b,-nt tibove sereno,
li.- .»taler; mot.c \\u. pills and woodlands cr,-en ;• ‘ Tdare- h:'- .Vary’- ruddy lip.- to pn-.-s,. And feet- iiinf. the an-W.-T i 1.2 r a re - ----■ 1 it 11‘> •!A', ,./■-//. i t u i i d tb a ts fr..ni shore to shore,
To pray, to Mess, to wor -hip and adore.
: T.',.-r.-\s Mur-hip iti tie: boars.- atei ‘le a rn in g roar' " t u :!d M'.'iNeS dashilic oiptl' .d »'‘e.-an’s shore, ........; ' And music’s mys tic s p i r i t s 'macie toin.-s. 1I ' Eternal li teg. rs in t h. ir shin i, m.-aii- ;
There's worship in Ni.icara'- awful tlo.al —! : b a t n r e ’s suMUm- e.r.-l,.—tt:il hym n to God.
■ There's gent le r Worship in the .pii.-t ib.w• h*f streamlet, p a r l in e s..f;|y, sweet ami low;
In dr.-amy, m n rm n r i t i c jo y . it wand.-rs on,- And stnili/ic, s ine- to God its tireless sonc.
I ’li. r.-'s worship in the soft down-fai iinc rain,That p.itt. rs iv n t ly on tiie window-pane,Thar ;ri..-r.l.-s from tn ,.* rock, w ith moss o'orerowu, I’- d fp p in c sor.c of -Meet melodious tone.
Tt.o * ry-r-.il muP ts nfti , .- - u n n y r i l ! ,Th,,! -parkliuc leap- from m ounta in side and h il l; The wayward rij.p!.-,- on the s td e y lake,Tie- ¡.¡atiul brooklet, siucing through the brake,Th, hounding waterfall and curl ing spray ^•'fstup for evi-r, ami Mr evt.-r prtiy.
T:.- -.-'isoiiS, ton, in sw.-et devo tion share,T i;.-ui-t-Ivc-. a ntort.inc hym n and even in g prayer .
-'“ .w t-[.ring's gr. on tapestr}-, with llnwers o'erlaid, I- -t o ’.-r plain and valley, hill and glade;A ho,- sylvan mu-ic rings th rough eve ry grove,And -»rig.-l pu tn-ad tlo: dance of love.
L»’. "tiii.it, ̂ sanui.er—otf.-pnng of the sun,In pi.« nt pr-usi- it- <-ti.-<-rful circuit run ; hr«- . mead and lbr.--i m appsircl fair,-And freight vmhn.-au inceu-e on the air.
■N-e, wh« re Mhh l.ivi-l, Hand, th.* golden grain, Aittumn»/ M inds Uv.* *-■ altered o’e r the pla in ;And 1/io.itn the sighing f r . . /*• and leaflets sere,A plaintive re/jui.-m to th- .lying y ,- ir.
Winter arrayed m vapor, cloud and s to rm,‘I*r 1 iu*r bo-out re nr- hi- gloomy form,I * * - up fiiit.istic shrine**, and arches broad* b'<- : iT-i!at,;.| t e m p i , b u i l t to God.
f or,i,-is, that through their devious o rb it s roam ,Li.-Itt star- that glow in yon cerulean dome,
’’tlo-r, that r-arcoririg swing,Ail breach of harmony, of order, s ing; .
inf-', creation o'er, to w or-h ip am i adore.
hirin tliat on a surib< am rides, d. of .-pray tliat in the rainbow hide»,' t coral, deep in ocean's eaves, r'g mite that in tin* d e w d r o p laves,'¡e ihat kindles pale nocturnal fires,/ . ' g t hrong tha t tu n - th - i r even in g lyres, 'i!- brood that ok-r the marsh-s roam,
- - dar t in g th rough hi- liquid home, »-■•id-, tha t bound along th - glade,
'■ -i form- it. u i t i t ry furs a r ray ed ; li* ri d th rong- tha t sing the ir sweetest lay "i n.i.ruing, and to p a r t in g «lay ;'ha! hr.-Mill. thi- 1 a auteoUS jdanct o'er,
f -idp, God adore —tin- cotmn-.n F a th e r own,
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■-»o -, a i t h ititeli-ret. and soul,* ral law that rule- the w hole? mu -m g of love divine,■•« r.-fu-e the eh oir to join ?
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all tin- living r -n ia , th rough natu re rife, 'P ' . y II..- law that .all .,I th.-m Into life,
*dhl Die tui.-'.jon, Heaven in w isdom gave,And all with all unite, to bh-as. to save, •. ‘l,i fl!i P;iVu IIUint Hod’s yoke, in meekness bear, ^ Lily he, (presumptuous rebel.) wages w ar?
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N E W - Y O R K , S A T U R D A Y , J U L Y 2 3 , 1 8 55 . NUMBERN o ! Gmllik.* man, no less than bird or flower, Obedience j ’b-Uis to heaven 's laws and power ,No more depraved i? he than fru it or bud ;N o less an otf-pring of the- p a ren t God,An<i equa lly with all in ea rth or heaven.IIis p rayer is ofl'ered. and bis worship given.
Heed tlien, no pam pered pr iest ' s infantile ed i t,AY ho dares of G o d ’s • 'e te rna l vengeance*' r u n t ; Wh<> teaches m a n by otie ripe apple F ro m heaven, his home, to nev er-end in g Jtt-iV Tin'-n God. with boundle-s wisdom, mstelvL^s grace, Com m it ted suicide to save the race ;A nd now lirin seated at 1J-- ow n r ight band. UL.-s.sings and curses scatter.- , , \ r tin* land—A captious , hasty, flckle*min<k«l sir«*,. ''ends tills to g lo ry—tha t to endless Are,And not for e i th er good or evil done,Uut on»; had ; the other, n o n e ;T h e one was versed in deep mercanti le arts,And drove a swindling trade in changing hearts,*A t priest ly bands, fair, soft, a lmo-t divine,A te Laker’s bread, and drank of grocer 's wine :N o t va«.•ein.ation. b u t bapli- m ;{.ar;n, «k.Ami rc-aton pros trate <:a i t beh >re on<.* book,He h i s ’li in h was glidedi to shine.A nd mi 12; r*.■deci! tine "i ami. love ■divine.T h e oil 1er, luekl. 2ht, .‘IldleS s woeH ad be en Iiro-d«. i 1«.F o r binll IK> failli lent,B u t tov•tTê içn jt nil li •air. b. ItHe. bèlilef, Oli mil«..!Anti Im ris ilim 1.leaillut il., ■ br im one wav.
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P n o T o u o i i A S , a d i s c i p l e o f Itciriucrilm, t a u g h t t h a t h u m a n k n o w l e d g e c o n s i s t e d o n l y i n t h e p e r c e p t i o n o f a p p e a r a n c e s t h r o u g h t h e s u b j e c t , a n d t h a t t h a t w h i c h a p p e a r e d t o a n y p e r s o n w a s t r u e — s o t h a t m a n w a s t h e s t a n d a r d o f a l l t h i n g s . T h a t i n m e r e p u r p o s e s t h e r e w a s n o d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n t r u t h a n d f a l s e h o o d , a n d n o n e b e t w e e n t h e p e r c e p t i o n s o f e x t e r n a l o b j e c t s , s o t h a t i t w a s i m p o s s i b l e t o a d d u c e c e r t a i n t y i n a r g u m e n t , a n d e s t e e m e d i t a s v e r y d o u b t f u l w h e t h e r a n o v e r r u l i n g P r o v i d e n c e h a d e x i s t e n c e .
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r a t i o n a l n a t u r e , l i e w a s t h e e n e m y o f o b s c u r i t i e s a n d p h i l o s o p h i c a l c h a r t a l a n e y , a n d e n c o u n t e r e d t h e Siijihirtis w i t h i r o n y a n d a r g u m e n t . H e h e l d : — 1 s t . T h e c h i e f o b j e c t o f m e n i s i n k n o w i n g t h e g o o d w h i c h i t i s h i s d u t y t o d o ; t o e f f e c t w h i c h h e m u s t a c q u i r e s e l f - k n o w l e d g e a n d t h e h a b i t o f s e l f c o n t r o l . W i s d o m e m b r a c e s a l l t h e v i r t u e s , a n d m a n ’s d u t y t o h i m s e l f e m b r a c e s c o n t i n e n c e a n d c o u r a g e , o u r d u t i e s t o w a r d s o t h e r s , j u s t i c e , a n d t h e f u l f i l m e n t o f t h e l a w s , h u m a n a n d d i v i n e , i . l l y . H e H e l d v i r t u e a n d h a p p i n e s s t o b e i n s e p a r a b l y u n i t e d . 3 d l y . R e l i g i o n i s t h e h o m a g e r e n d e r e d t o t h e d i v i n i t y b y t h e p r a c t i c e o f v i r t u e , a n d c o n s i s t s i n t h e c o n t i n u o u s e n d e a v o r t o d o a l l t h e g o o d o u r f a c u l t i e s w i l l p e r m i t u s . 4 t h l y . T h a t t h e S u p r e m eB e i n g i s t h e F i r s t . A u t h o r a n d G u a r d i a n o f t h e l a w s o f m o r a l s ; h i s e x i s t e n c e b e i n g p r o v e d b y t h e o r d e r a n d h a r m o n y o b s e r v a b l e i n n a t u r e , b o t h i n t h e i n w a r d c o n s t i t u t i o n o f m a n , a n d o f t h e w o r l d . l i e h e l d h i m t o b e a r a t i o n a l a n d i n v i s i b l e b e i n g r e v e a l e d h y h i s w o r k s . H e a d m i t t e d a s u p e r i n t e n d i n g P r o v i d e n c e , a n d b e l i e v e d t h a t l i e b i n e e l f !mj an nthmlaul Sj'irif, mui chiiifitd jin il nfuCjhje the f/rminil of tupei'nrilunil cormnnnioitimi ; t h a t t h e p o w e r o f G o d w a s e x e m p l i f i e d i n t h e g e n e r a l g o v e r n a n c e o f t h e w o r l d , b u t t h a t i t w a s e s p e c i a l l y d i r e c t e d t o m a n . 5 t h ! _ v . T h e s o u l l i e c o n s i d e r e d d i v i n e , p a r t a k i n g o f t h e n a t u r e o f G o d , a n d a p p r o x i m a t i n g t o h i m i n r e s p e c t t o i t s r e a s o n a n d i n v i s i b l e e n e r g y ; h e n c e I l l s b e l i e f t h a t i t w a s i m m o r t a l , f i t h l y . A l l a r t s a n d s c i e n c e s w h i c h h a d n o [ . r a d i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n t o t h e t h i n g s o f t h i s l i f e a s m e r e v a n i t i e s . H e s a i d f r e e w i l l a n d n a t u r e w e r e b o t h u n d e r t h e r e s t r a i n t o f t h e l a w . H e f o u n d e d n o s e c t , b u t m a y b e e s t e e m e d t o h a v e b e e n t h e f a t h e r o f m a n y .
A . n t i s t u e n e s , t h e f o u n d e r o f t h e C y n i c s e c t , p l a c e d t h e s u p r e m e g o o d o f m a n i n v i r t u e , w h i c h h e d e f i n e d t o c o n s i s t i n v i r t u e ; i. e., i n h a p p i n e s s a n d p r i v a t i o n s , a s t h u s x v a s s h o w n a n i n d e p e n d e n c e o f e x t e r n a l o b j e c t s . B y a n a d h e r e n c e t o t h i s c o u r s e , b e h e l d m a n c o u l d l e a c h t h e h i g h e s t p e r f e c t i o n a n d t h e m o s t a b s o l u t e f e l i c i t y , a n d a p p r o a c h t h e n a t u r e o f t h e D e i t j x T h a t n o t h i n g w a s s o b e a u t i f u l a s v i r t u e , o r s o d e f o r m e d a s v i c e , a n d t l i a t a l l t h i n g s , o t h e r t h a n v i r t u e , w e r e m a t t e r s o f i n d i t f e r e n c e , a n d w e r e u n w o r t h y o f a n j - e f f o r t t o a t t a i n t h e m . U p o n t h e s e p r i n c i p l e s h e r e a r e d a s y s t e m s o s i m p l e a s l o e x c l u d e e v e n t h e d e c e n c i e s o f l i f e , a n d c a r r y i n g h i s a f f e c t a t i o n o f a c c e t i c i s m t o a g r e a t e x t e n t , t l i a t w h e n h e w a s m e t b y . - s i c r a k s , h e s a i d : “ I s e e y o u r v a n i t y t h r o u g h t h e h o l e s i n y o u r c l o a k . ” H e h e l d t h e r e w a s o n e G o d s u p e r i o r t o a i l .
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A r r i s t i p p u s — t h e f o u n d e r o f t h e G y r e n a i c s e c t — m a d e t h e “summum bonum” o f h u m a n g o o d t o c o n s i s t i n e n j o y m e n t a c c o m p a n i e d w i t h g o o d t a s t e a n d f r e e d o m o f m i n d . l i e m a d e v e r y l i g h t o f t h e p h y s i c a l s c i e n c e s , e s p e c i a l l y o f m a t h e m a t i c s . H e a g r e e d w i t h t h e Eltans i n r e j e c t i n g t h e e v i d e n c e s o f t h e s e n s e s , b u t m a i n t a i n e d t h a t a l t h o u g h t h e s e n s e s m i g h t d e c e i v e i n r e g a r d t o i d e a s , t h e y w e r e t r u t h f u l i n p r e s e n t i n g o b j e c t s , a n d i n t h e i r p e r c e p t i o n s o f p l e a s u r e a n d p a i n . P l e a s u r e a n d p a i n w e r e , t h e r e f o r e , t h e c r i t e r i a o f a c t i o n ; t h e f o r m e r t h e g o o d t o b e s o u g h t , t h e l a t t e r t h e i l l t o b e a v o i d e d . H i s g r a n d s o n , Arristippus, w a s t h e f i r s t t o d e v e l o p e u p o n t h e s e p r i n c i p l e s a c o m p l e t e s y s t e m o f s e l f i n d u l g e n c e . H i s d i s c i p l e , Theodorn*, s u r n a m e d t h e A t h e i s t , t a k i n g s e n s a t i o n f o r h i s a r g u m e n t , e n d e d b y d e n j - i n g t h e e x i s t e n c e o f a l l o b j e c t s o f p e r c e p t i o n , a n d d i s a l l o w e d t h e r e a l i t y o f a n u n i v e r s a l c r i t e r i u m o f t r u t h , t h u s o p e n i n g t h e w a y t o t h e s c h o o l o f t h e s k e p t i c s . H i s s y s t e m e x c l u d e d a i l d i f f e r e n c e s o f r i g h t a n d w r o n g i n m o r a l s a n d r e l i g i o n , a n d a s s u m e d p l e a s u r e t o b e t h e u l t i m a t e o f e x i s t e n c e .
■ E r c i . i n , o f M e g a r a , i n a r g u i n g , c o n f i n e d h i m s e l f t o t h e o r i g i n a l p r o p o s i t i o n , a n d d i s c a r d e d a n a l o g y . H e t a u g h t t h a t g o o d i s o n l y i n n n i t j - , w h i c h i s a l o n e r e a l a n d i n v a r i a b l e . H e t a u g h t t h e u n i t y o f G o d .
E e b u l i d e s s u c c e e d e d h i m . T h e t e a c h i n g s m e r g e d i n t h o s e o f t h e S t o i c s .
P n o m o f o u n d e d t h e E l e a n s e c t . H e m a i n t a i n e d t h e u n i t y o f G o d , a n d t a u g h t t h a t n o r e a l d i f f e r e n c e c o u l d e x i s t b e t w e e n t h e g o o d a n d t r u e . l i e l i m i t e d t r u t h t o i d e n t i c a l p r o p o s i t i o n s , a n d d e n i e d t h a t i t c o u l d b e i n f e r r e d b y n e g a t i v e c a t e g o r i c a l p r o p o s i t i o n s , o r c o n d i t i o n a l , o r c o l l e c t i v e p r o p o s i t i o n s .
P l a t o w a s b o r n i n A t h e n s 4 2 9 y e a r s I ’>. C . H e w a s a l i k e d i s t i n g u i s h e d f o r h i s p h i l o s o p h i c a l a t t a i n m e n t s , a n d f o r h i s g y m n a s t i c e x c e l l e n c i e s , a n d f o r h i s v i r t u e s , h i s g e n i u s , a n d t h e m a n l y g r a c e s o f h i s f o r m . B e f o r e s t u d y i n g u n d e r S o c r a t e s , h e m a d e h i m s e l f a c q u a i n t e d w i t h a l l t h e o t h e r s y s t e m s o f P h i l o s o p h y , a n d s u b j e c t e d e v e r y t h e o r y t o a s o u n d s c r u t i n y . H e d i v i d e d P h i l o s o p h y i n t o D i a l e c t i c s , P h y s i c s , a n d E t h i c s , w h i c h c o m p r i s e d P o l i t i e s , a n d t h e s c i e n c e o f S o c i e t y . P h i l o s o p h y a n d P h y s i c c o m p r i s e d h i s d i v i s i o n o f D i a l e c t i c s . H e c o n s i d e r e d t h e o r e t i c a l a n d p r a c t i c a l P h i l o s o p h y , a s f o r m i n g e s s e n t i a l p a r t s o f t h e s a m e w h o l e , a n d h e l d t h a t i t w a s o n l y b y t h e m e a n s o f t r u e p h i l o s o p h y t h a t h u m a n n a t u r e c o u l d a t t a i n i t s p r o p e r d e s t i n a t i o n . U n d e r t h e t e r m P h i l o s o p h y , h e c o m p r e h e n d e d t h e u n i v e r s a l , t h e n e c e s s a r y , a n d t h e a b s o l u t e , a s w e l l a s t h e r e l a t i o n s a n d e s s e n t i a l p r o p e r t i e s o f a l l t h i n g s . S c i e n c e h e v i e w e d a s a f o r m o f P h i l o s o p h y , a n d P h i l o s o p h y h e d e f i n e d a s s c i e n c e , w h e n i t w a s p r o p e r l y d e s i g n a t e d . H e h e l d r e a s o n , w h o s e o b j e c t i s t h a t w h i c h i s i n v a r i a b l e a n d a b s o l u t e , a s t h e s o u r c e o f k n o w l e d g e . I t w a s n o t t h e e v i d e n c e o f t h e s e n s e s , f o r t h e y a r e o c c u p i e d w i t h c o n t i n g e n t m a t t e r , n o r y e t t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g . T h a t r e a s o n i n c e r t a i n i n n a t e n o t i o n s e x i s t e d , a n d w h i c h f o r m t h e b a s i s o f o u r c o n c e p t i o n s , a n d p r e c e d e i n
t h e s o u l t h e r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f t h a t w h i c h i s o r i g i n a l a n d p e c u l i a r , f o r m i n g t h e e l e m e n t o f o u r p r a c t i c a l r e s o l u t i o n s . T h a t t h e s e i n n a t e n o t i o n s h a v e f o r t h e i r o b j e c t t h e i d e a , t h e e t e r n a l a r c h e t y p e s , o r u n i t i e s , w h i c h a r e t h e e s s e n c e o f i n f i n i t e t h i n g s , a n d t h e p r i n c i p l e s t o w h i c h a r e t o b e r e f e r r e d t h e e n d l e s s m u l t i p l i c i t i e s , b y m e a n s o f t h o u g h t , a n d w h i c h c a n n o t , t h e r e f o r e , h a v e t h e i r o r i g i n i n e x p e r i e n c e , b u t h a v e b e e n o n l y d e v e l o p e d b y i t . T l i a t t h e s o u l , o n p e r c e i v i n g t h e i r c o p i e s , r e m e m b e r s i d e a s a n d p r i n c i p l e s , l i k e , a s i t w e r e , r e c a l l i n g b a c k t o m e m o r y t h o s e t h i n g s o f w h i c h i t w a s c o g n i z a n t w h e n i t e x i s t e d o u t o f t h e b o d y . T h e e t e r n a l i d e a m u s t h a v e s o m e t h i n g i n c o m m o n b e t w e e n t h e m a n d t h e s o u l , w h i c h i s o f t h e D i v i n i t y . N u m b e r s d i f f e r f r o m i d e a s , a n d f i l l t h e i n t e r v a l s b e t w e e n t h e m a n d t h e c o g n i z a n t s o u l . H e d i s t i n g u i s h e d b e t w e e n t h e s y n t h e t i c a l a n d a n y l e t i c a l m o d e o f r e a s o n i n g . H e H e l d t h a t x v h i c h w a s c o r p o r e a l , h a d f i r e a n d e a r t h a s i t s f u n d a m e n t a l e l e m e n t s , b e t w e e n x v h i c h a i r a n d w a t e r o c c u p i e d a n i n t e r m e d i a t e r a n k . The soul 1m hell icae on eternal and self acting energy, to trhirh the Diciuc idea is feally united, with the inani- f"ld, in one substance, and hence Iticinihj, in. an derail d ■manner, h, revealed to it. I n i t s c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e b o d y , h e d i v i d e d i t i n t o t w o p a r t s — r a t i o n a l a n d i r r a t i o n a l , w h i c h l a t t e r h e t e r m e d t h e a n i m a l , a n d w h i c h h a d i t s o r i g i n b y t h e i m p r i s o n m e n t o f t h e s o u l i n t h e b o d y ; t h e r a t i o n a l s t i l l r e t a i n i n g t h e c o n s c i o u s n e s s o f i d e a s , by means of idiidt it is caj'uble of returning to its former happy state of ■'spirit. H e d i s c r i m i n a t e d b e t w e e n c o g n i t i o n , s e n s a t i o n , a n d v o l i t i o n , a n d a l s o b e t w e e n t h e d i f f e r e n t s p e c i e s o f r e p r e s e n t a t i o n , o f s e n s a t i o n , a n d o f m o t i v e s d e t e r m i n i n g t h e w i l l , a n d b e t x v e e n t h o u g h t s a n d s p e e c h .
H e r e p r e s e n t e d t h e D i v i n i t y a s t h e a u t h o r o f t h e w o r l d , inasmuch as he introduced into rude matter order and harinon.y, by moulding it after ideas, a n d c o n f e r r i n g ( t o g e t h e r w i t h a r o t a r y m o t i o n ) a n h a r m o n i o u s b o d y , g o v e r n e d , a s i n t h e a n i m a l , b y t h e s o u l o f t h e w o r l d . H e a l s o d e s c r i b e d t h e D i v i n i t y a s t h e a u t h o r , o r e x e c u t o r , o r g u a r d i a n o f m o r a l s . H e h e l d e v i l w a s n o t t o b e a t t r i b u t e d t o t h e D e i t y , a s i t r e s u l t s f r o m a p r i n c i p l e o f t h a t w h i c h i s u n f o r m e d a n d v a r i a b l e , a n d a c t s i n c o n f l i c t x v i t h t h e i d e a s , t h r o u g h w h i c h c o n f l i c t , l i f e a n d d e v e l o p m e n t a r e b r o u g h t i n t o t h e w o r l d , b u t t h a t t h e D e i t j - h a s i n s t i t u t e d a l l n e c e s s a r i e s t o o v e r c o m e t h e e v i l . H e a l s o h e l d the Spirituality of the soul. “ V i r t u e , ” h e s a i d , “ w a s t h e e f f o r t o f m a n t o a t t a i n t o a r e s e m b l a n c e w i t h h i s o r i g i n a l , i n o t h e r w o r d s , t o i m i t a t e G o d . T h e u n i s o n a n d h a r m o n y o f a l l o u r p r i n c i p l e s a n d a c t i o n s a c c o r d i n g t o r e a s o n , f r o m w h i c h t i i e h i g h e s t h a p p i n e s s r e s u l t e d . E v i l b e i n g o p p o s e d t o t h i s h a r m o n y , i s a d i s e a s e o f t h e s o u l . V i r t u e i s , i n i t s e l f , a n u n i t y , a n d i s c o m p o s e d o f f o u r e l e m e n t s — W i s d o m , C o u r a g e , o r C o n s t a n c y , T e m p e r a n c e , a r . d J u s t i c e — a n d t h e s e a r e , i n d e p e n d e n t o f , a n d s u p e r i o r to, t h e s e n s e s . I n p r a c t i c a l p h i l o s o p h y h e b l e n d e d a r i g i d p i r i n c i p l e o f m o r a l o b l i g a t i o n w i t h a s p i r i t o f g e n t l e n e s s a n d h u m a n i t y . E d u c a t i o n i s t h e l i b e r a l c u l t i v a t i o n a n d m o r a l d i s c i p l i n e o f t h e m i n d . B e a u t y , t h e s e n s i b l e r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f m o r a l a n d p h y s i c a l p e r c e p t i o n , s o i t w a s o n e w i t h t r u t h , g o o d n e s s , a n d i n s p i r e d l o v e , w h i c h t e n d s t o v i r t u e . ” l i e h e l d i t w a s t h e t r u e d u t j - o f t h e p h i l o s o p h e r t o e r a d i c a t e o r c o r r e c t m i s t a k e n v i e w s o f r e a l g o o d , a n d t o e l e v a t e t h e m i n d i n t o a t r u e a p p r e c i a t i o n o f t h e t r u i l i . He held also that tin Deity iras period, a n d f r o m t h i s h e m a i n t a i n e d t h a t g o o d i s a g e n e r a l l a w , a n d e v i l b u t a d i s e a s e d s t a t e o f t h e s o u l , w h i c h i m p e d e d i n i t s p r o g r e s s t o w a r d s t l i a t a b s o r p t i o n i n t o t h e D e i t y t o w h i c h i t a s p i r e s — ( t h u s d e s t r o y i n g a l l n o t i o n s o f a n i n d i x - i - d u a l e x i s t e n c e a f t e r d e a t h . )
H i s c o s m o g o n y b e a r s a c l o s e r e s e m b l a n c e t o t h a t o f Jfoses, so m u c h s o t h a t i t w o u l d s e e m t o h a v e b e e n b o r r o w e d f r o m G e n e s i s , b e i n g n a r r a t e d i n a l m o s t t h e v e r y w o r d s . H e i n c u l c a t e d t h a t t h e F a t h e r o f t h e w o r l d c a n n o t b e n a m e d , a n d t h a t m e n s h o u l d n o t b e t o o c u r i o u s t o i n q u i r e w h a t G o d i s . T h e w o r l d , t h e h e a v e n s , t h e s t a r s , t h e e a r t h , t h e s o u l s , a n d t h o s e t o w h o m o u r f o r e f a t h e r s a s c r i b e d D i v i n i t y , w e r e G o d . H e b e l i e v e d t h a t m a t t e r w h i c h h e s o m e t i m e s c a l l e d e t e r n a l , existed, not ahrays visibly, but intellectually, in the idea of God, from all eternity. T h e e x e m p l a r a n d m o d e l o f t h e x v o r l d i s f r o m a l l e t e r n i t y . H e t h o u g h t p u r e s o u l s , o n t h e i r s e v e r a n c e f r o m t h e b o d y , w e r e a b s o r b e d b y t h e D i v i n e S p i r i t , a s t h e s t a t e m o s t a d a p t e d f o r t h e i r h a p p i n e s s , a n d those which were sullied by vicious indulgences were subjected to punishment; for the stains contracted in the jlesh remained with the soul after its severance. T h u s t h e d r u n k a r d w a s t o r m e n t e d b y a p e r p e t u a l t h i r s t w h i c h h e c a n n o t s a t i s f y ; t h e v o l u p t u a r y w i t h l u s t s w h i c h h e c a n n o t g r a t i f y .
l i e h e l d t h e i n d i s p e n s a b l e r u l e o f l i f e w a s t h a t ire ought not wilfully to injure any body, nor to sed revenge for injuries received from our enemies, b u t t o l i v e c o n s t a n t l y i n t h e p r a c t i c e o f v i r t u e . The forgiveness of injuries and the. benevolent ajplication of those talents with which we may have been endowed.
S r E i x n ’ r r s s u c c e e d e d Plato, a n d x x - a s t h e h e a d o f t h e Academies. l i e r e t u r n e d t o t h e P y t h a g o r e a n t h e o r y o f n u m b e r , d e f i n i n g t h e s o u l t o b e a s e l f m o v i n g n u m b e r . H e h e l d t h a t o n e i s n o t t h e s o l e a n d u n i v e r s a l g o o d , b u t o n l y o n e a m o n g m a n y s p e c i e s o f g o o d . H e a s s u m e d a p l u r a l i t y o f G o d s , w h i c h h e s u p p o s e d t h e p l a n e t s t o b e . S . B .
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T h e r e a r e t x v o c l a s s e s o f r e l i g i o u s p e r s o n s ; o n e w o r s h i p s t h e p r i n c i p l e s o f h i s r e l i g i o n , a n d h i s G o d ; t h e o t h e r x v o r s b i p s t h e f o r m s o f r e l i g i o n : t h i s c l a s s p e r s e c u t e s a l l x v h o d i s r e g a r d t h e f o r m s o f r e l i g i o n . T h e o t h e r c l a s s p i t i e s t h o s e w h o d i s r e g a r d t h e p r i n c i p l e s o f r e l i g i o n . — Sylvester Genin.
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E v e r y m a n , x v h o s e m i n d i s n o t w h o l l y i m b r u t e d , a n d w h o h a s s t i l l a n y r e m a i n s o f t h a t l i v i n g p r i n c i p l e w i t h i n h i m , w h i c h m a k e s h i m f e e l u n s a t i s f i e d w i t h t h e “ d u l l m a t e r i a l a c c i d e n t s o f t h i s s e n s u a l b o d j ' , ” f e c - l s a s t h e p o e t d e s c r i b e s i n t h e a b o v e q u o t a t i o n . T o t h e living m a n i t i s a s n e c e s s a r y t h a t h e s h o u l d w o r s h i p — t h a t h e s h o u l d l i f t u p h i s h a n d s , h i s e y e s , h i s s o u l t o s o m e t h i n g h i g h e r , a s t h a t h e s h o u l d b r e a t h e t h e n a t u r a l a i r , i n o r d e r t o p r e s e r v e h i s p h y s i c a l l i f e .
M e n m u s t x v o r s h i p b e c a u s e t h e y a r e S p i r i t s , a n d b e c a u s e t h a t a s s u c h t h e y h a v e a n i n t e r i o r c o n s c i o u s n e s s o f t h e D i v i n e . I n t h e e x t e r n a l c i r c u m s t a n c e s b x ' w h i c h t h e y a r e s u r r o u n d e d t h e y f i n d n o t h i n g t o m e e t t h i s x x - a n t . I n t h e i n t e r i o r s o f t h e i r o w n souh a l o n e d o t h e y f i n d t h a t w h i c h t h e y c a n c a l l G o d . I n e v e r } - l i v i n g t e m p l e t h e r e i s a n i n n e r s a n c t u a r y , x v l i e r e H e a b i d e t h , y e t “ d w e l l i n g i n t h e l i g h t w h i c h n o m a n c a n a p p r o a c h u n t o , x v h o m n o m a n h a t h s e e n , n o r c a n s e e , ” a s H e i s .
B e c a u s e m a n i s , i n h i s e x t e r n a l s o r u l t i m a t e s , h e m u s t , t h e r s f o r e , e x t e r n a l i z e a n d u l t i m a t e t h e i d e a o f G o d t l i a t i n h i s i n n e r m o s t s . T h i s i s w h y e v e r y m a n l i a s a n e x t e r n a l t h o u g h t o f G o d i n c o r r e s p o n d e n c e w i t h h i s o x v n p r o p r i u m o r s e l f - h o o d ; a n d , a l s o , x x - h y t h e p e c u l i a r G o d o f a n y n a t i o n s h o u l d h a v e t h e c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s o f t h a t n a t i o n .
I n p r o p o r t i o n , t h e n , a s m a n i s r e g e n e r a t e d i n h i s u l t i m a t e s , w i l l b e t h e s u b l i m i t y a n d p e r f e c t i o n o f h i s u l t i m a t i o n o f t h e G o d - t h o u g h t T h i s t o o i s w h y , a m o n g t h o s e w h o a r e e x t e r n a l l y m o s t i m b r u t e d a m o n g m e n . t h e i d e a o f G o d i s b u r i e d u n d e r u n s h a p e l y a n d h i d e o u s f o r m s o f s t o n e a n d w o o d , a n d m o s t l y a l s o i n v e s t e d w i t h s a v a g e - h u m a n a t t r i b u t e s . T h i s i s w h y a m o n g t h e m o r e e x t e r n a l l y - p o l i s h e d P e r s i a n s , h e w a s w o r s h i p p e d i n f i r e ; t h a t b e i n g t o t h e i r m i n d s t h e t r u e s t c o r r e s p o n d e n c e o f G o d ; s i n c e i t i s f i r e t h a t p u r i f i e s , d e s t r o y s , a n d x v a r m s t o l i f e . T h i s i s w h y a m o n g t h e w i s e E g y p t i a n s t h e s u n a n d m o o n w e r e d e i f i e d ; a n d h e r e w e f i n d t h e b e a u t i f u l c o n j u g a l i d e a , i n t h e m a r r i a g e o f I s i s a n d O s i r i s . W h a t w o n d e r t h a t i n d e f a u l t o f t h e true i d c - a , t h e s e w o n d e r i n g , y e a r n i n g h e a r t s s h o u l d h a v e i n v e s t e d t h o s e b e a u t i f u l o r b s w i t h G o d h o o d , s i n c e t h e s e s e r v e d t o e x p r e s s m o s t p e r f e c t l y t h e t h o u g h t f o r x v h i c h t h e y f o u n d n o w h e r e c - l s e a n e x - - t e r n a l u t t e r a n c e ?
I n t h e g r e a t P a n t h e o n o f t h e G r e e k a n d R o m a n m y t h o l o g y , t h e i d e a o f G o d a s m a i l , w a s r e c o g n i z e d . B u t t h e D i v i n e U n i t y w a s l o s t s i g h t o f i n t h e i r s y s t e m . S t i l l a m o n g t h e i r “ G o d ’s m a n y , a n d l o r d s m a n y , ” s o m e t h o u g h t s t h a t h a r m o n i z e m o s t b e a u t i f u l l y w i t h w h a t h a s s i n c e b e e n r e v e a l e d t o m a n o f G o d , h a v e b e e n e x p r e s s e d . T h e m a r r i a g e o f C u p i d a n d P s y c h , o r L o v e a n d W i s d o m ; o f V u l c a n a n d V e n u s , o r t h e s t r o n g a n d t h e b e a u t i f u l ; t h e g r a n d c o n c e p t i o n o f t h e G o d - m a n i n t h e l o r d l y a n d g r a c i o u s A p o l l o , a r e a l l p r o o f s t h a t G o d h a t h n e v e r “ l e f t h i m s e l f w i t h o u t a w i t n e s s ” a m o n g m e n .
T h e w o r d w o r s h i p m e a n s o r i g i n a l l y w o r t h - s h i p . T h e i d e a , t h e n , i s f o u n d e d o n a s e n s e o f worth o r h o l i n e s s i n t h a t o b j e c t t o w h i c h w o r s h i p i s a s c r i b e d . W o r s h i p b e i n g a seeking of the soul after that which is worthy, i s n e c e s s a r i l y g i v e n t o t h a t w h i c h m a k e s t h e n e a r e s t a p p r o a c h t o w o r t h i n t h e e s t i m a t i o n o f t h o s e w h o r e n d e r i t . A n d t h e f a c t t h a t t h i s s e n s e o f w o r t h o r h o l i n e s s , somewhere i n t h e U n i v e r s e , p o s s e s s e s a l l m e n , i s a s w e e t p r o o f o f G o d ever present. i n t h e w o r l d . P a u l g a v e b e a u t i f u l e x p r e s s i o n t o t h i s t h o u g h t x v h e n s p e a k i n g “ i n t h e m i d s t o f M a r s ’ l i i l l ” t o t h e A t h e n i a n s , w h e n h e s a i d , “ w h o m y e i g n o r a n t l y - x v o r s h i p , h i m d e c l a r e I u n t o y o u . ” A n d i t i s a b e a u t i f u l a n d s u g g e s t i v e f a c t , t h a t i n p r e a c h i n g t o t h e m t h e t r u e G o d , h e r e f e r r e d a s a u t h o r i t y - t o “ c e r t a i n o f t h e i r o w n p o e t s , ” m e n w h o , i n w h a t w o u l d b y t h e C h r i s t i a n c h u r c h e s n o w b e c a l l e d a “ s t a t e o f h e a t h e n d a r k n e s s , ” h a d n e v e r t h e l e s s f e l t t h e p r o u d c o n v i c t i o n — “ W e a r e a l s o H i s o f f s p r i n g . ”
W h e n t h e C h r i s t , t h e G o d - m a n , c a m e i n t o t h e w o r l d , t h e n w a s r e v e a l e d t o m a n t h e p e r f e c t i d e a l — G o d m a n i f e s t i n t h e f l e s h . I n h i m w a s r e v e a l e d t h e p e r f e c t G o d h o o d t h r o u g h p e r f e c t m a n h o o d . H e r e t h e n w e h a v e t h a t x x d i i c h t o u s i s t r u l y w o r s h i p f u l a n d t r u l y l o v a b l e ! G o d — h i t h e r t o u n k n o w n , i n t a n g i b l e , a w f u l i n t h e s u b l i m e d e p t h s o f H i s I n c o m p r e h e n s i b i l i t y — a p p e a r i n g i n o u r m i d s t — a p e r f e c t t y p e o f m a n h o o d — a p e r f e c t t y p e o f b r o t h e r h o o d ! — r e v e a l e d t o u s i n t h e p e r s o n o f O n e w h o s e h a n d w e c a n c l a s p a s a b r o t h e r , x v h i l e x v e k n e e l a t h i s f e e t a s a G o d !
I t i s s i m p l y b y r e g a r d i n g h i m s o , t h a t w e c a n m o s t a c c e p t a b l y w o r s h i p h i m . T o accept h i m , i n t h a t h e o f f e r s h i m s e l f t o u s , i s i n d e e d t o w o r s h i p h i m i n S p i r i t a n d i n t r u t h . T o a G o d s o d i g n i f i e d , s o l o v i n g , w h a t i s p o m p o f e x t e r n a l w o r s h i p b u t a n i n s u l t a n d a r e p r o a c h !
T h e t r u e a n d l o v i n g x x - i f e , b r i n g i n g h e r w a r m h e a r t t o h e r c h o s e n h u s b a n d , i s b e s t s a t i s f i e d t h a t h e accepts t h a t h e a r t , a n d r e q u i r e s n o t t h a t o u t w a r d d e m o n s t r a t i o n o f h i s l o v e t o h e r b e m a d e i n t h e e y e s o f t h e w o r l d . S h e f e e l s h e r s e l f b e s t e s t i m a t e d , b e s t b e l o x - e d , i n t h e q u i e t s o l i t u d e o f h o m e , w h e r e t h e r e a r e n o w i t n e s s e s s a v e G o d , o f t h e a f f e c t i o n m a n i f e s t e d b y h e r h u s b a n d .
S o G o d i s b e s t p l e a s e d w i t h t h a t w o r s h i p w h i c h s e e k s n o t t o d i s p l a y i t s e l f a s s u c h b e f o r e m e n , b u t k e e p s i t s e l f l i v i n g a n d f r e s h b y c o n s t a n t s e c r e t c o m m u n i o n w i t h h i m . T h e c h a n t i n g o f m a s s e s , p s a l t e r s a n d c r e e d s ; t h e u p b u i l d i n g o f g r e a t p i l e s o f m a s o n r y ; t h e s t a i n i n g o f w i n d o w s , a n d t h e s o f t c a r p e t i n g a n d c u s h i o n i n g o f a i s l e s a n d p e w s — x x - h a t h a v e t h e s e t o d o w i t h t h e w o r s h i p o f t h a t G o d w h o d w e l l e t h n o t i n t e m p l e s m a d e w i t h h a n d s , b u t i n t h e l i v i n g t e m p l e o f t h e b o d y o f h u m a n i t y ? N a y , t h e o n l y w o r s h i p w e c a n a c c e p t a b l y o f f e r a G o d l i k e t h i s , i s o b e d i e n c e t o h i s d i v i n e l a w o f l o v e , c o n f o r m i t y t o h i s d i v i n e l a w o f o r d e r . O b e d i e n c e t o t h e l a w o f
l o v e a s i t w a s e x e m p l i f i e d i n t h e p e r s o n o f t h e c r u c i f i e d m a n , w h o n e v e r w h i l e a m o n g m e n d i s p l a y e d t o w a r d t h e m a n y o t h e r f e e l i n g . T o a t t a i n t r u e l o v e o f o u r b r o t h e r w i l l b e m o s t t r u l y t o w o r s h i p G o d . C o n f o r m i t y t o t h e l a w o f o r d e r , b y - o b e d i e n c e t o w h a t e v e r w e f i n d t o b e a r e v e l a t i o n o f H i s w i l l , w h e t h e r i t c o m e t o u s e x t e r n a l l y f r o m t h e w o r d H e h a s c o m m i t t e d t o o t h e r s , o r i n t e r n a l l y f r o m t h e w o r d H e c o m m i t s t o o u r s e l v e s . F o r G o d s a i t h t o a l l , “ i f y e l o v e m e , k e e p m y c o m m a n d m e n t s . ” E a s y t o k e e p t o t h o s e w h o love H i m , f o r t h e y a r e a l l f o u n d e d o n l o v e 1
I n t h e u n f a l l e n u n i v e r s e a l l l i f e i s x v o r s h i p . A l l t h e l o v e s o f t h e P a r a d i a s i c a l m e n a r e i n t h e d i v i n e o r d e r , a n d a r r i v e a t d i v i n e u l t i m a t i o n s . S o s h a l l i t b e x v i t h m a n u p o n t h i s e a r t h , w h e n i t s r e d e m p t i o n f u l l y c o m e s . T h e n a l l t h e l o v e s o f t h e e a r t h — m a n — t h a t n o x v s o f r e q u e n t l y - y i e l d b i t t e r f r u i t , i n c o n s e q u e n c e o f t h e d i s c o r d a n t e l e m e n t o f s e l f i s h n e s s , x v i l l a l s o c o n t r i b u t e t o x v o r s h i p h i m x v h o i m b r e a t h e d t h e m i n t o m a n , b y f u l f i l l i n g t h o s e u s e s f o r w h i c h t h e y x x - e r e d e s i g n e d b y I l im . U n d in e .
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N o m a t t e r x v h a t t h e c a u s e x v h i c h a r r e s t s i t s f l i g h t , w h e t h e r f r o m t h e w a n t o f l i g h t o r t h e a b u s e o f i t x x d i e n f u r n i s h e d , t h e e f f e c t i s , m o r e o r l e s s t h e s a m e . H o w v a s t l y i m p o r t a n t i t i s t h e n t o m a n , t h a t h e s h o u l d n o t o n l y u n d e r s t a n d h i s u l t i m a t e d e s t i n y , b u t t h e o b j e c t o f h i s p r i m a r y - o r m a t e r i a l e x i s t e n c e . I m p o r t a n t , I m e a n , n o t o n l y i n r e f e r e n c e t o h i s k n o w l e d g e , b u t t o h i s h a p p i n e s s a l s o ; f o r y o u m u s t a t o n c e p e r c e i v e t h a t t h a t l a w o f h i s n a t u r e w h i c h d e m a n d s o f h i m t l i a t h e p r o g r e s s i n k n o w l e d g e , c a n n o t b e v i o l a t e d x v i t h o u t c a u s i n g h i m u n h a p p i n e s s , a n d t h a t u n h a p p i n e s s i s m o r e o r l e s s a c c o r d i n g a s t h e v i o l a t i o n o f t h a t l a w I s w i l l f u l o r a c c i d e n t a l . I s i t n o t s o w i t h a n y l a w x v h i c h a p p l i e s t o y o u r m a t e r i a l e x i s t e n c e ? I f y o u t h r u s t y o u r h a n d i n t o t h e f l a m e , i t c a u s e s y o u p a i n , a n d t h a t p a i n w i l l b e a g g r a v a t e d b y t h e c o n s c i o u s n e s s t h a t y o u h a v e o f y o u r o w n a c c o r d p r o d u c e d i t . —
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T h e n a s t o t h e e f f e c t o n h i s p r o g r e s s i n k n o w l e d g e , f i r s t o r l a s t , h e m u s t k n o w — e a r l i e r o r l a t e r , h e m u s t a c h i e v e t h e k n o w l e d g e w h i c h i s t o e n a b l e h i m t o a t t a i n h i s h i g h d e s t i n y , a n d p e r f o r m t h e s u b l i m e a n d m i g h t y d u t i e s b e l o n g i n g t o i t ; t h e d u t y o f e x e c u t i n g t h e w i l l o f t h e g r e a t C r e a t o r i n m a r s h a l i n g c o u n t l e s s w o r l d s I n t h e i r o r b i t s , i n g a t h e r i n g f r o m t h e d i s j o i n t e d m a t t e r s c a t t e r e d t h r o u g h o u t s p a c e , n e w w o r l d s u p o n n e w w o r l d s , a n d d e x - e l o p - i n g f r o m t h a t m a t t e r , x v h e n p r o p e r l y p r e p a r e d , i t n - m o r t a l S p i r i t s i n t h e i r t u r n t o p e o p l e e t e r n i t y . A s h o u r b y h o u r c o u n t l e s s n u m b e r s o f i m m o r t a l S p i r i t s a r e u s h e r e d i n t o a l i f e t h a t i s t o b e e t e r n a l , s o h o u r b y h o u r a r c n e w w o r l d s e v o l v e d , a s f i t t i n g s c e n e s o n w h i c h t o e n a c t t h e i r p a r t i n ( h e d r a m a o f e x i s t e n c e , a n d t o g i v e p l a y a n d s c o p e t o t h a t g e r m f r o m t h e g r e a t f i r s t C a u s e x v h i c h i s s p e e d i n g i t s w a y b a c k t o t h e s o u r c e w h e n c e i t e m a n a t e d . — Our Budget.
G e r m a n P e r io d ic a l L i t e r a t u r e .— T h e p e r i o d i c a l l i t e r a t u r e o f G e r m a n y d i f f e r s i n m a n y r e s p e c t s f r o m t h e c o t e m p o r a r y p u b l i c a t i o n s o f t h e s a m e c l a s s i n t h i s c o u n t r y , a n d a l s o i n F r a n c e a n d E n g l a n d . I n s o m e r e s p e c t s i t l i a s p e c u l i a r m e r i t s ; w h i l e i n o t h e r s i t c a n n o t b e c o m p a r e d w i t h t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g l i t e r a t u r e o f o t h e r n a t i o n s , i n e f f e c t i v e n e s s a n d a d a p t a t i o n . I t i s i n t e n d e d f o r t h e c u l t i v a t e d , r a t h e r t h a n f o r t h e g e n e r a l m i n d ; i t i s e l a b o r a t e i n i n v e s t i g a t i o n , b u t d e f i c i e n t i n t h e g r a c e s o f s t y l e . I t i s m a d e u p , t o a l a r g e e x t e n t , o f e s s a y s , a n d t h o r o u g h p h i l o s o p h i c a l i n v e s t i g a t i o n s , a n d m i n u t e h i s t o r i c a l a n d p h i l o g i c a l r e s e a r c h e s . T h e c h i e f r e l i g i o u s j o u r n a l s o f G e r m a n y a r e s t r i c t l y t h e o l o g i c a l a n d e c c l e s i a s t i c a l , r a t h e r t h a n p o p u l a r ; t h e y h a v e h a r d l y a n y t h i n g t h a t c a n b e c o m p a r e d , i n d i r e c t i n f l u e n c e u p o n t h e c o m m o n m i n d , w i t h t h e w e e k l y i s s u e s o f o u r r e l i g i o u s p r e s s . —Horton’s Literary Gazette.
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T h e s i m p l e t r u t h r e c o g n i z e d a n d s e t f o r t h i n t h i s s t a t e m e n t , g i v e s a u t h o r i t y t o t h e m o r a l e v i d e n c e s f a v o r i n g S p i r i t u a l i s m , a n d s u g g e s t t o u s t h e c o n v i c t i o n , t h a t t h e t i m e i s n o t f a r d i s t a n t w h e n i t w i l l c o r r e c t a l l o u r p h i l o s o p h y a n d b e l i e f s o n i m m o r t a l l i f e a n d S p i r i t i n t e r c o u r s e — f o r m o r a l e v i d e n c e i s t h e f o r e m o s t e l e m e n t i n b r i n g i n g c o n v i c t i o n a n d d e v e l o p i n g c o n v e r s i o n i n a l l s o c i a l o r r e l i g i o u s r e v o l u t i o n s . I t m a y b e t h e S p i r i t m a n i f e s t a t i o n s i n t h e f u t u r e — w i l l b e s o d e v e l o p e d a n d m u l t i p l i e d , t h a t e v e r } - f a m i l y w i l l h a v e i t s J l e d i u m a s w e l l a s i t s a l t a r ; b u t s h o u l d t h e y t a i l i n g i v i n g the p h y s i c a l
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“ M a n y o f t h e p h e n o m e n a i n d i c a t e d e s i g n , c a l c u l a t i o n , c u n n i n g a n d s k i l l ; a n d b e i n g a t t h e t i m e u n a c a o m p a n i c d w i t h a n y v i s i b l e c a u s e , o r a n y d i r e c t a g e n c y o f t h e M e d i u m s , t h e h y p o t h e s i s o f S p i r i t u a l a g e n c y i s t h e m o s t r a t i o n a l . A n d i n d e e d i t i s w h o l l y i n i p o s . - i l d e t o a c c o u n t f o r m u c h o f t h e p h e n o m e n a o n a n y o t h e r h y p o t h e s i s . I h o r e i s m u c h d e c e p t i o n p r a c t i s e d b y e v i l - m i n d e d p e r s o n s , w e h a v e n o d o u b t , a n d t h a t s o m e o f t h e a p p a r e n t r e a l i t i e s a r e m e r e h a l l u c i n a t i o n s , w e t h i n k v e r y p r o b a b l e , y e t , n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g , w e c a n n o t d o u b t t h e e v i d e n c e o f o u r o w n s e n s e s , o r u n i m p e a c h a b l e h u m a n t e s t i m o n y .
“ B u t a m e r e a d m i s s i o n o r c o n v i c t i o n o f t h e r e a l i t y o f t h e p h e n o m e n a i s n o t g o i n g q u i t e f a r e n o u g h f o r u p o n t h a t a d m i s s i o n h a n g s i m p o r t a n t c o n s e q u e n c e s , a n e w h e l d o f i n v e s t i g a t i o n a n d t h o u g h t i s o p e n e d t o u s . T h e s t a r t l i n g p h e n o m e n a s h o u l d b e t r a c e d t o t h e r e a l c a u s e s , a m i i f d u e t o t h e v o l u n t a r y a c t i o n o f d e p a r t e d S p i r i t s , t h e n w e a r e a t o n c e a s s u r e d o f a g r e a t t r u t h , or ' th e u n m o r k t l i i y o fthe od . - e x i s te n c e u n i f i e d l a t e l y o ilthe dec. use of the hud;/. T h i s , i n d e e d , h a s l o n g b e e n t h e opinion o f m o s t m e n ; h u t h o w l o n g l i a s i t b e e n a dunuit,d.ruble fnet, iippi.iling diuctly to the seme*?“ T h o u s a n d s , w h o b e f o r e t h e a d v e n t o f S p i r i t u a l i s m h a d n o h o p e s o r f e a r s b e y o n d t h e g r a v e , n o w l o o k u p o n i t s i m p l y a s a p a s s a g e t o a n o t h e r s t a t e o f e x i s t e n c e : d e a t h e i f e c t s n o c h a n g e i n t h e c h a r a c t e r o f m a n — i t n e t h e r p u r i t i e s i t o r b l a c k e n s i t .“ I f h u m a n t e s t i m o n y i s t o b e c r e d i t e d , m u c h s u f f e r i n g i s a l l e v i a t e d , a m i m a n y d i s e a s e s c u r e d b y S p i r i t u a l a g e n c i e s , a n d t h o u s a n d s p r o f e s s t o r e c e i v e g r e a t h a p p i n e s s f r o m t h e t r u t h s t h e y t h i n k S p i r i t u a l i s m h a s g i v e n t o t h e m . "
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T h e w r i t e r c o n t i n u e s :“ A f r i e n d o f m i n e , w h o c l a i m s t o b e o n e o f t h e O r d e r , a s s u r e s m e t h a t t h e y a r e a p e c u l i a r c l a s s o f S w e d e n b o r g i a n s ; t h a t t h e y d o n o t i m b i b e t h e s u p e r s t i t i o n s o f t h e s e c t k n o w n u n d e r t h e t i t l e o f t h e N e w C h u r c h . T h e y m a i n t a i n t h a t t h e w r i t i n g ; o f S w e d e n b o r g , l i k e t h o s e o f t h e S c r i p t u r e s , a r e g r o s s l y p e r v e r t e d b y s u p e r s t i t i o u s c o n c e i t s . ’ T h e S c r i p t u r e s , t h e y m a i n t a i n , a r e a p u r e a n d h e a v e n l y A l l e g o r y , a n d a r e p e r f e c t l y r a t i o n a l i n t h e i r c o n s t r u c t i o n a n d m e a n i n g , w h e n t h e p r i n c i p l e o f t h e i r f o r m a t i o n i s u n d e r s t o o d . T h i s p r i n c i p l e i s t h e l a w o f c o r r e s p o n d e n c e . B y c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , t h e y u n d e r s t a n d a s a c r e d a n a l o g y . I n o t h e r w o r d s , t h e y t e a c h t h a t t h e A Y o r d o f G o d i s f o r m c - d f r o m a p p e a r a n c e s e x i s t i n g i n t h e w o r l d o f n a t u r e , a r t , a n d h u m a n p o l i t y ; t h a t g o o d a n d e v i l , a s t h e y e x i s t i n t h e i n m o s t t h o u g h t a n d a f f e c t i o n o f h u m a n i t y , a r e d e m o n s t r a t e d i n a w o r l d o f S p i r i t u a l c a u s e s a n d e i f e c t s , w h i c h t h e y s a y i s t h e S p i r i t u a l w o r l d . T h e S p i r i t u a l w o r l d i s a n o b j e c t o f d i s c e r n m e n t o n l y t o s u c h a s h a v e S p i r i t u a l s e n s e s o r r a t i o n a l s e n t i m e n t a l i t i e s . T o t h e s u p e r s t i t i o u s a n d i r r a t i o n a l , i t i s a v a s t , i n c o m p r e h e n s i b l e , r e m o t e , a n d i n d e s c r i b a b l e w o r l d ; i n h a b i t e d h y G o d , a n d t h e D e v i l , a s t h e R u l i n g S u p r e m a c i e s ; a n d h y i n n u m e r a b l e h o s t s o í a n g e l s , d e m o n s , a n d t h e d e p a r t e d S p i r i t s o f m a n k i n d . I r r a t i o n a l a D d s u p e r s t i t i o u s p e o p l e o f a l l s e c t s b e l i e v e t h e y g o i n t o t h i s s t r a n g e a n d u n k n o w n w o r l d w h e n t h e y d i e . S u c h , h o w e v e r , i s n o t t h e f a i t h o f t h e R a t i o n a l A d v e n t i s t s . T h e y b e l i e v e t h a t G o d a n d D e v i l , h e a v e n a n d h e l l , a n g e l s , s p i r i t s a n d d e m o n s , a r e t h e e x i s t i n g r e a l i t i e s o f t h e S p i r i t u a l m i n d ; t h a t t h e t h o u g h t s a n d a f f e c t . o n s o f m e n a r e t h e o n l y r e c e p t a c l e o f s u c h S p i r i t u a l e x i s t e n c e s . A l l e l s e , t o t h e m , a r e b u t t h e m e r e s t c o n c e i t s o f r e l i g i o u s i g n o r a n c e .“ T h e R a t i o n a l A d v e n t i s t s r e g a r d t h e d o c t r i n e s o f t h e ‘ S p i r i t u a l R a p p e r s ’ a s t h e l o g i c a l r e f e r e n c e s o f j t h e f a i t h n o w e n t e r t a i n e d b y a l l C h r i s t i a n s e c t a r i e s .
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I t w o u l d b e i m p o s s i b l e t o g i v e e v e n t h e f a i n t e s t s h a d o w o f t h e e m o t i o n s I e x p e r i e n c e d , w h e n t h e g r e a t t r u t h i n m y S p i r i t u a l e x i s t e n c e c a m e t o b e e s t a b l i s h e d . B u t t h i s w a s s o m e t i m e i n b e i n g d o n e ; f o r t h e c o n v i c t i o n t h a t I c o u l d n o t b e t h u s a f f e c t e d , b a d b e e n s o l o n g a f i x e d f a c t , t h a t i t w a s m o v e d w i t h e x t r e m e d i f f i c u l t } - . N e a r l y a w e e k w a s s p e n t i n q u e s t i o n i n g s o n t h e o n e s i d e , a n d k i n d e s t r e s p o n s e s o n t h e o t h e r . T h e r e w i l l b e n o e n d t o t h e s e q u e s t i o n i n g s . T h e H e a v e n s , t h e E a r t h , t h e S e a , t h e A i r , i s f u l l o f t h e m , a n d s h a l l I n o t n o w
n g a i n t B . f o r s e v e r a l h u n d r e d d o l l a r s , h a v i n g _ s o m e t i m e t o r u n . W h e n t h e b o n d b e c a m e d u e , A .i l i g e n t s e a r c h ” ’ ■ *w a s n o t t o b e f o u n d . K n o w i n g t o a c e r t a i n t y t h a t t h e b o n d h a d n o t b e e n p a i d o r o t h e r w i s e l e g a l l y d i s p o s e d o f , A . c o n c l u d e d t o f r a n k l y i n f o r m h i s n e i g h b o r B . o f i t s l o s s , a n d t o r e l y u p o n h i s s e n s e o f j u s t i c e f o r i t s p a y m e n t B u t t o h i s s u r p r i s e , w h e n h e i n f o r m e d h i m o f t h e l o s s , B . d e n i e d e v e r h a v i n g g i v e n h i m s u c h a b o n d , a n d s t r o n g l y i n t i m a t e d a f r a u d u l e n t d e s i g n o n h i s p a r t , i n a s s e r t i n g t h a t s u c h a t r a n s a c t i o n h a d t a k e n p l a c e b e t w e e n t h e m . B e i n g u n a b l e t o p r o v e b i s c l a i m , A . w a s c o m p e l l e d t o s u b m i t t o t h e l o s s o f t h e d e b t , a n d a l s o t o t h e c h a r g e o f d i s h o n o r a b l e i n t e n t i o n s i n u r g i n g t h e d e m a n d .T e a r s p a s s e d a w a y , a n d t h e a f f a i r a l m o s t c e a s e d t o b e t h o u g h t o f , w h e n , o n e d a y w h i l e A . w a s b a t h i n g i n C h a r l e s R i v e r , h e w a s s e i z e d w i t h c r a m p , a n d c a m e n e a r d r o w n i n g . A f t e r s i n k i n g a n d r i s i n g s a v e r a l t i m e s , h e w a s s e i z e d b y a f r i e n d a n d d r a w n t o t h e s h o r e , a n d c a r r i e d h o m e a p p a r e n t l y _ l i f e l e s s . B y t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h e u s u a l r e m e d i e s , h o w e v e r , h e w a s r e s t o r e d ; a n d a s s o o n a s h e g a i n e d s u f f i c i e n t s t r e n g t h , h e w e n t t o h i s b o o k - c a s e , t o o k o u t a b o o k , a n d f r o m b e t w e e n i t so f I n f i n i t e W i s d o m ? S h a l l I n o t c o m p r e h e n d a n d p a r t a k e o f I n f i n i t e P o w e r ? T h e H e a v e n s a n d t h e E a r t h s , t h e S j ' s t e m s a n d t h e U n i v e r s e s , a p p e a r t o o s m a l l f o r m e . M y s o u l e x p a n d s i n t o O m n i p o t e n c e i t s e l f , a n d c a n n o w f i n d r e s t o n l y i n t h e b o s o m o f G o d 1
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• ‘ Y ' o u w i l l s o o n h a v e m u c h g r e a t e r f r e e d o m o f h a n d . T r y t o b e l i e v e i n y o u r o w n p o w e r t o b e a f f e c t e d . Y o u s h a l l n o t b e l e f t w i t h o u t w i t n e s s e s t o t h a t p o w e r , w h i c h s h a l l b e a s s t r o n g a n d a s h i g h a s y o u d e s i r e . T h i n k t h a t t h e r e a r e f o r c e s , a c t i n g t h r o u g h y o u , a b l e t o m o v e a n y t h i n g b u t W i l l a n d F a i t h . L e t n o t t h e s e a c t a g a i n s t u s , a n d w e w i l l d o t h e r e s t . F e a r n o t . T h e c o u n s e l o f S p i r i t s i s n o t a n i d l e b r e a t h . T h e y s e e t h e t r u t h , a n d s p e a k o n l y w h a t t h e y s e e . T h e y s e e t h a t y o u r m i n d i s p e c u l i a r l y r e c e p t i v e o f S p i r i t u a l l i g h t , a n d m u s t b e m a d e a m e d i u m f o r i t s d i f f u s i o n . T h e y h a v e s e e n ; t h e y h a v e s a i d i t ; a n d i t s h a l l b e .
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PRESIDENT MAHAN, OF OHIO, one o f th e g ian t in tellects o f th is age, has been p reparing , w ith gTeat research and care, a w o rk such as has n ev e r y e t been offered to th e w orld, in w hich he inr-ets and explains scientifically and com pletely , all th e w ell a ttes te d facts of the S p iritualists. T h e learned m e n o f the E a s t and the "West, w ho have been so m uch perp lexed w ith facts w hich they have been unab le to ex plain, a re satisfied th a t D r. M ahan has Settled the G ord ian k n o t. T h e ti tle o f th e w orn is
MODERN MYSTERIES EXPLAINED !T his g rea t w ork , w hich w ill s t ir th e w ate rs to a foam, both
here and in E urope , w ill he pub lished by us on M O N D A Y , A u g u st Gtb. P r ice $1.
K arlv orders from th e trade solicited.’ JO H N P . J E V E T T CO.,
P ub lish ers , Boston.J E W E T T , P R O C T O R .£ W O R T H IN G T O N .
C leveland, Ohio.
THE H EALING OF THE NATIONS.P U B L I S H E D BY T H E S O C I E T Y F O R T H E “ D I F F U S I O N OF
S P I R I T V a l K N O W L E D G E .* *
A N e w W o r k o n S p i r i t u a l i s m . C h a r l e s L i n t o n , M e d i u m . T h e w o r k i s b e a u t i f u l l y e l e c t r o t y p e d , c o n t a i n s 5 5 0 p a g e s , o c t a v o , a n d t w o s p l e n d i d s t e e l e n g r a v i n g s — M r . L i n t o n a n d G o v . T a l l m a d g e : t h e l a t t e r h a s w r i t t e n a n e l a b o r a t e i n t r o d u c t i o n a n d a p p e n d i x t o t h e w o r k .T h e b o o k i s n o w r e a d y f o r d e l i v e r y , p r i c e $ 1 5 0 , p o s t a g e 3 0 c e n t s . O r d e r s f r o m t h e t r a d e a n d o t h e r s w i l l b e a t t e n d e d t o , b y a d d r e s s i n g t h e S o c i e t y f o r t h e D i f f u s i o n o f S p i r i t u a l K n o w l e d g e , ” 5 5 3 B r o a d w a y , N . Y .
AGENTS.
The Christian- Spiritualist, t h e IIealixg of the Nation's, a n d o t h e r S p i r i t u a l w o r k s a n d p u b l i c a t i o n s , a r e k e p t o n s a l e b y t h e f o l l o w i n g n a m e d p e r s o n s , w h o a r e a u t h o r i z e d t o r e c e i v e s u b s c r i p t i o n s :
Dexter k Brother, 1 4 a n d 1 G A n n - s t . , N e w Y o r k .Aube & Y’ates, 2 5 A n n - s t , N e w Y o r k .Bela Maksd, 1 5 F r a n k l i n s t . , B o s t o n , M a s s .Samuel Barry, 221 A r c h st., P h i l a d e l p h i a , P a .Mrs. E . S . French, P i t t s b u r g h , P a .J onathan K ooxs, MiH’cld, Athens Go., Ohio.Geo. Burche i . l , W i l l i a m s b u r g ! ) , N . Y .
RESIUENCEN OF H EDIlflS.
J . B . C o n k l i n , 1 3 4 C a n a l s t .M r s . J e n n i e E . K e l l o g g , 0 2 5 B r o a d w a y .M r s . A n n a L . B r o w n , 1 L u d l o w P l a c e , c o r n e r o f H o u s t o n a n d S u l l i v a n s i s .M r s . C o a n , N o . 5 , H a y w a r d P l a c e , B o s t o n .C. Hughes, 23G Grand s t , corner of Bowery.
a<sphcr<ht.‘jicn, Cum'A Co. , Pa., July l'J, ’5 5 . t i o n i s e n j o i n e d , I c o u l d n o t a t f i r s t c o m m a n d i t . ¡ b e c i t e d , iu w h i c h a l l t h e e x p e r i e n c e s o f a w h o l e j c c p t c d
m i n d . T h i s p r o p o s i t i o n , w h i c h i s r e n d e r e d e x - ; M i s s K a t e F o x , a t t h e R o o m s o f t h e “ S o c i e t y f o r t r e m c l y p r o b a b l e b y a n i n t e r i o r c o n t e m p l a t i o n o f ! t h e D i f f u s i o n o f S p i r i t u a l K n o w l e d g e , ” 5 5 3 B r o a d t h e c " ‘ ’ ’ " ' ’ ' ' " -* r ’ - " 'C t - I . i l '
l o u s n a t m - e o f t h e s o u l , i s c o n f i r m e d a n d ; w a y , d a i l y f r o m 1 0 t o 1 2 A . M . , a n d f r o m 3 t o -1 b y t h e n u m e r o u s i n s t a n c e s w h i c h m i g h t i P . M . W e d n e s d a y a n d S a t u r d a y a f t e r n o o n s c x -
T H E G E E A T P IA N 'O A M U S IC E S T A B L IS H M E N T O F HORACE WATERS,
N O . 333 E E O A D W A Y .T h e largest asso rtm en t o f P ianos, M elodeons, and M usic M er
chandise of all k inds, in th e U n ited S ta te s : over luu P ianos and M elodeons, o f every v arie ty of style , from the p la inest finish, for schools o r club room s, to those of th e m ost elegant and chaste w orkm ansh ip , from the d ifferent m anu facto ries^are constan tly on exhib ition in th e ex tensive w ardroom s of th is house. A m ong th em are T . G ilbe rt Co.'s ce leb ra ted P rem iu m P ianos, w ith iron fram es and c ircu la r scales, w ith o r w ith o u t th e -£o lian . H o ra ce W a t e r s* m odern im proved P ianos, hav ing in th e im p ro v em en t o f over-strings, and in im proved action a leng th of scale and pow er of tone equal to th e G rand P ianos, w ith the sw eetness of th e fam ed -D olian un ited to the bean tj- and d u ra b ility o f the Square P ianos. S. D . ¿z II , W . S m ith 's M elodeons tu n ed , th e equal te m p eram en t to w hich, w as rece n tly aw arded th e first p rem ium a t the N ational F a ir , held a t W ash ing ton , D .C. E ach In s tru m e n t guaran teed , and sold a t prices w hich defy com p e tition . N ew P ian o s to ren t. M usic a t reduced prices. n l 3m
T O T H E A F F L I C T E D .T H E astonish ing cures th a t have been perfo rm ed by M RS.
M E T T L E B ’S M E D IC IN E , of H artfo rd , Conn., and those of M RS. F R E N C H , of P ittsb u rg h , P a ., w hen all rem ed ies have failed, and th e patien ts g iven up b y th e ir respective physicians as hopeless and a ttes ted by thousands upon thousands, to w hom relief has been afforded. B o th these ladies are C la irvoyants, and w hile in th a t s ta te th e M edicines are prepared . T h e various ingred ien ts of w hich th e ir M edicines are com posed are all from the V egetab le k ingdom . I t is b u t fain t p ra ise to say th a t o f all th e n u m erous specifics th a t have been p repared for all th e d iseases th a t the hum an system is sub jec t to, none have been so. u n iv e rsa lly successfu l as th e M edicines p repared b y these tw o ladies. ____
Sold b y S A M U E L B A R R Y , S ole A gen t, P eriod ica l B ook S to re , N o. 221 A R C H S T R E E T , P h iladelph ia . 3 t
J . M . B A R N E S ,P u b lish e r of the L o c k p o rt W e ek ly M essenger, a fam ily paper,
indep en d en t on all subjec ts, devo ted to S piricual and A n tiS lavery princip les, $1.50 p e r y ea r in advance.
Also, dealer in B ooks and S ta tio n ery of all k inds, (S p iritua l, A n ti-S lavery , and L ibera l Books.1 and can sup p ly th e coun try trade , b o th a t w holesale and re ta il, a t N ew Y o rk p rices, and w ill send b y m ail any B ook, b y rem ittin g the pub lisher's p rice for the’ book and postage.
L o c k p o r t, E r ie C o u n ty , P a .
A . C . S T I L E S , M . D . ,P H Y S IC IA N A N D S U R G E O N . B R ID G E P O R T , C onn—
T h e sick a tten d ed a t all hours of day o r n igh t. N o m ineral poisons used.
D r. S. is developed as a C la irvoyan t M edium , and can p e rfectly describe the locale of disease, also the feelings of th e pa- tien tl T hose w ho canno t personally v i- i t h im , can fo rw ard a lock o f th e ir hair. L e tte rs on p riva te m a tte rs s tr ic tly a ttended to . C onsulta tion fee, $1. C onsu lta tion and p rescrip tion , $2.
S P I R I T U A L M A N I F E S T A T I O N S .M RS. W IS E begs leave to announce to th e pub lic th a t she
has opened her R oom s for th e IN V E S T IG A T IO N O F S P I R IT S , as a R app ing and W ritin g M edium , a t N o. G53 B R O A D W A Y .
H onrs—F ro m 10 a. m. to 1 p . m., from 5 to 5 r . xi., and from T to 9 r . xi., ev e ry day and evening .
Admission 50 cents. v2 tf
S P I R I T U A L M A N I F E S T A T I O N S .C. H U G H E S , M E D IU M F O R T E S T P E R S O N A T IO N S ,
b y w hich th e ac tual presence of th e d epa rted can he realized. E xam ina tions and P rescrip tions for D iseases, R eliev ing , and H ealing , b y lay ing on hands, alm ost in s tan taneously . Also, D evelop ing M edium , hi ay be st*en at his office, N o. 236 G R A N D S T R E E T , co rner o f Bow’ery, N . Y .
f g T C ircles for D eve lopm en t m ee t on T uesday and F rid ay E v en in g s a t half-past 7 o 'clock. v2 4 t
D R . D A V I D W I L L C O C K S ,4 2 - 1 Broome Street,
C la irvoyan t, Speaking, and T ipp ing M edium . E xam ina tions m ade and P resc rip tions g iven for D iseases. Office hours from 9 to 12 A . M., and from 2 to 5 P .M . - j y 2S-4t$
DR. RICARDOIs ready to g ive lessons in m odern L anguages a t tho H arlem A cadem y, 120th-street, n ea r 3d A venue. Y oung gen tlem en and ladies from the neighboring coun try , disposed to loam during th e day, or in th e even ing classes, m a y com e and tru s t w ith full confidence in D r. R icardo as a p rac tica l teacher. T e rm s by ag reem en t; b u t v e ry m odera te . P lea se to address, M r. S tee le D irec to r of the H arlem A cadem y. 5
R E M O V A L .M RS. A N N L E A H E R O W N , o f the F ox fam ilv, w ill r e
m ove on th e 1st o f M ay from N o. 64 E a s t F ifteen th -s tree t, to N o. 1 L ud low P lace, co rner o f H ouston and S u llivan streets.
P ublic C ie c le s every T uesday and W ednesday evenings, com m encing a t S o 'clock.
P r iv a t e C ir cles ev e ry day and even ing , excep t as above m ay be engaged by parties for p riva te investigations.
S P I R I T M E D I U M .M r.s. K ellogg receives v isitors for investiga ting tho S p irit
M anifestations dally , S undays ex rep ted . l i e f a ttendance w ith P riva te C ircles a t lfer Room s, C25 B roadw ay, m ay be secured by p rev ious engagem ent.
H ours, unless engaged for P r iv a te Circles, D to 12 M., 2 to 5, and 7 to 9 P . M. F rid a y and S a tu rd a y even ings engaged for the presenL N o sittings on W ednesday afu-r 12 M. 47
H O M E F O B , S P I R I T U A L I S T S ,N E A R U N IO N S Q U A R E , in a house w ith all the m odern
im provem en ts—bath , gas, range, Ac. T w o o r four room s to le t, w ith board. A lso, an Office in the basem en t, su itab le for a P hysic ian , M esm eric, o r C la irvoyant, In q u ire of
D. G. TA ILO R,At 145 West 16th>treet, near 8th avenue.
Now received and for sale at the Office of The CheistlakS p i m r AOST, th e follow ing W o rk s :__
L ID A 'S T A L E S O F R U R A L H O M E ; A Collection o f S to ries for C hildren. B y E m ily G ay, H opedale, M ass. A se rite c in te res tin g ta les for ve ry sm all children. A package contain one copy of each series, 40 c e n ts : postage lo cents.
T H E H IS T O R Y O F T H E O R IG IN O F A L L T H IN G S , includ ing the H is to ry o f M an. from his creation to Lis fina lity , b u t n o t to h is end. W ritte n by G od's H oly Spirits, th ro u g h an ea rth ly m ed ium . L . M. A rnold , Poughkeepsie , N . Y . P r ic e , $1 50: postage. 20 cents.
S P IR IT -IN T E R C O U R S E : C on ta in ing Incidents of P erso n a E xperience , w hile investiga ting the new P henom ena o f S p irit T hough t and A c tio n ; w ith various S p irit com m unications through h im self as m ed ium . B y H erm an Snow, la te U n ita rian M inister a t M ontague, Mass, i lo s to n : C rosby, N ichols ¿c Co. N ew Y o rk : C. S. F ran c is A Co. 1553.E P IT O M E O F S P IR IT IN T E R C O U R S E . B y A lfred Cridge,
of Canada, W riting M edium . B oston : B ela M arsh, N o. 15 F ran k lin street. P rice 87 1-2 cents.S P IR IT V O IC E S : Odes d ic tated by S p irits o f th e Second
Sphere, for the use- of H arm oniu l C ircles. E . C. H enck , m e d ium . P rice 43 cents.
S P IR IT -W O R K S : Real b u t n o t M iraculous. A le c tu re read a t th e C ity H all. R oxburv , Mass., on th e even ing o f S ep tem ber 2 1 ,1S53. B y A llen P u tn am . P rice 25 cents. *”
A L E T T E R to th e C hestnu t stree t C ongregational C hurch , Chelsea, M ass., in rep ly to its charge of hav ing becom e a r e proach to the cause of tru th , in consequence of a change in re ligious b e lie f B y Jo h n S. A dam s. “ H e answ ered and said . .. . O ne th in g I know , th a t w hereas I was b lind , now I see. . .. . A nd th e y cast him ou t.” L e t all S piritualists w ho have b e
com e released from th e bonds of the churches read th is li ttle book. P r ice 15 cents.
N E W T E S T A M E N T M IR A C L E S A N D M O D E R N M IR A C L E S . T h e com parative am o u n t o f ev idence for each, th e n a tu re o f bo th . T estim o n y of a H u n d red w itnesses. A n Essay- read before th e M iddle and S en io r Classes in C am bridge D iv in ity SchooL B v J . II . F ow ler. P r ice 30.' A T R E A T IS E ON H O M E C E IIA T IIIC P R A C T IC E O F M E D IC IN E . Com prised in a R ep e rto ry for P rescrib ing . A dap ted to D om estic o r Professional Use. T h ird edition , im p roved and enlarged. B y H u n tin g S herrill, M. D ., M em ber of th e H ahnem ann A cadem v o f M edicine, etc., etc. A u th o r of & T rea tise on E pidem ics, a*nd an E ssay on th e C holera o f 1S32, P rice in cloth, handsom ely bound, $1.
S ince w ritin g th e above w ork th e au th o r has changed his ■views in regard to th e B ible as the o n ly revelation from G od to m an. In all o th e r p articu lars his view s are as th e re in laid dow n. T h e w ork has been w ell rece ived by all classes, and th e argum ents advanced have been considered w o rthy o f th e careful consideration of all ruen of though t. A ll sectarian ism is avo id ed ; no doctrina l opinions are in tro d u ced ; h u t th e “ answers** re s t on th e fundam en ta l tru th s o f sc rip tu ra l revela tion and u n d ispu ted facts.
R E V IE W O F T H E C O N C L U S IO N O F R E V . C H A R L E S B E E C H E R , R efe rring th e M anifestations of th e P re se n t T im e to th e A gency o f E v il S pirits. B y J o h n S. A dam s. P r ice 6 oents.
A N S W E R S T O S E V E N T E E N O B JE C T IO N S against S p iritua l In te rcou rse , and In q u iries E e l- tin g to th e M anifestations ot the P re se n t T im e. B y Jo h n S. A dam s. P rice 25 c e n ts ; cloth, 35 cents.
F A M IL IA R S P IR IT S A N D S P IR IT U A L M A N IF E S T A T IO N S . B eing a series of artic les b y “ E . I V supposed to be E noch P ond . Professor in th e B angor Theological S em inary . T oge ther w ith a R ep lv b v Y eriphtlos C redens. P rice 15 cts.
T H E P H IL O S O P H Y ' O F C R E A T IO N . U nfold ing th e L aw s o f th e P rogressive D ev e lo p m en t o f N a tu re , and em b racing th e P h ilosophy o f M an, S p irit and the S p irit-W orld , b y T hus. P aine . T h ro u g h th e hand of H orace G. W ood, m ed ium .
A N E X P O S IT IO N o f V iew s respecting the principal facts causes and pecu liaritie s invo lved in S p irit-M anifesta tions. T o ge th er w ith in te res tin g phenom ena, s ta tem en ts , and com mmu. carions. B y A din Ballofi. P r ice 5o c e n ts : in cloth. 75 cen ts.
1 'E E E T H O U G H T S C O X C E E X IX G R E L IG IO N , o r Nature versus T heology. B y A ndrew Jackson D avis. T h e nam e of th e au th o r ir a su ific ient in ducem en t to all in te res ted in S p iritua lism and its teachings to purchase and read the w ork . P r ic e 15 cts. ~
A R IV U L E T F R O M T H E O C E A N O F L IF E , an A u th en tic and In te re s tin g N arra tiv e o f the A dvan cem en t of a S p irit from D arkness to L igh t. P ro v in g b y an a c t u a l in sta n ce , th e influence o f m an on ea rth ov er the departed . W ith in tro d u c to ry and inc iden ta l rem arks. B y J . S. A dam s o f Chelsea, Mass. P r ic e 25 cts.
T H E S P I R I T M IN S T R E L . A collection o f H y m n s and M usic for th e use o f S p iritualists, in th e ir churches and public m eetings. B y J . B . P ack a rd and J . L oveland. P r ice 25 cents.
In addition to th e above, m ay be found, at the S ocie ty 's R oom s th e follow ing publications by* M essrs. F ow lers and Wells. In o rder to accom m odate those resid ing a t a distance, w e g ive th e price of each w ork w ith the postage added. T h e postage w ill be pre-paid a t the N ew -Y o rk Post-Office. B y p ro-paying postage in advance, filly p e r cent, is saved to th e purchaser. A ll le tte rs con tain ing orders should be post-paid.
M ACRO CO SM A N D M IC R O C O S M : or, th e U n iverse W ith o u t an d th e U n iverse W ith in . B y W in . F b h h o u g h . A Scientific W o r k ; 62 cts.
T H E R E L IG IO N O F M A N H O O D , o r the A ge o f T h o u g h t, A n excellen t w ork . B y D r. J . H . R obinson. P r ice in pap e r c e n ts : in clo th , 75 cents.
M E N T A L A L C H E M Y : a T rea tise on th e M ind and N e r vous S ystem . B y B. B . W illiam s ; 62 cts.
A ny o r all o f th e above w orks m a y b e sen t b y m ail to p u r chasers, on rece ip t of the p rice as above m arked . O rders from o u r friends a t a d istance w ill be a tten d ed to p ro m p tly as soon as received ,
P H IL O S O P H Y O F E L E C T R IC A L P S Y C H O L O G Y , In T w elve L ectu res . B v D r. J . B. D ods ; 62 cts.
C O M BE'S L E C T U R E S ON P H R E N O L O G Y . A com plete course. B ound in m uslin , $1 25.
C O N S T IT U T IO N O F M A N . B y G. Combo. A u tho rized ed itio n ; paper, C2 cts.
P S Y C H O L O G Y : or. the Science of the Soul. B y H addock R E L IG IO N , N A T U R A L A N D R E V E A L E D ; or, th e na- .
tu ra l T heology and M oral B earings of P h ren o lo g y ; 25 cts.PA REN TS*’ G U ID E , and C hild -b irth M ade E asy . B y M rs.
H . P en d le to n ; 60 cts.T H E P H IL O S O P H Y O F S P E C IA L P R O V ID E N C E S . A
Aision. B y A . J . D avis. P rice 15 cents.COMBE'*S P H Y S IO L O G Y , A pplied to the Im p ro v e m en t o f
M ental and P livsical E d u c a tio n ; 62 cts.P H Y S IO L O G Y O F D IG E S T IO N . T h e P rincip les of D ie t
etics. B y A. Com be, M. D .: 30 cts.B ooks n o t on o u r lis t w ill be p rocu red and forw arded a t tho
reg u la r re ta il p rice. 8
WOXDERFIX DISCOVERY.
THE NEEYE-SOOTHTXG VITAL FLUILoA new Kedicine purely Vegetable,
P E E P A .E E D E N T T E E L T B Y B P IE IT -D IE E C T IO N . T IIE O U G H
MRS. E. J. FRENCH, MEDIUM, PITTSBURGH, PA-T hese F lu id s are d iv ided in to classes adap ted to the diseasea
specified u n d e r each n um ber, and are M-parately o r in com bina tion a sale and ce rta in cu re fur all the diseases nam ed u n d er th e ir respective heads, and m any o f w hich have for ages, baffled th e sk ill ot th e learned , am ong w hich are St. V itu s ' D ance, T ic D oloreux, N euralg ia . R heum atism in all its varied form s, L ock ed Jaw , E p ilepsy o r F a lling S ickness, P alsy , N ervous and S ick H eadache, D yspepsia, D iseases o f th e K idneys and U v e r , D iarrhcea, Irreg u la ritie s o f th e F em a le S ystem , T e tte r, and all C utaneous D iseases, C hills and F ev e r, C ram p, Cholic, C holera M orbus, Cholera, Q uinsy , In fluenza, and all A cu te P a in s and N ervous D iseases. T hese F lu id s have n o t failed to g ive re lief in any of th e above cases w here th e y have been fa irly te sted , and w e have now a n u m b e r o f liv ing w itnesses to w hom w e can refer.
A lso th e L u n g and Cough S y ru p , a safe and invaluab le rem ed y for C roup. Coughs, Colds, ¿o re T hroats, B ronchial A fleetions —a su re cu re for B leed ing of the L ungs and C onsum ption in its first stages.
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T h is en te rp rise is und ertak en at the u rg en t so lic ita tion o f som e S p ie it F e ie n d s o f th e m ed ium , w ho desire in th is w ay to p rov ide m eans w hereby he m ay give the g rea te r p a r t o f his tim e to F e e e P u b l ic C ie c l e s . for the benefit of th e needy and afflicted; w here, (to use th e language of a com m unication on th e sub jec t) “ the poor h u ng ry soul m ay receive the balm th a t w ill heal the w ounded S p irit, w ith o u t m oney and w ith o u t price.”
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T h e t e s t i m o n y o f S w e d e n b o r g w i l l , b y m a n y , b e t h o u g h t o n l y w o r t h y o f r i d i c u l e ; b u t i t m a y v e r y a p p r o p r i a t e l y b e q u o t e d h e r e . D u r i n g h i s l i f e , h e a s t o n i s h e d h i s f e l l o w c i t i z e n s b y s e v e r a l m a r v e l l o u s t h i n g s . W e w i l l c i t e a f e w o f t h e m o s t i n t e r e s t i n g a n d b e s t a t t e s t e d o n e s : —
1 s t . “ A d e m a n d w a s m a d e o n a l a d } - o f t h e C o u r t o f S t o c k h o l m f o r a d e b t , w h i c h s h e w e l l k n e w h e r h u s b a n d h a d d i s c h a r g e d p r e v i o u s t o h i s d e c e a s e ; b u t , n o t f i n d i n g t h e r e c e i p t , a n d a p p r e h e n s i v e o f h a v i n g t o p a y t w i c e o v e r , s h e w e n t t o S w e d e n b o r g . H e t o l d h e r , t h e f o l l o w i n g d a y , t h a t h e h a d s p o k e n w i t h h e r h u s b a n d , w h o h a d t o l d h i m w h e r e t h e r e c e i p L w a s . T h e d e c e a s e d a p p e a r e d a l s o i n a d r e a m t o h i s w i d o w , c i a d i n t h e d r e s s i n g - g o w n h e w o r e b e f o r e h i s d e a t h , a n d t o l d h e r t h a t t h e r e c e i p t w a s i n s u c h a p l a c e , w h e r e s h e f o u n d i t . S h e u s e d t o r e l a t e t h i s s t r a n g e a d v e n t u r e w h i c h t h e Q u e e n o f S w e d e n h a s s i n c e c o n f i r m e d a t M e r l i n , w h e n o n a v i s i t t o t h e K i n g , h e r b r o t h e r .
“ 2 d . B e i n g a t G o t t c n b u r g , s i x t y m i l e s f r o m S t o c k h o l m , h e a n n o u n c e d , t h r e e d a y s b e f o r e t h e a r r i v a l o f t h e c o u r i e r , t h e f i r e w h i c h r a v a g e d S t o c k h o l m , a n d t h e p r e c i s e h o u r i t b r o k e o u t , a n d w i t h o u t h a v i n g r e c e i v e d a n y n e w s , l i e a l s o s a i d t h a t h i s o w n h o u s e h a d b e e n s p a r e d b y t h e f l a m e s .
“ 3 d . E m b a r k i n g a t L o n d o n , i n t h e v e s s e l o f C a p t a i n D i x o n , s o m e o n e a s k e d t h e l a t t e r w h e t h e r h e h a d l a i d i n p l e n t y o f p r o v i s i o n s , w h e r e u p o n S w e d e n b o r g o b s e r v e d — ‘ T i t don’t want such a ■plenty, fur in a irnde /n nee, at tico o’cloole, we shall be at Stockholm.' T h e p r e d i c t i o n , a s C a p t . D i x o n h a s a t t e s t e d , w a s l i t e r a l l y f u l f i l l e d .
N o t e 7 . — “ I n 1 7 5 S , a s h o r t t i m e a f t e r t h e d e a t h o f t h e K i n g o f P r u s s i a , S w e d e n b o r g w e n t t o c o u r t , w h i t h e r h e w a s i n t h e c o n s t a n t h a b i t o f g o i n g . — S c a r c e l y h a d h e b e e n s e e n b y H e r M a j e s t y t h a n s h e s a i d t o h i m — ‘Monsieur, the assessor, hare you hen my brother ?' Swedenborg made answer that he had not; and the ijUun ■replied, ‘ If you should milt him, remember nit to him.' I n s a y i n g t h i s , s h e m e a n t m e r e l y t o p a s s a j o k e , a n d h a d n o t h o u g h t s o f a s k i n g h i m f o r a n y i n f o r m a t i o n c o n c e r n i n g h e r b r o t h e r . A w e e k a f t e r , S w e d e n b o r g w e n t a g a i n t o c o u r t , b u t a t s o e a r l y a n h o u r t h a t t h e Q u e e n h a d n o t 3- e t l e f t h e r a p a r t m e n t , c a l l e d t h e Whitt Fount, w h e r e s h e w a s c h a t t i n g w i t h h e r l a d i e s o f h o n o r a m i o t h e r l a d i e s o f I h e c o u r t . S w e d e n b o r g w a i t s n o t f o r t h e Q u e e n ’s c o m i n g o u t ; h e s t r a i g h t w a y w a l k s i n t o t h e a p a r t m e n t , a n d w h i s p e r s i n h e r e a r . T h e Q u e e n , s t r u c k w i t h a s t o n i s h m e n t , f a i n t s a w a y , a n d w a s s o m e t i m e b e f o r e s h e r e c o v e r e d . B r o u g h t t o h e r s e l f a g a i n , s h e s a i d t o
a n d t h i s o n e ; t h a t i s t o s a y , a c o m m u n i c a t i o n o f ! t h o s e a r o u n d h e r , ‘ Only God and my brother could t h e f a c u l t i e s o f t h e u l t r a m u n d a n e s o r d e c e a s e d , j / „ ( r t InoWn -what he lot. * ju s t told me.' S h e c o n - a n d n o t a c o m m u n i c a t i o n w i t h t h e l a t t e r ; t h i s p a r - J f b g s u J t h a t h e h a d m e n t i o n e d t o h e r h e r l a s t c o r -t i c i p a t i o n c a n n o t l a k e p l a c e i n t h e w a t c h f u l s t a t e , b u t o n l v i n a m i x e d s t a t e , a s s l e e p o r s o m e t h i n g e l s e . H a v e n i a g n e t i s e i s d i s c o v e r e d t h i s s t a t e ? I k n o w n o t ; b u t i n p r i n c i p l e I a m a w a r e t h a t i t m u s t e x i s t , a n d i f i t i s t h e s t a t e o f a r t i f i c i a l s o m n a m b u l i s m , n o a d v a n t a g e w i l l b e d e r i v e d f r o m i t s o l o n g a s w e a r e i g n o r a n t o f t h e c a l c u l a t i o n o f t h e s y m p a t h i e s o f c h a r a c t e r s i n i d e n t i t i e s a n d c o n t r a s t s . — F o r w a n t o f s o r t i n g , a c c o r d i n g t o t h i s t h e o r y , n i a g - n e t i s e r s a n d t h e m a g n e t i s e d , w e s h a l l u n d e r g o a
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t h e a t r e o f t h e w o r l d , t o t h e d w e l l e r s i n h e a v e n , t h e s p e c t a c l e o t t h e i r a g i t a t i o n .
“ T h e y p e r f o r m t h e a c t i o n s a n d s a y t h e t h i n g s f o r w h i c h t h e y w e r e b o r n . T h e y g o f r o m s c e n e t o s c e n e , a n d f r o m c h o i r t o c h o i r , s o m e t i m e s s a d , a c c o r d i n g t o w h a t i s f o u n d t o h e o r d a i n e d i n t h e d r a m a t i c h o o k .
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“ D e a t h i s s w e e t t o h i m t o w h o m l i f e i s b i t t e r . H e w h o i s b o r n i n t e a r s s h o u l d d i e s m i l i n g . L e t u s a t l a s t g i v e u p t h e s e m i s e r a b l e r a g s t o d e s t i n y t h a t l e n d s t h e m t o u s a t s u c h a u s u r i o u s r a t e . B e f o r e t a k i n g h a d : a l t o g e t h e r t h i s m o r t a l b o d y , i t d e m a n d s o f 11s o u r h e a r i n g , o u r t c e l h , a n d o u r e v e s s o d e a r . T a k e a l l t h a t b e l o n g s t o t h e e , o h a v a r i c i o u s e a r t h ! a n d w h e r e f o r e b e a r e s t t h o u n o t m e m y s e l f t o t h e S t y x . H a p p y h e w h o e s c a p e s f r o m t i m e ! ”
“ < > h m y b o d y ! a l i v i n g d e a t h , n e s t o f i g n o r a n c e , s e p u l c h r e 1 h e a r w i t h m e , g a r m e n t o f s i n a n d g r i e f , w e i g h t o f m i s e r y , a n d l a b y r i n t h o f e r r o r s , t h o u d e t a i n e s t m e h e r e b e l o w b y c a r e s s e s a n d b y f e a r , l e s t I s h o u l d t u r n m y e y e s u p t o h e a v e n , t h e g o o d s u p r e m e , a n d 1113- t r u e a b o d e ; t h o u f e a r e s t t h a t s m i t t e n w i t h i t s b e a u t 3’ , J s h o u l d d i s d a i n a n d a b a n d o n t h e e — a d e a d c o a l . ”
P a g e l ; r i . — “ W h e r e f o r e t h i s d e s p o n d e n c y , o h , m y s o u l ! t h o u f e a r e s t , p e r h a p s , t h a t T s h o u l d d i e a m i d s t t h e s e 1 i m m e n s e g r i e f s ; l e a v e t e r r o r t o t h e v u l g a r , t h o u w e l l k n o w e s t t h a t d y i n g m e a n s l e a v i n g w h a t o n e l o v e s . I f n o t h i n g i s r e s o l v e d i n t o n o t h i n g , n e v e r lie* w h o i s n o t d e a d i n h i m s e l f s h o u l d f e a r a u g h t , l i e w h o l i a s p e a c e w i t h i n h i m c a n d r e a d i n h i m s e l f n o t r i b u l a t i o n . L e t n o o t h e r r e a s o n i n g p r e v a i l o n t h e e , o r t h o u w o u k l s t b e m i s l e d . ”
“ I f a m a t e r i a l p r i s o n d i d n o t h o l d t h e e e n s l a v e d , n o t y r a n t c o u l d d o s o a n y m o r e t h a n h e c o u l d e n s l a v e t h e u n c h a i n e d w i n d s , t h e a n g e l s a n d t h e s t a r s . '1113- t o r m e n t s a r e l e s s h u r t f u l t o t h e e t h a n t h o s e w h o i n f l i c t t h e m o n t h e e ; t h y t o r m e n t s d e l i v e r t h e e , o h m y s o u l ; t l i c - y r e s u s c i t a t e t h e e a n d s n a t c h t i n e f r o m t h y p r i s o n a n d t h y g r a v e , s i n c e , l o r t h e e t h e b o d y i s b o t h . "
P a g e 1: : . . . — “ B y o u r w e a k u n d e r s t a n d i n g s a n d c o n f i n e d m o v e m e n t s w e p e r c e i v e o n l y t h e m a t e r i a l t h i n g s w h i c h s t r i k e t h e w a l l s o f o u r p r i s o n ; b u t t h i n g s p o w e r f u l a n d d i v i n e e s c a p e u s , f o r t h e y w o u l d b u r s t o u r f r a i l e n v e l o p , •. \ \ Y a r e u n a b l e t ob e c o m e a c q u a i n t , - , I w i t h t h e : 1 cret v i r t u e s o f t h i n g s b e c a u s e o u t 01 g a n i z a t n i n p r e s e n t s a n o b s t a c l e t o o u r s o d o i n g . I h e m o st l e a r n e d h e r e b e l o w p o s s e s s b u t t h e s e m b l a n c e o f t r u t h . ”
P a g e 1 “ O h ! m y s o u l , w h e n t h o u s l i a l t h a v e o n c e q u i l l e d t h i s b o d y , w h i c h t h o u n o w f e a r - e s t t o a b a n d o n , t h o u w i l t e n l e r l a i n s u c h a n a v e r s i o n t o i f , t h a t , w e r e l i e d t o p r o p o s e r e s t o r i n g i t t o t h e e , f o r m e d o f i r o n a n d . g l a s s ' , t h a t i t m i g h t f e a r n e i t h e r s h o c k s n o r i . b s c u i i t y , t h o u w o u k l s t r e f u s e w i t h t e a r s , u n l e s s i t w e r e r e s t o r e d t o t h e e w h o l l y c e l e s n a ] , l i k e t h a t , o f t h e S a v i o r w h e n h e r o s e f r o m t h e d e a d .
“ O n b e h o l d i n g t h e i m m o r t a l w o r l d , w i t h i t s h e a v e n l y d e l i g h t s a n d t h e h o n o r s w h i c h S p i r i t s r e n d e r t o O n d , t h o u w i l l , h e a s t o n i s h e d t h a t l i e s h o u l d d e i g n t o c a s t a l o o k o u r c i r c u m s c r i b e d e a r t h , o b s i m e a u d d e v o i d o f b e a u t v — o n t h i s e a r t h , w h e r e r e s o u n d s o m a n y b l a s p h e m i e s t h a t o n e w o u l d s a y t h a t G o d h a s f o r s a k e n i t — o n t h i s e a r t h , i n h a b i t e d b y h a t r e d , d e a t h , w a r , a n d i g n o r a n c e
“ T h o u w i l t b e h o l d h e a v e n a n d e a r l h c o i n b a t i n " e v e n a s h e a t a n d c o l d : t h o u w i l t s e e h o w , f o r t i n - d i v e r s i o n o f s u p e r i o r b e i n g s , n a t u r e , w i t h a l l i t s f o r m s , w i n d , w a t e r , p l a n t s , m e t a l s , a n d s t o n e s ; t h o u w i l t p e r c e i v e h o w p a i n a n d p l e a s u r e t r a n s f o r m b e i n g s . ”
c e r t a i n s t a t e , h o l d i n g m e d i u m b e t w e e n s l e e p a n d w a k e f u l n e s s ; w h e n h e i s i n t h i s s t a t e h e c a n n o t k n o w a u g h t e l s e b u t t h a t h e w a t c h e s ; f o r a l l h i s s e n s e s a r e s o a w a k e n e d t h a t h e f i n d s h i m s e l f i n t h e m o s t p e r f e c t w a k e f u l n e s s o f t h e b o d y — t h e S ' g h t a n d h e a r i n g a r e p e r f e c t , a n d , m o s t a d m i r a b l e i n t h i s s i t u a t i o n , t h e t o u c h , a l s o , w h i c h f i n d s i t s e l f m o r e e x q u i s i t e a r i d d i s t i n c t t h a n i t c o u l d e v e r b e i n t h e o p e r a t i o n s o f t h e b o t h - , i s m o s t p e r f e c t l y a w a k e n e d . I n " t h i s s t a t e i t i s t h a t I h a v e s e c - n S p i r i t s a n d a n g e l s , s e e n t h e m ad victim, e v e n h e a r d t h e m , a n d w h a t f i r s t s t r a n g e l y s u r p r i s e d m e , t o u c h e d t h e m , w i t h o u t f i n d i n g s c a r c e l y a n y d i f f e r e n c e i n t h e m f r o m t h e t o u c h o f a b o d y . T h i s s t a t e i s t h e o n e w h e r e i n w e a r c s a i d t o b e r e m o v e d f r o m o u r b o d } ' , a n d n o t k n o w i n g w h e t h e r w e a r e i n o r o u t o f o u r b o d } r . I h a v e b e e n t h r e e o r f o u r t i m e s t r a n s p o r t e d i n f o t h i s s t a t e , m e r e l y t h a t I m i g h t b e c o m e a c q u a i n t e d w i t h t h e q u a l i t y o f t h i s s t a t e , a n d , a t t h e s a m e t i m e , k n o w t h a t S p i r i t s a n d a r e - g e l s h a v e t h e e n j o y m e n t o f a l l t h e i r s e n s e s , a n d t h a t m a n , i n l i k e m a n n e r , e n j o y s t h e m a s t o t h e S p i r i t w h e n r e m o v e d f r o m h i s b o d } ' . ”
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r a t i o n , r e m a i n s a s h o r t t i m e i n t h e b o d y , b u t o n l y u n t i l t h e t o t a l c e s s a t i o n o f t h e h e a r t ; t h i s h a p p e n s d i i f e r e n t l } ' , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e n a t u r e o f t h e d i s e a s e o f w h i c h t h e m a n d i e s , f o r t h e m o v e m e n t o f t h e h e a r t i n s o m e l a s t s a C e r t a i n t i m e , a n d i n o t h e r s c e a s e s a t o n c e ; n o s o o n e r d o e s t h i s m o v e m e n t c e a s e t h a n m a n i s r e s u s c i t a t e d , b u t t h i s i s b r o u g h t a b o u g h t b } ' t h e L o r d a l o n e . B y r e s u r r e c t i o n , w e m e a n t h e S p i r i t o f r n a n l e a v i n g t h e b o d y , a n d i n t r o d u c e d i n t o t h e S p i r i t u a l w o r l d ; c o r r e c t l y s p e a k i n g , t h i s r e s u r r e c t i o n s h o u l d b e t e r m e d t h e a w a k e n i n g . ”
A r t . - I G A . — “ I h a v e c o n v e r s e d w i t h S p i r i t s t h r e e d a y s a f t e r t h e i r d e a t h , a n d a l l t h e o p e r a t i o n s I h a v e d e t a i l e d i n N o s . 4 4 U , 4 5 0 , w e r e a l r e a d y - c o n s u m m a t e d . I h a v e c o n v e r s e d w i t h t h r e e S p i r i t s w h o h a d b e e n k n o w n t o m e i n t h e i r w o r l d l y l i f e , t o l d t h e m t h a t t h e i r o b s e q u i e s w e r e b e i n g p r e p a r e d , a n d t h e i r b o d i e s b e i n g b u r i e d a t t h e m o m e n t I s p o k e t o t h e m ; a t t h e w o r d buried, t h e y w e r e s t r u c k w i t h t h e g r e a t e s t a s t o n i s h m e n t , s a y i n g t h a t t h e } ' w e r e a l i v e , a n d s e t t i n g i n o r d e r w h a t w a s o f u s e t o t h e m i n t h e w o r l d . rJ h e n , b e i n g b e t t e r i n f o r m e d , t h e y w e r e q u i t e a s t o u n d e d t h a t a l l t h e t i m e t h e y h a d l i v e d o n e a r t h t h e y h a d n o t b e l i e v e d i n t h e p o s s i b i l i t y o f s u c h a l i f e a f t e r d e a t h .
“ H e n c e , a l l t h o s e w h o c o m e f r o m t h e w o r l d I n t o t h e o t h e r l i f e a r e e x t r e m e l y s u r p r i s e d a t p e r c e i v i n g t h a t t h e y l i v e , a n d a r e m e n , a s t h e y h a d p r e v i o u s l y b e e n ; a t p e r c e i v i n g t h a t t h e y h e a r , s e e , a n d s p e a k ; a t p e r c e i v i n g t h a t e v e n t h e i r b o d y e n j o y s t h e s e n s e o f t o u c h , a s b e f o r e ; b u t t h e m o s t s u r p r i s i n g o f a l l t o t h e m , w h e n t h e y h a v e c e a s e d w o n d e r i n g a t t h i s n e w s i t u a t i o n ( N o , 7 4 , ) i s p e r c e i v i n g t h a t H i e C h u r c h k n o w s n o t h i n g o f s u c h a s t a t e o f r n a n a f t e r d e a t h , a n d c o n s e q u e n t l y , k n o w s n o t h i n g o f h e a v e n a n d h e l l , w h e n , n e v e r t h e l e s s , a l l t h o s e w h o h a v e l i v e d i n t h e w o r l d a r e n o w i n t h e o t h e r l i f e , a n d l i v e a s m e n , a s t h e y w e r e a s t o n i s h e d a l s o , t h a t t h i s t r u t h w a s n o t m a n i f e s t e d t o m a n b y v i s i o n , s i n c e i t i s s o e s s e n t i a l t o t h e f a i t h o f t h e C h u r c h . I t w a s t o l d t h e m , f r o m h e a v e n , t h a t t h i s m i g h t b e d o n e ; f o r t h e r e i s n o t h i n g m o r e e a s y u b e n i t p l e a s e s t h e L o r d , b u t t h a t n e v e r w o u l d t h o s e w h o h a v e b e e n c o n f i r m e d i n e r r o r s a g a i n s t t > " u t h s b e l i e v e t h o s e t r u t h s , e v e n w e r e t h e y t o s e e t h e m . ”
A r t . - I T ! . — “ T h e f i r s t s t a t e o f m a n a f t e r d e a t h i s a l t o g e t h e r s i m i l a r t o h i s s t a t e i n t h i s w o r l d , b o - c a u s e t h a t t h e n i t i s t h e s a m e w i t h e x t e r i o r ; t h u s , h i s p h y s i o g n o m y , l a n g u a g e , c h a r a c t e r — i n s h o r t , h i s m o r a l a n d c i v i l l i f e , a r c s i m i l a r t o w h a t h e i s s t i l l o n e a r t h , u n l e s s h e n o t i c e s t h e o b j e c t s w h i c h a r e b e f o r e h i s e y e s , a n d t h e t h i n g s w h i c h h a v e b e e n t o l d h i m b y t h e a n g e l s a t t h e m o m e n t o f h i s r e s u r r e c t i o n , i n o r d e r t o a s s u r e h i m t h a t h e w a s n o w a S p i r i t ( N o . 400.) T h u s , a l i f e i s c o n t i n u e d i n a n o t h e r l i f e , a n d d e a t h i s o n l y a p a s s a g e .
“ A s t h e n e w S p i r i t o f m a n a f t e r h i s l i f e i n t h e ! w o r l d i s s u e h , h e i s t h e n r e c o g n i s e d b y h i s f r i e n d s | a n d t h o s e w h o s e s o c i e t y h e w a s w o n t t o f r e q u e n t j i n t h e w o r l d ; f o r t h e S p i r i t s r e c o g n i s e h i m n o t : o n l y b y h i s p h y s i o g n o m y a n d l a n g u a g e , b u t a l s o | b y h i s s p h e r e o f l i f e w h e n t h e y a p p r o a c h t h e n e w - j l y a r r i v e d S p i r i t . E a c h , i n t h e o t h e r l i f e , w h i l s t h e 1 i s t h i n k i n g o f a n o t h e r , h a s i m m e d i a t e l y t h e p h y s i - 1 o g n o m y o f t h e p e r s o n w h o o c c u p i e s h i m i n h i s
t h o u g h t , a n d a t t h e s a m e t i m e s e v e r a l d e e d s a n d a c t i o n s o f h i s l i f e a r e r e t r a c e d b e f o r e h i s e y e s ; a n d w h e n h e i s i n t h i s s t a t e o f r e m i n i s c e n c e s , t h e o b
j e c t r e m e m b e r e d b e c o m e s t o h i m p r e s e n t , a s i f c a l l e d f o r a n d b r o u g h t b e f o r e h i m . T h e s a m e e f f e c t e x i s t s i n t h e w o r l d o f S p i r i t s , b e c a u s e t h e t h o u g h t s a r e c o m m u n i c a t e d t h e r e , a n d b e c a u s e t h e r e s p a c e i s 110 l o n g e r k n o w n a s i n t h e n a t u r a l w o r l d ( N o s . 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 9 . ) H e n c e , a s s o o n a s t h e y c o m e i n t o t h e o t h e r l i f e , t h e y a r e r e c o g n i s e d b y t h e i r f r i e n d s , t h e i r r e l a t i o n s , t h e i r p a r e n t s , b y t h o s e e v e n w h o h a d b u t a s l i g h t c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e m . T h e y s p e a k w i t h e a c h o t h e r , a n d i n s h o r t , r e n e w t h e f a m i l i a r i t i e s a n d f r i e n d s h i p s w h i c h h a d u n i t e d t h e m i n t h e n a t u r a l w o r l d . S e v e r a l t i m e s h a v e I h e a r d t h o s e w h o c a m e f r o m t h e w o r l d w h i c h w e i n h a b i t ; t h e y w e r e t r a n s p o r t e d w i t h j o y a t b e h o l d i n g a g a i n t h e i r f r i e n d s , a n d t h e i r f r i e n d s p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h i s j o y a t s e e i n g t h e m a r r i v e a n d b e c o m e r e u n i t e d t o t h e m . I t i s a v e r y c o m m o n t h i n g f o r h u s b a n d s t o m e e t a g a i n w i t h t h e i r w i v e s , w i v e s w i t h t h e i r h u s b a n d s , a n d c o n g r a t u l a t e e a c h o t h e r a t t h e i r m e e t i n g ; t h e n t h e y r e m a i n t o g e t h e r f o r a l o n g e r o r s h o r t e r p e r i o d , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e d e g r e e o f a t t a c h m e n t t h e y f e l t f o r e a c h o t h e r I n t h i s w o r l d ; a n d , i n s h o r t , i f a l o v e t r u l y c o n j u g a l h a d n o t u n i t e d t h e m ( a l o v e w h i c h i s t h e c o n j u n c t i o n o f t w o s o u l s b y h e a v e n l y l o v e , ) a s h o r t t i m e a f t e r t h e i r n e w r e u n i o n t h e y s e p a r a t e . I f t h e s o u l s o f m a r r i e d c o u p l e s h a v e l i v e d i n d i s s e n s i o n — i f t h e y h a v e i n w a r d l y h a t e d e a c h o t h e r — t h e y n o w d i s p l a y o p e n l y t h e i r m u t u a l a v e r s i o n , a n d o f t e n t i m e s e v e n a b u s e e a c h o t h e r a n d f i g h t , w i t h o u t b e i n g a b l e , h o w e v e r , t o s e p a r a t e t i l l t h e m o m e n t o f t h e i r p a s s a g e t o t h e s e c o n d s t a t e , o f w h i c h I s h a l l t r e a t i n t h e f o l l o w i n g a r t i c l e . ”
l ! A r t . 5 0 7 . — " W h e n S p i r i t s a r e i n t h e s e c o n d s t a t e , t h e y a p p e a r j u s t a s t h e y w e r e w h e n i n t h e p h y s i c a l w o r l d ; t h e n , t h e t h i n g s w h i c h t h e y h a v e d o n e , a n d p r o n o u n c e d i n t h e u t m o s t s e c r e c y a r e m a n i f e s t e d i n o p e n d a y ; f o r t h e n , a s e x t e r n a l a p p e a r a n c e s n o l o n g e r e n c h a i n t h e m , t h e y s p e a k o p e n l y , e n d e a v o r t o d o o p e n l y t h i n g s s i m i l a r t o t h o s e w h i c h t h e y d i d a n d s a i d i n s e c r e t i n t h e i r e a r t h l y l i f e , n o l o n g e r f e a r i n g t h e l o s s o f t h e i r r e p u t a t i o n , a n d n o l o n g e r t e r r i f i e d b y t h e o t h e r m o t i v e s w h i c h k e p t t h e m i n c h e c k i n t h e w o r l d ; c o n s e q u e n t l y , a r c t h e y s h o w n i n t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e s i n f u l s t a t e s t h a t t h e y m a y a p p e a r j u s t a s t h e y r e a l l y a r e t o t h e a n g e l s a n d g o o d S p i r i l s w h o e x a m i n e t h e m . T h u s i t i s t h a t t h e m o s t s e c r e t t h i n g s a r e d i s c o v e r e d — t h e m o s t c l a n d e s t i n e w o r k s u n v e i l e d . A c c o r d i n g t o t h e w o r d s o f t h e L o r d :—1 F o r t h e r e i s n o t h i n g c o v e r e d t h a t s h a l l n o t b e r e v e a l e d ; n e i t h e r h i d t h a t s h a l l n o t b e k n o w n . T h e r e f o r e , w h a t s o e v e r y e h a v e s p o k e n i n d a r k n e s s s h a l l b e h e a r d i n t h e l i g h t , a n d t h a t w h i c h y e h a v e s p o k e n i n t h e e a r i n c l o s e t s , s h a l l b e p r o c l a i m e d u p o n t h e h o u s e t o p s . ’ ( S t . L u k e , x i i , 2 , 3 . ) ‘ B u t I s a y u n t o y o u t h a t e v e r y i d l e w o r d t h a t m e n s h a l l s p e a k , t h e y s h a l l g i v e a c c o u n t t h e r e o f i n t h e d a y o f j u d g m e n t . ’ ( S t . M a t t h e w , x i i , 3 0 . ) ”SPIR IT U A L M ANIFESTATIONS IN OHIO.T o t o e E d i t o r o f t h e N . Y . T i u b u x e ,
Sir: S u n d a } - e v e n i n g , 2 7 t h M a y l a s t , a t D o v e r , A t h e n s C o . , O h i o , I w a l k e d s o m e t h r e e m i l e s t h r o ’ a w o o d o v e r a v e r } - p o o r r o a d , i n t h e d i r e c t i o n o f w h a t i s c a l l e d t h e S p i r i t - R o o m s o f J o n a t h a n K o o n s . I n o t i c e d a t t h e f o o t o f a h i l l s e v e r a l c a r r i a g e s b y t h e r e a d - s i d e , a n d h o r s e s t i e d t o t h e f e n c e a n d t r e e s ; a n d o n r e a c h i n g t h e p l a c e , I o b s e r v e d f r o m t h i r t y t o f i f t y m e n s i t t i n g o n s t o n e s , l o g s a n d f e n c e s , a r o u n d a d i l a p i d a t e d l o g c a b i n . T h e m e n l o o k e d r e s p e c t a b l e , a n d t h e i r d e p o r t m e n t a n d c o n v e r s a t i o n b o r e t h e i m p r e s s o f a r e l i g i o u s m e e t i n g . I i n q u i r e d w h o l i v e d t h e r e , a n d w a s . i n f o r m e d t h a t J o n a t h a n K o o n s l i v e d i n t h a t h o u s e , ( p o i n t i n g t o t h e c a b i n , ) a n d that ( p o i n t i n g t o a s m a l l o n e n e a r b y , ) i s t h e S p i r i t ’ s r o o m . I i n q u i r e d w h a t S p i r i t s l i v e d t h e r e , a n d w a s t o l d t h a t i t w a s t h e r o o m w h e r e p e o p l e g o i n t o t a l k w i t h t h e i r S p i r i t - f r i e n d s w h o h a v e g o n e o u t o f t h e i r e a r t h l y t a b e r n a c l e . O n i n q u i r y a s t o w h a t t h i s g a t h e r i n g w a s f o r , I w a s i n f o r m e d t h a t t h e s e p e o p l e h a d c o m e t o t a l k w i t h t h e i r S p i r i t - f r i e n d s a n d t o w i t n e s s S p i r i t m a n i f e s t a t i o n s . I w a s i n f o r m e d t h a t I m i g h t g o i n — t h a t e v e r y b o d y w a s f r e e t o e n t e r a n d e x a m i n e t h e r o o m , a n d t o a t t e n d t h e c i r c l e . I s e l e c t e d a g o o d “ s o f t . ” s t o n e , a n d s a t m e d o w n , a p e r f e c t s t r a n g e r , w i t h t h e o t h e r d i s c i p l e s , I s c r u t i n i z e d t h e p e o p l e c l o s e l y , a n d l i s t e n e d t o t h e i r c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h o u t j o i n i n g i n i t . I o v e r h e a r d o n e s a y t h a t M r . K o o n s w a s i n h i s h o u s e . I n t h e c o u r s e o f h a l f a n h o u r , a m a n c a m e o u t , w h o m s e v e r a l p e r s o n s a d d r e s s e d a s M r . K o o n s ; h e g l a n c e d h i s e y e s o v e r t h e c o n g r e g a t i o n ; p r e s e n t l y t w o m e n d r o v e u p , w h o , a s I s u b s e q u e n t l y l e a r n e d , c a m e f r o m A m e s v i l l e , s o m e t e n m i l e s d i s t a n t ; t h e y w e r e e n t i r e s t r a n g e r s t o m e a n d I t o t h e m ; t h e y l o o k e d a r o u n d , s p o k e w i t h s o m e p e r s o n s , a n d t h e n w i t h M r . - K o o n s , a s k i n g h i m w h o m h e h a d t h e r e , &c., a n d f i n a l l y a s k e d h i m w h o I w a s , p o i n t i n g m e o u t t o M r . K o o n s . — M r . K o o n s o b s e r v e d t h a t h e h a d n o t l e a r n e d m y n a m e , t h a t I h a d j u s t c o m e , b u t h e w a s i m p r e s s e d b y S p i r i t s t o s a y , “ H i s n a m e i s C h a r l e s P a r t r i d g e o f N e w Y o r k . ” S o o n a f t e r o n e o f t h e s e m e n a p p r o a c h e d m e , a n d a s k e d i f I w a s M r . P a r t r i d g e f r o m N e w Y o r k . I a n s w e r e d i n t h e a f f i r m a t i v e , “ C h a r l e s P a r t r i d g e ? ” “ Y e s . ” “ T V e l l , ” s a i d h e , “ t h e S p i r i t s t o l d M r . K o o n s w h o y o u w e r e . ” I b a d n o t o v e r h e a r d t h e i r c o n v e r s a t i o n , b u t s u c h w a s t h e r e s u l t o f o n e o f m 3’ t e s t s a s t o t h e S p i r i t o r i g i n o f t h e s e m a n i f e s t a t i o n s .
M r . K o o n s a n d o n e o f h i s c h i l d r e n ( a m e d i u m , ) w e n t i n t o t h e S p i r i r - r o o m a l o n e , a s i s t h e i r c u s t o m b e f o r e f o r m i n g t h e p u b l i c c i r c l e , t o r e c e i v e s u c h i n s t r u c t i o n s f r o m t h e p r e s i d i n g S p i r i t ( K i n g ) a s h e m i g h t w i s h t o c o m m u n i c a t e . T h e r e a r e o f t e n m o r e p e r s o n s p r e s e n t d e s i r i n g t o o b t a i n a d m i t t a n c e t h a n t h e r o o m w i l l h o l d . I n s u c h c a s e s , t h e S p i r i t s u s u a l l y d i r e c t s M r . K o o n s s p e c i a l l y t o i n v i t e t h o s e i n w h o h a v e c o m e t h e l o n g e s t d i s t a n c e , a n d s u c h a s c a n n o t r e m a i n t h e r e f o r a n o t h e r o p p o r t u n i t y ; u s u a l l y c a l l i n g t h e n a m e s o f t h e p a r t i e s a n d l e a v i n g o u t t h e n e i g h b o r s a n d t h o s e w h o c a n m a k e i t c o n v e n i e n t t o b e p r e s e n t o n s u b s e q u e n t o c c a s i o n s . A t o n e o f t h e s e p r e l i m i n a r y i n t e r v i e w s , I w a s i n v i t e d i n b y M r . K o o n s . I m m e d i a t e l y o n c l o s i n g t h e d o o r , t h e S p i r i t t o o k u p t h e t r u m p e t ( d e s c r i b e d i n m y l a s t c o m m u n i c a t i o n , ) a n d s p o k e t h r o u g h i t a u d i b l y a n d d i s t i n c t l y , s a y i n g , “ G o o d e v e n i n g , f r i e n d s 1” t o w h i c h w e r e s p o n d e d i n l i k e m a n n e r . T h e S p i r i t t h e n a d d r e s s e d m e b y n a m e , a n d o b s e r v e d , i n s u b s t a n c e , t h a t a l t h o u g h t h e y w e r e s t r a n g e r s t o m e I w a s n o t a s t r a n g e r t o t h e m ; t h e y h a d b e e n c o g n i z a n t o f m y t h o u g h t s , d e s i r e s a n d e f f o r t s i n b e h a l f o f S p i r i t u a l i s m f r o m t h e t i m e m y a t t e n t i o n w a s f i r s t c a l l e d t o t h e s u b j e c t T h e y s p o k e i n v e r y f l a t t e r i n g t e r m s o f m y s e l f a n d o t h e r s w h o h a d b e e n b o l d t o t e s t i f y t o t h e S p i r i t n a l m a n i f e s t a t i o n s w i t n e s s e d i n t h e e a r l y t i m e s , a n d d u r i n g
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V i r g i n i a , C a n a d a , a n d o t d i s t a n t p l a c e s . T h e S p i r i t s a i d l i e w a s s o r r y , h u t h e h a d e n g a g e d t o a t t e n d a c i r c l e e l s e w h e r e ( n a m i n g t h e p l a c e — a l o n g d i s t a n c e a w a y , ) a n d h e m u s t b e t h e r e i n f i f t e e n m i n u t e s . M r . K o o n s w o u l d n o t b e s a t i s f i e d w i t h a n y e x c u s e s , b u t i n s i s t e d t h a t h e ( K i n g ) h a d a g r e e d t o p r e s i d e o v e r h i s c i r c l e a n d m e e t t h e c o m p a n y w h o c a m e t h e r e , a n d r a t h e r t h a n h e m a d e t h e i n s t r u m e n t o f a p o l o g y t o o t h e r s f o r t h e d i s a p p o i n t m e n t i n t h e p e r f o r m a n c e s , h e w o u l d a b a n d o n i t a l t o g e t h e r , &c. K i n g s a i d : “ T Y a i t a f e w m o m e n t s , a n d I w i l l g o a n d s e e i f a r r a n g e m e n t s c a n b e m a d e . ” H e t h e r e u p o n l a i d d o w n t h e t r u m p e t , a n d t o a l l a p p e a r a n c e l e f t u s , a u d w e c o u l d g e t n o f u r t h e r r e p l i e s f o r f o u r o r f i v e m i n u t e s , w h e n t h e t r u m p e t w a s a g a i n t a k e n u p , a n d K i n g s p o k e t h r o u g h i t . s a y i n g h e h a d a r r a n g e d t h e m a t t e r b y d e p u t i z i n g a p o r t i o n o f l i i s b a n d t o f i l l h i s e n g a g e m e n t , a n d t h e y w o u l d t h e r e f o r e h o l d a c i r c l e i n t h a t p l a c e , c o m m e n c i n g t h e p e r f o r m a n c e i n f i f t e e n m i n u t e s , b n t p e r h a p s t h e y w o u l d n o t b e a b l e t o m a k e s o g o o d m u s i c , o r h a v e t h e f u l l c o m p l e m e n t o f t h e m a n i f e s t a t i o n s . T h u s e n d e d t h i s p r e l i m i n a r y i n t e r v i e w , w h i c h s u f f i c i e n t l y i n d i c a t e s t h e c h a r a c t e r o f a l l s i m i l a r o n e s .
I a t t e n d e d t h r e e p u b l i c c i r c l e s i n t h e S p i r i t - h o u s e o f M r . K o o n s , a n d t h r e e i n t h e S p i r i t - h o u s e o f M r . J o h n T i p p i e ; t h e y a r e s i t u a t e d a b o u t t h r e e m i l e s a p a r t ; t h e r o o m s a n d m a n i f e s t a t i o n s a r e v e r y s i m i l a r , a l t h o u g h t h e e l e c t r i c a l t a b l e s , s o c a l l e d , d i f f e r s o m e w h a t i n t h e i r c o n s t r u c t i o n ; t h e p r e s i d i n g S p i r i t s a r e o f t h e s a m e n a m e , K i n g ; t h e y c l a i m t o b e f a t h e r a n d s o n .
T h e s e r o o m s w i l l s e a t a b o u t t w e n t y - f i v e o r t h i r t y p e r s o n s e a c h , a n d a r e u s u a l l y f u l l . M a n y t i m e s w h i l e I w a s t h e r e , m o r e p e r s o n s d e s i r e d t o g o i n t h a n t h e h o u s e w o u l d h o l d , a n d s o m e o f t h e m h a d t o r e m a i n o u t s i d e . T h e y c o u l d h e a r t h e n o i s e a n d t h e S p i r i t s ’ c o n v e r s a t i o n j u s t a s w e l l , a n d t h e y o n l y h a d t o f o r e g o b e i n g t o u c h e d b y S p i r i t s a n d s e e i n g t h e m . T h e m u s i c i s h e a r d , u n d e r f a v o r a b l e c i r c u m s t a n c e s , a t t h e d i s t a n c e o f o n e m i l e , o r a s f a r a s a n y b a n d o f m a r t i a l m u s i c c a n b e h e a r d . A f t e r t h e c i r c l e i s f o r m e d , t h e d o o r s a n d w i n d o w s a r e s h u t , t h e l i g h t i s u s u a l l y e x t i n g u i s h e d , a n d a l m o s t i n s t a n t a n e o u s l y a t r e m e n d o u s b l o w b y t h e l a r g e d r u m - s t i c k i s s t r u c k o n t h e t a b l e , w h e n i m m e d i a t e l y t h e b a s s a n d t e n o r d r u m s a r e b e a t e n r a p i d l y , l i k e c a l l i n g t h e r o l l o n t h e m u s t e r - f i e l d , w a k i n g a t h o u s a n d e c h o e s . T h e r a p i d a n d t r e m u l o u s b l o w s o n t h c - s e d r u m s a r e r e a l l y f r i g h t f u l t o m a n y p e r s o n s . T h e b e a t i n g o f t h e d r u m s c o n t i n u e d f i v e m i n u t e s o r m o r e , a n d w h e n e n d e d , K i n g u s u a l l y t a k e s u p t h e t r u m p e t a n d s a l u t e s u s w i t h “ G o o d e v e n i n g , f r i e n d s , ” o r s o m e t h i n g l i k e i t , a n d o f t e n a s k s w h a t p a r t i c u l a r m a n i f e s t a t i o n s a r e d e s i r e d . I f n o n e a r e s p e c i a l l y a s k e d f o r , K i n g o f t e n a s k s M r . K o o n s t o p l a y o n t h e v i o l i n , t h e S p i r i t - b a n d p l a y i n g a t t h e s a m e t i m e o n t h e d r u m , t r i a n g l e , t a m b o u r i n e , h a r p , a c c o r d e o n , h a r m o n i c a , &c. ; u p o n t h e s e t h e S p i r i t s p e r f o r m s c i e n t i f i c a l l y , i n v e r y q u i c k a n d p e r f e c t t i m e . T h e y c o m m e n c e u p o n e a c h i n s t r u m e n t a t o n e i n s t a n t , a n d i n f u l l b l a s t , a n d s t o p s u d d e n l y a f t e r s o u n d i n g t h e f u l l n o t e , s h o w i n g t h a t t h e y h a v e s o m e m o r e p e r f e c t m e t h o d t h a n w e h a v e o f n o t i f y i n g e a c h p e r f o r m e r o f t h e i n s t a n t t o s t a r t a n d s t o p .
A f t e r t h e i n t r o d u c t o r y p i e c e o n t h e i n s t r u m e n t s , t h e S p i r i t s o f t e n s i n g . I h e a r d t h e m s i n g . T h e S p i r i t s s p o k e t o u s , r e q u e s t i n g u s t o r e m a i n p e r f e c t l y s i l e n t . P r e s e n t l y w e h e a r d h u m a n v o i c e s s i n g i n g , a p p a r e n t l y i n t h e d i s t a n c e , s o a s t o b e s c a r c e l y d i s t i n g u i s h a b l e ; t h e s o u n d s g r a d u a l l y i n c r e a s e d , e a c h p a r t r e l a t i v e l y , u n t i l i t a p p e a r e d a s i f a f u l l c h o i r o f h u m a n v o i c e s w e r e i n o u r s m a l l r o o m s i n g i n g m o s t e x q u i s i t e l y . I t h i n k I n e v e r h e a r d s u c h p e r f e c t h a r m o n y ; e a c h p a r t w a s p e r f o r m e d w i t h s t r i c t a t t e n t i o n t o i t s r e l a t i v e d e g r e e o f s o u n d o r f o r c e . T h e r e w a s n o n e o f t h a t f l o p p i n g , f l o u n d e r i n g , r a n t i n g a n d s h r i e k i n g w h i c h c o n s t i t u t e t h e s t a p l e o f w h a t i s l a t t e r l y c a l l e d m u s i c ; harmony r a t h e r t h a n noise s e e m e d t o c o n s t i t u t e t h e S p i r i t s ’ s o n g . S o c a p t i v a t i n g w a s i t t h a t t h e h e a r t s t r i n g s s e e m e d t o r e l a x o r t o i n c r e a s e t h e i r t e n s i o n t o a c c o r d w i t h t h e h e a v e n l y h a r m o n y . I t s e e m s t o m e t h a t n o p e r s o n c o u l d s i t i n t h a t s a n c t u a r y w i t h o u t f e e l i n g t h e s o n g o f “ G l o r y t o G o d i n t h e h i g h e s t , p e a c e o n e a r t h , a n d g o o d w i l l t o m a n , ” s p o n t a n e o u s l y r i s i n g i n t h e b o s o m a n d f i n d i n g e x p r e s s i o n o n t h e l i p . I d o n ’ t k n o w t h a t t h e S p i r i t s a t t e m p t e d t o u t t e r w o r d s w i t h t h e i r s o n g ; i f t h e y d i d , t h e y s u c c e e d e d i n t h i s p a r t i c u l a r n o b e t t e r t h a n m o d e r n s i n g e r s . B u t i t w a s h a r d l y n e c e s s a r y f o r t h e S p i r i t s t o a r t i c u l a t e , f o r e v e r y s t r a i n a n d m o d u l a t i o n s e e m e d p r e g n a n t w i t h h o l y s e n t i m e n t s , a n d l a n g u a g e c o u l d s c a r c e l y s i g n i f y m o r e . A f t e r t h i s v o c a l p e r f o r m a n c e s e v e r a l p i e c e s o f q u i c k m u s i c w e i e p e r f o r m e d b y S p i r i t s o n t h e s e v e r a l i n s t r u m e n t s . T h e y p l a y f a s t e r t h a n m o r t a l s u s u a l l y d o , a n d i n m o s t p e r f e c t t i m e t h r o u g h o u t . I f a n y i n s t r u m e n t g e t s o u t o f c h o r d t h e y t u n e ; t h e y t u n e d t h e v i o l i n i n m y p r e s e n c e , a n d d i d i t r a p i d l y a n d s k i l l f u l l y .
S p i r i t s r e c o n s t r u c t t h e i r p h y s i c a l b o d i e s , o r p o r t i o n s o f t h e m , f r o m s i m i l a r e l e m e n t s , a p p a r e n t l y a s t h o s e w h i c h c o n s t i t u t e o u r m o r t a l b o d i e s . S p i r i t s ’ h a n d s a n d a r m s w e r e r e o r g a n i z e d i n o u r p r e s e n c e o n s e v e r a l o f t h e s e o c c a s i o n s ; a n d t h a t w e m i g h t s e e t h e m m o r e d i s t i n c t l y t h e y s o m e t i m e s w e t t h e i r h a n d s w i t h a w e a k s o l u t i o n o f p h o s p h o r u s , ( w h i c h M r . K e o n s p r e p a r e d s o m e t i m e p r e v i o u s b y t h e i r r e q u e s t , ) w h i c h e m i t s a l i g h t s o t h a t t h e i r h a n d s c a n b e a l m o s t a s d i s t i n c t l y s e e n i n a d a r k r o o m a s t h e y c o u l d b e i f t h e r o o m w e r e l i g h t A t o n e o f t h e s e C i r c l e s w h i c h I a t t e n d e d , t h e r e w e r e t h r e e h a n d s w h i c h h a d b e e n c o v e r e d w i t h t h e s o l u t i o n o f p h o s p h o r u s , a n d w e a l l s a w t h e m p a s s i n g s w i f t l y a r o u n d t h e r o o m , o v e r o u r h e a d s , c a r r y i n g t h e i n s t r u m e n t s , a n d p l a y i n g u p o n t h e v i o l i n , a c c o r d e o n , t r i a n g l e , h a r m o n i c a a n d t a m b o u r i n e , a n d a l l k e e p i n g p e r f e c t t i m e . T h e s e i n s t r u m e n t s w e r e m o v e d s o s w i f t l y a n d n e a r t h e f a c e s o f t h e a u d i e n c e — o u r o w n a m o n g t h e m — t h a t w e f e l t t h e c o o l a t m o s p h e r i c c u r r e n t a s d i s t i n c t l y a s w e d o t h a t p r o d u c e d b y a f a n . S e v e r a l o f t h e c o m p a n y i n d i f f e r e n t p a r t s o f t h e r o o m r e m a r k e d t h a t t h e y n o t o n l y f e l t t h i s d i s t u r b a n c e o f t h e a i r , b u t h e a r d i t , a n d d i s t i n c t l y s a w t h e h a n d a n d i n s t r u m e n t p a s s c l o s e t o t h e i r f a c e s . S e v e r a l o f u s r e q u e s t e d t h e S p i r i t s t o p l a c e t h e s e i n s t r u m e n t s i n o u r h a n d s , o r t o u c h u s o n o u r h e a d s o r o t h e r p a r t s o f o u r b o d i e s , a n d i n m o s t c a s e s i t w a s i n s t a n t l y d o n e . I h e l d u p m y h a n d s a n d r e q u e s t e d t h e S p i r i t s t o b e a t t i m e w i t h t h e t a m b o u r i n e o n m y h a n d s . T h e y d i d s o , a n d g a v e m e m o r e t h a n i a s k e d f o r , b y s t r i k i n g m y k n e e s , h a n d s a n d h e a d i n a s i m i l a r m a n n e r . I h a v e s e e n t h e t a m b o u r i n e p l a y e r s i n t h e m i n s t r e l b a n d s i n N e w Y o r k ; I h a v e s e e n t h e b e s t p e r f o r m e r s i n t h e c o u n t r y ; b u t t h e y c a n n o t p e r f o r m e q u a l t o t h e s e S p i r i t s . T h e p e r f e c t t i m e a n d t h e r a p i d i t y w i t h w h i c h t h e y b e a t a r e t r u l y s u r p r i s i n g .
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A t t h e c l o s e o f t h e s e s s i o n , t h e S p i r i t o f K i n g , a s i s h i s c u s t o m , t o o k u p t h e t r u m p e t a n d g a v e a s h o r t l e c t u r e t h r o u g h i t — s p e a k i n g a u d i b l y a n d d i s t i n c t l y , p r e s e n t i n g t h e b e n e f i t s t o b e d e r i v e d b o t h i n t i m e a n d e t e r n i t y f r o m i n t e r c o u r s e w i t h S p i r i t s , a n d e x h o r t i n g u s t o b e d i s c r e e t a n d b o l d i n s p e e c h , d i l i g e n t i n o u r i n v e s t i g a t i o n s , f a i t h f u l t o t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s w h i c h t h e s e p r i v i l e g e s i m p o s e , c h a r i t a b l e t o w a r d t h o s e w h o a r e i n i g n o r a n c e a n d e r r o r , t e m p e r i n g o u r z e a l w i t h w i s d o m ; a n d f i n a l l y c l o s i n g w i t h a b e n e d i c t i o n .I a m a w a r e t h a t t h e s e f a c t s s o m u c h t r a n s c e n d t h e o r d i n a r y e x p e r i e n c e o f m o r t a l s , t h a t f e w p e r s o n s c a n a c c e p t t h e m a s t r u e o n a n y a m o u n t o f h u m a n t e s t i m o n y . I o b t a i n e d t h e a d d r e s s e s o f t h e f o l l o w i n g n a m e d p e r s o n s , a n d h o p e t h e y w i l l e x c u s e m e f o r t h e l i b e r t y I t a k e i n r e f e r r i n g t o t h e m i n t h i s c o n n e c t i o n , f o r t h e c o n f i r m a t i o n o f m y s t a t e m e n t s . T h e y w e r e p r e s e n t a t s o m e o r a l l t h e C i r c l e s w h i c h I a t t e n d e d , w h e n t h e s e m a n i f e s t a t i o n s o c c u r r e d : —R . J . B u t t e r f i e l d , C l e v e l a n d , O h i o ; M T l l i a m D . Y o u n g , C o v i n g t o n , I n d . ; G e o r g e a n d D a v i d B r i e r , B a i n s v i l l e , I n d . ; D a v i d ' F d g e r a n d d a u g h t e r , M e r c e r c o u n t y , P a . ; S . Y a n S i c k l e s , D e l a w a r e , O h i o ; S . T . D e a n , A n d r e w O g g , a n d G e o r g e W a l k e r a n d s o n , A m e s v i l l e , O h i o ; A z e l J o h n s o n , M i l l f i e l d , O h i o ; W . S . ’W a t k i n s , N e w Y o r k ; T h o m a s M o r r i s a n d w i f e , D o v e r , O h i o ; D r . G e o r g e C a r p e n t e r , A t h e n s , O h i o ; T h o m a s W h i t e , M o u n t P l e a s a n t , O h i o .M a n y o t h e r p e r s o n s w e r e p r e s e n t , w h o s e n a m e s I d i d n o t l e a r n . C h a r i . e s P a r t r i d g e .
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T h e c o n s i d e r a t i o n t h a t s c i e n c e h a s b e e n u t t e r l y u n a b l e t o e x p l a i n t h e p h e n o m e n a i n q u e s t i o n , s h o u l d b e r e g a r d e d a s p r e s u m p t i v e e v i d e n c e i n f a v o r o f t h e i r S p i r i t u a l c h a r a c t e r . S c i e n c e m a } ' w e l l b o a s t o f h e r c o n q u e s t . W h a t d e p a r t m e n t o f p h y s i c a l n a t u r e h a s s h e n o t e x p l o r e d ! w h a t m y s t e r i e s o f o l d h a s s h e n o t l a i d o p e n t o t h e d a y ! T h e s e t e l e g r a p h s h a v e n o t b e c o m e o u r n e w s - c a r r i e r s ; t h e s e s t e a m e n g i n e s h a v e n o t b e c o m e o u r w i l l i n g b e a s t s o f b u r d e n ; t h e s e i n n u m e r a b l e f o r m s o f m a c h i n e r y h a v e n o t b e e n a d a p t e d t o a l l t h e a r t s o f c i v i l i z a t i o n , w i t h o u t t h e a t t a i n m e n t b y s c i e n t i f i c m e n o f a w i d e k n o w l e d g e o f , a n d c l o s e f a m i l i a r i t y w i t h , n a t u r e ’ s p h y s i c a l l a w s . I f t h e m a n i f e s t a t i o n s a r e e x p l a i n a b l e b y a n y o f t h o s e l a w s , i t i s r e a s o n a b l e t o s u p p o s e t h a t t h e e x p l a n a t i o n w o u l d e r e t h i s h a v e b e e n m a d e . W e h a v e s e e n p a r a g r a p h s i n n e w s p a p e r s , c a l l i n g o n s c i e n t i f i c m e n t o e x p o s e t h e “ h u m b u g ” a n d s t a y t h e p o p u l a r e x c i t e m e n t , i n t i m a t i n g t h a t t h e i r r e p u t a t i o n s w e r e c o n c e r n e d . T h i s i s i g n o r a n c e . S c i e n c e s t a n d s o n s u r e g r o u n d . B u t t h e k n o w l e d g e o f o n e t h i n g d o e s n o t i n c l u d e t h e k n o w l e d g e o f a n o t h e r . T h e s c i e n c e ^ o f o p t i c s d o e s n o t e x p l a i n t h e s c i e n c e o f a c o u s t i c s . T h e m y s t e r i e s o f t h e p h e n o m e n a o f t h e d a y a r e m y s t e r i e s t o t h e a s t r o n o m e r , t h e g e o l o g i s t , t h e c h e m i s t , t h e n a t u r a l i s t , t h e p h y s i c i a n , a s w e l l a s t o t h e p l o u g h m a n a n d t h e t r a d e s m a n ; a n d t i l l t h e f a c t s a r e o b s e r v e d a n d s t u d i e d , t h e y m u s t r e m a i n m y s t e r i o u s t o a l l . S c i e n t i f i c m e n , o n a c c o u n t o f t h e i r s y s t e m a t i c t r a i n i n g , m a y i n v e s t i g a t e t h e m m o r e s u c c e s s f u l l y t h a n o t h e r s , i f t h e i r m a t e r i a l i s t i c p r e j u d i c e s d o n o t i n t e r f e r e . B u t f a m i l i a r i t y w i t h p u r e l y p h y s i c a l s c i e n c e , o f t e n e n g e n d e r s s u c h p r e j u d i c e s ; a n d o n t h i s a c c o u n t t h e f r i e n d s o f p r o g r e s s c a n n o t h o p e f o r m u c h f r o m t h e a s s i s t a n c e o f t h e savans. W h o e v e r c a n b r i n g a d e q u a t e p o w e r s t o t h e w o r k , u n b i a s e d b y a n y h a b i t s o f t r a i n i n g , i s t h e p e r s o n t o i n v e s t i g a t e S p i r i t u a l i s m w i t h s u c c e s s ; a n d w h e n t h e w o r l d l e a r n n o t t o e x p e c t t o o m u c h o f s c i e n t i f i c m e n , a n d n o t t o e x p e c t t o o l i t t l e o f o t h e r s , l i g h t o n t h i s s u b j e c t w i l l b e s p e e d i l y d i f f u s e d .
T h e r e m a i n i n g c o n s i d e r a t i o n s w h i c h I h a v e t o s u g g e s t a r e t h e s e :
1 s t . S p i r i t u a l i s m i s p h i l o s o p h i c a l , w h i l e a l l s y s t e m s o f r e l i g i o n w h i c h h a v e b e e n d e r i v e d f r o m t h e p a s t a r e u n p h i l o s o p h i c a l .
2 d . I t p r e s e n t s t h e o n l y s a t i s f a c t o r y v i e w o f r e w a r d s a n d p u n i s h m e n t s .
3 d . I t r e a l i z e s S p i r i t u a l t r u t h t o o u r u n d e r s t a n d i n g , a n d f u r n i s h e s a d e q u a t e m o t i v e s t o g o o d n e s s .
4 t h . I t h a r m o n i z e s w i t h t h e t e a c h i n g s o f C h r i s t .1 s t . Spiritualism is philosophical; all systems or
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t e m s o f t h e d a y t o p r o v e t h i s c h a r g e ; n o r i s i t n e c e s s a r y . “ O u t o f t h y o w n m o u t h w i l l I j u d g e t h e e . ” E v e r y e v a n g e l i c a l p r e a c h e r i n C h r i s t e n d o m , o n a l m o s t e v e r y S a b b a t h i n t h e y e a r , s e p a r a t e s t r u t h i n t o t w o k i n d s , s a c r e d a n d p r o f a n e — t h e t r u t h s o f G o d a n d t h e t r u t h s o f s c i e n c e , o r t h e w o r l d ; a n d t e a c h e s t h a t t h e “ c a r n a l , ” o r w o r l d l y , o r s c i e n t i f i c m i n d , c a n n o t a p p r e h e n d S p i r i t u a l t r u t h . W e m i g h t a s k , h o w t h e n a r e m e n a c c o u n t a b l e f o r s i n ? B u t all truth is GotTs truth, a n d t h e p o w e r s o f t h e h u m a n m i n d a r c a d a p t e d - t o i t s i n v e s t i g a t i o n . L i t t l e b y l i t t l e , t h e s i m p l e r b e f o r e t h e h i g h e r — a s w e a c q u i r e “ c a r n a l ” k n o w l e d g e , s o m u s t w e a c q u i r e S p i r i t u a l . S p i r i t u a l t r u t h i s t o b e r e g a r d e d o n l y a s w e r e g a r d t h e h i g h e r s t u d i e s i n a s c h o o l — i f i t i s n o t u n d e r s t o o d i t i s f o r w a n t o f a d v a n c e m e n t , n o t f o r w a n t o f f a c u l t i e s s u i t e d t o i t s r e c e p t i o n .
W h e n o n c e c o n v e r t e d , a s o u l c a n n e v e r b e l o s t — s o s a y s e v e r a l s e c t s . I s t h i s p h i l o s o p h i c a l V N o l e s s r e p u g n a n t t o r e a s o n i s t h a t o t h e r d o g m a , t h a t n o m a n c a n k e e p t h e l a w s o f G o d — a s i f t h e g r e a t F a t h e r h a d m a d e i m p e r a t i v e l a w s w h i c h h e h a d n o t g i v e n p o w e r t o o b e y ! N e e d I r e f e r t o t h e a b s u r d d o c t r i n e o f t h e t r i n i t y a s h e l d b y “ e v a n g e l i c a l ” d e n o m i n a t i o n s ; t o t h e d o c t r i n e o f e t e r n a l p u n i s h m e n t f o r t h e s i n s o f o u r f i r s t a n c e s t o r , a s w e l l a s f o r o u r o w n ; t o t h e o p p o s i t e d o c t r i n e o f e t e r n a l h a p p i n e s s a n d h o l i n e s s , c o m m e n c i n g i m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r d e a t h , n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g t h e g r o s s e s t s i n s o f t h i s l i f e — t h e o n e p l a c i n g t h e v i l e s t a n d m o s t m o r a l s i d e b y s i d e i n i r r e m e d i a b l e w o , t h e o t h e r p l a c i n g s a i n t a n d s i n n e r s i d e b y s i d e i n e q u a l f e l i c i t y — t o s h o w t h e u n r e a s o n b l e n e s s o f p o p u l a r c r e e d s ? D o u b t l e s s , i f t h e c a s e r e q u i r e d , I c o u l d w e a r y t h e p a t i e n c e o f t h e most d i l i g e n t r e a s o n e r i n p o i n t i n g o u t t h e u n p h i l o sophical features of the theologies of the day.
But it is claimed that Spiritualism is not open to this charge. It must be understood that by Spir-
u e s l p e r c e p t i o n s . ],. e c a u s e i t i s a n e c e s s i t y , [ o u r f i n i t e n a t u r e s t h a t w e s h o u l d s e e t r u t h h u t ¡n
p a r i . A p a r a g r a p h f r o m t h e p e n o f t h e e d i t o r q Iho l̂lC Angl,in,/ Spirit,„au i l l u s t r a t e s t h i s i , | . . , “ A l l e x p e r i e n c e p r o v e s t h a t o u r v i e w s a r e e o ,! ' • s t a n t l y c h a n g i n g a s w e a d v a n c e i n k n o w l e d g e a i d b r e a d t h o f c o m p r e h e n s i o n . A s w i t h o n e a s c e n d i n ' , a m o u n t a i n — t h e s u r r o u n d i n g s c e n e r y c o n t i n n - p ; , ! v a r i e s i n i t s f e a t u r e s — e m i n e n c e s w h i c h i n t in . . VJ l e y a p p e a r e d t o r e a c h t o t h e v e r y c l o u d s , a r e „ o v e r s t e p p e d — t h e e y e h a s a w i d e r r a n g e — o n c e g r e a t l o u s b e c o m e s i n s i g n i f i c a n t — t u A t h i n g s b e c o m e n e w . T h e y o n l y w h o pitch thetn, , for life b e l o w t h e s u m m i t — w h o c h a i n t h e i n s t l v , ; t o a c r e e d , l i k e a h o r s e h a l t e r e d t o a s t a k e — 1| , . o n l y c a n b o a s t t h a t ‘ t h e i r v i e w s h a v e n e v e r e i e n . -,t h a t t h e y ‘ a l w a y s b e l i e v e d a s t h e y d o i Q . S u c h o n l y c a n i m a g i n e t h a t t h e } - h a v e a r r i v e ! a b s o l u t e t r u t h . T h e a b s o l u t e d w e l l s a l o n e »■’ G o d , a n d s o l o n g a s w e a r e b e l o w h i m m c o i a - i h e n s i o n a n d p e r f e c t i o n s , s o l o n g w i l l o u r v i e w * , t r u t h n e c e s s a r i l y b e relative.” ' 'S p i r i t u a l i s m , t h e r e f o r e , w h i c h r e c e i v e s t h a t t r u t h w h i c h i t s e e s l o - d a v , a n d t o - m o r r o w ti w h i c h i t p e r c e i v e s t o - m o r r o w , h o w e v e r i t m a v id" d i f y p a s t c o n c e p t i o n s ; a c c e p t i n g n o l h i n n - o n y t h o r n y , a n d t a k i n g n o mystery'a a able i , i u . : b e p h i l o s o p h i c a l a s f a r a s t h e m i n d m a y b e c L p - t l / o f p h i l o s o p h i c a l v i e w s . B u t c r e e d r e l i - i o n w l i i - ' i s b u t a d a g u e r r e o t y p e o f o l d f o r m s , a c r y s t a l i z a f e o f p a s t e x p e r i e n c e s — w h i c h r e p r e s e n t s t h e a p i . e e a n c e o f t h i n g s n e a r t h e f o o t o f t h e m o u n t a i n ! w a r p e d a r i d d i s t o r t e d f r o m t i m e t o t i m e h v t h e c o r p o r a t i o n o f s o m e h i g h e r t r u t h s w h i c h t h e p ! g r o s s o f t h e w o r l d f o r c e s u p o n i t — c a n n o t b e o t h e r w i s e t h a n u n p h i l o s o p h i c a l .T h e S p i r i t u a l i s t i c a n d “ O r t h o d o x ” v i e w s o f t h o b j e c t a n d c h a r a c t e r o f t h i s l i f e m a y b e i m t n ! t i v e l y c o n s i d e r e d . T h e v i e w o f “ O r t h o d o x y " •[. w e l l k n o w n . B u t S p i r i t u a l i s m , i n s t e a d o f r e g a r d ! m a n ’s c o n d i t i o n h e r e a s p r o b a t i o n a r y — a t r i a l - l i l b - I t o d e t e r m i n e t h e g o o d f r o m t h e b a d , ' p r e p a r a t o r y t , a s s i g n i n g t h e m t h e i r e t e r n a l s t a t e s o f h a p p i ; , , . , ] m i s e r y — v i e w s t h i s e x i s t e n c e a s rudiu„i,Uil a ! ■initiatory—a n u r s e r y , i n w h i c h t h e s e e d g e r m i n a t e s a n d t h e e l e m e n t s o f c h a r a c t e r a r e f o r m e d , t o |x f u r t h e r u n f o l d e d w h e n t h e b e i n g i s t r a n s p l a t u ] t - o t h e r s p h e r e s . _ A l l m e n a r e r e g a r d e d a s C a n d i d a ! f o r f i n a l h a p p i n e s s , h o w e v e r d i v e r g e n t t h e i r l i r e p a t h s m a y b e . E v i l i s l o o k e d u p o n a s r e l a t i v e ra t h e r t h a n p o s i t i v e , a n d t h e m e a n s o f d e v e l o p i n g ! s o u l , j u s t a s e a r t h q u a k e s a n d v o l c a n o e s d e v e l o p t h e e a r t h . A s i t i s t o t h e s e e v i l s o f n a t u r e , a f t : a g e s o f a c t i o n , t h a t w e o w e t h e p r e s e n t l in h k - a b l e c o n d i t i o n o f o u r g l o b e , s o i t i s i n p a r t t o the e v i l s w h i c h s c - e m t o m a r t h e h u m a n s o u l t h a t i s u l t i m a t e p e r f e c t i o n w i l l b e d u e ., 2d . Spiritualism presents tin only view of rewards and punishini nU. ' ' 'I b e l i e v e i t c a n n o t b e d e n i e d t h a t t h e u n b i a s s e d m i n d s h r i n k s a l i k e f r o m t h e i n j u s t i c e a n d m i l i t n e - s o f t h e “ O r t h o d o x ” a n d j U m v e r s a l i s t d o c t r i n e s 0: t h e f u t u r e s t a r e s o f s a i n t a n d s i n n e r . 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T h e u p w a r d s u n w i t h u n e r r i n g c o u r s e p e r f o r m s u n h e e d t i h i s g i l d i n g m i s s i o n , u n t i l o t h e r c h i l d r e n o f e a r b n e e d h i s p r e s e n c e . I f o l o o k a g a i n u p o n t h e b u . ;y m a r t o f t r a d e a n d t r a f f i c i n h a p p i n e s s . A Y c b e h o l d t h e p u r c h a s e d b o o n ; a t c h u r c h e s , f a i r s , t h e a t r e ; , a n d p r i v a t e c i r c l e s . A Y e s e e l a d i e s a n d g e n t l o m e : c l a d i n s t u d i e d c o s t u m e s o f d e c o r a t e d p l u m e s u p o n w h i c h a r c d e e p l y e t c h e d “ B e h o l d m e a n d m y glor i e s — c o m e a n d b u y . "T i m e p a s s e s — t h e p r e t t y f a c e s a n d d e c o r a d o r . ; h a n g t h e i r b e a u t i e s t o t h e s e t t i n g s u n a s t h e p e t a l ; o f t h e l o t u s , t o c a t c h e a c h l i n g e r i n g r a y t o r e l i e f ; t h e i r o w n b e a u t y ! 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S h e u p l i f t s t h e l i d o i ' t h e u r n o f b u r i e d h o p e a i H l o v e , a n d b e n d i n g o v e r t h e p e r i s h i n g b l o s s o m ? , t h e i r w i t h e r e d l e a v e s a r c s c a t t e r e d i n t o n o t h i n g n e s s . T i m e p a s s e s , a l t h o u g h d a r k n e s s h a s s p r e a d h e r d i s m a l p a l l o v e r a l l e a r t h l y g l o r i e s . H e r c a r i ; o n , o n w a r d s t i l l . N o p o w e r o l e a r t h l i f e c a n s t o p h e r w h e e l s ; t h e m a r k s o f h e r p a l l i d h a n d i s s o f a o n e v e r y b r o w , i t s s h a d o w i n e v e r y b o s o m ; i n F o r p a u s e l e s s c a r e e r , s h e t o u c h e s t h e b e a u t i f u l a n d t l - g o o d , a n d t h e i r p l a c e s k n o w t h e m n o t . S t r o r : m e n a n d w o m e n f a l l , t h e r o s y c h e e k s , a n d t h e r u b y l i p s a r c b l e a c h e d . 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