Y O L. I S A N FR A N C ISC O , S A T U R D A Y , N O V E M B E R 23, 1867 NO. 46

L I T E R A R Y .

S te a d ily , s te a d i ly , s te p b y s te p ,U p th e v e n tu r o u s b u i ld e r s go,

C a re fu lly p la c in g s to n e on s to n e ;T h u s th e lo f t ie s t te m p le s g ro w . .

P a t ie n t ly , p a t ie n t ly , d a y b y d a y ,T h e a r t i s t to ils a t h is t a s k a w a y ,T o u o h in g i t h e re , a n d t in t in g i t th e r e ,G iv in g i t e v e r , w i th in fin ite c a re ,A lin e m o re so f t, o r a h u e m o re f a i r ;

T ill l i t t le b y l i t t l e th e p ic tu r e g ro w s ,W ith life , a n d b e a u ty , a n d fo rm s o f g ra c e ,T h a t e v e r m o re in th e w d rld h a v e p la c e .

T h u s w ith th e p o e t : h o u r a f t e r U our H o l is te n s to h e a r th e f a i r y c h im e s

T h a t r in g in h is so u l. T h o u g h w ith m a g ic p o w e r H e w e a v e s th e i r m e lo d y in to rh y m e s —

S lo w ly , c a re fu lly , w o rd b y w o rd ,L in e b y lin e , a n d th o u g h t b y th o u g h t ,

H e f a s te n s th e g o ld e n t is s u e o f so n g ;A n d th u s a r e im m o r ta l a n th e m s w ro u g h t .

E v e r y w ise o b s e r v e r k n o w s ,E v e r y w a tc h f u l g a z e r se es ,

N o th in g g ra n d n o r b e a u t if u l g ro w s S a v e b y g ra d u a l , s lo w d e g re e s .

Y e w h o to il w i th a p u rp o s e h ig h ,A n d fo n d ly th e p ro u d r e s u l t s a w a i t ,

M u r m u r n o t , a s th e h o u r s go b y ,T h a t th e s e a so n is long , th e h a rv e s ^ A a tc .

R e m e m b e r t h a t b ro th e r h o o d , s t r o n g a n d t r u e , B u ild e rs a n d a r t i s t s , a n d b a r d s su b lim e ,

W ho l iv e d in th e p a s t , a n d w o rk e d l ik e y o u , W o rk e d a n d w a ite d a w e a r is o m e t im e ;

D a rk , a n d c h e e r le s s , a n d lo n g th e i r n ig h t ,Y e t th e y p a t i e n t ly a t th e i r t a s k b e g u n ;

T ill lo ! th r o u g h th e c lo u d s b ro k e th e m o rn in g l ig h t W h ic h s h in e s on th e s o u l w h e n success is w o n I

“ Katrina—Her Life and Mine.’’

S h e w a s m y p e e r :N o w e a k lin g g i r l , w h o w o u ld s u r r e n d e r w ill A n d life a n d reasoD , w i th h e r lo v in g h e a r t ,To h e r p o s se s so r ; no s o f t , c liD ging th in g ,W ho w o u ld find b r e a th a lo n e w ith in th e a r m sO f a s t ro n g m a s te r , a n d o b e d ie n t lyW a it on b is w h im s in s la v is h c a re fu ln e s s ;N o fa w n in g , c r in g in g s p a n el, to a t t e n d H is ro y a l p le a su re , a n d a c c o u n t h e r s e l f R e w a rd e d b y h is p a t s a n d p r e t t y w o rd s :B u t a ro u n d w o m an , w h o , w i th in s ig h t k e e n ,H a d w ro u g h t a s c h e m e o f life , a n d m e a s u re d w e ll H e r w o m an h o o d ; h a d s p r e a d b e fo re h e r f e e t A fine p h ilo s o p h y to g u id e h e r s te p s ; >H a d .w o n a f a i th to w h ic h h e r life w as b r o u g h t In s t r i c t a d ju s tm e n t—b r a in a n d h e a r t m e a n w h ile W o rk in g in c o n sc io u s h a rm o n y a n d r h y th m W ith th e g r e a t s c h e m e o f G od’s g r e a t u n iv e rs e ,On to w a rd h e r b e in g ’s e n d . •

I co u ld b u t k n o wH e r m o tiv e s w e re s u p e r io r to m 'n e .I co u ld b u t fee l t h a t in h e r lo y a l ty To G od a n d d u ty , s h e co n d e m n e d m y life .

J ja to -h e t-w u n a a iP s h e a r t , th r o w n o p en w ide In h o ly c h a r i t y T s h e h a d d ra w n a ll O f h u m a n k in d , a n a T o u p d n o h u m b le s t s o u l Too h u m b le fo r h e r e n t e r t a h jm e n t— n o n e So w e a k i t co u ld r e tu r n no grfe&tftil boon F o r w h a t s h e g a v e : a n d s ta n d in g 's iQ d o s tly W ith in h e r sc h e m " , w ith m e e k e s t r e f e r e n c e S h e b o w ed to th o s e a b o v e h e r , y e t w ith s lroo jg A n d h e a r ty co n fid en ce a s s u m e d a p la c e In s e rv ic e o f th e w o rld , a s m in is te r O rd a in e d o f H e a v e n to b r e a k to i t th e b r e a d S he to o k fro m o th e r h a n d s . A n d s h e w a s on e W h o co u ld s e e a ll th e r e w a s o f good in m e —C ould m e a s u re w e ll th e p r o d u c t o f m y p o w e r ,A nd g iv e i t im p u lse a n d d ir e c tio n ; n a y ,C ould s u p p le m e n t m y p o w e r , a n d h e lp m y h e a r t A g a in s t i t s foes.

— “ J Z a tr in a p by D r . H o '.land.

^=L_^-X3ST-T h e c e a s e le s s so u n d o f th e s e e th in g r a in ;

T h e d r ip , d r ip , d r ip f ro m th e so d d en le a v e s ;T h e w in d s a t w o rk in th e r ip e n in g g r a in —

T h e y a r e g h o s tly m o w e rs u e n d in g th e s h e a v e s ; A n d r a in , r ip p lin g r a in .

F ro m fa r -o lf f a r m s a d u ll co c k -c ro w ;T h e b ro o k r u n s r e d , a s if th e s p e a r

Of th e lig h tn in g w ro u g h t th e m o u n ta in w oe—T hose g ia n ts , f ro w n in g a n d lo n e a n d d r e a r ;

A nd r a in , s h r i l l in g r a in .

L ik e s i lv e r s t r in g s o f a m ig h ty h a r pS eem th e g la n c in g d ro p s ; th e w o o d lan d t r e e s

S how p a le -g re e n d e e p s w h e re th e w in d s b lo w s b a rp - T h e w in d s d h a t a r e n e v e r a n h o u r a t ea se

In r a in , r a n d o m r a in .

N o fo o tp r in ts o n th e s h e l te r le s s ro a d ;T o rn le a v e s b e s t r e w th e g r a s s y w a y s ;

D a rk , lo w e r in g c lo u d s , a n d w h a t do th e y b ode O n th is w e a r ie s t o f th e w e a ry d a y s ?

R a in , r a in , r a in 1

COMMUNICATIONS.

AN EXAM INATION OF T H E W R IT IN G S OF TH E ANCIENTS.

N U M B E R T W E L V E .

Some time during the two years of 1843—4, another able researcher and practical scientist entered the field of Egyptology, w ith rare credentials of merit, gathered from a sixteen years’ residence in the region of pyramids and monuments of ancient date, a history which his mind was well adapted to trace out so as to present them intelligibly to the view of all seekers after useful knowledge of ancient peojfies.

Prisse d’ Avennes, a French scholar, had been successful in rescuing from destruction the A ncestra l Chamber o f K a rn a c , the Tablet o f R am ses XIV, together w ith a num ber of other valuable relics from the hands of the destroying Turks. Five of the sixteeu years’ residence in Egypt had been spent in the Upper country, where he had become a proficient Orientalist, which enabled him to gather up precious fragments of an archaeological character sufficient to bountifully fill his portfolios w ith choice works. These discoveries had been performed by himself for the most part between the periods of the departure of the French and Tuscan Scientific Commissions under- the superintendence of Champollion and Rosellini, 1830, and the ajjpearance of the Prussian in 1842.

The important and persistent labors in Egyptology "by M. Prisse were highly appreciated by the scientists of Paris, so much so that, at tlie national expense, he was enabled to step into the vacant place made by the demise of the renowned Champollion, and tak ing up the folios of that great scientist, continue the work w ith extraordinary abil

ity and devotion. He was also a contributor to the R eveu Archeeologique, a classically standard vehicle to convey reliable knowledge to those who come after our departure. There is yet another name to be added to the list of benefactors to science whose labors have been felt and acknowledged by many students of Egyptology. A. C. Harris resided in Egypt for th irty years, and became well versed, not only in Egyptian literature, but master of several branches of ancient lore, which fitted him to increase the already accumulated stock of archaeological fruit very considerably.

“ No clap-trap pretensions to acquaintance with hieroglyphical arcana recently made by theologers, who speak not any continental tongue through which alone these subjects are accessible—no a d c a p ta n d u m figments of the possession of Oriental knowledge when men cannot spell a monosyllable w ritten in the Hebrew alphabet—detract from the Memphite exhumations conducted at French ministerial expense, by a Mariette ; for whose enormous discoveries in the S era p eu m , as yet confined to reports, we wait t impatiently. ’Twere well if, in view of the contemptuous silence w ith which Egyptologists treat their publications, some w riters on these m atters were to become r e a d e rs .”

It becomes a m atter of some consequence that the reader should have presented to the mind an indication at least of the fountains from which are■ i __drawn,the principal share of Egyptian chronology, as we have it presented to us regarding the date of the first Pharaoh, Menes ; seeing that this character must make some prominence in the further elucidation of the historical record, as well as to show a lack of connection w ith the mythical M es- treeans, concocted by Syncellus, in tbe year A. d . 700. Nor yet, except in a national point of view, w ith MTsRIM., (not M izraim ^) of the Hebrew text, who has proved to be no otber than the Egyptians, residents of MiZR, M u ss’r ; the Semitic name of M uter.

“ E gyrt, {su p ra , p . 494.)A uthorities. R ates o f Menes.1839, Paris—Lenormant: Oircueil M ycerinus,

IVth Dyn. (p. 24) Mycerinus, la date de 4186 b. c.Add Illd , A fricanus...................... “ 214 “

“ lid , “ _____. . . . . . . . “ 302 ““ 1st, “ . . . . . . ___ ... “ 263 “

Which makes the sum of .......................... .. .4,915 b. c.r . c .

1840, P a r is— CifjtaiPoi.i.io.v-FjGEAC : “ L ’E g y p te A n c ie n n e ” 5 ,8 6 7 1 845 , B e r lin — B o ck h : “ M a n e th o u n d d ie H u n d s s te r n -

p e r io d e ” ................................................................... .5 ,7 0 21S45, T u r in — B a r u c c h i : “ D :s c o r s l C r it ic i so p r a la C ro-

n o lo g ia E sriz1, ” ................................................... 4 ,8 9 01 8 4 5 , H a m b u r g — B u n s e n : ‘G E g y p ten s S te l le in d er W elt

g e B c h ic h te ,” ........... .3 ,6 4 31 8 4 6 , P a r is — H e n r y : “ L ’E g y p te P b a r a o n iq u e ,” ..................... 5 .3 0 31 8 4 8 , P a r is— L e s u e u r : “ C b ro n o lo g ie d e s R o is d ’E g y p t e ,” 5 ,7 7 31849, B e r lin — L e p siu s : “ C h ro n o lo g ic d e r J E g y p te r ,” . . . . . .3 ,8 9 31851 , D u b lin — H in c k s ; “ T u rin P a p y r u s ,” ........ ......................3 ,8 9 51 8 5 1 , L o n d o n — K e n r ic k : “ E g y p t u n d e r ih e P h a r a o h s ,” 3 ,8 9 2 1854 , P h ila d e lp h ia — P ic k e r in g : “ G e o g r a p h ic a l D is t r ib u

t io n o f A n im a ls a n d P l a n i s ,” ....................................... . . . . .4 ,4 0 0

Upon the authority of these names depend, chiefly, the tru th or error, or both, of nearly all that is known at present of the chronology of ancient E g y p t; th a t errors may be mixed w ith tru th would not be at all surprising, when the number of centuries embraced is considered, and the difficulty often found of agreement between two scientists of the same or similar capacities and opportunities. The cause of errors has been seen to arise from some uncertainty regarding any chronological sum th a t may be desired, to draw from the entire addition of reigns after the lapse of a number of centuries. The probability of inexactness increases w ith the num ber of partial sum s ; and it seems to have become a settled point with Egyptologists to make an allowance of some two hundred years admissible, especially in cases where the period extends as far back as tlie X V IH th dynasty, succeeding the expulsion of the reign of the Shepherd Kings. The difficulties attendant on exactitude may be diminished in the future, by a more accurate knowledge of the motives which produced pyramids, and monuments, and temples, all over ancient Egypt. j . D. pierson .

-----:-------- + —------ --------- .“ iE S O P , Jr.,’1 TO “ X A N T IP P E ."

I thank you for your “ few words.” There is a pleasure in being appreciated, and when the appreciation is accompanied by such spirited support as your “ few words” rendered to my views on free- love, the pleasure is enhanced. Consequently, I felt very much pleased as I read your article. As I proceeded, I felt all the benignity of an ambitious scribbler, who hears his first printed article praised, till the placidity of my countenance was wonderful to behold.

But, alas for hum an expectation ! Alas for the vanity of literary ambition ! I had only reached that exalted state of happiness, that my fall m ight be so much the greater—my degradation the keener felt. Just th ink of it ! The cream of all this mental exaltation was completely soured by a horrid epithet—“ a bachelor!” that excrescence of society—that conteirqitible thing, despised alike by itself, and by everybody else—a standing outrage upon society, and a perpetual insult to wo- manity.

“ O Hamlet! what a falling off was there !”And now, as I take a second look at your “ few

words,” I see them in a new l ig h t ; and I do not agree w ith you as much as I thought I did. That rem ark about shutting up love in a pig-pen is very true, and a very pretty sentim ent; so also tbe bottling up tbe sunshine and the wind ; but do yon not th ink you exaggerated somewhat, when you

said there is nothing so free as love? Is there no passion or attribute of the mind commensurate with it ? Please think that over. For, as to infinite love, or boundless goodness, they only exist in the sentiment of poetry, and read very prettily there ; if either existed in infinitude, there would be no room left for either hatred or evil to talk about, and reformers would bave nothing to do. But I know, and Xantippe knows, large proportions of both hatred and every other vice exist in the world.

And then you say that not “ one in ten of the marriages recorded are based upon real love, and a knowledge of the proper temperaments,” etc. W ell, well, th a t’s good ! W ho ever heard of love paying any attention to temperaments, or anyth ing else in reason ? Love and Reason ! W hy, alkali and acid are not more opposed to each other ! A m an or woman, when in their righ t mind, having the full use of their mental faculties and common sense, with the aid of physiology, phrenology, and physiognomy, may determine what kind of partner would be best suited to them ; whether bilious or nervous, tall or short, dark or fair, etc. But, ten to one, when under the guidance of Cupid, they can’t choose; they are carried off by temperament, higbt, breadth, and dimensions, diametrically opposite to their iirevious rational and judicious choice. None are exempt from th is fallacy, when under the regim e of C upid. Love laughs at laws as well as locksmiths. W hether the victim be a philosopher or a fool, the result is the sam e; as Frances W righ t in her charming little book, “ A Few Days in Athens,” makes one of her characters say : “ Ah, friends ! laugh and frown ; but sbow me tbe man, the wisest, the gravest, or the sourest, tha t a bright pair of eyes can’t make a fool of.”

“ M arrying under false pretenses,”—that is good. And, being good, I will let it stand approved as read, and proceed to the “ head and front of my offending.” I said I had never “ fully liked or thoroughly hated” any one ; and for tha t I am called a bachelor, or condemned to be one till I fall over head and ears in love—till Cupid lead me? captive, body and soul, or till I can say I “ fully” love. Now, Xantippe, let me ask you quietly, Has Mr. Socrates proposed yet ? Or, are you “ but in the honeymoon of your first love-emotions, the mere effervescence of the conjugal compound ”? You m ust be, else you would never dream of this out- and-out love. W omen are angels, and men are gods, before m arriage ; they are “ fully liked” to all intents and purposes ; but, as in the case of Adam and Eve, after m arriage comes the fall, when faults are better seen, and crimination and recrimination follow. Between you and me, I have special reasons for sympathizing w ith Socrates in his trials, as I have for pitying poor cynical Paul. Cupid had, no doubt, caught Paul sometime or other, and had failed to find a m arket for him, and sold him to the first purchaser, who happened to be Spite—as tyrannical a master as Love dare be. But as for Socrates, he found a m ark e t; he was sold—badly sold. No doubt Socrates “ fully” liked Xantippe, when he “ popped the question but a year or two of Caudle-lecturing drove him into philosophy. There were no lodges or club- rooms then ; but he founded a school, where he taugh t the morality of patience and for- bearnce, the practical good of which he had learned at home. On the banks of the Ilissus he found that quietude -he liked better than a scolding wife. W hen Satan covered Job with boils, killed his family, and destroyed his property, no doubt Mrs. Job would bave suffered the terrible fate of the rest, but for tlie knowledge Satan had of her power to test Job’s patience. But Mrs. Job and Mrs. Socrates had reasons for their temper, if we had their side of the story.

Oh ! about the “ handsome rival ” ! You would make jealousy the handm aid of true love, would you? That meanest, most despicable of all the passions, begotten of an overweening love of self, and unbounded suspicion of every one else ! I cannot truly love her of whom I am jealous, and of whose every act I am suspicious. I must have unbounded confidence where I have unbounded love. “ Perfect love casteth out fear.” Jealousy only arises from that love which leads to lust.

Ah ! there is another point, which I had almost let slip : that about “ obeying the m aternal instinct.” I t takes two to make a bargain ; and now let me quietly, and as delicately as possible, ask if we men have no paternal instinct to be consulted ? “ I t ’s a poor rule tha t won’t work both ways,” you know.

Now I feel b e tte r ; and, on a tb ird reading, your “ few-words” are, on the whole, very much to my lik in g ; and I will be very glad to receive a “ few more of the same sort.” But don’t call me “ a bachelor” any more. H£SOP, JR.

T h e Sa b b a t h Q u e st io n .—An able contributor to the Boston Commonwealth, over tbe signature “ E .,” considers “ the next step” to be taken with reference to tbe Sabbath question. Tbe law by which the Heading Room of the Public Library iu Boston is closed on Sunday, and indeed by which all restrictions are imposed upon the peojile on one day of the week more than another, does not belong to this century, and is in no way in keeping with its spirit; therefore, says “ E .,” “ we must take measures for the repeal of the Sabbatical law at the next session of our Legislature. Let all lovers of freedom hold themselves in readiness to join in this movement next fall.” Amen! say we.

PROGRESS OF LIB ER A LISM IN SCOTLAND.

[The following interesting communication was originally written for the perusal of our able contributor, Mr. J. W. Mackie, by a friend in Glasgow ; but we have obtained permission to publish it for the benefit of our readers. I t portrays very fully the social state of the advocates of free thought in Scotland, and shows what are the prospects of liberal ideas in thaa church-ridden country.—Ed.]

G l a s g o w , October 13tb, 1867.* * ' * W hat are my views? I look at

myself and otliers in tbe ligb t of Physiology and Phrenology, and regard it as tbe duty of all to develop themselves fully. Tbat man lives tbe h ighest life who normally exercises tbe most ^of bis faculties. It is our duty, therefore to endeavor to make our circumstances favorable for calling into activity our various faculties. Those systems of education tbat draw out our powers—tbe greatest number of our powers in tbe greatest degree—are tbe best systems ; and tba t religion tb a t leads us to use those powers in tbe most proper way, is tbe best. Systems of education and religions, measured by that standard, come far short. Religions, as they are, generally lead us to make a wrong use of our faculties. They prevent progress instead of encouraging it. I t was tbe duty of Protestants, at one time, to protest against tbe tyranny of tbe Church of Rome. I t is our duty now to protest against tbe tyranny of tbe Christian Church. There m ust be progress, and, sooner or later, tbe delusion of tbe cross m ust be exposed. For I do th ink it a great delusion tba t men should trust tba t tbe death of Christ has bad anything to do w ith getting them salvation. To be religious is to consecrate all our powers to their proper use, and so to live as to make their action easy and natural. As to bow we are to be guided into such a way of living, I do not think tbe Bible of much use as a guide. No doubt many of tbe writers of tbe Bible wrote w hat they felt to be true, and we may benefit by their experience ; bu t it seems better to me to follow a more natural guide, tbe promptings of our own inner being. "We do not need to be taugh t to use our eyes, nor our ears ; these faculties, though feeble at first, become gradually strengthened and perfected by using them. Iu like manner w ith our otber faculties, if we were but allowed freedom to exercise them freely. I bave some faith in m an’s intuitive power, as it is called—tbat men brought up in a healthy condition will gradually grow into tbe full exercise of all their faculties.

W hat am I doing ? I will be able to give a more direct answer to tba t question. I am acting as clerk in a wholesale boot and shoe warehouse, for £50 a year, and teaching school in tbe evening, to increase my income a little. I prefer doing tbat to teaching in a school in connection w ith a church. You know I was put out of tbe school I was teaching, because I would not promise to go to tbe church, nor profess to believe in tbe confession of faith. I value freedom' to do as I please on Sundays, and believe w hat I like, more than a quiet, comfortable way of liv in g ; though I do not despise tbat blessing either. I was a year, almost, without any regular employment. In summer, I collected specimens of tbe wild plants of tbe district, preserved and mounted them, and then sold them. I also gave phrenological and physiological examinations, and delineations of character. In winter, I lectured on tbe Sunday evenings in Greenock—liberal religious lectures, under tbe auspices of tbe Scottish Unitarian Association ; and I gave a, course of lectures on Physiology and Phrenology, and intended giving courses in other towns, but bad not money.to spend, and found tbat such a way would not be tbe means of bringing in any money ; so I collapsed all at once from a public lecturer to a city clerk, hoping some day to become more prominent yet, but when, or bow, I cannot tell. Since coming to Glasgow, I have been doing nothing in tbe way of disseminating my opinions, except by living them so far as I can. On Sundays, when tbe weather and season were favorable, I went out w ith my vasculum to tbe fields and roadsides, to learn from the Book of Nature, and took my wife and child out to let them enjoy tbe beautiful. W e bave all along, since we were married, lived on Sunday as we would do on any otber day. "We practice reform in diet, and, to a certain extent, in dress. W hen I began to wear my beard, few were seen w ith beards : now they are as common as shaven faces, and men stare now readier at a bare, sbaved face tban at one w ith a beard. W hen my wife began to go without hoops* she was looked at by all ; now, many ladies have thrown them off as an incumbrance ; so we feel it less difficult now to do in these respects w hat we think right. Our diet consists of porridge, syrup, potatoes, cheese, wheat-meal biscuits, or Graham crackers, and fruit—whatever is in season. W e continually testify against tea, tobacco, and alcohol, and warn against tbe pernicious character of all drugs. I bave just a few days since been m aking some inquiries about Spiritualism here, and bave been promised an introduction to a medium. Tbe tru ths taught by Spiritualism are familiar to us, but tbe phenomena are strange. I bave seen none of them, but my wife was present at one seance. I t is certain tba t strange things do occur,

but to me it is not so certain tba t they are tbe doings of departed spirits. I will investigate, and if by it I can be led to live a better life, better in tbe sense I understand it, then I will take advantage of it. In tbe city we are unknown, and can live among tbe crowd without attracting attention ; but in Greenock, where we were living before we came here, we were well known, but our opinions and habits did not exclude us from society. W e were respected, and, I trust, esteemed, by tbose who knew us best. In Greenock I bad tbe advantage of knowing many, and being well known, for one occupying my station. I took a leading part in tbe meetings of a Teachers’ Association, and sometimes in tbe meetings of tbe Young Men’s Christian Association ; and latterly I became known as a member of tbe Philosophical Society—a society having for its membership tbe leading men of tbe town, both in intelligence and wealth. By request, I gave a course of lectures to them, and acted for some time in tbe committee.

From tbe above information, you will bave a better idea of my circumstances. Notwithstanding my peculiar notions, or my progressive principles, I could command tbe intercourse and respect of the intelligent, till tbe Church deprived me of my means of obtaining a living. But, though kept by tbe Church from earning my living in one way, I can tu rn to another. Yet, to obtain a comfortable way of living is tbe great difficulty we bave to contend w ith in this country, at least as teachers, tbe Church has so much to do w ith teachers’ salaries ; but there is very little to suffer from tbe want of respect from those who know you. As to tbe future, I cannot say much about it. It will be my aim to live as well as I can, and therefore to try and make my circumstances favorable to living as I tb ink I ought to live ; but in what way I may do this I cannot tell, yet.

DAVID GREGORSON.

Mrs. F o y e ’s Seances in V irg in ia , N evada.V i r g i n i a C it y , Nevada, Nov. 19tli, ’67.

E d it o r s B a n n e r : Last week Mrs: Foye gave her last seance in this city, to an immense bouse —standing room was as lim ited as seats. Lawyers, physicians, church-goers and unbelievers, were all represented, giving tbe best evidence tbat tbe interest in our great phenomena is rapidly increasing. To tbe great surprise of tbe entire audience, Mrs. Foye introduced Lisle Lester, who, by special request, bad consented to read a poem, entitled, “ No Sects in Heaven.” Tbe effect was indescribable ; perfect quiet reigned over tbe crowded assemblage, as tbe poem escaped from her bps, and scattered its tru ths into tbe open ears of tbe listeners ; it was a pleasant feature of tbe evening. Tbe seance was conducted by tbe usual method of tests by rapping and w riting ; many of them astonished the skeptics, and put them to their w its’ end. Of course many tried to find tbe solution by every otber course of reasoning but tbe rig h t one, and avoided tbat zealously, as if determined to refuse acceptance of tbe tru th as long as possible.

Mrs. Foye’s public seances bave been very inter-, esting to tbe citizens h e re ; and, could they bave remained here all winter, tbe interest would steadily increase. They bave made many friends, and tbe expressions of regret at their leaving are really heartfelt. Mr. and Mrs. Foye possess tbose fine social qualities tha t endear them to all who bave tbe pleasure of their acquaintance. Candid, and honest in conversation, careful to avoid wounding tbe feelings of others who do not endorse tbe spiritual faith, liberal toward all sects, and quietly seclusive upon tbe subject of Spiritualism in tbe presence of tbose who differ from them in opinion, they certainly manifest a dignified, laudable bearing, which should at least challenge tbe same treatm ent from others ; but

“ Alas! for the .rarity Of Christian charity,”

to say nothing of Christian politeness !I t is astonishing bow many samples of old Puri

tanism still exists among tbe churches. W hile we admit tbat ministers of tbe Gospel bave generally ceased tb a t horrible ranting about “ bell and damnation,” “ eternal punishm ent,” a “ lake burning w ith fire and brimstone,” nevertheless, many of tbe old notions still remain. Spiritualism they shrink from as if it were a seven- beaded dragon, straight from the place they call hell. Instead of try ing to j prove it false, or true, they prefer to cling to their bigotry, and announce themselves as bigots by so doing.

W e claim tbat any new phenomenon, any new opinion—in fact, anything new—is worth tbe candid investigation of educated and enlightened people ; and if a person’s religious or mental caliber is of so weak and uncertain a nature, tbat it will suffer by such an investigation, then we say tbe fault is w ith tbe brain and not tbe subj e c t; and we advise all such people to keep as far away from all new ideas and phenomena as possible.

W e believe tbe visit of Mr. Todd and Mrs. Foye has been highly beneficial to tbe th inking classes, and created an interest tbat will not soon die out. Mr. Todd’s lectures were well received, and called together large audiences.

Of tbe success of Mrs. Foye it is unnecessary to speak, further tban th is ; tbe manifestations produced were h ighly satisfactory, tbe tests truthful and excellent. W hatever may be said against

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phase (or any otlier)’of Sx>i ritualism, by outsiders or prejudiced editors, only serves as a very excel-, len t advertising medium ; and the more a person or cause is persecuted, the greater the interest of the masses. So, w ith Sxjiritualism, we want investigation, research—jpersecu tion , even, if nothing else can be had. Hoping much for the cause,

I am truly yours, in faith,D O U R L E L .

Successful Healing.

E d i t o r s B a n n e r -:—W hile sojourning in Sacra- - mento in June last, I casually learned some facts

xhe early successes ol Hr. J . IV1. Grrant, of this city, in treating diseases by the laying on of hands ;

i some cases of which struck me as tru ly rem arkable. Mr. E. Baker stated to me tha t he had suffered for sixteen years from severe pains in the chest near the heart and lungs. These pains, probably of neuralgic character, were often so severe that he would roll on the grass in the yard in agony. Unable to get relief from the “ regulars,” he was entirely relieved in a few treatm ents by Hr. Grant, and although nearly a year had elax>sed, their had been no return of his difficulty.

A child of E. Woodard, ^suffering from cholera _ infantum, was nearly despaired of by both parents

and the previously attending physician, but was restored in twelve hours by Hr. Grant.

George Johnson was so afflicted w ith jjaralysis, and general debility, that he had not been able to leave his bed more than two hours at a tim e for six months. After a few treatm ents I saw him jum p across a floor, going three or four feet at a time. >

If you feel, ns I do, tha t these evidences of healing xx>wer belong to the public, you are at liberty to give them jjublication.

j . A L L Y N .

S U t r H t u t t u r o f g J r a j j w s .

SATURDAY, NOVEM BER 23, 1867.

OFFICE, 5«3 CLAY STREET, UP STAIRS.

BENJAMIN TODD & CO.,P U B L I S H E R S AND P R O P R I E T O R S .

B E N J A M I N TODD, W. H. MA N N I N G , EDI TORS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.A ll c o m m u n ic a tio n s d e s ig n e d fo r p u b lic a t io n in th i s

p a p e r s h o u ld b e a d d r e s s e d “ E d i t o r s o f t h e B.iXRER o f P r o g r e s s . ” A ll l e t t e r s in r e g a r d to th e b u s in e s s o f th e p a p e r s h o u ld b e a d d r e s s e d to “ B en'ja s ii^ T̂odd & C o.”

Brother Benson’s Personal Devil.

power and goodness of One, w hat room is left for another? Or, in other words, if Goodness is infinite, Evil cannot, have even a transient existence. And if the princixde of evil does not exist, what need of an embodiment to represent it ? There is no escax>e from these conclusions.

But, say the theologians, and Bro. Benson among them, “ Evil does exist, for we see it all around us ; and the Bible sx>eaks of and denounces it.” How do you know it is evil ? "Was not everyth ing pronounced good by its Author ? And who shall dispute His w.ord ? Here is j ust where they bring in Satan as a necessary agent in m arring tlie x^rfectly good work of the Almighty. In order to account for the sux^osed existence of evil, it became necessary to have some one to create it. Of course i t would not do to attribute both evil and good to one and the same Being ; so Satan was improvised, at first in the form of a serpent, to tem pt mankind from their allegiance to God, and render tha t evil which He had xnonounced good ; and the evil was made to consist in doing tha t which had been forbidden by Him, as contrary to His will. A supposititious being, w ith only a snake and an inferior fruit at his command, through the ignorance of two finite x^etsons, could thw art the will of an Infinite Being, self-existent from all eternity, knowing all th ings from the beginning and seeing tlieir end from tlience, present everywhere at all times, holding all power in His hands, perfect in every attribute ! W hat logical, w hat consistent theology is th is! There is no use in pleading the actual existence of e v il; for, if it does exist, God is its Author, and He is resxxmsible for its continuance.

As to the authority of Scripture for a beiief in the being of Satan, it is of less weight than that of mythology for the existence of its gods. It is not even consistent w ith itself. The devil is everywhere in the position of a scax>egoat, ux^on which to throw blame for failure, for sickness and pain, for the deeds of m an when under the influence of the passions, for everything tha t the ignorance of m an caused him to call evil. A notable instance of discrex^ancy occurs in the relation of the fact of the num bering of Israel, and the command given to Havid to do it. In 1 Sam. xxiv. 1, it is said : “ And the anger of the '^Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved Havid against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.” But in 1 Chron. xxi. 1, it is very differently stated, as th u s : “ And S a ta n stood upagainst Israel, and provoked Havid to number Israel.” 2 Sam. xxiv. 10: “ And Havid’s heartsmote him after lie had numbered tbe peoxile.” W hy should it he so, if the L o r d had commanded it? In this case, Satan x>roved an inefficient scax>e- goat. k

But Bro. Benson is anxious about the continued existence of the devil. Hear him :

In the Portland P a c if ic C h r is tia n A d v o c a te is an article m aintaining the old dogma of the exist' ence of a personal devil, called Satan, and claiming for him every power short of those attributed to God Himself. A few passages clipped from th is astonishing sx>ecimen of religious fanaticism will suffice to show the ground of the argum ent and its absurdity at tbe same time. Bro. Benson says:

“ Various terms are employed in the Scriptures, all of which relate to the same character. Satan is a Hebrew word, and literally signifies an adversary— one who opposes and contends. In the garden the enemy is called a serpent—that is, he took that form or appeared in such shape.”

Here we have the doctrine of the transm igration of souls endorsed by a Christian ed itor! For if Satan is a personal being and can take on any

_ form he pleases, so can any other spiritual being, even m an h im self:

*“ Those who would sublimate and etherealize the Christian’s faith have contended that Satan and all cognate terms are employed simply to indicate an evil or wicked principle. They deny the existence of a personal devil. But why, or on what authority are such denials made? Surely the Scriptures give no warrant for such conclusion. In every portion of God’s word Satan, or the devil, is spoken of as a person—as much so as Moses, John the Baptist, or Christ.”

And so, because an idea is sometimes personified in language, this astute theologian will have it tha t the personification actually implies the existence of an embodiment of the idea in a personal b e in g ! If this rule of construction were applied to all writings, beatben as well as religious, what an indefinite number of ideal personages would immediately be clothed w ith forms and become identities! W e should have the nine Muses embodied and walking the earth or traversing illim itable space ; Terpsichore would indeed “ trix> the ligh t fantastic toe ” at all times and in all places ; Euterpe w ou ld be at all hours blowing her musical cornopsean ; the cooing songs of Erato would be beard through tbe livelong night ; Melpomene would recite her tragical experiences whenever she could find listeners; and Thalia convulse her hearers with m irth at all times. All these would be tangible and visible goddesses, appreciable to tbe mind and sense, as x̂ersons always are. Skaksjpeare’s inimitable x>ersonifica- tions of Ariel and Puck and Titania are ju st as much entitled to be considered living personal beings as tbe “ S a tan ” or “ adversary” of the Scriptures. They talk and say wise things just as glibly* as did tlie old serx'jent himself. A large portion of the Hebrew Scr5x>tures is conceded to be Hebrew x>oetry*. W e do not see why qualities and principles should not be found personified in them, without the necessity of having a veritable person to whom to attribute the xj°ssession of those qualities. J ustice is frequently personified ; yet we do not hear any one claim that there is a personal being possessing that quality solely ; so is Mercy, and Charity, and Faith. And yet theologians will still insist on having a personal devil, active and intelligent for evil, to represent in person the mere idea of evil itself. How absurd this is, m aybe seen from its effect on the minds of those who are brought to believe it.

Jesus said, “ A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Heaven and earth and all the stars and planets are the habitation or house of God ; hut if it be admitted that there is a rival ruler in the house, who can thw art at w ill the desires and designs of its Infinite Inhabitant, how long will such a divided empire last ? The very conception of an Infinite Being, who is all Goodness and Love, excludes the x>°ssibility of the existence of any other, and especially of one who is all Evil and Hatred. W hen all infinity is filled with the

“ A method of biblical interpretation which will eliminate Satan from the Christian’s system of faith, will equally serve to dispose of any other important doctrine in the sacred oracles. I t will be found too, that those theologians who ‘ explain away ’ the existence of Satan as a person, also virtually discard very many other cardinal Bible truths. But what of Satan ? He is said to be a fallen angel—an apostate spirit—one who kept not his first estate. But of his origin and history we may not now speak.”

Yes, it is best n ever to speak of tliat of which we know nothing. W e predict tha t Bro. Benson will never give us the history or the origin of Satan. Even the writers of the Bible have not dared to attem pt so much. Poet Milton soared to “ bights unattem pted,” and" essayed to write in verse the life of Satan ; but none but a poet could have done it. Poets do not deal in facts, but fancies.

After conceding th a t the power of Satan is limited—-that he is not omnipotent, omniscient, nor omnipresent—Bro. Benson goes on to say :

“ But his legions do his behests, and, having received, impart his own spirit. As to methods of sxfirits passing through space, we have no opinion, because the word gives us no light on the subject.”. . . . “ He possesses no knowledge of the workings of any human spirit till there is some action or manifestation which gives him a clue to the inner man. Yet unsaved souls are easily influenced and led and deluded by ‘the Prince of the power of the air.’ He is the spirit that rules all who will submit to his scepter. There is but one devil—those terms that are plural are improperly translated. But legions of lesser sxfirits are in the service of their master.”

W hat, then, does this passage m ean : “ Thedevils also believe, and trem b le” ? W e should like very well to know where Bro. Benson obtained his information as to the legions of “ lesser spirits.” Certainly not from the Bible. Probably from Milton and Pollock. No other brains have ever originated such an idea, except, perhaps, those of Swedenborg. ar.

M e d d l i n g w i t h t i i e C i v i l L a w s .—The Methodists have lately j>assed resolutions in their General Conferences, to petition the Legislature to pass more stringent laws on the subject of m arriage and divorce, and to incorporate their inter- preta-tion of Old and New Testament rules on tbe subject into those laws. They wish not only to prevent divorced persons from m arrying again, but to disallow tbe m arriage of others who have committed adultery. In our ox>inion, the less attention the Legislature gives to the peculiar views of any sort of religionists on these matters, the better. Marriage is a civil contract, and the Church has no rightful authority over it ; neither should the control ho surrendered into sacerdotal hands. The laws regulating m arriage should he subject to modification, like all laws xj^Uaining to individuals, according to the necessities of the times, and in accordance w ith the progress of the race. “ In haaven,” said Jesus of Nazareth, “ they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels in heaven.” And in his “ Lord’s Prayer,” he prayed that the will of God may be “ done on earth as it is in heaven.” ai.

H i s t i n g u i s h e d S p i r i t u a l i s t s .—Several editors of the daily x^ess continue to x^ooli-pooh at tlie statements of our lecturers in regard to the Sxpiritualistic sentiments of Victoria, Louis Napoleon, Lincoln, Chase, Colfax, Wade, and others. The manner in which these editors receive these statements shows how ignorant they are of the history and progress of Spiritualism in the United States and Europe. Proof can easily be furnished, whenever necessary. ar.

A L i v e M o u n t a i n N e w s p a p e r .—The Downie- ville M ountain Messenger is all of that.

Eev. Mr, Stebbins’ Sunday Evening Discourse,

There axqpears at xjresenf no flagging of the interest manifested in the meetings at the Metro- XPolitan Theater on Sunday evenings, to listen to the sermons of Eev. Mr. Stebbins. These are rather x^ractical than doctrinal, and are more thickly interspersed w ith common-sense ajuflica- tions of Scripture texts than are many clerical discourses, which x^eopie who attend church are comx>elled to listen to. The sermon on last Sunday evening, however, contained some disxmted X>oints in mental p>hilosoxphy, concerning which we are obliged to differ w ith the Eev. gentleman, and which we will state presently. The text was Beut. xxii. *6 : “ W hen thou buildest a newhouse, then thou shall make a battlem ent for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.”

The idea attempted to he eliminated from the text by analogy was, tha t man should protect themselves from falling from virtue or up>riglit conduct by erecting battlem ents or walls of safety around themselves, in order tha t they may not, in an unguarded moment, “ lose their balance,” and fall from their great moral higlit to the ground. The Jews, he contended, saw the necessity of a material protection to the roofs of their houses, in order tha t children and incautious persons m ight not be in danger of falling off them to the ground. The security this “ battlement ” gave enabled them to walk about the roof in perfect freedom and “ unrestraint,” and to feel that they were safe from any results of a want of caution. The analogy which Mr. Stebbins wished to establish was, that those who have so provided themselves w ith a moral wall of safety are incapable of falling, though walking among moral dangers in perfect freedom and unrestraint. He said that the secret of the failure of hum an virtue is, that the men who fail have never subdued any eternal th ing to their possession. Men plead that conscience is at once their guide and protection. But a distinction is to be made between a good and a bad conscience. Men and women, whose consciences are the abodo^of tbe highest moral principle, are protected, and free from danger ; they have battlem ents surrounding tlieir bouse-toxis, and can walk about in defiance of tempitation. Tlieir honesty naturally “ goes itself,” it is not “ x>racticed honesty.” He who has elevated himself iqjon a x3r°tected moral house-toj) into a higher moral atmosxfliere, is in no danger of falling below, or of being affected by what is below. He is secure both from temptation and its consequences.

Tlie above is of course but a synopsis of tbe Eev. gentlem an’s remarks on the te x t ; but it conveys tbe gist of the'argum ent, and enables us to present the jioints upon which we dissent from the conclusions of the sx>eaker. If a m an could, as it were, at any and all times, suddenly seize himself by the suspenders and transport himself into a higher and purer moral atmosxfliere, than that in which he finds himself frequently placed by circumstances beyond his control, he m ight then be secure from contamination by or involvement in the fallings and failings of his fellows. But this method of transm igration is impossible ; and he realizes In his own position that occupied by each one of a row of bricks set ux> on end, tbe knocking down of tbe first of which toxfffles over the whole row. Our interests and feelings are held by each so much in common w ith every other—hum an nature in individuals is so like hum anity in general—that even from sympathy we may become offenders among those who cam- mit offenses. It was only the Pharisee who could occupy tha t elevated plateau,- above his fellows, whereon he could stand and say, “ Lord, I thank Thee that I am not as other men, nor even as this publican.” But we see by the reception given his prayer and thanksgiving, and tha t accorded to the petition of the hum bler publican, that hum ility teaches us the best lesson, which is, that

“ To err is human; to forgive, Divine.”There is, in fact, no such elevation and xiro- tection possible, as shall secure a man from tlie influence of circumstances upon bis conduct. It may be x>ossible to mortify or moderate the consequences of our acts by erecting barriers or walls of safety, like the battlements of the Hebrew house-tops, to x^eveDf accident, and give us a sense of security ; but no develoximent of tbe moral nature is xu*oof against a deluge of adverse circumstances, or a seven-times-keated furnace of affliction. Neither does any man know what he would or will do, when xflaced in precisely similar conditions w ith those wherein others failed. He does not know, for the best of reasons, namely that he has never been tried. Against the force of circumstances no hum an poiver can successfully contend. No man is strong enough to defy the powers of earth and air, and all others, combined To be successful against any of them singly requires all the strength that any man £>ossesses. It is in vain for jjreacbers to call their fellow-men to account, as the Pharisee did the publican, for real or supposed offenses against a suyq^osed fixed standard of morality ; for what is set down as righ t by men in one age is sure to be adjudged as wrong in another, and vice versa . W as it wrong to steal a slave, and set him at liberty ? One set of men formerly adjudged it to be so. But a whole nation of slaves have been set at liberty by a nation of freemen, and it is not considered by the majority as a theft. If it is not now, according to the preachers, it never w as; for tlieir standard of righ t is fixed, and immovable by circumstances. But tlie x^cpular adage exxiresses the true philosoxfliy of the m atter in the phrase, “ Circumstances alter cases.” And, whatever the preachers may say, men cannot alter circumstances.

W e o b serv ed a d ec id ed im p r o v e m e n t in th e l ite r a r y ch a ra cter o f th e h y m n s s u n g o n th e Xiresent o ccasion , o v e r th o s e x>reviously in u se a t th e s e m e e t in g s , an d lioxje ou r ta s te m a y n o t a g a in b e offen ded b y su c h n a m b y -p a m b y n o n se n se a s is so fr e q u e n tly c a lle d r e l ig io u s jjoetry , b u t w h ic h is r e a lly a n in s u lt to th e in te lle c t of e v e n th e m o stordinary m an in the assembly. m .

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W e read in some of the daily pax?ers that trouble is apprehended in Virginia. May we understand by this rem ark tha t the trouble has been arrested ? m .

Flu rry of the Methodists in Oregon. Slow Progress.Since the lecturing tour of Mr. Todd in Oregon,

and the seances of Mrs. Foye in the xJrinciPal towns of that State, the Methodist preachers and X>apers have been roused to unwonted activity and vigorous denunciation, wliich proves the effectiveness of the camjjaign against Popular Theology inaugurated by those pioneers of Sxjiritualism. Everywhere the clergy are bellowing about tbe tbe sanctity of Sunday, tbe infallibility of tbe Bible, the immorality of Sjjiritualists, etc. W e read that the Eev. I. H. Hriver—whom Mr. Todd vanquished in discussion at Salem, when the driver became tbe driven, and left the field in h igh dudgeon because tbe moderators would not allow him to transcend the rules of debate—has ju st dedicated a new church at Eoseburg. Brother Benson, of tbe P a c if ic C h r is tia n A-dvocatc, takes the rex>ort of our National Convention at Cleveland from the venal secular press, and on that bases tile most flagrant slanders and insinuations against the "whole body of Spiritualists. He quotes from tbe rej>orted speech of an individual, and holds the mass resx^onsible for i t ; in fact, considers the charges made against the many, by a single irresx>onsible person, as demonstrated truth. He then undertakes to depreciate our numbers and influence. This is what he says on these X)oints:

“ I t is believed that the number of Spiritualists in the United States does not exceed ten thousand; and they possess no more of the elements of unity and cohesiveness than a rope of sand. There is in some sense agreement in their belief that spirits, good and bad, visit the living, and communicate both truth and falsehood. There is agreement in nothing else. Every one believes, says, and does whatever is good in his own eyes. Each one is a law unto himself.”

W e again exhort Bro. Benson to read Bro. P au l’s edifying epistles, and now more particularly the first Exflstle to Timothy, verse 5, and further on: “ Now the end of the commandment isc h a r ity ou t o f a p u r e h ea rt, and of a good conscience, and of faith u n fe ig n ed : from which some, having swerved, have turned aside unto vain j angling ; d e s ir in g to be teachers o f the law ; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. But we know th a t the law is good, if a man use it lawfully ; knowing this, that the laic is not m a d e f o r righ teou s m en , hut for the law less a n d disobedien t.” And again, Eom. iv. 15 : “ W here no law is, there is no transgression.” And Eom. v. 13: “ Sin is not imputed when there is no law .” And 1 Cor. xv. 56 : “ The strength of sin is the la w .” And Eom. ix. 31, 32 : “ Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, h a th n o t a tta in e d to the law of righteousness. Wherefore ? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the la w .” And Gal. v. 14 : “ For all the law is, fu lf i l le d in one w o rd , even in th is : Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.”

Brother James, also, in his Epistle General, chaxfler i. v. 25, 26, sa id : “ But whoso looketh into the x’erfeef toio o f lib erty , and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, hut a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his

maintniriAri 1 nunseives lor tlie good oraerforget the R prvi^ entire ceremonv, he does not

who kind-fln-ntnin *?.rce» under command ofthe Vroceedin’crl PTn fk thurpose be “ sacred” that tempts the appetite of such an one ? If our religions journals would be consistent in tbeir temperance views, they should oppose the use of wine unqualifiedly ; or else concede that a moderate use of a “ rare and costly” article, made plentiful and cheap by extensive culture, might operate to do away with the greater evil of indulging in deleterious drinks.—Sail lose M ercury.

“ one ” becomes a “ thousand ” after a time. Our increase does not depend upon forced revivals, nor upon labored discourses, nor yet ux>on widely circulated books and pax>ers ; but upon tlie devel- oximent of universally witnessed pbenomenal facts, uxion tlie origin and metliod of production of wliicb one man is as capable of judg ing as another, x>rovided he is free from prejudice and bigotry. These last m ast be cast aside and utterly forgotten, before the mind is in a condition to consider the facts and p)hilosophy of Sxjiritualism in sincerity. Free, inquiring souls readily perceive the tru th and beauty of our xflfll°sopBy> and accex>t tbe x>henomena upon which it is based, so soon as they witness them, as a sufficient ground of belief in Spiritualism. I t is not expected that the bigoted Methodist or Baptist, whose mind is Xireoccupied by xireconceived opinions, will at once accept either the facts or philosophy, especially when they so evidently contradict past beliefs. Something absolutely staggering is needed to arouse the dull faculties of those who blindly cling to tbe religion of the x5ast, before they will awake to a brighter and more cheerful faith.

Meantime, the selfish and hyxiocritical, whose luxurious ease aud subsistence depend upon the maintenance of the present religious belief among tbe xieoxfle, particularly of the orthodox sects, are unusually active in the propagation of the old errors, and in the denunciation of the newly discovered truths. Their organs teem w ith the most abusive language in regard to Spiritualism and its adherents, and false and libelous charges are made and reiterated until many believe them as true and just. But

“ E v e r t l i e r i g h t c o m e s u p p e r m o s t ,A u d e v e r is j u s t i c e d o n e .”

Another campaign of our speakers will he made in Oregon in the spring, when another fluttering of the unclean birds, and a shaking of the dry bones, of Old Theology, w ill take place. We

.shall endeavor to have these th ings occur, as before, when the Methodist Annual Conference of Ministers is in session, so as to afford every facility for oxien investigation and discussion of the facts and xfliilosopliy of Sxjiritualism, to which we con tinue to challenge its opponents at every opportunity. Bro. Benson, in the mean time, had better read his Bible more attentively, and with less Xjrejudice, and he may become a convert to Spiritualism, more of which doctrine is taught in that book than he has yet dreamed of. M.

T h e editor of the New York In depen den t speaks of having attended a funeral service conducted by Sx>iritualists, in the following term s:

“ The redeeming point was, that all the services seemed penetrated through and through with cheerfulness, a simple and hearty faith in a triumx>hant immortality, that did one’s soul good. Whatever their errors, these people seemed to have firmly grasped that one xjoint of living faith. I t set us thinking,.till we blushed for the inconsistency of Christian Church members. For who has not attended some funeral service in his own denomination, when the gloom of desxjair seemed to rest over all the assembly, and when every word spoken by the minister only seemed to draw the pall down deeper? What gloom of heathenism can exceed the dexjressing sadness which prevails on some of those very occasions when, if ever, the human soul needs all the wings of faith ?”

R e v . A. P. H e n d o n of Los Angeles writes to the California Christian Advocate: “ We have commenced to build a house f o r God in this place. I t will be of brick, 44 feet long by 34 feet wide, and will cost some $2,000, when finished.”

The Chinese of this city, a short time since, built a “ house for Jo sh ” on a xjfincipal street. In both cases, the sincerity of the builders is not disputed. But wliat littleness of comprehension of tbe Infinite is involved in tbe exxjression and in tbe act ! God lives in “ a temple not made with bands, eternal in the heavens,” the Scriijtures tell us. Yet these fanatical religionists believe they are doing Him service in rearing costly edifices of brick and stone to His honor and glorification. And yet it is not these, but “ the heavens,” that “ declare the glory of God.” M.

T h e cry all over the land is, “ Spiritualism is dangerous ! I t is disastrous!” Heed the cry, for it is true. I t is dangerous and disastrous to what the Xje

T H E B A N N E R O F P R O G- R E S S .

Testation.W e find in tlie P a c if ic H y g ie n is t an article un

der tlie above bead, by Dr. J. W . Redfield, wliicli contains some telling points in relation to tlie popular d rug medication of tlie day, 'which, like popular theology, has been “ weighed in the balance, and found w anting .” W e make a few extracts from Dr. Redfield’s remarks, which follow :

“ "With too many people taste is the test, the touchstone-which determines the wholsome or unwholesome qualities of things. If we were governed by infallible instinct; if we were not rational and accountable beings, and, in the fallible exercise of our reason and accountability had not perverted our gustatory sense, it might be well for the five senses to sit in council on all questions of diet, elect Taste their umpire, and abide by her decisions. But the ‘ i f ’ alters the case. We are notoriously creatures of habit, and our habits become ‘ second nature,’ a poor counterfeit of the first, rendering false testimony on the subject of diet, as of everything else. True, the perversions and bad habits of which we complain are the result of the ambition to become wiser than the ‘ evidence of the senses’ can make us ; the upshot of it being, that we become as wise as ‘ the three wise men o f Gotham, who went to sea in a bowl.’

* -x- . -x- * * *“ Undoubtedly, along with the second nature re

sulting from our own evil habits, should be taken into account the third and fourth natures resulting from the inexorable decree of Primal Nature, which compels her to 4 visit the iniquities of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and fourth generations’-̂—in regular succession, from the great primogenitor down to the last of his posterity, There is, of course, a proviso to this, which obligates her to ‘ show mercy to thousands of them that love her and keep her commandments.’ That is, of those who love Nature and obey her laws, and who receive their reward, the thousands who suffer the'penalty of past disobedience will have part of the penalty remitted, not by the expiation of their crimes, but by the merciful interposition of the power called the vis m edicatrix N atu ra . This is the ‘ mediator between God and man,’ between the law and the culprit, so far as the depravity of the body is concerned, and so far as this influences the condition of the mind. It is the true ‘ balm in Gilead’ of the great Physician, potent in the cure of individual diseases, and of social maladies as well.

‘ T h is g r a n d sp e c if ic w ill p re v a i l W hen all th e d o c to r s ’ o p ia te s fail.’

“ The Nature who administers this medicine to the individual, and to society, is the Divine Nature in him and in all the members of societ)7 in their sympathetic relation to each other. But she takes special possession of the physician who deserves the name, who is what the name signifies, N ature s assistant ; who works as she does, rejecting poisons and correcting disorders, not by poisonous and disturbing agencies, but by healthful food and all hygienic influences. In this sense Christ was the ‘ Great Physician.’ He cured the sick' not by the violation of Nature’s laws, but by conformity to them. John the Baptist and Christ and his disciples were Hydropath- ists, Purificalionists, spiritual and corporal; and, in the humble opinion of the writer, they were in a general way models of hygienic living. Christ was the founder of the true school of Medicine, as he was of Religion—the first principle of that being sym pathy, and the first principle of this being charity. He made himself one with his patients and laity, in relation to the physicians and priests of his school.‘ I was sick and in prison, and ye visited me,’ not administered drugs and absolution. As lie did not himself wish to be disgusted with nauseating drugs, or

, depiuved of sensibility, so he did not wish others to be. „

“ I t is sayiug a great deal for taste as the test of what is wholesome or unwholesome, that all drugs are rejected by it instanter. But there are beverages and articles of diet that would be classed with drugs, and rejected as such, if taste were not perverted. This sense is therefore unreliable. We say7, non dis- pm tandum de gustibus, and seek'elsewhere a sure criterion of what is healthful and what is otherwise. Nature has endowed us with moral sense, common sense, and more sense than common, and intends that the external senses and the sensual and animal nature shall be subject to their supremacy. At present they are carrying us through the transition stage, from the perfection of instinct to the perfection of knowledge concerning the laws of life, and the diet and curative treatment suited to the human constitution in its states of health and disease. They7 are dangerous weapons in the hands of tyros, but they will carry us safely through the contest. We must net let either over-confidence or timid distrust turn them against ourselves, but must aim them ever at our enemies, ignorance and the disposition to ‘ cast loose rein upon the neck of headlong appetite .’ I t is too late for the self-constituted guardians of the people to caution them with the motto that ‘ children must not meddle with edged tools.’ We must break the leading strings of blind faith and conservatism, and boldly strike out for ourselves in search of truth by the conscientious exercise of reason, the philosopher’s stone that can turn all baser metals, the crude facts of scientific observation, into gold. Taste and smell, and the other external senses, are not the tests of the wholesome or unwholesome, but their evidence is the ore to which the true test, that of reason and moral sense, is applied.” -

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“ You Have Taken Away My Savior.”

The above sentence is taken from a letter recently received from the wife of a Methodist minister. She had heard me give a lecture on “ We fin d zohat we deserve.'” If we deserve heaven we have i t ; if we deserve hell we have it. The consciousness of meriting heaven is heaven. The consciousness of deserving hell is hell. Christ’s character and blood are not of the least use to us so long as our feelings and actions. toward our fellow-beings arc such as to engender hell in our own hearts. Personal character, not the s a c i u f i o i a l , blood of man or beast, must decide indiv idual destiny. Salvation comes to me by m y own righteousness, not by the righteousness of Christ. I cannot be saved by the merits of Christ, any7 more than he can be saved by7 my merits.

In saying this the good woman (for she is good, true, and noble) thought I took away her Savior! My reply is: In matters of religion or theology, what can be taken away ought to .be taken away. T ruth is indestructible; error alone is destructible. The Savior that can be taken away7 ought to be taken away. The Savior that is born in Bethlehem and cradled in a manger, may be, and certainly w il l be, taken away—as a sacrificed offering for the sin of others ; for no truth is more self-evident than this : that the blood of one man can never atone for the sins of another, nor can the merits of one ever be a substitute for the merits of another.

No man can be true, just, honest, pure, righteous, meritorious, and noble for another. Only b.v being good can the results of goodness be ours. Only as ■ice are iu a heaven-state of mind can heaven come to its. That Christ was in a heaven-state is of no consequence to me so far as my destiny is concerned ; but, am I in a heaven-state of mind and heart ? Christ’s merits saved him, but can save nobody7 else. When Christ’s m erits become mine, when I love as he loved, forgive as he forgave, return good for evil as he did, when his spirit becomes mine—in a word, when I become a Jesus, a Messiah, a C h r i s t to mankind, to publicans and sinners, as he was, then shall I merit salvation as he did, and receive it. Be a C h r i s t and HAVE CHRIST.

3Ly Savior must be born in and %oith me. MySOU L IS T H E O N LY M A N G L E IN W H IC H MY7 S A V IO R CANBE b o r n a n d c r a d l e d . No Savior can be born any where else for me. A Savior born any where else than in the individual soul, will and must be taken away. Christ, as a Savior to others, by the sacrificial offering of his blood or his merits, is a m y t ii , a d e l u s io n and a hindrance to human growth in knowledge and goodness.

Here is my one great issue with Christendom: E a c h o n e i s s a v e d b y h i s o w n m e r i t s , n o t b y t h e m e r i t s o f C h r i s t . —Ile n ry G. W right, in the Danner o f L ight.-------------t*-——-------------

M is c h ie v o u s S p i r i t s -—At a spiritual meeting in Boston some time since, a person applied through the medium for the spirit-of Lindley Murra.y. The reply in the affirmative being received, the question was put: “ Is this the spirit of Bindley7 Murray7 V” Imagine the feelings of the person asking the question at the reply : “ It are.”

A m a n u f a c t u r e r in Boston lately remarked that he had in his employ thirty girls, whom he did not pay as much wages as their board amounted to. He was asked how he supposed they managed to live. “ O,” said he, “ they are sharp enough for that.” If the Devil don’t get such employers, it will be because he is cheated out of what belongs to him.

T e m p e r a n c e L e c t u r e .— The failure of Dr.-Stone to fu lfill his appointment, on Tuesday evening, operated to filfu ll the lecture room of the M. E. Church, where, according to previous announcement, on the same evening, the Grand Worthy Patriarch of the Sons of Temperance of the State of California, his Grand Associate (Mrs. Cutter), and the Grand Treasurer, would address the people. The Grand Worthy P., a philanthropic-looking elderly, gentleman, on taking the stand, stated that he was no speaker ; but he nevertheless gave us, in good language, a brief history of the rise, progress, decline, and subsequent rise of the order, blended with some appropriate general remarks, occupying not more than fifteen minutes. He then introduced his Worthy Associate, Mrs. Cutter, who, it was said, would be the big gun of the evening. She commenced by* heaving a figurative brick-bat at Mrs. Laura Cuppy, and then scratching, supposititiously, at the eyes of the large numbers who are pleased to attend upon the lectures of that lady—which seemed to be entirely7 uncalled for in a discourse on the subject of temperance. Her allusions the “ Old Man Millard,” who invited her to ride to “ any7 part of the city for one bit,” and also Miss Stanton, a reform-lecturer, were anything but in good taste. They7 were doubtless intended for w it; but we are quite certain a large number of her hearers failed to appreciate it. However, as a slight compensation to her audience for inflicting upon them the silly stuff constituting the body of her discourse, she concluded by reading a very tolerable poem in a very7 passable manner.—San Jose 31crcury.

C o n s p i r a c y .—Dr. J. R. Sproul was week before last convicted of having attempted an outrage on the person of a child eleven years of age. Sproul denied his guilt, but accepted the consequence of the charge and conviction with great cheerfulness, regarding the affair as a fulfillment of certain persecutions foretold by his intimate friends from across the line. Last Tuesday, having succeeded in deceiving a jury to bring in a verdict of guilty, the young girl made a confession in which she admits that her evidence in Court was false. She had been induced to make the charge by a woman whom she regarded as a friend. The little girl ib perhaps too young to comprehend the nature of her offense, but her female adviser should be held to a strict account. An accusation of this nature is the ugliest charge that can be brought against a man, and the most difficult of being refuted. Vile women, who seek to avenge a real or fancied wrong by a trumped-up charge of outrage, should be made an example of. A chief reason why in many instances the law does not sufficiently protect the innocent of the weaker sex or punish deceivers, is the facility with -which false accusations can be sustained. From the nature of the case the oath of the injured party7 must be the main reliance of the prosecution, while the accused, the only other person who knows the truth, is in a position in which his statement is of little or no value. The law recognizes the moral right of a prisoner to plead “ not guilty,” and any oath he may take in support of that plea is held in light esteem. All the female has to do is to stick to her story and she can cover the most respectable man with odium, even if she fails to procure conviction. — Golden N r a.

O p e n i n g o f a P u b l ic L i b r a r y .—Mr. Henry Bill, of Norwich, recently7 gave his native town—Ledyard, Conn.,—§1,000, to be appropriated to a free library. He has since added $3,000 to this gift, and public- spirited citizens having co-operated, the library is ready to begin operations with a catalogue of over one "thousand books. The last General Assembly published an act of incorporation, and the institution is to be known as the “ Bill Library.” I t was thrown open on Monday, 7th ult., and will hereafter be open every Saturday and Sunday. On the last mentioned day the opening will be partial, to permit the Sunday-school children to avail themselves of a portion of the collection.

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Catalogue of Liberal ancl Spiritual BooksF O R SA LE AT T H E

Office of the Banner of Progress.C o n fu c iu s am i th e C h in e se C la ss ic s ; o r , R e a d in g s

in Cli u e se LUi.-rat.ure. E d ite d a n a c o m p ile db y R e v . A. W . L o o m is ................................................. .$1

B r i t t a u ’s M an a n d H is R e l a t i o n 8 v o ................D a v is ’ P e n e t r a l i a ; b e in g H a rm o n ia l A n s w e rs to

I m p o r t a n t Q u e s t io n s ............................. 1P r in c ip le s o f N a tu r e ; H e r D iv in e R e v e la t io n s .

8 v o ............................................ .......... S.....................................T h e G re a t H a r m o n ia ; b e in g a P h ilo s o p h ic a l R e v e

la t io n o f th e N a tu r a l , S p ir i tu a l a n d C e le s tia lU n iv e r s e . 5 v o ls 1 2 m o .......................................... 7

T h e M agic S ta ff. A n A u to b io g r a p h y . 1 2 m o ........T h e H a r b in g e r o t H e a l th , c o n ta in in g M ed ica l P r e

s c r ip t io n s fo r th e H u m a n B ody a n d M in d ........ 1A n s w e rs to Q u e s tio n s P r a c t i c a l a n d S p ir i tu a l .

iA S eq u e l to tiie P e n e t r a l i a . ) 1 2 m o ... . ........ .. 1M orn ing L e c tu re s . 1 2 m o ... . .............. 1D e a th uud A fte r L ife , o '-coo ........... ............................ 0 63.D e n to n ’s Soul o f TL'mi-̂ : o r P s y c h o m e tr ic R e

s e a r c h e s a n d D iscov ie s . 1 2 m o ........................... 1E liza W oodson : o r ib e E a rly D a y s o f o n e o f th e

W o r ld ’s W o rk e rs . 1 2 ;n o ..................... ...................... 1F a r n h a m ’s W om an a n d H e r E r a . 2 v o ls . 1 2 m o ...Id ea l A tta in e d . 1 2 m o ........... ........... . ............ ................. 2G o rd o n ’s T h re e -fo ld T e s t o f M o d e rn S p ir i tu a l is m .

1 2 iu o ........... ........ ........................................................ ....... 1H o m e’s I n c id e n ts in My L ife ............................................ 1H o w it t ’s H is to r y of th e S u p e r n a tu r a l . 2 v o ls .

12m o.................................. ......................................... . 3O w e n ’s F o o tfa lls on th e B o u n d a ry o f A n o th e r

W o rld , w ith N a r ra t iv e I l l u s t r a t i o n s . . ......T u t t i e ’s A rc a n a of N a tu r e ; o r tlie H is to r y a n d

L aw s o f C re a tio n . " 2 . v o ls . 1 2 in o ... . ........T he O rig in an d A n t iq u i ty o f P h y s ic a l M a n , S c i

e n t if ic a lly C o n s id e red . 1 2 m o .................... ........... . . 1

S u p e rm u n d a n e F a c ts — F e rg u s o n ................... ...........L ife o f P a in e ........... ............................................................ . 75A B C o f L ife— C h ild .... ( p a p e r . ) .............. ........ . 25W h a te v e r Is, is R ig h t— C h illi....... .................................. . 1 00A m e ric a n C r is is— C h a se ( p a p e r . ) ........... . ............. 25A rc a n a o f N a tu r e —.T uttle . V o l .2 . . . ....................... . 1 25A n sw e rs to Q u e s tio n s— D a v is ........... .......................... 1 50B o u q u e t— A. L5. C hild ............................ ............................... . 1 00Be T h y s e lf—D e n to n . . . . ( p a p e r . ) . . . . . ............................. . 15B n t t a n ’S R e v ie w o f B e e c h e r ’s R e p o r t . ...... ........... COB r i t t m a n d R ic h m o n d ’s D is c u s s io n . .. ................. . . . 2 50D isc o u rse s o f C ora L . V. H a tc h .................... ................... 1 00E m p ire o f th e M o th e r . . . . ( p a p e r ) '........ ........................... 35E y e O p e n e r— Z ep a .... ( p a p e r . ) ................. .......................... . 40E liza W o odson ............................................................................. 1 50F re e T h o u g h ts — D a v is . . . . ( p a p e r . ) ...... ............................. 15P e c u lia r— E pes S a r g e n t ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....................... . 1 75A. 11 i an as i a —— a* s . . . . . . . . . . t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 dRook o f AH R elig io u s— H a y w a r d ...... ................ 1 50D av id G r a y ’s P o e m s . . . . . ................ ....................................... 1 50S h e lle y ’s P o em s. 2 v o ls . . . . . ............................................. . 3 00D e a th "a n d A f te r L ife — D av is . . . ( p a p e r ) . . . ; ........... . 40C o m p an io n P o e ts . . . . ( p a p e r . ) . . . ........................................... 50L ily W r e a th — A It. C h ild .. ........ ............ ............................. 1 00N ig h t S ide o f N a tu r e — C ro w e ................-......... .................. 1 00In te l le c tu a l F re e d o m — W oodruff.... (p a p e r. ) ............. 50F u g it iv e W ife . . . - 'p a p e r . ) . ; ; ................. 25G ospel o f H a rm o n y — W il la r d . . . . ( p a p e r . ) ...................... 30G is t o f S p i r i tu a i i s m —C n a se . . . ( p a p e r . ) . . ; . ................ 50H a rm o n ia l M a n — D a v is . . . . ( p a p e r . ) ....................; . . . . 40H is to r y o f E v il__ ( p a p e r . ) . . ................................. ........ . 40H a r b in g e r o r H e a l th —D a v is . . . . ......................... ............. 1 50is th e r e a D evil — B ild w in . .. . ( p a p e r . ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20In c id e n ts in M y L ife — H o m e............................ ................ 1 25Id e a l A tta in e d — M rs . l a r n h a m ....................................... 2 00K iss f o r a B low — W r ig h t ................................................ . 60L eg a lized P r o s t i tu t io n — W o o d ru il................................... 75L ove a n d M ock L o v e . . . . ............................... .. 25L y ric o f tlie G o lden A g e—̂ H a r r i s . . . . . . . . .............. . 2 00R e n a n ’s L ife o f J e s u s . ....... ......................................... ........... 1 75M a rr ia g e a n d P a r e n ta g e — W r ig h t ..................... .. 1 25M a g ic S ta ff— D a v is ............................................................. 1 75.Special P ro v id e n c e — D a v is — ( p a p e r .) . . . . . . . . . . . . 15P re s e n t A ge a n d T uner L ife— D a v i s . . . . . . .. .......... ... 2 00S elf A b n e g a t io n is t— W rig h t . . . ( p a p e r . ) ......... .. 50U n w elco m e C h ild — W r ig h t ............ 30W om an , a n d H e r E r a —F a r n h a in . 2 v o l s .................3 00M iss S p ra g u e ’s P o e m s .......................................................... 1 50L iv in g P r e s e n t a n d D ead P a s t— W r ig h t .......... .. 50A p p ro a c h in g C rises— D a v is ................ ............................... 75H e a lin g o f th e N a tio n s — T alm iu ig e L in to n . . 5 00D ea lin g s w ith th e D ea d — R a n d o lp h ............ 75

P A P E R CO V ERS.S p i r i tu a l i s m ............................................................ ..W a g e s ....................................... . ' . ................................ ..P h r e n o lo g y . ...................... ..........................M in is t r y of. A n g e ls ............ ........ .............L e c tu re on I m m o r t a l i t y ................................................ ..S p ir i tu a l is m in th e W e s t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .S p ir i t W o rk s ............. . . . .B r id e g r o o m . . . .......... .............................................. ..T h e o ry of P o p u la tio n ., .................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .T e le g ra p h A n s w e r s ................... ................................................D odd’s. I n v o lu n ta ry T h e o r y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R e p ro d u c tiv e O rg a n s ----- .*............. .......................................A n sw e rs to Ob.j c t i o n s . ..................................... ..R e v ie w o f B e e c h e r . . . ....... ................ ............. ............. . . . . .I n tro d u c t io n to W a te r C u re ........................................T ab les T u rn e d — B r i t t n n .............................................. . . . . 25T iffan y ’s M o n th ly ................ . . . . . . . . . .S p ir i tu a l E x p e r ie n c e __ _____ _____ _______ _____ ___O ra t io n s — 1 ’ic k o t . . . . . . . . . ___ _____ _____ ____ . . .R oad to S p i r i tu a l i s m .__ ....................................................... .L a b o r— O w e n .........................1 . . . . _______. . . . . . . . . R e v ie w s — ( C o n g r e g a t i o n a l ) . . . ; .............. .................... ..D isc o u rse s on E v i l .............. ..W h a t is T r u t l i ............................ ......................... . . _____W om an in a ll A g e s .............. . ■ . ....... .........................B o ta n y .......................................................................................C h o le ra ............ .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . __ . . . . _______ _R e lig io u s H is to r y a n d C r i t ic is m —R e n a n ................ .. 2 00

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A LIBERAL AND REFORM BOOK STORE,W h e re I a m p r e p a re d to fu rn is h p r o m p tly a g e n e ra l su p p ly , o f SPIR ITU A LIST a n d o th e r R EFO R M PU B LIC A TIO N S, a t E a s t e r n p r ic e s . I h a v e now on h a n d n e a r ly th e e n t i r e l i s t o f b o o k s , a s p u b lis h e d in t h e B o s to n B a n n e r o f L ig h t, a n d I sh a ll e r d e r c o n s ta n t ly f ro m th e E a s t , to k e e p u p th e s u p p ly .

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Adams Be. Co.’s Celebrated Colden Pen,A P en w h ic h is v e r y p o p u la r a t th e E a s t , h a v in g b ee n found g r e a t ly s u p e r io r in e v e r y r e s p e c t to th e s te e l p e n , a l th o u g h so ld a t a b o u t th e s a m e p r ic e .

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