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THE FOUR GIFTS.VIITTBW ro a TUB CHILDBBK.

Form little girls I the/ were playing In glee,'Under the shade of an old arbor tree.When an angel swept down from the azureline skies And the children looked up with wondering eyes.■ Ho blest them, and said in the tenderest voice,", Jt is mine, little blossoms, to give you a choice:So ask fbr the best which your wisdom may know,

- And mine fo tile pleasure dud power to bestow.1’ "-Then she with the black eyes said, “ Beauty for me And she with the hazel said, “ Wealthy I ’d be;*’The one with the gray cried, “Ah, fame for my part And she with the blue, “ Give me goodness of heart, Then the angel smiled sweetly, and said, “ I t shall be And floated away in the deep airy sea.The fleet years flew onward, and brought to the fou The answering gifts from the angelic shore;With each came the shadow attendant on bliss.For we cannot taste joy and its bitter sido miss.The beauty was dazzling, but guideless by mind.To her faults and her foibles lamentably blind;She lived like a butterfly blown by the wind Hither and thither the roses to find.And she who chose riches more wealthy became Than Croesus of old; and I say, too, to her shame, That she wed with her hand, and no part of her heart And she saw, as her wealth grew, her joy-light departThe gray eyes were crowned with the laurels of fame, The great world grew hoarse as it shouted her n£me: But sad were the hours and o’erfreighted with pain, And famished thejeaper who garnered this grain.

But she who choose goodness, not only was blest.But found with that treasure she had all the rest!It made the form lovely; it gave every grace,And spread the veil Beautiful over the face.It drew to her friendship and ferventest love ;Her guardians were angels, most pure, from above.Her life was unblemished, and worthy of fame,And the whole world delighted to honor her name. : Ah 1 ye who are wanting a magical art To make you most lovely—-try goodness o f heart.

PREVENTION OF CRI1IE.On e of the recent questions before the Cleve

land Lyceum, “ What is the best means for do ing away with crime ?” elicited much thought and an unusual number of answers. This in quiry constitutes the problem of the ages, and every grade of mind has labored for its solution, from the earliest historic period, and t efore, no doubt, down to this hour. The desire to satis factorily answer this question in practical life is the soul of all improvement, the animus of the million activities that surround us.

Human opinion and effort touching this sub ject, though greatly diversified in its subdivis ions, has two leading aspects— the one looking toward individual, personal improvement as the only remedy for crime in society, and the other seeking through the strengthening and perfect ing of institutions to reform the individual con stituents of the body politic. These two a6-

. pects are well represented in history by'the Catholic and Protestant elements in Christian ity, and to-day on a larger scale by. Modern Christianity as a whole and Modern Spiritual ism. The former relies upon institutions, upon books, churches, creeds, laws, as the primary

‘instrumentalities for human elevation, asserting that there is no power within the individual equal to the work of his redemption; the lat ter as distinctly declares the reverse— that “ in stitutions were made for roan, not man for in- 1stitutions,” and that all external establishments are at most but secondary aids to development. There is truth in both propositions, and, prac tically, either may be pushed to a hurtful ex treme. For instance, to rely exclusively pnon penal enactments for the i doing away with crime would only secure-its suppression*—mark

• the word*—for a 1 time, to break out within- creased fury. Prevention of latent crime is not

jrenough for the philosophic reformer; nothing short of its removal from the breast of, the in dividual can satisfy bim. On the other hand, the removal of all external restraints and pun ishments by society from those sensuous unfor tunates who have not grown to a perception' of virtue and a controlling love for its■ practice, would lead at once to social anarchy* and1 indi vidual injury. ' ..j, ti : : r i .JA ,f.f'There is a close correspondence) between the

individual and the community, or, thp nation, or the world, and both have been aptly compared to a piece of mechanism with which we are all familiar. In the infant nothing but vegetative or vital life is perceptible, the physical predom-

, inates so exclusively. T For a long time .every inherent mental quality is the servant of<ithe ■ physical,1 And obscCred, moulded, controlled by "Ifc -̂just as the water w^en first put into'the locomotive takes the shape, conforms to the

utructure, ia the veritable slave of, tbe engine which it is yet to assert its supremacy over and drive from country to country at its bid ding. When the light of parental love has warmed into activity the lateut energies slum bering within the infant mechanism, so •• fear fully and wonderfully made,’* as it enters upon the journey of life, it goes forth continuously more and more obedient to those interior forces which it held in complete captivity L , Whether its route to the Better Country be vtVz the low bogs and dismal swamps of Whisky town, Pork- ville and Jealousy, or along the high table land of Spirituality and Fraternity, rests with the track layers—-the parents and society— but the propelling power, once undiscernablo and now almighty, will not stop short of the Summer Land though hells should intervene. The sta tions of Superstition and Selfishness will be swept by, to be revisited by the return train of angelic ministrants, whose work it shall be to improve, adorn, reconstruct and rechristen every point from the Heavenly Terminus to the low est station in Human Depravity. We are indi vidually called to be assistants in this great work of Reform; and may we, in the spirit of a judicious eclecticism, unite willingly and self- sacrificingly in the work of lessening Crime and augmenting Virtue.

The nation, the world, too, is passing out of the infantile condition, is being controlled by, instead of controlling those spiritual laws which forevermore shall speed it along the pathway of Endless Progression. v

THE SECULAR PRESS.T h e secular press rejects with scorn articles

in defence of Spiritualism. Its moral standard is entirely too high to allow of such contamina tion. Wonderful Press! No; do not touch Spiritualism. Hojdit.qp to obloquy and con tempt It is young and weak,, and the wise of earth will laugh at your w it

Let us look at this wonderfully pure press. Several columns of quack advertisements one would blush to read, and several columns de- oted to full details of crimes, whose atrocities

are heightened by the reporter's imagination; full particulars of prize-fights, rows, etc., ad naueeatum. The morning papers are reeking with the slime of the villainy of the world. The weeklies are almost ns bad in their way— the New York Ledger leading the train of u story ” sheets, the most successful because the roost

apid and sensational.Journalism has a high and holy mission, but

when thus prostituted its influence is most baleful, and inestimable for evil.

We do not blame the press for rejecting from its columns articles on Spiritualism. Such ar ticles would appear like’ 6nowy pond-lilies blooming in the midst1 of the foul scum of stag nant morasse^. We ask not this, but we do de mand a reformation—-the exclusion of disgusting details of crime, indecent advertisements, false hoods published for sensation, the unscrupulous juffing of everything the editor is. paid to no

tice, all of which have degraded it in the eyes honest men. . - t. >

NATIONAL LTCEOl CONTENTION, j A t the Fifth National Convention of Spirit-

ualistB, held in Rochester, N . Y., August 25th 28th, composed, of delegates from fifteen

States, the District o f Columbia, and Canada, the following resolution was unanimously adop ted: . ,• f̂zstVnif3i n .'.jili l us; "Retolved\ That we recommend to the Chil

dren's Progressive Lyceums to form 8tate or ganizations, and from these a national organi- zation, to hold periodical conventions* and that

committee of five be appointed ‘ to carry out tia t matter.In pursuance of thiii, the committee haVe called

The First National Convention o f tjro Friends pf the Children'^ Progressive, Lyceum, to be held-dt Horticultural Hall (Broad street above Spruce, in '1 the city o f1 Philadelphia,' to com mence on Thursday, the'26th day .of Novem ber, at ten o'clock in the morriing, and continue in session two days

Each Progressive Lyceum on this Continent is invited to send two delegates, ana an addi tional one for ea$h fractional fifty over the first fifty members, and each State organization of Spiritualist^ is invited to send as many dele gates as the State, may have representatives in Congress, Where. there is no State organiza tion, each local organization of Spiritualists is invited to, send twp delegates., The days will be, devoted to business; the first evening to a grand jLyceum. exhibition; the second tp a So* ciable; the proceeds of .which .are to defray the expanses ° / tto Convention. ’ Frejs return tickj pts pUr the 'FenbsyTyaWa^Central or tiro rnjlaj delphia Sc Erie railroads, good till b io . 5th. ,

The doctrine of the final resurrection of the body has prevented a true conception o f death. No matter to what dogmas the devotees clung, in the finale all agreed in this. This belief is not dependent on Chris tianity ; it extended throughout the ancient world. In Egypt, it was the death o f Osi ris by the malignant Typhon, and restora tion to life by the lovely. Isis, which was represented in religious festivals. In Syria it was Adonis, cut down in the bud o f his age. * Evqry year his death and1 resurrec tion were celebrated at Byplius, with mag nificence. It lasted two days. The first was given to sorrow for his dentil, the sec ond to universal rejoicing at his fesurrec- tion. In India, the same story is related, except that Adonis is Sita, the lost consort oi Mahadeva, whom he finds and bears with lamentations around the world. In Phrygia, Atys and Cybele were the person ages o f the myth. Atys, a beautiful shep herd boy, beloved o f the mother of gods, suddenly dies, and she, frantic with grief, wanders over the world, scattering the blessings o f agriculture. He is at last re stored to her. Every year the assembled nations performed the drama with sobs and tears, succeeded with frantic demonstra tions o f joy. The Northmen constructed the same drama, but Atys became Baldnr, their god o f gentleness and beauty.

In the Druidic mysteries the initiatqwns led without words through the most terri ble scenes, shadowing forth their belief in

He died, wasburied, was resurrected. The priests en closed him in a, little boat, and set him adrift on the black, stonpy waves, pointing him to a distant rock as the harbor o f life.

Am ong the Incas o f Peru, the mysteries were enacted with the horrible accompani ment o f human, sacrifice. The walls and floor o f the obscurely lighted temple were washed with human blood. The initiate descended into the dark caverns under the temple along a path called the “ path o f the dead.” Shadows flitted before him, and shrieked and wailed, around him, sacrificial knives threatened him, and dreadful -pit- falls and snares yawned before him. A t last he reached a narrow fissure, through which he was thrust into the open air, and received by awaiting thousands with inde scribable acclamations.

There existed am ong the m ost promi nent North American Indian tribes, a dim and shadowy resemblance to these systems.

Christianity at its rise presented the as pect o f a new Jewish sect, and through the apostolic age it was only the more lib eral growth o f the Jew ish tree. In conse- quence, it imbibed the myths and dogmas o f the Hebrew world, in a great degree. Am ong these dogmas was that o f the re surrection o f the body. Vague allusions are made to this doctrine in the New T es tam ent The phrase, “ resurection pf the body,” does not occur in the Scriptdres, and is n o t referred to in any public creed, until the fourth century. T his was not be cause the doctrine was not believed, but because it was so generaUy received, it was not mentioned. , A s soon as it was dispu ted, it was at once alm ost unanimously af firmed) and its disbelief,was stigmatized as heresy. The uniform b e lie f , o f all Chris tendom, from the .'time o f tho Apostles to the present, has been that the identical body o f flesh, whiph we now possess shall be resurrected and again serve the Spirit for habiliment. S t Augustine says, “ Ev ery man's body, however disposed here, shall bo restored perfect in the resurrec tion,” and his words have never been dis puted by orthodox Christians. i t i tml !! Young, who i s ! commonly classedn with the poets, thus dolefully sin gs: .Kir <><!//

“ Now charnels rattle; scattered limbs andtall A Tho various bones, obsequious to tho call,

• Sell-niovod advance, the neck, perhaps, to meet 1 Tho distant head, the distant head the leeti 1 J' *

I, Dreadful to vieWl See through tho dusky sky, {, Fragments of bodies in confusion fly, . j To distant regions jourueyjng, there to claldl

4 Doserted members, and!complete the f r a m e . 11• ■«Hq\V refreshing to ■ thitv fr.om • *this: d is gusting scene o f horrors, and listen to a song o f truth;- j t •Hiriniilniiiuu nco no^

“ If lightning were ithfi'gross, corporeal-framello . j Of some augojic e ss e n ce , w h o so bright t h o u g h ^ !

As far surpassed in keen rapidity ,The lagging action 'df his limbs, as-doth* UnUtil j

//M an 's mind bis d a y ; with like onjc&Jpf *pe$d<{ i• To animated thought of Jightniugs flies, -■ ■ i

' That spirit body o'er Urns deeps ui Vine,Far past the golden isles of memory*.^ 1 o n ■'M ohammed1 ettgrafted th isf dogma* into

his theolbgioal system, and it iB now taken in its literal sense by orthodox^M oslems,

great arena of the judgment* Every per ished bone and every secret particle of dust shall obey the summons and come forth.Jf one could then look upon the earth, he would see it as one mighty, excavated globe, and wonder how such countless gen erations could have found a dwelling be neath its surface." When this doctrine is held up in its ugly deformity, its utter un- tractableness shown, and the keen edge of ridicule pointed against it, the Christian will spiritualize the whole scheme. He has no right to do so. The recognized author ities in theology receive the words literally, and it is heterodox to believe otherwise.

The resurrection of Christ proves the resurrection o f all human bodies,” says a distinguished theologian :* "Christ rose in to heaven with his body of flesh and blood, and wears it there now, and will forever. Had he been there in body before, it would have been no such wonder that he should have returned with it, but that the flesh of our flesh and hone of our bone should be seated at the right hand of God, is worthy o f the greatest admiration.”

The Christian dogma of the resurrection o f the body has its source in the wild speculations o f Zoroaster the Persian law giver and prophet, and tbe dogmas of the Egyptian priesthood. It was adopted by the Jews, who in their close relations to that ancient people, were deeply impressed with the melodramatic outlines of this doc trine as taught at its source. The scheme

PHILOSOPHY OP HEATH.▲ REVIEW O F SOME OLD THEORIES

Richmond defines life os “ a collection of phenomena which succeed each other dur ing a definite time, in an organized body.”This definition applies equally well to death as to life, for in the dead body changes go on in succession, as well as in the living.De Blainville defines it as “ the two-fold internal movement o f composition and de composition, at onco general and contin uous,” ft definition 'winch includes the en tire mineral world, and makes ft galvanic battery a living being. “ Life,” says Lewes,“ is 8 series o f definite and successive changes, both o f structure and composi tion, which take place within an individual without destroying its identity.” Spencer gives this in another form : ! “ Life is a definite combination o f heterogeneous changes, both simultaneous and succes sive.”

How completely these definitions fail will be seen i f we suppose a philosopher, un acquainted with the phenomena o f life, to apply any o f them, and draw a conclusion as to what life really is. They all exclude its more refined mental and spiritual phe nomena, and apply to mineral changes and mechanical contrivances, as well as to the com plex manifestations o f living beings.Conscious o f its weakness, the latter au thor add9 to his definition, making it stand th u s: “ Life is a definite combination o f heterogenous changes, both simultaneous and successive, corresponding with exter nal coexistences and sequences.” Thus completed, what idea does it convey of life, with its wonderful manifestations of intelligence and subtle workings o f spirit ?Cut out o f the m ost concrete abstractions, it fails in distinguishing movements in a plant from those in a crystal. H is illus tration o f the growth o f a plant towards instead o f away from the light, is against him, for solutions throw out crystals on the side where the light falls, rather than in the opposite direction.

Easy as the task appears o f distinguish in g between an oak, a lion and a stone, these representatives o f three kingdoms insensibly fade at the borders o f their d o m inions, and no subtle words can draw sharp boundary lines

I f it is difficult to define life, equally dif ficult is it to define death. The rule which would apply to everything below man, does not hold good with him. A s his life stands in the way o f all general expressions, so his death prevents a generalization in the definition o f death. A scending through all the lower form s o f life, in his being the arch is com plete, the structure stands firm, erect, beautiful, after the scaffolding o f the body falls off. Death is change, is re organization; with man it is immortal life.

Christians have connected everything re volting and terrible w ith Death. They have painted him as a ghastly skeleton upon a white horse, grasping a spear in his flesh less hand, or as a devouring monster.

They have the honor o f originating these m y th s; there is nothing like them in the pagan world. T he Greeks painted death as a beautiful sleeping child, or youth. In Eastern countries it is believed that death results from the love o f som e god , who snatches the spirit; to heaven. T he La cedem onians represented Death as asleep on a bed o f down, watched by Morpheus and the D ream s., Death from drowning was jinpuled to lovo o f the Nym phs, by

i whom the spirit was conducted underwater to a beautiful place adorned with ever greens and flowers. A ll these m yths shadow truth. T he Pagan was as near it as the Christian. I f Spiritualism render any ser vice, it w ill be in sweeping away all these m yths, and giving in their place a positive statem ent o f spirit existence. *

T he spiritual body is an fexaefc counter part o f the m ortal, and constitutes;'wheh separated, from it, a perfect being, recog nigablc as the same as while in the body.The spirit has the exact form, size and ex pression o f the physical body, arid retains the same m oral and intellectual faculties and cultuie. ;n - - . « n . r ik iIj• D eath has long been looked upon ns a dreadful, gnlf, which divides the mortal life perhaps from oblivion— the vale o f tears and sorrow s, where man's n o b le . faculties w ould perish in* the darkness o f eternity.T hose who pretended to have full faith in the b elief o f the .church, had little e lse but what has been, described— a de£p,_eyerjast- in g sleep o f mind in the cold earth.

A heavy veil o f m ist has bring over the rddimctitnl sphere in regard to the great change a ll m ust m eet when thb body be oom es worn and wasted,' and they depart for tbe seoond sphere with these dreadful conceptions iu their minds, and with dear friends and relations standing with mindsfilll of terror at the approaching'scene; h iB G S I B Iftw K Svjl I<?uiu^uqgma o i neu orougni qoouc tmsthe departing spirit approached that ’gulf; hold up its aisgnstmg details as l one;1 st'ill mbr© absurd. I f the* body be

“ sen taught 'bdldly ̂ and; nauseatifigiy1 os ever! They jT^aiVi-’cted, whdt^body shall' arise ?—the

ran thus: The good Ormozd created man pure, and happy, and to pass to a heavenly immortality, but the baleful Ahriman in sinuated his hateful presence, and destroy ed the plaus o f the Creator by introducing corruptions among mankind, to be expiated by disease and death o f the body, and the consignment of the unclothed spirit to the terrible sufferings o f hell.

But the great battle between the god of evil and good goes on unceasingly, and in the end the good shall triumph, and the evil one sink into discomfiture. All evil deeds will then be canceled, and the origi nal order o f things restored. Then all souls shall have their shattered bodies re stored intact, and the grand march o f cre ation commence anew.

I f we substitute Satan for Ahriman, we have the Jewish doctrine complete. Satan corrupts mankind, for which they suffer death and the punishment o f hell. The resurrection o f the body restored man to his original condition o f purity. In other woi^s, God, the infinite and eternal spirit, came to earth, took on a human body, and ascended with i,t to heaven, .and eternally retains the garments o f flesh and blood, in order, ,to;t£ach man that in like manner his spirit will ascend. But Paul says, 11 Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.” * ,'

I The church has misinterpreted the teach ings o f the gospel. You will not accuse me o f desiring to uphold the infallibility of the bible. .1 wish to d o ;it.justice as a record, o f spiritual impressions and phe nomena. Its teachings are filled with Spir itualism. Paul writes:- “ But some one will say. How are the dead raised up, and with }vhat bodies do th$y come ?” u Thou fo o l! that which thou sow^st thou so west not that body that shall be, but naked jjrain, and God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him.” J‘ There are celestial bpifies and terrestrial bodies.” “There is a natural bpdy and there is a spiritual body.” “The .first man is o f the earth,.earthy; the sec ond man is jthc Lord from hoaven.” “ Flesh and uloqd cannot inhabit the kingdom of God.” “ W e shall a ll.b e changed, anji bear the image o f the heavenly, as we have

'borne'the image o f the earthy.”“LCt us look at the objections agMivSt the

restirr’cction o f the flesh, and the assigned reasons which render it a necessary part Of 'thb scheme o f salvation. The;dognta o f a literal hell o f fire being xe- ceite'd, that o f the resurfectioh is unavoid able, for fire and physical torture cannot apply to a disembodied spirit. The old bodyupukt be drawn from the tomb, and united with the1 spirit, that both together Jmajr '&iflVr i‘fi)r1 $ins that both thgether have committed! * ’ A living Presbyterian divine, Jih the fervor o f his ieal for the%cl- %% o r sorters,'exclaims :l,u Tbc bodies o f 'tiie damno'd;fh the resurrection ahall 'be fit dwelling^ for ,theit vile minds: * With, all those Fearful1 and'liorttd expresslons wlilch everj; ba'90 and malignant'passion wakes up jn‘th6 human cbiiutcnante, stAWped iijion it for htbniity, and bin ned irt by the flaming

though a powerful sect represent the h e te -11 fury o f thbir terrific wickedness, they will fpdpK idea o f spiritualization, ;l lTf|irpi\gh be compelled to look upon thbir Owti de- jthe .flwddle ages,, t ty s ,doctrjuft pr£yefb?di \ forihitv, aVidlto feel their fitting doom."* with only an q ccasiqn^ . disspntj^gj^roeJ P ' When* thb lreasonerMfitarts fVom 'wrong I t w as. supported jby scUiplaSjtiqisi^, jyith data, he" runs as wild a course as the math- subtlest log ic and pietapliysical hair-split1 emzitldnn When he begins with wrong fig- ting .0 Science lias shattered it to dqst, but uV^tB .V o lt .t f broblem/^^ The admission ia o stJqonscr\ative tjieojqgians stfird ing .to 'o f hell brought *bout this

which when passed over it bad been could not be repassed, and from the other side pf which no traveler could return. "With these dark clouds encompassing the departing spirit,' death was feared as the fell destrbyer of the rape, and under those Impressions the wafo and (easy, journey was rendered tedious, an*jW Mfc

contend 'that tlie example o f ChristTsVosui rection proves the resurrection o f All: • i A distinguished divines Dr. Springs«writes i “ W hether buried in the earth, or floating in the sea, or consumed by the flames, or enriebihg tbAbattle field, or ev tbb atm osphere, a ilr' frdm A la tu t born, shall Wand their

body'bod^ that died, or that'which is possessed While;Itt Health ? . Physiologists alfirm that fee fleshy'^bMons o^ the,1 body change,'in IVom Bsven (o'feirtry aaya , at the end o f a

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ed 840 bodies. A t tho final day, which shall bo tho honored scat o f the soul ? One lias as good claim as tho other. Perhaps all will bo claimed— a theory which seems necessary i f it is necessary for the flesh and spirit to suffer together for tho sins com m itted together. And tho miserable sou l will p ossess n body as largo as the writhing Titan, Tityrus, whose fabled body covered nino acres 1 I f the last body bo tho honored one, and resurrected just as tho spirit loft it,' as a major portion o f man kind dio by disoase, what a loathesomo assem blage must tho last daj present ! In th is caso tliojsaint will bo obliged to drag his deform ed body through eternity 1 Tho “ L iv in g Skeleton ” m ust forever remain a skeleton ; Daniel Lambert, tho mammoth man, will weigh a half ton, either in one placp1 or tho other. Tho palo, sickly, cadaverous, deformed, romain pale, sicklyf cadaverous, deformed, forever and ever. B ut Dr. H itchcock evades the otherwise in explicable difficulty by sa y in g :' '* I t is not necessary that the resurrected body should contain a single pnrticlo o f tho body laid in tho'grave, i f it on ly contain particles o f tho sam e kind, united in the same propor tion, and tho com pounds bo made to as sum e tho sam e form and structure as the natural body f W hat then became o f tho cardinal idea which renders resurrection necessary, the punishm ent o f the sinful body ? Such a resurrection' Would not at all m eet tho requirements and necessities. T he explanation is a denial and desertion o f tho orthodox dogm a, and more unreal than oven that stupendous myth. I t Ulus* trates how entangled tho philosopher be com es when he vainly attemj)ts to harmo n ize science and theology. Tho device is a wilful subterfuge to escape the difficulty; a forlorn hope o f an expiring cause.* ♦Penroon on Creeds,

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host o f answering spirits who labored here in the form, in past ages, will beam sympa thetically upon you, and they will shed in to your soul a holy influence which will linger long after you turn again to earth. Never despair because public opinion docs not smile on you. I tell you, wo shall all havo more than one battle to fight with that grim monster before tho world will be reformed.

Trust in thyself! Work, plan, decide, aet, hope on, until, looking through faith’s starry canopy, you see the day, not far in tho future, when that over-opposing mon ster, will bo subdued. Glorious day! Then will the angelic hosts join in chanting har monious anthems o f rejoicing; for how many pure aspirations are sacrificed at its unholy shrine; how many o f the heart’s holiest feelings are crucified upon its orim

H u d s o n T u t t l e ,] II. O. IIa mmo k d ,)

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t& r Tu b junior editor of this paper would say that while he wishes to greet personally all tho friends of the cause from abroad, who may call a t tho office of Tjib Ouio S p ir i t u a l is t , as well as those resident in the city, and indeed would be sorry not to have these calls, such istho pressure of imperative duties upon him that I an(j injurious, or truths which make them noble general conversation and extended interviews I and too magnanimous to stoop to a bad act? cannot be bad, neither can he often respond to invitations to Attend circles, evening sociables> and so forth. This explanation is mado because

dron,” are the ones to save. There children so thoroughly independent that they will not be warped by tho combined efforts of a college faculty. With the respect for the teachers’ learning will arise regard for what he may teach of religion. The mental instructor will-be confounded with the priest, and years of thought cannot efface the unsupported asser tions early fastened on the mind of youth.

The result rests with ourselves. The proper mental and spiritual growth of our children de pends on the use we make of a few dollars. Shall they be taught what we loath as false

ock, A. B. French, Ira Davenport, MrgTg X M. Thompson and Mrs. Carrie Lewis, as <*. pecial practical friends of the enterprise ] Don’t think because we have printed their 1 names and not the others, that they are less modest, but that our gratitude makes m risk their displeasure.

certain parties bAve mistaken the brovity of his remarks with thorn for ** coldness.”

Shall they become educated into the church, or into manhood, and womanhood? The spirit world awaits your decision.

SIV1LL WE HAVE A COLLEGE 1

PHENOMENA L.S t a r t l i n g D e v e l o p m e n t s .— The w on

derful and rapid developm ents in the presence o f Mr. Peter W est, are o f sucha character as to surprise even the m edi-| Th e Ame r ic a n As s o c ia t io n has only two um. A few evenings since entering his I object* jh view: placing Missionaries in the room he lazily set his hat on the stove.In a few momeuts it bounded down upon , _ „ „ VT 4. .. A.the floor, like a thing o f life, and began Coliego.” Now tbe question amea, S it time hopping a lon g towards him. W hen I move in thd latter direction; are the Spiritnear him it began to raise as if to go up-1 ualists of thiV country prepared to assume the

But Mr. W . was taken by I responsibility of founding such an Institute of I who rejoice, asks to be remembered by thoseon his head surprise and

TO-HORKOlf—DEDICATION—THE SPIRITUALIST.T o -m o r r o w is the day fixed upon for the

u dedication ” of the pleasant And commodious new Spiritual Hall in Cleveland. To morrow the cleanly pages that bear these lines will fipd their way into the hands of the hundreds there assembled, as well as upon the tables of many homes in and out of tho State. To m orrow - to-day—this sheet, while rejoicing with those

loarning ? Wo sincerely believe that they are. I who have not yet become its supporters, and Wo believe that they are not only ready, but I asks it as a matter of justice to those not wealthy anxiously awaiting an opportunity. Look at poisons who are giving their money, or labor, to our situation. We believe in mental freedom, I its support—in one instance at least giving al and to gain it have been obliged to witlistand I most every dollar, and every hour, to its main- the shafts of scorn and hatred of an angry | tenance. It is true the State Association, and

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C A L V C M N Y.Be thou pure as ico, chaste os snow, thou ahalt not

escape calumny!—Siia k s pb a r b .: F act J— that is i f y o u chance to be a re form er o f any description whatever, par ticularly a Spiritualist. I f y o u do not be lieve that all tho church creeds and d og m as are ju st w hat they are preached up to be, then, m y fViend, look out, for the keen tongue o f the “ wicked calum niator” will d issec t y o u , arid present y o u to the world as a real anatom ical curiosity, and a terror to reform ers ever after. I f you r convic tions o f things are at all ultra, or in ad vance o f the doctrines and opinions that w ere in vogu e years ago, before this pro gressiv e world had attained its present sta te o f enlightenm ent, when hell fire was In fashion and the devil in his p rim e; when g h o sts and witches roam ed the world at large, and fairies danced every n ight in the m o o n lig h t; before the lig h t o f science had taught mankind to reason and conclude properly. A nd if yon infuse you r convic tio n s in to practical life, you m ust expect, fo r y o u w ill n o t fail to receive, the disap probation o f those persons w hose opin ions eoriie in contact with ou r own.

W hy, m y friend, supposing any o f you r , professed friends choose to cut you r ac quaintance, and then sa y bitter things febout y o u , because y o u have becom e a Spiritualist,' and consequently an “ infidel,”Would you weep y o u r dear eyes out and sig h over false friends and “ this inconstant w orld '* in consequence o f it ? T hat would be ex ceed in g ly unphilosophfcal: D o n ’t doit. G o o ff b y y o u r s e lf som ewhere, and h ave * a real g o o d tim e *® g iv in g thanks ” that tho num ber o f shallow pates you have to nod at is decreased. n Y ou m ay as w ell hunt fo r a whale in tho M editerranean Sea, ns fo r ii person o f tal en t o r m ehtal a c tiv ity who has n o t been anathem atized . F or m y own part, I can

before he knew w hat he was about he stretched out his hand and cnocked the im pertinent hat back upon

the floor.W e spent a few m inutes at his rooms

few evenings since and saw the table rise several inches clear o ff the floor,heard raps, great and small w ithout num-1 church we have deserted. We have learned by I individuals, have pledged its support, and be-1 • fitter experience how painful it is to shake off | sides, subscribed five hundred dollare bonus__

old beliefs and strike out into now paths. But a part of which has been paid—but yet instead we have done so, bearing scorn and jeers, and I of there being less necessity than before for per- the questionings of a disturbed conscience un-1 sonal effort on y o u r part, there is more, for the satisfied of what was right, and now walk I change from a semi-monthly to a weekly issue calmly in sunny paths. Wo know that we I has involved an additional expense of nearly were moulded by our early education; we know I one hundred dollars per month had we been taught differently all this struggle I Number 13 concludes most of the "three would have been spared us. Yet, knowing J months subscriptions.” No papers sent to any

body—except the charity list—after the expira tion of the time paid for. Now is the time to subscribe for one year.

Language cannot convey the extent of our thanks to those who havo placed Th e Spir it c -

A friend of ours sent his daughter, but a child, I a l i s t on a foundation which, with the contin- to a noted Institute east of this city. She was I ued efforts of our friends, may reasonably be a member of the Lyceum, and had imbibed J considered secure beyond a doubt, liberal views. The Principal of this Institute at once commenced looking after the interests of her sou), and not meeting with success, called in a clergyman. After he had labored awhile, he said: 11 Now, child, tell your story and I’ll

ber, felt the shaking produced by invisi bles, g o t w riting upon the slate, all in a lighted w orn, much o f w nich was start- ling.

H avin g had our w allet siolen lately, w ith the few dollars that w as in it, we w rote on a sm all slip o f paper and rolled | it up in a pellet, as fo llow s: W hat did w e Jose the other night ? W ithout an sw erin g the question he placed his hand o v er the w riting concealed from his view b y several thicknesses o f paper, and

this we send our children to schools whore these errors (we know that they are errors, to

which w as written w hen he w as out o f our C08y are taught as divine troths, and fromthe room , and repeated the exact w o rd s « _ r < .____ . . , -. . . . . r , . . . /day to day and year to year are kept beforew e had w r itte n ; a clear and convincing M | | | rtest to us o f his mediurnistic powers.

Religio-PhJlosopnical Journal.

CORSET-STRINGS.BY HATTIE HATEFUL.

D o n 't d raw }rour corset strings q u ite so tig h tly about you r eighteen inch waist, yo u n g lady, although eighteen inches is a m o n stro u s w aist— it is a greater w a ste to throw aw ay your health to secure a sm aller one.

P erhaps you think the m en admire a tin y w a ist that can be clasped w ith tw o hands. 1 N o t a bit o f it J M en are sensi ble enough to know that G od never m ade , , . o n e w om an w ithout Jungs and heart in- ■ ■ of T l '°n.P h,n,8eIf aSa,nst side her r ib s ; and if ihe place w here those | . 0,r jnnocenc© J She could not bear the pres- organs should be is redueed to a quarter 16Ure» afid laft the school, for another, where, part the natural size, th ey are also sensi- j though less direct effort is made, she attends a

ACKNOWLEDGMENT.We are much obliged to the Banner of Light

for its recent favorable notices of this paper. If we merit success, Brother Colby, we feel as-

teJl mine, and the one who tells the best story 1 8ure<* that we shall meet our just measure; and shall be believed. ” Think of it, Spiritual-1 that we may we are exerting our utmost energy, ista! Send your daughters to be " finished” I By the. way, the Banner copied the following where a priest who has devoted his life-time to sentences from us; “ Our faith in Phenomena]

PERSONAL.A. B. F r e n c h .—It will be noticed by his

card in this number, that this indefatigable, . , , - , * , , . _ . i r » i u » i . , , worker has taken the field assigned him by

enough to know that the lungs ana prayer m the morning, a prayer at dinner, a I banner should nave gone one sentence further, j$oar(j 0f Directors o f the American

Spiritualism is unwavering, for we have repeat edly witnessed and been the subject of tests tho roost skeptical have failed to controvert It has the positireness of absolute knowledge.” The

ADMONITORY.Ev e r y step in progress is attended by new

duties, responsibilrtics and dangers. Proi. perity tests severely the moral stamina and fidelity to principles of organizations and societies, as well as of individuals; and not every temperament can move straight forward towards the mind’s purest and justest conceptions while surrounded by the seductive influences of prospective wealth and popularity. Spiritualists! see to it that the peculiar, divine inspiration that has thrilled you through the days of weakness and of unmerited obloquy, be not measurably entombed in organizations, in stitutions and edifices. They have, like money, no character in and of themselves but are moral or immoral, promoters of ad vancement or hindrances thereto, accord ing to their use. The question is, shall we as individuals and societies be as really hu manitarian, as truly in sympathy with the lowest classes of society—not in profession merely but in action—and as completely in different to every form and phase of aria- tocracy except that of worth, as heretofore? I f not, then they are a curse rather than a blessing.

Just as surely as the laws of nature exist, thousands o f persons who are intellectually free from the Old, bnt not morally grown to its requirements, much less to the status o f the New, will, as soon as Spiritualism be comes measurably popular in a communi- ty, attach themselves to i t There areoth- ers already identified with it who tremble before the earnest utterance of radicalisms the world stands in need of, and which they know in their veiy souls are great glorious truths, sparkling from the fount of inspira tion.

Oh, let us remember thatM the cause” of practical justice to the humblest individual, recognition o f real instead of reputed worth, and the calm, friendly bat unflinching criti cism o f all popular weaknesses, delusions and shams, is above all isms whatever, and is the very essence o f the multiplied messages from the- higher life. L et1 us be valiant workers in this Incoming Dispensation, with an eye single to the glory o f Good, and with a purpose so holy that every or ganization and instrumentality in our hands. shall be a beacon to guide humanity to more exalted stations.

Not Cr ed : week, entitle Supper?” s! Banner of I copied that sured,” froi say it was fi

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for wo are as anxious to he understood in the one respect as the other: “ But while we rest with the utmost confidence upon the sublime and soul-satisfying realities of Spiritualism, weare equally certain that a large proportion of so-1 wm rejoice at this new trust reposed in called " mediumship ” and " manifestations ” I him. For the next two months he labors are unqualified impositions upon human credu-1la Ohio. W c know that he will receive

Association o f Spiritualists. That Society could not have made a better choice: Able, efficient, a thorough worker, a genial spirit, he has gained the golden opinions o f all the Spiritualists o f the State, who

litv" Will the Banner reproduce the former hearty greetings froin̂ all the localities he r • will visit, and that he will confer great

sentence in connection with, the.latter! They, benefit Qn His mission iswere introductory to an article on Physical I with greatest consequence, and its success Manifestations. I is the success o f our philosophy.

T h e Oh i o Sp ir i t u a l is t .—rT h is young I O. L. S u t l if f spoke last Sunday at Sha* and promising candidate for public favor / lersville, and had a good attendance. He

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I t is ju s t lik e this, g ir ls : Thousauds o f .. j . , Jy o u are every d a y lacing up a uic© little meeJ °S on are ay bundle for the angel o f dea th to take “ What shall I do?” you ask, “My children a w a y . I t is you r life that you are draw - must bo educated, and I can send them no- itig th e fa ta l cords abou t! W ith y o u r whorefIso.”o w n w h ite hands y o u are strain ing a t the I This is the point.. You see the need of a

*Hot help Considering the intended reproach I hands that m ust hu rry y o u from earth. free college; free in the absolute sense of the a com plim ent. I t certainty tells ufc tyh arc E v e r y tim e you tighten y o u t co rse t j wwtjf where our children can he educated after y a k in g a o m e M p r o e s lipon ti.o minds Of strings beyond th e draw ing o f a free nat- th0 truo metbod and ,vhoJo men' ando itr opposcrS, which s tirs their sou ls to / qral breath th a t w ill expand y o u r lungs ■ .. ®1sp eech . I ‘fim in clin ed to th ink there is / to the utmost* you are d ra w iu g y o u r ow n | womoil» a college as much in advance of thein o fe 'liope o f reform ing tliose individuals I jjfe witJ, in the nntural j/m its. . You are our Lyceum is better tbnn the Orthodox , Spirltu"aUet8 m d rcform-rSj is rapid. I writM; <■ They want a society fonned, andhbiut^nsy thnn I f tL sT w h ? hthfchevelwthbiff I J'ou rse ,f to follow a senseless fash-1 Sunday School; where our daughters shall be I ]y takfngPits position in tho front ranks o f a lyceum, and a s soon as I can get theaoou t us, than or tnose who take evcrytning / -OD# ^ ou ]aUgj, a l t|,e f00fish negro wo-1 placed on terms of equality with our sons, / 0ur glorious and heaven bom cause. Hav- / funds, and Brother Wheelock to help, we

man w h o m ust m easure six feet about the loarning the same branches and competing for ing only reached its ninth issue, it now can form a society there, o f about thirty w a is t to be considerd fit for matrim ony ; I tho same honorable positions. comes forth ns the great'mouthpiece or I members, and get a club o f subscribers for;but I tell you every black negro w o m a n / That such a school will be sustained there ®tato o r g a n o fth o fepiritimlistsofOhio. ‘h e Pa£® [„0^ to1^o f them is m ore sensible than y o u r s e l f , ■ „ . , £ . . . We are gratified to thus see the faithful- / work will go on gloriously, and m a yearw h o tighten the fatal strings until there ba D.°. d°"b!’ ^ e re 'lt W bdt neSB o f its originator, H. O. Hammond, there will be force and power ail ovortitfi* nnfliinrr M t n f n nn tnrnl hn# n lk needed 18 ^ d a for the erection of the nocos- / so signally and promptly rewarded. Tii e / State, to move on to the accomplishment fb a ck b o n ef the tip ends o f t w o C S J K Gildings, and its endowment* j f f l l has e v e y assurance io f cu ticle , a n d e ig h t strips o f w halebone. / ^ Ml y endowed i f p M . believe that ^ o Z L ^ Z T T p i r i t ^ about I mess matters, and getting on the s p i r i t

J u s t u s though h o d did 9n t k n o w w h at the funds can bo wised m a year, add m three pledged the State harness, to breakup the lurf o f sects andyi'katiB in y o u r o w n hands. Y ou y o u rse lf I h e w as ab o u t w hen he cu t out the pat- years the college be opened for instruction. The fov one thousand subscribers? Added to spread the genial soil o f humanity to the

jn a y m ar its purity, hut tho calum niator l tern for his E v e ! J u s t as i f yo u k n ew time for liatlbssneag has gone by;'actionIs now / this ho 1ms associated with him the well- sunlight o f truth, where the seed o f science*n e v e r can. Jfof no I tlio slanderer cannot I better than y o u r M aker h o w m an y iiidH^s/demanded. A great work is before us. and our known author, medium and writer, Hud-/ and the spiritual philosophy may spring sh a d o w y o u r true character an y m ore than / y Cur w aist ou gh t to measure. W hen uA i;knpniiv k’ Tt • maU / son- Tuttle. Another grand element o f forth in all the glory of millennial life, and-

M P uck th e wreath o f p u r ity from an ' ou can m Q nuf*ctu re th e lungSf henrt and / memusiihouut d W f o n l l y M M . ■ It is said / 8ucccss .g tImt> added t0 tbe euergy and / with the angels I will work, as the servanta u g e ls brow* I t is h o ly ̂ territo ry , o v e r /o th e r organs ab o u t which yo u d ra w the that wbon $100t° 00 ar0Bubacnbed tbo erecUoD perseverance o f Brother Hammond, he is I o f the Lord, until the great work is done.” j

corset strin gs, i t w ill be tim e enough t o l 0 ̂ til0 buildings will bo commenced. That also a practical typo, and can set type as / El d e r K n a p p is preaching in Calitom*, m ake a w halebone basket to hold them , amount hbould be taken by this State1 alone, well as indite an editorial. Bravo, Brd- and meeting Begjamin Todd, editor of the

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pdrfectly halm, ’and rely* w(th im p lic it cori- ndenco upon the om nipotence o f the devil,and h is po w d r to seize and destroy us with out, afriy o f their assistance.

W h y , b less y o u , friend 1 do n o t lo o k so dow n cyist because som e shadowed heart has

-breathed m aliciou s th ings concerning yo u . .W h a t, harm can i t d o y o u ? I t may, p er h a p s , for. a day,, darken y o u r repu tation , b u t .yo u r .real character it cannpt touch.

Spiritualists o f tbe State, this is no slight affait, /excelsior! . I comer has removed his office from 144 Sen-to be passed by; with a glance; it is of momeu- / Thank you, Brothers o f the Religio-Phi- / eca street to Halle's Block, (New Spirits<1tons consequence. The Old is handing / losophicol Journal. It is our desire to I Hall.) u.' '

Mr s . M. S. To w k s o e s d Ho a d l e t will

meaua should bo liberally bestowed.v7 1 m bb a a ” j u b b i i i j i i i i i i i i i ' i 111 w* 1111 a m v . a a a-i*n a a mb a mb a v

brow* I t is h o ly , te r r i to r y , over w hich y o u y o u r s e l f h o ld a b s o lu te sw a y .

J f j s sacred so il, which no ty ra n t can in- -,yado, and .upon which no m p n stcr m ay rattle

ipcor^.w i th /th in gs th^f th ose who h ate w h a t , to us is / q u en ce th a t y o u rtruth m ay utter, than to ou trage our own / a thousand dollars to p a y th e d o c to r , ev- G o d -g iveu sen se of, f ig h t, anjl shape each / ery little w hile.ih o u g fit, woi;d an,d action to; t tick le th eir I Nfo m a tte r i f y o u r m o th er m ourns o v e r . . . >, ,< . 1 . at .. . a h u a i>u £y wmfH/ap pptions. . y o u r failing h ealth , and anxious friends aSaloat^ < a o d v e ^ Dotwa8 \ tb o ^ l!em ^ the good opm on o f our cotempor^ f ^ ^ ^ ie H O E

Y e s ,y e s ! lot m y sou l bask in the glo^i- / sj h and w hisper that you are falling in- longer as isolated reformers. Wo must unite, rics generally, hut especially to houseful in d^rin ̂ October. •;o p s auuligh t o f freedom f. ^ 9 ^ ven ^ xc^ e I to a d eclin e . N o m a tte r i f y o u r life is for the purpdse of strength, and our children the cause we advocate. I t should be re

op in fo n s o T ^ y ^ e r f o n ^ ^ e ^ m y ^ u l^ o a m I ^ sh o rt b y the h abit o f tigh t lacing, i f must not be committed to tbe care of those who / m em hered th a t W hatever credit m ay be duo j ualists o f Chicago, with his usual enepur* u n f e t te r e d through th e bow ers o f conscious / Yo u can ODt y » h o w to y o u r fashionable / will exert every effort to educate them into bo- / dii account o f th e establishm ent o f this pa- / agm g success.

" P y r ity ‘and in n o cen ce ; le t the in vigpra tin g / friends a w a ist six inches sm allerr than / hef8 directly opposed to our own ideas of truth. /pdf ill Ohio, belongs not by any means ex- / ^ October and Novemberbeam s .o f truth gleam upon m e ; le t mo bo / th e a verage . ̂O n ly think o f i t I A. w a is t I q 0 n0£ My that you are not afraid of your chil-1 elusively to one or two individuals, but to / nr< j . p , Ne w t o n opens an office a? ch eered b y the sm iles o f an approvin g so Bnw*l that i t c a n be clasped[w ith tw o j dron ^ ng contaminated. Perhaps they are many. We should iiko to publish the names I Bangorr Me., on the 16th o f October.

/ * a a ?h Thn M *> weiJ t»»8b t" bome tbat H « * I o f the (825) life subscribers to Th e Oh io / H o s ts H d i l speaks ia Chicago dari'tgt a a y . I sh a ll h a v e th a t w jtln q m y Heart / m g th e s m a lle s t b o n n e t , a n d h a v in g fo u r I t ® , . , . , % i # ,V / 0 , ) l - ^ s. November. ‘f /la t^ ries.p a iin ot bestow , p.pr i t s fr o w n s / n e w o n e s a year* i s n ’t i t ? b u t k n o w W V ^ e b o d y s are brought S p ir i t u a l i s t , but are prevented b y the ihet

c h a s e a w a y ., JBrothqr, S is te r , h a v e ^ y o u / , , .ft { , aieoaon’s Literary Companion, j to receive the dogmas (aught, and,,ypu know j tha t their m odestjr is equal to their gener- / fl paper to ho started la October, ds-wearied.Ln m eetin g the co ld “ avalanche o f f . ; - —zz ~ - __„ I tbe whoie machinery is constructed and opera-1 nsity and zeal. But aside from these, w e '««ri Unir h«nv. / IiBAD “ C alum ny,” 4tUojC8et-&tnngs, i J v: • voted to legal information, and what is t*‘

meet many on. I a n t ? ' S lf f o u s a ^ a J ? 'f**rry„ A Tfr? J)q y o u f j Not yohr children/but these “ somebody's M l- j Qyq. Kgfftj J poies ̂Lavyrence^ A , ■ »dt; I a n d > l& ir 1 * * 1 <* oompelliog sm at. [ jm p b t. forbear m otion ing, Wheelet, /.^afkable, It is to. ^ edjf^d

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h a v e , lik e themselves, o t e r s o f ad- 2to , a cco rd - . is , sh a ll w e ta r e a lly hu- by w ith th e i p r o fe ss io n m p le te ly in- a se o f aris- h e r e to fo r e ? th er th a n a

latu re e x is t , ite lle c tu a lly ra lly g ro w n0 th e sta tu s itu a lism be-1 com m u n i- iere are o th - rho trem b le rad ica lism s

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e cau se ” o f t in d iv id u a l, m ted w orth , ach ing criti- s, d e lu sio n s tever, and is sd m essa g es ’ b e v a lia n t Ispensation, ry o f G o o d , at every or- in our hands . humanity to

iticed by h is adefatigable rned him b y > A m erican b a t S o c ie ty ter choice. :er, a gen ia l n op in ion s State, w ho reposed in s he lab ors rill receive Dcalities he •nfer great is fraught its su ccess f-lay a t Sha- ance. H e irmed, and in g e t th e0 h e lp , w e •out th irty cribers for ge, fo r the

in a year 11 o v e r th e ip lishm ent ;r w itness- p m y bus- e spiritual sec ts and

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tay spring il life , and he servant is d o n e .”

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N o t Cr e d i t e d .— The article printed last week, entitled “ W as Judas at the Lord's Supper ?" should have been credited to the Banner o f L ig h t B y the way, the R eligio copied that beautiful original poem, " Cen sured,” from our colom ns, and forgot to say it was from this paper.

W e arc sorry the number o f our pa per containing the report o f the State Con vention did not reach our M ichigan cotem- porary, T he Present A ge— which fact we learn by letter from Bro. Fox. W e assured him that we would send advance proof- slips to h is office, but as the galleys were not closed till ju st before go in g to press, we mailed him a paper instead, at an early hour after publication. Brother, wo do earnestly hope your arduous and unselfish labors may be abundantly crowned with the success they so richly deserve.

T h e “ Evidences o f Spiritualism ,” pub lished in N os. 10 and 11, form the introduc tion to an unpublished volum e, “ Arcana o f Spiritualism,” by the senior editor. The work will be published in these colum ns, in the form o f detached essays, under differ ent headings, covering the whole field o f Spiritualism. T hese articles contain the best inspirations received during the s ix teen years mediumship o f their author.

It seems that John Allen, the " wickedest man in New York,” has made a hopeless failure in his at tempt at lecturing. Never was there such an instance of religions pretence, charlatanism and imposture. A rough has been taken from the cesspool o f corrup tion, and made notorious, simply by a pretense of con version, and the vanity of some meek eyed clergy man been gratified by being allowed to pray in a dance house which a brute would blush to enter- I t is claimed this dance boose master is a Christian now. We sincerely hope he is, and that he will leave off old habits, quit his old associates, and show by his life that there is something really gained; but his a t tempt to convert his “ wicked " notoriety into profit, by his lecturing project, which was simply exhibiting himself to gratify a morbid desire to see this M wick edest man,’* does not speak well for him. He has made an interesting item subject for the press, ever since he was resurrected from obscurity, and by means peculiar to himself, has, to use a forcible exp re&sion, " sold ” the well-intentioned but verdant missionaries who worked at his seemingly hopeless case.

The Hungarian Diet proposes to establish universal religions toleration throughout the kingdom.

Elder Knapp, speaking of long prayer, once said : “ When Peter endeavored to walk upon the water, to meet his master, and was about sinking, had his supplication been as longjis the introduction to one of our modern prayers, belore be got through he would have been fifty feet under water.**

Several hundred families styling themselves Friends of Jerusalem, are going to leave Wurtemburg in August next, and settle in Palestine. They base their creed on certain chapters in Jeremiah.

[If Spiritualism should send such a colony to Jerusalem as this or the ill-fated “ Jaffa’* settle ment, what a bowl would arise from the secular press; but founded on some ambiguous passages of the bible, it is passed by.. Is there never an end to these delusions?—Ed s .]

OIK MEETISG-HOrSE.De a r Sp i r i t u a l is t — W e Spiritualists

have a splendid tem ple to . congregate in these warm sonny d a y s ; and, thank heaven, those who m ay feel inclined, i f there are any such, can’t lock us ou t o f it, for we have a perfect right to enjoy its beauties and charming retreats. Y es, presum ing as some may deem it, we Spiritualists, in common with the rest o f humanity, claim to “ own a pew " in the fane o f Nature.

And could our w ildest fancies picture aught more magnificent ? Its r o o f is the azure-vaulted sk y; its altar the verdant, flower-gemmed earth; its lamps the sun, moon and stars, all beautifully draped with silvery m ist; the clouds are bright pictures painted by the Divine A rtist, to adorn its w alls; its choir is the tiny forest birds and the low murmuring o f the lea v es; its organ is the w ind and its bible is the face o f na~ ture; its preachers are the angels.'

It rejoices my heart that our harmonial friends all over the cOnntry are holding meetings in the leafy groves and the grand old woods, hoping to aid in spreading light and truth over the shadowed world. I love these gatherings; all seem so unrestrained and happy, one may reasonably suppose that the mind is influenced by the sublime scenes around. A s I looked around upon the people assembled at these m eetings, I could but contrast the scene with the as pect usually presented at a fashionable church, where (expressing m yself, in the language o f a poet, slightly “ devised” and corrected) they all

“ Wear such long faces, just as if their Maker,:The God of goodness, was an undertaker.”T o me it seems grander and more fitting

to worship G od in the glorious temple o f his own creation, than to assemble in edi fices which our feeble hands have built, be they ever so elegant.

Nature has been lamentably deserted for the artificial. Men alm ost forget that she is replete with beautiful and practical les sons, which, i f we but read aright, will teach us many o f oar duties to our fellow beings. .While reading in her open vol ume ̂we learn that G oa sends his blessings alike on all, whether Jew , Christian, Pagan or Mahomcdan; Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist or Spiritualist, and. we see, by the

.ligh t o f the great example, that w e, too, should cherish kindly feelings for all, and

. n o t allow our interests and affections to be bounded by the narrow circle o f a church or nation. Let us, as far as is possible, extend our sympathies and affections irre spective o f opinions. The opinions o f

. those w hose belief is n ot in harmony with o u rs m ay be as dear pud a s true to thetp a s

ours is to us. W e cannot bo too careful bow we spit our venom on those who do not believe with us-—or rather, let us fully determine not to cherish any such thing.

I have som etim es been grieved, since 1 embraced the b elief o f Spiritualism, to see those whom I had loved in the church torn cold ly away. Early friendships arc pure and dear, but they are often fleeting. T w o years ago, I was a school girl in the pleasant village o f F— . T he memory o f those days is all laden with the records o f happy h o u rs; they tell o f long rambles on the bank o f a blue stream, with a dear, congenial friend by my s id e ; o f hours o f study And o f earnest conversation, while listening to the m usic o f its waves, and sip ping the flower-wreathed cup o f poetry and devotion . W e on ly read the poetry o f life, then, and alm ost forgot that it con tains prose, too . Her love cheered my studious hours, and cast sunshine along m y pathway many cloudy days. Soon we parted, with m any pledges o f lo n g remem brance and frequent correspondence. Her hoine lay am ong the green hills in a quiet valley , far from mine. W henever m y mind dwelt on early friends, her im age beamed the brightest, and when fancy sought out the hom es o f earlv friends, it always flew to hers first and lingered longest. H er letters cam e often, and were alw ays read with eagerness. In one o f them she s a id : “ Em ma, I hear that you have becom e a Spirit ualist. I s it true ? I never thought you w ould bo enticed b y that class o f people, and be led into its shadowy m ists and fear- ftil uncertainties, to grope your way desti tute o f the divine ligh t o f the Bible.”

I answered her frankly, and as well as I could, concluding ’m y letter b y telling her that I hoped our friendship would remain unchanged, although wo m ight differ som e what in opinion. She has never written me since. Her father is ono o f the watch men on the w alls o f Zion, and doubtless foresaw the result o f a free correspondence with one o f “ infidel” principles. Som e tim es these th ings sadden me for a m o ment, and then I think that the light and consolation I have received from the study and b elief o f Spiritualism w ould be an am ple consolation , were there n ot one to blend a sm ile or drop a tear o f sj’mpathy with me. But perhaps I have been relating what w ill be o f sligh t interest to you, my friend. L et n s return to nature's lessons. In N ature we can trace the great laws o f equality which should govern the human family. Nature would have ns all stand as brethren, on one broad platform ; she would banish from our vocabulary the nam es o f slave and despot, and draw the silvery cord o f fraternity around the v ile st and m ost despairing heart

I think the tem poral condition o f man will have to be made m ore equal, and his burdens lighter, before the m asses will call for m ore refined elem ents— before we can witness that high state o f spiritual un- folclment which we so much desire. I do n ot advocate equality o f station or o f abil ities, but o f rights and privileges. W e cannot expect that the man who is obliged to labor constantly fo r the support o f him se lf and those dependent on him, will call earnestly for the food which his divine na ture would require to bring him up to a high state o f spiritual enjoym ent.

Y ou who are luxuriating in splendor un restrained ; you who are floating through life on a golden s e a ; yon who claim to own thousands o f acres o f G od's free soil, while others o f yonr fellow beings have not a hom e to call their o w n ; yon are do in g more, perhaps, than you im agine to re tain that mental degradation which still lingers to darken the world. Y ou have no right to rob yonr brethren o f the inherit ance which th e Father o f all bestowed up on them as well as upon you . There is a m ighty grab gam e being played. Friends o f humanity, don't engage in i t

Protestantism is vastly superior to Catholicism in the fact that it is not com patible with the uniformity of any relig ious doctrine. Protestantism is founded on the right of reasoning, and wherever this is allowed, the uniformity of doctrine cannot last, since the power of reasoning differs in degree in different persons. Catholicism, on *the other, does not per mit this mental freedom and hence its Church is comparatively intact or united ; but as its bond of union is defective in principle—being ignorance and supersti tion rather than inquiry and reason—it cannot last always, for the Liberal ele ment, which is increasing, will eventually bring it to an end. If Catholicism does not keep pace in liberality with the com munity a t large, its influence must by de grees diminish, and finally cease altogeth er.— Boston Investigator.

The mountain that lifts it granite fore head above the clouds, meets the stern rebuke of the tem pest; storms of rain, snow, sleet and fire war against its dar ing pinnacles. So the man who towers above his fellows and looks beyond this life, thro* its clouds and enveloping shad ows,into the next, must expect the storms, the lightnings and the thunders of his perilous position ; but genius, and genius alone like the granite mountain will slanc unmoved amid the contention of popular elements, and survey with calmness the opposing forces, and with a Godlike se renity of soul and magnanimity of cour age, dare all their strength combined And when the sun breaks again from the clouds, it will stand with calm meekness on its adamantine base, while above its head circles the bow of promise, and its sides are strewn with glittering diamonds

“ The word of God may present difficulties and ab surdities to the minds of Infidels who distort its sense but to the humble believer it is plain as the way of salvation.’ —Christian correspondent*

Belief is like a pair of colored spectacles if you put on a green pair you see every thing green ; if you wear a dark pair you see everything that color. When the spectacles are discarded we see the vari ous colors and shades around us and we observe that there is quite a variety. Lib erals, a t least, try not to distort the mean ing o f the Bible, and if they ever misrep resent it, we fear those believers who op pose liberal propositions for frank discus sion and mutual enlightenment mnst bear a large share of the responsibility. The more ignorant a Christian is, the more easy it seems to him to understand, explain and prove the divinity of the Bible; but as Paul initmated, philosophy spoils faith.—Chicago Liberal.

Storms and whirlwinds are wonders, working in nature's garden, tearing up the old and decaying trees, making room for a fresher and younger growth, which otherwise would be dwarfed from defi ciency of sunlight. So revolutions in the human world are but occasional whirl winds, extinguishing the worn out usages of the past, that new and brighter sys tems may mature.

I have observed that the mother, fresh from the hands of the shearer, was not recognized by her lambkins. Many a human mother has found that she was scarcely recognized by

The bee seeks s store of boney against winter; to of the squirrel, with its magazines of walouu and acorns. You never heard of a squirrel boarding forty thou sand bushels of nuts That would be impoaaible. Very well; it would be as impossible for a man to lay up as many dollars, if he did not compel other* to help him. No man by honest labor can become wealthy, more than a squirrel can gather so many nuts. To become so, he must get the help of other*, without rendering a proper equivalent, reserving the balance for himself.

I f a squirrel could say, “ Bert, 1 own this wood (Ot, enclosed in this line of fence. It came down to me from the antedelurian squirrel saved by Noah> you can do so by giving me half,” then this aristocrat ic squirrel might get his forty thousand bushels; not otherwise. But if the squirrels who “ pay rent ” can bare but half as much as they would have were it not for the aristocrat's title, or else they are compelled to labor twice as bard, or perhaps suffer both disad vantages. The squirrel is satisfied with his acorns; the man with his dollars. Beyond the little which satisfieth the bodily wants, the hoard is useless. This venerabl e, aristocratic squirrel may, after watching his mouldering pile lor years, until gray with anxiety and trembling on the brink of death, leave his store to the maintenance of orphan squirrels. Miserable fool, seeking posthumous notoriety 1 Infamy will write your name with curses on every oak of the for est ! Had it not been for yonr rent, there would have been no orphans to feed. As small credit gains the man who waits death before using the means for good placed in hia hands.

Colleges, asylums, libraries, founded by the munifi cence of Moneybags on his death bed, to gain the ap plause of coming generations, how puerile. Very good in themselves, but reeking with corruption at their source. Gray old squirrel, the mouldiness of yonr hoard has rotted your heart out long ago, and though the world smiles a “ thank you,*’ very gra ciously for your gifts, the silliest clown within the walls of your college, well knows not from over abundance of heart came yonr gift, but from the lowest selfish ness which sought to retain your money even after the journey of the Styx, building you a monument at which the crowd would gape, and repeat your name with adoration. In America you have gained your end. The Yankee comprehends you, and seeks to do likewise. Your lesson reads to him in this wise: Neverstand for the troubles of conscience. Conscience is a bad thing. Play your cards well, and turn a trump if your antagonist is a weakling. Never mind. Get all you can, and when yon get through wilh it, endow a college to teach the ignorant, or asylums for the wandering. You will thereby not only have the enjoyment through life, but the means to make all right at death, and also obtain a great name.

AMELIORATION OF THE SOCIAL EVIL. N o t long ago it was published in the

papers, that a society of two hundred of the most respectable and philanthropic ladies in one of the continental cities of Europe, were engaged in the work of re claiming their fallen sisters from a fate worse than death.

These noble women search the streets and by-ways for the poor outcasts, anc meet and converse with them—learn their histories—their needs—and in most cases are able to induce them to go to an asylum for a day or two when em ployment is found for them in respectable families. Others who have but lately been inducted into vicious ways, and are young in years, are sent back to their pa rents or guardians.

Quite an excitement has been raised among the procuresses and others engag ed in the unholy trade of degrading hu manity in that city.

I t is to be hoped that the women of the present age, will learn to exercise this

" eJ offspring, charity towards the unfortunate of their when she came to them shorn oi all I sex—for Iq this is the true solution of* the her worldly possessions. I problem “how to get rid of the Social

Mad dogs bite those only who inter-1 Evil ?' Let Woman engage in the holy cept them ; and it is better to let them

sees, nor knows, nor would admit it, any more than he would. Sometimes when you speak to them about it, they reply,

But I must have something to keep me up; I have no appetite for food; I am so tired all the time, and tea makes me feel so good."

The old plea of the drunkard the world over. Look at these weary women, with dark circles about their eyes, nervous almost to insanity, ready to cry at the slightest notice, the blue veins on their temples looking as if they were painted outside the skin. Look at their long, thin, sick-looking fingers, and their) slow, weary steps, from which all the elasticty of youth has departed. See them swallowing “ pills" by the dozen, and trying every quack medicine afloat, instead ot resisting the enemy which has done all or two-thirds the mischief.

The nation, the world, too, is passing out of the infantile condition, is being controlled by, instead of controlling thoee spiritual laws which forevermore shall speed it along the psthwsy of Endless Progressiou.

To t h e Spir it u a l is t s or Omo '.—Having been appointed by th« Amariraa Association of Spiritual ists, as their General Western Agent, I shall com mence the work immediately in tins State. It is my purpose to visit, if possible, each organized Society in toe State, end also the neighborhoods adjacent to them, where the friends may desire lectures, soliciting annual and life members to the Association, also do nations and subscriptions for the National College.

The claims of this Association are of vital impor tance to Spiritualists everywhere. Its objects are plainly stated in the articles of association. I t is for the Spiritualists of the great West to decide whether, after so many fruitless attempts, the time has not ful ly come for concerted action.

It is a sad comment upon the millions of Spiritusl* ists we now claim in tne United States, if they are wanting in the zeal or liberality to build one college where their children may be educated free from the influences of Sectarianism. A harmonious and lib eral response from the Spiritualists of Ohio alone, would secure this important object, and I can but be lieve that yonr action will furnish positive evidence to the Spiritualists of the United States, that the work of this Association is neither “ uncalled for ” nor “ premature.” Let each man and woman inte rested in the work determine how much they do to help forward the movement, and be prepared to do so cheerfully when I shall reach yonr several localities. Those desiring lectures will please address me at once. A. B. Fr en c h , Clyde, 0.

work.—R. P . Journal.

OHIO SPIRITU A L DIRECTORY.It is highly essential to the accuracy cf this Direc

tory that the officers of Societies and Lyoeums fur nish us the required data.Mas. Nel l ie L. Bsoxsox , 15th afreet, Toledo.A. A. P o .v d , inspirational speaker, North West.Mas. Ma r t L. Smit h , trance speaker, Toledo. Hcdsox T u t t l e , Berlin Heights.Mas. Sa r a h M. Thompson, inspirational speaker,

161 St. Clair s t , Cleveland E. S. Wh e e l e r , inspirational speaker, Cleveland. Prof. E. Wh ippl e , lecturer upon Geology and the

Spiritual Philosophy, Clyde.A. A. Wh eel o c x , Toledo, box 643.

Lois Wa isbr okkb’s permanent address is Box 58, Hudson, O. At present address care of Henry Staeg, St. Louis, Mo.

J . H. Ra n d a l l , Elmore, will answer calls to lecture Sundays.

H. L. Cl a b k x . trance speaker, Painesville.H. J . Duaoiv, inspirational speaker, Cardington.A. B. Fr exch, President State Association, lecturer,

Clyde.0 . P. Kel l o g g , lecturer, East Trumbull, Ashtabula

county, speaks in Monroe Center the first, in An dover the second, and in Thompson the third Sun day of eveiy month.

MXBTIXCS.Cl evel a nd.—The First Society of Spiritualists

meets in Temperance Hall, 184 Superior street, on Sunday, at half past ten, A. M., and seven P. M. Lyceum meets at ten A. M. Mr. Geo. Rose, Con ductor; Miss Clara Curtis, Guardian; T. Lees, Sec retary.

Cl y d e.—Progressive Association holds meetings every Sunday in Willis Hall. Children's Progres sive Lyceum meets at ten A. M. A. B. French, Con ductor, Mrs. Mary Lane, Guardian.

Thompson—The Spiritualists of this place hold regular meetings at Thompson Center. The officers are Henry Hurlburt, D. Woolcott, A. Silliston, E

E X T R A C T S, C L IPPIN G S, ETC.

D o n ' t b e a L o b s t e r .—A lobster when left high and dry among the rocks,has not sense and energy enough to work his way back to the sen, but waits for the sea to come to him. I f it does not come, he remains where he is, and dies, although the slightest exercise would enable him to reach the waves which are perhaps tossing and tumbling within a yard of h im .. There is a “ tide in human affairs that casts men into “ tight places" and leaves them their like stranded lobsters. I f they choose to lie where the breakers have flung them, expecting some grand billow to take them on its shoulders and carry them to smooth water, the chances are that their hopes will never be real ized. Nor is it right that they should be. The social element ought not to help him who makes no effort to help himself.

I t is thought very strange by Chris tians, that there, should be any Atheists, or those who disbelieve the existence of God. But there mu9t necessarily be such people, for can man, by his reason, comprehend the nature of God? N o ; and what faculty does he possess higher than his reason? None., To know God, it were necessary lobe his equal a t the.least; an inferior being can never conceive the natujrg of one inflditely his superior.' Ibideed, man does not know

pass unnoticed than risk life in the inglo rious combat. So is it better, ofttimes, to let fanatics die a natural death than to exalt them at once to a conspicuous posi tion by attacking them.

The laboratory is useless when the chemist has departed. The body is noth ing when the spirit has fled. The worn

TEA DRUNKARDS.Fanny Fern has said many very sensi

b\6 things, but nothing more needful to be said nor more true than the following in the Ledger:

1 have never, in any temperance dis cussion, written or spoken, heard or seen

- . * , . ■ any mention of this class of inebriates,out garment is lain aside without hesita- nmj yet the drunkards on tea are just as tion. So should the spirit cast off the sureiy sapping the foundations of life, as body at death. the devourers c f whisky or gin. That

Calumny is like the brands flying from women only, or mostly, are the victims, a large fire, which quickly go out if you does not lessen the importance of my do not blow them

W ith a wise man, the end has great weight in justifying the means.

WEALTH.The insatiable desire for wealth boa brought us as

a nation to (be verge of ruin. The fact is startling, anomalous, yet true. Aaron made a golden calf for the worship of Israel in the wilderness. We worship the gold of which the idol was made. No Moses, though he came direct from the presence of the Eter* j sp eak .

statement. 1 say mostly, for 1 have in my recollection at least two literary men of note, who primed themselves on strong green tea, without sugar or milk, for ana literary effort, when overtasked nature flagged. One of them became, in conse quence, subject to distressing fits, and has since deceased. -inn

But it is the women who practice this form of inebriation.'of whom I /would

The working girls

Stockwel), V. Stockwell, E. Hurlburt and R. Hurl burt.

Mil a n .—Spiritualists and Liberafists* Association and Children’s Progressive Lyceum. Lyceum meets at half-past teo A. M. Hudson Tuttle, Conductor; Emma Tuttle, Guardian.

Tol edo.—Meetings are held and regular speaking in old Masonic Hall, Summit street, at half-past seven P. M. All are invited free. Progressive Ly ceum in the same place, every Sunday at t«n A. M. A. A. Wheelock. Conductor; Mrs. Wheelock, Guar dian.

Cin c in n a t i.—The Spiritualists have organised themselves under the laws of Ohio as a “ Religious Society of Progressive Spiritualists,” and bare se cured Greenwood Hall, Corner of Sixth and Tine streets, where they hold regular meetings, Sundays, at half-past ten A. M., and half-past seven P. M.

Axaox.—Lyceum organized June 7. Meetsi a t Empire Hall at ten A. M., erery Sunday.

K ir t l a k d — Society and Lyceum. President, M. Milliken; Conductor, F. C. Rich; Secretary, Thos. fi. Brown ; Treasurer, M. Milliken.

Pa in esv il l e.—Lyceum meet* at half-past ten A. M., in Child’s Hall. A. G. Smith, Conductor; Mary E. Dewey, Guardian.

Geneva .—Lyceum meets at ten o’clock, A. M. W.H. Saxton, Conductor; Mrs. W. H. Saxton, Guar dian. , -

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Wealth is a powerful agent; it should bo. We do not disparage it. 1 We only scorn tho follf o f making It* tbs end of life. In this man Is unlike all animals.

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DEDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE RESEARCH.' HUMBKB RXi

ME D I U M S H I P . ,> Mediumsbip comprehends the entire manifestation of the law of life; the manner of spirit in its influ ence through matter. As the grosser forms or condi tions of matter cannot be directly and palpably influ enced by the action of mind, and as all matter is positively controlled by spirit, conditions argue the existence of intermediate agencies, by the use of which the processes of existence are maintained. In vestigation makes known the fact as supposed, and this class of elements, substances or persons are de nominated mediums. Some materials are soluble only in certain, powerful acids; others dissolve in water. Alcohol is required by many, and ether, chlo reform, various gases, air, and even light, have the

.same effect upon their chemical relatives. The , atmosphere is burdened with substanco in solution, and the solar spectrum detects traces of minerals in the rays of light. All these solvents are denomina ted mediums in the nomenclature of science. They . absorb the elements of the materials held in solution, i

* Becoming thus impregnated, they transmit or com- . municate the varied qualities, potencies, influences,and effects a Inch inhere in such substances. I f an indefinite number of solid spheres are freely suspend ed in coutact with each other, and the first of the series is struck, thus having forco communicated to itself, it will not be moved, for the force will be trans mitted from one to anotherof the spheres, becoming manifest in the last, which will be propelled forward into space with a force equivalent to that at first communicated. In fact it is the same force, and all the spheres between the first and the last are inter mediates, or mediums for transmitting or communi cating that influence. I t is demonstrable that elec tric force, magnetic power, a psychological impulse, a mental impression, thought or idea, may be trans mitted or communicated, onward from object to ob

ject from organisation to organisation, from soul to 1 soul, Horn spirit to spirit. Every object, organisation,

. soul and spirit, between the first action or origin ol the force, impulse, impression or idea, being an in termediate or medium for transmitting or commnni

' civting such power or thought. The " sensitives ” of , the experimenter with “ od force,” the " subjects ”* of the magnetixer, all receive and manifest the influ

ence of imponderablo elements, or transmit and com municate the thought, will and purpose of the opera-

04 tor in magnetisms. Thus they ore intermediates or mediums between forces and effects, or between the thought, will and intelligence o f one person, and the

. consciousness of & third. The mind of the magnetizer being made known, communicated through the pas- aive organization of the sensitive, subject or medium. As the laws of mind are unvarying, all intelligence under like conditions may act in the same manner.

The influences of the Circle are recognized, traus mitted or communicated by a class of persons who are sensitive and subject to those influences. Wherev er such influences are supposed to be the power or action of spirits, such persons are denominated spirit mediums. Their peculiarity is mediumsbip. Medi- umship has two nnfoldings as of the active and passive voice. The one is of the order sensitive, and the other of the class called subjects; the one is de-

. veloped to recognize and appreciate, the other to communicate and act.- As there have been three natures or departments

of life discovered in the individual, so there exist three degreed or grand divisions of mediumsbip, Whose characteristics are evolved as the controling

. influence is active in or upon the physical or external, the magnetic or intermediate, or the spiritual interior Of the medium, involving the body, sonl or spirit. Each of these degrees may be manifest at once, in

. the same person a t the same time. Each degree un- , folds a variety of phases, increasing in number from

• *rthe physical to the spiritual. These phases produce ~ developments’which result in phenomena, manif&ta- a tions and communications, in proper and particular «,order.-

hlANOMlN : A Rythmical Romance of Minnesota, the Great Rebellion and the Minnesota Massacres*

.. By M t r o x Co l o n e y .

''t • A poem with this title libs on onr table. Myron'' ' Coloney is Conductor of the St. Louis Lyceum; on n able, generous and good mao, and knowing him makes »‘the coming of his book like a visit from himself.' Those who admire the simple ballad style of song,

will be charmed with this Volume. The author says . it was thrown, off while oppressed with other and con-

dieting cared, and was published as thus written. I t ^ s io be regretted that h e ' did not devote more tim ' anti care fo its perfection, and thus tone down and soften Us parts. Perhaps, however, it .would have

H'lostln freshness sh d i t gained in polish. As it is, it 'Is characteristically: western. I t breathes of vast

'' jwpiiies, ilUmitaole forests, silent and majestic rivers.Its human nature is western nature. I t has passages

Jrof singular beauty, and now and then the true poetic inspiration comes like 'an inimitable Sr^ve, and the

* rd^deris charmed py ifo melody. •. j , • ,> ». ‘ * 'The author being a' firm Spiritualist, his book is

•Apervaded by his belief. T he p lo to fth e story em- ' 1 braces it, and H is woven like spangles of gold through

>Hs feature, We have several quotations marked, but -ihavenoLspacato make them; and1 to quote would

be only to mar what must be read to bo appreciated.

LdNO-Wfirnkb'PftfeAciiEBS.—A correspondent of a - 1 cotemporary, protesting against the ^rehching of long* sermons, dwells with a particular sense of iqjury upon . the tactics employed one Sunday by his owq clergy-

man. . V. I appeal,” he says," to you and to tho public . whether this was fair, viz: to sa y ,'"L a s tly th e n ,

afieV a long htt^rval, * Finally £ then, * 'Time permits sde to say no more than theso last words;' then, * To

* conclude,' then," Just once more f and yet go t^h'and I on os if the sermbn had only just been commenced ?

Further was it fair! after coming to the end of a* pa thetic description,’ which 1 venture to soy nine-tenths

•‘•of the Congregation 'took to be the end of the sermon, to use the words * And now,' in the accustomed tone, which ceased, mp’ftnd some others to rise With'com mendable alAcrify, and yet to follow them up, not with

•"thd Well-known formula, but with ’ Ohce againUitl a - ' ■ "—t 3£WITY A A ^ ll ( lI8 O f all w om en she is m o s t to be pitiecui who has /ft slow-paced suitor; he is worse : thaii a retrograding one. JIow admirable,

bow pf6ihi)t,hd^ pelfcctly datisfiaetdry, was 7thei conduot of the Puritan, who/rode up to

the door of the house where dwelt the-girl ' of hischoice, and, having desired her to be “ called to him, said, without circumlocution,

Rachel the Lord hath"sent me to jnarry ., thee) " when the girl ans wo rod y r with equal •i promptitude and devotedness/^the’ Lord’s

M i v ; >i i

LATENT HEHORIES.T h e total sum of the ideas, impres

sions, and experiences which form the mental history of each man, with the single exception of that which is con sciously present to thought at any given moment, exists in the latent state. I t is a familiar fact of experience that mem ory holds at least a large portion of this aggregate. Does it so hold the whole of it that nothing is irrecoverably lost from its grasp ? A negative reply to this ques tion admits of no proof, since the effort to prove it would virtually imply the con scious presence of the thing alleged to be forgotten.

Moreover, the laws of association, by which the different parts of life are firmly linked together, convert the mind into a delicate and complicated mechanism of keys, any one of which, being touched, may give forth a million of notes; and these again may be multiplied into other millions, and so on ii^ continuous progres sion, till the ear of thought may perhaps hear all that thought ever held. These laws, working with more than electric speed, and always with the most perfect regularity, and withal inhering in the mind itself, preclude all- accident, and all uncertainty about the operations of memory. One hardly knows how or where to fix the boundaries of a process conditioned, facilitated, and energized by such powerful laws.

The numerous instances of remarkable memory familiar to the student of men tal science indicate the vast resources of this faculty. The man, for example, who, being blindfolded, can play several games of chess with ns many different antagonists—keeping in his mind's eye the exact position of all the pieces in each of these games—achieves what would be regarded as an impossibility if it had not been frequently done. Themistocles, an ancient Grecian, could call by their names the twenty thousand citizens of Athens. Cyrus could repeat the name of every solder in his army. Hortensius* one of the orators of Home, after sitting a whole day at a public sale, could en umerate from memory all the things sold, their prices, and the names of all the pur chasers. Ben Johnson could repeat, word for word, all that he had ever writ ten ; and indeed whole books that he had simply read. Seneca, the rhetorician, was able to repeat two thousand names, in the exact order in which they had been spoken to him ; and, on one occasion, two lundred unconnected verses having been >ronounced in his hearing, he a t once re- )eated the whole o f them in a reversed

order, beginning with the last verse and iroceeding backward to the first. I t is

said of Pascal tha t he “ forgot nothing of what he had read, heard, or seen." Sir William Hamilton, on whose authority we give the above facts, mentions the case of a young Corsican who could, without a moment's hesitation, repeat “ thirty-six thousand names in the order in which he had heard them, and then reverse the order and proceed backward to the first"—being able to do this after the lapse of a whole year between- the time of hearing the names and that of re la tin g them. j •

Facts thus prove memory to be a vast- lower. Moving with the celerity of a

seraph, and disiutering the past as if gift ed with omniscience, i t wings its way* through distant scenes and distant times, connecting all the periods of our being in the unity of one conscious and continuous ife. And if such be memory here in this,

nascent and infantile state,, what then may i t not be, and what may it not do, when it shall soar in progressive expan sion and enlargement through the ages of a coming eternity ? . Present facts form aa august prophecy in respect to the fu ture. W e surely shall not forget the world whence we came, or fail to recog nize ourselves as the identical beings who ini that world passed through all the varying scenes of an earthly life.. There is an ample provision in the very struc ture of the soul for*'that final review of which the Bible.speaks, and to which it is constantly calling i our earnest atten tion. ! !*j i

What we have to remember at the close of life and in the eternal stdte .will de pend upon the contents, of our earthly history. Memory creates nothing, but simply i reports w hat has. been created. How we shall be affected by its keen L&nd vigilant gaze,> when life, is;closing or closed, is a question Which! deserves se rious thought while that life is passing. Any act which we cannot review with out satisfaction , and pleasure is better ommitted than done.. Memory may be* though it need not«be^our eternal misfor tune. . I t is possible so to live as to fnake our memories pleasaht in this world, and more so iii tha t which is to come. If we do not thus live, the fault will be oar own. Painful memories have their seat in sinful action.—̂ Independent.

i-r — trim )o |A Re g u l a r Ca m pa ig n .—We lik e to see peo

ple* do good everyw here, and t ry to be aa good as possible a t th e sumo tim e; b u t It Is ques tionable i f c a rry in g re lig ion In to cam paign ing , ns th e Y oung M en’s C hristian Associations are doing, is calculated to Increase th e respect for the profession oi* * * 4 S * * exc ite aiiy moro sincere seal in th e m inds o f th e people. These Asso ciations have g iven o u t pub lie ly .febathtltoy h»jve £aken thq field fpr the cause o f relig ion,

teiHl to ply sim ilar arts, o r a t least to go to w ork in n sim ilar sp irit, for the propagation o f th e ir schemes. This is aggressive, ce rta in ly ; but w hether it is a system th a t w ill ever resu lt iu do ing moro than m aking proselytes, instead o f Christians, a t this day adm its o f no question. ->-Jlanu«r o f Light.

TIIE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.“ Tins phrase has become a caption for

newspapers and magazines, and a by word in the mouths of orators and dem- ngogucs. n o w few, of those that make use of it, appreciate the ideas it involves! The spirit of the age Isa wonderful, shift ing, progressing, sublime thing. Within our memory, what revolutions it has ac hieved—what castes and oppressions bro ken ! The spirit of age wears a raiment of light—it courses the earth, companion of steam and lightning, bearing art, sci ence and civilization upward and on- wurd. It has cast off its cowl and robes of darkness, its old shield of error and lies ana tyrannies, and with an intense hatred of falsehood and wrong, it urges the human race to Iwittle with whatever degrades, impoverishes, or desolates mankind. The spirit of the age is free, fearless, and aspiring. Jt thirsts for all knowledge; it’ scorns to stand s till; it grasps the elements and transmutes them to all conceivable agencies for the prog ress of man; his progress in intelligence, wealth, power, freedom and humanity.

The spirit of the age is a hater of dog mas—an abominator of empty rituals and forms. I t exposes the tyranny of crown and mitre; knows no sanctity for evil kings or evil rulers. Revolution ani mates and guides it—revolution is its watch-word, wide as civilization ex tends. I t is the bursting (ire in the dark atmosphere, purifying the moral, social and political heavens. I t is the storm and tempest, pnrging the clouds of abus ed ages to get up a clear and serene sky. It is the tramp of earthquakes and the rock of volcanoes, restoring equilibrium to the earth. The spirit of the age—look at it I On the seas and on the land, how beautiful and m ajestic! W hat chariots, drawn, as it were, by fire, and white wings, fed by exhnustless winds, bear it to triumph! T iuth , mercy, jus tice and love are its body-guard; and, gazing sunward, it pauses not, though venerable injustice and cant and craft howl in torment as it strides on to the luture." „

GOOD SIGNS.A m o n g the bad signs of our times that

are kept constantly before the people by the press, is occasionally a good sign which is not as likely to attract the atten tion of writers. Of this class, is the de cay and departure of the use of tobacco, which is evidently destined ere long to be entirely excluded from all good socie ty in this country. I t is already ordered out of the parlors, sitting-rooms, and out of the whole house, by many o f the first families. Smoking of it is forbidden in the cars and most ot the decent stores and offices of our cities and large towns, and chewing will be also before long. Re spectable society in our large cities is al ready ashamed of its members that use tobacco and tries to apologize for them as it would for any other delinquency— not as a crime, but as a filthy and degra ding habit, to which the party is a slave, and for which he (not she) is to be pitied.

In 'th e large cities the use, both in smoking and chewing, is already sinkiug down to the poorest and lowest class of society. ^Newsboys, boot-black and loaf ers, that .spend a good share of their time in saloons and on s tre e tfcorners and about the dens of vice, are still most ly addicted to the pernicious habit, and no duties or high prices seem to keep it out of their reach. The poor boy, who has .no shoes and scarcely any pants, will black two pairs 6 f boots and take his pay in one poor cigar or a paper of Jpb&cco, and poison his poor, body, be cause no oqe teaches him the evil effects, and he sees many of the men with whom he is compelled to associate, smoke and chew, and he longs to pe thought manly, if he has not the stature of a man. Ig- norace lies at the bottom of this vicious habit with the young, but our hope lies in its being driven out of all decent places and society.—W arren C h ase /

K in d n e s s .—No other trait can so ad- orii and dignify human nature ab kind ness. W hen we know a man to be kind

j we instinctively feel that he is noble. No m atter 'hoW humble his circumstan ces, nor how'rough his external nppear- ance ,J if he has a warm and generous heart w e 1 value his good opinion, we seek his society, we secretly put him dowri on bur list of frlouds. H ow often do' we hear the expression concerning some one whose manners lack polish, who ha^ been frowned on by fortune, or has turned aside from the path of rec ti tu d e ,‘"W ell, after all, he is a good- hearted man and tho tougne of the traducer is silenced, tho mantle of charity falls on the child of misfortune, so instinct ively do we recognize the worth and beauty of this heavenly .virtue.—Ex.

T h e r e are two classes of popular men —those pliant souVf ,>ybp. yteM gracefully tq> the forco of circumstances; .w;ho have a, bow, a smile, or a pleasant w ord Tor

every one, but are not deep in thought or single in purpose; and those patient, plodding characters, who rise superior to surroundings, and by devotion to one idea win the confidence and respect of their fellows. H e who has not the pliancy of the former, nor the executive ability„of I the latter, may be considered unfortunate, j

Spiritual Rostrum.

HEAVEN."And He measured the city with the reed, twelve

thousand furlongs. The length, the breadth and the height of it are equal.”—Kev. 2 1 : 16

Twelve thousand furlongs—-7,920,030 feet, which being cubed is 496,793,088,- 000,000,000,000 cubic feet. H alf of this we will reserve for the throne of God and the court of heaven; add half of the balance for streets, leaving a re mainder of 124,192,272,000,000,000,000, cubic feet. Divide this by 4066, the cu bical feet in a room 16 feet square, and 16 feet high, and there will be 30,321,- 843,750,000,000 rooms.

T h e la t te r seem s throw n in to d n S fo rm e r; fo r i f th e a ir was pure oxS*l shou ld d ie w ith fever, and the wSSN b u m to ashes. B y u n itin g with the coal, o x y g en y ie ld s us hea t; and br S w ith th e o il in o u r lam p, g ives us lig h O

STRAY THOUGHTS." Then give, o h ! give to me a via

Who can cook beef and motto* Who taints not at a carving knife

And tacks each straying bottoa!"Listen, g irls! what a chorus of yi

all singing the same song. I shouldj some o f you would step up and oft*? services—some of you who are low-pated enough not to know any £ —who imagine that it would be “2fun " to be nic ely installed as supeiS dent of a wee kitchen, and principal ̂ of a m an; to get a situation to worfc|

I your board, at cooking beef-steak and* ton-chops, making delicious puddion. splendid jellies, compounding tea eske. ginger snaps to please the exquisitek

; o f some accomplished gormandizer.W e will now suppose that the world

always did and always will contain 900,- 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 inhabitants, and that a genera- j lion lasts 33 years and 4 months, mak ing 2,700,000,000 every century, and that the world will stand 100,000* years makingin a ll270,000,000,000,000 inhabi tants. Then suppose there were 100 such worlds, equal to this in number of inhabitants and duration of years, mak ing a total of 27,000,000,000,000,000 persons. Then there would be a room 16 feet long, 16 feet wide, and 16 feet high (or each person, and yet there would be room.

N ow I’d give a bright sixpence to know who the calculating, mathematical author of the above is I n my humble opinion, lie, she, or it, as the case may be, possesses about as high conceptions of Heaven as the H ottentot artist did, who imagined it to be an immense field, fenced in by sausage links, and having a fountain in the center which constantly afforded abundant supplies of warm pot-pie. E .

A' PROTEST.D e a r B a n n e r .— At the last N a tio n a l!

Convention, I had the honor, though ab sent, of being appointed on a committee to carry out measures for S tate and N a tional Lyceum organizations. Accord ingly I signed a call, which w as subse quently sent to me, for a Lyceum Con vention, to be held in Philadelphia in November. But on due reflection, I wish to enter a protest against the movement proposed by the Rochester Convention, and to w ithdraw from any co-operation therein.

I t is my conviction that the Conven tion, though loyal to the Lyceum interests, made a mistake in separating the Chil dren’s Progressive Lyceum from the American Association of Spiritualists. In the first place, a strong and vigorous parent organization has no moral right to shove an infant and dependent bud “ out in the cold," and bid it come to fruitage as best it may. T hat, surely, has a thoughtless, if not hard and selfish look. In the second place, the young Lyceum cause ought not to be burdened by a cumbrous organization, w hen its interests could be better served by a reasonable degree of attention on the part of the parent cause. A little thought, a little fostering care, a little love, and a small portion of the three or four days devoted to the deliberations o f the annual con ventions, would cover the Lyceum claims, and enable it to grow into beautiful pro portions under the sheltering wing o f the Association. Yours lor the Lyceum,

. i j M a r t F . D a v i s .

A S t a r t l i n g I n n o v a t i o n .—On W ed nesday afternoon, September 2nd, a young man, who for some time has offi ciated as acting pastor of the Univers&llst church in Marblehead, Mass., was or dained. Two ordained women-preachers took part in the exercises. Rev. Mrs. Phebe A. Ilanaford gave the charge to the candidate, and Rev. ■ Mrs. Olympia Brown offered the closing prayer. This novel arrangem ent drew together a large assembly, and m'ust have seemed a s ta rt ling innovation to that portion of the community who believe the command of Paul, that women should keep silence In meeting, to ben divine‘mandate.—P resr en t Age.-____________ ' ___________

T h e A t m o s p h e r e .—D id you ev e r th in k th a t you live and m ove ip on ocean ? M any o f you w ill la u g h a t tho Idea, b u t i t is a fact. F ishes live in a w a te ry ocean, in w h ich th e y float and b rea th e ; am i wo liv e in a n u ir-oceau , w h ich bathes us on every side , an d D lls‘o u r lu n g s w ith lifo. W hat is th is g re a t aerial sea w hich su rrounds In a co n cen tric la y e r th e e n tire e a r th ? I f wo describe It. wo shou ld say it is fo rty -live m iles d ee p ; th a t is, ex ten d s upw ard above o u r heads th a t d istance. T h u s i t Is sev era l tim es deepoV th a n th o A tian tlo in its deep e s t place . " 1

I t is densest a t th e su rface o f th e e& rtluo^htre i t Is needed, an d rap id ly becom es ru rlllcd as w e ascend. TraVolors ilrnl g re a t d itllcn lty In b rea th in g on tho sum m its o r lo fty m o u n ta in s . H um boldt says th a t th e blood flowed from Ids nose and eyos before hq reached th e su m m it ot tho g ia n t vo lean io cone o f C o to p ax i; an d those w ho ascend In balloons repoat th e s to ry .

T h is ooeunof a i r is In v is ib le : b u t w hen hi m otion its forco is te rr ib le . ,• W fieu tho w inds blow a t th e ra te o f live m iles an hour, th e y a re softrdnd gentle as d o w n ; b u t a t o n e hu n d red m iles nu h o u r they beoomp «>yhlrlwinds and tornndoos, p ro s tra tin g , In a m om ent, tim p ro u d e s t w ork oV m ail.

T he a i r is a gas, w h ich is A n o th er w ord fbr ghost, because j t w as onco th o u g h t to bo a sp irit, from Its n o t b e in g seen . E v e ry sub stance whloh can be converted Into vapor Is

I do not particularly fancy gently whose “ love lies in their stomachs," m confidently assert that it would be aop̂ ble for one o f them to run fast enoi£, coax me to marry him.

I really wish I could exercise a more charity towards that class of^ who are crying with their victual-obstnq voices, o r speaking in their hearts flak guage of our text. I* know I ought ts,{I am aware o f the fact that it is utq for them to eat their way through eiq thing.

Oh, how delectable whiskers do lq But I’ve seen some that I gn̂ s* did|A specimen just went past in theca 'Twas a young hopeful, rejoicing io«k hat, clean l.nen, gold-headed cane,ni imaginary moustache! There were p cisely one dozen hairs composing it, uring in length from one-half to fta fourths o f an inch. I took partied notice—who wouldn’t ?

I wonder what these everlasting ofc will do when they get to the spirit vofl

i Guess they’ll petition to go to the Boq [ tot’s heaven, which an ancient artist np sented as consisting o f a large field, fas

| in with sausages, having a fountain ofp pie in the centre, to which every onee«| help himself, and all could enjoy aKbl benefits, except that those who had Bq the most exemplary lives on earth, n capacitated to eat the largest quantity.

I was much amused by a little incida which occurred at a grove meeting,a long since. I was sitting in * oarriip little way off from the stand, convinq with one of the lecturers, when we swi aged, gray-haired man coming towarii He was leaning on hhTstaff, and bison tenance indicated mental anxiety. I came slowly up, took my friend tyl hand, and in the kindest manner P08™ with sincerity beaming in every look,l said, “I understand, sir, that you proa to have some absolute knowledge ofa land beyond the £rjive* I wish to hi whether that land is similar to tta whether they have anything to eit oa My object in inquiring is to uooh whether I ean enjoy myself there.

I felt a strong inclination to titter ji then, and consequently you and I, ■ friend, lost the benefit of the answer.

P e a r l J r r n

O H IO S P IR IT U A L DIRECTORY.I t is highly essential to the accuracy cf this Ai

tory that the officers of Societies and Lyceum s nish us the required data.Mas. Ne l l is L. Baoxsox, 15th street, Toledo.A. A. Po x d , inspirational speaker. North WesL Mas. Ma r t L. Sj i i t b , trance speaker, Toledo. H u d s o n T u t t l e , Berlin Heights. %Mas. Sa r a h M. T h o mpso x , inspirational ipw

161 St. Clair s t , Cleveland.E. S. Wh e e l e x , inspirational speaker, CleTtlm Prof. E . Wh ippl e , lecturer upon Geology Mil

Spiritual Philosophy, Clyde.A. A, Wh e e l o c k , Toledo, box 643.

Lois W a ib b e o k e r 's permanent address is Bol Hudson, O. A t present address care of H Stagg, St. Louis, Mo.

J . H. R a n d a l l , Elmore, will answer calls to kt* Sundays.

H. L. Cl a u s e , trance speaker, Painesville.H. J . Du r b in , inspirational speaker, Cardiogtsu A. B. Fr e n c h , President State Association,

Clyde.O. P. Ke l l o g g , lecturer, E ast Trumbull, AsMm

county, speaks in Monroe Center the first, is i» dover the second, and in Thompson the third ai day o f every month.

m e e t in g s .

Cl e v e l a n d .—The F irst Society of Spirfmll meets in Temperance Hall, 184 Superior stmt* Sunday, a t half past ton, A. M., and sevsiM Lyceum meets at ten A. M. Mr. Geo. Ro$e,0i due tor; Miss Clara Curtis, Guardian; T. Lm i,* retary.

Cl t d k .—Progressive Association holds UKlflf every Sunday in Willis Hall. Children’s hoo* sive Lyceum meets at ten A. M. A. B. French, ductor, Mrs. Mary Laue, Guardian.

T h o mpso n —Tho Spiritualists of this place hdi regular m cetinn at Thompson Center. The olkd are Henrv Hurlburt, D. Woolcott, A. SiHistO*!S took well, V, Stockwoll, E. llurlburt and R.Hw burt.

Mil a n .—Spiritualists and Liberalism* .Assotieti* and Children s Progressive Lyceum. Lyceum no* a t half-past ton A .M . Hudson Tuttle, Conduct*! Emma Tuttle, Guardian.• T o l ed o .—Meetings are held and regular speekH in old Masonio Hall, Summit street, at halw seven P. M. All are invited free. Pnurre**W« W ceum In tho same place, every Sunday at ten A.I A. A. Wheelock, Conductor; Mrs. Wheelock.OW dian.....................f"i.»

CixoiaxATi.—The Spiritualists

streets, wliero they hold regular meotinw Suiuti* a t half-past ten A. M., and h»ir.pa8l 'oT«;

A k b o x .—Lyceum * organized June 7. *Empire Hall a t tpn A. A t, every Sunday ,7^

K ib t l a n d —Society and Lvceum MMilliken; Conductor, F. C. Rich - s 0 . Brown ; Treasurer, M. Milliken.'

Pa ih bsVil l e I—Lyceum moots nt V iL’aM., in Child's Hall. A. Q Smith E. Dewey. -Guardian. ,, Ge n e v a .—Lyceum meota at ton k '.u .L 'H. Saxton, Conductor; Mm.