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P A R T R I D G E AND B R I T T A N , P U B L I S H E R S AND P R O P R I E T O R S , NO. 3 0 0 B R O A D WA Y —* T E R M S , TWO D O L L A R S P E R ANNUM IN ADVANCE ; S I N G L E COPI ES , F I V E C E NT S

VOL. IL—NO. 48. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1854.

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C H A P T E R in .Hilt to resume the thread of these reminiscences. At the

end of three weeks I was no longer able to attend school. A violent fever lor many days rendered me oblivious to the things of earth. My convalescence was slow and tedious, Being no longer able to resume my studies of nature in the open fields, I felt an inexpressible longing fur books. My aunt know nothing of the consuming thirst for knowledge which preyed upon my health and spirits. When I see chil­dren supplied with books of every necessary variety, I recall with sadness those days, when, having nothing to attract my attention, my mind became oppressed with morbid fancies and brooding thoughts. Although 1 loved my aunt very tenderly, there was something in her manner which awed me into an unwilliug silence whenever l resolved to communicate to her something of my pent-up thoughts. She usually spent a por­tion of each day in the perusal of two or three mysti rious- looking volumes, which were invariably returned to the cav­ernous depths of an immensely large hair trunk. Never did a miner more eagerly long to grasp a coveted treasure than 1

to gam possession of these books, After mature reflection, 1 resolved to obtain them by stealth. I curbed my impatience until the ensuing Sabbath, when, no sooner had the carriage rolled from the yard which was to convey my uncle and aunt to church, summoning all my strength, I lifted the ponderous cover of the trunk, when, with a thrill of joy, I perceived the three identical books, with many other woll-worn but care­fully-preserved volumes. I seized the one lying uppermost, which proved to be Young’s “ Night Thoughts,” a book, one would imagine, not much in unison with the taste of a simple child scarce seven years old. The mournful pathos of its pages seemed in harmony with my spirit, already penetrated with a sense of the infinite. It had put forth its feelers, and was hourly grasping after spiritual aliment to supply its needs.1 finished the reading of this book on the second Sabbath, and being blessed with a retentive memory, the recollection of its pages afforded sustenance to my mind during the week. In this clandestine manner, with many misgivings as to its wick­edness, I perused Hervey’s “ Meditations,” “ Solitude Sweet­ened,” Goldsmith's “ Citizen of the World,” one volume of the •* Spectator," and that book so delightful to children, Bunyan’s •• Pilgrim’s Progress." This book afforded immense scope for thought, and created, as it were, a genial atmosphere in which my imagination delighted to revel. I knew it was symbolic of the Christian’s life. I often lay awake at night in my little bed, trying to weave a solution of its beautiful and highly-wrought metaphors. But, alas ! a displacement of two of the books led to a detection. An interdict was placed upon further visitation to the trunk. From this decision there was no appeal. With a feeling of despair I yielded the point after one single protest in refutation of my aunt’s assertion, that I could not understand the meaning of what l read. Children seem to divine the character of their elders by a feeling or intuition, rather than by any process of thought. Being firmly persuaded of my aunts innate sense of justice, 1 attached no blame to her in this matter; yet 1 deplored none the less her inability to comprehend this pressing want of my existence. With the waning of the year, especially after the fall of the autumnal rains, iny enfeebled health confined me principally within doors, and the little knowledge l had gained from books only created a greater eagerness to obtain more. Like the traveler in the desert, dying of thirst, with springs of water near, which he is unable to reach, thus the memory of those books lying in the trunk mocked my eager thirst, until l again became despondent and unhappy. The recollection of seeing the sweet, pale face of my mother bending over my pillow, in my illness, and of hearing a few gentle words addressed to me by my new father— whom 1 then saw for the first time— indistinct at first, became at this period daily more vivid, and formed a nucleus of thought upon which my iniud centered with eager longings. When in the midst of these sad dreams, 1 know not how, I found myself at home, and infolded in my mother’s arms. I havo no recollection of my return homo. It is probable that this failure of memory was caused by an access of fever. As the atrophy of my heart lessened by de­grees in the warm atmosphere of a mother’s love, I caught something of the contagious merriment of my sisters, who called me the little Puritan, and ridiculed me for being over pious. I had, doubtless, imbibed something of the grave and thoughtful demeanor of my beloved relative, whom l regarded as a pattern of excellence in all things. 1 had imitated her in being very strict in my devotions, allowing nothing to in­fringe upon the observance of those hours allotted to retire­ment and prayer. My dear mother, who rejoiced in my re­turning gayety, experienced also, at this time, a far deeper joy in the discovery that nothing had been able to weaken my love and reverence for the truth.

I believe I have never to this day fully outgrown the influ­ence of those years of solitude mul isolation upon my heart.It seems as if my character, in its future unfoldings, acquired a depth and tone traceable to many of those early impressions so deeply graven upon my memory. I griovo to say that tho shyness and reserve still somewhat habitual to me has been too often mistaken for a haughty independence and a contempt for the crowd, wholly foreign to my nature. Like Machiavel,I may have felt a contempt for those extraneous advantages growing out of a position merely dependent upon wealth. My soul had become, so to apeak, too early disciplined into a sense of its own value, and of -its accountability to a higher tribunal than that of man for the talents committed to its trust, to suc­cumb to the opinions of the multitude in opposition to the still small voice of conscience, that faithful monitor which God has implanted in the human breast.

The spiritual bias of my nature, which many of my friends have ascribed to me, may also bo traceable, in part, to these early years of solitude, which induced habits of reflection and moods of thought favorable to spiritual unfoldings, and those deeper intuitions which come to me since l have become a dweller, as it were, upon the very borders of the Spirit-land. The thought that my earth-life would probably terminate ere the meridian or noon of life, has been very pleasant to me. 1

have long regarded this stage of being as merely rudimental, an elementary state, bounded by a wide and glorious future, where nothing will henceforth retard the soul’s onward prog­ress toward perfection. Many sweetly solemn momontS of spiritual intuition occurred to me in early life, when monitory voices from the Spirit-world spake to tho ear of my soul, awaking aspirations to a more spiritual and olevated life. But through the want of a high moral courage, these noble resolu­tions and lofty aspiratious proved too often evanescent as the morning dew. 1 had not then this courage ! It has been the growth of years. I dared not conform externally to the teach­ings of these monitory voices. A la s ! how nearly do the habits and customs of lifo bind and fetter tho struggling soul to its ruin ! One thing was truly astonishing to me— to see human beings, destined to exist forever, perfectly quiescent in view of so limited a knowledge of their own spiritual con­dition and ultimate destiny. The miserable accessories of this short life seemed to engage all thoir attention. I was nearly as ignorant as others upon those deeply interesting subjects, but was not, like them, contented in my ignorance.In vain I sought among tho gifted and tho learned, also among those professedly pious, to find a person sufficiently illumi­nated to aid me in sounding the depths of this unknown sea. My queries on these points were often silenced, but not satis­fied, by the answer, “ That these things were designed to remain as mysteries, and were wisely concealed from our comprehension.” 1 could not beliove it to be tho design of our benevolent Creator that we should remain so grossly ig­norant of the essential elements of our existence. Being deeply impressed that our own earthliness and a want of con­formity to the higher spiritual laws have darkened the light of knowledge in the soul, I resolved to observe more minutely the phenomena of spiritual life, and to live, as far as possible, in accordance with my own spiritual perceptions of truth and equity. Having but little leisure, I rosolved to make the most of my time, and formed the plan of reducing all my in­dustrial avocations according to a principle or thoory, with prescribed rules, embracing each department. By this menus l was able to anticipate results, leaving nothing to contingen­cies. T h is process soon became familiar and easy, and not only lessened the wear of physical labor, but left the mind in a great measure free to pursue its own natural bent. Thus, whether employed in the common routine of domestic life, or engaged in an elaborate piece of needlework, my spirit, so often “ athirst for music, rare music,” ascending upward, star by star, “ mingled with the flock led by the living waters," listened to the music of the angelic harpers, and roamed at will “ ’mid the green pastures of the better land.” A weary and toilsome pathway, a trying but salutary experience, is often appointed to the earnest seeker of truth, blinded by prejudice and preconceived opinions, ere ho is prepared to receive the divine illumination on the mount of transfiguration. When, by reason of doubt and fear, tho soul hesitates be­twixt its former errors and anew revealment of spiritual truth, this divine illumination comes not to many until they have nearly forded ihe dark and turbid waters of the Jordan of death, when the light of eternity, beaming from tho opposite shore, dispels the illusions which enshrouded their earthly career. Being anxious to attain to a correct religious theory, and to possess a well-grounded faith, nearly all my leisure, during three years, was devoted to careful study of the Scrip­tures, with an examination of the principles of the different religious sects, by a perusal of their most approved authors. With the exception of the Bible and one volume of Sweden­borg, this course of study proved to me both wcarisomo and worthless. These endless ami often puerile disputations, in­volving the non-essentials of Christianity, conducted often in a harsh and acrimonious spirit, grieved and saddened, while it weakened and confused my mind. Yet out of the chaos of

theso conflicting elements I was enabled to weave a glorious hope of the future, and with the past

“ I could sco a time,All mirrored in tho far-off future y ear ,W hen men will cast their idol creed* to dust,And know tho evangel in its very heart,Regardless o f the form !”

I did not expect to witness in my earth-life an approxima­tion of this glorious era,.and to stand where Aow I stand, thank­fully and courageously, upon its very borders! It has never occurred to me as at all singular, that with the rypid advance of physical science a new law of spiritual light should appear, or, rather, a revealment of a higher law with which wo have hitherto been unfamiliar. Thus will it be in the future life ; new powers will continue to unfold in the soul, enabling it to attain to a higher knowledge of Him before \Hiom tho highest archangel vails his radiant brow in wonder atid adoration ! A manifestation of this higher law will also enable us to attain to more just views of the spiritual world, and as wo ascend upward in the scale of progression, to hold intercourse with those elevated and noble spirits who suffered and died for the truth, of whom the world was not worthy, and who have long since passed to their reward. No true faith will bo subverted by an acquaintance with this higher law. Through it we shall bo led to a higher appreciation of Him who catne into the world a manifestation of the Father’s love and presence. “ Whatever of absolute truth or essential goodness” remaining on earth will beautifully harmonize with this new law. W ho­ever will carefully investigate the testimony elicited on this subject, will find the fundamental doctrine of the Scriptures reaffirmed. T h e very objections brought to bear against this new power will tend to strengthen the conviction of its real­ity. From the days of Galileo, who was imprisoned and ex­iled for tho truth, down to the present day, opposition and fierce persecution has marked the advent of every new phys­ical law. But the law of love and universal harmony will at length ultimately prevail. Tho golden portals of a radiant future already point the way to a period of universal brother­hood and peace. W ith all due deference to the opinions of others who may widely difler with me in their views on this subject, I submit these few remarks, emanating from my own earnest intuitions and limited personal experience, nover hav­ing witnessed in my quiet and secluded lifo any thing of the alleged phenomena as attested by others.

It is said that the poetic temperament is deeply impressible.I believe that nature has graved her impressions upon my mind far more deeply than society or its influences can do. Even now the memory of some localities, rendered remote by the passage of years, arise before me with the freshness and distinctness which wafts to my ear the murmur of the water­fall, tho brook, with its dark green Rtoues covered with lichens and moss, tho sighing of the piny woods, ami all those sweet and musical tones in which Nature, tho sublime teacher and poet, utters her inspirations to the ear of mortals, awake in my soul inexpressible longings to wnnder again amid those green meadows, and along those solitury and fragrant wood- paths, and beside those blue and winding streams.

Reclining by this open window, gazing upon those green, wooded hills in the distance, the eye of my spirit penetrates beyond their ilonso and massivo shade, scans tho illuminated horizon of tho distant past, pausing delightedly amid the green oasis of memory, that blessed visitant which deserts us not when stranded upon the shoals ami quicksands of life.

Th e oasis of memory on which my mental eye now rests, the brightest in all the past, is that period when the fatherless child, restored to the bosom of her family, became tho recip­ient of a fullness of love and sympathy for which her child- heart pined so wearily for three long years. T h e life-giving warmth, tho wholesome and salutary- atmosphere of those genial h^no influences, soon dissipated those unhealthy and morbid tendencies which had well-nigh dried up the springs of her young life, and withered the heart’s flower in its early bloom. Tho affection of her teachers and schoolmates, be­stowed as upon one whom they delighted to honor, was re­ceived with deop humility and modest thankfulness. However faulty and imperfect may have been her life, it has been rich in friendship. That innate and beautiful element of our na­ture, the sole remnant of our primeval purity which has sur­vived the fall, and which broathes only of kindness and good­will to others, creates no antagonisms. In her caso it had been nurtured into growth by many a sanctifying and purify­ing sorrow. Though many a dark cloud lowered above her pathway in future lifo, the heavenly Father’s love, and the love and kindness of her follow-beings, cast a halo and a glory over all. There was ever a silver lining to the cloud, and the brightness of crimson and of gold in tho sky. The “ child-dream” has been fulfilled ! The “ milk-white dove of peace,” that boautiful emblem of the Holy Spirit, accompanied her in all her wanderings through her short life-journey. Its radiant plumage, so often obscured by the mists and the fogs of the valley, when she wandered from tho way, daily bright­ens as thoy near its close. Beautiful and sweet have boon its ministrations when the cloud hovered low and dense in

the sky. Its sweet, cooing note, heard in the still night- watch, or amid the din and bustle of the “ weary, riotous world,” breathed of gladness and of joy tho world knoweth not, charming to sleep those unlovely voices of ambition, of worldly pleasure, with its petty jealousies, envyings, and strife, which sometimes awake in tho human soul. The pil­grim and the dove have neared the delectable mountains. Its wings are radiant with the glory streaming from its brow ; its eye is lifted heavenward, as if meditating upward flight. The midday sun shines upon the hills. They await not its setting. A delightful odor pervades the air, borne on the gale from the vales beyond the stream. There are gentle and familiar tone* heard amid the murmurs.

Hark ! they w hisper; angola say,Sister Spirit, come away !

Alas ! for the sad voices in the valley! Mournfully they salute the pilgrim’s ear, crying, Leave us not! Oh ! leave us n ot!

Wo part here, dear reader. You and l have still to cross tho narrow stream “ which divides the heavenly land from ours,” To some it may appear as a dark and frowning river, from whenco the trembling and affrighted soul shrinks aghast in fear and dread. T o me it has ever appeared as in my dream, “ n shallow and limpid stream and my only fear is of the sharp and flinty stones beneath its waves. A few sharp spasms, a few mortal pains, and the weary spirit is enfran­chised, clothed upon with immortality and eternal life. A moment, and the new life is begun— a glorious life of never- ending progression ! How delightful the thov »ht of emanci­pation, of a free, enlarged, more elevated, abundant, active, and useful life, to the soul fettered in bonds of pain !

IIow long, O Lord! how long? Thy chariot-wheels seem long in coming! Hast thou work here yet for me to do? If so, I will bide the time in patience “ till my change come.” Dear reader, hast thou thy treasure laid up there, “ where neither moth nor rust can corrupt?” I f so, God speed thee ! We shall meet, perchance, in that heavenly land, and wander together by the still waters of the river of life, “ the streams whereof make glad the city of our God.” T ill then, my bene­diction rest upon thee. Fare thee well.

M O RA L F R E E D O M O F MAN.Is man morally free, or is he not? This qnestiou lies at

the very foundation of a correct understanding of man, of his relations to God and to his fellow-men ; henco at the very foundation of true jurisprudence, true morality, and true reli­gion.

To me it seems the plainest fact in the world that he neither can bo in reason, nor is in fact, free. God reigns throughout his universe. He alone is, and from him ever is flowing forth all existences, all substances,all powers. He is “ all in a ll ;” every thing in every th in g ; every thing in the natural, spirit­ual, and celestial worlds is merely a manifesting—a revelation of him, of his infinite love, infinite wisdom, and infinite power. In him is the end of all things. He is the cause and equally the effect of all things. His power, constantly acting, ties every effect to its cause. 1 1 is power ever and constantly holds atom to atom, draws the freed stone to the earth, and binds tho earth to its sun. He is the link, the unknown, the invisible, yet necessary link that connects together cause and its sure and inevitable effect. From hint, to the last and least of ntoins, he governs by this inevitable, wise, and good law, or method of his being, called the law of Cause and Effect. He is tho “ first and last” cause, the “ alpha and omeya'' of all things-.

God, tho highest and most developed arch-angeis, angels, spirits, men, animals, vegetables, minerals ; from first to last, and least and lowost, thero is one unbroken chain of cause and effect that binds all together into ono harmonious and di­vine system, that is the perfect Book or word of God, the Book wherein is rovealed his infinite love, wisdom, and power. Every cause is followed by its wise and good effect, which effect in its turn becomes another cause to another effect, and soon from him, the Great First Cause, to tho last and ultimate effect. His power is in all of these from beginning to end, incessantly acting. Any other theory inevitably results in atheism. Now, if God reigns, and is “ all in all” from firsts to lasts, where is man's freedom in this chain of divine love, wisdom, and power ? God can havo no riv al; nothing to thwart or interrupt his infinite purposes, else there must bo a power independent of him, tho All Powerful ! No, thanks be to God ! l ie alone reigneth, and not tho most insignificant event that ever happened, but has a foreseen and inevitable link in the chain that binds, and will forever bind the last and least thing to God, the Good, the W ise, tho Almighty !

God's foreknowledge of all things from tho beginning in­evitably results in tho same conclusion. In fact, this entire dependence of man ever and constantly upon God, and that he is a mere creature of necessity, or, in better words, of in­finite love, and wisdom, and almighty power, is as demonstra­tively shown by Edwards as any proposition is proved by Euclid.

WHOLE NO., 100.

Still another point of view : Man is made in the imago and likeness of his C reator; hence he is also love, wisdom, and power upon a plane infinitely lower than Deity, but parallel with it. I lis inmost nature or substance is love, made up of various infinite desires, passions, impulses, and tendencies summed up in ono word, “ an irresistible impulse to seek his own happiness.” These are manifested, first, in the merest animal instincts, then by higher and higher desires in ever- widening circles, fill it ultimates in its highest form of seek­ing his own happiness in promoting the happiness of others, which expresses the true law of his life. This spiritual con­stitution, or essential love, is derived from God through tho great law of Cause and Effect from parents and ancestors, and, thus derived, is modified very essentially before the birth of the child by innumerable impressions made upon the mother. It is thus born ; impressions are being forever made by external things through the senses, by the infinite things impressing, and molding, and modifying this mental and moral constitution in its education, which thus began before its birth, and will never end. The man is thus the center of infinite influences that are forever acting upon and impelling him. W here, then, in all this, is he free ? Is he not a mere link in the great chain of Cause and Effect? Himself, his constitu­tional tendencies, affections, and impulses, from which springs his will or actuating powers, all of which he quite dependency derived from bis parents, and since all these are guided, con­trolled, and ever modified by bis wisdom faculties, which are also as they were made, quite independently of him by his education, circumstances, and situation— how, then, is the man free?

Here, it stem s to me, is now, and has ever, been the great stumbling-block. Man i3 free, as a matter of experience to all, to do ju st as he pleases. T h e doctrine of necessity does not deny this fact for one moment, but only goes farther back and asks what makes him p l e a s e to do so or so, and teaches that there is an irresistible cause or motive-power which makes him please or choose one course of action in preference to another. Let this point be well marked, for from this point two opposite paths diverge. One says, in fact, that nothing determines the will, that it is independent of God, Spirits good and evil, and of man, and all other conceivable influences ; that it determines itself without cause or motive ; and this re­sults in destroying God’s omnipotence and rule throughout his dominions, and introduces mere chances into the irresistible chain of Cause and Effect that binds the universe to God, and ends in making chance the creator. The other affirms clearly and decisively that nothing ever did or can happen without its necessary and preceding cause, so that if a man wills to do a certain thing, an irresistible and necessary cause made him so choose in preference to any other volition; that the man of evil tendencies must choose to do evil, and that the man of good tendencies or constitution must choose to do good when impelled by sufficient causes or m otives; that a man is free just as the stono is, to obey the strongest force. W hen held in tho hand, it may be and is acted upon by infinite things ; by the sun, moon, stars, objects upon earth, tho earth itself, and finally by the resistance of my hand, and thence by my will-power, which is entirely spiritual, and thus suspends the stone in the air. It remains in my hand, and obeys my will-force because that is stronger than the others. My hand opens and that force is withdrawn, and ceases to act upon the stone, and it then obeys and yields to the next strongest force, viz.,the attractive force of tho earth, which overcomes the aggre­gate of all the other forces from the sun, tnoon, etc., that act upon it. So with the human will. It must obey the strong­est motive or force, for motives in spiritual things are what causes are in natural. Th e spirit of man is, like the stone forever the center of innumerable influences, and it infallibly obeys the strongest. I f there be such a monster as chanco in the universe of the almighty and omnipotent God, then may the will be free, and nothing may determine it one way or another. But if every thing results from causes that precede them, there can then be no moral freedom, but some cause de­termines irresistibly every act of choice.

Let us admit, then, and act upon this great central truth, and what a change would result in the world! Does paia, discord, and crime exist? Search and find out the causes that produce them, and eradicate them and those evils, and the effects must cease to be. T h e physician must discover tho cause that is acting which results in d isease; remove that, and health returns. I f that can not be done, the effect must continue to result, and health can not return, though he may presenbo drugs in larger or smaller doses till doomsday. If the organic laws are violated, tho effect, disease, must appear. Medicine must be revolutionized, and man must be taught by

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e ra a t u r e a m o s t o f n e c e s s i t y h e in fe rio r to h im se lf, e ls e th ey

w sw d i a l l b e evp ial w i th G o d . a n d b e G o d s. H e n c e th e re muit n f n n c e a a i ty b e a n in f in ite d is ta n c e b e tw e e n th e h ig h e st a r c h ­

a n g e l a n d G o d h i l o r e o r g ou d oeaa, tn w isdom o r tru th .a n d in

p o w e r . \ a o n e w o rd , h o m u st, o f n e c e s s ity , be in fin ite ly im ­

p e r fe c t w h e n c o m p a r e d w ith ( J e d . T h e h ig h e st and p u rest

a r c h a n g e l , th o u g h p ru h sh lv fa r a b o v e our hum an c o n c e p tio n

o f l^ e r ty . c a n o f n e c o s n ity s e e and n u n p re h e iid but an in

f in i te s u o a l p a r i o f G « d . i t . «•/ h i* g m afn ess and tru th . A ll

tbw r e s t , t h e v a a i . in fin ite o c e a n , upon ** th e sh o re s o f w h ich

hw h a * p ic k e d an d co m p re h e n d e d a fe w p ebb les,** l ie s unknow n,

i n a t p o r ie n c e d an d t»»c«»a»prehended, b e fo re h im for h is e tern a l

l i f e to e x p lo r e H e a c e th e h ig h e s t and b e s t a r c h a n g e l m ust

o<t n w c e s s n y bn ig n o ran t o f m an y o f G o d ’s la w s , o f h is tru th ,

o f G o d h im s e lf , w h o cs tru th He m g ig n o ra n t o f th e s e la w *

an d t r u t h ' , b e oui«t c t in s la o t ly be lia b le lo e r r , a n J , from e r r in g ,

t o a u ffe r t h e n e c e s s a r y e ffe c t o f a il e r r o r * , to w an t so m e w h a t

o f p e r fe c t h a p p in e ss , w h ic h a lo n e G o d is . l i e n e e e v il a r is e s

fr o m ig n o r a n c e . K n l , w h ic h is n o t *b *t* lu te e v i l , but o n ly a

lo w e r a n d r e l a i i r * g oo d to G o d . w h o a lo n e i * a b s o lu te ly g o o d ,

a l l , fr o m th e h ig h e s t a r c h a n g e l to th e lo w e st and m o st u n d e­

v e lo p e d m an , a r e a n d m u st be r e la tiv e ly * r a o r * o r le s s ig n o ra n t,

an d th e r e fo r e e r r in g , a n d th e r e fo r e im p e r fe c t a n d e v il , w h ic h

is o n ly r e la t iv e g o o d u pon lo w e r p la n e s . I n o n e s e n s e , to

G o d th e a rc ban ge la a r e e v i l , s o in f in ite ly b e lo w h im a r e th e y

in guodnes-s an d t r u t h ; t o t h e h ig h e s t r a n k s o f a n g e ls th e

ta w e r m u st a ls o b e v e i l , an d t o t h e e e le s U »l a n g e ls th e h ig h e r

ctr tto a . o f Sp »rv t* m u st, b e e v i l , u d to t h e s * t h e lo w e r , a n d t o

t h e s e th e lo w e s t o ( a l l m u st a p p e a r a ls o e v i l H u t in t h e s e !

lo w e s t o f a l l s p ir itu a l c i r c l e s , w h e th e r in t h i s nr th e S p ir i t - ̂

•otwVA. »w a s t r i n l e w , t o Clod h i s s t i l l s l l f« .*d -~ a ll jvi*t »V

h i * intiiuVe lu t e a n d w isd o m and p o w e r h a d p rcd n a lin e d it to

b e “ W h a t e v e r i * . is e ig h t.’* I t i s n o t a b s o lu te e v i l , b u t

o n ly a lo w e r a n d r e la tiv e goo d . A b so lu te e v il <-o» In m y

p o s s ib il i ty h e c a o * e d to H ow fo rt ■ a n d e x is t from a h a o lu te

g o o d , n a y m o re th a n a b s o lu te d a r k n e s s an d co ld c a n How

f-wth an d e x i s t from an in fin ite a u n , bu t o n ly r e la tiv e d e g r e e s

o r p la n e s o f l ig h t a n d h e a t . F p v r a rd from a n y p la n e tow ard

G o d o r p e r fe c t io n t« ;« * ./ . B e lo w , d o w n w a rd , is e v il . W e

t c m e t u n r s w ar, ** H is M r a n g e ls ,* ' ** w h e n w e a r e p e r fe c t ,* ’

fo rg e ttin g t h e r e is a m i c a n h e but one ;,-»*»</, hut out j* r ftc t , and that n e ith e r w e u v the h ighest an g el* sha ll ev er he j>unr, Aoty, v ilh o a f Sfro e . s a d a b s o lu te ly p erfec t u n ti l w e crea tu re* he- cense npaal w ith and th e sa m e a * G o d . IV h e n w ill t h is b e 1

H en ce w# s e e th e p » / o f m V , n a y . o f p a in , e i t h e r p h y s ic a l

ss — m l . U is th e a h rm -M l th a t fo r c e s u p on o u r a t te n t io n

t h * Cart that aoaarthiag is w ro n g , an d n e v e r le t s u s r e s t t ill

w-s c e a s e V* fin v n w ( an d b e g in to d o r ig h t . T h e ig n o ra n t

<hdd p aU its fiager into th e b r ig h t, a llu r in g f la m e ; p a in fo l­

lo w s, ao t a« a v indictive or rrtribuu»ry p u n ish m e n t, b u t a s t h e

k in d e st and w ise st m ean s to co m p el th e c h i ld t o d e s is t .

W t » nut pain attached to th e violation o f la w . t h e f in g e r

w ould be d is u rg ta iie d and bu rn t to c h a rco a l— d e s tr o y e d w i th ­

out w a m ia g — and so a far g rea ter c e i l would r e s u lt . S o in

nolaiKM i -of a l l o rg an ic and m oral la w s ; th e ca u se m u s t b e

fo llo w ed b y u s w ise ly and k in d ly designed r f fr e t to dr i r e m an

to c e a s e their n id a t io n s o f th ose law * and to obey th e m . N o *

a ll e v ils , p a in s e i t h e r p h y s ic a l o r m en tal, a re goods in d is g u is e .

W h e re v e r th e y e x is t t h e y w arn u s and so c ie ty th a t so m eth in g

is w ron g , m a k e us in v e s t ig a te th e ca u *e s . th a t produ ce th e

s» d , and th e n w e w is e ly r e m o i e th e m , and the e v ils d isap p ear.

All G od’s p u n ish m en ts a r e th u s n o t emdt, hut » i « and kind • s s i to our peryrraster good. T o p r a y , th e n , th a t w e m ay be

fshw ted from th e se w ise a n d k ind c o n s e q u e n c e s o f o u r d eed s,

w to W \*k» \W «h*ld w h o m ig h t s in c e r e ly , hut v e r y u n w ise ly , pray th at G o * » (J#y h im lo _ , j t j , , , fin aern in to th e fire

Bat *k o taa f<*lU»w out this central truth into all it* rela* t̂ jsvs U »'*M id eaeycl..j<di\c. and will revolutionize and ( .'h n su a m a e w a q ( i|

rio a e JT*'* tkn poiirt— we are fr e e lo do as wesay s« —ottvea or vauses act upon

7 ” * * * - * • * ' ”* ' » - * . » ■ , W . H . w h n u , .feu . . W nl>l h iM „r ) ,

“ C >n e i r « l. . b . . . , «■— * * ~ i t e - * — ) > i w . , „ j , i r .r r t if t t iW y . » A f e * . " , . W . v» b„ s , a . j „ „ U ,^ « r .W ,*L ,r b , t „ . U tW , , j „

b > < **• " ** * ~ 1 '» W ft «M o» tk« uut *€-<■> try w W h l - j r ^ n , f e , , , My

hiadM k u <" f e - . . « f t ~ . ,u l ib „,powers m ie n red from and ifwleprudcut of the Almighty. Hut if a l l things from first to Iasi, from highest angel «.> Uwest spirit, from *un« (o atoms. *• from the rap* seraph* to “ devils damned.** a r e merely manifestations of him. revelation* of him, an d ** lire . move, and have their being* in him, then, thanks b s to his infinite love, we are not fr e e , but predestined to e tern a l p rog ress m goodmem and tmlli and w»»- G.«l i» „f lu m a e lf auflicienl fo r all his di. inn creation WMn the w jrld is su fficien tly e n l i g h t e n e d l o s e e and act from ibis great truth

K M M t t y , ' p r firn u tin will U l . <W p l» - . „ (

; m u M o f r . , U - i l l h - — »!■< »<<-'

patiently ,r .d - , - r l y u l n n w n ra d ie .lr tl.ein. »»<l th - » > l* ce n se . I*e« ° * ■!»" distinctly

T H F . D I S T U R B E R — T H O U G H T .

SY II II. CI.KMKNT*.JJaah low ihy wild wave o f «Je«p»ir,

Deep o cesu o f the human breast , l.e t every voice o f earth or sir

lie silent on thy shore o f rest

A * cautious as th e steps o f fear Tread i f thou wilt th y widening goal ;

T h y m arch is made w ilh beauty clear,From Iwaming jew els o f the soul

T h e tulea o f life doth ebb and flowIn reatieas cu rren t* down ihy stream ,

And ligh t* which pave the wave below.Illum e life’* b.irb<*r with the gleam

T h y sunshine and thy storm hath « recked Rich argosies o f w ealth for ihee.

And thy invading arm ies sackedT h e tow ns o f freedom no more free

T h e children o f thy dream s do flow, la k e school-boys from an open school .

Evpw itnev following calm and slow, la k e the old m aster from bis stool

The u n iw iM 't secret store*Are th ine, inalienably th ine—

T h ose unsurveyed and pallid shore*.T h e widening gulfs o f death define.

T h y dew-washed lily** pallid sen)T h e desert isles o f life hath lined.

And earth 's adoring angels knee)T o kiss the chart by (ien iu s signed

T h e scolding wind from out th e porch O f the blue-dom’d e a lh e d n l ’d skies,

D oth fan to life thy d y in g torch.T hy altar-fire o f h o pe to rise.

/.one .Seraph on the w alls o f Tim e,In h o ly concord let thy friend

And brother, F eelin g , with thee clim b,T o th y m ajestic jo u rn ey 's end.

1 nvaryingly from aire lo son.Have thought and feeling marked the m an ;

T w o cu rren ts m ingling in to one.Disposed ihe universal plan

T h e re is no bird without its m ate ,No m usic leave* unheard the lyre ;

T h ere is no hearth so desolate,B u t bears some traces o f th e fire.

T liere is no g-ravo so cold and deep—U rn o f the heart's ce lestia l m old—

B u t that the stone above doth keep.T h e story feeling there hath told

T h ey err who say the dreariest fateW hich nature's sternest lessons taught.

H ath not a w ell companioned mate.F o r th is m ysterious essence— T h o u g h t .

C O M E , B R O T H E R S , AND JOIN.BY IIRMBT CLSY riB l'S I.

C o n e , brother», and jo in our spiritual hand,W e'll spread th e glad tidings o f peace through the land ; W e are called to our m ission by angels above.T o prearh and to p ractice the G ocpel o f love

C om e, Christian and T u rk , com e, (/entile and Jew ,T h * vineyard is ripe, the laborer* fe w ;From the k in g on his throne to the se r f o f the sod,W e are brothers all stamped in th e im age o f God.

W ould y e flee to a refuge from sorrow and sin 1 Rem em ber th e ' ‘ kingdom o f heaven’s w ithin T h e angels are sen t us th is truth to impart,That God w rites his Gi««pcl in every m an’s heart.

Hark '. the cry o f the human is heard as o f old—•• Bread fbr the body and bread for the s o u l! ”T h at cry has drawn down the bright Sp irits above,Ami they hid n s unite in this labor o f love

T*k» long has oppression prevailed against right .T o o long lias our ignorance blinded our sight ;The night ha* been dark, will the day never break 1 T o o long have we slum bered—oh. brother*, awake !

Cosne, brothers, unite in our spiritual band.W e'll spread the glad tidings o f peace through th e land . W e are called la our mission by angels above.T o preach and to practice the G ospel o f love '

WstHINOTOV. 1). C

a i d c e a s e w h e n th e ir c a u s e * «

U o so a s rc L P a is a a v iT io K — During the gale o f Frid ay n ig h t, the e .Mr m l o f the brick house occupied by Rev M r G sllag b er , in *h e 4 ih iVstd. blew in. falling partly on * bed in which there was a little boy rdeep-

n.g A heavy timber fell directly across the pillow, but th e little frih l,M ™rfe«l up in the bed. owing to the seventy o f the n ig h t, th at k did * * L" wrh ,u '“ Tb« ‘■*d " * • ■*•> covered with brick, and y r t th e boy es- raped without a scratch, as if an object o f the bond of a superintending Providence

■special care a pd protecting -O sw ego T im es .

I) mu T T A N ' S SI* I R I T U A L

SPIRITUAL TSLRGRAPH.s . » . i u u t t a n , E D I T O R .

” Xi!l nvrji iiy.ru fully in bis oi»n liiiiii,’

n ew Yoiut, S a t u r d a y , aphid i , lat-v

t o c o r r e s p o n d e n t s .| a r t CerwuMS e lm w ad •'aininuetrsU. es lnie*»4*d ler Uw pres* sliuulJ, II they rle-

Wrw to preserve lt>*m ,ltivarl*t>|y retain s r.vpf.ro ss la prw N ‘1* u»« necessity lor our rvturalMg tb *m In «'«sr ii«ey ««.. not puM ub-J Aev-o* Hw nis»« ot t t f e ls il psprrs they srw n su rto r ly ll«bl« 0 , |y« |,w, M ,j l,n rrspoaslble lor Ibe sale keep.It>« ot OMnaiuntrstlon* «rl«i.-h, u j ttl|gMve k sr# *>i no vefee

P R E S E N T A S P E C T O F TH E W O R L D .No one can look upon tbe general uapoct of tlio world, or

review its pragman ami changt'" ft»r five yearn poni, without being inipreeeeil with the acn*c that extraordinary apirila, or ngenciee, have been, ami now ore, at work. T h e mighty U| braving of old policicM, religious and hocuiI ayatemn, Ui un mark the presence o f nume more potent influence than in vis­ible to the eye o f aenae. AI moat aimultanooualy grunt revo- lulion* have convulaad th* lour quartern of the globe, and the human race have boon alrangely moved and quickened In th tiiructive or productive activity. While Fnropo awoke at the about of trampled million*, uuddouly rouaed to demand free doin, and to burl down blood-cemented thronea, and dynaatiea hoary with age and crime, Aaia to her center felt a renewing apirit, and the Chtneao Empire aroxe against i t ' Tartar op- premtora, filled with a now religion, a now policy, and a prom iae—on the tongue, at least-—of the aocial and political regtm oration o f a mighty people.

Nor were the more familiar regions of the Old World alone convulsed. Coincident with their revolution*, the gold disco­veries of California and Australia made the heart* of univer­sal enterprise and avarice throb like the pulse o f a sudde tempest. Myriad* o f men rushed to and fro— old homes were abandoned, old and tender ties sundered, and from the snowy

North, ,’* Who** frigid wind,

• Keener and colder than tho frosted spears O f polar Acas, that pierce the ocean’s rind And prick the sky ,”

lo the sunny .South, where the tropic sky is a-fiame with ra­diant heat, migrated gold-seeking legions. All suddenly the earth trembled beneath the tread o f charging squadrons, driven to carnage and death, and of vaster arm ies, allured by a sub­tler and mightier God than war— some lo gather fortune, and many to wreck their all in desert wastes, where their white­ning bones are a sad and warning monument. Never before has the world beheld the like. It was as if the elements, without and within, had conspired to awaken mankind— to shake together, as in a sieve, the nations and races, peradven- ture for the cleansing o f the grain from the chaff.

And what is most remarkable, light and progress to the ag­gregate of humanity have followed these upheavings. Lib-

rty, reason, and truth have found a wider and still widening utterance. T h e despotisms of caste and creed have been, uud are being, questioned, sifted, and abjured as they were never before. T h e universal heart of man has been made to hunger and thirst after his uge-strangled rights— his heaven- born prerogatives. T ru e , reaction here and there may seem to cloud the luminous dawn of the better day, but reactions with peoples once truly awakened, arc but pauses in the storm, which must, sooner or later, vent its fury and its fires, and leave the atmosphere pure, and clear, and radiant as the azure heavens by which it is canopied.

And, hearken to yon roar, rising in the north! From the Danube to the Don there is a rushing o f mailed hosts. As gathers a mighty tem pest, which is to shake the firm earth, so gather the followers o f the Crescent and the C ross— no holy light gleams in their eyes, hut rather a glare, withering, and blinding, and blackening like lightning or the unloosened fu ries. Is there no regenerating spirit, not. conceived by Sultan or Czar, firing yon angry hosts ? Shall only lust for empire and temporal power, or the extinction of some religion, issue from yon lurid clouds, death-charged for exterminating encoun ter. W hen the awful shock is past, and the fragmentary le­gions stagger back, bruised and maimed, to die by the black­ened graves and hearth-stones of their homes, and great spaces of the earth are red and desolate with the fiery fever of car­nage, will no soft wind and balmy dew succeed— no golden light quicken the horror-cinctured earth, even though it were a universal battle-field, ami call from its charred bosom new and brighter blooms, among which, in coming time, humanity shall flower with truth, and freedom, and righteousness?

God’s purposes ure subserved in all things. His ways may seem to us inscrutable, standing as we do on the mortal le v e l; but be assured they are just, and work together for his own glory and the salvation o f man. When we shall be uplifted, to look down and abroad upon the record of God’s providence, as written all over the universe— a revelation and a gospel that can not change nor fail— we shall behold that, in thi our day, in all these revolutions, the Almighty’s hand moved in the storm, guided the encountering elements, determined the issues, and perfected the destinies o f our race. W e shall behold that myriads of his spirits were participant* in the di­vine drama of the earth; and that all life, however actuated as it may seem to us, contrary Co God’s will, was— a%from the beginning— convergent toward its Creator, drawn thither by chords of irresistible attraction nml love, and fulfilling, to the letter, the eternal design. c. d . s .

SPIRITUA LISM A T W A S H IN G T O N .Th d Editor of the T e l k o b a i 'H is now at tho national cap

ital, whither he went on the 22d of March, as the bearer of the Spiritualists’ Memorial to Congress, and to deliver two lectures on Spiritualism. When the Mcrnorin! will be pre­sented, and by whom, is not yet determined— nor whether it will be first presented to the Senate, or tbe House of Repre­sentatives. I here are numerous believers and able advocates of Spiritualism in both bodies. In regard to the lectures we have clipped the following notice from the Washington paper* ;

“ * P IR I T U A L I S M . ”

A lecture «n “ S piritualism” will be delivered at Carusi's Haluun, on Thursday and Saturday evenings, March 23d and 25th, at 7 j o'clock, by Professor Brit tan, o f New York. T b e high character o f Professor Brit- tan as a scholar and lecturer, a* well a* tbe intrinsic m erits o f the sub- jerl. ran not fail lo command the attention o f all who feel an interest in know ing som ething o f the most extraordinary phenomena o f tho preaenl or o f any preceding *««• Admission 26 cents, to cover expenses o f the hall, etc T ickets to be had at the door.

N. r . tall** a Du a, >, h aiDOMMB, > Com m ittee.O. LAC*I*, /

T E L E G U A 1 * 1 1 .

(P i it m in i C n r r n q j n n i m m .L E T T E R F R O M W A SH IN G T O N .

\V|I,I.A id's Horn., Wasmimovom *‘i Fwihay. March 21, IhM

H itt* , p A rtT lU U U K :I readied PhiUdMlphia about mu o’clock on Wednesday tiling. T h e car* warn a little later (ban uaual, owing to

tho snow storm, wind* commenced at about tho hour o( my parturm I soon found m y**If comfortably disposed of for

the night at tlm La I’ iorre, which in one of the best hotels in the country. It m clean and beautiful 0 1 a palace, and quiet

x private dwelling. I was obliged to lake a late sup­per or nuuo m all. 1 know your repugnance to late a upper*, | and it must bo conceded that they do not generally inspire

leasunt dreams. There is a mysierious uud intimate con­nection between our brains and our stomachs. When the latter wre in waul—-which happens very frequently— they send up a dispatch along the principal sympathetic nerve, which unsworn the purpose of a telegraph wire, and it is instantly communicated to the members of the “ upper house,” who thereupon move to adjourn, or, what amount* to the same thing, they adjourn to move. It is not without great difficulty and the most urgent necessity that this action can be pre­vented nr delayed. T h e motion to •* postpone indefinitely” b never “ concurred in,” and tbe motion to “ lay on the table' never lias the efleet to defeat the original motion. T h e party who presides, and whose function it is to execute the decisions of the body, usually unforces tbe resolution as soon as it ia adopted. For this purpose be connects the electrical batteries with tho machinery of locomotion, which is chiefly in the basement story of the building, and the whole establishment, including all the members, moves off at once in the appropri­ate direction. Sometim es the will imposes a salutary restraint on the claims of the stomach, when the members generally concur in tbe opinion thut its demands are unreasonable ; at other times the executive officer is inclined to sleep, and is easily prevailed upon to retire, when tho stomach is sure to have a good time in its own way, though it often undertakes more business than it can properly digest.

I have said that late suppers are riot adapted to inspire agreeable dreams. Many impressions on the mind, even in sleep, can be directly traced to the peculiarities of our physi­cal condition. When we retire with a full stomach, for example, wo aro liable to dream that the room is small, and that we are crow ded; or, perhaps, that our tailor has made a mistake and cut our vest too small. But all this is more tolerable than the visions which are borne of emptiness. At one time the sleeper dreams of a terrible famine, and hosts of poor creatures, with sharp features and lean forms, pass before him. Then lie fancies that he is a balloon ̂ and is kept in shape by nothing more sub­stantial than some impalpable gas. Or, he may unexpectedly find him self at the table of a fashionable boarding-house, with a brilliant display of clean plates and polished cutlery, but not much to eat.

I am here reminded of a friend who is quite disposed to re­gard the decisions of his “ lower house” as of paramount au­thority. H e was once sold for going to bed with an empty stomach. 1 am sure he waa not properly responsible for the deed, for he acted from necessity rather than choice. An earnest remonstrance was, however, forwarded “ from down below” to the proper department, but it arrived too late ; the session for that day was over, and the members had retired for the night. However, tho subordinate powers would not he still, but continued, all night long, to call for “ furiher appropri ations.” There was “ a gone sensation” at the stomach, and that was the subject of a continuous communication, which was rapped out at the sensorium as with the abrupt emphasis of an auctioneer’s hammer. It was in this manner that my friend was sold ; for what was primitively a sensation ulti­mately became an intelligible language, and he heard a loud voice saying, “ Going, going , gone !” T h e idea of being sold startled him, and he awoke to rejoice in the consciousness that he was still his o>vn proprietor, and that the breakfast hour had arrived.

When I took Up my pen I had no thought of a disquisition on the philosophy of dreaming, and know not how I happened to get into that channel, unless it he owing to the circumstance that the first part of my journey was not characterized by any incident that would serve as the staple for a paragraph.

I ntroduced bv t h e S p ir it s .— I left the La Pierre at nine o’clock, and took my seat in the cars for Baltimore. An in teresting incident occurred, which should not be omitted in this letter. T h e cars had not yet left the depot, and I was occupying a seat alone. T h e other scats around and near me were filled. Several gentlemen passed through the car, but manifested no disposition lo share my seat. At length young man whom 1 had never seen before, and of whose ex­istence I had no previous knowledge, came in and deliberately seated him self by my side. Ho had not been there three minutes before I received a distinct impression that he was a medium. T o lest the correctness of my impression, I men­tally requested that if the strange gentleman were a medium, some Spirit would shake his right hand. In a moment he appeared to be resisting some foreign influence, his hand was spasmodically moved several times, and his eyes closed. Turning toward him, 1 said, “ S ir, I perceive that you are a Spirit-medium.” He at once admitted that he was, and that he had started for Washington by direction of the Spirits. The gentleman’s name is P a r d ee , and his home is in Phila­

delphia.No other incident worth mentioning occurred on the route

to this city. I arrived here at half-past five o’clock, and found Ex-governor Tallm adge and Frank L. Burr, Esq., at the depot waiting my arrival.

All day long the weather was as fickle as a capricious young lady who laughs, and frowns, and weeps all in the same hour; ever and anon smiling for a moment with such a genial warmth that we almost fancy nil the flowers of the tropics are ready to bloom in our hearts ; and then, suddenly, frowning in anger nod raising such « breeze as ultimatos in slamming all the doors in the house. Just such a breeze was raised last even­ing at the precise hour of my lecture. It was not the first time that the elements and your humble servant have made a simultaneous effort. The coincidence has been frequent of late. During my recent visit to Boston a storm prevailed con­tinually. Moreover, it was predicted through a medium, by a Spirit who was evidently in u facetious mood, that the lec­tures here, and the presentation o f the Memorial, would occa­sion an unusual movement of the elements ; but we did not anticipate so literal a fulfillment of the prophecy. Neverthe­less, the rains descended, and the winds blew, and of course many of the people remained where they were— in elegant

; 1 rawmg-rooms and parlor*. The audience, however, wa* r*. •pectable in numbers, ami eminently no in mental endowment* and social position.

The influence of Messrs. Tallmadge, Giddinga, Uurr, Fu* ningham, Prouas, Laurie, and others, is doing much to call public attention to the claims of Spiritualism jn thi* city They are men of moral courage, who will never barter frs*, don. and manhood to secure the patronage of tho governing,t

r the applause of the people.

1 ' “ ithful|y. > i™ .

CO M M EN CEM ENT 0 F THE NEW VOLUME.

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dissemination of spiritual facu and philosophy, w» W n »u»- tttiimd in every point or view. We have had the fullest feuh n the work before us, and in the conduct of the T klkoraph

in the future we shall spare no endeavor to entitle it to th« favor and support it has thus far received. Indeed, our en­deavor will be, as it has be<*n, tn render its columns mure and more interesting and worthy of regard among the advocsUi and friends of Spiritualism, from whose fast increasing rank* we hope, with the commencement of the new volume, to *dd many subscribers to its list. Our exchanges, correspondent*, and means of persona) communication with the Spiritual movement, enable us to compass all intelligence of general interest in connection with the cause ; and this we thill promptly present to tho readers of the TiaeoftAPH. In addi­tion, able writers will be regularly employed upon its column., which wo hope to make desirable to every Spiritualist in th* land. W« give this early notice in order that those who with to subscribe may do so with the commencement of the nt* volume.

D IG E S T O F C O R R E SP O N D E N C E .Miss L y d ia B a k e r , of Corsicana, Nevaro Co., Ten*,

writes that Bhe has had a communication with what purport­ed to be the spirit of an Indian chief, who indicated the \\*r. where he was buried, as he said, in a sitting posture, with stones around him, and staled that the close proximity of i house which had subsequently been built there gave him in- noyance, and that he wished the bouse removed. fortU purpose of compensating the owner of the house for it* re. moval, he indicated the precise spot where (he said) money had been buried. Our correspondent thinks that if stuck were to be made in the places indicated, and the discovers happened to he such as to verify the communication, the fut would greatly lend to convince the skeptical in that section of the country, of the reality of spiritual intercourse ; but shell, ments that she has not the pecuniary ability to prosecute thev ̂investigations. For ourselves, wo have not much faith inlbi; success of money-digging projects, as incited by Spirit* or • Clairvoyants (unless the money is first sought in the product* i of the potato field) ; but where an experiment of the kind cm j

be tried without any material sacrifice, we would not du- courage any one from trying it. Even a negative result d such a test would be of some satisfaction, if not attended by too great a depletion of the purse ; whereas a confirmation,by that means, of the .Spirit’s declarations would powerfully it- i monstrato the reality o f intercourse with the other world.

Mr. H k r s c h e l F o s t e r , of Mendon, St. Joseph Co., Mich writes us a long communication respecting what he at firs supposed to he discrepancies between the teachings of A. J Davis and the Bible. Being a firm believer in the Bible him : self, lie at first experienced some reluctance to identify bo- self with the cause of Spiritualism in view of teachings whid he supposed were so generally recognized by its friends «*dj advocates; but being a medium himself, he supposes thiti “ seal” was subsequently opened to him, by which means I* discovered that he and Mr. Davis were both right. Ik-sari i “ I see the point at which the converging roads come te gether, where my infidel friends and myself strike hand* harmony, while yet I have no occasion to relinquish my foti in revelation.” This discovery leads him to think that tk progress of Spiritualism “ will not and can not retard thaw Christianity ; but instead of that, while it strips it of some1

the lumber which a superstitious church and ministry haw burdened it with, it is left.so clearly reasonable, andsoeuy of comprehension, that the wayfaring man, though a fool, not err therein.” By this new revelation our correspond* professes to see that Spiritualism, so far from really tend« to infidelity, opens for its believers “ a door into MOtbtf kingdom, where they may see their way to a divine Savin*.' and he adds, “ I am satisfied that if this seal could oner k opened to Mr. Davis himself, he wrould never again object the Christian faith," though he might object to some dodriaHI that pass as orthodox.

Mr. T homas B ro w n , an aged gentleman, writing from V' Berlin, N. V., gives us an account of curious spiritual eipr riences which he has occasionally had, the first occurring long ago as the year 171)7. They consisted of rappings mb* presence, of seeing Spirits in open daylight, and of propW dreams. In one instance he saw two females dressed in standing in the open door of a deserted house, apparently* gaged m earnest conversation. Ho was at the time sUnda twelve rods in front of the house, with no intervening ob)F between him arid it to obscure the sight; but when he vanced to and entered the. house, the figures had disap] and could not be found, and all things remained as he had)' them only a few minutes before. Our correspondent then ceeds to relate a remarkable spiritual dream which occ* ̂to him many years ago, and a part of which seems to k*" been strikingly prophetic of the spiritual unfolding* tim e; but we have not room fur his account in full.

iff j IMri L. B. K n ig h t , of Oakfield, Michigan, writes facts in her experience as a medium-

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cernmg some tacts in her experience » ...-------chief peculiarity consisted of assaults, in one or two inst*8̂ } by unfriendly influences from the other world, and hof plete relief from them obtained by means of pray sister’s conscience will permit her to lay aside formal‘lH\ she intimates in another part of her letter, we trust *I*r not neglect to cultivate an ever-increasing appreciation realities. Thus she will truly “ let her light shine.’

T hk B eau tifu l .— Lovers of the beautiful will, ofc0*** enjoy the urinual picture exhibition of the Academy of ^ ̂now open. Owing to the sale of the Academy prem»f^ be vacated oil the lat of May, the exhibition will con 0̂0̂ one mouth. The Academy is on Broadway, oppo**1® Street.

P A R T R I D G E AND It HI T T A N ’ S S P I R I T U A L T E L E G R A P H .P A C T S AN D R E M A R K S .

LN>n? kHkiicr ,<r March 23 —l)f Yoi'wd opened the Conference III thie “Iiw . on Thursday ovenlng of last week. hy leading and onmoioiuiijg “ letter iit ̂ icoiuilU of raftlarkable facts proving Spiritual intercourse Mr. Partsukir related ami commented upon the tubsUno© of two nr three letter* concerning variotii spiritual matters, which ho lioil received <)n, of these Inner* referred to siatem.mf* given hy Spirit a Ooncdfmng buried freosurc* in a certain place. Mr. Fishrouum arcae, ami, following out Uttar (homo, related some curious arcounta qf treasure-hunting under -Spirit-direction, the tn»«t singular features of which account* related the ■(range (mythological illusions to which tile digger* were subjected the Spirit* who were supposed to have guarded the hidden treasure speaker thought that hidden money, having ho legitimate earthly owner, wa*. in general, under aurh spiritual guardianship as would necessarily prevent it from being procured except (or the equal benefit of the race, and he discouraged attempt* of individual* to, procure |uch treasures f<ir their own private pnrpQaaa. Mr. MoDonalo, of St. l.oni*. gave account* phenomena which he had wilneaaed in St Uni it, lllinoia, and elaewhe He inemionetl, with other thing*, the case of a tdind man who had come In St. l.oui», and Muted a medium, through wlm*n manipulation*, unde Spirit.influence, Ida sight wa* soon *o lar restored a* In leave him little difficulty on that score. Mr. Lrvi *|Mikeof the general failure* of attempt* •o convince old people of the reality of spiritual maiiifosi'Utohs, hut of their incredulity being *011110ime* overcome hy appeal* to natural princi- pie* Re instanced the case* of Hohert Owen and other*. Mr. Me- DohAi.ii a.ml that In* lather wa* seised with an influence which purported to lie spiritual, and which compelled him to pound the table with the ut most violence for half an hour, ami until one of the hone* qf hi* fingers wa* broken, and that he w*» then with difficulty restrained from further injuring l\im*elf, by four men, and yet he would not believe in the spirituality of the agent of the movements. Mr, Lavi related markable case of Spirit-|K>r*onatioh Mr. T artan Townsend related sev­eral other cases of Spirit-personation Mr McDi)N4i.n stated 0 Case in which a pressure apparently equal tq one hundred and fitly pound* hail been made upon hi* foot by an invisible power, and naked (or an explana­tion of the manner in which Spirit* Could produce such a re*ull f Dr You no thought that all power wa* resolvable, at the ultimate snniy* the will o f God, Mr FisUimiuin explained and enforced the theory that all power, under the direct and personal action of the Divino Power, may be referred to the specific life or love elements of the particular things with which the power is connected ; that there are discreet gradation* of this power, ascending front the loWe*t nr the cosmic d life, whose power gravitation, to the life of the human spirit whose power i* volition, and that the highest power i* capable of Controlling all the infer or oitcs—th.vt the human spirit, therefore. i« capable of v.ililionally controlling gravita­tion and the natural fluidity of the atmosphere, and pressing on one * foot vvilh a Column of temporarily solidified air, or producing alnmat any other phenomena of physical movement. The Conference then adjourned

lUMiRKkBLB P remonition* — O f the following occurrence* w« have been informed by an intelligent connection o f the family in which they took p lace; hut in submitting them to our readers we are requested to withhold name*. In a village, soma forty miles distant from thia city, re- sided a little family consisting of father, mother, and a little son, who were «ll, in the short *|»*ce of a lew months, swept off hy disease lb fore the death of the mother, who was the last of the three that departed from the visible form. *he was frequently conscious in her dreams that the Spirit o f her little (toy was hovering over hrr. with other Spirit*, »h the form of a little bin), and inviting her to come where he w as, but when she Would put out her hands lo take hold o f him, he would recede from her reach.The lady. l*cing somewhat out of health, but not considered a* in any im­mediate danger, concluded lo go ami spend a couple of week* with her parent* who only lived a few rod* ditiant Her mother (or rather step­mother) accordingly set in work to prepare a room for her The prepar >• tion# being finished, she was about to leave the room lo go down stair*, when, a* she came lo the door, she turned and looked hack and saw the bed which she had ju»i arranged neatly with a white counterpane, present, mg the exact appearance of a dead person lying upon i t 1 She wa* so un­pleasantly struck with the appearance that she went back to the bed and •t tumbled it all up." The daughter came and took possession of the room, and about fen da v* afterward she died upon that bed A tier her Spirit had taken it* Ihghi, and while the family were in great grief, the step­mother was about to leave the room for some purpose, hut looked round when she got at the door, and saw the bed, with a lifeless form lying upon it, preventing precisely the appearance that had struck her *0 unpleasantly when she had prepared it some days before! The lady, being a strict member of an orthodox church, had never been a believer in Spirit-warn­ings or any thing of that sort, and after deranging the appearance of the bed at the time first referred to, thought no more of the matter until this actual realization of the scene first presented , hut now, being much »lartlcd with the exactitude of the represent anon, she could not forbear mention­ing the f ir 1 ■ to those who were present The foregoing phenomena being afterward mentioned to the physician qf the family, who i* also a strict member of an oithodox church, he declared that he waa daily Conscious of the presence of the Spirit of his rrcently deceased wife, to whom lie was very much altachrd

A SriaiT-OniLD’* Bidnai. —The following incidents lately occurred in a family in this city, who were not believer* in spiritual manifestation*. We are requetted to suppress names, but the account itself may lie relied on. The family lately lost a little girl un whom they had doatrd very much Before her death, the child had been in the habit of frequently coming to the door of the room where her mother and the rest of the family were scaled, and giving it a succession of gentle taps, anil playing a-lady-that- had coinc 10 *ee-thein ; and they would always indulge her childish fan­cies, ami «nae and let her ill Some week* after the child’s death, as the mother, one evening, wa* sestrd, with one or two others, in her room, those same gentle raps were heard uj*wi the door. 1 hey responded, “ Come in " No one, howevrr. an farad, but presently the same raps were repeated The mother then immediately opened the door, hut no one was to be seen m the halt or any where near. The servant, who was in the basement, and was the only person then in the house beside those who were in that room, was then railed and asked whether she had been up stairs, or had knocked at that door, but she answered that she had not Afterward the father came home, and went to bed, nothing being said to him that night concerning the rapping* that had occurred on the door The next morning, immediately after he awoke, he heard the same gentle tap­ping* on hi* head-hoard. Struck with thsir exact resemblance lo the la|i- pings which the little girl bail b*tn in tha habit »f making upon the door, he awoke hi* wile and told her about them She then told him what had occurred on the evening previous, and not knowing how el»« to arcount for tha phenomena, they received them as an intimation that their beloved Utils child, though unseen, wa* still near them, and as loving as ever

h it'll N»r«ii son 4 Nn the S pirits —A Tans correspondent of the N. Y Journ al o f Commerce state* that notwithstanding the prohibitions of ihe Catholic priesthood, the Emperor and Empress of Franco have had several interview* with the Spirit* through a Parisian medium, and that they aoemrd delighted with the affair At one interview a Spirit took occasion lo administer some severe reproof to the emperor for some of his post public acts, and to denounce terrible calamities upon him if he did not carry himself pretty straight for the future It ia said that the nnprei considered the nature of the rainmunicajion a* a confirmation of it* spirit ual origin, very reasonably supposing that if the medium had had any con­trol over it, care would have been taken to exclude from it all such preasions as might possibly give offense

N EW Y O R K C O N F E R E N C E O F S P IR IT U A L IS T S .T uI shav, Jlfarch S3,

Dr. (Siiav riled again the nuhjnut of individual representatives, for ll,o purpose of proving tha personal idea of God. Hi* remarks, together with the spiritual communications that gave rise to them, will he given here after.

Mr. You no said lie could not see (he force of the argument. I|o would Worship <}od as an unknown. He f-ould not Invest the idea with per­sonality

Mr I'hav, slier slating some liicts in his experience, Raid we imial hear With each other In all things, especially in the MfQmpl* wa make to «<*- presa our ideas of God He thinks wn should abandon tha consideration of causes We arc in the sphere of effects, the Causes of which are beyond our reach Let u* study effect* ns our appropriate field qf labor, ami not attempt to fathom ftausss in thia sphere. He regards Uod a* Omnipresent, as being the Author of all tilings and of nil thought; but wo ran know nothing of him definitely, though wo may feel hi* cxlatenoa and preaonce, He spoke of Ihe Spirit-manifestation* and of the yet unborn aciimce to ho unfolded hy them. From the llUlo light that had already dawned upon his mind with regard to it, he wo* satisfied its full discovery would nuikn its treat the books, and OTSotU, and sciences that now exist „f , m4|| value comparatively.

Mr. l.svi arose to say that ho wn* opposed to (ho discussion of the Deily. ID* idea is, that Uod ia simply the grand science of the Universe.

Mr. Stuart. aficr some remarks us to his personal health and history, recited a spiritual idea of the subject Under consideration, given him on a previous uoeaslon. But the argument seemed t» leave tho subject about whare

Mr N. *nid, ns far as lie knows, -Spirit* have not attempted to do- rnbe God ns a personality in the sente in which we understand tin* word,

hot have they found one yet. They say man’s power of mind is unahla to grasp the grant infinite idea, and bring it out to the nehstioua world Clothed with perfect rationality Every man is to himself the only reveln-

on of Uod he can po*aibly have, and even then within himself there is myntery to the clearest insight. Bo of honvpn and *11 of hell, they can

illy be realized within the Soul. Mr. S. concluded with some remarks on the purpose or mission of Spiritualism, the great purpose of which heing

develop man’s spiritual nature ro as to eiinldo him to speak with hi* angel brother* and sisters face to face, and to he in more constant com­munion with the Upper spheres.

Mr F arnsworth said ho did not take the stand to ninkn a speech, hut ha was pressed there hy soma power without hi mad f. When ha spoke last lie was undecided-*-** on the fence," and he did not know whether he had gotten off yet wholly » though as to the main fact, that the Spirits of Jeparlrd friends Como back and hold converse with ut. and give testa of their identity, ho had no umre doubts ihnn he had of his own. Ho recited many details of hi* own experience—had been developed lately a* a spook­ing medium—had been made to utter many things, some of them, he thought, very silly ; hut whatever they were, lie was sure ho did not speak from himself. One of the impressions he h.11 received is, that Spirits do not comp to teach creeds and dogmas of theology, but rather to tree men from them—to take the subject of immortality out of the shadowy ami changing realm of faith, and place it in the solid and eternal domain of

fu el.' He held that any religion, Christian, Jewish, or Mohammedan— Paganism, with its Pantheon of Gods—was belter than the care­

less and sensual faith and consequent life of the mere worldly A life of piety in a faith full of error* is better, in thia world and in the next, than

negative iudiffcreiitisin of the unbeliever. Ho was troubled at times ith doubts ami turns of despondency, one of which occurred this after-

He retired to his room and prayed earnestly for relief, During this prayer he raised his eyes to tha ceiling, and behold a vision which not only dispelled hi* doubts, hut filled his soul with unutterable joy.

Mr. ——< ----- - related at some length the history of a supposed newdiscovery, through the aid of Spirits, in mental telegraphing He thought the proprietor, Mr. M*Allister, would he able to verify the fact lo the world in a few months.

Mr. Willi am* expressed his gratification at the evidence presented to his mind in this Conference of the great progress made in Spiritualism since his Iasi visit to New York, There was a great contrast in numbers between the little hand that then met in Bond Street and this large assem­bly He also found a still more gratifying evidence of increased knowl­edge and freedom among the New York Spiritualist* He spoke at some length on the fulfillment of prophecy in thia movement

Mr Dtvis took tho itand at a late hour in the evening, and restated •omo of his ideas of the Deity. He recited an early experience on that point. He had written questions, and numbered them one, two, three, etc , and in the presence of a medium, with tho questions unopened and in hi* pocket, ho naked answers, referring to them only hy number. Tho answers were tests, being all pertinent to the questions asked They were all on the subject of Deity Spirits with whom he had communicated had generally affirmed that with them God was synonymous with love; that when they said God commanded them to do so and ao, they meant simply that love impelled them to the action or duty to he performed He did not think that prayer or worship, in the popular sense, was of much value He had been happier w hile a materialist, with no belief of a future, cither good or bad, than lie waa through tho praying dispensation in which ho had Wen brought up; for when he believed in prayer, ho believed in hell, and tho *• smoke of its torments" would mingle at times with the incense of worship, and make him unhappy. He thinks no man who really “ loves hi* neighbor as himself’’ can believo that dogma. Ccrtninly no man can believe it and he happy He was not so aspiring a* some men, while they were rejecting all that did not come from Deily direct, refusing converse with alt but the highest order of Spirit* (just aa our codfish aristocracy turn up their no»es at a mechanic or laborer). He was willing to take a. lower stand—to talk with his friends—with those ho loved while on earth, though they might not ho in the seventh sphere of knowledge or the sev­enth heaven of wisdom. He concluded hy relating some interesting phys­ical mani festal ions which occurred to-day in a circle at Mrs Brown's, in Twenty-sixth Street. A hand, invisible, hut palpable to the tnuch, was placed upon his foot, and the rap* were made as if one linger of the hand waa elevated upon the others, and then brought down forcibly and dis­tinctly upon the foot.

G Iv N li IIA L OOllllESPON DENCH.EDMONDS AND D E X T E R AT LE R O Y .

L e R oy, N. Y., M arch IA, 18fi4.M t’krtiiri. I 'a it Tilt uni: and I Jh ittan :

W o h a v o h u il n v in it fr o m J u t l g o E d m o n d © a m i D r . D o x t o r

T h o i r a p p o i n t m e n t f o r Hum p l a c e wn© fu r t h e 1 5 th a m i K i th

itiHt. T h e y h a d n o t if ie d h r , h o w e v e r , t h a t t h e y c o u ld o n ly

l e c t u r e oh o e v e n i n g ,

O n tl in e v e n i n g o f th o 1 5 th t h e J u d g e wun no u n w e ll h o

w a s u n a b l e to l e c t u r e , b u t w o h m l th o p le n R u r o o f h o n r i n g one f r o m th e h e c t o r th a t w n e | in te il« il to w ith th e m o a t e a r n o u t

a t t e n t i o n . T h e p h i lo s o p h y o f S p i r i t - in L p r c o u r a o w it h t h e in

h n h itm itR o f m ir th wn© p r o m o t e d b y th o H p e a k o r in © tu b u

c lo n r n m l c o n v i n c i n g m an n er, t lm t m u c h g o o d m u s t r e s u lt

f r o n t i t .

T h e J n d g o , f o o l i n g b o l te r o n t h e m o r n in g o f th o K i t h , i n ­

fo r m e d u© t h a t h o w o u ld «D ty n o d N pouk in th o e v e n i n g ; h u t

m a n y w h o h a d c o m e in fro m t h e H u r rn im d in g c o u n t r y to lio n r

H in t a b le a n d N e l l - a a c r i l l c in g d e f e n d e r a n d e x p o u n d e r o f th o

t r u t h h a d g o n e h o m o m u c h d is a p p o in t e d .

T h o s e w h o d id h e a r h im w i l l n e v e r f o r g o t h im , n o r t h e

o c c a e i o u , n o r t h e g r e a t t r u t h l u r g e d u p o n th e m fu r t h e i r c o n ­

sideration. I l l s m a n n e r a n d m e th o d a r e w e l l c a l c u l a t e d to

in d u c e h i s h e a r e r s to r e f l e c t , i n v e s t i g a t e , a n d k n o w fo r t h e m ­

s e l v e s t h a t o f a t r q t h S p i r i t s d o c o m m u n e w it h m in i, n o t

fo r t h e p u r p o s e o f g r a t i f y i n g a n id le i n r i o s i t y , b u t f o r th e

n o b l e r a n d h i g h e r p u r p o s e o f t e a c h i n g h im h o w to 1 iv o in t h is

s p h e r e o f e x i s t e n c e , t h a t h e m n v e n j o y t l ie s o c i e t y o f th o g o o d

in th e s p h e r e s b e y o n d t h e g r a v e .

T h e c l e r g y o f t h e p lu c n h a d d o n e a n d s a id a l l t h e y c o u ld to

p r e v e n t their p e o p l e f r o m g o in g to h e a r i l iu m , a n d 1 a m s o r r y

to s a y t h e y s u c c e e d e d p r e t t y w e l l , fo r t i e a u d i e n c e s , th o u g h

la r g e , w e r e m o s t l y c o m p o s e d o f t h a t c la s h o f m in d s w h o h a v e

b e e n u n a b l e to c o m p r e h e n d t h e p la n o f r iu lv n tk m a s t a u g h t h y

th e o r t h o d o x s y s t e m s , a n d w h o h a v e he<m s t r u g g l i n g t ip a n d

d o w n t h e o c e a n o f l i f e , s e e k i n g n h a v e n , w h e r e t h e i r a n x i o u s

a n d w e a r y s p i r i t s m i g h t f in d r e s t .

I w i l l m e n t io n o n e o r t w o t h i n g s to a llo w th y n a t u r e o f th e

o p p o s i t io n w o lu u l t o d o w i t h . W i s h i n g to g e t a s u i t a b l e

p l a c e f o r t h e m to l e c t u r e in , w e a p p l i e d fo r t h e u s e o f U n i v e r ­

s i t y N a l l , c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e F e m a l e S e m i n a r y , h u t if w a s

r e f u s e d , b e c a u s e it m i g h t i n ju r e th o r e p u t a t io n o f t h e s c h o o l .

A n e f f o r t w a s t h e n m a d e to g e t o n e o f t h a c h u r c h e s . S o m e

t w o o r t h r e e y e a r s a g o , a d i s s a t i s f i e d b r u n c h o f t h e P r e s b y t e ­

r i a n s b u i l t a c h u r c h c a l l e d ( h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h , a n d

w h e n p r o c u r i n g c o n t r i b u t i o n s fo r b u i l d i n g it , i t w a s s a id i t w a s

to b e f r e e f o r th o d i s c u s s i o n o f a l l r e l i g i o n s a n d m o r a l s u b ­

j e c t s . A p e t i t io n w a s t h e r e f o r e d r a w n u p , a n d p r e s e n t e d to

t h e t r u s t e e s , s i g n e d b y a l a r g e a n d r e s p e c t a b l e n u m b e r o f

t h o s e w h o h u d c o n t r i b u t e d to i t s e r e c t i o n . T h e p o t i t io n s t a t e d ,

1 b e l i e v e , t h a t t h e h b u s o w a s w a n t e d f o r J u d g e E d m o n d s a m i

D r . D e x t e r to l e c t u r e in , a n d w h e n i t w a s p r e s e n t e d t h e s u b ­

j e c t o f th o l e c t u r e w a s s t a t e d t o th e m b y m e n o f t r u t h a n d r e ­

s p e c t a b i l i t y ; b u t t h e y s a i d , “ N o ; w e c a n n o t le t. y o u h a v e it ,

b e c a u s e y o u h a v e n o t s t a t e d in th o p e t i t i o n w h a t y o u w a n t to

u s e it f o r . ”

A g a in , o n th o S a b b a t h p r e v i o u s to the l e c t u r e , s o m e o f th e

c l e r g y d e n o u n c e d S p i r i t u a l i s m a m i i t s b e l i e v e r s in n o v e r y

C h r i s t i a n t e r m s , a n d a p p o i n t e d m e e t i n g s in n i l t h e c h u r c h e s

lo r b o t h e v e n i n g s t h e J u d g e a n d t h e Doctor w e r e to b e h e r e .

I m e n t io n t h e s e t h i n g s w it h r e g r e t , a n d a m s o r r y t h a t s o

m u c h o f f o r t s h o u ld h a v e b e e n m a d e t o s h u t o u t th o l i g h t o f

t r u t h f r o m t h e m i n d s o f m a n y w h o , b u t f o r th o © h a c k le © o f

s e c t a r i a n i s m , w o u ld h a v e a t t e n d e d t h e l e c t u r e s .

H u t l f e e l t h a t o u r p r a y e r fo r t h e m s h o u ld b e , “ F a t h e r , f o r ­

g iv e t h e m , f o r t h e y k n o w n o t w h a t t h e y d o .”

Y o u r s , truly, j . ©u m m k k fik i. i).

Ha«rri< i* m C o i n In —80mswhat over a year ago, tta Hon. Franris Uoggswell, a mamberof ills* M 4s«*ehusett* LegUhiture, formally presented a prnjNMition lx*fora that body, *• That ihe Education Committee consider what legislation, if any. was necessary to protect tha ignorant and cred­ulous from tha dsluaivs acta of * Spirit-rapport.’ ao callad, whose bias phemoiis assumption* are fearfully engrossing the mind* of a larga pur lion of tbs community. producing insanity, robbing men of their property, etc Tha order also propped lo make it a " penal offense for ihe owner or lessee of any building" in that commonwealth, ** to let tin* same or any (Art thereof, for the purpose of bolding the blasphemous meetings of the Mpirit-rappers " After Mr CJ. had strenuously urged the adoption of this order. Iter John Prince, another member, and who was a believer in Spir­itualism. proposed a* an amendrasnl that tho parlies uioat implicated, the Xjnriis tkemselses, should be cited lo appear in their own defense The bill s u uivanttftously rejected A short time ago. to the astonishment of *v*ry one, who should appear before the Uoaton Spiritual Conference hut tht* sain* Mr Coggswell I He there stated that the moment he prw •owed ilia stars order before the legislature, lie concluded lo uiveetigatr lbs subject to *hwh it related, sml that that inrestigstion had resulted tu an entire of the reality of spiritual intercourse We thank ourfnend C H White for rommunWetuig to us tha foregoing particulars

R. P. AM BLER AT S T . LOUIS.Wo have just rocoived a mil© from our good brother, an­

nouncing tho fact that ho ha* received and accepted an invi- ation from tho Spiritualists nt St. Louis, Mo., to settle with

them in tho capacity of a public lecturer on the spiritual phi­losophy. It in not without feelings of sincero regret, on the part of Hro. Ambler and hi* friends in this vicinity, that he loaves ua for a homo in tho W est; but the now field of labor presents many attractions which must alleviate, at leant on his part, the pain occasioned by the separation. Our boat wishes for the success of Mr. A., and for tho health and happiness of his family, will go with them to their new home. We can assure our friendit in St. Louis that they are extremely fortu­nate m securing the services of one so competent to commend the truth to general acceptance, both by tho logic and elo­quence displayed m his public efforts and by the force of a correct example.

After the first of April, all communications, etc., intended for Hro. Ambler, should he addressed U> him nt St. Louis.

SPIRITUALISM IN PER SIA.The Trilmnt «.f Mar,.j, published « letter from a Vienna

correspondent, who lays that the rappings and various other Spirit-manifestationa have appeared, not only in the Austrian capital, but a* far east a* |Vr„m W „ quolrt nn ox, r«ct from the letter in point;

Tim Titehklopfen ( L b l - m , h. V6 foH1|J xhfllr wny ,|1# im. ,*risl city, although they do net npsral. upon the slow and deliberative Germans m the soma manner aa they affect iho ,„„rc ..citable Americans. On the whole, there 1* something in the ItrUlrrhtapjrn (Spirit-rappings) which exactly suits the transcendentalism of the Unmans A few days since 1 had a long sitting with Uiheaeu, the oraele of it,,,.* yj.enna I hear of no other results, good or bad, from the asme than tlmt „ few fortunate lottery lirkela have hern bought after consulting the Spirits, and that certain ladiea more than a thousand 1 treks old (the German of sweet seventeen) have consulted them upon quasiions concerning thoir future A friend, who ha* a monomania for Oriental affaira, re»d to a lew nights since, from a I’eraian newspaper, that the Spirits «rr also doing their work at Taheran, the capital of that empire

MR. L U T H E R BU RT , MEDICAL MEDIUM.

Michrrs. P artriDur and Urittin :Having been pnsxing a few week* at Walpole, N H , I w,i* induced to

call on Mr Hurt. I found him a hale, hearty old farmer, with the rxrep- m of tho remain* of an attark of rheumatismHe informed me that for the laat year nml a half ho ha* been under the

influence of *pirilual power, and hn* devoted nil hi* time and pecuniary mean* to procuring and dispensing medicine* for those who ore ailing Heing at leisure, I remained with him a few day*, and witnessed tho modus operands by which he is influenced

At limes, while nt home, he is arted upon *o 0* lo compel him to go to hi* receptacle for herbs, root*, etc , which is quite extensive, and there his hands are moved to lake parcels from different pile*, bind them up, then to take his horso and wagon, and follow the direction o f hi* invinihlo con­ductors, which 1* indicated to him by hi* hand pointing the way. Som e­times ho travel* miles in this way ere ho arrives at the termination o f his journey, where he invariably finds an invalid for whom the medicines are prepared ; and, what is more strange, the invalid i* prepared to receive hi* prescription ! and in several instances this h ** been in case* where the patient line been p r o n o u n c e d incurable, and they can now be seen pursu­ing their daily avocations more robust than before

Almost every mail brings him letters from all part* of the Union, *inro hi* great power of healing haa been made known through the circulation of your paper

My object in writing nt this time i* to inform you of the manner in hich his correspondents are an sw ered , and they can then see elearly why

their letter* are not in all enso* attended toWhen lie has leisure from hi* numerous call* o f invalids or their friend*

(whom he must attend lo first, os many come from a great distance), and from cases near his residence, he lay* his lettors— which this day (March 4th) amounts, as I uni informed, to between twenty and thirty— be fort' him. Hi* hand is (hen moved to take one or more, and their medieine* pointed out and sent off He tells me that he is often forced to take the last received instead of tho*o which have been on hand for weeks. This will account to many o f his correspondents why their letters are not an­swered sooner

Thcro is another reason why hoiiio arc not attended to at a l l ; but 1 think your paper will not he likely to reach that class. He tells mo that in some instance* there have been letter* *ent lo him which he ha* not been allowed to open ; they have been thrown from hi* hand with great force, and in o n . case, if not more, he has been compelled to burn a letter unopened, before tho iutluenre would leave him.

In some instances, though he could not read them himself, some mem­ber o f his family or a friend has done so, ami they have generally been found to he of minor importance—perhaps inquiring how he can tell what nil* a person if not present, or letters of curiosity, and perhaps aomo loiv, insulting communication.

Low, indeed, must bo tho mind that can insult in thia way an honest man, who has devoted hi* whole time tor the last year nml a half to the relief of the distressed, without foe or reward, except in the consciousness of having done his duty. wu. iiirn iku .

W e have hoard much of Mr. Burt through private channels, and lmvo abundant reasons to believe thut ho ia a highly con- ■oientioue tnun, and eminently useful 1 1 1 bin capacity a* a healing medium.— E d .

Mis* K atiixhinr F o x , Iruiu Rochester, well known aa uua o f the original family who first hoard the rappings, and one o f tho iii.wt powerful rapping mediums, has opened her room* at tho NYaverly llou»e, corner of B roadw ay and Fourth Street, whom she receives visitors from 10 a m to 2 r it . ami from H to 10 i' .m. Those who desire to investigate the subject will do well tu attend her receptions.

L E T T E R FR OM A CLERG YM A N.Ur.goMiNOToN, Jan . 7, 185*1

M k s HUD. 1*4 ItTM I DOR AND IJlIITTAN :Utnts— IMoasod with the liberal spirit and progressive tendencies o f the

T blrosaimi, I venture through its colu m n*,// p erm itted , to «ny « f‘,w words to my old friends of ilia Ghristian«-or Campbullito profession. 1 am ihe more anxious to do this, as it is widely circulated among them— 1st, that I am insane, and 2d, Hint I am an infidel. For upward of twenty years I have Itoim a preacher in the so-called Oampbollite ra n k s — have been zealous, ns wn* the good Paul, when a Pharisee— have a large circle of acquaintance* in Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, Among tlieve I have, or onre had, many warm personal friends, and I wish to say to these particu larly , and to all generally, that my change o f position and sentiment have diminished naught from my un­feigned affection. Nay, that my appreciation and love is still more at­tractive, and truth still more omnipotent.

T o tho first charge, I reply, That wo are not always the hast judges of our own sanity, ami l, therefore, without argument, l«avo that charge to tho unfolding* o f time. Hut to tho charge of in jid t / ity I have somewhat to say at present, and more anon

If infidelity implies disbelief in tho inhcirxtion of tho IJiMo, or of the Christian institution, then I emphatically demur ; hut if the epithet he ap­plicable to ono who dots not receive the error, the superstition, and the mythology along with tho truth, the religion, and the theology, then I plead gnilly. I accept a* high authority the injunction, “ Provo all tiling*, and hold Inst that which is good,"

I RKI.ItCVM IN T IIS IINITV OK TROTH, TUB Kll ATKU V !TV OV MAN, TIIK !M-

m o it iu t v or tuk soul, anh t iii *u pit ism a< v or Ooft, T o antagonistic deities I am infidel. I do not believe that man ever fell, but that he has hfloii ever rising. By following his footsteps from savngeism to civilian), you have tho argument. I believe that causes are always anterior to effects ; contequently, that Adam’s sin did not bring death into the world. Please rend the evidence written on the iudestruetnble pnge* o f the earth’s inner strata. All human souls are, I believe, unfolded from tho exhaust- le*« fountain— Dkitv. They are inherently pure, and destined to progress forever. *• To tho soul sin is excrescent," and in it* growth and unfolding, ■mi*, a* the malaria that float* in the atmosphere, is repulsed from the healthy system, will he forever neutralized by the influx o f angelic wisdom. Still man must reap what he sow*, for the Deity ban enacted no arbitrary law* whereby tho sinner may escape from his responsibilities.

Man will, I believe, grow better ns he is surrounded with better circum­stance*, ami belter thoughts will ultimate in better deeds. Total depravity, original sin, end less misery, and a litoral lake of fire, are the duorkarb of superstitious minds Wo begin to breathe an atmosphere in which such idea* can not live. It in well for int to ho thankful ami joyful in prospect o f our high, glorious, and holy destiny ; hut to remember, likewise, that to escape the consoquences o f sin, we must cease sinning—-leave it behind, ns Paul did Judaism, •• hy entering on the high-road of’ love and wisdom."

Somo friend inquires hero, •< I f thus you believe and disbelieve, how can you admit the inspiration o f the B ib le1" I will explain ; Inspiration does not, necessarily, imply infallibility. Through the inspired utterances of Moses, tho best rule o f right was, “ nil eye for nn eye, ami a tooth for a tooth. Thou nhnlt love thy neighbor mid hate thine enemy hut u more advanced mind, in after ages, unfolded a better inspiration and a more at­tractive love. Jesus *aid, ** Kcsfot not the injurious. Love your enemies,’* He. T o the inspired conceptions o f Moses, the Deity was tho God of armies, o f battles, and o f slaughter. He was exclusively tho God of Israel— partial, wwongfiil, and jealous ; but J -us commends him a* a God of love— ** a* no rc*pecfcr o f persons, but causing hi* sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sending rain on Ihe ju st and on the un just."

In an age o f barbarism, tub S pirit op tiie Lord came upon Sampson, and with a rude instrument he *leiv a thousand men. Tho man o f sym­pathy and love, in behalf o f a people less ignorant than were tho unde­veloped I’liilisline*, plead, in extenuation of their guilt, iunoranck, saying, “ Father, forgive them, they know not what they do."

But the time would fail me to speak o f Joshua, and David, and Solomon, and Elijah, and the prophets who committed cruelties and injustices in thk name of t iis I.OKti, revolting to humanity, and wholly incompatible with the labor* and teaching* o f tho man of Calvary What say y o u 7 Shall we receive it all as th k inkali.iiu .k woru of God, or shall we try to separate tho truth from the error ? Let R eason respond -ihe inquiry

_ »• O YOCNO.

A NN OU N CEM EN TS BY SPIRIT S.Hali-voniulk, Jan . 23, 185-1.

D ear B ro th er*I have just returned from the grave of my grandfather, whither I accom­

panied hi* earthly remain* Early on yesterday evening I wa* apprised hy the Spirits at iny table that he was in a dying condition ; but being un­well, I did not go fo his bouse. I awoke at *ix o’clock this morning, and summoned two aged servants who stay with me. i said to them *' My grandfather i* dead— he died at precisely four o’clock last night.” ** Ye*, replied one o f them, “ 1 heard he died, hut have not hoard nt what hour. At eight o’clock my father canic; he informed me that iny grandfather wa dead. “ Y es,” *uid I, “ ho died at four o’clock laat n ig h t;” and I told him the Spirits had informed mo. When he looked doiihtingly, I proposed to tell at what hour ho had lell the house o f iny grandfather, and the table raised up five times— five o'clock “ Y e s ," said he, “ that was the hour 1 left "

Now, on my honor, I declare that 110 person told me of his death; that he lived nearly two miles from my house ; that 1 »nw nobody to tell me ; and that this happened a* I say.

God in heaven directs this thing for hi* own glory and the happine** of hi* creature* It may bo that mistakes may occur, owing to a defect in the mind or will o f tho medium*; hut in this case, l declare that I was in­formed o f the hour o f his dealh and the hour o f iny father’s departure. My father and two servants will testify to these thing*. Thank* to God for hi* revelations. Here Spiritualism spread* everywhere

Truly, cuylrr w. you no

AN INCIDENT.P aterson, N. J , M arch 17, 1854.

E d ito r T elkurafh

An incident o f a remarkable character took place in the North M ard o f t hi* city a few day* since, and which I think worthy o f putting on record A little girl, about eight years old, daughter o f an esteemed friend of the writer, who deceased about four year* since, wa* for a few minute* left alone in the house, near the evening Sho wa* engaged in some domes

eeupation at the fire, and on turning round, saw a beautiful babe lying upon the floor. A* *ho gazed earnestly at it, the baba opened its eve*, and arose on its feet, and approached the wondering and timid girl, who retreated around a table which was standing ill the middle of the room. Th e liabe, looking earnestly nt the girl, said, in a voice which seemed to the girl to *ound a* if issuing from a hollow vessel or tube, "O h , death! where is thy sting !*’ T h is increased the fears of the girl, and she escaped from the house, ran across the street, and informed the neighbors o f what had transpired There can he no doubt of the truthfulness o f tho child, hut ivhat can we say o f the occurrence *

TO TH E FRIENDS O F PR O G R E S S IO N ABROAD.A u bu rn , fVA 27, 1854.

B hothkrs P arthiduk and B hittan :l am requested hy the vote o f a meeting held in our hall in this city last

evening, to ask you to publish tho names o f the following gentlemen, as a committee o f correspondence o f the . tu b u rn t' ir c le t f S p ir itu a lis t * lor the ensuing year Avery Babbet, Charles Coventry, Lanson Bosh, and John D Allen ; to each or all o f whom any communications may he ad­dressed, touching the objects o f the association and the e iuse o f general reform and progression

By giving tho above notice an insertion in tho T klkokhmi, you may ho instrumental in promoting the cause o f truth, and will certainly increase the obligations which the friends in this place arc already tinder for the < v-

0 o f that generosit y which ha* permitted it* to occupy *0 much o f tho columns o f your valuable paper.

A* ever, your*, for advancement, J ohn h . allkn.

E xcitino Udmoii.— \ rumor oamo by the last European steamer lo the effect that the Turkish force at Kalufat, some 30,000, had been overcome and massacred hy the Russians \V« hope ami believe the rumor is devoid of truth.

H vnaoscoru is ihe name o f a new art developed in Paris, to wit , the art o f evoking phantoms by means of a pail o f water. W e have sem no

iplanation o f the processes

Vndmew J ackson Davis i« delivering a course o f lectures at Rochester.

G O N E T O TH E A N G E L -W O R L D .Tho subjoined communication i» the affectionate utterance

of a young lady who is greatly beloved by her friends, and was written on tho occasion of her mother’© departure for tho world of Spirits. She almost worshiped that mother, and ihe dearest and most ©acred memories still cluster about her name and tho aconea which were once sanctified hy her presence.

From an accompanying note, written by an elder ststor, we make a brief extract:

Our mother was one of earth’s rarest gems, and her departure from the home so blessed by her presence, and from tlw children who so idolized her, hits been to u* a severe tr ia l; mid we feel Ihot nothing save the bright faith which wo cheri*h could hsvo sustained u*. In her l**t moments on earth our beloved parent expressed her entire convictions o f the truth o f Spiritualism. Her oye* were frequently turned upward with an earnest gaze, and when asked, •* Mother, what do you see I" " Beautiful pictures, was always the reply. Thus we felt assured that there was given to her visions o f tho celestial home which she would soon behold in all it# trans­cendent beauty. With th« best wishes for the pro«perity o f your paper, which wn as Spiritualist* deem to be invaluable,

I am , very respectfully, your*, I*. L. M.

MY JIOTHEJI.

Tho shadow han fullon—falhm gently, lovingly, and the gloty of the celestial homo dawns upon a now-born soul. For three and fifty year* it had wandered on the earth, and every cloud that ever loomed darkly upon u human soul lmd o’er- shadowod it. But, oh ! cun weak spirit imagine the excess of joy and peace thut thrill the unfettered one now ? There was joy in heaven that night. Uow must every heart in the angelic sphere© have vibrated when that world-freed !

weary one was

1 entered my mother’s room, and saw the end was very near—the battle almost ended—the victory almost won. Her breathing wan more faint and difficult, but the pain of the body no longer affected the Spirit I heard tho music of angel voices ; I felt soft arms enfolding me ; 1 heard words of such rapturous meaning—©uch heavenly comfort. IIaid her hack, when her ear had already heard the song of rejoicing ringing through the heavens, and murmuring afar-off like the sound of many waters ? Hold her hack, when her eye had already seen Ihe glory glimmering on the white brows of the angel- messengers, and the soft pinion© that were to float with her to that home, the glory of which it "hath not entered into the heart of man to conceive ?” Hold her back, when the tempest- tossed bark had almost reached the haven of eternal rest; when her feet were just ready to spring to the shore of ever­lasting peace, and her early friends all clustered there ready to greot her with the joy which only angel-hearts can feel? When father, mother, husband, sisters, and brothers were ©landing with outstretched arms to receive luir? Hold her back then t Bring her again to a world whose sweetest music hns been turned to discord; whose gleams of light and joy are shadowed so soon ? Snatch the weary life-bark from the blissful shore ? Put back the arms ready to embrace her— arms mighty to shield her from evil, and take her again to ours 7 Bring her back to an existence which we know

*•------ still must bo, os it ever has boon,Blendod with such crushin-r misery 1"

No, no! not though a hundred heart© like ours should bend uml break ; not though a hundred souls like mine should be lonely and desolate. And why, my heart, shouldst thou be luaely and desolate 7 Because the light of thy mother’s love cometh no more like sunlight?

“ Look above! ’tis burning brighter Than the very stars in heaven,And to light thy dangerous pathway,AH its new-found glory's givsn.’’

Are there not thoso having a claim upon thy love still lin­gering here ? Are there not many voices calling to thee from the many paths of earth, “ Come hither, you are wanted?” Is there not a work for you to do ? Oh, then, go cheerfully onward, waiting hopefully for the time when the sweeter voices in the upper nir shall whisper, “ Como up higher." Will the summons he less welcome then, because you have

1 not sunk weakly down a prey to grief noief Will the greet­ing on that happier shore be less rapturous, because j'ou have gone tranquilly on in your life-journey ? Will her snide be less bright and beautiful because, you have been joyous and happy after she was gone ? Will her heart love you less because your gleeful laughter rang through her earth-homo when her deep sigh of pain no longer quivered there 7 No, no! tny heart; bo all tho moro joyful because of her deep joy; bo all the more peaceful because of her eternal peace!

MADOX.Philadelphia, M arch, 1854.

ID EO LO G Y.The philosophers of modem date have insisted that nothing is in reality

material; that all matter, or the existence of it, depend* upon our ideas of its existence. This is giving that high province to the domain of the mind which we claim for an indwelling and lofty Spiritualism Something ma­terial must govern its relations and development, just as the substance ot the sun is necessary to the light it produces. This ideology is Urge or small in development, just in proportion as our interpretative tense of its far-reaching manifestation is perfected

Nothing really eiist*. because it is forever changing ; and in a measure a* ive realize this renewed existence ol things, does the appreciative ray of a Urge and spiritually ideal life dawn upon us. What does it not de­mand of human prophecy and power, and of the maze* of mystery which surround the vast inheritances of mental being ’

If we did not think and reason U|*on existence, how should we know that we ever existed! This question seems a strong confirmation of that philosophy which governs every thing by a law of intsllectusl being. Thegreat intelligence of the universe must operate in this manner; it is setin motion, and creation is s consequence of that action ; and all the matter which fill* the vast fields of azure, balancing the great void of space, and preserving the equilibrium of the universe, must bo the offspring of s thought of God Its truest existence was in his mind.

If we believe in Revelation, we must give it the same office and origin ,1* tin* What was fulfilled was only a preconception, and existed i.flho mind ; the subsequent development was i|,o proof If a rav of inspira­tion he tabernacled in the flesh, and it he exercised in any sphere where ihe soul's mighty province# have action, it must look forward and behind, nnd its development must be the result o f a p rodu ced consideration.

Columbus, with that insight which belongs to great induction, threw hi* mind abroad, and »*w a new world lying in the vast amplitudes sur­rounding our world D id it e x is t the less from hi* failure to convince

others of the mighty truth « His ideas of the continent we inhabit made it* existence s certainty, as much as God had raised it, or formed it fowl the crumbled dual of other world*

l gaae upon a landscape, and could the seen* before me have any being hut tor the impressions with which my conceptions clothe it Even that impression mint change, for a future age may *0 di»|H>*c nt the land •v,“ water that it atxAsIl have no plare in what is called existence. My *"’1 “• ' a * ..si ih«l *

*10111 in d tlio •cone* w hich ra llc il thorn forth J ^o n ce rested in th e ho*om o f n atu re ha* gone, and can nidi b*e

o f them

1 |\»rtland. Me . state* that " \ diatinguwhcJ frieml who resole*j ii1 irnmg on ui m*i p e

there i* a g.v«| deal of gnshH n* „ ,he Oftw-ers ofpreparatory to the laying ol the sffiritua ^ ln4#much M 4 wortd-wWq th«i new Revelation can not pul * * ’ * , , .charter haa been attained, and the •»»* I