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more harmonious. one presented to, tlieftl. .Du.ring ·the . - . . . ~.· .. pas~· decade\, great change bu taken place m religious. thought in Victoria ; there is a nearer approach .to ·Spiritualistic ideas, and bigotry is kept consiclerably in check· by feaB of public opinion. We venture to thin1t that Spiritualism has had much to do in bringing about this advanc~ment ; the lectures that ha.Ye been given the publications circulated, and last, but not lea.st, the · iuduence exerted by the large .numbers of Spiritualists.

THE :relation o( Free-thought to· Spiritualism is a subject holding the most liberal and a~vanced views, who are to . little understood~. except by the progre~ed Spiritualist. be found in all. ranks oicolonial ·aoci ety, like the ''.Iittie

· Thousands of liberalt Christians and secularists hold· leaven'' -leavening the whole mass •.. What is wanted at 'opbnons in flarmont with Spiritualists, omitting only the present juncture is able expo1;1ents. of the philosophy the queetion of spirit CO)llmunion with mortals ; but of Spiritualism, and m~ans to disseminate widely fin · . ignorant of the scope of' Rpiritua!ism, and limiting their outline of . that. phU.Osophy. The philosophy is more . views to this particular and, to them, questionable fact, important, than the . facts.· Those whe appreciate the they. are. apt to consider SpjrituaJ.ists as weak-minded. beauty of the philosophy: are prepa!ed to give a littl,e and. ~ulous, ,while, in reality, they are, as a. .. rule, time ·to. the mvestigation of the f(f;Cts, and no ea.meet ~ptical ~tionalis~ Spiritualism as a system of ethics ; investiga.to~~'can fail .. to obtain conyiptiou of these ; whilst comprehends Free-thought, Free .. speech, and Fre~~ the demOJ}.Btration of the fact to a mind unprepared to . · action, in 8(). far u . the latter does not encroach upon :appreciate the philosophy is . w~rthless, for it hU 'no .the .freedom or .privlleges ot .. others. ·.It is in har~ony moral inft.uence on the individual. The ·work. of with eveey m~v~1nen~·J;u.vingfor its obje~t the adv~ce .. · Spiritualism is not to .pros~lytize, iht to Mvance. and

. ·:qien~ ~r IJ~ki~n4; .~•·;,lias . no sect~ria1\1~9, ·ay d~&· 1 lev~ FDJQnd.; ~tiet~~ te ~e one man to a higher n~t demand 1from its adherents any confesmon, of ta1th. · · plane of thought and act1~n than. to convert twe~ty to a ·It is, therefore, fully in harmony"J!th the most advanced belief~ the simple fact of ~ptrit inte:~ourse: unl~ss ~~~t :free..thought; but~ unfortunately, the flreat\ody el those . conversion awakens a demre ·to progress in mind and . l!llO are callecl Free-thinkers are as bigofed an4 pre- mo~als. The 'spiritualist' associates with .tJte Free. judieed as the tllOst ·orthodox church-goers .. against any thinker and· .i>rogreseionist of every grade; he is in

. . . . ~ . ~~tem whic~ does not .a~l>ear ~ acc_~~d ·with :heir harm~~y with the· progressive idea, whet~er that idea..!s news. · Their free.thought 1i.nds its most promment expressed by a churchman or a secularist, and he will :outlet in attacks and .satire on, ~nd ei:p!essions of con-·· co-operate with those w'b.ose religion's belief is opposed ·tempt . for, all existing systems of religion outside their to his own for the furtherance of any scheme in whi~h ·own; it i,s . icono9lastic, but does 11ot build a fairer there is a mutual agreement; but the limited_ .Fi'e_e. iinag~ up~n the :ruinu of the 'One it destroys ; neverthe.. thinker fears to associate with Spiritualists, leet he lees, it has itit office, arid performs its "work in aiding the should be thought to endorse their whole belief, and rest progress of humanlty, though that wor~ b~. roUihlJ per- under the stigma of beillg a Spiritualist. The time will · ·formed. The~Spiritualist and theadvanc~d)fre~thlnker \come, . arlcl is ·~ot far .. aistant, ·when the ·title of · perform. a ~her<work ;' they not· only build upon the ··" Spiritualist" will be a honorable one, signifying to the

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the ruins of old myth$·and superstitions a :f'airer edific~, . world what it does to its possessor-a man conscious :of b~t erect beside the. i ·. of the.present day IP'more his immortal nature, aJ;ldopen tO t)le.reeeption of truth, . beautiful image, that· the w~rshippers may, contrast the . from whatever;. source_ it may COQl~." Meantime. let

·. ·two,' ~d. see~g by tbis t,h!'_ <lefects fu. .that fo~ they· Spiritualists pursue their· oourse with a ~.conviction. ·have hitherto ignorantly; !O~hipp~, •ban.don ~t fo;r the. "Qf 'the ultimate recepuon ot their· principles, which are

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• D " the weU~knon Engl11h tnnoe medium, were puu1 , Jt ~npged· ia !ork · h&vm,, torr.its object the development in the ,Bannw of z,;,,11, of .June 19th Wt, underitie of lilr~tf · .. The pubhc are apt ~ mea.~u.re the poi;,.. title of • " I HAY NOT BE A riws:1tt.•• ~ tion ud. influence (>f Spiritualism by ifs immectiate I may not· be IJl!'Opbet I fSu.t'metbinks I feel thtti.. . -Pr~lninence, ~nd h .. enbe some ha.,. ve come to the conclusion When freedom's breath shall fan tho. cheeks of all in eyery ollme ;

When labour shall be virtue, aud nligio114Jhall be trath, that because theie have been no public lectures of la.ta And all earth's soDS aud davhters shall enjoy a lasting youth I the cause is dying out; there never waa a grater mim- I maf ~ot be, a P,~het I but is not the era near, . ~~' eo. n"'~pt'o.:~n.. .= t.ha . .,p1..il--.,.phv.. once .·. adopted .. :" is~ too· Wher&t the OJiurch Will eea.se to rule J!!li t'broof;dogm.a., cried, or

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VIWV .,, • • • When huml.ri li(e and 1'ature•s 1aws, in harmo .~ntwined, · captivating to be relinquished for what the churQhes can• Will be tbe base of better lives, the Christ of al ma.ukind f • d. · t · ~ thi b"l. i,h h b · 1 I may oot be. a prophet ; yet soon will daWD. the daf ouer, an in anos. caeea s p I osop y as eeJ>supp e- When science and religion will the highest truths display;

uiented by persqnal eommunion with those gone before. The voice of each, eternal, shall resound throughout the land, A.11 with many other social '!;and religious movements, A system then, for luJa4 and ic4rl, will reign on eveey hand.

· I may not be a prophet; but the · ~~-~· {sph• there are waves oonetantly ~ing-·~nd sweeping forward, When the woman with the man tand at;l<l take her proper Whl.lat the l!!le• i' 111 '-a""quil bet.~een. them. The sp~ect•tor Restricted and comtned she's been, in all the ages past ; ... • ...

"' "" Oil ""- " ""' Thank God I those states are almost dead-she wj,U be free at la8t. ftO~ the shore, when the s~ip. disappea~ from his view I may not'b~ a prophe~ ;, yet how soon m&J it qiv&.- , .• in the trough 41£ the iea is apt to think B'be has sunk That h the worlds cateer whe$ve !lor:dle shfftl sfrlve '

· ., · . ' . . · • The o the death of war, the g!Jenemg o'l gun, · beneath the wave. We are in the troughlbetween the The prize of we're striving for will then be nobly won. ··waves just now and in ·a little while. shall rise on a I may not be a p~ophet ; yet the !•bled time's. at hand

• • . '. • • ., In which the nations shall combine as one umted band.·. . . ~higher billq~, w~1ch wil~ b?ng us nearer to the havens That day will see one God, one ChutP,~, on~ gove~ent on earth, .. and make us and our prmc1ples m.ore apparent than ever The long OE~ted. golden age, the ~er second p~h. . . .. · to h t-'L th b · · I may not be a prophet ; but methinks l feel the time, . , . ·.

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When 18.bour shall be virtue, and religion shall be truth, · · · A~ all eJLrth'e sons and daughters enjoy a lasting youth I

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· beautifulinjunction whi~h our .elder .~rq~ber Jaid down tio the aesembled·multit~de, '~.Seek ye.first the King~om of Heaven, and all th1ng9 else shall be a.J.ded unto." . ·. . . + · . ,·. ·. : .•. So would w:e haye ;y.ou to se~k for the true, the ., la.sting Oomtiilunic~tU,na f~r: insertion in t~is . .Tourna_l f4oul4 is graces of the spirit, by bringing yourselves into harmony . pluznl!J writt•, and as conci1s aa poBBi6~., ... with t• Iaws of God to develqpe the good which is in - ff·

1ou in'eve~ possible way, the~eby. bringing yourselve~ IGNORANi ~BITICS. mto the spliere of ha.rmgny, wh1cha heaven. Trulr\l.re · . there many ways to this ·sphere, all. however, gonvergin:g TO TltE EDITOR OF 'l'fl:E HARBINGER OF LIGH'l'• .

to, ~n~ point, where he hep.rt's a~ect,ions 'plead !or . Sm,-You;big ®nte..;t>o~~ the 4"8trala1i~; ~ Jils ad~1es101!, and_ through wh1c~ .an enter after. bemg issue of the 4th September,. has, as 111·,us~ .witl,i such

turiJi. ed: m the furn. aee of afBiction, and npiny t1:'1als of ...... · e. o J·aundi-~. ·.1 aeeo. · · ....... of •one Of our sean. eea ... 'th d ti , · . wnlit'rs, g1v n " . . wu. .wa11 , . . . · a~.. an pa ence ... ,, . .. . . the particu~rs of winch appeared m your la.st nu~'Q~r. . . . F~d my sheep, said. Jesus, but we. ~al unto you: ifhe attack is 80 silly and feeble th~t I merel1 not}ee

l.ov. ~.an· .···.·d h.elp on. e.a· n.:o. t~er. , .prea.ch g'?o.d t.1d!.~s ~hr .. o~g~ it w.i·t.h the;;eharita. ble PUl~o.se 0.· f.~~1.ng t~e write.r; like lovmg.~deedsamd pu~~.bves, be unto a!l ~ hglit in ~arkn a QOd bo .~ to go to echo. before lie,ag'!'m venture&/to ne~s, &Jid l~t your tho~~te be portrayed 10 you actio~s, crf tjcise t~t which he evi . ently Jqiow~ little or not~ .now. and. 8,lermor.. g1m,ig glory to God, the Infinite abaut. If all such persona as. ~~, writer of the ar~~le Father. . .. . ;>~ · _ ·' -.. . TJ:Ul0BA1'D. ~~- . .tore,.id -ldJiave. the. map.11ness of c~~r to. ·'in-

. . . . . . . . . . . ~ · . .. · . ,"· . · . vesdga~iit'8fore sitting m JUdg~en~, thlir . ata.~ments . 'f' Umonc II strength/: by ·the . adhesive prmciple: the would then "be of scna· service' m elucidating the

· .. oom~in~tio:n of ·worlds ahd ~ystem~is eusta!ne~ ! eo it spiritual m)tterJ, blltthis it ~oes •. no~ suit their p~­is :~th.· t~e ·efi'orttof men, moving ~at~o~s and md1v1dll:ale. pose to do,).n!. hence the ~tup1dly 1g~ora.nt P.ara.graphs ~p1l'lt~~m, as. you term th~ behef in our comm!ln1on1 they: write'· on the .subJ~ct. ·"~he worsh?p . of . two 11 destm$1. to rule the world. It has. done so 1n the ·Ghosts,, dys .the writer in question; .but.since when past,. and continues . !ith. ,,rene!ed Mid ~ditiQJl&l did he 'aeqwre·~· the info1m~tion, •yr hich m~st be. news to vigor to rule., the ~ny of. nations. You fa.ii to see all Spiritu~ii\~?. The WJ'Iter then, after quoting from ~lie great b~lefit t!iiit ~~11 direct~.~"ene~gf a.nd:·steady 'TD.Y account of the seance, s~ys :-"Now, of coll:rse, .all pe···rsevera.nce'm ~·1ll.ta 1i;img y,.our conv1cti~ns of the,~ thls is merely t~e production of frau.d and µIus.1~n ~tJi before the worldryvill·e!fect .. All seetanan dogmas acting on weak m~ds." In oth~r wor~s, we .s!t t\Vlee disap~ar before the bright light given .. by the. ~alpa.ble a week for the de.~1ghtful purpose of ~eu~g dece1ve·d, ~r revelitiona of . the pres~n~. l\!o~~ a.re denied . the deceiving oureel~s, and we would. ·Continue to. do this

· ·benefits of a. full. and free investigation of the glorious for . the space of nearly tour y$11'8 ! ! lfear, fnr, your ·facts whic'b we· lay before all those who are convinced of .4.uatralaaian friend, when he writies about Spiritu~liem,

.·· the divine n~ture of the human soul, whose powers becomes distraught, or he mu&t ~ave been imbibi?1g . . ea.nnot)be wei~he~ or J:Q~2!-8ured by the earthly experiei:t~e overnight too heavily. in" ~raham:'s · ,XXX. S""!A m­

of ~nY,bn~,, w~il~ .1nba~~~g th~ corpor~ botlJ:· Spmt fluences, ~~.would re~md him,. ate apt.~· ~eget~ m the e?mmumon 1~ n? !Jew ~hing ; it has ~xisted since man minqs of their :v,otanes a.n1th1ng ~ut _c~rreet. :vie~ of

. him~lf, as an md1ndualm:d. soul w~ed the earth ; out meri. ancf things; . Hen.ce the m1sta~e, ~ss1bly, ~to . u., f'.ime ~ol~e on. the Spiritual ~ai1n~ .the as~n~ancy, whielt our opponent has f~lleJ?-. abq~. our circle RaymfJ ·· th_rough. the devel~pment . of . this d.1v1~e nature m ~~~ " semi-divine.. honon" to ~1n$'f beca~s' . '!e sing ~18 , mincland soul qf m•!1· We ~o not recon,unend organ1~~ hymn. , I suppose were our ~Ito~~ fr1end·to gi':e . !ion1.~of any preaenbed f'a1~~' put that all sh9uld unite a party, and pla1ed. or sa1;lg a ~vourite.~1~ ?f one ~fhia

· J,D. trymg to devel91>e the Spu1tual nature of ma,n. . . guests, .. it would be .. pa:~g •. ~nn aem1~d1vm. ~ . hon. , ~r.8 ! : · ~ E~· B.. ., . But; sl?, what am I wrl,tmg about. Our .4..UBtralalian

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• effbe~ pity of a fraud in aapng ~' or you a.re IA}>ormg conta~n1~g the nall!e• of ot~er well .. Jm~wn citizen~, !ho ~r a delusion. A.rtiole, ,111deedJ ""!' there. ever· 1u.ch ! have intimated their .int~nt1on of :foi:m1ng an &lfO'Cl&itton, .,aulit1. ! Tlftl etyle of argument 11 applied by all' based on the prlne1ple11 of thoae 111 London. 7,Should · 1uoh miters u he of the Awtralarian, when writini on anytliing be done in the matter, I ehall not tail to lay ~rltua. . 1 themea~ and for once' li\oetort, with my com.. parileul&l";' befo!e Y,OUr re .• tiders ... I~ w~uld·really ~eem p ents. . . u though Adelaide !Iii wakmg UP, from. its elumtier, and

· · t-HE OH.AIRMAN. proposes to atone for the put mdolence, and I cannot Energetic Circle, but hope. that success will crown the efro:rta of. those

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- SO~PTURE VIEW OF THE· SAU}JATH . . 1'0 TBE l,!)lTOB OF THE HABBOiGEB Ot LIGHT. " · • • - . . ,,

S N t. h .1.. S · •t 1· · b • • t. . tt t What 18 wntten in the Law how read.est thou. :m,- ow 111 pm ua ism is eg1nn1ng o a rae · . · ·b· b h • th b considerable attiention in all parts of Auutralia, it 9ccurs , ~~ .us . en:.m1~e the Sa... at • question on · e a ove to ·m.1 mind (an. d I tf>.row ·out the suggesti. 'on. for the p.·r1nc1ple, takmg ·th~ cOIJ1.fPOD> hte!l'l meanmg of the benefit of.those whom it ma.i con~e~) l:mt it would be words as they occur .in ~~e1r connexion. . . an.tixceedmgl1 use~~ plan? if oilicwl m.onthly reports o,f In EK0~11;~ we read:-:- :fAe anenf/,, da!J i1 tk8 Bab~tal~ the lvrogrer:H1cOf Spiritism 1n tile colonies were re larly of th~,Lor~,,.thr God . in 1t thou ~halt not do any work, pµblished in the Har'/Jinger, 80 that those ata ~e &c.; for.in".~ dtfl~ tls Lm:il matlB HMven anil earlli, could form a tolenbly correct opinion of tie position of. tne 11ea, a~d qll that in tkm 11, and rested on the seventh t~'bb !n the colon?es; There are several s_ocietieR in day, wber~f?,re . the. Lo,rd b18'&ed the seventh day .and. . Victoria, and assoc1a.tions have b~en formed 1n Sydney, .. hallo'V!ed :ct. The J~ws "!er~ com~~~ed to ~e:p ~he Adelaide and Brisbane . and. I unlerstand that one or -'Sabbath from evening till evening, a.n4 . to abide

· . two soci~ties exist in N :w Zea.land ; and I think that if eyery · ma.11 in .his place on ~t,( " let no ,man go .~ut of each of these societies furnished periodical reports of the his pJace. a.n the· -Sabbath day, and who,oever kmd~ed

• monthe' . work-short, and to the pQint-thjt the a fire, or VlOlu.ted th~ law of the Sabbat~ was to be put . Horbin9er would be additionally interesting. At -1.l to death. . . " . . events,. I trust that the idea will not be lost sight"' of, . Of the th~ Scriptures '!e re~ thau ~b~~t o~serve because by this means, or· something similar, the to ·d.f». accord1,11g,to all that·1s wr!tten therein. . Thou . numerical strength of Spiritualists in Austra.Ha could be shalt not a4d -mitp the .word .w?.1~h I have comma11d~ · . ·arrived at. · · · thee,_ neitlier. :~'halt. thou dumn1sh ~ught ther~fJ:?m;·

''I · s· i: notWJthstand1ng which, men professing to be m1n1sters . · · am, ir, aic., h d" d " hat • · . .A. SPIRITIST. of Cqpst, show ~t e utmost · 1sregar to w ld·

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written in the law ;" coolly ignoring most of the above . commandments, and~adding to them. .

" The children of Israel," we are told, " shall keep the Sabbath tkr()ugnout their generations for a perpetual . crnenant: it iB a sign oetween ms and tnB. children of'

. . .A.delaitle, 18th StJJJ:~smter, 1876. Iwaelfor ever." Yet some men tell us it was abolished; 'Tb.e. ,,few friends and supporters of Spiritism in this others that it .has been removed to an.other day ! to be

city ·at-every apxious that something should be done to' kept "from morning to night:" others tell us it does . spiead abroadits prin<Siples, and I azq glad to say that not matter- what day ,it is kept. ori, provided only we it, :is -~roposed to hol<l: a public meeting sometvhere in rest "a seventh part of our time;" another that ~od 4,d~laide as soon. as prelill!-inaries~ can be satistactorilf requires Gentiles to keep the first day of the week as ~~ged. Th~ difilcul~ 1s, I un~erst~d, about a t'be Sabbath, that we may kindle our fires on that su1t,a~le room to meet 1n. AU, or .nearly:-an, the con- day, but keep it· in a different manner, and for a di.ff:erent ..

· veDient pla,oos are either dirfetly or indirectly connected purpose, ·and persist in trying to enfor~e R?edience. to with· some Of the d~V,om~ons, and the rema4idet are their Sabbath upon men wlio are ne1tlter Jews nor t<»Ja~eJmd to.o ex}>mj'sive lo engage. I ~~pe, h9wever, Christians. · ·1

that tlie. lromoters will . see. a way to obviate the· difli- · To · ascertain the meaning of the terms used in the ~ty, an I have no doubt but that they Will ; and I command, we must refer to the .first ~hapter of Genesis. hope in. my next to be able to furnish a satisfactory These a.re, "·day,'' "heaven,"" earth,''" sea." .

· repprt. I believe the actual number of " inquirers" is We are ther~,,told th~t " the evening and the mornmg about eighteen, bnt, as a matter of fact, it is impossible was the first day." The same terms are applied to each tq tell tn~ nqmber at present. I do hope, howev6!',.th{tt day, evidently. implying natural days; besides, these w.~ a~ .~ccee~ i_n · 1aying the foundation oi a really are. elassi~~d· with the ~eventh. day, and also. t~e appli­flodhtng association. cation ot.1t· to us, which prov~s the. ~,~~e thm~;. for · : . · . s Turner, whoae name is. familiar'" to you, is ex- the btw i~ports ~hat God la.bored for. mx days in the pe('ted to preach. in the WakeBeld Unitarian Church· creation, rested on the seventh," and was refreshed,". next Sunday, and a large crowd will ·be sure to meet~ therefore the Jews were commanded, under penalty of

. The ]iev. Mr. W~tham will take Miss Turner's place in death, to do the same, in commemoratfon of the event. Melbour~~ . w~ile ~hat lady i~ here~ )Ir. Whit~am, if As to the · meaning of the term "earth," we are t!>ld not a Sp1ritist, admits the genuineness of the mamfeeta.. "and God· called ,the. dry land ' earth,' and the gathering ~one. Of co~ne, the church in Wakefield-street would of the waters callea he ' seas,' and God c8.lled the not tolerate hi'!! if he 1dared ~o preach .what he b'elie~es, firmament ' Heaven.' · · • .

· but I am. hoping "'Wl\en he 1s freed from the sectarian We are told that he spent five days in creating this . bonds which at present encircle him, that he will man- · little globe, but made the ;,U,,, moon, mul st~r1 it one, f'ully determine to give the public the benefit of his The sun itself, to say nothing of the other planets, is . investigation. ·It has been<.rumoured here that when 1,000,000 times the volume of our earth, and· the!" are hi,a present eµgagement expires, which willbe early next eta.re that are 1,000,000 times that of the sun ; while the · year, he will .pro'b~bly ~ke . Syd!1ey the sc:ene of bis milky-way alone' is computed to eo~ta1n 6,000,000 ·or. f¥ture :operations, ~nd u:r that city he will be less· suns. Here we have a demonstration of the utter · . ~ed, and I believe that ·we may hop~ for t:be best ignoran~e of the writer of the subject ~e was describing, ·. res. . ts. , ,. and the non-inspiration of the book. . . · ·

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•cl 1!19ono11;r ckDo... thil. P.!nOd to' be· utterly of J;lie week, 1\w PNIA.?1*1 ~ them, ''"' .~· . , .. tallac10111, .·ua,.'oo ... uequ•~.· ae1tber. the·~.P~. . on .. ·tls~ ....... d ... conuued. .......... ~,. .. h ..... 1mtil. ~. . •., nor· the ereatlon an worthy of o . atteotion, Tfe , We ,uve lboo. it wu ·PHJ.~1 cutioin ·~ .speud ' . . . earth ani: IW1 Uld, *re. UJt. 01 fo, million& of fW>biith.": ·witb . 'the .. J'ewl9 ~ m the: 81?&1op, . 'l\e · yem; but· our subject ie the, Sabbath, · . · Sabbath ended at 1un1et, wh8'1 the· I.rat day· (.)f the wee~ . W& will now refer to the New Tutament on the began.''· .He then retired witb.W.:~nt: .. t~ .. .-t '~ ~

10]>.j~t. ·~ · ... · · . :Wrd's Sueper:_' and'' to deli re~ an · addrens to' them, . · Fint, t~e Sabbath ·is nowbere said to be changed in "refMl;J lo.~" on lu jo""1'MJI on t'l&I Bvni~ flUWfli¥, it .•o another. d&f; on 118 ~. ~.·, tis twm · Sallbt&tl& ii the;; mornmg ~f .th. e fiat day of the we.ek ..•. ·Let not,m.·y BMltiliHZ, appZW lo 'tlli 1tm6'd~ f!aY of tit1 weol: therein, reader forget that "it is written," " And the ev~g which should- be incontrovertible ~vi<lence that it was and the morqing were ·the int day." · Observl, not chanJed.. Secondly, the Gentileu are deelared . to Paul uaea the term Sabbath not to the first, but to the be free &om "the l&w."-;-Acts xv. 5, 2R, 22. Thildly, seventh da;rpf the we~k. . . . .. . · .. the New 'reatament-conta1ne D9 eom~and· that the first Next, let us enqutre, Does. the laW!~;.reqw~ the daY. of the w~k should. ~e kept bke the Sab~tb, ~r Gentiles to • observe the Mou.ie Sabbath P .In Acts ent~ly set "!ade for rehgioua purposes. Fott!J!hly, it xv. we are informed that'~ there !Ose up °'?rtam 0£ t~e eontams no eftdence that that day was so ktt,p~ by the sect of the J:>haraaees which believed, sa110g, ' that it Apostolic Churohes, iul t!&s contrarg, uikic'/& 1 ikall pro- was needful te circumcise the Geni~le1, ani to command oeB,a to ilaow, tAem to keep tks laws of_ Jlo111," and the Apoatlea and

In e:umining "wha,t ie wrijten'' in the New ·Testa- Elders,;J~nd the mult~tude, ~ho ·believed ·at Jerual~~ ment. about .the SabbatlJ, Ij··ehall first refer to the. cazpe t?getber to.consider this matter." :The :fol!o~g ~~f ofJesus on th.at subject. "Ver~ly I. say untot w:asthe reply selt. b;y that ~ssem~ly to the Gentilee m you, -t;Z . Hea'OtJn and eq,rtl ~11·,aw,a9, one ;ot ·.~ onq tittla the church at Antioch on this eubJ~t :-aAaZZ ·in no wi11pa11 aw9froml'ks law ~ill an be fulfilled: "It. m~th good to th& Holy Ghost and to us t<?·.Jay whosoever, ther. afore.' .. 1Jial, . . Z '/JreaJ: O!le. \f th~ lea. et com.. upon1 · n8'~. eater burden.than the,~neceasary thi~~· . inandme»:ts, and . shall teach men so, ks ai'&ll is callerl tliat ye absta?-if :Crom meat oft'ered to ·idols ~. fr~m. bl~d, . lls "°'t in fko Tcvngdom of Hat1tJMf; ad wlioaoever akall and from things strangled, and from :fornication ; frOm do_, antl "'1ck tJ,tJm, tle BtlfMI 11&all bs. calleil great in tk6 .:;·Which if you keep y~u~s~lves, ye shall do well." • ·

. J:m9~om. of lleaoMi." Now, the Jaw ea.r,s, ." tlte ·1ewmtk Observe, no mention is here ~de about.keeping the · .. iJau • ti8. &bbitlk oftks uwtl tk9 9otl,' "from ntmit_Z9 Sabbath! . . . · . r . ·· . · . . · unto n1mll1!!J B~l~ IB ceZ1i6r_at1J my Sali'!Jati." Again; he Pau~· also refers ~ ~he S~bbatli 1n h1s epistle to. the

. taught his d1s~1ples saying "the. . Scribei1 and the Collosians, where ''it u1 wr1tte~." "Let no man, there- · P.harieees sit in Mos. es's sea. t,. qll uikatJ1oever fneg bid· gou fo. re, 4udge you, in meat or drink, or in. ~·P~~ to au

· 0'111er!s, t'lu!J ao., but do ~ot ye ~tier their work&!" holy day, ?r the new moon1 or the Sab~ath. 1-11. 16. . . · This w~e, of cou~se, .. mtien. ~~d for the J (3We only ; ~for Ther~ is one . ~dte :passage ~o. wh1c~ we sh~ll refer.

Matthew informs us JesusJJ&.1d, '~I am not sent but to "I was in the sp1r1t on the Lord 81 Day;'-:&v. i. 10 .. the lost sheep of the hous~ of Israel," an.d he charged Old LiJJht Presbyterians . o;/11,r-m that the first day ~f them not to go to the Gentiles.· · , . · . the week is" The Day of the ~rd," "The Lord's Day;' · Let us now refer to· the Resurrection of Christ, in and tkat it should lie hept as t'IJ,s 8ti6'6atk ; not onlg '/Jg

connection with the Sabbath, bearing in mind -that the tke J8UJ1, but '6.v GM1tile1, who beliMJB in 'Jeaus; and tlid paesages:»•·~bove refer~ed to· distii;tctly imply. that the nck as do not beiwe. 1kouliJ be tJO'll!p_elkiJ to keep it, as Sabbath was to be in force dunng ," the Kingdom of was formerly . done 1n Scotl~d, ~here the first day Heaven." , . Sabbath was :first enforced on all, those who would not

·Luke tells ·us that the wo~~n who followed t}le body attend the K,irk .. we~e put to deat~ or baniaA~iJ. • · of. Jes~ to the sepulchre, "1'este~ tke Sabba,tJe. ilau. I take Paul's advtce, c~ nothmg abou~. the1.r asse~- · accordang to tke CO~flfl!-n.ilment," certainly implying that tions. , but ask o. ur Rev. friends, "What is Wl'lt. ten ii:i th.~ S~bba~~ was svJl m force, and unchang~. Their the law, how r.oadest thou~" ,, . · .· brwging spices to embalm the. body; the message sent Why mM. not " the Lord's Day. refer to that day ~y t~e.Angel, and b7·Jesus to the Disciples, to go into which Go[ hallowed, and commanded to be· ~ept holy Galilee·; the travellmg of Jesus to and from Emmaus bfthe Jews i to" be observed throu1hout their gene~ Weith the tw~ disciples, which was aboU.t fourteen. mile~ tions for a perpetual~ovenant ;"and. to be kept from ev~n ·dist."!lt . (qmte unlawful on the Sab~a.th). are proof unto e~en " on. the sevent\ da_y o~ the wee~. P , That positive tha~~~he ·day of. th~ r~surrection was no~ kept day '1:h1ch )Ie calls " My holy day P :-Is&. lV111. ~3. . :8 a Sabbath. • When the d1sc1ples l~ft Emmaus, it wa15 . . we know.; but au reuon• why. it should not be so . toward ev~n1ng, and the day was far spent;'' they applied; t1-\ is, that though " the Da1 of the Lord,, . had.~even miles to w:a.Ik to Je~usalem, conseq,u~11tly f[ie is often· referred· to in the,~criptures,1t is .never el~ 6'enm9ojtke1scond ~all of tu week kad arnveil before where applied. to the Sabbath, or to the fi1st day· of they reached that .city; and before. ~esus a.p~e.ared the week, when occurring in the the P~lme, and the. &!Don~ ~hem, John ,:nforms .ue that h~~ second v1s1t to Prophets, or referred to by the Baptist, by Jesus; or by ~s ,d1sc1pl~ was afte~ eJght day~ . from that date, Peter, ~ is ~xclusively applied to " the great notable . conse9ue~tly, on t~e e'tJentlttg of the tkird day of tne. w!elc, day of the Lord," which constituted a , fundamental .IC01ai~ time;. which co~,~ence~ o~ Tuesday evenmg, portion of the primitive Gospel (~w pru4entigJly. la"1 ~~.·JrdmJ: to t~~·.la!. The third ~1me ~esue appea.red asidB!) many of~ the details of which appear·to Q1e .·w~s ~htle the 1l1sc1ples w_ere fishing in· the Sea of pp.seed before John.in''vision (read the openmg of ~~e T1~enu~, We h~ve no evidence whatever that any of sixth· seal; vi. 12, 17, and of the seventh, and chaps. vn., thes~.d~Y.s were e~ther kept as the Sabbath, or devoted viii., ix.) correspond with that period orevent. . . · to: rehgmus ~xerc1se~~ . ,, .... , . One thing iS. ce:r~, with all their iniiolerance, Pres•

We learn from · the Acts .~hat. t~e Qhur~h at byterians do not themselves keep the .Sabbath. , :erusa. lem, Jl!any.years ~fter t~~.J · .. esurr~ction, .~ontinued Th. e reason I do not, is that .through oµr knowledge.

all zeal~us .1n th~ law;" theret'01eJ,, shll keeping. "the of . geo?bgy ·and utronomy, the ·.l:aws of nature, . and . . S~bbath, :given ·t~em~ for a peqs~tual covenant; con- extent of the uniytrse, I am, convmeed. that the. crea. ' 1eg_uentl9, that ordinance ~:·n~t·~en clian9od from the tion described in (}enesi~ ie nothing but a myth of the · sevenii .to the. ~et day of lie w:ee~. . . . . dark ages ; . a. doct~me for. which they poseell~ n.o s~~d · In chap. xvn. 1, ~, we are informed that " Paul, aa evidenc~, . which; like · the~. book and comm1ss1on, they Ail ·manner wae, went . in . unto them (the 1 ew_,,, in the cannot prc>~e tq. be genuine. • . . · · SypMo~e) MUI tkrBB Sab'bdk da91 reuoned with them I am .qwte-J.D £avor of havmg one. day m the w:eek O'Ut Qf the Scriptures." More direct evidence cannot ·set a.part for ·devotion, intellectual i~provem~n:t, ~d. p~ssibl:y be given .. that the Bab'/J~t~, in the j~d~en~ 9f h~al~hfu.l .. recreation ; .but am th~roughly . d1egp.ste. ti the writer of " the Acts,'' re~1ned unchaliged on the with the . 1gnor~ce, bigotry, and mtolerance of so!le

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ITEMS OF NEWS BY THE MAIL. -

;'.The." Spiritualist," of 9th July, pu~l~'1ies.an inter~st­ing letter from Mr. Morse, cont~1nu1g ac.co~nt~ of 1eances with Dr. Reade and Mr. Footer. · It is inculen .. tally: mentioDed that the latter medium intends to visit · England shortlr, and spend some time there. · Thie may probably delay hie contemplated visit to Australia for a time.. · .

The 1.111.me1"Raper also contains an accofnt of powerful ·spiritual manifestations on board H.MJl Monarch.

· . In an article on " Spiritualism . and ¥en of S~ierwe," having reference to the proposed scientific investigalion ·

· of .s\>irit~al . ·pb~u~mena, at S~. Pet~rsburg, . ~e · "Sp1rituabst" anticipates a lack or medu~ms, ar1s1ng

from the knowledge of unfair treatment accorded by · scientific men·. to mediums on previous occasions. . Amongst ·other cases, allusion is made to the professors ·of Harva1d University, who, in 1857, formed a co.m. ··mittee to ·investigate. spiritual phenom~na. They

. published one . report, condemning . what they saw, and .. -promised to stat~ the result of further investigations.

··Among the further investigations were some_. e~peri .. ments with the Davenport Brot~ere; tkeae they tlicl not

· pu'6lisk. ·The London Dialectical . Society followed suit, and tried to suppress the publicd.tion of their com­

. mittee's report, when· they found it to be favorable to Spiritualism· It is not -to be wondere~ at tha~ with such exampl.es before them, mediums ehould be disin­

. ~lined to ruit a foreign country, aud plac,e themeel.ves 1n· the hands, and at the mercy of a. n'l;qtber, of sceptical

. and, probably~ prejudiced men. Dr. T: L. Nichole gives

. the follo~ng account of the action of the Harvard pro­fessors with the.Davenport Brothers:-

"At the beginning they were submitted to a cross-examination . . The pr0fessom eJ:ercised their ingenuity. in proposing tests.

· · W0ul~ ·they submit to be handcuffed 7-Y111. Would they allow . men to hold them ?-Y111. . A dozen prQpositions ..!!ere made, a~cepted, and then reject,ed by those . who had made them. If

·. any test was accepted by the b.rnthers, that was reason enough · frlr not trying it. They were supposed t-0 be prepared for that, so

. ~Qme other must be found. It was no use ~ put them to any test . · :to which they were ready and apparently eager t-0 submit.

.. "At last · the ingenious professors fell back upon· rope-their .own· rope, and plenty of it. They brought five hundred feet of ·.new rope, select.ed for the purpose ; they bored the cabinet set up

· 'J•fn. one of their own rooms, and to which they had free access, full ' of holes ; they tied the two boys in the moat thorough and the · most . brutp.1 manner. They have, as any one may see: or feel, : emBil wrist.it, and hands large in propora~ion-· good, solid hands, ·"-hi• .cannot be 11lipped through a ligature which fits even loosely . on the wrists. When· they were tied, ·band and foot, arms, legs, and . in everj way, and with every kind of complicated knotting,

··the ropes were drawn through the holes bored .in the cabinet and :firmly knotre~ outside, so as to make a. network over the boys. After all, the knots were tied with·linen thread.

·· '' Professor Pierce then 'took his place in the cabinet between '. the nr.o broth~ whp could scarcely breait.e, 80 tightly were they

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secured •• As .be.entered, Professor Agassiz was seen to put some-~g in his hand. The side doors were ,,iiutand fast:ened. The

·centre door wu·no sooner shut than the bolt ltas shot on them .. msi~e, and Professor Pierce stretched out both ·bands to see which · 'of the two firmly bound boy11 had done it. Tire phantom band : ; was shown ; the instruments WEmr rattled.; . the · profeuor felt . ~hem about his beiid and face, and 'af~~ery. mom~t kept PurlDg ~ .. OD ~acb side .. with. bis han,ds to. fin4 llie .~.1~ ).oth,boun,d as firm

as ever. Then the mysterious p~ent.of ·Prof~sor Agassiz;became

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»r; R. T. Hallock, one of the pioneers of Spiritualism, and author of that excellent little work, "The Road to Spiritualism," arrived in in London about the end of June last, and with Mrs~ Hallock, Dr. Mack, and Colonel Robinacn, were publicly welcomed. by a large bod;r !Jf Inglish Spiritualists, at the Sp!ritual insti~ution, on Monday, 5th July. . Mr. S. · O •. Hall occupied the chair, and bis address of welcome was supplemented by· Mr. Thoe. Shorter. Dr. Hallock, Mrs. Hardy, and Col. Robinson replied. Some Spiritual experiences were :related, add the meeting, which appears to have been a very harmonious and social one, broke up. .Dr. Hallock subsequently delivered two excellent lectures at Doughty . Hall.

We have not heard JQuch,,,of Mrs. Gappy of late. It appears she has been in the country since the departure of Mr. G., but ·~as recently returned to her town residence, at Kensington, and commenced holding private seances, to which she kindly admits several anxious investigators. An account of one of the first of them, at which Mr. Burne was present, appears in the " Medium," of 16th July, when, among other manifesto,. tions, live fishes, of the kinds wished for by the visitors, were bro11ght into the room; Captain James, who was present, chose " gudgeon," as he said· afterwards, on account of tpe difficulty of conveying them any distance alive , another said'' crawfish ;" two of the former, and· one of the latter were found, with other fish, in the previously empty bason, within a few minutiae after the · wish was expressed. Spirit hands were materiaJiz~d and exhibited in the light, and Mrs. Guppy ·cut a '(>iece ot lace from a sleeve which clothed one of' them. Flowers were asked for, arid quite a shower of roses, lilies, &c., fresh plucked, and redolent of perfume, fell about the room. '.Mrs. Guppy's seances are frequented by the ~lite of society, including royalty.

The spirit circles in Brussells have formed an associa. tion, entitled" L' Union de Spiritisme et Magnetisme." Eighty members were present at the first. weekly meeting, and steps were. initiated for the formation of a Belgian.National Confederation. ·

· The wonderful materializations a.t the E~dy ,1,Jrothe_.s, to which Mr. Mc,ody's letter refers, are n'ot singular . in . Ame~ca, similar manifestations are reported as occuring ·

. in the presenee of several media. The " Religio Philos.opnical Journal," of 17th and 24th July, contain accounts of wonderful phenomena witnessed at ·Mrs. Stewart's, Indiana, ~everal spirits were recognised by those present, and one signed ~erself "Mattie Menden­hall," approached a rostrum which was in .the seance room, and, in the presen~e of all, wrote with a pencil a letter to a relative who was present, he sitting within four feet of her during thetime.she "\\'&B writing. She was fully recognised by him, ariJ was dressed in a cos­tume familiar to him as wori;i by her when· in the bQdy •.

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· GQcl.ia India,) wbo hold view1 ve171lmilar to our'own, omen:., In·,~1r1u!P nd. tbj\~rmklee ·of tiurabra. but wbo,1eem. even to outstrip ~n. their charity, 18 ascetic· face·~ se aomewhen ·a d1Dtl of gentltHiis, our read.en, will, W&.have no doubt, concede, alter read- and am eq~fri~n of aweemeu whi~~ )'OU. nal~. b;u.t mg the following 1itract from Plu1 Oalcutta Twtio cannot descl'.lbl?. · I was only a~ ... prt ~· wi .. th hun,·l>\lt bnual, being a portion or the report of their missioµary came away refreahed from the pwnnce 'of· & man wboae ofentiobl in EQghmd, by ·Ba.boo· Protob Mozoomdar hair baa whitened over the maturi9' of his own (aith, who l&telf visited that ceuntryt lectured in ·Exetier Hall an~ who, in ~erving and w~nhippi~g, )111 found the. and. other plaoel, ap_parebtly wuth great succesaii. . peace and purity, we all seek in. our heart.. It. matters

: We ·would· call· tlie attention of oqr :readers to the not much to me that he is a Catholie ; it is the reality . genuine:opirit of charity which characterises the' acoount of religious Jlte l have sought in the world, and I can thie BralWo miaeionary gives us of the Bo~ Catho.. safely .say that reality is in him. · lbave been told beJ.1

, lie Dip3tory ud'the Gieat Scientist, com~ared with in tlie tenderest relations with hie theistic brother,.aud the eevere ea.reutie .. remarke 'made upoc both of theae that in losing what they b~th held in',c'ommon at ·one

, individuals,. . by many of the Protestant clerg.rt arising time, the}' have not lost ea.ch other. And perhaps they . from their very_ narrow views of the Great unknown both wait for a better union and a better brotherhood Efie~Spirit thatpervadeafthe universe; the1'clergy goto hereafter." ;'.: tlie Bcripturea for the character of God, where tliey find Ile had a remarkable interview with Professor Tyndall: he uaed to waJ.k in a garden in " the cool of the day ;"• "M1 conversation with him wu of course exclueiv~!Y ~ visit the earth oooas.io~ally wit~ a few of his. com pan~ on th'e. su~J~ct . in wh~c~ I am mostly intere~ted .•.. He ions, was on terms of mt1macy with such men as Abra-i: seamed po111tive!f unwilling to acceJ>t the usual rebgiou ham; eat, and drank, an~ w~hed his feet.in their.tents; phraseology. Even to the word God, if I· rightly .r~­and was afterwards crucdiedtwhen tradition saIB that member, h~ objected. The r~son fo(th~s.was-that be he rose from the· dead and ascended into heaven, having fervently du~approved of the philoeopWcal 1deas attached :first us11re~ his d}sciples . that he ·was coming back in to such words by popular theology, tareaction against

·that generation, to Judge the world, that they would not which in his mind·was eitreme. How far in discardh.J.g all. t&Ji~, death till he returned, and that they knew these theological ideas "be has disctrded the .. essen~ neither. the day nor the hour when the Son of Man truths of simple theism it is not easy to determine. would appear in the clouds of heaven with power and OnlI it seems logical, and ther~fore, in the case of a l!lln great glory. This, he promised near]y two thousand like him, true, that holding the bold and most unequ1vo­yean ago, ·but has not yet returned, notwithstanding cal creed of materialism, he cannot assent 1io the plain which he is still worshipped by Christians as the God p1•opos?tions as to DJpne nature and its relations 'Wi:th of ,truth, to the ~tter disgust of scientists, not only be.. the' universe, that to 'QS are so uacred~ But nevertheless, cause they em discover no reliable evidence 'of the truth the moral enthusiasm of his nature is very great, and s.o of the Scriptures, but upon examination find them to far supplements the deficiency,of what may be tecb.D:i­contain many things they consider irreconcilable with the cally called religious culture, that in almost denying, ~r facts and laws of nature, with reason, and sound moral- very ~dimJy perceiv?-ng th~ reality of religi~n as an ele­ity ; while many portions of the S"criptures are not only ment of man's· J:rlgher mtellectual consc1ousness, · ~e inconsistent witli, but contradictory to, each other. In clings tenao.io~~ to what he calls 'the emotions,? ~d

. short, ··while the Christian forms his opinio~of God by ou.t of thefu. cGeetructs a 'Mystery,' tha~ pervades .. ~~ deseriptions of his manifestations, . acts, and laws, as things. From that . ~yetery he merges mto. a ' ~if,,, t~ese are described in the Scriptures, the scientist looks from that into a. ' Pres~nce,' and from the ' Presence upon these $8 entirely fictitious, and forms his opinion into a ' Spirit,' which, in the language of Wordsworth of the Great 'Eternal Universal Cau'se from the phenom- quoted by· him, 'impels ·all thinking t~il!gs, all objec~s ena of nature, which infinitely transcends any description of all thought, and rolls through all ··th:mgs.' What lie or conception of that personality described as "the God did not seem to like was to formulate into a fixed doe­of Abrab~m, Isaac, and Jacob," who was seen to the trine , this ' fluent . life ' and ' spirit' of .the· un!verse. seventy elders of Israel on the top of Mount Sinai, who As for ~yself, I do not complain of anyone com.mg to ·dwells between the iherubim in the temple, and who, realise ·. through life and emotion w~t I. !!Ilyself' realiiJe when it is rebuilt, has promised to return and dwell in it through mind, heart, and will alike ; but I cannot· ae­again at Jerusalem among tke Jews for .ever."-. Ezekiel cept the idea or a 'fluent' God that has no part in tli.e xli.ii., 7. II~nce Tyndal and many who are termed fixity ~or hu~a~ convicti~ns, arid o~. the laws th~t !. e~ulate Atheists ob]ect to use the term " Gon " to the Great . all tlungs ,within and without. If by ' fluent is meant Incomprehensible Author of the phenomena or nature, f' pr.ogressive," t. hat our i. d.eas. on th. e subject of, G. od :. are. whoee'works ~nd laws they study with a devotion, which ceasel~sly growing .with the growth of' mm~s.nature; :I , contrasts otroµgly with the: little attention~ given by admit ~h& wQ:rd. BJJ .. t I:aq~i~ it. with the proyiso that aome ~£ the clergy to the works, and commands, and the.. there is an . element of fixity m it, an everlasting ~~h

0 example of· Jesus, whom Christians call God, while and certainty that ever developes and never declines, , . scientific men cannot avoid looking upon them as blind that would outlive the wre~k of all false faith, a.nd ~li idolaters. false l>hilosophy. I must take the libe~ of· observing

.. In refe.rence .. to Father Newman he says:- here t'hat Professor Tyndall's faith in: this matter seemed "I remember my intierview with Dr~ Newman at the, anything but decisive~ Even in my presence ,;,there

!Brompton · 'Omrory. 'Look . at this brother and at seemed to be a continual ebb and ft.ow of conviction in -that' I cried to myself after I left the reverend father, hie mind. · The impression with which I left him was and by the law of association contrasted him with his · that hie whole nature was glowing with a deep, v.-.gu.e, younger brother, our friend, Francis William. The two and transcendent sense of the Divine life, beauty, and brothers &re>&& different, and yet as alike, 9-8 they cs.n love; but hie intellect, self-bound, loyal, ,·and logical to be. In childlike sympathy; in honesty, firmness, and its creed, hesitated and failed to grasp or admit the)m,;. ,:jnde~ndence .~f character they . are equal. But the port of that Life ~pon the orig~, growth, facts, and laws ·:~14~r :bro~her .11 reserved, .wat.chl'ul, a~d melancholy. Bis of beins-. ~t is': grol's i!1ju.sti~ .to call hi.m '1l.n ~t~eilt. · ·wh~le: bemg is absorbed m his, vocation. To other· de- · ' Working m the. cold light of ~the understandmg t"or , ,~i>Ml\11 ~than th~ae of his faith he. seems to be. u~terly many years,' he 8'id in effect to me. as. we ,rose to pillt,

. ·:UD•1.11~uL'.',:W1th oth~r men's' news and p1'1rici1>leP, 'we here·io feel the want of the fire and"vigour of: that ~ ;e~pt 1ueh u aft"ect ·ha. own, he seems not to have the Life. 'It is all but extinct in Engll.Jld. ;In saying so,

'., .. l.O. eoncem• ,The lea.at shadow of a. con~sMsion to and in not ~pting it at the hands of·those who haye •. ~ ·an:v::~, or ·ev~n .to ~·any sympathy~ he wµi it not~ .1, ~ve. ~~~Qme. unpopular. Let ~hoJJ.e wh~ liare '.taot~.nN~.: .'~e'holda hu o~ WJ.f~ a ~m _gra&p'~st th~ L~egi~e ~~'~to us. VJ;o you t~eref~re_1n t~e. 1~t . -·•;wbol~: boetile. ',.Vorld, and, m the oom~teness .• ot· his we:" look, with real hope ; life came ~~ th.o.se regions ·.··~. overJm own· 'f)()lition 'feela tliat :he is lecure~ · ·once "before~ 'and-it :must come ~n. Take therefore .· •'a-.i·~,, ·.·. , my hearty·eympa~liy ~d goodwill'''

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G. Bakl, Kr. a! Kn. A. Bail•. . TB' Bfael'gefic Oir~~e . of · 8_pjritual~t:s, ilfldhunt; · gave thea~ an.null ·~ .B!eomg~ at Home'' m .ht· new Muomc ~I, iy1ew Pl. aoe,.·on :Hond. ay night, the l8~ptiember, at 'whteb. one of the large.t and moet· ·ru'hionable aac1ience1 attended. that ever . auem~led in that city. ~ome three ·h~chiecl tfo~eta were privately eold to those mnted, and ot tbelf) there were a'&ou.t two hundred and mtf present, the ladie1 being u ~umeroue u the gen. ~lemen. The large and b~autiful hall-one of the finest·

. .. ill the colony and a credit to the c~presented a splendid 111pearauce. . The Circle bad wely abstained from any elaborate decorations, aa it would have only lo~ked Ii!"' gJ~~g g~ld to have done ot~erwise, but the few they m&ae were 1n good taste and in keeping . with the rich mouldiup of th~ hall. Above the platform there was placed . a beautifully con1tr11cted crown of artificial roses, with a V .. R. on each side-the work· of Mr •. Harry Lipman, of.Short Btre~t-ari.d wb~c~ was the subject or general pr8.lse, the. mre;.work having, been done by Mr. T. J' •. Connelly, of HiglJ. Street. On a table on the platform was pTu.ced a large and handsome silver flower-stand, filled with a choice selection of rg flowers· from the gardens of Mr. Cartwright

Jlas' and Hunters's splendid string band occupyiug the ·other part of\the J>latform. At tlie opposite end. of the hall hung a large.f!nio~ J~k, and along tae front of the· gallery the, Bp1ntuabst motto :-" Peace on earth and good:.will towards men." There was a card room for· ·those who did not dance, and the principal . refresh­ment room was on the ground floor, being the Masonic BUJ?per-room, the tables of which were most tastefully laiii out aod the edibles all that c()uld be desired. Mr. Harwood, of the Masonic Hotel, )was the caterer and so much pleased were the audience with the man~er in whi~h he had carried out his responsible·duties, that.he rt!Ce1ved three ~earty cheers at the close. We noticed &_!n.ong the audience many. of the most prominent of th citizen. s, notably so their worships . ~he Mayor . an l\layore~s (Mr~ and Mrs. Robert Olal'.:k), Mr. Oogdon, the Police ~agistrate, Mr. ~obert l3"urrowes, M.r.,.A., and Councillors Ho~mee, Aspinall,· Barne, Hattam, and Woodward. Danemg commenced at· 8.30 members of tpe Energeti~ Circle, with the Mayor and Mayoress taking the lee,.d 1n the usual quadrilles. The fir8t set w~ formed ae follows :-Mr. Denovan, (Hon. Sec.) and Mn. Clark, Mr. Clark and Miss Farnsworth Mr McAuley and . Miss Southam, Mr. White and Mrs: McAuley. Ther~ were twenty-two ·dances on the pro­p.mme,a.11 of which were got through by abont 2.45,and throughout t~e entire r.roceedings · the utmost hilarity

·an·d· good feeling ~reva1!ed, ~veryone apparently enjoying themselves and decla.nng it to be "a most charming Party!' ~r. ~orge, Buttery acted as H.C~ and gave 'eneral satisfaction by the able and unobtrusive manner m. which he discharged his duties. At the close ·the

· :ntire company j?fned hands and sang and : d;nced · . .,luld Lanff Syne. The band then played "God save the Q~een. ·A· h~rty vote o~ thanks ·was passed to. Hallas band. for their able services during the evening.

· M~. Hallas played a beautiful solo on his cornet and was lo11dly &J?plauded. 'Ye must not. forget to notice the :&ne·pl~y1ng on th~ piano of .a young gentleman present, (a nativ~ of Bendigo) who kmdly gave his services in . several 1mprom&u dances got up during the interval a~d we may add, without exaggeration that the " Even: ing at Ho~e'' of '75 will long live in the memories of those who.bad the pleasure of being present at it. Mr. George Bu~tery, the M. C., received a hearty vote of thanks at the close. • ~e folf~wing i~ ·a list of the Ia.dies and gentlemen

. who held tickets or were present :- . ·~·· ~r. and. Mrs .. Aspinall, .Miss Abrahams, Mr •. and Mr~.

. ~tkmison, Mr. A.da:qls, Miss· Agnew;. · .. .· Mr. Blayney, Mr. S. 0. Brown, Mr. and Mrs.

Buttery, Mr. Burrowes,, Kr. and Mn. Bayne, Mr. B~nati, Mr. W .. Brown, .. Miss Brown,. Mr.· Ba.th; ~8 · Bath1 Hr. Buel:Jey, Mr .. T. Brown, . Mrs. C. J-. Brown,- ~ts8 H. Brown, Mr. and Mn. Barbour Hr. 1~ S. Bra1m1' Mrs. De-Bazon, Mr. JJoydeJ, )Ir;. ~olan,

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Hr, l;. Canon (Kelbourne), Ht\ ad M.rt. B. Olark~ Kr Thoe. Chapman, Hr C. K. Come,Mr and Kn T. ·1. Oonnell;r, Kr. and Kn. Ooope, ·l&.. . • If. n. and.Kia Cole, Hr and Mn Thoe. Connell, Mr .. a,U. Mn.Crow~_, Kw Cabijl, Mr. J. A. O•rbines, Mr. •~· Oogdon, Kr., 1. Oam~bell, Mias Campbell and Mr. W. D. Campbell, Mr. Olough, Mr. J .. s. Ombbe,, Hise O~rta. Mr. and · Hrs. G~ Oonolan, H11s and M11Ss B. Oruibbank, Hr. W. P. OonoJly and Mias Conolly, Hr. 8. Cadwallader, . Hi11 Clay, Mrs. and Hise Crawford, Mn. Oou1ter, . .Mr. Corkadale. ·

Mr. Danson, Mr. and Mn. Davidson, . Mr. Druce, Mn. Denovan and Mr. W. D. 0. Debovan, · Mr. Hn. and Mies Duncan,. Miss Dickson, Mr. J.B. Dyason, Mr. and Mrs. Digby, Mn. Dunningt;on., Mr. DeeWm...

Mr. B. G. Ellioit, Hr. and Mn. Evans. . Mrs. and Miss Farnoworth, Mr. Forbes, Kiss Forbes,

·Mr. Fairchild, Mra. B. Fraser. Mr. Gardiner, Mr .. G. Gibson, Miss Golightly, Mrs.

Gibson, Mr. T. Green, Miss Gibbs, Mias.Gardiner, Mies Gay, Miss T. Gay, Mrs. Gardiner. . •

Mr. Haverfield, Mr. M. Harward, Hr. G. Heckle, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Hooper, Mr. and Kn .. Hattam, Mr. R. Hunter, Mr. J. Hill, Mr. Hemphill, Mr. and Mrs. Hobby, Mr. and Mrs. Hemming,. Mr. and Mrs. J. Holmes, Mr. and .. Mrs. 0. Hansen, 'l;[r. D. G. Heenan, Mrs. J. Harney, Miss and Mr. T. Hamey, Miss and Mies Zoe Hooper, ·Mrs~ Heffernan, Miss Holden, Mr. Hum-phrey, Mr. and Mrs. Harwood. .

Mr. J. Ingles, Mr. Joseph, Mr. an4 Mrs .. Nelson Jones, Mr. J. Jeremy, Mr. J. F. Johnson, Mr. E. Jack­son and Miss Jackson,. Mr. W. Jackson, Miss Jewell, Mr. S. James. ·

Mrs. Kennedy, Miss Kelly, Mr. J. Keenan, Mr. Keely, Miss Ka.llagber, Mr. Kelley, Mies King.

Mr. L. W. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. B. Lazarus, · Miss "l.awson, Mr. G. Lewie, Mr. and Mrs. Langham. .·

Mr. Moran, Mr. S. Max, Mr. W. McKenzie, Mr. and · Mrs~ D. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Metcalfe, .Mr. Marcellus. M'orap, Mr. and Mrs. D. M'Dougall, Mr. and ){1s. J. Martin, Mt. A. Moran,. Miss Mackay, Mr. and Mrs. Middleton, Mr. R. Mackay, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.'Auley, Mr. and Mrs. M'Feeters, Miss Maxwell. ·

Mr. NissPn, Mr. and Mrs. Newey. Mr. T. O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. O'Dwyer, Miss

O'Sullivan, Miss O'Donnell, Mr. P~ O'Dwyer, Mr. O'Reardon.

Mr. and Mrs. Piper, Mr. E. ~-.Phillips, Mr. fu.rc.ell, Mr. W. H. Petty, Mr. J. Phultps, Mrs. A .. Phillips, Miss Purves, Mr. Pentreath.

Mr. 0. Roberts, Miss Roberts and Mr. H. Roberts, Mr. 0. RandaIJ, Mr. and Mrs. Rowan, Mr. ~.Robertson, Mr. Mrs. and Miss Rigby, Mr. G. Bobathan, :Mrs •. and .MissRyan, Miss Rileyt Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Reid, Hr.· A. Reade, :Mr. and Mrs. Randle,. Mrs. Ross.

Mr. and ·Mrs. Southam, Miss Southam and Miss E. J. Southam, Mr. T. Smith and Miss Smith, Mr. H. Sutherland, Mr. R. Small, Mr. Schutze, Mr. and Mrs. J. Stewart, Mr. & Mrs. Singleton, Mr. M. Samuel, .Mr.·

· J .. K. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Sibley, Mr. and Miss Steane, Miss Sfevens, :Mr. J. Sawers, Miss Steele, Mr. and Mrs. Sauerbrey, Mr. Harry Bangor, Miss Bangor,. Mr. N. G. S~vens, . Mr. R. ·Stone, Mr. E. Smith, Mr. Sweetman, Miss Smith, Mrs. 8teele, Mr. A. Smyth. . · · ,

Mr. W. H. Terry (Melbourne;) Miss Tovell, Miss P. Tovell, Miss .Turnbull, Miss Thomas.. . .

Mr. and Mrs. G. Vibert, Mr. and Mrs. Vabland. . . . . "!'f.r. and Mrs. White, Mr. and Mrs .. J. Woodward,-.

Miss Woodward, Mr. Weir, . Mr. 0. White, .. Mr •. and M!'S· ~interbottom, Mr. James Winterbottom,, .Hr. J. C. ~inte~bot~m, ~r. an~ ~rs •. D. W~yte,, Mr. , . .N •. White and. MIBs White, M1ssW1l11ams, Miss Webb, Mr. O •. Walker,.~r. J. Wilson, Miss Walte";Miss Williama,, Miss A. W11Imms. · We app~~d the fo. llowing press n~tices of the ev$nt :­" An Eve~mg at Home-Laet evenmg a ball was held· in'the Masonic BalJ, undf1r the 'above title, in ·donnec-·· tion with t~e ~e!geti~ Circle of Spiri~ualists. . .Ala.rge number of mv1tation tickets had been 11Bued by the hon~ sec. (Mr. W. D. 0. Denovan),·and the l!lajority,oftbese

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were acceptetl. · D&Qc~ ~ eo~need at 8 · o'clock, pu~eu to 1how how ineouistMt and contr&dicto~ the tp the excellent m.uic dileouned · by He1111w. Kuter, eridenee giYen to u.1, " . proof of the rsurreotion ot . llillu, Monahan~ ud ronter. There ·Wll a very large Jesus, ia ; _, low t1#lwl1 ,,.,,.,..,.,, ,. datffflfd• attiDdanee, the cl.Utt re1idente .of the cHatrict being pre.. o/ t'41 ii#'wsnl wrilni• tna. th s&ffd~ ~r to 1, I · 1ont, ~ud the ~ft.cent hall p~nted a splendid Aecora-iug to lohn, e>.ne womu, •• ~," •ent to the alJP&ranee when tu dancing wN in full awing. the sepulchre, "wlum ii ·"'"' IBI tltlrh, 1e1IA t~o 1tont1 Altogether, the aif&ir.,.u • moat enjoyable one."-1111&·. talcm awa9 r,om. the ee~ulehre, and rau.qd to.ld ·Peter l'igo A.ilomuw. and J oho, " t'k61 "4ta. tahm aU1fll IAs IArl,0 &c. .

According to. Matthew, " • ii isgan to · la&IJft, """" · "An occuional correspondent, writing on Tue1d~y. Mat'JI JltJgdalene, anti t'lu otluw Jl11~, to '" tla 1q,•lekr1,

.says : -' The &ndhurst " Ene~getic Oirele· " of Spiri- and behold there wau a great earthquake, for the· Angel . tuir.J.ilt• gave an · entertainment, under the name of ·the Lord descended from Heaven, and rolled back the

of " An Evening at Home," at ·the .Masonic Hall J.ut stone from the door, and sat upon it," and he " anawered ev.eniog, which wu ota·mostenjo1able nature, over 800 and said unto the women,' Fear not ye, for I know th&t gueit8 being ~reMlt, who appearea to enter heartily into y_e se~k-Jeaua, which was crucified,'" &ic. "Go tell iii the epirit of the . hour,· and· went jn with a keen relish dl1cipl1JB tkal 1uJ i4 riaen frona thB doad, and biAoltl, 1\1 for tlie .good things and varioue sources of mnusement 9011t11JefortJ 9ou into GaliltJtJ." .;._ . · provided for them, under the ardent and courteous Matthew tells . ua " they departed · quickl;r from the direction of the honorory. secretary, W. D; C. Denovan. sepulchre, anti Joma met tlem," and repeated the ·com~ The " Circle," which ranks among its members many mand, " Go, tell my brethren, that they go into Galilee, well~known citiZens, 'is a 2rivate one, the "medium" and tktJre iludl tluJ9 1ee me!" He bad tOld them before being a non°profeuional. There is nothing sectarian in . he suffered (they had been told it three times!) His its composition, and therefore last night .tlieir " evening words were-" After I am rioen again, I will go before at home " was attended by persons professing all shades you unto Galilee ;" notwithstanding which, Luke tells · of religious belief, with whom the circle are popular on us .. that be OPJ!..Bareil to the El6fJen. , tAill 1mn1 nig_.kt al accoUD.t of their quiet unobtrusiveness .and good fellow· J~alem ! (John says onlg to tMt, Thomas not being ship. . Those inritet\. by the circle pay a small amount present ; while Paul tells us he appeared to tie for their .tickets, w~ich is . for the most part devoted twelve) and com,inJantletl tkem to '' ta'!"'!/ at Jerualam to the local charities. Their e'ltertainments,. therefore, until they were endQwed ivith.power from on high." · are deservedl1 in favor, combining, as they do, amuse· According to Matthew, he ascended ~ro1:11 a mountain ment for then• friends, and contributjng also to works in · Galilee ; according to Luke, · from Bethany ; of eharity."-.drgw. · · · · and, accordiug to the Acts, from "the Mount of

THE (AMERIOAN) SPlRITUAL MAGAZINE.

. w .E are in receipt of the first eight numbers of the (American) ·Spiritual Magazine, edited by the Rev. Samuel Watso~, D.D., formerly a distinguished member of the Wesleyan Ohu.rch in America. It is a well got. up monthly of 48 pages, similar in style to the London Spiritual Magazine, and contains a variety of· excellent matter, mostly original. Many of the editor's friends in the Wesl~yan churches have been led to an investiga. tion of Spiritualism ·by 'bis example, and some rev. gentlemen contribute to his journal. We shall repro· duce, as space permits, some gleanings from. its pages.

· It will be seen from the short paragraph under the heading of "A Prediction Fulfilled," which appears in another column, that the . more liberal of the churches are '>ft'ering their .Pulpits to Mr. Watson, and he is preaching the " New Gospel '' from them. This is an encouraging sign. An interesting feature in the Maga· zine is the" Inner Life Department," containing com­munications and answers to questions given through the mediumship of Mn. A. C. T. Hawks ; some of the matter in this department is particularly interesting and ins.tructive. . · . · ·

SCIENTIFIC RHLIGION.

THE .A.TO:NEKENT.

. {Continued.) . ., Irimy last I examined the evidence given us by Paul in

be~lt'of.the·Atonement; tke o~ject I liave in tJiew being 'kl llwzo how flitu:l 1trongsr evidencs e:eiBta in fa,,or of tke trutl of Spiritum t1uw, can 11s protlucstl in support of · orllw°'?:» Ohriatianitg ; of which the d'1ctrine of th.e ~tf?nement may_ be considered a. fundamental one ; for 1t 11 wri~n that Jesus was "declared to be the 8on of God, with power, e.Ceording to -·the spirit of

· holin:e., by the resurrection .from the dead;" we rAd, ·also' " If Christ be not riaen, your faith is vain, and

. . y_e: are yet m : your ems." .. Let us, therefore examine the ~vidence co~taine4:in the-New Testa.n.ient in. pro~f of the resurrection of J esu ! Before do mg. so, I again r.emind. my . reader~ that aocawaeg . ii 'lt'Uth ;·.and that 'lruf ~ ii t1lf11a91 oonmtMI witl; itatil.f; that 111Aat. i1 in .. .-.au, ~iltnt, or contrailictory,, cannot ba tNMJ ; on.e. .Qf Jhe .atatemen.ts Jnust be false. . . ·

:It w.Q~ld· o~py_ too much apace to examine this &UQ· ·. ·ject· thorQugbly; I shall, therefore, pnly l"efer to a few

Olives. . . Such, then, is the. character of the evidence given us ·

in the New 'J,estamen~ in proof of the.resurrection of Jesus! without which, Paul tells us," If Christ be not . risen !JOllll' faith ii 1Jam, and gou artJ &till in 9our 1in1 !" ·

r have previously pointed o'ut that the orthodox . Christians have no certain standard for truth. From· the above· it is evident tkat theg are ignorant liow to applg evitlencs ; and. coneequently how to distin&Iui&h between Truth:and Faleehood, Justice and Oppression! The na.use of this is, that their intellect 1s blinded through ignorance, superstition, and intolerance ; in­stead of building their faith upon universally received moral precepts ; they have taken for their standards the mythical works ·of a barbarous people, the origin of which is lost in the mist of "tks 11uptJN1at21:ral agea ;' t!i~s? they insist on appl7ing to . enlightened · and c1vibeed peopl~, under the reign of science and natvral law ! as standards· Qf truth, and ae evidence. · I hav.e · shown that these contain many contradictory state;!, ments, alike opposed to reason, science, and the works and laws .of nature; and have within themselves ~he. elements of their own destruction.

To make this plain, I .offer the three following ques• . tions:- · · · · ·

First: H~ many women w~ent to the tomb of Jesus . on the morning of his supposed resurrection ? One,, . two, or nine ? . . . .

Second: How many of hie Apostl.es . were present when. he appeared to them on the evenmg Qf that 4ay P Ten, Eleven, or Twelve P . . .

Thirdly : From whence did he ascend ; from Galilee, Beth~y, or Olives? . · ·

" Oh!" says. Orthodoxy, disregarding ·the evidence, " The · Scriptures are the infallible Word of God,· they . contain. no important inaccuracy! !". To these I reply, two tliird1 of tktJ abne ·statements cO!llnot be true ; and " God is not a man that he should lie ;" they must, therefore be the work Gf ignorant or designing men ; and constitute the foundation on which the doctrine .of the Atonement is bQ1lt;. which is, therefore, not of God, b:ut of manJ It ia unjust to punish the righteous for the wicked.· .

W. e _rejoice.to think ~hat we are ·on· the eve of another· reformation,. when e1.rnest .lovers of the truth out of all churches, and. all nations, will unit;e together to iqvesti.· gate and found a religion in ha.rmon.1. with science and sound moral precepts, consistent with reason, 1 experi­. ment,· and · the. ,works. and la.we of nature, with justice, me~y, ~d truth (rejecting everything that is doubt~

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lul · u inadmiuable, and unworthy: of our credit, till • auert1 that it m1l&t nece•rily give ••J. ~'!'' it 01a11Je1 clearly _pl'Oven) ; who1e short and eimple creed will with· man's · roa•on, experience, and with 1cienee. The uniN all · oation1,. religions. a~d acien~ tog~ther, on a lut and largest Beetibn, &adresHd t,o." .meat eeken 1ure and ever1Ut1ng foundat1011 ; which will be a .rule after truth," ie an appeal to 1Dankin4 to' e:rercU!e their for all our law1, and conduct, under 'all elreumotance1, nuon in all thing;, accepting nothing u truth which con1tituting mankind one great and harmonious brother- will not stand the test of· thia tribunal. . O.o. page0'1, hood, governed by truth and love,. in accordance with 011r author indulges in rather rich satire on the precept the will of their common Heavenly Father, the All.. and practice of Ohrietia.nity by the ministers of religion, wie Intellectual Spirit that pervades the µniverse. and says-

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REVIEW.

;, ADDBEIJI TO THE CLERGY OF ALL DENOHINA.TIONB."• •

The object. o(tbe pamphlet under notice appears to be ·an exposure of the inconl!listencie111 of the various ~stems of religion based upon the .infallibility of the Bible, also an examination of the f'uncfamental principles of Spiritualism. In the course cf his introductory remarks, the author quotes from. Mr. Gladstone's recent pamJ?hlet an extract on the decadence of faith in revealed re!i'1~D ; but, plike Mr •. GJa:dstone, he .. sees cause for reJ~1~1ng •. rather than mourning, fo!, he say_s, " If ~~ religion is based on a wrong foundation, and if the ho~ held out thereby are fallacious and deceptive, surely, in all reason, the sooner the errors of that relig!ous belief or beliefs are pointed out the better, especially when a religion more in accordance with .our experience of God's mercy, love, justice,. and· wisdom, more rational, and one. more w~rthy of man's hig~eet aspirations, can be pointed out, the truth of which, moreovor, can by personal .. investigation,. be· .proved and demonstrated beyond the possibility or doubt." · As . a ·preliminary to hie address to the clergy, he· says-. " Have you ever, free from bias, seriously oontemplated the

foundations on· which your various. religious tenets, beliefs,. teaehings~ and hopes are based?" . If not it is high time you did, and if you have (Q.Ssuming I am addressing rational beillgs), you must be fully aware of the absurd superstitious nonsense which you and your Churches inculcate as the truth ol God.

· He -commences witli the Jewish rabbi, 'and in an interrogative. address exposes the weaknesses and inconsistencies of the Old Testament and the religion based upon· it ; the Roman Catholic priest is next taken ~task, a~d a comparison drawn between the simplicity of the life and teachings of Jes us, and the pomp, · eeremony, and mystery of .what~ ... professes to be his church to-day. The third section is addressed to Protestant ministers of all denominations. He says :-

Uany of the observations I have made to the Jewish Babbiand Bomish p~est, are equally applicable to your case, -~ please appropriate them and thus save repetition. I must t.ell you at the . outset that the Jews and Papists aro in many resPects more con-

. sistent than you are, in BO~e of the tenets of your churches j for . ~nstance the former in respect to the unitj and indivisibility of the deity, and· the Catholics, in regard to the inter~retation of the Scriptures, their priests say to their dupes, you must not contem­pll.te it by your own judgment, you must take my interpretation ·of it only, whereas your churches profess the right of individual

. interpretation ; but no sooner does one of• youl' people attempt. to exercise this boasted right ~yond a slight limit, than you look upon and.hold hiril up. as an infidel and probably pray for him as ~lie on the sure road to perdition-for what? for having had the~ barefaced efirontery to exercise t.his professed right and use his reason, God's grankest gift to man ; and whrt is the result ?

to sermons, the substance c,f which is by all of them 18 well known before as after their delivery, were expended. in follow~g the example of Jesus, who went about 4oing good, how much more rational it would be, and with what di!erent results, to the ... present solemn mockery system practised weekly ()r ottener by millions oi professed followers of the <Treat Exemplar.

On page 82 are a series of quotations from the Bible, showing the authropomorpbic idea of a god of passion an~ reveng~ ; and, in reference to them, t~e author says " It the Bible were the word of the Grea.t Oreater of the universe, God help u1, ft .would truly be better that we had not been born." He assumes that the inspira­tfon of the Bible was mediate, b_y minietiering angels1 an~, of course, influenced by the ·channels through which it wa.s given. The concluding portion of the pamphlet is a. condensation of the philosophy of Spiritualism, the. author who has travelled from strict orthodoxy to hia present belief, concludes as follows:- ·

I have drunk deeply of the crimsoned waters of superstition, an~ I have also drunk of the clear crystal waters of eternal truth, and have found 18 muQh difi.erence in the two as there is between the damp chill blasts of darkest night and the mild zephyrs of a. 8nnny day ; go thou and do likewise and you will then, and not tlll then, be in a position to form a correctjungment. Remember that condemnatian of anything you have not carefully inveeti· gatrd, and in which you have had no experienre, is the hoight of presumptuous arrogance and utter foolishness. " Prove all things and hold fast that which is good?' whether you find it in the Bible, th~ Koran, itt philosophy, or .in science. All truth, all g~, is of God, the et.emal Fountain of love, wisdom, justice, ari.d mercy,

It is a work . we can confidently recommend to the notice· of those who are not afraid of the truth. If they have the truth, and this is error, the truth cannot sufel' by comparison ; but if they are clinging to error, believ~ ing it to be truth, this pamphlet may ·serve as an " eye­opener," and lead them into brighter light.

A P BEDICTION FULFILLED.

• AB0'7T two and a half years since;· at a seance given by Mrs. Hollis in this city, Bishop Otey spoke to .1111 audibly,· so that some twefve or fifteen persons present heard him. · We quote from" CJock Struck Two," pub-. lished about that time:- ·~ · · .

" Aftier an hour or more spent in giving the names of the persons present who were the. relatives or t'"rienda .

· of each one present, and numbers of strong tests as to personal identity, he (Jimmy Nolan) gave way to others. One of the friends of each person spoke to them, not so loud, but distinctly. · Bisliop Otey was the one who spoke to the writer. He said: M.r. Watson, you have done right. You should not have remained where · you were not at liberty to express vour sentiments freely. Every pulpit in the land will proclaim this truth, and every household will enjoy the blessed privilege of com­muning with loved ones. You will live to preach this glorious truth from the pulpit t·o the people: "

·• ,In · this address the writer combats the idea of a trh~Be ·. G~d as. absurd in reason, and inconsist.ent •with

. the ~hmgs· of.,.J'esus, and denie8 the ability of. the professional teacher to tell us more of the future than ,w~ ~an· l~rn. without him. H~ condemns the idea ·of on~ sin ~nd ete~nal -torment au blasphemous, and utterly at variance with the conception of a God of love : Whilst valuing and. admiring the ,truths of the Bible, h~ .1 •.A Short.A~dress to tbe•Olergy of all ·Denominations andtO

amest.Bnquuers ~ter Truth, .. b1 a Layman. Melbourne, 1875.

Within' tdle last few weeks we have been invited in four States to preach " this glorious truth·" from the. pt1lpits'of as· many different branches ·of the church, including the leading denominations of our country. Though we " are· not a prophet, nor the son of .. a -pro. · phet," we venture a prediction that in less than 'fiveyea.rs 'there will be few if any intelligent .people who .will quee· tion. the truth of the phe~omena of Spiritu.lism. It ·is a science, and otfers tlie ea.me kind· of proofs that. any· other facts possess to force conviction upon the.mind.a of · those who will investigateit.-..d111Brioaa ~iritual Maga-. . .& ' '

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judglns .from the· ·notae i' m&de, It Jaaid .,i.dld J.UP, aud no mtake. Bonto, am Indian makla, trequeml7 4-oed. · One eveallllg ahe oame to .the loor where we were .W, put ·ber .h&wl on the railing and f~mped back to the platfonD. Stooping, ah~ seemed to pick up eomethf.ng,·and 1hatiug it out, tt·wu ~large shawl. She made Dine of them, 8 x fS to 4 :a: tit. She plucked a. white rose ftom a bouquet on the platform, and beokoniug to me, 1 went up, and she. gave it to me out of her own hand, whl~ I felt. O.ne night a 1oung lady, about twenty, and a little girl

Greenfield, Hass., June 7, 1875. about two years old, ap~ and were recognised by a man Ky dear I perceive that you have published that portion from liafne, aa his two daughters. He called them by name, and

of my last letter relating to the Eddy Brothers. Some of my the eldest took the younger in her uma and walked partly acrou Dwiedin friends,. judgapg from.the tenor of their oomment.CJ, are the platform. The little one held her hand& out towards her eridently. of opinion that I have either been duped or have lqst father, and they bot.h seemed pleased to see him. A g~ manj: my rea.so11. Neither one nor the other, my friend, I assure you, Indians appeared in the full light and remained out for· some I never was wider awake in my life than on the occasion of that time. An Indian girl "The Lady of the Lake," was one of the visit, and I made too good use of my senses, and bad too many most beautifully formed beings I have ever seen. Bhe wu dressed tests, t0 doubt for & moment the genuineness Of the man\!esta• in white tights, witli Ii 8JlOW White tuJllO that reached almost to tions. So well assured was I ·of the reality of all that I saw and the knees, a belt, and long black hair. She came to where we heard that. with a near and dear friend of mine, I have paid were sitting and danced across the fioor several times. ltfrs. another visit to the house of the Eddys, and have talked, laughed, Eddy, the mother .of the iddy Family, came out and thanked the and ·shaken hands with th.e fully materialised forms· of our lady from Michigan, Mrs. S. for her kindness toher (Mrs. EddJ's)· deceased friends. We left Greenfield on the 10th of May, and ~'18hter. Two gentlemen from Utica, New York, fully recog· remained at the Eddy b~estead in Vermont n~ly three weeks. ~ed their brother, who passed on about a year since. A Mrs. During that time I at~ded fourteen seances, and saw no less Cleveland, a ·near neighbour of the Eddy's lost her husband last than two hundred and twenty mater.ib.1.ised forms,. many of them February. He came back several . times, and wa., recognised by

in ~ light. The1 conversed with us, laughed, sang, danced, and several in the room. He was tho one over whose corpse a smoked as naturally aa we do in the flesh. The seances are held materialised spirit delivered a funeral discourse in the presence in·. the same room as before. The cabinet in which 'the material- of about twenty of the·neighbolll'S. I had this from the lips of a. isations take ·place is 2ft. 3in. wide, Gft. long, and 1ft. high. dozen reliable· persons who were present. Orie old lady, called Usually, from 12 to 23 spirit forms appear in the space of an "The Witch of the :Mountain," materialises quite often, and hour. The room is partially darkened at the commencement of sometimes· talks for half an hour. !_,heard her several times a ~ce, as that is one of ·the conditions under which fo:rce.is She lectured us once for fully fifteen minutes. more easily gathered. To explain how it is that the spirits I have only given a slight sketch of the many manellous CQlleet from the medium, the circle, and the atmosphere-the things to be seen at the Eddy Homestead. If you would like to materials for the formation of flesh and habiliments like .our own leam more about these wonders, get. Col. H. T. Oleott'a book,·jaat. -it. would be necessary for me to Understand spiritual science. published by .the American Publishing Company,. Hartfom, Conn. This I confess, I. do not understand ; I have not a scientific tul'll; . It is a volume of 492 pages, entitled " People from the Other I have to rely upon the evidence of my senses. I take hard faCts World," and is profusely illustrated. The volume ls.divided into:

· and the evidence of my senses as I find them, without being able two parts. fte first is de:voted to a detailed desoription of the to account for them--either physically or spiritually. Crookes strange things see~ hearti, and felt by the author at the Edd7 and Wallace have all that they can do to account for what they Homestead ; and the second to a report of a series of original

. ~ and hear. If I meet an intimate friend in the street, I mow investigations made by him in the city of Philadelphia into the . him from the cut of his co~tenance and the rig of his coat. alleged materialisations of John and Katie King, under teat

Well, I have seen here, in full light, my old friend, Mr. conditions. Touching the Katie Kiog expose, m Philadelphia, I C~ Redding (well· known in Dunedin), twelve times. He spoke to might mention that it ii proved on excellent authotlty, that th~ me one evening; called me by my name, and requested me to tell Holmeses are genuine mediums, and thr..t tbe woman White was his wife that he was happy, and wished her to come and see him; paid by the Young Men's Christian Association 1000 dols. to tell He came out, dressed in five diiferent suits, similar to th~ that story.· Whether it is true or false, I do not know or care. he used to wear when.living herf' on earth. I knew.him; I could l do know, however, that the Eddy manifestation8 are· genuine,.. not.be mistaken. There he was, as natural as life. I lived in the and that I b"ve seen and. recognised my. friend$ who have been

· house, which was scantily furnished. I kn~w every nook and dead soma years ; an~ thousands have done the same. It will comer in it ; and I was certain. that no human being, resembling not be many years before all will . be compelled to believe, for Bedding in every particular, could have. been concealed there. there is little doubt but we will have spirits' addressing public What hallucination could there be about ·it? I saw my own· audiences in broad daylight. There a.re now many materialising fa~er four times, my sister six times,. my old Ball!U'at partner, mediums, and already another medium, in the pl'.600Ilce of whom Rufus Smith, once. All these I saw in full light, and· how. could phenomena even still· more•· wonderful than those of the Eddys; · I pe mistaken, or how could the Eddy Brothers personate them ? take place. This· is the dematerialising medium :-Mrs.

· An old lady (Mrs. 8.) and her daughter, from Itomeo, Michigan, Elizabeth J, Compton, of Havana, Schuyler County, New York. ·came while we were there. After ·they had been .·there a few For particulars, see Col. Olcott's book.:- · nights, the spirits asked. the old lady to take a. seat on the pi~t- ~~ The . w~ . point in. the various religious systems of the e~h is, form close to the cabinet. , Soon after taking her seat, the form that they take their. premises for granted. Spiritualists, on the of an old gentleman walked out of the cabinet and shook hands contrary, have, in the phenomena, the great Truth of Immort.ality with her, and she called him "father." Be retired/and in a few actually . demonstrated, and have their ,teaching direct trom.

. ~nut.es a young. man appeared, and·shook hand& with her; and fellow-creatures who have had experience in the other world~ ·then a· young ,girl, and· soon .aft:erwa.rds another young· man. · Materialisation, the latest phase of spirit-l>Ower, issare to leacl ·E&eh sh~~· hands with the. oldilad;y. After the seance was over, to great result.a. It will demonstrate to the entire world, witq. I asked her~ .she wu sure those were her frienda •. She said she scientllic certainty, the.fact of immortality. As the: Scientifid ·could. "ilot be JDistaken. The 1irst>1Wft8 her father, the second her A~erican r09CDtly observed :-"If true, it will become the one son, the third her granddaughter, and the fourth a man who grand event of the World's hlst.ory; ·it.will give an: imperishabl•

· used· to work for. her. I ask any reasonable being if that· ls not lustre of glory .to the ·:nineteenth century. If the pretensions of ,; goOd . evidence 1 One . night . we heard a . baby crying in. the Spiritualism have a rational 1oundatien, no more important work

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· · . · · - " f th that I may afterward• bo oonvmced tbat ~ . much TJJB April llUQlber or the .. Revue Spirit& 0 & cur- bappineH was not all • dre&JI!· n . She ~Ye him ~ . rent. year .contl&ine a highly intereati~g . l~tter on the ring, and when he was. on th~ pouat o~ leavmg her, ~p duplicate nature of the hum~ body, which 18 extracted sobs and moans arrested bus atiiention,. and made hu from· the .wpubliabed eorreipondenee of the Oountess. blood run cold; he· at lut euceed1 in tearing himself of Sabrsm wath the Chevalier of Boufilers (1'1~8-1788), away from the ~nehanting apparation, and finds ly?ng.~ ud wl!ioh I deemed worthy of ~he ~ful P,erusal of ·on the Jloor of the adjoining eatiinet the appa.rently life­the reade.-e of the Har'/Jingw, as it furnu1hes incontro- lees form of the sorcerer, his chest heaving' as if he was vertible evidence. that mediumsbip is not of yesterda", choking. After a little while he reco. vered, however, and that mediums existed at all times under sligb~ t when he told M. Catuelan that, if he had come a few .altered de$i41nations, such as witches, · persons. :w•t moments later, it would have been . all over with him, familiar spints, sor~ere~, propJt.ets, seers, magic1ans, and he would have got himself into the greatest trou~le. dealers with. the deVIl, saints, etc. \ . M. Catuelan e:z:cuaed himself, and, before leavmg,

Here is the letter : · ent.reated him to . grant him a repetition of the same ·-J 30th April, 178'1. pleasure at some future ti~ The necromancer

" I am going to relate to you! in accordan~e with ~he acceded to his request on condition that h~ wo~ld speak promise given to you som~ time ago, an interestin.g to no one about what he bad seen in bis house .... little story, in the expectation, that a knowledge of it ·M. Oatuelan ·promised, but was unable to .~eep. his might one of these days preserv~ y~ur nervous sys~em word ; for the very next morning h.e went to his f~end from too violent a shock of surprise, m case of a s1m1J.ar Malesherbes to communicate to bun the mysterious occurrence happening to you." . .. adventure of the previous night. Malesh~rbes thought "l do not linow whether you are acguamted witl>. at first that his friend had ta.lien leave of his senses, but

·M. Catuelan; ·some six months ago, in t1ie course of &,. when he saw the actual ring of the English lady, ~e conversation about Cagliostro, he was told of a man could doubt his word · p.o longer. Shortly after. th111 who ·'Possessed the secret of ma.king both the dead and occu.rr~nce, when M. Oatuelan ·wanted to ~bta1n· a the hving appear ·before him, were it even from the second interv:ew with the sorcerer, he found him gon~, other end of the world. M. Catuelan ha.d some time and was unable to obtain . the slightest clue t!l hlS ·~O, formed a close and intimate· friendship with an whereabouts, thus paying the just pen.altr of his un­English lady of rank,: of whose presen~e ana coi;npany warrantable indiscretion. He now felt curious to learn he· was extremely desirous. . After a httle enquiry, he from the lady herself, what she was doing at the time of discovered the whereabouts of the mysterious man, and appearance to him in France. . . . . on his first visit asked him to bring to him the lady in He wrote to her accordingly, without however letting question, offering at the same time a liberal reward for her know the real motive of his inquiry. She answered liis· trouble.. At first the s9rcerer made all sorts of him that on that very day and hour mentioned· in his excuses; alleging that the police of Paris were on his let~r she had felt an irresistible desire to sleep, to tracks, that the matter was connected :with great risks which she was compelled at last to yield, that she ·· tO · hie . own life, and adding that nothing was more dreamed she saw him, and c9nversed with him, and that certain ·than. the fact of having int.ercourse with the on leaving her he asked her for her ring, which she gave devil, and that he had almost taken an oath to to him, and finding that her ring was gone when she have nothing more to do with evocations, and so forth. wo1re up from her sleep, she was g~eatly.ala.rmed .at :But M~ Catuela.n would not listen to these excuses, and missing the ring from her finger, ~d intended .to writ.e he persisted· with his entreaties and promises until the to him about the affair, at the time she rece1Yed his sorcerer, at last yieldin~ to·his wishes, said to M. Cat- letter.'' uelan : " Sir, I consider 1t my duty to inform you in all Here ends the letter of Ma.dame Sa.bran. Those who earnestness before complying with your request that we have studied .the subject, and ar~ .film!liar '!'ith t~e ·expose ourselves to. the greatest dangers in this experi- extensive literature of ·modern ·spiritualism, will easily . melit, ~ut ·if you are prepared for all hazards, then recall to their minds instances illustrating the fact con­.follow me, ·and you shall see the person you covet so tained in the above ·letter. One of the most remark. much to moot, . with this condition, however, that you able of these that I remember, is to be found in will .not stay with her longer tha;i a quarter of an hour ; R. D. Owen's '' Foot-falls on the boundary of an~ther ·for iLf'ter ·the lapse of tli&t time l could not guarantee world, ·headed " Appariti~n .. at sea and ~~cue. . A · ·for either your or my safety." M. · Catuelan then similar proof of the possibility of the sp1ntual body . followed· the man of mystery through a series of dimly ·separating itself from the animal body. ~nd even ·lighted a~artmen~s until he arrived at t~e door of a materialising itself, under fav.orable .. co11:d1tions, at . a sDiall cabinet, which the sorcerer bade him to enter. distance from where the physical body bes entranced, " Should your c?u.rage fa~l you,'' added he in significant may be found on page . 449 of·. J?r. . Brittan's ·accents, "and· if the slightest trace of fear possesses work" Man and his Remtions," where it is stated that. you,. it _is st!ll time to stop here; if, on the otlie~ hand, Mr. E. v. Wilson, whilst asleep in his. office at Toronto, your 'tn1nd is pe~ectly made up to go throu~h with t~e " dreamed that he was in the city of Hamilton, some hazardous expenment, · take a. hammer . which you will · forty miles west of Tor!lrit~. After attending to. some :find on the mantle-piece, give three knocks witli it, and business he proceeded 1n hIS dream to make a fnendly · in· less than five minu~s will appear before you the 'htdy call on 'Mrs. D-e. On · arriving at t!ie house, .he you desire so· much . to see. M. Oatuelan entered the rang the. bell, and ~ ·se~v.ant ca.me to the door, who m­cabinet, knock~d three times with the sammer; and formed him that her mistress had gone out, and woul.d waited, when all· of a sudden the lady in questioi;i. not return for an hour. The dreamer theref~re left his presented herself'to him in the f~ll realio/ of her lov~ly name and compliments ~or Mrs. D., and start~d for · fo~µi ·and beauty. "Ah, chevaher," said· she to him, ho~me." This dream afterwards turned out a rea~ity, as "h~w is i~ that you are in this co~try P This is a· most the· curious reader will find by referring to the work agreeable su~nse. for me. Why did you not tell me of here quoted~ .• your. visit fu. the · last letter.?. How. happy . I feel f' The apparation was evidently under the·impression that "What will people say?" This question. niakes ~he M. Catuelan ~ad come across to England to see her· · mind homeless. Do right,. and, fear no one ; t~o~ may .. e .. st

" In tlie. pres~~ce of this a_pparition . M. . Catu~lan b~ sure that with all thy consideration. for the world cannot beheve his own senses, he approaches neare:r t.o thou wilt never. satisfy ·~e worl~. ·But if .thou g?est th~ . form, looks at her fixedly,. talies her by the hand, s~ight fo~ward on. thY.. way, not concerning .. tliyself wishing· to make her understand his ast-0nishment and ·with the friendly or u·nfri ... e~d~y. ~l~n·c·e· a. ~f·m· e. ~,,th. e. n tho. u his doubts. She .reassures him, ~he persuades him that hast conquered the world, anCl it 1~· subJ.,~t td .t~ee. By it is her real self, he believes her at last, and in his de- heeding the que&tion, " W'Jiat will · people say P'' thou light almost forgets that the quarier of an ·hour allowed becomeet subject to the world.-.dueriaoi.·

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KB. OWEN'S · CONDITION. . Obriltianit, wu the caue of it. In thil ·coauection we - cheerfully comet a elirbt milttl:e which we .mlde ia. the

(l'rom the Bpirit•1 an.till.. Jut number of the Jl"~e; where we '8id .. Lou!. --.... 11iana," we 11hould haYe aaid "Pariah of New Orleam/' u

The imaitf ot Hr. B. D. Owen bu natorall;r been the following extract.of a l~ttel' Netived. }'rom the gentle ... OCiD1h1led by the. semi• ot Sp1rituJiom, u an eridence man ~erred to 1how1 :-"le have been lD oh~ .of t'be tM.t · hil diappeintment in the ease of the Bolme1'1,- Luatio Asylum of the Pa.raah of New Orlnna 1ome for· the genun1ene11 of whose manifeetatiou1 he had ·aeven years, and out of a large number that .h&Ye been 'fOUehed 80 111trongly,-wu the immediate C&Ule" of bis admitted and discharged in that time, lJ.aV:& never bad mental aberration. But; ·the truth is far otherwiafl. one ease of in1anit1 on account of Spiritualilm, but m. BODI, Julian Dale and Eame1t Dale, attribute bis eeveraJ. cases of in.sanity.of 'other form.I. of religiou• inunity to· a nervou1 fever by which he was prostrated belief.-J. B. Ooox:11:a, M.D., City Phylici&n, New Oro 1ome six weeke .o.. &rnest _state. that nil father's leans." . ' ioeanity diselosed it11elf in conversation rather than in During our recent visit to Illinois; Indiana, and Wi•· eonduct. . He imagines himself immensely wealthy and conein, as we viewed the magnificent insane asylums, we sole heir to the estate of the Earl of Bfedalbane, and made inquiry, but could hear of no inmate• who were

· ia constant:Iy telling bow be will dispose of hie property m~ insane by Spiritualism) yet ~here are thoee who by endowing colleges, etc. He is restless and desires to zealousl.r labor to make the impression that vut num­be travelling, and seems to. have ·lost all idea of space bers go deranged from that cauae. Talmage uttered a and time. He 1pe•ka of going to New York in an hour wholesale falsehood, and others have retailed euch etd, and walkinJ over to Philadelphia in a few minutes. until silence ceases to be a virtue. We have never found The physiCiane think he can be cured provided there is · durin' our over twenty years' .investigation of thil subj~ct no incipient paralysis. 1 anything to make people insane, but much to prevent 1t;

Dr. Jackson of the "Home" at Dansville, N. Y., because it is the most rational view that hai ever been where Hr. Owen had been sta.;ying, ·writes under date of ta.ken of man and his relations to hie Creator, "whose luly 11th, to a friend of the .Scientist as follows: "At ;tender mercies. are over all his works."-BpirituaZ ·the time Mr. Owen left us h~ was decidedly insane. · JCaga~inB. His, insanity ~me upon him in .consequence of over--mental taution. from . literary and lec.turin~ ~abours. MR .. FOSTER THE MEDIUM.

. He had a fever for eleven days, and during his illness a _ letter came, announcing that he had a·legacy of $3000 b' the Goulbum Herald of August and· September left. him, which so affected him in his exceedingly weak appear a .series of papers entitled "Brief notee. of an

· 1tate, that his mind became unsettled, and wlien his Austral!a.n Tour~st on· his Journey Ro. und the W:orld." physieal strength returned sufficiently . to enable him to The writer on his return voyage from San FrancJSco to leave his room, his excitement took the form of a . Sydney, was a fellow passenger . with Obas. H. Fos~r, hallucination under · which he imagined he had become and after giving some extracts from· the San Francisco ~he posse•or of great wealth,· and could buy horses, :Press of striking tests given through that wonderful carriages, 'lands, whole blocks :of houses, and the like. medium. He says :-· · . "I think his derangement had nothing at all to do 1 had many conversations with Mr. Foster on the subject which with his philoeophfoal and speculative ideas of religious had for upwards of a. quarter of a century absorbed his a.tmntioD, faith. I am not a modern Spiritu~Hst, and am therefore and I must confemrthat the argument.a he put forth in favour of perhaps not the less :fitted to Judge as to the fact its theory were exceedingly logical. He. told me that at sea his whetlier or ·not bis relation to his owri J>articula.r beli~f physical condition tVas so disturbed that he rarely became in the had. anythin.g· to do directly a& a predisposing or an superior state necessacy for holding successful seances. .. He did

1 believe on a single occaaion during the voyage volunteer some ap~roximate ~cause of his insanity. My OJ>mion is that informa.tion to one of the officers of the vessel that much sor·

·.it had no more to do with it than Vice President prised thai gentleman ; but I am not ~ a position ~ s~te . Wilson's abolitionism had to do with his paralysis. I whether there was anything ma.rvAllous m .the commumcatiou, t1...:-k •t· • th I!. I d t · M 0 · th. th" although the officer himself appeared to think so.

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numerous friends, who agr~e with him in the main in · persons and myself selected a room, and at about t.en o'clock in ms itleali&ms should feel relieved from any attempt on the mo.ming invited Mr. Foat.er to hold a seance. The sitfBrs, the p~t ,or ant~ody to ~ake his philosophy of life, excepiing myself, were µnknown to Mr. foster, ·and each reoe~ved '<lonsible for aberration." . · a communication purporting to come from some depmted :friend · h. · 1 "lAI" 0 d J!. ·1· or relative which convfoced us that if his spiritua.listic theory ···•. t t e ast accounts .wr. wen.appeare to be1a.11ng, were not true, he at least possessed some extr~power

·and it Will not surprise us to hear ·very_ soon of his that· we could not otherwise satisfactorily aceouht for. , Baps death. All who knew him must recall the singularly were distinctly heard upon the table, apparently from haµ.ds eabn, gentle, and we&.b.ala.need tone of his conversation. unseen, and altogether .the seance was a.suceessful one. . . · H "d · f t· th t uld "- ll ··This topic is a large one and dords an ample.field for dilation,

. e gave no evi enee o a emper a co ever ia but my brief notes will not permit me to M.fd more than thie, that ·into the delusions of insanity. His, was. a singUJ.arly, while I have been somewhat impressed with the logic of tli• .clear, temperate, judicial mind; though hie own guile- spiritualistic theory. and have been intereste4 . in some of· .ita leas nature made it: too easy for him to truet others. phenomena, I paqse for further proof before I accept the theorr As in the case of the poet Southey, his insanity seems laid down by spiritualistic philosophers. · . · · . · · .to .have been the result of too much mental labor, resulting in fever and a failure of the digestive powers. It had nothing whatever to do with his notions in regard

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House, the property Earl Fitzwilliam:....... . · · . INSANITY. · ·November.1st, 1605.-The Rev. T~ :MacGuire to

· 'TIT h t I th· rd .. -f. t ·. · · . n. ·-b·· rt. ·DaJ .. 1. Jonesjoiner, for repairs done at the Chapet · ··· . · "e ave a .. as · ea o wo caaes-one. . .DIV e . e · · · 8• : d • . Owen, the ot~er, a "man fro~ Smithland, abo~t thii:ty· Solidlv repairing St. Jos~ph ... .~~ ••• · fiij.

. . ,fi·v. ~ y·. ears. of .a. g.e, found m t~e b9tt?.m . opp.'o .. site Mem- Clea.nfug an. d ornamenting the Holy Ghost, VJ· · · · ... Ph .... 11." Th .. e W.. m.wn . . ~.' etkoiJia .. t p. u .. blishe. d t~e a.ccouut. of ·Repairing the Vi!~. Mary;. beh!nd and . •

:. llr. Owen, and addsi ANo:~n ~AD CAB1:· • • ·. . • before, and makmg her a ne~ child'. v •. · tJ • . .. · . ::f,n·~~·~ )IJ.: .. 9wen? its.eems.to us,ifBpir1tualism Kaking a nose for ~he Devil,. puttJ.l!g a

. .p :t~~ ~~~ qf h~• ~~!ty, ~t sh~uld have occurre~ ~ horn upon his head, and gluing a piece to :ec1o~ O.f·~WO·:Y·~rs "'o, a1r1ie ie one .of the oldeat Spir1- his tail. ... ••. · .•• ••• iv. vj~· :~•~:or .~h,~ W:~· hav~-'~py, knowledg~. J!e have J?roperly balancing Jesus Obrist... ... i .. o~· ~11tly.~t~e4.fro~.~Bn~,·!'h~re~ 1 .we w1~•ed ., · · · ·. · .. · '· : ·' ~' 'anotlier ~.~" of. a' ¥ethodiet preacb~r insane; ' xi~- i' . ' ·~~t w•. ,~0.,~~1 ~~J~. ~e~o~~m :J1~~p.onsible for. it. We ·.Settled. , J,'o.".hn .. ·.· ... · \~.!on.e.)1~ : ..

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-. -O:r Smi-.11 September 12th, '!Ve ~ttended, by invitation, . :a short 11ttmg of the Energetic Circle, to aee for our .. ·selyea: the ;ma.terialization1 · oceuring there ae reported by ·th~ chairman of the Circlet in tut month's issue. Un .. fortunately the circle was incomplete, three or the mem-bers being abtent. N evertheles1 satiefaeto~ manifeeta.. ·tion1 were obtained. After 1ome muaic on the o:rpn b7 a. lady member, the circle was opened with an Invocation b;r the chairman in which .. the members joined. A few minutes· after, there appeared what is known as ·" J'ohn King's Light," a mass of pale blue lambent, and . apparently phosphorescent light, contracting &lid expanding in size from one ·to three or four inchu in d~meter and emitting a luminous va~or, which was .viaible from twelve to eighteen inches

:above it. This light travelled about the room, riaing, falling and moving horizontally, anon dl­-viding in~ two, and then blending together again. 'The circle joined in singing and in a. short time the light

· stopped in front of the Medium, .-and disclosed . a small ·~ure, clad 1n white, in a stooJ_>ing posture at front of him, the light moved several tim'ij-s up and down, making the ftgure distinctly visible ; but the race was so shaded with the drapery that .it could not be distinctly seen. 'The·light again floated about the room and presently returned to the vicinity of the Medium, making visible a l&rge, white figure, the bead covered with a kind of pugaree or cowl, but the face ·visible, the nose was long and aquiline, and portion or a dark beard distinctly: visible, the figure which appeared to be about '1 feet in height, was presumedly Jolin King. While the light was passing near the lower part of the figure, some· white drapery like the lower part of a. skirt of a dress was visible about 18 inches further from the. Medium. After this· m.anifestation, ·the light gradually faded away and in a short time the chairman was directed to close the circle~ the s~ance lasting only 30 minutes. We saw the door locked before the circle commenced, and ·sat in close proximity to the Medium during the whole of the Se$nce.

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Apropos of the Energetic Oircle, our readers may remember an account we published of a ehijstening, which took. plac~ . there about eighteen ~ontbs siD:ce, wbere Katie King stood sponsor for the infant ; whilst at.Sandhurst, the mother .of the child (a former member . or the circle) called upon us and showed us specimens of . writing on slate, which she assured us was done by the hand of the infant referred to. Some of the letters are in a bold free-hand, we saw the original and have a pho­tograph of the initials, 0. G., which formed pa.rt of the writing. ·If spirits . a.re able to control tlie child for

• writing, at ~his early. period, there is · 1~ttle .doubt but !hat . she will develope remarkable med1umstic powers m the future.. ·

THE BUGUET AND LEYMARIE CASE. -

·In our last we gave an account of the conviction by the . French tribunal of Buguet, Leymarie and Firman, and expressed our opinion that the· latter two were innocent of the charge for which they had been sen~nced to imprisonment. The papers to hand by last mail are confirmatory of tbis view, and in Leyma.rie's case an appeal bas been lodged, so that he will virtually be tried again, when new evidence will probably be adduced. It appears to , be the custom in FraD;ce, in some·. cases, to grant fifteen days' grace to pri§oners between conviction and . the putting into execution of the sentence, · during which· time· they are at liberty to return to their homes. Leymarie ·has made use of ~he opportunity to write and publish a pamphlet, containing a full account of the trial, with all.his letters and cer-· tifi.catee. Firman bas been holding seances with the Count de Bullet and Mr. J. O'Sullivan, at whicli some

. highly interesting manifestations occurred. Accounts of several seances, from the pen of the latter, appear in the London "Spiritualist." M. Carra.by (the counsel for the defence), and some others interested in the case, were present, by invitation, on two occasions, but, most unfortunately for Firman, the manifestations were: weak

RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE AT SYDNBY. ~ -

We extract the following from a letter recently re­ceived from Mr. Tyerman, at Sydney. We understand that Mr. Gale not only officia.ted as distributor of the reply at the ·church, but bore a.U the expense of the reprint from the " Stockwhip!' His earnestness and generosity in the case are worthy of emulation. :--

" I sent you a copy of the. " Evening N ewe," with a report of my lecture in <'i£1fence of Spirito. lis~ against Mr. Powell's attack. In regard to the reennt of my letters from thA "Stockwhip,0 which Mr. Gal~ sent you. a copy of, rmay state that Mr. Gal~ and a friend. stood at the door of the Rev. Dr. M'G1bbo11•1 church and gave a copy to each member of his congregation u they came out, so that they saw that their pastor was not going to put Spiritualism down, and that he had not the control of the whole Press of Sydney. That taking of the war into the enemy's camp was more than he. ex­pected, and, judging. from the reference· to. it in the la. st number of the " Protestant Standard," he did not hke it. You remember the course we took in Melbourne when the Rev. Robert·Potter made bis foul attack, and he bas been silent since. . I always contended in Mel· bourne, and hold the same opinion still, that Spiritualism should not merely rest on the defensive, in a timid, trembling spirit, as though it ~e thankful that power­ful orthodoxy even let it live ; but that it should be in­dependent and aggressive, yet .respootful and humane towards opponents. So long as those on the other. side ·think we a:te weak and frightened,, they will persecute us as far as they ean ; but when they see that we are bold and de~rmmed, and prepared not only to defend our position, but to fearlessly assail theirs, tliey will· be compelled, at all events, to treat us with more respect and .justice. The his~ory of all c~urch~s teaches that they will concede nothmg Toluntanly to liberals ; what­ever is got has to be wrung . from them by a· hard struggla. They would stamp out Spiritualism and .Free­thoughtto-day, if they could, and will yield nothing to those powers but what is forced from them. When we can take our position ~efore the public on equa! terms -with themselves they Wtll let us alone, but not ~11. then. · . ·

To show what orthodoxy would do if it had the power, I may inform you. of what it did to us laet week. I have had the Masonic Hall, a fine building that will. hold about 1000 persons, .for the last four months, and have paid £2 10s. a night for it. At the meeting held on Monday week, the boa.rd agre~d to let me it for the · next six months. In .. last. Saturday's papers my usual advertisment8 a'Rpeared,. the subject a.nnounced for Sun.: day being "A Vindication of Thomas Paine." On the chairman of the board-a Mr. Murphy, a pious Method· ist-seAing the advertisement, he rushed down to the hall to instruct the secretary to refuse the use of the ball for the pUrpose. It was not going to be. let tb "vindica~ that mfidel Tom Paine." I went down to the hall to pay the month's rent in advance, as usual, and met liim. there, the v_ery embodiment of holy wrath, and in:l­J>la.cable intolerance. I believe. I could have had. the hall m spite of him, because I was prepared · to comply with the terms on which they offered it for the next six months, and in their o:flicial letter there, is not a word as to the nature of the subjects I should lecture, upon ; but being Saturday, there was no time to test the matter, and so we wentto the Queen's Theatre, and had a fine meeting ! I am waiting to s~e wh~ther th~ Board :will . sanction the conduet of their cball'~an. .; 1f they do, I will not use the·hall again, but shall ~ost likely oc~UJ!Y. the theatre. You willsee some not1c~ of the a1Fan' m this week's " Stockwbip." · Now, the spirit that shut us out of the ball, would have shut us in prison if it could. But we will not submit to such intolera.n.ce and perse-cution.'' . ·

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KB, 1. TYIBHAN AND THI 0 PBoflSTANT STA-NDABD." h<IJ do eo. The a 11, thouah Often made bJ oth~ ~ · · (.fb tu Jl!dlto,. o:' tlw h"-"tn) . n~er been .prom. . who have. at ..t att1 With

v 11/Mllfl I:' him, ad ha'fe had tbe belt ~lt1e1 of We~-811,-wm · 1-0U. oblige. me b7 publilhfng the enclosed letter (!C_)Went, have -been fW11 oonvmced of ldl mtepitJ q a qae4111m.

whio~ wu lddreued to _the ?.roteatant Standard, and rejected by 1'be nui;n:a>er and respeotabWgo of thoee who teauaea ·:in h• ~~liberal qd lm~ial Joo.mat. The oocaeion of my writing defence l!l tbe trial tb~t took place some~= ago, . t.o bYe· ~e · 1ett4'r ~l be pthered from !ta contenta. . Ia it a part of aome weight . in sUenemg the t.o1;1gue of · . er. Al l'U1d&J ~t · Ob~tiantty to m!arepresent and abuse persons and Biewater ·at once deelarJng " tut the whole· ·dafr wu a,.

and .movements ad .refuse to hear a courteous·explanatfon and subtle .and intricate .piece of j~gJ.eitJ," I can 0Jily 11ay ~1-t it 11· defeDoe .f It. ia certainly a ~rt of the religion of that charitable one thm~ to assert that somethmg not underfjtood is 1

' a piece of' ~d u,iapa.mmoWi man·-tbe Bev. JJ1. McGibbon. The following jug~lery' -it is quite another t. hing to p;rov~ it. .evtalul7, t~. , 18 the reuon uslgoed for not inserting my letter:-" We have no ~mment men did not prove it in the case in question •. The'wntet · room for so !ong a juatif!cation and defence of Spiritualism, the is, perhape,. not aware that Sir David Brewster gave one vent.on · comm~cabon could not be admitted without a lengthy rider of his experience with Home to the public, and entered: another- · J>Ointiag.out ~uliariti.u of .reasoning and misrepresentations and one in bis diary, pu~lished by his daughter, in whieh, apealdng of the. 1ubJeot 18 not ~ol'ih the space required.'' Now, the the phenom_ enahe witnessed, he sa.11--"Wo ctmltl_gitJo no1a1plaU­Protes~t Standard. 11 profeasedly a Cl&riatian paper ; its editor t'km of tllmn, MUI MUU aot «mcrit1i Mtf t"111! Dfflfl4 h. JJ'l'oltictll ~Jf ~uentl;y repeats the command of Moses-" Thou shall not bear ay_ iW of Noknism." William Crookes, and Alfred B~ll ~&lie w!~• agaiWJt thy neighbour; and the mulm of Obrist- Wallaee, Fellows of the Royal 8ociety, aie nu:t mentioned ai.

All ~h1np. wha~ler le would that men should do to you, do having " given in their adliesion " to Spiritualism. Ought DOt J& even so to them ; an yet over li:a columns are devoted to an the fact that these two sr.ientific men, and . man7 other· attack n~n myself and teachings, and one column is considered distinguished persons who could be named, have embraced Spirit­~ much· to allow for a .defen~ f • 8!'ch is the jtfltioi and gO()il· ualism, not on the authority of other,,, but M the >;esultof their mll to alJ men of sectarian Christianity, As to . my "reaaoning" own investigations, to convince outsiders that there must be eomew­I should have been quite content to le&.ve it for the readers of the thing in the system, and that it is entitled to more serious and . Standard to decid~ what "petiuliarities" char«et.erize it. They respectful treatment than is general11. bestowed· upon ·it. , Mr • . ~~~d also hav~ JUdF whether _J have been guilty of wilful CJ:ookes has laiiely ·made what the ~~ calls "an e.s:traotdinarz

!plBrepresentations. of the articles to which my letter is a discovery of a new force," and scientific m~ and the ge~erll. repl~. 'Was the editor ~d that some of his readers would publlc admit the discovery with little or no hesitation, and highlJ'

. conmd~ that one pecn,,lianty of my reasoning is, that it does extol the discoverer. He has devoted a longer time to the some. li~!e tow~ pronng how utterly unfair and indefensible is investigation of Spiritualism, chieJly in his own house, w~ere the posltion .wh1eh .~ost of th~ clergy and their followers have imposition was all but impossible, and has conducted his eX:peri· taken up agamst Spmtoalism, and what they· term "Infide!ity ?" ments. with the same scientific· skill and care that characterized .

. On.e of. t~e ~ost · ~elanch~l~ sights of the present day is to his ~arches in other departments. The result of his experl~ w1tn~ .Ch~tian ~lievers ID immortality combining with ultra ments is a Beientifio denwn1tratitm of f/UJ trutk of SpirituaZim .. mate~l8ts m Opposlng the only movement that professes fu give And why is not the result of one class of experiments accepted as · the world a present and palpable demonstration of the truth of readily as the other Z J.f the result in the o:ne case can be verified that ~d doctrine. T~e. churches of our day are, generally by the repeated &Dd independent eX.Periments of others, so.can it !'J>"&kfug, cold ~nd phanem.cal, haughty and intolerant, destruct- in the other C'!.se; and those who accept the one and reject the. ive a~ persecuting, as far as they have the power. They seem to other can . claim little credit for their· conduct on ~the score of be ~ct:ed with a sort of judicial blindness. They are loosing reasonableness and consistency.. · · ,. .

. thell' hold of many c.f .. the best in~ellects of the. age, but they fail Your correspondent next Speaks of m1self.· He ·says that I .to seek out and, remove the mam cause, which is found in the . have gone right over from Qi'thodoxy "mm the dark regions of fi·. Olle -~ "'°~Uing ".~racttfr of m11;ny of tlte ®imai t'lteg teach. Infidelity." I venture to say that I have '8 firm a belief iD. God, · In thetr reaction agAlllst those beliefs, many have rushed to the in a future state, and in true religion, as he has. · But he. will sa7 ; sad extreme of denying the existence of a God, and the reality of that I reject certain theological doctrines that he bolds as tme .. r a Future State. The churches lament the existence· of this Granted ; but does he not reject much that many Christians, as · dreaded " Infidelity,'' but they are powerless to arrest its progress sincere and competent as . himself, regard as Divine verities i -Th81. pray lustily to t_heir ~od on the subject, as though he needed Does he not, also, repudiate many things as fictions which I

· rousmg ui ; and remind Htm of what He ought ro do to stop the maintain as solid facts 1 What more right then, has he tC> r mouth o "Masphemy," and crush the mountain of unbelief, as stigmatise those who differ from him on religious matters ·as thoJlgh He "!ere i~orant or #orgetful of His duty ; but He makes Infidels, than they have to denounce him as such 7 It iS surely · . no l'elponse m their behalf. .And they fail to see that such facts time to cease using the term "Infidel " in the flippa11t and suggest. . tha ... t the.re must be something wrong either in their views offensive manner so long indulged in· by one class, in speaking of of GUfi, or of prayer, or of the thing that fills .them with so much ~hose '!ho happen to ditfer from th~selves on q~estions res,eeet­alarm. Hence, when a new dispensation dawns upon the world mg which ~ach man has .a natural 'l"lglit to form bis own opinions .. ad!'Pt~ to this ~ateriali.~tic and progre~ve age, they scornfully The writer next states that l " treat the Bible in both its parts ail reJeet ~1t. The dispensation they ~lory in !as heralded by angel effete, . and altpgether worthless,,, . and reject the sermon on the h~ , but its founder was born m obscunty ; and in his public Mount with "unmitigated ribaldry and sneering contempt."

· C!'eer he C<?ndel!1ned much of tbe ~gious belief and practice of What authority has he for this sweeping charge 1 True-my views ~ country, and mfloduced a better system. The result was that .·of the Bible differ from his, bnt he never heard me say that it is. hi8 orthodox cont.enlporaries rejected his teachings and put him "effere, and alrogether worthless." On the contrary, I often have t.o death. History :repeats itseJf. The new Spiritual dispensation ocoosion to admit that, as a whole, it is a grm;id and wonderful in~ueing the religion· of linmanity, \{as also heralded b ' Book. My opposition is not so much to it, as t.o what lhold to • ~tants from t~e oth~ !Orld. But it, too, was founded b~ be ~he erroneous views that many have formed of it. Nor ~d· the

· h~ble persons ~·an mSignificant village, and it has alread wnrer ever hear me _speak of the Sermon on.the Mount m the . exploded ~y of the ~rs, 1mmasked many of the shams an~ qontemptuous manner he states ; but wheu persons ~xtolit at the re~uked ~any of tJ:le~gantpret.ensionspf~odern Ohristia:iit . - expense ~f what I reg~ as fine human prc;>ductions, ~ Mr .. ~has moul~ted pnneiples which will ultimately unite an m!~ Powell ~d the other mght, · l ~ surely at hberty t.o pomt out kind· tpgether m the bond,s of a common brotherhood; irrespective that, with all the great beauties and subHm.e truths of that of creed or co~try. .And what .do we behold·? The Oburches Sermon, there are parts in it, which, ta.ken in their obvious mean·

, ~l~g .it, ~ a timelz ~d powerful auxiliary in their ing, ~t!ans themse!ves d~ not believe-:-or, at all events, which CJiUMde .againSt nee and ubelief? No : we behold the orthodox they praetically deny m thell' every-day hves. . . . . · 8adcl•cees and Phariseear of the nineteenth century : like their Your correspondent goes on to speak. of what Spirituali$m is . an~ in the first,, doing their .ntmoSt,j;o keep out ~ewlight to ex~too. by its.friends to 8.00C?mplish, and of Mr. Pow:ell's Ieetu.re. c~eck ~eeded reform, m,>.d to ~tuate the intellectual and m~ral agamst it. This gentleman 18 accepted by the wnter as the · bdnd;age of the ptople uuder thell' Ca.re. · · ·. . ~'champion of orthodoxy " in its opposition to Sp~ritualism, It "~ ma7 the. '8-Dgels. weep at the ·speetacl.e of m.ost ·.of the·· is w~ll fo~ "ort.. h. odox.y _" th~t. it has at last found a "champion ;" ..

reli~ous leaders of. C..~stendom opposing, often by the most but ~t will take a very different opponent from Mr • .Powell -to ~ means, the pr&cticil proof of immortality 1 . ·. .· . . . overthrow a system that . is based on demonstrable facts ; and, · ·. ·. · : , . . . · J. TYEBMAN strange to say, this "champion of orthodoxy" is a reputed

•ugust 30th, 1876 · • Prsf!tkiin'klfr of rather a 'radical cluirauter I I . Will only say of · . ·. . . Mr. Po'!ell that it is unfortunate for himself that he did not in.:

. , . (To tluJ Ilil~ of tluJ~Protutatti 'standard.). vestigat~ the· ~tter more thoroug~ly Qefore ~e undertook to S.J;B,. -Will you .allow me .apace to correc_ t cert.a. . ·tate ts . . expose. it, ·and still more so tha .. t he. did not can. didly sta.te .al· l· the an article 'which :appeared m . our Jalit . . m DUSS " . men ip. results of even his own l!mi~ e~perience. He surely cannot ' ~ts I" Your oorrespondenl at.ates thU::,f,;::1ed Tye:an ;. expect . that those . whose mveatigation have been more exrended ·sphitualiitic belief ori · aiied · .th tal>l . · • : e new ays m 0 and su~ssful, wilJ ~band?n Spiritualism because his experimenta Vmted.Sta~ . s&f.!1 Tht: is fuco. ~p1B\.i~~e>rcester, resUlted JD comparative failure. In co~nection with Mr. Powell's. "'new SyStem ,. ·< · ·. from the; 81 u . · · .. P . . ~, 88 8 ~te effort, t.he writer u~es such expressions as "artfully contrived · u~~tid ''' · . th· · · 11 ·. • st Qf March, ~848 ' and 1D1posture," and "chicanery, . and arroganee, and duplicity 1J

~t ·'.if aw ~or~ ~pi:ubi: : =at rl:esville, ':'re apparently implying ,that Spiritualism is wholly made up of su~h fJtrl_ctl_ 1· ·epealdn. · ·. ·nr:_ ho_wever ~irftnalism . 1 ~t · e nattle. 0

. o~. :thm~s. ..··I. t. w.ould have been well. to have adduced some evideri.ce hM- existed m all. historic·· ' , th h · 18 no a nem system ; it of this. When . will men, whose· \'ignorance of a system is only

· f.lie.'WJiter next refOri' to ·~en:,~ t~~t1!:,0~:y ·th~ nTe. equalled ·by· thei~ prejadice and .presumption, learn that this ,. aDd ... Bir_·.· .David·~ ·Pidd. to_ the ·8. ubjeot, and esso!Jc .·ar; t~y mode ~f a. ttack. n:1J.ur~ themselves .and their cause far_ more than "~ l~ '~ moited to ...... D. D H . . . spe s 0 . e the ObJeCt of their m:isrepresentation and abuse 1 The writer medium~ .Wit.Ji a view to im ~ . u -UJ th . om9t ~he well-kno.wn n~t. stau:e th~t I have already "publicly replied" to llr. Powell, him that he . has not ~ed ~ titt16:1of ~~1t me to remmd "in a withering . torrent of aoom, abuse, and gro8$ blasphemy ·''·

. thus produced the phenomeoa witnessed in ~dence that B;ome a'.!1d that I "shew¢ ;the re~d1 practi~e of all such unscrupulo~s , . p~sence, nor can dtsputants 91 a stmll~ twistmg o~ bis (my) opponent's views."

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. u· ·io· 'laf tret. point, I will only rems.rt_ that the word "bJu. · not· vet t.ra. mnired tut ·.there. WM__ . •t ohleeti_ • 011_ to_·: ti.._ : . ·pbea.v/' Ub>t word u Jnldellt•,U hat too.IOl!ll beau used u a ., •- 'ii h ~" tam., f ·.t\ What u b':~h f WU th wri preaent tltuo oa. t e MIOCJl,tioD, then . ad been _..; ,,,. -deno~~~:. '~ .. is' to me tbe·t~ qci_p:.io:. -~ utagol;\iem ~etw~ t~ .two uao~iatio~ but it 111••·,~' .and much that he holds as dlvbie ·~tb~ I regard ·u t~ .ranblt borne 111 mmd t~t tbu wu the~·· onj(iul MIO~;· bwpbemy. _Wh? .has given him. a pater ri~t to brmd my Hr. Tyerman seceded fromit, and it wu .hardl7 reuon­co~eeientioue opinions bft that Urm than I .have to bralld hilt able to ex.pact the assoc.'ie.tion to follow him, or cowalQi . . A.8 to the seeond point, t it simplJ untrue that I WU guilty of a it an.tagoni_stie .ba.na_ HOA it. n_ft. nt;_,,. .. _ .. d· ~ ..... •er· ~ ....... ·. ' ·U.·_i... " studied twisting" of my "oppolaent's view1.0 The writer .,...__ - ...... ~..., •• "' ,,._... _..., knows that I st4ted, in entering u20n my lecture, that l bad would move, as an. amendment, " That in ·th~ event of asked Hr •. Powell, through a mutull friend, for the loan of his the late society joining thi1 society, the eommittiee ad ·m&mJ1erip~ for the expre&iJ J>urpose of guarding e:ga.inst misrepre· officers resign sn mtU11, and a new committee be elected}' aenting him, through hav111g misunderstood any ~ of his Th d t · d-..3 b ·u· leo~we; 11nd that as I proceeded with my lecture I would accept e amen . men was secon iw.. Y .w.rs. $yme. MeBtfn • . a~y corrections that gentleman might make. Mr. Powell availed Powell, Keei;a, Frost,· ~la,y, Rollo, Williama, and Kr.1 • . h~self of the· oiler I made, but, except in one or two bulta.ncea, Syme spoke to ·the question.. The amendment wae put .his so-eallro corrections only corroborated my notes of bis lecture dnd lost, 'the original motion being carried by a coneider-

able majority,. the larger half of the meeting not votiug. FROM DRAPER'S. ~NTELLECTU.A.L DEVELOP- It wasthen,ropoeedthataeommitteeeo•tingo£t~

MENT OF EUROPE. naembers o the association, three· of M:r. Tyerm&u'I - late a~soeiation, and three outsider•, 1h0Ul~ be nominated

In the c:ourse ~f life the individual pian, the parts to decide upon a name and constitution to be proposed ·that constitute hts Bistem, are undergoing momentary: for ti new society, in the event of the recommendation of ·changea ; those of to-day are not the same u those of t~at meeting being. ~dopted by the V~ctori&n Aasocia­.yesterday, and they will. be replaced by others to.. tion: Messrs. Wdl1ams, Powell, Terry, Stevenson, ~orro'!'·, There have been, ana. are every instant, Davies, Keen,:;Froet, Kelly, and Drew, were appointed, mtersticia.l deaths of all the constituent portions, and and after arranging for a meeting of the Victoria an increasing removal of those that have performed Association to be. called on Sunday, 8rd October, at '1 their d_uty. · Instead of departing portions, new ones p.m.,, and a general meeting at half-past '1. p.m., the h:ave been introduced, interstieial births and organiza- meeting closed. · . · .· .. tion1 perpetually take place. In physiology it . becomes · .A.d. verit.aementa~ n~ longer a question that all this-proceeds in a deter-lDlll&te way under the operation of principles that are NE~ . BOOKS! · NEW BOOKS! med, of laws that a.re invariable. · Just arrived ex" John Sheppard" from Boston. . ·

The alehemi~ts introduced no poetic fiction when they . The Cloe~ Struck. Three, by . the Revd. Samuel ·spoke of a microcosm, asserting that thefsystem of Watson, (with portrait), 6/9. !Dan is emb~ematical of the sys~m of the world, the The Bible in India," Ja<;oillot" 9/. m~realculatiou of a new organic molecule of a living ~~e Mystery of Edwin Drood, complete paper_ being answen to the introduction of a new form in the. edition, 4/6. Cloth, 9/. 11JDiv~rsal or;anic series: . It requires as much power to Good Sense, by Baron D. Holbach,. 4/6. . ~I.I. mto .e:nstence a living mo~ecule as to produce a T~e Gada~ene, by J.M. Peebl~s & 1. 0. Barrett, 5/6. l;i.Y)ng be1n.g. Bo.th .are ~ccomph~hed by the same erin- His .Marriage Vow, Mrs. Corbin, 6/9. . . . _ .. · c1ple, and that pr1nc1ple is not an important intervention The Comple~ W erks of ~homas Paine,· 3 large

·-0~ a supef!1atural kind, but .an operation of unvarying Svo. Volum~s~ ~ith ~~el portrait;£~ lls. Gd •. _ · .. la. w. Phys1en.l agents, workmg through physical laws, Thoe. Pame s writings, Theo_ Jog1cal & Miscellane-; .remove such ·molecules as have accomplished their ous, 11/8. . . . . . . . , · !'ork, and create n.ew ones ; and physical agents, work- Th~. Ide!ltity of Pnmi.tive Chnstiamty and Modern mg through physical laws control the extinctions and Sp11'1tual1Sm, by Eugene Cro\tell, M~ D., 12/6. ereations of forms in the universal life. The difference . The World's Sixteen Cruei6.ed Saviours, or Chriati-~es c~iefty in ti!lle .• · What is· acco~plished in the one anity be!ore Christ, ~y Kersey Grav~s.' 9/-. · . _·. · case, .m . the tw.mkling_ of_ an eye. in the_ other may Startling Faci, in Modern Spiritua.118m, by D_r. .• demand the lapse of a thousand ce~turies. W o1£e, 11/6, Illustrated. ·

· Proof Palpable of Immortality, by Epes Sargeant; 4/& SPmITUALIST MEETING. Heath Evangel, Dalton, 2/6. • · · · .·· ·· ·· _·. ·.

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· mg of Sunday, 19th September. There were about 100 containing e~cellent ~atter for t~J' Y.ou .. ng and old~ ~ersop.s, prese~t; ~r. W. ~· Bowley, president of the Illustrated, r:nngle copies, 8d. Subscription, .'1/- per ~soc1ation, being in the chair. The chairman read the annum. · . mr~ular . COI!-Vening the meeting, and stated that the Spirit Photographs, l/6, each, 4 for 5/. . · ·· ~~Ject w~ to strengthen the orga~ization by inviting the Those wishing to secure any of the above should send . c.o-.op~~tion of the members of the other (now defunct) orders early, as the sqpplyil· limited. , : . · as~ociation, an~ others interested in the movement. B~BLE MARVEL '\\{PIUIEB_s, by Allan Putman M.A., 5/. ptere was nothing prepared to submit to the meeting, 80 A. Co:u:KoN ·SENSE V IB:W OF Km& DA YID and hill i\ would.b~ open ~or anyon~ to ma.k~ a.proposition. Mr. times, by H. H. Mason, A.M., 6/9. ·.... ·.·_ · ·. ,: ; J. L. Wdhams said tha.t, with the view of removing all . CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY AND MODERN SKEPTICISM, by· obs.tacl<:8, he wo~ld · .. move-" That the Associatioll the Duke of Somerset. . / (Victorian) · be dissolved, that a new one might be DAv.Em.>OnT BROTHERS, their _biog;aphy and ·adven­for~ed.'' Mr. W. H. Terry called the attention;.of the tures in America. and Europe. Illastrated~ 6/9, (a few ehm.~man to the irregularity of the course proposed. It slightly damaged copies, 4/~. .. . .. . · · . · v:as m~ompet~n~ for that meeting to pass such a. resolu.. THE MENTAL Cuai, by the Re~d. F. W . .E~ans 6/9 •. tion without gnn~~ notice, a specia~ meeting should be ONE RELI&ION,, ~ CREEps;·by Ross W~nan~, 6/~ • called for such .. an ~mP,ort~t purpose.. Some discussion THE P ASSIOliS 1f1 ~heir relation to health and diseas,e, took plac~, ~uring w~1ch it was mentioned that a rule of b~. H. F. Damon, 5/6. . .· . the. assoc1a~ion specially provided that 14. days' notice Ta~ . PRoG~El:JS ()F ,~~RELIGIOUS i:,:lDEAB, through should be given of. any m~ting intended to amend the successiv~ a.gas, by ·Hudson Tutt~e, 6/9. . . . . . . name or constitution of t~e association. It was then TH~ MENDAL,,a m~thod of Oriental D1v1nation, 7/. . · s~ggested that .. ~ ~esolu~on ~commending the d.ieeol~.; . , ·~~BB OP THE ,A&Es, by J. .M. Peebl68. English fi!on of the association might be submitted. The resolu- edition, 5/6, · . . . . . .· : . tion, as a.mended, .was ~~onded by Mr. Powell. · Mr. . ··. "THE SlOC.ltWHIP." Terry expressed hlB opmion that the e~urse proposed A. . Radical Freethought Paper published in Sydney was unnecessary, at all events, at thatj~cture. It had Weekly, 6d. . . ·.·., .. ··. '.·. ·. · · · · ·._· .... ··· :

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