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Progress, \ Y ) e Universal LaW of J atOre: Tl?oagl)t, tbe SolVerjt of Jier Problems.

VO 3. C H iO A G O T^D A V 16. 1891. NO . 7 7lt, was justifiable—a virtue rather than sin. They found amplo support for this doctrine in the Bible: “ For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory, why yet am I also Judged as a sinner?" (Romans, chap. .3:7)

I Protestants affect to repudiate this Christian doctrine and denounce the Mother Church us vile and hypocritical; but they illustrate the same doctrines in

wholesome government, remedy for this Iniquity? is. State secularization, reserve, is the hope of

Tho insane effort to the Christian religion in* lion of the United States bus

Is there no L- think there

k/t»jv.j&sy[soon be for* Mund

in religion for the maintenance of schools in which are taught religious principles which they do not wish their children

DOGS! DOGS!! Tho

_fento learn; and, furth-er, that the inaugur­

al* y auu | at ion of such a system of religious teach* lodfliustltu- ing in our public schools forms a valid [aono good | argument for the division of the school

[funds with those who might not relish Buoh teachings, thus resulting eventual* ly in State support of schools in which the creed of Agnosticism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Judaism, or Romanism might be taught.

“ 2. We believe that the State ought not to teach religion, because this would mean, in our age, religious instruction

unregenerate persons whothey will con* I all religious functionaries drawing sal- know what true religion is, and whose

W ritten f o r Tito P ro yrc tu lvo T h ln k rr .

T H E T R U T H M A D E P L A IN .The Catholics In American

tory.II la­

ser vice to the causd of unsectarian pro­gress. It lias aroused the people to a sense of the situation, and they are ana-

their practices and justify their conduot lyzing the facta and* studying the prin- by their religious principle. ciples of free government and raising

If a Spiritualist dies and the friends their protest against the mad folly of want tho consolation of their faith pre- sectarian propagandists, and demand* rented to honor the dead and instruct ing less, instead of more, religious med- the living the church they have helped dllng in the affairs- of State. Taxation to build, and are taxed to support, is of church property and the abolition of

—i ~ closed against them. — — „ ----- . „ . . HPfirst of theso propositions has j ^ erap)oy a priest of their narrow i aries from the Government has become a instruction would in a large degree bonever been proven true. The second persuasion to abuse the dead and insult demand that is felt, and must be recog- 1 marked by hypocrisy, formalism, irrev-

rtlon of the church living, with the delusive drivel of ni'zed and acted upon in the near future, ereuce and error. We do not wish suchThe Kind t h a t A re in th e

M a n g e r .

Some Reasons Why Cliurcli Prop­erty Should Be Taxed.

An Address Delivered by •LYMAN C. HOWE

From the Rostrum of The Pro­gressive Thinker.

Religion and morality are closely al­lied, and morality is by common consent essential to good government and social interests everywhere. Religion deals with spiritual affairs and the duties and relations between man and God. Mor­ality may be Included in these concepts, but is usually limited to human rela­tions and secular affairs. Some dog­matists hold and teach that there can be no morality without religion. Others bold that there is no religion but mor­ality. It is evident that morality de­pends upon the mental and spiritual de­velopment of the race, and in the ratio to this unfoldment are the capabilities of moral discrimination and private justice. If religion quickens and directs moral instinct, it is helpful to good soci­ety: and in so far as this can be proven our obUgations to religion will appear.But, admitted as a factor in the develop­ment of good government, religion Is still entitled to no more consideration under the law than an equally helpful system of morals. If, however, we agree that religion is the supreme good, upon which all morality and govern­ment depend, and is therefore entitled to the special favor and protection of the State, does that necessitate any favorit­ism for the church?

It does not follow because religion is good that, therefore, any particular sys­tem of religious monopoly is entitled to special recognition and legislative favor.The Christian church, with its various and conflicting creeds and rival branches, claims special favors at the hands ofl government because it is assumed the! church is the great moral regulator upon which our civilization is founded and without which it could not be sus­tained. This absurd claim seems to have been tacitly admitted by legisla­tors,by exempting church property from taxation, and in other ways favoring the claims of ecclesiastic ism. This is, in fact, a remnant of theocratic despotism imposed upon the people of a nominally free secular government. For all the

. millions of dollars locked up and idle in church property untaxed, the people are) compelled to pay a share in taxes to sup-1 port the churches they never attend and which are used, perhaps, once or twice each week for the especial benefit and gratification of a chosen few who wor­ship the “ letter that killcth ” and mo­nopolize the property of the people ini the interest of a soul-dwarfing and mor- 1 ally debilitating creed. But it often happens that tne people outgrow the church and find no profit and pleasure in attending their services. In many localities these represent the majority, and often the major part of the money

• value of the church which they helped to build. These Temples of Idolatry, when once erected and deeded to me churdi. as they always are, are at once beyond the control of the people whose money helped to build them. No matter! if every dollar was subscribed by here-] tics, Spiritualists or infidels, and that too, with a solemn pledge, given in the! name of religion and Christian honors that the house should be forever free to] all who contributed to build it, to holdl meetings of their own irrespective ofl creed or no creed, the moment the deed is in the hands of the church authorities, the people who paid their money, trust­ing to tne pious pledge of honor,are pow­erless and nave no redress. But sup­pose the form of law does give this ad­vantage to the little body of sectarian idolaters. Can any one seriously sup­pose they would use the power in viola­tion of their solemn contract made in the name of God and their own honor as the I only way they could secure the money to bulla tho House of God? Would | Christians who believe that “nil liars have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone" (Rev. 21-28) thus wantonly Imperil their souls for the paltry prize of a few hundred dol­lars? If Christianity is the life and source of all morality, and entitled to State support by exemption from taxa­tion, because of its pure teachings and righteous influence, is it possible that the patrons of the church will violate their pledges and set a lying example before the world, for tho sake of luring sinners and heretics Into tho support of the church? Would tho followers of Jesus thus deceive and porjuro them selves to gain money from those they despise, and then, when they hare th deed and the key, snap their fingors 1 the face of their friends and defy them and repudiate their own pledges and sully their Immortal honor? If so, are they entitled to tho help of the Stale ana exemption from taxation bocause of their moral helpfulness? To merit any special favors at tho oxponso of the pub lie, or to justify exemption from the re sponslbllltles shared in common by all taxable citizens, throe things are nec­essary:

1. It should bo demonstrated boyond all cavil that tho Christian church, per **< Is a conservator of good morals in a sense not common to otnor bodies whose property is taxable.

2 Tho property claiming special favor uthaiiame of religion should show a title honestly obtained.

3. It should be used in a way to servo the purposes for which it is so favored by the State.

may be shown for a por I property; but there is a large margin of discount. Hundreds of churches built with tho people’s money have obtained their control of the edifices In* fraud. And this is tho way it was aono: A committee of beggars is appointed to solicit subscriptions. It is set forth to the wealthy sinner that a church is a great benefit to the town and improves the value of all other property. Does not a fine hotel, store, or private dwell­ing do the same? But who thinks of asking alms for the purpose of erecting a hotel or grocery store? But the beg­gar meets the objections of the free­thinker whose money he solicits, by as­suring him that the house to be built shall be free for the use of all denomina­tions, of whatever faith or name, at all

medieval diabolism, they can be accom-1 Every instance of proscriptive intoler-1 persons to instruct our children relig- modated with tho church whioh right- ance and sectarian discrimination against | lously. The State should teach only fully belongs to them in common with the rights of the people, like this “ dog all who pay taxes to support tho churoh. in the manger policy " of the small But they must not defile the sanctuury minds at Spartansburg, is an inspiration of Satan with any heresy. Does any to the people to rise in their dignity and critic object to that title? What is a reform the laws that make such usurpa- strictly proscriptive sectarian church tlons possible. Spiritualists should be a

unit on this issue and with all right-

The Roman Catholics manifest an ex­treme desire to have the part they played in all the events that have oc­curred duly recognized. This is right and proper; they have had their hand In everything that ever happened here, and what they havh done on the various important occasions ought to be fully known and credited to their account. The mistake lies in their assertion that what they have done has been to the benefit of this country. This statement does not tally with the truth, and the

the citizens of tho United States, an English-speaking nation, founded by England, into celebrating Spain’s suc­cessive failures in all her discovery and colonization attempts from the year 1402 until Spain’s miserable decadence as a power. Marie A. Shipley.

S P I R I T P H O T O G R A P H Y .A Notr P liase B eing Developed

the Aber Circles.i t

In my last article to your paper, in which I gave you the result of a flash­light experiment at a seance at W. W. Aber’s, at Spring Hill, Kan., in which they succeeded in getting the photo of spirit Dr. Reed, by flashing

but a sanctuary of Satan? One of their besetting objections to Spiritualism is that we deny the authority of tho Evil One on whom the churoh depends for support. But wo might better allow the Devil an Indispensable partner in the religious firm, and court his friendship and favors, and “ profit by his exam­ples,” than to accept the character that popular Christians present as the God we must adore or be lost. The Import-

times when not occupied by the church ant Omnipotence, the omnipresent real- holding the deed. This promise is re- dent of a celestial city, who walks in the peated and urged upon all doubting her- garden, hides in a cloud, goes down to etics as a reason why they should help ^ his slaves are doing, sits on a build the house, as it will be as much for their benefit as for the Christians in whose name it is deeded. Sometimes this pledge is reduced to writing, or in­cluded in the subscription paper towhich the sums subscribed are at­tached. But they are very rarely kept. I cannot recall a single case In which these solemn pledges, accepted in good

throne, takes sides in great battles, is jealous and angry; the merciless savage “ whose tender mercies are over all his works," the Omniscience who could not foresee the results of his own works; the Unchangeable One who repents of his acts and tries to mend his mistakes by worse blunders; the Infinite Love who hates his own children with a fiendish

faith by the deluded heretics, have been and eternal hatred: the Infinite Perfec- kept inviolate by the church whose I tjon who is guilty of every crime known honor had been placed in the balance to to fallen man, whose perfection we are secure the money which they could not commanded to imitate, who tempts men

to sin and damns their children because the parents are weak: this God of infi­nite cruelty, implacable vengeance, in­comparable malevolence, this fiend of fiends, the omniscient idiot adored by servile millions who in their ignorance are led captive by the assumptions and haughty pretenses of trained deceivers whose cultivated blindness stifles reason

raise from their membership. As soon as they have the “ title clear to man­sions in the earth," they deliberately violate every promise and lock their doors against afl whom their creed does not sanctify. If the agreement is in writing, they find it convenient to lose the written document or get it into such hands as keep it out of reach. The

-------- - ------- B a light uponprocess of refutation is now going on. his materialized form, I promised togive

To begin at the beginning, or what you the result of another experiment, Catholics have tried to make the world which I consider more wonderful, if pos-

that on which all are agreed, and should I believe was the beginning, as far as the sible, than the flash-light experiment. At not invade matters of conscience or re- existence or this nation is oonoerned, the trial I shall describe to you now, we

female, In medium

ligious opinion. If the State may teach th®y c]f 1 J* * 1 Christopher Columbus obtained the photograph of a fe religion In schools, the State may teach was a Catholic, and that he discovered full form without any sitter or religion in churches of her own estab- this country. Catholic he assuredly was, in the cabinet. This picture w«

law sustains them, of course, as it does and stupefies conscience; the God of all all thieves and robbers who conform, to Devils and “ sum of all villanies” has ithe technicalities of the statute. Thelaw exempts more murderers than it punishes: and I am not sure but it hangs more innocent men than real culprits.

Christians (?) who have no regard for their word or honor have all 'the ad­vantage in the law, while the honest heretics who trust them have no redress, and the hypocrites chuckle over their pious fraud and defy the moral sense and public sentiment that challenge their crooked ways. But even if all churches were honestly secured and justly held sacred to the idolaters who monopolize them, and as public benefac­tors were entitled to exemption from

no match among the conjurings of hea­then mystery, Pagan mythology or the grim travesties of ancient demonology. Do not imagine that this is a caricature of God. It has no reference to the Infi­nite Life from whom all nature proceeds. It is only the fabulous character that certain “ orthodox" Christians profess to worship, and misname God. No such God exists.

This Christian ideal is not even a car­icature of God; for a caricature is drawn from a reality, with the beauties con­cealed and tne blemishes exaggerated, but still bearing a resemblance to the re-

ofc,, , —-— ;— is- , ality. The foregoing presentationssecular taxes while actively serving the Christian theology bear no resemblance religious interests of community, there ^ the character of God. Does any one is a large class of church property «»t- claim that this picture is overdrawn? tered oyer the country that is totally Howcanitbe? A God that creates alluseless to society, religion or the body of immacuiates who nominally own it. All such property should be promptly confiscated and turned over to tne State for secular uses, or opened to the pub­lic for any and all purposes the people desire. At the little village of Spartans­burg, Pa., there are three church edi- ces, Methodist. Baptist, and Presbyter-

things and endows them with every quality they possess, must either “ know the end from the beginning,” or he is not omniscient. He must have power to make everything as he wants it, or he is not omnipotent. He must want eter­nal justice and universal goodness to triumph, or he is not good. He must de­sire all men to bo saved, or he is a cruel

,,TW? of fiend: yet the reigning theology teachesand idle for years, while the Methodlsts that nStwithstanding the infinite effort still show signs of life and use their I M has mado secure the ends forchurch for such purposes as their creed whIch he created man. the greater por- ordalns. As usual, of course, the people tion of alI his children are lost in a sea of

inconceivable and endless agony, and building fund of these defunct institu- f_w nn]v nf h«„ fltlin«d nfita ’tions are not allowed to use them at all for anything but sectarian purposes, and, in the nature of the case, with the precedents before UB,such a use is neces­sarily demoralizing. The spirit of in­justice and treachery towards the peo­ple whose money they thus hold locked

S 6 I spiritual lecture, knd the”church was Krave ot ancient myth or medieval i d f c l l l i i B M -TH?” .!?.norance above the truth and the plainTl rights ot man, abundantly justify this charge. But there are men, even in I these tumble-down relics called churches at Spartansburg, whose manhood and moral sense rise superior to tho evil | taint of their associations and honor the name they bear and reflect light over I the darkness that blinds and stupefies tho narrow bigots who belong to the mental sphere of the Middle Ages. We should be careful to recognize tho noble exceptions to this evil rule of petty

I pious despotism, so prominent in small Itownsand small souls, wherever we find them in the church; and we should not ttributc all of tho moral weakness to

the creed which they worship. For we find moral delinquency more or less ox-

ressed among all classes of people, whether Christian or Pagan, and we find superior examples among all. But all |otnor things being equal, wo may bo lure of finding a larger por cent of hy­pocrisy, low cunning, untrulhfulness, ■ishonost dealing and selfish cruelty among those who are thoroughly dom­inated by a dogmatic creed and ‘tainted through and through with doctrinal superstition and religious intolerance than among any equal number of here­tics, agnostics, freethinkers, Infidels or Spiritualists. And this oxtru amount may be sot down to tho Immoral influ­ence of their thoology. Why should it not bo so? They worship a cruel, un- juBt, jealous, inafovolont, diabolical God; and if worship counts for anything, Bhould it not Inspire the worsnlppors with tho Instincts of tho character thoy worship? If God sends a lying spirit to decolvo and betray his ignorant chil­dren and load them to destruction, why should not his worshippers imitate his example and make doluslvo promises to rich heretics to got their money for tho good of tho churoh? If God dooolves, robs and plunders his enomlos, why should not nis worshippers dooelve ana rob as well?

The history of tho ohurch abundantly proves that they do. Some of the “ ohuroh fathers" openly maintained the doctrine that to lie and dooolvo when the interests of religion required

few only of his stupid pets escape.At one time the Spiritualists of Spar­

tansburg, Pa., applied for the Baptist church In which to have a meeting. The church was not in use. The people had natural, but not legal rights in the build­ing. Many of the best people in the [place wanted tho privilege of hearing a

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enough life in the church society to sup­ply even the stale monotony of orthodox preaching. There are not enough peo­ple there that want to hear it to keep up appearances. But tho church was re­fused for a spiritual lecture. One trustee gave his free consent. I am sorry I can not give his name: but tho majority flat­ly refused. Why? Because the Spirit­ualists do not beuevo in hell! If we had

| a devil to present to the sinners, and would promise them an end loss roast for tho glory of God, tho church might have been opened to us. Theso useless ornaments obstructing all hoalthy activ­ity. cumbering the ground which might bo bettor empToyod os a garden for tho poor, or a public pasture ground, a mockery to our civilization, and a sullen menace to mental liberty, standing un­used und desolate, and nojld as a fetid sample of pious parade and decaying despotism, Illustrating tho vanity and virus of cheap authority maintained at | nubile expense for the gratification of a handful of antediluvian relics, are a dis­grace to our civilization and a libel on tho character of the “ mook and lowly Jesus." For tho various churches using their property for such purposes as they doom useful to tho world, and giving Ithe. public tho bonoflt of their efforts— even though bounded by their creed— wo can havo some respect, and for those who manifest something of tho spirit of the “ golden rule." and open their doors to funorals and lectures in which the pooplo take interest, without dictating the creed and faith of tho spoaker, we can fool some fellowship, and realize that they are tiwlng to represent tho moral interests of society and tho spirit of fraternity. Nevertheless, as tho caso stands, all onuroh property ought to bo taxed; and every onuroh that closes its doors against any intellectual entertain­ments or moral or religious lecture, on acoount of dlfforenoo of faith, when not using it themselves, should bo promptly confiscated. That a dozen blinded bigots should be permitted to defy tho wishes of four-fifths of the community whose property thoy have smuggled into their possession, und by legal favoritism com­pel them to pay their taxes for them, is against every principle of equity and

____ lonl_mindod people join hands and work with! steady and determined zeal for the over­throw of all petty tyranny perpetrated in the name of religion. Christians would average about as good as other people if they were driven from their self-imposed prisons and compelled to recognize common justice; and to re­spect tbeir pledges and honor truth as well in religious contracts as in civil law. For the good of the church this demand should be enforced in the inter­est of society and good morals.

We have compassion for the slaves of superstition. They cannot see them­selves as others see them. They are the victims of circumstances and education, tha t have moulded and dwarfed them! from generation to generation. In de-1 mending justice and equal rights as against the usurpations of their dog­matic authority, we do not seek the ir in­jury. The assertion of a principle oper­ative on all alike must benefit all who are affected by it. I t is not kindness to a culprit to sustain his iniquities. I t is a wrong perpetrated against the church to allow them to defraud the public, for by so doing they doubly defraud them­selves. To seem to acknowledge their

Iright to use the law to plunder the peo­ple is to encourage the villainy and de­grade the villain. The more wrong­doers are upheld by law and popular sanction, the more obtuse become their moral sensibilltles.and the less will they realize the demands of justice, or care for the truth; Hence i t is our plain duty to point out the errors th a t are robbing tne souls of their victims, and insist on the recognition of justice and reforms in the law until Church and State are thoroughly divorced, and the-[ ology is compelled to stand alone or fall by its own weight. Let the motto of secularism be sounded in the ears of politicians until they shall have learned that success lies tha t way, and all com­promise with creeds in State affairs im-

I perils the chances of success, and we can Ibring a change tha t will open the doors of theso defunct ohurches to the use of the publio or confiscate them for taxes.In justice to the Baptist churoh a t Spar­tansburg, it should be said th a t they have several times admitted Spiritual-1 ists to hold funeral services in their house, and probably this late exhibition of contemptible bigotry does not repre­sent the feelings of the majority in the church; but if the sense of tha t august body (!) has been violated by the petty prejudices and idiotic dictation of its chosen representatives, the honor of the church and interests of their religion demand th a t they take immediate ac­tion to cancel tne official authority of the small minds tha t thus misrepresent the character of the church. The Bap­tists as a class are the most rational and just, on these questions of Churoh and

I State, of any religious body of equal in- Ifluence in this country. They stand nobly for tho complete separation of all religious interests from seoular affairs. They propose to sustain their own in­stitutions and let Christianity dovolop its power under its own auspices and in its own way, asking no favors of the State but equal protection in the exer-1 else of religious freedom. When the | Presbyterian Assembly Invited their co­operation in a general conference upon the subject of “ religious instruction into the public schools, thoy unanimously declined any participation in any effort to enforce religious Instruction in tho public schools. Later, however, tho synod changed the wording so as to read “ moral instruction in public schools." But tho animus was the Bamo, for they insist on interpreting morals by their Christian creed, and they moan i•eligious Instruction as a t first expressed. The answer of the Baptist pastors should go on record and bo Kept before tho people.

I R e a d e r s o f T h e P r o g r e s s i v e T h i n k e r w h o d o n o t k e e p a f i l e f o r p e r m a n e n t u s e s h o u l d s c i s s o r t h e s o r e s o l u t i o n s a n d k e e p t h e m f o r h a n d y r e f e r e n c e .

T H E B A P T IS T S ’ A N SW E R .“ Tho question submitted to tho Bap-1

| tlst Pastors was, whether thoy would

(lo in in a conference to oonsidor and by Inference to enaourage and promote tho [teaching of religion in tho public schools. “ Tho Baptiste believe, and always have bol loved, in tho teaching of morals everywhere. But the Baptists do not bollovo, and nover did believe, that ireligion should be taught by require­ments of law any whore, either in church or school.” “ Their answer to an invita­tion to appoint representatives to a con­ference on * Religion and Publio Educa­tion ’ is given in the following resolu­tions:

l,Jicsolved, That, as American citizens, wo unanimously and heartily endorso and uphold tho freo publio school sys­tem as, next to our Christian religion, tho greatest bulwark of our liberties.

“ licsolved, That wo tender our thanks to tho Synod of Now York of the Presby­terian onuroh for their oourtesy in pre­senting us with their report on Religion and Publio Education and asking our co-operation in the securing of tho sub­ject recommended therein, and that wo take this opportunity of expressing our hearty Christian affection for them.

“ Resolved. That wo cannot, however, unite with them in their attempts to se­cure religious instruction in the publio schools, and this for the following rea­sons:

“ 1. We believe that it is a manifest I Injustice to tax those who do not beilevo

religillishment. I t is only on this broad ground tha t we can oppose those who would subtly instil Romanism or the creed of Agnosticism into our public in­struction.

“ 3. We thus re-affirm the grand old Baptist doctrine of soul liberty for all men as well as ourselves, and of the non­interference of the State with the church in her peculiar function of teaching re­ligion;’’

“ Signed: A. C. Osborne, Albion; F. L. Anderson, Rochester; A. P . Brig­ham, Utica; W. R. Baldwin, Friendship; and R. G. Seymour, Auburn, committee.

“ One of the pastors.” who reports this for the New York Tribune, November 17, 1890, says: “ The above resolutions were adopted unanimously by a rising vote In a very large and truly represen­tative assembly of the Baptist pastors of the State of New York.”

Although these rational views are confessedly selfish and in the interest of the Baptist creed, they are the only tenable positions taken by sectarians on this vital issue.

The Baptist pastors are logical enough to see tha t any meddling by the S tate In religious matters is dangerous to their system. The State may teach heresy,

an almost sufficient evidence, in itself, tha t his claims as discoverer were false. Catholio-like, however, the Genoese pirate attempted to force the acknowl­edgement of nis pretensions by the most brutal means. According to his un­flattering biographer, Henry “ Columbus made i t a serious m atter for any one to doubt tha t Cuba was the American continent, the beginning and end of the Indies, which i t was possible to reach by land through Spain, which he compelled his crew and officers to declare on oath, with the prospect of having to pay a fine of 10,000 marovedis or have the ir tongues cut off in case of denial.”

A brilliant Catholic orator, Daniel Dougherty, in his speech a t the opening of the Catholic Congress a t Baltimore,

was takenby Mrs. Mabel Aber. and it came about in this way: The spirits are writing a book, on paper, by their own hands, in full view of the entire circle, at Mr. Aber’s. On Sunday evening, April 17th,

111891, after spirit Wm. Denton nad made Harisse: an oral lecture in a plain, rounded voioe

that would fill the room of two hundred listeners, and writing, in our presence, a deep, scientific article, Dr. Reed also spoke and wrote; and Thomas Paine gave us an exhibition of oratorical powers seldom excelled by tho best trained speakere, in matter, and never equaled in style by any mortal of this or any other age. At the last peroration, pointing his uplifted hand towards heaven, as his last words, “ higher and higher," died away amid the outer dark- jnesB, bis manly form sank, as if through

reverence I may say the second crea­tion—the finding of a new world and the vast results th a t have flowed to humanity,

oiiout iw o m w ma „ UiV„ , all can be traced directly to the RomanAgnosticism or Spiritualism if its unholy I Catholic Church alone. Protestantism hands are allowed to touch religion. ' was unknown when America was dis-

expressed himself grandiloquently upon the floor; the last disappearing was his the tradition in question. “ The people up-pointing finger, in the United States—aye, of the hem- Spirit Sam said: “ After the searfee isphere—are preparing to celebrate the was over we must try the experiment of 400th anniversary of the discovery of taking a spirit picture, without a sitter; America. We especially rejoice in this and tha tMrs. Mabel Aber should take the resolve. That tremendous event—with | picture." Wm. Denton had previously

_|are|_This is a sound plea, and ought to im­press all the little lunatics, bent on forc­ing religion into the schools, a lesson that should make them pause.

The same reasoning will apply with greater force to the effort to make this a Christian government by interpolating God into the Constitution and making the Bible the supreme authority in the jurisdiction of tho State. Spiritualism is the supreme solvent of these pious puzzles, and the power that is inspiring the moving world with higher Ideas, broader conceptions of life and human relations, and more generous sentiments towards all differing sects. This is the saving spirit that sheds a light of hope­fulness over all the confusion and con­flict of the age. Its gentle influence is felt in every struggle for justice and lib­erty. Wise counsels reacn us from those who measure the depths of human na­ture and analyze our needs, and touch the keys that answer with readiest uses for the “ healing of the nations.”

Under its benign agency cruel natures are softened and become responsive to the voice of love. Soulless creeds are melted before its diffusive sweetness, and the hard and heartless dogmas that have paralyzed the best natures and chilled tender hearts with their cold horrors are losing their force in the awakening of human nature with the thrilling consciousness of Divinity en­shrined in every living soul. With light to illumine the way and warm within us, we ean trust, hope, and wait.

Was St. Paul a Spiritualist?A remarkable statement was made in

the course of a religious discussion in New Philadelphia, O., the second week in April. One of the disputants read from verses 1, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 31, in the 12th chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians:

Prof. Allen Noe, of Columbus, Ohio, undertook to prove from the Scriptures that we aro told to “ try the spirits," and cited many texts to show that me­diums were consulted on many important occasions, both in the Old and New |Testament. The resolution that “ The Bible, |King James’s version, sustains modern Spiritualism in all its phases and teachings," being affirmed by Mr. Noe, was very dearly set forth.

Among other things he said: “ Of my churoh friends I would ask: Have you read xli. of I. Corinthians, in whioh each one of the ‘ spiritual gifts ’ whioh the Spiritualists aro to-day using, are therein commended—that is:

“ ‘ Now, concerning spiritual gifts, my brethren, I would not havo you ignorant. [The manifestation of the spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given the word of wisdom; to an­other the word of knowledge; to another the gift of healing; to another the work­ing of miraclos; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to an­other divers kinds of tongues; to anoth­er interpretation of tongues,’ eto. 1 But covet earnestly tho best gifts, and yet show I unto you a more excellent way.’ ”

It was argued from this that St. Paul was a believer in Spiritualism, pretty much as it is understood to-day, ana that ho oommended to tho use of the Corinthians the cultivation of “ spiritual gifts.” It was also said that if the clergy would only preach the resurrection of the spiritual body at tho ohange called death, they would preach in harmony with the real Intent of tho writers of the Scriptures, and help to make people happier. But it may bo asked if Paul does not distinctly teach the doctrine of a physical rosurrection in the fifteenth chapter of the same epistle? The foot that he did so may perhaps be aooeptod as proof that his conception of “ spirit­ual gifts " was not exactly that supposed by the Ohio disputant.—Uhicxiyo Tribune.

covered. Let the students, the scholars, poets, historians search the archives of Spain, the libraries of Europe, and the deeper the research the more the glory will adorn the brow of Catholicity.. . . . It was the Catholic Columbus, with a Catholiocrew, who sailed away out for months upon an unknown sea, where ship had never sailed before. . .. . It was to spread the Catholic faith that the sublime risk was run.”

Against this wildlv imaginative version of the origin of this country the testimony contained in the latest con-j tribution to American history, “ The Genesis o f the United States,” by Alexander Brown, is absolutely crushing: “ About the year 1491 the people of Bristol, Eng­land, began sending out every year light ships under the command of John Cabot, in search of the Isle of Brazil and the Seven Cities. It seems probable that hesaw land on one (1494?) of those private I than at the materializing seance, voyages, as he petitions Henry VII. in | spirits rapped three times on the 1495 to grant unto him and nis three sons the royal authority to discover and possess new lands, eto. As early as Dec. 18,1497, we are told that John C'abot hod the description of the world in a chart, and also in a globe which he made, showing where he landed in the New World. His charts, or copies of them, had reached Spain in 1499, and it seems certain that a large part of our northern coast in the map of the world made by Juan de la Cosa in 1500 was composed from them. It seems almost certain that Europeans had discovered America at much earlier dates, but Cabot furnishes the first definite starting point for English claims, and Columbus for the Spaniards; though it may bo that Americus Vespucius saw the con­tinent before either of them. Columbusnever saw any part of the territory of I judge from the negative.

told us it would be a success. After Mr. Aber’s seance was over, and he came out of the cabinet, his camera was placed about ten feet from, and in front of the door of the cabinet. I took a lamp and went into the cabinet, and sat down in the chair, before occupied by the me­dium. The door was open and no one else was in the cabinet at the time, and no one went near it until after the experi­ment. I sat in the cabinet with the Lamp in my hand, in the presence of the en­tire circle of seven persons, until a focus was gotten of me on the ground glass of the camera.

I then took the lamp and left the cabi­net, and went to the dark room, where I got a plate for taking negatives on, and placed it in the holder myself; and, with­out letting go of the holder, I took the same to the seance room and handed it to Mrs. Aber. who was standing by the camera. All this time the seance room was lighted up, a crescent was formed around the camera by the circle, Mrs. Aber was standing on one side of the camera and I on tne other. The lights I were then turned down to a shade darker

The cam­

era 'for Mrs. Aber to remove the cap from the tube, which she did. Silence prevailed for about fifteen seconds, when rapping on the camera induced Mrs. Aber to replace the cap. The lights were turned up, the slide replaced in the holder and the holder was taken out and handed to W. W. Aber, who took it to the developing room, in my presence and in the presence of Mr. House, of Spring Hill, who went into the dark room with Mr. Aber and L We saw the developing mixture prepared, the plate taken out of the holder and placed in the fluid; and. in a short time, we could see beneath the liquid surface the form of something developing, which, when held up to the orange light, revealed the figure of a beautiful female dressed in the style of an actress, as well as we could

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the United States. As a nation wo trace back to the discoveries of John Cabot. We do not trace back to Columbus: the claims of Spain and the Bulls of the Pope were based on his discoveries. Had England continued to acknowledge those claims, this nation would not now be in existence.”

This invaluable book, coming in the nick of time to counteract the effect of the romantic Spanish-Catholic fictions revived by the avowed purpose of the World’s Columbian Fair to “ com­memorate the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus,” is, as stated on the title-page: “ A narrative of the movement in England, 1005-1616, whioh resulted in the plantation of North America by Englishmen, disclosing the contest between England and Spain for the possession of the soil now occupied by tne United States of America; the whole set forth through a series of historical documents now first printed.”

As the English oolonios in America could not very well bo exterminated until England,as a nation, was conquered, Philip II. of Spain sent his invincible armada to subjugate England. Failing in that high-handed attempt, this mon­arch and his successors on the Spanish throne Instituted an elaborate spy-system whereby they could observe everything that was going on in England in the matter of buildmg up the colonies on the Atlantic coast, the destruction of these colonies having been the constant aim of the Spanish Government. Ail the docu­ments unearthed by Mr. Brown from the archives of Slmanoas prove this steady determination on the part of Spain to prevent the English colonization of America. An extract from a single letter of Phillip III. to his ambassador in London, Dom Pedro de Zuniga, dated March 8, 1607, is sufficient evidenoe of the policy pursued by Spain: “ You will report to me what the English are doing in tho matter of Virginia—and if the plan progresses which they con­templated. of sending men there, and ships—ana thereupon it will be taken into consideration here, what stops had best be taken to prevent It?” The same author declares with reason that America was “ an important object in the great struggle between Protestantism and Romanism.” But it was an object that the Romanists failed utterly to gain. They are thus the only people who in­dulge in public rejoicing over their historic failures. The strangest part of it is that they have been able to inveigle

■ T h is same experiment had been tried [twice before by W. W. Aber, with suc­cess; both his experiments were made in the day-time, with the room darkened. This was done about ten o'clock at night.I am of the impression these three were the first successful experiments of the kind ever made: at least it is the first I ever heard of. If such a result has ever been accomplished before. I would be glad to note the fact. But from my knowledge, I shall claim for these me­diums, tne first in the world who have obtained the photograph of a spirit by the flash-light: and the first to obtain a spirit picture without a sitter before the camera, and the first to obtain a pho­tograph of any kind in the dark. I will say that this was not done by an}' skill of the medium, for Mrs. Aber knows noth­ing at all of photography; and Mr. Aber has only been practicing about six weeks, and cannot yet develop and tone a pic­ture properly. Besides, no human on.

learth can change the laws of chemistry for practice deception on a prepared plate—made sensitive to the rays of light, as the dry plate is made and used by photographers, of which this was one.

From what I have witnessed of late, I have about come to the conclusion that the invisibilities of the universe are the moot real after all. I had to return home before the photo was printed, conse-! quently I have not yet seen its full beau­ties. G. H. Walseb.

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J. T. Murray, of St. Louis, says there has been quarried in Maine a solid shaft of granite that will be much larger than the obelisk in Central Park, and will be the largest monolith in the world. It is without a crack or flaw, and is 115 feet long, and 10 feet square at the base. The largest Egyptian obelisk, which is now at Rome, is 105 feet high, so that the Maine stone exoeeds it by 10 feet. It is oomputed to weigh not far from 850 tons.

The Rev. M. J. Savage, the great Unitarian minister, has reached this point in practical theology: “ If I knew certainly that them was an existence after death, and I knew as oertainly tha my fitness for it depended upon now lived my life here, how I bore my bur­dens and faced my difficulties, and fought down the evils within, I might cherish it in my heart as a source ofS*eat consolation; but I should not

to that presence until I was called.

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orthodoxy, and In now on the now track which will lend him Into greater light. In Ills address ut St. Louts lately on “ Religious Problems," ho claitnod that materialism and agnostloisih proclaimed the oxistonco of a First Great Cause, a Control, and that, npurt from the Scrip- turos, nature, in its various forms und features and phonomona, assisted in | framing the main fact with which man was most concornod. There is u God. Ho proferred to think thut tho move­ment of matter and its formation was duo to order and system, rather than to the blind force or the option of ohnnoe. Solentille inquiry rovouled nothing that was not regulated, under control, and ho maintained that research led to tho one conclusion, and that order prevailed throughout the uni verso,und that infinite intelligence was tho supremo control. As to tlio soul, ho reasoned that it was a real thing and not u .series of Hooting states of consciousness. It was an evolu­tion from interior forces, and while an­imals had souls, thoy hud not attained to or been evolved us tho soul of In­telligent man, which would survive forever.

Coming to the discussion of tho char­acter of Jesus, in plain words Mr. Me- Queury denied his divinity, but bolievod in his spiritual intensity. Ho did not be­lie vo in tho immaculate conception, nor in tho physical or bodily resurrection of Christ. He disputed tho inspiration of tho Scriptures, not tho Old Testament alono, but the gospels, and books of the Now Tostamont. saying thoy wore tho

Suggestive Figures.Mr. D. A. Hawkins, in a contribution

to one of tho educational monthlies, ! calls attention to tho following sugges- tivo facts and Hgures:—

In the city of Now York, through State and munoipul legislations, tho following amounts of monoy were ob­tained In Hvo yours from tho publio treasury for sectarian institutions, such as churches, church schools, and church charities, viz.:

1800 ............................. *707,8151870 ............................. 801,3201871 ............................. 034,0881872 ............................. 410,8401873 .............................. 324,284

Total.............................. 83,007,302of whioh tho Catholics received—

1800 8051,1011870 ............................. 711,4301871 .............................. 652,7181872 ........................ 252,1101873 ............................. 300,103

SINNING.

Total, 6yrs..................... 82,473,038“Tho abovo tables," says tho Truth.

Seeker, “are interesting, In that they afford a startling illustration of the ac­tivity of a church \ bn this Republic whose members a vo w thut thoy owe their first allogianco to u foreign power, whllo they also illustrate the stagnation of Protestantism in tho land which boasts of being tho cradle of liberty. I believe in according every Roman Oath- olio justice, but for the public treasury of a State to bo ritied in the Interest of n

... . — - . , ****”4! " ei ” church whoso memborshlp represents awritings of men whd had gafhered their mlnority of the people, merely because stories from oral tnidltlons. Ho said th chu?.ch in n a tio n is arrogant in its Bible worship had disappeared, or was demand8) unroI 8 a 8trlking lustration

SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1891.

D I S P O S A L O F T H E D E A D .The Philadelphia Crem atory.

Were you ever inside a crematory, dear reader? If not, I should advise you to avail yourself of the first opportunity of doing so.

I visited the Crematory and Columba­rium at Germantown, Pa.,quite recently, and was at once impressed with the vast amount of good these institutions are doing for the world. The one to which I refer was erected in 1888 by the Philadelphia Cremation Society, and is,I am informed, one of the finest (with the one exception of that in Buffalo, N. Y.). In the United States. The building erected on the grounds of the Chelten Hills Cemetery is the only one which contains a chapel with a seating ca­pacity of three hundred. The Columba­rium is quite extensive, and contains 321 niches for the preservation of the ashes of the dead, and has the most improved apparatus for the incineration of bodies.

In a conversation with the superin­tendent of the crematory and grounds, he said:

“ This aesthetic method of the dis­position of our dead is highly endorsed by the professors of our medical institu­tions and eminent physicians and think­ing people. There is a popular fallacy abroad that the corpse comes in direct contact with the flames. I wish you would correct this in The P rogressive Thinker, as it is entirely erroneous.

“ The retort in which the corpse is placed is heated to a temperature of 2600 degrees Fahr., and the refined, heated airdegi red cluces the body to clean white ashes in about ninety minutes."

1 noticed one thing in particular as I] strolled about, and that was the extreme cleanliness of the building. No matter in what direction you turned, cleanliness was paramount.

A pamphlet setting forth the opinions of eminent people was given me. Among the many who endorsed the system of reducing tho body to its orig­inal elements by the pure process of superheated air was: Mrs. D. C. Croly (“ Jennie June"), Rev. Chauncy Giles, Miss Frances E. Willard, and scores of others.

Since 1888 thore have been about ninety cremations, all of which have been entirely satisfactory.

The third annual report of the Society shows a decided Increase in cremations.In order to stimulate Interest in this process of incineration, a form has been prepared to enable those who favor] cremation to express their preference in a more formal way than has heretofore been possible. It says:

“ Believing that the duty of tho individual to his kind Includes providing for such final disposition of his body as shall be least detrimental to those who survive him; and believing that the modern process of Incineration provides the quickest and safest mode of such disposition, and is preferable to any other, both on grounds of sontiment or fact, I hereby express to my survivors my earnest desire and request that on my decease my body shall bo cremated at the Philadelphia Crematory or at such other convenient place as shall! furnish the proper facilities."

These forms are detachable, and are to bo signed by the person desiring this disposition of their remains; ono is to bo sent to the Secretary of the Society, the other to be retained by the signer or his executor or next of Icin. This certificate is sold for 835.00, payable on such terms as may bo agreed upon. This includes a receptacle and a space for the burial of tho ashes.

Tho Society, 1 am informed, is in a prosperous condition, and it looks for­ward to a future of suoceas.

Tho Crematory is built on high ground and stands alone, surrounded by | carefully-kept flower-beds and shrub-

* bery. ft is an imposing structure, as viewed from the tree-lined avenue which loads to it. Mr. Maytrod, tho Super­intendent of the place, is to be com­mended for his rigorous enforcement of the rules of tho grounds. Visitors aro admitted every day in tho year. I would advise any reader of The PROGRESSIVE THINKER who can spare the time, to visit this Crematory. It will do him

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disappearing, just as the Infallibility of the oituroh was donied when tho Prot­estant church proclaimed itself free of the Church of Romo. Creeds, he maintained, based upon the fallible writings of the fallible men who wrote the Scriptures, were not healthy. They restrained intellect and never had been consistent. They wore temporary in character—suitable at one time, unsuit­able at another. This brought the speaker to mention his contest with the Episcopal Church. He contended that he was in the right. The church claimed to be catholic in character and stand for the truth. The day of dogma had passed, and he was hold in proclaim­ing that he sought only for the truth, as permitted by the articles of the Episco­pal churoh.

H eber Newton on Faitli.The only remarks made in a late ser­

mon by Rev. Heber Newton in All Souls' church which can be regarded as applying, even by indirection, to the charges of heresy made against him by Ignatius, were as follows:

“ Faith, which so strengthens man to do and to dare in the battle of life, may yet strangely, sadly, limit him, narrow him, sour the sweetness of the human blood within him, and mar instead of make him. Let a man be dominated by faith, and he may grow to be the fanatic, the ascetic, the man of blood and of iron, sacrificing everything to dogmas and in­stitutions, in which he enshrines faith. Faith has burned libraries, closed schools, anathematized science, mar­tyred philosophers, whitewashed the walls on which art has drawn her glori­ous visions, stayed the progress of the human race through centuries, wrought incalculable evils to civilization."

In relation to the various heretical preachers who are constantly presenting heretical views, The Press, of New York, says:

“ There are two questions,closely con­nected with each other, that are con­stantly recurring. The first is this: Can a man honestly assent to a confession of faith unless he positively believes every line and letter of it in its strict and gen­erally-understood sense? The second question is this: Can a man, particularly a clergyman, honestly remain in a church alter he has ceased to agree at all points with the doctrinal basis of that church?

“ There are many people who are ready at once to answer both questions with an emphatic negative. The case seems to them too plain for argument. They are scarcely able to see how any honest man could even entertain a mo­ment’s doubt about it. Their reasoning is to this effect, whether so bluntly ex­pressed or not: If you subscribe to a creed when you are conscious of dissent­ing from its declarations in any one re­spect or any smallest degree, you are telling a lie, and a lie of more than com­mon dastardliness; you are lying not unto men merely, but unto God. If you stay in the churcn while unbelieving or

of a grave danger which confronts us."T I I K l l l .K S S i S a .

It Is t h e R e s u l t o f B ra in Vi­b ra t io n s .

Change Tlio.sc Vibrations, and Dii- roront Actions Follow.

It is said that on one occasion the manager of a large dry goods house, Boston,was surprised to seo throe books disappear under tho cloak of an elegantly dressed lady who stood at one j footed by electing M of his counters. Thore was such an evi­dent air of rospoctabUity about her that ho hesitated for a moment to speak to her. Tho inaid who accompanied tho lady caught his purpose, und approached him und said In a whisper: “That is all right, she can’t holp it! and her husband will settle for everything," and with this a card was thrust into the bunds of the manager. He lookod ut it in sur-t irlse, for it bora the name of a well- mown Book Bay minister. He lot tho

two women depart, although lie did not know butrtbo whole schorae was u well- laid |escape from tho elutchos of '/ spTteof investigation, however, showsO BlWtc

incredulous as regards the perfect truth of all the church’s standards, you are disloyal. You are hypocritical if you keep silence, treacherous if you speak out- You have no excuse. You aro sailing under false colors. Why don’t you act a manly part, and go into some other communion, where you belong?"

The various heretical preachers in the country should carefully consider the above, and look within as to their own honesty.

W orld's Fair.

The following, from Mary Francis Ty­ler, contains a divine lesson:

Not to the man of dollars,Not to the man of deeds,Not to the man of cunning,No1 to tho man of creeds;Not to tho one whose passion

Is for tbe world’s renown.Not In a form of fashion

Cometh a blessing down.Not unto land's expansion.

Not to the miser’s chest,Not to the prl> cely mansion,

Not to the blazoned crest;Not to the sordid wordllng,

Not to tho knavish clown,Not to the haughty tyrant

Cometh a blessing down.Not to the folly-blinded, -

Not to the steeped In shame,Not to the carnal-minded,

Not to unholy fame;Not In neglect of duty,

Not In the monarch's crown,Not at the smile of beauty

Cometh a blessing down.But to the one whose spirit

Yearn* for the great and good;Into the one whose storehouse

Yteldcth the hungry food;Unto the one whose labors,

Fearless of foe or frown,Unto tho klndly-hi arted Cometh a blessing down.

M arriage and Divorce.A great deal of discussion has been

held on these subjects. The churches, especially tho Catholic, holding fast the old idea that marriage is a sacrament consecrated by a priest, and indissoluble.The Protestant preachers have been given the same right by law. There is a concerted action among the priests and Protestant preachers, in tne face of modern thought and advancement, to make the divorce laws more stringent, and marriage emphatically an indissolu­ble union.

What is demanded is the taking of the whole matter out of the hands of the priests and preachers. They have no more right to interfere in the marriage contract than in the executing of deeds, mortgages, and other agreements. Mar­riage is a civil contract, and its ac­knowledgment by civil authority is for the purpose of protecting the rights of all concerned. As such, the civil officers are the only proper authority to witness such contract. Of course, priests and clergy hang on to this custom with a death grip, ostensibly clamoring for tho | moral purity of the people, hut really because of the prestige which they see slowly slipping away, and the fees.

Let us nave a law making marriage legal only when consummated by a mag­istrate. Let us really, as we set up the revolution, make the government free ^ from the rule of the church. To do this I will require a desperate struggle, es­pecially with the Catholic priests, for tho Catholic marriage is Indissoluble, and makes a slave of tho wife, and gives tho children to the church.

That this usurpation has been so long patiently borne shows the stupefying force of superstition.

Tho husbund of tho woman ocoupltK^Je of tho pulpits in tho Back Bay and is wealthy. Ills wife is about 45 yours of ago, thin, and is of a yellow­ish complexion, and in poor health. Thieving with hoi* is undoubtedly a dls- ouso und an incurable ono. It is so rec­ognized by her husband, who naturally dooply laments It, und also by the many doctors who have been called upon to examine her. It is also recognized by tho large stores of the city, and slio is allowed to steal small tilings without diroot opposition. Tho clerks aro warned against her and uro told to watch her carefully, notice what she takes, and then a bill is sent to the hus­band, who settles it without a murmur. A maid has been employed to personally accompany tho lady, whoso solo duty is to watch nor and see that she does not get into trouble. Should thore be any interference by floor walkers who do not know her, or by clerks who are notf iosted, tho maid relates the facts, tells ter name, gives address, and instructs

them to send in a bill for the goods to tho husband. For something like three years this kleptomaniac has Haunted the large stores of tho city almost evory week, and never goes away without hav­ing taken something for which she has not paid.

This k lop toman iac is undoubtedly ren­dered suon by the conformation of her bruin, and steals as naturully os tho philanthropist and humanitarian gives. She is .not to be condemned, hut pitied. She responds to certain brain-vibrations whioh influence her to act os she docs, and so long as thoy have full sway, she will remain u kleptomaniac. Hypnotize I her. change the vibrations of the brain- molecules by deep impressions, and she will cease to do evil and learn to do | good.

All the phenomena of mind or matter are simply the result of vibrations, and without them nothing could ho accom­plished. A world in motion, a molecule in motion, an atom in motion, other in motion, a thought or impression in mo­tion! From the world on the one hand to the thought on the other; from mat­ter on one side to spirit on the other, there could be no result without motion or vibrations. Without vibrations there could he no seeing, no hearing, no tast­ing. no feeling, no thinking, no reason­ing! The snowflake will always remain such without a disturbance in its mole­cules, an increase in the rate of their vibrations resulting in heat, and then water! The vibrations of the thief's brain-melecules are as fixed as those of the iceberg, and as a kleptomaniac, this woman will remain until they are rad­ically changed. As the sun’s rays in­creases the vibrations of the molecules of the snow crystal, working a radical change therein, so can hypnotism change the vibrations of brain-molecules, mak­ing the thief honest, or the honest one a thief; the licentious virtuous, or the vir-

I tuous licentious. Change the vibrations of the brain-molecules, and at once you alter the entire nature of the individual.

In Massachusetts especially The Pro­gressive Thinker has many friends. L. A. Hulso, a critical thinker residing at Lowell, writes: “ I cannot do with­out The Progressive Thinker even for one week."

Brother L. S. Burdick writes: “ Tho Spiritualists of tho town and village of Keeler, Van Buren Co., Mioh., held a moss mooting tho 26th ult. Hon. L. V. Moulton, of Grand Rapids, gave two loctures to large, well-filled opera house. Music was furnished by Mrs. Olio Dens- low, of South Bond. At tho close of

Ithu first session, un organization was ef- P. D. Peters, of

Keeler, 'President: Mrs. Peters, Secre­tary; and Mr. Conklin, Treasurer. Judg­ing by tho Interest manifested at this meeting, it is safe to say this organiza­tion has come to slay, being officered by young and efficient workors."

L. S. Burdick, President, writes: 1“ The Spiritualists of Texas Township, Kalamazoo Co., Mioh., will hold their annual grove mooting, Sunday, Juno 7th. Hon L. V. Moulton, of Grand Ruplds, is an engaged speaker, and othors aro expected! Good music and a good time generally guaranteed."

W. A. Mansfield, of Cassadaga fame, is at Grand Rapids, Mich., guest of the Spiritual Phenomena Association of that city.

For tho next three months A. W. S. Rothermoll’s post office address will bo Tallapoosa, Ga.

F. C. White, prominent as a platform test medium ana trance i ‘T have been two months Society of Spiritualists of Denver, Col. My work is trance speaking and plat­form tests. 1 can be addressed for en­gagement at 1539 Arapahoe st."

The E arth ’s A ge 7,204,993 Years.The Hindoos assort that, according to

tho conjunction of the sevon planets, the world was In existence 7.204,993 years, ago. They reckon as follows In regard to the different ages of It. The first, or golden ago (Sutty Youg), lasted

the creation; the3,200,006 years from second, or silver age (Tlrtah Youg), then began, and lasted for 2,400,000 years; tho third, or brazen ago (Dwo- iwar Youg), then commenced, and lasted 1,600,000 years, and tho fourth, or Iron age (Kaly Youg), whleh Is tho present epoen, then commenced, and will last for 400,000 years. At the time the world was created, according to the Mosaic account, viz., 4004 B. C., the third, or brazen age, was running, and lasted until six o'clock A. M., February 18, 3102 B. C., at whioh time the fourth, or iron

I ago, began. By adding up tho years of the different ages, tho number of years from tho beginning of tho world is as abovo stated.

M. 1 tailly in 1787, and another author, in his work on tho History, Religion and Astronomy of the Hindoos, makes the following statement:

On tbe commencement of the fourth, I or Iron age, at about six o'clock in the morning, the Hindoo astronomers assort that they saw a conjunction of the plan­ets, and their tables show this conjunc­tion.

By calculation it appears that Jupiter and Mercury were then in the same de- asa piaiiorm „roo Qf y,0 ecliptic; that Mars was then

P0™°r4VWcii i distant only about eight degrees, and I1.,- I Saturn seventeen, and it results from

Ithence, that at tho time of the date given by the Hindoos to the commencement of tne iron age. that they* saw these four planets successively disengage them-

Work of clearing the grounds]! * idly progressing. Three cottage* completed, and more under cont Foundations are laid for a lodging.^ of thirty rooms. Thore will hq a pavilion for speaking, dining-room .7

The Indiana Spiritualists (and all mv ers ought to help) are donating llbentR to make this purchase and these i provements. It is not a stock comr- nor an Individual enterprise; but w entirely owned and controlled State Association, a free m ^ tic gift to »Lcause. An ^interesting programme

arranged—childexercises has been L women and farmers to be given portunity; and good mediums and s i > , ing talent to be furnished.

Railroad rates will be made, lo». priced board amply furnished, and ■ spiritual feast enjoyed that shall ij. vigor ate and unfold the better powers <| all that may be able to attend. K President. Dr. J. N. Westerfield, And*, son, Ind., will answer all corresponded,

G. W. Kates."

Dyipap C. Howe's address during May I selves from tho rays of the sun: first

A Query as to Where Is God!This question was once put to i m I

who was wise beyond her years, " When 1 is God?" She readily replied by uriar j “ Toll me where Goa is not, and I win tell you where He Is." It is quite prob­able, however, that the girl had beta reading “ Pope's Essay on Man," where I ho declares God to be everywhere, la and through all things. It is a <pu*Utn of little significance in my mind, a* to whether God is here or there, Individ*, ally, existing as one groat personal be­ing, as millions of mankind think him to be: or whether he really is an omul-

resent. omnipotent, and omnladeaiis 3555 Olive St., St. Louis, Mo. Ho u yet free for the first and lost Sundays of Juno and tho most of July.

Mrs. H. S. Lake, after an absence of four weeks, speaking at Wllllmantic, Conn., has returned to the platform of tho First Spiritualist Temple, Boston, where she will remain until tho close of tho season. She was warmly welcomed Sunday afternoon, May 3, und the lec­ture upon “ The Ministry of Spirits " was enthusiastically received. Mrs. Lake's camp-meeting dates aro: Parkland, Pa., July 9, 12 ana 14; Harwich, Mass., July 24 and 26; Onset, July 31 and Aug 2; Cassadaga, N. Y., Aug. 7, 9 and 11; Sunapee, N. H., Aug. 16 and 18; Nlantic, Conn., Aug. 23.

T. J. Blackburn, magnetic healer, has located permanently at 309 East Main St., Columbus, Ohio.

Dr. Still and wife are located at Mor­ris, 111., where thoy will continue their good work.

E. W. Gould, of St. Louis, Mo., writes: “ The new departure in ethical Spirit­ualism in this city, dating about the first of the present year, is producing pleasant and profitable results. There is, in tho language of tho orthodox churches,really a ‘revival ’among the old

n- [ prose i >t, I force,

Saturn: then Mars; then Jupiter, and then Mercury. Those four planets, therefore, showed themselves in con­junction, and though Venus could uot have appeared, yet as they only speak in general terms, it is natural enough to say there was then a conjunction of theSJanets. The account given by the Hln- oos is confirmed by the testimony of I mercy, goodness, etc., that progresfin

our European astronomical tables, which souls have to attend at present, whetto prove it to be the result of a true ob- in this earthly tabernncle or out of iu It servation. The astronomical time of the | gives me great pleasure and cotuolaticu Hindoos is dated from an eclipse of the I moon, which appears then to have hap-

or natural combination of natural creative forces everywhere pervadlaj unlimited space; which, for convenience In communing one with another, may, be named Good, or,by dropping outoneO make it God, giving us the old saying; “ Good is God, and God is good."

It is simply to the principles of wit- dom, love, truth, purity, meeknoa,

when I compare tbe moral deration <f mankind of to-day wrtth what it m

pened; the conjunction of the planets at three or four hundred years since. Muthat time is, therefore, only mentioned by the way.

Z. T . G R IFFEN .

Cities and Souls.

The Dependencies o f Success in St. Louis, Mo.

inEvery thought, every aspiration, every {most intention, has its definite rate of

vibrations, as fixed as the laws of grav­itation. Virtue and vice, morality and immorality, each, too, has its definite rate of vibrations, the same as the vari­ous notes that constitute music. All things, whothor material or spiritual,

e their vibratory action, and outside of that, nothing can be produced As well produce sound without the vibration of the auditory nerve and brain mole­cules, as to produce a virtuous act with­out well-defined vibrations being its actuating impulse.

I thus introduce a now idea of sin, and call tho attention of philosophers there­to. Ju s Tice.

ing interest is manifested, through the very able and instructive lectures we have had, in the public generally. What we now need especially is well-developed reliable mediums. Everyday the inquiry Is hoard, 1 Can you tell me where I can find a good medium?’ Strange as it may appear, with all tho public modiums we see advertised in the papers, but few ever locate or visit St. Louis. The field is white with the harvest, but the labor­ers are few.”

G. W. Kates and wife will speak in Evansville, Ind., during May. Address,323 Mulberry St.

G. W. Kates is engaged in getting up a special camp-meeting circular to an- nate touch of nounce all the camps, and desires names and change clean out the festering fl of Spiritualists everywhere to whom he I and the germs of virtue, latent in may send free copies. Address him,Greenville, Dake Co., Ohio.

Phantom Sails.

How a Sailing Vessel Escaped from the Storm and th e Sea.

is not yet fully completed as to the find-1 ity of that oneness of life, power ui * wisdom into which he must evolute be­fore he can better comprehend hlnadf I in full as being the image and Hkflom of the Bible God. to whom Is ascribe! no essential attribute that man may Ml finally attain to, either in this life or U a life beyond the grave.

If Jesus Christ was God, or the Son of • God, his word must be taken as absolute truth. He declared plainly, saying,

The works that I do, the same tin P a ter. Besides me

of the'Apostles taught, “ As he i& • are ye.” But it would be impossible te do the works he did unless we pomeMi the same attributes he professed. If he was the Son of God, he possessed the same attributes his Father potaemei How clear it is, then, that if He is God, or the Son of God, so shall we all be sons of God; otherwise we will not ben Ihe Is: neither can we do the worksite

St. Louis impresses me favorably. jCities are like souls in that our feelings and estimates depend upon the points of I 8haU ye do?andVrc contact and the relations we establish. I a •«,,If we drop into a dark alley or by-street

———----- -------_-j---- where squaler, filth and poverty hatchmomber^o^h^phUosophy, ana^increas-J vice and hide crime, whore narrow wavs

and rough walks, covered with debris, obstruct our progress, and the air full of foul odors, with no Inviting lawns or groups of flowers or arbors to cheer, we are apt to estimate the city by these en-viromenta, and the first impression may __persist long after we have made the ac- ^ ^ 1 ^ 6 his declarations''must be »b*» quainLance of tbe broad avenues, beauti-i ful streets, enchanting lawns, and ele­gant parks that appeal to our reverence and inspire admiration and cheer. If we fall Into the shadows and dark alley of a human soul and feel only the chin and gloom that rise from the desert of ignorance and vice, we are apt to esti­mate the whole of life by this unfortu-

its evil side. But time I filth,

Hthesoil of sin, draw nourishment from the

I decomposing body of vice, as the tree and plant feed upon the blood and ashes of the vegetable and animal corpses at their feet. As yet I have met only the pleasant and beautiful in this city.

I When I have thoroughly absorbed the |impressions of these, the dark places ana repulsive phases will not so readily

I strike in. The impressions from the I Tho death-dealing hurricane which | pits of crime and areas of squalor will

wholesome lightswept tho ship Elizabeth ashore on the come subject to the w Marin County coast carried with it an- and Eden smiles of theo th e r vesse l w ith in a s to n e 's th ro w of bracing beauty that cover tEe canvas on. , hl. wnplH t s n n t n s with iincsnth e fa ta l ro c k s , ^ th e S a n F ra n c is c o I whioh circumstances paint the n a n o ra m a i b S i e a v e rv p a ra d is e of rightreLneffi, Chronicle. T h is v e sse l w as th e B r i t is h o f life. What I may discover later can , wj„inIn „ >nii u inv„ hranir s h ip Jo srem o n e . During t h e e v e n tfu l never efface the strong bright picture of lh^ fe>’ ’people now ’d le a m of!

falsehoods.It may be that when woman comes to

be equal in ability and privileges, oil around, to, or with man, then may « claim, as greater works, the part womin will fill in our national. State, munkipd and church government: things km did not command, or which was farfria being allowed in those unprogrcmht times.

If Jesus was God, or only tbe Sod (f God, by whom the worlds were made, a St. John declared, and if we do thi same works as, or like, he did, so olal we also create worlds, a thought tbalb surely great enough to satisfy the high­est ambition of poor finite 'man. Mtf nothing transpire to prevent any codl­ing so'J to believe its full share of the promises Jesus made to his followers.

Now, as it regards the much talked <f woman's rights: the signs of the lima are Indeed quite hopeful, and when wo*- en and men are universally well Id anoed in the scale of righto and privi- legos, this world, teeming with life, wffl

storm of Saturday night tho Jessomene, olive street and tbe Boulev

good.J . J. Watson, tho eminent musician of

New York, writes: “ I am delighted to Isec that The Progressive Thinker is fast taking tho position of a leading fac­tor among the most intelligent minds who aro capable of thinking for themselves, 1 and who aro not afralu to express thoir] thoughts on paper or on the rostrum. As my friend Ole Bull, the great violin­ist, onoe remarked about music, * Your paper brings blessed ideas and good tidings to every ono who has a soul to appreciate it-* ”

rar*' T n z Puoqkkssive T u z n z com Dines CHEAPNESS and EXCELLENCE. Sent IS weeks for 26 cents.

Spiritualism a t tli(The Banner o f Light some months ago

recommended that steps be taken to make an adequate representation of Spiritualism—as to its literature, peri­odicals and other available results—be­fore tho crowds of visitors from all parts of the globe certain to bo present during the great international Fair, to be hold in Chicago in 1893. We took occasion to recommend also, in this connection, that ns “ what is everybody's business is I nobody's business," the matter of ar-l | ranging what might bo sent in from] Spiritualist sources, and tho presiding over it during tho Exposition, oe placed in the skillful hands of Hudson Tuttlo, Esq., of Berlin Heights, Ohio, as a paid agent, doing his best to present tho Cause in a practical and comprohcnda- ble manner to visiting inquirers. Our views wore at once endorsed by 7fie Harbinger o f Light (Australia), H it Golden Gate (San Francisco), and several other of the Spiritualist journals.

Wo now see that the frionds in othorI tarts of tho oountiy aro awaking to tho mportance of this matter—the First

Progressive Spiritualist Society of Omaha, Nob., having passed, at a regu­lar meeting on Sunday, April 20, tne following resolution:

Resolved, That in tho opinion of this Association, those persons known as " Spiritualists " throughout tho world should olthor through thoir regular or­ganizations or otherwise apply to tho1>roper authorities of tho “ Great Colum- >ian Fair,’1 for the privllogo of making suitable provisions within tho domain of such authorities set apart for all who desire recognition for tho purposes of such fair.

The Banner is willing to bo the re ciplent of funds to bo used tor this laud able’object, if the great body of Spirt tu allots so desire.—Banner qf Light

We heartily endorse tho Banner of Light. Its venerable editor would make a most excellent custodian for the funds to bo devoted to the above object.

A M agazine o f Advanced Thought.The Progressive Thinker Is a mag­

azine of advanced thought. Those who have taken it continuously from its first issue have been brought in contact with a greater variety of minds and more comprehensive and useful information than is found in any other Spiritualist paper. Our Rostrum, our Eclectic Magazine, our exposure of the Infernal plots of tho Jesuits, and our unremitting effort to furnish our readers with some­thing fresh, vigorous and startling, has placed The Progressive Thinker at once in the front ranks. As our sub­scription list has doubled since last July, wo bollevo it will double again before anothor April dawns upon us, and that then wo will have obtained more than 20.000 subscribers. We have every rea­son to bolleve that end will bo attalnod. See, Spiritualists, what wo aro doing. Wo aro furnishing each week, for about i cents, us much reading matter as somo

of tho high-priced papers do for 5 cents. Wo prosper because wo combine in our paper cheapness and excellence.

G enera l SGr\)ey.

The S p iritualistic F ield—W ork­ers, Doings, Etc.

T. F. L. writes: “ Since tho subject of hypnotism is being so thoroughly discussed at the present time, and the M. D.’s are so anxious to get full con­trol of its use. wouldn't it bo well for them to consult tho Catholic clergy and ascertain, if possible, how thoy have gulnod such a hypnotic Influonoo over tnls nation in general, and politicians in particular."

L. E. Bosley writes: “ May 3d was the regular meeting for the Ober Union Spiritual Association, of Georgia Co.. Ohio. There was a goodly number in attendance, and all took an actlvo part in tho advancement of this grand nndf 'lorlous truth. Our next mooting will to at the residence of Mr. und Mrs.

in company with tho Elizabeth, was blown in shore over huge seas. At 3:20 o'clock on Saturday afternoon she was just outside buoy No. 1 and four miles off shore. The wind was blowing with hurricane energy from the east-south- oast. The ship was, in sailor's parlance, standing in on the starboard tack under topsaUs. The tug Reliance, which pre­viously had been helping the Elizabeth, drew alongside and offered to take the Jessomene in tow for 850. The captain, strangely enough, haggled about the prioo ana offered to give 825. His offer was not taken. It was a freak of circum­stance by which the safety of a valuable vessel and cargo was hazarded for a pal­try difference of a few dollars. The J aomeno at this time was probably two and ono-half miles away from tho Eliza­beth. Tho Reliance steamed through the gaps of the sea to tho assistance of the latter vessol, which was being towed by the Alert. By the wish of her cap­tain the storm-tossed Jessomene was loft to the mercy of tho wind and sea, for it Boomed that human skill would

and thefresh green lawns dappled with

presencewhoseionic and inspiration. I

Few Societies are so favored as this one in St. Louis. Joseph Brown, the Presi­dent, has been twice Mayor, and is now City Auditor, and his name and charac­ter aro a magnet to Inspire confidence and respect from all. Tne Spiritualists of St. Louis have now a raro opportunity.

their highest flights of ideality. Moden Spiritualism, however, ie destined lok

givinf human

hack!*■Ignorance and superstition, which htf served to keep woman in the backgraud of bondage and comparative serfdoac and from which she is still greatir dfr barred, partly through a lack of edf- confidence, and a more thorough knovi edge of her own latent ability to a * pete with the sterner sex, who are still, asawhole, too jealous of their old nr

k * navonow a rare oppurwumy. sumed ri&hte; fearing lest some of their If they show a fair appreciation of the formor advantages to be lord of tHblessing they enjoy, and support the

Hcause in this high aim to sustain lec- I es-1 turps In a manner and of a quality credl-

table to Spiritualism and useful to all, they can make themselves felt in a way that will givq permanent value and pro­gressive strength. The prejudice I against Spiritualism to-day is due chiefly to the folly of Spiritualists themselves. As a class, they lead the world In Intel-1 lectual ability; but In tbe direction of ] their own affairs in public ways thoy

antagesranch, will be uncomfortably curtailed! Away with such sordid selfishness.

E. D. BLAKEIIAN.

The Beat P aper.Win. Duncan, of Council Bluffs, Iowa,

writes: “To say thore never has boon so good a Spiritual newspaper os The P rogressive Thinker Is stating only tho facts, and every week It Is growing better. Tho first page article of tho last two numbers aro worth each ono dollar to the earnest student of facts and philosophical truths."

Mr. Howe’s Lecture.His lecture is decidedly valuable, as

it touohes upon a point now deoply agitating the peoplo generally. Mr. Howe Is a veteran worker, and wherever he goes his lectures aro well received.

J. F. McDovott, of Huntsville, Ala., writes: “ Wo are having romarkablo manifestations of spirit power in our city at this ’time though the medium- ship of Mrs. Judge Ivey, of Goorgia, a slate writer and psyohomotrist of raroStowers. She is accompanied by a mo- llum now to tho work, but under

exalted control as an inspirational musi­cian, singing and playing both piano and organ in a manner that proves to all that havo tho pleasure of nearing her tho divino gift of spirit power. Mrs. Ivey's work in this city has been a work of lovo, never having charged a cent for tho many sittings given, and often wprk- ing late in the evening to satisfy the hungry souls that flock to her rooms, six, eight or ten at a time. She is an indefatigable worker in our grand phil- osophy, and accomplishes much good wherever she may bo.

Hiram Pollers, in Nowburg, Ohio, on to attend. Come with well-filled

I May 17. Everyono is cordially

Dubois, the French sculptor, piqued that his statue was badly placed in the Paris Salon, smashed it into atoms, in­stead of smashing the committee.

invited HI bas­

kets and stay all day."J. H. Randall, spiritual lecturer and

lionlor, during tho past yoar organized four soclotlos of Spiritualists. He was in tho servioo of tho First Society of Spiritualists of Minneapolis, Minn., four consecutive months, his lectures giving exceptional satisfaction to u large ana growing audlenoo. Ho intends visiting Oregon, California, and Washington this year. Ho will answer calls to lec­ture wherever desired, and officiate at funerals. Pormanont address at his residence, 269 California Ave., Chicago, III.

E. M. Hendrick, Secretary, of Spring* flold, Mo., writes that “ Prof. J. Madison Allen has just olosod a very successful engagement with the Progressive Spir­itual Society of that city. At the close of his last lecture the society adopted resolutions unanimously endorsing him * os an able and oloquent exponent of our cause and a perfect gentleman in evory sonso of the word, and recommending him to othor societies.’ Mrs. A. B. Klb- by, of Cincinnati, Ohio, will be the speakor here for May and June."

Council Bluffs (Iowa) Aon panel says: “ The Society of Spiritualists held their usual Sunday ovoning meeting at 8 o'clock sharp. In Grand Army hall. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins, the evangelical Spir­itualists, rendered some of their beauti­ful songs and readings as a prelude to their platform testa. Theso mediums havo succeeded In stirring up the spir­itual lethargy with which many of Coun­cil Bluffs people havo been overcome."

Iknown as the Potato Patch was ahead.| The ship tried to sail in on tho star­board tack, but her progress was arrested by a sudden jarring shock whioh strained every timber In nor hull. Sho had struck on tne evil patch. Again and again sho rebounded and struck on tho hank. Through gaps in blinding clouds of son mist the water-logged work­ers on tho tugs saw the flag of distress hoisted to her swaying roast. In this momont of extreme peril something like a miracle interposed. Phantom sails seemed to suddonly take form on tho bare poles of tho vessel. Sho turned in the trough of tho son, hor prow bont oceanward and, In tho teeth of tho blind­ing tempest, sho shot ahead on a north­west course away from danger. A score of eyes on the tugboats saw the flag of distress hauled down. Another moment and, through tho semi-darkness, tho last linos of tho Jossomono wore soon vanish­ing, and she was soon offootually hidden from sight as if sho had plunged head­long into somo gaping maelstrom.

Tho above illustrates the variousf ihoses of spirit power. How diversified, rom the simple rap, up to a full form

materialization.Plain Facts.

■ ■ ■ . J M M H H H _J pi_avail llttlo then. Tho submerged bank have shown the least ability and poorest

success for the opportunities and re- 1 sources in their possession of any equal number of believers in the world. If tho Spiritualists of 8L Louis—many of them rich in the perishing possessions of this world—have a reasonable regard Ifor themselves and the faith thoy pro-1 out om a writer in the spiritualifltlclW!- fess, thoy will rally to tbe support of tho I <- — _ , i, —bpresent association and generously sus­tain the effort with tni moans and moral support.H i support. If they fall to do this, they will aesorve what thoy will receive, the sneers and contempt, tho bluffs and ridicule of tho onlooklng public. By a fair distribution of the financial burthen It will be easy to go on from victory to victory.

Lyman C. Howe.SSSS Olive St., St. Louis. Mo

The Indiana Camp Grounds.

Baron Fava, tho Critic declares; dur­ing his residence in Washington lived well and generously. His wife being In Italy, he aid not keep up a largo private establishment, but no had comfortable apartments on H. street, near Seven­teenth, taking his meals at the Metro­politan efub, and he entertainod as freely and as often as a gontlcman of his age and circumstances could have been ex­pected to. Among the handsomest and mast A rtis tin dinners given during the season were those of Baron Fava at his club.

James Hubbard, who died at Maple- ton, Ind., a few days ago, had attained the age of 106 years. His father lived to bo 100 years old, and his grandfather 105. His descendants number over 150 and cover five generations.

I have just visited Dr. Westerflold, Anderson, Ind.. and, under his osoort, the new camp grounds. In behalf of the work assumed by Dr. Westerfield and the Indiana Association it is propor that I add a little tribute to the beauty and appropriateness of the grounds. Tho grove is about a quarter mile from Ches­terfield Station, on tho Bee Line, or a four-mile drive from Anderson. The grounds are just rolling enough for good drainage, and liberally supplied with beautiful trees for cooling shade. Springs send forth with refreshing ca­dence sparkling waters, that shall quench tbe mortal thirst. White river laves the shore, making a boundary line for oocupancy of the land for spiritual worship. We can Imagine the future picturesque scene when young men and maidens shall float upon its balmy bo­som, singing songs of rejoluing, whilst matrons ana sires sl\all gain rrasli In­spiration from the scene. Ample room is there for all who are likely to go! And that means several thousand per­sons each year, for a populous country lies all around—with cities near by.

| filled with many Spiritualists, who will I feel they have an institution to support | that will bo a blessing.

W illiam Cox.Wo have a lecture on file, from a not

remarkable man,William Cox, which** shall publish next week. In reyari to him, A. W. Moore, a journalist of note residing at Rochester, N. Y., writes:

“ 1 consider him one of the most if markable men of modern times, be ksr ing discovered the * Science of I'sdw- standing.’ I believe his introductlost* your readers by* means of his lector* would be the best way of bringingU* but as a writer in the spiritualistic fkli

iHe is on a high plane, and his mh| rments suit the hotter element among 0® people. Mr. Cox is tho nophow, on Ul mother's side, of the great Baptist dl* vine. Rov. Joseph Ivlray, of Lonim England, whose works are standard H tbe libraries of the theological semiii ries. Mr. Ivlmy became famous for kb great controversy with Lord Maosubf; and. Indeed, was one of the most notak* English ministers of his time, his trait being in the homos of all good tints. Mr. Cox takes after his uneWi* the spirit of inquiry and controverty Hls father was superintendent of tk* Portsmouth dock yards In England, jg which capacity ho was continually S touch with the lords of the admiralty, and other historic personages. Fro* this sturdy father Mr. Cox Inherit* I robust mind nnd fearless spirit. He »* acquainted with Charles Dickens flS I neighbor, In Portsmouth, and is famlli** with that author’s first efforts in liters' ture on the ‘ Paul Pry,’ a sensation*! sheet published by a widow woman i* that town. Ho was also hand in has! with Napoleon III. when that gentlem*> was an exile in England. You see that Mr. Cox has a history, and his knowledge can be grandly utilizedTro* time to time in vour valuable kmrnnLI

We shall take ploaeuro in preeentiif Mr. Cox's locturo. Around The PbO ORKSSIVE TrtiNKER there Is clustering* class of individuals of whom we feel ♦ I pedally proud. In foot, no other Spirit* ualist or free-thought paper in world can boast of greater talent, e* if furnished at three times the prie*i T h e P rogressive Thinkeh . This accounts lor our circulation hafl doubled slnco last July. It »1 again before April nexL •

THE PROGRESSIVE THINKER 3Ifriltrn for Tho Progressive Thinker,

“ MEDIOMANIA.”The Extrem e Ignorance of

the M edical Profession.Tlic Hensons I t G ives l'or Me<li-

luiislilp.

.MEDIOMANIA.

This is the title of an editorial article by W. C. Cooper, M. D., of Cloves, 0.,[\T«in the Feb. No. of The Medical Gleaner, edited by him and published by W. E. Bloyer, Cincinnati, O., from which we shall take a few excerpts.

It is very evident that the army of ma­chine made physicians are moving along the lino to disparage the usefulness of mediums and prevent them from per­forming their work of healing the sick and presenting to the world the evidences ces of immortality through spirit return. But when we see those professing to be liberal and progressive physicians fulling back into the ruts scored out by the most illiberal and dogmatic of the profession, who refuse to accept any truth if it does not first find its entrance into the world of thought through some one of their special channels, and trying to cry down anything in advance of tneir system, seems “ passing strange " in this era of wonderful discoveries and rapid evolu­tion of the unseen forces of the universe of mind and matter into practically |available potentialities.

The attempt to mako out that the sen­sitive who (s susceptible to spirit con­trol is necessarily diseased, or that me- diumship is a disease, shows how com­petent (V) these learned ignoramuses are to have legal control of all psychic phenomena, and to determine the rela­tions of the soul to the body tynd all tho powers and possibilities of tne spirit.

The true “ inwardness " of the article is shown in the following extracts:

“ It is not so much my purpose to dis­cuss the reasonableness of theoretical I Spiritualism, as i t is to inquire into the

of such an ono are only tho results of some disease of tho genito-soxual organs?

Certainly tho magnets of his brain must have become reversed in their ac­tion to cause him to see things spiritual with such distorted vision.

Has such glaring idiooy donned tho robes of science and set itsolf up to teach tho stuponduous folly of Its ignorance, and blazon to tho world its vapid non­sense and the vagaries of a distorted and un balanced intellect, or has the medi­cal profession os a whole boon seized by the contagion of Buch supremo selllsh-

I ness as to dotormino to hold by any I means, however despicable, entire con­trol of caring for the sick simply for tho

! sake of tho foes, and havo therefore re-1 solved to drive all healers in disgrace from the field?

Really such modicomania must either “ have a veneroo-puthological history ” or be induced by an entire lack of con­scientiousness and un exorbitant greed of gain, to publish such nonsonso.

Is It not really surprising to seo a per­son of the montul caliber of this editor of The Medical Gleaner possessed of such u vast amount of gall ns to consider him­self competent to criticise tho psycho­logical knowledge of such mon ns Robert Dule Owen, Judge J. W. Edmonds, and A. J. Davis, and not only try to impoaoh their wisdom in thoso matters, but also tho intellectual and scientific ability of such men as Prof. Haro, Prof. Zoellnor, Prof. Faraday, and tho hundred thou­sands of lesser lights in Spiritualism, whose master intellects shine ont us much superior to tho mental illumina-

Double Consciousness.r ile M ysteries o f th e

M ind.it iiikii

lions of this Gleaner editor as tho rays of our sun aro to us superior to those of the dog-star.

By what authority do these doctors as­sume to deal with psychic matters? Has their study of tho various holes, cavities and prominences—tho shapes and articu­lations of tho bones of the human skele­ton—conferred upon them that right? Or havo they “ gleaned ” it from the separ­ation. origin and insertion of the 527 muscles of the inanimate body, or found It in the viscera thereof? Have they suc­ceeded in discovering the unseen pincer that presides in the nerves of involun-

To the Editor:—Muny instances, says tho Loulsvillo Courier Journal, have boon published from timo to time of what is known as dual existence. Tho “ Strange Case of Dr. Jokyll and Mr. Hydo, is but an exaggerated and bizarre version of somo tolerably well-known facts. Tho case of Hugh Thompson, who can remember nothing of his personal history from tho time thut ho was wounuod at Chickumuugn until ho ‘came to himsolf ” in Northern Illinois during tho winter of 1870, bus just boon ropub­lished in coiiBoquonce of the Invostiga-j tion of tho caso in tho Ponsion Bureau. He was in robust health ut tho timo when memory revived, und it is evident that much of the most Interesting por­tion of his life has been entirely blotted from his consciousness. At the recent mooting in Boston of tho American branch of tho Society for Psychical Re­search, tho president gave a brief ac­count of u very interesting case. In 1857 thoro was residing near Puwtuckot. R. I., a can > on tor who hud Imbibed inlidol views of u pronounced character. Ono day ho thought ho hoard a voice from houvon addressing him in these words: “ Go to the chapel go to tho chapel." This incident led to his conversion; ho became un itinerant proochor, und fol­lowed that occupation for thirty years.In 1887, us howus then growing old, he gave up preaching and resumed the busi­ness of n carpenter. One day ho disap­peared, und no trace of him could do found for six wooks. A t tho end of that time he returned, und related that ho know nothing of what had occurred to him in the Interval, until ho regained consciousness a t Norristown, Penn., whoro he had been for four wooks keep­ing a small confectionery storo undor tlio nuuio of Brown. His consciousness of

Written for Tho 1‘rogrestleo Thinker.R O A R IN G T A L M A G E .

I'lio “ G roat D ivine ” M akes F o rty M isrep re sen ta tio n s In O ne

Serm on.

ITrliion for Tho Prog rest I re Thinker,T H E C A U S E IN N E W

Y O R K .j .

T u lii in g c a m i t l io W o m a n o f lCixloi

Loworing; tlio S tars and Stripes.R om ish A rrognncy .

personal identity roturnod in the middle triotio oltlzon, I shall Boon find out of the night. I* hiding himsolf in astrungo wbothor that groon flag will bo romovod room and in u strange p.uco, lie groped or llot. so ho immediately drove into his way into his pluce of business, ad- I providonco to find his Kxoollonoy, Gov. joining his sleeping apartment, and be- DovIjJt Ho found the governor in his coming alarmed, shouted for help. The 0jj|00( and having informed him of the neighbors rushed in, and wore amazed In8ult giVOn to tho American flag by to hear the confectioner eagerly and ox- the Romish priest a t Valley Fulls, ho citedly asking who and where ho was. A demanded tha t he (the govornor) order physician was culled in, and tho caso in- tho „r6en flag taken down.M i — statements of tho so- The governor hesitated, us thoughts

that ho was u preacher 0f the approaching elect ion passed woro investigated through his mind, ana being a candidate rho physician do-1 f0I. i-q.election on tho Domocrutio ticket,

the “ Irish vote " meant a great deal to him, so his patriotism must oe laid aside for tho time being. And so ho was in

On March 17 (now commonly culled “ 17th of Ireland,") un incident occurred in Lonsdale, R. I., which shows whut Romanists would do if they hud th< newer. An insult was given to Amur lean citizens which will not soon be for­gotten. On Tuesday morning, Muroh 17, u gentleman was informed that on

Itho parochial school connected with St Patrick's Roman Catholic church of Valley Falls (which is the next villag to Lonsdulo) the Amoriuan flag was ut half-mast, with the stars downward, while ut the top-mast floated the groen flag of Ireland.

Such nows sent a thrill of patriotism through his heart, und ho proceeded at once to investigate. Ho soon found that he had been corrootly informed. Ho mot a member of the church, and requested him to soo Father Kano and have the groon flug romovod ut once. This lie Hally rofused to do. Woll, said our pu

i ^ iflndi

of this woman fuels us

probable causes of the disease, Medio- tary action? Can they tell why the gang-mania. A few remarks, however, touch­ing the essentials of Spiritualism as a re­ligious system will be in place.

Spiritualism is materialism. It differs from the materialism of such philoso­phers as TVndall, Dawson and others, in that it makes the immortal principle a tangible substance, whereas the scien­tific soul is nervous energy—force. Un­like the materialism of science, which is the offspring of philosophical investiga­tion, spiritualistic materialism has I ts birth-place in the realms of idealism. True, the defenders of this modern dream—modern as to name and certain peculiarities—claim that their system is based on revelation—phenomenal reve­lation—and that their doctrines are de

lionac nerves express solisations and tho nerves of tho opposite roots impart mo­tion? Will they Inform us whot directs the assimilation of food into tissue—tak­ing from the general blood pabulum ma­terial to form norve tissue and nervo- vital fluid here—to build muscular fibre there—to construct bone cells in their proper place and repair glandular and visceral structures, all In their uni­formity? Can they tell what directs the secretion of the lubricating fluids into the pleuries, the peritoneal and synovial cavities, and removes therefrom the lub­ricant as soon as its powers to perform that function are exhausted?

Until they can do this, let them be-

ves titrated. The culled Brown from Rhode Island, and found to be true, cidcd «that he was not insane,

. . - — — - — - ware how they attempt to lay sacrileg-nyed from the teachings of disembodied I ious hands upon the “ Temple of the spirits. The conflict between this trans- tinlv Ghost ” nr emWvnr to rirmim-Holy Ghost,” or endeavor to circum­

scribe limits to the possibilities of thospiritscendentalism (argument?) and the mat- ter-of-factism of every-day science—the j human spiritever evident positivisms of real life—is w h a t have tho “ Regulars ” ever donewhat has consigned Spiritualism origin- to benefit any person who, laboring un- ally to the cloud-land of morbid dream- der some peculiar psychic influence, re- ery. There is no more connection be- mained entranced, or was in a psychic tween the incomprehensible movements slumber, or in a cataleptic state? Search of a table and the conclusions of Spirit- the records and let echo answer “what?” ualism, than there is between the mlr- While in Milford, CL, some years since acles of generation or growth and the a young girl dreamed she died, and the doctrine of immortality. I t is not denied doctor was sent for and tried to bleed her, that certain unexplained phenomena de- but could not, and left her to be buried, pend upon some occult force, do occur; The next night she awakened her but the history of science justifies the mother, telling her she felt strangely, conclusion that all these seeming super- The mother placed her feet in warm wa- natural effects will be found ultimately tel. gent for an M. D., who came and to depend upon, and, of course, accord attempted to bleed her, but failed and

.Vint**?™ , . . . pronounced her dead. The second dayThe fact that table-tipping is gov- after she was buried. A few months iif-

erned by an intelligence only compli- for to satisfy the mother, the body was cated the matter adversely for the Spir- exhumed and she was found to have itualist, for the known truths of animal been buried alive. Had my advice been magnetism are so many pointers to a taken she would have been restored to natural solution of the problem. I have | consciousness and been saved the borri-

and hewas permitted to return home. Ho re­tained no recolleotion whatever of any­thing tha t had occurred between the time of his leaving home and ing in the night a t Nor account of this case having reached the Society for Psvchical Research, one of its representatives visited the man at his home and •prevailed upon him to go to Boston ana be hypnotized. When this was done he remembered and rotated the

rrea Detween tne Cn ned to treat the matter lightly, saying me and his awaken- t bat probably Father Kano made a mis- Morristown. Some take and it could not do much harm

any way, and thought it would be better not to interfere with their religion.

“ Well," said our patriotic citizen, “ I don’t want you to interfere with their religion, nor I don't want them to foist theirs upon us, but I want to tell you

not time nor space to dwell upon the logical incompatibilities Been in the in­terpretations of such Spiritualist au­thorities as Owen, Davis, Edmonds, and others, but they are many and glaring. The attempted reconciliation of the physical origin of thought with the dis­embodied soul’s existence as an intelli­gent entity, is only one among many ab­surdities."

“ Mediomania is the nidus of Spirit­ualism, and mediomania is a disease. Its pathological nature is recognized by the

ble death she suffered.In the case of the “ sleeping boy," near

Columbus, Indiana, and in several other similar cases what have they done? They say they have “ exhausted all known means or science without avail." What does this mean when literally inter­preted? Simply that they know nothing whatever of psychic science. That they have employed electro-galvanic batter­ies, used ammonlocal gas to excite tho brain, applied irritants locally, injected poisons hypodermically or otherwise,) «• * j • i • i j r i uuiwuo itj pvuci luivauj ut vwici niocieading minds of medicine, and^ books and probably administered croton oil,

treating of i* o r i g i n , nature, and cure calomel and such harmless (?) articles; have been published. Its prevalence is and when the controlling spirit has beenowing in part to an epidemic influence-1—--—-------- -------— —essentially similar to that which assurand precipitated the spread of the cho[ reamania, lycanthropia. tbeomanla, dem­onomania, panphobia, etc., of other ages.

3ncej able to counteract all these outrages upon the body, the dumbfound ed med ico-mani-

n °* acs have in their perplexity and amaze­ment wondered at the obstinacy of this

_ . — — i Ti-j-------n-----------unknown form of disease," which soThe expressions of this peculiar neurosis baffled ull their scientific (?) skill; when have varied, with the eras, of Its prevar it ^ weU known to tho skillful psycho­

pathic physician, that by surroundinglence, the civilization of the age giving individuality to the malady. In tho nine-l teenth century it has assumed the re- j ligio-phijosphical aspect embraced in j the theories which have grown out of a mortal's supposed conditional power to communicate with the immortals."

“ About all sporadic, and a majority of epidemic cases of mediomania, have a venereo-pathological history. This is especially true of female mediomania, the greater complexity, and more deli­cate balancive adjustment of certain parts of their organism rendering them peculiarly liable to a particular class of ailments. Hysteria, cnorea, uteromania and mediomania, Delong to the same family, and are almost infallibly trace­able to an identical origin. This ultimate legion has its abode in that holy of hol­ies where human being dates its genesis, and It most frequently results from the mercenary desecrations of gynesocologi- cal quacks. These truths, taken in con­nection with tho prominent female char­acteristic—impulsive zeal—explain suffi­ciently well why women are more fre­quently the victims of mediomania. Wo­men are more sensitive, trustful and de­votional than men: finer fibred, physi­cally and morally. They are also capable of greater fanaticism, because more credulous and less analytic than men.

“ What is more pitiable than to see women, with all their sweet capabilities, prostituting all their sacred endowments and talents to the dissemination of some long-haired ism? Oh! that a revelation would fall on womanhood, opening its eyes to the great sin and folly of these unsexing novelties, and holding It with­in the limits of rationality, despite the leeward excuses furnished by a local ir­ritation, or visceral malposition. If the

incidents of his journey from his home that u • do not order that green flag to Norristown. After passing a night token <fown at once you will hear of in New \o rk , he went to Philadelphia, blood8hed within twenty-four hours.twenty

Thoro arc in Lonsdale awuiting your decision several hundred American citi­zens. members of such patriotic orders

— i----- , — i— . i as the Orange Order, United Order ofnewspaper of a small business for sale a t I AmerIcan ^fechanlcs, and others, men Norristown, he went thither, bought the wbo no 8tand by calmly and see establishment and conducted the busi- the 8tar8 and etripe8 ( / th is glorious Re- ness without exciting remark until the ;nQ„n

and after staying a day or two at a hotel, went to a boarding house at 1115 Filbert st., where he remained nearly two weeks. Then reading an advertisement in a

excitingincident above related occurred. His statements as to his movements were all investigated and verified. The board-

public insulted und trampled upon without resenting the insult, if need be, with their lives. Some of these men

f ---- r —i i— — :z _ i have followed that flag through the waring-house keeper, when, found, remem- of the Rebellion, to abolish slavery, and bered Mr. Brown, and corroborated his th wouid willingly follow i t again to story in every particular. I extirpate that greatest of all Blavery-

The M aterial and S p iritual popery and Romish oppression.”This rather surprised the governor,

. i a i m u i u u K i i i m m \a j u d u u o u u iTo the Editor:—W o live in a mag-land he Bays, I will give you a

nifleent Universe, one of a limitless num- Father Kane, and order him to ber! Sir Edwin Arnold says: I lately Irish flag taken down.stood in the well-known observatory be­longing to Harvard College, Boston. One ofits wonderful tubes was directed to a region of the sky, seemingly—and even to the most powerful glasses—blank, but the sensitive plate fixed to the eye­piece announced tne existence there of a thousand nameless and previously un­seen stars; and to whatever part of tho

its finer

and brought him to a sense of nis duty,letter to have the

flagMeanwhile, Secretary of State McGln-

ness camo in (you can toll what he is by his name) and the governor told him what had happened, and that he was about to order the green flag taken down.

He showed him the letter, and having read it, he advised the governor not to send it. I t might probably offend the priest. Another letter, written in a lessapparent darkness its liner eye con­

tinued to be turned, always .such,, and I authoritative stylo, was submitted, but not otherwise, was the superb report o* tho Secretary thought tha t was also a countless new worlds, which it brought lltti0 to() gtrongly worded. He thought back from thotfo black and fathomless n wan bettor not to send any letter a t all. Anvuuiiu A nnw mnAninff is tuirnlv ffivnn u i................. it... _i_ at__ ___„sabysses. A new meaning is surely given | boing so near tho election, they mustby these and other modern astronomical keep on tho r l„h t Bide 0f tho priest atn n n A t u i l i n n t l A n n f <-»«« t n a v n m w v n v f n l m n n I ■■ *« • . • • _ * •

the person who is passing through these psychological stages of spirit unfolding with harmonious and healthy magnetic influences, by placing them in chargo of some competent clairvoyant or mag­netic healer' they would soon restore them to their natural spiritual condi­tion, without injury to body or mind. But such is tho ignoranc of tne medical profession on this subject that both are mode to suffer, and hundreds aro an­nually destroyed through the improper expedients and experiments of those kid-glove savants.

Surely this editor, in searching for straws for his Gleaner, must have spent a good deal of time raking over the filth­iness of his own imagination to gather up so much dirt, which had evidently ac­cumulated among the many “ cobwebs ” of his brain, while “ undor the prodro- mata of some strange mental disorder," the cause of which, according to his reasoning, was “ primarily some wrong in the generative apparatus."

When men of his ilk shall have ad­vanced far enough to begin to compre­hend the action of their own brain in producing such a mental monstrosity us is the article in question, it will bo time enough for them to attempt to criticise Influences and powers developed in more refined and sensitive individuals which they have now no ability to hend.

But it is woll to lot these rabid medi­co man lacs rave on. Tho more such ri­diculous absurdities aro promulgated,

I the more will all respectable peoplo turn away from those blatant medicomaniacs,

generalizations, for the thoughtful man, to tha t divine phrase of our New Testa­ment—1 In my Father's house are many mansions.' There oxist, indeed, stars enough now within sight to provide every human soul with a world apiece, and the greatness of man’s destiny con­sists, as all may at last comprehend, not in being the centre of creation, but in be­longing at all to so glorious and visible a galaxy of life, with the invisible efful­gence and the infinite possibilities lying beyond it.”

Realizing what the telescope reveals to tho astonished vision on tho material side of life, what grandeur would be un­folded if. in the same extent of territory, the spiritual side of existence could bo unfolded. Let us hope that, in the courso of time, a spiritual telescope will bo in­vented, that can bring to view the coun­terpart of each material world. S.

all hazards. But, said he, I will tele­phone to Father Kane and ask him to nave it removed. Shortly afterwards the green flag was taken down.

The truckling to papists to catch the “ Irish vote’-' by mon who protend to have tho welfare of this great nation at heart, but who will sell their birthright for a moss of pottage, cannot bo too se­verely condemned. Lot evory true­hearted American citizen resent suoh treachery at the ballot-box, and drop these weak-kneed traitors and political tricksters into oblivion.—lihody, in Prot­estant Standard.

Written fo r Tho Vrogreuteo Thinker.. 1 r r r .K h lo sh o m h .

I’REFHItBXCR."

D entil oi'M nilam B lavntsky.Mme. Helene Petrovna Blavatsky, thi

noted co-founder of the Thcosophical And the massage I hurried was:

Dear blinds have hastened this bloom From the Southland, far away I

For I saw It wave like a helmet plumo Fresh kissed by the dawning day.

1 Bond 111

compro-

harmonial philosophies," ‘ perpetual I who only expose their own bombastic lg affinities.' ‘spirit materializations, etc., | norunce through such vulgar fanfarados.

Salida, Colo. D. P. Kayner, M. D.were remanded to the safe-keeping I of male enthusiasts, it would not be long ! till the world's moral atmosphere would 1 be a great deal clearer than i t now is.

“ when it has become evident that a woman or man is under the prodromata Iof some strange mental disorder, think entirely satisfactory, justice of some wrong In the general ive appar- they wire not what would atus, not by exclusion, but nearly prim- tho men?"' " It

Miss Kate Field acknowledges her­self a hero-worshiper, like all women, adding this unanswerable, oven if not

atlon: “ If becomo of

Gen. Alger laughs ut tho use of his name in connection with tho possible vacanoy in tho War Dopurtmont which will bo created if Secretary Proctor is made Senator from Vormont, and tho laugh has in it an incredulous ring which Is more emphatic than words.

arlly. It is not illogical thut the con-| ter from which life, with all its- possi­bilities, proximately originates, should command a masterly influence upon life's processes Place the patient in a correct relation to hygionic law, discover] the lesson, and then apply remedies spe­cific to It.*'

Now, what aro wo to think of one who claims to bo an educated and scientific M. D., and assumes the editorship of a

OBtc:nall>,y uVucttU5Told^gun with which Israol Eu'tnam toe rest of the profession, who has no «bo wojf higher conception of tho powers and pos­sibilities of the human brain, through L_‘be action of its individual spirit entity »nd the psychic Influence imparted by a aisembodied spirit operating upon its sensitively attuned sonsorium,than to as­sert that the developed medium powers

Robert Shaw, of Brooklyn, owns the shot

p r Remember that T ijr Prooueshivu Thinker gives the advanced thoughts of lead­ing minds. Ocr Eclectic Maoazixb, pub­lished every sixth week, will of Itself be worth the price of subscription. Bent on trial Qweeks for 25 cents.

Society, died at No. 10 Avenue road, Regent's Park, London, Eng., throo wooks ago. Tho fact has only now become publicly known. Mmo. Blavatsky was 00 years of age. The cause of death was Influenza, aggravated by kidno* trouble. Tho doccusco was cremated at Woking, according to her desire.

Mme. Blavatsky. tho renowned foun­der and leader of the Theosophists, was born at Ekatorinslav, In Southern Rus­sia, In 1831. Her father was Col. Peter Hahn, and whon only 17 years old she married Gen. Nloephoro V. Blavatsky, who was at one time Govornor of Arme­nia. She was thoroughly educated and an accomplished llnuut, and snont many years of hor lifo after hor husband died traveling among tho Buddhist monaster­ies In Thibet, wnoro she claimed to have gained possession of occult wisdom and to havo obtained many of the secrets lodged In tho generally inccsslblo places which she visited.

She camo to America about 1875 and resided in Now York, whore she began to organizo tho Thcosophical Society, whoso headquarters wore afterward and are still In India. Among thoso who bo- Icamo con verts to the new doctrlno woro Col. F. P. Olcott, who was a well-known politician and employed In tho offico of tho Controller of Now York; Gen. Abner Doubleday, O'Donovan, tho seulptor, and othor well-known mon. Tho doc­trines of the Thoosophlcal Society are to Gautama Buddha what Neo-Plutonium was to Plato, It recognizes tho universal brothorhood of man, tho existence of occult powers, a succession of lives, and tho Buddhist Idea of Karma, or retrlbu-

l tion. The deceased was a voluminous writer and published in Now York in

11887 “ Isis Unveiled: a Master Key to I the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern I Science and Theology;" and In 1888, In London. “ Tho Secret Doctrine.” These

I works aro each in two large octavo vol- | umos. They display the results of vast study and romurlcablo erudition.

Speed, speed oa your psychic way I My soul was there to defend It,

And so It Is with us to-day.'Twas tbe " fairest and rarest cluster

Of any on all the trees!"And It bears the scent and the lustre

Of dews Just left by the bees.And Id vision I saw It bowing,

To the robins wbo came to admire, And I beard tbclr love notes vowing

The theme of my spirit lyre.And wondering, 1 sensed a reference,

In the breath of their soulful song;Of a birthday scene, with Its preferences

As to gifts, from the happy throng.And I thought, whilst my vision lasted,

Of every bloom Id the world,And I said, as my blue eyes feasted,—

11 Brighter banner was never unfurled I"Just then, tho robins flew westward,

The cnrtaln of vision swept by,And left me alone on tbe aculhrrn sward

With my Theme and tbe robln'a sigh.Bo I bring It to you, my teacher;

Tbe sweetest gift of tbe south-Tbe apple bloom, like a waving plnmo

fresh kissed from n blrdllng's month.Yes," I bring It to you, dear teacher,

My gift, with the blrdllng's song, And, oh my soul I bow far sweeter

Is expressed from the blooms among.Till! Tliaif E.

Pale pink budding of spring;Full of nn odor most rare,

Exhaled to the birds as they sing, Blending perfumo with song on tbr air.

Bud of an opening bloom,Qcrro of the richer flower.

Born In a wide sonny room By tbe Bridegroom's Infinite power.

Birth of a new made world,The promise of a fruitage rare;

In tbe sense that “ applea of gold Id pictures of silver " are.

Joy of a wondrous birth I Hope, like a promise fulfilled,

Crowned of tbe teeming earth; By the spirit of peace Instilled.

. H T Our Crowning Triumph I I t consists j i In furnishing for cents per week, as much ] reading matter as our city contemporary does < tor A cents.

Rare pale blossom of Joy I Theme of my blrdllng's song,

Selected from dross anu alloy;A bloom tea thousand among.

Geo. P. McIkttrr.

Soino tunc ugo the Ureal 'I\iltnagc doll v- lorod a sermon ugulnst Spiritualism. In that sermon ho roforrod frequently to tho woinun of Endor (calling hor tho witch of Kndor). Indulging slightly, us is his wont, In hyperbole, ho covored this woman with u mystery that wus calculat­ed to deceive thoso wbo swullow with­out mastication his vaunting figures of rhodomontado. A Mr. Sumuol S. Rus­sell, for a long time a Shaker, very con­servative, and a close student of tho I biblo, read that sermon und carefully compared tho biblical references therein, and Mr. Russell declared thut Tulmago hud made more thun forty misrepresent­ations In that soruion.

What is tho pith and murrow interview between Suul and tho of Endor,If wo are to boliovo the they uro recorded In tho biblo.

1. Thut ono of tho greatest kings und generals (Saul) of his timo had confi­dence enough in this woman of Endor to submit to hor questions touching the greatest and most serious events of his lifo.

2. That through hor inodiumshin, a natural gift (not by tho “ steam from groat bowls of poisoned herbs"—bah!) tho godly man Samuel, though dead, appeared, and voiced the designs cf tho great Jehovah.

3. That what was tlion and thoro said through hor modlumlstic gifts, whether pertaining to tho past, tho then present, or tho prophotio future, was true and camo to puss. How simple! Mix it up with tho dovil, and poisonous herbs, ana a withered old woman, you confuse tho impB of holl und disgust tho ungols of hoavon. What a glowing tribute might bo paid to tho qualities of this woman of Endor, If this great preacher rightly com­prehended the gifts that God himsolf had bestowed upon hor.

The following linos rofor to this sor- mon, and supposo that Taimago hudStossed over the rivor, and that after loath ho hod this Interview with tho

woman of Endor. Tho poom was writ- ton from an actual vision that occurred to the clairvoyant author, Mr. Aaron Sharpnach, yvhile he was hoeing corn on his land near Salem, Ohio.

M a n tu a S ta tion . B e n j . F. L e e .

Ologgr W rig h t G au lo— M r s . M.

Thu mootings of tiSpiritual inis ill this __Hall, of lulo havo boon of un unusually Interesting character. Mr. .1. Clegg W right bus boon muklng things gener­ally lively tho re among tho old fossils. Ho knows how to toll tangible truths, and what is bettor still, he tolls them without four or fuvor.

Miss Maggie Guulo, of Baltimore, has twice paid Now York u visit of late. Somo of hor tests havo been so mar­velous that thoso who did not witness thorn can form but u slight idea of their offoot upon tho Intelligent audiences which she gathers uround hor. During hor two visits here 1 should say thut she gave at least ono hundred tests at Adolph! Hull, Hourly ull of whloh wore recognized', und In u majority of oases, with tears of gratitude. Tho words

I tho soldlor In tho field, tho sailor on the dock, all who have passed awav to their graves—still livo in the practical deeds

| th ey did, In tho lives thoy lived, and in tho powerful lessons thoy loft behind thorn. ' Nona of us llvotn to himsolf;'

_j others are affoctod by that lifo, or ‘ dloth to himsolf;' othors aro Interested in that

First Society of I death. The king's crown may mouldc"* lty, a t Adolph! H

—M iss Mnggl< IS. W illiam s.

but ho that wore it will act upon the ages yot to cornu. Dignity, and rank, and rlohus, uro all oorruptlhlo und worthless; but moral character has un immortality that no uword-polnL cun de­stroy—that over walks tho world and leaves lasting Influonoos behind. What wo do Is transacted on a stage of which ull tho universe arc spectators. What wo say is transmitted In echoes that will novor oonso."

THE CERTAINTY OF IMMORTALITY.“ I boliovo,” says Culob I). Brad loo,

l that thoro has boon a telephonic, tele­graphic, and elootrlo influence, ever since tho days of Adam to tho present hour, by which all past history Is pres­ent life, and ovory nation seemingly doud, Is living oguio in Asia, Africa, Europe and America, so that tho races

TALMAGE AND THE WOMAN OF ENDOR.Not long ago, while hoeing corn,I saw a picture, newly born.Plain to me It was as day,But far In the blue, far away;Away through miles and miles of space I saw a form of wondrous grace—A lady standing In the air,She seemed to w ait for someone there. Then as I gazed I saw anew,A horseman riding Into view,Riding a t a furious pace,In ten t on winning all tbe race.On, on ho came, nor seemed to tire,E 'en like a Douglass In his Ire;When, like a sunbeam bright as day,Steps forth this lady Id his way.The horseman checked bis flying steed. And gazed with wondering eyes, Indeed, Ne’er had he seen one half so fair As she, the lady, standing there.Her fair hand with a grace she raised And broke tbe spell of one half crazed. Not In any bantering way,This Is what she seemed to say:“ Take care, Sir Knight, you ride too fast, The next leap, sir, may be your last,And your poor horse Is out of breath,You should not ride Mm down to death, For th at would cruel be, you know.Show wisdom, go a little slow.Please bear In mind some things you teach And learn to practice what you preach."“ But, dear lady, you do not know W ith Just what speed I've got to go,For I am (with a haughty frown)The great Talmage of Brooklyn town."“ Ah 1 so you're th a t wonderful man,A teacher of a mighty clan.Away, you’ve wandered from your course, Back you had bettor turn your horse.Your steps retrace the way you came, There’s nothing here will help your fame. As to sensation, I will sav You cannot find any up this w ^r; Sensation, you have left behind^Here the simple tru th you'll find.Me, perhaps, you don’t remember,I’m your 1 withered witch of Endor.’ ”“ Oh fair lady, vou’rc not the same I tried to bury deep with shame I Withered was she, and she was old, Youthful are you. your hair Is gold.No, oh, no, th at Is not vour name,You're not the witch of Bible fame I *' She used great bowls of poisoned herbs ’ And ' great harangues of mystic words,' She was ' frightful to bebola,’You are the form of angel m ould;She,with Satan’s help, It Is said,Brought back Samuel from the dead."A sad, sweet smile came o 'er her face,This lady with an angel's grace;And Talmage wondered a t the light He saw surrounding h< r so bright.“ I brought Samuel, so 'tls Bala,But oh I sir. not back from the dead,But from Ills own allotted place,Through realms of everlasting space;N o t1 with great bowls of poisoned herbs,’ Nor ‘with groat harangue of mystic words,' But with old nature 's ancient g ift I caused the mystic vail to lift.I brought to sight and to the eye The form of Samuel standing by.In him Saul saw, although In dread,The simple tru th , there a n no dead.And now, oh, sir, why cannot you Comprehend that this fact Is true?Ju s t let roe ask you th is," she said," Do you believe that you are dead I Now look, I know that you can see The things surrounding you and me.See you those mountains old and grand. That stretch shove and through the land, And carpeted with verdure green As rare I know us e 'er was seen;On that majosllc stream below,Ever onward with ceaseless flow Moving In hours of night and day,Carrying life upon Its way;Ever on and on, whose very end You and I cannot comprehend,And those lovely, speaking flowers Upon which we gaze for hours.They speak to you. Just catch tneir breath. Oh I Talmage, would you call this death I Great Talmage, when you chose your route In turning round, you turned about,And although It will cause you pain,You must return and start again.And now, my friend, you had better go, Don't race your horse, but take It slow; Take time so th at you can reflect On future things you may expect;And as you go. please remember This seance wltn the witch of Endor."

Boomed to flow from hor mouth In ono of to-day aro but tho grcat-grandohlldrcn Htoady currant, apjiarontly without tho ' of tho races of tho post, and you and 1 slightest volition on hor part. Among havo something In our bon oh und blood tho first tests which Miss Gaulo gave of Egypt, Assyria, Bubylonla, Judoa, wus in relation to my durllng boy, who Phoenfdla. India and Persia, so that nu- racently pussod to tho “ hotter homo." lions novor really die, hut aro changed, Miss Gaulo was an utter stranger to my transmitted, reorganized, improved, by family. As I stopped upon tho stugo I murrlugo, by birth, by Intermingling of preparatory to opening tho exorcises races, by time, by the grace of God, so with my violin, accompanied by my that, in a certain philosophical sense, 1 daughter Annie upon the piano, Miss am not only an American, hut a Roman, Gaulo immediately saw my son, and de- a Grecian, a Persian, a part of everybody scribed him so minutely that for u mo- and everything that ever bus boon, and munt those who knew him were non- a part, oy transmission, century after plussed. Turning to my daughter, Miss century, of everybody and everything Guulo remarked thut nor brother wus that over will lie; and thus there is an present and laying his portrait and u i everlasting unity of flesh and the unity bounuet In her lap, and expressing his of God, and the unity of humanity are gratitude in the most endearing terms great, and mighty, and twin, realities, for her having decorated his portrait in Do not forget tho prayer of Jesus—that remembrance of him with flowers that | those that wore his might bo one withvery morning, a fact which no other human being knew excepting my daugh­ter, who had stepped into the pari or that morning and decorated the portrait with fresh flowers, not having oven inti­mated to uny member of the family any intention of suoh un act. This could not have boon a caso of “ mind reading," for myself and daughter's minds wore at that moment upon our music, and tho flower episode a t that timo forgotten by iny daughter.

B ut this test was only ono of tho many

him, us ho was one with God. Once more, Nature changes all the timo. Yea; but Nature nover dies. Do those loaves that you tread under your feet on an Oc­tober or a November day, perish? Aro they annihilated? Is their work done, ana is our farewell to them a finality? Oh, no! They will go into tho hungry earth, and, tlirough many changes, at last will fall into your hands In tho shape of a luscious peach or rosy apple, or juicy pear, or else as a violet or rose- bud or japonica, will bless your eyes,

quite us marvelous, which Miss Gaulo cheer your heart, and somehow spirltu- guvo with unerring precision. As a ally say, ' We do not die, we have never T* Skeptic eraser " she should bo seen and perished; wo aro blessing tho world for- hoara, and if fuels are worth anything, she can &lve more proof in relation toJthe immortality of tne soul in ono brief half-hour, and administer more balm to tho lacerated human heart, than all of the fire and brimstone preaching ever has done from time immemorial.

At these meetings Th e PROGRESSIVE Thinker was most thoughtfully and gracefully brought to the front several times by tha t wonderful woman, Mrs. M. E. Williams, who possesses the rare faculty of enthusing an audience, caus­ing the muscles of Its face to expand or contract a t will, according to the work­ings of her own mind. This famous lady and medium possesses more magnetism to the square inch than any woman who has evfer appeared in Adelphi Hall. Her heart is always open to the calls of hu­manity, and ner purse strings ever loose to tho cry of the needy ana friendless. Advancing to the front of tho

ever and ever; and like you, oh mortals, wo are immortal.’"

There is a grand truth embraced in tho above which i t would Spirltualis's to consider, transcendent beauty in some timents conveyed.

be woll for There is a of the son-

Misstatements About Ann Lee.

with a copy of The P rogressive Thinker in her hands several times during the afternoon, and pointing to the admirable picture of the old bouse a t Hydesville. where modern Spiritual­ism first originated, after thanking tbe editor of Th e P rogressive Thinker for his appropriate outline of the scene at Hydesville, she advised all present to procure a copy for future reference. I

To the Editor:—In The P rogres­sive Thinker , A. 8. Hudson, M. D., quotes various authorities to prove a negative, viz., “ that there is no God;" “ no Supremo Being.” He says: “ Tbe angels look back over the history of the ages, and see tbe sorrows, trials, suffer­ing and unrest caused by a belief In a Supreme Being, an overruling power,"

Jetc. He then goes on to quote Ann Lee platform I as saying—“ I want to say to my follow*

era this ono thing: I havo never yet seen tha t power called God: I have never yet found that Savior called Jesus Christ; neither have I seen or heard of that individual called the devil."

I t is not my purpose to argue the point on its merits, of there being or not being a God: but simply to correct tbe misstatement about Ann Lee. We have a private book of the history, sayings

understand there is to be a grand meet- and doings of Ann Lee, that is of lin­ing of celebrated mediums and musical questionable authenticity: and from thisartists a t Adelphi Hall, before the season closes, which will undoubtedly eclipse anything of the kind that has preceded it. I believe Mrs. Williams has taken the matter in hand, and if this be the ease, the success of tho movement is fully assured, for this lady does nothing on tne homeopathic principle.

The new Etnical Society of Spiritual­ists on 14th St., presided over by that good and gifted lady, Mrs. Nellie T. Brigham, has had several very interest­ing meetings, which could not well be otherwise under tho inspiring presence of such a remarkable teacher as Mrs. Brigham. As Mr. Henry J. Newton re­marked last Sabbath afternoon, “ we need a dozen more societies in the city of New York, harmoniously working to­gether for tlio greatest good of the greatest number." J. J ay Watson.

SM IF St., X. Y. City.

A C L O C K .

I t A cta V ery S tran g e ly .

Tho iitoturo vanUbad from my sight, loKiT'-11 looked again with all my might,

But strive the very best I could, Nothing I saw whore thoy bad stood. "O h I where Is Talmage now I cried. Oh. where Is Talmage and bis creed I" “ There a t your feet," a voice replied, I looked and saw a wilted weed.

Aaron Nlohols of Bow. N. H., who celebrated his 100th birthday last Wednesday, voted for every Democratic President from James Madison to Gro­ver Cleveland.

Ibsen was entertained a t a banquet of journal lata and aotora at the Hotel Con­tinental in Vienna April 20. R. von Sonnonthal. tbe actor, toasted him as tho “ greatest living dramatist,” where­upon Ibsen kissed him.

To the Editor:—Casper Wehrle, an old German, was found dead in his rooms on Steele street, Buffalo, N. Y., on May 1, and was taken to the morgue. There was some talk of foul play, and Coroner Kenny Investigated. The autopsy was held May 3, and a morgue attendant went into the coroner's office and re­ported that Wehrle died from natural causes. As he was speaking there sounded directly behind the coroner the deep voiced tones of a dock with a cathedral bell chime. “ W hat's that?" cried tho coroner, starting to his feet polo and agitated. It was Casper’s dock. There was something eerie about the chimes of that dock, as it struck the Jhour of 10, the exact time it had stopped when its owner died. The timejneoe stood on the safe in a corner of tbe room, and its voice, coming from this unaoous- j tomod place, was unusually startling, but there was more besides it to explain the ooroner's agitation. “ The thing wouldn’t go,” he said; " hasn't struck since tbe old man died, and here it starts doing business as soon as it hears there was no foul play. I'm not super­stitious, but that dock scares mo. It was only a coincidence, probably, but coincidences sometimes play strangeSiranks with docks as woll as men. Tne Ioctor's certificate gave broncho-pneu­

monia as tho cause of death.Buffalo, X . 1’. PBYC0Y.

jl quote on p. 13: “ O, my dear children, I hold fast, and be not discouraged. God has not sent us into this land in vain: but he has sent us to bring the Gospel to this nation, who are deeply lost in sin, and there are great numbers who will obey it." She taught tho Mother­hood os well as tho Fatherhood of God, and the duality of tho Christ spirit. Hence, in the Shaker church, there is a hundredfold of mothers and sisters, of brothers, of houses and lands, that form a Christian household, carrying out Loon Tolstoi's idea of Christianity. P. 17. To the married people, Mother said: “ You muBt forsake the marriage of the flesh, or you cannot be married to the Lamb, or have any share in tbe resur­rection of Christ: for those who are counted worthy to have part in the resurrection of Christ, do neither marry

| nor aro given in marriage, but are os j tho angels of God.” P. 21: “ The order Inf Goa, in tbe natural creation, is a figure of the order of God in the spirit­ual creation. As the order of nature re­quires a man and a woman to produce offspring, so, where they both stand in their proper order, the man is first, and tho woman second in tbe government of the family. He is the father, she is the mother: all the children, both male andfemale, must be subject to their parents, and the woman, being second, must be

Influence A lter Death.T h e C e r ta i n ty o f I m m o r t a l i ty .

Senator Jones is In favor of depriving tho President of his veto power ana taking all his appolhtmenta away from him.

Mr. Barnard has discovered another comet a t Lick Observatory.

Tho Emperor and Empress of Japan aro convalescing from the grip.

Tho King of Greece 000 in speculation

| 'Change.has made 80,000, on tho London

To the Editor:—“ We die," says John Cummlng, “ hut we leave an Influ­ence behind us that survives. The sun sots behind the western hills: hut tbe trail of light ho loavos bo hind him guldos tho pilgrim to his distant home. The tree falls in tho forest: but in the lapse of ages it is turned into ooai, and our fires burn now tho brighter beeause It grew andJfall. The coral insect dies; but the reef i t raised breaks tbe surges on tho shores of a great continent, or has formed an isle in the bosom of tbe ocean, to wave with harvests for the good of man. We live, and we die; but the good or evil that we do Uvea after us, and is not ‘ buried with our bones.1 Mohammed still lives in bis practical and disastrous Influence in tne East. Napoleon still is France, and France Is almost Napoleon. Martin Luther's dead I dust sleeps at Wittenberg; but Martin Luther's accents still ring through the j churches of Christendom. Shakespeare, Byron, MUton, all livo in tholr Influence j for good or evil. The apostle from his pulpit, tho martyr from his flame- shroud, the statesman from bis cabinet.

subject to her husband, who is the first. But whon the man is gone, tbe right off■government belongs to the woman. So

Hs the family of Christ—” the Church of [Christ's second appearing.

This was said to Joseph Meacham, a Baptist minister, who became “ Father Joseph.'' and organized tbe Shaker church. Previously to that, Shakerism was as Spiritualism is now, it existed in an elemental, unorganised condition. P. 200: “ Rboda Hammond had conver­sation with Mother in private. Mother Informed her of wonderful manifesta­tions of God to her. and said she spake to God face to face, as Moses did, and saw the glory of God, and had seen wonderful visions." At Benjamin Os-

Ihorne'a, at ML Washington, she said: “ I have seen God, and spoke with him face to face, as we speak one to another.”

P. 304. Again Ann Lee said: “ The more people give way to the gratlfica-| tion of tneir lusts In this world, the stronger their passions will grow: and the more tholr lusts w ill rise in helL | Their torments and plagues will be in proportion. Such souls do not know Goa, nor where to find him. I have soon them wandering about trying to find God, weeping, and crying, until, to appearance, they had worn gutters in tneir cheeks. Blessed are tbe pure in heart" (thought): “ they shall see God.”

Ml. Jjfbanon, N . Y . F. W. Evans.

Lord Randolph Churchill's jiromisod book on his visit to Maahonaland is appoar first In a series of twenty lett in the London Graphic, for which he hi been paid 8)0,000.

Carmeoclta Is reported to have 850,000 as the result of her artistic j form on ocs In this country. She is one fortunate person wbo dances does not have to pay tbe piper..

Prof. Thomas IL Fields, of A i has made th e talp from Yokohama Boston In sixteen days, lacking h o u r s . T his la claim*si as the quid long distance trip on record.

QF* Tub Paoaaaasrvs Timms,Ing cheapness and excel lence, has now largest circulation ed any Spiritualist J the world. Just see, too, v a st t feast Dished each week for only s little over cent. The paper is sent on trial 10 90 cents.

4 THE PROGRESSIVE THINKERIW Tk* i*r<i>vrraa4 cv W itwv

A UNIVERSAL RELIGION.The Foundation for the Com ­

ing Colden Age.I t In the* Y eirllot o f Science, W ith ­

o u t ISxccptlon. th a t l-'torual L in R ules th e Universe.To n u t KDrroa:—During the patt few

years there has been much controversy about God's chosen way of • b n l ln f mankind, which has caused Dr. John r . Newman to encourage the true gospel the world has been so long learning. This has given new life to practical Christianity, and Increased usefulness to the many churches that have fallowed hit example. This will enable invisible friends to embrace their lang-<lcslrc<l opportunity of making all realise the di­vine plan of salvation, and the pare religion that Jesus and the apostles en­deavored to make the people understand..

The people are gradually becoming educated to the progressive and all-im­portant fact of the entranced or magnetic condition, whereby mortals, by a uni­versal law, speak “ os the spirit gave them utterance," as recorded in the 2nd chapter of Acts. All may not know that bv this scientific process, the spirit, out I of the body, when proper conditions are 1 obeyed, controls the twain of the me-1 dlutn for a time, to express Its own ideas as to its experiences in the | higher life.

There U here much Interest manl-1 failed to know everything possible about j our future heavenly homes. Arrnnge-

| as well as letter their old platform, " I | believe in the communion of saints," as I the means of spiritualising the people.I the State eventually will be compelled j to do su, as an educator out from our [ present socleslised condition. This will I prove to be a more potent factor for the I prevention of crime than the presence of huge and costly armies of trained po­lice.

As many of the contending sects hare at length become weary of the endless conflict over a religion based on opin­ions and oieeds. which Jesus so often denounced, and arc considering a revis­ion of their rule of action, and as it is high time that the churches were in ac­cord with the spirit of the age, so that

| the millennium can he speedlbr ushered in, therefore. If there he no objection to

I the following resolution. It will be con­sidered as adopted by the many millions of people whose lives have been mode miserable by endless contention over non-essential opinions or creeds:

ffcsofmf. That we earnestly suggest to all religious organisations, in order to hasten the long-pravod-for golden age, the great Importance of embodying in their fundamental platform, even at this late day, after so much tylood and treasure have been wasted by the con­tending sects, the rule that Jesus gave j tor those having true religion, recorded j In Matt. T:9h and thus follow many wise and far-seeing clergymen who are al­ready preaching this gospel of peace and brotherly Tore, founded on fruits and deeds, that will secure tor them pleasant memories when we shall all I confer together In the higher life. If I all branches of the church could be in-1

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R E M IN IS C E N C E S .In Reference to Dr. Slade.

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I hard blow to those church 1< thought who insist that " the v In which we Ure here and which we lay away In the grave is to be raised and become the resurrection body." lie characterised it as a needless addition to the faith, and also an insuperable dlfllculty In the wav of It to most men. He sold men ore driven to doubting by the claims Insisted on as vital to this belief, and to that In the bodily resurrec­tion of Christ, which are yet entirely unimportant, and to most unprejudiced minds simply Incredible. Among other things he said:

1 Thoughtful men confront an or­ganisation which asks them to believe that the Infant In baptism experiences a magical change, wrought at the hands of a priesthood endowed with the power to work this miracle; that In the mass the bread and wine which the eye sees and the lips taste are but the outward form of the veritable flesh and blood of the Christ who died eighteen centuries ago, after the flesh, the transaction being wrought at the hands of the priesthood endowed with the magical power to accomplish this miracle. We know nothing of life that Is disembodied. Not

spired to cm brace this standard, sooner I content with affirming a life beyond the rather than later, the twentieth century I grave In a bodily form, the leaders of would begin with true religion In place thought In the church Insist upon men

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the report uf the annl- f the First Society of

f New York City, pub- • I Us bed In Thk Pnooumuvk Tiiinkkk. I I No. TS, I was surprised to see the follow-* I Ing statement, made by Henry J. New- 1

I too In his opening remarks, t o wit: “ Dr. I Henry Slade was sent to Hum Is by the I Thc—ophlcal Society of Now York City, j

I at the request of some of the must die-1 I tingulshed Hussions This, so far as I know, is the only instance where a me- i dtum has been sent to a foreign country by an organised body."

Immediately after reading the above, I I wrote to Mr. Newton. Informing him I that the Theosophioal Society had noth- I log to do with Slade's going to Russia;I that everything wns arranged through i [ correspondence by letter between the Hon. A. A. Aksnkuf and Dr. Slade, or, If | you ohouae, my so If, writing over Slade's signature.

Thinking Mr. Newton would like to correct so great a mistake. I hastened to give him the above facts. Last Sunday I attended the afternoon meeting In Adelphi Hall, where 1 saw Mr. Newton after the services were closed. He said he had received my note, but that 1 was mistaken. In the conversation that fol­lowed we each engaged In a fruitless ef-

I fort to convince the other of his error.Consequently, I deem It a duty I owe

to the public, as well as to those d Is tin- request came one thousand

I dollars in gold from Mr. Akaakof, the sum required by us. and named In my last letter to him. About the time this draft came to Col. Olcott. he received a letter from Akaakof In which it was sug­gested that If Slade would favor a com*

I mittee chosen or appointed by the The- osophical Society with a sitting, a favor­able report from It In advance of Slade's

I coming would create a favorable Im­pression. It so happened that I called on the Colonel one morning, when he told me that he had just received the letter referred to above, and after read­ing its contents to me, asked if I thought Slade would receive such a committee.

I replied that I would go at once and ! submit the question to Slade, and return Immediately with his answer. Slade

I said yes, specifying the number, and I designated the hour they were to come, which was on the following day and evening, two in the forenoon, two in the afternoon, and two in the evening:

I after which, on the same evening, the ' entire committee was given a sitting to­gether. During this sitting, two slates, belonging to one of the committee, that had been previously fastened together

i and tied up In heavy folds of wrapping I paper, went to pieces while being held in Slade's hand under the table.

Quite a loud noise accompanied the | breaking of the slates, which was de­scribed In their report as a muffied ex­plosion. Consequently, two of the gen­tlemen belonging to the committee were invited by Dr. Slade to return on the following day, and to come prepared to repeat the experiment. They came pro-

| viaed with two small slates, that had beenj previously fastened together with screws. W riting was obtained on the inner surface of one of these, which ended the sittings with the committee: and which was also among the last

! given previous to boarding the steamer on the first day of July. 1876. The seeming haste to give the sittings arose from the fact that the time for our de-

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meats are now being made so that many TiTri..i. .......... ....R.._churches will have opportunity, during j 0j superstition, arbitration in place of I believing that the very body_the winter, of hearing from loved ones WKr> HU4] the rapid decline of everything we live here and which we lay away in

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■ B mguished Russians whose In the form of a draft for one

on the other side. I that hinders the elevation of uiahkind.1An Apostolic Conference has been or- This blessed consummation can only be

gaalxed. The following were the open- enjovod by observing the absolute tod Ing remarks bv S. M. Baldwin: given to hi* followers bv the great

Friends of the Conference, it Is hoped fo u le r of Christianity: •* Wherefore,bv their fn t i ls shall ye know them."C H n w jW The l*i Wr,- tw T h inker.

O R G A N IZ A T IO N .

the grave is to be raised and become the resurrection body. A needless addition to the faith this, which is also an in­superable difficulty In the way of It to most men. As with our own resurrec­tion so with the resurrection of our Lord Christ. Men are driven to doubting by the claims Insisted upon as vital to this belief, which yet are entirely unim­portant and to most unprejudiced minds simply incredible.**

Modern science tells us that a res­urrection of the (same) body from the

It used to be thought

that our coming together may prove the beginning of a new era for the Improve­ment of all denominations that profess to follow the heroic band who sought to lay the foundation for the long-prayed- for brotherhood of humanity. We learnfrom the Acts of the Apostles that when V iew ed by a C ritica l T h in k e r , teaching pure and undefiled religion. I ■the common people heard them gladly. I All attempts at organization have, I ] d e « d b l m p o « l b i e A N H B H M P I but owing to the prevailing ignorance of believe, been with the absurd idea of a the only way of preventing its reanima- the apostolic age, their up-hill work to j religious basis: with a statement of tiou as a unit was by some »such process secure the welcome '* pearl of greatI beliefs: as If that were paramount, or of as burning the corpse and scattering the price" was of short duration. Observing | any consequence. Religion is as foreign ashes to the- four winds of heaven. But the sad experience of thceo who labored j to Spiritualism as to astronomy. 1 we now know that nature takes care ofto bring co-operation between the two I Reliefs are half-pledged sentiments the work, and performs it just as effect- worlds, the spirit friends therefore aban- containing some truth. They are touchy ra duned any general attempt to make earth *nd transitory. Beliefs are problems of a delightful abiding place until after the | the tentative'and unstable order. They settlement of the New World, where; are convictions liable to change, to I mankind hoped for better things. mature into knowledge, or to break

We learn that in New England the down as effete, religious rubbish and common people again ** heard them disappear at any moment, gladly," but by the Influence of the blind | w hy not organize on a rational. sci-[

ually whether survivors try to assist ln| i) or not. The moment that life leaves the frame as a unit, that of millions of microbic forms begins to assert itself. These little entities attack the several tissues, feed on them, and reduce them to more simple organic compounds.

a ------„ ----------------------- - , .. __ -------------- ------ — -.-----| These are in turn resolved into theirclergy of that day, led by the authority entitle and business basis, in accord with component elements, which are then of Moses, who saiu. in Ex. 22: 18, “ Thou the facts and philosophy of the subject, distributed through the air and soil, and •halt not suffer a witch to live." a half thus: I go to form the proximate elements thatmillion of honest people in - - *~ and Europe, who could not

inhabited this earth and have gone on before, have broken down the thin parti­tion wall between us, and opened many channels of intercommunication between their sphere and ours, whereby the

their choice instruments were | mind and spirit of those of one sphereto and hold

various spiritual mentioned in

gifts they possessed, the 12th chapter of Cor-1

inthians, lost their lives In endeavor! ring tifl

world. Our angel guardians again know-to bring light into the still benight3ing how treated!

are built up into thousands of other organisms, vegetable as well as animal. It matters not how reverently and care­fully the body may be laid away in the grave. The 'process of disintegration has already began, and while it may be retarded, it cannot be arrested. The softer tissues soon lose their identities._________________________1 spl____ _____________________________________

t»y a bigoted priesthood when j can speak to and hold Intelligent and, though the bones may remain in anxious to answer the old Bible quee- intercourse with the mind and spirit of I shape, it is but as a phosphate of lime, tioo. ** If a man die. shall he live again?" | members of this sphere, and ! which has lost every atom of the animalreluctantly deferred their earnest desirej HVmn. This commerce of thought tissue that permeated it during life, to elevate the inhabitants of earth, until | and interchange of ideas between the two Traces of iron and some other metallic after the discovery of the magnetic tele- worlds, the spiritual and the mundane.I substances may remain, but it is all in graph and kindred sciences, which no have resulted in a sum of knowledge and j inorganic form, and of no more use for doubt assisted in opening the eyes of the ethics that are positive, practical and , resuscitation than would be so much people to these important subjects. This > speculative, and the accumulation of a other dead m atter gathered from any Is the first age that could really appro- j large librarv of spiritual lore, and ciate and understand the “ tidings of lrArmu. This knowledge and literature great joy " that Jesus and the apostles. I mingled with rational philosophy and with the aid and eo-operation of the void of the supernatural and the supersti- Splrit-world, f i n so faithfully endeav- tioua. have solved the problem of these ored to prove, was worthy of the con-1 ages that A ot i.« ho death; that man is

of the people; therefore, as the dowered with the vitality of continuedJ to

fidence

other port of creation. This is the case even with the mummy forms that have been recovered from the pyramids some thousands of years after haring been placed in their bituminous swathing bands. The disintegrated material is simply held in useless shape by the en-

i'aught la the awtw I slept. deep, long, au I woke. I started Into

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siullrtl;llad often thought Hpos, had tried to pa Through the dlui curtain, a It batlted oft tuv TOnflMlM Now have I pa as ad I la bo mi The sphere* are bright, I a Bearing a w—sng»; Is you Looking for greetlug, lf»lei The heartfelt friendship,

hand.A gal a I sit here In my V ustoiued place.Not with wrinkled brow, nor with dimming

am ;Not with faltering voice, In which disease has

trace;Not with a saddened heart weighted with

sighs.ruling age merged Into vouth. { B life, auil vet Us flowery

of a taugled dream I Uke a wearv child, eolm lou* life, thus II: the woodman light thi

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No, but with ms The fruitage of

bloom,Crows* all Is oc 1 live. In all uf Falling* wwrwCripple mjr feat, and tethering my tight. Conscious more keenly now, and yet aloft, Shine* the dear, (overarvhlug) penetrating

ne, and speak the noble truth, r spirit mode beyond the tomb, tine, t i l l 11 ta d them oft

That helps me wear awav these rhals* of care.\ J J A V E Y O U T H E CA A A will treat yew for less man one

— -eoi* ii. Mscm|i. It Imparts life—Immortality I— setwise am one die with this ceaseless energy, Purr *ravsfrom a hidden sun beating **7 7

light, helps mi

And swift as thought—when thought to right |Is bent.

Oat of uiv woe*, as bird released from snare, I Mr kindling spirit glldetb where 'Us sent.Waal lesson can 1 bring, or blessing here be­

stow.Is aid of worker* yet upon earth plane!To hide defects, to think so ill, and let life

flowLike to a peaceful river, freight with grain.This 1 would teach, this would 1 strive to be.Even Is spirit life, sad out of grief and pain.Watch to see sweet buds of promise burst.Watch for the sunlight over mountains dame.Watch for sparkling waters that shall qorach

all thi* it.Gargling and leaping oat of rocky cleft.These are the symbols life present* to me.As looking In among you whom I’ve left.Still battle with the wrong, still strive to be Trite warriors, yet with neither hate or guile.Clears to the good, strike down the 111 slway.But spare the erring one, he Is God's child,A nd c l a im s T o u r core, m o re s o r e ly e v e ry d a y Thus with the s a m e s t r o n g v o ic e a n d s p i r i t

tree,I lift my Invocation Is your midst.Tls wisdom marks the way, tla wisdom saves,*Tls not what thou hast promised. It Is what

thou didstThat lives In memorv of your Sister Graves,Andbvmjoa'U 1*1 to make your mansion 1 A * M A R T IN . M A G S’E T ICThen spare the erring one and give him cheer. I f J J clairvoyant. W Park Asa. How"Tls Sister Graves who speaks to you to-night, ________________________ _Who lives and still works on In worlds of light. | / 2 , . p n n r k r c n x r p « r ; / m rGrmm.1 RmpnL, Mirk. Mk>. C. H. HiNCKLBT. A / T Z l * I - . - . 1 P S YC H ° M '■1»A Mrlai will glr* fall spirit dcltncatl.m by letter.

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in the hitherto dreamed of possibili­ties of electricity. th* M E L E C T R IC DIA­DEM ” Is th* culmination the occult force, the hidden eoergr—n o n marvelous than illu­sion of Fsychlst or ThcosophlsL It Illumin­ates the brain. It Imparts life—For how cssUke burning ravs from s Hidden sun bearing on the brain! The old dip-candle burned up. consumed with Its own flame The electrical light Is Inexhaustible, Incessantly replenished and re sew ad from the ever potest forces of nature. The clear*bbs. the brilliancy Imparted

I by the ** D IA D E M " can beet be estimated by comparing the dull flame of the candle with the clear, while splendor of the wonderful carbon light.

Permit oie, then, to congratulate you, that you have succeeded so admirably In perfecting i m your Idea, with such happy results to yourself, | m and with so much gain to science and human­ity; also to assure you that vour claim for the i merit- the power of the •• E L E C T R IC D IA ­D E M ," Is not exaggerated. Intelligence moves the world. Tour discovery, Indeed, la the

I grandest of all— th* motor that moves the mind—the generator of Ideas.

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THE PEACEFULNESS OF DEATH The signs of impending death are

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world grows towards manhood, those life, which may answer to the great idea veloping preservative. It is dead matter that are not perverted by false teaching of the immortal, therefore to all intents and purposes, and the rest.no longer destroy God's faithful mea- •eogwrs. who come to purify our homes, make our burdens lighter, and guide us, so that we can make the most of the primary school of existence. In this age of progress, we treat these sensitives or mediums very tenderly, so that we

from Mr. Aksakof, so there was no time to be lost. Slade having decided to visit friends in Michigan before sailing, had no time to spare.■ These hurried sittings, which were

B eso h xd . That we. whose names are by far the greater portion of the original ivon to tho committee on the eve of ourh e r e to su bscrib ed , d o h ereb y form ou r­se lv e s in to a so c ie ty to b e kn ow n as T h e S p i r i t u a l i s t s ' Fr a t e r n it y . T h e o b ject of th is so c ie ty is to c u lt iv a te sp ir itu a l sc ien ce , a n d . e n th u se d w ith v e ra c ity , to stu d y th e m a tter from th e

frame, has long since flown off in the shape of the organic gases, being scat­tered over perhaps thousands of square miles before entering into other forms. If not so scattered the difficulty would not be lessened. We are in that case

©parture, represent all that the The-

power to propel! tremities. which consequently become I cold, a clammy moisture oozes through | the pores of the skin, the voioe grows

! weak and husky, or piping, the eyes j begin to lose their lustre. In death at

I old age there is a gradual dulling of oil j the bodily senses and of many of the

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S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ■ _ _ _ _ I Posophical Society had to do with Slade's I ^ nUl memorx “ fill's, ju d - i G otwvinnr In Wn—ila I * * . , * • . . *. I • 1 •

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may often enjoy the consolation and | various avenues of knowledge opened to [ confronted with the fact that the same gratification derived from the great lux­ury of frequent visits and family reun­ions with the dear deported. They long __for the opportunity to moke us realise I Spiritualists say they the Important fact that there is only a | and lovers of divine thin veil between the two worlds.

It is estimated that there are several of there sensitives in every large family circle, and that the numerous adherents

us by the Spirit-world, follow by-laws.)

The New York Ethical Society _ are “ searchers! truth." Query:

| What is that? Who con tell? How does divine truth differ from any other truth?

(Then may I material forms in succession a part ofl esjeh of hundreds of different animated structures, and that it must be impossible for more than one of them to successfully claim it on the resurrection morn, unless matter as well as the Deity be omni­present.

These facts were not known in tho days when the doctrine of a literal res­urrection of the body was formulated. They are now well-ascertained facts, and

auontity of its own equation, without I ore understood more or less precisely by (vision contingents, or condition? It millions of people who are also affiliated

is. Then there so-called "divine things." in some way with the Christian churches, like God, devil, and miracle, belong to I Every properly educated priest and the dialect of Indefensible superstition. I preacher is aware that there chemical Abolish them. Be rational. I decompositions and recombinations are

Why need a society coddle its beliefs | just as much a part of the order of

going io Russi:Another point to which I invite atten­

tion is, that a written contract was en­tered into between the Hon. A. A. Aksakof and Dr. Slade, which was signed by both parties to it: Col. Olcott representing Mr. Aksakof.

In that contract it was agreed by Slade that for and in consideration of

ment wavers, imagination goes out Uke a candle. The muscles and tendons get stiff, the voioe breaks, the cords of the tabernacle ore loosening. Small noises irritate, sight becomes dim. nutrition . . ^—goes oo feebly, digestion is impaired. I J y j ^ ti— tne secretions ore insufficient, or vi­tiated. or cease, capillary circulation is

one thousand dollars to him In hand po«f lh7 circulation comes to a stop, a fuU bjf tV sunt .lt-uA-o/. that he, S lade.|8top> aml this -stoppage means a dis-

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sreuld report in personj® Mr; Aksakof. | u tio n ." This S j ^ X a t h of old age.J Is not the multiplication table as pure

of this scientific and peaceful religion, an *>*«mpl«» of divine truth as can be would now number about one-half of the | named? Is not truth a whole number, a 1 population of the United States, were it not for the blindness of most of the- clergy, who do not perceive its great mond tendency to elevate mankind. In early ages, when only one in a thousand coula read, and the price of a book beingthat of a good house, and when all _____ _____ ^thought the earth was flat, the people 1 * — 1 keep them in sight? It is knowledge I nature as ore the motions of the planets were too ignorant to realise the fatal they want. Why not the members in their orbits or the recurrence of the results of a monopoly by frail men in thereof as well recount each his in-1 seasons Therefore they cannot sin- what was called religion. The apostolic flrmities and his diseases, and instead of cerely preach the doctrine of a physical age could not understand that the Ail-1 saying. “ i believe this or that," say, " I I resurrection, as they know better. They wise Creator evidently intended that! have rheumatism:" another, " I have | have not the oxcuse of their predecessors

chronic gout:"another. " I have hered-H itary backache."

Belief* are as shifting and useless as i diseases, and as much to be doctored and

■ It is nonsense. Then!

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at No. 6" Nevsby Prospect, St. Peters­burg. Russia, on'or before the first dayof November. 1816. Slade at the same. painful, even agonizing:time « v e col ateral security to guar- but lhere u d o reason whs t e w to sup- on tee his fulfilling his part of the con- that death is more painful than tractC • i c \ . 1 coot,‘act the Th*" I birth. It is because in a certain propor-; amphlcal Society was not known. tion of cases dissolution is accompaniedFinally, when Slade and I wr— •»- - -

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much that Is false aod lliW fti Is UM— B— t » M r S i t s w tBporuu rar—t S t* ■ i * a w t iJ w * YtcsarWlM—. * rroMeat of the Sununcr Issd Fit— d e w s Far obU *t this oSta

BIBLE MARVEL WORKERS,

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CSI—SO. IS- •• Ura. aad J ra — o r Sew K rwilac* • ' “ The Miracle*."

, . - _ . . . , , u *-'r'-' ar~ ! by a visible spasm and distortion bf ther V ^ , ln , ^ nd#on- 1 ^ te n e d to inform countenance, that the idea exists, but it Mr. Aksakof of what had occurred, and j, nearlv M « .rtain u anything con be to say that legal mroceedtngs might pro- that th*eso distortions bf the facial long our stay In England, so as to pre- ravMcles atx, nol oniv painless, but Uke vent Slade being in St- Petersburg at - p-—--—tho time spec

B.T E S TIM O N IA L.

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honest Ideas and sincere opinions should be os tree as water, air and sunlight, so that all his children could work out i their own solvation by the friction o f ;thought, which always brings wisdom, commemorated.

Jesus wall knew, from his persecution away with beliefs os elements or ruli by the peiesthood. of the fearful impend-1 In the serious business of practio ing demoralization that must follow, and organizations. A. S. HUDSON. M. D.he made the clergy angry by telling the ] gfludrton. O il truth. As the priesthood are still edu- I catcd to a religion founded oo mere non- essentlal opinions, this makes them con-1 tlnue to repent history, and persecute | the true followers of Jesus, mm in old | times. The slaughter of so many mill- ■Ions since that time by ignoring his I inspired teachings, makes his truthful I words la Luke 12: 57,—" Yea. and why I not of yourselves Judge ye not what Ls right.*—* true guide for nil churches henceforth.

The time has come to so educate the people that all may understand the L Bible, which says: “ Add to your faith, \ knowledge “ of the wonderful fact that we ore never alone, but surrounded by a "cloud of witnesses," to whom every thought is apparent, and every motive revealed. The question is asked in Heb.1: 14: “ Are they not nil ministering

i spirits?"Other Biblical testimony will show

that angelic messengers have been the ‘ world's great benefactors, thus proving

that this intercommunion is not only the cornerstone of nil religions, but the key-note of human progress. As we cannot expect to have n perfect govern- mer t until we recognize both saxes

\ alike, neither shall we ever have a per

of several centuries ago, who knew nothing of the science of chemistry ortihysiology. and were not aware that the i union body is chiefly composed of four

gases, which, when no longer held In subjection by the vital force, escape back Into the atmosphere, the decom­position being facilitated by microbic ravages. The preacher of to-day cannot shrink behind any “ I do not know," as an evasion of responsibility In the mattor. In regard to tne doctrine of a literal

come Jn for Chlniquy's I resurrection, and some other things that tion of President I J10 fe^bes in opposition to his own

knowledge, he may well be commended to a passage from the sermon delivered by St. Paul oo Mars Hill: "The times of this Ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent" (of their errors and preach only

beingcified in the contract.

J i n acknowledging the receipt of my letter Mr. Aksakof said: "Stay and fight It out. and send me the papers con­taining reports of the trial."

U f ffn , Mr*. 4**11 ■rid (wTn n Fa

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bouts, and asked u be aesirea aioae to come to St. Petersburg then. His anj swer was that the season

I pi ace unconsciously. In many instances, too, a comatose or semi-comatose state supervenes, and It is altogether probable that more or less complete unconscious­ness then prevails. W e have, too. abun-HJd dant evidence of people who have been j T u ‘

rosuseiated, and | I H E statement that after painful struggling,

| ^ 8 away, and a state tranquility succeeds. They see the

visions of green fields, and in some eases l?en* nn' 1 hear pleasing music, and, so far fromin s*t- l etors- miserable, their sensations

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c rillc a l anA explanatory o bsrrra ilca* S l M ( I H H M by O. V slr. T— *a ( I * v —*8 k— *r KSa n a c l — S B ra«a*d I* tU s s a d s>—>d > * irb l aa d r s i t o —s s v fm r r sb n d I—d (Ms ( d U S File* It. Tortsc* B c r t l * Foe «Bl» a t th is iM ri-

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version of the assassin Lincoln. The edition has reached al­ready 109.500. The unscrupulous, ag­gressive nollev of the Catholics at the present tune In Illinois. Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, trying to get possession of the Government, to destroy our pres-1 A .eat school system, adds great interest to | _ c Father ChlnlquyV narrative. Tbis^edU! tioo is furnished at I 5 cents per hundred.

burg was too tar gone, and aside from that, several gentlemen who were inter­ested In Slade's coming were in the army, whloh was then engaged la the war with Turkey, consequently, it would be advisable to wait until the war was i phvsioal over. That compelled us to drift about I ^from place to place until January, 1878, when Mr. Aksakof wrote to ox

ore

cent per copy, or

A S C E N D E D H IG H E R .Passed to the higher Ilfs on the 9th

of April, Mrs. Sarah Gertrude, wife of Chapter J . Moore, of New York, after a short Illness, in her Sfith year. Peace ful, calm and happy, her spirit passed the “ portal." leaving a lonely

niece, to miss nei

fleet religion until we utilize the expert] ence of promoted friends who still nav* nn interest In the general welfare.

Spirit Henry Ward Beecher recently mesmerized e lady, and sold the follow­ing to the audience: “ I t Is one of the

earth-life that I ■ , utilize what

| Spiritualism. When some of my people made a confidant of n r , as to some demonstrations that hod occurred to themselves or family, I turned theta off with the feeling that 1

rith them. On!

husbandend niece, to miss Tier loving counsel, thoughtfully in the belief of her contin­ued presence. Of a fine spiritual nature, she nod only to become acquainted with the philosophy of Spiritualism, in Its

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ing vo ine iuomwb: is ugreatest regrets of my eari aid not, right in my church, i I knew to be true of Splritua

hod no sym pathy I coaid liv e on earth , |

O ther clergym en from th e h ig h er life , w ith one ocoord, lam ent over w asted op-

and d eclare th at pure Splr-

us, to embrace It. and become a reliable medium. A purer or more af­fectionate spirit It was never my privilege to know, daring thirty years of Intimate acquaintance

S ara A n t h o n y Bu h t is .Buffalo, Jfay 4.Mary Irey departed this life April 14,

1S91, and goes to her rest mourned and respected by all who knew her. She died in a full belief In n happy and

Hblossed future, end almost her last words | t h a t were aa assurance to her children that

end ba Strong the future life was all bright before her.She died as she bad lived, a firm be­liever In the doctrine of Spiritualism She was preceded to the Spirit-land by

port unities, declare u u i pure op*" her husband, Nov. 17, 1879, and they He, inmlism and primitive Christianity are side by side, In the cemetery a t Camden. ident i c 1 If the religions element of I Mabxha J . Tamsktt.the world does not encourage In spirit JVnnriZZe, 2nd.

Contributions to the American Secular Union During April,

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Jacob Drissler. Wlllape. Wash, annual membership, 81: Church Taxation pamphlets, 00 cents.. . .

George E. Andrus*. PleasantPrairie, WIs..................................

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Wm. C. Smith, S. Corinth, N.Y.: Guarantee Fuad. 810; Bible in Schools pamphlets, 00cents.. . . . .

John Turner. Philadelphia.. . .A friend. Philadelphia...........Carl Ed el helm. Philadelphia . .Flag and Pansy leaflets and

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Berlin, Germany, saying they were| randy for Slade.

On the 24th of January we arrived In SC Petersburg, where we were met by Mr. Aksakof, who conducted us to • hotel where he hod secured rooms to oc-1 commodate our party. The next morn- ing he called and sold he wanted to have a few minutes* talk with me. In order to see whether there was nnv mis­understanding between us, and also to advise as to prices for sittings, etc.

During all this time those collaterals had remained In New York, but they were soon released by Mr. Akaakof dl- | rooting Col. Olcott to forward them by

delightful. But where attempts at re­suscitation are successful the resuscitated

arsons almost invariably protest against ilng brought back to life, and declare

that resuscitation ls accompanied by in and actual mental misery,

fact which every man mustIiersonally experience, and consequently b of universal interest; and as facts ore

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I r. G. rto*y. aid h to­ccata Fur isic st this

facts, the wiser course ls to look them squarely In the face, tor necessity is coal black, and death keeps no calendar.

The orthodox church has In the past, and does to-day, regard death as an unwelcome visitant, to be dreaded and feared by all. Spiritualism, however, shows conclusively that death ls in ac­cordance with divine laws, and that It Is only a birth to a higher life.

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two young men who went West to grow up with the country and hit the combi­nation about right. They went to the

•x m S to B erU n . where we found them I Elkhorn dtatrlol In Montana a year ago

H H r s " *hMc“T ,n*1 now submit that If I have succeeded « mine »hs»Jin making It clear to the minds of your I have dlspoasd of it foi readers that Dr. Slade was not sent to .’ -----O p . J . H . R A N D A L L SP IR IT U A L■rals*. can rsrshh hasdraSs oClock of IU* hair. MBS* car UuSlBS *Tinpura.asa Ora

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1 rot haTinS dl*ra*r. at>4 h**r SB MHh Vtlh-__)c or 4 nice Xo tulad rarr. Th* poor a* well

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h t i h t e By Dr. J. M. PobSSob Tkta *K c— In* what b htmdral aptrlta rood

raox III.

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■MHra Tvrina.sl. h*hd Uurc SraMMBtae* rad lack uf hair, snsdtarera* ftve. Osra*a***B wu, Bax 371. IT

for 8100.000.

Russia bv the Theosophioal Society, of New York City, I am ami 'mnlj

th erewarded

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P*Lfor this effort to correct the mistake of the venerable President of the First So- 1 cietv of Spiritualists of New York City.;

HraoUjm, y . r . J . S im m o n s .

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hddrssa is* oh a m i z im dchars*. Ssed for clrcBlara. DTCtW wx sa

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F. C. MKXDE, Treasurer, A. S. U. fb ls f r^ d ii , M a y S , M l .

The Empress of Austria spent Easter awav from home, in order to escape one of the mast disagreeable duties of herstation—that of washing the fleet of a | — ----- ■ — ■ ■ — ............dozen old women—while the Emperor C 'P /R /T U A L /S T S V IS IT IN G CHICAGO in u m i himself In the mme manner wiin j ^ twa mcj nm a m iiit w t a i w m ia i

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detail* and accurate dcllneatkios of life In the SNrtt- V orhi:—I* th e esstaBBt appeal of tboncb ifn l mind*. D eath I* a M s ra rh la e W sh h ra oh, w bltber! BfeaS

| l know my frisad s h sy rad th * S*rah* W ls lhay K rav B * 1 W hat Is I S * present r ra d lU r a r a d w hat I t a h « r a d s * » l a th i* ra s a * is * s m s tisutaa ■■they but. af« ih * * t «i» S H t h r Ihi curlers. X* moo I* better qaallBed than Dr. f t ) U i * t* ***** s work of thi* kind b rf .e e the p r *1* He Iran** * f (h* My r rri** of Life: D ah u aad H»*» i . Thr BridstraoT the hUVi Foresleatn- of lh* Future: TutSM tad Saint*: TbeGrowth sad h r l l i il— of Ik* Spiritual Body: la l* the Soul or Body that Mu?; Cloth tne Si the Spirit World: Our Little Oue- !a Hearen: ThelVr- oraal Kxprrirw* cm of Aaron Knlsbl: The Red Ma*B 1 W t a r a : M Spirit*; Teutmony of P%y*B*Ssn> b Spirit LUr: Tbe Homes of Ay tas sad Dtrlne*: Th* Frirod* aad Shaker* h Spirit Life: Spirit taaSMB *f Bruno and Other*; Many Voice* from l i t Spirit Load. Many other msuen am treated too nosaerons to srat- «*ra Price S1J0; postace is cents. For sals at ihta

t in . t u o m a s A r r L U h o a c s T t [when d n n &1L L * lf and M a t Bat

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TUB THOMAS BATTERY CO*B o r BIT. C o rd lo c taa . Ohio.

as many ancient men. The thlngi_|taken very seriously la the Vienna Hof- burg, and there must be soap, water and towels. _________ __________

introduce a w paper to vow neighbor. AM as la tbe ersad work la which we are engaged. Tin P n o o u ssrrx Tm yxu la to be a gieat agent far doing good e teiywheic.

J i fR S . M A R G A R E T POX-KANE. RAP-AVA piss and Writtse teat madtsm. U B0 WestF ifty aarnwl a m t . X*w T a lk .

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