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L i t e r a r y .

Unbind the sweetest fount of all — Sugar-making—Spring’s first bliss.

And when *tla molting on oar tongues. Though Me** of the changes wrought

Hy Nature’s subtle frost-screws wrung, And In season to us brought—

Oh, may Life's mission be :is pure, Swelling Joys within onr souls,

As dooa this snow, with pleasures sure, That the Spring's Ural break unfolds.

For wo shall pass like thee, bright snow, Mlst-llko, when our tusks are done,

Unseen to nil the earth bolow,Into mystery's regions flown.

The mysteries of godliness Sond us signs of Splrlt-Ui'o,

Uesponklng climes of lmpplnoss,Ami man's Immortal paradise.

— — —

[For tho Volco of Angels.)

T H E S U G A R S N O W .

We greet them all-these signs of grace— Foretastes given for earth and lioaven;

A breath, a vajwr ch&iigos place—Angels rive, whon tho mortal’s riven.

T l t n o n o n TRYPtlKNA 0 . PARI»RP. Elunoton, N. Y., Mnrcli 21, 1879.

Tnp gloaming snow roluotant ylolds To tho mollow volco of 8prlng—

Again descondlng folds tho Holds,As roturulng robins sing.

Tho white, clenn clouds are scudding hy On tho taco of nuw-horn blue,

Pronouncing plainly o'er tho sky,''Rolling time proves Ood’s words true."

"Seed-time and hnrve.it novor fhll”—This the children oarly learn;

And wonder why tho sugar-pnll,With Its luscious swout* in turn,

Was mentioned not among the rest:For as sure as winters go,

Tliero comes a sugar-sign most blest,And they dance the light, damp snow.

They know the snow-birds now will leave, And their pleasant chirp, so gay,

filro place to pinches on tho cave,And the swallow’s twittering lay.

Oh, sugnr-hnrvesr, early sent,With the first fbml flush of flowers,

Wo ball tho s n o w -procursor lent To reveal thy nearing hours.

Anticipation’s oager play Pnluts tho gliding momo»t»**Culd—

Tho pearly anp, on tapping day,With richer tint than gold.

Wo almost taste tho coffee made From the first day’s gathered storo,

And see tho round cakes neatly laid,And the counting hy tho scoro.

Stern Winter’s hnrsh and blustering gale*, Darkened days of blinding storm,

And searching winds, and (K-lilng halls, Leave us now with prospects warm.

The leathory llanos that softly tkll,Tender ns a parting kiss —

[For the Voleo of Angels.)

G L E N D O W E R ;

A LEGEND OK THE OLD AND NEW.

MY A LICK CAKY.

T i i t t o r u i i m u s . SUSAN u n o p i t u e w a g n e t t .

(CONTINUED.1

On n hlllsldo high and steep,. 0 ‘orgrown with weeds and flowers,Where tho wild grapes cluster sweet,

Trclllscd Into shady bowers—Where the fragrant Jasmine twines,And the columbine combines Alt Its sweetness and Its grace With the poppies gold and red,Growing In the garden bed—Clustering with protty spots Of daisies and forget-tne-uots!—Oh, tho home I loved so well!Oh, Its treasures who can tell!Ero tho llfo-tliuo shndows loll On my heart, so bruised and sore.Chiding fhr the going oVr,And fhrt>cnrlng I fhrobore;Trespassing so inuny times,Weaving nil life’s prose In rhymes.Was or was 1 not to blame?Was I, true or fhlso, the *Ame—That I aspired fur a name That, recorded on life’s page,Is my dlvloest heritage?

Const thou blame inc, earth ones dear,Thnt I love to Huger here?If iny heart wore cold ns stone,I might grope my way alone—Shutting out the clearer light In the darkness of the night.Do*r ones, denr ones, let me stay In the broader light of day!

When I look beyond the clouds,In the bright and starry spaces,

There are no cold forms or shrouds,Only dear familiar faces,Lovod one* Ailing vacant places,

Homes of light that doth abound On the green Immortal ground.

W hat shall I gather, roses or thorns? Oh, my s p ir i t! Oh, my soul! Life is full of sor­row aud joy. Though the water may be turbid, the river dark nnd deep, and slippery paths and rough nseents and rugged hills to c lim b; the reflection is sweet, after the toils, after the struggles, that we may reap the reward ; though as the broken reed, with broken and contrite hearts, but with faith renewed, and love inten­sified and strengthened unto devotion, and fer­vent aspiration, and inspiration to all harmoni­ous life. The echoes of time as it glides a long; the echoes of thought caught up as sweet re­frains, whose plaintive melody thrills all nature, fills all infinity with tendcrest cadences floating out in songs of ceaseless praise. Where does life belong but to the natural conditions of life, ever present, everlasting, the redemption from death and the grave? Is it the philosophy, or phenomena, or both, tha t now absorbs me, Mid brings my untrammelled Spirit back to earth again? or rather gives roe positive possession of sense and perception, to the developemen of all spiritual nnd material consciousness; the same paths to tread ; the same scenes to behold ; the same affinities, aye, even desires after the body corruptible, the incorruptible to love, and life forever. 'P a th s all through life's marshy ways of mire and quicksand lead on to firmer ground, to broader ligh t. How naturally we retrace the steps tha t we have taken! How delightfully pleasant to revisit the dear and ear- red places, the bright nooks, and familiarize or identify ourselves with all the belongings— bright days, dark days, days without shallow, when we gathered all the bloom ; when birds swung on blossoming branches, and trilled nil their sweetness into our souls! The pastorals of love; an Easter morniug, when the first bulbs, ns if in response to the first warmth of the Spring sunshine, look up and live, as if to say, Oh, earth, ye may cover but cannot bold m e ; behold, I burst my bonds and am free ! And then, oh, then, we pnint such pretty pic-

S(5 V O I O F O F A N O F L S .

ture*, flowers of all kinds anil coloring; only rlio imitation; wo have the roal liearts-eiise and palm, codar and myrtlo, olivo or mo, it may he, as mottoes or peace-offerings unto the Easter day. Oh, saints and sinners, are they garnered in, treasured up, or nre ye weary of the reap­ing? All love# is horn to sacrifice, thorn* piereod, foot-sore and heavy laden. Such nre life's burdens; hut liopo giveth courngo and de­fies despair. Each moment blends in ono the snmo domain, and not the same. I change in)’ location, but not condition; if condition menus the propagation of idens; ns offshoots of thrifty plnnts, ench twig one of itself, but cleaving to the parent stem; firm in its stature, infusing all life and vigor to its numerous offspring; but limits not the fullness of the one, nor mensurc* the barrenness of the other.

Iam Asking where does life belong; mid a figure, robed a s a priest, gives his own version, gives me a book. I read; how curious the pages, in scroll*, and not in letters, in ciphers, and not in words. He taunts me, and the warm blood courses through my veins, my cheeks glow, my temples throb, and all my pulses beat in accord to my feeling. He enrrie« a sword, a sceptre and a crucifix ; and the figure, all in gloom with heavy mantling, stood as on a pyr­amid. “There was a time,” ho said, “when man w a s the revelation; now the revclntor. Bastards do spring up, and unto Scribes and Pharisees the glory hath been given. Few nre the souls who dare to compromise even unto God the Father, the Son and Holy Ghost. So say the priests; and yet their whole system is a compromise, neither the one nor the other having the better of i t : for whether ye do or do not, the same is still the same; and though in material substnnee thero may bo fluctuations, and divers kinds of forms and credentials given, and huckstering on byways, and even souls do not escape the bnrter, pawned with as much precision and deliberation as merchandize; ns though for the nbsolving it was foreordained a specinl order or charter be given unto the favor­ed few of God's own choosing, of priests or charlatans, and unto them is given the holy unction—ambassadors, forsooth, to teach the unlearned what even the learned might not as­pire to know !— as genius never prates of what it knows; for knowing thinkoth it knowoth not. The cobbler is always certain that he makes; bnt he who hath the innate principle fashions and primes; wonders at the wisdom of the half-in-half.

Tims man’s capacities havo underlaid, or wrought not in truths, but miracles; given to forms whnt should have been given to facts ; and thus the illegitimate offspring, heresy, be­comes the legitimate or assumed authority to the illiterate, untutored, unenlightened; not asking whence comeit or whereforo goest thou, until all idols seemed replete with divine attri­butes; shrine-worship, whore masks were pre­sented to the occult vision, nor tampered with the soul; as that wore obsolete to the formula, or ostracism, or pretensions and exact manner­ism, apportioned unto sa in ts; and with threats, and menaces, held in bondago by the sword, aye, the sword, the inquisition, the dungeon,

the sacristy; where, under the guise ut all things true, wore given all things false, marble ized, fossilized, until petrifaction dried up the very marrow of existence, as dry dust; ami loyal to their masters, look through their eyes, narrowing their own conceptions to their sordid ideas, alm sgiving for penance, contrition for punishment, submiss.on for torture.

Greece calls. The Spartan mother shirks not in danger; her courage was born of a heroism that defied cowardice and overawed bigotrv, of which even tyrants might be proud ; of gall and wormwood mixed ; for hostile unto sublim- est piety smite for the courngo it evinced, oven unto blood.

Oh, Rome, Rome, thy citadel hath been shak­en, but the thunder of thy voice re-echoes from tho l>y go no nges, conquored, hut not subdued ; pillagod, but not destroyed; dismantled, hut resurrected. Thy monuments nre trophies nf thy victories, thy hostile* mementoes to eternal fame, that treachery may no longer desecrate ! Appalled, the usurpers at their own infamy, flee from the wrath to come, of outraged inno­cence once by the sword, fire and flame; when despots held virtue at the point of the Inncc, and genius 'noath the edgo of the sword ; now pregnant with new life, whether of victory or defent; unshriven as yot, holding to thy coffers, thy tinsel, thy brnzon images and idols; that thy people may fall down and worship thee; but thou art crumbling to thy fall, before the host of the mighty of enlightened reason, tram­pling not thy birthright, but restoring thy in­heritance—the imperishable glory, where liber­ty may perch upon thy standard, and redeem thee from iniquity, to tho honor of thy victims. He ceasod—

Amt cliut|iliig IiIn I wind a to ii la broiut, lit; ntaod for a moment In deep mtslltutlon ;Amt words of wludum fell from Ii In lip*,As If be were given a new Inspiration:So at>*orb6<1 he was In profonml contemplation.And bo measured liln wonle distinct anil *1 >w,But nmotilb and fluent they teemed to flow.“Sleep, dove," he Mid, "eleep iwoetlr now;Who careth for m<*, who aweth fir thee The clock on tho belfry points to four,And measure* our years by the score—the score.Are ye weary, or me, for the gilding o’er?—Whatever of hope we might resign,To welgti In the balance against old time—The choice of youth In Its fre*li yoang prime.Oh, fete, thoa dost hold me test with thy scroll;As age u|ion age doth pas* mo by,No visible marks 1 can descry,Anil leaves mo the same while they onward fly, ' Regardless of time on thy fleeter wing,Merging tby winters Into spring.Tho heir-loom of knowledge, thy fruitage bring,And careth not If I am peasant or king.

“ And 1 saw an angol In form and face,With all Its sweetness or love and grace,And gathered one by one to the fold;Another form I now behold,With flowing hair and lustrous eyes.As If all souU he wmid analyze;And he turned In a ylosa some golden see*I,And In earnest tone# I heard him read:

“Man is the factor; Got! the maker, the ur­bane progenitor o f undisguised erudition. Tho foliage of nature, the bnsic structure, covers tho crudities of the gross embryo, pulses the fictal life, gives tone, vibration, occupation, inspira­tion, gives vital force, with all other forces; bounding the orifice of life, not separnte; for tho first thrill of life duplicates the w hole; blends all tho parts and particles, absorbs all

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then* i-s of life, limiion or divine; for who dot Ii puit. Not liod or N ature; only reverses, only divests, nor reconstructs ; for all his plans nre ultimate and filial ; nor of primitive principle, save in him self The force, the verification and the word was God, and the word is God. Yo watch the stars in their fullness of light, in the expanse of space. Tho thought occurs, if light be life, must not the luminaries of the soul ever attract, and be tho pungont principle ? We know not wlionco comes tho thought ; hut it is there ; not seen, but felt, rosponsivo to the in­tuition. Thus part to part is joined, ub well as defined, as though wo saw. Who cares to see, when ho may feel ?—one happening with tho other. W hittle ye may your own designs, not God’s. What, would ye whittle the wind, or the rose give it the arom a?— whittlo the sun, the earth, the inonn, tho stars, the coaseless mo­tion of life, of sound ? Weave all your fancies into phantasies; make the tangible the intan­gible by your own Hiiprcme efforts ; the intan­gible tho tangible; to carvo out statues, chis­elled as dead images, repellant to nature, repug­nant to reason, contrary to divino or nntural law ; suppressing the bountiful, destroying tho natural, ignoring the eternal, and living tho grosser conception, the organic, the fuctal, tho conditional, and tho perishable! N ay, limitless are the soul’s conditions; every comprehensive thought doth but unfold another, quickons an­other perception, opens another avenue ; as the leaf expands in tho sunshine, and tho bud un­folds to the dew.

[ to i i k c o n t in u e d .]

^ I e d i c a l P e p a f ^t m e n t .

[For Iho Voice or Angels.]

HOW TO C U R E A COLD.

W iikn the first symptoms of a cold is a feel­ing of chilliness, it is evident that the circula­tion of the blood is not free ; and the quickest and best remedy in thnt case is a cold, or tepid bath, followed by brisk rubbing in a warm room, which should be continued till the skin becomes perfectly dry and warm. An assistant is nec­essary to rub the back, and especially between the shoulders, which should be rubbed down­ward, ench side of the spine, till redness is produced.

A severe cold, when this remedy is resorted to in season, may, generally, be broken up in fifteen minutes. It causes the blood to circulate freely to all parts of the system. The nerves proceed­ing from the brain arc all affected by rubbing between the shoulders more readily than by rubbing nny other part of the system ; and a chill there is more likely to produce a cold, tlinn in having every other part of the aystom get chilly, when it is warm between tho shoulder*; therefore, instead of putting irritants, such ns mustnrd pastes, onions, poultices, etc., on the stomach, to relieve the lungs, put an irritating plaster between the shoulders ; taking it off as often as once every twelve hours, and rubbing with a cloth dipped in cold water, and wrung so as to prevent its (hipping ; and then, when it is rubbed sufficiently, apply the plaster ngain, and

\riti i, ir., is;;i VOICE OF AN CELS. 87tiinit* to <h> ho till itching, mid hoiiio s o i v i w h h

|irodiu:(‘<1 ; mid when tlmt ih elh'ctod, tin* will Im» relieved.

If tlm cough Ih tight, A n d what is ruined in frothy mid stringy, it is rvidtMit that flu*ro in u liuinnr on tho lungH; mid in that cuso tuko a Imlf tea-spoon full of h i i ! |>hitr ami mohutsos o i i c o

a day, and drinU u good portion of hop-tea every night, just before retiring. Tho hop-ten will cure tho torpid liver, and produce quiot slitcp.

We have nett been able to learn yet, that a ease has evor been known, that an oxcossivo liiger beer-drinker has ever died with consump- tion. Consumptions are from nuo or both of two causes generally, named}’, a scrofulous humor and a torpid liver. The ho]>-tc& is just the food that the torpid liver needs, and the sulphur drives tho humor from tho stomach and lungs, and tho plaster between tho shouldor.s draws it there, and it escapes, in part, through the erup­tion caused by tbe plastor.

Sweating cools down fevorisbness, eradicates morbid or worn-out matter, and equalizes tbc circulation of tbe blood. B ut to avoid taking another cold nfter swenting, the skin should be rubbed with tbe hand. A cold sponge-bath before rubbing, is the most sure to prevent taking cold.

If thero is pain in the head, as is often the case when a cold has beon taken, use tbe warm bead-bath, us described for softening of the brain, in my next.

JACOU A. Sl'KAlt,Experienced Hydropathist.

A S n m . e I >i s i n f k c t a n t — O ne pound ofj green copperas, costing about ten criitn, dm- Holved in one quart of water and poured down a water-eloH. i, will ellectually destroy tho tnuloHt smells On board of ships and Htniml>oat*, about hotels and otlifT public places, there is nothing so nico to purify tho air. Simple green copperas dissolved in anything will lender a hospital or other places for the sick free from unpleasnnt smolls. In iish-markets, slaughter- houses, sinks, and wherever there are offensive gases, dissolve copperas and sprinkle it about, and in n few dnys the smell will nil pass away. If n cat, rnt, or mouso dies about the bouse, nnd sends forth offensive gas, placo some dissolved copperas in n vessel nenr the place where the nuisanco i:, and it will purify the atmosphere •— B o is e C ity R e p u b lic a n , Id a h o .

(Kor llto Voles of Angola.|

TIIK NKW DISPENSATIO N.HI MIlCR TWO.

SuitR Cuhe FOR E a u -ACHK.—The J o u rn a l o j

H ea lth says: There is scarcely any nclio towhich children are subject, so bard to bear anc difficult to cure, as the ear-ache. But there is remedy never known to fail. Take a bit < cotton-batting, put upon it a pinch of black pepper, gather it up and tie it, dip it in sweet oil, and insert it in the ear. But a flannel bandage over the bead, and keep it warm, will give im m ediate/elief.

It

A R emedy for S leeplessness .— W hen roady for bod, sit down in nn easy position, re luring all tbe muscles of the body, and let the bead drop forward on the breast, as low as it will fall without forcing it. Sit quietly in this way for a few minutes, lettin g all tho will power off the body, and a restful, drowsy feeling will ensue, which will, if not disturbed, lead to re­freshing sleep. I f the sloeplcss fit comes on in the night, one can sim ply sit up in the position described. Stiffness of any part of the body must bo avoided, and it is well to bend the body after lying down rather tlrnn keep it straight or thrown back upon the pillow.

Tho writer suffered several years from sleep­lessness, caused by severe pain and nervousness, and wns taught tho above by n physician of groat experience and ability, and found through it complete rolief. v M any personi. similarly nfflicted, within tho writer’s knowledge, have tried it, nnd always with good results.— W atch

Tower.

A Cumc ro il W a r t s .— G. W . Hoof, of Ch,oago, writes to tho In ter-O rea m : Somo twomonths since 1 noticed in a country paper atom pie remedy lo remove warts. As I hnd no less (linn twenty large seed warts on my hands, and several smaller ones,' I applied this remedy as published, taking a common Irirdi potato, rut­ting it in two, and applying the juico over one wart two or three times a day. Mine have all disappeared, and as this remedy is handy for nil I thought it worthy of republishing.

(For the Voice of Angel*.)

COOSA.E vkiiorkkn Hour , Waterford, Vt., Ful«. 17, 1870.

D. C. D e n s m o k b : — D e a r S i r ,— “Coosa,” n Spirit who controls me, was a favorite with your Spiritual Editor, L. Judd Pardee, nnd his name will be familiar to some of your readers, think the following test will bo appropriate for your paper. One day, “Coosa” being with me,I said to him, “I am going to send n letter con­taining money to D. C. Densmore, Weymouth, Mass. I shall not register tliie letter. I desire you to give it your Spirituol attendance. If you see that he receives it, please inform rae.;’ H e snid, “I will try.” A few days after,I was standing near a favorite arm-chair, and “Coosa” catne to me, saying,

" 1 11 ml you standing by yon ch a ir;I’vo como (Vom tho angel*, bright and fnlr,For tho Voimr o r Angel* your mind to prepare, Receiving Immortal JowoLi (Vom mansion* rich and rare.*’

I received his message as a Spiritual telegram, for which I thanked him, and ho retired. Two hours afterward, a gentleman entored my sit­ting-room and placed my paper in my hand

I hope you and yours will continue to hear Angel-voices during the din nnd strife of your earthly lifo,

Fraternally,B a r iia k a Ali.k.n.

Till-: following verso was given the Circle through Mrs. M. V. Bridge, Jan. 21, 1S79:

Wiiv do wo linger In the *h»ili>w*,When the moont'iln-top I* glowing?

Why do wo drink of ntognunt wiitor*,When tho fount of life I* llu\vlng?

1,kt every minister while he is preaching re member that God makes one of his hearers.

Wo hero affirm that as yet wo are in the field of Spiiitnalistio exploration and d is ­covery only ; that all tho machinery ami appliances yet invented, or tha t will be.

re a necessity to com plete tha t oxplorn- ion and discovery, hecauso tho muss ot

minds can bo reached only in th a t way.W hile, on tho o ther hand, many have

gathered up sufficient to mako thorn feel that they have learned enough of tho ru ­dim ents of Spiritualistic music to com ­mence at the work of constructing u machine, from which all the octaves and chords of tho bass, or man notes, and the soprano, or female notes, may ho bo a r­ranged, tha t social harm ony, with happi­ness and heaven us n resu lt, m ay take the placo of the social discord and the misery and hells we now have.

T hen , again, it m ust be expected that from these new discoveries there must arise tho necessity o f ns g rea t, if not g reater work of reconstruction , in all thm perta ins to religious beliefs and moral e th ­ics, ns there was in the discoveries brought about in astronom ical, geological and cheinicnl sciences tha t now ex is t—all of which have overtu rned all old theories and philosophies in these m atters.

I t m ust he rem em bered that th a t pow er of m ind to m easure and placo things, made nnd placed m ost ancient philosophy, all of which, except our religious philoso­phy, lias been reconstructed ,

Spiritualism brings us to the last and most im portan t o f m odern reconstruction ; and while it m ust he rem em bered that all we have now as a social struc tu re is built, governed and controlled by ancient relig­ious philosophy, relig ious reconstruction m u 9 t mean social reco n stru c tio n ; and be­cause it does raise questions, th a t now begin to agitate the advance-guard in S p ir­itualistic research, leading d irec tly to this Held o f inquiry , is why we sta ted in the beginning th a t the y ear 1879 openB with the m ost im portan t phase S p iritua lism has ye t p resen ted .

L ooking nil th is square in the face, it is no w onder that those who learned the A B C, and have go t so far along as to see the next s tep , for lack o f m oral forco, or somo o th er cause, s tep into tho C hurch, or perchance c ry , “ H old ! hold I A ll there s or ever will lie i9 sim ply phenom enal

S p iritua lism . I t is not a relig ion, and never can ho.” Wo affirm it can and will he ; not in the broad sense the term Spir­it iiulisin im plies, for tha t covers tho field of all hum an p rogress, and all the changes

s s VOICE OF ANGELS. A H i l l , in, 1X71*

made thereon, with all the religious he- casiom illv I could perceive a w ord , co rres- liefs, noliticnl formulas and social custom s ponding to th a t used in his d ear old lun- tlmt have appeared in the past or will in gunge o f e a rth , co lor, like a ray o f lig h t, the future. Hut to suppose that noth ing the p u re , reflecting tlow o f th o u g h t in the of change will occur— no religious recon- m ind o f m y friend ; and 1 no ticed that it si ruction to come ns a re su lt—is to suppose seem ed to give him jo y to now and then that God, in the law of human progress, break out in the n ev er-to -h e -fo rg o tten will not, ns he has in the past, move hn- “m ithcr to n g u e .”] inanity forward, step by step , and each I was deligh ted a t the p rospect o f m eet- s t o p under a governing principle suited to “H ighland M ary , which delight ot the needs of tha t step . Religious belief course was perceived . W o m oved on in some form has been this governing prin- P , I S 1 those beds ot beautifu l v e rd u re and ciple of the past, and we infer it will be | Hlooin o f every hue, and a rriv e d a t the

pond, o r ra th e r , lake , it should he called ; for it wits a superb sheet o f w a te r, c lear us c ry s ta l, and ex ten d in g o v er a v ast a re a ; its m argin was laid w ith tin} ', w hite cobble-stones, p resen tin g a n e a t, p re tty

av s p iiiit j o i i n cRiTciiLBY iMiiscR. Tiiiiouoii t i i k | iippcnniiico . A fairy -like boat was m ooredOltOANISM OK M. T. 8IIP.Llt.VMKK. 1 1 1

in the future.New D ispensation.

[For tli® Vole® of Angel*.!

A VISIT TO ROBERT BURNS.

[COXTINCKD.] to a landing-place, upon the side o f w hich, , . . I observed pain ted a la rg e , th r if ty -lo o k in g

Again wc paused, th is tim e by the sule Lj j ^

ot a parte rre o f the m ost beautiful garden ^ n is tie b ridge ex ten d ed across the lak e , lilies that I ever beheld , the cicam }, cl,P~ over which wc passed ; at the fa r th e r side sh:i|>cd blossoms, which crow ned the s lc n -L vcrc a num ber o f tin y a rb o rs , a ro u n d and del* stems supporting them , rose tall and I |j ,ovc which tw ined and c lu n g flow ering straight from a low mass of deep, dark v incs, som e o f which w ere v e ry fam iliar and glossy leafage, while the regal mc> T ow ards the n e a re s t o f theseers, with tlicir tin ts of snowy richness, honcy .w rea th ed pavilions m y com panion Hccked with tin} bars of golden hue. cm *t" L lirne(R T he sound o f sing ing had ceased , ted a fragrance of the m ost exquisite th rough the sw ing ing leaflets o f th eubtlc of delicate odors. T here w ere doz- | v jncg I could perceive th e w hite d ra p e ry

ens upon dozens of these royal blossom s, 0f fem ale garm en ts .tilling the a ir with their rich perfum e, and] j n a m om ent m ore we w ere in th e p res- inciting the honey-bee to visit them in h i s |en(.c 0 f that sw eet, long -loved , im m o rta l­

ized “H ighland M ary ” ; and well m ight As I paused to adm ire this magnificent I K0| >ert B urns have m ourned h e r loss, and

group of beauties— mentally likening them L o ll might the poet soul have sung histo a bevy of purc-souled, w hite-robed an - 1 sw eetest song to “M ary in H e av e n .” T he

and to drink in the full richness mid features of th is sa in ted m aiden w ere in­glory of the scene spreud out before m e, deed alm ost tra n s p a re n t ; a halo o f ecles- thcre came, wafted upon the scent-laden I tial beauty shone ab o u t her form as she air. a strain of sw eetest music— such as I moved ; h e r beautifu l eyes em itted a rad i- have often heard in Spirit, hut which isU nce that m ust have been dazzling to those never produced by uny but highly Cl,lti- j not fitted to e n te r her sphere o f p u r i ty ; vated or advanced souls— accom panied in jh e r bonny h a ir, confined from h e r face by this instance by a female voice in s in g in g ; a Kilkcn snood, ripp led down h e r hack in and such singing—so full of m elody, of w a v e 8 o f go lden light. T he beau ty o f expressed tenderness, with its rich under- m ind, the p u rity o f an innocent h e a r t , 'th e cu rren t of harm ony— m ortal tongue or tenderness o f sou l, exp ressing itse lf in p e n is inadequate to describe. I looked sym pathy tow ards the weak and e rr in g , at my companion inquiringly. Said he, j com bined w ith the certain traces o f expe- “ It is my Highland M ary, the sainted sou ljriencc in hum an suffering, all m anifested who passed on before me, and who has I them selves in the chastened refinem ent oi made me what I am. TIub patch o f lilies | tlm t lovely countenance, und the sphere oi

pu rity su rround ing tha t angelic being .I stood before her abashed and hum ­

bled ; bu t a m om ent m ore, the sw eet voice o f H um s’ M ary bade me w elcom e, and I was m ade to feci a t hom e.

Y ears o f experience in the H igher Life had !>een o f inestim able value to th a t m aid­en ; she had had the teaching o f h igh ly- develoj»ed S p irits , and the b eau ty , b ril-

\i her especial pride. I have named them for her, and call them ‘Thee snaw M ary .’ W c shall soon l>c with her, and you will see for yoursel’.”

[L e t me here rem ark , that our conver­sation was by no m eans carried on after the manner of earth , but as soul speaking to soul, through the medium o f thought, and w ithout the aid of language. Yet oc-

linncy and g race o f a c u ltu re d m ind, that was accustom ed to d e e p -th in k in g , were p lain ly d isce rn ib le th ro u g h the web of her rem ark s . I w as con ten t lo be a listener, and to d rin k d eep ly in (lie sc in tilla tions (lashing from th e g ifted m ind o f m y host, and from the te n d e r , l o v in g ‘soul o f bis com pan ion .

Hut o u r s ta y in th e pav ilion was short ;I w ould fain have lin g e red fa r lo n g er, but. the lad y , “on h o sp itab le th o u g h ts in te n t,” a f te r th e fashion o f w om an everyw here , seem ed an x io u s th a t I sh o u ld be conducted to th e house , and have re fre sh m en ts . My p ro te s ta tio n s w ere o v e rru le d , and wrc ac­c o rd in g ly s ta r te d fo r the a b o d e — not by the w ay m y host an d I had com e, b u t around lie o u te r side o f th e g a rd e n . O n our

jo u rn e y , I m ade a new d is c o v e ry : M arylad tu rn e d to m e p re v io u s ly , an d said , “I w ould like y o u to see m y a v ia ry , th e place w here I k eep m y p e ts ; in fac t, th e ir shel­te r -h o u se ." A nd soon I u n d e rs to o d to w hat she re fe r re d . W c w'crc ap p roach ing a th ic k e t o f b u s h e s ; I reco g n ized furze, g o rsc and h a w th o rn a m o n g th e m . Passing th ro u g h th is th ic k e t , w’c e n te re d an ex ten­sion o f th e g a rd e n , s till la id o u t in beds of beau tifu l flow ers. A g ro v e o f tre e s , in th e c e n tre o f w hich a p r e t ty fo u n ta in sent up its j e t s o f c ry s ta l w a te r , a r re s te d my a tte n tio n ; an d b ey o n d th a t , th e sp a rk lin g

o o f o f a la rg e g la ss b u ild in g . T h e bushes and tre e s re so u n d ed w ith th e m e lo d y issu­in g from th e g a ily - fe a th e re d th ro a ts o f n u m ero u s so n g s te rs , o f e v e ry size and v a rie ty . I t w as a b ird k in g d o m upon a sm all scale . A s w c e n te re d , th e b irds su rro u n d e d u s , l ig h tin g u p o n th e heads and sh o u ld e rs o f m y c o m p a n io n s ; b u t while th ey flew p re t ty c lose to an d a ro u n d me, on ly o n e , a t in y w h ite w a rb le r , w ou ld a ligh t upon m y p e rso n . T h is p e rc h ed upon my sh o u ld e r, an d ch irp e d a n d n o d d e d as p e rt as possib le .

W c e n te re d th e g la ss b u ild in g . W ithin w ere p lan ted sh m b 9 an d tr e e s , som e of them b e a rin g f ru it, o th e rs se ed . T here w ere no cages, b u t I o b se rv ed num erous n ests a ttach ed to th e b u sh e s and trees. T h ere w as no floor o n ly th e n a tu ra l earth ; the sun shone w a rm ly , and a ll w as beaut hub T h ere w ere also no d o o rs , b u t here and th e re e n tra n ce -w ay s , w hich w ere alw ays open fo r th e conven ience o f th e feathered denizens o f th e p lace. A s tre am o f w ater gushed from a ro c k , and g u rg le d and p lashed o v er a h eap o f s to n e s . T h is w as the b ird -house b e lo n g in g to th e e s ta te , and the especial p rid e o f “H ig h lan d M a ry .”

W c ta rr ie d a few m o m en ts , and then continued o u r w ay to th e ho u se , which we soon reached . IIow d iffe ren t the scene. \ p la in , u n p re te n tio u s , w h ite dw elling .

Al’Kll, l«, IH711 VOICE OF ANOKLS. Mlu i l li n o Ml I n i i j il iif n n i a n i e n l i i l i n i i ; (In* k u ii I jJL i * Iiik o w n k i n d l y h r , n ' | u n | n r t r n t ioiiM , , l "‘t °v,i ••••■•«'i«», »n<i think Uio p*'iuiiiy nutaur«,

, . , . . . !• wlmm tin* • ■ Ini<*i i nf Mimdnginns Ircgln js i n n i n g d o w n u p o n i t , b r i n g i n g o n ! n i l if m j I ill 1 «»l k iu d n c s M , n v c r H o w i n g w i t h i n t e r e s t

t i nn in ip ln i l v . W i l h i n w a s tin* s a m e ; m a i l in < i o d , N n l i n e a n d m a n ! W ith o u t, allI l«ry »U'iil Mm linr*i-, mill tlilnk Mint pr.'iynr will cure,

Ami wipe mil Mn1 Iiiw nf rnmpciiantlnii for their sin.

pad cheerfu l, su g g estiv e nf com fort and iv I lo s t1 ; I ii it not hi n ^ tin ira I, no th ing taw d ry ; no f l i t t e r , no d is p la y . T h e re was no cov­ering to 1 h r t ool w hile floors, ex cep tin g hero and I hurts, a n ig o r mat ol g reen rushes, 'l ln* w alls o f the apartnnu it in to which I was u sh e red w ere d rap e d in snow y gossam cr-liko f a h r ie ; the ch a irs ro u n d , wide and e o m fo rla ld c , tin* tab les oval hut plain. H ere we w ere se rv ed w ith re fre sh ­ments— fruit o f v a rio u s k in d s , a k ind o f sweet ta k e fo rm ed o f honey am i the m eat of nu ts, and sp a rk lin g w a te r.

Afterwards I entered the sitting-room of Spirit Mary. Here the walls were (Imped with blue silken shills; the furnish­ings were more elaborate and elegant than the other parts of the house, and id) ar­ranged in exfpiisite taste. My hostess en­tertained us with her tender, soulful sink­ing, striking a harp-shaped instrument, which sent forth a delicious accompaniment to the song.

In Mary’s apartment, or houdoir, I ob- ijcrved a pot of p rim roses in full bloom, the yellow petals of the Mowers m ailing old familiar scenes of earth ; and the sight of these Howcrs recalled to me also that they were the only ones I had noticed within the dwelling. I his seemed singu- lar to me ; with all that wealth of bloom and fragrance without, it would only be natural to find every room adorned with slips and cuttings. Of course the drift or my thought was perceived. Hums smiled, lait Mary enlightened me. “Robbie will never pluck a Mower/* said she, “for bis own ’ use; lie docs not think it right to bring them in out of their native elements, and deprive them of lift* on the stalk. He thinks they are hurt when they arc culled ; he also leaves them all out to be enjoyed by any one who comes along; but I have seen him often break the Mowers for some sick lassie, or poor laddie, who Inks at them wistfully. He knows by that, they had none too many Mowers and pleasures on earth.” I looked at Burns ; his kindly face lifrht ed up with intelligence and Spirit- beauty : every feature aglow with good­ness, and every member of bis body tilled with energy, with suppressed power, with concent rated activity, now in abeyance, hat ready to spring forth for the well-being of another— lio who had risen almvc a earthly passions through his great love for and faith in humanity'; and I thought how illlracteristie of the man is this abode or peace and rest— tho home, the shrine of his faith and love— plain, simple, yet full ot -cheer and interest— no glittor nor show ;—

i s b c : p i l y a n d f r a g r a n c e ; v e t t h e u n t u n i l T,M1 i»w »f comp.ui*i»Mnn u Mm law «.r nod,, ~ . ’ , An<l tn llm rasiill* of which nil in«-» must yl*dd;

p r o d u c t i o n s o f l i ly , r c l i n c d b y r a r e a n d e i i l -

I ivat ion, typii-al o f the rich , lln* beaut iful expressions o f bis poe t-sou l— rclincd th rough love, cu ltu red th rough sym pathy ', lualiileslrd in sw eetest h ea il-so n g s , exem ­plified in those peaceful hom es I hud seen , whose inm ates rise up and t all him lihmsed ! C harac te ris tic o f the soul is th is , who w ould cull a Mower to give a poor heart i h eer, yet who will pluck none for his own use, to d ep riv e them o f n a tu ra l life— w ho, w hen he had in ad v e rten tly up roo ted the t in y , way side-M owcr w ith his sh a re , im ­m orta lized th c liu m h lc daisy w ith—

“Thou I Hinny crlmson-Mpp^d ilowor,Thou'st mot mts In nn evil hour,For 1 inu ii crntli uiiiang tin? ►towtr

Tliy alondur stem ;To *pnr« ilice now ’(were past my power,

Thou bonny gem."

S till th e sam e good inan , g e n tle a lik e to “m on and beast ie"— te n d e r to w ayside Mower and w eed.

[T O IIK CONTISUF.D.]

I n s p i r a t i o n a l G e m s .

f For the Voire nf Angsla.l

N O W , A N D T H E N .nv j . ii. moiiokks.

[, » ikiitn liny there In evil In nn abstract wn*«;I t In n law by which wt Judge nil that's good,

[f we put It In the Indicative mood, present ten*c,Wo will discover tho kindness nnd the fatherhood

Of God, who made thin law to tench ua right—The loaner to fornjike, nml to pursue the good;

Revealing thin law to un, both dnynml night—A law In force long before the 1lood.

Now, thcologlnna any we can brenk God's law :Which la void of aenae In a aujicrlatlve degree;

The moat our will nnd feeble m ight ••an draw la the infringem ent, affecting you and tnc.

And tl.la la the law of rmnpcn*ntlon he ordain*.To hoM ul] living entltlca within hla power;

Sending on the evil nnd tho g o o d hi* plenteous rain ilia aunahlnc, hla harvest, and hla ahowera.

Thnt mnn, In gratitude, m ight rn lie hla oyea above, Viewing things nbovc ea rth ’* trsm irnry Joy,

To God, Our father, the fountain of nil love,Where our Spirit-friend* learn wlad»m without alloy

Out death hath caused U* miiny hitter tears For dfiir ones that prlesU In Ignorance aay are lo s t;

Tliey through Interest hare tani|*ered with our f«-am, Milking desolate inuny hcarth-atonc# a t fearfril coat.

Grievous, not Joy .o», will full the rod.Ami from lla ilghli-oua piinnlty there la no nppenl. Imvi'.M 1‘ i. a i s *, Now Yolk.

»[For I ho Voice of Angola.]

W I S D O M ’ 8 W A Y S .nv w it ,li am iiakkr *a ii*b*tock, u . n.

O sri.'iii u ritlchlng;—an are all the Ilia Mankind la aul ijnct to; nml well It were If edtt/ira of puiiers—of Journal*, lWlodlral*, and nil other menna Thnt ni'wa convoy—would atny the printing of All murder*, riot*, aulrldca and atrlfca,

*Aa well n« all gallowa aconca, robberies,And minor Ilia, that degenerate man 1* guilty of. |f tlila were nlwaya done—R<d of em inplc, mnn would hotter prove:Aa these drum I pictures Were from him withheld, And aa more pleasing scene* were held Ui view, More kindly feeling*, motives nnd resolves Would emulate his soul, ami make him strive To Imitate ntnl act the better pnrt.If from the liar, the I'ulpll nnd the Stage,Tlila hint were promulgated far and wide,The world, th a t now la alnklng dorjMir down In Infhtny, would aoon regenerate,And disenthralled, rise In lU might ones more Above degeneration, and again lie wbat it aliould b n -a paradise to tnan.Some, wrongly Impressed, tnay tlilnk and argno Thnt aucb delects In man ahouhl be upheld To terrify, nnd Mina prevent aucli deeda.AI false conclusion aa the growing scenesOf destitution, vlllany and sin Fully demonstrate, and loudly appeal To tlmae who thus whether from love of gold, Or mistaken views—still make these evils 1’uldic, nnd thereby cause repetition Of the Ills Mint better were not so.We, therefore, In the name of ra mklnd, plead That their mistaken notions l» reversed —And thnt, Instead of magnifying 111*,Hereafter they will publish them no more.

L amcabtkh, I’enn.

A FRAGM EN T.Do not strive for earthly treasures,

Be content with humble thru;’Tla not long ere you will moot us

In u world that'a tree from care.[The nbove was said to a member ol the Circle, through the

Medium, Mrs. llrldgo, Denver, Colorado.]

V E R IF IC A T IO N OF SPIR IT-M ESSA G E.TilKOUG1I WEST INGLE.

Rivp.it S t y x . Median Co., Ohio, Mdrch 18, 1879. Buo. D k n s .m o i ik .— Dear Friend,— I see

in your issue of Feb 1st a communication from my son Fremont, through “West Ingle,” in which she gives many truthful tests; nml I know the message is from my

Hut the day l* past when In error they shall eat tliolr bread, jboy. Mliy si IC 1)0 blest il l IlCT noble mis- For they will havo to meet our facts Dice to thro;

T«hIii> We hold sweet communion with the dead.Ami find by their return they h a v e Just begun the nice

Of life, of light and knowledge, In the eternnl state ,Where all will find, by the eternal law of ladng.

Must work out their salvation, without fear or hule,And where nil our thought* will not drpend on seeing.

Oh, Mils inlglity, potent life-force, railed Oral,Le/ud understood by thuoo the world calls learned,

If turned liable hrrnmo* n rlmatonlng rod,Ilu t by the altnplo child la readily discerned.

Now one bath said, these light afflictions are bat drose Compared to Joys upon the th ither shore;

Counting all things here blit vanity and loss—Where our soul will see Its travail and want no more.

I know theologians aay thin Is a world o f woe,Drnd In sin, and stooped In ail evil;

Bnt I know God roles hero below.And has not turned os over to the drvlL

sion in connecting the visible and invisible worlds; fori know she-is a remarkable Test Medium !

Please send me six papers of that num­ber, and credit the balance of the dollar I herein inclose to my account with the V o ic e o f A n g e l s . I like the paper bet­ter and better, and I wish it could be made larger; and I hope, Bro. Densmore, you may long live and enjoy good health to continue the noble work you are engagedin ; for you arc doing great good. I remain, yours truly, J acou N. R e e s e .

90 VOICE OF ANGELS APRIL 15, 1879

V O I C E O F A N G E L S . Spirits from our side of life do act upon om cK or niiucATiox: ami control people on the lower plane of

* being, hut that there is nothing else, in all of God s illimit ihle space, that- can

FAIR VIEW NOOSE. NORTH WEYMOUTH. M«SS. Spirit, L. JUDD PARDF.F.. K'lltor In Chief.

D K. MINER. Bu-me^s MnonprrD. C. DENSMORE. AaMnoeo.-ls ami Publisher.

X» »RTH WEYMOUTH. M ASS.. APRII. 15. 1879.

NOTICE.As North Weymouth is not n Money Order

Office, all such orders should be drawn upon the Quiocy (Mass.) Post Office.

Pub. Voict of Angeh.

EDITORIAL.Cosnkrsville, Wisconsin, Feb. 14, 1879:

Brother Densmore,— I wish to ask a question, and have it answered through \ our valuable and instructive paper. It is th is : I f it is not Spirits that control Me­diums—as almost everybody outside oi our ranks assert—what does control them ?I know thev do ; but I don’t know enough about the subject to give an intelligent an­swer when confronted with such questions : and I thought that a few words through your paper, upon the subject, might bene­fit many who are anxious to know moreabout i t ................. May God, through hisministering angels, strengthen and assist you in your noble work, is the prayer of

Mas. E . A. Varble.

thus act either upon Mediums, or anybody else, as to that. Now. then, for the proofs:

To begin with— in order to get at an intelligent solution of the subject— it is absolutely necessary to ascertain what Spirit is. what its mission, and from whence it originated ; because until these questions are settled, especially the first, there is absolutely no basis to work from. In saying that “Spirits do not control Me­dium s,” our critics acknowledge that there are such beings somewhere ; bv which ad-

God’s unbounded universe but Spirit that can manifest power to act upon material bodies, it must be Spirit , and nothing else — the whole world to the contrary, not­w ithstanding— that not only acts upon and controls human beings in general, and Mediums in particu lar, but who is also the direct cause of every conceivable mani­festation ol life throughout the vast em­pire of N ature’s endless domain.

If the question is n«ked, “W hat do you call Spirit-m anifestations outside of human M edium s?” we answ er, every manifesta­tion of life, from the tin iest insect, up through the animal kingdom to man, is a Spiritual m anifestation. The slightest

mission wo infer that they mean the ever- movement of a m uscle, the wave of thehand, the infantile antics of the new-born babe, are each and all Spiritual manifesta­tions ; because it is the S p irit within the body, and not the body itself, tha t produces the m ovem ents.

A nother p roof of the above is, that the moment a Sp irit leaves its body, whether

active life-principle that perm eates all things— the onlv indestructible, never-c *dying thing* in existence— in other words, the human soul.

Presum ing the above i? their definition of the word Spirit, (for there are variousdefinitions, all differing from each o ther in . , . . ..

, -ii j 4 • reptile, animal or m an, the vacated spiritmeaning,) we will endeavor to ascertain , 1 ,^ I Ar> a K/\/i «r n\ a 11 K a r% • ■ ♦ 11\ t a i n i iy a a m o a t a m

its origin. To do this, we will assum e,

REMARKS.A few days since, we received the above

letter and question therein, which letter we will answer to the best of our ability. Although we have responded to the 6ame and cognate questions scores of times be­fore in these columns, yet it is thought it may not he amiss to go over the ground again, for the benefit of those just com­mencing to look into the merits or de-merits of the claims of Modern Spiritualism.

If our claims cannot be logically sus­tained—that is to say, if it cannot he provec lwyond a peradventure that Spirits from the unseen world can and do influence anc control people on the mundane plane— then there is positively nothing for our much-vaunted Spiritual edifice to stand upon. Hence, what is now considered by millions of the l>est minds and deepest thinkers in this age and generation, in all parts of the inhabitable globe, as the best most reasonable and practical system of ethics, ever inaugurated on thisplunet, for the l>enefit of the human race, in its efforts to reach higher conditions, becomes at once the grandest humbug and wickedest fraut

what everybody concedes as tru th , namely, that there is an inexhaustible source or fount of light and life somewhere, out of

less body may be cut into mince-meat, and not the quiver o f a m uscle, or the slight­est trem or of the sensitive nerves, is per­ceptible ; thus proving beyond one single doubt that it is the S p irit, through its or-

whu-h not only the human soul, but the , . , , A , ,, gan, the body, and not the body perse,souls of all living things, (for everything ° . J . . . , f

. . c . . . . , that not only causes all the movements of>'ythat body, but also th a t it is the Spirit, and nothing else, tha t enjoys pleasures and suffers pain.

W e m ight go fu rth er into details, and

M. T. S hei.haher.

whether animate or inanim ate, has a soul >r life-principle,) emanates. This source

or inexhaustible fount is what is generally called G od, or a F irst Great Cause— abeing said to possess all knowledge, wis-i , , , , ,, c , , » 4 . ii 4i • ,, show perhaps more c learly , by citing otherdom and power— who doeth all things well, i r . r „ . ,, A , . , j r evidence in support of ou r p rem ises; but

the same yesterday, today and forever— , , . , , ,. . . . . , , , the above is deem ed sufficient to answerin whom there is no variableness or shadow . , . ..

, our friend s question ; and as that is allof turning ; and as the soul is acknowl- 1 ., , , Al . - » . . . . . *. • " e were requested to do , we leave it here,edged to lie the only indeiTructible thing

in existence— outside of Deity him self—withstanding the sulphurous flames of NOTICE,pandemonium for ever and ever— it must\ To a l l o f m y P a t r o n s a n d F r ie n d s .— of necessity come from an indestructible I As I have lost considerable money sent through source, which source is conceded to be I the mail, I respectfully request that yoa will the Divine Mind. This being true, there forward all monies to me either by postal order can he no question as to the soul’s origin : j or registered letter, and we see no reason for m ultiplying! words upon a thing clearly obvious to all.

CORROBORATION OF S P IR IT MESSAGED ecoicaii, Iowa, April 1, 1879.

Dear Bro. Densmore,— I hasten to

Although the foregoing is imperfect as to details, and subject to criticism, yet it i- all we have to sav about the subjectat this t im e ; as no amount of words return you thanks for the kind message would strengthen it as to the mission and published in the Voice of Angels, April

that ever imposed itself upon the credulity ultimate destiny of the so u l; as wc under-I 1st, from M other K otner to myself. Athousand thanks to her for loving words! May the angels help me to be worthy of them , for they arc worth more than monev

of the human race. stand it, it is to unfold through materialAlthough want of space precludes going organisms the innate powers and possihil-

into as exhaustive details as the subject itics wrapped up within itself. Ilcncc, demands, yet if reason is allowed her fu ll. with all due respeK to our critics’ judg- or treasu re! The message contains a sway in the premises, wc think it su6ccp-! ment al>out Spirits not l»cing able to man- good test, as she says she passed awuv od

ti de of absolute proof that it can not only ifest and control Mediums, wc repeat a good and joyful day , which is t ru e ; for be shown—to any reasonable mind—that that, os there is nothing else in all ofishc left us last F ourth o f Ju ly , and it was

APRIL 15, 1879 VOICE OF ANGELS. 01a lovely d ay ........................ May flic dear and beautiful. After I passed away, Inngcls strengthen your heart and life for thought I would come to Boston and inan- yoiir blessed work, is the prayer of your ifest through the Voice of Angei.s ; didn't humble servant, J ane A. ItoTNF.it. know but that I might manifest through

Circle.] I don’t know ; the good folks here have been talk ing to me ; but things don’t seem ju s t right to me. Some have all the good things, others all the bad ones.

SPIRIT MESSAGES,G iven a t t iik “ V o ic e o p A n g e l s ” C i r c l e , I frisld * ° c o m c *

Bro. Dcnsm orc, in his School Hoorn; but I’m W illiam P itt, from H insdale, Massa- Angel Tunic directed me here, and 1 am husetts.

HELEN RICH A RD9.Makcii 1G, 1879,

THROUGH TilF, ORGANISM OF M. T. 8IIF.L IIAMEIt.

L et me introduce m yself us W . II Luelling. I come from San Jose , Califor nia.

INVOCATION. IIV KOIIKItT ANDERSON, CHAIRMAN.

Oil, thou Infinite S p ir i t ! A uthor of life and Giver of every blessing ! W e ask that the lesson read may lie im pressed deeply

How do you do, sir? [How do you do?]I have been away some years now, and 1

I want to send my blessing I never have been able to come liefore. 1

love to my dear wife. Tell her I have met l thought 1 would like to so much, as I think our dear friends, all our loved ones. 1 am mother will see it in the paper. I am a happy. myoung lady now, and I think she will be

I do not realize Spirit-Life fully e v e n |y b d to know I am happy and at rest, and upon every m in d ; that we may gather | v c t. I, is not s tra n g e ; hut life, its con- th;lt , love her with enduring love, and good an receive a sense o t \ presence L jitions and 8 Urroundings. arc so much | 0 ften bring her comfort and peace. I want with us here ton igh t. .(m o re than I could have anticipated, that I (her to lielieve it is all true and beautiful,

e i c s s t ec or om e, sweet omc, fcei j am but a student. land that the angels do watch over thosefor all homes upon the earth and in the Please to say that I watch over, guide they love on earth. My name is Helen Spirit-world ; homes where thy children L nd protect her here, and our dear ones. | Richards, may mingle toge ther and dwell in hunnon\ | and wjll iea(j her home and welcome her and peace, as they partake o f the fruits of j jn heaven. I am exceedingly grateful t<* that spirit o f love m anifested through allth v works. i Abigail wing ate.

We bless thee not only for these human j come, hoping to reach inv son Benja- habitations, and their adornings, bu t f° r |m in , y have been dead m in y years, but

Richards.LUCY LEND ALL.

W ill you allow me to come ? [Y es, in­deed .] 1 am Lucy I^endall. I come from Salem. [M assachusetts?] Yes. s ir : old Salem. I am fourteen years old. I don’t know anv thing aliout this. 1 thought

th* swect cm,,lems of ,,ieaut>' *)“ch, tb°u never trie.l this before. I loved my Bible : an„elj watehe(, „vor ^ people : Imt I hast spread abroad with a lavish hand ; | i0vc it yet. and I thought it sacrilege to ^ jss I ain't an angel; I haven't any wings, for the sweet, delicate blossoms, tokens of tamper with those things. But my son L an(j j a*,n*t dressed in white Oh yes thy love, but which are but shadows of m danger; and I was told if I came here . VQU.re an a e, . angels are those Spint-flowers that bloom in the gar Ann would take him my letter. He is in |and vou are goin? to i* a messonger of dens of Eternity, where our loved one* great danger: he is too fond of s t r o n g to tho9C you loft here.] Well, 1 dwell in “homes not made with hands, eter- Jrink. and I want him to try and overcome I g ^ j want to say that" heaven is aal in the heavens.” I the habit. It is a curse that will cling to *eiy clo5* to earth, and angels come every

Bless the mission of this Circle ! May j him and drag him down, unless he breaks | dav* to tho^ they loved on earth ; and I it permeate the dark places, bringing light | away from it now. He is constitutionally j CQmc too . and j*t’s a|1 ^ protty, I am glad to souls anxious for tidings irom their loved weak : it will not be a great while before ones gone before ! May it tune the hearts he must die; and I want him to go free of mortals, that they may sing in melody |fr0m the habit he has contracted. I may thy praises— thou, who hast richly sus-|notknow much, but I know that this curse tained them over life’s rugged path ! Har- will follow him lieyond the grave, and monize the hearts of thy children ; lead | prove a terrible scourge to him. unless he ihem to unite in fraternal sympathy, until! fights it down here. Besides, he owes it in that heavenly home, where they shalL to his family to overcome the evil. He receive no blemish, where they shall reap owes it to his patient wife to resist tempta- the fruits of their labors, they may join the tion at all times.Vngel-throng who hym n in chorus. “He I My children are scattered all over the

world, so that I have no hopes of reaching any but Ben.

M y name is Abigail W ingate. I come 1 went ^ rom ^ a ' nc i I might say, Bangor.

‘o '" ----**odocth all th ings w e l l !”

WILLIAM PITT.I AM not at all satisfied. I can’t see why

WM II. LUELLING.

It docs not seem a great while, sir. since |I passed away to the higher life, out suddenly, w ith a stroke at the heart 1 did not expect to go so soon, or I should have had my affairs arranged . Still 1 d o l l had to he crushed out, without a m inute’s Dot complain. I used t o . have a strange w arning, leaving distress and m isery Imv fluttering sensation, once in a while, around , hind me. I t ’s no u se ; I can’t he recon- the h e a rt; but I made light o f it to mvself, (oiled. I don’t know how lomr I vc l»ccnand said nothing. awav, luit an accident sent ine out while I* | * ’

I was a S p ir itu a lis t; I enjoyed Spirit- was at work earning my honest brood, and urilism; I liked to read o u r little paper I don’t feel it’s just right aod looked cagerlv for its coming. O f all I'm not able to come to those dear to me, the religious beliefs and theories I ever and I ’m very restless. ^\ou*ll see differ- knew of, this wus to me the most rational cn tly , and feel be tter after you leave this

I died and went to heaven ; and I don’t believe m other can be in sorrow, ’cause I ’m out of pain now. I t isn’t quite a year ye t. *

JOHN CRITCHLLY PRINCE.I i iavo been requested, Robert, (to the

C hairm an,) to give a short address upon the tem perance question, for the benefit o f one who indulges in his cups. Xo ad­dress can do the subject justice. Could m ortals feel os I do about it, they would shun the intoxicating cup as they would a rip er. Could they have gone through my experience, and lived on earth , they would never rest until intem perance in all its forms was abolished, scourged from the land. The man who indulges in strong drink will have a te rrib le reckoning when he comes over to our side o f life. The burning th irst o f a perverted appetite , the terrib le craving for drink which he cannot obtain, is nothing to what he will have to l»ear in S pirit, unless he resolutely sets to work to conquer the appetite by u de te r­mined will, a strong resistance, while in the liody. Not only will he have his un­satisfied cravings, his unquenchable thirst

V O IU N ()K A N tIK L H . ' •‘ ini. ij, ih7d!>ii

In battle ngains'li, but the \whilc laces of 111n ini|lr»\t«i’iMliO(l. neglected, i Ii»<litim 1 wilt* ami t'liit<Irt'M will luimit Ida memory worse UIimii miv tangible ghosts could do. lie will sink into abject misery lor a lime; Im w long, depend upon Ida own spirit mid it* desires.

Oh, could men and women realize llie lull penally I hoy will have to pa\ tor their indulgence, they would anoner hold their hand in the liery Ini'mice until it withered, before tlivy would Use it to lid a glass of anything containing nlcolnd to their lip*.

There is loo much misery and sulfering,. (no much pain and anguiah, loo many broken hearts, hlighled hopes, blasted |i ida of pmmiaiL ruined Iioiiion and wasted Itniiua made hy intemperance, to make it possible for one to canape retrilaiLiou. Oh, let me entreat you who poaaeaa thia hi hit to crush it out ; rcMal manfully the temptation to forget can* in tin* deptha oi the wine-cup, or the hecr-eup; tight the evil aa you would a lieud, who would roh you of all moat dear and aarrrd to y<lu I Trample the deaire under your fuel ! Arouse all the might of your will agaiual ii, and pray earnestly to tin1 good angels to gather around you with strength and callage! Keep the fact ever before you, that the tempter ia near! Never cloae voiir eyoa to tin* danger, leat when you lei.nl expect it the ayalanchc falls. What- e\cr trials, fears and anxieties approach you. do not lly to tin* Jiijuor-shop for ri luge ; rather ««nt«*r a den of wild beasts, for if these crush tin* body, they cannot h mu the soul. Vnd linally, as one wlio his sutlrrcd, and speaks in love and sym- pilh)afmiu the depths of his own exprri- cnce—resist, resist all temptations to lilt the glass to your lips, if you hope for rest and peace in the Angel-world; to say nothing of (In' terrible physical evils that an* sure to attack the body of him who i* intemperate.

of great comfort to me, and I wauled to express my gratitude ami hearllell lluuikn to you lor the great privilege of leadiiiir \ our soul cheering, excellent paper, a* ji furnishes Spiritual food for llm fiin-*dek soul.

Hoping I may receive other message* from my dear, kind, sympathetic husband, ami wishing that prosperity may nltcml your noble paper, I remain, with great respect, Mils. A ( vim A. H u m .

| Kt»f llm Vnloo ill

M V T It K A S If R Kii\ *ov mot r (,

I f ii u O'uSuro lluil I vii I ii ii Molo lliilli lillani a iln limit tfoltl j

U \ lolUt'tLj urn lll'ilo |lloiiai||'ii Til i*ll Olll III IV tfoliia Sill ||nM.

'I'll 1110 ll'a iit'il o til a II an nil Lilt I To llio lionIItonl|n llottoia' li|on|il|

II U ita llfo llutl wiimlnuia |iownr, TimI'a hli| In N iluro'a wullili.

Tlio w.ii M la uiiy I hoi ii I Hill jI lovo Illy ||| II'O ul Ml III,

Aliil III «aa llio Mukor o l'll nilTlnti I'm it olilhl ut oiirtli.

1 la Huoala Vital, I la Hi'ill lllnllia |p i|||i |,II a Villloya fl'oall ll 11> I fill I ,

All any, wlioiioVi I i|uoalhm them, Tliiil I'vn ii |iiir|iuao Imro.

Tho SprHi^lliii'i'a llfti, llm SiiiniMor'a awool*, ■I'#.,. Auliimn'a In in ii I omia alum,

Tho W in lor, wlm»n wliKo iwivorlhl lloaponka tho I' Clinr'a rum —

Tho atiery ilmiio uiotvo my hon<l,Ami Um i|on|i, mm murliiy ami,

All apouk ol' IIO'i (hill vvmm|r<mi■ flirn»',Tho llfl' lluil'a ynt In ho,

■All Ihliiti' iiro Imra, wnmlrmia llimiuhl, Wlion r11| 1111 y iiiiiloraluml;

Oiira to uao hint not nhnan T'lin KHla or rnlllor, O ol.

All ftiItiifa urn mir», flir iHo flint ilonlli,^ Tim flinnuIii hrliitfajoy in mo|

A n-1 hy 11 a |l,f h i. llironnh ilny ami nltfhr. Moy I thy klmhioaa a or.

11 vo ii tronanro Unit I vnlim Morn limn mlaora ilo iholr tfolil;

It ylrlilolh inn morn (ilmaiiro Tlum onrlhly gum* nun linhl;

ll Imlhna nil lllh In hnnnly,Kai ola nil worka or n r l ;

ll'a llio kiiiii ulioTo nil ollmra - A faltMUl tvoiiuui'a Imnrl.

* ' All Ihlnga oro imra | flir wo nro Ooil'a." Si. t ’a u l.

VERIFICATION OK SPIRIT MESSAp 15.Nr.w S c u m s , tow n. Mnrcli 17, 1 H7i>.

| Knr llio " Viiloo o|' A iihiiIh." |

S IM R I T K 0 I 1 O K S .NtIMIIKII T iiiikic.

IIY HPIItlT VIOl.KT.In tho stillness, in tho mini, the beauty

Mu. H. < \ D k n s m oi ik ,— Dear t i n ’,— Inland tho glow of oarly twilight, whon the Voice. (»k A NiiKi.H, May I /ith, 1S7H, was rosy shadows deepen into purple splendor, a message from my dear husband, S. II. and bathe hill and dale inn halo of rest, 1 11 nut. through West Ingle ; and although | have boon thinking over an interview 1 it was answered hy my friend, A. Williams, Iml reeoutly held with a fair young Spirit, to the elleel that the message was satisfae. who hut lately burst (he bonds coulming lory to me. yet I thought I would like to her to a material, body. Sho was sad, * (V something over my own name, with a very sad. All this life is new and strange hope it might induce him to commnninito 1 to Imr; and although surrounded by ten- a :iin. Kvery sentenee, and his ii*ual|der care and loving sympathy, yet. filial mode of expressing his thoughts, was mo alfeetion draws her constantly back to natural and characteristic ot him, that it 1 those dour parents, who, sorrowing ns was impossible for another to simulate those without hope, cannot realize her him. This relied ion has been the source presonco with them.

“My 111011101,” idle Olid In inn, mol Imr t I I I ooiihl peak In her | ll I could (i'll her of iIom lining! Hut lliU blow bin been ;io heavy to tier ; die is NO sad, no mlMoraldc, lluil t eimiiol lo lp her."

• Mmi can, you will Muss mid comfort your mother, I replied; “if you will room with me, I will show you hmv to send u message to those you love. You have heard ol a Medium ?"

"Yes, but it would lie lie use fur Inc In go to one of those; my friends would not accept imylliing from lingo; limy he* liovc it is all mmsmiMC ; and I am afraid il would be of no Use."

“ Hut you can make the ellbrl ; and if you fail, il will be no worse limn it is ill present,"

“<)b, yes, it would," she exclaimed, “ I might not lie able to give facts enough lliroiigli iiiioflmr to satisfy my friends of my identity ; and I think it. would break my heart to Imvn my love rejected. I would rather not attempt it."

However, in a little while I gained tfm young lady's consent to iiccompimy inn to a Spirit-(’ircle ; and i hope ultimately to induce her to send a message In her friends, tier evident sorrow and distress lias tilled me with deep solicitude to unite her in Spirit with Imr sorrowing mother. Hut Imw true if is, that hundreds of Spirits, mimifesling through orgaiiisiijs foreign to Ilnur own, and giving llm best they can— manifesting their love and sympathy, bringing words of counsel and clmor— have been repulsed by distrust, and huh-

picion—even positive doiiiid of (heir pres* once— because they found it impossible to give every item demanded of them!

Such a reception of their ellbrts ciiiihoh

sonsit.ive, loving Spirits untold pain and sorrow ; causes I limn t o recoil from earthly conditions and their barriers, and retards their manifestations.

Were I upon earth, understanding tjiis mutter us I do at present., I would far rather accept a loving, sympathetic com- municution purporting to come from n friend— not with over-credulity, but with tho thought, “ It nun/bi‘ from my’ friend, who may not be able at present to give me all I wish ; but. I will not reject this token of love, lest in doing so, 1 reject and wound the Spirit of my friend."

In Ibis way won hi I throw out a ladder of renproral love, upon which my friend could descend and give me tidings of im­mortal life; thereby strengthening condi­tions, until that Spirit gained power to give me all my soul reipiired.

The picture of that mother, hugging her pain and misery to her heart, weeping

AI'IN L In, IH7H VOIOK o f a n h e i ^

lor lh<* iliwilli o f t i e r d a r l i n g , | « i » l «.»I imol licr lo m y v lm v tu i o f h t T iiio(h<n*, III*HIIIiiHtr | | | c «l«*|mi|*11|f(* o f /l b e l o v e d d a u g h t e r ; I»n I i m * I w i l lm i i l h o p e ; f o r s/*c

II**U Mi*' fUigclH r o i i l i i i f• I u n i lo I'oiiif 'orl mill M i nm.

Who call realize Ifi** iiiigiiihIi of ii loving iiioIIh'i 'n lii'iirl, u In n i‘ii 111'<I iijioii to part wllli flu* iiinrfnl form of‘ oih* of Imt own Jiildri'ii ? I**n 1 11 * * i *, brother, aisier, mule, mini nml eou*io inny sorrow and weep; tlifiMo ik’HI‘<*n| iii Kin inny r<aiiliz«a with pain nil nlmniirn, n vaeaney in tin* family circle, n nicJif* in Ihelr lovn novel* In lx* Hik'd l»y llm form of’ nny other ; l«aif. limy Imvn their liimirinNH, llndr |«ni*miiiLm, nml in linn* flndr [ilimNiirn, lo call llmir attention ; mid llu griof heroines n lender, sweet, though nm HKimory. And wnll Mini if in no ; for d* uf I in Imf l lm g o l d e n b r i d g e o v n r w h i c h t in Invod rum p a s s e d t o i m m o r l / i l s h o r e s

illld nlm w lio Inff f liniil b o d i l y , in niin*ai*nt

dimply ki ' iaim nn nlin linn (‘o i i i i* no c l o s e l o

fhoii* h e a r t s f l int nlin c u n e n t e r i n f o t h e i r lava mid p e r m e a t e I l im n wif l i u S p i r i t u a l

radiance.

[InI. y n l , f lm m o t h e r ' s h e a r t in l o n g e s t ill

hauling; nlm if. in w h o l o o k * f o r l im d a r ­ling fo r o u t e f o h n r ; w h o tin I Ih a s l e e p

wnaping, m id w h o w a k e s w i t h n s e n s e o f Nniiictliing lo n f , o f h o p n f ind , Mint in i iIiiionI

akin h i d o M p n i r ; m i d w h o h o u r l y m i l s in npirit l lm n m i m o f t l m o i m * hi 1*1 w h o in

(laiircst, b e c a u s e i i n n n n n .

Oil, d a r l i n g u i o f i m m I— o h , s o r r o w i n g ,

l icurt-Brokcn m o t h e r s I W e e p n o t ; y o u r

dear o n e s u r o a l l a r o u n d y o u , b r i n g i n g

lovo, panel) a m i n o in fo id fo y o u r n o u ln .

Tlioy u rn n o t l o n t ; n w o o l a n d l o w f h a y

whisper t i d i n g s o f t h a t h a p p y r e u n i o n y e t

fo l io ; a n d t h o u g h y o u k n o w if n o t , t l m i r

loving nriiiH a r e a r o u n d y o u , s u s t a i n i n g

and s t r e n g t h e n i n g ; f l m i r s w e e t l ip a r n r e s s

you, t lm i r w h i t e h a m l n Imnl y o u o n w n n l

(ownrdn t lm h i g h e r a n d t l m Imf f u r l ife !

Happy, b l e s s e d m o t h n r , w h o k n o w n th in

truth t T o y o u i t in a p e a r l o f g r e a t p r i c e , ii crown o f u i m p n i k a h l n g l o r y .

I For llm Voire of Angela.]

LK TTK It FR O M NIOHKAMKA.J uniata, Nulironlm, Murcli 10, 1870.

Boothku D rnm m okr ,— If it in no trouble to you, please noml urn VoiriK o f A nokij* for Fch. lftth. For some naunn or other, il Iiqh not <aome to hand, and I don't winli to mi an rending a single miinher. Kspec tally do I in inn the reading of “Glcndowor." It linn suggested, or rather developed new tlion litn in my mind, whinh I may emn- mimicnIo tn ymi in nmno future letter. I am trying to think for myne'f, and nxpremi Ihat thought. There certainly ciuinot ho

iin y fh in g w ro n g In Mint | I I'linnot ludp wlnif I th in k j It nmimn from tin* nnrn** so u rc e from w hich e v e ry th in g nom en. I have linen In the hnklf o f w ritin g *|ow ii th o u g h t* nml se n te n c e s , on lh*ay n rn iirm d to m y m lm l, fo r llm hint y e a r pan t. I tarry n nmol I hook am i pmitdl In m y p o c k e t , an d w h e n e v e r a novel th o u g h t o e e iira , I jo t If down. W h en In th e w o rk -sh o p , I have Mm hook h an d y a t a n y m o m e n t ; w hen in tlm f ie ld , I unifnlly c a r ry It in m y vent po*'k*d. V ou w c 'jh l he astonish* <1 t*i nee w h a t nn n n m iu it o f n o n se n se , o r ro m itio n sco n e , or u n co m m o n nenne, o n e w ill th u s a c c u m u la te in a y e a r 'n Mine.

I cnclone yoo a nlip rut from n newspa­per, headed “The Indiana Idea of Property." It han nn internal to me which few rnn ap- prcclufc. There ia n <leep rncniilng aU tarhed to nml running through it, which it would lie worth while for mi to study. These free* **uis *if nature* pot ijs to shame akoiit our boasted civilization. God for­bid Mint he should partake of our rivili/.u~ tion I I hop** the Indian will hold to his customs with such tenneity Hint no amount <if civilization (?) will swerve him from his purpose.

'I'fllC I SUM *'* ItfKA o r P hockhty . — Am ong nil the N orth American Indinns, when in s prim itive condition, personal property was a l­most unknow n; ornam ents nml c lo th ing only were recognized a* the property of the in d itid - unl, and these only to a lim ited ex ten t. T h righ t to the noil aa landed properly , the righ t to the products of the chase, etc., etc., was i%Jicr-

'/n i nitent in the gen* or clan, a body of eonmno a group of relatives, in some canes on tlg> male aide, in o thers on the female. Inheritance won never to the children of the dreeased, bu t al-

uys to the gen*. No o ther crime was *o grea t, no o ther vico so abhorrent, a* the a ttem pt of an individual to use for h im self th a t which be­longed to hi* gens in common ; hence the per- nonnl rights to property recognized in civilization are intensely obnoxious to the Indian ; he looks u[k>ii our whole system of property right* a* nn enormoim evil and an unpardonable sin, for which the gw Is will eventually punijh the wicked and hlasphemou* w hite m an. From these opin­ions, inherent alike in th e ir *ocisl institu tion* and religion, arises the difficulty which the gov­ernm ent has always met in ob tain ing the con­sen t of the Indian* to the d istribution of the lands am ong them in severulity. Tribe* have been w illing to receive land* and d istrihuto them thenisolves am ong their gen*. Among thone Indians who have been longest in contact w ith the white m an— as the tribe* in the Ind ian T errito ry and M innesota^-m uch property has been accum ulated, and with the increase of the ir wealth the question of inheritance and iindividunl ownership hu* a t last spontaneously sprung up, and at the pr<*ent tim e these tribes are intensely agitated on the subject ; the par* ties holding radical sen tim ents uro rapidly in ­creasing, and it in probable th a t soon am ong

th*1*** tribe* the s o f civili/^*t|*/fi i#» lh»*respect wdl be adopted. A m o n g all other tri t*« ilia ufirmut customs are still adhered I## wiffi tenacity. In this matter, and many others «.f a similar character relating t*» their m s t o o • and le-llefs, we fnn.t either *leal wi t h the Indian ns he Is, hooking to the slow but Irresistible in flumce of civilization witli which he i« in roe- ta* t to effect, a change, or we must reduce hint to abject slavery.

\V« here in N«akrn*ka are n*#w in th** midst of llm whe/it lowing season, 'fh.a vast stretch of country, which Ims I men cnllcd the Great American Desert, is fist beg inning to liloiRom like the ro%o. S*'vrn year* npr*», where vast herd* of huH'ido r*iam*a*l at pleasure and not n white rnnu'a habitation in Might, is now dotted thickly witli thrifty homesteads, ami every­where sign* of prosperity greet the eye.

If the people's material want* are •up- plied, they will he more apt to give herd to Spiritual things. How strange that the material ia so curiously blended with the Spiritual I I sometime* arn at a stand to know which iso f the rsost Importance, the Spiritual or the material. 1 often a*k the fpiention, is it one, or the other, or ls»th ? The answer invariably comes, “it is boMi.'* If this is the c/iso, then if the next world is a continuation of this, it must certainly Ih* material. But no morn of this now, us I have no more room ; else I might weary you witli my quondam ideas.

Your*, fraternally,K i i s k h t Q i amt.

u:t

I Tor Uis "Votes ol Antrsls.**)

INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHTS.HV MM*. A. flAIf.KV.

W h a t a world ot thought ia open for contemplation to humanity, yet how few think Iwyond the present condition of life and its aasociationa; how few realize the importance of living so as to be prepared for the life that await* them in a future state of existence !

It is a well-demonstrated fact that tho Spirit survives tho death of tho body, that it loses nothing of its identity, and that it is emphatically tho same individu­ality it was when inhabiting the mortal form ; only it has changed conditions, cast off those which were effete an J useless, and assumed otliorn hotter calculated to inspiro it with a higher, loftier sense ot its being.

In viow of the evidences surrounding tho various manifestations of Spirit-power, does it not deaerve more consideration and respect? Tho Spirit-world asks yon to holiovo nothing it has no power to convince you is true ; but at the sanio time it would not have you shut your eyes in the face

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of truth, or turn a deaf car to the entrea­ties of the conscience within. There is a mighty work for humanity to do, in order to devclope and unfold what lies within their own existence. Earth-life is the t ime to sow Spiritual seed, whose blossoms will o p e n to tho conscious life of immortality, whose beauty and fragrance will dispel all the storm-clouds of the earthly, when your Spirit enters the glorious portal of its Spiritual habitation, stripped of all dis­guises, hut firm iu its own immutability of character.

Nothingcan bedestroyed ; allof thought, memory, affection lives; everything that is essential to the Spirit’s individualized life exists as fully and as perfectly as before ; and each one is obliged to accept such con­ditions as they have been instrumental in preparing for themselves.

How many erring mortals might he guided, could they know the truth instead of wandering blindly about; could their Spiritual eyes he opened, what a different view they would take of life, and how per­fectly amazed would they appear at their condition. They would cease to he in- i Situated by the greedy lust of a selfish power and ambition, that ministers only to carnal things, and seek to he exalted in Spiritual truth and righteousness. The >ilvcr and gold of human speech would lie upon their tongues, and the sweetness of their lives would be as one grand altar of sweet incense ascending up in perpetual tillering to the Infinite.

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cohol ; iu others, some or all the members arc gorged with food, perhaps of ipi un­healthy and pernicious quality; again, some are bloated with animosity and bit­terness ; some may be jealous or envious of other members; — is it any wonder that the messages are not reliable, or hardly intelligible, and consequently of little or no importance? Any of your mechanics would not undertake a job, with as poor tools as wc are often expected to work with. A nd then some will grumble because it is not done in a workmanlike manner.

Too much care cannot he had in making up and conducting your circles. Often tho magnetism of the room, and oven tho house or neighborhood, is had. Again, the mem­bers may not be properly arranged as to harmony or magnetism. Frequently the time is taken up with desultory aud frivo­lous conversation.

Bear well in mind that not unfrcqucntly “like begets liko.” You surely can not ex­pect to deposit worthless funds in any bank, and draw out sterling currency. There­fore place yourselves on the level upon which you desire to meet us. Lot the surroundings ho as harmonious as possi­ble ; your sittings regular, uniform and systematic ; your desires concentrated for developcment and instruction; and my word for it, you will receive a rich com­pensation for your efforts. \\re are evenwilling and anxious to commune with you © *for good, and will do so under favorable conditions. H e n r y C. W right.

[Given Feb. 25, 1879.]

GOETHE.

pieces. Do not expect to glide smoothly along without meeting with obstructions; as in that case you would have nothing to tax your powers, nor Iryj'our metal, so as to show if it were capable of retaining a fine edgo. All the ups and downs in life arc useful in bringing into action the latent forces, and utilizing them when developed.

You should work out life's problem, nor allow any one olso to solve it; as in that case both will fail most signally. Many of tho trials, for which yourselves are not responsible, are hard to bear ; but the hot­ter the fire, the more pure will the precious metal ho. Sometimes, wc admit there arc obstacles that seem to close the way en­tirely. In that case, if you can neither climb over, go around, or dig under them, wait patiently until a way is opened for you to move onward. The opposing ele­ment cannot always stand ; it is perishable; you are immortal.

Lay up for yourselves treasures in the beyond, where friends arc waiting to re­ceive you when the “fullness o f time has com e.” Goethe.

THROUGH MRS. A. BAILEY.|To the members of the “ Golden Circle” at Lotts-

vlllc, Pa.JFROM MRS. 8. M. STOWELL.

I nstead o f crying humbug, why don’t jeople investigate? W hen I came here,I was well established in tho doctrine of immortality; I possessed direct and posi­tive knowledge of the fact of communion between tho invisible and visiblo worlds, while in my mortal body ; mid this inter­change of thought was not now or strange

THROUGH MRS. M. Y. BRIDGE.

DKSVKIt, COLORADO.(Given December Pita, 187P]

HENRY C. WRIGHT.

Many mistakes are often made by us,

Consider well the course to take, then pursue your journey with perseverance. This holds equally as well in a business career and philosophically considered. Whenever you, in the earth-life, arc con-

in regard to the time when an event willlvinced that a certain course is right, just take place, as also the nature of such .and proper, thou should you walk therein,events. We give them to you ns they ap­pear to us, so far as it is judicious so to do. You must be aware that it is not always advisable for you to be informed ns to what will apparently transpire; consequently we do not make knowu all wc see in cither the near or distaut future.

if all others arc in opposition, and the whole mman race take a diametrically opposite direction. Be true to your honest concep­tion of right, and you will grow strong, and be able to climb to great heights.

r am suro that those who ape others, whether in or out of the form, will ulti-

You will observe that in giving racssa-* mntely find themselves, what they have ges from our side of life, wc often omit.bccu trying to be, merely great monkeysthat which to you may appear to be desir- — nothing more or less, Spiritually. It able information, and thus, it may seem 1 lias often been said, “Be yourselves, and incomplete and even perhaps erroneous, no one else.”Now, let me say that very much depends 1 Millions of souls are mere mental ma-1 again and again for this friendship and upon yourselves. chines, moving 'whichever way they arc 1 love, and 1 feel it a sacred privilege to

to me, only as I possessed some very im­perfect ideas concerning the law that op­erates upon the various conditions of human life, which my limited experience and knowledge of the world had not led me to discover. In theory I was at home with those about mo, and I found every­thing in perfect order and tranquillity; all had been previously arranged for my re­ception here, and my coming was no sur­prise, cither to them or me.

At the time of my departure in mortal form from among you, it did not then occur to me that my absence of form and person would increase your auxiety and desire for any further knowledge of me; and 1 found a pleasant surprise to see how true were the attachments of my earth friends to me. I lmvo congratulated you

We have hard work, at the best, to con- i turned ; glow or fast, according to the ca- hold converse with you, and to do you all vey to you w h a t wc desire in tho matter price of tho operator ; with the exception the good lean. My motives are not of «.f messages; and when some circles arc .of some, who arc not constructed to stand a scltish character. I simply desire a ,,-eking with the fumes of tobacco and al- ,u high rate of speed without flying into! mutual and common benefit, and to this

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cikI I nni willing f<> as far as I pos­sibly can every object anil enterprise that is humanitarian in its nature, put forth either by mortal or Spirit. I am frater­nally yours; a co-worker with you ; ami if is my desire to inculcate in your minds those truths that arc of a high Spiritual nature, and to exalt 3 'oiir lives in all that is noble and useful.

T H R O n . H MIts. HANNAH T. STEARNS.Circle/ ’ Lous[Truncc* Lecturer ut 1 tie ' fiolJen

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JOHN UAK.VSDALL TO UIS IlKOTIIEK W ILLIAM , TITU SV JLI.K , PA .

In all the affairs of immdane existence we take a part, Hilly; not to displace your individuality, work, but vidua!

not to lessen to do our own : that our

and consciousness we repeat an endless experimental life. In the lesser kingdoms, in the human, in the celestial, the speak­ing God of these kingdoms finds our ears through our anvils and hammers, ouryokes and plows, as surely as through seers and prophets, Bibles and Sunday-Schools.

'flic priests of the work-shop are God’s vicegerents on earth, and walk into the cushioned scats where working angels dis­play the metallurgical resources of our earth, not to steal heaven’s best crown of gold for an eternal singing Circle, or Spirit Seance, but to push earth with cords of steel, to envelope her in clouds of gas, to utilize her treasures, to bring her met­als to forging fires, her ethers to common-your

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change

Joined are the forces of life; in heaven arc the homes of the departed, their work­ing abodes; and so from these they descend with their light or added experi­ences, that it may illumine )'our pathway.

experiences may bear fruits and the currents which move life to

broader oceans of wealth and power— wealth of knowledge, which is the power of unfolding life. Ceaseless arc your efforts in reaching after the hidden sources! knowledge is no power to use,of life, which are in store in the different 11 ,^ess understood. To bo understood, kingdoms of Nature. You not only knock application of theory must result. So at the gates of the Celestial Kingdom, \y°u w°**k out your salvation by being but earth’s rocky mounts and sulphureous I hewers of wood and drawers of water; domains are invaded; her ocean bottoms earning the blessing of the worker, wear- and skyey currents have been touched by the crown by divine birthright, eye and brain, and their sources of power Five as you may; let your worn-out been reached and fashioned into forms of body turn to dust, or be burned to ashes ; beauty and use. [your life of soul hath its counterpart

The wise God docs not hold our inva- f o r c c 9 in the kingdom of life, and by law gions into upper or under world as contra- motion forces their varied being into band intrusion, but as a child’s venture I co-operative work. M e knock each unto into his father’s store-house of unlimited tbe other; they for life-speech and libera- abundance, which all coming years arc I Hon, that they may fill their use by reform- given to, for the unfolding of their variety *ory relation, we by uuloldmcnt. of infinite beauty and use. You of earth, Billy, send your ventures

Man’s versatility makes him fit counter- as prayers to the heavens ; we ours above, part 0 f tbe lesser kingdoms. They come alone? Not so! not to archangels and lo him for interpretation. He goes to seraphiras and such ilk, from out the them for revelation ; knocks at the door starry realms of uncounted glor}r; but of each, to find it opening to reveal itsindividualities and perfectibilities. [the world of life, where human beings

In individual type, or species, or king- grow, are born and live; down into ani- dom, or strata, we find one common life mill human nature, vegetable love of life, of inter-penetrating Causation, which un- of power, of gold and gain, of place and folds its methods to our keeping; gives distinction; into unformed human nature, its details to our laborious observation ; where human life in germ is seething and and we, with fashioning hands and brain, boiling and forcing its magnetic centres Billy, working together, as mortal and into shape and comeliness. Man is from Spirit, put them into thought, then into all kingdoms; so into all the soul finds its word, and brass, granite and iron, fulcrum answers for destiny and use; and must, and lover, ether and steam, form and mo- to know of ceaseless causation, descend lion—wo call it mechanism, and civiliza- into hell, as well as ascend into heaven, tion, and wondcriugly contemplate our Hell is only heaven wrong-side out; henv- imitntious of the master-mechanics which on is only hell with its best clothes ou t unfold us. and they may get worn out, Billy. Life

Tho unknowable is all around us, with- is comparative; heaven and hell succeed in und without, in the least atom, in the each other ; the pains of hell are the birth*

cessive stages through tho spheres, Billy, is rest and motion ; by them are unfolding laws made manifest and understood. Tho rest of heaven as a condition comes bv life purposes accomplished. Attainment prepares for further aspiration, which brings its fill of inspiration.

So round and round we run, Billy, shaking hands with God everywhere, and his grip may be tbe master’s degree or the apprentice’s desire. Each hold their own in the temple of wisdom, to testify unity indcgrccandaccomplishment. Bcingonthe square, Billy, we see by tho eye of power; through knowledge we fashion our gar­ments for our needs— existence, Billy, or out of mind, if not out of the coarser cover­ing of clay, and to do the will of the mas­ter power we walk and talk with you through the Mediums of Mesh, which the magnetic relations of existence provide.

Billy, our old ideas of angels have faded into nothingness. We saw them in our dreams as slim gentry, male and female, with waxy looks and Mowing locks, staring, upturned eyes and stitf wings, and unlim­ited amounts of pocket-handkerchief for weeping sinners. Today finds us with tangible human life, with human needs, holding the gates a jar; and our angels such a vast variety as earth-life affords, in its mixed unfolding characteristics, to mould the angel-form, and they but mes­sengers coming and going, travellers from the hither to the thither life. Allow me to he one of the Angel-voices coming to your home, in such way reaching others, moving some currents of life to new power and endeavor.

Billy, you live at the mouth of Church Run, on famous land, in Titusville, Penn­sylvania, whose Hats have with their oily abundance changed the lights and shadows of the working world. You in the body of ffesb, and I without, have watched the course of events for nearly twenty years ; and no small book would bold the great result. How much more mighty the re­sult in its illuminations is the electric power •*( that small Rochester rap ! S '► the world moves. Human angels are the levers, life the fulcrum, and Almighty Law the motive power. Let us Work in divine accord with all life and be blessed in living. J ohn Barnsdall.

‘•T U N IE ” FU N D .

VQstncss of tbeir congeries. In feeling I pangs of our next heaven. life's sik-

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MESSAGE FROM ROBERT HARE DR FAIIN’ESOCK.

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D e a r D o c t o k F a h n e s t o c k ,—The subject tor this evening’s investigation will be the mode in which mind or Spirit acts on m atter; that

the modus operandx of physical phenomena.Let us here digress slightly, in order to be

better understood hereafter. Every human being, while on the earth-sphere, has exhaling from his system a particular aroma, which con­sists of the effete particles of his physical na­ture resolving themselves into their original parental condition ; and in so doing they nec­essarily envelope the individual in a sphere of this semi-decomposed materiality. The qual­ity as well as the quantity of this aroma is varied by the accidents of health, fatigue, diet, rest, temperament, etc. In nddition to this exhalation, which is purely physical, there is also another, which is an emanation or elimina­tion from the Spiritual body, and may, for want of a better name, be called the mental aroma. Now, these two eliminations in the case of a living man or woman constitute their bond of union with the Spirits.

This mental aroma is constituted by the ex­penditure of thought, desire, hope, fear, and, in­deed, by all the passions of man's spiritual nature; and is more or less powerful in propor­tion to the intensity of the individual's will, by which any or all of its components may be

I'n ity of charm-tor in these eliminations con­stitutes the condition known as m edium ship; that is, when the mental and physical emana­tion is of the same nature. For example, sup-

*pose an individual, when his physical aroma, from grossness of original fibre and unrestrained indulgence of the appetite, has become sensual and grovelling . but, in consequence of educa­tion or position in society, his mental elimina­tion is of a more refined character. Now, 3 - 0 1 1

will at once perceive the discrepant*}’ in such an individual; physically, he could influence those }’ou call devils; but mental]}*, they would be unable to approach ; and Spirits term such a man “a lie,*'

Again, suppose a person who is of fine fibre, lias lived temperate, is in the enjoyment of good health, etc. In this case, his physical emanation is pleasing. But self is his god; he beautifies bis person through feelings of van­ity, and is careful of his physical being only that his own dear self-hood may be the more admired. Such a man's mental aroma would be too little for your “ deuils the only Spirits it would be likely to attract, if acting by itself, would be those of idiots, or possibly those of departed orang-outangs, or French dancing- masters.

But to be serious ; a wcll-balanccd character in these respects constitutes the essential pre­requisites to Spirit-communion, as it is through these means that Spiritual phenomena are ac-

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The physical aroma of man can only act on I deep]y humbling position of glorious progres- the physical tenses of another, as is noticed in I g|ye humanity, I would again, witii increasing the particular odor of certain peraone; a. the ,0Te and puritji greet you I wou)d gladly de- African, and others of this class. The dog, Jgc.ibe to you the beauties of the Sixth Sphere, with the lower animals, (to some extend) p o a -L ere it convey the smallest ideateasing a nicer sense of smell than man, by through the meagre vocabulary of earthly lan- meaus of this physical exhalation, is enabled to I guage> I an], therefore, compelled to adopt the recognize his master, although that master may \m aneof p ^ l , undcr similar contingencies, be in the midst of persons who, in point of anJ , um up by exclaiming—“Eye hath not dress, size, etc., are precisely like him. jseen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into

The mental aroma is only recognizable by 1 the heart of man to conceive, the glories God the mind; and as it carries with it the entire | kaa ;n aversion for those who love him.” Con- nsture -of the individnal to whom it belongs,Uive, if you can, a I 1 expansive landscape, it apprizes those possessing a nice sense of men- >tretchingout M far M t ,|e Spirit_eye can reaetltal discrimination of the character of iU owner, L lothedill eternal verdure ; fountains, as clear even while at a distance; hence, the affinity M cry,tal, gushing from every hillside, sportive- or aversion we feel to persons at first B'ghL 1 c]i;u,jng impinging shadows on their bosom, This gives you at once the principle upon which 1 they meander through the valleys; trees, Spiritual affinity is founded, and you will per- who,e fo,iagc , patk|0, i;k„ diamond# in the rose ceive the impossibility of promiscuous inter- tinta of an eternal morning>, rlght, while balmy course or deception, in the choice of associates breezes, pregn8nt with heavenly odors and in the Spheres. The want of proper attention | Mul.lubduing harmony, Ian the Spirit’s brow,

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