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No. 7i2.—V o l . XIV.] LONDON, NOVEMBER 23, 1883. [ P r i c e l ^ d .

E G Y P T:AND THE WONDERS OF THE LAND OF THE PHARAOHS. .

BY W ILLIAM OXLEY.’

T H E E G Y P T I A N R E L I G I O N .

No. 1.—The dead body of Osiris in the Sepulchre. ' No. 5.—Anubis and Thoth pouring in the nectar of life.„ 2.—Two Women visiting the Sepulchre. ,, 6.—The four Genii carrying away the body.99 3.—Anubis and two women watching. . „ 7.—The dispersed parts of the body coming together.

4.—Isis and Nepthys attending the body. „ 8.—Two women and High Pontiff in empty Sepulchre*No. 9.—The asceuded and glorified God-man Osiris about to mount the Throne of Judgment.

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E G Y P T : T H E L A N D O F W O N D E R S -

B y W i l l i a m O x l e y .

TH E EG Y PT IA N RELIGION.

B EFORE entering upon the elucidation of this important subject, I wish to put myself right with my readers. I t was what I saw. with my own eyes, during my late

visit to Egypt, that led me to investigate, and trace the his- 'tory of the development of that which is commonly termed Religion, from its infantile and simple form at its commence­ment, to its completion (so far as Egypt is concerned). The result of that investigation and ransacking research into every available depository, is given in these chapters, with one simple and single motive, and that is, to give forth the truth, and for this purpose I have allowed the Monumental Records to tell their own tale.

I am well aware of the importance of the issue involved, and nothing but an unswerving loyalty to Truth—for its own lovely sake—would have upheld me in this venturesome course. I war against no system, I assail no man’s ^convic­tions,'and I would hot injure, unnecessarily, the susceptibil­ities of any; but it is high time, in these days of rampant Materialism, when the tendency of education is towards the rejection of Spiritual Truth, which is the greatest reality in all earths, and the closing-up of the very avenues through which alone the knowledge can be gained of what we are ; from whence we came; why here; and whither going: I say, in the face of all this, and what follows therefrom, that the times demand the Kriowlege o f Truth.

In times gone by, for reasons that I have specified, that knowledge was vailed, and masked in symbols, which were only unfolded to, the few. But that day has passed for ever, and that which the. ancients draped in sytnbolism, must now be brought to view. The life is more than meat, and the body than its clothing.; and now that the husks of external- ism utterly fail in giving food to the mind of the present,. unless Knowledge of Truth is given, the p&ople* must perish for lack of understanding.

An Angel of Light,— disguised in human form (and there are more of such, than the outer world recksMhat walk our earth)—has just appeared on the scene, and has enriched the literary and intellectual world with a donation, of more price­less value than ever Rame&es I II . bestowed on all the tem­ples of Egypt put together. He, and his temples, and his donations, have gone, and all that is left behind is a , wreck; but the “ B o o k o f t h e B e g i n n i n g s ^ ? and “ T h e N a t u r a l GfeN- e s i s , ” the product of ten years labour, by G e r a l d M a s s e y , will never pass away. He has lifted the vail, and let the glorious Sun-light in, on many a dark (corner and crevice, in which 6nly noxious and unclean life-forms could exist; and where the light of the Sun is, there can be no darkness. What is true in Nature, is true in Spirit!

If I demonstrate the antiquity of thoughts and conceptions, which are credited as the exclusive possession of our Bible;

, and show the identity of that which is unquestionably modem in comparison with what preceded it, do I therefore destroy its value, or detract from its beauty and usefulness ?I hold, that it—the Bible; as well as others of the same class, of far higher antiquity—never was compiled as a book of history, i.e., in the literal rendering. SpiritUMly interpre­ted it is divinely true! For it is the record of spiritual verities, which are as true now as in the day of its writing and publication. These spiritual verities (not including the portions that are manifestly not esoteric) are truths vailed in allegories. The error consists in taking the allegory for the thing symbolised, which is like valuing the human physical organism as the man himself. That perishes, but the man himself never perishes. So, likewise, the literality of Sacred Writings is perishing, but the living truth, which is inside, will never die. What that living truth is, and what is its

, form, I shall endeavour to unfold in what follows.If the myth, so called, of Osiris, be not historically true,—

and there were men, wise in their day, of whom I have given actual record, who said distinctly they knew the meaning of all the Gods,— then it follows, as a natural consequence, that

■ the Christ of the New Testament is not historically true; for they are identical; and the history of the latter is but a newer version of the older one; as the Illustration accom­panying this chapter demonstrates. I took the sketches, and made notes from what I saw (and which any one who goes there may also see) in the Chapel of Osiris, in the Temple of

. 'Philse, in Egypt. This temple is a Ptolemaic one, not ante­

dating the Christian era b y m any centuries, and if it stood alone, b y an infatuated perversion o f dates it m ight be esti­m ated o f little value, but against such a gratuitous assump­tion, there is the w hole range o f E gyp tian history, going back som e thousands of years, and it only embodies— in the latent form of art— w hat the m onum ents and records testify to, from the earliest daw n o f the m onarchy. I have chosen this, and its com panion one o f Is is , as M other of God, to illustrate the position I have taken.

T h ese explanatory remarks w ill, I trust, put m e right with those w ho value pure truth m ore than hum an traditions, and w ho are yearning to be delivered from the now, and increas­in g ly , intolerable yok e o f E cclesiasticism , w hich blasphemously dares to close the gates o f know ledge, in order that its lust of dominion arid sublunary interests m a y be maintained. Its days are num bered, and it is an instinctive apprehension of the com ing era o f hum an m ental em ancipation from its thral­dom, that causes the m odernized version o f the old priestly sh r iek : “ G reat is D iana o f the E phesians.” .

T h e liberation o f the hum an m ind , the righ t of possession and exercise o f the d iv ine-hum an facu lty o f the human intel­lect, infin itely transcends the v ested interests of the votaries of ten thousand w ooden and even silver Dianas. Ecclesias­ticism and R elig ion are n ot convertible term s, as history, alas, too truthfully records. T h e former m ust perish— for so it is spoken of in the B ook of L ife ,— but the latter w ill re-appear in a m ore beautiful garb, and society w ill be based upon higher and nobler principles than have anim ated the past. In plain words, the w orship of the G reat Suprem e by spiritually enlightened hum an beings, w ill not be in tem ples made by “ contractors,” nor w ill it be conducted b y ignorant ecclesias- * tics, liv in g upon the industry o f the w ork ers; but, ratlier, it w ill be in actual and conscious com m union w ith emancipated spiritual beings, that range in gradation from the disem­bodied spirit— pure and sim ple,— right up to the grand central T hrone of the M ajesty on H ig h , w ho has charge of this little earth on w hich w e, for the tim e being, live and m ove. W h o , that has had but even a glim pse of these ex­alted spheres o f being and of existence (although the latter term is on ly an accom m odated one), and enjoyed but an hour’s comm union w ith their denizens, can eyer again subject their high est prerogative to the inane puerilities that emanate from the ecclesiastical teachers of th is low er world ?

W ith these explanatory remarks I pass on to the subject of the E gyptian R eligion .• In a work o f this dim ension it w ere an impossibility to do

more than ju st glance at the m ost salient presentations and the underlying principles w h ich w ill be noticed in due order. T h e m ost prom inent feature— w hich continued from the com m encem ent to the finale— is the worship of God in triune form, i.e., a T rin ity in U n ity , precisely the same as taught by the Christian Church, w ith this exceptipn, how eveni that w hile Christians ignore th e equal d iv in ity of the Egyptian fem inine D eity , th ey m ake the third an impersonal person­ality.

T h e Triad, or T rin ity of F ather, M other, and Son, although expressed by different nam es— according to the different ' religious centres— was universal throughout Egypt. The1 Grand T rinity, w hich w as the earliest and latest— and which m aintained the suprem acy all through— w a s : Osiris, the F ather-G od a Isis; the M oth er-G od ; and Horus, thejSon- God. In com prehending this, w e understand the rest. The accom panying Illustration (g iven from one of the Sculptures nearest to the Christian era); represents in nine views (three to each)—

T he Death, Resurrection, and A scension of Osiris.G oing back to the very earliest tim es, Osiris was revered and

worshipped as the Son of G od— riot to be confounded with his Father and M other-G od,— and it w as the establishment of the then new form that changed Osiris, the Son, into Osiris the F ather-G od; but it is in the character of the G-od made m anifest in hum an form, that the Osiris, here repre­sented, is the undoubted origin of the later Christ.

T he first three shew the dead O siris; or the dead Christ, in a new sepulchre, in w hich no m an had been laid. No. 1 . shews the two attendant D eities, K neph (which means breath, or life, or the same as H o ly G host), and Thoth, the great M essenger of the Gods. (M asks are shown on the heads of m any DeitiesM but Osiris, Isis, and H om s never appear masked w ith animal heads.) N o. £ shew s the two women watchers, attendant on the dead body. N o. 3 shews the two women again (our version has it as “ M ary Magdalene and the other M ary ” sitting over against the sepulchre— according to M atthew), one at the head aud the other at the feet, with the

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Deity Anubis, who was the great Guardian of the Tomb. The second three represent the Resurrection Scenes. No. 4 shews Isis, the Mother-God, and Nepthys, the Sister-God, who are about to commence the work of resuscitation, which is represented by the dead Osiris turning on his side, or about to come to life. No. 5 shews Thoth pouring into the dead body the new, or divine, life essence, in the presence of Anubis. No. 6 shows the dead body—prior to the transfor­mation—being carried away by (angels) the, four genii of the Amenti. These fo u r occupy a very important part inflthe spiritual realm, as the Evangelists. The next three repre­sent the Ascension Scenes : no longer in the tomb for septtjjft j clire, but in a different realm. No. 7 shews the dispersed members of the body coming together, under the auspices of Isis and Nepthys, in the act of transformation. No. 8 phews thefeisit to the Sepulchre, by the two women and the High Priest Pontiff, who saw nothing but a symbol. Our version has iS that Peter (the Prince of the Apostles)' went to the

■Sepulchre after hearing the story from the two Marys. No.9 shews the empty Throne, with the insignia of the Crown,

■lazier, and Flagellum, waiting to be taken possession of by the ascended and glorified God-man, Osiris, who has taken to himself the (results of the), victory over death and the grave, and with the Crown on his head, and insignia in hand, he is about to ascend the Judgm ent Throne, where, from hence>-

\ f°r]Oie is to be the acknowledged Great Judge iof quick and dead. The two insignia are representative of rewards and punishments: the Crook is put forth to the successful ones, who pass the ordeal, and the award then is-—Come,

,j ye blessed! the Flagellum is shown to the poor unfortunate j ones, who weighed in. the balance are found wanting, and to

1 them the sentence is— Depart, ye cursed!

! • Such is the very brief delineation of the meaning of this Kjtejf^ingjSculpture— as it now is in the Temple of Philse,— ■the panful with the Gospel narratives being much toO^lose

t° be ignored, or explained away. To prove that these ® scenic representations were not a then novelty, I saw in the

Temple at Abydus (built by Sethi I., 19th dyn., near 1,500 J years b.o$ three sculptures shewing precisely the iqame suhM ■jects; -viz., the dead‘Osiris ; the rising from the Tom b; and ■the beaded ' Osirisljj How and when the Egyptian Osiris,®

Isis, and Horus became changed into the Christian Christ,- M|ary, and Jesus, will be treated of further on ; for there is r sufficient evidence, outside the secret recesses of the archives ■of the Vatican, wherewith to form a tolerably correct judg- | rnanf.. Alexandria and Rome were intimately associated by Bother than State ties, and it is the unravelling of thdsfp myfet^g fc ties that will alone give the clue to th^ltrueihisfoh^ 'of I Bhristianism. I f it should perchance turn out that the un- | !■ vailing of Madonna reveals the£ form of Isis (which has nS^pfl I yet been sqc® sfully accom plish^^rthin the spell of op’&p* the I ■profoundest mysteries of ancient anti modern times will beji IBoleUi anaftne human mind w l | | be frefeyto roam lover the

glorious realms pf Light and Truth.■ I K o l d e ^ monuments, dating from the 4th, ®th, andjBth j dynasties,—s a y . — are all r||®eOTjimtiyi!Pf th®®Sr-H

I! ian Family. The rm>st ancient makafrAnubisfgflpjTOr aSim-M j portant as Osiris, and iy^equei^femTOth jlbutwhEand w fe j Anubis WasM will ||:t|& ft,'

• chapter. All that I wish to 'show hei^ is, thaj| eran a tO p tt li early date the religious system, of which Osirfl

*1 fral figure, was then in full force and completely dqpSifred. ” The inscription, still extant, by Khufu (2nd king of thsj 4 t lS

l i dyn., and p®'dje.r of the ' Great Pyramid)® distinctly states, Sr | thatere wese Templas^if Osiris and Isis near the Sphinx S I and Ra-Memmfe th king t M ^ j j ^ ^ ^ dyna|ly), is styled 3j “theOsirian^ on his Coffin, which is.^®ffieenTO the British ■i Museutn. These ama muMM i§br|-i d e ^ m M i thejmxtreme ^ ®tiquity of the worship of the ©jjlsiric Triad,-—in'lEpro! wharaB 3 vas .anteri® must be derived from other r*§jnfi8 than

( mental records—and this is what I am at presentJgffiSernedwith.

To go into' the ramifications, whidffijjiis original form as- I Burned in later«^mes,^iM in other parts of thehcountry, would |, Bwell this volume into inordinate proportions ; bujdf can say, for ft information of th e . reader, that they <JnS and all are 1 K fl UP011 *he same original. I t was the attempt to sup- 11 j1®! the ancient form that caused sueh bitter animosity I \®d religious feuds arcjbyjJip m^jns extinct, even in our own | y and generation) and internal quarrels. The careful ■ Btasures of royal ovals by succeeding kings who held, or pat- j diverse theological views, affords abundant evidence

HlfvTi *ac^'" The-most marked is about the dlose of the 18th ■ft f^ty, when the later Amenophs tried to force a foreign

(Ethiopian) system on their subjects; and there are several inscriptions of that stormy period which indicate the truckling spimMtf the PrffflhErod tjSEne behests of R J Ia l iS There are others, however, which seem to show that they acted under Pompulsion; as they are careful to let it be known that al­though their loyalty required them officially to acquiesce in the king’s ordagaffiet they aifl attached P S the old form of worship. As a case in point, see Stele 55, in the Louvre. This and instances of a like n a tu rS are . the exact parallelof. the biblical narrative concerning Naafnan, the Syrian general, who was cured by Elisha, see 2 Kings, v S 18 In this thing,’Jehovah ™he Hebrew. Beity) pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the House of Rimmon (alias, Egyptian Temple of Ammon) to worship: there, and he lean!

K}th on my hand, and I bow myself in the House of Rimmon; Jehovah pardon thy servant in thi® thing,’® The ’leaning

Bipon ISjSfhand of a E ffifidena^^m gjlB br. the king bamg conducted to his place in the temple, was a pure, and simple Egyptian custom, long antegampg tlE^alleged IsiSditish episode® and this is another B bsrjrewing from tKuiEgypt- iansH by a people whose descendants have not yet forgotten the art. A t all events, thew ureter3® £d SSth a E iow leH ^ of the principles oj®8rTowing a n d j^ K j^ j tC TK rfe^^B B

Returning to Osirianism: I noticed on the walls inside the oldest tombs, near thejjjGreat Pyramid, several sculptured figures of Osiris, who is therejshown Wa, DiwSSAmjSBeated in simple dignity upon a throne, receiving the oblations and adorations of the defunct.’. On the later monuments, com- menckjgfwith the 12th dyrrS he is ponffiyed with the insignia of Deity. I t B this fact m&pf ends cqjmnjto tBs legend of an actual assumption of mortality by D jnty: for undoubtedly, the simple-minded people—who had not been “ initiated into the meaning of the Gods ’’—believed th^iOsiris was a God, who took gmfjn himsSf tliejform of man; and whm after soj burning e earth suffiifflntly lo^^m&eachElS highestand purest truths, and to exhibit his love. by acts of loving- kin dness, was cruelly and treacherously put to death ; but, rising from the desra, he asraftfled into Hfflven,' and l^came the JufySftoj@ ffi$ l‘ For mustlMh^ i ^ ir ■ the1Ju d g m e n ^ ^ tra fc h r^ M ^ s , only a l a t ^ ^ n pf .th«univer- pT t^ jh fB f the Egyptians, that they all—without an excep-3 tion—would have to appear before the Judgment-seat of Osiris. I t is' this very conception that forms the mass of scenic representations, and doctrinal expositions, from the period of the Middle Empire downward. The delineation of thisSwith a pictorial illustration, will come in ' d ro |5 S rs® ^ H sfeSfich, in brief,, was the thec^EiBS| aspera of this: system^ but thdTre wef^RAh^^ wh^^^^reffld it as allegorical, and- applylffg ^ the llSM Bei^raphical :^^Sion’ and eli-matic conditions of the country. Others again, and these

In^ j j ^ i mfo were. taught by1 the I: wise a n d ^ ^ m fre^OTjes^mat the v^HHsystem was based on1

^^R j^R rea l, mid Planetary mmiOhs. • ,The latter, as I shall'; mOTldi’ was ^eliiB ^fe^pla la ^ ^ S ,^m m fo lj^xgg m f l |i | . Jfrom Plutarch,: who -was a great w®®EHW |c^^erKq)Mlosophyp about the ,end of the first

|MaffijBSiM^lI^3hrM fe,Mera.- albeit a priest, gives an . account f, |rom*a .GxS^IBtp™ an p^pof.v iew

“ Osiris, having become IRing : appBad. himselftowards civilising his countrymen, and tau®fft*Dhem to culti-’ vate the land, j ^ ith the same good disposition he afterwards tra\@l<m-fomrlOih world, in anting thgjpeopK everywhere to snbmP to his bv the mildeSt persuasion. During

i^ sm b sen s^ Typhon (His mother) had no opportunity of" making anyffin%vations in the State, as. Isis (his wife) was extremely vigilant in the'government,', and always on her> guard. After his return, Typhon having gpt seventy-two others to join him in the conspiracy, together with Ase, an Ethiopian Queen, contrived a stratagem; and having privily taken the measure of Osiris, he made a chest as beautiful as

“jfessiblS This chest was brought into the banqueting room j and, as if in jest, Typhon said, that the chest should be given to him whose body it would best fit. Upon this, the company tried one by one, bto it did not fit any one of them ; and last', of all Osiris laid himself down in it, upon which the con- ' spirators fastened down the lid with nails, and poiyed melted lead over it. They then carried it away to the mouth of th e ; N ile., This happened on’ the 17th day of the month Athyr, when the sun was in Scorpio, in the 28th year of the reign of Osiris. Isis went in search of the chest, and having found it, was returning with it to Egypt, and while turning out of the way to visit her own son, Horus, she deposited it in a secluded spot. But Typhon met with it, and breaking open the coffin', he tore up the body into fourteen pieces, disposing of them in

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Various parts of the country. Isis set out in search, and re ­covered all the parts except one (the phallus). A battle took place between Horus and Typhon, which resulted in the defeat of Typhon.”

Such is the personal history of the Death of Osiris, which fixes the date on the 17th of A thyr (the 13th of November, in the fixed year established under A ugustus* the first Roman Emperor), which is the precise date that Noah en­tered the Arh (or chest) and Jehovah shut him in. Hereby hangs a tale, which is something more than fiction, the mystery, or plot, of which I will unfold, because being hound by no “ oath of secrecy,” I am a t liberty to declare the truth, by tearing away the vail and revealing the “ hidden mystery ” which it is to the interest of the privileged sacerdotal caste alone to keep such. B ut w hat is their loss is humanity’s gain.

Bunsen saw through the guise, for he says (see “ Universal E gypt,” vol.. I , p. 451), 1 T he astronomical and physical ele­ments are too obvious to be mistaken. Osiris and Isis are the Nile and Egypt. T he m yth of Osiris typifies the solar year, &c. Typhon is the autumnal equinox. Osiris is slain on the 17th of A thyr. T he 72 men are two months plus twelve-J thirteenths d ay s ; the 17 days, the complement of the three monthsDj T he rule of Typhon lasts from the autumnal equinox to the middle of December. H e reigns 28 years, or lives as long. T he 17th day is full moon. T he coffin of Osiris was made by the priests in a crescent shape ’3 (a symbol which is unmistakable).

B ut there is vastly more than the mere astronomical myth, which the worthy Chevalier did not see, but which was seen by another, and who discovered the key to this, as well as all biblical— so called—historical narratives.

T he shutting up of Osiris in the chest, and the shutting up of Noah, are both given on same date, on which the chest with its contents, and the ark with its contents, started their courses upon the waters,* Both— minus the persons— refer to the closing up of the old year and the commencement of the new one. N othing more clearly than this instance, proves the astro-logical (voice of the stars) or astro-masonic (astral sym­bology) origin of the Bible narratives L and what this means will shortly appear. I f any one will take the trouble to study the celestial chart, and master the working of the same by means of the H Law of the Medes and Persians which altereth not ” (and never can until our solar system ceases to exist), as unfolded by H enry Melville, in his wondrous work— “ Veritas,” the true history may be read from beginning to e n d ; and the persons will he seen to be not actual human beings, but personifications. In plain words, the motions of the sun and planets, and their relation to the fixed stars, are delineated in a beautiful allegorical form as i f they were persons. The very term “ person ” supplies the key, for person is derived from persona, a mask worn hy actors in the old Greek plays, through which they spoke : per— through, and sonare— to sound Band in the subject in hand, i t is the motions of the heavenly bodies, masked by the various per­sonations or personifications.

The Hebrew version of the same solar phenomenon (the Egyptian version of which is given above), is recorded in Genesis, vii., 1 1 : £}‘ In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 A nd the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.”

H ere is the explanation from “ V eritas:— “ Elul is the sixth or 600, and the bright star Spica is the wife of Noah (alias) old Ophivchus, R.A. 256 and 261, both in Scorpio (exactly as P lutarch says). Scorpio (i.e. Asher, one of the 12 patriarchs, the second son of Zilpah— see Gen., xxxv.,26— and Athyr is only another form of Asher) being the first month, consequently Sagittarius is the second. Sagittarius begins at R.A., 264, and plus seventeen gives 281, which is the first degree of Aries, and the first day of the new year.”“ On the self-same day— with the 5 non dies closed above and below—Noah enters the Ark, and there is Thebeth, the A ltar or box-ark; and there formerly was Argo (the Ship).”

I have given the above extracts to show that the self-same astronomical phenomenon is masked under the two disguises. B ut a question arises here concerning the date o f the Bible record. Here we have as a fact, the actual names and dates plagiarised from ftn Egypto-Arabic source, which undoubtedly betrays its origin; and the interpretation of this— and num ­berless instances besides—in strict accordance with the astro­logical formula and system, with its Greco-Egyptian Zodiacal

pictorial representations, and names, points, and numbers, w ithout the least shadow of a doubt, makes the biblical re­cord a comparatively modern w o rk ; and notwithstanding the dateless ante-Nicene works poy the early Christian Fathers, w ith their frequent use of the Roman Emperors names, &c,, I am more than of opinion tha t the true date of the Bible— in its present form— is nearer to the tenth than the first cen­tury of the Christian era. I canijw ith tolerable certainty, trace it to Spain, about the tenth century a .d ., but beyond tha t all is mysterious, dark, uncertain, and mythical. One fact is established beyond all cavil, and that is, that our Bible is the product of an Order of men well versed in astro­nomy, and who, by the aid of tha t science, produced on lines laid down by the ancient Egyptian Hierophants, a new version of the old m yths and allegories. W h a t that Order was, and the date of its activity, is now the question to be solved, and when tha t is discovered— as discovered it must be—then the ignorant claim for its extreme antiquity will be reduced to its true dimensions.

P lutarch does not appear to have known the astronomical meaning of the allegory, or if he did hh keeps it in the back g round; for he speaks of i t as a fable, and makes Osiris to be the Nile ; Isis, the land irrigated hy i t ; and from the con­junction of the two, Horus was born Sm eaning by this the circumambient air which preserves and nourishes all things. H e say s: “ Now as the overflowings of the Nile are some­times very great and extend to the boundaries of the land, this gave rise to the story of the secret intercourse between Osiris and Nepthys ; for as a natural consequence there was a springing up in those joarts previously barren, which were not affected except when the Nile rose above its usual height j-j thus the legitimacy of Horus by Isis, and the illegitimacy of Anubis by Nepthys. (This account is paralleled by the story, of Isaac and Ishmael, the one by Sarah,**and the other by Hagar.— See Hebrew Bible). A s to the conspiracy of Typhon; the assistance of the Ethiopian Queen refers to the south wind blowing from tha t country, which was strong enM;h to prevail against the north winds, and thereby preventing the clouds, carried by the north winds,(from falling and contribut­ing to the rise of the Nile. T he shutting up of Osiris in the chest, signifies the withdrawal of the river within its own

. banks, when the Etesian, or north winds cease, which happens in the month A thyr. A bout this time, in consequence of the increasing length of the nights, the power of darkness seems to prevail, while tha t of the light diminishes. The priests, at this season, practice doleful rites in token of the grief of Isis. T he ceremony lasts four days, beginning on the 17th of the month A thyr, and represents four things : Firstly, the falling of the Nile, and return within its own channel; secondly, the, ceasing of the north w inds; thirdly, the length of the night and decrease of the d a y ; fourthly, the destitute condition in which the land appears. This commemorates the loss of ■ Osiris. B ut on the 19th of the month Pachon, they march in procession towards the seaBwhither the priests carry the sacred ark, which contains a golden vessel into which they pour some river water, and all present exclaim: Osiris is found ! Thus, Osiris is the inundation of the Nile; Isis, the land irrigated by i t ; Nepthys, th ^ ’edge of the desert Iyer- flowed by an extra high NileS^ A nubisjjthe son of Osiris and Nepthys, the production of that barren land in conse^B quence of this extra overflow. (H agarij the mistress of Abraham and mother of Ishmael, was an Egyptian—see' I Genesis, xvi., 1,— and when she fled from Abraham’s home, in consequence of Sarah’s jealousy, the angel Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness; alias, by the edge of this extra overflow of the river in the desert, either of Libya or Arabia.), Typhon, the sea that swallows up the N ile ; the Conspirators are the drought overcoming the moisture from which the increase of the river proceeds; the Chest, or Ark, in which the body of Osiris is found, is the river when returned within its own limits and banks; the the 28 years of his life are the 28 cubits to which the Nile rises at Elephantine, its greatest heigh t; the 17th of Athyr is the period when the river retires within its banks; the different members of the body of Osiris, are the main canals which irrigate the land from the r iv e r; and the one member which could not be recovered, is the Nile itself; the victory E of Horus, is the power possessed by the clouds in causing the successive inundations of the river; Harpocrates, whom Isis brought forth after the winter solstice, is the weak shoot­ing of cereals produced after the inundation had subsided."

Plutarch gives another rendering of the death of Osiris, for he says 5*“ The death of Osiris, on the 17th day of the

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month, means that the moon is shown at its full, and from that time continually on the wane ; and the 28 years, are the number of days in which the moon performs herKSursOT* the 14 pieces of the body, are the number of days in which the moon is continually decreasing from the fullSo its changeSJS

Such is the meaning • of the “ fable ”— according to Plutarch—when disrobed of its mystical covering S to tE t must be remembered that Plutarch wroteRt thewajme of the decadence, and during the transition state, when the remains or debris of the ancient system were being utilise® fjor the formationWf a then new system which gradually; egmffid into ChristMnism. I t is the planetary m yth of the moon’s

■Eguges—and no t« the main canals," ,&c.—which is ffsbre- sented in the Ascension ® en.es in the pmorial fflmpira±iom5s the frontispiece of this chapter. This is plainly seen in the

Bgijre of Isis, who is always shewn with the moon on her head, resting on the crescent horns. The biblical narratives referred to, undoubtedly connect the Hahi&w (so calleaU rendering with the later version as given by P lutarch; and this goes a long way in determining the actual date of its

^composition. .In the earlier monumental Egyptian records, there is noth­

ing to tally with Plutarch’s interpretation of the “ fable.” The true and only rendering of thfe Osirian myth, in ancient1 times, iSgSestial phenomena; and this will be seen in follow- ing portions, that deal with Egyptian Scriptures.

Itljjnot as the Nile, but as the Sun-God, and continued in ' (Horus as) the Son of God, that Osiris, as the central figure fjHthe ancient Egyptian theology, standsi^ut prominently as

The affe§fcli©reator, The Manifester of goodness and truth; ■and The God, who is full of goodness, graefe, and truth. He,

after his ^passion,” ascended into Heaven, and becamq the Great Judge; and it is the continuation of this phase in the

I .person of Horus, and the presentation of the Son to the ! Father-God, by Isis, tha t will form the subject for what fol- Blows. I t is this that demonstrates, beyond all cavil, the ] identjlyftof the Christian Triad with rifle more ancient ■Egyptian, one. How this I came to pass,” I shall endeavour

1 to elucidate.( jTo be continued.)

THE THEOLOGICAL CO N FLICT.—W H Y ? W H A T F O R ?

The notions embodied in Christianity seem to partake of Btnreft5iatinct elements. First, there comes the religious feel-

ing, the moral principle. This is called “ Christ,” buMjt is Brahma ” or “ Buddha ” : it is the Universal R e­

ligion, the word of the A ll Present speaking through big'dons,I MSwhatever clime or complexion. Secondly, there is the in- I H ^tpalfflm ception, purely human, a symbolism, (aefereting ! from age to age and from country to country. This is I an( I i® to-day pretty much as it was in EgyptI (1,000 years ago- I t should express nature— the nature of tWg ■ soul and divine life. Thirdly^ there are the divine person-*

ages. These are also symbols. ptMl languagdTO^iste^ftEMl-*j

{plectual ideasyare symbolical. They are things reduced or ^ H ^ e d to things. Thus the inteHepraal ffififitpftron Pg^%n ^ E i ■necessity thefbivine Man. Ideas are unspeakable—in fact

they Mnnot exist—till they appear in some'form C 'he^^^he ^manifestation of the n eracQ pny^ t h | ;Pivine Man, is, the only

« language pr symbol in which tha»idea of man’s eternal being can be expressed. I t is the embodiment,@p speech-figure, of

I the permanent man of the spi^uahstatef|iiwbontradistinction $ Bthe transieM man of earth. W e can only describe man in I |itngr state in a biographical m anner: an abstrabuj man, ■ a personal history, woulgl be unthinkable and inex-I pressible.| Thus, all the religions have this Divine M an: regarded byj

“Lily” as a master symbol that ajrnmoeBaallpfothciSg! The l 1 Spirisqgljst has thpsam e, in a iMghtly diffe»||Sform. He 1 has first his “ gu id^y sufficiefotlffigg^d and wise to be a help- I Ail a8socia,i®m the spirip*' Burner there are more pffifflmSj \ Spirits, whggffi influeSfif^man can profit by when hejgfflMes B himself ir^mnd^mns to do so. There is, above ,aH earthly K ®cs, the Most High, the Son of the Creator, so called because I he can hear the voice of Existence so perfectly as be en-3 I trusted with the 'highest office of responsibility which, earth

can furnish.J j hW the question is as it was 1,800Wears ago, and earlier I f”® that': Are we to recognise these spimnal types in their | j historical and fleshly capacity, or as purely spiritual beings,

. H to whom our soul-side is to be extended rather than our more

. i external phase as represented by intellectual conception ? In

other words—Is it “ Jesus ” or “ Christ ” whom we recog­nise ? The one H the pepKffifflman, the other is the perfect spirit. Now hero-worship—the recognition of the perfect man—is misleading, because we can nfa^gBpe like any one else. The conception is too concrete, too earthly. There can be only one Jesus, IBffilfflar tin LuthlgB The S C hjH M idea is mdhe fleSrfele, more amorphous. I t is like a beam of ligh t,. that may be assimilated by all eyes, and made to illuminate a m ffifflde Bt m gra^aHEflings. I t is Rgenffic name for

R God B tojM gjpirit-S^ld,” open to all, at the service of all, as the sun shines on all.pS h o u ld these powers and perSSjr&lraes be worffipped ? B lS P E thifPPi madehaolaQijflpSpp tlrafc vain? Are they. . ambitious^ Do they desire a morioply of human attentions ? Such an idea is impossible. I f they had these passions they would be theramakest and most w ^ war^m aftfjsg^M

The existence of Jesus, Paul, or Peter as men on earth is simply a a ^ s tib y o f evi^n<£§|3 NpS^aSInable being has the slightest objection to facts. For s|k3| facts do not touch the question at issue! Jesus as an histraical personage and as a symbol are two very different matters. I t is thus that the conflict ensues^!

The grand error lies in the vulgaff assumption! that the Gqsp&ySy a rgelation made hyutoid (h|Sugh me persons namg£l therein. That is indisputable}*. emay just a j well sjjy that Osiris lives in Man^M Ipwjand is week by&ve^d re y ® ^ ^ |th e O siriaM ^^o n in the Medium. Let* us burn all^thef^bqoks, and, in jm te M m n^hbucould deny the pretension jg T hat^ i s i ^ ^ w h^F ^aE ^m a in the, manufacture] of his jgumarjghri^gnmuffi sum?presffid and falsehgjflSjgwere pJSSflted in view.No.w-the fulness of time who has b ^ nloose, is ftp ’be chained up. Thgfejsf(fensation is ^omnMl a newpne is upon us,—-and who is there to be blamed fcalthe change? Is not all this, about the change of dispensations, good orthodox teaching ?JK

For ourselvesffitn tm jS ijS ^E w e are not in a fixed and BESgmatm state o£gm m J^H u^^jStion is on the watch looking out for times.” The decision ofevents is not in our hands. -

Ancient Egypt.—T he S p e e d s M ercury ” re p o rts tn a t M r. F . W . F iso n h as ju s t lgsM£6 d | | fefore m em bers o fgm s L eeds C hurch In s t i tu te , on “ A.ncient E g y p t,” to a la rg e aud ience. H e w as in tro d u e jm b y R ev . D r. G ott, a n d th e le c tu re w a s H m s tr a - te d b y ( t h y S ^ ' lW ^ g y F f^ ^ ^ d fem tfeF rtm R he a g e s

B h e E g y p tia n s believed inKCSe i p m B i i y of th e s o u l ; con­c u rre n tly w jth th e p re se rv a S p n o f th e body. “ S p eak in g of

R h e re lig io n of a n c ie n t E g a rn i he p o in ted oM B the ^ m g u la r s im ila rity o f th e .J H orus, God th eSon, w a s b o rn o f Isisji the^TO rgin M other, a n d w as one w ith O siris, God th e F a th e r .” H e a l s o t h e E g y p tia n b e l i ^ e d in a h a p p y life n e x t w orld , h e a lso b e ^ v e d int h a t life a s e ssen tia lly p ra c tic a l, a n d a s consisfm g of p r e t ty

•’m u ch th e sam e an d p le a su re s a s h e w asR o cu s-to m ed to in th is w ra ld , a n d he “re p re se n te d on th e w a lls (M the u p p e r b u ild in g of th e to m b th e p u rsu its he loved in ^m gjrajrld , a n d w h ich h e hop ed to e i® y in th e n ex t.” I t w ou^d a p p e a r

m ^ S S n l l official a c t o f idhe C hurch a t L eeds, th a t M r. O xley w ill b e c lo se ly fo llow ed in h is ax£emptJfco a rriv e a t th e b as is o f

C h r is t ia n i ty !

Important HporfegM Evidencet o t h e S p e r s o n a l E X IS T E N C E O F JE S U S .

To, th e E d ito r.— f ^ —I n th e M ed iu m of N ovem ber 2nd , you w ere g b o a K ra u g h to in se rt a le t te r from m e, g iv in g th e te s ti- . m ony o f th e g r e a t Je w ish h is to rian o f th a t d a y -^ Jo se p h u s—

B a l t J e su s a n d K p apostle s w ere n o m y th s , b u t a c tu a l, liv in g p erso n ag e s.

Will you now allow me to supplement that letter by another, giving equally ' important and Conclusive testimony on this head?

F irs t* th e n , Effi^n a n open ad v e rsa ry o f th e C h ris tian S ect, H /aqitus, w ho w ro te on ly se v en ty y e a rs a f te r th e d e a th o f J e su s , upon c ircum stances th a t oocurred th i r ty y e a rs a f te r th e d e a th o ffo u r L o r d ! I quo tejfrom P a le y ’s p E v id ences,aY ffi. I . , P a r t Iu jc h a p .p , a s follow s

H ^ ^ S p e a k in g of th e fire w hioh h ap p e n e d a t R om e in th e tim e o f N ero , a n d o f th e susp icions th a t w ere e n te r ta in e d th a t th e E m p e ro r h im se lf w as concerned pn cau s in g i t , th e h is to r ia n

jnFacitugw |proceeds in his n a r ra tiv e a n d observ a tio n s t h u s :‘ B u t n e ith e r th ese exertions, n o r h is la rg e sse s to th e people, n o r h is offerings to th e gods, d id a w a y w ith th e im fam ous im ­p u ta tio n u n d e r w hich N ero lay , o f h a v in g o rd ered th e c ity to b e se t on fire. < T o p u t a n end , th e re fo re , to th is re p o rt, h e la id th e g n i l ^ a n d in flic ted th e m o st c ru e l p u n ish m en ts upon a se t o f p eop le w ho w ere ho lden in a b h o rre n c e fo r th e ir crim es, a n d c a lled by th e v u lg a r “ C hristian^ ,” T h e F o u n d er o f th a t

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name was Christ, who suffered death in the reign of Tiberius, under the Procurator Pontius P ilate. ThiB pernicious super­stition thus checked for a while, broke out again, and spread not only over Judaea, where the evil originated, bu t through Rome also,’ etc.”

The above emphatically shows th a t Tacitus, b itter opponent as he was, yet testifies most clearly and indisputably to the personal existence of Christ, as the founder of the Christian Sect in Judaea, and th a t he suffered death under Pontius P ilate, in the reign of Tiberius.■ Suetonius, a writer contemporary w ith Tacitus, also testifies

to the existence of the Christians in the same re ig n ; mention- ihg them as “ The Christians, a set of men of a new and mis­chievous (or magical) superstition.”—Paley’s “ Evidences,” Vol. 1., P art I., Chap. 2.

The younger Pliny (also contemporary w ith Tacitus and Suetonius) in his celebrated letter to Trajan, w ritten about seventy, years after the death of Christ, most em phatically testifies to the existence of the Christians, whose number was so considerable as to induce the Governor of the provinces of Bithynia and Pontus to speak of them as follows: “ There are many (Christians) of every agejjland of both sexes; nor lias the contagion of this superstition'seized cities only, but smaller towns also, and the open country.”—Paley’s “ Evid­ences,” Vol. I., P art I., Ohap. 2.

I have purposely confined myself in the above testimony, to those writers of renown, who were, if not absolutely contem­porary with Jesus, were certainly so with some of his apostles, for their testimony was written only about seventy years after the death of Jesus, and they must therefore, to say the least, have already arrived a t man’s estate.; To sum up : I think I may now fairly claim as contemporary

testifiers to the truth of the personal existence of Jesus and . his apostles, four of the most renowned and reliable writers of .. that d ay : viz., Josephus, Tacitus, Suetonius, and the younger , Pliny.

, AU qw me in conclusions just Jto add one w ord : All the religious symbolism tha t can be gathered from the whole world’s archives, cannot affect the direct contemporary testi­mony of such writers ; but it can and does prove the one grand truth of The Ages : viz., That in Jesus all previous religious symbolism received its personal fulfilment and embodiment.

W ith g r a te fu l th a n k s t o y o u fo r a l lo w in g m e sp a c e in y o u r v a lu a b le jo u r n a l fo r th e s e tw o le t t e r s , I b e g to r e m a in , s ir , fa i th fu lly y o u rs , “ L il y .”, .

THE SPIRIT-MESSENGER.O R teo id iY AND SPIRITUALISM AT THE

BAR OF REASON.A C o n t r o l b y “ D e a n S t a n l e y .”

Recorded by A. T. T. Pjg November 15, 1883.[The Medium, wh9 in trance dictates these communications,

is an uneducated working man.] .■ The Sensitive, under control, said :—

“ Being tried at the Bar of Orthodoxy.” In what does their belief differ from orthodoxy ? In what humour are the judges ? Are they prepared for equity and justice to govern their deci­sion ? or do they sit in judgment based on fixed opinions, and tire they prepared already to pass an unfair verdict ? We can best answer the question of their position by repeating the words of the charge, considering first from whom the charge has proceeded. They, who make the charge, are orthodox divines, and their charge is against spiritual teaching, and is worded as follows:—

“ There is much talk amongst the masses respecting the growing intelligence of the times, which touches on every alleged fact and doctrine taught by those who follow the pre­cepts and example of the Gospel. The ministers of Christian­ity, nay, Christianity itself, is brought before the Bar of an attribute, which is in accordance with the assertion of those believing other than Christian truth, and which has been raised to the highest attribute of man—the Bar of Reason. Before this Bar Christianity is undergoing its trial. Science has al­ready passed judgment. I t is now that the masses are waiting the decision of reason. Positive revelation Is openly denied, and our holy book is declared to be a collection of mytholo­gical fables, wise saws, political schemes, and hero tales. Reason alone has held the polished society of scientists, and is fast leading the masses into this belief, which is dignified by the name of Rationalism. A great support and appeal has been made to reason by a new body joining them : those who have got beyond the belief of, and have, in fact, reached to, the knowledge of immortality. This body chooses to bo known under the name of Spiritualists; and many and manifold are tko alleged messages from tho immortal world. Joined with this body of thinkers a pressing need is felt, that the Church itself should prepare to defend its ancient customs and institu­tions and doctrines, and to try a t the bar of orthodoxy this I hew amongst modern claims, and to prove to all men the divine I excellence of the Christian religion.” I

I f they do this, they w ill have a g ian t task before them, Every word of God is true and p u re ; bu t in the works of man there is an end to a ll perfection.- The la tes t body that has appealed to reason in its teachings, are those men who have put to themselves th is question respecting self-hood: “ Wan­derer whence, w anderer w hither? ” H as orthodoxy answered either of these enquiries ? The hum an h ea rt has been full of secret longings, of the brigh test anticipations. Has Christiani­ty answered them ? In the presence of God these men have promised to w restle and strive after tru th , so th a t they might a tta in th a t peace which alone can satisfy the soul. Is it a wonder th a t men, who w ill th ink , should speak coldly and plainly of the character recorded in the New Testam ent; men who refuse it to bear th a t m ysterious aspect of sanctity, which fetters men’s thoughts, and binds the ir reason. I ask—What was there of consolation in the whole of the Church system to keep these men within its fold ? An unconditional submission was w hat was demanded, and which the reason of these men refused to give. B ut because they rejected Church institutions, and the necessity of m ediatorial intercession, were they left w ithout religion ? I answer, No, no ;—-all th a t was true and needful was there in their own possession,^the gift of none o th e rfl In the awful and indescribable stillness of self-commu­nion, they could perceive the M aster’s gu idance; they could realize a higher and a better life, such as they never experi­enced in the vague generalities, or in the flights of speculations, in which the revelation of the New Testam ent indulges. This is m an’s inherent knowledge of the Spirit of God, which nothing, not even the lowest depths of vice, can tram ple out of the soul. This is a tru th , a sacred tru th not to be speculated on, but to be honoured. God leads m an through experience to knowledge, and every experience gained by the soul leads to higher a sp iS rations hereafter. The pure region of immortality is hidden by th a t mysterious yet m ighty hand of God, stretched forth from the highest heaven, seizing on the wandering soul, draw­ing it towards truth,, whose enjoyment is in this world and will j be throughout the next. This body-jpan indeed cry: “ 0 death, where is thy s ting ; 0 grave, where is thy victory With them, death is for ever and for ever swallowed up. It is the Royal Prerogative of the Almighty, even in sinking to the grave yet to be victorious with a victory which fixes self-hood in Eternity, like a p illar in the Kingdom of the Almighty.

Y es: they shall stand their t r i a l ; for what is orthodoxy? I ask ; and who are they in whom its governing authority is resting? Have they found a ll wisdom,—these orthodox ones?If they claim to have done so, then their claim is higher than the prophet of old, who sa id :—“ Where shall wisdom be found, and where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of the living.The depth sa ith fJIt is not in me, and the sea saith : I t is not with me. I t is hid from the eyes of a ll living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. D eath and destruction say: We , have heard of the fame thereof with our ears. God under-® standeth the way thereof, and He knoweth the place thereof, for He looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven.” * So th a t wisdom is not with this or with that body. I t is not with men or with an g e ls^ the perfectino of wisdom is with God alone.

I t has been saidS How gracefully the mind receives new lights, emerging'from the shades of prejudice, and casting old establishments aside. But this is not true. Neither gracefully nor gratefully do men receive new or advanced truth. They are proud in their own conceit; proud of their Roman Catholi- i C cismaj proud of their P rotestant orthoM kSSproud of their dissenting principles ; but not proud o f# h a t by and through which Rsfd judges the soul. Thus saith the High.and Lofty [ One thaSinhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy, who dwells j in the high |ljnd holy heavens: With those who are of humble and contrite spirit, isjthe c o m p a q m n sm fl^ K ^ flin His Ma­jesty are those who have shaken off priestly authority, and who have ifmnnd perfect rest, and a hoped-for immortality, in a contrite and humble spirit. There islno merit in serving theK&kyer of Life ; this would be but flattering the Powerful. e., He needs no flattery from the highest or from the lowest of the sons of men.

H a s R e a so n e v e r h a d i t s r e ig n ? A ll t h a t S p iritua lis ts are a s k in g is , t h a t R e a so n m a y h a v e i t s r e i g n ; th e same as F a i th h a s h a d i t s r e ig n . F a i th su c c e e d e d d e s p o tis m ; all that w e a s k is , t h a t R e a so n m a y su c c e e d F a i th . T h e dual reign o f d esp o tism a n d fa i th is o v e r . W e c la im fo r th e early day o f th e r e ig n o f R e a s o n fo rb e a ra n c e a n d sy m p a th y ; not for , th e s a k e o f th o se w h o b e lie v e in im m o rta l i ty , b u t for the I s a k e o f th e o r th o d o x th e m se lv e s , w h o , in t r y in g to stem the j w a v e o f s p ir i tu a l p ro o f, w il l f in d th e m se lv e s overwhelmed j a n d v a n q u ish e d . B u t w h y d o w e w a n t a r e ig n o f Reason ? it J m a y b e a sk e d . O rth o d o x y h a s e s ta b l is h e d in stitu tio n s, which I h a v e e n d e a re d th e h e a r t s o f m a n y to i t s governance . Its I c h a r i t ie s a r e th ro u g h o u t t h e la n d : W hy , th e n , u rg e on other I , p r in c ip le s to g o v e rn m o r a l i t y o t h e r d o c tr in e s to form other £ h o pes in m en ? W ell, I w ill a n s w e r th e p le a d e rs for ortho- I dox r u l e : A ll in s t i tu t io n s h a v e a n u l t im a te , t h a t is, to get rid I fro m off th e faoe <*f th e e a r th t h a t w h ic h is a p a r t from an I a b h o r re n t to th e A lm ig h ty G od , n a m e ly , th e s in w hich burthens 1

Job, xxvlii., 12—24. ft ‘ ti

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humanity. In the reign of despotism m any w riters have left on record their thoughts, so th a t modern th inkers can easily refer to them. How .stood the world in obedience to God ? Seneca writes th u s :—“ Crimes and vices everywhere abound to such a degree, th a t they cannot be cured by force prodigious conflicts of depravity are going o n ; crim inal indulgences in ­crease, and shame diminishes ; a ll th a t is good and ju st is cast aside; unbridled lust obtrudes itself in our public streets and squares; innocence cannot be said even to be rare, since i t has ceased altogether to exist.” *

So much, then, for the s ta te of m an’s obedience to God in the reign of despotism ; and now for the long continued centuries

'i of Christian teaching. W hat records are handed down toj modern thinkers ? H as ty ranny been abolished, and justice

reinstated ? On the c o n tra ry ; sin, error, and hum an misery J, have abounded throughout its long re ig n ; examples of such

dire ferocity, such a loss of sym pathy, such a w ant of love, that no wonder angels and spirits, in the words of the inspired

l writer of old, should say—“ Behold ! there is created a new thingon the earth ; shout for joy ; the heavens proclaim it on earth gj the Bills leap for joy for a feast of delicacy, for a feast of old wines, of delicacies exquisitely rich has been prepared. He has removed the coverings th a t covered the eye of hum anity ; He has torn aside the vail, which was spread before all nations ; He has utterly destroyed death for ever.” And if m an, in the face of this great act, alm ighty in its results, is not happy, and

'chooses darkness, then th a t m an has become his own exe- f\ ontioner. His self-will has been to him the nucleus of pre­

sumption, and ho has prepared for him self his own im m ortal condition.

This body of Spiritualists has rea lized .th a t Reason cannot form any idea of th a t which is known as d e a th ; nor can any man know what life means, for none can know w hat life means unless he knows im m ortality. Spiritualism has created it as two forpas, which equally govern it. When on earth i t is ani­mal spirit yet im m orta l; the senses physically and outwardly formed are inwardly and spiritually governed. The senses act as the purveyors to im m ortal m an, a net, a tool, a beast of

i burthen. There is a fitting nam e for either of the anim al senses in their action tow ards spiritual man. Now, the servant

| can be dismissed ; the net may be destroyed, yet still the m an remains. The man is lighter then, because lightened of a bur­

'll' then. Death has robbed the man of his physical state, from the head to the fe e t; yet m an is the same self. They believe that if they love sensuality through such anim al spirits, they will still love sensual th ings through the ir imperfect im m ortal spirit; but. this love will be as serpents and scorpions then to immortal man, more painful because more felt. Sensual pas-

i , sions cannot be indulged in w ithout the crime of degrading animal self-hood. The attachm ent to the present world, on the part of imperfect imm ortal spirit, is, in itself, a punishm ent that animal man, th a t anim al spirit, has never realized. Knowledge, they believe, is the possession of the higher order of mind. Knowledge in its highest form they believe to be in admirable consistent obedience to God’s will. I t does not w ant

I^■ ^ o m man the confidence of a child, but the reason of a man.He wants living service, a tru s t in self outside of the faith in

■: the Nazarene’s death-agony. They are willing to rest on thisknowledge, waiting, may be,»the resu lt of the tria l now pending.

Orthodoxy filled their souls w ith anguish, doubt,* and diffi­culty. Pmround and patien t investigation in the tru th of im­mortality has led them into the path of tru th and peace ; and no verdict will alter their position, no sarcasm can be cutting enough to make them forget th a t God, who has given to them the proof of continued self-hood beyond the grave® I charge

i the orthodox with selfishness, th a t worm which is continually gnawing its way into the spirit of m an, Man is born th a t he may feel, and will, and know a happy unity with God. Instead

1 of this happy condition,?! charge orthodoxy with instilling into 1 man a feeling of inquietude and unhappiness, making life’s I journey a gloomy one, filling the world full of the darkness of 1 night. There is much unbridled blind desire on the earth,

that is making giant struggles—against w hat ? Against the I . teachings of orthodoxy ? No ; againgt the inward and inherent I , desire of duty and obedience; against th a t Judge Who sits

Within man, and condemns him with such renewed evidence every day, nay, every h o u r; yet through this Judge and his judgment the soul m ight be led nearer and nearer in his inter-

3 course with Godjj This is the consciousness of a higher law to which Will must subordinate itself, ere the soul can progress. But Will is free; Will can reject the inner teaching of self-hood then the higher self becomes a Blave to Will, and man becomes a devil. Sin loses all restrain t. T hat which m an ought to do he does not? A blind overpowering impulse urges him through disobedience from bad to worse, and men infithis state have

1 cried Who and w hat can deliver us. fiT have contended against God, who will instruct me I have reproved God, and who shall check me? I have disannulled His judgm ent and •disobeyed His la w s* what reasoning can grasp my hand, and bring me back again into the path of peace ? ”

Spiritualists know th a t God is a Living God, a real personal 4 agent in the affairs of men ; and in the confused1 mass of dis- j turbed humanity, God hears these impassioned cries, which | take the form of prayer to Him ; because E^e is merciful^ and

.« through one of His m asterstrokes of government, He gives

relief to these strickened ones. How ?—By perm itting the vail to be lifted, and m aking known im m ortality. Who shall dare to continue in sin ? Who ?—th a t has reached to the positive knowledge th a t “ there is no death.” Through th is knowledge sin-strickened m an once more lifts up his head and his heart. His hopelessness ceases to forge any more links of th a t chain which binds him, and such a one prepares for th a t eternal day in th a t eternal future, and as he is obedient, so the w eight of his sins is lightened, un til God’s redeem ing mercy flings the bubthen far from him. There is a pleasure and a joy in free W ill; else God would not have bestowed it. I f free Will were not, then my opinion would be a m isnom er; for a m an with fettered Will could have no self-opinion. The S piritualist would disdain any longer to hold in respect m an’s alleged descent from purity, or the continuation through generations of m ankind in the contam ination of sin. They believe in self­purity a t birth. They do not believe th a t evil inclination attends the soul on its entry into earth-life. T h at which is born with them is self-hood^ T hat which is born w ith all men. They know th a t w ithout hum an nature they are not, and th a t w ithout self-hood hum an nature, as a whole, would not exist.

These are the v ital tru th s of the new reign of Reason. They have come in unaccompanied either with loud clamour, or w ith em bittered persecution; they have stolen gen tly into the con­sideration of men. They have had their spring from these messengers, whom God hath sent to sin-stricken hum anity. T hat spring, some th irty years past, formed a stream , which wound its way through every S tate of the American Republic, th a t land of L iberty and L ight *tiand th a t stream found a pas­sage through the m ighty sea itself, until it visited these shores, and now here it has taken the form of a river, gently flowing, still, calm, and placidly through every county of G reat B ritain and Ire land]! I t has its tributaries, which traverse the ocean again, and reach foreign nations. The paren t spring, the source itself, is as fresh to-day as when the Will of the Almigh-i ty F ather set i t flowing. All the “trials by orthodoxy will never stop th a t spring, which has formed first a stream and then a r iv e r; which is destined to form a wide, a deep, and far- searching sea, a t whose sho^ss a ll people shall gather J | For this shall be the sea of T ruth, an actual witness th a t God is w ith m a n ; a direct personal agent in their happiness here, and in their welfare in E ternity.

- Thus ends the second of two beautiful controls by the good “ Dean Stanley.’'’*. I had a long ai?d. interest­ing conversation with him. He told me much that I did not know before, and confirmed my suspicions as to much that I suspected, about his action in the matter of Spiritualism before his departure from earth. He told me he knew the Sensitive well. Times and oft he had ascertained when the Sensitive would leave me after a seance, or come to me for one ; and that over and over again he had accompanied him to and from the gate­way of the Inn! He said he almost from the first time of meeting, saw the great difference between the Sen! sitive in his normal and abnormal state.' That when­ever he first met the Sensitive he invariably tried to get away from him, and it was only after persistent follow-1

ing that he went into a semi-conscious state, and words of beauty and wisdomfbame from his lips.

I asked whether^e, the Dean, on one occasion after interviewing'the Sensitive, had gone into a semi-con­scious state, and had seen his father, the good Bishop ? And he said YesK and when I came to myself, I put notes on paper, and dictated to my Secretary what to write down.” I said: (l Is that journal still extant, and could it be produced P ” . I Yes ; if my friends chose so to doMfl

My conversation lasted fully twenty minutes.1 No impartial person, had he heard it, but what would have said: ‘‘ Surely this cannot be the man I spoke to before he went under control.” Question and answer flowed on. uninterruptedly, as if I had been, speaking with the man in earth-life.

There are quotations from Seneca, and also from the . Bible, neither of which I have had time to refer to, as to whether they are correct or not. My unseen friends are not omniscient, and sometimes quote incorrectly, which would not be likely if theSensitive had. crammed ’ for the occasion. , H •

Miss Samuel arrived safely in Melbourne on October 16. After the ship left London it experienced the full force of the stormy weather th a t ensued! The trials on board were fearfnl, but safely through it all the pilgrims passed.

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NOTES AND COMMENTS.This issue of the M e d iu m will pass into hundreds and thou­

sands of fresh hands. W e commend its contents to every liberal religious mind. We urge th a t the discussion of theolo­gical and sp iritual questions, as conducted in the M e d iu m , is for true religion, not aga inst it. Our editorial rem arks on the situation will be found on page 741, a t the close of the “ E gyp t ” article. We would direct attention to the Control recorded by A.T.T.P., which unites true religion w ith reason. I t purports to come from the spirit “ Dean Stanley.” I t is a certain fact th a t he was deeply interested in Spiritualism while in the body, and these views were his to a nicety. T The clergy are a ll tending in the same direction or tow ards practical infidelity . There are only the two paths open, for the old orthodox posi­tion is u tterly untenable. We cordially invite the friends of religious tru th and progress to aid us in our work, and circulate the M e d iu m .

Miss Comer’s Tale is producing a deep impression. We will all be sorry when th is ta len ted lady is taken hold of by the g rea t publishers, and can no longer be the en tertainer and enlightener of the Spiritualists. But her book on “ Rhineland ” surpasses all th a t she has yet done, and will, we hope, place her high up in the literary scale, where she, indeed, belongs.

Now th a t there is a desire for information on Luther, we take pleasure in recommending Bohn’s Edition, entitled—“ The Life of Luther. W ritten by himself. Collected and arranged by M. Michelet. T ranslated by William H azlitt.’l I t contains nearly 500 pages, and is well bound in cloth, price 3s. 6d l We will be g lad to receive orders; it is a book th a t every Spiritualist should beoome acquainted with. Luther lectures may be given with advantage, in the future as well as now. Only a Spiritualist can fully understand the m an. The Chris* tians fall short of the mark.

As in the Sunderland report this week, we frequently notice th a t a t the close of meetings these is inquiry as to the pheno­mena. The m anagers of meetings would do well to provide themselves with an edition of Seed Corn—“ W hat is Spiritual­ism ? ” such as we gave as a supplement to the M ed iu m a few weeks ago. The Newcastle friends have had 3,000. This trac t contains a vast amount of information. I t has the an­nouncement of the meetings, and saves the time of those who may be asked to give information verbally. We supply 1,000 with announcement for 10s.; 3,000 for 22s. 6d.

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Our next issue will contain a Sermon by Archdeacon Colley, and the conclusion of Miss Corner’s Tale.

L e e d s .—The hall was not available, so th a t Mr. Burns’s illustrated lecture could not take place as advertised la s t week. He had five invitations in one week, bu t could accept none of them. He is needed a t home.

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4, W aterloo R oad, M anchester.------- ♦ -------

MR. WORTLEY’S ILLU STR A TED .LECTURE AT GOSWELL H A LL.

A t the conclusion of Mr. B urns’s lecture on Sunday evening, it was announced th a t on Sunday first, Nov. 25, Mr. R. Wortley would commence a course of lectures on the Harmonial Philoso­phy of A. J . Davis, illustrated w ith dissolving views. Mr. Wortley, in addition to a long study of the subject, is himself a medium, and has a vast fund of inform ation to lay before his friends. We hope the hall will be crowded, and thus encourage men of ability to come forward and work in the Cause. Gos- well H all, 290, Goswell Road, a t 7 o’clock.

A young gentlem an has offered his services to play the harmonium and lead the singing.

Miss Lottie Fowler has had several letters, and desires to say th a t the sta te of her vitality will not permit her to sit frequently in the day, nor w ith a large company in the even­ing. When she had more strength she placed no limit. Now sbe can only see one person a t a tim e for a private sitting, and about eight for a general sitting. Those who understand the philosophy of the sitting know th a t one influence is best, and it is better for the Cause, and the sitter, and medium, to get tru th , satisfaction, and retain health, than to waste all of these good things. Every medium has to work according to their powers of body. Invitations are solicited. She hopes to visit Glasgow, Edinburgh, and other places in the North.

Our Masonic readers should send us twopence-halfpenny for a number of “ The Knepb, a Masonic Journal devoted to the L iterature and Philosophy of the Craft.” I t is giving a series, of ancient hieroglyphs of a very mystical character, with copious explanations.

Mr. N. P. Cama, barrister-at-law , who has been residing in Liverpool for some time, has ju s t returned to Bombay, where he hopes to set some work on foot for the promotion of Spiri­tualism. He would be g lad to meet with others similarly dis­posed.

November 23, 1883. THE MEDIUM AND DAYBREAK. 745

INSTITUTION WEEK 1883.Many years ago when Mr. Burns was prostrated with diph­

theria, a kind friend, Mr. Thomson, proposed that all Spjj&tu- alists should, during the first week in December, devote them­selves to the work of holding meetings in behalf of, and collecting subscriptions forj^the Spiritual Institution, as an assistance to Mrs. Burns, who was left with all the work and an invalid on her hands. Since tha t time the first week in December has been yearly recognised as “ Institution Week,” and contributions have come in freely from all parts of the country.

This has been a congenial act to all fair and honourable Spiritualists, who well know th a t Mr. Jturns has for nearly 20 years given his time to the Spiritual Work without fee or reward of any kind, except th a t he has been landej^in weighty responsibilities, notwithstanding which he still keeps the Medium in the front of the Movement, and the Spiritual I n s t i l tution an available centre for all who require aid or information in respect to Spiritualism. His own work has been done free] his maintenance being derived from his publishing business ancUdher avocations. Even then the work necessitates the expenditure of several hundred pounds yearlyaand it is not too much to expect tbRf the readers of the Med iu m , as a bodya will offer a small donation each to meet this unavoidable defi­ciency. This annual loss has been reduced by the tqiffimposed upon the family by their undertaking to print the Medium during the last three years. But this is an oppression which the Movement has no claim to affix upon those who have, through years of difficulty and disaster, maintained the posi- tion, and in so doing suffered severely in business relations

Hnstead of being rewarded. To work for nothing is possible; but to work and be overwhelmed with the consequences of a Movement, and unscrupulous opposition, surely should not be the award of Spiritualists to their Institution and its organic work in the Cause!®

This year we take a strong stand in this Institution Week matter, and commend the readers of the Medium to do what they would think fair to themselves if similarly placed. There are thousands who will read these words, and a little from each

I would wipe off all burdens, and give the free worker scope for .1 the exercise of his abilities.

We ask every man, woman, and child in Spiritualism to help us, even with a penny or a farthing. In past years the family

Hsnbscrigwonsfl containing the offerings of little tots, have encouraged us more than larger sums from others. Let us

|] teach ourselves and our cbilgpen the glorious gospel of self- sacrifice ; and justice to those who have had to carry that gos­pel to ®ite a painful i s s u e d

Institution Week will extend from Sunday, December 2, till Sunday, December 9. We invite all Spiritualists to meet on

Hone evening, at least, in sympathy with our work. I t is the most powerful work in the^ Movement, and by uniting with it Sd3

;';j ritualists wtjll help us and help themselves. Express gratitude to the Almighty for what has been done in the past, and aspire

f for spiritual light to be more useful in the future. Then give ns your material help, letsjt be ever so little, for it is l e ex terj nal symjj^Kfta sympathetic act. We crave the love and good wishes of all, even as we have loved you, to toil for the prepa­ration of that which you weekly enjoy, much more than we

K u ld have toiled for wealth or position^Could the readers of the Med iu m realize how these matters

stand they would notjfa^T to do justictpo their own conscience] For ourselves we ask f&jjLnothing. We only ask that |Be bur-

■ den, which has been thrown on us by no acffiE our own, may he removed And it might be easily done : much more easmr than we can bear it a single dayypngenJB

We take theyjberty of publishing) the following letter, which we hope the writer will excuse. WVe cannSt manage a soiree, hat will be glad to receive the help of all true friendsfin the manner most convenient to themselves

j Dear Mr. Burns,-7I sincerely hope Spiritualists will not allow Mjnitution Week to drop this year.

there pe a soiree I shall be only too pleased to sing a couple of songQ fid subscribe a guinea towards expenses, and will do my utmost to fuHherrche success meeting. jHav-

E mg been a Spiritualist for nearly ten years, I wish to show in j oome little way-tlftit I ap'^j?5ate the plucky'w ay you have I stuck to the Cause and the MEDMjjlfe

Always willing to help others as you have been, let Sp a in I taalists i^pcffinvajoflj^retty party feeiing unite in showing HjM£Htt||dwill towards one of thefmrst and bravesJj pioneers

§ of Spiritualism in England!^ Hoping that I am expressing the I sentiments of manyj^-whth all good wishes, I amMsmcerely

■ l0®™) B.~ H.KfeviES.S3, York Road, Brighton* NovJ&pj 1883.

------ ♦ -------I Concerts|^ondncte"d ^by Mrs.ffiw$cfon, a t Charles Street J Chapel, Goswell Road, Thursdays, November December f "an d a t 8 p.m. fTmFots-’fo.. i Si, and 6a7, a t “ Social Sal- H fa*'«n"Office, S Red Lion OourCTETeet Street.

^ ■ • Lucifer ” is the ti|le of a little paper pjcijblished a t Valley 1 ells, Kansas. A contributor regards the changing of a wife’s 4 a*?6 ^*at her husband as an indication of the “ sub-

■ /ji 'chon of woman.”

A PLEA FOR MISS CORNER’S LITTLE WAIFS.Oh I who will help this noble scheme V Who will the tender lambs redeem H |Oh ! who will try to lighten woe aH Who real sympathy will show ?'WhcWrom the overflowing cup,Will let the littleB homeless ” sup ?Who, that receiveth daily bread,Will see the ®jtle orphan fed ?

. Who will brighten little faces ?Who wilffiSl Up vacant places ?J*j Who wilHgpver shoeless Met ?Whowhesepittle waifs will greet ?Who, that sleep on beds of ease,Will remember suSh as these ?The hungry feed ? The naked dress ?The sick will visit, a r s a l bless ? .«Would ye seeds of kindness sow ?Wmjrn ye like true bliss to know ?Then dry ye up the lone one’s tear,jC With help the broken-hearted cheer 1

Macclesfield. * E. Woollam.

MISS CAROLINE CORNER’S CHARITABLE ENTERPRISE.To the Editor.—Sir,—This week I have*to thankfully acknow­

ledge subscriptions to my book-fund for the charity, from the following ladies and gentlemen:—

Rt. Hon. H. Fawcett, M.P. . J . Bland, Esq.John Holms, Esq., M.P. Mrs.^Mjchell.S. E. M?jp J . Walhouse, Esq.Wm. Jackson, Esq.

Qustav Schack-Sommer, Esq.^h.D .

Miss Dbwsing.Mrs. Parkinson. Miss^TempleHl

Besides, I have to thank those ladies who are kindly working with me, and those who have as yet not responded to the cir­cular would earnestly request to do so without loss ofdume, that we may organise according to our means. I t is my wish to entertjun as many ntSe guests as possible—100 or rap, or more, and besides giving them a good tea and a happy even­ing with their Christmas tree, etc., present each boy and girl with a few usetmpaMslesHf warm clothing, and a bright new penny in commemoration of this one little oasis in the desert of theirflfiSary young Mes. What are most neecMmuj^me way of gifts are the following : new or cast-off garments, boys’ particffiarlyq a Christmas-tree from any m end in the country, plenty of cheap toys to dress i t ; lots of cake, buns, tarts, etcJJjthe tea will be genlrousl.^upMnailby the “ Li-quor Tea Company.”'Jl AnyiklScPSearted peoms whostSauSness lies in any of these lines, would, I am sure, undertake to con^Mute something to so good a Muse. Let each wnq reads m ^Hbink what he or she cam qHBIlimose who have Bmle ones, no doubt have old garments that may be renovated for this purposeg it would be a sorry artM eS indejrajfehafl wfflffil come amiss

ho these creatures. 'HMlgreas,those w ^H Spe no are better able to afforddonations and supports I should be happy to hear from a l lH

Many letters ^11 of kind cheering encouragement have reached me from all classes of socM ^gnm l ha ve great hopes oR

a success. , I t is time we arouse ourselves to works of charity. As one

oiimy[flffi®fflfflnefral says: “ Why should theHnurahes and H Rpels htnBiuj all T m chem sB A -vesra& s L e a us show the w o e M . that though we are Sg|p?uali8ts we are rich in human sym3 pathy for all m a n k lf f iH M j^ Caroline Corner .

3, St. Thomas’s Square, Hackney.

A COLUMN FOR THE YOUNG.THE HOUR BEFORE DAWN.

A P icture of Work-L if e a t th e E ast E nd.By Caroline Corner, Author of “ ’Twixt Will and FateMj “ The Slinkensmirk

HHPaBlOT’ “ My VmttEstyrlaahfeX tse.

Ch a pter II. (Continued.)Up tcBEms time, she had not dreamed pi giving in. The

KgOTonffinat jiQSsessed her at the glare pfltbe policeman’s lantern, had effected this sudden alteration. She could hold ou]jpcljnngeiB Her limbs were failing to support her. She must sitjraown. Fortunately, a safe resort was at hand Only a few steps, and a t the end of those railings she ini&ht find a resting placeJKjven this short distance, she had to cling to the rails for support. But she reached it, and sank wearily, exhausted, on the cold stone step3k

The church clocks, near and far, were striking the first hour. She heard them, as in a dream,- heard them, that was a l l : her comprehension was too stupefiedStoo feeble to realize their meaning. She had no i$ea of the lateness of the hour. Indeed, she had soarcely an idea of aughpsave of utter weari­ness and prostration. All she had need of was rest. She f e l t . no hunger, no cold, no pain, no dread oftthe drear dark night, nor of the dead. Her finest feelings were benumbed. She

746 THE MEDIUM AND DAYBREAK. November 23, 1883.

was passing through another stage of human anguish, the stage preparatory to the one that lingers and feeds on our life the most. Thus she remained: passive, semi-conscious, until the clocks struck again.

One: two. Two o’clock! Was it possible ? Was she dreaming? Nay: another clock, a few minutes behind time, dispelled this ideaP She was wide awake now at any rate. And here she was alone, neither living nor dead were near just now. And it was two o’clock in the morning, the morning of another day. Yesterday? What had yesterday been? A whole week, a month, a year, a life-time, it seemed to her. She could not exactly understand what had really occurred. She only felt there was some awful explanation for this weight that was upon her breast. What was it ? she asked herself, and as if to clear her memory she drew a cold blue-red hand across her brow. She could not remember exactly what.

But now somebody was approaching^ footsteps fell upon her ear. She lifted her head from the iron rails, and looked out. It Was a gentleman— coming her way. She shrank back into as small a compass as possible, until he should pass ; / but kept her eye upon him all the while. He drew nigh. His gait was slow; his back was bent: she saw this by the light of a gas-lamp which he passed.

He was looking down on the pavement, in grave thought, she fancied. Was h e alone? Was h e in trouble, too? Had h e this same inexplicable weight upon his breast? Poor old man! She was compassionating him, for it is when we are in affliction ourselves, we can best appreciate the affliction of our fellow creatures. Her imagination was brisk and vivid ; her heart was open to pour forth floods of sympathy now. She was conjuring up a heart-rending category of woes, that fell to the lot of that “ poor old man.”

And he, meanwhile, was passing by, unobservant’ of the gaunt, scantily-clad child, who selected him for her hero of a sorrowful tale, while resting on the cold damp step, alone, at two o’clock in the early winter morning. He went on, she still watching, until, some few doors farther on, a piece of scaffolding belonging to a house undergoing repair became de­tached. It fell. Her quick eye saw it. She was up in an instant, and the next both hands were upon the old man’s arm. Clasping it tightly she pulled him aside.

H e w as saved . Sh e h a d sa v ed h im . The plank fell, just in the place where he would have stood at the time, had it not been for her A He was saved, and he owed his life to h er!

“ Egad! what a narrow escape,” was the old gentleman’s first ejaculation. “ What a narrow escape,” he repeated, press­ing a hand to his temples, and keeping his eyes fixed in fascina­tion on the spot where the splintered plank lay, the spot where he might have lain— dead.

Then occurred to him, for he was an Englishman, the why and wherefore. He turned; and now he beheld the tall slim large-eyed child, her whole frame quivering from the effects of her late heroic action. His keen glance pierced her through and throughlbut she shrank not one iota beneath it. He was a hard-featured man, with a cold grey eye, this stranger. Nevertheless there was something beneath this adamantine exterior that touched her heart, when he asked:—

“ Is it to you I owe my rescue— possibly my life ? ”■ “ I saw it coming, I suppose,” she answered, softly, fearless­ly regarding him in the face.

“ You saw it coming— eh ? Where in the world were you then ? ” he went on interrogatively.

She made no response. He pressed it no further, but con­tinued :—

“ Well, you have saved my life—that’s certain. That tremend­ous beam could mean nothing less than death. For my life, whatever that may be worth, I am indebted to you, child. And, who knows ? it may be worth much after all—may be worth much after a ll! ” he repeated, in a tone that could only be rendered by one who had had some great grief.

And yet he was a gentleman : his appearance was suggestive of ample means. What could he know of sorrow ? she was thinking. It is so difficult, to get out of oneself, and to see and feel through another: so difficult, so rarely done.

“ Yes, child, you have spared my life. You have given me time yet to go on with— with.— . .

“ A h! you cannot understand what you have done. I am an old man : better gone, the world might say. But not yet— not yet. Thank God! time is allotted me yet: and, through you, child, through you.”

He drew forth a silk pocket-handkerchief and brushed away the moisture from his eyes. The hardness was gone now ; they had no longer the leaden coldness of a November skyj| Then confronting her again, he said in a more practical worldly- wise tone:—

“ Here: take my purse. It contains some gold. I can never reward you sufficiently : but for the present, take this. 1 am a rich man. Have no fear you shall be well-rewarded for what you have done. This is yours : take it.”

But the bands, swollen and blue with cold, hung by her side, and no heed was taken of the generous offering. 1

Her interlocutor was somewhat perplexed. Those white hairs had not come without bringing some knowledge of the world, humanity and their ways.

“ A— ye— ye ? ” said he, half-doubting, wholly amazed. “ You don’t care to take it ? It’s full of gold, I can assure you. I had a cheque changed only this morning. Take it child; more shall be forthcoming, by-and«bye. That, I promise you. Here is my card. Take it, as a guarantee; and with it this purse of gold.”

With this he would have thrust the latter upon her accep­tance, had she not resolutely turned away, and in so doing permitted it to fall to the ground/

The white-haired man of the world was, indeed, perplexed.“ Very well,” he said, stooping to pick up the purse. JE Very

well, you have some reason, I suppose, though ’tis difficult to conceive,” he pursued, examining the perished® hungered- looking figure, who defied and negatived his knowledge of humanity, founded on long years of past experience!*?!

After scrutinizing the pale, pinched face, and endeavouring to fathom and explain each line and shade, and make himself familiar with the hidden depths of those wistful eyes, he shrugged his shoulders, drew a long breath, looked more than ever perplexed, then asked in a firm yet kindly tone:—

“ Is there anything else I can do for you ? ”“ A faint, sickly hue spread over her countenance, and she

shook her head.“ No, sir. It’s too late; all is over. She is d e a d !”The pale lips twitched at the corners; the eyes, wide-open,

were lustrous with tears that remained there ; they were hard- wrung, and would not flow.

She was beginning to awaken to a sense of her child-soul’s first great grief; her woman’s lingering sorrow. The torrents of tears were over ; now, each tear was the condensation of the heart’s overflow of anguish; too bitter, too hard, alas! to shed.

The white-haired man looked at her long and earnestly. Even across - his leaden orbs a film was gathering.!] Presently he asked,— and now his voice was wondrously softened—sub­dued :—

“ Who is dead, my child ? ”She had not been spoken to in such a manner by anybody in

her life, save one— her, who had gone. She looked up in his wrinkled face ; it helped her hard-wrung tears; and an­swered :—|g | My Mother! ”

Just then the moon sailed out from behind a purple-black cloud, and its pure soft rays fell on, and illumining, appeared to sancrafy the sorrowful beauty of the child.

The eyes shone out like stars from the small delicate face, and the hair dishevelled about the head, formed a sort of halo around the lofty, intelligent brow.

“ Poor child !S| the old man said, pityingly, tenderly, with a tremor of emotion in his voiced “ What is your name ? Where do you live? Tell me. You have given me my life. Trust me, child: I will be your friend,” laying a hand gently on her shoulder, and regarding her with parental fondness.

It was soothing to be spoken thus kihdly to. A smile played softly on the child’s worn countenance, and her large eyes closed, for it seemed she was asleep and dreaming her mother was with her, and talking to her again. But then she remem­bered that there was a faint similarity in certain of the tones her “ genteel ” superior had used when giving the money from her own hard-earned store that evening Hand from this her quick apprehension drew the deduction that the world is not wholly selfish and corrupt, that souls there are who holds higher policy than that of self-aggrandisement.. , “ What is your name ft" he asked again.

“ Mother always called me Aimde, sir,” she said, looking up into his face in full confidence now.W

“ Aim6e, AiMEE!” th e old gen tlem an repeated, dwelling long and thoughtfully upon the nam e. “ Indeed ! That is an uncommon nam e for—for such as you., How came you by it?’» he w ent on.

“ In the same way as other people, I expect, sir. Everybody must have a namel” was the logical reply,Continuing: “ But nobody could speak it like Mother* They called |t Amy.”

Humph! that’s near enough. It’s too good a name for vulgar tongues,” he muttered, shortly and somewhat bitterly.

That name was sweet to him, and yet iffirevived such bitter memories. These contradictions are common in our lives, and make us hard to understand, difficult to be understood, so that the world misconstrues, and often unfairly condemns.

“ When did your Mother die ? ” he next asked, abruptly, as the thought occurred to him*,>j

“ To-night,” was the reply. *” “ To-night! ” in amazement— aghast. 1**

Instinct explained to her the meaning of the old man’s astonishment, and a flush dyed her pale wan cheek with shame. Why had she not remained at home ? at her post by the side of the dead ? Then the memory of her agonized terror laid hold f of her, and in its might she broke out passionately, entreat- ; - ingly :—

“ Oh, sir, do no t blam e me ! I could not help it 1 could not stay. I t was too terrib le . I should have gone m a d ; my brain was a ll on fire. I t was so still, so white, so cold, and I t drew me to i t ; I could no t g e t aw ay. I knew I t was not Mother.She is a beautiful spirit now. I should not be afraid of her.I shall pray that she may come back to me from the bright, ■

November 23,1883, THE MEDIUM AND DAYBREAK. 747

warm Spirit-land; and God will hear and answer me, I know ; for Mother could never be happy, even in heaven, if she thought other child left alone on this cold wide earth, and she not able to guard, and bless, and Help her. No, sir ; I am sure of this : Mother taught me so herself, my good, kind Mother, and I feel

] now that it is true. And, oh, sir, it w il l be a comfort in the long, lone, dismal days that are to come. Yo® if you have

f lost some dearly loved one, who was as the sun, the soul of your life, you pan understand.}®

In her earnestness she drew close to her companion, and reaching up her hands placed one on either shoulder, so as to regard him straight in the face. Now he remarked the inten­sity of that child-countenance, and was remijraed of a theory he had heard dismissed, of the soul’s repeated existences. Surely in this young face there was typified wisdom over and beyond her few year’s experience, he was thinking. Then, with a gentle .hand, he stroked the light silken dishevelled hair, and said in a deep and even tender tone

I ‘ Blake me to your home, child. I should like to see your dead Mother. She would wish me to be kind to her child. > I had apEe girl once, and h e r name was Aimto. But— she is

^^ndshjk' My little girl is— lost.”B i s she dead, too? ” she asked; a sympathetic light kindling inker big blue eye.

I Sorrow, more than aught else, binds human souls together. She half-hoped it might be so. This was a strong link in the bond of their mutual sympathy. When steeped in sorrow one­self, it is the best relief to find a kindred soul

The. old man shook his whitened head. He sighed, and tears came to theacorner of his eyes.

B p Aye, aye! We are mourners alikexphild. * For both of us, it seems, the light of our lives is gone out. Mine, many many yeafs ago; yours, but now.. Yours maybe regainedSHsome

■ fother may replace. Mine is gone; and yet they say (that God is good!” he broke otitSin the long pent-up anguish of

B his soul, ir Long years, hard years of agonizing remorse, years ■i of silent misery, only buoyed up and kept alive by a delusive 3 hope, a false insane belief; persisting in my vain endeavours;

at times losing this faith, only to return to it again, and go on r-on, thwarted, deceived. Oh, it has been a cruel life El This night I:had resolved to end it. My strength was wasted; I could combat no longer. My efforts were useless; God had forsaken me, I thought; and I cursed my existence?* But when

^^■ 1 stood on the brink of the precipice, and looking down on that huge beam, beneath which I might have lain a crushed and mangled corpse, I realized the full meaning of life, and was

Bglad fimive. Your hands they were that saved me, chilu*that gave me another chance san d if there be a God, and He be

ft Merciful and Just, He will bless you. His blessings are Divine and Sure*; mine are Human, Fallible, and Insecure.”

He bowed his white head low upon his breast, and for a ; second or twc^he wept. Poor old man! he was beyond the • three-score years and ten ! It was late for him to doubt^ But

the time of doubt was gone by. It had been dark and terrible ; now jjgwould oppress no more. Even now, as they stood, the

F huge Mack shadows of night were breaking up, preparatory to the dawn. That b<mr is always darkest: The Hour before

B Dawn. She slipped her hand in his, and together they went back home—to the dead.

... ,U;-Y i.« i ■ (To b& cpntimiedn) ’

PROGRESS OF SPIRITUAL W ORK.; MB. BURNS’S ILLUSTRATED L E Q T L ^ ON.’“ LUTHER.”

On Mnday evening; at GosweJ H a lil the experimental an j illustratjttffiunday kprvjce was successfully accomplished; The

lantern with gas connexions and screen were plagetl before- - j hand, and the seky^ca'openegj, in the us ral way. First there

washymrJ©13fc|pritual Lyre SofohqfBfflj mom |n ancient timesaE^en Mr. "Burns read a seyction^ 5^ ‘tLu|ber’s cple- brated propositions against indulgences. Hymn ‘UFor all Thy gifts gee Maise Thee Lor® was mogy harffijniomly sung

j by the cong^gation,- and 1 then the lights were tSamjamown,J and the lecture J -: The oxy-hydrogen limegignt Was'

managed inihe mesLperfeeWmminer by MrJE^Burn^SiflnjOT, ij who also performed the part of exhibitor. Twelve views' pL

the leading incidents of Hjuther’s career were dejmS'fj fion the screen: and as thQight was good and the paintings fine,.'it

| was a complete success. ;Mr. Burns spoked®'mote Rhan a hour;1 and m-owd djmato

that time as much informationSas 0 was possible toMyivey. As was to be expected, the lecture tore Mirecjjy on f SpirGj tualism. It was pointed out that Luther was a mediumO to ugh

.f. He did not know it. Hisso-calledR‘ temptations of the devMa % were due to the influence of papist smrjts who sought to

■ nterrupjj his work. Bun he also acknowledged the aid of angels,” who enabled him to do his work. ^R^markable

j physical phenomena occasionally occurred. Pottents were I seen in the heavens, and evidences of spirit power were 1 Mmerous, bgth on his friends and his enemies. Luther was a 1 patriot as well as a .religious reformer. He released his

. ■ j oonntiy from the political yoke of Romo, and gave her rulers ja and civil institutions of her own, yet he never became the tool

princes of, the earth,. Even his, best friends amongst

hem he treated without ceremony when they stood between him and his mission. There was none of the politician about him, and if his followers who occupied places of power, identi­fied themselves with the Reformation and gave it a political aspect, that was their part not Luther’s.

The Lecturer dwelt feelingly upon the unselfishness of Luther; a man of universal' powers, but who put no money value upon his unparalleled achievements. He was literally worked to death, and all through life steeped in poverty. He had princes for patrons, but they sustained him in. the most beggarly fashion. His religion was not that of the Christian of to-day. Change the terms which he used, and it would appear that his views were just those of Spiritualism., His “ Faith ” was a union of the soul with the spirit life of the higher spheres. . . Works without this inner life he Bjcoun||d valueless. We do not hear him preach' the “ bloodS cme&rine, nor the sacrifice of Christ for SgeWsindB That pagapfg^J^jpo it was the work of his gf|g to sw n u io f!' He dm sown onejjform, but to|day it is as rampant as agm-, and will be while tto Cffiristian system exists, '

Luther'cJieKa working man. He wrap had baen the instru­ment of so much, was little esteemed by those whomad pur­poses of their own to serve. He&et his face againjpfelpMshod, violence, rash acts, and personal aggrandisement; overworked and burdened with debraj he lyaAistill a slave to the neeapof that troublous time. He got’ afoa^he and attempted to get a living at mechanEs; he planted a garden; he improyedBha farm. The agricultural improvements and a fewjjjBjjBent a from friends, were all that he had tofeave to his WjfgBjjUs oxn hausted frame spl illy inimical psychical spmSaaround Jqmlxhat his sufferings''-of mind and body He longed for the chapge that wSaOTfree him. f a t h e r than die, he desired that he might bejgifled by his enemies, R by the shedding tof BijLMood hejsould advafflgHie cause., He was in work up to the la S . . .SdE3I|lmAvasSrelfhB had to take part in

j the gjgeat work that he mean|T of instating.Taken with the sickness fii death whUerim naaShfi1 harness ona he repeatedly commended his |ouF®%?od whomad saved him. He seemadlffiawake from a swoon, doctor asked him if.he retamed ~ Wirm faith in fj?e p lw jto l^ e had mughtfl His answer was ,‘2^esOj| To say this hejfoiaff&nafflM.somewhaB

Ht was the final effortlj He;sankTO^^ro^Pr^^SfflS® became palejSne extremities coldfmnd a sigh was all*tnaffa|ipwed.

After'the lerttyre a numbewpf uortrjEalsW spaBaphotogranhs. materialized forms were sfmwnSand which* prolonged the interest to a late hour.

MBBurns’s TOice seems to have been much improved by his open-air work. It was too loud for Goswell Hall, and capable of filling the largest halls. It is a pity that thousands in place of dozens cannot hear such a lecture. The power is there, and the use will follow.

----- -*-r-----MRS. GROOM AT PLYMOUTH.

- On Sunday last we had Mrs. Groom with us, and a very Enjoyable day was passed in consequence. ; There was a crowded audience at the morning meeting, over which Mr. Sloman presided, and prior to the usual lecture, Mrs. groom’s guides named in a most impressive manner three^children of members of the Society. The sura®tmfRhe discourse, chosen by the audience, was— ^FThe Two Worlds, their influence on each other §1’ which was treated in theCjsjntrol’s wefe-known style, The service concluding with two poems,-and clairvoy­ant descriptions of friends in spirit, life, all of. which .were re­cognised.

In the evening the place was filled to overflowing, and the oration on (^Spiritualism, the voice crying in the wilderness,” seemed to eleStrify the audience. ™t would be impossible for me to convey the ideas Sfflrein contained, therefore 1 will only say they were worthy the spmt wfgjEffl At the close, as usual, a large number of clairvoyant descriptions of a striking charac­ter were given, messages from the friends in several cases being added.® I may remar^ that the well-knownB>ue of Goldsmith’a, wherein he speaks of “ fools who came to scoff,1 remained to pray,” was brought forcibly to my mind during the latter portion of the night’s proceedings, for one person whose gather offensive conduct I have noticed on various occasions, rapidly changed her previous flippancy into grave interest, on Mrs. Groom’s describing a spirit at her side, and which she was forced tct acknowledge was correct.. ,

On Monday evening, in response to a special request, Mrs.' Groom kindly consented to help the Society’s funds, and under the inspiration of “ George rcjawson,”* gave an oration on

k Moses and Carlyle;’!! The attendance was again large, and deep interest was manifested. A representative of one of the

Bocal journals took a report of the lecture, and it will, in a ll ' probability, duly appear. The control was certainly an extra­ordinary one, and in striking. contrast to the usual utterances through the medinm. The clairvoyant descriptions atffthe close werq all recognised, and ere the friends separated, Mr. Husson On behalf of .the Society proposed a vote of thanks to Mrsl.v Groom for her valuable services, which was seconded by a Secularist, who took the opportunity of expressing his gratifica­tion at what he had heard; the vote being carried with enthu­siasm and many enquiries when our friend was coming again,..

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748 THE MEDIUM AND DAYBREAK. November 23, 1883.

LECTURES AT BELPER.On Sunday, Nov. 11, Mrs. E. H. B ritten gave two magnificent

inspirational discourses a t Belper. In, the morning the lecture was deliveredjrin the Lecture RoomJjf Brookside, subject: “ Earthbound Spirits and the Philosophy of Obsession ; ” in the evening, in Public Hall, subject: “ Guardian Angels and the Philosophy of Inspiration.” The audiences were large, sym­pathetic, and much delighted with the gifted lady’s inspired oratory. Mrs. Britten is a g rea t favourite in Belper, and earnest hopes are expressed th a t she will soon revisit th a t pleasant Derbyshire town.

Sunday, Nov. 18, Mr. W. J . Colville was the speaker. A t 10-30 a.m., he gave a splendid lecture on “ The New Spiritual D ispensation; or, How will Christ come again ? ” in the Lecture Room, Brookside. In the same place, a t 3 p.m., he held a public reception and answered a number of im portant questions, under influence of his inspirers. A t 6'30, he spoke on “ Martin Luther, and the Protestant Reformation,” in the Public Hall, which was well filled with a representative and very appreciative audience. He also lectured publicly on Monday and Wednesday evenings, Nov. 19 and 21, in the Lecture Room, Brookside, and held a reception on Tuesday, a t the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Adshead, 4, Derwent Villas.

In addition to his other work, Mr. W. J . Colville charmed his auditors with some fine music and singing, which added much to the general effect and harmony of the various g atheringsIH

Spiritualism is flourishing in Belper by all accounts; a good lecturer always draws well.—Cor.

-------♦ -------NOTES FROM TYNESIDE.

N ew ca stle .—Mrs. Wallis has been lecturing here for a fort­night. The utterances of her controls are simple, earnest, and practical, and calculated to interest as well as inform. Mr. W. MacDonald gave an interesting address recently which was much appreciated.

The friends of Mr. Hy. Burton are promoting a testimonial to th a t gentleman as an acknowledgment of his efforts in pro­moting Spiritualism in the North during the last few y ea rs; it will be presented previous to his departure for Queensland.

Ga tesh ea d .—Mr. W. MacDonald and Mr. W. H. Robinson have lectured here since my last; on Sunday last Mr. A. J . Edmunds, of Sunderland, delivered a philosophical address on “ Diversities of,thought in relation to the soul’s immortality.” This speaker is admirably adapted for introducing the finer issues of spiritual thought to cultered folk. The Society is preparing a programme for the winter’s campaign.

N orth sh ie l d s .—Mr. H. Burton lectured here recently on “ Immortality ” and I^hear many expressions of appreciation of his effort. The lecturer was much applauded and a cordial vote of thanks accorded to him. Mr. MacKellar has also lectured, and Mr. Rowe gave a thrilling address on “ Our Spirit Homes ” on Sunday last, and was highly applauded. Mrs. Wallis has also lectured h ere; her guides gave some interest­ing tests after the "lecture, I am informed. This is I believe a new departure in her mediumship ; if continued with affect it will cause a greater demand for her servicesjj E r n e s t .

Mr. W. J . Colville lectured in the assembly Rooms, Leeds, to large and enthusiastic audiences, Thursday and Friday, Nov. 15 and 16* / The audiences chose subjects and asked questions both evenings. “ Witchcraft, Superstition, Spiritualism and the Bible,” was chosen on Thursday, and “ Why have we not as wonderful demonstrations of spirit power to-day as in Old Testament tim es; and will Spiritualism soon be accepted as tru th by the masses ? ” on F riday ; both lectures were very able, eloquent, and exhaustive. Questions a t the close threw much light on many points, and impromtu poems called forth great applause!! They are a novelty in Leeds, and Mr. Colville’s were really fine.—Cor .

B radford .—At Walton Street, on Wednesday evening, Nov. 14, a circle was held, attended by thirty sitters. Three speakers did duty, and it was a good m ee tin g l On Sunday afternoon and evening, Miss Harrison and Miss Musgrave spoke on the return of the spirits for man’s uplifting and com9 fort and of man’s response by soul aspiration. The speakers did their duty well. There were many strangers, both after-* noon and evening.— Cor .

V ictoria P a rk .— Owing to the absence of Mr. Jennison (he being ill), Mr. Trevellyn, the gentleman who has spoken for several Sundays, opened the meeting. He soon brought a number of "persons around. During the course of his re­marks he stated th a t he had been ten years acquainted with the phenomena of Spiritualism, and now he was convinced of the tru th of it. He urged all present to investigate, and find out the tru th of it with unbiased minds. Miss Keeves then addressed the meeting. She gave some of her experiences in Spiritualism, tha t had induced her to become a Spiritualist! I shall not attem pt tojdescribe the eloquent address tha t followed, as no account of mine could do it justice. Miss Keeves con­cluded, after speaking for half an hour, by remting a beautiful poem. The audience listened to her with great a tten tion! Mr. Emms then gave a short leoture upon “ Materialism, Christianity, and Spiritualism,” which he treated with bis usual power. There was a little opposition from a church minister, but after hearing Mr. Emms’s remarks, his argument bad no

effect. Two lady friends brought some M ed iu m s and Rules for the Circle, for distribution. Although it was very cold and foggy, there was a large attendance. Next Sunday, weather perm itting, a t 11 a.m.—W il l ia m L u x fo r d , 32, Kenton Road, South Hackney, Nov. 11,1883,

H a s l in g d e n .—A most joyful report comes from Mr. D. Newell, of the progress of the Cause and the success of Mr. Schutfs meetings on Sunday, in the lower room of the Public Hall.® He spoke in the trance in the afternoon, on tho “ New Dispensation,” and in the evening on the “ Origin and Destiny of Man.” Rowdies and bigots Were alike well overcome. The progress of Spiritualism is causing some consternation in the Churches and Chapels. Young men are being fed by its teach­ings in a m anner which the Sunday School cannot supply! Those who g e t hold of the new light, are enthusiastic with w hat it has done for them. The Cause is making great head­way in the town, and the friends are industrious and hopeful.

S u n d er l a n d .—L ast Sunday afternoon and evening, two beautiful trance addresses were delivered in the Avenue Theatre, by the guides of Mr. Wm. W estgarth, of Sheriff Hill. There was a good attendance from the outside public, who listened eagerly to the words whioh fell from the lips of the medium. A g rea t many inquiries were made by the audiences upon spiritual phenomena, etc., a t the close of the services. Although the w eather was intensely cold, large groups of people continued to linger about the outside of the Theatre, earnestly discussing tho teachings of Spiritualism, which shows th a t Sunderland is certainly beginning to awake, after our six months campaign.—N ext Sunday, two old and valued friends from Newcastle will occupy our platform. This will be the last time we will be able to hold our meetings in the Avenue Theatre, owing to our respected friend and patron, the pro­prietor, having relinguished his interest in th a t building. How­ever, we don’t intend to let the good work fall through, which we have already accomplished, as we expect to have another suitable place immediately.—G. H. P y n e J ones , Sec., M.S.E.S.

On Sunday, Nov. 11th, a social gathering took place at Mrs. Treadwell’s, 5, Rundell Road, Harrow Road, W,, as previously announced in the M e d iu m , where a capital tea was provided, about fifty persons being present. After tea, a meeting was held ; a friend who took the chair relating his experiences in Spiritualism for the benefit of those present. A recitation, entitled “ Billy’s Rose” given by another gentlem an, was also received with great interest. The guides of Mrs. Treadwell and several other mediums addressed the meeting, which was interspersed with songs and anthems by a trained choir, includ­ing a solo, which was very effectively rendered by a young lady friend. The whole was term inated by a most remarkable spiritual effect: those of the company who were clairvoyant, simultaneously seeing the whole side of the room lit up as it were. In the foreground was a boat, gaily festooned with flowers, and containing a number of children^jand in the back­ground stood a group of spirits to the number of sixty or seventy, amongst whom were many well-remembered faces, looking very bright and happy. All the clairvoyants present agreed as to the description, and when the doxology was sung, several non-mediumistic friends declared th a t they heard other voices besides those present in the body. The whole passed off very happily. Circles are held here on Sundays a t 7‘30, and Mondays and Wednesdays, a t 8 p.m., to which all Spiritualists and inquirers are invited.—Cor .

S to n eh ou se : Sailor’s Welcome, Union Street.—On Sunday last, a t 2.30, Mr. R. S. Clarke gave an inspirational address a t the above Lecture Hall. Meetings were commenced only a few weeks ago a t this place, and although the weather has been unfavourable on each occasion, judging from the good attendance which we had on Sunday, we must hope for great success in the future. Although the controls intended previous­ly to have spoken on a subject handed in by the audience, they deviated from the original plan, because they wished to deal with the remarks of a reverend gentlem an recently appearing in print denouncing Spmtualism, and also to make some re­marks on certain posters placarded over the town, mixing up Spmtualism with a drawing room entertainment.—J. Paynter.

M a n c h e st e r .—On Sunday, Mr. Johnsop, of Hyde, delivered two excellent discourses on the following subjects: “ What is Truth “ fflf God be unchangeable? w hat is the use of praying to him to intelligent audiences, who seemed to appreciate the discourses.—W. L a w to n ! Sec., 236, Viaduct Street, Ardwick, Nov. 18,1883.

L eicester : Silver Street Lecture Hall.—On Sunday evening last, Mr. Bent delivered an inspirational address to a good congregation. The spirit guides took for their discourse: “ A Common Sense View of the Rights of Man.”—R. Wightman, , s Sec., Mostyn Street, Hinckley Road.

The winter number of jP Society W for this year will be called “ Round the Fireside,” and wiB] contain several complete stories by such welfflknown authors as Richard Dowling, God­frey Turner, J . Palgrave Simpson, Earnest Warren, William Mackay, 0 . 0. Rhys, letc., and will be illustrated by Frank « Feller, Rudolph Blind, Frederick Waddy, etc. The price is to be Sixpence, and the number will be ready on December 8tb.

Wa nd sw o rth .—A m end would like to join a cirole in the district or towards Olapham Junction. Address particulars to Mr. Burns, Office of this paper.

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On Sunday, D ecem ber 2, M r. B u rn s w ill d e liv e r h is L e c tu re on “ L uther,” a t th e T e m p e ra n c e H a ll , 52, B ell S tre e t , E d g w a re Road, illu s tra ted w ith fine v iew s sh o w n b y th e lim e-lig h t, th e same as a t G osw ell H a ll . W e hope th e W est E n d S p ir itu a lis ts will really ro u n d a n d fill th e H a ll. T o com m ence a t 7 o’clock. Be in tim e to see th e b e g in n in g . A co llec tio n to d e fray e x ­penses.

Bingley.— A B a z a a r is to b e h e ld in D ecem ber. T h e n o tice came ju st a s w e w e re g o in g to p re ss . M ore n e x t w eek . M ean­while get to w ork.

Newcastle.— M r. J . J . M orse w ill d e liv e r a t r a n c e le c tu re in the Hall a t W eir’s C o u rt, N e w g a te S tre e t , N ew castle -o n -T y n e , on Monday even ing , N o v em b er 2 6 th n e x t : S ub jec t— “ G h o s ts : and what th ey te a c h u s .” C h a ir ta k e n a t 8 p .m ., p ro m p t.— Cor.

Mrs. Ma k epea ce .— M r . H u sk ’s se a n c e w as w e ll a t te n d e d a n d the phenomena w ere sp len d id . M r. H e rn e ’s sean ce w ill n o t take place a s an n o u n ce d , a s h e h a s a fixed e n g a g e m e n t fo r Thursday even ings. W e h a v e rece iv ed on b e h a lf o f M rs. Makepeace—from M r. H . H o g a n , 5 s . ; from J . S., a p oo r w o rk ­ing man, Is .

Stratford: S p ir itu a l M ee tin g , 103, C hobham R oad .— S u n ­day, Oct 11th, o u r frien d s , M iss R eco rd a n d M iss K eeves, p a id ns a visit. T h e g u id e s o f th e l a t t e r g a v e u s a b eau tifu l address. F rid ay 1 6 th , M r. W o rtle y p a id u s a v i s i t ; h is g u id e s gave some good s p ir i tu a l a d v ic e ; a lso o u r fr ien d L o m b ard , received some good m e d ica l ad v ice . S u n d a y 1 8 th , M r. D ow n­ing and Mr. Y oung g a v e u s som e go o d c la irv o y a n t d escrip ­tions. A very n ice e v e n in g w a s s p e n t.— T . H a r r iso n .

A few friends o f M r. H y . B u rto n , a re d esiro u s o f p re se n tin g a testimonial to t h a t g e n t le m a n , p rev io u s to h is d e p a r tu re for Queensland, in a c k n o w le d g m e n t o f h is w o rk in th e S p ir itu a l Movement in th e N o r th o f E n g la n d . A fa rew e ll te a is to be held in the H a ll a t W eir’s C o u rt, N e w c a s tle (k in d ly g ra n te d by the Com m ittee), on T u e sd a y , N ov. 2 7 th , w h en th e te s tim o n ia l will be presented. A m o n g s t th e v is ito rs w ho h av e p rom ised to be present, a re M r. M orse , o f L o n d o n ; M r. R o b ertso n , of Glasgow; M r. L a m b e lle , o f S o u th S h ie ld s ; M r. T hos. S k ip s jy, of Newcastle; a n d d e p u ta tio n s from v a rio u s S p ir itu a l Societies in the district. T h e p ro c e e d in g s w ill b e in te rs p e rs e d w ith vocal music. M r. J . J . M orse w ill le c tu re on th e p rece d in g evening, M onday, N ov. 26 , on “ G h o s ts : a n d w h a t th e y te a c h ns.’’—Cor.

Birmingham.— A t O ozell S t r e e t B o ard Schools la s t S u n d ay , our friend Mr. W allis p a id u s a v is it , a n d d e liv e red tw o o ra ­tions. The m o rn in g s u b je c t w a s — “ S p ir itu a l E v o lu tio n .” I t was really th e o rig in o f m a n , t r a c in g m a n from h is f irs t a p ­pearance on th is p la n e t a s a m e re a n im a l, u p to h is p re se n t intellectual condition . I t w a s a g r a n d d iscou rse . T h e au d i­ence was sm all, b u t v e ry in te l l ig e n t a n d m u ch d e lig h te d . I n the evening th e la rg e room w as fu ll. T h e su b je c t w as— “ T h e Reality of th e U n seen ,” w h ich w a s d e liv e red w ith such fire th a t the audience w ere l i te r a l ly e n tra n c e d . I t p u t th e sc ien tific men’s theory to sh am e . I t w a s a g r a n d m e e tin g , a n d th e Spiritual Cause in B irm in g h a m is lo o k in g b r ig h te r . M rs. W allis will lecture n e x t S u n d a y .— Co r .

Hammersmith.— Could th e f r ie n d o f th e C ause , w ho h a s th e rooms to le t n e a r th e B ro a d w a y , c a l l a m e e tin g a t h is room s ? Some of us could m e e t to g e th e r a n d d iscuss m a tte r s . I h av e received a le tte r th is e v e n in g s ig n e d |T r u t h s e e k e r , ” w ho g ives no address so th a t I m ig h t h a v e re p lie d to h im . I sa w M r. Collings, and he rece iv ed one w ith th e sa m e s ig n a tu re a n d no address. I t is a n im p o ss ib ility to g e t u p a m e e tin g , i f a l l co r­respondents pu rsu e su ch ta c tic s . I t is to b e ho p ed , i f a H a ll is started, th a t th e m e m b e rs o f i t w ill g iv e a g u a ra n te e to keep it well su p p o rted , a n d a lso to fo rm a L ib ra ry , a n ece ssa ry adjunct to a Socie ty fo r th e p ro p a g a t io n o f th e T ru th . I should not like to see a p la c e s ta r te d , a n d a f te r a m o n th o r tw o closed for w an t o f su p p o r t. I t m a k e s u s th e la u g h in g s to ck o f other denom inations; a n d th e y c a n t r u ly s a y w e h a v e n o t th e Cause at heart.— H . J o n es, 15, M o n ta g u e S tre e t . [S ince th e foregoing was in ty p e th e p ro p r ie to r h a s in t im a te d th a t h is premises are now re a d y . I t is h is d u ty no w to in v ite th e friends to tak e s to ck o f th e p la c e .— E d . M .]

Malton.—I be lieve w e h a v e m a n y q u ie t e n q u ire rs in th e Town, and th e re a re s e a n c e s o cca sio n a lly . T h e re h a s b een a sort of lull for a tim e , b u t i t is a n t ic ip a te d a f te r a w h ile i t w ill come to the fro n t. I c a n h e a r o f s e v e ra l w ho a re m o s t qnx ious to attend m eetings, b u t th e f r ie n d s k e e p th e m lo n g in g , a s a matter of policy. A sec tio n o f th e T e m p e ra n c e R efo rm ers, advanced m inds, S p ir i tu a lis ts , a n d som e U n ita r ia n s , h av e h a d much prejudice to c o n te n d w ith . A d m itte d b y a l l can d id m inds to be the best a n d m o s t e a rn e s t w o rk e rs , y e t on a c c o u n t o f their religious opin ions th e b ig o ts w o p ld n o t w o rk w ith t h e m ; and what is m ore, th o u g h p ro fe s s in g C h ris tia n s , d id n o t sc ru p le to lie and m isrep resen t. T h e y w o u ld u n d o u b te d ly h a v e tu rn e d

out, and ta k e n th e H a l l fro m th e T e e to ta lle rs , b u t th e sec­tion of orthodox z ea lo ts w a s to o w e a k fo r th e occasion , an d hence we survive, to b e s tig m a tiz e d w h e n e v e r o p p o rtu n ity jmera. A little reac tio n , h o w ev er, h a s s e t in , a n d le t u s hope ‘hat ultimately t r u th a n d p u r i ty w ill tr iu m p h .— Cor.

M E E T IN G S , SU N D A Y , N O V EM B ER 25 th , 1883.LONDON.

G o sw ell H a l l .—290, Goswell Road: Mr. R. Wortley, “ The Harmonial Philoso­phy,” illustrated with dissolving views.

Spiritual Institution.—Tuesday, Mr. Towns’s seance, at 8.E dgware Road.—52, Bell Street, at 7,: Mr. Iver MacDonnell, “ Europe in 1900.” Marylebone Road.—Spiritual Mission Room, 167, Seymour Place, at 11, Mrl

Hopcroft. At 7, short service and seance. Tuesday, at 7.45, attendance to lend and exchange books ; Wednesday, at 7.45, Mrs. Hawkins. Thursday, at 7.45, Developing Circle; Friday, at 7.45, Mr. Towns; Saturday, at 7.30, Mr. Savage. J. M. Dale, Sec., 50, Crawford Street, Bryanston Square. The Room is strictly reserved for circles. It may he engaged for private sittings.

Cavendish Rooms, Mortimer Street, W., at 7: Rev. S. E. Bengough, M.A.“ The Moral and Spiritual Bearings of Vaccination.”

PROVINCES.Barrow-in-Furness.— 75, Buccleuch Street, at 6.30.Batley Carr.—Town Street, 6 p.m.: Misses Illingworth and Beetham.B edworth.—King Street, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, at 7 p.m.B elper.—Lecture Room, Brookside, at 6.30 :B in g l e y .— Intelligence Hall, 2.30 and 6 p.m.: Mr. A. Morrell.B irm ing h am .—Oozell Street Board School, 6.30: Mrs. E. W. Wallis.B is h o p A ucklan d .—Temperance Hall, Gurney Villa,'2.30 and 6:Blackburn.—Academyof Arts and Sciences, Paradise Lane:Bradford.— Spiritualist Church, Walton Street, Hall Lane, Wakefield Road, 2.30 and

6 p.m.: Mr. John Wright.Wade’s Meeting Room, Harker Street, Bowling,’at 2.30 and 6 p.m: Mrs. Illingworth.Spiritual Lyceum, Oddfellows’ Rooms, Otley Road, at 2.30 and 6 p.m.: Mrs. Ingham, and Mr. T. Iloldsworth.

E xeter.—Oddfellows’ Hall, Bampfylde Street, 6.30, Rev. C. Ware.Gateshead.—Central Buildings, High Street, 6.30.Glasgow.—2, Carlton Place, South Side, at 11 and6.30. Lyceum at 5.Halifax.—Peacock Yard, Union Street, at 2.30 and 6 : Mrs. Britten.Hetton.—Miners’ Old Hall, at 5.30 : Mr. J. G. Grey.K eighley.— Spiritualist Lyceum, East Parade, 2.30, and 6.30: Mr. J. J. Morse. L eeds.—Tower Buildings, Woodhouse Lane, 2.30, and 6.30 Misses Harrison and

Musgrave.L ieoester.— Silver Street Lecture Hall, at 11 and 6.30.L iv erpo o l—Rodney Hall, Rodney Street, Mount Pleasant, at 11 a.m., and 6.30 p.m.

Mr. W. J. Colville.Macclesfield.— Spiritualists’ Free Church, Paradise Street, at 6.30, Mr. R. A. Brown. Manchester.—Bridge Street Chapel, Bridge Street, Ardwick, 10.30 and 6.30: Mrs

Groom.Morley.— Spiritual Mission Room, Church Street, at 2.30 and 6: Mr. H. Briggs MiDDLESBOROUGn.—Granville Lecture Rooms, Newport Road, at 10.30, and 6.30. Newcastle-on-Tyne.— Weir’s Court, at 10.30 a.m. and 6.30: Local Speakers. Northampton.—Cowper Cottage, Cowper Street, 2.30 and 6.30.North Shields.—Bolton’s Yard, Tyne Street, at 6 : Mr. A. J. Edmunds. Nottingham.—Morley Club Lecture Room, Shakespeare Street, 10.45 and 6.30. Oldham.—176, Union Street, at 2.30 and 6.Pendleton.—48, Albion Street, Windsor Bridge, at 2.30 and 6.30.P ly m ou th . — Richmond Hall, Richmond Street, at 6.30, Mrs. Mr. R. S. Clarke

“ The Luther Commemoration, Utterances Reviewed.”Sheffield.— Psychological Institution, Cocoa House, Pond Street, at 2.30 and 6.30.

Mr. Armitage.Sowerby Bridge.—Progressive Lyceum, Hollins Lane, at 2.30 and 6.30, Local. Stonehouse.— Sailor’s Welcome Coffee Tavern, Union Street, at 2.30: Mr. R. S. Clarke

“ The day after Death.”S u n d erla n d .—Avenue Theatre, at 2.30 and 6.30: Newcastle friends.W a l s a l l .—Exchange Rooms, High Street, at 6.30.W e s t P e l to n .—At Mr. James Carr, 16, Wood Street, Twizel, at 6 p.m.

YORKHIRE DISTRICT SPIRITUALISTS’ COMMITTEE.Speakers fort the Sundays in December.

Batley Carr.— Town Street, 6 p.m.2, Mrs. Dobson, Batley Carr. 23, Mrs. Ingham, Keighley.9. Misses Illingworth and Beetham. 30, Mr. Armitage, Batley Carr.16, Mrs. Illingworth, and Local

Sec.: Mr. Armitage, Stonefield House, Hangingheaton.Bingley.—Intelligence Hall, 2.30 and 6 p.m.2, Mr. A. Grey, Bingley. 23, Mrs. Butler, Skipton.9, Mrs. Yarwood, of Hey wood. 30, Miss Harrison.16, Local.

Sec.: Mr. Grunwell, Lighthouse, Ferncliffe, Bingley.Bradford.—Spiritualist Church, Walton St., Hall Lane, Wakefield Rd., 2.30 & 6.2, Mr. Colville, 10.30, 2.30, & 6. 16, Misses Harrison and Musgrave.3, (Mon.) Mr. Colville, 7.45. 23, Mrs. Gregg, Leeds.4, (Tues.j Mr. Colville, 7.45. 30, Mrs. HolliDgs, Churwell.9, Mrs. Illingworth, Bradford.

Sec.: Mr. Heap, 23, Sheridan Street.B o w l in g .—Wade’s Meeting Room, Harker Street, 2.30 and 6 p.m.2, Miss Ratcliffe and Mr. T. Holdsworth. 23, Mr. H. Briggs and Miss Musgrave*9, Miss Harrison and Local. 30, Mrs. Gott, Keighley.16, Messrs. Morrell and Peel.

Sec.: Mr. Ludlam Waddington, 22, Leicester Street, Bowling.O t l e y R oad .— Spiritual Lyceum, Oddfellows’ Rooms, Otley Rd., Bradford, 2.30 & 6 2, Miss Harrison, Shipley. 23. Mr. Armitage, Batley Carr.9, Mr. Brown, Manchester. 30, Miss Musgrave and Local.16, Mr. Hepworth, Leeds.

Sec.: Mr. G. T. Stewart, 68, Butler Street.Halifax.—Spiritualist Institution, Peacock Yard, Union Street, 2.30 and 6 p.m.2, Mrs. Illingworth. ‘' 23, Mrs. Gott, 10.30„ and Mrs. Britten9, Mrs. Gregg and Mr. Blackburn, 2.30 and 6.30.16> Messrs. Armitage and Dent. 30, Mrs. Yarwood and Local.<

Sec.: Mr. C. Appleyard, 28, Concrete Street, Leemount.K eighley.—Spiritualist Lyceum, East Parade, 2.30 and 5.30.2, Local. 23, Locals.9, Messrs. H. Briggs & T. Holdsworth. 30, Mrs. Gregg, Leeds.16, Mrs. Ingham and Mrs. Scott.

Sec.: Mr. S. Cowling, Marley Street, South Street.L eeds.—Tower Buildings, Woodhouse Lane, 2.30 and 6.30 p.m.2, Mr. Hepworth, Leeds. 23, Mrs. Illingworth, Bradford.9, Mrs. Gott, Keighley. 30, Mr. Hepworth, Leeds.16, Mrs. Craven, Leeds.

Sec.: Mr. J. C. Flower, 3, Elmwood Row, Crimblcs Street.M o r l e y .— Spiritual Mission Room, Church Street, 6 p.m.2, Mr. Armitage, Batley Carr. 23, Local.9, Mr. Hepworth, Leeds. 30, Mr. Oliffe, Ossett.16, Mrs. Gott, Keighley.

Sec.: Mr. John Robinson, Cross Hill, Becston, near Leeds.Sowerby Bridge.—Spiritualist Progressive Lyceum, Hollins Lane, 6.30 p.m.2, Mr. Brown, 2.30 and 6.30. 23, A. D. Wilson, Halifax.9, Mr. Armitage, Batley Carr. 30, Local.16, Mr. H. Briggs, Bradford.

Sec.: Mr. Hugh Booth, Lyceum Building.

MR. W J. COLVILLE’S APPOINTMENTS. — S a lfo r d : Trinity Hall,, 83, Chapel Street, this evening, Friday, Nov. 23rd, 8 p.m. : “Luther’s place among

the Immortals.” Also, Nov. 30.L iv er po o l : Rodney Hall, Rodney St., Nov. 25. & 30, at 11 a.m., “ Reason and

Intuition,” 6.30, “ The great impending spiritual reformation.”M a c c l e s f ie l d : Free Church, paradise Street, Nov. 26 <fe27, 8 p.m.L ongton , Staffordshire: Nov. 2d & 29.B ra dfo rd : Dec. 2,3, and 4. Newcastle-on-Tyne: Dec. 9 & 10.W. J. Colville’s address is 4, Waterloo Road, Manchester. «

M RS. HARDINGE-BRITTEN will lecture for the present at Liverpool, the 1st* and 3rd Sundays, and at Halifax the last Sunday of each month.—Address

The Limes, Hqmphrey Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester,

7 5 0 TEE MEDIUM AND DAYBREAK, N o v e m b er 23, 1883.

M r . J . J . MORSE’S APPOINTMENTS.—Keighley: Saturday and Sunday £ November 24th and- 25th.

Newcastle-on-Tyne: Monday and Tuesday; November 2$th and 27th.Mr.! Morse accepts engagements for'Sunday. Lectures1 in London;' dr the provinces. For terms and dates, direct to him at 103, Great Portland St., Oxford St., London, W.

M R. R. S. CLARKE’S APPOINTMENTS. '- Plymouth, Richmond Hall, Sunday, November 26th, a t 6.30 : “ The Luther Commemoration." --

A reception a t 1, James Street, every Friday, a t 8 p.m.Stonehouse: Sailor’s Welcome Coffee Tavern (large hall), Union Street, Sunday,

Nov. 25, a t 2.30: “ The Day After Death.”

MRJ E. W. WALLIS’S APPOINTMENTS.—For dates, address E. W. Wallis, 30, Upper Walhouse Street, Walsall.

S U N D A Y L E C T U R E S O C IE T Y , a t s t . g e o r g e ’s h a l l , l a n g h a m p l a c e ,

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Nov. 25.—A. R. HOPE MONCRIEFF, Esq., on “ Roger W illiams; the Apostle of Freethought in New England.”

Dec. 2.—JAMES GOW, Esq., M.A. Cantab., on “ The Contemporaries of Christ.’ Admission—ONE SHILLING (ReservedSeats); SIXPENCE; and ONE PENNY

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C a le d o n ia n R o a d , K in g ’s C ross . T im e o f B i r th re q u ire d . Fee 2s. 6d. At te n d a n c e f ro m 2 t i l l 8 p .m . L esso n s g iv e n .

P e r s o n a l C o n s u lta t io n s o n ly .M E D I U M S H I P : W r i t in g , D ra w in g , C la irv o y a n c e , a n d T ra n c e , developed by the

p e rfe c te d “ A u to m a tic In s u la to r ,” o n “ C r y s ta l B a lls ,” w ith the New Patent R e g is te re d E x h ib i t io n P r iz e M ed al M o v e m en t.— R obt . H . F ry ar , B ath.

W O O L L E N S A T W H O L E S A L E P R IC E S .S U IT A B L E fo r M e n ’s a n d B o y ’s su i ts ; a lso e v e ry d escrip tio n o f Black and Fancy

C o a tin g s . T h e n ew B e a v e r, M e lto n s , P i lo t , N a p s , a n d U lsterings, for-Gent’s o r L a d ie s ’ g a rm e n ts .. P a t t e r n s s e n t o n a p p lic a tio n .— E . R . Y O U N G , Merchant T a i lo r , 7 , B r id g e S tre e t , L la n e l ly , S o u th W a le s .

In Parts I s . each; Double Parts I s . 6d. each.B A C K T O T H E F A T H E R ’S H O U S E , a P a ra b o lic In sp ira tio n . Fourteen Parts

issu ed .L o n d o n : E . W . A l le n , 4 , A v e M a ria L a n e , E .C .

I M P O R T A N T N O T I C E ! B efo re y o u sow y o u r fa rm o r g a rd en crops, p lant, prone* b a k e , b rew , s e t fow ls, h ir e se rv a n ts , b u y , s e l l, d e a l w ith o thers, m arry , trawl,

a s k fav o u rs , sp e c u la te , o r do a n y th in g e lse , g e t R A P H A E L ’S A L M A N A C for 1834, a n d i t w ill save y o u p o u n d s .

I t a lso c o n ta in s B ir th d a y In fo rm a tio n fo r e v e ry d a y o f th e y e a r , a weather guide, n u m e ro u s ta b le s , p red ic tio n s o f th e c h ie f e v e n ts t h a t w ill h ap p en in 1884, and much u se fu l a n d in te r e s t in g in fo rm a tio n . P r ic e 6 d . , p o s t free 7d. T o be had o f all book­se lle rs a n d s ta tio n e rs th ro u g h o u t th e k in g d o m .

C a tty a nd D obson , 4 , P i lg r im S tre e t , L o n d o n , E .C . ; a lso J . B urns.

O R IO N ’S A L M A N A C fo r 1884. N o w re a d y , p ric e 6 d ., b y post 7d. Containing fu ll P re d ic tio n s o f th e W e a th e r , W in d s , T id e s , S to rm s, & c.; the Fate of

N a tio n s , K in g d o m s, a n d I n d iv id u a ls ; th e E c lip ses a n d th e ir effects upon the Earth, S ea , a n d A i r ; a P ro p h e tic H ie r o g ly p h ic ; Q u a r te r ly O b se rv a tio n s; Fulfilled Pre d ic tio n s , & c., &c.— L o n d o n : S im pk in , M a r sh a ll and C o ., and W . K ent and Co. P e te rb o ro u g h : G eo . C . C a st e r , M a rk e t P la c e ; a n d a l l Booksellers.

“ The Man of Ross ” s a y s o f O r io n ’s A lmanac , “ In fact ice have Moore, Raphael, and Zadkiel combined / ”

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