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No. 204.— V o l . V .] L O N D O N , F E B R U A R Y 27, 1874. [ D o u b l e S h e e t — P r i c e l | d .

MRS. TAPPAN AT CLEVELAND HALL.S u n d a y , Fk d r u a r y 2 2 , 1874.

On Sunday evening last Mr. Slater occupied the chair, and after the opening anthem read, for the lesson of the evening, chap. xvi. of the Gospel according to St. Mark. Mrs. Tappan then rose and pronounced the invocation :—

Our Father and our Mother God! Thou source of every blessing! Thou infinite Spirit! Thou divine and perfect Mind! Thy life pervades immensity ! Thy power is manifest everywhere through the laws of Thy divine being! All nature betokens the workings of Thy life. The soul which Thou hast endowed with such won drous’ gifts—the gifts of Thine own being, the resemblance of Thine own mind—transcends all forms of nature; is more than stars and the suns in their places ; is greater than timo and death, because it is eternal. What can encompass Thy power F What can grasp Thy infinitude P The mind may not know of Thee, and the thought cannot reach up to the heights of Thy beauty; but the soul, alive to Thine influences, ever aware of Thy presence, conscious of Thy uplifting power, may come nearer and nearer to Thee through the laws of divine allegiance to Thee. Father, Spirit, Life ! W e would know the laws of the Spirit; we would comprehend more of the divine nature ; we would seek to find out more fully the hidden purposes of life. We praise Thee for the bounties of the material world; tor all the splendours with which the earth and sky are adorned; for the glories of the firmament, and the wondrous perfection of law in nature ; for science, with its subtle skill and power; for knowledge, that has reared up great usefulness to man. But we would know more of those other laws, those sublime purposes, those interior impulses of the Spirit, whereby other agencies of life are outwrought, that link us for ever to Thine own immortal nature. We would know more of the spirits in prison, of those that are in darkness, those free from the earthly form : where they live ; what sounds and thoughts may reach them, what uplifting prayers, what elevating purposes ; and the spirits that are in prison in mortal form, that walk up and down the earth, clad in the raiment of discord, and clothed in sorrow and darkness,—even those that in the midst of great cities cry out with complaining voices and ask for one ray of light from Heaven. 0 Soul of l ife ! let us penetrate even into the utter most darkness, so that we may find light and life abide there, and that Thy soul hath not forgotten any living spirit; for all are allied to Thee. Every soul is hound and linked to Thy infinitude, and all the souls of the great universe of spirit are hound together bv inellable chords of sympathy, of words and deeds and thoughts and actions; so that if one be wretched all must sympathise. Oh, let us behold that infinite compassion that, looking out from the midst of earthly sorrow, beheld the light of God's love and uplifted his voice for humanity ! Let us even he like him, that our souls be clothed in such humility, and adorned with such

f itience, and uplifted by such truth and love, that we all speak by truths to all the peoples of the earth, and that Thy signs may

follow them that believe.

“ And these signs shall follow them that believe.”We have to call your attention to the throo specific forms of

spiritual manifestations, or of the power of the spirit, in the chapter that has been read to you: the appearance of Jesus to Mary, the appearance of Jesus to the two disciples on their journey, his ap pearance to his disciples when assembled together at night, and still another manifestation in the separate appearance of the angel who rolled away the heavy stone from the door of the actual sepulchre. And the fact that when he reproved the disciples for

unbelief he also enjoined them to preach the gospel among all the peoples of the earth, and promised that the same signs—the same works outwrought by him—should follow those who believed, is a sufficient concentration of spiritual testimony to all people and among all who believe in any degree whatsoever the records that have just been read. Yet when it is claimed that to-day similar manifestations do take place—the actual appearance of angel forms, the moving of tangible bodies, the healing of the sick, the casting out of devils, the speaking of many tongues, prophecy, and various so-called miracles—the whole thing is a matter of dispute; and the chief believers, or those who claim to he the chief believers, in this revelation are the first to denounce the existence of such manifestations to-day.

This is an undeniable statement, whatever may be its cause, that we do not find in the usually accepted and established Christian Church the evidences that it is promised shall follow those who believe in the working of Christ’s spirit and in the power of the Spirit. W e have no reason to inquire the cause of this, for it is very evident that among all people the departure from the original spiritual faith has been the cause of the lessening of the works of the Spirit; and we have no need to refer to the existing state of the human mind upon such subjects to see that the mat'' • rialism of the present age has so far penetrated into the sanctuary ar I taken possession even of the followers of and worshippers at the shrine of Christianity, that the power of the Spirit is comparativele nullified. But when Christ speaks distinctively of the separaty forms of spiritual power, enumerates them and calls them by name, and at the same time is speaking as a spirit to his disciples, it forms so palpable an evidence of spiritual power and communion, and is in itself to us such overwhelming testimony in favour of the possession of such power by human beings, that the only won der is that some effort has not been made to cultivate this latent force, and find out - the laws whereby Christ gave to his disciples the teaching and practice of spiritual gifts. One chief reason, we believe, whv this has not been the case is to be found in this fact, that the spiritual beings of the other world had been divided into two distinctive classes—not only by theologians of the present age, but nearly all the nationalities of the earth—the powers of light and the powers of darkness. In the Christian vocabulary there are the evil and the good spirits, the righteous and the unrighteous; and a line of direct demarcation has been drawn between them, so that every person when venturing upon the threshold of spiritual existence is at once appalled lest he shall come in contact with, what he terms an evil spirit. Now, it is said that during the three days that Christ was immured in the sepulchre, he went and visited the spirits in prison, those who were disobedient to God’s com mand ; and if Christ did this to spirits whom you would naturally term evil, it is evident that the power of the Spirit to gain know ledge afterwards and to improve beyond this life has not been limited, but that wheresoever the spirit of light can penetrate, there knowledge can enter.

We think it is a mistake to divido humanity into two distinct and absolute classes. Who can go among the people that occupy this room and draw a line of demarcation between the righteous and the unrighteous, the godly and the ungodly man r l i e who observes his prayers, he who bows before liis shrine every day, may still be a man of most passionate temper, and may still not always be kindly in bis dealings with his fellow-men ; and he who every day haunts the public places and mixes with publicans and sinners may still give evidence of a tender heart by being kind to those wlio are near and dear to him. Every human heinu holds some component part alike of good and ev il; and every spirit pass ing from earthly life has alike some ray of goodness and some por-

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ihov huvo upon earth, but the motive for ! ho in his power lo receive benefit | and many times unforltttiaii, Ml i'h is ..no and cupiditv that, prompts to spirits hover around your earth, seeking somo Word that shall

live them from tho particular chain which hinds them to your

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it niton low- tlio door ■ to the .-top in tho investigation of spiri tual subject . Mi'ti do not untftllv invoke tho hie- lugs ol gilardinu angels lo'i tlio k i i i i o dom- mu\ admit Iik. wise one ol ovil. I hoy *1" not like to seek communion with spiritual lining- . with the host

fitnesses, with those mo . oncers lh.it are ministering there should also bo lurking some unholy spirit or

i,-noo that shall in somo manner nlfoot them lor ovil. n-i.lcv now whu chan,m* spirits will undergo in going nr earth. Mildewed, 'I is true, with all tlio attriludos, ,d pow movedrto c.mn.■! 1 ' in -ioitimed ill .spirit, since there are no 'sessions lo ho lined. Ignorance alone being thou the ot -oilit tin! crime, or remorse lor deeds done in the fertile -;'uit i„ n tills haunted by tile ghost of previous \'i unh.ippv soirit is not therefore necessarily an evil at ' i doing harm, lint may haunt the place w hero it has

e crime fertile express purpose of working out at one- crimo. And you arc not to think that all the shadowy

at the ghasti\ iorms that haunt places where crimes have : -d. are thetv ore evil spirits evil men with power to

.vnnip.ioied hv tho inclination. Tho majority of these on,-, cm onlv left, bound bectitt.se of somo deed that

s o-.i (lioir minds uutitoned for. They tire subjects of lit. rallv soirits in pr!-'n. who need but one word from

Stosses tho 1'' ' of Christ to restore them to the o.on- • f light and life immortal. Tho demons, or spiritual

devils, if we may use the term expressly employed in Scripture, do,- not always ivfor to spiritual beings. Tho word “ devil” maybe interpreted from the original to signify “ ev ils; ” and it was a e -punon eustotu among the ancients to ascribe every form of disease to iho po-session of evil spirits; whereas wo know that science has discovered that many of the causes of disease arc abso- i.itclv material; and a person may be possessed ol an evil, which i- di-ea-e. and still not be pissessedof an evil spirit. The dis- cussi'-r. of this word will go very far to enlighten the world; and the miracles which Christ wrought -the casting out of dovils wt’s the c eunmn term for casting out of tormenting diseases and pains. In many instances, however and this point wo wish expros-iv to impress on your minds disease of tho physical body dor* encouv i ;e the presence and inlluence of untoward spirits, perhaps not evil spirits, hut those who, through ignorance, have n it the knowledge of proper control, and are enabled to work upon the sensitive organisation of a person diseased.

' it we would warn you, believers in modern •Spiritualism, to tide* very great care you do not. ascribe too many of tlio accidents and mi' -ntunes of life to the iiillucuee of ovil spirits; to take very great c - re that y ou do not, iti searching for the causes of human crime ami misfortune, go to tho opposite extreme and lay upon the spiritual kingdom tho sins that, belong to the material world. It l i a s been the misfortune of the past to have ascribed to God tho sins of humanity, and that many of the imperfections that belong to hereditary disease the lack of proper eulturo and training upon carth, the lack of knowledge of physical science have boon ascribed to spiritual ciui-os. ( hi tho oilier band, there is a too great tendency of material science to deny all spiritual causes, and to ascribe every term ot malady to physical causes. This is also an extreme and error, for there are many minds so organised and constructed as to be sensitive not. only to the mental powers of this world,

it b iosphereThe next reason that the working of spiritual gifts has censed in

prevail, or not. to have been cultivated in the Ohureli as a body, is, ns wo have stated, the temporal power and material inlluence of civilisation, which encourage to a far greater extent the i nil nonces of the outside world than tho inner nature of man. Prosperity, the building up of states, the endowing of institutions, the rearing of splendid structures, go very far to build up the material wull'mu of nations and society; but. it also takes the mind away from tlmt absolute condition that is essential to the exercise of spiritual gifts

simplicity, naturalness, dependence upon unseen, and the recog nition of tno higher nature of tho spirit in all that belongs to daily life. The building up of the material Church without tlio actual presence of spiritual powers attending it is such a disaster to man's spiritual nature that it has well nigh cut humanity elf from those subtle links that bound them heretofore to tho spiritual world, and made of modern civilisation a less spiritual power than belongs oven to many sav ages—since we to-day recognise in tlioso distant barbarous lands the presence and power and communion of tlio Spirit, and these workings of signs.

It is a most singular fact that to-day, outside of civilised ami Christian nations, there are more of tho works and tho gifts of the •Spirit than within Christendom itself. It is a singular fact that among the poor Indians of North Ainorieu. there exists an abiding faith, not only in the bather as the Great Spirit, of mankind, but in the presence of healing spirits, in the guardianship of kindly beings and medicine spirits, who assist those people in their ways ol life. And you have only,to go to India and Central Africa to find that, the powers of divination ami tlio working of miracles and wonders have not ceased. In .l’ersia and tlio far blast those practices, although considered heathen, are still allied to tho wonders that tiro ro- countod hero. But tlioro are rare exceptions, and whenever they do occur they form those singular lights in the history of Christi anity that all tho world would be glad to receive even in its very fireside and hearthstone.

To-day it is evident that a now impetus mid impulse has been given to man’s spiritual nature. It is xvitnessed in the greater fer vour of the Church itself; it is witnessed in some new outpouring of tho Spirit upon those the very bodies that have claimed /<■ /losses# a J in n f a i t h ; it is witnessed in the efforts that are being made through the length and breadth of Christendom to unite tlm different organisations of Christianity that they may do a great, work. Alas ! wo fear their union will prove vain unless they call to their alliance the powers of the unseen souls of Iho invisible world, -Unit unless they consult and make tho chiefest pillar in their great organisation tho spiritual kingdom that has been so much ignored, because if there shall ho a token established upon earth, a lilting

but lo tho mental and spiritual powers of the unseen world that and proper expression of tho religion of the Spirit, it must he arc all around you. and that have undoubted control over your through the Spirit, by the Spirit, from its actual presence and

power and communion and inlluence over mortals.It. is not possible that man shall take out of the hands of tied

his work to-day upon earth. It is not possible that man

daily lives, and inlluence you in ways you know not of. But discretion is necessary, and in order to discriminate, knowledge i.- necessary.

Tho chief difficulty in the world in discussing subjects that, relate to man's spiritual liliLuve is the absolute ignorance ol humanity concerning that nature. The spiritual laws nave hereto fore been ignored; tho power of otto mind upon another, the inlluence of spirit upon spirit have scarcely boon considered; while that spiritual power whereby Jesus wrought, miracles and spells, and his disciples also, and that lie promised should also follow those who believed— this inlluence lias been wholly blotted out from tlio history of man’s religious experience, until religion litis come to mean a simplo statement, a form, a theory, without any inter mediate links connecting it with tlio world of causes and human existence; whereas in the time of Jesus it was so much a matter of daily life and experience, and was so understood by him and his disciples, that tho spiritual constituted hy far the greater portion of their life, their belief, their conduct, and the motor power of daily existence.

\Vo Jun e said you need to he careful not to ascribe too many of tho ills of life to the influences of evil spirits, we shall fell you w hv: for tlio simple reason that the probabilities nve strong against any groat active power of a muss of evil spirits, There are no organised bands of Ovil spirits who prowl around tho earth for tin

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behold by merely temporal power the spiritual kingdom, without the actual abiding and living presence ot the Spirit in their heart* and in their daily lives; and so long as the sick are unhealed ami the hungry famish for food, and they that have evils and demons are not restored; so long it proves that this presence and power promised is not recognised and is not courted by these who nro seeking the kingdom of heaven on earth.

W e say to each one of you, so intimately connected is the spiri tual with the material world, so much a. part is it, of that grander system and science that shall take the place of the present, nude- rialism and the present unbelief that exists in the world, that yen have only to consider that all that, belongs to spiritual giflsmnl to the exorcise of those p overs and laws within your grasp is a portion of that unseen atmosphere and that unseen power that, is all about you, constitutes in itself an absolute portion of your life, and only requires Lo bo known and understood to lie made as available anil useful Io mankind us any discovery of modern science. You have only to comprehend- this, and till tear concerning the tampovini! with spiritual beings will cottso; since if it bn a law that spirits do hover .near you, and that spiritual beings can accompany vouv foot* stops, and that you are unconsciously inlluenood and governed hv

ptpress purpopp’of doing harm j tlioro is no motive for thorn to do I thorn, it hocomos so much more important that you should know

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I'VOl* i t ,(hut law mid bo a bln to exorcise a power and influence and adapt your lives and needs and existence to it.

Consider, if yon please, what a dangerous element steam is in the hands of an ignorant and unskilled man. The erne of the engineer, bis subtle knowledge and power over that element, ,lo not prevent most disastrous results, yet every disaster is traceable to the lack of care or knowledge. In the hands of the skilful operator this subtle force becomes a mighty motor power of the world. All around you are elements unseen equally subtle and equally aa,powerful: the inlluenco of one mind upon another, the action of thought upon thought. Each wave of thought, whether of good or evil, that vibrates from your heart or mind, goes out by the silent system of spiritual laws, and inlluenees all minds within the radius of its control. Then those spiritual beings around you, how are they moved and alfected! And hew are you moved and affected by them! You may unlock the vast prison-house that holds in store (be great spiritual agencies that God has laid up for veil, and make them the elements of human advancement and pro gress. As it is, they lie dormant and in prison, or only working out inauspiciously oftentimes an inlluenco of misfortune often to your lives. But not knowing, you are a prey to every untoward influence that maybe about and around you; but not knowing, you inhale poison, and hatred, and envy, and remorse ; you go into crowded bar-rooms, where the fumes and vapours of liquors pro duce an injury on your system, and where the carbonic poison exhaled from many bodies cause such a vitiation of the vital air that your luugs are at once outraged, and you Are equally full of the very air that destroys the spirit as if it were in a prison-house, made such by fear and sense; you lock up the spiritual forces in the fiuues and vapours of contending passions, fasten the incubus of materialism to the whole of human society, and make all your spiritual natures rankness and corruption, where God only intended beauty and delight. The master-key that unlocks this store-house is knowledge ; the master-power is intui tion and aspiration. Prayer alone will not do i t : but prayer accompanied by works will do it. That knowledge that will livid you to the comprehension of how and in what manner this spiritual force can he made amenable to human welfare will do more to heal disease, work on the inequalities of societjq uplift mankind from the thraldom of fear and the terror ot these evil influences, than all elso that can be done. The child dreads to go into the darkened room, lest from each corner there shall start some fiend, or some animal, or some terrible thing; so men are afraid of the darkened spaces of their spiritual natures, and in the night time dread lest some evil influence shall approach and bear them away to regions of terror; fearing rather that state of ignorance which forgets you see with the eye of the Spirit. AVith greater knowledge of the grown man wo learn that there aro no evils in the darkness greater than those in tho light, no greater demons than those that flaunt in the eyes of day, before your very eyes, and you dread them r.ot—tho ambition of worldly power, human pride, and all that enslaves man. You are not afraid of these. You are accustomed to meet them on the bye-wavs and highways of life.

YVhy fear those unfortunate beings who, like yourselves, may he only tethered by a blind fancy, which one little ray of light and knowledge will disperse and scatter to the winds ? In all the space lying between you and the great soul of God Himself, there are no evils that encompass you worse than those that encompass you daily. In all the realm of spirit there is nothing to fear, if you go straight into that realm with the love of God and the love of man in your hearts, Iu all the regions of despair there are no hidden demons that are worse than those of fear and ignorance ill your hearts. YVhoso shall roll away the stone from the sepulchre of every human spirit shall reveal there the risen saviour of truth. IIo already leads the way, and you follow him not. See how you are held, bound hy your own fears. Some darkened corner in your souls, wherein there lurks hidden a dread—perhaps an evil desire smouldering, or some ignorant fancy. Lot tho key of knowledge open wide that doorway, and you will see that it only needs tho light to dispel your gloom. Soe how you linger by the grave, haunted by the fear of death and the terror of tho unknown be yond. Behold the angel of light sitteth there in tho sepulchre; and your loved ones, not dead but risen, have gone on and on far out into the world of knowledge to bring back the message of life, while you still shiver by the sealed sepulchre. Death is the grim terror, the hereafter is a daily fear; and when you know that death is no more, and that tho hereafter is now, where shall ho tho fears of mankind and the lurking dread of something that may not he ?

Fear only ignorance, folly, and the blindness of earthly passion, and perchance the light of that loving soul, that penetrated tho ancient depths of darkness to tho spirits in spiritual bondage then, can do so now. There is no limit to tho space or time whence that light can be given to man. Whatsoever spirit abideth in prison in your midst, that light and that knowledge is ready to open the doorway. It only requires that you shall seek i t ; it only requires that you shall know and trust it; it only requires that you show

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I’l'oni I,be door of tbo unpuliiliro whomii tho dead Bill buried, ami the hope* of loving hearts rewound, lirbold, what, hand shall roll the stone m y ?ISincn the rnrlli Into for ever endured death,

tt. reiue even from tho lirst With an air of triumph. And in the heart Of tho very !lr®t-horn of Adam and It.vo (Vouched down tho form of foul murder.

.Sadly, alas! did they mourn Kor tho life laid low I,tin bin of llieir sou that was slain,Itnt. ’t.ivas breathed even there, and did kindle a llamo (tut, of tile ashes of death, and did spring tile* a name.Of bright hope all aro forgiven that die In their youth, shun* (toil’s hand hath unstamped On all souls tho seal of the angel of Life!

A n t i-St u o i'ii e . lint, for Cain, who shall roll away tbo stone from tbo door of his heart, who hath sinned,Who hath slain his brother? Tho pain of tho sin Is far worse than death, ith power goes on Though ho liveth, still hodios tho fierce death Of remorse. There is one power alone That bringeth forgiveness and light to bis heart, liven repentance, whenever its voice is heard The pangs that, can kindle remorse and tears,Ah, blessed tears, washing the blood-stained hand!

lie sure that the angol is there,The angel that rolletb t.hc stone away

From the murderer’s heart*—• lint who from tho souls that despair Shall the stone of life roll—

The suffering, longing of earth, who sutler in vain ?Away from tho breath of spring-flowers and blooiu Of tho fields of delight—tbo stone of pain,

Who shall roll that away ?The answer cometli in some strangest way.When tho voice of a child or the sweet smile Of a babo o’er whom you bend your bead Causes the tear-drops in your eyes to start,

Lo! in cometli "the sunlight, you are free!The door is unchained, the icebergs that slept YVithin your soul melted by tears,Until the light came in, and, unaware you slept,An angel all the while was waiting there.

E po d e .Who shall roll the stone away "from the eartli ?

(The earth adorned with beauty and with grandeur) Mankind hath reared temples and domes of might,Placing tho Stone of Reason ’gainst the very gates That blindest Reason, that doth point with scorn To the vast chasm of space, and says that mau Was fashioned to ba bom arid die—and die ;This false philosophy—this stone, misnamed Knowledge, bars the door to heaven. .

“ To none hath it been given,”Says tho blind world, “ to roll that stone away.”l»ut even as we wait outsido to pray— ,eKneeling in deep despair—direst dismay,An angel has come from the other side,Clothed in snowy raiment like a bride—- And lo I Heaven’s templo is made clear to view ;The earth is fraught with hojjeand life anew ;

The sun of all power behold.Even this stone—of man’s material knowledge—rolled away ; The Angel of Rife—even through Death—has arisen—

Through God’s love has arisen,And man is released from his prison.

that complete submission, that absoluto confidence in tho nil- pervading- and all-abiding powers of goodness: greatest to conquer, greatest to lead mankind, greatest to fill the earth with happiness and peace, greatest above all powers of evil to bring deeds of praise and worship and tho working of gifts, when man shall again

SPIRITUALISM AND ITS CRITICS.(A EisriiY t o Loan Amueklev.)

A portion of Da.* Sexton’s Oration delivered in tie. Co-operative Hall, Burp, on Tuesday Evening, February 24t/i, 1871.

In modern times it not (infrequently happens that the persons who aro most ready to give an authoritative opinion ou any subject, and to display tho greatest amount of dogmatism in tho enunciation of their views, are the people who are least acquainted with the matter in question. When a man possesses a name that tho public is tolerably familiar with, he may, with perfect impunity, take upon himself to invent hypotheses to explain anything and everything under the sun. It is uo drawback to his speculations that men who have devoted their lives to tho subject have come to conclusions different from his, and that those who have made tho topic under consideration an especial study, declare his theories not only un founded hut absurd. Ho will bo sure to find amongst the mass of mankind some who will accept his dicta, and look up to him as an authority. All that he requires to enable him to support his claim is a tolerably good share of audacity, coupled with a certain amount of determination. It is realty amusing to see how contemptuously all difficulties iu mind and matter—difficulties that have cost students and sages many an hour of anxious thought, and have evoked again and again that terrible brain sweat to which sweat of body is as nothing—are pushed aside hy superficial minds. To

be visited by tho voice of the Spirit, and the healing of the nations those men, there is no obstacle in tho way of their direct entrance shall take place with the uplifting of the clouds of error. to the tomplo of truth. Tho mighty problem of existence they

The proceedings of the evening were brought to a close with tho oan solve with tho greatest ease, and 'the labyrim It of being they following poem I reduce to a rido-of-three sum, Nature and her myriads of mwvofo

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*Vit vhmunt to the medium. •• W ill t lu' HtV t VIa\ idler'• forgot tiic coitag,' where ‘d his Wt':UV d‘ut,who mini-,ien .i fi' hi- nati u:s: No * ITVo!urn< I > oion'.1 out ilia healrileIt «gimitiuk' to those 1

mi!o him :i icir help and iheir love t lit' f5pi cellwa. - -n the Jury »»t nni\o:: s,ii I'muiiv, ami WHSdebt e’.vd Witil Silt'll t!i:iui:i tic .-.I,-.■t. that all1 prose!moved. A! i who are in tie Ollji'A 1uent of Miss t ».i]ai'oo in us: hvl i hi* rvtitu'N1 H'.'.d 1dcNiitiug illlllltellthrough bei to th■ w* with Vi lu>m! r uiv owii part, 1 return. 1d home a ivi-.-r and a bll> I poiuioiv d over . in' pie.i-■nig’ roc otioiisS, I he \n ,

To IN i lit s!kn1! 1 u.mMI t;•u' nu'dium's uiimlA rtv'\r and .:YlsSV !;d,g.

w \ mirror*d ami refined.Lives sublimatesi spin1 -kind ;

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iK% FEBRUARY 27, 1874,

spiritual tttbu'to.

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by tlio editor of the Spiritual work. Tbe

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BIBLICAL CRITICISM.u: 31s. ' —As I see your correspondent " S. H.” inquiring

the . . .ini"- of Coiessia’is i. 1.'*, I will, with your permission, give i.itti the view which I believe to be correct. The words irparoroKos

a—i<r«u.'s translated in our version “ the first-born of every cre.v are." nr cut be more intelligibly rendered by “ born before nil creation." The whole passage conveys the doctrine of the Logos, the a ;;? which forms the key-mo e of the theology of the fourth gospel. In i- Chris' :s ?epr.<. oted as the manifestation of God, not only at the time of bis appearance in bodily form upon earth, but at nil times, nnd as :! i m a s bv which creation was accomplished. “ In the beginning was the word ■ L. _• ns), and the word was with God, and the word was God. To- same was in the beginning with God. By Him were all things made, and without Him was not anything made that was made.” Nothing car. be closer than the resemblance between this and the passage ir. Colossiass. The doctrine of the Logos was adopted by St. John from Philo, a Jewish writer, who derived it from the Neo Pythagoreans. It was a question with these philosophers how the Deity, whom they regarded as pure intelligence, could have operated to create matter ; and they imagined the difficulty got rid of by supposing that creation was etl’i-eted. not by the direct fiat of the Deity, but by means of an eflluence from Him, the L -gcs bearing the same relation to Him as the spoken word with us to the secret thought.

Jesus of Nazareth, who in the first three gospels is recorded to have made the loftiest personal pretentions indeed, but not to have claimed Deity, is by Paul nnd the author of the fourth gospel represented as the manifestation to the world of the eternal God. God in Himself is declared to be invisible to mortal eye. “ No man hath seen God at any time ; the only-begot ten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he bath revealed Him. Christ is “ the image of the invisible God.” H - ice .Jesus is reported to have said : “ He that hath seen me hath seen the Father." He has seen, that is. as much of the Father as he is ever destined to sec. since God is not a glory to be beheld, but a presence in t-v •• The- kingdom of heaven is within von."

Oxford, Tuesday, Jan. 27th, 187-L St. George Stock.

“ \V w sin i. \ i I Irovior. nutln noster Kow. London, F .(\This unpivfending little volume, by

Mn:;<r.itit\ is. in every way, u very pleasing work. Ihe author write- in a -unIo wliieh im w gratifi many ami ollend but few. T)1(, litemrv perfectness of his verses charms the cultivated reader, and the tnio poetry wliieh sparkles in every conception renders th® hook a tit companion to minds of the highest class. A religion, meditative, and in some instances a spiritualistic sentiment pervades the poems, many of which are founded upon incid wliieh are described, or e\tracts from authors which are given. The work is handsomely got up, anil is very' well adapted for private reading, for recital ion, or as a present to ft triend. I h,.

! following poem, wliieh wo extract, is one ot the shortest, but it conveys a good idea of the author's style and the scope of the work.

“ IN REPLY TO A SCEPTICAL FRIEND.“ For my part, I cannot regard the departed mother us unmindful of

, the children she has left. I cannot suppose tbe child will forget the mother in whose kind arms it lay, into whose loving eyes it gazed in its

i dying hour. I oamiot suppose that the sisterly or brotherly affection, which glowed with a sacred warmth while on earth, has grown cold in Heaven. 1 must believe that wo still have a place in their memories

, and alfeotions that they look with interest on our movements, ri-joioe in our joys, and sympathise with our sorrows; and that, if there be nothing to hinder, they will sometimes visit us to minister the help or ■ consolation which it is in their power to bestow.—Rev. \ V . L . n x d e l s ,

“ Yes, dearest friend, ’tis true I hold(For all your gloomy doubts and fears)

The faith in love that ne'er grows old,Nor withers in the track of years.

“ Though ‘ gone into the world of light,’Our heart’s beloved still are nigh ;

They still, though passed from mortal sight,See every tear, hear every sigh ;

“ Grieve over every idle thought,Are with us in the hour of prayer,

Rejoice to see the soul outwrought In forms of use divinely fair.

“ They seek to wean the soul from sin,They strive to comfort those that mourn,

They aid us in the fight to win The victory over hate and scorn.

“ Though parted from us for awhile,They.still, like God, are ever near.

Need this, dear friend, provoke a smile?Is this a faith at which to sneer?”

A WRITING MEDIUM AT CARDIFF.she following lee;ur ■ was given through Miss Williams, of Frederick

0 writing : atKotn, developed by Mr. Wallace's aid a*sw weeks ago. Several gemleimn were present.

' - ' I wl'.i 1< cfure upon this evening is ‘ The Name of God,■ 'h'l: .:.)•• winch the ■ ;u Druids of this island held in such high honour Sttd solemn revt renoe, that only on moor holy festivals was it to bo Uttered, and then only by the Druids. Those strange and, to the present race, wonderful people, whose religion inculcated such purify,

a long jn-iih:! i.in. not only in learning but also in moral conduct, Was requir< fruly t hose fkeir Creal period ym hearing tin d i i l d i wc,!; - ligh’h -p ken as if the speakers did not. know the meaning ofth“ awful words they littered. And it is to be feared that too many b -ve not, with all your churches and schools, your pastors and teachers, fonlly hi n pw perly mglit a true estimate o f the Creator. The general idea i : Gh .. ._!ji to your children, is of a cruel tyrant, silling -oan -wiif-re in the sky. watching all their faults, writing in a big book nil Be -■ things to be brought against them at some future day, the

- date of which is unknown. No wonder, then, that his name is not held in reverence, when from their childhood people are taught such ideas of the loving Creator. His attributes are move demoniac than Hod-like. Hc*w, then, can it be wondered at il’ the masses, the lower clu-ases, who are thus taught, turn with indignation fom the religion

: ■ ■ th y were admitted to the fiwt gjnde of their order— su-C ile d barbarous priests showed a greater reverence for

or than the "present enlightened race. In this enlightened . cannot walk the streets of this Christian town without Almighty called upon either to bless or curse some of his

l for hi- children all mankind are), and this prayer to bless or

THE MARYLEBONE ASSOCIATION'S EVENING CONCERT An advertisement of this interesting event is given elsewhere. The

programme is n very full one. of vocal and instrumental music, pre senting a rich, high-class, and exceedingly varied entertainment. One special feature is the introduction of several original and inspirational compositions by Mr. F. Tindall, a member of the society. In the first part will be given a waltz by Mr. Tindall, and in the second part a now spiritual song—■“ I Await Thee”—written and composed by the same gentleman, and which will be sung by Mr. W. J. Griffiths. .Apart from the merits of the performance, we hopo many will attend to sustain this society in its effort to promote Spiritualism in the west of London. The concert will take place on Wednesday evening at eight o'clock at the Quebec Institute, Seymour Street, Port man Square. Tickets may be obtained at doors.

that touches such dogmas. The human spirit 1 bought, and in bitterness turns thou to mockery.

TH E AU TH O R SH IP OF “ W H E N I 0 0 . ”D e a i i Mr . B u r n s ,— According to request, I write to tell you that

Mrs. Van Blarcomwas one of the numerous mediums at Moravia who interested me, and I am quite pleased to see that you have published her sweet song, “ When 1 Go,” in so convenient a form. It is extremely simple as to notes, but so full of inspirational harmony that, in Mrs. Andrews’s circle, where 1 heard and played it very/Often, we always found it fresh, and there seemed no wearing out its beauty. I corrected the proof sheet for her, and suggested that one flat. (F ) is a far better key for it than ana sharp. Alterwards she regretted not having had it changed, but it will ho quite easily transposed by any who can sing or play it. When she and her daughter had private sittings, Mozart himself often joined in tbe chorus; and on one occasion I stood outside tlio door and listened to bis grand ha s voice with great delight. It would Imvo pleased any artist in London. Mrs. Van Blarcom lias quite it collection of these songs through his inspiration, and hopes to publish them all in time.

Among Mrs. Andrews’s manifestations about this time the spirits apparently tired a pistol, and one of the sitters well knew it was a test for him, his brother having shot himself. Then on another occasion in the cabinet, while materialisation was going on, we heard tick, tick—tick, tick, tide, for a long time, and no one could make out anything hut that it was like the telegraph tick. A gentleman wrote afterwards to explain the mystery, for some near relative had passed awav, and lie had been telegraphed for to another place, it not being known by hi. friends Dial lie wits vi-it- jng Moravia, l’low beautiful are the contrivances of loving spirits

j’ L°tj | 0 I to convince people that they live, and are interested in our life here!— Yours with love, Ma r y Hav .

Thomas Pa ine .” Sept. 2nd, 1873,

rebels agaii

Veuiulvuv 2 7 , 1 8 7 4 , T im MKDttJM AND DAYBUHAk

W H E N I ' GO. WHEN ) GO.

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s .s :s .s | s :m f .f :f .f 1 f : r :r -d jd .d :d 4 | d :d ti .Li ! ti .ti I t, :t, .dstaying he.ro below, A ro waiting for ine now, When IS .S :s .8 1 S :s s .s :s .s I s :f .nm .m :n .n I n :d r .r :r .r I r .s, :si .s, 3, :S | . 8 )

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> I d .n :n .r d .d :d .s, | t i : t , .t, d :— | — :\ go, Are waiting for me now, When I go.I 1 s :s 3 .s :s .m | f : f .f m :— | — :

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Oh, what a happy time when I go, when I go,Oh, what a happy time when I g o !

The angels are so near,And tho way is very- clear,

And I ’ve nothing there to fear when I go, when I go, And I ’ve nothing there to fear when I go,

I ’m waiting for the time when I go, when I go,I ’m waiting for tho time when I go ;

I shall lly around tho earth,And come sit upon your hearth,

And have joy in your mirth whon I go, when I go. And have joy- in your mirth when I go.

There my spirit will bo free, when I go, when I go, There my spirit will be free when I go;

’Mong the joys I know there be,And tho faces that know me,

And tho now ones I shall see when I go, when I go. And the new ones I shall seo whon I go.

There won’t bo any night when I go, when I go,There won’t bo any night when I go ;

And you’ll see tho spirit-light.And my face will bo so bright.

And my robes will bo so white, when I go, when I go. And my robes will be so white, when I go.

Oh, what a happy home, when I go, when I go.Oh, wliat a happy- homo, whon I go!

With the angels round tho throne.Where tho Iiord receives liis own.

And Ho’ll meet mo as I come, whon I go, when I go. And IIo’ll moot mo us I come, when I go.

HlANi'iiusTnu,— A co rre sp o n d en t sends us an account, o f th o medium-' sh ip o f his d au g h te r , w h o is highly- im press ional , a n d has favoured the circle w ith vo lum inous comm unications . T h o imo onolosed is en t i t led “ T ho Necklace,’’ a n d is a poetical com pos it ion , in w h ich th e various m o ra l quali ties a rc symbolised by- p rec ious stones. T r u t h is in th e centre , an d is rep resen ted by th e d i a m o n d ; ju s t ic e is am ethys t , faith emerald , lovo ruby, hope opal, charity- sa rdonyx , s im plic i ty turquoise , h o n o u r garnet . T ho verse is scarcely' sullieiently perfec t to a d m i t of publication, b u t th e idea is v e ry poetical, and rem arkab ly well carr ied out. W e a re g lad to bo able to say a w o rd to enoourago th is form o f m odium sh ip , w h ich m us t luivo an e levating tendency on a l l w h o tuko p a r t there in .

136 THE MEDIl

TILE CIRCULATION OF THE MEDIUM, AND TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.

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THE MEDIUM AND DAYBEEAK.F J tlL A Y , F E B l t r . a t r 27, 1ST4.

THE EfifirEL vff LIFE: ITS BIBLE. PRIEST. CTIUECri.■ ' ■ t-v;u:r..' . - .. V. ritu s: ff.Ie.t 'ey & very

s:'.v: au iit to welcome Mr. Morse back to town from his recent trio in X, rth. Air. Burns presided, and read a portion of Psalm exix.. which, with :h; hviuas riven oa: by Mr. Barber, were bvutitkllv rxrmcuv with the utterances of the controlling spirit which i- icw-.i. Mr. Morse has very greatly improved in his style of sveaking under svirit-induence. When he hrst ascended : . v .. . v . ttfcrui we were v /.tchr... and anxious .est ..tree hails and mixed audiences should interfere with and dissipate the control. Now we have no such oares, for Mr. Morse is capable of addressing effectively audiences in the lamest halls practicable for public speaking. The audience on Sunday evening were very deeply interested and gratified bv the lotto: oration so eloquently giren- The ;u i:-;r: is ousted at the tor of this report. Nature was shown to he the no sue I of lire, and the various leaves were turned over, h-. rinninr o: the formation of the earth's strata and leading up to the realm of stir;:. The soul of man, healthily and harmoniously conditioned, was described as the pure and the wise preacher or pries: of the post el of lire: and his church was defined to be the ■eomrasm in which spirit is always found to manifest itself. The effort of the streaker was very cornyle:e in various respects. Am elevated, relic: ous feelita was maintained throughout: yet no servility to modem idols, and no attempt to sustain a fictitious veneration cy the cant repetition of so-called sacred names. A rational, itdetetdent. yet deferential attitude was maintained, wiiuh must have done much to elevate the minds of his hearers from prostrate, slavish tendencies, brought about by the popular religious teachings. Science was the basis of the lecture, expanded by a so und philosophy, and amplified by a rich imagination. The nllrrorloal c.-liueartcus o: the Temr-le were so vivid, as to transport the mini of the hearer to the actual sight of an architectural scene embodying imares representing the attributes of mind which ■occupy the scale between sin and purity. The priest stood up in that sacred ohte, and gave a sermon setting forth the pure teachings of the g. spei of life.

Mr. 31 tsi will continue to speak on Sunday eremites in the same Lik for the text three weeks, an I no doubt the hall will be quite to o small to accommodate the eager multitudes.

WHERE THE CARCASE IS. THERE WILL THE EAGLES BE.

We have received ah-sc of indignant correspondence respecting an e::hs: n from the •• Wefawm Klyub." which appeared in last wesh'r issue • - • o rious t'o-rits unprincipled oppositionto the practical pr gress of Spiritualism. The contemptible abase . of Janies Thornt o n Hoskins necessarily excites the warmest indig- . nation in the breast of those who respect and co-operate with Mr. Bums and the Spiritual Institution, which have the honour of being attached by this r.rw and unknown Daniel, who has so suddenly come to judgment. Some ask—Who is he. and what ; p - ssible pretext can he have for so arrogantly assuming the function ! he t&k-rs UT-: n hims-clf ? j

It wth be remembered that the attempt to institute a *• National j Aaaoriation of Spiritualists." as denounced by William Howitt. has j been cho.racteri-ed by a steady persecution and misrepresentation . of the Spiritual Institution and those connected with it. At | leng.h the*promoters of the scheme discovered their mistake, and thav if the Institution and its wide circle of sympathetic supporters were left out. the •* National" affair would be of an extremely limited kind. Accordinglv. James Thornton Hoskins earne to the Instituti on as a plenipotentuuy to negotiate an alliance. He said, turn round in your tone and gradually take up our position, and we will subsidise you with money. We replied that this was the old evil of Church and State incorporated into Spiritualism, a j principle which had turned religion 'into a trade, and which we were Sound to oppose. We perceived within the mealy mouth of j the speaker a dangerous sting and a policy of worldiyism which

a n d d a y b r e a k . F e b r u a r y 27, i s r i .

tho bitn > ' •' M-irituA:ism since tlia coimuencemem of 1 Aterv \ •: or w a v .;Is Jam , s •]I'.hornton H 'skins favoured us with >

lJo’.nv of ,*\ • EsU ■:ica! complexion, apolorisin.-: •\ , M . } \ .N.m'AJ* «_\\J',>£ A ! ill0. 0no of the creates*, villains in hisn-r

ami <!u* tounder.•f worli livism in the (.’liurch. 1 :',is ancient poiiovc*v riub-n:: - on 1[Hit in: ' 1>ractice ;vs one ot the Olevelarj

Mall com ami hi S 00n; ; ;s with us on these counts l!4i

AW ; ; u . and tho■ nio.i Iv-in tedi ss i u n o is I ja dash as u.ir iutu e'lliTAiTv> 1<L>d us :o supp -so. (. oupled wi:i;

.v.VA of I . • >:;a :'lit v, 1; aptlv onvios tue position 01

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I ho „• iiiiis a :. '. . . :•o\ orrtiDiV to' ortrn an h n inUa and useful p efitih ■ ^ ;f, ho wili! no: re

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s whiif rho appi aranoo on tho spiri:^ eh portend foul weather.

MRS. TAPP AN AT CAMDEN TOWN.On Tuasdaj evening the last of three diet uiseam s given

Airs. Tappan. at the Milton Hull, Camden Town. The hall e j nearly ti’.lr.l l-v u highlv-respcctable and deeply-interested audie::.:-. Mr. Tebb presided, and made an excellent speech. His colli,;.: in the chair was of the very best kind, and added an impreMvi dignity to the proceedings. Five gentlemen, one of whom w a s a

Soiritualis:. were elected to choose a subject, during which pre: the Misses Maltby very much graiitied the audience by t music. Five subjects were handed to the chairman, who read them to the audience, when the following was chosen: "The Origin of Evil, and the Remedy suggested by Spiritualism for Removal." After a short invocation. Airs. Tappau proceeded wig her subject in a fashion which very much astonished her frienk as well as strangers. We do not think she has given a more im pressive discourse since she came to England. It was an intell rual task of no ordinary kind—a difficult one. and dexterously performed. A number of questions wore answered, and a p etn given at the close. Next week we shall give a verbatim repot: of the discourse, to show that Airs. Tappan's powers are not a: all impeded by her having to speak impromptu, but rather tie reverse. As an intellectual manifestation the report, which we intend giving next week, is of high value, besides setting fort a :r a very clear light the distinctive teachings of Spiritualism in respect to sin. its origin, and how to get rid of it.

DR. SEXTON AMONGST THE SECULARISTS.On Sunday evening the New Hall of Science was inconveniently

crowded to hear Dr. Sexton give his lecture on the theories a.n.l dons raised against Spiritualism. It was the first time that

Dr. Sexton had appeared on that platform since his avowal : Spiritualism—a platform on which he has many times ad.lress:,: numerous and highly-iutelligent audiences, indeed a shade abwe the average grade of intellect which is wont to congregate in :h: New Hall of Science. No wonder, then, that the pressure for admission was rreat. Onlv those who were present in more than rood time could find anything like a comfortable seat, and s::r after the stream began to flow into the hall every available spot was crowded to its fullest capacity. It is enough to say that the vast building was crammed to repletion in every part. A greater success could not have been possible. The Doctor was in good trim, but as his nervous system had not fully recovered from the

; shock occasioned by his recent accident, it is j ust possible that he j was a little more irritable and impatient on that account.

In opening fire, he directed his guns straight at the works of i the enemv. commencing by demolishing the more external forti

fications with which Materialistic ignorance is in the habit of ! protecting itself. This caused more amusement than annoyance '■ to the opposition, but when the bullets began to hit right home.! the demonstrative noises with which the disciples of freethougir. are wont to impede the expression of unpalatable truths began to be manifested. This kind of interruption became so outrageous that the Doctor was forced to pause, and ask the noise-makers if they intended it to go forth to the Spiritualists that Secularists could not afford to hear the truth. This challenge had the desired eilect for a few minutes, but the Doctor's artillery became more and more telling, and again the enraged Secularists *• gave tongue," cries of •• No, no 1" seeming to afford them some slight relief in their distress. To the credit of the more intelligent portion of the audience, be it said that they made a strong effort to behave themselves, but on occasions the temptation to make an un meaning noise was beyond the power of their endurance.

Of the substance of the lecture we need not speak, as it has been already placed before our readers: but it will be remembered that by a logical process, rendered invulnerable by facts, the lecturer, by a path from which there is no escape, leads the listener to the admission that the phenomena proceed from the action of intelligent beings who have once been men and women in the flesh. Dr. Sexton did not. however, attempt to coerce his hearers into the acceptance of Spiritualism without personal in quiry and patient investigation. His work was to show to what issue the arguments founded on the phenomena tended, and it was for them to try by experiment whether the phenomena were such as he had described.

F e b r u a r y 2 7 , 1 8 7 4 . T H E M E D IU M A N D D A Y B R E A K .1 3 7

After the lecture had extended to about an hour and a half, the Doctor paused to allow time for discussion, whereupon Mr, Foote ascended the platform, and spoke several times, being’ replied to in each instance by the Doctor. Mr. Foote is a clever and accom plished man, but appeared to the great disadvantage of speaking about a matter of which ho was not only totally ignorant, but entertained very superstitious notions respecting it. Nor was his style of defence any moro ingenuous than the pleadings for a fore gone conclusion usually are. Ho made men of straw, and fought them most valiantly. lie quoted from Mr. Crookes without reference to date, and astonished Spiritualists by proposing that a committee of wise men should sit in judgment on Spiritualism, and tell the world what to think about it. These old-fashioned and priestly devices were exposed by Dr. Sexton, and the dis cussion ended in a challenge being accepted by the. Doctor to debate the subject with Mr. Foote on the evenings of Tuesday, March 24, and Thursday, March 26. Many Spiritualists were present, and the meeting went oil' in the best, possible manner. It must do a great deal of good, which the coming discussion will extend. Mr. llamsoy occupied the chair.

MRS. TAPP AN’S APPOINTMENTS.Fkidav, Febr uar y 27.—-Royal Pavilion, Brighton.Su n d a y , M a r c h 1.—Cleveland Hall.Tu e s da y , M a r c h 6 .—Shaftesbury Estate, near Clapham Junction. Sunda y , M a r c h S.—Cleveland llall.Th ur s da y , Ma r c h 19.—Eyre Arms, St. John’s Wood.

MR. MORSE’S APPOINTMENTS.Lo ndo n.—Sundays, March 1st, Sth, and loth, Goswell Hall, Goswoll

Road, E.C.—Evening at seven o’clock; admission free.Ea s t bo ur ne .—To follow.B r ig h t o n .—Ditto.N ew cas tle .—Ditto.Liv e r po o l .—March 29th.

Mr. Morse has a few dates to spare for his summer tour, which com mences May 3rd. Societies desiring to secure him are requested to write at once. Mr. Morse’s address is Warwick Cottage, Old Ford Road, Bow, London, E.

Sunday arc

Mr. Alston will occupy the platform on Sunday evening at the Athenicum, Birmingham.

L e w e s .—On Tuesday evening, March 3, Mr. J. Burns will address a meeting in the new Lecture Hall, West Street, subject—“ Is it Reason able to Believe in Spiritual Manifestations ?” To commence at 8 o’clock. Admission, Gd.; front seats, Is.

Mr . Jo h n C o l l i e r , Birmingham, is in London, and will remain till the end of next week. He will be glad to visit seances or other move ments connected with Spiritualism. Address him at the Spiritual Institution.

Miss Lo t t ie F o w l e r is attaining great publicity in Edinburgh. The Courant gives a column and a half of news respecting her, commencing with an account of her development as a medium, and her experience as such in America and England.

B ir m ix g h a m .—Mr. Perks calls his circle “ United Christian Spiri tualists.” They will hold their first tea party on Monday, March 2nd Tickets, one shilling each. Address, 812, Bridge Street West, near Well’s Street.

P e t e r b o r o u g h .—A seance is reported at great length in the Peter borough Advertiser. Though the report is written in a flippant style, sufficient facts are recorded to atone for that eccentricity, and it will tend to impress readers favourably on behalf of the spirit-circle.

In reference to a statement concerning the Spiritual Magazine in our last number Mr. Shorter wishes us to stato that, while acknowledging the kindly spirit in which the paragraph is written, it was not in any way authorised by him, and that the only change that has been made in his relation to the Spiritual Magazine is that ho has had to take up new financial responsibilities in connection with it.

On Wednesday evening Mr. Hocker addressed a good meeting a t the Hall of Progress. Mr. Burns in the chair. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Hocker, whose lecture was exceedingly good, and wo hope the same speaker will allow his voice to be heard frequently on behalf of Spiritualism. There will be no lecture on Wednesday next, the concert occurring on that evening.

Th e following hearty notice from the New York Daily Graphic, January 14th, shows how much more appreciative and generous the American Press is than that of our own country. When Mr. Massey delivered the same lectures in London, the newspapers passed over the event in silence, or alluded to it in ignorant sneers:—“ Gerald Massey has been lecturing with excellent success in Boston, where he has had large and appreciative audiences; and now he has engaged to go to Washington. The authorities at Vassar College did not follow the lead of those of Princeton ; the students invited Mr. Massey after the Princeton affair, and the professors approved of their action. Professor Raymond writes that the lecturo gave unusual and universal satisfaction, and that he is glad that the students heard it, and believes ‘ it would be listened to with pleasure and prolife by any col lege or seminary of learning in the land.’ There is no need of endors ing Hr. Massey’s peculiar views in order to do justice to his sincerity or give him a hospitable hearing. It is a little remarkable that the two most successful English lecturers of the present season, except Mr. Proctor, nro Mr. Bradlaugh and Mr. Massey, whose opinions- are diame trically opposed, but who liavo convictions of tko most decided character. Perhaps this is the reason of their popularity. Our people have hud a surfeit of dilottanteism. It is a real luxury to hear a man who bolioves something with all his might, aucl who tells what ho believes bocauso ho cannot holp it, in the oloquenoo of s*jnooro conviction.”

M US. CORA U V- I A IT AN’S SDN ,)A > 1 , AI jSI’IRATIONAL DISCOURSES AT CUM ’CLEVELAND STREET, OXFORD STREET Tho committee have arranged for the delivery, every .

evening up to tho 5th April next, of these discourses, whicn for tho most part dependent upon voluntary subscriptions, smee tho collections at tho doors arc not sufficient to cover the expenses, in consequence of tlui number of free seats. Tickets to he had at Chappell's or Ollivior’s, Bond Street, or Burns’ Library, 15, SoUth- . . . . . . . . . , i .• fie

inilico.1 loors

| ampion Row, llolborn. Subscriptions and donations may to tho Treasurer, Mrs. Hollywood, 52, Warwick Square,Reserved seats, 2 s. and Is. each ; body of the hull, free, open at (1.15, to commence at 7.

In order to prevent interruption, it is requested that no one of tho service. No admittance afterleave before the conclusion

tho discourse has begun.ITEMS OF TRAVEL.

No. If.To tho Editor.—Dear Sir,—As a former communication of mine, under

the above heading, was accorded a place in your columns, I venture to trespass on your kindness onoo more. Those who labour with tho angels and work for humanity got hut little rest, as doubtless, Sir, you can as well testify as myself. 1 found, on my return to London at Christmas, that I could only enjoy a very few days with the other one- and-a-half that make up my household, a special invitation to be pre sent. at the anniversary meeting of tho Liverpool l ’sychological Society calling mo from homo on the second day of the New Year.

As an account, forwarded by your Liverpool correspondent, has already appeared in your paper, I need add nothing to his lucid report of the proceedings, just remarking that tho Spiritualists of Liverpool liavo commenced their Now Year under the most favourable auspices.1 was present at the Sunday services, in the Islington Rooms, on the 4th January, when my guides delivered two addresses to large audiences, tho subject for the evening’s lecture being selected by a committee of five non-Spiritualists elected by the audience. Tho address delivered by my revered spirit-teacher gave tlie fullest satisfaction to all.

It is a source of great pleasure to me to find that a promise made to me by my spirit-friends is now being fulfilled, that at the proper time they would be ablo to speak on questions propounded on the spot. All my late services hare had the subjects either selected by the audience, or chosen by I lie society that retained me.

I held a seance at Bohn s Temperance Hotel, which was crowded, and on tho following Sunday two more services were held at the usual meet ing place, the subject in the evening being chosen by a committee.

In obedience to the necessities of my engagements, I then started for the far north, speaking in Glasgow on Sunday, January 25th, also on Monday and Tuesday evenings, the meotings on each occasion being attended by earnest and intelligent audiences. My dear friend, Mr, Bowman, was my host during my stay. It is a pleasure indeed to meet one whoso life is a continual labour of love lor all. Many can testify to this gentleman’s sympathy and generosity. But they, like me, will learn with regret that he has been, and is still, suffering from a severe attack of inflammation of the lungs. A good man is a rich present to the angels, but I for one trust James Bowman may remain in the form for some time yet. Good men are rather scarce nowadays.

I left Glasgow and proceeded to Newcastle. My guides in this town enjoy a popularity equalling, if not rivalling, that of Liverpool. On Sunday, February 1st, the Old Freemasons’ Hall was crowded in every part, passages, doorways, ante-rooms, all being full. The address of my guides gave complete satisfaction, so much so, that one gentleman has subscribed for 500 copies as soon as it can lie printed. If, Sir, you were to obtain tho MSS. of many of my guides’ lectures and publish them, I am sure you would have no reason to repent the effort. I hold the MSS. of one which, if you will print it, 1 will freely offer to you as a donation to the Institution.

On Monday and Tuesday evenings, February 2nd and 3rd, the meet ings were held in the lecturo hall, and on tho llrst-named night the audience numbered over 500. A committee of five was selected. A sub ject was by them agreed upon, which my guides spoke upon for an hour and a half. I understand the sympathies of the audience were roused to tho highest pitch, the applause being frequent and most enthusiastic. On Tuesday the audience had increased to nearly 700 people. Owing to election excitement our audiences were not so full as usual. On Tues day a person named Ward, editor of a local paper, was elected on t he com mittee. This gentleman (?) is, I discovered, a perfect genius ; he opposes all things. Materialism, Spiritualism, Liberalism, Radicalism, and Con servatism all come beneath his impartial (?) criticism and determined opposition. Well, Sir, he mado trouble. • Vowed it was bosh ! declared I had prepared the lecture; but forgetting that, ho had propounded the subject to the committee himself. “ Tion" took him in hand, as only he could. lie (Ward) continued his efforts at making trouble. The entire audience rose against him, and the end was that he received such a thrashing at the hands of my guides'that all say they never heard the like before. The audience was with the platform all the time. At tho end of the lecture the committee were asked to express their opinion. One of them, a materialist, stated that he. was perfectly satisfied with the lecture, and he considered the subject fully gone into. Another gentleman contradicted him, denying that “ Tien” had dealt with the subject. He then, I am told, stated the subject over again. “ Tien” objected, and asked that tho original question might be road over again, when the gentleman confessed that tho paper had been destroyed! Tho audience oried “ shame." This person had, it seems, read the subject to the audience previous to “ Tien” speaking.

When I was in Newcastle before, the same individual gave an exceed- iai gly garbled report in a little paper he edits; and again, on the last visit, did his best to discredit the entire subject. To quote the words tittered in the Ticbborne trial, “ Would you bo surprised to hear ” that this gentleman is a Christian Spiritualist? by name Aaron Watson, for some time a contributor to the Christian Spiritualist,* now editor

* We now understand why the editor of the Christian Spiritualist was so pleased at an article on tho Me d i u m which appeared in the Critic, “ Every orow thinks its own chick,” So.—Ed. M, ~

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suseeptilile, I lie Father (Ah), from the Sun V/'"lt'"fi, designation that would apply to tiny one of the Twelve Messen '■ . . . . . . . ngiTs .. [ ,. , ..;.u. j.i.ite t'lie ni'.-ription iv.is in gold letters. , might thorofore mean Adam hitnsoll', tho First Messiah, and it isthat it may have been the work mentioned by Kysa.-eus. And (/' is oonllrnted by the font that tho Hook of Abraham which the ,|f.^

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time siu.v. Spiritualism is quite at a low ebh tn this quiet \orkshir town. Our aetvnce was private. 1 gave my services lor low. The i , • . s ':; ,. thirt".'ii. wore miuiensi.lv plenseil with mi guides, ami woparted uiuti.aliv wishing to meet again soon.

On Sunday tii*t I again felt at home while treading the old familiar platform in the Islington Assembly Uooms, Liverpool. A very fairaudi- enoe assembled m the afternoon, who listened with rapt attention to my guide's address. In the evening the hall was crowded. A splendid id,ires# was given bv " Tien,'’ and all seemed pleased beyond measure therewith.

On Monday evening T held a seance in Bohn's Temperance H otel; the attendance was good, as also was the matter presented by my guide*.

This concluded the work of tuy late north trip. I returned borne once more to mt dear wile and little darling. Roaming about, as I do,S r. I must confess that it is a double pleasure to me to return home to , _______ ___ ______ _____t so whi * > i >ve is so true, and who give me always that encouragement ! was as a year ; until at last he said to his mother ; Lead me forth, Ac. If

; d tiuir uo: ;ugal luve can alone ntlird. My stay in town is but ] the reader will turn to the Apocalypse, he will sec that this is but ant* . r : d for Liverpool for March "t't.h, also again for | version of the Red Dragon, the Woman, and the man-child; anti inNewcastle, i ue Liverpool Society are about offering me a permanent nionMilv engagement. It' it comes into effect 1 shall be able to minister to several provincial centres of Spiritualism, that are desirous of secur ing me for their platforms, in rotation. With every wish for the success of vourself, and many thanks for the insertion of my “ List,” believe me, vours fraternally. J. <T. Mouse, I.O.G.Ti

ii iwtri, a- t Old Ford Hoad, Dow, London, E.

Messenger, the ohoson L,uivn of God himself for this divine Revelation? Imaum is Iloui-Aum, tu name of the sacred Brahminical h’ire.

One of the mythical legends related of Ibrahim is evidently founded on t.lio Apocalypse, and is typical of what, belals the Heavenly Messenger When it pleased God, says Abu Mohammed Mustapha, to send font, Ibrahim, Nimrod dreamed that ho saw a Star rising out of the Jj.t which obscured the sun and moon, so that their light faded. From which, being seized with great fear, he consulted his magicians, who told him in that year a boy was to be born who would destroy himself nnd his kingdom. Then did Nimrod give command, that every boy who should be born in that year throughout tho country, should he immedi ately put to death ; and ho gave orders also to separate the hmbonds from their wives, sending out the former to war, or into encampments. Then the mother of Ibrahim, fearing that her son might perish, hid him in a cave, and every day of his infancy was as a month, and every month

G A L P A M A . OR A DAM A. A N D T H E APOCALYPSE. We continue tho above subject by a few more curious extracts

; t P a r t L, which is being- so extensively> Id to Spiritualists all through England ;—

1 11" Jews of the Cabbala relate that, after Adam’s sin, the Book of Revelation which had I wen given to him in his ecstasy, and which was

•its and signs exj r ssive o f the most profound Jenowltdge, v .is taken awav by the angel Raziel, by whom it had been shown to him at first : that the patriarch then went forth and wept, and having fullv repented, Razi-’l was again sent by God to restore the book t.o Adam, /• ... ' iht lose t(s wisdom and instruction ; that Adam thendelivered it to Sheih, from whom it came to Enoch and Abraham, and so in sueci ssion to the most wise of every generation. Now, if this be true, and God did indeed reveal an Apocalypse to Adam, and that the v ,r of the Hebrews still preserved it, how came it to be lost? Answer — It is not losi, but has been miraculously preserved, though under a t'alse name, and in many fragments, and that it is now restored to the world in its pure and primal shape.

Kvssnuis, a Mohammedan writer, relates that when Abraham (a priest of Br&bm) opened the chest of Adam, behold in it were the B o o k s o f Ado..; : likewise the Books of Shot or Sasan, and of Edris (Enoch), as also the characters of tie' prophets who were to follow. Berosus likewise tells us that \ puthrus (Adam) composed certain writings at th" command of the Deity, which were buried in Sippara, the City of the Sun in Ba-Bel-On- Yn, and which writings were actually dug up, at a later peribd. and were preserved in the metropolis of Chaldica. And it was from these writings, deposited in the Temple of Belus, that Berosus took some of ll." outlines of his history of the pnvodamite rulers of Chaldioa. Observe h"re that this Sippara conies from Saphr, which means a book, a scribe, and numbers; that it is the root of the Greek aoepos, a wise mau; of the Persian Sofi, a sage; of the the emblem of heavenly Wisdom

conformity with the primeval symbol, we have nearly similar stories related.of most of the lloly Messengers.

LYCEUM DISCUSSION ON CREMATION.To the Editor.—Dear Sir,—I now forward you a few notes which I

have taken during the discussion of the subject ol “ Cremation at our class, for the particulars of which 1 refer inquirers to my letter in the Medium of January 30th. At our meeting on February 1st, the secre tary announced that he had received a notice from Mr. YV elton—llw gentleman who was to introduce this subject—stating his much-regivtiw inability to be present that morning, but would do his best to attend tbe following Sunday. Fortunately a member, Mr. Addicott, had procured from the Free Library a rare and ancient work, entitled Medici,” written over 200 years ago by Sir Thomas Browne, M R, o Norwich, to which is added “ Hydriotaphia; or, Urn-Burial, t is latter part being a discourse suggested by the discovery in Ins timea a large number of sepulchral urns in some field in Norlolk. Dio ' '>■ mission began by tbe reading of a chapter from the last-mentioned dis course. We wore shown the great antiquity of this system of burning the dead. Sir Thomas Browne says, p. lOd ;—“ Tho practice ot burnnig was of great antiquity, and of no slender extent. For noble de&cni'j tions there are thereof in tbe Grecian funerals of Homer, in the loinu obsequies of Patroolus and Achilles, and somewhat elder in the Div W" war, and solemn combustion of Menoeceus and Archcmorus, coiitem|"v rary unto Jair, the eighth Judge of Israel. Confirmable also the Trojans, from the funeral pyre of Hector, burnt before the goto of Troy.” Tbe same practice also extended far West, and h'’su,'’! Ileruleans, Getes, and Thraciaus, was in use with most of the Celtae. Sarmatians, Germans, Gauls, Danes, Swedes, Norwegians, and others. Did time and space permit I could give copious extracts on its antiquity- As to the advantages of Cremation, he says:—“ Now, as all custwio wore founded upon some bottom of reason, so there wanted not ground* for this, according to several apprehensions of the most rational diss’- lution. Some being of the opinion of Thales, that water was the origin®1, of all things, thought it most equal to submit unto the principle d putrefaction, and conclude in a moist relentmeut. Others conceived >l most natural to end in fire, as due unto the master principle in tho con" position, according to the doctrine of Heraclitus ; and thereforo liMl1''

ie Eiu/lish Sapphire, because blue was I up largo piles, more actively to waft them toward that element, whereby: and a sapphire girdle was worn by j they also declined a visible degeneration into worms, and left a 1 '®''’’-

the Messenger. This is mentioned in the Apocalypse. Does this fur-j parcel of their composition. Some apprehended a purifying virtu* >!J nish a roacon whv tbe work itseli was secretly deposited in tho Sapphire- i lire, refining tho grosser comuiixturo and firing out tho ethereal C h v ? ' " I cles 3 0 ctotpjy immersed in it. ’ “ The Egyptians,” he says, “ were afra111

T'uere is a curious iiassago in .Elian, sax’s Herbert, in (Sinirod, where ot fire mercilessly consuming their bodies and leaving too little ot tl" 111

lie sjvuks of a Hawk which brought to the Egyptians, in the times oj the | and therefore, by precious embalments, depositure in dry earth. *.i a Book bound in purple, containing the written ordinances of j handsome enclosure, m glasses, contrived the notablest ways of i»tof!rf,

their religion, for which reason the scribes and interpreters thereof used conservation. lie goes on to shoxv that as Christianity (level" ! '1

to wear hawks’ wings upon their heads. Now we know that the hawk, | itself, Cremation became less practised, remarking that “ though W like the eagle and vulture, were solar emblems: this hawk therefore slicked not to give their bodies to be burned in their lives, detested means a Child of the Sun—an Incarnation. And whenever we see in mode alter death. Mr. Ashworth read a letter from tho Medium "P, Egyptian hieroglyphics a hawk-headed creature, wo may bo sure that this subject, remarking that to him it appeared that the most iiiler^ 11

F eb ru a ry 27, 1874. THE MEDIUM AND DAYBREAK. i s y

x-v.i of this subject was as to whether any advantages would uroi-uo to V.-e spirit by the quicker dispersion ot lho elements o f ;he. h.Gv V\ the

also thought cremation would ore lone become aHeagency ot nn\*-.w88 !v, s.\ inc that burial-ground was last becoming so scarce. Mr llitolvock for twenty years h:\ii thougr: tho '.'amine of bodies was tho ’v> inasmuch as it would bo a ere:., sn'r.ig of ..eound, now re.:aired. :o supply food, and less injurious to the public health, lie would recom mend a kiln, to be kept outside the town, where the bodies should undergo e rental ion. Mr. Addieott thought the burying of tho dead ought to lv the last subject to discuss. He opposed cremation. and thought the present system the most natural, and also received sanenou from the Bible. Tombs and sepulchres were often mentioned, lie thought decomposition in the earth enr.ehed the soil. The mummy «\>.e:n "as the tin'st enviable, though it was not prael .eble Mr. biorer

1 the elements of the bode, but Won't on said it was a faet that

said the earth changes or decomposes. , . s»lvgt'.t we rv O.eeuer.

grass. Aw. was much more prolili.Mr.

and richer that gr." in gravevards;'-:in t'.'.at in tields. and he thought it ".vs more Ivneiieial to the ground jo bury the dead than it would tv if the ashes only were put on after cremation. Quito an. interesting and somewhat instructive discussion occupied tlie tuorr.ittg. and all appeared anxious to hear tho paper on :V > subject by Mr. M elton,

las: Sunday morning. Feb. oth. we were again disappointed, this agreeable so. We'did not anticipate suoh a deeply setentilio treat-

ire of the subiect as was given by Mr. Wei ton. lie comnteinvd by .-.toting somewhat largely from Professor Huxley and Sir Henry

the fleshy body, lie touched that life mav be defined as

Thompson, showing the consti tuonts ot :upon that great problem, Life, remarkittgtbe tendency of matter to pass throughTbout;eso:-. our friend deciare.d. statedoctiviiy going on in a corpse as: when lit)is of s dih.'erent nature, 'it being deeomposifor at: instant. He went on to show th.vvtnotna. arising from tho decay::tg bodies.

.lithetuat mere is lust as ill

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ion. Tiler carbonic arid.

o ivst- water.

•h it it -not and

the cun.se of disease. The great increase of population demanded the s m c . v of cremation. Sir Henry Thompson declared in his great lecture fiat "the dead bodies now in the earth will undoubtedly lv the means of resetting mam ot our childrens children. Me cannot too soon oea.se to do evil and learn to do well. A corpse could, by iire. bo entirely dissolved in a few hours. By doctors and physiologists being allowed as tte maintained thev ought to be. for the bettor understanding of the

hutuan kodv. at-,d the itivestigation of the causes o: various diseases) to d sscc: the human body before being subjected to cremation, the possi- Hirv of persons being buried in a trance would be obviated,

‘ klv be manifested as soon as the lane awould qir

eases were or. record where conclusion, he said that the quickeonly s question of time, r.s the laws w nuu...^ -■....... , ....lifrse some other than the present system, at-.d he believed that would ultimately be cremation. An animated debate then followed, in which Messrs. Hitchcock. Addicott, Ashworth. Storer. Moretoti. and Mutlow took cart. As many of the remarks were stmt.ar to those of the previous Sunday, and as I have already trespassed so very far upon your limited s uce. I shall conclude my report, hoping it may h ive the ellect of causing many of your able and talented contributors to give this important subject their most studious consideration, and that they in turn will favour us with their ideas upon it. The subject for next Sunday morning, at l ot), is "The Evils of Capital Punishment," by Mr. Addicott, sen. All are welcome : seats free.—Yours fraternally,

tld, .Vor.v Sinei. X ':i Jas. Ashworth, Sec.Feb. Vth, 1S74.

P.S.—Next week I propose sending vou a few extracts from •* Eeligio Medici." showing that Sir Thomas Browne was not ignorant of Spiri tualism and mediuinship. J. A.

as lifeas soon as the lance penetrated. Many rsons have been buried in a trance. In

dissolution of dead bodies was f oeonomv would compel us to

S' stem is a unitv, it cannot be divided without CCasitU p' he h.iniaUi nthe sptritu d. being the superior form, has h.thtotn-d t.V own image ami likeness, the.vtorc there is noth tug 1:1 *• I'1' '"I1' " . ? 1 , ^is not in tho spiritual. I lie natural brain i« the /■ ■ ' . .spiritual brain, whose motions are communicated into and tlirougn ne natural these motions \\o call thoughts, and originate son.' • 11 * ,1 8

spiritual man, without whom the ne ural man is as a lifeless block.Action is essential to life, it is the evidence of life; indeed ltte is

action. 1 ife. a> 1 have said, is the result of the union of sense and m- telle.t, but the life and action are otic, and how can there lx1 action, without liiubs, hands, and feet? M ilhout these tbe brain, with its ideas, is i . S e n s e p>r emotion), thought, and action are the trinity in unity, and alone constitute the perfect existence, and such an existence must surely be more gloriously exemplified in the spiritual state than in the pliys.eal. In our thoughts we generally put the cart before tbe horse: for instance, we sa\ legs were made for purposes of walking, Ac., but indeed the idea of walking could not exist until leg* were seen to walk. Purpose * do rot make organs, but are ttie results of organs. There must Ivan essential human form, without beginning .‘I days or ending .'I years, eternal and infinite, before all things, ami including all things. The human form is the form of forms, the essential, the absolute the wonderful, the uncreated, the perfection of beauty, the one tiling, ot whom and by whom exist all other things, these things being but refractions, or far-otl’ modifications of tbe one.

Action is always accompanied with waste, so that every spiritual organism will require to bo recuperated in some manner with spiritual elements. M e are taught that these elements are partaken of in the form of fruits and drinks. The varieties of foods may he infinite. How ever, the essential tiling is that where there ts waste tuere will be sup plies. There may or will also be states of sleep or quiescence, when subtler elements wt.l inflow into the spiritual system from s spheres, imparting the very essences of ideas and emotions.

These statements are oil', red in no dogmatic or assertive spirit. Thev proceed from individual perception, the result of same years’ stadv of Spiritualism, as well as of materialism and other . • indeed. Wt.so can perceive them as a part of truth can receive them for the truth's sake, without caring who the writer is. If I am mistaken, I will thank fully receive that clearer representation that corrects tr.v mistake. With a brother's wishes and good will to all lovers of the good, the true, and the beautiful, which is the useful, I remain yours truly.

J. Sl at er .KJ in:' o c, I. February 13, lc74.[Our correspondent has our thanks. Wo hope this subject will re

ceive further discussion.—Fn. M.]

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IS BELIEF IX JEST'S AS IIIE SOY OF OOP ESSEXTIIL TO OUB FUTURE WELFARE ?

Thousands on thousands of persons connected with the Cur;;.inn Churches are examining the fabric called Spiritualism, and the varied statements made by persons on and off the platform, intermingled with

new theories. lead many to preter :o the stabili:tv ofthe structure: and the interior conveniences are so muca ou: of har mony with what they consider the requirements for future welfare, that many, very many, prefer their present abodes and future welfare ns heretofore enjoyed and expected. And they, on the one hand, hearing a supernatural voice saying. •• Tuis is the way. walk ye in it " : at-.d on the other, some dozen or more human voices calling aloud, at-.d pointing a dozen different ways as th e way. we wonder not that so many are i : s sortofmaxe. Questions are often put to us, and we find they are re peated. and an answer, if given, only goes to one person, instead of to hundreds. Therefore it is that I purpose occasionally to answer through the press, and by signing my name the onus rests on me. The heading given to this article is tne question put, to which I gave, as nearly as 1

remember, this a n s w e r T h e r e is a great gulf between belief ar.d knowledge. To maintain many words can be used: to maintain

THE HUMAN FORM IX THE SPIRIT-WORLD. K n o w le d g e ,

•uar,. so s spiritual or super-physical body is essential to the existence:: s spirit. The existence of essentially distinct substances must be tgkr.cwle-dged. tbe spiritual body being spiritual substance, and the natural body being natural substance, or matter. Thought is no: spirit. • cr is spirit thought. A spirit freed by death from the physical form »<? call disembodied, and it is as a nothing so far as our natural senses « b scr.sate: bur the spiirit is. and knows itself to be, n mar. or a v v.ur. i.as the case may be)—an animate human form, and that implies v.f possession of every organ and the experience of every human function. Ikere must also be a spirit within that external spiritual body to serve as its informing life. The case is. spirit within spirit tse superior dwelling within the inferior), ascending—shall wo say

rt.i'.vssly—by such form-stages the steps of the golden ladder from -vtgat to height of existence, each being a perfect human torm. possess- ■ 'g the five senses and every organ for every function, and cacti form substantial in its ow:-, place and degree. The idea of a spirit existing without form must be discarded. If a spirit is not a human form, it cannot be a spirit: it is nothing. Spirit ar.d form are one. Intel- - .'.t ee is the result of human organism : change or abolish the latter, iud where is human intelligence ? Thought is' the result of organism, and has do separate existence: intelligence is a certain order of thought: this order alone results from human organisation. Without stahi there is no thought, no intelligence, nothing human, and as with 'A? natural man, so with the spiritural man. The human form is a 'unity; grant one orpin, and you gran: all the others. Given a brain,

visceral system becomes a necessity. It is equallv true that the

our "luture weitare through him

are needed." Tne question put involves belief.he ay to

_____ _ _ tothe laws.

In like manner, a devil may believe that Jesus is God, of God, from God : but bis future welfare is not thereby secured. If wo believe that Jesus is God. of God, from God. and that conviction ma.-tes us anxious to do as lie directs—say by practising the principles unfolded in the Sermon on the Mount—then certain.

There is an tn.v . - feeltt-.g of atlecriott—ot .ove—ter. by us towards a given person in domestic life, whicii. by a kit'd ot ir.sttuet, makes us leel Imppv in thinking kinc.lv ot the otic loved. That teelirg is felt by many Christians towards Jesus the Cnri-t. and somehow, by some infinite law of oneship. Jesus is thought of. praised by voice at-.d in song. God we cannot comprehend, because he is infinite. Jesus, as a human super natural. we can : therefore we perceive and love, ar.d in proportion to the intenseness of that onesmp I doubt not we siiad, when disetnboo.od, reapjov. Our ••future welfare" will exceed many persons'who had only coldly endeavoured to do the rtgo.t.

I have endeavoured to put my reply in a few words. My views are tbe result of experience, readings, and reasonings. To me. the three fold powers have more weight than tne zt.t--.ig utterances I l ave occa sionally heard from youngsters in Spiritualism on the spiritualistic platform. J. E smo ue Jones.

: exists for the sake of bodv and the be co-relativ

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fair.: the set-sums i.v.d intellectual are co-relative and co-essetitial. The pure intellect is not life—indeed there can be no such thing—nor

: purely sensuous ex:*: by itself : the union of sense and inteUeot * life, sad alone is human, and also, if you like, angelic, intelligent

The five senses are the basis of ideas. Are the nervous r. >: jus; a continuation of the brain? Seeing that the human

J. R. M.—Children bodily and mentally i younger in spirit-life: voting, jus: as it desires

ho di0 YOl::'.j or who may b.the spirit-world. Old poopl

it the has the fact:Ity of :o impros? tho nrhui of t!io soor.form x'i* vib o:i that w’r oh. wo 1i: lei t earth-life in chi hi ho oc

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TH E M ED IU M AND DAYBREAK.M lF eb ru a ry 2 7 , 1 8 7 4 .

IS A S T R O L O G Y T R U E ?To the Editor.— Sir,— A fortnight ago I should have said, “ I think

not.” Now, I ' am simply astounded at the results of a test 1 have put to one of its professors, Mr. l ’hilip Hoydoti, Russell Place, Leeds. 1 sent to him the time of bir th of throe persons, calling (hem respectively “ A ,” “ II ,” and “ C.” I le t no one know whom those signs represented, and, though in nearly every point each person considerably dillorcd, I received a description of personal appearance and particulars connected with the lives of each tha t fairly staggered us. I think it, worth investigation. O.nt. op t i ib Committee Limns Psvenoi.ouii'Ar, |

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S P IR IT S IN T H E RACK WOODS.(Correspondence- o f the “ St. Paul l'ionerr.")

On Section lit!, in St. Croix County, lives a family by the name of j Lynch, who are troubled by having their clothes cut up, their dishes broken, and many o ther things too numerous to mention ; all this in bread daylight. I stayed there on Wednesday night. All was ipiict after dark until a quarter past 7 A.M., when things, such as rolling-pins, eggs, tin plates, earthen cups, began to get. up of the ir own accord and elioot, around the room. One piece h it a li tt le girl, two years old, h u r t ing her badly. Mr, Lynch oilers §11,000 to have it explained. •They have had some §2,000 worth of proper ty destroyed. H undreds of persons have seen these tilings, including the editors of the Dune Count)/ Saes and the River Kails paper. Yesterday IJ. M. Taylor, editor of the Star a n/ 'limes, of this place, Postmaster .lager, and several others, left, for the scene of action. T he things a ll move between (land 1.0 a.m., and d and tv r.M., and nothing was dis turbed on Sunday. The family Bible went into a kettle of boiling water, and was spoiled. Broad-axes and augers get up, with no one near them, and fly a round. This is no myth, but a sad rea l i ty .— -Daily M ornin/f Call, Sun Francisco.

Fish-po nds.—A correspondent desires to meet with a writing medium through whom he could communicate with his relatives in tho spirit- world.

H a s t in g s .— The Eastbourne Chronicle reports a debate on Spiritual ism at, the Hastings Athoiurum. We hear that Mr. Burns is to lecture in that town on Tuesday week. Tho Iiev. W. Barker has given a lec ture on “ Popular Delusion,” which is replied to by Mr. Robert Cooper in a letter in tho newspapers.

Wa l s a l l .—Mr. Allwood gives a very favourable account of the mediumship of Mr. Russell, who gives addresses of a high order under spirit-influence, and also wonderful musical entertainmonts. Wo met Mr. Russell on our recent visit to Birmingham, and heard very high opinions expressed of his mediumship.

Mc l t l mi in P a r v o .—Dear Sir,—You ask for further enlightenment oa the means whereby our association has reached its present prosperous condition. I will supply' you with what you require, and also with a brief historical sketch of our association, as soon as I can sparo time. The principal means have been very hard work upon the shoulders of a few individuals, with a pationt submission to a vast amount of persecu tion.—Yours truly, T h o ma s W i l s o n , 1 Voodhouscs, Ashton-undcr-Lyne.

Sy l l a b u s of a lecture on “ Funoral Rites and Cremation : Shall wc burn or bury our Dead ?” to be delivered for tho Sunday Lecture Society, in St. George’s Ilall, Langham Place, W., on Sunday, March Sth, by Miss Fenwick Miller (of the Ladies’ Medical College) :—A glance at the history of funeral rites, and the methods of disposal of the dead body among tho ancient Egyptians, Jews, Greeks, Romans, and barbarians—Funeral rites of various nations at the present day—Crema tion ». inhumation (burning against burying tho dead body)—Objec tions to Cremation : sentiment, destruction of identity, &c. To inhu mation : noisome exhalations, poisoning of water through subsoil, retention of infection by buried bodies, economic consideration, &c.— Spiritualism and cremation—Suggested means of accomplishment of cremation, historical and modern—Conclusion.

U n d e v e l o pe d S pi r i t s .—A correspondent gives us a short sketch of experience, which we publish in hopes that somo of our readers may bo able to afford useful information :—“ Wo are progressing rapidly. Wo have held several seances, and had many an encouraging word, but I am sorry to tell you that we have, and are troubled by, somo of the unde veloped spirits. We have been advised to treat them kindly; this we do, and still wo are pained by them ; they come both to our tables and try and control tho mediums. Could you give us any information as will guide us to got rid of them, and have our seances such as wo are mostly fitted to receive? I may further add that all our seances aro commenced by prayer and tho reading of a chapter, and tho conversa tions aro of a sound character. If you can assist us in any way wc will bo most happy and thankful.” This is an important question for all bo- ginnors, and we throw it open for the consideration of pur numerous readers, from whom we shall be glad to have replies.

Va c c in a t io n s h o w n t o h e P o w e r l e s s t o P r e v e n t , A r r e s t , M i t i g a t e , o r M o d i f y Sm a l l P o x .—Read the following from an nrtiole in the British Medical •Journal of December (1, 187-j, by F. 11. Alderson, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., of Hammersmith :—“ Vaccinated Thomas II. S. Scott at three months on Monday, May 20, 1871. He was brought to me for inspection tho Monday following. Every puncture had taken, and there were five well-developed vesicles, well distended with clear lymph, and a sufficient but not excessive areola. Knowing tho child’s parents to be healthy, and believing tho child to bo so, tho vesicles perfect and full of lymph, I selected (his infant from whom to vaccinate two children and re-vnocinate two adults. Tho mother remarked to mo that ho lmd a slight rash of a few pimples on his chest and back, but this I mistook to be merely a rash duo to vaccination, which every now and then I had known to follow it. Tho next day I was sent for, and was surprised to find him very ill, and covered with a thick vesicular eruption, ac companied by considerable fever, which, upon hearing a lodger in the same house, lmd died from small pox the previous week, I felt sure would prove lo lm, as it did, an attack of confluent small pox. Tho next morning tho child was much worse, was soon unable to take the breast, and died on Monday, Juno 12, tlie fifteenth day of vaccination, and tho nghtli of the eruption.”

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9EAN0B8 AND MEETINGS IN LONDON DUIUXG TUE WEEK.sa u -hday, I'KRHi’tHY Mr. \\ illiams. 8t«o .ulvt rti^mout.SfNPAY, March 1, at Mr. Cowman's, 15, Be. Fetors Read. Mile End Koad. at 7.

Mm . Taviwv at t ! •uiu, t Hall, at 7.Bt« J V " >■ ri.;!’ ii uf uali>t' Tr.m-.-o Adtlrc s at No. 80,Unwell Koad, at 7 o'clock, !:■>* Mr ,1. .). .M-i <•.

M.-ndat. Mm 1 l . Developing Circle, at Mr. Cog man’s, 15, St. Peters Road, Mile End R oad , at $ o’clock.Mr. Williams. St c* a»ivoielement.

Tpksday, Mu,1 t, ... Stjucoe at TemjvtAnoe Hall, I o’.:. Mile End Road, at 8.15. St.-i i ll I. ‘N :*ov : V i i.i\, :.‘i, Lowei Stainl’ord Street, Bl.o kfriars, 8.E. at 7. ’ Write for u<liui>aion to Mr. Weeks. at the above address.

\I u >n;si'\y Mv.mH I, MuvKl' no Association, t’O, Church Street, Pad- illusion, Ltdurc at :» oV! rk, admisMou free.Lecture .it Mr. Co manM, 15, Peter s Uoad, Mile End, at .3 o'clock.

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TH E K E N E A L Y T E S T IM O N IA L .i H E interest in the Ti c i i b o b n k Trial is not only Worid-wi--

hut, it will he seen from the billowing communications that tu iKlmiration for the Claimant's fearless and eloquent advocate,’ Ki-.n'f u .v . is a- -rent in America as in England. -Meetings bavf; fc,. ;

1 in different parts of London and suburbs, and there have been v, n influential meetings at. beicester and Kingston-on-Thames, ;i.'„ arrangement.' are now completed for extending an organisation all <7,the country.

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All Cheques, Drafts on private firms, and post-office orders should h. made payable to Mr. On s l o w , betters containing postage stamps ma lie forwarded to him at Kopley.

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SEANCES IN' THE PROVINCES DURING THE WEEK.SAUon-AY. Ft r.RV rRv 2U N w c a s t l &o x -Ty s e . Old Freemasons’ Hall, Newgate

Street, at 7.30 for 8 o'clock.B ir m in g h a m . Midland Spiritual Institute, 58, Buffulk Street, a t 7.

SUNDAY, Ma:h I, Ke ig h l e y , 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. Messrs. Sliackleton and Wright, Trance-Mediums. Children’ Progressive Lyceum at 9 a.m. aud 2 p.m.Sowebby Br idg e , at Mr. W. RobinsDn'6, Causeway Head, Children’s Lvceum, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Public Meeting, 6.30 p.m. Trance-Medium, ifr. Wood.Bo w l in g , Spiritualists’ Meeting Boom, 2.30 and 6 p.m. Hall L ine, 2 and 6 p.m.Bo w l in g , in Hartley's Yard, near Bailway Station, Wakefield Road, at 2.30 and 6 o'clock.Manc hest er , Temperance Hall, Grosvenor St., All Saints, at 2.30. Co wms, at George Holdroyd’s, at 6 p.m.Ga w t e o b pe , Spiritualists’ Meeting Boom, 2.30 and 8 p.m , Mrs. S. A.

Chase C ity , M e c k le n b u ry h Co., V ir g in ia , .1 anuary 18th, 1874.Sm,—I have the honour to transmit to you copies of two resoluti.-

unanimously adopted at a meeting of iiritish settlers held tbi- ■!>.- Permit mo further to convey to you the fact that every line of noble speeches in the Tichbome Case have been carefully read by *; Englishmen resident in this part of the world.

Sir, wo take tho liberty of conveying to you the assurance of r. esteem, because (to slightly alter Sir Robert Peel's reference to t.. Duke of Wellington)—tee a re a l l j>roiul o f y o u . May God bless you, ai.; grant you every happiness for time and eternity !

I am. Sir, vour obedient servant,' THOMAS JONES BEBB, Secretary.

To E. Va u g h a n Kbn k a i-y , Q.C., LL.D., London, W.C.

Sw ift, Te« and Healing Medium Mobley, Mr. E. Eaires's, Town End.H a l i f a x Psychological Society, Hall of Freedom, Back Lord Street, Lister Lane, at 2.30 and 6. Children’s Lyceum at 10 a.m.No t t ing ham, Churcbgate Low Pavement. Children’s Lyceum at 2 p.m. Public meeting at 6.30 p.m.Ossexi Common, W akeeleld, at Mr. John Crane's, at 2 and 6, p.m. Healing and Trance-speaking Medium, Mr. John Crane.B i s h o p A u c k l a n d , at Mr. Eaucitt's, Waldron Street, at 6 o’clock. Notice is required from strangers.Newcastle-ox-Tyxe, at Freemasons’ Old Hall, Weir’s Court, Newgate Street, at 6.30 for 7 p.m.L iverpool. Public Meetings at the Islington Assembly Booms, at 2.30 and 7 p.m. Trance-mediums from all pans of England, Ac.DARLINGTON Spiritualist Association, Free Assembly Boom, above Hinde Bros. Stores, Bidsdale Street, Tarm Bead. Public Meetings at 10,30 a.m. and 6 p.m.So u t h s e a . At Mr. W. H. Stripe’s, 31, Middle Street, at 6.30.Bir m in g h a m , at Mr. Perks’, 312, Bridge Street West, Well Street, Hockley, United Christian Spiritualists, at 6 p.m.Lougebobo’. Mrs. Gutteridge, Trance-medium, Dene's Yard, Pinfold Terrace, at 6 o’clock.Gl a s g o w Association of Spiritualists. Public meeting, 11 a.m. and 6.S0 p.m., at 164, Trongate. Seance at 5 p.m. •H u ll, 5, Strawberry Street, Drypool, at 7.30.Ne w Sel l do x, at 16, Strand Street, at 6 p.m.Heckmoxdwixe, service at 6.30 at Lower George Street.Developing Circle on Monday and Thursday, at 7.30.Le e ds, Britannia Buildings, Oxford Place, close to tho Town Hall, addresses at 6.30.0 - s e t t Spiritual Institution, Ossett Green (near the G. N. R. Station, Service at 2,3o and 8 p.m. John Kitson, medium.

Mo n d a y , Ma r c h 2, H u l l , 42, New King Street, at S.30.G lasgow Association of Spiritualists. Seance at 164, Trongate. Doors closed at 3.30 p.m.Bir ming h a m. Midland Spiritual Institute, 58, Suffolk Street, at S.

Tuesday, M arch a, K eigh ley , at 7.30 p.m., at the Lyceum. Trance- mediums, Mrs. Lucas and Messrs. Wright and Shackleton.Sowep.by Br id g e , at Mr. W. Boblnson’s, Causeway Head, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, March 4, Bo w l ix g , Spiritualists’ Meeting Boom, 8 p.m.Mo bl e y , Mr. Emmanuel Baines’s, Town End, at 7.30, for development. O ssett Common, at Mr. John Crane's, at 7-30. Healing and Trance medium, Mr. John Crane.Dabl ixg t o n Spiritualist Association, same place as on Sundays. Public Open Conversation Circle at 7.30. p.m.Glasgow Association of Spiritualists. Public meeting at 164, Trongate, at 8 p.m. Occasional seances during the other nights of the week. Bib m ix g h a m , Mr. Perks's, 312, Bridge Street, at 8, for Development. Bir m in g h a m , Midland Spiritual Institute, 58, Suffolk Street, at 8.Leeds, Britannia Buildings, Oxford Place, close to the Town Hall, seance at 7.30.

Thursday, Ma r c h 5, Bowling, Hall Lane, 7.30 p.m.G awthoepe, Spiritualists’ Meeting Boom, a Developing Circle, at 7.30.Bish o p Auc k l a nd, at Mr. Eaucitt’s, Waldron Street, at 8 o'clock. Notice is required from strangers.Newc ast l e-o x-Ty x e . Old Freemasons’ Hall, Weir’s Court, Newgate Street. Seance at 7.30 for 8.Bir ming h a m, Circle at Mr. Thomas Godvides, 16, Court House, 12, Wren- them Street, at 7.30.Bir ming h a m, Developing Circle, at 7, Hyde Road, Lady-wood, at 7 4 ’. by Miss Baker, assisted by a Clairvoyant and Trance-medium,

Fr ida y , Ma r c h 6, Liv e r po o l , Weekly Conference and Trance-sp6aklng, at the Islington Assembly Rooms, at 8 p.m. The Committee meet-at 7. Jso t t int -Ham, Churcligate Low Paytmeot, Seance at 8 p.m.

At a meeting- of British settlers held at Chase City, Mecklenb County, in the State of Virginia, United States of America, on Saturd,;. January 18th, 1874, Henry Field, Esq., formerly of Bedfordsrm-. England, was appointed chairman ; Thomas Jones Bebb, formerly : Montgomeryshire, North Wales, was appointed secretary.

It was moved by the chairman and unanimously resolved—1. —“ That whatever be the result of the Ticliborne trial, the coer.y

of Dr. K e n e a i . y has furnished a splendid exam ple of British pluck, rare genius, great learning, and unparalleled generosity.

2. —That the British settlers have great- pleasure in assuring I)j. Keneaxy of their high regard for his public character and services, a: beg him to believe that he has warm friends wherever the Anglo-sec. race and language exist.”

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I. I X S P I K \ T I ( ) \ A J . o i t \ TI ( ) . \ S delivered in England; followed by EXTE.M P O |{ .\ \ KOI NS I'OE.MS, M||jf(

t in; n e w ;a i i ;m j;.Spir i tua lism as a Science and as a Religion.T he Realm of Spirit .T h e re is no Death.T h e < 'onneeting I.ink between Science an d Spiritualism.

'J'Iie.s<; are divided into two ‘•■erics : -

h / ’IHI I I AI, ETHICS.W hat Groat T> :n.•her has p roduced the m o s t Potent Eilecl. upon ; ,

an d Why ? 'Tho Spirit.The Ind iv idua l H um an Spir it .

The Kxp-.-i.-ne.-i of a Scientific .Mind on E ar th and in Spirit-life, si:, to ld Mediumship b y Himself. T-I : Spir itual i-m W itehcraf t and S orcery?

(in the Connection between (lie various Menial Sciences and Spi ritualism- ■ Mystery and Meaning of the Number Three.S o i io of th e M ethods of P roducing Spir itual Manifestations. Tie- Dual A pparit ion of th e Embodied Human Spirit.

The N ature an d O ccupations of Sp ir i tua l Existence. T h e Temple of Die Soul.

(Others to follow.)

Soni ■ fun la r Sugge-t ions concern ing Method of Spiritual Manifestation- j The Heavenly Home and Spir itual Kindred.A lit. 'we of th e series on Spiritualism and Science. , The E te rna l Progression of th e H u m an Spirit .

| Cui Bono?: The Spir itual Outlook for th e New Year.! Purity.

The Need and Efficacy of P rayer , j Spiritual Gifts, j Charity .

This Volume will contain about Thirty-six Orations and Poems, and consist of nearly 4 o 0 pages. It will f prefaced by “ The Narrative of Mrs. Tappun’s Experiences as a Medium,’’ and her Portrait,

I I .— SONGS I I103T THE iSEMMEJt-LAXI). A Collection of Inspirational Poems, chiefly given at the doseof Lectures. Tin's work will comprise more matter than “ H e s p e r i a ,” to which it will bo a companionvolume.

HOOK I.So n o - or Till: Sri kit.

Jubilate.T rib u te to Alice Carey.Tlie Beautiful hand.The Brotherhood of Man.T he Lesson of Sorrow. Afterward.De I’rofundis.W hite as th e Snow.T he Tw iligh t Hour.

L i s t or Po e m s i n “ ,So n g s pr o m t j i j ; S u m m e r -L a n r .”Voices.A Song for th e N ew Year (18712). Prescience.Song of (he Stars to Die Sun-God. Beautiful De.atli.Truth’s Morning.Immortal ita.Poem from R obert Bums.

BOOK IL A Song Of the Winds (in four p a r t - ).

BOOK IV. So nus f r o m Oc ina .

O uina’s Message. T aran tu la .

Personal Poems. &c., &c.

Love Presence. I.ove Whispers.

A Song of th e Soul.'i iie Spectre Ships.

BOOK HI.So n g s o r r i m Na t i o n .

Tho Lesson of a Year, i n Memoriam.Im piora Pace.'The .Massacre of th e Pegans.Death of P res id en t Lincoln.A P rophet ic Vision.

BOOK V.S o n u s o f t h k H b a k t .

Maoena.Confession to Love, hr.

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