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I “ EVERY plant which my heavenly father hath not planted shall BE RBDTEB TP.’ NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1855. NUMBER 10. Ori'itnut ¡ritualist, ;i: tv I "i: prni.IsIIED by THE JMFFUilON OF SPIRITUAL lxowlepoe . Hroaihvav« NowYork, nïTi*ai.isr ].' j -uMiHunI ovory Saturday :-r. pavaMe : iU I ¡:rv t « advance; live ' : Ton copies, nut: .»us .‘•li-.ul.lt'O addressed ion of M’inm'AL K nowledge , ai.T^T, No. S.V'. Hroadway, Now- t h e SPIRITUAL element . c i »NSCIOrSNKSï? * I il CKCM-- the tim e allotted to m e, i-night, in presenting som e ci- to n c r -y t. iivnting the Spiritual Elem ent ' nts and present inatii- i|.me I,' i -, I ]■. ■A l.y I J e ra t« • xuiably according to h is state, f.>r t h e m ost part, by his social .M istical inlluenee, b y physical dom inant Spiritual spheres that upon his nation and h is age. ;iiL deep interior of the hum an Spirit, w here re enaerm ed from the Invisible, the Super- ! and die Intitule, they arc projected through r i raans into consciousness, and thence it e x t e r n a l o r g a n s into speech. Seldom are itteicd thoughts m ore than the shadow s of t laaottcti idea, the archetypal or prim itive f truth being veiled as it descends into tx- ii'.ieranee. H appy, indeed, shall I be if I t in m vingorderly form to the ideas of truth dm to utter. .•Intelv considered, there is hut otic thinker rs,.-— i led I H e is the fount of w isdom , ale a s are m ore or less the repetitions ,. 1 'Lis iniinite cognitions. I attribute -L.-sions of ideas, because I sec them , arcr?— each m an in this w ide w orld— "i- S p ir it in a ll y o n cosm ic or heavenly isa thought, an idea of G o d , w hich he with visible form and projected w ith In a lesser degree and in a low er sense, and the heavens are the thoughts of o it is w ritten, “ the invisible things of creation of the w orld arc clearly vi- ¡1 - univi all our i-dccti. i»d -no n, n iv lie. .h Arce! ncr-itiM - iV lilt :n.ait-. I turtles ■i ; and s, -a from tl: M ta is, e d elevatici r.t-r f a t u i :1 bv the tilings w liieh arc seen and m ade.” ' r m ay be, through internal harm ony n, conscious of tw o separate and eter- dte w onders; conscious through his its of the universe of finite and created odons al-o of the A ll-creative and Infi- ll o, 'Spirit. site or are b lin d to the Infinite .,.,rd’ .ng to our state. If the logical faculties are i vjt'ci-etl upon m aterial objects alone ; if the sub- 1 ime powers of the m oral reason are dorm ant; if iiro eve of tV.c dp’ru he closed and its ear barred, oid its tourii made insensible through self-love or ¡.arsons) prid.*, or w nsuous excess— then w e m ay fail to see tile ri.iii.ito. H ut if the intense ardors of i '¡re di-vofiiin to 'mve and duty and the right have 1'Vi and fired the ' unsidousncss; if w e have begun r i t i d t i k a n d plan, not from the baneful incentives v M i-love, hut from the inspirations of an un- ! 'it.iicd hiim aidty: if, above all, w e have learned f trial bltv-ed life that eonsiste in sw eet niiiiistries to all our race, not as a pain- it ns a living joy— then, as the divine ina life pervades and dignifies our ow n, ded to us, and w e realize that w e dw ell it!i H im . A s our life inclines from '■units im m ersed in the corporeal and •e deify N ature. A s our life inclines w e arise above the sphere of idolatry, H im . A s our real essential being is think le 1s and less from the finite, 1 m ore from the divine. So w e begin all that w e hear, see, feel, taste, .le w ith these senses, of the body, is like fii.et,;, ‘'o f such stuff as dream s are W e are delivered from the bondage of V .’ e f. el t h a t N ature is finite, hut G od attire ephem eral, hut G od eternal, sit the gross idolatry of the natural un- * >nr tbith, ei.lanrcd and purified, is hd'a.Ue. '1 h e n N ature itself is trans- cT'-t 0 elider Gor ht v-rla - : rêve -¡HUS ■.voto; •Ned, 1 more- id, aie th , 1 . Uc 'lie hi.ii it.finite 'o <1 der.siattditi'g; centred in th ligiired before our -ijhl, and is m ade apparent to i'1-"' fluent m edium far the operations of the bivine. InMar and /J.-.-.v.-r; in the m iracles of the 5c cons of the year; of birth and resurrection ; in >'a:t form ative, K productive and transform ing '.merd.s ol the universe, w e petceivc the silent one of creative power, the droppings of D ivine 4into term s and colors— into speech and ac- Nature i: the soliloquy of G od ; and in the 1 of ether thickly n,ivii w ith stars, as in the ' earth m antled with constellated bloom , in : p ilaxic'-' of hum an -ouls gathered on earth th'- happy skies, w e see the ultim ations of tit thought, the resultant m editations of ' hi-tii s lull, Man i tar, rad licit m ote than a natural being. T he form ' c in e up from earth as the result of all inate- 'perutioni', the rich product of the alchem y of hut. the soul com es dow n from G od, and the tw o m eet, coalesce and are transfused, the ir-iilt. is personality and self-conscious- And so sings the greatest of all philosophi- poi.-ts ( I aril is I,ut a Mi- T m '»'til i 1 Iriit f ¡M;X \\ i\ 1 , U S , inni fi'-'-w in .-ff it.s M -Hiii..' A r>»: 1 CM’u'Mh iront al nr. ■ V r ; I 1' i . ’- i r f i o r _ o i t i u l i n . s . ' , A ii-i i in ntit r nakednu-'U Lut 1 Gti'.iii..' '’¡o m is o f ¿dory d o From ( " ' d , v. !,1 > is f i r K o i n e . ’ * ami a forgetting— our life’s star. ivc come • A. Lecture Vvrk, June ü7. Geurerc'il at iW Sluvvesant Institute, New IW5. M atter’s last gradation is lost in the refined par- ticles of the outer form of m an. \Y e see m ore, hear m ore, receive m ore, realize and enjoy m ore than the finite. W e see, hear, feel, and realize the Infinite. Surely as the flow er opens its corolla to the splendor of m orning, and stands transfigured in the radiance of all-pervading day, so surely the hum an spirit opens the corolla o f intellect, puts forth the m any-tinted blossom s of the affections in the enhaloing lustre of D eity. Surely as the natural sun gilds vale and m ountain, and bathes the w orld in the billow s of its light and heat, so surely the Infinite Personality, the C reative Spirit, from w hom all thong its diverge, and in w hom all affections have their w ell-spring, bathes each finite m ind— the universe of finite m inds— in light and heat, in the light that is w isdom , in the intense ardor that is love. For G od is w isdom itself as to his intelli- gence, and love itself according to his infinite ex- istence ; and that love and w isdom stream forth in one continuous operation, encircling, inter-pervad - ing and unfolding all things that are created. T here is visible to us, through outer senses, a natural light and heat. W e trace it to the sun. W ithout it, nature is dead. W here it m ost abun- dantly falls and m ost harm oniously operates, the skies are brightest, the flow ers are sw eetest and lovliest, the fruits are richest and m ost abundant, and all living things, in strength and b e a u t y , in m elody of utterance and intensity of enjoym ent, m ove forth like incarnations of its ray. T hat sun w hich w arm s and lights the visible creation is the natural type of D eity. W hat the sun is to the w orld, G od is to the hum an spirit. T here is a thought-light and a love-ligh t; there isa brightness that fires the lam p of intellect and kindles the eternal flam e of virtue; there is a beam that falls upon the germ s of understanding and unfolds the latent pow ers of rationality; and I call that light the radiation of G o d ’s ow n intellect, and that quickening raj- the fire of G od's ow n heart. There is a finite heat and light from the sun w hich m ake visible to the senses the things of the finite; and so there is an infinite heat and light proceeding from G o d , w hich m ake apparent to the hum an Spirit the things of the infinite. A ll natural form s receive and radiate the solar ray. So all Spiritual form s receive and radiate the quickening influence of D eity. I am far from as- serting the cold dogm as of Pantheistic philosophy or naturalistic speculation. To m e, creation is finite, G od infinite— G od not alone in all and through all, but over all, and before all. B ut G od is not afar off— not a receding star, dim ly visible through the telescope of history, and tw inkling far and dim from the hollow gu lf of vanished ages. H e is the G od of the L iving, and the L iving G od! In him w e live and m ove, and have our being, and w e, according to purity of intellect, are lam ps and m irrors of h is infinite eternal brightness. E very hum an m ind gives off a light of reason according to its state. W e w a lk , if ju st and valiant for truth, enveiled in Spiritual lustres. W e radiate a m oral heat, and m ove as the w orld m oves, exhal- ing and distributing the arom a l w arm th of a be- nignant affection. L ight and darkness, heat and cold, sum m er and w inter, are hum an attributes, as w ell as natural phenom ena. T he loving heart, like a glow ing sum - m er orb, is visible, endow ered w ith the ripe fruits of disinterestedness; and all glow in g form s and happy voices of serene affection adorn and fill w ith m elody its E den groves. B ut the heart frozen w ith self-love, is like som e arctic w orld w here death reigns in icy halls and barren solitudes of w inter and despair. T here is a light in true w isdom and a splendor in living virtue that outflam es the zen- ith, and “ they w ho are w ise do shine as the firm a- m ent, and they w ho turn m any to righteousness as the stars forever and ever.” T here is a real light that com es from G od and that m akes the godlike m an to w alk encom passed b y a visible radiation.— W ere these outw ard and natural bodies to be tom aw ay, w ere each Spirit here to lift h is clay visor and drop his dusty m antle and reveal his real face, his real form , the degrees of glory that w ould ra- diate from each im m ortal countenance and clothe each deathless organism , w ould be according to the m oral transparency of each separate intellect, the justness and integrity of each individual heart. Y e w ave and blossom , O flow ers! Y e shine and m ove, O firm am ental h osts! enfolded in the bright- ness of the sun of nature. A nd 3 * 0 , 0 sphered, revolving galaxies of Spirits, ye w ave and ye blos- som , anil ye shine in the great light of G od ! Sure- ly as there is a natural body and a Spiritual body, so surely there is a natural light for the one, and a Spiritual light for the other. AH natural objects point to the sun and say, N ot m in e is this light, heat, fragrance, m elody that seem eth m ine. T he w orld itself, so cold and dead in its sunless re- gions, so w arm , living, eloquent in its sunfilled and happy realm s, bids us ow n the truth that creation does not proceed from the self-developing pow ers of the natural and finite form . A nd so, the w ide w orld over, the hum an Spirit, unspoiled through the sophism s of a vicious external culture, seem s spontaneously and reverently to ow n the presence and the operation of the S ex of L ife. M en feel, m ore deeply than they can ever express, that all creation is the result of the Infinite L ove. Scarred and shattered as it is— scarred w ith sins, shattered w ith tribulations and iniquities— it is an orb of w orshippers, this w orld of ou rs;— this w orld of hum an hearts dying for love, and in the great faith of love seeking th eb eloved in the still realm s of death. T here is therefore a two-fold brightness, a two- fold heat that irradiates and quickens the world we live in. There is first a finite influence streaming from the sun, building up and arching over the great tem p le of the day, laying its beam s in the. clouds, and building its pavilions in the heavens and the earth, and the w aters that are under the earth. A nd this natural heat and light is a m edia- torial elem ent, w herethrough the D ivine L ove and W isdom operate in m aterial ultim ates. M ore than this, there is a Spiritual light and heat that pro- ceeds from the divine. It builds up the fabric of the Spiritual body, and shines w ith the light of reason in the still cham bers of the brain. T he w ill fecks it, and responds to its intense activity. The heart feels it, and responds in all the m any octaves of its loves to the rlij'thm ic pulse-heats of its in - fluence. Alan dw ells here w ith types and shadow s, and these are the visible things of N ature. Mart dw ells here w ith thoughts of true w isdom and af- fections of eternal love, the unheard, but ever-felt and evidenced realities of G od. A nd w e live in the m idst of a double process of creation. N ew earths and heavens are being fashioned about us forever. T here is a new earth each year, a new creation of fruits and flow ers, and living and m ov- ing things, beginning w ith spring-tide germ ination, and closing w ith autum nal fruition. T here is a new heaven as w ell. M yriads of angelic form s are unfolded into m oral and Intellectual consciousness through these fleshly organism s, and then the scaf- folding falls, that the tem p le m ay appear. “ For w e know that if our earthly house of this taber- nacle w ere dissolved, w e have a building of G od, an house not m ade of hands.” O utw ardly w e see the m iracle of a new unfolding w orid, and the roses and violets, the prom egranates and oleanders that put forth to-day are as really the w ork of G od as their progenitors in Edc-n. B ut in hum an hearts and bosom s, in the stately goings forth of reason and im agination, in the pictured nu-m oiy, in the tem pled conscience, in the sacerdotal hall of judgm ent, in the love-lit cham bers of affection, in the m assive fortresses of integrity and honor, in the holy solitudes and silences of the m oral w ill, in the w ide realm s of the perceptions, in the peo- pled skies of the interior and im m ortal loves, in fine, in w hatever goes to m ake up the personality of m an, in the orderly progress and processes of a w ell-ordered and godly life, there is proceeding from day to da}' the creation of an heavenly w orld, a living form of goodness and of truth, that shall he filled at last w ith the very fullness of G od.” I have said that this tw o-fold w ork is continually going on. AYe see the one, w e fec-l the other. W e w atch the procession of the season, and behold each year the new creation of bloom and m elody. W e w atch, too, the m oral seasons, the seasons of the im m ortal year, and w e perceive the hum an form developing by degrees the rational, the Spirit- ual, the celestial. W e see the child becom e the m an; w e see the m an, purified through loving uses, becom e the radiant, undying angel. T his tw o-fold w ork has necessarily bc-en advancing up- on our planet in the one case, since the introduc- tion of natural, in the other since the introduction of hum an life. A nd as certainly as every floral, m ineral, or anim al form isa natural, so every hum an form is a Spiritual m anifestation. A ll creation is the outbirth of Spirit. T he flow ers, birds, ani- m als ; the grassy slopc-s, beautiful w ith arom al chalices of fairest form ; the golden petaled flow er of the firm am ent; the crystal w ater drops of river and ocean; that vast N iagara of stars and suns pouring everlastingly into the gulfs of space, and opening into m ild seas of w onder and of bliss— all these are precipitations of thought; as if G od look- ed into the m irror of im m ensity, and pictured his m editations there in their ow n surpassing form s of glory and of joy. B ut w hile G od has m ade N a- ture the finite picture and dream landscape of his m editations, he has m ade m an the im age and like- ness of him self. T he w onder that surpasses all others is m an. H e is in his harm onic and real form the very utterance and outbirth of the Infinite.— N ature is poetry, hut m an, after G od, the poet. N ature is art, but m an, after G od, the artist. N a- ture is the revolving orrery, but m an, after G od, the centre of its disc of suns and its periphery of stars. A s m an is delivered from the m atrix of na- ture, and enters into the realities m ade visible through love, through the m oral understanding and the illum ined consciousness, he is by degrees introm itted into the w orld of ideas of w hich na- ture is hut the reflex and the correspondence. The Infinite is the real abiding place of m an. It is only as m an arises into the sphere of the Infinite, that he com prehends the life that is, or that w hich is to com e. U ntil m en sank so low into corporeal ha- bits and proclivities that they lost their ow n proper hum an self consciousness, they never doubted the grand fact of intercourse betw een the Spirit and its kindred, free from the husks of the body, and dw elling in the happy skies. A nd now , proceeding to the application of this train of rem ark, as bearing directly upon the m oot- ed point of present thought, the genuiness of these phenom ena w hich w e agree to recognize as Spirit- ual, I observe first that all those Spiritual pheno- m ena w hich the skeptics of to-day deny, are neces - sitated, and grow out of the Spiritual nature and relations of m an. If I am asked w hen and w here Spiritual m anifestations began upon this orb, m y reply is, “ T hey are coeval and coextensive w ith the hum an race.” T he question w hich underlies the discussions of our tim e is this, “ Can m an, by virtue of his nature and its organs, h o ld com m unication w ith purely Spiritual realities and entities, unclothed w ith m a- terial externals?” N ow the com m on sense of all ages has answ ered this question affirm atively. It has answ ered it affirm atively b y three grand ad- m issions— the reality of prayer, which is the inter- course of the soul with God; the genuineness of revelation, w hich is the orderly form of divine truth flow in g dow n from heaven through public m edium s, set apart b y D ivine Providence for the end of heavenly disclosures; the truthfulness of Spiritual im pressions w hich are produced by the direct operation of Spirits or angels, or of the D ivine m ind. A s concerns the m ethod w hereby the invisible and Spiritual sphere descends into com m unication w ith m an, that sam e historical com m on sense of the race has adm itted three distinct processes of heavenly m anifestation— the inspiration of the rational faculties by m eans of an operation of hea- venly truth— the enlargem ent, purification and as- cention of the affeclional faculties through opera- tion of divine and celestial love— the elevation and quickening of the sensational organism by m eans of a divine operation, and the unfolding of a dis- crete degree of senses above the natural thereby. A s relates to the things revealed or m ade know n to m an through these varied yet related processes, w hen w e com e to sift the sands of history for the golden grains of ancient know ledge and opinion, w e find three great degrees of apparent truth discern- able, w ith m ore or less of clearness and precision. T he existence, personality and attributes of G od is the central point of all disclosure. E ven in the w ilderness of classic fable, in the labrynth of Indian cosm ogany and theosophy, in the hieroglyphic structures of E gyptian m yth and allegory, w e see the sam e great central truth, clothed in a varied language, hidden in a diversied sym bolism , m ade knots'n w ith a superior or inferior lustre of state- m ent, according to the states of the people by w hom such revelation w as discerned. T hrough a ll the m ost ancient religions therefis m ore or less of a di- vine projection and appearance, a shining forth of the Infinite P ersonality. T he heathenism of the ancients, w ith all its m onstrous form s of polytheis- tic superstition, w as not an original developm ent of the Spiritual sphere, but the distorted, fragm en- tary, half-rem em bered recollection of a past faith of the w orld’s dim -rem em bered m orning w hen G od the Father w as benignantly visible to m an, the child. G rouped around this central truth of the D ivine P ersonality, w e find that ancient Spiritual m anifestations indicated the existence of universes of hum an Spirits, peopling the im m easurable em - pires of creation, inheriting into the divine attri- butes, and unfolding in glorious appearances of the hum an form . O ut from the bosom of all the past, shines forth that sacred truth— the im m ortality of the soul. Y'ea, all the past is as a Jacob’s ladder, and on the shining rounds of all its revelations w e behold the heavenly hum anity ascending and de- scending in blessed m inistries above thr slum ber- in g hum anity of earth reposing in its youthful dream s below . T he third degree of Spiritualism referred to the existence of an objective Spiritual w orid. A nd m ark, if you w ill, how w onderfully true to the clearest philosophy of our tim e are the dim m est even of ancient Spiritual hints and sug- gestions. T he heavenly harm on ies o f past religions, the ideal realm s of the beatified, are the projections and the correspondences of celestial beatitudes of love insphered w ithin. A nd so the m onstrous and terrific form s of outw ard dissonance, the Plutonian terrors, the abysm al T artarean gloom s, are the shadow s, “ the gorgons and chim eras dire” of lusts and depravities that pertain to perverted conditions of the understanding and the w ill. H eaven, as vis- ib le to ancient seers, w as a lovelier and purer earth, w hose landscapes unrolled in the lustre of the sun of w isdom and of love. It w as a dom ain of floral and m ineral and farinai creations, insphered in Spiritual substances, and typifying ineffable truths and infinite affections. T he nations of them that w ere saved, w alked in the light of it. A nd thev needed no candle, neither the light of the sun, for the L ord w as their everlasting ligh t T here blossom ed the trees of life beside the crystal w a- ters. T here palaces of im m ortal art, consecrated to the infinite and perfect beauty, arose on the daw n-lit hills and w ide savannas of the day. T here a beatified and glorified hum anity unfolded its fra- ternal em pires and reared its everlasting seats. T here disease and discord and suffering w ere never know n. T here death w as sw allow ed up in victory. T hey saw , as through a glass darkly, those ancient seers, according to their degrees of interior illum in- ation and Spiritual harm ony. Y’et, nevertheless, they w alked in a light that w as not of this earth, that arose in its infinite lustre in the deep and inner soul, and shone w ith undim inished ray w hen the failing senses of the outw ard perished. A nd this is the note-w orthy fact about these true seers of the past— they never sought to supply the place of D eity, or to interpose them selves betw een the hum an spirit and the hea- venly life. T hey never arrogated to them selves a m onopoly of revelation. It w as their life-effort to produce in a ll m en, so far as possible, a sim ilar condition to their ow n, to lead them into that hea- ven ly harm ony of disposition that should result in the illum ination of consciousness from the Eternal Infinite. A nd clear and lo u d , a b o v e the discords and w ailings of their tim es, arose and still reverbe- rates their lofty prophecy of trium ph, for they saw that all m en should finally attain to the very full- ness of the m ediatorial condition, and earth be consecrated in all its em pires to the kingdom of G od in m an. T h ey sought to lead m en tow ard the kingdom of heaven by teaching them to observe those law s upon w hich depends m a n ’s orderly de- velopm ent into the m ediatorial state. B eautiful are their leet upon the m ountains of the past, those harbingers of new -found paradise, for th ey bring good tidings and th ey publish peace. G reat as w as their m ission to their ow n tim e, to u s it is equally sacred. T ranslated from national to uni- versal uses, their utterances, so imperfectly under- stood by their barbaric contemporaries, are to us a fount of copious instruction, as the era that they beheld in vision approximates to fulfilment, and the heavens and the earth alike bear witness to the advent of the Mediatorial Age. A nd here, in conclusion, observe how the past bloom s again in the present, how the Spiritual m anifestations of ages gone reappear in the phe- nom ena of the present day. A s then, so now , the Spiritual flow s dow n through the gracious opening and regeneration of the hum an affections, through the purification and enlargem ent of the hum an un- derstanding, through the exaltation of the senses into the discrete degree above the natural for the orderly perception and disclosure of the heavenly and eternal w orld. M istakes occur incidental to the partial developm ent and unbalanced condition of the organic form s. F alsities and crudities of statem ent doubtless are transm itted from crude and beclouded m in d s in the w orld of Spirits. T ruthful inspirations are but im perfectly rendered, b y reason of the incom petency of our m ediatorial faculties in their germ inating state. Y et, w ith all draw backs, how grand is the unfolding of the higher life, how sublim e are the intim ations that are afforded of the celestial and eternal sph ere! T he heavens, once translucent to the fathers, have not becom e opaque and sepulchral to their latest children. T he heart of m an, once the vibrant harp that w oke to the blessed m elody of love w hen angel fingers sw ept its corded octaves, has not be- com e the tuneless and the silent shell of an extinct and unreturning harm ony. T he hum an reason that, once, illum ed b y fire from heaven, grew elo- quent o f G od and duty and eternal life, has not forgotten to break forth into inspired and solem n utterance, enkindled from the undying and beatified hosts. T he senses of m an, the nervous organism of the Spirit, that once responded to every touch and pressure of the Infinite in all its quivering nerves, has not becom e the m ere servant and m enial of corporeal desires. Still do the senses thrill to the touch of the im m ortal! Still does the vision kin- d le to the splendors of the angelic hosts ! Still does the hand respond to the hand, and the eye to eye, and face answ ers face, w hile Spirits of the loved and departed look outjfrom the lum inous veil of ether w ith the o ld fam iliar sm ile! H ow bloom s the am aranth and the asphodel over all the icy peaks and w intry solitudes of death ! H ow daw ns the upper day upon the night of bereave- m ent and of lo ss! YYhat sudden splendors irra- diate the dying bed w hile the departing rise, m id solem n and trium phant m usic, utterrnces of at- tending angels, to the glories of a visible im m or- tality ! H ow , too, does the hum an intellect once m ore assert its sovereignty over finite and visible things, the phenom ena of the visible universe, and rise in heavenly contem plations to the sea of crys- tal and the rainbow -circled th ron e! A nd how does the deep heart of m a n , s o long thralled and prisoned, so long tortured and despairing, during all the dark era of m aterialism and fatalism and self-love— how does the hum an heart once m ore feel the circulations of the Father-life, and respond in gentlest m usic to the pulses of the E ternal love! T hanks be to G od that w e have lived to see this d a y , w hile the O ld A ge of the O ld W orld departs, trailing h is battle-robes, dyed in blood, to the tom b of oblivion, and the N ew A ge of the peaceful and harm onic future daw ns on us here in this vir- g in continent, “ E a r t h ’s m ightiest em pire, and its la st!” ¿Etherastral body, after w hich w ay A vicenna th ough t angels w ere seen and hoard by the prophets. Plutarch says : T he w ords of D aem ons pass every- w here, but the sound is only heard by those w ho keep their m in d s calm . A laxim us T yrius says: S o c r a t e s ’ D a e m on seem ed as it w ere w oven in his m in d . P iccolom eni says lie heard it w ith the ear of his m in d , b u t others d id not, for it w as an in- ternal representation of the voice to com m on sense and fancy. Cardan says it is som ething differing from the natural. M oham m ed being troubled w ith the fallen sick- ness, or others thought he w as, and w hen he fell in his trances, he said an angel conversed w ith him and gave him certain answ ers w ith the sound of a bell in his ear. ' T he author says: In tw o Spiritual visitations w hich happened to him , he heard ringing ftotn the greatest of church bells gently tolling, som etim es ringing in solem n peals, and som etim es m erry round ringing, to a little haw k ’s b ell; and for som e tim e, w hen he w ent to b e d , a Spirit w ould com e and ring a bell in h is e a r , a n d iie w ould hear a voice talking to him in the day as w ell as night, though others present heard nothing, and that hun- dreds of Spirits had com e to him singing and ring- ing hand bells. So gentle strokes have been struck, as it seem ed w ith a brass rod on a brass pan, and seem ed to say, comeairav, comeaicay tome.'' A ngelus R occa sa y s: It w as believed by the Pagans that the M anes w ere scared aw ay by the ringing of bells, and this m ay be gathered from O vid. Spirits are said to speak in rather low , m uttering voices, as persons w ho are asham ed or conscious of som e crim e are w ont to do. H erinolaus Barbarus heard a voice as of a hissing D aem on. T he D m m on of T hespian— the eldest of the gym - nosophists— speaking from the elm , saluted A pylo- nius w ith a slender voice. T he A ssyrians and C haldeans said the D aem ons delivered their w ords from a basin w ith stridulous and low hissings, and so the author says som e Spirits w ho conversed w ith him , h a d a “ low , sunk voice,” but w ithout hoarseness ; but those w ho cam e singing, had clear voices, as also those w ho cam e to him nightly. S’ B. For the Christian Spiritualist. THE SPIRITUALISM OF THE PAST AGES. GEXII, D/EMOXS, SPIRITS. NO. VII. OPERATION OFSPIRITS BY THE SENSE OF HEAPING, OTHERSBEINGPRESENT HEARING NOTHING. T hough L udovicus Y ives says, G ood and E vil Spirits have actions unknow n to m a n , a s m an has those unknow n to b ru tes; so Spiritual essences m ay agitate the fancy by som e action proper, and know n only to th em selves; yet w e are not to im - pute all strange things w rought by the fancy, to the Spirits— for, L udovicus says, som e, b y the m ere action of the fancy, seem to have got them selves posted in a state of great happiness. G alen tells us a person in fever heard m usical in- strum ents playing in his room , a n d w hen he had recovered, still affirm ed it. So Bartolin tells of a student w ho, being grief-w orn for the loss of a sister, said he heard cathedral m usic. It is said of P ythagoras and A ppolonius T yaneus, that they heard the m usic of the spheres. T hey m ay have heard celestial harm ony— for this has happened to others besides them . O ur author says a gentlem an told him he never retired for contem plation but he heard m usic, and m any others and him self also have heard it. D elrio and Torreblanio say the hearing of persons afflicted w ith morbus imaginosas , have their hearing becom e vitiated, w hich distem per is of tw o kinds, one called phrenzy, w hen phantasm s are presented to the m ind in visible species, the other, corytanti- asmvs, w hich takes sleep from the eyes and vitiates the ears, w hereby m en hear ringings and sounds. Scaliger says, persons troubled w ith this disease sleep lightly, having their eyes open, for their m inds are alw ays intent upon im ages and sounds. B ut although there be this disease, it cannot be im puted £0 P ythagoras, A ppolonius, and the others m en- tioned, for th ey w ere not troubled b y w ant of sleep. T he P agans had a superstition that a ringing m the ears w as an om en. .-Elian sa y s : P y t h a g o r a s thought som ething divine lay under these ringings, for the sound is the voice of G od or o f D aem ons. Rhodoginus says: Socrates perceived his genius by sense, as the Platonics were persuaded of the THE USE.OF MIRACLES. T he follow ing reflections w ere w ritten aud pub- lished by R ev. A din Ballou, E ditor of the Practical C hristian, as introductory to som e articles sent him for publication on the infallthilUj of Sw eden- borg. ' W e copy them , not o n ly for their bearing on this question, but in the hope they m ay be su g- gestive of method, that the perfect M edium m ay be know n from the im perfect, as there is great obscu- rity on this subject at present.— El. Christian Spiritualist. M y correspondent’s first com m unication is on the lex of m iracles. On that topic 1 w ill briefly say, that I agree w ith him in regarding m iracles as u se- ful, not only in calling public attention to a new D ispensation, but also in proving the truth of its claim s to a supernatural origin. (I speak of m ira- cles and the supernatural, not as contra natural, but as som ething from a higher natural plane than that of this m undane sphere. A ll causes and ef- fects are natural on their ow n plane, and super- natural to beings of a low er plane.) N ow I do not see how M oses, Jesus, or Sw edenborg, could be in such explicit com m unication w ith the supernatural w ot id as they claim ed to b e , a n d not have their m iss'ou attested by m iracles. If they really stood on su h term s of intim acy w ith that w orld, m ira- cles w ould seem to have been a legitim ate accom - panim ent of their m ission. In respect to M oses and Jesus this w as the case; but not in respect to Sw edenborg. W h y not? It is alleged to have been unnecessary. B ut I cannot see w hy. M ira- cles w ould certainly have teen in keeping w ith the relations professedly sustained by the Seer to the Lord. T hey w ould certainly have called attention to lvs N ew D ispensation. T hey w ould certainly have been a pow erful attestation to the real divinity of his m ission. True, he claim ed to have received and been rendered capable of com m unicating to the w orid w hat w as excellent above all m iracles. Still I cannot help, thinking that m ore of the m ira- culous and less of the philosophical w ould have m ade his claim s m ore conclusive. I m ust confess, how ever, that neither m iracles alone, nor excel- lence of doctrine alone, nor a pre-em inently good life alone, w ould fully satisfy m e that the professed m ediator of a N ew R eligious D ispensation w as all that M oses, or Jesus, or Sw edenborg respectively claim ed to be. B ut the concurrence of all three, pj^** m iracles, excellence of doctrine, and purity of life w ould be conclusive. T h is threefold is not easily broken. T here are som etim es m iracles, or things very like them , in connection w ith false R e- ligions and corrupt m en. B eautiful and glorious doctrines are som etim es announced, w hich their ow n propounders and acknow ledged disciples never seriously think of reducing to practice. T hey be- long only to rhetoric and oratory. So there have been sincere, w ell m eaning and highly m oral per- sons devotedly attached to all the R eligions and Philosophies of our w orld, not excepting the w orst, the w ildest and m ost absurd. B ut w hen, as in the case of Jesus, w e have the consistent concur- rence of the sublim est m iracles, the sublim est doc- trines, and the sublim est life, the confession is all but irresistible— Thou art the C hrist, the Son of the living G od.” M an m ay think G od favors som e anil docs not favor others of his kind, but a fallible m easure can- not m easure infallibility. A ll m en have felt that G od loveth them . T hey m ay call him by w hatever nam e they please, or m ay be even so ignorant as not to call upon any nam e representing him , still there is that w ithin every hum an being, w hich ever aspireth upw ard, and every child of G od hath affinity for G od as his com prehension can m easure P erfection,— Heal- ing of theNations,

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T h e r e i s v i s i b l e t o u s , t h r o u g h o u t e r s e n s e s , a n a t u r a l l i g h t a n d h e a t . W e t r a c e i t t o t h e s u n . W i t h o u t i t , n a t u r e i s d e a d . W h e r e i t m o s t a b u n ­d a n t l y f a l l s a n d m o s t h a r m o n i o u s l y o p e r a t e s , t h e s k i e s a r e b r i g h t e s t , t h e f l o w e r s a r e s w e e t e s t a n d l o v l i e s t , t h e f r u i t s a r e r i c h e s t a n d m o s t a b u n d a n t , a n d a l l l i v i n g t h i n g s , i n s t r e n g t h a n d b e a u t y , i n m e l o d y o f u t t e r a n c e a n d i n t e n s i t y o f e n j o y m e n t , m o v e f o r t h l i k e i n c a r n a t i o n s o f i t s r a y . T h a t s u n w h i c h w a r m s a n d l i g h t s t h e v i s i b l e c r e a t i o n i s t h e n a t u r a l t y p e o f D e i t y . W h a t t h e s u n i s t o t h e w o r l d , G o d i s t o t h e h u m a n s p i r i t . T h e r e i s a t h o u g h t - l i g h t a n d a l o v e - l i g h t ; t h e r e i s a b r i g h t n e s s t h a t f i r e s t h e l a m p o f i n t e l l e c t a n d k i n d l e s t h e e t e r n a l f l a m e o f v i r t u e ; t h e r e i s a b e a m t h a t f a l l s u p o n t h e g e r m s o f u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d u n f o l d s t h e l a t e n t p o w e r s o f r a t i o n a l i t y ; a n d I c a l l t h a t l i g h t t h e r a d i a t i o n o f G o d ’s o w n i n t e l l e c t , a n d t h a t q u i c k e n i n g r a j - t h e f i r e o f G o d ' s o w n h e a r t . T h e r e i s a f i n i t e h e a t a n d l i g h t f r o m t h e s u n w h i c h m a k e v i s i b l e t o t h e s e n s e s t h e t h i n g s o f t h e f i n i t e ; a n d s o t h e r e i s a n i n f i n i t e h e a t a n d l i g h t p r o c e e d i n g f r o m G o d , w h i c h m a k e a p p a r e n t t o t h e h u m a n S p i r i t t h e t h i n g s o f t h e i n f i n i t e .

A l l n a t u r a l f o r m s r e c e i v e a n d r a d i a t e t h e s o l a r r a y . S o a l l S p i r i t u a l f o r m s r e c e i v e a n d r a d i a t e t h e q u i c k e n i n g i n f l u e n c e o f D e i t y . I a m f a r f r o m a s ­s e r t i n g t h e c o l d d o g m a s o f P a n t h e i s t i c p h i l o s o p h y o r n a t u r a l i s t i c s p e c u l a t i o n . T o m e , c r e a t i o n i s f i n i t e , G o d i n f i n i t e — G o d n o t a l o n e i n a l l a n d t h r o u g h a l l , b u t o v e r a l l , a n d b e f o r e a l l . B u t G o d i s n o t a f a r o f f — n o t a r e c e d i n g s t a r , d i m l y v i s i b l e t h r o u g h t h e t e l e s c o p e o f h i s t o r y , a n d t w i n k l i n g f a r a n d d i m f r o m t h e h o l l o w g u l f o f v a n i s h e d a g e s . H e i s t h e G o d o f t h e L i v i n g , a n d t h e L i v i n g G o d ! I n h i m w e l i v e a n d m o v e , a n d h a v e o u r b e i n g , a n d w e , a c c o r d i n g t o p u r i t y o f i n t e l l e c t , a r e l a m p s a n d m i r r o r s o f h i s i n f i n i t e e t e r n a l b r i g h t n e s s . E v e r y h u m a n m i n d g i v e s o f f a l i g h t o f r e a s o n a c c o r d i n g t o i t s s t a t e . W e w a l k , i f j u s t a n d v a l i a n t f o r t r u t h , e n v e i l e d i n S p i r i t u a l l u s t r e s . W e r a d i a t e a m o r a l h e a t , a n d m o v e a s t h e w o r l d m o v e s , e x h a l ­i n g a n d d i s t r i b u t i n g t h e a r o m a l w a r m t h o f a b e ­n i g n a n t a f f e c t i o n .

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Y e w a v e a n d b l o s s o m , O f l o w e r s ! Y e s h i n e a n d m o v e , O f i r m a m e n t a l h o s t s ! e n f o l d e d i n t h e b r i g h t ­n e s s o f t h e s u n o f n a t u r e . A n d 3*0, 0 s p h e r e d , r e v o l v i n g g a l a x i e s o f S p i r i t s , y e w a v e a n d y e b l o s ­s o m , a n i l y e s h i n e i n t h e g r e a t l i g h t o f G o d ! S u r e ­l y a s t h e r e i s a n a t u r a l b o d y a n d a S p i r i t u a l b o d y , s o s u r e l y t h e r e i s a n a t u r a l l i g h t f o r t h e o n e , a n d a S p i r i t u a l l i g h t f o r t h e o t h e r . A H n a t u r a l o b j e c t s p o i n t t o t h e s u n a n d s a y , “ N o t m i n e i s t h i s l i g h t , h e a t , f r a g r a n c e , m e l o d y t h a t s e e m e t h m i n e . T h e w o r l d i t s e l f , s o c o l d a n d d e a d i n i t s s u n l e s s r e ­g i o n s , s o w a r m , l i v i n g , e l o q u e n t i n i t s s u n f i l l e d a n d h a p p y r e a l m s , b i d s u s o w n t h e t r u t h t h a t c r e a t i o n d o e s n o t p r o c e e d f r o m t h e s e l f - d e v e l o p i n g p o w e r s o f t h e n a t u r a l a n d f i n i t e f o r m . A n d s o , t h e w i d e w o r l d o v e r , t h e h u m a n S p i r i t , u n s p o i l e d t h r o u g h t h e s o p h i s m s o f a v i c i o u s e x t e r n a l c u l t u r e , s e e m s s p o n t a n e o u s l y a n d r e v e r e n t l y t o o w n t h e p r e s e n c e a n d t h e o p e r a t i o n o f t h e S e x of L ife. M e n f e e l , m o r e d e e p l y t h a n t h e y c a n e v e r e x p r e s s , t h a t a l l c r e a t i o n i s t h e r e s u l t o f t h e I n f i n i t e L o v e . S c a r r e d a n d s h a t t e r e d a s i t i s — s c a r r e d w i t h s i n s , s h a t t e r e d w i t h t r i b u l a t i o n s a n d i n i q u i t i e s — i t i s a n o r b o f w o r s h i p p e r s , t h i s w o r l d o f o u r s ; — t h i s w o r l d o f h u m a n h e a r t s d y i n g f o r l o v e , a n d i n t h e g r e a t f a i t h o f l o v e s e e k i n g t h e b e l o v e d i n t h e s t i l l r e a l m s o f d e a t h .

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f r o m t h e s u n , b u i l d i n g u p a n d a r c h i n g o v e r t h e g r e a t t e m p l e o f t h e d a y , l a y i n g i t s b e a m s i n t h e . c l o u d s , a n d b u i l d i n g i t s p a v i l i o n s i n t h e h e a v e n s a n d t h e e a r t h , a n d t h e w a t e r s t h a t a r e u n d e r t h e e a r t h . A n d t h i s n a t u r a l h e a t a n d l i g h t i s a m e d i a ­t o r i a l e l e m e n t , w h e r e t h r o u g h t h e D i v i n e L o v e a n d W i s d o m o p e r a t e i n m a t e r i a l u l t i m a t e s . M o r e t h a n t h i s , t h e r e i s a S p i r i t u a l l i g h t a n d h e a t t h a t p r o ­c e e d s f r o m t h e d i v i n e . I t b u i l d s u p t h e f a b r i c o f t h e S p i r i t u a l b o d y , a n d s h i n e s w i t h t h e l i g h t o f r e a s o n i n t h e s t i l l c h a m b e r s o f t h e b r a i n . T h e w i l l f e c k s i t , a n d r e s p o n d s t o i t s i n t e n s e a c t i v i t y . T h e h e a r t f e e l s i t , a n d r e s p o n d s i n a l l t h e m a n y o c t a v e s o f i t s l o v e s t o t h e r l i j ' t h m i c p u l s e - h e a t s o f i t s i n ­f l u e n c e . A l a n d w e l l s h e r e w i t h t y p e s a n d s h a d o w s , a n d t h e s e a r e t h e v i s i b l e t h i n g s o f N a t u r e . M a r t d w e l l s h e r e w i t h t h o u g h t s o f t r u e w i s d o m a n d a f ­f e c t i o n s o f e t e r n a l l o v e , t h e u n h e a r d , b u t e v e r - f e l t a n d e v i d e n c e d r e a l i t i e s o f G o d . A n d w e l i v e i n t h e m i d s t o f a d o u b l e p r o c e s s o f c r e a t i o n . N e w e a r t h s a n d h e a v e n s a r e b e i n g f a s h i o n e d a b o u t u s f o r e v e r . T h e r e i s a n e w e a r t h e a c h y e a r , a n e w c r e a t i o n o f f r u i t s a n d f l o w e r s , a n d l i v i n g a n d m o v ­i n g t h i n g s , b e g i n n i n g w i t h s p r i n g - t i d e g e r m i n a t i o n , a n d c l o s i n g w i t h a u t u m n a l f r u i t i o n . T h e r e i s a n e w h e a v e n a s w e l l . M y r i a d s o f a n g e l i c f o r m s a r e u n f o l d e d i n t o m o r a l a n d I n t e l l e c t u a l c o n s c i o u s n e s s t h r o u g h t h e s e f l e s h l y o r g a n i s m s , a n d t h e n t h e s c a f ­f o l d i n g f a l l s , t h a t t h e t e m p l e m a y a p p e a r . “ F o r w e k n o w t h a t i f o u r e a r t h l y h o u s e o f t h i s t a b e r ­n a c l e w e r e d i s s o l v e d , w e h a v e a b u i l d i n g o f G o d , a n h o u s e n o t m a d e o f h a n d s . ” O u t w a r d l y w e s e e t h e m i r a c l e o f a n e w u n f o l d i n g w o r i d , a n d t h e r o s e s a n d v i o l e t s , t h e p r o m e g r a n a t e s a n d o l e a n d e r s t h a t p u t f o r t h t o - d a y a r e a s r e a l l y t h e w o r k o f G o d a s t h e i r p r o g e n i t o r s i n E d c - n . B u t i n h u m a n h e a r t s a n d b o s o m s , i n t h e s t a t e l y g o i n g s f o r t h o f r e a s o n a n d i m a g i n a t i o n , i n t h e p i c t u r e d n u - m o i y , i n t h e t e m p l e d c o n s c i e n c e , i n t h e s a c e r d o t a l h a l l o f j u d g m e n t , i n t h e l o v e - l i t c h a m b e r s o f a f f e c t i o n , i n t h e m a s s i v e f o r t r e s s e s o f i n t e g r i t y a n d h o n o r , i n t h e h o l y s o l i t u d e s a n d s i l e n c e s o f t h e m o r a l w i l l , i n t h e w i d e r e a l m s o f t h e p e r c e p t i o n s , i n t h e p e o ­p l e d s k i e s o f t h e i n t e r i o r a n d i m m o r t a l l o v e s , i n f i n e , i n w h a t e v e r g o e s t o m a k e u p t h e p e r s o n a l i t y o f m a n , i n t h e o r d e r l y p r o g r e s s a n d p r o c e s s e s o f a w e l l - o r d e r e d a n d g o d l y l i f e , t h e r e i s p r o c e e d i n g f r o m d a y t o d a } ' t h e c r e a t i o n o f a n h e a v e n l y w o r l d , a l i v i n g f o r m o f g o o d n e s s a n d o f t r u t h , t h a t s h a l l h e f i l l e d a t l a s t “ w i t h t h e v e r y f u l l n e s s o f G o d . ”

I h a v e s a i d t h a t t h i s t w o - f o l d w o r k i s c o n t i n u a l l y g o i n g o n . A Y e s e e t h e o n e , w e f e c - l t h e o t h e r . W e w a t c h t h e p r o c e s s i o n o f t h e s e a s o n , a n d b e h o l d e a c h y e a r t h e n e w c r e a t i o n o f b l o o m a n d m e l o d y . W e w a t c h , t o o , t h e m o r a l s e a s o n s , t h e s e a s o n s o f t h e i m m o r t a l y e a r , a n d w e p e r c e i v e t h e h u m a n f o r m d e v e l o p i n g b y d e g r e e s t h e r a t i o n a l , t h e S p i r i t ­u a l , t h e c e l e s t i a l . W e s e e t h e c h i l d b e c o m e t h e m a n ; w e s e e t h e m a n , p u r i f i e d t h r o u g h l o v i n g u s e s , b e c o m e t h e r a d i a n t , u n d y i n g a n g e l . T h i s t w o - f o l d w o r k h a s n e c e s s a r i l y b c - e n a d v a n c i n g u p ­o n o u r p l a n e t i n t h e o n e c a s e , s i n c e t h e i n t r o d u c ­t i o n o f n a t u r a l , i n t h e o t h e r s i n c e t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n o f h u m a n l i f e . A n d a s c e r t a i n l y a s e v e r y f l o r a l , m i n e r a l , o r a n i m a l f o r m i s a n a t u r a l , s o e v e r y h u m a n f o r m i s a S p i r i t u a l m a n i f e s t a t i o n . A l l c r e a t i o n i s t h e o u t b i r t h o f S p i r i t . T h e f l o w e r s , b i r d s , a n i ­m a l s ; t h e g r a s s y s l o p c - s , b e a u t i f u l w i t h a r o m a l c h a l i c e s o f f a i r e s t f o r m ; t h e g o l d e n p e t a l e d f l o w e r o f t h e f i r m a m e n t ; t h e c r y s t a l w a t e r d r o p s o f r i v e r a n d o c e a n ; t h a t v a s t N i a g a r a o f s t a r s a n d s u n s p o u r i n g e v e r l a s t i n g l y i n t o t h e g u l f s o f s p a c e , a n d o p e n i n g i n t o m i l d s e a s o f w o n d e r a n d o f b l i s s — a l l t h e s e a r e p r e c i p i t a t i o n s o f t h o u g h t ; a s i f G o d l o o k ­e d i n t o t h e m i r r o r o f i m m e n s i t y , a n d p i c t u r e d h i s m e d i t a t i o n s t h e r e i n t h e i r o w n s u r p a s s i n g f o r m s o f g l o r y a n d o f j o y . B u t w h i l e G o d h a s m a d e N a ­t u r e t h e f i n i t e p i c t u r e a n d d r e a m l a n d s c a p e o f h i s m e d i t a t i o n s , h e h a s m a d e m a n t h e i m a g e a n d l i k e ­n e s s o f h i m s e l f . T h e w o n d e r t h a t s u r p a s s e s a l l o t h e r s i s m a n . H e i s i n h i s h a r m o n i c a n d r e a l f o r m t h e v e r y u t t e r a n c e a n d o u t b i r t h o f t h e I n f i n i t e . — N a t u r e i s p o e t r y , h u t m a n , a f t e r G o d , t h e p o e t . N a t u r e i s a r t , b u t m a n , a f t e r G o d , t h e a r t i s t . N a ­t u r e i s t h e r e v o l v i n g o r r e r y , b u t m a n , a f t e r G o d , t h e c e n t r e o f i t s d i s c o f s u n s a n d i t s p e r i p h e r y o f s t a r s . A s m a n i s d e l i v e r e d f r o m t h e m a t r i x o f n a ­t u r e , a n d e n t e r s i n t o t h e r e a l i t i e s m a d e v i s i b l e t h r o u g h l o v e , t h r o u g h t h e m o r a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d t h e i l l u m i n e d c o n s c i o u s n e s s , h e i s b y d e g r e e s i n t r o m i t t e d i n t o t h e w o r l d o f i d e a s o f w h i c h n a ­t u r e i s h u t t h e r e f l e x a n d t h e c o r r e s p o n d e n c e . T h e I n f i n i t e i s t h e r e a l a b i d i n g p l a c e o f m a n . I t i s o n l y a s m a n a r i s e s i n t o t h e s p h e r e o f t h e I n f i n i t e , t h a t h e c o m p r e h e n d s t h e l i f e t h a t i s , o r t h a t w h i c h i s t o c o m e . U n t i l m e n s a n k s o l o w i n t o c o r p o r e a l h a ­b i t s a n d p r o c l i v i t i e s t h a t t h e y l o s t t h e i r o w n p r o p e r h u m a n s e l f c o n s c i o u s n e s s , t h e y n e v e r d o u b t e d t h e g r a n d f a c t o f i n t e r c o u r s e b e t w e e n t h e S p i r i t a n d i t s k i n d r e d , f r e e f r o m t h e h u s k s o f t h e b o d y , a n d d w e l l i n g i n t h e h a p p y s k i e s .

A n d n o w , p r o c e e d i n g t o t h e a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h i s t r a i n o f r e m a r k , a s b e a r i n g d i r e c t l y u p o n t h e m o o t ­e d p o i n t o f p r e s e n t t h o u g h t , t h e g e n u i n e s s o f t h e s e p h e n o m e n a w h i c h w e a g r e e t o r e c o g n i z e a s S p i r i t ­u a l , I o b s e r v e f i r s t t h a t a l l t h o s e S p i r i t u a l p h e n o ­m e n a w h i c h t h e s k e p t i c s o f t o - d a y d e n y , a r e n e c e s ­s i t a t e d , a n d g r o w o u t o f t h e S p i r i t u a l n a t u r e a n d r e l a t i o n s o f m a n . I f I a m a s k e d w h e n a n d w h e r e S p i r i t u a l m a n i f e s t a t i o n s b e g a n u p o n t h i s o r b , m y r e p l y i s , “ T h e y a r e c o e v a l a n d c o e x t e n s i v e w i t h t h e h u m a n r a c e . ”T h e q u e s t i o n w h i c h u n d e r l i e s t h e d i s c u s s i o n s o f o u r t i m e i s t h i s , “ C a n m a n , b y v i r t u e o f h i s n a t u r e a n d i t s o r g a n s , h o l d c o m m u n i c a t i o n w i t h p u r e l y S p i r i t u a l r e a l i t i e s a n d e n t i t i e s , u n c l o t h e d w i t h m a ­t e r i a l e x t e r n a l s ? ” N o w t h e c o m m o n s e n s e o f a l l a g e s h a s a n s w e r e d t h i s q u e s t i o n a f f i r m a t i v e l y . I t h a s a n s w e r e d i t a f f i r m a t i v e l y b y t h r e e g r a n d a d ­m i s s i o n s — t h e reality o f p r a y e r , which is t h e inter­course of the soul with God; the genuineness of

r e v e l a t i o n , w h i c h i s t h e o r d e r l y f o r m o f d i v i n e t r u t h f l o w i n g d o w n f r o m h e a v e n t h r o u g h p u b l i c m e d i u m s , s e t a p a r t b y D i v i n e P r o v i d e n c e f o r t h e e n d o f h e a v e n l y d i s c l o s u r e s ; t h e t r u t h f u l n e s s o f S p i r i t u a l i m p r e s s i o n s w h i c h a r e p r o d u c e d b y t h e d i r e c t o p e r a t i o n o f S p i r i t s o r a n g e l s , o r o f t h e D i v i n e m i n d .

A s c o n c e r n s t h e m e t h o d w h e r e b y t h e i n v i s i b l e a n d S p i r i t u a l s p h e r e d e s c e n d s i n t o c o m m u n i c a t i o n w i t h m a n , t h a t s a m e h i s t o r i c a l c o m m o n s e n s e o f t h e r a c e h a s a d m i t t e d t h r e e d i s t i n c t p r o c e s s e s o f h e a v e n l y m a n i f e s t a t i o n — t h e i n s p i r a t i o n o f t h e r a t i o n a l f a c u l t i e s b y m e a n s o f a n o p e r a t i o n o f h e a ­v e n l y t r u t h — t h e e n l a r g e m e n t , p u r i f i c a t i o n a n d a s - c e n t i o n o f t h e a f f e c l i o n a l f a c u l t i e s t h r o u g h o p e r a ­t i o n o f d i v i n e a n d c e l e s t i a l l o v e — t h e e l e v a t i o n a n d q u i c k e n i n g o f t h e s e n s a t i o n a l o r g a n i s m b y m e a n s o f a d i v i n e o p e r a t i o n , a n d t h e u n f o l d i n g o f a d i s ­c r e t e d e g r e e o f s e n s e s a b o v e t h e n a t u r a l t h e r e b y .

A s r e l a t e s t o t h e t h i n g s r e v e a l e d o r m a d e k n o w n t o m a n t h r o u g h t h e s e v a r i e d y e t r e l a t e d p r o c e s s e s , w h e n w e c o m e t o s i f t t h e s a n d s o f h i s t o r y f o r t h e g o l d e n g r a i n s o f a n c i e n t k n o w l e d g e a n d o p i n i o n , w e f i n d t h r e e g r e a t d e g r e e s o f a p p a r e n t t r u t h d i s c e r n ­a b l e , w i t h m o r e o r l e s s o f c l e a r n e s s a n d p r e c i s i o n . T h e e x i s t e n c e , p e r s o n a l i t y a n d a t t r i b u t e s o f G o d i s t h e c e n t r a l p o i n t o f a l l d i s c l o s u r e . E v e n i n t h e w i l d e r n e s s o f c l a s s i c f a b l e , i n t h e l a b r y n t h o f I n d i a n c o s m o g a n y a n d t h e o s o p h y , i n t h e h i e r o g l y p h i c s t r u c t u r e s o f E g y p t i a n m y t h a n d a l l e g o r y , w e s e e t h e s a m e g r e a t c e n t r a l t r u t h , c l o t h e d i n a v a r i e d l a n g u a g e , h i d d e n i n a d i v e r s i e d s y m b o l i s m , m a d e k n o t s ' n w i t h a s u p e r i o r o r i n f e r i o r l u s t r e o f s t a t e ­m e n t , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e s t a t e s o f t h e p e o p l e b y w h o m s u c h r e v e l a t i o n w a s d i s c e r n e d . T h r o u g h a l l t h e m o s t a n c i e n t r e l i g i o n s t h e r e f i s m o r e o r l e s s o f a d i ­v i n e p r o j e c t i o n a n d a p p e a r a n c e , a s h i n i n g f o r t h o f t h e I n f i n i t e P e r s o n a l i t y . T h e h e a t h e n i s m o f t h e a n c i e n t s , w i t h a l l i t s m o n s t r o u s f o r m s o f p o l y t h e i s ­t i c s u p e r s t i t i o n , w a s n o t a n o r i g i n a l d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e S p i r i t u a l s p h e r e , b u t t h e d i s t o r t e d , f r a g m e n ­t a r y , h a l f - r e m e m b e r e d r e c o l l e c t i o n o f a p a s t f a i t h o f t h e w o r l d ’ s d i m - r e m e m b e r e d m o r n i n g w h e n G o d t h e F a t h e r w a s b e n i g n a n t l y v i s i b l e t o m a n , t h e c h i l d . G r o u p e d a r o u n d t h i s c e n t r a l t r u t h o f t h e D i v i n e P e r s o n a l i t y , w e f i n d t h a t a n c i e n t S p i r i t u a l m a n i f e s t a t i o n s i n d i c a t e d t h e e x i s t e n c e o f u n i v e r s e s o f h u m a n S p i r i t s , p e o p l i n g t h e i m m e a s u r a b l e e m ­p i r e s o f c r e a t i o n , i n h e r i t i n g i n t o t h e d i v i n e a t t r i ­b u t e s , a n d u n f o l d i n g i n g l o r i o u s a p p e a r a n c e s o f t h e h u m a n f o r m . O u t f r o m t h e b o s o m o f a l l t h e p a s t , s h i n e s f o r t h t h a t s a c r e d t r u t h — t h e i m m o r t a l i t y o f t h e s o u l . Y ' e a , a l l t h e p a s t i s a s a J a c o b ’ s l a d d e r , a n d o n t h e s h i n i n g r o u n d s o f a l l i t s r e v e l a t i o n s w e b e h o l d t h e h e a v e n l y h u m a n i t y a s c e n d i n g a n d d e ­s c e n d i n g i n b l e s s e d m i n i s t r i e s a b o v e t h r s l u m b e r ­i n g h u m a n i t y o f e a r t h r e p o s i n g i n i t s y o u t h f u l d r e a m s b e l o w . T h e t h i r d d e g r e e o f S p i r i t u a l i s m r e f e r r e d t o t h e e x i s t e n c e o f a n o b j e c t i v e S p i r i t u a l w o r i d . A n d m a r k , i f y o u w i l l , h o w w o n d e r f u l l y t r u e t o t h e c l e a r e s t p h i l o s o p h y o f o u r t i m e a r e t h e d i m m e s t e v e n o f a n c i e n t S p i r i t u a l h i n t s a n d s u g ­g e s t i o n s . T h e h e a v e n l y h a r m o n i e s o f p a s t r e l i g i o n s , t h e i d e a l r e a l m s o f t h e b e a t i f i e d , a r e t h e p r o j e c t i o n s a n d t h e c o r r e s p o n d e n c e s o f c e l e s t i a l b e a t i t u d e s o f l o v e i n s p h e r e d w i t h i n . A n d s o t h e m o n s t r o u s a n d t e r r i f i c f o r m s o f o u t w a r d d i s s o n a n c e , t h e P l u t o n i a n t e r r o r s , t h e a b y s m a l T a r t a r e a n g l o o m s , a r e t h e s h a d o w s , “ t h e g o r g o n s a n d c h i m e r a s d i r e ” o f l u s t s a n d d e p r a v i t i e s t h a t p e r t a i n t o p e r v e r t e d c o n d i t i o n s o f t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g a n d t h e w i l l . H e a v e n , a s v i s ­i b l e t o a n c i e n t s e e r s , w a s a l o v e l i e r a n d p u r e r e a r t h , w h o s e l a n d s c a p e s u n r o l l e d i n t h e l u s t r e o f t h e s u n o f w i s d o m a n d o f l o v e . I t w a s a d o m a i n o f f l o r a l a n d m i n e r a l a n d f a r i n a i c r e a t i o n s , i n s p h e r e d i n S p i r i t u a l s u b s t a n c e s , a n d t y p i f y i n g i n e f f a b l e t r u t h s a n d i n f i n i t e a f f e c t i o n s . T h e n a t i o n s o f t h e m t h a t w e r e s a v e d , w a l k e d i n t h e l i g h t o f i t . A n d t h e v n e e d e d n o c a n d l e , n e i t h e r t h e l i g h t o f t h e s u n , f o r t h e L ord w a s t h e i r e v e r l a s t i n g l i g h t T h e r e b l o s s o m e d t h e t r e e s o f l i f e b e s i d e t h e c r y s t a l w a ­t e r s . T h e r e p a l a c e s o f i m m o r t a l a r t , c o n s e c r a t e d t o t h e i n f i n i t e a n d p e r f e c t b e a u t y , a r o s e o n t h e d a w n - l i t h i l l s a n d w i d e s a v a n n a s o f t h e d a y . 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M i s t a k e s o c c u r i n c i d e n t a l t o t h e p a r t i a l d e v e l o p m e n t a n d u n b a l a n c e d c o n d i t i o n o f t h e o r g a n i c f o r m s . F a l s i t i e s a n d c r u d i t i e s o f s t a t e m e n t d o u b t l e s s a r e t r a n s m i t t e d f r o m c r u d e a n d b e c l o u d e d m i n d s i n t h e w o r l d o f S p i r i t s . T r u t h f u l i n s p i r a t i o n s a r e b u t i m p e r f e c t l y r e n d e r e d , b y r e a s o n o f t h e i n c o m p e t e n c y o f o u r m e d i a t o r i a l f a c u l t i e s i n t h e i r g e r m i n a t i n g s t a t e . Y e t , w i t h a l l d r a w b a c k s , h o w g r a n d i s t h e u n f o l d i n g o f t h e h i g h e r l i f e , h o w s u b l i m e a r e t h e i n t i m a t i o n s t h a t a r e a f f o r d e d o f t h e c e l e s t i a l a n d e t e r n a l s p h e r e ! 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T h e s e n s e s o f m a n , t h e n e r v o u s o r g a n i s m o f t h e S p i r i t , t h a t o n c e r e s p o n d e d t o e v e r y t o u c h a n d p r e s s u r e o f t h e I n f i n i t e i n a l l i t s q u i v e r i n g n e r v e s , h a s n o t b e c o m e t h e m e r e s e r v a n t a n d m e n i a l o f c o r p o r e a l d e s i r e s . S t i l l d o t h e s e n s e s t h r i l l t o t h e t o u c h o f t h e i m m o r t a l ! S t i l l d o e s t h e v i s i o n k i n ­d l e t o t h e s p l e n d o r s o f t h e a n g e l i c h o s t s ! S t i l l d o e s t h e h a n d r e s p o n d t o t h e h a n d , a n d t h e e y e t o e y e , a n d f a c e a n s w e r s f a c e , w h i l e S p i r i t s o f t h e l o v e d a n d d e p a r t e d l o o k o u t j f r o m t h e l u m i n o u s v e i l o f e t h e r w i t h t h e o l d f a m i l i a r s m i l e ! 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G a l e n t e l l s u s a p e r s o n i n f e v e r h e a r d m u s i c a l i n ­s t r u m e n t s p l a y i n g i n h i s r o o m , a n d w h e n h e h a d r e c o v e r e d , s t i l l a f f i r m e d i t . S o B a r t o l i n t e l l s o f a s t u d e n t w h o , b e i n g g r i e f - w o r n f o r t h e l o s s o f a s i s t e r , s a i d h e h e a r d c a t h e d r a l m u s i c . I t i s s a i d o f P y t h a g o r a s a n d A p p o l o n i u s T y a n e u s , t h a t t h e y h e a r d t h e m u s i c o f t h e s p h e r e s . T h e y m a y h a v e h e a r d c e l e s t i a l h a r m o n y — f o r t h i s h a s h a p p e n e d t o o t h e r s b e s i d e s t h e m . O u r a u t h o r s a y s a g e n t l e m a n t o l d h i m h e n e v e r r e t i r e d f o r c o n t e m p l a t i o n b u t h e h e a r d m u s i c , a n d m a n y o t h e r s a n d h i m s e l f a l s o h a v e h e a r d i t .D e l r i o a n d T o r r e b l a n i o s a y t h e h e a r i n g o f p e r s o n s a f f l i c t e d w i t h morbus imaginosas, h a v e t h e i r h e a r i n g b e c o m e v i t i a t e d , w h i c h d i s t e m p e r i s o f t w o k i n d s , o n e c a l l e d p h r e n z y , w h e n p h a n t a s m s a r e p r e s e n t e d t o t h e m i n d i n v i s i b l e s p e c i e s , t h e o t h e r , cory tanti- asmvs, w h i c h t a k e s s l e e p f r o m t h e e y e s a n d v i t i a t e s t h e e a r s , w h e r e b y m e n h e a r r i n g i n g s a n d s o u n d s . S c a l i g e r s a y s , p e r s o n s t r o u b l e d w i t h t h i s d i s e a s e s l e e p l i g h t l y , h a v i n g t h e i r e y e s o p e n , f o r t h e i r m i n d s a r e a l w a y s i n t e n t u p o n i m a g e s a n d s o u n d s . B u t a l t h o u g h t h e r e b e t h i s d i s e a s e , i t c a n n o t b e i m p u t e d £0 P y t h a g o r a s , A p p o l o n i u s , a n d t h e o t h e r s m e n ­t i o n e d , f o r t h e y w e r e n o t t r o u b l e d b y w a n t o f s l e e p . T h e P a g a n s h a d a s u p e r s t i t i o n t h a t a r i n g i n g m t h e e a r s w a s a n o m e n . . - E l i a n s a y s : P y t h a g o r a s t h o u g h t s o m e t h i n g d i v i n e l a y u n d e r t h e s e r i n g i n g s , f o r t h e s o u n d i s t h e v o i c e o f G o d o r o f D a e m o n s .

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l i s h e d b y R e v . A d i n B a l l o u , E d i t o r o f t h e P r a c t i c a l C h r i s t i a n , a s i n t r o d u c t o r y t o s o m e a r t i c l e s s e n t h i m f o r p u b l i c a t i o n o n t h e infallthilUj o f S w e d e n ­b o r g . '

W e c o p y t h e m , n o t o n l y f o r t h e i r b e a r i n g o n t h i s q u e s t i o n , b u t i n t h e h o p e t h e y m a y b e s u g ­g e s t i v e o f method, t h a t t h e p e r f e c t M e d i u m m a y b e k n o w n f r o m t h e i m p e r f e c t , a s t h e r e i s g r e a t o b s c u ­r i t y o n t h i s s u b j e c t a t p r e s e n t . — El. Christian Spiritualist.

“ M y c o r r e s p o n d e n t ’ s f i r s t c o m m u n i c a t i o n i s o n t h e l e x o f miracles. O n t h a t t o p i c 1 w i l l b r i e f l y s a y , t h a t I a g r e e w i t h h i m i n r e g a r d i n g m i r a c l e s a s u s e ­f u l , n o t o n l y i n c a l l i n g p u b l i c a t t e n t i o n t o a n e w D i s p e n s a t i o n , b u t a l s o i n p r o v i n g t h e t r u t h o f i t s c l a i m s t o a s u p e r n a t u r a l o r i g i n . ( I s p e a k o f m i r a ­c l e s a n d t h e s u p e r n a t u r a l , n o t a s contra n a t u r a l , b u t a s s o m e t h i n g f r o m a higher n a t u r a l p l a n e t h a n t h a t o f t h i s m u n d a n e s p h e r e . A l l c a u s e s a n d e f ­f e c t s a r e n a t u r a l o n t h e i r o w n p l a n e , a n d super­n a t u r a l t o b e i n g s o f a l o w e r p l a n e . ) N o w I d o n o t s e e h o w M o s e s , J e s u s , o r S w e d e n b o r g , c o u l d b e i n s u c h e x p l i c i t c o m m u n i c a t i o n w i t h t h e s u p e r n a t u r a l w o t i d a s t h e y c l a i m e d t o b e , a n d n o t h a v e t h e i r m i s s ' o u a t t e s t e d b y m i r a c l e s . I f t h e y r e a l l y s t o o d o n s u h t e r m s o f i n t i m a c y w i t h t h a t w o r l d , m i r a ­c l e s w o u l d s e e m t o h a v e b e e n a l e g i t i m a t e a c c o m ­p a n i m e n t o f t h e i r m i s s i o n . I n r e s p e c t t o M o s e s a n d J e s u s t h i s w a s t h e c a s e ; b u t n o t i n r e s p e c t t o S w e d e n b o r g . W h y n o t ? I t i s a l l e g e d t o h a v e b e e n u n n e c e s s a r y . B u t I c a n n o t s e e w h y . M i r a ­c l e s w o u l d c e r t a i n l y h a v e t e e n i n k e e p i n g w i t h t h e r e l a t i o n s p r o f e s s e d l y s u s t a i n e d b y t h e S e e r t o t h e L o r d . T h e y w o u l d c e r t a i n l y h a v e c a l l e d a t t e n t i o n t o l v s N e w D i s p e n s a t i o n . T h e y w o u l d c e r t a i n l y h a v e b e e n a p o w e r f u l a t t e s t a t i o n t o t h e r e a l d i v i n i t y o f h i s m i s s i o n . T r u e , h e c l a i m e d t o h a v e r e c e i v e d a n d b e e n r e n d e r e d c a p a b l e o f c o m m u n i c a t i n g t o t h e w o r i d w h a t w a s e x c e l l e n t a b o v e a l l m i r a c l e s . S t i l l I c a n n o t h e l p , t h i n k i n g t h a t m o r e o f t h e m i r a ­c u l o u s a n d l e s s o f t h e p h i l o s o p h i c a l w o u l d h a v e m a d e h i s c l a i m s m o r e c o n c l u s i v e . I m u s t c o n f e s s , h o w e v e r , t h a t n e i t h e r m i r a c l e s a l o n e , n o r e x c e l ­l e n c e o f d o c t r i n e a l o n e , n o r a p r e - e m i n e n t l y g o o d l i f e a l o n e , w o u l d f u l l y s a t i s f y m e t h a t t h e p r o f e s s e d m e d i a t o r o f a N e w R e l i g i o u s D i s p e n s a t i o n w a s a l l t h a t M o s e s , o r J e s u s , o r S w e d e n b o r g r e s p e c t i v e l y c l a i m e d t o b e . B u t t h e c o n c u r r e n c e o f a l l t h r e e , p j ^ * * m i r a c l e s , e x c e l l e n c e o f d o c t r i n e , a n d p u r i t y o f l i f e w o u l d b e c o n c l u s i v e . T h i s t h r e e f o l d i s n o t e a s i l y b r o k e n . T h e r e a r e s o m e t i m e s m i r a c l e s , o r t h i n g s v e r y l i k e t h e m , i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h f a l s e R e ­l i g i o n s a n d c o r r u p t m e n . B e a u t i f u l a n d g l o r i o u s d o c t r i n e s a r e s o m e t i m e s a n n o u n c e d , w h i c h t h e i r o w n p r o p o u n d e r s a n d a c k n o w l e d g e d d i s c i p l e s n e v e r s e r i o u s l y t h i n k o f r e d u c i n g t o p r a c t i c e . T h e y b e ­l o n g o n l y t o r h e t o r i c a n d o r a t o r y . S o t h e r e h a v e b e e n s i n c e r e , w e l l m e a n i n g a n d h i g h l y m o r a l p e r ­s o n s d e v o t e d l y a t t a c h e d t o a l l t h e R e l i g i o n s a n d P h i l o s o p h i e s o f o u r w o r l d , n o t e x c e p t i n g t h e w o r s t , t h e w i l d e s t a n d m o s t a b s u r d . B u t w h e n , a s i n t h e c a s e o f J e s u s , w e h a v e t h e c o n s i s t e n t c o n c u r ­r e n c e o f t h e s u b l i m e s t m i r a c l e s , t h e s u b l i m e s t d o c ­t r i n e s , a n d t h e s u b l i m e s t l i f e , t h e c o n f e s s i o n i s a l l b u t i r r e s i s t i b l e — “ T h o u a r t t h e C h r i s t , t h e S o n o f t h e l i v i n g G o d . ”

M a n m a y t h i n k G o d f a v o r s s o m e a n i l d o c s n o t f a v o r o t h e r s o f h i s k i n d , b u t a f a l l i b l e m e a s u r e c a n ­n o t m e a s u r e i n f a l l i b i l i t y .A l l m e n h a v e f e l t t h a t G o d l o v e t h t h e m . T h e y m a y c a l l h i m b y w h a t e v e r n a m e t h e y p l e a s e , o r m a y b e e v e n s o i g n o r a n t a s n o t t o c a l l u p o n a n y n a m e r e p r e s e n t i n g h i m , s t i l l t h e r e i s t h a t w i t h i n e v e r y h u m a n b e i n g , w h i c h e v e r a s p i r e t h u p w a r d , a n d e v e r y c h i l d o f G o d h a t h a f f i n i t y f o r G o d a s h i s c o m p r e h e n s i o n c a n m e a s u r e P e r f e c t i o n , — Heal­in g of the Nations,

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The unfolding of the Spiritual element i n man through all ages and in all nations, is now so gen­erally acknowledged as an Anthropological fact, that even the modern Atheistic and Pantheistic schools attempt the scientific and philosophic ex­planation of its development. On the commonest recognition, therefore, ol philosophic consistancy i n reasonin", and harmonic nnity in nature, the un folding of some new phase of this element might be expected where progression is the accredited order of Nature and the constitutional tendency of man.I n s i g h t o f t h e s e c o n v i c t i o n s , w e a r e s o m e w h a t u n a b l e t o c o m p r e h e n d t h e v a l u e o f t h o s e c r i t i c i s m s , w h i c h s n e e r i u g l y p o i n t t o t h e p a s t , a s i f t h e v e r y a s s o c i a t i o n o f a h i s t o r i c a n t e c e d e n t w a s p r e j u d i c i a l , i f n o t f a t a l t o t h e a r g u m e n t o f t h e S p i r i t u a l r e a s o n - e r . T h i s i s t h e m o r e d i f f i c u l t s i n c e a n o t h e r , a n d b y T f a r t h e l a r g e r c l a s s o f c r i t i c s , m a k e i t a frst p r i n c i p l e i n a l l t h e i r r e a s o n i n g , t o s p e a k a n d w r i t e o f t h e natu ralm.'s o f t i l e p h e n o m e n a , b e l t w h a t i t m a y , a s i f n a t u r e h a d e i t h e r i n p a r t o r a s a w h o l e r e ­v e a l e d h e r s e l f i n “ n a k e d l o v e l i n e s s ’ ’ t o t h e i r s a g a ­c i o u s u n d e r s t a n d i n g s , t h u s a u t h o r i z i n g t h e m t o p r o ­n o u n c e j u d g m e n t f o r a l l c o m i n g t i m e . F o r t u n a t e ­l y , h o w e v e r , t h e A l m i g h t y M i n d s t i l l h o l d t h e “ b a ­l a n c e a n d t h e r o d ” f o r a l l s u c h , s i n c e i n t h e d i v i n e o r d e r o f N a t u r e ' s u n f o l d i n g , w e s e e l i t t l e a t t e n t i o n p a i d t o t h e c o n c l u s i o n s o f t h e s c h o o l s o r t h e s n e e r o f t h e c r i t i c , b e t w e e n t h e c o n f l i c t s o f o p i n i m r e ­s u l t a n t f r o m t h e a n t a g o n i s m s o f s c h o o l s , t h - - c a l m a n d t h o u g h t f u l m i n d w i l l l o o k t o a n d f o r t h e d i v i n e m a n i f e s t a t i o n s o f t A Y s o r d e r i n n a t u r e , l o r t h e m a j o r i t y o i m e n a c r e e i n t h e b e l i e f t h a t ‘ ‘ d a y u n t o d a y u t t c i ' e t h s p e e c h , a n d n i g h t u n t o n i g h t n d d e t h k n o w l e d g e " i n e v e r y d e p a r t m e n t o f h e r e c o n o m y .

T h e c r i t i c s a n d o p p o s e r s o f S p i r i t u a l i s m , h o w ­e v e r , n i a n i f c s L c r e a t g l e e , b e c a u s e i n t h e n wise conceit t h e y t h i n k i f m a n i f e s t a t i o n s a r e f o u n d i n C h i n a o r h i n m o t h e r p l a c e , t h e r e f o r e t h e v v h - l e t h i n g i s h u t t h e r e v i v a l o f a n o l d s u p e r s t i t i o n , t u c k , o r w h a t e v e r t h e y m a y h e p l e a s e d i n t h e i r w i s d o m a n d c h a r i t y t o n a m e t h e p h e n o m e n a .R u t g o o d s e n s e w o u l d s a y , i n a s m u c h a s i t h a s t h u s e x i s t e d , a n d m a n i f e s t s a c o m m o n t y p e i n e v ­e r y a g e a n d n a t i o n , t h e r e f o r e , i n s t e a d o f i t s b e i n g a s u p e r s t i t i o n o r h u m b u g , i t i s , b e c a u s e i t m u s t b e , f r o m t h e v e r y n a t u r e o f i t s c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s a n a t u r a l p h e n o m e n a . A t l e a s t , t h i s i s t h e rational o f m o s t s c i e n t i f i c c o n c l u s i o n s , a n d p h i l o s o p h y i s m a d e a u -t h o r i t a t i v c a n d / - - . x Y n v b y t h u s t r a n s l a t i n g t h e e x -h i b i t i o n s o f N a t u r e .

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“ S p i r i t u a l i s m d o e s n o t i n v a l i d a t e a s i n g l e t r u t h r e c o r d e d i n t h e B i b l e . I t t e a c h e s m e n t o r e v e r e n c e t h e G o d o f t h e B i b l e : t h e G o d o f t r u t h o f r i g h t o f l o v e , a n d t h r o w s l i g h t u p o n m a n y d a r k p a s ­s a g e s ; h a r m o n i z e s m a n y a p p a r e n t l y c o n t r a d i c t o r y o n e s , a n d s e p a r a t e s t h e d i v i n e i m p r e s s u p o n i t s p a g e s , f r o m t h e h u m a n i g n o r a n c e a n d p a s s i o n , t h a t o f t e n c l o u d t h a t i m p r e s s u n d e r c r u e l e n a c t m e n t s a n d r e v e n g e f u l i m p r e c a t i o n s . I t s h o w s t h a t t h o s e p o r t i o n s o U h e B i b l e t h a t h a v e t h e s t a m p o f D i v i n e r e v e l a t i o n , n e i t h e r c o n t r a d i c t e a c h o t h e r , n o r i n v a l i ­d a t e a s i n g l e i t e m o f m o d e r n S p i r i t - t e a c h i n g . I t m a k e s t h e S p i r i t o f J e s u s t h e s t a n d a r d b y w h i c h t o j u d g e a i l t h e t e a c h i n g s o f p r o p h e t s a n d l a w - g i v ­e r s o f ^ p r c c e d i n g c r e e d s . T h e B i b l e i s a r e c o r d o f S p i r i t u a l c o m m u n i c a t i o n s m a d e t h r o u g h d e p a r t e d h u m a n S p i r i t s , a n d n o m a n w h o h a s e v e r c r i t i c a l l y e x a m i n e d i t , w i l l d e n y t h i s s t a t e m e n t . H u m a n S p i r i t s c a l l e d a n g e l s , a p p e a r e d t o A b r a h a m , w i t h w h o m t h e y t a l k e d , w a l k e d a n d a t e ; t o L o t , J a c o b , t o J o s e p h , t o M o s e s , D a v i d , D a n i e l a n d J o h n , a n d t h e y s t i l l h o l d i n t e r c o u r s e w i t h t h o s e i n m o r t a l f o r m .

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I c a n p e r c e i v e s i g n s o f a m o v e m e n t o f t h e w a t e r s h e r e . S i s t e r L i n e s h a s b e e n d o i n g a g o o d w o r k h e r e , b e a r i n g t h e h e a t a n d l a b o r o f t h e d a y f o r t h e p r o m i s e d r e w a r d i n t h e b r i g h t l i f e t o c o m e . S h e d e s e r v e s t h e c o r d i a l s y m p a t h i e s a n d c o - o p e r a t i v e s u p p o r t o f a l l w e l l w i s h e r s t o t h e c a u s e . B r o t h e r B a n n i n g h a s e n g a g e d r o o m s f o r t h e u s e o f S p i r i t u a l M e d i u m s w h o m a y v i s i t t h e c i t y , w h i c h t h e y c a n o c c u p y f r e e o f c o s t . A n d I f e e l i m p r e s s e d t o c a l l o n M e d i a t o l o o k t h i s w a y , a n d n o t t o d e l a y a d a y , w h e n t h e S p i r i t p r o m p t s t h e m t o c o m e . T h e r e a r e s t r o n g i n d i c a t i o n s o f a h u n g e r i n g a f t e r t h e t r u t h , e v e n i n t h e t h e o l o g i c a l n u r s e r i e s o f o l d Y a l e .

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s p h e r e s ; y e t e v e r v i s i t e d b y h e a v e n l y a i r s w h o s e s w e e t e c h o e s m i n g l e d i n m o u r n f u l c a d e n c e i n h i s s o n g . H i s a s p i r a t i o n s w e r e h e a v e n w a r d , b u t b i s s o u l w a s p e r p e t u a l l y c l o g g e d a n d d r a w n d o w n w a r d b y d a r k i n t e r i o r i n f l u e n c e s . H e n c e t h e u n e a r t h l y g l e a m , t h e w e i r d c h a r m o f h i s “ p r o s e t a l e s , ” a n d t h a t s t r a n g e m e l o d y , t h a t c a p r i c i o u s a n d s t a r t l i n g b e a u t y , t h e fascination o f h i s u n i q u e a n d S p i r i t u a l v e r s e . T h e s e w e r e t h e l a s t b e q u e s t , t h e s o l e m n d i r g e - n o t e s o f t h e e x p i r i n g M u s e ; a n d y e t , l i k e a l l t r u e d e a t h - s o n g s , t h e y c o n t a i n e d a p r o p h e c y o f a r e s u r r e c t i o n t o a p u r e r e x i s t e n c e . I n h i s s h o r t s t a y u p o n e a r t h , i t w a s g i v e n t o t h e a u t h o r o f “ The Haven" t o b e h o l d t h e c o n s u m m a t i o n o f t h e O l d A g e , w h i l s t t h e d a y - s t a r o f t h e N e w f e e b l y a n d f a i n t l y g l i m m e r e d u p o n t h e h o r i z o n . W i t h h i s o u t ­w a r d o r c o n s c i o u s m i n d , l i e d i s c e r n e d i t n o t H e l i v e d a t r a n s i t i o n a l l i f e , b u t t h e d a w n i n g F u t u r e w a s v e i l e d i n c l o u d s a n d g l o o m . T h e A m e r i c a n M u s e t h r o u g h a b r o t h e r p o e t a l s o l a m e n t e d i n s t r a i n s l i k e t h e s e :

“ In ev e ry h e a rt is fo u n J a cell w h ere on ly S o rrow repea ts h e r litan y of pa in ;

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I t w a s n e e d f u l t h a t t h e s e l o n e w a t c h e r s o f t h e s e t t i n g c o n s t e l l a t i o n s s h o u l d t h u s i n m o u r n f u l c a ­d e n c e s p o u r f o r t h t h e b e a u t i f u l s w a n - s o n g s o f e x p i r ­i n g P o e s y . T h e e v e n i n g t w i l i g h t w a s a r o u n d t h e m , t h e y d r e a m e d n o t o f t h e g l o r i o u s m o r n . B u t i t i s o n l y t h e o u t w a r d t h a t d i e s ; t h e f o r m d i s a p p e a r s , b u t t h e S p i r i t i s r e n e w e d b y l i f e f r o m w i t h i n . T h e f i r s t A m e r i c a n M u s e w a s a f a d i n g a p p a r i t i o n , b u t t h a t w h i c h i s f r o m a b o v e a b i d e t h f o r e v e r . A m e r i ­c a n p o e t r y o f t h e f u t u r e s h a l l b e a l i v i n g i n s p i r a ­t i o n , a f l o w e r f e d w i t h c e l e s t i a l d e w s w h o s e f r a ­g r a n c e a n d b e a u t y w i l l n e v e r f a i l , b u t u n f o l d a c ­c o r d i n g t o t h e o r d e r o f h a r m o n i c w o r l d s . F o r t h e k i n g s o f i n t e l l e c t , t h e h i e r o p h a n t s o f s o n g s , ‘ b r i n g t h e i r g l o r y t o h e r , a n d a l l t h e g r a n d o l d b a r d s a n d s o n s o f g e n i u s b e c o m e s t a r s i n h e r c r o w n .

T h e s t y l e o l ' E d g a r A . P o e i s t o o p e c u l i a r t o b e f o r a m o m e n t m i s t a k e n ; a n d h i s v e r s i f i c a t i o n a n d u s e o f l a n g u a g e f a r t o o e x q u i s i t e a n d m a s t e r l y t o b e s u c c e s s f u l l y i m i t a t e d C o n c e p t i o n s l i k e h i s c a n o n l y b e f o r m e d i n s o u l s o f t h e m o s t d e l i c a t e a n d e t h e r e a l n a t u r e a n d e x e c u t e d b y a m i n d s u s t a i n e d b y l i v i n g i n f l u x e s f r o m w i t h i n ; n o r h a s a n y i n t r u d - ¡ n o * h a n d e v e r b e e n a b l e t o p l u c k o n e l e a f l e t f r o m t h e u n f a d i n g l a u r e l t h a t w r e a t h s h i s b r o w . W h o , t h e n , w e a s k , b u t t h e S p i r i t o f P o e c o u l d h a v e p r o ­d u c e d t h e p o e m s t h a t f o l l o n i T h e f i r s t i s a l m o s t t o o f e a r f u l l y g r a p h i c , s o t h a t w e m u s t o m i t a p o r ­t i o n , l e s t i t p r o v e t o o s t a r t l i n g t o t h e e a r s o f m a n y t o w h o m t h e s e s h e e t s w i l l b e a r i t . T h e l a s t i s

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T h i s l a t t e r p o e m w a s g i v e n i n t h e o f f i c e o f t h e S p i r i t u a l T e l e g r a p h , in about fifteen m i n u t e s , w h i l e t h e m e d i u m w a s p r o f o u n d l y e n t r a n c e d . T h u s i t s S p i r i t u a l o r i g i n i s a m p l y v o u c h e d f o r . I t s i d e n t i ­f i c a t i o n a l s o a s t o i t s i n d i v i d u a l s o u r c e , i s a l m o s t e q u a l l y c e r t a i n , s i n c e n o n e b u t a S p i r i t o f i n t e r n a l h a r m o n y , w i t h a r i c h a n d p e c u l i a r g i f t o f s o n g , c o u l d h a v e i n s p i r e d s o e x q u i s i t e a m e l o d y , a n d s u c h d o n o t c o m e t o u s t o d e c e i v e . T h e a d m i r e r o f t h e p o e m s o f E d g a r A . P o e w i l l f i n d a b u n d a n t i n t e r n a l e v i d e n c e t h a t t h e s e u n i q u e a n d w o n d e r f u l l y r i c s a r e i n d e e d f r o m t h a t s a m e w i l d h a r p n o w s t r u n g a n e w a n d s o u n d i n g f r o m t h e e t e r n a l s h o r e . A g a i n i t w a k e s t h e e c h o e s r e c a l l i n g t h e s t r a n g e u n e a r t h l y m e l o d i e s p o u r e d [ f r o m t h e p o e t ’ s s a d d e n e d h e a r t w h i l e h e l i n g e r e d b e l o w , c o n t i n u i n g h i s f e a r f u l e x ­p e r i e n c e i n t h e i n t e r i o r , a n d

“ E n d in g like d rea ry w in te r 's final gale,I n sp rinu -tide gladness o f Im m orta l life.”w S . E . B .

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MORAL INFLUENCE OE THE INTELLEC T H AT. ORGANS—AN EXPLANATION.I n m y r e s p o n s e t o t h e e x t e n s i v e c r i t i c i s m o f F .

H . G . , m e r e l y p o i n t i n g o u t h e r m i s c o n c e p t i o n , I d i d n o t , ( i n m e r c y t o y o u r c r o w d e d c o l u m n s , ) a t t e m p t a n y e x p l a n a t i o n s o f t h e m a t t e r s i n d i s c u s s i o n , p r e ­f e r r i n g t o w a i t t h e n a t u r a l p r o g r e s s o f t r u t h i n t h e m i n d o f t h e c r i t i c . B u t a s s h e h a s e a r n e s t l y r e ­p e a t e d , w i t h o u t f a r t h e r i n v e s t i g a t i o n , h e r v e r y p o s i t i v e a n d h o n e s t o p i n i o n s , I m a y a s w e l l t a k e t h e o c c a s i o n n o w t o o f f e r t h e n e c e s s a a y e x p l a n a ­t i o n w h i c h s h e w o u l d h a v e r e n d e r e d u n n e c e s s a r y b y a m o r e g e n i a l r e c e p t i v i t y o f t h e t r u e m e a n i n g o f t h e e s s a y i n q n e s t i o n .A s I h a v e a l r e a d y s t a t e d , t h e r e i s a r e a l d i f f e r -

t h e w a n d e r e r t o h i s w e l c o m e h o m e . L e t t h e n , t h e e n c e 0 f o p i n i o n b e t w e e n u s a s t o t h e m o r a l v a -r e a d e r f o r g e t h i s o w n jicrsoiialilits, t h e p r e j u d i c e s o f h i s c r e e d a n d e d u c a t i o n , a n d l i s t e n a s w i t h t h e i n n e r e a r t o

THE EXPERIENCE OF C I’OET IN HADES.

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W h ere the S p irit d rin k s th e cbaiacc F illed w ith agony for w ine,

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A nd dea th ’s choir of deso la tion chan ting d irges everm ore.

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As an arrow cleaves the te m p es t to the aw lu l ju d g m e n t m orn .

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So I scream ed, God ! launch th y th u n d e rs!P o u r the lightnings of th in e ire !

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l l e l l is in m e aud a ro u n d m e,B u t I s till enu sw eep th e ly re :

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Ml.Si: OF IiKI.lVKRANCE.

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A nd like dew from off a blossom fell h e r speech for everm ore.

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W hen i t U n g e r , p a le a n d lo n e ly b y the p u r p le s u n ,c l door. I ha re fo u n d thee, I h a t» f o u n d thee, ^A n d w ith h ea r t-sp e lls f a s t h a te b o u n d thee."

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l u e o f c e r t a i n k i n d s o f i n t e l l e c t u a l c u l t u r e , b u t t h e p r i n c i p a l d i f f e r e n c e a r o s e f r o m h e r m i s u n d e r s t a n d ­i n g . T o d i s c u s s t h e t r u t h o f m y p r o p o s i t i o n s w i t h F . H . G . i s n o t m y o b j e c t . T h e y a r e m a t t e r s o f s c i e n c e , a n d t h e e v i d e n c e s u p o n w h i c h t h e y r e s t , c o n s i s t p a r t l y o f n u m e r o u s f a c t s u n k n o w n t o F . I I . G m a n y o f w h i c h a r e t h e r e s u l t o f o r i g i n a l i n v e s ­t i g a t i o n . I h a v e r e s p o n d e d b r i e f l y , m e r e l y t o p r o ­t e s t a g a i n s t b e i n g p l a c e d i n a f a l s e p o s i t i o n b y t h e m i s c o n c e p t i o n s o f a w r i t e r w h o i s s o e a r n e s t a n d s i n c e r e , s o v e r y p o s i t i v e i n w h a t s h e c l e a r l y p e r ­c e i v e s , a n d so entirely unconscious ef ichat she has n o t perceived or understood.

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1 . T h e b r a i n b e i n g t h e h i g h e s t a n d m o s t S p i r i t ­u a l o r g a n o f t h e b o d y , b e i n g by itself s i m p l y - t h e S p i r i t u a l o r g a n , a l l b r a i n - c u l t u r e , i n g e n e r a l , i s S p i r ­i t c u l t u r e , a n d t h e r e f o r e a d a p t e d t o e l e v a t e a n d r e ­f i n e t h e c h a r a c t e r , g i v i n g t h e S p i r i t u a l a n a s c e n ­d a n c y o v e r t h e a n i m a l , a n d d i m i n i s h i n g t h e r e i a -

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T h e g r e a t e s t d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e p e r c e p t i v e f a c u l t i e s , u n a c c o m p a n i e d b y a s u f f i c i e n t d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e h i g h e r i n t e l l e c t w o u l d i m p o s e n o r e s t r a i n t u p o n c o m b a t i v e n e s s , d e s t r u c t i v e n e s s , a c q u i s i t i v e n e s s , o r a n y f o r m o f s e n s u a l i t y , o n t h e c o n t r a r y , t h e p e r c e p t i v e o r g a n s w o u l d g r e a t l y e n ­l a r g e t h e s c o p e a n d p o w e r o f t h e v i c i o u s a n d c r i ­m i n a l t e n d e n c i e s i n s u c h c a s e s , a n d c o n v e r t t h e p e t t y r o g u e o r d e b a u c h e e i n t o a m a g n i f i c e n t a n d f o r m i d a b l e s c o u n d r e l c a l c u l a t e d t o t e r r i f y t h e w o r l d a s a p i r a t i c a l a d v e n t u r e r , a n i n v i n c i b l e d u e l l i s t , a s w i n d l i n g g a m b l e r , a s u c c e s s f u l c o u n t e r f e i t e r , a s k i l l f u l a s s a s s i n o r b u r g l a r , a f r a u d u l e n t b a n k r u p t , & c .7 . 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T h e a n i m a l p a s s i o n s a n d d e s i r e s a l t h o u g h t h e y t e n d d i r e c t l y t o m u r d e r , g l u t t o n y , d r u n k e n n e s s , a n d a l l o t h e r b r u t a l i t i e s , a r e a l l w o r t h y o f c u l t i v a t i o n t o a p r o p e r e x t e n t . — T h e c u l t i v a t i o n o f t h e p e r c e p t i v e f a c u l t i e s i s a s h a r m l e s s a n d p r o p e r a s t h e e a t i n g o f b r e a d , i n d e e d m o r e s o , f o r w h i l e t h e t e n d e n c y o f a l i m e n t i v e n e s s i s t o t h e p r o d u c t i o n o f s e n s u a l i t y , i n d o l e n c e a n d d i s e a s e , w h e n n o t p r o p e r l y g u a r d e d , t h e p e r c e p t i v e f a c u l t i e s h a v e n o t e n d e n c i e s c o m p a r a b l e t o t h e s e a s m o r a l e v i l s . T h e g r a t u i t o u s a n d u n w a r r a n t a b l e i n ­f e r e n c e f r o m a s t a t e m e n t o f t h e t r u e c h a r a c t e r o f t h e p e r c e p t i v e o r g a n s , t h a t s u c h o r g a n s o u g h t n o t t o b e c u l t i v a t e d , a n d t h a t s o m e d e g r e e o f m o r a l d e g r a d a t i o n w a s a t t a c h e d t o t h e i r e x e r c i s e , n e e d s o n l y t o h e e m p h a t i c a l l y r e p u d i a t e d a s a l o o s e a n d f a n c i f u l a s s u m p t i o n . T h e c u l t i v a t i o n o f t h e p e r ­c e p t i v e o r g a n s i s n o t f o r b i d d e n b y a n t h r o p o l o g y , ( n o r i n a n y w a y d i s h o n o r e d ) e x c e p t w h e n b y b e ­i n g c a r r i e d t o e x c e s s , i t e n f e e b l e s t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n , a n d l o w e r s t h e t o n e o f t h e w h o l e c h a r a c t e r . N o r i s a n y d i s h o n o r c a s t u p o n a r t i s a n s a n d n a t u r a l i s t s b y t h e s t a t e m e n t o f a p r o p e r a n a l y s i s o f t h e m i n d , s h o w i n g t h a t p e r c e p t i v e a c t i o n s , s u c h a s t a k i n g a i m a t b u f f a l o e s , p r o s p e c t i n g f o r g o l d m i n e s , s u r ­v e y i n g f i e l d s , d i s s e c t i n g b o d i e s , m e a s u r i n g a n g l e s , & c . , ike., a r e v e r y d i f f e r e n t o p e r a t i o n s f r o m h e l p i n g t h e s i c k , l e n d i n g t o t h e p o o r , a n d p e r f o r m i n g o t h e r a c t s o f d u t y a n d b e n e v o l e n c e .T h a t t h e c u l t i v a t i o n o f t h e p e r c e p t i v e o r g a n s m a y b e t r i b u t a r y b y a i d i n g t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f t h e r e a s o n i n g f a c u l t i e s t o i m m e d i a t e m o r a l g r o w t h , I h a v e r e p e a t e d l y s t a t e d , a n d t h a t i t m a y a l s o b e a s ­s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e g r e a t e s t m o r a l d e p r a v i t v - , a g a i n s t w h i c h i t a f f o r d s n o p r o t e c t i o n , i s t o o o b v i o u s t o b e f u r t h e r e x p l a i n e d .S . 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o f S p i r i t u a l K n o w l e d g e , d e s i r o u s o f i n c r e a s i n g i t s u s e f u l n e s s , w i s h t o e m p l o y a n o t h e r g o o d , r e ­l i a b l e Medium, t o o c c u p y s u c h h o u r s i n t h e d a y , a n d e v e n i n g , a s M i s s C a t h e r i n e F o x f i n d s i t i m p o s ­s i b l e t o a t t e n d .A l l a p p l i c a t i o n s t o b e m a d e i n w r i t i n g , a n d a d ­d r e s s e d t o t h e E x e c u t i v e C o m m i t t e e o f t h e S o c i e t y .

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“ In s p i t c o f a l l t h e p r i d e o f r e a s o n a n d p h i l o s o ­phy, a v a g u e d o u b t w i l l s t i l l l u r k i n t h e m i n d , a n d perhaps w i l l n e v e r b e e r a d i c a t e d , a s i t i s a m a t t e r that d o e s n o t a d m i t o f p o s i t i v e d e m o n s t r a t i o n . Who y e t h a s b e e n a b l e t o c o m p r e h e n d a n d d e ­scribe t h e n a t u r e o f t h e s o u ! ; i t s m y s t e r i o u s c o n ­nection w i t h t h e b o d y ; o r i n w h a t p a r t o f t h e f r a m e it i s s i t u a t e d ? W e k n o w m e r e l y t h a t i t d o e s e x i s t : but w h e n c e i t c a m e , a n d w h e n c e i t e n t e r e d i n t o u s , and b o w i t i s r e t a i n e d , a n d w h e r e i t i s s e a t e d , a n d how i t o p e r a t e s , a l l a r e m a t t e r s o f m e r e - s p e c u l a ­tion a n d c o n t r a d i c t o r y t h e o r i e s . I f t h e n , we a r e i g n o r a n t o f t h i s S p i r i t u a l e s s e n c e , e v e n w h i l e i t forms a p a r t o f o u r s e l v e s , a n d i s c o n t i n u a l l y p r e ­sent t o o u r c o n s c i o u s n e s s , h o w c a n we p r e t e n d t o a s c e r t a i n o r d e n y i t s p o w e r s a n d o p e r a t i o n s , w h e n r e l e a s e d f r o m i t s f l e s h y p r i s o n - h o u s e ?

E v e r y t h i n g c o n n e c t e d w i t h o u r S p i r i t u a l n a t u r e i s f u l l o f d o u b t a n d d i f f i c u l t y . ‘ W e a r e f e a r f u l l y a n d w o n d e r f u l l y m a d e w e a r e s u r r o u n d e d b y m y s t e r i e s , a n d w e a r e m y s t e r i e s e v e n t o o u r s e l v e s . I t i s m o r e t h e m a n n e r i n w h i c h t h i s s u p e r s t i t i o n h a s b e e n d e g r a d e d , t h a n i t s i n t r i n s i c a b s u r d i t y , t h a t h a s b r o u g h t i t i n t o c o n t e m p t . R a i s e i t a b o v e t h e f r i v o l o u s p u r p o s e s t o w h i c h i t h a s b e e n a p ­p l i e d , s t r i p i t o f t h e g l o o m a n d h o r r o r w i t h w h i c h i t h a s b e e n e n v e l o p e d , a n d t h e r e i s n o n e , i n t h e w h o l e c i r c l e o f v i s i o n a r y c r e e d s , t h a t c o u l d m o r e d e l i g h t f u l l y e l e v a t e t h e i m a g i n a t i o n , o r m o r e t e n ­d e r l y a f f e c t t h e h e a r t . I t w o u l d b e c o m e a s o v e ­r e i g n c o m f o r t a t t h e b e d o f d e a t h , s o o t h i n g t h e b i t ­t e r t e a r w r u n g f r o m u s b y t h e a g o n y o f m o r t a l s e p a r a t i o n .

“ W h a t c o u l d b e m o r e c o n s o l i n g t h a n t h e i d e a t h a t t h e s o u l s o f t h o s e w e o n c e l o v e d w e r e p e r m i t ­t e d t o r e t u r n a n d w a t c h o v e r o u r w e l f a r e ! _ t h a ta f f e c t i o n a t e a n d g u a r d i a n S p i r i t s s a t b y o u r p i l l o w s w h e n w e s l e p t , k e e p i n g a v i g i l o v e r o u r m o s t h e l p ­l e s s h o u r s ! — t h a t b e a u t y a n d i n n o c e n c e , w h i c h h a d l a n g u i s h e d i n t o t h e t o m b , y e t s m i l e d u n s e e n a r o u n d u s , r e v e a l i n g t h e m s e l v e s i n t h o s e b l e s t d r e a m s w h e r e i n w e l i v e o v e r a g a i n t h e h o u r s o f p a s t e n ­d e a r m e n t s ! A b e l i e f o f t h i s k i n d w o u l d , I s h o u l d t h i n k , h e a n e w i n c e n t i v e t o v i r t u e , r e n d e r i n g u s c i r c u m s p e c t , e v e n i n o u r m o s t s e c r e t m o m e n t s , f r o m t h e i d e a t h a t t h o s e w e o n c e l o v e d a n d h o n o r e d w e r e i n v i s i b l e w i t n e s s e s o f a l l o u r a c t i o n s .

“ I t w o u l d t a k e a w a y , t o o , f r o m t h a t l o n e l i n e s s a n d d e s t i t u t i o n w h i c h w e a r e a p t t o f e e l m o r e a n d m o r e a s w e g e t o n i n o u r p i l g r i m a g e t h r o u g h t h e w i l d e r n e s s o f t h i s w o r l d , a n d t h a t t h o s e w h o s e t f o r w a r d w i t h u s i o . d n g l y a r i d c h e e r i l y o n t h e j o u r ­ney, h a v e o n e b y o n e d r o p p e d a w a y f r o m o u r s i d e . P l a c e t h e s u p e r s t i t i o n i n t h i s l i g h t , a n d I c o n f e s s I s h o u l d l i k e t o b e a b e l i e v e r i n i t . I s e e n o t h i n g i n i t t h a t i s i n c o m p a t i b l e w i t h t h e t e n d e r a n d m e r c i ­f u l n a t u r e o f o u r r e l i g i o n , o r r e v o l t i n g t o t n c w i s h e s and a f f e c t i o n s o f t h e h e a r t .

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I never again shall love in this world; that have loved me as I never again shall be loved. If such beings do over retain in their blessed spheres the attachments which they felt on earth; if they take an interest in the poor concerns of transient mor­tality, and are permitted to hold communion with those whom they loved on earth, I feel as if now, at this deep hour of night, in this silence and soli­tude, I could receive their visitation with the most solemn but unalloyed delight

“ I n t r u t h , s u c h v i s i t a t i o n s w o u l d b e t o o h a p p y f o r t h i s w o r l d ; t h e y w o u l d t a k e a w a y f r o m t h e b o u n d s a n d b a r r i e r s t h a t h e m u s i n , a n d k e e p u s f r o m e a c h o t h e r . O u r e x i s t e n c e i s d o o m e d t o b e m a d e u p o f t r a n s i e n t e m b r a c e s a n d l o n g s e p a r a ­t i o n s . T h e m o s t i n t i m a t e f r i e n d s h i p — o f w h a t b r i e f a n d s c a t t e r e d p o r t i o n s o f t i m e d o e s i t c o n s i s t ! " W e t a k e e a c h o t h e r b y t h e h a n d , a n d w e e x c h a n g e a f e w w o r d s a n d l o o k s o f k i n d n e s s , a n d w e r e j o i c e t o g e t h e r f o r a f e w s h o r t m o m e n t s , a n d t h e n d a y s , m o n t h s , y e a r s i n t e r v e n e , a n d w e h a v e n o i n t e r , c o u r s e w i t h e a c h o t h e r . O r i f w e d w e l l t o g e t h e r f o r a s e a s o n , t h e g r a v e s o o n c l o s e s i t s g a t e s , a n d c u t s o f f a l l f u r t h e r c o m m u n i o n ; a n d o u r S p i r i t s m u s t r e m a i n i n s e p a r a t i o n a n d w i d o w h o o d , u n t i l t h e y m e e t a g a i n i n t h a t m o r e p e r f e c t s t a t e o f b e i n g , w h e r e s o u l s h a l l d w e l l w i t h s o u l , a n d t h e r e s h a l l b e n o s u c h t h i n g a s d e a t h , o r a b s e n c e , o r a n y o t h e r i n ­t e r r u p t i o n o f o u r u n i o n . ”

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f l o w e r s o v e r o u r l i t e r a t u r e , a s s u r e u s o f t h e d e e p l y w r o u g h t b e l i e f o f m a n i n t h e r e a l i t y o f a S p i r i t u a l w o r l d a r o u n d h i m . l i e h a s b e e n l o t h t o g i v e i t u p , a n d h a d p o e t s , w h o s e i n s t i n c t s h a v e e v e r b e e n s o t r u e — a n d t r u e i n p r o p o r t i o n , a s t h e y k e p t t h e m ­s e l v e s p u r e — t h e p o e t s w o u l d n o t g i v e u p t h e f a i t h ; t h e y h e l d i t f a s t a n d f i r m , w h i l e o t h e r s c o u l d n o t b u t l i n g e r o v e r t h e i d e a o f t h e S p i r i t w o r l d , a n d f e e l t h e r e f l e x o f s o m e o f i t s g l o r i e s , e v e n t h r o u g h t h e c a s e m e n t s o f t h e i r s k e p t i c c e i l , t h e y d i m l y p e r ­c e i v e t h e t r u t h t h e y c o u l d n o t f e e l ; t h e y f a i n t l y a p ­p r e h e n d w h a t t h e y c o u l d n o t d e s c r i b e , a n d w e n t w a n d e r i n g a b o u t , m o u r n i n g o v e r t h e d e a d - p a n o f t h e i r s o u l s .

W e g a v e y o u f a i r n o t i c e , i n t h e v e r y b e g i n n i n g , t h a t t h i s w o u l d b e a m e r e b o o k o f q u o t a t i o n s ; i t h a s b e e n s o , w i t h b u t a f e w w o r d s o f o u r o w n i n ­t e r l e a v e d b e t w e e n . B u t w e w i l l y e t e m p l o y o n e o t h e r q u o t a t i o n , a n d o u r l a s t ; i t m a y b e t h e f i n e s t p a s s a g e i n o u r v o l u m e : — i t i s f r o m t h e p e n o f T h o m a s C a r l y l e .

“ A g a i n , c o u l d a n y t h i n g b e m o r e m i r a c u l o u s t h a n a n a c t u a l a u t h e n t i c g h o s t ? T h e E n g l i s h J o h n ­s o n l o n g e d a l l h i s l i f e t o s e e o n e , b u t c o u l d n o t ; t h o u g h h e w e n t t o C o c k - L a n e , a n d t h e n c e t o t h e c h u r c h v a u l t s a n d s u p p e d o n c o f f i n s . F o o l i s h D o c t o r ! D i d h e n e v e r , w i t h t h e m i n d ’s e y e a s w e l l a s w i t h t h e b o d y ’ s , l o o k r o u n d i n t o t h a t f u l l s i d e o f h u m a n l i f e h e s o l o v e d ? D i d h e n e v e r s o m u c h a s l o o k i n t o h i m s e l f . T h e g o o d D o c t o r w a s a g h o s t , a s a c t u a l a s h e a r t c o u l d w i s h : w e l l n i g h a m i l l i o n o f g h o s t s w e r e t r a v e l l i n g t h e s t r e e t s b y h i s s i d e . O n c e m o r e , I s a y , s w e e p a w a y t h e i i i u s i o n o f t i m e ; c o m p r e s s t h e t h r e e s c o r e y e a r s i n t o t h r e e m i n u t e s : w h a t e l s e w a s h e ? w h a t e l s e a r e w e ? A r e w e n o t S p i r i t s s h a p e d i n t o a b o d y — i n t o a n a p p e a r a n c e — a n d t h a t f a d e a w a y a g a i n i n t o a i r a n d i n v i s i b i l i t y ? T h i s i s n o m e t a p h o r ; i t i s a s i m p l e s c i e n t i f i c f a c t W e s t a r t o u t o f n o t h i n g n e s s , t a k e f i g u r e , a n d a r e a p p a r i t i o n s ; a r o u n d u s , a s a r o u n d t h e v e r i e s t s p e c t r e , i s e t e r n i t y ; a n d t o e t e r n i t y , m i n u t e s a r e a s y e a r s a n d aons. C o m e t h e r e n o t t o n e s o f s o u l a n d f a i t h , a s f r o m c e l e s t i a l h a r p s t r i n g s , l i k e t h e s o n g o f b e a u t i f u l s o u l s ? A n d a g a i n , d o w e n o t s q u e a k a n d g i b b e r ( i n o u r d i s c o r d ­a n t s c r e e c h - o w l i s h d e b a t i n g a n d r e c r i m i n a t i n g s ; ) a n d g l i d e b o d e f u l , a n d f e e b l e , a n d f e a r f u l ; o r u p ­r o a r , p o l t e r i n g , a n d r e v e l , i n o u r m a d D a n c e o f t h e D e a d , t i l l t h e s c e n t o f t h e m o r n i n g a i r s u m m o n s u s t o o u r s t i l l h o m e ; a n d D r e a r y N i g h t b e c o m e s a w a k e a n d D a y ! W h e r e n o w i s A l e x a n d e r o f A l a c e d o n ? d o c s t h e s t e e l h o s t , t h a t y e l l e d i n f i e r c e b a t t l e s h o u t s a t I s s u s a n d A r b e l l a , r e m a i n b e h i n d h i m ; o r h a v e t h e y a l l v a n i s h e d u t t e r l y , e v e n a s p e r t u r b e d g o b l i n s m u s t ? N a p o l e o n , t o o , a n d h i s M o s c o w r e t r e a t s a n d A u s t e r l i t z c a m p a i g n s ! W a s i t a l l o t h e r t h a n t h e v e r i e s t s p e c t r e h u n t ; w h i c h h a s n o w , w i t h i t s h o w l i n g t u m u l t t h a t m a d e n i g h t h i d e o u s , h a s t e n e d a w a y ? G h o s t s ! T h e r e a r e n i g h a t h o u s a n d m i l l i o n w a l k i n g t h e e a r t h o p e n l y a t n o o n t i d e ; s o m e h a l f h u n d r e d h a v e v a n i s h e d f r o m i t — s o m e h a l f h u n d r e d h a v e a r i s e n i n i t , e r e t h e w a t c h t i c k s o n c e .

“ O h , H e a v e n ! i t i s m y s t e r i o u s — i t i s a w f u l t o c o n s i d e r t h a t w e n o t o n l y c a r r y e a c h a f u t u r e g h o s t w i t h i n h i m ; b u t a r e i n v e r y d e e d g h o s t s ! T h e s e l i m b s , w h e n c e h a d w e t h e m , t h i s s t o r m y f o r c e — t h i s l i f e - b l o o d , w i t h i t s b u r n i n g p a s s i o n ? T h e y a r e d u s t a n d s h a d o w — a s h a d o w s y s t e m g a t h e r e d a r o u n d o u r j i e — w h e r e i n , t h r o u g h s o m e m o m e n t s o r y e a r s , t h e D i v i n e g r a c e i s t o b e r e v e a l e d i n t h e f l e s h . T h a t w a r r i o r , o n h i s s t r o D g w a r - h o r s e , g i v e s f l a s h e s t h r o u g h h i s e y e s ; f o r c e d w e l l s i n h i s a r m a n d h e a r t ; b u t w a r r i o r a n d w a r - h o r s e a r e a v i s i o n — n o t h i n g m o r e . S t a t e l y t h e y t r e a d t h e e a r t h , a s i f i t w e r e a f i r m s u b s t a n c e ! F o o l ! t h e e a r t h i s b u t a f i l m : i t c r a c k s i n t w a i n , a n d w a r r i o r a n d w a r - h o r s e s i n k b e l o w p l u m m e t ’s s o u n d i n g ! P l u m m e t ’ s ?

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w h i c h L a b o r i s n o w w r i t i n g i t s o w n p r a i s e o n t h e f a c e o f t h e E a r t h . T h i s v e r y h o u r , t h e l u m b e r m e n o f t h e O t t a w a a r e d r i v i n g t h e f i r s t a p p r o a c h e s o f p e r s i s t e n t c i v i l i z a t i o n t o a p o i n t n e a r e r t h e P o l e t h a n w a s e v e r b e f o r e a t t a i n e d o n t h i s E a s t e r n s l o p e o f o u r C o n t i n e n t . A m o n g t h e p i n e s o f t h e A r o o s ­t o o k , t h e S a g i n a w , t h e W i s c o n s i n , t h e M i n n e s o t a , t h e a x e s o f t h e w o o d m e n a r e h e w i n g o u t t h e t i m ­b e r s o f m a n y a s t a t e l y e d i f i c e w h i c h a c o m i n g s u m m e r s h a l l s e e r i s e a m o n g t h e s h r i n e s o f T r a f f i c , b y t h e f a r s h o r e s o f t h e A t l a n t i c O c e a n . T o - d a y , f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e s i n c e t h e F l o o d , i s t h e s u n l e t i n u p o n s p o t a f t e r s p o t i n t h e g r e a t AAr e s t e r n w i l d e r ­n e s s , o n w h i c h a r u d e c a b i n s h a l l e m e r g e f r o m a m i d s m o k e a n d s t u m p s n e x t s u m m e r — a w a r m h e a r t h - s t o n e w i t h i n , a n d s t u r d y , f a i r - h a i r e d c h i l ­dren playing around it Pass a few years more,

and that little dot of blackened clearing will have gradually eaten away the encircling woods and given a hand to the never adjacent clearings on either side; and soon commodious dwellings, fair villages, the hum of steady, prosperous industry, and all the manifestations of civilized life will have supplanted the howl of the wolf and all the sullen influences of perpetual shade. Around no Silis- tria or Sevastopol, in no Crimea or Dobroja, is the Drama of Man’s Life-Struggle being enacted, but in the freshly-trodden wilds of Iowa and Minne­sota, on the rolling prairies of Kansas, in the far glens of Utah, and along the great future highway across the continent, where California beckens to her Eastern sisters and points them to the AVealth and AYork which stretch beyond her and across the great Pacific and among the Isles of the In­dian tropics. Not with the sword, but with the axe, does Man hew out his path to a higher and purer civilization ; and the measure of his present attainment is his regard for the humble and untin­seled but mighty and beneficent arts of Peace.

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F o r s t i l l , t o t h e e a r n e s t v i s i o n , t h e C o n d i t i o n o f t h e A Y o r k e r — e v e n i n t h i s f a v o r e d r e g i o n — i s a r u g g e d a n d h a r d o n e . l i e i s n o t r e s p e c t e d b y o t h e r s ; h e t o o o f t e n d o e s n o t r e s p e c t h i m s e l f . — A Y o r k i n g i n t h e m a i n e i t h e r b e c a u s e h e m u s t w o r k o r s t a r v e , o r i n o r d e r t h a t h e m a y b e r a i s e d a b o v e t h e n e c e s s i t y o f w o r k i n g , h e d o e s n o t a c c e p t L a b o r a s a b e n i g n a n t l y a p p o i n t e d d e s t i n y , b u t a s a v i n ­d i c t i v e l y - d e n o u n c e d p e n a l t y w h i c h h e m u s t e n d u r e a s u n m u r m u r i n g l y a n d f i n i s h a s s p e e d i l y a s p o s ­s i b l e . H a p p i n e s s i n t h e v u l g a r c o n c e p t i o n b e i n g c o m p o u n d e d o f i d l e n e s s a n d t h e m o s t u n l i m i t e d g r a t i f i c a t i o n o f t h e s e n s u a l a p p e t i t e s , a n d t h i s h a p ­p i n e s s b e i n g t h e “ e n d a n d a i m ” o f e v e r y e a r t h l y e f f o r t , i t i s i n e v i t a b l e t h a t t h e A Y o r k e r s h o u l d b e r e g a r d e d , a l i k e b y h i m s e l f a n d b y o t h e r s , a s o n e w h o h a s t h u s f a r f a i l e d , a n d w h o i s t h e r e f o r e o b ­n o x i o u s t o t h e s t i g m a w h i c h t h e c o m m o n m i n d e v e r a f f i x e s t o t h e u n s u c c e s s f u l .—Daily Tribune.

REMARKABLE PROPHECY.[ G i v e n a t E b r e u t h i e l , i n T y r o l , o n C h r i s t m a s , 1 8 4 7 , b y M a r g a r e t S t o f f e l . T h e w h o l e t o b e f u l ­f i l l e d b e f o r e t h e e x p i r a t i o n o f t h e y e a r 1 8 5 G . ]T h e y e a r 1 S 4 7 i s n e a r l y p a s s e d ; a y e a r i n w h i c h

m a n y a f o u n t a i n o f t e a r s w a s d r i e d u p , a n d m a n y a n u n b e l i e v i n g h e a r t t a u g h t t o l o o k u p t o H i m w h o t u r n e t h t h e h e a r t s o f m e n a s t h e r i v e r s o f t h e e a r t h . T h e b a r n s h a v e b e e n f i l l e d , a n d t h e c a s k s a r e f u l l o f s w e e t w i n e , a n d t h e h e a r t o f m a n r e -

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A g r e a t r e v o l u t i o n w i l l b r e a k o u t i n F r a n c e . T h e k i n g a n d h i s f a m i l y w i l l b e d r i v e n o u t o f t h e c o u n t r y , a n d a w a r w i l l c o m m e n c e a g a i n s t t h e n o ­b l e s a n d w e a l t h y ; t h e i r p a l a c e s w i l l b e b u r n t a n d t h e i r r i c h e s w i l l b e i n s u f f i c i e n t t o p r o t e c t t h e m . T h e r e w i l l a r i s e a g o v e r n i n g p o w e r o f t h e w o r k i n g - c l a s s e s ; b u t a f t e r a s h o r t c o n t i n u a n c e i t w i l l d i s a p p e a r , a n d i n t h e m i d s t o f a w a r w i t h f o r e i g n p o w ­e r s . T h e n a c o n s e r v a t i v e p a r t y w i l l r e a c h t h e s u m ­m i t o f p o w e r , u n d e r w h o s e d i r e c t i o n F r a n c e w i l l a g a i n r e c o v e r , b u t o n l y a f t e r a b l o o d y c o n f u s i o n . F r o m t h e n c e f o r t h t h e r e w i l l b e n o k i n g s i n F r a n c e — b u t a c e r t a i n p r i n c e w i l l y e t m a k e a n o t h e r a t ­t e m p t t o e r e c t f o r h i m s e l f a t h r o n e ; h e w i l l , h o w ­e v e r , a t o n e b i t t e r l y f o r h i s f o o l i s h u n d e r t a k i n g , a n d l o s e h i s l i f e t h e r e b y .

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

I n G r e a t B r i t a i n t h e d i s t r e s s o f t h e w o r k i n g c l a s s e s w i l l i n c r e a s e c o n t i n u a l l y , m o r e a n d m o r e . T h e r a g i n g E u r o p e a n w a r s , c a u s i n g a l l c o m m e r c e t o c e a s e , w i l l g i v e a s e v e r e b l o w t o E n g l i s h i n d u s ­t r y , a n d b r i n g t h e i r m u l t i t u d e t o t h e l o w e s t d e p t h o f d e s p a i r . T h e i r r a g e w i l l t u r n i t s e l f f i r s t a g a i n s t t h e m a n u f a c t u r i n g p r o p r i e t o r s , w h o s e e s t a b l i s h ­m e n t s t h e y w i l l d e m o l i s h a n d b u r n t o t h e g r o u n d . M a n y t h o u s a n d h a l f - s t a r v e d m e n w i l l c r o s s o v e r f r o m I r e l a n d , t o t a k e p a r t i n t h e w o r k o f d e s t r u c ­t i o n . T h r o u g h t h e s e c o m m o t i o n s , G r e a t B r i t a i n — t h e w o r l d m i s t r e s s o f c o m m e r c e — w i l l r e c e i v e a s h o c k f r o m w h i c h s h e n e v e r w i l l r e c o v e r . H e r g r e a t p o s s e s s i o n s i n A m e r i c a a n d A s i a s h e w i l l l o s e , w h i c h w i l l d e c l a r e t h e m s e l v e s i n d e p e n d e n t ; h e r n a v y w i l l b e a n n i h i l a t e d i n a g r e a t s e a - f i g h t , a n d a f t e r g r e a t v i c i s i t u d e s , f o r e i g n w a r s a n d d o m e s t i c r e v o l u t i o n s , s h e w i l l a g a i n b e c o m e t r a n q u i l , b u t n o t m o r e p o w e r f u l t h a n o t h e r n a t i o n s . R o y a l t y w i l l b e a b o l i s h e d , l a t e r h o w e v e r t h a n i n o t h e r E u r o p e a n S t a t e s .

S w i t z e r l a n d , i n t h e m i d s t o f a l l t h e s e r e v o l u t i o n s , w i l l r e j o i c e i n u n d i s t u r b e d r e s t S h e w i l l i n c r e a s e p o w e r f u l l y u n d e r a n e w c o n s t i t u t i o n , a n d a f t e r a s l i g h t p o l i t i c a l a g i t a t i o n , c o m m e r c e a n d i n d u s t r y w i l l d e v e l o p t h e m s e l v e s w i t h i n h e r m o r e t h a n e v e r . A n d w h i l e a l l t h e S t a t e s s u r r o u n d i n g h e r w i l l b e a t t h e m e r c y o f p o l i t i c a l r e v o l u t i o n s , s h e w i l l b e a n a s y l u m f o r a l l e x i l e d r e f u g e e s . K i n g s a n d p r i n c e s w i l l f e e l t h e m s e l v e s h a p p y t o h a v e f o u n d , i n t h e b o s o m o f t h e o l d e s t R e p u b l i c i n t h e w o r l d , a p l a c e w h e r e t h e y c a n e n j o y t h e r e p o s e o f s l e e p w i t h o u t f e a r a n d t r e m b l i n g .

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

A b o u t t h e s a m e t i m e G r e e c e w i l l b e g r e a t l y p r e s s e d b y t h e T u r k s . A s i a t i c a n d A f r i c a n h o r d e s w i l l p o u r t h e m s e l v e s o v e r i t s b o r d e r s , a n d m u r d e r a n d b u r n i n g w i l l m a r k t h e i r p a t h . T h e k i n g , d e s -

pairing of relief will lay down his crown and leave the people to their fate. But another people, com­ing in ships from the west, will bring help to the Greeks, and cause them to triumph over the bar­barous Turk. They will then drive the Ottomans back into Asia, after destroying the Turkish do­minion in Europe, and make Constantinople their capital.

G e r m a n y w i l l b e t h e s c e n e o f t h e m o s t f e a r f u l e v e n t s . A d e s t r u c t i v e w a r w i l l r a g e f r o m o n e e n d o f t h e l a n d t o t h e o t h e r . N a t i o n s l i v i n g f a r i n A s i a w i l l b e c a l l e d f o r t h b y a G e r m a n m o n a r c h t o a s s i s t h i m ; a n d t h e n a g r e a t s l a u g h t e r w i l l c o m m e n c e , i n w h i c h n e i t h e r w o m e n n o r c h i l d r e n , o l d n o r y o u n g , w i l l b e s p a r e d . O t h e r n a t i o n s f r o m t h e w e s t a n d - s o u t h w i l l t h e n r a i s e u p , a n d i n a t e r r i b l e b a t t l e o n t h e b a n k s o f a l a r g e s t r e a m , v a n q u i s h t h e A s i a t i c h o r d e s — o n l y a f e w o f w h o m w i l l e s c a p e d e s t r u c ­t i o n . A c i t y , l i k e u n t o t h e o n c e m i g h t y B a b y l o n , w i l l b e b u r n t t o t h e g r o u n d ; u p o n t h e p l a c e m e n w i l l s c a t t e r s a l t . T h e t h r o n e s o f t h e p o w e r f u l w i l l b e b r o k e n , t h e i r c r o w n s s h i v e r e d a n d t h e i r p u r p l e r e n t i n p i e c e s . B u t a f t e r t h e t h u n d e r i n g s o u n d s o f w a r a n d s t r i f e h a v e d i e d a w a y , t h e s u n o f p e a c e w i l l s h i n e o n c e m o r e , a n d a l l t h e n a t i o n s o f G e r m a n t o n g u e w i l l b e u n i t e d u n d e r o n e R e p u b l i c a n c o n s t i ­t u t i o n , h a p p i e r a n d m o r e p o w e r f u l t h a n e v e r b e ­f o r e .

P o l a n d w i l l a l s o r i s e a g a i n , a n d i t s g r o w t h w i l l b e m o r e f o r m i d a b l e t h a n t h a t o f a n y o t h e r n a t i o n . T h e V i s t u l a , s t a i n e d w i t h t h e b l o o d o f P o l a n d ’ s o p p r e s s o r s , w i l l f l o w m a n y d a y s t o w a r d s t h e B a l t i c , a n d c a s t o v e r i t s b a n k d e a d b o d i e s s u f f i c i e n t t o f a t ­t e n a l l t h e r a v e n s o f t h e w o r l d .

S i m i l a r e v e n t s w i l l o c c u r i n H u n g a r y , w h e r e t h e b o n d m a n w i l l a v e n g e h i m s e l f t e r r i b l y u p o n h i s o p ­p r e s s o r s . A p e r s o n o f h u m b l e b i r t h w i l l a r i s e a n d c r y a l o u d , s a y i n g : “ Woe unto him who is against me, for I carry in my hands the sword, of justice. Come unto me ye little ones, ye weal and forsalen ones, for justice will be awarded you." A n d , u p o n t h i s , g r e a t f e a r a n d t r e m b l i n g s h a l l t a k e p l a c e a m o n g t h e w e a l t h y a n d p o w e r f u l , t h e h a u g h t y a n d p r o u d o n e s , a n d b e f o r e t h e c o c k c r o w s t h e t h i r d t i m e , t h e y w i l l d i s a p p e a r a n d n o o n e w i l l b e a b l e t o t e l l w h a t h a s b e c o m e o f t h e m .

T h e K i n g s o f D e n m a r k , S w e d e n a n d N o r w a y w i l l l a y d o w n t h e i r c r o w n s v o l u n t a r i l y , a n d t h u s g u a r d t h e i r l a n d s a g a i n s t t h e s t o r m w h i c h w i l l v i s i t t h e r e s t o f E u r o p e a t t h a t t i m e . T h r e e k i n d r e d n a t i o n s w i l l u n i t e i n t o o n e b r o t h e r h o o d , u n d e r t h e t i t l e o f S c a n d i n a v i a n R e p u b l i c , a n d a i d i n h a s t e n i n g t h e o v e r t h r o w o f t h e R u s s i a n E m p i r e . F o r a b o u t t h i s t i m e , a l l n a t i o n s w i l l r i s e u p a g a i n s t t h e C z a r . T h o u s a n d s u p o n t h o u s a n d s o f c o m b a t t a n t s w i l l a d ­v a n c e t o w a r d s t h e n o r t h , w h e r e t h e C z a r w i l l h a v e b r o u g h t t o g e t h e r h i s A s i a t i c h o r d e s , f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f o n c e m o r e i n u n d a t i n g E u r o p e .

U p o n a p l a i n , f r o m w h o s e c e n t r e t h e e y e c a n s e e n o l i m i t , t h e s e c o m b a t t a n t s w i l l r u s h u p o n e a c h o t h e r , a n d t h e i r b l o o d y s l a u g h t e r w i l l c o n t i n u e f o r t h e s p a c e o f e i g h t d a y s , w h e n t h e n a t i o n s o f E u r o p e w i l l c o m e o f f v i c t o r i o u s . I t w i l l b e t h e g r e a t e s t b a t t l e t h a t w a s e v e r f o u g h t , a n d a l s o t h e l a s t , f o r t h e n t h e K i n g d o m o f G o d w i l l c o m m e n c e o n t h e e a r t h — b u t t h e K i n g d o m o f G o d i s t h e K i n g d o m o f L o v e a n d J u s t i c e , a n d i n t h e n a m e o f b o t h o f t h e s e v i r t u e s , a l l t h e N a t i o n s o f t h e E a r t h w i l l b i n d t h e m ­s e l v e s t o o n e b r o t h e r h o o d . M e n w i l l n o m o r e a s k o n e a n o t h e r — A 7 h o a r t t h o u ? a n d w h e n c e c o m e s t t h o u ? h u t w i l l l o v e o n e a n o t h e r a s b r o t h e r s , a n d n o n e w i l l r e g a r d h i m s e l f b e t t e r t h a n a n o t h e r n o r w i s e r t h a n h i s n e i g h b o r .

M a n y f a l s e a p o s t l e s w i l l a t ( h i s t i m e a r i s e a n d d i s s e m i n a t e d o c t r i n e s t h a t a r e a n a b o m i n a t i o n t o t h e L o r d . T h e n a w o m a n w i l l a r i s e w h o w i l l p r e a c h t h e t r u e r e l i g i o n , a n d a l l n a t i o n s w i l l b e c o n v e r t e d u n t o t h e d o c t r i n e s o f t h i s n e w m e s s e n g e r o f G o d , f o r s h e w i l l p r o c l a i m t h e r e l i g i o n o f l o v e , l i b e r t y a n d j u s t i c e , w h i c h a l o n e m a y b r i n g s a l v a t i o n , a n d t h r o u g h w h i c h a l s o t h e k i n g d o m o f e t e r n a l f e l i c i t y w i l l b e i n t r o d u c e d .

T h e f a v o r o f h e a v e n w i l l a g a i n d e s c e n d u p o n m e n . Y e a r s o f p l e n t y w i l l s u c c e e d , a n d a s l o v e w i l l r e i g n a m o n g m e n , s o w i l l n a t u r e s h o w e r i t s b o u n t i e s u p o n t h e m . G r e a t d i s c o v e r i e s w i l l b e m a d e i n t h e d e p a r t m e n t o f m e c h a n i c s , a n d a h a r ­v e s t w i l l t a k e p l a c e w h i c h h a s n e v e r b e e n l i k e i t b e f o r e . N o h a t r e d a n d m i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g w i l l e x ­i s t b e t w e e n s e c t s a n d c l a s s e s . B e i n g u n i t e d b y l o v e i n o n e f a i t h t h e y w i l l w o r s h i p o n e G o d , w h o , o u t o f g o o d n e s s a n d m e r c y , w i l l n o m o r e w i t h d r a w t h e l i g h t o f h i s c o u n t e n a n c e f r o m m e n . — Our Budget, Sturgis, Mich.

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C a n w e c o n c e i v e o f a n e n t i t y w i t h o u t f o r m a n d p a r t s ? — c a n a S p i r i t b e a n intelligent nothing? E t h e r e a l , r e f i n e d , u n r e c o g n i z a b l e b y o u r g r o s s e r s e n s e s t h o u g h i t m a y b e , s t i l l i t m u s t b e m a t e r i a l . H a v i n g i n d i v i d u a l e x i s t e n c e , i t m u s t h a v e f o r m ; b e i n g f i n i t e , i t m u s t h a v e l o c a l i t y ; b e i n g i n t e l l i g e n t , i t m u s t h a v e f e e l i n g s , a n d t h o u g h t s , a n d e x p e r i ­e n c e s , a n d m e m o r i e s . C e r t a i n l y , w e c a n n o t o t h e r ­w i s e c o n c e i v e o f a n i n t e l l i g e n t e x i s t e n c e , s u c h a s m a n i n t h e n e x t w o r l d . T h a t w e c a n n o t s e e o r f e e l a S p i r i t i s n o e v i d e n c e t h a t i t i s n o t m a t e r i a l . A Y e c a n n o t r e c o g n i z e e l e c t r i c i t y b y t h e s e n s e s ; y e t i t s e x i s t e n c e i s d e m o n s t r a t e d . L i g h t i s a f o r m o f m a t t e r l e s s r e f i n e d — i t c a n b e s e e n . A i r , s t i l l l e s s — i t c a n b e f e l t w h e n i n m o t i o n , a n d i n t h e m a s s i s f a i n t l y p e r c e p t i b l e t o t h e v i s i o n , A Y a t e r , s t i l l l e s s ; a n d s o o n t o t h e g r o s s e s t f o r m s . A n d w h o s h a l l s a y t h a t e l e c t r i c i t y i s t h e m o s t r e f i n e d f o r m o f m a t t e r ? A Y h o k n o w s t h e c h e m i s t r y o f t h e s t a r s , o r w h a t f i l l s t h e c e l e s t i a l s p a c e s ? F o r w e c a n n o t c o n c e i v e o f a p e r f e c t v o i d i n t h e u n i v e r s e . -

D r . E d w a r d H i t c h c o c k , i n h i s a d m i r a b l e “ R e l i ­g i o n o f G e o l o g y , ” p p . 2 9 9 a n d 4 0 0 , s p e a k s o f a “ l u m i n i f e r o u s e t h e r , ” w h o s e e x i s t e n c e h e s a y s i s “ a i l b u t d e m o n s t r a t e d . ” “ I t i s , ” s a y s h e , “ t h a t a t t e n u a t e d m e d i u m b y w h i c h l i g h t , h e a t a n d e l e c ­t r i c i t y a r e t r a n s m i t t e d f r o m o n e p a r t o f t h e u n i v e r s e t o a n o t h e r , b y u n d u l a t i o n s o f i n c o n c e i v a b l e v e l o ­c i t y , a n d m u s t e x i s t w h e r e v e r t h e s e s u b s t a n c e s a r e f o u n d , a n d w h e r e , h e a s k s , d o w e n o t f i n d t h e m . I n s p a c e ; “ i n e v e r y h e a t e d f o c u s , s u c h a s t h e s u n , t h e v o l c a n o , a n d t h e c h e m i c a l f u r n a c e ; ” — “ i n i c e , ” “ i n g l a s s , a n d e v e r y t r a n s p a r e n t s u b s t a n c e ; ” “ e v e n i n t h e m o s t s o l i d m e t a l s . ” “ I n s h o r t , ” h e a d d s , “ i t s e e m s t o b e i n d e p e n d e n t o f m e c h a n i c a l c h a n g e s , a n d t o a c t u n o b s t r u c t e d i n a l l p o s s i b l e m o d i f i c a t i o n s o f m a t t e r ; a n d t h o u g h t o o e v a n e s c e n t t o b e c o g n i z a b l e b y t h e s e n s e s , o r t h e b e s t c h e m i ­c a l t e s t s , i t p o s s e s s e s , n e v e r t h e l e s s , [ j a m o s t a s t o n ­i s h i n g a c t i v i t y . ”

O f t h i s s u b s t a n c e t h a t e m i n e n t l y l e a r n e d a n d r e - , l i g i o u s m a n c o n c e i v e s t h a t t h e S p i r i t u a l b o d y m a y b e c o m p o s e d . B e i t a s i t m a y , t h e d e m o n s t r a t e d e x i s t e n c e o f e l e c t r i c i t y , a n d t h e “ a l l b u t d e m o n ­s t r a t e d ” e x i s t e n c e o f t h e “ l u m i n i f e r o u s e t h e r , ” m a y l e a d t h e i n q u i r e r o n t h e r i g h t t r a c k , a n d h e l p h i m t o d i s c a r d t h e o l d d o g m a o f t h e i m m a t e r i a l i t y o f S p i r i t — a d o g m a w h i c h i s a b s u r d i n t h e h i g h e s t d e g r e e ; f i t o n l y t o b e r e c e i v e d , i n t h e s e d a y s , b y u n r e a s o n i n g m i n d s . N o r c o u l d i t h a v e r e c e i v e d t h e a s s e n t o f a n e n l i g h t e n e d a g e s o l o n g , i f m e n g e n e ­r a l l y w e r e a c c u s t o m e d t o t h i n k o r c a r e m u c h a b o u t S p i r i t u a l t h i n g s . E v e n t h e m a j o r i t y o f t h o s e w h o b e l o n g t o c h u r c h e s , a n d m a k e a “ p r o f e s s i o n o f r e ­l i g i o n , ” h a v e g i v e n v e r y l i t t l e thought to this sub-

ject. Indeed, doctrinal points, so called, are ly distateful to religions persons, and m o s t 50 | those who really have the most religious sincerit' The reason is obvious: the doctrines are n o t c]t.’ ly true. The best men differ about them—as / they may. ’’

T u r n t o S c r i p t u r e . D o e s n o t S c r i p t u r e r e t - - t h e p o p u l a r n o t i o n ? P a u l t e a c h e s t h a t t h e E5-.‘ w i l l h a v e n e w b o d i e s i n t h e r e s u r r e c t i o n , 11 [, i o n e d l i k e u n t o C h r i s t ’s g l o r i o u s b o d y . ” C h- t h e n , h a s a b o d y , a n d h i s f o l l o w e r s a r e t o t b o d i e s l i k e h i s . J u s t a s s u r e l y a s t h e s e e d s o w r t h e e a r t h — t o w h i c h P a u l c o m p a r e s t h e “ nat-. b o d y , " f r o m w h i c h i s s u e s t h e “ S p i r i t u a l h o i R ' t a k e s a f o r m w h e n i t i s q u i c k e n e d b y t b e r e p r o V f i v e f o r c e s o f n a t u r e , w i l l m a n t a k e a f o r m 1-1 h e i s q u i c k e n e d w i t h t h e n e w l i f e .

A s s u m i n g , t h e n , t h a t m a n i s e s s e n t i a l l y i n m t a l — n o t d e p e n d e n t f o r i r n m o r l a l i l y o n a : ¡ rr, g i f t — a n d w e m a y l o w i n q u i r e , w h a t i s h i s c o t t i o n i n t h e S p i r i t l i f e ? I s i t not that w h i c h ; m a k e s i t w h i l e i n t h e i n i t i a t o r y s t a t e ? M u s t n o : n e c e s s i t y t h e S p i r i t u a l l y a n d i n t e l l e c t u a l l y l o w : u n d e v e l o p e d e n t e r u p o n t h e n e x t e x i s t e n c e i n u n d e v e l o p e d c o n d i t i o n ? A n d o n t h e c o n t n . m u s t n o t t h o s e w h o a r e h i g h l y u n f o l d e d e n t e r i.- t h e o t h e r l i f e w i t h a l l t h e t r e a s u r e s o f s o u l 1 h a v e a m a s s e d h e r e ? E l s e , w h e r e i s t h e i n d i v i i i t y ? a n d w h e r e i s t h e v i r t u e a n d t h e v i c e ? iv¡. i s t h e a c c o u n t a b i l i t y ? w h e r e i s t h e S p i r i t i t s i A f o n o t a n y o t h e r v i e w a b s u r d ? I f m a n g o e s ¡ m o - S p i r i t l i f e w i t h o u t t b e m e m o r y o f t h i s , w h a t 7 • s i g n i f i c a n c e o f r e w a r d s a n d p u n i s h m e n t s : : i f t h e m e m o r y o r t h i s l i f e d o e s r e m a i n w i t h b i n , , a l s o m u s t t h e q u a l i t y o f m i n d r e m a i n : i f t h e ¡i v i d u a l e x i s t s , h i s f a c u l t i e s a n d a f f e c t i o n s c a r i n o : l o s t .

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