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Plntmrraal & pfjilosopbrcal.MY THEORY, AND A PEW PACTS AGAINST IT.

I am not a 44 Spiritualist." My bells are never rungor my tables moved by unseen bands. I believe thattbe 44 mediums " are humbugs and impostors; and Ihave no moTe desire to inquire into tbe way in whichtbey get up iheir (t manifestations " than I bave to in-vestigate tbe manner in which Signor Blitz or ProfessorAnderson perform tbeir sleigbt-of-hand tricks. Of thetwo, I think these much the cleverer and more respect-able performers. Nor have I any faith in ghosts, omens,presentiments, and supernatural warnings. I believetbem to be tbe product of weak nerves or over-excitedimaginations. Any occasional coincidence between tbeomen and the event I bold to be purely accidental.

Such is my theory. In general it is perfectly satis-factory to me. But I own that I cannot reconcile withit certain incidents with which I was closely connected.I have propounded my theory. I will now narrate tbeincidents.

Many years ago—five-and-twenty or thereabouts—two lads, Harry Burton and George Walters, enteredmy counting-room on the same day. They were sonsof old friends of mine, though tbey bad never seen orbeard of each other till tbey found themselves seated attbe same de?>k in my office. There was a strange like-ness between these lads; not close enough, certainly, tomake it difficult to distinguish them ; but none the lessperplexing on that account. The complexion, tbe colorof tbe hair and eyes, were altogether different, and therewas no very striking sin ilarity in the general cast oftbe features. The likeness lay rather in the absoluteidentity of expression. The glance of the eye and theturn of the mouth were the same in both. The toneof the voice was exactly alike. To the last I couldnever, by tbe ear, distinguish which was speaking.Their movements and gestures were similar. In a word,their resemblance was spiritual rather than material. Itwas as though one soul animated two bodies.

It was not a little singular also—since one came tous from Massachusetts and the other from Virginia—that they were dressed precisely alike. This continuedto be the case ever afterward. I do not believe thatthere was any direct understanding to this effect, or thateither of them was fairly conscious of it. Another coin-cidence was that they were born on the same day, and,as nearly as could be ascertained, at the very same mo-ment.

From tbe first, these lads conceived a great fondnessfor each other. We read of love at first sight—theirs ,was friendship at first sight. Thty became almost in-separable. #

In my counting-room George and Harry grew up tobe two as fine young fellows as one would wish to see,and gave promise of becoming capital men of business.Partly on tbeir own account, and partly from old friend-ship to their fathers, I bad them much at my house, andwas by no means sorry to perceive a strong affectionspringing up between them and Agnes and Mary Clay,tbe pretty twin nieces of my wife.

For a long time I was puzzled to guess how thecouples were to pair off. Each of the young men

seemed to be equally attentive to each of tbe sisters. I

could perceive no division of affection. I used some-

times to wonder if each of the young men did not love

both of the girls, and vice versa. However, I suppose

there was a difference perceptible to their hearts. In

due time I learned that it was to be George and Mary,

and Harry and Agnes.But God willed that the two-fold marriage was not to

take place. Agnes was called to pass tbe portals ofthe Silent Land. This bereavement seemed to drawstill closer, if possible, the bonds between the survivors ;and when at length George and Mary married, there

was no thought that Harry should leave them.In due time the young men left my counting-room

and established themselves in business, with flattering

prospects. Then came the great crash of 1837, inwhich so many of our mercantile houses went down.Among those which were swept away w^s the house of

Burton and Walters. I would gladly have assistedthem, but it was beyond my power. My own house,which bad stood unmoved for a quarter of a century,was sorely shaken, and barely weathered the storm.

George and Harry clung together in adversity asclosely as they had done in prosperity. Together theybad failed, and together they would re-establish theirfortunes. They went to New Orleans and re-commencedbusiness under the old name. Success crowned theirefforts, and before many years the house of Burton andWalters had gained a firm position in the Crescent City.From New Orleans up the Mississippi and Ohio, andacross the lakes, they were known, personally and byreputation, at every point for business.

During all these years their friendship remained un-broken. They bad but one home, and a stranger couldnever have told which was the head of the family.Mary was equally dear to both. She was seen withone as often as with the other, and with both oftenerthan with either. Her friends used jestingly to call herMrs. 44 Burton-and-Walters," and would ask her howher 14 husbands " were.

In tbeir frequent visits to New York, my house wasinvariably their home. They had passed the summerand early autumn of 1852 with us, and were ready toreturn to New Orleans. Harry and George bad busi-ness on the river, which might detain tbem somewhat.Myself and wife were to start for New Orleans by seain about a week ; and, at our earnest request, Mary wasinduced to remain to accompany us, while Burton and

Walters went overland. We all expected to be in NewOrleans at about tbe same time.

On the evening of October 4th (I must now be ] ar-ticular about dates), George and Harry took theirdeparture. Tbe separation was to be for so short a timethat few regrets mingled with tbe parting. All thatevening and tbe next day Mary was as gay and happyas usual. Why should she not be ? What evil had sheto apprehend ?

44 Well, Mary," said I, as she was about to retire thenext evening, 44 where do you suppose your husbandsare now ? "

44 In BiiFt'do, I ptesume ; I hope tbey are as bappyas I am. What a lovely night it is !" she added, draw-ing aside the curtains and looking out into the calmmoonlight. 44 Surely nothing evil could happen on anight like this." And she bade us good-night with herusual glad smile.

I was roused from sleep by an eager, continuous rap-ping at my chamber-door. It seemed as though someone, faint with mortal terror, was seeking entrance.

44 Who's there ?" I exclaimed, springing to the door.44 It's me—Mary. For Heaven's sake let me in. Oh

God !"I opened the door, and there stood, or rather cowered,

Mary Walters. Her snowy night drapery was notwhiter than her white face. The pale dawn minglingwith the faint gas-light in the hall made her look stillmore ghastly. Her large eye was dilated with horror ;her breath came and went in quick, convulsive gasps.

44 In Heaven's name, Mary, what is the matter?What has happened? " I asked, as I bore her to thesofa.

44 Dead ! dead ! Both dead—George and Harry !I heard him call me, and I could not go to him. Ohmy God, have mercy on me !"

The wild paroxysm soon passed away. She becamecalm and composed. But a look of stony, unutterablewoe settled upon her face, more fearful than the wildestburst of agony.

' 44 Tell us what has frightened you, Mary. Was it adream ? "

44 A dream? No. It was all real ! I heard himcall me with his dying breath, and I could not help him—could not go to him !"

Her voice sounded low and hollow, but she went onspeaking with the utmost distinctness:

441 was awakened by hearing his voice calling me. Iknow it was he. You can not distinguish his tone fromHarry's ; I can. 4 Mary ! Mary !' he said ; and hisvoice sounded low and faint, as though it came from athousand miles away. Yet it was clear and audible, asthough breathed into my ear."

44 Why, you foolish child, you have been dreaming.It's all over now."

441 was not dreaming. I was as broad awake as Iam now. Could he call me, and I sleep on ?"

44 All a dream," said my wife; 441 have had thesame a hundred times when my husband has been

away."44 So I thought at first, and I looked around, to be

sure where I was. I saw every object in the room.The moonbeams came calmly in at the window, just asthey did when I retired. I saw my dress on a chair

by the bedside. It partly hid the open grate. I sawthe clock on the mantle. I heard it strike two. I washalf reassured, and said to myself, 4 It was a dream.'Then again I heard bis voice calling, 4 Mary! Mary !'I tell you it could be only his voice. Do I not knowit ? Could I ever mistake it ? It seemed as thoughmy name was wrung out from his lips by the agonies ofdeath. I tried to spring up. I was powerless. Icould not move a limb. I tried to speak, but could notutter a sound."

44 Oh ! the night-mare, Mary. You must not lie uponyour back, child."

44 It was not the night-mare. I was not lying on myback. Listen to me. I lay upon my side looking to-ward the grate, which was partly hidden by tbe chair,upon which hung my clothes. As I lay, incapable ofspeech or motion, a picture—no, not a picture—a realscene slowly opened up far within that grate. It wasfar off—bow far I know not—a thousand miles per-haps ; but there it was. I saw it. My husband waslying in a narrow room, lighted by a single lamp, in theextremity of mortal agony. I saw Harry bending overhim, vainly endeavoring to relieve him. At intervalsI heard him call my name in the same fearful tonesthat had awakened me—tones that never yet came fromhuman lips until tbe seal of death was upon them. Tbelittle room where he lay was only half-lighted, and thechair partly hid it, so that I could only partially makeit out. It seemed more like tbe cabin of a vessel thanan apartment in a house. But there he lay, in mortalagony, calling upon me. I saw all; I heard all. Iknew that in my body I was lying here in your house, jyet in soul I was there too. I knew every thing thatpassed there and here. I heard every footstep thatpassed along the pavement here. I saw all the whilee\ery thing in my room. I saw the calm moonlightshining coldly through tbe half-drawn curtains. I wasthere too. In soul I was in that dark room. I saw thedeath-dews gathering on his forehead. I heard himcalling my name. I heard too, as I remember, some-thing that sounded like the rush of waters popplingagainst the side of a vessel. Then all was dark. Icould see nothing ; but I heard my husband's groans ofagony. I beard him again and again call my name.Tbe clock on the mantle struck successively three, four,and five ; so I knew that I bad la'n in speechless, mo-tionless agony, three hours. Day began slowly to breakhere and there—here calm and bright, there gusty and

overcast. Then, as the gray dawn lighted up the room—both rooms—that in which I lay in body, and that inwhich my husband's life was ebbing away—I 8aw therenew faces. I heard eager voices whispering ; whatthey said I could not distinguish. At last I heard myhusband's voice calling my name in a tone of deeperagony. Then for a moment all was still. Some onesaid, 4 It's all over. He's dead. Call Burton.' ThenI heard a voice, apparently from another room, saying,4 Good God ! Burton is dead ! With a r'-rong wrenchI burst the invisible bonds that had bold me. The dis-tant scene faded away. I saw the dawn streaming inat the window, and beard the clock on the mantle strikesix. I rushed down to your door, where you found me."

I could not but be impressed with the earnestnesswith which bhe spoke. Still I put tbe best face on thematter.

44 You were nervous, Mary. Your fancy and yourfears were unduly excited. You have had a severeattack of the night-mare. It's all over now. Beforenight you will bave a dispatch telling you that all'swell."

44 Mr. Winter," "said she, " you bave known me froma child. Did you ever know me to be nervous or fan-ciful ? I was not disquieted. I bad no evil forebod-ings. I never went to rest a happier woman than lastnight. I never slept more calmly than I did until Iwas awakened by my husband's cry. I was nevermorefully awake and conscious than I was during those longhours of deadly agony. I tell you that I heard myhusband's' dying voice, and I shall never hear it againwith my living ears. I tell you he is dead—they aredead. I must go this very day after tbem. I shallnever see them living, but I must look on their deadfaces. Mr. Winter, you will help me now. I mustg°

"

Her piteous look moved me.44 Yes, Mary, I see that you are bent upon it. If

we do not hear good news to-day, you shall go by theevening train."

Toward noon a telegraphic dispatch was brought tome. I gave it a hasty glance, and hurried to Mary.

44 Here, my child, is good news ! Is-not this a con-soling message from two dead men ? Listen : 4 Buffalo,October 6, 8 A. m. Start for Cleveland in an hour.All well.—B. & W.' Now, how about your dreams?"

44 It was no dream," she replied. 441 saw him die.I beard his last cry with my own mortal ears. His livingvoice I shall never hear again. But I may look upontheir dead faces. I must go. Will you aid me?"

u But, Mary, you heard—or thought you heard—allthis in the night; and here you hfCve a message fromthem, alive and well, hours afterward."

" If they are not dead now, they will be before I canreach tbem. It was a forewarning. I heard his dyingvoice. I must go. Will you help me ?"

It was in vain to struggle against this fixed idea; andI left her with a promise to see her safely on her way.My friend Marston was to start in a couple of days forNew Orleans by the western route, and at my earnestentreaty he agreed to hasten his departure and go thatvery evening.

At Buffalo they met a score of persons who had seenGeorge and Harry leave for Cincinnati in perfect health.Marston and Mary lost no time, and followed on theirroute. As they had intended, Burton and Walters hadtwice stopped over a train to transact some business.At Cincinnati they were almost overtaken ; George andHarry were only six hours ahead. Tbe river was toolow to allow the usual steamers to run when fully loaded.But the Forest City was to run down tbe next day with-out freight to Cairo, and there take in a cargo. Just asthey had decided to wait for her, tbey learned that thelittle Fox, which, it was said, could run in a heavy dew,was about to start. They took passage on her, and setoff without delay.

Marston and his companion learned this at Cincinnati,and remained overnight for the Forest City. Althoughthe Fox bad eighteen hours' start, it was hoped that theForest City would overhaul her at Cairo. In this tbeywere disappointed. No sooner had they touched thewharf than Marston recognized an acquaintance.

44 Hallo ! Wilson ! " he shouted. 44 How are you ? Isthe Fox in ?"

44 Yes, and gone—an hour ago."44 Did you see Burton and Walters ?"44 Yes, they were on board. I saw tbem off."44 How were they ? Mrs. Walters is with me. She

got frightened, and would follow after. We hoped to

overtake tbem here."44 She need have no fear. They were never better.

They intend to stop at Memphis. You'll overhaul themthere."

The Forest City remained at Cairo for two days.From here Marston wrote me a full account of all thathad happened. Mary, he said, was unmoved in heropinion. She was not wild or demonstrative, but calmand sad. 44 The bitterness of death is passed," shesaid, in reply to all attempts at encouragement. 441

shall never behold them alive, but I shall look upon

tbeir dead faces. You are very kind ; I thank you for

it. But they are dead. I beard his dying words."44 What nervous things women are!" moralized Mar-

ston. 441 wonder what she will say when she meets her

husband!"Tbis letter reached me by the evening mail of the

12th. I will own that I was greatly reassured ly it; for

in spite of myself, I could not wholly divest myself of a

lingering feeling that something was amiss.

Some friends dined with me that evening. Amongthem was Watson, of the Telegraph Company. I told

them of the whole affair, and made light of Mary's

vision and her journey. I t00^ 80me blame to myself .

for permitting her to go on such a wild-goose chase.Perhaps I was not altogether unselfish, for my wife andmyself had anticipated much pleasure from her com-pany on our voyage. 44 But you know," I added, apolo-getically, 44 when a woman takes a whim into her head,there's no beating it out. To do Mrs. Walters justice,this is her first offence of that kind."

So we chatted gayly, over our wine and cigars, ofghosts and omens; of dreams, visions, and apparitions ;of spiritual rappings and table-turnings; distributingtbe blame for these things pretty impartially betweendreams, nightmares, roguery, and folly; summing uptbe whole matter in the comprehensive word, 44Hum-bug."

Late in the evening, a telegraphic dispatch was leftat my door. It was addressed to a mercantile friend,who had sent it up to me.

44 Ha! here's something about Burton and Walters,"said I, as I ran my eye hastily over it.

44 What is it ? Bead it."44 4 Memphis, October 12. Cotton, so-and-so. Jones

all right. Smith and Parker failed. River low. Bur-ton and Walters both dined here to-day. Tell Winter."

44 Dined ! Well, that does not look much like deadmen. I'll wager that at this very moment Mrs. Wal-ters is enjoying a pleasant supper with her two hus-bands," said Watson. 44 After all, she's a woman outof a thousand. Here's a happy evening to them!What a pair Burton and'Walters are,—always together.I do believe if one should die the other could not sur-vive "

44 They were always so," I replied. 4<You knowthey were brought up in my counting house."

44 Yes, and they are a credit to you," said Watson.,4 Give me another cigar. Thank you. Don't troubleyourself for a light—this will do."

As he spoke he took up the dispatch which I badflung upon the table.

44 Ha ! What's this?" he cried, as bis eye fell casu-ally on the concluding words. 44 Confound their care-lessness. They're always making blunders. Did yousee how this reads: 4 Burton and Walters died here to-day.' That's how the careless fellows have written it."

So it was ; a little indistinctly written indeed, but itwas evidently died, not dined.

44 Of course," said Watson, 44 it should be dined.Though, for the matter of that, it's about the same thingin Memphis, judging from a horrid dinner I once gotthere. I almost died of it. As it is, there's no greatharm done, for we know what it should have been. Butit might have done a world of evil. Suppose Mrs.Walters had been here! I'll bnng those fellows upwith a short turn. Come down to the office with me,and see how they'll catch it."

We reached the office, and Watson took bis seat atthe instrument. The sharp clicking of tbe machine washeard as his message flew over the wires:

44 What do you mean by your blunders? You senton word that Burton and Walters died, instead of dined,as it should have been. Mind your j»'s and g-'s."

44 Your w's you should have said, Watson."44 It's all one. Wait half an hour, and see what

they'll say to that. Tbey know I mean somethingwhen I blow them up."

In due time the bell tinkled, and the answer came.Watson read it off word for word :

44 4 B. and W. came down on the Fox last night.Both died this morning. Dispatch correct. Mrs. Wal-ters came down on the Forest City this afternoon."

When the Forest City reached Memphis, Marstonsaw an acquaintance on the wharf.

44 Wilson, how are you ? Did you see tbe Fox ?"44 Yes. Burton and Walters—"441 know tbey were on board. They are to stop a

day or two in Memphis. Do you know where they are ?Mrs. Walters is with me. We've come after 'them.It's a singular story. I'll tell you some time."

44 Mr Marston, they are dead."44 Dead! You are jesting. We heard of them at

Cairo two days ago. They were in perfect health."44 Would to God I were jesting ! But it is too true.

The Fox came in late last evening. Burton and Wal-ters came at once to my store-boat, which lies off thewharf. My partner has been absent for a week, duringwhich time I have not slept at home. 4 Come boys,'said I, 4 you do not want to go up to the town to-night;turn in here, and keep boat for me, and I'll go borne.'Just as I was about to bid them good-night, Walterssaid that he felt4a little out of sorts, and asked for a glassof brandy.

44 4 There! I'm all right now,' said he, when he haddrunk it. ' Go home to your wife. Burton and I willkeep boat for you.'

44 Just as day was breaking I was aroused by a vio-lent ringing at my door. Going down, I found Burtonin a state of high Excitement, amounting almost tofrenzy.

14 4 Walters is terribly sick,' said he. 41 was afraidhe would die in the night. Where shall I find a phy-sician ? Come down to the boat.'

44 Leaving an urgent summons for a physician wholived close by, we hurried down. On the way Burtontold me, as well as he could, what had happened. Theybad retired shortly after I had left. Walters had com-

plained of a slight uneasiness, but said a night's rest

would put him all right again. Just at two o clock

Burton was awakened by hearing his companion calling4 Mary! Mary !' in a tone of anguish. He was sure ofthe hour, for he heard the clocks strike at the moment.Tbe sufferer grew momentarily worse. His agonieswere intolerable, and at intervals he called despairinglyupon his wife. Burton knew not what to do. Hewould have gone for a physician, but he knew not where

to seek one ; besides, Walters implored him not to leavehim. At length he could bear it no longer, and was onthe point of going in search of a physician, when, bysome accident, tbe lamp was extinguished, and theywere left in darkness. He had forgotten the positionof the plank which formed the only connection be-tween the boat and the wharf, and it was vain to en-deavor to find it by groping in the blank darknessamong tbe boxes and bales with which the boat wasencumbered. For two hours he remained in the darkwith his suffering friend, listening to his groans, andthe piercing cries with which he called for his absentwife. As soon as the earliest dawn enabled him io findhis way he set out in search of aid.

44 Tbe physician reached the boat almost as soon aswe did. It was still early morning, and the daylight,mingled with that from the lamp, which we had lightedagain, shone ghastly upon the hollow face of the sufferer.The first glance which the medical man caught of poorWalters was enough.

44 4 It's the cholera,' he whispered, hoarsely, 4 He is inthe last stages of collapse. He can not live half anhour.'

44 Still we did all that could be done, in the fainthope that the progress of the disease might be arrested.We chafed bis cold limbs, and administered the mostpowerful stimulants. I once happened to look on Bur-ton's face, and was shocked at its aspect. He said,however, in answer to my inquiry, that he was well;but he looked twenty years older than he had done theevening before.

44 4 You can do nothing more, Mr. Burton,1 said thedoctor. 4 He can not hold out a quarter of an hour.Lie down for a few minutes. We will call you whenall is over.'

4' I dragged him to the door of the adjoining cabin,and heard him fling himself heavily into a berth. Ina few minutes a terrible paroxysm convulsed the frameof poor Walters.

4 4 4 It's the last,' whispered the doctor.44 He opened his eyes wide, looked eagerly around,

and cried out, ' Mary ! Mary V in a tone which stillrings in my ears. It was the last effort of nature.His eyes closed, his jaw fell, his convulsed limbsstraightened themselves. He was dead. At that mo-ment I heard the clock strike six.

44 4 Poor Burton,' said the doctor. 4 He must betold,' and he stepped into the next cabin. In a momentI heard a great cry.

44 4 Good Heavens ! Burton is dead, too !'!441 rushed in, and there, lying upon his face in the

berth where be had flung himself, was Burton, lifeless.He must have died at the very same instant with hisfriend."

44 How shall I break the tidings to Mrs. Walters ?"said Marston to himself, as he returned to the ForestCity. 44 Poor woman ! It will kill her." His heartfailed him as he stepped on boarcf. 441 can not do it."

Mary met him as he entered tbe cabin.44 Mr. Marston," said she, calmly, 44 there is no use

of attempting to disguise the truth. You need not at-tempt to soften the blow. I can read it all in your face.But that was not needed. I know they are dead. Tellme how they died. I can bear it. Tbe bitterness ofdeath was passed a week ago."

And bear it sho did, bravely and nobly, as a womanalways bears a great woe

I started with giving my general theory about omens,presentiments, and spiritual manifestations. Here areare the facts, which I can not reconcile with my theory.For their perfect accuracy I vouch. I still hold to mytheory. But I can not reconcile them.—Harper'sMagazine.

For the New England Spiritualist.TRANSMIGRATION.

BY A. M. POTTER.

It will be remembered by the readers of tbe NewEngland Spiritualist, that in an article on Pbe-Exist-ence, I laid down as an assumption, arising from ne-cessity, — the eternity of Matter and Mind. Thateach were self-existent, of course uncreated, and eternal;That, in the element of Matter, is the Atom, and inthe element of Mind, tbe Individual. Not attemptingto follow the language there used, it was in substanceassumed also, that consciousness of being was one ofthe attributes or elements in the Individual. ThatMind or Spirit, and Matter, were two distinct elements,underivable one from the other, and that various diffi-culties must arise if the hypothesis of creation is to beentertained in the sense of a substance being causedor produced where before was no substance, — inother words, that something from nothing is a palpableabsurdity. Hence, if Mind exists, and is underivedfrom Matter, it must exist independent of matter, —

though it may be dependent upon it as a medium ofmanifestation, —and if created, must have been createdfrom absolute nothing; and the same of Matter, as re-gards its being created.

That the Universe was never less than Universe,which it must have been and is yet, if worlds have beenor are created, or if spirits or existences, from not being,begin to exist. That, inasmuch as individual existencesand atoms constitute the Universe, and ever have, andever will, each are infinite, as regards tbeir dura-tion and numbers, else the Universe may be less ormore than a whole. That change of form and condi-tions is the law, not of Matter only, but also of Mind.That Immortality for Man can alone be demonstratedupon the hypothesis of the Pre-existence or eternalbeinsj of all consciously intelligent existences.

And to this I may now add, that it defies my strong-est efforts at reason, or boldest flights of the imagination,

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to understand how the "germ' pf a

even a "breath" or *, » SP-* "

ofGod from not

haviivp a conscious existence and individual.^, M to

come in possesion of that whichpecms so important

e e^nt, especially if it he an elementderivable from

this physical body. Or, if it obtain conscious by

virtue of the body, how it shall retain it nt death. tor

ain uniihle to divine how Matter is convertibleinto

Spirit, or even if convertible, or in other words if the

Spirit was somehow a different form of Matter, how it

could disengage itself from its brotherhood of earth-

atoms. Again, if each"

breath"

or"

spark"

of God,from teing a part of God, was yet a distinct conscious

individual, then God is but a conglomerate of beings, a

sort of Treasure-place of spirits, — or perhaps God is

the Universe, and all spirits are the Mind, and all

Matter the body of God !Holding it, as one of the laws of necessity, that our

conscious existence as individuals,— not, however, as

Man. except from infancy, — has had no beginning, it

will at once appear that the combined experiences of the

Eiernal Past must surpass our strongest comprehen-

sion. But while we may be able to comprehend a gen-

eral principle, it by no means is true always, that we

can take in clearly the minutiae. We may understand

Eternity as Time without beginning or end, and so indegretf cover the whole in a word, yet if we attempt todivide it into cycles, or ages, or epochs, the mind is at

once overwhelmed. Or, more familiarly, it is easy tolearn of London, that it is a city in England ; but whatman could attain, even to a respectable degree, anythingof its minutiae ? So it. may be said that each of us is aninhabitant of the Universe, and from having ever been,

shall ever be ; yet it cannot be supposed that as men,

we can be able to comprehend all the Past of our being,

so long as we are unable to understand or remember all

that belongs to our present life.And what if our memory extends not to the experi-

ences of the eternal Past, — and what if we are onlyconscious of having existed in this body, and as inhabi-tants of earth, — is it therefore a fact beyond question, isit a demonstrated matter, that no existence has beenours, except that we now hold ? Is there a man on theearth whose memory is so acute, so retentive, thathe is clearly cognizant of the first time in which he wasconscious of bein^, as a Man ? If, then, not one re-members the days and experiences of infancy, is it there-fore true, that each for himself never was common to itslaws ? If the events of infancy are all gone, and arenot, so far as our consciousnessof them is concerned,must our memory be full of detail, of all before infancy ?If memory aids not of the Past, it rea'ly proves onlythat as a faculty common to our present life it holds thethings common to it; and yet not wholly this, since theexperience of a most essential portion of our life onthe earth, is a complete blank long before we reach man-hood. So perfect is the erasure, that even every traceof the fond mother's face, though it hsd been as that ofan angel's, no longer lives in the mind, if that dearmother have departed from us at an early day in ourlife.

We insensibly fall away into sleep, and cannot markthe last trace of consciousness, or think over again thelast thought, but waking, we remember the things of to-day because of being in the same body and like condi-tions. While we slept, a dream is interposed, and wcare conscious, and live, and act, and yet are consciousof nothing not common to the dre:*m. It is as if all therest of our being were not, and this little section wereleft; we live, but only in one little present stand-point.So is men ory as related to our present phase of being.The j upil forgets the various proportions of a problem,while some crabbed sentence in Latin is being un-ravelled.

Nor am I at all certain, that it is one of the absolutelaws of our being as Man, that the Past can give usnought of its experiences. I am not sure we have at-tained to a knowledge and exercise of all the facultiesthat belong to our present phase of being. It is butseme ten years since Psychometry was an unknownfaculty ! And yet even now not more than one in tenthousand have even heard the name, much more areaware of this wondrous, magic power. And if sowondrous a faculty has lain dormant for thousands ofyears, — so far as its being recognized as a facultycapable of a distinct expression and leliable, — whilemillions upon millions have never even suspected its ex-istence, who shall say what other latent powers are notwithin us, and need only to be unfolded V

Our danger always lies in narrowing down our rangeof vision, — our reach after good and truth,— andour only safety or wisdom is in expansiveness. Likethe youngling bird it should be our delight and ourgood, to reach out to our utmost, and having done so,to reach out again, and thus add strength to strength.

Changing our point of view, it may be justly said, asI think, that to enjoy and to learn, that we may themore enjoy, seems the highest reach of our desires,and that for which we are all striving hardest. Tolearn, that we may enjoy, it is a necessity ever to bedefied, that in our Future should be something not yetunderstood. Following largely the principle of corres-pondences, as I understand it, it may be said ofthe Universe. that it is one vast, measureless, exhaust-lecs libra y, containing all there is of knowledge, andrequiring all there ia of Time, — or rather of Eternity,— to master its pages. Each page will need, or hasrequired, the concentrated action of the mind, even toa iorgetfulness, — a present unconsciousness, — of allbeside, or all not common to the subject, and will bene-fit only as it serves to enlarge the area of our experi-ence, and give tone to t>ur wisdom.

Again, it may be said of the Universe, that, as re-gards space, and Eternity as regards Time, eachare Infinite. On the contrary, each part cannot be in-infinite, in the sense that the whole is infinite. So itis, that each of the existences in the Universe,— thereis no without, of course — is finite as regards Knowl-edge, Power, Time, or Being since each, being but apart, is finite. And the Universe being infinite, asregards space, and all within space, it is evident that aninfinite Knowledge must be had, if all be known 1 And,from having a certain apportionment of Power, yetbeing but an individual, each is finite in Power. Notan existence in the Universe has seen Eternity consum-mated, and though each has lived in the Past, thereremains stn , all the Future, so that each is finite as re-gards the duration of existence.'One grand illimitable ocean of Time and Space andBeing stretches out before us, and none need fear fordem !in 1IC

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do "nothing the mind maydemand. And though we use a„es as the seconds ofour present life, our Future is „

as tne seconas or

so much of prodigality On* n ? , , 1°*all it prove a rJlityf'that even

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us, and we grow weary of our "?/ steal"P°unthis, let them study more, even ^reach of all their faculties, and in vie

ex'ep . *

» ana in view of such Per-ceptions of their playground, find enough of eitherwork or play during the interminable ageS°of Eternityif theycan. J>

[ To be Continued.]

®>i« SjfwtittMXiti.A. E. NEWTON, Editor and Publisher.

141 hjlve yet many things to say unto yoa, but ye cannot bear thorn now."—Jorus.

HON'IOIV, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1857;

Communications in this number. — " Transmigration" by

Dr. Pott.f r, is the first of a short series, which very likely willaffoid the reader some new ideas on an old topic. We may, per-haps, l.ave a word to say when the series is completed.

41 Was Man always Immortal?"—In this communication ourcorrespondent has broached a theory which will be new tomany readers, and which we think it will be difficult to main,tain. The appearance of Moses and Elias on the Mount ofTransfiguration does not seem to rest on the conjecture of Peteralone, but each of the three historians who mention it, distinctlyavers that they were there [see Matt. xvii.; Mark ix. ; Luke ix ].Numerous other cases, also recorded in Bible history, of the ap-pearance of deceased persons, and of beings in the form of men,anterior to the advent of Jesus, as well as his own declaration tothe Sadducees, that " God is not the God of the dead, but of theliving; for all live unto Him," (that is, to His cognizance)—to saynothing of equivalent testimony preserved in the records of almostall nations, convey to cur mind a much greater weight of evidenceto show that man had an immortal nature before Jesus lived, thanis afforded to the contrary by certain obscure passages of writerswho may have thought otherwise on the point. True, Scriptureevidence can be ci'ed on both sides of the question, as of almostevery other question; but if our correspondent's general theoryis correct, — viz., that man gradually attained unto the gift ofimmortality,— we think he should date its first reception far an-terior to the birth of Jesus, — even though some of the more ex-travagantfol'owers of the divine man of Nazareth may have beendisposed to regard him as its first possessor.

To Correspondents.— Dr. May hew. Yes, with pleasure." M." — We do not see that your observations throw any new

light on the subject discussed, and thereforerespectfully declinethem.

D. C. R. and J. P. B. Interesting test facts are always wel-come. J. P. B. is at liberty to use the article referred to as heDleases.

HELP THE STRUGGLING.

While at work in our garden, the other morning, our ^attention was attracted by a violent fluttering, as of someinsect, near our side. On looking for the cause, we g

found a yellow butterfly entangled in the meshes spread ^upon the garden fence by a crafty and voracious spider.The aspiring insect was making vigorous efforts to free „itself, but was only becoming the more deeply entangled jthereby. Its golden wings were already so enwound £with the silken lines of the cunning snare, that its de- jlivery by its own efforts was utterly hopeless ; and more- }

over it seemed doubtful if any aid that could be ren- |

dered would avail to restore to it the ability to fly, (

without which continued life would be no blessing. Our ,first thought, therefore, was to abandon it to its melan-

choly fate, as the lawful prey of a wily and cruel foe, (

which Nature seeni3 to have designed to live upon themisfortunes of the unwary,—though,coward as he was, i

the spider had not yet ventured from bis hiding-place. >

But a better suggestion followed. We thought togive it at least a chance of deliverance, if it wasnot too late. We reached out to the strugglinginsect a tiny straw. Instantly it seized upon the (

proffered aid, and, seemingly rousing all its energies,by a mighty effort tore itself from the web. Stillits wings seemed useless from the entanglements whichad hered to them, and we placed it carefully upon thegrass that we might look for some means of removingthe filmy snare. But ere we had time to give furtherassistance, by another struggle the butterfly had freed

itself from all bonds, and was soaring joyously in thefree morning air — testifying by its lively curvettingsits gratitude for de iverance.

Need we delineate the moral of this little incident ? Thebutterfly is a fit emblem of the spiritual nature in man.

It is the constant symbol of Psyche (the soul) in thepoetic mythology of the ancients. How often does thehuman soul, fitted by nature to soar aloft in the pureatmosphere of heaven, yet in the vicissitudes of itsrudfmental earth-experience, fall into the meshes oferror, get entangled in the snare of sensualism.and sin,and struggle in vain for deliverance by its own unaidedpower I And how often — nay, how surely — do min-istering angels, (visible and invisible.) attracted by itsstruggles for deliverance, reach down some instrumen-tality of succor, on which it may seize, and by its ownefforts, conjoined with superior aid, extricate itself!Yes ! glorious is the thought that this is no matter ofchance or accident, but by universal and inevitable law,each soul is watched over in all its varied course by un-seen guardians, ready, in such way as superior wisdommuy deem best, to extend succor to them that aretempted; and by the same universal and inevitablelaw, those who vigorously lay hold on the deliverancethus set before them, will eventually escape all dangersand snares, however craftily or cruelly they may bespread.

We might speak of the excellent illustration hereafforded of the vexed question relative to human andDivine agency in man's redemption — of the uses ofprayer, or calling out (not necessarily in an audiblevoice, but by the yearning of the spirit) for aid fromsuperior sources — and of the dangers to which eventhe unsuspecting and the innocent are exposed, andwhich need to be vigilantly guarded against, in the pre-sent state of existence. But, leaving the reader topursue these topics for himself, we add the single sugges-tion, that the most melancholy feature in the life ofthe soul, is, that, unlike this bravely struggling insect,it is too apt, when caught in the wiles of error, sensual-ism, or sin, to either hug its fetters with delusive pleas-ure, or to lie down in supioeness, and make little or noeffort to escape ! Alas! alas ! for poor Psyche when

i she yields herself willingly or \yith weak resistance to> those seductive but cruel vampyres, Lust and Self-1 Love I Let all innocent human butterflies, who flit so

I guyly from flowor to flower in life's bright morning, be-

t ware of the dens and the toils of these devourers ! but- should any be so unfortunate as to bo caught therein,3 let them not fail to struggle, and implore, and put forth"

all their energies for deliverance, and help will come !

j For there is an angel-world, and there are beings unseenr whose mission and delight it is to help all who endeavorI to help themselves.f One thought more; should we not be ever ready tor proffer aid to the fallen, however hopeless their condition

[ may seem 1 Perhaps the very offer may rouse the as-t pirations and energies of the soul to an effort before im-1 possible — to a struggle whfoh shall break the chains of

its captivity—while neglcct, censure, or harshness mayr

render deliveranoe impossible.> ** God's love,

Flowing through man's ^w^t pty hath no bound;' Tis adequate all natures to restore.

another revision of the bible needed.

The Pawtucket Gazette, having mis-stated our positionon the matter of love relations, in consequcnce of

following the lead of the Boston Journal, has the mag-nanimity to set its readers right by giving a quotationfrom our columns, distinguishing between conjugal andother loves. It adds, however, the following sago sug-gestions :—

" It would he well enough if all to whom the doctrineshould be preached would observe, in practice, the dis-tinction between the two kinds of love spoken of. Butwould they ? We doubt, and do not believe it is goodpolicy to try to persuade married women that it is theirright and duty to love men who are not their husbands,or married men that it is their ripht and duty to lovewomen who are not their wives. We believe that mis-chief will come of it. Love is not the right word, andits use in this connection had bettor be abandoned.We aie not unwilling to see friendship between thehuman family inculcated, but we protest against thislove — this free love — theory.

14 What will the Bible be used for next? In thenumber of the Spiritualist before us it is not only ap-pealed to to justify unrestricted love, but to sustain theconvenient position that the spirits cannot reasonablybe expected to perform their tricks in the presence ofunbelievers, or in lighted rooms ! Fudge."

" Fudge" is a "very convenient," but not very con-clusive reply to our arguments. It is doubtless used,however, merely because this editor could say nothingbetter.

If love is not the right word to use, and " mischiefwill come of it," then the Bible ought to be either atonce banished from the world, or subjected to a revisionwhich shall expurgate all such mischievous precepts as" Love one another," " Love all men," etc. Whatmarvellous wisdom and purity some people have at-tained in this age!

SPIRITUAL TESTS.

Milo A. Townsend, of New Brighton, Pa., wiites us as fol-lows : —

I have recently had some very satisfactory tests ofspirit-agency and identity through the mediumship of J.V. Mansfield, of your city.

1 addressed a letter to a dear friend residing in thespirit-land, sealing it securely in an envelope. To thisletter, I attached only my first name. I then addresseda little note to Mr. Mansfield, requesting him to obtain,if practicable, an answer to my letter, and return it,with whatever he received in reply. To this note I at-tached a fictitious signature, thus affording Mr. M. noclue to my own name or that of my spirit-friend, or to

any of the contents of my letter.After the lapse of about two weeks, the letter ad-

dressed to my spirit-friend is returned to me by Mr. M.— the seal undisturbed, and accompanying it is alengthy and deeply interesting communication, involv-ing the following tests : —© o

1. I am addressed by my own name, and the nameof my spirit-friend is signed to the communication.

2. Allusions are made to various incidents in herearth-life.

3. The numerous interrogatories I make are cor-rectly answered.

4. The mode of expression in several particularsstrikingly resembles hers while on earth.

5. The signature is an excellent fac simile of herown autograph.

6. She alludesL to other of my spirit friends, andgives their names.

A SALUTARY LESSON.A friend in an adjoining city sends us the following, the truth

of which is vouched for by several responsible persons: —

One evening, not long since, in the city of L ,a small company of young folks were accidently as-sembled, one of whom (a young lady) was a medium.Of course, the rest of the company were anxious to seethe manifestations. The medium, however, declinedsitting to the table; whereupon others of the companyassumed to be influenced, representing in satire allphases of mediumship. Their mirth was soon checkedin a manner they had not looked for. The real me-dium was entranced, and the controlling spirits informedthem that, to te^ch them better than to ridicule thesethings, a mist should be cast before their eyes ; andstrange as it may appear, all present, save the mediumand one other well-behaved person, were struck withblindness. Then followed a perfect uproar. Somewere so alarmed that they cried like children; sor. ebegged the 44 spirits " to bring back their sight; andsome even u cried aloud to the Most High, and sparednot." In due time, to their joy and their shame, theywere permitted again to behold the light, possessed ofso much wisdom, that they don't tell every one how

they like the manifestations, neither will they, on alloccasions, act as mediums.

Manifestations at tiie Camp Meeting.— A cor-

respondent of the Gazettef writing from Eastham CampMeeting, says there are many curious manifestations of

spirit power to be witnessed there. We quote a portion

of his letter: —

441 should judge there were a great many of thatclass of persons here known as mediums. I have seensome of the men taken and shook violently, by a powerclearly beyond their own control, and then thrown uponthe ground, where they would roll and tumble, andfinally sink into a deep trance and become perfectlyquiet.

4< The ladies are similarly operated upon, thoughperhaps less powerfully than the men Every one,however, seems to work with an honesty of purpose thatis certainly commendable for its earnestness, and doesnot fail in many instances of the desired effect. I havemyself in some of the tents heard loud rappings on thetrunks and boxes, and in several instances have beentaken by the shoulders when no one, in the body atleast, was near enough to reach me with their hands."

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" Progressive Fuiends"—-As will be seen byresolutions elsewhere printed, a Convention of Spiritual-ists at Rockford, 111., has adopted, and recommends toSpiritualists generally, this distinctive designation Itwould be difficult to suggest a more appropriate one,where anything more specific than Spiritualists is de-sirable— as may be the case when associative bodiesfor religious purposes are organized. The originatorsof that designation may perhaps claim precedent rightto its use; yet we know of nothing in their publishedsentiments which should preveut their fraternizingheartily with liberal and progressive Spiritualists.

Standing Item. —The promised report of the Har- j| vard Professors has not yet appeared.

WHAT THE SPIRITS CAN DO. c

We copy the following account of a wonderful operation from rthe Cambridge Chronicle of last week, to which journal it is com- ^

municated by Mr. C. H. Wiggin.

It has ever been acknowledged by all persons who ,

have had the misfortune of diseased teeth that an opera- rtion upon them is most painful and disagreeable. ' \

The wife of the writer of this article has been trou- ^bled with diseased teeth for many years, and has suf- 8

fered beyond description. They all became more or less ]decayed during the last year or two, and many of them ti

ulcerated and much inflamed. The thought of having 1them extracted to make room for an artificial set was 1

painful; but she, being a believer in spiritual inter-

course and a medium through whom spirits communi- scate, consulted those higher intelligences ; and the spi- )rit of her venerable grandfather (a reverend gentleman 11

when in the form) told her, that sh$ had better havethem out, for they were doing her a great ihjury ; andthat he would influence her so that she would not real-ize any pain by the operation.

After considerable meditation, she came to the con- ^elusion that she would go and have a trial, and see if rher grandfather would fulfil his promise. In company 0

with two other ladies, she went to the office of Dr. Mun- ^sell, dentist; and took a seat in his chair. 1

The dentist commenced as usual by cutting round 8

the teeth, after which he applied the instrument, and 3

extracted eight without stopping.The patient sat with her hands crossed in her lap, *

and it did not as much as excite a nerve nor cause herto utter a word of complaint, but the controlling influ- *

ence remarked to the dentist that he picked them out in r

good shape. The dentist was puzzled somewhat by 1

hearing his patient talk as she did, not knowing what tcondition she was in. It rather confused him, as it 1

undoubtedly would any dentist. iThe spirit having the control of the patient told the

dentist when she was ready for him to commence again, 1

and placed her in the most favorable position. When 1

the dentist had extracted all but her eye-teeth, (twenty- \nine in number), he commenced upon one of them ; <

and after exhausting his strength in a great measure, Jrelinquished his hold torest. \

The spirit told him to take hold of the tooth again,and not relinquish his hold, until he had extracted it,which he did in an able manner ; he also extracted the ,

other tooth, after which the patient still remained in atrance state. The dentist was somewhat concernedabout his patient, she being in rather a curious state of

j mind ; but he thought he could relieve her by applyingtwo leeches, one upon either side of the head.

After he had procured his leeches, the spirit askedhim what he was going to do with the leeches. Thedentist said be was going to apply them to the patient.The spirit told him that he did not want to have themapplied, for she did not need them ; but the dentist in-sisted that he knew best about it. So the spirit seeingthat he would have his way, told him to prick a placefor them to take hold, and put them on if he could.The dentist pricked a place for the two, and tried fornearly an hour to put them on, but had to give up,being much vexed at the disobedient creatures.

The patient shortly came to her natural state of mind,and was greatly surprised to find that she had thirty-oneteeth extracted, without any knowledge of it.

It is worthy of remark here, that the young dentist,who has taken rooms in Dowse's building and has be-come a resident of our city, performed the operation ina manner that proved him to be a master of his busi-ness.

I might repeat much of the conversation that passedbetween the dentist and the controlling influence, all ofwhich would go to prove the reality of spirit commu-nion.

I will relate another little incident that happened atmy house last winter. My wife took a sudden cold inher face and jaws, which resulted in a severe neuralgia.The pain was most intense; she could not sleep, normake herself comfortable in any position.

We had a circle meeting one evening when she wassuffering the severest pain and scarcely able to sit up,when the spirit of a physician put her into a trancestate; another medium present was also put into atrance state, by my wife's grandfather. The mediumas soon as she was under bis control, placed herself ina standing position by the side of my wife. The spiritthen said through the medium, that he was going toshow us what the spirits could do ; that he should takeall the pain and inflammation from my wife and put

• them into the medium under his control; so that whenthe two mediums were relieved from the influence, theone under his control should have all the pain of theother ; and to the surprise of all present, it proved to beso, although to the great dissatisfaction of the personto whom the pain had been transferred. The mediumsuffered much pain for a short time, but was relievedby the same influence. Neither of them from that

time have suffered any pain from that source. I could

relate many incidents that have come under my obser-

t vation, that would be incontrovertible evidence thatt spirits do communicate to mortals.

EMMA JAY BULLENE.

This lady, one of the earliest, as well as most prom-inent public laborers in the cause of Spiritualism, re-cently lectured in Elkhorn, Mich. From the Indepen-dent,, published at that place, we learn that a committeeof clergymen were appointed to propound questions tothe medium after the close of the lecture. That papersays: "The replies to the questions were prompt, full,distinct,—no quibbling, no evasion. There was dis-played a power of reasoning, a comprehensivegraspingof intricate, abstract subjects, a happiness of comparisonand illustration, that we have rarely heard equalled, andwhich could only come from a mind of high order, andof rigid, thorough culture."

The article in the Independent closes with the follow-ing brief sketch of Mrs. Bullene's life :

Mrs. Bullene is lady of about 23 years of age. Shelived during her childhood in South Bristol, KenoshaCo., Wisconsin, where at the age of sixteen her lather

died, leaving a small patrimony to herself, an e®1S"ter and two brothers. Soon after the death of her at^ershe was invited to make her home in the family o r.

J. Bullene, of Lyons, in this county, where she remainea

one year. From thence she went, in aj®.® crj

scholar to the LeRoy Seminary, Genesee Co.,

commenced the study of music and p.intmg, witb tne

design of teaching. Her health failing, -

plished but little, and in about a year, upon the death

tyua^innT^' ^ and assumed thei th s Serinl u 01*l>^n children of her sister.

fill of 1rtrvl 4 LV(-loped as a medium. In the

A h l «nH ^ e" ",t0 ,he fami'y of Prof. Wood, ofy'" 8tt7,P^ >o prosecute .he study of

muMC and pa nfit,* After six weeks she was againprostrated with sickness. She remained at Albany oneyear, during which she made hut little progress in herstudies, and then abandoned them entirely, at the solicita-tion of her friends, and commenced her career as a trancelecturer, before an audience in New York City, in Jan-uary, 1855. She at once attracted public attention, andhas since lectured with great success through this coun-try and also in Europe.

From this brief sketch, it will be seen that the onlyeducation of Mrs. Bullene is derived from a commonschool, previous to her attaining the age of sixteenyears, and her interrupted study of music during a fewmonths.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE SPIRITUALIST CON-VENTION, AT ROCKFORD, ILL.

A Convention of Spiritualists, recently held at Rock-ford, 111., passed the following resolutions, which werereported by a committee consisting of Joel Tiffany, Esq.,of New York, Ira Porter, Esq , of Waukegan, 111.,Bev. Herman Snow, Cyrus F. Miller, and Henry P.Kimball, Esqs., of Rockford. They contain, in general,a very good statement of the position of Spiritualists asa whole upon the topics touched upon :

Resolved, That all formal, written expressions of this Conven-tion, of its opinions upon any abstract question of religiousbelief, is a step towards sectarianismand inexpedient.

Resolved, That we will extend our fraternal fellowship to everyhuman being and that we will patiently listen to and seek to har-monize with whoever will listen to or harmonize with us, irres-pective of their nation, color or religious belief.

Resolved,That we will make it the chief effort of our lives tobe wiser to-morrow than we are to-day; and we therefore an-nounce to the world that we base our claims to consistency uponour adherence to that principle, and not to our present expressedforms of belief.

Resolved, That man will do right when he is right; thereforeman should strive to be right in character, that he may do right inact; and that whoever is prepared to live is prepared to die.

Resolved, That the facts and phenomena of Spiritualism areindispensablynecessary to convince the world of the immortalityof the soul, and to hereby enlighten the mind in respect to itsrelations to the future, and that these modern phenomena haveduring the laM; seven years, done more to establish, in main, afaith in a future life, than all the teachings of the clergy for thelast thousand years.

Resolved, That the "material" or "mundane" philosophywhich shall explain away the phenomena of modern Spiritualismwithout the agency of spiritual beings, will be competent to ex-plain away all spiritual phenomena of any age, and thereby it willput an end to all faith in a spiritual life, and will leave the earthshrouded in atheism and night.

Resolved, That the facts and philosophy of modern Spiritualismdemonstrate that harmony or oneness can only be attained byagreement or likeness, and consequently that man can attain tooneness with God only by becoming in character like God.

Resolved, That Spiritualism, according to the modern accep-tation of that term, embraces all those who believe intheimmor.tality of the soul, and in conscious communion between those livingin the material body on the earth and the spirits of deceasedhuman beings, and that beyond this common faith there is nodoctrine or creed necessarily incident to Spiritualism; that allother articles of faith entertained by individual Spiritualists be-long to the individual, and not to Spiritualism.

Resolved, That Spiritualists have never recognized or approved"Free Love," as commonly understood, as one of their doctrines,but on the contrary have ever repudiated it both in theory andpractice.

Resolved, That all differences between men respecting the Beingand Action of God are theological, and not religious.

Resolved, That the religious sentiment in man is a part andparcel of his own immortal nature, a constituent of the mentalorganizationof every human being howeverdegraded; that it im-periously demands our every day culture, and that its brightestmanifestationsare found where there is the greatest freedom ofthought and expression.

Resolved, That we have unlimited confidence in the power oftruth to combat error and overcome it; and that we thereforecordially invite all those who differ with us in opinion to mee$with us to express their sentiments frankly and freely, in orderthat they may if possible dispel our darkness by their light—andthat we will meet their efforts in a similar spirit of Christianreciprocity.

Resolved, That ignorance is the bane of human existence,leading its victims to a distrust of the power of God and theomnipotence of truth—to a jealousy of, and consequent hatredtowards their fellow men; therefore these Pharisee Doctors ofDivinity who, unacquaintedwith us, and ignorant of our opinion?,publicly malign our characters and denounce our belief, shouldnot be the objects of our anger, hut of our sympathy, and thatour hearty prayer for them should be, "Father, forgive them, forthey know not what they do."

Resolved, That each member of the human family must workout his own salvation by the free and active exercise of his ownfaculties; and that in our opinion a salaried, sectarian, creed-bound priesthood has a tendency to lead a majority of mankindto depend upon its dogmas and not their own individual efforts,and that such priesthood is therefore an obstacle instead of anaid to the intellectual, moral and religious progress of mankind.

Resolved, That it is proper that we should make ourselvesknown to the world, as men and women determinatelyengaged inthe cultivation of our immortal selfhoods, and in the great workof human reform, and that we should adopt some general cogno-men indicative of our unity of purpose.

Whereas, There has for several years past existed in Pennsyl-

vania a Society whose aim and object is kindred to our own, whowithout trammeling its members with sectarian creeds are striv-

ing like ourselves to live up to their highest light, and are now

known by the name of " Progressive Friends," and whereas

that name is an unobjectionable indication of the sentiments we

ardently cherish, thereforel Resolved, That we cordially recommend its adoption.

Resolved, That we have unwavering faith in the sure advent ofthe "good time coming," in other words, in the certainty of the

' long predicted millenial age, and that it must be produced by in-1 numerable changes in the existing opinions and practices of. society; and that under these convictions we deem it our duty to

listen to and carefully investigate every proposed reform.Whereas, Our present system of Education is radically defec-

tive, thereforeResolved, That we recommend to the Progressive Friends every

where at the earliest practicable period, to organize and endowCommon Schools, Seminaries and Sabbath Schools, better adapted

- to the proper education and development of their youth.HENRY P. KIMBALL, Sec. of Con.

COMFORT IN AFFLICTION.

The consolation under bereavement derived from afirm faith in Spiritualism, is seldom more tenderly illus-trated, than in the following extract from a private let-ter, written by a subscriber to the Spiritualist inOrleans to a friend in this city

" Let me thank you for your letter. It seemed as ifyou meant to comfort us as we pass through the over-powering flood that has swept over us since I wrote lastweek,—bearing away our choicest earthly treasure.Oh ! if it were not that love can never die, I could notbear that one who loved

me as no other one on earth canever do, should be gone where the music of her voiceirer step, will fall upon ir.y ear never more, till I, also',pass the river Hut, sometimes, now, I feel like say-i„g, Joy ! joy . she has gone to a tenderer guardianship,_,o a wu,er, warmer love than ours. Her naturecraved and gave love riehly and largely, and there her^ and d®slre to be loved will be fondly met.

Well.and » bird; onbeino- J thn

'' \ , su®-'rings that pieroed the whole

o l)s« who deeply loved her, she passed on."

If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harmunless thou hast sore places.

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NEW-ENGLAND SP] RITUALIST. - . . . . AUGUST 22, 1 8 5 "..NEW PUBLICATIONS, th<

" Le Litre deb Espbits : contenant leg Precipes de la Doc- th.'trine Spirit® sur la Nature (leg Espritg, leur Manifestation et W'leurg Rapports avec lee Homines; les Lois Morales, la Vie Pres-Ante, la Vie Future, et 1' Avenir de 1' Humanitie; ecrit sous lad.ctte et publie par V ordre d' Esprits Superienrs, par AlfanKardec. Paris: E. Dentu, Libraire, Palais Iloya!, Galerie d' TOrleans, 13. 1867. I fin

[The Book of the Spirits: containing the Principles of the j tjcSpiiit Doctrine on the Nature of Spirits, their Manifestation jand their Relations with Men ; the Moral law, the Preseut Life, '

the Life to come, and the Future of Humanity; written underthe direction and published by order of Superior Spirits, by Allan wiKardec. Paris : E. Dentu, Bookseller, etc.]

We have received a copy of this book by mail from atthe authcr. We find it one of the most solid and best radigested works that have been contributed to the Spirit- ui

ualist literature of the day. It treats the most abstruse inquestions in a definite and systematic manner. And rethough we may not coincide with some of the conclu- b(

sions arrived at, yet we set a high value on this, as on, every other serious and well-aimed effort for spiritual

truth, for we believe whoever earnestly seeketh findeth IT

to a greater or less extent. Whatever of dross may beintermingled here, it is evident that the miner has strucka vein which contains the pure gold.

A general idea of the character of the work may be Pderived from the following resume of the principal Sl

points of doctrine, which we find in the introduction:— (

m" God is eternal, immutable, immaterial, unique, all-powerful,

sovereignlyjust and good.He has created the universe, which comprehends all beings, la

animate and inanimate, material and immaterial.The material leings constitute the visible or coporeal world,

and the immaterial beings the invisible or spirit world, that is theworld of spirits.

The spirit world is the normal world, primitive, eternal, pre- si€xistent, and survivingall. w

The corporeal world as but secondary; it might cease to exist,or it might never have existed,without altering the essence ofthe spiritual world.

Corporealbeings inhabit the differentglobes of the universe. AImmaterial beings or spirits are everywhere: space is their

domain.Spirits clothe themselves temporarilyin a perishable material c,

envelope, the destruction of which gives them their liberty.Among the different species of corporeal beings, God has

chosen the human for the incarnation of spirits; it is this which ai

gives it the moral and intellectualsuperiorityabove all others. uThe soul is an incarnated spirit, of which the body is but the ^

envelope.There are three things in man: first, the body, or material be- 11

ing, analogous to the animal, and animated by the same vital t<principle; second, the soul, or immaterial being, the spirit incar-nated in the body; third, that which unites the soul and body,the intermediate principle between matter and spirit.

'Man has thus two natures; by his body he partakes of the ^

natureof the animals, of which he has the instincts; by his soul B

he partakes of tke nature of spirits. 0Spirits belong to different classes, and are not equal in power, in- ^

telligence,knowledge or morality. Those of the first order aresuperior spirits distinguishedfrom the others by their perfection,wisdom, their nearness to God, the purity of their sentimentsand their love of good. These are the angels or pure spirits. *

The other classes are farther and farther from perfection ; thoseof the inferior ranks are prone for the most part to our passions—hate, envy, jealousy, pride, &c.; they take pleasure in sin.

^Among the number are those who are neither very good nor verybad,—more mischievous and meddlesome than wicked—malice S

and folly seeming to be their portion. a

Spirits do not remain perpetually in the same class. They ^grow better in passing through the different degrees of the spirit-

ual hierarchy. This amelioration comes from the incarnation ^

which is imposed on some as an expiation,on others as a mission.It is a sort cf trial or probation (epreuve) to which they are

repeatedly subjected until they shall have attained absolute per- ffection; it is a sort of furnace or purifier from which they come y

forth more or less purified. tOn quitting the body the soul re-enters the world of spirits t

from which it came, to assume a new material-existence after the jlapse of a longer or shortertime. i

As the spirit passes through several incarnations, it follows jthat we have all had several existences, and that we shall stillhave others either on this or some other globe.

Spirits are always incarnatedin the human species ; it would be j

an error to suppose that a spirit could incarnate itself in thebody of an animal.

The different corporeal existences of the spirit are always pro- 1

gressive, never retrogressive; but the rapidity of progress de- j

pends on the efforts we make to arrive at perfection. IThe qualitiesof the soul are those of the spirit incarnated in

us; the good man is the incarnationof a good spirit, and the ^

depravedman of an impure spirit.The soul had its individuality before its incarnation; it retains

it after its separationfrom the body.On its re-entrance into the world of spirits, the soul meets

there those that it has known upon earth; and all its anteriorexistences are traced upon the memory, with the recollectionofall the good and all the evil it has done.

The incarnated spirit is under the influence of matter. The

man who overcomesthis influenceby the elevation and purifica-

tion of his soul brings himself nearer to those good spirits with

whom he will one day abide. He who permits himself to be

ruled by his baser passions, and places all his enjoyment in the

gratification of the grosser appetites, connects himself with im-pure spirits in giving the preponderance to his animal nature.

Spirits sustain constant relations to men. The good spiritslead us to goodness, sustain us in the trials of life and aid us to

support them with courageand resignation; the bad entice us toevil;—it is a pleasure to them to see us succumb and assimilateourselves to them.

The communicationsof spirits with men are occult or ostensi-ble. The occult communications take place by the good or evilinfluence they exert upon us unconsciouslyto ourselves; it is forour judgment to determine the good or evil inspirations. Theostensible communications take place by means of writing,speaking or other material manifestations,most generally throughmediums who serve as their instruments.

Spirits manifest themselves to us spontaneouslyor by evocation.Spirits may be evoked,, those of obscure personagesas well as themost illustriousmen, in whatever age they have lived,—those ofour relatives,our friends or our enemies ; and we may obtain fromthem by written or verbal communications, counsels, instructionsrespecting their present life, their thoughts and feelings towardsus, and such other revelationsas they are permittedto make us.

Spirits are attracted by sympathy with the moral nature ofthose who evoke them* Superior spirits are attracted by seriouscircles, where dominate the love of goodness and truth and thedesire to be instructed and made better. Their presence excludesthe low spirits, who on the contrary find free access, and can actfreely among persons who are frivolous or guided solely by curi-osity, and under circumstances where they meet the low propen-sities of men. So far from obtaining from them either goodadvice or useful instructions, we can only expect trifling, lies andlojr pleasantries or mystifications; for they often borrow vener-ated names the better to lead us into error.

It is easy to distinguish between good and evil spirits ; the lan-guage of exalted spirits is always dignified,noble, imbued withthe highest morality, free from every base passion ; their counselsbreathe the purest wisdom, and have always for their design our

elevation and the good of humanity. That of low spirits, on thecontrary, is inconsistent, often trivial and even gross; if theysometimes say good and truthful things, they oftener throughmalice or ignorance say those which are false or absurd; theysport with our credulity, and amuse themselves at the expenseof those who question them by flattering their vanity and nur-turing their desires with false hopes. In a word, exalted com-munications can only come to circles of which the members areunited in an aspiration for goodness and truth. ,

The morals of the higher spirits resolve themselves into thismaxim of Christ: " Whatsoever ye would that men should do

unto you, do ye even so unto them that is, do good and not evil.Man may find in this principle the universal rule of conduct forhis least actions. They teach us that self-love, pride, and sens-uality are passions which bring us nearer the animal, in attachingus to matter; that the man who in this life rises above thesethings becomes more spiritual in his nature; that each one ofus should make ourselves useful according to the means whichGod has placed in our hands ; that the strong and the powerfulshould sustain and protect the feeble, for he that abuses his powerto oppress his fellow-creature, violates the law of God. Theyteach, finally, that in the spirit-world nothing can be hidden ;

the hypocrite will be unmasked, and all his vileness exposed;that the inevitable constant presence of those we have wronged

will be one of our punishments in the future; that to the higherand lower states of spirits are attached pleasures and pains whichare unknown to us upon the earth.

But they teach, also, that there is no unpardonable fault whichmay not be effaced by repentanceand a better conduct. Man willfind in the different existencesmeans to advance according to hisdesire and his efforts in the path of progress toward that perfec-tion which is his final destination."

The body of the work contains the evidences and ar-guments which go to sustain the above points, togetherwith answers to objections and elucidations of ques-tions. It is mainly in the double form of questions andanswers, side by side with the deductions therefrom, ar-ranged to present a consecutivetreatise upon the subjectsunder consideration. We hope to see the work for salein this country, and that it will find many thoughtfulreaders—which perhaps we can hardly expect, unless itbe translated into our language.

For the New England Spiritualist.

WAS MAN ALWAYS IMMORTAL?

Mr. Editor : — I am entirely convinced of the realityof Spiritualism as exhibited in the varied phenomenaof our day, termed spirit manifestations,but I am unableto accept all the dogmas by spirits asserted. I havea strong conviction that in the infancy of the humanrace on earth, man was but an advance above the loweranimal kingdom, and that the higher or human formwas the subject of a gradually progressive growth fromits primitive germinal state unto a meridian condition ofdevelopment. This opinion is based on what I under-stand to be the teachings of both science and Scripture,and implies, in my judgment, that the human race ex-isted on earth for ages ere it attained unto an unfold-ment receptive of immortality as an element in man'sconstitution and nature.

This view of the past renders intelligible to me theScripture teachings according to Jesus, the bringing oflife and immortality to light, and designating him thefirst born of many brethren ; but it also implies that thegenerations which preceded him bad not this element ofimmortality, — hence that they like David " had notyet ascended into heaven." Observing frequently areference to the Mount of Transfiguration by your cor-respondents, in which the appearance there of Mosesand Eiias is without question assumed, I beg to askof some of your able correspondents to examine therecords and see whether there is aught in them to showMoses and Elias were there except on the mere assump-tion of Peter (an earnest but bigoted Jew) that twoangel spirits of which he got an imperfect glimpse mustbe these two great patriarchs of Israel. Jesus did notsay it was either Moses or Elias with whom he was inconsultation, and it is not difficult to imagine that theangels seen were unknown to Peter in reality ; while itis probable, if there had been five instead of two, Peterwould have added Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to theothers. This silence of Scripture on the subject of im-; mortality until the advent of Jesus is worthy of soberreflection.

K.

Music Hall Lectures.—Mr. Pardee deliveredtwo able lectures on Sunday, at the Music Hall, to «oodaudiences. The afternoon discourse, on the " Characterand Mission of Jesus," was of a high degree of excel-lence. It is expected that the same speaker will oc-cupy the desk next Sabbath, unless Mr. Forster shouldreturn from Buffalo.

If you do good, forget it; if evil, remember and re-pent of it.

LETTER FROM MR. WILLIS. deFor the New England Spiritualist. Rr

Peterboro\ Aug. 6th, 1857.Dear Bro. Newton, — I send you a communica- °-

tion which, taking into consideration the circumstancesunder which it was give*1* you may consider worthy aninsertion in your columns. |

It was written by my own hand with great rapidity, 81t

and during the whole time of its execution I was busilyengaged in conversation with the person to whom it dewas addressed. My eyes were not upon the paper, and Iknew not one word of its contents until the person above *eialluded to read them to me. I send it to you precisely puas it was written. Not a word has been stricken outsave the signature, nor one added, nor has a single cor- ^rection been made. ^e

" Faithful to my promise, dear M—- I draw near pato you this morning to hold a few moments' communion !hwith you. Of a certainty, cousin, this cause of truth j™must triumph because it is truth, and because it ema-nates from God, the Source of truth. Men may essay ^to put it down, to explain it away, but in vain. Theycannot resolve it into electricity, or any other blind daforce, any more than the miraculous powers, as they are bytermed, of Jesus can be. We oierate by the same anmeans that he did. He knew the source from whence ei]

his mighty works came ; knew thnt u of himself he vicould do nothing." Whence, then, his power? As he Wi

claims, from the Father. But how? in what manner? mdirect ? No; but through ministering spirits, as in J1these' days ; and through his knowledge of the forces in

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nature, that science cannot grasp. Were his powers,then, miraculous, supernatural ? No, but natural. fr'Those who talk about super-natural, or above natural atlaws, know not of what they talk. Tnere are no lawsabove the natural laws, which are God's laws. When a

JeSus walked the wave, angel hands sustained him, borehim up as he stepped, so that no law of na'ure was vio-lated, for if that had been the case, then God's law would uhave been violated and bis character derogated. And 25thus in these times are mighty works, si^ns, and wonders ^accomplished,through the agency of singularly organized Semortals, controlled by the spirits of those who, in like ^manner, once walked the material sphere, clothed inmaterialbodies. re

The wise men of earth talk very largely about the ™

forces of nature, as if they had fathomed them Ml,grasped them all. They will tell you that such and clsuch things are impossible. And why impossible ? Oh ! fobecause they contradict the known theories of science. .They must go learn from earth's lowly ones—evenfrom the mouths of babes—that with God all things arepossible. Let them but admit that they have not yet ^

grasped all knowledge, all science; let them humbly 0lean to the great Source of all wisdom, and be ready to Ty

receive truth through the humblest channel, and theywill come into a condition in which these natural spirit- M

ual forces can operate upon and for them. 0These wise men make it their boast that science and e

revelation conflict, and that when this is the case, rev- ielation has to yield. Revelation and science conflict ! sRevelation yield to science! a

What, is revelation ? Grod. What is science ? God—that is, manifestations of God. Can these manifesta- rtions of God conflict ? No ; no more than his attributes acan conflict. And yet the Calvinist would teach you Ithat his attributes do conflict; that his justice wars tagainst his mercy, bis anger counteracts his love. Andso, too, the man of science tells you that revelation and 8

science come into conflict. Poor wise ones! They 1

cannot see that it is only the errors of men that cling torevelation, as the rough earth clings to the diamond, sthat conflict with science.

Its eternal truths remain the same, and work on in 1harmonious co-operation with science*, advancing the glo- -

ry of that God of whom they are tb^» manifestation. Nowthe point is, can God cease to reveal himself'! No ; nomore than he can cease to exist j and from day to dayhe is revealing himself in precisely the same manner <

that he did through ages past. His divine, natural, andspiritual laws are constantly working now as ever, for 1

the good, the elevation of his dear earthly children."Now let me ask, whence came the above communica-

tion ? Surely not from my own mind, for I was talkingvery busily upon the gossip of the day, during its veryrapid execution ; surely not from the mind of the \person to whom it was addressed, for that was as busily '

employed as my own, upon matters very foreign to thesubject of the communication. Will Professor F inform me by what feat of jugglery the mind is made toact in two distinct channels at one and the same mo-

ment, consciously in one, uncousciously in the other;sending forth from the latter almost with the rapidity of |

the telegraph, consecutive sentences, faultless in style,and full of argumentative power ? I send you but oneof many given under similar circumstances, some ofthem written in so dim a light as to render it impossiblefor the eye to discern the ruling of the paper, yet everyline adhered to.

Letters from Cambridge friends inform me that Pro-fessor F continues to worry and wear the poorhackneyed, jaded ghosts in public and in private, losingno opportunity to raise his voice against the crying sinof Spiritualism. So thoroughly convinced has thelearned gentleman become that Spiritualism is an impos-ture, that he has grown decidedly fanatical in his oppo-sition, and exhorts like a Methodist on all occasions, not

always following the dictates of good taste. Vide hisrecent effort before the State Normal School.

. I recommend these lines from Horace to the consider-ation of the Professor : —

" Est modus in rebus; sunt certi denique fines, quas ultraL citraque nequit consistere rectum."

I wonder when that report is coming. Public cu-: riosity is very much piqued by its non-appearance.; Have patience. Parturiunt montes ; perchance a mouse

i as ridiculous as its predecessor, the award, may ber brought forth

I send a gem for your Poet's Corner. I think it was) never published. I found it in my hostess's collectiont of rare and valuable autographs, in the handwriting oft its author, Elliott, the Corn-Law Rhymer of England,i It most beautifully embodies one point of faith in Spirit-3 ualism—the return of the spirit. And the ideas it givest of heaven are far in advance of those presented by ther popular theology, waving palm branches, streets of gold,e walls of pearl, and ceaseless cries of Hosanna.

Who does not turn to the refreshing contemplation of

r a heaven more in correspondence with this lovely worldof ours, where we may listen, as here, to the singing ofbirds, the purling of streams, and inhale the sweet fra-

1 grance of flowers, those loveliest of all God's creations ?]

°

I am contemplating a journey to Heuniker Springs,r as soon as strength permits, and you will probably hear

from me next in that locality.

Yours in Christian love and truth,-j Fred. L. H. Willis.

Lett rs IIfceived. — A. G.Campbell,

Trenton, N. J.; A.M. Dignowity,San Antonio Texas' J. May hew, Chester, Vt.; W. A. Dunklee, it u'. land,Vt D D MarOr'V'l^nfc'latt, N. H. ; W M'Oliutock, Belfast, Me ; T.Richmond, WooiWk" Vt.; S. Vt.; « Marnott,Phoeuix K T • W. H. Palmer, big Flatts, N. Y., R. Moody, Belfast, Me.;0. Barnes, Olay, N. Y.; M. Miller, Ilomer, Mich.; O. W. Richardson, Belri-

dere, Iir.; S. Baxter, W. Itfxbury; B. T. Pu<?h, Vallston, Pa. ; I. J. N .Salem; E. Hazeltine, Sitflonsville, Vt.; J. |». Moody. Alton, N. II.; H,Rowland, Hopewell, Pa.: W. <*. Ware, K Med way. Mass.; W. Peck ham,Middletown, R I. ; J. Ball, Canasta, N_ Y.; t. Smith, Jr., Spaffoid Hol-low, N. Y. ; L. Smith, Randolph. Vt.; H. L. Macomber, Castine, Me. ; A-Swift, Aurora, III. ; H. K. Hull, Tower Hill, R. I. • L. Moody, Abington 50. Perry, Hanson.

PASSED TO THE SPIRIT LIFE.Woodstock,Aug. 8th, 1857.

Mr Newton : — I am urged to send you a notice of the tran-sition of Mr. Abel Bennett, of Tunbrige, Vt., whom you mustremember as one of our Committee at Royalton last fall. Mr.B. was over seventyyears of age when he sought the house ofdeath (allow me to still use this word death); he had lived a lifeof usefulness, and had convinced his enemies, even, that a noblesoul nerved him in his commerce with the world. His peculiar in-telligence, with his high-souledintegrity, fitted him eminently forpublic trust, which he enjoyed. During the few years of my ac-quaintance with him, I have often been with him in his family,and have ever noticed his un dying attachment to home, his fidel-ity to his family, he was a good man at home, and the world hashence a right to call him good. But a few years ago his wifepassed on ; and while he was growing more and more fad becausethe virtuous choice of his youth was no more, his soul was illum-ined with modern Spiritualism, — the companion of his youth, ofhis manhood, and of his ripe age, was once more with him.

Often have I seen the tears of gratitude and joy course downhis cheeks while he narrated the evidences of her presence, whichwas proof to him of the soul's immortality. Bro. Bennett's lastdays were clouded, and his league with death hastened, however,by certain banking relations, which disturbed his neighborhood,and threatened penury to his dear family. "With characteristicenergy he put- on his business armor, and sought to repel thevillainy of a world in which he yet had too mueh confidence. Hewas not equal to the strife ; he fell a victim of disease ; he wasmurdered, rather, by business men. But a truce to this theme.Trustingthat Bro. B.'s family may have seen the darkestperiodin their existence, and knowing that their father being dead yetlives and watches over them, I extend to them my warmest sym-pathies, and assure them that his memory is kept green by hisITequent presence. Mr. Bennett died on the 17th of July, 1857,at his residence. Peace be to his ashes, eternity to his spirit!

Austin E. Simmons.

SPECIAL NOTICES.Loring Moody will lecture on the Natural Basis and Practical

Uses of Spiritualism,at W. Duxbury,Saturdayand Sunday,Aug.22 and 23. Kingston, Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 24 and 25.Plympton, Wednesday,Aug. 26. Plymouth, Sunday. Aug. 30.Marshfield, Tuesday, Sept. 1. North Marshfield, Wednesday,Sept. 2. West Scituate, Thursday, Sept. 3. Hanover, Friday,Sept. 4. North Abington, Sunday, Sept. 6. The Lectures willbe given in the evening, excepting on Sundays.

Friends of truth and progress in the above-named places arerequested to make all needful arrangements for the lectures. Themeetings will in all cases be free ; and objections to Spiritualism,on whatever grounds they may be urged, will be answered.

Mr. Davenporthas removed to No. 6 La Grange Place. Cir-cles at 3 o'clock and 8 o'clock, P. M. Arrangementscan be madefor private circles when desired.

MEETINGS IN BOSTON AND VICINITY.Sunday Meetings. — Mr. L. Judd Pardee, of New York

will lecture in the unconscious trance state in the Music Hallon Sunday next, at 10£ a. m. and 3^ o'clock, p.m. Singing by theMisses Hall.

tV eekly Meeting of Practical Spiritualists.—A regular

weekly meetingof persons interestedin the PracticalApplicationof Spiritualism to Individual and Social Life, now convenesevery Thursday, P. M., at half-past two o'clock, at the office ofPractical Spiritualists, Fountain House, Boston, corner Beachstreet and Harrison avenue All desirous of learning of Purposesand Plans are cordially invited to attend.

Meetings in Chapman Hall. School St.—On Sunday after-noons, Conference Meetings, relating strictly to the Phenomenaand Philosophyof Spiritualism. In the evening, DiscussionsofPhilosophicaland Reform questions. Circles for developmentinthe morningat 10 o'clock. Admittanceto all meetings,5 cents

Meetings in Chelsea, on Sundays, morning and eveningat Fremont Hall, Winnissimmet Street. D. F. Goddard, reg-ular speaker. Seats free.

In Cambridgeport.—Meetings at Washington Hall, Mainstreet, every Sunday afternoon and evening, at 3 and 7 o'clock.

In Manchester,N. H.—Regular Sunday meetings in CourtRoom Hall, City Hall Building, at the usual hours.

MEDIUMS IN BOSTON.Wm. S. Wejfmotfth,Hva«b%g Medium, No 2 Central Court. 17Mr. J. V. Mansfield, Test Writing Medium, No. 8 Winter Street,

over G. Trumbull & Co.'s, Boston, or at his home, Chestnut St., Chelsea.Terms SI 00, in advance. All letters sent by mail must contain a postagestampto prepay the postage.

Mrs. Ktiiglit,Writing Medium, 15 Montgomeryplace, up one flightof stairs, door No. 4. Hours 9 to 1 and 2 to 5. Terms 50 cents a seance.

Mrs. Bean, Rapping, Writing and Tbance Medium. Hours from 9A. M. to 9 P. M. No. 10 Chickeriug place.

MrH. B. K. Little, (formerly Miss Ellis) Test Medium, by Rap-ping, Writing, and Trance. Rooms No. 46 Eliot street. Hours from 9to 12 A. M., and 2 to 6, P. M, Terms $1.00 per hour for one or two persons50 cents for each additional person. Clairvoyant Examinations for Diseasesand Prescriptions, $1.00.

Conantj Spirit Medium, has removed to RoomNo. 22, National House, Haymarket Square, where she will hereafter sit for 1Medical purposes only. All previous engagements, however, will be fulfilled.

Mrs. C. will answer calls for trance speaking on the Sabbath in Bostonand viciuity.

Miss E. D. Starkweather,Rapping,Writing and Trance Mediumresidence No. 218 Harrison Avenue Terms, 50 cents each person for anhour's sitting. Hours from 9 to 12 a. m., 2 to Sand 7 to 9 p. m.

N. B.—Public circle on Monday and Wednesday evenings at eight o'clock.Terms, 25 cents each visitor. Evening sittings with families, if desired.

Mrs. Cliurchill, Botanic Physician, assisted by Mrs. Dickinson,Trance and Healing Medium, who will explain her Drawings on Creation.Circles every Thursday evening, from 8 till 9.

Communicationswhen desired, No. 6 La Grange Place (from WashingtonStreet, near Boylston Market, Boston,Mass). 9—3m.

GEORGE ATKINS, Clairvoyantand Healing Medium,may for the present be consultedat Webster, Mass.

In rages where sickness or distance prevents personal attendance, by en-closing a lock of hair, with the name, age, and place of residence, thepatient will obtain an examination and prescription written out with allrequisitedirections.

He also cuirs the sick by laying on of hands, and will, when desired,visit the sick in person. Terms when the patient is present, $1.00 ; whenabsent, $3.00. Paymentstrictly in advance 3m21

This day published: — «what'so'clock?"Spiritual Manifestations. Are they in accordance with Reason and

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With tke followingremedies:Dr. Russell'sPulmonic Vapor for Inhalation.Dr. Russell's Balsam and Sarsaparilla with Hyd. Hottasa.Dr. Russell's Wild Cherry Pectoral for Consumption.Dr Russell's Corrector for DyspepriaD's*ast.Dr. Russell's Strengthening Powder.* for Disease of the Heart.Dr. Russell's Medicated Inhaler ior the Lungs.A pamphlet gratis, Medical advice fr°m 16 1

IV/TRS. O. J. PUTNAM, HEALING, WRITING ANDITX Trance Medium, 2 Bulfinch st. Terms liberal. 15-8t.

Healing by laying on of hands. Dr. s.Drew, Healing, Writing, and Trance Medium, can be consulted on

all Diseasesof the Human System,and all business affairs, at No. 23 Tylertreet, near the Fountain House. 19

famrl 3Ufrertigemeitt8.rpHE PSALMS OF LIFE." A compilation of Psalms,JL Hymns, Chants, &c., embodyingthe Spiritual, Progressive, and

Reformatory sentiments of the pres en: age. By John S. .Price,75 cents. Just publishedand for sale by BELA MARSH, 15 branfcjjn st.

Also, "The Harmoniatv' and Sacred Melodist, 160 pages. Price, inBoards, 38 cents single, $3.50 per dozen.

MRS. YORK, Medical Clairvoyant, Healing Medium,Psychometric Delineator of Character. Mrs. Y. does not profess to

hold intercourse with the departed, but perceives both the pi oral, mentaland physical con itionofthe patient, and prescribes remedies; operatingparticularly on thenervous system. Is also a developing medium, and willold circles for this purpose every Tuesday evening. Terms liberal. Resi-dence, No. 14 Pleasant street ; entrance on Spear place. ^8

The sick are heai/ed without medicine.JAMES W. GREENWOOD. Healing Medium, Rooms No. 15 Tremont

Street, opposite the Museum. Office hours from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Otherhours he will visit the sick at their houses.

FIFTY OIL PAINTINGS of various sizes, representingthe plants and animals that existed on this earth in the early epoch of

its formation : also, the first type or form of man on this earth, and thebeasts thit in th*» progress of God's laws were the progenitors of man.Representations of the inhabitants of the Sun, and the people or angels ofseveral stars or planets. These paintings have been executed by SnJ .itPower, and are now on exhibition at No. 45 Harrison Ay. Terms, $1.00.Hours from 8 to !, and 2 to 6. 10 ELIZA H. TAFT, Seeress.

L~AYING HANDS ON THE SICK. Dr. W. T. Osborn,Clairvoyant and Healing Medium, cures the sick by the laying on of

hands : Chronic, Consumptive and Liver affections, and every disease whichhas baffled the Medical feeulty. have yielded to his treatment H:s suc-cess has been in most cases very marked, and such a$ to give him strongconfidencein the healingpower exercised throughhim.

Terms for each Clairvoyant examination,$1.00. Letters, postpaid,witha stamp enclosed, strictly attended to. Office hours from 9 A. M., to 4 P- *.Rooms No. 110 Cambridge street, 3d door east of Western Hotel

rP,0 THE AFFLICTED. Dr. A. C. Dresser, ClairvoyantHenling Physician, so celebrated for remarkable cures, may be

consulted upon all diseases that flesh is heir to. Terms for examinationwhen present. $100: when absent, $3.00. Patients will be visited in thecity and vicinity, if desirable. Medical House and Office, 33 Charter street,Salem, Mass.

TO THE AFFLICTED. Dk. S. Cutter, assisted byMrs. G. W. Walker, Clairvoyant and Healing Medium, will attend

to the wants of the sick, on Wedne«!days. Thursdays. Fridays and Satur-days in Lowell. On other days he will visit Billerica, Westford, and otherplaces, where he is wanted, until further notice. Office 221 Central Street,Lowell, Mass. 39 ^

T DR. ABBOTT'S BOTANIC AND ECLECTIC DE-^ POT. 214 Hanover Street, may he found one of the most extensivevarietiesof Herbs, Barks. Roots, &c., in the United States; a!so,a valuable

amoun*, of manufactured medicines of approved worth. Spiritual andMesmeric Prescriptionsput up with particularattention. 12

AB. CHILD, M. D., DENTTST NO. 15 TREMONT• Street, Boston. Mass.

HEALING INFIRMARY. Doctor Barron cures Can-cers and Cancerous Humors, without the use of the knife or torturing

with caustic, and with but little pain and inconvenience to patients, by ap-plying a cerate which has a chemical action, destroying the vitality of th»cancers, causing a separation between the cancer and the surrounding tis-sues, and an opening of the integuments over it, so that in a few days thetumor will escape, roet and branch. The opening in the Il'j3h thus madeheals up in a short time, soundly, leaving no traces of the Cancer behind.Over 200 cases have been cured by this process. The Doctor continues toattend to Scrofula. Erysipelas, and all cases, in which he has had great suc-cess for the last twelve years. Clairvoyant examinations attended to asformerly. Call and satisfy yourselves of the unremitting effort and deter-minationof the Doctor to conquerand subdue disease in his fellow man.JIREUBEN BARRON, Botanic and ClairvoyantPhysician,

18—3m Palmer, Mass.

DENTISTRY. Dr. N. H. SWAIN, Dentist, ColumbusOhio. Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases, and prices reasonable.

AN ASYLUM FOR THE AFFLICTED. Healing b}laying on of hands. CHARLES MAIN, Healing Medium, has opened

an Asylum for the Afflicted, at No. 7 Davis Street, Boston, where he isprepared to accommodate patients desiring treatment by the above processon moderate terms.

(TP* Patients desiring board should give notice in advance, that suitablearrangements may be made before their arrival.

Those sending locks of hair to indicate their diseases,should inclose 81.for the examination,with a letter stamp to prepay their postage.Water from the Henniker Spring will be supplied by Dr. M. He has been

assured by intelligences from the higher life that it possesses strong mag-netic properties, and is useful in negative conditions of the system.

Office hours from 9 to 12 a. m., and from 2 to 5 p. m.

Fountain house, corner of beach street11 and Harrison Avenue. Spiritualists Head Quarters in Boston. Charge

$1.25 per day, or $7.00 per week, for 2 or 3 weeks.

H. F. GARDNER.

SPIRITUAL, CLAIRVOYANT, and MESMERIC PRE-scriptions, carefully prepared by OCTAVIUS KING, Botanic Apothcary, 654 Washingtonstreet, under Pine Street Church,Boston.

All of Mrs. Mettler's Medicines for sale as above. 26 1

Mrs. l. w. kemlo, healing medium, no. 2Bulfinch Street, opposite the Revere House, Boston. 14—1

A REMARKABLE TEST. At the sitting of a circle a short time since, Dr. CharlesMain being presentand having at the

time a patient under his care that had long baffled his medical skillenquiredof the Spirit intelligencewhat medicineit would prescribeforthe case in question. The spirit gave his name (as having formerly beenwell known as a celebrated physician in the earthly sphere) and replied,"Go to Dr. Cheever's, No. 1 Tremont Temple, Tremont St., and procurehis Life-Root Mucilage." This was done by the Doctor, and used with com-plete success. At that time, the Doctor, the medium, nor either of the cir-cle knew anythingof Dr. Cheever, or that there was such a medicinetobe had, and since Dr. Main has formed an acquaintance with the proprie-tor, he has informed him of the fact and here gives him the full benefit ofit. The above is true in every particular.

CHARLES MAINj No. 7 Davis Street, Boston.This invaluable medicine has long been used as an infallible remedv forConsumption, Scrofula, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Cough, Disease of the

Liver, Dyspepsia, Canker, Mercurial Disease, Piles and all gross acridhumors. eA letter enclosing one dollar will procurea bottle ; or five dollars forsix bottles. Will be sent to any part of the Union. All orders directedto Dr. J. Cheever, No 1 Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass. 52.1

AI C. STILES, M. D., Bridgeport, CONN., INDEPEN• DENT CLAIRVOYANT, Terms: Clairvoyant Examination and

Prescription, $2. By a lock of hair, if the most prominent symptom isgiven, $2 ; if not given, $3. Answeringsealed letters, $1. To ensureat-tention, the fee must in all cases be advanced.

Dr. Stiles's superior clairvoyant powers, his thorough medical and sur -gical education, with his experieace from an extensive practice for over six -teen years, eminently qualify him for the best consulting Physician of theage. In all chronic diseases he stands unrivalled."

Office No. 227 Main Street.

Healing and clairvoyantprescriptions.DR. C. C. YORK gives Clairvoyant examinations and prescriptions

by receiving the r.ame, age, and residence of patients in their own handwriting for two dollars, one dollar when present. The remedies—purelvvegetable—are prepared by him by spirit directions. He also heals by th elaying on of hands. He will visit the sick wherever desired. All who ad-dress must enclose a postage stamp to receive answers. Address in care ofBela Marsh. 15 Franklin St., Boston, Mass.

Magnetic healing medium. jOHx ij. Pal™will give careful attention to all diseases which can be relieved bvSpiritual magnetic influence. Terms for manipulations $1.00 Office 98HudsonStreet.

J| A. bassett, clairvoyant and~healing• PHYSICIAN, No. 14 Webb street, Salem, Mass.

O UFFOLK DYE HOUSE. Corner of Court & HowardO Streets, Boston.

DR. A. I. FENN, No. 10 Green Street, Boston, givesspecial attention to Affections of the Lungs, Liver. Kidneys andall ChronicDiseases. J'

Terms : For examination, $1.00. Persons desiring advice by letter mustgive the most prominent symptoms, and a history of their cases, and stateage, occupation, &c. Medicines forwarded to any part of the country Let-ters, postpaid, with a stamp inclosed, promptlyanswered. Calls in the city; and vicinity attended. Office hours, 8 to 12 A. M., 2 to 5 P. M Sundays8 t0 9 A- M- 19~"3 m* p-3

"VTEW WORK. A Review of Rev. I. E. Dwinells' Ser-l mon against Spiritualism. By J. H. W. Toohey. Price, 20 cents.; Postage free. Just published and for sale by BELA MARSH, No. 15 Frank-"n St. 19—tf

CH. COLLAGAN'S AMBROTYPE AND DAGUER-^ • rean Gallery, 142 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. 9—3m.

lyEW DEPOT FOR SPIRITUAL AND REFORM-i- » PUBLICATIONS,No. 5 Gt. Jones St., New York.

S. T. Mussox would inform the friends abroad that he has established anAgency at the above Number, 2 doors East of Broadway, and near the LaFarge Buildings, for the sale of all Spiritual and Reform Publications, wherea comple te assortment will be kept constantly on hand of all works per-taining to the subject of Spiritualism, and an early notice given of all newBooks in the course of publication.

1 MISCELLANEOUSBOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.1 In addition to the foregoing, Mr M. will be able to supply orders for ailother publications. All business entrusted to his care will be attended to1 with despatch.SPIRITUAL PAPERS AND MONTHLIES.

Mr. M. is authorized to receive subscriptions for the followingi New England Spiritualist, Boston. A.E.Newton. $2.00 p«r year.

Spl. Telegraph, New York. Chas. Partridge, Editor and Proprietor. $2.00i Spl. Age, S. B. Brittan, Editor and Proprietor, $2 00.

Banner of Light, Luther Colby & Co., Boston, $2.00.3 Herald of Light, Mr. T. L. Harris, New York, $1.50.i Tiffany's Monthly, Joel Tiffany, New York. $1.50.

M. S. WEYMOUTH, HEALING MEDIUM, hastaken rooms at No. 2 Central Court (formerly occupied by Mrs. Co, nant), where he will attend the healing of persons afflicted by disease b

the simple process of the laying on of hands. Hours from 9 A. M. to 12' Mf and from 1 to 5 P. M.

rpHE REMEDIES OF NATURE. VVm. E. Rice, Clair-J_ voyant Medium for Medical Examinations. Careful and thoroughexaminations will b«s made in all cases, and prescriptions given with fulldurectmns relative to diet, habits, &c. Hours for Examinations from 10 t"12 A. M., and froin 2 to 4, P. M. Office, No. 98 Hudson street, Boston.

In cases where sickness or distance prevents personal attendance, exami-SMirS?0111 °f *}air> accompanied by some of the leadingr age S the pat,ent- Free examinations given on Mon-I e, UDable to Pay- -All directions required by the patient^ 'Fbrms:when the patient is present, $5; when ab-ae« t, $8, all subsequent examinations, $2. Payment strictly in advance,t. .Mr. K. will be abtent from the city until Aug. 21st.

TP PHPjS*OGRAPHIclNTELLIGENCER> A month-X devoted to Phonography,Phonotopy,Phonology,Etymolo-

fviii .r^u tSf 1 etc' *"'*"ty cents a year. Andrew J. Graham,Editor and Publisher, 80 Madison St., New York. 52—tf.

T)R- A- N- SHERMAN, ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN ANDHEALING MEDIUM, of Norwich, Ct., the success of whose treat-

ment is so well known throughout the Northern, Eastern and Middle States,expecte to spend the Summer i n a tour through the Eastern part of Massa-cnusetts and the State of New Hampshire. Those who may wish to secure

-v the advantage of his professional services can do so by addres ing a linethrough the post, either at Boston, or at Lowell, Mass. In cases of Lumba^go (or stitch in the back), the Doctor pledges to remove all pain in five mm -utes, or consent to be posted as an impostor. This offer is not made for

>. the purpose of boasting, but as an answer to the challenge so frequentlyn made by sceptics for a test of superior medical treatment. *

?r ed.without charge. Free lectures on the subject of Spiritualism will be^de-vered as occasion may offer. Address as above-

A Review op Rev. I. E. Dwinell's Sermon against Spir

itualism. ByJ.H. W. Toohey. Boston: Published by BelsMarsh, 15 Franklin street. 1857.

This is a pamphlet of forty-eight pages. As a revievit is able and pointed, and, to our mind, fully accomplishes the work it undertakes, that of showing up the absurdities, inconsistenciesand contradictionsof an " orthodox" assailant of Spiritualism ; but the book has a highe:merit, as a presentation and defence of the religious element in this fmth, and as showing the light in which t&large proportion of Spiritualists view the Bible, and th<evidences of spirit-manifestation therein recorded. W<recommend the perusal of this review to every candi<inquirer for the truth of Spiritualism, particularly tsuch as have stumbled on the objections thrown in itway by sectarian opponents.

"What's o'clock? Modern Spiritual Manifestations:Are they in accordancewith Reasonand Past Revelations? Pub-lished by S. T. Munson, No. 5 Great Jones st., New York. 1857.

A pamphlet of fifty-two pages. It is wrftten in acalm and candid spirit, and is clear and logical in itsreasoning. It is an excellent document for circulationamong those who are examining the evidences of Spirit-ualism. Many objections which rise up in the mind arehere met, and inquiries which will occur to every candidinvestigator are here answered in plain and unequivocalterms.

How to do Business : A Pocket Manual of Practical Af-fairs, and Guide to Success in Life; embracing Principles ofBusiness; Advice in reference to a Business Education; Choiceof a Pursuit; Buying and Selling ; General Management; Manu-facturing; Mechanical Trades ; Farming; Book and NewspaperPublishing; Miscellaneous Enterprises; Causes of Success andFailure; How to get Customers ; Business Maxims; Letter to aYoung Lawyer; Business Forms ; Legal and Useful Information »and a Dictionary of Commercial Terms. New York: Fowler &Wells, No. 308 Broadway. Boston: 142 "Washington st. 1857.

This is another of that excellent series of " Hand-books for Self-Improvement." It should be in the pos-session of every young man who is about entering uponactive life ; and many men of experience might finduseful hints in its page3. The book is unqualifiedly avaluable one.

Brief Longhand : A System of Longhand Contractions byleans of which the principal advantages of Shorthand are securedithout resort to stenographic characters, and with perfect legi-ility; the whole methodically arranged and amply illustrated;) which are added several appendices pertaining to Phonotopy andhonography. By AndrewJ. Graham,Conductorof the Phonetic.cademy, New York, etc. New York: A. J. Graham, 80[adison st.

This neat little hand-book, as its title indicates, is aiodification or rather contraction of our present style ofenmanship to make it serve the purposes of the moreapid systems of writing. To persons who have notime to acquire phonography, and yet have occasionor dispatch in noting down their own or others' thoughts,his system will without question prove a great aid.

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~ NEW-ENGLAND SPIRITUALIST - - - - AUGUST 22. 1857.

Interesting Iflisctlktii),THE CHRISTIAN CHILD TO HIS 1VEOTHHH.

BY BBBNEZBB BLLIOTT, THE CORN-LAW RHYMER.

Mother ! I come from God and bliss—Oh, bless me with a mother's kiss !JThough dead, I spurn the tomb's control,And clasp thee in the embrace of soul.Nay, do not weep!—No cares annoy,No terrors daunt thy buried boy;Why mourn for him who smiles on thee ?Dear mother! weep no more for me.

Where angels dwell in glen and grove,I souuht the flowers which mothers lovt;And in my garden I have set,The primrose and the violet;For thee, in heaven the cowslip blows,For thee the little daisy grows ;When wilt thou come my flowers to see ?Nay, mother! weep no more for me.

Christ's it other wept on earth for him,When wept in heaven the seraphim ;And o'er the eternal throne the lightGrew dim and saddened into night;But where through bliss heaven's rivers run,Th«t mother now is with her son ;They miss me therr, and wait for thee—Come, mother, come I why weep for me ?

I set a rose our home beside;I know the poor memorial died;The frost hath chipped my lettered stone;My very name from earth is gone!

But in my bower that knows not woe, t

The wild hedge-rose and woodbine glow;There red-breastssing of home and thee;Cona-e, mother, er-me! w? wait for thee.

Upper Thorpe y near Sheffield, 7th August, 1837.

BURY THE HATCHET.A dark and savage warrior band

Held eowBcil in that far-off landWhere sinks the weary sun to rest,

In flower-gemmed prairies of the west.The pinp-tordh blare ; its ruddy light

Showed chief with spear and plume of white.And lit the brow of sachem old,

Whose days an hundred years had told."Give us thy blewing*

And let us goTo lay in dust

Our pale-faced £oe.'r

Out spake the patriarch gray and old ;The lo-ve of war in his heart was cold :

** I heard in midnight's whispering breeze.In the k>w murmwriag of tfce trees,.

And in the war-bird's chastened cry,A mighty voice from yettdt-r sky i

fcMan lives but once,* the spirit said ;L Pale Face is brother to the Red-*

Bury the hatchet,Bury it low;

Under the greensward.Under the snow."'

Answered the warriors brave and strong,•• Bfeheld, 0 8ire, our shame and wrong I

We gave the white a brother's hand ;We shared with him our home and land;

lack with a traitor band he came,Our fields and wigwams bathed in flame;

Our fathers slain for vengeance cry."Still did the sachem old reply:

" Bury the hatchet,Bury it low';

Under the greensward,Uader the snow."

And shall that dark-souled Indian sire,Grown old mid strife and blood and fire^

Love's lesson hear in Nature's voiee,And in the Spirit's will r» juice,—

"While we who dwell beneath His wing,Who sing the song that angels sing,

Strive with each o her fierce and long,Battling for right with spirit wrong t

Bury the hatchet,Bury it low;

Under the greensward,Under the snow!

The Macedonian.

PERSONAL BEAUTY PROM THE SOUL.A writer in the Water-Cure Journal in a series of

articles on 4t Physical Peifection" and the influenceswhich modify personal beauty, grace and strength,quoting from a European writer, says, " It is a primarylaw governing mental imprest-ions, and consequentlyhuman configuration, that man becomes insensiblytransformed into a resemblance of an object attentively

contemplated." The writer sums up the laws of humanconfiguration as follows:

1. 44 The active and plastic principle is the soulthe true man — of which the body is but the externalexpression and instrument.

2. 44 The soul forms, changes, and controls the body

through the instrumentality of a nervo-vital fluid or life-spirit, which forms the connecting link between mindand matter.

3. 44 This vital fluid strengthens and develops anypart of the brain or budy in proportion as it is broughtto bear upon it.

4. M The vital fluid or creative life-spirit may bethrown upon any organ or part by the exercise of thatorgan or part, or by a siu pie act of the mind directingthe attention intently upon it.

5. 44 Impres-ions made upon the mind by externalobjects affect the configuration of the body by actingspecifically upon particular parts or organs, through thenerve spirit or vital fluid.

6. 44 Impressions made upon the mind of the motheraffect the configuration of her unborn child; and theyare far more striking in this case, because the foetalbeing is in process of formation, and is more pliant andimpressible than after birth."

Knowing what One 'b About _<• Half the evil inh.s W°f' Sa*s luski". in his " Stones of Venice"comes from people „otknowing what they do like-

Tallv etiof AM g,lbe,,18elVe3 ™ •>»« they

instance they donSiwZT T* T m0D0Jr' *

-keepingU;rdtheyrC^r£impression, often to the,, great discomfort. Every bodylikes to do good ; but

one in a hundred finds this outMultitudes think they like to do eviln - a a ' -i • 'J no man everreally enjoyed doing evil 8lnce God made the world."

Character and Reputation - n0^• c ' ^are not so muchfor your reputation „f c„ only «b,t the .0,Id .lank, „t sm „hi|>

teriswhatyou really are; the former comes as it

were, ofjtaeif, while the latter is made by the wisdomof your life.

MYSTERIOUS RAPPINGS IN NUBIA.

Bayard Taylor, in his journey to Central Africa, gives jthe following account of his visit to the temple of Amada, Ion the banks of the Nile : —

4< An hour afterwards my boat ran to the easternbank, to allow me to visit the little temple of Amada.This temple stands on a slight rise in the f-ands, whichsurround and entirely overwhelm it. It consists onlyof a low portico, supported by eight pillars, a narrowcorridor, and the usual three chambers — all of verysmall dimensions. The sculptures on the walls are re-markable for the excellent preservation of their colors.The early Christians who used this temple for theirworship broke holes in the roof, which admit sufficientlight for the examination of the interior. Withoutknowing anything of the hieroglyphic inscriptionson the temple, I should judge that it was erect-ed by some private person or persons. The figuresmaking the offerings have not the usual symbols ofroyalty, and the objects they present consist principallyof the fruits of the earth, which are heaped upon atable, placed before the divinity. The coloring of thefruit is quite rich and glowing, and there are otherobjects which appear to be cakes or pastry.

r4 While I was examining the central chamber, I hearda sound as of some one sharply striking one of the out-side pillars with a stick. It was repealed three times,with an interval between, and was so clear and distinctthat I imagined it to be Achmet, following me. I called,but on receiving no answer, went out, and was not »little surprised to find no person there or within sight.The temple stands at a considerable distance from anydwelling, and there is no place in the smooth sands onall sides of it where a man could hide. When I men-tioned this circumstance, on returning to the boat, Ach-met and the rais immediately declared it to be the workof a djm, or afrite, who frequently are heard amongthe ruins, and were greatly shocked when I refused toaccept this explanation. I record this circumstance toshow that even in the heart of Nubia there are myste-ious Tappings."

RESUSCITATION PROM A TRANCE.

A young lady, an attendant on the Princess of Den-mark in 1797, after having been confined to the bedfor a length of time with a violent nervous disorder,was to all appeal anees deprived of life. Her lips werequite | ale ; her face resembled that of a dead person;and her body grew cold. She was removed from theroom in which she died, laid in a coffin, and the day ofthe funeral was fixed on. The day arrived, and ac-cordingly to the custom of the country, funeral songsand hymns were sung before the door. Just as thepeople were about to nail on the lid of the coffin, a kindof perspiration was observed on the surface of her body.It was greater every moment, and at last a kind ofconvulsive motion was observed in the hands and feet ofthe corpse. A few moments after, during which timefresh signs of returning life appeared, she at onceopened her eyes, and uttered a most pitiable shriek.Physicians were quickly procured, and in the course ofa few days she was considerably restored.

The description which she herself gave of her situationis clear and remarkably curious, and forms an authenticaddition to psychology. She said it seemed to her as ifin a dream, that the was ^eally -dead; yet she was |

perfectly conscious of all that happened around her inthis dreadful state. She distinctly heard her friendsspeaking and lamenting her death, at the side of hercoffin. She felt them pull on the dead-clothes and layher in it. This feeling produced a mental anxietywhich is indescribable. She tried to cry, but her soulwas without power, and could not act on her body.She had the contradictory feeling, as if she were in herown body, and yet not in it, at one and the same time.It was in;possible for her to stretch out her arm, or toopen her ejes, as to cry, although she continually en-deavored to do so. The internal anguish of her mindwas, however, at its height when the funeral hymn be-gan to be sung, and when the lid of the coffin wasabout to be nailed on. The thought that she was to beburied alive was the first one that gave activity to hersoul, aud caused it to operate on her corporeal fiame.

SPOKE BEFORE HE THOUGHT.

The following paragraph, which relates to the late sad

catastrophe of the burning of the steamboat Montreal,

appeared in the Courier du Canada, a Catholic journal

published in Canada East: —

" The Rev. M Baillargeon, Curate of St. Nicholas,

before a single soul perished, gave absolution to all the

unfortunate passengers. He was in his own parish on

the opposite shore of the St. Lawrence, observed the

danger in which the lives of those on board were, and

pronounced the absolution."The good cure is really deserving of great praise.

For a moment his heart got the better of his creed, and

before the latter had time to rally and gain its wontedascendency, he " pronounced the absolution" andopened the gates of heaven to the whole company on the

burning boat — passengers, officers and crew, Catholicsand heretics! No doubt he spoke before he thought;but how benevolent the act, and how easy the work of

salvation ! Why will not this kind priest have the

goodness to 4< pronounce absolution" in behalf of all

who now live on the earth ? How much misery it might

prevent in the future world ! Thus it is — men are

better than their partial doctrines. The reason is ob-

vious,— God made the h*art> selfish man made the

creed.

Preaching from the Soul. — Ex-Governor Bout-

well, of Massachusetts, is reported to have lately ad-

dressed a popular preacher in these words, which may

be said to indicate pretty generally the unprejudicedopinion of mankind :

44 The minister who preaches fifty-one sabbaths of theyear to please the people, and employs only the remain-ing one to preach boldly the deep, honest convictions ofhis soul, is the man to preach one sabbath in the year to

me—and that must be the one when he is out-spoken.

The aborigines of Australia have a notion that afterdeath they rise again in the natural world, and become

white people, They are now very fond of intoxicating

liquors—so fund, that if told they will soon die, they

reply,44 Me don't care j me jump up again white man,

with plenty of sixpence for drink.

1HE QUAKER'S GUT.

A brother writes me that when he was a youth lus

father said to him one day,—" Levi, can you make up your mind to live at home

and be a farmer ? "

"

I would rather be a tanner than a farmer," replied,

Levi. •41 Very well," responded his father, who was willing

. t0 let Levi follow his own tastes, as lie was now seven-teen years old ; " very well, my son, I will try andfind a place for you."

Very shortly a place was found for Master Levi with

. a good Quaker. When the youth presented himself atthe tannery, the honest, Quaker said : —

44 Levi, if thee will be a good boy, I will do well by

, thee; if not I *ill gend thee home again. All the'

bargain I will make with thee is, that thee shall do as

, welt ^y me as I do by thee."14 Very well, sir," said Levi; 411 will try what I can

do."Levi now went to work with hearty good-will. He

worked hard, read his Bible, was steady, honest andgood natured. The Quaker liked him. He liked theQuaker. Hence, the Quaker was satisfied, Levi washappy, and the years of his apprenticeship passed pleas-antly away.

Just before Levi became of age, his master said tohim: —

" Levi, I think t>f making thee a nice present whenthy time is out."

Levi smiled at this pleasant scrap of news, and said,44 I shall be very happy to receive any gift you mayplease to make me, sir."

Then the Quaker looked knowingly at Levi, andadded, 441 cannot tell thee now what the present is tobe, but it shall be worth more than a thousand dollarsto thee! "

44 More than a thousand dollars ! " said Levi to him-self, his eyes sparkling at the bare thought of such acostly gift. " What can it be ? I wonder if he meansto offer me his daughter for my wife ? That can't be,because I have heard it said that a good wife is betterthan ten or twenty thousand dollrrs. No, it can't behis daughter. But what can it be ? "

That was the puzzling question which buzzed aboutlike a bee in Levi's brain irom that time until the daybefore he was of age. On that day the Quaker said tohim : —

44 Levi, thy time is out to-morrow; but I will takethee and thy present home to-day."

Levi breathed freely on hearing these words. Dress-ing himself in his best suit, he soon joined the Quaker,but could see nothing that looked like a gift worth overa thousand dollars. He puzzled himself about it all theway, and said to himself, 44 Perhaps the Quaker hasforgotten it."

At last they reached Levi's home. After he hadbeen greeted by his friends, the Quaker turned to himand said : —

44 Levi, I will give thy present to thy father."4 4As you please, sir," replied Levi, now on the very

tiptoe of expectation.r r" Well," said the Quaker, speaking to Levi's father,

44 your son is the best boy I have ever had." Thenturning to Levi, he added, 44 This is thy present, Levi,a good name." \

f Levi blushed ; perhaps he felt a little disappointedbecause his gol len visions were thus so suddenly spiritedaway. But his sensible father was delighted, and saidto the Quaker, who was smiling a little waggishly : —

441 would rather hear you say that of my son, thanto see you give him all the money you are worth, fora good name is rather to be chosen than great riches."

Levi's father was right, and the Quaker was a wiseman. I have no doubt that Levi's good name did himmore good than a barrel full of golden eagles couldhave done him. It proved him to be the owner of agood character, which is worth more than all the gold,pearls, diamonds, and precious stones in the world.

What do you think of the honest Quaker's gift, mychild ? Was it not a precious thing ? I hope you de-serve the same gift from your parents, teachers, andfriends. But, mark me, a good name is the fruit ofa good character. If your heart is wicked, your namecannot be good.

PAPA IS ON THE OTHER SIDE.When the late Joseph S. Buckminster was about

three years old, he went on one occasion with his pa-rents from Portsmouth, N. H., where they resided, tovisit his maternal grandfather, the Rev. Mr. Stevens,who lived in Kittery, on the opposite shore of the Pis-cataqua. They were to cross the river in a ferry-boat,and for some reason, Dr. Buckminstercrossed first, andleft his wife and little Joseph to follow together. Whileupon the river, Mrs. Buckminster became very muchalarmed, and expressed her fears in the hearing of herson. Little Joseph's bright eye glanced over the water,and rested an instant upon the familiar form of his fath-er, who was waiting for them on the opposite shore.Then, springing to his mother's arms he exclaimed,44 Don't be afraid, dear mamma, don't be afraid I onlylook, Papa is on the other side ! "

How beautiful is the unquestioning faith of child-hood ! It knows no doubt, feels no fear in the presenceof its beloved ones. The knowledge that 44 Papa is onthe other side," was to little Joseph a talisman againstdanger ; there was no room for fear in his young, trust-ing heart. He never questioned for a moment hisfather's willingness, or his ability to protect him. Bythe unerring instinct of childhood, he knew his father

loved him, and by the same instinct, love cast out fear

as unworthy of itself.Let the little child be our teacher; and when clouds

gather darkly around us, and dangers threaten, with

the unquestioning confidence of little Joseph, let us say,

I will not be afraid, my Father's on the other side.

BRAKKMEN.-Brakomen are by no means confined

to railroad cars. They are to be found in every depart-

ment of society. Wherever found, they are true to

their training and habits. They are numerous in the

church. Tiiey are out of business, until somebody

starts an enterprise of progress. I hen you will always

find them on board. Let the ear of religious reformfairly get in motion, and they swarm around in greatnumber?. But their great fear is that reform will go toofa&t. Their great business is too hold people back.They never heartily adopt a principle, or carry it to itslegitimate conclusion.—Reformer.

A DEAD NEGRO.When tl • cholera was at its worst in 1849, in New

Orleans, an old negro, who had weathered the yellowfever many times, at length got frightened at the havocwhich the disease was making among all classes. Hismaster one night heard him praying to the 44 angel ofde Lord, by the light of a tallow candle 44 to sparehim dis time—to let him live a little longer and dentake him to glory." But he concluded his prayer byprofessing perfect submission to the will of the 44 angelof the Lord," even should he be called to go immedi-ately on his long journey. Sambo's master determinedto test the sincerity of this last profession. He knockedloud and distinct at the door. 44 Who dar ?" saysSambo. 44 The angel of the Lord," was answered.44 What you want?" " I have called for Sambo !"The master heard the candle suddenly extinguishedwith a whoof and Sambo energetically answered, 44 Henot here ! dat nigger is been dead three weeks"

The Important Question.—In a time of muchreligious excitement and consequent discussion, anhonest Dutch farmer on the Mohawk was asked his opin-ion as to which denomination of Christians were on theright way to heaven. 44 Yell, den," said he, 44 ven weride our wheat to Albany, some say dis road is the pest;but it don't make much difference which road we take,for ven we get dere dey never ask us vich vay we come—and it is none of their pisness—if our wheat isgood"

A Definite Faith.—*' What do you believe ?" saida man to his neighbor.

44 Why, I believe the same as the church believes."44 Pray, what does the church believe ?"(f Why, the church believes the same as I believe?"44 Well, then, what do you and the church both

believe ?"44 Why the church and I believe the same thing."

Proof op Conversion.— We lately heard a storythat illustrates a certain view of religious feeling as wellas anything that ever came to our knowledge. Therehad been a 44 small revival " in a neighboring town, andone little girl addressed another, saying—

" Do you really think you have been converted ?"440b, yes !" was the reply, 441 know I have, for I hate

the Universalists with all my might!"

CHURCH GOING.

Some go to church just for a walk,Some go there to laugh and talk,Some go there the time to spend,Some go there to meet a friend,Some go to learn the parson's name,Some go there to wound his fame,Some go there for speculation,Some go there for observation,Some go there to doze and nod,But few go there to worship God !

The true artist, under every form and every line ofnature, sees another form and line of more perfect graceand beauty.

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