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than any of its that God is a axiomatio, but

part*, is axiomatic; but spirit is not only not

wo cannot dollno to thesatisfaction of everybody what a spirit is. All know what an apple is, ana all I when apvknow that a piece of it is not as large as their functions with the most rollablo

more consistent one. tha t tho intelligence should be an entity by itself, or that the intelligences should bo entitles by thorn- selves, callable of establishing laws, which when applied to matter, would perform

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certainty though these intelligent entl- I H . —Igrandly Inspired spoakor and I ties wore myriads of miles uway from writer, W. J . Colville, says in- his now whore the Taws wore performing their book: “ I t may be quite true thatsclenoo work, or that matter should be so imbued

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WHO IS YOUR GOD?MAN’S S E A R C H

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A L e c tu re D e livered by B E N JA M IN F. LEE.

B efore th e Mantua, O hio, A sso c ia tio n o f S p ir itu a lis ts .

Flippancy is not argument, and insert* jus and profound subjects detracts from the dignity of the writer. I will prem­ise my thoughts by saying that this ques­tion, Who is Your God? is asked in all seriousness, and in a depth of candor I hope all may appreciate. As a young man. I had a profound veneration for the God of the church with which I was as­sociated. and walked lightly and some­times with dread while m the presence of our clergyman or the officers of the church, somehow conceiving the idea that they were in clbse relationship with God, an imaginary being, whom, at that time, I tried to love, but certainly feared. The silent whisperings in the chamber of my soul, and the solitary talks with mv own conscience, arraigned me as a criminal, and at times made me afraid of myself, although I had wronged no one.

I believed that the only God of the universe presided over our church, and that within the course of time all other sects would be gathered within our folds. Broad vines, broad vines these, and the result of a liberal education. I am now trying to look with charity, and perhaps with respect, upon the religious convictions of other people, however ab­surd or reasonable the principles and forms of worship may be upon which those religious convictions may be grounded.

A strong religious element is the most stubborn and dangerous 'of all elements that take possession of the human heart. Deep seated convictions of this charac­ter will not listen to argument, and yet when a question of dollars and cents arises, that question is ignored, leading us sometimes to question the aphorism, that the love of money is the root of aw evil. Cannot we safely say that honest religious convictions have caused some evil.- In the name of this religious con­viction mothers have mutilated-and de­stroyed their children; a father has planted the stake, bound two lovely daughters thereto, placed about their feet the fagots, applied the blazing torch, and amid their agonizing cries laughed and praised the Virgin that he could smother all parental and filial affection to crush heresy. The theologians in Longfellow's Tales of the Way-side Inn, relate the sad and horrid history of the old Spanish Hidalgo who burned at the stake his two daughters because they were tinctured with heresy.

As direful as the conduct of this old Hidalgo may seem in cremating his two lovely daughters, while in the beauty, bloom and Innocence of youth, no less direful seems the effort on the part of the hob/ church and the holy bible to sanctify the filiacide, for upon discover­ing the heresy of his to daughters we take up the lines and read: -

t “ Then to the grand Inquisitor once more The Hidalgo went, more eager than before, And said, * When Abraham offered up his son, Be clave the wood wherewith it might be done. By bis example taught, let me too bring Wood from the forest for my offering I*And the deep voice without a pause replied:• Son of the Churchl by faith now Justified,

e treat far enough into the past to emerge therefrom somewhat puzzled to put Ins finger on the God upon which he would willingly risk his present and fu­ture existence.

In one respect I believe there have been no changes in man's God from the beginning until now. Evolution, that has so rattled everything human and divine, has not disturbed this principle. Man has always and continues to worship his highest conceptions of every quality to which he can attribute Godship. Minds of a superior mold at times get on a racket or frolic and plunge into the mud what has been their highest ideas of the Divine. Many of the Gods and Goddesses of the past have left the uni­verse. Clio, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpo­mene. Terpsichore, Erato, Polhymnia. Urania, Calliope, daughters of the great Jupiter and Mnemosyme, were Godesses, and though but women, were worshiped as the muses of history, lyric poetry, sublime hymn, astronomy ana epic poetry. In these ideal beauties were centered all that was great and grand in

tends in tho "direction of what may bo termed, for want of a better designation. Spiritual Pantheism, but Spiritual Pantheism is the very reverse of Materi­alism. Spiritual Pantheism is tho glori­ous conception that one infinite intelli­gence pervades all the universe." Is it not just as reasonable to say that Spirit­ual Pantheism is the glorious conception that many intelligences pervade tho uni­verse, ana that their combined intelli­gence is infinite because the perfect law of harmony prevails?

Again Mr. Colville says: “Look where you will in a scientific direction, science affirms God.” Science affirms intelli­gence in every exposition of nature it unfolds. Lot each person determine whether there are one or many intelli­gences that do this Intelligent work. The analogies of nature as easily es­tablish two Gods as one, for however great the intelligence that wo arc ac­quainted with, that intelligence was the product of sex, and many of our highly inspired and clear-sighted Spiritualists invoke the Father God and the Mother God. I think I can anticipate the argu­ment in replication; and it would be something like this: unity of action, unity of cause and effects all point to one intelligence. The argument is strong, but not comprehensive enough to include every other thought upon the subject. The unity of action in a watch would point to the idea that one man made it.

make the cogs, another

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children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life, he cannot bo my disci­ple."—Luke 14: 20.

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Jesua_jthoo,' gives

too much countenance to women guilty to give 1 of this crime." But note, this action of

to me very striking." He a saying, ‘ I do not condemn

I L L U S - peaoe on earth? I tell you nay; but ruth- “ our Savior " is in strict harmony with_ .1 I It V . . I - I A .f • I l t l a «»«>■» rasa la* A A iiaA iilin is **• t i l . a —

the respective qualities they each rep- ____ _resented. The sublimest thoughts of One man may B __music, poetry, and the poetry of motion, ^he main spring, another theTiair spring of painting, sculpture and the stellar | and so on 8tiu the watch may

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Complete thy sacrifice, even as thou wllt;|__The Cbnrcb absolves thy conscience from all

g u l l f ”Here holy bible and holy church sancti­

fy one of the most atrocious deeds re­corded in history, a father burning • wo living, lovely daughters because they had intelligence enough to doubt, and courage enough to express that doubt Oh! the mysteries of religious) conviction! Philosopher and sage nave tried to sound thy depths, and astounded^ at the beauties and horrors thereof have] been led to say that it is an element of the human soul, and, reared in ignor­ance, may be the most dangerous of the human attributes: and, reared in the sun-light of intelligence, may become the most angelic. Is this the God of the holy church? Is this the God of the lo b bible? Who is your God? A just and intelligent criticism is the balance that determines the value of fine gold.Is it right to criticise God? Is there any God known to man except that fashioned by man? A thought comes over mol home times that a man's God, that every man's God, is bis highest conception of intelligence and power coupled with ex­istence, and this thought will form the fundamental idea of this inquiry.

I find it quite difficult to take the first step In my investigation without at once coming into contact with some religious form or worship established by man. Have not Ml religious systems been based upon the highest attributes the originators and supporters of these re­spective systems could conceive? These attributes have always been attached to a personality, and that person has been the mightiest in the universe. Whose God is greater than our God? Is not that the cVy of every religious sect in the world?

1 think it would be extremely amusing to see tho first God that was first worshiped by man. His conception of God, I presume, would be in keeping with his environments, with his educa­tion. I think it must have been made of mud. To bogln with tho beginning and follow down to the present time, were it possible, the various conceptions of a God " * ** "

universe were embodied in these fantas­tic and dreamy Goddesses. Venus, Apollo, Boreas, Diana, Bacchus, and th e , great Zeus, and the hundred and one Gods and Goddesses of the Greeks, yes, and of other nations, were but the cen­tralizations of the culminating idealisms of the qualities which these different Gods ana Goddesses stood for. Who so grand in tragedy as Melpomene? Who so sweet in song and graceful in dance as Terpsichore? Who so lovely as Venus? Who so beautiful as Apollo? Who so powerful as Jove? Yet these were the creatures worshiped by the Greeks in the bright days of Pheidias, Aristides, Sophocles, ana a host of others whose lives we still love to contemplate.

To me, there is something beautiful in this pantheistic idea of Supreme Intelli­gence, or a Supreme Intelligence presid­ing over each of the arts, sciences, at­tributes and principles. Distributing the various qualities of mind and matter that go to make men grand and good among many gods and goddesses, so that each shall preside over the highest of these respective qualities, 1s certainly not au­tocratic, ana is in the line of the tenden­cies of modern days; no pope, no king, but executives selected by the people for the people, embodying the highest ex­cellencies for each position. To me it is quite as consistent as to raise the gory |blade and shout, “ There is no Allah but Allah, and Mahommed 'is his prophet." Quite as consistent as for an infallible, born of woman, to issue the anathema of excommunication, consigning to eternal fires the pure and great souls who ac^ practically enabling men to select their own gods.

Who to-day can say the Greeks were right? Who to-day can say the Greeks were wrong? Who to-day can define a Divinity and his attributes better than Pythagoras, Socrates or Plato? Who can say whether there is one God or many Gods; whether God is male or fe­male, personal or impersonal?

A man with a pure heart, laudable desires, and high aspirations, on bended knee, supplicates his God for the pro­motion oi his political representative. On the other hand. a neighbor with heart just as pure, with desires as lauda­ble, and aspirations as high, humbly before his Adorable One prays, not only that another political representative may be promoted, but that confusion may attend the efforts of his neighbor. These different parties leave their homes, go forth to business; each has a reputation unimpeachable; the doors of the bank are open to both, the highest congratulate them in the street; in fact, they meet and congratulate each other. Why this apparent harmony in com­mercial circles, but before their Gods, this great variance, jarring, clashing of principles? Is there need of more than one God here? No one doubts that each

[ one prays for what he considers tho best. It seems hardly possible that both Bhould be right, occupying such extreme

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maintain a most becoming unity of action.

Notwithstanding the great variation, yes, antagonism, that may exist here among men of different professions and callings, yes, of the same professions and callings is it not possible for us to conceive of a time when all of these people of the same avocations, and of different avocations, shall work together in har­mony: when the lion and lamb shall lie down together; when all doctors of medicine shall agree in relation to their practice; when all the doctors of the law shall agree upon the principle of their science; when all the doctors of divinity shall preach the same God or Gods and the same code of ethics?

And here there comes to me a beauti­ful thought, a spiritual thought, evolu­tionary in character; and it is this: That the most insignificant of God’s creatures become objects of adoration. When I think of this I do not wonder that the most Godlike here upon earth have such a charity for the poor, the despised, the erring. I apprehend that they sometimes see the heavenly spark, brilliant in its future beauty, while here covered with the grossness and vileness I of sin and ignominy.

W hat I desire to get before you is this: that we may have the greatest unity of action while many different intelligences are bent upon the same or different purpose, ana it is based upon the evolu­tionary idea that the most debased here progress to beauty and wisdom beyond. That there will be a unification of all principles, attributes, qualities perfect

and mind, to me seemsmbetween mind quite rational.

Impartial ism implies equal advantage to all. Can a perfect God be unjust andKartial to any human being, since man is

_]ere involuntarily, here in spite of him­self and in accordance with the laws of nature? Will the inequalities between men be reconciled? Will the innocent sufferer be compensated? Is it wise for us ty reconcile these strange anomalies? I think it is. Through modern Invention and modern thought we are obtaining wiser and clearer views of the forces that are working in and about us. I think

Iwith a principle os to observe the law though tho Intelligent uuthor wore ab­sent.

Well, this was the God of Thomas Paine whilo ho was on earth, and is now his God in spirit-life. It is a glorious oonception of a Divinity, a God way above a God made of mud and dirt, stone or iron, silver or gold, or any man-born God, whother Mlnerva-liko full panop­lied from the hoadof Jove, or Buddna-llke and Christ-like from the wombs of vir­gins touched by the Promethean spark from heaven.

Tell me. can you, who is your God?Quality distinguishes quality. This may

not be a primary postulate, but to a close observer of nature, I think it will become apparent. The grass gathers unto itself something that will make grass; the tree gathers unto itself something that will make tho tree; the horse gathers unto it­self something that makes the horse, and man gathers unto himself something that makes the man, and though they may try to make man from the monkey, they cannot, for a monkey cannot dis­tinguish the qualities in nature that makes the man. Stretch a line from hor­izon to horizon, and erect a million or more lines perpendicular thereto, and at the base of each of these perpendiculars1 place the first embryo of every living' animal that has come under the eye of man, and follow upon that perpendicular line the growth, perfection, decline and annihilation of a certain species of each embryo; notioe all the mutations caused by climate, food, environments, and though the changes in many of these em­bryonic forms and their growths may cause many of these lines to vary from a perpendicular, we have never yet found them to so vary as to cause one line to even touch another, much less to cross and run into and with it. At the bases of these perpendiculars are found the protoplastic moner and cytod, the mon­key and man, and although they may have been climbing these respective perpen­diculars for untold time, and reached aEciint about ready to scale the heights of

eaven, they are still moners, cytods. monkeys ana men.

That quality distinguishes quality is a fact, ana the word distinguishes indi­cates intelligence, and how that intelli­gence .'gets there} i cannot say.- The pret­ty rose gathers Its sweet perfumes and its royal tints with an exactitude and an intelligence that surpasses man in his highest efforts. In the wilds of Arizona, upon the rugged rocks, and upon the heated hills ana plains of sand, thousands | of cacti in a thousand different forms raise their various leaves and beautiful blossoms in rich and glorious colors, and though no eye beholds (beauties “ Born to blush unseen and waste their sweet­ness on tho desert a ir ”), they quietly se­lect their qualities of form, color and fragrance, by a rule that operates with a precision unsurpassed by any intelligence of man. Cultivation and civilization does nut change their beauty, nor under these benign influences is the regularity of the selection of these qualities more certain. Our own American bob-a-link, with bright colors peculiar to itself, sailing over the golden grain in a hot noon-tide sun of July, warbles liquid notes of a sweetness and quality we all are charmed with and which we pleasantly distin­guish. In the conformation of its organs of song, and in its selections from the a t­mosphere of the proper properties that combine into sweet melodies, force and quality have done rare work. Quality distingi I

They are not Adapted to Mod­ern Civilization.

post and much_lantagonisticL.__less possible that God should, could or would answer tho prayers of both. Is not the God of each a being clothed with his highest conception of divine at­tributes? Is there anything in this to lead you to inquire, Who is your God?

Do not let any one say I am a material­ist in the modern sense of that term, or tho limited sense of that term, for be­yond this gross matter I am somotimes {permitted to see a beauty and an ef­fulgence of an ethurcalized character, that glorifies tho soul, and creates long­ing desires to become pure, charitable and wise.

Do not let any one say that I am an atheist, for I see about me on every hand tho manifestations of intelligent potencies that transcend the marshalled and unified efforts of humanity. Nothing in man so grand but that we find some­thing in nature grander. Nothing so powerful in man, that in nature wo find something more powerful, and this great­er grandness and greater power be­ing outside of ourselves, when wo have exhausted our own resources, how natu­ral to reach beyond ourselves; and in this supremo moment how wise it is to know In what direction to roach, in other wordB, how wise it is to determine who is your God!

We somotimes wander about in the domain of thought, and sail upon u sea of beauty and pleasure, comprehending some of tho grandeurs of tho universe, imagining how great, how grand ana how good our Goa must bo, until wo aro aroused by tho cold hand of reason and of tbo world, and the question comes,■ produced by the various periods I Who is your God?

of time. would. perhape. change some of I Can we assume anything that will load the Infallibilities upon which are perched I to definite, positive, absolute results, the conceits of humanity. A careful unless it bo founded upon axiomatic and unprejudiced student of Unlay can' principles? That an apple is greater

we can see in nature the operation of different intelligences. But to some, how horrid the thought! Is it more horrid than to divide a God into three parts, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost?and then any more inconsistent than to try and unite these three into one? Do not these perplexities make it incumbent upon you to enquire who is your God?

Can life or intelligence exist independ­ent of matter? Is it necessary that they should exist independent of matter to form a proper conception of a God or Gods?

In justification of a life of purity and usefulness against the villainous and un­charitable aspersions of the divinely con-

, socrated servants of God, spirit Thomas Paine says through that princess of in­spirational orators, Mrs Cora L. V. Rich­mond: “ So far from being a materialist, the whole world was, ana is, animated by one divine and perfect law of the Su­preme Being; so far from being a materi­alist, every human life was held sacred os a portion from that Divine Giver, and now from tho Snlrlt-world, which is tho sacred reality of all existence: tho voico that addresses you is here to-night to de­clare that Bplrft is life, that lntelllgonoe is the source of all law."

That “ intelligence," then, that Thomas Paine conceived to be “ the source of all law " must havo been and still is tho God {of Thomas Paine. Truly a Great God, and one that tho most intelligent of men could bow down to and worship with ad­oration if they could obtain as clear a conception of this Being as Thomas Paine.

To separate this intelligence from mat­ter, or to separate tbe unuormation of a

i law of nature from the matter it acts up­on, has been a source of great trouble to many wise and slnoore men, and has led thorn conscientiously to teach that in force and matter was tho intelligence, that their God was the material.

The expansion of water, the running of water, tho falling of water, tho freezing! of water, the evaporation of water, the I floating of water, the thirst-quenching of water, tho flro-oxtlngnlsblngof water, are properties of water known to tho most ordinary Intellect, Tho scientist calls those properties laws, and to tho materialistic scientist, their uniformity of action, their Infallibility of operation do not clothe the laws with Intelligence, but claim that certain qualities inhere in water and nature, and would bo there if there woro no intelligence.

To mo it is a grander thought, and

listinguishes quality, is included in all force and matter in its operation and is infinite in its application. Here, to me, are the footprints of Divine Intelligences:! and here many contemplative souls who have grand conceptions of force and mat­ter find their God. W hat is your high­est conception of a God? Who is your {God? W nat oonception of a God does our peculiar philosophy give us? As familiar as we may have been with our friends who have passed among the Invisibles, have they aided us in obtaining a grand­er conception of a God than we had be­fore? W hat do they say to us? Their sayings are various. They have told us that God was a principle. Wo have en­quired what kind of a principle. The answer came a principle of goodness. But what aro wo going to do with the principle of badness? Another spirit tells us that God is in everything; another that tho God of tbe Jews is tne Jehovah of the universe; another tha t Christ is God another that there is no God and so on Tell me why this confusion from that

Islde of life? As Spiritualists we under stand this, and believe, os a man think eth so is he, and for a while so will he be. The law of thought fixes a habit up­on the soul that it transports to spirit- life. All there is of the soul, mind or spirit in spirit-life is tho result of thought process on this side. As high a oonco t ion os a man had of God on the cart! lust UB high u conception will ho have In spirit-life. There the opportunities to improve that oonooption, or to study the laws of nature, may bo more advantage­ous. To mo God Lb not a positive, fixed or definite portion of any quality of any I thing that we know anything about. No Iman hath seen God at any time, notovon his hinder parts, honoo no man can do- flno him. Each and ovary definition of a God doponds upon a man's highest oon caption of powor and lntelllgonoe.

Lot us labor to obtain knowledge. Let via bo diligent in our searches in the na tural world and in tho spiritual world accumulate wisdom, and tho moro intelll gent and puro wo become, tho more God liko. May our knowledge of tho Su promo Powors of tho unlvorso give us such a oonooption of a God that wo may all os readily recognize os wo rooognizo the truth of an axiom, then will there bo an unlvorso! worship of tho same God, then mind and matter will bo reconciled, then all the souls of the unlvorso will march in harmony.

o r T n s P aoaszssiva T iunkkh la a sue ceaa without begging, without misrepresent Ing Its circulation, and without swindling ad vertlaors by claiming a circulation that does not exist. I t commends Itself to Spiritualists, for It la sent out 10 weeks for 25 cents.

DY G. W. BROWN, M. D., ROCKFORD, ILL.(Copyrighted by the Author, 1801).

“ Foxes have holes, and tho birds of the a ir have nests; but the son of man hath not where to lay his head." Matt. 8:20.

How came the foxes to have holes? Simply, they dug them. And the birds of the air, instead of flying over the country und telling how destitute they were, made themselves nests. If Jesus had not taught to “ take no thought of the morrow,” had not carried out his teachings in practice; but had gone to work like an industrious carpenter, and made himself a home, he would have had where to lay his head. I t was his false notions of life, and his gross turbu­lence that made him so wretched, and finally brought him to the cross. “ Lay not up treasures on earth ,” may do for the preacher who subsists on the toil of oth­ers, gaining his food and raiment, and a place for hut worthless head, by telling of the joys in store for the good, and of the miseries of the damned, In regard to all of which ho has no more knowledge than the most ignorant clod-hopper.

Resist not evil,” said Jesus, whicn the assassin, clutching his victim’s throat, repeats.

He who is only clothed in rags may well instruct his followers who are equal-

destitute, to give to those who take their coats their cloaks also. “ Ask and

e shall receive,” is the beggar's text. The lilies of the field, how they grow;

they toll not, neither do they spin; ye t I say unto you, th a t even Solomon m all his glory was not arrayed like one of these." The deduction is clear. Neither should you, my followers, toil nor spin, Bor God will clothe you. “ The birds . .

■ . sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heaven-

futher feedeth them. Ye are of more value than they." So God will feed you, and you may waste your time in idleness, and in roving about the country, ana when you want to ride, and can find “ an| ass tied and a colt with her, loose them, and bring them to me.” Born outside of wedlock, a hybrid according to Chris­tian representation, part God, part man, an impossible cross, yet this nullius Jxllius is represented to the world as a model for imitation,—an ideal man.

Such were the w riter's reflections the other day, after an hour’s pleasant con-

ersation with a clergyman of great ability, who had just read our R e­searches in Oriental History, and who remarked:

“ I admit the evidence is not very con- incing tha t there was a real Jesus; but

his character, as given us in the Gos­pels, is worthy of emulation. Man is so constituted he needs something for a model, even if it is an ideal one; and Je­sus, as he is described by his biogra­phers, is a type of all tha t is noble in hu­manity. His Sermon on the Mount, even if a compilation, as you think, of Thera- peutian monks, in Egypt, elevates him : a r above anything human of which we have knowledge. If no such character al­ready existed, it would be desirable to set him up, even a t this late day for uni- ~ersal guidance.”

I t is possible the learned divine had not recently read tha t sermon he so highly extolled, divested of the preju­dices of early education. Universally observed and the world would be a lazar- house of woe. The few people remain­ing in it would be eunuchs, or mendi­cants. All the forces of nature would be left in their primal condition. Cities would not be built, states would not be organized, fields would remain unculti­nted. No ships would plow the ocean.

There would be no commerce, no law, no government. The wheels of industry would remain forever silent. The plow, the loom, the anvil would be unknown. Books would not be written, and man’ would retain his native wlldnpss and ig­norance, relying for food, raiment and shelter on his “ heavenly father who olothes the lilies and feeds the ravens.”*

Indeed, no more worthless character has ever been presented for man's con­templation than this ideal hero. All the good things ascribed to him are as old as civilization, and can be traced back to timos antedating the pretended birth of this Nazarene.T There aro a few things that seem original, such as “ let him who is able to endure being made a eunuch become such." His blessings on the peacemakers are meaningless plati­tudes when taken in connection with his own declarations, as given in Matthew 10:34, 35:

“ I came not to send peaoe,butasword. For I am oome to sot a man at variance against his father, and tho daughter against her mother, and tho daugnter- in-luw against her mothor-in-law."

Even worse than this:“ If any man comes to me and hates

not his father, and mother, and wife and

or division.” Luke 12:51. his conduct in consorting with magda-I That is the kind of a peacemaker th is lenes; in boasting that harlots believed f"ideal Jesus was. But it is alalmed he on him; in telling the elders and chief did not mean exactly what he said. Why priests that “ tbe harlots will go into the did ho say these things, then? A per-! kingdom of God before you." Matt. 21:31.

I feet person, a pattern for the race, should | Talk of “Christian morality!" Here is a■ “ Thus salth tho Lord,” if not approving

certainly not oondomnlng one of tho great vices which destroys families, and plunges whole communities in ruin. By ull means, good Christians, eliminate this license for wrong-doing from your sacred book, and have as much respect

ct person, a pattern be direct and faultless in his statements. Is he an ideal teacher who discourses in parables that those “ seeingmay not see, und hearing may not understand?” Luke 8: 10.

As a prophet of evil, and a promoter of strife he was a grand success. The world has been filled with discord, vio­lence and death ever slnoe because of his terrible teachings. Is this the ideal character the world needs to improve its morals, to elevate tho humble, and to fit all for a higher life?

Like a petulant, ill-bred ohild, when hungered, he found a fig tree barren of fruit, out of season: he cursed it, and was so virulent in his anathemas as to cause the leaves of the tree to wither in his presence, and, finally, to waste a t the roots. See Matt. 21:19; Mark 11:18, 14, 20, 21.

Common scolds were punished in a sterner age than this with the ducking stool by our English ancestors. What punishment did he deserve whose curses withered fig trees, and blasted them at the root?

“ Every one tha t hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or brethren, or children,

for your families as your pious ancestors had for theirs, who marked this whole story “ Not to be read!”

“ Except ye eat the flesh of the son of man, ana drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso oateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life. .

. . My flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eatetn my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwell- etn in me, and I in him.” John 6:53 to 66.

When Jesus’ disciples heard this, they said, v. 60.

“ This is a hard saying; who can hear it?” Verse 66: “ From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him."

These disciples loved their master: | but they were not cannibals! They were unwilling to eat his flesh, and drink his

| blood! The Mosaic law prohibited their eating the flesh of swine, and drinking

or lands, for my name's sake, shall re- the blood of any animal; but in the newceive an hundred fold, and shall everlasting life.”—Matt. 19:29.

■ 'F a th e r Ignatius, of the Church of England, known a t the British Monk, la now preaching In Boa ton. Be believes Jeaua was God him­self, waa exactly what the crmln represent him. Referring to those who see In Jesus a worthy exemplar, he sold:I “ If the world had followed hts example so­ciety would have ceased to exist.” Again: " I f his were the utterances of a man, then (Asp Irani; s i l l th* raS iy i o f a fwuttle."■ W hether Myth, Man, or God, such teachings as we And ascribed to him better become a mantae than the sayings of a sane person.

tMnny of the best sayings ascribed to Jesus were tho common possession of the East be­fore his birth. . . . There Is not a single maxim, however sensible or silly, In tbe whole of Christ’s discourses that cannot be found In the writings of Pagan moralists and poets, or Jewish doctors who flourished before him. His best sayings. If they may be called his, were all anticipated by Buddha seven centur­ies before Jesus was born. . . The New Testament Is not history, but an arbitrary se­lection from a mass of early Christian tracts- of uncertain authorship, different dates, and of various value.—P ao r. Foots, an English Author, In lI'Adl n u Christt

Prof. Nswmas sold: " I t Is hard to point to anything In the teachings of Jeaua a t ouco new to Hebrew and Greek sages, and likewise In general estimate true."

Buoki.bt, In his History o f Otvtltsatlon, says: " To assert that Christianity communicated to men moral truths previously unknown, argues on tbe part of the asserter gross Ignorance, or wilful fraud.”— Pol. 1, p. {mi.

inheritH a ^ u f e .”—Matt. A big

Sremium, I t must be conceded, as an in- uoement to neglect an observance of

the natural instincts of humanity. Until his followers ceased to regard this bribe, the whole East was overrun by worthless

religion, it seems, they were Invited to eat their God, so closely resembling man that the difference could not be distin­guished! “ Figurative language,” says the believer. “ The real body and blood of the crucified Lord,” says the Church­man. “ Cannibalism,” says the man of

Christian monks, who subsisted by beg-1 thought. “ A survival of Paganism, gary, and practiced their vile lust witn Bays the scholar. And this the most the wandering magdulenal* of that per-1 sacred of all the requirements of thisiod. An ideal Jesus! The fewer the better.

While attending a wedding at Cana, where the wine ran short on the third day's revel.t the mother of Jesus, who was present, told him of the fact. He turned to her in an insolent manner and said: “ Woman, what have I to do with thee?” No doubt “ our Lord's” mind

perfect Ideal! “ Great God!” Can we think of humanity so fallen and not weep?

On several occasions “ our Lord” seemed very ambitious to know what the people thought of him. “ Who do men say I am?" “ Who do you say I am?” See Matt. 16: 13, 15; Luke 9:19, 20. This action exhibits a vain mind in

was busy a t the moment planning his an ordinary person. Is such an exhibi-first miracle, the changing of water into) wine, using a new process, and he was impatient because of the interruption. See John 2:3, and following. Is it sur­prising be was called a “ wine-bibber?" Matt. 11:19. Do mothers wish their boys to copy this ideal? The Women’s Christian Temperance Union are making a terrible ado over the malting of beer containing only about one-half as much alcohol as good wine, such as Jesus made on an occasion when drunkenness was almost universal among the guests.

A custom as old as the Jews prevailed among them, requiring persons to wash their hands before eating. I t was a good) sanitary measure, and more valuable be­cause of the fact tha t frequently they] ate from a common dish, using their fingers where we now use knives, forks ana spoons. The Pharisees, who were very strict in their habits, noticed that the followers of Jesus did not observe this cleanly habit, and inquired of the master why they neglected its observance. See Mark 7:1 to 13.1 Instead of reply­ing in a gentlemanly manner, he said. “ Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites,’ and then discoursed on subjects quite foreign to the inquiry. The “ Lord’l himself being invited to dine with i Pharisee, neglected to follow the pro vailing custom, at which the host “ mar­veled, as well he might. Jesus ref sponded: “ Ye Pharisees make clean! the outside of the cup and platter, but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness,” and then he called them “ fools.” See Luke 11:37 to 44, conclud­ing with his usual expletives: “ Woe unto you scribes, and Pharisees, and hy­pocrites,” which seem to be stock terms with him on all important occasions.

Addressing the chief priest and elders Jesus told them th a t publicans and har­lots believed in him, and that these would enter tbe kingdom of Heaven in advance of them. See Matt. 21:31. This was no doubt designed as a compliment for the magdalenes; but was it not a needless in­sult to the priests and elders?

The story of the woman taken in adul­tery. and brought before Jesus by the Scribes and Pharisees, as if he was a po­lice judge, has been made to appear by a Talmage as an act worthy a God! The ovidenoe of the woman's guilt was posi­tive. Under Jewish law ner punishment was stoning to death; she had broken one of the ten commandments. But this solf-appointed judge, and ideal Jesus, re gardless of legal requirements, told this adulteress arraigned before him: “ Nei­ther do I condemn thee!" John 8:11. This action was followed in almost the next breath with: “ I am tho light of the world!" This law given to Moses on Mt. Sinai, by God himself, amid tbo lightnings of Omnipotence, as religion­ists want us to understand, was here, practically, annulled. The offense is punished to-day, in all civilized coun­tries, as a misdemeanor. Do the ideal­ists approve of this action of the Master? If one law can be set aside with a wave of the hand, without any extenuating circumstances, may not all laws be treat­ed in tho same manner, merely, “ Go and sin no more,” not even exacting a promise of future good behavior? Now It is only the olergy who expect to bo lot off thus easily. It'ls just to state, so strongly does this story savor of free- lovelsm, many eminent Christian schol­ars have repudiated it as an interpola­tion in the “ Divine Word.” Even Dr. Adam Clarke, says: “ I must confess tbe evidence in its favor does not appear

'P rostitutes, if tbe word had been correctly rendered In English.

tJewish marriage feasts lasted from seven to fourteen days. Tbe Greek term In John S: 10, rendered “ have well drunk,” Is often used for men's Intoxication. I t la not probable this sUge was reached before tbe Uurd day. Dr. Clarke says: "Some have supposed the third day mentioned here, fverse 1,1 refers to the third day of the marriage feast.” In this case It seems to have been when the ordinary supply of good cheer was fully exhausted.

JMr. Tslmsdge, In his sermon on Damascus, on the evening of Dee. 7,1300, said substanti­ally of the Mohammedans: “ They wash five times a day, once before each prayer; and for 1800 years have not touched strong drink.” Such a people should be Christianised, to make a market far New England nun.

Ition of personal vanity less objectionable I when practiced by an ideal Jesus?

By having an imperfect ideal to pat­tern after will not the race fall very far short of its capabilities, just as the arrow aimed at-some near- object fails greatly short of the distance i t would have reached if directed to the sun?

Jesus overthrew the tables of tbe money changers, poured their gold and silver on the ground, and scourged the bankers from the temple. See John 2: 14, 15. Dr. Adam Clarke, commenting: on the parallel passage in Matt. 21: 13, says:

“ A very pious clergymen of my ac­quaintance, observing a woman keeping a public stand to sell nuts, gingerbread, etc., a t the very porch of the church, on the Lord's day,’’ requested her to re­move. She persisted in the practice. “ Finding her still in the very entrance with her stall, he overthrew the stall, and scattered the stuff in the street.” The Doctor concludes: “ He was shortly after summoned to appear before the Royal Court . . . wnich condemned the action, and fined the man in a con­siderable sum of money.”

Here the ideal Jesus set himself up as law-maker, assuming the role of judge, jury, witnesses and executioner, all in the same breath. Had he been guilty of a similar illegal and ill-advised act in modern times he would, probably, have received a broken head; and the verdict of any competent Court would have been: Served him right. Is morality cop- served, or the world bettered for having an ideal disturber of the peaca and a law-breaker to lead in acts of violence? Such Jesus certainly was, else his biog­raphers falsified in tneir narration of the event.

Jesus threatened to punish in “ Hell- fire, ” according to the authorized version, for calling a brother a fool, Matt. 5: 22; but he repeatedly applied the same epi­thet to his listeners, Matt. 23:17, 19, and soon after, in the same speech, denounced the multitude as serpents, as hypocrites, as vipers; and, verse 33, threatened them again with hell. No teacner was ever more abusive in language tnan this ideal Jesus. Seven times in one short dis­course, reported In Matthew 23, he denounced his listeners as hypocrites, and pronounced a woe upon them. Such bitter invective may become a mythical God; but he who oopies this ideal in our day will probably experience a great woe, and possibly passthrough a “ tribu­lation of anguish,” such as those are liable to feel who attempt to address an angry mob, while ail the assembled multitude “ lift up their voices,” and, perhaps, “ smite him on the cheek.”

A riper is the most poisonous of the snake family, and yet, Matt. 3: 7, says {this Jesus addressed those who were present a t his baptism as “ a generation of vipers.” This term was applied quite frequently to the Jews. See Matt. 12: [34; 23: 33, etc. Is it well to hare an ideal dealer in billingsgate for our sons tnd daughters to copy after?“□“ I t is easier for a camel to go through Itho eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter tho kingdom of God.” Mark 10: 25. The conclusion follows in the ideaTs own words: “ Sell whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shall have treasure in heaven.” Luke 12:33. That is: Because vagabonds can subsist by beggary, you should take no thought of the morrow. Observe this and you will be happy.

From the quoted and other sayings of Jesus riches seemed to him criminal, while poverty was a virtue, and heaven was the home of babies, those who imi­tate them, and mendicants. The parable of the rich man and Lazarus is In point: The latter was given rest in Abraham's bosom, not for his good deeds, but be­cause he was a beggar. Dives was turned into Hell, and refused a drop of water, his only offense: he had accumu­lated some of this world's goods to supply future wants. This great Teacher mi needs be the tramp’s Ideall

Noble actions, worthy conduct, sacri­fices and toil for the relief of the dl tressed, were not requirements essenti to salvation. Harlots, for believing

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I do not mean to be understood as agreeing with the great apostile of free thought in all he says. Personally, I think he swings too far to the negative side of the arc, and as a consequence overlooks many cogent facts relative to human origin, existence and destiny. It Is but natural that in dealing with mighty

| problems ho should put his ponderous fe e t upon some truths. He is but human, and to e r r is bn man. However exalted our estimate of him may be, we must not deify him. This would be manifest injustice to him and degrading to our­selves. But whatever there is of gratitude to our fellow man. whatever!

j there may be within us which savors of I pride that American .institutions have reared a man without a taint of dishonor, this we owe to IngersolL

However distasteful his ideas may be to some, there is shown a disposition to pay him the tribute of candor and straight-

I forward dealing. This is more than can i I be said of one in one hundred of the men | holding public places to-day.

Opponents, with the exception of priests and idiots, unite in bestowing upon Ingersoll the insignia of ability and honesty. This, indeed, is an envious position for any man to hold in the hearts of his countrymen, and it can be attained

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I read with pleasure Elder Evans's I who declares that rented lands, tene- strong letter published in The Pro- I ments and flats, are the enemies of oivil- GRESSTVH Thinker of Jan. 3, upon the [ ization. is fit to be the president of subject of nominating Robert G. Ingersoll 185,000,000 of freemen. That man is Rob- far tbe presidency, mid want to forward I ert G. Ingersoll. The man who is brave yon at once a hearty concurrence to the enough to declare in the face of eighteen proposition, and also to offer a thought centuries of superstition that man can upon the same. I not be happy on earth so long as he wor-

A name so mixed with veneration and I ships a tyrant in heaven, is worthy of honor, fear and hatred: a name exe- f the greatest gift in the constitutional crated by priests and blessed by freemen: j powers of the American people. That I a name significant of liberty and srnony-1 man is Robert G. Ingersoll, the great | moos of free thought,—woo shall pro- apostle of tr e e thought, free speech and nonnee a eulogy befitting tbe character I a free press, the divine trinity in the and services of him who bears the name I godhead of the religiou of man. Born of Robert G. Ingersoll? Flashing across j himself among the roots of the old Tree the intellectual sky like a brilliant me- of Superstition, their mighty hold bound tear, his genius has lit up the firmament and fettered him until ms mind gained of thought with a light matchless since I its growth, when with one spring he the daps of Voltaire. Rousseau and Bru-1 launched himself clear from the sinewy no. Nature has indeed unfolded one cords and forever dedicated his brain intellect in this day of blind idolatry and I and his purse to the cause of universal blatant hypocrisy, through and bv which mental liberty. Simple and abstemious I her principles may and do find fitting in his habits, be is loved best by those expression. who know him best: hated and execrated

Honored and loved by all men.emanei- J by those who know Mm or understand paled from superstition on the one hand. I mm the least: the man in whose char- traduced with the malignity of fiends by I actor is embodied the principles of him priests on the other, he has carried the I who said: " The world is my country, to force of his genius to the highest pinna- do good my religion.” The fond parent

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If you happen to see something in The Progressive Thinker that disturbs your peace of mind, as being radically at variance with your conceptions of truth and right, don’t allow your equan­imity to be disturbed thereby. That very article may constitute soul-nourish­ment to some one else. We present this week from tho pen of Dr. Brown, an in­teresting review of tho life and history of Jesus. To bis eminent]y critical mind,

I Jesus is a myth. Now, Christian Spirit­ualists. don't allow your peace of mind

I to be disturbed on account of tbe radical grounds taken by the good Doctor. I f , tbat person ever existed, and was a grand medium, and a noble man, he still exists as vour ideal, and you can admire him and hug him to vour bosom, notwith­standing the radical utterances of Dr. Brown. The same reasoning will apply to the Interesting discourse on Goa by Mr. Lee, of Mantua Station, Ohio. Oth­ers may have formulated different ideas in reference to God, and who are so es­tablished in them that nothing can shake their foundation. There is nothing in Mr. Lee's address, however cogent his argument and pointed his conclusions, that deprives you of the inestimable boon of still believing as you choose in j reference to the Deity. So we say, nev­er allow your equanimity to be disturbed by radical - utterances in variance with your preconceived opinions.

other workdo better and more effectually than local societies or individuals could do. If Spiritualists of Vermont, whom this may roach, would favor this move, I

I would like to hear from them, either | through P rogressive Thinker or by letter. There are many tinowed as well ns unaroiotd fr e e thinkers In this section of Vermont who would probably favor an organization, which would reach and supply their wants. They are tho " man and women” to whom " words” are not "proof." Tbat is the reason they are

I"free thinkers, or unbelievers.” Your paper is taking its position as a leader In thought wherever It reaches. One hindrance to tbe advance of liberal or spiritual thought boa been the high price put on its organa,—the cost of two or three newspapers. Yours is a

I move in tbe right direction.G eo. F . Perkins and wife are holding

spiritual meetings, and giving testa in Halt Lake City, Utah. They can be ad­dressed at 381 8. W. Temple SL, that city.

Ed. A. Rieson, of Lake View, Mich., writes: " A ]Hiper at tho price of yours, containing as it certa in ly does the thoughts of the most advanced thinkers on earth, and every article interesting and instructive from beginning to end, ought to and will be prized and supported by all true Spiritualists and friends of advanced thought. Your paper seems to be fob true to tho interests of our cause of light and truth to ever notice fraud-hunting portion of would-be Spirit­ualists, unless, as in the case of Hon. A. I B. Richmond, you ore driven to it to protect that some right and truth from the vampire. I have known Brother

Mattie E. Hull writes from Oakland,I Cal. “ We have none but good words to I sand concerning our labor here. We I have held morning and night meetings I In Odd Fellows hall three Sundays past, land tbe Heating capacity for the night I services were too limited to aooom- I module tbe people who came out to hear.I Tho Interest has become so great that I Mr. Hull has engaged the hail for two I more Sundays. Next week I go to Son Diego and soon as Mr. Hull concludes his work here, he goes to Oregon, from which point urgent calls are coming

I dolly for our speedy return. Probably I shall remain in Southern California tor several weeks. There seems to be no lack of mediums and workers in this country, yet every one is apparently busy and doing a good work. I forgot to say, wo have conducted one service each Sunday in Han Franciooo. * The world moves on, tbo light grows stronger.'”

Ceo. E. Wilber of Boston, Mass, writes:"M n. H. S. Lake returned from Wash­ington, D. C. Wednesday, Dec. 31. A reception was given her at the Temple jin the evening. Mrs. K. 8. Lillie, Mr. E. J Tisdale and other prominent Spirit- uailsta were present. After a number of speeches a sum of money and a beautiful basket of flowers wore presented to Mrs.Lake who responded In words most fitting the occasion. A letter was read from I tbe secretary of the First Spiritual I Society of Washington, to whom Mrs.Lake has spoken fo r a month past and from several who we re unable to be resent, among these being the remarks- ' A. J. Davis. Mrs. E. A. Tisdale i s .,

to speak in Stowe, Vermont, for the I “ 1 1° Father

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a gispssK in, auennof advertising, give me entertainment and charge 10 cents admission at the door to Lite lectures and give me the to­tal proceeds, be that much or little, and I will take my chances for remunera­tion.

It has occurred to me that other reg­ular indorsed speakers and mediums might follow successively and thus es­tablish a regular circuit throughout the State o r States.

In connection with the above I would state that I have for some weeks post observed through my clairvoyance, tbs I approach of a very large concourse of I Hlnoe our last r**jn advanced spirits who floated in midair I oclved rnost flatter like a large white cloud evidently com-1 from the aoquisltin missioned to develop some special Hjdr- | Many prominent Is i tualls tic results upon the earth-plane. I from East and West I have not been able to determine the exact effect of their special* effort, but when I saw the suggestions in the above referred to article, it occurred to me that this bright and beautiful organization of spirits might have some such object in view. Mrs. M. Theresa Allen.

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9 for forty years since, and no one who knows him but respects him for candor and integrity ae well as ability. Brother Francis, keep right on. The P rogressive Thinker has grown more and more interesting with every issue since it begun.”

Spirit Rapping.—The Massachusetts Legislature unanimously adopted the following July; 2, 1853: "T hat the com­mittee on Education consider what legis­lation, if any, is necessary to protect the ignorant and credulous from the de­lusive acts of * spirit rappers/ so called, whose blasphemous assumptions arc fearfully engrossing the minds of a large portion of the community, producing insanity, robbing men of their property,! ' ................................ id fill-1

his genius to the highest pinna­cle, and stands pre-eminently the I van- hoe of free thought on this 'oontinenL It w ere well to pause here and reflect upon the significance of his position in the realm of thought.!

and good citizen, in all things emphatic­ally a man! Mr. Ingersoll is a Repub-

through the mists of ages, if we trace j the thread of history, we find that |th

lican, but be is more—be is an American Stretching back j He is the kind of man Spiritualists and]

liberals, who hold the balance of power____________ Jto-day, want for president. Then let himl

h all the gloomy days of church I be the nominee of the intelligence of ascendancy there have been a few men the country, and when he is nominated,! In whose characters were embodied the let us see to it that be is elected; to the principles of mental and physical liberty: I end that Sunday-school tactics in the

isbea from the cir-1 affairs of a mighty nation may be rele­gated to the shades of inquisitorial mummery from whence they sprang.

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men who, though banished from the cir­cles of society, never sacrificed their self-respect, and anathematized and! bounded mr popes and priests, still fanned the feeble flame of freedom, and| kept alive the seeds of thought. Who! ever in tbe past has raised voice or I wielded pen in defense of human rights, was worthy to precede Bobert G. Ingersoll? Every How that has been struck against priestcraft by the world's infidels has been a signal of light U) the genius of Ingersoll.

Every victory of troth over error gained by Voiney, Voltaire, Rosseau and Paine, has been a step forward in the de­velopment of thought which to-day ren­ders pood Me the intellect of man to grasp and appreciate tbe ideas of Ingersoll. He came at tbe right time and he has come to stay. The fires of Smith field have smoldered: tbe inquisition is a bad memory .and encyclical bul of faith

B u ffa lo , 1V. Y .W il l a r d J . H u l l .

■ H H H I l i and articles ■ are a drag <n the emporium of

thought. Witch burning is impossible:! tbe earth does revolve; tne church con­cedes the fact, although Galileo. Bruno, Copernicus and every other astronomer who dared to assert ft in tbe good old days, were ruthlessly butchered by this same church. Tbe Stellar universe Is studied without fear! the stars ail have appropriate names, but not a single star bears a Christian name! Slowly but! surely the scales have dropped from the I eyes of men, but only as they have risen from their knees, and assumed the majesty tbat of right belongs to them. Ingeraoli then is safe. His light will shine and be will live his allotted time on earth unterrified by flames and screws. He has opened op the wells of thought and helped to make men free . What has been tbe secret of his strength? It has been in the utter absence of fear. This proclivity in man's nature has been the cnief weapon against him and has been used unsparingly throughout the ages. Without it priests can do nothing. With It they control every other faculty. It has enabled them to slay I every noble, elevating aspiration that I ever attempted unfold meat in the human! Intellect.

Whenever you find an intellectual pigmy there you find the evidence of a strangler who operates under the cowl of priestcraft.

Ingersoll could not bold the sense of fear; great minds never can. Matchless In oratory, unanswerable in logic, pre­eminent In tbe qualities of statesman­ship. make him a powerful and magnetic speaker, a fluent and irresistible writer; but the bold and fearfess manner in which he couches his sentences, the defiant grandeur of bis ideas, stamp him as a master in these attributes essential in a truly representative man. It Is im­passible to estimate tbe vast volume of good be Is doing for tbe people of this country. Doubtless be is unconscious of a tithe of the admiration, honor and gratitude bestowed upon him and this uneonscioitsn ess of Influence Is entirely consonant with bis character. His mind has not boon trained to cater to adula-

S trikes a Responsive Chord.Dr. . JEL Randall, whose lectures

have been exciting much interest in the West, echoes the sentiment that is com­ing in to us from all directions. He says: | "For the past year I have been almost constantly in the lecture field, and have spent the most of my time in Spiritualist families in many different towns and cities, and everywhere I have been I; have beard the most sterling words of

raise that could be uttered for The ROGREB8IVE Thinker. Its weekly

matter, mechanical construction, litera­ry make-up, and Its price, give general satisfaction. Long may It live and bring to its worthy projector and editor not only financial success, but the reward to soul that every good work well and faithfully done merits."

O a r C row ning T rium ph!I t has created a widespread interest

everywhere. The change* has been so noticeable, tbe effect so potent, and the good to be accomplished so great, that a responsive chord in the hearts o f the people has been touched. This great change has been produced, too. without tbe least friction, and without disturbing the financial equanimity of the spirituf alistic public. Spiritualists are begin­ning to learn a lesson—a lesson that has long been needed, and it is this: That the publication of a Spiritualistic pape

I is strictly a business project, and no one | has any more right to call for bequests, gifts or donotions. than the grocer has who deals in articles tbat furnish nutril ment fo r the physical man. Placing our paper on a strict business basis, and renaering in all cases value received we have been able in one year's time to not only place our paper in tbe front as to circulation, but we hare at great ex­pense reconstructed it, so that It stands forth combining more than ever before, cheapness and excellence. Taken all things into consideration we are not in the least surprised at the result achieved. We knew it would be accomplished. The outlook for The Progressive Thinker is all tbat can be desired.

Not In a R a t.The Progressive Thinker is not in

a rat, and never Intends to get in that disagreeable place. Seeing a vast unex­plored field In our foreign exchanges we instituted our E clectic M agazine, which will present the cream of tbe Spiritual­istic literature in other countries. This to o a r readers will be a rich and rare treat. Noticing the encroachments of the Catholics on our public schools, three-fourths of all the teachers in the public schools here belonging to that sect, we have from time to time exposed their nefarious schemes, and shall con­tinue to do no in tbe future. No! wo are notin a rut!

destroying domestic happiness, and ing tbe hospitals for the insane with the dupes of the popular humbug: also tbat the same committee take into considera­tion tbe expediency of making it a penal offense for the owner or lessee o f any building in any city to rent or use any part thereof for the purpose of holding the blasphemous meetings of spirit-rap­pers with full power to send for persons and papers.”

O. P. Kellogg, well and favorably known in Ohio and Pennsylvania as one of the earliest lecturers on Spiritualism, earnest, eloquent, of irreproachable character, removed to Wyoming, and was last fall elected from two counties to the Legislature, and at a mass caucus of all parties was forced to accept the speakership of the first House. He has been of efficient service in guarding the equal rights of Woman in that State by statutory law. In a private letter he says: " I am still a warm-hearted Spirit­ualist, and do not hesitate to avow my convictions, and it does not in the least hurt my influence.”

tho platform at Berkely two Sundays in January.”

Will C. Hodge of Davenport, Iowa writes: " Find enclosed postal note for which please send one hundred copies of the assassination of Lincoln. Every voter in America should have a copy, and read the same In order to be able to vote intelligently. The Progressive Think­er is all right and doing a grand work.”

Lyman C. Howe, the veteran speaker, holds forth at Haslett Park, Mien., Aug. 18 and 21.

O. P. Hitching! of Winfield, N. Y., writes: "Not long since I became a trial subscriber to The P rogressive Thinker, and words fail to convey tbe pleasure it has given. I t is GRAND, and so far removed from any known publication that it is hardly to be com­pared. Other spiritual papers contain much good, but they get oigotod and

J" hide-bound.” if you will allow me the j term, and stick to their rut with the blind tenacity of a Catholic.”

Mrs. Sarah EL Kre bourn, of Havana. HL, writes: " Dr. James Boggs, passed out into the ‘other life’ on the morning of Nov. 14, at the ripe old age of eighty. He had long been identified with us as an earnest and attentive Spiritualist. He embraced its teachings some thirty years since and has given largely of bis influences and means to support and uphold the cause in this vicinity. His many friends among Spiritualists who have often been entertained at his hos­pitable home will regret to learn that they will see him no more on this side of life.”

sasslnatlon of President Lincoln, accord-1 n Cbinlquy. These I wish I

lies and gentlemen ■have become Neo-

I pbytes, and several cities have nearly the seven members needed for a full court. We have also had the pi assure of welcoming to tbe light of Libra some six or seven well known and Influential

! citizens from other States, os well as many from this State, some of whom re­mained long enough to see the *’ double lights” also.

THE OAF AG COURT.This Court, established at Capoc. Mich., In Dec. lost, re porta m oot favorable work in the occult line, although, as yet, they have no Mystic among them. The " Brothers of the Light” are ever read) to assist the Court Circles and Courts of the order.

This Court is most ably presided over by O . W. Tennant, Esq., as Worthy Mngea, a gentleman well known in oo

I for free distribution. ' th e re should be a jcu lt^ rc,e“ “ * ,rr^ r a™* thinker <* million copies containing the same clr- ^«^_office™ _are;[culated free throughout the United

______ Md by people of all denom- J f c thlr ®1 nations, to r rJt_is_ hard tv nmhahla that ’ 5“ *";.[the secular \ count, to r fear

States, to be read by people of all denota­ta hardly probable that

jVtaor: Mrs. Net- iy High Priest: C. P .. Warden: Mrs. Florar It is hardly probable that ™ws

papers will republish the ac- Worthy £*nb«;C W F. Baade.* r of injuring their circula- Worthy gnductor and Mm U rlaa Ing tbo support of the craven Tennant, Worthy Sentinel. This C ota*tion and losing tbo support

politician of which too many of our «*ular papers are but the mouthpiece.

The encroachments of the Italian Pope, and the Insidious designs of bis i ... . .emissaries against tbe spirit and liberty " H " ?— k . __ ___ S of the Grsof the Constitution, must be met and foughtout on our own soil: and to avoid a civil religious war, let the limits be set to the aggression of all religious sects that are laboring to undermine the free and secular features of ou* government and erect a theocracy in its stead.

It will make but lfttie difference in the long run what religions sect gains the

is fortunate in the possession of an offi­cer of the North H ta r, Mrm. Nellie Baade, who is a reliable communicant and seer.

Bro. Tennant and hta worthy Court cad to welcome any members

read Temple who may presenttheir certificates at hta outer gates on the evenings of coo vocations, Sundays at 7 p . m.

The Courts at Santa Clara. GaL, and Carrington. Tex., report excellent pro­gress.

In answer to a number of worthy Neo­phytes who have filed requests for a de-

ssoendency in this or in any other ootm-1 tail from the Supreme Temple to assist try, for like causes produce like effects ' i hem- “ F such requesta cannot the world over, and tbe history of every | be uniem seven members arereligious sect that has ever had absolute1 o rg a n ized In a court. A circle of three---- or m o re — — —-—

detail onceonly, by giving e x a c t hour of meeting. The Y. P- W. cannot be given to any­one except the W. M. or W. S. of a Court. Apj some.

power over Church and State, has been one of blood and carnage.

It requires no prophetic vision to aee the undercurrent that is writing its will and destiny upon the wall, and the only remedy to prevent the impending ca­tastrophe that is approaching us as star

Neophytes can obtain a special ice each week, of one member

Lpply to this G. Temple for the

ecclesiastical property shall no longer be exempt from just taxation.

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R. H. Warren, of Albany, Wis., writes: "I heartily concur with your correspondent from Aberdeen, S. D., in hta article,‘Striking Back,” I do not wish Spiritualists to retaliate, but I do think they ought to be more individual­ized, and stand out boldly for their prin­ciples: we should be more aggressive and determined to push the light of our beautiful, philosophy to the front, that all may know and feel our strength, and not shrink back and hide our light under a bushel, os many Spiritualists do, for fear of offending or being laughed at by their Christian neighbors. What a flowing Spiritualists could make if each

and every one that has the light of the spiritual philosophy would come forth and subscribe for some one or more of our spiritualistic journals, and would read them and give them to their think­ing neighbors. In this way we would not only show our strength, but at the some tune we would be spreading the light and knowledge of our grand science and philosophy. In my judgment, the press, the rostrum, and the home circle are the great instructors of our philoso­phy, and should be encouraged and sus­tained by every man and woman haring the light of Spiritual ism. ”

A p p rec ia tiv e W ords.They were written by Willard J. Hull|

of Buffalo, N. Y., and they come with no uncertain sound. It is with great pleasure that we record them, for Mr.| Hull ta represented as being one of the finest lecturers on the Spiritualist plat­form. He says:

" For some timfi I have pondered upon tbe advisability of writing you an appre­ciative word, and, reading week after week the long line of flattering extracts{'ou receive from all parts of our country, iss given rise to tho thought that any

thing I might say would be superfluous; but I feel that you will take tho will for the deed, and accept, at this late day, my meed of praise upon vour great sue- cem . Unquestionably The Progress­ive Thinker is the peer of any, and in many respects, tho superior,' of any pub­lication devoted to liberal thought in this country. It ta an ornament to tho cause of Spiritualism and a standing monument to your integrity and dovo-1 tion. It ta hard to think that such a showing could be made without the wise1 supervision and councils of tho invisible world, and I am aura you give to that

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Tlie Bundy-WcIiR Affair.It ta refreshing indeed, to have an emi|

nent lawyer stop to tbe front and give this case an airing. Without being emi nent, without presenting points worthy of tho attention of every thinking mind be never would have been admitted to the columns of T he A m erican L a w Jlc- new . for it ta acknowledged as the lead­ing law magazine of the United States. He shows up in a comprehensive manner,) as never exhibited before, tho true status of the case, and oveiy Spiritualist in the United States will thank him therefor.

rba powersource its due recognition.H |of tbe paper cannot no wholly gauged by1>resent effects, but rather upon tne of- set Its potency will have upon those

who come after us. I enjoy every issue I receive. Your list of contributors ta second to none, and comprises the very highest in tbo field of free thought. That you should command such a fol­lowing in so short a time is certainly cause for any pride you may entertain regurdingiL The Pkogoessivb Think­er ought to enter the house of overy freeman and with (air winds and a favor­able sea. It will In time, I am confident, be universally read and appreciated.”

B rig h t as a Dollar.Wo ora very glad lndood that our pa­

per moots the cordial approval of Will [C. Hodge, for he is a critical thinker and efficient worker in the causa. He writes from Davenport, Iowa, as follows:

"Allow me to congratulate you on the appearance of The Progressive Thinker in Its now dress. I t looks bright as a, brand new dollar, and you ought to got at least ton thousand sub­scribers the coming year. No one can | justly claim that they cannot afford to toko a spiritual paper when one can bo furnished so gooa as The ProgressiveThinker, and at such small cost; you continue to prosper.”

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B erlin Height*.Hudson Tuttle thinks tho pub­

lication of O ur Eclectic M u y tu iiu a “nap­py Inspiration!” Mra. Tuttle thinlca our paper nos a grand future before It, be­cause “ It has a heart!” We desire to hero publicly acknowledge tbo groat service they nave been to us in the im­portant work in which we are engaged.

Mrs. M. Millar of Halt Lake city Utah, ta lecturing there and holding public circles.

The following persons were elected as officers of the Medium Spiritual Society located 35th and Indiana Are. Presi­dent, J . H. Elliott; Vice-President C. M. Seckner; Secretary, H. Guild; Treas­urer Mrs. Barnett.

F. N. Fitch, of Watertown, N. Y., I writes: '* The annivorsaiy meeting of the I I First Progressive Spiritual Society of Watertown, N. Y., was held at the Temple on the evening of the 24th of December and resulted In the re-election of Mrs. Margaret Gifford and Charles! Wilson as trustees. The Board of Di-I rectors immediately met and re-organ­ized and 'elected the trustees of the pre­ceding year. In tbe evening of New Year's day was celebrated the fifty-second anni­versary of tbe marriage o f Mr. and Mrs. Abel Uavta, the generous donors to whom the society ta indebted for their Temple, and also the first anniversary of the I dedication of tho Temple. There was a supper and at seven o’clock services were hola. Mrs. Mary C. Lyman officiating,

ho delivered a discourse and was pro­nounced both eloquent and appropriate by all who heard it.”

8. M. Baldwin, prominent as a worker, of Washington, D. C.. has ordered 1,000 jopios of the Lincoln edition. While | attending one of Mr. Keeler's circles he got tbo following communication: “ I wish you could get tho scales off your eyos and have n glimpse of my life; you would soon wont to com e. ”

R. M. Stanton o f Chad ran, Nob., writes: *• Each successive issue of this excellent sheet makes one fool It hta duty to give expression of hta anproalntlon of the grand work you are doing and the hitherto void The P rogressive Think­er fills.”

J. H. Randall, who for tbo past two I months has been and ta now having I

EL T. Dailey of Hamburg. Iowa, writes: *‘Chas. Watts delivered two grand lectures here on the evenings of Jan. 1 and 2. We had large audiences not­withstanding the] severe snow storm on tbe first andthe revivals at the churches: all seemed highly pleased, and many said they were tbe finest they bad ever heard. Mr. Watts ta a man of remarks-1 ble reasoning power, and few can excel him in argument and eloquence.”

W. K. Gordon, medium, of Denver, Col., writes: “ I hare been a constant reader of your paper ever since it start­ed, and have been to some extent in­clined toward the Roman Catholic church, on account of good work done by tbe fraternity for humanity in the way of orphan's homes and asylums. |

I etc., but Jhree years ago I attended a Spiritualist meeting, and from that time on have developed mediumship, and to­day have the gift of materializing, clair­voyance and trance speaking: and since the publication of the Lincoln Assassina­tion I hare no more use for the Roman church, and I would not be without The P rogressive Thinker for all the rest j of the papers in the country. I have a library, and The Progressive Think-J er ta foremost of all.”

C. Norwood sends us some photographs which appear to contain some genuine spirit forms. They were taken in 1871 by Mr. Allen.

Mrs. S. F. DeWolf will answer calls to lecture and give platform tests of inde­pendent slate-writing. Address her at 108 S. Centre Are.. Chicago, I1L

Tho Bridgeport M orning Nines of Jan.5 says: The lecture delivered by Oscar A. Edgerlv for the Spiritualists at Grand Army hall was characterized by elo­quence. logic and conciseness, the subject being *' Naturalism as a Religion,” and calling out many favorable comments from those present. Tbe tests of spirits present were readily recognized by the parties add reused.

e demand tbat tbe employment of .chaplains in Congress, in State Legisla­tures, in the navy and militia, no d in prisons, asylums, and all other institu­tions supported by public money, shall be discontinued.

3. We demand tbat all public appro­priations for sectarian, educational and charitable institutions shall cease.

4. We demand that all religious | services now sustained by tbe govern­ment shall be abolished: and especially j that the use of the Bible in the public {

| schools, whether ostensibly as a text- book or avowedly as a book of religious worship, shall be prohibited.

5. We demand that the appointment. I by the President of the United States, or I bv the governors of the various States, of all religious festivals and fasts, shall! wholly cease

6. We demand that the judicial oath | in the courts and in all other deport­ments of the government shall

| Those who cannot obtain such n«m” i must furnish such satisfactory proofs of I good character as to obtain the Temple | endorsement on application. If you are in doubt as to vour fitness, call ana see us.'

If, after reading the lectures and teach­ings that have appeared in The P ro­gressive Thinker regarding the order, yon “ hardly know whether you want to join or not.” make up your mind that you do not. as the time has not yet ar­rived.

Read next week's report, which wfll contain a notice of importance.

O. EL Richmond, G. M ..La. J . Shafer. C. G. S.

Notes From Washington. D- C-Presuming a contribution as to the

news of the movement from this quarter of the Spiritualistic horizon would not be unacceptable to the readers of your widely cireulatod journal. I ail] try to

Hbriefly outline a few items of interest ro­be abol-! garding tbe work of the First Spiritual-

tahed. and that simple affirmation, under : tat Society and other matters here in tbeCapital City of the nation. During the

omplithe pains and penalties of perjury, shall,

' in it month of December we have had on bur platform Mrs. EL S. Lake of the Boston Temple Society, whose lectures from tbe highest standpoint of ethical and spirit­ual philosophy have attracted large and intelligent audiences, both morning and evening. Mrs. I ake is a highly gifted and eloquent speaker, and in tne aelec-

| of natural morality, equal rights, and tion and treatment of her subjects is I impartial liberty. I evidently inspired and controlled by a

9. We demand that not only in the high order of Intelligences from the su r- Constitution of the United States and all I itual realm. Her lecture on the Coming of the several States, but also in the I Commonwealth or the Evolution of In- practical administration of the same, no I dustry. wan a most grand and inspiring privilege or advantage shall be conceded j effort. Last Sunday morning she also

be established In its stead.7. We demand that all laws directly or I

indirectly enforcing tbe observance of Sunday as a Sabbath shall be repealed. |

8. We demand that all laws looking to j the enforcement of " Christian ” morality j shall be abrogated, and that all laws shall be conformed to the requirements I

I to Christianity, or any other special ligion: that our entire political svstem shall be founded and administered an a purely secular basis, and that whatever changes shall prove necessary to this! end shall be consistently, unflinchingly ■nil promptly made■Since Cnr&tians of all denominations

delivered a lecture on "Love and Mar­riage Spiritually Considered,” which was a masterly and eloquent presenta­tion through spirit Margaret Fuller's inspiration of tnta difficult but burning question of the hour, and what ta note­worthy and significant, the Washington D a ily 'P o tt g a ve a fairly truthful report

W. J. Block of Springfield, Mo., writes: " Miss Core Myrtle Carpenter the childm edium and lecturer, fills tb e rostrum for our soc iety th is m onth . Everybody! lovee T h e P r o g r e s s iv e T h in k e r . M ay success fa ll on you r noble efforts."

A subscriber writes: "Tbe Peoples' Spiritual Society held a large meeting at its hall 93 S . Peoria SL. to listen to Mrs. Helm, her farewell address before de­parting to her Western home. Her subject was. ‘‘Treading an Dangerous Ground.” President Jenifer made some fine remarks on the death of Brother Martin, followed by Mrs. DeWolf and Belie Hamilton Gill, giving account of I his goodness He was one of the beet men that ever lived to the poor, and we all will miss him. Nano knew him but I to love him. Dr. Martin and Dr. Ferris I and Mrs. Dr. Preston mode remarks.”

Will C . Mathews, eon of Maj. C . H. j and Mary E. Matthews, of New Philo-1 dolphin, Ohio, passed to the higher life I Doc. 27, 1890. in hta 24th year. He was a reader of The P r o g r e ssiv e T h in k ­e r and a believer in the Spiritual Phi­losophy. He was a patient sufferer.

are so very ignorant ( th is ta absolutely true o f the*m asses), of th e fact that it s histocyta w ritten in tears and blood, i t ta left for infidels, so-called, to guard their

I (relig ion ists) r ig h ts and lib erties , and preve nt th e ir encroach m en ta upon th e r ig h ts of others. T hese n in e a r tic les o f I L iberalism , if added to th e U nited S ta tes I Constitution, and ratified by th e re-1 sp ectiv e S tates, w ill prove a safe otaUe- j Icth. and keep th e S n ip o f S ta te off th e I sunken rock of ecclesiastica l hatred and I intolerance, th a t seek s to r a le th is coiin- try. S e la h . O. W . TENNANT.

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An Excellent Move.**

The artlclo entitled "An Excellent Move '* in your issue of Dec. 27th, by W. H. Prindlo and William Chiquet, echoes my sentiments in every particular. I havo long boon deeply impressed with the urgent necessity of such a more and hope that some one may be the happy medium through whom some feasible | plan may soon be presented to - our Spir­itualistic public. I have for some time past adopted the following course for my individual action, but, of course, that does not solve tho problem under consideration.

are so incapable of taking a very ex ten-1 of nearly a column of this lecture in the| sive view of their system of religion, and | Monday morning edition. So the world

does really move, Mr. Editor, on lines of progressive thoughL

During this month we are to have Mrs. Nellie J . T. Brigham to be followed

J in February by Mrs. Clara Field Conant,[i aad later on by other eloquent and g ift- I ed speakers. The society here ta active and performing a good work fo r the

| cause of human emancipation from the I thraldom of blighting superstitions and I time-worn abuses. The Lyceum, too, ta in a flourishing condition, well officered,

1 and b a promising nursery for tbe devel­opment of truth-loving and rational fu­ture citizens.

At tbe present time Washington is the centre of marvelous and sustained mater­ializing phenomena through Mrs. Roes, which hare been witnessed by many,

j both skeptics and believers, under the mast critical test conditions, tbe medium being confined under lock and key in a wire cage.

The Keeler Brothers. also are here I and give wonderful testa in independent slate writing. Miss Maggie Gaul of

I Baltimore, also a fine tost medium, givesKbUc seances under the auspices of the

rst Society at Wann's Half every Fri­day nlgfaL These seances ore largely attended, and many receive the most convincing proofs of the presence of de­parted ones. And so, Mr. Editor, I

A D IE.

S tra n g e Sto ry by C . T h o m a s.

H a rry

T h e P r o g r e s s iv e T h in k e r takes j p leasure in announcing that it w ill be­

gin next month s new aerial from I the pen of H a r r y C. T ho m a s, an author I who thus mokes hta initial bow to a Wes­tern audience, though hta tales have I been read in tbe East with growing In-1

I to rest for the past twelve years. The I latest produet of hta pen ta entitled, I " A d ie : A S t r a n g e Sr o r y , ” and it will Ibe found a strange and deeply interest- L ____________ ___________________________Ing story (pom the opening to the clos-1 mfrig oammunlcation, but such as it ta I Ing chapter. It deals with hypnotism I

jnowi__________largo and stood (Iy Increasing audiences j Realizing that there are many Spirlt- In Minneapolis, has made some engage-1 imitate hare and there who desire roedi- monls to lecture In South Dakota, West I umtatio demonstrations, lectures, etc., Minnesota and Iowa, and would be glad In tboir towns or cities, but have not tbe to hoar from any point in those Status I ready means to offer a medium of thatwhore tho friends are strong onough tc hold either a public or parlor meeting,on condition of receiving two weeks' notice. Address him at 10 Seventh SL, South Minneapolis, Minn.

Wo are glad to loarn tbat Mrs. Cora L. V. Richmond has recovered from a dangerous illness.

_.ay a! ability,I any effort a t all in that direction, I have

and therefore dec lino makingadopted the following plan of action:

I To all who desire my services as a trance | looturor and platform test medium, but cannot guarantee a regular salary or stipulated sum, I will agree to visit their towns or cities, if possible, under tbe following conditions: That such parties

and psychic phenomena, love and suffer­ing, crime and mystery, both an the! land and on the sea, the whole being

I neatly Interwoven, and told with an ease I and grace which ta at once attractive] | and entertaining The plot ta deep and fascinating and will proven puzzle to un­fold in advance. Mystery succeeds mys­tery so closely that we actually begin to wonder i f it ta possible to unravel tbe tangled skein. Yet Mr. Thomas d e a r s tho mists away with such sk ill and inge-

Jnuity a s cannot fall to win the heartiest applause from the lovers of rom ance. If you wish to enjoy a literary treat do not m il to road th is story o f " ADIE,” w hich w ill be published ex clu siv e ly in th e col­um ns o f T h e P r o g r e ssiv e T h in k e r . Rem em ber that w e send th e paper on trial, 18 w eeks for 25 cento.

V Ju s t think, Splrttusllsta of the Intel­lectual feast yon get for only a little over one

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toman*/Ur f lw r i a f r i w s t I k ia h m

ABRAHAM LIN CO LN ,

He Comes W ith Words of Warning.

Many of our rroders will doubllns re­member Mrs. C. Maynard, otto of the old pioneers on the spiritual rostnnu. whoanus oont|W'llod, sw w your* ugv* to h'Uie I a v - o o p t without murmuring u |«|wr from nor poet of duty where* »ho hml i -»* ' -------------------.»— . —•

AN E N E R G E T IC W O R K ER

He is Now at Salt Lake.TV* Tits Editor:- 1 hare itoelnd

number 57 of your excellent journal, and am much pleased to nolo t.ho steady Un* proivtuenl in matter and general tnako* up and think that tho public would bo perfectly willing to let well enmuh alone

more than our otTorls making an orm door for the visitations of the Invisible loved ones. T. GlFPORD.

Il'iifcrimrit, A'. 1*.

tTHMsu/Ur Che lUa/rnrif* miiOwsvMoots W ith a R oatly Second.

done such valiant service. The cause of j her retirement was chronic dlseaw of I rheumatism, with which she is confined [ to her bed la a helpless rendition, and I suffering so intensely that it would seem that no mortal could endutv* the strain J unsupported by Spirit power.

When wo look on her soul full face and I road in its expression love and good-will to all mankind, and realiae with whatImtienco she boars her sufferings while I inhering on tho border between tho two 1

worlds. we are led to exo aim, verily we are made perfect through suffering.

On September 6, 1890, the writer, while at her bedside with other friends, tv -!

which is in everyv way irtlvv of the tit|xxdtion among the Spiritual periodicals of the world at 91 per annum, without the enlargement, which Is to come. Sure­ty, Mr Editor, vou must Intend to spoil the public chilli by overfeeding In giv­ing him a 93 tuoal for twenty-five cents. That Is about the sire of it.

1 am csjKvially (deaia'd with the sug­gestion of Mr. W. 11. lMndle and Wm. UhiqueL of Iowa, with reference to every Stale organising a lecture lunwiu and engaging speaker* and mediums to visit the several towns and cities in each die-1 irict. This movement, in my estima­tion, is the most sensible and Important that has ever been suggested during the

O B ITU A R Y.

j Death of a Prominent Shaker.On the 37th uil., at 1:40 I*. M., died

Elder Giles II. Avery. Tho deceased was In tho ministry of the whole Shaker order, which is oomtmeed of seventeen societies, all in the United States. The minis! rv was reiupoanl of four tterwons— two malos and two females — Elder Dan­iel Holer, in his 87th year; (the dwxawd Elder) Gilt's LI. Avery, who was in his 76th rwtr; Kldretw Ann Taylor, aged 7t», and Eldress Harriot Bullatd, aged 65.These aix* the Elder* ot the various so- eielies. The ministry had recently gene from Ml. Lebanon to Wat**rvllet, j ~ ‘ "7/.'R \ h o « . « < » „l U ,.lrduties.

Elder Giles was one of tho most gifted brothers in the Shaker order. He was prominent in both the temporal and

M M m Ar TV ftafiwsiN rotator.L I L Y D A L E .

ITHlfru/tor roe f*i ■erred ** rotator.T H E S U N S H IN E .

coived the following communication from i m<ven years of my \5ouiitication with I spiritual affairs of the order. Ibr thirty Abraham Lincoln through her medium- — — •• — »------------------------------- ^ >— * i------------—>-•—i _i«v l-u —

iin. A1 oke as

entranced her and |

H. 0. Hcceedobler, of TQlx Ridge. Illinois arm and aimed the bullet that took my f,**! that onlv this. . . . \ l __rav____ » v ------------- ---------I ' ; f . . t. . f . . ^ . I > .w . * k .-K . M .v t k . * . u t n . . „ .*

Spiritualism. It has Ivon a hobby of I years ho had been associated with Elder mine t o see such a movement made, that Daniel: although second in the ministry,

■poke as follows: I many towns could be reached that could I the chief burden reeled upon his broadWilkes Booth was a Homan v at hollo ni)t tv in any other way than by a State shoulders. He was a skilful mechanic,

of the navi ardent type, and the H»*n*an I oremnisation. There aro many Spirit- and could turn his hand to anything lOath^tejpowvMrb^mdMmnerved his | yalists who are starving for the spiritual I needed, and act effieienlly in every do-

jBjB, . . . . . ...at only this phUwophy can pro-1 partmont of useful work, from tailoring llifo, thorvfoiv Booth should not bo con- and who do not get the opportuni-1 to house-building: from horticulture, to sidored mainly responsible for the mur- ,v to jloar a medium or a lecturer from derous act. His great regret at tho I ono vcar time was. or rather after the deed was arodone, that he could not confess and h»ve their district to warrant the appearance I Spiritually, he was a medium of highabsolution from tho consoqu»>ncx'e of his 10f a medium in their midst, since, as a order, ana was, in the differentfearful crime. He further said that ono mallt>r 0f course, all public workers in of .the members of his cabinet, a close cause are p e r in money, and have friend and trusted official, was in sym- j0 in advance not onlv their car fare pa thy with Catholicism, and on his ad- j to .u*d from the cities, but exorbitant ho- vent to spirit-life he had to bring him i aIl(j lodging room prices,—also ad- face to face as his friend and colleague vertising. There is no class of workers ■with the truth and facts concerning the Ijiat aro ^ shamefully Imposed upon by

•You | methods and pur)x»» of Romanism, be- the general public as our spiritual vvork-

Tax P x e u s M v t T iiixksk It kagUwd; it l> a atonhouse of knowledge tor Ike thinking and progressive mind.”

Orris Mc-rritt, of Genoa, 111., writes: “ lam as huognr for Tax Pbourkssivx Thinkkr tnt} week as 1 an for my dinner.”

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Jane* A Gash, of Eckmansville. O., writes:* Hike year paper tetter ami better the more Iraadlt.**

Ik E&ea Smith, of Hope Ranch, Cal., writes;•• Toar paper is doing a grand work; may It* circulation double within a year,”

C Lea of Modiato, Oak, MMn a noble boat of writer* and give us the j fore he could Duly understand and admit Popular prejudice bars, them fromtot lapee. to my mind, 1 ever read for troth | the truth as to the evil and dangerous obtaining anything like a respectful shovv-

effeets of the powerful organisation of I through the newspajxjr as it now is, the church unpn the affairs of this na- under a State organization these tioo. I snobby editors would be compelled soon

He added that now this former mem- to be at least polite when they were paid her of his cabinet with his strong per- jor jtronality. intensified by his oxivriences in Myself and wife have boon working in>|\irit-lifo. was closely engaged with him nU s> for seven years, and several

To tiik Rom m :—In your Issue of the 137th hist., under the heading “ An Ex­cellent Move,” Is an article that Interesis me must profoundly.

Aw you are aw aro, I am a now convert I to the beautiful philosophy of “ spirit | return.” and would gladly cooperate I with the workers everywhere for tho I

I dissemination of the light that llghtsth I every man to iinmortalTiv.

Our brethren at Fort IVxige, la., have struck the keynote of my heart and 11 joyfully add my npme and energy to I prentoto an organisation that will event-1 ually meet the rooulretnonts of this | blewmxi baptism whten stirs the heart of the thirsty millions.

Yes, we must organise by States, first, then the larger organisation will follow, as light chatxe the shadow, I fully erm-

int taken by tho ffart save one, and that

one. the imbecile whine of “ failure,” “ imposition,” “rosiioctabllHy,” etc., etc. Why! gentlemen there Is no such thing as failure with spirit, and as to ftun (f) The sooner all Spiritualists swallow the idea that mediums can live on air (I was going to say something about “ pudding”)—the better for spirit, for media, and for Spiritualists In “ good standing.”

Now this “ resixx'tahlllty” fad I have no sympathy with whatever. If Spirit­ualists continue to live aw other people

Its A ttractio n s as R e so rt

a W in te r S p ir itu a lis m at E lm ira , N> Y .

ar a medium or a lecturer from the management of all kinds of ma- d ~ ,Vv,W io he “ ^ ,T v a lje" -th en r's end to another, because there ehinerv. Intellectually, ho had no peer »» t -buten o ^ h W. t , . , a ^ » » n . v , K f a , ^ | R

all

Shakers,—as see a history written by Elder Giles himself, and published by The Progressive Thinker . Novem­ber 1890; an article that all editors and public stx>akers should ixvsess. Therein it is shown that Spiritualism is not a religion but a science, like astron­omy—an important distinction, and that it passed through all tho sixty families of the Shakers from its com­mencement, eleven years before the " Rochester rmnpings ' occurred.

As a religionist, judged by his works,— --- ----- —— ------ ^ —— l land by his moral and spiritual charac-

in his efforts to arouse the public mind time$ hare wo been compelled to take up tor, Hder Giles B. Avery was unique.

■thing* #— . .| went, and they will attract to themselves

iTT— ¥ » • » .» w'k i » i * »I tho truod of caoh ctiul ovorv com*S 2 2 fh S ^ J S f munlly-, and failures will cease wherei*assed, a subject of the modern bptrit-naiism" that had its origin among the taKWr 00X3 worrlod'

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-h kw to me our nalional affairs came out as they did livw UtUe hall which will soon bo muchOhara' wme' lonstnc and tigering ft\er 111 lh#° [»**. struggle to preserve the un-1 loosmall for us. for we find our audi­os splendid lessons.'” ~ 10“ of the i5Uto^ . . „ -

Gwv. Ingham, of Cleveland, Ohio, writes: He now stxs that the Roman OsthoHc- 1 do not r a t to Km one number, for there power in both worlds i w e then, mndAit loo boat good things In each one to mitt < ir e now doing their utter most, even ________ p ______ _______1 do think It la the most Instructive paper while protending to be in favor with our towns for fear we could not meet the fi- FaW ” * formol government, to have their church nanoial obligations. But under a sound

Mrs. G. H. Brook*, of Madison. Wis., writes: j and its dogmas recognized in the Consti- state system of work, after we had been “I tkiak Tax Paosssssivs Thixser l* one j tution and thus begin the destruction I tested bv tho committee, we could be <g U» ablest jvai>ers putdiabot and have heard , our Republican form of government so .n)aranteed at least our exnenseS. or a R **cn of by many in very commendable to^-erv true American. j S S 3 S S r ainU we could tfienhSd our

- _ _ . , . _ . . . Mr. Lincoln also said that the same\ f a i to.eud J f l * power brought

ms subscriptions. If 1 had the time, 1 believe bear upon tho partially insano GUeau.1 could get a hundred In a week Tas Pro I who fired the fatal bullet which ended ssxssivs TaixKEit must be doing great good. I the life of President .lames A. Garfield,People must think more, and 50 slow, or our who wrote the following significant boasted' Landof the tree su'd home of the words a short time before he took leave ksm’ will not be to free after s while.” of earth, viz: “ Nfrunyu/uM Pco JtcpuWi-

A Dcmaiest, of New York City, writes: “ 1; 0>k- (Strangled for the Republic.) Pur- have become so interested In the trial num- j thermore. he said the Surratt family of

his headquarters, were all Roman Catno-

ttpon this all important subject. He al-1 aihor lines of work for a time on account so said that there were other officials 0f the lack of finances. We have never

I around him in the tune of the late re bell- jj.uj our hall rent |*aid for us in one in­ion who were in deep sympathy with the stance, and have always paid our own ex-

I Catholic church, and in looking back to | pauses in advance, anu trusting to luckto bring in money enough to replenish tho empty purse. In Salt Lake City we find halls very scarce and prices nigh;

ences are rajiidly increasing, and our | weekly circles and privato work. also. But we dare not answer the many calls that arc coming to us from smaller

As it is recorded of Esther James W hit­taker, whom Mother Ann brought up from early childhood and educated re­ligiously, protecting him so effectually from sin that he knew no sexual defile­ment, so was it with Elder Giles B. Avery. His uatural mother, who joined tho Shakers when he was quite young— two years of age—taught him to bo pure, as Jesus was pure. _ P. W . Ev a n s .

Ml. Ixthinoa, -Yr*c l nrfc.

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lies, and their residence was the place where Jesuits and priests met to consult upon their plans of conspiracy.

I asked Air. Lincoln if I should offer his statement for publication; “ notat once," he said, though he wished me to write to the editor of The Progressive Thinker and simply say that he had given a communication on the date above mentioned with reference to his assassi­nation. and that he would advise me when to make it public.

On November 8th following, the startl-' ing history of Mr. Lincoln's tragical death, disclosing the details of tho con­spiracy leading up to the fearful deed, was published in The Progressive Thinker.

On December 4th following I received another communication from him, through the same channel, requesting me to publish the communication 1 re­ceived from him September G, 1890. as before mentioned, referring to the clos­ing scenes of his mortal life, which I have done as nearly as possible.

I also asked Mr. Lincoln IT he corrob­orated the history of the crime in all es­sential points as set forth In The P ro­gressive Thinker in its issue of No­vember 8tli. This answer was in the af­firmative. The general reader, he said, might ask whv this opposition to Roman Catholic religion or cnurchV Wo reply that we oppose no form of religion, out

■ p e nheads up at least as high as an ordinary Salvation Army worker, and trust to our private work for living expenses. Any speaker, to make a success in public work, must be either a good test medium, or be associated with one. The public de­sire a combination, composed of the tal­ent of music, elocution, a reader of char­acter. and platform and private test me­dium. that will give the impression that they are not idiots or knaves, but sensi­ble* practicable, honest and zealous workers in the cause, of the uplifting of humanity. I sincerely trust this move­ment wifi secure proper attention.

Very sincerely yours,Geo. f . Perkins.

S a lt L a ke C ity, U tah.

The World's Pair and Sunday.

Francis E. Willard of course must take a hand in the discussion whether the World's Fair shall bo opened on Sunday or not. She is the female Pope of a vast organization, given over body and soul to the Goa In the Constitution craze, and Sunday-go-to-meeting agita­tors. In a letter to the CVmchj/d Post, she gives her reasons for the observance of Sunday, and her chief reliance, tho sheet anchor of her argument, is that the mys­tical cycle of seven runs through all an­cient mythology and Christian mysti­cism, and hence one day in seven should be observed! Perhaps nothing more ab­surd was over put forward as argument, and that it should bo written by tho leader of a great movemont, br a repre­sentative woman, makes one lose faith even in tho cause of woman! If she would glance into tho daily papers she would see the advertisement of fakirs who claim to have prophetic ken because they aro seventh sons of seventh sons!

In Memory of our Beloved Elder Brother, Giles B- Avery.

BY ANNIE K. STEPHENS.

JM AM H JSho will accept sueh credentials for na- accord to every individual tho right to I ture is partial to sevens! But what of choose his religious course; at the same I ihq trinity; the threes? There must botime we are opposed to tho course pur-1 sued by the powers that be of the Roman Cathode church in both worlds, who would bring the Constitution and our Republican form of government under | subjection to tho powerful organization of that church, which would bo tho death blow to liberty, whUo mental slavery would reign supremo. Ho would call especial attention to the words of Cardin­al Gibbons,—who spoke of tho Constitu­tion In the highest term of commenda­tion as a literary production, but deeply regretted that God was not recognized therein. Which means that It dooe not rooogniso tho church and Its dogmas or have any relations therewith.

This, no said. Is only ono of a thou­sand indications of the bitterness of tho prelates of Romanism towards tho liber­al and Independent spirit of our free In­stitutions. The struggle that was being

__ . . . _ made by the Romanists for a division oftil who read Its papa May God bless you, I the public funds to support their Paro- safi may there be no lack In the needed slda chlnl Schools was another strong indica­te supply you with tempCTxI and aplrltttxl u f tholr Inirposcs. When tho fathersmean* to continue In the wood work which . . . . „ ___,, . . . . _jos hare ao efficiently snd £rnestly begun.” ?* lhi« Roimhlic framed tho Constitution

they forosw the eternal necessity of tho 'n& - ^ nn.: I entfro separation of Chureh and Stale,

fated for with much Interest bylmjtcifami 1 hoz>o<» llsoy fninod tho Instrument with other* here In Kenyon. My prayer Is that' a '*9® 10 Glut end.you may be spared to make the light shine sol W hen t bo prelates of tho churoh, as It bst penetrate the dark places of our fair I before mentlonod, attempt to subjugate land for all time.” I the Constitution of tho United States to

Mrs. Jeasle Chamberlain, of Spring Hill, I tho narrow limits of tho forma of the Kan.,writes: “ Wecannot do without your 1 church, wo warn every American who «j*T' Ihwten to read1 It* cagea which are realizes the blooslngs of true liberty, to filled wt h progressive thoughts, that are ao —

a mistake. God must bo seven as tho seven heavens, and the seven seals and seven vials of wrath all correspond, and all belong to mistaken views of ignor­ance.

Make Miss Willard n Bishop bv all means, as has been suggested. Her ideas of seven, aro consonant with the insane utterances of the priests. Under tho pressure of Sunday-school goody goodl- ness, and hypocritical cant dose tho Ex­position Sundays, so that tho poor work­ingman and his family can have no op­portunity to see tho wonders of naturo and art furnished for tho wealthy and more fortunate. Close every avenue to 1 recreation or instruction, and koop the doors of the churches open. Possibly pooplo, for want of a hotter place, may attend, but probably a law will havo first to bo enacted compelling thorn to at­tend under pain of fine or Imprisonment. That will bo tho next stop of tho Theo­cratic Tiger. Hudson Tuttle.

Notes from Watertown, N. Y.

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writes: “ I think It should be In even family writer does not protend to givesnd rend by every person.” I the exact language used by Mr. Lincoln,

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but has followedliim as near as imenlblo, under the circumstances. In briefly do live ring his message to the world.

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T f I t ”"' „ I - l o r . Pin,™* ot W all, W oll«.\V «J- K I S r r f iS S S ' - S .? ' L S E : I * ■ * » . "rlu»: "Any ono. no motion h i. ivr TutxKKit, and Its circulation should con- j oroed or sect, who speaks, preaches, or stently Increase.” acts In any way against the secular pub-_ H. Bell dec, of Low all, Mich., writes: “ The He schools ought to bo considered and c a n ! trc*Ujd « 0,1«"«"! to our constitution, llsh language cannot express Its worth. It to tho freedom of tho human raoo apeeks lor Itself.” generally!"

To The Editor:—1 seldom seo a com­munication in your valuable (taper from our beautiful city, and I thought perhaps your readers would bo interested in knowing what wo are doing boro In tho development of tho glonous cause of Spiritualism.

I fool, Mr. Editor, that It would bo nothing more than justice to our noble and generous benefactors. Mr. and Mrs. A bio Davis, who havo built and donated to our society (known us tho First Pro-SruMsive Spiritual Society of Watertown,

g . Y.,) tho first spiritual temple in the Empire State, should havo a suitable sluice in your columns to relate to tho readers the progress within tho past your, which has noon wonderful, more than surpassing tho must sangulno ex­pectations,

Slnco April last Mrs. Mary C. Lyman has boon our regular speaker; she has given great prominence to tho cause, not only as a speaker but as a tost medium, having given (while with us) hundreds

Dark are the robe* our spirits are wearing. Grief, like a storm-cloud, o'ershadOws our

way.Great Is the weight our sad hearts are bearing,

Angela have taken our loved one away.Yet sing we not the requiems of sadness,

Turn we our eyes to glory's bright day;Lol he's arisen In immortal gladness,

Angels have rolled the cold stone away.Oh, we can see thee when youth’s pulse was

bounding!Bowing thy will to the altar of right;

And that, when duty’s stern voice was re­sounding,

The cross was thy hope, thy joy and delight.O faithful watchman, our father, our brother;

Unerring as steel In the straight, narrow way.

Thy life has revealed the pure gospel ot Mother,

Thy righteous works we love and obey.Chosen of God, hit wisdom to teach us.

To gleam In our sky a Bethlehem star;To he his true voice, may thy echoes still

reach us,Oh! send forth a ray from the portals afar.

Thou hast not left us, O white robed evangel, Nay, thy blest life ts enshrined In eachticart ;

The wealth of thy words, like the voice of an angel.

From memory's chamber can never depart.Glory-crowued victor 1 In radiance glowing,

Clothed in the vestments of Immortal life; We who are here, through the lone valley go­

ing.Lend us Urine aid through burden and strife.

Beautiful spirit; the glad benedictions Shower above ns like glimmers of gold;

Glorified angel; Oh, thoh art still with us:May thy lorlug mantle our spirits enfold.

But hark I down the star jeweled space of heaven,

The echoes of harp-strings come floating along;

Tb< chorus of angels—the victory given To those who have triumphed aud learned

the new song.O spirit released from earth’s mortal prison,

Hear the deop prayer* that from true hoarts ascend:

Witness for God. translated—arisen—Zion’s helper, her savior and friend.

ITrtWfi, /br The IVopresstre TMatortt i i k s K X s r r t r B ' s r e p l y .

BT MU8. r . E. ROUSHS.

To your questions, friends, I would simply say,

That, by the light of Inspiration’s ray,1 gather sweet flowers from the sunny dime. To deck the uneven paths of time.Where weary feet may come and go,And forget for a lime', life's burden ot woe.Like tho silvery rill from tho mountain spring, Come the gems of thought, on love’s sweet

wing,And my brain seems touched by a fairy hand From the golden shores ot the border-land. And I wait with rapture of love uutold,For tho shining pearls, all Upped with gold.I do not ask them to give me their name,But, where Is the loved oue for whom they

camelOb, where are U10 weary, dejected, aud lone, Who aro nsklug for “ bread,” and are given a

“ atone I"To such, we would lift tho dark curtain ot

night,And reveal the bright morn ot radiant light.And, In blessing tome hungry soul. 1 see Ilow the richest l-lrsslngs come back to me In the grateful thanks, aud tho silent tear, That their loved one* live, and are over near; That death I* only a second birth,And affection’* chord sUll binds to earth.While It silently weaves a golden chain.Where the links of love are united again, They wait at the portal, that m m afar.And they watch al the pearly gates, ajar,They know the loved ones will surely come, For the paths *11 /out to the spirit’s homo.

.S'tsrhsg, JU,V SR KMT.

of tho moat convincing testa over spoken before an audlonoe, and every ono la t o lievcd to bo genuine. Mr*. Lyman boa a very strong voice, every word can bo distinctly hoard In the remotest part of tho Temple. Shu Is magnoUo In tho highest degree In her utterances, aa well as in person. Sho haa filled our Tcinplo each Sabbath with oarnoat 1 In tenors and awakened inquiry that haa not only moved the pooplo In our city, but haa reached distant cities and towns and brought ua rloh rewards, worth all and

Tho litllo child a - play bealdo my knee,No knowledge has of sorrow:

If he bat knew, world he so often long For the unknown to-morrow I

The grnnd-slre drowsing dreamily,Awakes ere-wblle to say 1

“ No friends are like the old; earth’s dearest treasures

Were lust with yesterday.”No present Joy can All the heart’s deep meas­

ure,Time keeps the best away;

80 youth e’er longelh for tho glad to-morrow-— Ago sighs for yesU rday.

- .Vr*. N. if. Itilry.

J Th e P ro­gressive Thinker—God biers the name, aye! and its dear noble editor!— must circulate largely In Illinois, and I will gladly co-operate with tho earnest cm's in the field to promote and effect a State organisation for the purpose of maintaining ono or more itinerant plat­form mediums who will honor them­selves and those to whom thev minister.

W e have such, and the whole First Society of SpiritualUta, of whom I have the extreme felicity to be an humble member, can sound the “ mead of praise” of more mediums than one In Chicago. For over fourteen years Mrs. Cora L. V. Richmond has. bv iter stead­fastness to duty, her untiring energy, her matchless organisation, been in the constant use of her guides minister­ing to the needs of the society without cessation, never varying for five minutes at duty's call; and the same can be said of her whole ministration of nearly forty years, delivering nearly -1,000 lectures, 'whilst the number of “ name poems” given run up in the tens of thousands:— and when we consider - that this vast amount of work has in the main been done without price; that a monetary consideration for service rendered is the least thing considered: will you wonder that, when last Sunday morning it was announced that she was too ill to 00 with us, that a most profound gloom was thrown over the entire congregation? Poor, dear, tired human nature, ye have your lim it,—but oh, the soul which animates you. is of the Infinite, and necdoth not rest. Every fourth Sunday, it is the custom of the First Society, and tho whole congregation heartily participate, in propounding questions to the guides of Mrs. Richmond, which custom is very satisfactory to all seekers after light. Last Sunday in her absence, one of the lay members of tho First Society. Mrs. Anna Orvis. was invited to fill the vacant place, and from her place as loader of the choir; and, too, she sings divinely, she filled tho place so acceptably, that she was invited to. and was led upon the rostrum at the ovening scrvico by the president. Dr. Bushnoll, whore for forty-five minutes sho was under a perfect cross-fire of tho most far-reaching and scholarly questions that an Intelligent audience could propound, and stood the test grandly, and won a signal victorv and forever has established her plooo high up in tho ranks of our best tuediumship. Mrs. Orvis is not strictly speaking, a trance medium, but sho is partially unconscious, yet senses all that occurs about her.

She is well qualified for tho work of an intlnerant medium, and can bo on-Sagod at two weeks' notice for tho work a any part of tho surrounding territory. Now if the interested ones over the

{State will make their wants known through tho columns of this paper we can soon be in shape to call a convention to organize and maintain ono or more itinerant mediums for active and im­mediate work. Como, brethren, lot us hear from yon. Geo. P . McIntyre .

Mrs. Anna Orvis's address is 439 W. Randolph St. Chicago, III.

To th e Editor:—T he article In your recent issuo entitled “ An Excellent Move,” which called for a mooting for State organization in tho State of Iowa, is a move in tho right direction. Every State in tho Union should follow this example. As you have the largest number of subscribers in Michigan, allow mo to appeal through your paper for tho Spiritualists of Michigan to do likewise. If ovory Spiritualist in tho State would contribute tho trifling sum of ono dollar wo would havo a sufficient amount to start with. I am a farmer in moderate circumstances, having to work for a living, hut I will give ton dollars.

Look at tho energy maintained bv tho Patrons of Industry. They mint speakers to ovory hamlet In tho State to organlzo societies, and now thoy arc self-support­ing.

Haven't wo slumbered long enough? Let us arouse ourselves, and make our tnfluoneo felt, hut which wo can never do without organization. I would like to hear from others. JOHN DEITE.Klliayton, Mich.

A Heniarkahlo Communication-

Iai Ucvuc Spirilc (Paris) publishes a romarkablo communication from the poet Jasmin, through tho daughtor of tho Commandant of Chnlons-sur-Marno. Jasmin was born In 1708, died In 1864, and won n high plnoo in lltornturo as a writer of provincial (tootry. He wroto in tho language of tho troubadours, whloh Is as different from modorn French, as tho old Anglo-Saxon is from

I modorn English. Tho ontlro poem la too j lengthy, and our purjioso Is aubsorved | by quoting tho first four linos, and tho translation Into Fronoh, showing how widely thoy differ:

LA CAM 1*ANO.Tout os hoi dlus la gloyso, oyml

Fenceu, las luts,'Lorgo dans sa g rondo muzlco,Lon lortnon. Ion can tioo.L’esqulro dans sons pltonous truta.

LA CLOCHE.Tout Mt beau dausl 'eg Use J'am Iso

1'onoons, lea lumtoros,L'orguo, avoo sa grande harmonic. J’almo lo sermon lea oantlquos U oloohot to avoo sos petlts coups.Tho poem contains fifty lines, and was

written, as well as tho translation, auto­matically by M’lle. Dalenbto while In a state of trance. Tho theory of " uncon­scious cerebration ” falls to oxplaln such phenomena.

C. H. Fans, of Clarksflold, Ohio,writes: “ The Progressive T hinker comas all right. It ts head and shouldorm above all olhor spiritual publications with whloh I am acquainted.”

me to a place of easures: the birds

According to tho La Patria Itahana, Spiritualism Is rapidly spread Ing In Bo­hemia and GaUloia, anu the Cathollo priesthood have appealed to tho Austro- Hungarian government to Interfere.

DoubtloM the Immense number of people who go to l i l y Dale for their summer vacation, and who, through personal knowledge, regard It as one of the mi»t enchanting summer resorts in the world, would fancy tt to be a very chrorlca and undesirable place in winter. For the gratification and enlightenment of such, who, 1 have no doubt, have an earnest and abiding Interest In the temporal and spiritual well faro ot the delightful camping ground, 1 will at­tempt a brief pen picture of the same as it appears at tho present writing.—having just returned from a two day's visit there.

To the sensitive soul, alive to the beau­tiful in nature, and keenly appreciative of the kindly affiliations of mend with friend and of the valued communing* of embodied and disembodied anu Is, the first sensation on entering the grounds, Is nat­urally that of tender and tearful memo-1 rice. Instead of the sparkling and palpi­tating lakes, dotted with pleasure raaits of every form and description, laden with happy humanity. Bitting like joyous birds over Its waters, ts a broad expanse of loo with “ W hite W ing’’ ana other boats, frozen Into the harbor. Instead of the green (larks adorned with pleasant walks, and beautiful Dowers, there Is mow, m o a <siow In every direc­tion. The tell trees ’stretch out thelrj nude, brown arms like grim swntlnelal guarding tho eutnuteo hidden, wondrous t*\C_ have wisely sought a summer clime, and everything seems stark and mute.

But as soon as we are within the gates, have breathed the spiritual atmosphere of Lily Dale proper, have clasped the friendly hand of her Inhabitants and looked Into their peaceful, happy faces our hoarts grow warm,our pulse quickens and we begin to feel the happy renaetiaa of one who has returned homo ton loving family after a long absence. IVace, plenty and universal good will reigns supreme, and spiritual and temporal growth and enterprise has all the while been moving steadily and surely forward.

There are now thirty-one families, who are permanent residents on the grounds, and without n single exception they have pleasant and comfortable homes, and | many of thorn have added beauty to utilitj, and have homes which would vie with many of those of the wealthy and refined in our cities In point of elegance, beauty and convenience.

There arc now three groceries, two | bakeries and one hardware store, all w e ll! supplied with their approplrate com­modities; the milk carts run daily and the meat carts semi-weekly.

The stumps and many ot the trees have been removed from the new park, which Is a great improvement and 4th St, has been extended with a pleasant walk for pedestrians to the auditorium.

Mrs. Hough of Auburn. N. Y., has built a unique cottage near that of Mrs. R. S. L illies on Melrose park, facing Collage are. Mr. Oscar Allen has built two new cottages.

Mrs. Morrison and a Mrs. Smith of Indianapolis, lnd., have the foundation laid preparatory to erecting new cottages on Buffalo St. Dr. Fllkin's large cottage on 3rd SL, has been sold to William Barnsdell.of Titusville, Pa..and has been rebuilt, rejuvenated and beautified. It Is surrounded .by a fine iron porch and Is really an ornament to the grounds. Mr. S. J. Skidmore is having a large con­servatory, bath rooms and other Im­provement* added to their already beautiful and commodious home. Both he and his good wife are in good health and excellent spirits and their goodwill and generous hospitality toward all is exercised with nnnhating seal.

Mr. Harvey Rathburn and his wife.who is an authoress of considerable note, have rebuilt their cottage on 1st SL, just across the way from their daughter, Mrs.

| CoviUe, of Oorry, Pa., and seetu very happy. Mr. Bowers has enlarged tholr cottage and added thereto many com­forts and conveniences. Mrs. Judge Lott has enlarged and refurnished her cottage on Cottage A r e She and her venerable neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Lin­as, have beautiful homes, and are spending tho evening of life In the full and rich enjoyment of the truths of Spiritualism and the blessed assurance it gives them of the beautiful and expanded ufo that awaits them beyond the '* veil.”

Mrs. B. M. Purple has been afflicted with a severe and protracted illness, hut we are glad to know has so far recovered as to ho able to make a holiday visit at her daughter's in Dunkirk.

Mrs. C, A. Gifford, of Rochester, ts at her handsome cottage on tho Terraco. When asked If she was not lonely, she said, “ No; when l go out and eomo back to my hot iso 1 feel that a host of Invisi­ble friends aro here to welcome mo and that the house Is all the time filled with pleasant company.” Thus it Is with those who have experienced the Il­ium unation of tho spirit. They are blessed,sustained and constantly enshrin­ed in the snored presence of God's great love and ponce and tho ministration ot angels of light, Mrs. H. T. Stoarnes, who has been a valiant soldier In tho army of truth seekers, has a comfortable homo, and though her head Is whitened and her voice somewhat broken and tremulous, sho ts tfUll doing what she can to promote spiritual growth, and has | accomplished much in that direction.

Mr. G. F. Lewis, editor of “ IV Dug Sfnr,” published In Oorry. Pa., and his

I lovable wife, are pleasantly located at the Pritchard cottage on Cleveland A r e , and say they havo come to stay. Wo visited the sohool, whloh ts kept In Library hall, and found tt creditably conducted hv Miss Blower, of Moon's Station, N, 1 .

Many germs of hope for future human ltarlon effort Ho In tho hearts of Lily Dale, and In accordance with the law of growth and under the fructifying itt- fluonoo of the spiritual forces that centre there, they must ere long dovolop Into outward forma and expressions. Hence, we aro confidently looking forward to the time when Lily Dale will possess an Institution of learning far superior to any­thing In tho land—a school In which theIayontool and spiritual sciences will be Humiliated,and there will ho such attain­

ments In physical, psychical and spiritual research os will enable tho student not only to comprehend the external world anu subjugate It to tho spirit, but to un­derstand and possess the full use of tho Invisible, spiritual source of causation, and to walk aud talk with the spirit— tho highest of all encompassing spirit beings, God.

The Political Equality* club ts one of tho interesting features of Lily Dale, and has been ono of tho most active and cffiolent ones In tho country.

It was Inagumted two years ago and now has seventy members. Under the ausplctos of tho club a fourth of July celebration was hold at the camp. Rev. Frank, of Jamestown, gave an able ad­dress; Mrs. Stoarnes, Miss Kate O. Peato and others made brief and oloquont spooohus and It wm pronounced ono of tiio pleasantest and most successful celebration* ever held In the town.

Miss Mary Soymoro Howell and othor eminent persons have spoken for the elub, and they are now holding fort­nightly meetings, at prlvnto parlors, which are said to bo very pleasant and Instructive. m um a' E. Tousey.

J’Vrtloniu, Ar. V.

I havo Just read A. B. Richmond's lecture In a late Progressive Think­er. un “ The Sunshine,” and I find It full of light. Mr. Richmond reasons with remarkable clearness on a variety of lines and lit* scops In so many fields la surprising. I hare aosn nothing from his pon (hat impressed me more than this “ Sunshine." Spiritualism is the eotrent of natural mysteries and the key toth s “ supernaturalt** that la, the spir­itual and occult that elude the crucible and microscope and defy the dogmatic assumptions of materialtatio science. In this very Interesting aud Instructive lec­ture Mr. Richmond discounts the dog­matic negations of superficial science, and lays hare the weakness of iliis* theories that tired lento Immortality up­on the assumed pro-oxlstones of the con­scious ego. endlessly repeated in periods of annihilation and resurrection, or cycles of re rambod linen ts whloh blot out all memory of previous bslng. His reas­oning from nature, and tho icndcnctarto nsrslstonoe of ooheslre force that hinds the carbon crystals into a diamond and holds them indefinitely united,—while It does not prove that the diamond Is Im­mortal, uor that any other combination is. Illustrates a tendency to lnd as true la­bility of fertns when all thaonvironmanls favor, and no knowledge we possess can limit Its duration or demonstrate that It will cease because it began.

As this dogma of materialism has been almost universally accepted without question by Spiritualist*, and all sorts of mystical theories formulated to evade the I agio of its conclusions I am glad to find Mr. Richmond tapping the main art­ery of materialism with his lance of ra­tional coleneo and letting out the coagu­lated blood that has ao Tong obstructed vital circulation and owusented the brains of ordinarily good rcasooeie. be­cause thoy accepted os a settled axiom the assumptions of superficial observers. This discourse probably pleases me the more because it Is on the lino of reason­ing In which I hare bean led for many years by the wiser councils that inspire my thoughts; hut Mr. Richmond is the first writer or sneaker that I have met that squarely tackled this issue and bold­ly ana logically answered the dogma with facts and philosophy, and denied the assumption that whatever begins must end. Others may have dooe It as I have far 20 years, but I have not happened to meet with thorn: and ns thousands are admitting It and shaping their thoughts and reasonings to It, t l seems to me Im­portant that this error—If it be an

{error, and I fed sura It Is—ought to be exposed and corrected, and Mr. Rich­mond from his wide popularity is tho man to give it an airing. Hence I re­joice. and wish all who read Th e P ro­gressive Think er to share my rejolco- ing, which they wtU be quite sure to do if they read the lecture, * * Sunshine."

During December I shared the spirit­ual and social interchanges of the faith­ful In Philadelphia, Pa. The audiences were good and the attention all we could ask: and I w m treated ns well m any one could desire. Indeed, though the soci­ety w m (Kissing through a somewhat critical transition that ruffled the social sea and shook the magnetic harmonica somewhat. I felt a good spirit and pleas­ant cordiality manifest toward me, and loft them with pleasant memories and fraternal good will and esteem and a prophecy in my heart that they are to grow ana multiply the uses and bless­ings so long cultivated by their organic effort, and be more fruitful In good work In coming years titan they have ever been In the past; and that is raying much, for the First Association tuts been one of the most useful and successful organlaa-

| lions In the country far 15 or 90 years. SPIRITUALISM IN ELMIRA, N. V.—MRS.

I’ERRAM, TRANCE SPEAKER.Enroute from Philadelphia I halted at

Elmira. K. Y., and spoke on Tuesday evening. Doc. 30. far the only Society now alive In the oily. Pour years ago we had a lively Interest, a growing society and general good feeling and a liberal sutim p o rt II Elmira, Horeoheads and surrounding country. Since then eternal strife and personal jealousies have made havoo, and a year ago there were throe socie­ties which ought to have worked to­gether as one. For the paal year Mrs. Perram has led the new and only surviv­ing society steadily onward to success. Sho commenced to lecture, entranced, soon after I left there four years ago, and sho has grown in modlumlsllc pow­er and public favor until she is recog­nized by many as equal, if not superior, to many popular speakers who command attention and patronage with old socie­ties and are massed os stars. A good resolution was unanimously adopted hy this young society at Its Inception. Como what would, thoy would have no quar­rels among themselves. A ll differences should ho adjusted peaceably, and how­ever widely they m ight diverge In opin­ions they would remain friends and work together far the common good. If they keep to th is purpose, as they have Bone thus far, thoy are quite sure to prosper and grow In strength, numbers, and usofulncss. Wo had a good audience, and tho host of attention, and the spirit of this gospel of love and light wm tan­gible In all tho air. They sing with real heart and that adds t o the harmony.

I commend tho example and the sav­ing motto of this young society to all others who wish to promote the oauso Spiritualism, whether societies or Indi­viduals, speakers, writers or publishers, and all private workers In tho spiritual

| vineyard. Criticisms and discussions are educational and very helpful; hut all personal prejudice* and bitter animosi­ties should be excluded from every soci­ety and every soul. Lyman 0 . H ow s.

Ifratlniir. 7\i., / ha A, ISS1.

The Religion of Mnn.

I have just finished reading Hudson Tuttle's new hook—1“ Religion of Man and Ethics of Science.” I thought at first to mark a few superior passages, aa I might come to them, but I found the whole hook superior, and no book haa ever been so generally marked with the evidences of my appreciation. That class of readers that delight to pursue tho paths of literature, with a view to gathering gems and pearls of thought, trill find In this volume a rich toast for tho Intellect. If our cause should hare a representative at the World's R lr , to he held at Chicago, tt seems to me that Hudson TutUo would he the right man for tho place. W m. 0 , W aters.

W , Duncan, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, writes: “ Imagine, If you please, the nonsouso nf some of our numorous socle­ctio*, under tho influonoo of ohwrdt (log- nun. When a member dies, far Inxtanoe, wo are served up In dally newspapers with somothlng like tho fallowing: ‘RE­SOLVED, whereas it hM pleased Al­mighty God to afflict us anu tho family of uro. So-and-so, to his late sickness and removal hy death,’ oto> Ilore Is a nonsensical and Impertinent assumption (the Simon-pure teachings of all ortho­dox churches and crocus of Christen­dom), that the groat Divinity, the Cre­ator of this uni verso, hM boon pleased to afflict—-has been oven' gratified by the pain and suffering and sorrow consequent upon tho sickness and removal hy death of a man from the bosom of his family and friends."

4 THE PROGRESSIVE THINKER.

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PSYCHIC_FACTS.I N T E R E S T I N G C H A P ­

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S o m e t h in g F o r S p ir it u a l is t s to C o n s id e r .

T h e V iew * o f a n E m in e n t L a w y e r .

W ELLS vs. BUNDY.

I stone to have rem ained unknown to the I present time and there la nothing in I the nature of things to forbid such a I supposition—and th a t evidence were I afforded In court of the mysterious phe- I nomena of m agnetic attraction . On the | theory th a t th e ju d re presiding may I decide «• priori what facts a re possible. I and what a re impoaelhle, ho would be I justified in rejecting all evidence of these I phenomena on th e ground of th e ir being I obviously contrary to the law of gravita- 1 lion. Toe discovery of the properties of I the magnet was th e discovery of a I natural force before unknown; a force j capable of suspending th e established I law- of gravitation . Now. w here is the man en titled to announce ex cathedra th a t hereafter no o th er natural force capable of suspending a law of nature

I will ever be discovered? And should a su ito r in court claim th a t such a natu-

I ral force has been la te ly discovered, and

Status o f P sychic Facts ix Courts o f L aw: Adm issibility o f Evi­dence: Law o f Libel : New York.Supreme Court. P art IV.. C m and County o f New York. Before Beach J .; W ells r. Bundy. *—Ac­tio n for libel; damages claimed,•30.0001This case presents certa in novel ques­

tions th a t nave not vet received an authoritative adjudication

Mrs. W ells, the plaintiff, is w hat is usually known as a “ m aterializing me­dium.*’ The defendant is the ed ito r1. . ----- . . . . . .and publisher of a Chicago newspaper «*. Bundy: since th e report of th e tria l entitled The Iitlitjio-Philosophical Journal, I does not show th a t he intended to exclude;

collusion. Professor Q arpenter objects to the jury on th e ground th a t he is able to prove by unlmpenchaUe teaitmo-1 ny tha t a t various tim es these exlraordl- nary facts did occur when collusion was I

| impossible, and th a t th is evidence was m aterial to his case. T he judge over­ru les h is objection to the ju ry on the

| ground tha t no should exclude such ovi- j donee as inadmissible, 11 such facts not coming w ithin the issue to be tried ." And thereupon, the plaintiff declining | to proceed, th e case is dismissed, and th is, mutaiis mutandis. is precisely the I history of the tria l in W ells r , Bundy.

To more fully Illustrate th e principle I am contending for. let us suppose an-

I o th e r ease, en tire ly dissim ilar in its circum stances to th a t of Professor C ar­penter. John Stiles, an a rtis t, arrives,

I a stranger, in New Y ork C ity. H e ad-

ihT hat Id do

m ittee It appears th a t the rullt court a t the tria l were as follov defendant's m ere claim th a t be what. In th e opinion of th e court, la im -1 possible, was prima facie evidence of 1 fraud: th a t th e question w hether w hat | the defendant claimed to do Is impossible would not be submitted to the ju ry , as It belonged to the court, who would do-1 cldc In a priori, without a hearing: tha t th e evidence offered by th e defendant was inadmissible, and th a t th e court m ight declare th a t no such evidence exists.

Now the charge In th e Indictment was th a t he “ falsely and fraudulently p re ­tended," and If it eould he proved tha t he was acting, on th e contrary , under

I an honest belief, he would be entitled to a verdict of acquittal: and if th e facts he offered to prove were of such a nature as to furnish grounds for such a belief, they were m aterial to h is case, and were

go, no doubt he “ Fisher- when educa-

vertisee for pupils, and bangs In his stud io a picture hearing h is signature as

th a t the feet of its existence Is m aterial I a specimen of h is ta len t and competency I therefore unquestionably adm issible - in to his case, would It be w ithin the to teach. T he m erits of the p ic tu re a re I evidence, and the court's exclusion of legitim ate scope of judicial au thority to such as secure him some paying pupils. I them was a c lear violation of his righ ts I nihorC^w exclude the testimony offered to prove It? j T he ed ito r of a city journal publishes as under th e law of th e land.I N othing th a t has been said thus far is in criticism of the judge's action in W ells

in which appeared the words complained of, to wit: ‘ If necessary, we can provein the courts of New York City th a t Mrs. W ells Is a vile swindler, and has been for years using trick cabinets and con­federates."

Defendant pleaded th e tru th in justifi­cation. The question I propose to discuss Is w hether, by th e ruling* of the court, the plaintiff was deprived of any rig h t secured to h e r by the law of the land: and I shall lay out of th e case all ques-

the testimony offered on th e ground of the facts to be testified to being im-Kssibie. T he sole ground sta ted by

m was. substantially, th a t defendant s answer alleged tho use by th e plaintiff of confederates and trick cabinets, and th a t the facts offered by th e p la in tiff in evidence did not come w ithin the issue to be tried . B u t w hat was th a t issue, if not th is: W ere the m anifestations in question produced by trick , as alleged by defendant, o r by some power indo-OUU 1 311011 ia t UUI Ul Mlo LWilJ I • , -----m---- » • . .1

tiims touching e ith e r the tru th of pendent of any agency o f th e m e d iu m . defendant’s charge or th e reality of th e as^alleged by th e plaintiff? Could th eso-called " sp irit phenomena," they hav-[ ing no bearing on th e legal issues in­volved.

To in terrogatories propounded to the ju rors by p lain tiffs counsel they all replied. In substance, th a t they would not believe in the occurrence of certain extraodinary facts, such as a re alleged to occur a t '* sp irit seances." though testi­fied to by unimpeachable witnesses; and two of them added th a t even should such facts be conceded by th e o th e r side, they would still refuse to believe them .

Plaintiff's counsel then stated th a t they were prepared to prove the oc­currence of such facts by credible w it­nesses, and th a t evidence of them would be m aterial to h er case. B u t th e judge ruled such evidence to be Irrelevant to th e issue, declaring th a t he would exclude i t if offered, and overruled plaintiff's ob­jections to the jury. Thereupon, plain­tiff's counsel declining to proceed, on defendant's motion th e suitSvas dismissed w ith costs.

T he question of the status in court of th is class of facts came up some years ago in London. The medium, Slade, who professed to obtain d irec t sp irit w ritings between two slates independent­ly of agency on h is part, was prosecuted before a m agistrate under a statue of George □ . for the punishm ent of fortune teller* and o th er pretenders of a sim ilar sort. T he prosecuting witness was P ro ­fessor Lankester, F. S. R . T here was no d irect evidence of fraud, bu t Prof. Lankester swore th a t on one occasion

follows: ** If necessary, we can prove ini th e courts of New York C ity th a t John S tiles Is a vile swindler, and has been using a picture painted by ano ther and b e tte r a rtis t, in o rder to draw pupils." Sued for libel, he pleads th e tru th in justification; alleging th a t he has wit-1 nesses to prove th a t plaintiff is a very Inferior a rtis t, incapable of pain ting th e p ic tu re in question, w hich he had caused to be painted by another: and also a witness to whom th e plaintiff had con­fessed the fraud. T oe plaintiff, not being able to produce d irec t evldonoe of h is having painted the p ic tu re him self, offers th e testim ony of a rtis ts of un­doubted competency and of unim peacha­ble character, to th e effect th a t he had

judge m ean ' th a t a fte r defendant had I repeatedly worked in th e ir presence, adduced h is evidence of tr ick , th e and th a t he was fully com petent to have plaintiff could not be perm itted to m eet painted th e p icture In question, ft by showing th a t in what occurred she Now, th e question is. no t w hat w eight m ight have had no conscious agency? I th e ju ry m igh t give to th is testim ony— I t would be unjust to a ttrib u te anv such th a t would of course depend upon a ll the m eaning to a judge of common fntelli-1 evidence in the case taken toge ther—Esnoe. I sha ll therefore assume th a t bu t simply w hether, if believed, i t would

is ruling, as given, went no fu rth e r no t naturally and reasonably operate to than th is: T h a t, if defendant should cast some doubt, a t least, over th e do- sucoeed In proving plaintiff’s fraud on fendant’s evidence, and even, if th e re one o r m ore occasions, h is justification w ere suspicious circum stances about it, would be substantially m ade out. w hether to overthrow i t a ltoge ther. And if the o r not, on o th er occasions, th e manifesto-1 tru e answ er to th is question is in th e af- tions had been genuine: and th a t th e re - firm ative, th e evidence offered by th e fore w hat mav have taken place on these plaintiff in W ells r. Bundy was clearly o th er occasions was irre lev an t to th a t adm issible u nder th e ru les I have cited issue I from W harton 's C rim inal Evidence.

And th is b rings us to th e o th e r im-1 As to th e judge’s overru ling plaintiff’seirtan t question arising out of th e case. I objections to th e jury h e was r ig h t in so

u t before sta tin g it. le t m e re fe r to a doing if th e evidence offered was legally well established principle in th e law of inadm issible: otherw ise, he was wrong, libel, w hich is th is: In a c iv il action A ju ro r who has formed and expressed for a libel charg ing th e plaintiff an opinion is incom petent; a fortiori, if w ith crim e, th e tru th being pleaded in he declares th a t no evidence would cause justification, th e justification m ust be h im to change it. In C. r. A ustin j , a made out by th e sam e evidence th a t i t ju ro r was exoluded whose opinion was would be necessary to convict th e plain- adverse to th e constitu tionality of the tiff on an indictm ent for th e offense law under w hich th e defendant was in- charged: and th e plaintiff is en titled to dieted, on th e ground th a t even w ere th e th e benefit of th e reasonable doub t th a t defendant conclusively proved guilty , he would be h is protection on a crim inal | would vote to acquit. Now, in th is case tria l. * I of W ells r. Bundy, th e ju ry would have

T h e question is th is : On th e tr ia l of I fe lt bound to conn'd, on proof of th e an indictm ent for obtain ing money under m anifestations alone, icithout the shadow false pretenses and founded on defend-1 of uny evidence o f fraud; and in sp ite of an t's exhibition of certa in psychical phe- th e ir oa th to “ a tru e v e rd ic t according

nw ^,. _____ _____ J _____ __________ nomena claim ed to have occurred in-1 to th e law and th e evidence." Obviously,|S lade had taken a"slate" on” "which "no I dependency of defendant's own agency, I under these circum stances, plaintiff's

■ An Im portant corollary to be drawn from th e proceedings in those two cases is, th a t it is now h igh tim e th a t i t should be definitely settled, by th e oourts o r by legislation, w hether, ut th e adm inistra­tion of civil and crim inal justice, all th e evidence of w hat a re claimed to be psyohlo facts is to be excluded, o r w hether such are to be received on the basis of all o th e r alleged facts, to bo exam ined into and judged accordingly. —Fra n cis J . L ip p it t . W ashington, D. C., in dn irrinm Loir lie view.

JESUSContinued from first page.

th e ir racks, th e ir chains, th e ir tortures, I and th e ir consuming fagots, borrow tholr inspiration from the teachings of this I /dm l Master, giving those they desig­nated heretics a practical foretaste of the miseries of tho damned?

Search the pages of history from the first moment of recorded time, and where do we find a character excelling this

I Ideal in vulgar denunciations ana abuse of his superiors, and In ignoring all the

! g reat needs of th e race? No, no. If an ideal man is needed In th is age of mar-

I velous enllghUnent. then give us one not selected by the uncouth and unlettered barbarians, in a barbarous a worthy representative ol

j men of Galilee," a t a perlo tion sras in its infancy, and lim ited to I the priesthood,—a people who were j

I obnoxious to the cultured everyw here, I I but give us one. the grow th and itovolop-1 m oot of recent times, horn In the hoy-day I

| of knowledge and of soleutlliu dis-1 ooverlos, w ith a heart th a t feels for

oes, and a desire to make the race worthy the present life.

Preachers have been habbllng about' the woos tho lr M aster predicted: they have threatened the to rtures of an end­less hell on all who do not meet th e ir

I requirem ents in regard to attendance on th e ir m inistrations, in listening to weekly discourses about tho devil—who they represent as scarcely inferior to Jehovah himself—and for neglecting to

I supply the necessary means pagunda purposes; they have taflcod about th e g rea t goodness of Josus In leaving a royal throne, his coming to ea rth , and passing through all the con­ditions of life, b irth , decay and death; and yet they insist he was the veritable God himself, who voluntarily accepted these sufferings to appease hts own Al­m ighty anger.

Instead of such senseless fictions, the m aking of an ideal out of a very impor-

nsvc/iom, I I rtsl. A. ILf-back. T he presiding Gallop, however,^

has no intention of allowing the cere -. . . |lfruiony to lag, for no sooner have the 1 C j,” " i,*! dagger* been restored to th e ir places I a n than he starts off with a solo, which

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Ail.llv»«. IM USends in a dismal kind of wail, joined In j F \R . S. ,1/t by the rest of the worshipers, followed I

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by a tune of a more lively character. In which all one can distinguish are the 13 occasional phrases of " I s liaha ill*|J A llah." “ Y aH akk ." B ut the singing], though still carried on a t full power. Is I dime in really excellent tim e and style.

The ecstatic point having again been reached, the m aster of th e ceremonies now steps forward and, divesting hlm-

I self of h is Roaring robe and substituting a small white cap for his turban, dls-

I linguistics himself by what auiwars to be a species of sword dance. He does it I “ “ ’77T7T7 - —•gracefully, though, and throughout all A W ONDERFUL O F F fR B Y A PQ$ too varum* movement* punonnod in ine 1 *crnt tump*. i,. k of iittr, »«*. course of tho ceremony, this sumo grace-1 ■ " 1 *111 »*■"*• >"u » rjjti wofulness of action is noticeable. The I 1tVM' Ur " * lw»A

D r o g r f s s iy i/ lint ttuuks fur ■ t h i n k e r a n d s f t ihr Titu* iiiffln, ■ gr, w

is noticeable. The m anner In which he pretends to out and hack himself about with the weapons in his hands, is ra th e r appalling, hut ho passes through the ordeal soatholosa.I Tun Mala)* are now called up and I placed In two rows of five on a side,— I each of those on one side holding the I hadle of u sword and his vis-a-vis its I point. Across those swords, held with I edges up, the m aster of the ceremonies now walks bare-footed, steadying himself I on tho shouldora of the holders, first I

for n m , towards th e presiding elder and then I._I backwards. W e are really pleased when I

he shows the soles of his foot, to observe I th a t they have been in no way out or lacerated. To show th a t “ there is no I deception," the swords are afterwards handed round.

More singing and more tam bourining , ' land a dark colored Mulay steps to the

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aPSYCIIO M E ERIC REAP/XG S ERqu I gloves or Mr, so rNU AMna, Hrv Tubed. Mil USMit Oran Alt, CMn ia III. 4

w riting was visible, and a fte r holding it for a few moments under h is table, i t was found to be covered with w riting. | T he witness having sta ted th a t i t was physically impossible for th e w riting to have been done during th e sh o rt tim e th e slate was out of sigh t, the m agistrate adjudged th a t i t m ust have been done beforehand, and so convicted Slade of fraud under th e act.

In th is case th e m agistra te had ad­m itted th e testimony of a num ber of witnesses of unquestionable character, including one o r m ore em inent scientists, to th e effect th a t they had witnessed sim ilar results a t s ittings w ith Slade, under conditions th a t rendered fraud» ’ impossible. B ut th e m agistrate

mself bound, he said, to d isregard th is testim ony, nowever respectable, “ th e facts testified to being impossible, as oontrary to established laws of na­tu re .” . _ •

here

but charged to have been produced by council w ere compelled, in du ty to th e ir tr ick , is evidence adm issible for th e client, to decline to proceed w ith the defense th a t on o th e r occasions th e sam e tria l.o r sim ilar phenom ena occurred under I A nother question as to tho law of libol conditions th a t rendered any conscious is suggested, no t by th e case of W ells r. agency of th e m edium in producing I Bundy itself, bu t by an inc ident grow ing them physically impossible? I ou t o f it. A fter th e dism issal of the case

If th e tru e answ er to th is question is th e defendant Bundy published in th e affirm ative.then th e judge 's ru lin g pam phlet purporting to be a rep o rt of in W ells r. Bundy was erroneous; and | th e tria l, and for a considerable tim e th a t i t was erroneous will appear, I th ink , when tested by th e ru les of the common law in respect to th e admission of evidence.

In th e f irs t place, i t is no valid objec­tion to evidence offered th a t i t is to prove a fact no t expressly p u t in issue in th e pleading*. I t is an every day prac­tice in a certa in class of cases, on tria ls , for instance for passing counterfeit money, o r for obtaining monoy under false pretenses, fo r th e prosecution to give in evidence facts having no connec­tion w hatever w ith th e particu la r offense

him , had a b e tte r show for heaven, than th e ch ief priests, who for au g h t we know to the contrary , lived spotless lives. Tho th ief on th e cross, condemned to die forh is numerous crim es, was prom ised *-,= , — ■ — ___ __ H M B seat in paradise for only believing on tru ly good, the faithful toiler, and the him : laborers in th e m oral vineyard, I independent th inker, of all countries, of

7 v / f: ASTRAL GV/DfA A Abort i resile* mi a , mm m

Arifil Magnetic llrn ird n ia4Sm IIMUMt l of disease, Kiting OarT lira lory i lw i i upon Us hud;, air. H a h N M iM lIU iiM bill S u it especially s u iS s a | m •n and inw a By Prof. 0 .11.mood, the m M n M AM SgM OcculilM. PuNIshed by L J. S a far, by uprclal ( s s l a h a . S m tn . Is any addrraa as rrcrlpl of Mas* Aitdrraa L. J. gtisfrr. Xu. U S | m Chicago, 111.

f \ R . R. GREER, 30 YEARS P R U T IcI, m V sa y bo consulted. paiaasalty «>r by Irtirr, s g all dlaasaas of tho blunt brain and nrrtutiu r e a IVim m al a dUlanrr treated v H k S M n B M s a eeaa. U ltr me one or ttro leading symptom* U reals* rvuinllt • only cniplojcd and consisting of ibr horfatuf

feet specimen of humanity, how would i t tho m in t nm inut | do to fashion one of to-day; Invito the

front to undergo another mode of torture. >w tb» uf tbo fnreai. a«d hm » \M_a« a ,a . i . __ __• .» _ * T . . . ; i rm , Trtffl irr«inirnl i t prr mociUt. 1X7 1 m w tfiA Bkcwer ia run through the lobe of each | c hioctk MrmUca ui> __ a

WAfiMear, and then another is paanud from his mouth through his cheek, from which

os about an inch. Thus i - r—! ii un uowu to the visitors and makes grandly wise, the morally brave, the | a collection.

__i-l. At. KOB/XSOX, rSYCHOM-Irirtsl, will Kite full aplrll drllnoallun br irtlur.

Send lurk of hair and own band wrillnis. with fsnssna lira. Iloblnaun la r r r r lt Ins n s Hu n m i s t IN s pm ansa fur wbum aba baa wrluro. allrallnK M the IraU- Ifulncaa and aorarwry of bor drllnaalleoa. Cncloae lun.

T he m eaning of th e proposition 1___laid down obviously is th a t courts of law I charged , and m erely for th e purpose of may pronounce judicially w hat facts are, showing defendant's probable animus or

“ — guilty knowledge. * - j '* *L -and w hat facts a re not “ oontrary to the established laws of n a tu re ," and th a t should facts occur inexplicable under any known law, they would have no standum in curia.

And if th e law allows th e prosecution to reso rt to facts unfa­vorable to th e defendant th a t a re wholly outside of th e issue, i t would be a mon­strous ru le th a t should debar th e de-

T he case a t bar presents two Im portant fendant from th e sam e p riv ilege byquestions which m ust sooner or latorl come up for adjudication by our h ighest courts. One of them is: May a court of law re jec t evidence of any class of facts on th e ground of th e ir supposed Impossi­bility? ^ 1

Considering th e infinite variety of sup- posable cases, th is question m igh t lead to a very wide discussion, w ith little hope of a rriv in g a t any general and in­disputable principle. I t will be sufficient for th e present purpose to lim it th e in­quiry to th e particu lar class of cases of which W ells r . Bundy is th e type; in o th er words, to cases w here certa in ap ­parently inexplicable phenom ena are charged as having been produced by the fraud of a “ medium." And tho question before us, precisely sta ted , is th is: As­sum ing for tho m om ent th e facts p ro ­posed to be given in evidence in th a t case to have been re levant to th e issue, would th e judge have been legally justi­fied in rejecting them on th e ground of th e ir impossibility?

A t the outset we m ust carefully d is tinguish the bare facts them selves from any of tho various theories claim ing to explain thorn, such as th e agency of departed sp irits “ psychic force, o r some h ith e rto unknown law of nature. So far as appears, Mrs. W ells d id not seek to re s t h e r case on the theory th a t the phenomena in question wore produced by departed sp irits ; and neither was i t necessary for hor to do so. All she claimed was th e r ig h t to prove facts tending to show th a t tho manlfosta-

sh u ttin g out such facts dehors th e issue as m ig h t tend to h is acquittal. Indeed, if only facts p u t d irec tly in issue on the record could be proved, th e re would be an end to th e introduction of any circum ­stan tia l evidenoe w hatever.

T he tru th is th a t th e law recognizes no hard and fast lino betw een facts th a ta re re lev an t and facts th a t a re ir r e le -1ant p rin ted in so ingenious a m anner as

an t. R elevancy to th e issue depends to convey th e im pression to all those ipon th e circum stances of th e p a rticu la r | persons who should no t stop to read th e

m a tte r in sm all p r in t th a t Mrs. W ells had m ade an “ open confession of gu ilt"

advertised i t for sale in h is journal p re cisely in th e following form:

Plaintiff's case championed by H. J . New ton. Case called for trial December Sd, 1889 in a court of Plaintiffs selection. With i Jury In the box, the Judge on the bench anil the Defendant present, ready and anxious to keep his word. Mr. Newton backs down and refuses to allow the case to go to trial, which course is considered by able lawyers as

AN OPEN CONFESSION OF GUILT.

In P a m p h le t F o rm .Brief History of the Career

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E L I Z A A N N W E L L SAs an alleged Materializing Medium, together with Plaintiff’s Bill of Complaint anu De fendant’s Amended Answer, the Questions of her lawyer to the Jury, Argument with the Court, Rulings of the Court, Action of De­fendant’s Council and Dismissal of the Case.

M rs. W ells, as Bundy well knew, had m ade no confession of g u ilt a t th e tria l.

I Y e t hero was an advertisem ent worded

uponcase. In reference to th e adm issibility of evidence W harton properly observes! th a t “ th e reasoning in courts of justice is th e reasoning of common sense, by w hich men of common sense and justice a re guided in form ing th e ir opinions as to th e conduct of o thers." And again :! 1 T h e tes ts we apply in ju risprudence

a re th e tests wo apply in h isto rical and social critic ism ." And agaln:|l “ W here th e question a t issue Is fraud, peculiar la titude in tho reception of foots, both inculpatory and exculpatory, is a l­lowed.” !

in court. Now th e question suggested by th is advertisem ent is w hother or not th e courts would adjudge i t to be a libel for w hich Bundy would be legally re ­sponsible. I have m et w ith no caseErecisely parallel w ith i t ; bu t a decision

y th e Suprem e C ourt of Minnesota,* seem s to announce a principle th a t will bo generally accepted. T he case wus a su it for libel. T he defendant, a furn itu re dealer (who had some d ispu te w ith the plaintiff touching an ullegea sale to him .)Wffll I M/UUUUI( UII UIIVKUU INI1V W SIX!Ill /

T he general principle cloarly is th a t I ‘ia^ placed on a table in front ol hl» ly fact w hatever is adm issible in evi-1 Btore a placard read ing thus: T hisany

dence if i t may appear to tho common K nee of th e ju ry to throw lig h t upon any m ateria l fact a t issue in th e cose. And in th e class of cases we a re now considering th ero Is a special reason for

was taken back from D r. W oodllng, os he would no t pay for it: for saio a t a bargain ." Ho had also placed on tho same table, o t about two foot from tho placard , a papor on w hich was con-

‘ isnlayed: “ M oral: ‘ Bowaroth e application of th is principle. T h e I splciously displayed .L defense of a party charged w ith fraudu-1 °* _n a PP°_ < “ u"lently producing certa in m anifestations I Prenao C ourt hold th a t thoso two papers,

------- — a—-------- ------ —1 read togothur, as they wore presum ablyintended to be, constituted a gross libol.

T he prinolple of tho decision is, thutcomes in to court w eighted down by thel ex traord inary and nrlma facie Incredible] nature of such m anifestations; appearing

tlons given In evidence against hor may 1 on th e ir face so im probable os to raise I have occurred independently of any I an overw helm ing presum ption th a t they oonsclous agency on h e r part. 1 could no t have occurred^" ‘

of common knowledge in th e next? 180 bring thorn w ithin tho dom ain ofl Because an alleged fact is inexplicable ord inary foots? And especially if they under any known law, m ust i t bo rejected I havo occurred u nder ju st such clrcum- in th e face of unim peachable testim ony I Bt*ncos when tho defondant was the th a t i t really occurred, when such facts I medium?have been and s till a re occurring all I 118 *upposo an analogous case: around us? Tho fall of Nearton's apple I Professor C arpenter, th e “ psycholo- was such a fact. A ll th a t Newton a id I g is t,” has been for yours ex h ib iting (andwas to range i t under a m ore general fact, th a t of gravitation . B ut to this! day, who has ever explained tho fact of gravitation? On th is point experto crcde, being a legal maxim, I| c ite the A rago, onephilosophers: “ H o ls a bold man who,

m i v u viius |JUiUL r jr jJ C n u e r ra r , I |io i iv r u i Ul J iu u u u u iu inlegal maxim, I may properly I antics, and to see and hoi publicly declared opinion of 1 impossible th ings. Very

mo of th e g rea test of physical I who have witnessed th e

always for money) w hat ho claim s to be h is m yaterisus pow er of com pelling peo­ple by h is m ore will o r suggestion to perform in public the moot ridiculous antics, and to see and h ea r absurd and

m any of those se exhibitions

a re convinced th a t they are carried onoutside of pure mathrnnatj<»n will pro-1 by collusion. A skeptical ed ito r pub- nounce any th ing to be impossible." I lu h e s as follows: “ If nec essary, we can I

Again: T h e denial a priori of facts of I prove in th e oourts of New Y ork City] a nature h ith e rto unknown virtually shuts I th a t Mr. C arpenter is a vile swindler, ou t all evidence of th e operation of natu-1 and has for years been using confed- ra l forces before unknown. Loss than a I era tes." Sued for libel, ho pleads the] oenUn-y old is tho discovery th a t w ater is tru th in justification; alleging th a t ho

1 two has witnesses to prove th a t a t some of Invisible gases, which an electric c u r-1. , . . . . . . . . .re n t will d isunite and se t free. Those Ih b PubUo exhibitions they were them - who undertake to define a priori th e 1 selves employed by him as confederates, lim its ol th e possible should, to be eon-1 A t th e tr ia l, being questioned, th e jury- sistont, re jec t all testim ony to th is | men a il declare th a t they would believe apparen tly Impossible foot.

Suppose the properties of the load-

• Bandy’s pamphlet report ot trial, Banner ofLight of Jan. 11 and Feb. 15, 1890.

no testimony, however respectable, that such things ever occurred, except by

any dovlco used w ith an In ten t th a t ul w riting should operate as a libol, is u j libel in law.U n it e d St a t e s v . RiaiD.t—Slnao the

|lH*lblllty

p r aRapids, ■proso*

__□(Sto-vons. J .. presiding) for using the malls for frauuiont purposes by sending an advertisem ent In which (as ohnrgod in th e indictm ent) “ ho falsoly and fraudu­len tly protended th a t ho could obtain] communications from tho Spirit-w orld.'1 U nder tho rulings of th e eourt tho do{1 fondant was convicted. In tho C ircuit C ourt (Jackson and Stovons, J.T.) ho moved for a now tria l, w hich was rofusodj him : and ho was sentenced to ono year's hard labor In th e House of Correction

A t th o tria l, defondant had offered tho testimony of a large num ber of orodlblo witnesses to th e effect th a t thoy had received through h im w ritten answers to sealed le tte rs,purporting to come from departed friends, under conditions th a t made fraud absolutely Impossible. The ovidenoe was rejected. Defendant’s counsel then asked th a t they should be allowed to tost h is ability to answer sealed le tters, then and there , in open court, and th is for th e purposo of show­ing th a t he had reasonable ground for supposing him self to be a modium of communication w ith tho Spirit-world. T h e offer was rejected.

From th e R eport of the Defense Com-

who had tolled from early m orn to th e | close of day, received no h ig h e r com­pensation th an he who came in to service a t th e last hour. B elieve th is m yth to |be th e A lm ighty God and e ternal re ­ward aw aits the believer a t doath; dis­believe h im to be such and be damned!

If a model is needed for th e young and for th e old, do not g ive us th is m ythical Jesus; for a be tto r can bo found in any com m unity. W e need a man of tru th , of p lain words, of noble deeds, educated and refined; industrious, not given to boasting, o r denunciation; indifferent to th e frowns of th e vulgar, o r th e bribes of th e w ealthy; always courteous; open as tho day; h is h e a r t and purse ever ready to re lieve th e needs of tho dis­tressed; who trea ts th e hum ble, and those in h ig h places a like w ith defer­ence; has no words of abuse o r reproach for any one; is deaf to censure o r ap­plause; in sho rt, is a gentlem an, and finds only gentlem en in all he meets.

’T he glory ascribed to Jesus for m aking h im self a voluntary offering for th e sins of th e world, is too gross for serious con­sideration . H e m et death , as th e n arra ­tion shows, no t cheerfully, as Socrates laid down h is life, bu t even shrinkingly , sw eating g re a t drops of blood, and pray­ing h is heavenly fa th e r to “ remove th is cup from m e," and th en “ why hast thou forsaken me?" No; he died reluctantly , as a m alefactor to th e Roman govern­m ent. He had posed as K ing of th e Jew s. T he very donkey h e ordered his d iscip les to *• loose and b ring to me," was used to m ake a grand s tre e t parade, an ovation in h is favor. Says Luke 19:35, e tc .: “ They cast th e ir garm ents on th e colt, and se t Jesus thereon; and as he w ent they spread th e ir elothes in the

I way. . . T he whole m ultitude of thel disoiples began to rejo ice and praise God] w ith a loud voice . . saying, * Blessed be th e K ing who com eth in th e nam e of th e L ord .’" M att. 21: 8, in addition, says: “ T hey out down branohes from (the trees and strew ed them in th e way," w hile th e m ultitude eried, “ H osanna to th e Son of David!" L uke says, the P h arisees asked Jesus to rebuke his dis­ciples, of course, because of th e ir se­d itionary action. Instead of complying w ith th e reasonable request, he encour­aged th e dem onstration. Jo h n (3: 15 say8: “ W hen Jesus perceived they would come and take h im by force anal m ake him a k ing , he departed again

| in to th o m ountain." Evidently he was ■not y e t ready for th e grand denouement,! although he had pu t in th e m outh of the “ noblem an,” whom all th e Commenta­to rs concede was a personification of Jesus: “ Those m ine enem ies which] would no t th a t I should reign oven them , b rin g h ith e r and slay them before] m e." L uke 19: 27. T h is was in the^ early p a r t of h is m inistry .

w h e n brough t before P ila te , Luke 23|_2, 3, Jesus accusers said: “ W o found th is follow perverting th e nation, and forbidding to g ive tr ib u te to Ctesar, say in g th a t h e him self is C hrist, a king.' C orrectly translated , i t would road! “ claim s th a t he him self is an (iiioinJcm k ing ." P ila te asked him : “ A r t thoul th e K ing of th e Jew s?" Jesus d id not deny tho im peachm ent, bu t replied to] ithe d ire c t in terrogato ry : “ Thou sayest It," u frank adm ission on h is p a r t th a t tho chargo was true. John 18: 37, addr to th is answer: “ To th is ond was I born! and for th is cause [to bo K ing of tho Jews] came I in to th e w orld." John 19 15, says P ila te Inquired of tho Jew “ Shall I crucify your king?" T he ohlo p rie s t answered: “ W e havo no k ing but C u»ur." Verso 19, “ P ila te wrote a title , und pu t i t on tho cross, and th e w riting was, ‘ Josus of N azareth , th e K ing of the Jew s.’ "

W o wish to say r ig h t hero, th a t w earnestly believe th is wholo story, os foot nil th a t perta ins to Jesus, is n base loss fabrication; th a t o thor characters sonic, probably, outsldo of Judon, wot draw n upon to complete the hero, honoo tlio discrepancy in ills muko-up. Those m atters wo havo discussed in o th er pub­lications, particularly In our Researches in Oriontul H istory, tho th ird edition of which has already gone to press. Our only purpose hero is to show th a t, taken for all h is b iographers claimed for him, Instead of offoring himself as a voluntary sacrifice for tho sins of tho world, ho was aspiring to go t up a revolution, and throw off tho Roman yoko. His ridicu­lous claims, sustained by tho lowly rab­ble, b rought him to tho cross, an ondlng ho greatly deplored, and from which ho desired to free himself. How, then, on atonem ent to God for the sins of tho world? How u m arty r to religion in any form? How an itleiil oh ai •actor, worthy of emulation? How hnrmonizo thoso 01- forts to gu t up a revolt against tho gov­ernm ent with tho claim th a t all his iiots were of a paolfio nature, looking only to tho establishm ent of u ro for moo and pure religion?

Tho story of the resurrection, follow­ing th e cruolfixlon and burial, rests on

all raves, and of all d im es, to compote in devising th e truest, grandest, worthiest, noblest, best character for human emu­lation? L ike his prototype, he would be wholly flotitious; hut, completed, he would be as mueh superior to the reign­ing m yth as is th e sta tuary of P raxiteles, o r th a t of Michael Angelo, to the sculp­tu re of Egypt; as Is the present agel n ad­vance of the one in which th e older m yth is reputed to have been born.

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BY C. S . .HUTCHINSON.

W e ex trac t the following account from a recent copy of th e Houth African C’apc Timesits

As th e period especially se t a p a rt for th e orthodox observance of the “ Kalifa" has only ju s t now arrived , i t may be as well to a t once explain how i t was th a t we came to bo present, a sho rt tim e ago, a t one of these peculiar Mohammedan rites. Colonel H. C. Robley, of the 91 at H ighlanders, hod intim ated a desire to witness one of these ceremonies. Luck­ily, th e intim ation was made to Mr. A ttorney Moore, than whom no one was m ore likely to be in a position to arrange for th e gratification of th e gallant officer's w ish, Mr. Moore's office. In Cas­tle S tree t, hav ing been for some years

list the M alay's C ourt of Arches, and H e th e dean o f it. I t was, therefore, no difficult m atte r for th e chosen judge and! a rb itra to r in religious differences, to pre-]

|v a il upon a couple of th e leading priests ■ t h e sect to hold a special Kalifa, land to have i t attended by devotees

H e x tra strong enthusiasm . On a [certain evening of last January ,the Kalifa accordingly, took place in th e house of one of our principal Malay citizens. T he company, th a t is to say, th e members of th e C hristian faith , arrived a t the appointed place about half-past seven o'clock, and were recieved in most hos­pitable fashion. Salaams having been] exchanged, th e v b lto rs were politely shown to th e ir seats, along one of the sides of a spacious room of Dutch type of arch itecture , and for th e first few min­utes every one was engaged In m aster­in g th e details of the scene.■ im m ediately in front of the visitors isl ilaced a piece of framework, surmounted

by th e orescent and crossed scim itars, [and decorated on e ith e r side by largo flags from Mecca. T h b little holy of holies—for sueh i t is evidently intended to be—is term ed a Prabo, ana behind it is seated, cross-leggod in th e T urkish fashion, a H adji o r oldor of a church. In front of him is a formidable a rray ofl dog gore, swords, and skewers. Along th e rem aining two sides of th e room are seated some twenty o r th ir ty Malays, also cross-logged, while the doorway b thronged by o thers of tho Mohammedan faith , who do not Intend tak ing any activo p a rt in tho Kalifa on th is oc­casion.

W h ile these d o ta lb are being taken in, [the m aster of tho ceremonies (also a H adji, and clod in a long w hite robe) b busily engaged in the d istribution of some dozen largo tambourines (or turn- turns) to tho Malays on o ithor side of th e room. The Incense b sending forth | its perfume, and tho m aster of the ceremonies loads off tho musical portion of tho ritual, whieh fow If any of us can understand, for It is in Arabio. T h b , as well as tho rest of tho singing, b notice­able for tho frequency of tho choruses, m any of which havo quite an ex­h ilara ting swing about thorn. Evidently tho music of tills Introductory pioco of vocalism would show a porpotual cres­cendo. for tho voices have long since passed ovon tho point known as triple foHo. Thon, Just ns we a re wondorlng w hother tho drum s of our oar* will escape w ithout perm anent injur)' o r not —crush I and tho wholo dozon tam­bourines have jolnod in tho chorus with an offoot wo loavo our readers to Imagine.

Whatovor tho offoot may bo on tho vbltors, It Is oortatn that tho religious onthusiaam of tho Mnlays taking part in the ooromony b being worked up to par. W hile the singing and tambourin­ing are at tholr holgnt, tho ono trying if passible to outdo tho otlior, four Malays spring up from tliolr sitting•posture and n u ll to tho front of tho Prabo, from whioh thoy ooeli seize a couple of dag­gers. Those are first of all passod ovor the smoke of tho Lnoonso, which b supposed to havo tho offoot of rendering thorn powerless to do harm, and thon tho devotees go through a strange por- fonnanoo of stabbing thomsolvos In various purta of the body, arms and logs, In a manner perfectly horrible. These feats are aooompaniod by dancing after a manner of tlio Dorvlshes, and the whole affair is very much like tho doings of that howling soot. The slngoi* havo not yot got to the end of their crosoondo passage, and as thoy give more and more

‘"'oat to their lung puwor tho dagger rformors appear to oe more and more

arnost In thoir designs upon thorn- selves. It makes ono perspire uncom­fortably to ovon watch suoh violent oxorcbe In a warm and crowded room; and it b positively tantalising to look from th b at tho placid and unmoved face of the presiding eider behind the sacred structure. They finbh at bet and resume their former positions with as unoonoerned an air as though they had merely walked aorosa tho room and

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and tho o ther by an arm y officer, he strikes i t in, to about the depth of a q u arte r of an inch. Another dance, and I he places th e point of the sword into th e oorner of h b left eye, which he seemingly partly tu rns round as though he were gouging i t out. In th b fashion ho makes another collection, the whole | of the money being conveyed reverential-1 ly to th e presiding elder. By th is time th e heat of the room and the smell of the Incense are ulmsot overpowering, and a delicate h in t is conveyed to the m aster of the ooreraonies th a t the vb lto rs will only rem ain to see a little more. Of what follows the most strik ing feature is a performance with two small lighted torches. Thoso are experimented upon by several of the Malays, one hold­ing h b arm in the flame, for w hat ap­peared to us a very uncomfortable length of tim e: another placing th e flame In h b I mouth for an equally awkward period; I while a th ird placed the burning torch for | some seconds between h b under vest and h b bare body. Coffee and biscuits are now hospitably handed rpund, and the v b l­tors soon after take th e ir departure, a fter a cordial good night, and a hope from th e m aster of tho ceremonies th a tthoy havo been pleased with the pro-1 7")A\ J . X . MAGOON, MAGXET/C ceeding*. How It is all done w i t h o u t ! ^ phvMcU" “ d ^ ,nK * *serious Injury being inflicted, we do not

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