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E I G H T Y - F I F T H S E S S I O N . QtrESTtON- : As between natural nn;l revealed ro'.i:ion ( o called), Wl:llt i ; tiio crite-

rion of truth ? or, in other \vo?ds,-Y."liat Ls tlio Word of Cod to us Y ' J M r . P A U T J U D Q E : T h c ques t ion cal ls for a s t a n d a r d of erHi-

i n g p h e n o m e n a , a n d t h e principles or laws there through re -vea led , is t h e w o r d of G o d to liim, and the s tandard b y which he t r i e s all tha t c l a ims t o be of Divino origin or au thor i ty . I n h i s opinion i t is n e i t h e r jus t to man nor honorable to God , t h a t we should s h u t o u r own eyes and refuse to exercise our own reason in s p i r i t u a l m a t t e r s , a n d be governed i n s t e a d by t h o no t ions of G o d a n d t h o Divine Government cnter tu iued, or r a t h e r supposed to b e en te r t a ined , by t h e ancient J e w s and o t h e r na t i ons .

D r . HALLOCK : T h c ques t ion before us ha s been m a n y t i m e s

liis m e t h o d of investigation to t h e f u t u r e or s p i r i t u a l l i f e , could only say t h a t nothmc/ was t h e f a c t .

Not so. f r o m th is t ime hencefor th . W e s t u d y thc s p i r i t u a l •world now, a s we do t h e n a t u r a l , iu t h e l i gh t of w h a t i t d o e s . T h e ancient sp i r i tua l i s t looked in to t h e same heaven w i t h t h e modern ; h i s exper ience as t o fac ts , inspirat ion a n d i n t e r c o u r s e , b y au thor i ty of h i s tory , was subs tan t ia l ly t he same, a n d w h a t of truth, h e discovered we do t hank fu l l y receive ; b u t t h e test or cr i ter ion of t h e t r u t h is no t in h im, n o t iu t h e m o d e m sp i -r i t ua l i s t , b u t in heaven itself as i t s t ands r evea led . S o t h e

ci?m ap . i l i caUo io t h e God-words , w h i c h a r c m a n y , a n d tho j d e p a r t e d f r i end is I s . u t a him—so soon ns tho fact »e;igiorij n o t a few, which have, or do s t i l l c l a i m to be, of i s born i n to h i s consciousness, t h a t spir i tual ex i s tence s t a n d s Div iue a u t h o r i t y . T o m a k e an i n q u i r y of th i s n a t u r e , of the j upon ind iv idua l d e m o n s t r a t i o n , ami i.ot upon f a i t h in h i s t o r y ;

answered in t h i s confe rence , b u t i t m a y no t be unpro f i t ab l e t o l a n o i e n t as t ro loger a n d tho s c r i p t u r a l J o s h u a gazed u p o n t b e i l l u s t r a t e t h e a n s w e r , so tha' . ; t i:.y be seen to b e a n answer , \3atr.0 sun a n d moon w i t b t b e m o d e r n a s t r o n o m e r ; ' jut w i t h a n d w h y . S o soon r.s a m a n real izes t h a t t he exis tence o£ a ] a r e su l t somewhat d i f fe ren t—less sat isfactory, less t rue , lose

' useful. And so i i has come to bc, that astrology h no t the

leas t value , we m u s t l ay as ide o u r p r e j u d i c e s ; a u d un les s we can do so, t he ques t ion o u g h t no t to be ra i sed .

O n a review of o u r own exper ience , wo are a w a r e of liav i n g been t a u g h t to bel ieve tho word of G o d to be t h c B ib le which is u sua l ly found in P r o t e s t a n t families. B u t tho Cath olic ha s ano the r , t h e M o r m o n s ye t a d i f fe rent , a n d t hc M o l i ammedaus [in the i r j u d g m e n t ] t he one only, a u d a l toge the r infal l ible . I n shor t , t h e r e is no d i s p u t i n g t h e f ac t t h a t theso claims arc a t l eas t as n u m e r o u s as the na t iona l i t ies , a n d as confl ict ing as tho d i f fe ren t races in to which tho h u m a n f ami ly i s divided. Now, al l these B ib les c l a im to reach q u i t e beyond o u r exper ience , bo th as to tho p a s t and the f u t u r e . T h e y speak of th ings which, if accepted a t al l , m u s t bo taken on au thor i ty . "What a u t h o r i t y ? I f b y a u t h o r i t y of re l ig ious teachers , t h e n has the bible of J o s e p h S m i t h t he p re fe rence ; bccause he had some persona l knowledge of i t s p roduc t ion , w h i c h 110 rel igious t eacher of auy o ther ex i s t ing sect has. B u t to r e t u r n to the book t h a t wc have been t a u g h t to bel ievo t h e only genuine word of G o d ; the re aro flat cont radic t ions in i t—con t r ad ic t ions bo th as to fact a n d doctr ine . T h e so-called Chr i s t i an world disposes of tho diff icul ty by sp l i t t i ng i tself u p iu to sects, cach of which g a t h e r s tho t ex t s deemed mos t precious, which texts , t h r o u g h t hc p o t e n t c h e m i s t r y of creed, a r c conver ted into a lens th rough which cvery o ther is dis tor t -e d into h a r m o n y or d imin ished into f >rgctfulness as is mos t convenient . " T h c X c w Ohurch ' ? ins is ts t h a t th i s compound of appa ren t t r u t h and e r r o r has only to be sub jec t ed to t he crucible of " cor respondences" to bo resolved into pe r fec t t r u t h i n cvery par t icular . T h e s e examples indica te w h a t is and has been t he method of de t e rmin ing wha t is re l ig ious t r u t h , or the word of God. W o a re asked, "What is our m e t h o d ? I Io answers by saying, t h a t in t hc first place i t is to be not iced tha t al l these revealed rel igious or God-words c a m c th rough alleged intercourse wi th thc sp i r i tua l world. T h o people to whom the revela t ion was given, accopted or i n t e r p r e t e d the i r facts as they bes t could ; b u t i t is no t ra t iona l to suppose those w h o lived before us were any more capable of j u d g i n g or in-terpret ing their scer -u t te rauees or o ther facts of sp i r i tua l inter-course, than wc are. H e th inks thc con t ra ry is t r u e ; and hence, to make their i n t e rp re ta t ion tlie s t andard , or , wha t is still more absurd , to t ake for gospel the in t e rp re t a t ion of some Pone Bishop, or Ecclesiast ical council , alikc void of all cxperi-

cut al knowledge of sp i r i t ua l fact or t r u t h whe the r anc ien t or odern is f n U a c i ° u 8 t l i e c-strcme. I n p lace of th i s , he

» 1 ,jia]co the cri terion of t r u t h to consist of a p e r s o n a l in-t rotat ion of the facts of to-day. T h e obse rva t ion of exist-

cr i ter ion qf n-tronomy. Even thc mighty Joshua has caused to bc quoted as an as t ronomical author ity, by so much as a I t o m i n Cathol ic Pope . He and his r a m ' s h o r n s Ir.ivo consi-derately re t i red to the S u n d a y School, where they occasional ly play a concerto for the a m u s e m e n t of c h i l d r e n ; a n d t h a t

in t h a t perfect b i r t h t h e r e is open proclamation (conscious or o therwise ) of w h a t is thc word of God or c r i t e r ion of t r u t h to t h a t soul. W h e n , f o r example , one consents to i n q u i r e for t r u t h t h r o u g h a t a b l o unconsecra ted by priest, a n d uusanot i f ied I is all by a l t a r - r a i l i n g ; he moves h is cause from the c o u r t of h i s t o r y I Tbe test of chemistry , I s i t in alchemy, or in tiie revel i t i o n s to t he c o u r t of obse rva t ion ; h c taires an appeal f r o m w h a t 1 of the crucible and tbe r e t o r t V Y e t tho subs tances t o be mon say of be ing , p r inc ip le and law, to what being, p r inc ip l e ! examined a re not different . Modern civilization accepts n o t h i n g and law say of themselves . T h i s bare consent is a p r o p h e c y j by au thor i ty bu t i ts rc'>;/'on : a;id tba t ifc can not , by r e a s o n of thc t r u e s t a n d a r d of j u d g m e n t t l iat soul would fa in r e a l i z e ; I tbat i t has out-grown ifc. Tiie d ivers i ty of sects in e n d l e s s a n d i ts j u s t i c e a n d t r u t h onco fa i r ly understood, wi l l ho ld I procession shows tha t ifc h a s — n o t re l ig ion—bun s i m p l y t h e dominion over i t forever . The first lesson of the s p i r i t u a l i s t inline! of re l ig ion—that i t would bc rel igious it' i; only k n e w is, t h a t the i nv i s ib l e is made s u r e through the v i s ib l e ; t h a t (how. Ifc has cult ivated its facul t ies un t i l they can no l o n g o r wi thin the sweep of reason and tho senses lies the r e a l m of Le insu l ted witb impunity, even in thc numc of G o d ; a n d i t demons t ra t ion . I t is a blessed th ing that thi3 c r i t e r ion o r is t r ansmi t t i ng this added g r o w t h of intel leoualiry to i t s j u d g m e n t - s t a n d a r d is fu l ly come to l ight in these yea r s , f o r the r ea son t h a t wc werc r ap id ly approaching a men ta l .^tate wherein i t was b e i n g more and more openly aff irmed; t h a t , iu t h e m a t t e r of r evea led religion, God , and thc human soul, t he re is n o t h i n g wha teve r to judge , the wholo subject being below cri t ic ism. I l u m a n civil ization was being pushed inevi tably to t h a t po in t by t he leverage of sucees in every o ther direc-tion. God , t he sou l , a u d revealed religion, being abou t the only t h ings i t could n o t demonst ra te , what was to save it f r o m t h e conclusion tha t there was ia real i ty no th ing to be d e m o n s t r a t e d ?

B u t Civil izat ion t ook an appeal f r o m as'ro!or;i'-n' lo re to the s ta rs themse lves ; a n d ou t of t h a t astronomy was b o r n — as t ronomy, which said t h e e a r t h was round, and the sun never changed i ts re la t ive posi t ion ; t h o u g h lite Bil l ; did teach tba t tho one was a revolving l ight , a n d the other an extended plane. Civil ization has demons t r a t ed tha t the appeal in t h a t case was well taken. T h e s t a r s jus t i f i ed themselves—rcvc:ded t he i r own l aws—refu ted t he old e r ro rs . So much for t h a t : b u t , w h e r e was modern c ivi l izat ion to carry her appeal f r o m theological l o r e ? She could take i t 1where but to the cour t of annih i la t ion aud u t t e r n igh t , un t i l tho inner heaven unveiled i ts weal th of s t a r s — i t s conste l la t ions of celestial be ing—to

children. T h a t which was t a u g h t to us and believed by u s i n our chi ldhood, can not be accepted b y t h e m . T h e r e s e a r c h e s of th i s age have culminated in th is heresy—Uia' ichirh ice (cach vx mu*! prove. I t s exper iences and methods bave i m -pressed themselves upon its cons t i tu t ion , and will go down t o i t s pos te r i ty by au thor i ty of n a t u r a l law. T h e baby t h a t i t wil l b r ing for th shall awake f rom its sieep and d e m a n d t o know where i ts cradle came f rom, and woe to him who can n o t answer in very t ru th . I n t h a t day, wha t is to become of t h e s e religions or of any o ther t h a t can no t ver i fy itself in the l i g h t of day ? T h e cr i ter ion of t r u t h is, t ha t i t is t r u e t o - d a y ; t h a t is, t l ia t i t can be verified to -day; tha t , of these r e l i g i o n s whieh cnunofc abide th i s tes t , m u s t go where a s r o l o g y h a s gone, where a l chemy has gone, where all e r ror m u s t u l t i m a t e l y go. T r u t h a lone is w i thou t chauge. God : s W o r d is w r i t t e n in t h i n g s ; i t is done, no t s a i d ; when one hears t a l k i n g o r sees writ ing, however he may label the oue or the o t h e r r ' holy," the au tho r i t y of universal experience is war ran t , t h a t a h u m a n being s t a n d s beh ind the expression. T h a t God s t a u d s t h e r e instead is no t qu i te so c lear .

Dr . GRAY : Revea led religion ho defines to b e w h a t t h e spiri tual senses have accepted as j u s t a n d t rue . N a t u r a l r e -ligion is w h a t of t r u t h the ex te rna l senses have r evea l ed t o u s .

t he telescope of pa t ien t observat ion. Theu was the cr i ter ion ! The fo rmer h a s been mainly der ived t h r o u g h the t r ance . T h e of t r u t h perfec ted a n d a cour t of appeals established, whose ' word of God to h im is w h a t his spir i t -senses te l l h im is t r u e • • . . j - : . . • , i > e . 1 - 1 • . - , ! — . u : . . . . „ c i . . , * . 4 1 . . . . . : • 4 ! : . . . — : . . - 4 U . 1 . _ . t 1 ju r i sd ic t ion is un ive r sa l . Before t h i s .scientific recognit ion of sp i r i t ua l i sm ; t h a t is to say, before it., recent demons t ra t ion , t h e m e t h o d of ver i fy ing nouns b y verbs—lotermi i i ing being b y d o i n g — w a s only applicable in p rac t i ce to the present . I t could n o t bo applied to the fu tu re l ife, because it had no recog-nized facts of t ha t life, save and except always tlie f a c t o f — nothing; and t hc s t uden t therefore , wben he came to apply

bub the cr i ter ion of the i r i n t eg r i ty is, t h a t w h a t t h e y a f f i r m is t rue also on the ex te rna l p l ane ; t h a t is to say, w h e n t h e f a c t s of aff irmation correspond wi th t h e f a c t s of o b s e r v a t i o n . T h o sp i r i tua l man p ^ c e i v e s the t r u t h , a n d t he e x t e r n a l man p r o v e s it . W ero M a h u m m e d to come t o h i m i u s i s t i u g on t b e o b -servance of some precept , ho shou ld b r i n g i t t o t h e t e s t of reason on the ex te rna l pluue. T h i s i s h i s c r i t e r i o n f o r r e v e a l e d

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HUW • «~".ls o u r business to collate a n d k i n d l y eon B der the c la jms of al l nat ions and t imes * "" " .the angels ha th'cy say to us

i **" "«muuB auu u m e s in t h i s r e s p c c t — w h a t l V e . £ a i d t 0 o t l i e r s t h r o u g h the t rance , a n d w h a t

observat ion U S ~ J u d S i n S e a c h and al l by the f a c t s of o u r own

O u r own facts and inferences t h e r e f r o m f i r s t ; t h e n t h e f a c t s oi others, adap ted to our fac ts and in fe rences ; a n d , l a s t l y , t h e mieiences of others , adap ted by u s to our in fe rences , f r o m Doth classes of facts . I n th is way only can a n y o n e be cn-i among men ; th i s is h u m a u adolescence, as d i s t i n g u i s h e d i rom puer i l i ty ; any o t h e r o rde r of phi losophiz ing b e l o n g s to childhood of the mind .

T o be a man in m i n d is to be able to p roduce , on t h e m e n t a l plana, chi ldren of thc m i u d ; to prol if icate i d e a s . T h i s can not be done unless the mascu l ine powers be in a b s o l u t e f r ee -dom from ou tward r e s t r a in t s . F e a r i n t r o d u c e d i n t o t b e spi r -i tua l organs of a m a n r e n d e r s t h e m i m p o t e n t ; a m a n can n o t beget ideas in bis own image and l ikeness a n y m o r e t h a n he can chi ldren, physical ly, b y t hc he lp of ano the r m a n . A m a n can educa te his ch i ld ren b y the a id of o thers , b u t he m u s t be-get them himself , wi th no ex t r aneous m a s c u l i n e helps .

A child in miud m a y inhab i t t he b o d y of a m a n ; and t h i s is read i ly seen in t h e m e n t a l p r o d u c t s of such a be ing . U n t i l the mind has e n t e r e d t h e a d u l t p lane , i t s a t t e m p t s a t bege t -t ing a family of ideas a re incomple te p a r o x y s m s of a fever i sh k ind , full of vices a n d foll ies a u d t e r m i n a t i n g in p r o s t r a t i o n .

M r . HOTE : F i n d s h imsel f u n a b l e to conceive w h y any spir-i tua l i s t should r e j e c t t h e doc t r i ne s of t h e B i b l e , s ee ing t h a t they were sp i r i tua l ly revea led . T h o B i b l e is f r o m t h e same source whence the m o d e r n sp i r i t ua l i s t c la ims t o d e r i v e h i s in-sp i ra t ions—to wit . , t h e s p i r i t u a l w o r l d ; a n d i t i s in b a d tas te to r e j e c t a d r a u g h t w h i c h comes f r o m t h c s a m e f o u n t a i u t h a t suppl ies o u r da i ly w a n t s , mere ly because the c u p is p resen ted to u s by au e lder b r o t h e r . B u t a l a s 1 t he S p i r i t u a l i s t s of the p r e sen t d a y rece ive fo r a u t h o r i t y tho t each ings of such Spi r i t s only as wero t h e i r own k i n d r e d a n d f r i e n d s on ear th , or a t m o s t can d a t e back b u t .a gene ra t ion or two. T o t h e ques t ion d i r e c t , b e wou ld answer , T h e word of G o d to him is the B i b l e . T h a t is h i s c r i t c r iou of t r u t h ; because, r e a d i n g i t un d e r s t a n d i n g l y , lie finds n o t h i n g there in offensive to sound j u d g m e n t or good mora l s . N o t t h a t he would t a k e t ho con-s t ruc t i ons or i n t e r p r e t a t i o n s of i t insis ted upon by var ious sects a u d i n d i v i d u a l s ; b u t the B i b l e as ho u n d e r s t a n d s i t is b o l h law and gospe l to h im.

D r . YOUNG : I l i s s t and-po in t is, t b a t m o d e r n Sp i r i tua l i sm is a con t inua t ion of a n c i e n t Sp i r i t ua l i sm, a n d t h a t b o t h Spi r i t s a n d m o r t a l s differ i n opinion a n d c h a r a c t e r t hen a s now. l i e also fel t t o l amen t , or r a t h e r t o r e p e a t h is l a m e n t a t i o n , over t h e m u d d l e d s l a t e ol' b i s percept ions , conscqucu t upon the d o c t r i n e s a d v a n c e d h e r e f rom t ime t o t ime w i t h respect to evidence per se of Sp i r i tua l in tercourse , a n d also of thc universa l ly g o o d in t en t ions of Sp i r i t s t o us -ward , a s the n a t u r a l r e su l t of a co r r e spond ing b e t t e r m e n t of p r i v a t e char-a c t e r on t h e i r p a r t . O n t a k i n g a carefu l i n v e n t o r y of his f a i t h a n d opinions, lie finds himself a bel iever , oil t h e whole, t h a t Spi r i t s d o e x i s t ; which f a i th is s u p p o r t e d b y t h c f a c t t h a t wc rceeive c o m m u n i c a t i o n s t h a t can n o t be r e f e r r ed t o mor ta l s . B u t , then , no sooner is he s ea t ed in t h e c o m f o r t a b l e l ap of tiiis conclusion, t h a n lie is ous t ed b y t h e s t a t e m e n t s of those w h o dec la re t h a t h u m a n hands , c t c . , a ro p r o d u c e d a n d m a d e pal -p a b l y presen t , which is t o him mons t rous , a n d t h e r e f o r e c a n n o t be t rue . Then , be fo re be is fair ly f reed f r o m t h a t n igh t -mare , t hey ( t h e a u t h o r s of the a fo resa id d o c t r i n e s ) con ju re u p t h e hideous p h a n t o m of psychology, which t h r o w s liim in to a co ld sweat, a n d his f a i t h beg ins t o oose out , l ike B o b A c r e ' s c o u r a g e ; so t h a t lie is le f t a t l a s t w i t h b a r e l y sufficient s t r e n g t h to oppose e v e r y t h i n g a n d find f a u l t w i t h eve rybody , wh ich is the boutiden d u t y of every genu ine a d v o c a t e of h n m a u b r o t h e r h o o d . T o beg in the g o o d work , t hen , he denies . that ch i ld ren a rc bo ra s ix ty years old to-day. T h e p r e s e n t gene-r a t i on is in a d v a n c e of t h e anc ien ts in some respec ts , b u t beh ind t h e m in others . K n o w l e d g e is b e t t e r dif fused, b u t i t is less p r o f o u n d t h a n of o ld . I u pa in t ing , scu lp ture , ma thema t i c s , t h e ancients were our super io r s . T h e same is t r u e of morals , music a n d Spi r i tua l i sm. W h a t a re our s ingers compared wi th " the sweet n 'nger of Is rae l ?" W h e r e a r c w e t o m a t c h the c h a r a c t c r of J e s u s ? N o w t h a t the more r a t i ona l a m o n g t h e m o d e r n s a re r e j ec t ing t h e superna tura l i sm of J e s u s , he feels i t a relief to his pen t -up piety t o dec lare t h a t lie was, in very f a c t , " before A b r a h a m , " t h a t g r e a t re jec ted Sav iour . Con-c e r n i n g t h e ques t ion of t h e evening, his cr i ter ion of t r u t h is growth. T h e r e is b u t one t r u t h in n a t u r e to hiin, a n d t h a t is b ro the rhood .

D r . WEEKS : I t seemed t o liim t h a t t h e answer t o t h e ques-t i o n is simple a n d easy. T h e r e a re two rules which he t h i n k s app l i cab le : F i r s t , t h a t is t he mos t rel iable which cau b e inter-p r e t e d alike. Th i s will no t apply t o a n y B i b l e or system of revea led religion, as a whole , no r can it ever . T h e r eade r sees in t h e m only w h a t is in himself na tu ra l ly o r , b y educa t ion . T h e sects a r e proof of this d i sagreement in see ing . N o t so w h n a t u r a l theology or t h e t r u t h s of n a t u r e ; those can b e w u n uuiui^ . T h e y a r e s e e n a h k e a s universal ly

wh ich p r o d u c e s thc deepes t and mos t e a r n e s t conv ic t ion . H i s t o r y p r o v e s this. A s t r o n o m y geo logy , a n d o t h e r r eve la -t i o n s o f n a t u r a l t r u t h h a v e produced a conv ic t ion which h a s o u t r o o t e d Sc r ip tu ra l in te rpre ta t ion , and o v e r t u r n e d theo log ica l c reeds . I t is easy t o see b y men's ac ts t h a t t h e t e ach ings of t h e i r c r c e d s m a k e b u t shallow impression. T h c sec ts r e t a i n t h e m in form, b u t p rac t i ca l ly tlicy arc of li t t le accoun t . I t is t h c s ensa t i ona l r a t h e r t han the doctr inal p r eache r w h o g a t h e r s t h c m u l t i t u d e t o -day . N a t u r a l rights, h u m a n l iber ty , these s t r i k e t h e i r r o o t s d e e p ; a n d the preacher w h o a p p e a l s t o t h e s e is hea rd w h e r e crceds would be preached to e m p t y p e w s .

D r . G OULD : A s the question s tands , i t looks as t h o u g h t h e r e werc oppos i t ion be tween natura l religion a n d t h e B i b l e . T h i s is n o t so ; t h e y simply t r e a t upon different topics . S c i e n c e has t o do wi th r o c k s ; religion i.s concerned with m o r a l s .

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a n d p h e n o m e n a t h a t a r c witnessed b y indiv iduals i n v a r i o u s places , a n d especially such as seem to p r o v e t h e rea l i ty of S p i r -i t s c o m m u n i c a t i n g wi th us who live h e r o in clay t e n e m e n t s , I t h o u g h t the following, which occurred in m y p r e s e n c e , might , p e r h a p s interes t some of you r numerous readers . A n d a l t h o u g h such t h i n g s happen in o u r midst da i ly , ye t if m y t e s t i m o n y s h a l l induce only one to seek tbe l i g h t of t r u t b , w h o w o u l d not o the rwise have m a d e the effort, then t h e r e c o r d i n g o f t h e s e fac ts will no t prove in vain.

A few weeks since M r s . A. D. Sbepa rd , ( w h o re s ides i n A l -bany , N . Y. , ) a n d myself , called upon M r . Colches te r , a m e d i -u m whose r o o m s a re a t No . 1 Amity-s t ree t , t h i s c i ty . W e h a d n e i t h e r of us ever seen Mr . Colchester, a n d b a d hea rd o n l y a day or two previous t o our visit tha t t h e r e was s u c h a .pe r son as he. A f t e r wai t ing a few minutes in h i s r oom, M r . C

came in, and we then, (being thc only p e r s o n s i u t h e r o o m , ) sea ted ourselves a t a table , M r s . S b e p a r d a n d m y s e l f s i t t i n g opposi te the m e d i u m , so as to prevent h i s see ing a n y t h i u g w e might wish to wri te , as we could in te rpose a book, hand or arm^between w h a t vrc w r o t e on a n d r he l ine of his v is ion. The r aps soon came, bo th on the floor a u d on the t ab l e , a n d a t t h e same t ime I looked, and saw tha t n e i t h e r the m e d i u m ' s f e e t n o r h a n d s touched the table .

T h c in te l l igence controll ing t h e sounds, in a n s w e r t o our inqu i ry , s ignif ied a willingness t o answer t e s t ques t i ons . So I w r o t e on a sl ip of paper somc e i g h t or nine n a m e s , m o s t of which were fictitious ones, bu t a m o n g t h e m w e r e two o r t h r e e n a m e s of persons who were in the Sp i r i t wor ld . I took good ca re t h a t no oue bu t myself could see w h a t I w r o t e .

I t h e n to re off thc names I h a d writ ten s epa ra t e ly f r o m each o the r , and ro l led each one up i n to a small pel let b y i t se l f , mak-ing t h e pe l le t as small as possible. Mrs . S h e p a r d p repa red about t he s ame n u m b e r in thc s a m e maimer, a n d we then p u t them all t oge the r , hers and mine, and mixed a n d mingled t h e m up so t h a t we could not tell one f r o m the o t h e r , nor p ick ou t any one of t h e m knowing what was on ifc.

W e now reques t ed the Sp i r i t s ( i f such t h e y were) t o p ick out o r select t h e names of such of our Sp i r i t f r i e n d s a s were present . T h e y signified the i r wil l ingness to ob l ige us , a n d as Mr. Colches te r touched each pe l l e t with his pencil , t h e y would rap e i ther in t he a f f i rmat ive or iu the negat ive . T h r e e pe l le t s were t hus se lected, and we t h r e w the res t in to the fire. T h e m e d i u m now asked if t hc S p i r i t s would wr i t e t h rough his h a n d the t h ree n a m e s which they h a d se lec ted f rom a m o n g t h e o thers . T h e y a n s w e r e d in t he a f f i rmat ive , a n d immedia te ly h i s h a n d was influenced, a n d wroto o u t ve ry rap id ly th ree n a m e s , on a shee t of pape r , and then p u s h e d the same, toge ther w i t h t h e t h r e e pel lets , over to me . I took tho pellets aud opened t h e m one b y one, a n d c o m p a r e d t b e names ou tbem wi th t h o s e wr i t -ten t h r o u g h t h e med ium, a n d found them to co r respond l e t t e r for l e t te r , a n d the t h ree w e r e t h e names of those of o u r dea r -es t f r i ends w h o have passed f r o m this life. O n e of t h e m was the word " F a t h e r , " wr i t t en b y Mrs . S h e p a r d , who n o w s a i d : " if m y fa the r is here, wil l h e give me his n a m e . " I n s t a n t l y the m e d i u m began to ro l l u p the sleeve of h i s d r e s s i u g cown. and I watched h im closely w h i l e hc unbu t toned t h e w r i s t b a n d of h is sh i r t , a n d pul led i t , t o g e t h e r with the sleeve of h i s c lo se fitting u n d e r s h i r t , up ove r t b e muscula r p a r t of his a r m , a n d there oil i t we beheld , b e a u t i f u l l y wri t ten in l a rge p la in r e d le t -ters , the co r rec t n a m e of Mrs . S . ' s fa ther .

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M r , S h e p a r d , p r e d i o n , t o ^ S seven o r e i g h t q u e s t i o n s , w h i c h s h e h a d w r i t t e n o a of common w r i t i n g p a p a r . S h e n o w t o o k a p a i r o . sc i s so r s and c u t t h e m ( t h e q u e s t i o n s ) a p a r t , l e a v i n g e a c h o n e q u e s t i o n on a s l ip of p a p e r b y i t s e l f . S h e t h e n r o l l e d e a c h o n e o f . h e m up in to as s m a l l a c o m p a s s a s p o s s i b l e , a n d m i x e d t h e p e l l e t s ( t hus m a d e , ) a l l t o g e t h e r . M r . C o l c h e s t e r n o w t o o k o n e u p from the t ab l e b e t w e e n h i s t h u m b a n d finger, a n d a s k e d i t t t ie S p i r i t s would a n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o n c o n t a i n e d i n i t , a n d i m m e -d ia te ly his h a n d was in f luenced , a n d a n a n s w e r w a s w r i t t e n wbicb, wben c o m p a r e d t o t h e q u e s t i o n , w a s f o u n d t o b e e n t i r e l y a p p r o p r i a t e and s a t i s f a c t o r y ; a n d i n t h i s n i a n u e r a l l t h e s e v e n or e i g h t ques t ions were a n s w e r e d , s o m e r e q u i r i n g s e v e r a l wr i t -t en l ines o r sentences , b u t a l l w e r e a d a p t e d a n d p e r t i n e n t t o the ques t ions asked . T o one of t h e p e l l e t s w a s w r i t t e n m e r e l y t h e s e two words " N o answer.," a n d o n o p e n i n g t h e p e l l e t i t was f o u n d to be a b l ank . T h i s w e s o o n d i s c o v e r e d w a s a b l a n k p iece , a u d r e m a i n i n g p a r t of t h e h a l f s h e e t f r o m w h i o h t h e q u e s t i o n s had been c u t , a n d b e i n g a b o u t t h c s a m e s i z e aa t h o s e c o n t a i n i n g t h e w r i t i n g , i t h a d i n a d v e r t e n t l y b e e n r o l l e d u p a n d p u t w i t h t h e r e s t , b u t w a s d e t e c t e d b y t h e c o m m u n i -c a t i n g i n t e l l i gence as c o n t a i n i n g n o q u e s t i o n , a n d w a s a n s w e r e d a c c o r d i n g l y . Y o u r s t r u l y , G-. SWEET.

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WAUKSGAX, III., Feb. G. 1860.

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t ion t h a t D r . H a l l o c k h a s s e e n fit t o p u t u p o n m y l a s t l e t t e r t o you o f J a n u a r y 11 , a s i t h a s h a d t l i e e f f ec t o f r e - o p e n i n g a discussion t h a t m a y h a v e b e e n p r e v i o u s l y s e t t l e d b e f o r e I h a d become a s u b s c r i b e r t o t h e TELEGRAPH, a n d I a m g r a t i f i e d t o learn t h a t t h e m e m b e r s of t h c C o n f e r e n c e t lo n o t d i f f e r f r o m my firm conv ic t ion r e s p e c t i n g t h e s p i r i t u a l o r i g i n of t h e r a p -pings ; n o t t h a t a c o n t r a r y c o n c l u s i o n w o u l d h a v e m a d e m e swerve one po in t f r o m m y o w n p r e - c o n c e i v e d o p i n i o n . B u t t h o u g h I do n o t t h i n k t h e D o c t o r ' s m o d e o f e x p l a i n i n g m y posi t ion e i ther j u s t o r c h a r i t a b l e , i t is n o t w o r t h m u c h c a v i l i n g a b o u t . H e is t o t a l l y w r o n g w h e n lie s a y s I s e e k a m u s e m e n t only in t h e perusa l of t h e d i scuss ions . H e o r n o o t h e r m a n , however dogma t i ca l h e m a y b e in his a f f i r m a t i o n s , c a n e u t e r fully in to t h c s t a t e of m y m i n e , y e t h e m a y s o t w i s t h i s sa t i r i -cal logic as to m a k e i t superficially a p p a r e n t t h a t h e i s g i f t e d wi th Lhe power of u u m i s t a k a b l y r e a d i n g t h e t h o u g h t s o f o t h e r s . I t Ls b u t an opiniou, a f t e r all .

I m a y b e seriously b e n t on l o o k i n g f o r a t r e a s u r e w h e r e I think I have good reasons t o find one , b u t t h c r e s u l t m a y b o t h a t I fiud, if any th ing , s o m e t h i n g l u d i c r o u s o r u n w o r hy : i t is n o t t o be presumed, never the less , t h a t m y s e a r c h w a s f o r the a t t a i n m e n t of t h e r id icu lous o r t h e u n m e a n i n g . Y o u r own h y p o t h e s i s of t h e t h o r o u g h f a r e of c o m m u n i c a t i o n b e t w e e n Sp i r i t s a n d m o r t a l s is new t o me, a n d in m y m i n d b e a r s t h e impress a t l ea s t of s t r o n g p r o b a b i l i t y ; b u t s h o u l d a n o t h e r p e r s o n rise a n d c o n d e m n y o u r t h e o r y , of fer ing , a t t h e same t ime, a n o t h e r hypo thes i s n o t a l t o g e t h e r a b s u r d , I m i g h t b e a m u s e d a t t h e con t r ad i c t i on , w i t h o u t [ a s t h e D o c t o r a f f i rms"]

a t t l ie t ime in t h e p u r s u i t of a m u s e m e n t . I f I h a v e be i r a s t a t e d t h e impress ion m a d e on m y mind b y t h c p e r u s a l o f s o m e p a r t of y o u r per iodical ; if I h a v e s o u g h t f o r a t r e a s u r e a n d b e e n d i s a p p o i n t e d , or if a n o t h e r p e r s o n iu m y p l a c e , w i t h t h e s a m e pursuit-, h a d m e t wi th t h e s a m e resu l t , a s a S p i r i t u a l i s t as a C h r i s t i a n , as a m a n I wou ld n o t d e u o u u e e b i s f a i l u r e a s t l ie effect of h i s injust ice t o ot l iers , or a w a n t o f fideli v t o b i s o w n p r o c l a m a t i o n of t ru th - seeker .

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seated in liis easy chair to enjoy a relaxation f rom sterner thought in tlie perusal of our unpretending reports, even as I not unfrequently take up thc " Pickwick Papers" for precisely the same reason. B u t I stand correc ted; friend Loveday's statement of fact as to purpose, has left my " satirical logic" without a leg to s tand upon.

I must also confess, now tha t I am trying to make a clean breast of it, tha t when I complained of injustice (not intention-al, of course) 011 thc pa r t of friend Lovedav, with respect to what really is, and what is not, maintained in this Coufcrcnce regarding the science of Spiritualism, reference was had to a wider spread delinquency or neglect in this respect t han is represented by any individual. I n short—for murder will out — I felt like preaching, nnd took Frieud Loveday for a text . The

sermon was poor enough to be sure, bu t the text is good, as i t was thought, and I still think it might be preached over again with profit. Bc t ha t as it may, thc moral of t h a t ser-mon was simply this— looking al Idlers and icords is not read-ing.

To read an author aright , is to enter into sympathy with his purpose. Ignorance of this secret, makes " Biblical scholars," for example, thc most miserable readers of the Bible extant , not excepting the so-called infidels. Their Heb rew and Greek help them nothing. They unders tand Moses p re t ty well, and for the precise reason t ha t Jesus is incomprehensible. W h e r e the hear t is, there is thc t reasure—where thc sympathy is, there is the unders tanding. N o w the hea r t object of the New Y o r k Lyceum and Conference is, salvation if possible to self and neighbor f rom a misapprehension of the newly-discovered laws of miud and Spirit ; which salvation, i t is supposed, can only be realized th rough comprehension of them ; and it is safe 10 say a t least, t h a t he who in hear t does most nearly sympathize with t h a t object, will bc i ts t ruest commentator . I I . T . HALLOCK.

A R E A L L S P I R I T S W I S E A N D G O O D ? [From tUo Spiritual Ago.]

I n response to a call f rom our co-laborers of thc SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPH, WC gave last week our idea of what consti tutes a Spirit, as this term is commonly used—which was, in brief, tha t every human being enters tho Spirit-life clothed in a Spirit-body, formed of the imponderable elements which pre-viously existed in, and werc the life of, the earthy body. Con-sequently he carries with him tho individual character formed in the earth-life—its loves and hates, its vir tues and vices, i ts aspirations aud imperfections—for he carries with him that in which all these qualities reside.

I f this be so, it follow.1} that the mere put t ing off of the visible earth-body docs not, as our cotemporary supposes, ex-tinguish tho love of earthly and sensual things. O n tho con-t rarv , they who have not, in obedience to the monitions of the inmost spirit, overcome aud died to the disorderly loves of thc flesh, before leaving the earth-body (a3 is possible) must find the same loves still clinging to them, holding them down to earth, and bringing them into sympathy with all other beings who delight in similar things.

There is then a wide difference between what is commonly termed Spirit-Hfe ( that is, mere existence in the Spirit-world) and spirit-iwZ life iu its highest sense—(that is, l ife according to the dictates of thc inmost sp i r i t )—a mighty difference be-tween death of the ponderable earth-body and death of the earthly offcclions. This distinction is often overlooked by Spiritualists as well as others; but, if well-founded, i t is of the utmost importance. To quote the languago of a Spirit-com-municatiou made to us rcccutly (before this discussion com-

birth into earthly life, the physical death and the Spirit-life i • h succeeds, are but thc shadow or analogue of the birth into

• W life, death to the earthly affections,and thc higher life which slnru

nnPUt thereon. All thc latter may take place while in the js consul111-'1 „ earthly body: t c n ( ] o n c y i s established bv a habit of resistance to the

" , 1 ,i,P selfish in lhc earth life, is so much impetus gained 1'or ^ " ' inJegrcssin the spiritual." a the ideas we at present en te r ta in ; aud thdy not

only seem to be the plainest conclusions of enlightened reason, but accord with t h e testimony, so f a r as we recollect, of all bciugs iu thc Spir i t -world with whom we have ever conversed on the sub j ec t ; also with tbe testimony of Swedenborg and other i l luminated seers ; and with the teachings of P a u l and Jesus , if wo unders tand them—not to mention the voices of such minds 11s P l a t o and Socrates, and in fact the almost uni-versal intui t ions of mankind. This theory harmonizes with tha t fact of genera l consciousness, stated by Paul, that as wc become spir i tual ly awakened, wc find " a law in our members warring against t he law of our minds." I t also gives us a rational-philosophy for the existence of "demons" and " evil Spir i ts"—a belief in which is and has been almost, co-exten-sive with the race. They arc but human Spirits, still exhibit-ing, in more or less intensified forms, tbe lower and selfish passions of human nature , which have not been left behind iu pasjing thc po r t a l of the grave.

Now as to facts. T h e " assumption" on which tho TELE-GRAPH proposes to join issue with us (see its " Reply ," in last number ) , we did not make. A misprint occurred in our ar-ticle copied iuto i ts columns which obscured thc sense; be-side which the TELEGRAPH overlooked a part of t h c sentence essential to i ts meaning. What we wrote was this : " So far as we arc acquainted. Spiritualists in general are convinced * * * that the facts of Spirit-manifestations, through al-most every medium, prove the existence of untruthful Spirits, as clearly as that of t ru th fu l ones." W e presume t h c TELE-GRAPH will not d ispute tha t such is the conviction of Spiritu-alists iu general—its conductors being excepted.

As to the general question, we presume only to make this aff i rmat ion—that the acts of Spirit-manifestation, a.s we have observed thein, have proved to us the existence of unt ru thfu l , ignorant , immoral, selfish, impure, and un-spiritual Spiri ts , as1

clearly as that of Sp i r i t s pure, wise and good. W e have in-vest igated for ourselves, and have drawn our own conclusions. W e will not under take to make confident assertions about t b e experience of others, nor to draw conclusions for them. B u t iu so far as others repor t experiences and conclusions similar to ours, wc natural ly eousidcr our own corroborated thereby.

T h e facts coming u n d e r our personal inspection, indicative of falsehood, malice, a n d thc grosser forms of depravity on the pa r t of Spir i ts , have been fewer and less s t r iking than those repor ted by many others. Y e t they have seemed suf-ficient to se t t le with u s the general question tha t there are

r ight of any Spirit , embodied or disembodied, to g i v e u t t e r -ance to sueh ideas as i t has; but we can not he lp k n o w i n g them by their fruits. Such crude and bi t ter p roduc t s cau n o t have grown in celeslial spheres.

I t will be easy, of course, for those who have a d o p t e d t h e a rb i t ra ry rule laid down by the TELEGRAPH, to deny t h a t a n y such manifestations come from tho Spirit-world a t a l l — t o claim tha t sophistry, error, pretense, falsehood, decep t ion , o r any other immortality, of itself, disproves a S p i r i t - o r i g i n — heuce. tha t all facts of both these classes viud be r e f e r r ed t o " m u n d a n e , mesmeric, or clairvoyant influences." A n d i t would be equally easy, in oUV view, to t ake the ultra-mafceri-alistic ground, aud refer all the manifes ta t ions to the s a m e sources. F o r the evidence of the action of d i sembod ied minds iu the cases alluded to, has been to us quite as c l e a r — sometimes much clearer—than in cases where t r u th , p u r i t y and goodness were the manifest results . W e m u s t c la im t o judge for ourselves whether any part icular manifes ta t ion t h a t we witness proceeds from a mind out of the physical body o r in i t ; and that not by any a rb i t ra ry .noral s tandard, b u t b y thc proofs afforded of the agency of a dist inct invis ible p e r -sonal intelligence.

Beside a reference to " mesmeric and c la i rvoyant in-fluences" does not tako us out of the realm of Sp i r i t - agen t s . What are these " influences ?" W e think no oue can f o l l y answer this question without recognizing the agency of S p i r i t s , both good and bad.

Most heartily do we endorse t he sentiment , " I f t r u t h de-stroys Spiritualism, wo had bet ter let i t be dest royed." W c have uo fears for ifc, on the rat ional basis we have e n d e a v o r e d to maintain ; but verv much doubt if i t oould s u s t a i n t h e burden of so improbable a hypothesis as our f r i e n d s of t h e TELEGRAPH would fasten upon it .

This response has required many more words t h a n we in-tended ; bu t if the discussion shall resu l t iu giving p reva lence to a more clearly-defined and correct pneumatology a m o n g Spiritualists, and in enforcing the momentous pract ioal im-portance of subordinating tbc sensual aud the selfish i n t h e earth life, these words will not have been wasted.

A. E . N E W T O N . W e intended to say something iu reply to Bro the r N e w t o n ,

but the l imitation of t ime and space incident to the closing u p of t b e volume has prevented us ; we can only reicv t o t h e proceedings of the Conference in several prior issues o? tins Spir i t s actuated by similarly evil, mischievous and selfish pro-

pensit ies as we see exhib i ted in persons in this life. W e will \ paper , in which thc s u b l e t \s considered, ment ion b u t one, as i l lust ra t ive of a class : A Spiri t-being once manifested himself through the mediumship of a member of our own family, when no other visible person save ourself was present—giving t hc clearest evidence of thc presence and action of a miud dis t inct from either of us. H e first declared himself divinely commissioned to announce to u s a scries of fearful disasters or judgments which were imminent ly impend-pending upon tho inhabitants of earth, delivering himself something a f t e r the manner of the ancient Jewish prophets , partly iu scr ip ture languago, bu t quoted iu such a manner as showed an i l l i te ra te mind, and a want of perception of real meaning. W e ventured to inquire the name of th is p rophe t of evil, when hc prompt ly gave us the name of an acquaintance residing a t a dis tance, and claimed that he had rcccutly passed to thc Spiri t-world. (This waa not true of the fr iend whose name was used, as afterward ascertained.) Wo asked other questions, tho answers to which, though promptly giveu, would

NOTE FROM F A N N Y G R E E N . PROVIDENCE, Feb. 2, 1860.

MR. PARTIUDCE : Dear Sir—I havo met with an accident; in m y work which, though trifling in itself, yet annoys a n d hinders me, especially as numerous drders from a distance a r e waiting to he filled. I beg you will, therefore, allow m e a word of explanation.

J u s t at the moment of triumph, wben I was re jo ic ing t o see a great improvement in the Magnetic Girdle, a ser ious drawback occurred in the loss of the composition which is used to mako ifc, by a fire, which also threatened the des t ruc-tion of the whole building. This will cause d e t e n t i o n — b u t ouly of a few days—and would, in itself, bo hardly worth p u b -lishing, only that quite a number were waiting to t r y t h e Improved Girdle; and, by this accident, their necessary delay is protracted. B u t everything is now going forward with

uot fit a t all t he case of the person indicated, and showed a alacri ty and power; and in the course of a week, and possibly pretense to knowledgo not possessed. Evidently perceiving less time, all waiting orders will be filled. tha t his claims were not accepted, though nothing was said by us to indicate this, hc suddenly exclaimed, "All, I see you are too sharp for mo 1" and departed. Had credence beeu given to these apocryphal revelations, and had they been proclaimed to the world as a disclosure f rom "Spirits of the seventh sphere," or the " forty-ninth circle" (tbe like of which has been done in we know not how many instances)—the chuck-ling over our open-mouthed credulity tbat would have ensued may be appreciated by all lovers of hoaxes and practical jokes.

B u t it seems needles to recapitulate facts of tbis character. (See TELEGRAPH of Dec. 31 for a striking testimony of the same effect.) Those of a similar significance have occurred, we have reason to believe, to a lmost every investigator who has had much experience—though doubtless mistakes have often been made, and evil or mischievous designs hastily im-puted where none were iutended.

There is another class of Spirit-manifestations, more com-mou thau any palpable demonstrat ions of mischief or malice, which yet afford equally conclusive proof that all Spirits are not wise, pure aud holy beings. W e refer to the deluge wild vagaries, subtle sophistries and uu-spiritual doctriucs tending to foster self conceit, intellectual pride, irreverence, uncharitablcncss, sensuality, and various other "works of tbe flesh"—which has been showered upon this muudane sphere through mediums of various classes, and which show their authors to have arrived at no very exal ted plane of spiritual-ity. A large proportion of what is knowu as t ; spiritualistic l i terature ," including trance-discourses and Spirit-coromumoa-tions, betrays an ut ter blindness as to the profouudt-T t ru ths of luan'a interior nature, often accompanied with boastful preten-sions of superior wisdom. By no means would we deuy the

There arc many inquiries concerning my medical book. I wish to inform those who may be interested, that .ill possible speed is making toward its accomplishmeut. I th ink i t will not be more than two months before it is ready. I say this especially for thoso who have already sen! lhc put.

I t is my object to unfold a plaiu, common-seuso theory of Lifo and Heal th , and the most simple aud direct means of preserving and potcnfcializing their power. I t will compre-hend many simple remedies, and especially the t r e a t m e n t of scrofula, and other diseases, by help of tho Elec t ro-Magnet ic Girdle and its adjuncts.

The book will be announced in due time. Y o u r s , i n t h e h o p o o f g o o d t o a l l , FRANCES H . G R E E N .

Communications in our hands intended for publ ica-tion will be handed to Mr. Dayis for publication iu the Herald of Progress, unless otherwise ordered by the authors.

£ .5 - W e solicit continued patronage for the books men-tioned in our catalogue, and we will furnish them a t a dis-

W e refer to the deluge 01 c o u u t o f ( l v e n f y . f l w p e r Ceut. W e will furnish vetls for l ib ra -ries, private and public, at a still larger discouut.

Communications from our friends addressed t o " N o w York," will receive our prompt a t t e n t i o n

A let ter from Iluntsvil le , Ind . , informs us t h a t D r . Cooper, of Bellefpntaine, Ohio, had vis i ted the place a n d cre-ated considerable excitement by the spiri tual t es t s g iven through him. H e also delivered an interest ing course of lec-tures as a speaking medium.

ttay- C. G. Poster has been lecturiug to crowded h o u s e s i n Dixon, 111.

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" T I M E U P ! " These ominous words, " Time u p ! " aro no t unfami l ia r to

our patrons. W e have written them from t ime to t ime on the margin of tho paper, to signify to our subscribers t ha t the period for which they had paid for the TELEGRAPH had ex-pired, aud also to signify to them our solicitation for their fur ther remittance aud continued support.

B u t as t ime rolls on, human needs and relat ions change, and the most famil iar words even change their positions, rela t ions and meaning. So uow, instead of wri t ing theso words, " T ime up !" on thc margin of the paper as au invitation for t h e renewal of subscriptions, we place them a t thc head of the editorial columns to signify that the prophecy we made, and t h e hope we have often expressed, and especially a t the com-mencement of this present volume (under date of 23d of A p r i l last , page DIG), as follows: " W e hoped, yes, fondly lioped, t ba t a better man, an abler man, a man bet ter calcu l a ted to unfold this great subject (Spiri tualism), and intro-duce i t practically to the people, would ere this appear to take our place"—is, we t rus t , about to be realized. Tho specter, " T i m e u p ! " aud the man (seemfngly), has appeared. Mr. A n d r e w Jackson Davis has commenced tho publication of a weekly paper called " The Herald of Progressand arrange-ments between him and ourselves have been mado to transfer t b c SPIRITUAL, T E L E G R A P H t o The Herald of Progress, w h i c h

commences i ts regular weekly issues n e s t Saturday, which wi l l be the 3d of March.

The first number of The Herald nf Progress will bc mailed t o c a c h s u b s c r i b e r t o t h e SPIRITUAL T E L E G R A P H f o r t h e i r i n -

spection. The balance of money sent for subscriptions to the SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPH which remains unearned or unappro-pr ia ted , is subjcct to the order of thc persons to whoso names it etands credited ou our mail books. W c prefer, first, tha t each person should take t thc amount due them in books in our cata-logue, on t i e last page of this paper, and to induce such a settle-ment , we will discount one-third f rom thc price of said books. Secondly, to those who so elect, we will send copies of Thc Ilerald of Progress, including the first number, for every copy o f t h e SPIRITUAL T E L E G R A P H r e m a i n i n g d u o t h e m ; a n d finally,

wo will re-mail tho money or postage s tamps to those who wil l neither take books nor Thc Herald of Progress for the amoun t due them. B u t i t will be necessary tha t cach sub scriber should at once elect, and inform us what to do with t h e unearned money in our hands.

PECUNIARY CONSIDERATION'S.

N o pecuniary considerations induced us to commence tlie publication of the SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPH, and no such conside-ra t ions enter into our present determination to transfer it. I n o u r introductory address in the first issue of this paper , under d a t e of May 8th, 1852, may bc found tho following :

" I have not undertaken this enterprise with tlie hope or expectation of pecuniary profit, and I shall be entirely satisfied if it shall meet thu wishes of those m6st deeply interested, and at tlie same time sub-servo. the great interests of human progress. 1 shall publish the paper weekly for ono year, whether it pays or not."

W o further promised tha t in case receipts should exceed the expenditures, we would either reduce the price or increase the size of the paper, and thus share with thc subscribers in any pecuniary benefits which might accrue. W e have, from lime to time, increased thc size of the TELEGRAPH, and, in pursuance of these promises, we made a report a t tho close of the first •volume, and another a t the close of the fifth volume, which reports abundantly show that we have increased the size and -expenses of the paper beyond what the receipts warran ted . "We ought, however, to say tha t the pecuniary earnings of the TELEGRAPH never bore a more favorable relation to its ex-penses than during thc last few m o u t h s ; and it never seemed

F E B . 25, 1860 PREACHER J and we ear ly observed i n d i c a t i o n f l l i ^ t e ^ s o n s saw th is opportunity, and were no t l a c k i n g in ambi t ion to m a k o incipi-ent movements in tba t d i r e c t i o n . B u t f o r t u n a t e l y t b e SPIR-ITUAL T E L E G R A P H had a l r e a d y been bo rn [ a s i t were in a manger] , and took its p l ace in t b e wh i r l of h u m a n i t y and of business life, and was baptised w i t h t b e s a c r a m e n t of sp i r i tua l t ru th , and consecrated to b e a r t h e s e messages in t b e i r p u r i t y to mankind. In o t h e r words , t h e TELEGRAPH was n o t established for a display of amb i t i on , n e i t h e r to b u i l d u p sects , par t ies or organizations, o r as a censor of t h e t h o u g h t s of Spi r i t s or mortals . O n t b e con t r a ry , i t a t oneo a s s u m e d a more free and l iberal basis t h a n a n y o the r pape r e x t a n t — i n this respect i t was the a n t i p o d e of t h e re l ig ious p r e s s , a s t h e following quotat ion f r o m our i n t roduc to ry a d d r e s s wi l l show :

« Be it understood, once for all, t ha t uo communication, written in a respectful and earnest manner, will be rejected because the senti-ments uttered do not accord with our own, or those generally held ; for it is one of the chief objects of this papor to faithfully represent all the phases of thought entertained by Spirits and mortals on the sub-ject of spiritual phenomena. W e therefore ask that indulgence irom our readers which will not take offense if sentiments are presented which Lhe.y think are opposed to all sound reason and reliable revela-tions ; for it may be that those who from their conclusions with but partial knowledge of the subject, or from viewing it in a simple aspect, may hold erroneous views for which a more comprehensive aud en-lightened judgment shall furnish no w a r r a n t "

N o t only did wc place the TELEGRAPH on t h e m o s t f r ee and liberal basis, but wc have constant ly solici ted communica t i ons from persons holding adverse views, f rom pe r sons w h o h a d criticisms to make of our facts, a n d object ions to u r g e aga ins t our theories, to write them out a n d scud t l iem f o r publ ica t ion in these columns ; and we never have re jec ted a n y opposing communications. On thc contrary , wc h a v e cop ied f rom o u r cotcmporaries the most forminable objections which h a v e been published, and have replied to t h e m as we were ab le , always t rus t ing to the integri ty a n d good sense of our r e a d e r s to dis-cr iminate between t h a t which was t rue a n d t h a t which was untrue, and to comc to souud conclusions in the ma t t e r .

This method of present ing thc pro and con. of every question fully and fairly before the people, in our paper , of testing everything by its manifestation—its facts, a n d by what i t does, ra ther t han by what people say of it—is ncw and peculiar to modern Spiritualism. A t leas t , th i s rule h a s governed these columns. This is the only fa i r basis of t e s t ing t r u t h , and those few persons who are will ing t h a t truth shall bc e l iminated aud prevail, d o not object t o th i s m e t h o d ; b u t a i i those who esteem pr ide of opinion and c reed above t r u t h , a n d ho.-o who write and preach for money r a t h e r t h a n fo r t h e establ ishment of t ruth, a n d those who p re fe r t o b e e te rna l ly t a lk ing about truth r a the r t h a n p resen t i t t o t h e comprehens ion of the people, fear anil reject this m e t h o d .

W c h avc repea ted ly p roposed , iu these co lumns to the friends of Spir i tual ism in B o s t o n , P h i l a d e l p h i a , Buf fa lo , Cin-cinnati, Chicago, Cleve land , S t . Louis , N c w Or leans ' and other large cities a n d t o w n s whe re thcy fe l t t h e n e e d of, aud could support, a p a p e r d e v o t e d to Spi r i tua l i sm, t o en la rge t h e TELEGRAPH to a n y dimensions requ i red , a n d t o d e v o t e a depart -ment of it, under a p p r o p r i a t e local head ings , t o such person or persons as might be compe ten t anil wil l ing, o r to such person as thc friends iu the several locali t ies m i g h t d e s i g n a t e a.s ed i tor and conductor of said d e p a r t m e n t , a n d t o f u r n i s h so m a n y copies of the paper t o each of said ed i t o r s o r c o n d u c t o r s , a t cost, as they might require t o serve the i r subsc r ibe r s , to t h e eud t h a t the whole country should be r e p r e s e n t e d in o n e paper, a n d tha t all thc subscribers m i g h t g e t , u o t only ALL t h e benefits of a local paper , bu t of all such local p a p e r s , w i t h their variety combined, in one, a n d a t a small, if anv , a d v a n c e on the price of a single local pape r . B u t no. A m b i t i o n a n d indiscretion, as it seems t o us, in these p a r t i c u l a r s h a v e hi ther to beeu paramount t o economy a u d f r a t e rna l co -ope ra t ion in the elimination aud establishment, of t r u t h

I t is hardly to be expected t h a t people in a s to tc of t rans? tion from subjection to organiza t ions a n d t h e fear of tiie devi l J to the sovereignty of the individual , will a t once vo lun ta r i ly a r range themselves in the s u p p o r t of t h e i r independence a n d :

of a paper defending the jus t i ce of the i r n e w positions. i I n the last number of Vo lume F ive , w e presented a s t a t i s - J

t ical record of the commencement a n d elo.-e of f w n t t ^ m B sp i r i tua l periodicals which h a d b e e n called into b e i n g and

t h e n s t ruggl ing 1 then , fii'teeu p a p e r s thoa

to be so well appreciated, or to stand so favorably before the public, as a t present, which our private le t ters a n d t h e volun-ta ry notices of the press and pulpit abundant ly test i fy. (See page 526.) Ne i ther have there ever been so few subscribers wi thdrawing their support, nor has there ever been a more substant ia l increase of patronage than of late ; a n d h a d i t not beeu for a loug-cherished hope and a settled determinat ion, as we have of ten intimated in these columns, to withdraw from our present, position of conducting the TELEGRAPH, a t thc earliest opportunity which looked promising for a carrying forward by o ther hands, tho work we had began, we should no t now have made th i s transfer. But other business of our own, and the cha r i t ab le institutions in which we delight to labor^ have absorbed nearly all our attention and time in t be day, and wc have been obliged to do all our writing for th is paper while other people have slept, which has, we believe, shortened onr life on ear th some years, as begins to appear by declining health ; and onr duty to ourselves, our growing family, our friends, and to humanity, demands t ha t we t r ans fe r different branches of our business whenever favorable oppor tuni t ies occur. Should wc ever be comparatively free f r o m business and t h c outside cares of life, it will be our del ight t o again assume the pleasing relations and weekly communions with our numerous friends which wc have held and so well enjoyed dur ing thc few past years.

CLOSE THE BOOK.

This event, the closing of this book, (the SPIRITUAL TELE GRAPH,) revives numerous pleasant and a few painful recollec-tious connected with the history of this paper , and the r e l a t i o n s into which it has brought us, which thril l our whole be in Thc few " p a in fu l " recollcetions a re slanders which were inspired by adverse personal interests, and demands u p o n us which have since been adjudged to have beeu unjust . W e were chiefly pained to find that Spiri tualism, even, w a s a t tha t time incompetent t o teach some of its a d v o c a t e s t h a t there i.s no ratio between adverse business in teres ts a u d the dignity of a man • tha t the character and usefulness of a brother luau should be held sacrcd and inviolable amidst the strife of personal ambition a u d commercial conflicts. B u t these things occurred several years since, and their animus was apparent to observing men, with whom they found no favor . W e have endeavored to live them down, and t rust we have succeeded. Let them pass.

B u t numerous pleading emotions press for u t terance, some of which, we hope, may bc of service to mankind. I t seems appropr ia te t ha t we should say something on this occasion respecting the inception, progress, " i r repress ible conflicts," and thc success of thc SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPH. F i r s t , then, the SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPH was projected out of existing Spirit manifestations, a knowledge of which was deemed important to the happiness of all mankind ; aud a p a p e r seemed to be the usual aud the best method of disseminating the glad tidings from that world from which it was said and sung tha t " no traveler returns." W e did not a t first expect to issue more than a few numbers, and these were iutended to contain merely statements of the facts which should from time to time appear. Accordingly a few tracts were issued in the year 1851 aud the early p a r t of 1852, ent i t led " A New Leaf."

B u t the manifestations of Spirits so increased, that we fonnd moro space and a regular issue would be required to make a record of tbem. Accordingly, on (he 8 th of May, 1852, wo published the first number of the SPIRITUAL TELE-

GRAPH, and have since coutinued i t regularly cach week to the present number, which is bu t eight copies short of e ight com-plete yearly volumes. W e should have been glad to have completed the present volume, bu t it seemed to b c t h e interest of thc new paper, " The Herald of Progress," tha t the T E L E -

GRAPH should stop the Saturday prior to the commencement of tho regular issue of tha t paper. Beside this, other impor-t an t duties and busiuess of our own require our immedia te attention ; hence we furnish an index to the present volume, and at once close thc book.

I n the inception of the SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPH, we were by no means blind to the iguorauceaud supersti t ions of our people respecting spiritual th ings , nor were wc unaware of hav ing tho best basis and the 'mos t favorable opportunity ever presented, to build up a more plausible, substai.tial and powerful ecclesi- j passed away up to that time, and of e igh astical hierarchy than ever existed on the surface of the e a r t h l o r a continued existence. Since

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«mg published have been discontinued, leaving three which are i published. Since then, eleven other papers have been born ;

tllrc ° • h t l V ° d i e c ] ' I e a v i n S l l i n e - T h c s e » a d c l e d t 0 t l l c

lemaunng ol those mentioned in our former report, give wclve spiritual periodicals now extant , which, we think, arc

ten too many.

t h c \ b l K ' l U ' 1 0 0 , 1 s n r l n ^ s c d a n d so'^etimes mortified at lC ° " Spiritualists in s tar t ing and encouraging new

papers, some of which seem to have had no better basis than a supposed " thus saith the Spir i ts" to an unfledged aspirant . Some persons seem to suppose t h a t if thoy can only g e t ont a paper bearing (heir name, they will bc somebody a t oncc, and t ha t everybody and all (he sensible Spirits will flock to their standard. Some Spiritualists t ry to be excessively amiable, and seemingly think it a virtue to always say4 1 yes," even to flatter everybody, and thus to foster illegitimate ambition to multiply papers. When such men are asked about s ta r t ing a new paper, their answer is, " Yes , O yes ; you are thc very man that is qualified to teach ; you can not fail to succeed," etc., etc. ; when, in reality, they don' t believe a word of all this. These arc mere weathercocks, subject to the windy puffs of every man they meet. They do not really mean to deceive, or to be thc means of get t ing their friends into trouble ; b u t one thing they do mean, and t h a t is, to be considered friendly and amiable. Ask no advice of such m e n ; thcy arc quite too clevcr.

Modern Spiritualism has, naturally enough, a t t racted people who delight in wonder—in the mere emotions which arc excited by the sight of new things. These want to breakfas t and dine on miracles and sleep on beds rocked by Spirits. They equally hanker for new papers. N o mat ter what the paper is, only so tha t i t claims to be devoted to wonder. These epicures of novelty arc equally delighted with a ncw paper as they are wi th a new fact or idea. Such men do not seek papers to bc instructed, b u t t o be cxcitcd ; and when thcy have encou raged ' a new paper into an existence, they abandon i t for another t h a t may comc into being.

Men who have uo knowledge or care for Spiritualism beyond thc dollars a n d cents i t will b r ing them—men who never attempt to unfold i ts t r u t h or defend its claims—have seen this weakness of the people, and have taken advan tage of i t

THE TELEGRAPH A£nD PREACHER. ri O Q

as u t ter ing our own feel ings a n d sentiments. Sure enough, where are the reputed mil l ions who profess to be Spiritualists, mauy of whom are wealthy ? W h y have none of them come forward to relieve Bro the r Newton from bis pecuniary embar-rassments? T r u l y no Spi r i tua l i s t has moro richly earned favor and support . B ro the r Newton's experience is like our own, as to pecuniary helps.

Modern Spi r i tua l i sm has no organization to give unity and efficacy of action, and IK> Devi l to frighten men to their duty. We have felt from the beginning the lack of that co-operati> n which would pay one dol lar to sustain tho TELEGRAPH, with a fow slight exceptions f rom abroad amounting perhaps to three dollars, which have been contr ibuted to pay postage on books and papers which we have f rom time to time been called on to give away. *

What,' then, are the lessons to bc drawn from this ? for we have not writ ten th i s wi thout a motive, and that motive is, to make known fully and fairly tbo general conduct of Spiritual-ists in these respects, aud the condition of our causo, to t h e end tha t thcy may awaken to a sense of duty, especially in this—to concentrate their forces on one. spiritual organ, which shall be as free as has been the " Tdajraphso that all spiritual facts and all phases of thought ma;/ be presented to the public through its columns. W e have ever advocated this ; and now that wo are out of the field, we shall urge i t the more. I t is thc only way t h a t a truly spir i tual paper cau be sustained.

TO OUR PATRONS.

W o are endeared to our patrons by no ordinary tie. W e can not consider our re la t ions with you as a mere commercial affair. M a n y of you wc bavo beeu permitted to visit with our best though t s (poor though thcy may havo beeu) evory week during near ly eight years, a n d we made the acquaintance of others subsequently, b u t bavo sustained to them thc same affectionate relations. O u r heart hits been daily gladdened

TO OUR NUMEROUS CONTRIBUTORS.

W e feci tha t words are quite incompetent to convey t o y o n the grati tude we feel and obligations we aro under fo r y o u r gratuitous and many valuable contr ibut ions to this p a p e r . W e ever look with pride over the display of l i terary, sc ien-tific, philosophical and theological learning, and the progress sive and deep, independent t h o u g h t and noble expres s ions which pervade tbe columns of thc SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPH. W e believe no paper in this country ever enjoyed a more d ivers i -fied and realty instructive correspondence than thc TELEORA r??-

I t will bc one of the proudest recollections of our life t h a t we established an organ which formed t h e general i n t e rchange of experiences and thought on the most progressive aud p r o f o n n d problems which ever engaged the minds of men. G e n e r a t i o n s yet to bc born will ponder over those columns with de l igh t , and will be instructed. Our work has not been for a day,, neither wholly for time, but reaches forward beyond the r ea lms of human comprehension. Thc seeds of revolutions in t h e meutal and social states have been sown, which af ter genera -tions shall unfold. Comparatively few persons to-day have been able to comprehend your far-reaching thoughts : indeed, many of yon who have written will, in af ter years, compre-hend more of t ru th in your articles than you were a w a r e of a t the time. W c know not how to thank you as we ' - ' .ght , o r to recompense yon for your valuable contributions, o t h e r w i s e than to point you to yonr own growth in the endeavor, a u d t h e good tha t will result to yourselves and Lo Immunity in t h e future.

W e beg to bc pardoned for part icularly mentiouin.: in tin": connection our esteemed co-laborer, Dr . 31. T . IIAI.I > K. w h o b a s furnished gratuitously to these columns reports of the Saw Y o r k Conference, with bu t few exceptions, each week. Trom the commencement of this paper , making in all four h u n d r e d aud eight weeks. H i s labors have been immense, und his cou-

I b tributious have beeu exceedingly important, as tending t o with cheering words f rom some patron, accompanied with I a^ a>' undue enthusiasm aud t o regulate this ;rveai ruoYv.iauv'c money for the continuance of our paper. O u r friends must I W c arc mortified tha t this publication ha.; not wai rtv.it ed the by no means suppose we have been unmindfu l of their k iud I payment for so long aud onerous labors B u t so is. - v ue words because we have not responded to them by let ter , as i t I we bavo all thought and worked nobly, and we t r u s t . a i r breat must bo nerrcir/xl fhia tamrfM —:M. — • • . . . /_• must bo perceived this would bo impossible consistent with * ou thc waters, and will return some time.

They have established papers through adroit pander ings to d u t i e s ' W e h a v e general ly acted on the presumpt ion +Lr> but. fnv now Wonders and excitimr stories, whioh - b a t ° U r n u m 0 * ° u 3 correspondents would take our good will

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thc lu,e for uow wonders and exci t ing stories, which wonders and stories arc speciously got. up to whet the morbid appe t i t e for " m o r e next week? and b y these and other means the spiritual forccs have been dis t rac ted and used for filthy lucre while the men and the papers earnestly laboring to eliminate t ruth and elevate mankind are left to languish and die bv the side of these vampires which prey upon the vitals of truth virtue, and of human progress. T h c result is a s laughter of thirty-eight spiritual 2>eriodicah in nine years. A n d not only papers bu t men who have spent their lives nnd substance in earnest labors for the elimination of t ru th and for pract ical reforms have been left, as it were, wounded by the wayside where thc Pharisees pass by jeeringly on tho other side.

Not a single publisher of these thirty-eightpapers, with thc exception of ourselves and one other, have given them up until they were obliged to do so for the want of pecuniary means to carry them on.

Brother A . E. Newton, the accomplished and able editor of thc Spiritual Age, and its predecessor, (the New England Spiritualist)—a man who has been* long in the field laboring most earnestly night and day to unfold and defend spiritual t ruth, says in his " Par t ing W o r d s / ' published in the Age under date of Feb. 4th :

» T rotirc with tho sustaining consciousness of having labored long, earnestly and honestly, to the extent of my means and abilities, to furnish a spiritualistic journal which should be creditable to the great movement of our day—which alike in its literary, moral, philosophi-cal religious and practically reformatory to ' be-'t phases of this grand revelation. The f... la"k of that substantial co operation which might lure been reason-alilu anticipate'!, interrupted these labors. * * * It is surely not area thl10 the credit «J' the. reputed, millions of bclierei s in Modem ,S' )iritualism, dutt no publication devoted to its advocacy has been

• • ' 'itin a competent support without resort lo extraneous and questionable i

not know to

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which wc havo treated in a previous

then wc

reformatory tone, should represent the failure of health and the

greatly to ih Spiritualism, "<«" , able lo obtain a competent support sometimes questionable aids."

W e do not know to what Brother Newton refers as " tionablc aids," unless i t is to tha t line of policy concerning

• i j a v 0 treated in a previous paragraph, I f this is it are agreed i» "'1 lie says, and accept his expressions

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our good will for the deed. W c aro sorry to havo been obliged to t ru s t the business depar tment so much to o ther persons, but we have endeavored to have i t at tended to correctly. W e a r e - n o t aware tha t any of our pa t rons arc agricvcd, but if any of them should be dissatisfied they will please make it known, and all errors will bc adjus ted .

Our relations have been of a peculiar character; they have been formed through sympathies in an unpopular sub jec t—a subject so unpopular t b a t iu many instances it has required no little heroism to receive our paper into the home and family ; and yet most of you have been inspired by it to carry the facts and theories to the neighbor. Your money has formed bu t the minor part of the suppor t you have given to us in our try-ing position. AVe have always been frank, and have k e p t back nothing, pro or con., in respect to the glorious cause to which this paper has been devoted. W e have beeu engaged in no common invest igat ion—in one which belongs uot to the earth life alone, bu t whioh will aid us through the long jour-ney of e t e rn i ty ; and not only so, but one which will ere long revolutionize the religious thought on the earth, and become a blessing to all mankind. W e are, we believe, entirely un-able to comprehend the benefits which will yet flow from tbese joiut investigations. When we contemplate the work wo have unitedly been engaged in, constant thrills of sorrow pass through our whole frame that in consequencc of au agreement, tha t has been consummated, we are under thc necessity of ut ter ing these pa r t ing words. W c shal l not' part with out-mail books containing your address, bu t shall occasionally fiud consolation in looking them over, and if we should have any-thing to say publicly which we think migh t be interesting tu you, wc shall venture to mail it to y o u r address. AVe con-template traveling some during the ensuing year, aud wherever we stop we shall be most happy to make the personal acquaint-ance of our patrons and friend-. Thank ing each of you k indly for your [patronage aud encouragement, we bid you au affec-t i o n a t e ADIEU I

gladdened a t any time to receive communications fn.m any aud each of our correspondents. L e t us assure you tau t vrc shall lie ever grateful to cach of you ; and now. kin. ' iiva-ds, farewell.

TO OUR COTEMFORARIES OF THE PRESS.

We can not close this volume without expressing our t h a n k s for the cordiality and respect extended by the i Yess to u s personally, aud to our labors generally. Our exchanges h a v e beeu numerous ; but the general theme of the TELEGRAPH b a s been of tha t peculiar character which rendered them of lit t i e service to us except for private reading ; but we h a v e to extend our hearty thanks for the many favorable not ice- wh ich many of you have been pleased to make of the 'i'i; .v:.:n v r. W'c arc fully aware that prejudices against Spiritualism -.mv prevented many of our cotemporarics from makiug ex t rac t s , and from speaking of the TELEGRAPH as they otherwise w o u l d have done ; we assure them t h a t we believe Spirits counnuni-nite with mortals, and this is a sufficient warrant for us M SO-

W e by uo means sought t o make a mere popular p a p e r . I f this had been our object, we should have been obl iged t e enounce our unpopular convictions. B u t we have t r ied t e

unfold a t ru th to the acceptance of the people whom it is o s -culated to benefit.

W e may occasionally submit an article for publ ica t ion t o such of the papers with which we have enjoyed an cxeiiauge-as may signify a willingness to publish commuuicu;ioh on t h e abject to which we have been chiefly devoted.

To our cotemporarics of the spiritual Press, we beg l eave t c express our heartfelt gra t i tude for their cordiality a u d respec t and their important co-operation to unfold tin; t r u t h s a t . u reforms vouched to man in this important, dispell-aw. a. it. fe hard for us to withdraw f rom the field in which we ha*c* labored so long, while- there remains a row to lie - ; b u t w e leave with you our heart ' s goodwil l , a n d promise ass is tance as we may be able. # G o on iu the work, wi th t h e t issurane. t h a i you are earning a glorious diadem for yourselves a n d uu f o l d i n g an immortal blessing to all mankind.

AVe shall ever feel gratclul for the many kind w o r d s o ' t h i

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Press, and for the acquaintances we have formed with the editorial corps of our country.

" IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT" AND SUCCESS OF SPIRITUALISM.

Irrepressible conflicts in thc human mind arc the re-sults of growth. Human growth prepares the miud for the higher manifestations of God or-nature, and a broader compre-hension of what human life is, i ts needs, relations and destiny. The human mind on earth bas grown into the realm of reci-procity of manifestation with the world of spirits. N o t cvery mind has attained to this growth, or to a realization of the fact even, but to thc advanced minds contact with the spirit world is as real as is their contact with thc natura l world.— Through this growth and contact revelations from a purer realm and higher life have come to man—not revelations in words ouly, bu t in words sanctiGed by deeds. These have not only revealed the continuity of human existence, but cf man, and of human affections, and have inspired a broader and t ruer conception o f t h e g randeur and value of human life aud i ts needs; and hence arises thc " irrepressible conflict" with t h a t order of society and conclusion of minds which have been formed on a lower plaue of manifestation and of com-prehension.

Modern spiritualism found thc people generally affirming t ha t there was a life beyond for man, but denying—(even tbc professedly christian people denying) tha t there werc any tangible evidences of the fact, aud tha t thc existence beyond was in a place so far off, and iu such condition, as rendered i t impossible tha t • spirits could manifest themselves to mortals. I t found thc people professing tha t God was omni-potent , infinitely good and filled immensi ty; tha t hc crcatcd every thing, and yet t h a t there was a devil who was equally omnipresent, occupying immensity conjointly with God. I t found the professedly Christian world believing that God and the devil had entered into mutua l a r rangements by which thc la t te r should havo all the creations of thc former who fail to publicly acknowledge the jusrtce and propriety of the arrange-ment . I t found the Christ ian world professing to believe that God was vascillating, changeable, subject to terrible anger •which he had once Limself died to appease, and also subject t o special favor toward supplicants. I t found thc world dis-consolate. moaning for the lost and supposed damned ones; i t found civil governments everywhere based on thc might-makes-r ight principle; i t found men deceiving and taking advantage of each other, and combinations of men to promote such trespasses by legal enac tments ; it found the existing code of laws to bc special, and partial and u n j u s t ; it found t h a t human integrity, justice and laws were articles of com-merce, and human lifo even valued by dollars and ccnts; i t found communities hanging men, and supposing tha t they were dead, and their influence in the earth thereby destroyed. Is i t any wonder that there is waging an irrepressible conflict? Mod-ern spipitualism came to demonstrate thc fact tha t death was a change of conditions of human life, instead of a journey to a far off country—that mau was a mau " f o r a' t ha t , " and that human, affections continued a f te r the dissolution of tho body. I t came to demonstrate tha t God is good, is omnipotent and omnipresent, and is just , impartial and unchangeable, and that

Jie really docs fill immensity; and, therefore, tba t there is no place for a devil, and t ha t there really is none—and also, to t each men tbat God is not changed by prayer or supplication, b u t that the only efficacy of prayer is to bring the supplicant in to divino order. I t camo to teach the sacredness of human life and of t rue humau relations, nnd to demonstrate tho fact t h a t human life cannot be intercepted, or human rights and relations violated, with impuni ty ; that thc aggressor is in all Cases more severely injured than the person trespassed upon ; and that there is no such thing as tho transference of the penalty of sin from the sinner to another person; tha t the consequcnces of sin are inherent in the s inner ; that God's method of reform is thc natural penalty for transgression. I t came to teach tha t human integrity, usefulness, justice, r ights and social laws cannot with impunity bc bartered in shambles, bu t , on the contrary,-that human rights, character, usefulness and life, are sacred; and tha t hanging a man does not kill him, or destroy his influence in thc earth.

He re are immutable t ru ths and principles which will ere Ion" wipe away the tear from the eye of tbe sorrowing, give consolation to the mourner, bind up the broken heart, inaugu-

rate equal r i gh t s amoog all mankind, preserve inviolate human integrity a n d usefulness, and restore mall to his pris t ine cheerfulness, and fix a. perpetual expression of joy upon his countenance. U n t i l then an irrepressible conflict11 mu*l prevail."

T H E SUCCESS OF THE SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPH.

The SNAITUAL TELEGRAPH has been eminently successful in all t he purposes for which it was established. It was designed for a record of the communications and manifesta-tions of spirits, and for [an earnest, candid criticism of the same; also as an organ for a respectful aud free interchange of experiences and thoughts, pro and cou, on all subjects, and especially those subjects which were new, instructive and ele-va t ing to mankind . In these respects it forms an encyclopedia of new phenomena and of the best thoughts, pro and con, on the profoundest subjects which ever engaged the' minds of men.

Tho TELEGRAPH has been successful in inaugurating a new system of newspaper enterprize—a system by whieh every person may speak, and a system by which all phases of thought on all questions are presented to the reader, thereby challeng-ing thought, and thus making each to kuow for himself what is true, ra ther than blindly submit to the author i ty of another. I t has been successful in finding an audience sufficiently intel-ligent and tolerant to hear respectfully all s ides on al l ques-tions, to consider all thc elements of all questions, and to form their own couclusions.

T h c TELECitArn has been successful (with o ther ins t rumeu-tali t ies) in preventing and regulat ing (iu a good degree,) the fanaticism, on thc one hand, which the glad tidings f r o m spir i ts natural ly excited among a people saying and s ing ing of thc spirits as gone to " that bourne f rom which no traveler returns," and by its practical and scientific charactcr , i ts dig. nified aud earnest tone, it has prevented, ou the o the r hand, overt acts of the superstitious people to res t ra in , by legal enactments and otherwise, circles for investigation of spir i t manifestations, and thc dissemination of the facts and theories concerning them.

The TELGRAPH has been successful in eliminating thc truths and principles of Spiritualism ia a practical and scientific manner, to the comprehension and acceptance of the people generally. I t has established (with other instrumentalities, of course,) in thc public mind thc conviction tliat Spirits commu-nicate with mortals

The SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPH has been successful iu introducing neio methods of unfolding and determining truth, and of establishing exact science by which appeals a re taken from wha t men say of science to the facts of science ; from what men say of God to God himself, in his manifestations ; from words lo deeds; and in them men find their law and their prin-ciples.

Thc TELEGRAPH has been successful in establishing facts, rules and principles which will produce revolutions in the activities of mind, and in the faith of thc world—rules aud principles which arc freeing thc minds of men from "tacit and real allegiance to the mere authority of books, popular senti-ments, creeds and hierarchies, and restoring them to their legitimate use and normal position of sovereignity over all they su vey and experience.

T h c TELEGRAPH has waged a constant warfare on thc follies o ' tho world, and consequently has been the center of the a t t ack directed against this g rea t movement.. I t has been successful in exposing the false grounds and animus of the opposition, and thus has appropriated cvery stone thrown a t it to the building of it,s own castle.

T h e TELGRAPH was not established for pecuniary gains, and in this also i t has been successful, and we havo thc satisfaction of having contr ibuted thc best years of our life, aud largely of our means, t a eo wor thy an object; and finally wc have to say tha t thc TELEGRAPH was never so well appreciated, and never exerted a more wide and healthy iuflucncc than a t present, and never was more successful iu all its purposes and interes ts than at thc moment of its change. W e have no personal am-bition to subserve by i ts continuance, and have long looked for an opportunity to t ransfer it to such other hands as we could hope would manage i t consistently with the in teres t of the cause in which wc have been engaged. Wc bave labored hard and to the best of our abilitv, under the burdens of o ther

business and the resul t is before the world. W e b y no m e a n s arrogate to ourselves the credit of all the br i l l iant successes or the TELEGRAPH. Much of i t s success is d u e to inf luences which have surrounded us, and to the able c o n t r i b u t o r s to 1lS columns, and to Bro the r F ishbough, who has been o u r fatigable co-laborer. W e now resign our posi t ion to h n e u d Davis, in hope tha t be will reap some of the benef i t s of o u r labors, and will be able to do more aud bet ter f o r the happ i -ness and elevation of mankind thau ourselves.

I f his efforts shall indicate [as we t rus t they wi l l ] a realiza-tion of this hope, we shall be pleased to see the f r i e n d s un i t e , as we have before sugg e s t e d , s u s t a i n him.

Doctor Hal lock will cont inue to report our S p i r i t u a l Con-fereucc, which Bro the r Davis will publish in thc Herald of Progress. W e had much work in process of complet ion a u d more in contemplation which we think would be va luab le t o mankind, and which is by this event and for a t i m e suspended , and wc have only to add a few final words.

Beware of pride of opinion, of popu la r b u t un ju s t senti-ments, of book and tvord authority, of organiza t ions , personal ambitions, aud lust for power and leadership ; b u t be s teadfas t in t ruth . Fa rewel l ! CHARLES PARTRIDGE.

T. L. H a r r i s and Spir i tual ism. I t is bu t j u s t to say tha t in a n u m b e r of t h c L o n d o n Critic

subsequent to that from which t b e e x t r a c t was t aken which we published in our last issue, M r . H o w i t t pub l i shes a reply saying that the reporter of the L o n d o n Advertiser [ whose re-port is copied in the New Y o r k Tribune of F e b . 2 1 ] had mis-understood Mr. Harris, by supposing be said those things which they published, and which we copied f r o m them, of true Spiritualism. On the contrary, M r . H a r r i s s t a t e d them as the abuses of i t—a very impor tan t d is t inc t ion , ce r ta in ty . But it is folly to say or to suppose a cause is waning, o r is untrue, because men change their miuds and speech concern ing i : . I t was recently said by thc opposers, t h a t Sp i r i t ua l i sm had re-ceived a heavy blow by P . B . Rando lph r enounc ing ifc; but he is back again lecturing in favor of Spi r i tua l i sm, qui te as rationally as before; so others who carry more sail than bal-last, may change. B u t one thing is a p p a r e n t — n a m e l y , that there is but one place for all mere book or word authoritarians, and the sooner Spiritualism is r id of al l such as are incorrigi-ble, the bet ter for them and for the cause.

The Anacalypsis . The publication of this t r u ly g rea t and valuable work is not

ye t commenced, but wo have by no means abandoned the en-terprise. W e still lack sufficient subscribers to warrant the undertaking. I f those Spiritualists and friends who are able M would signify their desire to have a copy, a n d to pay for i t when received, we think i t would warraufc our pu t t ing the work in hand. The book will be abou t the size of the large quar to Bible. The price will be § 1 2 per copy.

T o s tudents who desire to avail themselves of t h e occult wisdom of thc ancient world, a n d to find the clues t h a t will lead through the l abyr in ths of arclueology, mytho logy aud mystic theology, this book is invaluable , and t h e sum tha t it will cost them will appear insignif icant in compar i son to the returns of mental wealth t h a t will be secured.

friT- We have somc copies of tho T E L E G R A P H of different volumes, which we can furnish to those wishing to supply missing copies, or otherwise. Please let no time be lost in making yonr volumes complete.

O W E N ' S F O O T F A L L S . The Independent Republican, publ i shed a t M o n t r o s e . Pa . ,

gives tho following j u s t not ice of M r . O w e n ' s new book! " Footfalls on the Boundar ies of A n o t h e r W o r l d " which we have for sale a t this office :

" Mr. Robert Dale Owen, who has an established reputation as a man of culture and reading, has, within a few years, had this thoughts much directed towards the probable condition of the soul b vond f i e grave, and the possibility of its communicating again with friends upon earth. He has brought together, in tin- handsome volume before us. thc results of all his reading—that is, of till that be deems well authenticated and honest. In these results there is much that is sur-prising, a great deal that, is^wlul, and nothing tliat is not interesting Many of thc various phenomena of apparitions, mv.sterious sounds! premonitions and extraordinary communications from'invisible sources' which we can only account, lor by calling them ultra-mnndane arc vouched for by persons well-known for veracity, aud who could have no motive for deception. Of this character is John W>slev's narrat ive of the disturbances at his father's parsonage at Epworth . " Maiiv other accounts of singular occurrences, to old and recent times have equally good endorsement.

" In presenting these various reports. Mr. Owen does not undertake to account for them, nor to set np a theory of Spir i tual ism which k to bc sustained by arguments. He simply offers them to the roa .W and leaves him to draw his own conclusions. H e combats no onr'* religious belief; nay. ho presents many points design <1 u> vccnn >\\l these phenomena with the orthodox faith. Certain individual doertml j of thosewhoi have explicitly denied the possibility of direct c o n E cation from thc world of Spirits, are noticed ; bu t not in a harsh m polemic tone. lie, however, does not conceal his devotion to thc W - i tnne of an intelligent and refined existence after death : aud in a s 2 r t S r •

ou'r'being! * ^ ^ 58 * W U l i i F o u r thousand copies of t h i s w o r k wore sold w i t h i n thirtv

days, and six thousand h a v e b e e n sold up to tho p r e s e n t time

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F E B . 25, 1860. THE TELEGRAPH -AjS"D PREACHER. L O U I S N A P O L E O N .

New Y ( g F e k 1 7 lSGO. C H A R L E S P A R T R I D G E , E S Q .-Dear Si R ; I n m y l a s t o f J a n -

uary 30, I promised a brief sketch of Louis Napoleon as a youth , s tuden t and author. As some of your readers expressed

eror's child-

comprehensive knowledge of the various successes and failures , are but brief sketches of a series as

pleasure a t seeing my article on tbe present Emp hood I shal l endeavor to gain their approbation in this

W e left the young prince with his harassed and persecuted mo the r in an humble mansion that overlooks the late of Con-stance, bordered nor th -by the Fatherland, south by Switzer-land, and t raversed by the picturesque Rhine. There I lor-t ense devoted herself entirely to her son's instruction; there she t augh t him drawing and dancing. In 1S1G, M. Lcbot an accomplished scholar of the Normal School of Paris , became his t u to r Bu t , a las! this quiet family retreat was soon in-vaded by the jealousy of the All ies: 1817 the Grand Duke was ordered to dismiss the ex-queen from his duchy. Once more , and Hot in vain, Hortense appealed to Swiss chivalry, and purchased the charming Castle Arenembcrg in Thurgo-via, where she passed many happy days with her darling sou. Soon the young princc outgrew private instruction : hc went t o the college of the ancient city of Augsburgh, where he graduated among the students of the Father land. There, no doubt , amid meerschaums and lager beer, the nephew of Napo-leon I . acquired some of the cooluess tha t characterizes Napo-leon I I I . Af te r his return from college hc began his arduous mi l i tary studies and exercises in a Baden reg iment ; thence he repaired to Switzerland, joined the Swiss army, and devoted himself entirely to science, engineering and arti l lery practice. Such was Louis Napoleon's life as a youth and s tudent , earn-est, active, indefatigable. No wonder tha t Hortense felt proud of her son. No wonder tha t Louis, who had been so long estranged, became reconciled to Hortense. N o wonder tba t the whole Bonaparte family conceived high hopes of Louis Napoleon's career. The revolution of 1830 defeated the Res-toration, and^tore the t reaty of Vienna. Louis Napoleon went to Rome, where he found a secret conclave composed of Madame Lct i t ia , the mother of Napoleon I. , Card ina l Fescli, Je rome, Hor tense aud her eldest son.

T h e P a p a l Government grew suspicious and ordered Lou i s -- Napo leon to quit R o m e . N o w he and his brother headed the

rebels in the Romagna, and defeated the P a p a l troops in sove-ral encounters. Hor tense approved of her son's da r ing ; bu t her husband, together with Cardinal Fesch and J e r o m e Bona-parte, denounced this measure as injur ious to thc whole family.

The Aus t r ians soon entered the P a p a l terr i tory, and dis-persed the insurgents. Dur ing the re t rea t thc elder brother of Louis Napoleon was seized with the small-pox, and died in his arms at Facnza. Now the Aus t r ian general set a price upon the head of Louis Napoleon, who also took the small-pox; but his ever-present mother read ied him, carried him to Aucona, whence she sailed under an-English passport. They landed in France at Cannes, where Napoleon I . lauded af ter his return from Elba . Thence they went to Pa r i s , where they werc so feted by the people tha t Louis Phi l ippe thought i t best to order them to quit France. Dur ing this short sojourn in Par i s , Louis Napoleon wrote a let ter to Louis Philippe, asking per-mission to enter the French army as a private soldier. Then and there the star of Louis ^Napoleon began to rise in the political horizon of France . Then and there the youth of France began to realize that there was such a man as Louis Napoleon, grandsou of Josephine, son of Hor tense , and nephew of thc Emperor .

Both mother and son went ^to England, where tbey were received with marked attention. Af te r a short s tay they re-turned to their dear Arcncmberg, where a deputation of Poles waited upon him, offered him the command of the Polish army, with a prospect of becoming their king. Immedia te ly the Prince started for P o l a n d ; but before ho reached the fron-tier, Warsaw had fallen, and he returned to the laud of Wil-liam Tell.

N o w the Duke dc Reichstadt died at Vienna, Ju ly , 1^32, nnd lef t Louis Napoleon direct heir of the Emperor . Hence-forth he became so important a personage, tha t the sovereigns of Europe looked upon him as the mau who would iloat into power on the next revolutionary wave. Conscious of his posi-• and sure of ultimate success, Louis Napoleon devoted

' If to l i terature. His "Reveries Politique* » appeared in jc-o This book, though written by a young man, evinces a

of government. I n 1833 his "Considerations Poliliques cl MUUaires sur la Suisse " were issued. This gained h im the love of every Swiss, and won for him the rank of captain in a regiment of artil lery.

Now, an ancient throne with the hand of a beaut i ful princess was offered to thc young sage of Arenemberg. I n 1835 Donna Maria asccnded the throne of Portugal aud de-sired Louis Napoleon as hcr consort. H e declined this alli-ance, first, because it might for ever blast his hopes for France ; secondly, because his cousin, t h e son of Prince Eugene, de-sired the alliance.

Donna Maria married Louis Napoleon's cousin, who soon died. Again thc offer was renewed to Louis Napoleon, who again declined it. H e alleged, as a reason for this refusal, his ardent wish of one day serving France, from which his family had been banished by twelve hundred thousaud for-eigners

525 „ „„ nar ra ted to roe b y t h e

witnesses of the things related. Should any one bo d e s i r o u s of knowing tho facts, they can write t o t h e medium I h a v e

mentioned, who still lives in the place. My labors for some eight weeks have been very s u c c e s s f u l .

I n Delhi, Er ic , and this place, mediums have been developed; and t ru th appears to be get t ing deeper hold of the people-There is, however, one drawback on m y influence with a p a r t of our Spiritualists. They think I am ra the r too much t i n c -tured with orthodoxy. This may be t rue, as I have for forty years been what is callcd an or thodox minister. S t i l l , 1 am aware tha t 'our periodicals, and many of our lecturers , *al'r-grounds analogous to my own. W e all agree to the i dea that the church is so psychologized to the Bible as t augh t , t h a t i t is prejudiced agaiust any idea tha t does not find i t s o r i g i n there, while a t the same time the reverse psychology p r e j u -dices some of us against an idea, to find i t based on the B'.bie.-This should not be so with us. W e should not a d o p t the-

I am aware tha t this is a c o m -Af tc r two years of intense study appeared his " M a n u a l of I spirit of the error we oppose. _ " **• ' m o n thing in the world; bu t we, as reformers , should r i s e

above it. I f we entertain a prejudice agains t the B ib le , w e ought to know that the church will be equally p r e j u d i c e d against our system, and we shall have blookcd our own wheels. These things do not apply to all Spir i tual is ts , no r t o

1 the majori ty of thom. Sti l l I think we have a reform to a c -complish among ourselves in this respect . I t is uo t my wish to t u r n a cold shoulder to the branch of the chu rch wi th which I am connected, nor could I th ink of doing w i t h o u t the Bible. Give me the r ight which others uso to cons t rue i t according to my sense of propriety, and i t is good enough f o r the purposes for which i t was givon. A li t t le more caTefui attention to the statements made in the Biblo, i t s own admis-

Artillcry," which soon made him known among meu of mili-tary scicnce. Th is work t reats no t only of all tha t belongs to art i l lery tactics, b u t also of the manufacture of cannon, gun-powder, and of the science of fortification.

Now, our hero had seen twenty-seven spriugs, and his life was without blemish ! W e saw him as a quiet gentle child, a devoted son, an industr ious you th , an iudcfatigablc student, and an author of mer i t . As y e t we have witnessed none of those imprudent and tu rbu len t acts that characterize tho young. T rue , conservatives, wiseacres, and old fogies say his I tal ian campaign among the rebels was rash and imprudent. W e regard i t ra ther as a noble outpouring of generous im-pulses and a t r ibute to suffering nationalities which then as pulses and a t r ibu te to Buttering nationalities wuicu - - - - - - t h e k n o w n r u l e s pe r t a in ing now seem uppermost in his mind. I ta ly was thc cradle of the s u m s . n d deb it ^ w h i c b

Bonapar tes ; I t a ly groaned unde r foreign yokes; aud is, a sufiicient t i t le to a Napoleon's sympathy

this was, Af te r all

BLUUS U.11VJ- - , to allegories, metaphors, similes, hyperboles, etc., wi th wbicfc that work abouuds, would resul t in the removal of our objec-

:ient t i t le to a Napoleon's sympathy. At ter a u - - T n t t u A f i m 0 w o u l d expose the actual it is not so st range t h a t regcuerafcd I ta ly should reclaim {^JTIT^LT^Z 2 s o i l e d C h r i s t and recall t be chi ldren of hcr Columbuses and tfona-ch i ld ren of partes, who s ta r t l ed the world by their cuterprize aud glory. E v e n if she pu t them on al\ her thrones i t would be b u t natural and legit imate. Aye , it would be strange if i ' were otherwise .' P r a y , what have thc Ilapsburgs aud B o u r bons ever done to deserve well of I t a l y ?

I u our next we shall see Louis Napoleon as P r e t e n d e r , Pres ident , and Empero r . Respect fu l ly ,

J . A . WEISSE, M . D

M A N I F E S T A T I O N S A T P R O P H E T S T O W N , I L L . P R O P H E T S T O W X , I I I . , Jan. 2 6 , 1 S 6 0 .

E D I T O R S OF T H E S P I R I T U A L T E L E G R A P H : A l t h o u g h m y r e s i -

dence, or rather m y post-office address is Albany, Whi tes ide county, Illiuois, yet for a few weeks past I have been laboring in the more southerly p a r t of the county, most of the time in Prophetstown. Th is is a placo which has been visited by some of our best female lecturers, and our principles have taken root among somc of t h e most intelligent portious of the citizens, as seems generally the case so far as my observation extends. Some of tho phenomena in tho commencement were of a str iking charactcr , and i t may be interesting to the read-ers of your paper to r ead a brief sketch of the movements. Mr. E. D. Cutler was the medium used for most of what I am about to relate. A part of hid manifestations were such as sometimes are given through other mediums, such as writ-ing in excellent style when blindfolded, and then with grea t rapidity dot t ing and crossing a page at a time correctly, etc. A t oue t ime a stone was heard by the circle as if falliug in an adjoining room ; soon it. pounccd upon the table. Oue of the company said he wished the Spiri ts would throw it a t bis head, a t which i t was hurled with s tar t l ing velocity, jus t pass-ing him, and making i ts mark on the plastering. A t another t ime a pail of water was set in one corner of the room, from which a stream of water was poured on the table several feet from it, while no visible agency was employed. Meanwhile the medium in a t rance explained the order of tlie phenomena. A t other times a shower of rain would fall on the entire com-pany, while there was no water standing iu the room from which it could be taken. Sometimes the atmosphere would become damp like as iu the falling of a heavy dpw. The me-dium being entranced would strike his hands together, and

I send a spray of water in the faces of those around him. These

^though not designed) infidelity of our so-called Christian) theologists. Y o u may th ink tha t enough has been said on these subjects, b u t while darkness sti l l hovers over some of our numbers, we must labor on. Would we save the church f rom its deep darkness, we mast rationalize, buf not condemn, the work which they think they make their standard of faith and practice. Yours for the r ight , HERSCHEL FOSTER.

P.S.—Having read the above to Mr . Cutler, be suggests a few thoughts which should accompany this article. H e allows the statements relative to the phenomena to be true, b u t claims that much more might be s ta ted . I was aware of th i s , and should i t be desired, a more extended account may y e t h e given. Another suggestion is, tha t the work b 'gan h e r e be-fore they had any knowledge of i t abroad except as a m a t t e r of hearsay. Circles began to be held which were composed of most of the grades from orthodoxy to atheism. I u these t h e

I manifestations as above were given. Three church m e m b e r s j embraced Spiritualism, for whioh they were expelled from t h e church. B u t churchmen now begin to investigate, and be-come more or less influenced, and we hear nothing about the i r expulsion. Thauk God for the improvement. u. F

B O R N A G A I N . On tbe evening of tho 8 th of February , i n s t , R o s a n a , wife-

of Col. J . W . Philips, of Detroi t , aged forty-three years , left the perishable earthly form, and ascended to a higher l i fe . Many among her nearest and dearest fr ieuds are " sus t a ined and soothed in their affliction" by an " uufal ter iug t r u s t " i n the sublime realities of the Spiri t -world.

Mrs. Philips was a devoted wife and mother, a sincere a n d t ru thfu l friend. Her fai th in the elevated t ru ths of the H a r -rnonial Philosophy was sure and steadfast. Death a p p e a r e d to her but a gcutle angel come to conduct hor to a h ighe r a a better lifo. Embracing her children, she bade t b e m " g o o d -bye" for a seasou—saying : " My dear childreu, t h o u g h y o u will not be able to see mo, y e t I will be where I cau see y o u aud I will watch over and pro tec t you."

Could those stern-hearted bigots of the old t h e o l o g y w h o mock at tbe t ru ths of Spiri tualism, have witnessed t h a t scene-their mouths would have been forever closed.

Death they tell us, is an iron door That opens for the dying only—

Barred up and closed forevermorc Behind the soul—as sad and lonely,

It goeth forth to meet ite doom, Mid yonder world of doubt aud gloom.

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THE TELEGRAPH -AJSHD PREACHER. FEB. 25, I860.

CLEEGYMEH'B OPINIONS OF T H E T E L E G K A P H . A pastor ol'llie I'resb;. iorian Cliurcb in Columbia county. N. Y.,

writo.s as follows: 1 will circulate tbe THIJCGRAPH among the families of my congregation. | a m n o l Spiritualist, but read books, etc.. on all the questions and movements ol' the day. ;uid um not afraid that aiy people should do the sairu-."

A clergyman in Maine writes: "If I have the TEUXIIAPH to show to persons becoming udfrc.-ivd in lhe phenomenal and philosophical ques-t i o n s which it discusses, subscribers may be procured ; 1 shall call at-tention to it, and wheaau opportunity offers. I will obtain aud forward subscriptions.'

Hav-A clergyman in Middlesex connlv. Ma*. « b m w « .

- — —- — -i-u v/J .- .^j j -J VX i . II A. AViJWW. 7f''"»c says :—We must give il (the TEUSGBAPII), at least

i Mr '; 1 1 1 s t > c m 3 t 0 11 s t h e host periodical of its school, and in ^ i i Z r , M" temper a model which many of the organs of our various " S 1 0 u s denominations might copy with profit." '

I [ " c P u h l < u : i \ savs :—"The TEUSORAPH is alwavs candid, impar-•Mjjunu able.''

Daily (Jautle and C.mH s ay« :—I t i.s entitled lo a high placc as a lite-*rary and scientific journal/'

Stferson Vnion says :—" The TELEGRAPH, under its present manage-ment, is ably conducted, and discusses and examines the various phe-nomena "

Upshur _ teaordinnrv

,<iated like Comic:

'weekly quarto of twelve pages, devoted to'lhc illustration of spiritual j received a copy of tin- Shuuiyal T r i x n u m . and i , t o - d a v <•:;-iatercourse. in tuck courteous .it>/le that the paper ought l<i be unobjec-1 hibited and commented on i:. tu my congregation, with pluasuve : and iionable to all .-c.-Lers al t r truth. The publisher says • its columns are if tor this little favor you can afford to mail to mc one copv during «pcn to even sectarians—to everybody who lias an earnest thought to j tbe year, it will be gratefully received."' u t t e r . ' » | '

Genesn C'ouut</ Ilerald savs:—" The TKLEORAPHS contributors are from t h e rani;.- of scientific and' enlightened minds everywhere, and the ldass1 S T A T I S T I C S O F ffPT^TTTT AT. P E T ? T D D T P AT <3 «ffaft>rmti«n published in its pages is truly astonishing. Mr. Partridge j OA-fl-AAOliOO Ul< S ^ I t t l i U A L r ^ i U U - U I O A I ^ . is no visionary fanatic, bnt a sagacious business man, and lus character ^ In the last number of Volume F i v e oi this paper, under

gical history callcd into twenty-one

already ceasccl to exist, leaving eighteen The Christian. Inquirer savs:—Tbe TELEGRAPH is the most accomplished , then extant. Of thiv last number, only three now remain :

^rnd well edited siieet of its denomination we have seen in the country/' but K"mce o u r J a s t statement, t:.C following new pape r s have " Tho SPIRITUAL TKLEOKAPH has been long esbibliahcd, and trom its . ineMtutprl vi» °

rcarloss iudependence has attained u wide circulation among our pro- ! " ' . ' : /, . . .. .. „ found and progressive thinkers."—Suffolk Democrat. Luther Colby k Co., Boston, commenced t h e publicat ion of

" T h e SPIRITUAL TET.EOKAPH is certainly the best periodical of its The Banner of Light, weekly, Apri l 11, 1857. Th is paper a t school, and in candor and temper a model which many of the newspa-1 present continues.

,Tacrs of the day, both religious und secular, might copy with profit."— > Allan Kardck, in Paris France , commenced the publication -Medina Tribune Q f t h e J J ^ m ( m t h ] y jQ t h e s u m i n e r 0 f 1857, which

" I n addition.to its former title, it bas adopted that of the "Fire.-ide :A.,,.nni • of;ii . . Preacher,"' a name which it is justly entitled to. No journal in America ; journal ls&iiu puoiibi.cti. is a more thorough supporter of practical reforms, or a more successful l>- Conklin, New York, commenced the publ ica t ion ot

•exponent of the liberal thoughts of the age. No one who wishes lo he | Thc Principle, monthly, iu December, 1S57, and discont inued well posted as to the moving mental world, and the true philosophy of it iu December, 1859

ethics, can afford to be without iV'—Rockford Republican. ' | ]}. Brittan, Now York, commenced thc weekly publicar " Tt is well known as one of tlie ablest and most dignified organs and • ^Ioil of The Spiritual A>i , M a y 2d, 1857, issued t'wentv-five

advocate ; ol the (lOL'tniies of .spiritualism. —Indej/cndent llepubliajn. , , e>\ A « -i c l ..„,. ,,, . , , V! ,r • i -ii numbers, ami stopped, bubsequentlv, on thc 2d of J a u u a r y , " The TELEGRAPH IS an able, candid papor—offensive to no sensible, , 0 - O .1 r' > i <-• • •, , • , , , , man, no matter how great a humbug he regards Spiritualism lo be.""- 1 S o 8 > the Mw England Spcrilualt.d changed its t i t le to the Freejioii Journal. < Spiritual Age ; A. E. . New ton a n d S. E. B r i t t a n conducted it

"The TJEEKCRAPH throws more light on ihe subject than any paper, editorially. A f t e r a short period, Mr. B r i t t a n re t i red , and Mr. wo have yot. seen. * * * Tho SpfclTfAi. TELEGRAPH is considered the i Newton continued the principal editor until recently, when he |

f Spiritualism in Ihe United States, and is now. and has f withdrew. Thc paper has changed hands, and for some has not appeared.

T H E TELESCOPE. There is no amusement or occupation for a clear evening in winter

more interesting and instructive than the observation of the planet*? and thc starry heavens through a good telcscope. Al l thnt is necessary Ibr its thorough enjoyment is such a knowledge of astronomy aud of thc times and motions of thc stars as a weeks dil igent and careful study will give to any person of quick apprehension and fair intelli-gence. There is no instrument of human invention which has en-

much as tho tele-

900,000,000 of miles distant from thc earth. I t is surrounded a circular ring, which is 28,000 miles wide, 100 miles thick, ana J , 000 miles distant from the surface of thc planet. 'Vo the naked eye, UUU mijv:? uirtuuib i i u m u i o ouiiuv.^/ vi A # 1 r i n

Saturn appears merely a small dull star, and its r ing us u t t e r l y j n -tliree-dnch I t takes visible. Now obseivc what a power of 200 on e.

acliromatic telescopc docs for a man in respect to r u , u ' n / r r o f him up, and sitting him astride, as it were, on i _ 3

lightning, it carries him in an instant of tim 1 " ' " millions oL' miles towards Saturn—that it pi

IUC, UO lij H i . " - ' ---— . o r . - . ,, instant of time a journey ol bJo

millions ot miles towarclB Saturn—that it placcs him exact ly a-, neat Saturn ns hc would b • jilaecd alter a continuous journey by niglit and day for three thousand yeara a t express rai lroad speed, i t shows Saturn larger than thc full moon, it shows plainly bis l> Its. bis mo n-. his wonderful double ring, and makes bis solid globular form, suspended and swinging within the ring, perfectly distinot and pal-pable to the eye. A view of this magnificent planet, alone, on a clear night, is worth the price of sucli a telescopc, aud the same is true of the view of Jupiter with his moons and belts, of our own moon, of tho revolving double stars, of the glorious clusters, of tlie greai Nebulas of Orion, and of many others of thc superb s ights scattered oyer thc mighty dome of the" nocturnal heavens, which to thi: un-aided eye are. comparatively speaking, as uothiug or next to nothing.

The constellation of Orion, which is generally considered the most beautiful and brilliant of all tlie constellations, is now seen to great advantage, as it reaches tho meridian abou t ton o'clock, and the center of it Ls then directly over the celestial equator , and mid-way between thc north and smith poles of the heavens. I t is then about forty degrees south of the zenith. A t tho same time may Ix: seen Sirius flaming fiercely, and by far the brightest of thc fixed stars. I t is situated twenty-three depre s south of the three s tars forming thc belt of Orion, wliich point directly towards it. l is distance from the earth is proved to be at least twenty billion miles, or so great that light, which flies a million times faster than a cannon ball, is three years in coming from it to thc earth. I t s l ight, and by in-fcrence its size also, is proved to be fourteen times grea ter than that of rhe sun

leading organ always been, edited with marked ability/'—Herald.

" T h e SPUtrri Ai. TELEGRAPH, wo arc free to confess, is certainly an ,, - . „ „„„„„ 7 < , , 1 1 : 7 . , , . , , „ <,', • •mle advocate of its dpctrinc fi, candid and fair in tho 4pressioft of its I'^nvi eon.menccd the pnbhcat.on of thc lievue Spu opinions, aud free'from narrow-minded bigotry."—RyiMican aw! Ttle- tuahsk, in Paris, semi-moutlily, iu the early pa r t Oi ibob , and jrapA. " j still continues.

"The name of tho paper will convey to the reader a pretty good Mrs. 11. F . M. Brown, Cleveland, Ohio, commenced the knowledge of its general character ; but Mr. Partridge is classed among I publication of Thc Agitator, ill April , 1S58, SCUU-inonthlv, I t those liberal reformers who do not fear the discussion and mvesUgation ..... tinne of unv proper subject, and allows it lo bo carried on through his ; 8 1 1 ' 1 c , , , , , ,, . . ,, , , . paper/"— Fm/ctte County Pioneer. 1 B- F . >V. Andrews, Alacon, Georgia, commenced the publi-' "The SpiranuT, TELEGRAPH, as its name indicates is devoted t o cation of a weekly paper called The Christian Spiritualist, in Spiritualism, is frank and honest in its views, and is edited with a high Oct., 1858, which --till continues. degree of ability. It wages unceasing war upon Free-Love and al! g . J). (Jriswold, M.D., commenced a weekly paper callcd otJier finch demoralizing offshoots of that religion, nnd so tolerant is it T ] S u n h e a m i n Bufialo. New York , in Oct . , 1858. This ui the advocacy of its principles, wc can not but commend it in preter- . , ,. , . , , , ' . , ' ., once to any other of its school, to the ponisal of all, whether inclined paper is a t present published by Dr . Griswold, a t Batavia, Ctnvard that religion, or otherwise."—Hbpcka Tribune. New York .

"Tbe TELEGKAPH is conducted with marked ability and courtesy/"— ! George M.Brown, Bangor , Me. ,commenccd the publication Eastern Mail. 0 f 'flic Spirit Guardian, weekly, iu February , 1858, which

" The Tki .EGP.APU is Anti-Free-Love, having uo sympathy or affinity pa 11 CI' still continues, with that system or sect of persons who under the' garb of truth or ; j . Q B n t t s ^ H . K Greene, n o p e d a l c , Mass., commenced cloak ot I religion ol anv-kind practice social, moral and relunous ., , ,• „ f I , . 7, , ,, .. , , • abominations. It Is the ablest and leading organ of that sect, 'it is ( t h e the publication of a monthly, Thc Radical Spirduali.il, 111 ably conducted, and discusses the various phenomena ofthe new theory May, 1859, which still continues. "with great candor and marked ability."—Conservator. j ^ i Andrew Jackson Davis, New York , commenccd the publi

| " The Iu 3a u It bl' " : iucii issue J.a unwu x t iu , ;U\JV, XUO seeuuu issue ivin be

rr <i'u ,.! dated the 3d of March. *'Th-> TELEGRAPH Is ably conducted, and whatover may be thought of r.„ . , 1 • . T , , • ,

the peculiar system of ethics which it inculcates, its eamestne.^ fair- Those papers mentioned m our last report which arc still ness and candor, will not be denied. Among its contributors are some published, are as follows :

—... V....W.1 niaiM-u i.wiuiy. —.,..« .iui«,r. Anurew JftCKSon i /avis , aew 1 orK, commenccd uie pnni . "Persons wishing to keep posted in the movements of the Spiritual- cetion of a weekly paper called The Herald of Progress. Tli

W S p n t n i A L T K L K t : , U r U - " i s " h i g h " " r s t f n u e d l i t e ' 1 F , e b ' 1 8 G 0 - second issue wih 1.

of tho most eloquent preachers, subtle reasoners, and abiost writers hi this country."—New Berlin Pioneer.

"The SPIPVITUAI. TELEGRAPH, which is the very best of iis class, has j u s t been enlarged, and has added to its present name that of •• Fir< side Preacher."' Mr. Partridgc. the editor, is a firm believer in modern Spir-itualism. although he exposes, fearlessly, all the humbugs and abuses that creep into the theory aud practice of the new philosophy."—A«y Covenant, Chicago, V It.

The Spiritual Clarion, by I ' r i a h Clark, Auburn , N . Y . The Herald of Light, T. L . Harr is , New York . N The Practical Christian, Adin Ballou, Hopedale , Mass.

Eleven papers, some partially and others wholly devoted to modern Spiritualism, have been born since our repor t in Apri l , 18">7. Two of these—the Spin'ual Age, Boston, and the

"We like the editor of the Spntm.VL TELEGRAPH, and have known f''<"ciple, New York—have since died, leaving nine. These, him as an intelligent, conscientious num, a true philosopher and re- added t o the three mentioned in the former report, which still former. A paragraph tit the head of his editorial columns will show j conlhue, make the number now extant twelve, six less than what kind of a man he is better than many words of our own. 'This , w r • l g r - . , • , . . nauer is hospitable to every earnest thought, respectfully expressed, but ., » a u u t U l l l K u i e i ° , u t S l U I u n 1 0 0 1.U,.U1> ' fe r e s p o n s i b l e f o r n o n e e x c e p t those of its editor.' W e heartily welcome ; hut time will show. Our comments respecting spiritual such a brave and honorable soldier again into the field of reform."— periodicals may bc found iu our closing address on page 522. East Boston Ltdyer. — _ _ —.

" The paper is filled wilh spiritual revelations, and articles from the most prominent and able writers oftho day. Those desiring to become I ® " A n y remittances for tim llrrrhl nf P™ ,... • l * booked up" on Spiritualism, should subscribe, as the TEI.KORAPH fr iends c h o o s e Y r * ^ ? A , n WLLCH ° U R

throws more light on the subject than any paper we have yet Bet n."— cuoose to send to our address, will be disposed of ac-Dauphin (Pa.) Journal. | cording to their order .

" T h e SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPH AND FIRESIDE PREACHER, u n d e r i ts p r e s - j W o c o n t e m p l a t e i o u r n e v i n c t o s o m e « v t m i t i . :« cnt management, is probably the most ably conducted advocate of the and samuior— North S?1 U e e s t , e ? l h t h l s 9 P r m g spiritual phenomena now published. It is the organ of the independent T N,R A 1 XT Cauadas, and South to St . Anti-Free-Love Spiritualists, and is entitled to the support, of all be- J ' 0 l u p . a n " perhaps INew Orleans ; and we shall be most happv lievers in the doctrines it advocates, as well as .those who desiro to learn { t 0 , u a l c e t h e personal acquaiutauce of our patrons contr ibutors •what they pseaeh."— Weekly Tribune. and friends, wherever we may tarry on the way

incalculable millions of such masses of suns beyond the reach of auy telescope, so distant from each other and from the earth that if a man were to employ his whole lifetime 111 making a st might line of figures, and each unit was to stand for a million of centuries, the sum represented by that line would fall far short of expressing the smallest fraction of the time required for the transmission of light from them to thc earth. From this may be formed some faint notion of the infinitely insignificant part which the earth, and even the solar system itself, plays in the mysterious game, of creation, aud of the supreme folly of arrogantly assuming to l>e its most important part .

Jupiter is now the most brilliant and conspicuous of llie planets. I t now rises about six o'clock, and at nine inukes a fine show a t the north-cast, even to the naked eye. A power of two hundred on a three-inch telescope gives it a diameter five times and a disc more than twenty times ns large ns the full moon. I t shows also his belts nnd his four beautiful moons, which change their relative positions every night. I t shows also the shadows of his moons as tliey pass acro.-s his disc. Saturn is now in the constellation of the Lion, and rises about two hours later than Jupiter , following in his wake in the ecliptic about thirty degrees distant from him towards thc north-east. To the naked eye it is merely a pale, dull star, but wilh a telescopic power of two hundred, the most splendid and wonderful of all the heav-enly bodies. A few degrees to the left of .Jupiter is seen Castor, a single star to the nuaided vision, but with a power of two hundred ami fifty, thc most beautiful of all tho double stars, one ot" tbem making a revolution about the other in about four hundred years. About half way between Sirius and tho constellation of Orion, is seen a small star in thc constellation of the Unicorn, barely visible t o thc naked eye. but with a power of two hundred, seen to be beauti-fully triple. Thc Pleiades, or seven stars, are uow 011 thc merid-ian about nine o'clock, and afford a splendid object for the telescope. At the same time, towards the north-west, and about thirty degrees up from the horizon, blazes Lyra, one of thc most brilliant of the fixed stars. JiiBt above it, and forming a triangle wilh it, are t w o little stars, one of which, with a power of two hundred, is resolved into 1111 exceedingly beautiful quadruple star.

The star Mizar, in the tuii of the Gr^at Bear, is also found to be a superb double star. The planet Yonus may now be seen just af ter sunset, far down at the south-west, and with a power of 011c hundred, is always an exceedingly brilliant and splendid object , resembling closely, but much larger than, the new moon. Thc planet Urauns is now 011 the meridian at ton o'clock. His diameter is 3&.0QQ miles, and his distance from the earth l,3nOjOQU,000 miles. The moon itself becomes an object of inexpressible grandeur aud sublimity when seen through the telescope. With a power of two hundred and f'ortv the observer is instantly eafricd over 239,000 out of the 2 4 0 000 miles of distance which divides us from it, and i set down a t u point

precipices of Rocky llill, ui ford Times.

he calls of Eas t L rockJ' \> es;. Kock.—Haii•