V O L < « . 4Progress, t})e Universal LaW of J latOre; T^oQgf)t, the 3olv>er)t of Jier Problems.

C H IC A G O . N O V E fflB E R 21. 1891. NO. 104ignorant men, tho onomios of light, it would bo u groutor thing, a moro worthy thing, to oovor this land with froe men (applause), with men who would not bow down before another man (ronowed applause); men who would understand tno dignity of manhood; mon who would like tno ways of light and life and lib­erty; and thon, my friends, my God spoKo to mo with a power, and ho nolped me to break tho ignominious yoke of

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THE SLIM Y O C TO P U S.It Is Embraced in the Plot­

tings of Romanism.

S ta r t l in g D is c lo s u re s M a d e F a t h e r C h in iq u y

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To a C hicago A udience , a t G rand Arm y B all, S a tu rd a y E ven in g , Oc­to b er 31 st, 1891.

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PROGRESSIVE

The aged ex-Catholic priest. F a th er Chiniquy, now of m ore th an eighty- two years, lectured before one of the patriotic orders of Chicago, on S a tu r­day evening, Oct. 31 st, g iving a little inside history of Rom anism , th e sig­nificance of which every patrio tic c it i­zen of th e A m erican Republic will not fail to perceive. T he president of a pa­triotic women's association presented a complimentary address of welcome to Father Chiniquy, to which he referred j in the opening of his lecture. The venerable and patrio tic Chiniquy spoke as follows:

Mr. President, my good ladles. Chris­tian sisters, and my d ear brethren : I have no words to tell you what I feel in th is h o u r ,. th is solemn hour. I t is a solemn hour for me. I th an k and bless my God for what I see here, so many of the country united in the g rea t senti­ment of Christian patriotism , like sol­diers of C hrist, soldiers of a g rea t tru th , which C hrist has brought to th is world. I do not accept all the compliments ad­dressed to me, because I feel th a t I do not deserve them , bu t I accept w ith great pleasure the sentim ents expressed of Christian devotedness to the g rea t principles on which th is young gian t Re­public is founded. My only reg re t th is n ight is th a t tim e is too sh o rt for me to tell you what is in my heart, in my mind; but perhaps nex t week I will have an opportunity to give more details.

You do well, b rethren and sisters, to rally around the banners of your country as Christian men ahd women, because you are ooming to days of danger. There is a plot prepared to destroy th is country. American people, you areS resting on your bosom a viper which is

etermmed to bite you to death.In 1851, when I was working with

g rea t success in Canada as a priest, a Few days after th is gold medal which you see on my breast had been put there j by the bands of the bishop in the elty of Montreal, the Bishop of Chicago came to Montreal and he told me these very words, Mr. President, among other things which I have not the tim e to say, ho said: “ We Roman Catholics are de­termined to conquer the United States. W e are determined to bring them to the feet of the Holy Pope. And we are determ ined a t whatever cost to make a Roman Cathollo country of the United States. W e must destroy tho ir schools and th e ir Godless Institutions, and we must pulverize the corner-stone, as they call it, Liberty of Conscience: wo must pulverize th a t." And he said: “Mes* seur Chiniquy, we come here to ask you to come ana help us in th a t g rea t work." Then ho gave me a secret. I th ink i t is a duty for me to give you th a t secret, even a t the risk and poril of my lifo, because I have sworn to fight for th is Republic, and to die for i t if i t is neces­sary. (G reat applause.)

Those are the words of the “ We will ru le tho United States, is the way wo will suoooed: Wo will mass our faithful Irish in tho cities of tho Fast, and in a very short tim e we will have the Now England States in our hands. Boforo long all dear faith­ful Irish will bo so united, so numerous in the cities of tho East, th a t a t the polls they will easily gain the day, and the Protestants, who are constantly d i­vided, will not' bo able to stand the battle; and thon before long wo will have the whole East; New York will be in our hands: Boston will bo in our hands, and all the o ther elties of the East. And for the W est," ho said, "we

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___________ |3quy!— You are wellknown'in France, Belgium and Canada and we want you to come to Illinois! and we will make a bishop of you. You will be my successor in tne bishopric of Chicago, and then," he said, "you will d irect the tide of immigration of the French Roman Cathollo and the French- speaking nations of the Roman Catholic persuasion. You will d irect the tide of th e ir im m igration in such a way th a t they will g&ther on the magnificent plains of Illinois. Illinois," he said, “is now a wilderness." Remember th a t th is was in 1851. "Illinois," he said, “ is a wilderness, and the rest of the W est is nothing but a wilderness, but help me, help us to cover the S tate of Illinois w ith Roman Catholic French- speaking people, and before long Illinois will be a new France, and from th a t Illinois S tate our Roman Catholic French-speaking people will go west and west, ana they will take possession of the land, and we. will have i t in our hands."

I found the plan grand and good for my church. I t was a g rea t sacrifice for me to leave Canada, where I was the leading man. I had a fine position there ; b u t I did th a t for my religion, my church. I had to make th a t g rea t sacri­fice of my own country and come to help induce th e Roman Catholics to come to Illinois. W hen I arrived in Chicago it was then a very poor town indeed—a miserable town; the houses were really poor, presented no appearance a t all.I came after a storm, and we had to put planks in the streets in order not to go

Jto the knees in liquid sand. T here were no railroads then connecting Chicago w ith any p a rt of the world. The only line of railroad was about forty miles from Chicago to Aurora, I th ink. No o ther railroad. W e had to come from D etroit here by steam er, and I came on th is steam er. W ell. I found th a t the c ity here was a poor th ing, bu t I went back w ith five or six friends In buggies; traveled through Illinois during throe weeks; went as far as the Mississippi, and went south, and I found i t was a most m agnificent land, covered with beautifulfoilage and a rich soil; and I wrote le tte rs to France, Belgium and Canada, where I was well known, and my letters were published in the press of those th ree countries, and I said to j th e Roman Catholics: "Do not em igrate any longer among the heretics, if you ] have to come to the United States, be­cause those heretics sooner o r la te r will destroy your fa ith ." I said: "Come on. come around the crosses I have planted over these magnifioent prairies," for I had planted about fifteen o r twenty crosses over some splendid hills ana over magnificent p ra irie lands, where I intended to form my cities and my villa­ges and my farm ing country. I said to the French of Belgium, Franco and Canada: "Como here and you will have lands for a nominal prico—half a dollar the acre, and you will have nothing to do but to plow tho ground, and tho very first year you will havo such a rich crop th a t you will havo moro than you want to pay for the land." And, my dear friends, in a very sho rt tim e I found myself surroundod by seventy-five thou­sand French-speaking people, all Roman Catholic, s ir, and I was so glad to see those people there, beginning to form th e ir villages. Wo. began to build a splendid city , the city of Kankakee, be­cause theu th a t city was a wilderness; there was no city there, although it was

nlfioent land. Ah, but the ways of aro not the ways of man. A fter

five years of doing th a t work for the devil, my God came, and ho came to mo as a conqueror; he came to mo as a m ighty w arrior; ho came to mo, my friends, and he destroyed my plans, and he showed me what a shame It was to cover th is magnificent land with men

tho pope, and the vory next day after I| had broken that yoke of the pope, Ho gave mo the grace to show to my own country mon th a t it was not fair to come to this grand, magnificent country in order to dostroy your institutions, in order to work as traitors against all tho great principles of your liberty; to show to those people i t was much better to unite ourselves to you and make this country groat, happy, and free; and tho very first day I spoke in my congrega­tion, whieh was a very grand, large eon-

composed of five hundred H an d , Mr. President, when we

speak of the French Canadian family we speak of a th ing which is a serious and real family, a family composed of fifteen to twenty children (laughter). Thon I had five hundred families of th a t kind, sir, there around me. W ell, I must tell you th a t of those fivo hundred families, after six months of work, four hundred and eighty-five were deter mined to be free (great applause); were determined to be true Americans; were determ ined to know no master in this land of liberty, and they joined with me to praise God who so loveth the world th a t he sent his eternal Son Jesus to save it, and th a t day, my friends, we were free, and wo were real American oitizens. B ut th is was the work of a little place. From th a t time I have been working in the same way, and by the greatness of God I have succeeded in persuad ing about forty thousand of my countrymen to give up the degrading principles of Romanism, and to become true Americans, and to be faithful to the g rea t principles of liberty and equality which are the foundation stones of th is country.[~

B ut I must tell you here, for I have not the time to tell you all—I must only tell you th a t I was a true American, ana as soon as I had broken the ignominiousi oke of the pope: as soon as I had deter-

lined to be a free man, I was con­demned to death, the terrible excom- municalio nuijore was pronounced against me, and i t was determ ined th a t I should die.

A few words in explanation. Some of you, perhaps, will not believe me when I tell you th a t Romanism is a secret soci­ety, the fundamental principle of which is th a t the Roman Catholics a re bound to exterm inate, to kill the Protestants, sir. I t is a th ing th a t some of you, per­haps, will suspect of being an exaggera­tion, but I speak in the presence of God. ■ have here a book which I have written because I would tell you these things, and I have thought i t was my duty to give you th is book, and in th is book there is a page where I lay before the world th is g rea t secret. I declare it, th a t the fundamental principle of Ro­manism is th a t as soon as tne Roman Catholics are strong enough, as soon as they form a m ajority, as soon as they can do i t without fearing to be punished, th e ir duty is to kill, to exterm inate every one of you. It is the ir duty, and I have w ritten th a t here, and I have signed i t with my name. I have done even more than th a t. M r. President. You will find in th is book th a t I have forced the Archbishop of Chicago, Bishop Foley, to go before the criminal courts of Kankakee and to swear th a t it is the duty of the Roman Catholics to destroy all your liberties, your constitu­tion, and to kill every one of you; and if you will take th is book, Mr. President,I give i t to you, sir, as a token of my

■ c t , and I invite you to read it, ana

South to fight, to fight to exterminate each other, until they shall bo reduced to a small number, and thon Romo will rulo over the ruins of our dear country. I t is the plan of Rome." And ho said: "T h e day will come whon tho Amer­ican people will understand that, and whon i t shall come I pity thorn, becauso they will pay for it." And ho Bald ono of tno greatest follies of tho Government of tho United States, and tho Govern­ments of France and of England, is to give to the Rocpan Catholics the per­mission to boeoioe oltizons. W hen he said it is an aot[of folly on the part of England and of Franco and of Germany, anu of this country to g ran t tho Roman Catholics the righ t of citizenship, he said so because I had put into his hands one of the fundamental books, the prin­cipal book of the Church of Rome, Busenbaum, and in th a t book it is provod th a t the Church of Romo has tho rig h t from God, and not only the right, but the duty, to exterm inate all heretics. " W eill" said Lincoln, “ am I not a fool to allow a man to vote in my country when he tells roe in my face th a t when he gets strong enough i t will

Ibe his duty to cu tm y throat; his duty to burn my wife a t the stake; his duty to exterm inate my children because they do not believe everything th a t the pope wants them to believe?" He said no Ro­man Catholic has the rig h t to be a citizen of the United States.

Now, my friends, you will find those things in my book, and you understand th a t what I have said there is true, be­cause if i t were not true they would have tried to refute it; but they know th a t they cannotirefute i t so long as I live, because I have the ir secret Books in my hands. Th& e has been a meeting here in Chicago twice, sir, to form com­mittees in order td refute this book; but the committees, after reading the book, have said they cannot refute it. “ Mr.

ftten the tru th there, and applause.)

they said: “ If we had to aeal with a P ro testan t m inuter we could deny it; I no Pro testan t minister has the proof of

uavu Dtuu i/iiey cauuui# jChiniquy has written after a ll." (Laughter And thev said: “ u we 1

it, aqd we could deny i t bravely,' but we ifpre Chiniquy. because

espe ____I give one to th is good lady who pre­sented me those kind words, and I wish I had the means to give one to every one of you. You will find in these pages aEage of history of Bishop Foley, brought

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voice of thunder; his voloo was like tho voice of the hurricano, and then ho changed my mind; ho showed to mo th a t Instead of covering th is land with poor, miserable slaves of the pope; in ­stead of covering th is land with mon who were worshiping a god made of a wafer; Instead of covering th is land with

by me to swear th a t i t was his duty as a Roman Catholic priest and bishop—his duty as soon as they should be strong enough, os soon as they should ge t the Government into th e ir hands—their duty to kill evenr one of you, s ir—exter­minate you; and you will find in this book th a t the g rea t principle of Roman­ism Is th a t you, Protestants, American Protestants, have no rig h t to your lands, no rig h t to your houses, no rig h t to your honor, no rig h t to your life; th a t the pope has the r ig h t to take away your honor: he has the r ig h t to take away your name; he has the r ig h t to take away your liberty; he has the rig h t to take away your life, and this, my friends, is Romanism, and I thank and bless God th a t there a re men worthy the name of men in the United States who now are understanding th a t there is danger ahead from Romanism, and th a t there is danger ahead to your dear, dear flag, which has cost you so much blood, tears and desolation to keep in your midst, and th a t you aro now rallying around th a t flag, to fight for it. and to dofend it against the on- eroaenments and the abominable princi­ples of Romanism.

I have from the lips of Abraham Lin­coln these very woras: " Wo Americans do not know wnat Romanism moans. Before I was President, if any one had told mo what i t is, I would have laughed in his face, not believing; but now /'said he, " I understand what Romanism is. I understand th a t wo owe this bloody rebellion and civil war to Rome. I t is to Rome th a t we owe It." Ho said: “ I havo the proof in my hands th a t JefT Davis and tno o ther chloftains of the South would novor havo attacked the North if they had not boon promised by tho bishops of Rome th a t thoy would havo the support of all tho Roman Catholics of tne United Statos and tho support of tho Roman Cathollo nations of Europe." Ho said: " I t is only whon thoy thought th a t all tho bishops and tho priests and tho peoplo of Romo would unite with tho South th a t they fired th a t gun on Sumter, and who fired th a t gun on Sumtor? Tho most radical Roman Cathollo of tho United States, Beauregard. And who, after that, rondo the most terrible effort on tho sea against our marine? Tho rabid Roman Catholic, Semmee." And he said: " T h e peoplo believe th a t th is re­bellion is a civil war. I t is a religious war; i t is Rome who wants to divide the two parts, the South from tho North, and Romo wants the N orth and the

cannot deny i t beChiniquy has the 5roof in hand; he has the books, and ho will confound us." So they will deny these things only after I am dead, bu t I intend to live so long [that they will have to wait a good while Jyet (great laughter and applause).

Now, American [citizens, we m ust not shut our eyes to I the dangers of the future. God has mown me a dark cloud filled w ith tears and blood, and there is a sunny cloud; he has spoken three times to me as a [prophet of th a t dark cloud, and I saw J i t tne horizon of our dear country th is dark cloud, and i t was coming fast, and will pass over the United States, and there will be tears and bloodshed; but he said when the dark cloud will have passed there will be peace and prosperity such as the world has never seen, because Roman­ism will have been exterm inated.) G reat applause.) Not a priest will stand in th is land of liberty.

Remember, Mr. President, th a t France, noble France, is not a people ofj savages; France is a people of in te llH gence; France is composed of people ad­mired for the ir common sense ana the ir private virtues. W ell, i t is not one hundred years ago—it is not long before

l l was born, th a t France wanted to be free. France had been under the yoke of tyrants since several hundreds of years. France had been crushed under the feet of those tyrants; France had shed rivers of tears and blood to satisfy those tyrants, bu t France wanted to be free. You rem em ber th a t C hrist, the g rea t reformer, the g rea t lig h t and life of the world, did say to men: “ You are all b rethren ." Franco heard the voice of C hrist when he answered the ques­tion who in th e churoh will be the greater, who in the ohurch and in the world, because the church in th e ir minds was th e world, and they asked C hrist who will bo the first, who will

Irule, and C hrist said: “ In my churoh, among the nations who will belong to me there will be no first; there will be no ru ler; the first will be the last; the last will be the first; you are all brethren. I will rem ain in your m idst till the end of the world to rule you. You will have nothing to ru le you except my gospel and in my gospel I will w rite w ith my own blood th a t every man is free. L ib l erty , equality and fraternity are the th ree cornerstones of my earth ly king­dom. F ra tern ity—all brethren; equality —nobody will ho called a ru le r in my church. You are all brethren, and of the F a th er in heaven."| W ell, France heard th a t voice of the g rea t Savior of the world, and France wanted to be free, as Christ wants everv nation to be free. W hen they tried ito be free they found an insurmountable obstacle in the olergy of Rome: they saw th a t i t was absolutely impossible to bo free as a nation so long as there should be priests in France. W ell, w hat did France do? They took all the priests, as many as they could, and they out th e ir throats. Now, I don’t liko th a t way ot proceeding; I don’t approve of it;I am sorry. I have seen witn my own eves, Mr. President, in P aris, the ohurch where throo thousand of those priests were slaughtered in a single night. You may havo seen th a t your­self,■ 'Around tne walls you may spots of blood of those tn reo thousand priests who woro slaughtered in th a t single night. They ga tno rod thoro, and jwhon the hour camo to pu t an end to the ir lives they were slaughtered. Now, Franco was determined to become free, and thoy found th a t i t was impossible to bo free so long as thero should be a priest thoro.

I do not say th a t you must kill the priosts because you want to bo froe. No!In this country wo can a tta in our free­dom without Killing tbo priosts. I t is bottor to teach thorn bettor things, and to keop them as oltizons, to ohange the ir minds; bu t then in Franco they found th a t was impossible. This shows to you th a t Franco saw the danger to liberty from tho priosts; th a t i t was from Ro­manism th a t camo tho danger to the ir liberty, and now I am glad th a t you Americana begin to see th a t tho danger 1b coming from Romo, and th a t you are banding yourselves together, ooming nearer each other. Very well, because you cannot be too near each other, for the day is ooming fast when an offort will be made to destroy you and your liberties and chango your constitution.I know i t—I cannot go into the details now, bu t I was one of them.

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Now, my friends, tho first thing thoy will destroy—and If they can suoooed your Republic is u wrook—they will do­stroy your schools. I t will be tbo be­ginning of tho end, if thoy succeed. They aro skillful men. and to destroy your schools, thoy bring forth a pre­text. Why do thoy want to destroy your schools today? Why do thoy curse your schools? Why do they say that the children of Romo who go to your schools will go to hell; th a t thoy cannot be saved if they go to your sobools? W hat is the pretext? I t is because thoy [call your schools Godless sobools. Now, iM r. President, who has made your schools Godless schools if it is not the Churoh of Rome? I remember the day when your schools woro Christian schools when your dear obildren entering tho sohoolnad not been thero two minutes before a beautiful hymn to tho glory of God was sung, and the dear Savior of the world was invited to come and bless them. Your schools in those days were not Godless schools. Now, in those days tho Bible was read as the book of God I and as the revelation of His will, and it was not only read but i t was explained to the children, and the obildren were happy to receive those Christian teaoh lags. W ell, now, those days wore days when the schools were surely religious and Christian schools. W hy Is i t that we do not see th a t now? Ah, tho priests and the Pope and the Jesuits fully wanted to destroy your schools, but they wanted to conceal the ir own minds They wanted to destroy your schools be cause your schools are the fundamental stone of your liberties, of your Republic! and thoy know th a t when the schools go down your Republic will go down with thorn. They know it. Then they must destroy the schools and they must have a pretext, but they will not give the true pretext; they will hot come and tellS““©u: “ W e want to destroy your schools

ecause they are the fundamental stone |of your liberties, of your institutions, of your Republic." No, thev will not say

Jthat, because they know th a t they would fall. B ut they take a false pretext; they come and toll you: " Gentlemen, we cannot allow our children to go to your schools, because your schools are relig ious schools; in your schools you pray to God, you sing hymns to God, you read the word of Goa; your schools are ex­ceedingly religious schools, bu t vour re­ligion and our religion are two different things, and in our religion, in our holy churoh, i t is forbidden for our children to pray with you; i t is forbidden for us to read the same Bible w ith you; i t is forbidden in our holy church to sing hymns to God with you; and if you con tinue to pray to God, to invoke th&name of C hrist, to sing beautiful hymns, if you continue to have C hristian schools, we cannot send our children toyour schools." There you see the lie, you see the snake you see the v iper was pressing itself on your bosom waiting to bite you. Now i t was a falsehood: i t was a lie. I t was not because they detested the religion i t was only because they wanted to de stray your schools and to destroy your liberty. You see now, bu t you A m eri­cans aid not then suspect the fraud. I t was a fraud. You were too honest to see; the members of your parliament, your P resident and your Elders and even your m inisters had no Idea th a t there was a fraud, a diabolical fraud under tha t. They all believed th a t the priests and the Jesuits were honest; th a t i t was really because a Roman Catholic cannot

gray with a P rotestant; th a t a Roman C atholic boy cannot read your Bible;

th a t a Roman Cathollo boy cannot sing hymns w ith your children; th a t they could not send th e ir ohildren to your Ischools. You believed th a t i t was so. Now, w hat did you do? You said to each other: “ W e m ust respect the con­science of these good Roman Catholics; we must not continue to have religion in our schools, because if we do they will not send th e ir ohildren, and we want th e ir children to come to receive a good education: we want th e ir children to come and become good oitizens, good re­publicans, and now, in order to have peace." Ah, you Americans have com m itted the grea test orime your nation has ever committed; your nation has committed the most terrib le mistake You said to your g rea t God: “ In order to respect the conscience of the Roman Catholics, you must go. W e cannot allow you to come again to our schools; and you said to Christ: “ Since many years, since the beginning of th is Re public, you have Been accustomed to come into our schools and to bless oui dear children, bu t we are vory sorry dear Savior of the world, but in order to please the Roman Catholics, who cannot send th e ir ohildren because they cannot make prayers w ith us, now, doar Christ, you must go:" and then C hrist was throw n overboard, pu t out of your schools and not allowed to appear in them . Then you took your Bible, whioh is so dear to you, and you threw i t over­board in ordor to pica so the Roman Catholics; in order to induoo thorn to oome to your schools. And w hat next?As soon as you had mado those sacrileg­ious sacrifices, booauso i t was a sacrileg ious th ing to do—what noxt? As soon as thoro was no more God, no moro Bi­ble, no moro prayer, no moro Christ, did th e Roman Catholics send th e ir children to vour sobools? No. Ah, they said: " Your sobools are Godless sobools." and th a t day thoy wore true; they said the tru th —“ And we will not send our children to Godless sobools."

And now, my friends, you see i t was a fraud of Romanism. She wanted to bring you American Protestants Into a trap , and you have fallen into the trap ana you navo got Godless sobools to please them. You soe now th e fraud of Romanism. Romanism is a fraud, and is a fraud from tho beginning to the end, and you havo boon dooelved by th a t fraud. Now, what are you to do? You must rally around your banner and pre­pare yoursolves for tbo battle. The Bat­tle will be hot; muoh blood will bo shed. Many of you, my friends, probably will soe thoso days of trial, and probably some of you will fall on the batuo*fields. Romo is d rilling her hundreds of thou­sands of men. They have now seven hundred thousand men drilling every day, and they a re now in possession of tho best positions in your army. They havo your navy in th e ir hands; thoy have New York in th e ir hands; they have Boston in th e ir hands, and they aro try ing to got Chicago in the ir hands, and thoy have many of your cities in th e ir hands. They are ru ling the East and tho W est today. Coming from Nebraska what did I see there? One of I

5 '. UOIVII. V.MVIl IBWVJ V. VUV UUllttl u a__lorty thousand men, of Protestants,!

all ruled by tho Roman Catholics. Protestants havo forgotten the respect they owe to themselves, and they are yielding, yielding to the Roman Cath­olics to take possession of every position of honor, every position of money, and now are yielding, yielding. The more you yield the moro tbo advance, and today, my friends, has come the time th a t you must put a stop to this. (Great applause.)

I would not abuse your patience by speaking any longer. I nave many other things,of course, to say, but I may have another opportunity. I am travol- ing a great deal in the United States, and I see with great pleasure th a t wher­ever I go there is now the silent, peace­ful, but strong movements of men, real men, who are gathering around the glo­rious banners of the United States and determined to fight tho great battles of

| liberty which wUl be fought a t the door of the school, because—lot me say the last words—this is the plan which I got from them, and whieh I have repeated since many times. This is what they will do: * T he time is coming when they will find themselves strong enough tio invite the Pone to send a defense to the Roman Catholics who pay taxes for your schools. They are watching for th a t day; they expect th a t th a t day will come soon. They will tell you: “ Now, your schools are Godless schools; i t is against our conscience; it is against our religion to send our children to Godless schools, and as we are free men here, we have the r ig h t to follow our conscience, the dictates of conscience; you have no rig h t to force me, a Roman Catholic, to pay for a school which is against my con­science." Then the Pope will send a le tter in th a t sense, which will say to the Roman Catholics: “ Do not pay—I forbid you to pay for these schools." Then your collector will go to ge t the money, and instead of the money what will you get? You will ge t a ball, a pistol bullet In your breast, and i t is there th a t the dance will begin; it is there th a t you Americans will see your folly, will see your want of wisdom, will see your misfortune to have ignored what Rome is, and to have been ignor­an t of what Romanism means.

Romanism means hatred to death of P ro testan ts. Romanism means exter­mination of Protestantism , extermina­tion of liberty of conscience, exterm ina­tion of a constitution in which the peo­ple is the m aster of the position; and Romanism means the death of your in­telligence, the death of your schools. Romanism means the extinguishm ent of every ligh t which has been put forth in th is country.

Now, my friends, i t is time for you to understand th a t you must rally around the banners of your constitution to de­fend them, and if you go as true men and true Christians to th a t battlefield, the God of Zion will hear your prayers; he will come as he has already oome to fight for his soldiers, and you will gain the day, and your country will continue to be great, happy and free. Amen. (Great applause.)

DEATH.Why Are There No Tears on

the Cheek of the Dying?By Hon. A. B. R ichmond.

T H E M E SSA G E .

TO MBS. A. M’K.

Mourn not for ns, the day has dawned In glad­ness.

The weariness we felt has faded into rest.No pain to bear, no tears to fall in sadness.

Say, mother dear, the change that came was best.

Only a little time yon cannot see our faces;Only a brief space you wander lonely here.

Then folded close In loving fond embraces,Joy will be yours, which now Is drawing

near.Father’s voice speaks oft, although you can­

not hear it—Words full of comfort when the way seems

long.Heaven may seem far, hut you are very near It

And through your waiting breaks the angels song.

Yes. I am blest with happiness eternal;Room for the soul to grow forever more.

And, mother dear, where fields are always vernal.

Some day we'll walk upon the deathless shore.

— H e l e n T b m plb Br ig h a m .

Sunny side Improvement Associa­tion.

The subscription of the capital stock in th is corporation is now open to S pirit­ualists. This association is organized to build a Spiritual Institu te for the use of the Sunnyside Spiritual Institu te Association, and also a Medium’s Home, Spiritual Library, Sanitarium, and othor buildings, for spiritual purposes. The shares of stock are 8500 each, and the authorized capital 8100,000.

I t is desired by the sp irit guides and the management to begin operations as soon as possible, and they solicit from Spiritualists th e ir subscriptions for one o r moro shares of stock in th is worthy enterprise. The management of the Association is in the hands of Spirit­ualists who are well-known for the ir ability and in tegrity to the cause._ The fullest information will be given upon request, with printed m atter showing the purposes of the Associa­tions, tne designs and illustrations of the buildings.

Correspondenoe and subscriptions may be addressed to the Sunnyside Improve­ment Association, Marshalltown, Iowa.

The officers of th is association are: E. N. Pickering, President; John D. Vail, Vloe President; J . R. McCoy Treasurer, and A. W . York, Secretary

“ O Death I thou gentle end of human sorrows,Still m ust our weary eyelids vainly wake.In tedious expectation of thy peace."

—Row*'* Tamerlaln.Centuries ago some observant philos­

opher uttered the sentence th a t from its tru th has become axiomatic: “ There are no tears on the cheek of the dying." If the observation of mankind has so recorded a fact, Is i t not suggestive of an unknown cause worthy of the consid­eration of the living? S ir Edward Bui- wer Lytton, in ono of his beautiful nov­els, speaks of “ th a t smile of ineffable peace which the dead generally wear, and th a t seems so full of contentment and repose." Some die of a painful dis­ease or accident, when the sensitive nerves vibrate with most intense agony; yet it is seldom th a t the last moments of pain are impressed upon the marble lin­eaments of the dead. I t Is true th a t physiologists account for th is on the supposition th a t the overwrought gan­glions lose the ir sensitiveness immedi­ately before th a t mysterious essence called “ the vital spark" abandons its earth ly dwelling and flutters away into the mysterious unknown. This m ight account for the expression of infinite rest upon the features of those who are thus relieved of the agony of bodily pain or mental suffering, and who find in the “ Valleyof Death" acityof refuge frem th e relentless pursuit of life's ills and woes. To many of the heart­broken and suffering of earth the quiet of the grave is a condition long desired, and its near approach is to the wearied body as grateful ms the soothing influence of coming sleep. W ith such we can well imagine th a t death has no terrors, but is weloomed as a harbinger of peace, and, therefore, leaves the impress of the last thoughts of life on the face of the dead; but all do not die in agony or pain. There are multitudes who pass away in painless consciousness of the near approach of death, and who, sur­rounded by all life’s allurements—loves, friendships and ambitions—hear the near-coming footfall of the “ Silent Mon­arch of All*” with infinite dread. In the last hours of consciousness they cling to life with a hopeless tenacity that awakens our sympathy, and the grief of the friends who surround the ir bed is augmented by the terrors whioh the dying manifest as the moment of final dissolution approaches; yet when the end comes, wnen the spirit has taken leave of its earthly tenement, the pallid features settle into a placid expression of joy o r contentment. Truly is it said:

jThere are no tears on the cneek of the dying, no feeling of sorrow o r regret impressed upon the face of the dead. W hy is i t so?

As it is the last touch of the sculptor on the marble or the plastic clay th a t gives expression to his work; the last touch of the pencil of the artis t on the canvas th a t finishes the picture on his easel, and surrounds i t with a halo of undying glory, so may i t be th a t i t is the last mental impression, the last fact ascertained by the dying, th a t moulds the c9^> ff clay of life witn the knowl­edge of The future: th a t paints upon the canvas of human consciousness the last thoughts of human vitality, and thus the last visions of fading sight may see the opening glories of a life to oome, and the last vibrations of the palsied ear be caused by the whispered words of sp irit voices as they welcome the soul to its immortal abode. Thus would those who are passing away see visions of a life beyond ere they had fully closed their eyes upon their earthly home; thus would they near the “ fluttering of angel wings ” before the ir ears were forever silent to all earth ly sounds; and thus would the a rtis t death finish the pioturo of human life, and record in the placid smiles of the dead the ir knowledge of the ooming life of immortality. As the traveler who, crossing the ohannei be­tween the isles of Britain and the East­ern continent, looks with a saddened gaze a t the fading outlines of the home he is leaving: then turning toward the land heisapproaohing, he sees the shores of the one opening to his vision as the o ther fades from his view. He knows th a t on the shore he has left aro friends who are in sorrow a t his parting, and a tear of reg re t moistens his eye; then he remembers th a t on the shore he is near­ing there are also many friends who longingly await his ooming, and the tears of parting reg re t are chased awayby the smile of the anticipation of a joy-

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T H R E E W IC K E D R E IG N S.

* (AN AOnOSTIC.)Ign of creed and love tor self alone,

Inhumanity from man to man,Centered In heart aa cold aa stone, jHls rights Invaded to serve a clan.Eating ever wbat's another’s food;Stealing ever what's another’s good.Reign of wicked priestcraft, strong and Onward presses to Its selfish coal.Men a brute.—his body slaved and sold,And mammon gained to save hla soul,No reason without a priest to scan,Ignored of God to worship man.Sins of all hues and black aa the night Made and confessed for Demon’s gold,All to oppress with Satanic might.Now Is the pope as Satan of old:Demons below, on right and on left.Reign of terror they bring to ns all;United In crime.—of God bereft.May they be united In one grand fall

—J. 8. Georgb.

Ious meeting. Thus i t is with the dylng.| In the last moments of this tran su U II life here they see unfolding to the ir spiritual vision the glories of a life here­after, and the fact is recorded in the [placid features of the dead.■ I f immortality is a foot, w hether i t be dem onstrated amid the cares and labors of a busy healthful life, or >ln the mo­ments of near approaching death, its conclusive proof cannot fail of being wel­oomed with a smile of blissful anuaipa- tlon, and there should be “ no tears on [tho cheeks of the dying."■ T h a t the phenomena referred to is observable by the common experience of mankind; th a t the dying do see the angel

Iforms of those who have gone before, and do bear whispers of lips long voice­less to them, is a fact admitted by the clergy of all creeds and denominations. I t is often tho theme of pulpit oratory, while its assuranoe is frequently related in funeral obsequies, for the consolation of mourning friends, and if ministers who so relate and preach believe what they so confidently assert, then do they avow the great tru th of spirit manifesta­tions to the living, and oonfirm the phe­nomena of Spiritualism; for if the laws of the unknown realm of death perm it these visitations to the dying while yet in this life, then are they proven to be possible to the living, in health as well aa in sickness.

If i t Is possible for the spirits of those dear to us in life to hover over the bed of death to alleviate the grief and pain of passing away, why may they not visit the family fireside, and with the gentle rap of intelligence bring comfort to those who mourn, By assuring them that

• There is no death I whet seems so Is transi­tion.'

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tw e n ty -11 to c e n ts f o r T n a P n o o m x s a iv n T u in k k b s ix ­te e n w eek s, w e w o u ld su g g e s t t o th o s e w h o r e c e iv e a s a m p le copy, t o so lic it s e v e ra l o th e r* to u n U e w ith th e m , a n d th u s h e a b le t o r e m i t f ro m 41 to 410, o r e v e n m a r e th a n th e l a t t e r su m . A la rg e n u m b e r o f l i t t le am o u n t* w ill m a k e a la r g e s u m to ta l , a n d th u s e x te n d t h e Held o f o u r la b o r a n a u se fu ln e ss . T h e s n m o sug- g c s tlo n w il l ap p ly In a l l c a se s o f re n e w a l o f s u b s c r ip ­tio n s—so lic it o th e r* to a id In t h e g o o d w o rk . T o n w tu e x p e r ie n c e n o d ifficu lty w h a te v e r In In d u c in g 6 pi r i t u ­a l is ts to s u b s c r ib e t o r T n * P n o o n n s s iv n T m x x x x . f o r n o t o n e o f th e m c a n a ffo rd t o h e w i th o u t t h e v a lu a b le in fo rm a tio n Im p a r te d th e r e in e a c h w e e k , a n d a t t h e p r ic e o f o n ly a t r i l - e — n e n t p e r w e a k .

SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 21, 1891.

SCIENCE A SAVIOR.D r. T h o m as’s V iew s o f M o ra l

In s a n ity .Science will bring- not only material

but spiritual comfort and alleviation. Ik will bring both tru th and fruit—tru th in itself, fruit from its indefinite adapta­bility to the material wants and wishes of man, as well as from its further appli­cation to the oonduot of life.

Science in itself is true, in its applica­tion good. The tru ths of science will save you; in the sequel, it will save the I world; they alono can do so. They will] save your soul, in. the only sense in which i t can be saved—by pointing out to it the rig h t way of life: by giving to i t a fuller, freer, better life on earth, the only certain theatre of its existence and activity; by giving to i t light; by supplying it with sustaining ana strengthening truths; in a word, by showing it the universal empire of law, which embraces both i t and the oosmos, the knowledge of whioh is the sum of tru th , and to accommodate ourselves to which is the sum of wisdom and virtue.

This tru th will not only save you, i t will set you free, as i t is ever the work of tru th to ao. I t will se t you free, by delivering you from the vain fears, terrors and superstitions, whioh so long held the soul of man in degrading bondage, adding their for­midable terror to the miseries of life. Such are the words of Wm. Graham in “ The Creed of Scienoe.” And now comes Dr. Thomas and covers the whole ground of the world's physical burdens, pains, errors, wrongs, sins, inequalities, and diseases, comparing primitive ideas with those of the present, and the place of science in the redemption of man. W e can only spare room for a short ex­tract. Dr. Thomas said:

“ From the m aterialist’s side of life comes an effort to cure drunkenness by I medicine. Chemistry has been called upon to provide an antidote. I do not know what there may be or is in th is bichloride of gold treatm ent. I t is as­serted th a t i t destroys the desire for drink, and if so, what a tremendous fact i t is. I speak of this ’ as an instance of help coming from the m aterialist’s side to cure the diseases of men.

“ The laws of nature are man's friend. When we understand our physical life! better we will not blame God when we are afflicted by d iphtheria o r scarlet | fever, bu t we will blame the builder of 1 our homes, the plumber, the sewer- builder, and the unwholesome food, and not some one away yonder beyond the sky. The remedy must be in taking away the cause. Insanity is a disease, and we trea t i t as such. W e send the unfortunate to an asylum to be treated. T hat is a beautiful thought, but we have our penitentiary for thieves and crim ­inals, and we send them there to un­dergo penal servitude because they have committed a wrong in society. I do not pretend to say every man who steals is a victim of disease.

“ Drunkenness is a disease, resulting from the use of alcohol, and i t may grow upon the victim, but there are men and women who are born so strongly honest th a t you cannot make a thief of them. I have known thousands who have suf­fered from hunger, and who have begged, but i t never entered the ir mind to steal.

“ Personally I believe there is a moral insanity, lust as there is a liquor in­sanity. y o u may Inherit it, and I be­lieve the time will come when the fact will be recognized.

“ There 'will come a change in our treatm ent of them. W hen we come to recognize moral insanity they will be sent to the penitentiary, not for a term of years, but to be curea."

The one-man power in this vast ooun-1 try is not desirable under any olroum- stances or consideration. The autocrat | has no place in our institutions. Even the would-be leader is often sat down upon with a force that relegates him to a hack seat, If he proves over-offloious and meddlesome in the work he assumes. The one-man power in Spiritualism should have no recognition when It as­sumes to dictate that the Spiritualists shall meet a t a certain place, a t a cor tain time, with certain articles of faith, and with a certain object in viow.

The Better IFoy devotes one column to calling a mooting whioh shall oonveno In St. Louts the first Thursday in March, 1892, to organlxo on a National basis— preliminary thereto a mooting of tho representatives of the various Spiritu­alist papors Is appointed for this city on the 5th day of January, 1892.

While we are not by any means op­posed to organisation, wo have seen so many first-class failures made in tho at­tempts to bring Spiritualists together with a code of belief, that wo are con­tent to wait for the time to oomo whon there will be a spontaneous rising on I their part to band together for sorao specific object. Besides, why bogin at the top with a National organisation? Let those who are anxious, try tholr hand a t a State organisation, and on- doavor to ralso funds to build halls, hospitals, homos and institutions to bo undor tho special guidance of Spiritu­alists. 2Vv something easy!

Tho Spiritualists, under tho leader­ship of Mr. Jonlfor of this city, have succeeded in perfecting a State organ-

| isation, and if any one can make a success of It he surely will; but a con­vention to meet at St. Louis to dish out to Spiritualists a code of bellof to be generally adopted, will be as poworloss to accomplish any great work os tho ono tha t had an existence in this country under the guidanoo of Dorus M. Fox, Viotoria Wood hull and othors. The Spiritualists of the State of Illinois want no National Convontlon a t presont to supervise them and tholr organizations. They are capable of managing their own affairs and will do so.

Now, we make a simple suggestion or hint: T hat beforo calling Spiritualists together iu a National Convention, let the several States try something easy: le t the Master, whoever he is, give them something easy to perform. Let the State of--------lead off as an ex­ample. Organize! Organise! o r g a n i z e ! ORGANIZE! 1 Let th a t State try its hand in building one hospital whioh should cost not less than half a million dollars! Let it raise a fund to prevent unfriendly legislation. L et i t build a medium’s home and a school for psy­chical study. Let i t have a t least one camp meeting, complete in all its de­tails. When i t has accomplished all this, let its leading minds send out a circular, pointing out its marvelous

were it to remain scaled, for often dta closures aro made which haunt thorn to tho end of their lives. Wo publish tho following torrlblo Incident ns a warning to on force tho utmost euro Id tho de­termination whether llfo is extinct or not. In oases of suddon suspension of the llfo forces, however complete tho up-1 pearanoo may bo, tbore Is always a doubt until aotual decomposition com­mences. There ts not tho slightest rea­son assignable why tho burial should not bo doforrod unul thore is assurance. Now that trance Is better understood, tho danger of promaturo burial Is more apparent, and physlalans have repeat­edly shown that they have no sure method of determining the question.

George Iloldoolcor, a farmer of Green township, near Erie, Pa., suddenly died with what was supposod to have boon heart-falluro. I t might havo boon an almost complete falluro of the action of that organ, a lesion of tho brain, or a t ranee. Tho physicians pronounced him dead, and no was buried tempo­rarily aftor four days, to bo romoved to a lot his family purohasod. As soon as tho lot was prepared tho transfor was made, and the oaskot, by roquost of the family, opened. I t was thou thoy mot u spectacle tho horror of whioh lias fowtiarallols. Tho body was turnod round, lying on its fueo, and it and tho Interior

of tuo oaskot bore traces of n torrlblo struggle with doath in its most awful slinpo. The distorted and blood-oovorod features boro evideuoos of tho agony en­dured. Tho clothing about tho noud and neck had been torn in shreds, ns was likewise tho lining of tho coffin. Bloody marks of fingor nails on tho faco, throat and neok tola of the awful despair of tho doomed man, who tore his own flesh in his torrlblo anguish. Several fingers had been entirely bltton off, and the hands torn with tho toetli until thoy scarcely resembled those of a human being.

W illard «T. H ull a t M etro!r. 111.To the Editor:—There ta room for

much good work In Metcalf, 111. 1 havo boon thoro during tho past week and find a 11 vo, progressive community—upward* of eighty Spiritualists in a population of about five hundred. I t would bo an ox-1 oollont point for speakers and modlutns rn rotifr East and West and Southwest, to stop over and holp these frlonds along the rood of spiritual growth. Mr. Ralph Smith enn bo addressed, and I havo boon assured that a woloomo awaits those who may desire to visit them. Metcalf Isslt- on tho T. C. A W. and 1. D. A- W. ra il! ways. Tub P rogressive Tuinkkr circulates largely lu this place, l am In­formed, and a more earnest body of mon and womoa I never mot. Out of muoh tribulation thoy have brought tho ban­ner of Spiritualism to a point whore It Is beginning to bo respected. Than this no higher trlbuto can bo bostowod upon thorn. Willard J. Bu l l

Defense of Bert Woodworth.

Q e r j e r a l 3 & r \> e y .T he S p iritu a lis tic F ield­

ers, Doings, E tc .-Work-

FULL OF WANTS.Anti Tlioy Overflow on All Hides.

Mrs. Margaret. Fox-Ktiir,

A party of twolvo people, of whom eight wore mediums, engaged Bert Woodworth for a seance, and tho most boautlful and convincing manifestations 1 havo ovor witnessed wore shown to us.1 am an Amorlcan-Gorman: Burt Wood- worth don’t know a word of Gorman; yet I received a message from my mothor’s father la tho pure Saxon tonguo, which I myself oannot talk, but can understand. If Bort Woodworth, or any other medium, can Imitate that language, they are too allok for my com­prehension. This message was spoken through tho horn, j

Wo do not ask: “ Was ho ovor guilty of fraud?" Wo ask: “ Is ho an honest medium to-day?" I was onoo a Christian but now I am trying to be an lumcst man; and 1 don’t want my former errors

[thrown Into my face by any ono. Wo Michigan people can toll a fraud whon wo hoar and see him,

Tho controlling infiuonoos of tho olght mediums who sat In tlio sounoo of Bort Woodworth all omphatlonllv assorted that “ ho was a good, honest boy."

Dr. El C. Gbtsenubr. East Saginaw, J/icft.

“ W ould N o t O w n H im l'or My S lave .”

2'he Christian World reports a sermon delivered a t a Liverpool (England) Bap­tist Chapel on “Hell and Damnation." If his Baptist hearers can patiently lis­ten to suoh fiery Inveotlve, thoy are far on tholr way out of the wilderness of superstition. Near tho oonoluslon of his remarkable sermon, which would havo been doomed saoriloglous from tho lips of a “freo thinker," no said: “Calhoun, in tho course of his speech, hod said tha t a t one time ho was Clay’s mas tor. Clay, In reply, drew himself up to his full height, pointed with qulvorlng fin­ger a t his groat antagonist, said, three times over. He my master!* in tones of intense soorn, and thundered forth: ‘Sir, 1 would not own him for tnv (lais!' ’! Amid abreathloss silence Mr. Aked said, “ And bollevo mo, if there wore suoh an infernal, Implacable monster as those preachers havo said, so far from on- throning him above my heart and wor­shiping him as good, the consequences must do what they will in th is world or in the world to come, but I say distinctly of suoh a God, th a t I would notown Him for my slave!"

T h o Ouu.se lu Kaiiniim City* Mo.To tiib EDlTOR:-4-At the present tlmo

the causo of Spiritualism is being agitated more In Kansas City than ovor before. Wo havo with us now Mr. Roih- erinol, the noted materializing medium.

T h e A go o f F a i th .An exchange says:“I t was formerly held among certain

devout Catholics th a t the commotion of th e sea was owing to tho serpents which St. P atrick had imprisoned in a box when be cast them out of Ireland."

Tho cause of tho “commotion of the sea" had just as much tru th in its sup­port, ss had the allegation th a t St. Patrick banished the serpents from Ire-| land. Parochial in place of public, non- sectarian schools, tne age of faltn will be soon restored, and both statements, if made by a priest, will be implicitly believed.

L e n a B ib le .This estimable lady, of Detroit, Mich.,

has written a charm ing narrative, which will appear In T h e P rogressive T h i n k e r immediately after the conclu­sion of the chapters from the pen of Hudson Tuttle. Spiritualists of Michi­gan, bear th is announcement in mind, for you will want to read it, as well as Spiritualists else whore.

achievements, its spiritual growth and tho grand results th a t flow from or­ganization, and then invite all the other States to unite on a National basis. The foot is, the ambitious aspirant in Ohio had bettor try h is skill a t home, in his own State, before arranging the whole plan for a National Convention. T hat is just what we intend to do in this State, and a National Convention would be about as useless as a fifth leg to a calf, and as powerless os a will-o’-the-wisp, and would be ignored from the s ta rt by the great mass of Spiritualists.

Again, i t is suggested th a t Spiritual­ists unite to prevent unfriendly legisla­tion! Alas! the attem pts a t unfriendly legislation have been made, to a great extent, thus far, by Spiritualists them ­selves, and they have caused no end of trouble and perplexity. In New York such was the case. A would-be leader attempted the same scheme here, and such “ wire-pulling" to accomplish his ends would have reflected honor on a] politician of the slums of New York.l Protection against unfriendly legisla-l tion! Organize t o . protect ourselves against ourselves! W hat sort of an or­ganization will i t be, and will i t not be a very funny affair, something th a t will appear ludicrous in the eyes of people] generally. And while the true and tried! friends of Spiritualism here were trying] to defeat the notorious Thomas bill (a] bill which, had i t become a law, would! have been one of the severest blows that] mediumship ever received), expending hundreds of dollars, it was a t th a t trying! and critical moment th a t the Better Way] stopped In and gave i t an endorsement! Having been repeatedly slapped in the] face, pounded, and unmercifully abused by th e editor of the BeUgio-PhUosophical Journal, i t stepped forward to aid him in forcing an odious law upon the Splrilu l allsts of th is State. Verily, why organ ize against unfriendly legislation.—when two Spiritualist papers unito their forces to pass a measure which 900 Spiritual lets out of 1,000, of th is State, were opposed •to? s

The Banner o f Light says: “ W e have no faith in agita ting the mooted seheme of a Spiritualist national organization as is being done by a gentleman in S t Louis. Dorus M. Fox called a conven tion in the W est for th is very purpose years ago, which met, passed resolu lions and by-laws, nominated officers appointed missionaries, and sent out broadcast its manifesto. Tho Banner Light stated a t tho timo th a t the scheme (in its opinion) was premature; th a t did not believe the Spiritualists of tho United States were in a financial con dition to support such a corporation Our sp irit friends and many leading Spiritualists were of th e same opinion. Tne whole scheme fell through.

“To-day th e same subject is being ad­vocated by several of our W estern friends, whose motives we do not ques­tion; bu t wo feel to say th a t the effort will prove unsuccessful. There is not cohesion enough among the Spiritual­ists to make the effort a success.

“T he American Spiritualist Alliance, of which Prof. Kiddle was th e first ana last President, was organized years ago, and is still in existence; but i t failed to accomplish anything financially. The Banner did all i t oould to advance the interests of the Alliance, and is still ready to do so. Therefore wo feel to say and recommend th a t If anything in this direction is a t a ll feasible, why not com­bine forces with the Alliance? TV Banner would gladly join in such a laud-

P ro f . W . M . L o ck w o o d .Ho is now in Omaha, Neb., interest

lng the people there with his scientific lootures. He speaks as follows of tho President of the sooiety there, Mrs. J E. Montgomery:

“ This lady is urbane and courteous, desirous to focalizo all of those circum­stances conserving the in terest of tho members; yet in her individuality she

retiring, modest and unassuming. As lady of social worth she has a largo in­

dorsement, and her husband, Mr. James Montgomery, is a gentleman of sterling qualities, highly esteemed by a largo cirele of friends."

The Professor speaks in high term s of the following: James W right, the Vice- President; Geo. O. Richardson, the Sec­retary: W. O. Danforth, Treasurer; Gen. Eastbrook, Mr. Duelly, Clark Pot­ter, Alonzo Thompson and others. The Professor intends to go to tho Paelfio Coast.

His spirit tolegraphy is oxoltlng a good deal of comment. Mrs. Llzzlo Fulton, indopondont slate vfrltor and material­izing medium, gives sittings dally. Her circles are always crowded and hundreds turnod away with disappointed faces. Mr. Dewey Is here, -too, making pooplo happy by the hundred, by tho most con­vincing tests of the presonoo of tholr friends and lovod ones. Wo also have Mrs. Kimball, of Colorado: Mrs. Rovoll, of this city, a very lino full-form materi­alizing medium. In spite of tho foot tha t wo are blessed with all those very fine mediums, we want more. Wo want a good leoturor for tho months of Decem­ber and January—one tha t can give good tests of spirit presonoo from the plat form. Wo aro willing to pay a liberal price and trea t a medium with all due respect. Our Sooiety is In a very flour­ishing condition. C. H. GATES.

Kansas City. Mo.

George Goodman.

W. .1. Black, Springfield, Mo., writes: “Thoro ta oonsldorablo awakening In tho ■piritual cause hero. Prof. J. M. Alien and his estimable wlfo are both labor­ing In tho Interest of our sooloVy- Many are having tholr oyoa opened to tho truth of spirit communion bolwoon tho two worlds. Tub P uoouessivk Think­er ta still in tho load, and glvos general satisfaction. I wish tho tlmo may oomo whon IU olraulatlon will roaoh 100,000."

A. II. Goman, of this city, has takon a trip to Maroollufl, Mich., to wltnoss tho manifestations given through that ox- oollont medium J. W. Rlloy.

Mr*. C. O. Gillette, of Fairfax, Vt.. writes: “ Again wo havo boon favored with tho controlling lntolllgonoos of Luolus Colburn, of Manchester Dopot, this Stalo. Last night closed a two weeks engagement. Although wo havo

”|no society hero, thoro bolng hut a small number ofallboral thinkers In this quiet. [Uttlo orthodox town, wo bolng sur- rounded by Mothodlslfl and Baptists, wo fool that wo oannot live without our ‘spiritual foost* occasionally. Two yours ago thoro wore no pronounood Spirit­ualists In this plaoo outs Ido of our homo; ns vet, though tho nuinbor be small, wo fool repaid to lot fi-ttf/t and light In."

Spiritualism Is making rapid advanoo- raont In tho Argonllno itopubllo. Tho journal dovotod to tho cause, Lu (Vtiulan- da, says that In tho oily of lluonos Ayres there are ton societies.

Tho Jjyccum Banner (England), pub­lished by J. J. Mono, completes its first volume with tho October number. I t Increases In oxcollcnco with avory number. Thoro 1b an urgent necessity I for such it inaguzluo.

B. G. Dreoflon, Gorman Stato Loaturor for tho Pooplo’s party of Kansan, writes:

I “ Alox. Rose, of this place, is an ud- vanned thinker, and has given some excellent lootures on tho biblo and Its Inconsistencies, and similar topics. Thoro is not ono orthodox mlnistor noroL who dares to tacklo him In public de­bate. Now, thore is nothing ho needs but opportunities to lecture in his chosen field; If l b oho bo given him, ho will

[undoubtedly distinguish himself, and Ido a good work in his sphoro. Some call him it soaond Ingorsoll, and prcdlat for him a grout suaeoss its a looturor in tho field of udvanood Ideas.”

To tub Editor:—Tho __herewith render an account of stewardship In tho matter of QOllcaUmfi for tho benefit of Mr*. Margaret VW Kano; and In doing no they wish \o a, turn tholr heartiest thanks for in iv. gifts m> kindly and sympathetically wslowed. It need scarcely bo added that tho heartfelt thanks of Mrs. Kano go out to ottoh and overy giver. An « . oollont beginning has noon rondo, t a

know 0 i t Is not positive ovldonoe that! the good work proceed: ho ta tho author and creator of avory-1 rbtrivbd i»y prrdrrick r, cook- thing In oxistonoo? II so, I want to 1 . . . p n l rhloium at »- *kf00" lf 11 doos*i? °t^ta bo frlondNtoylston St.', JaranlcjV>taiu4??lf-S l i s : t e ^ o w W t a n o ^ U l ^ . - V t «r*u.ot, Mloh.r*®.

To the Editor:—If God Is Infinite, 11 want to know It space Is not more than Infinite, ss It readies beyond and onolr- clos God and all his works? It space contains God and all his works, I want to know If it did not oxlst first, and whothor thoro was a tlmo when nothing oxtstod but God, and ho possessed In­finite power ana wisdom. I want to

•T h o prophotlsalah 1r. In Goa's own wonts. 1 .* Normal 111., *2-00; "No*tato evil. If God dl(i y’2*‘, ... i,....... •< i, ___ I looted from Spiritualists of Norway.

H o rr ib le .Horrible as are the sufferings inflicted

on th e Siberian exiles, the people of this boasted land of freedom cannot consistently denounco Russia tor her cruelty. The late revelations made of the atrooity with whioh the leased con­victs of tho South are treated, eclipses the most lurid pioture of inhumanity tainted by Kennan in h is exposure of ife in the mines and prieon stockades of

Kara.

G. G. S to w ell.Mr. Stowell, secretary of the Better

W ay Publishing Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, was in the city last week. W e were glad to meet him and give his hand a fraternal shako.

He has not yet reached tha t dogreo of unfoldmeut in his modlumshlp tha t is his aim, boforo going beforo the public bu t his many friends in Miohlg&n and Iowa may bo interested to 'know some thing of his progress.

In addition to getting pictures of faoes and writing on the slate in vari­ous colors, answering sealed letters, and speaking in prose and poetry in an u n -1 conscious trance, he is now having ma­terialized hands shown, and has tho trum pet handled about, though thoy aro not yet speaking through it. Ho has only vory recently boon sitting (or those last phases. His progress in thorn is seemingly sufficiently rapid to encourage any reasonable person. Georgo some­times becomes a Uttlo impatient: how­ever, In th is respect ho does well, con­sidering liis previously active life. I th ink a very few months will oure all his impatience.

E. W . Baldw in .Liberal, Mo.

Frank T. Ripley's address Is now at 111) Igloharl stroot, St. Paul, Minn., whore ho cun bo uddrossod for ongago- monts for March, April and May, to looturo on his way book to Boston._Jj. L. Pledgor, of 2417 Avonuo, (SouthSldo), Birmingham, Alubama, thinks ■hat somo good modlum should visit tha t city, and do somo missionary work. Mr, Plodgor writes: “ You[talk about God. I havo found him.1 havo boon thinking of having him photographod. Ho Is a good Goa, and will bo Quito still to havo his shadow [taken. Thoro is a kind of trinity about him. suro enough; a three in ono and [one in three."

Miss Abby A. Judson writes os fol­lows from Minneapolis, Minn: “I am now giving a series of tnroo lootures on ‘How to Develop tho Physical Body;' 'How to Develop tho Spiritual Body;’ 'How to Dovolop tho Soul.’ Alternat­ing with this are a sorios of Biblical ones, of which ono has already boon given on 'Jacob's Ladder.' Tho looturo on next Sunday will bo on ‘Tho Mcdlum- Istlo Phases or Moses." Wo havo our mooting in tho afternoon. On last

I Sunday morning I spoke before tho [Spiritual Alllauoo In St. Paul, on ’Infinite Llfo.' I am welcomed joyfully by our Sooiety in Minneapolis, and am greatly refreanod by my summer's trip. Tho first edition of ’Why Sho Became a Spiritualist,' is nearly exhausted, and I am making preparations for a now edition. I am atpresentembodying a fow lootures on 'Terrestrial Magnetism* Into a small book. Thoro is an oarnost call for detailed explanations of this process for harmonizing our own cur­rents with tho currents of tho oarth."

attribute of God? doolaros positively that God did oreornate evil, I want to know If It was not his doslro, will and Intention to do so? if so. I want to know If that doslro. will and Intention, did not grow out of thol nature, composition and constitution of God? If It did, 1 want to know If It doc not mako evil ono of tho principal at tributes of God? If God sinned, erred,

r’rlovod and repented, as ho and tho Di­do both declare ho did, I want to know if ho Is not a fallible, erring, sinful, un- happy oreaturo, like man? If God did

[not oroute sin, and It is his will and doslro that It should not oxlst, 1 want to know If this will and doslro will not ran-1 dor God unhappy until thoy aro grail-1 fiod or evil destroyed? If God created I an endless hell for tho puntahment of tho wicked, I want to know If iln and

lovll will ovor bo destroyed? If God lmlcs sin, 1 want to know why ho cre­ated It, and then built an ondlou holt to Immortalize it? I want to know If Godl did anything more tor righteouanoss j and happiness than ho did for sin and |

I misery? If ho did, I want to know what 1 It was? If ho did not, 1 want to know if |hlfl will and dost res are not as muoh ab­sorbed In tho oaro and protection of hell ns thoy uro In tho euro and protection of heaven, as ho has created and Immortal- Izod both places, and filled thorn with tho offspring and Imago of his own por- son? If Goa fills all spaoo, 1 want to

■know lf ovory thing in spaoo Is not In I God? If so. 1 want to know lf God does not contain in his own porson ovory sin and evil disposition of tho universe, with an Infinite hell, with all its train of evil? If all thoao things oxlst In God, is

[ho infinitely happy? I want to know 1(1 Iraatter fills any part of spaoo? If it docs,I want to know If God fills all spaoo? If God was Infinitely wise, then ho saw ovory offoot, and all tho final results that oould possibly grow out of ovory

[part of his creation boforo ho ores ted it. and as ho was infinite in power, then, of oourso. ho oronted everything just as ho wanted it; thorofore, I want to know If [everything that exists in tho vast uni- jvorso is not proolsoly as God intondod it should ho? A. F. W ibnkr.

B reckon ridge, Midt.

_iNorwsv,Mo., 10 oonta each, $2.00; Mrs. Kntp* and frlonds, Genova, O., 81.20; Mrs. a.E. Balfour, Bangor, Mloh., 91.00; 8, a. Tailmadgo, Horsohends, N. Y.. II.QO- Dr. II. M. and Mrs. It. U. Darkhunt Baldwin, Mo., 91.00: John W. Ilowlau,

I Went Dedham, Mass.. 91.00; D. 8. I la Iris, GnloYin, 111.* 91.00; Gon. PranoUJ,,1 Jppltt, Washington, 91.00; a friend,Olosr 1 ,ake, 91.00; 8. W. Tucker, Kookuk.9l.0Q; Francis 8. Harrington, Modham, Mam,, 91.00; Q. A. Wright, Chicago, 91.00; K friend, Ft. Benton, Montana, 91.00*. i friond and stator, Chicago, 91.00; Mrs.L. D. Young, Iio'.oostor Junction, Vt., j

191.00; Dr. M. E. and Itosa 0. Connr, Chicago, 91.(X); M. H. HomonwM. Con­way, Mnss., 91.00; G. Thompson, Lroanl, ] Mo.* 91.00; “ Tom." Yroka, Cal., 91.00; t Clar Foster, Otsego, 11.00; a modlum • friend, Chicago, 91.00; F. P. Yosgor, Flnlonla, Texas, 75 oonta; Carrlo Fran- els. Chicago, 7&oonta; Flsoher, Clot*.

[ land, O.j 00 oonta; Rufus Illtlenhouso. Do- buuuo, lows, 50 oonta: Mrs. JaraosKlob-

I ares. Mrs. Morris Nolson, Mrs. L. Loomis and Mrs. 8lyo, Chelsea. Mloh., 40aunts; Dr. C. D. Hampton, Harbor Springs Mloh., 96 oonta; A. O. SUoklu, Newark, N. J., 25 oonta; B. U. Parsons, Waterloo, Iowa, 25 oonta; Franklin Thorne, Donvor, 26 oonta; Jam os Chadwlok, Chats worth, 111. ,25 cants; two aged widows, Trojn,

Tho Human Mind.W h o C an Solve I ts MvHtarinR?

D o u b le d .

D r . A . B . D o b so n .The Doctor has gone to California.

He will stop a t San Jose, and th a t will be h is post office address. As mayor of Maquoketa he pu t the place in perfeot order, and now wanting rest ana recu­peration. ho goes to the sunny ollme of the Pacific Coast.

“ F if ty Y e a rs in th e G liu rc h ot R o m e .”

This invaluable work Is by Father Chlniquy. I t shou*d bo road by all who desire to understand the nature of tha t octopus known as the Romish church. Price $2.25. Another excellent work by him is “ Woman, P riest and Confession­a l.” P rice 91. For sale a t th is office.

To t h e Editor:—I have been a reader and adm irer of The P rogress­iv e T h in k er since the first issue, noarly, and noted weekly the many expressions of appreciation of the paper and thol grand work you aro doing, by tho nu­merous subscribers and readers, and have often- thought Jiow I would like to add some expression of its merits boro; but so many nave before me pioked out all the best words, i t has left me away out, and for foar I would repeat some­body else, I have kopt quiet. I will just Bay, Mr. Editor, tha tw n at has been said, in tho aggregate, doublod, will express, in part, my regards. O. A. Gain es .

P a s s e d to S p i r i t L ife .

Geo. F. S. Twilight, magnetic and spiritual hoalor, is now located a t 245 Ogden Ave., whore ho can be addressod care of Dr. Franklin Brooks.

Passed to sp irit life, from W est Win- sor, Mich., Mr. Solomon Rode, aged 88 years, 2 months and 10 days. Llko the ripened harvest he has boon gath­ered home, where his sp irit friends had long been waiting for him. Ho hod long boon a firm Spiritualist, and true to tho pause he advocated. T he P rogressive Th in k er was his choice of papors.

Mrs . J , H. Dunham .

G on g r a tu la t lo n .T o t h e Editor:—I must congratulate

you on tho position and sp irit of your paper on tho two greatest questions of our tlmo, Spiritualism and Roman Catholicism. Spiritualism is tho open­ing of a new dispensation, dosllnoa to lift mankind to a higher piano, where tho evils of humanity will bo reduced tol a minimum, while Catholicism is strain­ing all its evil norvos to koop mankind Immorsed in tho fogbanka of Ignoranoo, superstition and criminal degradation; ana all th is for the sole purpose of sub­serving the evil Interests of a proud, corrupt and selfish priesthood, acting undor tho sway of a foreign, infalllblo monarch—the pope of Rome. Koop up the fight, and American Spiritualists will koop up the glorious P rogressive T h in k er , and victory will be the final and grand result. W m. P ea t .

Sheboygan, Wis.

F a t t ie r C b ln lq tiy .On the first page appears his likeness,

followed by an address on “ The Slimy Octopus." I t will be read with deep in-

i terest. On account of his invaluable

John L lttrol, of Metcalf, 111., was fatally! injured by the oars and passed to spirit] life Nov. 7. 1891. Mr. L ittrel was just past his 09th year, a rugged Spiritualist] and well known. The w riter was called upon, and pronounced his funeral ser­mon. A largo oonoourse of frlonds and relatives was present, the sohool-houso bolng used for the purpose, tho ohuroh| having been refused. Brother L ittrel loaves a widow and seven children; but in tho n ight of their grief a radiant star gives promise of bettor things, whon the morning dawns. A fond parent, a loving husband, a staunch friond, has gone to his roward.

W illard J . H u l l .

^ _____ services in opposing the encroachmentsblc endeavor; but i t oannot oonaclen- of the Romish church, Spiritual is ta will

tioualy advise the holding of a con von- tion a t St. Louis for the purpose con­templated. as we feel sure th a t sufficient funds would not be forthcoming to carry out successfully such an organization.”

overlook his wrong views in reference to the Protestant churches and the provi­dence of God. Father Chlniquy Is an im portant factor In the world of to-day.

Mr. Jesse Battershall. 60 North Fourth St., th is city, passed from eartm Hoonos to tho interior llfo the 24th u lt l Mr. Battorsball was ono of Troy’s oldest| and most res poo tod citizens. He had! reached tho ripe ago of eighty-four] years, and the world has been made b o tl te r from his having livod in it. To do|Rood was tho groat aim of his life. H

J o s boon a decided Spiritualist for twenL [ty-flvo your* past; was thoroughly! schooled in its philosophy and teach ings, and has boon a reader of T he P ro­g r e ssiv e Th in k er up to a rooont data, and a subscriber of tho Banner o f Light for many years. A noble soul has gone to his roward. W. H. Vosdurgh.

Troy N. Y. __________

Henry F. Gillig, who expects tho new Irons-all an tic steamers to avoid Sunday travel by making the voyage from Montauk Point to Milford llaven in six days, says 100,000 Americans are going to Europe next year. T hat oughtn't to be a drop In the bucket to the number of Europeans who will come over the year after.

Thanks, many, Mrs. I. O. Smith, of Now Buffalo, Mich., for that extra dol­lar. i t shall do missionary work, and gladden some heart.

K. Thompson, of Oakland, Cal., writes: “ The new society which was re­cently formed in Oakland is a sucooss. Our regular meetings are well attended. Last Sunday afternoon wo had a very Interesting occasion, having many ex­cellent test mediums and speakors on the rostrum. In tho evening Mrs. Har-1 land, of San Francisco, dolivored a splendid lecture on Spiritualism, and gave some testa. The members of the Isocioty are jubilant. All mediums oom- jlng to tho Paelfio Coast are cordially In- piled to come and see us. We moot at [Natlvo Sons' Hall, 918 Washington St., |Oaklnnd, Cal." <

Dr. E. M. Sanders, of Lovell, Mass.. Iwrites: “ Mrs. Dr. Moody writes a groat deal with the left hand. I havo rocelvod as many as thirteen messages In one day [from as many spirits, from James A. larfleld to a little Indian girl only four roars of ago, tho namos being signed to

eaoh message respectively,|"Dr. Chas. W. Hlddon, of Newbury-

Rort, Mass., will leoturo a t Waltham lass., on Sunday evening, Doo. 0. The Eastern societies should fill ovory Sun­

day a t his disposal a t onoo. But fow opportunities oiler to listen to addresses from a mod leal practitioner who has mado suoh a comprehensive study of Spiritualism as bus Dr. Hidden. This will bo the only season this bright young Now England specialist will ap­pear on tho platform.

Mrs. N. Lo Ploroo writes as follows from Salt Isk o City, Utah: " 1 want lo spoak a good word for an oarnost workor and excellent modlum, Mr. F. G W hite, who Is carrying on the causo of Spiritualism in Salt Lake City a t pros ont. Ho Is ono of the host platform test modlums It has ovor boon my good for tuno to moot. Ho also holds test circles two evenings In tho wook, a t which every ono oxprossos thomsolvos satis fiod. On Wednesday evonlng of each wook ho has a developing class, which

Tho case of odltor E. .1. Llvornush. of Livermore, Cal., will command itaolf to the study of solontlsta. Mr. Llvornush was arrested tho othor afternoon, while attempting to bourd a forry-boat at San Franolsoo, booauso ho was attired In fo- malo garments. Ho oxplalnod to the judge that ho was a sufferer from in-l somnla, and subject to hypnotic infiu-1 onces.

“ The afternoon of my arrest," he said, “ I foil tho need of sloop. I meant I to try chloroform, but dooldcd not to, os

11 was afraid of its effects. A little be­fore 4 o'clock I woke up and proccododl to carry out u plan which I hoc for somo time in mind. This was to black my faco, put on woman's elothes and call upon my wife, who was visiting in this city, ana play a joke upon her without rovoallng my identity. My original! plan had boon to assume this disguise In]

la vacant room In tho house whore my I Iwlfo w m staying.

“ Now I had promised to meet a friend in Livermore th a t evening. Af­ter i was dressed In the woman's clothes In whioh 1 meant to play tho joko upon my wlfo, I re me in bo red my appointment. As I did not intend to go to Livermore, it oocurred to me that as he would prob-l ably loavo San Franolsco on tho 4:30] o’clock boat, I oould moot him at the Iforry."

Mr. Livornosh’s physician, Dr. Rob­ertson, deposed tha t “ he Is ono of the most pronounood instanoos of hypnotism that ever came under my observation." Askod to doflne his meaning of hyp­notism. ho oonllnued: “ I t is a thing generally mlaundoratood. I t Is a con­dition of trance which may bo Induced by a mesmerist, or may bo induood by

I tno pationt himself, without oven tho Intention of doing so." Ho added that H-Jvornush would novor havo dressed In woman’s clothes If he had been In the complete possession of his faculties.

Later on ho recited to a reporter tho strange caso of the editor's brother. Bald the doctor: “ Ho was takon with an eplloptlo fit not long ago, and i t re­quired six mon to hold him. Ho acted vindictively toward all six of the mon, but whon ho came out of tho fit he had no rooolloctlon of what had happened. Tho next tlmo he had an oplloptlo fit. however, ho romomberod perfectly all that happonod on the previous occasion, and all his former vlndlotlvonesa against tho mon who had hold him was revlvod. Ho put a pistol in his pocket and started for this city from Hoalds- burg with tho Intention of shooting ono of tne mon who had hold him during the former attaok. Fortunately ho oumo out of tho tranoo boforo bo found the man. Yet, If ho had shot him while In that hypnotic tranoo ho would not havo boon morally responsible."

There ta something not yet fully solved, and that is tno true nature of the human mind. H.

1 N. V., 26 oonta; J. R. Shannon. SUvor City, N. M., 25 oonta; Frank Smith, Grlzzlv Bluff, Cal., 95 oonta; H. W.Gsn* ■on, Cnlcago, 25 cents; frlonds, r ran- fort, Ky., 25 oonta; Charles A. C-owlm, Hamburgh, Iowa, 10 oonta: Ohelinsfonl, 1

I 10 oonta; Chas. Green Bold, Ban DURR ■lo oonta; a Spiritualist, CourtlanoV. N. 9 jY., 0 oonta; Wm. G. Snyr, Vandorbm, | [Mloh., 26 oonta;—total 950.21.

RECEIVED DY TITOS MERRITT.Proooods of aeanoo by Mrs. M. R WUV 1 j

lams, N. Y., 918.00: Albany SiilrltusllU 1 Alliance, J . D. Chism, Trans., Ifl.OO; Mrs.E. E. Smith and Mm. D. 8. Oryls, Dixon,

| 111., 92,00; A. S. Hudson, Stockton, OaL,182.00; J. M. Ray, Noponoo, Nob.. 91.00; Club of 11 Spiritual lata, Konyon, Mina., 91.10; Mrs. L. L. Woodward, Goldon Springs, 111.. 91.00; Cash, Chicago, O. A. 8., 81.00: M. Weeks, Palestine, Tans,91.00; Solomon .Towelt, Oakland, Cal., 91.00; O. W. A l Ion worth, HiunpasM, Texas, 91.00: F. Jurgens, Doooroh, Iooa, 91.00; Club of 0, Caburus. 1 ’osoy Co., Ind.,

100 oonta; A. D. Todd, Winated, CL. 60 oonta; Sarah M. Stark and Mrs. M. DariJ, Stanislaus, Cal., 50 cents; L.Los Angolos, Cal., 25 oonta; M .e ra se . Now York, 10 oonta;—total 933.05.

SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS!“1 , . 950.21. ,

933.06, Total, 983.20.

By Mr. Cook, . By Mr. Merritt,

ex pen d itu r e s:To rent, two months.To Indebtedness.....................To b l a n k e t s , ......................To household expenses,

Total disbursements, Leaving balanoo In hand of

Frederick F. Cook,79 Fuurih /l rciutt.

T itub Merritt.s u IF. *41A Sired,

Nov. II, 1891. Kao York.

924.00.. 10.00.

3.60. . 15.70. 950.20, 924.01

M ra. Elsie R eynolds lu 81. Paul, M inn.

is harmonious and soul-lnsplrlng. Every ono who comes In contact with his Inlln-1 onoq fools tho beneficial effects."

E. W. Sprague, of Jamestown, N. Y., writes: “ I havo boon speaking In Brad­ford, Pa., tho last two Sundays, with good success. I wm Instrumental In or­ganizing a Sooiety thoro, and they are starling out with good prospocte ni suc­cess." Mr. Spraguo's permanent ad­dress Is Jamostown, N. Y., whore he can be addressod for lootures, and also for funerals.

B a c k N u m b ers .We can supply back numbers contain­

ing Hudson Tuttle's narrative, the Con-1ventof the Her rod Heart, for 25 oonta.

Sent 10 weeks

89* “ The Convent of the Sacred H eart," by Hudson Tuttle, will provo of great value and interest to everyone who has the welfare of our beloved coun­try a t heart. Sent 10 weeks for 26 oonta.

T h e W e s t B ra in t r e e (Vt.) M eetin g .To THE EDITOR:—Tho W est llrulntree

Spiritualist Sooloty oolobratod Its 11th anniversary, Oct. 31st and Nov. 1st. Able iiddresses wore dolivored by Mrs. Emma Paul, of Morrlsvllle, Vt.: Mrs. Strong, of Now Hampshire, and Mrs. Goo. P ratt, tho speaker of tho sooloty. Vory interesting conferences wore hold a t each session, participated In by tho dlffaronl spoakora, Dr. Gould, Danlcll Tarbol, Mr. Richardson, S. It. Batohol-]

llor and others. During tho mooting many Interesting tenia were givon by Dr. Gould. Dr. Bronson, ono of tho best magnetic heal ora in tho Hold, w m pros* [ont and mado the mooting interesting by [relating his oxporlonoo la healing tho

_______ Mrs.[Lillie J . Rood, Mrs. Gould. Mr. ana Mra.l Nickerson. Miss Joesle 'Tarboll, Mra. Strong and others. On Sunday wo w o re highly favored with singing by th o d is ­tinguished elnger. Prof. M ax ham. A vote of thanks w m e x te n d e d to tho spoukora, singers a n d offioors, fo r tholr able efforts.

T h e b e s t of h a rm o n y a n d o r d e r pHh I v a ile d , an d th e m e e tin g w m a grand success. T h e so o ie ty i s in a prosperous c o n d itio n , a n d m uoh good work will be d o n o tho c o m in g y e a r .

8. u . Batch ellor, Beo'y.

G. XL Burrows, of Waohlngton, D. C*i writes: “We are having large meetings here every Sunday under Prof. Peck,

I with Miss Maggie Gaul m clairvoyant i and tost medium."

To t h e E ditor:—The pooplo of St. Paul wore takon by surprlso somo wcota ago by tho appoaranoo of Mrs. EUlo Reynolds, a materializing modlum Iran San Franolsoo, Cal., It Doing her flrvl Ivtait here. Hor soanoee have boss largoly attended. Mra. Reynolds am [held hor soanoes from house to house. * 8ho has no manager attending her ex­cept hor oontrol, Mr. Monroe. Sho bu I I mado many warm frlonds and converts, .j who will be glad to havo her return from her visit to Now York City, hor uddnm j thoro bolng 30 Eust Thirty-Second 8L From tho number of scanoos 1 have it* <3 tended I can truthfully say I belloro her to bo, without oxoepllon, among thr host of hor profession. I can ondorao her ss a genuine modlum. Sho comes rcoom- j mended to mo by well-known and r&llablo j Spiritual lata of California. One remark- able feature of hor Bounces Is tho strong | independent voices t f her controls. Mr. Monroo, hor principal oontrol, spooks and sings in u clour and distinct tons, while Uttlo Effieonllaons tho entertain* j mont by hor witty remarks and childish, [lisping songs, making herself useful In |giving the names of spirits present. Spirits of all sizes, from children up to full size, appear in quick succession, often domatorlalizlng outside of the cab- loot, whioh consists of block cam brio across the oornor of tho room. Upon ono occasion the audlonoo w m requested to join hands, making a circle. Almost Iminodlatoly w m teen to appoar in tho center of the oirelo a ball almost ns largo or larger than a man's bond, which

, kept a constant quivering motion, rising up until It assumed tho height of a full- grown woman. Sho oamo toward mo, ex­tending her hand saying: " I am Marls, and 1 lovo to visit tho children of earth." Sho re turnod to the cabinet and was sue- oeodod by a number of Amorioan spirits. She gave a oirolo for tho benefit of tho Progressive Sooloty, sovonty-two bolng proaont by aotual count, llor last was hold Sunday afternoon, Nov. 1st, forty being present at tho resldonoe of Mrs. Haskoll, tho wife of our late ostoomsd Doctor P. Sprague Haskoll, at 4ID Igls- hart St.

Those wishing to procure hor sorvlam can do so by addressing hor at 419 Igta- hart SL, or a t hor Now York address.

E. L. Larpentkve.

About God*Dr. Greer glvos an elaborate opinion la

reference to Him this wook, while Mr. W Is nor asks somo knotty questions*

Rider Haggard's now novel, of whiohho obtained tho materials during his

------ * -“Montczuinu's Daughter."H

Hiram Ghaae, a full blooded Indian of tho Omaha tribo, has boon admitted ta practice In tho Federal Court 91 Omaha. Mr. Chase Is the first Ind las ever admitted to the prmetloe of law ta Nebraska.

The Uueens of lloumaalo, Por ind Italy, Uio Regent of Spain. Empress of Austria, and th o B

, Czarina all Indulge habitually In otte amoklng, it la stated.

H 1** Cohen, poetmSitka, Alnaka, and daughter the earliest American selU Territory, took her timt the oth

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.THE PROGRESSIVE THINKER.

gorminatog or grows. Next in order, I would rofor the atheist to the immutable laws of the universe, and forces of nature, which govern and control and sustain all Ithings, and to which all things aro sub­ject, and must obey.- If all those argu­ments were not sufficient to convlnco the

JS THEREJ GOD?It*Is Answered Affirmatively

by Dr. Qreer.To stimulate thought among Atheists l _ _ _ _ _ _

and Materialists, I propoee to advanco .at“®,8t,° mind, I would next refer him_-» - y v _ i nr I to the wondorful phenomena of spiritualipoaranco able evi-

nature,

known among men, under heaven, whero-1 ’# ,i1Aby to disprove tho existence of a Sunreme j All thoS?, tooludin«v

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grass, nor docs ho evon know how grass I can bo everywhere, and there is nowhere I L E T T E R OF EXPLANATION.

Being, yet thero are scientists and oth- ■era who. in tho face of reason ond of universal sense, declare "Thero is no •God.”

To my mind, there can bo no doubt whatovor of His existence, for, judging from reason and naturo, I arguo that there must exist somo whero in the bound- loss realms of spirit, or spaco, a divine order, or ono of a divine ordor of super­natural, intelligent beings, who is tho infinite and eternal Deity—tho Lord of the univerao. Thus the existence of God, in my opinion, is solf-ovldent, andapparent to all intelligent observers.

The question, however, is not, whero is God, or how many deities or represent­ative deities there may bo in thol universe, or how many gods and god­desses, or female divinities, thoro may be in our solar system, or how many subordinate gods, or provincial deities, there may bo in the divine administra­tion of this planet? The question, too, is pot, who is God?—whether Buddha. Brahma, Christ, or Jehovah, the Indians'" Great Spirit ” or the Christians’ "Our Father." But the question is, is thore a God? What rational proof have we for his existence? Is Goa a person or a principle? The atheists declare that there is no God, that all nature is simply the result of ebanoe, or the law of grav­itation. But atheists fail to inform us I where the ingredients or elementary principles in the formation of nature, first came from, or who invented the! law of gravitation, or who first origin! a ted life, light and intelligence. Some scientists say that they have discovered in certain deep waters the earliest typo' of physical life, in a faintly vital, minute] substance, called protoplasm. This toplasm, they say, is tne original, phys­ical basis of life in the material founda­tion of all organio structure, and that man and all organio life is the outgrowth of this dainty little protoplasm. But these scientists, who are generally athe­ists, forgotting that every child of nature must have had a mother, and every mother a parent, and every parent an , ancestor, fail to inform us as to where the elementary activity in the! protoplasm first came from. But, per-

s, like Topsv,in "Unde Tom's Cabin,"I

ing conscious life in man, and human intelligence, are to mo evidences of God as plain as day. Bo- sidos, I have soon colestial beings, and have hoard their voieos many tlmos, for froquontly thoy have corao to mo in answor to desire, in behalf of my pa­tients, and their direotion and advlco havo always proved Infallible.

But to my mind it is not nocessnry to ■ employ arguments to establish what is so vory axiomatic or reasonable, namoly, that thero is a God, for it is plain and obvious to every man’s senna, and understanding that there must bo

in nature where the agenoies of Godl Bare not, to represent Him. But the [agencies of Goa aro one thing and the personality of God is another.

Somo argue against God because of tho seeming malevolence in nature, and because of tne evils and imperfections of

[life. True, there aro inoidonts-in naturo, and accidents and incidents in life, which result in disaster, devastation and death, but what of that, if death bo tho law and order of nature, and wisely designed

Ifor all?[ In view of immortality, death to us should have no terrors, because If death is designed to one great end, namely, the population of the spiritual universe,, then, It matters not how we aro trans-f>ortod to that bettor life. Death, I bo­le vo, has its Important uses. It comes

to sot the spirit free from tho prison- house in wbion nature has confined it, and

It Comes from th e H ub.

it matters not how tho wrap or casket of tho soul is broken, whether by fire or wator, murder or legal killing, malig­nant malady, poison or hydrophobia. "Ono adoquato support for tho oalumltlos of mortal llfo exists—ono only: an as­sured belief that tho procession of our fate, bowevor sad or ulsturbod, is or

somo first oauso, somo eternal Being, or f dorod by a Being of infinite boaovoloncoIDO “otherwise nothing could ever havo boon.

The existonoe of things universally provos tho oxistonco of God, for howjean anything oxist, or como to pass, without a oauso? If not, then wo are led up through a chain of subordinate causes to ono groat first oauso. No chance could possibly havo shaken creation into its prosont boautlful ordor. Wo might as

and power, whoso everlasting purpose embraces ail aeoidonts, converting them to good."

In conclusion, it is only necessary for me to add that God lives, and moves, and has a being. Wo know by rooson and observation, by inward conscious­ness and latent oonvlotion, that ho exists. Wo also know that God, through the

■11 suppose that the combinations of I controlling action of his laws, is not mo- alphabetical chance would produce a vol-1 lovolent, out bonovolont in all his pur- umo of poems, a Webster’s dictionary, I poses toward humanity. Or, in other or a daily newspaper. I would rather I words, wo know that God is a Being of beliovo in all tho most absurd tales of I infinite perfections, for tho perfections fiction over invented for the credulous; I of God aro oloarly seen in all tho works all tho fables of the Talmud and the Al-1 of His oreatlon and providence, coran, than I would believe that the | And if one Deity exist, why may not {universal nature is without a founder, a I many? The idea of only ono creator or designer, a master mind, an architect, a | overruling divinity in all this vast builder. I universe, as the theologians claim, is

Contrivance—mechanical contrivance I simply ridioulous. and utterly indefensi- —incontestably proves a contriver, prior I ble. Why may there not bo os many to and out of itself. Just as tho printing' I Deitios in nature as thero aro twinkling press, the camera, the electric telegraph, | stars, or distant planets?

| —'lotrio 1 igh t,tho steam engine, or the electric!____ _|nro proof of human devioe and human oxistonco, so the universe of naturo is proof of the divine. As the Inventor must in all cases precede the invention, so God, the Creator, must have existed >rior to nature; or, in other words, cause, n all coses, must exist before effect.]

Thus reason is the exponent of nature, and nature is the exponent of God.

Now, os to the origin of Deity, you ask who existed before God, if Goa ex- a ted before nature, or, in other words,

you ask how came God into existence?I answer that when I see God as he is, or behold him with my eyes, as I do nature, then I shall possibly be better

t w il ig h t .

BY WARKBX 8VUSKH BAIILOW, AUTHOR OP " TUB VOICES,” " IMMORTALITY," AND

OTHER I’OEMS.

never had a father, nor nothin; was born, but only grew.

If the doctrine of evolution be true, how strange it is that protoplasms do J not nowadays, as formerly, cut such fig-

facts in this direction instead of theories;, for one fact, well demonstrated, would | be worth ten thousand theories or hy*|

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— ~ ,v~' I nature, wren ± snail- possroiy ue ueeterthe first Protoplasm never had a mother, ablo to’inform y0U; for then I shall be a lne_v_er_haa_a_fathor._iior_nathin‘r_:_no_yer_l .(XjOf course, lik e ce rta in sc ien tists, o r

wiseacres, who theorize on th e o rig in of [nature, from w hat th ey call th e "atom ic]

— r - —i—i----- j - - .i -------— .- th e o r y e tc . , so I m ig h t th eo rize on th eores as prime (actors in crating men or orJ In f God. but J theories are only] peopling the globe. Or, if.evolution bo L e c tu r e s , I prefer to wait for facts, true, how strange it is d,? noM Tbdse fact^ however, I fear we shallwitness the transformations, never kno~’ m we are permitted tofrom the lower to thehigherform of life, Iearn them from Deity Himself, and till

r j ? „i„«... I then it will, in my opinion, be presump-:I wish that scientists wou^^Ivo us | tjoua for man t0 speculate on the originof God, for' if man cannot comprehend the origin of man. how can man compre­

ss-— ;----- — . rhend the origin of God? The subject, Ipotheses. Theories, remember, are only dai m, is too vastly deep, and too vastly oninions, and opinions aro not authen- incom’pl.ehensible, for any human intellf- ticated facts, nor are they to be regarded I g0nce to grasp. No student of nature, as such. Therefore, ^onot mistake the- goweverKIn his right mind, in search ories for facts. The greatest theorists aftor Go^ can /aI1 ^ behold him in the

men having generally he fewest ,Q of ^ handwriting, which may be facts. There b a great deal of theory e ^ the universal

whIch, Is. n0thlS f than book of nature. In tb it divine, indelible f bewildering puzzle to mankind. There- handwriting, too, aro mirrored tho won-ye J R ? derfuI bought and matchless wisdomdirection. It ls facts the people want. | Qf God " --------------------------

The smallest insect or most worthless {plant we can see is sufficient to confound atheism, and to baffie all its pretensions. But the atheist is more than confounded by the universal structure of things around him. They must be infatuated, imbecile, or insane, or thoy must be de-

Then we shall know who is master of the situation in man’s creation, whether God or protoplasm. I wish, too, that these scientific celebrities, employed ini speculative science, would be more par­ticular and oonfine their written thought

The shadows aro veiling tho brow of the hills, And vapors are soothing tho murmuring rills, I While TwlUght, the daughter of Sunshine and

ahade,la queon of the evening, In glory arrayed.|She gracefully mantlca tho waning of day,I And welcomes the evening In golden array, Yet softens the glimmering curtain of light With sbadowa that melt on the bosom of night Triumphant she rides on the billows of fire, With chaplet of jewels In queenly attire;

llngold-tinted armor she flashes her blade,Ana marshals the stars in their nightly parade IWith coursers unheeded, undaunted they run, Whose footsteps all follow the path of the sun: When softly unfolding her curtain of blue.All spangled with sliver, she waves her adieu. Thus onward forever, with banners unfurled. Her halo of glory enraptures the world:While sentinel stars on the borders of night Now herald the vast constellation of 11/ht.In silence its millions of systems revolved:In silence Its problems are ever unsolved;In silence we gazed on the boundless domains, Where Infinite order and harmony reigns.When lo I from the verge of the measureless

■deep,Where numberless ages all silently sleep,Aurora emerges from cycles unborn,With Twilight to hall tne glad tidings of morn. United they mingle In loving embrace. Expanding their pinions now regions to grace; Dissolving the shadows with Orient light.And melting the stars from the bosom of

■night.While Earth, In response to the language of

ziiflowers,In rapture arouses from star-lighted bowers;|Unveiling her features, she wendelh her way To the radiant realms of the monarch of day.

I send you the enclosed letter, which I have just rocolved, for you to print, with this brief introduction: First, it has an appreciative word for Mr. Ayer,

Iwho generously built a temple in this Jolty for Spiritualism, which appears to [be one of tho things that ought to be followed by other rioh Spiritualists for tho good of tho cause; ana second, which is rather a personal matter, it would save me muon autograph io correspond­ence in replying to similar letters, as I havo no way of reaching what I may

| call my constituency except by writing. Every little while during tho five years past people supposing I have passed to the spirit land, or Have book-slid be­cause of my silence in tho old Danner of Light, where for somo twenty years I was a frequent contributor, aro writing to mo. I am interested in the cause, and so I am friondly to tho old Banner us a spiritual paper, and my eollpso thero don’t disturb me any, but I would liko to havo people at a distance know that I still livo, move and havo a being; am a firm believer In the truth that death Is not tho ond, and that during the last 111 vo years I havo written more on this subject than I over did before that time, and so send this to The P rogressive Thinker, which, though the youngest spiritual paper, is the smartest ono, and has the largest circulation of any. Per-

I haps this will bo introduction enough to [apologlzo for printing the following letter:

STILL Rook, Ia., Oct. 28, 1801. I I do wonder, my dear Mr. Wctborbee,

why you quit writing for tho Banner.I nave wondered a thousand times. (Now, I like the Banner. My translated [father took it over twenty years, and I shall take it while I live: out really, it don’t seem quite as it used to, when, on looking for your name, I was almost sure to find it followed by just what I most needed just at the time. I used to

Jlook over its pages expootlng to see the reason why you was so long silent, but never found it. I have been reading some Progressive Thinkers a friend sent me, and it seemed so good to read your artioles, which all carry such a strong impression of truth and sincerity, i Speaking about ceasing your writing for tne Banner, it could not have been be­cause your articles were not appreciated by its readers. My dear father used to Bay: "Read Father Hazard's and John Wotherbee’s artioles first; they are the cream: will take the milk afterwards."

The piece about the Spiritual Temple I have just read,: and felt as if I must write as I am doing. I honor Mr. Ayers, and if you are familiar with him, toll

DEATH BY_P0 WDER.Three People Killed in an

Explosion at Clipper Cap.The Prophecy o f a S p iritu a lis t

Comes T rue.HE HAD SAID THE MILL WOULD BE DE­

STROYED, AKD WARNED EMPLOYES — INDIGNATION AROUSED AT THE TIME—THE CRASH HEARD FOR SEV­ERAL MILES—NO DEFINITE THEORY A S TO THE CAUSE.

To the Editor:—I d ip from the San Francisco Examiner the inclosed, but on the point of leaving, have no time to comment. G. B. Crane.

ever

originator of is incalculable; he must be a good man.

Of course I hardly expect a reply to this scrawl, but my pen and paper lay before me, and I feel like letting you know that the seed you sowed in past years had, some of it a t least, fallen upon good ground, and was bearing fruit. Pardon the liberty I have taken and believe me siiperely yohr friend,

I Mrs . P . S. Weed.

to what they know and not what they■ k lio f*

_ _ o g y T £ Z proves grand delusion. For Instance,

imagine. For, after all, speculative sc|_ once, like speculative theology, may

id delusion. For Ins£> raved, Indeed, who can say that there s no God; for such a saying is contrary

~r7~ i natural light and reason, and is inif S i ^ direct opposition to tho common senti-

h S id F L mentsorffifcbe wiser and more soberfore stated, there Is no science under p Al belief & ^bo existence of God isfe j jJ jL tho ot M religions; a belief In the

t s S B ito n T rS existence of God is as old as the begin- eclentisto recognize the great potentlaU- , and M universal M the race. eNo»ava^o nation hau over yet been found

W r i t e s ^ ^ or a ^ n c S of he do*titute of a b?lie fina s.uPre“ e ^ g .iX e , tracing thZ thoufht of God-: | W s a T ^ n ^ reu in g e

The birds sweetly carol their matinal lays, And nature respondswith her chorus of praise; While dewdrops that fell by Invisible showers Are jewels aflame on the bosom of flowers.

I claim to be honest and truthful, as this writer infers; I t may not be wisdom to explain in detail the cause of my si­lence in that venerable sheet, only to say my motto is and always will be, "Truth before FriendshipP^

JOHN Wetherbee.

giving intelligent expression to all nature.

As force, then, is simply the servant of Deity, do not concede all to the serv­ant ana ignore the great master, for re­member, there never was a stream which did not have a fountain, and there never was a child who did not have a father. So, when the great lightof nature shlnesl into your eyes, do not mistake that light of the sun’s rays for the great body of light itself. Or, when you have discov­ered elemental force in nature, do not mistake that fractional or minor force for the groat basic or fundamental force Itself.

Remember, also, that there is a law, an established law, which governs that force, and also an Intelligence which governs that law. The power or intelli­gence that governs anything is always] superior to the things governed. Law;fgoverns force; law implies a law-giver; sw is evidence of intelligence, were

there no intelligence, there would be no law, nor law-making power. If you want evidence of intelligence in law, behold the law and order of nature. Therefore, do not mistake the agencies of Deity for the Deity himself.

But to the point: Were an atheist to come to me for arguments In proof of a Deity, I would simply try to reason with him on the principles of cause and effect, showing that for every effect there must be a cause; that without a cause there could be no effect. To illustrate, I would refer him to the stupendous mechanism of the universe: the grandeur of this sublunary world, and the dazzling glory of the visible heavens, or, In other words, I would rofor him to the wonders of the natural world; tho oxistonco and motion of tho sun, moon and comets, planets and stars. For who. I ask, when he looks upon the heavens, studded with stars, can doubt that there is a God?

I would next refer him to the revolu­tion of the earth, revolving, as it does,' upon Its axis, and traveling In space at the rate of one thousand miles an hour, causing the changes of day and night, and the changes of the seasons, by swoop­ing around tEc sun at the rate of sixty thousand miles an hour. I would next refer him to the marvelous growth of the vegetable world, and to the still more wonderful development of the an- ltaal creation, not forgetting to impress upon his mind that the endless variety of the earth’s products was seemingly designed for the use and benefit of earth's children; for without the use and benefit of the earth's products, earth's children could not exist.

Referring to the wonders of creation in this relation, is it not strange that notwithstanding man has effected won- den in the arts, sciences and Industries, and is everyday advancing in knowledge and power, yet what has roan created or made to compare with the works of cre­ation? Why. he is surpassed by nature In her humblest efforts. Man cannot put life Into any of his works. He can­not so much as make one single blade of

estsense and awe of a~Deity. On review of the whole, whatever atheists may say the necessary conclusion or fact is—a

Thus oft in our pathway from darkness forlornThe tear-drops of night are the jewels of mornAnd hopes that are ouried and shrouded In

gloom,Like seeds are well-planted in fragrance to

bloom.Every sigh that Is hushed on the bosom of

nlgntIs a song ns It wakens, and welcomes the

light;While hope, brightly dawning, illumines the

way,From Twilight of Morning to Infinite Day.

Patterson, N. J,

Deity, an eternal, self-existing, spiritual ■ M l lg f l l l

Atheists! look again and consider; thinkand Intelligent being. Therefore, O ye

intensely of the glories of look heavenward and be-

deoply andthe universejl__hold the majestic orb of day which min istors to the comfort and happiness of the natural world. Think, too, of thel great, invisible propelling power which propels the universe; and think of the still more wonderful Intelligent power which must control the propelling power so as to keep it In perpetual motion. Surely, if potential enorgy or force must propel matter, then mind must govern force.

Behold, also, those countless millions of shining stars, or ponderable globes, sailing In silver seas, or floating in the boundless ethereal expanse. Liston, too, to tho sighing of the winds; thewarollng of the birds, and the music of tho rip­pling waters; and listen also) to tho aw­ful crashing sound of olectrlo light and thunder, caused by uncongenial force seeking gravitation. Behold, also, the boundless treasures of this green earth,and tho gorgeous flowers which decorate

HJuIovclZ H ~ Ivital air, gaze In wonder upon tho land-it. And while you breathe the perfumed

scape fair, and ask yourself tho ques­tion: Who or what inventivo geniusoriginated all this truly grand and eautlful nature? Who out the great

omnipotent divine who governs all things, from tho atom in the dewdrop to countless myriads of solar systems?

Galon, a celebrated ancient physician, who was scientific rather than religious, on viewing the meehanlsmof tho human body, promptly declared in favor of a Deity. Tho marks of design in every­thing, both within and without us, are too real and too convincing to deny. Dosign must have had a designer; that designer must have been a person: that, person, God.

Somo people have an ldoa that God is not a person, but a principle, or an in­organic something. But how can this be? For you cannot oonoeivo of God apart from Intelligence, and you oannot conceive of intelligence apart from or­ganio structure. There is no Intelligence whatever outside of a living organism or organic structure. An Inorganlo structure would be utterly devoid of life, and sense, and motion, and would not possess one single attribute of the Di­vine. Such a God would be Inort; and deaf, and dumb, and blind. Therefore, what nonsense, Oman! to deny to God, the Great Spirit, what you claim for youraolf. and for all spirita—namoly: personality.

Thera aro others who have an Idea that God Is located everywhere In nature and nowhere in partloular; but If God Is a portion and not a principle, this would be impossible, for no organio body oould be on every planet, or In all parts of the universe, at one and the same time. The agencies of God, however,

UNDER THE WHEEL.’The wheel of fate hath a measure round—

A measureless round, and It turneth slow, And few on the topmost curvo aro found

Who care for the lives crushed out below, Bat silent and sure Its circuit keeps;

And still the shadows beneath It atcal;For sooner or later, all It sweeps

Under the Wheel.There are somo In tho mlro of want who fell,

As the great whcol slackened their straining hold,

Yet kept their souls, as the legends tell The spotless martyrs kept theirs of old.

And some in the furnaco of greed aro lost; (Nor ever the sagel besldo them feel),

darkness whero somo arcAnd outer the tossed

Under the Wheel.The laughter la silenced on childhood’s lips.

And hollowed the cheek of beauty's bloom; (Still on, remorseless, tho great orb slips-—

A Juggernaut car of Implacable doom I Sweet age Is robbed of Its saintly peace;

(Ob, saddest woe that the heart can feel I) To pain and struggle Is no surcease,

Under the Wheel IIt has warped high purpose of noble youth

To a base endeavor for place and gold;It has slain the weak who sought for truth

With a craven terror that none hath told, Hope’s heart grew faint, and falth’a eye grow

H dlm ,Higeai;film—

And love felt the chill of death congeal; Hath God forgotten I They cried to

| Under the Wheel.O terrible wheel I must thou still go round,

While suns and while stars their orbits keep! Hast thou place like thelra, in the fathomless

bound{Of nature's mystery dread and deopt

Navi Man's Injustice, not God's decree,Marks thy feu pathway; the skies reveal

A day that cometh, when none shall bo Under the Wheel I

I t KIN AND THE UN ELECT ED IN PANT.

UY AN UNIDENTIFIED POET.

Alltion,

roforonoo to Sovereign Pretori* eternal foroordlnailon to ovorlastr

lng death, or any doctrine of non-cloo- tlon, should be omitlod.—From the Re­port of the Nna York Presbytery's Com­mittee on Revision.An unelected Infant sighed out Its little breath, And wandered thro’ the darkness along the

shores of death,Until the gules of heaven, aglcant with pearls,

It siiicd,And ran to them, and clung there, and would

not be denied;Tho' still from earth rose muttering*, " You

cannot outer In—Depart Into Gehenna, you child of wrath and

•In."At last the gates were opened; a man with

featares mildStooped down and raised the weeping end un­

elected child;Immortal light thrilled softly down avenues of

bliss,And on the Infant's forehead the spirit placed

a kiss." Who are you, thus to hallow my unelected

brow!"" Dear child, my name was Calvin, but 1 see

things better now I”

T h e S p iritu a l A lliance ol* S t. P a u l , M inn.

To the Editor:—The Spiritual Alli­ance of St. Paul began its winter’s work on Sunday, Nov. 1, with an address by Abby A. Judson, on "Infinite L ife.’ It was much admired. On Nov. 8 we gladly welcomed Mr. Frank T. Ripley,

lof Boston, Mass., whom we hope to re­tain for the coming three months. Though somewhat travel-worn, a har­monizing power came from his guides in his preliminary remarks that produced a marked effect on the audience. His ad­dress was founded on subjects given by the audience. In answer to a question regarding materialization, his guides said that the best clairvoyant does not see the real spirit body of a spirit friend. W hat he sees is a fine material­ization adapted to the development of the medium. He drew a glorious pio- turo of the future posibilities of mate­rialization. In reply to a question of how spirits in different spheres commu- nloato with each other, he said that space vibratoB with a thought, and thus conducts it from one spirit to another. ■ M r. Ripley gave a number of tests. [They were afi. recognized, and gave universal satisfaction. Among others, the missionary father of Abby Judson was present, and was described to his daughter so that he was a t once made {known to her. Wo feel highly favored by the advont of Mr. Ripley, and are sure that both St. Paul ana Minneapolis {will gladly do him honor. N.

THE SWEETEST THINGS OF BARTH.

What are the sweetest things of earth t Lips that can pralae a rival's worth;A fragrant rose that hides no thorn;Riches of gold untouched by acorn,A happy little child asleep;lEyca that can smile though they may weep;A brother’s cheer; a father’s praise;The minstrelsy of summer days.|A heart whero never anger burns;A gift that looks for no returns;Wrong’s overthrow; pain’s swift release;{Dark Toots tens guided Into peace.The light of love In lover’s eyes:Ago that Is young as well as wise.An honest hand That needs no ward;A llfo with right in true accord.]A hope-bud waxing Into Joy;A happiness without alloy;A mother’s kiss; a baby’s mirth—These aro tho awcceest things ot earth.■E mma C. Dowd, In Ladles' Boms Journal.

G- G . W . V an H o rn In In d ia n a p o ­lis , In d .

Ito the Editor:—I arrived in this jolty Saturday evonlng, the 7th, from Now York. Yesterday, Sunday, 10:30 A. m., and 7:30 P. m., spoke before large, Intelligent and Intorostod audi­ences a t Mansur Hall. I was introduced bv Alfred Weldon, chairman of tho so­ciety. who is an enorgetio worker hore.I spoke and gave scores of aoknowloUged tost messages to delighted recipients. I magnetized sovoral sensitives on the platform, who were plaood undor con-’ trol. Many were Instantly relieved of pain. All this phase of manifestation was accomplished while tho subjeot, or {"sensitive, held firmly in both hands an elephant's tusk oano, which was a sure indicator of their phase of modium- [ship. This entirely now roagnotlo phe­nomena came to me March 31, 1801. I will remain and hold services at 3 and 8 p. m., a t the above hall, this month.

G. G. W. Van Horn.

_iWm. J . Halnoa, of St. Louis, is a rareold man of 100 years, with an oxperlonoo as a soldier In two ways; as an englnoer on an Air loan slave trader, and as a pioneer locomotive engineer on tho Mis­souri Pacific railroad. Mr. Haines is an extromoly woll-presorved contonarian, with an erect figure, and firm stop that bolle his years. Until he was 100 he earned-his own living.

G l i p p e r G a p , N ovem ber 0.—Seven tons of pow der exploded a t th o pow der works h e re a t h a lf p a s t 0 o 'clock th is

[m orning.Two m en a re dead , a n o th e r is dy ing ,

and a boy is so bad ly h u r t th a t he , too, m ay d ie . Two bu ild in g s w ore to rn to

jpiooea, and th e frag m en ts a re strew n o v er th e country . O ne of th o u n fo rtu ­n a te m en, Jam es H am ilton , was r ig h t in th o m id s t of th e explosion. N o t enough was le ft of h im to hold an in q u est on. One finger was le f t h a n g in g by a sh red of sk in to a blackened tree , b u t th e re ­m ain d er of poor H am ilto n 's body q anno t

I bo found.T h e frig h tfu l c a lam ity h a s g re a tly ex-

lolled th is com m unity . ^Thero Is an ad ­d itio n a l and eo rlo fe a tu re ab o u t i t th a t m akes i t v e ry uncom fortab le to d iscuss.

I Somo tw o w eeks a g o a S p ir itu a lis t nam ed G ee foreto ld w ith g r e a t oireum -] s ta n tia li ty ju s t su ch an acc id en t. N a tu ­ra lly th e people h e rea b o u t d id n o t lik e to b o a r i t ca lm ly s ta te d t h a t w ith in a c e r ta in tim e m en would b e to rn to I piooos by an explosion , an d th e S p ir i tu ­a l is t was to ld to h o ld h is to n g u e . H e p e rsis ted in h is g ruesom e ta lk , an d theyj m ode h im leave

PREDICTED HAMILTON’S DEATH.H e to ld H am ilto n t h a t h e would be

k ille d by th e exp losion , b u t H am ilton , w ho w as a stu rd y -m in d ed y o u n g fellow, lau g h ed a t th e g h a s tly th re a ts , and w en t r i g h t on w ith h is w ork.J N ow t h a t th e aw ful p rop h eo y h a s been

1 fulfilled th e Deople c an n o t u n d e rs tan d It. I f G ee h a d "been h e re to -day i t would h av e fa red b a d ly w ith h im , a s th e people would h av e b een su re t h a t h e h a d a s­sis ted in th e fu lfillm en t of h is p rophecy , b u t a s h e w as in S a n F ran c isco , an d h as been th e r e fo r som e tim e , th is e x p la n a ­tio n c an n o t ho ld , an d a ll th e y can say is t h a t I t was a co inc idence—th e m ost re m a rk a b le co in c id en ce t h a t occu rred .

T h o se w ho saw th e ex p lo s io n say t h a t th e G laze H ouse ju s t opened o u t l ik e an enorm ous C h in ese bom b. T h e roo f lif ted off, th e fo u r w alls flew a p a r t , a n d from e v e ry c ra c k b e lch ed sm oke a n d flam e w ith a r o a r t h a t d eafen ed m en h a lf a m ile aw ay . T h e e a r th w as sh a k e n as th o u g h by a h e a v y e a r th q u a k e sh o ck . B u ild in g s in A u b u rn , seven m ile s aw ay , 8 h o o k ,a n d e v en a t C olfax , se v e n m ile s from C lip p e r G ap , to th e e a s tw a rd , w in ­dow s r a t t le d a n a u n s ta b le a r tic le s w ere u p se t.

T h e po w d er w as in th e g la z in g an d co rn in g m ills u n d e rg o in g th e la s t

Crocess to w h ic h i t is su b je c ted b e fo re e ln g p u t u p in k e g s a n a sh ip p e d to

m a rk e t. T h e se tw o b u ild in g s w e re com ­p le te ly w iped o u t. a n d th e tw o n e a re s t b u ild in g s , th e k e g fa c to ry a n d th e m ag ­az in e , w ere k n o ck ed o v er, th o u g h th e y a r e p ro b ab ly a h u n d re d y a rd s fro m th e g la z e d e p a rtm e n t.

T h e p o w d er w o rk s c o n s is t o f a b o u t a sco re o f b u ild in g s o f c o rru g a te d iro n , s t ru n g fo r a b o u t a m ile a lo n g t h e B e a r r iv e r can a l. T h is a r ra n g e m e n t, of co u rse , p re v e n ts a n y s in g le ex p lo s io n fro m d e s tro y in g th e w hole p la n t.

THE EXPLOSION SIMULTANEOUS.T h e g la z e ho u se w e n t f ir s t , a n d th e

concussion fired th e p o w d e r in t h e c o rn ­in g m ill. T h e in te r v a l o f t im e t h a t e la p se d b e tw een th e tw o t e r r ib le d e ­to n a tio n s w as to o s l ig h t to b e re c o rd e d . S t i l l th e tw o ex p lo s io n s w e re n o t s im u l­tan eo u s .

T h o u g h th e m a jo r i ty o f th e m en h e re , l ik e H a m ilto n , la u g h e d a t th e S p i r i tu a l ­is t 's p ro pheoy , th e r e w e re som e w ho. im p re ssed b ecau se of t h e fu lf illm e n t of a n o th e r fo re te ll in g of e v il , fe a re d t h a t h e re a l ly h a d som e o c cu lt m a n n e r of k n o w in g w h a t w ould h a p p e n , a n d so q u i t w o rk . T h e w o rk m e n d o n o t l ik e to ta lk of th e a ffa ir, a n d w ill n o t g iv e nam es, b u t th e y a d m it t h a t s e v e ra l m en w ho q u i t re c e n tly u n d o u b te d ly sa v e d t h e i r liv e s b y so d o in g , fo r th e:__j_______ _______ Mg, |______stationed right where the explosion did the most damage.

James Hamilton, twenty-two years old, who worked in the glaze depart­ment, was, as has been told, blown to atoms. Nothing was found of him but a finger of his hand. Ah Han, a China­man, aged thirty-six years, was killed, and only his queue was found. Joe Pep- pin, a resident of Santa Cruz, was out on|tho neck ,, o v e r t h e r i g h t ey e , a n d a b o u t

fo reh e a d .a g ed s ix ty - th re e y e a rs , a n d h a s a wifetw o in c h e s on th e P e p p in is

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and five childron; and B ert Hicks, aged fifteen years, had his skull fractured. Dr. Rooney, of Auburn, says he has a chanco to recover. His head had to be out open to raise his skull.

Tin roofing and wood from the build­ings wore thrown three hundred yards from the soene.

SMOKING RUINS ONLY LEFT. ^ N othing remains of these two build-

■b but a smoldering mass of ruins, jnrgo pleoe of tin lodged In a pine

tree two hundred foot from tho soene.Superintendent Gaffett will not per­

m it any one to enter the grounds, and will give no information oonoernlng the explosion. It iA not known how it happoned.

Emory Watson was out badly across tho righ t arm in two plaocs by glass, and was thrown from the windows.

Tho Spiritualist who predloted this explosion was threatened by the Cii por Gap people to be tarroa and feat ored if he aid not loavo the town. He left, but i t aeoms tha t h b predictions were true. He told Hamilton tha t he would be killed by an explosion. Ho also told a young man working in a box- factory here tha t he would lose a finger, and tho man did.

T hb wondorful man's namo Is Gee and he b now In San Franoboo.

Dr. M. C. Geo, tho Splrltualbt men­tioned in tho dbpatoh as having pre­dicted the explosion, was asleep in h b room at 503 Turk stroot last nlgnt when an Examiner reporter came to toll him the news.

"Good gracious!" he exolalmod, clasp­ing h b hands, "can tha t be so?"

Dr. Geo b about fifty years old and possesses a refined and Intelligent man­ner.

"Yes, I prod la tod the explosion," ho •aid. " I am olalrvoyant and olalrau- dlunt, and without going into a trance I oau see beyond the North Pole and all over the globe. Tho propheoy was oommunioated to roe by my sp irit con­trol between five ana six weeks ago whon I was a t Clipper Gap on vacation/

"How was th b propheoy given to you —by writing or otherwise?" was asked.

"By speech," was the reply. "My spirit oontrol spoke to me out loud—as loud as I am talking to you now. I had been prospecting about the oountry there, looking for ledges and amusing myself, and one evening after I had been giving somo readings to the girls and

th e c itizens in th e town, m y oontrol sa id to m e: " In a v e ry few days, o r in a v e ry few w eeks a t th e fu r th e s t, th is pow der m ill w ill blow up, and th e chances a re t h a t th e re w ill be from one to th re e persons k illed th e re . '

" I rep ea ted t h b p rophecy to M rs. C. A. S tan ley , a t C lip p er G ap, and to a young m an nam ed R ich ard s, who keeps th e s to re fo r M rs. S tan ley , because tn e s p ir i t h a d a lso req u ested m e to g iv e w arn ing to th e people. I a lso gave w arn ing to th e S u p e rin te n d en t of th e m ill, to th e people w ork ing in i t an d to | th e c itizen s g en era lly . E verybody m ade fun of i t . A c a rp e n te r w ho was b u ild in g a house th e re sa id : ‘W e will h av e th is p rop h eeler o u t of town. H e is blow ing u p a ll th e m ills i n tow n and h a v in g people o u ttln g th e ir han d s off. T h e b e s t th in g we can d o is to g iv e h im w arn in g to g e t o u t of tow n.'

"O n th e second d ay a f te r I a r r iv e d a t M rs. S ta n le y ’s I was in tro d u ced to th e m an w ho owns th e pow der m ill an d who also ow ns th e box faotory th e re . T h e s p ir i t co n tro l sa id to m e: ‘T h is m an w ill h av e tw o fingers o u t off h b r i g h t h an d in a v e ry row d ay s .’ A t m y re ­q u e s t M rs. S ta n le y g av e h im th e w a rn ­ing , b u t h e lau g h ed an d m ad e fun of it . W ith in th r e e day s h e h ad tw o fingers of h is r ig h t h and o u t off by a p la n e r in th e box facto ry , an d was ta k e n to A u b u rn for trea tm e n t.■ 'T h e people ta lk e d a b o u t t a r r in g and fe a th e r in g m e an d r id in g m e o u t of tow n on a ra il , b u t th e y d id n o t sc a re m e. I le f t w hen I g o t ready .

"M y s p i r i t g u id e n e v e r dece iv es m e ." S ay in g w h ich th e d o c to r tu m b le d in to bed a g a in an d w en t to sleep .

Detroit Drift.

T h e■ Spiritual |________A d e te rm in e d few h o ld th e fo r t an d

S oc ie ty s ti ll

P ro f. J . W . K enyon.To THE EDITOB:—Prof. J- W. Kenyon

lectured for our society in Providenoe, R. I., October 25th, afternoon and even­ing. HI* first subject was a most original and interesting explanation of the "Outer and Inner Worlds, and the Difference between Matter in the Former and Mat­ter in the Latter State," explaining how tho germ was the natural door between the two states; the germ being both of{)lent and life, the focalizatleu ofJntelligence, or the reoeptacle of intelli-ffence, consciousness or memory is held stent. He claimed that in the germ is

where is conserved all of life’s energies, and became the doorway where matter, subs tan oe, or spirit became externalized. Through this open doorway nature ex­ternalized or materialized the spiritual or subjective world. He showed that

lirite had discovered an artificial door ■ e y oould open and render ^ham-

selves visible. His inspiration claimed that materialization is a misnomer; that extomalization would be better; claim-in g t h a t m a t te r an d s p ir i t i s on ly a ques-

Soflltlon; t h a t is, s p i r i t in th eJ b r “ —

m ain in D e tro it th ro u g h th e w in te r , an d I h o p e th e i r w o rk w u l b e a p p re c ia te d ,

follow . M rs.

lives, ^ i l ­

lumine the way for drones. Mr. San­ford, President, is faithful and firm, and was re-elected for another term. Mrs.] Bible opened the November course au­spiciously—a good audience and splen­did lecture. Rarely have I heard more valuable matter crowded into one dis­course: and it was well arranged, logical, radical, reformatory, yet without coarse wit or reckless rant. Her language is choice and sentiments fine and sweet with humanitary sympathy and charity. She was listened to with marked inter­est and cheered with enthusiam. Mr. Ormrod and wife made their debut in Detroit on Sunday, Oct. 25, at Frater­nity Hall, and surprised us with their gifts. His teste were excellent, and pore the stamp of sincerity and truth­fulness. nearly all were recognized. From what we had that day I judge him destined to rival Emerson. Mrs. Orm­rod heals the sick. They Intend to re-

■ r a g l H H l work wul beaj

and a revival of interest Ireland seems to give general satisfac­tion a t her seances and her services are in good demand. I hear of remarkable teste she gives, and her pleasing man­ners attract people to her and her work. She seems inspired with a large interest the cause, and helpfulness toward the afflicted and needy.

Dr. Dustin is a strong magnetic healer and helps on in the good work in va­rious ways.

Reed Stewart draws a large class of liberate of all shades of faith and no faith.j Spiritualists are often censured for giving their support to such churches; but it is natural, and the fruit of folly on the part of those who insb t on keep­ing Spiritualism down to the ir own level and starve the higher nature. They tell us that lectures have no a t­traction. We must have something sensational or we cannot draw and hold audiences. Henoe sensationalists are left to have their way, and liberal preaching takes our audienoes into the ndependent churches.

Reed Stewart was a Presbyterian, and on the committee tha t tried Prof. David Swing. He outgrew the creed and now, though preaching in a Unitarian church, he does not belong to it; but plainly an­nounces himself Independent. In dedi­cating the church he sent invitations to every church in the city to send repre­sentatives to present their faith; and most of them responded. I think the Presbyterians and Methodbte refused to join, and gave as a reason tha t i t would Imply reciprocity! Such church a t­tractions draw Spiritualists who hunger for mental food which, their own people fall to supply except on rare occasions.

Sensationalism may enthuse for a day, but it cannot build anything pro­gressively permanent.

Lyman C. H owe.

t io n a s to I________ |o u te r w orld is ca lled m a tte r , and m a tte r in th e in n e r w orld is ca lled s p i r i t . T h e co n tro l a sse r ted t h a t w hen M r. O dw ay, of O nset, M ass., w as ta k e n o u t of tn e w ire c ag e in M rs. R o b e rts ’ seance , h e was ta k e n b o d ily in to Z o lln e r’s " fo u r th d im ension of sp ace ," o r a s A . J . D avis m o re p ro p e rly ca lled i t , " T h e In n e r L ife .’’ T h en , a s th e c ag e d id n o t e x is t in t h a t w orld , i t w as no re s is tan c e to h b passage th e re fro m , w hen h e was re tu rn e d to th e " o u te r w orld ’’ o u ts id e th e cag e .

N o ono c an h av e any con cep tio n of th e d e p th of th is d isco u rse w ith o u t a fu ll r e p o r t th e re o f. I n th e e v e n in g h b su b ­je c t w as: " T h e R e la tio n of D u ty to H u m an C h a ra c te r ." I t was lis te n e d to b y a la rg e an d h ig h ly a p p re c ia tiv e a u d ien ce . O u r soc ie ty h a v e a new h a ll w h ic h th e y en jo y m uoh, a n d m an y new faces a p p e a r . D r. IS torer, F a n n ie C . A llen , M rs . C e lia N ick ­e rson a n d o th e rs h a v e g iv e n g r e a t sa tis ­fac tio n a s a b le ex p o n en ts of s p ir i tu a l and l ib e ra l th o u g h t. S e c .

N otes fro m G . IL B ro o k s.In m y la s t l e t t e r I w as a ll u n se ttle d ,

a n d k n ew n o th in g of th e s p ir i tu a l con­d itio n in t h b c ity . A s soon a s I cou ld I s ta r te d o u t, a n d soon found a n u m b e r of w arm frien d s to o u r cau se . A ll sp e a k in th e h ig h e s t te rm s o f T h e P r o g r e s s ­iv e T h in k e r . T h e fr ien d s w ere v e ry a n x io u s fo r m e to s t a r t m e e tin g s h e re , b e lie v in g i t a good field . T h e r e h ad b een no p u b lic w o rk h e re , a s id e from w h a t P ro f . Lockw ood a n d w ife h a d d o n e , in t h e su m m er, fo r y e a rs ; so, a f te r th in k in g o v e r t n e m a t te r , I fin a lly con­se n ted . T h e re w as a m u c h la r g e r a t ­ten d a n c e th e f i r s t S u n d ay th a n I e x ­p e c ted , a n d th e m e e tin g s h a v e in c re a sed

■ n n u m b e rs a n d in te re s t , u n t i l I t r u s t t h a t o u t o f t h b th e r e w ill com e f o r th a s tro n g s p ir i tu a l so c ie ty . E lg in i s a [ th r iv in g c ity , g iv in g e m p lo y m e n t to

fa c to ry a lo n eth e s e a r e en -

p h ilosophy . I Ls s p ir i tu a l iza-

{F p eo p le ; th e w a tch__ oys 3,200. M an y of

Itire ly ig n o ra n t o f o u r k n o w of no p la c e t h a t nee< t io n m o re th a n E lg in .B l h a v e a lso le c tu re d tw o M on d ay e v en ­in g s in W h e a to n to good a u d ie n c e s . W h e a to n b th e s tro n g h o ld o f o r th o d o x y , b u t th e r e a r e som e t r u e S p ir i tu a l is ts th e r e . I a lso le c tu re d o n e e v e n in g in G le n U lly n , fo rm erly P ro s p e c t P a r k , an d h a d a good a u d ie n ce , w h ic h co n ­v in ces m e t h a t th e r e h a s n e v e r b e e n a t im e w h e n th e r e w as m o re in te r e s t in th e su b je c t th a n now . A ll t h a t i s n eed ed b p a tie n c e a n d t im e e r e th e p eo p le com e to o u r p o s itio n . I k n o w a ll w ill re jo ice a t t h e success o f o u r E lg in u n ­d e r ta k in g , a n d t r u s t t h a t a s t r o n g soci-

ty w ill b e th e o u tg ro w th .G. H. Brooks.

88 Lawrence St., Elgin, RL

Manifestations at Muncle, Ind.I To th e Editor:—Mbs Lizzie S.l

{Bangs, of your city, by special arrange­ment and agreement was induced to come here for one week, for the pur­pose of giving private sittings for inde­pendent slate-writing. W hile here she! gave th irty or more sittings—all of which were perfectly satisfactory. Some had th e ' slates placed on the floor, or hung on the gas fixture in the center of tne room.

Mbs Bangs was so well received and pleased while here tha t she promised to oome again.

A REMARKABLE BEAN OB.One evening during her stay here.

Mrs. 8. Seery, the well-known trumpet medium of Dayton, O., and Mrs. D. A. Herrick, of th b place, gavo a com­bination seanoo to twenty persons. All were required to hold hands. Including the mediums, during the entire seanoe A music-box was outside the cirolo. which was wound, started and stopped by the spirits. A typewriter was in tne circle, which was used. A table was in the center, which had three trum pets some mualoal Instruments and some paper and pencils. The three trumpets were talked through a t onoo. The in strumente were played upon and floated around the room near tne oelling, mos sages were written and placed In the pockets of tho persons they were for Many of the sitters were touched with tho trumpets and by spirit hands also, Articles were taken from one person and given to another, eto. I never saw so many kinds of sp irit manifestations in one seanoe, and never expect to again

One o p th e Th irty .

■ T o th e Editor:—I want to le t your readers know tha t we are doing some­thing for the cause of Liberalism here |in Milwaukee. The " Milwaukee Lib­eral C lub" commenced holding meet­ings every Sunday evening the first of October. They are well attended, and [very interesting. Mr. EL G. Comstock,

very able lawyer of our city, gave us our first lecture, and i t was one of the [best we ever had. His subject was: | ‘ The Origin and Basis of the Christian Religion. He showed tha t i t was a borrowed religion from the Orientals, and th a t there was not any evidence tha t such a person as Jesus ever lived. The discussion th a t followed was in­tensely interesting. Any one coming to our city should make it in their way to attend our meetings, which are held a t 216 Grand Ave., a t half past 7 o’clock in the evening.

There b generally a full report in the morning papers, so tha t thousands read a synopsis, if not a verbatim report,of the leotures. There is not any organized effort among the Splritualbte here, but we have some lectures occasionally on Spiritualism. Mbs Judson, of Minne­apolis, was here a few weeks ago, and held a very large meeting.

M iltcaulxe, I r u . A . B . S e v e r a n c e .

Meetings in This City.

The Spiritualists of this city hold regular mootings on Sunday as follows:

P. O. 8. A. Hall, corner of Washington Bool •vard and Ogden Ave., Mrs. Cora L. V. Rich mood speaker, at 10:45 and 7:45.

The People's Spiritual Society, under the supervision of Mr. Jenifer, will hold service* at Bricklayer’s Bell, 08 South Peoria street, et 9:90.

Services each Sunday at 9:90 and 7:90 r. m. at 081 West Lake street. A. H. William*, Preei dent.

The First Spiritual Culture Society of Chi cago will hold a meeting et 9:90 Id the hall 11 North Ada street.

The Philosophical Spiritual Society meets et Arlington Hen, Indiana avenue end Thirty first street, et 10:45.

The First South Side Spiritual Society will hold services at 77 Thirty-first street, et 2:90,

Mrs. Oviatt holds mootings every Sunday at 790, No. 11 North Ada St.

A young know-nothing—Teacher:— "W ho was the first man?" Brown (head-boy): Washington: first in war first In—" Teacher: "No, no: Adamwas the first man." Brown: "Oh,you are talking of foreigner^ I 'spoee he was."

The Cause in Milwaukee.

THE MYSTIC TEMPLE.( C h i c a g o . 4 0 1 8 W a s h i n g t o n B i r d . )

■ sin o e our last report the most flatter­ing success has attended all our efforts. Such numbers have applied for admis­sion and advancement tha t the Temple has been overtaxed with work. I t seems nearly Impossible to get an op­portunity to work in th e higher degrees a t all. w o ask thoee who have written tha t they will be here to take degrees [above the fourth to wait awhile, until |we ge t some of the pressing work of the the Diamond Quarter off our hands. Wo must also warn thoee who are Intending . to oome for the first and next two or throe degrees, to wait until some co-op­eration* can be arranged between the various candidates from other States. We must arrange the applicants in olausoa, so they cam advance together, or I we cannot stand the immense labor in­volved. The Grand Temple has been in convocation now nine nights in succes­sion, except one, and thelooal members and offioora are nearly worn out -with tho strain.

We are having printed new sets of I petitions o r application blanks, which I we will mail to any address on receipt of stamp, o r to any Court of the Order, postage paid. Blank No. 1 is for the Mystlo uegreo of Libra, to be used when petitioners can appear a t the Temple in person. No. 2 la for the use of thoee applying for membership to a Court or aa Neophytes to the Temple.

O. H. R ichmond.G. M.

■ngreqatic] ring brother in Vermont who got up in open meeting and made the following confession: "B rethren, my conscience compete me to oonfeas th a t when boiling- down my sap this spring, I pu t into the kettle two ouokete of water and sold the sugar a t th e same price as th a t made from pure sap."

.THE PROGRESSIVE THINKER.

IS T H E R E J G O D ?It* Is Answered Affirmatively

by Dr. Qreer.To stimulate thought among Atheists

(ted Materialists, I propose to adranco some argument In proof of a Dotty, or race of Dottles, somewhere In tho Innor

•circles of nature, and the posslblo build* ors of tho unlvorso—from a rational standpoint. Although there Is no science known among men, under hoavon, w here­by to disprove tho exlstonoo of a Supremo Doing, yet there aro solontlsts and oth­ers woo. in tho faoo of reason and of universal sense, declare "There Is no •God.”

To my mind, thoro oan bo no doubt whatever of His oxtetonco, for, judging from roason and nature, I argue that there mustoxlstsomowhcroln the bound -1 loss realms of spirit, or spaco, a divine ordor, or ono of a divine ordor of super­natural, Intelligent bolngs, who Is tho Infinite and otornal Deity—tho Lord of tho unlvorso. Thus the exlstonoo of God, In my opinion, Is self-evident, and apparent to all intelligent observers.

The question, however. Is nut, wboro is God, or how many doltlos or represent­ative dottles thoro may bo In tho universe, or how many gods and god­desses, or fomalo divinities, thoro may bo In our solar system, or how many subordinate gods, or provincial doltlos, there may bo In the ulvlno administra­tion of this planet? The quostlon, too,Is pot, who is God?—whethor Buddha. Brahma, Christ, or Johovah, tho Indians'“ Great S p irit" or the Christians’ "Our Father.” But tho question Is, Is thoro a God? What rational proof havo wo for his oxlstonoe? Is Goa a person or a principle? Tho atheists duel aro that there Is no God, tha t all nature Is simply tho result of chance, or tho law of grav­itation. But atheists full to Inform us where the ingredients or elomontary principles In tho formation of nature, first came from, or who Invented tho law of gravitation, or who first or igln- aied lire, light and intelligence. Some scientists say that thoy havo disoovored in certain deep waters the earliest typo of physical life, in a faintly vital, minute substanco, called protoplasm. This pro­toplasm, thoy say, is tho original, phys­ical basis of life In tho material founda­tion of all organic structure, and that man and all organic life Is tho outgrowth of this dainty little protoplasm. But those scientists, who aro generally athe­ists, forgotting that ovory child of nature must have had a mothor, and overy mother a parent, and evory parent an ancestor, fall to Inform us as to whore the elementary activity In theErotoplasm first came from. But, por-

aps, like Topsy,ln "Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” the first protoplasm never had a mother, never had a father, nor nothing; never was born, but only grow.

If the doctrine of evolution bo true, how strange it Is that protoplasms do not nowadays, os formerly, cut such fig­ures as prime factors in creating men or peopling the globe. Or, If ovolution be true, how strango It is that we do not witness the noceosarv transformations, from the lower to the nigher form of life, till merging Into man.

I wish that scientists would givo us facts in this direction Instead of theories; for one fact, well demonstrated, would be worth ten thousand theories or hy­potheses. Theories, romembor, are only opinions, and opinions are not authen­ticated facts, nor are thoy to be regarded as such. Therefore, do not mistake the­ories for facts. The greatest theorists are men having generally tho fewest facts. There is a great doal of theory in the world which Is nothing more than a bewildering puzzle to mankind. There­fore, O ye scientists, give us facts in this direction. I t is facts the people want.Then we shall know who Is master of the situation in man’s creation, whethor God or protoplasm. I wish, too, that theso scientific celobrltles, employed in speculative scienoe, would be more par­ticular and confine their written thought to what they know and not what the imagine, once, like

grass, nor does he ovon know gurmlnntes or grows. Next

how gross _ lin ordor, I

■would refer tho ntholst to tho liuiuutablu laws of the universe, and forces of nature.l which govorn and control and sustain all things, and to which all things are sub­ject, and must oboy. If all these argu­ments wuro not sufficient to convince lhc| utholstlo mind, I would noxt rofor him to tho wonderful phonomona of spiritual manifestation, such as tho roanpcaranco of tho dead, giving unmistakable evi­dence of tho spiritual side of nature, and otherwise demonstrating beyond a doubt, tho home of angols, or tho king­dom of the Gods.

All those, Including conscious lifo In man, and human lntelllgonco, aro to mo ovldoncoa of God us pluln us day. Be- aldos, I have soon oolostlal beings, and havo hoard tholr voices many tlmos, for [frequently thoy have oomo to mo in , answer to desire, In bo half of my pa­tients, and tholr direction and ndvico havo always proved infallible.

But to my mind It Is not nooossarv to • employ arguments to establish what Is so very axiomatic or reasonable, namoly, that there Is a God, for It Is plain and obvious to every man's sense, and understanding that there must bo sotno first cause, somo eternal Boing, or otherwise nothing oould ever havo been.

Tho exlstonoo of things universally provos tho existence of God, for how^can anything oxlst, or oomo to pass, without a causer If not, thon we aro lod up through a chain of subordinate causes to ono great first cause. No cliancocould possibly havo shaken creation Into Its present boautlful ordor. Wo might us woll suppose that tho combinations of ulphabotloal chance would produce u vol­ume of poems, a Wobstor's dictionary, or a dally newspaper. I would rather boliovo In all tho most absurd talos of flotlon over lnvontod for tho credulous; all tho fables of tho Talmud and tho Al- corun, than I would boliovo that tho universal nature Is without a foundor, a designer, a master mind, an architect, a builder.

Contrivance—mechanical contrivanoo —incontestably proves a oontrlvor, prior to and out of itself. Just as the printing

| prose, tho camera, tho olectric telegraph, tho steam engine, or tho oleotrlo light, aro proof of human dovioe and human exlstonoo, so the universe of nature Is proof of tho divino. As the Inventor must In all cases precede tho invontion, so God, the Creator, must havo oxistod prior to nature; or, in other words, causo.In all cases, must exist before offeot.

oan bo ovory whore, and thoro Is nowhere In nature whore the ugonoles of God

Jure not, to represent Him. But tho I ugonoles of God aro ono thing and the personality of God Is another.

Somo argue against God because of tho seeming malevolence In nature, and bocauso of tno evils and Imperfections of life. Truo, there aro Inoldonta-ln nature, and aooldontsand Incidents in lifo, which result In disaster, devastation and death, but what of that, if death bo the law and order of nature, and wisoly designed for all?

In viow of Immortality, death to us should havo no terrors, because if doath Is deslgnod to ono great end, namely, tho population of the spiritual universe, then, It matters not how wo are trails-f iortod to tha t hotter lifo. Death, I bo- levo, has Its Important uses. I t comes

to sot tho spirit froo from tho prlson- houso In which nature hasoonflnod It, and it matters not how the wrap or casket of tho soul Is brokon. whether by fire or water, murdor or legal killing, malig­nant malady, poison or hydrophobia. "Ono udoounto support for tho calamities of mortal lifo exists—ono only: an as­sured boliof that tho prooosslon of our fate, howover sad o r disturbed, is or­dered by n Being of Infinite benevolenco and power, whoso everlasting purpose embraces ail aeoldents, converting them to good.”

In conclusion, It Is only nocessary for me to add that God lives, and moves, and has a being. Wo know by roason and observation, by Inward conscious­ness and latent oonviotion, tha t he exists. Wo also know that God, through the controlling notion of his laws, is not ma- lovolont, out benevolent In all his pur­poses toward humanity. Or, in other words, wo know that God is a Being of Infinite porfoctions, for tho perfections of God are clearly soon in all the works of Ills creation and providence.

And if ono Dolty exist, why may not many? Tho idea of only ono creator or ovorrullug divinity In all this vast unlvorso, as tho theologians claim, is

LETTER OF EXPLANATION.I t ComuM from tlio H ull.

I sond you the onclosod letter, whloh I havo just reootved, for you to print, with this brief Introduction: Firat, It has an appreciative word for Mr. Ayor, who generously built u temple In this city for Spiritualism, whloh appears to be one of tho things that ought to be followod by other rich Spiritualists for tho good of the causo; ana second, whloh is rather a personal matter, It would

in autograph lo correspond-savo mo muol____ Ing

Ihavo no way of reaching what I may ■call my constituency oxcept by writing. (Every litilo white during tho flvo years past pooplo supposing I havo passed to tho spirit land, or nave back-slid be­cause of my silonoo In tho old Banner of LiylU, where for somo twonty years I was a frequent contributor, aro writing to me. I am Interested in tho cause, and so I am friendly to the old Banner as a spiritual papor, and my ocllpso there j Idon’t disturb mo any, but I would llko to havo pooplo a t a distance know that I still live, movoand bavo a boing; am a firm bellovor In the tru th tha t death Is

Inot tho ond, and that during tho last flvo years I have written more on this subjoot than I over did before that time, and so sond this to THE PROGRESSIVE Thinker , whloh, though tho youngest spiritual papor, Is the smartest ono, and has tho largest circulation of any. Per­haps this will bo introduction enough to apologlzo for printing the following

llettor:St il l Rock, I a., Oot. 28, 1801.

I do wonder, my dear Mr. Wothorboe, why you quit writing for tho Banner.I have wondered a thousand times. Now, I llko tho Banner. My translated father took it ovor twonty years, and I shall toko It white I live: nut really, It don’t seem quite us It usod to, when, on looking for your numo, I was almost sure to find It followod by just what I most noeded just a t the time. I used to look ovor Its pages expecting to see tho roason why you was so long silent, but nover found it. I havo boon reading somo P rogressive Thinkers a friend sent mo, and it scorned so good to road your articles, which all carry such a strong impression of truth and sincerity. Speaking about ceasing your writing for tno Banner, It could not have been be­cause your articles were not appreciated by its readers. My dear father used to say: "Read Father Hazard's and John Wethorhee's articles first; they are tho cream: will toko tho milk afterwards.”

simply ridloulous, and utterly Indefensi­ble. w hy may there not do os many Doltlos in nature as thoro aro twinkling stars, or distant planets?

TWILIGHT.

mgm moyFor, after all, speculative set-_ _ _ __.neolog£H

prove a grand delusion. For Instance,speculative theology, may

theso scientists write and say thoro Is no God, but they do not tell us how thoyl happen to know It. For, as l have be­fore stated, there Is no science undor heaven, known among men, whereby to disprove the exlstonoo of God. True, scientists recognize the great potentiali­ties of nature, but scientists fail to see th a t these potentialities are simply the properties of Deity or agencies of the divino, tracing the thought of G od- giving intelligent expression to all nature.

As force, then, Is simply the servant of Deity, do not concede all to the serv­an t ana Ignore the groat master, for re­member, there never was a stream which did not have a fountain, and there never was a child who did not have a father. So, when the great light of nature shines into your eyes, do not mistake that light of the suns rays for tho great body of light Itself. Or, when you have discov­ered elemental force In nature, do not mistake that fractional or minor force for the great baslo or fundamental force Itself.

Remember, also, that there Is a law, an established law, which govorns that force, and also an Intelligence which governs that law. Tho nowor or Intelli­gence that governs anything Is always superior to the things govornod. LawS overns force; law Implies a law-giver;

iw Is evidence of intelligence. Wore there no Intelligence, there would bo no law, nor law-making powor. If you want evidence of Intelligence In law, behold the law and order of nature. Therefore, do not mistake the agencies of Deity for tho Deity himself.

But to the point: Were an atholst tocome to me for arguments in proof of a Deity, I would simply try to reason with him on tho principles of cause and effect, showing that for every effect thoro must be a cause; that without a cause there oould be no effect. To illustrate, I would refer him to the stupendous mechanism of tho unlvorso: the grandeur of this sublunary world, and tno dazzling glory of the visible heavens, or, In othor words, I would rofor him to tho wonders of the natural world; tho oxlstonoe and motion of the sun, moon and oomots, planets and stars. For who, I ask, when he looks upon tho hoavenn,| studded with stars, can doubt that there is a God?

I would noxt rofor him to the revolu­tion of the oarth, revolving, as It doos, upon Its axis, and traveling In space a i the rate of ono thousand miles an hour, causing tho changes of day and night, and the changes of the seasons, by sweep­ing around tno sun at the rate of sixty thousand miles an hour. 1 would next refer him to the marvelous growth of tho vegoteblo world, and to the still more wonderful development of the an­imal creation, not forgotting to Impress upon his mind that tho endless variety of the earth's products was soomlngly designed for the use and benefit of earth 's children; for without the uso and benefit of the earth's products, earth's children could not exist.

Referring to the wonders of creation in this relation, is It not strange that notwithstanding man has effected won­der* In the arts, sciences and industries, and is everyday advancing in knowledge and power, yet what has man created or made to compare with the works of cre­ation? Why. be is surpassed by nature In her humnlest efforts. Man cannot put lifo into any of his works. He can­not so much as make one single blade of

Thus reason is the exponent of nature, and nature Is the exponent of God.

Now, as to tho origin of Dolty, you ask who oxistod before God, If Goa ox­istod before nature, or, in othor words, you ask how came God into exlstonoo? I answer that when I see God as he Is, or behold him with my eyes, os I do nature, then I shall possibly bo bettor ablo to Inform you; for thon I shall bo a God.

Of course, like certain scientists, or wiseacres, who theorize on tho origin of nature, from what they call tho "atomic theory,” etc., so 1 might thoorizo on tho

joriginof God; but as thoorles aro only conjectures, I prefer to wait for facts. Those facts, howevor, I fear wo shall never know, till wo aro permitted to learn thorn from Deity Hlmsolf, and till then i t will, in my opinion, be presump- tious for man to speculate on tho origin of God, for’ if man cannot comprehend the origin of man. how can man compro bond the origin of God? Tho subject, i claim, is too vastly deep, and too vastlp Incomprehensible, for any human tntellf gonce to grasp. No studont of nature, however. In his righ t mind, in search after Goa, can fall to behold him in tho glory of his handwriting, which may bo seen upon every page of the universal book of nature. In tha t divine, indelible handwriting, too, aro mirrored tho won­derful thought and matchless wisdom of God.

The smallest Insect or most worthless plant wo can see is sufficient to confound athoism, and to baffle all its pretensions. But the atheist Is more than confounded by tho universal structure of things around him. They must be infatuated, Imbecile, or insane, or they must be de­praved, indeed, who can say tha t thoro is no God; for such a saying Is contrary jto natural ligdirect opposition to the common sontl- montsof all the wiser and more sobor part of mankind.H

A belief in the existence of God Is the baste of all religions; a belief in the existence of God is as old as the begin­ning, and as universal as tho race. No savage nation has over yet been found destitute of a belief in a Supreme Being. Even savage nations sunk in tho great­est darkness imaginable, retain somo sense and awe of a Deity. On review of the whole, whatever athotets may say, tho necessary conclusion or fact te—a

or WARNS.* BUM.SCIl BAItLOW, AUTHOR OP " Till: VOICES,” " IMMOHTALITY,” AND

OTOSR POBM8.

The shadows are veiling the brow of the hills, And vapors are soothing the murmuring rills, Willie Twilight, the daughter of Sunshine and

shade,la queen of the evening, In glory arrayed.She gracefully mantles the waning of day,And welcomes the evening In golden array. Yet softeoa the glimmering curtain of light With shadows that melt on the bosom of night.Triumphant she rides on the billows of fire, With chaplet of Jewels In queenly attire;In gold-tinted armor she flashes her blade,And marshals the stars In their nightly parade IWith coursers unheeded, undaunted they run, Whose footsteps all follow tho path of the sun: Whon softly unfolding her curtain of blue.All spangled with silver, she waves her adieu. Thus onward forever, with banners unfurled, Her halo of glory enraptures the world:While sentinel stars on the borders of night Now herald the vast constellation of light.In silence Its millions of systems revolved:In silence Its problems are ever unsolved;In alienee we gazed on the boundless domains, Where Infinite order and harmony reigns.When lo I from the verge of the measureless

deep,Where numberless ages all silently sleep, Aurora emerges from cyclos unborn,With Twilight to ball the glad tidings of morn.United they mingle In loving embrace. Expanding their pinions new regions to grace; Dissolving the shadows with Orient light.And melting the stars from the bosom of

night.While Earth, In response to the language of

flowers,In rapture arouses from star-lighted bowers; Unveiling her features, she wendelb her way To the radiant realms of the monarch of day.

DEATH B Y JO W D E R ,Three People Killed in an

Explosion at Clipper Cap.T h e P ro p h ecy o r a S p ir itu a lis t

Coined T ru e .

HE HAD SAID THE MILL WOULD BE DE­STROYED, AKD WARNED EMPLOYES —INDIGNATION AROUSED AT THE TIME—THE CRASH HEARD FOR SEV­ERAL MILES—NO DEFINITE THEORY AS TO THE CAUSE.

To the Editor:—I oltp from tho San Franolsoo Htandner tho Inclosod, but on the point of louvlng, havo no tlmo to comment. G. B. CRANE.

The pieco about tho Spiritual Temple I have just road, and folt as if I must write as l am doing. I honor Mr. Ayers, and if you aro familiar with him, tell him there te an old lady of sixty, in far off Iowa, tha t blostcs him as doing good in hte day, for the good tha t he Is tho originator of Is incalculable; ho must be a good man.

Of course I hardly expect a reply to this scrawl, but my pen and paper lay before me, and I fool like letting you know th a t tho seed you sowed in past years had, somo pf i t a t least, fallen upon good ground, and was hearing fruit. Pardon thd liberty I have taken and believe mo sincerely yofcr friend,

1 Mrs. P . S. W eed .

Cl ippe r Gap, November 0.—Seven tons of powder exploded a t tho powder works ho re a t half past 0 o'clock this morning.

Two men are dead, anolhor 1s dying, and a boy Is so badly hurt that he, too, may die. Two buildings wore torn to piooes, and the fragments are strewn ovor the oountry. One of tho unfortu­nate men, Jamos Hamilton, was right in the midst of the explosion. Not enough was left of him to hold an Inquest on. Ono finger was left banging by a shred of skin to a blackoned tree, but tho re­mainder of poor Hamilton's body qannot bo found.

The frightful calamity has greatly ex­cited this community, ^h e re 1s an ad­ditional and eerio feature about It that makes It very unoomfortablo to discuss.

Somo two weeks ago a Spiritualist named Geo foretold with great circum­stantiality just such an accident. Natu­rally the people hereabout did not like to near It calmly stated tha t within a certain time men would be torn to piooes by an explosion, and the Spiritu­alist was told to hold hte tongue. Ho persisted in hte gruesome talk, and they made him leavo

PREDICTED HAMILTON'S DEATH.He told Hamilton that he would be

killed by the explosion, but Hamilton, who was a sturdy-minded young follow, laughed a t tho ghastly threats, and went righ t on with hte work.

Now th a t the awful prophecy has been fulfilled the oeople cannot understand It. If Gee had been here to-day i t would have fared badly with him, as the people would have been sura that he had as­sisted in the fulfillment of hte prophecy, but as he was in San Francisco, and has been there for some tlmo, this explana-

I tho oltlxons In tho town, my control said f to me: "In a very fow days, or In a

very few weeks at the furthest, this powder mill will blow up, ana the chances are that there will bo from one to three persons killed there.'

" I repeated this prophecy to Mrs. C. A. Stanley, a t Clipper Gap, and to a young man named Richards, who keens the store for Mrs. Stanloy. because tno spirit had also requested me to give warning to tho pooplo. I also gave warning to the Superintendent of the mill, to the people working in it and to the citizens generally. Everybody made fun of it. A carpenter who was building a house there said: ‘Wo will have this prophesLer out of town. He te blowing up all the mills in town and having poonlo cutting their hands off. Tho host thing we can do 1s to give him warning to got out of town.'

"On tho seoond day after I arrived at Mrs. Stanley's I was Introduced to the man who owns the powder mill and who also owns the box factory there. The spirit control said to me: T h is man will have two fingers cut off hte right hand in a very row days.' At my re­quest Mrs. Stanley gave him the warn­ing, but ho laughed and made fun of It. W ithin three days he had two fingers of hte right hand cut off by a planer in the box factory, and was token to Auburn for treatment.

"The people talked about tarring and feathering me and riding me out of town on a rail, but they did not scare me. I left when I got ready.

"My spirit guide never deceives me.” Saving which the doctor tumbled into bed again and went to sleep.

P ro f. J . W. K enyon.

ilrlts iiad discovered an artificial door n and render JhCm-

■pintea t they oould oi

ivu

Detroit Drift.The I Spiritual

A determined few

tion cannot hold, and all they can say 1s Ftob> what we

Society still lives, hold the fort and il­

lumine the way for drones. Mr. San­ford, President, te faithful and firm, and was re-elected for another term. Mrs. Blblo opened the November course au­spiciously—a good audience and splen­did lecture. Rarely have I heard more valuable matter crowded Into one dis­course; and i t was well arranged, logical, radical, reformatory, yet without coarse wit or reckless rant. Her language te cboloe and sentiments fine and sweet with humanltary sympathy and charity. She was listened to with marked Inter­est and cheered with enthusiam. Mr. Ormrod and wife made their debut In Detroit on Sunday, Oct. 25, a t Frater­nity Hall, and surprised us with their gifts. Hte tests were excellent, and bore the stomp of sincerity and truth­fulness. nearly all were recognised.

bad that day I judge him

To the Editor:—P rof. J . W. Kenyon lectured for our society In Providence, R. I., October 25th, afternoon and even­ing. Hte first subject was a most original and Interesting explanation of the "Outer and Inner worlds, and the Difference between Matter In the Former and Mat­ter in the Latter Stole,” explaining bow tho germ was the natural door between the two states; the germ being both of plant and animal life, the focal lzatlsu of lntelllgonco, or the raooptocle of Intelli-tfenoe, consciousness or memory Is held Jatent. He claimed that In the germ te

where te conserved all of life's energies, and became the doorway where matter, substanco, or spirit became externalized. Through this open doorway nature ex­ternalized or materialized the spiritual |or_subjectlye world. He showed that

I selves visible. His inspiration claimed that materialization te a misnomer; that externallxation would be better; claim­ing that matter and spirit is only a ques­tion as to position; tnat te, spirit in the outer world 1s called matter, and matter in the Inner world te called spirit. The control asserted that when Mr. Odway, of Onset, Mass., was token out of the

ire cage in Mrs. Roberts' seance, be as token bodily Into Zollner’s "fourth

dimension of space,” or as A. J. Davis called it, "T he Inner

the cage did not exist In that world, It was no resistance to hte paraage therefrom, when he was returned to the “ outer world ” outside the cage. ■ N o one can hare any conception of the depth of this discourse without a foil report thereof. In the evening hte sub­ject was: "The Relation of Duty to Human Character.” I t was listened to by a large and highly appreciative audience. Our society have a new hall which they enjoy much, and many new faces appear. Dr. Storor, Fannie C. Allen, Mrs. Celia Nick-

---- — . . . «.more properly cal Life.” Then, os

The birds sweetly carol their matinal lays, And nature responds with her chorus of praise; While dew drop# that fell by Invisible showers. Are Jewels aflame on the bosom of flowers.Thus oft In our pathway from darkness forlorn The tear-drops of night are the jewels of morn. And hopes that are buried and shrouded In

I claim to bo honest and truthful, as this writer infers; I t may not bo wisdom to explain in detail tho causo of my si lence in tha t vonorublo sheet, only to say my motto te and always will be, “Truth before FriendshipP\

J ohn Wethzrbee .

P a u l,

Deity, an eternal, self-existing, spiritual■ I M iAthotets! look again and consider; think

and Intelligent being. Therefore, O yo

gloom,Like seeds are well planted

bloom.In fragrance to

Every sigh that Is hushed on the bosom of night

la a song as It wakens, and welcomes the light;

While hope, brightly dawning, Illumines the way.

From Twilight of Morning to Infinite Day.Patterson, H. J,

•• UNDEIl TUB WHEEL.”

th a t i t was a coincidence—the most remarkable coincidence th a t ever occurred.

Those who saw the explosion say that the Glaze House just oponod out like an enormous Chinese bomb. The root lifted off, the four walls flew apart, and from every crack belched smoke and flame with a roar th a t deafened men half a mile away. Tho earth was shaken as though by a heavy earthquake shock.Buildings in Auburn, seven miles away, shook, and even a t Colfax, seven miles from Clipper Gap, to the eastward, win­dows rattied ana unstable articles were I upset.

The powder was in the glazing and corning mills undergoing the last | process to which It te subjected before 1 —— —-— — being put up in kegs and shipped to Spiritualists are often censured for market. Theso two buildings were com- f lv in g , their support to such churches; pletely wiped out. and the two nearest I £* is natural, and the fruit of folly buildings, the keg factory and the mag* I on the part of those who insist on keep- azine, were knocked over, though they I Spiritualism down to their own are probably a hundred yards from the I J®*°* aa® starve the h igher nature, glaze departm ent I They tell us tha t lectures have no at-

The powder works oonstet of about a traction. We must have somethin, score of buildings of corrugated Iron,«sensational or we cannot draw and hoi

destined to rival Emerson. Mrs. Orm rod heals the sick. They Intend to re­main in Detroit through the winter, and I hope their work will be appreciated, and a revival of interest follow. Mrs. Ireland seems to give general satisfac­tion a t her seances and ner services are in good demand. I hear of remarkable tests she gives, and her pleating man­ners attract people to her and her work. She seems Inspired with a large Interest the cause, and helpfulness toward the afflicted and needy.

Dr. Dustin te a strong magnetic healer and helps on in the good work in va­rious w an.

Reed Stewart draws a large class of liberate of all shades of faith and no faith.

Spiritualists

strung for about a mile along the Bear river canal. This arrangement, of course, prevents any single explosion from destroying the whole plant.

THE EXPLOSION SIMULTANEOUS. Tho glaze house went first, and the

audiences. Hence sensationalists are left to hare their way, and liberalfBreaching takes our audiences into the ndependent churches.Reed Stewart was a Presbyterian, and

on the committee tha t tried Prof. David Swing. He outgrew the creed and now,

Tlio Spiritual Alliance o f St Minn.

To th e Editor:—The Spiritual Alli­ance of St. Paul began its winter’s work on Sunday, Nov. 1, with an address by Abby A. Judson, on "Infinite Life.”I t was much admired. On Nov. 8 we gladly welcomed Mr. Frank T. Ripley, of Boston, Mass., whom wo hope to re- I tain for the coming three months.Though somewhat travel-worn, a har­monizing power came from hte guides inihte preliminary remarks tha t produced a ■ gm i the two explosions wore not slmul-1 every church in the city marked effect on tho audience. Hte ad- taneous. sentatives to present their faith; anddress was founded on subjoots given by I Though the majority of the mon here, I most of thorn responded. I think tho the audience. In answer to a question Hamilton, laughea a t the Spiritual-1 Presbyterians and Methodists refused to regarding materialization, hte guides I j8('8 prophecy, there were some who, I join, and gave as a reason that It wouldIhftt ^ - --— ----*------ -------- “----------------- fi--------

___________________.___on fired the powder in tho oorn-1 though preaching In a Unitarian church,

ing mill. The interval of time tha t I he does not belong to It; but plainly an- elapsed between the two terrible do-1 nounoes himself independent. In aedl-

^ -r— —^ ---- j ■ | tonations was too slight to be reoorded. eating thechuroh he sent invitations topreliminary remarks tha t produced a I gm i the two explosions wore not slmul-1 every church in the city to send repre- •ked effect on the audience. Hte ad* I ------------------ —------■------------ — ■ * ■ ■

cr»on and others have given great satis­faction as ablo exponents of spiritual and liberal thought. Sec.

Notes from G. II. Brooks.I In my last letter I was all unsettled, and knew nothing of the spiritual con­dition in this eity. As soon as I could I started out, and soon found a number of warm friends to our cause. All speak In the highest terms of The P rogress­ive Thinker. The friends were very anxious for me to start meetings here, believing It a good field. Thera had been no public work here, aside from what Prof. Lockwood and wife had done. In the summer, for years; so. after thinking over too matter, I finally con­sented. There was a much larger a t­tendance the first Sunday than I ex­pected, and the meetings have increased in numbers and Interest, until I trust that out of this there will come forth a strong spiritual society. Elgin is a thriving elty, giving employment to many people; the watch factory alone employs 3,200. Many of these are en­tirely Ignorant of our philosophy. I know of no plaoe that needs spiritualiza­tion more than Elgin.

I have also lectured two Monday even- in n in Wheaton to good audiences. Wheaton te the stronghold of orthodoxy, but there are some true Spiritualists there. I also lectured one evening In Glen Ullyn, formerly Prospect Park, and had a good audience, which con­vinces ms tnat there has never been a time when there was more Interest in the subject than now. Ail that is needed te patience and time ere the people come to our position. I know all will rejoice a t the success of our Elgin un­dertaking, and trust that a strong soci­ety will be tho outgrowth.

G. EL Brooks.S8 Lawrence St., Elqin, IB.

The Cause in Milwaukee.

And

deeply and Intensely of tho glories of the universe; look heavenward and bo- hold the majestic orb of day which min­isters to the comfort and happiness of the natural world. Think, too, of tho great, Invisible propelling powor which propels the unlvorso; and think of tho Yet still more wonderful Intelligent powor[ which must control tho propolling powor so as to keep It In perpetual motion. Surely, If potential on orgy or force must propel matter, thon minu must govorn force.

Behold, also, those countless millions of shining stars, or pondorablo globes, sailing in silver seas, or floating In tho boundless ethereal expanse. Liston, too, to the sighing of the winds; the warbling of the birds, and tho music of tho rip­pling waters; and listen also) to tho aw­ful crashing sound of olootrlo light and thuedor, caused by uncongenial force socking gravitation. Behold, also, tho boundless treasures of this green earth, and tho gorgeous flowors whloh decora to it. And while you breatho the porfumod vital air, gaze In wonder upon the land­scape fair, and ask yourself tho quos­tlon: Who or whit inventive geniusoriginated all this truly grand and

eautiful nature? Who but the great omnipotent divine who govorns all things, from tho atom in tho dowdrop to countless myriads of solar systems?

Galen, a colobrated ancient physician, who was scientific rather than religious, on viewing tho mechanism of tho human body, promptly declared In favor of a Deity. The marks of doslgn In every­thing, both within and without us, are too real and too convincing to deny. Design must havo had u designer; that designer must havo boon a person; that person, God.

Somo people have an Idea that God te not a person, but a principle, or an in­organic something. But how can this bo? For you cunnot conceive of God apart from Intelligence, and you oannot conceive of Intelligence apart from or­gan I o structure. Thoro 1s no lntolllgonoo whatever outside of u living organism or organic structure. An inorganic structure would bo utterly devoid or lifo, und sense, and motion, and would not possess one single attribute of the Di­vine. Such a God would bo inort; and doaf, and dumb, and blind. Therefore, what nonsense, O man! to dony to God, the Groat Spirit, what you claim for yourself, and for all spirits—namely: personality.

Thoro are others who havo an Idea that God te located everywhere In nature and nowhere in particular; but if God Is a ponton and not a principle, this would be impossible, for no organic body oould be on every planet, or in all parts of the universe, a t one and the same time. The agencies of God, however,

The wheel of fate bath a measure round—A measureless round, and It turncth slow.

And few on the topmost curve are foand Who care for the lives crushed out below,

Bat silent and sure Its circuit keeps:And still the shadows beneath It steal;

For sooner or later, all It sweeps Under the Wheel.

Thera arc some In the mire of want who fell, As the great wheel slackened their straining

I bold,kept their soals, as the legends tell

JThe spotless martyrs kept theirs of old.And some In the furnsco of greed are lost;

(Nor ever the angel beside them feel),darkness where some areouter the

tossedUnder the Wheel.

The laughter is silenced on childhood's Ups, Ami hollowed the cheek of beauty's bloom

Still on, remorseless, the great orb slips—A Juggernaut car of Implacable doom I

Sweet ago Is robbed of Its saintly peace:(Oh, saddest woe that the heart can feel I)

To pain and straggle Is no sarcease,Under the Wheel I

It bos wanted high purpose of noble youth To a base endeavor for place and gold;

It has slain the weak who sought for truth With a craven terror that none hath told,

Hope's heart grew faint, and faith's eye grow ■ d la ,m

_lAnd love felt the chill of death congeal;Hath Ood forgotten I They cried to Rim—

Under the Wheel. TIgCf)l

O terrible wheel I must thou still go round. While sans and while stars their orbits keepl

Hast thon place like theirs, In the fathomless bound

Of nature's mystery dread and deep I Nay I Man's Injustice, not God's decree,

Marks thy feu pathway; the skies reveal A day that comotii, when none shall be

Under the Wheel I

C A L V I N A N O T O E IN F A N T .

V N E L N O T E D

IIY AN UNIDENTIFIED POET.

A ll roforonoo to Sovereign Pratori- tlon, otornal foroordlnation to ovorlaatr Ing death, or any dootrino of non-oloo- tlon, should bo omlttod .— From the lie- port o f the N no Y ork Presbytery's Com­mittee on Itcvbrion.An unelected Infant sighed out Its little breath, And wandered thro' the darkness along the

shores of death.Until the gates of heaven, agleam with pearls.

It spied,And ran io them, end clung there, end would

not bo denied;TbO* stUI from earth rose muttering*, " You

cannot enter In—Depart Into Uehenoa, you child of wrath and

sin.”At last the gates were opened; a man with

features mildStooped down end raised the weeping end un­

elected child;Immortal light thrilled softly down evenues of blue.And on the Infant's forehead the spirit placed

a kies." Who ere you, thus to hallow my unelected

browl”" Dear child, my n ine woe Calvin, bat I see

things better now I”

said th a t tho best clairvoyant doos not impressed bocauso of tho fulfillment ol 11 soo tho real spirit body of a sp r it another foretelling of ovU, feared that friend. W hat ho sore te a fine material- he reaUy had some occult manner of ization adapted to the development of I knowing what would happon, and so tho medium. He drew fl glorious pio- quit wo£k. The workmen do not like to to re of the future posIbUItles of mate- w k of tho affair, and will not givo rlallzatlon. In reply te a quostlon of 0ame3, but they adm it tha t sovofal men how spirits in different spheres oommu-1 who quit recently undoubtedly saved nicato with each other, he said that I j^e lr lives by so doing, for thoy wore space vibratos with a thought, and thus Btatlonod righ t where the explosion did conducts it from ono spirit to another.J t jj0 moet damage.

Hamilton,

mpiy Lio

Such church a t­tractions draw Spiritualists who hunger for mental food which their own people fail to supply except on rare oocastona.

Sensationalism may enthuse for a day, but It cannot build anything pro­gressively permanent.

Lyman C. Howe.

M r. Ripley gave a number of tests. They wore aU recognized, and gave universal satisfaction. Among others, the missionary father of Abby Judson was present, and was described to hte daughter so tha t he was a t onoo mado known to hor. Wo feel highly favored by the advont of Mr.Hii_— sure tha t both St. Paul and will gladly do him honor

James Hamilton, twenty-two years old, who worked in the glaze depart­ment, was, as has been told, blown toatoms. Nothing was found of him but a I pose of giving private sittings finger of bis hand. Ah Han, a China-1 pendent slate-writing. While man, aged thirty-six years, was killed,

j-—-- , . and only his queue was found. Joe P ep-, jSRSBRSan" a.1*0 pin, a resident of Santa Cruz, was out on had tho* slates plaood on the

and Minneapolis I (bo neck, over the righ t oyo, and about I hung on the gas fixture in tl r* I two Inches on the forehead. Peppln 1a I of tno room.

Manifestations at Muncle, bid.To th e Editor:—Miss Lizzie S.

Bangs, of your city, by special arrange­ment and agreement was Induced to oomo here for one week, for the pur-

for inde- horo she

gave th irty or more sittings—all of whloh were perfectly satisfactory. Some

'“ floor, or the center

THE SWEETEST THING It OF KAHTH.Peppln ■

aged six tv-three years, and has a wife I Miss Bangs land five children; and B ert Hicks, aged | pleased while fifteen years, had hte skull fractured,

j Dr. Rooney, of Auburn, says he has a chance to recover. Hte hood had to bo cut open to raise hte skull.

Tin roofing and wood from tho build- lings wore thrown throe hundred yards from tho scene.

SMOKING RUINS ONLY LEFT.Nothing remains of those two build­

ings but a smoldering mass of ruins.A large piece of tin lodged In a pino tree two hundred foot from the soeno.

□ Superintendent Gaffott will not per m ltany one to enter the grounds, and

jivo no Information oonoernlng tho explosion. I t 1A not known how it happened.

Emory Watson was cut badly across the rignt arm In two places by glass, and was thrown from the windows.

Tho Spiritualist who predicted this explosion was threatened by the C lip per Gap people to be tarred and foatn- ored If he did not leavo the town. He left, but it soo ms that hte predictions were truo. He told Hamilton tha t he would bo killed by an explosion. He also told a young man working In a box- factory bore that he would lose a finger, and the man did.

This wonderful man's namo 1s Gee and ho 1s now In San Franolsoo.

To the Editor:—I want to let your readers know that we are doing some­thing for the cause of Liberalism here in Milwaukee. The "Milwaukee Lib­eral Club” commenced holding meet­ings every Sunday evening the first of October. They are well attended, and very interesting. Mr. E. G. Comstock, a very able lawyer of our city, gave us our first lecture, and it was one of the best we ever had. Hte subject was: 11 The Origin and Baste of the Christian Religion. He showed that It was a borrowed religion from the Orientals, and tha t there was not any evidence tha t such a person as Jesus ever lived. The discussion that followed was in­tensely Interesting. Any one ooming to our elty should make It in their way to attend our meetings, which are held at 216 Grand Are., a t half past 7 o'clock In the evening.

There te generally a full report In the morning papers, so that thousands read a synopsis, u not a nertatim report, of the lectures. There 1s not any organised effort among the Spiritualists here, hut we have some lectures occasionally on Spiritualism. Miss Judson, of Minne­apolis, was here a few weeks ago, and held a very large meeting.

Milwaukee, In s . A . B . SEVERANCE.

What aro the sweetest things of earth!Lips that esn praise a rival's worth;A fragrant rose that hides no thorn;Riches of gold untouched by scorn,A happy little child asleep;Eyes tnat can smile though they may weep, A brother's cheer; a father's praise;The minstrelsy of summer days.A heart where never anger burns;A gift that looks for no returns;Wrong’s overthrow; pain's swift release; Dark footsteps guided Into peace.The light of love In lover’s eyes:Age that Is young as well as wise.An honest hand that needs no ward;A life with right In true accord.A hope hud waxing Into Joy;A happiness without alloy;A mother’s kiss; a baby's mirth—These are the sweeeest things of earth.

-Emma 0. Down, In LndttP lions* Journal,

G* G. W. Van Horn in Imllanapo- lla, Ind.

To th e Editor:—I arrived In this [city Saturday ovonlng, tho 7th, from |Now York. Yeetorday, Sunday, 10:30 A. M., and 7:30 I*, m., spoke before llargo, Intelligent and Interested audl-| enoos at Mansur Hall. I was Introduced □Alfred Weldon, chairman of the so-

[oloty. who 1s an onorgotlo workor boro, ■spoko and guvo scorns of noknowlollgad tost mossagos to dollghtod recipients.I magnetized several scniltlvoe on the platform, who wore plaood undor oon-'

Irol. Many wore Instantly relieved of p i n . All this phase of manifestation was accomplished whUo tho subjeot, or I'Honsillvo,” held firmly In both hands |

an elopbant's tusk oano, which was a sure Indicator of tholr phase of modlum ship. This ontiroly now magnotlo pho­nomona osmo to me March 31, 1801. I will remain and hold sorvloos at 3 and

F. m., a t the abovo hall, this month.G. G. W. Van Horn.

□ Wm. J . Haines, of St. Louis, 1s a rare old man of 100 yoars, with an oxporioneo as a soldier In two ways; as an englnocr on on African slavo trader, and as a pioneer locomotlvo engineer on tho Mis­souri Paolfla railroad. Mr. Halnos Is on extremely woU-prosorvod contonurlnn, with an eraet figure, and firm stop that belle hte years. Until he was 100 he earned hte own living.

was so well received and bore that she promised to

oomo again.a r e m a r k a b l e s e a n c e .

One evening during her stay here. Mrs. 8. Socry, the well-known trumpet modlum of Dayton, O., and Mrs. D. A. Herrick, of this place, gave a com­bination seanoe to twenty persons. All wore required to hold hands, including tho mediums, during the entire seanoe. A music-box was outside the cl role, whloh was wound, started and stopped

1.1 by the spirits. A typewriter was In ** I the circle, whloh was used. A table was

THE MYSTIC TEM PLE.(Chicago. 4 0 1 8 W ashington Bird.)

|In the center, which had three trumpets,some mualoal Instruments and some I Since our last report the most flatter- paper and ponclls. The three trumpets I ing suoooss has attended all our efforts, were talked through a t onoo. The in-1 Suohi strumonta were played upon and floated | slon around the room near the celling, mes­sages were written and placed in the pockota of tho noreons they were for.Many of the sitters were touched with the trumpets and by spirit hands also.Articles were taken from one perqon and given to another, etc. I never saw so many kinds of spirit manifestations In one seanoe, and never expect to again.

One o f the Thirty.

Meetings In This City.

| numbers have applied for admla- _»nd advancement that the Temple

I has been overtaxed with work. It [seems nearly Impossible to get an op­portunity to work In the higher degree# a t all. Wo ask those who have written that they will be here to take degrees above the fourth to wait awhile, until we get some of the pressing work of the the Diamond Quarter off our hands. We must also warn those who are Intending to come for the first and next two or three degrees, to wait until some co-op­eration' oan bo arranged between the various candidates from othor States. We must arrange the applicants in

JDONANISM AND THE REPUBLIC L V Dr ll*v, Im m 3 .1.anflnx, M. A. Ever/ patriot •bould read It. I'rfce ai.oo.

_|Dr. M. C. Gee, the Spiritualist men-[tionod In tho dispatch as having pre­dicted tho explosion, was asleep in hte room at 503 Turk street test nlgnt when an Kztiminer reporter came to toll him tho news.I "Good graolous!” ho exolalmod, clasp­ing hta hands, "oan that be so?”

Dr. Gee te about fifty years old and possnases a reUnod and intelligent man ner.

"Yes, 1 predicted the explosion,” he said. "1 am clairvoyant and clalrau dlont, and without going Into a trance I oan see bey ood the North Pole and all over the globe. The prophecy communicated to roe bv my spirit con­trol botwoen flvo and six wooks ago when I was a t Clipper Gap on vacation.”

"How was this prophecy given to you —by writing or otherwise?" was naked.

"By speech.” was the reply. "My spirit pontrol spoke to me out loud—as loud os I am talking to you now. I had boon pros pooling about the oountry there, looking for ledges and amusing my so If, and one evening after I had boon giving some readings to the girls and

Tha Spiritualists of this city hold ragular I oloasos, so they <rn ad ranoo together, or meetings on Sunday os follows: we cannot stand the Immense labor ln-

P-O- 8. A- Hall, cornor of Washington Soul- volved. Tho Grand Temple has boon In ^ V* “ ^ convocation now nine nights In auooee-piona speaker, at 10:46 and 7:4A.

Tha People's Spiritual Society, under the supervision of Mr. Jenifer, will hold eerrlaee at Bricklayer'* Hall, 99 South Peoria street, at 9 :8 0 .

Services each Sunday at 9:80 s a d 7:80 r. M. at Ml West Lake street. A. H. Williams, Presi­dent.

The First Spiritual Culture Society of Chi­cago will hold a meeting at 8:80 In the hall 11 North Ada street.

The Philosophical Spiritual Society meets at Arlington HaO, Indiana avenue and Thirty- Aral street, at 10:45.I The First South Side Spiritual Society wOl hold services at 77 Thlrty-flrst street, at 9:80.

Mrs. Ovisit holds meetings every Sunday at 7 JO, No. 11 North Ada St.

volved. The Grand TemiM convocation now nine n iglH slon, oxoept ono, and the local members

land officers are nearly worn out with | the strain.

We are having printed new sets of petitions or application blanks, which we will mail to any address on receipt of stamp, or to any Court of the Order, postage paid. Blank No. 1 te for the Mystlo degree of LI bra, | when petitioners oan Temple in person. No. oMhose applying for membership to a

as Neophytes to the Temple.O. H. Richmond,

G. M.

toa appear x 2 Is for

i i or i d s

Court or i

A young know-nothing—Teacher:— 'Who was the first man?” Brown head-boy): Washington; first in war, I rat in—” Teacher: ’ _ _was tho first man.” Brown: you aro talking of forolgnoni, ne was.”

The Conyrtoalionalist relates of an or- I ring brother In Vermont who got up in [open meeting and made the following .confession: "Brethren, my conscience

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ c o m p e l s me to oonfees that when billing "No, no: Adam J down my sap this spring, I put Into tha te t t |^ ^ " O h , If I kettle two buckets of water and sold

I 'arose I tho sugar at the same prloe as that {made from pure sap.”

TH E PR O G R E SSIV E THINKER.

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I 1

w Y 'wA CATHOLIC PR IEST PLAN NING A DEVIL­

ISH WORK, IN TDK CONVENT O P THE BACKED HEART.!

W ritten for The Progressive Thinker.

BY HUDSON TUTTLE.CHAPTER IV.

S em in a ry o f th e S ac red H e a rt.

THINKING O P ENTERING A CATHOLIC SCHOOL. (S H L .’IGURES IN T H E NARRA­TIV E.)

The Seminary of the Sacred Heart was located In one of the most attractive and fashionable quarters of the olty. It was an adjunct to the convent, a still larger and more Imposing building. You may travel from New York to San Fran­cisco—North and South to all tho great towns and cities, and you will find without exception that tho Cathollo church, ca­thedral, convent and school are in a most conspicuous and desirable location. With far-seeing tact, tho holy fathers have] taken tho lots while tho towns were new, I and retained possession until the sites were wanted by tho Church for Its uses. The wide grounds wore surrounded by a massive wall, concealing the view from the outside. There was a heavy Iron gate, a t which a watchman stood and opened to those who gave the proper sig­nal. From this gato a broad walk ex­tended, dividing into two branohes, one leading to the seminary, on the right, and {he other leading to the eonvont Tho latter was much the larger building, and of more Imposing appearance. The buildings were connected by a subterra­nean passage.

The walla wore bordered with flowers I and the open space set with shrubbery.f There wore arbors seats, and coxy nooks, with fountains whioh made tho grounds enchanting. A t the wide door the sig­nal was given and it was opened by an attendant Passing through a low arch­way, tho school-rooms were entered by doors on either side. On the floors above was the dormitory. At tho end of tho passage was the room of the Suporlor, a (sumptuously-furnished apartm ent Everything was arranged to exclude observation from the world, and throw the glamour of mystery and sooreoy over the mind.

On the .right was the refectory with the rooeption room for visitors, the most elegant and attractive room in the build­ing. On the left were the reoltatlon rooms. The front one was devoted to the voting ladies of the world and more wealthy Catholics, for although perfect equality was Inculcated, the distinction was made to attract the patronage of Protestants. I t had become fashionable for wealthy parents to send their daugh­ters to the Convent School. It is so now to an alarming extent In cities. The idea prevails that within the walls of such a school the young girl is safe from temptation and will, under the instruc­tion of holy nuns, become a model of sweet womanly grace. I t Is also a prevalent Idea that the course of instruction is more thorough and complete, and that more attention is bestowed on manners and deportment. The young lady thus “ finished " a t the oonvent academy, when she enters society has the advantage over others who have been educated with the common people a t the public school. A more deplorable mistake could not he made by Protestant parents, onol fraught with more destructive influences to afl they hold righ t and true. Seclu­sion. in tho first place, is not the correct method to guard against temptation. The graduate from the convent school goes out into the world Ignorant of its temptations and weak as a child to resist them.

The course of Instruction is superficial. The needle-work is incomparable, and is the one a rt that is taught with most assi­duity and ability. A smatter of Frenoh and Italian, reading, music, drawing and painting—such was the course at the time our narrative begins, and Cathollo forms do not change.

For special reasons, Zolda saw little of the arbitrary and exacting rules. She had been brought there for the purpose of conversion, and tho path must he cleared of thorns and strewn with roses. Her teachers were selected with care, and they were the best such an Institu­tion could furnish

The Superior had received orders from the Bishop to retain Zolda if every rule were set snde. and threatened with dire consequences if she did not. Zelda was food of painting, and a teacher gave her instructions, widely known by the works of her brush in Europe. She was fond of languages, and French and Ital­ian were taught her by conversation, which made their study delightful. Her

4 harp was not neglected, ana her voice was cultivated, and all these studies were not pursued with the energy that made them tasks, but with that ease and negligence which made them play- spells. Needlework was the recreation of all hours.

She became so engaged that she did net (eel homesick, nor urn anxiety to go home that she anticipated. I t was an Inflexible rule of the institution that the pupils must remain within its wails. They could not visit their homes except a t the conclusion of the term. The reason assigned was that the studies were interrupted and mind diverted. While in the school every effort should be devoted to the acquisition of knowl­edge. The home Urn grew dim. An­other force was silently influencing her

■ which she did not recognize. There at first eras no direct appeal to her, on ac­count of religion. There were a few forms to he complied with, which the Superior told her were at her option.I u t that if not repugnant, she wished she would conform to, as a uniform be­havior of the pupils eras desirable- One of them was to dip the fingers, in a basin of holy water standing by the door of the schoolroom, and make the sign of the cross, and she was to kneel nt prayers. At first Zelda did not conform, but as she was the only one who did not, and It was a harmless form, she at length grew as punctual as the others. Of course her companions would talk, ■nd y they were nearly nil Catholics

tha t religion its long line o,

heroes, martyrs and saints. W hat a t first was repulsive from prejudice bo- atne tolerated,and at length Interesting.

Tho stories of the saints who had given their lives for the good of others ap- xuilecl to the ardent imagination of toldu, and her ambition became fixed to

bo like them In dispensing oharity and kindness; not in the ir austere wav, for the age of martyrdom had passed, hut in the way marked out by tne needs of the present. She would have wealth, and would uso i t in assisting the poor and the needy. This was her first dream, and as she reposed on her pillow at night, vision after vision would ohaso each other, of plans she would exoouto when she again entered the life of the world.

The sodontary life she had led; the so- olualon, the atmosphere that, as i t were, breathed one thought, had wrought a ohango In tho fine and sensitive temper­ament of Zolda. She could not analyze It herself, for sho was acted on by Infiu- enoos which were strange to her, and beyond her control. This sensitiveness had beoome a morbid oondltion, which would have been overcome by a few days In tho open air, and undor home infiuoncos. Hero it was constantly in- tonslfiod. I t was tho ohronio state of all other members of the school, from the Superior to the youngest ohild. In thorn, it was assisted by early training

P A IN T IN G W H IL E H E M ED ITA TES ON T H E R U IN W H ICH T H E CATHOLIC CHURCH H AS W ROUGHT.

tion you gave the words of the Bishop. W hat a wonderful dlsoourso! W hat a noble man ho is! H e Is one with the Master. Can you wondor th a t we wor­ship our priests? They are difforont from other men. Thov are part of Jesus himself, to whom they ao vote th e ir lives. “

“ I t had a strange effect on me," ro plied Zelda. “ I am lost in doubt, and oh! Mother Superior, what shall I do?

“ The doubts you have are the prompt lngs of your ovll nature, of Satan P u t them behind you. Your true course is to give yourself to Jesus; tha t 1b, to the true and righ t."

“B ut this I cannot do. W hat would my father say were I to becomo i Cathollo?"

“ Your Immortal soul Is of more con so quenco than your father's frown._ Yourheavenly father is more worthy of obedl once than your oarthly. Besides, If

and hereditary bias, and was recognized as Indicative of piety. To Zelda it was an unfathomable feeling, which seemed to grasp and hold h er In re­straint. which sne could not divest hor- solf of for a moment. After all, was her old idea, that soulless indifference about the oonduot of life and the fate awaiting the spirit after death, righ t? If life is so short, and eternity so long, what is its moment, compared with immortal welfare? Sno thought and thought, and grow wrotchod with the doubts tha t besot her, turn whioh way she would. Tho old landmarks failed, and the ground whioh had appeared so solid be­came a yielding marshland.

A t this oritical moment it was announced tha t the Bishop wouldS roach in the chapel, and on th a t Sun-

ay morning every member of the school was in attendance. The Bishop Lopez, after the long ceremonies, which it is useless to describe, whioh are in­tended to impress the mind and hold the attention of the young, began his discourse. Directly behind him, on a high panel,r was painted with lifelike I

our father could have this presented the rig h t way, bo would, without

see the same as you.

vo|in|_ ____doubt, see the same as you. Your oon version may be tho means, by grace, of saving your whole family from purgatory."

There was a low rap a t the door; it was pushed open and a priest entered.

"You are just in time, Holy Father," exclaimed the Superior. “ Hero is I

g h panel, was paintedL! coloring the crucifixion. On the face of I the dying Christ was a look of unuttera­ble agony and forgiveness. The Bishop stood in front and lower, and the light streaming from above made the living man and dying God as one scene. The light in tne chapel was toned by the colored glass windows, and the a ir was heavy with Incense. Lopez as a preacher and as a man was two distinct beings. This may be said of many preachers; hut most pronounced was i t true of him. He had been tralnod by the best in­structors of Europe In the arts of rhet- oric, and his ardent, fiery nature gave him the gift of eloquence. He also had in a largo measure what has been called, for want of a better term, magnetism, to chain and hold his hearers’ attention and compel them to accept his conclu­sions. Such eloquence is an outgrowth of, and appeals to and influences tho passions. I t is the child of feeling, appeals to feeling, and not to the intel­lect and reason, unless these are first made helpless slaves by the dominant and excited passions.

In the sacred desk he was as one In­spired with the sac redness of the place and theme. His voice was low, soft and winsome. Ho spoke of the sins of hu­manity. How weak the strongest were; how little able to support ourselves. He proved this to the impressible, from premises he assumed. Then turning to the Jesus suspended on the cross, -the blood dripping from his wounds, he cried in tones of rejoicing: “ Eureka! we have found it!"

“ Behold the man! Behold the God! who bv mortal agony has redeemed the w orld .' The effect was wonderful; tho Catholics wept for joy, and a strange thrill ran through the nerves of Zelda. When she first saw tho dying Christ, the blood Bowing from his side and the nails which pierced his hands, i t was too terrible to look upon. Now it glowed with warm light, and a smile played over the features. Preacher and Christ were as one, and the bold assertion of his re­deeming power and love, and the neces­sity of salvation through him, was ac­cepted without question., At length tho Bishop directed his a t­tention to her. His eyes seemed to transfix her, and look into her very soul. She could not avert her gaze, or take her eyes away from him and the dead Christ behind him. He preached directly to her, and appealed to the crucifix for her salvation. She was the one lost lamb, more cared for by the heavenly Master than all the flock within the fold. W hat rejoicing with the angel host when she had made her redemption sure.

There was no threat, no persuasion, no denunciation. I t was a fervent appeal of love, charity, of disinterested kindness to promote the welfare of one in great danger. The services closed as

poor ohild, a lost lamb of tho fold.'“Jesus is the M aster," replied tho

priest, kindly. “ The blessed Mother intercedes for suoh. Hero, I have the if atera of life.’’

He held a howl in his hands, “and with i t I have the power to wash away all sins, and restore thee to thy redeemer as the bride of Jesus." Saying whioh he sprinkled Zelda with a copious shower, and before she was aware of his Intentions, o r could offor a word of protestation, he mado tho sign of the cross on her forehead.

“ You are now a member of our Holy Mother Church. I abjure you to re­main steadfast, else you will he cast into outer darkness, beyond hope' of re-Crie /e or redemption." Saying whioh

e passed out, and Zelda found tongue to ask:

“ Mother Superior, is th is true? Am I a member of your church?"

“ Irrevocably, for i t is a proverb—once a Cathollo always a Catholic. T h a t is, the member can never escape the con­trol of the Holy Father."

“ B ut I did not intend to join. I m ight have concluded to have done so. hu t I was in doubt.'*

“And you should return thanks th a t your doubts were so easily disposed of; the m atter is settled for you, and now you have only to go on in the good course so woll begun."

“My father! W hat will he say? His daughter forsaking the instructions hs gave her. and recreant to the tru s t re­posed in her!"

“ Disohedienco to an ungodly parent is commendable. The oruclfled one said tha t we must leave father, m other and friends for his sake. Many are the dear saints who have deserted luxurious homes, for the rudo llfo of beggary, and by suffering and humiliation of the flesh, become stars in the Savior’s crown. Your father will see the erro r of his ways, and be brought to repentance. Perhaps you will he the means of his salvation. You should write him and ask him if he greatly cares."

“ I will do so a t onco.“ Sit down a t my desk, my daughter,

for now I may truly call you such: write your father, and I will a t once send i t to him by a trusty messenger."

To be Continued.

An Idaho Man’s Experience.My creed is: “ Love all th a t is truly

lovable. Adore all tha t is adorable. Hate nothing: worship nothing. Look ever on the bright side of life. Scatter gladness wherever one goes. Endeavor to leave the world better for our coming. Live a true life. If I am not true to self I I cannot be true to the world. Even in the ligh t of policy, it does not pay to do wrong. Live up to the highest percep­tion of right, and ever keeping m mind th a t there may yet ho h igher percep­tions of tru th to believe. Take nothing by faith or belief unless one actually senses it. Have more pity for a lazy man than a poor one. Do not search for happiness, hut be happy. Do not worry about two things: the things you can help, and the things you can't. Use no language th a t would ho Inappropriate to employ in a sanctum or on a rostrum. Fear not for the hells tha t circumstances cause you to pass through, for a wel­come dawn awaits you. If In doubt about righ t doing, ro verso tho “ golden rule ” for a solution; and finally, if your best girl happens to be two thousand miles away, and you cannot be as true to her as if she were at your side, you would not be worthy of hor, and your creed would be a failure.

This is a grand old world, friend Francis, and the more I see of It, the better I like it: but i t Is not quite othe real yet, and will not bo as long as men eat pork and tell lies.

C . J . J o h n s o n .Pocatello, Idaho.

“ THE UNCO’ GUID."Novor since tho morning stars gave

the ir first grand ooooort has there boon ao many brands of charity on tho m arket as now. C harity faotorlo* uro springing up all over this vast country, and i t u to be regrottod th a t some of them turn out goods th a t “ won't wash." Tho greatGubllo is threatened, owing to oompoti­

on among th e various shops, and i t is Impossible to tell what will bo tho result of all th is clashing of steel, gold and plumbago. Oh l for somo brave Sulla, to quell th is social strife!

The agents sent ou t to work up trado for tho numerous houses are the most lpterosling of all abnormal growths, even in this age of freaks. My sensations upon encountering one of thorn,—in ir ln t o r elsewhere, are—well, I often 'eel called upon to repeat tho following |

lines, from his salntsnip, Lord Byron: “And If I laugh at any mortal thing,

'Tta that 1 may uot weep."Those dear, soft-footed obarlty drum ­

mers aro all about us, and like the grace­ful sunflower and Italian skies of Kansas, o r the herolo hull-thistle of New England, they have seasons of being eons tan tly on exhibition. They m eet you on the stree t and toll you now much they love you, while pinching your arm purple. They tell you to bo good and you will bo happy, bu t th a t you mustn’t try to be happy, for th a t is selfish.

oomotlmes ono comes to your home and offers to ouro your vulgar oorns, by tho Bweot influence of prayer; bu t when you ask him an easy question about tho modus operand!, he strikes an imposing attitude and preaches you a pointed ser- monetto upon the soul-drying sinfulness of being a doubter. He tolls vou th a t your question, your vocal Inflections and tho blink of your eves, all savor of irony, and th a t It would be eusler for a rhinoc­eros to beoome a skillful ballet danoer than for you to have your corns cured while In your benighted mental condi­tion. He tolls you In acetous tonos th a t you m ust try and beoome Intim ate with

o v o ry a p p r o a c h a b le o r s o o m in g ly u n ­a p p r o a c h a b le n v o n u o . D . R . F r e n c h .

IMnujlassviUe, Georgia.In- all ages of tho world those have

arlson who olalmod tho power to over­come death . Tho hunt for tho ollx lr of life, by which our existence horo can be Indefinitely prolonged, has never been suoooasful, and novor will bo. Mr. French speaks of the snowy h a ir of Helen W li­mans turning to its original oolor. O ur good brother ahould know th a t the ohango mentioned la one of those pecul­ia r physiological processes th a t occasion­ally happon. An old lady baa a new set of tooth aprlng forth, to h er g rea t us ton- ishxnent. The eyes of an old man, ao poor ho can scarcely soo, all a t once be­oome aa good as In youth. In fact, there Is no end to the Idiosyncrasies of nature in th is respect, but to say th a t any one conJUre horo on earth Indefinitely Is absurd. By oorreot habits, one oan liv e to a good old ago, hut death will corao, as It should) for If tho case were o th er­wise, how soon this ea rth would be o ie r- populatod. Helen WIImans will pass to sp irit llfo in due tim e, and will not prob­ably atta in the ago of tho ignorant negro exhibited a t tho Dime Museum; he naa reached his 125th year.

Phenomena in San Francisco.

a better quality of sp irits,—th a t good spirits can 't approach you on account of your general coarseness. H e loftily In­forms you, as he is leaving, th a t he is very meek and oharltablo hlmsolf, and th a t you ought to be so too. Don’t ory because you d id n 't ge t an answer to your question, for, don’t you see, you nave been “ treated " to a free lecture?

If in some unguarded moment you chance to use tho word evil, a word whioh th a t dear soul Noah W obstor has given us permission to use, when m ak ing . cas­ual reference to a certain embryonlo stage of a universal quality known as good, down a hundred or more of them will swoop upon you, and pour ou t vials of sample oharity upon your defenseless head. They will howl Into your pained oars: “ Be kind,—be oharltablo,—bemeek,—have faith ,—th ink no evil." etc., and, after all, will forget to append th e ir own names to the advice. T hey will | tweak your nose, pull your h a ir, make mouths a t you and tw it you of not being a free moral a g e n t W hether they do all these acts of charity anonymously th a t they may be rewarded openly, o r because they are ashamed of th e ir names, Is not known. I t is alm ost dangerous to ask one of these seli-appointed guide-posts for information upon any subjeot, for while adm itting th a t he knows all about it, he will not answer. B ut he will tell you th a t th e world was not made in a week; th a t every adult ought to be able to repeat th e m ultipli­cation table; th a t there is mueh dissen­sion among religious sects, as well as o ther things equally to th e point. He will declare th a t there is no such th ing as evil, because evil is necessary to make us appreciate the good. Now, a common sinner, who desires to correct h is own faults before wasting tim e on those of others, would politely answer you and go about his business, w ithout boasting of h is g rea t charity . L ike th e Nazarene, ■ love sinners, and a t tim es I almost agree w ith R obert Burns in saying:

“ The rigid righteous Is a fool,The rigid wise, anltber."

Now, remomber, I didn’t say th a t, and if any one should feel h it, and desire to expend venom-tipped charity upon the h itte r, le t him w rite to Robert, whose present address 1 am unable to give.

__ R e t t a S. A n d e r s o n . Concordia, K an.

OVERCOMING DEATH.Some P ersist that I t Can B e Done

—_ The Spiritualists of Port W orth,usual, but the audience, as though dazed Texas, have organized under the nameor charmed by some magic power, lingered and reluctantly departed.

After dinner Zelda received an invita­tion to attend the Mother Superior in her room. I t was the first time she bad been thus invited, and i t was the more

— hi s h w wvsw ■■ ■■ vthey praised continually and related stories of it

of “ United Spiritualists," and would like to be recognized by Spiritualist! friends in nil parts of the United States. The following-named officers were elected: Mrs. H. T . Wilson, President;

. Mr. E. B. Sawyer, Vice-President; Mrs. grateful to her because she felt the need I EL C. L. Gorman, Corresponding and of advice, and some one In whom she Financial Secretary and Treasurer; Dr. could confide. The Superior advanced to J . E. Fleming, Chaplain, meet her as she entered the room, and I , . —taking her by the hand bade her wel- A coarse, ill-natured man died one come with the affection of a mother. | day, and his friends assembled a t the She led her to a sofa, and sat by her funeral, but no one had a good word toride. ___ I say about the deceased. A t length n

You are rarprlsed a t my asking your | kind-hearted German, as be turned to you why. I

| T o t h e E ditor:—Having just read a short article in your paper of Oct. 31st, under the caption of “ God B reathes Into Him H is Holy B reath ,” l beg leave to say th a t being an ardent adm irer of your paper and the m anner In which you assail everything in opposition to th e tru th , and believing th a t you have a t h ea rt the general welfare of humanity, and would not knowingly place any obstacle in the way of tru th , in whatever phase i t may he presented, leads me to address you. In ferring from oertain expressions con­tained in the le tte r of inquiry from the

venerable Eastern lady," th a t she alludes to Mrs. Helen W limans, of Doug- lassvllle, Georgia, perm it me to say th a t a more earnest soul and a more ardent (investigator after tru th I never met: and moreover, I believe there is no woman living to-day who Is held in h igher esteem for h e r womanly qualities, than is Mrs. W limans by the citizens, from highest to lowest, not only In the town where she lives, but in the surrounding country also. The good lady is not only demonstrating what she teaches in her own person, h u t upon noarly every one visiting h er for treatm ent, no m atter what her disease may be. She is not only a perfeet picture of health, bu t her on'ce snowy hair has returned to nearly its original oolor, deep yellow, and many other things I m ight mention, bu t suffice it to so say briefly: claiming, as she does, th a t man being tho highest expression of God or Good, and his personality be­ing “ A11 Mind," (As a man th inkoth, so is he), by right-thinking he can express in his body what he desires, through the law of attraction. This being true,— which is already being demonstrated in tons of thousands of oases—w hatisthora to prevont man’s onward and upward march to the most grand and dazzling achievements, Including the overcoming of death Itself? Supposing th a t Mrs. Wlimans and all the votaries of Mental Sclcnoo should lay asldo the ir personali­ties, and re tire to tho invisible sldo of life, i t would not follow th a t a principle was destroyed. Individually, I should attribute the cause to e ither Mrs. Wll- mans' not having oommenood to m ateri­alize its principles throughout her per­sonality a t a sufficiently early ago, or she may hare failed to.reoognlze tho potencies perpetuating human life,—as no groat attainm ent u reached by a single or during the years believed to be allotted

attention, and I will tellL_________have a mother's care over those under my charge; I have vowed to the Blessed Mary and the Holy Jesus tha t I will do ail I can for them. I noticed the atten-

go home, said: ischumaker."

“Veil, he vos a good

5 JU D IES I N PSYCHICAa invaluable work, bjr Undaon Tuuie.

S C IE N CE. Price

reached by a single bound, _,ng tbeyi__

Itoman,—holding the belief th a t another soul o r souls would take up the broken thread of principle and carry i t to the goal of perfection. In abort, if the modus operand* of the principles on whiah is based the claims of an endless life on this mundane sphere was given to the world to-day, i t would no doubt seem In­credible or impossible—there being a time for all things, henoo when the tune arrives for tru th to bo sprung upon hu­manity, with ail its brilliancy. It will be shown. I learn th a t Mrs. Wlimans has Investigated the claims made by T . L. Harris, and found them to be myths, as they are baaed upon wrong principles. From a student in search of tru th through

T o t h e Editor:—Spiritualism la this S tate nt the present moment has more attention bos towed upon i t than any o th er creed o r ism, e ith e r religious or secular. T hera are estim ated to be in San Franelsoo to-day a t least 60,000a >lo who are e ith e r oonfirmod Splrlt-

Bts or have a decided leaning in th a t dlroetlon. They are . too, brainy people, those who aro capable of separating the tru e spiritual gospel from th a t “ which would deceive the very elect." Thera are now four platform test mediums in th is olty, headed by John S later, Mrs. W hitney, Ben. M. Barney and Dr. Wood. About 6,000 people attend sp irit meetings every week in the olty, and th e mediums, as a ru le—those named above—average from ten to tw enty p ri­vate sittings dally. T here are o tn er mediums in th e olty, some exceedingly good ones, too. Included a re Mrs. Francis, Mrs. Sloper, Mrs. W aite, Mrs. Bennett, Mrs. Dunham, and o thers of lesser note. O ur inspirational speakers are headed by N. F. Ravi in and Dr. Dean C larke. Mr. Ravlln speaks for a society of Spiritualists, ana th e audi­ences are large and Interested. S la ter follows th e doctor's m orning lectures with tests from th e platform. Mrs. W hitney holds seanoes each Sunday, in M etropolitan Templo; John S la te r In Odd Fellows' •Hall; Ben. M. B arney in Soottlsh Hall. Mr. B . holds th roe m eet­ings per week, Thursday and Sunday afternoon and evening. H e has a won­derful phase of m ediumship—read ing sealed le tte rs verbatim. H is psychomet­ric readings aro said to bo perfect. As a platform test medium he has few, if | any, superiors, although a medium for ono year past. S late-w riting also takes a new phase w ith him ; en tire slates being brought into h is cabinet covered with messages. He is certa in ly doing a groat work.

W h a t we need to complete our lis t of mediums is a genuine m aterializing me­dium—we have had enough of th e o th er kind. A good, honest, conscientious m aterializing medium can find in San Francisco a large clientage.

O ur people a re try ing to effect an or­ganization for the purpose of assisting young mediums to develop. As th e old societies are now run, a young medium has no chance a t aU.

T he estim ate in whioh these people hold a medium is gauged en tire ly by “ how many people he can draw to pu t money in our treasury ."

H ero is one of th e best sp iritua l fields in the world for a good, honest, un­selfish organizing work. Organization is w hat we want.

In addition to our mediums’ m eetings we have a very successful C hildren’s Progressive Lyceum, conducted every Sunday forenoon by Mrs. Ballou, Mrs. Fassett, Mrs. W adsworth, Mrs. K irk ­wood and others. From 100 to 150 young children and middle-aged ladies and gentlem en participate in its exercises.

T here are a g rea t many private c ir ­cles held every n ig h t in tne week in different portions of th e city, all of whioh a re la rge ly attended.

T he g rea test work now being done is in th e churches. Spiritism is shaking the sacred edifioes to th e ir very founda­tions.

O ur city also boasts of having a noted astrologer among its citizens—C. D. Greemul, late of Boston. The gen tle­man is astonishing tho natives w ith his marvelous gifts. H is is both a science and a sp irit gift. B . E. N.

San Francisco, Cal.

Items from the City of Brotherly Love.

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T \ prophecy verified. Bho >oy» In ■ lecture to In­dia* regarding maternity and painless parturition " Wo m iu t educate ou r daughter* to think th a t moth­erhood It grand, and th a t God novor earned It." H r tnlMlon among women la to p u n ch tbl* now gospel. I f you • altar, It la not bocame yon are earned of God, but beeaaee you violate tile law*. Wo know that, among Indian*, the aqua we do not Buffer In Childbirth i they will atop aildo from the rank*, oven on the march, and return In a ebon time bearing w ith them the new* horn child. Our remedies are purely vegetable, gath ­ered In tw o bemUpberea o f tho globe, containing no poison, nor are they In the leant narcotic In their effect. Inclose etamp for circular! Address, De. L. Alma, SIM Cottage Grove A re., Chicago, IlL

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There is a large organization hore. with presiding officers over each ward in the olty, whioh calls Itself a society for tho “ Aid o^the Needy, and the P re ­vention of Fraud," which is in reality a league of ohuroh members, working to­gether for tho destruction of all sp irit­ualistic Interests. I t is the oustom of th is league to discover the whoroabouts of evory medium who enters the city, and to send olroulars warning them of prosecution, should Ihoy in any way practice th e ir mediumship; ye t not­w ithstanding a ll this condition of affairs tho Spiritualists thomaelyoa aro too dis­senting in action; too many divisions hero with small supports, as It were, ollnglng to many fragments, whereas if they would but consolidate into two or threo largo societies, tho lr power would begreator.

There are some very advanood th ink­ers here, and others in our ranks, as in all places, still olouded with bigotry: but as ever wo workors m ust still toil and fruits shall surely follow.

Mrs . Dr. J . N. Magoom.Philadelphia, Pa.

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A. P. Miller, Journalist and poet. In an HMM > tlce o f th e Instrument In his paper, the VatMM (Minn.) Advance, any*: "T h e n j r N g u l k a t provement upon the plancbctte. havtngadlil n i » tors, w ith n few words, so that very uttle 'Pjsw'l apparently required to give the c t u n u M l w e do not hesita te to recommend It to an whs a s ) test th e question w hether spirits can return aal • muni cate.**

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