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No. 699.— Vol. X IV .] L O N D O N , A U G U S T 24, 1883. [ P r i c e l j d .

H Y D E P A R K H O M I U E S . - I I E

CHRISTIANITY AN INTERPOLATION— ITS SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE. Delivered b y J. B urns, O.S.T., in H yde Park, Sunday, A ugust 19, 1883 .

1 CORINTHIANS; CHAPTER X II. t l f f iw c o a m in g spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have joiignorant.

7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man, to pm t withal.

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Before time it was said that, because of traditions, the word of God had been rendered of none effect. The pure word o f God, that spiritual truth; in accord­ance with wmch all things h lire been created, have ever existed and are now gp^JIrned, has always been made a grand topiw of perversion,Jmtrigue, and selfish design ! No soonegglt has been' said, does God erect a house of prayffthan the devil builds a chapel th e r e ] That which was given from the H igh H eavens o f the planet, by thelmipreme God, in tp s N am e o j|th e A ll-Father, for the universal go^ jS® pei^ M upon by a class, a fac­tion, a cliquJS a ses§ l and thereby the sweetjnoney o f

Eelestial ip n u ||ry is Burned in ® the hitter pjSson o f spiritual indpmnce and m isd iraSipnp So weraind that allNScripp^esjU are a n l^ p n g r iM is n a t u r e o f truth and falsehood. T hey! indeed;' contain*that ® jh l|jd iich will guide ajfd^nlighffinBhe Naoul, if disKirered and appreciatedMbut they, at the sameKime, give, alongside of that truth, an opposite c m E which has blamed and cursed man moreffiban any other form of B h r y ^ io n to which his degraded lipatare has been siigj ecjWH

This fact of inw polationjR his good and eiffl side by side, this incongruous m ixture oMwisdom andjmlly, is one of the most impressive facts which existence pre­sents. There is no puref unm ixed Truth and Good within the diversified sphere o f human experience. The nostrils are assailed at every step w ith the horrid

'i,vd#nr of taint. Health and purity there are nowhere ‘ t* Wfcfewud. . '

There' i l wisdoh# in a ll t h i s ] Man’s present position in the scale^f spiritual, or rather material, ultimatiou renders this universal ambiguity unavoidable. I t is through it that man gains his education. Every mo­ment of his life he is confronted by a choice between

right and wrong, the true and false, the good and ev il! T he left hand path brings pain, and the right leads to true enjoyment. B ut the pain and pleasure are also o f two kinds. There is the short-sighted pleasure endin in pain, and which, while it is pleasant, would be painful privation i f neglected ; and the lasting pleasure is painful to a certain portion of the complex nature of man. Y es ; even in the structure^of man himself, th is contradiction e x is ts : it is an elem ent o f the grand scheme, as far as man can at present see the develop­m ent of th in g s^ ]

We need not, then, he surprised i f that which exists in man, and in nature around him, also exists in all the “ scriptures,” that areffihemselves a department, a phase, a product, of the universal creation. The true Scrip- ( tures, the D ivine Word, exists in every so u llb u t in its passage outwards into the actions o f natural life, this D ivine Truth becomes ] interpolated ” w ith aims, de­sires, and view s peculiar to the short-sighted external sphere of life. A h ] this ] s the trying p o in S Could we omly he true to that L ig h t within, we would have a guide and a purpose that would lead us most directly

Mo happiness. Y et let us not repine. Our conflicts and (S ir false pleasures are a divine means to an end, . equally with the highest sentiment. There is, indeed, no devil, i^ B ^ ^ g l^ r a H t h o u g h there is l in a sense, an inner and an outer, anj® hence in opposifflon, and that we shouldinejas w,e are, in respect to these degrees o f spiritualSjifes has been intended by our*Creator, or , things would haveajpeen afferent.

Man musM not, however, fall to sleep in the arms of Sfijhfflpl! H e re^Sresno be continually stimulated to the higher, aud warned against the lower*. Purity is con- ;

Binually teasing jqjm into a recognition of ?fts supreme dem ands]and never more so than when we are caughc in the tiresome toils of imperfection.

Just here, when there is before us the question of scriptural corruption, we are reminded of the passage in the last chapter o f Revelation, warning “ every m an

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that heareth the words o f the prophecy o f this book ” against “ adding unto these th in g s; otherwise God shall add unto h im .the plagues that are written in this book : and i f any man shall take aw ay from the words of the book of th is prophecy, God shall take away

r his part o f the Book o f life.” There could not he a more powerful w arning against interpolation, and yet i t has been turned roun®ffii such a w ay that it has 'been made to pass off and enforce interpolation as genuineB&ripture. For it is made to app ly to the w hole Bible, whereas the B ible did not ex ist at the time it was written. I t m anifestly on ly applies to the book of Revelation itself, w hich is a prophecy, deem ed by some, Dr. K enealy am ongst others, as the oldest Scripture extant, and a version o f ffi& riginal “ Book of God.” W hether this be so orimot, it is im possifyS to im agine that it now ex ists in its original and genuine form, and oifier portions of “ S crip ture” are in a worse plight, being w holly and soj^^interpolations. These* interpolators, these manufacturers o f spurious scripture, have been eager to apply this passage to their pro­ductions, that they m ight be accepted as genuine, and man is thereby dared to think for him self, or reject that which has been written, however false it m ay appear to him.

T his is on no account the purpose o f th e warning.I would neither erase from nor add to any Bible, how­ever Vile or corrupt. L e t every literary production/] stand on its own merits. This is sound editorial p olicy . Read the “ Retrospect o f a Long L ife ,” by Mr. S . C. H all, originator of the “ A rt Journal,” for forty years its editor, and now possibly the oldest editor in the world, and he gives his v iew s o f editorial conduct, in keeping w ith that in Revelation. Andrew Jackson D avis has said : The making of new B i b l e s ^ alw ays in order, m ut the old ones should Jyl left as th ey are. K M s is qujle a different matter from m aking every­thing that is written in Bibles binding on a man’s con­sc ien ces I do not think there is any part o f the B ib e a that can be quoted as demanding such recognition. ^Christianity, by its Popish tradifcmjrftp h as declared the Bible infallible in every word, gift that is assuredly human dogma originating in the selfish requirements o f a class. The great teachers o f the B ib le did not so teach. T hey quoted no Bible as authority, but referred man to his own moral sense. There can be no external authority to man’s sop]. I ts innate G od-given powers are its sole authority. The blind man cannot see by

Authority, any more than the blind soul can see by authority. Granted that B ibles are guides, they are not authoritative guides. The truths they may contain are only guides when they are pefcraayed to be truth.It is of no use to throw the m ilestone at a blind m an’s b ea d : it w ill not guide him ; it w ill knock him down. W hat is required is that the blind man be made to see, then no “ autb^itffigpjwill be needed, for the man will then see the way, and be able to “ walk therein.” The passage in Revelation does not condemn any reader who may not be abl^gto follow “ the proph |6u of this book.” The atrocm uV demand :|O u j|m eve or be damned ” is altogether an emanation from the hellward side of the human mind. R u e import o f the warning is : Do not interpolate the information given on the mile­stone ; a very different thing from condemning the blind man who is unable to read whafira thereon engraven.

The whole tenor of Scripture is on behalf o f severe examination o f all records, and the right o f private

'judgm ent in respect to what is therein contained. A ny­thing short of this is the grossest spiritual abuse. Who is to decide? Is it the Pope, or the Church ; or which Church ? A t last it has to come to a human d^cisfonfi and if so, why not le t every man do the needful for 1 him self?

A s was indicated last week, w e regard the who’e of the Christian system as an “ interpolation.’ ^ T he

. “ everlasting gospel ” is so plain that he who runneth -may read. There are no doubtful genealogies, h istori­cal personages, or mythical narratives to obscure the

view. T h e duties and the privileges of existence are clear and plain to th e conscience o f man, and the due fulfilment of these is religion.

T he Christian interpolation has its use. Nothing occurs in the econom y o f th e universe without the direct perm ission o f the Creator and Sustainer of all.

pH w e find w hat use the C hristian system has served w e will be a t peace w ith it, and be able to contemplate its operations in the spirit o f gratitude and charity.

There is a tendency on the part o f mankind to deteJi riorate the privileges th ey enjoy by too great familiari­ty . This is particularly th e case w ith spirit intercourse. Instead o f man rising up to th e angelic state and mak­in g him self fit for heaven, he w ould bring the angels down to h is level, and induce them to become his hum­ble servants in all th ings. Such a result has obtained numbers of tim es in th e h istory o f humanity, and the fam iliarity has had to be interrupted, or it would have been more and more disastrous both to men and spirits. Such an interruption was th e Christian system, and is to this day. In ancient tim es in E gypt, India, Chaldea, and alb^gjyilized countries, a spiritual system had ob­tained, which degenerated into superstition and the abnormal relations o f spirits and mankind. The human mindffjnstead o f m aintaining a faith in and love for t^B Creator o f all, gave itse lf up to the intermediary service o f spirits. This degraded th e hum an soul, and led ta l relations w ith a low er grade o f spirits. These spirits, being unscrupulous because o f their undevelopment, j and man by h is desires draw ing them still lower and lower, becam e m asters o f th e situation, and many of them set them selves up as G ods on their own account, or as th e lords and an gels o f God, allJySujg&Sut j 9 their own interest and glory, and sacrificing man in so doing. Such, indeed, w as th e state o f what is now Christendom aboutSfe&O years ago, and t a r several centuries after that tim e. M en and women were o H sessed by demons, and the line o f demarcation between earth and the spirit world had becom e so vague and confused, that obsessions and irregularities of all kinds.

ctb is state o f th in gs there is abundant evidence in the N ew T estam ent; as also in the writings o f the Church Fathers. E xorcism was one o f the odH cupations o f a true disciple. P aul did work of this kind, as i $ t h e case o f Elym as, and in a most om§l and uncharitable w ay, too. T hat one spirit, as it purported to be, the H oly Ghost,jfelaished out all forms of spiritji control but its own, and u ltim ately succeeded in almost obliterating the action o f the spiritual faculties entirely.

Paul was a type o f the w eapon to do this work. He was a persecutor o f men before his “ conversion,” he became the medium o f a spiritual persecution of spirits afterwards. “ S et a th ie f to catch a th ief a fami­liar p ro v erb * One class o f self-assertive and rather unscrupulous spirits are made to act as policemen in over-aw eing others and restraining their acts. Thus there is accounted for th e stream of blood that has marked the career o f the Church down the centuries. 1 N o statem ent, how ever fa lse ; no act, however unjust and cruel, has been stopped at, i f it served the purpose. D esperate diseases require fearful remedies; and we must suppose that this reaction, called Christianity, was needed, or it would not have happened.4*It has made i t s | | | a fact, and as such it has done its work m ost effectually. To-day, where are the “ spiri- j tual gifts ? W here are the spiritual faculties of man? W hat remains o f them is in the m ost abject condition!® Speak of a spiritual experience, and the Christian pub- i lie call it “ d e lu s io n .® !S a y you have seen a spirit, and Christian law will lock you up as a lunatic. Report

rgrawpou have w itnessed the m anifestation of the spirit, and Christian T heology says it is the work of the devil. W ould it be possible for man’s spiritual experi­ences to be reduced to a lower level than this ?

This policy is traditional. W hen Luther’s Reforma­tion relaxed the hold o f the Christian system on the human mind, there was, in addition to horrible persecutions, a spiritual persecution which followed in

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the form of witchcraft, w ith its indescribable psychical sufferings and burnings. To discredit man’s relations grai the unseen was the object of that fearful affliction. 'To this day the simplest manifestation of SjuHfual in­sight is met with the exclamation : “ You are a witch F f l What wonder is it that there have been perturbations in Modern Spiritualism, when has to operate in the face of such a power, now O lathe wane, never more to exercise its former functions.

But it has done its work well, and we must, in honour to the Disposer of all things, unreservedly express our gratitude. To do otherwise would he to assume greater wisdom than that which guides the issue of all things. To-day Atheism is the practical religion of Christen-

Effom, Materialism its philosophy, and a spiritless for­mality its religion. Ira is well. In a newspaper para- H ^ H | w a s stated last week that in Hindostan330,000,000 gods are worshipped. Such a conception of Deity is more in the breach than the obser­vance. Hence we prefer the speculative Atheism of

modern thinker to this profuse idolatry. Chunder [ Sen, with his Brahmo Somaj, and others in India, are

warring against these false gods. And their work will be no more charitably received by the devotees there than will be these Hom ilies by the worshippers on this sides of the globe. BgmJje. fulness of time has come. The fiat has gone fo l^ ffand the ground must be cleared for the erection of a nobler temple.

Again, let us be thankful for what has been done. Man’s mind like a slate, covered all over w ith illegible

^scribbling, had to be wiped clean ere a new and better I inscription could be placed thereon. T he work has

been performed most effectually. I t would be hard togHB. a more complete blank, than exists in the cul- - tured mind of the age, as to a conception of a spirit

Kworldlra| anything spiritual. This rather an advantage than otherwise. gjgE is even found in

E' ractice that the Atheist, the Materialist, makes the est Spiritualist. His mind is clean and clear and

unencumbered, so that there is preparedness to receive the truth, and it has room to grow and flourish with- out check or hindrance.

Then, take a cheerful view of the Pa^^^wK sH P3 not so dreary as it looks. W hat is an age, a century, or a thousand years to the Eternal aH Tbe last 2000 years may be taken to represent the wintry hemisphere

Rf the year. It began in late autumn, when the ground was fgjj with ta b b le and the remnants o f a crop of weeds. These were gathered and burned. Then the

l^d,* during fflfe “ Dark A ges,” lay enlocked in the icy arms of a spiritual death. Then, there came a thaw, and the time of returning l ife : the Reformation, the invention of printing, the arts and sciences, the general diffusion of knowledge and personal liberty, have proved a season of spring ploughing and tillage to the human mind, and now is the time for sowing the new spiritual seed.,

» Such is our explanation of the philosophy o f Christi­anity. Spiritualt y ^ has been and is repressive, nega­tive, like its type, Paul. B ut this process we must not overlook the work o f the Gospel, wMch has >ijl Christendom as elsewhere operated alongside of false and negative systems, to maintain an undying testimony on behalf of spiritual truth. That Gospel is the direct act of the Creator within man’s soul, and, as such, can never die nor becomeyfflgfflp^Wffit is alive even in the Materialist and Atheist, who sees in “ m atter” and

■ ‘nature” symbols of that which others personify and represent by other fi^ n s^ All mean the one th in g ; the chief expression of that “ thing ” being the God-like effort to be of assistance rightly directed to all man­kind as the children of one Father.

The verses between the 1st and the 7th are the interpolation: a temporary statement for a passing pur­pose. But the two verses quoted are at all times in force if properly used. The “ manifestation of the spirit” must not be made a matter o f worldly “ profit” nevertheless. “ Spiritual gifts ” should alone be used

for spiritual purposss. This is one o f the laws that must govern all intercourse with the spirit world.

B u jH is not the chief law. There is another, which is mightier./'‘It is tlH H H M glorious qualification o f humanity; that is, a conscious exercise o f the light of the Divine Image within the soul. W ith this qualifi­cation, humbly used and faithfully, followed, a man may indeed exercise spiritual gifts at all times with un­mixed advantage. B y this power. he is, in truth, in the spiritual state, and is seen and known, and sees and knows those of th g^ ggaH 'H e has an^i^gte feeling as . to propriety in regard to time, place, and circumstances ' conducive to spiritual results, and his spiritual work is progressive, and goes ojSp higher and more useful degrees of- This is the sure foundationon which to build a spiritual work.

There are many mediums, speakers, and emp’oyers of such persons, whoEmve not this light. In other words, they have no p rincip le^ what.they do.3ij® liey are the creatures and subjects o f an influence that they know nothing of. They engage in spiritual work as they would in any worldly speculation. I t is, to them, a trade, a profession, a means of gaining the needs of the. animal body. The “ spiritual g ift ” (and it cannot be called such) which they have, is to them so much stock' in trade, by which they can make ‘‘profit7’ and secure a material p S ^ ^ B ^ |l^ ^ ^ ! v e s .

This is a reversion of the whole scheme of spiritual.. work. Spiritual gifts must bring spiritual ^ffiofit,” not the perishable things of earth. Man has a body with its physical gifts : these are for his bodily wants ; but his spiritual nature is for his spiritual sustenance and growth. The man who uses his spiritual powers for a selfish and worldly purpose, is on the sure road to ruin.

R8be spiritually darkened medium is on the road to per- . dition, and is busily leading all the fools thither that

care toIn this matter I speak from experience, having been

for over twenty years most prominently connected with the work o^Sspiritualism. That Cause has become a reproach and a byword, for the reason that it has been

Emo largely builj^upon the shifting bog o f spiritually- blind and selfishly-inspired mediums. These poor misguided creatures have brought untold misery and suffering upon themselves. They have brought shame to thousands o f truth-seekers, and they have attached to the IB S truth of spiritual communion a stigma that makes the bright light appear dense darkness. Nine- tenths of those who make themselves busy as mediums and traffickers, m talk and phenomena, would be better- for the Cause EjgSpiritual Try®2if they were otherwise employed. They are wasters; they are destroyers; they are not producers; they are not buimers-up. The existence of the Cause of Spiritualism to-day depends - on the self-sacrifice o f those who have been able to give up all and suffer all things that the Truth might stand on its own merits. ^UBtsSKie last ten years, one crop after another of strolling traffickers have come and. gone, u H g j r u in e d and played omgpersonally, and leaving behind them a trail of misery and filth for others

^ ^ B p liv e and clear up. Had it not been that there is another power in Spiritualism than the power o f which these persons are the representatives, the Cause would have been clean blotted out some time ago. But the : builders-up keep hence there is a sphere o f.life provided for the pullers-down. While the animal

« v e s the parasites enjoy themselves; but the parasites do not keep the animal alive, they rather hasten its death. So, while there is the true life in the Cause o f Spiritualism, the parasites that prey upon it will be able to subsist, but they have no power of themselves to maintain a vi tal movement.

As I stand here in this open park— I could not speak more publipgSE-I wish that my words could strike deeply into the hearts of all engaged in the • Cause of Spiritualism; and, I say, in the hearing of God and men, in the sight of heaven and of h e ll: Do

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not traffic in, or use for worldly profit, any form of spiritual gift.

There is much consternation amongst Spiritualists on the question of union, ‘ 'organization.” This conster­nation will continue and increase, while the present system of spiritual perversion takes a leading place in the polity of Spiritualists. Can parasites “ organize ”

, to construct a new animal to prey upon ? Can death produce life ? Can destruction build up ? Can the filthy quagmire of a selfish traffic prove a solid rock on which to build the everlasting Temple of the Spirit? Vain thought that such things should be ! The weak­ness of Spiritualism is its too predominant self-centered­ness. Mediums, speakers, committees and all that make the most noise too frequently have the idea of

' “ success,” profit, position, balance sheet, most conspi cuouslv in their mind’s eye. Ask yourselves, friends, and see whether your conscience will not endorse this view.

But whether you have got a conscience or not, the history of Spiritualism proves it. The explanation now given accounts for the disaster that has taken the place of success in much that has been put forth as spiritual work.' The adventurer, the speculation, the shop, has swamped the ship with its supposed spiritual cargo.

Let all who desire to see a true spiritual movement take Paul’s Christian sponge, wipe the spiritual slate clean, and begin anew. Begin by disbanding your army of professional mediums, speakers, and speculating talking-shop keepers. Let every honest man or woman first work for their living, and do for spiritual truth as the gifts of the spirit give them ability. L et every ‘‘ Spiritualist ” do his or her own spiritual work, or they have no title to the term Spiritualists. Those persons who use that name, and employ others to be ‘‘ spiritual” for them by paying them for it, or by picking it up for nothing, are simply impostors, and have no right to abuse a name which does not apply to them. Then we will see who is who, what is what, and the Cause will be placed on a thoughtforward and solid basis. A dozen true Spiritualists in a kingdom would be of more good and use than with an additional legion of shams and opponents in the guise of friends.

This is not by any means a disheartening view of the case. On the opposite, it is a most cheering one. The Cause of Spiritualism to-day holds up its head and progresses, notwithstanding the opposition of the oblique methods that like bubbles play on its surface. But the still water runs deep. The frothy bubbles, though they at times obscure the bright fluid below, do not obliterate it or obstruct its coursea It is the spiri­tual life in every individual which is the true spiritual power. We cannot stop that, for it is allied go the Divine Source. We may ignore it, chasing bubbles, but it flows on all the same. It relates us to the ministers of light in the bright inner world. It makes every human being a “ medium ” between Time and Eternity.It is an aperture through which we catch glimpses of all that is permanent and glorious in existence. Its diffused rays render all things glorious; all things spiri­tual. This imperishable and divine ^'medium ship ” enters into all we do. It is a “ manifestation of the spirit to every man to profit withal.” In its light every act of life is a spiritual work. In all things such a man is inspired. He sinks his own shadow in that lig h t: he works for it, and it sees him paid in a way that he does not expect. The works of his hands sustain him, and his sorrow is for the needs and sufferings of others.He draws around him the helpers of all, for his interest is in the welfare of allBThe power of the spirit is manifested largely, not only in seances and upon plat­forms and in newspapers; but in all the work and acts of life there is a power felt, which feeds the hungry, clothes the destitute, heals the sick, and dispenses jus­tice and mercy to all. No soul attempts to gainsay it or deny i t : it is a fact and requires no theory for its support.

This spiritual power, dear brothers and sisters, is the

true life of all of you. In spite of all your failings, it mercifully sees you through from day to day. Try to understand it more, seek to be led by its light; for it is the express image of your Creator’s countenance, and that divine counterpart o f your being, which can never be taken from you. It is all you can truly possess, here or hereafter.

THE SPIRIT-MESSENGER.■

WOULD-BE fA HOME THRUST AT THE PERFECT, AS WELL AS TO THE IDLE

AND INDIFFERENT, MAN.A C ontrol b y a n U n k n o w n Spirit.

Recorded by A. T. T . P., June 24, 1883.[Tho Medium, who in trance dictates these communications

is an uneducated working man.]

The Sensitive, under control, said:—There are many who are leading a life of perfect calm. One

day with them is like another; with them there seems no change; their existence keeps on its undisturbed course unto its close. The incidents taking place around them are left unnoticed, the monotony of their lives deters them from taking that notice which, with others, is the chief pleasure of their lives. Such an existence was mine. Left a competence, hav­ing no cause either to think or to toil, not being fond of dissi­pation or debauchery in any form, yet having no respect whatever for those revelations, which, to be of use to the soul hereafter, must be accepted in their entirety; so that I was devoid of revealed religion, freo from any special vices, an idler in life, and time held over me its masterful sway—I did not know what to do to pass it away. I had heard of philanthropy, but I could not judge between the deserving and the hypocrite.

In one of my idle wanderings I arrived at the East End of this Metropolis, far out of my usual beat, and for the first time for many years I passed outside of an unpretentious chapel, with a sudden wish of entering within it. This wish was caused by the remarkable plainness of the attire of the female portion of those attending.

A man about forty year’s of age was kneeling by the curb­stone directly in front of the chapel door. A shoe box was before him ; so he evidently bad no inclination to follow the rigidness of keeping holy the sabbath day, enforced as it is by orthodox opinion. I placed my foot on his box with a view of entering into conversation, having two reasons for doing so. The first, to cheat my old enemy, Time, and the second, to ask why he had chosen so strange a stand.

I must give you a description of this man, because he was, in God’s hands, an instrument in the conversion of myself, and afterwards of several of my Companions. His attire betokened the extreme of poverty, being of the poorest and meanest des­cription, patched, but not tattered. He evidently obeyed nature’s laws in respect to extreme cleanliness. His uncovered breast was as clean as any high-born dame’s ; all round his neck and his ears was entirely free from djaS he was evidently scrupulous in the use of soap and water. My first reason nearly failed me ; he answering me only in monosyllables. I asked him, Whether he was religious? And he answered:“ Not particularly so.” I then asked him, Why he stood there, when he would meet, in a more public place, with a better chance of earning the trifle that was required to meet his wants ? To this question I got a longer answer. He said JSI have only one girl, and she attends there. I did not believe in any of it, until one of them cured me of my illness, after being laid up bad for four weeks. He called ‘ hisself ’ an elder. I like to be near him ; he makes me cheerful; he is a cheering fellow.”

I would not have you think these remarks came out all at once. They were like spasmodic jerks, coming out between frequent intervals. I thought I would go in and see for myself what sort of people these were. They denominated themselves as “ God’s People,Ha high position to assume, a great claim to make. So far from believing that they were living in sin, they realized that through their faith, and through the promises of revelation they were standing guiltless and pure on the earth.

It was morning prayer when I went in, and some extempo­rary prayers were offered ; some of better form than others, bat all tolerably passable, breathing a spirit of pure devotion, of settledKaith in the Scripture, and all claimed the enviable position of being perfect.

In the course of prayers that were offered, there was one from the girl, whose father occupied the position I have des-* cribed outside, and she mefujioned, as an important fact, that she had obtained the consent of her father to come, and that he would also attend that night for the first.time, and thfttbf had not been in a house of God for many years.j

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Whilst she w as p ra y in g , th e fa th er op en ed th e door ana* came in. There w a s a v a c a n t lo o k a b ® t h im ; h e h ad p u t on his coat, and had le f t h is sh o e b o x w ith in th e p o rta l, b u t h ad lirotight in, for b etter secu r ity , h is seH o f b ru sh es. I su ppose Stliat they represented to h im a r tic le s o f im p o rta n t v a lu e . H e pi® apolo^etjfe'ally, “ I Should n o t k eep out, P o lly . I w a s moved to throw up th e jo b o u ts id e , and co m e in and hear w h at was going on inside.” In a n affilred to n e , w ith a m ore e x a lte d atlitmle, he said : “ I h a v e a lso com e in to sp ea k .00

His words w ere s lo w and im p ressiv e ; a l l tra ce o f v u lg a r ity was lost in w h at fo l lo w e d ; n o tra in ed p rea ch er c o u ld h a v e been more im pressive, or seem ed m ore d eep ly in earn est. H e

[commenced t h u s :—“ What are theories ? Oan y o u e x p la in or define th o se th a t

you make know n here, or th in k y o u k n o w th a t y o u are g u il t ­less before both God and m ar® Y m | m a y be stro n g in re lig io u s

fetitb, but it m ust be a lab ou r for th e a n g e ls o f God to lis ten to your theMies, w h iffiaSom e in d irec t gmljjsioyi w ithghhat w h ich

'is eternally true. B e tter w o u ld it be to lo o k for n o th in g , th a n to assume an im p ossib le p erfec t™ ). L o o k onj^hffilfQrm, and

■ E k of the life o f th is m an. H e ta k e s th a t w h ich h e ca n g e t , and gets only w h at he^pan, h a v in g to su b m it to th e w o rst th a t

Ban befall a m an on e a r th y H is gyay-is a w a y o f s o r r o w e d o f care, yet he is th e on ly a v a ila b le m a ter ia l o u t o f a ll o f y o u b y and through whom th e tru th ca n b e rev ea led . Y ou ta k e you r viowsEf an h erea U en a n q a ccep t th e jffiuth o f anbvgIa |?on , th e writers of which w ou ld h a v e b een poor in sk ill , b lin d in pur­pose, if this fancy w ork ^ S r e n o t c o m p a tib le w ith th e v a n ity of humanity? I do n o ip v fflE y o u to s m in k 3 |5 m m e a s m I w a s accursed; I am n ot o f th o se w h o do n o t b e lie v e in God, or in a future life. I cannot a rg u e on th e u n ity o f th e u n iv erse , or reason against a personal Goefi b u t th e e s t a lp E h ^ n t o f r e v e -; Ifltinn as an infatw«He rev e la tio n , h a s b r o u g h t m a n n o n earer to his God, it has n ot th e b e tte r p rep ared him for a life h ere­after. The Christian ad v o ca te in d efen ce o f reputation m ay argue on the good th a t re su lts from u n b rok en fa ith . F a ith in whatjjl ask. F if th in o r ig in a l s in , or fa ith in en tire perfec­tion? You believe th a t y o u are p e r f e c t ; y o u b e lie v e th a t a ll others are living in sin ; but b oth are erro rsB o n e noRrrBatei^ than the other. B ear w ith m e for th e sa k e o f truffiL B eh o v e not that any man k n ow eth G o d ; th ere is n o k m w n personafijty greater than m an. Y e t I b e liev e in p erfection ; I b e liev e in a Creator and govern in g in te llig e n c e ^ c a ll i t m ind or sp ir it, clothe it in form, g iv e it a habitaijm n (® y o u w il l r |b u t a l l th a t man can know lm fepd is thrcmjgh th e p e r a ^ u o n o f h u m a n w . Eternity forms but th e stm R m g E p g n e to th e s m ib ^ R e B m l gains but one step , and e tern ity te m p ts it to a tte m p t another.

S 'E fflS y itself is progress. I b e g you to lis te n to m e, and n ot toEee) affrighted. I am n o t p rea ch in g A th e ism ; I am n o t laying down the d ogm a o f n o God, or n o future l i f e ; no m an can know there is no God. E v en th e h ig h e s t form o f m an h as not Been him. R e E h a f i w r ite s or sa y s h e h a s seen SSffljfms departed from the truth , and he that* sa y s th e ® is no God h as made an asse®jmi p a st, n a y , far past,Echo lim its o f hum an knowledge. Who is th e A th e ist th a tK e shou ld k n ow all'im B gB , and all being, thatfhe should be in a l l B la c e s in th is v a s t and mighty universe ? U n til th i3 ta k e s p la ce , th e A th e is t h as no foundat ion foF the assertion o f th ere b e in g no God. H e k now s as a positive fact, th a t th ere e x is ts n a tu re and m an. H ow here comes his difficulty ; sh a ll h e b a se a reason oh ch an ce or n e­cessity ?Hh so, then le t him p rove th e grounds o f h is opinion, and it brings him , i f he be h o n est, to rea lize th a t H e, w ho created man, can p erp etu ate th e ir liv e s under n ew form s in another state of ex isten ce , in a n oth er-b igh er and b etter w orld . Therefore the A theist, w h en m et on h is ow n grou n d , can n ot be suretbalAjf there w ere no God th a t th ere should e x is t an im ­possibility of a life h ereafter . H e , a s a sc ien tific m ateria list, may know of the m any b od ily ch a n g es in earth l i f e ! I t is on ly the soul that changeth not. T h e A th e is t c a lls th is ( in tern a l consciousness’;’ and I , w ho b e liev e in an A lm ig h ty God, c a ll it* soul. Ho may ca ll it m em ory or w ill. S o u l e x is ts here on th is earth, even when th e old p a rtic les o f th e body are sca ttered abroad in the fields, in thfe) m eadow s, or on th e m ountain tops, or in the sea. IHmsMpfithed, and unclothed , and reclothed , again and again. Such ch a n g es are neflj sudden , bur grad u al and sure; particle b y p a rtic le , u n til no{t*one o f th e old remairaB eth, and then who dare to sa y w h a t God, or mincO or sp isfm ss necessary or natural. Fffik w h a t is th ere in a nam e ? Itlca n - not reclothe itse lf again , w h en th e body is la id a t rest, and has to submit to its final ch an ge. I b e g you in stea d o f d w e llin g on your entire perfection, to th in k o f th a t life w h ich su rely aw a its all men, whatever their theory is® w h atever th e am ount o f their faith. Now life n a n n o u t of union w ith God. Now there is not a B ib m asseiffion o f m ore va lu e andnjf deeper truth than this, and th e se lf-sa m e la w that govern s here, governs the soul throughout e tern ity . I t is a life w jla d v a n c e from the present one, therefore en tire perfection is an error, is a broken and bruised reed, on w hich th e sou l can n ot rest. At the birth of every hum an b ein g a sou l is born to etern ity ; it enters on a life m arked b y progress in Ejme, b ut w ith im ­proved facilities for progress after it s re lease from th e body. What is the universe but a fa in t im a g e o f th e A lm ig h ty G o d : such has been the dignified opinion -of in te llec tu a l hum anity.It is like Him in its u n ity fjfo r Ht ?s a g r e a t w hole , tied and bound together, and the sam e law w hioh govern s th e p lanets

around h a s b een u n ch a n g ea b le from oreafidri, d em an d in g obedi- e n c e H th e sa m e la w th a t op erates on th e surface o f th is ea rth goy® rn8 a lik e a ll w om ds in sp ace . T h e resu lts and p h en om en a are d ifferen t; for, in creation , th ere is an ab sen ce o f un iform ity . U nder th is la w a ll life m u s g p B |§ r e s s , an d w h a t is n atu re’s g ra n d secret to m an , in o ther w ords, w h a t do th ese la w s d eve­lop , b u t a fu tu re I I S m an ? T h e im p ortan ce o f th is w h o le creation is su b serv ien t to m a n ’s fu tu re. T h e sam e la w s n ow are for a l l e tern ity , for th e so v fl sh a ll n ever le a v e co n ta ct w ith m a t te r ; for th ere ca n be no co n cep tion , nor a ction , w ith ­ou t a m a ter ia l a m f B u t wdu h a v e M e e x j5 r e s s io p o f m a tte r under it s m ultitu d in ou s form s, and h e rea so n s b u t fo o lish ly w h o th in k s th a t m a tter h a s revea led h im a l f it s s e c r e t s ; for m a tter rem ain s a s in ex p lica b le to -d a y to h u m an ity , and p resen ts a s difficult a ta sk a s p ro v in g God. Such , th em b e in g th e c a s^ tp r o g r e ss and d ev e lo p m en t are ca n o n s here an d h ere­after, and I b id you , f ( S th e sa k e o f th e God o f lo v e , to r ise above ygur p eu rile and p e f ^ - p J ^ ^ p o S th rou gh th e su ffering o f a n y m an , and rea lize th a t God’s la w is progress, m en ta lly , m rafelB , and so c ia lly , for a ll e tern ity . T h e aunal^j o f tim e b r& ffle p ro g ress . T he w orld ’s g r e a t era is th e h istory o f ad­v a n cem en t l l i t e r a t u r e , sc ien ce , and so c ia l m ora lity com bine and B gfiflth e se lf-sa m e ta le . P rogress, h ig h er d evelop m en t, la rg er acq u isition , profounder op in ions, and purer r e a s o n : th en d eath it s e lf is an onw ard m archings and p a rt o f th e

ramajse o f p ro g ress; it is th e cpndm bnalism under w hich is a ll h u m an ity . I t is a le sso n o f p erfect con sisten cy . I t is p la in to reason H th a t d eep dow n in th e con sc iou sn ess o f a ll m en is th e fa in t streak m freedom from dogm a, from supers t it ion ., from hum an su fferin g a s a sacrifice, and from a rece ived sa l­v a tio n from th e b lood o f a m urdered m an and th is fa in t

K M x j|ra ^ p ie sI |o f freedom w | b y and b y be fanned E t n a flam e ; and joy arm] rapture sh a ll ta k e the p la ce in th e sou l w here n ow resid es fea r and h o p elessn ess . B u t ® y o u ta k e a w a y th e rev ea led tru th in w h ich your s o ® s are con ten ted to reS S w h jS g v r a you offer E a i i M £ ® ? T h is m ay*be asked , and m y an sw er is , th a t w h ich God offers y o u . T h ere is la w and rea so n a b le h a rm o n y ® W hat is good n ess but ju s t liv in g ? w h ich is a - l ife in accordance w ith th e th ree knqmm etern a l

1 1 5 i£ , w h ich are k n o w n E a r a ie nam e o f th e p h y sk S H th e m o ra ls and th e s o c ia H a w s ® p d , in a c tin g in obedience to th ese la w s, th e soul is deem ed b y God and b y m an good or v ir tu o u s ; and, in a c tin g in conform ity w ith th ese la w s, you w ill be a c tin g in conform ity w ith th e h ig h e s t ^ M gion th a t has ever beefflHorma- la ted . N o m an— and I b id you to w eigh th ese wcBdgSfare- fu lly — no m a g , I say , can ol® p*these la w s, and be w ith ou t

BnUfliisiasm ; no m an can obey them and be w ith o u t hope o f au a fte r - life : no m an is o b ey in g th em , and b e lie u n g th a t life is bound b y th e g r a v e ;— no, not on e. I t is o n ly th ose w h o are d isob ey in g , w ho are w ork in g d irectly in opposition to th a t sure (fu tu re® th a t are w ith ou t hope, orrest le ss U f i5 Q |j r a n ® ^ ^ S g ^ is y l im |^ ® ! ; y B and drunkenness

B r e in d S 8jtia jitagoffi^ B tt> m orality ; it is th ese agon ies th a t a w ^ ^ ^ S S E S u l th a t tra n sg resses th ese la w s ; it isJEus tran s­g ress io n th a t s t i f lK ^ ^ ^ J a s p ir a r a m s : th e an im al ru les and'

H ere th is ra g g ed ta tterd em alion seem ed to g la n c e a t m e, and from th a t tim e never took h is ey es from m e, as i f som e pow er w a s u rg in g him to m a k e m e a w orker. H e w en t on to s a y :—>»•“ W ho lea d s a life w ith ou t a im fliv e s in th e p leasu res o f th e m om ent. < Such a life is l§d to unprepare h is sou l for im m or­ta lity . T h e v icious and th e crim inal sh a ll be h is p ortion lu f he rep en ts n o t , .a n d obeys h is God through h is la w s. L e t him b eliev e n o t in h im self, but in h is perfecrajpreatorMfor I te l l a l l® th a t th ere is a God ; a God, w ho w ill reckon w ith m an a t death ; a m ercifu l God, n ot a severe b ut a considerate F ather, w eig h in g th e fra ilties o f flesh carefu lly . H e w ho h a s d on e , w e ll w ill find h im se lf w e ll p laced , and he w ho has done il l w ill find h im se lf se lf-condem ned® W oe to th e indifferent liver. ' T h e w orst form o f id o la try is th a t o f self-hood. W oe to him w ho m akes an id o l o f s e lf® T here is no grea ter folly , no m ore unreasonab le fanatic ism , th an th a t o f self-w orsh ip . I t is n o t a lon e by prayer and supp lication , th a t God can be addressed. T he son® can address God through H is la w s. I stand th is earn' m orning on a broad p la tm rm ,n u d gin g o f th e duties, th e condffim isB and d estin ies o f m e n ; k n ow in g th a t th e future presented® > m en through revelation is not th e future o f fa c t . T here are no [p in ts o f com parison ; th ey are a s w ide ap art as th e p o les o f th is earth.

“ W hat isfiute ? W hat is dogm a ? A ll seem to breathe th e - sa m e t a l e ; a ll seem to be derived from th e sam e fo u n d a tio n ; a ll run in to the sam e groove, and a ll are unreasonable a like, because a ll are untruthful® M an w as born in n o c e n t; dogm a sta tes th a t th a t innocence w as corrupted and pollu ted after creation , and th a t th is pollu tion w as objectionable to th e Gods or God; th a t it needed a propitiation b y th e sacrifice o f a hum an life, or, i f not the life o f a m an, th e v ictim s o f sacrifioe w ere to be of th e low er creation. From a ll tim e there have been erected to dogm a altars and sh rin es; there have been found for it v ictim s and priests, and m illions o f r ites h ave abounded, and have been deem ed the very essen tia ls o f life , on w hioh the soa l should build its hereafter hopes. ‘ N ow ,’ sa y s r\, the priest, ‘ death w ill bring you fu lly w ith in th e condition. . o f re ly in g on dogm a. You m ust be r itu a lly purified, and p ro .

534 THE MEDIUM AND DAYBREAK. A ugust 24, 1883.

se n te d to an o u tra g ed G od th ro u g h d ogm a, pu rification , and p r ie s t ly a id .’ N o w o n d er , th a t in th e p a s t p r iests w ere a t th e ir I w its ’ en d s to fin d a rea so n for th e se absurd ities. F ir st , th e i n e c e ss ity o f a p p e a s in g a n offended G od, and th e in su ffic ien cy o f v ir tu e , a n d th e in a d eq u a te p o sitio n o f reason . T h ey argue,

•that d o u b ts m u st be stifled a t a ll co sts , h o w ev er p reten tio u s or ab su rd . T h e y m u st su p p ort th e G ospel rev e la tio n , co n seq u en t­ly , th e y m u st up h o ld it s sta tem en t, th a t a ll are born in s i n ; th a t h u m a n ity h a s been d is lo ca ted , a n d m o ra lly d e f i le d ; th a t m a n n eed s a red eem er an d red em p tion , b eca u se G od need s a p p ea sin g , and a sk s for, and rece iv es , an a to n in g sacrifice in th e m urder o f h is ow n son ; an d th is is th e ir a n tic ip a ted fu ture life , and th e rece ived con d ition o f a l l here w ith a few e x c e p ­tio n s .”

H ere a g a in h e look ed a t m e, and sa id :■—“ Y ou th in k , th a t is , i f y o u h a v e th o u g h t a t a ll , th a t i t is

b etter i f th ese a ssertion s w ere n o t tru e , and , i f no sacr ifice is h eed ed , th a t th e so u l h a s n o t sin n ed in b e lie v in g . N o w , lis te n to m y m e s s a g e : T h e sou l, I sa y , h a s s in n ed b y b e lie v in g , b eca u se it h as d egrad ed its h ig h e s t g if t rece ived from G od— its reason . I t h a s doubted th e g o o d n ess and m ercy o f it s God, an d den ied him th e ch a ra cter o f r ig h t ju d g m en t. T h e se are th e ch a rg es w h ich a b e liev in g C hristian so u l w il l h a v e to a n ­sw er ; for i f th e v ery w orst o f m en had a g g r a v a te d an d en ­la rg ed th eir d eb a sin g p osition , and w ere en a b led to b esto w th em on one b e in g , th en th e se offen ces and en o rm itie s w ou ld b u ild up th e God th a t so -ca lled rev e la tio n h as co n ceiv ed . A p erfec t and u p r ig h t m an is a lo v ed b e in g before h is G od. H e is honoured o f m en b e lo n g in g to tim e, and an h eir to e tern ity .I f I h ave sp ok en beyond you r u n d ersta n d in g , w e ig h w e ll m y w ords hereafter , so th a t y o u m a y th e b e tter arrive a t th eir m oan in g . A n d now , one w ord to th e id le and in d o len t sou l, w h o w ill never fo rg et th is m orn in g , w hen tw o or th ree w ere g a th ered to g eth er , and w h en im m orta l life w a s in th e m id st thereof. I s th ere no ta sk th a t w ill aid th e id ler to u se tim e in stea d o f k illin g it ? A re th ere n o fa lle n on es to be ra ised up ?A re th ere no sou ls su n k in p o llu tio n to bo purified ? A re th ere n on e th a t are hum an, w ho are w eak , and w hom th e se r v a n t o f God ca n n o t stren g th en ? A ll th is can b e done w ith o u t a priesthood , and w ith o u t r i t e s : th ere is a lw a y s a free course for serv in g God. T o such a sou l, I b id h im m ak e h is life a d iv in e sp ir itu a l rea lity . ‘ So sh a ll he be b lessed o f m an , h on ­oured o f a n g e ls , and loved of God.”

T h eir aston ish m en t a t th ese w ords o f w isdom , co m in g from th is ou tca st’s lip s, w a s n o t g rea ter th a n w hen h is lo o k o f v acan cy returned to him , and he sa t dow n . T h e v e in s stood out lik e w hip-cord on his b r o w ; h is p a llo r w a s d ea d ly . H is look w as a look o f m in g led a m a zem en t and effort. I w e n t up to h im , and I asked h im , as h e cam e d ow n from th e p la tfo rm , in 'w h a t sch ool he had received th e pow er o f r ig h t th o u g h ts , and eloq u en ce in p ortray in g th em . H e did n o t seem to under­stan d m e. I asked him how h e fe lt , and h e an sw ered m e :“ A s i f I had th e p ins and n eed les a l l over m e ; I h a v e g o t a t in g lin g from th e crow n o f m y head to th e so les o f m y fee t.” T here w as som e ta lk o f m esm eric in fluence. T here w ere m an y exp ression s o f w onderm ent, and a fee lin g as if th ose a ssem b led th ere w ou ld censure him .

I w ithdrew , and w en t m y w a y hom ew ard, a ch a n g ed and an altered m an. E very w ord th a t I had heard seem ed en graven o n m y m em ory, and a reasonab le exp osition o f life ’s d u ties had never before b een g iv en to m e, and I prayed to God th a t from th a t day forw ard m y life should be lik e tim e— a lw a y s a c t iv e ; and I prayed to God th a t I m ig h t be, ere I p assed from th is earth , th e happy m eans o f b rin g in g to H im m any o f H is ch ildren , b y restorin g a g a in th e u se o f th a t reason w hich fa ith had robbed so m any of.

I asked the name of the control. He said:—I am com ing aga in , th e n e x t m eetin g , to g iv e in d iv id u al

proof o f m y sp iritual labour. I h ave n o t p assed a w a y very lo n g . In p u b lish in g th is control, you m ay head i t p “ C onvic­tio n receiven by a w orld’s id ler, through a tran ce address by one o f earth’s hum blest children.” .

After this, my constant and ever-attendant guide,C. H. L.,” came and said :—W hat a fine and n ob le sp irit h as ju st le f t l H e looks like,

som e g rea t aristocrat. D o you know w ho be is ?My answer was—N o; but that I trusted he would

come again. . This he has not doneconditions may not* have suited. But sooner or later,I feel satisfied I shall have a visit from him.

I must make a few remarks. To spiritual believers, there is nothing extraordinary in the poor half-starved shoe-black going under control, delivering himself of a sensible oration in trance, and saying, when he returned to his normal state, that he felt “ like pins and needles all over.” I have heard addresses not alone from L., but from many like him, equally as good. But to sceptics, and those frequenting the Free-thought plat­form, it would be deemed a first-class effort, if all allu­sion to the state of trance and “ the pins and needles n

were omitted. But if the real fact were mentioned, that a man, under the control of a higher power, spoke what he could not otherwise speak, the Free-thought platform would refuse the matter; simply because it could not realize the manner. The so-called advocates of Free-thought have given themselves a name they do not deserve. Thought is no more “ free ” with them than with the bigot. The bigoted orthodox will con­sign the Spiritualist to fire and brimstone, and the Free-thinker sends him to the county lunatic asylum. The one may boast of his faith, and the other of his I reason : the one deprecates all reason, the other pads it | up according to his own standard. But neither one nor the other really uses it. Both alike “ strike and 1 hear not.”

A COLUMN FOR THE LADIES.S Y B I L ' S I D E A L .

A T a l e o f t h e D a y b r e a k .B y M b s . B a m s a y L a y e . [P A E T I I I .— (C o n t in u e d ).

S y b il d id n o t d isreg a rd th e in ju n ction to p u t off her mourn­in g , th o u g h sh e h ad w orn i t so lo n g th a t sh e felt shy about ; a p p ea r in g in a n y o th er g a r b . S h e bad su itab le things pre­pared a g a in s t E a ste r S u n d a y , w h ich fe l l la te th a t year, and th e day b e in g w arm and fin e sh e ca m e dow n to breakfast in a w h ite m orn in g g o w n , w ith so m e d ecoration s o f v io let ribbon— tru ly to h er a sa cra m en ta l d ress ,— an d a li t t le lace cap in place o f her w id o w ’s q u illin g . T bo ch ild ren , w ho had never seen her %in a n y th in g b u t b la ck , ran to her.

“ Ob, A u n t, b o w n ice y o u are to -d a y . W on’t you always w ea r su ch a p r e tty d ress ? T h is is so m uch nicer than black,” sa id G eorge.

S y b il stoop ed a n d k issed th e boy, w ho hung admiringly ab o u t her.

“ Y e s ,” sa id she. “ I w o re b la ck b ecau se I missed your u n c le so m uch, b u t h e s t i l l liv e s th o u g h w e cannot see him, and tho sp ir its o f g o o d p eo p le , w h en th e y pass from this [ w orld , liv e in lig h t and h a p p in ess. S o I don’t moan to mourn | for h im a n y lo n g er .” T h en , a fraid o f som e question she was I n o t prepared to answ or, sh e added : “ Y ou m ay run into the jr, g a rd en , and fe tch m o so m e flo w ers— som e v io lets and a spray Sp o f l i ly o f tho v a lle y .” | |

N or did S y b il n e g le c t to s it , a s desired , for sp irit communi- | f cation b y w r itin g . Sho retired to th e school-room the first p q u iet h a lf-h ou r sh e cou ld com m an d , and p lacing a sheet of p ap er before h er s a t w ith p e n c il in hand resting upon it. | | S h o rtly th e p en c il w as m oved over th o p ap er by a w ill external to her ow n . T h e lin e s traced , a t first, w ere m ere apparently , | f - m ea n in g less scra w ls ; n e x t w ords w ere form ed, though illegi- if b le . B u t S y b il w a s n o t d iscou raged , m oreover she required on ly p ra ctice to d ev elo p a stro n g w r itin g mediumship, and after a few a ttem p ts sh e rece iv ed , first short, then long, mes­sa g e s from her hu sb an d ; th e hand w ritin g being not hors, but h is ,— to ta lly d ifferen t in ch a ra cter from her own. After . t a w h ile th e w r itin g w a s produced w ith such facility that sho rece ived w h o le p a g e s a t a tim e , w r itten w ith remarkable *rap id ity , and g e n e r a lly , u n til sh e read th em over, she had not [*-an id ea o f th e m a tter g iv e n th ro u g h her hand. The communi- cation s em braced a v a r ie ty o f subjects. D irection, advice, a lw a y s good and e le v a t in g in it s ten d en cy , answers to ques­tio n s, w h ich sh e p u t in w ords an d w h ich w ere replied to in

" w ritin g; and som e, th o u g h n o t v ery m uch, m ost interesting [ in form ation r e la tiv e to th e sp ir it w orld , and the mysteries of | life and death . T ru ly S y b il fe lt th a t sh e and her husband were | „ n o t rea lly parted : i t w a s o n ly as i f h e had gon e into another room , or a short day’s jou rn ey from h e r l l H ow engrossing tho tjj' th e occupation becam e need sca rce ly be sa id , but her husband I- im pressed upon her th a t sh e m u st not exercise the mystio R pow er too often or too lo n g a t a t im e , o therw ise she would | Suffer both m en ta lly and p h y s ic a lly , indeed his c o m m u n ic -^ H I ation s u su a lly stopped w h en sh e b eg a n to fee l tired.' S y b il’s propensity for sh u ttin g h erse lf up in the school-room Ijv

a ttra cted th e a tten tio n o f tho ch ildren , and once or twioe it happened th a t th ey cam e to th e door and found it locked in- | side.

“ W hy does A unt s it a lo n e in th e school-room , and lock the door ? ” said th e boy one day.

“ I su sp ect th a t she look s over our draw ers and shelves to . I . see i f th ey are t id y ,” a n sw ered M ary.

“ N o, i t can’t be th a t, for som etim es she w ould find that they are not, and sh e n ev er sa y s a n y th in g w hen she comes out. I g u ess th a t she is w r itin g a book, for yesterd ay I found some | sheets o f paper on th e ta b le , w h ich w ere n ot ours.”; T his w as th ou gh t sq<}h a b r illia n t d isco v ery |lth a t it was

w orthy o f b e in g rep eated to “ A u n t,” w ith th e inquiry whether she w as n ot w r itin g a story, and i f th ere w as anything about children in it.

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August 24, 1883. THE MEDIUM AND DAYBREAK. 535

Sybil, rather am used, evaded a direct r e p ly :“ We are a ll w riting Btories. D o yoaS know th a t, G eorge ?

We are making the h istory o f our ow n l iv e s ; every day w e add a page to the book, and one day w e shaffl read ju a ll over from the beg$0ning. N ow , w on’t you and M ary try to m ake the story of your lives a pretty one, such as you w ill lik e to read over when it is finished, and one th at you need not be ashamed for angels to read now , as its g oes on from day today?® ;

Sometimes one strikes out ac< M en tafl|j a happy thought, and Sybil was able to m ake good use in th e education of her nephew and neice of th is im prom ptu idea. Often she w ould say to them of an evening,

“ Well, what sort of a p a g e have you added to your book to­day?” And so she led them to review their ow n actions and conduct, to judge them selves, and by enforcing upon them th at they were makinajfchejkown fum re, both in th is w orld and in the next, she held out a m otive whm h appealed to th e it iS le lK y gence, to do them best.

Punishmentt! the fear o f p en a lties, had sm all p lace in her system of education. T hese children w ere never g iven extra lessons because they had been naughty , nor sen t to bed, or not allowed go have pudding a t d in n erS W rong-doing, she ta u g h t them, was its own punishm ent, and even though no w onted indulgence was cut off, th ese children w ere unhappy w hen th ey hadjdpne wrong.

ReadeSI you m ay say m a t th is m ethod w ould not work, but Sybil found ghat it did answer.

One Sunday afternoon, she had been p lay in g and, singing hymns with them . T hey had both a tolerable ear for m usic, and igjsh childish voices, and th ey enjoyed practising their favourite hymns. Atgflqngtb,^.when a ll w ere satisfied?, they left the piano, and Sybil, seated on a sofa, w ith a large B ible on her knees, and her nephew and niece on either side o f her, read aloug| 8® p l j p p s i®n8 (she by no m eans j j a d them , nor encouraged to them to peruse, the B ib le prom iscuously)Jfl^rhis lednTpleasant an d om p rovin g conversation . Suddenly they heard a voice say— they a ll heard it—

“ G&d bless you.”H fW ho sa i$ .th a t? ” excla im ed th e children. “ Som e one said, ‘ God bless y o u ! ’ ”

Sybil’s cheek paled, then flushed. She said nothing.H r W here|f the persqn w ho s p o k e ? ” repeated the ohildren, looking round, and George ran through th e French window, which opened on to th e law n , but returned say ing no one w as in sight'.

K iW ell, never m in d ||sa id h is aunt, “ som e person m ust have been observing us whom w e did not see, and approved o f w hat we were doing. A b lessing can do us only g o o d |H

She did not desim^tcafix the attention o f the children on the she w as deep ly in te r e s te d as w ell as

astonished; for here w as a new phase of spirit m anifestation, and as soon as she could secure an undisturbed half-hour, she retired to the school-room, and seated w ith a pencil and paper, asked wheth® it w as her husband w ho had spoken, though the \joBS$iad not resem bled his. In a few m inutes she felt the rffifiliax sensation ® n her hand th at often preceeded a written m essage and restingT t on the paper, there w as w ritten :

IgGojlJbless you for a ll that you are doing for m y ohildren.— Mary BranscombeS a il

Sybigwas intensely interested . H ere w as another proof that life continues beyond the grave, and th at those whom w e so falsely call Siead, are y e t near and about u s ; st ill lo s in g us, interested in us, and cognizant o f our doings. Solem n yet cheering thought.

From this day Sybil received numerous m essages from Mrs. Branscjmbe^i beautiful m essages, far superior in tone to anything of which she had appeared capable in the flesh.

On one occasion after reading over a h ighly-interesting communication, Sybil sa t back in her chair and th o u g h t9 |; “ How Spious this is. She m ust have progressed very much, for she was a—w ell C om m on-p lace person, rather in the rough.”

An impulse to hold the pencil over the paper constrained her, and promptly there w as w ritten^®

| $ ‘ Yes, but I alw ays tried to do m y duty. I did m y best according to my lig h ts and w hen one does so, progress here is rapid. ■ [ had, and have, much to learn, but it is easy, and I am in greatJiappiness.”( *

Sybil felt almost frightenedAl H ere w as a direct answer to an nnspokenjfctoqghfllPi

She now debated w ijh herself w hether she ought to initiate the children into the m ystery o f th is spirit communion with the departed®it seemed only r igh fd h at they should share w ith her the pleasure of receiving m essages from them own mother, and she asked direction on the subject® !

“ Not at present?’ w as the w ritten reply. “ I t would occupy them too mupk^pterfere w ith— ” 5- ■:

Here the writing broke pff, as is so often the case in these communications, but it was evident w hat w as m eant.

K 4 0 . see what she means. I t would interfere w ith their educa­tion. At present they have enough to attend to in their lessons.” , 2 .

“ Y es: and bad for . their health,” w as written, “ W hen Mary is seventeen, tb$n te ll them .”

H B W h en Mary is seventeen,” said Sybil, “ George w ill be only fifteen® Is he to know a lso j® ® |

“ Y es, you m ay te l l him , t o o ; it w ill be a safeguard to him at scfflRlSjand w hen he goes out into the world .’JM

M eanwhile, w hat am I to teach th em ?” Sybil further a sk ed ® M is difficult and alm ost untruthful, know ing a ll th at I do, to lead them in the old orthodox grooves.”

them nam ing at variance w ith w hat you know and believe to be the tru th ® w as the reply ; “ but defer direct sp ir itu a lis t^ teach ing u n til they are older and more fitted t o ' receive it-’r a

Syb il w as som etim es ex® cised in her mind as to the estim a- tion in whimi she herself ought |S h c |S |j i orthodox obseryariSsjj

. th e form s and services of the Church in short. She fe lt less and less inclined tow ards them ; the petitions y n th e Prayer- book seem ed stereotyped to hera who w as accus® m ed toKmur forth her so u lR R -p r a w , RptteriBEor unexpressed® The’ttjjn- struction from the | |p p i t w as rarely su fS cH n w advanced* ™ m eet her v iew s, and occasionally w as repugnant to them . There w as m uch th at to her w as bald, hollow , and m ere form alism . B ut Sybil w as truly hum ble, and she feared lest the fau lt m ight be on her own part, and one day she put the question to her h u sb an d :

“ W hat value ought w e to attach to forms in religion ? ”“ Form s and cerem onies,” w as the reply, “ are the husk

w hich surrounds the seed o f religious truth® They protect the germ w hile it is w eak and sm all, and help it to develop for a tim e. But you have g rasnad the substance which is w ithin, and th e husks naturally fall avrayijjM

Sybil fe lt helped andjsatisfied by this answ er.lShe lived her inner life, and w as guided by a ligh t clearer than th at which churches held out to h e r ; y e t she did not w holly absent her -I se lf from ordinances. Once on a Sunday she generally tm>k th e children to the parish church, a n d w ften arrived profit and enjoym ent. T he V icar w as a good practical man, and preached forKne m ost part sim ple sermons -touSEmg every-day duties, which could hardly fail of being useful to his hearers. W hen, however, she w as lusely to hear anything opposed to the esoteric teaching -that had been g iven herSsuch as th e l A nthanasian Creed, or hose chapters in St. Paul’s epistles in ­cu lcating the subjcSsion and degradation of woman, a doctrine whmh S y b il ’s broadening view s utjSrly rejected as fa lse and pernicious, she quietly absented herself and the children.

One day illh ap p enenlthat a stranger pre® hed"w ho'l5fflght forward the doctrine of E ternal Punishm ent; Sybil felt uncom fortable, but trusted he would not enlarge on the sub­ject. As, h o w e v a , he w e l on to d o g m a tS illy that this

W ife is our onlyR pportuni^ B there is no hope for the sinner beyond the grave, she rose and took the children out.

She sa t w ith them in the sunshine in the garden, and told them as she had often iejm them beforefjm words suited to- their compreffinsmn, that G o ® is the .U niversal Father, a ll are his cjjuuren and created f f l e a t la st holy and happy. In the case o f som® of those who have gone far wrong in this life,*" it m ay be a very long w hile f ir s t; there m ay be ages o f suffer-l ing a n il penalty to be undergone before they are purified and reformed and cmnsequently happy. For sin does too truly bjang its own punishm ent, and m ust be repented o f and for-l saken. But fofaevery soul there is® pportu® ty and progress in th e n ext life as w effla s fflnjfiis, and sdoner or later every soul w jll riseSpH Bigh® he darkness and i A t s which sin and ignorance throw around th em H g the light o f God.

. ‘C h ristian s a ll profess to believe® S y H | added, speaking m o r e ® herself than to the children M B th at good sh a |® eventuallyam um ph o S S e ® , but it would be the victory o f evil over good, if one human sm u, which God has created and Christ has died for, could be finally lost.”

• {To be a^mnued.-^Co^Menced in No. 693 .)

P l y m outh jHmfohmond H all, Bichmond Street.—Mr. J . B. Sloman, the president o f our so a e ty B m jp ie d the rostrum on Sunday last. H e gave us a rea d in g : “ In Memoriam of the late Dr. C olensH w ishop o f NatadHwhich our sm all audience appreciatecahighl® inasmuch as the same bore sojjsl testim ony to the worth andM aBmentiousness of one, who not only knew the |uu|h, but unflinm m gly proclaimed it to his fellow men, in spite of the ungenerous opposm on of his brethren in the Church A In the evening, as usual, Mr. B. S. Clarke gave an ins^JIational address upon “ Mediumship.® Am ongst many points tonohed on, he said Mediumship would, ere long, be recognised and understood as a science, and scientifically cultivated. We were strictly and most affectionately charged to take especial care of our mediums, some o f whom were much over-worked and not treated generously. Mediumship being a very precious gift, we must treat our sensitives with a ll courtesy® in short, w e must give them brotherly love and all tenderness and sym­pathy, taking special care not to introduce into our circles, persons o f antagonistic temperament, and not allowing anyone to disturbfgn the ciifcje, as to do so is oftentimes fraught with much danger to the modern. Mediums should not indulge in anything which stim ulates the system , keeping them selves passive. Befor.e w e separated Mr. Cartwright^ of Peckham, cheered us a ll in a felicitous speoob, promising us a visit from Mr. Husk shortly, for which I am heartily longing. V.-P. Atkinson presided morning apej eyeping.—C h a r l e s A tk in so x . •

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G E R A L D M A S S E Y ’S F O R T H C O M IN G L E C T U R E S .O v er a d o z e n y e a r s a g o w e h a d th e h o n o u r a n d g r e a t p le a ­

su r e t o a s s is t in th e p r o m o tio n o f a c o u rse o f le c tu r e s b y G era ld M a ss e y , in S t . G e o r g e ’s H a l l . T h e y o c c u p ie d fo u r S u n d a y a fte r n o o n s . W e r e g a r d th e m a s th e m o s t im p o r ta n t w o rk o f th e k in d in w h ic h w e e v e r to o k p a r t . W h o b u t G era ld M a ssey c o u ld h a v e a ttr a c te d su c h a n a u d ie n c e , w ie ld e d su c h a n in t e l - le c tu a l-h a f te d sp ir itu a l w e a p o n , o r d iffu sed su c h l ig h t o n th e s y l la b u s u se d ? I t w a s , in d e e d , a n e p o c h a l e v e n t , p r e c e d in g h is m e m o r a b le to u r in A m e r ic a , a n d th e lo n g ta s k , ju s t c o m ­p le te d , o f p r o d u c in g th e s e r ie s o f p o n d ero u s v o lu m e s o f w h ic h w e w il l h a v o m u c h to Say in c o m in g w e e k s .

B u t o f th e s e v o lu m e s w e w il l t a k e th e lib e r ty to sa y ju s t n o w , t h a t n o o th e r m a n o n e a r th c o u ld h a v e p ro d u ced th e m b u t G era ld M a s s e y ! I t is n o t th e in d u str y , le a r n in g , a n d in t e l le c ­tu a l v a lu e o f th e s e to m e s th a t c h ie f ly e x c it e a d m ira tio n . I t is th e k in g ly fe a r le s sn e s s a n d h o ly h o n e s ty im p lie d in th e ir p ro­d u c tio n , th a t p r o c la im to h im t h e h ig h e s t te r m s o f m e r it . F e w m e n , h a d th e y k n o w n th e tr u th , c o u ld h a v e d a red to p u t it fo r tb , in t h e te e th o f p r e v a il in g fa ls it ie s a n d sh a m s. I t is d o n e , a n d w e a re p ro u d o f th e m a n -w h o d id it .

B u t , th e s e lf-sa c r if ic e o f th e a c t ! A m a n o f g e n iu s on th e h ig h w a y to th e w o r ld ’s g o r g e o u s y e t p oor fa m e , r e tir e s from i t a ll: g iv e s a l l u p fo r th e sa k e o f d u ty , a m iss io n n o t for h is o w n p ro fit, b u t to e n lig h te n th e a g e s . A d e lic a te , s le n d e r m a n a t b e s t— a s lim , p lia n t s te m , s w a y e d to a n d fro b y th e m o m en tu m of th e e x p a n d e d flo w er o f in t e l le c t a n d g e n iu s i t b ea rs M H ow h a s i t fa r e d w ith h im d u r in g h is d o zen y e a r s o f to i lfu l s e c lu ­s io n ? D o e s th e g o ld e n fr a m e-w o rk s t i l l rem a in in ta c t? I s t h a t s e n s it iv e c o n s t itu t io n s t i l l a u se fu l in s tr u m e n t lo r th e m a n ife s ta t io n o f i t s in d w e ll in g s p ir itB fo r th e fu lf ilm e n t o f fu rth er ta s k s ; fo r th e g ia n t la b o u r o f d r iv in g th e w o lf from th e d oor o f th e M an o f G en iu s , a n d p r o te c t in g h e lp le s s d e p e n d e n ts ?

T h e se a re q u e s t io n s w h ic h w i l l r ise u p in e v e r y m a n ly so u l, w ith th e im a g e o f h is m o th e r ’s h ea r t b e a t in g w a r m ly th ere . O h ! i f w e lo v e d M en o f M in d a s w e lo v e ra ce -h o rses ! H a d w e th e su r r o u n d in g s o f a n h ip p o p h ilo u s m a rq u is or d u k e, a y e a r ly c h e q u e , th r e e g o o d ly f ig u r e s d e e p , w o u ld B tea lth ily a n d k in d ly re a c h su c h m en o n C h r istm a s d a y . T h en w e w o u ld fe e l th a t th e s t e e d w h ic h o u ts tr ip s th e ru n n ers in th e ra ce o f m en ta l a d v a n c e m e n t , h ad th e w h e r e w ith a l to su s ta in its co u rse !

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' G e r a ld M a ssey ’s le c tu r e s . T h e h ou r o f th e day is c o n v e n ie n t fo r th o s e from a d is ta n c e to a tte n d . S en d for cou rse t ic k e ts , a n d k e e p i t u p . L e t th e o c c a s io n b e a w arm w e lc o m e o f th e

. L e c tu r e r , th e e m in e n t P o e t a n d A u th o r , b a ck in to th e w o rld ’s l i f e a g a in . B r in g h e a r ts fu l l o f b ro th er ly ld v e and b r ig h t jo y ­o u s s y m p a t h y : th a t w i l l d o th e w e a r y W orker g o o d , a g o o d w h ic h m e n o f so u l a lo n e ca n r e a liz e . S u ch a cou rse o f le c tu r e s is not an e v e r y d a y o ccu rren ce , b u t is w o r th y th e ex tra o rd in a ry attention of all p r o g r e ss iv e minds.

O P E N -A IR W O R K .

C l e r ic e n w e l l G r e e n .— M r. B u rn s an d Mr. Green spoke, a lso a few w o rd s from Mr. A . B ro w n . A good meeting, and fin e in te r e s t ; u p w a r d s o f 50 Mediums so ld a t a halfpenny eaoh. N e x t S u n d a y a t 11.30 a s u su a l.

H y d e P a r k .— T h e le c tu r e is rep o rted on first page. Mr. T o w n s sp o k e a fte r w a r d s . N e x t S u n d a y , a t 4 o’clock, on the p o in t b e tw e e n tw o w a lk s , n e a r th e S erp en tin e , as you go from K n ig h te b r id g e to M a rb le A rch .

B A T L E Y C A R R A N N IV E R S A R Y .On S a tu r d a y , th e 1 8 th .in s t ., w e h ad a te a and entertain­

m e n t in c o m m e m o r a tio n o f our 10th ann iversary , when the e n c o u r a g in g n u m b er o f n in e ty p erso n s p artook o f an excellent te a . T h e d a y b e in g g e n ia l ly w a rm a n d in v itin g , we had a la r g e n u m b er o f fr ie n d s fro m B rad ford , M orley, and surround-

. in g d is tr ic t— a reu n io n o f o ld fr ien d s, and th e friendship of n e w fa c e s . A f te r te a , a n u m b e r o f rec ita tio n s were rendered b y th e sc h o la r s a n d fr ien d s, w h ic h c o n s is te d o f a humorous, in t e l le c tu a l , m o ra l, a n d sp ir itu a l ch a ra cter . D uring the even­in g tw o o v e r tu r e s w e r e ren d ered b y M r. J o h n K itson and sons; a ls o a so lo o n th e v io lin b y M r. K itso n . W e had a visit from M r. M cD o n a ld , I th in k , o f G la sg o w , w h o in th e course of the e n te r ta in m e n t , a d d ressed u s in a fe w appropriate words on “ W ork.” M r. J o se p h A r m ita g e p resid ed .

On S u n d a y , th e 1 9 th , th e w e a th e r co n tin u in g fine, we were a g a in w e l l su s ta in e d b y fr ien d s from th e surrounding districts. M r. A r m ita g e p r e s id in g , rem a rk ed on th e presence of Mr. J. L a m o n t, o f L iv e r p o o l. I t w o u ld n o t b e lik e their anniversary i f h e w e r e a b se n t , for th a t w a s th e ir te n th , and he believed th a t M r. L a m o n t h a d b e e n p r e se n t a t a l l o f them , except when th r o u g h a n a c c id e n t so m e se v e n y e a r s s in ce , he w as confined to h is b ed . H e h o p e d h e w o u ld y e t b e spared to be with th e m a t m a n y m o re .

M r. L a m o n t sp o k e o n m a n y p o in ts , particu larly on the im p o r ta n c e o f p s y c h o lo g ic a l e d u ca tio n . On tak in g a retro­s p e c t iv e v ie w o f th e s e la s t t e n y e a r s , i t w a s a m arvel to see a so c ie ty h o ld to g e th e r for su ch a sp a c e o f tim e. In that time a la r g e n u m b er o f sp ir itu a lis t ic so c ie t ie s h ad been formed and d isa p p e a r e d . I t w a s e v id e n t th a t a s y e t w e had not learned' th e la w s o f fo r m in g so c ie t ie s w h ich w o u ld work together in h a rm o n y .

T h e e v e n in g se r v ic e s w ere d iv id ed b e tw een Mr. Lamont and M r. M cD o n a ld . T h e rem a rk s o f b o th g en tlem en were rich w ith id e a s c a lc u la te d to u p ra ise a n d b le ss hum anity. The room w a s fu ll on b o th o cca sio n s , a n d th e tim e seem ed to glide a w a y a lm o s t im p e r c e p tib ly . T h e room w a s pervaded with a d e e p h a llo w in g in f lu e n c e .— A , K it s o n .

---------------M r. J o h n H u s so n , o f L a u n c e s to n , la te o f Plymouth, has

b e e n on a v is i t to L o n d o n d u r in g th e w eek . H e is a trance m ed iu m , M r. H ., w h o fo rm er ly w a s n oted in Plymouth rep o r ts . H e h a s a f in e in f lu e n c e , a n d is ca p a b le o f useful spiri­t u a l d e v e lo p m e n t.

W e s t P e l t o n .— R e c e ip t o f th e fo llo w in g contributions to th e B u ild in g F u n d is th a n k fu lly a c k n o w le d g e d M is s M ary A n n L id d le , P e la w C o lliery , 5 s . ; Mr. Jam es Oowie, B ro w n ’s B u ild in g s , 2s. 6d . ; M r. E d w a rd G ransbury, Edmons- le y , 6d.

T h e Q u eb ec H a ll m e e t in g s h a v e b een transferred to : On S u n d a y e v e n in g , T e m p e r a n c e H a ll , 52 , B e ll S treet, Edgware R o a d ; M r. T o w n s ’s S e a n c e , F r id a y e v e n in g , a t 8, and Satur­d a y e v e n in g se a n c e a t 7 .30 , a t 50 , C raw ford S treet, Bryanston S q u a re .

M a n c h e s t e r .— M rs. G room p a id a n o th er o f her highly suc­c e s s fu l ;v is its o n S u n d a y . I n t h e m o rn in g sh e spoke on the m a n y sa v io u rs o f h u m a n ity , a n d in th e e v e n in g on life beyond th e g r a v e , w h ich w a s m o st a p p ro p r ia te , a s i t w a s the occasion o f a f lo ra l se r v ic e in m em o ry o f th e la te M rs. Thompson. C la irv o y a n ce a n d p o em s fo llo w e d th e d is c o u r s e s ^

W e h a v e re c e iv e d a v erb a tim rep o rt o f a lecture, entitled— “ S ecu la r ism and S p ir itu a lism c o m p a r e d la s Co-operators in M oral R eform ,” d e liv ered a t R o d n ey H a ll, L iverpool, by Mr. W . S o h w e izer , v ice -p res id e n t. W e e x p e c t to print it in the M e d iu m n e x t w e e k . A p a r c e l o f co p ies shou ld be sent to every se c u la r is t so c ie ty . W e h o p e th is m a tte r w ill n o t be overlooked.

Mr. C ornelius P ea rso n , w h o u su a lly ta k es h im self off with a l ig h t h ea rt, a t th is sea so n o f th e y ea r , to rep len ish his stock of ch a rm in g sk e tc h e s , a n d to in v ig o r a te h is h ea lth , has just quit­te d h is a ccu sto m ed h a u n ts for th a t m o s P deligh tfu l of all so u th ern m a rin e reso rts— E a stb o u rn e . In our opinion, it would n o t b e e a sy for h im to h a v e ch o sen a d istr ic t w ith a greater n u m b er o f p ic tu resq u e ob jects in v it in g h is artistic skill. Mr. P ea rso n ’s p ic tu re , a t th e r e c e n t E x h ib itio n o f th e Water Colour In s t itu te , P ic c a d illy , a ttr a c te d m u ch a tten tio n , and w e Under* sta n d , b ro u g h t h im fresh com m ission s.

August 24, 1883. * THE MEDIUM AND DAYBREAK. 537

THE LATE “ SP IR IT U A L IS T ” N E W SPA PE R .Recently there has been a re-issue o f the circular published

in the Medium, and elsew here la s t year, o f som e friends who wish to set Mr. W. H . H arrison, of 38, M useum Sstreet, London, free from the financial responsib ilities restin g on his shoulders because of 13 or 14 years’ public w grkK n S p tt |^ m js m S In round numbers these responsib ilities am ounted to £ 3 0 0 , of which half was cleared off by th e pujslio la s t year, and by means qf the sums printed below , h a lf the rem ainder th is year. He infimms us that in more exah i figures, th e w eigh tam ft on [him at this day is close upon £OKQ>ut o f w hjffl he w ish es th at the fflblic would help him to the £ 7 0 or £ 8 0 to makeSup the sum originally m entioned. The fo llow in g le tters appear on the circular. Mr. Harrison says fljSR had S t not been forfthe pre-eminent generopty and unselfishness o f Mrj^ffilharles Blackburn, the B p ir it u a l ist new spaper] could n ot have done nearly so much; as it did for th e M o v e m e n |H

“ I write a few lines at Mr. H arrison’s request, to be printed with the nejgjjgsne of his circular, in p im ento th an k those who responded sSgenergusly to m y fo rm er appeal, and to te l l them that by means the m oney already collected lialfRflSjthe debt has been cleared otL but the other h a lf rem ains, and Mr. Harrison is sg ll in need?®; help . H ism em s are sim ply and solely the debts of Spiritualism 9 and I th ink R h a t the adberentaSin England and A m erica o f th a t form of faith which I do not m yself prSfess, w ill desire as mrcSElas do h is other friends to see him se t free from responsib ility and evejja increasing anxiety. J a m es A. Cam pbell .

|R D rim nan Righ, A rg y ll.”“ Dear Mr. Harrisom— I have g rea t p leasure in specia lly

endorsing She expressions and recom m endations o f th is circular.—Sincerity yours, R oden N o el .i v “ 57, Anerley Park, May 10th, 1883.”

“ To finally assist in g e ttin g an honourable and clever m an ont of debt, incurred in doing public work, is the duty of a ll who can afford to contribute m uch or litt le according to their means, and who have had benefit or p leasure in th e perusal of the old Spiritu alist new spaper, w h ich w as v irtually , (by its publiStion of w eekly seances g iven free to the public) the foundation stone of the subject ca lled “ Sp iritu a lism E in th is country. Ch a r l e s B la ckburn .

“ Blackburn Park, D idsbury, near M anchester, M ay, 1883.”— £ s. d.

Charles Blackburn, Esq. . . . . . . 55 0 0Dr. John Purdon ...Y . . . 5 0 0Miss E. H Ponder ................. . . . ' . . . . . 5 0 0Mrs. Rudd - ■ffl. 5 0 0E. B .|® ren ce , Esq. ....... . . . , . . , 2 2 0Miss Douglas | | . . . , 2 0 0^ffileE ^ E sq . - J R - . ... ; . .M ... 2 0 0J. A. C am p b ell^ lsq * . . . . £ l 1 0Mrs. A. J. Penny . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' l 0 0P. Marechal, Esq. . . . . . . . . . . . . l 0 0M. J. Walhouse, Esq. . . . . . . . . . . . . l 0 0The Hon. Roden N oel . . . l 0 0Mrs. Tennyson Ker H . . . . . . . l 0 0

A FAREW ELL TO M ISS SAM UEL.Next week Miss Sam uel S ea v es th is country w ith her

parents, foifl Melbourne. D uring the la s t P vo years her musical studies have comaSmfln y engrossed her en erg ies! She has not, on^ a^ M ^ utH yelaxed her hold on mg* humanitarian and spiritual subracts so dearim j her. She pflEKBerefore. be glad to meet her am ffififSnds in the Sp M tu a l Cause once more before she leaves. For th at pqjpose, a M eeting w ia be heliffl at the Spiritual Institution, 15, Southam pton Row, on Monday evening August 27, at 8 o'olook, to whioh a ll friends are m ost cordially invited.

ReciteSpjqjte 1 Learn to recite. There are hundreds of yonng people am ongsajus, whogpould easily mem orize and repeat with fine effeepsom e of the poem s that appear o c c a s io n s ! ally in the Medium . Igm ra should be one mfetwo approximate J recitations at every mediTOg-^^andav m eetings included. Here is a splendid piece this weejl, by Gerald Massc^BjWe^roel proud —every reader of the M ed iu m should feel p r o u d S 5jySI |n g made the recipient of the fruits of such a-tgue gen ius. The Nabob’s Double ” is h ighly dramajKc? and suitable for a m ale reciter. Wng w ill recite ig best ? Can prizes or some sort of distinction be offered! to urge on the developm ent of ta len t ?R Learn to use the Egpngue w ell, and soon m sm^mmBKMsnirit control would ensue, and w e^ p u ld fflia v e a plentiful crop of snperior public speakers^ Don’t we w ant them TbR

That veteran Spiritualist and philanthro^jpfl John Murray Spear, now stayingR n London w ith h is excellen t wife, has decided to retprn to America by steam er, from Liverpool, on the 5tb. They wj]l attend Miss Sam uel’s lecture at the Spiri­tual Institution, on Monday evening next.

Speakers appointments w il l be found at foot o f Mrs. Britten’s new advertisement, onTLast page but one.

Mr. A. Duguid expects to return to Scotland on Wednesday v

W ritten for the ME D ljlM: 1

T H E N A B O B ’S D O U B L E .H a s M an a sp iffi th R ’s m ore,than b A th ^ ,.;A spM t th a t^ ffif is in sleep or in death ;.Shakes off at w ill its d u s a R the earth,Anra w ak in g b y i S h t , goes w andering forth T o vgsrk its w isT f&Lth a noijg less ®pad,W h ile th e b o ^ w lie s fio u n d full-ffingth in bed ? fT h is is the fact, as sure asF or Burglar B ill, and b is m idn ight m ate,

. T h a t ffiJL tened unraj iq fflB R rted him ,.ToM>in the R m al^ m on A rm p j# w ith J im . ,

M any a ‘‘R rid ” h ad th^joujro^^H m c^ecZ ; ’A- L arge w asltheir lu e f lw ith the sw ag th ey sacked. ; M any a tim E R h^ R tit B u f f j l r' B ill“ Old 5fgbob’ ^ l c ^ i eri/Ml o n e h i l l R ’B u R th e® w as tjjjli D o g whrtB I m m a l bark C ould be heard through a m il^ ^ S ff iid dark. •

One day i(,w as rum oured tbaijjf KeSffer ” w as dead. ‘ T o h im self B ill fam w ingly noddeB yjS head,“ To-night or 7i ^ S ,,’R h e sim ply sS d .

T h a t n igh b iu p -h ill the couple crept, - .T o rifle h is store as th e rich m an J& |t- . , - , -A ll heaven mirrored witligKSM ^ L g a m .T h e dazzle o f diam onds in their dream M j

T h e y entered the t r e a s u r y - K ^ S g a ligh t—A tin y lig h t— but it sh ow ed a s ig h t T R m a k e the Burglar’s heartj^m n w h ite !T h e N abob sitting alone in h is chair,F acin g them w ith h is lon g w h itS h a ir ,A n d eyes w id e open w ith corpse-like stare.A n d close b y h is side, keep ing w atch and ward,T h e statue as ’tw ere o f a d o g on guard,W ith m outh agape, but never a b a r k ;T h e dog th at w as dead and stiff and stark ; T hreaten ing them as i f in l i f e !J im rushed a t the old m an w ith h is knife,A n d drove it r igh t through-— an em pty chair,In stead o f the figure sittin g there.F or the N abob vanish®®, d o g and all,— - A n d the burglars vanism m w ithout their haul. M eanw hile, at the m o m effia e feljjXhe stroke, ' U pstairs in bed the N qqob w oke.

| B Oh wife ! are y w here ? Am /ragacZH is it night? Oh wife ! I haw suffered an au$fflgf£ight !I dreamed I was dos^g\ below in my chair,When suddenly, helplesslyWMwas aware,In the dead o f the night there was life in the gloom; Then a light—and two masked men in the room.One o f them dealt me a murderous blow,And I woke from my drehm in the room below.But this, oh wife, was the strangest thing,‘ Keeper ’ was with me y I saw him spring,

the flash o f the Wjflffffmtwffmfe He thief asO nly 9 a |g a m ; hut th ey ^went down A n d there w ere th S p a p la r ’s toqjf, and there,T h e knife w as stuck ini its stab of t h a 9 |a i r !

HWmHWMBbW ctP Massey. ■

EGYPT: THE LAND OF W0ND1RS. By William 0xley.p

EGYPTIAN M p G l AND SPIRITISM. (Continued)

M ethinks, that sentim ents o f this class w ould do • no d is­honour to the loftiest m ind w hich this age can producR and w hen w e consider that the author o f these and similar “ e x ­cellent songs ” lived some 150 0 years before Christ, w e shall do w ell to pause before classing the old E gyp tian literati as

R pagans SnOTidolaters.” T here are several othd* pages debated to the Goffi-kings, w h o were supposed (by the ignor- antfg to have ruled E gyp R h efore the establishment o f the earthly dynasties by Mena, the first king. ,

T h e rem aining pages are filled wiU the formulae to be used by earth-dwellers. One is a “ Book of Spells for re­m aining in the Country,” and contains a form of words to be used and addressed to Isis and N ephtys. • A nother I 's „ T o shut Enclosures,” which is to protect its possessor, and acts

538 THE MEDIUM AND DAYBREAK. A ugust 24, 1883.

as a spell aga in st th o se w h o w ou ld h e inclined for m ischief. I t reads t h u s :— ;

“ I confide in th e efficacy o f th e - ex ce llen t w ritten book, w h ich is th is d a y p laced in m y h a n d s ; w h ich through its fascination d isab les m en, and repels th em b y its sp e ll; w h ich disables lion s, and m u zzles th e m ouths o f hyaennas, w olves, and th e h ead s o f a ll anim als w ith lo n g tails, th a t liv e on flesh or drink b lood ; w h ich m uzzles the m ouths o f the tiger, th e leopard, and the lio n n ess; w h ich m uzzles th e m outh of h er w h o sees— the great liv in g w om an (w itch es and the l ik e ) ; w hich m uzzles th e m ouths o f a ll m en w ho h a v e bad fa c e s ; it paralyzes their lim bs, and w ill n o t allow their flesh and bones to w ork (to b e h ea lth y ), and causes th em to k eep in shade and darkness (b lindness).

“ F o r safeguard, th ese w ords are to b e u sed a t the end o f th e m agic s p e l l : adir-adisana, ad ir-k ah a-ad isan a! ” (and a great m any m ore o f the lik e k ind).

T h e appearance o f these uncouth w ords forcibly rem inds us o f sim ilar unm eaning w ords (to us) that are found in old boobs and M S S . b elon gin g to the alchem ic fraternity, w h ich betray their E g y p tia n origin.

A n oth er papyrus o f a sim ilar class, in the B ritish M useum , translated b y D r. B irch (see R . P ., V I . , p. 1 1 3 ), g o es m ore in to details, and g iv es directions for certain ingred ien ts to be used in m agical incantations. ( I t dates from th e 2 1 st to 2 6 th dyn.) L ik e the others, i t com m ences w ith an account o f the parts p layed b y the D eities in the dram a o f hum an life, both present and to comeju I t te lls us th at th is B ook w as m ade b y a Scribe o f the T reasury (nam e n ot g iv en ). O ne part reads :

O h ! fatal w o r d s! K eep the heart o f th e M agic B ook. T h e 2 0 th o f T h oth (A u g u st 9 th ), is the day to receive th e B ook o f Orders. L ife and death proceed from it. On th at day this M agic B ook w as incorporated. T h is h idden (m ysterious) book trium phs over enchantm ents, connects ligatures, prepares ties, destroys the locks (breaks th e spell). L ife and death proceed from it. Com e n ot beneath its in flu en ce! I t w ill be instant death to h im w ho com es under its pow er. G o not very far, for life and death are in it .” F ou r draw ings of am ulets, w hich w ere used in the cerem ony, are show n. F irstM a circle form ed b y a green herb, w ith a drop o f w e ll w ater inside, also m ust be p laced therein, the heart o f a jackal, th e nostril o f a p ig , and the w ater o f an a p e .: Second, a p late of of gold , on w hich an eag le’s w in g is figured. T h ird , a heart, over w hich is w ritten , “ T h o u trium phest over th y enem ies,” together w ith cabalistic figures n o t translatable. F ourth , a crocodile, w ith a feather on its head, sitting on a w h eel enclosing an uraeus serpent. O ver it is. w ritten, “ T h e crocodile w hich tum eth to destruction.” T h en com es the burning brazier, whose fire is to destroy all the w ick ed ones. N o w comes, in secret characters, the ingredients, w ith the directions for use by the m agician. T h ese are : a jar o f s a n d ; d iv ine incense; a jar o f w ine for A m e n -R a ; N ile w ater m ix ed w ith w ine. T ake a jar o f oil, w ith the foam from shot (an effer­vescing w ine), and w in e ; w ash it and m ake thereof a good compound.

“ First Formula.— In the place w here one m akes an im age o f Osiris, w ho dw ells in the W e s t ; 4 jars of flowers o f the sea w ater; 4^ jars of sand, or sea w e e d ; 2£ jars of essence o f cedar o i l ; 2 \ jars of liquid shot (see above). P u t in a m ystic pot of earthenware, hold it firm in h a n d ; and put 10 uran serpents, shaped like the w hite crown, on the head- (o f the m agician). D o not consider the work unknown (f.e!ahave faith in it). U se 1 grain of incense, 1 fum igation, 2 jars of bitumen, 2 w ax candles, and 2 \ jars of foam of (tas). W hen thou hast done all this, he w ill m ake the breath return : (or) he embalms the work, he is unknown.”

T h e latter clause seem s to point to efforts m ade to resusci­tate a dead body ; or, it m ay be, to test w hether an apparent corpse can be brought to conscious life again. T h e latter probability appears to apply ; for the Second Formula (ingre­dients of same class as above) rea d s: “ A t the place of thy heart, they embalm strongly (that is, the ingredients are applied to the region o f the heart). T hou art protected against accidents of l i f e ; thou art protected against a violent

- d ea th ; thou art protected against f ir e ; thou escapest in heaven (the world o f sp ir it); and thou art not ruined on earth. H e has been saved from death, and has not been con­sum ed by demons.”

T h e above w ill show that m agical ceremonies w ere no unm eaning observances, and although difficult for us to com ­prehend, as to their m eaning and application, y e t when per­formed by the officiating m agicians, yrith all the accessories to im press the beholder and participator, w e can easily conceive

that a ll th is (to u sB u n m ea n in g jargon ) actually covered over the real th in g , w h ich w a s th e exercise o f psychological powers, possessed b y th e m agician .

T h e se serv ices and cerem onials form ed one part of their relig ion , w h ich are g en era lly k n ow n b y the term Mysteries; w hich , u n d ou b ted ly , w ere th e orig ines o f the later Grecian, R om an, and ev en C hristian , secret and open, so-called Myste­ries. I t is w e ll k now n th a t th e B acchic rites had a large adm ixture o f E g y p tia n conceptions. Archaeological research has d iscovered th a t th e E truscans— a nation before Rome cam e in to ex isten ce, b u t w h ich afterw ards united and formed the R om an p eop le and nation— if n ot an E gyptian colony, at least borrow ed th eir relig ion , and m uch o f their science and art, from E g y p t. A n d ev en R om e itse lf had several Egyp­tian tem ples w ith in its precincts S a g w itness the excavations g o in g on in one o f th e narrow lanes behind the apse of the church o f M inerva (particulars o f w h ich have come under my notice w h ile w ritin g th is w ork), w h ere m an y purely Egyptian objects o f art h a v e been b rou gh t to lig h t, and, doubtless, many m ore w ill be d iscovered . W h e th e r th ese w ere brought from E g y p t b y th e E truscans— ante th e R om an period— or by the E m perors, is as y e t u n k n o w n ; b u t the “ find ” is of great in terest, both to th e archaeologist and historian.

R etu rn in g to th e subject o f th e M ysteries. This term is gen era lly applied to a ll th e ancien t cults. T h e word covers a large su rface; for i t applies n o t o n ly to Tem ple services, but to In itia tio n cerem onies, u sed for the investiture with rega l and p riestly p o w e r s; but m ore than all at the reception o f n eop h ytes in to th e Secret Orders, o f w hich I have spoken. F reem asonry is th e nearest approach to the ancient cult of E g y p t, th at is know n in m o d em tim es. B u t like other sys­tem s w hich could be nam ed, th e form , the shell, remains, but th e an im ating sp irit th a t g a v e life , d ign ity , and power to the ancient one, is fled and gon e. I t is a lleged that there are still th e successors o f the M agicians, A d ep ts, and Hierophants, an d th at th ey form Orders buried in the uncomeatable 'i recesses o f the H im a la y a s; b u t so far as Christendom is concerned, th e y ex is t on ly in nam e. E xcepting for the learning and acquisition o f occult pow ers— w hich are rightly and m ost jea lo u sly guarded— th e day o f secret societies has passed aw ay for ever.

T h a t there w ere M a g i— w ise and good men, who were skilled in the h ig h est w isdom and p h ilo so p h y ; and Magicians, w ho w ere sorcerers— u sin g their occult powers for mischief— is p la in ly to ld b y the m onum ents and w ritings still found to te ll the tale. L ea v in g th e latter, I w ill speak of the former,® w ho, w ith ou t a doubt, possessed scientific knowledge, with a system o f eth ics that em braced the philosophy of wisdom; and, m ore than all, th e y w ere conversant w ith the interior law s and forces o f nature, b est know n and described as Occultism .

O ccultism has a dual m eaning and application. I t embra­ces the know ledge o f those interior forces w hich work through the L aw s o f N ature, and has for its field o f research all that is within the physical sciences. I t deals w ith electric and m agnetic, odylic and mesmeric: law s, and recognises these as sciences, w ith in the scope o f the hum an • m ind, and, as cosmic m atter, to be u tilized and controlled b y the human intellect and w ill. N o one can attain to th is altitude, but who has first m astered, at least, the rudim ents of the physical sciences o f A stronom y, G eom etry, C hem istry, M eteorology, and Ana­to m y ; and w hen I have m ade such a statement, it will be seen that that of w hich I am speaking is infinitely beyond the reach of charlatans and jugglers.

T h ese “ forcesK— above referred to— all centre' in man, that is, so far as th ey apply to our earth. T h e human or­ganism is the connecting link betw een those invisible Intelli­gences, w ho range from disem bodied hum an spirits right up to P lanetary and Solar P ow ers, w ho rule over the universes that revolve in space. N one hut M aster M inds can grapple w ith and grasp subjects of this class, w hich, to ordinary mor­tals, are incom prehensible and overw helm ing. This which I have outlined forms a Philosophy, that can only be taught to the student w ho is hum ble and reverential.

T h e other side o f Occultism has relation to the art, which is only attainable after years o f patient study, and of endu­rance during the m ost trying ordeals, w hich of necessity must he passed through ere the low er propensities o f our nature are m ade thoroughly subjective to the h igher and spiritual quali­ties, which are more or less latent in all.

T hat there w ere Schools of Philosophy, as w ell as Sacerdo­tal Colleges and T raining E stablishm ents, in andent Egypt, is incontrovertible, as shew n b y the titles on the monuments,

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of the teachers and professors, &c. T h e one— and only— way by which they taught their pupils and candidates, was by the use of symbols. There is no other method. T hat which is above is sym bolical of the intellectual and spiritual principles which are w ithin a m a n ; w hile that w hich is below, such as all forms (Bf animal, vegetable, and even mineral life ® are symbolical of that w hich forms the physical, or corporeal, nature of a man. In short, and in fact, N ature itself, from the human organism downward— w ith the earth itself, and all that it contains— is but one stupendous sym bol, and is a R e ­presentation of Life-forms, and Life-forces, w hich are the real prime movers in the production o f visible earths, and w hat these contain and sustain.

To what extent the E gyptian Philosophers and Professors were able to fathom these m ysteries, w e have no m eans of testing, other than by such fragm ents as the monum ents and papyri contain; but these fragm ents are sufficient to shew that th® formed a part of a system w hich m ust excite the wonder and admiration of all w ho can d ive beneath the sur­face of the mere letter. T h e funereal and sepulchral rites and ceremonies, point to the possession o f spiritual know ­ledges, which the (to our eyes) strange and grotesque figur- ings of their walls and sarcophagi m erely sym bolize.■ The display of psychological, or occult, phenomena formed n part,Eta the Initiation cerem onials, w hen the neophyte passed from the lower into the h igher degrees of A deptship

■pertaining to O rd ® which I have named. W h a t these were can alone be known by actual experience, as none who have passed through them have ever d ivu lged the arcanaS A pu- leius, a philosopher, who flourished about 150 a .d . (M etam or­phosis, m ok XJ.) has left on record his experiences in part.He was initiated into these very E gyptian M ysteries, and, speaking of those known as the M ysteries of Isis, says :—

“ The profane-being rem oved to a distance—took hold of me by the hand, and brought m e into the inner the sanctuary itseBSgjlothed in a new linengarment. Perhaps, curious reader, you m ay be eager to know what was then said and done. I w ould tell you, were it lawful for me to teU you; you should know it, if it were lawful for m 'to heafe but both the ears that heard those things, and the tongue^that Cold them , w ould reap the evil results of their rashness. StiU, how ever, kejpt in suspense, as you probablw are, w ith religious longing, I wiH not torment you with long-protracted anxiety. Hear, therefore, but baj

E lieve what is truth. I approached the confines of death, and halffis tg>d on the threshold of Proserpine, I returned therefrom, being borne through all the elements. A t m idJ

[ night I saw th S su n shining w ith its bi-illiant light, and approamed the p jllin c e of the Gods ajS>ve and the Gods beneath, and stood near and worshipped them. Behold, I havejfelafed things of which, though heard by you, you m ust

( necessarilyBemain ignorant.” I t is m ost probahw that the Mysteries of Isis alhiqed to her personification of narare. (This is a guarded expression intended for a purpose.— W .0.) In addressing Apuleius she says : “ I am Nature, the parent of all things, the soveffiign of the elements, the primary progeny of timegQEXH

Herodotus, speaking of w hat he w itnessed in E gypt, says : “I sawShings that it is hofi lawful for me to u tte r ; and things whp^H dare not divulge.”

Plato, Pythagoras, and Iamblicus, w ere also I n i t ia t e of th ®! Egyptian jfeacred— and Secret— Orders, and their testim ony

is to the sameieffect, that beyond th e . teaching of esoteric philosophy—so far as it advisable' to go—they dared not, and would nrsprfimmgp. ^fliat was m n ffig d to; the custody of Initiates.

I think I have given sufficient and ample proof to sustain all that I hav& advanced in reference to the scientific know ­ledge, phildSsffijy<| wisdpmSLfind raSMI m w ers that were the splendid heritageeif the E gyptian H iero p h a m |jB

TheirV' Prophets Siand of Brophctg a | im ply muchmore than the generally accepted m eaning of these Words. They ijjrmded, not merely the ability to forteU events, but the “ schools ” were training institutions for the development of psychological powersMncMaingjmll that w e know of m es­merism (so-called) animal-magneylBSS eajctro-biology, clair- audience, clairvoyance, jmd psyc^^c phenomena of all k in d s; and the “ prophets ” (as the intermfeters translate the word or sign), were the practical exponents of the same. T he men, the actors, have passed away, leaving behind them, as a

% bequeathment to following generations, monuments, which ruinous as they are, owing to the rapacity, greed, and fanati-' ci8m of conquering races, tell the tale of a once magnificent

and m ajestic Hierarchy. Perchance, they are not w ithout liv in g successors, even in our own day.

I close this branch of m y subject w ith a statem ent m ade by the gifted author of “ A rt M agm ” (a book now H ut of print, but one of the m ost erudite works y e t pnblished on this fas­cinating subject),who speaks from good authority, and I m ay say, know ledge :—“ T h ey (the E gyptian gjpriests) understood the nature of the loadstone, the virtues (or powers) of mineral and animal m agnetism , w hich together w ith the force of psychological impress, constituted a large portion of their theurgic practices. T h ey perfestly understood the art of reading the inm ost secrets of the soul, of im pressing the sus­ceptible im agination b y enchantm ent and fascinatigp, o f send­ing their own spirits fim h from the body as clairvoyants, under the action of powerful wiH, in fact, they were masters of the arts known as mesmerism, &cH &c.

T h e distinguishing feature of E gpption M agic, w as the union of occult w ith natural science, the connection of super- - mundane w ith m undaneiSpiritism . T h e specialities of the E gyptian M agician were patience, devotion, and self-sacrifice, in the acquirement of occult knowledge,— skill in its use, purity of life, fidelity to his calling, and educational culture upreared on the foundation of natural gifts. T hese were the elem ents by w hich they became accomplished magicians, and w hich rendered the nam e of E g y p t famous through all tim e, and their land thyjsynonym of all that is w ise in in te lle c || stupendous in art, elevated in ideality, and divine in spiritual science.” ***2

I leave the above eloquent and forcible statem ent for m y reader to ponder over, as there is nothing I can add to or, detract from, for it contains, in few est words, aU that is requi-j site to be known, to Sraw forth an intelligent appreciation of the wonders that lie concealed in this ancient system.

(To be continued.)

PROGRESS OF SPIRITUAL WORK.MR. COLVILLE IN LIVERPOOL.

On Sunday last, Aug. 19, Mr. W. J. Colville occupied the platform of Rodney Hall, Rodney Street, Liverpool. The attendance was very goouft especially in the even^HftSliH subject of discourse in the morning was, “ The Qod of the Bible in the light o]9 Modern Revelation.’’ The speaker explained the difference between and the varii^Bjords ton the Scriptures very plainly, and declared that there was no discrepancy between the apparently conflicting texts—“ The Lord appeared uffij3 Moses J|an(By|Sfo man hath seeBIGod at any time.” The ancients believed in many lords! The Jews largely borrowed their ideas from the EgyptianHwhcXnough acknowledging a Supreme Spirit, as Orientals are wont ever to acknow ledg!beneyed in theflfflmm union of sprits, and just as Spiritualists admin to-day, that all spHits are not equally enlightened and humane even though they may be guides! guardians, or gumes of egmelmpltejo when thejmsdiums of old were very p u rea^ ^ h en l|^ u ^ ^ and m g ^ g n u ig h spirits immediately controlled them, or were made eiHlent to their senses through theta mediumistic gifts. On the other hand,- when seerqu! prophets wera vicious or selfislya beclouded revfilati§jHvasrfjie result. The spirit of the Mosaic law was eulogized, thgngh its letter was in manjgjnstariEda unsparingly condemned by Jesus; and as there is such a ilin g as progress in religious ideas, as well as in other matters, the facts con-* cerning the evolution of religious systems need ojjjy to be made wla^Sfflthe and the Birne neither blindly adoredor as blyjffly hated anmB^m^mJ| The discourse agjgunded in practical and Bmely Blustrations, and was a very powerful plea on behalf of fair and honest criticism; and very clearly

K augh|| the lesson that no spirit utterance must ever be almwed ^supplant an individual’s intuitive sense of right.

In the eveimig, the siMtjpt treated was Httme Positive Affirm anions in the ©eedJSjthe Angels.” Tnmarge audience gave the lecturer the^Rjmivided attention throughout his lengthy address, and as a clear representation of the essential

■principles of pure Spiritualism, this effort was peculiarly happy. Controverted points received little attention, except to this extent, that the speaker threw much light upon the origin and growth of opymfgns, and declared that every fable ig mythology was founded, partly upon secular, and partly gga spiritual history. Woden and Thor were not whojjy imaginary beings! as the old Saxons, and the Druid priests under the shade of the oake,!$lid really communicate with smyits, many of whom, in those troublous times, were very warlike in character. So in Greece and Rome; Zeus, Jove, and Mars were realities behind fictions. As man advances from savagery to civilization he worships milder deities, as he passes from under the sway* Of the lower, and becomes receptive to influences from higher spirits, ultimately a religion or perfect love will remove all vestiges of fear; and as the angels worship only the Eternal

510 THE MEDIUM AND DAYBREAK. A ugust 24, 1883.

G ood n ess, and p erce iv e th a t a l l th in g s are ordered for th e b est , so w ill th e u lt im a te r e lig io n o f ea rth be a n ou tw ard em b od i­m e n t o f th e A n g e l’s C r e e d : “ W e b e liev e in in fin ite ju stice , a n d th e g o o d n e ss a n d im m u ta b ility o f ev ery n a tu ra l la w .”

T h e im p ro m p tu p o em s w ere on “ M atrim ony,” “ C olen so ,” a n d “ C om p en sation .” *

On th e fo llo w in g e v e n in g , Mr. C o lv ille o ccu p ied th e p latform o f th e sa m e h a ll , a n d sp o k e on “ S p ir itu a lism w e ig h e d in th e b a la n c e s o f S c ien ce a n d R e lig io n ,” to a v ery fin e au d ien ce. S e v e r a l h ig h ly im p o rta n t q u estio n s w ere a b ly an sw ered , and m u ch sa tisfa c tio n g iv e n to th e m a n y stra n g ers p resen t.

On S u n d a y , A u g . 26 th , M r. C o lv ille sp ea k s in th e sa m e h a l l ' again, a t 11 a.m ., su b je c t: “ T h e fu tu re o f th is p la n e t , th e com ­in g ra ce , a n d th e g o ld e n a g e ” ; a t 6 .30 p .m ., su b jec t: “ T h e ca u se o f crim e a n d p o v erty , and th e rem ed y su g g e s te d b y th e sp ir its .”

M onday, A u g . 27tb , a t 8 p .m ., su b ject to be ch o sen b y th e a u d ien ce, fo llo w ed b y a n sw ers and q u estio n s.

E X E T E R .A sp ir itu a lly con d u cted sp ir it c irc le is lik e a n est , w h ere the

y o u n g b irds are h atch ed , a n d from w hich th e n e w ly fled g ed on es, lea rn in g to tru st th e str e n g th o f th eir ow n w in g s , flu tter a w a y to form sep a ra te affin ities, and e sta b lish co sy n e sts o f their ow n . I h a v e been p lea sed to h ea r , d u rin g th e p a st w eek , o f e x c e lle n t r e su lts rea lized in se v e r a l d ifferen t c irc les , w h ich h a v e sp ru n g from th e o ld cen tre . W e a lw a y s aim a t th is a s an u lt im a te r e su lt— from on e cen tre to m u ltip ly in d e fin ite ly o th er cen tres o f sp ir itu a l l ig h t and in flu en ce. A t th e H a ll , on Su n ­day ev en in g , a sim p le b u t in stru ctiv e ad d ress w a s g iv e n th rou gh M r. P ., tra n ce m edium .

N e w t o n S t . Gy r e s .C ircum stances p rev en ted our sp ea k in g in th e op en air a t th is

p la ce la s t S u n d ay , b u t an e x c e lle n t a fternoon m e e tin g w a s h eld in a friend’s bouse. T h e house w a s w e ll f ille d — th ere b ein g sev era l n ew hearers presen t. T h e sp ir itu a l in flu en ce w a s e x c eed in g ly good , to u ch in g th e em otion s, and b r in g in g tea rs to th e ey es o f both fr iends and stra n g ers . A ll fe lt it good to retire for an hour from th e labours o f earth , and refresh th e sp ir it w ith co n tem p la tio n o f th e g lo r io u s sum m er la n d . Mr. W hite, and h is brother tra n ce m ed ium s, w en t ou t from E x eter to a ss ist th e friends in th e ev en in g m eetin g .

I t seem s w on d erfu lly su g g e s tiv e to see how th e C ause h as g ro w n here, from th e seed p la n ted in h u m ilia tion and sorrow , during th e deep sn ow and dark dreary d a y s o f J a n u a ry 1881. T h is p lace , m y ow n b irthp lace, enriched w ith N atu re’s ch o icest bonnties o f so il and produce, w ill d ou b tless y e t becom e a praise in th e earth , as a B eth leh em or N a za reth , o f sp ir itu a l association s and exp eriences.

Cr e d it o n .Som e p relim inary step s w ere ta k en , during la s t w eek , to

ex ten d th e Sp iritu a l T eleg ra p h to th is p la ce , e ig h t m iles from E x eter. I cannot sa y th a t there is an im m ed iate p rosp ect o f our securing a footin g , b u t a s soon as p racticab le w e sh a ll ta k e a public room for a lecture. Wo in ten d , w eek b y w eek , to v is it other p la ces in th e d istr ict, seek in g opportun ities to ex ten d our Sp iritua l M ission. Om e g a .

------ +------M R. C O L V IL L E I N P L Y M O U T H .

Mr. W . J . C olv ille w ill lectu re a t th e R ichm ond H a ll, R ich ­m ond S treet, on T hursday ev en in g , A u g u st 30. S u b je c t: “ W hat can w e p ositive ly know o f sp ir itu a l ex isten ce .” J o s. C artw right, E sq ., o f P eckham , w ill preside. A nd in th e sam e p la ce , on Friday, 3 ls t , he w ill rep ly to questions from the aud ience. Chair to be ta k en each eyen in g a t 8 o’clock.

On Sunday, Septem ber 2, Mr. C olville w ill deliver tw o ora­tion s at th e S t. Jam es’s H a ll, U nion S treet. S ubjects: a t 3 p.m ., “ T he R elig ion o f the Corning R ace at 7 p .m ., “ D oes D eath end a ll ? ” A charge o f threepence and sixp en ce w ill be m ade for adm ission to each lecture. Friends from a d istance w ill be ab le , on th e 8unday, to procure te a a t a reasonab le charge a t Marrow’s T em perance H otel (three doors from St. Jam es’s H a ll) , th e S ociety h av in g m ade due arrangem ents.

R . S. Cl a r k e , Sec.

South D urham D istrict.— On M onday even ing , A u gu st 27, Mr. H enry B urton, o f N ew ca stle , w ill deliver a lecture in the M echanics’ H a ll, N ew Shildon, subject, “ Sp iritualism , it s P h e­nom ena and Philosophy.” T o com m ence at 7 p.m. On T u es­d a y even in g , A u gu st 28, Mr. Burton w ill lecture on “ Spiritu­a lism ; past, presen t, and future,” in th e T em perance H all, Qurney V illa , to com m ence a t 7 p.m . C ollection to defray expenses.— J ames D un n .

L e ic e s t e r : Silver S tree t L ecture H all.— On Sunday la st, Mrs. G utteridge, o f L oughborough, and Mrs. B urdett occupied th e rostrum , m orning and ev en in g . T he m orning service w as fa irly attended, in the even in g a good congregation w as pre­sen t. T he gu ides o f Mrs. B urdett took for their discourse “ W hat w ill the end be ? ” and th a t by Mrs. G utteridge, “ T he en lig h ten m en t o f Spiritualism and its teach ings.” T he addres­se s w ere w e ll received.— B. Wightm an , Sec., 74, M ostyn S treet, H in ck ley Road, L eicester.

F U N E R A L O F A M A N C H E S T E R SPIR ITUA LIST.T o th e E d ito r .— D e a r s ir ,— T h e fu n era l o f the late Mrs.

T hom pson , w h o p a ssed a w a y to th e h igh er life, on Sunday, 12th A u g u st, to o k p la c e a t th e H arp u rh ey Cemetery, Man. Chester, on T h u rsd a y th e 16th in s t ., th e service being con- d u cted b y th e sp ir it g u id e s o f M rs. Groom , o f Birmingham, and Mr. W. J . C o lv ille , o f B o sto n , U . S .

T h e day w a s b e a u tifu lly fin e, a n d th e sun cast a halo of g lo r y over th e p ro ceed in g s , a n d g r e a tly enhanced the impres­s iv en ess o f th e cerem o n y .

T h e r e la t iv e s a n d fr ien d s in a tten d a n ce wore flowers, and num erous b o q u ets w ere carried in th e hand, w h ilst two large h an d som e w rea th s w ere p la ced on th e coffin, which formed a p le a s in g a n d f itt in g c o n tra st to th e som breness o f its surround­in g s .

U p on a rr iv a l a t th e cem etery , th e cortege w as met by a la r g e n u m b er o f th e m em b ers o f th e M anchester and Salford S o c ie ty , w ith th e ir fr ien d s, m a n y o f w hom carried flowers.

T h e in it ia to ry serv ice w a s co m m en ced in the chapel by Mr. C olv ille , w h o read p a rt o f th e X V . ch ap ter o f the first book of C orin th ians, co m m en tin g u p o n w h ich he said that death was n o t th e se v e r in g o f a ll co n n ectio n w ith th e departed soul, as w a s th e com m on op in ion o f th e variou s sects of Christianity^ b u t a w ise ord in an ce o f n a tu re b y w h ich th e immortal spirit w a s lib erated from its te n e m e n t o f c la y , and conveyed to higher sp h eres o f u se fu ln ess and h a p p in ess, from whence it could co m m u n ica te w ith th o se w h o w ere le f t behind.

T h e g u id es o f M rs. G room co n clu d ed th is part of the serv ice , a n d p a id a b ea u tifu l a n d tou ch in g tribute to the m em ory o f th e d ep arted sp ir it, w hom th ey had known when liv in g on th e earth ; and sp o k e a t le n g th o f the kindly dis­p o sitio n , th e d ep th o f sy m p a th y , and th e lov in g interest which sh e g a v e to a l l w h o w ere d eserv in g o f assistance and encour­a g em en t.

T h e coffin w a s th en co n v ey ed to th e burial ground, followed b y a nu m erou s g a th e r in g o f sp ecta to rs, w ho manifested deep in terest in th e p receed in g s , and a fter b ein g lowered into the g r a v e it w a s lite r a lly covered w ith th e flow ers strewn around it.

T h e seco n d p a rt o f th e serv ice w a s opened a t the grave side b y th e s in g in g o f L o n g fe llo w ’s “ P sa lm o f L ife ,” followed by 1 th e g u id es o f M rs. Groom , w ho referred to the happiness of the sp ir it n ow g o n e on before, a n d w ho w a s now reaping the fruits o f a go o d , n ob le , and v irtu ou s life . B eloved by a ll who knew her, sh e w a s n ow p rep a r in g for a w ider and more extended w ork o f g o o d n ess for th e b en efit o f th o se w ho were trying to liv e an h o n est and pure life here b e low . T he control exhorted th e a ssem b ly to d ev o te th e m se lv e s to th e good and true prin­c ip le s o f th e ir n a tu re, so th a t w h en th eir tim e came to cast off th e m o rta l co il and en ter th e sp ir it w orld , they might do so under n ob le and e le v a t in g con d ition s. T he control concluded b y an a ffec tin g p o em on th e life and w ork o f the departed sp ir it w h ose body w a s co n sig n ed to th e tom b before them. Mr. C olville's g u id e s in a few and w ell-ch o sen words, brought the serv ice to a term in ation .

T h e p ro ceed in g s th ro u g h o u t w ere characterized by an ea rn estn ess and in terest w h ich is seldom witnessed at an ordinary funeral, and th e g e n e r a l opinion am ong the visitors w as, th a t th e burial serv ice a s conducted th a t day was con­sid erab ly in a d v a n ce o f a n y other form , and more in accord­an ce w ith th e in te ll ig e n c e and c iv iliza tio n o f the time.

Y ours tru ly , H ir a m R oss, President,5, H ou gh L an e, L o w er B roughton , M anchester, August 20.

------ 4------S u n d e r l a n d .— Sunday, A u g u st 19, th e gu ides of Mr. Gibson, .

o f N ew ca stle -o n -T y n e , g a v e addresses on Spiritualism in the A venue T heatre, in th e afternoon and evening, to large and ap p recia tive aud iences, and, a t th e c lose o f the meetings, the gu id es answ ered a num ber o f questions propounded by the audience, w h ich seem ed to g iv e gen era l satisfaction. Mr. R utherford officiated as chairm an. On Sunday next, August 26, addresses w ill be g iv en in th e above Theatre, in the after­noon a t 2.30, b y Mr. F . W alker, form erly o f Pelton Fell, but now resid in g a t S u n d er la n d ; and in th e evening, at 6.30, by Mr. T . B . S m all, o f G ateshead-on-T yne. Friends residing in our neighbourhood are cord ia lly in v ited to co-operate with us in carrying th is w ork on, by k in d ly su p p ly in g us with speakers.

G a t e s h e a d .— T h e platform on Sunday evening last, was occupied by Mr. D avid N icholson , w ho delivered a very inte­restin g address, en titled gj “ T he S ig n s of the Timee.” Mr. N ich olson is w e ll know n as a good trance medium, but on this occasion delivered his lecture in th e norm al state. He bandied his subject in a m aster ly m anner, and ga ined the earnest at­ten tion o f an appreciative audience. A t th e close of the lecture th e m em bers m et in th e ante-room , w hen Messrs. Henry Bur­to n and F . B. Sheppard tendered their resignation as president and Secretary o f th e Society , it b ein g the intention of these gen tlem en to em igrate to Queensland. Mr. Joseph Bainbridge w as elected as H on. Secretary, pro. tem ., in the place of Mr. Sheppard, the presidency b eing le ft open for further considera­tion . Mr. W. H . R obinson, o f N ew castle , w ill occupy the plat­form n ex t Sunday.

T h e F r e e S p ir it u a l M issio n w ill be held, pro. tem., at Mr. W right’s, 17, A m berley R oad, H arrow Road, W., on Sunday evenings, a t 7.30. Friends invited .— A r t h u r Savage.

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M E ET IN G S, S U N D A Y , A U G U S T 26t h , 1883 .0 L ondon. 1Spiritual I nstitution, 15 , S o u th a m p to n R o w , a t 7.Temperance H all, 52, B e ll S t., E d g w a r e R oad , a t 7, A d d resses. Cavendish R ooms, M ortim er S tr e e t , W ., a t 7, M r. J . J . M orse,

“ The H appy W ick ed .”P r o v in c e s .

Darrow-in -F ur n ess .— 75, B u cc leu ch S tr e e t , a t 6.80.BatleyCarr.— T o w n S tr e e t , 6 p .m .: M r. A rm ita g e .Bedw| th .—K in g S tr e e t , a t 6 p .m . W ed n esd a y a t 7 p .m . Belper.—L ecture R oom . B ro o k sid e , a t 6 .30 .Bingley.—In te llig en ce H a ll , 2 .30 a n d 6p m .: M rs. B u tler . Bishop Auckland.— T em p era n ce H a ll , G urney V il la , 2 .3 0 , 6. Bradford.—S p ir itu a list C hurch, W a l l in S tr e e t , H a l l L a n e *

Wakefield R oad, 2 .30 and 6 p .m . : M rs. G ott, a n d L o ca l. Wade’s M eeting R oom , H a r k e r B lr e e t , B o w lin g , a t 2 .30 and 6 p .tn |: Mr. C o llin s B r ig g s .Spiritual L yceu m , O d d fe llo w s’ R oom s, O tley R o a d , a t 2.30 Miss Harrison.

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Mr. Pickford.--------- »----------

YORKSHIRE DISTRICT SPIRITUALISTS' C OM M ITTEE*At the Annual ConferemffiffisB B a t® Carr onJEunday, Aug. 19th, the usual

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I Batley Carr, FliKffilajMecretary ami Treasurer; Messrs. J. f f i s , Upper George Street, Heckmonnwpie9and Joseph Oliffe, Stithy Street, Ossett, Auditors; and C. Poole, Corresponding Secretary, 28, F a r la ^ ^ & K a rk 3 E ra jg ^ | Bradford.

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See.: Mr. Armitage, Stonefield House, Hangingheaton. BncLEVa-Intelligence Hall, 2,30 and 6 p.m.2, Miss Musgrave, Bingley. 16, Mrs. Dobson, Batley Carr.0, Mrs. BuEgH&pton. 23, Mrs. Gott, Keighley.19, (Wed.) Mr. Wallis, Nottingham. 30, Mr. A. D. Wilson, Halifax.

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H ost ■15 . T h e D iv in e Ch ild R ecog­

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18. The Slaughter of the I n­nocents

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C O N TE N TS.PART 1. ■

chap.I ntroduction L ist of A u th o r it ies , a n d

BqpKs Q uoted from1 . T h e Creation a nd F a ll of

M an2. T h e D eluge3 . T h e T ower of Babel4. T h e T ria l o f A braham’s

F a ith5. J acob’s V ision of L adder6. T h e E xodus from E gypt7. Receiving th e T en Com­

m andments8. Sa m sS t and hisTExploits9. J onah Swallowed by a B ig

FraHIO. 0IRCUMCISION < •

.11. Conclusion of Part F irst

20. T he Crucifixion of Christ J esus

T he Darkness at the Cru- fWeifflxiON‘ ‘H e Demendedtnto Hell* T he Res£ rrect^ and As- Lj - S ^ ^ n of Christ Jesus THEjjSEcoND Coming of

ChrS t Jesus, and the M illennium.

Christ Jesus as Judge of the Dead

Christ Jesus as Creator, and Alpha and Omega

T he Miracles of Christ, ' J esuS and ® e Primitive

ChristiansChrist Crishna anDChrbt ■

J esus .Christ Buddha and Christ 4

J esus vT he Eucharist, or Lord's

Supper BaptismT he Worship ofthe Virgin

MotherChristian Symbols®T he Birth-day of Christ

J esusT he T rinity

3 6 . Pa| s .nism in Christianity3 7 . Why Cristianity Pros­

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39. —Sp ir it u a l is m i n t h e P o l y n e s ia n a n d W est? I n d ia n *40. — Sp ir it u a l is m i n (So u t h A m e r ic a , M e x ic o ^ N e w

G r a n a d a , &c . £

41. —Sp ir it u a l is m i n C h i n a , J a p a n , T h i b e t , &c.42, 433S J pIRITUALISM ijjjlN D IA .

43.—R esum e o f SgjpijffiAL^gM iN ij |rH E E ast— M a g ic —OrSg m.TTSM AND JpppTU A LISM .

44 to 46. —Sp ir it u a l is m i n H o l l a n d .47-—N M ^ E R f f lp M A N I ^ ^ ^ T M J S AND OFFICIAL INVESTI-

GJ©t>NS IN THE DUTCH INDIES.48, 49.—SpiRffluALisM i n R u s s ia .

50.—Spir it u a l is m i n S c a n d in a v ia .51, 52.—Sp ir it u a l is m i n S w e d e n a n d S w it z e r l a n d .

52. —S pir it u a l is m i n I t a l y .53. —Sp ir it u a l is m i n S p a in .54. — Spiritualism in B el g iu m . T u rkey , a n d o t iif r

E u r o pea n L a n d s .-S !5 to 7r.—S p ir it u a l is m i n A m e r ic a ,

it.—ConciS u in .

History of Mesmer and Mesmerism, Philosopher’s Stone.”“ Elixir VitEerS Somnambulism. Clairvoyance. Psychology. • Ec-

Spiritualism. —nffural and acquired. -^Correllationof Barces : from EarthlyBfflss^^maL Magnetism : from Mesmerism t i^ ir S H ia n . Magffll Wit®craft. Sorcery. Necromancy Oc- cultism. “ Spiri t ism.Spiri tual ism.” “ Theosophy.” Reincar- nation. I m m o rta lity d em o n stra ted . Facts, Fang® and Fana- ticisms of Spiritualists. Spiritual Science. Spiritual Religion. I ^ ^ S p a b l e and proofs imaginary. Doctrines versusCorroborative Tes®mony | Magic im its ReliaM rqjj^a^M^^lism. Narratives of Hauntings. Practices, andSpontaneous Phenom^^-of VaSSSSSPeoplesl Origin of the Modem Spimual Movement in DiffeEn®bnnHite§J Journalism and Literature of the HMKry and Progress. Warfare and AntagonismIfronipmtmKMj Divisions and Parties within the Ranks. Fraud and flSfistake. ^^epfion and H allifbmation. Thrilling Narratives.

Experiences. Heaven and Hell of Spirit Life. Dwel­lers on the Threshold ” and Angels in ParadisgNj Authentic Revel* atiarijpf Life HereEter in all Stages of Progressions!' Spirit Circles. Spiritual Workers, Pioneers, Tourmj^fS. Writers, Lecturers, Mediums, Artisffl Poets, Healers, and Margvrs. Trialg,. Prosecutions, Defeats and Victories. All Sides ofsEhe Question. Every Phase of the Move- ment. All Classes of Witnesses. From the Convidt’s Prison to the Monarch’s Throne-room. Popular Revivals. Mass Meetings. Con. venjigrjs. The Stream of History Analysed, Condensed, and Cast on th'-^Kcean of Ti»«e and ETERNITY.

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, Dear Sir,—I have great pleasure in using m y pen on behalf ofMesmerism, as we have found'it o f great b enefitin 'ou r Fam ily. My W ife- had been troubled with E pil e p t ic F it s over 20 years’. W e tried a great many Doctors, but all to no use, During the time she had Fits, it caused a great deal of uneasiness in our family, When I have gone out.to’ m y work'in the morning, I have not known where I should find her at night. Sometimes I have found her in bed, shockingly disfigured from ill-using herself. She was always to watch during the day when I was at work. Bat now there is a great change. M y W ife came to you in Feb., 1880. You cast her into the' Mesmeric Sleep, and she told you, when in that sleep, she would have 289 Fits, her last being on New Year’s day, 1881. She came out of that Fit exact to the minute, after being 9 hours in it. Thank God, since then she has not had the LEAST SYMPTOM of a Fit. Dear Sir, I thank you most sincerely for what you have done for m y ’ W ife, and I hope y o u 'w ill make this case widely known.—I remain, yours ever gratefully, JA S. EDWARD THORNTON.

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