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. SATURDAY, APRIL 37,1858.
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B a n n er
o f
L ig h jt.
,, J*Why so?. A re y o a n nw ell?" asked the young
lady,looklngin surprise upon the hardy figure and
healthful face o f her favorite cook. ;, ‘ .
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Betty drew 0 long breath, as though with the reso­
lution to retain a great deal and say but littlo.
“ No, ma'am, I’m very w ell; but I can't stay here
To-day another interview waa held with the invisL
ble powers;
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^■ Betty retired to her chamber to read a chapter in
the Bible, and Phil was already off among hia plants
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and flpwers. So father and Tabitha bad it all their no longer”
“ W hy? What is the matter, Eluabcth? You
own way. Neither believed1 in the spirit-origin o f
the Bounds, nor did either disbeUeve,-but both w ire have been with me a number o f years, and there has
been no cause o f dissatisfaction that I am aware o t "
strangely interested.
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“ I oan’ t stay where there's such goln’s on ," ro.
JL aat by, a quiet spectator. The following ques­
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tion! and answers will give an idea o f their mode o f pUe$ Betty. ;
“ What goings o n ? explain yourself."
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“ Ma’am, you mtftt excuse me i f I.aay a bad word,
“ i i the spirits present f " asked Tabitha.
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Tea, was received.
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■ but really the devil's in tills, kitchen."
“ I do not understand you ," said M rs.. Ladore
“ How many ? " inquired Cither.
coldly.
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“ Suoh doin’s I never seen in my life before It's
“ Will you teli us your names ? "
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An assenting reply led to the callipg over o f the the rappin’s, and Jim and Tab that does it 1"
“ The rappings I What rappings ?’?
alphabet Rather a tedious way, it seemed to me, o f
« Splrit^rappin’, they oall i t ”
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obtaining Information. /
“ Spvit-rappmgt I Sorely suoh nonsense has not
James Ilebbard, Busan Smith, and Francis Ladore
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-were the three names given, for the other, Incognito been, introduoed here 1" : *
MYes but they be, though; and Jim and T a b ’s. at
was reoeived. I was not impressed as to wbo this
/TWO DOLLARS PER YBAB,1
I PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. J
Love has been oompliod w l ^ >D«uJlttle volumes I
torn and 'blotted, scrawled ,OTei^4^'3lirelesa fingers,
but u »lr prioe was abore xnbjei ' l felt that they
were grudgingly jfUW^eld, gW ^ n g ly given, but
how could
Were they
not sacred things in -that in inf^ng mothor’s oyes?
And I felt that she doubted my^up&bility to appreoiate (he g if t : I’ toli’ then airfjr,.behind the loose
bowd.in toy ohamber, w ltenJ^tete all my treas­
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pearl Ues deepost ’ neath the w ave; the rarest goin
dwolls darkest under ground. And yet flowers smile
in sunny places, and stare spangle the open sky. : “ Life's lessons are. often hard to underetand, and
often appear contradictory. This Is why wo should
never sit down in sclf-eatisfled ignoranoe, when we
h\ve studied one side o f the pago. And if, when we
read, the other, and It seems to be In direct opposition
to that whioh we have learned, it Is our duty to la­
bor o n ; proving all things, holding tast that whioh is
good, I f I had shown to you a young woman of
regal beauty, with broad brow, proud eyes, and
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soornful lips, you would havo ohoacn hor dircot. EmLEMS.' v
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ly u the queen o f our glorious palaoo, mistaking
' ■ Blue mists were rolling dowa'fram the morningthe haughty bearing, the dark pride o f the eyes and
lighted hill-tops, ahd tfcp dew yel dnncbed the velvet
the soorn-curvod lip, for nature’s true royalty. Would
carpet o f our garden on th eiU U y slope, when I
you n o t?"
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strolled out to Uke my early walk, and be the first
“ I f she was handsome, I Bhould," said beauty’s
to say good morning to the flowers and kiss tlie)^
beautiful admirer.
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silken-soft |ips as thoy smiled npon me. I walked,
' “ And you, Leah
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but not alone,
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“ .I f sho was kind, I should," I replied.
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Not alone, though others gazing
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“ And do beauty and kindness dwell togother ? "
Could hot m j oompantom toe.
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", Not always, I believe,” I anawored; never fool­
Mary, with my little Love, went hand in hand with
me. And Mary, our earnest teacher, rend us beauti­ ing freo to assert anything In Mary’s pure, ali-rcading presence.
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ful lessons from the brightened sky, thc sun-crowned
“ Not always,” repeated M ary; “ but kindnui
hills, the rippling river, the blooming flowers and
manifests itself in various ways. Men often en­
the singing birds. Then she ptfntcd a sublime
soene unfolded directly over the pulore mansion. deavor tp dlstroy ono anothor in professed kindness
Two birds, small, and with somber fwings, sat upon to the raoe. True'kindness Vnows but one way.”
'Y o u are kind,” said Love,twining hor white
the roof-peak, and over them hung'A hugo thunderarms around her.
black oloud, casting the whole house; in dense shadow.
Sweetly aud harmquiously the goldon moments
Then there descended a 'soft brigh^jiaio, resembling
glided away. My timo for returning to outward life
the rain that sometimes'falls a t ^ distance whon
arrived, and I woko up.
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the sun is shining through i t I t ^oodcd tho^nightAs
I
passed
the
front
portion
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f
tho
haugSty
dark ’ cloud With a glory,' penetra^bg every gloomy
walled honse, and gaxed longingly up at the mournfold, and glancing brilliantly on the drooled Wings
ing-draperied windows; I yearned for the time to
of the brooding birds. They flashed back the lustre,
come speedily, whon the glorj^. of heavonly hope and
fluttered, outspread in nidiaht beiuty, quivered a
joy should break like Bunriso'over i t
moment in thei light filled air, a n i nthen soared heav­
enward.
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“ Can you read the emblem ? "
in ph er smiling face toward
ted Mary, turn'
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Just as Tabitha wont out, a Mis* Myrtle—a lovoly, lively young creature, who is visiting at tbe house
—came tripping down stairs.
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“ I came to hear tho rappings,” sho said, laughing*
ly. ••I was coaxing l’ hil. for a slip the othor mornlug, and growing commuuicatlvo, bo told me that
thoy wero to be heard here. Whoro aro th ey?" * ‘
Thpy sounded directly at her feet Bhe uttered an*
exclamation o f surpriso and delight, and said, rogu-:- ,
ishly, “ Why Bel, 1 chargo you with being chief In-'
stlgator o f the humbug; tho raps aro right by your
aide 1"
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“ Xonscnso, Carrio; I do n’t feel like being teased;
It 'i altogether too serious a matter.”
“ Oh, i t 's n o t Who is the modium? It m u s t ^
you. I Inslst on forming a oircle I"
“ Come, do n’t bo foolish! Como, go with me baok
to tho parlor."
•*Not until I ’ vo had a peep into tho mystery.
W h d’s the medium ? Bring him out; or her, which­
ever it may bc. I invoko tho ghostly prescnoe t
Whore is the medium ? " Sho was flying about the
room, apparently unawaro o f my presenoo, topping
with light fingers on every articlo o f furniture she>
passed. Mrs. Ladore departed, thinking Bho would
follow, but sho did not. •Suddenly, in tho oouree o f
her wanderings, sho discovered m o; a large chair
had before partially shielded mo. “ Are you the
m edium ?" sho inquired, looking soarchingly upon
mo.
“ Yes,” I replied.
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“ Givo me a communication, then," ahe said.
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“ You must ask for one," I answered.
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“ Did n’t I ju st now ask ?”
“ You npust question tho sounds, I mean," I ex­
plained. ,
■\Call tho alphabet, i o . I know all about th a t;
but that ia too much trouble; I want ono without
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“ I do not think you will be gratifiod," I replied,
feeling cmboldend by her freedom.
“ Who are you ?” aho inquired.
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••I thought n o t; she told me the person’s name
was Tabitha. How do jfou know that you aro the
o f spirit presenoo heard within these'walls.VSomo
rowfully witbln those Walls, rise 1through -the dark­
W ' i s tne medium Y”
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hours have been oooupied dally in-communication
Mrs. Ladore’s blue eyos met mine, and I felt my ening olouds o f earth, and soar toward tho heavenly wittrthe invisible ones, but I havo taken no part
medium?”
it was evident Tabitha did not, for he Asked
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openly in tho soene, although I-sat silently <ino o f iu
“ I waa told so."
’ 11Mr. Incognito, is It V1 ,
We sat down by the river’s side, and within tho
« Him that I said before.”
chief Mters. Nothing o f great consequonce has boen
“ Who told you
I prefer not ' be questioned, was the reply spelled
sound of its bubbling murmur I was entranced and
“ W h o?"
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eliolted; the intellectual oapaoities ot the interroga­
“ That I oannot telL"
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my spirit wafted away to othei' scenes./
out.
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“ The devil, ma’am ," said B etty..
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tors are not sufficiently elevated to recoivo great
“ W hy n o t? "
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“ Mighty touchy, whoever you aretl " remarked Ta.
Mary
wished
to
impress
upon:
our
minds
the
error
“ No, no, you do not understand me. Wbo do they
truths, and the questions put aro frequently very
“ I prefer to keep it a secret," I replied.
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hi tha.
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• pretend Ib ' the medium through whom the .sounds o f judging a person by their outward appenranco,or
trivial. This afternoon I remained in the house, as
“ You ’ro a saucy child," sho remarked.
Busan Smith was next questioned. She is the sis.
by tho circumstances In which wo found’ them
i now very often do, for tho purposo of obtaining theChild! there is but little difference in our ages.
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ter o f Tabitha, and waB present yesterday. >
' “ They oome on the floor sometimes, sometijnes ■on placcd. ’
• , i manifestations, though it is not yet known that I am Presently she inquired iu a swcetrgrnve-tono, but
“ Susan, is Tommy with you ?”
.Bo, from tho elevation of a purple-shrouded oloud,
the table."
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t|ie medium through whom they are received. Father with a merry sparkle in her eyes:
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Yes, was returned.,
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we looked down into a lonely valley. There we saw,
Giving np the idea o f making her comprehend,
was a w a y; only Tabitha and myself oooupied th?
“ Hove I a guardian spirit present 7"
“ When did Tommy d ie ? "
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Mrs. Ladore next inquired who they supposed com- uproared the graceful columns and gleaming roof of cool bock kitchen. Tabitha was pairing some peach­
Three raps camo in reply, llogiiish sprite, ahe
January 10th, 1848, was spelled.
munlcated. Betty know nothing about It, and sum­ a blue-veined marblo palace.
es'; I had been helping h e r; but fathor made me stop, called-a sportive party around her, and sho reoeived
“ Is that right ? ” aakod fathor of. Tabitha. She
Not then understanding the lesson meant to be
moned Tabitha. This personage was examined und
saying he paid my board to prevent my doing kitoh- suoh apt arid brilliant replies, that sho laughod until
said yes, and then inquired—
crosM xam ined, in relation to the origin; o f the conveyed, we gladly followed M aiy, who bade us on-work; so now I was mending a dress for Tabitha. the tears ran down her rosy checks.
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•'What did ho die o f ? " .
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' sounds, but nothing satisfactory to her interogator v i s i t with her the splendid edifice. We entered tho
As I sat there with busy fingers, my brain would
••Follow u s /’ ‘waB spelled out for her.
Measles, was rapped out aftcr the letters.
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lald
portal,and
passed
through
the
superb
l^alls.
was eliolted. Bo requesting Betty not to leave until
still move actively. I wondered how long it would
« Whither, good spirits V” sho inquired.
» Waa he sick long ? "
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, a fter dinner, and saying she should see her again, IAll within was calmly pure and beautiful. Piotures
be before thoao bright eleotrio touches would swal up
Then running rapidly over tho letter, “ Whlthor
dim
and
undefined,
but
lovely
in
their
hannon.
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from these humble, apartments into the spleudld we lead,” was responded.
“ H o w lo n g ?”
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lously blending tint and form. Statues h alf veiled in
to leave the room.
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rooms'above, and the Boft chlld-tones of. my darling
“ Follow your leader!’’ Bho exolaimed, as the
Two weeks.
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Mis that L eah ?" she Inquired, pausing at the rosy shadow, but gleaming out with exquisite life­ Love whisper in sweet soripturo language to the sounds went llko human footfalls toward tiie
••How old was he when he d ie d ? "
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stair feeK and feigning ju st to have notloed too. My likeness. Elegantly fashioned instruments, whoso mother's heart, “ Behold, I stand at tho door and stairs.
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Four years, was the reply. ,,
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faoe was turned from her, but looking round I an-' golden chords trembled to divine melody ’ neath Ma­ knock." Ah I tho spirit-rappings may seem to tho
“ Come, medium Leah," Bho sold, and catohing my
« Is that right ?” naked father again. .
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unbelieving but littlo things,-common things,— for hand, she made mo go with her up tho stain,
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« Yes, aliit it queer ? .' What place did ho die I n ? " sweied—
breathed out delioious fragrance as we passed. Bil•* Yes, ma’am ."
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tho shining angels to oomo down from heaven to ac­ through tho riohly carpctcd hall, and to the parlor
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; Bhe requested me to go op stairs with1 her, and, ver-rainlng fJunUlns, soft flushed shells, and thou­ complish. But listen. Whon wo have parted fr»in door, on whioh three raps were given so distinctly
“ Did you dio first, or did he ?’*
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sands o f namdessly beautiful things were strewn
filled with astonishment, I did so.
a dear ono here, who goos out a' wanderer to strange that ono of those in tho room oamo and opebed it<
1 The communicating aplrit'had first departed.
areund In brllllan oonfuslon, yet all seeming in placo
Bhe
took
me
up
to
her
own
superbly
adorned
apart­
There was a party o f somo eight ladies and gen­
places that we know nothing of, at the home-coming
“ Howlong, then, was it before he d ie d ?"
and in perfect harmony, but so unfltudled in thoir
ment, and, opening a drawor, commenced search
docs not that dear one first stand at the door and tlemen assembled thore. An exolamation b f aston­
Three years
FrlnolsLadore was next questioned. And so fa r 'in g for someartiolo whioh it appean^diffloult to graceful grouping.
knock ? Oh l Is it a little thing to recognizo that fa­ ishment ran round as Miss Myrtle Introduoed:
••Whom do you supposo qwelto here?” asked
as w L known by Z
hterregators, answered satU- .fln d .; Her white hand trembled as it f l a r e d about,
miliar sound ? Do not our vory heart-throbs echo it ? ‘•Bpirits’ medium,” and horself—then leading me Id,
was know oy
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Jand presently she drew forth a bundle o f well-worn Mary.
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Open your hearts, then, sad earthly pilgrims; know ■olosed tho door. A quiet oonfidenoe took possession
faotonly.
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books, and plaoing them oil the tiny stand near her, . “ A queen,” said Lovo.
that angol feet are on the threshold when those first o f me, and I stood unshrinkingly olnld that fashion
••What do you wont us to d o ? " Inquired m y fa­
» A princess/’ I had remarked in the samo
she a
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faint sounds vibrato In your homos. Open your able, strange group. Tb# request o f Miss Carrie
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i h e a r t s , — angel'guests will oomo In to thee, and sup that-they should attend tho manifestation*, waa
Leah, have you over reoeived eduoation ? "
Right, w as the answer.
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, u Yes, a queen,‘ but not of earth’s browning. A
readily acceded too by all 'except Mrs. lAdore, but
“ No, ma’am," I answorpd.
with theo, and thou with them.
••What is right?” ttsked Tabitha.
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princess, but not by earthly birth. We have lifted
as hor husband was present, sho unwillingly yielded
Tabitha
had
ju
st
interrupted
my
musings
by
some
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Ask your own reason, was the response.
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•'Betty learned me to-read a little, and I can write the veil from holy places, ohildren; but not with sac. oommonpli^co remark, when, to tbe surpriso o f both, tbe point Ail was oonfusion for a few momenta.
••Must we go to oh u rch ?"
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litigious band. You have Boen an emblem o f tho M m Ladore iame down, clad in soft, oool robes. 8ho Carrie -related her experience amid pcale o f laugh*
a little.”
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ter, and every one huiicd this now and rare amuseShe looked at me a moment thoughtfully, then interior condition of an Immortal spirit Come now, looked very ljvely, vory haughty.
••Is it right to go to ohuroh ?’’
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■nt No one had offered me a chair, so I remained
we will visit this queen,— this princess.”
said, half-lnquiringly s—
“ Tabitha,” she said, speaking as sternly asjm o
, Yes, i f you think so.
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Mary
waved
her
hand,
tho
fairy
castlo
faded
standing.
“ You loved my little girl very much.” •
naturally so gentle could Bpeak, ••Philip informs mo
“ Must we believe what the minister says / ■
••Miss Leah, will you please tb commence tbe per“ Ohl doariy," I replied, all the blessodneM o f that away, and wo descended earthward. W e stopped ln that you still oncourago tho dangerous delusion that
Betty had ju st now opened the door and was Itoa sunny southern vale, whore, cloBe besido a tell-talo
formanoo?" Inquired Carrie.
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affection Bwelllng up in m y heArt,
the unaocouutablo sounds heard hero aro produoed
tcnin g
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Btrangoly enoygh I did not feel vexed. I knew
“ And she loved you ? ’’ said the mother, a tremor stream, a colored woman stood washing olothes. by supernatural agenoy, and that daily, almost hour­
Bo far as ho adheres to truth, was answered.
stealing Into her voice. Her false'pride was leaving . “ Here In this dark outside frame, dwells ln living ly, you hold what is termed communication with they only meant to make light o f tho affair, but a
« 0h, let’s stop.'f Interposed my father, “ it’ll bo
her for a Uttle tf&o. Tbe womanhood, the motkcr- beauty the sweet reality of those beautiful forms wo them. Ho says that If these proceedings are not firm eplrlt boro mo up. I took a Bijjit by a small
Betting methodistical soon." ,
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saw pictured on tho over ohttnglng' atmosphere."
table o f exquisite workmanship and airy lightness,
hood was melting into the usually oold blue eyes,
ebeoked by Bomo one who.jias authority, ho cannot
“ M elhod istical!” exolaim ed Betty, “ I Bhould n t
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softening around the proud-trained lips, unbending Bho laid hor hand on tho quiet bwast, arid added, remalu in my employ. I have Already lost ono valu- then replied to the merry Carrie:
think it was getting m othodistlcal, advisin’ us dot to
« Herein is s h r i n e d those glowing dreams, thoBo soft•■Give mo paper and pouoil, and I wllL"
ablo servant by this Imposition, and cannot loso
the
haughty
figure.
believe w h at tho m in ister bo^ts. "
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breathed melodies. Herein Is garnered up in golden
Mrs. Ladore gazed in amazement at wliat no do<A|'
» Bho loves me. very, very muoh,” I replied confiv
another. The practice m ust be stopped."
“ It did n’ t advise no such thing,” repliod TaWtha,
store thoso rioh treasures of the mind, inknown to
appeared to her tho boldest a (Tronic ty, nnd. s e v ^ t t f
Clear,
soft,
and
with
a
sweet
ringing
sound
tho
and a Btora o f oontradiction followed/during whioh dently.
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the buter world, because unspoken. And ttyugh this
o f the ladles movodNTurther baok, lest a soft fold-ct
rappinfes oommenoed, in open defiance, at her very
Mrs, Ladore said nothing for a few moments, then
' I made my escape.
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poor outside may be purchased for bo many pieocs o f
tholr splendid dresselyshould touch my coarse, oalna
feet
A
singular
paleness
overspread
her
faco;
with
This lust account was penned threo days ago, since taking up the books, she said
froclc. I heard ono Indolent-looking young man la y
money, all the wealth o f tbe world oould not obtain
"S he requested mo'to givo you these, hor iwhoolcompressed lips she appeared to bo listening.
whioh time, father wrote to an old friend o f his
ono pearl from the inner temple.” ■
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|languidly, that I wns very protty. Carrio came fly­
“
Who
I
b
tho
pretended
medium
for
theso
manifes­
mother, who resided In the small village whertf he books, as she was very anxious you shonld learo all
We gazed in bewildered wonder. A little oomfort
ing baok wilh tho paper, and gave me ber pwn,
that she herself know. Hore thoy are, ypU m a fg o
tations ? " she Inquired.
less oabin, all overhung with great tree-bbughs and
fairy, gold {Snell. I felt “ »tronB imPree8ion th» k 1
••I bcliove I t ’ s me, replied Tabitha.
* <Bbe°BWLrohcd the parish records, and learned thkt “ 0W-.
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was to write automatically, and no ono must look on
over-wreathed with rosovlnoB, topplod on the
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Btop
It,
then;
I
shall
not
enduro
it
any
longer
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toolc
them
ftnd
ta
m
ed
to
d
ep
a
rt
I
w
a
i
alpne
the first child o f Isaao and Ann ilebbard was caljea
stream’s brink us though with h alf a mind to drop
while I did so.;
Her
Bm
all'foot
gave
an
Impatient
stamp,
and
her
James. 6ho said that the mother insisted on having wllh her in her private room, with the soft refine­ into it, and was only withhold by the vines’ green
« you must go away,” I said to Carrio, who had
face flushed orlmson. I never saw her so irritated.
ment
o
f
its
atmosphere.
She
had
spoken
gently
to
the child named Isaac, and as it died so youngi she
taken a position that would enable her to ftee. She
olinging
arms.
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Tabitha
said
not
a
word
ln
return,
and
the
rappings
always remembered It by the familiar name, but the me ; there waa a lonely sadness in jher-manner nbw,
*•Who is she ? " asked bright eyed Loye, as a mys­ ebntinuod, now running over the floor llko Wo trip­ laughed, and withdrew to whisper gaily to the indo­
father had had it christened James. Fathor w u andVheflr blue eyes Beemed looking upon mo with
tery seemed to bang about the woman,
ping o f a child’s tiny feet, now rapping in a oirclo lent youth who lounged Ott a sofa,
surprised on receiving this.intelligence, and echoed V e x i n g In their liquid dopths. Had not the time I “ A bondwomftri," replied Mary.
i Controlled by a Btrong will power,, I wrote with,
on tho spot where Mrs. Ladore stood..
‘
oome for me to speak? Ife ita w lld torrent o f eAger
Tabitha’ s “ Aint it queer?"
t '. _
I ..- . '
astonishing rapidity. Bo fast did tbo (wnoll pursus
■Btill we gated, thinking out the answer to tho
“ Tabitha Smith 1 i f you do not stop this immedL
Betty left tho house this m orning.; The foUowlng je y w i i doolrt/ leaplng ‘in my breast^and bnilti. enigm a.r
its gleamy way over the paper, that I hav. searoe
...
ately
you
shall
leave
my
sorvldb."
The
lady
was
•‘WjWtt'iHeh toB&y anything more?” she asked,the
conversation explains h e r reasott t o eo
a n y knowledge o f what was penned; I oould not
I “ flan you not read tho lesson V she asked. Just
singularly agitated. Tabitha appeared to leave the
j M o n descended the kitchen stalre. and gaUwring felt oofiia^ 'ote’r h e i face again and hardening tp its
at that moment it Blood in dlamorid-brigh't charac­
follow the words. Tlmt whioh ita& written. »PP»»»<*
room,
as
a
last
resort,
M
lln
g
her
utter
inability
to
.
her ejejgant morning w be about her, art M W - l w uiuatartitberailofcolclneisa.
to be letters, each in an entirely different BtyJe—
ters before us. Wo both answered yes, witli one aooonipiy with thp unreasonable oemmand ju st given,
I replied, and ran hurredly firom
■ome beginning « Dear Slater;" othors, “ Dear Child*
o
o
r
d
.
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i “ Do so,” said Mrs. Ladore.
•'•nlase let Tabitha oome in/and teU het wMtIthe
y e i S i w
BeUy.
.
1
H o w l o n g i t h - b e e n before th , sweet request of
“ Yes, but withdifficulty. Children, thebrightest
OF
o r Brother," and Bome addressed to 4 h f Chrlatl4n
name,as 11l)oarWilliam.” '
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......
Of those present I k ie ir nothing— 09k evep tile'
name* o f the m^joritywere fa m ilia r to me, and I
g
X,I Q-HT.
how, d n h k o f f j h e potion, and as she sank down
■gain. she m uanored to herself— .
“ A h I I a a a t wait until another life no longer de­
pends upon m lnfW
CHAPTER L
also knew nothing whatever concerning their spirit*
She apoke tto m ore; she remained upon the bed)
In .a quiet lane, which has now becomo a noisy
Mends. When completed, I distributed t$e com
she appeared aa i f In a trance ( but she fibeyed me
street,
in
one*of
the
new
suburbs
o
f
Manchester,'
munioations to those into whose hands I was im­
ohanloaty aU tha directions o f her medical attend'
pressed to deliver them, and then.resumed my scat. ■; (England,) there stood, some quarter of. a
Mrs. Ladore’s paper r&ttled, fluttered, dropped. ago, one o f the prettiest and most poetical looking
Robert’a ^ p l o - r f r wrote* to Inform the old merV It Is the handwriting o f m y little girl 1” she ex­
T * . ^
g ^ a g r o o f thickly coveredwlth chtLa^ 0f ; t t f 'r d K h 0f his only son. But the letter
^
atrang8 h aid s laid the
claimed. “ Sho’s an impostor j” and her flashing moss, the broad eaves.yhlch eheltered the tender remained
.
•
glanoe tamed on me. ‘-She imitated it I” and here creepers that olnng to its walls o f rough hewn stone, L o a n * :
the
. j 7 0UDK ® “ ia his early grave.
the old
old lattlflA
lattice windows, the deep rustio ________
porch—made
she burst into tears.9: : ; •
o
. ■ o - . 0 . .0
“ This is my mother's own writing 1" said the np a charming and ploturesque exterior. While the
A month aft^r thie death o f her husband, Edith
astonished Charles Ladore. “ This surely is not m ostcasnaf glanoe within, told distinctly tho refine­ gave birth to a ton. „Wlten her infiuif was presented
ment, tho ootnfort, the happy lovo o f its inmates.
imitated! How oould it b e f That ohild neversaw
to her for the first time—
my mother’s w ritin g!”
,
1 ' Everything was Tory simple, but everywhere might
be
detected
the
touoh
o
f
taste
and
the
hand
o
f
affeo-l
P ° ° ^ o n n g widow, still her■■This is from m y sister 1 Oh, how can suoh
A nd the tears lon g denied to
tlofi.
things bo dono ?”
.
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In th? abundanoo and the selection o f the |her fell fast arid h o t
'
•■This is from my brother! JVhat does It mean ? "
were the broken ejaculations that .ran from lip to
Up, and pain, joy, consternation or horror, was ex­
pressed in the wonder-Btruck faces.
.
v “ Friends,” said a fine looking gentleman, whose
eyfes grew beautiful with feeling, after reading his
communication, nnd who had listened to tho discord
o f intermingling eiolamations ,41Friends, either Spir­
itualism is now a confirmed fact, or this is a revival
- o f olden witchcraft.
some questions.”
Let us ask this young lady
.
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Gentleman and lady instantly forgot fashionable
foolishness and pride, and came thronging around
n y ohair. I was astounded as well as they, and
knew not how to answerthe questions that were now
poured upon me. I grew strangely agitated; a deep,
harmonious sea had seemed to envelopo my soul; now
it was lashed in tempestuous wildness before the dis­
cord this soone produced. I entreated them to let me
flowers, which were the principal dncorations o f the
The b o y was christened by the beloved name of
ono sitting-room ; in the purity, the tender senti­
his fathor. Hia. littlo cot was placed by the side of
ment o f the few but choice works o f art which it
his mother’s bed. And Edith, who had at first only
contained—relics o f richer but ‘ not happier d a y s ;
oonsente'd to live nntil hor child's existence was sep­
even in the graceful folds o f the spotless white cur­
arated from her own, now wished to live,' that she
tain, whioh fell almost across the window, as if to
might protect it w it^ her love. She passed wholo
shelter from
7
,
the
W
n feh u b V X ^ o f hta. ^ . r 7 t t r ;
oonld not, help recognizing outward and v.s.bje s.gns, tho and
ht WM
,n hinL Everything was a
that here,^at any rate, “ love in a cottage " was n o| „ou rceof
hU a c c o u n f She w“ Id
idlo dream, no sentimental fancy.
hardly allow tiny ono to caress or attend upon him
The history o f the young couple who inhabited but herself. One’thlng only she did not do for him
this pleasant retrjat is soon told. Robert Living herself. She wonld not sing the nursery songs with
stone was tho only son o f one o f those morohant prin- whioh happy mothers lull their infants to rest. ■
ccs, whose enterprise and daring commercial combi­
Poor oh ild ! ho was beautiful: his faco had the
nations. were even then fast raising Liverpool to the . ? wcet expression o f his father’s. But there waa a
pro eminent position whioh it now ocoupies amongstl sadness, too, a b o u t lt - a s i f his mother’s grief had
the ports and cities o f Great Britain. Destined by Jfallen upon him even before his birth. He did not
his father to succeed to his immense business, to-in- cry ofte n ; but he never smiled. He was q u i o t -
hcrit his large landed possessions, and to wed somo unnaturally so. When the kind hearted and skillful
depart, and rising would have. dartcd through the scion o f an anoicnt house, whoso long desoent might medical man who attended Edith, looked at the
open doorway, but-JIr. Ladore seized me and pushed cover his- own parvenu origin, Robert had dashed all child, his faoe * a a almost as sad as it s ; and often
me back into my chair. My friond,—I know him as these hopes, and forfeited all these brilliant expeota- as he glanoed from the son to the mother, he was’
inch, although he had never spoken fane word to me
tions, by loving and marrying Edith Blair. Edith j unable to rostraSt a tear.
■
— now interposed in my behalf. H e. lectured tho
was the daughter o f a poor, but gallant officer, who
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thoughtless, excited party, made them stand back, and
full at W aterloo. She resided at'Liverpool with her
taking my two hands in liis, spoke pleasant, soothing
widowed mother— her sole remaining relative—and
CHAPTER IL
words to me. I was soon calmed, and then, with iny
it was while endeavoring to eke out that m other’s
Although ihe elder Livingstone had taken no npoonsent, a circle was formed, whioh all joined with
Blender pension, by giving draw inejessons to the tico of the letter ^announcing his son's death, and
the exoeption of Mrs. Ladore. Questions were asked, younger branches o f the Livingstone(mmily, that she had even refused to wear mourning, his pride, aud
some being answered through the raps, others in
ond Robert m et Thoy knew tho oldfetrch a n t far I perhaps his heart, too, were wounded deeply,though
writing, both at one and the same time. Mr. La*
too well to im agine that he would ever sanction their secretly, b y the loss o f the sole heir to his name.
dore was intensely interested, and if those clear, disunion. They resolvod to w ait— for what, they would The am bition to found a fa m ily is p o r e ooinm on
tlct sounds hail been the rich music of his lost child’s
lmvo been puzzled to say— but lovers, i f they do not than is g en erally supposed, am ongst the high er
voioe, ho could not havo listened more eagerly for despair, (and ours were too ygung for that,) are g r a d e s 'o f the com m ercial olass. H is strong will,
their coming. And i f the answer to his question
always ablo nnd w illin g to hope. Their prudent I an<i the habitual coldness and sternness o f his m anwas written, it was ever in thoso littlo straggling
resolutions woro not, however, destined to be kept, ner, enabled him to suppress all ex tern a l‘ signs o f
characters, so familiarly dear to us both. Perhaps The sudden death o f Mrs. B lair left Edith without a su ffering,'bnt h is health gradually gave way, his atit was for this reason that ho preferred tho raps. I
friond and protector in the w orld, Itobort at once | tentlon to business relaxed, They said on ’ohange,
know L o ^ ’s writing so well, It might be that 1 imi­ felt that his path o f duty was olear and single. Ho
that the old merchant was “ breaking up." His
tated it ; therefore it was more satisfactory to him" told his father alL T h ? old m erchant’s answer was
than tho other modo.
inJew words, but those were sufficient—
I o f scene. In the season o f 18— (about two years
Many ingenious tcst qucstions wero put and an­
H ia n y Edith Blair, aud you. are no longer my I after the death o f his son,) he took for aJTew months
son.
swered; names, dates, plaocs, were so nocuratcly
‘
givon, that Imd their spirit friends appcared'visibly
in the apartment, there could not have been much
greater nstonishmont manifested. I shall never for­
get tho scene, or the varied emotions excitcd in the
different rnii„l,. Mr. Mjrrtle, tho gentleman who
Mr. Ladore spoke o f magnetic forces, electricity,
the influenoo o f mind over mind, and other vague
probabilities, saying it was best not to be too hasty
in forming an opiuion. Another gentleman posi
tlvely denied tho influenco o f spiritual agency, and
deolared vehemently that no proof that oould bo
brought forward would be strong enough to convinco
him to the contrary. - Sir,” he faid, very much ex.
dted, ••it is utterly impossible for spirits to return
and oommunicato with us. Impottible, now I flow
are you going to get over that 7”
Nowne tried to “ get o v e r" so stupendous an argumcnt.
Two o f tho ladies expressed their entire belief in
the fact thnt the replies they had received really
oame from their spiritrfriends. Another required
still further proof, and again another was violent in
her opposition to the subject. ■■I t ’s wicked to trifle
With such things,” she remarked indignantly to Mrs.
Ladore, who perfectly agreed with her. “ Do n ’ t the
Bible tell us our departed friends oan nover return?”
■ Threo hours wero passed in this Most interesting
mannfer. At the close o f that timo tho influence de-parted, and as soon as possible I stole away, but my
consent was obtained that, another circle-meeting
should be held next Friday afternoon. ■
dered beyond tho present, nor. out o f each other’s
presence^ Edith's whole beiAg waa devoted to her
husband. In whatover little feminine oooupation
engaged, she always took care to plaoe herself so
that when she raised her eyes, they should meet
Robert’s. She read no books but thoso whioh h i
read. Then, her head reposing caressingly upon her
husband’s shoulder, her glanoe followed the lines on
which his rested. She was -not content unless they
shared even the same ideas. But why dwell upon a
aoene too soon to change 7
£
From the Now .York Xodopoodont.
T H B M IN IS T B Y O F A N G E L S .
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A i walchen from the upper tkjr *
Looked (lown apoa • child,
l« ld In ito mother's in n i to dio,
Tho babe lookod up and lulled.
And then be relied hit Ud; hand
~ And Ulkod wlth'anjceU U r ,
A i he bcHtld Uie white-robed bond
Upon the balm; air.
.
One day, whilo Robert was engaged In superin­
tending the receipt o f somb goods In process o f de­
livery at the warehouse, the rope- by whioh a parcel
w u being hoisted to an uppor story broke suddenly;
the package descended npon h im ; he waa orushed
beneath its weight When it was raised, he was perfeotly insensible, but lifo did not seem to hove quite
deserted the body.. He was immediately conveyed
h o m e - Edith received tho shook with a calmness
that was more terrible than tho wildest qiy o f griof.
She hod him laid upon the Bofa o f their little room!
Se bent over him without a word, without a motion,
without even a quiver o f the delicate lashes, that _
But what the hovering apirit uid,
— Or what'the babe MpHed,"
Before ho towed lilt llttlo head
And, swe«Uj unlllnfc, died,
u
*’
'Wn h t , lH ^ h<IUghU *"d woni* that bn’rned
Her W eeing heart U) hear.
.V ■.
:Boftl; he ilghisd-- Oonio, mother, coino I '
Oh, como and lire with (no,
: tfamjr bright, hippx.VnleM hom t
‘ JPh>m e v e i; aorro* freo
'
longer conoealed the'dlstended stony eyes’, during
the few moments that elapsed before the/iurgeon
arrived. When- he entered the room, ••Dootor I"
was till Bhe said.
'
And then the mothor wlthod to go
An<I soar with him aw a;;
•
■jrho'geotta iplrit anivered “ No I
. -A Mtlle more dela; I” - .
That one word meant; “ Is ho still a liv e7"
The Burgeon felt the pulse , o f Robert, placed his
hand apon his heart, and remained silen t A s his
JButoltap from his spirit home
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Kotum*dUie happ; cbUd,
>
>Asdcall«^Uie.taioUierstintocom4 •
‘
W lh iach icjiroMhet mild.1
AJid lUU he came, and i UU b e M e d ,
33# call the jRiother home, •> n d tbps bneeMlngl; he cried,
' *
' ■■Oomediiotiier-iiu.Uier, cornel
VormetodU^airavlahiDf
’
:
A i heavenis to behoM, .
,
. A W tjr o u lMim;*qd you ihaU stag •
tjo angel
o fio ld l"
And, Uie* ska
Jook«love f
. , Oa nsstiaeaUilrkiiilleiL
'■-, v And Ibe pbrs spirit eoamd ab ov e- : ' •
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,
.
- . As soon as the door w<ui o^eqed,
W :A toher inis the
to break jjt t« , ,
rith e r staggered; up to te r fa th e rin -liir. -Her
*es*| bbut
u t firm
'H e r resoM
arm toiii;
tone ’ which
whioh betiiiyed her
>
lutlon almost foiled her, as she placed the ipfen t on I s a id f'?1
wta^ n (
his knees, and m u rm u re d -- It is Auson
*
.
. f ^ ' c h l l d Ib an idiot 1"
^That waa aU ahe said. Her tiars told ^ ^ t f | ^ i ^ c ^ ; a n s i ^ her' Edith
There was a dead sllenoe. Both
.be,* bitten b y i sorpeit a ? ^ ^ ”Pl
and hits. Archer had rccognl*ed. the E d it h ;^ oil hSr boy/tfhom she pressed conrolsiT^ , t *
former days, the moment efe? entered t ^ ib o ] p V ^ M b
o
s
o
m
-
r
*
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neither1of them had time to Bpeak before the grandl ' •■Idiot i« cried she, whlie her
.
child wa? on his grandfather’s knee, * ,
• .; *1“ idiot P ' she repeated, ‘ ^because h e ^ a * ^ !!! ^re’
- Mrs. Archer did. not now dare “ *-------- -^
woanse ne Has f c * . .
to internipt,the] h a jjiy a ll ^hia life, because"f^ n i his b ^ A ”
!U1,
long, silent scrutiny with which her fatho^eiaminB^I socn nothing but tears, because t e r - - L u
IS
H Ia Robert’s fface,
a aa
. A a lin m w i<1nA lln M K A w nfitM /l i l i a I
••
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•
.
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playiu,
little
bert’s face, A s he gradually recogn fced the y o u r son, who has always h a d jov fu l f
features o f the aon he had lost, his o y e r m oistened M m ; A h , you insult the w re toted l 0°** Beat
bti
w ith.a tear,
. . . and his iron features softened in (o ah| ohild, let us leave thoso w h o have
.
. *> tty
affeotionate expression. A t last, forgetUng his age I have no sympathy for
— the lapse, o f time— the struggles and sufferings o f
""
The
unhappy mother, w ith her
•
child tiginhis lifo— he seemed once more restored in imagina­ clasped in .
her arms, ran up stairs to her
tion to the happy day w hen’.he first pressed his
on ly Bon to his heart.
“ Robert, R obert!” he murmured; 11my daugh­
M y^hild, my ohild," she exolaimed.
,
,
ter I” , added he, giving his hand to the weeping wo­
Rolxfrt went towards her, and laid his head
onhtt
man at his feet
' >
shoulder.
Edith had gained a proteotor, a fam ily, and a for­
-■ A h !" she cried ,h a lf JoyfuUy, hatf despairing,.
tune, for herself and her ohild. Her heart was too, “ he
»> loves
iui™ m
w o !i he
uo comes
comes to
to me
me wbcn
when II call
call hi
him . full— too glad— for utterance. She could only cover embraces m e ! His oaresaes have hlthertn kJ" 8
with kisses her father's hand. #
.
ficlent for m o -h a v e made me a s ^ ^ h a p n v a T ^ '
In the, meantime, Robert remained placidly npon, ever be again I But that is not enough nn* i a .
his grandfather’s kneej without showing any marks
---------- - ’ --'tp m e ,d e a r e s t ! Find one c o n a o l i n / w o T f i r t S .
either o f pleasure or fear.
• . ■■
one word to save thy mother frpm despair! ^
■•Will you love me ? " said the old man. '
n 6w I have only asked you to reflect your father^
The ohild ju st raiscd-his head, but made no an­
image, and to leave me quietly and tranquilly ti
swer.
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weep his loss. But now, Robert, I must have worii
Do you understand m e ? I w illhe your father.” |from ,you. Do yon
______
not__seo m y tears— my terror?
“ I will be your fa th e r " softly repeated the poorl Dearest boy, so'beantlful, so like Aim SDe'alr
boy.
,
,
;
t o m e i"
'
' ^a*,speak
■■Excuse his shyness,” said his m other; “ he has
A la s!
the child did not move.
^
always been alone; he is still very y o u n g ; strangers utterly unaffected by his mother’s passionate
frighten h im ; in a little time, sir, he will, understand But a ghastly, imbecile, unnatural smile d i s E
your affectionate words.”
his lips.
owtor.ed
n! ! th5s tlme Mre- Arohcr ha4 been watohing theEdith conccaled
her face in her hands,
Her form
ohild, in whom she saw tho rival o f t e r son. Her oonvulsedwith grief, wasbowed
alm ost' to the
looks were fixed upon him, and it almost seemed as I ground.
i f they wouldpenetrate to.hls heart.: As she watched,
her eyes sparkled, her mouth half opened, as I f to
She could no longer conoeal the truth fronl he^lf
From that day onlv one ohild wnni
r k ! 1!h hr f breathin8 tT ™ e 8h0rt a“ d °PPreS86d' yorn in g to Mr. Livingstone’s room. T w o V o n a
ike that o f a person who feels on the point o f mak- were there, but only one seemed alive- the other
n gsom e great and joy fu l discovery. She looked spoke and moved.meohanically— that waa a ll
and looked a*aln. H ope,^oubt, expectation, were
One s a i d - - My s o n the o Z r
never spoke'of
by turns visible on her faoe. A t last the strength |her ohild.
One carried h er head aloft; the other
o f her hatred seemed to give clearness to her percep­
let her’s droop npon her breast, the better to Mnftnl
tions. A burst o f triumph filled her heart, though
her tears; one was moro beautiful and brilliant
it did not pass her lips. . She rose', let fall one unthan ever, the other was pale and woe begone. Th#
peroeived glanoe o f disdain npon Edith, as upon an
battle was over; Mrs. Archer had triumphed.
enemy already vanquished, and then resuming her
former oold impenetrability o f W n n e r r s h e ^ l o f ^ S !
forward, and welcomed with the most faultless po- did even worse
Wiihnnf
^
a furn ished honse in tho then risin g quarter, o f B el-
the little air o f pride with whioh, from tline to time,
sho brought U t ie r husband* the produce o f her In­
dustry. N evcrjras industry a moro willing tolL
But if the day’s labor was sweet, though separate,
what shall I say o f the evoning»s reunion: I f any­
thing could be perfeot ou earth, it was their happi­
ness. No regret for the past disturbed thom ; no'
anxiety for tho futuro. I Their thoughts never wan­
TO BB OONOLUDU'IN OCR NEW.
ip^rWard tho child rotumttQ'
And ♦ought lu tnolhcr'i ear?*
1
^ n d , a ? d toen jyoB , | | » d
Ish toys.
is was said as quietly as i f he were merely do-| gravia, and oamo to London with his daughter, Mrs.
ciimng a mercantile transaction, but the son felt j Archer. She also was now a widow— and she had, ’
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that thoso calm, oold tones embodied a final and'un­
affection due to a sister. H ow , indeed, oould she,| A rtfu U n rt
T
'" " . P” grcS8 h0 “
moreover, one son, about the age o f young .Robert.
u
alterable determination..
■
whose
life
had
been
an
education
in
love,
d
ivin
e'th
e
j
solitlate
her
om
itted
notW ug to ccnWith a ll his faults, Mr. Livingstone had a redeem­
I
' " ’r . 8U00e8? * “ d while she uttered ftir
On the very morning he led his weeping bride to ing point in his character. He was a genuine lover hatred o fh er oourteous antagonist
the altar, he .quitted Liverpool, aud took her to the o f art; a generous and even a considerate patrqn o f.
Mr. .Livingstone shortly afterwards left jw m e to I S V v e r v ^ L r
1“ t,0“ t° Edi th’ 8hetorturedh«
cottago I have already described. . .
•' .i.fulfill an engagement, and the two ladies and their appointed in
V
fT
M r- LivM l o n e , <lik.
artists. Releawift fiom the cares o f btisiness. he w u
^
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Edith.it must be confessed, waa i being; tp gain able, w h i l e . l ^ ^ i o ' I n d u l ^ t t M i r W t e ^ ohildren, spent the remainder o f the day l,y th e * E s S l l t v w h L
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1lmpas»iblllty whioh was natural to him. Strictly
whom a man might bo proud, and gladi to Baorifiee taste. H ap j^ u n g' 'o;n« d a y to
terJnJ&w^Jia liaJ.jw.Vxird
muoh—anything .1 She was a delioious bloftdo. To well-known prfhtwSler, ite o b fe r ^ n ^ ^ e x q ta ls it o
.
. ., ,
o poor artist could.only find
the figure of a nymph, she united the graoe and the water color drawings o f Beenes in the neighborhood'
CHAPTER IIL
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a place m .hls heart as the mother o f his grandson
airiness o f a fairy, whilo the’broad, open, delicately o f Liverpool. He immediately bought both. "While
On the following morning, when tho two boys were But that ohild he already regarded as i f it were
penoilled brow, over whioh tho golden hair feli in the shopman was attending him to the oarriage, he brought after breakfast to seo their grandfather, dead. He'became mere sombre and taciturn, and
thick tresses; the swoot, candid m outh; the deop, mentioned oasually that thoy wore the productions Mrs. Aroher took Robgrt-upon her knee. It was tho' seemed only to regret that he had allowed the repose
tender blueeyos, half veiled by theirlongsilken lashes, o f a young widow, who supported herself and her in­ tigress and her prey. .
o fh is old age to be disturbed by a painful and n Z
less emotion.
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spoke a true-hearted, devoted woman.
fant son by her brush. Mr. Livingstone’s sympathy,
“ What a pretty child 1" said she; “ look, sir, at
Robert was not handsomo, but his faoe was one o f which flowod freely for artists, was interested! his fair, silky hair. How it shines in the sun I But,
thusday Mr. Livingstone
thoso most fascinating to the- opposite sex. It pro­ Hastily giving tho man his oard, he desired him to
my dear.Edith, is your son always so silent ? He oalled M t h to him, and signed to hor to sit down
by his arm-chair.
.;.X >
,. . . .,
mised a strong oharaotcr and a Wudor heart.
beg the lady to wait on him a* his residence, in or­
has not the natural liveliness and gaiety o fh is age."
“ Listen to me," said he. ■•Listen to me with fo>
Through one of his father’s correspondents, he der that ho might have the pleasure o f confiding to
■■He is always sad,” said Mrs. Livingstone. ■•Alasl
titnde. I wish to aot honorably towanls you, and
easily obtained a clerkship in a ^Manchester ware­ her tho execution o f a commission. It was not until from rue, he oould not learn to laugh.”
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house. During tho long hourt^of his absence, the his oarriage had rolled away from the door, that it
“ We will try to amuse h im ; to put life into him.” to conceal nothing from you. I am old. My health
young wife employed herself in water-color drawing. struokhim he had forgotten t o ask her naiuo.
said hot sister-in-law.’ “ Come, child, kisB y o u r is Infirm. I t is necessary that I should settle iny
^ connection o f her mother’s, who was.a print-fiellor ^ That name would have startled him i f ho had heard grandfatheri. Throw your arma around his neck. I
arrange the disposition o f my property.
A.nH
him tliat
vaii love
Ia.a him.”ij ,
M t IB dn
8AQt (Intv
..' and
. . j «__
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in tandon, willingly undertook to dispose o f her ft. For it was no other than— Edith Livingstone.
an UHDle&
unpleasant
duty hnth
botl^ fo r .a
you
for _me.
and tnll
tell him
that you
A few months aftor the death o f her husband, tho
skotohcs. Nothing could be more ..oharming than
Robert did not move.
■ ..
„
_ now o f my
, resentment On acoount
_
a^ “ Othing
Was su kind to me— Carrie's fath er-w a s thoroughly
eonvinml of tho truth o f the manifestations... He
had beforo reccNred muoh proof, now ,he needed no
farther cvjdenco tliun that ho had received.
I c«nnot tell—I never knew j
Bone Jojfttl pewi tbe; told;
Poc >060 the child's roung iplrit flew
iJJihemonwlngiofgoldl
,
ii&iijt;
her « m C h a r le s -a X in ^ ’^ fm a t e d l
sllenoe grew from moments into minutes, Edith
drooped, bowed, b en t; and then, still without a word
or a cry, she fell apparently lifeless npon the dead
bodjr o f her husband.
For many-hours she la y npon her bed perfeotty
natnslble. Even when consciousness returned, no
wars.no lamentations rajme with it. Shejuatopened
young widow left Manchester; and sinco resided in
a quiet street in Spho, patiently and laboriously win­
n ing a narroy income by the praotice o f her art. A t
••Do you not know how to kiss ? Charlie, dear, do I ^ y0Ur marriag« with
my son Tou r misfortunes
_
you kisd your grandfather, and set your oSusin a I
ann my
P1Jr anger. 'II desired to Bee and ta love In
your son Robert the heir to m y fortune., Al&s I
good example.”
.
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first, indeed, the remuneration she received for her
drawings was scarcely suffioiont to supply a bare
subsistence for herself and her child. But Edith
hod genius, as w ill as courage and heart. While
painting for bread, she still oontrived to carry on her
Charles j umped o n . the knees o f Mr. Livingstone, Providonce has .been oruel towards us, ’ The widow
and lavished upon him .the lively fcaresBes o f a bold and the ohild o f m y sou shall haive all that is neoee- ■
sary to assure them tho ooritforts and the luxuries of
and warm-hearted o h ild .____ _ • r.
. '
“ Now it is your turn, Robert," persisted Mrs. life T bu.t I have a right to designate the successor
Archer.
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;
, . . to a fortune that I have acquired by my own Indus-*
art education. Her drawings, at first •remarkable
for elegance and nicety Qf finish, began to show real
Robert, however, remained motionless, 'without tty. I adopt Charles na my heir, f a m now about
even raising his eyes towards his grandfather.
. to return to Liverpool to look after my business.
Accompany mo there, E dith; m y house i s . yoar*.
A tear oouwed down the oheeks o f Edith..
power and originality. Artist friends' encouraged
her by prophccies o f still further improvement; and,
what was a more satisfactory and substantial testi**
inony to her progress-her productions were more
sought after, nnd brought h igh er pricos. So she
worked bravely o n ; and though the shade whioh
her husband’s death cast upon her young soul had
not passed away, earnest work had its reward in in­
creased cheerfulness and content. Besides, had shenot a woman’s greatest oonsolation in her ch ild? It
is true that Robert was still silent and sad. But
then ho was so gontle, and clu ng so cloeoly to his
mother, and Bccmed to find his happiness so entirely
in being near her, that Edith o n ly noticed his diScrenoe from other children, to think how much bqUer,.
moro beautiful, and more loving he was.
...It.was whilo Edith was sitting one afternoon at
work, With Robert perched upon a high ohair by her
side, that tho printscller’s shopman came to'tell hor
that a wealthy merchant, who had already1 bought
two o f her drawings, desired to see hor on the follow­
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ing morning, Edith could
not , help a passing im
pulso of pride os an artist—a more permanent and
deeper feeling of thankfulness as a mother— at tho
opening prospect Qf being ablo to bring up and edu­
cate Aii child, in a manner not unworthy its fathor.
But both feelings were forgotten when the assist­
ant handed her Mr. Llvlngstono’s card, and told her,
at the same time, that hor own name was unknown
to her n e / patron. The past rose before her in all
it® bitterness. For a moment she yielded to the first
promptings o f her passionate g r ie t She would not
enter tho house o f him who had discarded and re­
nounced her dead husband/— but quiok came the
thought o f her child; for his sake Bhe must smothor
her resentmont; for hia sake she must nerve her­
s elf to a painful experiment, which mlgjit, i f suocesaejr” ’ then
them—aiid remained motiou- ful restart him to his father’s ii^eritanoe.
‘
esa. Only when the medical man presented t t h er
P«lfii trembling, but wlth aJUgh itnd noblo courage
P« a draught whioh he wlsliisd her to take: ahe
m her heart, Edith noxt morning'took Robert in her
burned “ way her head, and reu sed the medicine by
arm^ and p r e w n t^ b e r e e lf-a t /th e d o o r o fM r . Lit.m gesture*
gesture,
■ . ■ f
ingstone’s residence. Bho
at on 9e admitted to
\ j 2 ! " k of
wfalspot«d the o t h e r /
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wliero the old ma&(w *a.M ated,routing;
W it h o
p
^
h
w
^
4 ,,.
while Alr£ Archer waa engaged in needlework, and
,
“ It is my fault,V said sh e; “ I have brought up It will givo me the greatest pleasure .to seo you a .
member o f m y fam ily."
i
my ohild badly.", > .\ •
the first timo
sitaoe---------the death
A nd taking Robert upon her lap, her' tears fell ( , Edith,
. . . for
.
----------v y * o f her";
fast upon his forehead, while ho, apparently unoon- ^n
’
her de8pondonoy vanish in this qew
scions o fh e r distress, wont to sleep calmly upon the , cmand uP°n ,her courage and firmness. She conbreast o f his mother.
.
|fronted her father-in-law with a n unmoved en « ,
“ Try,” said Mr. Livingstone, “ to make Robert w d I f her f a r i n g was not marked by the pride of
less shy.”
Mrs. Aroher. it had, at any rate, the dignity o f mis­
.
“ I will do my best," said E d ith ; ••and perhaps 1 fortune.
» Go, Bir," said she, ■■g o ,- I will not follow yon. I
shall Buooced, if Mrs. Aroher will tell mo how she
will not witness tho downfall o f m y son’s ju st hopes.
has rendered her Bon'so haj>py and bo gay.”
The unhappy mother looked, as she spoke, at You have, indeed, been in haato to condomn him for*
Charlio, who was playing about, his grandfather's life. Who cap prediot the future? Is it not too
arm-chair, and then her glance revorted to her own aoon^to despair o f God’s goodness and meroy towards
poor Bleeping infant
“ The future,” said Mr. Livingstone. “ A t m y age
■•Ho Buffered," she went bn, evon before he was
born. Wo have both o f us been very unhappy ; but my whole future is comprised in tho passing day. I f
I will try to weep no more, that Robert m ay become I am to aot at all, I must act in the moming, and
as lively as other children."
1n 6t wait to see what tho ovoning may bring forth."
“ Eieoute your intention, then," replied Edith. « I
Two days passed away— days full o f anxiety, and
disquietude,’ of. conoealed hopos, and unavow.edVear&l ?
return
40 tho
dwolling where I lived before I
On the third morning, Mrs. Aroher brought in ^ I M ° 7 i y0U* 1 8lia11 roturn tborewith your grandson,
parcel o f toys o f various descriptions, whioh she Mr- ^ ^ " g 81011®' Of your'name— his sole Keritagtrpresented to the two ohildren. Charles instantly n° 0;l60ftn doprivo t i ,n ”
soized a little Bword and ran about the room with it, I
weo*c a^ rwards Edith descended the stalrcas*
with a thousand exclamations o f delight Robert, *
®<?'graTian mansion, bearing hor son In hor
on tho other hand, Bat immovable and silent, holding | fnn8’ M .8**° *^d on tho day when she entered that
in his hands the playthings whioh had boon put into or(lly residence.
,
them, but without trying.to amuse himself with, orl
^ r8‘ ^ ro*ier aooompanled her to the door. An
even looking at, th em .' ‘
affectation o f conoem and grief thinly veiled the ae“ Stay, sir," said ftr*. Archer to her father, “ take! ° ret Batlsfaction with whioh she saw the depaitiire
the scrapbook, and give it to your grandson—per |
an(^ — r child’s rival. The genuine Borrow
haps hia attention w ill be aroused by the piotures." painted upon the faces ofth e domestios showed hoir
So saying, she took Eobert to Mr. Livingston. soon and how deeply Edith had matte herself beloved.The child was perfeotly dooile. He allowed himself |
to be conduotfl^ .to, h is ' gnmdCiither,7and remained
CHAPTER IY .
like aflgurew hprp.he waa p}aood./
In quitting that house, Edith quitted the only
^ . L i v i n g B ^ openi^ the book. . His faoe/while
beings she knew upon earth— the only persons tirhort
ho did so, wore agrave, and even serene' expression;
p ity she had a right to claim. !Th6 i^ # ld;U y befbre
He stowly tnraed over, several pages, stopping, at
her. adesert a n d a b la n k .
each pioture, and looking at Robert, whose f in d
Shortly aftor her departure, Mr. IiTin^t««i:i»-
eyes were n ?t even direoted towards the Tolmnfc
<WMdlOUW)|pooU .
The old n u n still t o n e d over a few more leaves—
N..-
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: It iaimJtxiMbl*to oonoeive a-life mox* ikoU^ dV
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separation, and/leapond at the unoertain fbture of
And now the catastrophe approaches.
,
O O B A H A T C H ’ S U D O TU BBB.
th Livingstone led from Uie day on w htohshe're-, her son,
Among the ourlosltles, animate and inanimate,
i t oua w w a .
W* have reoeived advanoed sheet* o f a part o f ft
• • ____ L am
mMU
I Tll«
The ti
last day of'E dith Livingstone arrived. The
„ e d to her poor lodgings and her artist’s palette.
whioh my aunt's military admirer had Imported new work, whioh is destined to mark an era in Spir*
JU day I wandered throd*h the rustling grove,
Bhe worked laboriously and Buooessfully In her ; sun had set Sho sat by the open window In the
from the Indies, was a long, brown, impudont, and itualism. Mrs. natoh has aoquired a wide oelebrifr
Where trembling leave* made mgilo on the air—
malloiously inollncd monkey, that the fondness or as a tranoe-speakor o f extraordinary beauty o f BtjW .
Ho melody of grtet ao took of loro—
jtlon j but sho did not forgot to pray often and H i r i n g twilight Her ton was folded in her arms*
’ Bat tinkling notes of thankfulness were there.
the oarelessneas of its master permitted to range at and purity ofdiotlon, and haa drawn to her'lectorw
„ .ently to Hun who had ao mysteriously visited, She kissed his forehead and his hair almost every
Fair flowen m e In perfume ftom the sod,
e r In her ohild, In whoso presonoe revive the hopes moment, weeping sadly as she did so.
large.
*
,
‘
many oftho first minds in the oountry, who have t f r
And blent their richness with tho praise to Qod.
“ Poor ohild! " at last she exolaimed, “ what will
This creature, at onoo my terror and aversion, loglted her performances, while doubting the origia ’hose accomplishment no earthly means can com.
the brooklet rippled past the moss-clad eave,
after having for somo time reoonnoltred our pre­ olalmed for them by terself. The publio, too, have
While she prayed,a look' o f ardent faith often becomo of you ? O hl listen to &e,Robert, I am dy.
Whose hollow stillness echoed back Its mirth,
mises, had gradually insinuated itself as a kind o f heard muoh o f her, and liavo always flocked to see
upon the face o f hor son, as if she waited to ing. Tour father ls dead also. You)will, In future,
l i e swallow dipped his win* within the pave,
visitor to the garden; and finding that Miss Vava­ and hoar her, and now that the looturca whleh have
It light np with the soul whose advent she in­ be alono. You must pray to Qod. I le a n you in •
And wheeled and chirped abovo the gratcM earth;
Tbe startlod wren swift through the grasses fled.
His hands who watches - over the least o f His e re v
sour viewed its approaches with a glanco o f Indul- beon given through hor by tho band o f spirits con­
Voked. ’
1
And (oeght hqr secret ooroer In the shed.
genoe, It presumed to pillngo the fruit trees, roll tlio trolling hor are to be published In book form, ifnay
It Ib impossible to describe her patient efforts tt> tures; 'He will suroly watoh .over tho poor,orphan.
Tbe wild deer treads upon Mune wasted limb, ,
hives o f their honey, and commit several other de­ we not hope they will be read by thousands who
dispel tho cloud from Robert’s mind. Sho tried Dearest ohild, look at me, listen to me 1—try to un­
And terriSed, strains off ln rapid flight,
predations in tho plaoe.
never think o f looking nt other books on the sutyeet.
every method by whioh a slumbering intelligence derstand that I die, in order that you may one day
And seeks the distant wood, whoso shadowi dim
.
Respeot for the Colonel restrained by mother from o f Spiritualism ? We imagine tboy will find a restoould be awakened; Sho read to h im ; she played remember m e."
and clustering leaves, enhance continuous night;
orderiugthe animal the ohastiscmcnt it deserved, ing-plaoo in many hearts, who will obtain their first
And then her voice failed h er; she could only
to h im ; ahe placed before his oyes pioture# and fig.*
In whoso romanth) soenes contentment reigns,
and the result was, that, fondled by my aunt, tho glimpse o f liborty o f oonsoience and truo Natural Re­
All undisturbed by mankind's griefs or palus.
■
urea o f every kind; but all thnt he did was to re­ press her son convulsively to her heart.
A t that moment a oarriage drew np to the door.
oreatura became so daring as. frequently to jump in ligion, whioh is now at war with Sclcnco, and whioh
peat, like an echo, the last words that were address­
Up through the bed of green above llie rest,
at the windows, and play a thousand antics, whilo admits o f man’s exeroialng hia judgment and reason­
A towering pine-tree pierces through the day;
ed to him. Bho spoke to hipi o f those above; (he Mr. Livingstone and Mrs. Aroher got out and went
\
A raven alowljr flapping from the wott,
its hideous grinning, and unoouth rcsemblanoo to ing faculties upon every subjoot oonncctod with Rev­
sought to teach him to pray; but, although she join ­ into the house. It would have chilled your heart
elation or tho Great Revelator.
.
Wings awkwardly towards Its lonely spray,
had
you
seen
them.
There
was
no
sympathy
with
the human shiuje, fiilod me with apprehension, aud
ed his hands, sho oould not mako him raise his eyes
In the introduction, Dr. Hatoh aaya :—
To watch above IU nest with ready tunguo,
the poor withered flower within, on the part of that
JtoualljMutfilshoame from tho oirolo o f its gambols.
to heaven.
.
's»
Careless fur self calm patlenco Ibr Its young.
Tho intercourse whioh is now carried on, to snoh a
It so happened, unluokily for mo, that this vory
One day she made what mugt indeed havo beon to calm, oold, austere man, or o f the prond, selfish wo­
great extent, not only in this country,, but in many
I listen to the language of the brecte.
afternoon, tho Colonel had fallen asleep in his vcran. othor parts o f the world, with minds whioh have laid
her a terrible effort. She rccountod to Robort the m an who followed him, and who oame there to wit­
And long to qult the haunts of peopled din.
dah, and the nimblo favorite, escaping from attend, aside the extcrnnl form o f earthly body, is bollevedto
death o f his father, expecting that this, at least, ness what was to them a happy event— the death of
To Uve within tbls wilderness oftreca,
an
anolent
rival.
They
entered
Edith's
chamber—
anoo, mado an cxourslon to our garden ; tired with be the result o f the growing maturity or manhood o f
Wbere'nougbt
bot
Ood
and
self
coulil
enter
In—
would draw from his oyes a tear. Tho ohild w e n t 1
the race. It is not olalmcd that it ia new, but only
But
no
I
Society
was
made
Ibr
man,—
scampering over the flowor beds, It draw near to the
to sleep flVen Whilo sho spoke. 1 Tears w£>e shed, but so simply, so neatly, though poorly furnished—so
far.more general than at any former period. There
Ills being cannot thwart the beavonly pUn.
open
oasement,
and,
unperoeived,
had
doubtless
different
from
the
apartments
whioh
she
abandoned
wore individual minds wlth whom aplritual Intelli­
it was from tho eyes o f Edith that thoy fell.
Hore
thought-supremely
reigns,*
oflbcUon's
throb
watched the whole prooeeding o f my aunt, whilo sho gence oouid oommune; but it was only hers and
The child, nevertheless, grew apace i and, as he in Belgravia. They approached the bed, under the
Fills
all
my
boing
with
a
wond'rous
spell,
there one in tiie history o f mankind. So, in other de­
was trying on her oap.
grew, he became exoecdingly beautiful. I f you had white curtains of which Edith, palo, but still beauti­
And heart Is gay, uo limits hero to rob
The first notice that I reoeived of tho animal’s vi­ partments, there has been individuals whose gifts
Only seen him for a short time, yo\i would have call­ ful, held her Bon to her heart Thoy stood, one on
My Joys, and leave a grief too sod to lell; "
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have been so rare, that thoy havo causd them to
cinity, was the voluble ohattcring whioh it made as stand out In bold relief in contrast with thcir ootemAnd nature's lessons stand the test of yoars,
ed tho immobility o f his features oalmness; but, iif eaoji side o f that oouoh o f death, but neither o f them
it sprang in at the window, the momont that my pornrica. ° ° 0 Bo tho inspiration which caused
Engravod opon t£e heart through sorrow's tears.
the perpetual and mechanical smile whioh his ooun- found an affectionate w ord 'to consol the poor wpprotreotress quitted tbe apartment; In an instant David, Isaiah, Jesus and his apostles, to act a promi­
te nance wore, thoso. who knew .him, recognized the man, whoBe glance was raised appealingly to. them.
Written (br the Banner of Light.
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the oap, the glory o f the millinor, tho exultation o f nent part in religious history, is now bcooming a
Blgn th a t.h o was, as they callcd him, “ the poor Some cold phrases, some meaningless words, dropped
general characteristic with all who havo matured tp.
my aunt, tho *) counterpart o f that worn by tho
falteringly
from
their
lips.
They
turned
away
thoir
.id io t” Mothers hardly think what happiness it
that plane o f lifo. It cannot be douiod that, if it has
Duohess o f D------ ,” was olutohed in the vile paws over existed in one individual, it proves the prinei*
should cause them to Bee thcir infants weep. In eyes, aud persuading themselves that Edith neither
o f the, monkey, and oh l profanation upon profana­ pie; and whnt is a prinaplt in Nature, must be uni­
saw nor understood them, they contented themselves
every tear is a regret, a desire, or a fea r; it is a
BT KATE KEITH.
tions, forced upon its loathsome head, whilo, with versal Therefore, if Moses and Jesus ever communed
with waiting until sho was dead, withont even en.
sign that conscious existence has begun.- Alaa I
with angels, it proves that all can do so, wbon their
deavoring to impart to their countenanoes an ex­
many a ludiorous imitation o f my aunt’s movements,
Robert was always placid. If, indeed, he were long
mental and physical powers will enable them to com­
My father died before I oould remember him, and
pression o f affeotion or regret Edith.fixod her dy­
the oreature sidled to and fro beforo the g|nss, sim­ ply with tho conditions. There arc no special dis­
separated from his mother, ho betrayed a certain
my mother, left with a handsomo Indepcndenoe, was
ing looks npon them, and as she did so, a Budden ter­
pering, smirking, and ehuokllng most abominably pensations o f Divino Provldonco in behnlf o f individ­
anxiety and restlessness ; but, when he was again
induced to request his unmarried Eister to reside
uals ; but all tho lawa instituted by our beneficent
ror seited her h eart
. '
in its glee.
.
taken to her, he showed no jo y — he merely became
with her, partly for tho sake of socicty, and partly
She understood for the first time Mrs. Archer’s
Aotual oonsternation tied my tonguo. I stared Creator are universal and unohanging in their oper­
tranquil.
.
.
with a view of affording a comfortablo homo to Miss
ation.
.
with inoreduiity, scarcely believing 'that thore waa
real feelings— the profound indiffercnoe and egotism
It ia believed by a largo class of tlio most intelli­
In this feeble manifestation o f love, however, lay
Vavaaonr.,
•
o f Mr. Livingstone. She understood, In foot, that
aught so daring upon earth, as thus unceremoni­ gent aud observing pcrsous, both In this cuuntry and
* the life o f Edith.' It gave her the foroe to work, to
Several years my mother’s senior, this lady had
they wore the enemies and not the protectors o f her
ously to treat the finery appertaining to my aunt, in Kuropo, that tho present spiritual communion is
hope, to wait.
.
attalned'in single blessedness to that outward period
son. Despair and alarm were painted upon her
whose wardrobe I had-'bcch taught to behold with tho result o f our having rcachod a higher oondition
So passed the first years o f Robert’s infanoy. But
o f life known as “ the thady side of t h i r t y b u t al.
o f lifo, mentally and religiously; and that a portion
the most religious veneration.
oountenanoe. She did not even try to implore theso
when he was eight years old, a sad ohange took
o f the world are prepared to reccivo higher and more
though her charms were somowlml on tho wane, hor
Many
minutes
were
not
aliowod
mo
for
the
indul­
pitiless beings. With a convulsive movement, sho
cnuobling ideas of Qod and our futuro home than
place in his mother— at last she oeasod to hopo. She
vanity was as flourishing as in the bloom o f sixteen,
gence o f my wonder ; footsteps soundod on the stair­ were mankind while in a closer proximity to the
began to despair. She abandoned the praotioo o f drew Robert still more tightly to her, and summon-- when tho crcdt&lty o f youth pictures a conquost in
case, the invader took the alarm, and with ono bound brute orcntion. Wo havo only to look over the his­
all those affootidnate arts by .whioh she had Bought ing all her remaining strength for one final effort— every glanoo, and a suitor in every beau; and p o r
tory o f tho past, to learn that men’s oonccptiona o f
oleared the window. My aunt entered.
“
My
ohild,
my
poor
ohild
I"
oried
she,
with
a
last
to awaken the intelligence o f her ohild. She became
tho charaoter o f the Deity hnve kept pace with their
haps her want o f suooess in matrimonial angling, in­
“ The cap I the ca p ! the cap 1 whefe is tho cap ? ”
own progressive dovelopmont Tho crude and un­
(till more sad and silent than beforc-r-but, at the kiss, “ you have no support loft on earth ; God alone stead o f depressing her perseverance, piqued her to
Speechless with , terror, It&uid only poipt to tbo cultivated savage, whoso intellect Is but feebly exorsame time, her love for him increased,' if that indeed is good 1 Oh, assist and protect my ohild 1" j
continued exertions.
opon casement, from which tho monkey might bo clued, secs in all Nnture a Qod o f power and wrath,
With this ory o f lovo, this last prayer, her life ex­
were possible.
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'
In oonsequcnoo, her wardrobo was 11tho gayest of
seen scudding down tho graveled pathway, with tho whoso vongcnnco ia manifcstelL/in the destruction o f
Robert oomplotcd his eleventh year. Then oom- haled ; her arms relaxed, her lips rested motionless the gay,” and tho milliners o f ------ wtro constantly
human life, and made visible in tornadoes, tempests,
coiffeur upon his head, and the delicate ribbons flut­
on
Robert’s
forehead.
Sbe
was
dead—dead
under
earthquakes, (ind volcanic cruptious; nnd, to appease
menoed the last phase of his mother’s life. Talk and
ransacking thcir stores to supply her with tbe choio'
tering
liko
streams
in
tho
air.
•
the eyes o f those who to the last refused her one
his direful wrath, is to Him tho great duty or life.
Stoat for his ago, he had no neod o f the constant oare
est and tnost attractive specimens of their skill.
A scream o f passion burst from my aunt, and Dut tlio cnglightcned Christian, who lias awakened
word of affection—dead without alarming Mrs. Aroh­
and attention whioh his infanoy demanded. Ue
Half the day was invariably spent in the mystericB
to tho realization of tho beauty and harmony of Na­
brought my mother to tho spot;.tho alarm was
walked about tho garden o f a neighboring square by er even by an attempt to obtain a revocation o f the o f the toilette, and the remaining moiety was dcvot*
ture in its every department, Boes in all these mani­
given, tho servants hurried in all directions after tho
sentonoe whioh deprived her son,of his inheritance—
himself. He wauld willingly accompany any o f his
festations which tho barbarian deplores, a wise plan,
ed to the exhibition o f her attractions. ■
plunderer, but Its .natural agility onnnblcd it to es­ instituted by a beneficent Creator for”lho purification
dead,leaving to her autagonlat a vlotory whioh seem­
mother’s few friends. The enforoed activity o f the
Young as I was, I oan well remember contrasting
cape, and after Boram bling over the wall, it jumped of tho. material elements; and thnt the liko seeming
ed complete. ;
•
,
' nurse no longer iliBtraoted her grief. H eroccupa.
her showy, ostentatious appearanoe, her heavy face
in at the vorandah, Where tho Colonel wos nnpping, incongruities m tlio moral and social world will work
There was siloncelnTho ohamber. No one Bpoke
tion was over. The fatigue and exhaustion o f her
and form, and her faded juvenility, with tho shadowy
ensoonsod itself beside him, and gibbered down cx- out a higher and purer couditiou for mankind. He
or moved. The proudest and coldest feel awo In the
efforts, continued without result for so many years,
is satistled that Qod alono reigns throughout His
attire, the Blender figure and pale countenanco o f my
ultingly at its pursuers.
presenoe o f death. Mr. Livingstone and Mrs. Arch­
Universe, and has planned ail things according to
now fell upon h o r .. She dcolined rapidly. Consump­
mother, rendered more interesting by the slight touch
The nabob awoke—a fit of laughter brought on a Hia«rrill I und, though at timos ilis ways may ap­
er knelt by*the bedside o f their victim.’ In a few
tion seixed hor for its prey.
o f sadness In her features..
oough, wbioh threatened to terminate together his pear incomprehensible to us who can sec thcir offcct
minutes the former roBe and said, to the only attend­
I draw a veil over tho anguish she felt at . the
In disposition, my aunt .waq-ooanely kind ; ber lilmt cnurtahiD of mv aunt, anil his existenoe: hut nnlv for a (lav. vet to that Omnisoieht Mind all is
ant o f Edith—
’ ' .... utirtu uaa Dumien)ua, mm
lummy miui recovered from tho attack, ho corrected tho willful beauty, hnrmony, nnd grandeur.
.
thought o f leaving Robert'alone in the world, with­
« Take that ohild ou t'or nis mother’s room, and
Tho difference in theology botween the Spiritualists
her romping Caresses, whioh wert always too vio­ animal with his rattan, for its breach o f propriety,
out friends, without means or autwlstonoe, without a
follow me. I will explain to yod my Intentions with
lent to piease me. In oompany this roughness wos, and sent a black servant over with the cap, torn, and tho various denominations of professed Chrisproteotor. Oh' 1 how hard she tried to liv e! But all
of this country, is only such as would naturally grow
respeot'to him.”
■
however, entirely disoarded, and my good relative soiled, and rumpled as it was, and a note to tho fob out of a more enlightened ond elevated condition of
was in vain. The pitiless diseaso mode constant and
The servant immediately approached Robert, and
thought fit to replace it with a mincing dolicaoy of lowing offcct:—
mankind. But this improvement has callcd forth ■
even tapid progress.
.
gently tried to raise him, and lead him from the
angry declamations from thoso who arc trying to
manner, and an affectation of sentiment diametri­
A s she felt herself approaching her end, she grew '
“
Colonel
Pilliohoddy’s
complimonts
to
Miss
Vava­
ohamber. - But the boy resisted, and only held the
disprovo what they will not loam, and are wodded
cally opposite to hor real oharaotcr.
more'reluotant to allow Robert to quit the house.
sour; regrets that so untoivard an accident should to prejudices which they cannot defend., Suoh has
dead body o f his mothor more tightly pressed to his
Of course, she presumed that, tho susocptibiiity of have taken plaoo through tho rambling propensities
“ S he cou ld n o t b e a r him o u t o f h e r sig h t.
been tho relative position o f tho ohurch with the pro­
heart The woman renewed her efforts. Then Rob­
Lydia Languish was more eaptivating thau tho rudo o f Squatta; 'and q^souie acknowieiigmout o f his con- gress o f knowlcdgo in all ages of tho world; and
. “ Stay with m e," she would say, beseechingly,
ert yielded: he moved away. His beautiful faoe
spirits o f tho rom p; but truth dcmdndB this confcs. oern, Colonel P. bogs Miss V.’s aocoptanco of tho ac­ Christianity itself has offered no exception to this
A nd Robert, always happy near his mother, never
was suffused' with tenrs. Before that day ho had
rule. The Qrocka and Romans olmrged Christianity
sion, that, with tho exception o f a superannuated companying trifles.”
refused to sit down at her fcet.^ She would look at
.
never w ept All present were thunderstruck. No
with impioty and novelty. In Cave’s “ Primitive
Coloncl who lived vit-a-vit, and used to smoke au im.
him, without onoo taking off- her eyes, until she was
These trifles consisted of a piccc o f veritable India Christianity,” we are informed that tho Christians
one opposed him, when he again threw himself upon
menBe
hookah
in
his
verandah,
v
ln
the
hotted
days
of
blinded by a torrent o f tears. Then, pressing him
muslin,.sufficient in quantity to mako some two or were everywhere aocounted a pack o f atheists, and
the body o f his mother.'
August, no individual wearing male attire was sus. three dresses for my good auntj a hugo necklace of thcir religion demoralizing. Thoy were denominated
to her heart, she would exolaim .ln a kind o f delir­
•‘ Take him away 1” again said Mr.Livingstone.
peoted o f harboring tender designs against the maid­ amber, and a teapot, as ugly as invontiou could mako “ mountobank imposters,” and “ men o f desperate and
ium— ’
•
« Ab, sir, he is crying,” said the woman; “ let his
unlawful faction.” Tho Bamo system o f misrepre­
en heart o f Miss £leanora Vavasour.
.
, h Oh 1 if the soul,whidh is about to leave my
it, with a hideous little idol carved upon the handlo sentation and abuse has beon carried on in all ages
tears have time to flow."
Eleanoral
the
namo
sounds
too
romantio
by
half,
body, oould become the soul o f my child, how happy
and lid.
of tho world, and in this respect there Ib but little
Then leaning over him, and taking hold o f one o f
and I must olear myself o f any Imputation o f favor­
My mother smiled, my aunt was In raptures ; tho improvement with the moro crudo and unenlightened
I should be to die."
his hands, which ho relinquished to her— “ why are ing the oognomcn, by admitting the foot o f having
muslin, tho nctfklace, the teapot, all wore " boautiful I portion o f oivilitcd society. Thoy anathematize dooEdith was too deeply imbued with religious feel,
you crying, dear ?” sho said.
trines o f which they havo no conccption, and are
onoe
peeped
into
an
old
silverclasped
prayer-book
of
exquisite 1 invnluabloT” and the Colonel’ s generosity,
ings entirely to despair b f the divine pity and mer.
prodlpil in tlicir denunciations of what thoy believe
A second time Robert turned his head. Then, my aunt’s, which I found under the cushion o f her
dolicaoy, and gallantry, were applauded to the skies. would bo tho result of thcir own depraved natures,
Cy. A s she sank towards tho grave, and drew near­
while his oountenanoe expressed the most intense ohair, sadly thumbed at a particular ceremony; tn
But,
unfortunately^
my
aunt’s
visions
o
f
domcatio
wero their fears o f endless tortures 'removed. It
er to heaven, the dreams o f other days again visited
grief, he answered, in a low voioe—
tho bl^fak leaf of this rello, I contrived to make out, enjoyment faded into a ir ; tho verandah was de­ would bo difficult to convinoc this class of persons
her. There were times when she still seemed to hope
“ My mother is dead l "
.
in a somewhat vcnorable hand—
serted, the Colonel (Colouels aro not moro oonstant that there are thoso who aro not actuated by fear,
that Robert woutd pass out o f the^ oloud which shad­
His eyes were full o f Intelligence. His tears did
hut who lovo goodnesB for its own sake, and prac­
« Miss Ellen Vavasour, bom Januaiy 17th,” — the than other pooplo,) departed for Cheltenham, ahd
owed him. Still, it was indeed sad to see that poor
tice virtuo bccausc Qod has so arranged the social
not flow without $ cause. His voioe was broken, as
original
year
had
been
Bcdulously
erased,
and
in
a
Miss Eleonora Vavasour seemed likely to vegotato as order that it yields thorn pleasure.
mother dying slowly before the eyes o f her son—o f a
it is when the heart suffers.
muoh fresher ink, “ 1812 ” smiled its untruth upon a lone evergreen, to tho end o f her days.
Christianity is founded upon a bciiof in the im­
,
' S o n who did not understand her, and who even smil­
“ Ah I my poor mistress was, indeed, right,” said
the oye.
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.
Still, in spite o f all appearanocB, in spite o f tho mortality o f tho soul, a history of pretended miracle*, ed when she embraced him.
the servant, •' never to despair o f the goodness o f
Plain Ellen was, however, refined in Elcanora, for, ominous taciturnity and willful absenteeism o f hor and an intercourse with intelligences beyond tho
“ He will not regret me," said sh e: “ he will not
grave. But whon its advocates are told by their oon-,
Heaven I"
like
many others, my aunt fancifully supposod that whi,to-headed admirer,, my a 6nt dwelt fondly on her temporaries that man’s immortality and communion
shed a tear ovor my grave; ho will not even remem<
Mr. Livingstone’ started. Mrs. Aroher beoame
an additional syllable or two would inorease the har­ anticipations o f wedded harmony.
with higher inteiligenccs'can bo demonstrated, they
ber m e."
■
pale as the dead' Edith.
mony and polish the rusticitjrof the appellation whioh
Tho silver-clasped prayer-book was often hastily obstinately oloso thoir eyes against tho truth, and
’
One morning, she sont, at an early hour, for th#
••My dear mother!— my dear mother I” exclaimed
then anathcmtttlzo what thoy aro too superstitious
she had received at the baptismal fon t
consigned to the cushion o f her . ohair, when ah unclergyman of tho parish, who had attended her with
to comprehend. It is truo, they cannot justly olaira
the poOr child.
Having, in Boine way or another, recommended ixpeotod entree took place; a new and complete “ lot- that thcir opinions nro„of any value, or entitled to
th e most constant and affectionate solioltude. She
Then, repeating those words o f Edith, whioh, aB
m yself highly to the good graces of-m y relation, I tcr-writer,” elegantly bound in roso colorcd morocco, tho least respeot, until they havo investigated the
had not been able to leavo her bed, and with hor poor
sho had truly, said, he would find some day graven
was one afternoon permitted to aocompany her to her found Its way into tho polished ebony esorutoiro of subject which thoy donounoo; nevertheless, they os­
wan hand, she poluted to a sheet bf paper, upon
on his heart, ho went on—
ohamber, where she wns about to try the effeot of a 'Miss Eleanora, and sundry tastefully-chosen .sheets tentatiously givo thcir hearers to .undorstand that
whioh Bome lines wero traced.
thcitkown uninformed ju d g m en ts superior to that
“ I die, my son ; your father is already d e a d ; you
now cap, adorned with a variety o f flowers and rib­ 'of tinted vellum papor, significantly onrichcd with
- " M r. Aoton," she Boid, softly, “ I can write no
of better minds, who know whereof thoy testify.
are alone upon earth i Yuu must pray to Qod."
bons,
and,
according
to
the
marthmdt
d«
tnoda,
marginal
designs
o
f
cuplds,
hearts,
wreaths,
and
Buch isthiideglgj&ble mental imbecility o f this class
. tn o r e ; w ill y ou finish that letter for m e?"
So saying, ho knelt by the bedside o f hiB mother,
. The letter, so far as* It was written, was as fol­ joined his littlo trombling hands together, and rais-- ••the vory ditto of the ono worn by, the Duchess o f truo 1o » $ & knots, reposed In tho same mysterious of persons/whoso minds are too material to oompreD____ at the last dtfjouner-a-la-fourohotte at Carlton sanotu4ry ,' awaiting the moment when thcir mis­ heud a spiritual truth, and whoso consciences are
lows
__
ing to'heaven a look, In whioh thore was no vacanoy
tress would draw thom forth, to traco her replies to too low to give orcdcnoo to tho testimony o f others.
House.”
• Bir—It Is tho last timo that I shall write to' yoa. . While
It is ovidcnt that the spirits have realized tbla fact,
health Is restored to your old ago, I am 111—am on the point now, he murmured—
Tho cap was a nonpareil, inimitable by Hcrbout thb ardent epistles o f tho Colonel.
/
and, thtreforo, havo adapted thomsclves, ns far as
o f death. I leavo your grandson, llobort UvlpgsUroe, with­
“ Oh, Lord havo mercy on me I"
Beside these certain indiccs o f my aunt’ s "maiden
himself; it had been just consigned from ono o f tho
jossible, to tbo material oondition o f men. Raps are
out a protector. . Before I dlo, 1 wish to recall hln))w.your
Edith, dead at tho feet o f Mrs. Archer, was still
recollection. I ask for him not so much a share ofyo'ur for­
loard, furniture is made to movo from placo to plaoe,
flrst houses in town—it had been seen by no one, meditations,” there were others comprised in various
tune as 11place In your hoart. During his wliolo lire lie h u victorious over her rival. It was not the servant
aotually not touched; and was submitted to Miss obscuro hints, and pleasant Insinuations, in which persons aro carrlod about in tho room, musical in­
only understood ono thing—tlio love of his mother. And yot
struments nro played upon and mado to discoune
I must now <jult him forovorl Do lovo him, Bir; ho only who now led aWay Robert Mr. Livingstone oarrjod
Vavasour' as an article o f supreme ton, peculiarly sho indulged, accompanying them by a smilo, and a most beautiful melody, oto. Tucbo are simply th#
understands love I 1 ‘
’
.
his grandson out. o f the room in his arms.
pretty flirting o f hor fan, which, on these occasions, phenomenal phatu o f Spiritualism, dosignod only to
adapted to her stylo.
She had not been able to oontinub. Tbe olergymon
But little more remains to telL Robert, perfectly
Suoh was tho Bpecious insinuation o f Mrs. Green; ahe usually hold before hor oheek in the manner of appeal to materialistic minds, and may bo called the
added'
restored to his reason, beoame the idol o f his grand;,
alphabot o f the Bolcnce. But thoro are higher phases,
and triumphing In tho acquisition, my aunt compla­ a bashful and blushing girl.
.
' Mr*. Boiwrt Urines tono baa but * tew days to live. What
adapted to tho most spiritual minds which uow exist
are tho wishes of Mr. Livingstone In regard to tho child father, whose tcndcrnoss for -him was inoreased by
But alas 1 for these tendor dreams o f her imagina­
cently prooceded to tako the preoious deposit from
on earth, and these will improvo as incn beoome
which bean his name I
the remorso whioh the rcoolleotlon o f the' past
the baiidbox, in which it waa enshrined, and to dis- tion! Alas I for theso brilliant fabrios of her own pable o f comprehending them; for in this, as in
brought him. ’ T h i old man lived many years, dur­
enoumber It o f the tissuo paper that protected it from erection—ono fatal paragraph in tho newspaper do* everything else, thoro muat bo a progressive unfoldCHAPTER V .
ing which hiB only pleasure was to watoh over the
m ent The present demonstrations must bo oompiestroyed them in a moment, and forever.
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The letter thus completed was dispatched. The education, and anticipate every possible want o f his profano eyes.
" At Cheltenham, on tho flrBt o f April, after a bended, before tho world can reasonably ask for any
It was- tied on—adjusted in a thousand waj j
dying Woman anxiously awaited the result She Was son’s child. On his death, Robert inherited the whole
now plaoed upon the right side, then upon the legs— courtship o f ten days, Coloncl PilUcboddy, aged L ll f th ^ v le w i expounded in this work lw untrue, the
now oonfincd to her bod. Robert, seated near her, o f his vast fortune.
this moment perched upon the baok o f tho head—and sixty-four, to Mrs. Bridget Bloomed, aged forty-two, proper answer to thom U a dcmonatratlonofUie^
held her hand in his the whole day; his mother every j
The reoords p f mcdloal sclcnco contain more than
falsity: for tho aocusaUon that they aro infidel to
the next stuck forward upon tho brow ; It was the lato houso-kcepcr to tho gallant offioor." •
how and then made a faint attempt to Smile uptya one example of slumbering intelligence, aroused by
he & u i L theology o f the day, will havo b u t ™ *
On reading tho above, my aunt shrlekod, kiokod,
aome o f perfection—
littlolnfluonco with tho reflective, part of thei com­
- him ;\she evep begaifto speak to him onoe m ore'in a sudden and violent moral shook. Tho facts whioh
and
fainted,—
salt,
hartshorn,
and
cold
water,
wero
-C harm ing! D elightful!'Elegant 1 Fasolnatlng
munity The Intelligent mind will recognize the'
the old way, as i f she thought that after her d e a t h I
hare* j ^ t n a rrated are, therefore, susoeptlble o f
thing 1 What would tho Colonel think ?” and as sho plentifully applied; and at -length the falrdeoeived t o t that they nro not infidel to Qod, or Humanity
the words whiohJihe spoke might return to his m ini: |l ^ n^ wt1 expianation. But the poor whom Edith’s
uttered these exclamations o f ■pleasure, hor eyos recovered, to rail eternally against the porildy and c“ {^principle, o f Nature. But they are not pub­
. _ . •
_1_
ilmlai Iw
,
J oharity had succored, even when she waa herself but rested with supremo satisfaction on the mirror.
Inconstancy o f man, and the fond credulity o f woman. Ilshcd so much for their Infallibility, as to give SA
she would have given to one In the full possession o f 11
pxnrojsion o f tho opinions o f a oiass of those who
[little m o n rich, always retained the belief Oiat what-■•J-*•-*
. vjju superstructure o f lace and ribbons was at
\
harHasscd into the realities o f spiritual existence;
bis reason.
• ■ !j 0> « had often heard her ask, was granted, and that
•<Is a man and hia wife both on o?” askod the
length takeu off, and carefully plaoed upon tho table,
not that they are the most toportant trut'^ Jrh| *
••Who knows, s ir ? ” said sho.to Mr. A o t o n j ^ o f the mother had passed at the moment o f
w i f e o f a oertain gentleman, in a state o f stupefao
mar erer be uttered, but the highest whioh ths
but now my aunt discovered that an extra sprig of
haps ono day ho willvfind my words graven pn h i s 1 d w lh intQ ^ ^
0f her son. It is a touching and
jessamine; tastefully inserted olose to the le ft ear, tion, as she wps holding his aching head in both worid is oapable o f reoelvlng at tho present time j
a n d o rh io h the majority, for the want o f moro l i ^ t
hofcrt.”
■ .
^ :!| « b e M t ifu lb d t h .
”
.
, .
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would leave nothing to be wlshtd for, and in great hands.
upon, the subject, will pronotmco visionary and he*
A week olapsed. Death gritdoally, approach^J L
„
....................
«
Yes,
I
suppose
so,”
was
the
reply.
,
-.
recent’ celebration haste she quitted tho room to detpatch a messenger
and, submissive as Edith was under th* ,bttisea!l
toasts drank at a
u
Well,
then,”
said
she,
“
I
c
a
p
e
"home
drank
last
"'M rs!- Co ia L. V . Hatch, who was the moans ofleoostill
j^ t t q u lr e s no eulogy-»A « $pukt to H n . Oreen. for the requisite additToh, as the cap
ptght, u d I ought to be ashamed o f myself.”
w u io be displayed that evenings
t h b d d not at momenta feel bitterly Uie anguish o f '/ o r h in ty . , :
'
'
.
e perrailed by a ealmer strength than thnt whioh
, y '**
- Ttylng to Ihe, world the thoughts contained in this o f the little silver brooka, that wind’ in a n d ,ou t
volume, wm born Ita the town o f Cuba, Alleghany
through tlje meadow-grass, and clap^ their hands to
' eoanty, N. Y., the 2 l»t day o f April, 1840. Thus a part
the occomponifient of perpetual laughter. Thete
o f these discourses wero delivered before ahe waa aeveoteen jeans o f age. ' llpr literary or aohoUatio at- deep blue skies, too,— they will open and inspire the
tirinments are »uch as ahe was able to procure in a aoul o f him who gazes into them. These bland and
'rural district o f the country antecedent to lier tenth genial airs,— they are aa stimulating as rich old
year, at which time she became an entranced apeak
wines, and Intoxicate only to make the heart’d jo y
•r. Up to tliat period aha had no knowledge o f spir­
complete nnd lasting. He that does not confess that
itual intercourse. One day, with elate and pencil in
band, ahe retired to compose a few linea to be read he has a soul in Spring, may bc ccrtain that he need
'In echool; nnd while seated, lost -her external con. not put himself to the trouble o f inquiring whether
aciouaneM, and on awaking ahe found her elate cov­ he has a soul at alL
ered with writing. Believing that aome ono had
It is not neccasory, for us to mako any apology to
taken an advantage o f whnt aho .supposed J o bave
our readers for appending to our own fancies o f the
'been asleep, she carried her elute to her moflier, ami
i t was found to contain ncoinmuuL-ution from Cora's seasons in better language than wc could hope to em­
maternal aunt (who had departed thin life aome fif­ ploy, if we labored a life-time, tho verso o f Gerald
teen yeara previoua), addressed to Mra. Scott, the •Massey. Here ia the pretty plcturc. in lit tle ,o f
Bother o f Coro. During her eleventh and twelfth Spring:—
yeara aho waa controlled by a spirit calling himself
, Tlio breath of dawn brought God's good-morning kiss
a German physieinu; nnd her nucoess during tliat
To bud. and leat and flower, and human hearts
,
time, aa a medicnl practitioner, was very remnrkaTlml liko puiid-lllles opcu'heavunward eye* „
ble. Although *he haa never given the scienco of
Sweet 111It-* of ihe valley, tremulous fair.
Peep through their curtains claspl with diamond dew
- medioine a moment's reflection, the most philosophiBy fairy Jeweler* working while they slept:
.
. cal, general, and at the tame time the most minute,
The arcli laburnum droops her budtlin^ gold
description o f disease, its cnuse, pathology, and diag­
From emerald Angeri, with such taking grace:
nosis, whioh 1 have ever liatt-n«J to, lmvo been given
The fuchsia flree her fairy chandelry,
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And flowering edrrant crimsons tlie green gloom :
by h e r ; and iny experience in thin department ia uot
Tlie pansies, pnuty little purllaus,
very limited.
Come peeping up with merry .elvish eyes:
A t the age of fourteen sho became a publio speak­
At summer's calHhe Illy Is alight:
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Wall-llowcrs In ft-agrauco burn themselves away
With the sweet scuson on her precious pyre j
■powers o f logic and dilution which would have done
l’ure piuMloitalu aromas uf the rose,
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: Lonor to mature niind&< mid to which but compara­
And purple perfume of the hyacinth,
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tively few ever attain, ijlie married iu August, lbuG,
Come Ilk j a color through the golden day.
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limes;
they
stand
and removed to New York city, since which she has
l»w mu nil uring honey'd things ;lmt wing forth bees;
Bpoken from three to four times a week, mostly iu
Thi-lr iiusy whisperings done, the piano trees hush;
Aew York.f Boston, and Baltimore. She has been
H it lo! a warm wind wliinowlngodor-niin ,
brought iu contact with the most powerful minds in
Uoes liriaihliigly hy, and thero they curtsey meek.
Or uns their locks In frolic wantonncss,
this country, in both private nud public debate ; and
While a great gust of Joy ruus shivering thro' them; *
l believe that no one bus even pretended to have suc­
All the leaves thrill aud sparkle wild us wings.
cessfully sustained un nrgument against- her. The
Vnlupuioiuly ripening In the sun,
variety o f subject') treated will bc sullicicnt evidence
The niewlowB swell tlielr Ixisoinjilump with llfo,
To pasture-sauntering sheep, a ruminant kinc;
that her inspirations are not contincd to any partic­
And fcliigcups spread their tiny laps to kike
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ular olass of ideas, but nre as universal as Nature;
Tlie IIIViMi largeu shower’d dowu from heaven:
and aa her discourses are entirely impromptu, if she
And. garnering the warm gold, nod and laugh.
The hints, low cfuonlng o'er their swt-L-t spring tunes,
is not iuspirvd, ehe must be regarded as the most re-'
Btill touch them with a riper luxury.
mark able intellectual youth who has ever inhabited
Tliat blackbird with tlie wine ofjny is mellow,
the earth. “ In private life she is simple and child,
Ahd In his imng keeps laughing. lie’s so Jolly,
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To tldnk hull- suiniiiLT pulps the fruit for him.
like to a remarkable degree; but while speaking be­
Ilia apple-tree hath felt the ruddying breath
fore an audience, her (lights uf elocution urc bold,
Of Muy upon her yielding leafy lips,
.lofty, and sublime, beyond description.
Aud broke in kisses trembling for delight;
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B. F. Hatch, M. D.
Look how tier red heart blushes warm in white I
iNvp after deep the generous heart of spring,
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New Y ork , A pril, 18fi9.
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Bo golden-fiill of glad days, tiutdil iu bloom,
ltipe with all swoetuess.
W H O LE SA LE AGEN TS.
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T H E B E A U T I F U L S P R IN G .
I f people are uot satisfied, nay, delighted, with tho
bounties which Spring has so fltr scattered broadcast
over the land, it is fair to presume they never will
be. Here we arc, nt lenet fouV or five weeks in ad­
vance o f tho usual reason; the birds singing as
blithely in the morning, iu the hedges and trees, as
i f thoy had nil come back in a body together; the
grass sprouting under the walls nnd fences, and all
along where the Hun lies in warm strips; tho peepera are shouting iu their shrill voices at the edges o f
the pools, nud down on the wet mcadow-lands; the
airs are balmy and bland, yet sensuous and invigo­
rating ; tho buds arc swelling nnd bursting on tho
trees,—elms, and mnplcs, nnd birches; and tho cattlo
wander farther off from' their ynrds, where they havo
■tood all winter, and patiently ohowod tho oud of
contemplation. ■
These things are not Spring in themselvest but
they are such common signs o f it to him who loves
nature a a ,an attentive student, nnd with the. heart
o f a child, thnt they always atand for the aeason it*
self, aa aoon aa thpy present themselves to his de­
lighted vision. A running brook in an open mea­
dow, is as much -the real Bpring itself ds any mere
symbol o f tho season can be. The young heifers lust
over the wall, frisking fn th^[r new joy, and Tdiy
butting their silver horns, tolls -tho truest tale o f
bucolica that sun or sky could hope to depict together.
Many men ahd women, especially those who more
-than h a lf fancy they feel tho burning o f a lava
stream o f poetry within them, are in the habit of
;going into hysterics nnd bifalutin over these beauti­
f u l changes of the seasons. But it is very often apt
tto taro out a wretohed delusion at the best For
■the sake o f tho subject, wo sincerely wiah it were
jraaslble to eay it was otherwise; but truth ia bettor
than poetry, and it ia ncccssary that we shonld teli
ithe.troth, and " shame thc dcvil." Wo unfortunate-'
i j have it in our power to eay, that more people are
••truck with tho madness of tho Spring, aa its gentle
.and languid warmth attacks the systom, than with
true poetio influences of tho season. Those who
Jove to* m o l in the woods and meadows, and paint
plctnrei by the brookside and on the hillsides, are
•.generally not th<) ones to spoil the delicate appetites
o f thoir breakfast tablo acquaintances bynalfcing
jn uch about it.
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JJot we may bo getting a littlo off the track o f tho
tlntyaet When wo ait down to chat ooxily *ith our
' readers about these pleasant matters, we are very
^ p t to d o so. It ia not our wish to dritt o f any
-pimple and humblo heart from ita pure love o f no■ture, At this particularly oncbanting season; but ,to
Explain how it ia that ao many o f these very same
jhearta are doterrcd, not to say disgusted, by tho overualoua way in which pseudo-lovers df nature, who
tfu^ver.livo and talk in spasms, and galvanic impul• e * persistently set forth their half-sick eentimcn(talkies. ; ;
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jjr jjfy u' all go out into the open -fields, aa the grass'
iw g i ^ carpet for our feet, and be chltdren
^ a (ith er once .more. ^Let oa thread the oM etttlej . ;' #nd -wagon thteka through the
and
M a rtlie ’ awelliBg o f the buda on the*pray» » ll
jw.wandeif ^Iafltly dL>wn thebtmki.
IN S A N IT Y S T IL L A B R O A D .
Wc do not see that there ia any particular lull in
the cases of insanity, in theso times; the only no­
ticeable thing about it is, the newspapers that once
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The Senate o f the United States having voted to oom menoe at 7 1-2 o ’clook P. M. . .
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Written for the Banner p f UgbC
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' Two ltictnrai were delivered to large coiigre—
den amendment to the Leoompton Bill, the House
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have voted to adhere to their former vote, whioh thus ,
the Melodeon, on Sunday afternoon ahd evealn
outa off all chance for future amendments and conUiati-^the first, “ On the Philosophy o f Worship»
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fcrenoes. Unless, therefore, the Senate, recedes, the
and the seoond, “ On Anoient and Modern 8plrttu*L
Leoompton Bill Will fall through entirely. The vote From the mountain summlta glided by the vivifying rays ', Isin-Mhe evidenoe o f its anoient life— the pwofcrf
on adhering, in the House, was exactly the same— Of the sunshine's benediction, sweet and dreamy musio play*. its death—and the demonstrations o f its ntatr^ l
To the valley It desccnde'th, bomo upon the breeze's wlngi,
in point o f minority__with that on the amendment 'Uid tbe uptpringlng grass It liugors, ,Co tbe opening violet Hon." We iappend a brief notice o fth e substanoe »
each.
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The Constitutional Convention df Kansa&, convened
by the present Territorial Legislature, have framed
a Constitution, which will bc submitted to the people,
and so to Oongress by the next session. It is styled
the ••Leavenworth Constitution."
The Defioieqoy appropriation Bill haa finally pass­
ed the House o f Bepresentatives, after that'body had
taken speelal- pains to see that the army appropria*
tions for Utah covered none but legitimate and neces­
sary expenses. ‘
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The Delegate from New Mexico lo Congress baa
introduoed a bill for the construction o f a wagon
road to New Mexico.
In tho Senate, t^ere has been nnother disoussion
on extravngant printing—a subjeot whioh appears
to be a fruitful’ tpplc "for criticism; Mr. Johnson, o f
Arkansas, moved.,fty^mcnd the Publio Printing Bill
of 1852, in a, manner which, he said, would put a
stop to abuses. . '
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Mr. G win, o f California, reported a bill for. convey­
ing thu mails, troops and stores from the Missouri
Uiver to California by railroad. Mr. Broderick sup*
ported the object,*and favored a Northern route.
The Senate has'passed the bill to restore retired
naval ofliofcr8. ’
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Mr. Douglas has reported the Arizona bill, with
an amendment.
Tbe vote at the recent election in Connecticut was
76,000, the lhst ever cast at a State election. Of
these, Mr. Buckingham, the Republican candidate
for Governor, haa.. 30,009 j M r./^ p a t^ Democrat,
33,210; scattering, 2CI.
Senator Slidell made an elaborate speech looking
to.the acquisition o f Cuba and Central America.
The pretext for the Bpcech was the resolution ’ to bostow a medal upon Commoddre Paulding for break­
ing up the Walker Expedition. Hd opposed individ­
ual and private fillibustcring. Mr. Slidell’s opinions
derive special interest from the general expectation
that he will go abroad in an important diplomatic
capacity with a view to the purchase o f Cuba. He
Baid that Congress should Buspcud the neutrality
laws, so far as they related to Spain, during the ap­
charged such cases to Spiritualism, now that the re­
cent geucral religious cxcltemcnt has sprung up, arc
not so ready to charge them to the true oauBe, which
is nothing \>ut the heated excitement o f the revival
Iu looking ovor the columns o f a single exchange, the
other day, our eyes fell upou tho following extracts, proaching Congressional recess. - . .
and wc could add to them by tho foot, i f wc had the
Last Friday morning, an assault was made in
same Chnritablo inclinations which the papers in the Washington upon the Secretary of the Interior, Mr.
interest o f ihe ohurches betray towards ourselves:— Thompson, by a man named Peter. Bcsancon, who
We learn with sinccro sorrow that tho wife o f a sonic months ngo was discharged from the Depart­
well known and highly respected gentloman in a ment, together with about thirty other clerks. He
neighboring village has ••gone craxy " through the
had recently maderseveral unsuccessful applications
intensity o f feeling caused by tho late revivals', in
which she has beeu a participant, Ou one occasion, to be restored, and used violent language towards
wo understand, her despondency has been such as to the .Secretary in the hall of the Department, and
leud her nut only to contemplate but to uttempt sui- struck him as he wns entering the door. Mr. Thomp­
cidc;
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00 notwithstanding this, she Is a lady (if moro son immediately turned and discovered Bcsancon i n "
than ordiuary mental balance, intelligence, and cul­
the act o f drawing a pistol upon him. Mr. Thompson
tivation. We do uot mention this fact to expose pri­
vate sorrows, for most gladly would wc do anything thereupon seized Bcsancon and threw him upon the
in our power to relieve aud cover them. Nor on the floor, dislocating one o f his arms. He was then so*
other hund do wo wish to cost reproach upon any cured.
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movement connected with the extension and advance­
Tlio \Vn^>ngtAW
lina— .Kt^kLfi.aignifiwqpf
ment oi icngtou. in e tact, omy reaus us ine lesson'
that reason is a gift too priceless to be trilled with, artielo on 'the itoqolsUlon o f Cuba, en d tho duty o f
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and that when we undertake to dcthrouo it and sub­ tho South in the premises.
stitute a diderent control, we muy too effectuaJly,opd
The remonstrance against the removal o f tho Post
fatally succeed. Accident, ou sea or laud, shows uo
OfTtce in Boston has been signed by somo 6500 per­
such melancholy wrecks us thut mental oliaos into
which we plunge wheu reason is overthrown___H'in- sons, all doing business in different parts o f the city.
It will go on to Washington, to the Postmaster
tten. Con., Herald. *
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The wife of Mr. Henry Peok died in Providcnco on General Mr. Postmaster Caper, o f this city, has
Tuesday, haviug been made insane by religious ex- already gone to Washington upon the same business.
citemeut ubout ten days before j and Air. l'eck him­
Mr. Crumpton, formerly British minister to this
self is iu thu insane hospital from tho Bame cause,
country, will represent his own oountry at the Court
without signs o f recovery.
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A worthy citizen o f Winchester, Mass., was last of St. Petersburg.
week cunvcyed to tho insane usylum in Somerville,
The telegraph reports that,the President “ has
religiously crazy.
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sent, by a special a^cnt, a proclamation to the people
It is not necessary that we should assure our read­ of Utah, tendering an amnesty, if they toIMSITIJJi
ers thut a record o f this kind furnishes ua with no to their allegiance; otherwise the whole power of
degree o f satisfaction, much less of pleasure. We the government will be used to . reduce them to sub­
should weep for our lost humauity, w ere we to mission. Gen. Harney will leave on Saturday for
chticklo over theso sad narratives with that shew o f his command in Utah, acoompanied by the commis­
malicious delight which betri^s itself whenpvor'ccr sioners, McCulloch and Powell, Mr. Hartnell, Secre­
tain self-styled religious papers havo chosen to charge tary o f the Territory, and oth^ra connected with the
homo similar misfortunes upon Spiritualism. Wc military and civil scrvice.”
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most Bincerely hope and pray that our more exalted
Mayor Tiemann, o f’ New , York, has olosed - the
spiritual belief, enlarging our heart and our oharac- 8trect Commissioner's offioe,,, and suspended Mr. ‘
tjrs as it takes moro iomplcto possession, would Devlin from duty, u n t jlt h e charges developed
never permit us so ,t(> degrade the holy'causo which against him in the fraud investigations, shall be
all who Btylc themselves Spiritualists hold dear.
thoroughly investigated, and his name oleared o f
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Thcrc-is much to be learned in these delicate mat­ reproach.
ters; and especially a better feeling ono towards
CoL Benton died on Saturday morning la st He
another. The fine checks aud *balaaces o f tho hu- had finished his work, and was ready to depart. The
maa mind, the subtle conncction of soul with matter, deceased, just previous to his death, addressed a
and the various imporccptible and .indescribable In­ note to Senators Houston, o f Texas, and Jones, o f
fluences which may from time to time be brought to Tennessee, requesting them not to tako any notice in
bear upon these matters, are all to bo considered, either House of Congress o f his domiso, inns muoh as
when one seriously brings a chargo against a par­ -be was not a member o f the n ational. legislature.
ticular form o f faith for operating to overthrow the Ho has brought his Abridgement of tbe Congression­
reason, and wreck the hopes o f the human heart. al Debates down to tho year. 185,0. The Union says
But wc arc not backward in asserting, and certainly that the interview between CoL Benton and tho Presi­
shall nol fdiriikbwrlseTCo *'InsSst, ttnt as between'the dent, on Friday night, was,'pretKWted, and tbat tbo
two modes o f concciving a religious faith— Orthodoxy lat{cr afterwards expressed exceeding gratification
and Spiritualism— the former will send ten persons at his visit. Col. Benton,spoke o f his extreme solici­
to the asylum and tho retreat, where the latter will tude for the condition o f publlo affdirs, and his pajn
but one.
ful sense of thc imminent dangers whioh threatened
It is time, howover, that in matters like this, all the country, nnd exhorted the President tb rely upon
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Whispers ’ mid the leaves and blossoms, loiters where tho ' A oh arge had been made against: 8piritaal)|m.
early flowers
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that it had no system o f worship, and that it tehded
Bloom bcneatb tbe springtime glory, bathe In'April’s passing
to lrreliglon. It ought, howover^to be nnderstooi
showers—
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that it,was not the office, o f revelation- br o f a
gions institution, to make man a religious beincr_
Thrills that strain Jiollan passing, where tho waters murmnr
on,
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Where the flower-crowned dreamer slttetb, when the light
ol day‘Is gone;
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When the twilight glory linger*—when tho silver moonlight
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With the ocean murmur blcndcth, low that sweet and dreamy
strain,
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With the: biting cascade .mingles, whispers In the passlrfg
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oreation. Religion was a fundamental part o f man­
tategral in him—and non-dependent on any form or
method for its manifestation. There was an innate
prompting In man to worship a greater Boing; tat
wherever man may be found, and undor whatever
circumstances he might be placed, he has always in
him the idea o f a God. This was religion; f6r tme
religion is the nntnrnl aspiration o f tho sou l towards
In the voice of childhood lingers of that music's depth a tone. God. Mere outward religion could not establish the
Borrowed from the lips of angels, such aa once we called our
relation between the soul o f man and G od; f o r , not
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To our longing souls il whispers of somo dear, familiar face,— through external show, but through a direct com­
munion, could that relationship bo brought aboat.
And In e y e ^ f azure gladness, angel likenesses wo trace;
’Till tho mMnory fond o'crswecpeth with a rush of sadnoss The silent aot of constant sympathy with the angelio
sweet,
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host in adoring Ihe Almighty, is to be in pattig
And the heart Ita hoarded sorrow castelb at a fair child's
heaven, and is preferable to prayer nt specifled howi
feet.
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'Mid tho deep blue of the noonday, passetb swift tbat musio
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Floating o'er.earth's Rowerdecked bosom, hovering o'er the
sun-klss'd main.
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Freighted wllh the Inspiration lifting eoutaiareqlms above.
Tumbling with the prayerful knowledge of the seh^phlms or
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Deep Imbued with Intercession for tho longing souls of earth.
Fragrant wllh the breath of gladness, greeting Truth's celes. tlal birth,
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and days, for the former was unceasing and much
more pure than tho latter could be. This inmte
prorieness toward worship characterized the low er
world as w e ll; for the more subtle elements of every­
thing in being had a tendenoy to a more ethereal l y
sphere. The meanest thing in nature had a craving
for lightr—for greater elevation— and as the organ.'
ized creation sought its natural element, so did tht
soul thirst for light and truths . As all organic
forms ever reaoh upward and onward to higher
From the mountain summits gilded by the vivifying rays
Of supernal benedictions, Bweet, angelic music plays.
' spheres, in so doing they utter constant praise.
To earth's valleys It descendelh, borne upon the breeze's
Worship, as it related to man, was defined to oonwings; .
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Fraught with Joy and love II lingers—to tho heart of foltb It fllst o f love, reverence, gratitude and aspiration,
sings;
. which should bo regulated by intelligent reason, oth­
Whispers of Xho heavenly meeting, of the nearness of tbat erwise it would lead the soul-astray. Ignorance anf
shore,
superstition had fashioned for themselves manygjds,
Whero the rose^rowned angel atandeth, smiling welcome
and
lea many' poor devotees away from truth and
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reason. Wherever religion ha9 not been properly
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enlightened, it has wedded itself to th^ animal fatalL E T E V E R Y O W E A T T E N D T O H I S O W N ties, and made itself a destroyer instead o f an angel'
o f peaoe. War and rapine have tempered their
P U R I F I C A T I O N .'
A cotemporary who has o f late oharged us with swtords iu its name, and hewn out their way to ambi­
concocting communications from* spirits, and with tious and selfish objeots through its potency. F u ­
publishing them from improper motives, quotes, as sions ungovernable, and the most Unholy depravities
he says, for our especial benefit, Tennyson’S beauti­ have been excited and- perpetrated in the name ofreful Poem, « The Angel Guest," which we published ligion; and it requires the godlike attribute o f rea^
in our paper o f Maroh 6th. The lesson he intends to son, always, to imbue religion so that it may be made.'
read us was learned by us probably before he thought lovely. Spiritualism kindled those saored fires whioh
o f i t ; still we do not complain-if it is.thrust upon us warm the heart to love, and givo it oapaoity fordU
every h o u f in the day, even though it bo done by vine excellence to enter and dwelL
True religion is the natural aspiration o f the sonl
those who evince in their writings and in their oon
vcrsation, the spirit o f the Pharisee and self-appoint­ towards God, and outward worship oould not estalv
ed judge o f other men. When wo see a man so un­ Ush it. -To sympathise with the hoavenly host
(which is Spiritualism) is to be partly in heaven S
willing to allow a particle o f honesty to another,orylng knave, impostor, cheat, against his brother and in suoh'- condition, prayer ot oertain days and
man in one breath, and in another giving Buoh'iacU hours wasunnecessary, for'th e profession o f a spir­
itual sympathy was an unceasing prayer, in itself.
AU formalism was objeotionable in a religion* aonse,'
in particular as it was'associated with prayer— thi*
more particularly as it tended towards irrcverenoe.
in too familiarly addressing the Divino Being. God~
waa every whero—always bending his fa r to listen;
Whenoe, then, the necessity for much and lond im­
judge another harshly, and without cause.
We do not care\i straw, about these ill-natured re­ portunity, and why should men daro to use hntnan
m arks; we expect suoh— we. know that the course language to express what it was not competent to
we have marked but for ourselves, must make us a utter in relation to God and to Ilis eternal designs?
target for the venomous fangs o f those, who trust .to Every external, association and means ought'to be
creeds for salvation, instead o f the spirit o f the word shut out during c o n v e r s io n witli tho D eity; for to
o f' God. Their prejudices are against us— we are oome into proper contaot with Him it is essential
running contrary to their faith, and (ho oonsequenoe that the idea o f every earthly thing should be abafr
vice as this, we are apt to ask if he is not doing vio»«iw 7 u> tne principle tlmt u«u**Jt.j-tx!glns dt home,"
nnd whether he had not better relieve his own eyes
from some o f the dust which the winds o f bigotry
and intolerance havo blown into them, and cultivate
in its stead -that Christian spirit which does not
milst be a . breeze every little while, which we are
strong enough to bear, we can assure them .. People
may judge us, and o f us, as they please, and express
their, opinions freely, but wo know our foundation is
ablo to withstand all the feeblo hubbies our oppon­
ents may angrily waft to destruction upon tho jo c k
o f Truth.
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doned.jas any division b f the human faoulties .mast
be fatal to this communication. Whoever would en­
jo y it mjist make tho excroiso engross every feeling;
for the present.
Religion was not dependent on temples and imitat­
ing forms. It would remain deathless, when they
woro orumbled into d u s t; for it. is immortalj and
only hears tho sound of the _res urreotion in their
destruction, and goes .out to a highor worship.' AU
that is visible is not in the highest son se; all that
is not seen ■>. . All forms- and creeds, and soUmn
sounds and saored places aro loss than-'the religions
sentiment which dwells in the preoinote o f -a oobseorated heart. . The form o f prayer is frequently
irreverent
Divino Omniscience is .soiRotimes instruoted by bciogs who know not'what thoy do.. -He
is informed o f what He Ls— what Ho has dono—and
told wbat Ve. is expected to do. The demands'and
wants o f tlje people are sot forth. Instead o f pe­
titioning, the tone assumed, by thoso who thus ad­
dress tbe Deity, is that o f a presenter o f a sight-draft,
pr the demand for a loau— as is often Boen to be the
revivals— and men who w ill not reoognist
jnuhrfrreverenoo are oalled infidels, becauso they will
thought and action. Wheu men worship, i f they do it
at all, it should be in this shapo; for the feelings an too deep, the rcverenco too intense, and the aspin* .
tions too high to permit noise. Em pty-m inds lnb^
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We are all going to heaven as fast as. we aro indi­ le ; but when the soul is* full ,1tho tongue' is oharmed
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the road he is traveling, it is all right for him, al­
though it would be hell-to us, to keep his company. than the gaspings for breath o f : a decayed' spiritu­
We-wisb him a pleasant journey, but as we oan’ t ality. Whenever the idea o f a spirit is not exclo*.
keep such company ju s t yet, wo wish him good bye sively worshipped, ■the aot partakes o f idolatry.
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M R. P A R K E R ’S LECTURES,
R ev. T heodooe P aiikeb again leotured in Musio
Hall, on Sunday last, on Revivals. Long ere the ser­
vices commOnocd, the hall was literally pooked with
people, and thousands went away disappointed in
conscquenoer* Tho lcoturcr was listened to with close
attention. In the course o f his remnrks ho alluded
to Modern Spiritualism, as a now light o f tbo present
age, destined to wield a powcrfnl influence on the a f­
fairs o f the worljl in coming time. lie said it had
dono much to shatter tho belief in the old miracles,
and in setting men loose from the old thcologic den
will do no small service, even if it establish a new
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Theso two lectures, whioh should be read by overy
lover o f freedom, woro reported by Mr. Ycrringtoni
aro published, and for salo at the bookstores. Theo­
dore Parker is tho strongest opponent o f p w t fcnd
present theology, in this country, and is dpfc& y^& ij
deal o f good iu dealing destruction to slavifib'ideas
o f d od and tnan. He is ju st tho man,for hts'poslv
tion, and we are pleased to seevtbo pdopje 1hkngtaig
upon tho bread o f lifo ho dispenses. H o W e «r1jHjOple
tlio cries o f partizanship were douo with. They are Divine support aud guidance, and not, on that o f
aro out o f date, and out of place. This habit o f call-, men, who would deceive him. .
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ing names, peoplo must sooner or later overcome. It
Additional volunteer regiments have been offered
dot blaspheme. Men do not worship by looks or
settles nothing, but rather tends to unsettlo every­ to tho War Department, but none bdvo yot beon ac­
)o q e s; ;and all Worship to be genuine, !b spiritual,
thing. There is neither sense, manliness, nor relig­ cepted, There ia muah competition for tbo prefer­
silent, re a l Christ, when on earth, did not go lo »
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publio.meeting and demand inspiration.' He webt,
excite a ccrtain class o f minds unduly, so that reason
The bill reported by Mr. Wilspn, for a telegraph to
as ho xeoommends others to do, to his retirement,
loses its gufdancc ? Does it follow that tho religion the army in Utah, came up on.Monday noon.
aiid besought tho Divino aid, whiph imbued him
may sympathise with his politics, oi’ dl^afr^b
itself is to-be denounced on thote grounds ? Not at
By recent orders from th e , Department, army offi.
bim, all progressive minds must Mkno#le3ge;fifaf fltf with strength^beauty and vTotory in his great triaL
all. It rather shows that there is all tho greater ne­ cars are’requcsted to wear'“ soft hats," with aplumo.
nosB for tho position o f an enlightener o f mttnkind in Personal experionco will toach any man. the superior
cessity that wo should learn to lay faults only at the They will bo much moro graceful and becoming than
regard to truo religion.
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doors o f their truo causes, and that we should have tho stiff-things thoy have been .^^iring.
thoughts havo no voico o f earth. Nature—
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tho courago,and good senso to call things by their
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D IS C O U R S E S B Y C O R A it; V ; fiCATOH.
A G R A N D T I M S ) IBT P f i O B P E O T .
right names. Aud whilo wo believo that Orthodoxy
Volumo No. 1, with thb a b o w 1tltlej tio which we constant beart-worshlp.. It Ig high tlmo that moD
has a tcndoucy to over excite the ihind, in a time bf
The second Leveo o f the Ladies’ Association (br tbo havo alluded on our third page,' btw ju st been.la!<J should begua to pray with tholr souls, for wo require
protracted revivals liko tho present, Wf simply re­ Relief o f the Poor, will take jplac^ at Nassau nail,
m o r e "iro ra l, spiritual,, and- praotlcal rellgifl®*
upon our tablo by B eU 'M arsh, N6.!14 Bromfleld
cord our honest testimony that it will send ten times corner o f Common and Waahitf^tOQ streets, (entfanco street, where it may t e fotlhd fcr sale. Prico $1.
whioh, l^i is to be hopoJ, Spiritualism ,will inquga*as many persons to the asylum as what Orthodoxy. on Common street,) Tuesday en b fn & April 20th.
rate. Salvation is yet sport,,. The poople, are.npt
In its turn SO'persistently charges to Spiritualism, Tiokets $1, admitting a ' ^njUemkn and lady— CO
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yet saved— tho riob from tlielf avarico, and th? poiif
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Nos. 1 and a ^ t f i e 'BAnhip,' Oomprislng the first from their poverty.’ The foul (lomo'n Is npt yet.ban*
o f the Association only. Musio by Hall^sjjolcbratcd year’s issues^ KW''TOSN(ftlb;bj* ns o t'$ 3 per volume^ ished forth from the human heart; and tbo oause o f
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bound in h a t f - t & ^ W i^bB*- ‘
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We aro unfortunnuV »hort.of N o .l o f the present
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The V®ve^ which was held! In ibfl^bovo ball on Friit bannoi clwelL1 She exists —^60 far as sho dpcs llv# .
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An* W ° * t o n t o who may’ have them, da^ evening,
all whoA party o f destitute ohildren left Boston on Moni ^ o n e[Xtenials, an(J will | ^ ^ n ;^ d p,rosj^r jjurt ■»
will oblige ub by returning them to w b y mall, or
attended,' as .the {noat' qfilel
And pleasaqt d a y fo r th e 'ff(» V t f^ « 01 i|lasploes o f thp'‘ Children’s
Id ‘ffted
sptise^ themselves ib
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otherwise. Thow new subioribora'who I w r o io l'n K
Ib. Is ft guaranty
Mri^.tbiy,,|iitd eveir"^"
oelVod flo. 1, will reetlvt them aoo*,
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souls when the people oall, not fo r long sermons, but
Ibr bread~whjen the p rie o n « pleads for, liberty, and
not thM. the bars o f bis oell .aiouW bo glided with
gold— when th e slave calls for freedom, not for pas­
sive sympathy— when the ragged beggar bloeks up
the ohnroh-poreh, while: the worshipper passes In—
when there Is no proper distinction mode between
godliness and gain.. Prayers uttered under these
ciroumstanoes will, not save the souL Sprinkling
the body o f a grosii sensualist everyday in his life
will not purify him. Wo need a now baptism—tlio
baptism o f firo for tbe cleansing o f tho Churoh. Qod
is a spirit, aud thoy who worship Ulm must do so
in spirit and In truth— not with empty formalities
and hypo>oritiotil professions. The words o f Christ
sire opposed to tho uso of all such, and professing
LIGH T.
sont, and pushes on into the future: Somo are all my system of its neoessary rest, and that from over
past men, a^d some are all future. The true balanoe taxing my powers I am-Rapidly wearing o u t
Is to unite the two. O f this order was Franklin,
Thecause o f spiritual truth is still on the increase
statement, was presented.] Whatever lowers the lie kneir how to gather from the past, and to aot In
in this oity.
charaoter o f the Bible in connection with the spirit­ the present and for the future.
. Yours, for truth and haraony, ,
ual movement degrades It in a similar degree; and
Nations, like individuals, are subject to tbe same
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bo one but superficial students of spiritual principles division and classification. Some of them live in
BiuDOEronT, Or., April 8,1808.
would daro to attempt suoh depreciation.
intelligence, and some in - Intellect Tbe former aro
It has been objected by some that the modern evi­ approaching their end, while the latter aro still
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dences of inspiration are not so elevated as the an. building the fabrlo o f thoir greatness. To tho fo r
Mmsas. E iiitom — A spirit, purporting to be D /^
oicnt ones; bilt.1t should be understood that men mor belongs Great Britain, to the latter tho United J°hn C. Warren, of Boston, hns manifested at a prl
wore generally Inspired in accordance with their in. States. England to living In the past In all hor vate circle in Charlestown for two years past, and
tclllgenoe and mental gifts. Mosqs exhibited his in­ acts, her effort is to conform to her own precedents.
has prescribed for members of the oirclc and others
spiration in the shape o f law—David in that o f mu. Not so with our Commonwealth. She has out loose with much aucocss.
s A.- L. C. B.
slo and psalms— Isaiah in prophecies, and Jeremiah from tho past, and is pushing ahead; not always
CiunLESTowN, April 9,1888.
in Lamentations. Evory man stamped his own pe- wisely and w e l l b u t if she slips, all her powers aro
ouliar mental characteristics on his expressed inspi­ at hand, untrammeled, with whioh to right herself;
D E A T H A N D B’ CT.NEBA.L 0 7 H O B A G E
ration. It cannot but' be so when it rises through a and of suoh a government thore is no danger.
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human ohannel. True, some remarkable instances
The. subject o f Afisa Hardinge's lecture was, Magio,
Mrs. Beaver died on Friday, April Oth, o f a linger
have transpired wlfcre no traccs o f mental or other Sorcory and Witchcraft. Theso sho embraced iu one
charaoteristics had touohed the inspiration as it .wds' fold, as meaning substantially tho same thing. She ing bilious affeotion, from whioh she had.experivnoed
givon forth ; but this has been in instanoes when inquired: Is magio an art ? lias it existed ? Docs long anil sovero suffering. The funeral was attended
by a large number o f sympathising friends on Sun­
the parties acted merely ns media' o f greater Intelli­ it stiii exist ? Is it a crime ? All theso interrogv
day afternoon. Laroy Suuderland mado some re­
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torlos she answered in the affirmative.
marks indicating muoh sympathy, kindness, and
The lecturer hero stated that ho would read ex­
Communication with tho spirit-world is in accord­ lo v e a f t o r which Mr. Scavcr, tho bereaved husbknd,
tracts from published works o f communications from
ance with natural, law, and man’s birthright. In breaking ovor the stiff formalitios of sooiety, rose,
Sir Walter Scott, and Shakspoare, which, although
early ages, beforo men were bound down' by oreods, manifesting deep afiliotion, and in a subdued and
they came through media who possessed no pootical
they looked up into the heavenB, and interrogated plaintive voico, spoko as follows: " My peculiar be­
genius, or knowledge o f poetical literature to lend
them with the full foroe o f their spiritual natures, lief has oaused many to shrink from tho presence
them the faoulty o f imitation, completely exhibited
for a reply to tho evor rocurring question, Who and and sooloty of my family, but on this occasion of
the marks o f tbo peculiar minds o f the celebrities
what Is man—whence oomes he, and whither is ho afiliotion I ace before mo a largo number o f sympa­
named. These extracts were read, and certainly
bound? The responses were oommcnaurato with the thizing friends and neighbors, and for your presence
showed a wonderful affinity in style and manner of
freedom and energy of the inquiry.; and hence, in and sympathy I return my sinoero thanks; and for
expression with the published works o f Scott and
those d^ys, spiritual phenomena, of a similar ohar­ tho great kindness manifested by our Immediate'
Shakspeare.
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acter to our own, were exhibited, of a compass and neighbors, during tho fow last weeks, I fool a gratl-'
These concluded tho lcotnre, o f whioh a vcr^ im­ power to whioh we can show no parallel.
tude that words do not express. Of my wife, my
perfect sketch is given above. Professor Brittan is
The favored mediums o f that period were ancho­ deoeased companion, I oan say that she has been, an
a very eloquent speaker, and lends impressive em­
rites, simple and. pure men, who retired to tho fo r example worthy o f Imitatioh and lovo; prudent, In­
phasis to the well-oonceivcd and beautifully con­
ests, lived abstemious lives, and there communed dustrious, oorrect and devoted; and, iu a word, her
structed language he uses. No hearer present on
with Nature, the Great Spirit, tbo Father and Crea­ life has been ono to make her home happy. For
Sunday, wo believe, but would be anxious to listen
tor o f all things. As marvelous works were done by many years she has been a' great Bufiercr from dis­
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these mon, and prophecies uttered, the peop e regard­ ease, yet sho has over been faithful in tho .perform­
ed them with awe, and kings sent for them to (coun­ ance o f all her duties.
Sbe mado no profession o f goodness, yet to the poor
sel. Power and' eminence wero forced upon them,
whether they desired it or not, and thus was founded and unfortunate she was practically good, kind-and
a priesthood.
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But these holy mon could not endow their suooes- good qualities, for they 'livo in tho hearts o f thoso
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Christians, who aro skeptio&l, have only to oonsult
{hem, and find it Is1so. That man prays best and
most effectually, who prays in deed— as many Inter­
esting illustrations were quoted by the speaker to
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The evening lecture was o f a . less metaphysical
oast, and was listened to by a very large audience.
Professor Brittan commenoed by demonstrating that
there was a universal spiritual idea among nil hu­
manity, from the foundation of the world—no matter
undcr what conditions it was plaoed. It pervades
all nations and every religious system, and as they
recognized it, in proportion became thoir vitality.
All men believed, more or less, in spiritual Invisible
influences, and that these invisible agenoies posses­
sed tho oapaoity of noting, under the established
laws o f matter and mind, in procuring great and
startling results. All heathen nations believed in
inspiration, and that there were states o f the human
mind when its internal channels were thrown open,
and that men spoke things directly prompted by the
invisible powers. The Greeks believed theso things;
and if it was objected that th iB was no evidenoe o f
Spiritualism, it served at least to show' tho univer­
sality o f tbe spiritual idea, and that it must have
One great unitary and control source. The Hebrews
were all Spiritualists, and believed that the faults,,
purposes and judgments o f men were operated upon
by invisiblo beings. JiidaiBm rests forever on this
spiritual elem ent; for if it is rJjs’ rooted from it,it is
robbed o f all vitality* Inspiration with them was a
spiritual scienco, and thoy believed in the possession
o f invisible gifts, and possessed extraordinary pow­
Lectures by Mr*. Batch and Mrs. BarUinge.
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ers. [Some instances were quoted in proof.] Chris­
Mr. Editob—Pascal Beverly Randolph, tho com­
tianity is founded' on Spiritualism. The visions and
prophesies in the soored reoord, and the fulfillment o f posite man, in whose veins flows a mingled ourront
tho latter,' showed that a sympathy with angelic na­ o f Saxon, Aboriginal, Spanish and Afrioan (aud 1
tures was known and reoognized among the earlier know not how many more) bloods; and whom the
Christians, and Also a living inspiration. Take from Tribune, several years ago, placed by tho sido .of
the New Testament this element o f Spiritualism, and Fredoriok Douglass, as an illustration o f the capacity
every illustration o f tho agenoy o f invisible beings in o f the colored race, and whose whole, had he a bal­
matters o f earth,, and/its claims on man’s oredenco ance-wheel equal to his intellect and medlumistio.
would bo cfiootualiy weakened. The oharacter o f powers, would make him a light o f the age, has again
Jesus, tho great mirnble-workcr,. oould not bo an In­ turneS up in New York. During his absence, he in.
vention o f man, for its description does not bear the forms me, he hns visited Spain, and various parts o f
impress o f any power o f description belonging to the Europe, Egypt, Asia Minor, Jerusalem, etc.; and his
Greelc or Jewish standards, and stands clear and’dis- observations and studies have, o f course, been moro
tinotly apart from any worldly invention. He was or less .in the’ channel o f tbo oooulL In particular
a great Spiritualist, aoting aooording to the confirm­ iio would seem to have oultivated the acquaintance
ed laws o f matter and mind, and his disoiples, all o f o f Egyptian and Persian wonderworkers, nnd Indian
them, in some degree, possessed a portion of his Brahmins.
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gifts, and produced results out o f the common course,
The Brahmins, he says, deny that tho intercourse
as he did. Some had the gift’ o f healing, some o f with'. invisible beings, olaimed by American Spirit­
wisdom, some o f tongues, &o., dto.— all had special ualism, is with the spirits o f the departed o f this
manifestations of some kind or o th e r.:
. earth. Thoy say that our apparently spiritual visit­
Some objeoted to the 'doctrine o f the perpetuation ors, are simply the natural inhabitants, o f refined
o f theso gifts, and argued that their possession was planets belohging to our system, on tours o f discov­
confined to the apostles o f Jesus alone. But It was ery, fun and pleasure among us. In proof, they call
not s o ; for Christ himself said that whosoever be­ flitting figures, o f a small race o f beipgs, upon a mar.
lieved on him, should work miraoles as he bad done; ble table, visible to the naked eye^w^io, they declare,
and it was cortain th a t, the possession o f spiritual are not spirits, but native inhabitants o f those re­
gifts desended to tho Christian world aftor the death fined material spheres.
o f the disoiples, until three hundred years after
The Brahminioal theory is th is: Our solar syS.
Christ, and were only withdrawn when the ohurch tem contains twenty-four planets, the one nearest the
grew so gross and materialistic as to crush out the sun being the most gross; and thenco they refin£ in
truth— when it took up the sword instead o f the cross, the ratio o f distance, to the outermost or last. // The
and wedded the ohurch to the visible world and its thirteenth o f tho scries is too refined to obstruotrays
affairs. Then the ohurch died; for it crucified Chris- o f light, or to be visible to our organs of sigh t And
tlanityas truly as jvas Its founder crucified. It the intangible beings pouring in on this earth so
oeased to be a Spiritualism, and became a mere ex­ thickly at the present time, according to the Brah­
ternal Institution, and Spiritualism has almost slept mins, are the natural Inhabitants of those worlds.
until now. Only a very few In the ohuroh have pos­
Mr. Randolph, 1 presume, will occupy the lecture
sessed spiritual gifts in the intermediate time—the field, more or less, as heretofore. lie spoko last Sub­
major •part becoming, mere external worshippers, bath to the friondB in Brooklyn, much to their satis­
who had lost sight o f tho vital prinoiples of rejigion. faction ; and is to address them again next Sunday.
Thus has it been, until now, when the angels have
Judge Edmond’s soiree, on Monday evening, was
oome down— rolled the rock from the door o f mate­ fully attended. His house is not o f tlio largost size,
rialism, aud spiritualism has come forth. No one biit is elegant in its structure and furnishing. It
would deny that persons now possessiid and exercised w{ui thrown open from basement.ta a ttic; and the
gifts suoh as were bad by tbo prophets and spostlos guests rambled at pleasure; or chatted, in coteries,
— and alike sacred witb theirs; for no man could as best suited their inolinationB. Itwas emphatically
scoff at modern spiritual gifts, who believes the Bible a sociable, characterized by tho absenoe o f all artifi­
reoord o f precisely similar ones. [Some o f those cial restraint, and the presence Of vivacity and en­
concurring exemplifications of the ancient and mo- joyment. It had been intimated that tho ladies
should appear in calico dresscB, but this was only
•'dern spiritual gifts were hero enumerated.]
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I t was strange that the ohuroh would uphold tho complied with in a Pickwickian sense. In spirit
facts stated in the sacred reoord'relating to the exhl- they seemod all on a levcL A t ten o’clock, Mjfdamo
bltion o f these spiritunl gifts, and refuse to aoknowl- Lola Montes, mode her entree, having been occupied
edgo the demonstrations of the same power whioh in a lecture during, the earlier part of tbe evening,
wero given evory day, and whioh they might witness which gavo a oertain point and finish to the enter­
.with their own eyes, and had frequently seen but to tainment.'
But tho chief feature o f the week has been a couple
repudiate. Clergymen and churoh members held np
the .former and accounted the latter o f i o moment o f lectures, dolivored at Clinton Hail, tbe one by
whatever, nnd insignificant nnd worthless—thus im­ Mrt.' Hatoh-, and the-other by Miss Hardi nge. ‘ Both
- piously trampling on tho most’ sacred iwelations of. wero remarkable in thoir way, but as distlnot from
the present ago. Surely, it Is not enough that men each other as possible, in subject and rnauncr. Mrs.
should only believe in the power o f the Qod of tho Hatch, as a speaker, is.discursive, quiot and chaste;
.past. Should thoy not also believe in the God of the while Miss Hardinge is oompaot, stirring and strong.
present ? The old gifts o f the spirit wore reylved be- The oontrast is striking, and thoy fill one With equal
yon dall roasonablo controversy, and among them wonder. Both aro snch miraoles as tho world has
that o f tongues. The lecturer said ho had In his pos­ not witnessed probably In many long ages, i f over,
session doouments written, while under spiritual in­ until the culmination o f tho marvels o f this latter
Cflmspkbeiue.
uje kndwledgo in the present, and for the future
into man of. Intelligence, simply, lives in the pafet,!
Y ork.
at Adams, Berkshire oounty, April Oth, when It wns
voted—yeas 683, nays 187— to tako $GO.OOO o f tbe
North Uridobwateb, April S, 1858.
stock o f tho Troy and Greenfield Hailroad. t As tho
M essrs. E ditors—1Th6 following nrticlo Is at your
vote stands, the town is to hold stock to the amount
disposal, should you deem it worthy a placo In tho
o f $00,000, and to Issuo their scrip therefor when the
folds o f your Banner.
road is completed and tho oars aro running on the
In Nprth Bridgewater, March 27th, Mrs. Elizabeth,
same between North Adams and Trey. '
wife of Perry Marshall, left this for tho sp id ilife , ex­
Capt J. W. Mooy, formerly o f Nantucket, who was
ultant in the glory unfolded to her sou l^ p lsiou by
arreBtcd in Now Bedford for forging a dm ft on a New
loving friends, who waited to waft her through the
York house.nnd carried to 1Mobile, A la., for trial,
portals of her home. -Her last words, “ I am more
has been , found guilty, and sentenced to Imprison­
anxious to g o ," echo to her family, and should to the
ment in the State Prison for ten years.
world, the glorious trnth that spirlt-communion In Its
The bark Swallow, recently arrived at Salem, ex­
unfoldings, will sustain through lifo, and support In
the hour'whcn shuffling off the mortal coll, the spirit perienced, two very perceptible shocks o f an earth­
quake at sea, Feb. 11th, in Int. 31 63 a , Ion. 43 46;
finds freedom.
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By her request, Miss Rosa T. Amedy, o f your city, but the crew, although somowhnt 'startled for a mo­
was the channel throngh whom the higher powers ment, had no idea o f being Swailow-cd ju s t then.
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W hair, i f a prominent sympion u .given, $3;i I f a
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a n ifis always mourning over tho deterioration o f h is '
Own'ilmes. I f religious, his thonghts are with thej
teoriy; and; as he Imagines, pure days of his churoh!. .
sad that we have no longer nny.
t y u h l o g t ^ t o jf t f e r i o n s among us. On the other j
h a n i'ih a .»# n t)f.in te lle ct gathers whtt wisdom hej
out a staff, and cat my food without brandy or bit- •
tei-s. I never wns drunk In my life, and never had
a rlieumatio pain, I voted three years when Wash,
ington was President I lived twenty-two years
v.
IlL i Mw
n lg n o f .George
vt., Wil iam IV., and Viotoria thus far. I was inti©at* with Hamilton, Jfty( Morris, old Governor
Ulnton, and other prominent a c t o n ' in the nvolu- '
tion.”
GT r f' " Q- Tho ll°WAnn'An«H.TOH nnder its
prwefit judicious management, is attracting good
hoascs, and consequently making it pay."
The freshet in the M l.,lMippi was never known to
bo as high as it is at the present time.
- Capt Dunham, o f the bark Adriatio, was to appear
before the Senate Committee on Foreign ltelatlons on
Monday, to make a statement of the facts oonneotcd
with tho seizure o f his vessel in Franco.
'
Forew.v .— Tlie nows from Europo by tho last arri­
val is unim portant Wo subjoin n fow items:—
Gen. Peel announced In Parliament that It had
been determined to'grant a medal to all troops serv­
ing In India, and to give a clasp for Delhi and Luck­
now. Tho appointment o f Polllsslcr as ambassador
from Franoo gave very general satisfaotiou Jji Eng­
land, Tho Timo8 beilovcs the English nation u ,iv
fairly bo gmtificd by tho appointment ..The L*.
peror is saIiI to have declared that he selooted thlb
distinguished soldier aa a tribute o f respeot to tho
nliiancc witb tlio Knglish people, and to the two
nrmics. Tho log o f the frigate Niagara shows that
on several occasions, during her Into trip to England,
sho ran over 300 miles in 24 hours. Sbo arrived off
Plymouth nt 10 o’clock on thi night o f tho 22d! and
would have m adoaqulokcr run but for thb bad
quality o f her coal. It wns reported that Allsop,
Orslnl’s accomplice, had offered to surrender, pro­
vided the government would bo at tbo oost of hia
defence.
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The Paris Constitutionnel o f fh o 25th has an articlo in , largo typo, on tho nlilnnce between Franco
and Kuglaud, in which the most friendly Beutlmcuts
nro oxpre.Msed throughout lt snys the Duko o f
Malakoff personifies tho nlllanco ns a living memo­
rial o f common glory nnd common perils; and tho
hpipcror could not mako a choice moro significant
for tho Queen nnd the English poople. The Minister
o f tlio Interior hnd ordered all the artillery in tho
several towns o f Franco to bo dismounted and Joposited in tho nrscnnN, on tlio plea that they are in
suoh a state as to bo dnngcrous to use, and promises
that they shnl)y'bo replaced by artillery in better
condition. An impression prevailed, however, that
the guns were to be removed lest they should fall
If It happen that we meet again bcyondtho grave,
priesthood, In order to maintain his authority with
into the people’s lmnds in caso o f a rising.
wo
shall
renew
tbe
relation
aud
intimacy
that
death'
Great agitation pravails in Ilussia in consequenco
the people, must be ablo to exercise n super-human
...... t
o f tbo opposition o f tbe nobility to tho emancipation
powor. From this sprung magio rites— tho use of now severs.
Tbe views o f Mr. Scavcr on tho subject o f lifo and o f the serfs. Many great proprietors hnve fled to
drilgs and incantations, and human sacrifices, In or­
Su Petersburg, in fear o f their lives. A letter from
immortality
are well known to tho publio from tbe
der to set free the forces o f a human body, and pro­
Warsaw states that a camn of 100,000 men will bo
1
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Investigator," a paper which ho has edited for many
formed towards tho middle of May. This is con­
vide an atmosphere in whioh spirits could manifest
themselves—<ind thus bad ambitious men drew to years. Ilis wife believed in, and entertained tbo samo sidered a manifestation ngninst Austria.
Accounts hnvo been received from Bosnia, stating
BWB. .
their help Bpirits as bad and orucl as themselves, to
In her last sickness sho has been many times in a that tbo Ottoman commissioners charged to inquira
aid them in psychologizing nnd subjecting the peo­
Into tlio grievances o f the Christian population is
tranco state, o f which she was herself, at tho time,
ple to their purposes.
proceeding in a manner calculated to exasperate
perfectly unconscious. In this state sho has, or spirits mtlier than pacify the province, while at tho same
At the tim e‘o f Chrisi and his apostles, mngio was
through her have, spoken upon religious subjects el­ time tbo Sultan's liberal views appear to bo but
expelled from the world,, but was again, at a later
oquently and beautifully. Neither herself or ^Ir. littlo taken into account.
period, revived! It etill exists. But shall wo look
Beaver are believers in Spiritualism, which philoso­
for it among Spiritualists, who, in accordance witb
A N S W E R S TO OOBBEB^DN DEN TS.
phy alone could account for this singular manifesto,
natural law, whioh is God’s law, come in communion
L a iiv II r a iik r . — W e w e ro a w n r o t h a t t h o c h a rg e h a d
tion in tbe last hours o f her earthly life.
with the spirits o f their dear departed ones—a saint­
in o d e a g u l u i l J)o Hue, w h ic h y o u c o m p la in o t b u t m a t e r i Mr. Horace Scavcr, from his peculiar views, is a
Allftti ul * ayn h a v e b u itfc d a t a n y v i s ita tio n u f s p irit* , c x ed mother, or sister, or wife, or child—and receive in
man that tlio Christian world shrinks from, it is true,
c c |it B iirh an lM;.-ir th u c tin r m u f c m itu rln s a n d th o Illb lo to
return, messages of sweet affection, and counsel tq
but he Ib slnocre In his belief; he advocates whnt to
i h ld i ) t h e m . W u a r e n o t tn c lln c d t o h c llo v o th o M a g a z in e
.love one another, to lovo God, to purify their lives,
In q u e s tio n w o u ld h a v o l e u t Ita a id to t u c h a ec h em p — i t f l l
him Bcems truth; ho is honest In his purposes, largo
and do good? I f all these messages could bo written
II la a m o u lt'd i|u c « ltu n . Aa to t h o “ I tc v l r a l s ," w o h a r e
in his manifestations o f ciiarity und beucvolcncc,
f re q u e n tly t p u k t n u f t h e m , a n d uf In d iv id u a l a c U u n a c o m in a book, wo should have a Biblo of such volumo
self-sacrificing and persevering in tho defence of
lui! th oreC rom . W e M l e v o t h a l 't h o m a n or m a n k in d h a r o
and purity o f aspiration, as to rejoice tho very
open, honest and undisguised manliness. Iio is a
fulled to r j a p t lm t c o m fo rt from t h e m a te ria l w o rld t h a t
angels.' No. We mustloolc elsewhere for tho sorcory
t h e y e x p e c U il to, th o c r liili h a r i n g b r o k e n tU e lr faith l a
man that can be trusted with uucounted gold. Wby
o f our day— among the sects, where large mnsses are
t h o p o w e r t o a a v e, o f w o rld ly t i l i n g h e n c o J m i y e e tk for
should Christians Btop to judgo and find fault with
psychologized to giyo their nllogianco to heartless
i p l r l l u a l food, a n d th e y r u n for II to t u c h o i ^ f n ii a ti u n a u
others, when none arc any hotter than they should
t h e i r u w n d c v u lu p m c n l tc lla th e m t h e y w ill Ond i l lu . T h ia
forms ahd vitiaWrfg'creeda :' among politlclaus, wbo
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ARC.
l« In k in g o n o rU-ji from th o m a te ria l p ia n o , a u d a a wo k n o w
psychologize the masses to do their selfish and wlokcd
t h a t t h e c h u r c h c a n n o t a a tlif y th e c r a v in g s o f t h o p r o g rc a bidding; among monopolists and oppressors o f all
s l r e m ln d i o f o u r y o u n g m e n , w h o c a n n o t bo yolcod to .c o ld ,
sorts, who continue to live on tbo labor o f others;
S J t ' S n s g ® Io rIb .
d cu d c rc u d i, s o w o k n o w Hits m i n t w o r k (food in th o e n d .
among tho Uocntious, who make a prey o f innoccncc ;
F o r th o y w ill, a> to o n a a U icy b cco in o d i it a ll if lo d , look f o r
F U N A N D FA CT.
s o m e th in g h i g h e r , n n d u l ti m a t e l y s w o ll tlio r a n k s o f N a ­
aud ali, o f whatever grado or position, who make uso
tio n a l R e lig io n — o r S p i r l tu a l h m . “ A g ita tio n o f T h o u g h t is
o f their stronger wills to subjugate the weak.
Tub lloosio Tunnel.— A town meeting was hold
paid the last tribute to her sleeping dust. Mid much
opposition from those " who kn ow , not what they
do,” wb assembled in church; all was quietness,
though tho house was crowded to its utmost capaci­
t y ; and the controlling'spirit, In an invocation to
Deity, oped tho doors of Inspiration’s Temple, and wo
oould but say, “ It is good to be horo." Tho subject
commented upon wero words o f the sacred writer,
“ Oh, death, where Is tby stin g! Oh, grave, where Is
thy victory 1” And in conneotlon, “ Blessed aro tho
dead that die In tho Lord.” Yea, saith tho spirit, for
they rest from thoir labors, and their works do fol­
low them. In holy eloquence were, the words applied
to the departed spirit, and brought homo to mourn­
ing friends, as the waters o f consolation. After re­
marks to all assembled, and the Father’s blessing
had been craved, 'mid tho requiem ohnntcd by na­
ture's warblers and the tolling bell, ^re moved on to
the oity of tho dead. Tbo casket. being placed in tho
lap o f Mothor Earth, the medium, was again con
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fluences, in all the Oriental tongues, by persons who day.
Mrs. Hatch, in her leotures in this oity during th e ; trolled, and from the ocean o f deep feeling came gen.
never knew them* and whose education was not suoh
«s even to give tbom achanoo to understand thom ; winter, has been in the habit ofnpeaklng exclusively tie waves c f poesy, on whoso bosom drops o f diatpond
a n d v lf these could be accounted -for on natural on subjects seleoted by the audienoe at the iimo. gems'were glittering. The sorrowingpnes oould but
grounds, why not apply the same objection to those Now it is proposed, in order to seouro a wider range smilo through tears, for Immortality portrayed in
demonstrations o f similar ■description ill ancient bf investigation, that' tbe selootion, on alternate eve­ never to-be forgotten eloquence, Uie triumph o ’er hu.
r
.
times. f.Tho great natural prinoiples, sa d-natural nings, be left to her spirit guides! Tho lecture .to manlty.
*Ehat poem will linger for yea n tn the memory of
forces, were prcolscly tho same then as thoy are now. w h i o h I refer, was thus ohosen; and the theme was
those who wero present to listen, and my prayer to
. .
But Christianity and Spiritualism are Identical; and Intelligenoo and Intelleot.
A t first blush, any method of treating this subject, heafen is, that many suoh tributes may bo paid to
instead o f holding^iiB'Biblatip'to deflsion, Spiritual­
So as to fee likely to Interest a promiscuous audlenOe, the remains of- thoso who pass on, and when my
ism only’oonfirmed and illustrated its Uftthi'’ ' ' ' •
' The Bible is' full b f SpiritudUsm', ifad nioderh^plr- Is not vory obvious; still Mrs. Ilatofa made o f it'ooft spirit lists the echo of th a t. voico .whioh bids me
• ituallnm proves its truth, Aiid the integrlty o f 'the o f h e r best and most lnstruotlve discourses. Intel­ *come up higher,” may splritloyo wolcomc, and
men who wrote It, in stating what wero Casts,'and ligence, she defined to bo knowledge accumulated throngh medimn p o f ers breathe, a prayer in poesy
what are considered miracles. The ohurches,to the ftbnUhe stores o f the past; Intellect, the power to over tho dust o f one who in earth-life desires
botttriwy, assert thfct All Spirihialism has twbn.diad
fp V e ig h ^ n h u rfJ r^ y w rs -^ ittm e s th a lsJ l'iip iH t',
uat oommunlciiflon has ^ s ^ - ^ d that'^thero.is
n o * 'n o :inspiration! . I f. this U so, no tfondeh that
Christianity declines; for' tfp a iw e d tfb ta f Spirituallsni,?it ban do tio foan; ‘i t t i j r ^
iliat Spiritualism U
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tory o f Spiritualism, but only o f a tendenoy to idola*
tory, wh|oh occasionally associated itself with spirit­
ual communications. [Evidenoe o f the truth o f this
The man that ran the fork o f a road into his oye
has since died.
Quite a disoussion has recently been going on in
our city papers in regard to the “ Grand 'Firemen’s
Muster.” “ Hold on,” gents—firemen have as muoh
ri^ht (o be grand as other classes in society.
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11Tns Spiritualist
It roister amd Pocket Compaq,
" is published, wo understand; but Bro. Clark
having omitted to send us
copy, wo are unable to
notice its contents.
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ion
th e bark Hyperion, at New Yirk from Trinidad,
reports having touohod at St. Croix about the 2d in st
and that a schooncr had ju st arrived there from An­
tigua, full of passengers, flying from an insurrection
iu thnt Island. An English war steamer left imme­
diately for tho lutter place. :
The weekly receipts o f tho London Times, for ad­
vertising alone, exceeds $25,000.
Friend “ Progress,” please to mail us a copy o f tho
C o n f u c i u s 11Seneca’s Morals,”
11Moral Sayings of
also.
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We should uot Injure a friend oven in sport
Tho Virginia Banks will resume spoele payments
on tlio 1st of May next
' An exchange paper states that It has been discov­
ered that feathors unskilfully ourcd nnd put in beds
are deadly to persons o f weak lungs sleeping upon
them.
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Gov. Banks hns appointed the 16th inst. as a day
o f publio thanksgiving nnd prayer In this State.
Tho vislblo marks o f extraordinary wisdom and
power appear so plainly in ail tiie works o f tho orea.
tion, thnt a rational orenturc, who wiil but seriously
reflcot, cannot miss tho dlsoovcry o f the Deity. '
G rant Tiiohbubn.—O n the 18th u lt he wrote as
follows from Now Haven
“ I have lived another
year in this falsely so-onilcd miserable world. I
vcribly believo it Is the best world, terrcstial, that
God ever made. I have never felt head, heart or
toothaohe during tho ycpr ju st gone b y ; and this
day I enter, upon my eighty-fifth year, - I walk With­
th o b e g in n i n g o f W is d o m ,'' a n d w o s h o u ld Iio p le a s e d to
seo t h e p e o p le c a llin g f o r s p ir i tu a l food, e v e n t h o u g h t h e y
a ro a t p r o a c u l c o n te n t w ith th o m i l k o f th o w o rd , w h ic h
w ould if u t s a tis fy th o m o ro d e v e lo p e d rn lu d . A n y b o d y c a n
“ get Religion,” but II takes a spiritually dovolopcd mind
to Iio a b lo to v m b ra c e t h o h k i t o f t h o w o rd o f 'o o d , w h ic h
S p iritu a lis m f u r n is h e s . I t c o m e s to th o s o w h o a r e n o t s a t ­
isfied w itli t h o fo rm s llc llg lu n Is w r a p t In, o r c ra m p e d u p
In, w h o u n i l o d o ik u fo r s o m e th in g h ig h e r , a n d w h o h a v e
p r e p a r e d th e m s e lv e s to rce e lv o It, b y s p ir i tu a l c u lt u r e .
T h e c h u r c h l» w e a k e n e d by e v e ry c o n v e r t s h o m a k e s In
th is R e v iv a l. T h o u l tl tn a t o w ill l,o a c o m p lc la b r e a k in g
u p uf c r c e d s a n d s e c ta r ia n is m , a n d t h o I n a u g u r a tio n o f a
n e w e r a o f b r u th e r ly lovo, a n d a p u t t i n g off o f b c li e t fu r a
p r a c tic a l llfu u f c h a r ity a n d u s e fu ln e s s .
.
j F . B. F., B rn iN iii’iui.D .—T h e c o m m u n ic a tio n you r e f e r to, w a s
g iv e n to t h r e e p e rn o u s, w h o w e ro p r e s e n t a t o u r s ittin g o n
t h a t d a y . T h e r o ifro m n n y , n o d o u b t, I l w ould a p p ly to, a t
l e a s t w c h o p o so. T lio s p i r i t m a y b o t h e s a m e a s th o S t r a n ­
g e r w h o c o m m u n ic a te s to y o u .
T . R „ Hb kkikjm M il l s .— W o w a n t o u r s u b s c r ib e r s o r e r y w h e r e
t o a c t a a a g e n ts , a n d s e n d u s th o m u n c y for o t h e r s u b s c r i ­
b e rs , tv h e n w u w ill s e n d r c c t lp t s . O o t u p a c lu b .
M A B B IB D ,
I n H a r b o r c r o c k , R rlo C o., P e n n ., o n t h e Tth I n s t., b y I r *
B h c rw in , E s q ., M r. C lia rleu -Q . M ille r, o f C o lu m b u s , W a r r e n
Co., T e u n ., tu M iss L lr o n ln M. C o w d o n . o f th o f o rm e r p la c e .
O B IT U A B T .
D ied In C o n c o rd , V t., o n U ie 2 0 th u l t , M ra. C i a o L u m
W c K i s ,n g i d 44 y e a r s . I t w a s o u r p r iv lle g n to v i s i t th u d o p a r le d t w ic e d u r i n g h e r p r o tr a c t e d a n d p a in f u l s i c k n e s s ; a n d
th o u g h w o fo u n d h e r " in io r In th is w o r ld 's g o o d s ," y e t a Q l
w a s " r ic h lu f a i t h ," f e e lin g o v h lld e n l t h a t t h e r o w a a a h i g h e r
n n d h o lle r m is s io n fo r h e r Treed s p ir it, w h e n th o m o r t a l l a b c rn a u lo " i n w h ic h s h o g r o a n e d ," s h o u ld n o l o n g e r I m p r is o n
tie r . ' I d o u b t n o t t h a t s h e tie llo v e d s h e s h o u ld d i e " 1 4 tie
d e a th le s s ," t li n t h e r e y e s w u tild " u p e u w h e n th e y s o e m c d lo
c lo s e .'' T h i s Is t h u b le s s e d r e a lity w ith h o r n o w . H a y g r e a t
g r a c e r e s t u p o n th u s a w h o m o u r n h e r d e p a r t u r e fro m tlio
e a r th ly h u m c .
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Con.
M E E T IN G S I N B O B T b N A N D V I C I N I T Y .
B o » n * v Mr.sTiKOB.— T h e d o s k w ill b o o c c u p ie d a t th o M e­
lo d eo n o n B u n d t y n e x t, a t 3 a n d 1 1 - 2 o 'c lo c k P . M ., a i u s u a l.
J . It, C e a a iR R , t r a n c e - s p e a k in g m e d i u m , Is e n g a g e d to Icet u r o In A m e s b u r y M ills, M a s s , S u n d a y , A p ril 1 8 ; C o n co rd ,
N . I I , B u n d a y , A p r il 8 5 ; F r a n k l i n , N . I I , B u n d a y , M ay S ;
W e s t A m o s b u ry , M a ss., B u n d a y , M ay 0 .
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A w e e k ly C o n f e r e n c e o f S p i r i t u a l i s t s w ill bo h e ld a t B p lrita a lls ta ' H a il. H o . I f D ro m fle ld s tr e e t, e v e r y T h u r s d a y e v e n in g ,
co m m o Q c In g a t 1 1-3 o 'd o q k .
.
S r iitr u A L iS T a ' M e k t i k o s w III ho h e ld o v e ry S u n d a y a f t e r ­
n o o n , a t N o . 14 U ro m flc ld B t r e e t S p e a k e r, I te r . 1). If. O o d d a n l . A d m is s io n fh io .
'
A C ia o L K fu r .VI e d lu m D e v e lo p m e n t a n d S p iritu a l M a n ife sta ­
t io n s w ill Im) h e ld o v e ry H u nijay m o rn in g a u d o v e n ln g , a t N o .
14 D ro m fle ld B t r e e t A d m issio n 5 c e n ts .
(JtU B L M T o w x .— M o o tin g s In E v e n in g B ie r I la ll, K o. M
M a lu s t r e e t , o v e r y H um iay m o rn in g , a fte rn o o n a n d e v e n in g .
T lie m o r n i n g s w ill b e o c c u p ie d by c ir c le s , th o a fto m o o u s d o v o te d lo t h e f re e d lsc u s s lu n o f q n e s tl u n s p e r t a in i n g lo S p i r i t ­
u a lis m , a n il t h e o r c n ln g s lo s p e a k i n g b y L o r in g M oody.
H o u r s o f m e e tin g , 10 A. M . a n d 2 1-3 a n d 7 o'clock* P . M.
M e k t i x o s i k C i k u i i . o n H u n d a y s, m o r n in g a n d o v o n in g ;
a t G u i l d I I a l l , W in n ls iih u ie t s t r o o t I). F. O o u u i a o , r t f
u l a r s p e a k e r . B eata freo.
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O u M s a in o iK is r .— M e e tin g s a t W a s h in g to n H a ll M a in
e tr o c t, e v e ry S u n d a y a fte r n o o n a n d e v e n in g , a t 8 a n d 1 o '­
c lo c k .
.
.
Q u ik c t .— Sp i r i tu a l is t s ' m e e tin g s a r e h e ld In M a r l p o u ITall
e v e ry S u n d a y m o r n i n g a n d a fte rn o o n .
C iU B tK s (I. Q r o We m ,, t h o e io u lle n l T r a n c o - S p o a k ln g M e­
d iu m ; w ill l e e t u r o S u n d a y n e x t, M arch 21. t u t h e a b o v e ha lL
Ba le * .— Me e t i n g s a ro h o ld in S a lem e v o ry B u n d a y a t t b e
S p ir itu a lis ts ' C h u r c h , Bovrall s t r e e t
T b e b e s t tra n c o -s p e a k *
e rs e n g a g e d . C ir c le In th o m o rn in g f re o .
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M e e tin g * a t - L y o o u m I l a l l e v e ry B u n d a y a fte rn o o n an<f
e v e n in g , a t 8 t- S . a n d 7 o 'c lo c k . T h e b e s t L e c tu r o n a o 4
T ra u o M p e o ie i* e n g ag ed .
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mors that her wonderful powers had ceased, but was ^him as to his surroundings and teaohings while in
rqjoioed to find that hor clairvoyant perceptions were . the form. His statements and answers were subnever clearer than at the present time, and that stantially t h e s e “ I died fifty years ago. I had no
there are hardly any exceptions to the beneficial re­ love for Qod or man. Believed in total depravity
sults which attend hor treatment It dpes indeed and endless punishment__ueaped all knowledge o f Ood,
astoni'h the inexperienoed mind, to Hjtjjess these except that I wu lott/ Interminable darkness has
wondrous Interior examinations. It was my privi­ prevailed with me until this hour, when I discovered
lege to be present at several o f hor examinations, and a ray o f light—pursuing whioh, I peroelved my
familiar ss I am with the modern manifestations o f angel mother, when I saw the dawn o f returning
Spiritual power undor different' conditions, I was love. She pointed to your quiet olrole for advice. I
[Pram lha Age of Progreu .1
A I iO H B W I T H D E I T Y .
■t i u r. o. H T in. m o itn c
Alone with Deity I ob, thought .
Divinely grand; sublime, Intent* I
'Galntt ovenr 111 tby power It (taught
>■ With »n almighty turt defence (
On ovenr billow uf lifo'* tea, ■
Buoy'd by. thlt thought. I'm blett u d (tee.
The lip I've with aflbction preta'd.
May change ita imllo to curl of acorn,
The brow I’ ve tenderly o r a t 'd And wllb my heart’ * bright flower* adorn'd.
May, by l u frown of dark d l.ln m ,
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Wltbor the wreath to mould and dust.
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Tbo hopea I've nursed and tnuglit to twine
Around my idola. may depart; ■
The band I've fondly clatprd In mine.
May point the dagger to my heart:
But, FatheT, thut I'm mado more free
By being driven unto Thee.
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Yet, driven home klXJip*, lo learn
By Tby im tructlu c"w p a«<l pure,
That I with skill the 1 / ^ mu«t turn
Of my lifo barquef - f
.ecuro,
And tbat I e'er m n ^ .eep in rnnfe
Ofthe Philosophy or Ciuxoe.
To lf*m by thlt fcommunlon ilei'p
“ Ith-Vhe groat Ilrlnisninn, how to guide
f ! i r barque, and how tho waU'h to keep,
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That wreck* may not my voyagu bolide,
And that. If I’ll disaster tavo,
I mutt keep balance with tho wavo.
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That the great unlvcno of mind
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It but a liquid, turning tea,
Whose wares, atlrrtil by a pulio divine,
Mutt riK and fall otemally;
Tint we muat ttuily harmony
With all tbat it, l(we'd be rtiB.
Free from thiVwcsk dlstniBtof Oo<l,
That makct ue fearful of lilt works—
Learning that e'er wltliln oucatLVu
•T(io polton-fanged serpent lurks,
And tbat la loNoaAxca alone
... Of lawa that mutt by all bo known.
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Ohl aelflth hoartal Olil trallor-eouls!
Oh I faltehood, treachery and stern I
Through ye man flnda Truth's jiem-parod goal.
By throea ye cautc, man will be born
To angel freedom, and to be
Communicant with Deity.
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Yo form, oh, train of Borrows dlro,. .
For acenea of bllaa a rich bock-ground,
And though I'd not ask man to err :
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Tbat greater glory may abound, i
I've e’v'er found tho darkest cloud
Tho brightest ralnbow-huet enahroud.
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L E T T E B F B O M H. B. B T O B E B .
Dbab B anner— " Long may you wave.” (This I
take to be the Yankeo for, “ Ob, king, live forever.” )
Sinoe my lastcommunication to your columns, I have
entered upon a homo oircuit, and the aphcro o f xiy
present labors is in good old Connecticut, u y native
State. I hare been among dear friends in tho West­
ern land, and enjoyed a hospitality broad' and rioh
their own prairie*. Thoir kind welcomo I shall
nover forget, or the happy hours o f spiritual com­
munion which wo shared together. I have looked
off upon that land o f promiso, stretohing fur away
in gentlo. swells to the distant horizon, on wboso
blaok billows the nodding plumes o f grain Bhall
wave-iike golden foam upon tho sea, and emotions of
gratitude havo swelled my bosom as I considered the
bountiful provision here mado for the physical needs
o f humanity. I have rejoiced in tho thought that
from this abundance the hungry nations shall bo
fed, and on theso broad aoroB the poor may find a
homo and competence;, but with equal gratitude to
the kind Father, I hare turned to tho Bterile hills of
New England, rejoioing/fth the pure, invigorating
air, the bold, free inspirations i f her scenory, and
the mental discipline which tho poverty o f our soil
haa oompelled.
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'T is neither kind or wise to mako invidious com­
parisons between ono portion o f our country and
another, but we may profitably study the inlluence of
physical conditions upon the development -of human
oharacter, whatever those conditions may be. A truo
harmonial philosophy requires tho use o f all condi­
tions, and looks upon tho geographioal peculiarities
o f eaoh and every oountry, aa tending equally to Bub■erre tho development o f man. I acoept suoh a phi­
losophy, and, at the same time, rejoice that, asindiYiduals, we aro permitted to love betl o f &11 “ our
own, our native land,"
This oircuit, upon whioh I have entered in con­
nection with siater Tattle, is wide awake with inter­
est In the gospel o f the angels. A t. Hartford, the
Union Hall is filled, oflen to overflowing, particularly
In pleasant weather, with inquirers concerning these
“ good tidings o f great joy, whioh shall be to all
people.” A revival Is in progress here, as in so
m any other places, in which the Spiritualists seem
to participate. To be sure, as a general thing, our
spiritual friends do not participate iq the extra
meetings— the “ businois men's prayer meetings,”
and the “ firemen’s prayor meetings," and the
« you ng.m en's prayer meetings," and the “ Httle
children’s sohool prayer meetings,'’ the necessity for
whioh seems roeentiy to havo boon discovered— but
there is a general disposition, I hope, to “ pray
without ceasing,?' for the unfbldment otjuQo/fihigh­
er nature, that his spiritual perocptMHis and affetcions may unite in their influonco upon his life,
produoing love to God and mad.
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I am happy, to report that “ thore is also a re­
markable absence o f anything like fanatioism in
this removal" among the believers in Spiritualism.
I find no anxiety among them to compel others to
think as they do, but a deep conviotion that in due
time « all will come to a knowledge o f tho truth."
They seem usually to rejoice with an abounding joy
in the light which they have received, but do not
aeem to fear that all the light o f the spiritual world
has been exhausted on them, and that there will not
be sufficient to enlighten every man that cometh into
wsrld. I have not heard among them any esti­
mates as to how many Qod proposed to “ add to the
Bomber o f those who should l>e saved," during his
present r is it to the earth, but have heard it confi
dently asserted as thcir conviction, by many, that
He wa^ constantly adding to that number by birth
and that He was " n o t far from any one " o f His
children at any time. You may'well believe suoh a
conviction produoes exceeding joy , and that seasons
p f thanksgiving and prayer are held by maay every
hoar o f the day.
V.
I hare spoken two Sabbaths in Hartford,-^* as the
■plrits gave mo utterance,” and havo reason to beHere from the testimony o f others, that immortal
troths were presented in “ words fit^y spoken." My
■piritrguides are numerous, and they often present
, u e ir individual peculiarities through me in suoh a
a w n e r a s to be reoognlied by the audience, and to
• id le general interest. I
Uat T,rit 10 Hartford, I c lo y e d the
o f ® r**»4 M n . Mejtler. The npnU U oa
'o f Mr*. Met tier aa a medical clairvoyant is almost
FOrtd-wlde, her m i ir t a b t e saooesses having oalled
forth spontaneous testimonial* it o n all parts o f A ir
M well as (b n jg a w a s * * * J had
deeply interested in the peoullar clearness of. her per­
ceptions.
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When the hour for commencing the examinations
arrires, which ls usually about eleven o'olock, a few
Passos by tho Doctor induces the mesmerio condition
and her interior perceptions are opeined. A hand
kerohief is tightly bandaged about the eyes, and one
after another, the patients who have assembled in
the reception-room, are brought in and Bubjectcd to
her sorutiny. The hand o f the patient is held in hers
for a short time, until rapport is established, and then
a rapid; review o f the whole system takes plaoe. Soon
the most prominent difficulty is disoovered, and in a
clear, distinct tone, with no hesitation either in per­
ception or choice o f words, she enters into a statO'
ment o f the original causes o f the disease, often run
ning baok to some acoidcnfln oarly childhood, which
is minutely described, and tracing- from the causes
the whole progress o f tho 'disease. The habits o f life
are criticised, and advico whioh could only come from
tbe pureBt souroc, is frequently given. Then, to a8'
sist nature in her efforts to build up the decaying
tcmplo of the body; prescriptions aro made, the cie
ments made use o f being generally from the vegeta­
ble kingdom, although a liberal cclectioiBm is adopt­
ed. The reason why these prescriptions'aro mado is
given, and tho effect intended to be produced—so
that the patient ct^n judge for himself whether that
effect Ib being produced. Exolamations o f delight
and surprise atteB t tho correctness o f theBe interior
discqveries, os well as the results o f her treatment.
Often tho teara g u sh fa st and free, as the past life of
tho p a tie n t is b ro u g h t in review , and some sympa­
am here with many thanks!”
Thjs is one o f the many instances o f happiness
produced by the spiritual progress of the day.
Here w a s' a poor, desponding mortal, evidently
brought up in the Calviuistio faith, but never hav­
ing been actually >•gathered into the f o ld " o f the
ohuroh—died under the assurance and belief that he
was etornally lost, and until permitted to see tho faoe
and love o f a mother, he was suffering according to
tho teaohings implanted in him from his youth up.
Ho represented him self some seventy years old when
he left the form, fifty years ago.
.
I f this is a correct view o f tho effecta o f what
Spiritualists believe to be wrongteaohing, what oan
compare w lththe jo y „ o fn l!w h o witness the rapid
advanoe o f our'glorious philosophy?
.. ^Iifanother instance camo the Bpirit o f a suioide,
whom we vfftll knew junong ub. Uis condition was
awful beyond description. Wo think we have re­
lieved him by pointing to a Ood o f love and mercy.
I could quote pages o f the bitter lamentations and
shocking language o f this, spirit in his - early communings. Ho !now claimp to Bee light, and is com­
paratively happy.
M.
' B altimore, M d .
L E T T E B ^ B O M L. K . G O O H L E Y .
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they should be oppressed n o w ?
T h e / h av e.n o
It was not till m y spirit traversed the m e n
means to help themselves, and they cannot remove o f the Spirits’ Paradise tiat_I realized the worthed
to more favored localities in the far W est What the blessings I waa deprived o f in the earth
T h e n i knew w hat It was to hear and speak l i u
must be done? Must they calmly submit, and be­
first sonnd that welcomed me waa a delightful strain
come more and more enslaved ?
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o f musio, whioh broke upon my ®oul’s;awakened ^
As for' the people o f Lowell, I can say that they with charming nielody, enohaining m y spirit, u d
have resolved not to submit to tiie monopolized wrapping it ib a halo o f the most ecstatio deliSw
power o f the corporations. Thoso who can, are emi­ Then spirit forms glided before me, clad in tStl*
snowy robes, with golden-stringed harps in han?
grating to other places; but they do not design to from whioh emanated the most ravishing mnnU
give those up to the power of tyranny, who remain. Then they spoke to mo thoir welcome messages, iud
A weekly paper has juBt been started here, to m y own sou! echoed a response. I knew th en i fa d ’
advocate the; rights of tho laborer; and the one who passed beyond the confines o f earth, and found th3
better shore, Where all the lost and dimmed facnltiS
fonduots it editorially is no “ faint heart,’ ' I can
o f earth w ill be restored to a vigorous aotion to shlnf
assure you.' This journal, the SpindU City Idea, is through all eternity.’
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to be widely ciroulatcd in every manufacturing town
Oh, there are many who would like to address von
fn New England, in order that an influence may be when they have the ch ance; some similarly situated
brought to bear in fjiv o ro f the oppressed. Every as myself. They will manifest in duo time nre!
senting suoh tests as will establish the concl'nii?.*
lover o f the rights o f humanity should help oiroulato proofs o f their identity.
m rt
it. Everybody can take i t ; its qjbsorip'tion prioe is
Ahl brother, could yonr tplriteyes
But o u t a furtive glanco abovo,
to low, that no one will hardly foel the exjjenee-af
You then wouldL truly realize .
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i t ; nor need it interfere wjth the circulation o f the
How many anxious filenda you loro,
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Await
the
privilege
to
write
Banner, or any other paper that your readers may
To thoso who linger on Time’s shore,
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take. . I t Ib published every Wednesday morning,' at
About their world of Truth and Light,
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Where
glory's
gun
thlnoa
overmore.
60 cents a y e a r ; 26 cents for Bix m onths; 13 cents
But toon the privilege will bo'
for three months; invariably in advance.
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Given them to communicate,
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I would especially 1urge that every Spiritualist use
Boon will they truly write to thee,
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his influence to oiroulate the Idea far and wide,
not only beoause o f its noble advocaoy o f human
rights, but because it sympathises with the progres­
sive advent o f Bpiritual truth. I ne d say no more upon this point— “ a word to
the wise is Buffioient." Those who deBire to aid the
good work can address, “ Editor, Spindle City Idea,"
Lowell, Mass.
Yours, for the Right,
.
Laborer.
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■ From their celestial, joyous Btato,
And re-uanr* you of the caro
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They foel for you on oarth below; _
And that in hours of dark dciip&lr,
Their lovea united round thee glow.
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I left earth in Milford, many years ago.
Yours, for time and eternity,
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P olly K ilbow .
Miissbb. E ditoes—The above communioation was
received from an entire stranger, but I have since
ascertained that she has brothers still on earth.who
have oonfirmed the facts as herein stated, relative to
her earth life.
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Gixoiknati, O hio, April 3,1858.
B P l B I T U A I iI B M A M O N G P B I N T B E B ’
B rothers Colby S
i Co.—»I have lectured here three
___ Under thlt head we propoao to publish auch Commu’
D BVTLB.
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Sabbaths to large audienoes— larger than usual for nlcAtlona as are written through various modlums by pertont
In the spirit world and tont to us.
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The Cape Giradan, Mo., Eagle, seems to have an
this oity. I go to Dayton to-day—expeot to speakimp in its offioe. The editor Bays:—
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[Emma A. Knight, medium.]
there on Sunday, a n ! return again on Monday. I
Our Devil is a medium, and by holding a pen loosed
go to Dayton mainly for healiug purposes, and reTo Salathiel.
ly in his hand, it will, involuntarily on his part
thetic cord is touohed by the kind ad m o n itio n s o f th e turh here for the same objeot. There are, compara­
Dear Sir—I respond with the greatest pleasure to
illu m in a ted seercBS. I need say n o th in g of MrB. tively, no good healing or test mediums in this part your kind note, given me through one I often vlsi^ write answers to questions— turning his eyes from
Mettler’s personal oharacter.' Her grateful friends o f the country. Thero are some good speaking mo- The effusion that pleased you, was one that most the paper he knows not what is written till he ex.
people would not oomprehend or like, but they were amines. Though sometimes corrcot in replies, he fre.
are, everywhere throughout the land, restored to diums here, but they are not sufficiently encouraged.
my sentiments—and I know and feel that there are
quently makes mistakes. He made our little writ­
health through her instrumentality. ,_And though Eastern mediums, generally, have rather forsaken
many hearts who appreciated them. I f you love
bigotry and superstition, in their insane efforts to Cincinnati, from the foot that thoy a r e . directed to Mub!o, then you will not tire o f my rhapsodicB, for ing table perform some wondcrful feats a few nights
destroy all evidenoo o f an interior spiritual life, and go to a publio house to stop. Only think o f a sensi­ they are never o f anything else.' I think a lifetimo since. It went anywhere about our ’sanctum that it
to provo that the body is lporo real than tho spirit, tive creature, Buoh as a medium m u st necessarily be, o f devotion but a small and weak tribute to pay at might be directed. It traveled about with a boy
Musio’s shrine. I love her with my whole soul, and seated on the top o f it, and when required to careen
have cast reproach upon her name and upon her ben- stopping at 'a Westorn hotel.
in- her I love everything that is beautiful, holy and
nificcnt mission, yet among those who know her as
I will give.you one night’s rest, by njyself, at the divine; all that is lovely, godlike, I find in M usio; and slide him off, it did so, notwithstanding a youth
she is,
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Watnut Streot House, Cincinnati, (by the way, a all the beauties o f Nature I find in her portrayed ; o f considerable strength tried to hold him on.
“ None know hor but to loro her,
The table was told to Bhake hands with a oertain
hotel o f the very first olass.) I retired at 11 P. M., all the feelings and aspirations o f man aro by her
Or namo her but to prnlso." .
breathed, and coming from her, they go to tho inmost m a n ; it went to a place where he was standing, and
my room being first rate, and bsd^ unsurpassed in chamber of the heart
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Excuse this rambling epistle, „which would come
diagonally held up one o f its legs. It was required
any publio houso, I thought to have a rest from
Oh, Qod! who oometh'unto us in all ways—in the
ju s t as it is, or not at all, and if desired, expect more
the weary labors o f the dny. Tliere were travelers most grand as well as humble creations o f nature— to get into the lap o f auother, when it approaohed
in regard to our spiritual condi ion in Connecticut
and boarders passing to thcir rooms until between who giveth us everything most oharming to please him and placed one leg on his knee. Now these are
in iny noxt.
Fraternally,
12 and 1 o’olook, with incessant tramping and open­ the eye, to taste, touoh, smell, and hear— we thank facts, whioh our best oitizehs can testify to, and who
H. B. Stober.
aThee most for M usio; for in it Thou speakest to u s !
ing and shutting doors. At 1 A. M. the outer doors - We hear Thy voioe, and falling down worship Thee-r- are still incredulous with regard to their spiritual ori­
gin. We know not what motive power caused the
S P I B IT C T A L IB M .
, are oloscd—fresh air ceases— tobacco-smoXe now en­ wo give everything for this, Thy A ft Divine, for Thou
table to move,about as it did. The youth cannot
and
it
are
one,
ever
reaching
and
never
attaining.
ters
through
the
crevices
around
the
door,
and
to­
M r. E ditor —No cause, however just, no reform
We ofttimeB loso ourselves in Thee, but we oare have been in collusion with a n /o t h e r person, and
gether
with
the
confined
air,
bccomcs
oppresBivo
in
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however benefioial to thee human race, but what, in
not, only that we may draw nearer. What is earth that, to us, renders the whole tiding so jnuch the
its incipiency, has had its opposers; and those op­ the extreme. I try to raiso ihe window, but it slips to n s ? It is only a temporary home. What are
more mysterious. Thb you^h inquired the name o f
posers have been from among men o f every variety out o f the sash slide-frame, and comes down with a forms or fashions, or the society o f m en? Can they
the spirit, and to his utmost surprise, wrote down
talent and profession. Oue thing is certain, no crash that causes tho lodgers to throw up their win­ give ub more happiness, or teach us more, than
Thou ? We find Heaven, where Thou art, tliough in the name o f his father, who dlod a great Vnony years
dows,
and
a
general
stir
ensues.
I
shrink
away
in
scheme o f reformation ever entered upon has been
a garret, for Thou comest unto the soul, and when ago.
denounced to the extent, and whose supporters have bed, resolved “ to do or die.” JuBt then, a child in that is satisfied, the body knows no wont.
the
next
room
is
taken
siok,
(now
2
A
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M.,)
.and
.. The, sentiments expressed by me; and eohoed by
been more vilified and maligned, than Spiritualism
after a brief ory, vomitings is tba result. .This, o f you, are not rare, only being holy, are concealed for
and its supporters. Men in authority and “ under
course, purifies the feetingt. A half hour passes rear of ridioule. How many true artists are there in
authority,” men standing high as teachers and lead­
away—when I hear in the' n e x t ' room that a man the world, who have these same feelings! Allow me
Hjhtb to thb R iadeb .—C nder thlt head we Bhnll publish
ers o f the publio mind, olerioal gentlemen, men o f all
to say that unlett they had, they could not be a rtis ts ; auoh communications at may bo given na through the me­
“ comes home l«.tA." A. gantlo -Jlafnale voioe cliIdeB;
for .if the true fueling is not in the soul—unless the diumship of Mrt. J. H. Cosa s t , wlioBe services are engaged
grades o f society, have united to orush this worm
the man evidently 11well to do,7’ does not spoak very Bpirit is tuned to harmony—no true musical senti­
whiob is said to be gnawing at the vitals o f Chris­
exclusively for the Bannor of Light.
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mild, and a “ matrimonial breeze " gontly dies away ment .oan be expressed.
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tianity. But notwithstanding this unity o f senti­
The object or this Department Ib, os Its head partially im­
Music as a trade, as a means o f gaining a liveli­
on tho morning air, sending back the eohoes of
plies, the conveyance,of messages from departed Bpirit* to
ment and anxious .care lest this pernioious doctrine
woman’s strongest weapon, the Bighs that Bpeak hood, and Musio as an Art, are two separate things, their frienda and relatives on earth.
,
ohould get a foothold among the people and scatter
as muoh bo as the freed spirit and the mundaue ;
Theso communications aro not published for li terary merit,
with tears. ’
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the one is calculating, oold, and without feeling.
the germs o f infidelity and irreligion, as Gallileo
H alf past three A. M., the world is oblivious. Half Such, prosper, beoome rioh, respected, &o.; the other, The troth la all wo ask for. Our questions aro not n oted said at the time o f signing hiB reoantation, 11It
only the answers given to them.
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past five, gong sounds, and the servants are a stir; a slave to his profession, oaring not for the honor o f
. By tho publication o f these mossoges, we bopo to show that
moves.” Yes, this .doctrine o f Spiritualism with
men,
liviiy;
in
a
world
o
f
his
own—
uncared-for,
dothen oommenoes a down itairt rush from nearly
spirit* carry the characteristic* of thoir oarth lifo to that be­
mortals “ moves,” it gaining ground, it making pro­
spisod, and rejected; but the Heaven in his soul
every part o f the house. 6 A. M., rise and perambu­
yond, and do away with the erroneous notion' that they are
oanuot come o f tnan, or be token away.
gress a n jp 6onv<frting soores from the doctrines o f
anything but Finite beings, liable to orr llkooursolve*. ■ ..
late the streets. Sunday morning, depended upon
I f possible, I will visit and impress you, aocording
eternal damnation and hell fire to the philosophy o f
They are published ns oommunlimtcd, wlthout alt^ritTbtt
to be oontrolled by 11superior intelligences," to give to you r wish. .
V eiy truly yours,
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a better lifo.
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by ub, aa we beliove that the publio Bhould boo the spirit.
H e n r ie t t a S ontao .
three leotures before critically investigating audien­
world aa|t is—should learn that thoro ie evil as well as'good
Dr.^Igrrow.A traveling .‘ ^expositor o f Spiritual­
oes 11 Friends, take care o f your sensitive pubiio
In it, instead of expenting that purity alono shall, floir from
ism ," has been, for the laBt week, giving a oourse o f
M rs. Gk H. fiarrett, to her Friend.
spirits to mortals.
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mediums. Bro. N. R. M------ ’s house has sinoe beenlectures against, this new philosophy near this plaoe,
Wo aslt tbe reader tu rooclYe no doctrine put forth by splrits
Fbiend K.— Whether you beliove in tho oommumy home,— thanks to his (and his family’s).generosfor whioh’grand entertainment the sum o f thirtynlon of. spirit with mortal, or not, I am going to In those columns, that does not comport wllb hit reason.
ity,—a place of n it.
write you, hoping' that good advice, ooming from They all express so mueb of truth as tho apirit communicat­
five dollars were raised. Yes, thirty-five dollars ex.
I am somewhat amused here, with the expreisions whatever souroe, will be received for what it is ing perceives,—no moro. II can speak or its own oondition
ponded to convinoo the people of this section that
concerning tho lectures through me. A powerful be­ worth— knowing, as I do, the temptations to whioh with truth, whilo It gives opIulonB moroly relative to things
Spiritualism Ib arh um bu gl What philanthropy,
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liever’ ' iff' “ Plenary inspiration," Bays, “ That is y o u 'a r e subjected— feeling, as I do, how little our It has nol experienced.
what devotion i i Christian prinolples. I only at­
Tbo Bpirit governing theso mauirostatlonB docs not pre­
Juat what I believe; never heard, it so plainly ex­ true charaoter is appreciated— I may havo more
tended the lasjr lecture, in whioh the spoaker sum­
sympathy for your faults than those who do not 1 tend to Infallibility; but oply engagos to uso’ bis powor and
med up the arguments o f the previous leotbres. He plained before." « A believor,In Swedenborg’s reve­ understand the life we lend— forced in our profession knowledgo to the-best advantage, to soe that truth'cornel
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reoounted the origin o f Spiritualism with the Fox lations," exclaims anbther; 11thoBe are the senti­ to associate with those who are repugnant, and oom­ through this channel. ForTectlon ls not claimed.
in g in contact, as we must, with a olass of people
girls, the investigation at the Phelps House, in Buf­ ments ih a v e been used to for twenty years ; how
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more sensual than intelleotual, breathing the atmoBA doslre, on the part ir our readers, to make themselves
falo. Rovlewed the works o f A. J. Davis, Prof! Hare, beautifully the laws o f correspondence are explain­ phero o f social degradation, and seeming to be, what
Dr. Dexter, and Judgo Edmonds, calling them all in­ ed." The Jewish Rabbi—Silliendall, the great high we are not, who oan wonder that we lose our iden- acquainted with tho manner in whleh tho communications
published undor “ Tho Mosscngor" bead, are rocolvod, has
fidels, and tho wholo thing a delusion. His whole Pnest o f the West—attends the lectures—gives the .tity— that we are not ourselves— that we oeaso to
subjeot for a discourso—“ treated admirably— must be— and when at last we do fall, morally, what is Induced ub to admit a fow persons to our eosBlont, for several
lecture abounded in assertion and strong denuncia­
months past. But as this fact lias gained notoriety, It ha*
have read very deeply— nothing new I Pure Juda­ the differenoe in the eyes o f the world ? Who would
tion, lacking one important itom, proof. H closed
become neooesary for ns to havo some ordor and regulation
believe
wo
were
truthful
and
virtuous?
We
act
our
ism l The learned Jows recognize the teachingt, o f
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by giving experiments with a psychological subject'
part, aud aoting it well, “ there nil the honor lies." In reference to the admissions.
Jetui as the fulfillment o f the Mosaical dispensa­
Persons wbo desire to avail thomtolves of this privilege,
But acting our part does well enough in tho eyes o f
he had previously chosen, and had well trained for
tion I” By the way, this Rabbi is one o f the most the world, if this were all. The earthly life is but will hereafter not be admitted, oxcept on application at our
the purpose o f ridiouling the'theory o f Spiritualism
liberal thinkers I have ovor met. He attends ciroles, the commencement o f the play, and before we are offlco, betwoon' tho hours of 9 A. M, and 1 P. I t , each day.
and the theory o f elertrioal psychology. He deoeivThis It absolutely neceslary, as we can only admit a limited
and is deeply interested in the investigation o f our aware o f it, wo are ushered upon a different stage,
ed the audicnoc, who thought his subjeot under
aiid stand beforo scenes so transparent that we are number, and mntl know In advance the number to be p ie holy oause. ’ I remain here a few days, and then go
psychological control. He went through numerous
Bhown to the audience bb we truly oio, without tent. No charge it exacted, hut a l l applications for admlssltmi muat be made at this offlco. •,
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Yours, truly,
feigning or seeming. Then' the truly great! must
experiments, and his last was an imitation o f a
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be those whose hearts are most pure, whose moral
trance-speaker, which was very suooessfuiiy carried
Dr. Kittredge—T o a Patient in W ood*
worth and true nobility o f soul shine.forth olear and
out. But his whole lecture, experiments and all,
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T O T H E E B I E N D S OIP H U M A N I T Y .
only taught ono good lesson, that mankind could be
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patient
in
Woodstook,
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and
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t is
Ah,
my
friend!
let
these'
few
words,
coming
from
LowzuL, M u t , April 6 , 1868.
most egregiously humbugged.
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me, find their way to your heart; let my.cxporlenoo very diffioult for me to find a medium suited , to his
Fbi*ot> B anner— I muoh desire to'pen a few lines
He failed altogether'in his exposure o f Spiritual­ in favor o f justico, for the perusal pf your readers. serve to guide y o u ;: oare for yourself, not the world, wants. ■I did find ono a short timo sinoe and buoand though you go on in your profession teemina, yet
ism, and his leotures have only served to strengthen I know that tho truo Spirituallstlfevors the right, but
lot thojfl bo something substantial for tho spirit to oeeded in benefittlng the patient in some degree..
tho minds o f beiiovcrs in tho truth and beauty o f often forgets that physioal Blaveiy cudsts, while bat­ rest upon when tho curtain shall have fallon on the Since that time the medium has boon oalled away,
thoir dootrino. The time has paBBed when ridicule tling for the abolition o f spiritual tyranny.' This is last scene, and the soul gone to its homo.
and m y patient is very much annoyed in oonsequenoe,
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and denunciation will be potent to convince, for one oxouto I have for inditing this oommanloation.
and somewhat alarmed, and I tako tbiB method Of
[J. D. &, Medium.]
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oonveying
this intelligence, n e has nothing to do
nought but sound argument and true philosophy is
In this oity, as in many others in New England,
suffioidnt for the intelligent and thinking m ind
but to make himself as happy as possible’( take
P o ll y K ilb o r n , t o B . H a r s h .
we have a large olass o f people who live by hiring
My Respected Friend,— I manifested myself to yonr plenty o f good air and exeroise, and thank Qod fir
Men may imitate tho spiritual phenomena, and away their labor. They are more or less dependent
thereby bring down upoh the heads o f thg, support­ upon our manufacturing companies' for a livelihood -home oircle the other evening, through the interior what he has received, and pray, to Iliih for a oontinperoeptions o f tho.modium, and when 1 fully realized
nance. He will understand this. It is whlft I
ers o f the Bpiritual theory soorn and ridioule, but in this manner, even in the l>eat o f times. And,
Tcould make myself visible to the inner light, I was
Bhould say to him i f I were with him.;, Good day.
thoy are powerless, and cannot shake the confidence moreover, long before the
doubly
anxious
to
oontrol
his
hand,
and
write
out
a
time, we have
o f those who have seen the genuine, and known heard.complaints that the d&eotws and agents of test o f my presence. I have boen seeking to control
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his manual forces, that 1 might diotate a message,
“ wherein they have believed."
our mills have endeavored to oppress their help by
and present something that w o u ld ’ oonvince you o f
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D r. P w ia B r o w n e .' . ■- B. Smith L akkin .
redaolng wages, and increasing the amount o f Work tho truth o f what the spirits have j o often told
I have approaohed you through you r medlom quite
Fnr* CormkeSj N. Y., 1858.
to be performod. And, at the present moment, when you, that vou are surrounded bv a host of angelio
a number o f times, but ,i t seems what I have. fivsa
the operatives are least able to fcilitr lt, tliere seems friends, who are doslrOus to contribute to your oarthly. vou has only m|sled you and rendered my app'roach.
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comfort
and
pleasure.
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ing my friends more diffioult.; I- have Wen' in thi
to bo a united move among thb dlffennt corporations
. When on earth, the powet o f hearing and speaking spirit-world nigh aeven years. I diedoftyphitt ftrt*
“ I neaped all knowledge or Ood, except that I waa loitl”
to again reduce the pay and iaiinfue the hours o f
was denied me. Long; y e a n rolled, away, and the in I/i well, Mass, I was 80 years o f age; and my lufittta
I w u reminded o f this significant expression o f a labor; and about the onjy exousi lu t tte y attempt
ploasant sound o f friendly.Voices ne’er greeted my
A
^ « * d ln g an excellent artiole in your paper to give for this oppression, aa far as I can learn, is, “ pent u p " ears in thajt long season,'nor was it in was Paris Browne. I told you I w u connected
tho Woroeoster Insane Asylum a n d ycu oould’iibt ju*
by Dr. Child, under the head o f " H ell. " A t a pri­ beeauu they ean do it. Thejr thlitk th a t; people will my power (0 give juttferanoe to any words/thoughts
certain the faot. ‘ Probably a ohange o f oiSoein'lti that
and feelings, exotyt o y outward signs; aad yet I institutiott has g r a t e d Bgainst you ini thbiri* 'I
vate sitting with my esteemed friend Franois H.
be obliged to work for w ^ , |iiDder. any ciroumoould not oall m yself unhappy, for i f hearing and n o to fih n ch oonsequenoe.^ .1 w a s s le k i ^ a r llw M ln
himself, (through stanocs, because o f their
the p ow p ro f.sp ^ h .W iw e not gWen me, I possessed there, and
^e,oj>ex^ioi^
2* 2 .
A n t i n g bis condition,and I
■■ Tell m e n o to f S O d th e r^ ty
itil the abolition tbat oOier gift.
; I ,oould look forth into the t h e s k p ll...O o e p f theunfortunates B t^ lsm ew h iJ *
horrible.tn th eextn m e.
o f w m i is 9ffMted ln :the ft W
b f Massaohu- I eautiful worid;and see the magnificent scenos whioh
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h lm islf as belonging to one setts. We have htlod
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jn our maim- th iln flh lU h M d ’ o f O o d h W painted therein for the
eiUo7tAe>Mof:Blaji&ildr'n,and hear Nature
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111^ BUl^> *Ud i& tlBg ii&ta AurtoHngtoww'tr&o
( WJWlyfronf the
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M t horrid that
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desire to oommune with them. I d p n p t wish to do
I believe I-have answered all I was requested to
■o In a direct manner, beoause - they jlo not under­
Answer, and I will make way fijr others who wish to
stand this | so I hare approached yonr medium to
8P ® f / ° t*le*r blends. My people have a servant In
step near them. I-expect to come forth publicly, that
tbelr family who has medium powers, but I oan do
I may approach my own privately hereafter.
little there except to hear the questions they ask of
I left a ’ vory doar female friend,—yes, more than me.
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March 7. '
friend—and Bho is a medium. Out I dare not ap­
proach her, because she is nervous, and she might
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-Smith Boblnson.
not be likely to oom prehendifl should oome direotto
I thought I’d drop in ' here to see what you were
hor at first— thus I cotue Jiere. I have something to
give my brethren and friends, o f importance, and I doing. Never was here before. You seem to be very
think I can do so through her, if I can manifest solemn individuals. I don’ t oare if I do talk to my
through her. My family, I thank Qod, a n all good, friends; for I have got somo, I believo, some ways
moral peoplo ; but as far as Spiritualism is concerned, from here. Thero Is nobody so poor' in heaven but
what they have some friends in earth-life. I 'don’t
they are in the d a rk ; nover haring h&d an opportun*
oome to give muoh o f an account of myself, and t
ity to inTeatigate it, they are. aa it were, afar off from
don’ t supposo you oare to reoeive i t They ought to
me. Thoy ha-ro heard of it—but understanding and
identify me by name—Smith Robinson, o f Texas. I
hearing are two things. I can see no reason why a
lived forty-ono years in nn earthly life, and' Lflnd
mortal who has becomo a spirit, oannot oommune
that all I gained in that forty-one years. is a oypher,
with his mortal Bpirits. 1 am well convinced that
a mere nothing. However, if a man novor begins, he
our Good Father, by placing tho two worlds ia bo
oertoinly oannot oxpeot to find any place of peaoo.
c|ose communion, intended to have their inhabitants
Talk about your Hell I Hold it up in as many posi­
commune more readily together. It is only by rcations as you please, (ind you know nothing about it
• ?°n j , 6 darkness on your earth that we hove not Let a man come here without a clean conBoienoe, and
been doing so. When man loses hold o f moterial
he will experience enough o f i t
things, he grasps hold o f spiritual Aa men now,
I used to wonder what souls wero mado ef, when I
having difficulties to oofltend with* in the material was half inolined to believe that those who had done
world, run for spiritual food.
• ill ln life, were raked up in fire and brimstone, and
^ *?an °W®n“ cd to tho laws o f o f his physical na. burned eternally. Woll, that Is the silliest dootrine
sP'>it would hold communion more freely man over preached, and those who believo It will oer­
with us j but mcdiumq aro generally unhealthy,
tainly bo ramnod here and heroafter—for they will
Offing to the ovorsight o f parents, or their own.
damn themselves by.believing i t Once, in the early
Oh, I so long hovo desired to oommune with my
part o f my life, I almost believed it j but m the lat­
friends, that I Bomotimes feol like making great ef­
ter-part, I did everything I oould te oppose it, and I
forts to open communion with thom. Thoy look upon
am ju st as muoh againBt the religions you have on
me afar o f f ; but on the contrary, I am quitfi as muoh
earth as I ever was. Your Orthodox minister nover
interested ln their affairs as I evor was, and have as
thinks ku family is going te holl. Oh no, somebody’ s
. strong a desiro to aid them. I am not afar off, and
prayer saves them. But i f his neighbor has a child
' the only boon I ask, and tho only thing I ' have now
not belonging to their ohurch, lying at death’ s door,
to say is, Qod grant that the way to oommune with
ho will be-damned—no prayers at tho eleventh hour
m y friends may bo speedily openod.
April 7.
will save him. Well, if there ever was a personal
This spirit communicated, as is said in the above devil, he was oroated for the especial benefit o f such
messago, but tho persons in oharge ofthe Asylum at churoh-pcople. I went among tho evangelloal
Worcester could not remcpiber suoh a party. It was churches and I saw more crime among thom than
many years ago he was there, and then only an as­ any where else, and I.do-say, the man who goes to
ohurch and aots tho hypooritc, is worse than tho vil-sistant, but eighteen or twenty years o f age j so it is est scoundrel who acts openly.
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not strange they should hovo forgotten him. The
Well, damn suoh ministers, I say, and if I can
other assertions are true ; so we publish the oommu- push them into the fire I shall do it—must do it.
nioation, notwithstanding the Superintendent o f the They build the fire, and if I can push thom into it,
thoy will get purified the quicker. Oh, you need not
Asylum does not remomber o f his having been there. objeot to th is; I am talking JuBt as I feel— I’ m uo
you have to-day, I had in my childhood, my youth
if there is anything whereby that oan be remedied,
my manhoodjand in my old age 1 Yes, in -my natural’
*B0’ t*ia^ (*ow ohild was with m e ; y e a n
I should like to have you do i t Tho dootor who
lire, I was In the habit o f dally oommunioating with
°,f
best’friends. Oh, little did
took It off, whs a sklllfurdoctor, 'but he oould not see iTh’tHv
the dead, as you mortals eay. They often sought to
that I Was so full g t humor aa I was. He did well littlo ,ii i ! f n re,^urn M d oommune as I now d o ;
turn me from my purpose and moke me come out
iho W0u,d *tond whens 1 d,(l1 bBt*
for me, and If he had not, I should have oomo here ah
before the world and tell o f what befel mo. Thoy
quloker than I did. He thought '1 should hovo a oomlnff ui*hwv,er oh4n*Ln* 0h - “ V thoee who are
told me if I would, greater things should I do, and
long life—that’s what he aaid— out we are all liable
greater light shouid oome with me. But I was stub­ to be mistaken.
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born and self-willed, and altogether an unholy man.
March 12.
I should like to know what has beoome o f h im ; I
They requested me at one time te go forth and put
should like to know If thero Ib nny ohonoe o f my
myself under oertain conditions, and I should bo con. ■ Morgarot Phinney.
talking with him. Tlio chances are, that ho docs
troled to speak to the multitudo. I would not go,
Oh, I havo como, and I am m lsorably unhappy— I
not remember mo, but I remember him, beoauso d r and my visitors loft m e; but I assure you I was
cumstanoes oompel me to. Ills name is De Wolfe, am wretched— 1 am ln hell 1 They brought me here
anything but happy when they withdrew from mo.
a
M'1*11, Ho was as kind to me as he
40 ^ lk-, 1 kno* ho»
but I
I tried to pray that ( might bring baok tlioso I loved * 1 j
oouid be, although he wns a stranger, and I wa* do not want to be hero lu the spirit w orld; I oame
to oommune with, but my prayers went no highor
too
quiok.
I
havo
no
time
to
say
a
word.
Oh,
to be
poor— and he understood my caso as woll as mortal
than my lips, until I said within myself I wifi do
could. A ll the troublo seemed to be ln tbe hand, knooked qut o f existenoe ln a moment like a cloud.
whatever I am blddon. The power camo again, but
and ho thought ho could savo mo. lie had a father, Oh, I do n ’t soe why I was ever born. I do n’t see
obis, I was as unwilling as ever. I was told that in
and I think his father had a canocr. I wondor what good I ever did on earth, and horo I am taken
loss than o oentury what I then saw, thousands
what beoame o f h im ; 1.think I heard him say he from my frionds and don 't know whether I am going
would see and would bless Qod for. Dut 1 could not
to heaven, or holl, or where I am to stop. Iw a s
hod a canocr— It was just whejo mine w a s /if la m
understand It then, for I could not believo i t My
rig h t Ho Bald ho was going to tako it off, although drowned at sea. I do n’t see through it—if you ban
unknown visitors often made mo acquainted with
tho old man was sixty years old. 1 should like to take me homo and let me talk, you never could do a
matters that were to transpire in tho future. They
know if he mado a hit or a miss of that? if anybody bettor thing. I want to go to New York, or to Phila­
delphia.
often sent me miles awny to attend some sick porwants a good doctor, go to him ; lie’s good, inside*
Bon. I always found them truo, and even then beI was a fool for golug. I went os servnnt with
and o u t I novor had an education, so you must
Ueved they were messengers o f Qod, but had not tho
take this for what it is worth. IIo’b a tall, dark-coin- Mr. kivis and Mrs. Levis— they wero tomlng home,
moral oourage to declare J t Wherefore I am con>lccted, good-looking man. I havo a half-brother in and I was ooming with them. I do n’t know whether
vinccd that multitudes were kept in dafknoss who
'few York. I, always thought I struck my hand thoy were lost or uot— they stood as good a ohnnoo
might havo had much lig h t I was told tho precise
with a hammor, and injured It, and it formed a can- for it as I dliL We were ooming from San Franolsoo
hour o f my doparture, who was to meet mo, and a
oer. 1 should llko to tell the old lody I am well off,' to Now York. The steamer was the George Law,
great many things which I do not remomber at this and i f sho would ouly mourn a littlo loss aJbout me, but her namo was changed. When I got there I
time. I lay down to sleep no night without boing I should be very happy and thankful for i t I don’ t ought to have stayed. jUh, if I oould talk to my
visited by one or more. I was called by somo in.
know whothor Dr. i>e Wolfe ia in Brooklyn or Now friends! 1 havo inet with friends in the spirit worlu,
sane, by othors eocentrio, )>ecauae 1 ventured to tell, York. It’s most four years since I came here, nnd I but they diod when I was young, and I do not care
ot times, what I had seen on(l heard, but daro not
havo nover got a chance to oomo before. I feel as I for them. Oh, I was always doing wrong. I knew
oommunicate to tho public. All my near family did whon I went away—do n’ t know any difference. it was wrong for mo to go there, but some people
oonnectionB are here; therefore 1 have no message to I had not boon in Now York a great while. My na­ never mind what-their own souls tell them.
sond to earth, exoept I give something to mediums, tive placo was Baugor, Me. My name was Charles
You never saw such a sight in all your life— it
they who hovo been appointed as laborers in the H. Davis. I oould talk more if I saw anybody here
was horrible; some of them was sorocching, somo
vineyard o f tholr Master, Qod. Thoy should first te talk te— that Is, friouds, but it’s hard to talk prl
’ raying, oomo crying to their friends. I feel to-day
prove thoso who come to thom, and when satisfied vote matters to strangers. Don’t forget about tho , ust as 1 did that night—that was horrid 1 The sea
they are good and true, they should do whutevor hand, or the dootor, will you 1 -Well, good bye.
looked so black, it wiui ono vast grave to mo. I
they are requested to do, and nover disobey. They
thought I should bo ora iy; I screamed as long aa
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know not how many thousands arc lying in dark­
there was life lu n^, and I meant to. Oh, dear, I
ness beoause o f that disobedience. They know not
did n’ t know as a soul on board got BAved. What
Benjamin
Trefetheren.
how many thousands are Buffering for tho balm from
beoome o f tho capCaiu ? He camo along to me, and
I, too, oome to prove there is o life beyond ths I said, is there any danger? He said, wo are on the
the spirit life, which this disobedience will deprivo
grave
I
Years
have
passod
away
since
I
was
hero,
them of. , I pity them, for I know well how muoh
vorgo o f eternity, but trust iri God. Oh, dear, how
they will Buffer when thoy como to the spirit homo. but I have children in your oity-^hildrcn to whom sweet those words sounded. I got hold o f a ohair,
I
am
often
drawn,
and
to
whom
I
havo
often
sought
but it sank at once, I don’t know why. The next
They who perform their work cheerfully will reoeive
a orown of rejoioiug; they who perform it grudging, to manifest; to-day conditions, thauk Him who rules, moraeut I stood ri^ht over tbe water. I did n't see
aro fit for mo to oomo—and, oh, if I givo them but auytbing-of tha wreck except pieces Boating, and I
hypoorlto te smooth over my words, and I must, if I ly will find this country a dull one. I speak from
----- Wilkinson, .Oal,
experience, knowing that Qod will not deal partially; one word, may it give them ligh t; may it savo thetu said, Oh, dear, deal1, here I am without my body, ond
talk at all, show my own colors.
a world o f sorrow. I bear tho samo slrnamo os the that is in tho water 1 I always hated being drown*
. • I don’ t know but what I am intruding. At your
About ten years ago I lost my wife and ohild. My and as I suffer, others must suffer also. They should
last session, my friend G6oding spoke of me to you. wifo was an A theist; she was brought up s o ; her oleo take care qf their physical forms, knowing that one you havo just spoken to. Benjamin—yes, that ed. I’m going aWay after 1 leavo here, but I have
He gavo my namo as' Wilkins—it is Wilkinson. J father and mothor were so before her. and they were power Is first given to the form, beforo it can be g iv ­ wus my first namo. 1 left a wifo and ohildren, and been ou corth ever sinoe. I know I can't talk te my
don’t know well how ta oontrol your medium, al charitable people, always doing good—but they were en to those around. You havo a crowd o f spirits 0 largo 'Ctrolo of frien d s Oh, I would gladly oom- folks, I know it— I wish I oould.
though 1 have been trying to initiate myself into tho Atheists—and my wife inherited all their virtues. hero to-day, many who dwell in the Bpheres of wis­ mune with them all, but I cannot I cap only'scud
There was one perfect old devil I sa w ; sho seemed
them
o
key—
they
must
tako
it,
unlock
their
souls,
mysteries for tho post four hours, and you will par­ While Bho lay sick, a great many churoh people vis­ dom, somo in the Bpheres b f love, and some who are in
to bo thinking she was going to bo saved, ond she
don me i f I do not do as well as others. I shall give ited her. She had given very freely to the ohurch, spheres of unhappiuess. I am neithor happy nor and let me in. 1 have long been standing by their was getting all tlio'monoy she could get hold of. She
doors,
but
have
not
had
t^o
power
to
knook.
I
got all 1 had, and'slio picked up all she could, for the
you faots, if nothing more. I am desirous to oom- beoauso they called upon tier for oharity. She had unhappy. To-day I oomo here to receive my first
munioate, not for myself, but for some one else, who as muoh monoy os was necessary, and gave them In lesson in communing with earth’s children. I have would havo my children give me opportunity to rest wore throwing it away, and tied It round her.
speak
to
thom
alono.
I
can
give
thom
counsel
—1
Sho-hod no fear of death; all she cared for was to
.w a s my murderer. I was one o f the unfortunate ch arity; thoreforo she had plenty o f callers, for they loQg been wishing to oome to earth, but could not,
oan guide them over -this rough boo. I long to ilft
party my friend was of, and foil almost at the same wanted .to bring her over te their faith.
But because I had not power. It was a blessing with­ their souls abovo that whioh I know will bring them get money. But I saw her sink, for she had so muoh
about her.
moment with my friend Gooding. I feel vory anxi she told them she had always dono proper and had held me, beoause I withheld blessings from thoso in
death. But I must prove myself— they must know
I havo relatives ln Boston, folks in Now York and
ious to oommunicate with my friends, but am most done nothing te morit such a doom as they promised earth life.
Who I am ore.they believo me— that is well. A fow
Philadelphia; they were poor. I always worked out
anxious to como to tho man who suffers more holl h e r ; that sho did not fear for the futuro, and they
I had a dame in earth life, that name was Jackson
years ago I oonsidered I had much timo to live for a living, had plenty of money ond clothes, and
than he knows what to do with. I was shot at could do her no good. Well, what do you suppose I Leonard. I belonged in a tqwn which bears another
on earth. But alas 1 how little man knows about when I wanted to work I did.
Springors, Stockton, Cal. I feel as though I had heard.the next Sunday after she died? Why, the nanio than it did when I was here. Then it was
himself— to-day ho is well, and to-morrow ho hus
Well, tell my folks I’ ro comc, and that I suppose I
much to do on earth, vet I don’t ' know how long I minister warned people te fleo from tho holl she hod oallod Wauneseo, and was in tho southern cart of
passod on, whoro mortals seo him no more.
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shall bc better off some time.
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March 19.
Bhall be obliged to work ore I find myself in a happy gone to, and they even went so far as to say that my tho State.
M a reh ll.
Thus you see how ucccssary it is for man to be
Btato. I did not expcot to be so soon hurried into the littlo infant, which nover know sin, had gone with its
always preparing for heaven— to bo always ready to
spirit world. I was prepared to dwell in earth-life, mother! My God 1 i f I ever wanted to wring anybo-!
Qoorge Currier.
Solomon Peele.
leave this mortal form.
but wholly unprepared for the spiritual world. Now, dy’ s neok, I wanted tp that minister’s. I always af­
My name was Georgo Currier; I lived in AmesDo you oare whd* comes ? I don’ t know what te
My children are failing to do it— my children aro
i f the authorities will look at the whole matter and ter that did all the harm I oould to tho churoh, and
soy much; they axed mo te como, and thore was devoting their wholo time to this lifo ; and I would bury. I’ vo got friends there that I am anxious to
probe it to the bottom, they will deal leniently, with when they camo where I was sick, I told them to go
plenty of help here, so that a body who can’t do havo them give a small portion o f their time to manifest to. I have, been from earth some time, but
the poor unfortunate— my murderer. I do not yet away from me or I would get iip-and put them out if
what they want to, oan got help. 1 had to get help truth, whioh will guide them home. Home! how sweet cannot telryou the exact time, or year either. I ,
see him in their power, and to day I come to set him I had strength ; and I return with the samo hatred
beforo I got here. My namo was Solomon I’eele. I that word Bouuds, even on oarth 1 But how much was yourife when I left, Boino tweuty-twe or twentyfree ;, as free as I am able to do. He will suffer to all suoh people. I have found I was in error in
used to live in Boston, in Belknap Btreet Last sum­ more sweet.when the spirit goes to its home, where three year# old. Now if you want to do a fellow a
enough, and Qod has undoubtedly sent a good angel regard to njy own belief; and I consider myself a
mer I died there—in 1867; got sick with o fever. there is peace. Horo a man is placed that he may good jub; you will please publish this In the paper.
to inform him o f h is Bin, ere now, and I do not wish fool for novnnveatigating naturo, and finding out by
I suppose the old folks at Amcsbury would think
My folks believe spirits come and I been there, and prepare himself with a light to guido him home.
him to suffer by law. I always was against capital her what was the nature o f life after doath. But the
they axed me to como here. You sells a paper— Kuowing that this is nut their home, how neoossary tlio devil had come, if they should Bee mo walking
punishment, and I am still against Tt A friend ohurch put a damper on all my aspirations, and hin. they buys it every new one that oomes.. My wifo it is that they should not cumber themBolves eutirely about A great many of the peoplo never went out
onoe said to me, Wilkinson, If you were to 'b e mur­ dered me from doing, what I would hovo done, in takes in washing; 1 used to saw wood,'shake car­ with things o f this world.'
o f the smoke of their own chimneys. They are good
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dered you would feel differently about this. But I time, had it not boen for her.
, - - - pets, and wos bandy at anything. -.Tell her ehe bet­
Thus i viow my children. I would not have it so. p«(jplo, but they form opinions, and its hard to turn
have been murdered, and 1 havo not altered in my
I have no near relatives on earth; I was born in ter stay there; she wont get no better plaoe. 8he They havo medium powers; tell them to go alono theQk I have been there, aud tried to manifest
opinion. It looks like taking Qod’s work in your England—oame to this oountry when quite small, wants me to get a medium to go there, but I can’ t__ and sit, and.I will givo them proof of my coming. I spoke once through a child, a littlo girl, and other
own hands, and saying to Him, Qodj you are not and I died in Qalvcston, Texas, after having livod tbey wont go with me—somebwly oan do i t I am 1 con tell them many things 1 cannot givo you. times I have tipped things over— that’s what yoa
competent to award proper punishment. I do not thore some time. All I hove to soy in oonolusion is, happy as I oan be now—everybody ronnd mo thinks Pardon mo in my manner, for this is my first time cnll oommunioating. Thore are tluae or four plaoe*
think he should be allowed to go free, until he can that my wife is not woiling in hell nor singing in I'm just as good os they bo, and I’ m happy—can’t of coining. Good day.
there where spirits do come. I I R n k I oould de
March 12.
restrain his passions,— but his life should be spared hcavou, but is o n o f't h o brightest angels in the wis­ see no more happiness. 1 got a chance to oomo here
good to the peoplo there, i f they oould let mo oomc^
him.
1 was ono of thoso straight individuals who alway*
dom cirole. She is far above me. I am traveling on to day—I prayed to Qod the last thing before I died
Levi S . Trefetheren.
IV a s pi hard case on earth, but I have determined towards her, and tho ouly thing which keeps mo — to bo happy. God knows how to tako oaro of
I really oannot tell why I havo been called heft do what they undortake to do. I believe I oould
since I oame here, to do differently. I eau do so, for from her is this old grudge I owe tho churoh. Th 6 folks better than they kuow how to. I had to work this afternoon. I havo no disposition to return and have sealed a mecting-houec, if jt had been neoesI find things different with me. I have' no temper only way I can rid myself o f it, is to come back and hard Bometimes, and was sick Bometimes. Never commune, none ot alL -One who seerus to have b.en sary^ You are a printer, are you ? I wout to the
now. I have no desiro to do wrong—that seems to fight it ou t I knew my wife possessed all aq angel went te Bchool in ray life—had no larniu’— had confounded ln regard to my name has called me here
rin te r’B trade onco, aud they called me “ the deviL”
have passed, away with tho conditions whioh sur­ need possess, and then te have her publicly sent to everything to hinder me—could n’ t lorn. I- Can to-day, for whot purpose I scarce!^ know. To bo
don’ t kuow but what you printers are good fellow*,
but they usod to play somo jokes on me. They used
rounded me on earth.
.
heli, and I must hear that sentence 1 I did not look’ ' remember baok thirty years; never lived anywhere suro, 1 hovo dear fi-iotids on earth— those whom I
Now I have some friends in Dayton, Ohio. I don’t at it calmly ; I was told something was going to -bo but in Boston. I want my folks to be happy— to would gludly benefit, woro it in my [rawer; but I seo to cat my dinners for me, (I used to carry them in a
know wbctbor they believe in this thing or no. I road concerning my wife, and ouriosity led me to go have them kuow about me, and that I como to them, no wuy by .which I may benefit them. However, tho pail theu) and mako me ory— but I was young th en ;
know tbey did not when last I saw them. But if there. My sorro&was enough witboulTs'Qch a sting and try to muke them know It Tell them to be time may como when I may seo iny way clear, and when I got older 1 did not allow people, to aot *o,
they wish to hear from me, and will call for me, I as they added to u. As I said before, If there is o happy—that they'll get along well enough. I’ve got then I shall doubtless do my duly. My name was uulcss they let mo knock them ofer.
I did not live in Amcsbury nil tho timo— I was in
shall be happy to meet them, if they glyo mo an in­ personal devil, I believo he was made cspeoially for a bluck ekin—God gave It to mo, and everybody Levi B. Trefetheron. I have beeu in spirit-life about
strument such as now I havo to operate upon. I do them— they deserve it, - and I hopo they will get all treats me wcil hero'; they did n’ t use to treat me nine years, and, as 1 Baid, I have had uo disposition Newburyport, and I lived iu Troy, N. Y., a while.
not want them to oall upon mo from mere ouriosity, the punishment :they m erit Now, if thero Ib one o f well en earth always, but it warn’ t my fault that 1 lo returu to earth Until to-day. An oid man I used Tell the peoplo there Is plenty o f ohanoe for me to ‘
for then I might not be able to give them tho truth, the rascals dare say a word against this, I will do all was blaok. I ’m happy here, though. Good bye, to work fo r oame and importunod mo to come this af­ como* there, if thtfy will give mo a help. Just a I
without a mixture o f error; but i f they ask me to I con to answer him.- I have thrown off tho top of now.
ternoon. Uo told mo it was my duty bo to d o ; but why came hero, 1 saw old Joo Morrill horo— he used to
March 11.
■come honestly and for good purposes, I shall be very my feelings against those who aro willing to damn
1 couuot sec. I served an apprenticeship with him. live in Amcsbury, and was a mechanic.
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March 13.
happy to do so. I f they sincerely asltfor truth,! can everybody but their own frionds, but nover sent one
lie told me he had oommuncd with you. - Ilis name
William Cady.
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o f them to hell. I f they don’t trouble this, perhaps
give it to them.
is Charlos Ilardy. I canuot say that I havo no wish
Well,
I
’spose
you’d
as
lief
have
me
as
anybody
else,
The circumstances o f my death wore these: I got I ’ ll oomo again and give something different
to bonefit my friends cn earth— I cannot Bay I have
Mary Dill.
seeing as you oan’t help yourself. Now I don'tknow
M arch 11.
into a quarrel with soveral people, and mv friend
forgotten them, but my tl ine to return and com­
Seven months ngo I camo to y o u ; sinco that time
but
I’ve
as
good
a
right
to
come
as
anybody,
and
I
Gooding undertook to defend me, and wo both got
mune with them has not yet oome. 1am satisfied of I havo never been ablo to see you, nnd now I want to
don't know but you’d as lief bave me as anybody.
Bhot, and several others were wounded, for I saw
Jac&son Leonard.
this, fur 1 assure you, my dear friend, I am Wholly know why you pained by me, when bo many other*
Do you know m e? Well, I don't think yon ever did.
them full at .the timo. I do not know, how to go to
uuprepared to coino here to-day, but I shall give you ore cared for ? 1 told you who I was, and what I
Prayer may be said to be one o f tho channels
work to mako you sensible of the truth I have given through which a superior power ofttimes sends bles­ I’ve got something.to do, that's a sure thing.
truth, as far as truth is. It seems they simply wish wanted, and you wrote it nil down, but I heard noth­
" Oli,7ordan Is a lianl road lo travel I”
you, .but it may have been chronicled ln the Saora- sings to the dwellers in an earthly sphere. Prayer
me te como here and give some fucts relativo to my­ ing from you. I toid you my body wos underground,
Did you Over know that ? So do L‘ Whon I get self, and stato why I have not been to oommuno. I in a partof your city, called thcGrancry burial ground.
meuto Daily Union, o f which I was a subforiber. I ’11 is the uprisiug o f the spirit—the superior part of
so
I
can
run
your
machine,
I’ll
talk
glib
enough.
oome te you again. Qood day.
March 7.
havo giveu my reason. The timo will doubtless como Directly at the head o f my grave you will find a
man going out to its Creator and asking certain bles.
sings o f that Creator. Tho soul o f man is the altar, The fhet is, I was particularly requested to come here when 1 onn give'positive proof pf my coming, but the small willoi* tree, so low that tho branohes kiss the
to-day.
Now
i
f
you
will
lot
me
aot
myself,
I
shall
'R obert Stanwood, London.
time is not y e t I do not find things as I expected grave. I go 'thero often, and I ought ^o know o f it. ’
and his thoughts tho incense. I f they be holy and
I come because requested to. It is now nigh ante truo they shall come up as an acceptable offering to prove myself.; but if you don’t, I shall make, a bad here— nothing is as I expeoted i t 1 might givomany 1 have been past that ground many times, and I om
. things in regard to m y‘ earth-life, for I see many
ten years since I went away, and it seems to me, I Jehovah. But if they aro fashioned in the crucible job of i t
suro o f the place. I saw the message I gave yoa
Well, my name is William Cady. That’s it— write things 1 did not lik e ; but the timo is uot y e t Now when you woro looking over some papers the other
might havo been called for ero this. My kindred o f self-righteousness, thou sh a ll thoy fall baok to tho _
that
down.
Some
o
f
my
friends
said,
Bill,
go
to
the
I
am
hero
to
satisfy
ouriosity.
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are not believers iu that whioh seems to be oreatlng altar from whence they came, and be consumed b y ’
day. I think It Ib seven raonthB ago to day that I
There seems to bo a mixing up of things—4 oloud v came. That’s tbo -time. Will you try. to find i t
so great a sensation in the old and new w orld; but the embors o f eelf-righteouBneBs. Prayer, at the pre­ Bonner of Light, ond talk, and if you do that, we will
bolieve
you
come
hero.
My
friends
live
In
Lowell;
passing over my natural life, and it seems I am to Then good bye.
they have said this m u c h i f I would come here and sent time, is a mere form, cold and dead, unanimat­
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Jan. 80.
state foots in relation to my death and life, giving ed by the spirit—unlike its Creator. To-day a thou­ got anything to soy about that ? I don’t mean to raiso that oloud, a n d ' stand forth os I om and as I
The assertion that this spirit co me to ns seven
have
you
understand
my
relations
are
all
in
Lowell.
was. That I am willing to do, but I am satisfied my
m y name, &o., ami stating that I was requested to sand prayers aro going forth and falling back again,
They ore soattorcd round herc ji n d thore— somo of time has not.yet oomo to commune. I have given months ago, aud gave us the story she alludes to, Il
come, they would believe, without a shadow o f doubt; from whence they came, bringing uo message, bear­
them
are
thero.
Now
i’ro
been
dead
sevon
years
you proof enopgh o f me, but I will give you more. I correot, but the pcrson wo sent to discover it' h u
ing nothing to tell they have been higher than man’s
therefore I am here.
next July, if this is 1858. I suppose I must toll you worked for Hardy in 1810—cull for him, and he will
Something'liko thirty years ago I was in Boston own m in d ., Now i f maTfwould pray in spirit and in
not been able te find tho grave alluded to. Time
how
I
camo
here.
I
got
drunk;
how
does
that
suit
tell you I am true. Ho has made himself acquainted
in body, nover but once. My native, plaoe I shall truth, ho must lay aside all self-righteonsness; ho
y o u ? It was a ooat of my own making, nnd I did with the matter, and said here, Go there nnd give it, mAy have thrown a mantle o f moes above it, and wo
call London. From tlmt place has come up the call must oastout all that pertains to unrighteousness;
not liko it after I mado it. I died o f delirium tre­ and no more, i f you feel it is not you r duty to do publish tho message at our own risk, thinking it
to me.’ Little did I think, thirty years agone, that I ho muBt offer tlmt prayer in all humility o f soul and
mens ; folks said it was fever, but it wob not so, it more.' He was lu ; Portsmouth, N. II. I served o may meet a response in some heart
should be doing my best to speak through some ether ln tho full belief it will be answored. We who have once dwelt upon earth, to-day return waa a long way off. A fellow has something said long appreticcship there. You uuderstaud mo? That
body than my own- at- this time, in this city ; but
o f him three times—when ho is born, when he gets is all 1 see fit to givo' at present, for namos 1 havo
strange and mysterious things are every day occur­ to find many thousands at prayer, and out o f the
M E SSA G E S R E C E IV E D ,
married, and when he dies. When he dies he ought given you. Good doHr.
March 12.
ring. Now if you are ready tyr my facts, I will give many thousands we find a little few whoso prayers
to
hear
tho
truth
of
himself.
Whioh
will
bo published in tho order in which
will save those thousands. Yoa, in tho great modern
them.
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I don’t find things here as I expootcd to. - I can’t
they are placed below. Oitr readers will see by the
Eliza Sheldon.
My name was Bobert Stanwood. I was a silver Sodom there are enough holy and true to save tho
do exactly as I wish here; somebody holds a oncck.
smith by trade—worked many years at the business whole. Darkness seems te be hovering around your
Somo months ago lcutne to you, or rather to a number we publish eaoh week, that-w e ore some
rein up above. I never knew what it was to be siok
and derived much o f this world’s goods therofr6in, c it y ; ond man must sqck to purify bimBclf qs au in­
friend who was present hero with you. To day I four weeks behind rccopticn in^ publication. As fast
muoh ; but when I came here, I felt a littlo siok in
and am well known in Loudon. 1 was seventy«two dividual ere he can expcct to find peace; era he can
have been pormitted to return again to communo as wo print them, wp shall eraee tho names from the
the upper region; but if I had got rum Out o f me, I
years o f ago when I went away. It was suppos * * expcct to quell tho raging tempost Therefore let
with those dear to me. My name was Eliza Sholdou.
should have been nil right.
.
died hy reason o f grief occasioned by loss o f preper- cach ono commence the work at home. Let no bouI
You will remember I oame with my friend ShilJaber. head o f this list, aud add to tho cad thoso we reoeive
Well, the fulkB said If I would como hero and give
ty, but it was a mere supposition ana no reality, for reach out tho hand te savo his brother’s soul, until
Do you wonder that I return again? 1 havo ohil­ each week, up to tho timo o f going to press:—
my name, dco., thoy would believe i t Now thore are
dren, dear ohildrou, who are walking in darkness—
suoh was not the fa ct My disease wns what you his own salvation is seoure. For God in His wisdom
James Finlaytcr, llichard U. Crowniugshleld,
poople there o f the same namo—put that down, will
who know not*of this light which Is now ready to John Moore, John Saunders, Andrew IVinu, Janie*
New Englanders would oall consumption, and doubt­ hath placed a mirror in cach man’s soul, whereby he y o u ? Now I ’ll pack for home.
Maroh 12.
burst upon them. And a husband too—te him I 8m ith ,------ InchcB, Wm. Kobinson, Joseph Leonard,
less it was induced by. inhalation o f metal while I can seo all that is impure. When he finds the sur­
worked a C my trade. I have relatives o f $ e tsame face pure and clear, then let hiifi go fortb-to sivo his
como in tbe still hours o f night, whon all nature is
William Henry Clark, Aunt llutb, Jonathan, to his
Charles
H.
Davis.
hushed in slumber, aud strive te make myself known, friond Winslow, ltev. Dr. Ifcnjnmln Langworthy, Wm.
namo carrying on tho samo business in Lohdon.. They neighbor, but not till then offer that which ho deems .
I am a littlo disappointed at not meeting my but ho fails to put himself in a condition so that I King, Joseph Emerson, llarroy Burdcll, Harriot Linrequested me to say whether 1 died at home or away. oomcth from his Qod, but whioh oomes only from his
friends hore. They aro in New York, and I have oan do so.
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I died at home in London, but not In my own house. sordid soul.
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scot, Addison Phillips, William Gray, John Gillespie,
Near 100 years ago I was on earth; I dwelt In a Just learned this is Boston. They d on ’t know any­ ' Ob, tell him to cast oway all that which troubles Charlotte Howard, Henry Clay, Itoubon Willoy, Adas*
The number o f my children was four, number on
earth, one—three with me. Their ages rate' all tne darkened temple. -There were no windows in that thing about my coming, but I have been very anxious him. Tell him to believe in on age of lig h t; fifty Ellas 8mith, William Livingston, Cliaunooy Booth,
way from forty-eight to, I think, thirty-one—I bo. temple, and my soul never saw the sunlight, until it to come ever since I went away. ' You ree I hod o years ngo this light wos not seen, and those who Rebecca Itice, Johu E. Thayer, II. Wright, William
lieve— that is to say they would havo boen, the young­ had fled from that earthly temple. I havo many cancer on toy hand; they took it off, and I don’t liko passed away, went down in ignoranco o f it, but you Homans, Hubert to Massa Pratt, John IV!mborton,
William I ’arsons, Mrs. Macombor, Ilobcrt Uranom, .
est about thirty-ono. my oldest forty-eight or forty, times sought to return to earth anu send some mes­ to see it where it Is. I oan go see it, for th ey keep havo the great blessing, and should not despise i t
ninej, .1 have long wanted to satisfy my friends m sage to those 1 bear relation to. I consider m yself n it In a large glass globe, ana I don’ t like- i t You Teli him to guide In love my children; to exercise Ellen Beok, Capt. John Coffin, Fred. Barker,. Mnnr .
regard to this thing, but never oould. When the relative,'of not only a few, but o f the human family see the dlflioulty commenced on the baok o f the that power over them whfdhJs lovo, and nevor think I’eake James Tebbctts, Capt. John Ilauson, Elder
medium, Mrs. Hoyden, was in London, I sought hard in general, and I owe that family a debt, and I oan­ hand, and I was told if it was taken off I oould live. to guide them in any other way. They are sur­ Bisbeetdiokn Hubbard, Samuel Parsons, F. A. Jones, ,
to do well through- her, but novor oould.- M y family not rest .until it be paid. God and his angels In my I had it done, and in one year another oommesoed rounded by temptations on overy hand, and i f thoy JomesBiliings, John Serrnt,Kachol,Elirabeth French,
visited her, many o f them without.anooes*; although earthly Ufe Said unto mo, Go forth and fear nothing, in my throat I told them te bury my band with are. to bo saved, love must be their saviour. And Ann Carl, Cnpt. James' Boll, Nanoy Burke, Daniel.
I consider har one' o f tlie finest instrument* in your aridsavoall the souls you oan. I said, I/>rd, I w ill. me, and I want to know why they have not done it ? Ellen, dear Ellen—she who stands where I used to— Goss. John Whito, Dcaoon David White, Charles Dixt „ . .
land, and am unable te ncoount for m y failure. - My go, but 1 inust: go in mine own w ayfM iuet preach I'll tell you why it troubles m e ; I have got a mother, tell her to be faithful and true; that no nnklnd Danforth Nowcomb, Charlos II. Davis, Win. DeClare,
friends eoy, tell us i f we ever went to a modlum. in m y own way. and go to heaven in my own way. and (he it oonstantly reminded o f me and mjr trouble word sho hears is unknown. te but—that she does Laura Simonds, William Gordon, John Sheldon, Job*
Merton, Mary te Mory Wilson,
That I have already answered. I will go farther, and- B u t, Qodwould not aooept my way, and I saved no by aeeing that hand; and there It is now ju st aa not lio down, nor rise, bat some U nd angel stands Torr, Wm. Bent, —
o n e o f tronble as1ever,. and I don’i
like i t near. Tell her to overcome Jier- sorrows, that In John H. Barker. Wm. IL Hoskins, Fathor Durand
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say the number who went were four—n o t aty one * o u l; a h d t i i u s l owe tM human family a great muoh a N _____________
_ off In point o f slokneM, bat when time they may be orowni o f joy to her in the spirit John Williams, Peter Goode, Levi Woodbury, Jam#*
time. I know this, for I was there and s a w b y the debt, whioh, God helping me, I mean to’ pay. 1 sup­ I am well enough
B. Thorne, Elia* Smith, Jamea Fogne.
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arthI «ee that, and I don’t lik r ll Now Ihome.
aid o f the lady, medinm.
pose 1 . jr«f a
|br the n r y manifestations I oom
f
but soon quarreled, and ArmatWn g« nUmp,mU,
language drew upon him tbcreproofof hlaempU.yer,
this bo incensed tho passionate youth, that he re­
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elegies
And quoted ode*. and Jowels lire wordi-long,
That on tho itretchod fore finger or«ll Tim*,
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' with Paradise tho world began—
A world of love and sadnoss;
It'i beauty may bo turn'd bymnn,
With all Ills crime and madness; .
Yet 'tli a brave work (till, lo v o brlngi
A sunshine (or tho dreary;
W ill all our strifh, sweot reit bath " ins*
To fold o'er hcarts’ aweary.
Th® aun, In glory I"1* *
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•To-day cllrnl* up heaven'* bosnm i
Tho fluwera upon tlio Jeweled s«d
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I d sweet lovo lessons blownn,
Aa radiant of Immortal youth,
And beauty as,ln Kden. Tll‘"
Believe me—'’ tl" a riol.U- truth—
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God'a world la worthy better men
.e.^ 7 history of our ••ncmles, we
If we could road ihe ||fu .orrow and lufferiug «mough
•tiould And In each man *
to disarm all hoaiUHy-—Loa^ *KLU> *
Uy the Acid or by the l"’“ nh'
Clty'stivet. or mnuntll*n , 'ld•
HI* among the trlbea of earth
Fearful witness^ for uud ,
Ivor roan, let not lit-', oppressions
M id thy soul t<>craft or c la y jllch man, let not (treat pos.esslons
Bciul theo sorrowful away
Front the covenant of thy youth
Mado with liberty and truth.
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True man. whcrosoo'er thou art,
' In the Senate, in tho throng,
Up and do thy dauntloss part
Kow against the nearest wrong—
For the days of generations
That must heir wliat wo havo d o n o For the heritage of natlona
Promised long, but stlll'unwon—
For that kingdom all vlctorioua
On whoso coming faith dopends—
For tho rust that shall be glorious
In Ui shadow—forward, frlcndi I
Fbahcib Baowxa.
In the hrlght of your prosperity, expect adversity, but
f^ r It not; If H como nut, you aro-tho moro aweetly poaKtl4cd of the happlnoii you hav?<. and tho more "‘ rongly
confirmed; IfH comu, you are tho moro gently disposed, and
the moro firmly prepared.
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Olve mo the man a ia friond ,.nda neighbor
Who tolls at-tho loom—with the spade or tho ploughWho wins Ills diploma of manhood by lalwr,
And purchases wealth by the swoat of Ills brow.
Why iliould tho broadcloth alono be respected?
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And the man In despised who In fimthin appears?
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Whilo tho angels in heaven have thoir limbs unprotected,
You can'tjudgo a luau by the coat that lie wears.
Ai ho that can revcngo an Injury, and will not, diicovcra a
great and magnanimous fool; ao ho thut can return a kind­
ness, and will not, shows a mean aix^coutemptible spirit
Unfit for grcAtneit, 1 hor snares defy,
And UhiU on rlctius wjlb unulntod eye;
To otliem let th«.gllU’ rlng baubles fall.
Content shall place ub fur above lliem all.
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C iiu b c b il l .
If It la not permitted ub to believo all things, we can at
least hopo llioui. Despair Is Infldullty and deathl—Wuit Tiia.
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turned to his mother, and refuse* to enter tho office
vMain. Sho was in despair, her means were quite
ta.dequM .fcr LU support, and his father had per-
Jomt H. b n iin a . Tranco •BpeaMntf Had B e rin g Medium, I iPTmi *■Ka-'wi'’ o Y ' B B A B O N ," A K D 'SfeXBXV
.; No. 120 Newbury atroet,I*wronoe,Ma»a.';
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ftppared for tho Bauuer of Light,
OmpUtf Record t f
n i ^ e JMerdufi\
i ^ t o t w g , t l i e t r t M o fS p i r U u a t u n u ^ ,
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objocli to falflll In tho‘■Ago of Hcaloh,",
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Bpeaaing anu n o im g mow
| W *U c f them designed to advanco tho philosophy of Bplp.
Philadelphia, ra.
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/ , , r " [iro r series.]
II. K' Btobib , Tranoe Bpeaking Medium. Addreis New I
xbe flfnt of ilieee ^ to flirtn a new channel tlirough
IUTen,Conn.
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Iwhlchthe nuinerouiand frequently marvellous eureiperIom
icom
po|edof201ottors.
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hind with hia ship .at sett John had offended all
. 0. H. Foitkb, Rapping, Writing and Hoallng Test ilodlum, |f(,rtne<j. by Mojtloms may be published without oxponte to
. My 19, 8, 8, 1, 6, is a philosophical recipe to grow No; 4 Turner street, Salem, Mail.
.
I them. ,Tne aeoond, to chronicle tho addroea of evory succes*.
her licit friends.
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n.minit U Itiot Tranco'Bpeakihg and Healing Modlum, ful Hpallng Medium .throughout tlieUulled Btates endelae'
jjut worso wns to como. Happening to meet the fat.
wnfiamivlllo' Kllllncly Conn.
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whero. .Thirdly, to glva an uccount of all tests of BpIriVpow
My .15, 6 ,1 1 ,1 3 , ig that to which the world Ib un- Williams
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lU)n(i. j,,' can, ere, duly authenticated. And. fourthly, to provide, aCtho
young man, wliom, In Ills heated fancy, ho blamed
M b v H.F. Hu m if y ,
®*S,r* . M1U Villauo. N H loweat possible price, suoh pithy and pointed exoerpta o f thy
oeajslngly
journeying.
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May
be
addressed_at
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apor
Mill
YUlaKa
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ost dlrcctly
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for tho failure o f his jnorcautile prospects, John
Bpirit conlmuJlol'
communion, „aa ^
most
directly illuslnTti
lllutiral*
H. N. n ti.r.n n, Locturor and Healing Modlum,, Burilng- and enforce ita groat bcnoOts and ita renovating truth*. And
My 7., 1 7,19, 20,' is tho chicf dim o f man.
A rm stro ng accused him in gross terms of slander
with
this
exposition
of
its
purpoBoa,
nud
thi^assurance
that.
ton, Vt, . 1■
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My 1 9 ,1 7 ,3 ,2 0 , is a creature o f arlstoorney, and
L. K. CpOHiir, Tranco Bpeakor, may be addreaaca.al UU* It will guard Ita readers agulntt all attempts nt quackery or'
and falsehood; nnd when his oharges were indig'
extravngaote o f any kind, we ciminond tho "Ago of Reaion"
office.
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imntly repelled, ho, with sudden fury struck a blow, cannot exist in democracy.
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to your patronage.
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which tho next minute ho .would havo givpn a kingMy 1 ,1 7 ; 1 0 ,7 .3 /IS,is a mighty agent forggod and
Prico, Invariably In advance, 60 ccnts per annum. It will
be Issued on the ISth of oach month, commencing on the 18th
tn rccall.
w^nll. Armstrong
Arinstrnnor was a powerful youth,
youth, ovil.
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dom to
^ n m iu n u n t s .
o f March, printed on fine papor, and will be mnds worth pre­
My 1 2 ,1 6 , 8, is tho Asiatic clement in our war o f
serving..
- Pubilshod by JOHN BCOTT 4 CO,
liis friend was in ill-health, and the shock o f thut
No. 0 Boach Btroet, Now York.
B O S T O N T H E A T R E .—Tupiia* Dairy, Lessee and
blow, lcvellod at tho sido o f the ncck, brought on a Independence. ■ 1
Manager; J. B. Whioht, Aailitknt Manager. Parquette, . All Ilcallsg Medium* throughout tho United Btate*.and •
My 1 8 ,3 ,4 ,1 4 , is a lovely bcroine»of saored his­
Balcony, and First Tier of Boxei; 60 centa; Family Circle, Canada are earnestly requested to send their names and at),
stupor o f the head, whioh ended in death; th'o agony
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March's
25 cent*; Amphtthoatre, 15 cent*. Door* open a t 6 1-2 dres* for publication, witb referoncoi.
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o f rcmorso and grief in whioh Armstrong was.sud tory.
performances commenco at 7 o'clock.
RTON'8 REMEDY FOR FEVER AND AGUE. FOR
My
16,
6
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1
3
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4;
11,
is
tho
name
o
f
a
saored
poet.
denly plunged by this event, is not to bo described.
convenience of transportation and sending hy mail,
My 18, 3 ,1 1 ,1 2 , isan a t m o s p h e r i o orohomlcal ef* H O W A R D A T H E N jS J U M —Bole Leuee ond Mana­ and ihlpplng to warm climates, thia Remedy is put np dry.
Tho scales fell from his eyes. Ho saw, too late,
ger, Jacob Babbowj Stage Manager, Hbxbt W ailack. Each small package or. box contains twonty-ibur pills—
Doors open at7 o'elook; Commence* at 71-2. Dreaa Boxos, enough, generally, for one person for tho season.
the danger of passion. A prison—a silent, solitary feoton m cta L
75 centa i Circle Boxei arid Parquette, 60 cent*; Orchostra
Price, per box, $1. Frice, per dozen, $0. Filco, per groM,
My 2 0 ,1 5 , 0 J 3 , 5, » phase o f oreatiofl that is, and
cell—forced labor, and all tho horrors o f penal servi­
Chair*. 75 cent*-, Upper Boxes, £5 cent*; Gallery, 15«onta. $90. Quarter gross packages will hereafter be supplied to
yet
is
n
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tude, formed this young man’s entrance to life, while
tho trade, at $ 21.00.
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This popular medlolne aeta Homoeopathlcally, acconling .to
B O B T O N M U S E U M .—Door* opon a te o'clock
My whole is a Spiritualistio Motto.
his brother was beloved, rcspected,'and prosperous.
fonnancea'commence at 7. Admltslcon 25 conta; Orchei- the law of **Bu iiu a sihiliuus cubamtvb," and spiritually,,
N ew Y obk Cit t . ;
Cobail
And when tho term of his sentence was expired, and
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n . and ltesorved Beats,__
50 cent*. Wednesday and Satur­ furnlihlng.a medluro fbr tho lnilux of healing oEencies, from
tho benevolent sphere* of tho Invisible world. Ita'suceesi is
day Afternoon performances at 21-2 o'dook.
John Armstrong camo forth again a free man, the
believed to be unrivalled, equal, ut least, to that of any other
; fiS T C G U tA -N O .Q .
remembrance of his fatal violence waa still as a
N A T I O N A L T H E A T R E .—Mb. Chahles R. Tbobkx, remody In overcoming tho diseaso; and Bupcrior, inasmuch
I am composed (# 1 3 lotters.
Leueo. Pricoa of Admlislon—Boxess25 centa; Roaerved a* It subject* the system to no undue strain, andleavos no
ghost by his side, and walked with him wherever he
Beats60centa; Pit 15ceuta; Gallory 10cents; PrivateBox Injurious dreg* behind It. Usually tho paroxyBniB ofthe dl»My 1, 4, B 11, is a mark.
went. Happy, he never could be more. But he re­
$ 5,'Single Tlckot $1. Door* opon at 7—porformvnce to eaao are terminated st onoo, by resorting to tho remody; but
when tho patient remains expoBod to Die csubcb whioh pro­
My 2, 6, 9 , 6; 18,11, is a man’s name.
commence at 71-2.
solved to bo w iser; and gradually, through tho years
duced the disease, a roturn of It ts not Impossible, and in.
My 8, 6, 6, is a serpentine fish. ^
many case* not Improbable. Under these circumstances, U
that followed, ho conquered the enemy within, until
O R D W A Y H A L L .—Washington Btreet, nearly oppo- should be ‘used moderately as a prophylactic.
My 6, 6, 8 ,1 ,1 6 , is a large town in England. ^ '
alte Old Bouth. Ninth aeaBon. Manager, J. P. Osdwat.
he became as remarkable for self-control, as ho had
A* a general tonlo and restorative in all casea of debility,
Open every evening. Ticket* 25 conta—ohildren half price. especially where Impure mlasmB In the system are tobe suv'
My 5, 2 ,1 0 , l l . is a cardinal point, - ..
formerly been for the contrary. Dreading now all
Doora open at 0 3 4 ; commence at 7 1-2 o’ clock.
peeled, and In all case* of Cover or cachuxyof like origin,
My 9 ,4 ,1 1 ,1 1 ,1 2 ,1 3 , is an unpleasing taste.
temptations to wrath, he met thot irritations, disap­
this remedy may be resorted to with overy prospect of bene­
ficial results. ,
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My 1 0 ,1 1 , 8, 6, 6,-is a hard metal.
pointments, and impediments o f this mortal life, with
Binglo boxes sent froo of postago to any part of the United
My 1 3 ,2 ,1 1 , is a;mischievous animal. r
States, within 8000 miles, on tho rccolpt of $1.00.
humility, remembering his' crim e; with dependence
imr- Principal Depot, No. 6 Great Jones street, New York.
M y whole was a distinguished American states­
.B.OETOH.M.D.
G. A. R bdkak , M. D. Address,
on Divine strength, recalling his own weakness; with
J. R. ORTON, M. D.
man.
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DRS. ORTON AND RED M AN .
A prils
patient firmness aijd-composure, reflecting that every
Office, No. 58 West Twelfth street, botwoen Sixth and
L ono Poih t, la *
N E W A N D H A R M O N X A L R E M E D IE S .
evil it Ught, compared with the ttingt o f a troubled con|Seventh Avenue^ New York.
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B. NEWCQMB, Uealing Medium, associate of Dr. C. A.
Dr. Redman recelvei calls and gives sitting* Tor testa,
edence, and the memory o f wrong done that can never be
. U ilukbbooi, of Philadelphia, has Rooms at No. 2 Suf­
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April 1ft 1858.
folk Flaee, Bolton. Dr. N. haa no stereotyped medlelncs.—
recalled.
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I am composed) o f l £ letters.
r . OILMAN PIKE, M. D , ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN, Prescriptions nre given by a spirit, formorly an omlncnt Eng­
And so tho passionate boy became a sorrowing
llsb Physician, and inedlclneB-------------------..............
aro propared for every Indivi­
My 3, 4, 6 is a kind o f drink.
>respectfully offers hls Profosslonal aervicea to the oltl; dual caso. Each patient is furnished with a written copy oh
man, and wandered lonely from country to country,
I sens of Boston, aiid the publio gonorelly. Uo may be found full and explicit directions regarding tho mode of life, the ap­
My 6, 8 , 1 3 , 10'is a measure.
all over tho world— os a seaman, a hunter, a back­
pliances of the laws of health, and tho courso of diet and regi­
I for the present at the National House, Haymarkot Square.
My 1 1 ,1 2 , 9 is in the masoulino gender..... »
men best adapted to his or her constitution. LoUcrs con­
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Bept, 18
woodsman, and in various' other characters, even
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talnlng hair to Indicate dlstaso will be anBWored,.wlth a full
My 14, 2 ,1 3 {a a metal.
.FRIENDS OF LIBERTY I LOVERS OF GOOD HEADING 11 cloacrlpUen of tho case, and must contain ono dollarand a
living sometimes w ith 'th o wild Indians as one o f
My 1, 7,' 14 is an animal.
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ibe for
i t IIdeas,
deas, a spicy and orlglsubscribe
fur the SriRnut Ciitt
orlgl-1 postage stamp, to insure a return. Oflico hours from 0 A. IL
themselves. But nowhere, found lio rest for tlie sole
I uni weekly paper, published
at Lowell, Mass., Ihe only Jour-1 to 5 P. M., and 7 to 8F. M. Advlcofreo.
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Ot® March fl
My whole is what none like t O i e i t with.
I nal In New England which manfully battles for the rights o r
o f his foot, and at last he died unknown, unwept, in
r s . l . b. c o v e r t , w r i t i n g , b p e a k in g a n d p e r ­
W orcester , M m ,
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V inom G . B abhabd .
1mechanics and operatives.
s o n a t i n g MEDIUM, No. S5 Bouth street, will ill
an obsourc village in Italy, leaving no other name or
S i 8* Everybody can take. it. Only 60 centa a year; 25
for Communications betwoen tho hours of 9 and 12 A. M. and
cents for six months; 13 centa for three months, ihvabiablx
titlo inscribed in tho distriot register, but “ A Wan­
Q E O Q R A P H IO A L E N IG M A —N O . 11.
■ inadvasob. Addross‘ ‘ EditorBriuiiuCiTT Idea," Lowell, |2 and 10 P. M„ or, If desired, will visit families. Term*
for one sitting, 60 cents.
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I am composed o f 20 letters.
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B . O . & G. O . W I L S O N ,
T Y r OF. WOOD'B BOTANICAL TEXT BOOKS,—Each book I
My 2 0 ,1 2 ,6 ,1 1 ,1 6 ,1 7 , 4 ,1 8 is a town in Turkey.
W IN T E R A N D S P R IN G .
J t completo In Itself, which saves the exponse, as well as W H O L E S A L E B O T A N I C D K U G G I S T B ,
I time required In going through two or three separate books.
My 6 ,1 4 ,1 9 ,4 ,1 0 , 7 ,1 6 is a town in England.
-Nos. 18 A 20 Control st,, noar Kilby sL, Boston, Mass.
An old man was sitting-in -his-lodge, by the side
|MOORE 4 NIM8, Publisher!. Troy. N. Y.
Xp
Apr. 17. 1
Evory variety of Medldiial Root*. Herbs, Barks, Beeds,
My 4 ,1 8 , 7 ,1 4 ,4 ,1 7 ,5 is a oity in Sphin.
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o f a frozen stream. It was the close o f winter, and
Leaves, Flowers, Gums, Resins, Oils, Bolld, Fluid and Con­
N O T IO E .
My 2 0 ,8 ,1 6 , 3 ,1 ,1 4 , 4 is a mountain in Bohemia, . Mbs. E. Bbowh, (formerly at 2M Washington street,) has centrated Extracts, constantly on hand. Also Apothecaries’
his fire was almost out. Ho appeared very old and
Olass W are; Bottles and Phials of evory description; Byrlntaken
rooms
at
No.
7
Elliot
street,
whero
sho
keeps
for
Bale
My s f l , 19,5 iB a mountain in Sioily.
very desolate. His looks wero white with age, and
Spiritual BookB and Paper*, Stationery and Fancy ArUolo*.
gos of all kinds; Medical Books upon tlio Roforraed: Bystem
6
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20,
2
0
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2
is
a
city
in
Thibet.
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Oiaculatino Libbaby.—Historical and Spiritual Books and I of Practico; Brandy, Qln, Wines aud other spirituous liquor*
ho trembled in every joint. Day after day passed
I
Romances,
to
let
by
the
week.
.
I
of
the best quality for medicinal purposes; togethor with a
My 16, 3 ,4 ,4 ,1 8 ,1 6 is a oity in Hindostan.
in solitudo, aud ho heard nothing but the sounds o f
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*■ Goods received to be dyed or oleansed .at Hall’s 1--------*
a great —
variety of miscellaneous
artloles
usually
found at suck
My
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6
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6
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6
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7
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is
a
oity
in
an
establishment.
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PeopTo's Dyo Houso.
the tempest, sweeping before it the new fallen snow.
t f Feb. 47.
Onlors by mall promptly attendod to,
8m Jan. 1C.
Business hours from 2 to 8o'clock P. M.
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One uay, as his firo was ju st dying, a handsome Asia Minor.
HOME FOR THE AFFLICTED.—HEALING BY LAY­
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R O SS & TO U SE Y,
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My whole is a tribe of Indians in Washington Ter-'
young man approached, and entered his dwelling.
ING ON OF HANDS,—DR. W. T. OSBORN, Clalrvoyl aut and Healing Modlum, who has been vory successful in PACKERS AND FORWARDERS OF DAILY AltD
ritory.
J
ohn
S.
Cabnes.
His oheeks were red with tl>o blood o f youth, his eyes
WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS. AND GENERAJi JOBBERS
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curing the slok. treat* with unprecedented success, by the
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OF BOOKB, PUBLICATIONS, 4c.
I laying on of hands. In connection with other hew and InvalN O , 121 N A S S A U S T R E E T , N E W Y O R K .
I uable remedies, all Chronic Dlsoases, such aa Consumption.
E N I G M A —N O . 12.
Fob. 27—t f
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Liver Complaint, Scrofula, Rheumatism, Gout, Neuralgia,
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I am composed o f 6 letters.
Paralysis and neart Complaint Diseases considered lncur.
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My 6,2 , 3 ,6 is a fish.
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ECLECTIC DRUGQIST AND APOTHECARY,
I powerful remedies. Persons desiring board and treatment
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I can be accommodated. Terms fbr an examination at the ofMy 1 ,2 ,2 , o is a name.
I floe, one dollar—by letter, two dollars. Hours from 9 A.M.,
yetr- Spiritual. Clairvoyant, and MoBmorio Prescriptions
My 1 ,3 , 4, 2 la to cut.
to 7 P. M> Rooms No. lift Cambridge street, Boston.
accurately prepared.
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Jan 2.
My 2, 3, 4 is part of tho faoe.
E M P L O Y M E N T O F F IC E A N D R E A L E B ATURAL
ASTROLOGY.—PsorxsBOB
Hose
may
be
found
My 1, 3 , 6,6 is for the dead.
TATE AGENOY,
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at bis residence, No. .13 Osborn Flace, loading (Torn
My whole oroatcd great excitement sometime ago. } Pleasant street, a fow blocks from Washington street, BoBton. NO. 92 SUDBURY STREET, (UPSTAIRS,) BOSTON.
|1 MABY BEMNETT.
Hotels,' Boarding Houses, and Private Families supplied
Ladies and geutlcmen will be favored by him with sueh acPiULADEU'iUA, Pa.
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J. IL
L. P. LINCOLN.
|counts o f their Past, Pbebekt and Fdtobb, aa may be given with reliable help at short notice.
Fob. 27—tf
him in the exerclso of those Natural Powera, with which he
A passionate boy was Johnny Armstrong. Tho
feels
himself
onduwed.
C H A R A D E .­
A N A S Y L U M F O R T H E A F F L IC T E D .
slightest contradiction, oK'thd least difficulty, threw
- jle theu drew from his saok a curiously wrought
I Lettkbs A nswebed.—On recolpt of a letter from any party,
, Jr^udl*' it floata upon the breeze,
HEALING BY LAYING ON OF HANDS.
ondoslng one dollab. Professor Ituse will answer questions
him into a rngo. liis violenco distressed every ono
antique pipe, and, having filled it with tobacco, ren­
ofa bliBlnoss nature. On receipt of thebe dollabs, a full na0. MAIN, No. 7 Davis Btroet, Boston,
Borno by our ship* far o'er the sea*.
about him. When an infant, ono could not wash dered mild by the admixture o f certain leaves, hand­
i tlvlty of tho porson writing will be returned. He only roThose sending locks of hair to Indicate thelrdlBcases, should
My first Is known In many land*,
inclose £ 1,00 for the exam ination, with a le tte r stamp'te
quires name and |llace of rcsldonco.
hlia, dreBS him, or feed him, without angry scenes. ed it to his guest. When the ceremony was con­
Our country'* motto on it stands;
Hour* of consultation from 7 A. M* to 9 P. H. Terms 60 prepay tnelr postage.
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Office honrs from 9 to 12 A. M., and from 2 to 5 P. M.
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Aug. 21
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Whon morning dawns lipon ihe sight;
0. STILES, Bridgeport, Conn., I ndependent Claibvoy- ,. Deo. 12
do if ho was their ch ild ; aud one nurse aftor another
»1 blow my breath,” said the old man , 11and tho
" ' disease
"seaseof
1- ^ ^ , axt , guarantees*a Uue diagnosis of the
of the
My Brat and third, together joined.
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triod to nutter aud to manage him, and gave up the
streams stand s till The water beoomes .stiff and
person before him, ob ho r » w ill be clauied. Terms to be
By a brief word, oxpressljr eoinod, ..
D EN TAL SU RGEON S; .
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strictly obsorved. For Clairvoyant Emnlnatlon and.protask as too difficult 1 am inclined to think that
hard as ol£ar stone.”
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Olves you my whole, whose presence bright
scrlptlon, whon tho patlont Is present, $2. For Psychometrio No, 24 1-2 Wikteb Btbeet, Ballou' s Bcjldiko, Bostojt.
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Patients
psychologlzod,
or
entranced,
and
Operation*
Bome o f their mismanagement had mado him w orse;
“ I breathe,” said tho young man, “ apd flowers
Dispels the gloom of darkest night.
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i Delineations of oharaoter. $2. TolnBure attention, tho vee|
performed without pain.
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and postage stamp must in all.casos be advanced.
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It's angel-vlalts welcome are,
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for sometimes they exoited his passions for their
spring up all over tho plains.”
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DlspoUlng sorrow, doubt and care.
amusement, often provoked, him without necessity,
“ I shake m j looks,” retorted the old man, “ and
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EB. C. L. NEWTON, HEALINO MEDIUM, having fully
Long may Its holy radianoe shine,
or roused fierce resistance by wenk efforts to over­ snow covers the land. The leaves fall from the trees
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tested her powera, will sit for the ouro o f dlsoases of a
A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF .
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’Till all shall bow to Reason's shrine.
Ada.
Chronic nature, hy the laying on of hands. Acuto pains Ibcome. Johnny’s father was with his ship at sea, at m y oomiuand, and my breath blowB them away.
Clabbkdok, Vi .
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stantly relloved by spirit powor; Chronio Rheumatism, Nou- ROMANCE, LITERATURE AND GENERAL IK­
and his mother was an invalid) quite unequal to tho The birds get up from the wator.and fly to a distant
ralgla, Chronio Bplnal diseases, pains In tho sido, Dlsoasos of
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task o f curbltfg such a spirit.1 Ilcro is a scene from
R E M A R K S i& O .
land.)/'The animals hide themseives from my breath,
Is published In Boston every Baturday, and contains In a
Terms for each sitting, $1.00.
the passionate boy’s early childhood:—
Hours, from 9 A. M., to 3 P. M.; wlllvUlt families, Ifro- handsome Quarto form of tho largest size, FORTY COLUMNS
and the very ground becomes as hard as flint.”
| A m y L ee, your Aorostioal Enigmas are most too
I'qulred; No. 20 West Dodham stroot, two doors from Wash- OF ATTRACTIVE READING, comprising Capital Original
.THE QUARREL,
■■I shake my ringlets,” rejoined the young man, lengthy. Cfur space is lim ited consequently we pre­ 1Ington stroet, Boston.
Stories; Off-hand Sketchos of Life; HlBtorical Picture*:
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now now, Johnny 1 Can a child
TiaT 1 Mn . nnTTMTPTiPPiT
i Thrilllng Adventures; Home Circlo; Ladlos' nnd Children*
11and warm showers o f soft rain fall upon the earth. fer brevity in this department o f the Banner.
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ANDCOUNTEnFEITDETECTOR,
ugpartmcnt; Agricultural Facts, Mechanical Invention*,
Bpeak 10Aorcoly, look >0wild—
Why, “ Dob,” we're astonished! but so long as you
The plants lift up their heads oat o f the, eartb, like
corrected- by W. F. Davis, (at J. W, Davii> Banklns Art, Science, Wit, Wisdom, the Beauties of Poetry, and a Chux
Scarcely Tour yoars old, to allow
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Summary o f Political and 8oclal Newa.
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the eyes of children glistening with delight My remain in cog., wo claim the right to say what we
Eyei that flame and iparkle io4
Dbexel A Co, Philadelphia.
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Now
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tlio
time
to
subscribe.
A
Coin
Chart
will
bo
Issued,
voioe recalls the birds. The warmth o f my breath please. Our Pegasus is mighty sharp. We have not
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I containing 1000 dlfforoLt kinds of coins. This coin chart will
Ono Copy,
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. Two Dollar*, per annum.
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Cheeks with crimson blood flushed o’or,
unlooks tho streams. Musio fills the groves wher­ had time to Bean y o u fast favor as y e t
I be sent to all subscribers to the Detector for 1858. Only $1.50
One Copy,
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Ono Dollar, for s i t months
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Defiant gesture, breathing hard,—
ever I walk, and all nature rejoices."
Solutions to Enigmas. Nos. 1 ,2 , 3 and 4, given 1per annum. Canvassors wanted.
BINGLE COPIES, FOUR CKNTS, ■ :
Published semi-monthly for Now England, by
A pretty picture, on my word I
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W. F. DAVIB,
A t length tho sun began torjgg, A gentle warmth correctly by " Coram,” o f New York, and Benj. R og­
ic&r- Porsons writing us on businoss, or editorially, will
. Ail becauso yonr cldor brother
Jan 23
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No. 25 State street, Boston.
came over tlio placo. The tongue o f tho old man be- ers; No. 3, also solved by J. C. H. Wentworth, Great
pleaso dlroct their lottors as follows:—
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Took one marble, gave anothor;
V.' MANSFIELD. MEDIUM FOR THE ANSWERING
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oame silent. The robin and the blue-blrd began to Falls, N. I I .; but No. 21 (oldseriesj you have not solvTook a marble that you prim.
, . OF SEALED LETTERS, may be addressed at N o.3
.There are other firms In this olty-wlth a similar addres* to
in e stream began to I ed. Try again. Amy Lee has n
it pretty
uutconfusion,
not -1winter
street,
Boston,
sing on the top o f the lodge.
With handsomo markings, rosy dyci;
oura,
whichnear,
Creates
and tbe
abovo
is tho (over
more Goorge T
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murmur by the. door, and the fragraue of growing near enough to entitle her. to a position at the “ head
Qavo you one of common gray;
Tebhs.—Mr. M/devotes his whole time to this business, simple mode of addressing u s.,
simp BB1 > .
COLBY, FORSTER A CO.
’Twas unfitlr. but all In play,
o f the olass." No. 4, solved b y John S. Carnes, o f and charges a fee of $ 1.00 and four postage stamps to pay
herbs and flowers came softly on the vernal breeze.
return postago for his efforts to obtain an answor, but doos
A* you would havo aeon anon,
,' BUBSORiPTION AGENTS FOR THE BANNER. • ■
Daylight fully rovcaled to the young man the char­ Philadelphia, and J. F; Ross, o f Somerrille. Am y
not odabantee an answer for this sum. Persons who wish
If you bad but patience, John.
Lecturon and' Mediums roBldont In towns and elUev.wUl
a oVAbantek, will receive an answer to their lotter, or their
aoter o f his entertainer. -^When he looked upon him Loo has also solved Nos. 2, 8, and 4 . ,. No. 1, given b y
confbr
a faTor'on'uii liy ibllnfe HB our ngont* fur Obl&ltllug
monoy wlll be returned In thlrtjt days from lt* reception.'
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' Ho, kind boy, had bought for y o u .............. .........
he had the visago o f Peboan, (Winter.) Streams be­ Mattio and Jano, Newport, R.; L
Fee to bo sont In this case, $3.00.
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Other plaything*—marblos, too I
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gan to flow from his eyes. As tho sun inoreased he
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The following persons aro authorized to receive anUeHp*
with tho proper foe.
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for'the
Banner
of
Light:—
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Mr.
ManBflold
will
recolvo
visitors
nt
his
offloe
on
Mondays,
AU In love and morrimont.
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grew less and less in stature; and anon had melted
CnABLXBH.Cbowell,C ambridgeport,Mass, . ..
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Wednesday* and Baturday*. Personi are requested not to
Undor this head we" shall be ploased to notioe thoso per­
Johnny bung his ourly head:
completely aw ay.'' Nothing remained on the plaoe
II. N; BAiiAmn, Burlington, Vt,
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son* who devoto tholr time t* the dissemination of tbo truth* 16all on othor daya.
L.
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oomleT, Tranco Speaker.
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“ Are we frionds ?*’ hli brother aaid i
o f his lodge fire but th 6 miskodeed, a small white of Spiritualism In Its VArtoirtJepartraenU.
< - BOO T T C O L L E G E O F H E A L T H .
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Wm. Jt. Joceltb, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Johnny In hli arms ho hold,
R. JOHN BOOTT, having taken the large house, No. 8 1 H. B. BtoBee, Trancc-Speakor.
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flower with a pink border.— Henry H, Schoolcraft.
Mbs. KxionT. Writing Medlnm, 15 Montgomery Placo, up
Taitlon choked, and fury quollod.
Beach Btbeet, New Yobk City, for the express accomMai'Anos Dbake, Union, Aio.
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ono flight of slain, door No. 4. Hour* from 9 to 1, and 2 to 5. I modatlon of a l l p a tie n ts dtilrous to bo treatod by BPIRIT:H.
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itlet,
Canton
Mills,
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Terms 50 ccnts a scsnce.
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UAL INFLUENOE, can assure alt persons who may desire to
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agent,
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Mass,
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flayed together ore they slept;
try tho virtues of this now and startling practice, good nurs­
Miss M. E. Emeiit, healing and developing medium, may
A. L ikdsat, M. D., Laconia, N. H.
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Jontr H. Opbbieb, No. 87 JackBon Btreot, Lawrenoe, Mis*-. .
lio ofTors his prpfosBlonal services In all ca u s of disease, ' H. A. M. Bbadbobi, Norway, Maine.
Thus should evory quarrel ceaac.
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fear o f w ant; and yet after all his pains and pur­ each titling, 50 cents.
whothor ohronlc or acute.
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Mb. S am uel UniAH, trance-speaking medium, will answor
B a h ce l B ritta in , agont for Northern Vermont.
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80 you Bee Johnny was loving and forgiving, and chase, ho suffers that really which at first ho feared calls
to speak on tho Babbath, or at any othor timo deilred.
Adohmau Taooabt, part o f Western New York-Btate s m
EDICAL' feLECTRICITY. Tho subscriber, haying round
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qtilok to repent. But aa he grew older, his fiery vainly; and by not using what he gets, he makes Will also attend fuucrals. Address, Randolph, Mass.
Electro-Magnetism; In connection With othor remedies, vicinity.
Ritcbt, Paris Mo„ for that part ofthe dountry.:, '
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vory oflbctual In hi* practloo during the last twelve yearn,
• temper nearly destroyed the good qualities he pos- that suffering to be actual, present, and necessary,
Geoboe
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ColllnB,
N.
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takes this method of Informing thoso Interested, that be oon8. B. Behuah, Dundco, N. Y.
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setted. He Boon discovered that his amlablo, gentle whioh, in his lowest condition, was but futuro, con­ wor calls for Speaking on tho Babbath, and at any othor timo tlnues to admlnlstor It from tho most approved modern appa­
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ratus, In cases whoro tho norvous system I* involved, to whioh ■B. 8. M itchell.
tlio
frionds
may
wish.
Bho
will
also
attend
funerals.
Ad­
brother, was more bolovcd than himself. Ilis mother tingent and possiblo. It stirs up the desire and
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dress Box 315, Worcester, Mass. .■■■■■ tf ~ ' 1 ■ ■ Fob. BT»
H. H. Habtihob, Now Haven, Ct.
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George near her undor a tutor, but sent John takes away the pleasure o f beiug satisfied. It in­
29 Winter street, Boston.
Miss Rosa T. Anedt, 32 Alien stroet, Boston. Tranoo Speak­ I J. OURTIB, M. D.
H. t . Allem, Bridgowater, Mass.
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to a public school, where ho might be kept in check. creases tho appetite and will not content it. It ing Medium, will answer calls for .speaking on the Babbath
«■ J, U IUcKSTArr, Whito Pigeon, Michigan.
and at any other timo tho frionds may desire. Address her
•Onnis Babmes, Cloy, Kow York.
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Thts greatly woundod tho Bonsitivo, feeling* o f tho swells thq principlo to no purpose, and lessons the at No. 83 Allen stroot, Boston. a S T B h e will also attond ' AMUEL BARRY. A CO.—BOOKB, .raBlODICALS and
Spibitual I'udlioations, tho BiJW ttwr Liobt, Ao, BtaE. Quimbv, White Plain#, Ni Y.
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passionate boy, jrho soon quarreled with his school­ use to all purposo; disturbing- the ordor o f nature funerals.
Itiok ebt and Fanoi Goods i No. 838 fBaoo- street, Phlladcl*
Geo. H. Metc alt, South Dedham, Mass.1
Mbs. Bean, Test, Rapping, Writing and, Tranoo Medium,
A. IL Btapt, Healing Medium and ■Practitioner of IM®*
fellows, and- defied his teaohors, and was returned and the designs o f G od; making monoy pot to be
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Rooms No. 51 Kneeland stroot. Hour* from 9 A. M - 101> P. ' ^'subscribers Besved vftth Perlodlqali without oxtra oharge dno.’ ,.
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a . diillee,
taiion, Pa.
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II. M.
Millie , Easton,
tho instrument o f ezobange or oharity, nor oorn^^to
andfrom 2 too, and from'7 to 9 P . M.
C abdb , CiBtroLAas, B rW tta W j.A o ^ p rln te a in plain or orj 0> oonwiir, Bonth Bend, Post Oflico, Concordia P***®*
Miss Babah A. MAfloua, Tranoe-spoaklng Msdlurt, will
Another sohool was found for bim , where his un- 1feed himself or tho poor, nor .wool to olothe himself
n a m e n u lsty le ..1 ‘
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JU‘lri!3
Louisiana.
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answer call*- to speak on tbe Sabbath, and at any other
rtd /o o n d u o t led to a sercro whipping, after which lor his brother, nor his oil to mako his oountenanoe timo the friends may wish. Address her at No. 875 Main
St., Camb'ridgeport—caro 6f Goorgo L. Cade,
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Avenue
and
he'ran away.
loheerfui; but all theso to look upon,And to tell over,
the week, Job* J. Dikb A C10hN 0. W School street, 1
J. V. Ma » bti*u >, Boston, an'*wer* seated lettort... flee adX BeacB '
In great g rio f and distraotion h is mother sought land to make accounts by, and make himself con­ vertlsomont,
.'GARDNBR; A. WiLUAiis-Jt Cd^lOO Washington itreet, r
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Fedi a hu* A Co,-No. S Court ^troef, BostonJ_.
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him, aad, after two days’ absence, he was brought siderable and wondered at by fools, that while ho
Mas. J. W. Oobbiee, ti»n^poaker, *wffl'aniwer"dalls to;‘
W. V. BrMO*»io6rner. Washington andWater streeu, u t " " *
looturo on the Sabbath, or at any othrtr tlttte dMlfod- M.ra.
O ’,MEDIUM. ROOMS
to 'h e r b y a former, in whoso barn he hadBlept |lives
rioh, -and whon
he dies
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- be, called ------,
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th« night before. Hanger, cold, dirt, and despair be awounted miserable, and, like tlie diah-makers o f dress J.W*Oorrior,Lowell,ltaa*..j ( < 1 ^ ' i'1! V, ' '
V ., to'5 P. M. Other hour* BinV S S i t
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had changed him considerably, and with tears he Chir&, may leave a greater heap o f d irt fo r his
U ii. W. R. HATDER,Rapp|n& Wi^tl^g, and Test. Medlpm., - - 5 ^ 1
il^ .y B ju P P IN O ,.W W T IN O , TfiST, IM-1T a « !
p r p m lt fd t o behave better ibr the future. B f the nephews, while he him self hath a now lot fa llen '*6
’g S w ^ 'O n'ttliA m ) and OLAIROSYM- a
)HaywaraP)i<»':Boston, Miy l ^ t f f
irlinlnii— o f an unett, he wa* now plaoed In • mer- biirt In the portion o f p i r a . j u t thus^ the ass OBAaia* 6.‘ OaoWauL. w W i W
»uS^eaUn(t Me- A
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UlAm.’WlH rMpond to Sit* fo W ttfta fc t m th « NSW Bngtand , t!
BLAIRToYANT PHYBICl AN.—Exaihltia* |
oatftlleofflee,asaoom m enM m ent o f a “ ", ’ r * * , * ' carried wood arid ^
Btatefc Addre*sOam l)rtd«iiH H**^ .
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dtTO*oripU4n* br »n Indian fiplrlt of.tbei
When cheerfulnosa controls tlio human boart,
It moro acceptably enacts Its part ■
Strews flowers along a path all elso too aad,
And makes tho thorns of lifo not half bo bad 1
^assionnte ^oj).
sparkled with animation, and a smile played upon
his lips. He walked with a light and quiok step.
His forehead was bound with a wreath o f sweet grass
in place o f a warrior’ s frontlet, and he oarried a
bunch o f flowers in his band.
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41Ah, my son,” , said tho old man, “ I am happy to
see you. Oome in. Come tell mo your adventures,
and what strango lands you havo been to see. Let
us pass the night together. I will tell you o f my
prowess and exploits, and what I can perform. You
shall do tho same, and we will amuso ourselves."
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tr fjfa fc ^ te rp ris e , and gbod prospeots opsned I f c fo iM nerer washed or perfumed himself | heliM ped a p
a hoy o f his own « f « <ntered th e O fW • t Uw'seU for .pthorsi while rhitoMU ^ a k ' ^ l t h
(he aamo tim e:
partiou larfH tttd i,' Iim oko and ashes.
! Mr*. Mi t, Xownssiv
tod Healing U*i, o VLlWU
o l V - v . ' . V i ’M J -*1
• k a *. J. a M m ^ Tr»n*»;*n4^Nor|n*l Lecterer, oJalnoyt ;
ant, ahdwriUngmiWum, Bsiwuktta, Conn.
J t T O ^ , pffY8I(fiAM AND HEDI0AL%«
T, 8 Hayward Plaoe. f
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