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Written for the Spiritual Offering. all the evil propensities entail! 1 UP0U il *>>’ tbe ani>u»* ence, he not only denied, but crucified his only savior. He Brown Bee’s Mission- The drunkard, led on by t] cravings of an unnatural, finds that there is no royal road to happiness except that of warped and perverted appetite fills his stomach with the doing good to others. Now his condition of hell begins in earnest. Backward, backward through the long and tedious The nightingale's song (alls sweet and clear deadly poison emanating iron 1that copper Moloch, the, worm of the still. Let us examine t ib workings in nature’s nature s work- retroversive journey of life, in obedience to the unalterable Upon morning’s dewy atmosphere, laws of universal, compensation and equilibrium, he now And all listen with delight to hear shop, the stomach, of the doma f.''1 . smcule imbibing the poison. is christ, the spiritual portion finds he must travel. The years which added to the grey- It’s silvery lays. The crucifixion of liis savior, I "" of the dual brotherhood, begii; as soon as the stomach re ness of his hair as they flitted by in grim procession, in the Hrown Bee, in a monotonous tone, <“ panoramic view of his life which is now spread out before Hums her song to the weary and lone ceives its first deadly dose, I lie news of the insurrection flashes over the minute, sym athetic wires connecting the nim, divested of the gloss and tinsel which the glamour of Whose heart’s thrill responsive to her own, wealth gave to it in earth-life, he now finds to have been worse Through wintry days. brain, the seat of intelligence, the master chemist, with his laboratory, and soon the fumes of vital combustion penetrate, than uselessly spent. They are forever lost. He must now go (me sings gaily from the branches high, overpower and suffocate the ma der’ Intelligent actiou then back and undo, one by one, every evil act of his life; he must Flashing her wings neath a cloudless sky, ceases, for the mind, the ninstei workman who should guide labor to compensate for that which he withheld from others; Aud charming the throng of passers by the chemical combination of tli 8 Aments to produce a har must strive to prevent those walking in his footsteps from With ItPr perfect powers; monious mixture aud maintain I111 equilibrium in the life-sus doing just as he did. He now sees and mourns for the lost The other flies mid fragrant clover, taining forces, lies dormant in I ls ro.01? ; ^ le apprentices opportunities which might have woven, year by year, gar Hymning her song till day is over, servants, and impish interpolat 01S, \° ’ bl,ffb earmval, and ments of spotless whiteness for him, and increased his spirit Hut truly sad hearts hear the rover soon we find the walls of the v 'orkshop, the coating of the ual unfold ment. | Humming to the flowers. stomach, through the incongri ’us mixture of foreign sub In his earth-life the body was pampered and all tlie ani stances by the interpolations, s auul< 'Ul' colored, poisoned mal appetites gratified at the expense of the spirit. This and paralyzed by combustibli ' eruptions, and the brain course hastened the separation of the duality, as it brought, Not to the learned the brilliant and great, smothered by the fumes therec “ could, we would through abuses, early decay to the body. How he longs for Not to those sheltered from sorrow and hate open your spiritual vision clairvo ------a chance to work out his salvation in his own bodily form, By the great power of an overruling fate look into aud observe the effect Induced upon the stomach the one in which his spirit had been accustomed to act since Is Brown Bee humming; by the use of alcoholic liquors, knowing full well that the its birth into earth-life, and how gladly would he live his But to those who in sorrow sit and weep alarming conflict you would t ?ere w'tness, aould forever allotted days over again in that form, now that he sees and Where the pitiless shadows ever creep, deter you from the suicidal indi 'geuce. One glimpse at t he recognizes the importance of that life being restrained and And dark despair its ceaseless vigils keep corroding, brain stultifying pro! iess 8°,ng 0,1 !U tbe stomach guided wholly by the spirit, and the animal only indulged Is Brown Bee coming. upon its reception of the poison ™ uld ,d° 'uore toward the under spirit control and direction. He discovers that in Brown Bee. destruction of its traffic than all the prohibitory statutes that many respects his movements are much freer than when can be enacted. When the onl f "vynue through which your hampered by the body, and that his perceptive faculties have guardian angels can reach you, tbe bram, the seat of intellect, broader scope and clearer vision. Seeing clearly now the ne The Duality of Man s Existence. is cut off and destroyed, is it an ? wouder that, through the cessity of undoing the wrongs committed while upon the animal regime, crime should rui rampant and stalk through mundane plane, he is attracted to his old haunts. As he [A discourse delivered before Ihe Spiritualist Association ol Hamburg, ~ hirtyr rfrrnugd me the land? The amrit> not niedhimt-hip ol ). M. Waterman, president of the Association.] gence, for the life-springs of vit ( yare sapped and poison who slavishly toiled for him, scarcely receiving pay enough Man is pre-eminently a dweller in two worlds, and has a ed, and bodily decay very m uc^ accelerated. The body can to purchase the bare necessities with which to keep up the dual or double exister.ee, whether he be cognizant of or real the least afford this self-torture,^ and destruction, ends its ca- dual existence of body and soul, his Gethsemane encompass izes the fact of such existence or not. His existence is reer, under the most favorable aj |Spjce8i ^ it seldom reaches ing him, and torture, a thousand times greater than the mundane and spiritual, and both enjoyed at the same time. “three score years and ten, a very short period when mythical bloody sweat of Jesus in that Jewish garden, sweeps The latter is independent of the former while the former is compared with eternity, the ^ leasure of the life of the over his spirit as he realizes the true condition in which he wholly dependent upon the latter. The mutuality of these spirit. r has placed his bondmen and bondwomen, bodily and spirit dual qualities ceases at what you have been taught to call Man is too apt to condemn the gniall thief and applaud and ually. He now sees that his animal nature, actuated by av death. Then it is that the spirit demonstrates its independ bend the knee in truckling compl- jsance to the large ones. The arice, gained supremacy over and completely subjugated the ence of mortality and soars from hightto bight in the infini man who steals a million, no mi | ;ter whether he is detected in spiritual, and thereby inaugurated a system of oppression that ty of love and wisdom which stretches ouf before it, the vast it or not, is called a financier, ant^ Leid up to rising generations subjected the spiritual natures of those dependent upon him ness of whose possibilities cannot be grasped or comprehended as a model, and used to “point ij morai or afforn a tale” for to the domination of the animal, through the medium of re by the finite mind. The law of progression must obtain in some Sunday school library, whi, e the poor man who appro venge, an animal propensity, inculcated and cultivated lyr both these phases of existence. priates to his own use, a handfu e 0f wo(xi to WMmi or a ]oaf that very avariciousness which was, through reflex action, The individual spirit must pass through the conditions of of bread to feed his starving wi: t aI1(J children, is called a holding their spirituality in check. As he comes en rapport incarnation, and the influence surrounding and brought to thief, spelled with capital letter^ and, in too many instances, with this magnetic wave, which he feels he is responsible for, bear upon that incarnation, as it progresses toward finality, is taken from his family, impris(,i ae(j^ aml his case held up as his spirit is plunged into a bath of polar coldness, and stands through the laws of heredity, will most surely determine the a warning to posterity; a beaut* „] contrast to the story of shiveringly chained to the spot, searching for the warmth of degree of spirituality with which the new-born individuality the millionaire-financier-thiet. one act of self-denial upon his part with which to thaw out will be endowed. Conditionary influences early make them Another phase of this disease,u< nd one which daily and hour and relieve the spirit of its numbness. He sees his successor selves manifestly necessary. The harmonial condition through ly crucifies the spiritual man, is) t he manner in which one following to the letter the policy he had dictated. Here he incarnation results in the greatest degree of spirituality. class of men oppress another les , fortunate, in their estima finds his opportunity and will endeavor to warm his spirit by When the iucarnative period has arrived at completion, and tion. through various systems < ,f trade monopolies, grain, impressing the present master to pursue a different and more the newly awakened soul begins its journey of dualty toward money, stock or land gambling peculations. Where, in the liberal course toward his employees, and them to cultivate the eternity, in obedience to the mandates of propulsion ema whole range of God-given rights! can man find a preCedent animal less and the spiritual more. He moves to the side of nating from the never ending law of progression, the mor upon which to buse Ins right to: ^cumulate and hold from, his business suecssor aud endeuvors to enforce his demands, in tal, or animal portion of existence begins the erection of the for his own enjoyment, million! derived from the almost accordance with the now earnest desire of his soul for the spirit's home, and the garments it shall wear in that home. shedding of the heart s blood ot t nmsandsof men,women uud amelioration of the condition of mankind. How futile the If the animal dominates the spiritual, the conditions of children, his fellow-beings, pos PHsing tI„. 8ame dual nature attempt. His successor'has, also, smothered the spiritual, harmony will be lacking in the dual development, the crown as himself, sldving and toiling f
OUR YOUNG FOLKS. into exile, but for the restraini hand of Henri Ment/ his brother!" he was saying to Robert Wentworth; “thou hast wise",ac spirit f,umiguide and friend—1 e would, g, i, have 1sent , • in it cipher to found life very hard sometimes, and I do not wonder that all the lodges “Let loose the h< >l,nds of Revolution. thou hast grown bitter. Yet I am so happy to know for “Little Children Lore One Another." Rut Henri Meatzsaid: “Y would perform the act of a thee what thee never will believe, that the clouds will some madman. Our ‘dogs of war’ ire Tor UHei not to slaughter time be lifted from thy life, and thou slialt know what a Edited by Oulnn, through her medium. Mrs. Cora L. V. Richmond the innocent. We will bide our time. Ihese victims of happy thing it is to live. I have not had an unhappy life, (Water Lily ) monarchal terror whom yon '’ould avenge are 110 cowards; aria I trust I may be spared to make many a heart glad yet they would die a thousand dt Whs rather than sacrifice the before I pass on; but no Wide ever anticipated her wedding smallest portion of the Freedt 111 that is to come; for all. more than I my Spirit Home.” A Joy Song for the N ew Year- Rudolph heeded to the letti r to the very spirit these words Robert looked incredulous, and, changing the subject, said: of admonition, and from his vatch-tower hurled forth with “You seemed very much taken up with your letter to-night; pen and press the thunderbolt > of the revolution. Yes, who have you heard anything important?” A perfect flock of white-flecked doves so blind as to deny that the enod through which England, “Yes, yes; it is important, but as it involves a long talk, Flew and circled at New Year’s morn, Russia, and all Europe have been passing for a decade of and the short evening is already consumed, I think, if thee Freighted with winnowing wings of love years is, revolution. pleases, we will leave it until to-morrow, when we will read That merge in one lore ever new-born. The other events were the announcement by lytter that it uud discuss it at our leisure. It is now time we looked Christine and lu-r devoted lov, r-husband were coming to New after those boys and thought about bed. Little Joe is to be A hundred snow-birds chirped and flew York under a brilliant prosper j—an engagement for which the my boy now, and I must be very tender of him.” Close to the crumbs about the door, Rival Impressario had con tenf “ [ed --d—mid and thathat Ariadne had con They found the boys in the library, sitting in the glory of the Saviug, “Now that Earth's year is new, sented to re-appear, aud woi *d sing alternate nights with moonlight, talking quietly. Rodene had been describingtheir There is food in plenty for God’s own poor." Christine, and on rare occaai >a 3 they would sing together. southern home, speaking of the difference in vegetation, cli Christine wished to surnrise ler mother and family, so Ru- mate, people, etc. Going to his desk he returned with a The sparrows, sturdy' and storm-tried, came dolnh entered into a harmless conspiracy with the newsboys piece of delicate looking formation of a yellowish color; And twittered their joy in noisy mirth to tieprive them of their paper (taken once a week,as they had handing it to Joe, he said: “W hat do you suppose that is?" Unto the New Year's Sen, whose flames no time and were not literu ) enough to read a daily). He Joe examined it curiously and said, “I do not know; there Shot gold-glinted arrows o'er all the earth. feared some of the daughters »' sons would see the posters,but are pieces of sea-shells in it anyway. What is it?” “ I am glad that the year is new to-day,” he trusted to some kind powy n>uke them oblivious, or at “You are right about the sea-shells. It is a substance Said every brown-feather-circled thing, least to not allow them to tel dear old Martha. He and Men formed by the sea-shells being washed up by the ocean and “Glad that the Old Year pusseth away, tor then decided to take a bos for the first night, large enough partly broken and pressed together bv the constantly recur For the New Year bringeth new songs to sing. to accommodate all of Christ i les family—themselves included ring action of the waves. The sea-foam also contains a sort and watch the faces of the k nd hearted kindred where they of a cement which in times creates a solid substance like “New songs!” old songs, tried and true! beheld their darling in her ro al triumph. this. It is much used in building instead of stone, as you What is the matter with old songs of love? The flutter of anticipation ° see the uew sbJ‘r and to we‘" use here; it is cut out in huge blocks the same as you have Are not the true songs forever new, come Ariadne b»ck tohertru > overs—wiis nothing compared seen them quarry out stone.” Tho’ old as the angels songs above? to the jov and wonderful fjfeboding of delight that thrilled “It does not look firm enough for that,” said Joe. the heart "of Rudolph aud feutorsaid: ‘ My mamma 111 “That is the beauty of it. But some of the ancient works Ah, little birds, aud doves, I know heaven is coming too—and ?slle saJ s my other mamma will of the city are built of it. You know St. Augustine is the What you mean by the new songs now; oldest city in the United States, and has many buildings with New baby blossoms have need to grow For the first time Rudolf!1 thought distinctly. “ Whom a history. I will show you some of the views I have to To deck with new beauty the Mother Earth’s brow. does he mean by his other 11 J'mmu? Then ho allowed his morrow.” New baby leaves to flutter and preach mind to wander back, back -0 the time when on that cold “Do you say you never have any snow?” said Joe. Sermons that winds and sunshine shall tell, and stormy wintry twilight a f;llr fa.c® a“d gmhsh form “Oh, no! we never saw any snow, did we Lennox? That New baby lips to prattle and teach had thrust a living breathin > Pac,aa?e into Ins hands; to the would spoil the orange and magnolia blossoms. But some The new truth tne old truth known very well. two or three strange visitati Vn,s bad had since that time; time you must come home with us for the winter and see for to the unfailing remittance; Imd mid always come and al yourself the wouders of our beautiful climate.” The old life that new from the River of Life ways been carefully put asic ; for mentor when he became a “But,” said Joe, “you cannot have any sleigh-rides, or Fresh as a fountain forever springs; man and Rudolph made ut h,s mmd that Mentors “ other skate on the ice.” The old love that close to the Throne of God mamma” was also in hem ;iland that she and Annie Ins That is so,” said Lennox; “ I wouldn't mind a sleigh-ride Floats out forever from seraphims wings. sainted wife were now const 11 companions. myself. I’ve seen pictures of them riding all wrapped up in [To be Conclude. in thc Next Ch pier.] their furs; it looked jolly.” Forever and ever and evermore new, ‘‘I hope you will stay here till chestnuting time, anyway,” The first, last, the old, new, the undying love, Good Night! said Joe; “that is fun, and there is lots of them on the hills.” The soul-love, the white lily, rose, pure and true, Ii ours, thc little arms enfold us; When does that come?” said Roderic. Forever fresh blooming from heaven above. Oh, when the frost comes to open the burrs—generally in And oh, that thus through coj October, but sometimes not until November. After there is Written for the Offering. Good nightl we answer back nd « “*!?> and kis,8 the d'°°Ping eve-; a hard frost we go and take an axe and knock on the trees Mentor: or ‘Nearer to Thee” But in our trembling hearts th whlle lhe w,stful
hi. OFFERING. JA N U A R Y 17. 1885. THE SPIRITU . , . . ^pilgrims life, cheat and kill Indians, and if it makes them sober and honest Written for the Offering nameless pain and unrest of a* ,v \ ,ml*t go back to wi> will consider about it." Unfortunately tlmt Im in The Altar of Knowledge. But I am wandering from Wisconsin lulls.long since it good advice has not boon IuhmIwL . , the little brown house under t ,,ut „1V ,lu.,„orv it is iil- Upon tluwo two fidso assumption* tho mooting lit Mononl BT VMM \ THAIS. has turned to ashes and emd llv little sister, and father, who Lake unanimously agreed to the statement of tlieir most iwl- ways then'. Mother is there j itl visionary schemes of mirod sponkor “Tlmt. tlm only way for tho Indian is right There's a -wonderful altar whose beauty and grace was perhaps too much ocev („ confer much tioncftl Is the light of this planet of ours, out into tho mid*t of our oivihzntion.” Ihit.t) what a mistaKoi benevoleuce for mankind in L, we im, no, u|;p„ and his for if tin* Indians holioved it they would he as stupid a* their And its glory extends to the regions of space upon his own family. But tl h llim\ j„ time* of real trouble, orthodox friends. They know the outcome as a uostriiotion Mid the gleaming of heavenly bowers; was ever the kind and helpfu | uncomplaining feet that never blight, and they tlread the "ntiiht" as a ooniuiiiiiug lire, and And the hearts of the millions bow down at tlint shrine of sickness or pain, the putienl errands of mercy. And here to prevent this mode tit annihilation they sei.tl dolognto* Made so sacred by worship and prayer; rew too weary to wall; up Where the life of the p:*st and the present combine, with a description of my per- every year during eongross, to watoti an I oppose with moiioy may as well begin the reco wliioh I transcribe from the and friends everything whieii in proposed against their porpo- And each hand lays its offering there. fsoiial appearance at that tim tnity as a distinct, race There are none how'ere lowly but bringetli a gift, pages of my journal thus: il at the lawful and interesting lint there art'over hOt) white men with Indian wives and Nor a heart but what giveth its best. T K s te l la hKarl a having arriv •■r m j duty to leave here tor the I children in tin* Indian territory,and many other* more or less ’Tis an act, or a word that some life may uplift, era of eighteen years, deem i (the'bats mid owls perhaps who | in all tin' tribes adopted as imnuhers; it is these, who are like Or a thought that is never expressed; benefit of my descendants, or i;,.), jn tho coming years these the “northern melt with southern prineinles,” when slavery ’Tis some glimmer of truth that the spirit has caught shall inhabit the garret to w l linj portrait of my humble was in vogue, that want oiti/.eiinhip and (ami in severalty, ft From the light of the infinite spheres, pages may be consigned, a pel kterniino. First, a figure above is therefore the extiome of Lilly to suppose that the nativo Or it may be a radiance angels have brought self; but how to begin; let me i U„|,ir „„ outline and deficient instincts of pure Indians could hurmoni/.o with our broth- O'er the tide of the passed away years. medium bight, somewhat nnj r(.Kr.'t. Feet that absolutely t»ls, saloons, paupers, orisons, luxury and poverty, with all the Let it be what it will if "tis worthy and true in plumpne. s, to my everlastianj roomy than a No. tl shoo and omiuglnd eriiues and misery which churiirtori/.od "the midst It is treasured in safety away, refuse to occupy anything lostl of our civili: lion,” And the shades of the old are lit up by the new hands in proportion. ^complexion, shaded very softly T1IK UKMKDY Poll TIIKSK MIKTAKKH Leading on to a beautiful day. Then t he face a dusky olivo* ||,d deepening into crimson in llrst confession, then redress by a recognition of the Indian And that altar of knowledge forever is free, to be sure upon the cheeks *ted and indeed quite passable, as a brother man, having ecnial rights with ourselves, lint While its jewels and gems are for all; the lips that are slightly curiH,] lH>neuth those coral reefs. the mere politician cannot no this,(he is too Hellish) and tlm And the eyes of the worshiper gazing may see But alas the pearls that shoiiliijinc8 startling as to size ami orthodox Christian will not, heoause lie is educated to be- Where the lights of the future shall fall. are quite irregular and some?! ieve and to touch his creed as. essential to sal vat ion. It. in Neath its glow all the sky is a wonderful scroll shape. .ding jokes that my family need therefore for tho ho called inlldels like their great, teacher With each system and sun in its place; I t used to he one of my stiutyttonihstonos upon my account, lesus who “1 punt about doit\g good" and Tluunas Paine, who While it pierces the vail to the home of the soul vor bo at any expense forki ample provision. My nose — affirmed "the world in mi/ country, to do good my religion" And th e gl vries of heaven can trace. nature having already madt^,^ Houio of them are simply ill- Tho men and women who compose tlm National Liberal O.it wipes every teardrop, it stills every sigh well, noses are not all alike, hiytioular oharaotoristics to seize League at tlieir next meeting should puna the following reso Where the feet of the mourners have trod, describable from having no pitjfci Ho we will let that go. My lution: As it tells of the angels that hover so nigh; upon, and mine is one of thonli,, rather dreamy in expression K uhoi.vicd, Tlmt Mils marling iinpolnt a colmnlller cnm|m»ed of ImiiIi eyes may be described as hirgfi lushes, and of a color common ftexos to call n publia mooting of llio IrlrmL nl Nnitoimt luitleo early It is Ihtre we are nearest to God. next summer, ami to confer with llio Secretary of ilia Interior, il»r mm* heavily shaded with long darkfc|y ri'semhliug 11 walnut brown niliNloiior ol llio Indian bureau, and die editor u( ibc “Council Hie" at Let me bow at the altar of knowledge and truth, called hazel hut more near ,j but 1 absolutely scorn Let me follow at wisdom’s behest, Washington relative lo the feat -Utility of repie-enlallvr Indian a, from dlflcr- cot tribes, oicctlog with them to ilUcuxa n plan for ill*' adjuatinrni of all Tl.ough I rduch but the base with its shadows uncouth some might, suggest “ butternv. (0o much upon what is called that expression as bordering « Hie picture say hair of the existing dllllcultlea, and that (lie editor of (nr Cbcrokcn "Ailvot alt" lit llio I may gaze at the flower crowned crest, Indian Tcrrltoiy be requested to oubllah tbc article. “slang phrases." To comjuer ^avy curls over my should‘l-s Though I bring but a crumb that some spirit may feed, m kksiin same warm brown, falling 111 I' L, the portrait deficient as it is K« |» .-tr.illy, John II . But a thought from the by-ways obscure; Ah if that only did com plot ^ ,|ll8| alas! poor unhappy mo T a lk n t, Ouuoon, Nov. 12, lRH-l. Let me worship the truth far more sacred than creed should lie satisfied. Hut i, j oven hero, though no human For the truth shall forever endure. Hmv 1 shrink to pen the wordy mid yet 1 will he truthful and "Frauilulont MoillumHhlp " eye limy ever gaze upon them G || from the arms of a cureless Written for the Offering. say I am a hump-bach. A ft, 10 have been the cause. Would E ditor Oppk r in o :- Estelle Earl’s Journal- nurse in early infancy, is said l;.,y feeble lamp of life instead, lu the OiM'KUlN.I of llio I at hint, in it.ililialu-.l 1. coimituiii- to heaven it had dashed out 11 1 parents 1 suppose were thank- Mitiou from Itrol,her Hull, eoncoruiug tho alleged H. It. Ilrit- lau communication published iu the liunnrr «l l.iijlil wumi A n Autobiogbaphy say often to myself. But my little they knew of the anguish fill th at it lid not: Ah how 'hyV Oh why, was 1 called to time niuee, to a few points of which I wi»h to call the reader's Let me begin first by stating that in giving to the world I was destined to suffer. W“l careful attention. Hays II,, writer, “1 can see nothin ( in tho message inconsistent with l.is ( Itrittau’s) opinions or his stales the narrative of my life in the form of a journal,1 have been bear this heavy cross? Ight havo been; I am not fright- blor do the reported dimiroiralt weigh anything with me,'' I actuated more by the hope that iti pages will give comfort True it is not ho bad as it mi"Ji0) mid yet, whenever I enter a italicize tlm butt sentence to cull the renders attention to s feet and pleasure to others than from any other motive. It is fill to look upon they tell i“ t strangers will follow me with the simple oft told tale of isolated lives,poor, withered branch crowded assembly, the eyes <>t lihlren look up with wonder in standing distinct and prominent through all the unrelenting es of some goodly tree, touched by the chiding frosts of mis a strange glance, the little ol’Vy glance seems to say! “ Poor war that has been so persistently and latterly waged against fortune while all around is beauty and fragrance. their innocent eyes, and ever “ our best and most thoroughly tested mediums. Wlu-u, I ink, 1 l_Y et even for these though they bear no fruitage the sun- girl! what a spectacle she is! lias there ever hum a disposition inunilrsted to receive o r; “Aa nine -ui w eaves rt3“gt5.'b*.T'rn <*« ■ wy y v l* j™. "'HU■.'■'I'.'.'jwMfli float as gently over the more favored blossoms, more unfitting have been to«*nP It should Looking back over the weary years of my pilgrimage Marah instead. But it is i'l[______r ___ ro has ono ponmn stood un for any such nooumnl medium to complain, there is 110 pos- who has not boon denounced in tlm most hitter terms as an through all their darkness and tears, I can still trace the sihility of <1 change this sidesf the grave nnd I must resign guarding care of angels running like a golden thread through myself to the burden drawin, what consolation 1 may from “mV/rr and abrttor of fraud?” Do you know any, llrotlmr its dark meshes. otner sources. Fox? I do not. Tlm message attributed to Bro. n. II. Ilrit- It is with the thought that perhaps others whose lives have And one of these is my pen j] paint brush; out of these tau was, in my opinion, an attempt to aid from tin* spirit been like mine, may catch a glimpse of the same, and hear the fairest creations arise, r ril| koines dropped like lamps side those in the mortal who have been so persistently trying to destroy tlm usefulness of our true*tiuid nest modiuiiis.and the soft undertone of angel melody amid the sobbing discord of heaven in the midst of ' fld mountain passes, or quiet of their own lives that these lines have been penned. woodland dells with little chi ren wandering over the golden was given, I doubt not, in rnsnonso to tlm thought and dn~ sire of some mortal or mortals then in tho circle, or jiosMildy H will go back to the time when the first grand passion of. tinted mossos in search of (iwers, or wading knee deep in m/dife commenced in the summer of my eighteenth yealC the cool clear waters with s^,]ow ,u„j Hiinshine falling over tho thought of the medium herself. Like attracts like, and m yfind describe my home and family and myfind humble self as I tangled curls and happy littli faces. in nothing more surely than in matters Spiritual; and to this very important fact, no doubt, is due many a9 the vagaries was at that time. Sometimes in my dreams, i^ms and faces tho most perfect First, memory presents the picture of the little brown and lovely imaginable smile Upon mo 8„d ] try to transfer and contradictions inhering and adhering b» Hpmt whIimii. house with its one wing, and the vine-shadowed porch facing them to canvas. Brother Hull, no doubt, believes tlmt “fraud iu nmdiiims is the east, where we loved to sit during the long summer after tTo t*« Vntinurd.^ widespread,” nor, from his own statement, now under criti noons, dear good mother and I, admiring the beauty and cool cism, will he allow evidence to the contrary to have "uriqhl ness of our sheltering trees and listening to the blue birds Orthodox ChrlHtlan’u M(gta^eH About tho Indiana with h im ” and therefore, by the law of attraction, lie invites and orioles that nested in their branches. On either side the just, such spirits as will echo his own thought and desire; and green hills rose to the highth of fifty and seventy feet, form E ditor Spir it u a l Oppk r in t ...... should he visit a thousand mediums in the same slate of mind, ing the snug cradle of the valley in which our home rested, As you are ever prompt toj,jp(W8 i|,e wrongs and vindicate the chances are that whatever Imdoes get bearing on tlmt sub with the young orchard and garden upon the sloping hill right, will you give this an lHr|y insertion that il may come ject will 1)0 confirmatory of his own views. But suppose, Bro. side at its back. In front the lawn with its flower-beds,roses, before as many officials ™as I’ksib! p(^,ik|e prior to tho meeting of Hull, if possible for you to do so, that you divest your mind of lilacs etc. ran gently down to the little silvery thread of a congress its distrust of mediums and of all preconceived opinion regard stream which bordered the eastern limit of the valley, and I have reiul an accountut of L recent rr miwtirnf lit Lake M ing this message, anltituj in your Itrart only for truth, and which gushed with a soft rippling sound from the rocks at honk Mountain House, N.tfat which IiifliMii agentM,teach- then, in that negative and receptive state of mind, hold sit the foot of the hill. Across this a narrow bridge led to the ers and distinguished orthodrthoflU ( 'hristiuriH discussed for threo tings with a few mediums, and bide ilm result, ami *ee if it road way that stretched along the bluffs, and descended in days the best mode for h (ini nottthunent of the Indian prot does not appear quite different. No doubt it will be a dilll- to the broad-wooded bottom to which our little ravine was lem. The wrong of moving them from one reserve to anoth cult thing to accomplish, but it is certainly worth a good, tributary. er and taking from them if dr lands because white settlers strong effort, and truth can Is* attained iu no other wuy. It comes up vividly before me now as I sit after the lapse wished to own it won clearly ihown. But, allow me, in all kindness, to beg of you for your own of twenty years or more looking hack upon the scene. The They al-o passed resolute i* po ising congress for larger sake and for the sake of dear, white*robed truth, fo put frr dear patient mother with her dark hair threaded with silver appropriations for iudustria educatioiL^ But with all tni from you Dial **/mm no weight' feeling you so unfortunately and the look of quiet content upon her face rocking softly good work, tho same old fat I mistak/^ which have nullified express in your late communication to the Ormuuo, By to and fro in the porch. How dearly she loved the old home '-very ofli' ial arrangement v uch the churches and the gov- such a course you will invite the pure and trutlilul hi angel and how Bhe grieved to part with it when the mischievous ernrnent haveev.-r made wi | the Indians wen agaiu donii- life, while you repel the impure and untruthful; whereas a spirit of unrest, and adventure led us forth to seek a brighter ueut in tlieir di•euMsions. different course will invite the impure and untruthful, and fortune under southern skies. Alas! she never knew again It il not additional appro nation** which Mie Indiaus need, repel the pure and good angels. Alediumslim is t«»o grand in earth-life the peace and quietude of home; but O, she tin hut the full payment of w [»t i» theirs by treaty on th and *ncred a gift to be crushed by mere prejudice arid «u*j»i- won such a beautiful one since then in the higher spheres. purchawf <»f their lands tog' her with government protection cion. //#7 oil Oftpro
vpnu> Tlinre tin. numlwr .if v 11 brntion* (lint. constitute n rilv 1H'm. nicMumn have ro.l.lnl •..mo tlm. It. Sun Franelicn....I nro well ,m,l _ r . . ^ J 1 , .. .. it l„ In. 1 »««•»>* >*"""'> Th, nt th. A-ncIt.... . Mr., M. I llomte., ■ of definite ivfmngiliility is tli same wo have found it to ho and the gulden ol Mrs, Corn I . V. Richmond delivered an ubln ||r S p iritu a l here. In tile enormous heat of those central suns the dissolu- address upon the theme, "What Is Ordination?" the nature of which and « tion of molecules may be of a I111 ighor order t han wo can resell of her retnnrkH to candidate* w e g ive In a lew extracts below i / which it takes place is a con- "When men or societies ol men can ordain Idol* to sing, or lilies to OTTUMWA, IOWA, SATURDAY JAN. 17, 1885. artificially, hut the law under- blossom, or stream* In flow, star* to shine, or world* to move, then It will tinuatiou of the law here. Th; liere, though the weight of n ho In human power to ordain men nod women to preach the gonnel, or to given mass of matter is dificrA ml from w lint il is with ns, it exercise Spiritual gills, not till then. Whom God cntlowcs with a gift COL. D M FOX Publisher. is nevertheless determined by ( 10 law that determines hero— they have a* much right to exercise thnt gift a* the *un ha* to shine, and energy is indestructible, and It I- a divine ordinance that no hand of man can (akc It a wav. the law of gravitation. There'' '• Mon may he educated a* minister* ol tho gosivcl. but they can never D. M. & N ettie P. Fox...... Editors. is m insured as it is measured 1 limong 11s, hy work. Then is be ordained a* such unless God and nature has nievlously done so. Or there any boundary that we e,l r 1 assign to natural law—is it dination I* onlv tho recognition of what ha* already been bestowed, every Hot omnipresent, universal? 1 one I* ordained who ha** a gift of the spirit. You assemble hero this after RniTOKIAL CONTRIBUTORS. noon, not because your presence nor yet because any authority of Slate "Infinite in influence, etcrni*' '■ 111 duration, w hat, a magnifi law can ordain those who are to be tin* candidates to do anything what Prof. Henry Kiddle, No. 7, East 130 St.. New York Citv. (II. K.) cent spectacle! In the resist; energy of the motions of ever, bnl In obedience to the law of I he slate a recognition I* given hy Prof. J. S. Loveland, San Bernardino,California. (L.) the universe is there not oin!®p1l’n*,ineo? "ho Omnipotent, the powers that spirit alone can vest In any mortal, a conformity of Ouinn,” through her medium, Mr*. Cora L. V. Richmond, 64, Union the Infinite, the Nternul, to wl |i»< do these attributes belong? which can In nowise injure anyone having gilt* of the spirit unless tho Park Place, Chicago, III. Inw Ire oppressive. But wc forever protest and ask you to protest against Shall a man who stands fort?' vindicate the majesty of any school of theology tlml will dictate to man the way in which he shall such laws be blamable in your sight ? Rather shall you not, walk to heaven; or any school of M a trria M phua that shall dictate to TKRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, with him be overwhelmed wit?* J 11 conception so stupendous? man by What wnv lie shall p a tt Otlt Ol th em o itn l lift}, Ol I" r*-stored to health, a* the case maybe.* 7 ^ i t One year $3 0 0. Slxmon'hs. $1.00 cent*. Three month*,5o cent*. Sin And yet let us not forget th at’ [ ♦>■«*" sternal laws of nature " Wc are glad on this occasion to give our voice of testimony to these gle copies, 5 cent*. Postage paid at this office. Remit by P.O. money order, are only tho passing thoughts (■ l'°“* wot thy co-workers In the licld of Spiritualism. We say, hall cnch gilt as registered letter or bank draft payable to IX M. Fox, (no loss can then How intpiring, how suhlim' r a,'l> ^ works of do I, ami you would a new blossom In tire spilng time. One medium doe* not make Spiritualise . nor one flower produce spring. possibly occur). Will friends p.ease send names for specimen copies for hoir fa r these natural revelah\j |M* transcend the sO'Catlril su " There me those unseen who have clothed you already with the robes all persons likely to subscribe. No loss has yet occurred from remitting pernatural teaehinys of the hit the author ol tin •»f Ordlnntic i*; there arc unseen hands who have placed u|»on your brows by the new postal note, but while convenient anil cheap, It is not perfectly w
/ Notes and Comments tho mind ovary idoa of friuld on tho part of tho moditiin or Hi'KOtAL D aymen We hud Intended lit this issue to deception hv tho spirits, InuHidos, this ntoditim usually, by inline all the parlies who have kindly written letters of en- tho desire or hor spirit, guidl)*, sits under tost condition*, be / Phyohooiuimiy - indritnttdonfe spirit writing -is now p/uying ('.ouragemeutandrage remitted 50 cents to make t.lmir payment < n grout part in the work of oonvinoing mankind of the truth ing titul Homirolv in the oublliiol, by niotuhors of tho circle, no for the lu*t year 92.00, but the foreman l,dl he annot of spirit coin in union. Thin in osiisctallv truoof Mr, Eglin- that no alh'gatton of consjlious porNonation by hor can bo lihlv get. it into ibis paper. The first, reiTiittiine (■time toiiH successful work in London, where the published ncoouut matin. On ono occasion, wilt on tho writer of this wits print from Dr. Ihitdor!', of Jackson, Michigan, accompanied by of (}ludHlono*H houiico bus (Milled public attention to the mut out, and the rope-tying was iunlttod, the mndi 11 tn wasdirootml words of cheer, and high appreciation of our efforts. Hover* ter, and created widespread interest iu regard to it. Many by her chief control to Icavrtlllio cabinet and stanil iu front of ul have written saying do not publish our names. The fol person* of social and professional distinction are now seeking it; and while she stood thora, a fontah* spirit, form ontorgi*il lowing from a business man of Hi. I’auLMinnessota, was “not an opportunity to test this wonderful method of talking from tho cabinet, and stood lby her Hide, while another form written for notoriety” as all iicquainted with him know; al with the spirits, by manna of the Duke of Albany'* Brulimu could bo plainly soon withiivl f Im cabinet. Subsequently, two though rather against bis wishes, we do not understand it —locked (date. The Duke did a good thing for Bpiritunlism forms canto out of tho cabinet, ami stood hand iu hand 111 positively forbidden, hence we publish because it embodies by the employment of thin device t<* exclude all possibility of front of it; and while tin* w'Jritor talked at tho curtain with the spirit manifest in so many others. l~ "1 any allegation of fraud or trick on the part of the medium. a child form about three IVidt iu height, a female form appear bun. Fox i—Enclosed |ilcii*i; lied 50 cl* to moko my subscrlptlonJ$3., ed, reached over tho c.liihl twgreet him, and addressed him in and sect*, for "(iod's I'oor Filed," r;.- audible terms. Nothing coAld be more convincing of tho Vou hic rltfld In iiinkliii/ llie prbo (>f (he Oei'i'UlNo $3.00—III® I**Cl I*, reality of wliat i* called nmW'riuli/.utioii. a good tiling m lcn*> (hnn tin vita * It ad on the face of lt—|onk* In man In a recent imam of tho London bigaro, a letter ban boon lip a tree a* though you have no lliltli In the paper. Al $ 3.00 It Is the published from a well known musical critic relating Ilia ex And vet this medium lmswoon pronounced by the journal rlifiip el |tii|ter I knew of. perience with Eglintnn, which involved a remarkable tent. istic exponent, of “clean Spiritualism” 11 fraudulent medium Khid regard* tor yourself and Mr*. Fox. Had rather you would not It. HeoniH lie wrote the following question, concealed from tin* a “notorious character,” th atl“ought to he sent (o the work print till* note, for II was not written for "notoriety. 1 medium, addressed to Schubert tho composer: “ Schubert, house for the rest of her tiiitlintl life;” ami those who record C_ Your* truly, | II. II. Kknyon. can you tell 1110 how many symphonies you wrote aftor tin* tho facts, and testify to hor iJUccosh, are insulted and malig I— unfinished one in It minorP” ned by (his arrogant, self-applointed censor, being accused of IIkalkkh Convention. Tho following notice was received The answer, psychogrnphieally written, wax “ two.” Now “thrusting forward disrcputiAlc mediums.” When will this too lute lor its publication in column for notices of meetings then* is considerable discusxintt among musician* whether the man learn that it takes a grel*t deal more than It is personal hence its insertion on editorial page. We lire glad that symphony in U is No. or No. lit, it, being held by some that abuse, or the condemnation o f hi* journal, to make a medium such an organization exists; our Magnetic Healers should No. U is missing and that the symphony in C is No. 10; and or any othor person, disreputable V Why did ho, not very combine for mutual protection and defence against their the writer of the letter remarks: long ago, after ho had calledjMrs. Reynold*, in his choice opponents. ~ ( " The reply ih certainly extraordinary, for it I* In the hl^heti degree Im dialect, a “vile creature,” thrlj|"t hor forward as a genuine IIKAI.KRH CONVENTION. probable ihni Mr. Kgllnton (who did not know even that hU visitor w ill medium, by publishing Dr. .. olio's strong endorsement of You’nrn respeclfufty invited to attend the Second Aanunl Convention ol imulcuD hhould have been »o well pouted ns to the Siduilwrt symphonic*, manifestations through her?] And if every “exposed” mo- the Healer* of Iowa, to he held at Liberal Hall, Ottumwa Iowa on Thurs even if he could, by any possibility of mean*, hnve neon the question." (limn is a “vilo croaturo,” why i not Dr. Blade a candidate for day and Frldsv liuniary a; and 30, A. I). 1885. A large attendance la Of course tin* inquirer, who was previously without any anti< ipated, and lm|>ortaut htmlne** will he trnn*acted. this distinction, and for free >urd in the work-house with HYOKOKK OP COMM ITT KK. bolief on tho subject of spirit intercourse, has been greatly Mrs. Sawyer? Neither Mrs. [awyer nor Mrs. Reynolds has, impressed; and the inquiry in relation to the symphony ques us yet, confessed fraud. As h ng as such injustice is perpe- tion will be pushed farther in future seancos. trated, and such odium cast 'pon genuine mediums, it will Tim Nnw Sooirtt. —Dr. Mol.ood, pronidont of the Spirit- scarcely bo possible to supply 110 needs of tho public in this unli((t'» and Medium'* Hoc,inly, recently organized in Chicago, direction; while those wno it re brave enough to face tho write*: "Onr mooting* are mcreaaing in intoreat and num It cannot be doubted, by those who know tho current fact* masked butteries of Boi-distant Spiritualists will be greatly ber* ovory Sunday. We are not able to aeat all who come. in regard to the spiritual movement, that it is gathering in A larger nail in the future, ai:d full auece** iH our uiin." at present, a very large number of earnest inquirers, both in over-worked. II. K. this country and in England; in the latter especially, where there is a strong reaction from tin* check which the cause re W aiiiikn Ciia hr lecture* in VVnrcehh.r, Mai*., the Sunday* “Mind and Matthh.”—It is wit.li pleasure wo insert the of January, and in Norwich, Connecticut, the four Sunday* ceived a few years ags. The editor of Light remarks:| following, received just before going to press: of February. Addroa* accordingly. Ho may come west in •*\Ve contend without reserve, that the aplrllunl movement wan never Having overcome all the dillk ultlcs that made the suspension of the pub the spring. In a healthier state than at the present time. The patt live year* have accn llcation of "Mind and Matter" a need "by. In November, 1883, I have the a marked change.'' pleasure to announce that the llrst nil in her of the Sixth Animal Volume This, of course, refers to Great Brit inn, or rather to Eng of it will he Issued on Saturday, Jnnui (ry 31, 1885. Sincerely thanking my Si'Rcimkn Copt kb, N amkb Wantku.—We send thi* week, many patrons tor their kind pAtlenc-* • forbearance toward me, I assure a number of copie* of the OFFERING to the several meeting* land But this editor also remarks, in regard to tho pressing them that It will lie my sludv to w °them that It wa* not unde*ervcd, need of more public mediums: For term*, see advertUoment in an n! .'column. J. M. Koiikkts. advertised for Saturday and Sunday next, also to person* in "There i* an urgent need of medium* to whom inquirers can he sent. The advertisement referredul received after the lirsr. side difforont part* of the country whose name* have been sent A man get* Interested In Spiritualism, reud* a little, and dc*lre* to *ee u*. We appeal to friends at the meeting* and other* into something. What I* he to do? Where can he go for advice? This is a of the paper had gone to proi we givo it place iu our edi dnllv, nay almost hourly, occurrence. I my*elf receive on an average llfty torial column: ts whoso hand* those paper* may fall to aid u* in our work by letters of Inquiry weekly Irorn strangers. Extreme care is needed In giv getting subscriber*. Tno Offering i* the cheapest Spiritual ua- ing advice It would be worse than folly to recommend them logo to MI N D AN) M ATTER. por ever published itnd in point of merit will compare favorably anything like a promiscuous or dark circle. There I* nothing like psy with any other. Wo ask too for tho name* or Spiritualmts chographv as an Introduction. Certainly, under no circumstances, Hhould A W E E K L Y I N D E PENEi yr(SPIRITUAL PATER Inquiries he literally • pitch forked ' a* Is even now so olten the case, Into Devoted to ttie Advocacy and I— fll‘ttjn of Modern SpirituallHin, everywhere who would probably take the paper if they liked the algebra of Spiritualism before they have learned to count. Mr. Eglln Much and to tho Discussion of all queitio'UO |taCcf )rm' *n Religion, Ethics, Poll- it; to all we cheerfully send specimen copies. ton now steadily refuses to allow neophytes to he present at hli materiali tics, Finance, Industry, Huxincx*, C l i ... jlubll* and Enlightened Edit- sation seances. The psv'diographlc experiments are open to ull upon ent ion In nil the l)e|mrtmiantn ol IIv , , U|iCsts. Terms (Invariably In T he Phantom Fokm.— T he follow ing brief extract fron^ proper Introductions, but he I* undoubtedly wise In refusing to prostitute advance), per annum, $ 3,001 six 1 * U $1 .no; tl:three months, 50 cents. -Mkwuyq»:itid power. sitting for the most delicate of all spiritual phe Addres 1 M.* “Rniiv^ro ...... !<‘»llu>” _ iwWiui ...... ("/eii,0 y, referring to I : ’wno------nave ouu no pro... - |dU, uparalion...... -T7 -.*" rft ivoinciM \s 4tl» lhu< rhe O ffering iiRtiin Km>« n , ,,, , 0 Muller Brothor llobarta' raot.lil>r,iml wolcome to Mind and “Phantom Form," of which the editress is the mediumistie forud from our own, but no tru « of conduction n pupor (lif author, will ho appreciated by thoso who have road thi* book, We have quoted these remarks in regard to the need of for ...... mint bio (loop Hincoritf Spintimlwt ovor question™ and perhaps induce others to send for a work commended by public mediums, because thev give emphasis to what we have lias a host, of friends, and we lirt» earnestness and ability, lb ono «o competent to judge of its merit* : nil along been insisting upon, namely, the importance of en to bis support. Mind and M P“ will come up bravely couraging mediutnsbip, as the only means of promoting the "One day when tired, 1 took up the *I’lianlom Form,' think- defense of Mediums, end the O l P&r dldlft1?obl° work m 1lt« spread of spiritual truth, in opposition to the impolicy of since its suspension no back war O’.uino gladly announces that iny to glance through it, and had to read every word before 1 disparaging, insulting, and persecuting those who have been marked progress has been nmdo st
"e b a t f o r strangers of any. the songsters of autumn, to the balmy, sunny lands of Florida, (Continued from Third Pajje.J respect* the latter are amoog th plendid The soft and delightful influence of the Gulf Stream causes Not perhaps so many personal ^onstrations of spirit work, a perfect health charm to brood OTer the high pine lauds of because this whole war is anti has been against them and manifestations, unmistakable deij that the hour or two ha? the state. Bronchial disease and lung difficulty, if the treat- them alone, and tor such purpose, I have no doubt, was in- I never go there but what I fe^l J may say that with all, but meat be timely, will yield to, and improve fast where life in tended this Brittan message. been pleasantly soent; in fact IJ Ireral circles will see great the open airand glad sunshine filters the blood, and the heal- But, says Brother Hull, “it’s genuineness has been con-|p?°ple who attend often the %ime, owing entirely to the 1 ing oders of the pines are also invoked—these are Dame Na- firmed to me by other mediums. There is where we are, my 1 differences in each from time to that is in the people who ' tures healing physicians. “Throw physic to the dogs,-’ and friend. Absolute contradictions come to us from spirit ( make up, or quality of the circh Torn anr] tome are non-eon- 1 avoid poisoning and weakning the system by refusing to sources. Nor is this a solitary instance of it, as every intel- ar& present. Some are co/idm ^l 7 Be or the other, is the tally swallow the accursed nostrums prescribed by the popular ligent Spiritualist knows. What are we going to do aboutJ ductors and the proportion of o j J Next door to the Blisses is physic doctors. Nature will help those who wisely help it? One thing, surely: admit candidly, as we must, thatde- or thermometer of satisfaction, Vme of Nellie E. Whitney,1 themselves, while almost any use made of ones money cent ire commun cations are very possible, as • is proved by I a remarkable medium by the ” n ___ ,k„4 I I ... L I..11 t. rwl l l m t in 1
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SPIRITUALIST CONVENTION. In Earth and Spirit Life, by Mr REVELATIONS BV A SPIRIT, The Vermont State Spiritualist Association will hold its next quarterly The Phantom Form: E ft Fior, postage paid, $1. Nettie Pease Fox, Mediun J the Conscious Side of Unconsclou. convention af Bcnj Barrett’s Hotel Hall, nt Watcrbury, January 30, 31 Mysteries of the Border . THROUGH THE TRANCE MEDIUMSHIP OF and Feb run 1 y 1, 1SS5, commencing at 10:30 a m ., Friday. The speakers rerles Beyond the Veil, Mrs Fox au for the occasion will l>e: Mr. Albert E. Stanley, Mrs. Fannie Davis Life, and The Golden Key:i I bound, beveled covers, gilt edgec. Mns. N ettie Pease Fox. Smith, Mrs. Emma L. Paul. Mrs. Abide W. Cronett, Mrs. Lizzie S thor, 550 pages, $1.50; same, 11H« Manchester, Mrs. Sarah A. Wiley, Mrs. A. P. Brown, and other Vermont a beautiful book, $2. —■ kcrlng, 160 pages, fine cloth binding Medlumlstlc autlior ot “Tile Golden Key, or Mysteries Beyond the speakers and mediums arc expected to be present and take part in the Ouina’s Canoe and Chrii c ever Issued for the young; Mr* Veil;” “ A Search for the Temple of Happiness;" “The Unattaina gilt edged the best Splritua j jthor, $1 convention. Cora L. V. Richmond, Med'“nu| ble,” etc. Bound in cloth $1. Sent, postage paid, to any part of the Test and Circle Mediums Mrs. Gertrude B. Howard, Mrs. Hannah Tur of Spiritualists—A book of 151 world. ner, Mr. Lucius B Colburn, and others, arc expected to be present Proceeding? of the Iowa 't Ol organization, Its constitution, fou The Puxbury Glee Club will furnish good music for the occasion. The pages, containing the hlstoijtfifl . C. W. Stewart, one by Mrs. Se' This is one of the most deeply inuresting Spiritualisiic works ever pub evemr.i; sessions will be shorter than usual, to give more time f, r holding lectures by Mrs. Richmond, tx vocations, poemRand answers to fift lished. Given in Narrative form by a lady whose Earth lile was one ol circles f r those who wish to do fo. erance and one by Mrs. Fox; I trols, Interesting to every Spiritual!* Strange vicissitudes. Startling Event?. and Wonderful Mediumistic Expe Dr. James V. Mansfield, the Spiritual Postmaster, is expected to be ?uestlons by Mrs. Richmond's col Ind in cloth, sent postage paid, 50CU. riences. Afttr warn years in Sf iiit Life she returns to earth, and present to deliver our mad fiom loved ones gone before, now dwelling In n pa per,'30 c ts.; same, neatly bol Spiritualism in France over F our Hui through the fully entranced organism and power of another, gives her Joan, the Maid of O rleans: or, spirit life. to have it—40 cts. earth history, followed by Revel.ittons from Spirit Life interesting and Good accommodations will be furnished at the Watcrbury Hotel for dred Years ago, every body ough ts—making quite a library, sent pos instructive to those who would know of the condition, Opportunities $1.00 per day; horse-keeping fifty cents per day. 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