Woodhull, Victoria C. (Victoria Claflin), 1838-1927, Cook, Tennessee Claflin, Lady, 1845-2127
Publisher
Victoria C. Woodhull and Tennie C. Claflin
Date
1876-06-10
Place published
New York (N.Y.)
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the conclusion my mind has arrived. at, after years of the I most earnest and prayerful search, into all the phases pre- ‘ sented, namely: That no soul ..ever yet in the flesh really form your readers of all the causes and effects that have led '_‘traflicked in orcommunicated. PROGRESS 1 FREE I2 .I.,.ITVE.%i BREAKING T: . l Vol. XII. -—No.»._..2--VVl;ole No. 288 W. . an WAY iron I FUTURE G-Ennnsrioris. NEW YORK, JUNE 10,1876. PRICE TEN CENTS. IVT/ze math shall ’malce, free.-—Jl'esus. ‘ In fig days of the voice of the seventh cmgel, the mystery "of God shall be fim'sheol.———St. John the Divine. I A I ,;TIi.:.:x .. Whereof I was made ':im'ste7' to preach the un- searchable riches of Christ, and ‘the,fi__3/stery which from the heghinning of, the world ltctth been hid in Gocl.——Paul. 4; V? e 33* HELEN NASH’S LETTER. ‘ ' ‘ OMAHA, March ‘ 7, 1876. Dear Weekly:._ 1- A ._ I am just now direct frdm home, Where I have been so busy for the past two monthsfoyp... Show morethe conclusion my mind has arrived. at, after years of the I most earnest and prayerful search, into all the phases pre- ‘ sented, namely: That no soul ..ever yet in the flesh really form your readers of all the causes and effects that have led '_‘traflicked in orcommunicated. PROGRESS 1 FREE I2 .I.,.ITVE.%i BREAKING T: . l Vol. XII. -—No.»._..2--VVl;ole No. 288 W. . an WAY iron I FUTURE G-Ennnsrioris. NEW YORK, JUNE 10,1876. PRICE TEN CENTS. IVT/ze math shall ’malce, free.-—Jl'esus. ‘ In fig days of the voice of the seventh cmgel, the mystery "of God shall be fim'sheol.———St. John the Divine. I A I ,;TIi.:.:x .. Whereof I was made ':im'ste7' to preach the un- searchable riches of Christ, and ‘the,fi__3/stery which from the heghinning of, the world ltctth been hid in Gocl.——Paul. 4; V? e 33* HELEN NASH’S LETTER. ‘ ' ‘ OMAHA, March ‘ 7, 1876. Dear Weekly:._ 1- A ._ I am just now direct frdm home, Where I have been so busy for the past two monthsfoypbr my Spring sewing, that I have not found a momentls-, me to write a letter to you. And I must.add. hfl#§7e{tiefore~proc’eeding to the subject in my mind, that, while5iat‘hon1e:"i?5.E'3rlif§€$j,1the unexpected pleasure of enter- taining that sta “ h f'"'- ‘T d of humanity and of the WEEKLY. Para, cg us , W%g.;in:C3incinnati, dropped a line, to our“ ttle s‘ age, hoping that it might catch me at ‘ urban vill home, which fortunately it did: for there is no one in the ranks I should havebeen happier to meet just in the present crisis of reformatory affairs, nor is there a riper judgment or more experienced wisdom among radical’ minds than Par- ker Pillsbury’s. I’m sure his visit——too short visit—With me at my father’s house, has been profitable to my understand- ing,’ and will linger a pleasure in my memory. , ll‘ As a matter of-course the tone of our conversation took its key from the WEEKLY; what it is doing, has done and is like to do. And of this the readers of the paper may rest assured, Victoria and the WEEKLY have no firmer "friend or more firm co-laborer than-he. Last week’s number had just arrived when he came, so of course Viotoria’s decided stand in regard to Spiritualism, or rather its base counterfeit, was discussed. c I do not intend to present the views of Parker Pillsbury here; I might do him injustice, We. are so liable to miscon- ceive each other. Besides he is so much better qualified to speak for himself . , I — ’ But I do intend to express some of my own views and opinions upon Spiritualism, which the present position? of Victoria warrants me in doing. I am glad she has taken the stand she has, though knowing full well what a hornet’s nest she has set abouther ears; and I am glad to have the oppor- tunity of freely expressing my views upon the theme. A First, then, I am nota Spiritualist, though for years I have tried to be. and have sought light from all sources, ave pro- fessional, ones, with prayerfulness and earnestness. My po- sition has thrown me a great deal in the society ofhonest be- lievers, of whose worthiness my intuitive perception seldom fails to assure me, as also of the unscrupulousness of the frauds and} humbugs who pratice their detestable tricks upon the earnestand honest seeker after light concerning the mystery of death. ’ ' ’ M The fact that there are earnest believers in both the philo- sophy and phenomena of Modern Spiritualism does not alter communicated with one out of it! p , Call this a sweeping declaration if you will. Nevertheless it is my conviction, and it need not affect the conviction of any other soul. I could not if I Would, for Want of space, in- me to this result in my own mind. Stilll believe my faith is unshaken in the existence of spirit and of its immortality. I have had individual experience of the possibilities of my own spirit, quite enough to ground me in that faith. .But henceforth I repudiate many professional Spiritualists, as mountebanks and hum bugs, for the individual character. of spiritual manifestations that is worthy human consideration. So my ‘mind precludes the possibility of phenomena being Let true and earnest Spiritualists present their beautiful philosophy to the receptive mind till by the power of its attractiveness, and a purely individual procesS,.it produces the fruit of faith in the soul. Victoria can not be more disgusted than I have been for years with the evidences of humbug on every hand, even in the columns of papers devoted to Spiritualism. And here I am reminded that I have intended for a few days to take up the cudgel in defense of a friend who has been most vilely assailed by the Banner of Light, evidently in mental dread of losing its occupation. My friend will not defend himself, for he says the Banner of Lights article is’only vituperative and utterly fails to as- sail a single point in the article it assumes to rule out of the realms of reason, with a charming Pecksniffian air and a strong smack of Police Gazette style. I allude to an article in the Banner for January 22d, which has only just come to my hand. The paper starts in to com- pletely “use up” Alf. Burnettfor an article of his that ap- peared in a Memphis paper against Spiritualistic humbug, and all the Banner‘ seems to make out of itis a mistake grammar, which occurs at the very opening sentence involv- ing the simplest rule in grammar, and a mistake of common occurrence where there is a. compound subject. Had it in- volved a more complicated rule than the “nominative case governs the rule,” say for instance, the infinite mode, future tense, possessive case and superlative degree, ’tis question- able if the versatile editor of the ~.Bmmer would ever have seen it. The mistake, however, which the Bannermakes much of, in lack of sound argument to upset its opponent, was noticed by the writer of the article as soon as he saw it in print, for his letter Waslhurriedly written. Will the learned Spiritual corps of the Banner point out any other grammatical error in the aforesaid article; for, ifthe Banner is incapable of illuminating the “dense ignorance” of the writer, spiritually speaking, itmight edifyl him some on Murray’s Grammar. I will only notice one point which the Banner seems to make concerning Messrs. Maskelyne and Cook of London. Mr. Burnett was associated with those eminent exposers for some time while in England, and as he is an observing man his ignorance of their modus operandt can not be so “dense” as that of the learned “corpse” of the Banner. He could state that he never heard of that standing offer of Spiritual- ists to those gentlemen, but he has a faint recollection that he did hear of a standing offer of those gentlemen to Spirit— i ualists to produce .‘7phenomena” per "spook”l power which they could not imitate per human ingenuity. What a pity if the Banner has made a mistake! Its “spirit guides” should have informed it more to the point; for ’tis a shame that with such spiritual attendance the Banner should blun- der or fall into the unspiritual and vulgar error of vitupera- tion. That sort of thing should be left for us material mole-7 cules. ’ ‘ Now, because Isay most emphatically that I repudiate all the phenominal phases of Modern Spiritualismas having failed to prove their origin‘ to my mind, I hope no enthusiast _ , will proceed, on the principle of the. Banner of L2'ght,_-as though my assertion were going, to damage the “business,” A and so attempt to run my letter into the ground on the as- sumption of a superior knowledge of. Lindley Murray. That sort of thing is not aigument, and if it were, Mr. Burnett is too old a correspondent to be unsettled by it. ' ’ But if any there are who have arguments to lofier, either emanating from themselves or, in their belief, from ‘Tom Paine or Davy J ones, I. will say that I am open to conviction, though not to be won over by a single “phenomena” that I have thus far witnessed. They may convince others, but not me, and I can but look with pity upon those who are credu- lous concerning What to me is but a trick or a result of known laws of clairvoyance or magnetism. _ I must say that Lam at that point where I ca-n'*n'ot help mistrusting any who trade in what they’ are pleased to call mediumistic power, or who claim ’exemption from’responsi— bility on that account. I Want truthj which may be at the bottom of a Well, but it is not, in a dark cabinet thaway I look at it. _ Any wayas long as it shuns the light Iam content, to let it shun.‘ \HELEN _NAsH. THE BASIC PRINCIPLES SPIRITUALISM. . , ' BY ALEX. s.. DAVIS. We have much discussion concerning What constitutes Spiritualism. However much persons may difier in regard to its true meaning, I think it may be truthfully asserted that spiritual phenoiuezia is no more Spiriti1a.1ism than a musical } sound is music. Asuccession of musical sounds as the octave or correspopding sounds producing a harmonious blending, such as l, 3, 5' and 8, I say these do not constitute music though component parts of musical science. I I employ music for illustration, because there is a corres- pondence between Spiritualism and music that will enable us ’to better understand what constitutes Spiritualism in its more comprehensive signification. Music is defined to be the science of harmonical sounds. Spiritualism may be de- fined to be the science of the harmonical relation of soul and spirit, mind and matter. In music there are arbitrary or fixed rules to learn and observe in order to produce harmony by the arrangement of musical sounds. The observance of these rules is concord, or expresses harmony: jthe non-ob- servance creates discord, or inharmony. These rules are not man—made rules, which can be altered at pleasure, but ghey ‘_exist by virtue of an immutable law, which never can be ignored without discordant results . To illustrate: Sit down at this musical instrument, and while your finger rests upon one, ‘strike at the same time ,two in the scale, or 3 and 6, and you produce what is called adiscord. it is so We know not, but are compelled to accept the fafi-as it is demonstrated .mine that the sounds are discordant? If you have the ability to determine, you say your hear and feel it, producing a jar so to s_peak—-a state of momentary unpleasantness. You have made use of the elements of harmony, but they do not sustain the proper relation to each other. In Spiritualism we have What corresponds to the produc- tion of music requiring the same strict observance of the con- ditionsvessentlal toharmony and progress. . With respect to music, let us pursue the anology still far- ther. The existence of one musical sound is not music. The existence of many musical sounds as represented by the oc- tave is not music alone. The proper arrangement of notes A upon the stafi’ to represent a tune is not music. The recog- nition of the fact that a certain arrangement of musical characters may be so used in connection with the voice. or by the aid of a musical instrument to produce a tune, does not constitute music,'or a person who recognizes this a musi- cian. I - Still‘ farther, the formal execution of the notes does not necessarily constitute music, or make the operator a mu- sician. After all the externals have been complied With, there must" be a response of the soul of the performer, enter- ing into the spirit and harmony of the sounds produced-= Without this there can be no true musician. Music has a soul,‘ and it must come home to the soul, and the life be ' made better for it. The poet expresses the absence of musical appreciatio thus: v _ “The man that hath no music in himself, , __ " "Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, / ls fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils.” Lotus consider for a moment what does not constitute Spiritualism. human organization and the spirit occupying it, al- though component parts of, do not make, Spiritualism. The mind, with all the manifestations thereof, acting / / of physical body, propelled by the spirit or vital f/owes ‘Within-;'—these do not constitute Spiritualism, but aliéfl/ia"(lig- pensable adjuncts to Spiritualism. The operation‘/of mind upon mind, and the eflect of mind and spirit up6n matter, whether the operator be in the form or out of the f, i*m,.-pm... ducing mental and physical phenomenawthese d not con. .stitute Spiritnalism, but, like the others, the m nifesbabiong are component parts of the great science of lif I of the physical body, or a belief in the interoommunicafion _Withfthe departed, constitute all of Spiritualism, or a per- ‘son a Spiritualist who believes in the,.rea1ity thereof, It 1;, all that has been named, and more than this, that makes up Spiritualism and the true Spiritualist. A Spiritualism, withalcl its conccmitants, is Universal Har- mony. In its integral parts it comprises much that is appa,-‘. rently discordant. and inconsistent, but this is owing to a _Want of comprehension of the subject, or the improper join- ing of elements, that have not of themselves attractive force, or do not blend because there is a non-observance of the law of spiritual chemistry. Music is the harmony of sounds, l9‘.-lb 119 greater illlwiuopy can be predated than the §l¥l}l_1_lbav to us through the sense of hearing. But how do you d'e'ter>-\,,., through its organ the brain, as well as all the manifestatiéng . _,Neither..do_es a belief in a continued existence after death « \ \.. \,'.. ‘»-. xx, , ":>,.f~L‘.-hit) brain, with ' . communion shows unmistakably that the human intellect, ...l._ but it extends to all correspondence to the opponents of so- personal knowledge, in "wilicsh young ladies of great promise X of usefulness were sealed. and silenced as effectually as if neous production of musical. sounds, out of the order of their true harmonic relations. Again, as in music, we have a gradated scale, or a systematic succession of sounds, forming what is termed theoctave, with its steps and half steps, so in Spiritualism we have its component parts, each represent- ing a note in the scale; and perhaps I might venture to say, there is a striking correspondence as respects the number of those parts in the scale of progressive harmony. But these component parts do not of themselves constitute Spiritual» ism——the notes in the scale, by the use of which, in ac- cordance with the law of spiritual science, infinite harmonic and progressive changes and manifestations take place in nature, giving us some idea of the true meaning of Spiritual- ism. And what are some of the ‘basic notes, so to speak, of Spiritualism: 1st, a physical organism; 2d, afispirit occupying that organism; 3d, the mind acting through its function the 'lirain«; 4th", the power of mind to communicate with mind; 6th, the control of mind over mind and matter; 7th, the birth of the spirit into spirit life; 8th, the ability of the spirit to communicate and identify itself. Here we have the octave in life—-the components that go to make up those mi‘.lltlfari- ous manifestations, expressions and conditions of mundane and supermundane existence, which we designate Spiritual-— ism. We hear much talk about spiritual phenomena and spiritual manifestations, as though all manifestations were not spiritual. — » The movement of the hand, or uplifting the eye, is a mani- festation of the spirit occupying the body; and when that intelligent force or spirit ceases to act through its physical organism, it is no less a force, though compelled by the law of change to seek some other mode to manifest itself. A manifestation on the part of a spirit out of the body, so to speak, is no more wonderful in fact than the manifesta- tion of the spirit in the, physical body. It may be more unusual, but when persons once become familiar and accus- tomed to manifestations of departed spirits, they‘occasion no surprise, nor are thought to be moremysterious than other phenomena in life. That we cannot comprehend how it is possible to be true, is no argument against the verity of spirit communion, for we have no comprehension of causa- tion in any department of existence. ‘We are compelled to accept the fact of present existence upon the evidences of our senses, and whether that evidence demonstrates our being as occupying a physical body in this state, or its existence in another form and locality such as claimed by the teachings of the harmonial philosophy, the fact/that we are compelled to take cognizance of the evidence indicates that it belongs to the same class of demonstrable facts. In conclusion, to recapitulate, we have the evidence of our senses to prove the existence of our physical body, woonuunr. & cLAE1.1s3s WEEKLY. really the property of others, and had no right to speak or write without the approval of the owners. There are a few exception where such females have husbands who do not interfere with the social growth and intellectual development of their companions; but such cases are’ rare, and are the ex- ceptions to the rule. The more this subject of -marriage, as it now exists legally, is viewed, the more its evil effects be- come apparent, and it does seem as if there might be eyes enough open to the evil! to secure the necessary change in the laws, leaving it to the special contract of the parties and subject only to the general law of civil contracts. It ‘might be accomplished at once, were it not for the sensual ad- vocates of the system as it is, who, by it, secure victims for their lust, and fear the change which would give the wife equal liberty and equallegal protection and defence of prop- erty. The women ought to own one halt the property as it rightly belongs _to them, but we have robbed them of prop- erty, freedom of person and freedom of speech, and thus,- often by our accursed social tyranny, stop the development or destroy the usefulness of many of the finest specimens of the sex. A CENTENNIAL WAIL. BY ROBERT W. HUME. [Read at the late Uonvention of the N, E’. Labor League, at Rochester Hall, Boston] I have a song to sing you, to the tune of old John Brown; It sums the list of miseries which true hearts must put down; So listen, while I tell the woes that o‘er our nation frown ' As we go marching on! We had a farm unmortgaged, we held the same in fee, On it we raised a billion to putidown slavery; _ . But the money men they’ve fleeced us of a couple more, d’ye see, ' And still go cheating on! 'We fought to shield their property, but property don’t pay, The man who did the battle’s work, he must the cost defray; He’s the .moncy—holder’s guardian, and the money-holdcr’s prey, - As he goes toiling on. I Our fathers left us freedom; broke superstition’s chain; But some have done their level best to put it on again; Alas! alas! ’tis only true; they shed their blood in vain, Though they Went couqueriug on! From North and South, and East and West. our foreign friends have come, Cur "liberty of conscience” to them looks very glum, As, bending to the dust before the ancient Sunday drum, They see us grinding on! To save them from such insult, ourlprayers did not avail, The hpgnluzg of " ourlibcrty” with them will ne’er prevail; with its various functions and uses. We have the evider2ce"”Whi1€ Sucking T01'<1fl€mad&S they Supervise 0111‘ mail, of our senses to prove the existence of the vital intelligent force called spirit, operating within, bringing into action the entire physical organism "We have the evidence of the ex- ’ v -2 sted through the mediumship fjowments. We have the evi- hat we can communicate one we uscfof the mental faculties. ower and influence of mind 7 atter. Vlfe have the evidence of our senses demons--. , he fact of the dissolution of the physical body, when the.‘ change takes place called death. And is this the end of human testimony with respect to our existence? Or shall we extend our researches and demons- trate that there is no such thing as death. “ Therc’s no such thing as death- In nature nothing dies; From each sad remnant of decay Some forms of life arise.” . This is part of the mission of modern Spiritualism; and the millions who can bear testimony to—day to the facts of spirit 4.7.”. deuce c:len'lonst1“ating with another by specs ‘We have the evidence . . upon mind, and 123' aided by the spirits, is ascapable of solving this question as it is to solve the simplest problem in human existence. , And when we have learned the basic facts of Spiritualism, , we then have the rudiments whereby we can attain a more perfect growth, harmonizing self with self, and ourselves with our surroundings, studying the nature of and recogniz- ing the utility of all things; that whatever is, is part of the divine order, that progress is the immutable and universal law, and eternal happiness the great boon in reserve for all. IS IT, AND WHY IS IT? BY WARREN CHASE. It is a well known fact that women who are the most open, frank and fearless advocates of social freedom, are the most attractive, intelligent and interesting company, and ' that their society is sought after, and their correspondence is the most general and acceptable of any class of women. Nor is this confined to the advocates of the same special views, j'v«2,ial freedom in the opposite sex whenever and wherever if gy‘ can receive it, and not have it known by those whose m";§_€,‘g;ke they fear. This is not a sensual attraction, as some suppose it to be, but largely of a larger and a purer nature, as mwyphave ascertained by examination of the subject. Sang»,-pm men seeking this society ‘often get terribly rebuked and.s;:§’"‘ l7 hack, and not unfrequently are made wrathy and to he ab .;slander and abuse the women .whom they found sodiffie. from what they expected or desired to find. This fact attraction is not confined to the married, ma- tured and —is,1..i;e,.lei:tually developed females. but also extends to young ladl.;l,es and girls, and such are not unfrequently sought and secuiail. in marriage by men who shut their mouths and seal their lips on social reforms and kindred sub-‘ jects as soon as-'thcy‘—§§ct the ownership and possession of them. Many instances “of! this kind have come within my buried under an avalanchmlas soon as married, not be- cause their minds were changed, but because, having sold themselves for a home andthe necessaries of life, they were As we go slaving on! You may tall: about the rum~shops, and o‘er them raise a muss: _ Our gambling dens are nasty, our churches perhaps worse; But-our halls of legislation are the foulest spots for us, As they go stinking ‘on. Thus we from bad to worse advance. Oh. woe upon our race! To seek to serve the people now and gain a sfatesman’s place, Is but to fill an ofiice stained with crime and foul disgrace, As we go marchiugpn! Oh “ Free and Independent ” you rebelled against a tax, And burnt up old King George’s stamps, and beat off his attacks; Bur now we’re plastered everywhere. except upon our backs, As we go toiling on! “Oh Liberty, thou jewel!” sings either Jones or Brown ; But none of us can move about, or pass from town to town, But there’s a double set of spies are paid to mark us down, As we go roving on? some mangy, briefless lawyer, he noses us around, Then posts Commercial Agencies with all that he has found; And Y. M. C. A. ass’s they ruleus round and round As we go moving on! We dig gold for the Englishman, and keep it not on hand, Foreigners own our railroads, the railroads steal our land; And the “ Free and Independent ” hasn’t anywhere to stand, So he goes wand’ring onl We’ve used up all our credit, and are chin-deep in debt, Our factories are closing up, our houses marked——“ To Let;” We’ve pawned our mines to Symms’s hole, ‘and deeper_cannot get, . * So we go owing on! Within their well-stored shops in rows our tradesmen sit and grin To see their money going out, and nothing coming in; For none of us can make a trade, for none have got the tin, So we go wanting on! Our villages and townships have all gone up the spout, . Our cities buried are in bonds. our States can’t turn about; Our rates and taxes are so high that legislators doubt They must stop taxing on!, A Alas! Alas !—the bondholder, he truly rules us now, For him we swing the hammer, for him" we guide the plow;’ The “ Free and Independent ” has nothing left him now As he goes purseless on! But surely from this fearful state we soon'must be released, The goose that laid the golden eggs is dying at the least; For labor’s arm is paralyzed, production’s almost ceased, As we go staggering on! There’s many a subtle scheme proposed to cure the working man, Dethroning gold ’s by many thought tobe the proper plan; The West and South against the East are looming up quite grand’ As we go toiling on! If money be a tyrant, why, man has made it so; It ought to be the people’s slave, and not the people’s foe; To conquer it the people’s arm alone can strike the blow As they go fighting on! ' Too heavy and too hard has been old Mammon’s iron hand, But Liberty, though crushed to earth, is rising in the land; No spirit of the darksome pit can her free force withstand As she goes cong’rir.g on! June 10, 1876. With bloody tracks the soil is stained where her fair foot has trod; The law securing interest has money made a god! Withdraw it, and at once we break the stern oppressor’s rod, Arid go triumphing on! Annul it; andjour nation will at once its strength renew, For on that villany accursed by Gentiles!‘ Turk and Jew Stand all the shameless systems which rob men of their due’ As they go working on! Thus shall we lay the usurer within his peaceful grave, And take the camel out of him, his precious soul to save; While o’er him we the Union Flag in holy rapture wave, And go rejoicing on! ' So, Sisters dear and Brothers, there’s work for us to do, To hasten on a happier time it is our duty true, Then shall we leave a better world for all who follow too: When we’vc done marching on! ?X:E'{6t1e’, Mohammad and Moses. -a--—n-n THE NEW DEPARTURE. A BY J. s. L. “ Behold! I make all things new.”—Revelatious, chap. xi., verse 5. . “ And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another comforter, that he may abide with you forever.”——John xiv., v. 14. . “ For Thine incorruptible spirit is in all things. “ For she is the heart of the ‘power of God! and pure influence flowing forth from the glory of the Almighty. Therefore can no undcflled thing fall into her. For she is the brightness of the everlasting light,—the unspotted mirror of the power of God, and the image of His goodness. And, being but One, she can do all things; and in all ages enteringvinto Holy souls, hath made them Friends of God and Prophcts.”—-Parts of the 7th chapterof the Wisdom of Solomon. The New Departure! I like the name: ’tis grand; ’tls significant; ’tis suggestive. It reminds one of Columbus, and his three little ships, starting out on an unknown sea, to discover a new continent, or the daring little Mayflhwer and her devoted band. Besides it marks a period in the History of Spiritualism. Anterior to its advent, Spiritualism had been simply destructive in character; it subsisted by com- bativeness, it lived on the defeat of other systems, it was the great reservoir of the anti-religious sentiment of the coun- try, Atheism, Rationalism, Pantheism and Scepticism in general. Whcan it discarded the cardinal dogmas of ortho- dox Christianity, it rushed into the vertex of materialism. It A shouted “ Oh Glorious Science! oh Iufiuitesimal a.nd Atomic Deity ‘I oh great Gglsseous Substance!” etc. Good-bye moral intelligence! Gooci-bye soul! Good—bye imagination! Good- bye poesy! Good-‘eye religion! A man’s value was to be determined by his avoirdupois weight. But this moleculial mania could not last. It soon began to decline. Then came the wonderful pilgrimage to heathen lands." It staggered back to the dark ages. It gr-oped about among different religions, searching for analogies to Christi- anity. But running down one maiihine, never invented an- other. \Vhat was the result of this ? At fiust a feeling of su- perficial fellowship, based upon a, common an thy t_ .- the prevailing religion. This lasted‘ for a time; but when the first fit of enthusiasm had subsided, the effects of this heter- geneous combination began to make itself so manifest, each man mounted his peculiar hobby, and with visor down and leveled lance, rode ahead regardless of everything else. But. 10! he was soon met by another knight, as fierce and as bad as he; and then they stood and shook their fists at each other, till others, coming at right angles, separated them for a time. And so the battle raged till. like the celebrated con- test of the Kilkenny cats, there is little left now but their tails. Where they once had overflowing halls, they have not a single vestige of organization left, so that Spiritualism at present, as a compact and united body, has neither unity. harmony nor integral vitality. And as far as its practical usefulness is concerned, as at present developed, its epitaph may as well be written, “Died of injuries received at its own hands.” But out of this peculiar class of persons is to come the chosen sons and daughters of God, who are to build the glorious temple of celestial harmony. The flowers of the ages, the antecedent prerequisites, are even now being brought prudently forward by our faithful and heroic sister Victoria, . to whom be al honor for her determined persistenceand adherence to her soul’s ideal, through" defamation, distrust, dissimulation,persecution, yea almost death itself, to keep intact the sacred sanctity of the higher life. God reward her according to her works. She now invites us to a new depar- ture. She admits the defects of the Bible, but says, dear friends, we have looked at these things a long time, now let us look for its virtues, and from the depths of an overflowing soul, I say amen! For although its leading truth and divine mysteries come through imperfect instruments who distrusted their meaning, yet concealed within its pages -lies the key to all that is true and precious in moral and social ethics. The most important thing we should discern is this immut- able fact, which no amount ‘of hypothetical speculation can invalidate: That this is not aforsaken and fatherless world, but that it has a Creator and controlling guide, not a material deity made of wood and iron and stones, the old "Pagan god, with the eye-holes withered up, but an individualized will-— a se1f—conscious identity, full of infinite wisdom and bound- less affection; and when we have made this discovery, and it has gone deep enough into our souls topurify our percep- tions, we shall begin to see dawning upon our comprehension that other mighty secret which has been purposely concealed from the eyes of the foolish, but revealed to the wise in all ages--sexual continence—without which no divine dispensa- tion can ever be established, and which isbeing brought for- ward to such as are prepared to receive, by our holy, saluted. sister, and which is to be the golden alchemy that shall fuse and melt the souls of the sons and daughters of God into ‘one unbroken circle of celestial harmony and holylove. ! As the mighty results of this grandest of practical theories looms up before me, I can but shout, Glory be to- God! that there has been found one woman pure enough to receive this purely divine revelation. Indeed, it could never z..- .-s 5, -as-.: 2 4-: -"v W faith, and he had better leave well enough alone. June 10, [876 WOODHULL as oLArI.1N's wEEKLi'. 3 . have come except through the sensitive and “impressible nature of woman. The apostles could only conceive of continence through abstinence; they could indulge in a holy kiss, and feel no sense of guilt or shame; but a holy embrace never entered into their concept-ions, but such is to be the lofty heights of spiritual grandeur to be-attained by the chosen sons and daughters of God in this,‘the last and crowning dispensation of God on earth. St. John in his apocalyptic vision, saw ajhundred and forty and four thou- sand men who had not been defiled with women. But the elders of the new church are to be women, who have not ‘been defiled with men, and the last will not depend upon modern ideas of iniquity. They will be women who have passed th_rough the fire of purification and have come out more than conquerors. through the mighty power of God’s holy spirit given to them, in answer to persistent and patient self,-denial and spiritual aspiration ; women whose eyes shall be clear and strong as the noonday sun,from whose searching gaze an impure man will shrink as this eye of his shrinks the light; women who will not ask to have the Medician Venus covered with a night—gown, lest they shall see in that marvelous creation of art the reflection of their own putrid imaginations; women who shall dare to call things by their right names; women who shall dare to speak freely about the Divine laws of procreation, for the same reason which Emerson gave when he said, he dipped his pen into the black- est ink, because he was not afraid of falling into his inkstand; women uponwhose lives shall be written in characters‘ of living flame, thus far canst thou go and no farther, here shall your proud will be staid; women who shall be guard- - ed, defended and assisted by a sworn and confederated band of noble-hearted men, who shall hold themselves ready when the signal for assistance is given, with their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor. I will say in conclusion, that a new spiritual order is now being perfected, founded upon ethical morality, practical purity and social equality, which for unity of design, simplicity and completeness of organization. beauty of symbol, and splendor of ceremonial, will surpass anything the world has known, not expecting Jewish theooracy or time-honored Free Masonary, which is all that can be said at present. May the Guardian Master, Divine Protector, and Holy Comforter, bring us into the land of celestial harmony, where we may be saved by the everlasting salvation of a holy and purified social order. Such the prayer of one who is obedient to the same power as Him, who said, “let Him who would be greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven become the sex-‘va.u.‘t of all. A LITTLE LEAv1'-mi‘ éhro. V, At one of your late lectures, I azslriagi :a friend in the Hall, why his wife was not with him, as he had promised? He sat with his back to the entrance: and said he had reconsidered bringing her; that she was well grounded in the Methodist At that moment his wife entered; she saw him, but sat alon . He enthusiastically applauded all the “points,” and when you had half done, he turned, and said, “Iwish I had brought my wife.” After the lecture, I kept my my friend's atten- tion to give her time to retire; but loi she stood at the door, until he saw her. and then, like the Arab, quietly folded her . (con)-tent. and silently glided away, while he exclaimed, in wild refrain: " Well! I’il be d—--d 1” Yours, WILLIAM WINSLOW BENNETT, Per B. UNIVERSAL PHILOSOPHY; OR, SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE RECONCILED. Never in the world’s history has there been a time, of which we have a written. record, so full of purturbation from conflicting religious and scientific elements as the present. Not only are the schools of theology and thoseof science, so- called, arrayed in hostility against one another, but opposing and disintegrating influences are at work in both these de- partments of mental or psychical activity. Religious senti- ment is terribly divided against itself. Never more so in the history of ages. Scientific men cannot settle upon any com- prehensive system of philosophy, which has within itself the solution of the great questions, (fundamental to the general welfare) which are now agitating to the very foundations’,-ithe structure of social life; for all knowledge whether relating , to the universe in its .physical organism, or to the forces, principles or powers which energize this physical economy, resolves itself into the great question, “What are the true relations of meniand women to one another, and to those laws or principles by which they at least seem to be gov- erned?” Science is both atheistic and deistic. The only ' logical deduction possible, however, from the physical basis is that all organic ‘arrangement must ultimately become re- duced back to unconditioned matter, its primordial state, and to this terrible and inevitable conclusion, the greatest of modern materialistic thinkers and writers is gradually, but surely, leadihgithe sensuous mind. And the argument thus far favors atheism. _ The deistic side of the question has no foundation, except through the phenomena afiorded, in different ages of the world, through spiritual manifestations, and this basis is ignored both by modern science and Christianity. There is observed a general uniformity in the operations of law, and therefcan be no doubt that ‘all activity inthe uni- versal economy of nature, has its origin in one common cen- fare of energy. - To trace the laws which move grandly forward, and ever onward the cycles of evolution and involution, from effect to cause, and from cause to effect, and thus to settle for the ex- pectant and troubled masses the questions which now agitate society, is the function devolving upon the philosophers of to-day. I ' . Physical science must constitute the foundation upon which the great superstructure, spiritual truths and existence shall be erected.‘ The religion of the future is to be elaibab-v__ lished upon the correlation of the physical and spiritual uni- verse, and the first point to be settled is the physiology of the most important natural organ employed "in the study of physical phenomena and laws, This organ is the eye. The natural anatomy of the visual organ can be learned in any work treating upon human anatomy. The laws of refraction and refiection of light are simple‘ and uniform. It is commonly known that in the anterior portion of the eye-ball, a small double convex line is situated, through which impressions are made upon the interior ser- face of the eye-ball covered with a delicate and sensitive membrane called the retina, which is an expansion of the optic nerve. All objectivities seen by the natural eye are pictured through this line in some manner upon this mem- brane, and the mind thus becomes cognizant of natural objects. - Now, it is a well-established fact ‘that light, no matter upon what theory we base our study of optics, in passing through a convex Lens is refracted in proportion to the con- vexity of -the surfaces through which it is transmitted, and the greater the convexity to a given point the shorter the focus. The convexity of the lens of the eye, is of such a proportion that light in passing through it would be focal- ized at a point near or quite in the center of the cavity of the eyeball. Every ray of light in passing through the lens from without would come to a point there. It is also a weil—established fact (or at least so simply that it ought to be) that from this point there is a radiation in every direction, not simply toward every portion of the re- tina,_but back through the lens itself outward, and in its pas- sage backward through the lens obeying the same laws of refraction, and therefore focalizing at a point just anterior to the external surface of the lens, from which point also there would be a corresponding radiation in all directions. Accordingly there would be established, before any impres- sion of external objects could be made upon the retina, a rapidly circulating aurific current, and who shall say that impressions communicated to . the eye do not depend as much upon the radiations of the auriferous principle trans- mitted from the ‘eye, as upon the entrance of the "‘ luminous ether ” from without? ‘ Let us suppose, for example, that an object fifty feet square is to make its first impression through the lens of the eye upon the retina, to be conveyed to the mind. It is impos- sible to conveive of any principle of the laws of light by which there could be made to converge from every point in the surface of the object, rays of light, or undulations of a lu- minous ether, to a given focus accommodating the point of convergence to suit any distance the eye may chance to be from the object, without admitting the eye itself to be the prime factor in the phenomenon of vi.~@s, But “ ‘firing. what to every mind cultured to think is pair-it . that the instant the eye is opened to the light, t‘ b lished a polarity, from which there radiates anainiluence in all directions, which must strike every objective point; with- in the range of vision, we begin to reach so7:se%;hing tangible upon which to erect a physical science, thatfwithout which the eye would have no existence, not evenjn the imagination. The instant the eye is opened, lighjrpasses through the lens, and is focalized, as stated above, said reflected, and brought to a. focal point in front of the lane, from which point the di- vergence is made in every conceivable direction. Whatever object any single ray comes. in contact with, is made to re- turn its impression by a direct reflection following-the course of the diverging ray and necessarily converging to a common focus with every returning impression. And admitting this to be true, the impression of the object would be inverted'in' the lens, and reversed through the focus in the center of the eyeball, and impressed upon the retina as it should be, right side up. this simple deduction made from apositive knowledge oi? the operation of light. precludes the necessity of calling into aid some imaginary operation of the mind to .correct a mistake made by modern philosophersffs Ktmos, [To an GONTINUEDJ an--as-—.-up am... Zhe Philadelphia Times, May 24th, 1876.) THE EMANCIPATION or WOMAN. Victoria C. Woodhull lectured last evening in Musical Fund Hall to a large "audience, on the subject: “The heel of woman shall bruise the serpent’s head, and thereby the last enemy, which is Death, shall be conquered.” She treated the subject in her usual style, enlivened by striking anec- dotes, keen hits and apt illustrations. She showed clearly how mothers from ignorance and prejudice influence com- ing generations for evil, where they are derelict in their du- ty, and what a powerful influence they might exert within what every one considers “woman’s sphere” for the good and the true, and exhorted young men to so love and honor their mother and so comprehend that their bodies are temples of God that they never could forget their "own self-respect so far as to be guilty of an unworthy action; and in closing ad- ded: "My only crime is thatin my enthusiasm I have asked for woman’s emancipation. I have so loved my people that knowing, as Idc, what are the causes, I could not see them dying and hold my peace.” _......_-.- (From The Item, Ph1Zla., May 24, 1876.) MRS. WOODHULL’S LECTURE. TELLING BLOWS FROM A FEARLESS WOMAN. Victoria Woodhull lectured at Musical Fund Hall, last evening, on the social question, to an audience that filled the room in every part. The assemblage was of a highly respect- able composition, a fair majority being ladies. Mrs. Wood- hull stepped on the stage without an introduction, and, dis- pensing with all formality, immediately began her lecture. She was handsomely attired in a rich suit of brown silk, but wore no jewelry. At first she spoke in a low, tre_mulous voice, which gradually raised as she warmed up in her sub- ject, and it'was but a short time before she impressed her auditors with the conviction that however much they might . have the spectacle when two men were in;-.i1':ling,g ‘fmthe P1'egi- -I, for lectures on liberal subjects. Engagements [in X}, hesitate in according her prominent place as an orator and a thinker. Her mind ‘indeed richly furnished with thoughts upon every subject which she takes up, and tie matters brought forward are‘ always thoroughly matured g and strikingly appli..caTole. Qi§:lei- language is choice and ele- i gant, and ths richest words liirop from her lips into the best ~ \ places with afluency r~:§saily tn‘-ie‘lodi:>ns. Her highest powers li ain these sudden ot:t%.>ur'si:s of passion, which form the K grand charm of her i)‘£"£l.i.Ol‘;i/“.1. sinking the orator into the I it woman, and making rhoiight 1 alter than eloquence. She said she would make b"~ma.z_x body as sacred as the “ temple of God,” which no ‘.W(>iIl2l.ll would dare de- file. To do this she wozu=.ld ~ :noi;hei'.‘s.educate than» children in the origin or? tliei ce, at home, and not leave them to learn it ;:‘.r'om Elly rity of the street. If '~ . ; daughters would know hmsv to regard their bodies 4 abusing them. By this, n filling early graves from » , , and the innate purity of young girls would driw: the ‘sediid from society that he now so foully contaminates. {Ellie s. 2; believe in people rush- ing in'to marriage like horses into ‘battle, and out of it; in mg same manner. The loose di‘vorcei vs are as bad as loose mar- riages; she wasa firm heilicveriri t it sort of marriages which knows no divorce. She he ' ".;;a'l‘riage isone of the most sacred acts of God: avail, ii‘ shephnd her way, she would have it made a crimirral o:il"en.ce for two people, ignorant o t‘ each other, to marry. Sallie ‘believed mothers teaching their daughters the great 1'. .ll’.iillbllliT»i('é“‘¢ of maternity, so that they would regard with awe the ‘i.-ll-1 ‘gt of bringing to fife a human being after God's dwn i2:na,__. She would have every mother the teacherof her Oli§i.:li'Ci.F“i‘ili, and, indeed, more, the confessor oi.’ them. By doing iis she would do away with unhappy marriages. When tli.is was accomplished it would put an end to men runmim ’ ' g.«,:;11iDg thei1.mt19 difiiculties to other men’:-3 wives, eel ing from them 7 that confidence that their wives alozn " mié. have. Rem- ‘ edying the social evil would purify L‘: . oféitics. There would be no more rottenness or corruptimz, amt we would not-, dency to see" one wonder, whether they were .«;;,~m_.§t3da1; is for the White House or the Penitentiary, Tlil_l‘~'3 ' ‘ mg? of the lecture was frequently interrupted with room ,~ and l at its conclusion the lecturer received. ax. plause. to which was added the conviction of all to her that she was indeed a wonderful woman. who listened .¢.A vfirxvf EDITORIAL NOTICES. ‘ . Lao M1LLaa AND MArrm STRICKLAND will recs’ 6 A n’ . "l0 ,, "~?‘fi.s1ic‘rfil2i. and Michigan particularly desired during tltis spring nioni.li;s.,juTe2*zns reasonable. Address Tarmington. Minn. A M‘ ' » I 1776-1876-1976, THE; GREA1’l‘ . ~ , , , . CAMl3~—-hi..iE1ll:’lTIN.(él.. « ' - . The Northern Illinois Assocjatiorrof Spiritualists will hold a grand camp~meeting on the Winnebago County Fair Grounds, Rockford, Ill., commencing on Wednesday, June;''’ 7th, 1876. at 2 o’clock P. M., and will hold over Sunday, the N‘, 11th, five full day, during which every attention will be paid to the wants of those attending the camp-meeting. Tents , will be pitched on Monday and Tuesday-, the 5th and 6th of \ June. Provisions will be furnished at the lowest market V‘ price. The grounds are enclosed ,_with a substantial fence: 2, the gates will close at 10 o’clock P. M., and open at 6 o’clock A. M., sharp, each day during the session of the camp—meet-« ii ing. There willbe an efficient police force for maintaining , order day and night. , 5 The best talent in theland will be placed upon the platform A as speakers, singers and mediums. , _ l Meals will be furnished at the eating-room, on the grounds, at the lowest possible rates. There will be no liquor or beer \‘; stalls tolerated on the grounds. All temperance beverages and refreshments will be furnished on the camp-groundg under the direction of the Business Committee. I - I The Fair Grounds will accommodate fifteen thousand 5 people. Full arrangments will he made for cheap fares on lg the railroads connecting with Rockford, of which notice will i be given in due time. - , There will be a news stand for the sale of Spiritual and . -X‘ Liberal literature. All hawking or peddling of goods of any \ kind will be prohibit n the camp~ground. ‘ Families with tents can enjoy every home comfort they may desire. V These grounds are beautifully shaded and watered, are of easy access by rail or carriage, and are located in the vicinity of one of the finest cities in Illinois. Spiritualists of Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa. sourl, Indiana, and Michigan, We specially invite all of -with plenty of bedding, with hampers filled with come with tents large enough for others be Come with your souls full of love and your in with wisdom. Come up to our first Centenni ing and let us have a “feast of reason and ‘flow Our platform will be a free one, and free,/Q35, erated; this, however, grants no license ‘ti, (fig) rants the use of abusive language. ‘By order of the N. Ill. A. of Spire J. 0. iii m_p-meet- of soul.” cell will be tol- wrong, or war- 4i‘l:"'i3i'.-ll. J. M. D., President. EIV. WILsoN, Secretary. 3 LOMBARD, Ill., March 14.21:, 6 We the undersigned, Comnma A ;4 of G...» ind Arrangements for the Camp-meeting, fully 4-» I ,;,-e the above Programme Dated at Rockford, Ill., iris;-an 19311, 1375, ‘ E. SMITH, FRED. H. BARNARD, 3-3 differ as to the soundness of her clclotrines, they could not A... H. 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Newsdealers supplied by the flmerican News Company, No. iti 'I~Tassau street, New York. f All communications, busmgtss 0 ‘editorial, must be addressed Woodhull of 4'-"laflire’s Weekly, ’ P. 0. Box, 3791, N. Y. Oficeslll Nassau Street, Rohm 9. To him: that overeometh, I will give to eat of the hidden manna.--«St John the Divine. That} through death he might clest-ray him I that had the/1oower'of cleath, that ‘is, the clevil, and deliver them mho through fear of death were all their life- ti77ie,;§suhject to bo7iclage.~—Paul. I The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreateol, full of mercy and good fruits, without par,tialitg,/ and without hp-I ypocrisy.-‘—,James, iii, 17. g , _,,,,-/.. Anal these signs shall follow t H, name shall they cast out devils ,j_,_tah-ey"‘§/ all take up serpents,‘ and ,:f ;,«;/M2,,,.{Zririle‘-arzy'loleadly it shall not hurt ‘they silallglay hands omil the sick and they ,,-shall recover.—Jesu‘s.»—-- — ~ :- NEW roux, SATURDAY,_JUNE 10.1876] At the last moment and for want of space, we have de. ‘cidcd to leave over until our next, the admirable bill into- duced into Congress by Gen. Banks, of which -we spoke last week. It will certainly appear in the next issue. In the meantime those of our labor friends who desire advance ‘copies of the bill, can obtain ‘them by calling at our office. Had the General come forward with this bill earlier, and had made, as he could have done, a strong speech in its favor. and in favor of greenback currency, he would have been a formidable Presidential candidate on the event of a “ bolt” at St. Louis. A ,_ V‘- THE DOUBLE TRIANGLE ; on, run SIX-POINTED sran IN run nasr. _ For we have seen his star in the East, and we are come to worship 1,; ’,_—Sr. MA'!3THEWs ii»; 2- I 0. - .j-. ' g i . ‘ ' _ _ I f y - fi - ‘' allegorical of the truth to the exposition o WEE: ts: 1$V1;:E}gLY is now devoted. ’ It has been clearly shown in our preseht Series Of leading 3» tides that it repre - 51' 0‘ to ether of the inhabitants of the gems the commg men ma g brotherhood, and the th ,1 mt S he;-es in a common ' :::ab]?SI;,m:l:,t thelfieby of the universal human family. It ‘ . ' ' '6 th 11' 11 also represents still another and m°r‘131_1n11p‘:11:3::druin : flecw has not yet been introduced, W hlc-1; rm unto Himself words, is, God in man I'eCOIlC1l1.Dg 6 W0 W e adopt this diagram as emblemttlc 9f 0“-17 “lure Wm" A _VISION_.--I\_ro. m. by. this time, discovered that our purpose in’ detailing the various spiritual experiences of our lives, is not merely to give publicity to the facts, per se, nor" yet to make it gener- ally known that we have been the subjects of such experi- ences; but rather to show, so far as they can be madeto show, that these experiences are a portion of a grand move- ment upon the part of those in the other world, to inaugur- ate certain conditions in this, in which they make use of us as their agents. So far from it being necessary for us to point out the conditions that exist between the various ex- periences through which we have been led, and to carry them forward into the future, to show to what they legiti- mately tend, it is only necessary for any one accustomed to trace effects from causes, to consider What these experi- ences have been, and to place them in tile order of their oc- currence, to see clearly that they have a meaning, and also to see what that meaning is. They are not fragmentary and unconnected; they are not at one time the result of one kind of influences and at other times of quite different kinds ; but they all proceed from a single source, and lead to a single object, which source, turning, voluntarily, neither to the right nor left, has pressed forward to that ob- ject, dcflecting to the right or left only as compelled by circumstances thathad not been taken into consideration; or else had not been given their proper weight. We do not pretend that these sources have been infallible, having turned everything which they have encountered to their purposes; but we do pretend to say without fear of suc- cessful contradiction, that from the moment the movement was really inaugurated, they have made constant progress toward the ultimate purpose-,~ which purpose is nothing less than to press the world‘ to the end of this dispensation and to inaugurate a new one, in which, first, immortality in the flesh, and second, the; resurrection from the dead, shall be attained. It was to perform our part in this pro- gramme that we were prepared for and appointed to this mission; and up to this time we are able to say that those whom we serve are satisfied, with our labors and with the general-condition of the whole movement; and we state, confidently, that "before the end of this "year there will be outward demonstrations made which will make its tenor and scope clear. - ' I - Notwithstandi_p.@1owever, allihe assurance that I feel, indeed,’*tiu§§§<knbw’lédge that I have, I hesitate to attempt the Ihsk of portraying that which I am about to present. To do so in thxe cool and deliberate method of journalistic writing; in measured sentences and selected wo_rds,Iis, I know, to fai1.1‘_1t,te1'ly to convey tomy readers all or any of"tl1e magical effects that were produced by the facts, upon myself. Notlfiug-_sho1‘t of being wrought gradually up to the height of the occasion by the inspiration of a sympathetic audience, whose souls can be made to feel themselves in the veritable presence of the scene portrayed, can ever call out language thatwill convey any adequate ,,,,nce,,u'on of its force and meaning. In writing, one is too far removed from those addressed‘, both in time and space, to receive any immediate reactionary benefit or aid from them; it is an act wholly of giving. at-the time; the receiving, if any come at all, being after the effort has been long ended. Therefore-, in-presenting.the.high1y—wrought scenes involved in this vision, I must content myself with the knowledge -that my readers cannot be "expected to enter into their spiritual significance, or to what I feel about them,-; and I must also realize that few will appreciate the motives know must be only partially successful. N everthelcss, being not “ unmindful of the heavenly vision,” I shall ven- ture, and trust to the spiritual ‘senses of my readers to reach to what my words may fail to convey. It-will be remembered that in a“ former vision I have said ‘I that Ispent tlrewinter of 1865-66 in the "South. -Early in 3" (36 ” I was called first North to Chicago and then East to New York, bya family Contingency, which has come re- cently to light to have been a link in the chain of circum- stances that was being then" forged. for future use. The {Journey ended-«, by leaving me in the early summer in North- ern Wisconsin, wherc, , at Green Bay, situated at the head ‘L . of -thehrge body of water bearing the same name, and at Oshkosh, situated on the western shore of Lake Winnebago, I spent most of that summer-. From the evening in New Orleans upon which the vision of “ TheWI-JEKLY ” was flrst presented "to "us, onward, I was almuostl constantly under spirit influence, frequently being for ‘days in acondition of cxaltation in which I sometimes scarcely know whether I was in The Flesh or in The Spirit, and again falling to a normal bodily state, and to an equal degree, being depressed mentally. Thus oscillating between these two extremes, I was scarcelyiever the same individual for two consecutive days, My friends could not understand me, nor could I understand myself ; and this in turn begat a condition both onerous and irksome; indeed, heavy to be bourn. After this had continued for some months I began to feel a growing desire to know what it all meant, and to chafe under the withholding of the information. Finally, this desire grew to be so strong and fierce, that I would invol‘ untarily exclaim, “Oh, God! Show me what this portends; show me if these things are to last much longer; show me if my life have no higher purpose than to be tossed hithe; I presume that most of the readers of the WEEKLY have, I which move me to hazard an attempt which, in advance, I , and thither in this way; show me my future; show me what I am expected to do!” Upon the evening of a day that I had. spent in Chicago, I was returning alone to Oshkosh by the way of the Green Bay division of the Chicago and North Western Railway, when this involuntary prayer was surging in my soul with almost uncontrollable fury. I I felt thatl must know some- thing; felt that I could no longer endure to live in this state of suspense, day after day having the strange experiences that came to me, and still seeming to not move forward th- ward any definite purpose. In fact, mysoul was up iniarms to be at “my work,” if I had any to do, as I was being con- stantly told that I had and that I was undergoing the prep- ar ations which must necessarily precede an actual departure in the work, which necessity I could not then comprehend so well as I do now. I argued within myself then,";1t11at there could be nothing required of me that I was not"iivil1- ing and able, with the help of the spirits, to perform, while now I am fully conscious that there is much that will be still required of me, for which I am not yet nearly prepared. Then I was in the heat of youthful enthusiasm for the task that was laid out before me, not knowing its magnitude nor realizing its importance, but chafing at every delay and deeming hesitation to move, an evidence of temerity and want of faith in the success of what was to be undertaken. Now, I even hesitate to move when commanded, fearing lest my "preparation may be still incomplete and unfit to overcome the contingencies and obstacles that I know lie in the way that spreads out before. It was in such a state of rebellion that I that night cast myself into my slee ping berth. I had scarcely touched the bed before Iwas made aware of the presence of several spirits, which presence rapidly raised me into the spiritual condition. I soon became “as one of them,” and this is what I saw and what was done and what I did 2 I found myself with my father and mother, and all my, sisters and brother on an eastward-bound railroad train. When it arrived at a certain place, the name of which was not disclosed to me, but which I knew was ninety miles dis- tant from New York, I saw an immense concourse of people assembled. I seemed to know there were fifty thousand of them. They looked as if a fire had swept over them, leav- ing them blackened and covered with dust and ashes. They resembled the stra—g‘gle1's from a. defeated army more than anything else with "Which I can now compare them, and be- longed to every natitén of the world. There was no coher- ence among them ; they were a swaying mass of utterly de- morallzed people, men, women and children, who had in some way been mysteriously drawn together, no one could tell why or how, and moving hither and thither without any purphse. There were, however, among them those who re - alized the condition, but were powerless to stay the tide of _ dernoralization. Far away, in a southern direction, I obser- ved agroup of people in hasty consultation. Soon, from this group, there came toward the train ofcars, three patri- archal-lookingmen. They entered the car -and coming to me, said : . “We have been de putized by these people whom you see, to request you to organize them. They have been looking for you, and will listen to no one else.” f‘I cannot do so now,” I replied. “But after reaching my destination and settling my family, I will return and be at your service.’,’ I - I _ , . — The train moved onward, andwe were soon at our jour- ney’s end. Having properly disposed of my family I re» turned to this place, the name of which was still withheld from me. When I arrived,~the mass had so increased, that where there were at first thousands only, there were mil- lions now, a vast sea of heads reaching away in every direc- tion as far as the; eye could see. The same deputationof aged men, as before, met me at the train, and conducted me into the into the centre of this mass and handed me upon a small platformabout fifteen feet square, upon which were no other persons. Immediately after I stepped upon. the platformit was lifted two hundred feet into the air. Awe-st1'uck,I gazed upon’ the scene. Stretching far away into the horizon on ever-y,side——north, south, east and west __1,hat mass of humanity sway ed and reeled as if drunken with their -debaucheries. No ordinary means could ever attract;the.attention of that. mass, of . demoralization, much less command the mass. Some power coming in the-way of ‘a thunder-clap, from out of an unexpectant sky, would alone suflice. It came-; and this is what it was: . - r ' I said the platform was lifted two hundred feet into the air. While I was regafding the scene, therecame out of the air twelve old sages, and seated themselves regularly around the platform. ’l‘heir faces shone with a dazzling brilliancy, which compelled me to shade my eyes as I beheld; them; and beamed with love and wisdom. Their beards were sil- ver white, and rested on their knees as they sat, Each, in turn, addressed some words to me, and then performed a ceremony, the purport of neither of which am I permitted‘ now to reveal. When this was ended, my attention was attracted to the west. I saw the sun just passing below the horizon. The sky and the clouds as they piled themselves bank on bank, were lit up with a gorgeous splendor such as is sometimes seen when the setting sun pours its parting rays upon the remnants of the spent storm which skirt the heavens. I gazed entranced upon the scene. One of the sages re- marked; “'l‘his is a most auspicious sunset." - vs ! L... 4... élniie it), 1878. wocnnutiz a CLAFf.fNiS wanker. As I listened to these words, the western sky began slowly to open about forty-five degrees upward from the horizon, and to roll backward upon either side like a scroll, while out of the background there came a giant spiriti-form whom I seemed to know was the mightiest spirit in the heavens. Calmly observing the scene, he said, as he sheathed his sword: I “Thus put I away the sword forever. ’Tis done! ’Tis done! ’Tis done! You have long wanted to know who is your guardian ansel. I am he.” _ And raising his arm and pointing directly at me, con- tinued: “Blessed shalt thou be if when this time come thou art found not wanting.” He then held up a scroll of paper on which was written: ‘ The world from 1876.” These words were but the title page of what was contained within. He then said some- thing more about my life, which he said should be “scaled up” until this time should come, and retreating, the sky rolled back and hid him from sight. The platform descended to the earth amid the shouts and acclamations, of the people, who had seen all that had passed, and by it had been made orderly and tractable. They had been organized without an effort. The old had passed away, and all things had become new. A nation had been born in a day. The world had passed into the new dispen- sation. The kingdom of peace and goodwill, had de- cended to earth, and “ we ” had become “as the angels in heaven.” ' Still in the spiritual condition, I rushed to my Father, and said: “Oh, Father, Father! you do not know how God has blessed me!” As I said this, I sprang from my berth, and roused. all passenger by crying out: Do you see that vision! Do you see that vision in the heavens! For there it was still before me as real as I have described it. The conductor tried to pacify me, but having arrived at Oshkosh without having done so, he accompanied me to the hotel;where mother and sister were stopping, and gave me safely into their charge,_ thinking evidently that I had needed care. He returned to his train, and I have never seen him since. I related to my friends all that had passed, the vision still, lingering in my sight, and impressing me with the reality -,‘ fund even to this day, when in certain conditions, I can sti ' see that vision. Can it be wondered that it has had a mark efiect upon my life? Should I not be considered imperfiious to influence, if, when I hear these words repeated in my ears : “ Blessed shalt thou be when this time comes if thou art found not wanting,” I should not be moved to any strife; be made ready to do any battle; be willing to endure anything? What their real significance may be, I shall not now pre- tend to say; but that it will be demonstrated soon, I know, for the time is at hand, “the seventh angel has sounded,” and “the mystery of God” will be ended as He hath de- clared to his servants, the prophets, shortly. VICTORIA O. WOODHULL. JOURNALISTIC COURTESY AND JUSTICE. A common rule of all decent journalism is, that where any one has been misrepresented either editorially or by cor- respondence, in the columns of a paper, that one has a right to be heard in defense, provided such defense is courteous and to tbe point. We are sorry to say, however, that this common rule is often ignored, when we are the subjects of~misreprcsentation. We are lcdto speak of this. at this time, because an instance of this injustice has just been fur- nished us, by a Journal and an Editor from whom we least expected such treatment; treatment that we are astonished to learn that this Editor can feel that he can afford to extend to anybody. But we learn every day that all the bigotry and intolerance of opinion is not confined to Christians, so- called; in fact, so far as we and the cause in which we la- bor, are concerned, we must confess that we suffer most from those who call themselves liberal, and who should be liberal, than from the professedly conservative classes. Especially is this true in journalism. The secular press, which two years ago was almost universally closed against us, is now as universally open. and ready to give currency to our views, and to deal courteously and justly by us person- ally; while the liberal press, which two years ago was open to _us everywhere, is now more bitter and intollerant than was ever the secular press. ‘ In the instance that we are now to present as an illustra- tion, we should be glad if we had space to reproduce all the matter which makes up the case, and leave our readers to place their own construction upon it, but we have not, and must content ourselves with outlining the case. About a month ago there appeared an article in the Boston Im)estz'ga- i tor, (an Infidel paper) in which our name appeared and our social theories were referred to. The Editor commented upon the article and stated what he supposed to be our views, but admitted that he might not understand them correctly—— it is now evident that he did not, though he has had the op- portunity to become familiar with them, by having the WEEKLY as a reference, ever since it was published; of which if he has not madeuse he had no right to hypothetically . state anything about them—which we felt was an invitation to present a. few of the points upon which our theories hinge, in the Investigator’, not only to enlighten its Editor‘ but ale .0 its readers, who have/been misled from time to time in its columns about us. Moreover we confess to a desire to be understood. We-have been maligned and persecuted, and had all manner of evil things said of us, for what we neither believe or practice, long enough. The point raised by the article and comments alluded to, was in regard to our ideas about marriage. The response to them was en- titled, “What we oppose in marriage,” and the article itself was an elucidation of this title, together with some reasons why we make this opposition. Among other things we made a distinct proposition, asking this question : If it be not instinct of her body and sentiment of her soul rebels, where between this condition and the opposition of free consent, would it be right to compel her by law to submission? , And to bring it directly home to the editor, we called upon him to admit we were right, or else to answer our query. But not only did he not do this at all; not only did he utterly ignore the central point around which the whole article pivoted, but he went on to comment upon the article, in what, we are sorry to say, seemed to us to be from a. really vulgar and discourteous standpoint. Utterly disregarding the plain language of the article he treated it as if it were wholly different from what it was, and as if our views are what they hav e been held to be by those who have known nothing of either them or us. Further, not only did he do all this, but he cut the article in the middle thus dividing what we opposed in marriage, from the principal reasons for this opposition, publishing the latter part the next week. The whole article would have occupied only about a column in the paper, but the reason, given for dividing it was want of space, while there were several longer ones in the same paper, which were not defenses against previous misrepresenta- tions of the paper, which articles by common journalistic courtesy always have the preference. . Upon seeing the first part of the article and the comments made by the editor, we saw thatit was his intention that we should not be understood by the readers of the Iizcestigator if he could prevent it by calling their attention away from the vital point of the article, and fixing it upon the sup- posed popular idea , concerning us and our theories. Not being willing to be made to appear in a worse light than ever‘ to the readers of that paper, and not waiting for the publi- cation of the remainder of the article, we wrote again to the editor, as follows: WHAT I oo Nor OPPOSE IN MARRIAGE. Mr. Editor: I see by your editorial remariimup-on the por- tions of my article which you did me the injustic‘e“‘torpiih1ish separated from its sequence, that you utterly ignore, not Only what I wrote about, but what I wrote. I wrote 9-9011 “What I oppose in marriage ;” but you have made an onslaught 1113011 me as if I had written in opposition to mazrziage. Since you evade the issue that I raised in that axtivelea I beg YOU to P61‘- mit me to show what I do not oppose in ma-l‘I‘iag8. With @119 hope that, from this standpoint, you will be able, and have the desire, to understand what I mean. I do believe in the sanctity of marriage, and it is because I so believe, that I have plead so earnestly as I have for woman's complete emancipation from legal marital thraldom, knowing full well thatqs soon as she becomes thoroughly conversant with the d/igvine law in which is wrapped up the awful responsibllityflof creating “His image,” she will not enter into the sacred relation with ‘so ilittle consideration as- she does now’. ' ' The marriage of two divinely inspired souls! Therefiis no more beautiful thing in the universe. Woman stands as God’s architect, His vicegerent. Then should she not be come intellectually I-Iis equal? ‘ So long as the streets of our cities are filled with children debauched in every w‘ay;'sojlong as we have Piper's confesse- ing to terrific crimes; so long as our young and beautiful daughters fill the prostitute‘s grave, and idiots, insane and vicious people curse the face of the earth, so long should woman rebel against anygiand all conditions that keep her hampered, so that she may, or can, not find out the law that governs her own life—giving being. When our daughters are no longer "prepared for "the mar— riage mart simply as commodities to be sold at the highest price; when we exact the same purity of man that he requires of woman; when woman, in her matronly dignity and God- like purity shall, by her intellectual power, crush the demon lust, then sorrow and desolationéjandjmisery and vice, will be banished from the face of the earth. ' Your remarks would lead one to believe that I do not be- lieve in the marriage relation. What an error do you and those who think with you make! It is I who do believe in theinstitution‘ as a. divine provision, but law alone cannot make it divine. There must be honesty, purity, intelligence, goodness. all culminating in an all-absorbing love to render this relation divine. Nor do I believe in the loose system of divorces now so much in vogue. The prerequsites I would require for marriage, would abolish the need for divorce laws. It is only because people now come together ignor- antly, that there seems to be this need. To me this business is as reprehensible as the promiscuousness that runs riot in the land. Every mother, every woman before becoming a mother, -should understand the law of procreation and should be able, and should make it her duty to impart it to her chil- dren, so that when her daughter’s hand is sought in mar- riage, her first thoughts may be: Dare I marry; have I lived correctly; am I fit to enter into a. relation that will make me responsible for the ‘making or defacing of,Grod’s image-——‘; whether I dare to attempt to erect that “ holy tem- ple ” “ not madeiwith hands.” I _ I Sheer at me as much as you may; slur my demands as much as you do, Itell you seriously, that the points that I right for woman to be compelled to yield herself when every are the most vital in body. I am sorry i find suficient weig ever ready to impu ing of the words I u as you have made a or ideas conveyed i must have emanate your mind, which, i marks about me, aft from anything that I I desire to say here that I have ever made gamic marriage as the pure as it was lasting everything I ever wro Our jails, penitenti brothels are filled with ignorance, and reared ‘ are the natural outcom woman is reaping the h land with grief and shan it a crime for people i 1 responsibility, and bear , the true origin, the cans and here is where the pe dies before there can be .l question must be discus completely understood; u to bear an unworthy child a curse to society; until 1; riage as horses rush to bat same manner; and you 11 records of your own Stat which hot-haste and its co I died could what I advocate I universal knowledge upon t I in their power to crush the a the bottom of all the wron rescue our young from unti . what the God of Nat-»ure' i n j of Gods. The mystery that has been a marriage and maternity tend morbid curiosity and desireni wild and satisfythcmselves in Let then the veil of mock 1 mentality be rent asunder; le. erected around the subject be light of intelligence may be l may reproduce “ our kind” w’ ' vices and miseries of the past. have raised against “what I oppose in marriage” as it is, L When this shall be accompl t.lze_s_ong of the race redeemed my Onslaught IILJULI iibe ignoran Instead, however, of p - , editor in the next issue publise articlefiwith further comments, makin _ of having received our second coinmun succeeding issue, instead of replying p vate request, he published the following, to our readers, being willing to rest our the editor, upon the evident intention of t “Mrs. V. C. Woodhull, New York-—-Y pages was promptly published; now you se an appendix, and go over all the ground ' with the idle and captions complaint that justice because for want of space we divided cation. Madame! If this is the return you you a favor, then we must say, ‘more in s anger,’ that your ideas of courtesy, liberality cussion, like those of love and marriage, are from ours.” In the flrst place, we beg to reply that -the’ appen notgo over the ground of the first article, but is .. reply to points raised ggainst us by the editor, which entirely foreign to the scope and intent of the first aric . and which we should -never have thought of writinglhadi not the editor's remarks been intended to do us gross -in- justice;' had they not been of a character altogether un- worthy of so serious a matter as the one involved in these issues. And in the second place, we beg to say that it was not a favor at all that was done us; it did not come about as a favor, but as an explanation, inferentially at least, if » not directly called for by the remarks of the editor ‘upon the communication of his Texan correspondent. Had those re- marks not been made, we should certainly not have felt called upon, and should not have written the “ten pages;” and had the remarks upon the first half of the “ ten pages ” l V been based upon or made in criticism of them, we shouldjr have had no occasion to, and should not have written he “ eight pages.” If there were any favor at all upon ei/-’ther side, so far as the ‘_‘ ten pages” were concerned, it was’ oer: tainly done by us to the editor, by our endeavor to set him right upona matter which he confessed he and I which his writings plainly showed that he did not, underfi stand. Of c0urse,.however,we should have felt obliged, had our “ ten pages” appeared as they were written, but appearing as they did with the inappropriate and inapplic- able, not to say uncourteous and ill-tempered, and we should be justified in adding contemptible, remarks, we were, instead of a favor, done a great disfavor; were done an injustice of which we had a right to complain; had a right to be heard upon»-a right which we would no more think of denying to any of our correspondents, under much less aggravating circumstances than those under which we wrote i119 “eight P‘?<3eS»” But we did not descend" to woonnunr. & ctarninvs WEEKLY. June 10, 1876. - .ons ofiithe remarks ' of principles and artainly avoid, what * jectionable. ,’ we never attempt to be called forth by f “more insorrow zople who are engaged s wide as humanity, ;, ' with the stern reali- be either pleasant or let it be severe if it ) subterfuge attempted animus is endeavored aking that animus all been had not the veil But‘ it is with unfeigned ‘ than in anger” that we courtesy, liberality and lead marriage, “are very ‘Cf the Boston Investiga- -fltsed to be able to add, in those set forth in the fused to publish, he will ’ they treat, as any right- ere reading of those from he honor to hold, and the efend whenever necessary, this case, which, in part, at — -.ht to do by what the editor ‘y, liberality” and the right we ‘denominate precisely the in in anger,” but because we feel to be the truth about t position of the Investigator, ‘ct’ to :see the great truth in- oman’s emancipation from idvocated in the columns of ore important one of proper a prominent feature‘ of that E TRUTH. ies that we are receiving as to truth involved in ‘“' ’il""l.ie ' .l.£'s.'«"J‘.a » ..nn.;.u. and immortality. '1 ated, and to "now, hesitating .) n" he reason that there is so little com- t the truth is, and what it demands of accept it. It cannot be supposed that a tion from a living death to a deathless small moment, requiring no sacrifices or nquishment of present happiness, comforts ' t that so many seem to im agine that this 'e- a common affair, has held us back from 11. Between epochs there is always an e in which confusion, anarchy or inertia — ween the epochs in which man is to pass to life, there willgbe an interval, described by ’rophet as “the abomination of desolation.” - the demonstration comes, will be willing to mim or herself into this desolation for the King- J. eaven’s sake? We have said that the truth is a ‘. thing to have, but those who have conceived of what le thing may consist, have a faint conception only of one that must be encountered in the search for eternal rue. Remember the allegorical presentation of the im- possibility of Adam and Eve refraining from eating of the fruit of the tree that stood in the midst of the Garden of Eden, though they had not known its enticements, and then conceive of the still greater impossibility of refraining from the same eating now by those who have been always accustomed to partaking without let or hindrance, and then consider if possible who is ready to begin in earnest to seek eternal life, and then imagine why we hesitate. Daniel said, “And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days; ' blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three jiuiindred and five and thirty days,” and remember that this to precede the finishing of the mystery of God. ,,..to present the ._,:.r __4A .4 f 1wr"* THE DAVID EDGAR FUND. "‘ ‘"5068 of Wm. F. Flanders of Cornville, Me., of 3',-,;zL.,n r,{«_ js,. fgert. of Terre Haute, Ind., and of David ’ Fleisch of Ci,,cei.;cnati, Neb., on’ account of this fund are hereby acknoyvleéiged. We return them our sincerest thanks, both on our own behalf as well as on that of the Spirits of whom we ;’t‘z'.e the servants, for their timely aid; for their devotion to a concmon cause; for their disinterested zeal, which, under the crircumstances, and in a peculiar time. led them to not stay the-.i.r hands; but t0 001119 110b1Y and bravely into the ranks wh«.2're we have stood these five yearsi to not stand upon the order of their doing, but to do at once. A cause with only a :f‘ew‘ such friends as these, need never fail, and it is with ;sa:.:‘tiii.ar sense of gratitude / 2.; ; efore he will have correct ‘ ' : statement, either in pu.bl.i.r: or -.1 'i..lY:Et't we. W'.‘.‘-~*"l~'>'~‘r‘ ’ “ to God and His Holy Angelsfthat we are accounted worthy to be laborers in avineyard that is blessed with such sources of support. There was never a. more truthful saying than this: “ Cast your bread upon the waters, and it shall return unto you after many days.” Let those who cast their bread upon the waters of this cause, which are rolling onward to wash humanity clean from all its filth and lewdness, rest assured that it will return to them after not many days; for the time of the end—-the present time-is near, the white- ness of the fields even now looming up in the near future. MAJ; V in w WE are pleased to be able to announce that we have en- gaged Mr. G. H. Krieder, recently of Louisville, Ky., as the General Advertising and Subscription Agent of the WEEKLY. See his notice in another column. _ .1: A V <wr~~ To SPIRITUALISTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.— Our readers will notice an advertisement thus headed, on 8th page. Every Spiritualist should read it, and all not in posses- sion of that excellent Steelplate Engraving, “THE DAWN- ING LIGHT, Illustrating the Birthplace of Modern Spirit- ualism,” should order it at once. I The published price, 5932-00, was low enough for its size and quality; but it will be noticed that, for various reasons, it is now mailed, postage free, for One Dollar, and that, for ashort time, all will get India tinted impressions, without extra charge. This is a rare opportunity to secure a gem of art, which, if on the wall of every Spiritual home, would do much to benefit: and give dignity to Spiritualisrn. The work is ‘not intended torcommemorate the services of the mediums who once resided in that little famous house, but as an historic enshrinement of the house and the beautiful scenery surrounding it, and as a souvenir of the Mystic Era of Modern Spiritualism. Bible ipictures have exerted an all- powerful influence throughout Christendom. Pictorial art can be made of great utility to our cause, which is suggestive of an almost endless number of beautiful and exalted conceptions for the artist’s hand. It is high time that we should demand such works. The artists are ready to execute them. For a full description of this charming picture, read the key in the publisher’s advertisement. [The advertisement is unavoidably delayed till next week] ...___..___.i_.....,._... MINNESOTA. IQJBERAL SPIRITUALIST CONVEN- , TION. 9 itualhets of Minnesota are invited to meet in Mass .. -....«s..>n_ in the city of Minneapolis, on Thursday, June 15, 1876 ter;~. o’clock A. M. The Convention will con. tinue four days, closing Sunday evening. Several of the best trance spe:;t.kr-rs and mediums to be found in the United States will be present, and a “feast of reason and fiow of soul” may be ex'pee$.:ml. All Spiritualists, together with Liberals Of every name klild, are invited“, Per order of Committee, GEO, W, SWEET, Sec, -—-«ma-as--é.e;..., V CHARLES Li;-l., SOUTHERN TESTIMONY To if-.’i;.u ":1",-,:-.'r. Editors Weekly: In Washington a wealthy gentler. are a spiritualist; let me tell you my Foster. After his first visit here (in W . women were wild over the ‘ tests and messa, given them from their dead friends. And two i.’:ri.e'n.d,a and I agreed that, if Foster returned, we would test hint his fraud; and, unless he satisfied us of the truth of his tlai.m_, we determined to cow-hide him out of Washington. lv"7heri he returned, we made our appointment, paid our fee, called at the time. _ “ He said: ‘John Smith is here.’ ‘Oh !’ said I, ‘Who is John, and what does he want?’ ‘He is your brother, and says, * * *’ giving me a. string of family secrets that as- tounded me! He then turned on my friends, and in fifteen minutes he had us crying like a lot of boys! Such a flood of personal evidence and messages, as he rained on us. Well, to make a long story short. we forgot all about the whips, and fully got our money’s worth. ‘ It beats the devil.’ ” In conclusion, I am not acquainted with Mr. Foster, and hope you will furnish this further testimony to the truth of Spiritualism. Yours truly, WILLIAM Wnvsnow BENNETT. Per B. , J... all the PUT your hand in mine, dear, And look into my eyes, And read the trust and tenderness And -love that in them lies. My heart is like a kingdom, With you upon the throne, And every day and every night, It beats for you alone. -——MARY B. COLBY. .:_....— IN FLUEN OE OF COMPANION SHIP. It is a common saying that men are known by the company they keep. The sober do not naturally associate with the drunken, the refined with the coarse, the decent with the dissolute. To associate with depraved persons argues a low taste and vicious -tendencies, and to frequent their society leads to inevitable degradation and loss of character. Even if it do no immediate harm, it leaves its seed in the mind and follows us, sure to spring up in future resurrection. Inter- course with even commonplace, selfish persons, may prove most injurious, by inducing a dry, dull, reserved and selfish condition of mind, more or less inimical to true manliness or breadth of character. The mind soon learns to run in small grooves, the heart grows narrower and contracted, and the moral nature becomes weak, irresolute, and accommo- dating, which is fatal to all generous ambition or real excel- lence. On the other hand, association with persons wiser, better, and more experienced than ourselves, is always more or less, inspiring and invigorating. They enhance our own knowledge of life. We enlarge our field of observation through their eyes, profit by their experience, and learn not only from what they have enjoyed, but——which is still more instructive——from what they have suffered. If they are stronger than ourselves, we become participators in their strength. Hence companionship with the wise and energetic never fails to have a. most valuable influence on the forma- tion of character, increasing our resources, strengthening our resolve, elevating our aims, and enabling us to exercise greater dexterity and ability in our own affairs, as well as more effective helpfulness of others. .443. 4 ‘wr'* BUSINESS NOTICES. The address of Nellie L. Davis, is 235 Washington street Salem, Mass. ' CLAIRVOYANCE.-—MrB. Rebecca Messenger, diagnosing dis- ease, or reading destiny, if present, $1 00; by letter, $2 00. Send age and sex. Address her, Aurora, Kane Co., Ill. P. O. Box 1,071. (303.) , SIMPLE and inexpensive as it is, Glen’s Sulphur Soapwisfla most efficient remedy for certain obnoxious diseases, to be cured of which those afflicted with them often spend thous- ands of dollars to no purpose. Depot, CRITTENToN’s, No. 7 Sixth Avenue, New York City. WANTED--In every city, town, village and neighborhood in the United States and Canadas, and other parts of the world, Agents to solicit subscriptions and advertisements for WOODHULL AND CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY. For particulars, address G. H. Kreider, P. O. Box 8791, New York City. THE New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists will hold a Grand Convention and Camp Meeting at Ancora, July 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th. The Eriends of Progress everywhere are invited. This is intended to be one of the best meetings of the cen- tennial year. Let everybody come and bring their baskets with them. Full particulars in due season. WARREN CH. ’ is may be addressed at Alliance, Ohio, till J une 15th; from Iuue 15th to 28th at Carversville, Bucks, Co. Pa. He speaks J.’ ly 2d to the annual convention of spiritual- ists of Summit Co., Ohio, at Akron; July 9th, Painesville, Ohio; July 16 and 28 in Cleveland, Ohio; July 30 in Clyde, Ohio; and may be addressed accordingly. DR. R. P. FELLOWS Warrantee Cure for Spermatorrhoea should be in the hands of those who are suffering from this disease. It is an outward application, and has been pre- scribed for over eight hundred cases, without a. failure. The Doctor places it within the reach of all. Address Vine- land, N. J. . WANTED-—Correspondence with women who are desirous of forming an organization for the emancipation of sex; and who are free. or are ready and willing to assert their free- dom. 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The amount of mental labor necessary to collate and com- pile the varied information contained in it must have ibeen severe and arduous indeed, and now that it is in such convenient shape the student of free thought will not willingly allow it to go out of print. But the book is by no means a mere collation of views or statistics: throughout its entire course the author--as will be seen definite line of research and argunientto the close, and his conclusions go, like sure arrows, to the mark. Preface; Explanation;(Introduction; Addiess to_ the rgy. , Chap..1.—§Iiva1 Claiiifrs of htlie Saviors. , . “ Chap. 2.— essianic rop ecies. What Mr. Jenny, of the New York Tmbune, says , Chap 3.__P,.Ophecies by the figure of 3 Se,.pent_ Chap. 4.—-Miraculous and Immaculate Conception of GentZemen——I am an earnest advocate of the Type-, g::g7,i§f;%giI:€h0e,§€ ¥i1,§'1g§n;,g°dr1i51§}e°(é:’£,ior,S Chap._13.——The Saviors exhibit Early Proofs of Di- yinity. 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Original digital object name: wcl_1876-06-10_12_02
"Shaker Sisters"; "Main Building"; "North Family"; "Dining Room"; "Lake"; "For Quiet Healthful Country Life Visit the Shakers. Address - Miriam Offord, Shakers Station, Conn."; "Food the Best the product of our Own Farm. Pure Water. Good air. Large airy rooms. Broad piazzas."
Geography
Enfield (Conn.), Hartford County (Conn.), Connecticut
Subjects
Postcards -- Shakers, Postcards -- Connecticut -- Hartford County
T WORLD ACADEMY or KERISTAN EDUCATION, INC. .a*gI_n\,\\~.9;. VJITJI‘ H?‘ P. O. Box 410068 - SAN FRANCISCO. CA 941410068 CASTING CALL To: Eligible prospective players From: Executive Director, WAKE, Inc. Subject: Different Channels of Theatrical Activities in the Acting Workshop Videography - This section includes slides, reportage photography, Mac to Video, and every other known form of desktop video, filmmaking and showcase multi-media presentations. Theater-In-The-Round — This section includes sensitivity training rap groups, discussion salons and audience participation sequences. §uest[Host Ro1e—Reversal Model - This section includes islands of cabaret-type "happenings." The individual or group that provides the place - a home, a theater, a club, etc. ~ is they host: those invited as an audience are the guests. §tggg§_§£ggggtigg§ - This section includes musical rap groups and other musical entertainment, dance, improv, cabaret, comedy and dramatic presentations and art ... Show moreT WORLD ACADEMY or KERISTAN EDUCATION, INC. .a*gI_n\,\\~.9;. VJITJI‘ H?‘ P. O. Box 410068 - SAN FRANCISCO. CA 941410068 CASTING CALL To: Eligible prospective players From: Executive Director, WAKE, Inc. Subject: Different Channels of Theatrical Activities in the Acting Workshop Videography - This section includes slides, reportage photography, Mac to Video, and every other known form of desktop video, filmmaking and showcase multi-media presentations. Theater-In-The-Round — This section includes sensitivity training rap groups, discussion salons and audience participation sequences. §uest[Host Ro1e—Reversal Model - This section includes islands of cabaret-type "happenings." The individual or group that provides the place - a home, a theater, a club, etc. ~ is they host: those invited as an audience are the guests. §tggg§_§£ggggtigg§ - This section includes musical rap groups and other musical entertainment, dance, improv, cabaret, comedy and dramatic presentations and art exhibits as originated and produced/orchestrated by the theater repertory company. Each player is a dynamic star! Newcomers begin by participating, in their spare time, Show less
Geography
San Francisco (Calif.)
Subjects
Alternative lifestyles--California, Communal living--California--San Francisco
A weekly periodical published by the World Echo Publishing Company beginning in 1934. This website currently contains vol. 1, no. 19 (January 6, 1934) - vol. 1, no. 15 (April 14, 1934).
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Digital resource provided by the Hamilton College Library, Clinton, New York;
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A weekly periodical published by the World Echo Publishing Company beginning in 1934. This website currently contains vol. 1, no. 19 (January 6, 1934) - vol. 1, no. 15 (April 14, 1934).
Subjects
Peace Mission Movement -- Newspapers, Communal living--United States--Periodicals