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A S S CIATIoN;
Or, Principles of True Organization of Society.

Or, Principles of True Organization of Society.
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LEcTURE.-On Tuesday evening, Odd inst. the
concluding part of the Lecture upon the Moral
and Social advantages eff Association will be deliv-
cred at the Fourier Hall, All Broadway. The
Neral advantages vii! be treated. Lecture free
We commence Series OF Articles upon questions OF
high ORDER relating the Destiny Of Man, the Human
Passions the extension of the Providence of God The So
cia well the material world, and the Law of Al
traction by which God governs the Universe. These Ar
cle preparatory examination the relation which
exists between Christianity and Association. great many
pous people suppose ;ha; Association Doctrine of inf
deity shall explain views clearly this subject
that those who have candor enough read judge
of the truth falseness Of this idea We recommend this
Series of Articles the especial Readers
Destiny of Man.
What is the Destiny of Man upon this Earth
Why was he created and placed upon it by the
wise Ruler Of the Universe, and what function or
trust has been assigned him in the scheme of
Creation This is grand question, and if it be
solved, it wil explain to us the laws and princi-
Piles of true system of Society, and the great ends
for which Mankind were created
If we study the past history of the Human Race,
and take il as the manifestation of their true Des
tiny, we should be led to conclude that they were
placed upon the Globe which they inhabit ravage
and devastate its surface to degrade their own ma
lures and the creations around them, and TO make
of it scene ofcarnase, injustice, fraud OPPRESSION
poverty and misery.
De. ,bo 10 Of tl,n
Human Race are raising themselves gradually TO
knowledge Of that Destiny, but during this period
of transition and progress they are ignorant of it,
and establish false Societies, which misead them,
and engendcr discord and conflicts of every kind.
Man may be considered under three fold as
pect ;-as material, as social and as an i'm
msrtal Being. As material Being, he stands
in relation to material Nature the earth he in
habits; as a Social Being, he stands in the rela-
ton to his fellow men; aud as Being endowed
with the gift of Immortality, he stands in relation
to God and the UHivcrse.
Man has triple Destiny to fulfil, corresponding
TO this three-fold relation. We will point out here
briefly the first branch of this triple Destiny-his
terrestrial Destiny, or the function which dcvolyes
upon him as a Being who stands in relation to
material nature or the Globe.
The terrestrial Destiny of Man is TO OVERSEE
the Globe, which is vast and noble Domain con-
6ded to hi. care Mantle OvERsEER OF THE
EARrH-has grand work to perform. He must
cultivate and embellish it, clear it of its rude
forests fertilizc its wild plains and valleys, drain
its marshes, reclaim its deserts, dixie and regulate
its streams develope all It's resources, perfect the
animal and vegetable Kingdoms, efface material
Discctds and establish HarHonies in their place.
and make of it mag nihcent terrestrial abode,
suited to a noble and happy Social existence and
the foundation Of moral world of justice and har
nony. In man are the capabilities of high
spiritual existence; God has endowed him richly
in Sentiment and Intelligence, but there must be
a material sphere for their developement-and
that sphere is the earth. 1t must be properly and
worthy prepared-must be rendered beautiful
and harmonious, otherwise it thwarts and mars
the action and development of the moral World
There are various other reasons why thorough
and universal cultivation of the globe neces-
sarv it is necessary in the hrst place tor the wei
fare of the planet itself and besides 1t Is IN this
great work that man finds the means of existence,
and of hi. physical happiness and power
The earth is now in a most neglected condition
vast regions are covered by marshes and deserts
other. still more vast by wild forests, and I'M
mense tracts have been devastated by hre ana
sword and are barren; nine-tenths at least are
rava red or uncultivated. The Human Race live
miserably upon 1.-THE vast majority ignorant,
degraded, halfstarving and exposed to suterings
and privations Of every kind.
The Human Race are the agents on this earth
of their own Happiness and Greatness, rs they
are of their Misery and Degradation. They can
perform their trust of Overseer well, o. they can
nesect it, and there is in this vast sphere where
they are called collectively act as in the mar
row sphere over which the individual presides,
reward proportional to the intelligence and activ-
ity applied
The Ignorance OF the Human Race OF their ter
restrial Destiny, and of 4 true Order OF Society,"
which would direct them rightly in fulfilling it, is
the pri.n Cause of the Poverty, Suffering and
Oppression which have been their lot up to the
| present time Men of Science, occupied exclu-
sively with the history of the past, and seeing the
continuance for so many centuries OF SOCIAL Misery
have considered it permanent, and supposed II TO
be the unchang sa5le Destisy of Mankind. ihey
have sought for the cause of all this evil, and from
superficial observation they have declared II 10 &c
in Human Nature,in the Passions, these springs
of Action placed in Man by God. On them IN con-
sequence has been heaped a monstrous load OF oo'
loquy, and Man has gone forth from the inquest oil
human Science with the brand of Depras1ty ano
perysr,ity stamped upon him. Embarked upon