The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1847-10-07
DAVIS, REVELATIONS.

VII" INDUCES in tho opinion that we have
subscrved the cause Of inf lelity Nv having
published n few extracts from the in,crcs,
ing work STYLED ~. J. D,yi.' Revcla,ions.'
Had We done az, il would have been little
excuse f"r lady to have .'pullcfi our nose"
i:r the irnnsgrcssion, Ms sho knors We
would NJ" do so Intentionally, but - il is a
mooted question whether the work of d.
i. does teach infidcli,y, We think she hns
,~i,ched our nasal prominence rather prem.
ainrcl.!
Tho extracts we published last week
were from the Home Journal, md VIC did
not suppose man possessing tho discrmi.
mating mind of Gen. Morris-who If We
mistake not, is church mcmbcr-wonld
further the cause of inflcliiy. We have
just received n religious paper from b ,I,-
more, which contains nine columns from
Davis Revelations, with promise to con-
Time its extracts. IL nn,icing this rcmar.
kahlc work, the editor Of the Herald Of
Truth, n periodical to which we have he.
f"rc had occa>iun 10 refer from the sound.
ness, and the UMPIRE j',diccd nature &c i,s re.
viewa, sa,s:-'l, is iimc that public niien.
ton be directed I" this subject. The day
Is past, rhcn m"rc ridicuie is considered
s.Gcirmf rcfatot;on ot its unique and
startling phenomena" With the N jrit,
u" persons the very circumstance of u sub.
Jcc, being new 10 them, or lie, ond their
comprehension, is sufliciea, I" stamp it il
their minds ms untrue. II ,wcycr inpr,,l,a.
bic suffice, may l'c. il il possess grounds
nj I'LL tangible, The philosopher never reject.
i without first submitting il u mn ex.
animation. It is only tho prcjuliccd man,
the man "f circnmscrihed views, wh, re-
;ects thing because !, seems Improbable
I" him, ar because he came, understand
it. The man Of mind first weighs il, cx.
an'incs il in nll its bearings. sui jec,s il 4"
The test "f truth, aud then il i, he found
wanting rejects it, convinced that il Is M
crrnr.
M work of the nge has created 20 much
sensation in the mental world a. the Reeve.
la,i"ns IL Davis. The Pablo is npon the
''Pi"c 81 expectation 10 get n glimpse u, H.
contents, will n lady then condemn us f.r
having graiitied ihose E,r whom We cate, |?
Snrcly not. With her letter VIC have r..
rcivcd two extracts '.cni from religion.
paper, ~i'nse integrity aud christian ch,r.
'cicr cannnt lie questioned" md nicely
pinned ,rge,hcr-,lc latter fact lea,cs ~
io'iht upon mr. m,nl al "Ir correspondent,
being n lady, as she Processes. NV W.
re MT going IL publish th,se extracts.
d NJ he blended. dear lady. until YOU hear
mr. reasons aud then perhaps you will Tor.
give us--ii MT. say sri. mud insist upon
their publication mud they shall be forth
'o,ninn!
The editor Of the rcligi"' paper abovc
recommended, inter c"ndcnning the pub.
'icnii,n, says:-.As we have MT received
4 cop. IL the work. We take the following
Tram n rrric,r IL il in the Commercial I'D.
ver'iscr." Or course mir LADY correspnn
lent will ndmi, with tho above editor him.
self, ,ha he is incompetent TO Judge Of the
work, never having seen il. We give en-
tire tho first paragraph &c what is sl.ovc so
crroncously termed rcriew. '.lf,hc press
were required I" give an opinion, after
carefal reading, of every book with new
pre,cnsi"ns, tho editorial fraternity would
be of all mcn mnsi miserable. Such re-
quest WINS made in reference 10 this volume.
cantnining nearly 500 pages. and with
hnncst purpose VIC commenced the task
hit large sum ri money would not in.
dncc us I" complete il. The utter incom-
prelensihilit. 81 the nutl,or's dissertations
hrl'ids IT," This man, il appears from his
"~n statement, has read portion ii the
work. but from his brains hcing less sus-
ccp,ihlc of impression than th"sc of most
"lhcr pcrsnns, "r from some other cause, i, |
Inns been inco'nprel'cns to him. low
dare this mnn then pr"n"nncc the work
.'nndisguiscdy iniiLcl in its character ns
he dues in the very next sentcncef II il
l,ccnusc he read, NJ men are tnnpt 10 read,
with his pref ,dccs 81 c!m'ding his mental
vision ih,t npugh, else was visible. Jus,
a. men read the Bible. They frs. learn