The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-03-29

Me una immortality, IN combination with other
cardinal points in the existing theology, because
preaching is their occupation, and because, also,
they do not know Of any thing better and more ee-
waiting to proclaim TO the people. As one evidence
OF the truthfnness Of this assertion, let it be
bered that the strongest advocates of those miracles
which are said TO have occurred centuries ago, here
being other proofth human testimony that they
ever were performed,) are minds who will not give
any credence to the less wondr0us miracles which
are of almost daily occurrence in our very midst.
~ say this age wants miracle, and there Is mira
Gle; II wants sensuoas representations OF the truth
OF Immortality, and there are sensno9s asmonstra'
etaons as the result Of any special plan among the
avnaI' Of the spheres, nor as an act OF special
Egs.ation or providence on the part Of the Divine
Mind nor am impressed to connect the spiritual
mantle stations OF this age with any occurrences of
an analogous complexion and character which may
have been developed in ages past
ave may, in the course of this investigation, dis
close the whole law and mystery Of all spiritual
Salem Witchcraft, and Of all analogous exhibitions
of mental delirium or Of spiritual power but would
the same explanation serve to solve the problem of
Mahomets assertion, that he Travelled through
ninety heavens in one night? Or, would it psyche
logically explain the particular why St. John
had SO wonderful dream on the Isle Of Patmos !!
Or, why the good Paul had q vision superlatively
superb and heavenly to defy all attempts at ex-
preston, and, hence, to utter it would have been
unlawful, or, more properly, unreasonable p
"When spirits leave the body, the transition causes
trary, as every step in their history, while in the
body, is marked by that law of progression which
deyelopes knowledge and power in exact ratio with
the refinement of the spirit it reasonable to sup
pose that their power over the refined elements IN
Eature and their knowledge OF the laws that govern
them, will be greatly increased by their immediate
assimilation. with the refinement and knowledge
which pcrvade the second sphere of human existence.
They cannot, it is true, come in immediate contact
with gross substances, but they and do act upon
them with powerful effect, through the agency of
l.1.A k~sa ha II
puted admitting that the spirit progresses here
after, that the inhabitants of the spritword have
the power, when natural conditions are complied
with, to communicate electrically with their friends
in the body When nature, by her constant move
ments toward the refinement OF matter, deyelopes me-
diums through which communications can be made,
the spirits will be found ready to respond to our de-
sres. These mediums are sometimes furnished by
certain localities, usually designated as haunted
houses where the electricity from certain causes,
has become and refined that spirits can there
manifest their presence and power IN various ways.
1t is manifcstly unrighteous to impute the
establishment of old new orders and DISPENSE
tons to the special providence Of God, because it
is absolutely the result of erroneous method Of
philosophical reasoning. 1t is reasoning thus: when
tree is in the twig state it is not prepared for the
bearing of fruit, and, therefore, God procrastnatcs
the bestowment of it until the tree has acquired
sufficient strength to sustain the weight thereof
then he prepares, and attaches to the spreading
boughs, such fruit as in his wisdom he may ordain
the tree to bear. But true reasoning would be this
because it has not yet arrived at the eliminating or
fuit-bearng point in its development. So,kewisc,
il is only proper to say, that mankind DISPLAY simply
what they are capable OF developeing The new
dispensation' not unfoldcd in the Mosaic era,
because the could not have then developed it
but, like tree, mankind put forth just those con-
ditons just that code of laws and system Of political
and spiritual government, which its stage OF gene
raj developement could in that age accomplishment
nothing more II Moses had been perfect in his
physical and spiritual constitution as Jesus evi,
IDENTIFY in his, then the political code and sacred
commandments Of the former would necessarily
have resembed more closely the charming and
refining rcveaments of the latter. But as the two
pcrsonagcs were organized in their bodies and
minds, were their respective disclosures. This
truth is easily AN eye for an eye, and blood
for blood, il jurisprudentia enactment which cx-
presses the revengefn feelings of Moses and OF the
rudimental age in which he lived; whilst, Love ye
one another and forgive your enemies, speaks
sweety from the soul Of Jesus at n more advanced
and progressed period. There is no conioundng
these personages. Moses, being educated according
TO the methods and tendencies Of his age, declared
precisely what his material and spiritual organiza
ton and state of mental illumination would suggest;
and 90 with Jesus The one tree put forth its
twigs and branches; whilst the other bossomed
and by its rich perfume gave promise of fruit in
still ripper ages. This was accomplished by no
special action and intcrposition Of the Divine Mind
but by the legitimate progressive development OF
their own respective constitutions.
"From the foregoing reflections ii will be very
readily inferred that | am not impressed to regard
any manifestations, OF supcr-sensuous character,
as being above, contrary to- or inconsistent with,
natures immutabe and universal principles; that
/ do not believe in the existence Of any miracles
which not referrable to natural causes, visible
or invisible; in the possibility of any strictly
supernatural events, ancient or modern because
the Divine mind cannot act in opposition to the
eternay established laws of his own constitution,
Of which all the visible universe Is transcript or
an outward manifestation. And when say that, to
supply the want ofthis age, there are miracles aud
spiritual demonstrations developed in our midst,
do not mean that anything which Is thus vouch-
safcd to man, is above, contrary to, or mconsis
tent with human nature and its Inherent capabl-
ties but that man, the earth, has now arrived
ut stage Of intellectual and moral dcvclopcment
which unfods these very wonderful things, which
alike and confound the unprcparcd, as well as
the believing, individual"
Snow II j. well for the reader to understand that,
notwithstanding the apparent humiliation OF time
and space to the immortal soul, there u sll time 10
be consumed and space to be ravcrsed IN the spirit
land. Time passes into eternity and space into in
fnity, just the dew drop Is apparently lost in the
ocean; hut the drop Of water IL not destroyed IN
the sea, j. there annhation OF either time or
space. Hence the spiritworld has liked locality;
has magnitudes and proportions; has qualities aud
properties; has system and arrangement, has axis,
diametcrs and revolutions; has a sun and a hrina-
fnent; has evenings and mornings periods OF re-
pose and action among it, inhabitants has its posi-
lion fixed in the mighty multitude of solar systems
or uni,erses which roll in the depths Of immen-
sityi,, - .,.,,...s .,,.,. ,.r. o,.,
men. They have lived in corporal organisms;
have walked upon this, or upon some other, earth
which rolls in space have experienced the plea
sures and yicissitudes-the joys and sorrows-the
tears and smiles--of this incipient existence But
now, having passed through the transormatory pro-
cess Of outer dissolution which mankind term death,
they reside in the spirit-and; and in harmony with
the immutablc laws Of progression and deyclopcment
they have transcribed all terrestrial mpencctions,
and still they march VIGOROUSLY onward But
they who have already attained to celestial heights
as well rs those who have not yet advanced TAT in
the spiritual country, they can behold rs from
where they are, aud in our evening meditations in
our protoundest sumbers in our daily occupations;
in our circles Of fraternal love the spirit-frends,
whom souls most attract. come to Us and breathe
their pure and beautiful sentiments into our souls.
And when, by reading our thoughts, they see US
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