The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-09
The LECTURE SEASON.


Yesterday morning, pursuant TO advertisement, Rev
T. Harris preached in TIE Seventh Day Baptist Church
In Eleventh street Fourth avenue, on BpirituS
Manifestations" IL IL pale young man, OF about FL
years age Of intellectual but enthusiasts cast Of
couneoaaoe. He took his text from St. Paus Epissle
to the Romans, sth chapter, commencing at verse a.
and concluding With the words, Because short work
will the Lord make the earth The reverend gentle.
man eaia God had always communicated TO man through
mediums but not b. the fsle mediums of witohcraft,
lamentations, and magnetism. He had comm lnicsted
BY angels By apostles and prophets and directly from
has own person. When man unfailen in Paradise,
he had direct commu uics,on with God and God and
heard his voice He had perfect organs then such
munoaton, but they closed by sin in Adam and all
bis poeterity. Christ came to make the mediums OF
communication perfect sgsin-to make him pure in
spirit and bodily immortal; and also TO restore this
earth, which was blasted account OF the sin OF
ana make 1t paradise Now its seasons were dis.
cordans and out ofioint, AMI is animals and vegetables
were diseased God would III Ike this earth paradise
again. Thus the Bible begins with upfalien man ia
paradise, and ends with redeemed man in paradise.
Adam and Eve saw snd head God, and the seraphms,
the brightest angels in Paradise and had perfect
mun!cscon with them. This communication would
be restored by Christ when the deemed shall become
harmonious family and the external creation also
purified and redeemed shall be in harmony with the di-
vinegrsce IA the soul God had from the beginning
vealet bnssf through mediums, anu Noah Abraham,
Moses and Jesus Christ mediums There false
mediums too ,uoh rs the sign. Of Pharaohs msgicans
sh epn1.s, WHOM rent Inc man ~ th- tune Oh
Christ; but the trne mediums prevailed the false
Man has evidently In his organization the remains OF
organs which wht purified and restored viii bring him
INTO communication again With the Spirit OF the INIT
verte. Adam had these organs and follow. By tie
hereditary Law OF iTansniss;on that they exist al
men, though not II heSlthtul state, but obscured
they existed ia Adam ,ince the fell. God has Instituted
agencies by which there organs can be re.or-i The
Bib. was given by Inspiration Of God-wori by word
and letter by letter projected from the objective
consciousness of God 20 the subjective consciousness OF
whorsoever he chose to make q medium Christ was tas
called thu a
tween God and mao. chvss's body never saw corrup.
ton because 1t was .ed with u Holy Ghost; and the
same Spirit would be impaired 70 all who believed
him the revelations God axes deemed spirits
by his word and the Holy Ghost, miraculous; for
was 1t ever known before IN the history OF TIA world
that man was purified from the luss Of the Hash aai
redeemed from the dominion OF sin The spirit not
only gave facts but Laws and structure There the
Rev Jerusalem beyond tae Alleghauies where God
at this moment, commit ting By angels with Ms
deemed He concluded by paying ch a; all might wake
up to the New Jerusalem