New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-18

ttttH cd ret origrrs:e II tie dtNrc mind, &c lns
eeufer ssid thai the qresss OF sprtIspprg hiss come
&c he serious and grave one Tie iand Is fllei with
iuEdsIiy pGIIortrg TO hsve Gene from 6sycnd the
crave ard on that aeecrn, IS received int thousands OF
huics, snd poisenirg tens Ct thousands who bGttor
The gpife In bich cones 20 tism wsala hun an In.
hcl work 80 they would Ses,h The safety ci hoase
hold- the welibeing Of ehidrvn. and the sscrcd
elss Of the cause Ct God dcmsnd the exposure this
lss. sld 6esdest stack Of the enemies OF Christ The
speaker believed that few of those led ss,rsy by this
shi, king shverirg, skot Of inaieliy sincere and
deceived hut rot tcceivicewho ID made Acquainted
with the designs ofthe chief leaders in the Deception.
will Dot only cut loose from the hrcship but help %
seuie her ard send her down to where the Rsiss Of
Enprs the Ags e Reason and the Boob Of Ae~o~ seep
Throueh whom do the dead make these rcvelssicass
whst sre their nenrs add moral chsrscersrscs-wha
their religious views spi connecnonss Before proceed
Ing to consider these queries be remarked o. some
length upon the waasrn which the alleged conunusi.
cations are made The use Of the Alphabet, wss
exfmned He stated tbs; be had made an estimate ~
the words which could be communicated In an hour
These who receive the rspping iniengeneo must ~sd
down the Alphabet until there rap al the mention OF
al the letters BY this means not more than leo
letters could usually be communicated in an hour Ana
IL, wouid, ths rate require two weeks time 70 get
through Of the communications which said TO
have been received IN hour II "a aid there are
1900 meGiums in the United States, but some OF the
advocates OF spirtuasm lhst there are bu, few
proper ones The lecturer remarked that those publish
ing or that had established book stores Of
this lsiter class Ia ether words they said Buy Of
keep the genuine srtcieT The greater share OF
,besc mediums wear long dresses, which IL remarkable
and favorable withsl TO the phenomena Mos, OF the
spin ts rap in the English Ancents rap IN Englsh-
that is peculiarly. Il is never clsin,ei that any
rafTed in anything else oG, come 20 wnung @nef
ipg suSv The writing medis all gentlsmens u l,
pretended by Mr. Amber that the spirit 10 posicd
in the air, say about two milss tfon, the eai,a,
and lets down an electric fluid which causes his
writings The lecturer read the titles OF mum
her Of books of spr'uahsni, all OF them were
by male mediums he had heard OF other books by
male MEDIUMS but none BY fenisl Since the neces
sity OF isiys dress hal ceased gentlemen answer for
MEDIUMS They speak without thought on al SUBJECTS
The philosophy Is that the Split borrows the mctiums
tongue, and then the ea'st taiAs VITA mere are
also seeing and hearing mediums One OF these ser spu
its in church; and whcn the minister takes t.xt the
spirit takes the same, and breaches the same lie y As
sane one who has the dobriun tfemens ana ghosss
and devils SITTER him. II s remarkable, however, thsf
the preaching Of the splri. not shrcatth above
the intellect Of the man. Whist evidence Che asked
have we thst these communications come tOin the
spirtlsnd lie believed ths, the Book oi Mormon was
as well attes,ed Ii Is said Tint miracles accompany
these communications aud they should thereiore be re-
ceved Put these men have always opposed inc belief
in miracles. and disclaiined them when spoken OF m
sermcus This moving OF chairs tables, &c, caied
miraces ale done silly, while Christ snd the Apos-
tee wrought miracles openly; and the Jews
hostile "a they were, said, "Tnese things arc done
openiyp The nature Of OF theae communications
received s. nrion and extracts from papers and books
were read TO show the inconsistent ileraIe and ire
heous character of these COMMUNICATIONS IN tue Jud'
mcn OF the Lecturer The tenor OF some OF the extracts
was tina, the Bible IL not authentic that the influence OF
the Bible upon the world is de'eterious-and the soul
looks with pity those who trust 20 the apostles The
Lecturer said he cited mediums Tor those sennmens
He read extracts from the SheiRd-thc name OF when
he considered il blasphemy apply 10 the publication
which tended 10 riicule the scriptures lie also read
extracts from ether publications devocdto spntuali.ni
and stated that the disposition OF all the writers fsvorng
spirtuasm which he had seen. was % buricsque tue
word OF God of these ghosts but SANDERS the
Bible from beginning 10 end. TOE general THEOLOGY OF
this spiriiuali.m mo Natural Dcpravi,y Religion OF
Nature and Reason No II nltyNo atonetnent Tor sh-
No Hell These extracts ranged Pythagoras Christ Judge
Fdmonds and T Brtsintogether as seers las ghost
literature places the golden rule laid down by Christ
with extracts from Confucius aud Pythagoras, To the
ssue effect and about 800 yrafs c. In order 30 mvey
the impression that Christ borrowed the golden rule
from them; aud that he was but one OF the worlds
teachers This literature disparages the gospel Chris
ans and Christian Ministers The spirits u Is said arc
10 sneak through mediums 10 blow up Gle Churches
The depraved morality of the system was Illustrated In
IIampoud's pilgrimage Of Thomas Paine, which was
said To be communications from the spt OF that aaei
in which marriage was spoken OF ne binding only
so long US an attachment existed between the partie
Mr. Baou ore oftheir writer's says that Society ~ pat
ter and exists in chunks one ghost through Mr. hm.
bier saws that spirits arc electricity Another in writing
on Astronomy although supposed to be securing about
| In epace states the number OF Planets az H. That "
the number mentioned in the back part OF one OF Com
stocks old phosophes which he must have had In his
trunk One OF the spirits spelled Cotton Mathers name
| Cotton Mathew. communication In bad spelling and
grammar was read which purported to come from
George Washington. The lecturer showed aspecimen
\ OF Hebrew written the wrong way up side down, AMI
otherwise defective, which, altogether was nonsense
and accredited 20 the ghosts II has been comnu
ncaed by spirit that John Bunyan keeps tavcrn in
the spirit world One of the epirls asked tor glass o
gin the lecturer thought that the spirit should have
been referred to John Bunyan. The ghosts say that
women are 10 select their husbands, the Boomer
costume Is prevail and all TO live without eating
One ghost in answer to questions aso what they studied
in the other world, answered-pbysioogy, geography
and geologybut the lecturer did not what occasion
spirits had for knowledge Of the human system, or
why they boring into the earth II k said by
spirit that since the death OF the Iron Duke he and Ma
poeon have had meeting. and do agree about tho
battle OF Waterloo. Napoleon insists that he not
fairly whipped. Wellington says IL done scisntif
coy To settle the dispute they try over again
when the balance OF the two armies. some with wooden
legs get into the spirit spheres
One thing Is rosnsrkable-none OF the ghosts will
ter the ernpoymento Of the Press, aud give the news BY
spirtualsm. No doubt any OF the newspapers wouLi
give salary of $1,000 per snnum tor one OF these ms
diums or ghoes tell the news, but no such arrange
me Mt can be made Owing to the length Of the lecture
the reading off fearful t Of suicides, one Of te
fruits Of this wicked imposition wss dspensed with.
charged at high prices and very profitable. The
spirits take out copy right Of their publications. What
s ~ wSss bs cansanv ery IN
veshgate investigate, in order that they may derive
profit from the circulation OF books and papers among
the investigators The wsy to check or stop the pro.
gress of the humbug Is TO sop buying their books and
periodicals. Why does the deuson spread II " be-
cause there Ia belief In the Immortality Of Nan, and
prevailing curiosity TO know something Of the condition
Of the desd. morbid curiosity has been excited, and
orc question answered correctly opens the door 10 the
belief OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES not noticed
the believer gone Altogether, the lecturer deemed
this spuituslsm or modern Necromancy, TO be Q tor
midable attack upon the Church. compared b which
the effort of Tom Paine nothing lie hoped that
God would sid In exposing the huInbug
the cese of the lecture the offer made at the pre-
vous lecture repeated, giving opportunity b
any OF the mediums 10 do the rappngs COR the safAc-
ton OF the audience Prof. Owen attempted 10 mako
some remarks, but interrupted by cries for the
specimens" mingled with hisses and laughter. The
defender OF the mediums SAIL /" Oh how With could
Psychologist you and make you the American dag r.
Considerable confusion followed and there were
neither "specmens' nor prospects Of them the audi
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