The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-30

required and Is about to b. established Man Il being
OF progress and religion must hesp with that pre-
sress; in order 10 influence him bsnshciaIy.
the world new o sgsssm better calculated to reform
A Sso.u Aus when men know that the spirits are sysr
afaid even to think what Is wrong '
Q. is not God always present.
possible for spiritualist to be rorns II v;,I make
men better. know It has made me better curious
case occurred circle which shows the Importance Of
have had disagreement with your wife and have faen
with her because she did very thing This vas
literally true, and was the only man present who knew
It. What salutary effect, therefore, must this have
upon domestic maters See how it would reform h.
gsation tool If spiritual s they would never
consent to capital punishment for crime.
O. Why SO.
H. Because 1t would be removing man from a
O. DO criminals that hanged go direct to heavsnP
A. No. but any condition out of this world is better
than their condition here. The wicked continue in hell
after they die until they developed and purified.
Q. DO the spirits of negroes ever conner
A No, not that am aware OF; have never thought
Of that and important because you know they say
the African race have no souls saw two colored medi
ums in the South.
Q. WHAT'S your view of helE
A. 1t is condition. and not locality; and though
there literal fire that sort of thing the spirits
Of the wicked suffer dreaduly they in the most ho
rbe and black despair and are Ike in ignorance of the
future heaven that awaits them. When bad men die
they are only delivered from the bondage of the body
and not of the mind
O. 10 these spirits communicate their suferings
to the circlesS
of the just also communicate their happiness.
Q. Have the spirits bodies after dcathS
A. Certainly but spiritual bodies WI ich contiuu
ally becoming highly developed They have homes.
but they can wander from planet to planet and the
regions of infinite space That the that
times they not within call In Sleep the pir is absent
from the body, unless perhaps connected by little
umbilical cord What the spirit does in sleep conceal
ed from us in fe When wedie is all saed aud then
max IN Our
existence Such is the philosophy of Sleep and it shows
how porant that our waking life should be pure for
sleep will par take of the same character.
Q. DO the spirits always tell truthY
A. No. for there evil lyine spirits RS well good
own Just as we distinguish between the good and
the evil in this life.
O. Then liable to be led astray by Of the
spiritsS
A. Certainly and some of these fellows extr.ord
pranks, and do immense mischief and the only way
to defeat them Is by bringing dscredt their teachings
by the agency Of good spirits There is great deal Of
fanaticism mixed up with spiritualsm. man who
led ssray by fanaca medium cured in this way:
He directed to dig into hs earth six fee at certain
spot when he would find a vast quantity of gold. He
did So but found none He was then directed By the
spirit to dig two feet more but till he found none
Again he directed to dig another foot He did and
found nothing upon which he said to the spirit, You
are humbuggng me-" The spirit replied, ITO be sure
am go home, you fool and attend to your business"
There is another case of man who is operating in
stocks in Wall street under the influence of fanatcal
spirit which is keeping him posted in advance of the mails
about the operations of the Rohschds in Europe This
will probably be ruined. How absurd it is TO consult
II spirits on such matters !
O. DO the spirits always know what Is going on in this
world9
A. That depends upon the knowledge or igno ance Of
the particular spirit. Some highly informed and de-
veloped to high state Of perfection while others remain
compare lively ignorant and undeveoped Some agatn
have wandered far away from this world that they
have found their way back, ard do not
wish to come back Though my wife died only
few years ago. have had frequent visits from her. But
my sister who went to the spirit worl in 1887 has only
come twice, and that recently. She had much trouble
Lately distinguished historical chsra ter who lived in
the reign Of Henry WILL visited circle and was TO-
tally ignorant of sprituasm aud almost Of everything
Tmeo Pollock is a very fine poet, who like Milton 10
only beginning now to be appreciated expressed .
desire to have communication with Pollocks spirit He
came and looked at earnestly and talked all round the
room.
Q Did you see hi. persona
A. No. He spoke through medium, a woman Of WHOM
he took possession
@ Do you ever see the spirits themselvess
Yes, sometimes; but it will OF do to tell that to the
vulgar for they would not believe it. The spirits of Bacon
and swedenborg generally communicate by writing
medium and what is so sin ,uar he does not know what
he writes till after and has to read to end out and
sometimes have to decipher it for him. In the sans
way, when was in Central America last wuter, DR.. Dsx-
consulted the spirits about the state of my health
nd wrote the response in book. He did not know
what he had written, or had forgotten it., On COM
plrDg my journal with his, found that they exactly
torrcsporded.
O. How do you know that the mediums are not impos.
ing on you when they profess to be possessed the
spirits?
A. Just as know when any other person is not i'm.
posing me. For instance one night Just -
the clock on the mantle piece struck, the medium pes
sessed by the spirit of my wife, exclaimed in the uuia
sound!'' We know the medium Is not deceiving ~
infallibe tests.
Q sthe writing of the spirits always done ~ the
A. Not always sometimes the spirits write them.
selves.
O. The spirits, then, have bodesp
A. Yes, spiritual sublimated bodies
O. You have mentioned that the spirits sometimes
Do all present them?
A. No. For all have not the same developemeat suA
the same acuttness of vision
O. This reminds me Of what used to hear of ghosts
when ! chld-that when two or three persons
were together one saw the spirit while the could
nothing.
issue from magnet; and have myself seen something
like electric flame proceed from the top of the head
In continued stream. Have you the work Of Reich
enbach on this subject mean his Physco physolost-
cal Researches.
O. No. have not, but will take note of it. All this
Is most extraordinary. But if it is revelation frem
heaven, why not the spirituasts, who
GUS organised into church, and why do they not come
openly before the world S-because if these
only seen by the multitude converts would be made In
thousands
A. You will see something of that kind very shortly
Before another month viii appear before the public
ard myself viii take part 10 the matter
O. You regard the revelations made in your book =
following up of the New Testament and step in ad
vance in the progress Of man to perfection.
A. Exactly so. And think it will be the means Of
reforming the WoTlu.
Q. have attended any of the circles but from
what you have told me- am determined to do So Good
evening. Judge.
A. Have aith patience and perseverance, begin at the
beginning and step by STEP and you will arrive at
the truth ut last.
The stars beginning to twinkle in the heavens,
and took my leave of the Judge, strongly impressed
with his aifability and good nature in answering mv
questions readily and giving much infovmatiea
on the subject Of my inquiry. was also struck with the
familiar way in which he spoke of the apparons just
If they every day acquautances. The interview
occupied from two to three hours and was to most
interesting. Occasionally the Judges eye would TO
rest vacancy and again his face would Zig BIT up Ike
that of rapt prophet, sybil Pythones. As re-
turned home meditated what had heard, aud made
up my mind to Gerry my investigations to the utmost
limits into this phase of the science of physychogy.
AN AFFECTING SgGET.--AN INSANE GLzL IN
CHANs.-Yes e-day girl of seventeen years, who had
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