New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-11
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
SKETCHES OF LECT RES.
ALLEGED Spiritual Co,umunicn tons Examined.


The first Of two lectures, by Rev. Prot. IL.
MArrrsoY of the John-st NJ 4. Church, on Spiritual
Intercourse was delivered at the Broadway Tabernacle
on Friday evening which occasion large audience
was present and frequently manifested their acques-
cence in the sentiments of the speaker by earnest ap
plauee. This lecture he said, scrptural view OF
the subject and was upon The intermediate State or the
Soul between Death and the Resurrection. Its eoun.
terpart is to be delivered Friday evening next and
will be upon Modern Necromancy he terms Spirit.
uasm.
Assuming that the soul is immortal, and will inhabit
the body after the resurrection the lecturer considered
the condition Of the soul during the period in which,
exists independent OF body or in what is termed the
irf,mediats state Il his endeavor to consider
the soul in that state with view TO ts moral relations
ascerain the characteristics of that state as COM
nsred with the ultimate state of things. Those sub
ecs belong to the pulpit and sae in the hands OF
the faithful and enlightened ministry This discussion
refers ultimately to alleged vi.tstious Of departed
srrits-wth which we have, Of late, been startled and
which have enjoyed no small degree of public aiten-
ton A clsss of moot remarkable phenomena are said
To have transped different times, in different parts
of the country before many Witnesses such as "mys-
terious rsppings blue lights, electric flashes, tho
moving of tables and sofas the playing Of pianos ana
ringing OF bells-al without visible cause Inc
hands of persons have been seized, It 10 said, oy
some un,een power and used for writing for hours
and days without thought, will or effort on
the part Of the Of them The tongues OF others
have been made to fuently and nvountarily, and
to discourse eloquenty upon subjects OF which The
owners of the tongues were ignorant 1t Is further
said that by the Of the alphabet the mysterious rap
ping. are converted into English and that the invbles
Q and hmm IN M
are the spirits Of the dead portion of the community
have adopted this explanation, and are lsborng most
zesously by circles periodicals. books and lectures,
TO induce tie belief that they are in communication
with the spirit world necessity seems to exist TOR
admitting the alleged facts and explanations, or show
cause for unbehef IL Is scarcely sufficient to cry
/ "humbug" The subject has acquired some import
suce and TO- therefore, worthy of attention. IL con-
Germs nearly all classes OF the communicate parents
all friends of truth and social order aud lovers Of the
Christian religion and the Bible and especially all min
isers of the gospel Admitting for the present that
tain remarkable rsppings and writing and physical
demonstrations have occurred Of late, the causes OF
which are not generally known, the lecturer proposed
to examine the explanation given by these
phenomena are the works of dsembodied human spir.
it's The lecturer said that be had for some time past
examined hooks and periodicals published In support oil
the new Philosophy, in order TO be informed 10 the
fullest extent of the alleged phenomena the charac'er
and relations Of the mediums, and the manner and ten
denotes OF the communications Without tor the pres
en dis putting the alleged phenomena or attempting TO
point out the real agents work the lecturer said ne
proposed 10 show that the spirits The departed are
entirely innocent OF the undg prsnks charged 70
them In searching for some standard work on Psy
chology be hsdfOund ancient one, not much read In
these days OF progress but one that reflects some
LIGHT en- the snbject under discussion. 1t vas writ
ten by some fifty different writers, Of different
countries professions and ages, who Claimed to Dc
mediums OF the One Eternal and INFINITE spr
it, and TO have written they were moved by the Holy
Spirit 1t trees fully of the origin, nature and
destiry OF man than any other book on earth 1t Is to
this that modern shostmongers are indebted Tor .
knowledge OF the soul Of IT. separation from the boly
and of lie immortality.
In this book ysical error u found nor en- 10
serton sllusion that has been d. proved Perase I'll
sacred book the Bible read IL ity authors, its
Chspters its 81, l73 verses, search for only one o
those hous and errors colnnssd by ancient well
modern philosophers and your search Is vain Ever
the spirits of the sixth circle admit through r. ?
Amber, medium that the Prophets and Apostles wer
mediums through whom the jewellers in the seconS
sphere communicated; and LhA. the Pentateach, tn
Psela. the Prophesies the Gospel, the Epistes, ar
genuine spirit commandments and OF equal aurhorl
with their OWL very lucid productions. True, Tn
spirits tel Us that the Prophets and Apostles were IA
taken in si,rbutng the phi, of God that which VA
only tie WORK OF disembo!ed human soui' But sici
slight mistakes the par OF mediums are OF no &c
! count
TO srr. = kgusA; % Grsve, GuHe
The lecturer, a. this point, read extracts ifoa :.
Spiritual Teacher SAID 20 be written hy sputs On <
sixih circle relative TO the Bible whsh sad tna' u
back in husntys history there lived ndi'la as va
were morally and spiritually advanced bsJoni inc ~
velopnel, II the age in ~hieh they h'ed-fesanns
writers in the Old and New Tesia1acnt-sacn a. isaA
jeremiah, Crit Pau, and John In fhar sys'eu-
sweh thar PEE usr Of spiritual LIE WHOA pr'
pared them for intercourse with the dwsaefs Oh IL
second sphere and Of which quality the PropHes AZ
~ wa~ .