Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-03-10

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Judge Edm0nds' Lecture.
| The audience assembled, on Saturday
evening last, at the Court House. was one
Of the largest and best cur City can turn
out. The room was filled to its utmost
capaeity-many were obliged to stand
for want of seats.
| The Judge said that to a portion OF
those who heard hin-those who had
faith in the New Philosophy-he brought
words Of encouragement and cheer. The
Brethren Of the East have passed through
the toughest of the ordeal of obloquY,
contumely, and persecution, and stand
forth with renewed hope, and faith, and
earnestness; and send word to their Breth-
rem OF the West tidings of good cheer
and encouragement.
To the other portion of the audience
he said he came not to crafty any idle
curiosity, nor to give any demonstrations
Of the truth of the New Faith. He said
he simply came to induce them to exam
inc for themselves. Persons from among
themselves could give all the demonstra-
tions he could, and as we'll; and all he
came to do was to try to induce all to in
quire candidly, and to investigate among
themselves for Themselves
He said the Churches had every where
denounced them, and heaped all the OBJ
loquy it could upon them; and he ami
madvcrted severely upon it for SO doing.
He said the Church ascribed To God
the attributes oflove, hate, anger, sorrow,
vengeance, and all the worse passions be-
longing to humanity; whereas the New
Philosophy ascribed to him only love,
mercy, wisdom. and all the attributes con-
Sistent with the greatness of his being.
This was, he said, worthy of notice.
He said the Church had striven, assid
uously. for eighteen hundred gears, and
yet only small portion of the human
family had ever heard of its teachings;
and even of that portion the greater share
was skeptical. Whereas Spiritualism is
c0nricting Infidels in every instance
where it is examined by them. 1t
is the only thing which answers the great
rant they have beenexperiencing. This
is another thing worthy of attention.
He asked his hearers to inquire wheth-
er there is any thing really Incompatible
with the teachings of Spiritualism. lie
said there's nothing in Revelationagainst
il. for the Bible is full of recorded instan-
ces of its developcment. from Genesis 10
John. lie said there is nothing IN the
History of Humanity against it, for the
world is full of recorded instances, con-
tjnu;ng from the earliest ages down TO
the present time Its development was
FREQUENT among the early Fathers of the
Christian Church; and not until the Church
became allied to Government, was thi,
development repealed; but when the
Church became so allied, and as he said,
Christianity became Pdgdnized, instead
Of PaganiSm becoming Christianized.
which produced the time known as the
Dark -4ges." the developments ceased,
and were not seen again till humanity
emerged from those dark ages; and H0lc
man has progressed far enough, and is
endowed with intelligence enough, to re-
ceive these developments with new and
better appreciation of the great truths
tncv herald forth. He said there is moth
ing in Nature against it, for Nature eve
rvwhere. in all ages, in the life of the
Human Race, had given instance upon in
stance of the fact OF the various pherom-
e,ld of the Spiritual Development. All
this, he said. is another important consid-
Grafton. worthy attention.
He said when the recent manifestations,
which gave the present impetus to the in
vestigations into the New Philosophy,
were first given. about five years ago, the
alleged mediums were everywhere decried,
and the whole affair denounced as a cheat.
When time and investigation after inves-
tigation demonstrated beyond the reno
test chance of doubt. that the mediums
rere honest it was then everywhere
called a detsSiop. When further inves-
tication demonstrated thut there IS some
thing in the matter-that there are pts-
poB,1aa. strange and unaccountabie, the
Church began to admit them to be
the manifestations Of Spirit, but the
Spirit is the Deri. This, he said, Is sig
uificant and characteristic. but is. never
/ theless. another circumstance worthy at
tention.
+ He repeatedly, and with much emphasis,
/ aIIuded. TO the fact of himself and compan-
ion leaving luxurious homes and travelling
hundreds of miles, among strangers, in
straa re lands. to preach the good faith and
induce examination thereinto, and trium-
phantly asked if faith which impelled
such philanthropic acts could be bad or
false.
DIR. Dexter followed in some remarks
covering, principally the same ground pass
ed over by the Judge.
| In speaking of the opposition of the
Church to Spiritualism, he saldit was nattl
raj and characteristics He said the Church