New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-27
sprpYrs-cgLEsryAc vs.. MUNDANE

area, lfEal DrEu-e'Nn ~ cfuAho1iem EGo Oil
Tine \, tirst instanen, last evening. at the raosr-
u,cIs. The iboussnd who composed The sGdisnce
xers chiefly remark able for the very marked lines OF
their features and q certain intensity ct expression
xtieh seemed 10 perysde the sntirs Assembly
Moderator was selected by the dispu'aa'' to pre-
s;6s over tss rreetirs-Mr De CAsr. Toe question
WI. then announced to be " Are any OF 'heso caned
" Spiritual Manifestations OF the presen; day properly
",eferable to TIE sgency Of Dep rted sPi's
The Rev UaIAH CLARE man with snsrrow
fsce. slow movements ard Ioat unIof'i as'ely
drawing delivery. opened The discussion. he d"e"
mon every precious ord 81 though II were money W
bis u.cu,h AID nteei sometimes, from The c'o'lns Oh
The ewes a, sore vord iorger than usuI, ore might
without diff ,uty suepose that be swao Sius uu-
Re. difficulties He said thst, perhaps, some Of bis
hearers i.ht not appreciate mis- serious VEN Ba'
/. Is 4 very ssriou, ibirg. He trusted they came
there g. Chiista.s, = Dtemen ana "oNl'os Pu.oso,
he lsst EXPRESSION. They had before them % va
who might be called tie Cola b OF rsycnosoSy' rs
would 90 out 10 meet that Gohso aan l, uiigh' oe
that Little rsp as well htte stone weuli Do sole
10 overthrow ali the strength Of physical force.
He asked whe-e were the Clergy iney
yefe ret in this eieus lie was oohSea 10
sccept lsymsl. SECULAR Lecturer as an
srtssonist. Tie great masses OF the people now
wanted idCt9. 6NiJeACes ~ Eeia'lS- W LIS u@'No'
Ttoy were 10 longer content TO ridicule ana sneer
Willie scsGiDg tears we're raining down over tre
frt sh graves Of departed 'rsnds, there vas no one
who would net look eagerly for evidence that those
fieI Ids stn liyeG-lived N sympathy VIII u.s. IaH
fact that men ard women hs- ASPIRATIONS sad 81 n2s
thies With those frisncs was stgoCc s.su nent Tor
God lad DOT planted in our breasts these sympalhes
ana boves mercy 70 mock IA. The multitude sas
against item. but tina, was nothing 50 long IS th7y
w re supported By the Esther OF Spirits He asserted
first tha, TIERS was a Gfes, First { Aust Snpiele
Spiritusi Intelligence pefSaolng the uLiNs.s5 the
Gcd, fstlCr OF al spirits thai man - It's sPIr-
iiusl chslrlg. sL0"iug 10 t9e D.ylne lnase
with goohSe attributes that msn, therefore, ls
eternal IL sture and IL progress; hzt ne Is an
ind ydual -pirt which, clothed for Slime ia that ms
terial world will al last pass intoa spiritual state
with capacities and privilege OF infinite progress anu
With pIivleees snd pos5rsJo come back aud comnu-
nica's 10 all who are truly developed, that we may
rad The souls OF fellowmen ia sddltIon that We
NAV sometimes penetrate the future with spfit'eye;
that sounds uDaccountaoie, save upon ths spuHuA
theory have been heard Is most uui mat ma
terial things lsrse and small have moved and been
raised without, any physical agency that people have
had direct sight OF spiritual scenes that unHnosn
tongues have been spoken and written nuenuy ana
most accurately by the most unletered In
diylduals spiritual shocks, spiritual rap,, spltituh
m.lody-yocal and instruuentsl-Wlth aud without
hsnds; and, in abort, that there are thousands who
are coufden. Of the preseIce OF sngefguardans
watching over AID sustaining them. ana waltlng TO
velcout them home 70 the sphere OF celestial glory
TIE history Of Christ is continuous eeries OF spirit
manifestations Christ spoke Of angels when hs was
betrayed, and angel rolled away The stone from tue
sepulcber. Here " une' was caued, ana ,
Dr. b. Brown WILLIAMS arose to speak IN the
Incentive. DR.. Williams, however is very positive
man-pcsitve in every sense OF she word lie seemed
10 think that the platform place for pedestrian
exercise He stood there he said solitary snd sone.
liz had no man 10 back him while bis opponent bad
500 600 Spiuslists at his back, 10 say nothing OF
all the spirits Of the departed. CHEERS Bu'
If thew came one a. tme be was resdy to meet tnem
aU Spifiiussm he believed TO be one Of those epi-
denies which periodically sweep over this country.
He believed in the sincerity OF the spri'uas,s' ou'
surh siI cery could have been fould among the Nit
l.,ites He told story OF an assembly oil Mhlentes
IN Cincinnati gathered together in Il tsnt capable
of containing some ten or fifteen thousand Inc
preacher 10 swat the dissolution 81 the world pulled
out bis watch, and said " In h sii an hour we snail
be taken up 10 Heaven. knoTit, SAID an old
woman II know n,-for begin nov to feel lighter
lighter Dr. then tssea =, o. Tue aa
tue, ano spasi bSsy sc cs,on Tss q noc,sS 'Ssn
divided burlan outanety into two cissses-aost
- inns al dry .kins; mediums he said, belonged TO
the former The question had bsen asked, where
w,re the clergy lie could assure HE opponent that
they were not at home kicking tables and chars
about Cheers The Doctor, IA calculating THIS
distinction tetwet the mental and physical natures,
gra, ely ayefred that soldier IL oatie, WITH his mlnd
iutept upon an enemy ii mis- arm or leg wsre shot OF
mind 81 left tie bocy
The Rev. CLARE replied seriatm to tho points
Of Dr.. Williams. lie had been on terms If personal
intimacy with mediums all over the cosntry, and be
had Dot made the discovery which toe doctor had
arpoul ced-that the surface u their skiss vas re-
mark ebly colt. AZ TO the clergy many OF them were
priyately iIyesga ting these thngs The reverend
aert.usn maut8iIed that tbs iay OF prlestcrat was
evidently spiritual manifestation. Had they forgot.
ten that the s1irits had told months sgo what had
been the fate Of Sir John Franklin, aud that tha.
story wss fully true 10 lar a. Known
Dr. WILLIAMS announced his belief that the gres!
Fist suse could Pile up the clods of valley, cover
them with the flowers Of the field and en.er Into the
body: ana when lie moved the lgt things should
lean forth TO the skies. lie then proceeded 10 the
h RIGA consideration Of u state OF the skin.
Hestated ths, the skins OF peope 10 passive state
were moisi.r than usual He said that he had been
in the busipess OF Psychology lcnge, than any other
man in the world lie believed III the Great
First Cause he believed that angels hea
ccumuu ica tsd with men. but those days were past
lCbetrs He found ia 'SpIiiualsm, by Jadge 10.
mond, that one night when there ws very small
circle Swedenborg wrote " cannot msgine where
"Nrs ID s Here is a man, cried he, who, accord
ing TO the hes. authority, saw burning city at the
distance Of 100 miles who could Lot tell where hrr
d. was. Great applause The Doctor tnsn pro-
ceeded 20 consider the my sterous power OF the hu-
u al will and lnslaDced the LADY the glance Of whose
eve s,tipUe the bark from some trees aud broke q
STEEL looking glass. Applause
Tie Rev. L. CLARE in reply, said thaihe supposed
swtdenb,rg had something better to DO in the other
world than running after married women in this
world. Laughter He then read fcon Wesley, de,
carng Bis firm belief in witchcrait- Applause.
The Doctor wanted gentlemen TO reason upon the
subject and .ad that he believed the small por might
be Communicated at the distance from the Tabernacle
to the Irving House.
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