The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-17
Flag Of the bird OF Joyel
Who left his home, the clouds aboye,

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| Till the last trump the worlii
| Flag Of two ocean ahoresl
/ Whose everlasting thunder roars
| From deep TO deep, In storm and foam
| Though with the SUMS red set
Thou sink st to sumber, yet
With him in glory great
| Thou risest and shall share hs tomb,
Thou bannerl beautiful and grand
Float thou for ever ov'r our land
The Rev. Tnoxks L. HARRD the next speaker. Tie
following is the substance Of his speech-Frends he
said in the remarks am about to make, shall try to
give you compact statement OF what spiritualsm is
spirtuasm Is suoolasubjective and objective. Under
the subjective there Is that realm of pure thought
which the intellect operates In all times-that realm
from which genius has come forth TO do its mighty
work. There is also an objective spirituasm--an
ternal territorysensible demonstrations Of spirits
facts solid facts and these facts the basis OF
grand inductive philosophy. (Applause.) / ask no
applause, and seek NO applause for the words. l
utter are worthy of silent thought When the
come, or look we for another S'--he pointed to
ply sical facts-to the blind made TO see, the deaf
We simply poin. to reasesto facts 80 Which siases. %
themselves to all and ask to be judged by the evi
denees We produce The facts of spiritualism its
best argl MT First, assert faith in modern
spirituasm, because it proved by rsppngs which
come and do come from other source than the world
formation is convey ed from Tie Spirits through their
means 1t is the speaking eye, the beating heart, and
not the dIapery Of the person We behold You do not
Judge of the stability OF thing by tue mode in which it
expressed. To these spirit rsppngs come as burn.
| ing and potent facts from departed friends Thus
it with those who stood in the Telegraph oice
waiting to hear news of the lost ones in the wreck
theories a0 hs oa, hsaJ Sssa s0I1 %
| the loved and cherished nes- whether they had
gone to heaven or passed to the lake Of ars
When assert that that teegrapho wire out
and connects with the world beyond many say that
II the spirits will only help them 70 build some ecce
sastcal y ranny Of their own, they will believe. But
the spirits cannot be used such a way. The spirits
that l. better than his accidents and perio
against them with appeals to the passions the fears
of multitades. The question ask Is whether my de.
on this subject. We have thousands Of paths around
in all the confusion OF Christianity and DO not know
husbands as children and freuds to the spiritual
manifestations and our friends do but speak, ii is
enough shall be told that after all this Is not practical
ay ADMIT that the spirits will not tell of such things
as the accession OF Louis Napoleon the sorming Of
sebastopol But ask whether II il not practical to
know that dear departed friend has gone up heaven
for and everY And you ye spirits above ye deem
practical to come back to men and communicate the
ravishiDg realizes Of better life. There 100000
intelligent In America, who have publicly asserted
that the phenomena OF spiritualsm occasoned by
but We appeal as Christ did, to the facts of the case
ask, as asked Of old, has this thing been done In
corner Not only in America, but In Europe,
| lievers are gray haired men and women-they
clersymeD physicians merchants mechanics, and
the lowestall have yielded up their testimony to the
truth OF these facts. The rappngs have been heard in
ol amber. And what has been said through these
nunicatonsf Millions Of test have been given
TO heart questions from the mill ons departed to the
millions get in this mortality. Despise il may,
ii is the mighty heart OF all ,parted spirits i'm
pced t love drops mortal sphere and left them
tie lone and bereaved IN tha lower earth II Ia said
that 2C0,00 gentlemen America who did not believe
IN the Immortality OF the soul, have been converted
through communications with spirits t's belief ia the
resurrection OF the dead ask II Gods blessing IL not
then this causet We assert also that spirits actu
ally communicate without any visible Intervention o.
medit One OF the most scientific in the world
told not long ince that he had five sheets Of
writing out communication, unsided by mortal hand
(xclarca,cns OF neredElity) We believe 10 the test
mony of hve hundred persons who lived eighteen hun.
dred years ago that Christ died. not bound
TO accept testimony TO Kindred facts coming not from
Judeans, but from Americans-men who have grown
gray In The service of God and their country Why
brar a man-why trample on man because he honest
heard Of this great fact Of immortal feY We believe In
sprtualism because spirits assume temporal ofganza
ton and hold communications with US: Not long
ago told that the daughter OF distinguished
jurist, present here tonight, who quite
acquainted with Greek, vas used as a medium by
Senate TO Greek ~ gsnteman from Athens In this
city We tolo in the Bible that the day OF Pente
tiers Of the globe heard the Apostles suddenly speak
their own tongues, Now, here is repetition OF this
Persian dialects roll through chldrens mouths the
people Of today Iampe on the papers wrich tell Of
hey ssn esn b .,
have seen, they ostraczed ] asa whether
these manifestations have not been moesee at Has
not the cry gone up-h these be true, save thyssl,
and come down from this cross, wherever thou
art crucihed Those who believe in immortality
ADMIT that IL the spirit after death could hold ia
ccrpselke hand speak through human lips II could
tell what 1t had We told In Scripture that
the disciples Of Christ passed into such condition that
they might see and converse with spirits Therefore
you believers in these truths OF Scrpturebeeves that
God never contradcts hnse-belieyers In the realities
that the departed dead speak you whether you
ought not 10 believe corresponding facts In the testimony
Of Just men and true In regard TO spirualsm2 II you
/ kal tlE nxft tlaa
not bound 10 believe In the evidence Of the senses at
another timer II IL admitted that does not ori
Every religious sect teaches this We stand upon the
same platform as that stood upon by Plato and
phenomena the evidences Of internal faith. Az by
the body we connected with the earth 80 by the
spirit we connected with the skies Not alone
We surrounded BY material agencies but minis
tired TO by angelic forms. Using Intellectual acul
ties to discriminate We are convinced on the evidence Of
the Scripture and on the evidence OF our and
u the truth Of what profess, and willing to
suffer reproash for faith. Thanking you friends for
your tindre's in listening 10 me, here close.
Mr.. HARRIS spoke for upwards OF hour In trans.
cendents and fown style very well suited 10 the
dosnas and the doctrines he endesvorsi 10 explain.
some ~ bis sentences long hearers we're
incapable Of travelling with him to the end Others o
sTeak politely were 30 abnIuss that no one couli
up with such prolific imagery that common
va. ssdsm s sssoI q.
enoe. MI Harris received very feeble encouragement
by way Of applause. He dwelt with peculiar emphasis
his power TO produce facts In support OF the theories
Of but though bis assertions and hypotheses
numerous enough, his facts, with their wonted
stubbornness remained resolutey in the back ground
and would no. be produced
Mr.. BPTAN announced that the last speaker (Rev.
Mr. HArrs), about 10 make Southern tour for the
purpose OF spreading the doctrine Of sprituasmtha.
ths tour was snderaken BY the rev gentleman at con
siderable pecuniary loss and that, Therefore coIec
tion wouln BE takcn up for him.
The choir then sung another hymn and the boxes
w,re passed around.
JoBs W. EpxosDs, formerly Of toe judges OF th
Supreme Court, came for yard and said I wth feel
pgy OF Iepugpance that cannot for describe
that rise 20 address you upon this occasion Four
years rolled over my head since became an
investigator upon the subject 10 which your attention
has this exepino baep enled Eearv x..ra haYs