New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-22
TIE NEW RELIGION.

The disciples OF the modern Spirtualism, or
Ghost.seeing, talk as if it were to expand into
a new religion, and Judge EdmOnds, in his
speech at the Tabernacle the other night, antci-
pated boupdless good results, from its more gen
eral prevalence, as remedy 10 the existing sec
tarisnsm Now, We Are 10th to believe that it is
d new religion, except IN the same sense In which
N9rmonism or the doctrines of the Angel Gabriel,
are new religion; and, it were, We do not see
how in it's present discordant condition, it could
work any improvement in the sectarisnism Of the
Churches. Even if We admit that ne y religion
lie necessary, that some other foundation can
abe laid than that which is laid that the in.
spired Word is not sufficient and must be helped
out by the rsps and discourses Of mob of ghosts,
We are still at loss to perceive how these new
developments are to come to our aid. We might
concede that the revelations are curious az psy-
Geological or physiological phenomena, and that
they may be worthy Of investigation on the
part of scientific and religious men, but
with every concession in their favor on these
heads, they yet advance no real and authoritative
claims as the grounds of a religious faith. They
co not, simply because they are involved in the
most vague and shadowy darkness and imply as
msny contradictions as the jargon OF wine eel
lar. The oracles Of Mumbo Jumbo. the DEGREES
Of the Pope, the resolves Of Unitarian meeting.
are lot more antogonistc to each other than the
doctrines Of the members of the new sect, with
all their spiritual assistants. There are the
Christian Spiritualists, for instance, who main
tain kind of orthodox creed; there are the Jack
son Davisi.es, who are universsst materiais.s;
there are the disciples Of Free Love, who de-
nounce civil marriage; and there are Judge Ed
mopds, Mr. Dexter, and their set who are q
species of sentimental Uatari.ns. Now, how
are they to cure the discrepancies of the more
ancient churches Almost every man among
them, who gets 3 revelation, gets revelation
which differs from the others and the poor out
sders, sp1ious for unity Of faith, are raped
about from one to the other like 80 many shut
tlecocks.
The truth would seem 70 be, as We are told by
the great Christopher Colunbus Of spirituali.m,
that little or no reliance is to be placed on the
communications of spirits-which, for the mo-
ment, We will allow our rappers and table .ippers
TO be. They relate things" he says,-and he
claims to speak from most ample experience
Exceedingly fictitious and full Of lies. When
spirits begin to speak with man." he adds,
"wsn must beware lest he believe them in any
thing for they say almost anything: things are
fabricated by them, and they lie for if they
"were permitted to relate what Heaven is, and
how things are in the Heavens, they would tell
$50 many lies, and, indeed, with solemn atirma-
"tion, that man would be sstonished." Again he
AYERS that these spirits will personste the char
acters of others, and make all manner Of asser-
tons, coed and bad, in their names, 80 that il is
perilous to deal with them at all. Now, Sxe-
denborg, as We have said, claims to have had an
extensive experience of these ghosts, both good
and bad, and. a. he has demonstrated his right to
speak by system Of thought of remarkable con-
sisteney and elevation, it is perhaps safe to take