New-York daily tribune., 1856-02-27

in lis structures rather than IN the depStnop> Of u.
excellent lady whom be selects a. an exempl6ssHs>
Of bis erroneous infereD,es. .r.
There were never any words wh'ch strpck ne q
being more absurdly f8te than the iohowlng en-
ployed by this same critics
"TAe ,pirts tel sotaiss II s.y practical ralss'
is M religion Of value For what do the peoplee
Great Britain pay more than $40 900 600 or ESQ
annually to their clergyl Is not for the sake al NJ
lgioH' Since the coming Of Christ and of Mohamnei
has not religion been Of the primary objects Of b.,
man coptentionf What "a this life TO Immortality,
The last idea which should expect any sane manu-
advance would be that conveyed in the above quota.
ton: that, when the spirits tell Us Of spint world
such as described by my spirit father and confirmed
hv a ccnvocation of spirits, are told nothing Of
any practical value. That those who are now unbe.
leyers as rds, should express their unbehef, q q
course TO be expected but that any person sncad al.
epe tha. such knowledge, v!rae, not of the highest
practical value is really surprising for any one permit
ted to occupy the columns of reputable newspaper
with his opinions
But according TO warburton ian Engish Bshop.,
and Whatey, Archbishop of Dublin, the Pentateuci
doe net give any account of smother world snd N
the Gospel we find that according TO Christ, the other
world is in the cavity with he'll, where all whs
"seck the good ta'ags ~ mis tye are nke p'yes' to
be broed 10 eternity in the fire prepared for he
. A>rI and his angels from he toaRda',os Of ne
.oori1." The blessed, meanwhile, ike Abraham and
Lazarus are sufficiently near TO converse WIN them,
and witness their misery. We nnd thst the oaiy
Heaven promised by Christ 10 bis disciples was that OF
being Judges in Israel Now should be quite - viii
ling to sleep forever 10 have fer my Immortal scu
either of the rewards thus held out in Scriptures and
hence consider il Of immense Importance TO be Ia
formed that there is such spirit world as that des
eribed by my spirit-ather and confirmed, under test
conditions by the higher spirits In other caae have
I found snv one 10 derogste from the importance Of
this information, admitting 1t to be true.
One uourner tells me that If 1t be true, she would
xalne IL more than thousand worlds, especially a.
connected with the idea that an ldohzed chid, OF
whom che had been recently deprived, shall stu DO
her companion and may communicate win her. A
near relative who died few days since, has been TO
communicate with me, and heard Of her translation
to happy sphere within few hours after her death,
This deem OF immense practical importance, since
depriyes death of its terrors. know that my inen<
bas escaped from the suerings of disease and the de-
bility of old age to state of ineffablc happiness
Whatever this critic may alege, in point Of fact,
every word communicated to me by my sprt-fnends
does good to my heart, II not o,my UNDERSTANDING
/, satisfaction TO find two of my children, who DIED
in infancy can address me rs was addressed by ono
of them in a letter published in my work.
These who swallow scriptura camels yet strain az
spiritual gpats, and who can believe anything which
sad 10 have happened 1000 years ago, who credIt
witness of whom they know nothing, provided he hsa
been long enough among the dead may dispute the
truth of all this; but that is what am prepared tc
expect. 1t is jut what mohammedan womb expect
from Christian, or Christian from Mohammedan,
Touching the inconsistent facts on which they severa
rey for their expectations of future happiness. But
that an ignoramus should tell person who Is made
happy BY information respecting the spirit world, thai
Il i OF no importance, is downright folly.
Before I became a Spirituast, counted with M
easness the wears they rolled away; and aithoue
bopine for future state, felt gloomy doubt aso
what that state could be; but now feel nnpatss
rather that time should hy faster, and only Wis %
live in order to make Others partake of the gratia-
ton which has been impaired to me.
Ii the writer competent to understand my eL
periment be would receive that the account which
have given of them leaves alternative but that to
which he alludes-of absurd imputaton OF insanity
against myself in common with many thousands OF
spirituasts, or that bodies moved by an intei,
gence and physical force which can only be explained
bv the agency of spirits Tie would perceive that tho
exuerimepts made with the lever-board and spring
balance plate 81 are essentially the same as those made
with the vibrating lever spritscope plate 4, Flg; l.
See Sprtuallsm scientifically demonstrated by Pro
feseor Hare at Banys No. 22l Arch street, or at Nc
34a broadway, New-York.) But Mrs. William Eur
it's the daughter of the late DIR. VIM. E Channng
was witness of manifestation through Mrs Hayden
medium, which involves at once all that the eIperi
mept To which be objects designed to accomplish
az evidence, I allude TO the fact that while hra
Hayden's hand was lifted from the lever thai
space was visible both to Mr.. Eust;s and myself 90,
tween il and the surface Of the board the index stu
proceeded to communicate nationally, by pointing 70
the letters in due succession. koBr' hAek'