The Richmond palladium., 1856-05-22

To the Members cf the Spiritual Conrent:on
heLiin RtchDlo5ll, Ind

GENTLEMEN: \ our proceedings, VILE wer,
published in the Palladium, attracted my no
tice, and led into the following train o
reflections. which, by the consent Of the edi
tors, address to You in this public manner
InaSrnuch You profess 10 be philosopher,
and phi.an.hFopists. sincerely deplotiug the
numerous moral. social aud reGg evils un.
der which. as you think, society daily groauS
and by which its progress towards lis culmi
mating period in The good time coming" l.
ma elialIy restored, YOU viii doub less allow
me to call your attention 10 q few things
which, if you are sincere, you should do
We gather from your proceedings that YOU
think that the Bible i productive Of more evi
than good-tEat the Christian religion = falls,
ana lhat the future progress and welfare ot
the race require their overthrow. and the in
troduc.ion OF the S ritual Philosophy in their
stead, under whose genial influence man will
no longer need the restraints of law, but will
be law unto himself.
Here let ne ask, do YOU mean what YOU
say? Do YOU seriously contemplate the over
throw of christianity? And are YOU fully con
vinced that spiritualism, if received by man,
Will kindly lead him in the dubious paths OF
progress until he shall stand on the summit OF
perfection, and breathe the pure and bamy
air of celestial existence. If we may credit
your assertions, this is really your objec' and
belief And you seem to think that you are
the Apostles of the religion, and the ia
vored ms truments in effecting So great a
formation. Now | believe all this Is mere
hypocritical cant, for this reason: You d. not
act in accordance with these professions. If
YOU believe all this, why do you not lor>ake
your calngs. give up your professions, and
20 forth addressing yourselves TO this work in
earnest. Mn viii not believe that YOU are
sincere unless YOU do. All reformers have
done so. ZoroaSter. who reformed the an
cieut MaiIan religion. travelled extensively
through the Persian Empire to accomplish il,
and when Christianity was introduced it was
not done by holding Conventions, passing
resolutions, and making speeches.
We have no book OF the resolutions of the
Apostles. though we have of their acts, In
deed, so impo:ent are even good resolutions
that according u the old adage, the way to
hell is paved with them. II, then. you be
liove your own doctrines, aud have any re
gard for Your poor, detu8ed, benishtsi fellow
beings. 60 initiate for once III your lives The
example OF those old Apostles. and g forth
on your mission, teaching the people the new
religion. Uaiess YOU do there many who
VIII think YOU only intended to gas ljale.
Indeed. your whole proceedings remind me
very much of VIA. occurred once somewhere
in fro. dom. Some of the would br-wl>v
frogs wer in the habit Of getting up annual
conventions, generally in The Spring Al
hese curEen ions. various reforms were advo
ca.ol Among Others the following rcSoiu.
IONS were introduced:
'EeSoIref. Thai the moon IS highly rep
ehen>l lc Tor Withholding from Us her lgh,
!ufin, such great part OF the time, and tha:
he clouds are very much 70 blame for 50 fire.
lueuiIy "b-curing her light, when she does
.Ljue.
Re,olcet, furthermore, That it Is the duty
OF the friends Of fro- progress, to raise thelr
voice a5a.nst these e,i lis and never cease their
efforts UNI | . reformation IS Effected
In support Of these resolutions one Of their
mo-. cej, bra.ed ota ors ma Ie a ,raud.oGnen,
-p-e,.h. from which. however, We can only
maxi the following extract:
Mr.. President -" >ai! lie. the n2coa ei her
AS the power 10 Shine all the time, or she has
ao,; ii She has not. she has no business to SCI
her-,h for maoa; it she has, bat VIII uo,
,he /, '.as d % be a moon: I'M ej her case I've
ny voice for driving her from the >kv. and
81 ing u3 another one tha; VIII give h j IN
continual! Y; and TO clouds, we a:u-t se; up
.uch a csua.kn- aS shall ffi-h'en them away
rhi> -lor5ou- retorna ion being thus effected,
"r shall begin to ENJOY some 2i the blessings
II '';he good time coming"
When he lad finished his speech, all frog
l"m Wa moved. and there arose from III
marsh one long, loud and Simultaneous croak
'ny. which. breaking on the Stiffness of tie
night, reverherauag through the surrounding
forests. and ing away in the distance raus-
i one uuacq asjn:eJ wiki fro-ologv. To think
that Pandcmouiunl i.>elf had broken loose.
Alter awhile, however, order was restored
and ano,her resolution was introduced. Il
read a follows:
"Res,3ard, TIA. tie Old traditions contain
IA more error than truth, and do more evil
than good, ina>mUch As they teach that We
have always been frogs, and must alwayS re-
main so.
"ResoEred rtrtAer, That we will use our
best eadeavers - overthrow these oil .radi-
lions. and Introduce the rev revelations which
Il ach that il i possible for Us to progress 10
higher and uahier forms Of being"
The speaker who advocated these resolu
lioH>. said that he was opposed 70 those oil!
,rsii.ions-thai they ought 10 be put down
because they hal prevented their race from
progressing lie was in favor OF the new rev
4ls:.oa>. iyr ,hev laugh: that those beautiful
creatures which thev had seen flying over
their heads, hal once been Insignificant in
sects. but were now enjoying the blessings Of
! progressed S.a;e, and those majestic AMI
mails which Lad sometimes cropped the grass
along tie margin OF the marsh, We're slSo pro
yreS>e'." Aai lie thought that il these new
revelations from the superior spheres were
generally received among them. thy might
likewise soon be ia progressed sta e -
And 10 show them what could be done to-
" ards pro. res>iou by one who believed in 1t,
be >wclled and inflated himself to his utmost
ao'ity. bat unforiun II. his vioien; efforts
n Progression produced a lesion in his lungs
snd he died miserably in a few minutes ThI>