New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-12
A DIACsOsTRUM OF THE NgWSESS,
THE RELIGION OF spIRIrUAL1sst.
pAsxSIss ILLUMINATED AND WISDOM Lbr OUT

7 4s Ts'.- e'Ths y T. T,it~se
- HsyI kindly giyer space to my former l,+ies
On >pinius.ism IN Boston, and much gTs..fed me ~
,our Nub0uedly jocose yet seriously apprecistivs con-
men. ,tertcn, permit me 10 unfold, in few woris,
what ~, doctors would cal "Diag-ei,-s- eth.
p,ts on e S2iyifrah.m understood and prsctioei
ky he srAere O: Spiritrssts ard Meds flor are tbsy
n, urrrltured who say hedisws = in which move.
IT. P.l;x.e, 81 Isrl-;tsalis-n /, "Drerr,Irrr"
By this We nesr the faculty Of receiving inspirations
through tie dists or fngeH. Per d.scGdny =" mind .
sra int, -ect a, snything nNc than mere coloqui-
s,us, We Say that the frgtp Ssiug the l'-rn Hsers
Of TorcH, al feeling, both earthly and superns. NUT
conn nee there. This IS why the Media place their
fpges upon the tipping tables, in crier 10 receive BY
the ericn of seaeh the most de.sste and sensitive
ary spiritual tendency element, or cornmuDtoa ths.
may be waited thhhervard. Il is the sane oonvictios
that prompts child TO stretch out ~ tiny dIsts,
fugert pis, for its Pop. When can ouch 8 thiag.
We know where We sre-we realize the truths Of or
position; hence, when Medium feels INSPIRATION. OF
spiritual uJgnc in finger or toe-lfor the toe is digit.
too ends be, or she Knows this, spirits are about,
that the atmosphere is sSchsrged with eecve spirit
uslav-Iner-, it, rot dreams il, fer there is in the
iii ger or toe pognsntly unmistskably. kad this Is
vhv DishaI.y is the Srst pant Of the Religion OF
Spnituahsm.
.. The Religion If Spi,auali.m is IpTALtrI-eot
Ideaty 10 the sense into which SpnoEa tortures it, Of
ccursc: but Idesay, as tn faculty which recognizes
the one de OF every material thing. Thus scesths.
to} is the ida Of foot and Nrfe Is the idea Of 9sW
And when properly cultured il rejects the false idea
that nsv be suggested By the thing. and comes back
10 the right one Thus, IL it s suggested that Itck Is
lie idea of foot tootkpiSl the idea Of qSI il says
No Nick is false idea of foot for this Is a use to
which foot is put only by vicious and abnormal per
sens: end te4ipict a else idea of quill because
tcotLpick IS to which quill put only by persons
of hotelbrcd and rapseors habit of life. So too with
sscr,d suhjec,s-a calm thought and mellow sympa
thy invite the true idea snd dismiss the false.
g. The Religion Of Sphiushsm is NoNooSrcRsITr.
That is, ropcOnfomity with the weary parade and
bau,ting conveLhopstes Of what i, hippahtly called
Good Society society which think il is
Emerson who terms " sentfHel rko d,iHks" No:
Spirituaism, dscsrding the necesstes of all form.
vain gesture mounting, pomp and ION, sounds, in it,
high mood Of Independent Nonconformity, the deeps
Of all love, genius, woe tact, phronsy, identity and
all other chsracterstics OF eccentrcities Of normal
mtn-this needs smphfcation.
4. The Religioa Of Spritualism is ABSENCE OF
SPLEEN. This has been claimed by all Religions, but
wropgfly. With this absence Of Spleen Spiritualsm,
sweesly XIII dy and sercney, receives calm and we'll
defined impression Of lfe being, science and trust.
Then. as calmly, il makes lis internal comment.
Without spleen it soap beyond the balloon, tho lark
fight, the eyrie, and knows Nature and the Seventh
Heavens without spleen. it plunges beneath ocean
bottom or srtesian well and knows He'll internal Fire.
the Apiipodes, whether Mandarin Cossaok. Spleen
less il beverages, is dspossessed Of selfi but
bsndly yet keeny, comes, sees and oonquer. How
could DOT his If il splsenfu tie other Re-
6gions that have deseorated the world and spit their
yercm IN war, carnage and schisml
Here we have the four simple elements OF Spiritual
istio Religion, as l understand it, Simple, yet magn6
cent end portentous. : voted foE Fillmore, and
doubted if was doing the tight tang by the Demos
cratic candidate, but DOUBT sor The above. As one
of our female media expressed herself, in s~Oon,
.'You may doubt a yote, duty, temper; but how
"can you doubt the daily sttrition Of spirits =
These are the four simple elements of ow faith, sad
yet we are accused Of being dreamy. complex aud
ncuherent We wait. q. H. GUYS.
BOtfoa Dec q 1856.