The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-08-19

2. This paragraph contains m impor-
tant admission.
Speaking Of Spiritualists you say :"they
are not the followers Of any creed, nor Of
the doctrines of any particular man.
Are you not aware sir, that that must
he loose system of faith, which is based
on no definite principles, no fixed and
settled theorya Is not any party, wheth-
er political or religious extremely crude
and imperfect while it has no ''creed."
Archemides when he would move the
world with his lever, demanded a point
on which to stand, and you sir, before
YOU can move tho Theology of the world
from its present moorings, must plant
yourself on firm foundation and announce
''creed,' whose lines of boundary are
clearly drawn. What can be the use of
Spiritualism unless it hos some "creed, i"
unless it requires its followers to believe
in something.
3. We find very little satisfaction in
this paragraph, 1t a poor cause that
cannot rely on itself, but must parade its
respectable supporters to give it consider
alton. And W lille using this argument,
you should have remembered that it could
be turned against you with double effect.
For every honored name You can give
in your ranks, wo can give You ten who
refuse to accept your doctrines. Harvard
University, venerable with age, ripe in
scholarship, versed in science, and crowned
with honor, after deliberate examination
gives it as its verdict that Spirtuslism
should be let alone, that it tends to ''lcssen
the truth of man and the purity ofwoman."
The lastremark in this paragraph seems
to sir, to be peculiarly beautiful. If
you, the herald of a new Gospel, purified
by communion with spirits of higher
order, cannot refrain from speaking con-
temptuously of others. YOU will not wonder
if we speak harshly.
1t is doubtless true, Mr.. Tarbcll, bu.
considering your professed character,
would it not have been as well to have
left it out. We hope You will not COM
pare those distinguished gentlemen to US,
for if they should all blush in unison, we
might blush through sympathy, and what
a desperately awkward scene it would
be.
4. We pleasantly suggested to you
that looking to the spirits for your "high-
est and most valuable instructions, you
should call your sheet the" OTHER Worlds
Paper" The"apparant ignorance hich
this remark manifested, is over balanced
by the real and positive ignorance which
you exhibit. You say that 1.-The friends
that have departed this life are with us
still" How are they with you. Do they
ait with You at dinner? Do they gath
er around your editorial table, take up
your pen and write articles for your pa
per! Do they ever present themselves
plainly to your bodily eye! If not, if
they are discmbodied spirits, they must
dwell in spirit world. We would add to
our suggestion, that instead of crediting
pieces to a medium, You give the name
of the real author from whom they en-
anate.
5. Wo INDUCED in quiet smile while
reading this paragraph. We would like
to have seen the 'Iearned critics" sitting
in solemn conclave "to ascertain what
tho thing claims to advocate We
trust you will continue your researches.
But we object Sir, to your >sneering at us
as being material. We believe no less
truly than yourself in the Immortality of
the soul, in the great truths of spiritual
life. We believe that our friends still
live, that
1--WE ehall know each Others forms hereafter
And in the bright fields of the: better land"
Call the lost dead back to u.s.
We believe these truths from their very
necessity, from the teachings Of revelation,
from the reasonings of analogy, and from
tho convictions Of eur own nature, verified
and substantiated by the almost universal
belief of mankind. ....
Now Sir, it i'll becomes you, who reject
all this evidence and require the addi
tional proof Of table-tipping, Of raps and
communications before your unbclieving
soul would be satisfied. to call us mateli-
al.
That spirits may sometimes communi-
cate matters of Importance to men, we
can believe. But neither tho matter nor