New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-01
TIE SPIRITUALIS7IC VIEW or TIE
REFIFdLS.

NF,. CORA y. L. HtTCu's LECTURE.
Clinton Hall was filed last evening at the usual hour
with ar attentive crowd Dir. HATcH said, that a.
though tie custom had hitherto been for Committee
eeccte by the audience to choose the subject tor te
oyopirgs lecture the Sphits or Controlling intelh
geuce" had themselves announced It as their pleasure
that the Medium should this night discourse on the
great exciting topic OF the day, the Religious ReyYaI'.
Mrs. HATon prayed.
Mrs. Hatch announced that che should speak about
"the present Religious Revival, its causes changes
ard results She defined religion to be that attribute
in mans nature that seeks al object OF worsLip anu
uien pours out its alteration Every nation, however
baIbaIuus has a religion Of some kn'ii when lgno-
rance of which are bonn Bgory and Sperstit'on hed
tie world in bondage every stone tree, stream, noun
tsin or stsr WAS deied and each called God, and
tie ignorant people fearing their power Tor all kneN
before them and prayed to thcm, that they might De
concilated; hence she argued, Fear 10 the origin oil
worship. In our own day, men are always religious
when they are in danger. War, pestence and famine
always inGuce religious revivsls Fear, she SAID Il
tie bass Of the whole scheme Of the ROmiga Church
It'd pries.s have all the power while the masses have
the ignorance and superstition. Ard the Prot. 'tsnt
religion is the same 10 some degree only p''pte are
ing Deity. The present religious excitement not
founded on any deeper element than has Away eA'
;.teJ and the mighty outbreak proves that religion
il MT goin.: backward hes not been dying o"'' ".
tia: the fire, though smoldeiing. has Veen ever
prcsent
Mrs. Hatch here devoted few minutes 70 review
OF the present state of politics in the United >'e'ee
after which size stated that religious revival elSey
follow great pecunisry troubles and that the -nt
awakening i owing TO the monetary distress u III past
season and 10 the sLrew1Less OF priests and preachers
in taking advantage of that circumstance. Ihey had
preached that this state Of things was or
the srs Of the people and had thus brought them TO
their kLees; but she webt on to remTK' lhe
merchant or Wall street broker, who leaves lis
business, and runs into a prayer-meesing iVr &c"
minutes, has no otler idea Of religion than t'a,
there be God it is well enough to keep on tie Isul
ride Of him. This, said she, not the religion Oh 'S
Of Nazareth; be did not make loud prayers IN pSolc
plsces he nstgated no no'y gather 2gs, liz -H' was
ret boisterous, but sne of meekness, quietn''' anu
peace. Now, = the present time, "hat Is ''i
Christianity Is ike the confusion OF toe ioHe'
Babel, and vi is denomineted Christian %! L"
mole Ike Bacc snalian orgies
But, she thought, the grea. religious excitement
will, to certain extent, be productive Of good re-
suits. Il viii tend to bring down the naughty to
humble the proud, to bring the rch and poor 70 'ae
same level to break down the barriers that :epaae
nors Of dollars from hundred, Of dollars ana VIII do
much to break up bigotry and to do away win mere
doctriral distinctions.
But, she continued we the spirits DO not cAl ta''
excitement relsion it but the storm ot secta'Ansn
that has long been gatheripsi the empe'ta'u' night
sf,er Which the calm vii surely come Here the drew
most glowing picture Of the uatic na prosperity and
un;yera! bspripess that is to fAn upon this happy
lard when this wbirwini Of so-csled religious agta-
ton has passed sw.y in which good tire coming
. to te male good the ue't sfs'iyi's pi'un'7 'a1