The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-02-07

snrcad and No man Was safe foussnda upon I6u sauds
Il Chrktsns had lain their bones upon she sod Of Ples
tine durpg the pe riod Of three oeuturA; but
one Of the wsest dspcnsaops Of Providence, for had
eopI Cd the progress OF Mahomedauisr. Then
witchcraff, and wKh IL fell the idea that there any
such thing ntcrcommunion with the spirits Of the de-
parted The see q unbelehat q the latter part Of the
tures--s fast passing away. The worship o
the Goddess Of Reason instead Of the Great Jehovh
this great thing which maDfestne tsel 70 usf shall
we seek refuge in denying that there any such things
In the age when that intelligence worshipped the
gods-n the age when il was the cause OF ear--n the
sge when responsibility confessed without knowledge
bow to deal with that responsibilities We nnd no mo-
dunn between blind faith and rational knowedge-pagan-
ism and infdeity-superstition and sound reasonf The
food is here and the ark is floating Can and an Ara
rat on which may resH The speaker then proceeded
TO show how ancient times philosophers and scientific
were ofien from fear Of persecution obliged 70 hide
their discoveries how many valuable inventions naa oeen
buried the Of ages and proceeded 70 contrast the
present treatment Of spiritual phenomena with tnat OF
other times In Florence they hear the bells or house
down the belts and moving everybody and every
thing out Of the house. They call the po
iee-hut the police do nothing Qaughter)
Here talk with the spiritsascertan what is wanted
The preaching Of Swrdenbog in 1842 was like that
Of to-day, when persons Ike himself had mania Tor
speaking.
bad been subected it's phenomena are Witnessed by
hundreds oil thousands Of intelligent beings everywhere,
and this marvel is perormed--nanimate matter moving
without mortal contact, and displaying iDtelgencea
hat moving without mortal contact aud displaying intel
fence We have seen these things, and we must believe
the evidence Of our senses We believe there Ia power
at work worthy Investigation and that there is
other BY potbesis except spiritual one.
The Judge then proceeded to read the owiog extracts
10 fhow that Sprtuasts are wrong, they are In good
company
Socrates writes The cause Of this s that which you
have often and in many places heard me mention; be-
cause am moved by certain divine and spiritual in
Auence which also Metus through mockey has set out
in the Indictment This began with me from childhood
dverts from what am about to do but urges
me on Bu. this duty as sad has been enjoned me by
the diety, by ofacles by Dreams and by every mode
BY which any other divine decree has ever enoned any
thing for man TO do
agency for many valuable discoveries In physc, for
warnings, for predictions and extraordinary deiiverances
and lie ays know not any one nation, polite or bar
baous which does hold that persons have tte
gift OF foreellipg future events.'
pend your constant friendship like tho have
IN benevolent spirits, who, though never hear
them, we think are constantly praying for u.s."
Dryden writes,
And armed Edwards % Ssa looked w with sniions eyes.
Addison says: At the same time think person who
is thus terrified with the Imagination Of ghosts aud
specres much reasonable than who contrary
the reports Of all historians sacred and proane ancient
and modern, and to the traditions Of all nations thinks the
appearance OF spirits fabulous and groundess Could
l not give myself up to this general testimony Of
mspkind I should TO the revelations of particular
persons who living, and whom caln0t distrus
in other matters Of fact might here add that not only
the historians, TO whom may join the poets but like
wise the philosophers Of antiquity, have favored this
opinion.'
johnson writes; " That the dead are seen no more,o
sad Imac viii not undertake to mantan against lhe
concurrent and UNMARRIED testimony OF all ages and all
nations. There s people, rude or learned among whom
arartons OF the dead are not related and believed This
opnon which perhaps prevails far human nature is
dfused could become universal only by It's TRUTH Those
that heard Of another would not have agreed
tale which nothing but experience make credble
that it is doubted by single cavilers very little
weaken the general evidence, and who deny with
their tongues confess it by their fears.
Josephus, In the seventeenth book Of the Antiquities,
writes Gapbyra, the daughter Of King Archelaus after
ihrd who brother TO her first husband), had very
odd kind of dream She fanced that she her first
husband coming towards her, tnat she embr aced him
With great tenderness when IN the midst Of the pessur
which she exp at the sight o him he reprOached
her sfter the following manner 'Gtapbyra,' says he
thou hast made good the old saying, that women
not TO be trusted. Was not the husband of thy vgniy
Have not children by thee How coudst thou forget
loves far enter into second marriage, and afte
that a thrc-nay take for thy husband man VIII
has SO sbameeesy crepk into the bed OF his brother
However, the sake Of our past loves shall free the
from thy present reproach, and make thee mine forever
GlaphyIa told this dream TO several women OF her
qnsintance, and died soon after. thought this story
speak Of those ki6Es. Besides that, the exampt.
deserves to be taken notice Of as IL contans most
tain proof Of the immortality Of the soul, and Of Divine
Prov ydeuce II any thinks these things incredible
Jet him esoy has own opinion 70 himself, bot let him not
eDdeavoT 70 disturb the belief OF others vino BY ins@snoes
OF this nature excited the study Of virtue"
Cornelius AgIippa, (says Dsrae, vol Q, D. 65D before
Variety OF the Arts Sciences, intended
to reduce into system and method the Of
eating with spirits and demons On good auhority-that
Of Pos Pselus, Potnus Jablcus-and better
were II necessary To aLege -he well assured that
the upper regions Of the armed with what the Greeks
called dsmons, just lover atmosphere is full Of
BIRDS waters Of fish, our eartn with insects Yet
this philosopher, who knew eight languages, avoided
ss having devil always oy his side /
The speaker concinaed with solemn prediction that
the day not far distant when this knowledge shall
hearer and nearer 10 Him who hath created them
his own image
SPlrituolism Compared to the SuperstitiOns
OF Former Tfmes-Signor Bfonsi Against
spirfs suaiism.
The driving storm Of snow last night did not prevent
the filing OF Dcdworths Hail with sprtuass and anti
spunlists to hear Sgncr Mont Of Harvard College, On
"Spiritualism compared with the superstitons of
former tines Three fourths of the audience consisted
Of gcnrcmena hairy set Of men, apparently of every
degree Of intelligence, strongly reminding Of all the
isms vogue particularly recalling the aspect of the
malc participants in womans rights conventions Some
Of these men, however, crowned with age their
bald plainly indicated. The ladies present were
nearly all considerably past the age OF majority; they
tall and hn with strong sharp, harsh features
their somehow suggested the word monmaca
All female dsvotees OF spirits, doubtless, do not ap
pear thus; but those present mt the lecture in the
fashionable dancing hall last night did. There
no tables for the accommodation Of reporters:
but the fear that the presence Of 60 many mediums
might move the tables 70 saucy capeTs may have been
aJrkilabe excuse for their absence. The exercises
menced by fashionable song, after which Sigaor NoNu
addressed the association substantially the following
efftcf;-
There nothing new under the sun as said the book
which efTs; aud indeed, u " 10, intellectually
speaking There every Gay discoveries made In the
scientific world but the human mod is ever
the same was asked some time ago whether believed
IN the progress Of the human MIND 10 which replied
Lo AND the more think upon the more feel convinced
that the human mind will be the Philosophers
and eiormers olden time for is perec-
ton but they never succeeded think they will.
Looking back into history ind there has been con.
s'sLt increase Ia material knowledge; have
more itesen learned aud Tolerant, but the itself
has net Changed The modern age has produced either
more intelligent or ADLER minds than the ancient while
tie same evils, pre;udices, and that
existed Ia ancient time how IL is true we do not
make facracee, burn herctics or crusade against
Tie IuIkk but this IL humanitarian progress not the
woeess o. mud Although do not believe In the pro-
lToss OF human mind, l have u great faith in the
rosrtis Of intel sence. The subject which I