The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1864-06-08
Spiritual Convention.

Spiritual Convention.
In the late Spiritual convention at New
York, young man delivered a very fluent
speech, to the effect that they were about
instituting mighty reform, and should see
that it becomes practical. They should
present their manhood. Whether they 20
10 heaven or hell, let them 60 with their
manhood. II to the latter place. they
would rise in the dignity of their intellects
and rcyolutionizc hell. Great applause.
Cries of 1--WE will"l
Miss j. J. Clark, pale and thin girl,
with jockey hat, next mounted the ros.
tru'n. she alluded to the "beautiful young
man. who had preceded her, and related an
incident that occurred lately, when young
man came to her to be convinced. They
joined hands and went into trance state
and he was visited by the spirit of lovely
girl whom they had loved. When he came
out of the trance state he asked her "What
have you done to me ?" She replied, II
have done nothing; If anything has occur
red, it has been the work Of the spirits ~
She was always ready to welcome any in.
quirer after truth that she could assist in
coming to the light, and to give that love
which you cal FREQ. Applause, and one
hiss.]
Rev. Mr.. Ferguson, tall man with
bushy white hair, was called up. He pro.
ceeded to speak very glibly, and empha-
sized his words by violent contortions O,
his body and face that appeared extremtl y
painful. His theory was principally on
the war; that Eomogenity consisted in di
versity, and that the variety between geo.
graphical sections Of the country does not
appeal to the intellect as cogently demon.
stratins the mundane existence of conflict
irrepressble. [Agonizing writhings.]
Brother Loveland, q somewhat seedy-
looking individual, wearing dirty linen
coat, was differently informed by the splr-
its from brother Ferguson, inasmuch as he
held that we must have q uniformity, q
homogcnity ofpopularization in which each
one, while preserving his personality meets
his individuality in others.
Other brethren made speeches, some ad.
vocating free love, some abolition, some in.
fidelity, and some all three. One brother
went strongly into the advocacy Of free.
love. Under the present system OF mar.
riage, girls cannot choose who they prefer
to be the father of their children, but mus,
s"n0 Soiiie o'o "ho naS P'oPeity euouSu
to support them. A brother in the audi.
ence remarked to his neighbor, "Hc's free
lover" "Oh, yes, he goes all the isms, I"
responded the other. "Well, I know he
is" returned the first; che turned of his
own wife and had two or three other wo.
men. He's got another mans wife now
and man drowned himself while age
about this same woman" The brothc,
continued in his speech, and the semi be-
lever above referred to finally calculated
loud enough to be heard all around, "Oh,
what damnable nonsense ~
Our brother continued his speech some
ten minutes after he had been called to
time. He closed by saying that he though,
the women ought to wear the breeches
One sister, who was impatient at his long
speech, exclaimed: II don't doubt his wife
wishes she could wear pair
Mr.. Moses Howe, young man, said he
wanted the liberty, as q Spiritualist, of be-
ing independent wherever he might be. Il
he were in heaven, he would claim thu
privilege of committing sin, if he felt like
it; but he did not feel like it Applause.
He wanted every one to have the free use
of their inclinations and natures. TAD.
plause.l He had purer religion than the
Methodists. They were fed by only half q
bushcl of truth, while his hearers received
a full bushel in their spiritual stomachs
Applause.l Then they should be SO much
better than the Methodists. [Applause.]
Mrs. NJ. A. Bliss, a lady of some thirty
five winters, commenced by .emarkinl
that the address Of brother Hove showed
the secret springs of theology. The revi
Waists and the religionists wanted men K
become good from fear of God or to please
the angels. But she held that they should
be good from their own choice if they
deemed it best to be good. Whatever they
considered right, they should do. Zap
plause. She did not care if God and til,
angels looked down on every good and bat
action she might do; she felt herself indie
pendent, and she would acknowledge bu
the god which she felt in herself. Ap
plause.] Not to please all the angels il
heaven would she be mild if she wanted {,
fight [applause] and if she desired to b.
good or bad, she would be so. Applause.
Her love nature could not take in the world
it was not sufficient to be distributive to all
she had one love for few appreciativ
souls. lAppsause. She did not love he
colored brethren and, if she was faye,
alive, she could not be brought to mingl
with them. She desired that they nigh
be free from the lash and from slavery
Applause. In social sense, her love he,
not room enough for everybody. lap
plause.
DR.. Hamilton, a tall, slight built, elderly
gentleman, with what might be termed pre-
cminently Yankee features Of the elongatc'
order, followed Mrs. Bliss. He recited
very eloquent poem, in which he allude'
to the orthodox doctrines of the Christian
religion, en- PEASANT; and when his nearer
expected he would refute them, he launche
on: into glowing eulogy on the cross q
Christ and the principles of the Divine MAJ
arene. The spirits expressed their dissal
isfaction at the theme, and he was called {
order and Kissed. They were involuntary
shared into orthodoxy.
Brother Clark then made = speech o
Spiritualism. He denounced the poem {
Mr.. Hamilton, and said he and the spiri,
ual were for war-war till verything wr0n
was removed from the world. They di
not want peace. If Jesus Christ came an
told them to 60 on the side of JEFF. Davi
he would say shame on such Jesus an
he would spit on him, As the Jew di,
Applause.
Brother Coonly congratulated the aud
ence on not adopting any resolution whic
might imply that the spirits were change
in any way after they had left the bod.
He knew they followed their old pursuit
There were drunkards and smokers amor
them for as they departed, 80 they live
He had tested the question himself for Il
benefit Of his brethren. In small roo
he had been surrounded by spirits, VII
had, while in the body, smoked, chewt