Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-02-01


ConCi-I:r.-The "Biack Swan" Miss EFT
Greeniieid,l assisted ny her pupil, thu Young
Swan. viii give another concert 10 night, at
The Fifteenth street Presby terrain Church.
sPiTitualisrn ia " ash ington.
Rr~ ,!okn PierPoat testiGes 10 he fa1tH in him
ptT ''to 1nfsrraeacs wlta IN late DR.. Claiming
ChAn"ing effects 10 he " Dr."--4 rsma,ssoIs
car ~ am cation from DR.. Cite 9ires MS rir,rs
Ctp0" the NtcolGtGns-SpiritigaE electricity a. er-
planned by Or. Th1nn5ng--Hr Prerpont queS- .
ttens Dr Charming upon The Odic 5crcc--Dy. c.
g. ut PcS'cd upon he Odic t0rcC-Hc ell hare
rtohas.a achCterer to say obo,st the ode force
.>Tctsna. 70 takes hand ia The discuss .os-Of.c
- fore familiar as 4 Il c 70 S,cedsnborg-He dir
tales experiments r"tti ne Odic fbrce Bosaic
jelcSi: Tvt uppT0r.d Of in The SphersS-SRrdeH
org d.rnn # Gold The correct n.hg here as
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Rev. John Pierpont lectured last night upon
Spiri,uslism,,' in the Ninth. street hail. The
room lover the Union League room) vas
crowded Mr. Pierpont is known poet,
anG as tie compiler OF n series of popular read
ing BOOKS for schools; also as tempHran GO
reforner, who sacrificed q snug position in the
pulpit Of q leading Boston church by plucky
fight with The rum sellers OF his congregation.
After being Knocked abont the world consider
ably, fss at last setti.d down in r.t;.er
congeTial position for & man OF letters, the
custodian Of department library. lie is
e ting Oh years, his venerable looks sig
mfr, rnr wears well and rides HOBBY yet
with buos ancy, enthusiasm and good faith
that might put youI ger men 10 the blush.
He gave ,ast night As the foundation of his
faitl. il, >;pri;uaism the short, PLATA, vigorous
Saxon Wo. fact f-a-c-t,' and, after some re-
. marks preliminary, he proceeded to relate a
number o. eX periences of his own in the way
of SpiEi uai facts. Some of these cana under
his observation SO long as twelve years ago,
and were made through a little granddaughter,
q child cf good atural powers but no great
advaI ages Of education. She began to write
fas a I;.euium) when not more tnan IA years
old, and Tn one occasion the name VI Chanting
old tri nd, DIR. Uhanninsl' The reply was
INSTANTANEOUS, "Dont cau me Doctor, but
sBroih.r, or Claiming" He (Pisrpont) sub
saqusntiy Related this incident to Rev. Mr..
Cham, Irg, of This city, who said il was a re-
marka5Ie TACT that his uncle REV Dr. Chan
nibg) aiwa5 disliked to be called " Doctor
On. evening this child was writing in the
par.o,, and the speaker said, 'sChanuing, are
yoE aware I've made an ARA cement with
your successor, Dr , Co. to exchange puipts
P.neEt inquired-s'Are there any remarks YOU
~ouIn like me TO make on The o. casion - The
reply vas why not impress on tue congre-
CATION these great truths of spirituaisrn ~ MIR.
=. demurred; his sermon was already wri ten,
and to III -roduce tho line OF remark propose,
would brrfk in on tie unity OF the subject
DIR Cl aDning suggested that it could be -
trodueHd u TIE de otionti exercises. The o. lid
her broke in with the question 10 the sp -,
<sWh. C:.n't you write something fer rather &
Instantly ti'e child threw aside tha PAL per on
which she was writing, seized another sheet,
and vTo'e down with great rapiiity a commu-
DiCati Il rom DR.. Chann'ng, as asked NJ =. P,
on examining II, was perfectly astonished by
The profound soiemnity, spiritual insight, and
deep. devotional feeling of the thoughts written
down by This child. The speaker was deter
mined 20 NE the very words in the church DR..
Charming used to prsach in. He wrote them
out il ink, and then asked DIR. &. if he should
he ~asy or tha f6saS Tha
was u st he might change the words, but not
the Thoughts Mr. Z. committed the words to
memory, and in the course Of his pr aver in the
church nsed them almost literally He noticed
a! the time that the con greSatiOn settled down
in 3 silence almost appalling. He said no hing
to any one OF the natter, bat met shortly after
in ths street a gentleman, q worshipper in that
church, who told him that 4 lady ot much in
teiiigsnce OF the congregation, had EXPIRE -scd
herself being ingularly IMPRESSED by the
resemblance OF norron OF DR.. Pierponts
PRAYER to the sfvie of expression OF the late
Dr. Charming The child in this case, wrote
as rapidly as possible, mechanically, without
pause for thought; and his (the speaker 81 mind
was rot exercised at all, but he was waiting to
see what the child would write.
ON another occasion, DIR. Charming conveyed
e to the speaker an expression OF opinion con-
corning those corrupt persons OF the early
church of Ephes ns-the Nicolaians-by a del
icate periphrais, maxim il y oper to come
through the child medium. Or tue Nicolaitans
the speaker, previously 10 this comm unication,
knew nothing, and The child certainly never
RAnother evening, the child being under the
Influence Of ChanniDr, the speaker inquired
by what instrumentality the s',irit raps are
made. The reply was !se.eetrIcltv." O DO
You mean the same 80 mundane philosophers
mean by that name Cha ming" No; spir-
1tual electricity Is q more refined atmosphere,
IN which al spirits are enveloped.n O." Is
there any analogy hetwee a spiritu III electricity
and odic force or ght!' There was a pause
the medium remaining rnotonless and lookin
up as II the question was upon topic un ga
moment the hand of h. medium was srizad.
and the following communication was written
out -" would like 10 suggest some experi
ments. (Siened) SwxDEyHoea >,
are made with a crystal, and certain persons,
peculiarly gifted are able see light of different
Solors emanating in rays from the positive and
negative points OF the crystal, when exposed in
a dark room. 1t occurred to the speaker tb at
the child medium, hs wing a large brain, might
be able to see this highland accordingly took
seeing the crystal, exclaimed, with animation,
that she saw q light through the point Of the
crystal, Of an orange color; and on the crystal
being reversed, of q blueish white.
Swedenbors then wrote directing that piece
OF brass should be applied 70 the crystal; which
being done, IA brass key being used,) the light
was increased in vividness. By direction Of
jeweIry was indignantly rejected by the spirit)
was procured with some ifficulty) end az piled
to the crystal. when the light shot up with
Increased intensity thus showing how much
better worth gold is than brass, even in the
spheres. white chiaa plate applied to the
crystal became encrCled with a rim of gold
ard glass globe "a Kerosene lamp was used,
brought IN CONJUNCTION with the stone showed
pink and yellow. reddish brown aud green
MIR. wadr th@ inquiry to SUedeabary, ssDo
You in the sprit world interest yourselves
with mattrrs OF physical SCIENCE !''
Swrden borg an wered enth usiasticSIly. GOh
j. is q delightful thing to study Gods work. !n
But the skepjc nigh. say, as the speaker ad-