The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-08-26

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Join Us 10 live a Christian life and live o. long a
possible. The first duty upon entering the other
world i TO 20 t. Sst00t, the second duty l. 90 To
SCHOOL. and ,he last duty i GO TO o So
II oehooyes statesmen on earth not 10 ignore that
lesson al their peril.
There J. no uufaith in God and knowledge,
wisdom and native goodness are the passport 10
nobility there. The sham-GOoG and sham wise und
a poor reception. though such shabby merits are
tolerated. since 80 few who enter have anything
better wbrre,Nith 10 Ci0the themselves. ProvI-
dence kindly permits people 70 make i&t aS big
fools OF themselves there rs here. and the spirits
report one Pope who has been now six hundred
years poring over the leaves OF popery. trying 10
make something out Of IL. ana mas not Yet adj
Vauced one step on hi eternal career while those
who kissed his TOE. abandoning the useless trash.
have progressed To resplendent angels. ~ the
tree tallcth. 80 il lieth. i partially true. Let uo
one nail himself To - hobby. Progress l. a law OF
nature. 50 no soul. however Gebased. ever retro
grades after entering the sp~irit-world, though its
progress i slow and painful. measured by the de
gree OF is t~Urpitude while here. d" Better a mill
stone. &c. than be guilty of murder. or any other
monstrOus crime, Tor. the spirits say. there Is no
vicarious atonement for such. nothing but iEpo-
miny and anguish Of bloody sweat till the cain
brand i washed from the forehead. The spirits
disagree among themselves a. 10 facts and phiIo~-
ophv a. well a. ourselves they candidlv admit ii.
saving that when they enter the other life they are
Just a ignorant as when here, except the positive
assurance Of their new condition and surroundings.
and the certainty Of their Immortality. 1t Is al
ways these Ignorant spirits who are 80 anxious 70
commune with friends here the wise (whO appear
TO be the God-trUsting) are more content with
their condition. realizing the great destiny Infinite
Goodness has III store Tor all. There Is no more =
- royal road 10 knowledge there than here ov-
erything must be learned as here. though with in
fniJely increased advantages. 80 we are enjoined
10 believe no more OF what a spirit communicates
than what our reason approves. not even on mat
tiers concerning Spiritualism. a hint | would adj
wise every one not 70 neglect.) Reason is the
divine touchstone OF every truth there as we'll As
: we'll a here.
The spirits contradict many of our notions of
philosophy and of the future. Law governs every
thing. is as memorable as fate, never has and never
can be essentially broken may be intringed. but
with a penalty, and that penalty is sure as law
itself; 1t Is the same in this, that and all worlds.
The law OF progress rescues all from their troubles.
saves and encourages all. and. after God, is the
light and hope Of the world. According to the
/ spirits. after dissolution we enter the uert (and
there are many world OF spirits, which, by virtue OF
our spiritual nature and attraction. is near this
earth. though there is liberty to go whithersOever
one pleeseth, but Is / barred from communion with
highly-advanced spirits by the lac q ignorance,
if may so term il, the same as an ignorant man Is
cut Of from communing with a learned one. Fancy
4 HottentOt talking astronomy to Sir William
HcrSchel, and you viii get an idea OF the law OF
Ignorance. as well as the necessity of going to
school. which Is the beginning of wisdom No
spirit asserts that he has ever seen God or heard Of
Him ever being seen. though all have an abiding,
overwhelming sense Of His presence, power and
iIlimitablc goodness. All doubts of a creating.
overrUling Providence are Immediately dispersed
on entering the next world.
Creation implies destruction so if the soul was
created ii may be destroyed; but. since We ac-
knowledge matter to be coeyal with God, it is
quite as easy to admit that the soul is coeval with
Him also. Spirits don't know, but believe that
the soul was never created, but impaired from
God. 1t Is the divine essence, the Ego ct t. which
has and Will exist forever and by a law. known
only to HIM. it assumes the corporal, through
which it gains a spiritual body. Birth and sur
roundings stamp the soul with its peculiar individ-
uality. Spirits constantly remind Us of this inesti-
mable gift. and enjoin Us. with tears. to remember
the dignity of our selfhood. the nobility of our
birth. and never TO sully ii with folly or crime.
Spirits, as they progress, take higher forms, so
they say. but may assume any one they please :;
hence they always appear TO their friends on earth
in their old form and costume, even 10 wearing 4
pipe. if. while on earth, they belonged TO that un-
fortunate class who are never seen Without one IN
their mouths. and cannot otherwise be recognized.
Resurrection Of the body, they say, Is contrary TO
law. but no soul. or part Of a soul, IS ever lost.
Infants, insane, Indians. negroes, all are there :
even those effeminate boobies with hair parted in
the middle Of the head are there.
The spirits assure us that individual and national
dcstinies are shaped IN the s~Plri-World, obeylng
the impulse from the great intelligent Heart of
the Universe. The departed great Of every coun-
Try Iinger long naak the scenes Of their e~arth-lifc,
assemble national congresses and Congress OF
Nations" decree measures and preside over their
f~ulfllment: in fact, we earthworms are mere pill
ant. conceited tools in the hands Of the Infinite,
working out His designs. through the instrument
tally OF the wise spirits who have gone before.
For some years past, they say. American affairs
have been taken from untaithtul politicians and
flatCi III the Ltll~ 81 tue W d>hilAi'L-- II ain tlt-
and Adamses Of the other world. When such
things take place. the spirits know that a great
special divine purpose Is being worked out but
when affairs are abandoned TO inscriptions pro-
iessiOnal poIititions. Constitutions are overturned,
Churches established and schools neglected. The
face Of the Lord is turned away. There are no
copperhcads among the spirits or spiritualists.
They claim 10 have organized the Sanitary Com
mission.
Among the thousands Of communications claimed
10 be from the spirits | find nothing immoral. a |
was led 70 expect. but quite the contrary. The
tenor Of their teachings. to he brief. i rs follows
Be temperate in all things treat spirituouS liquors
and tobacco * the worst pGisOnS use wine very
s~paringly. if at all never use tea or coffee, es
pccially coffee. unless prescribed by = wise physi-
elan; be clcanly, industrious. studious eat "O
pork: be kind. charitable love one another;
do unto others. &c: in short. follow the pre-
ccpt> OF Jesus. whom they claim To he the first
great 'ypoundcv Of the spiritual philosophy.
Never treat women loss than equals. for by organ
iZatiOn they are superior 10 the other sex. and that
(dayS OF kaahUmanu AGAIN. and superior control
of everything relating to household affairs and
social circles, and particularly to have absolute
control ~ F~.s-fiisg re}gting u 5uGt.gafy. for this
i the beginning OF eternal happiness or OF untold
misery 10 offspring. They admonish " TO be chaSte
a the sunbeam let WedlOC6 itself be cha-te,
FreelOyeiSm. We find. ! but an cycreScencr upon
II. same as Knapp. Lardner and OudcrIonh-i-m i
upon Christianity.
~ stated before. ] have written no i-ns 81 my
own. have no concern with the truth q ta'siry %,
the subject. | have simply given. or tried To give
an impartial resume. or idea, Of the spiritual PIN
losophv. ask pardon uf Mr.. QUHsitor and
others. for had no idea of riding 80 long a heat
when / commenced. but dare say / got aStide 81
the Minister Of Foreign Relations horse. and duju
know It. Yours. -