Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-10

Matthew into pieces with a sword, because
he advocated the doctrines of the Nazarene.
Mark, the next named in the Testament,
was dragged through the streets Of Alexan-
dria, in Egypt, and subsequently died in
| great agony. Luke, because he WOuld teach
the "blasphemies of Jesus, was hung on
| an olive tree in Greece The beloved John,
for his religious heresy, died at Ephesus only
after he had escaped from a cauldron of
boiling oil. James, the great was beheaded
| at Jerusalem, while the lesser James was
| thrown headlong from pinnacle of the tenn
| pie. Philip was hanged by the neck
| in the streets of Hierpolis. Bartholomew
was tayed alive; AnCrew was bound to a
! cross for his heresy, and thus addressed his
/ prosecutors till he expired. A sharp spear
was run through the body of Thomas; ST.
mon was crucified as was the Nazarene be-
| fore him; and Matthias was first stoned and
then beheaded. Calico. disciple of Co
| pernicus, came near losing his life for teach
ing the revolution Of the planets. Descartes
taught the philosophy of innate ideas"
For this the University of Paris de-
nounced him as an atheist, and ordered that
all his books should be burned! Dr. Har-
vey was treated with scorn, deprived of his
practice, and driven into exile, because he
discovered and taught the circulation of the
blood DR.. Jenner was violently denounced
and threatened with disgrace, because he
advocated vaccination for SMALLPOX Co
lumbus, Fulton, Fitch, all suffered by the
opposition to their several discoveries and
reforms. Fulton was laughed at and neg
lected by the respectable" and "intelli-
gent" Of his day, and they let him die in
extreme indulgence. Examples or folly,
prejudice, hatred. condemnation and cruel
fixion of pioneers in anything absolutely
new need not be multiplied. From an
outward standpoint this opposition seems
a cross too heavy to be borne"
But truth shall conquer at the last,
For round and round we run,
And ever the right comes uppermost,
And ever Is justice DONE
Spiritualism, viewed from the Harmonial
standpoint, is the last, and therefore the best,
development of the sublime relations be-
tween mankind and the next higher sphere
of existence, To the opponent its outward
manifestations are only incomprehensible
rappings on a piece of furniture, signifying
nothing-to us, those sounds are the musical
beatings of the tides of an infinite sea against
the forms that cover the shores of material
world. The social and familiar tokens and
signs of mediums, when they write, or per-
senate, or heal the sick, or speak the words
of friendship, are "trivial" or Satanic" to
the orthodox skeptic; to us, they are freight
ed with the mystic loneliness of deathless
guardians who inhabit the ornamental
spheres and with uplifted hearts we hail
the voices of our loved departed" whom
the ignorant mourn as dead" for we be-
hold in them the absolute certainty that what
ever is human is immortal
In conclusion, ladies and gentlemen, let
me say to each and all, that to be Spiritu-
alist is to be q friend of the grandest religion
ever bestowed upon mankind. To be a har-
monial philosopher is to be intelligent, con-
scious, selfpoised, well-balanced, intuitive,
Independent, reasonable, charitable, just, no.
bic and progressive in all high directions
GroUth, GROWTH, GROWTH. This is the
eternal law of our being and the object of all
exertion, as il will be the result of all expo
rience. You will, therefore, be the irmest
supporters of education. You will develop
children into men, and men into angels
You will, through growth, Overcome evil
with good" and straighten the crooked ways
of error and injustice. In all these labors
and efforts you will receive the aid Of angel
intelligoncies, and will attract the admiration
and cooperation of the generous, intelligent
and noble of every age and country.