The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-31
A GATHERING OF THE SPIRITS.
What q Eoeden. drudge onr tnoor hnmanit,

GATHERING OF THE SPIRITS.
What sEoeden. drudge onr poor humanity
Is. 1t has gone on striving through the cen
turies; warning, dissatisfied, tumultuous
wrapt in mysteries, knowing it, feeling it !;
earnestly seeking a way out of its tread
mill existence. There come unto it seitap.
pointed teachers and guides how they are
losted and thrust aside. Who made. YOU a
judge and ruler over us? We arS brethren
but we will fight out our own differences, and
1t 1t be to the death what's that 70 youe
ErREKAl cries some one with I" a mission. ~
have found it. Found WHAT A way out
OF darkness into life; mans long lost road
leading him home. Wanderings are TO cease;
nou,ore weary and pointless jotnney sns i and
hfe-throes in the wilderness. We have been
over into the land appointed for US we have
seen the. inhabitants of it; have marked the
river fords leading thither here, too are the
grapes We gathered there. Humanity shakes
itshaad obviously. 4s asSs .@FA = =
Yet it is prone to heed if the Announced
comes with heart .earnestness and divine at
testment. Witness your strong Odin and the
devotion of the Nossemen.Brahma, Apol-
10, temples Of Jupiter. Faithful Kadiiah will
believe in Mahomet for the lore she bears
him Will believe that be j he.Lord Sent
that God is great and Mahomet the prophe,
of God believes ip the visions that ars his.
But The dnSelissips outside xurld may need
the sword to make them believers in Islam
fsms They have . rsreed already else wsuld
they embrace it at once
Humanity learns but iss heart doesn't
chA4cA sWhat'z the matter now that It
eeesp't seeeRt the spiritual gospel as<zssa y
i y by table napipgs and tpsipsa and The
most e5Tt re. soul; gifts? eBrethssscA
r. COMMON Sense. The whole crew of sight
seers and long.haisad and biesusrized teach
ers OF new gospels should make raid on
Common Sense. That is thy great baoa 4
human nature IN its present stage of devel-
opment. Here are the .brightest. paths OPEN
ing Up befcfe the descendants Of Adam
Long ago. It was eaid "a There i. no royal
road to Geondtp'', StadsRts,kSvs ntofkd
YEARLY With Euclid and Newton; with thee
reus and forrtnla. They hass DEFINED eSSh
day demonstration Of the maxim quoted.
Now ws. haye BY he heE plocese of -esist..
illumiAss;aa thsNA hole nAtA AGPhySEband
of all sciepce discovered sseI .sxossd the
student may throw aside the whele,asny, Of
thso6YAsd prsbiems - day and ni}le h. j
ofnteise sssdy, sud II his ~ ssd u lily
way, if he can BY. adjust hinself toihsspirit>
nal sidecf fdfniedte, INTO the possession QS
all EnbSlsdgs- With man ! eternal yearuint
for light and redemption and illumination,
why doesn't iia enbsacs the ss~eGespel at
once? Sadly, friends; Common Sense is res
poas'sls Sor " live vGe IN ilramhaAdd
expounder Of any new gospel We should say
SHOWN With, csu,nsnp ssassii Shstaos being
20, we xill hesaste . long time before we wili|
raiss th6A efyfiV s11a4tss tsA41 u
The "nesJtuMH have been i'd r National
CognnlAM nj Pr6>idsace,S skhoM 1ashd!
There have beenmsscuaine spirits there Of va,
rious extsunlnbM ana1boa1 oteS&esdRg f4Hefe
hsssbese Sod iseds sntamsiassic u dssgsA, 1
cious gentlemen fhsis 1ete ~ and shrsvd old
gentlemen thar talk like lawyers bury heavy
andseSce'nkksrea Old igensAemen AthSt aodf
talk like 1h~yzrs; iossksised, long headed
and 1ong>wipdsd old chaps thst ,don% talk
like anybody But themselves, and q chronic
FOCAL bronchitis. There have been female
"meisms9 there nsasbuayIaidn, CaSGs,
hrm-mouthsd, dsr+Tedr. sliHFsel sseo-
mesrlcai ladies Of dubious age that scolded
the Convention; >Vast YOUNG iadseeaa q ANA
die, mild and fashionable mske-o,, thsfs ,sptsE
lovely and didn't 4, ,,ssss satuisr anAgx. r,essd
talked down alb thu ,tesbevs and, shs, sssnoali
graphic reporters. hides given 10 ssse.
voices, boomers and long talks about .wc,1
man . mission They we're III there -.
There WAS . general interchange Of 4sse~s
and considerable difference among the spIirits,
Theirs - i9uA taq ~ 4nd skinj sf2ikj
Eing into distinct body with . ppbliahed
GREEDY eSpcf4itbSlIIoE2Do;ntIc~
saAl' PayHssl ApAgea Qeal.ssSssptiuu
ney talked Of visions and ftee lova. a H.,
bon ssS0esnan ulas Nom ~
cry chornsss. aaoos skseA ~essqAssAsu0S-
ing; ek nsss H evil lAyyhdS, On
ClersU. mo Doctors, n-alNo So,S;..s =
''No Roaitiesss, $40 els,vIessysrssegs; ~
psn;" Dfunkards, z hEes -. T.. a.
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HoeR 6hHsy ps.NS srsrslsds EsnAfSss. ,.ss;S4
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TiAA eatsaess 1 ~ = - 800 &c
spiribes,8 ~ s4 : '1Adlf 1false6i{1
hterst6iS i ns2 execrable. TIE Wee0f|
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