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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-21

\ A consspsnasnAyvhspid . visit % this
great A lEicln &C. rlof II NTH 80
M Pa msnnets1 dhnnk chi ~ in it,
EsiMpncasy, but there 10 nothing ch{ldlike in
his sentiments. We learned more of SOUP
ture in the half hour spent with him than W
bad attaipeds u ~ our liyean basg1ke nd
banned it = tAeSnDot delightful unAnse, fon
f1hs sight q Ms bsentiful works and nom his
explations given - We went from one Of them
to another. Among other pieces We saw
Amez4cn, California, IN Green Slave, Eve
Tempted, Five Disconsolate, Penseroso and
Diana. Some Of these were models; others
were in marble. Mr.. Powers has recently
fnished model of Mr.. Everett = labor Of
hva A head and bust Of oar 0avios -sno
bic conceptions almost completed In mar
BILE. This is for Mr.. Aspinwall, Of New York.
Mr.. P. is at present engaged on the models
of three figures, representing Faith, Hope
| and Charity, intended for Mr.. Harris, Of
Newport, Rhode Island. Faith and Hope
are nearly finished, and are beautifully ex-
pressive. Charity exists, as yet, only in the
brain of the artist Yea, no doubt in his heart);
but as ''the greatest of these is Charity, no
doubt he viii put forth all his powers {no pun
intended to realize the ideal
America is female figure, life size, stand
ing erect, her foot treading on the broken
cnalns OF deSpouSm, hef right nand placed
on one end Of bundle Of shafts, represents
ing the Union, and her left pointing upward,
IS if ascribing her freedom to God. The
broken chains are even more significant now
than they were when ths artist FIRST conceived
the work. 1t was expected that colossal
statue, formed after this model would adorD
our National Capitol, but somehow prefer
ence.was given TO Crawford's Juno and liber
~ cap. which has been placed on the great
dome q Washington. Mr. Powers America,
Of thessame sise, with the Juno, would have
cost SOS, 900. Those who favored Crawford
pleaded economy; yet his statue is said to
have cost $40, 900. It's to be hoped that
Congress will yet show its taste, crafty the
nation, and last, though not least, de justice
by Mr.. Powers, in securing his America to
the Capitol The only copy in marble ever
made was burned ih New York Government
warehouse.
California, an undraped female, supported
BY gold quartz, pointing with a deviating rod
in one hand TO the earth, while the other
hand holds behind her and concealed from
easy view the thorn which CLOVIS with riches. is
beautiful conception. The face of Eve
Disconsolate is mastery, as also the whole
figure and attitude of Pensaroso.
Mr.. Powers is NOW well advanced in veass.
His keen, dark eyes, with their projecting
dark eyebrows, contrast strangely with his
gray beard and hahn
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California Slang.

TIE San Francisco Bulletin criticises re.
cent article on Slang in the London Re
cietc, for emitting to notice the racy idiomatic
phrases OF California. Il says:
,.That country which has exhibited so
much vitality in slang as California. aud has,
as il were, crystalized so many OF It's pecu-
Larities into succinct and crisp expression,
should be overlooked in this catalogue Is Oh
fensiye to the egotism OF every ciuzen.
country which has elevated slang to the dig-
nity of geographical nomenclature which re-
;oices IN the pastoral village of You Bet,
and the modest hamlet of One Horse Town,
has certainly some claims on posterlty
With what vivid conception OF the amlabie
gambling weaknesses of our pioneers viii the
future historian speculate upon the hrst OF
these eunhonious titles. For, be it observed,
California slang unlike the Legitimate con-
vent,onahsms of other countries, has always
some significant local derivation. Our halt
yearly draughts are expressed IN the opsp
popuiar ejaculation Dry up. as well As the
acme of silent steriliiy and evaporated huen>
cg. To 'slosh around exhibits that prevail,
inc fiuiditv which bespeaks rainy seasons and
dituval epochs.
splayed out is another reminiscence OF the
gambling table, and expresses vlvldly ths'
Homeless condition of affairs in which even
the operations OF cAaire are cus punuS~t
corner. or to stake one pile, belong also
10 the gambling epoch OF our civilization'
while TO take stock in any statement, tneo-
nv or suggestion, at once proclaims degree
of unsuspectiug and imbecile credulity which
the history of the past few years makes doubly
significant. To climb down to any 'hing II
Western or Pike California, Pike itself be
ing derivative slang,) and is perhaps TIN
most era,ihic description Of painful and labo
rious retrogression; an act which Involves IL
the energy and danger of climbing without ~
ambition or hopefulness.
s'0f course. there are many examples Q
California slang which stand solely on thei
own immediate and individual merits; sentl
ments and eplthets which have neither con
ception or CESSATION. but which have sprung
hke 1inefet. tallg armed from the brain o
sgma Calileri5 faVe Get as an insraH
eshve yagb, sseQis "a iacA completeness aa'
sigasteauea hat, A. taG abbreviated form o
tt-i e ana ces. glves us vivid picture Q
tbe transformation 81 lRerlness into insctivi
s.. tou get and the SEPARATION of a re
rssvef plated IL the head of the midnsgh
burglar. Yan gst AMI me disappearanc
- .a,s bead, as related IL the popular apee
4ote. n i pure California idol. To be- ia
sfs,s fhsags exnYasses something more thu
hpbss, -, + ls,siahilfty Of the individual TO d
haiti wlne8 40 other term can express. Al
seff;seS .arpi5ed 70 individuals are not 6
s,.irtnai Yset. sceated is, after all, only q
imitation OF sswift-foossd,' 'hr-dArting
'eres, tossing, ETC., of Greek hfsrAturs.
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ksaisAL NOTICE Hushe., Jan., Ht1on
~ niskR Eord, Budget Ayers, Rfs1sieth Mar
Vel, Amanda I Hughes, James Love, trustee &C. Jno
y either, 4 " Forc, James Natson Lesndsf
hArbine, John Aax~sil, chfttenden Co. D q
Leigh. VIM Thompson c.. A Dudley G Morrison /
Go, Jno Reeves, Henry yeo4e. Henry Fowler Thomas
Davis, stoddard, GBuckinshan, Chas Parsons J 8
Eastman, Richard pyes, Mary snath, q wyko6 Geo 4
emith kohf RAiston, Rberf Bsliston Henry smith aud
u beming defendants, You are hereby notified that
there nos on ME In the Clerks ocs Of the Distrcs
Court OF Lee county lows, At Keokuk petition 10
equity Of Hiram Barney, claiming Judgment against
you, G Hughes ard James Efnon the cam Of
fosr hundred, Gfs-nius and S5i0o dollars
upon payment OF taxes nate BY piainsin by virtue
otbe provisions Of your mortgage made Charles
son upon lot one ~ tive ~ three l3j block Is1
and lots ~ II and II block col In tbs city Of
kuk Iowa In addition TO judgment rendered la ssfd
court At the special Nav tsrm. 1851 Of aid
piaissiH revsas @. Hughes aud Janss Hxou for tbs
ssz oft.o thoo.aDd four hundrsd and t~sivs Ard
2c0 doaFu, and against al eald defendants above
named also pfsyng for u sais Of aid tots 20
pay said sums and the extingSishasnt Of all title ID.
tefest right and eqniy OF redemption upon snch sale
and for general rshAk ke, kow you each appear
and answer said petition By Of tn. second d.
the nrxt ssrm Of said courf be held the Mon
dsy o. February 1857 judgment snd decree viii b
had therein - prayed Tor.
~ Rev stamp % c,sj SCOTT HOWELL
drcl pt6s ANY
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RANKIN 4 AccEARY, ATTY Tor Pm
b. cts Rev stsnar ennesli.Nf 3ec2

klGistL NOTICE. To v X. Harr, c wynrs.
~ 90 cuibHrs soa, A1rrlsoa 1 Co. Y~stmsn Bot
inson 20, Duane DsxsF, Lee county foss f1r III
q ths school srpd Marion bradfoot Phil .netr syra4n4
tsn Phui. waters Co, Anre Bawer, exeeutrix of
Win IL Nofthingtop. deceAssd. VIVA smith % .
Joseph Gasord, SEQ ". sy.. % Hale I'D David Ken.
n.ds, sneeators Of Hm Kennedy. " Y. Taitfsrro d.
fsgaab.s.
fpu are hereby notified that fhsre Ia bow de In
the ccs Of the Crk Of the district Court Le cou-
~ fo~A al k-ekut petition u John iSoomi. calm
Ing tatgmsut Agsfnst you, X. Hart tir the u
Aso2 snf tea per een in'ersst mp Jour fo1s pronis
rot%s and the feiosrre ~ your nprtxsg male
Johu iooni.. upon the following described preus.s
Thss 81 u The 9 E r. ard the 3 4 81 the Mr..
q tne Il q the IL Of section q In nship
Is north II -..t situated L-e county fc.s
And sssa.i yea ALL pray Ok for Foreclosure If
sad this ssie u sid pr fred u al
'-rrsts e sad ds~aauts 10 pay % sssd dbt4
tbs uEi.bsa*nt Of ali saaify u rrdsmS ios and
gsnetsi r-si%f
Vow each ~ Won net appear ant said petition
b. Of tfr second cas this term Of .std
Curt TO b. held this hrst Mcnc.y Frhtu.fy lslT
.uasneot viii be had therein prayed f9r b. DE-
fault, III ECDTr HOW'LL
ket stamp, Zoe. eanceied Atty for Pisfn*tS
declsd
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fI,o saihaoiel Accsea, Adam bepieI John EsrIv and
i Hart executors OF the estate oi Jacob seham-
Deg, dscsased Alfred Bur gsy You hereby nouasA
that o. esSrs tbs hst dsy Of D~embeY 1880 there
Court Of Les county Iowa at keoknk petition Of the
Lawrence Coal Company. claiming Of ,on the ssIa Ma
thastet Metres. tbs Of six thousand hundred
and sxts dollars ~ the purchase due
5, o &. and Of iot 10, block 10 Fsrd's .iai-
'iou - the city ~ heohrk Lee equity Iors ard also
praying fc the enforcement eta vendors lien sMid
property for thr above named aud for deere.
for he sale ofsad tta fr the pa Of the snn
- iafsesf md unless spp@sr thereto and
bsrre Noon OF the second day Of N. the
80 nsrtcf Cs1rt Ut Kraksh esnm&rr~ 90 the Av~s
Monday 10 Fshrusy. 1857 juixu-n, aud accres viii b.
rendered against on ~ default
RANKIN AccEARY. ATTY for Pm
The New York herald., 1866-02-22
THE LECTURE SEASON.

IwpoRrAvT LECTURES pAfLY-FOR GRNTLEsgw
oay, a. the Sew rors ans~um u Anstouy eis Bross
vny Paftee unable " attend these have
forwaded rrrelrt of ten c~nls b. sd1rss1g
New fork Museum of Anstomy.
The New York herald., 1866-02-22

l'HOLRRA or TIiE rREsOyuOKT SYMPTOMS AEE
ss.ns, a.., "a fra.n rsi. Ss.- W.. iss ..,. s's
b. ob.ei ~ ihs tnatrr. a ~ BfoaaHay bas'a'.,
f,0xsrWpriyys-Yo cas uEr rrHE s.rryH
" or-ps VINES ths. sii 90 - Essi n - p,ss. vsf
has-mrnt y = bLNEf, Nasef
nR. soDExAS'. RuSsfAs yAroE Earn WILL ~
~ oIensl .saa ~eiaf .lal. Feh = - e ks't fsrug
nYspRrSIA sxD iSpfgEsrtnS sHE crnED oe
~ rri~vea ~ - - Pore Nsits Gfrpe Wiast shah
can b. haa Of ths asassf. a i' Bf'.i-sy 3.s,'a,s
~ ~
t,aJ,ruyxyanr -aocaArf,s WIN. aHANfrT ksD
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lsr 5a.ass y n. = 90, s,sa.s.,y NsAafas'ars's
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vi eh..s s.asi. Tsrl ,hesp 30 N.ni..s e. a.rf shth
Wa. w. = 10 5 "a sa .-- i-.ssi A. v cs.As osl
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vi fsi a - - i,''is. tgs s.is -. ..s.a, lsqEss
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pass fsbJ Hs.as sirsyt ksb1 30 c-atfs sfsft "
Yrft flglrf rl1f
COP, v.rys arrtnsru. yon pyrrgs. ssp
= trafrsts fstsatst htn sa1 ish s4s y-e..l ~
fi 80 =, s ss,siss :. Z wifIi.s oEF ssrs., = ~. 80
graa4ua sgsets. hs- fsft. IatAhls1ea in tna.
Tue aoArs Aso siygs srr,sEs., gsr,lsge 4. sr
acot stfssta vfrsnpin, Lesa faanf
ttasniNGrnS rooAaFHs-.NgvFRst vafr.
w shis isssers ~ aah~ Aa1fsst :. ~ hsrsh 49,
wATcHEs. JEWS gLHy. @s.
ID = Lazy WILL PAr. AT ui. PEfsArY ogpIcg.
ID. t3 Hftsi siffrt hfesfray. ~ aahs b ~
blsfaaa.ts AfNsly. NaeAfs tri sffpf Nsfe.
-
nftvOSD rrJYcr an EsnRf1Ga -fyysr o. 90
~ sta4 Ysf NHslH ystA $50 fnant hasi pleAaa
ts~n i 80 sestt t-tftss w.. hssett 49,
The New York herald., 1866-02-22

LNURNISiiFD MANSION TO LET.-TfiE SPACIOUS
II woll known residence and grounds of th- late
Gabriel Water, healthfuy located IN. most beautiful
Finishing hour Wall and II, minitrs
walk from depot The mansion containing - rooms newly
furnished painted and decorated supplied with bath
closets hot and cold and all modern Inn
proyements throughout combines the comforts
nlencrs q and residence. The appnrtcnAnces
comprise well stocked grecnhonsr gnreucrs and coach
mans hopse, stables barn and other
buildings The grounds, consisting of abnut four
beautifully laid with gravel walks contains grrst
variety OF choice large and snail fu aud ornamental trees
shrubs plants and flowers other OF equal area
In the State; tho whole constituting IN all
class establishment Apply IN JOHN LIVINGSTON, l23
BroadMAY. I'D West Fourteenth
The New York herald., 1866-02-22

AMUsEM N ENTS.
DR6ADwAY THEATRE BRgIss ATT ~
ID 0EOhGE ....... MAnas,f
LAST EIdIiTs
-
D. H. o"bSS-.......-.......As .sOLOs sHINGLk
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-14
Gold Hill, July 7th. 1900 q !. :. Iy7 lin


Gold Hill Tunneltng Goid nnd s- ,,.
yer Mining Company ny.-Location, Gold lIill MI
ming District County OF storey, State OF Nevada
NoTIcE-rhe Third Annual Aee;ing Of the
stoekholders OF the above named Company. viii
DO held at their office. AIS Montgomery street.
San Francisco, California, on SATURDAY, the
twenty frst (2lst day Of JULY, 1856. at Vt
O'clock p NJ, for tho purpose OF electlns Trustees
to serve for, the ensuiag year, and such other
business as may properly come before It.
80. .rH'r K WEGESER, Secretary.
NBy-AlI stockholders who .annot be present
are reauested to flo their proxies with the secre.
tary. = -. JUS I'd !
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( 0fice-Lucas. Turner s. Co.'S Building. ~ E.
corner Jackson and Montgomery, ~ my24 I'd
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FOR SALE CHEAP!
MINING ASSESSMENTS LEVIED.
saaseIfs, s&xnE9X ,llhLlLtt.l lLlLtt. Pa6 PpIasI6i HNhhpigE

ConpanyHfE6cati5S 0Y W5fRs, 6G5lo 'Hhf1 Nc.
vada-Eotice u hereby given. that at meeting
OF the Board Of Trustees Of said Company, held
on the 22d day Of May, 1866, an assessment OF
Five Dollars per share WIS. levied upon the as.
sessable Capital Stock OF said Company. payable
Immediately, I'm United States gold coin, 70 tho
Secretary, ut the Office Of the Company, Room 5,
Lucas, Turner g. Co Building o.,
ANY stock upon which said assessment shall
remain unpaid on THURSDAY, the 18th day Of
June, 1866, shall be deemed delinquent and
viii be duly advertised Tor sale Al public auction.
and unless pay ment shall be made before, will
be sold on Tuesday, the l7tb day OF July, 1855,
10 pay the delinquent assessment, together win
cosls or advertising and EXPENSES Of sale.
{ BY order Of the Board Of TrusteeA
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-14

PASSENGERS LEAVING SAN FRANCIS.
CO by Boat at P. n, will take the Cars at
Sacramento, on both roads, at $50 A. ". for the
Lake Bigler Route. will change to Stages at
Single Spring. For Donner Lake Route, at
Colfax station arriving in Virginia, by both
Lines. In 30 hours from San Francisco,
Crossing the Mountains by Daylight
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-07-14
TIincoIn md Mount Morinb NIinin,

Lipcoln and Mouut Moriah Mining
Companles-NotIee IA hereby given, that at a
meeting Of the Board Of Trustees Of said Gompa.
nles, held on Monday eyrning, April 3Oth. lood.
an assessment oftwenty COD cents per share Was
levied upon each and every share OF thr eapital
stock ofsnid Companies, payable Immediately In
United States gold coin. 70 the Secretary.
BY order Of the Board Of Trustees. g.l l..- -
rnyi I'd go, WIN T.. HALE, <ecIetary.-
-Confidenc1- Silver Mining CemPnnyy y
-Locatlon, Gold Hill Mining District; Soup.y -. =.
Storey State Of Nevada. NoTicE-i ,sr shars.
isvis6 June sth. 1865, has this day been rese'na'
cd BY order Of the Board q sJER Tr1s's sS.sre,nry
San Francisco, July ssb, 1866 Hsw
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Lincoln mud Mount .Morinh Mining

Companies - Location, Meadow Lake Mining
District, Ne ada county, Cal.-Notlce Is hereby
given, that at n meeting Of the Board Of rrus'
tees Of said companies, held June llth, le66, an
se.snient OF Twenty Five (25) cents per share
WIS levied upon each and every share OF the cop
ital stock Of said companies, payable Immediately
In u. s. gold coin to the Secretary, at his Office
In Gold Hill, or TO II. C. jacobson. Superinten-
dent at the mine. Byorder Of the Board OF Trus.
tees. '4 JNO. " a. LANSING, Srcy.
Gold Hill, June IL 1860 r.r--..-rr Jel3lm
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= RaTber.Shop Removed.

-, I, ,,,,r,rnERsIGNED nj WISHES TO INFoRA
TUE ishd, and The public, that no has re-.
.his tI,'q y. Rarber shop TO Aain street opposite
moved d. T.rso q Co.'S Express Office, and has
Mstsa ,Mssttsa ihs same III neat and ,as,y style.
, ,n, p1Ss S5 %srfnin ien employed vii
keePins .ls 4, In future ono Of the best conduct.
w. VI nIsees Ia In this line Of bustness az
ep prPsCustomers P5SsC will sbol aceomniodAted with
- .SayIng cups IL desired. Please giye. Us q
e.fA III AE''f4'iDVrD GEORGE FLIEDNER
Gold Hill, June soth, 1885, js9en
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Kearsarkc lIining ComPnn,-Lo- o.
cation, TuIare county, CalIioruia-Notice Is
hereby eiyen that at meeting OF the Board Of
Trustees Of the above named Company, held
June 9Th, 1866, an assessment (No. l2) OF two
dollars (e2) per share In gold coin was duly
levied upon all the assesssblv stock Of the Com
pany, payable Immediately to the secretary.
AdIseount OF !fve % per cent. will be allowed
on all amounts paid on or before tho expi! alton
Of THIRTY DAYS from date. ' ''''..
BY order Of the Board OF Trustees, gr.l...a.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-06-14
The Prosnect.

Until about ten days ago, the weather
was cold, and extremely dry. Then we
had good rains, and the prospect is that
there may be good season for corn
crops. The wheat is almost an entire
failure in this county and oats and grass
will be short. If farmers will push for
ward the corn crop, and save all the fod-
der, enough may be thus realized to in
some measure compensate for the fail
ure Of the wheat crop.
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~27 MORMON W OMEN.
The Courageous Minister

At the beginning of the civil war in
England, Parliament had forbidden cler-
gymen to read the liturgy or service of
the Church, under the severest penal
ties Or. John Hacket, rector of a
Church in London, continued to read
the daily service as before. One Sunday
a sergeant, accompanied by soldier,
rushed into the Church, and with aloud
voice commanded him to desist, but he
with a steady voice and intrepid coun-
tenance continued. The soldier point
ing pistol at his head, threatened him
with instant death, unless he should
cease reading. The undaunted minister
calmly replied ,-"Soldier am doing
my duty, do you do yours" and read
on. The sergeant and soldier, abashed,
left the Church.
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to be remembered, and to be now attract
ing attention for the second time: nerer
is it supposed to be the third time.
This deluslor,' pursues the writer, 'oc-
ours only when the mind has been ex-
hausted by excitement, or is, from iD-
disposition or any other cause, languid,
and only slightly attentive 70 the con-
versation. The persuasion Of the scene
being repetition, comes on when the
attention has been reused by some acci-
dental circumstance, and we become, as
the phrase is, wide awake. / believe
the explanation TO be this only one
brain has been used in the Immediately
preceding part of the scene the other
brain has been asleep, or in an analo-
gous state nearly approachiugi it. When
the attention OF both brains is reused to
the topic, here is the same vague con-
sciousness that the ideas have passed
through the mind before, which takes
place on re-perusing the page we had
read while thinking on some other sub
ject."
DR.. Draper, who has treated this sub
jecl briefly in his Human Physiology"
thinks this explanation, even if correct
so far as it goes, is at least imperfect
He says:
"The difficulty ir the way Of this hy-
pothesis lies in the fact that it offers no
explanation cf those cases in which we
are perfectly persuaded that we have
witnessed the thing more than once be-
fore. There are circumstances under
which our mental operators are carried
forward with wonderful speed Thus,
sudden sound which awakes US, or
even q fash of lightning, which is over
in moment, may be incorporated or
expanded into long dream, diversified
with multitude Of incidents, all appear
ing to follow one another in an appro-
pirate order, and occupying, as we
Judge, long time, yet all necessarily
arising in an instantaneous manner, for
we awake at the moment Of disturbance.
Of the same kind is that remarkable de-
ception related by those who have re-
covered from death by drowning, that
in the last agony all the various events
Of their past lives, even of a trivial kind,
have come rushing before them with mi
raculous clearness. Mental operations,
therefore, both as regards old recollec-
tons and new suggestions, may take eff
feet with marvellous rapidity, and if the
sentiment of pre-existence is to be ex-
planned on the principle of the double
action of the brain, it must likewise be
dependent upon the fact here present
ed"
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Pre-ExiStence.


A belief that all souls have existed
from the beginning was common in our
Savior's time, and was held and taught
by many of the fathers of the Christian
Church, among whom were Justin Mar
tyr and Origen. Mede, in his "Myste-
ry OF Godiness," combats the common
belief of the creation of souls at the
time the bodies are produced which they
are to animate, and advocates what he
calls ''the reasonable doctrine of pre-
existence" as ia key to some of the main
mysteries of Providence" Sir Harry
Vane is said by Burnet tc have main
tanned this doctrine. Joseph Glanvil,
rector of Bath, published treatise show
ing the reasohableness Of the belief
sin 1862, the Rev. Capel Borrow
published "A Pre-existent Lapse of Hu-
man Souls demonstrated and in the
European Magazine for September, 1901,
is letter from Bishop Warburton to
the author, in which he says: The
idea of a pre-eristence has been espoused
by many learned and ingenious men in
every age, as bidding fair to resolve
many difficulties
"Southey, in his published Letters,
says: i have strong and lively faith
in state of continued consciousness
from this stage of existence, and that we
shall recorer the consciousness Of some lo,cer
stages through ,ch'ch ce may previously haze
passed seems to me not improbable
Again: 'The system of prOgesave erist-
ence seems, of all others, the most be-
neyolent; and all that we do under
stand is so wise and so good, and all we
do, or do not, so perfectly and over
whelmingly wonderful, that the most be-
nevolent system is the most probable ;
Traces of belief in this doctrine also oc-
cur in Wordsworths 'Ode on the Init
nation of Immortality in Childhood
"Our birth is but a sleep and forgetting;
The soul that rises in us, our lifes star,
Has had elsewhere its setting;
And cometh from afar
ELSEWHERE, our metaphysical poet
sings:
''Nty ewes are dim with childish tears,
Nv heart Is idly stirr'd
For the same sound ie In my ears
Which in those days heard.
"Thus fares II still In our decayT
And vet the wiser mind
Mourns less for what time takes away,
Than what he leaves behind.
"The notion enters more or less into
the majority of Oriental creeds and phil
osophies, aud found believer in Plato :