The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-23

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as much benefit in a sermon that made you
laugh as in one that made you cry.
sKEPuCs.
At this point skeptica young gentleman,
much resembling John" In the "Autocrat of
the Breakfast Table," wanted to see some mani.
testations. Likewise crusty but sensible old
gentleman wanted TO see some raps. Also
quiet but shrewd matron intimated IN a low
tone that she wished the spirits would cure her
headache.
Mr.. Drake (no connection of the Bitters) SAID
he couldn't swallow the retrIbution doctrines
OF the Church-eternal misery and all that. He
was convinced of the truth OF the manifesto
tons because, when under 'the influence" his
daughter, a frail girl, could move table in
spite OF the efforts of two OF the strongest men.
THE SPIRITS CURE SORE THROAT.
Mr. Leech Of Newark, a small but aged gen
tleman, who evinCed symptoms throughout the
evening, announced that az first he thought he
could not speak on account of n sore throat
but the presence of spirit friends had relieved
him. But he didn't make speech.
TIE CONVENTION MEETS.
The hall was opened IN the course of the
morning, and quite filled with the delegates Of
both sexes and their friends, There was the
same individual sovereignty on the hat and
dress question that / have already noticed
There was likewise goodly sprinkllng OF grey
nairs, waterfalls, rats, curls, pads, and other
evidences that the tastes OF the flesh we're not
FORGOTTEN. The preliminary hours were duly
filed with conversation, the busy hum of which
prevailed until near eleven O'Clock A. NJ, at
which hour the venerable President of the Con-
vention, Mr.. John Pierpont appeared on the
platform amid general applause. The choir then
sang spiritual song, the pc int OF which was
GLORY"
TIE DELEGATES WELCOMED AS INFIDELs.
Mr.. Joslin, of the Providence delegation,
keeper of retail grocery in Providence, pro-
ceeded to welcome the members of the Conven-
ton. Mr.. Joslin is by no means an ethereal
looking gentleman; on the contrary, he Is tat
and solid, and of the earth earthly. He well
coined the DELEGATES as infdels to the old creeds
and dogmas that have cursed the world. ZAP
plause.) He hoped their proceedings would be
characterized by union and harmony.
THE PRESIDENT OF INFIDELs
President Plerpont in his opening address OBJ
jeCted to the use OF the word inhdel il applied
to the delegates in the sense of unfaithful ones.
The President contlnued:-
There was another sense of the word signifying
those who do not agree with the principles of the
community in which they reside. which was not
Objectionable. 80 far as regaroed 1athfuness 10
truth, they were faithful, though they might be
Infdels to parties ana dogmas. 1t required some
pluck, he thought. tor one to live up 10 his own
convictions in spite OF opprObrum. Gerritt Smith
was denOuDce an infidel because he du not be-
lieve IN the Sabbath, and yet Mr Smith was iess an
infidel lhan OTHERS because the maiouty of Chris.
tans, spite OF the fourth commandment, obser we'd
the first day OF the week instead of the seventh as
the Lords dayj Gerrtt, ON the contrary. observed
| boh days. lie neither worked allowed his
| laborers to work, although he paid them for that
| day why was 1t that he 1.-THE speaker) was a
spiritualstY IL was because he knew 1t to be true
that the facts of spiritualism lncontroverbe;
| that, under certain conditions, communication
| could come from the dead to us through certain
media or mediums and from that fact he believed
tDat the spirit survived the bOdv IN state of nte liz
gent activity. He be ieyed that he knew through
| his senses because his senses were as good as st
| Johns or any o'her SAINTS. tLaughter.) The
great question for all is
| WHENCE AND WHITTIER?
| From whence do we come and whittier are we
| bound? ("Whar did you come from and whaI is ye
gwine toY'-BrYant.) 1t is spirit that moves al
matter. The ultimate motive power OF the world is
sprlt! spirit pervaots the rock as well space III
the words OF the Did Latin poet it spirit that
warns and nerves and moves us all. 1t works. moi
| SIX days, but seven; it has worked from eternity
and under lmmutable laws According to his idea
law never does anythln@ it is rule OF action, but
| ing OF goes TO nothing; all change comes from
once IN seven ears, but the personal identity re-
mains the same (Tnree old gents comfortably
asleep ON he front bench.l The next question was
| it retain its individuality in the 1uture2 He knew
that his individuality was retained, from his Owl
wife, and of his father. He was gong into the spr
world, there to meet kindred spirits
| WHERE Is HEAVEN
That was question of place which he could no
answer. but he could answer the question OF condi
| tion-wbat kind of place it was. Ii they asket
him where he would like to stay forever he woul
say here on earth, provided he could be freed from
the variations of the thermometer and barOmete
! and hYdrometer. "a voice, al wouldn't make tina
chOice."l lie lelieved that in the spirit world h
could continue MS co nmuncations with his lend
on earth. In conclusion he resigned the Office an
duties of Convention President, to which pOsiiio
he had been elected last year, and wished well {
the Convention.
Mr.. II. S. Brown, of Wisconsin, acted as Pres
dent hom this point.
The Secretary next read letter from th
honorable Vice President, Mr.. Garrett, of Dels
ware, who said the day was his seventy-sevent
birthday; he could not be with them sin tn
FORM" but he could be with them in spirit.-A
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