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

were to adopt in the accomplishment of their
purpose. They stood out against the popular
institutions and methods of the time. 1t seemed
TO him that all the theological systems tended to
induct the Divine institutions into the human
Take the governsments that have been, and those
that are, and they result from outside method
coming upon the governed. II seemed to him
that the modern spiritual movement presented
something Enthusiastically new; not that there
was natural and supernatural, but there was
a spiritual naturalism. This ncladed the placing
OF the Divine in nature, not outside OF 1t, and
| pl"nted in every atom, every seed, and every
soul, all the possibilities that could ever be re-
| quired from that soul. Everything was in them
| that could be required of them. The old plan
| would put divinity into human nature, assuming
! that human nature was not divinity. BY the
new plan they would proceed to evolve the
| divinity out OF human nature. "a voice, "That's
| the poInt.") What does this do to us, as men
and women? The Spirituailsts of to-day
stand out with greater opportunities OF
| doing good to the people than any
other class. Spirituaism enables the human
| soul TO elevate ana progress itself, and
It puts the veil between earth and heaven.
This divinity in nature is absolute and universal
| Nothing is outside OF Cod and God is not out.
| side of anything. Every human soul that has
| life presents all that is essentially divine. With
| the spiritual phenomena before us, opening our
| way iuto the next world, the most inevitable
result is that we should return to this earth and
| know that those we seem to have lost are not
| lost.
The choir then sang spiritual song, entitled
"Shall we meet beyond the river?"
MISS SUSIE NJ. JOHNSON sCoLDs EN-.
Miss Johnson was plainly but tastefully attired,
| as became young lady apparently i'll her teens.
She spoke with perfect clearness Of enunciation,
| pelsplcaclty, and excellent elocution, with the
| air indeed, of practised public speaker. She
| began by stating the results that she expected
would accrue from the Convention, among
| which she enumerated the social reunion, and
| the perfect cooperation Of all IN the work Of
1eiorms
| SHE WAS TIRED OF TALKING.
| She had talked Tor ten years, and was heartily
| sick OF il. She was ready to work with any
man, or any woman. She was not prepared TO
offer system. She would work il the cutters
| if necessary. 1t was easy to pray for mankind,
and not so easy to work. She was greatly inte-
| rested in the children. 1t seemed to her that
| every sincere and earnest souls welfare de-
| pended upon the education of the ch ildren Of
| this generation. 1t was possible to engraft upon
| the children the principles OF this organization.
Every one present should feel that the purposes
| OF the Convention were not insignificant. Each
| was entitled to opinions and preudices. But,
| wherever they Joined, let them act together.
| She was aware that she was talking to but a
| small portion OF splrituasls.
| she begged that this Convention would not
| dissolve until some practical working system
| had been devolved tor the working of spirltu-
alism. She had been taunted with the fact that
| towards one single practical effort for the up
lifting OF humanity. She would admit that in-
| dividuals had done good, but as a body they
| had done nothing. She wanted the encourage
ment OF old pioneer spiritualists to an effort for
I humanity that would give them some practical
results. She did not BIKE splritualists who We're
content to take their spiritualIsm in liberal
| Unitarian churches, sugared over with or
thodoxy. She wanted spiritualsm pure and
| simple.
| STORY AND A SONG.
Mr.. Foss of the Massachusetts delegation, a
| th,ck.set, deep-voiced grey bearded, wide
| mouthed, but jolly individual next took the
stand, and said that as they were tired he would
| only detain them with story and song, and
take care to put the story and the song close
together. The story ran thus:-Once upon a
time, certain king besieged certain city, aud
| in the city there was an idol standing upon the
top of high shaft The people in the city had
been taught to believe, and they all did believe
most devouty that if they were TO offer insult to
that idol the whole city would be visited with
ruin, and the whole country would be desolate;
so year after year they were bound to that idol.
But the King marched upon the city and took it;
and one of his soldiers, who was not at all su.
perstitious, climbed up the shaft and shivered
the idol in pieces with his battle-axe. The
people were, Of course. amazed and horror
stricken. They expected something terrible to
happen. But nothing did happen. The sun
rose the next morning according to the alma
nae, if they had an almanac at that tune
(Laughier) Consequently the people began 70
get rid OF their superstition. They shook hands
with the audacious soldier, and thanked hin
for what he had done.
APPLICATION OF THE STORY.
| The city is the church of this land. The lido
is this theology, and the army that is beseiginl
the city is spirltualism. If you want a soldier
to strike down the idol, why I'm here ready Il
do il. Laughter and applause.) He thankeC
| God that this was not an age OF worship, but al
age of investigation. IL was not time fo
prayer, but for Inquiry. There was nothing 81
old or sacred that we might not take it into ou
| hands, turn it over, take IL away, aui measure
it, and lind out exactly It's value. The Holy o
Hohes is open TO the gaze Of everybody; w
have all a right to look in. Although we are a
fist full OF ears and apprehension, by-and-by
we may walk square in and take hold of tn
censor, and the ephod. and all the machiner
they have in there. (Laughter.) Progress i
the law, and there is a law OF progress
PARSONS MADE TO ORDER
There is place called Andover in Massa
| chuseus, where they make parsons to order
| If you want one for $500 year. they will max
| you one at that price, or they will make yoI
| one for $4,000 year. In that place there is
law that every five years the professors shal
| swear to support the Anathanasian creed. The
| swear that they will believe that and nothing
3 else, so help them God tLaughter.) 1t woul
seem that il there is any place in the world tina
, | would stand still. II would be Andover
! | daughter and applause.) And yet AndOye
: | does not stand still. (Laughter.) 1t has ad
e vanced and is advancing. In spite of all thei
: prayers and Oaths, they will get Into the king
i dom of heaven. There had been progress Il
, singing. For instance, let them compare tn