The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-16

Gathering of the Faithful ut Dodworth Hall
Lesn ire by Robert Dale Owen.
Fit though a. particularly few. the audience OF
tho faithful who wreak their muscle upon unfortunate
spirits from both PIPER and neither spheres that assem-
bed at bod worth all last eveningthe occasion being
lecture TO be repe 3D. or rather an essay to be read
by Robert Dale Owen one OF the fathers OF the ia'oia
demonstrating how spa rus mish' ho'd commun'ca'on
with morals provided both parties were willing and
had the requisite oppor,. nifty therefor Hardly OF the
traditional ilk vas the "a sembage. jockey hats being
scattered hcre and there fcH desk to door, and gentle.
men having their hair for tho most part cropped Short
after tho manner Of the wor In general and NOT IN
long tangled OH locks, after . ho si ,hsrs
vas noth,nv salient cav, the fact that
every member thereof ~ "eveu OF t~ony
cents by the doorke eper tho faithful alleging
that as The rent could not be paid in spiritual things
therefore something more tangible tho rpr''ua .n.ngs
must be demanded at the door, an allca "on
spiritual suggestion Moreover the fact sing notorious
that the disemoodied seldom concern thea ewes aoon
money matters, 1t may be considered as emo'y' laeu
beyond cavil that the twenty ~ acted ron,
prudential motives, and for any reason oonnecteH
win spiritual SIN as phase yitazing other es o
the religious sentiment" which tue subjeA OF the
speakers essay, though little upon that sub1> y was
said aud great deal upon ether subjects not esq oAy
akin TO 1t.
AT and half O'CLOCK TIE audience havin, i'm
patiently waited for half AL hour, single solitary W ice
broke forth in - Remember cOmpaned with 4 10
shrek OF ancient melodeon and the orator OF N
evening, somewhat ceanly shaven than the " Ar
cient Mariner and seeming in hs attenuation like one
transparent, was led 10 the desk by gentleman with
shaggy whiskers who, having deposited his umbrella
PLATFORM ceeded to himself the left,
keep guard feeble and appare realty spr
tua prisoner The solitary here ceased its croa&
ing OF basso and tho meIodeon croaking IT
deeper basso and the speaker deliberately from
his seat removed his disposed OF 1t carefully
us II aware OF his company stepped to the desk then tn
the right OF the desk, took pair OF spectacies
carefully from his pocket aud adjusted them
across the bridge OF his nose and unronga quire OF
fnpS tad fnp dame nf htl
In substance Ia the following Having cleared
his throat with customary "ahem, which rs supposed
TO betoken great wisdom. the philosopher said:-"G
temen and ladies' shall apsak to to night upon
novel subject In there Is nothing under
the sun-there ATE only modern phases of the old All
is but the old reuvenated and adapted
to modern ideas" The philosopher proceeded with
"ind has i,s season of spring"-sad tho speaker and
hereupon several gentlemen nodded drowsy as they
were aware OF -"when the sap ascends forgetting TO
mention that minds get beyond the sea-on
sappiness Mind has its season OF summer
when 1t puts forth blossoms (meutal blossom, OF
coursel and mind has its season Of harvest
when golden fruit Is gathered and garnered-
only added he. BY Of advice) is not good nus
bandry attempt to gather fruit the sprIng, when
there is nothing but sap. the summer, when IL
bears nothing but blossoms "a bit OF advice which, u
literally taken p,ec,udes many the gathering Of
anything ALL Several OF the acute Of the aud
here began noddng again. though whether becaue
they comprenended the advice given or because they
happened TO be drowsy. could only be ascertaned by
ocular inspection and the PM osopner laying one sheet
of the ponderous manuscript ulls tne desk,
II he would say II 'say Their :" proceeded to
those OF philosophical bent that the sphere OF mat
''might be intimately connected with the world If
spirits thing qulte impossible in New York sunday,
owing tho strin. ency Of the Excise law Hereupon,
nodded mad been nodng opened their
rubbed them drowsy with the backs OF their hands,
Of them just half awake, srekine out Turn dow
gas, little % the annoyance OF the phoso
phe the desk VINO paused and stared for second rs
enleavoring ain whether the drowsy gentle
meant him. Orier having been restored. Mr.
owen explained the creed OF spruaiism. They believed
the spirits Of the departed might have commuDca
with spirits oil those who had not yet snuied
of this mortal COLL and they ben we'd, farthermoIe
In nal progress in intelligence in the word o
spi creed vastly cous,ln people in gene a. who
fail make proper progress before they there.
They also believed in anaogca reasoning since II was
only poss.oe prove by anaiosicai reasininI that
spirits existed ut all-except as alcoholic stimulants
Tney furthermore. believed that IL hit 10
be very comforting TO widows and orphans
to believe that thew had friends in the other
word--though they might have very few In this Just
how friends in the other world might be made
available hero the philosopher OF the evening
did not state although tho point was certainly
of great practical Importance; and the essay
was concluded with "A brilliantly imaginative pero
ration which spiritual scenery and spiritual fcity
depicted with exceedingly graphic and Original
imagery. Upon 'spirtualism phase vltaizng o'her
phases of the religious ment nothing having en-
said that concerned the majority OF the
audience wiser Than they cimo, and in
pocket showing deficit OF twenty cents.