The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-01-27

gold dollar was then disposed OF TO Hon. Thomas
over to the missionary cause, together with its
value.
The services closed with bcncdiction by Rev.
Dr. Russell.
announcement that the Rev. Mr.. PEBBLES would
discourse On spiritualism, attracted to Wood.
wards Hall 4 throng Of ladies and gentlemen,
occupied the chair, with several very tall young
composed the choir For p the OCCASION. TIE ser.
vices were opened with singing by the choir,
(Which we thought rather good, but which those
lighting OF an adamantine candle, which was
placed on the lecturers desk, for what purpose
we DID not inquire, as the gas light burned very
The hall was neatly decorated, the walls being
hung with number OF portraits and scriptural
greens, and an anchor of the latter material,
emblematic Of hope, we believe, suspended from
the gas pipe In the centre OF the ceiling, the
her male companion whether all present were
spiritualsts, when he replied "he did not know
but he supposed there were some temperance
The Rev. Mr.. PEBBLES was then introduced, and
before proceeding. with his discourse invited
vance to the platform Where there were seats for
their accommodation. He said he had been In.
S S,ss to % Ss
come out of Nazarcthi' and as many men have
erroneous ideas concerning spiritualisn,, to those
for the host of unbclicvcrs, but only for himself
and he would bow to no cardinal or bishop, for
every man had to Judge for himself. The speaker
sincerely believed In the divine presence, fOrGod
Is the soul of the universe, and his power In In
finite. He believed in Jesus as q reformer and
eat, drank, slept, suffered, BLEED, and died; but
God did not die, that Is, the spiritual part, but
the man part did. Jesus wasvery hnrmonial and
sense.
The reverend gentleman said hebelieved armiy
and every fine he ciasped a good mans hand il
felt to hin like spiritual inspiration. The same
God that caused the flowers to bloom on Judea's
also believed that men in the past and present
were gifted with prophetic visions, and said
Moses was medium and prophet, and that al
No spirit, he said, is omniscient, and all great
men were raised up by special province: lie
that as some men loved the Indians, and by going
out into the ,yilds and relieving them 1t was 4
special province; Jesus was ovcrshadowed, for
Mary was medium overshadowed. In abiding
to prayer, he said he did not believe In lip SER
vice, but aspiration, throwing out the thought
to God: He believed there were evil spirits, evil
men; those OF a sordid and scheming disposition
being classcd as evil spirits, who, dying, had
their future punishments.
spiritualsm was untenable, as 1t permitted every
Tom, Dick, and Harry to its membership. Spif-
tuhism, ne SAID was molly, because II takes every
body IN Its folds, the high and the low. He be-
licved he was speaking, not to saints, but to sin.
ners, and II any saints were present this evening
Demonstrate to man that he is an Immortal |
being, that is in the life to come and II anything
under heaven will make men great, 1t will be to |
teach them these glorious truths. The first thing
aftcr death is consciousness; the spirit Jumps
out, but the first thought is, al still live"
to ea ssey
tabernacle, they will take us by the hand aud |
lead US to the mansions Of glory In heaven. The |
Cd by the promise that our deceased reatives pnd
friends are waiting for to take us BY the hand
when we are prepared.
that spritualism, as he teaches It, diaagrces with
some things but believes that man is pure and not
the theological world Il does not ignore f iuiups
but man was his judge and Juror,
and manufactures the punishment he is to reap |
yate the truth by teaching a higher and boiler
love of God, and higher aspiration Of man BY
winds the orthodox he'll The oTthodo Ssi He 40
and an angry God. The teaching of eternal pro.
Eress' II accepted, would cause an emigration
heaven ten miles square.
Every man and woman should stand boldly up
dor progressive development. Spiritualism Is
the spirtualist does not profess to be good he is
trying to be. Spiritualists are like the devil,
many-mouthcd press has given out that they are
very bad people. The spIritualist expects to be
prepared when he crosses the 'silent river" be-
cause he has been studyin here the truth of |
eternal progress He said all the propensities We
have in the flesh we carry with US to the future
body arc IS perfect as In life, which demonstrates
inc INDIVIDUALITY the spirit and part Of eternal
pEGEErs thc ThG spirit here he said commences
Tod permitted Brother PEBBLES to commune
with his guardian angel in the spirit world, He
would be apartial God II he dot permit those
nj md
partial God should not be worthy the reverence
were casting from them a beautiful
and blessed Immortality, for 1t was demo strated
by science ,i and every surrounding element. When
yon think OF your dear departed, spiritualism
tells you that every action of the body of your
once beloved taken up and is fulfilling It's mis-.
atmosphere, portion Of the bubbling hrook,
lower, grasshoppcr, &c; and thus, through
organic law II "still lives"
After the collection was taken up, Mr. PEBBLES
stepped forth and announced that he was COM
,elled to leave the city, and hid all an affcc.
'gain in that celestial world, where there would
re no night, no goodbye or farewell but morn.
ns In heaven whose sung shall never set
Discourse ny Rev. Dr. GRAY-Atthe E-strect
BAPTIST church, DR.. Gray lccturcd, last evening, =
N "ilcsyen,"a subject In which all are inter.
,tions, the reycrncd gentleman spoke of the an. !,
lent Indian philosophy In regard to departed
elnBs, anu thHt the ancient Greeks borrowed +,
heir philosophy of heaven from the philoso. i
hers of India. The modern school Of skcutical v
hilosophers were simply rcvlving the sncicn,
antheism of India.
He next spoke of Mahommcd, and of the Koran, T.
he great book OF the Moslcm faith. g
The Mahommedan heaven was a paradise of u
weet-scentcd flowers, where the true believers
could live In endless luxury, and drink without .
ecoming intoxicated. The very air was repre- !
rnted as resonant with the power OF Allah q
lie briefly alluded to the Swedenborgian view
{ heaven, and said that the mind OF Sweden
org had no doubt suffered from too intense II
tudy. Il
The American Indian believed that when he o.
led he would be transferred to richer hunting \
rounds. ~
How different from all these views (said the |,
pcaker) Ia the heaven of the Christian, as por- h
rayed in the Bible. The true heaven IL bliss
nd JOY for every follower of Christ. The Saviour
apfesonts heaven as a paradise. He had said to II
ne thief on tho cross, this day shalt thou he Q,
18th me In paradise" Ii
Heaven was also represented as an inheritance i
,r those who had lost their earthly Inheritance Al
his heavenly Inheritance was incorruptiblc. We d,
nd 1t also called our Fathers House, God 81
ttheIs around him his children, and makes them
lis heirs.
The apostle represents heaven as a world Of ~
ory. The Import OF this language Is that God Ia
i'll unveil Himself In all His glory. We have a II
on earth of what God 10 capable q,
doing, but In heaven His power and glory nj
iall be fully unveiled. There shall be no ~
alousy Ono covetousness, no strife between