The New York herald., 1868-03-02
THE sPIRlTUALssTs At DoDwORTu HALL.


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DIR. Bullock Expresses His Opinion tho
Subject OF Shams.
From week TO week at Dodworth Hall audiences
dwindie and taper OF in nearer approximation TO no
bodyish proportions; while tho First Spirituasts'
Society struggles in vain effort to maintain its foot
hold organization though since the departure Of
Miss Emma Hardnge with rather less success than be-
FORE Even the admission fee systom of ten cents per
head has been abandoned, since it Of use TO
attempt collect fees where there nobody Of whom
to collect them and AZ present things have iml g.
cunous appearance, which extends even to the con-
gregation 1t has always been with great reformers
the genuses of and morals politics and reii,
gon-and people who have most ideas in their heads
often found with the least greenbacks their pockets II
of the msfortunes OF people with ideas they
often compelled exc out their and PAN
falcons from that peculiar thoroughfare which leads
from the City Hall to tho Bowery; for, though Mr..
Emerson is Of the opinion that all is simply
ideal and represents deas it unfortunately often hap
pens that the currency IL often valuable than tho
idea is supposed to represent. besides being vastly
more available for business purposes Ideas. though
tho very basis OF CON- and forty per cent valuable
than greenbacks, will not from seediness Of
EXTERIOR and, many reformer has found out to his
Cost not current for ones breakfast Engaged
even in great works OF reform one must not forget
power OF the word-th handspring of all
progress-and to speak OF progress reform
" wnoaa oleaa anu noun,ra pu,,er IKE commissioning
department. II is the basis of tho moralist's moral
izng for bread and butter the poet manufactures
divine doggerel Tor bread and butter the clergym
looks reverend and talks meapby sics tor bread and
butter the philauthropst invenis for the
lioraton Of tho condition of the poor; for bread and
butter the doctor prescrbes the quack quacks you
death; aud for bread and butter The sad.faced sexton
Duries youn Short bread and butter Is the basis Of all
nrng nd nf oil frnpr
clergyman, who saves sins for the consideration or
bread and butter to the undertaken who takes solemn
delight in providing one with coffin, because II is his
bread and butter and the sexton who moves about the
earth n weeds, because it is his bread and butter In
fact in bread md butter live and move, and bread
and butter nave and sustain being - aphorism
First spriaasts' ssc,ety Of 'Vss the city Of New @
York, whose apparent contempt Of bread
and bu,ter AMI their apparent endeavor to
demonstrate by their daily lives that can live with
out 1.-THE singular pronoun is used because though
grammatcaly two logically bread and butter are one
thing only, and ought to be regarded separately
are simply heroic Heroes OF reform they are, every
One OF nem but even heroes have been known to fail
OF subsstng respectfully heroism; and herosm
though graad and tragic and exceeny adapted to dra
matte effect is o. ten or avail without bread and but.
ter a commissary department.
These few rcarks are put forth by way OF advice TO
all retormers not TO neglect the commssary department
Poor human nature, though the most heroic thing
tant, must have its internal revenue OF bread and
butter at least three times day. is liable to lose it's
capacity FOR herosm And with this crumb of peril.
nen advce is to bc hoped that spirits Will take
to mend!ng the mpecuniosity Of the faithful
that whichsoilows what the cork is 10 the bottle Dr.
Bulock-whether reverend or otherwise mattereth
nolecturcd the spituasts last evening at Dodworth
Hall the general subject OF shams, Q subject vastly
relevant TO the occasion. The audience alter Mil
toms ideal IN the mattor-vz, nt though few; and
spectator decide. Tho fitness certainly emphatic
enough and II it was exceeded in emphasis by anything
else due to the fact that the ewness OF the audience
more emphatic STILL Upon entering the first thing
that impressed tho spectator the general badness
Of the heads or the nssembagc, though il Of the
tendencies OF profound thought 10 induce badness and
OF ideas must really be forgiven should the heat OF
intellectual inspiration have snged their cianiums OF
hair At the desk lolled short gentleman not quite
bald the rest proportions similar to those Of
the celebrated Wouter Van Twier, might have
reminded the spectator OF colossal frog seated bolt up.
right had the spectator been Of humorous inclination
and in mood OF sufficient wickcdncss to mako light OF
the personnel OF apostle Of reform; and anon, the
corpulent gentleman rose from his seat and waddlng
forward 10 tho desk, stood still tor moment with
imposing gesture which was meant as warning to all
juncture had the aforementioned spectator continued in
mood Of rreserent mental comment upon the appear
ance of things that same spectator would have been
likely 10 muer to himself, "a frog standing its hind
iegs-a huge colossal frog" The spectator was not
there, however, aud consequently nothing Of the kind
was either thought or muttered.
al want TO read you portion OF Ieaahn croaked the
frog said the Doctor; and the Doctor permitted
to read IT, the bald heads of tho audience in the
time glistenDg most brilliantly as the turned
fully The uplfted hand FELL aud to carry out the
analogy the uphItcd paw Of the frog fell at the
buocks said tho Lord, thus read the Doctor while
the audience left To recprocate the sentiment
them Some probably reclpro ated though none Of
the exceedingly faithful manifested the slightest
prehenson OF the present applicability OF the passage.
Hence the Doctor proceeded 10 exegcss He intended,
he averred, TO discuss tho general subject Of shs
There was sham religion and sham democracy
sham religion kept building hospitals and aims
houses and sham democracy was now building
Tammany Hall, while rcpublicansm Was compelled TO
mol ftra moe bu ed nrco
70 carry on its nnmmery, while they (that Is Dr. Bull
lock anu the -pirlualists) compelled TO
Dodworth Hail. and could hardly afford 10 pay for THAI
Hospitals we're tue shame OF religion, tho outcroppngs
OF It's OF sham and IN the days OF ITS purity religion
had no need OF hospitals. In those days every man
Ike the good Samartan-viz, bound up the wounds
OF his broher took him to the nearest place OF safety,
inn otherwise, loft him in good and promised to
pay when he came back; though whether the benevo-
lent Samaritan ever came back and paid the bill Is not
stated in the parable, and, hence, the parable APP
rs0'' trust strangers on SUCH S terms The Doctor
proceeded SHAN was up for Judgment and
today was its judgment day; The high court
great show. He did wish to be personal; but t
So and no had a solemn duty TO perform. He did
matter: but he wns soemny impressed that he ought
TO say something about It. Truth had about ~
II nourished by perennial toproot aud could not
perish. In the words or the immortal poet,
Truth crushed to earth would rise again.
IL was sham that could not survive the day OF judg
ment He believed 10 The eternity Of truth no had no
faith in show whaevcr-t was an abominaon which
ought not TO be tolerated
Many things more OF exceeding instructivsness
uttered by the Doctor OF which memory fails make
note a.beit meanwhile, the bald heads bowed
by with the weight OF powerful conviction Tor OF
excessive drowsInessI and from the mouth Of one
venerable individual thsrc broke something like tho
monotonous repetition OF hoafse snorc, so deeply
he affected by the words Of the orator Of the occasion
Meanwhile, also those who not bald dropped out
one by az tho speaker on until none but bare
heads left and these dropped and lower with
tho weight OF sentence uttered by the phosoph
cal pundit Then snores IN profusion bubbed from
every nose and the Doctor spoke on, and the bald
headed audience snorcd on, and tho subject Of sham
illustrated both In the talking Of the Doctor and tho
snoring of the audiencs-the one roaring "Humbuy"
aud the other snoring "Humbug" in deep spiritual uni
BRIGHAM You've AND Hrs etio.-Though thers 10
act OF Congress against polygamy and the United
states maintain court in Utah for the purpose OF
forcing the laws this wholesome statute continues be