The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-09-25
Sniritualisn.


The Convention of Spiritualists recently
in session in Cleveland adopted the following
confession of faith: d-i.'
1. That man has spiritual nature as well
as corporeal; in other words, that the real
man is spirit; which spirit has an organiz-
ed form composed of sublimated material
withparts and organs corresponding to those
Of the corporal body. ~ t7
2. That man, as a spirit, is immortal.
Being found to survive that change called
physical death, it may be. reasonably sup
posed that he will survive all future Vicis-
situdes
3. That there is a spiritual world, or state,
with its substantial realities, objective as
well as subjective.
A. That the process of physical death in
no way essentially transforms the mental
constitution or the moral character of those
who experience it, else it would destroy
their identity. H.E a sc.,i
5. That happiness or suffering, in the
spiritual state, as in this, depends not on
arbitrary decree or special provision, but on
character, aspirations, and degree of har-
monizatiOn, or Of personal conformity to uni
versal or divine law. ir. a- ,'-s : s-q'sf g
6. Hence, that the experience and attain
ments of the present life lay the foundation
on which the next commences. f'n'
7. That since growth Gin some degree) is
the law of the human being in the present
life, and since the process called death is in
fact but birth into another condition of
life, retaining all the advantages gained in
the experiences of this life it may be infer
red that growth, development, expansion, or
progression is the endless destiny of the hu-
man spirit.
8. That the spiritual world is not far of,
but near, around, or interblended with our
present state of existence; and hence that
we are constantly under the ccgnizance Of
spiritual beings. -@.. aC|s
8. That as individuals are passing from
the earthly to the spiritual state in all stages
Of mental or moral growth, that state in
cludes all grades of fochsrscter from the low
est to the highest. s ID
Z 10. That heaven and he'll, or happiness
and misery, depend on Internal states rather
than on external surroundings there are as
many graduations of each as there are
shades of character-each one cravitating to
its own place by natural law -Of affinity
LGpy OO AnOo sSheE SSnSEdA u5-
grees or spheres; tut these must admit of
indefinite diversifcations, or ''many man
siOns" corresponding to diversified individ-
ual characters-each individual being as
happy as his individual character would al.
low him to be.
ii. That communications from the spirit
ual world, whether by mental impressions,
inspirations, or any other modes of trans
mission, are not necessarily infallible truth,
but, on the contrary, partake unavOidably
of the imPerfections of the minds from
which they emanate, and of the channels
through which they come, and are, more
over, liable to misenterpretation by those to
whom they are addressed.
-. Hence, that no inspired cOmmunica-
tiOns, in this or any other age (whatever
clrims may be or have been set up as to its
source), is authorative any further than it
expresses truth to the individual conscious
ness.-whieh last is the final standard to
which all inspired or spiritual teachings must
be brought forjudgment. as