The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-01-05
Correspondence.


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Eiay twaal Il yoar issue q last
week appears a. srtieie concerning the
iate Hectares on sprtaalisa in Sand
gate. bearing Oh s. face such ualiQnlty
y FuIpase thai b justioe p e rsspec-
tabie class q yonr readers not only ia
Saudl.ate bot elsewhere who are sp,rits
aaliats or favorable "a ,he investigation
= The phenomena of spiriiuAIisnl, it is
deemed sitting 70 reply through tAe same
channel The writer has 40; seen ft 10
give bis name 60 The public, but no
matter, The Ethiopian canuot change
Lis skin. nor the Leor Ed his spots, and
Satan does not always succeed ia con
cealiug Bis closen feet Extracts and
abstracts gero snre to be dragged in,
aud the wonder Is that specifies and
geneiies" did net occur ID the sane sen
tence But to the article IN question
Her lectures uatc bold and open At
taeks on the Bible and the religion Of
Christ What his abstract ideas Of
u that divine institution may be, is, Of
course, unknown bat il the religion
Of Christ embodioa such principles ae
these, "Do unto others as you would
that Others should do unto yol, and
"yisit tho widow and fatherless 10 ai-
Fiction, &c, then indeed so fai from
"an attack the lectures were an Illus
uration and enforcement Of It; IN fact,
the subject Of the last lecture was the
analogy between the teachings Of Christ
and those Of Spiritualism.
As to extracts aud abstracts from in
fidel books" and Il am told" which
is generally half a lie) "that one OF her
lectures WIS an exact repitition of a
chapter in Tom. Pains infdel book,
We must acknowledge want Of famil-
iarity with the writings Of Thomas
Paine, either his political, theological
or miscellaneous works But if the
writer viii tell us which is Tom Paine
infdel book" IN particular, also point
out the chapter repeated, the audience
on the occasion referred to can Judge of
the truth or f4lsity OF bis accusation, at
present ,re believe it base slander.-
Again, "she left town with crowded
wallet and smiling face. but some Of
the boys looked sad The first part OF
this statement ought to be true, az she
labored a month in the place, the last
part is unworthy Of notice, except that
il must have emanated from a corrupt
and wicked heart
The writer is informed, rs "he does
not kuow the extent Of her Influence in
tue place that il was suca h3r trends
are making tie effort TO secure her ser
wees for another series Of lectures with
What success remains To be seen
"Not one Of her followers is au apos-
tate 20 the christian religion 1t is
difficult to extract" the writer's exact
meaning from ilis. Doubtless he has
one, let us seek and if not to ab-
stract' we may fud i. is it, none OF
her followers has renounced 1lahomed- .
anism OF Iindooism OF some other
heathen religion, thereby becoming ap-
estates tor the christian religion? No, !
that would be irue Is bis meaning, no
one has repudiated the christian relg .
ion for spiritualism lif that were pos
sible] That would also be a truthful I
fnl statement therefore not correct \
Interpretation. The abstract idea is
possibly this No spiritualist is or even
was a member Of any christian church,
which is soi true, and hence we have
at a correct solution at last
The fact is there is no antagonism
between spiritualism and christianity,
there should be none between spirit
ualists and church members. There 4
are spirituaists il all branches Of the \
christian church who prove by purity Of
life and their many virtues that they
are christians indeed
foyFR or rRuTH AND JUSTICE
sandgate. Dec. Is, 1865