Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-09-14
Spiritualist Mass Meeting, held in
Glover, Sept. 4th and 9th.

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Glover, Sept. 4th and 9th.
Met at the South church, on the morn
ing of the 4th, and organized by appoint
ing the following officers; President, Sabin
Scott, of Eden; Vice Presidents, Mrs. A.
/ I. Brown, st. Johnsbury Center. DR.. f. B.
Holden, Rutland Secretary, +. V. Powers
St Johnsbury. A business committee of
three was appointed, consisting of Lyman
Darling, Moses Goodwin and Grin. French.
On taking the chair, the President, a
cool, collected and genial man, said, that
the "Ramaray Pond" suggested to his
mind the ltberality of the place of meeting,
and he hoped this liberality would increase
until the whole surrounding community
should be washed and purified, as the Run
away pond had washed and purified its
course through Glover.
Conference before regular forenoon lecture.
DIR. \. B. Child, of Boston, said that the
small meetings were often the most profit
able. He had rather speak to two than to
twenty-five, and to twenty-five than to five
! hundred. He said that neither popularity
nor reputation would hold up feathers
weight, therefore let them 90. He asked
spiritualists to learn better course than to
merely seek for popularity He said that
Christ was the New School, New School
ideas must prevail, and he heartily accept
ed them, and in his judgment, it was spir-
itualism that was at the bottom of these
New School ideas. He advocated the beau
ties Of the precepts of Christ which he read
to the audience and held up for its view.
). p. Cheney, State Missionary, and one
of the Cheney family" of singers, so eel
ebrated in this section of the country, hop
ed that the prcepts of Christ would be ac-
cepted and adopted " the convention, and
he supported DR.. Child's argument in their
behalf, as being true in principle and senti-
ment, but he thought man, in his present
social development, could not fully practice
them
Mr.. Holden thought that precepts and
resolutions not generally adopted by spir-
itualists should be adopted. He did not
think Jesus had offered any Uer truths. He
believed i'll and warmly advocated woman
suffrage.
Mrs. Brown sympathized with Dr. Child
in his radical views Of the age. She expect
ed that woman must often descend into the
low places Of life, in order to be able to
raise up her fellow creatures.
Sabin Scott thought that the prccepte of
Jesus, presented by Dr. Child. should be
adopted. He thought it was time to do so.
He knew that spiritualism had rescued men
from the ditch, and rccited examples of his
own knowledge. He knew that spiritual
lists, rs a class, were temperance men and
women He cared nothing for "public
opinion The underworld had been, from
time to time, trampled upon by public
opinion. Public opinion he would sustain
so far as twas right, and not an inch farther
The resolution, and the precept~ of Jc-
sus, presented by DR.. Child and ably adyo-
Gated by :. p. Cheney and others, were
adopted unanimously. The resolution and
prccepts were the following:
$ Resolrcd, that this convention adopt the
. prccepts of Christ as recorded in the New
p Testament, a- the rule of their life and ac-
ton, so far a, it is in their power and more
particularly the following, viz: q" Do a,
, you would ike to be done by sell al
To- thatthou hast and give to the poor "Tur
not away from him that borrows. Take
no heed Of the morrow" " Resist not evil. =
Never go to law "Forgiyc seventy
times SEVEN Judge no man" Civ,
1 no aims to be seen of men, " Pray not t,
: be heard Of men,"
; DR.. A. b. Child gave the rcgulgr forenoon
/ lecture, aud among the many good thing
: he uttered, he said, that the most disagree
10 able duties of life often proved for our per
I ~onal benefit. Our actions in life must com,
= through the fire senses, in some manner o
,, other The drunkard and the robbcr ma,
i have been influenced TO bad deeds by con
: dition, beyond their control. But spiritu
= alism, in his Judgment, was going 10 inau
+ gurate a better state Of things. Spiritual
: ism was certainly revolutionary. 1t woul,
i cause old and useless things to give wa
: forthe new. Himself and other persons felt
;, that there was to be great change in tn
= moral world; he did not know when O
- how, but he felt sure it was to come. an,
the world would be made better bv it.
G BY request of ;. p. Cheney, Dr. Chill
If narrated a certain experience Of eXorciSiu
an evil spirit from young girl living i
western New York; girl Of most c
o spectacle family, and which resulted i
Is great benefit and happiness to that family
10 an account of which was printed in til
l. papers at the time. :. p. Cheney comment
IN ed upon this strange modern cXpericuc,
-e and made application of it to ancient mil
b.. acles. He did not believe in the old til,
< illogical Interpretation of miracles, but b,
e. heved they were enacted in accordanC
ne with natural laws, and believed those law
ut could be understood, il people rould on
As pay hem the proper Investigation.