New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-08
SPIRITCALISN AND SWEDEEBORG.
EVIL SPIRITS.

EVIL SPIRITS.
A large audience attended Cooper Institute,
last evening to hear address TINS subject by T. l.
Williams, Esq, who spoke as follows:
will commence my lecture this evening by reading n
few from the sacred Scriptures. He then read
the following passages: Genesis xviii, And the Lord
the heat OF the day aud he lifted his eyes and looked,
and lO three men stood by bim," &c; Genesis XIX,
Aud there two angels TO Sodom at even, and Lot
sa' iu the gate SOdOm" Exodus wi. and Will The de-
crpton OF the miracle OF turning the waters into blood.
and tho bringing forth OF the frogs, especially dwelling
upon the statement that the magcans did the same
with their eHchantments Judges Kill. And there
ily OF tie Danites. whose name was Manoah,"
reading the whole account OF the appearances OF the
angel 20 ManoaL and bis wife s. Luke H. the appear
OF tho angel 20 Zacharas. st. Luke the angelic
vision % the shepherds OF Bethlehen matthew Vn the
maniac. Revelations OF st. John, " was In the spirit
ON me Lord day and heard behind great voice
of the voice Of "a trumpet saying unto me, an A pha
and omega, the First ana the Last. &c, Revelation w
the description OF the door opening heaven. After the
reading OF these passages Which occupied time, Mr
Williams continued shall have performed the task
which have assigned 20 this evening II shall state
clearly and distinctly the view which the New Church,
popularity known as the followers Of swedenborg take Of
those phenomena or rather those manifestations OF our
own time whch we denomuate spirituasm Aud should
Say here go she beginning that swedcubOrg as you will
while modern sprtua.-u az least that phase Of u OF
which shall speak. docs hot date earler perhaps than
shall this subject the doctrine OF Swedenborg
viii NOT Doe something said by him after the phenomena
had taken place but something which must be ialry ana
logically dtduced from his writings. Now. FAR a. am
men they accept hr facts or rather they accept as act
what i- claimed by -puasts themselves IN regard to
o.. It.t ma iIy "L Wo5oH WIZ haVS uops,sou tIiS
lnc-in popular language dead men and dead women
back into nature. 90 earth. through certain media
| OF MEDIUMS, anu Atto on lhe uAtuA p.aso
20 % your own phrases make themselves audible,
tangible visible. and perform divers wonderful things.
We make no point with them 10 whether there DO
more or deception fraud; regard all they say
Now having accepted this ground &c IS our duty 70 show
what OF philosophy there may be In all these Phenomena.
pcrsOn-Om!tug tho third which denies their existence.
or attribute them % deception fraud or juggery first
from the teachings OF tho sacred word feel com
PEELED 20 yield their assent 20 the great fact
OF nature may aud do come back into nature and make
themselves visible, tangible aud communicate their
thoughts 10 men living on earth Whatever good this
class qcuQmnated 5pPualists may get from the phoso
ply Of tho new church. whatever we are able TO do Tor
them desire 20 do. In the light OF Swedenborg we
HH ' In5t,ST and thew oufbt 10 see too that that
solution is-to abandon II for ever. l now must
pass rapidly over subject which ought 10
occupy many evenings. ! shall speak, therefore
osophy this Spiritual manifestations TO men. cOmmu
ncatons from the other world 70 TINS are OF two
evil Tho great dividing line between everything OF
ON the hand evil the other. The believer IN the
sacred Word while he claims that the Lord has made
communications % mon earth through spiritual
bengs through angels that he did through period OF
over 200 years IN which the Old Testament being
another which have come under the reprobaon Of
that word that there class OF spiritual manifesto
lions referred TO IN that boOk-frequenty referred TO-
aud condensed by IT, This coming back from the
examlne-how It Is done and II can understand IT,
In order that we may do this must tax your attention
for Two or three minutes while explain the philosophy
the doctrine OF Swedenborgthe doctrine OF degrees ana
doctrine OF correspondences The doctrine oil degrees
lie simply this that between tne spiritual ana the
natural there, there Is degree, separation a,rna.
cutoff There are two cas'e: OF G .1s,
discreet degree which was the quAlty OF
cause and effect and another class which are lateral
through the law OF succession Oh suocesaise
other-dscreet degrees-c0nnect the spiritual aud the
natural worlds together IL Is By discreet degree that
we have any knowledge OF the other world Those upon
the other side Of the degree know rs little VI what
Tbe angels aud the Being OF that world ignorant
of your and my natural condition "A we can be OF their
spiritual condition newer G'nG orderly Mg''I passed but
once that death then man passes II and goes into
simply this-it Is that science which communicates across
this degree which throws bridges over II and permits u
dings 10 pass from one world 10 the other. The divine
law OF correspondence IN which and according to WHICH
the Bible IS written from beginning TO END ana when
deuces which translates symbols OF the one side INTO e
language OF the other has been lost 10 man ~ le
that period OF which the poets have sung as the golden
age. It existed but was 1851 10 man of iossrs
il was the loss OF Eden. Now It II by perversion OF
that science which brings communications irou the spirit
world 10 tins that the modern phenomena spfltuallslh
occurs There an orderly operation OF III ana us
orderly Modern sprtualism Is OF the latter kind lt IS
Of m, forbdden form IL differs every respect from
The orderly kind and this point OF difference Tile
orderly kind the going OF spirits from tins WOrld 70
that the dsOrderly. the coming or spirits n0n thh
world 20 this. The ancients- Abraham, Lot, mahoah
Jacob all who and cOuversed with angels IN the olu
time saw aud conyersed with them IN virtue OF passing
themselves into that world aud not by those with whom
they ne ID communication coming into this IA snort by
having their spiritual opened so that they saw
through nature into the spiritual kingdon ana saw
eprs while here in the body, We sha see elh Wheh
we have shutiied OF this mortal coll
Mr. Williams explained that II was by q similar open
inc az the spritua eyesght that SwedonborB saw what
H. as The good he declared. when they have
once passed away have no wish 10 return IL i only pos
sbe 10 return by a violation OF that divine law O cor
and that they were not likely To disobey
Not even the mother who left behind her dear child
desired 10 come watch a. She found In the
other Wurd that God ts parent and was perfectly
ccntent 10 trust in His hands. Only the bad
Win their hearts worldly things broke through
The dvine restriction The lecturer read various
from the Bible concerning the manifestations lie
aso descrbed the phenomena that takes place through
modern mediums attrbutlng them 20 spiritual agency
hnt sniritual agency OF forbidden kind exactly similar
~ mat OF the wizards magieans nccromancers, and
strongly denounced in the Sacred Scriptures Their pres
once % be expected. They occurred when the Jewish
Curch being formed, and they are specially active
now that the foundations OF the New Church were being
isiI Nothing good had come or would come from
snirituallsm This coming back from the dead TO tho
lyirg was impossible 10 good man, When no died
he marched steadily on toward tho right ana had no
desire 10 violate the divine law. Those therefore who
Tcturued were the wicked. Even earth the good re-
ec nh this and know that the majesty OF darkness shall
receive their departing spirits. and that no earthly hand
shall draw aside the curtain " the spirit world Mr
Williams was hstened 70 very attenlHeD through uS