Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-08-19

sne destinies Of humanity" Whel
na0 given expression 70 the eb0v
views noticed an intellectual, RI
diant, snu seemingly paiIowed IN
splration had ~ up her noble features
anu she repeated with much nnima
ZION: When 0ntoiOgy shall hav'
estaoiished beyond successful re
futation, the existence of . soul
shall lave made 1t appear, that ~
inuennaoie, incorruptiblet thinking
substance, separates itself at dealt
rom me discarded organism, Thu
proposition OF the souls Immortality
VIII pass from the field OF metaphysi
cal conjecture, into the grand arena
OF DEFINITE truth" | replied, "ths'
the bible taught us this heaven borr
truth. True y she replied, :" II does
SO teach, but yet It Is not universally
admitted as being true" then aske
her to give me q strong scriptural text
endorsing the doctrine of the inter.
communion OF spirits. She replied
there Is q natural body, and there Il
spiritual body, not that there will
be tnfuturo, but that there u now, II
Is first in the original e0nsd psuchj.
ron, then soma pneuniutikOn, the
one Is as clearly designated as the
otner. !fyou ask an individual what
TINS spiritual body IL, he may possibly
tell you that It IL an ncOn{jrehensi-
bic, indefinable, ephemeral mistiness,
without component parts, and oil
course having no indemnity nor af1in-
ity with this our physical world. He
or course does not teach a spiritual
i "A n<sI a n<{ a nd u, -
ciared for the last two years, that
there IS a spiritual body, yielding
strict Oheisance to the high behests OF
spiritual laws, about which we know
something, and would dare ask the
INFINITE to teach Us more" The
true and vital body, " she continued,
I" y the spiritual body, and the rough
asher OF LIES temporary animation,
is the natural body; we know that
the body comes from the dust, and
the Almighty nat has proclaimed.
" unto dust, shall Il return" We
know also that the spirit returns to
Him who gave gave 1t. Where Is
he? Everywhere! Where there Is
the spirit! Everywhere, because 1t
returns To Him who gave It," She
then reached forth her hand and took
up the holy bible, and said, "notwith-
standing the many gibes and sneers,
SCOTS and scOrns OF an illiterate and
prejudiced age, here find comfort
ami consolation for the seemingly
peculiar doctrine l entertain, and /
0eiieve those doctrines can be success
iuiiy INDICATED by the teachings of
this book, though the skeptic world
marshal its forces In bitter strife.
Every atom In the material universe,
involves some problem, the solution
OF which, Is within the range
OF human capacity. Man can solve
the worlds grand arcana, by a
proper use OF the means which ore
SUBJECT 10 his control there may be
books In nature seemingly sealed, yet
ne has the divine commission,
knock and 1t shall he opened" fol
there Is nothing covered that shall not
oe revealed, neither hid that shall
not be known. III darkened cloud
impervious to mortal sight overarches
the gates OF immortality It Is still his
ntgh destiny, ana dUd-iike prerOgn'
tive, To penetrate the mysterious fold
ings, by entering into that, within
the We l." Man Is not o cOsmop0iite
HIS destiny Is progression, onward,
forever onward! Soul inspiring
thought! the essential elements Of
two worlds, and the grand results oil
time ana eternity are concentrated In
his wonderful and sublime organism,
for In him. are the undying fountains
ofeternai life, and the heavenly aspira-
tons and hopes ofimmortality. And
there are many professedly learned
men In the bib who declare that all
the spiritual communications Of man,
have common origin in deep seated
ignorance, or emanate from the com
mon enemy OF mankind, the devil,
as the great head centre of evil and
ut death. Yet 1t Is apparent to any
unprecedented, investigating mind,
that the bible Is full from one end to
the other, with the testimony Of the
truthfulness Of angelic communion.
Did :hey ever consider that the
nOblest, grandest, and most sublime
Of Its truths, are spiritual truths; that
every one OF them is predicated upon
devine inspirations; and yet these
same theOl, gians, while admitting
this main fact, declare that spiritual
ism Is tearing the supeislructure
down. "Oh: consistency, thou art a
jewel"
And 1t Is most unquestionably RI
dicul0us In the extreme, and preju-
dicial to our eternal hopes thus to
tamper with Gods eternal truth. II
Is not merely within of the imagi-
nation that God has endowed man
with an insatiate thirst for knowi-
edge. He has established definite
organic law for the government OF
the material universe, and lie has es-
tablished definite law for the intel
lectual universe. The meanest rep
tile that creeps on the face Of the
earth, is only an invitation for the
exercise of talent; the most faint
glimmering inspiration of spirit in