New-York tribune., 1871-08-30
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in an attempt adapt confused spirituast scnti
ment TO his flowing meters The poetcal essays on the
mari OF the spirits proved that spirits like mortas, must
he horn poets not made. An animated discussion to0k
Mace upon the action OF prominent disciple who had
withdrawn himself from tho assembly, declaring the
| tendencies OF the meeting wholly immoral Sister
French made the announcement, and dozen earnest
and dsdainfu brothers arose In denuncatOn OF such
pusillanimy. and shouted Let him go we will have
| none weak knecd among us; we have grded Tor the
battle and will fight on this line" so the ovorscru-
nuioIls delinquent forthwith dropped from among
| The famiars OF the grand circle.
SPIRITUAL VISITOR.
The Moderator, taking the opportunity TO explain that
there were 1t must be admitted, many foolish things
about splrituasm, but with all ts fooshness, he would
not give It up for the wicked fooshncss OF tho socaed
Christian faith. IIe further adduced cOpous hstor ical
abstracts and biblical quotations TO prove that all the
personages from Adam TO Christ Sprituasts, and
other form Among other experiences with spirits. he
related that in his early days OF dGg6t and indeci9h
and going to bed he lay thinking Of his dead friend
moonbeam played upon the floor he his boots de-
beratey moving about the room, as though upon tho
garded the with great satisfaction he had long
desired manifestation OF spirit presence. Presently
the bed and asked them why they didn't walk straight
In reply voice which he recognized as that 0 hs dead
q great qualification to me- said Mr. Hull. had long
wanted and waited for word from my dead friend and
with hearing your voice only; let you old fel-
low He promised, and waited for hours. and finally
turned and fallen into doze, however. hand and
distinct as this now hold up appeared before
ned TO test the matter for myself WANTED to hold
to the hand until the whole body appeared but TO
my grief and disappointment, the arm vanished, ana
finally the whole phenomenon passed away |
mad, and said, Owasco, you have lied. IIowf
and saw only youF hand and arm well" said he,
| that's because you kept your window open and
shining brightly destroyed the much for
TO control the elements" Brother Moses did not state
spirituasn he maintained was the religion OF ceanli
ness. No man could be a perfect medium who was
is alcoholic and tobacco ntoXcatOn. Recently, at one
Of the most perfect circles he had attended he had
illustration 0fthis spirit there who had shuifed
of the mortal coil Of VIM. Elery Charming, demanded
through medium chew of tobacco and persisted IN
the unseemy solicitation until the circle drove him out
Thereafter Mrs. French q "clairyOyant medium be-
gan general reading OF fate from the public platform;
Who chanced to fa under her inspired eye. Behind
young lady she saw spirit that held open the volume OF
behOoved the young lady to know but which che could
not diyuge in public. Most OF the gen gen,
a glimpse into the volume of fate, past and present
This freespoken Cassandra, like her ancient prototype
and a consequence, lost her temper and mingled
abuse and prophesy to the great edcaton Of the assem-
ances and after full hour and ahalf OF mystical com
munings this matchless woman gave up the spirit ana
suffered herself to be mortal again.
The irrepressibe Reilly again got the power" and
shot himself into the audience with true spirit uncu9n
prophetic power and dashing backward and forward ne
edited divers fortunate morals with recital OF their
private lives presented and garnshed by spirit vision
His sautation was somewhat startling. SAY man. ne
shouted darting upon nildmannered un6eileyer yOa
ant gOn to yer suit " youchsang still further th
"the quarrel with his brother would be made up II lie
Half the assemblage were thus saluted during the
sessions and yet no one seemed TO mlnd IT. 70 the
vet there was no resentment shown The last sustained
effort OF the day delivered by A. A. Wheeloek VINO
felt called upon to annihate the Christian Church
Lately" said he, they tried TO bring that puny enlgY
worshiped for the last lsoo years who from Adams &
time has been called God, into the Constitution but
we'll OF it, 1t is an insult to our psychological
development TO admit such an ahsurlity AS creature
like this God We look beyond such munmery; ours Is
vast hierarchy OF spirits endowed with All the powers
Of what Is he Not OF this world for he don't RUE me-
do as please. so do you why even satan can over,
hour and half taken up with this address, none of
it less radically violent than the sentences quoted ave
perhaps horid pcroration to prove the aCtuaLatloh
OF the love life OF the world through 5pirltualsIn
SPIRIT POETRY.
The grand event OF the day to the faithful was the de-
livery OF poem" under spirit influence by Mrs
Allen, who Is called "inspiratonal" poet by her
people The subject given her by a committee, and
ranged over topics so widely dvergng "love, art,
and poetry" to deliver the epic in dramatic
form dialogue the spirits working in her alternately
The attempt amazing. Had the rectter been glib
herring un5c she could not have ratified out such
sounding nothngness. As Illustration, some OF her
9glSt' isIi the sre, the dre'a art
% PsV rsm % .saI 90 Iowa oval dark 1.alt, Of hatsi
TIT T :, b h. the S5s sfi aISc RSTs Of s5 G Iis"' ss
Then answers tho other spirit when themedium. mean
time has worked her face into horrible sembance OF
S tI Sr ng e1n. anil bate thee for thy song
earsn the cry OF denons sweeps across ny
Al M great grand AMI the pale FIRE still 'lambe making
Hos hate Thy mPusons how dread TO hear thy gain,
Hen aP9n 'Is TSr ss r1 3 listen 10 YOUR song and the
sprtoee within meet the death of song
down religion through Thy aid "or4s The
tend Of nanaon ami curse damnatioH,s gre,d o., m hon,
and more and awoke the audience To a perfect Henzy
Of delight and admiration, and the woman was raptl-
gentlemen, who confessed that they diuh Know
much about poetry, but were convinced THAI
wonderful things as that" Truly no poet could The
controversy spread aud none were permitted 10 remain
hrazeDIy followed up one "skeptic" as she politely
termed him. and wanted to know why he didn't believe
NIGHT SESSION.
The night session opened piouresquely, artificial
fixtures fastened to the throwing abundant light
over the woody auditorium Speeches and revelations
OF the same general character made by those who
had not been heard during the day sessions, and the
inevitable Reiey filed with countless "inhu
ences," shot through the crowd, divulging
whom the spirit moved him to descend. A very mid
ad weak sister was seized by real very demonsirative
spirit and carried through the muterng uninte
ligble Choctaw or Algonquin and grooming SOFT aborig
inaI dittes to no parGnar ar Inc wppn Spps
suffrage through the medium of Mrs Stearns, who spoke
hour more on that cOngcnia theme After the cir
Cls broke up. several took in spirits on their
count and scattered about the tents giving voice to the
invisible ones.
A SPIRITUAL SABBATH.
On Sunday great throng came from Baltimore. and
Brother Moses again took it upon himself to expound the
gospel of spirtuasm in its present and most advanced
form. His subject Bible Doctrine and Communion
OF the Angels" He set out with the ltex Ephesians ill.,
5 but did not stick very closely to IT, The God he recog
nlZed he slld was father and mother too when it
came 10 that, for God to gain his worship must have
fcmninity about him, for the fem
thine wOrshppcd the masculine and tho mas
euline wOrslhpped the feminine. The church
has sold itself to the devl, aud those who pure
fLIil do In rhldrnn