The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-08-20

Elno omces, 10 instrucx ana 70 introduce into
heavcn-in this consists their highest delight when
the spirit thus dissasociatcs himself from them he
is received by good SPIRITS and while he Is in their
company they also perform all KIND offices towards
him But IL his life m tie world had heen such that
lie cannot remain In the company OF the good then
al he oesires TO derar from them, and tins lakes
place agaln ana again, until ne associates himself
with such as completely accord WITH the II Q he had
led N the word, and with these lie hnds his lie;
and hen what u wonderful lie leads a similar lie
to t,l winch ne bad ei IN tae world. But has be-
glnainy oi mans life after death does not continue
longer than a lev DAYS; he Is a forwards led from
one state INTO another, and at lengia e,tner INTO
-piri,Mniis,n Recognized by Ancient Chinese
aud the Pope OF Rome.
70 Tux EDITOR OF THE HERALD -
In your last sundays issue Il SwedenbOrgtan COM
plains OF beng called a spirituast. lie should not
forget that the term Spri,ualism includes, in its
largest meaning. all who believe Ia the continued
existence Of the spirit after the dam OF the body
form OF Spiriualism was the religion OF China for
ages before the Cnrlstan revelation. This worship
OF their ancestors sun continued in the Celestial
Kingdom, and all the phenomena OF American
Splrlluallsm have been long wei known there. sucn
AS rupping and moving OF ID, ccts anu rude form
Of Iiancnct.c constant use to obtain spiritual
communicate Our North American INDIANS
were all Spriitiaists an so have been every rude
Ucople The egyptian and Greek. and all Other my.
tholOgles, are forms OF Spr.tiialsIn
sp,rlIuasin m lie ilIieenth chapter or Corinthians,
T. lhe precise be ieI o. the modern SplilluaiiS;;
but use ueadcuS wonder, ana the essential SiGlIn-
cauce OF a TACT OF to-day ~ lost IN It's nearneSs.
Time oay consccrate It's trath, AS IT'S uls.ance
lends enchan nent 10 the view.n The law OF spirit
ual develop is seen III the whole history or
mvLiIs. beginning IN teticnlsm and culinlnatlng In
modern Spirtuaiisn, which last Is only practical
re Ogn ton, derived from great array OF wen az
tested occurrences, OF the material power aud per-
sOnaiIty cl each individual human being alter the
death of the body Christianity Is the suDllmest and
hottest spiritual revelations. ana modern Spiritual
ism confirms all It's miracles Nv showing IN general
way the laws oil nature by means oil when they
were performed. Ii shows also that the miracles OF
tue UatnOily church, 5, consecrated IN her tradi.
tons, are PROBABLE occurrences under these same
laws which account also for all superstiiions.
ghost stories, larry tales and the like The sublime
miracle ty which Christ walked upon the waters,
gellc spirits, should II occur to-day would be
treated with the same rdcule by those VINO did not
II, a, rs the weates,ed fact That the same un-
seen force has been used W transport Mr.. Hume
through the AIT. The Opponents o. christianity
use the same argument IS the deriders OF
splritualsni. They deny the Iacts-the
readiest resource }. prejudice or ignorance. The
only logical method OF accounting for the phenomena
OF modern ruaism from The present tn Olo. lcal
standpoint rs That adopted by his Holiness Pope
upon the subject some years ago Il quote from
memory, not wing access To the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
and demons we know exist. 81. Augustine tells us
OF them IN his book 'Dr CsDitate u = The City oil
OF e Church. and these modern ones especially
are OF the devil"
have out one answer to this, In lines from Long
fellows "Go.den ..cyend":-
'Tis Lucirer, the son of Mystery;
And since tod suffers him " be,
lie Us for good
BY Us not un ierstood.
FRANCES ROSE MACKINLEY.