The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-07-12
suiritualists' Grove Meeting.
rr1.D Al wooDBUES srAr1oS, JUNE Is, 1s72

| President; II. w. Davenport, Secretary,
and b. F. Cooley, Assistant Secretary.
On motion a committee Of five was
appointed to prepare a programme of
exercises for each day. The committee
consisted Of +. G. Eberhard, J. H. Coo
lev, Mr. Hawkins, VIM. NJ. Davis and
J. w. Shattuck.
Until the committee could have time
TO report, Prof. w. H. Chaney was
called to the stand and spoke upon the
relations Of man to the universe. His
remarks upon the deep educational and
inspiring influences coming from the
rational worship of God in his works.
under Gods First Temples, was truly
eloquent and fit to prepare the mind for
the weeks services.
At the meeting on the evening of the
18th Mr.. b. +. Cooley, trance medium,
delivered a lecture under control on
Spiritual subjects.
He was followed by J. G.. Bleakney,
who, after an introduction of himself,
was made the instrument for speaking
in several foreign languages, both in
prose and in verse. He sang in them
also. Some Germans were present, but
they were unable TO understand more
than half the words, which were in use
by the Holland Dutch 300 years ago.
Mr.. Bleakney's tongue speaks Russian,
Indian and other languages very glibly;
his head, however, is given to nothing
but English, which alone he under
stands.
T.W. Davenport spoke upon the COM
parative reformatory power of the or
thodox creeds and the HarmOnial Phi
losophy. He held that creeds are worth
less unless they are capable of being
measured by practical results, and that
he should beware of any organization
which did not promote virtue and adopt
such rules rs would tend 10 make people
pure and chaste, and put them under
the control of the superior and elevating
faculties of their nature. He had been
hoping that the Christian Churches
would take a more decided stand and
lead in the work of mans regeneration,
but when ministers of the Gospel, in
good standing, pOllute themselves by
the use Of tobacco, opium and alcoholic
beverages and defend the use as entirely
consistent with the aims Of Christianity,
he was obliged TO give them up and look
to the Spiritualists or iniidels to take
the right direction towards its accom-
plishment. He knew that Spiritualists
were guilty Of the same bad practices,
but no one of them, with an established
character for sanity, would stand up in
their defense. Spiritualists, of all peO-
pie in the world, should be especially
careful to insist upon personal purity
as the fundamental condition Of pro-
gressiOn.
At the close of Mr.. Davenport's re-
marks the meeting adjourned, to meet
at o'clock on Wednesday the 18th.
Wednesday morning the people as
sembled pursuant to adjournment.
The President announced that in de-
fault of the expected programme of the
standing committee he would introduce
to the audience Prof. CLANCY, who spoke
upon the subject of Psychometry. The
Professor prefaced his lecture by reading
the ancient allegOry of Psyche and Gu
pid, a very good lecture in itself, but
which became doubly instructive and
interesting when analyzed by the sci
ence of PsychOmetry.
Mr.. Lohmueller, trance speaker, con-
I tinued the exercises until near noon,
when the meeting adjourned until
O'Clock p. NJ.
People assembled at O'Clock, and the
services were continued according to
the committees programme.
Mr.. c. a. Lohmueller delivered lee
ture lentraneedl. Afterwards came
] zlnfrff nffaEfaffprg inn in
eign languages, through j. G.. Bleakney,
and then psychOmetric delineation OF
character by Mr.. LOhmueller, which
were very interesting and somewhat
wonderful.
The meeting adjourned TO y o'clock,
at which time it assembled in general
and informal conference.
Adjourned till o'clock of the Goth.
People assembled at 9 o'clock Thurs
day, and after the reading of the min
utes, very spirited debate sprang up
between LOhmueller, Davenport and
CLANCY upon the tobacco, whiskey and
poison question, arising from the re-
! marks Of Mr.. Davenport on the evening
Of the 18th and trance lecture by Mr.,
Lohmueller, whose control took oppo-
site grounds. The audience enjoyed il
with high relish.
?, Most Of the forenoon was occupied 10y
Prof CLANCY, who lectured upon the sun
theologically and astrologically eonsid-
cred.
Prof CLANCY was followed by Jas. H
Cooley in a trance lecture, when the
meeting adjourned to o'clock.
; The afternoon exercises commenced
with a very touching and beautiful adj
dress by Miss Ellen Eberhard, in trance
condition. The young lady's effort gave
promise of excellence by proper devel
Opment of her peculiar gifts.
After her came MIR. {. A. Lohmueller
entranced, with a lecture upon the sub
ject of re-incarnatiOn, which was treated
with am ability, said to be by those whC
know him, far above his unalded pow
ers.
Prof. Clancy followed with delinea
tions Of character, by means of astrol
COY, until half past four, when tn,
meeting adjourned to \ o'clock.
> The evening services opened with
2 trance lecture by Miss Eberhard.
4 Mr.. Jas. II. Cooley succeeded her, afte
which the time was spent in genera
o conference.
e Adjourned to meet at 8 A. NJ. of Tn
4 next day.
Friday, June 1st, met pursuant to ad
: journment.
D The Rev. VIM. NJ. Davis, late of tn
: Baptist Church, pronounced n discours
upon the Immortality of the soul froI
: the celebrated text found in lst CORR
! thians, 18th chapter, ''There is Spiri
: ual body and there is n natural body,
etc. The subject was treated ably an
at times eloquently, and shOne all th
r better for being viewed in the light {
Spiritual science.
Prof. Chaney then took up some in