The New York herald., 1872-08-11
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY AUGUST H. 1872-TRIPLE SHEET


fcenty enlightened, liberal and free TO permit the
proper investigation and understanding OF tnis
heretofore. misunderstood and malgned, yet aod-
sent gift.
One proof that the faculty of receiving impress
sl0ns from spirits was misunderstood, even py tne
most enlightened OF those times. Is the fact that
whenever prophet, or medium, became impressed
to say or do a thing 1t was always announced as
being In the name OF tae 70 no how TO
build house came from the Lord requires q great
stretch OF faith and OF degrading iaith at tnat put
probable, because we know that they now some
times do interest themselves In even less Tiues
than those.
II this is so, the greater part Of what "Bib!e
Spiritualist' receives as "the word OF the Lord"
was really only the word Of spirit and accounts
perfectly for the trivial character OF many OF the
Commands given and at the same time proves that
Impressions from spirits were received ana sent
AS to angels speaking by special permission.
why should they do so any more than that men
should do SO We all live and breathe in and
pose that every time good man opens his mouth
to speak that he does so by special leave OF the AL
mighty Then why should special permit be re-
quired from the Almighty every time the spirit OF
dear friend finds himself In position and condi
ton to enable him to communicate with his old
friends here Is 1t not much more likely that there
have always been certain natural conditions.
which, when present, enable spirits to communi
cate or to make themselves visible: and that with
the wonderful increase OF knowledge In these lat
ter years, In which millions OF spirits and m0rtals
have shared, that these conditions are better un-
these manifestations have Increased and are in
creasng in degree OF which people geneTay nave
no conception JEkomE hooo'
Is Modern Christianity Frauds
To THE EDIroB OF THE HERALD
The great Captrain, whom all the sects OF Cnris
tendon profess to follow, has declared, "that
good tree cannot bring forth evil frut neither can
corrupt tree bring forth good fruit; therefore the
tree Will be known by its fruit" With your kind
permission we will glance at some OF the produc-
tions Of that huge growth that now covers the CIV
ilized world. called Christianity AS the root and
stem Of the whole system we may take, to begin,
the Church OF Rome, commonly called the "Motner
of all the Churches" For the space OF over one
thousand years she has held the rcins Of govern
ment over the most enlightened nations Of the
earth; kings have bowed to her and begged their
crowns at the feet Of her MASTER leading bis horse,
as slave through the streets Of the socalled Eter
nal City, and kissing his foot at his bidding. II
peace and good will among men was what she had
desired, surely 1000 years was ample time to intro
duce all that she wished; but look at the bloody
fields OF Italy and France, and at the loathsome
dungeons OF Spain; see the massacre or st. Bar
such fruit But she is not alone in vany and craft
we can sec the spirit OF the daughter, OF England
GrassmarSet a. Of Ednburg where such strenuous
efforts were made to save the immortal souls OF GER
tain wretched freethinkcrs from hell hre, by de-
stroying their mortal bodies In wood fire. We see
the powerful arguments she used In the thumb
screw, the Scotch boot and the Maiden, as her
mother Rome, argued from the rack the chain. the
axe, the Wheel But, all, Mr.. Editor we see nothing
OF this sort now; sleek and smooth shaven the SER
wants OF these crafts pace the pave with measured
broadcloth members OF the Society for the Preven
tion of Cruelty to Animals" " How came this remark
able change The power Is broken & the
land Napoleon l., Garibaldi, Victor Emanuel did
for Rome. 1t will be remembered how, not many
months ago, the amiable Pho Mono disbanded the
Papal Zouaves, no doubt calling to remembrance
that "the weapons Of his warfare were not carna!,"
quotation that seems to have entirely slipped the
memory OF the pOtentateS OF Rome for the brief
space OF 10O0 years It Is rather coincidence, too,
that this happened when Victor Emanuel was pre-
pairing mis- cannon. Some intelligent people may
account for It rs prophetic Instinct OF the I'M
mortal sOu.r
1t is not necessary, though to cross the Atlantic
to see the fruit OF these systems; although In this
country the power OF the priestcraft Is more re-
duced than In any country In the world perhaps.
Still they work here upon
TIM, h. 3. The. Ths sSSd SSa Sa. old rsn [ns hover,
And he can keep who can;
proselyte manufacture and church building being
the order OF the day; but for illustrations Of the
power that superstititon still holds over its VIC
Inns remember New York. July II, ISL. And all
the progeny OF the great mother take more or
less after her spirit. UnrcasOnaDeness bigOtry
and superstition are their Instruments; and the
latest n,od@s operandt being to get up an excite
passions usts and fears or an illiterate mob under
the trees on dark nights; and ,always bear In
mind, Mr.. Editor, that the Bible is supposed to
sanction all such nonsense, just as it does the in
alibility Of the Pope" the Immortality OF the SOUL
&C.; and by way OF proof one is generally carried
under the armpit, fun bound and gold-edged, from
the which the gentlemen OF the cloth extract four
or five words, and build thereon wonderful super
structure Of pagan theology and modern politics.
But do all their constructions affect the Word OF
God? Ah no. "Surely their turning OF things up
side down shall be esteemed as pOtter's clay."-
Isaiah XXix, Ii. BIBLE CHRISTIAN.