The New York herald., 1872-09-15
Shelter for the Exiled Ger
man Jesuits.
The Question Of the Immortality Of the
Soul Settled at Last.
Movements of Ministers of All
Denominations.
Services To-Day.

the University.
s'The Reasonableness OF Christian Worship will
be explained by Rev. +. C. Sweetser at the Bleecker
street Unversast church.
Rev. DR.. Flagg breaches at both services at the
Church of the Resurrection.
Rev. Dr. Krauth will discourse at the +. L. Church
OF the Holy Trinity, morning and evening"
Rev. DR.. verren lectures at the French Church du
st. Esprit
Rev. +. L. Clarke breaches at the Second Presby-
terian church, Harlem, at both services
Rev. @. 8. Narrower will hold forth morning and
evening at st. Luke's Methodist Episcopal church.
Rev. DIR. Robinson breaches, both services, at the
Presby teran Memorial church.
Rev. A. J. Chandless, OF Virginia, speaks at the
South Baptist church.
Rev. John E. Goodman invites strangers to Trinity
Methodist Episcopal church.
Rev. Mr.. Pendleton Will preach at the Fifty-thrd
Street Baptist church.
Rev. DR.. Thompson discourses at st. Paul's Re-
formed church.
Rev. DR.. Kendrick speaks at the Tabernacle
Baptist church.
Rev. J. L. Danner holds services at the Sixth ave-
nue Reformed church.
Rev. w. T. Egbert takes farewell of the chapel
of the Reconciliation.
Rev. ]. Kay, Of Scotland, breaches at the West
minister Presbyterian church
Rev. Charles B. Smyth speaks morning and
evening, before the American Presbyterian church.
In the Orthodox Eastern (Russian-Greek) chapel
e5l Second avenue, Fi1tieth street. there will
be divine service at eleven O'Clock In the morning.
Free admission to every one.
Rev. r. Heber Newton breaches at Anthon Me.
mortal church morning and evening.
Rev. p. L. Davies holds forth morning and evening
at the Berean Baptist church.
Professor Edward J. Young, OF Cambridge, Mass,
breaches at the Church OF the Messiah to-day
Rev. G. A. G. Brigham serm0nzes to-day at the
Sixteenth street Catholic Apostolic Church.
Stephen Pearl Andrews delivers a scientific SER
mon" at Naylor's Academy this morning.
Rev. Ii. R. Nye breaches to-day in the Church of
Dur Father Brooklyn.
The Heaven and He'll OF Spfritualism.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Recent communications in your Sunday issues on
the subject Of Spiriualism, its relation to heaven
and hell 10y Bible Spiritualist et al) prompts
constant reader Of your valuable paper to submit
some remarks on the subject intimately connected
with this class OF phenomena, and aiming at
rational explanation Of the same. Scientists main
tain that the purely intellectual phenomena, as
Somnambulism, clairvoyance, inspiration &C.,
originate in mere ha,ucination, arrangements of
the nervous system, &C, and are a deuslon and
O snare. final settlement OF this question, II
possible, and nationally deduced from the govern
Ing laws OF the universe, would favor scientific pro-
gress, while nothing is gained from simply rejecting
as ilusory what passes our ability to comprehend
or explain ON the basis OF known premises thereby
enormously presupposing the state Of our present
knowledge complete.
Even the imperfect state OF our knowledge of
nature seems to indicate the firm and practical
basis, from which logical and easy conclusions lead
tf.a tiofoc nfv ot hat
appears incomprehensible In the working of the
mind, and large field may be opened for fruitful,
scientific exploration where before speculation
only ran wild. We now know that the whole uni
verse is a c0nglomeration OF matter pOnderabY or
spectroscopically ascertained, or still undeter
mined, and we may reasonably hope to attain more
extensive knowledge as our mechanical MEANS
devised by science, shall advance. 1t is also ad-
mitted on all sides that every part and particle in
the vast universe acts medlately upon every other
part by gravitation otherwise, and that the in
terchanging action thus operates continually.
Every part OF the universe gives and receives i'm
pressions from the communicated action of all
other parts. Organic bodies are subject to
the same law. Therefore we must allow as an un.
deniabe fact the existence Of network OF sympa-
thetc chords which connect us with everything
else (and 1t may be presumed preeminently with
terrestrial objects. We are provided with the
senses OF sight, hearing, touch. &c, and we per-
multitude OF impressions constantly conveyed to
them; but even OF these Impressions only CON-
parativey insignificant portion ITO which our i'm
mediate attention Is given) can be arranged by the
brain, which has the function to anayze or deter
mine their import, to draw conclusions as to action
In regard 1t and to direct the respective organs
to execute this action. We know furthermore that
only small portion Of the transmitted light waves
is actually visible to us, Of sound perceptibe to
our ear or other action OF certain intensity per-
ceptble to touch, &C. still the vast amount or
other action takes place and is communicated to us
9ai
thus we have accustomed ourselves as studiously
az unaccountaby to ignore aye to deny its exist
ence. A brief scrutiny OF his own constant eX
perience viii convince everybody that many in
nuences are acting upon him, for which he cannot
exactly account though he Is aware OF them The
blind, deaf or deficient in other functions obtains
intelligence, for which the remaining outer senses
do not account / conclude from the foregoing,
necessarily one OF our faculties as the external
senses, the existence OF an occult sense wlich
a better one il suggested, and by which impress
siOns are realized. to which the ordinary senses
are not susceptible; II seems dnlcult for any
rejecting mind to deny its actually. owing to.
the fact however, that in the exercise OF our mere
animal functions the ordinary senses are called
into more prominent and constant service,
the occult perception las the servitor ofthe more
renned intellect only, remained comparatively
stitution: some recognize Impressions which es-
cape the sensibility OF others; even the same in
dividua under an exalted condition OF nervous
noticed at other times. Impressions conveyed 10y
innate perception must be transmitted more rapidly
TO the seat OIL determlnaJloD, the Drah nan Wy tne
ordinary way of the nerves-a somewhat slow mode
OF conveyance, as has been fully established--and
the brain can. therefore, anafyze and act upon q
larger number OF nnately perceived communlca-
tons In the same time than on ordinary ones. ii IL
considered that the existence OF an innate per-
cepton had been scientifically ignored, IL cannot
be wondered at that the most complicated and i'm
possible theories were advanced (and the co-opera-
ton oil departed spirits suggested itself most readily
to unravel the maze OF mystery In which
large class OF marvellous phenomena of
an intellectual character appeared hopelessly
involved. Intelligence the train
ing OF faculties, but we only intelgently cultivate
faculties OF whose existence, by effect or impca-
ton we are cognizant We voluntarily shut our
eyes to reflect and exclude noise to mediate pro-
foundly; In other words, relieve the labor of
our intellect on one side that IL may accomplish
more In another direction. The process to call the
occult perception into more vigorous action con-