, 1873-09-14

medium that ie, one wl,oeo Alata-pencil writgr,
underneath 4 slate, answers to questions ti'scto0
to Spirits And Charles Foster, Of East Nine.
boy at Salem tho vitoh,rldden place, Ia d man
wlioso barc arm will Rpell out Communications,
and Whoso camera Ia nlnRzing III giving portrHi-
turca Of tho departed. Mrs. Andrews, Of Cascadc,
n. Y. notable for mal;tng spirits matoriallzo
thomHolveH so as to bo Bcen by tho eittor's eyo.
Not all those mcdiuma nro morally af1eoted by
that Of wlicl, they arc tho vohiclo. Some at our
nigh lifo."
" What influence havo yon hRd In twcnty.5t1
ycars upon human kind? What compensation
have you givon, provided all your pl,cnomona DO
admitted, for exciting tho acnBibittloB. turning
the TIC hoas sna reducing the oFeduli17 OF mon
!" Bplritualisn, Bald Mr.. forster. =" hns done
no moro injury to tho witd than any form Of Or.
thodoxy. Coming out Of blindness into tho light
OF n Iuarveloua belief, the convert mny bo in
state Of mind which is craziness but tie phono-
menon IL net, therefore, crazy. Spiritualsm )ias
profoundly naovod many Of tho strongest tntoloots
known to tho raco, and affcctod ltoraturo
MAS Bulwer, who .gaye Its Developments tho
dignity OF Ills authority NJ a classical wrstor:
Hiss PhelpH, in hor two atorios OF Dawn" and
"rAo Gates Ajar." has brought +, pleasant
atory-rorn, oTor thresholds whero It could not
othorwiae 60. / havo had both 1Iolmes and
1.ongfollow ut my lectures In Doaton, and havo
seen 1t stated TINT Bryant was interested In ot,r
work. Epos Sargent has written book upon
aro oncyclopedinstB on spirltualism. And The
phtlosophor Arago. gave us our arss encourage
ment and testimonials"
"Mr. Forstor," said !, lyon make no mon
HorYod celebrity. He diod in the asylum, did lie
not, from corebrat oxoitoment consequent upon
tho revelations OF 6pirltualsm? ! wish to my
= red-headod, bluo-oyed, frocklod boy, aud I did
not regard him favorahly."
"Ruggles," baid Mr. Forstor, I" Is now ply
eicnn in Brooklyn. 1t is genorally atatol thss
he deceived tho old man, aud played tricks with
"Well, thon, il 3 scientific man could bo dnpod
in that way, aud with such melancholy effocts
upon hi. lilo aud fame, What ls the uso Of rely
ing upon fuo M mediums :" ,.,,,n. nnno,.s
anid Mr. Forster. :" There arc black Bheep
amongat Us, no doubt; but We also hnvo Ind our
eu1fcrings, and tried our faith by trials. hayo
myself, though Of good origin aud respectful to
with tar and feathers. spiritualum waa for
aomo time sl,am and mountobanka cropt into
It. OF late yoara its commuuicants arc quiet
and progressive, and q 1nnrlted change has como
over tho rreaa in considering ua. may also ray
that splr1tualiam has given to music and to
mechanics two well-known contributions.
Kirby'a renpors and mowers woro mado
in. accordance with instructions, from
through tho influence Of tho mother OF CLARA
LouiHo Kellogg, who was spiritual medium,
upon Il. 6. steGbinss, that the prima donna was
educAted for opora,"
Now toll mo
WHAT ap1n1ruAr1sM 1s7'
"6piritutism ignores all fixed crends. and
consists IN all that may bo known Of GOD, tho
0rent Father Of Spirits, Of the spiritual world
and it's i1h.b,tants, Of tLo spiritual nature OF
which aro doomed spiritual in their nature. It
has no established creoa and no acknowledged
leaders, bocAuso tho soul Of man forcyor propoAes
aud cannot bo confined by any dogma, or limited
| by any ono Or two experiences. AL tho above
| is de,lucble from tho well-accroaited phenomenh
| VIC hayo already observed. Spiritualism ignores
personal God, personal Doyil, a vicariona
atonemsnt, and Heu. Wo think that q good lifo
fsara neithar death nor HE'LL for death is morely
incident Of life, the spirit being tho man, and
the material body tho moro suit Of clothing"
| that, too :" ~.
"No; matter is as eternal as spirit for wo
cannot conceive Of force, or poNor or God, with
out also supposing world upon which thoy aro
SWoil, u y spirit, shon, rnattor; or are they
"splrlts," eaid Mr.. Foster. "haye substance,
hut mt matterl"
"What is tho distinction
"Well, a mares horHo, but horse IL not q
| nanro. Substance Includes matter. Spirits are
! entities with forms. We know that by tho fact
TINT a medium has tho power to Honl OF par
ticles to matorializo spirit and mako 1t appar-
ent''
ut docs not seem to mo, hlr. Torster that
| your 9,0o0U00 Of Bpiritualists havo got any
further than ordinary mankind. Yon only got
rid Of matter by making two definitions Of It,
aud adding one-halt to spirituality. You vacato
| tho fold of battle, leaving your dead in the
hands Of the enomy.
"tWhen Berkeley said thcro matter,
There was no matter In what he satd.'"
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