The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-10

r,g ,I,;-S, . SEPTEMBER 10, 1874
= g,chnaend MAN AveaH himself 2
spiritualisa.
.ssslssrs of Richmond Dispatch
T,ear slrs.-My attention has been invited
"a so editorial foot note, which sou pub
ished az late, to the effect that SO far as you |
Eneyy SpirIlualisn had not even originated !
onod thought. I do not write 10 prove the
contrary. hut TO say that you are wise ana
safe In limiting your statement to your eA-
Derience. oe
Richmond, too, notice, has society OF
inyestipatorsat aes Broad street, puolic icc-
lures, and private seences.
In view OF the numerous manifestations
throughout this and other countries, esPe,
s.iallr il, test-drssipg materializations, ana
Abr honest and patient Investigation OF the
rhsnompna bs prominent scientists and re-
siofonIsts. Suntualism is receiving increased
,tten,iou. md promises to be "pcptkiar."
j Already the secular press have spared thear
witless Wit and become sober.
One year ago Gas usual with most scoaefs
considered all believers as lunaties, or she
agents OF certain omnipresent and 0mnpo-
tent devil. Argument, written or Spoken
would neSer have convinced any sSepticali
mind Of the. errors Of the past and the hope
of the failure, in the light Of spirit commit
MON and when the light came 10 me IN my
own house, Ia uDmistaka6fe reaaEy, sna
Eonbted, even against reasons But enc tesu'
Mony became too powerful for bsiman resst'
ance the gates were s]ar, ana peePeu sI.
Among other disbodied spirits, i have
.ronyersed with nv father, Of whose hast ill
ness was preadvised by spirit telegraph
inst in time TO receive bis recognition, at
distance of several hundred miles; .ence or
twice with former associate in the Confed-
erateStateS War Department, and repeatedly
With others, whose words receive audloly
and record rerbdtisa; receiving within The
last thirteen months eishty-eBe slcb COM
municatiopS of the most satisfactory, idenf!-
fyipg character. IL am privileged above
some 20, hers am thankful; but the way is
open TO all. OF course, conditions, mental
ana physical, vary. Discovery depends on
honest Investigation.
At first, the disclosure of this experience
tony creedal friends shocked them but
their spiritual eyes have since been opened.
/ could net blame them. They had as much
right 10 their opinions as had to my posi-
tive convictions. The sufj ect then was just
astrepeilaht to their educational bias as it was
previously TO me. I bud been where they
were. The revelation 10 ne was no revea-
ton to them, my living wefd notwitbstapd.
ing. But they did not arSle thus in respect
to old-time wonders. These they professed
TO believe without living witnesses or per.
soua revelation, With 1aaDy other improba-
bic phenomena. I WAS hlaspheminS inidel.
The blaspbemy, considered, lay with them
= -. loEn ISL inE
considered, consisted literally in my not be-
&eping ceI tain things without reason. In
this sense We are all iutdes.
Not only have received "g00d thoughts"
enrolling views Of the Father Of Life, and
positive, sensible, demonstration that if our
friends die chemically, they live again spirit
also, but many other evidences of spirit
provision in practical matters, which have
been Of much service IN respect of property,
heiDner character OF associates, and family
Surveillance, proofs OF which | have fur
nished 10 those most interested.
My OF jet IN this, ing first public acknow-
ledgment Of my spiritual status, is simply to
provoke careful, prayerful investigation, not
discussion, which my time and your paper
might not permit.
have assed that unsettled point where
argument is eittimeS coufted as much for self
satisfaction as for COM lc:ion of others. The
conviction once esta bIished, there is no such
thing az doubt, or baGlsliding, but solid,
progressive spirit Of satisfaction in the mind
and Joy 10 the heart which world of
Wordly-Wisemans cannot give nor take
away.
No one can measure ancient history-its
truths, ats errors, its protabilities-so we'll as
thorough sRiritilatst. TEuth and right are
externally the same. So is the Author of all
moral aaT. What was really done can be
done. What is deBe,nsny have been done.
The world goes not backward.
Albert BarpeS. the learned Bible common
taxing, struck thekes-noteent the heart-st1iug
of every soul when be cried out to brother
aroof!" u. F. SN1pEs.
S7,and.s9 Leonard. stree, -Ne,o York, Sep
TENDER I, 1874.
Wepablish Mr.. SsasEs's ile.ter Invested of
some Of its most Objectionable features. He
senee wrote FOR us what hesaapposed to be
poetry. He now indulges lin spiritualism
Weafe noteurprised. -"Gretlt wit to folly
sure~isnear akied," says-PoEE: and we doubt
not that the poetic ataiutus andLhe spiritual
lstic ore still more nears allied.
Mr. Skrss has received positive benefits,
>Nennobling thSs,ghts,,'.S ,-fronsthe spiritu-
alists. Very well. Let him >sead us one
such thought; aet him tell yusoRe valuable
truth revealed by >spritss let .k,a give us
'one.itesn MISUNDERSTANDING spirit.
land INST derived from the Btst. or the
Church, and we skall,be dispesed to. consider
The Claims OF the aew revelation. iVe can.
mot take his wordGorit. HemustIs. us read
or hear these Truths.
Possibly it has never occurred 10 Mr..
sSNIIEs that the,fye senses OF man.sre very
unreliable. The, drun&ard sees snakes, fions,
dogs big negroes" aud I" LITTLE, devils.n He
points to thaa and wonders thst You oas not
see them. We knew one wko in what
scenes TO be perfect klealth, and whilst as
ca'm and iatisaal as arg other lap, .SFosld
say to his fEiehds that fac could see little
amps Summing abaElt in the fire in che CRATE.
lie knew. toe, that they wese not tssere. tE1
word, he knew that his sense of stsht was
unreliable. How many, macy ghoSs .have
b I'es seen by tinida aeryous people. Howl
many awful sounds have been heard by
Sueb. bow ofiea ha3e ghosts even t,aena
ielt by such. Howmany sulphurous smeas:l
nave saiuted such. Indeed, we are so firm|s
q disoe!iever Ia Fpiritnalisn that il We weres
Tonight TO see, bear, and feel all that Mr..
ENIpEs ms NO chonI5 70 ,,,os,,n :. M