The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-25

is 30 package, but one package will prob
ably BIO quito enough TO you OF your deluston.
IL makes feel that halt The world Is made up Of
doves and the other half Of scrpents, that the
serpents have tho best tmo. One actually trembles
at the possibility OF going to heaven lest he may be
tempted or commissioned TO enter some mediums
body and doomed Tor indefinite period 10 rap his
knucklss somebody's pine table In order TO prove
the Immortality OF the soul II Webster and Clay,
who have been employed this way, had only known
what was coming they would have sacrificed every,
thing to what Mr. Aiger calls "the virtue OF longevity"
Lot take heed then. and live long can, for
We snail have hard time OF IT by ana by. AS sub
sttutc for Christianity however, spirtualism Is not
an entire success
Tho letter "h" Is sometimes the cause OF ludcrous
misu Understandings. An Englishman once giving
very pleasant talk to Sunday school about what he
called 1.-THE hacks OF the Apostles" whercupon some
OF the scholars insisted that the Apostles went from
place TO place In their private conveyanoes They
could not DO poor they represented or they
would never have been able to keep ''hacks. II was
all settled, however when inquisitve youngstcr
asked II the "hacks OF the Apostles" anything
like tho .our-n- hands" which onco In VIII lie parade
Filth avenue.
Another biblical misintcrprctation occurs to ua II
was very forciby argued by logical youth that the
wcalth Of Solomon was very much overrated. When
questioned as TO tho OF this sccptcism he an-
swercd that tho account distinctly states that he
''slcpt with his fathers, " and II ne compelled 10
do that and couldn't afford have bed OF his
own, DO error In the inventory OF his
worldly goods
Tho Bonner OF L,gM has long editorial entitled
"Hepworth and tho Angels" in which m lie claimed
that the reverend gentleman is believer In modern
Spirtualisn. This Is done the strength OF ser
from the text "compassed about with so great
cloud of witnesses" Tho Spirtuaists arc bit over
anxious Ia this matter II does not follow that be-
cause ono accepts tho visions and facts OF tho Bible
no must necessarily believe in ne divine origin OF
table tipping or the mysteries OF banjo dance In n
dark seance.> Mr. Hcpworth is such firm
believer in tho peculiar methods Of spirit
mediums that he fitted up room for tho
purpose Of reproducing all the miracles OF
sade, Foster, Mansfield and others Of tho Same
Tx He ''materiazcd' to such purpose that sltters
wero sure they saw the counterfeit prcsentment OF
uncles and aunts long since ssdscmbodied,n and his
seances powerful In the exhibition OF tho
''odic forccu or something eso that books tumbled
from the rack at his command ana chairs flew round
the in such n way that the whole company was
frightened and the serving man. who happened 10 bc
present. few down four flights OF stairs in his terror
and discovered hour afterward in the coal bin
Mr. Hepworth may BIO Spiritualist but he certainly
Is not aware OF the fact himself. he is not worry
likely attribute to divine agency those ttlc snani-
fesatons which he has easily produced by se,ght-
of.hand
There seems to DO considerable excitement among
the readers Of religious papers the subject Of FREQ
churches. largo class OF people arc under the i'm.
preston that II sittngs free people would
attend church We little apt to look at this mat
ter from business point Of view, perhaps, but In all
secular concerns have found that nothing
is generally estimated to be worth nothing II you
want good carpet for your house or tender bcof-
steak for breakfast you must pay for H. Why, then,
should you get your religion, which Is OF more i'm
rortance than carpet beefsteak for nothing? 1t Is
all very we'll to talk rhctorcally about froe church,
but II generally starving minister, and Il In
cudcs the privilege Of putting bad penny into tho
contribution box and the occupancy oftbe best sent in
the building THIS talk Is all "leather and prunea.'
1t fur better TO insist educated and efficient
minister and also to pay him enough to keep tho
ghosts Of unpaid bills ont OF hts study whom he is
writing his sermons.