Telegram-herald., 1890-11-15
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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The Progressive splritoslisu Sooissy
held ''oonfcfenos mseung' Al Green
wood Hal Thursday evening. lt con
sisted Of full and free discussion Of
any and ell matters connected with the
Interests Of the work the soelety has -
DO. The speakers lkst evening confined
their remarks % the sub Ca OF The
general needs AZ the hour"
On thls subject, every o00s spoke his
mindlwhO cared 10 spesk aud they were
many who had something % ssy. The
president OF the meeting ~Ns DT. J. l..
Thomas and Mrs. Ad&h aheehAn W4S
present and lent the charm of her psou-
lar glfts Ot speech 90 the discusslon.
Mrs. Harvey Joslyn spoke wisely
upon tue necessity Of earnestness ~ 90
operation. A gentleman who had eNl-
denfly seen some wonderful Manifesto
tons. spoke with much warmth on the
urgency oi caring for the phenomena
logy of splrstaAllsm. lie INSISTED tnat.
lnAsmnoh as the proofs OF spirtuRllsm
lie in tile physical demonstration of ii,
that eide of the work should receive
very close attention by the society.
Dr. ;. A. Thomas wanted each one
10 consider himself ss being ou . Joui-
ney, and 10 be careful about steps
When considered that had an eternl-
n 10 live, ! began "a look Qua for sell.
The trouble ls that many SAY too much.
Mind your Own business, and do the
best and most you can. You can't re-
form your nelghbor until you reform
yourself
This drew out Mrs. Sheehan in some
very ienchant remarks, endeaNonng r.
answer Dr. Thomas question. Size
said, Il want the line drawn between
my own and somebody else's business
Ii seems 20 me that tne best r. a. help
others, ano lhls brings us 80 CLOSE io
them and - near the CcuieTs of Their
hVes that We seem % be meddnng VITA
the business of Others. Tie condition
OF Others, the rich, tne poor etc, 81
concern me. The great opportunities
Of good are the frsl suggestions oi im-
mortality. Life Is a. too short o. do
wnat we aspire 10 do, II lu tine llie only
We have TINS opportunity. Now tie
question is. IA view Vi a. Ne have % dos
whose business ls ~ kYerybooy's 3.
That is the reason why tnis -
republic, because everything that
transpires is the business of everybody
else. Whatever occurs, We are ali
part of II. That - the reason why
women want 10 vote, because they al
feel that they are = part ot thls life
that Is surgIng about them. 50 tell nae
where my business ends and youTs be-
gins, and ! will endeayoT not 10 cross
that line
H. Mlllsrd spoke Of the necessity Of
harmony, Sno he seemed 40 10 eKag-
gerate the thing as 20 lead some 20 infer
that he would exalt harmony at tie
expense OF truth. The winkirg al
frauds, for instance, could not bo
tolerated some claimed, for the sake OF
harmony. On the subject OF fra uds,
Or. :. A. Thomas wanted the IELEG RAN
HERALD 10 say that the best eTposers
OF Splrituallst frauds are the spiritual
lets themselves. The gong about tho
country Of chariatAns exposing
Spirltualism are things OF the p&et.
Their tricks are known. IL others were
halt az vlgIisnt as spiritualsts them
selves in exposing frauds, there would
not be even Ss much deception Sc there
il. The conference adjourned amid that
best sort OF harmony IR which they
who have disagreed have 40 agreed 70
DO without any want Of charity.