Telegram-herald., 1890-02-24
THEIR LAST DAYS SESSION.
The Michigan State Association OF
SplrltualisIs Aojourns FOR Year.
Elsqaeat Address by hou. l. '. a"~t''"
Ard others- nr. keid's tiatEA"-
dient Iest.

-aA Nk2 tE Ar'Ss a t-N.A IA
was car1sed out q, announced. Al the
meetings throughout the day were
T largely attended, while the attendance
+ IN the evening filled the hall 70 sufoca-
ton. The meeting opened With an in-
vocation by the chaplain, Mrs. ssrah
Graves. short speeches or poems were
gwen by j J.. Lndsley. llr. . -.
+ Thomas. Mrs. Graves, Mrs.. &. IL.
! Hucklev. after which thc address 81
/ the evening Was gwen by lion. J..
/ NOultOn. who spoke earnestly ana eio-
: qucuiiy tOr alout forty minutes oh
''Ihc Signs ot the Times.
/ The inst part of tAc address WAS de-
/ voted o. copl0us historical ilusual-oh
Of the universally prevalent habit oi
OF mankind 10 Sc the temporal Signs
1 which lic about them, taking n the
chief events of time from julius t8sar
/ 70 Abraham Lincoln, winch bore upon
this proposition. When Jesus ol NaJ-
. afcth appeared there WAS lallule u dis
corn the signs oil the time. t'recian
/ and Roman CIVILIZATION went down
through this cause. The southern re-
bclhOn was thc outcome OF tle same
cause. The world AT large today lies I'D
the same blindness 10 the signs OF the
times.
The first sign of these present times
10 which the speaker alluded was the
growing tendency OF man 60 assert the
purely human factor ln the problem OF
existence. lie believed III the one
omniDotent God and Creator as Tcvcr-
emily a any man need. But the older
superstition of throwing al events upon
great power 10 be- propluated, and
making the deeds of man 10 count for
nothing, was slowly passing away. \
theology is arising which recognizes the
cooperation of man with COD, the
| human with the divine.
The second sign l. the march Of me-
chanical invention, and il points 10 the
fact that man Is shortly 10 become the
master OF vast physical field, the
limits OF which. though man cannot
now exactly prophesy them, will bc
enormously wide.
Third, Man is a three-fold nature-a
material body, an intellectual nature
and a moral nature. The failure here
tofore has been in triple
development of this triple nature.
The speaker recitcd the many
! causes that have retarded this uniform
ity OF development, and claimed that
in this age, one of the sure signs OF the
tines Is that man has Just reached ms
intellectual nature. The physical aud
emotional, in the various institutions OF
the past, have been developed at the eX-
pensc of the intellectual. But today
the crying need IL, and there are signs
that 1t IS coming, some form OF thcOlo-
gy that viii meet the wants of our cul-
1 tft-gtoH nt.fl,..4fta1 fhr
reason OF man Is coming to the front
means that everything must 90 which
VIII not meet the Slgns of the times.
And SO, sid the speaker, Splrituali,m
becomes a necessity, and Is the great
! necessity of these tinscs. H dwclt,
Wlth much effectiveness, ON the com
mon charge that Spirltuallsm is con
temptiblc by reason of Is number
place in a proud age. But he replied
that no great truth ever came through
grand sources. The pride and great
hess Of the world have chiefly oc-
cuplcd themselves IN CXtcrminatng
the truth 10y force, and they are itching
To perform this process today upon our
dcspiScd sect. For one, lac was glad
OF TINS, for If a truth was worth the
preaching, it was worth suffering for
He welcomed the prosecutions OF
tic high and great. for
there was purifying and Il refining
process IN il. He wanted to zee the
fires rage 50 hot that they would burn
out every selfish motive every un-
worthy ambition, and to chase from the
ranks every medium who exercised
his gifts for nothing better
than personal gain. When this
great result was achieved. then would
the millions of men stand hv hlS dc IN
declaring this his faith and best con-
yictiOn, viz: The Fathcrhood oi God.
the brotherhood of man, and tho right
hand Of fellowship of the angels Of
God.
The speaker sat down amidst per
feet ovation of applause.
The remainder Of the evening was
devoted 10 five minute speeches. many
OF which were under >prt control. OF
the latter. :. T.. Johnson. of this Ctv.
poke under tnc control of spirit that
must have been present whom they
quit work ON tine tower OF
Baqol. for il was q language which the
omn-lnguistic +. ). 4. has never
known. Mrs. Bible aud Nh. Jcirics
sang q duct under ludnu control.
Pres WIscy, of the Grand Rapids
Spiritual lulog. gav, some c.Hrroy
readings DR. q. p. Thomas and
others, also. spoke under control. Dr.
Rod after persistent invitations gave a.
tno test of c.airauiIeucc. SIS. Wood
rui. Of South Haven, "a cllIIII..- OH
lady. full oi al sweet -a-. ~he
, spoke wtn au cIogacnCo, r-trYs and
charm which mc.fci aI hearts. H1
speech, printed u f1.I would stand as