Telegram-herald., 1890-10-13
Mss JENNIE HACAN
Another Exhibition OF Her Strange
Power Last Eyenlng.
A LARGE AUDIENCE ASSEMBLED
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N0oa Hal, yesterday. Tue order OF
the services Was lAe same a. the society
COMMONLY observes, ard were OF =
strictly religious clsTscter. Some Of
the audience were particularly remind
ed OF this fact when, after the discours-
es were completed, they started 90
leave the hall. Miss Hagan requested
them not 70 hasten out. because they
Mere engaged in religious services. and
there wss as little prOpriety IA leaving
before the closing words than in leaving
any other religious meeting. The an-
dIence was larger than on previous Oe-
eas.ons this year, and the indications
are that the time is not far distant when
more commodious room viii have 10
be secured.
A larger number of subjects were
sent up TO the speaker than her time
and strength would permit her to DIS
course upon. The subjects taken, how
ever, were as powerfully treated as
those upon former occasions, and no
one would have noticed Miss Hagan's
failing physical strength if she herself
had not mentioned II.
The first subject taken up was,
"Wlll spultualisn be absorbed into the
organization and concentration Of
fOrcey"
The answer TO tins was the putting
with an oratOrical skill worthy of q
| Beecher. The flrst truth Is that truth
does not belong TO anv one class of
people, and 1t IS not suppossble that
AL OF the truth of spirtualism Will be
90 concentrated within any OrganlZs-
! ton that il can claim all of
1t. 1t is here, and II Is
not there. Spirituallsm is not some
thing that is gong to be, but
something that is now. 1t is now
quite as deep an ocean of truth az
If all the world recognized IT,.
Not all the spirituahsts OF the world can
absorb all OF sprtuallsnl. Pointing to
geranium in the boquet before her,
the speaker described It's formation by
the absorption of the light. We take
the perfect flower and admire intensely
its richness and beauty, but we do not
think that all of light mas gone into the
flower, and that there is not an ocean
of light still outside. So no church or
society will ever absorb all of spiritusl-
Ism within Itself.
But on the other hand the church of
today Is not the church of our child
hood and spiritual truth is now freely
preached and freely received, whicn
would not have been permitted few
years ago. We all know the effective
ness of united action IN all lines of
human endeavor. The bundle of rods,
difficult 10 break, and the same rods
taken singly, easy to break,
were cited IN illustration.
Her conclusion was that while
spirituallsm would always remain n
much larger thing than the church or
social organization, 1t is altogether
likely, reasoning upon the principles IN
volved and observing the movements III
that direction now actually before us,
spirltualism would ultimately reach
some organized form like the church.
The next subject was: care the
teaching of evolution better than the
so-calied teaching of reveiationY'
The answer to TINS was that 1t depends
upon how you a~e going to receive
them. Ii We receive unquestlOningly,
doing nothing but receiving, asking no
questions, but absorbing blndly all
| things presented TO US, neither evolu-
ton nor revelation Will do Us any good.
II you ask which W III teach the greatest
amount OF truth, 1t must be said that
It all depends upon the recipient.
| There are those who cannot grasp evo-
| luton, while there are others who
cannot have anything but the simple
truths of the Bible; while there are
| those who cannot abide the revelation.
| We cannot entold all of truth IN any
one word. evolution" Bible" or
revelation" That portion of truth
Is better tor that person who can best
| digest II.
The next subject was, "What is the
| Difference Between Christian Science
and 4 Roasted Snow-bali2'
THIS subject WAS treated with Miss
| Hogau's usual felicity. She did
not make the difference very wide.
When the child undertakes to roast on
the stove the frs; SNOWFALL II makes.
tho product IS not quite what the child
expects. but tho melted ice and the
vaporlzed water DO not 90 up in moth
/ ingness, surely. There IS something s.
a product. even II It be not the ex-
pecied product. 20 with Christian
/ science. The speaker SAID she
was not a Christian scientist,
/ but there = a great fact I'D It All. The
power of the mind over physical con-
/ ditlons has been established, aud what
/ ever truth there ism lt. - the truth Of
/ spirit. The origin Of Christian science
/ = not with Mrs. Ed lv, bat WITH man
I Of Portland, Ne, named Qumhy. from
/ whom Mrs. Eddy received &. and dealt
vith these truths At $500 = student. On
/ the main point. she sd. "Let Us not
I he impatient. We al nave plenty OF
I time 20 grow
The next subject WAS "The Phllos-
ophv Of SOai-ilfe. the Orthodox Heaven
F an Hell. Where L0cate3.T This vas
T treated in what tie speaker modesiiv
( ca led verse bgt it contained msnv
poetic passages
The folio~iug four subjects. which
were banded gp sepsrstely, ~ere
united INTO a single poem of great
strength md beauty
Tee loom of lie. The hand that
rocks the world. sm 7 my brother's
f keeuer. the sort of man fit Tor a has-
F band
There Vas one passage IN one r. the
F imnrov eel poems Whica ths aud .erce
were 4 spost - srp.s8d right on tbe
SPOT. Tn describing the q ssppearsnce
+ of ERE o'd IDEAS of heaven and heli n
TIE ~ srgegne1t of the former 81
+ tae contraction of the lstter. she made
E st. Peter lay BIS psTt "a the change,
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