Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-26

REV. DIR. D'BUCHANANE,

The chiefest feature OF yesterdays
entertainment at Tyler's Lake was the
address by DR.. De Buchanane OF Kan
sas city. II could scarce be called an
address. nor yet a lecture. II was
more nearly talk; but it was inter
estlng from the first TO the last SEN
tenoe. And they were more than an
hour apart.
DR.. De Buchanane's father was driv-
en- from France by the Commune. He
was the brother of the Duke OF Orleans
and cousin to tho last Of the Bourbons
His brothers did not get out OF France
with sufficient rapidly. and were all
gullotlned, and he himself was as
Fascinated By secret agents OF the
Commune when his son. who was born
In Haverhlll. Mass. was about nye
years old
DR.. De Buchanane Is magnetic
speaker, though IN his talk yesterday
afternoon he rarely made any oratOri-
cal effort. lie " medium height. of
wtry build, quick Of movement. bright
Ut eye, and sympathetic Of voice.
His subject was why I became q
spirltunlgt," which necessltatcd his
giving "A brief sketch OF his career
from the day OF his mothers DEATH
which was that OF his own birth, TO
the date OF hts conversion TO spiritual
lam. His life has been one Of mnuy
colors, and at times he drew tears to
the eyes Of his hearers HIS early child
hood was spent In the hard and UNI
yielding atmosphere OF pious Puritan
New England home, with great deal
OF hard work and the rlgors OF our
unbendlng religion" with never a ca
ress or "a word OF love. He early de-
termined to become lawyer, and for
that purpose he educated himself. clos
Ing his scholastic career With the de-
grees OF NJ. d. and Phi. u. from the
university OF Heidelburg.
When but little more than q boy he
entered the university OF the Congre-
gltlonal church. where he lahored Tor
twenty years, Then he announced him-
self an intldei. dcnouncing with all
the force OF scholarly manhood all
churches and religious creeds. "be-
cause." snid he, knew the orthodox
church To be q gross fraud ana It's
very foundations rotten and corrupt"
Then IN a simple but graphic man
nor. the speaker related the cirCum-
stances OF his mothers appearing to
him and assuring him that he should
give his life to the cause Of spirit
unlism
This scholarly gentleman will be &C
Tyier'a Lake for another week. and he
NAAhhAl " ifhihs Ills HfNl Aitlllt VIII
be What apirltualism IN and what II
teaches"
Last night Mrs Jennie Hogan Jack
son. an intellectual and cultured wo-
man. occupied the platform.
At the morning meeting yesterday,
which was well attended, letters Were
read from several persons rogrettiug
that they could not come to the camp
Col. James Hindman OF Illinois WAS
announced ma speaker who would
be with them on Friday next
Several persons had voluntarily np-
peared and pledged from S25 TO 500
each to make the camp Il success and
put II upon permanent footing,
The morning meeting was OF the
nature OF conference. devoted to
short talks, music, personal expert
enoe, and conference. II was sort of
Methodist love feast. In which every
body Toasted on advanced thought con-
corning spiritual and psychic subjects,
President Watkins began with an nc-
count OF his conversion from being an
ardent Methodist TO spiritualism His
experience was that while he was
poundly converted as he well knew. and
enjoyed His religion for many years
In the church, his conversion To the
higher, broader. purer and more spirit
uai life OF the new philosophy gave
him much more satisfaction than his
iormer belief did
Mrs. Hulburt OF Port Huron, Mich,
pwelt upon the great advantage OF
good such meetings as these do in
bringing together the bnst thoughts OF
AL. both carnate and decarnate.
Mrs. DIR. Leonard OF Alabama spoke
bf the dawn OF this new life and love
upon us.
Mrs, Crone OF Topeka spoke OF the
grand love feast ahe was enjoying thia
morning, though she was weary, hav-
lnB given many sittinga before the
meeting. Family and financial expert
tnces were dwrlt upon. and the sus-
lalning Influences thut aprituallsm
brought out as being far superior to
those OF 30 called orthodoxy. by means
Of Information recently from the spirit
world she had been able to save many
thousands OF dollars worth OF property.
a. Whiting of Ennis, Tex, dwelt up
ON his conversion from m0terlalsui
TO spirltuniism. This ism" he used
TO think the greatest humbug In the
world. He admitted, however. that he
knew nothing about II, and was. not,
therefore, capable of giving an opinion
concerning IL. Being yelling to inveati-
gate and acting with few friends,
they sat around a table in private. and
II was not long before messages were
received which they concluded must
como from decarnate intelligenccs One
OF the company was developed into en-
independent slate writer, and many
messages were received from persons
VINO luentiNfu themselves must Iuity.
BY such phenomena he was saved
from the unbellef OF the materinllstic
philosophy. There could be no decep-
tion IN Il, because these experiences
took place IN his own family and mouse,
The dance at the pavilion Tuesday
night was a grand success. The man
nxcnent was more than pleased. Some
SO tickets We're taken In. besldoa the
crowd ON the ground was large, The
decorum was excellent All seemed &
enjoy themselves immensely. II broke
up at about O'Clock.
Secretary ]. c. Mcconnell who was
called away suddenly to ylalt slSl,
brother Ut Bowie. returned today. lie
reported that the Fort Worth and
Denvev railroad had failed 10 sell tick
cts according 10 aryanigements 70 the
enrampment 1T one ana on4.thlrd
faref for the round trip.
AIR. q. +. Bowman. tho Fort Worth