Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-14
IN SPIRITS
Third Annual Convention of the
National Spiritualist Association.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS AND MEDIUMS
Program of the Different Sessions
to Be Held.
DELEGATES NOW HERE

| The third annual convention of the Ma
| tional Spiritualist Association will be held
in Masonic Temple tomorrow, Wednesday
and Thursday. There will be three sessions
| each day, and the evening meetings will be
addressed by some of the most prominent
| speakers and test mediums in the United
States.
| The first days session will convene at 10
| o'clock am. tomorrow. The opening ad-
| dress will be delivered by the president of
| the association, Mr.. H. D. Barrett. Mrs.
| Cora L. v. Richmond will deliver the adj
dress of welcome to the delegates, and Mrs.
| Colby Luther will respond on behalf Of the
delegates. The standing committees will be
| appointed, and the committees on creden-
| tials and rules will then report. The after
| noon session, convening at 2 o'clock, will
| be devoted to the report of the president,
| the secretary, the treasurer and the finance
committee. At the evening session, at 7:30
o'clock, Mrs. A. NJ. Jacques will present a
| national flag to the convention, which will
| be accepted by Mr.. Milan c. Edison with
| appropriate remarks. Mrs. Rachel Walcott
will deliver short address, after which
| there will be a test by the well-known me-
| dunn, DR.. G. c. B. Ewell. Mrs. Ida P. A.
Whitlock and DR.. George A. Fuller will de-
| liver short addresses.
work OF other Sessions.
The second days session will be devoted
| to routine business in the morning and af-
| ternoon, and in the evening there will be
| addresses by Mrs. NJ. T. Longley. Prof W.
| M Lockwood and Mrs. NJ. E. Cadwallader,
and tests by Mrs. J. ]. Whitney and Miss
| Maggie Gaul. The morning and afternoon
| meetings of the third days session will be
| taken up with regular business, including
| the election of delegates to the interna-
of airff lets md ha
election of officers. In the evening there
will be addresses by Mrs. A. NJ. Glading.
Mrs. Luther and Mrs. Richmond, and tests
| by Mrs. Maggie Waite and Mrs. Edgar w.
| Emerson. Music and devotional exercises
| will be features of every session.
| The committees of arrangements for the
eonyention are as follows: Reception, Mrs
Mrs. b. B. HILL Mrs. Milan C. Edson
music. Mr.. Milan e. Edison; entertainment,
Mr.. I. j. Mayer and Mr.. F. b. Woodbury.;
| printing. Mr.. H. d. Barrett and Mr.. L. ].
Mayer; program. Mrs. NJ E. Cadwallader
and Mr.. H. D. Barrett.
The Sergeant-at-arms of the convention
| will be Mr.. Charles r. Schrm; musical d.
| rector. Mr.. FIear; reading clerk, Mr.. John
EgSleston; assistant secretary, Mr.. William
4! G. Richmond.
Some Already Here.
! Among the prominent spiritualists who
| have already arrived are the following: B.
| B. Hill and wife, Philadelphia, Pa; Mrs.
! Cadwallader, Philadelphia, Pa; H. W.
| Richardson, East Aurora, NY; Mr.. Frank
| Walker. Hamburg. n. Y; Miss E. J. Wal
ker, Hamburg, N. Y; DR.. H. A. Paxson and
| wife, Hamburg. N. Y; Dr. A. H. Richard
son. Heniker. N. H.; Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C.
| Palmer. Michigan; Mr.. L. v. Moulton.
Michigan; Eben Colby and wife, DR.. U. K
| Mayo. Mr.. and Mrs. Simeon Snow, Moses
T. Dole, Mr.. and Mrs. James b. Hatch, ST.,
| Mr.. and Mrs James b. Hatch. jr.. Prof.
| Longiey Rev. NJ. T. Longley, all of Boston;
Rev. Cora L. V. Richmond, Mrs. Chapman.
| Norwich. Conn; Albert Blinn, Isaac P.
Walton, Tyrone, Pa; Mrs. A. NJ. Glading
Doyiestown, Pa; DR.. H. B. Storer.
This evening at o'clock a reception will
| be rendered the visiting delegates at Ma
| tional Temple, No. 6O0. Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast, which is expected to be an
| interesting social function, preliminary to
! the convention, and all friends of spiritu-
alism will be welcome.
The National Organization.
A recent number of one Of the official
| organs of Spiritualism gives the following
history of the national organization:
For many years Mr.. John B. Wolff was
| a prominent citizen of Washington, D. c.,
| and one of the leading Spiritualists of the
| nation. He was, fer a long time, the eff
Client president of the society there, and
contributed to all of the Spiritualist papers
! in England and America. He was an ar
| dent advocate of organization, hence wrote
| About ten years since he entered spirit life.
Prior to his transition he was heard to
| say that he should work for Spiritualism
| and for national organization. just as earn
| estly in spirit-life he had done upon
| earth. During the winter of 1929 Mr..
| Wolff frequently materialized through the
| mediumship of Mrs H. V. Ross in Wash
| ington, and told the friends to whom he
appeared that the time was ripe to move
| for a national association. One of the at
| PENDANTS at these seanceS was Maj R. A.
Dmmick, to whom Spirit Wolff especially
directed his remarks. Maj. Dmmick was
| informed that he was the man selected to
take the initiative in this important move
ment.
He was repeatedly urged to do so. and
| finally, being impelled by a strong band
| Of spirit helpers behind him. he communt-
| Gated the idea to a party of gentlemen
| with whom he was conv ersing upon the
subject of spiritualism. They urged him to
act at once, agreeing with Spirit Wolff
that the time was ripe for a national or
ganization, and that that end could be
comprised through national convention,
| the city of Chicago. So thoroughly were
| they convinced of the practicability of this
plan that they determined to appeal to the
| Spiritualists of the United States, to see
| If others felt as they did in regard to the
| matter of a national convention through
which could be inaugurated a ma
tional organization. They set to work i'm
mediately, and organized a committee of
the pulse Of the Spiritualists of the nation
could be felt in regard to the subject
"Of this committee Milan c. Edison was
chairman, Maj. Robert A. Dimmick, cor
responding secretary, and Mr.. Henry Stein
berg, treasurer. The other two members
| We're Theo. ]. Mayer, present treasurer Of
the National Spiritualists Association, and
Mr. Oscar w. Humphrey, one of the
stanchest friends of the National Spirit
ualists' Association in the United States.
This committee held a number of meet
ings, and no little work done by them
in order to enable them to carry their
cherished plan into effect After mature
del!beration the committee decided, by a
unanimous vote, to try to call a conven-
ton on the delegate plan. They then IS
sued a call to the country"
A Declaration of Principle.
The convention was held and the follow
ing was adopted as declaration of prin-
ciple:
Therefore, We, the delegates to the ma
t;onal convention of Spritualists of the
United States of America, of the year 1893,
affirm a belief in the continuity of all life
ard its operations in accordance with intel
ligent law, and we affirm Knowledge CT
i conscious spirit individuality after transit
ton, with the power Of communicating
under proper conditions, and in accordance
with natural law, with spirits incarna.e;