Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-03-08
0rom our REGULAR correspondent

From Our Regular Correspondent
New York. March 3.-March 8, a Spir-
itualisuc Convention is in session j
have attended q sitting, and was i'm
pressed by the spirituelle appearances
OF the delegates. who seem as happy IN
their beliefs as are Swedenborgians at
funeral where radiant faces show
than their thoughts triumph over the
shadows Of death, and take comfort III
LongfeIow's sublime lines:
This life of mortal breath
lis but a suburb of the life elysian,
Whose portal we call death.
Which reference reminds me that New
York's late favorite newspaper cohIr'D-
utor. Bin Nye-whO has recently en-
tered that DOrtal-was fond OF quollns
@ verse written by the son OF Nye 5 LOT
mcr humorous confrete and lrlehu'
Burnett, the comedian, and reaolhS'
Death has no terrOrs, fears nor pAiils'
from life 90 bar my way;
/ 60 as from Siberian plains,
TO gardens of Cathay.
DO MEDIUMS POSSESS CATHODE
RAIS2
The deliberations Of the spirituaiists
have developed that some of the dele
gates-notably Mr.. Thomas Lees, OF
Cleveland. Ohio. and Mr. John William
FLETCHER. Of this city-believe that the
tubes used by Roentgen and Edison to
produce cathode rays which pierce
opacity. produce nothing more than the
mechanical naturalization Of spiritual
powers possessed by the animal organ
izations of mediums who read the
thoughts of others and make occult dis
coveries Attendance on the eonven-
ton also showed that there were spir-
ituausts who did not believe in the
physical or materialisdc manifesto
lions of spirits. and strongly opposed
nrslic exhibitions Of such. Certainly
enlarged physic advances since the era
the philosophy Of spiritualism has made
of the advert in this city Of the toe
sF..e,,ips- tx sisters. and the day OF
tbo legersenain 'of moving tables and
aoating roses in the atmosphere Of a
room
rz=SorAAAD EVIL SPIRITS.
D.. aVtsage splritualistic belief as
gored i'm this convention seems to ap-
Droacb that Of the swedenborgians.
who aHx faith to- q spiritual impress
IRON, the other world upon mortal
+bc,ohfs. and it may be recalled that
cwedenborg. In his trance-' isite ~, ~
10 The other world, found thaI at OH y"
every person was accorded the conn
nv of a good and of an evil angel VINO
offended throughout life with their us
tirct Influences. and that mortal eA-
is+eoce officially progressed according
es lbo sDiriual good or bad suggeS-
ti,ns were received and acted upon
tte Good being reGgi0usly or pOpulary
1-,ovrn MS conscience and the evil tax
i-~ tha form Of aiing 10 vice ana
ori.,s so bv the last named kind OF
Yielding the event occurred oescIloeu
Z, Rit1iral lore as the departure oil the
Eoiv Spirit irrevoceoly.
TIE DENCNIAC THEORY
Drrire my dozen years experience as
,,~ogocu+r- Of criminals in this city
toceue a necessary believer IN the
e~is.ence Of personal Satanas and
s,,hs.fiarv devils. who could, temporar-
a. 81 least possess men and women
.-5 rroe them to crime. Medical Jur-
t-,rrdence called it insane impulse;
+...- called To what the Old-fashioned
t-Jic+ments always recited as criminal
s-,+-,+io1 viz. moved and lnstlgated
.---...,,+o bv the malice of the devil.
49, vrrrtege still appears IN lnulcl-
marts Tor murders In England ana III
-.,-l,- aU our States. Except upon
ne possession by devils or as the Cath-
oiie church denOminates demons
co~id explain the motiveiesS crimes
l'.--e,t I'm n great city, and especially
--...,os ecainst individual policy of hap
.--. e~1 security Was there not the
- .,rrom Christ exercised and put
49, +bs drove of swine that rushed 10
-li--.,. - because the demon led
them2 --,,
rer UTILITY OF SPIRITUALlSM.
Another speaker at the convention
ssrsibiv dilgted upon the fact that the
egi-aff5n of spiriualis,s had at least
,r9r5er-ully Qu.ckencd psychic inyesu-
liens fu the world. dsadened super
i-ioDs fears of death. combsttsd inf
5efftv prom0ted confidence in immor-
80 and frightened speculation re-
es~5ing those mysteries as 20 the flu
5,,~s lffs that come into all Thoughts.
c;-aer icnoran,iy or intelligently
Ooculfism has acerIaiu home this
DIV more enlargedly than appears on
+be social or the newspaper surface.
p,,35bism has here its intelligent dis
80 end hypnotic ideas widely pre-
LII. while theosOphis,s are more nu-
..---,,,s ir New Yogk than people are
- of The lectures Of Prot Wright
ibeosophist of this city. are always
i.~gslv attended. and a recent volume
-, Incarnation has met with rapid
NEW works. DUDEDOM.
r-be increasing season Of Lent. and
tbs 7elr approach Of Easter with lis So
o,of Festivities has increased the popu-
N.--- r..-,,. f,. ont ~ nos thn