Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-02
THE SPlRITUAL|STS
Holding Their Third Annual
Convention at WaterviIle.
Remarkable Series Of Tests Given by
Medium Edward Emerson.
Spirits Of the Departed Return With MESSAGES
TO Loved Ones.

Waterville. Me, Sept 30.-(SpeciaD.
The forenoon session Of the third an
nual meeting Of the Maine State Asso-
citation Of Spiritualists, held in the city
hall, Saturday and Sunday. was rot
largely attended but more arrived on
the later trains. At the morning SEES.
sion that opened at 10 o'clock there
We're something like 200 people in at
tendance. these being the most promi-
ncnt workers of that creed in the State.
In the abserce of President A. j.
Weaver, the meeting was called to or
der by Vice President A. II. Backing
ton, and President Harrison Barrett Of
the National Association was called to
preside. The Invocation by Edward
Emerson was followed BY remarks BY
Vice President Blackineton.
The routine business was then taken
IN. The presidents report showed
that there is an increase Of interest in
the State in the work Of the associa-
ton. The forenoon session was dev0t-
ID To appointing committees and hear
ing ports. IN the afternoon the SEES
sion was devoted first to the election OF
these officers recommended by the
nominating committee: President \
II. Blackington. R0ck land: vice presi-
dents. Mrs. Sarah J. Clifford. Portland
4. W. Stewart, Augusta; secretary.
Mrs. Viola Round, Hprtland treasurer.
2. NJ Bradbury. Fairfield; trustees. r.
". Woodman. Wes,hrook. Robert Hay
den. Athens: r. Il. Wood. Portland: T.
Lewiston; II. n. Howard Skowhegan;
MIS-. NJ. J. Wentworth. Knox. Dele
gates to the national convention, a. II.
Blackington, Rockland, Is. NJ. Brad
bury Fairfield.
The delegates were Instructed to give
their support to the reelection OF
President Barrett. at the national con-
vention. The matter Of support to the
National home was brought up and So
was subscribed. The State association
has already on hand 5000 which will be
turned in toward the support Of the in
stitutien. In a recent letter To The or
gan Of the association ain Offer was
made that $4,000 worth Of property
would be given toward the establish
ment ~ a home on the condition that
the association would raise $4,000; in
addition a series Of paintings. valued at
$500 will be given. The National As
ISOLATION is hard at work trying to
raise this amount and the State Asso-
citation is doing her part in the work.
The remainder of the afternoon SEES
sion was devoted to an address by Mrs.
NJ. j. Wentworth of Knox.
In the evening when tests were given
and an address delivered the hall was
well filled, Il good part Of the seats in
the body Of the house being taken. The
address of the evening was delivered
by Pres. Barrett. After reading the
Mount of The Holy Cross" he went
on TO say that if he We're to do nothing
else than read that poem he would be
doing his part. He divided his lecture
into several parts. first showing why
phenomena proved the theory of the
Spiritualists and at the same time ridi-
cUlinG some of the doctors and minis
ters for the stand they had taken in
The matter. Then he passed on TO an
ether point. that if one soul is saved
then all are. Again he passed on to the
matter of eternal life, saying that it
was one Of the laws of the physical life
anu iiioil tiit SdIIlt ult must iiplI s9pOd
in the spiritual life.
In the fourth division OF his lecture
he became bitter and sarcastic and q
the same time highly amusing On ac-
count Of the flashes Of Wit that were
creeping through this part. He re-
called the theory of some. that when
person has passed beyond. there repose
is. This he disagreed with. but said
no Of
and that each Will carry on the same
work he now has but in more per-
fected and higher state II too. he |
he said. shall be carrying on the same |
work | am now doing. But some of |
you say that I viii not pass to that |
eternal life since | am Spirtualist. If |
that is so and | go to He'll ! will find !
Abraham Lincoln there freeing slaves. |
will find Huxley there. ! will find |
Ralph Waldo Emerson there for all |
these ard many more believed in |
Sniritualism. And ] have come to the |
conclusion that it Will not be very |
disagreeablc place for they say that |
Ralph Waldo Emerson is cold enough !
TO freeze He'll over. He has now been |
there IS years if their theory is true, so |
that by this time He'll must be pretty |
comfortable place to live in.
with this company it will be most |
desirable place to live in. We Will es |
tablish schools there he continued, |
telling what improvements he would |
make in He'll should he get there, and |
we won't kill off thousands Of soldiers |
for the sake of freeing few blacks |
who were well off and fighting for their |
frped dom (AOn1auSp)
They saw that we won't have to
work in Heaven. but all that we will |
have to do will be to take it easy and
play on harps Of gold. / don't know
a note of music and have TO ear for it.
If I play on q harp some one will have
to teach me and that will be work for
some one I can assure you.
''They say that the streets there are
of gold. Our own people are even now
talking of going to Africa to get gold
and many are.n now going. If these peo-
pie go to Heaven they will soon want
to dig up the gold and someone will
have to invent pickaxe to get it out
with. ] can tell you that Yankees
won't be in Heaven a great while, if
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