Evening star., 1901-10-17

ment, but did net defend the sent organ
| ization of the lyceuA. Fvote was then
about to be had wherspys the lyceum should
merge with the Natidrals Association, but
| on reference to the lyceum charter this ac-
| ton was found to be- impossible. Accord
ingiy the officers of the lneeum withdrew.
canvassed can the matter aI|bng themselves
that the national body af1iliate itself with
the Lyceum Association This action-which
had the effect of making ths lyceum a SUBJ
oro!nate factor of thegNatibnal Association
OF Spiritualists-was taken with practical
unanimity
Both the delegates ao thaSconvention and
the non-spirituaists who have attended its
program. Necessary aehanees had allotted
the time for the first address to Prof. Lock-
wood of Chicago, who with President Bar
rett represents the scholar element Of spir-
nounced as "A Phiiosophic Defense of Spir-
ituaiisrl Miss Susie e. Clark of Cam
prl1ge, Mass, who delivered the second
aouIess, outlined creed for spiritualists
Which was enthusiastically received.
Prof. Lockwoods argument was in brief
as follows:
That the invisible forces of nature are
IN. .he chief facts in "cosmic philosophy
Ina. III the consideration of invisible forces
the power of one mentality "over his fell
-oW must be reckoned; that we live in a
Morld or cosmic phen onnena"; that every
physicist knows he deals regularly with
facts not perceptible by the senses: that If
an onnipotent God reigrs these invisible
1orces must be the product of His mentaii-
W tnat nature evolves 'format tive forces
or which the products are only the phe-
homena; that these formative forces are
Oh psy chic nature; that these psychic forces
operate in camera" in the invisibility of
tne caoinet; that in the process of nature
everything depends on structure and that
structure depends on the formative psychic
Iorce5 OF nature; that IN lieu of death ma
tha. mas PROVIDED grander sequence"
ia, Ina. IN earth-l1fe" mentalites are CORE
Iaieu' tnat these mentalities with their CO.
Ielauons cannot possibly be annihilated !:
that the food taken into the body Is origi-
nadea a6 al IN n the same force as the human soul
a.non sn hnally, that if these premises be
liue the correlation of mentalities extends
undoubtedly beyond the grave
Creed Announced.
Miss Clarks creed was offered in the fol-
lowing form: = a.
First We believe in the Great Spirit of
Life What 1t is We know not. We affirm
Spirit as the only reality, the supreme
potency, the eternal source and goal of all
conscience life; the matrix of all possibili-
ties. f'
Second. We claim the generic kinsbin
and universal brotherhood of man We
claim the unbroken companionship and in
tercourse of souls under all circumstances
present or absent, embodied or disembodied,
bond or free
Third. Linked thus by the solidarity of
the race in an indissoluble union-to which
the chemical change called death is no bar
nor hlndrance-We immortals in both
realms, visible and invisible, together hand
IN hand, soul to soul, fearlessly, reverently
seek for truth, the highest truth whose con-
cept1on can be mastered, the truth which
maketh free from all bondage physical.
mental or creedal
Fourth. And to this end we Spiritualists
would aspire to the noblest expression of
physieai life, to universal love for all
mankind, an unexcepting charity for the
WayWard and errlng, a tender compassion
for the weak, a strong defense of the
downtrodden both human and animal, and
unselfish, valiant, altruistic service to all
the world Sc Il
Feature of Chief interest.
The feature of the, program which was
of chief interest. however,I.wa the seance
conducted by Mrs May s.. Pepper, one OF
the most widely celebrated mediums known
to Spiritualism. She followed Mr.. j. Homer
Altemus, whose spirit messages were re-
ceived and transmitted to the audience in
the usual form-by walking up and down
the asles, recting the message and deliv-
ering 1t to some one 1of the delegates by
the surname first and then by the last
name, usually spelled fba ckRard. Mrs. Pep
per's methods Requirement. ? She had
President Barrett call for sealed letters
from any one in the audience. The response
measure. Then she, stood on the stage,
picked up the letters aene by one, worked
them through her fingers and read
through the envelopes the name of the
sender, the substance of the letter and the
reply which the sender sought. She identi-
fled the writer, first according to the Sec
ton Of the hall in which he sat, then by
small group and lastly by naming the
Individual. To the Spiritualists the exhi-
bition was remarkable demonstration of
their faith. The others in the hail. proba-
bly, 200 or 300 persons accepted 1t as a
most wonderful instance of mind reading.
Friday is regarded as the most important
day of the convention. 1t is to begin with
the dedication of the national headquarters,
No. 600 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, at
8 o'clock. In the morning all the legisla-
ton now unfinished will be considered. A
call is to be made at the White House at
1890. The afternoon program includes the
election Of officers. In the evening Mrs
Pepper and Miss Gaule will receive spirit
messages.