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Ibe doling oak ofl for Industrial dlseonkec ad 1 uneaiployed—when I oJuid and free soup for bet's ‘•condition I#* he said that the wage-' kept pace In Improved t with Ihe genera^ ,nd t-h a t progress of the country, — h In all ways ore Improved, Including the |" 0
of baaVen and hell In oar present life, be stands where all llafhrlallsts stand; main* -through any grocest ■ipuly gp of la6or-savlng lanor-savlni and bow to avoid the one and secure the other tuinlng that nilnd*bullj|lng, as be says Is a producing ageneles.und, ,n R „]Pa8Ure unfolded. . piece of physical mechanism." Then "a pleea 'X'lVr.V' i™ "A .Imple Hluilratlon will g lv eio m t Idea of of phyalnl mecUnl.m" become! g mlml-tmlldilblulor eo*cjilletl over plin’ of I’rof. Uulcs' line of Investigation,*nd the cor. er.eieT So soy. Materialism.Ifintle, Ibo bral, • I h|U>(£ rr.poaalblc for the In- fa tn e s s of ble Inferences. Three pLipple. were cell, niuit flrvt be developed bvfure (here Is S f i S r S e ? ■‘>(Bl«l»rere. »nd should , from the same litter. No. 1 -received do to y thought, a . bo H y s,‘ lf the baby srtre born I answer this proposition with a new horn np.jfp rtffirS s. f M i'r n u J 'lm liu u S , / riktIuI attention. The syee of So. I Were wltboot A p, .eneee whatever, end ucqulred I plication of Brother Weaver’s own words, when E y w to awe tar .m l support the mi- roverrd so tb it not a rey of light could enter none, Jt would hnve ^heolutrly nomlnd.". I M b j. II most emphatically affirm: “Exactly the opfrom ltd birth; No. 3 was subjected th a care- the semes nro developed of mind, ena not bpj I poslte Is true.” For when Mr. Weaver used this ■ K e iPKard wIth alarm and fu| course of educatlan of Ihe eight. Tbn anl- gnlnenld. tint thole they are necessary'to, or phrase In Its negative sense he must bav H mSMIius trained, learned to dlMrlmtostcpfteeil erestor of mind, husnot yet been proved, looked! tho fact that to-day there are probably 1 t f f l j l j f f l j K s g l t j J unemplScU with bullets! illlforcnt shade, of colors. Tim simple Illustration of Jho pap, If followed as many, y. If not more unciiiployed^menln t5u*,3»Instead of bread or ••After n while these three dogs word killed, to Its sequel, will leujl oat of Ihe materialistic of work as there are men In actual employment, ‘[and examined. The parts of the brain which* slough where so many professor? of science and land that this latter class, which even that klrij (■lion, yrlth the preamble, was passed have to do with the function of sight were religion are wallowing. We know wRut be says of commercial and political plutocrats, Chimney lf { * j0ot | |WgD})ng voice wholly undeveloped In the pup* that bad been Is true, that when wo rightly train ft’ dog, it has M. Depew,estimates at ,two million to three P o s i t i o n embodied In th at preamble blinded. In the educated pup they were more Intelligence thgji ordinary. The dog la million are no less “working men” and women, vVry heart o f the industrial' sit- twonty-llve times belter developed than In Ihe not and can not be self-disciplined. The masand honest citizens, than are there raoro fortun*. ffij practlcolly deny1 o r Ignore It ordinary dog, ns represented by No. 1, being In tor's thought outside ol ihe dog Is registeredin |nte brothers and sisters who, temporarily, have jitely lead the rnce hack to bqrbar- fact nearly equal to the same proportions of a the dog’s brain-cells; hence the facility with *cents a copy. It>lea-wonder- stnictlon. , \ slbllliy a sensitive psychometytst Can Tend the But even this does not alte r the general sit-, |uation. I t is simply a change of relative posi-l " 1 of ^ llh s o p b y and fact, and should] “ druin-bulldlng Is, par rsftU. m . / t f j c science Ure-hUtory of the distant individual to whom tion on the part of the upper and "under dog", bqio thclfiwne of every Spirit ualist. For sale o t th e future. How Is man to get more mind? it belongs. This is seeing .without eyes and in a Oght fo r the same bone, which through the a tS & o fflc e or aU F . dJ. Woodbury, Secretary Upon-the answVr to th a t question the prospects hearing without ears, relentless evolution o f m achinery—th a t Is I . N H h | «• v j of the race depend. Who caiF doubt th a t the The thinking world will put ItseU "right H n w P e n n s y l v a n i a owenfle, u .•nrnored fln i b i _ k _ __ k s . E, Bnsh- human fira in o l ten thousands of years hence Up wlfh care" when it can think Inferior and jo rn ered hv by ,capital—is constantly becoming ? '-9*A-MOLf’cnna^iranla Imore dry and'barren o f m eat gSK pS [Will produce ideas far heyond t£e capacity of beyond the senses; If It can for once pereelgp th e b eat piece of tliought-m ethan^m of to-day? the truth, th at the sensea^of lMm*rtr««, aroAuat L i t is n ot a p re tty picture, and I am only too w J I u e B f tr ta f tk rrytb a t It Is exceedingly 100 aru not throui ^ Entity. for.v isio n will remain rudim entary. Suppose IDings-arffraaliirred. I t Is this Intelligence, include \Vith those who have stea d y ■ the samff Infant to have been born deaf and the cal1 mlnil or spirit, that can fed does mould roent a t living wages tho equally larg e numl areas of hearing will be likewise undeveloped. *na ere/ore susceptible of the highest mental Un |tva t bears bis name. J. 0 . BARRETT. it were something purely spiritual. In truth, Possibilities. The resu lt Is th a t when we average m atter! {between labor’s rig h t ond left w in g -th o se whq I t I s astonishing how th e m ental threads of it Is a piece of physical mechanism. Beginning I F irst principles—all philosophy, all medical are doing active fighting in the campaign ^ bstraet M aterialism, absolutely shorn or nil with a child, it may he put together bit by bit. Ia rt- a " government, all character most build •'Every thought 'which enters the mind is ‘^ re o n , or oar foancl.tloo Is bat sand and oar life and those who are lying Idle in th e ir teiT Dlritanl activities concerned,have woven them[for w ant of arm s and am anition - th e whom Li ./m. in irr'ev e ry popular profession. "The registered _________In PU P .,.... by ua vchange u u ...v .u t 0strneL,uv, bm se the brain In iu the not 8ta" a ” 1 8honld « that the arm y is reduced to half pay and half ratio n s! i S o m ' b ettcr Republic) o f Heaves” has no ta re of lie cells. The change | a physical 18 I If this rule of reasoning is correct and wlil| Lmraition in o n r legislation. In our oonrta of change, more o r less permanent. Bad thonghts ‘Je splr t principle In medicine that cores a [‘work both ways,’’ can I t tru th fu lly be said Lwta oar1medical arte , in our popular presses, build up strueterea of cells which engender ' ‘ ^ ‘Icnt.vrea-l a l o h a v e to acknowledge [that the working men, as a class, "have betten i svea ln onr pulpits except w hat Is theoretl- evil Ideas, and good thoughts contrariwise. It S the spirit prindp!^athat qalckens. iogerms, [homes with b etter furnishings, b etter food, And [ S torrewed This Is a brood statem ent o f Cheerfnl thinking mokes « happy disposition, » Hvl"K body, whether plant, m.in g reater abundance, m ore hours fo r enJo«B b r o f ^ y " T p S l ! t i r , ' „ t o e to iJ !e W lfhe?t.lndalge" C C me'nDCh0* h"5 ”" 0P-M lte| T h { n p L . 1 p M ^ p h v .c e p le s Ihese meat, and culture, and rest, more books, more e a g e o ip u j's ' «*Th« u • • #. *, . premises: That spirit is coosative toorganlzamusic,or a t least more means for the p u rch ased ! ket of ,11re, an ago of property-gobbling, of The psycho-physicist can tak e a discouraged, f, a ll these, provided th e means a re n o t s q aan -l «-0 the w all everybody who can n o t 1ambitionless, and melnncholy person and with* | J 1,’ , . . . . .... ... ... now ,8* 0fficial cords ,Ddebtedne89_as and non-pnrtizan he figures prove this rc be U dered b iv u u n ut .the uv d salo u .vo un H;, .In u -•*»■» Bne, b etter o p p o rt|n l^ t l yv,uul l>ntly gnuy C enough n O U )(U IU to 0U1IIU stan d UIUUC, alone, UU an ago U1 of | IU In OIA elx H weeks CCA3 LrU transform IlSlUH U UIU1. him. lHe ie W will ill DO be pP“t U l II f t 8 c08 t “ n,atter. S “ ■ yond all possible doubt. ties for a b etter and higher life in every, way Kdividdality n o t o f human brotherhood, an age through a coarse o f mental lessons. To begin crJ That spirit, as a rital eue, permeates all things Never before has the prospect of liquidating than they enjoyed In former.nges.” ?) |Tr cj08ljc Rome revisod and Improved to de- with, he will be taught to rehearse for one hour L ' or even reducing this indebtedness through lean the minutest part, making all worlds and THE INDUSTRIAL CONDITION. P.nn iI t t.rnt.hfnllv h a proclaim nrni-lnim pfl th n (h o . . j _____ j . a « I h Iu I a « » a t h a u , i n a o Ii <1ntr « i i ka tru th fu lly be ed th a lt the lop tlue .body and ad m in ister to the body, un noti 1 aeach day all tthe pleasurable memories tO their machinery living, throbbing, acting em farm products been so notoriously barren and [toiler’s "condition has k ep t pace in Improved Imakt the body th e rainistrnnt of spiritual he can summon up. He w ill deliberately slender, all over the land, as it now Is bodiments. A Statement of Existing Facts. Iment with the general progress o f th e coon owtbaud ch aracter. L e t us not discoant its [devote more lime to eheerful and agreeaThat man physical is what man spiritual, de Never before have farm ers been evicted— try?" when every Industry through which be Icessuies and benefits. Certain It Is th a t hu- ble thoughts. By th is means more blood veloping inconjunction, has evolved from the A F R IE N D L Y P R O T E S T . literally "driven from sea to sea,” to the ex earns support—from the m achinery whereby*! nn spiritualities a re b ut sickly qualities and nourishment will be directed' to th o se1 structures, tent they now are. Tens of thousands of men [he sows and h arv ests the grain, th e elevator Less th e physical houses in which they parts of the brain which produce such pleasant i D . . The West Speaks to the East. [Irtue p f this Interchangable corre who, ten and even five years ago, w ere-th e Iwhere It Is stored, the mill w here it is groand, fe to ict are rig h tly cared for and developed. Ideas. Correspondingly, the parts th a t Ku veliaHor! ’ninn lation, man has external affections and menowners of happy homes are to-day homeless the railw ay th a t carries It to m a rk et an d so Imalo splendid human animals Is a consider- birth to unpleasant feelings and recollections ^ M utualism th e Saving V irtue of Civilization. wanderers, liable to arrest as "vagrants’* sim all the way down to th e very coffin in which be , on I,deed. We shall n o t hnve decency of | wm be deprived of nu tr Ion nnd n length will fMtIon9 and mentalities i nnd so of the senses. ply because a combination of tax gatherers, lis.buried, is owned, cornered, and m anipulated JAMES C. CLARK. en am m eter, much le s s governm ent, until .become atrophied. Following this plan, the and so of all the powers and functions of the railroads,elevators,and milling tru sts and usury for "all the traffic will bear"- by p riv ate ayndi- ] len a;d women have stro n g healthy bodies, man is transform ed from a victim of melun1‘house we live In.” Rev. A. J . Weaver’s article In the L ight or^ leaches have system atically conspired to rob cates and tru sts? nt ifwe discover In th e much-needed evolu- choly and despair Into a happy citizen, a Joy to | That the brain cells are the electric batteries, T r u t h fo r November 24th on the industrial s lt - ^ e n i. These combines n ot only fix prices to suit pn o good physical specimens, th a t the ends himself nnd others. so to speak, by which the man of two-world nation, and the causes of unrest and discontent, I I t is through these varied means, together themselves and control the law s of supply and [eatained only a s o u r bodies become "fit "L et the esoteric mind-builder syslematleal- [relationship use3 his body and thence uses contains so much tru th and is expressed in such with the lack of organization in a period of demand—w ithout even consulting th e laborer! [ihp*B for the holy s p irit to dw ell In,” the ly devote an hour each day to calling up pleas- w hat he can utilize from his environment. an excellent sp irit th a t I dislike to criticize it. general organization all around him on the p art and producer—b ut have absolute control o f all lunlllnes or am bition w ill have to bo directed ant ideas and memories. Let him summon That thonghts, as real entities, ore cell de But while, in the mien, I most heartily In- ° r capitalists and wage-workers, th a t the tra- governm ental m achinery, including the P resi I auses, to first principles, to "the spirit, | those finer feelings oribenovolence;and unsclfish- velopers truly, and if the thoughts proceed dorse his conclusions, especially those relating ditionnl "Independent farm er" has become the dent and bis Cabinet, and, th ro u g h th e l a t t e r lit giveth life," A h ealth y body, a ju s t i ness which are called up In ordinary life only from the spiritual affections, the brain cells to the coming change of systems, and the ne* ,nost dependent creature to be found In our are now try in g to co rn er the people's circulat prnment and a h u m anitarian society, arc now and then. Let him make this a regular ex- become batteries of spiritual incentives like to cessity fo r th is change, I regard the following “free and Independant republic. (?) O f course ing medium. N tantof th e h ig h er spiritu alities or love erclse, like swinging dumbbells. Let him passage a s not only misleading b at fundament- the /«rm« rem ains steadfast under th e same In conclusion I wish to pdd th a t I indorse Mr. H thought. T h at m an o r woman lives gradually Increase the time devoted to these like. That, as the sun limns Its colon upon the ally false in statem e n t: sun, stars, and skies, w ith the same dews Weaver’s philosophy, which is sound, inspiring] k s t , does th e b est w ho Is "sp iritu ally dis-1 psychical gymnastics, giving to them sixty or flowers basking la Its warm light, so the aspir Why does all this belong to this age? Why *nd »!iow«r»- and sunshine railing upon nnd In direct line with the best th o u g h t an d as* rod.” * • I ninety minutes per diem. At the end of a month[ ing spirit in its "earthly tabernacle," will poor was it not known In the ages past? Is it be- them —because they are so firmly anchored plratlons o f th e day. I Wsh to call th e a tten tio n o f th e read er to the change will be apparent In his actions and Iits all-quickening and all-snnctlfylng thoughtcause the condition of the working man has that- even loan companies can not lug My sole aim h as been to co rrec t w h at I feeji k t i f l c address d eliv ered by Prof. Elm er j thoughts. Morally speaking, the man will be a been grow ing worse and worse, bis blessings them off bodily—but they are, as a rule rays over the brain, Into the brain cells, into su re was, on his part, an unconscious misstate*, [lei in th e Sm ithsonian In stitu te, Washing- g reat Improvement on his former self." | less and less, till be could endure the increas the longs, Into the heart, Into all the circles of more heavily and hopelessly encumbered, and m ent of existing facie In o u r p resen t industrial in g m isery no looser and so rebelled? katreported In th e New York Medical Timet Dr. Holbrook happily a d d s: life, forming and transforming to be a perfect This Is n ot so. Exactly the opposite has been "changing hands" more rapidly than ever be- condition. The great,overshadow ing and threats [1 Published In th a t adm irable m onthly, the “Many invalids may get help from these semblance . in form and character o f the tru e. His condition has kept pace in itnprov |forc.| cnlng fact which ho o m itted is, th a t Inborer r - 0/ Hygiene, by Dr. M. L. Holbrook, N. Y. Ideas. They may see th a t they have been bulld- heavens of angels. W ith t * e ™ ^ 8„P‘ct“r e t h ^ e least exaggerated, —-— j and producer alik e hove been rendered power- J (We now th a t g re a t g rie f, frig h t, o r Intense lng up brain structures which prodace pain and Hero we rest oar hope. Here we build "our to „k w ltb th e general progreM of 1 all larg e cities, all classes in all ways are im us well-informed persons in .11 our B u te , , p r , »ay so poison th e milk o f th e n ursing and misery, low spirits, despondency, and gloom, house" to live in. Here we work for the re V hP rn n r e r ip n r n p a Is la a n specialty a i u i n l n H i , will ...I I I vreadln n .I L I agriculture proved, including the w orking classes. They where th e country," because o f th e sy stem atic mo■therms to ca rry death to th e child. Pror. whereas If they would, by effort, by reading the demption of ottr race. have b etter homes w ith b etter furnishings, bet ly testify. I t applies more especially to ■onr I nopoHrntlon by cn pi toilets of n . l t h e modern, 'le9 as n o t only isolated th is poison and best books, and studying the noblest subjects, te r food and in gre a te r abundance, more hours great (T ren t western, W A a to rn middle, m ln r ilA and n n d southern c n n lh n r n agriculo r.p lr.n l_ _ - — — MLifc 1 never can divide. im proved means o f production and d istrlB f fo r enjoym ent and culture and rest, more books r n i m c ry sta ls, b ut has dem onstrated th a t they could build up brain tissue th a t would Inner nnd outer together you see. and papers and music, or, a t least, more means Itural regions which furnish the nation with' tion. Whole to all 1mutt abide, f an u n p le asan t feelings create harm ful give forth a constant succession of sweet and staples, and w here landlordism and tenants are w ith which to procure these, provided the The resu lt is precisely w h at m ight be ex Otlwnrlao I can not be.” •’"iciiproducts in th e body which are p h y -1beautiful music in their souls." means are n o t squandered a t the saloon; In fine, [fast taking the place of independent ownership pected. The situation of tho laborer and tbc b etter opportunities for a better and higher life [and owners. And w ja t is to be the result? nll> ijurious, w hile good, pleasant and beExcellent and trn th fal so far as It goes. But average farm er m ay be likened to th a t of th e fiSTThe N. S. A. pamphlet, containing the pro in ev e ry way, than they enjoyed in former ' " ‘"ii feelings crea te beneficial chemical Prof. Gates and his peers do not measure the [Simply the decay ages. ! Jof national freedom . . . and In-. victim comflned In th e trad itio n al prison of 1111' and th ese products m ay bo detected 1whole m an; they have the problem of life un- ceedings of the last convention of Spiritualists, Mr. W eaver, in th e foregoing estim ate and dependence nnd of p/r.onol patriotism nnd the inquisition whose w alls d rew nearer to ' al an a ly sis In th e perspiration and solved and humanity unregenerated. Though Is now ready for the trade. Price 25 cents per [loyalty, for these two last named v irtues or [gether each n ig h t till they finally crushed the proposition, om its tw o v ital factors, first, the. p 'of. G ates claim s th a t this is n o t a {not intended, their very premises contradict copy. F or sale at this office. qualities only flourish In the atmosphere of free occupant* farm er, o r producer, who is compelled to pay !o71»Ban actu al fact. By exciting definite 'th e ir conclusk ns. Hence there is hope even unincumbered unmolested hornet. I In October, 1893, a t the convention o f the I !°llonsn individuals an d analyzing tho per | for an unbelieving Materialist. Note th is : th e advanced w ages for all labor th a t he hireB, And now whot about the vage-w orkere?1C alifornia S tate Form er's Alliance, th e w riter, New York State exempts $140,000,000 worth w hile th e prices h a g e ts fo r farm products have ™ n w h a s alread y been able to identify "Every thought whloh enters th e mind Is reglsSorely, Brother 1\ eaver m ust have derived hie 08 delegate from Riverside County nnd 1'reslof church property from taxation. Pennsylvania been so reduced th a t he is every y ea r gettin g ILf ^ v s an d as m any beneficially chemical tered In the brain by a change in the stracture lrapresstoo , not from publications lik e tho dent of the County AUlnnce. Introduced th e p f comes next with $85,000,000, then Massachusetts deep er in debt. r J ' I f w lth ev ery bad o r good emotion of Its cells.” The tru th involved could not be Arena but from false, one-sided political econ- | 0wlog preamble ond resolution nt one o f tho with $46,000,000; Ohio with $42,000,000; Illinois N ever before In th e histo ry of American agri iomy l ! s " ^ re sp o n d in g chemical change in the b etter expressed, "E very thought which enters luminaries like Prof. Warren G. Sumner of Isesslons : L_ w ith $39,000,OtXMind New Jersey with $29,000,000, c u ltu re h as th e av erag e farm er been so op- J yaie, and Edw ard Atkinson men who have one d epressing and poisonous, and the mind l" If It enter*, does it not, then, come iw ith about as much more In the other States. p ressed —so hopelessly loaded down with mort-1 never outgrown “blood and iron” prescriptions I Whereas , I t being a self-evident f a c t th a t! 01the!exM Iarnt!ng and life-promoting, the from sn external source? If I understand him,
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The New Year’s Gift. M. T. LOKIIUT. I "Mamma, do you think the new minister will Irome ami ace me to-night? She said she would ]come again, and I do wish she would come toT H E SN O W S OF M A R S. I night and sing ine one of her pretty songs. JJ° you iblnk she will, mamma*" Watching Us Melting Through a Telescope. I *T don’t know. dear. The minister hss n good I many others to visit, and she may not get to in t e b e s t j: ••Hut she sm'd she would come for the New I Year, mamma. She said she would room and gift.’ Do you think she will bring Ad bo wapi Among the most Interesting observations of Man during I 1 do want a rose to much.” are scarce and high at being,* ho paused and i r ••Oh. All< Ip me. oh angels* to bring the recent opposition were those relating to the gradualI hla time i ff'lhe year. The Indy couldn't bring l various pincos is d ut out disappearance of the snow cap surrounding Its southern] ‘H*<,t t h a t l « n i a mt and mmuakert ‘ shpc'11 have a good ninny poor lit* 1 think III bo appear in the city [ I m a y m e e t m y t e a c h e r __ [Mission to get presents for." it Iona, and fulfill her hopes pole. The disappearance was due, of course, to the fact IItie * their home, for (be/1 °r you bought roe a Illy for Christmas, mam* ■' •«d as he tealj o ro It—the letter reaches that It was Summer In the southern hemisphere of M an,!■**Bal |uni,und it made me happy till It died. To-morrow na u good anil practical [ spirit to assist you over and tne polar snows melted more and more rapidly as the will be the New Year, and I troufd like a ran- to r that be bad been thus sun rose higher upon them. Yet, nit bough the reason waa^ Ismell and look at. 'cause I’m little and sick and pshi i Trouble friend Estelle wrote as lna**»lat*d. i was favored, by spiritual plain.and because It was plain,one could not watch the)II can’t ever sit op any more." process without experiencing a strange feeling that!I There were tears in the little brown eyes, and idll Influencew of earth can be. amounted almost to awe. It is quite easy to think dispai__[In sobbing sound In the feeble voice, for Alice l hu\ nihility tbat somo thing* may (to on In L»“ * “ on' i “ ™" ?«“ » '" "A "■ ."forty sionately of - - - — - —-— —-------1------------- j two years of her little life she had been III with liave heard - perhaps you have soon him, as he seems to be other worlds Just an they do In thla on, as tony us your Ii'W ntlbg dlaotae tin t was Surely wearing m y rapable of appearing in many places—has been present and eyes have not confirmed what Is in your mind; but when, I the tiny frame, from the windows of which th e n: w d e pa r t u r e . n addition to bis marvelous healing work, has instructed peering through a telescope, you actually behold such oc* I shone out her holy soul. If she could have been he people In many ways. I have been strangely drawn to carrrncM tbo effect Is startling. It la like coming sadden- "J* '" »«»» [rem the old house In tbe noisy ilin, anu at each service I have felt a power going out from no to him which I think has helped him in his work. In,y in broad tUyllgbt open lb . scenery ot a dream. leed he told me that but for my presence be could not have j On the 1st of June the snow around tbe south pole of milk, new eggs, and other good food could he lersonaliy met the few of his audience—so sensitive Is he- - j Mars was about 2.409 miles across. A snow cap of propor* I given her, sne might have got well and strong bat be permitted to approach him after-th e meetings| Every movement »#wcll as every person will be, must tlonate dimensions on tbe earth would, In the northern I But Mrs. lAne was n poor woman who aaciiHin lives, a mi prove cw cu. ie judged by the acfftWcharncter possessed. In the Anal about him re* 1 might ray cccrotA hemisphere emend es far south « St. reterabnr*. t h . £ < "Something amici•wita ir. which tt|j.Ttlw J aukes, the shams ar.d pretenses -------------------------_ minds me of «for a spirit of the bo< to project Itself. ««> one consumed; and though the dls* A sue■cess far ■i part of to a distance—anid with lhe help of wfs pee of the upper rendered them, it iu .ig |i does take time, sometimes a long had diminished to about 1,600 miles. On the 1st of August I P*n®*7 doctor did what he could for the child, t of matter suf* Itself with the elemi receives spheres lo clothe t one who one. before Ihmdnal j ilgment Is rendered. Bat "ever more It was only 1,100 miles, and on the 81st of August,I the dat< »nd the "Mission minister" ___ sometimes called i l l . r ii.li I r..\n,A.-, 1 ; .i .. ih*>mun)> nrlCntlj to breonne tangible In Its exp don to the byes the W nil 1 ** ond sang to Alice In a low, sweet voice, bringing right comes upper must* andi . _ _r *la. justloo done."n , nPer-1 und ears of others. However, i pretu ■ this Is merely of the Sommer solstice in the southern hemispheres of cnraU■*B °ri»*n• irld ns true and iMurs. the snow cap was but 500 miles across. But heat ac- Isomo little dainty to tempt her failing appetite, Be speculation on ui.y port. Auguste and _. TJ'k are undoubted 1-on a, movementsj ffhy lose before the world yet nothing they could do could restore health iet personalities and my fancies are but Ureaius great, and entitled to reverence ami iptance—may did-1 , - . —Ajuuiulutes In a MiiriIan Suntmer after the sun has begun to land strength lo tbe feeble frame. Christmas ope you have seen this glorious man. There Is „i„.- mnah mi,i i. , a Ibad come and gone. The day had been one of e>tIc or massive about him. But there is a , * ‘““ T l . '? ; r i derllne. J“st M “ ''«■* “ P“" the earlb. and accordingly the benevolence, and a power in his bearing an d . lee sreat. results to a lie acceptor*, bat unless It shall be | ineItloK of th, , oow, cont[lmcll otter tbe solstice was Joy to little Alice, for, though she bad had none day of unI are simply grand; and although you and b e ; found, when thoroughly probed, to contain the elements of passed. At the end of September tbe diameter of the snow or the delights or well-filled stockings, trees hanging with marvelous toys,and gifts of beau ar m relation to each other. I am sure that such as Ja perfecfcchuracter, the world, bad as it Is, will reject Its covered region was only about 350 miles, and at the open tiful things such as more favored children have ‘ •a the morning* comes to mankind and the dark-I - is, you are ca able of being somewhere and sometime.” offers and spurs its pretenses with contempt. The Innate ing of November it was less than 203 miles. yet she had not been neglected by kindly hearts. The doctor had brought her a fine, large orange . After a few u Ipu ranee and of false opinions on human affairs and bre lines of general Interest to her friend j divinity la man rec^nizes the presence or absence of Now comes a curious fact. About the middle of October and a picture of tbe "Christmas child" in glia* a possibilities shall flee, tbe world will arouse to a Estei i. | the divine In persons or movements. it was reported that the polar snow cap of Mars bad I tenlng white, with a crown of crimson holly ge that Man is Infinite In power and tbat be may be .."As .....................singular impression comes to me. That Oar Spiritualism is being submitted to this crucial test. vanished; some of the most powerfal telescopes failed to berries on its brow. Miss Carleton, the “Mission I write the universe, and king of life and health, and that! in have need of the spiritual forces oF my beloved guide i It Is now passing the ordeal, and it is a grave question minister," had come In and sung to her until his letter must bear Ia magnetic force , what thg verdict will he when rendered. And it is tbe sad reveal a trace of It 1 Yet it is not probable th at It had she fell asleep, after she had sipped a cup of self. Tl 1«, he can hold death at a distance until, like a and of {actually entirely disappeared. The explanation of the ap and spiritual con t to you tbat will be helpful to mind eaf gently failing to tbe ground his spirit shall !, and i conclusion of some earnest and intelligent Spiritualist^ parent disappearance is no doubt to be found in the fact nice chicken broth,and looked and lookedtillber body. heart was filled, at the colored plcturesin a little >tach itself”without pain and without fear from "That when it reaches you my guide wii f lhA V f . ' T ?_w“ t ,B*-” Itbatteveum " « the snowI1C .te n diminished It left the pole uncovered book which had been brought by the lady’s willening form, and pass in glory to a world of light, j spirit to assist you over some present trouble!__ | T _ out “ ".V _______ ______ Me. 1 hope I t Is admitted andfkflirmed th at_rSpiritualists are the hv; nreceding- to U *--------— — -Ing hands. And best of all, Alice had received one side; for previous observations have I n I ____ ___________ ■ r r Mi n I mean every progressed human being of either I*** ***}_“”d b a PW?njr •tv- hi*In v m t in J equals of other.classes of people in intelligence and moral I shown tbufon Mars, as on the earth, what may be called her crowning or Joy that Christmas night, when, __ Iawakening from her nap in the twilight gloom. human mind is growing, let us become masters of ] *'our enoru IO n?acn tne n^nt 1 vr,u Ue u,ore l“nn »*““• ; character. But it is also claimed (and this claim can not the “pole of cold” does not correspond In location with the We hare• all hc set ^ e ) tbet that .h thla is not enough to the contlnu, contlnu-1 $P°le ° r lbe Schiaparelli's obtervations, in 'discovered that though her visitor h i e tl.a double doable being, taring. the .he outward ...w a n t or or phy-! phy* | Kor several days this letter traveled on its way in “the*!! *• i, is not enoogh to insure Insure the 5 S f i PSo e td's axis. S WKLcioQH nature tbe inner or ron^inn* self mail bag of the postal service reaching its destination to-. . ?.,s not enoa° Q “ InPsur,e , e contInu- 1877 and 187‘J, showed th at the center of the snow cap dnr- gone, her own dear mother bad comeback from \ L T ,h, - . ^ K -f fh” °, ' “ ' a ,ince ° r v iy ^anim ation or movement of a body of people. i„g its minimum iu those years was displaced toward that al? erra" d 0Qt» and had laid a snowy, perfumed B u y be brought into action and bj Its superior, rn the close or a heated bummer afternoon. The seasons rpe old organizations, which have led, are dying. Any-1 side of the pole corresponding to an areographic longitude M^yL^n *i e r ^ed* hadetovise above the external and proclaim it-had come and gone and Summer had once more spread i t s ; rhin« which shall take their place and lend the world's life j of about forty degree. With the other side of the planet did you get it, mamma, where di/you {sensuous and of material clay. srolden wings over our western hemisphere. F o r.a few und fi)0a wvhctprn ncv and has met with some shock or accident; bruised and : made the effort to c°nI^fc people of tbe fact of continued!snow and ice ever occurs apon the lifjLmp nk I come aguin and bring her “a !scw Year’s gift." he bad produced in lb thr M ,* d“ lh* „ , ^ „ r to nwvc. with n slinging blind- « “stence ocr [ T t e seance and t h . p k fo rrn | g - g » appeared only on the Sabbath morning j litre i have been c o rn e c r* ^ that w ort, and the discussion or a!d t ^ n e |i “ i | ™ S e w&h what are helievH to r te v ls ia if tf tte Meven o’clock, and those who wished to see him mg pain that would not «m se. fro: lie did not know that the Eastern papers that morn I the conditions and nee® |f society has been tabooed. For- be the w ater areas or th at planet, while what remains cf book l0geih€ar. Mrs. Lane put the lily in a glass ;jiu»t attrnd him then, but so wonderful were I recounted the appenranee of “Aognste” the previous n i- h t1tunately thereare leclh is who can not be gagged into si- tlje mow “ P ln than^^anPS!and risine of w*,e r on a , »bl«- " ”d Pl0“ d lliC glistening Ln.i so great bis fame, he had no difficulty in se-1 bis I in the midst of a party of “soienUHo” researchers into B s y -L „ ce. list (h. t e l re [is that the great effort of the I n " '^ ! ° 'I T o c ! ! Z * ’ k 9 i risl,? S ® | | M W,l!!,bylbCSird r a r tii' ___ ladience at any time. J j J [ShwoVnfa?^off la the far-off city of the West, at tbe same boor allow- ! chic law, and that after kindly exhibiting some or bis oc-1 spiritualistic fraternity J i h e e n , and still is, to simply | Owing to the larger eccentricity of its orbit, the exr - i T -,'ice in lun-itude-it being batseven’ln the cult powers and works before them, they had sought to de-« prove a fu t u r e existence?. It has become a very general iremes of temperature on Mars are-greater^tban upon the u d in the country and gatl ;; V V : V X ‘ len ta B o sto n ' tain him by physical force and th at Jn the straggle hf> had „rac„ce to supplcme ,&all leetares with test peri earth althoaghithetotal | | | | g | solar heat received by “ X the old hdm ebfigfi. M art'” he *=cnsil ive. I . / upoaW , bed. oblivious lo the i fairly melted from their sig h t; yet soch was the case, and rorm»nces; asd itJ B l e l y claimed th at we «>" than th i L difference, i, the ra rit, i f Mats’ at, ' S n S l "^ ortJ wiihoar his senses wrapped in slumber, while the j many were the speculations as to who and what the s e e rl„ ot induce Ithe nlea B of people at our meetings in | s p h e r e , which has been so clearly demonstrated by the “ 5 S ^ g \ h e list few! £ " a n ^ h e r (,eiL, 0r steeple and of spire, hronght no sound to really was. indulged ia.hy the writers In various journals ; any other way- This i K very lamentable and. I hope, un- recent spectroscopic observations o l . Pror. Campbell. It moUer M not leave her alone. I t was now that day. founded asumptioa. II true, it is a fearful arraignment or “ *>'Dot bC,enlKBKiJ* #1-? New Year’s Eve. Miss Carleton bad been in but his unc< cscioos ear. There are moments in every life when the world seems j our lecturer*, and com R a to ry In the highest degree of| S S K d e d r L h e field o” view of o^r telescope la it au- s7 “ she^hadm aiy "calteto mate er r " said Mrs. Lovett to her husband on their home-1 ward way from the above mentioned gathering. “Gilbert, if j cold and anfeellng, the spiritual appears nfor off, and the lhe character of oar U chings. ’“*-• tumn, tumn, while WDliewe wewatched waicueasouthern souiacrusnows suuwsofuiMars ainntsparkling spanning | • th district tro noor r. S lS ^ I s a new mintsor a terrible agony. sw .y a tthhis is ardent touch, touch. ir If such soch j, c? #t u issi S r t,'Qt everybody there had t did not know better I should say that ’Auguste, the Seer/ pressing infirmities and afflictions or the hour seem m ore, The world or man if in the throes of agony, | to the sun and melting away n( |h lbee AUssionTbat bad ia mir rrk»nd Mark J never saw such au astonishing r e - than one can bear. However strong the heart may b e,: Millions are beggars 01 Winps. Poverty presses them into there^.they must>exist to an atmtop^ e ie»», learned h e /efelt lt that he| learnedto to love love her, her,and and sshe tbat ifif sshe would do themgood in soul and body she must semblance. Besides, there is something strangely familiar there are times when it feels like a helpless child, alo n e, tiie dust, and stnrvatio stares them In the face 1 What do -1jwericun.^ not neglect to visit the needy ones. to me in his magnetism. I am sure I have reused U before." j M d feeble in its weariness and pain. So was It with the i tbey get? Tbe old reg g e doles out crusts and soups. " * . ■ .----- ; On her last visit the lady brought some fruit “Well, my dear la m somewhat of your Opinion. T he! usually sturdy, cheerful Mark at this time, as be realized j spiritualists are not hi p rard in this miserable method. W ritten for th e mcbt of t »ctb. and Jelly, and repealed her promise to bring a “New Year’s gift." and it was with this promise seer certainly does favor Mark, but he Is tille r and more! his loneliness end weakness In this trying h o n r-fo r at- which rlghth no m n g k t seeks to make them n little MATERIALIZED FOR FULLY FIVE in her mind that Alice asked the question which .. . tban our friend. Besides, we know he is in the J though he was not without good friends who would h av e; lighter on the sufferer; IBut we do do something else. We opens my little story. MINUTES. ft'est as you received a letter from' him only Friday, and | sympathized with him bad they known of his distress, .yet | marshal our mediums ngjl tell the suffering masses there is j ■ That night the child tossed and moaned in this man has been operating here once a week fora month.” I there was no gentle hand of kindred near to minister I n ' a ‘’benulirul hour in Lh bright aummerland.” and all w ill, ,■ ,l n , c nir1-t tinitincr tlands— The Form er En- I restless sleep, bat toward morning she sank ia■ -Oh ’ I know the two can not be one und the same. I bis wants, no tender voice to give him words of hope and lt , t lnst. i ’ I | ™“ lam g S j |j “ “ “ W “ “ “ ln e " r a t r “ to a quiet slumber, and Mrs. Lane, who bad not “ don’t suppose even.//*t'n'f, have the power to draw Mark I cheer. But lhe chlld-en ot eed want homes and bread here j tranceiL - T / r ^ f h tr S t ^ i a i j S L iS t from bis body and with his mngnetism c imbtned with their I It had been a most distressful day to him, tbe hot son | They wont horns of 1 R s and brotherly kindness here.: w s pierce, attorney at law, and President ot the F irs t! seemed to bedreaming. She thought she wt I owo make him tangible and fleshly enoogh to appear aa a \ glared m at the open window, tbe busy flies buzzed ntunt They want somehtng l lead them oat of their present con- j Spiritual Society ot Somersworlb. N. 11., w rites: in a fair and beautiful country, where rests bodily presence so tbat be can speak and act.” ] his horning head with restless content. He had borne like {(litions, ft’here s lhe filler? Where the body of men and j Ju st a word with reference to our last materializing [ bloomed like globes of red upd yellow light.
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and esteem our friend Mark, I doubt if he Is sufficiently de- of anguish shook his tired frame. Just then a knock apon j may sing of thei* XetBerosalem "over there," and the an Indian maiden, dressed in her full Indian costume, a of children, in garments of fleecy texture aid SDiritualicts tfeir-^H et By but the Is guide of the writer, had come out to me ond taken from my pretty th colors, and played and sarg reloped or rounded oat to td n i l a f such eloquence abd In- the door was succeeded by a hand being thrust in, which Wpn nmm st.- of ui iieir mu m?*" *'•* -and uu *By *j .” dui *«« ppresent . • danced Th spiritualists or ine re ^ n i is * her Uttle bag 0f candy, our attention was nt- among the flowers. The enraptured woman saw struct ion as we have listened to this morning, notto speak Jdropped a letter upon tbe stand a t bis bed-side. Thedoor j overwhelmingly w raB in t In the consciousness of the t ?rac te^ to ^ white spot on the S rp e t in front of and about menmid women,too, in her dream, whose faces of his healing work, why that is sochas tbe Nazarene of i closed and Mark, raising his head, caught sight of the mis- j struggling poor, aid t te e sops are regarded as insults In- j dVe feet away from the cabinet. The spot looked at first shone with love, and who smiled upon the chllold might have done.” I sive. Seizing it be stripped it from its covering and tried i stead of helps. I very like a lady’s white handkerchief, and as we watched dren. There were bouses, some covered with —Ij u , U grew and increased in size until, in a shorter time than flowing vines, others were of alabaster white"Yes/* sighed the little woman, “it is wonderful, and I to read the lines, bat the pain was too great, he could not■i The bands which! amen in social relations are strained _________ j it*takes for me to write it, a beautiful female form, a guide ness, and stiUothers seemed to be carved out «f | think the b a le r most live i peculiar life. I mean in Its Isee the words. Suddenly, as be held tbe letter In hia hands, | to their almost tenioi I* little more pressure and they „r oitVof theTlrcVatood'herore^^Vad" r a ^ M tc a te tT w iti 1rvory7“ xone on hm w ereciffied.'bnt allV ere simplicity and aspiration to be able to do these things, with i there came stealing over him a sensation of deep and op- will break, andithe o Bperished hopes and fierce despair Ug. open as if inviting the passer-by to enter, my mediumsblp I coaid not accomplish anything like such j lifting peace. Tbe room filled with a clear, mellow clondi- will spread slnugbei md desolation over tbe civilized! She remained materialized for at least five minutes; S oon the dreamer saw she was not alone, for work, especially before the public eye." ness tbat seemed like a flood of moonlight, cooling its at- world. What are urn ug In this ominous hohr? Attend- - ^ e j1 lo*d us that she would go the 5er ‘ It is not tbat I think M art is doiny these things, but IS moephere and softening its glare. A breath like the odor log circles, had sons 1 P v o tln g f o r th e repressive mens-1 “ ^ " b e g a n ’re grow shurter’ a n d 's tra llw until nothing re^ Hke'thf other children In a gown of Ucy white, believe such as we have witnessed to-day he Is capable or Jof lilies .was wafted through the apartment, and the suffer-1 ares which will son beipltate the fearful catastrophe j mained of her but the same while spot that first appeared, and in her hand she carried an Immense >-r>< ! or.,dime and fomcirhere" e r became conscious of a figure bending above him, and of ^impending. Whatibd I we do? We should make a t once which gradually faded out, and was gone. During the se- rotcy ns* that some kind lady bad given her. “No doubt all pure-minded souls are capable of great gentle hands touching his aching brow. j t b e . W i w i , « r . vShould affirm the philosophy 0f 1ance, tills process or materialization and demateriallzatlon I •Jee, mamma,” she cried, holding ^ r o s e aloft, achievements, and If vre work for them, study for them, A low w hisper-not like tb it of mortal speech, nlthongh Spiritualism. A plb: Iby. not of metaphysical hair-spilt- i '" i 'B l n t w o n 'i n a w t ! a p p e a r e d the curtain, and In- ^ / ^ u p ^ o f 'm r n V u d 'w 'o m t S r t ^ r S h i o g . prat/ for them as the seer said, we shall attain them, in this clear and distinct—fell upon his ear. “Mark dear," It said, j ting, or mere logial j liflsitlons upon varying and oppo-! vlted all the circle to approach the cabinet* and she would Their eyes were shining and their faces sweet world or tbe next. Thank God we are not limited in aspire- “I am brought by my honored guide to help you bear the | site theories andchm but the Philosophy of Life, resting I show them the medium inside, entranced. All came up with love. The first she recognized as Tom, the MAspan r . A jofmlife—on e a rth ; —a t l scientific o n , R . We say Spiritualism is within good seeing distance, when the spirit pulled aside father of little Aliee. But Tom was dead five tioo or achievement to the w little and l pain. Be of good cheer, you are not alone.^ You^ are na t - 1upon, ago, bow could she see him then. But □either oar friend Mark nor you, my wife, nor I will have tended by wise and loving ones who will help you rise abover[based upon Taos-it! BBiomennl manifestations. But j the cunaln, and plainly disclosed the recumbent form of years sure enough it Tom, and with him were to leave our work or lose onr progress when this earthly I the Ills of earth. They have assisted me to come—see, we en m lai'T h e'u ilW v F.eanalrive r a m S ^ s ^ u ik ^ T h e | setousness." But we'were'yet tow S 'before thectose'S 'the others who had died long ago, too. There was n e e is won.” ! wlU make things more comfortable." self-evident dedetion (mi this universally admitted fact j seance, that for which all bad been anxiously looking and iher own sister Alloe, a girl of seventeen, with face to face with the Infinite! hoping since we-------------------------------------have been developing our medium; “ *Now, are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet apHe felt the cooling fingers take hold of his w rists and to th is : Spiriturisrn p H I mg ----------------------------------------------------------j mmA “tand al- sunny hair and eyes of blue. Baby Alice bad pear what weshaU b e /" softly quoted EsteUe, “I like th a t infrise new power into them. By their influence he was I Llfe K"ergy of ie u j | -'ga, and especially with that life j though we had the promise of it, we were not looking for been named for her. And beside her were the ■man beings, either In or out of the i it a t th at time. It occurred In this wise, and in about fifteen father ond mother, who went to the heavenly statement, it seems like a prophecy of coining largeness and made to s tir up his pillow and turn it over, to smooth the fl2h?yFrom tK ie<1-1 ie flows the inevitable Inference o f , minutes after the wonderful phenomenon last described | life long ago. But how happy, and well, and power and grandeur for every unfolding human soul." white counterpane and the rumpled sheet to rise and draw the B ro th e rh o o d ^ Tty of Humanity. We are all from above: i young they all looked, and to glad to see little (.possessing the same attributes, Anawa came again to the cabinet, and told ns all to sing, Alloe. though they didn't seem to see Are at first, Again and again they attended the meetings where ciffes the shades over the pitiless windows, and all the while be j one and the sale were effected and wisdom tanght. At tbe last session held I was conscious of a cooling healing power taking possession y*®?8, *nd r^ - Wei ‘tnecd any personal Deity ns our and she would do her best to bring oat the medium. As we not till they had petted and caressed the child, i. Infinite nature Is father a n d 1were singing, the curtains again parted, and, behold. In full and Tom had caught her in his arms and tossed before the seer disappeared forever from the hall, E stelle! of his entire frame. mother*to us • uch os the other. How clear and i view of ail the circle stood Anawa and the medium, hand In her In the air, ana sold be was her own, gained a hearing from him. j A tumbler of insipid w ater, warm and tasteless, stood imperative tbs'thej for us to do. Spiritualism should [ band, he unconscious, but plainly distinguishable in eon-! papa, and she was going to live with him, "and tbe teacher and leader of the j trast to the little Indian girl a t his side, dressed in her na-1 never be sick any more." Daring the last few mornings of his work. Auguste bad upon the table. He saw the white ethereal hands hover nt once proclaii itseFJ j And then little Alice clapped her luuids. and granted a few minutes at the close or bis lecture to those Iover and make passes above the fluid which seemed to ta k e ! | he WosophJ ^ Ilfe to *he sum of all philosophies, tlvo costume. avery relation, every doty of hu-J The w riter has yet to bear of the man or woman who, turned to the watchful mother, saying; ”llcrS* who seemed to understand his power, although he was seen a golden tint from tbe magnetism Injected Into It. Again the j inanity ^ Hen*^ de* all laws, customs, and Instltu- j with only five months’ development, can produce such re- mamma, why don’t you speak to her, too? It not to shake hands with any of them. The reporters he gentle fingers closed over bis wrist and guiding his hand to tlons of menlfts eterf jynstlce and love are the principles su its« s are related above. And what may we not expect was dark ana I was afraid, but I saw mamma would not meet, but a very few of the sympathetic Spirit- j tbe glass and tenderly forcing him to raise it to bis fevered I ° r nUitruo llffrpirituj ■pi must set UselJ a t work to over- (after hc has developed as many years? Traly he is a chos-1 was coming with me. and then I was glad, and it wasn't dark any more, hut all was light.” ualists were permitted to say a word personally to him in ; lips. From this he shrank, but the kindly whisper said. ■ th® pt»nt mj pr wrongs, and build up a State en instrument In the hands of the angel world. piy with Itself. ____ __ i 1 circumstances, have we not great reason { The father turned then and saw his wife. He the dressing-room a t the rear of the haiL On tbe occasion j “Drink, _____________ „ Ait twill do you good.” ^ ^ ™ 0 u r p r e 8 e n jn iM.*^^Bcuatoms. andH H laws *are largely; for encouragement? ~i &HH smiled, such a sweet smile, and said, "Alary, mentioned Estelle and her husband on approaching tbe He tasted the draught, it was not heated w ater now, but j the children ithe i* |9 M which Splritualtom has repuI ^ t the good work go on. (CouUouwl ib ThM f r p ,1
