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1 let** AN EXPONENT OP THE SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY j ITS SCIENCE, AND ALLIED SUBJECTS. L 4Jk \ - *u . .. _ - Volume 15. Published by The Shallower Publishing Company. LILY BALE, H Y. FEBRUARY M, Mi Issued Every Saturday at One Dollar a Year* Number 254 THE OUTLOOK FOR UNIVERSAL PEACE. most ignorant are invaribly the j them most pugilistic. Jrhigh We cannot possibly conceive off Czar anything older on earth than wat< engi fare, and we are frequently told byem naturalists that there are no evide- inte A ; VA TURE BY W. J. COLVILLE. , . \ W¥ * w ^ nces that any race of creatures on v who Anv.ng all the great teachings of earth have'lived without strife,• ittg sj the world which have been accepted This fact has never been disputed presi bv thinking minds and feeling by any of the seers or prophets who*; It hearts, there is no one sentence like Isaiah and Micah, have predict- bota which appeals more directlv to the ed a coming age when peace wilt of Si verv hi-nest plane of consciousness universally prevail. Prophets are* seem! than Blessed be the Peace- not like historians who look back* viouW makers.\ ward, or are they like superficial iar ex We are told that David could uot observers, mere purveyers of news, wheal; bnil-i the Temple to the Most High who Iook around them,but dowered ed, bej because he had shed blood, but with insight and foresight they look bly |j that bis son Solomon could build it within to the seat of humanpossibiK symf^ m Jerusalem. The name of that ities and also forward to the ultima- adyl city, when translated being the * um of possibilities hitherto unreal* time,, aho(hof peace, or the place where l?e( ^ ' time,j pear- is permanently established. No finer description of the new when The name of Solomon means the age now approaching has been given easf niar. t i»eace. Thus it is declared anywhere than in the fourth chapter Tb f.*3M ^t*''appear that all \d$th> #razes in wliicl ussia arid other potea ^;V|ears ago we* \% supported But to t ly into thee another VK may appear. to studen i the expire growth the ] ;n mote that it is also a f; nce-^jth physicians ~ r ny disease is r< the patient is unmist to recoverv U flong-standing f: rnoxf ponspicuous. &M always an an: |is?Jnoreover a p< can be mi the DR. FUNK, DR. H tbe GRANDSTAND altes but lose ill • #.,_» r • * in t: ] (. il( i tern h -ui lv in must and •/ kind stcr.f: were be tort i>eace. inus i& is uaxucu —. - _ , f i Bible that \onlv a man of of the book of Micha, which declares whicMi| 6^ living in peaceful surround- lhat \nations will not study war whiebfs* oi an externalize the divine pat- an Y longer and that people will vol- fromiw|bfe|* which Moses beheld in his untarilv transform their weapons' ed aftf™^^* • •i\ deepest penetration and into implements of agriculture. The that ftj hi.:l> -: exaltation.\ same piece of steel which was once tendex V. . .iu vermaybe true historically fashioned into a spear or sword can to the emrnn- Solomon's temple in in the future be fashioned into a penet? iem..Jem. that temple was evident- plow-share or pruning-knife. In like pea ended to symbolize a perfect manner these tendencies in human app: t!« n of human society which nature which have in the past dis- on t include all classes of workers played themselves beligerently can as o: •ive full opportunity for every find a higher outlet in ways of con-; handi i.f beneficent activity. The structive industry. \forth? > which composed the temple An force or energv is good in sib all prepared and polished itself » but ifc can ** ducted into: Tttj being piaced in position, so numerous channels, and according; be that each stone represented some to its direction will it work con- ing human hie working in unison with structively or destructively. ijjev* other human lives in a mighty con- When a nation gathers togetl crete social edifice. There could be its y°ung naen to organize tb no rivalry or jealously, no strife or into a military company, it must Oifwar disunion among the members of this necessity withdraw a considerable cou ideal state because every stone had amount of working capacity from bru its own oarticular place to fill and all those fields of action in which past* each was of necessary for the solid- science, art, philosophy, and the sho~ ity of the structure. highest merchantile persuits can un Human solidarity does not mean furnish. Young men cannot be at; like anv obliteration of race distinctive- college and the battle-field at the itselt ness or individual distinctiveness same time » nor can the y ^ fighting c anv more than harmony or svmph- on the frontier and also engaged ill and env in music means the ditcontinu- cultivating the country. Conse* B ance of distinct sounds produced querrtly, that nation must of neces- they 4 thru diverse instruments by differ- sit >' develop its internal source the bein^ entlv qualified performers. One most rapidly and completely which inte) member of an orchestra may play finds a way to conserve its working anw upon a cornet superbly without and utilize its energy in its own putefi|| In knowing how to draw a bow across upbuilding. . rea^l^: th^ strings of a violin so as to pro- Nicola Tesla, the renowned eleo ate duct melody, while another mav be trician, said four years ago thru the^ have a wonderfully fine violinist who pages of the Century Magazine that self-* knows not how to plav the French the next ^ eat ste P m civilization of horn or produce melody thru any would be the substitution of mach- one wind instrument. These varieties ines for solders on the battle field, for in attainment and in performance and in a nu*t interesting article, only contribute, not to discord, but to entitled. \The Problem of Increase son perfect orchestration, tho it is of * n g the Sum of Human Energy,\ app course conceivable that a single this very romantic, but at the same man or woman may be found who time highly practical scientist, said can plav well upon all instruments, that it was quite possible to com- M The abusrdj saying, \we must struct automata which when direct* awe to disagree,\ must be ex- ed by adequate intelligence, would Sir:. « of stagn: istaken for p mporary atr< ;nt must be a | would ensue. _ of' )i&aatural quiet : iii no planning symp m^ctisM eye, whoeve belowj the surface c can f|etect the ce of a nearing storm. A an thie water looks p tempelt is often ck w^^«l|he storm has 1 ti»^t|ptiTy it frequ< slid unexpectc ship the COT esents no al instead of 1 mi rorld ^5ei *edl«is lis certainly fa lie today th ttcy which is foe was lit< >ng the great itiquity. Tl show that v ling in inte cannot arb if is that hi far develop* nc^ieel obliged to rest settling thei never arbiire between ignorant, pas «, -as Ibetween those ledge and 1 ot 7fjjpk while the mi ;acemaker is never a most_-favorable con< ng it forward can be : itteeswher- achieved ii; ,f so] ai'ree to uu»a,gicc, muso IA. %.A- * changed for the wise counsel: Let completely take the place of the liv> p a r us differ. The more we differ in the *«*§ men who are now considered a ble Ti-jht way the more truly can we necessary for the perpetuation of no auree. This is a fact very clearly defending armies. tnn g; demonstrated in the present age This next step Tesla frankly ad- j Q which is noted tor specialism. One mits is not the total abolution of specialist or expert may have re- strife, but is so great a modification course to the services of another of warfare that it removes from the citodM Next Week.) ^•*\fe') {^\\C Groand in C ith Seeker— tf|, C. F. GRUMBINE. A desperate effort is bein* made cist- by leading psychics in England, *°* Europe, Australia, and the United : States, to secure for the world the \ °i exact reading of the test message tion which is supposed to be locked se- lant curely Hm 4 deposit vault in the Lon- P 1 ** don ofil^of tbe Psychic Research <*&* Society?^ which the kte Dr. Hodg- hat son of Boston was secretary of the ich- American branch, ika- D r . Hodgson was an astute inves- the tigator-*^a Sherlock Holmes, as he rial- ji as been called—among the profes- ^* ne fessional iraud hunters in Spiritual- ious |s m . He is the one who is alleged riod to have exposed Mme. Blavatsky in ead London, Eng., and Calcutta, India, although grave doubts are enter- sion tained about the genuineness of the ace, alleged expose. His recent sudden >ny, death has revived a general interest >u $- in a story told of him by such promi- ^ no nent men as Prof. Hyslop. Dolbear, at \ and Savage. Before\ he died he de- oms posited With Dr. Myers, his col- can league, and president of the Re- ap- search Society, in the society's vault, tak* in London* a certain test, which in hen the event he died he would repeat or *£*<* make goooj. a certain, absolute as- e at surance that he, Dr. Hodgson, sur- urst vived the change called death, and ^tly could communicate. My- The relict of the society expected iict that sift$[ corroborative evidence nn- would cSeie through Mrs. Piper, e*®K their dmm oracle. But asallSpir- ^gitualists?lmow particular tests can- gle, vnot al^|i ^ irJfUtrat«| through, the _ orparliclilar or Cnosen onsequently every well- ^ ium the #orld over is *M Q making the effort of his life to se~ now cure this f coveted test and so ad- ally vance both the cause and their own *ar- professional standing. * » Personally, I have not the slight- ^.' s estdouifjhatltcanbedone. Other sity tests agreed upon by the living and the dead have been verified a hun- ^ate dred times, and in this case history naan 0 f course will repeat itself. 4 io Dr. tkwM claim* to have held con- t to verse w jth the astral ghost of Dr. &**• Hodgson* pad in an interview in the >$ so leading NeW York papers make bold ion- to declare it, who Now the point I wish to make at *&* this stage of the development of so •ion interesting a case is what of it? Do vain these grandstand tests prove what ition they claim to prove? Should they >und ^ accepted as final evidence of the te *- survival of the identity after the >ome change called death? Is not any test, however commonplace or trite, as sufficient and reliable as one so deliberately planned and guarded? psychi less known unimpeachable evidence of spirit re- turn. And yet such is the ignor- ance and the credulity of the aver- age investigator and even Spiritual- ist that these tests are never ques- tions but are received as direct from the world of spirits. Now in occult sciences, it is a well established law that what an im- mortal can do a mortal can do, if be knows how. It is not a matter of death but life, not of a condition af- ter death but a condition of life. The fakirs of India are able to do the same things and more wonder- ful things than our Western medi- ums, who do what they do, not be- cause they are • adepts, or because they have consciously realized their supernormal selves, and so con- sciously exploit occult powers, but rather because they permit them- selves to be obsessed and so become vehicle or tools of forces extraneous to themselves. Such is the extra- ordinary interdependence and cor- respondence between the mediums and the obsessing influence that all other things follow. Now a fakir need not die nor go to London to get at Dr. Hodgson's sealed message in the iron % box in the safe! He need only to get into condition, and there you are—presto—the message just .as the doctor gave it when alive. You doubt? Then you have not gone far into the science of clairvoy- ance, telepathy, mind-reading, and divination. Do I deny that spirits survive the change called death? Not at all! Do I say that Dr. H., could not communicate or repro- duce in exact language his sealed message? Not at all. Do I deny that mediums could not secure this message if they could get into con- dition or rapport with him? Not at all. What I do say is that whoever gets that particular message might get it from either himself, from an- other, not Dr. Hodgson, Jfrom \the air,\ so to speak, or from him! As for myself, your simple everyday tests, if tests are good enough for any mind that knows the difference between a brass-band and the har- mony of the spheres. \Pm from Missouri—So I have to be shown/* i A •;«,•«. !-;«,!«* rt f nrnri- battle field all its ancient horrors, heraus^ two distinct kinds ot woric uolHV l , • : • b, done and two different men and as half-way measures m^ ,.r* n-.en may be needed to accom- often be taken before complete t . . measures can be iulnjlea, we can V QU ^ When the illustration is carried ^^r^^^^L^^l' I Buddhif ts, in the Ear for the in< u are doing t all the world spof your val iFreethought haps you knov hinkers an Buddha wa linker ever well undei we evince in leagues do ar will no dou Buddhists r assumed widt Christain m nt. numl who are dves, have sing their; g that this is! for their t KU to send r ible post all the ve! published on 10 of each. Also whw.-h he and his immediate associ- Boers in South Africa; and scarcely send me one copy from each < ates inhabit, had that war been concluded when following works: \Secret Ir There can be no peace without clouds arose in the far east and tionsolthe |^iuifcs, M **Sdme J wisdom; folly is the root of all war- broke in the struggle between Rus- Bible Stcariesj* 1 \The New tare. Wisdom is broad of vision, sia and Japan. These signs of the ment Comically Illustrated/' but folly always takes a narrower present time are certainly not en- Yours truly, H. S. P) view. Thus the wisest people are couraging to those who look only Pettah, Colombo, Ceylon. always the most specific, and the upon the surface of events, for to Truthseeker. :\i >rv, itnl int'. t:o::s^i:> ;^tu>' th;»t ni into the wider field of ste P wil1 b « taken when modern suit racial and inter-national rela- * n <* proves that only material prop* :> we shall find it still holding ert >'» not human lives, shall b* and it can be safely affirmed, involved in battle. ^ the real distinction between Five years ago the celebrated a v..>e statesman and the narrow- Hague conference decided that arbi- minded politician is that the former tration should be resorted to as far can sec his own country and his as possible by all professedly civlj- <>wn party described as smaller cir- ized nations, but scarcely had the ties within the larger circle of our conference at Hague ended, wheil genera! humanity; while the latter war clouds gathered over the Brit- val can set nothing of any value beyond ish Empire and the three-year war that the confines of his narrow zone commenced between the Britons and tianji ****** w* ifm^w^j j— — w IwJL is there |not an easier chance for Dear fraud or collusion in such a case and than in the ninety-nine cases among tim- the lay members whose communica- >r ig- tions are usually ruled out because over not produced under what passes as table strictly scientific conditions? ooks In the first place I make bold to that say that a test such as Dr. Hodgson that wishes to give is for him, under the the conditions well nigh impossible; and x>rn. secondly that should such a message tand be received it does not at all follow what that it is from him. Anyone fa- Isay. miliar w|fh the law of mediumship t be and the manifestation of spirits, vival knows that a clever genius like a pro- Mme. JBlavatsky for instance,, or an sion- Anna 'tmt& Fay, or-even an expert jrless excaraaifel spirit might see and read livid- clairvoyantly, that particular mes- ound o sage aiS|iso give it ,to the world. <H*Hd withcnitDr. Hodgson, knowingany- n&%$ thing mxl about it, or having any- etica. thing |^f11 to do wi^fi it. This can e by be done||nd has been done a thous- racts andtxints. Mry** ThrSei||»urths of so-called mater- >lease ializatioii is impersonation, in which f tfce your spfifit friend is only represented true- but is not actually present at all. unny Ninety-nine out of a hundred tests Hesta- are given in the same way. That is .; . the business of a control or a guide, RBfeA. to be a news-gatherer or bureau of in the information and so satisfy mortals with what they consider undesirable, Nor Kdart Jaalor's nomnlkj. Short weights and long prayers do not balance. Satan finds some mischief still for idle funds to do. Next to doing a big thing is getting some one else to do it. The average humorist never knows when he is at his wit's end. More mistakes slip through the mouth than through the fingers. The lady who has no servant troubles can always talk about her neighbors. Tne man who makes the best of opportunities is apt to get the best of obstacles. After we read the \yellows we can always understand why no news is good news. Clothes don't make the man, they merely break him; especially if thev're his wife's clothes. m Anglo-American union now amounts to something more than an exchange of a rich girl for a bank- rupt title. Norway went to the trouble of electing a king when she might have had one of our American bosses for the asking. A man who wastes his time brag- ging about his ancestors isn't going to give his descendants much chance to bfag of theirs.—Saturday Even- ing Post. The Scandinavians held three great religious festivals in the year. The first was celebrated at the winter solstice. The principle night was called the Mother night, the one which produced all others, the most remarkable of all their epochs because from it dated the beginning of the year* This feast called Jul, hen Yeol, and Yule, was celebrated in honor of Frey, the Sun, in order to obtain a propitious year and fruitful seasons. Sacrifices, singing, dancing, feasting were universal.
