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T II II cuse. The o thers came from the Committee. The m eeting adjourned to convene a t Battle Creek, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the 26th, 27th, ami 28th of September n e x t, and U. B. M erritt, E. C. Manchester, and Mrs. J. Barber, of th a t place, are a comm ittee to m ake all arrangem ents for place, speakers, etc. Mr. Finney will come back to this State, I think, about the middle of October, and we shall plan to hold some Conventions in a few p laces: perhaps Farm ington, Ann Arbor, Adrian, etc. Your friend, truly, G. B . S t e b d i n s . Tidings from the Inner Life. \ And the a n g el said unto them : ‘ F e a r n o t ; for be hold, I bring you good tidings of gt c a t joy, which shall be to all people.’ ” For the Herald of Progress. Doctor Thomas Dick. B Y The first edition of Dick's Christian Philoso pher was dedicated to Sir David Brewster, a very e m inent Scotch p hilosopher. Publishers in this country w a nting to m ake all they pos sibly can out of Dr. Dick's writings, have left out the dedications, and everything else that could be disposed of, and not m ar the body of the works. The best a n d m o st elegant edi tion of his works th a t I have seen is th a t pub lished by Biddle, of Philadelphia. The last edition of this work is a lm ost double the size of the first edition. The next work which he published is enti tled, Thc Philosophy of Religion. This work appeared in 1826. This work, as its title im ports, gives a philosophical view of religion. It gives instruction in regard to the every day duties of a Christian, and the practical benefits th a t would arise from a general adop tion of Christian principles. “ Christian p rin ciples' ’ are h e re to be understood as meaning those m o ral instructions of Christ, t h a t expe rience has t a u g h t us are principles of Nature. I have sometimes thought th a t this is the best of his theological w ritings. I t has not had so extensive a sale as his Christian Philoso - ; moon, than in a n y other work to which the pher. 1 common English reader has access. Aud in In 1827 appeared his Philosophy o f a Future , short, his account of tho planets is very full State, one year after the publication of the : He treats the subject of a plurality of worlds Philosophy o f Religion. This is, or r a ther m u st in this volume a t considerable length. He have been, a curious work a t the tim e of its arrives (and very directly) a t thc satisfac- publication. The Spiritualist will here find t° ry conclusion th a t all tlie prim a ry planets some of the m ain features o f his philosophy, : ftre very probably inhabited by sentient and and it is curious t h a t it is seldom, or never ! rational beings ; and if clairvoyance has re referred to by them . If there is one S p irit-; vealed the fact t h a t some of them are not yet ualist who reads this sketch, t h a t has never inhabited by hum an beings, i t is not because read this deeply philosophical work of Dr. Ins reasoning does not apply, b u t because Dick, get i t im m ediately and read it; it is j those worlds a re n o t yet old enough to be thus worth several of the m any volumes th a t are , peopled. They will ultim a tely be. Read the appeared to him th a tthc spirit manifested by those who offered tho prize, in not returning his volume, or even letting him know th a t it was rejected, came little short of the evil which they wished to correct. The author gave it to the world on his own responsibility Tho “ e v il,” so called, which this. Essay is in tended to correct, is really one, that, in a great measure, wc c a n n o t well dispense with at present. If you will ju s t look at thc de mand on property th a t society has at present, then you will see why the God of N a ture has implanted in m an so strong a desire for ac quiring it. N a ture always makes i t a pleasure for us to perform certain acts, th a t are neces sary, in order th a t the results—which are in dispensable—may follow ; acts th a t are rather revolting to our higher feelings, and thus it is th a t thc world moves. We have now a rrived at a period when Dr. Dick commenced a series of publications more strictly scientific. All his works, however, partake more or less of the religious character. His long-expected work on the planetary sys tem and a plurality of worlds, appeared in 1837, under thc title of Celestial Scenery. This is an able work on descriptive a stronom y , in a popular style. “ All thc prom inent facts and discoveries connected w ith descriptive as tronomy, in so far as they relate to the p lanet ary system, arc here recorded, and many of them exhibited in a new point of view ; and several new facts and observations are de tailed, which have hitherto been either u n noticed or u n recorded.” One new feature, in particular, of this work, is a description of the scenery of the heavens as seen from the different p rim a ry planets a n d their satellites. Dr. Dick says, “ Having been for many yea* past a pretty constant observer of celestial phenomena, the author was unde* no neces sity of a d h ering implicitly to the descriptions given by preceding writers, h a v ing had a n op portunity of observing, through some of the best reflecting and achrom atic telescopes, the greater part of the phenomena of the solar system which are here described. ’ ’ D ick's description of Lunar Scenery (the face of the moon) is unrivaled. He has w rit ten a real treatise on the moon, and you will get more real inform ation, expressed in popular style, from his description of the [N ote E d i t o r ia l : 1 1 is not quite clear from I the hum an ? Our gas light docs not p revent j conditions for manifestations. He also thinks our correspondent s letter w a t the facts” the stars from shining, though itraay hinder ; that mediumship is sometimes lost through are, which it is desired to reconcile with a us from seeing them. W hat says h istory ? unkind suspicions and statem ents with re known theory, nor what is m eant by “ two ! “ No age, no people, w ithout spiritual mani- spect to personal honesty. He thinks much perihelions” and “ two ap ie ions. testations.” The popular fallacy is, that the injustice has been done in this way. If he means to inquire how t ie retardation j earlier ages and peoples had them a ll ; but even | Question for tlie next session : W h a t are of the eartli in its aphelion, a n d its accelera- this is not a greater fallacy, as it appears to thc elements of the spiritual circle, and what tion a t the perihelion is consistent with the him , than the notion th a t this and the sue -1 are its uses ? accepted theory of gravitation, wc confess ceeding age, o r ages, are to have no more. these facts receive no light from the theory. | Now, it is characteristic of ,fchc Spiritual The centrifugal force is constantly a u g menting j P hilosophy that it has to do with spiritual as thc earth approaches its aphelion. W hy j manifestations, as natural facts. While church then, when this force is a t its maximum (at the summer solstice,) does it all a t once begin to return to the sun ? Or why, when the earth is in perihelion (at the winter solstice) and the centripetal force a t its maximum, docs it of a sudden begin to fly away from the sun again ? The law of g ravitation is thus enun ciated. Masses of m a tter gravitate toward each other with a force inversely proportioned to the square of the distance between thei: theology treats them as miraculous interposi tions, a n d pseudo-philosophy as the tricks of impostors. But we shall derive benefit from the Spiritual Philosophy only as we un derstand and apply it. We enact the part of Judas toward it whenever we affirm in its name, th a t which it does not warrant. And what is its warrant on this very point? Is it not the continued existence of man, beyond the life of “ the body th a t now is,” with the [The Congregational Herald seriously allude to thc death of Theodore Parker as an answer to special prayer. We have seen no treat m ent of the case to equal the following re buke, which we quote entire from the Tri bune.'] We copied the other day from a western paper an account ef a pious gentleman, lame lrom his b irth, or from very early years, who was restored to full soundness of limb in answer to prayer. His sufferings from his infirmity had grown so g reat that he had con sulted an eminent surgeon, a nd made up his mind to submit to a painful oprration when ton’s Principia assumes a projectile force co-1 shall affirm t h a t these shall cease to act, even j i t occurred to him to try first the efficacy of work ing a with Gravitation, to explain the form i as thev have ever anted from the earliest tra- ! prayer for the cure or alleviation of Liu Adjourned. R. T. H a l l o c k . Destroying Angels. T H E P R O F A N I T I E S O F P R A Y E R . centers of gravity, and directly proportioned continued power to m anifest that existence to to the masses themselves. Of course this us? Continued life and intelligence, contin- principle gives no explanation of the singular ued friendship and affection, continued power phenomena of the earth’s change of course in of volition—these characteristics of the hu- orbit a t the two solstices. The whole of New- m an arc dem o n strated still to be. He who of the planetary o rbits. Gravitation accounts i dition up to the current hour, m u st do so for the origin of no motion, but only for its form. Newton very naively attributed this origin of motion to the hand o f God. This hand will retire as fast as Science advances. from a basis o ther than the facts o f Spiritual ism or its philosophy. One other characteristic of this philosophy, deserving m ention for its utility rather than The difficulty stated above, and in our cor- j its novelty, (for its discovery is as old as respondent’s letter, has been very forcibly Jesus,) is, th a t it m akes perfect peace be- prescnted by a French Spiritualist, M. C a n ta-; tween love and wisdom, c h a rity and justice grel, in his profound work “ D’ou Nous , —th a t is to say, i t demonstrates th a t w h a t a n o n s , etc.” — E d s .] true hum an sympathy would prom pt one, under a n y and a ll circumstances, to do to the Spiritual Lycc Let truth no mo j a £. I neighbor, is precisely the wisest thing to do. urn ami Conterence. intheiteMofa o rk in w ith g ravitatio n , to explain th e form I as they have ever acted from th e earliest tra- pray er for th e cure or alleviation of his dis tress. And so successful was Li- application th a t in the deep sleep which fell upon him immediately thereafter, he saw the eminent surgeon aforesaid enter, accompanied by the Saviour of m ankind, who proceeded to ope rate on his diseased limb, and with such effect th a t he found himself the next morning en tirely restored to its wholesome use. The legs of the lame were no more unequal, but he could walk, a n d run, and leap, after a very brief exercise of his long unpracticed mus cles. The story was told with entire gravity, and w ithout any apparent sense of absurdity or indecorum, or of the ridicule which was likely to attach because of it, in unthinking minds, to an office held in such profound ven eration by universal Christendom. “ W h atever may be thought of the absurd ity or the blasphemy of this story, the pur pose of the miracle of healing which it re lates was a t least humane and beneficent, and in accordance with the benignity of th e w o n derful works recorded in the Gospels. Not so, however, with the m arvel which was w rought in Boston, according to the authen tic assurance of the Congregational Herald, in answer to d evout supplication. It seems that the late lam ented Theodore Parker did not die a natural death through the ordinary processes of disease, as has generally been supposed, but th a t he was prayed to death by a praying circle of ladies, held in the parlor ‘ a promine 1 * citizen of Boston.’ These m ore be gagged, nor conscience dungeoned, n o r science be impeached of godlessness.\ [Reported for The Herald of Progress.] ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEENTH SES SION. The New Y o rk Spiritual Conference is held every Tuesday evening, in Clinton Hall. Q p r s t i o n : (Continued.) W hat are the c h a racteristics o f the Spiritual Philosophy ? D r . G ould read a paper elucidatory, r a t h er o f the characteristics of philosophers than philosophy. The paper recites th a t it was “ a practice of the New Testament Spiritualists of so governing and subduing their anim a l na tures as to overcome the death of the body through the process of translation.” Also, th a t “ while the ancients held to no doctrine contravening the force of sound moral pre cepts, such (th c ' paper) is sorry to say does not appear to be the case w ith quite a num ber of the apostles of this dispensation.” M r . O dell : From liis o w n ex p e r ien c e , b o t h o f th e o lo g ic a l te a c h i n g a n d sp ir it u a l now published on the subject. It is well volume for inform ation. This volume was j facts, he concludes th a t the former is defi- w o rth your attention. Some people call it very favorably received both in E n g land a n d cient in this : th a t the state which it induces speculation ; but it is only speculative, as in this country. giving e mbodim ent to the views, and w h a t is very probable, the positive k nowledge of some persons, in the place of mere vague a n d unde- j fined notions of o thers, whose theories vanish before those of the author of the Philosophy of a Future State, like dew on a clear sum m e r’ b m o rning. This volume is, to one of my m en tal organization, a profoundly interesting work. This work had a wide circulation. It was dedicated to Rev. Thomas Chalmers,D. D. After his Future State followed in succession, in 1833, his Improvement o f Society by the Diffu sion o f Knowledge —a m o st auspicious title, since there is no b e tter way to improve society, than (To be Continued.) ! u n d e r certain well-known conditions, rarely. More Light on Astronomy. O R B I T S — P L A N E T A R Y C O M E T S . LETTER FROM THE LANCASTER CIRCLE. if ever, lasts long. Thc ecstasy of the new ,c< edge self-acquired ; the fountain of joy is not opened in his own so u l; his refreshing is M O T I O N S f r o m a n a r t if ic ia l reservoir, whose aqueducts I are n o t under his control. N o t so w ith the faithful s tudent in the school o f Spiritualism; w h a t of joy he experiences comes to him through the action of his own faculties— through the exercise of his own powers o f ob servation, awakening his consciousness to the sublime significance of the facts they reveal. To compare g reat things with small, the difference in effect is like t h a t which would be produced upon the m ind by reading the description of N iagara Falls, by Oliver Goldsmith, con trasted with a personal inspection—the his tory m ay be forgotten, the fact once realized never can be. For this reason he is sorry to I c o n v e rt is not from any increase of knowl -1 th a t each hum an soul is a medium, and may enjoy the blessings of spiritual intercourse, by obedience simply to the conditions or laws upon which i t depends. Hence the fallacy of leadership, and the notion concerning “ lead ing minds. ’ ’ These a re of the old school and not of the new. It is the delight of the lat ter to instruct the brother m an as to his rights, his absolute freedom. M r s . S pen c e : Since certain rem arks of hers all o ther teachings, the reverse obtains. Justice and hum anity are a t war. For example : The judge, when he pro nounces sentence of death from a sense of public justice, or the sheriff when he executes it, would, from a sense of mercy, gladly save alive. Here is a shite o f war, and the violence of the battle will be as the strength of the hum anity to be overcome. In the end sym pathy is crucified, in order th a t what is called justice may live. But “ on the third day” (if not before) it is sure to rise again and renew the conflict with his obfuscated understand ing. Throughout our e n tire civilization, this dreary spectacle presents itself, and with a result which, but for the dawn of a better philosophy, would make the prison i lous as the church. It is a m axir philosophy th a t n a tural symjiathy a t justice are in perpetual accord ; th. tru t h can never be at variance, very fiist sword to be beaten ink' is th a t two-edged abomination- -the church and state justice. D r . Y oung : M ammon is thc «lest of Mediumship, and to this cause is attrilm- , an\ ' • -• - : *y; , , . , , , different way from w h a t they had expected, table, as he thinks, w h a t of decrease there j A n d the Congregational Herald goes on to re may be in the manifestations. cjte, ‘u s facts worthy of notice and record, D r . G r a y : I t is a deduction of our school, j th a t Mr. Parker’s voice was v irtually silenced from that time forward ; th a t he preached only once or twice afterward ; and that a disease seized upon him * which took him odly dames 1 h eresiaru) ’ ey prayed ' in h is ' tl ' s case of this cel« •]ect of ‘ v t; L a n c a s t e r , Aug. 23, 1860. M essrs A. J. D a v i s & Co., G e n t l e m e n : Since the p rediction of the “ F ranklin Com et,” some rem a rks have been made which induce us to believe th a t there is but very little known in the ‘ ‘ scientific world’ ’ respecting by diffusing useful knowledge. This is the the orbit of a n y p lanet—m u ch less of the most first of Dr. Dick’s volumes th a t I ever read ;; eccentric in the m ovem ents of the heavenly and I well rem ember th a t ,a t the time, I thought bodies—the Comets. it the best work th a t I ever read—or I m ight j ’Hie m o st approved theory upon this sub- say th a t ever w a s; and I now think th a t i t jeet at this time, is th a t of Kepler, which has few equals on the subject of which i t I places the sun nearest one end of an elliptical I hear it asserted, as it was, substantially, in treats. The a u thor has collected h e re a vast orbit, and accounts for the earth's revolution i the Conference last Sunday, th a t the physical deal of g eneral information ; and no one can [ around it in a given tim e, by supposing th a t ! m anifestations are ceasing. From the joy read the volume w ithout being benefited; for j when in perihelion its m o tion is accelerated, 1 unspeakable, from the steady coniidenco aud it is well calculated to stim u late a person to j and retarded when in aphelion, &c. unshaken faith in the future lifo thence de- further inquiry. If I have taken some little Now, Messrs Editors, we would beg leave to .rived to his soul, he should be grieved to interest in the acquisition of knowledge, I owe ask those who have made this m a tter their j think t h a t they are about to die out or cease, more to t h a t volume than any o ther th a t ever ; study—where, (in an orbit of so much eceen -1 until they have enkindled a like assurance was printed; for i t develops both the in te l - ! tricity as th a t laid down for the earth) they 1 and joy wherever fear and doubt now exist, lectual powers a n d the moral sentim ents ; a n d would place the equinoctial points ; or, how | D r . H a l l o c k : Our question is as to the you know t h a t none but a good man can be a true | they reconcile facts with the statem e n t, t h a t 1 characteristics of thc spiritual philosophy. philosopher. He who h as a high moral tone of the greater portion in the circumference of the ]n view of the truthfulness of the prediction, ruindcan feel the truths of N a ture much more ’ e a rth’s o rbit, is to be traversed by it, when readily than one th a t i 6 somewhat wanting in its m o tion is said to be retarded, and that, such elem ents of m ind. Read the volume. A 1 w hen it is said to be accelerated, i t performs considerable part of the Improvement of Society i its smaller portion of the same periphery, was w ritten about eighteen years before i t was That is to say, the earth goes farthest in a published, and the Doctor says th a t had he given tim e, when the force impelling it is published the work a t th a t time, it would i least, as must be the case, if it is not in a line with very probably have been prem ature. As i t the sun at one of the equinoctial points, or, was, the work had a n extensive sale. i - t one end of the shortest diam eter of the The general subject of the preceding volume | e a rth's orbit. For the inclination of the was followed up in another volume entitled earth’s a x is requires th a t the earth (at the The Mental Illumination and Moral Improvement o f I equinoxes) shall be a t the shortest diameter in Mankind. This work appeared in 1835. It i its orbit, and exactly a t opposite points, with I them below all necessity of philosophy, and in embraces among other things, “ an examina- j the sun perpendicular to its equator, or it the other above all possibility o f reason. If tion of the system of education” then fol- would be impossible for the sun’s light to j they are a sham, find the cheat a nd the prob cited by Mr. Odell, the inquiry is void. Wc cannot found a philosophy upon th a t which has its o rigin in caprice. Philosophy, in mod ern acceptation, is the reason of things —the rationale o f realities whose causes are natural. Now, to say th a t spiritual manifestations from the o ther life are to cease, is v irtually to say e ither th a t they arc a sham a ltogether, or th a t they are from the Divine will, and n o t from a Divine law—in other words, th a t they are n o t n a tural, but supernatural; not orderly, but miraculous. In tlie one case this places lowed, showing its futility and inefficiency, and illustrating the principles a n d details of an efficient intellectual system, capable o f u n i versal application ; together with a v ariety of suggestions in relation to the physical, moral, and intellectual improvement of society.” This work will well repay a perusal. In 1836 appeared his Essay on the Sin aiul Evils o f Covetousness. This work was composed in four m o n ths amid m any interruptions. A prize was offered by a religious society for tho reach both poles a t one time, or the days and nights ever to be equal in any other position. In other words, thc facts in the caso, respecting the true position of the earth, re quire th a t the axis at the equinoxes should be at right angles with the sun’s position in the ecliptic. I t therefore follows that a straight line drawn across the earth’s orbit, from one equinox to tho other, m u st pass directly lem is solved ; if from the will of God, they are not to be reasoned about. Only in so far as they are seen to be natural, can they be philosophical. W ell, friends, if there be reality anywhere cognizable by us, we do know there are veritable spiritual manifestations. These arc natural then, or they are supernatural. If the latter, let us cease, with all decent haste, to talk through the center of the sun, necessarily in j ai)0ut a philosophy, whether spiritual, har- its center. monial, or celestial. But we do talk about from his congregation, and his country, and into eternity.’ Upon which state of facts, this orthodox organ of the Congregational- ists exclaims w ith holy fervor : Was not this one among the numerous answers which God gives to secret prayer ! ! ’ “ We think, if we are to take this oracle as an authentic expounder of the ways of God to man, th a t it becomes a m atter of very in the Conference last Sunday have given di- j g eneral interest to know whether these hon- rection somewhat to the present thought, it orable and devout women of Boston have is p roper th a t she should state herself. She said on th a t occasion : As to the phenomena, they are not as they have been. Mediums are not as they were. There is certainly a change in these respects, but it is not her fault, nor does she look upon the fact as a been encouraged by this signal success to con tinue their operations for the ridding of the world ©f persons whom they may esteem mischievous to it. The knowledge of the ex istence of such a secret society of Destroy ing Angels, one would think, m u st excite no small uneasiness in the Athens of our coun m isfortune. There is a philosophical r e a s o n I try. For though, as in Athens of old, the for this change. In order to progress, the inhabitants are f o n d of hearing and telling _ ! r\( orimp now rhino', wir mnnor, noneeivft that m ind m u st pass from phenomena to philos- ophy. of some new thin g we canno t conceive th a t it could be an agreeable novelty to learn that Those who wish to hear raps every | gucfi p racticeSmay be going on privily against lay, lest they relapse into their old skepti- m en’s lives. Indeed, who of us all is safe? cism, show t h a t they have profited but little | How do we know that a praying circle of by the raps. As she thinks, phenom e n a l; ladies is n o t a t this moment wearying heaven Spiritualism lias nearly accomplished its true i for ‘ >*e destruction of the Tribune, and an epl- t , i - ... . . .. 1 demic e x tirpation ot all the persons whom it purpose. In the ocean of publ.c opimon, it “ enp£ ys in ‘the public serviCe f It is dread- ' demic e x tirpatio n of all the persons w , , . , , , , i em ploys in th e public service ? I t is has created, beyond w h a t appears to the e y e ,; fui to think of. We know that certain wo- a broad a nd deep under-current of admission, | m en in Massachusetts, in former times, were which is propelling the public m ind in spite of all the winds of doctrine which distract the surface. Even now, in obedience to its force, m any a grand old theological iceberg may he seen m oving irresitibly on across the wind-created currents, into those milder lat itudes whose light and heat, love and truth, arc to dissolve it into fraternal relations with the great ocean of hum anity, whence it is, and to which i t m u st return. W ith respect to leadership or a u thority, the fact appears to be th a t some minds are positive and others negative, relatively. The n egative m ind n a t urally looks to one stronger than itself for support. She has no quarrel w ith this in stinct o f weakness, while she wants no pope for herself. She will neither be one nor help to m ake one. I t is the true effect of a phi losophic spiritual faith th a t we become more and more individualized. M r. P a r t r id g e does not think the preva lence of the manifestations any less than heretofore. If they do not occur in our own families or neighborhoods, then in other places. A recent letter which he had received from Paris confirms this. Somewhere about a year ago he was w ritten to, requesting him to send there one or more good mediums for physical m anifestations; now they have them of their own country. He thinks the notion best Essay on th a t subject, and our author From what has been said, it m u st be ap- philosophy, and in thus talking affirm their composed this work and s e n t it in ; but it was parent, th a t there are two equinoxes, a n d two naturalness. If, then, they are natural, how too late or some other cause prevented it solstices, as well as two perihelions aud two | can they cease ? Life, of necessity, m u st be f . being noticed ; and the Doctor says th a t I aphelions. We would therefore like to know jn t,h«> pprpAt.nql manifestation of living. Af- th a t these m anifestations are ceasing, tends 't'v r s a fortunate circumstance th a t he ever j how the facts can be reconciled to any known fection and intelligence which inhere to the to the fulfillment of its own prophecy ; that 1 t t h e m anuscript again. He sa y s th a t it j theory? T iie L a ncaster C ir c l e , j human, are these to cease as expressions of | is to say, it destroys or disturbs the normal accused of practicing against men's lives by secret arts. These sorceressess would make waxen images of such as they wished to re move from the world, and. by sticking pins into these, would torm e n t \he flesh of those they stood for, and by slowly melting them before the fire would cause their correlatives to pine away and die. But these adepts were branded as the worst o f criminals, and were hanged or burned without mercy ; whereas the more fatal sisterhood of our later days are exalted above all other women as excel ling in Christian graces aud in the favor of Alm ighty God. “ The e x tent to which the dangers of such a Holy Alliance as this m ight reach is some thing alarming. If it should be a settled thing t h a t these Fatal Sisters can indeed doom any one to death by the cruel m ight of their simple intercession, who can say that they would stay their avenging hands when they had freed the world from the theological monsters th a t lay in waste? Disagreeable husbands, unpleasant fathers, superannuated uncles, and bed-ridden aunts might, be dis posed of by the easy and edifying process o a prayer meeting. The vulgar applumces oj the dagger and the bowl, by winch afftcted ladies have sometimes disposed of dens of their lives, would be seded. A I1!ere \ j ' v ^ ' K e s that such or prayers of th e s e devoid , ^ ^ such an impenitent in the course of h ^ nece8sary to secure ably be all that of. (be w,lv. strych- his hem - ramo 1 Mjc acid would become S r t h f m u r k e t as well as iu the apothe-
