The fountain : with jets of new meanings . IGION. 227 kind. Here an old question, founded in a principleof charity and justice, may be repeated: Why be-hold est thou the motethat is in thy brotherseye, but considerest notthe beam that is in thineown eye ? And now, in this spir-it, without wishing togive a grain of comfort tothe enemies of Spiritual-ism, I am constrained, inthe interest of truth andhumanity, to speak asfreely and honestly againstthe radical errors in both G0 forward without fear when 41 ON THE RIGHT TRACK. faith and practice, which have cropped out among spiritualists. As in my
The fountain : with jets of new meanings . IGION. 227 kind. Here an old question, founded in a principleof charity and justice, may be repeated: Why be-hold est thou the motethat is in thy brotherseye, but considerest notthe beam that is in thineown eye ? And now, in this spir-it, without wishing togive a grain of comfort tothe enemies of Spiritual-ism, I am constrained, inthe interest of truth andhumanity, to speak asfreely and honestly againstthe radical errors in both G0 forward without fear when 41 ON THE RIGHT TRACK. faith and practice, which have cropped out among spiritualists. As in my heartthere is not one feeling of unkindness or bitternesstoward any believer in any Church or Bible ; so thereis nothing but earnest fraternal love toward all men,inspired by a still more profound love of truth and en-franchised reason, which moves me to indite theseprotestations. Spiritualism, when properly defined with its limita-tions, is not a religion; and the practice of communi-cating with spirits, however delightful to the better. 228 JETS OF NEW MEANINGS. feelings, is not the practice of religion ; and, therefore,spiritualists (i. e. spirit-communicants), are not neces-sarily a religious people. The seed of Spiritualism isspiritual intercourse. Can the fruit of a tree differfrom its seed ? If your religion begins in the practiceof holding such communications, where will it end ?It is a circle, and will end just where and just as it be-gun, in the practice of commerce with spirits. Pri-mates and ultimates resemble one another, as grain bears
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