The fountain : with jets of new meanings . SORROW AND SUPERSTITION. 205 upon the heavenly atmosphere. The realms of shadowhave been richly furnished with substance. Individ-uals believed to be u dead have responded when theirnames were properly called. Human prejudices havegiven way before the accumulated weight of genuinespiritual evidences. And the martyred saints andpatriots and comrades of the new era, clothed intheir shining victorious habiliments, are already indanger of conquerors crowns and martyrs monuments. And why are they not crowned ? Why do not theenriched and grateful people ere
The fountain : with jets of new meanings . SORROW AND SUPERSTITION. 205 upon the heavenly atmosphere. The realms of shadowhave been richly furnished with substance. Individ-uals believed to be u dead have responded when theirnames were properly called. Human prejudices havegiven way before the accumulated weight of genuinespiritual evidences. And the martyred saints andpatriots and comrades of the new era, clothed intheir shining victorious habiliments, are already indanger of conquerors crowns and martyrs monuments. And why are they not crowned ? Why do not theenriched and grateful people erect altars to Spiritualism ?Why are not Spiritualists more united in good works ?The peoples answercomes, thus : u If it canbe shown that Spiritu-alism has purified thecharacters and ennobledthe lives of its votaries,we shall be prepared towelcome it. But no suchresult is yet apparent,and the world must con-tinue to regard even itshighest advocates as en-gaged in work unworthyof their faculties. What rejoinder from us is possible?. CONFESSION IS GOOD FOR THE SOT7L. We have 206 JETS OF NEW MEANINGS. braved the perils of the most searching investigation,have successfully withstood the shafts of ridicule andthe destructive assaults of bigotry, and have plantedour evidences upon an impregnable basis ; and yet,upon the very threshold, around which our laurels arebeautifully growing, we are met with an objection,which like a flash of lightning demoralizes our grandarmy, fills thousands of honest minds with unhappydoubts, and conveys unmerited relief and comfort tothe bitter enemy whom we. have long since silenced,if not vanquished. Attributing both good and evil deeds to the directagency of a personal God—out of which has grownup a custom of oral petitions and written prayers—thissuperstition has been greatly modified by a large un-philosophical class among nominal Spiritualists; sothat, as another superstition (with grains of truth init), it stands in this proposition: That in an
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