Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . s rfformution,designed and destined to correct theologi-cal errors, to remove sectarian barriers,and to excite more warmly the religiouselement among mankind. This claim isdenied by those op
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . s rfformution,designed and destined to correct theologi-cal errors, to remove sectarian barriers,and to excite more warmly the religiouselement among mankind. This claim isdenied by those opposed to the movement,who charge it as aiming, or tending, to do #4 GREAT AND MEMORABLE EVENTS. 477 away with the Bible, to overthrow Chris-tianity, and destroy the Church and itsinstitutions, — indeed, to break up tliewhole frame-work of society as at presentconstituted. The discussion has engaged,in the press and pulpit, and on either side,the profoundest adepts in theology, science,and philosophy; and, though none disputethat fraud and imposture have played their their own thoughts, without any knowl-edge at the time, on his part, of eitherideas or subject; the hand-writing of eachwas unlike that of the other, and, thoughboth were written by Dr. Dexters hand,they were both wholly unlike his, and thischaracterized the whole of the volumin-ous communications, according to theseauthors CORA L. V. HATCH. A. J. DAVIS. JUDGE EDMONDS. part, in multitudes of instances, in con-nection with the matter, it is admittedthat the phenomena, under reputableauspices, exhibit great, novel, and aston-ishing facts. Since the initiation of the movement, orphenomena, in 184:7, by the Misses Fox,the most distinguished mediums have beenA. J. Davis, D. D. Home, Mrs. Cora L. , etc., etc.; the most widely cele-brated authors, A. J. Davis, Judge Ed-monds, and George T. Dexter, Adin Ballou,and some others. The learned work bear-ing the joint authorship of Judge Ed- The different kin
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