THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JULY 1, 18G7. THE RIGHTS OF MIRTH. A Sermon for the Hot Weather, bjr B. II. Nadal, D. P. Preached la (Trinity U.K. Church Yesterday. iHFICIiL BKPOBT FOB TH SVKNINO TKLKOBAFB. "A time to langh." Eccleelastes 111, 4. Theae words plainly declare that gravity Is not to abide forever on the lace or in the heart. jks man was made for toil, both of body and mind, he was made to encounter the trials of life, so also was he made for iu loy and mirth. Xbe very tact that man Is a Uuphiaer animal Is ta ample refutation of everything which would jnnke amusement or recreation In itself sinful. llow frequently does the New Testament refer to little children, and call upon us to imitate them I The traits of childhood which we ought especially to cherish are innocence, guileless Bess, ana simplicity, andtbeae are closely llnkod with lamrhter. The smile of infancy is one of the brightest glimpses which earth is afforded of heaven, and Its crow and laugh, especially when seen as well as heard, are sweeter than all tunes, whether from voice or instrument. how, is that which constitutes the chief charm of childhood to be laid aside as childhood departs? Must we not rather strive to carry the innocent mirthlulness of childhood with us to and through our riper life f Indeed, every mile of Infancy, every laugh of happy boyhood and girlhood, bids us watch against the corro eion of care, against the stitfeoing and stupity tng effect of unrelaxing labor, and against auy theory that would rob us of our birthright of smiles and laughter. Kindred to the leseon of nature within ui is that ot the same teacher without and around us. Who can look on the world the infinitely diversified world of flowers without a glow of the heart threatening to break on the face in a emlle? What colors, what odors, what variety of both I We are lost in the thought of the in genuity and luxury of divine bliss which thus uttered itself of the infinite and eternal smile which actualized itself to tue creaturely sense 1n a wilderness of flowers. The flowers, with the birds, their Drethren iu beauty, and the frorgeous landscapes, which repose sublimely undur the glorious cope of heaven, proclaim nan's right and duty to bo cheerful, exultant, f;ay, and to express these feelings in smiles and laughter. If the world la strong, if it is nad, it is also beautiful an gay. If its brow is damp with the sweat of work, and its cheek lurrowed by tears, the smile vindicates Its right ty drying up both with its ray. Yes, there is a time to laugh, and as we give time expressly to labor, and to learn how it is to be best done, so we are to give time to mirth, and to understanding how It may best be en Joyed. Our theme for the morning is, "The Eights of Mirth." These rights, as we have seen, are founded in nature. As there is a time to laugh, bo there is In our nature a laughing department. Indeed, laughter is often a powerful weapon against an antagonist. When the keenest argu ments, enforced by the noblest eloquence, have failed to convince or silence an opponent, not vnfrequently has he been driven from the field in utter confusion by turning the laugh upon itim. This, however, is not the aspect of the subject at which we would look. This Is a serious form of mirth, in which we may be pleased at the expense of opposers. It is sport to some, but often the keenest pain to others. We refer now to that innocent sort of mirth which is harmless to all. Wit and humor are pans of our nature, and may be the sources of a purely inoffensive pleasure. Wit is a keen perception of the cur ions and striking aspects of a subject, and such an expression of them as will produce a pleasant enrprlse. Humor is more a matter of feeling than a form of thought. It is a fresh, droll view of things, accompanied by a rich glow of play ful mirth. These traits of mind are just as natural as the gravity of reason or the flow of tears. The rights pf wit and humor may be Becured without violating the sanctity of re ligion. Nay, they may enter the service of re ligion, and add to its attractiveness. We nave innumerable illustrations and proofs of this in the history of the Church and pulpit. Borne of the ablest and most devout preachers tiave been full of wit or humor, or of both. Rowland Hill was a most distinguished saint, and yet so overflowing with sacred humor were "bis discourses, that his audiences most fre quently have alternated between tears and smiles. Bald he on one occasion, "I would give nothing for a man's leliglon whose dog and cat are not the better for it." There, too, is the in spired, the Immortal Bunyan, whatever he may bavebeen in the pulpit, in his Pilgrim he is full of humor, droll, until his very gravity excites a mile. The ingots of truth under his pen are shaped into odd conceits. If we come down to our own times, we find that some of the most successful preachers are the wittiest. How do the bold reproofs of Spurgeon feather themselves with wit, and melt their way into the soul by the electrical heat of humor! And look at Beecher, full of beauty, fertile as a tropical garden, mercilessly lashing whatever he holds to be wrong, while wet he docs many a thing which makes me doubt tils wisdom, let it is not beauty alone, nor beauty joined to boldness, good rnetoric, and striking elocution that makes him popular. To these are added the free play of his wit and humor. He is moved by his own keen sense of the ludicrous, and yields to the emotions and thoughts it inspires. He smiles and acts and speaks his feeling, and the people that wept a moment before laugh aloud the moment after. One ot the finest preachers I have known was the Bev. James Bewell, now no more. His ex positions were rich in the extreme. The free .play ot his humor seemed to stir his imagina tion to creative power. The scenes of Scripture seemed, under his hand, to live again. True, he sometimes carried matters too far, and excitable auditors lost their t-elf-control; but still it was Ms sacred humor which, so long as it was con trolled, gave effect to his sermons. George G, CJookman possessed the same power, but with bim it never lnterrupted.the flow of feeling. It ,arS3-always elevated into the spiritual region by the ltitensuy gi religious emotions. Indeed, in the church, in authorship, everywhere in public life, this element ol mirth has contributed to success because it has min istered to enjoyment, and opened the heart to good I Nor, Indeed, is mirth foreign to the nature of THgion itself. It not only helps the pulpit by alliances with wit and humor, in i's best and bigbest sense, it joins itself also to the deepest enjoyments of the religious life. The children of Israel, returning trom their captivity in liabylon, and catching a distant prospect of Mount Zion, breakout in the song: "When the lxrd turned the captivity of his people, we were like them that dream. Then was our month tilled with laughter and our singing." The meaning of which seems to be that gratitude to iod for His mercies sometimes becomes so intense that it can only find adequate expression In bursts of laughter. We have the same idea where it is said: "'Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; Thou hast taken off my sackcloth, and v.irded me with gladness." When a soul has l-en bowed down tor many days under con f ious guilt, and a sense of divine favor comes X i its relief, the natural expression of the t : inge is a smile. ". f k as their thoughts their Joys come on, 1 ny col nan so a win away; V It WL a Is are ever bright us uoon, ..uS calm as aumuier evenings be." The natural expression ot all these qulck Vxmiing joys is a series of smiles, sometimes prnwinor audible. Now a smile of low. now of triumph, now of beaming, yearning love.now of eratitude, ana now ot wonaenug, transported adoration, What is the appearauce ot the face in a shout f The answer is that the soul, when it shouts when it calls on all with n to bless the l,ord, and lift high His Holy Name Is in a state of transport: it is all radiant and glowing; its power of bliss beoomes explosive, aud blazes out In words of the greatest fullness of energy and meaning; and while the shout resounds, the face shines with a smile at which a hundred Mildred souls might light their candles. Or, thold a holy soul In the closet, in deep cora - jilon with God. Recall your own best hours i iIsivate devotion. Hemember how you felt. !, iif-nt to think of vour unfaithfulness you ieadfor pardon you sat In the sackcloth of din of the Lord shone npon your hosd, chasing way the clouds of doubt and the damps of sor row, and when yon rested firmly and sweetly on the promts!, your prostrate form erected itself on its knees, and your upturned lace rayed btu-X the light of Hod's countenance in a emlle. We do not identify the sarrcd smiles of devotion with ordinary mirth. The difference lb like that between eating an ordinary meal and partaking of the Lord's Supper. We use the same mouth in rating and drinking In both cases, but the meaning Is different. But the smile ot innocent mirth ts still a smile, none the less natural and general when it is transdgnrcd in sacred ran tine. The work of God is as real in a lily as tn the conversion of a soul; a smile is the blossom ot joy in nature and in grace, natural In both. But not only Is mirth rooted in our nature, not only are wit and humor included in the sphere of the Church and the pulpit, not ouly is a smile the appropriate and natuial expres sion ot religious cheerfulness and joy mirth vindicates its rights still further. It Is abso lutely demanded by labor. 'Recreation," says one, "is a second creotion when weariness hath almost annihilated one's spirit." Toil, whether of body or mind, acts upon us like a burden. We cannot bear it long wlthont sinking under it. When the pack is lilted from the back of the horse, he first rests and then romps. But the burdens of men are not so easily gotten rid of. The calculations of the counting room, the cares ot the household, the tolls of the study, the condition of the crops, the state of the work in the factory and the like, will not always be dismissed at a word. Unlike the horse, man has tho burden on bis mind; it becomes tangled with his feelings and thoughts; and to get himself off, he must set up some competitor to work. It may be a book, conversation with his family or iriends, play with his children, music, a walk or a ride iu the country almost anything to get the burrs ot business out of his hair to get tho pack and harness froai his galled and weary back. For the want of such relief, so that the soul and face may.smile again, thousands of people perish every year. It is business, business, until tho long-bent bow no longer has power to spring back. The soul and the face alike grow cadaverous. The same necessity exists of counterworking sorrow. There is indeed a godly sorrow which worketh repentance unto hie, but even that is sure to be followed by a smile. It begins in "Thou wast angry with me," and it ends iu "Thine anger is turned away, and Thou com fortest me." The afflictions that come upon us In the course of life contain precious lessons. They are discipline tor us. We are net to deal lightly with them, but to "let patience have its f erlect work." But even here there comes a ime to laugh; a time when the upset vessel will right herself; when beauty will be beauty again, when humor and wit will reassert their power. This Is a necessity lounded in nature and equally in religion. Borne people, when they haveniet with severe misfortunes in the loss ol friends or estate, make the mistake of secluding themselves, even stay ing away from church. A severe blow may, in deed, prostrate us to the earth, but surely we ought to stay there no longer than we must. Let us make no convent tor ourselves in the open world. Let us welcome the hour of re action, accept the first pure smile, and even go where such are produced. But let us not forget that if mirth is natural, like every other attribute of nature, it is liable to abuse. Love, which ought to be heavenly, may be earthly and sensual: and so mirth, which ought to be a bright rill from the foun tain of pure humor, may be only a stream of dirty water from the engines of prurience and obscenity. The words "gentleman" and "lady" are in the whole world's mouth, but with very different meanings. Ouly give people these titles, and in many cases you may mean by them what you please. A gentleman, in the lowest definition, is a well-dressed man, with a genteel look, and a good bow. He may be as wicked as Judas, and his con versation may be obscene and profane. To a pure mind mirth ceases to be mirth, laugh ter turns into erief and anger, when it meets with impurityor profanity. For a laughter stained with an oath, or with an obscene jest or allusion, there is no time. Wretches that swear and utter impurity to amuse, ought to be dressed in the skins of wild beasts, and go on all fours, though this would be the grossest,, injustice tp the brutes. Books, papers, places ' of amusements, that are disfigured with Im purity or profanity, ought to be shunned as the gateway to death and perdition. Surely there are songs enough that are pure; there are decent words enough in the Engliuh language; there are stories enough untarnished by lust and brutality. Why should we touch pitch T. Why should we pollute ourselves in speech or in heering? Another thought needful here Is, that even where mirth is spotless it must not be out of proportion. There is, indeed, a time to laugh, but there is also a time for other things. Laugh ter must keep within its own limits. If it be comes pervading, it turns the man or woman into a mere clown. How many people, some of fviu AJB. , U V VIlUlVUi Ud T u uccuciatcu III IAS UUTJl C jokers! Mirth is light, and those who know uiHuiug uai minu are empty, come men give themselves up to the Invention of jokes for the world. They are by trade manufacturers of mirth. Such a man was the late so-called Alte ra us Ward. These persons abuse their own facul ties and fatten on the weaker portions of society. In our view they are worse than useless. Wit and humor sufficient tor all the purposes of Hie are furnished in the ordinary course of things. God made these poor creatures men; they are dissatisfied until they make them selves apes. The same holds ot the newspapers exclusively devoted to jests. If such papers as the Police Vazette are sources of direct corrup tion, these would-be iunny papers are breeders of dearth and Yanity, of street-corner and bar room clowns. Pure, genuine, healthful mirth is not promoted, but perverted, by such sorry professional iokcrs, by such vapid, Bickly papers, and all shows that correspond witn such papers and with such men. Life, indeed, as we have seen, has its mirthful side, but the mirth must bo tributary to earnestness; It must whet the scytne for work; it must be such as not to invade purity; such as will not unfit, but fit for labor; such as can dwell comfortably by the side of religion. Indeed, all the amuse ments, all the recreations, all the mirth, all the luughter of Hie, ow?ut to be simply out growths of Christian cheerfulness. There are special times to laugh, particular manifesta tions of mirth, hours when wit and humor will make special demands upon our attention; but mirth or laughter, in the sense of Chris tian cheerfulness, should eo with us through the current of life. The Apostle means this when he says, "Re joice evermore;" and again, when he Bays, "Be careful for nothing;" and still again, when he says, "That be has learned in whatsoever state he is therewith to be content;" and yet once more, when he says. "He is sorrowful, yet al ways rejoicing." This 1s a state of perpetual cheerfulness. When there is no wit gleaming, no humor playing, no story telling, no pranks going on, the smile still lingers and alternates on the face, and in the actions with the serious aspects of lite. l)o you not know people, precisely tho most pious of your acquaintances, who wear an almost perpetual smile, and w hose Bmile is con stantly breaking away into a sweet musical laugh? The wicked world wears a veil of emiles: these wear the smile rather as the mirror oftbebrieht soul within. It is at once an ex pression of purity and joy. It is not the same in all who have it. It varies with the natural temperament, the health, the circumstances. With one it shoots its threads of light acres a countenance nulurally Btern aud hard; with others over an expression of gravity, as when the sun shines on the face of a heavy cloud; with others over features indicating great mass of intellect, as when a brilliant light falls suddenly on a casket of jewels just un covered. In hours of labor this smile retires within. The soul wants it there to warm and illume the heart's altar. But when discourse commences it darts to the windows, it rushes to the points of Intercourse with the outer world, it tingles in the voice, it (fleams in the eye, it wreathes itself about the mouth, expressing a cheerful spirit, and vindicating the natural, the sacred, the Christian rigbts of mirth. We call on you, brethren, not to have your smllfl ready for the occasion; but to have a well of smiles within you, ever ready to pour out refreshment and beauty. These thoughts are presented now as appro priate to the season The smallness of the attendance here wilt soon tell those who remain that many of you are gone In pursuit ot rest and recreation. Let us throw out a farther thought or two that may be useful to you. Wheie should you go for recreation f Of course, you must determine for yourselves. But if I were your doctor, I should bid you avoid the crowd and find some quiet, rural nook some spot amid hills or mountains, by some beauti ful stream, among all the lovely forms ot na ture. We have surely, during the long year, heard enough of the confused voice of the crowd, have seen enough of fashion end pomp and Bhow. Will we now go to a so-called fashionable resort, where we shall be compelled to see the tiny wealth, the strutting poverty of men, vicing with the grander of t he ocean, or with the sublimity of the landscape f How does the costliest equipage look by the sea-side, or at the loot of a forest-clad mountain T Oh, how sweet is the stillness of tho country 1 and the evening song of the katydid and the morning carol of the robin only present that stillness in tenderer, sweeter relict I But am I told that even the fashionable water ing places are In the country. True, but the visitors try to unmake it. They carry with thcTu. all the pomp ot city millinery and of jeweller's window; they move half the night in the hot and dusty mazes of the dance, and test their stomachs to tho utmost copacity with daintier than city diet. Is this rest 1 Is it recreation f Is it rational mirth f Is it enjoying country life f We think it is carrying the spirit of Uie city into the country, and piling on its excitements thicker and heavier, and more expensively than We say shun the crowd. First of all, before you leave home, gather up your thoughts. Re member the meaning of recreation, namely, to create anew by pleasant relaxation. Make up your minds to be patient and amiable, whatever may be the vexations of your lot At the rail way stations make due allowance for surly ticket and baggage men. Be steeled asainst the lordly pride of hotel clerks. Remember that there is one country where travellers are the helpless victims ol railroad and hotel Insolence. Remember the hot weather, and, keeping cool, pocket your injuries. Wherever you are, keep clear of excitement. If you wish to avoid having your modesty pain fully shocked, keep out of the ball-rooms, or else wear a very thick veil, and keep it down. Have a mind upon your health while at the table, and beware lest you lay the foundation for djspepsia, or aggravate it where It already exists. Do not forget courtesy to the stranger that sits near you, lor rudeness is still rudeness, though offered to a person not of your ac quaintance. Be sure to enjoy the scenery. Let it be in your thoughts that God made the country. Let its quiet majesty, full of green and stately lite, as it is, grow into your soul. And above all, Tesolutely cleave to your habits as a Christian. Find, on the Sabbath, a place of public worship; set up your altar of prayer in your room, and read your accustomed Scripture lessons. Re creation thus guarded and seasoned, thus hedged in from evil, will promote health of body and mind, and you will return more cheerful, pre pared to shed fresh light upon your family and renewed energy upon the church. After all, laughter is largely the vocal bloom of health. Even virtue in a sickly, nervous frame smiles languidly. The laughter of the sick has in it but little music, though it may be fragrant with celestial piety. If ye keep your heart's diligently, and return with renewed frames, then shall be the time to laugh. The woods and Btreams and sky, and sweet air, will smile in your renewed activity on all about you. But, finally, I seem to hear some one inquire what shall those do whose fortune it will be to remain at home? We answer, they too must do their best to lecrcate. And, perhaps, the first thing for them will be to reconcile themselves to their lot. Instead of envying those who are away, let them diligently gtt up, and enjoy the argumente In favor of being at home. Let them remember that home, be it ever so homely and hot, is still home, with comforts not to be found anywhere else. It is the opinion of many of the most sensible people, that lor comfort in hot weather there is no such place as one's own house. Let the stayers at home think ot the dust and the beaming heat of the cars, ot the cavalier treatment or conductors, ticket men, and hotel clerks, and of the danger of being sick away from borne, from all ot which they are saved by remaining in the city. Let them remember the difference between a little ten-by. twelve room in a crowded hotel, and a roomy house of their own, over every part of which they may wander to avoid the sun, and find and enjoy the coolest spot. Let them recollect, too, that Falrmount and the beautiful Schuylkill are only separated from us by half an hour and the cost of a few pennies) while the shades and glens of the Wissahiekon, equal to the finest resorts of travel, are within an hour ot our homes. Let tho stayers at home also relax their labors, walk on the- sbady side of the street, and at proper hours; let them be patient, keep in a eood humor, secure their nights against the mosquitoes, and the dog-star will not only do them no harm, but afford them a seaton ot comparative rest, which will show favorably as to its effects on mind and body, with the hard and hot labor of eummeriug abroad. Besides, those who stay at home are exposed to none of the special temptations of fashion able sin and folly; they will enjoy church ser vice, prajer-meeting, and Sunday School at home, will hove the satisfaction of watching the remnant of the flock in the absence of the other part, and of welcoming the wanderers upon their return. In a word, to stayers and goers, we say recreate recreate wisely, purely. Rest yourselves into strength, into quietness of nerves, into radiance of countenance a fitting light to throw on a pure Christian life. SPIRITUALISM. Address by Hon. Robert Dale Owen, De livered In Washington Hall, Eighth and Spring Garden Streets, Last Evening. SPECIAL RETORT FOB THE EVENING TELEGBAPH. Mr. Owen, after being introduced by Isaac Wren, Esq., President ot the Spiritualist Asso ciation, spoke as follows: Some earnest friends of religion and enemies of intolerance held a meeting on Thursday of Anniversary week at Boston. It was called for the purpose of taking into consideration the condition, the needs, and the prospects of libe ral Christianity in America. Their Committee or Arrangements, through its Chairman, the Rev. Mr. Fiothingham, Invited m to address them on Spiritualism, as a phase of the religious sentiment of the day. I complied with their request, hoping to say a few words on the sub ject that has been so much misrepresented. I felt that it was a great responsibility I was assuming to declare the opinion of millions4 because the Spiritualists of the Uoited States nowadays are counted by millions; and feeling deeply that responsibility, I decided to put what I had to say on paper, so that I might be the more sure ot stating the matter a accurately as I could. It is that same address which I propose to read to ou to-night. The term "Spiritualism." in modern days, has come to be taken in a partial, contracted sense. In the minds of many it has been restricted to a claea of phenomena very curious and very In teresting. Spiritualism is as old as the oldest records of banian history, and Important as anything that can engage the attention of man. Mun cannot live by bread atone. By nourish ing the body he may, indeed, maintain animal life. The spiritual nature is as necessary as the physical to a worthy and happy human existence. Among the cultivated and intelli gent of this world there are two classes. In ono of these the spiritual consciousness is dormant. Some of these desire to believe, and sigh because they cannot. Others assert their belief, espe cially on the first day of the week. Yet the spirit within them is dead. It is not a living, moving element In their dally actiouM it is but the fBith 1 that father moved by the angolnh lor the fute of his child, when he cried out with thou mino unbe- and unbeliever. I seek the positive and hold to the nractica). Enlightened spiritualists if I may assume to speak for them neither deny nor disparage the teachings of a future life which ere derived from analogy, nor many of those which come to us Irom self-styled orthodox sources. I met lnt summer at a watcripg place one of the dignitaries of the Church. He introduced the suiject of Spiritualism, and we dropped into a quiet conversation. At the outset I bogged htm, if he felt tree so to do, to tell me in what light he had been led to regard Spiritual ism and spiritual phenomena. He answered frankly, "I see around me evidence of Infidelity widely tpread and steadily increasing." As an illustration, he added, "In a recent conversation with a Professor of Harvard, that gentleman expressed an opinion tbat ot all the principal scientific men In our country, three-fourths or more; are unbelievers not onlspoken infidels, but men who see no sufficient evidence tor any existence beyond the present. Even in our own profession," proceeded my clerical friend, "skepticism prevails. A few weeks ago I was called to the death-bed of a brother minister, who bad devoted a long liie, with rare faithful ness, to the interests of religion. As we spoke of the evidences of Christianity, he said, 'Ah, Bishop, the proof! the proof 1 if we only had the proof 1' "The spirit of materialism Is even more evident in Europe than among us. It prevails throughout the civilized world. The evidences of orthodoxy which sufficed to satisfy our an cestors are deemed insufficient to-day by many of the most honest of their descendants. Sad dened by such a state of things, I have been looking around for a remedy. I have concluded to look to Spiritualism ana Its phenomena for an answer." As I listened to this common-sense view of the case, I regretted that some ol those who are in the habit ot saying : "What possible good can spiritualism do ?" were but there to hear our conversation. It has been the popular objection that the phenomena referred to by my friend, which are called physical manifesta tions, are devoid of dignity. But we must bear iu mind that the noblest superstructures ever erected by science have been based noon the rudest facts and the simplest observations so rude and simple that for ages the world has passed them by, not knowing their Improve ment. God's ways are not as our ways. He does not sound a trumnet before His doings. For tbe greatest work He sometimes selects the humblest instruments. Unlettered fishermen first spread the great truths of Christianity. The value of these phenomena, if they be genuine, consists in this that they furnish an absolute solution of the great problem in regard to another world, with proof stronger than any which historical evidence can supply. Stronger than it (to nse Tennyson's words), because "Things seen are greater than things heard." Spiritualists do not allege or believe that any phenomena in which they find proof of Immor tality are miraculous. They believe in the uni versality of law. They do not regard the won drous things that took place in Jesus' days as exceptions to natural laws, but as phenomena which occurred under laws then in force, and with which we are bHt imperfectly acquainted. They see reproduced under their eyes modern types of some of these signs and wonders: and they find in such reproduction one of the strongest arguments to sustain the general truth ot the New Testament narrative. Intelli gent spiritualists reject the doctrine of infalli bility. They have no belief In plenary inspiration. They accept the advice of one of Oxford's essay ists (Dr. Temple), who said, "H Scripture ap pears before they, it behooves us to consider in the first place whether we are not incorrectly in terpreting the phenomena, and in the second, whether the message may not have come to us more or less perverted from the messenger." This is what ortiiodoxy must come to if she would save .the credentials of her creed. We believe that there are some varieties of charac ter in the nex.t world, as in this. We believe tbat when we cast off the natural body there is a new and potent change; yet not instantaneous. Moral, social, and intellectual qualities which may have distinguished us in this world will be with us in another. So with the evil that is in us. While there is lile there is hope, and there is life beyond the vale. We believe that the Christian world has been and still is blighted with false conceptions of death. Death ii, as Pluto taught, the enemy of lite. He is life's best friend a friend through whose agency life is ennobled and perpetuated. Orthodoxy has taught us to think tbe contrary of this. Spiritualists find that tba enfranchised spirit rejoices in the change, and would not, if it could, on any condition, return to its earthly bondage. Grief is caused by death; but a mother grieves when she parts with a beloved daughter who is about to visit a foreign land, though she be satisfied that she will be happy with the husbabd of her choice and return again. Haw many desolate friends and lovers, how many bereaved parents, has Spiritualism, with its living evidences, comforted I Spiritualism opens up to us a heaven such as the best and wisest may earnestly desire. Tbe heart of the Christian is not reached by the prospect of eternal life commonly presented to him. The Spiritualists believe that when we pass into the next world we shall not be restricted to ono occupation, nor inspired exclusively with one sentiment. They believe that our duties will be as manifold, and our enjoyments as various, as here upon earth. How numerous and distin guishing are the virtues that now move the heart of man, promoting acts of benevolence, and deeds of good-will, courage, perseverance, resignation, devotion, and the yearnings of com passion! What a varied list is here! Are these to perish with the body? or, at best, slumber there, eternally inactive, unemployed ? Spiritualists believe that he who strives for eelt-culture, morally and intellectually, on tnts earth, will be allowed to perfect his task where there is no flesh. They believe that the philanthropist, whose life has been oue long series of benefactions to the "race, will not be called upon to surrender at death the good that he has done. They believe that be whose days have been spent in exploring the secrets of na ture will not be compelled to relinquish, with ; his earthly body, the pursuit of that science to' which his heart Is weddtd. They look forward to a better world but to a world, still. They believe that there is a spiritual as well as a natural body. They believe that friends recognize each other as they arrive, and that the day of death, with its sad parting on tbis side, is also a day of happy reunion on the other. There Is another belief universally accepted in the spiritual creed. . We believe that human afflictions and sympathy, stronger than death, sometimes attract back to earth the disembodied spirit the mother yearning alter her helplexs child; the lover separated from his betrothed; the husband still longing to cherish his widowed partner. We believe that, under certain conditions, Bplrltual guar dianship can be exerted, and that it Is often exercised by spirits. They visit this world to warn and protect those, perhaps, with whom they are unattached or unknown. The speaker continued at some length, and concluded by thanking his hearers for their close attention. j Government MPROPERTYAT PRIVATE SAIE WPlTKINs.CO. AWNINGS, WAUON COVERS, BAGS, ETC. I'yonwaDtan eitra Awnlug- very cheiip. let our a lot of INK) hospital lenu, lately purchased by us, uiaoy of which are entirely new, and ol the bet U ouuoe duck. Alto. Government ttoddlMiarid Harness Of all klua. etc. WTKl . N A IX.. 1 3m Nos. 887 and S3S Nortb FRONT Street. JOHN CRUMP, OAKPENTKR AN I) BUILDEIV tuorii mo. ais lodcie vtbeet, add n( 1?S IIIEMKUT W1JIKKT, ( 21 rHJLADKLPHIA tears. "Lord, I believe; help lief." Like these doubters s LEGAL NOTICES. IN THE ORPHAN!' COURT FOB THE CITY AN1 COUNTY tP PHIL.ADKLPH1A. K"talof 1.EW18 JlHKMF.lt, deceased. Trie Auditor appointed by Uie Court u audit, settle, and Bfljimt the account ot OKOKOK W, JSKKM Kit and CATltaltlMIil BRK.MKB, K.xecutore of Uie 1H will and leetamentof LKWlS BHKM KK. deceaned. and to report dlHinbutlou or tbe balance In the hands ot the accountant, will meet the partlci Interested tor the pnrpone or hie appointment, on FHIDAY. July 11, JH67, at 4 o'clock KM,, :at his olllce, No, 1424 bouin yoUKTH hueet, In he;ltr of Philadelphia. 2 fmwat JOKHUA UPKItlNU. Auditor. XN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CITY AMI COUM'Y OK PHILADELPHIA. KetBte ol LKW1S H. DUNUAN, deceased. Trie Auditor appointed by rhe Court to audit, nettle, and adjust the ttn account ot 11KNJAMIN M. JJUNUAN. Administrator ot 1KW1S 11. DUN. UAN, deceased, and to report distribution of the balance In the hands of the accountant, will meet tbe parties Interested lor tne purpose of hie appoint, ment, on TUKHday, July 2, A. I. 1A7, at 11 o'clock A. M at his oHIce, No. 4U2 WAJLNUT Htreet.ln tbe Clly ot Philadelphia. W. D, liA K KH, 6 21 to wot a udltorj ICE COMPANIES. CE ! ICE ! ICE ! ICE ! INCORPORATED 1864. COLD SPRING ICE AND COAL COMPANY, DEALERS IN AND . Shippers of Eastern Ice and Coal THOMAS E. CAIUIX, PRESIDENT. JOI1IV OOODTEAR, SECRET ART. HENRY THOMAS, SUPERINTENDENT, Having now completed oar arrangements for a full snpply of Ice, we are prepared to enter Into contracts with large or small customers tor a pure article, with guarantee of being supplied promptly tor tbe season Wagons run dally in all paved limits of the consoli dated city. West Philadelphia, Mantua, Tioga, Frank lord. Brldesbnrg, Klchmoud, and Germantown. A trial is asked. Bend your orders to the Office, No. 435 WALNUT Street. .DEPOTS: S. W. CORNER TWELFTH AND WILLOW STREETS), 611stnw2in NORTH PENNSTLTANIA RAILROAD AND MASTER STREET, LO 91 BARD AND TWENTY-FIFTH STS., PIN E STREET WHARF, StilCT L K I LL. HOOP SKIRTS. QQ HOOP SKIRTS, HOPKINS' "OWN MAKE," 628 i'ltltO MiiUVVtLU III It affords us much pleasure to announce to our numerous patrons ana tue pnbllo, that in conse quence of a slight decline In Hoop Skirt material, together with our Increased facilities for manufao turlDg, and a strict adherence to BUYIN14 and bKLLINU for CASH, we are enabled to oUTer all our JUbTliY CKLEBBATED HOOP BKIRTS at RE DUCED PKICKH. And our Bklrts will always, aa heretofore, be found In every respect more desirable, and really cheaper than any single or double Bprlug Hoopbkfrtln the market, while our assortment is unequalled. Also, constantly receiving from New York and the Eastern States full Hues ot low priced Hklrts, at very low prices; among which Is a lot of Plain Uklru at the following rates: IS springs, 55c.; 20 springs, 6ftc; 2- springs, 75c.; no springs, 86c.j ss springs, 86a; and springs, fl'OO. (skirts made to order, altered, and repaired. Who! sale and retail, at tbe Philadelphia Hoop bklrt Ka porlum,No. 28 A-KCH Street, below Seventh. 6J0 amrp WILLIAM T. HOPKINS, No. 1101 CHKSNUT Street. E. M. NEEDLES & CO.. K, W. Cor. Eleveatth and Cheamnt, OFFER AT A GREAT SACRIFICE WHITE FRENCH BRILLIANTES. Ladles who have used THESE GOODS will 1 not fall to appreciate them at the prices, SC, 30, 3d Cents. "leeais XQKBKH3 10TI "OH Q A S STOVES FOR COOKI N C AND HEATING. BT CIAS AND AIR COMBINED. T H EJ A HI The Best, tbe Cheapest, the Surest, the most Reliable, the most easily cleaned, the self-sealing, aelf-leUng, Flexible Cap CARLISLE JAJO. THE REPEATING LICHT, PHICE, 75 CENTS. PATENT ICE CREAM FREEZERS CHARLES BCBHUAH A CO., NO. 110 SOITU TENTH STREET 6141m Corner ot Sansoro. Jm 8. ROBIN GO N, No. QIO OHESNUT STREET, la In receipt to-day of an invoice of PINE CHEOMOS, : ENGRAVINGS, ETC. ETC., Which are now open for examination. "Peace and War,' by G. Doree," 'Last Rose o Bummer," "Cromwell and Jfamlly," "Romeo and Juliet," "Star ol Bethlehem," are well worthy the attention of the admirers of art 815 QEOI RCE PLOWMAN. CARPENTER AND BUILDER Ha. I8S CARTER STREET, And No, 141 DOCK Street Machine Work and MlUwrlghtlng promptly at endxd to. HI T. STEWART BROWN, B.G. Corner of 1 FOTTETH and CHESTNUT STJ HANUrACTCBtB Of TaiP"Xfl. VALISES, BAGS, HBTICUXE8, and evel TOCaaS aa HaOo Repaint, PHILADELPHIA BDEGBCN'3 -ii BAND AUK INHT1TUTK, No, 14 N. m- xtxiiixa. lotrveb, auuve ill Riim 1. xj. KV .KKETT, after thirty years' practical experience, guarantees the skilful adjustment of hla Premium Patent Graduating Pressure Trusa, and a variety of others. btipportera, Klastlo block lima, bhouldtr Brace, Crutches, fctuspendera, aio, Latllaa' apart tueula conducted by a Lady, ftttl! A LEXANDKK O. CATTELL A CO PRODUCE COMMISSION Al ICKUUAJ V No. a NOliTH WHABVJbU NO NO. tt NORTH WATER STREET, PHILADELPHIA. umMDn a. t!ATTkj ! muHKHtral COITOja AM1 FLAX, HAUL DUCK AND OAWVAS, Ol all numbers and brand Tent Awning, Trunk, and WaifouCuver Duck. Aim Paper Ju.iiuhk tureru' l)iler Fella, from one toaev feet wldu: Pauling. Helling, HrII Twine, etc ' JOHN W. JtVEIiMAN A CO., i No.iv3 JON.b3 AiWy. i MILLINERY, T KIM MINI. . , f10 U R N I NC MILLINCr, ALWA YB ON HAND A LAItQE ASSORT" 1 MOTJlimiNG BONNi j AT KO. tO TOALKVT STREl 8276m MAD'LLE KE MltS. It. DILLOiY '( MOM. SS AUD SSI MOUTH MX 1 1 handsome Mttortmnt of BPBXNQ V 1 tlnnnnU anil Uai r,r ih. i.i.f mui i , a i ua-n vr. araij intmt HVy It A . Also, Bilks, Velvets, Klbhona, Crapes, Vnt 4 l. Flowers, Frames, etc 7 ? ; " 4 rUKruSHINu GOODS, SHIRTS, 1' 105 H. A FLEISKER & CO., 1;.V Bucceasora to Bamberger Brothers, uusici v nil u a i -si imp i r mmiflffe ""b,M' OLOYEM. IDIBBOIDEBim, 1 LADIES', ENTS AND 1IILDB Eft's UHDEMKIllUTM, ETC.. Jio. 105 Worth EICIIT1I Street, olBwfmWt THREE D00B3 ABOVE ARCH, r' 105 PHItADKT.PITIA. 105 F, HOFF MAN N, JR.. KO. SSS ARCH STREET, FURNISHING GOODS, (Late G. A. Hoflman. formerly W. W. Knight,) FINE SIIIRTS AND WRAPPERS. IIOMIERY AND LOTES SILK, LAUDS' WOOL AND MERINO 8 8 fan warn PNDERCLOTIIINC j w. soott & oo;; SHIRT MANUFACTURERS. AMD bSaUCBS IM MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS; N. 814 CHESS CT STREET, S"OUR DOOB8 BELOW THE "CONTINENTAL,! PATENT SHOULDER-SEAM 8HIRT MANUFACTORY, AND CIENTLEMEN'S FtTRNxSHINttSTORa PERFECT FITT1NO BHIKT8 AND DRAW EJUS made from measurement at very short notice. All other artlclee of GENtLEUEN'H DKXSS GOODS in full variety. WINCHESTER A CO., 1111 Ke. 708 CHEBKPT Btreet. BILLIARD ROOMS. uU BIRD. BIRD. After aeveral months' preparation, Mr.O.BIKD haa opened hla new and spacious establlHhment for the entertainment of his friends, and the public la general, at ISos. W6 end 607 ARCH Btreet. The first and second Hours are fitted up aa Billiard Rooms. and furnished with twelve tirst-clasa tables, while the appurtenances and adornments comprise everything which can conduce to the comfort and convenience of tbe players. In the basement are four new and splendid Rowling Alleys, for tboee who wish to develope their muscle in anticipation of tbe base-ball season, A Restaurant Is attached, where everything In tbe edible line can be haaot the best quality, and at the shortest notice. The following well-known gentlemen have been secured as Assist? ants, and will preside over the various departments: PREfSS. O. WOODNUTT. SAMUKL DOUGLASS, , JOHN HOOD, . .. WILLIAM E. GILLMORE, HEN RY W. DUNCAN, PHILIP GRTJMBRECUT. Restaurateur. While Air. B1KD will hold a careful supervision over alU He ventures to aay that, taken all In all, there baa nothing ever beeu Btarled In Philadelphia approaching tbls establishment In completeness of arrangement and attention to the comfort of the public 6l8lm O. BIRD. Proprietor. FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOFSAFES C. L. MAISER. MANCFACTUBKB OF FIRE AND DCRCLAR PROOF SAFES. LOCKSMITH, BELL-HANGER, AND " DEALER IN BVILDINO HARDWARE, aaf NO. 44 RACE STREET. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OP ' FIRE and Bnrelar-proof SAFES on hand, with inside uoora, jjweuing-nuuse caiei, iree iroin ciampne Prices low. C. 1IAKSENFORDEK. 8 8 No. 2 VINE Street REMOVAL. E M O V A- Sc ILLEJAMB Late Ko. 1012 Chcannt street, have ret? rUKHIIUrit ANU UrNUL) I CHI StC " Wo Mo. 1103 CIIK8NTJV gTAKF.?, UPBTAIRS. tg;a HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTJET P A I N mm m , I I IV Va. ii) Mel ; THOMAS A. FART BOUSE AND SIGN PAINT T. .xct s . -a, a D trsatl (Late I ahy & Bra) No. SI North THIRD Above Market. OLD BRICK FRONTS done up, and tii uni vu uurni jrvn. unuK, diujiijiw UwIJMl City and country trade solicited. All o: uiiy ana country trade solicited. Alto: nf,i promptly attended to. ' MfcW PUBLICATIO LECTURES. A NEW, COURSt turn Is being delivered at the -AHJSKUM OF AN ATOM V, embracing "How to Live and whm to lav Maturity, aud Old Age. Manhood viewed, Tbe Causes U ilndigestiou, 1 Nervous Illnesses accounted lor. i pblcally coiuildured," etc. Pocket volumes containing these " forwarded to parties, unable to ait -tour stamps, by add renting "bKi York Muhkum or Anatumtana . Bboadwat, tsEW YOHK." ! WANTS. WANTED, FIVE HDNDT lor the U. B. Marine Corns, able-bodied, young, unmarried employed In the Government fclbips of War on loielgn stations, luatlon apply to J Captain and I 41fmwtf No. If i; FERTILIZE A MMOISIATED AN ITNSCBPAKNrgt For Wheat, Corn, Oata, Poiai, Garden, Frnit Trees, (In,, Thla Fertilizer cenlalna C i Fertilizing bulla. Price (no per ton of KiOO ) jpaiuiacturere, - "fcsj WILLIAM I : tic CO. 1 Iflmwf COACH I NO. all SOVT Vc w enj Fecond-r titular attv&Uoo pt' 7 4 fpes vsttuaest humiliation. nut wneatuocau- I ? V
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