BROrfi-IERHOOD

UF

THE NEW LIFE

l'ft:' J.;'AUT, LAW, METHOD AXD PUHPUSE.

The rapirl mnreh of events an<l the call for more fre­quent and varied utterances m:tke it necessary to modify our plan of Quarterly Publication. To fight our ::~hip well, it:; broadside must never be deferred when tbe enemy eomes within good striking distance.

Comrades may expect that our writings will be issued from the Fountaingrove Press'and elsewhere, as rapidly as emergencies require. The effort will be to fashion words in the divine spirit, and for the :;oeial-h umane purpose of the hour.

FOUNTAINGROVE PRESS,

SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA :

T . L. HARRis, PuBLISHER.

1891

BROTHERHOOD OF THE NE\V LIFE:

ITS F'ACT, LAW, .MJ:!:THOD AND PURPOSE.

LETTER FROM

THOMAS LAKE HARRIS.

FouNTAINGRovE, SANTA RosA.

HoN. Tuo}.L~s L. Tuo:~.rPsoN, "Sonor.aa Democrat."

DRAR SIR:

June 23, 1891.

Permit me to acl.::nowledge with thanks the receipt of your cordial and timely favor of yesterday, and to make such hasty and partial reply to the main point of your inquiry as the pressure of my many duties will allow. As to what "the Papers " say of myself or of my friends, it has been our uniform rule to tal.:e no notice.

For nearly half a century I have been dreaming a lovely dream of the New Harmonic Civilisation; of the ending of all feuds, the vanishment of all diseases, the abolishment of all antagonisms, the removal of all squalors nnd pover­ties, in a fulfilled Christian era; a new golden age of uni. versal peace ; as one

"\Vho rowing hard against the stream Sees distant gates of Eden gleam, And knows the dream is not a dream."

'Phe Ldeal ahra~· =- prce<·<l<·:-. .YI't proplw,;ie,.: it" fultilnwii t

in the n·ali:-;ed hmnan actual. The soli<l<•st aud most <'II·

duriu,!! of organi,.;ati<•llS fir,.;t float h•;for .. till· world',; thought

a,; pil'tlli'ed illla.!!inatious. It wa,.: tlii" pr•·,·ision of a u•·w

Cont'<·dPmlioii of' !Lumanit,\·, in :t new and nohl<· Pt•opl<· of

a 11<'\\' •·oilfiiil'llf. ht·ir to tlw roy:dti e,; of all tlH· age,;, tl1at

;;]loll<' a;; a willge<l ail<l •·ou,;tellat<·•l I lop<' I)('J'or<• tl1<• "·''''"of t lw l'ilgrilll l•'at.lwr,;, t lw lte,·ohitionary lll'r<H·:-: a11d sage:->,

n11d so Oil to th<· .'·outi,!! eyPlid,; of' our o\\ u n,;<·<·tuliuu: aud

l' \'olutiollal'y t iuw I haY<· ,;ought to ,;Jid tlH · g<•uiu" of'

(~llri,;tianity, to fatlwm it,.; di,·iiw itupnl'l, and to l'lllh()(l.'· it,;

priuf'ip]<, iti tlw :-:pirit a11d hod~· of our own .\llll'l'iea.

Ther< ' an ' t \I'll eltief <'lll'l'<'llb of ,·ita( f'ot'<'<' that opera II'

t lll·ongli tlw lllllllaii 111illd and it,; organi,;iu for till' 1'\·olu­

tionarr a<h'all<'<'. Tltl• lir:-t aud minor :-trealll flow,; tltrougl1

,;eielltifie inYellti,m. for th<· eu11que;.;t awl n·elamntion "r :\'ature, aud foi' the a<laptatiun of it :- imllll'll:"<' J•ro<hwtiY(' f'orec,.; to th<· hlliiiHil ,.;en·ict·. Di:->co\·nriP,.; in thi:-> litH' of

llll'Chanical iiiY<'llti(lll ha,·<· adt!Ptl tlw workillg po\\'l'l' of :1

tlwu,;mul lllillil_lll,; of llll'll to tlw indu:->ti·ial fon·<·:' of <~ach

da~· of tlu · \\'orl<l's tuil. l~acb lllm di;.;eun·ry. to tlu· la;;t

achie\'Clllt'llt of' Oil!' Etli;;on , i:-; gn~ater tha11 ib prcdl'<'t'S:->or,

awl <·aeh i11 turu ope11:-: an•nw·,: to llligl1tier awl uufon·:,;t•cn

ru:-;ulb. .\[iraeiP ha:; elltl'l'l'd ,.;cicnee , awl :ulntlleL•,; throu1.dt

it a:< \\·ith tlw front :uul aspect of tile ( loo.

But there j,; in uYolution a eorrclatt' d eurrent , whieh i,

clomin:uit :md :'illJHPHH'. Pythagora:< appn•ht>Illl ed it:< <'X·

i,;tcncf" and define<! it a:-< operating by law..- of rh~·thmie lwr­

mony in the unin' r:'c , aml in the l'OiJStit.utioll of man. Lt i:-; impliNl, tl~ough but hinted at, in th<· rcm:dns of litera­

ture surviYing from the great and •·reatin: epochs of A:-;ian.

Ilcbrc\Y, and Grceian history. ft. i::; a fon·e that eomcs forth

in the clo:-;c of en<: h nd of t h(· \\. orl<l- Dnuna awl that. by

,, "

ibditl't·reiiliatiou t<J migldin te11deu cie,.; allCl rc:"ult,; iniiU11l.

inang11ratt>:-~ tiil' Ill'\\" ad.

" \\"<·<lward tht· ~tnr of l':ll!pin· t:~k··~ it..; wny.

Til<· lir~t lour a<"l~ aln·:•d.v pa~t.

Til<' tiftb ~Inti! dost· tlw <lmHJH with tlu· da:·.

Tinw',; uobl<"~l I•:mpin· i~ it:-< I:J~t. ''

:\[I'll of l'X<~l·ptioiwl l'!IdO\\"Jll('llt": lllt'II, ,.,., to ,.;uy, ,;t.rud­

lll'Cll and Sl'll:-iiti\'t• to th1· lliOn~nwnt:-; of tiii,.; rh,ytllluie fol"l'l';

IIH'Il l'apal.l1· of it..; :-;tudy ],y the logif' of pun· rea:-'OII a111l of'

<JhedieiJee to it:-; illlllll'll"l' d!'lll~IIHl:<, ar<· dra\\"11 into th1·

\\"hirl of ib operatiu11 Hlld lllll:-;t lin: hclleeforth-if th('_\·

lin· at all-a,; ,;(·n·an b of th<· Hour. a,; mini"trant,; to it..:

< l<-,;ti uy.

Tilt• allq.!;l~d my,tPI",\" of Ill,\' life. \\"hen nllder,.;tooll, i .... :t"'

s i lll!Jk a,.; that <•f U<•orgt> Fox oi·of'l'lwuw ,.; 1-:di . .;oii. I <li,.;eo\·­

\'n·d i11 early InanlHIOd tl1c key to the lntl'IIIf>IIi<· Ia\\· of l'y­

tlmgora,.;: I di,.;ecnied it to lw <Jill' ill <'S:-l'lll'<' lllHI l'f!(·l't

\\"ith tli<' lmr l'X]'ru,.;"<~d l>y utht•r uud diviii cr phra,.;p,.; ill the

..;uyill.f.!;" of tiH• Clu·i,.;t. 'l'h<· <logmu of that ln\\" is religiously

I'Xjll"l':-i:'ed i11 tlw ,\po,;tl1•,.; ' cn•1•d: it,.: <'lhi<: i..: intiumted ill

tlw St'l'lll<lll 011 tlw ~lonnt: it,; <tlll'rutioil iH\'o]ye,; lllan',..

ua1tll'al ,;~·,.;te111 in till' ,.;y,.;t! ' lll of th<~ ;-;l!]'l'l"llatural. It. n·-

in~tate:-< the law !If minJ(')n in the lmr of 1mtun·. It l!·ad:-<

n11 hy it,.; dl't·ct to tll(' red('mpt ion of thP tle,.;h of Illllll from

tht• ,!.!)'o;;;-; pas,;ion,.; and <'llpiditie,; thnt aru incidental to hi~

Jowl~· natural origi11. It quiekcn,.; and rerdit1r,.; tlJt• mind of

111:111, to hc(·onu· the l'lw;-;tP tempi<• ofthP l11·(•athing lnfinitP.

In a \\"or<l it opcu:-; for th P rae!' a ~ell" Life, in \\"liieh all men

,;hall be nnitied a:-: one :-;oeial body in f~od from the greaic:=;t

to the least. and nJl shall knO\\" no(], llliall~·. per;;onalJ.\· , ah·

,.;olutcly, from tht• len::<t to the grent.e:-t.

:'\my mankiud, a,.: tlw Chureh eontinuou,-Jy affini~:'. 1~

i11\·r.Jn•rl. h~· ib hPn•dity , in an odinu" ,,h,;eqHiou,;n e:-;,.. to

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Natun·. Onee, whil::;t in the integrity of l1i::; cn•ation, up­right nnd domiuant oyer tl1e an.imal; :-,inec thPn, " nwcle subject to Ytmity" or illusio11, the animal worlcl l>y its uo­tional or phalltasmal ima,gcs overdou(ls his reason, wl1ibt his se nses arC' loacletl, drpravcd an<l contmni natcd by its appetenees, exaggerated and pen·erted to cu piditics and lusts. The primitin~ or typal man stoucl humanly upright, respir­ing in the rhythms of a divi ne ci rcul at ion, from the hour when "Gocl breathed into him the breath of life and hu llccamc a living son!. " T1lc cstraycd and carnally su!Jj ect­ecl mankind hruathes bo<lily away from Ood, the Source and Center of cxir,:tencL·. It breathes continuously into the gro.~;;, an<l often deadly, natural ether. That atmosphere, loarled with spores, bacteria , bremliug aml spawning forms gcneratccl from the clisca~c, dPeay anti dPath , the strife, greecl and lust of the world, flo\\"s into him with each motion of the lungs; in tmn to re-bcget ancl reproclucP, till each nerve­tissue of his franw is in'fcsted and led captive in the coilage of the universal evil.

X ow the first of the discoveries that came to me was the key to all that follows. ( }reat in ibelf, it has opened on from yea r to year to others, in tllClllselves immense, inered­ihlc, o,·crwhclming; but prc.g nan t with result~ of vast and durable beneficence to mankind that can hardly lJc express­ed in words . Conscious human life begins and ends with. t he fact and consciousness of breath: all men are aware of the fact that they breathe from and breathe into nature. Immersed by the continuous act of respiration in this beau­teous aml bounteous natural world; they living in it; it liying in them; the{r faculti es open to the knowledge of l\ at­nre and their senses are thrillingly fed and solaced by its joys. \Vith m e the breath is twofohl: besicles the usual breathing from and into Nature, is an organic action of

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breathing from and into the Adorable Fount and Spirit of existence. First realise(l as by a new birth of the breath­

ing system; a breath of new intellectual and moral infancy,

this carefully held, re\·erently and sacredly cherished as a

gift of God, has acl vancecl till at pre:;; cut each organ of the

fram e respires in breathing rhythnB, making of the bocly

one conscious form of unified in te llectual and physical har­

mony: the spirit , the real or higher self, is absorbing the

lowly naturehood, yet meanwhilC' nourishing it with the rich and Yital elements of a loftier realm of lJeing. This gift

that I hold is t he comi ng inheritance of all.

llfnnkiml awaits its New IIumrmily AH Earth onrn wnitrd fo r thr first-horn rn~l'.

EYery act of my r espiration for the last forty years has

partaken of this complex character. " lie breath ed upon

them and said, rcceiYe yc the Iloly Ghost." [spiritus ; breath.] He breathes into me so•that I receiye the holy

breath coutinually. In my lowly, creature emptiness and

nothingness, l yet r e~dise th eorg;an ic presence of the Christ.

I witness, in this age of unbeli ef, to the fulfilment of tho

~laster 's promise. During the years that ensued when the n ew respiration

had Leon confirmerl anfl established in m e, I made this

the central topic in the discourses of scYentl years, preach­

ed in .~ew York aml i11 Yarious cities of Great Britain; the

reports of which fill two or three Yolumes. In grim earnest I Jmye grapplell ~with the fi erce Problem

of Human Life, that by the cultured mind of our age, as to that of all previous eras, has been given up as insolvable.

From tlmt first discovery of a new respiration, "t l1 e breath

of God in man," I ha\·e aclyanced, i11 tl1 e logical sequences

of an inclucti\·e that is correlatetl with its own clctlucti\"C

philo~opb,Y ; workin.t.; ont and Yt>rifvin!!: iu ad.ttal c•xpvrit>w·n tlw law~ of ilH· universal mPJttnl. 111or:tl. phy;.:if'al and :-:o­eial renewal of mankind. :\h· \\Tiling~ for tlw }a:-;1 thirty

,\"l~ar;.: lnt\'f' bc•en Jllainhc withhdcl from th(• PuJ,Jic·, a:-; I wn:-;

nHwillin.!..!.' to pn•:-:pnf. ('l'lldt· or partial :-:latPm<'nt:-:. or tho:-:!'

not l'apnhlP of eomplete ckmon:::trat iou.

To re-unify man, incli\·idually and h(•nr·n :-:rwinlly with (;cHI, i:-o obviously to organisP c•volution in his (·c,rpot'alt• sy;-;­

t Plll. ~pak P t h <' Ch ris1, "0rPat <'I' works t hn n t hP:-\<' shall ye clo."

ThP final elton} nf thP rhythmic· law, that npPI'aiPi>: for thP

renni:":-;n n ('(' o.f t lw h nman ,.;y.'-'it•m all!l its "Pil"<'~ from agc· to

youth, \\'a" not touehecl till the early tln.\'."' oftlH·last autumn,

awl not until my O\\'ll b()(lil.'· "'tnwt.nres \\'PJ'C' rc·dur·ecl to nn npp<'aratWP of fraiL emneiatl'<l and p<'ri:"hing ag(•. \\'itltin

a \\'PC'k after finding thl' t.on<"h of the last rhythmic c:h.-ll'<l·

that le:Hb til(• harmonic Yibration:-; into borlil~· reJIP\I'al. lhP h('nf form stood upright; flp:.:h gn•11· upo11 I hP hones: tltP

.Jim l'yes found t hPir sp:'trklc ; C\'Pry bodily SPJJS{' a\\'nke re­

invigoratC'd; thC' fountains of thC' hlooa seC'mC'd to How a:< l,y a vortical mot.ion, t·ounclin).!.' in each l'C'cuperntiye organ

to onC' grancl consciousnC'~s ofboclily grnnclvur. freC'rlom, and.

in a sensv , of corporatC' immortality. Tim,:: it will b<' perel'ived, thn.t my Pndeavor ha,.; not

been to construe! a llC\1' philo:,;ophy. much ks~ to found a

~C'cl iu rf'lig1on, much less to orgnnisP a pC'!ty social com­munity. l haw but takC'n hold of the clue t.hat. C'Y0ry no­

ble and virtuous young man drC'ams of and nspirC's to find

in the brilliant hours of his ardC'nt nnd Jwroie primC', ancl

I haw followed that. chw till the lifP-path mumls again in­to the morning. Human lifP, in t!Jf' pursuit of this path,

,-hall no mon~ hC' a di"appointment: "hall no more lw a fail­nrP. No morC'. as t.llC' Ne\1" Life })('come,; known and realised,

;,<hall hC'nrts he eruc:ifiC'd. anr1 minds peiTC'rtecl, and man-

hood "rippled. and \\·omanlwod 11\tlrag«'<l. and t rntlt <'H· ··ltaittf'<l. nn<l it:-; :<:tg<',.: a,.:;;a,.:;;innlf'<l.

Itt • \ ppiPt on·"' En c.,·<·l o1wd in I am <l f'" i gwd <·rl n:< a J :PfOI'lll('l'.

In entir<' ltJ<Hlf'."'t~· I :ll'l'<>]li tlw tPI'IIt. ~·nt wit.lt an <'lllargt'd ,.:iguifi<·att<'<'. Itt tit<·:'<' di,.:em·<·ri<':' I pmffpr to nuutkin<l it"

0\\'11 1'1'-f'OI'ntf'd, t'I'IH'\\'P<l Httd ('\'1'1' l'l'tll'\\'i1l,l.!: ,.;tl'lleilli'P; t}w

body of ib intirlll and prn,.;trat<· ualttn•ltnod uplifl(•d In tl}('

promi:<<' and fruiti'ott of tit, • <·n·nti\'f• idf•n: poh' ntinlly uni­

lirrl with nnd r<>rdifi<·d in tit .. bod~· of it:-: im\:ar<l nnd in­

dP,.:truetih]P ltnmnnity, h,\' tl11· IH' l'{Wiual "JH't'rtlio~t:-: of th<· l>iYine inhn•athing a1td onthr<>atlting ,.;pi1·it. I prnfff'rth:tt

\\'lticlt :111 in,.;pirPd .\po,.:t]f' dPelan•<l to lH• t.l11• final ont­

birtlt of tltf' ag:.nt~· and traynil of till' ;1ge,.:; ·' tltP rf'<l<'1t1p­

tion oft lw hody;" t ll<' fnlfilnwnt in matPl'inl :-:11 b:-:tnn<'<' of

thr· old. 110\1' nlmo:-;t for.QottPn, Cltri,.:tinn hop<'. Yf•t 1 protf<•t·

tlti,.: ]Hll'P]~· a,.: in tlt(•liiH',.: of an ordPrl~· and SllJH<'lll<· <'\'Ointion. 'l'lw ,.:raJ to thf' truth nt' our DiYinP ::-;ayior':-- ministry wn,.;

,;pt in 1ltP t'e,.;uiTr•c:tion of J-Tj,; ('orpfn·atP fie:-:hly illlagr• frotn

the !.';l'fl\'<'; a p,.;~·d1ic hody that "·a,.: al,.:o full :-'tl'llf>huf'd in thf' i1tt<•n,.:<• matPrinl. '1'111· :tltr•,.datinn to ilw 11'\llh nf tltr·

::-\P\\' Lit'(' fn!IO\\':-' in t hi" Ia\\' and lim• or f'\'idell('l'. Logieall~·

r hr·]iPH, tiJal in t]tf' ad\':lll('(' or the Xt'\\' Lif·· \\'(>:-:hall ~0011 l•<·gitt to :<P<' our uoJ.]p,.;t , mo:-:t lwr<•i(' , mo:;;t lmmanP uwn

:111d \\'0111<'11, \\'itlwnt 1't•,.:pef·t to thr·ir prr~yinu,.: I'Pii~ion,.: ot'

:o-()(·i:tl <'nltnr<•:-;, lifting up. l)]'( ~athing l'nrtlt; II'Ot'porP:Jily in a

Jir.'-\111<'"'"' nf n·:-:tll'l'l'f'iion: tlwir IH•rlie" in gradual lr:lll,.:pll­,.;it ion t () that gloriou" i lllag··· of t h~· d ivi lll'-h II 111:111 Lord.

( 'h·ili,.;ulinn i:- \'<'l'ging to n <·l·i:-:i,.;: tl'ttding to tlw :<U]•n'nlf·

agon~·. \'ow. n:-: nhray,.., "lll:tll',_ <•xtn•mitY i:-: Uod ',. nppor­

t nnity."

But thi" . lllnrtal mi11d aud fl<·,.;lt, thi:-: adiun and pa,.;::~iott

of the fmme, can not h<· trnn:-~l:ti<><l front uahlrPlwod iuto

humnnhno<i J,y any proef'=-'" bnt thnt of tlw aeecptm1PP nnd

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adoption, by each individual, of the whole corporate inter-, est of mankind as his interest; to be embraced and served

in the full denial of any superior self-interest, or family or churchly or class interest. ·with the discovery that he begins to breathe in God, comes to the man the Jiscovery that God lives in the common and lowly people of the world.

Here then is found the present cross of Christ. The nristocrat must be crucified to aristocracy; the plebeian to plebeianisn\; the lu:xurist to luxury; the ascetic to ascetic­ism; the e:xclusiye to exclusionism. It is a strict, honest gi,-e up and come out from spoilage, pretence and illusion. F'or this God is a j calous God: he proffers to man the wealth of a consummate and indestructable manhood, to be real­ised in each filial and fraternal personality; but man, to receive the gift, must first accept the common lmrden and sorrow and sen·ice of mankind.

Here and there, in Asia, in Europe, in Australia and America, men and women of heart, of thought, of humane principle, realise this new ureath, and draw by vital and organic sympathies into the relations of communion in the New Life. They know, by their own mental adYancc, that a social crisis is at the doors: tl1ey are seeking to endure to the end, and to become fitted for senice in the exigences of the extreme hour.

Our unique experience and attitude forces upon us lia­bilities to great misapprehension. The first thought of the vulgar is, that secrecy and mystery, isolation and home­keeping, imply depravity. \Vhereyer in any country our little families exist, our industrious, peaceful, harmless and non-aggressive ways always, however, command respect. This is notwithstanding the attacks in the Sensational Press now and then upon the one of our number, whose name is most publicly identified with" the Life," and upon

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the nearer of his associates. "\Ve have received and grate­fully acknowledge great obligations both to members cf the learned professions, to the Public Journalists and to the busi­ness and industrial com!n.unity for hearty kindnesses andre­cognitions ." Nothing sta•u1s b•"1t Cl1r,;:acter in tb.e long n:n: '"e can not trJk down misrepresentations, but we can live them down.

To ada:pt a figure from Bulwer's romnnce ;-~if a brilliant, aristocratic but fast-living Glyndon forces himsc1f upon the retiremert of Zanoni , is heale<l of his mortal malady by means of infusiO)lS of the" nilic essence," fed with supreme know ledges nmlgiven years of affluent Yigor; yet afterward, against all warnings, plunges into a career of ruinous hal­luciEations ancl perishes by its inevitable consequences, it does not follow that the remains of the dead exhale a perfume of sanctity, or that the modest. Sage wns a charlatan or an impostor. So,- without making persona] app1ica­tions,-this may well be conceivctl :-that, if there arc men who grnsp the grand law of the New Life and who thereby halHllc forces that are poteutinl for mental ancl bodily snn­itation and renewal, among the many who seek and who profit by their ministrations there may be some who firs t pen'ert the gifts to their own purposes, and who thence may abuse the kindn ess that would still shield and succor th em, till tho shadows fall.

It may be not inappropriate .to make the passing remark, that representatives of the New Life, gentlemen amlladies of position, culture and material competence, who repudiate class distinctions, and who esteem it both 1.m honor 2-!ld a duty to deYotc Dll they are and all that they possess to tho wellbeing of Society, sltri nking from no toil and fearless of all misapprehcnsiou , are at least entitled to the common re-

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")H'I'I whieJ1 Jaw :Jild cn,.;lolll nil(•r l.<1 t]w mo,.;t tkstitut.P a11d

tlw mo,.;l oh,.;em·t•. If it j,.. a l:nr of tl11•ir t·owllwt. "wht'll ,.;mittt•IJ Oil IIIII' t•IJ('!'k to turll thl' othl'r ~II,.;o,'' thi,.; amnd,.; 110 proof Ilia! tht·~· :t!'!' lrit]JOIII tina] and rt•,.;i-:t]P,.;,.: )I0\1'!'1'"

of a,:,.;ert.ioll a,; 11'1'11 a,; dd'!'ll:'l'.

( 'hrist, arr:li)!lll'<l lwfort' l'ilatt•. aJJ:'II'r·n•d not a \\'ord. ,.;:1\'r•

i11 l1is I'l')lly. "thou ,.;a,,·e:-;1 it. " It i . ..: tht• tina] ft',.;l of IIH·

111:111 of ,.:ant' and l•alanr·Pd dwr:u·lt•r, r-omwion,.; of till' I'l'f'­

t it urlc• of hi"' purpo,.;r• and t hc· lion or of hi,; t·nret·r, that liP

jllll'.'illl'" tiH• r•\'f•Jl tPn•H' of hi,.: dutif',.;, ho)rlin)! 110 nwliel'.

shrinking fro111 no •·ritiei,.;lll, J.ut makin.~ no J'P,joinrlf'l':-'.

li0\1'1'\'1'1' powr•rfnl tl11· wriapo11,.; thnt an• at hi,.; t·nmJ11ll.llrl.

.\11 rf'fil't'lin• and 1\'l'll-infm·mf'd 1111'11 :ll'f' nwa1't' that t!IP t•difict• of ( ~ i,·ili,.;alion, l•nth in nnr nll'n land and :dll·nad, i . ..:

liWI1iH't'd hy rapidly t·nernrwhing peril;; that ll'ill 11':'! il:-; !'11-

dumnet• to ilw uttNmn,.;f. \\'1' t!Jink that wheu the Hour"

••f l'l'ril ,.;hall lin\'1' <'01111'. our long t mining and thomngh knoll'l('(lge and nwc;tpry of thl' dtal prol1lems in\·oh·e1l in

t.lw ,.;OC'ial sitnation. "·ill ,.;pn·p for a good ste:Hl. Our enlt,

t lm,.; hriPtl.'· hint<'d n.t, i,- not :-;()(·iali~m a,; that i,: t·ommonl.'·

Jllld<'r"-toorl. It i:-; far 1110rP: it i.- 1Hnpc>l'ly 'l'IIEO-~·Wf'f.\LIS:\.1: thr• 1'Pali:..:ation 11f tl11• :-;oeial Infinite, tlw ehri:..:ti~m'" Lord

:t~Hl :-;aYior, in t.h1· transforuwtl anrl ht•ntifiNl frntPrnit~·

11!' a Xf'\1' Liff': a ,.;o(·iali~P!l mankin1l.

\\'ithd1'a\l·ingfr.-nn :1 pnl,Jie litera•·~· and nratnri.-·nl."<'Hil't',

fur the la:'<t th irt)· ~·ears m~· !'ti()J·t hn~ bel' II l'onePntratPd 1 o

,;urYi\'<': to Sf'l'\'<' t.lw 1wm·idt'ntinl f'nr!"' ••f my l'alling: tu ,.;f rPngthPll tile· hnn·p llH'II and \\'OlllC'll seattc·t·r·d t !Irmlglwllt.

tl1<• \\'Or)rl \\'bo \\' l'l'f' f'Oming i11to th1• ."anw organi1· fact :wtl

t·ou,;ewu,.;nes,.;. '!'hi,; i..- all that thl'rf' j,.: of m~·..stel'y in the· •· Bmthel'lwnrl of the :'-iPII' Lift•... The ti(• t l1at nnitPs us i,.;

11nt f'redal. not eominunistie, not 111 any :-;c•usf' hostilt• tfJ

existing I'Pligion" or -"Mia! ,-y;::tpms, whibt they ;::till eon-

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tinue to Pxi:-;1. Tn lin· in Chri:-<t , to grow ia Chri:-;1, to ~han ·

with <'Hf'h oth(·r a:-: utility rPquire:-: ],oth tlw fruit:-: of incln,;-

1 rial an<l c•thical lnhnr,.:, to lttnintain tlH• " unity of t}w ~pirit

in the h01ul <1fpence , ··and ,;o to prPpat'<' oun:PI\'t>,.: for a f'om­

inp: pnblie :-'l't'Yiee in the· primaryhour,.: of att r•rn of trnn,;­

po:-:t•d J'f'~pimtinn an<l pPri,;hin.!..!: c•nyirnnuH•nt,.:, that\\'<' tlti11k

to hf' jn:"l at tlw door,; :-thi,- ha:-: lH'< ' II, i,.; , :t11d \\"ill lw. tlw

pnrpo:-:C' that. 1111ite:-: lh all.

\\rt• :_tl'f' nfl<' ll oblig·P<1. if m· \\'nnld pn·:-:Pl'\'1' !iff'. 1n tll:llll­

taill ntttong ourc:<•ln•,.: a :-:tri<'l c<<'<'lll:-:inn. \\'lti],-t f·nlti\'ating

:111 intC'n,;<· inl<·rr·:-:t hotlt in th<• in<liYidual and pnhli<· \\'<'1-

fan•, tit<' lllflillt!'ll:tllf'<' <•f t hf• ht·<•:tth j,.: our tir,.:t dut.Y. \\'<~

rc•a]i,.;<' tlw fad of organ it' itiiPnlepPndetu·P ,.;o aduall,\', i !tat if

IIIH' of otn· lllllliiH·r i,.: uud<•r I~<Hlily or lll<'llt:d oppn·,.;:-:io11 in ( irPat BI·itai11 thn,-p nf u,.; \\"Ito an• in 1\mPrif'a fpp] lti,.:

litll'<lC'n,; iu our own mind and lk:-:h. \VC' :-:hm·C' , lwm·Y<'I'

r<'lll<d<' in ,.:paCf', lh!• t'f':;piratinn,.: :111<1 Yitalitil',.; nl' n r·<>ll11ll0tt

lifP. Tlti,.: i:-: lh<' grru1, a,; \\'<' think, ol' nll :wtnnl oi·g:mi<·

mH1 ,.:orial Chri,.;ti:mit~·-Eminrnt di\"inc•,.; of th<· ('htm·h of Englan<l an<l of III<·

orthodox and lih<•ral rlr-JHmtination:-;, nuthor,; and prof'l',.;­

:-:ionn!Inf'n of \\"t'll-kno\\"ll di,;tiJtciion, IC'nrn<'d nriPnlnl :-:cltn­

lar,.; ;-a hod\', in linP.<li,.;lingui:-:ltPd atone<'],~· high elwrn<"f<>r and nno],(rn:-<i\'c pliilanthropy, ,.;enttrr<'d 0\'<'1' tln·pp coiJii­

nrn b, kt \"<' for t bt•s!' lll:t ny ~-~·a r,.: hC'< 'll <·o-la!JorC'rs and <'0-cli:-;coYC'rrrs with nw in thes<' flp]<},. of \'ita] rp,.,(•arC'IJ. 'l'hC'~·

ha\'C' !tO\\'P\'t•r il_!.!;]'('Pd i11 lh<' unani1uou,.; eonc·ln,;ion, that tltC' !tour had not quite arriH·d whc·n pnhli<·it.\' ,.;)wuld IH·

giHn !n t.hf'ir ripe· conrln:-;ion,.:. \\'r' han· ]wen wait-ing till

<·f'rtain final dPnHm:-:trat.ion,.; mig-ht ]H' nt ltnnd; \\'aitillg

abo till t.hr ~tate of gro\\"ing :lllxiC't~· in the pnhlie nnrl soeinl mind, in \'icw of the <langPrs to sodt'l~· from tlw inrln,;trial

situation , :-;ltnuld l'NJilirP In ia' mf't.

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'Vith refercn ee to the r eeent memoirs of l\Tr. Lau rence

Oliphant, aml to the hostile criticisms indulged in by a

certain cla,;s of Newspapers, growing out of its misrepre­

sentations, it i s a Foreign pnblication, and those misrepre­

sentations have been anf'wc:-ed alrca!lv in G!·en.t Britain ., where it appeared. There ~h~ real fact" haYc been long

printtely kl1o\n~, and there a gentleman of known probity

and character, tho intimate und confideJ~tiid friem: of the

deceased 1luring the long _ueriotl nf l1i:-> re!at ions \'.· ith myself,

am1 familiar with tile nature of all those tra:1:-;pct ions, finHn­

cial or otl1cnrise, from ih::t to la:ot, has published sech state­

ments as should satisfy all unbiased persons that both

myself and friends haYe been greatly wronged, and that in no particular hose I or they been the wrong-doers.

l\fen do not :Jandy wonls with carrion. For the function

of the respectable Publicist llo person lws an higher esteem.

For the nasal puneyor:; oftl1e Sensational Prc:;s, \\·ho prowl a bout the kitehen micl(lens, ancl "·ho from the smell of the

waste-pipes presume to sit in judgment on the aromas of

the salon, I holclno more than a kindly contempt. .It seems

one of the strange anomalies oftlw hour, that this sagacious

American People should permit any region of their gr eat

domain of the Press to haye become the haunt and spoil­

grouJHl of bau(litti. It seems singular that truculent and

speeion :; aclYentnrers, ~Yho in IWintLe cirelcs haYc n(, recog­

n ised standing among men of honor, should be giYen a weight in the printed effusions of their hirel ings, whieh

n o one would think of giYing to their :-;poken afili·mation::; .

My position and that of the gentlemen wl10se n am es

gre identitier1 with mine, is that c:f peaceful traYclers in

the PuLiic Coaeh, wlw h:•.yr· refused to :yi('~tl "1~,c1n;hec:;h"

to the Black Barts of J ournnlism. It is they \rho must

stand trial before a jury of the honorable American People .

1•.> •.>

It is not l!IJ' ln~mLlc }JC'r~onaliiy that is on ihL• <lefPI Isiv e,

nor is it the \/or1d-y,·ic1:; t;:o~.pl i.1:t:wrto priYnte assoc ia­

tion that is k:1c\m ns ci1e ":Lh ot11c~·nccd of the ~ow LifC' ."

For the :nst t\;·o o•· 11ll'"C yc-r~s :i ij[,\"C been sC'ckcled,

mos t of the time, :n my llU>i.~ntain ,·cL:eat, v;ori(ing Oil to

the fiwd solutio :1 of lhe pro1)louu; tlwt opened in my lli,; ­

co\·erics offori.y yenr~ ago . The ii.nai proiJlem tbat faced me

during these ye8.rs \I'Hti1);ielly tl1is : 13y \'.·hat process shall the

m an who, by consefllH'llco of respiratio_n opened in to God and

the resultant life ofserdce rendered w mankind, has fitted

himself mcn rally null soeially for a coJJtinuntion o: that

sen-icc, with powers amplified from an lmJH1reflio a thou­

sand-fuld, oYercomc the uniYenml raeiallomlellc.)' to physi­

cal deterioration au(l deL·(•ase , and renew the outer structures

of his person, tmd lea(t on n renaissnuce of the vitalities

and vigors of the prime. How, in a wonl, without passing

throngh ph~·sical <lcr<'ase, slta1l man vractica1ly embody

and realise llw rc::itt1T<-e•_ion 1

.A,; it is, Earth',; grea~e::>i-Lc::;T, \\'l JO han' grow n up to im­

mense human proportion::; tin·oLlgh tho tltree ::;core and tC'n

seao;ons of a sC'lf~dcYo1 c<1 aiHl heroic labor, pcri,;h from ea:·th

and are lost to ;nan 1-::; nll, j nst when, :n , he am pier sense,

they \\'Ore lJeginr:.in;:; to ;i':C' . 1 haJ elahorn,e<l theoretical­

ly tho st·icm:c of 'chc p:·occs~ . I nm,· appli ed thr.t process

to a fint-..1 test in my own organi;:;ation. I had determined

never to puiJlish ,:not!1er 1\'0l'cl respecting my rli scoveries

unless I shcnlcl pas::; safely through this final ord eal. In

fact, tl~c ~ong-contim:ed anrl intense concentration of the

faculties in tho persistence of my lahoc·s, had so told upon

tho surface hody ti1 nt li terary or Hli)' other effort \\'oulc1 ha\'o

Leon impossi1Jle. The altroTnntiYe wns, succeo;s or dissolu­

tion. Success cnme, a,; su<lden ly , as pleasantly, ns when a

deep-laden, storm-tosseLltihi p glides o\·or the harbor-bar from

Ill<' l' ~ l.!..d llg 11111-" idt • .~ • ·a. nnd :-'Iring;-; :11 pa,..t• 111 a huul-lot'kt•d

liart ·n.

Ft•l' lilt>!'!' llitill lif'ty ."~'HI';-;. i11 lit>\11'.~ of t''\II'L' Illt ' toil nnd

l> l' ril. a roit·t• had nhrny,.; ,.;p11kt•11 to lilt' that :-;t't'llil'd !11 li:JY<'

l>t't'il \\'l'tt\lgllt into I lit' :-'l'll,.;ifin· ;-;trndi!l't':-' und ,.;t·ut:-; of lift•:

•· l't•i':-'i:'t, 1>111':-\lt': yuu \\'ill p:1,..;-; tlirougll l>t!t'l'lid)('r nntl

t'I1H'I',12:!' into 'lay." I li:J\'t' pa,.,..,t •cl thi'ollgli Vt'l'l'IJJlwr, I :1111 i11 til(' :\lay-tin~t •: t'llll:-;e ioii:-; tlwt l hold in quickt·ilt'd

111illd a11tl flt-:-;h thl'lillal :-'!'L' l'd nnd Iii!'! hod nnd Ia\\' :111tl pmr­

•·r for th•· l'l':-'ll:'t'itntion, th .. r•·-hal,ili!IH'Iil, tilt' llr!-!ullit· r<':-'­

toration of tiH·twblt•r lllllltitudt•:' uf EnrtiJ':< ugt·d and aliuo,.,f

t•::dnitl:-<ft•d I'Hl't'. ::\o 11101'!' Hli ole) IIUIII of 11igh :-iP\'L'llf,\',

ln1t no\\' I't'!ll'll't'cl in lilt>I't• t h:IIl tl11· phy:-;i<·nl und 1\H'!IIul

J>I'OIH'."'" of til< ' c•nrly prillH', 111~· rc·tiJ't'llll'ill i" at a11 end.

Tilt' lit·,_;! 1\'nl·k of Ill.\' !It'll' ,.. .. n·i!'e-rnt.ltt•r a pla.1· and

l'Xt'l'L'i:-it' of fut·nltit•,.: tli:Jil :-wrioll:' loil-ot '('li]'Yillg a :-;!'nlll

four 1\'!'c'J.;,.;, \\'n,.; th<' rolllliH ' of Ln·il':' 1rhit'h i:-: now lt:h:-'­

ing into typt· 1111tler lhl' litil'. " l:uttk l:ell,-: Yt•r:-;t•-:-;tudiP:-; in

:-ic)('ial JIU!Ii:lllit~· . " Tl1i . .:. .\IIH'l'il'all l't ·oph· , who111 I loH•,

aud 1o \\'IIo"'<' l>t•:<t iiJ!t•rc•;o;l,; Ill," lift• i,_; plt•dgl'tl aud t'!lll:oi<'­

l' I':Itl'd, 1rill nn\\· ht 'Hl' frolll llll' nnd liJJd Ill< ~. a,_; l'\'l'llh lliO\"t'

o n, not u,_; i11 lht· lll'l'IIU of printll' •·oJdl'o\' t•r;.;y , Inti a,_; all

:tlillUJu-iutor nnd dl'l!Jt>ll:-;frator of :;Hprt'!ll(' 1·i tal hill':-. und of

\'t'l'ilit'd fad:<, of largL•,.;t ,·allll· II'IIL' Il applit\d Pither to tilt'

intlil'itlllal or 1 he puhlit· good.

For lllY>'t' lf, ""' )Jpfnrt• :-'tatt•d, I lt·m·•· IIH' tli~pn;-;ition of

Ill.\' linn or to t IH' "I"'" l>ut finally ju:-;t tllll'l'iling;.; of com ill)!

time. Eac·l1 hour nf my dny,; mn~t hl' dcYnkd to lnhor:; t,f

nt't'!':--:-<ity alld iJL'!Icli•·ent·L'. .\11 .\ lllL'l'i<·cw b~ · !'hniet•: n

Californian h.'· lu11g re~itleneL' and ··lwrished a~:;ociation:> ;

I bnn· 1w fenr thut I .-:hall t'H-1' t'<':ti'l' to lw regarded a~

a loyal and !JnnorabJe :-'011 and ~f'l'\'Hlll of :1 grPal :llld glo­

!'illlt:,\ People. I :-lwll fel'l m.Y~elf at lilwrt.r to make a fnr-

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tltt' l' ll:"(' nf tlti:' rapid ::<kvt<·lt, u,: an appropriatv prdac1' to

a IH'\1- \'ohtiiH', <l•·aliug with tupi•·,.; of tlw ltottr. "·hit·lt j,-

''""' pn:-:;:;i11g iuto 1.\"J~~'· Lik•· th•• allei•·nt ~p;~rt;m,.; I ltt0\'1' "'' to th1· l•nttlP of t.Iw

futur•• I•J tl11· :-lootltill.~ nnd t'ttt:hant ing- tltll:"'il' of t Itt· lyn·

and flute .. \ttd ""it ,.:hall Ill'! .. E\'l'ry lntttkllf tit,· \\'arrior

i:< \l'itlt t·ottf'tl,.;t'd ttoi:-<· :11111 ~al'llli'III>' rolh-d i11 lolood, hut

thi,.; :-:ltalllw with IHII'Itiltg :utd ftH·l of tin· .'' Europt· i:-; :1

eHIII[• of nl'lll:': .\llll't'it·;t llll'lla•·<·d ],_,.till· tien·t· prnll'lariat

and tlrl' lllUI'I' hl'lligt·n·nt plutonal'y. glnring on t·a•·ll otlll'r.

hl'ld lmt ],_,. fPl'IJlt• rt·:<tntint:< of fa:>! di;:;,.;oh·ill!.:: law frPill

agoni:;cd, t'Uil ,-ul:<in· ,.;lruggl<· ... Tltt• 1rar-drl1111" lwat nn•1111d

tiH· ll'llrld, ' ' l•ut onl.1· till lh1· drlllll:< at'l' broken.

'J'., thl'ir X<·w l,jf, . ~h:lll w:lk<· the j oyful Xation-<.

•· \\'ar':; t'l'huin;..: ~OllJHI:< ;.:now fnintl'r and thl'll ,., . ,~,, ,. ,

.\nil lik< · a hell witl1 ><olc ·nm, ,.;wpc·f vihrHtion",

I 111'111' IIIH'I' lllUI'l' th•· \Ilk\' ol' l'hri"t. "a.1·, " l'•·:••·•· .''

l'l':t<'l'! and liP lottgl'r front it"' hr<I ~1·11 port :!1:<

Th1· hb"t nl \\ ':~r'~ ;!l't'll( "!'),ran :<hakl'.~ tlH' <kit·'·

l:ut IH":llltiful a:< ,.:ongs of till' inttllortnl",

Till' hul~·m•·l•ulil's .,f Lnn· nri~•·.''

:-;" l'l'lll<lillillg, i><•;tr :\lr. TltoHI]•:'oll ,

Belit•\'l' IIH ' ,

( :ratel'ull,,- a11d l'ait It fully your:",

Tuo~l.\~ L .\ KE !Lu:1:1:-<.

AUTHOH!:-; NOTICE.

tlnring thn lr.At thirty years the writir.gs that trar my name ha\"e

been ;>rivuteiy prii.tctl, :1-i:d gn:tu:tondy d;stributCll to apl'licunt:-;, pend­ing file :wt:r ulwn !nc mr.rci1 of plli>J:c events ~lwul<l m::.l•e appropriate

their pnl.>licution :ual gPneral diffusion. Suc]t works, old and new, as

srrm aclapted to a Rervict' in coming neccssitic~, will tl1erefore now

Le i:-;sued all- fa:,t a:; is thought desirable, and they will l;r ehargcd for

at prices that will defray their mechanical co~t.

THOMAS LAKE HARRIS. FoL'NTAINcnoYE, t!ANTA HosA, CAL.

July L 18\ll.

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