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present we must attempt no more than oar strength will warrant ' 



theriorJ e » W 6 ^T* Wbicb h . a f Teoen ^ been ™« b discussed among us, and on which 



Iwo of the most observant of modern travellers Hop anrl Pokf T i !? • V nal . c ! ea - 



to account for the marvels they witnesS' amid' ^ZL^^Tt^ Sffi 



pracS tt m W mc^i mterP H iti0n ° f + ^ f^' Iu tbe Euro P ea » ™™ "ties? 

 Of old tW J T P H ° TCl , ty COnSlsts m their assumed connection with Christianity 

 K™ berets were jealously guarded by those who profited by their possession'. 

 SfiLjJ atever is of Christianity should bear the strictest scrutiny in the clear lX oTlw 



^^Tor^ha^ 3 ^ ° f ?f eS ' ^ P beJ ™ a ■*> Produced by caused of tie 

 rationale of which the operators themselves are wholly ignorant ■ and in such case*, 



™ m n V P Phenomena for fear of injuring his reputation for good sense—a 



5 F,™ i ™ S r ayed by ima § inati on or superstition, who will apply ^tothem ?he t7s? 



are n^dTceT tli ieblg_ r ^ ^ b ° pe to leam by ** at cause , K?rtffinS2f 

 ebSv i P marvels real or pretended, to which spiritualism owes its present 



the supLaSral That' tl 1 " ^ e f n \ d ^ 8h<raM be aWed by tbe ™ d > OT ^ theory of 



with Xn bv whom tW 1 WS n Ure a ' re W TT may know whejx we stand face to face 

 ! ,, ,™ D y wfom those laws were given. Until then "We see tbrono-h a o-l Qt3a 



3es SS^lT ^ *> ^ t0 rememb - thaTWstl^tretTlece^sfnS 

 no bv wna In f P henonie * a a ^ not necessarily supernatural, because we know 

 not Dy wnat law of nature they are produced or governed 



of thenar P ° mted ° u *- h 5 )W ^Perfectly none know better than myself-some few 

 tend dSw maystri ™ *? obta ^ and the directions in which our efforts should 

 othLtotne W^° Ur ?^ tWlllbe r ? tber n tba * of Moses than of Joshua- we may lead 

 £S 1 I ? 0± the P romised land, which we may not live to enter ourselves 



But when we have done our best we shall have done our duty to our successors It i, 

 tnrwJn^" 1 ^ °^f daily t0ils We are but "Stumbling with our ZZ of cares upon 

 the worlds great altar stairs, that lead through darkness up to Go 1» Yet let ^ 



Sff^T?w ? UW1 ?*?\ << }f bataoev - tb 7 W nndeth to do, o it Jth all thy 

 foTT tt- We bave 1 P lante d, others will water, and God will give the increase as , e Z 



splendou^ 1 " L;-ir C i When that + ^ ay C ° meS tbat eVe11 nowisfaintll <£w^^£eS 

 Zealand is w? Ln T tT* S*, M ? S eneration °f colonists-when the name of New 

 „™ i t n on f be r ? U of natl ons, and she takes her stand as a member of that 



m^Z^TJSt^l^t^} ?""? S T y tbe destildea of ba " thew Id wl 

 i2 of Sll? T be + acl 5nowledged, that through the busy toils and arduous 

 struggles of early colonization, the New Zealand Institute and her sister Societies held 



ttat acV ofto™^ ^ ^ \ mp ° f UteratQre ' and that among the fofemostn 



of jss^sor L?aa^«^ a j^ - — -° 



K K K 



