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THOUGHT.
The

Religion
of
Civilization.

By
Catechism.

JAMES

The Cymry.

OLIVER

ARNOLD
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and Spiritual

Electrical

Voltage
Two

Invisible Forces of Nature

Spirit

The

Supreme, and

Induction of Spirit Into

Man

BY

JAMES OLIVER ARNOLD

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EVEBY LIVING SOUL, LIFE, OR EXISTENCE
HAS CONTRIBUTED HIS, HER, OR ITS MITE TO
ADVANCED THOUGHT, THE RELIGION OF CIVILIZATION.
TO PREFER ANY ONE OF THEM
WOULD BE TO DESTROY HARMONY HEAVEN.
YOU, MY DEAR READER,
ARE A MEMBER IN FULL STANDING.

TO STUDENTS:
GO,

TRANSMITTED SPIRIT IN STORAGE,

TO FULFIL THY MISSION.

ADVANCED THOUGHT.
PRIMITIVE MAN.Primitive
idea of a small
east

flat

earth,

man, with his

and the sun rising in the

and setting in the west, naturally philosophized

that there

was something greater in the world than

He

himself.

naturally worshiped the sun.

As he

grew wiser, he watched the sun by day and the

by night, the moon and

its

phases, without the aid

of science or education, and that alone inspired

to

advanced thought.

continued until

it

one unit volume

thought that

and

voltage,

spirit is in

CATECHISM.

Answer.

in

one unit volume of voltage,

Question.
is

is

which evolved the

a superior force.

What

him

This advanced thought has

has proven that electricity

of

stars

a catechism?

Questions and answers.

5

Advanced Thought

Question.

What

is spirit

Answer.

and

electricity?

and

Spirit

electricity are

volume of voltage, and are

two units in

invisible forces; or, in

other words, spirit and electricity are independent

of each other, each of which

is

volume of

a unit

voltage of invisible force, existing in and through

space and matter.

all

Electricity is a material

Spirit is a spiritual force of supreme power,

force.

to intelligence, omnipresent God.

Question.

What

is

Answer.

matter?

Matter

known

is

a condition caused by spirit;

to the finite

it is

better

life,

mind, memory, words,

sun, moon, stars, air,

all

that which

is

fire,

mind

as activities of

flesh, earth,

water, electricity,

not visible to man,

controlled by spirit

vegetation,

all

and

of this

is

God.

Question.

man
Answer. Man

What
spirit;

is

is

matter, a condition caused by

of the animal species, a

mammal,

carnivo-

Advanced Thought

rous, superior to his brethren of the

animal creation

because of his having a larger and better developed

brain, the cells of

which are numbered by

billions;

they are susceptible of being inspired to intelligence

by

spirit,

human

which

brain

is

is

in voltage

and omnipresent.

superior in refinement to

mated creatures on

all

earth, with spirit inspiring

The
ani-

them

all.

Man

exists to-day

on the earth as a cannibal, and

in his primitive state, with all the gradations to the

most
his

intelligent in civilization.

own image.

It

God made man

was a spiritual image of

in

spirit's

inspiration to the cells of the brain.

Question.

What

is

Answer.
it is

religion?

Keligion

best to live

is

a problem to solve, of

on earth in a social condition and

in equality with our fellow-man,

the solution of a

future existence, and our present

In other words, how

life to attain

to live without reproach.

Question.

What

is

how

the religion of civilization?

it.

Advanced Thought

Answer.

It is the conglomerate ultimate exist-

ence and finality of

all life

and

activities

during the

present and future, in perfect equity, the ultimate

of philosophy.

In other words,

and in succeeding

How

The

been in

all

live

and our fellow-man, in perfect

world's progress is doing this,

vocations in

life.

the mental activities of

mercial,

exists.

scientific,

It

life,

acme

and

It

began with

will continue as

embodies the inventive, com-

philosophic,

other phases of thought, and

the

and has

This, too, is advanced

thought, the religion of civilization.

long as life

day after day

ages, socially, to produce the best

results for ourselves

justice?

can we

is

religious,

and

all

moving onward

to

of wisdom, inspired by spirit to peace

heaven

harmony

Question.

What

is

God?

Answer.

God

is

an omnipotent, omniscient, om-

nipresent, silent, invisible element of force, occupy-

ing

by

all

worlds, matter, and space, and

spirit to all life

telligence.

and existence,

is

manifested

to activity

and

in-

Advanced Thought

Question.

What

is spirit?

Answer.

Spirit

supreme force

a silent, invisible element of

is

to life, activity,

and

intelligence.

the manifestation, and, in its concrete,

is

of existence

God.

Or, in other words,

intelligence;

God

a spirit, and spirit

is

voltage

is

God

only unit of supreme force in existence to

is

It

is

life

the

and

a mani-

festation of God.

ANALOGIES. As
by steam, as

telligence, all of

is

manifested in power

a manifestation of

which are similar

are enabled to see

spirit

is

mag-

electricity is a manifestation of

netism, as spirit

we

water

God

to in-

invisible forces,

and declare the supremacy of

God.

CONCLUSIONS.We
analogies

following:

the

steam, there
spirit; all is

is

no

good

deduce from the above

That there

is

evil electricity, there is

spirit

COMPAKISONS. If

no

no

evil

evil

God.
a high pressure of

steam

could not produce power, the cause would be a de-

Advanced Thought

10

fective engine, or an incompetent engineer.

cannot propel a

tricity

car, the

If elec-

cause would be in

the motor, motorman, or machinery.

If spirit cannot inspire brains to intelligence, the

cause

defective, diseased, or atrophied cells

is

As

brains.

world,

there are not two brains alike in the

we can note

There

is

of

no

the diversity of man.

evil spirit, therefore spirit

God

is

supreme.
Question.

What

is

the brain

Answer.

The anatomy

of man's

brain clearly

demonstrates the subdivisions, their uses and quality,

showing how the gray matter

lect.

An

is

the seat of intel-

injury of the one part will cause paralysis

of the limbs, but not the intellect.

The gray matter of

for the

work

it

the brain

ened.

refined

has to do, and contains an infinites-

simal number of atoms or

from

must be more

spiritual voltage,

The disturbance

cells

to

receive spirit

by which they are enlightof said brain matter, by a

shock or pistol ball fired through the gray matter,

destroys

its

power of

intellect,

which

also causes

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instant death of body

11

or a slight shock

may

produce

unconsciousness, or insanity, either permanent

or

temporary, should the vitality of the body survive

the shock.

This fact

mentioned only

so well

is

it

that

demonstrate that brain

to

and matter, not mind nor

ference whether

known

spirit.

It

it

is

flesh

is

makes no

dif-

be the brain of a mastodon, man,

or a glow-worm, an insect or a microbe, the com-

ponent parts thereof are composed of water and

phosphorus, in proportion of about eighty to eightyfive

per cent, water, and about ten per cent, more

water than

is

cells,

is

and

is

stuff,

makes up the average human

or refined material,
brain,

This

contained in a beefsteak.

divided into units, called atoms or

want of a

the latter name, for the

better one,

generally adopted to express the extent of

diversity in composition

substance not only

is

and

its

size; for instance, the

concentrated in the cranium,

but extends to the extremities of the body, and to

from the

toes

and finger-ends to the

cranium, thereby we

may

say constituting an in-

all

parts,

telligent nervous system, including the

excepting the bones.

This

is

marrow, not

the brain, that

man

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12

says does his thinking.

The brain does not

It is only the substance

composing the brain that

think.

receives the impression of a thought on a cell to

intelligence by spirit.

The atoms

are num-

cells

bered by billions, and some are atrophying, dying,

dead, others renewed, maturing, by the health of

the body, and millions remain good during

strong, healthy people, to be inspired

by

life,

with

spirit to

intelligence.

Question.

What

is

Answer.

amplitude?

Amplitude

is

the

extent,

or

degree,

largeness of a vibration, from a central point, like

the

pendulum

of a clock, a large clock having a

larger vibration than a smaller one.

used by electricians, and

spirit, as

spirit's
.

The

is

The word

is

applicable in explaining

both are invisible elements, and especially

induction upon the

cells of

cells of the

brain of man.

brain with a small amplitude would

be less able to comprehend spirit's inspiration.

The

larger the amplitude the greater the capacity of the

cells of

brain to be inspired by

spirit.

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13

Question.

What

is

Answer.

syntony ?

Syntony

hence syntony
amplitude.

may

is

harmony, tone, or in tune;

be in tune with a large or small

Perfect syntony would be the largest

amplitude that might be attained with spirit

Or, in other words,
cells of

if

human

God.

being had perfect

brain to receive spirit and comprehend

it,

he would be in perfect syntony with, and he would

then be equal to spirit in a spiritual sense, and he

would thus be created a perfect image of God.

to be

more

definite, if a

man had

all

Or,

perfect cells of

gray matter in his brain, his inspiration of spirit

would be perfect and

good, in tune and in

BRAIN
ment

IS

all

of his thoughts would be

harmony with

spirit.

MAN'S RECEIVER. The

of the brain

and the inspiration of

refine-

spirit

thereon has produced such a wonderful and manifold religious

and

time, in such a

scientific

way

thought to the present

that the inventions in a me-

chanical brain of a day equal

all

the told miracles

of the past, to prove the induction of spirit into

man, through the medium of

his brain,

unit volume of spiritual voltage.

from the

Thus bestowing

Advanced Thought

14

upon man, a chosen medium, the power

and

spirit

all

to utilize

the elements of nature, so far as the

refinement of his brain will be in amplitude and

syntony with

spirit,

him

thus to enable

to conduct

his business, his scientific or religious thought.

The

history of the world to-day

the record of

is

the past, and the daily press and publications

all

over the world are daily records of the continued

process of the refinement of the brain, and the action of spirit thereon, and

tony with

and

spirit,

its

amplitude and syn-

trending toward a higher evolution

civilization that is comprehensible to the pres-

ent refinement of man's brain.

The brain

as

and

a unit is material,

of gray matter are

all different,

and

if

its

cells

some of these

are affected by disease or decay, so as to cause insanity,

and

spirit is

by inspiration received by these

diseased cells of brain, then

sponding
orally

Transmitted thought, or

results.

correspirit,

spoken to this diseased brain, would meet

with the result of insane

in every phase of
alike,

we must expect

cannot

be,

life,

replies,

and

so with brains

there being no two brains

and never

will be; therefore,

we

Advanced Thought

15

have the versatility of man, from the insane object

of pity to the wise, in every vocation in

life,

Thus we

the most refined brain in existence.

to

find

in the child and man, that one thought expressed

to a cell of gray matter

by

spirit, will

and in another the same thought

and that which

produce anger,

make one man laugh

will

another to weep.

will

cause laughter

One and

the

will cause

same thoughts

ex-

pressed in public will convey different meanings to

those present, which

is

the

cause of contention,

often bitter strife, and each will charge the other

with having an

coming over him.

evil spirit

It is

the condition of the brain, the defective brain cells;

the fault
is

is

not the

good, and good

us,

spirit, for the

is

and a part of us

God, and

that

reason that spirit

spirit is

means God.

tion with us, individually, to answer

is

Some

The ques-

is this:

What

my

brain with

call this self-examination.

If a man's

the amplitude and syntony of

spirit ?

always with

brain could be in perfect syntony with spirit, he

would be good

God.

finement of his brain,

It all
its

depends upon the

development and

ceptibility of receiving impressions

re-

its sus-

and enlighten-

Advanced Thought

16

We

ment.

is alone,

call it

temperament, but when a person

no one near him, the natural inspiration

of spirit continues to be received by the brain cells,

and

his receivers,

this

we

call

an active mind.

our thoughts dwell upon God, we

spirit,

and

if

If any

way:

a heavenly

call it

they dwell upon earthly pleasures,

So we philosophize in

calls it a devilish spirit.

member

in our body

stantly, the stronger it becomes,

used the weaker

grows.

it

If

man
this

used con-

is

and the

less it is

This demonstration of

strength can be noticed in right and left-handed

men.

Now,

as our brain is in amplitude with spirit,

and habit has caused us

to be constantly dwelling

on spiritual matters,

natural for more of those

brain

cells to

it is

be enlightened, and increased accord-

ing to the law of nature.

Hence, the spiritual

life

of the possessor of such a brain can be expected to

be in larger amplitude and syntony with

on the other hand,

if

And

our thoughts are dwelling on

earthly matters, whatever they

may

be, (large busi-

ness brain cells are generally refined,)

love, all of

spirit.

society or

which are brought into action according

Advanced Thought

to the refinement of the brain,

of said brain

is,

and

17

and as the amplitude

as it is also in syntony with

Man

spirit, so will the result be.

can change this

only by refinement of his brain, which

is

subject to

the most wonderful evolutions by business, vision,

transmited oral thought, and by literary publications, books, oratory, sermons,

keeps,

which includes the language used and transHis

mitted.

millions of

close attention to business will

cells,

and the character of

or lower his amplitude

it

is

and the company he

good, the brain

is

animate

this will raise

and syntony with

spirit.

being refined by more

of gray matter enlightened.

If bad, the brain

If

cells
is

de-

generating, becoming defective or atrophied and in

lower amplitude with

spirit,

which

cells of

is

spirit,

which

man

calls

an

evil

man's consciousness of his defective

brain in amplitude and syntony with spirit,

which controls his actions

and his fellow-man, hav-

ing had the same experience and having no other

way

to account for his

spirit.

waywardness,

calls it

It is defective cells of brain.

evil spirit to cause insanity; it is

cells of brain.
2

an

There

is

evil

no

man's defective

Advanced Thought

18

Does not
tion

by inspira-

spirit enlighten the brain

The new-born babe

is

the most helpless crea-

ture on earth, void of thought or mind, yet

and can

survive,

moment

after birth.

and the

first

though the mother dies the next

The babe grows

smile upon its face

of pleasure that he conceives.

inspiration?

it lives

As he grows

in strength,

the

is

first

dawn

Is this not spiritual

manhood, his knowl-

to

edge increases according to his brain's maturity and

amplitude to receive

spirit,

and the more perfect the

brain he has, the nearer he

with

spirit.

As

the

tion by her teacher,

"It

's

little

is

child

"What

in perfect syntony

was asked the ques-

is spirit ?"

she answered,

The more imperfect the

the think."

brain, the

smaller the degree of amplitude, the less intelligence, and the less power to receive inspiration
spiritual voltage to a degree in lower

so low that

no thought of

brain, save instinct

tremes give us

all

and

God

intuition.

conditions of the

and animal existence on

itual condition.

spirit or

The

animal

from

species,

enters their

These two ex-

human

family

this earth, as to their spir-

instincts

and intuition of

ani-

mals, birds, fishes, and microbes are from the same

Advanced Thought

spiritual voltage

which gives

life

19

and intelligence

to

man.
Question.

What

is

language ?

Language was the

Answer.
existence

first

fruit of social

expressing thought, which was the de-

velopment of those expressive actions into words, a

lullaby, grunt,

ing

been

Words

with gestures and monosyllables, hav-

from

evolved

are but impressed

sensibility

and

feeling.

memories of the brain and

the oral expressions from tongue to tongue solved

the mystery of speech and mind, producing the won-

derful strides of the intellect, by the inspiration of

spirit

upon the brain

ment and refinement

present

is

cells

of

of man.

The

develop-

which from ages past

to the

an evolution of breeding and advanced

thought beyond his design and at

spirit's

command.

Question.

What

is

Answer.

on a

thought

Thought

cell of

is spirit's

indelible impression

gray matter in the brain, by inspira-

tion to intelligence.

As

the cells of gray matter

Advanced Thought

20

live

during the vitality of the body, the same as the

finger on your hand,

member
lives

which you can

any

or

see,

thereof, then the life of this cell of brain

and

is

the foundation of

memory

same

of the

If spirit inspires another cell of brain to

thought.

the same thought,

it

graphs of scenes in

life

memory.

reinforces

Photo-

by vision are indelible im-

pressions on the cells of brain, which reinforces

The sound waves through the ear

memory.

delible impressions

force

memory.

on the

cells of

The sense

impression on the

cells of

nervous system
cate to

is

is

an indelible

brain to reinforce

cells of

on defective

form a combination and

memory
The

taste as well.

the most sensitive to

and from the

spirit acting

the brain to rein-

of smell

by a recurrence, and the sense of

are in-

communi-

brain and body, with

cells of brain, all of

which

a degree of intelligence

and

nervous force.

Question.

What

is

Answer.

memory?

Memory

inspired by spirit,
brain,

and as long

is

the retention of a thought

upon a

cell of

gray matter in the

as the cell of gray matter

is

alive

Advanced Thought

21

that has been inspired by spirit with a thought,

in a healthy condition,

continues through

memory.

in

other

cells

life,

which in many instances

then the same thought exists

Spirit inspiring the

gray

of

and

matter,

same thought on

reinforces

memory.

Transmitted oral thought, by another of the same

thought, will reinforce memory.

When
body

the brain

is

young and the

in full vigor, the cells of brain assume a

is

vitality of health that

may

continue through

unimpaired, and spirit inspiring the

in

youth,

life.

cells of

life,

brain

under favorable conditions, leaves the

most enduring indelible

during

vitality of the

I distinctly

and the

sixty years ago,

impressions

of

memory

remember of being scalded

cells of

brain upon which

spirit recorded the incident are alive, also th scars

on

my

body are

This

memory

life

indelible.

of the cell of brain accounts for the

of any

unworthy

we may have com-

act

mitted to the injury of another.

It is ever alive in

our memory, to annoy us during

that cell of brain

is

life,

and as long as

alive so long will the

of the act exist with us.

This

is called

memory

conscience.

Advanced Thought

22

To

repair the injury offers its

own condonation,

or

balances the account of spirit inspiring both defective

and refined

with spirit

cells of

brain to peace and harmony

God.

Question.

What

is

mind?

Answer.

Mind

is

memory

crete expression dependent

matter in the brain, on

collectively or in con-

upon many

many

cells of

gray

different subjects.

If

the cells are good and healthy, so they can be inspired by spirit, then
if

we

call it a

sound mind, and

they are diseased, we call them defective, which

and we then

sometimes leads

to insanity,

unsound mind.

Spirit inspires the cells of the brain

in

man

to various thoughts

call it

an

on different lines of

He may be a farmer, yet be well versed in

history; he may be a mechanic, yet well educated in
scientific thought; he may be a laborer, but well up
in politics; he may be a lawyer and a student of resubjects.

ligious lore; he

may

be a merchant, but a great stu-

dent in literature; and these diversities broaden a

man's thoughts and give him a refined mind through

inspiration of spirit

upon

his refined cells of brain.

Advanced Thought

23

Question,

What

is

Answer.

voltage?

Voltage

a unit volume of force; a

is

There are two

volt is a unit of voltage.

and

Spirit

electricity.

man

of the brain of

it

Both are in
Electricity

an element of

supreme

him

to
ac-

of life are also manifested by electricity,

elements.
is

cells

The

mechanical purposes.

being in our bodies, but

spirit.

spirit

supreme by inspiring

to intelligence, enabling

utilize electricity for

tivities

is

all

are controlled by

two distinct

voltage, but are

is

life,

an element of
intelligence,

force.

Spirit

and a unit of

force.

In our daily work and vocations in

we

life,

are

worshiping this spirit in truth, and according as our

cells are refined to

be inspired by spirit, so will our

words, actions, and the result of our

known.

This

is

life's

work be

the religion of civilization.

Questio?i.

What

is

Answer.

spiritual

and

electrical voltage?

The only way

tricity exists is

by

its

that

we know

that elec-

application and results, which

Advanced Thought

24

we

see in daily use;

by

spirit exists is

human

the

and the only way we know that

application and results upon

its

brain of man, in

The senders and

all

of his activities.

receivers, to utilize electrical volt-

age, demonstrate that space

with a unit voltage of

and matter are

electricity,

and

filled

to disturb

it

by a sender causes a wave around and through the

earth in a few seconds, and this acts upon the receiver in a distant locality, or any locality, so that
it

can be read the same as we see daily in every

telegraph

office

in the land.

a message, electricity

There

is

no

not charged with the fault.

evil electricity; it is the

machinery that

That

is

If they fail to record

is

instrument or

out of order, not evil electricity.

spiritual voltage, also as before stated, exists

in all space, is in evidence with us every

of our existence,

most parts of the

us,

and with

all

and go where we
earth,

we

find

it

will, to

moment

the utter-

ever present with

people on the globe, enlightening

the brain cells of man, and those

religious teaching,

by

all

who have had no

they see around them in

nature and their own existence, leads them to believe

the omnipresence of spirit.

If

we cannot

Advanced Thought

think,

not the fault of the spirit;

is

it

There

brain.

25

is

no

it

is

the

evil spirit.

Question.

What

is

spiritual voltage?

Answer.

Spirit

is

a unit volume of voltage, oc-

and inanimated

worlds, animated

cupying space,

all

matter, and

more incomprehensible

electricity,

is

because

it is

supreme.

the earth, the elements, and

all

that which pertains to

space are at spirit's

and

claim,
is

all

all life

being;

it

is

ness of

its

This

immortal existence.

and

worlds and

all

is

and existence prove

intellectual

than

The atmosphere,

and

life,

life,

man

living creatures,

command.

with the brain creates

memory,

all

to

it.

a broad
Spirit

Its contact

thought, intelligence,

faculties,

and the conscious-

immortality.

The lower animals and

all life

are animated and

derive their instincts, intuition, and existence from

the same spiritual voltage, on their brains, that actuates

man

to control the world

and

all

that therein

is.

We

have in the explanation of amplitude and

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26

syntony the evidence of how spiritual voltage, in

space and existence,

own brain

utilized

is

Man

as receiver.

soul, the great I

by man, with his

thinks he

is

Man's thoughts are not

am.

but spirit inspiring the thoughts to his

brain,

and

his

the ego,

cells

his,

of

words are but the expression of his

thoughts from the source of

spirit.

If

man

could

have a perfect brain receiver, he would be in perfect

syntony with spirit

God.

MARCONI. Spirit

acting on the brain of Sig-

nor Marconi has demonstrated, by wireless telegraphy, that electricity

is

a unit

volume of voltage

in and through the earth, water, and space (in this

year,

December

waves and vibrations of

them, at

will, that

He

1901).

14,

has mastered the

electricity,

and

so separated

no other can read his messages,

unless they possess and use instruments adjusted to

He

the same amplitude.

'If

said, in

an explanation:

you take two tuning forks of the same length

of vibration, (or amplitude is a better word,) one

will act

on the other

the other

is at rest,

if it is

and

it

sounded or tuned, and

will

have no

effect

upon

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a fork of different amplitude

27

and that which

of sound waves is true of electricity.

must be tuned,

receiver

true

is

sender and

so to speak, or within cer-

tain limits, or one will not act on the other.

It is

toward narrowing these limits of sympathy that

are

electricians

message,

it

and secure

ment which

and

is

In order

secrecy.

will be necessary to

of the sender,

Marconi

has

This will prevent the mixing

solved the problem.

of messages

Signor

striving."

all

at the

know

to steal a

the vibrations

same time have an instruThis illustrates man's

syntonized.

secrecy; no one can divine his thoughts, unless their

cells of

of people on the street

you.

You meet

brain are in syntony.

No

each one

is

thousands

a sealed book to

one knows his brain's syntony with

neither its amplitude.

thoughts or

He

alone can transmit his

spirit's inspiration

expression to another.
alone with spirit

which inspires

God.

Man

by his acts or oral

thus naturally dwells

This solemn unity

all life to intelligence

and impresses man

and dignity which

and

to confidence of his
is

spirit,

is

that

activity,

importance

manifested by ego, soul, I am.

These are the fundamental principles of

all

ab-

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28

theories

stract

mesmeric

of

religious

influences, all of

beliefs,

hypnotic and

which are well known

to

science and are based on natural fundamental laws

and ever have been.

in existence,

Question.

What

is spirit

Answer.

for all thought

Man's brain must have required many

years to have attained a refinement or development

sufficient to be in its present

with

spirit,

telligence,

amplitude and syntony

judging from man's lowest state of

to

the highest

known

world; and the remarkable part of

to the
it is

in-

civilized

that the two

extremes of ignorance and wisdom exist on the

globe to-day, (see the daily papers,) and the same
spirit is

supplying spiritual intelligence to

all,

ac-

cording to the amplitude of their receivers

the

brain, fully demonstrating that spirit

space

and

is

spirit

a more potent power than electricity, as

has harnessed electricity to do

proving

fills all

its

its

supremacy and independence.

bidding,

At no

time in the world's history could this spiritual voltage have been explained in a philosophical manner

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Marconi succeeded in establishing

Signer

until

29

wireless telegraphy across the ocean,

and the ex-

planation of amplitude and syntony in connection

therewith.

Thus, step by

step, the scientific

advanced thought, deriving

its

and from the same

spirit,

enlightens the brain of

man

world leads in

enlightenment from

spiritual

voltage that

in the religious world

with facts as wonderful as the miracles told of

old,

to establish a foundation for true faith in spiritual

inspiration for all thought, mind, and action in all

created beings.

Question.

What

is

Answer.

woman?

Woman

is

man's opposite sex; with this

When

exception, both are one.

means

woman

either sex,

speaking of man,

dependent upon inference.

it

has a brain more refined by nature than

man,

to be inspired

love,

harmony

with spirit

by

spirit to a sense of peace,

heaven.

God.

She

Woman

child of nature; were

it

is

spiritual, blending

in simplicity

not

so,

is

a typical

her child (man)

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30

The name

would be a brute.
this manifest to

makes

of "mother"

man.

Question.

What

is spirit's

Answer.

man?

direct inspiration to

Every new thought a person has on any

subject, whatever, that

expressed or read,

he has never heard orally

No

It cannot be otherwise.

who has not thus been

gence direct from

from

direct inspiration

is

sane

man

spirit.

ever lived

inspired to thoughts of intelli-

spirit.

The new and

startling in-

ventions of a day are enough to convince one of this

fact.

Man's religious

thoughts

are

from the

source as business thoughts, and

all

spirit's inspiration to his cells of

brain to

gence.

thoughts are
intelli-

If man's cells of brain are good, his thoughts

will be good.
fect,

same

If man's cells of brain are imper-

then his thoughts will not be good.

spirit inspires both the

The same

good and defective

cells of

brain to intelligence in the same cranium.

educated, sane man,

example.

man.

It

when he becomes

may happen

at

insane,

any moment

to

The
is

an

any

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31

Question.

What

is

transmitted spirit?

Answer.

Transmitted

spirit is

an oral thought

or expression revealed to another in ordinary con-

versation or by the reading of a book, which was

spirit's inspiration to the author.

The reading aloud

in the presence of an audience would transmit the

intelligence.

letter,

gram, or telegram are

telephone message, Marconiall

transmitted spirit to in-

telligence.

Question.

What

in storage?

is spirit

Answer.

All

printed

matter

was

thought, at some time, by the author.

ten or printed,

it

becomes

inspired

When

writ-

spirit in storage to be

inducted or transmitted to students or to the reader

at pleasure.

Question.

What

is

Answer.
ing the

heaven?

Heaven

cells of

is

harmony.

It is spirit inspir-

brain to happiness, or healthy cells

of brain in syntony with spirit

God.

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32

Question.

Where

heaven?

is

Answer.
ist.

we

When we
are in

When we

are

are in love

want

terday

is

your vision.

we

are in heaven.

are in heaven.

to-morrow

It is

we

others

to be in heaven, be

past,

When

happy we are in heaven.

harmony with

If you

to be in

where happiness and harmony ex-

It is

Try

good to-day.

may

it.

Yes-

never dawn upon

now, this minute, to enjoy heaven

syntony with

spirit

God.

If you are not

in heaven, then refine your cells of brain.

Question.

What

is

Answer.

hell?

Hell

is

discord.

It is spirit inspiring

defective cells of brain to thoughts of discord.

good musician could produce only discordant notes

on a defective instrument, and these discordant

notes would be "helled

off," set

apart from the or-

chestra by the director ; hence the

word

"hell."

The

mystic thought of the past added fearful forebodings to the word of eternal damnation and punish-

ment by burning with brimstone and

fire

forever

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and

accompanied by devils

ever,

To be

33

superintend.

to

in bell is to possess diseased, defective cells

of brain that cannot be inspired

monious thoughts.

No

fect cells of brain,

and defective

nium cause

discord

by

spirit to har-

living creature has all percells in

our cra-

hell.

Question.

What

is

Answer.

man's spirit?

Man's

spirit is that

element which has

inspired his cells of brain to intelligence,

same as man's food, which he assimilates

and the atmosphere he breathes, each inde-

pendent factors.

Without either of these elements,

could not live an hour.

ing them to sustain

life,

at his death each element

man

While he was
called

remains in

existence to supply his successor,

all

to sustain

or man's electricity in his body, the water he

drinks,

man

and

In connection therewith, and similar, the

activity.

life,

life,

animated

life

and

ferred stockholder.

existence.

and

them
its

utiliz-

his; but

constituent

this is true of

Man

is

not a pre-

Even the wealth man has

ac-

cumulated on earth unto himself remains on earth,

3

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34

and the only value that blends his existence with

spirit

God

is eternal.

is

the result of his

Man

on earth

lives

twenty-two and a half years.

calls

it,

work, which

an average of only

Man's

as he

spirit,

at his death, remains in its concrete exist-

ence spirit
tion

life's

God.

This

moving onward

to

is

the religion of civiliza-

harmony, heaven.

Every

religious belief, with its leader of the mystic past,

with

blends

thought, and

the
all

present

progress

of

advanced

are stepping-stones to love.

Question.

What

is

Answer.

love ?

Love

is affinity,

harmony, heaven.

spirit inspiring like cells of brain in

two or more craniums

harmony in

to intelligence; they are

heaven. All atoms,

in activitymotion; those that are in

It is

then

cells of brain,

in affinity

affinity,

are

when

inspired by spirit to intelligence at some supreme

moment, harmonize, and those that are not in

finity or in

apart.

by

af-

syntony are discordant and are "helled"

Hence those that

spirit to love,

are in affinity are inspired

and those that are not in

affinity

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move independently

of

each other;

cordant ones in one cranium

35

but the dis-

may have

larger in-

spirations, say of literature, logic, business, religion, or a scientific

trend to embellish the world of

thought with inspirations to indelible fame, instead

of sexual love, or affinity for

Hence they do not mate.

momentary

pleasure.

(See poem.)

LOVE.
Amoritta

why hast thou

Beyond our human ken
Love!

so deftly placed

the power of thy divinity ?

tell us what is lo^e?

down deep into the ecstasy

Come,
Is

it

to delve

Of morbid pleasures sensual?

To twine around our lives a dream of bliss?
To look upon our mates as if their presence alone
Answered the sequel?
To soothe, comfort, and pander

Do

tell

to the flesh

us

Is it to alleviate the pains of others,

To

strike the chains of slavery

from our

fellow-

man?
To
To
To

stretch out the

hand

of charity to the poor?

soothe with words of comfort to the fallen

chastise ourselves with penance

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36

To
Or,

release the criminal

is it

from

his cell?

a messenger of peace ?

Love

Yes, a messenger of peace;

A solace
My laws

young and comfort to old age.

are well denned in all that nature
to the

Strews before the mind,

Though, to some, it, in homely garb, is disregarded,

Yet by others it is most esteemed.
A flower, by one, is much applauded,
While to another a rock is far more beautiful.
Yet each hath found admirers, to his taste
And culture, and sees in them great mysteries
The spirit and the great beyond.

source of happiness

And
Two

happiness

is

is

thus engendered,

peace.

strangers meet,

In each, the lines of care hath set its seal;

And the throng doth pass them by, not even worth
A furtive glance. He, coarse, uncouth; and she,
most homely.
Yet they see that which others cannot see,
And the affinity that draw s them close in contact,
Finds in them admirers, too.
And this is happiness, and happiness is peace, and
T

peace
Is love.

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37

The cooing mates do see the shading

hue in each
Most enchanting to their eyes.

And

this is happiness,

and happiness

of a somber

is

peace,

and

peace
Is love.

If thou wilt

know

the secret of

Go hence and study

iS

ot in a

its

abiding,

nature's laws;

commercial sense,

Price doth

my

lest the getting for a

value lessen, and render

it

a source of

Vulgar hate.
But, look

and thou wilt

find a chalice near to thee,

Filled with happiness to the brim;

Partake of

Thy

it,

by portioning out

time, wrenched

from gaining bread or gain,

In thoughtfulness to others

And

the reflection

Thou

wilt soon possess is happiness,

Is peace,

And

and peace

and happiness

is love.

thus beyond the

human ken thou

canst not

see,

But

Go

to

know

that I abide with thee.

forth and strew the flowers during life to those

Most needing, according

to

thy

ability,

looking

through

The

lenses of happiness

canst

and peace, and then thou

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38

Feel, not see,

The power

my

of

divinity

Love.

Question.

What

is

marriage?

Marriage

Answer.

is

a declaration between the

parties involved to produce a state of

Wisdom, which

heaven.

harmony

the experience of the

is

marriage after the people became

past, instituted

corrupt, to prevent disease,

and to

refine the cells

of brain by selection to be inspired by spirit to

superior intelligence, and to control inheritance of

Or, in other words, to improve the race.

property.

When

the laws of genealogy, intelligence, selection

and the breeding for

of mates,

intelligence

distinct purposes of

become paramount

to love

and greed

for gold, then the race will have evolved to a higher

civilization.

by chance
of stock

is

This will take ages.

only.

Whatever

true of man.

It exists to-day,

is

true in the breeding

An

insane ancestor will

breed several generations of defective

causing

many

crazy,

the origin of what

is

cells of brain,

queer descendants.
called "original sin."

This

is

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39

Question.

What

is evil?

Answer.

Evil

is

only a comparison of man's con-

duet gauged by the environment of man's conditions

of existence and dependent upon the refinement of
his brain, to be inspired

by

spirit

God.

Question,

What

are devils?

Answer.

Devils are imaginary elves, so

in the mystic past

and angels are

named

their antipodes.

Question.

What

is

Answer.

the soul of

man

It is his conscious thoughts,

and mind in harmony with

spirit

memory,

God.

Question.

Will the soul live after the death of the body ?

Answer.

Its resultant reflection

spirit to others

in other words,
ers

during

will

God

during
all

of

life that

by transmitted

life will live to eternity.

which man has taught

was in harmony with

Or,

to othspirit

continue to be taught, and will live to

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40

All that was not in

eternity.

God cannot

harmony with

spirit

exist eternally.

Question.

Will the soul be damned?

Answer.

No, never

as

long:

as

God

spirit

exists.

Question.

Why

man

should

Answer.

be good ?

The reward

good

to be

is

the immediate

repose to the realization and reflection of peace,

harmony, heaven,

spirit

God.

Question.

What

is sin

Answer.

Sin, as a word,

means bad, imperfect,

the opposite of good.

Question.

Was man

born in sin?

Answer.

No; not

unless by inheritance his par-

ents transmitted imperfect cells of brain by breeding,

which

is

of

daily

record.

The monument

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on

erected

damned"

Copp's

Boston,

Hill,

the result of spirit inspiring imperfect

is

It is a

brain to intelligence.

cells of

"infants

to

monument

of

the mystic past, but establishes the fact that the

people

who

erected

it

thought

so.

Question.

What

is

a strong character

To say

Answer.

because you can.

yes

when you want

to,

and no

diplomat can say both without

saying either.
Question.

What

is

Answer.

and refined

dual mind?

Dual mind
cells of

is

brain in the same cranium to in-

telligence in sequences of

words,

when

spirit inspiring defective

moments.

Or, in other

a person has about an equal

number

of good and defective cells of brain in his cranium,

which are in constant motion,

alternately,

spirit inspires

or one after another,

either good or bad thoughts.

which produces

This accounts for

some people who never can decide what

who

call in the

them

to do,

second and third party to

make

and
the

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42

This

decision.

called

upon

is

why

a judge

and jury of twelve are

to decide points in law,

and the cause of

an appeal to higher courts.

Question,

What

is

a religious belief?

Answer.

religious belief is caused by man's

consciousness of his

own

existence

and

intelligence,

regardless of his education, which caused his in-

quiry as to his future, after the death of his body.

human

Therefore, no

Advanced thought, the

ligious belief.
civilization,
all

religion of

began with primitive man, and includes

religious beliefs

moving on

being can exist without a re-

and antagonizes none, and

harmony

to

is

heaven.

Question.

What

is

Answer.
is

a miracle ?

miracle, as told in the mythical past,

a visionary supposition caused by transmitted

In

spirit to cells of brain to a belief of reality.

other words, an illusion.

been kept a

secret, it

been a miracle.

If wireless telegraphy

would

to

had

many minds have

It loses its mystic influence

by

its

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43

becoming a commercial commodity.

There

is

noth-

ing supernatural, never has been or never can be.

Question.

What

is

worship?

Worship

Answer.
cells of

is

spirit

Godutilizing

the

brain as a unit or an instrument in the uni-

verse to induct spirit's inspiration to life activity

and intelligence for good. As far

man

as a spiritual image, it

civilization,
spirit

God.
God.

means an

influence of

the reciprocal of which blends with

In other words,

pleased with us,

spirit

as it relates to

we

certainly

if

God

spirit

is

must be pleased with

"This holy image that

is

man, God

worshipeth" (Foxe).
Question.

What

is

prayer?

Answer.

Prayer

flection of spirit

is

a mental jurisprudence, a re-

upon the

cells of brain,

acknowl-

edging the helplessness of the petitioner in the cause

in which he

is

interested, or a supplication for aid

to spirit in voltage,

God.

which

is

omnipresent

spirit

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44

In

the wars of the past for supremacy, the

all

Had

combatants indulged in prayer for

aid.

same devoutness been extended for

justice, peace,

and

existed.

arbitration,

war would not have

simply a demonstration of

Peace

obvious.

is

It is

spirit acting either

defective or refined cells of brain.

The

the

on

result is

spirit inspiring refined cells of

brain to harmony.

Question.

What

answer to prayer?

is

The answer

Answer.

to prayer is that

lightens the cells of brain to a

God,

with spirit
of

human

pose.
is

All

and

which en-

more perfect syntony

thus controls the actions

it

beings, as a recipient consequence to re-

men

pray, especially those in

animating the defective

whom

cells of brain,

in a state of rebellion, with

all

manner

spirit

which are

of thoughts

appealing, or in contrast with the refined cells of

brain in his cranium.

The same

cause,

same conditions of

distress

fined cells of brain

would have produced a

result,

and the

with spirit inspiring

re-

different

and treatment would have been unnecessary.

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45

There are instances where a friend of the same

ligious belief can,

re-

by oral thought, enlighten refined

of brain, producing the best results without

cells

the aid of medicine; and this with nature, the cureof

all

man, and homeopathic doses of medicine,

restores to health

and

repose.

As more than

three-

fourths of the cases are mental disturbances caused

by defective

cells

of brain to receive spirit, opens

up the

field to all

kinds of doctors of metaphysical

beliefs,

and doctors of divinity reap a rich and

de-

serving reward in this field of their work, with

little

or no remuneration.

sick, the

When

a fellow gets real

answers to prayer are as numerous with the

allopathists as

any of them,

if

he does cut one open,

sew him up, and dose him with quinine.

business very often, and there

is

It

no time for

means
faith,

but I have noticed, of late years, that the medicine

is

more

ist,

efficacious if properly prepared

after a

physician

We

it

by the chem-

carefully written prescription by the

costs more, but the medicine is "pure."

have indulged in this byplay

to sincerely

im-

press the reader with the fact that answer to prayer

is

in a spiritual sense, not material, nor of the body.

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46

The two great armies

slavery

had

women on

as

many

in the Rebellion caused by

divines and devout

men and

one side as the other, and each prayed

fervently for the success of their arms, for material

aid,

and while they w ere fighting with that heroism

7

of brother against brother, both of

man

the poor black

and sixty

American

stock,

held in slaveryy for two hundred

years, in ignorance, never lifted his

hand

in organization, but fed his master while fighting

to hold

him

in slavery; but his silent prayers, in-

spired by the

same

in a spiritual way,

Human

beings

spirit in voltage,

were answered

and not by his force of arms.

who were cognizant

of these facts,

and are enlightened, must either be generous in

their opinions

and conclusions of each

other, or ac-

knowledge that we are brutal in our concrete decisions,

and are savages,

fiesh-eaters, cannibals,

derers by nature, tyrants in brain

mur-

and mind, in

small amplitude and syntony with spirit

God

deny these beings of African descent an answer

their prayer.

Question.

What

is

reincarnation?

to

to

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Answer.

Reincarnation

47

involution and evolu-

is

tion of nature's laws, producing that state of exist-

ence which

is

found in happiness, harmony, heaven,

man

or that which

calls

carnation of the body

descendants.

is

spirit

God,

The

rein-

man's reproduction in his

The reincarnation

continued concrete existence

of man's spirit is

spirit

God.

Question.

What

is

Answer.

crime?

Crime

is

the result of defective cells of

brain inspired by spirit to acts in violation of natural and

all laws,

of perfect equity

and

justice.

Question.

What

will prevent crime

Answer.
rapist,

Every murderer,

Emasculation.

embezzler, wife-beater,

arsonist,

thief,

syphilitic,

insane incurables, and confirmed criminals should

be so treated in the most

humane manner,

days of puberty only, by law.

in their

Instead of lynching

to death, the culprit or patient should be emasculated, to prevent a possible

ing his kind or

cells of

chance of his reproduc-

brain to be inspired by spirit

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48

and they

in future generations to similar deeds,

should submit to this

humane treatment

cheerfully,

We

as a factor in the regeneration of the race.

know

of two instances, both colored men,

who were

thus doctored, one for mumps, the other, a slave,

who were among

for rape,

wards.
will

the best of

men

after-

This law should be universal, and this alone

regenerate

mankind

quickly.

Repentance or

the conversion of a syphilitic parent will not pro-

duce perfect

cells of

brain in his offspring.

It is

better to prevent the breeding of insanity than to

cure

Every phase of wrong-doing

it.

insanity.

is

a phase of

Criminals will shun or leave a state or

republic that will pass such a law to regenerate the

world.

Monarchies will succumb to the inevitable.

This

advanced thought; the religion of

is

civiliza-

tion.

Question.

What

is

Answer.
thing that

conscience?

Conscience

man

is

the

memory

of

some-

has acted when his brain was in a

small amplitude and syntony with spirit;

or,

in

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49

other words, the action of spirit upon a defective

cell of

A man

gray matter in the brain.

a conscience

and his brain

spiritually dead,

is

without
cells

and

of gray matter are then in the lowest amplitude

syntony with

spirit,

which

is

measured according

to

the deed enacted, or transgression of the law, by the

more

refined

cells

of

brain which he possesses;

hence, the conflict of spirit acting

brain

and imperfect brain

cells,

as a judge acting

brain

wrong

upon

makes

cells

this

the

his perfect

cells

with spirit

his preponderance of refined

decision between

Therefore,

conscience.

is

upon

hear one say, "I do not want that on

science."

We

hear of conscience

to relieve conscience,

"As God

Man

is

my

judge,"

right

we

often

my

con-

money being paid

and we often hear men

meaning

or

say,

spirit.

has the same hopes, feelings, and faith in

spirit to-day that

and the world

is

he had in the most ancient days,

growing

better,

and the refinement

of the brain being educated in the line of good ad-

vanced thoughts, whether

it is

in his work, business,

religion, inventions, or in scientific studies; all are

included in civilization, and

all

are trending toward

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50

But

a higher amplitude and syntony with spirit.

that which interests
this:

How

can

man

man most

as

an individual

is

refine his brain to that ampli-

tude and syntony with spirit which will produce

the best results for himself and

The answer

is,

by inclination in cultivating the

highest and best thoughts

day of his
is

mankind while here ?

known

life to entertain

to

man, and each

good thoughts as

spirit

impressing them upon his healthy, well developed

cells of

brain

will find that

and by continuing

he will have more refined

than defective ones.

refined.

Hence

cells of

brain

is

the result

and daily impressed on new

of brain, increasing their

to action.

man

his brain can be thus

This becomes habit, and habit

of thought repeated
cells

this for years,

number that lead

Habit becomes independent of thought

when aided by memory.

Habit enables a person

to

write rapidly on a typewriter more than two words

in a second of time; a musician to play upon an in-

strument seemingly unconscious of a thought after

continued practice.

This also accounts for the fact that business

have more refined

cells of

men

brain than defective ones.

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They

are developing

new

cells of

51

brain constantly,

day and night, with business thoughts, which are in

amplitude

larger

and syntony with

than

spirit

thoughts that are inspired in idleness and with

animating defective brains.

spirits

that business

one of the greatest factors in

is

The same

izing influences.

workman who keeps

work

life

his

is

see

civil-

true of daily labor.

mind

intensely

upon his

not only a better workman, but a better

is

And

man.

Hence we

these cells of reiined brain exist during

and are lasting in memory, which forms

habit,

and habit molds character.

THE WORLD IN TWO GROUPS.

Question.

Who

are the

They are the Indo-European,

Answer.
race.

the

Aryans?

Bopp

or

Aryan

They

consist of

Bramanis India, Caucasian (many

dialects),

says,

Indo-Germanic.

Greek and Latin, the Slavic, the Germanic, the

Celtic (Kelts),

menian.

Law,

Cymry (Kimry),
science,

Persian, and Ar-

and philosophy are the

in-

The Cymry Welsh,

in

heritance of the Aryans.

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52

Wales, are the only living distinct scions of this

race.

Question.

Who

are the Semitic group

Answer.

Renan

says that for sixteen centuries

the Hebrews, Syrians, Phoenicians, Carthaginians,

Babylonians, and Assyrians spoke the same lan-

Eichorn called them the Semitic group.

guage.

They were the

The Hebrews

morality.

humanity and

ethical teachers of

(the Jews)

are the most

distinct scions living throughout the world to-day,

traced by their Mosaic law and non-intermarriage

with the Aryans.

Question.

Who

are the

Answer.

Cymry?

The Cymry

are one of the most ancient

of living peoples on the globe.

nounced Kumree.

Cymro,

singular,

Kumro.

Its derivations are a

with, in

common, and

common

country, countrymen.

the

Cymry,

pronounced

compound

oro, land;

Cymreage (Welsh) language

plural, pro-

of Oyn,

equal having a

Cambrians speak
as it is

now spoken

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in Wales.

The derivation

braces the

entire

spirit

53

of this word,
of

Thomas

Cymry, emJefferson,

Cymro, who was the author of that immortal document, the Declaration of Independence.

The

Germans

were

(Germane

cousins

their

Cousin), and thirty thousand went at one time to

Germany, and forty thousand went

tany) in 400 B. C.

France (Brit-

to

This accounts for the independ-

ent thought in both these countries.

They

are one of the most remarkable races in the

family of nations, and the least known, and most

distinct because of their language,
literature

and published

They

in their language.

are

most

worthy branch of the group of nations, known as

the Indo-European, or

Aryan

race,

who

people

have had a country and a language, without any

commixture of tongues, on the

isle

of Britain for

three thousand years, which they have held

and

maintained as an unconquered and unconquerable

race against

all

invaders.

They

are descended

from

Japheth, a son of Noah, and resided at Crimea, north

of the Black Sea.

teemed,

colonized

"A numerous
thee,

Britain."

race,

fierce,

es-

This was the

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54

Cambrian race whose migration

to this

land, covering a long period of time,

promised

was marked by

who

the most bloody conflicts with warlike nations

sought to enslave them hundreds of years after they

Among their inRomans, with whom they contended,

had arrived on the

vaders were the

thwarting their

isle of

spirit

Britain.

universal

of

every position they occupied.

For

years their deeds of valor against the

dominion in

hundred

fifteen

Roman, Saxon,

and Norman invaders, maintaining their laws, country,

and language

to the last, excel all

of antiquity extant.

While

all

monuments

the languages spoken

in all the countries, including Greece

and Rome,

have been corrupted or ceased to have a spoken or

written existence, the Cymreage language of the

Cymry- Welsh in Wales has no commixture

tongues, and three-fourths of the

speak
into

it

to-day.

many

tribes,

in Wales

They were numerous, and divided

with tribal kings chosen by vote,

with a Bretwalda, or chief, for

was chosen by the people by

voting, fifteen

Cymry

of

all their tribes,

ballot,

who

and the women

hundred years before Christ.

Think

of their advanced thought on wonian suffrage!

In

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Advanced Thought

the eleventh century, Nesta, wife of Ynir (Ina),

rode on a horse alongside of her husband for forty

enemies for liberty.

their

fighting

years,

Edward the Seventh, son

Queen

of

King

Victoria, a de-

scendant of Henry the Seventh, who was a descendant of a Welsh king,

is

now on

Owen Tewdrig

the throne of England,

is

laws that Dyfnwall Molemud, a

(Tudor), who

governed by the

Cymro

lawgiver,

had established four hundred years before the Christian era.

The

Cambrian race has

entire history of the

ways been in favor

of civil

They fought thousands

and religious

al-

liberty.

of battles to retain their re-

publican form of government against their invaders.

The

spirit of their

justice,

mercy,

Cymry has

laws inculcated truth, honesty,

and

liberty.

ever been, "Y.

The motto

of

the

Gwir yu erbyn y Byd."

"Truth against the world."

If

we wish

of the English

to trace the origin of the principles

common

laws and of

Magna

as well as those in the declaration of

dependence,

we must go back

Charta,

American

in-

to the laws compiled

by the great Cambrian lawgiver, known as Dyfnwall

LofC.

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56

They guaranteed the equality

Molemud.

and religious
life, liberty,

rights,

of civil

and secured the pursuit of

and happiness

man.

to

vanced thought, the religion of

This was ad-

civilization.

It has

been this sentiment that has been handed down

from father

Thomas

to

son.

Jefferson,

of

It

Cambrian

cestors

came from the

Wales,

to

the

colony

was this that inspired

foot
of

of

birth,

whose an-

Mount Snowdon,

Virginia.

boasted of his Cymry-British blood.

He always
He contended
His

that error should be combated with reason.

history is the history of his country.

He was

the

author of the Declaration of Independence, pro-

claiming freedom to downtrodden man, to

of the world, and securing
to political, civil,

him

all

parts

his inalienable rights

and religious equality, an instru-

ment looked upon by enslaved nations

star of hope to the

as a guiding

immortal law of freedom.

that time tyranny ruled the earth.

At

All the govern-

ments of Europe were steeped in corruption and

vice,

nursed by a corrupt church.

Austria in the

arms of despotism, Spain and Italy governed by the

Inquisition and gibbet.

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The event

57

of this Declaration of Independence

severed the American colonies from the crown of

Spain, destroyed the rotten boroughs of England,

and gave Catholic emancipation

to Ireland.

It re-

constructed governments on liberal principles.

It

gave a vast inter-oceanic continent to freedom, and

erected the principles of civil
to all

mankind.

and

Eighteen of the

religious liberty

Cymry

signed this

immortal document with Jefferson, establishing the

religion of civilization.

CYMRY-WELSH SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

Hon. Thomas

Jefferson, Virginia, author of the

Declaration of Independence; Hon. John Adams,

Massachusetts;

Samuel Adams, Massachu-

Hon. Stephen Hopkins, Rhode Island; Hon.

setts;

William
Floyd,
sey;

Hon.

Williams,

Connecticut;

Hon.

William

Long Island; Hon. Lewis Morris, New

Hon.

Francis

Robert

Hopkinson,

Morris,

New

Pennsylvania;

Jersey,

John

Morton,

Pennsylvania;

Hon.

author

the

"Hail Columbia"; Hon, George Clymer,

Hon.

Jer-

Hon.

of
;

John

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5S

Peirce,

North Carolina; Hon. Arthur Middleton,

South Carolina; Hon. Button Gwinett, Georgia;

Hon, Francis Henry Lightfoot Lee, Virginia; Hon.

Richard Henry Lee, Virginia; Hon. Francis Lewis,

Long

Island; Hon.

Benjamin Harrison, chairman of

committee which reported the Declaration of Independence; he was governor of Virginia.

These are

names that every Welshman should preserve

as an

instance of their love of liberty.

SEVEN CYMRY-WELSH PRESIDENTS OF

THE UNITED STATES.
Hon. Thomas

Jefferson,

Hon. James Madison,

Hon. James Monroe, Hon. William Henry Harrison,

Hon. John Adams, Hon. John Quincy Adams, Hon.

Benjamin Harrison.

We

must not forget "Patsy," the wife of General

Washington, who was Welsh.

We

find that the first

man who moved

the resolu-

tion in favor of independence, the author of the

Declaration of Independence, and the chairman of

the committee which reported

brian race.

it,

were of the Cam-

Another Cymro, Gouverneur Morris,

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wrote out the

first

59

connected draft of the American

Constitution; and a noble Cymro,

as Chief -Justice of the Union,

expounded and established

its

John Marshall,

was the

first

who

on the

principle

immutable bases of the Constitution and of the laws

under

it,

justice.

aided by the ideas of impartial equity and

We shall now name the generals who fought

to establish these laws in the Revolution.

Is

it

any

wonder that Elihu Yale, a Cymro, founded Yale

College ?

CYMRY- WELSH GENERALS IN THE

REVOLUTION.
General Anthony

Wayne (Mad Anthony), Gen-

eral Isaac Shelby, General

Morgan Lewis, General

William R. Davie, General Edward Stephens, General Charles Lee, General

Richard Winn, General

Daniel Morgan (Wagoner General), General John

Cadwalader, General Andrew Lewis, General Otho

H. Williams, General John Thomas, General Joseph

Williams, General James Reese, and others.

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GO

CYMKY- WELSH COLONELS IN THE

REVOLUTION.
Colonel David Humphreys, Colonel Lambert Cadwalader,

Colonel Richard Howell, Colonel Ethan

Allen, Colonel

Lee, Colonel

Thomas Mar-

Colonel James Williams, Colonel Robert El-

shall,
liott,

Henry

Colonel Asa Kimball, and others.

DIVINES.
Rev.

David Jones, Rev.

David Williams, and

Samuel Davie, Rev.

others.

FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION.

Hon. Gouvernenr Morris, Hon. William Few,
Hon. James Madison.

NAVY.
Ezekiel Hopkins, of

Rhode

Island, first

commo-

dore United States Navy.

CYMRY- WELSH CAPTAINS.

Captain John Marshall, the chief -justice, and his
father; Captain
fell at

Anthony Morris, Philadelphia, who

Princeton; Captain Isaac Davis,

who

fell at

Concord; Captain Rogers, Rhode Island; Captain

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Gl

David Dexter, Rhode Island; Captain Loring Peck,

Rhode Island; Captain John Carr, Rhode Island;

Captain Thomas Gorton, Rhode Island; Captain
Captain Thomas

Arthur Fenner, Rhode Island;

Arnold,

Rhode Island;

Captain

Rhode Island; Captain

Jones,

Gorton, Rhode Is-

Israel

land; Captain Josiah Gibbs,

William

Rhode Island; Captain

John Topham, Rhode Island; Captain Alexander

Thomas, Rhode Island; Captain Thomas Thompson,

Rhode Island; Captain Coggeshel Olney, Rhode

Island; Captain Stephen Olney,
tain Stephen Kimball,

Rhode Island; Cap-

Rhode Island; Captain

miah Olney, Rhode Island; and

merous captains in other

Jere-

others, besides nu-

States.

SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. The

the Revolution published the

Sons of

names of eight thou-

sand Revolutionary soldiers who were held as

pris-

oners on the prison ship, Jersey, which has recently

been found and fully identified.

thousands

more

who

perished

And
on

there were

other

and were buried on the shores of Brooklyn,

York, near Brooklyn Bridge.

Then, when

ships,

New
all

of

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62

many more on

these prisoners, and

other ships, after

smallpox had been introduced in the ships to deci-

mate

their

number, were

they would swear

all offered their

allegiance

to

the

freedom

crown, they

answered as their countryman, Patrick Henry,

"Give

me

liberty, or

King George and

if

death."

did,

The

smallpox patients were distributed along the sandy

beach of Long Island, to decimate the inhabitants.

Ninety-five per cent, of these soldiers'

Aryan

cate the

We

race.

names

indi-

can now realize that their

advanced thought was the religion of

civilization.

Question.

Who

are the Welsh?

Answer.
Builders,

them
the

Woodward

and in his history of Wales

as such.

They are the only

Cymry who can

classes,

erty,

says they are the

and could trace

son

of

distinct scions of

had battled with the

a study to inherit prop-

their ancestors

by name to

Noah,

who

post-glacial floods for

more

very

than nine centuries.

fully identifies

trace through their Druidical

who made genealogy

Japheth,

Mound

Noah

old

man,

evidently understood the

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situation

when he

built a "bare ship" during the

time of these post-glacial

floods,

degree, north latitude, in Asia,

him

near the fortieth

and took aboard with

and the male and female "of living"

his family

from among

63

their vast herds,

and doubtless some

provender. His son Japheth, according to the

Cymry

genealogy, was one of the ancestors of the

Aryan

race,

who, after centuries, migrated to Wales, where

they are to-day, having sent their sons to establish

freedom for

all

mankind, and establish on broad

principles the religion of civilization.

The Welsh

in Wales

who were

their invaders,

formidable,
stranger.

and

They

called

name from

derived their

surprised to find

them

"Welsh,"

them

so

meaning

are the only distinct people of the

Aryan race who

are teaching, speaking,

business in

same language to-day that they

did

the

when they

known

as

first

inhabited

the

and doing

island,

England, three thousand years ago.

now
They

have historic records, printed in their own language,

of their

Cymry

race, preserved

from the time they

left the

by legends and triads

Black Sea; and as their

migrations took centuries from

Mount Ararat

to

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64

Wales,

marked

they

their

trace

(mounds) and Cromlechs (stone

notable one

Arthur's

Round

The most

Table, a levee built of earth two

hundred and nine

the Usk.

altars).

Stonhenge, England, and King

at

is

Tumuli

with

feet in diameter at Caerleon,

on

(See engraving, Harper's Magazine, May,

1877.)

These, added to the Tumuli (mounds), too numer-

ous to mention, enabled the Welsh historians to

Cymry-Aryan

ancestors

around

the

trace

their

globe,

on the fortieth degree north latitude, before

modern man had

name

in history.

The ten thou-

sand mounds in Ohio, on the same latitude as

Mount

Ararat, built high on terraces

glacial floods,

which

is

above the

evidenced by glacial drift in

establishes the fact that there

this valley to-day,

must have been a million of inhabitants

valley before the

the

human

in this

modern Indian appeared.

And

skeleton found recently in glacial drift

and rock in Lansing, Kansas, on or about the same

latitude as the Black Sea, in Asia,

Indians in Alaska speaking the

give geologists

new

light

and a

Cymry

tribe of

language,

on prehistoric man, whose

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brain

cells

were inspired to advanced thoughts of

intelligence by spirit,

of

65

Advanced Thought

and who was the

real founder

the religion of civilization.

Question.

Who

are the Jews

Answer.

The Jews, according

to their history,

are the only distinct scions of Shem,

a son of Noah.

Shem

is

better

who was

known

also

as being the

ancestor of the Semitic race.

The Jews

are a distinct, noble people, and, be-

cause of their laws of marriage to become

select,

they have lost their language through circumstances

beyond their control.

sonality

They have retained

their per-

and influence throughout the world, and

have given the world the most remarkable history

of the race in literature.

They have

also estab-

lished their commercial relations in all countries

and climes, and stand

at the

head of the greatest

financial institutions in the world to-day, wielding

an influence beyond the comprehension of man.

They worship one God,

toric records,

fully described in their his-

and wherever found they attend

strict-

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66

ly to business, their

tablishes

them

home, and family, which

as one of the

es-

prime factors of the

world's progress.

They
race

are the only distinct people of the Semitic

who can

named

trace their genealogy

from Adam,

in their history, to the Christian era, where

they stop.

At

this

time their ancestors were charged

with the crucifixion of one of their own race because

of a difference in a religious belief at that time,

which established another epoch, and they called

Since that time the Jews have been

the year one.

persecuted beyond belief.

One

on civilization to this day in

of the world

it

this enlightened age

the persecution of the Jews, of the

is

Semitic race.

of the greatest blots

It is the result of ignorance

during

the dark and mystic ages of the past, and can only

be

reconciled

by the slow process

thought; that of spirit

of

advanced

Godinspiring the

cells of

the brain of

man

to that intelligence to deal in per-

fect equity

and

justice with his

religion of civilization.

fellow-man, the

INDEX.
PAGE
Advanced Thought

Analogies

Amplitude

12

Answer to Prayer

44

Angels

39

Aryans
BrainMan's Receiver

51

13

Brain

10

Crime

47

Cymry
Cymry

52

in the Revolution

59

Catechism
Conclusion
Comparisons

5
9
9

Conscience
Character
Devils

48

Dual Mind

41

41

39

Evil

GoodWhy Should Man

39

be Good?

40

God
Heaven

31

Hell

32

Jews
Love
Language

34

65
19

Matter

Man

Miracle

42

Man's Spirit

33

Memory

20

Mind

22

Marriage

38
67

Index

6$

PAGE
Marconi
Prayer

26
43

Primitive Man
Reincarnation
Religious Belief
Religion
Religion of Civilization
Soul of Man
Semetic Group
Spirit
Spirit in Storage
Spirit and Electricity

46
42
7
7

39

.
.*

52
9

31

Syntony

13

Spiritual and Electrical Voltage

Spirit for all Thought
Spirit's Direct Inspiration
Sons of the Revolution

23
28
30
61

Thought

19

Transmitted Spirit
Voltage

Woman

31

23

29

'.

Was Man Born in Sin ?

What is a Strong Character?

40

Will the Soul Live After the Death of the Body ?

Will the Soul be Damned?
Who are the Welsh?
Who are the Jews?

39

Worship
World in Two Groups

43

41

40
62

65

51

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