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AN ARDUOUB TASk.
EDITOR'S NOTICES AND COMMF.NT8. 145
The editor of the R. 1'. JOlll'Dll.l llt:l9 taken
o lorge-slzed C!OIit.rDct on his bands. 'We
think he bos DlreQdy cliseovered that fact; 11
be hIlS not he 800D will. Wlthoui 0 desire
to cast l1li1 ~eCtJon we COD 841 that. we
look back some tour yann, ODd at 'that time
the Spiritual Sch;nUst. was the only eplrituQ).,
I.Ue ""per that. odvocoted the position which
Is now so obly Dlalotalned by the editor of
of the R. P. JournaL Jt COBl lUI thoDSallds
of do"a~ besides many weary months of toll
wben there was _Iy a gleam of sunshloe,
except the encouragement of doillg our duty
and the conviction ~at. the policy fouod a,
fa"orable echo 10 tbe minds of muir prominent
Spiritualists.' It was a hard fight that
ended 10 lOS8 of beallh. But at thl8 ~ery time
atraogely enougb, a change came lD the R.
1'. Journal. Bro. Jones passed out at the
hands of an assassin, and Col. Blmdy became
the manager and editor. From Ihls moment
we became less anxious coucerll.lng the (ate
of the weekly ScIentist, for U was evident
that the work was to be more ably Performed
by the R. P. JOl1l'llai. We Imagined that.
our work In Spiritualism was then'done, and
tJie weekly was diseontlnued. A few mont.h8
opene;J the way thal forced US to publish the,
Dlonthly Sclentlet In Its' prese/lt fonD. It 'f8
10 reality a record of events bot It bas an
opinion on this question, and that baa thus
far been voiced' by the R. 1'. Journ&!. We
hope that Its posllion will not be ababdoned.
To our uilnd It Is a question ot the activity
or apaLby ot Modem Spiritualism. There Ie
only one way to rid OUl'llelves of fraud; and
that. is to render It Imposalble. Drlveont the,
qoacks and Impostors who have for the past
ten years been sucking the very lite-blood qL
, the movement. The closer they are pressed
to the wall the louder will be tbe wlll, and'
the maddening bowls of all who are to be at-
detn.nent:iJ to Ioclivldnll.ls aDd to thb move
ment. Spirits of this clDS3 QI'O n017 dlling
their otm03t to:cpn1S3 Ule asltatlou thot 19
snte to rob them 01 thalr power if left to II
natural growth. We uulonsly _tell ,the
conftlct as it thickens. Moy the splrlt of '
trUth and the higher IotalllgeuCles plde aDd
guard the editor of the R. P. Journal, and
snstaill him 10 the course be ,bas taken.