After that my experience I thought that in our dealings with material men we must be provided with very tangeable arguments.  I made shortly before that trial acquaintance with a stubborn materialist in the City of New York.  He had great influence upon people of certan classes, and had all his trust in weapons of iron to put down monarchs.  I found him accessible at the point of human magnetism and convinced him by degrees so far, that he confessed that the weapons of the spirit were the right weapons to overcome the monarchial powers.  He was, when I made acquaintance with him, running against Judge Parker.  But I came after my trial of Mr. Morgan to him, showing that Judge Parker was amongst the three candidates the man who if he would comprehend our message of Peace, would work powerfully for the true Republican cause.  During my explanation he was inspired to do all in his power for Judge Parker’s election, if the Judge should settle matters with me and pay the expenses for what was to be published in German and in English circulars from each position separately, to be put in circulation in all directions of the State of New-York.  That man gave me then in writing the promise to excercise all his influence for Judge Parker’s election, if the Judge settles with me the matter.

It is to be repeated, that I according to my mission, am working not for any pay or reward, but only for the great cause of my mission, satisfied with simple food and raiment, which I get when needed, from those who understand that I am working without pay for the great community of mankind.  The man who gave me the above mentioned written promise gave me also money to pay my fare from New-York to Albany.  I arrived there on a Sunday morning, which was the best time for trying Judge Parker’s spirit.  I explained to him briefly the reasons why I could not come at the appointed time, without mentioning the invisible direction; because I supposed that the Judge was not yet prepared to comprehend spiritual things.  But I insisted, that he, to secure his election, had to spend that Sunday in studying my writings instead of going to church; for he mentioned that I did not come the proper time to him, because he was preparing to go in the church.  I showed to him the title page of my pamphlet; “Redemption of oppressed humanity!  Christ’s manifestation by his messengers for the Abolition of all kinds of Popery.”  On that page not only my former offices in Babylon are expressed, but also my present office is mentioned, by virtue of, which I represent the messengers by whom the promised New Era will be introduced.  If he had read the title page on which the substance of our message is concentrated and our mission is expressed, with such attention as to comprehend it and to reflect upon it, he could have understood, that to spend that Sunday with me was exceedingly more important than to attend his sectarian church.  I repeated that to study my documents on that Sunday was most important for him.