Modem Spiritualism and Its
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THE LIGHT 0 7 TTUT'T. for victory, but for truth. When the CONVINCING PSYCHIC PACTS, preliminaries for this discussion were DEPARTMENT OF «*j M settled, early in the spring, I had not By G. B. Stebbins. one doubt but that I was wholly in the right and you wholly in the In his noble poem, In Memoriam, rSYGHIGHL PHENOMENA. wrong; but certain things have occur sacred to his friend Hallam, Tenny red since that time which makes me son says: think that I may not be quite correct && Personal Experiences Proving Spirit Return in my opinions — at least what was “Eternal form shall still divide once positive truth to me is now at The eternal soul from all beside,- best only an opinion. I may be all in And I shall know him when we the wrong; if I am I want to know it; meet.” SOME OF MY PSYCHIC EXPER a pure and devoted love; they have no and I here pledge myself to do the best The true poet is a spiritual philoso IENCES. «** doubt of the truth of their theories; I can to sustain*my side of this ques pher. The fragmentary ideas of rein vhat would they think of me if they tion, but if I find I am wrong, I am carnation, souls flitting from person to (By Moses Hull.) knew I was doubting? No, I will not as fully pledged to drop my errors and person, he has no use for. doubt. “To reason is to doubt,” is a take hold of the truth.” . Years ago I met George Redman, a Be it remembered that while this ar Catholic proverbf*I will not reason. I think Mr. Jamieson appreciated total stranger, in a city distant from gument was going through my mind I By this time I had got half way back what I said, and believed me; his my home. As I stepped into his room was trying to pray all the while. But to the tent and the audience was be spirit, his kindness and manifest fair he looked up and said: “I saw a spirit my prayer would not stay by me, and ginning to assemble; this silent voice ness proved to me that he was honest; I fully believed in him as an honest form come in with you,” and described, in spite of myself I was listening to again said: “You hypocrite, don’t you my mother as perfectly as I could have and trying to answer these new ar dare to go into that tent and ask the and intelligent gentleman. I still be lieve him to be honest. done. I sat down opposite him at a guments suggested apparently from people -to reason—to think—until you table, giving no sign or response as some outside source. I seemed to come become man enough to face a ANOTHER MANIFESTATION. to his description, and he took a sheet thought.” to my other self enough to faintly Here I was destined to meet another of paper and wrote, rapidly, a message realize what I was doihg, and to see I then vowed I would think—I would manifestation which I could not over of motherly affection, with correct al that if I continue on in that way of follow my thought, let it; lead me come; Jamieson quoted largely from lusions to family incidents, and signed thinking I would soon find myself where it would; I would speak and act Mrs. Crowe, William Howitt, Robert her name. I still made no sign of re swamped-in what I then believed was upon my highest thought. I said, Dale Owen and others. He proved so sponse or denial, and messages, char infidelity, and as a result would end “Now, Mosflfg Hull, I’ve got you and I positively the reality of the manifes acteristic in thought and style, and in hell. I said to myself, “This is the will fasten you.” I went to our tent tations that I could not deny them and marked by like private and family al devil.” I summoned all my courage writing desk and took out some paper then ask him to accept my Christian lusions, came with the signature of and will power and said to these and wrote a heading: “A Covenant ity on the testimony of those who wit my father and sister. Some of these, thoughts, “Get thee behind me, Satan.” With Almighty God.” When I had nessed biblical miracles. too, were written each line from right Then something suggested to me, written it I looked at it, and said to To this I replied that I could save to left, or backward. “You pray for light, and when your myself, “Possibly there is no God; I my respondent the trouble of making I once told a friend of a spirit prayer is answered, and light begins have now planted my feet in the path further quotations in that direction by artist, and he mailed a letter three to come you call it the devil, and bid of reason; I may reason God out of admitting it all; while some of the hundred miles, to a stranger, asking it depart. You are now going to your existence.” So I scrathed that head supposed facts he used might be some for a portrait of his son, whose age tent to ask your hearers to think and ing out, and said, “There is something; what exaggerated, there was enough and time of departure he gave. Months to take the consequences of their I must make a covenant that will hit truth in them to justify a belief that after,. at their home, his wife showed thoughts; you intend to tell them that any power that is greater, better and the world was full of such manifesta me the portrait, sent them by mail, a there is nothing on earth so noble purer than I am.” I then addressed tions. But said I, these manifesta month after they wrote, and which as the man who dares to think for my covenant differently. I said, “0 tions do not come from the dead. “The was recognized by others of the fam himself and to act on his thoughts. Lord, God, Allah, Brahm,” and then dead know not anything. Then how ily, who knew not of i*s coming or How would you feel if your audience added, “Whosoever or whatsoever can they come back and produce these that it had been sent for. There was could—look into your interior self and thou art, and by whatsoever name,. phenomena ~ ' H— -v.y^ no other portrait, ajid never bad been. see that you dare not—do- the thing s sHrotr art-known - among-fhe children -of “Mind,” said I-"is-hot an entity; Tt This -was a highly mtemgenFancnspiP which you ask them to do? Now please men; I ask thee to. show me the way; is only a function. ‘The brain secretes itually gifted family. A daughter, face the thoughts or else instead of I ask thee to lead me to the light and thought, as the liver secretes bile.’ The twelve years old, a natural seer or telling the people to think, tell them the truth. I will promise to follow the brain takes beefsteak and potatoes and clairvoyant, had told her mother, that thoughts are dangerous things and truth wherever it may lead, and to grinds them up into thought. There months before, of seeing a boy at her that you, yourself, dare not think.”. preach and practice it though I do it can be no manifestation of mind bedroom door, and described this This seemed cruel; something which with both knees and elbows bare.” where there is no active brain. brother, who passed away before she I almost thought was my other seif To that pledge I signed my name in The blood of a dead man is not pump was born. When his picure came, and held me up before myself; I could see large, plain letters. From that day to ed to his brain, consequently his brain the fajnily were looking at it, this that it was a tussle between prejudice this, whenever I have felt to shrink brain does not run; his brain does not guileless child came in, looked over on the one hand and principle on the from my duty, something has seemed run, therefore he does not think; he her mother’s shoulder and said, other. I was not long in resolving that to say to me, “Remember your cove does not think, therefore he can not thoughtfully, “Mamma, that is the boy I would face the thought, and I said nant.” “Remember your vow.” "Re move tables, rap or write.” I saw at my door.” to this intruder on my devotions, member your pledge.” “The only question remaining is, There came also to them a line like “Well, you have spoiled my prayer, ■ I now stood pledged to investigate, where do - these manifestations come ness, both in pencil, half life-size, of now say on.” to read, to think; in short, to from?” I will answer in Bible lan another son, whosp portrait they had Then the question came up, where is guage: “They are the spirits of devils not asked for nor sent his name. “Search for truth wherever found, working miracl.es.” I stopped a mo the identity of man? How will the Whether on Christian or on heathen Possibly some may say these won post mortem man recognize himself as ground.” ment, when I heard a voice as distinct drous facts sometimes come of some having been the ante-mortem man? ly as I ever heard anything in my life mesmeric rapport or mind-reading.