Interface administrators, Administrators (Semantic MediaWiki), Curators (Semantic MediaWiki), Editors (Semantic MediaWiki), Suppressors, Administrators, trusted
4,970
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 35:
Line 35: − + Line 41:
Line 41: − + − + − + − + − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
no edit summary
| item = 1
| item = 1
| type = article
| type = article
| status = wanted
| status = proofread
| continues =
| continues =
| author = Balfour, C. Margaret, Hamilton, Mary Baillie, Grant, J. R.
| author = Balfour, C. Margaret, Hamilton, Mary Baillie, Grant, J. R.
| subtitle =
| subtitle =
| untitled =
| untitled =
| source title =
| source title = London Spiritualist
| source details =
| source details = No. 196, May 26, 1876, p. 245
| publication date =
| publication date = 1875-05-26
| original date =
| original date = 1871-10-07
| notes =
| notes =
| categories =
| categories =
}}
}}
...
Mr. Stainton-Moses continued that if they were not facts, they would, if not contradicted, pass into the region of facts. It had been said that spirits were not usually seen by many persons at the same time, but the ''Spiritualist ''contained an authenticated account of a dying mother, who wished to see her children, and all the children saw her spirit. He knew of another case of the kind. It was narrated by the Bev. F. G. Lee, Vicar of Lambeth, who tried to prove Spiritualism to be of diabolical origin. Mr. Lee quoted the following document:—
“A lady and her husband (who held a position of some distinction in India) were returning home (A.D. 1854), after an absence of four years, to join a family of young children, when the former was seized in Egypt with an illness of a most alarming character, and though carefully tended by an English physician, and nursed with the greatest care, grew so weak that little or no hope of her recovery existed. With that true kindness which is sometimes withheld by those about a dying bed, she was properly and plainly informed of her dangerous state, and bidden to prepare for the worst. Of a devout, pious, and reverential mind, she is reported to have made a careful preparation for the latter end. The only point which seemed to disturb her mind after the delirium of fever had passed away, was a deep-seated desire to see her absent children once again, which she frequently expressed to those who attended upon her. Day after day for more than a week she gave utterance to her longings and prayers, remarking that she would die happily if only this one wish could be gratified.
“On the morning of the day of her departure hence she. fell into a long and heavy sleep, from which her attendants found it difficult to arouse her. During the whole period of it she lay perfectly tranquil. Soon after noon, however, she suddenly awoke, saying, ‘I have seen them all; I have seen them all. God be praised, for Jesus Christ’s sake,’ and then slept again. Towards evening in perfect peace, and with many devout exclamations, she calmly yielded up her spirit to God who gave it. Her body was brought to England and interred in the family burying place.
“The most remarkable part of this incident remains to be told. The children of the dying lady were being educated at Torquay under the supervision of a friend of the family. At the very time when their mother thus slept they were confined to the house where they lived by a severe storm of thunder and lightning. Two apartments on one floor, perfectly distinct, were then occupied by them as play and recreation rooms. All were then gathered together. No one of the children was absent. They were amusing themselves with games in company of a nursemaid who had never seen their parents. All of a sudden their mother, as she usually appeared, entered the larger room of the two, pausing, looked for some moments at each and smiled, passed into the next room, and then vanished away. Three of the elder children recognised her at once, but were greatly disturbed and impressed at her appearance, silence, and manner. The younger and nursemaid, each and all, saw a lady-in white come into the smaller room, and then slowly glide by and fade away.
“The date of this occurrence, Sept. 10, 1854, was carefully noted, and it was afterwards found that the two events above recorded happened almost contemporaneously. A record of the event was committed to paper, and transcribed on a fly-leaf of the family Bible, from which the above account was taken and given to the editor of this book in the autumn of 1871, by a relation of the lady in question, who is well acquainted with the fact of her spectral appearance at Torquay, and has vouched for the truth of it in the most distinct and formal manner.
“The narrative of the spectral appearance of a lady at Torquay, forwarded to Dr. F. G. Lee at his special request, is copied from and compared with that in the family Bible of H. A. T. Baillie-Hamilton, by the undersigned.
{{Style P-Signature in capitals|C. Margaret Balfour.}}
{{Style P-Signature in capitals|Mary Bailie-Hamilton.}}
<center>''Witness'', {{Style S-Small capitals|J. R. Grant}}.</center>
Princes-street, Edinburgh, Oct. 7, 1871.
{{HPB-SB-footer-footnotes}}
{{HPB-SB-footer-footnotes}}
{{HPB-SB-footer-sources}}
<gallery widths=300px heights=300px>
london_spiritualist_n.196_1876-05-26.pdf|page=7|London Spiritualist, No. 196, May 26, 1876, p. 245
</gallery>