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{{Style S-Small capitals|Sir,}}—I have read carefully the many letters which have appeared in your own and other papers, and am glad to observe that the conviction is fast gaining ground that “dark séances” must be done away with. My greatest surprise is that such opportunities for deception have been so long allowed amongst intelligent, thoughtful people. | {{Style S-Small capitals|Sir,}}—I have read carefully the many letters which have appeared in your own and other papers, and am glad to observe that the conviction is fast gaining ground that “dark séances” must be done away with. My greatest surprise is that such opportunities for deception have been so long allowed amongst intelligent, thoughtful people. | ||
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{{Style S-Small capitals|Sir,}}—Allow me to corroborate the justice of the views put forward by Mr. Alfred R. Wallace by mentioning a circumstance within my own knowledge. | {{Style S-Small capitals|Sir,}}—Allow me to corroborate the justice of the views put forward by Mr. Alfred R. Wallace by mentioning a circumstance within my own knowledge. | ||
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{{Style S-Small capitals|Sir,}}—Your last week’s leader suggests that you desire no further letters on this subject; but as Mr. Catling and Mr. Rouse have addressed me through you, may I ask permission for this reply to both? | {{Style S-Small capitals|Sir,}}—Your last week’s leader suggests that you desire no further letters on this subject; but as Mr. Catling and Mr. Rouse have addressed me through you, may I ask permission for this reply to both? | ||
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< “The (Most) Perfect Way.” (continued from page 14-59) >
aggrandisement, at once resisted all such solicitation, “His Kingdom not being of this world”; but He used these powers in “preaching the Gospel,” or “good news of the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven to man,” saying, “the Kingdom of Heaven is within you”; and in conferring this Gospel, not as words, but as the grand fact, on all those who believed and came to Him, on all who were possessed of devils or diseased, or blind, or dead through sins, and on some dead in the body, and thus not only “never man spake as this man,” but never man wrought as this man.
In His Sermon on the Mount He preached a perfect epitome of the laws of religion and morality, and declared that to love God with all the heart, and soul, and mind, was the whole of religion, and to love your neighbour as yourself was the whole of morality, for on these two precepts “hang all the law and the prophets.”
In detail, He taught that these two laws implied holiness, reverence, humility, prayer, self-sacrifice, purity, truth, and love.
Holiness, because “The awe of God is the beginning of wisdom,” and “Without holiness no man can see the Lord.”
Reverence and Humility, for “Blessed are the lowly in spirit for their’s is the Kingdom of Heaven,” and “Except ye become (simple) as little children ye cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Prayer, for “Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled,” and “If ye ask anything in My name (truly) ye shall have it.” “Ask therefore, and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you,” for “the fervent prayer of the righteous man availeth much.”
Purity, for we believe that “Man was made in the image of God,” and that “the Kingdom of Heaven is (hidden) within us,” and that “our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit.” Therefore those who thus believe must “set their houses in order,” and “purify themselves as Christ was pure,” “for nothing impure can enter the Kingdom of Heaven,” and “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” And as Naaman the leper only when he believed and obeyed the prophet “had his flesh restored as that of a little child,” so we, “except we become as little children (in purity, simplicity, and faith), cannot be born or regenerated of that Spirit whereby we enter the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Self-sacrifice, for as “Love to God and man is eternal life,” so self-love or selfishness is Antichrist, for it is hatred of a God of Love, and is thus the essence of all sin, and “Its wages is death.” Therefore, “Enter in at the narrow gate” of self-sacrifice, and thus “take up the Cross daily, and follow Jesus the Christ,” as He said and lived and wrought, and as He did when “He set His face steadfastly to go to Jerusalem,” to Calvary, and to death.
Love, for “Love is the fulfilling of the law,” therefore love all men and women as the children of one Father, for “Blessed are the merciful and the peacemakers, for they shall obtain mercy, and shall be called the sons of God,” and “As ye mete it to others it shall be measured to you again”; therefore “Judge not that ye be not judged,” “Forgive and ye shall be forgiven,” “Resent not injuries, and when reviled revile not again, but love your enemies and pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you.”
Truth, for “The truth shall make you free,” for “Not those who say, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who doeth the will of the Father in Heaven,” and “If your eye be single your whole body shall be full of light.”
Finally, as Jesus as the Christ when He was transfigured on the mountain, when Moses and Elias were visibly present with Him, and when He shone with effulgence, thus manifested forth the glory of “the Son of Man which is in Heaven,” so those saints who in ecstatic prayer rose from the earth, and also became, like the Christ, effulgent, were thus with and in the Lord, and thus shewed forth the glory of the sons and daughters of men “as new creatures in Christ.”
If so, may not some of those in our day who strive to live the life of Christ hope at least for some increase of health and strength and comeliness; for some increase of clearness of mind; perhaps for some gifts of healing and prophecy, and surely for some increase of that “charity which believeth and hopeth all things”? G. W., M.D.
<Untitled> (A great soul will be strong to live…)
A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.
MISS WOOD AT PETERBOROUGH.
To the Editor of “Light.”
Sir,—I have read carefully the many letters which have appeared in your own and other papers, and am glad to observe that the conviction is fast gaining ground that “dark séances” must be done away with. My greatest surprise is that such opportunities for deception have been so long allowed amongst intelligent, thoughtful people.
I am sorry to notice that many writers appear more concerned about the harm the exposure will do to the cause than they do about the facts of the case. I can only account for that by assuming that such persons have been many times deceived themselves. Many staunch Spiritualists were present at the Stamford circle, including Mr. and Mrs. Catling, from Peterborough, and nothing short of the exposure at Peterborough would have convinced them that what was seen was Miss Wood draped in muslin. I firmly believe that if I could simply relate what occurred during the night to such persons in the presence of Miss Wood, they could no longer excuse her. One incident I might now ask Miss Wood to explain. At three o’clock in the morning she threw herself off the couch. I then scolded her for her stupidity, told her it was impossible to convince me that she was entranced, and asked her why she did not act in a more sensible manner. I then said, in a stern manner, “Get up and act properly.” She then got up, opened her eyes, and began to ask where the people were. At that moment Mrs. Catling came down. She at once fell back on the couch again, and feigned unconsciousness until five o’clock. One point raised by several, especially by Mr. Williams, at Hackney, ought to be put right. He says, “What an insane imagination to assume that you will catch something else, when it is admitted that the form is built up from the medium.” What then means the request by Miss Wood that a test should be applied? Is not the tying and sealing for the very purpose of convincing the sitters that the medium does not leave the chair? Now, when I took hold of Miss Wood, I made for the chair, and sat in it myself, holding her in my arms. In conclusion, may I say that the cause is nothing to me apart from what is right?—Yours faithfully,
October 8th.Charles Cade.
<Untitled> (Sir,—Allow me to corroborate the justice of the views…)
To the Editor of “Light.”
Sir,—Allow me to corroborate the justice of the views put forward by Mr. Alfred R. Wallace by mentioning a circumstance within my own knowledge.
On the occasion of a private séance at my house, when the elder Mrs. Corner and a few other friends were present, we took the opportunity of questioning the Spirit, the conditions being particularly sympathetic, and the medium quite at her ease.
The room was in darkness, and my daughter was lying on a sofa. The voice that answered was quite unlike hers, and was the sweet, sad voice of the Spirit whom so many saw as “Florence.”
“Who are you, Florence?” asked one of us; “do tell us, please.”
“I am Rosy’s (the medium’s) Spirit, and am standing almost by her side. If you were to touch her, I should have instantly to re-enter her body, which I have now left, and the shock would do her a great injury. There is a chain that connects us, at present, but at death that chain will be dissevered.”
Worthing, October 7th.
<Untitled> (Sir,—Your last week’s leader suggests…)
To the Editor of “Light.”
Sir,—Your last week’s leader suggests that you desire no further letters on this subject; but as Mr. Catling and Mr. Rouse have addressed me through you, may I ask permission for this reply to both?
In the first place I will vindicate no medium knowingly, who is dishonest, but when I know that Miss Wood is never in a conscious state during her séances, then I think she requires protection from those who have had large experience, like myself and Mr. T. P. Barkas, of Newcastle.
To Mr. Catling and Mr. Rouse I meant no insult, but merely to shew that they manifested a great want of experience in the management of séances—first, by not stripping and examining the medium by lady friends, and next by not insisting that all hands should be joined, and that the conditions should not be broken. Whatever drapery was found afterwards, if it existed, would, if she had been properly searched, have been found before the séance.
Mr. Rouse and Mr. Catling do not read my views aright.
Editor's notes
- ↑ A great soul will be strong to live… by unknown author, Light, v. 2, No. 93, October 14, 1882; separate one-line aphorism. Printed source page: 460.
- ↑ Miss Wood at Peterborough. by Cade, Charles, Light, v. 2, No. 93, October 14, 1882; letter dated October 8. Printed source page: 460.
- ↑ Sir,—Allow me to corroborate the justice of the views… by Showers, Frederica, Light, v. 2, No. 93, October 14, 1882; letter dated Worthing, October 7. Printed source page: 460.
- ↑ Sir,—Your last week’s leader suggests… by unknown author, Light, v. 2, No. 93, October 14, 1882; clipping ends after “aright.”; no signature visible. Printed source page: 460.
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Light, v. 2, No. 93, October 14, 1882, p. 460