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The Defaced Coin.

W. H. Evan«.

Then O lirist sought, o u t an artisan ,A low-browed, s tu n ted , haggard m an,And a m otherless girl, whose fingers th in , P ushed from her fain tly w an t an d sin.These se t H e in. the m id st of them ,A nd as they drew back th e ir garm en t hem F o r fear of defilem ent, “ Lo, here ,” said Ho, “The im ages ye have m ade of m e.”

— R u s s e t ,r, L o w e t x .

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¡A It is the belief of S p iritua lists th a t m an is an emergence lithe creative pow er of God. In th e w ords of religion m an pinado in th e iniage of God ; la te n t in him are H is a ttr i- í | f e and powers. T his is a very high claim, b u t one lliat -is w arran ted by a consideration of the evolutionary lljelopm ent of life on our planet. In feren tia lly , we can say. th a t th e d iv ine Im age is to be revealed in the physical

ffotpi of m an. A t the p resen t tim e we only perceive some- Itting of th e d iv in e w onder of i t in the well-born babe ; a ifflb. from th e m in t of Creative P ow er, In the liurly- •%rly of life th e coin gets sadly defaced by influences »¡^rating from w ith o u t and w ithin, an d a t . the presen t J%e .hum an life is probably th e cheapest th ing in th e

iSojld. Ohr civ ilisation , alas, provides us w ith num erous ; £\iin»ples of defaced coins, an d as we walk the stree ts of 0%. cities, tow ns an d villages, we see th e m arks w hich the struggle for a m ere existence leaves upon the im age of

'GM ,;'while,.frequently we read of some poor w retch who parses to th e sp ir it world because he has n o t been able to

íjefc á^ufficiency to keep body an d soul to g e th er. To our 'stame, dea ths from s ta rv a tio n aré n o t unknow n.X -It is,.

though^ sin our callousness we th ru s t them in to th a t diver lifeSlabelled by our.selfish system , “ D am aged goods rot., wanted h ere .”

< è We are frequen tly to ld th a t i t is only th rough struggle ' that m an develops, an d th e inference draw n is th a t if the system under w hich w e live intensifies th a t struggle, th a t it'isrgood for m an. , B u t those w)io tq lk in th is s tra in fail ^ u n d e r s ta n d th a t, w ith his w onderful in te lligence,'m an , sjibqld n o t l?e driven to struggle ,-for tb be driven m eans' t|jab lip will struggle b lindly an d no t. intelligently . As I . íoñoeive i t . m an w as n o t m e an t to be a slave, bjut to be a; oKoperator in ' th e schem e of life, an d an y system w h ich - condemns m an to concen tra te upon th e m erely physical; Side oplife,«sthe -bread and,,- b u tte r side, stands condemned,;. Bor speli,a. s tru g g le .will only déyelqp.Víiq animaEajpd, n o t ■

di(f spiritual Side of m an. I t educates th e selfish in stincts «id- s tu n ts th e grow th of th e h igher m oral and aesthetic i'a|iiry ^i-.It d e fa ces . the coin, debases the divine image; «juinsicágl of unfolding the delicate y e t wondrously strong Alici, sim ply develops Hie Calibans'-o f ’existence.

-Often,, as I h a v e w alked ' an d balked w ith ray fellows, Tliave qxperipneedreven in th e m id s t of an im ated conversa-

Sísense, of.: ,fp iu id^-y fsl|ifi^a tch ingion-Siyitei',est th e /p la y n f A eehng .on bheiac©s»oi:' m y

S%ij%.des. i^ A n d d iin e . and again,’ even in th e .m idst , oi 1 "lrcid- d ì hilarii y, 1 have scon a ’.shadow .steal aorpss

dicir oouiilteuancqs,;lflci i h e .‘-hadow ,oí a l ig h t cjoud ovette !l- ninfiiii;}- 'la,ij(l^capev -Ldp uo.t th ip k ith e y hav.e been con-¡.f.mVsS ;

«ine fi. liayt^wgrujerod uaid "ponderingijlkw ilf it iks'Seém'cif tö1 wie’ tii%Eu’Fqt that shadow réyeuleg ,i ’ E;“ Mr » „•> ' í Y í Í w " ' :l -.<* a*-* k "* ify*- ,, _

was the sense of insecurity in life, a. sense i Imi i lwi f wa.u no real grip upon the essentials of m ero physical ■ xi-amico, a, sense of economic insecurity .

I t is th is which causes th e sci’am bic, tin- »(niggle lo get sufficient so th a t one m ay g e t above the hue «>) w an t and b reathe freely, and feel secure, so tha.l tin- wuh can never come again to th e ir door. To m y mind there is no th ing m ore trag ic in our lives th a n th is. It lias li un ited mo for years an d sapped a. lo t of m y energy, ai. I know ii. has sapped th e energy of thousands m ore. Will i all, nur wonderful civilisation there is no ce rta in ty ul the I ut uro, and i t requires a, long and painfu l experiei .■■■ liofmi' pno can develop a faith th a t, despit e all th is, one is guided’-a d d -• p rotected by unseen powers. How, then, can we oxpqct .• th e b est from -m en when th ey aré born in to a, m aelstrom r where th e m ajo rity are w hirled round an d round in-a. continual endeavour to keep th e ir heads above w ater.Is i t any w onder th a t the coin gets defaced, tha t^ the divino, h im age becomes debased ? The w onder to m e is that- m en . -1 are so.good, so.noble, so heroic as th ey are. Someoi ■■ -aid, wo m u st have a land fit for heroes to live in , -but one needs - to be a hero to live in i t a t all to-day. Ami sechi- th a t our first need is economic security in o rder i imi. each one- m igh t be free to unfold th e h igher an d nobler, na tu re , £ , m ake no apology for stressing th e point.

Said H enry D rum m ond, “ L ike all other energy, . sp iritua l pow er is contained in environm ent. Pow -i U'—ne-s is th e norm al s ta te of every organism a p a r t froi 11 its -am on nd ~ ings. In co n tac t w ith a large an d boun teou - i-iivii em inent i ts supply is lim itless ; in every d irection ite i . -óni ces are infin ite.”

The significance of th is m u st be appari ut to all who th ink upon life. A nd as Spiritualism touche.- life at every po in t, an d as th is e a r th is for u s th e s ta rtin g point of our conscious progression, i t should be m ade po—ihle loi everyone to be so placed th a t he can respond in the I ni le.- t m anner to h is environm ent. Also, i t m u s t lie ile .u Ilian ■ as our environm ent ac ts upon us, a n environim id - ml i .is our social system provides, w hich condì inn- men lo a ■selfish struggle for a m ere existence can only i i -ul t in streng then ing our in n a te self-love an d pervertine it from its leg itim ate function.

As' S p iritualists, know ing mari to (.have uo iide ifp l po ten tia l pow ers—powers w hich are dw arfed, o l u n i ibn d cabined and confined— we cannot, b u t see’'th e need p t - supp lan ting th è present; u n ju s t social- system with" one which will provide th e means, for th è pnfo ldm ent of thesewonderful po ten tia lities.

As I look around an d see how tlie struggle -is in tensify“ ing, as "I reflect upon the h is to ry o f-the pa i i- 1 think of th e economic ' forces which1 destroyed pa a 1 m i i - a l n m s , lu a n n o t B ut conclude th a t we m u s t end th pn -i id - \ -Lem, th a t we m u st, by p a tie n t and u n tir in g ’thought and etfoit , create a public opinion w hich will b ring th is a lamt I clear that, th e presen t, like o ther system s in tin- push, has- broken down, and' as we are constan tly balking a b o u t conditions rela tive to our psychic Mb- \\. caw "it .'eli e our eyes to tfa'e 'cbn l31 .tio i^^^^avq !;'tb -pur phy-ical Jit.?' • 'V ■ , „AH . - ■- , .-As ,--;A v-1, yr ' ■ / ’ I

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.forces of w hich th e m ass of th e people were en tire ly ignor­a n t ? A consideration of th is question will, perhaps,

.Dirow a l i t t le lig h t upon th is m ysterious th in g called a - change, of heart. I do n o t-d en y th a t a change of h e a r t is

gpod, b u t w h a t we have to rem em ber is th a t w ith th e b est w ill- in th e world a n ind iv idual who is com pelled to live in a selfish society canno t w holly resis t th e influences of

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- As Huston Jong since po in ted ou t, th e re a re tw o k inds pi inefficients : those who are so th ro u g h h e re d ita ry mis- d ireotiou. an d those w ho are so th ro u g h a superio r m oral natu re . F o r one w ith a superior moi'al n a tu re to be con­sidered inefficient is surely a dam ning in d ic tm en t of our social life. W h a t is really m e a n t by a change of h e a r t is

,» change of m ind , an d i t is foolish to look fo r a sudden change in. th e v a s t body of th e people. A change of m ind is con tinually ta k in g place, because m en are com pelled by th e force of circum stances to grow, expand , o r else to

"deteriorate, an d n e ither of these can ta k e p lace w ith o u t ’effecting a change of m ind. A change in ou r environm ent necessarily produces a change in our m en ta l outlook. W e <soê th is ta c t every day of our lives, an d th e m ind of th e people is as m uch a reflex of th e social system as th a t system is a reflex of th e m ind of th e people. Changes in th e m inds or hcarts-.of- th e people go on eoetaneous w ith changes in th e ir social', environm ent.

“The- power transcending all o the rs,” says Tolstoi, .“ which has influenced ind iv iduals a n d n a tio n s since tim e began, th a t pow er w hich is th e convergence of th e invisible, in tang ib le forces of alb h um an ity , is public opinion.” The force of th is s ta te m en t is apparen t. W e are n o t alw ays conscious* of> th e w eight of th e opinions a round us, b u t i t is rea l. nevertheless, an d ind icates th a t th e re is a psychic and sp iritua l aspec t to our social environm ent. I t is th e privilege of every soul to be a creato r of opinion, to ad d to tin-, pow er, and, in some m anner, to - d irec t it. W e see

■ its pow er to -day in th e press, w hich is used --by those in '.p o w e r- to m'ainfcain th e p resen t s ta te of th ings. B y th e

use 'of th e law of suggestion, by d isto rtion of facts, by , m issta tem en t, .by m ixing tru th an d falsity , the press hypnotises th e people in to believing th a t w hich i t w an ts 'them to believe. There is never a labour d ispu te b u t

..w hat, in th e m ain , th e press blam es th e w orkers. ,T h e issues a re confused, fac ts a re suppressed ,-argum ents dis-

-tjorted a n d -tw is te d - 'f ro m • th e ir p u rp o se ; - every th ing is -'done to create an ¡atm osphere w hich will defeat th e workers.

.- The w onder to m e is th a t ag a in st all th is th e w orkers m ake such a sturdy; stan d .. . ,

T here i s ope th in g th é press cipm qt b y a ll i ts power ih . , ,nd-Jha’t is the consciousness of ¡rigjifc ip. th e m inds oj th e worker's cpnperned. This gives, th e coun ter sugges­

t io n which , neu tra lises the pow er o f-th e cap ita lis t press. -'Phene is ‘going, on .underneath t h e surface ;pf Jjfe tjre fo rm a­te.i, • »' . new-¡public opinican. I t is unconsciously aided by i'i.* m i ' ‘ :t e ’cesi..a^ai^sb^it. , F a r, ,oygrstatgprent, mis-

'Statement?-;suppression^of.Jacfc§r d isto rtion of,..arguments, b ring 'their Npn^esisJ ,,$nd u ltim ate ly xybpund upon thosp v 1 n hi. t i .^ k sm . S p iritua l fo rces .en te r in f» ou r life m ore th a n -p,eopleAmagme.‘; A t is. pjie,..great .source, of Trope. th a t . th e aflvanqp guafd of h u m a n ity a re i.n constan t' touch w ith h igher .spiritual-forces, rare; in fact,» the instrum ent« in thp

"hands-«of those powers. ’ - .- ' ‘All m en ,1; said Grant. A Hop,' ''a re - born free and

■unequal/’y u ■ s ta te m en t w hich reverses th e usual cry of cquulitV of b irth . All m en are born w ith differing ap titudes, uUd -.this constitu tes th e ir .na tu ra l inequality . W h a t Grant, A'llon .¿pointed p u t w as . th a t our p re se n t- system rends to - destroy th a t .inequality and reduces m en t.o 'th e 'dead, level of "'medio'erity. - Mo one can .dispute th is, only a. few -g e t

- t '-1 ----1-- ': .... :...... --'alit-ies i,j olu. -un ifo rm ity ,

- th e -o p p o rtu n ity of .'developing tl’ieir inna te’’qualities ’ presold sygtem /t-ho-resj; are cm sjiêd -to ’à dead unifobii ' i ime f law o' i» , i' i • i1 o' v o i k . n m di-r- ut jiiui-nim ■>.in stead of en a to r.-

L ife is fu ll of sq u a re 'p eg s in round holes— pelled to labou r a t d istaste fu l tasks sim ply because circrai stances force them to. This is com pletely ovei-looM an d w hen one speaks of a b e tte r form of society whore'al! can render th e service he is b es t fitte d to perform, he i, m e t w ith th e arg u m en t th a t th e m an w ith superior.ay j| should h av e a superior rew ard. W ith in the limits of ),]1£ p resen t system th a t is to som e e x te n t true . B u t “superf* intelligence gives no m ore claim th a n superior ph® || force ; i t only create a d u ty ,” said Louis Blanc, -/iff whole ro o t of our p resen t system is service. In fact, ills so of an y system . No one can escape th is , though i t is hqniifl d isto rted . B u t superior power of an y k in d can-iesnyfj i t increased responsibility to o thers, an d th e m an of supeilf ab ility will use i t w hether he is rew arded or not. rsm

T he fac t is, th e b es t w ork of th e world m eets the-leg* rew ard. A m an w ith the pow er to in v e n t m ay be hinder# from giving expression to i t by adverse social environmlij b u t you canno t sto p h im from th in k in g and planning, agi he will go on doing so in sp ite of adversity . Andiff* no torious th a t our inven to rs are n o t rew arded adequ’atllf* a t all ; only a. few ge t th e rew ard of th e ir genius, and t% ! are so ind ifferen t to th e m one tary aspect, th a t some'-®« lias to look afte r th e business side of the m a tte r forth®* W e know th a t if m en h av e an in n a te love of anytklfP th ey will strive to express i t irrespective of any re-waHi* O ur p resen t system m erely ten d s to th e creation of level, in s tead of fostering th e m an y differing aptitudiSiot« m en for th e com m on service of all. T hus the coins, be^ww defaced, th e d iv ine im age debased.

“ The body is n o t one m em ber, b u t m any. If the.fooi* shall say, 'Because I am n o t th e head 1 am n o t of thekqdyl» is it , therefore, n o t of th e body ? A nd if the ear spilt say , ‘Because I am n o t the eye I am n o t of the bodyfS i t , therefore, n o t of th e body ? I f th e whole body ve.ve.iuv eye, where were th e hearing ? If th e whole body w - hearing, w here were th e sm elling ? A nd if they wore .all . one m em ber, w here w ere th e body ? A nd th e eye i say u n to th e hand , ‘I have no need of th e e ,’ nor agnin.iiio . head to th e feet, ‘I have no need of yo u .’ N ay. mud'.’ m ore, those m em bers of th e body w hich seem to be moif feeble a re necessary. A nd w hether one m em ber suffer,, all th e m em bers suffer w ith i t ; or one m em ber be honoured, all th e m em bers rejoice w ith i t . ” (Paul).

T his com m unity of feeling in th e social organism-is- real. W e are all m em bers one of ano ther ; we live by-jusi th rough one an o th er’s efforts. The rich and the poor ai<- linked in th e closest of sp iritua l ties ; x ne ith e r ran the lid' wholly escape th e m iseries of th e poor. The fever generalod in th e slum is w afted by th e a ir to M ayfair, and sfa :. - w ealthy m a n ’s child. U n ju s t social conditions i \ ■ - ' due paym ent. There is no escape from th e law wluoli binds all m en together. The defacing of- the coin, lllf debasing of th e d ivine image, tends to create a spirit--# revolt, u n til a t la s t th e flam ing cha teau o r m ansion’T1'0' claim s th a t ou traged sp iritua l laws are exacting ltoil penalty . ■ ■ •

W hen shall we le a rn th e lesson th a t we ;m; all members, of one body, th e d iv ine h u m an ity p W hen shall we Spiui* ualists ever realise th a t even here S piritualism has a message’ M embers of- one body,- c rea ted in th e im age of God) -havh'S div ine pow ers and po ten tia lities w ith in us, w hy -do ^ hes ita te to- express th e tru e -though t,’ to speak the rigid w ord, to do th e r ig h t ac tion ? W hy do we seek h y §ubfe' fuge and. com prom ise to a t ta in a n end th a t can only be a tta in e d b y righteous ac tion ? W hy do we de'clare ,th®H th e ideal is im practicab le, w hen th a t; which i- ligh t i1- d“ only th in g th a t is really p rac ticab le ? W c h a v e God-gwe® powers to crc-ato, to imago forth ,' an d to sweep away lies an d errors and selfishness, y e t we allow ourselves .to be fe ttered in m ind an d will by a dead- syst cm which clwg" to our lives like a shroud around a corpse.- -Surely v c bate a 'm essage for th e world, for i t seems to mo th a t our &9u!fl*‘ system m u s t inev itab ly tend m ore and m ore.to apprusrnish the social conditions-of. th e Sum m eriaud. B u t tne.h°F l is g reat. T h e ,-powers.-which, we can co-operate w ith’.V-tb ca rry ns fo rw ard -over all difficulties, and o u t pf-th.e and ,g loom will, come the .g lo rious day. w here d ie minteS' of heaven will no longer be defaced, noi th e divide i*5/ 8^1, he i t b'l-i'd

©EGÉMBER 2, 1921 ■fri £-• ' w é á í M s l nri i

tflie Á nti-S p iritu a list G rusaíe.

I. laye W am er-S tap les , F .R.A.S.

¿'here is ;m an ti-S p iritu a lis t “crusade” now in pro- «¡■¿SB,»and. as i t is being conducted all over E ngland by the . ¿e-man, a lew rem arks on h is m ethods and narra tives . mld-be of use.

f i a ttended a lecture on Nov. 9bh in All S a in ts’ H all, (ton, given b y JLiev. Charles f l. Rouse, of 55, Hatfield-

wri, Ipswich, who is sty led in a leaflet given o u t before the tetures as "L e c tu re r an d Organising S ecre tary ,” the f re a - . jrs being J . IP. H u lto n W rightson an d Mrs. L in torn Qrinan, of 71, Jilin P a rk Cardens, London, fcj.W. 10. We

told th a t Mr. House is "ploughing a lonely furrow in the Anglican Church, and is doingm splendid w ork by exposing lie diabolical n a tu re of sp iritism .” H e is au th o r of a book, ■'I'bipugh Seance to S a ta n ” (quite a ca tchy title), which is

-lie afte r Ids lectures. One parag raph in leaflet deserves '¡noting for i ts unconscious hum our : "Those who go o u t to i-spose Satan ism in its various form s know th a t they are aking terrib le risks, and th a t th ey need superna tu ral p ro ­

ton'. A nd know ing th is , we are anxious for th e safety ksucli brave m en as Mr. B ouse” ! !!

At the lecture 1 a tten d e d th e hall, seating over 500, was di—mostly ladies. Mr. House s ta rted by announcing he '(mid-not answ er questions or allow discusson, ap d in th is

*SS;Qnly following S ir Conan Doyle in A ustralia, in proof of rliicli he quo ted th a t Mir A rth u r w as asked to a debate by « p s o n called S am pson an d refused (he d id n o t appear to

th e circum stances were a ltogether different, i.e., fcA fthur w ent to lay h is case before the A ustralians, and Ififcto a t t a c k th e ir churches or an y sect, whereas Mr. House illpivedly tou rs E n g land a ttack in g S piritualism an d then Rinses the ir defence !)

•Many quo ta tio n s were given o u t of th e ir con tex t and •Pffllated, so th a t th e m eaning was perverted ,.'from th e livings ol Mir A. C. Doyle, Bev. C, Tweedale, Kev. Vale Itftg, Mir O. Lodge an d others, by w hich one would th in k »fey. d isparaged th e life an d d ea th of Christ, and w arned liSde of th e ‘‘dangers” of S p iritualism . Of course, he did lt!®add. th a t th e y said the. sam e care was required in the

of explosives, poisons, aeroplanes, etc. liiH e in form ed us of th e rem arkable grow th of Spiritu-

sjfwkf th a t especially in th e M idlands i t w as "em pty ing the sfe thes” ; th a t S p iritu a lis t S unday schools were increasing ipfpivy an d h ad "em p tied th e C hurch schools,” adding,

bribe th e ch ild ren” ! H e g rea tly deplored the Jllffidsl n eu tra l a t t i tu d e ta k e n up by th e Bishops a t the IfeHtence, w hich w as in such m arked co n tra st to the

Ad s ta n d -m ad e b y the Church of Rom e, which had iSfecdi.lier. p riests to everyw here denounce Spiritualism jE ^iJisr' pu lp itp .” B ishop W eldon, R ev. Vale Owen-and iffivC- TSvdedale were b itte r ly a ttac k ed — "su ch m en should IlsittVned.out of th e C hurch ,” an d ‘‘i t w as a scandal th a t I f e ih e n w ere allow ed to re m a in in th e ir livings w hilst m en S o h x ad e w hat some th o u g h t too m uch of C hrist in the H&ed .Sacram ent w ere tu rn ed o u t of th e ir homes to 'fifes3-” , (i- suppose he referred to a certa in parson being forbidden, to have th e B enediction Service in L atin , as i t is ISfe^fiw ed b y A nglican rubrics.) “ No one took W eldon *Uously— except th e B ishop of. D urham ”— (laughter)., H e , said th a t w hen people w an ted .consolation afte r

^“% vem ent, instead_of going, to church-they were running ’‘hiqdiumk of questionable (or doubtful) character” (why

ifflfesfionajfle’,’ ?). T h a t in th e ..ea s t of'daondon a person g e t a message from - th e 'd e a d for 6dV’ ¿ n o t m uch

Iffolitecring a b o u t th is !) “ H e should u o t like'dips belovedbed istu rb .ed by sueh ip eo p le ; i t .was.‘aw ful tq .th ink

nfi’J*5.p claim ed to h av e called on B ev. Vale Owen an d up-

)lAf e d h im lo r ins he iesy an d faithlessness as '-a priest, [jffiiiebne 'h ad rem arked a fte r 'h is lecture,- he- said, th a t Btehapj, V ale Owen’s Olnzst was a g rea ter ind iv idual th a n

,hisy~ (w hereat several peoples- said, "H e a r, h e a r ! ” I wj.th %W). '■ , ’ *

„ 'd-'heu Jqe n arra ted -a s to ry to ld h im -recently b y a "c le rgy ' •n''a iii the sou th of E n g lan d ,” of liow; one o i '.h is lady

m edium , who had described accurate ly her deal' ones an d given her recongisabie m essages from vthem , so ^ th a iv v o w - she knew th ey lived, an d w ere som etim es near heiy^cbo. The parson, w ith w onderful p ro m p titu d e , proceeded to tak e aw ay h er consolation by assuring her i t was only "false an d con terfe it,” an d to prove i t he w en t w ith her to the m edium , having previously a rranged to th in k on ly of " a n im ag inary general,w ith m edals” , etc. (every de ta il given). They w ent w ith the deliberate in te n tio n of telling lies, yo t expected tru th ! H e said he h ad lo st a friend, an d w an ted to got in to touch ; then in a few m om ents th e m edium described the im aginary general, m edals an d all— eyki; v iikt.u j , eomiECT. gave a long message p u rpo rting to come from h im ,and ending "he is now going up to the fo u rth sphere” (roars of laugh ter). P arson, of course, tr iu m p h a n t an d satisfied th a t i t was half fraud an d half “ th o u g h t transferenci

Air. Rouse overdid th e details— or else ¡ the re is some m edium in E ng land w ith th e m ost rem arkab le pow ers to be able to receive a s tran g e r’s th o u g h ts w ith such precision ! ( i have w ritten to ask h im nam e an d address.)

Mr. Rouse then drew a harrow ing p ic tu re of a pure, good girl, who had gone com pletely to the bad on accoun t of using a p lanchetto ! She took i t to her room every n ig h t, - an d a t leng th i t w rote a message. The next, occasion it' w rote som ething "w hich b ro u g h t the deep blush of sham e to her cheeks,” an d afte rw ards i t w rote obscene m essages, an d u rged th a t pu re g irl on u n til, sa id tlie m other, "she is now a m en ta l an d m oral w reck”— 1 h a t’s w h a t comes ,bl‘ . playing w ith th e d e v i l! ¡Strange th a t th is " p u re ” g irl w e n t , on using th is dead ly in s tru m e n t a f te r th e i-tk»t evil message.!1 con trad ic ted Mr. R ouse’s s ta te m e n t several tim es, an d w hen he ended up by saying th a t Satan ism in P a ris an d M pirtualism in E ng land are one an d th e sam e th ing , 1 loudly p ro te s te d : "T h e y are nob, an d never have b ad th e m o st ( rem ote connection. Y our s ta te m en t is n o t the tru th , a n d ' you know i t !” T hen a gen tlem an also tu rned to th e a u d i­ence an d suppo rted m e b y adding , "B efo re .-mother lec tu re is given 1 hope he will s tu d y th e Meven "Fundam entals of-. S p iritualism , an d know a lit tle of th e subject !” ' , -

The lec tu rer hu rried ly d isappeared oil the p la tfo rm , ’ b u t 1 m e t him in th e lobby a n d again asked, "W h y d id -you m ake th a t s ta te m e n t w hich is n o t true , th a t S a tun is ts a n d : S p iritualists are th e sa m e ? ” H e replied, " I t is tru e . 1 know th e y a re .” I w as going to say m ore, b u t he qu ick ly , tu rned aw ay an d le ft me, saying, ‘ 1 never argue w ith.-a-, S p ir i tu a lis t!” Of course, m any people heard ou r coaver-..■ sa tion ; an d one rem arked , “ T h a t lad y h a s p lu c k !” _ P suppose because 1 spoke in th e m eeting.

The sam e lec tu rer has been to several o th e r churches near, whose V icars X shall call. upon.

In the usual way we should ta k e no notice o f-R ev .. Rouse, b u t he speaks only to “ th e fa ith fu l,” ho says, an d as , these are ju s t th e people w ho know no th ing oi our sub ject; i t does n o t seem r ig h t to allow him to influence th e m u n ­opposed- I f he m u s t ea rn a liv ing o u t of h is crusade, let) him a t least ea rn i t “ ho n estly ,” an d n o t b y gross libels oh our m ovem ent.

A clergym an.presen t w alked o u t in d isgust a f te r lis ten - ', ing for ab o u t te n m inu tes.

Transition of Mr. Fred Spriggs.¡We reg re t to announce-the-:passing to th e h igher life-of-

Mr. sE red Spriggs; of 2, L abu rnum G ardens, li.ew H ard en s; ■ S u rrey ,'w h ich toó 'kpla 'ce on .Monday, No v. U th . . - . .

Mr. Spriggs was a - younger to o th e r of Mr. George. Spriggs, th e w ell-known m édium and healer, and w as h in t- self » 'S p ir itu a lis t fo r m a n y years. Ab o u t 20 years agorho- m oved to London, an d soon becam e an ac tiv e w orker ip -th e M arylebohe A ssociation, often presid ing a t th e Sunday-.’ ñ íéetingh a t - th e G aveiidish R ’ó o m s ’and a t tile membocs?-- 'm eétibgs in (Percy-street. D ahterlyd ■■■ k u w u h mad»* i>» busing&smaused' hinL-toM iscontinue th(¡su ac tiv itie s , though-.- his' d ee p 'm fe 'e s td n ^ h e ivelDbeing oh th e m ovem en t rem ained as strong as ever. ■<,. ■ - ■ -- • ’ T h e intermW fc todkvplace:bn.vS|ti ..lo..» \ .*.;i . n*H ighgate C em etery» -<. W<L know? m a n y A riem L will- join. 'in-, our sy m p a th y w ith M rs. Spriggs in th e loss 'o f th e physie.il presence of Hex' husb'aiid, a n d h h o hope th a t she wij.1 giqno’qnR w t/andm qñaoM jtion th ro u g h h e r know ledge -.cf g iw 45;' r e tu rm \ A-: - , \ v > , - - V * -W l§ § l# * * » ií» íP !IS Í^ ^

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W alter Howell—r An Appreciation.

Rev. Henry Lennard.

.»/When W alte r H ow ell’s body was la id fco re s t in H ands- worth; Cem etery, the k ind ly ea rth took to her bosom the

' rifftl&iihs of one who1 for over fo rty years had sown the seeds of ligh t and healing in th e m inds of men. I . who had know n

• hinds in tim ate ly for ab o u t tw enty-five years, could h ard ly believe th a t be h ad gone —th e sun still rose and sank an d ^he affrighted globe did n o t yaw n a t th e a lte ra tio n . .Hum an speech is, a fte r all, b u t a poor beating of the air, and when

’ d ea th strikes our loved ones down, tears and the bowed head are m ore eloquent th an all words, and ye t i would try to give w ith such poor in s tru m en t as I possess, a, p ic tu re of the m an as L'lcnew him.

A bou t tw enty-five years ago 1 was struggling w ith the g rea t problem s of whence an d w ithher, and was seeking for .myself some sure an d certain ground w hereon to re s t my feet. 1 was working h ard to equip myself for p la tform work, and was reading w ith om nivorous ap p e tite every th ing i

■could lay m y hands on. "Froude tells me how anxious T hom as Carlyle was to help young men. W alte r H ow ell’s desire was no less g reat, an d I shall never fo rget th e wise woc;ds "of counsel an d encouragem ent w ith w hich he inspired

•me, in .those early days. M any were the discussions we had ro n 'th e re la tive excellence of Carlyle and Em erson, and when ■ a t .a la te r stage 1 was on th e flood tide of evo lu tionary specu­lation,1, Ms com m ent on, and criticism of, m any of m y .positions w as invaluable. 'Over an d above all desire to in s tru c t, was th e wish to help an d inspire.

As our in tim acy deepened he would go w ith my wife anil- m yself to th e m eetings of th e Philosophical Society, which were held a t th e U niversity . H ere lie followed until un ab a ted in te res t papers on all sorts of subjects, from an thropology fco theology and m etaphysics. If W alter Howell w as like Socrates in his desire to find a b e tte r and a w iser main th a n himself, he shared w ith Carlyle the h a tre d a n d .c ifa t an d sham s an d unveracifcy, and I have m et very few men, who were his equal in spo tting th e weak place in an

¡argtupenfc. M any a tim e we have come aw ay from one of .-•the£&?;'M1edting8 in a s ta te of m en tal devastation,* an d i .rem em ber how on one occasion,, a fte r a m ore th a n usually "academic, an d d reary paper, he tu rn ed fco me an d ¿aid,‘ i hank God for b linkers !” H e had a certa in respect for ,

'un iversity education , b u t he could see, as 1 saw, th a t men. in '.th e full possession of the ir eyesight—and his whs b u t a poorjglim m ering vision a t the best— could read them selves alm ost b lind along narrow a n d pedan tic pa th s , w h ilst he, to ayhom sig h t had been’.alm ost denied, possessed th a t

in s ig h t an d < vision which are th e inalienable lig h t of the ■human spirit, . Y et'n o m an could be move m odest th a n he. in-laker,years'w hen I asked Ms advice in in te llectual m atte rs , he woulijl generally say, “ £t would only be p resum ption on • V i p a r t to a t te m p t to advise you in tliis m a t t e r ; still, if

■you-’wanfc m y opinion," 1 believe, etc., e tc .”■...Walter. Howell could be very severe in his denunciation

of humbugs-sand -hypocrites, b u t he was peculiarly sensitive about;.appearing to force him self oh o ther folks. 1 know Ihaib w hen he,w as in th e U nited S ta tes, if he h ad cared to go

;ou,1fe'©£ihiki.wa'y-..sbe. could have been in troduced to R o b e rt luggi-sollyand,he-expressed th e opinion th a t i t would have ,bonn-prespmption..’,6p hQ'pg-rt to call on so g rea t a .m an , b u t tbak.ahthe'--meeting be tw eeh \them did come ab o u t w ith o u t

ife-VKOUld .have af g rea te r sp iritua l significance.\ \ ip ifcap ity .these" tw o d id n o t lireefc. How they w ould have exchanged stories ! W h a t G arg an tu an lau g h ter the re would

- ha Ve'been-T . They will m eet .now,-_'How one would like to ' b e ip reseu t ak th e ir m eeting. . . . .

ty lfr^ e d id n o t care M fimpose on .o thers, n e ith e r.d id he ■dc4 i%-to"aopppfcH!lace,and fame w hen thesa-were to be gained » . <&:• v io lation :ot .the g re a t .ideal, of.Jnm ian service w hich h a -

_ heidf 1 <Jo 'n a t :w ish to give an y details, b u t 1" knqwVblfat d "ufitig'sjiis visit- to the- U nited ¿states h e refused-m ore th a n • ■ ■ otter.. of. ebstm etion, as ifcs’Spcepia.nc.e m e a n t ’

.. ^ ^^® sdataon .''i% prm lps .'.p^^ iieS , a n d .a.desertion pi his ■.,Spmii4n-hsb Jhiends, , - - ■ ' ,**• : ;

."Walter'Howell inu] but.u tio ami, and th a t was-to serve -t u h ig c au -n oL.vriiUipnA pislicc w ith his whole"m ight. H e /; 'hatl-a.fiue.-mind'.. a'pd although -he vva ̂ im p u v d .b y sp ir iin a l,;

; i-0 R L D S .D e c e m b e r , .¿juall;

intelligences who. touched him to fine issues, there.®» trouble he would spare him self in th e acquisition-of b ledge. M cdium ship w ith him was a h igh an d sacre&fi tion , an d if clean liv ing an d high- th ink ing arc the req® conditions for the g rea tes t possible results, one can'G und erstan d why W alter Howell occupied such an outsil ing position on our p la tfo rm . ■■■■•-.■

As an exponen t of the philosophy of Spiritualisl s tood alone. W M lst th e re m igh t be o th e r tMnkersInl m ovem ent whose grip on th e scientific side m ight b a l l th a n his, 1 know of no speaker who possessed a sureriM in to philosophical principles of hum an conduct, andiaspi of his severe an d som etim es b iting criticism of eejjf ob jectionable form s of o rthodox theological thought, 1 ]® m et no m an who h ad a la rger ch a rity so far a s the iif | m en tals of religion are concerned, or who was more aiixii to see w hat good the re m ig h t be in an o th e r’s creed. '.

To the very end i t was a co n s tan t source of soriijF.ii h im th a t he could n o t spare th e tim e to read a great dole th a t English lite ra tu re on which 1 m yself had been lectjmi for m any yea rs. R eading w ith Mm was a very arduous task and , p a tie n t as a child, he would listen for hours whilst« 'r ife or m yself read to Mm. F o r one tiling he was soi-ryi could n o t read m ore novels o r g ive m ore tim e and diMim to p o e try an d the dram a. Of really g rea t novels he *»< parfcicularly fond, an d Thom as H a rd y ’s g rea t and ato-v Aeschylean work, “ Tess of the "D’U rbervilles,” ho ahis;;. m entioned w ith em otion.

The m ovem ent will m iss th is m an w ith th e heart on child, an d i t m ay be long before we hear such eloqueKP as Ms again. No one can fill h is place, for he was uiugny b u t the S p iritu a lis t m ovem ent is cleaner an d sweetoHo'-fey" as th e resu lt of his soaring in sp ira tion , an d in th is count!), and in o th e r lands beyond th e seas, th e re a re m any thousand fco whom his sp ir it has been a beacon in th e dark plaeeioi life. W alte r has jo ined the “ choir inv isib le ,’’ bu t ]nrs$ lives in our hearts , an d i t is q u ite likely th a t, when his spirit w inged its flight th e re would be considerable tuimift •¡ad • com m otion in the S um m erland, for Robert'Inget-solh-iiii M ark Tw ain would w an t to be th e first in the great queue th a t aw aited W alte r a t th e gate»

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The British Phrenological Society, Incorporated.T h e B ritish Phrenological ¡Society, Incorporated, held

the ir A nnual Conference a t th e C ity Tem ple Lecture Hall H olborji, London, on S atu rd ay , Nov. 12th, a t 6- tS.-piia. an d m em bers m e t in th e afternoon conference at- tfe .Society’s offices, 63, C hancery Lane, London, W.O.. t# discuss “ How to m ake P hrenology b e tte r understood. M’ the pub lic .”

P rof. T. T im son, F .B .P .S ., of Leicester, presided, and- Messrs. J . W. Taylor,-of M orecam be, an d S. Laugdeii, id Ruahden, read papers an d lead the discussion in \vjii(b Prof. ,T. M illo tt Severn, A id. D. J". D avis, Dr. Wit-liinsba*- George H art-C ox, Messrs. W ebb, Cousins, W ilson, -WarW an d Miss B a rn a rd took p art.

T he P rovincial m em bers, including the officers of the B ritish U nion of Phrenologists from th e Leicester cenO& also a tten d ed . A h ea rty vo te of th an k s was acconkiLW. the chairm an a t th e close. -

S ir W illiam Veno, v ice-president of th e B.P..V, " a5 in th e 'c h a i r a t th e evening m eeting, w hen papers and addresses were given, by E . W . Cousins, Esq., Preaiilhn-ti

..'George- -Hart-Cox, Esq., Mrs.- H ollinrake, .viee-prc-shleirt» -Mrs."“ S tackpool -O’Dell, Jam es W ebb, E sq ., d . MdioH- Severn; Esq.y Dr. W ithinshaw , Aid, D. M; ■ Davis; a»4J. M arshall. A m ost in teresting- m eeting;“ w as- Inybl?- a-ppveciated by a full assem bly. ‘

-AccEa.’X" no th ing which is vynl-easonftble.;; a-ejeefc -nottilns as u n reaso n ab le w ith o u t proper exam ination .

Th e evidence of h isto ry , -w ritten and.'.unwritten, td 'u the year' 460 as a b o u t th e tim e w hen the-Bci-iptural .-soheu»« w as'-perfected asffianded/dow w to oiir-tuu.,--;,- - .

- T w j iiimnii!!. oi pim'i-i1 .'iml influence any fi-.ligt 1‘" ui-gain.-siuoi! .Has di-jn-iHlt, -on tin.- nu m b er o! si OnlighteiU-'d people, it- conu'M s to di-aw-revenucipo-.v i’r) U'Gi:1

’©iîCEMBER 2, 1921 T ‘HkE|;T'WO W O R L C S

^Materialism versus Spiritualism .

William Allan Snaith.

y'A FEW weeks ago, w hilst giving a lecture on Spiritualism was severely heckled by a num ber of m aterialists. The

©¡¡(¡¡‘question th ey ask ed m e was, could 1 im agine a first 'cause. This 1 .was bound to ad m it 1 could n o t do, an d in {«ply I asked them if th ey could do so themselves. They ¡replied, th a t th ey could no t. T hey cam e up to the platform after the m eeting was over an d w anted to know if I was prepared to answ er a few questions. J said 1 was quite ¡{spared to do so to th e b est of m y knowledge. The first ¡uestion th a t th ey asked m e was, “ Can yon define w h a t the spirit of an y person is .” i replied as follows, “ Science [{aches us th a t a soul, if such exists, could be accepted as lejag the sum to ta l of one’s m en tal ac tiv ities.” Thus 1 |Md; to suggest to them th a t personality was purely a latter of one’s m en ta lity , an d tak ing the scientific theory

iljjt.m atter is indestructib le , 1 suggested th a t if the m a tte r t-ybich one’s th o u g h ts are com posed was a som ething

ivlpch could be separa ted from one’s body as proved by mptal te lepa thy , the re would be to m y m ind sufficient cause tp- believe th a t th is m a tte r still existed afte r the departure or decay of one’s m ateria l body.

.-■The n e x t question they asked me was, “ Do you believe üffche existence of God as propounded by the -Théiste ? ”

replied th a t 1 did. T hey th en asked m e to prove the csijtence of God. 1 replied w ith a quo ta tion from H erbert Spencer, “ Touching on God an d th e superna tu ral we can kupw no th in g .”

■ -1 th en sa id to them , “ In all fairness, friends, do you mind if I ask you a question or tw o ? ’ ’ T hey said they were qu ite p repared to answ er any question th a t i liked to

-> bearing on th e ir belief of m aterialism . i said, “ Very Well,; friends, if you are p repared to assert th a t . God does not exist, an d th a t the whole com position of th e Bible is a myth, and th a t God d id n o t create the world, will you please te ll me where th e world cam e from ? ’ ’ They th en commenced to p reach to me the M onistic theory of the single cell, elaborating on the sun-—an d th a t th e world, 'far as they could see, was a ‘moon-child, o r some o ther jilpiet, an d so on. I th en said, “ You will pardon me, •Wends, if Ï suggest th a t you have got ab o u t as far as 1 have. ’ ’ 'In, qtjier \yprds, you have su b stitu te d the sun for God, and piu.'clahn .th a t th e w orld an d all the life an d b eau ty of th is •world is the outcom e of h e a t an d th e evolution of the so- tallçd substances or elem ents defined as the seventy chemi- Pftl- substances, b u t you have n o t go t any, nearer to the first. cause th a n I have. 1 m ust, therefore, ask you to admit th a t I am ju s t as m uch en titled to say th a t God iiealedThe world a n d all th a t therein is, as you are entitled .’tifisay th a t th e forces of evolution have raised the chemical Embryos, ovum s, etc., organic an d inorganic, to the heights ■>f%t are -now seen to ex ist in th e tw en tie th cen tury .' The JJpiition appears to be th u s : T h a t you have form ed certaintheories th a t are ra tio n a l up to a certa in point, a fte r which th ey becopnl un th inkab le , an d th a t I have done the same Wl)g. - S o ,th a t you have n o t proved m e to be wrong any

re. th a n I have proved you to be wrong. .1. would, ftiereforè;. suggest to your rational m inds th is sentence t§ken from the w riting of. R o b e rt B latchforff: ‘The least we ^y-find th ink of som ething th a t .we do n o t understand, th e Jrijitgry A lthough I canno t prove to. you th a t I am right, iksiiould give you no o p p o rtu n ity to come to th is m eeting i%ee an d assert th a t I am wrong in. preaching th e doctrine pi SpJjitnalism,.-..wheh you canno t prove to . m e or anyone ifet-tha t. th e . assertions T -make concerning God are n o t him.” ■ • ' .,y. . .

-What I am try in g to . p o in t ou t .to m y b ro th er a n d , p ie tuS p iritua lis ts is th e g rand fac t th a t our doctrines are* iliifeas-A’feasible to thé. ra tio n a l m ind ■ a s . those of th e rifilerialists. 1 -

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1 , ' T m ì3k P ih n o - d e a t h j t h e r e i s a id : dp stl'U efc io n , a l l i s b u t aa iig u a n d . t r a .u s io n u a l . io n ; 'u r s t t h e •e a te i-p iR a ia . t h e n t h e W -ysuhs.^. t h e n t h e b c n u tU u J I ju tu a ii - v . Îa 3ce w.¡s e , - .firs t’ÌD'-rijnd n j a n , U len t h e tm g h l y . - r u m l , a m i a t l a s t -a n o b le «Hll, - - - ‘ T U l ì K .g K A 'U y ” - .-• . ■ . ■ • ’ • . Í

New Zealand.M r . \V . C. N a t i o n , P re s id e n t of t h e N a tio n a l A sso­

ciation of S p iritu a lis ts of New Z ealand, w rites :—“ I t w ill in te re s t som e of you r renders to learn th e '

w hereabouts of som e of th e m ed ium s and speakers who have arrived here w ith in th e la s t few m o n th s . Mrs. Rhodes- is on tin: p la tfo rm a t D uned in , an d increasing th e in te re s t in th a t city . Mrs. P ed ley , a f te r spending a season a t C hristchurch, is now in W elling ton , doing good work. Mr. K irk and fam ily , who cam e o u t in th e ‘P a k e b a ,’ a re also in W ellington, and young K irk is sec re ta ry of th e Lyceum . , Mrs. Mope (re Mrs. Yeovers), recen tly a rr iv ed , is now on the p la tfo rm a t N apier. Mr. M arlow is w ith th e P rogressive Church a t A uckland. Mr. S. K. G oodm an, w ith wife, an d tw o children , who also cam e o u t in th e ‘P a k e b a ,’ ai;e W ith' the S p iritu a l S cien tists a t A uckland. Mrs. P y e hqs j i i s t ;. arrived in th e 'H em u era .’ Mrs. S usauah H arris , ,.teum,p,et'; m edium , is on th e p la tfo rm of th e C hristchurch Ghuroh-, • Mr. A nderton is w ith th e S cien tists of C hristchurch f^oria.' term . Mi s. H aw kins is a t Levin. Mrs. Jo h n P a g e - is - a t p resen t in W ellington.

‘•The arrival of these speakers an d m edium s h as • relieved the N ational A ssociation of finding places and jiifo- viding the various churches w ith p latform workers.

“ Since th e p resen t board of m anagem en t was elected there has been qu ite a rev ival of in te re s t in th e S p iritu a lis t •" Churches th ro u g h o u t the Dominion, and th e exeoutiyiv is now doing its best to open up w ork in h ith e rto neg lected V tow ns, for there are m any places— sm all co u n try to w n s- where no S p iritu a lis tic teach ing has ever been given T h e re • are groups of S p iritua lists here an d th e re who are longing*’ for a v isit by a teach er and dem o n stra to r. W e w a n t a- lec tu rer to trav e l th rough these tow ns an d coiled', these • people to g e th er to form circles. T he co u n try places itro miles a p a r t, an d as th e re is no tra in service on S u n d a y , 'i t is difficult to work these ou tside places. B u t S p iritu a lism -is' g e tting a stronger grip on the people, an d th e .yiorcaiged • a ttendances a t th e m eetings cheer us in th e strugg le to p lan t, our flag on h igher ground.

“ Greetings, to all co-w orkers in th e U n ited K ingdom .

Bermondsey Spiritualist Temple.As a resu lt of a m eeting of S ou th L ondon S p iritualists '!

held a t 7, E sm eralda-foad , B erm ondsey, S.H. 1,, on AVod-* nesday evening, Nov. 16th, a new organ isa tion , u n d er the* above title , was form ed, free m em bership being offered-to ? all comers. T he above address is th e m eeting-house (pro tern..), and also th e residence of th e prov isional '-President, Mr. D rank B row n, the S ecre tary being Mr. J ; W .-T. Million- i den, 172, S t. Ja m es’s-road, B erm ondsey, S.B. 1 . ¡

■ The B erm ondsey S p iritu a lis t Tem ple gives p ro m ise 'o f becoming a progressive an d m ilita n t o rganisation iori th e ■ p ropagation of th e cause i t has. a t h ea rt, hav ing th e re u p o n -' sib ility of a public deba te a lready on its hands;' th e R ev '.’’ p . It. B alleinc, M.A., V icar of St. J a m e s’s. C hurch, Her- ' m ondsey (an avowed opponen t of S p iritualism ), hav ing agreed to m eet, on a d a te in .D ecem ber y e t to b e llx e ifi -My. W. E. Long, a w ell-known S p iritu a lis t of fo rty y ea rs’ s ta n d ­ing, in public debate. The su b jec t will be “ O an .vo prove we can ta lk w ith the. dead ?”

T he new Society will bo g lad 'to h ea r fro m -sp eak ers ; and-,m edium s who are .willing to a-Ssist. i n : p ropaganda .

1 was w ith you to-night; b u t th o u g h t i t _ad visaUie to keep -away from th e in s tru m e n t, as m y mc'-sage"><gnld - undoubted ly have been in te rru p te d , an d th a t us; u thfn'g- l am greatly averse to. 1 like orderliness, tid iness, e x a c t ' ness : an d so you m u st excuse me. Y ou h ad a t th e .opera­tion an indifferently equipped sp ir it , , ti > m g lu-> ije»t ,to ' give you a; message Horn your friend ’s m othei A s you saw, no good resu lt was ob tained, b u t ,it¡ was-find. «•. her th a t; our in trud ing friend • essayed to speak. -We,.• therefore, .give h im ,c re d it for h is good lu ionuons.; L a te r 1 sbidi mvself convey the precise m essage—J'Yom t h e -.

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The Changes Incident, to EnlargedKnowledge.

TrijsJdiscòvery of tru th ' in every d ep a rtm en t of life •is followed by th e a t te m p t to determ ine its position in re la tion to th a t w hich had been a lready discovered. A lfred Bussel W allace to ld us th a t th e phenom ena of Spiritualism

''convinced- h im of the rea lity of certa in facte-—as fac ts — dong before he could accep t th e sp iritua l in te rp re ta tio n of th em .' T here w as no niche in th e s tru c tu re of Ms th o u g h t w inch allow ed th e existence of a sp iritua l world. T h a t ni clic h a d to be created before the full im port of th e new h ic ts could be realised by him.

\> w fac ts are often b izarre, an d seem to have no th ing ih ■com m on w ith o ther facts, an d only g rea ter knowledge an d fuller understand ing leàds to th e larger syn thesis Which is all-inclusive. Before the law of g rav ity was

-defined in p resen t-day term s, the theory of th e ro tu n d ity of the earth, was m e t by th e a rgum en t th a t a g lobular e a rth

-would m e a n th a t ob jects in th e A ntipodes .would fall upw ards, an d it. was only th e d e term ina tion to follow fac ts w herever they, m ay .lead th a t finally reconciled tw o theories w hich a t -first s igh t appeared to be con trad ic to ry . The r ig h t course was found b y a re -s ta tem en t a n d m odification of old theories in the lig h t of new discoveries.

N ew conceptions of t ru th are constan tly in conflict wiuh old. ■ 'T h is is n o t because th e facts are opposed^ to one anni her, b u t ra th e r because our in te rp re ta tio n or definition o) them 1 is based, upon incom plete knowledge. M an is ever endeavouring to system atise the know ledge he has gathered,: to ólàsàify ,and arrange th e resu lts of h is d is­c i ' i ■ so th a t th e y form a com pact an d syn the tic whole. B em ud all : the bew ildering -phenom ena of life he feels there is u n ity . T h a t ' th e universe is consisten t w itM n itself ; t h a t "a ll sééé b u t p a rts of òne stripèri'doiis w hole.”

11 i / ' nevertheless, tru e th a t every g rea t discovery b /n g s wifiifc i t th e eletneiits of d istu rbance, th a t re a d ju s t­m ents; large or sm alli m u s t ta k e place in bur conception of In . -.whole, in o'fder jio incorporate th è new elem ents winch are: continuously ' being discovered;

Then a t t i tu d e of m odern science iS to 'tenaciously hold ‘to its.diypothgsek. u n til fo rced to abandon th em by well- co rrobcrated evidences,^.a-rid to Slowly m ake room fò t th e , new discovery. T he m oreNu n é ip e c te d such discoveries, :■ .and th e larger th e d isplacem ent of accep ted theories w hich tire ncrcesatatéd by?'thè ir. aceaptoncè, th è g rea ter is th e .•in.» •! 'in- -to th é m inclusion,, rar- iscience refuses—ra n d ■ righ tly ìr©fuséss-n-to: be. stam peded . Scjence m u s t be coh- scrva.fciye®m'.ifs; a ttitu d e , y e t m -Jtheo ry 'It~ is-nonethe less •'iasiic. :v|bt recognises A h a t iieiv"1ia-òte/,mubt and- w ill'be- •»- " *èd', fo r , th e m ap of life and-being,'-equally-w ith-the m ap of -is ja ìttè » * n d .force,- s till M m -vast u n ch a rted tra c ts wuigh. f.ubsaijnbmtegenerations "may be expected? to filDnp? T o-day -rye -draw a m ap of th e globe an d fill i t tin withj- conr.iiK'iìt.syiòceàni, .countries,--rivers- andm itiès-.-but th a t is n o t how-fciwy were discovered- * M en s ta r te d from a p o in ta n d gradually ex tended th e ir range. Only, a f te r centuries--, of explórala op', I iie sacrifice of th o u san d s of Jives, the- passing .if. .million. i.-,o:jei-;fiionSj - wall it-d isco v ered th a t a g l o b e

.coula1,or- dut'inclÿdç-'a lb t.he k n o w n -iviû-UÏ., i t is miso -true,' i i ■■ ■ I? . ' ....................... . . . . ’ ••meni:'

■W-;0 R L D S .De c e m b e r 2, [91-n

b u t i t m u st n o t be fo rgo tten th a t such stan d ard s arc }hií& i a rb itra ry . Greenwich m erid ian is th e accep ted ’'Sfiiuli; of tim e m easurem ent for W estern E urope, b u t tlíertí-iss. overw helm ing reason w hy an y o th e r longitudinal !j. ¡ should n o t be equally useful, since all such lines arelnjiJ the tieal. The system is convenien t because i t brings & to a system ised p o in t of com m on understanding.

In th e realm of religious th o u g h t th e g rea t difficult ag a in st w hich m odernism has had to figh t is the inelastkil* of m an-m áde standards, an d the refusal of th e religi6| i to accep t aiiy m odification of w h a t he has looked upbn.a, a. com plete an d final revelation . All sp iritu a l rgvelaii® has been system atised , an d form an d cerem onial veslijiaitt an d observances have been the m a teria l garm en ts in ivMM they have become clothed. This has persisted throui th e centuries, an d conform ity to the custom s and disB||||| of the Churches has been looked upon as th e recogwf&. of sp iritua l verities. In short, sp iritu a l life has beertcoJ- ventionalised, an d the observance of rule an d practícela been Mistaken. for sp ir itu a lity of life. I t surely g¿>. w ith o u t saying th a t th e re have been hundreds of men sal w om en of h igh sp iritu a l a t ta in m e n t who have oBSswU' none of th e conventions of religion, w hilst on the /pifc.’ hand m any who have w ith m eticulous cáre óbseí-véciáj the form s of religion, regularly rec ited its creeds, and Bm- o sten ta tio u s in conform ing to i ts cerem onies have fibfcjj» a t all sp iritua l in the lives they led. Conven tiohalisiiiis-'M religion, b u t m erely th e m an-m ade clo th ing in Which religisM has been draped. G arm ents of th is ty p e m ay be-'ü|S§j ád d b istre to rea l greatness, or fiiiiy be used to disguise j h ide the ugliness of sin.

T his is n o t in an y sense an a t te m p t to decry system*]!«- j t i o n ; o rder an d o rganisation are necessary. I t is lgjiiei J an appeal to th e reeogm tion of th e fac t th a t á maclimeV | inte 'nded to “ do Work,” arid th e b eau ty ah d mééhái construc tion of the M achine m ay be no real iiftte i to am o u n t of w ork done. ' Ú - |

I f we w ould g e t a t th e robts of religion we shall» therii n o t in churches—as su c h —n o t in creeds, nol . conform ity. W e shall ra th e r find th á t there is á spiri cen tre w ith in every m an w hich is re la ted to th e divínejliíe- j w hether i t w akes or sleeps. The ob jec t of religion-i- aw aken this, to m ake i t respbfisive to th e energy ót; sp iritua l world. ' I n so far as forms, ceremonies, discipline j help th e em ergence of soul-power w ith in th e m an, they ,¡ useful, b u t w hen th e y áre regarded aS things in irájíi'’ | selves th e y becom e fe tte rs intprisdning m en, orto ligh ts h iring him in to side tra c ts b y d istracting Ms atteiitigj' i from the th ings th a t m a tte r. Keligipus system s/, cruotls an d forilis m u st be elastic, th e y fiíüst accom Piodate-their j selves to new tru th s an d la rger visions, othérvvis'ó they a»*' 1 obstructions. ■■■■■:-

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CURRENT TOPICS.Mr . J as. D ouglas,, in th e ''Bùlfâft

Mfc Dóugias’s E xpress,” recen tly to ld of h is viwifc'tojki1 Dark Shanes. . sëàn'ce w ith Miss X ., an d df th e plrgates

, M ena w hich occurred th e rea t.Douglas found i t a g rea t s tra in to s it for tw o h o u rsiiitif t* darkness, . an d wé agree w ith .him th a t such experieïjg§§8 aTe likely tô im posé a nèrvous strain upon th e im initiiiùÀ . - Sir A rth u r Goná-n D oyle to ld Mr. D ouglás th a t it. .whslli» he “ tak ing à plunge. a t th e deep end ,” 'a n d i t cértaihlyA ïSv In p-ëéôrctitig- his imprèsaifins of th e sean.ee, the- oîtoenhion* to w hich lie w as stra ined seriously.. mddifieSs,fl}§| evfiTéñtdal váiíue of 'hiS article , an d wé, m u s t cotoess thfhA|fe s'e'ribuSly d p b b t th e Wisdoni of introdticing" a straiigeivjQfll dark seance u n til he has áccusfom ed himself, to, thevroiftilS* b ï the him ple seance. W e 'su p p o se th a t less tlw0K...1®vd^ èèn t. ôb sè'àhcés aró -herd ip dax-kness’, y e t som ehow ipyÓSllis, gatom aré always. desitoris Of th e rai-èï- form s .of.phenpipeny befdi'é th ey knoW any th ing of the-sim ple a n d commonplacf?«

? to ,. . . '--Witocap eásüy u n d e rs ta n d th e y b sw M fe -ÜÔaèchstoraeè xh./mepStoof • th e novice when .tliipfS . "S’3*- Surroundings . happening around him in unaccustpfRti1 -B^’wil.der Mini, .'-darkness,.but.it-amisteyjjot-be'-foygpij-i-to

th a t- in s p is an adapuibJe- ci/eatm’e,- d'1“ :Mu* i:\--pi■'■¡.•"c r 11. . .. ! t o .......... kl . ' ........................

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. j o ! a n d sbonvdevelops th e ab ility to d e tec t every sound anii;mbtion, and. locate them w ith a fair degree of accuracy. Ppg&'in a su itab le position, an d w ith o a r hands free, we have found little difficulty in tak ing lull notes of a dark eanoe during i ts progress, b u t some experience is necessary iielpih this facility is reached.

,'Juixuxg , however, from Mr. Douglas’s ¡s !!e a Psychic, repo rt, the re seems little d o u b t th a t he

him self possesses a strongly psychic nature. S is sensations are far m ore those of a potential psychic th a n of an average m an. Such a natu re lias both jilvantages an d d isadvantages, which probably balance one another. H is presence in a, circle (supposing our inferences are correct) would be a considerable aid to the. production of phenom ena, w hilst lie «'ill have to carefully juai'd against his psychic prom ptings relegating in tellectual 'cautiousness to a secondary place.

i ■ ^ T oo little a tten tio n has been devoted in\ ThS Effect'- Of tim es p a s t to th e question of how far

sitters on an y so t of -phenom ena produced th rough■■•JiuitlMp. m edium s is modified or determ ined by

the investigator. There cart be no stion. th a t some investiga to rs unw ittingly an d quite

unknowingly help a m edium , w hilst some have an opposite diefct. I t is n o t a question of the ir likes or dislikes, or their intellectual a ttitu d e . I t is ra th e r purely one of w hether theut psychic n a tu re b lends w ith th a t of the m edium . The tune is-com ing when a scru tiny of the s itte rs will be quite

necessary as th e exam ination of the m edium , an d the puicUer tills is recognised b y scientific investigators, the Heftier.

The Inconstancy 6Î Psychic

I ¡Sencmena.

Many cases are on record where one investiga to r, o r se t of investigators, ob ta ined th rough a given m edium con­siderably different, or be tte r, or worse,

y , resu lts th an others. I t is blind folly tohun t for such varia tion by ascribing them to b e tte r

inttlioils o r closer scru tiny . W ith such delicate phenomena.• psychic science presents, the resu lts vary w ith the very

t'ksence of different people. D ifferent folk affect us in different m anners, an d t he cause is largely psychic. This ■- . f a c t o r in seance work, too often overlooked. W ith Hu$apia Palla-dino i t was especially noticeable, R esu lts v. ¡dd; n o t on ly according to the m ed ium ’s h ea lth and

■ temperament, b u t th e very presence of d ifferent investiga­tors'.restricted or aided the phenomena-, and the records

’ ^Q'v.tliat o ften those whose exam ination was m ost thorough aud even relentless, go t the b est results.

f , • ' DR. Gb a w o b d showed clearly the«I |étt Are existence of psychic rods a.L the Goliyher

Sft-’thê: Same circle. T hey explained the phenom ena IN.Face,. -V àn d the happenings conform ed to thePi -liefament dr theory . . F u rth e r; w e pe l t and handled •'SytilicuBalance. THE RQIjs ourselves , b u t wo are quite

: -. . . sure th a t we have seen lev ita tion w ithWlicmipectiums w h ich ,a rod theory could n o i explain, and . PibsiKLy th e "w ïudow ” lév ita tio n of D. D. H om e is of th is l'XPc.:, S u t we w onder to w hat e x ten t th e presence of Dr. -t'n.twfô';(J-.induced the psychoplasm to «take- th is form. J t v’'oul<hmot> . surprise us if- th e - presence, of * o th e r persons, jiist-aÿ-'qùaüliûed, b u t possessing a different psychic aaUù-o,

to e -phenom ena e ither to weaken or take, a to ta lly dillqvgiit foi-m. W e feel oonfidenfc-'that .-the success ob ta ined . *d.'-.-so.mo-'off. th e : h istp rie investigators (Crookes, Varley, Wallace; a n d others) was due in larqp m easure to Die fac t '•w.t .¡they -themselv.es. unknoxyingly eb n tab jjted a psychic '4 aient:, to th e 1 circle, winch:: (to use a. simile) polarised the. Itsycl'iic. jJqrce^.of .the m edium ; to it. opens, .however,- a. .wide tiogc of .questions, an d foi (he inesuu t we m u - .t ie .a e it.

Bishop Mercer on Ghosts.T h e following le tte r, w hich seem s to us to ex p la in //

itself, recently appeared in th e ‘''W akefield E xp ress” f r a n i '’ the pen of Bov. Chas. Tweedale. We w onder w h a t the Bishop th inks ! ip- I- &■ ■

“ S ir ,— R ecently .'Bishop M ercer lec tu red in W akefield/- on- the sub jec t of ’G hosts,’ an d in form ed u s th a t a li cases./ of ghosts, or apparitions, could bo explained aw ay, and tha t, such appearances were due to ‘th e tem p o rary d is in te g ra // tion of the person 's m ind ’; th a t ‘th e re were no suoli bhinjfl as ghosts,’ an d th a t these appearances were ‘n o t - super*?;/ n a tu ra l.’ If Diese pronouncem ents of .Bishop M oreor ai’OT correct, and if the re are no such th in g s as a-pyiaritions 4>r glioste, and if they have no rea l existence as th e B isb q p /l says, then , of course, the re never have been any a p p iy h // tions or ghosts, an d all such appearances recorded 'in:..$iev% p a s t have been illusory an d duo to ‘the disintegratioitoolì/s the person’s m ind .’ If Dieso s ta te m en ts of B ish o p .M ercer ;» are true , th e n i t will be im possible for anyone in- fu tu re to»? believe the accounts of ,Sam uel’s ap p a ritio n to Saul,, of th e » apparition of Moses an d E lias to C hrist and th e ApostlèBR-- on the M ount, or of the ap p a ritio n an d vanish ing aw a y of ' C hrist in the inn of Emniftus, o r in the room a t Jerusalem-, v*.

“ l t will be equally im possible to believe in the accounts:-; of th e apparitions of angels contained in th e Bible, a n d we:, shall have to scrap them , to g e th er w ith I’o le r’e vision, o f th e / ' ‘g rea t sheet lot down from heaven ,’ w ith .Paul’s v is io ji/b fe Christ on the road to D am ascus, an d of all th e apparitions,“" an d visions to Jo h n in th e Isle of P atinos. In briery .if : w hat Bishop M ercer say's is true , th e g rea te r p a r t of -the .. Bible is m y th an d fable, an d lias no foundation in fa c t,-b u t ■> is merely? th e resu lt of ‘th e d isin tegration of p erson ’s m in d s .’,■ rlh e Bible m ust, therefore, go on the shelf w ith Hdns-r. Andel-seii’s fairy tales, and be no longer believed o r tak en ,» seriously by any ra tional person. It will be ra the ! a u it-nob giving i t u p . b u t if B ishop M ercer’s s ta tem en ts , are-.traipvv there is no altern.-i th e.— Yours, etc., b

"OuAiii.Es L. T sveédade. " ..."W eston \ icarage, Oct. 31st, 1921.” ■» > , J

,„V " i,. ; ” • • '’W c h ea r oi good woikkbem g dope as a hoalu by Mi.

Â- lì. Crox-iord, ol Ba vsw ater, an d a acimbor o! ue&tiuuuuaib, j /•yiffitted^to *uy give-m dicataous-ol successili! treatm ent« . I d r my ̂q ijite 'su v e .th a t ■the-healmg'--powers o r .our m edium s f "'c uot-siiiliciently recognised: especially' in. the'B.outo. / .

Rev. Chas. Rouse.' d -,- /’ y-toS-:"*-

W e have pleasure in reprin ting th e following iqttert® from the "B iis to l T im es an d Echo.” which iliusbkrtts/'pur- . rem arks of la s t week. We generally find t h a t \vhojv,q.nw\ opponents quote alleged facts t hey are far m ore vu lnerab le and im provable th a n the evidences the critics are so .fo n d « ' of criticising.

" KFI B 1TbA LI KA1. ,•‘Bill,— In m y le tte r of the 12th insfc. 1 sa id . 1 ,rhad-»

w ritten to Bev. C. H . Bouse asking him for nam es and ,4 addresses of the clergym en an d m edium s m e n tio n e d “liyC/ him in his lec tu re aga inst S p iritualism , an d th a t 1 wcailrt ; send you Ins reply. 1 have now had m y own le tte r returned'**' to me in the stam ped envelope 1 form erly enclosed in pppcV- to him; th u s proving- th a t he received rqy questions, by! pas, as usual refused to answ er them .

") am . therefore, forced to Die conclusion th a t he is->l unable to give t h e . inform ation, required., . Any wav, th e 4 onus: o f . producing proof n o w -lies on him , an d L u th e r , com m ent is needless. L ecturers should- n o t u tte r s ta te .- '' m en Id in public unless they? are p ie p a u d to substaufeiate' them by some shred of evidence !. T he editm u! q. JlOlllwiJ» paper says, ‘Mr. Bouse lias b in t lepeatedl^ n m te d ^ to

'su p p o rt these allegations, an d has steadily* refused U rtkrso .--' My; opinion is th a t he w on’t (because he raxi't) give /MW . nam es or parlieitlai s of either ease.’ / » 5,*» ?1

"H is s ta tem en t th a t S a tan ism ’ m d’a n s dm \B pijp t-.,! ualism ’b n 'England are one aud the sam e i s , ’’of CO (uitil'eliy fqis’e;—th e y ’h ^ o .n o shadow of vonneewun. -

H u .x r T o v r W / r x e i-,Sj Ai/iq s, H R Alto “b ho ii giove Jlouse, W on all J td ,, C h i t o n ” ,

a?

Tinnrn is everywhere. ’ Ouco: it*. ,exists-:Aj4hlitn us lu iu iii ' no jjung llu-t it will nui bring-/, We p ea te Ug h (01 th o u ,wè boon , . ' - ' “ ’ y ' ’’’ *'

■■>/ : T H E ^ Ï !W O - W O R L D S D ecem ber 2, - I92i

REPO RT8 OF SO C iET A R Y WORKI. Ordlnun Re,, lit, ts smara Inseitien, mull be

:enilnail tu -atcn/HE .1 tiru liy inaattngi anty, ami rnuit i l l azc.aa 40 j j r . i in tangth. Use p u t exd i. Rtporti licit ie:cO o; fl.it p»it on Tmsdny morning. Accounts o. alii, -elie.ii are ««lisdtii.

:. i'.sip'.i.iiii. ..n iaan ttn itn ti, not »csodlng 24 turns, n i’y js .Jdc I .Roporti it sccomPBnied by lix pour.» gibRip;. '.cnys: - n*ttc«> mbit appoa; in oar idooriiismon: cul.ihiii.

- ",c^lal tiiperU, it tntet« inioition same maos, ¡Soald roes • c J c - by Sect yoit on Ttrnday niarn- Ina. 150 new. an cilanad trot»; mi beyond nra

for _t ilic r„*: at 2d. par Una.< mpORTVU.T. no tyteial or Ordinary Riyarii

uu Svindey: .la >nli bo Innrtad.In •!! s-sss u .Jr-, (to xddrau ol a moatlng-ylace

J.e i net cpyusr In h n.elaty roport. It will ba It»nd In I o . ip.!tri,i J jld i

SPECIAL REPORTS.! -II u.io: I.ra incorlad trie. Abase ibai nimbar a

. . . r , a al m i “na Is «ado. Sand »tempi alt» i..t r.n.r". ,

SPIRITUALISM AT BRADFORD.

T ito spec-nil 'services were held in th e I deal P ic tu re H ouse, B ankfoot, on S unday , Nov. 13th, when Mr. W. G. Gush, of H uddersfield, gave two elou.uent addresses to in te rested a u d i­ences.' In th e afternoon , speaking on “ O ur­selves a n d 'th e sp ir it w orld,” he showed how close was our rela tionsh ip to the invisible world, an d to ld how M odem /Spiritualism luid from sim ple rappings b rough t in to a c tiv ity g rea t tru th s to a w orld,.w hich was m ateria lis tic , p ro v ­ing im m orta lity .

In the evening the Lord M ayor ofi h . u l nad Mi 1 B ly the , J \P ., presided.

’Mr- Gush spoke on ‘‘The teachings of S p iritualism ,” te lling how th e psychic happenings helped to em phasise sp irit power, an d how, as of old, teachers in Uni sp ir it w orld m anifested th rough m edium s.

Thu Lord Mayor, in Ids rem arks, sa id he was g lad bo be w ith them , a n d although it was the firs t tim e he had a tte n d e d a S p iritu a lis t service, h,e Hoped .to have t he pleasure again. He had '.en joyed the address, an d .though

• his, religion was “ Do u n to o thers as “ you would have them do to y o u ,” ’he. h a d never troub led m uch ab o u t tin; o the r world, p u d had n o t th e confidence the 'speaker had , b u t he believed th a t a life -sp e n t in up lifting m an k in d was a life well spent.

On .buhall of the church, Mr. Gush presented to the. L ord M ayor a “ Lyceum M anual,” - w hich he was p leased to accept, an d gave his assurance he would read it.

HASTINGS.

' / I ’iieu k ..was a large gathering of l'riu ids p resen t at, th e b u ria l of Mr. W ill ,.,,i ' I. , hi. P resid en t of th e H a s t­

in g s ' and S t > L eo n ard o C hristian S p iritu a lis t S ociety , -ort- N ov. - 16th, a t SI. -Helen’s C em etery,-H astings.

Mho'Moon lounded thes-Society ■ in H astings on Nov. .-l.ltli, 1-920, a n d •'on' Nov. 11th, 1921y'fie -passed to I the

‘la rger -hie w ith its-g^eat^r. possibilities of. -fuller' an d '-more ‘useful service, u tte r having w orked1-on the e a r th side of life for over 30,,years to spread th e

• know ledge th a t . th e r e ' is tru ly “ no d c a t b / ; . ' , .

The- cem etery was,,motfc,?ably and reveren tly conducted b.y Mrs.- .Gladys. .llKi vies, who trave lled from ̂ «London" expressly -tor -the purpose. A service xvs.% h e ld previous-, to- th e d ep a rtu re Cdr. tlie oompfory ip t l te 'rppia-mvhere

'th e physical Ijiody lad d ,,an d .th e ,n ew ly arisen spirit’ spokeA'mpst touchingly to , all p resent, charging th e dear ones !o care in love lor-one an o th en .au d .n o t to grieve unduly for th a t .¡which was., only m o rta l fleam—... h in d friends '.had - lined' the* grave

_ w ith Hon cm, and: .bhyoughoni - . the service the atm osphere was . one, oj t haiiksgiv.ing and-- my- thaV.felus-.spirii, which was so-beloved^bonlu-bave-hcen ■

p erm itted so graciously b y ' A lm ighty God to ta k e y e t one m ore "step “ up p rog ressions sh in ing ro a d ,” to th a t

“ . . . island valley of A viliou,W here falls n o t hail, or ra in or any

snow,Nor ever w ind blows lo u d ly .”

The flora! tr ib u te s were m any , and (hough these m ay fade, the loving tho u g h ts an d p ray e rs sen t w ith them will reach him in his new environm ent.

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DERBY.

Ox .Sunday evening, Nov. 13th, a t th e F o rreste r-s tree t Church, th e service was tak en by Mrs. G ilbert, of D erby, who gave a m ost inspiring address on “ W here a re the w orld’s g rea t heroes gone ? ” The speaker held th e crowded congregation in. r a p t a tten tio n , refer­ence being m ade to th e g rea t tra n s i­tions during the recen t g rea t war. The address was su itab ly followed by convincing clairvoyance by MissTLA. Thom as.

LONDON DISTRICT COUNCIL.

On N ov. 15th the 'London D istric t Council conducted a p ropaganda m e e t­ing in co-operation w ith the Hounslow Church a t th e Adul t School H all, Hounslow . The c h a ir’ was taken by Mr. B : B oddingtbn , who gave a brief exp lanation of th e aim s and m ethods of th e Council’s work. A w itty and in te resting address to an apprecia tive audience w as given by Mr. 1:1. Bod- d ington, followed by c la irv o y an t des­crip tions by Mrs. Neville, m any of 'them , includ ing nam es, being fully recognised. The Council ex tends its h e a rty th an k s to a ll th e local M ends who w orked in connection w ith the m eeting .

WARRINGTON.

Mu. W. B ex Bo w d en , of N ew castle, v isited us on Nov. 9th,- 10t}i an d 11th, an d in th e m idst of so m u c h controversy- se t up in W arring ton (for w hich we th a n k th e .Bishop of Liverpool), we have had! g ran d m eetings each night.

Mr. Bowden’s guide has given some m ost educating addresses, w hich have se t m any of our critics th ink ing . M any are leaving them selves open for fu r­th e r investigation , especially a fte r witnessing- some of the m ost rem arkable clairvoyance given.

W e have been encouraged by know ­ing- th a t while th e H ector of W arrin g ­ton was giving an address denouncing .Spiritualism , lie was speaking in a lm ost a n em p ty 'ch u rch . A t th e sam e tim e Mr.' -Sowden was .addressing a crow ded church. • ’

NUNEATON.

I n con tinuation of -the ann iversary -of the -N uneaton-S p iritualist Church, a. very successful te a an d concert was held in- the N ew digàte M art, on a recen t T hu rsday evening; ■

The tea tab les were m o st tastefully decorated. N early 150 people s a t

.down lo an excellent te a prov ided b y i th e -generosity of -members and friends of t h e --church, -and- the d iners were w aited upon - by m em bers ’!'1 of “ t h e -

• church. -Mr. -Byard.- .President of the local church,; presided a t-th eH ea .A A fter tea an, .address..-was-given- by

Miss B u tcher, .of. N ortham pton , .on tlie .;necessity ofi-prom oting the -social side of ■ th e church’s life. She 'also • 'co n g ra tu la ted !',th e . chui-ch upon th e , 'grg4>t p ro g re ssâ t h a d --made d u ring th e 'la s t ,'twelyo 'raçn’tb s in -building up- â " m em bership ol over 60. -

The-address, was -followed bv .a verv - unlovable- concert,- to 'th e program m e ? .of \yhioh .-the-,following, am ong others. |

con tribu ted : Mr, G. C .' Glayt llaA aron, Miss P arsons and'-Miss-Tthm* of C oventry .' Mr. T. Allen m¥§jf services as accom panist.

- D u rm g 'an in te rv a l in tlie pid& itii gam es an d am usem ents werediig^g in, a n d lig h t refreshm ents were'seM

T he services a t th e above cE®ft were well a tten d e d on Sunday;;;5| | 20bh, in th e afternoon and eveniS when every availab le sea t was oecnj§| The speaker was Mr. A. WhyiJian, d H anley, w ho gave splendid and m o st convincing,clairvoyanoiWjJ som e instances full nam es were-gilj A fter th e o rd inary evening seiyijl Mr. Whym&n conducted a s- , service for the building fund.

EASINGTON LANE.

On M onday, Nov. 14th, we lan tern lecture by Mr. Osbon London. Some very fine and . sp ir it pho tographs were p iit upc. ’ screen, an d were g rea tly appreciate!. These pho tographs were ab ly explain by Mr. Osborn, te lling of hoi. where they were taken , and. ■_: general proofs afforded by them 6 I

On T hursday , Nov. 17th, we baa; re tu rn v is it of M aster A rth u r CL;.1 who ab ly officiated a t a nanik;. cerem ony of th ree c h ild ren : -Amp ■Tones (sp irit nam e “ C harity ’’.); Hdi\ L ittlew ood (sp irit nam e “ Innoce-. an d B onald Jones (spirit . uaai'.- 1 “ H onour” ). Convincing clap . ance was given to m any presen! < N urse W ake officiated a t the orgs Mr. Geo. Jones presided.

SUNDERLAND; MONKWEARMOUTH

Oh S unday, Nov. 13tb, Mr.-J.'| Honey, of G ateshead, addreSS'ed i ’ large audience on his experiences-ia ; sp ir it land. - Mr. B am ford presided,- ,

On M onday M aster .A rthur OliiytsC' > the b lind seer, of N o ttingham , appeiiri- : before, a crowded- congregation in- tte ■ M onkw earm outh S p iritua list G1hu\’!!i Co-operative H all, and , a fte r a -1 address, gave convincing clairvoyant’ ,j descriptions. Ten descriptions: '.y® given, n ine of-w hich were recognik* ' in each case nam es an d address« being given. Mr. J . D. Bellet1 ; ■ ■ sided. '

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T w o special p ropaganda .meeting» have,been conducted in th e Tliowia!); P rogressive S p iritual Mission receiidv. On W ednesday, Nov. 9th, we had ■■ - us Mr. M adely, of Leeds. H is addi*8- was m o s t in te resting , and enlighteniBg- In te re s tin g m essages’- were given, in sym bolic form. .

On Sunday. Nov.. 20th, wc . favoured with.-a v isit from Mr. ' ‘h Olayton, th e young, b lind m edium ‘The h a ll w as tax ed to i ts u tm o s t capacity and we had .a m ost enjoyable eycnjiiï' H is address- was of a very high orde»'. an d th e clairvoyance w as most <*»• vincing. I n . nearly every caso, l'u" nam es were, given. ■ .- . - .-a-

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' 'O s -Nov.- -20th - th e above ‘,'cluu;ci! upveiled th e photographs ol fb1̂ ’ workers, who- pi&ssed to the \higher

L-~ « V c X - Vr- *he spoke’ -to •-•■•Mrs; 'Swa3ey,-rwho a nurse- during, th e G reat 'War. w as-ready every-diour‘of th e nighL^ •meet'«the--woimde'd;and iq give rf-hc’

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■of. her tran sitio n corresponding so? rut ary ; - an d Mis,- D uvsoni our-JoCA m edium , who. was- -alw -take her s ta n d îvliçn c¿¡led upon, ¡PW

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■gjo»_|teeved m any anxious m inds »^describing to them th e ir loved ones wfffiHP- they th o u g h t gone for ever. ■|U three are m issed greatly , b u t are

(¡/dimes in our m idst. The service ■fas'taken by Mrs. H earne an d Mr, ■Som (President), bo th of whom ■¡spoke of the ir w onderful ta len ts and ■Spat'work to a large and appreciative

"VC ■HANDSWORTH, BIRMINGHAM.

■»•On Sunday, Nov. 20th, we had w ith»us Mr. Charles Glover B otham , of ■®urfcoii-on-Trent. H is address and ¡»(lie exceptional clairvoyance delighted mm people. Mr. B o tham is one of the ijoniing m en in our M ovement. Mr.

,1. 11. Jones presided.¡»'•¡On Sunday, Nov. 27th, we had ilieut-Col. B. A rth u r, D.S.O., of •stsignton. In the m orning he spoke j|l>30, John-st., on “ P ra y e r.” Mr. E. iBilkington gave clairvoyance. In the isrening Lieut-Col. A rth u r addressed a ifoo)l a ttendance a t the G rand P ic tu re ulalace, Soho-road, on “My psychic «experiences on th e battlefields of ifrahee,” th e lecture being listened to With the closest a tte n tio n and in terest, j p l was deeply impressive. This »propaganda effort m u st have done ¡¡good. Mrs. W akefield gave excellent ¡¡«lairvoyant descriptions. Mr. John ¡ft Wood occupied the chair.

HEBBURN-ON-TYNE.

¡»iA special service was held on Sunday, Nov." 13th, in connection

f t p the anniversary of Arm istice ttBay. The speaker, Mr. J . Slimin, of jlm derland, gave a very in teresting (¡discourse on “The A nns of Spiritual- item.” T h is 'w as followed by th e choir ilSndering “ W hen th e Roll is Called ¡¡¡Bp. Y onder.”»¡i'l’he President,, Mrs.1 Brown, m ade «ftanarks su itab le to the occasion, filter w hich two m in u tes’ silen t prayer *fes observed, an d th e “L ast P o s t” (Spnded... The choir continued the isSeiwice. There were m any floral ¡ ife ings, an d 'a good sym pathetic tKidience. A t the close of the service tlL ilo ined in singing the N ational eLnfhem. ■ .

LEEDS DISTRICT COUNCIL.

i» T h e m o n th ly conference, was held ¿ttkii.oriaanton (Assem bly-st.) Olmrch, on Nov. ;13th. The P residen t, Mrs.

sM veit, presided over a good attend - ¡¿Bee of delegates a n d associates. »•.The conference opened 'w ith a very ijj l’wonious feeling/ w h ich ' was re­gained , th roughou t the whole of the s-llMsiness, w h ich was brought to a jdosi- by the conference standing in # ie ip a th y ,a n d respect for our brother, Aliy W alter Howell, who has passed to

«tfeliigher-L ife. ' ua ln - the evening the propaganda p lp t in g / was presided over by Hr. «§iaitb/7of Wakefield,- who has been «$LeeWt- -secretary till tire end ' of . the

/»SliQi-t, addresses, were given by Mr. s f fiilf ad d Mr: C hattel 1, of Leeds, and w ||.y W lfa rb u fto n , of Leeds. Our

Mils. >. Galvert, b rought the s®egting to a , close by giving a few IK aeifftons' of. sp irit form s wvho were •there , '\

MEETINGS HELD ON SUNDAY;NOVEMBER 27th, 1921.

B A b k o iY i-i n / E u b n e s s , H a l k e i t h - s L —© 7 t .Grjiïitlig- conducted ¿jihe^sef'.-.

Mc§0j tak in g for ’h is sub ject “ The tYf/rld's g rea test need, th a t we’ ti-uft,Yine ano ther ” .Also cladi'YQymvu The uiiant ¡son.“ o f Mr. an d Mi a U g lk e tt ■M'-L n am ed , to y 'Mobjiuÿ.< 'M r , 1t'cwler presided, ' ■?

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B arry, A tlan tic .H all. — M r.,M ar­shall, of ..Cardiff, gave an address on “My experiences in Spiritualism ,” followed by convincing tests of S p irit­ualism.

B irmingham, Small H eath . — Mr. J. H . Sharpe, B irm ingham ’s youngest m edium , gave an address on “The g rea t question.”

B ristol, Digliton Hall. — Services conducted by Mrs. Marriott P iper, of M ountain Ash. Mr. M artin presided.

U n ite d : Morning, open circle.Evening, address by the P residen t on “The ascension.” Clairvoyance by Mr. Taylor. Mr. H a rt presided.

U niversal: Morning, address byMr. W. T ra tt. Clairvoyance by Mr. Coleman. Evening, trance address by Mrs. Miles Ord, followed by clair­voyance. Mrs. B evan presided.

Clifton : Miss Mary Mills gave anaddress on “Spiritualism and the Peace Conference.”

JBolwell. — Mrs. Pearl, the P re ­sident, conducted the services, giving sho rt addresses and clairvoyance. Mr. W. H. Tate presided.

Card iff , Queen-st. — Mr. E. J . Powell, of Paignton, la te of M erthyr, gave addresses and clairvoyance.

Exeter, M arket Hall.— Lieut.-Coi. B. A rthur, D.S.O., gave discourses on “P ray er” and ‘’W hat is this S p irit­ualism ? ” Clairvoyance by Mrs. P er­kins. ,

H irst.' — Mrs. Gardiner, of Shildon, spoke on ' ’H eaven : where and w hat is i t 't ”

London. —• B rixton : Owing to the dense fog, the service was transform ed in to a public circle, m any messages and descriptions being given.

Fulham : Morning, circle. Evening, owing to dense fog, meeting abandoned. —Pros.: Sunday next, at 7, Mr..Smyth.' Thursday, Dec. 8th, at 8, Hov. G. W ard .

Lewisham : Morning, Mr. Crowder, liv e n in g ,, Mr. 0 . G. Brower gave a trance address.

L ittle I lfo rd : Mr. G. 11. Symonsgave a fine address on the “ P a th of life.”

London Spiritual (Mission : Morning, Mr. G\ P rior spoke on “A voice crying in the wilderness.” Evening, Mr. E. H u n t gave an address on “Expression and life.”

M anor P ark : M orning,. Mr. Meadconducted the. healing service. A fter­noon, the Lyceum held the ir session. Evening, Mr. S m ith spoke on “ S p irit­ualism ,” and Mi-s. Sm ith gave clair­voyance.

S.L.S.M.: Morning, circle conducted by Mrs. Still. ' Evening, Mrs. A. Johnson gave an address followed by clairvoyance.

Loughborough. — Mr. Pridm ore gave addresses on “P a s t and present- day” and “ If a m an die,-shall, he live again ? ” Also clairvoyance.

Newport, Mon., Harrhy-street.— Address on “The tru th of the present is? b u t the ti l l tU of the p a s t,” and also clairvoyance by Mrs. Bewick.• Peterborough. — Addresses and clairvoyance by Mrs. Johnson, of K ettering. M r, Bull presided.

P lymouth, Morley-st. — Mr. Loome gave an address on “The'' fu ture life.” Mrs. Pearce sang and Mrs. Cook gave clairvoyance. ' ’

S tonehouso: ' Meetipg conductedby. Mi'. 'Promt; Soloists; Mrs. S m ith and Miss Coleman, i f Address by Mr. Merri- ■field, entitled:, JiGo ye in to all the ¡world and p reach ithe Gospel.” -Spirit­ual visions by M rs, Joachim Dennis.

P ortsmouth, Tem ple.-— Mrs, Charn- ley, -of Leeds, s ta rted a Yveek’s-mission, and gave addresses, and clairvoyance./ Scunthorpe . — On Nov. -• 20th,

Mrs,- F litohe, ¡of;-Grim sby,,'gayd plaix'-voyance ¡and: fan: address , on “F aith ,

¡hope aa&Iove, or;T-rkdkgar. 7 ^ ;:d feH iin g y A M » ii■>.

’ Stockton gave addfess/sdte* o r’life,” followed'toy'discussion.i -Evening,: Mis. lla le sfiap gave an -a d d in s on

Q lairyoyguee, by"'“Cease to do ev il;Mr. M. Thomas.

Y ork , Spon lane.— S erv ices;ftp ito ducted by Mr. B urrow s, w lio^iW ® ; addresses- an d answered queStid|ife/, Also clairvoyance. :, - ¿7 , .

SOCIETY A D V E R T I S E M E N T ^ *

South Manchester Spiritualist.Churh,P rincess H all, Moss Sid e / - 7 • W ÊÊ

Sunday , Dec . 4th , a t 2-30 and . ftTitW 1AGICIM O PEN ,SEll VICE«-

fe.Speaker, Mr . A. KlTSOiSte • ' ' t k A t 8-15, M iss CLA ILK B .L ;vv; : Monday, a t 8-15, M em bers’ D evelop-;

ing Class, Mrs. E aStwood7 ‘ 'Tuesday , a t 8-15, P ub lic D eveloping;0

Circle, Mrs. F orrespx Thursday , 3, 8-15, Miss Wallwqjwr-. -.

Manchester Central Spiritualist ChurchO n w a r d H a l l , 2 0 7 , D e a n s p a jm s A ?:,->*

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S und ay , a t 6 -3 0 , iï,L;777 —Circle for Members- ''©nlpC'. --Mr . H. G. UBA.NT.-Circle for M embers Ohlyv' V

a,— Closed.

Manchester Society of Spiritualists,38, H askell Street, ARDWibikjfA

S unday , Dec. 4th, a t 10-30, LYiQEpM/.A t 3, 'Open Circle. - u,;ikT

At 8-10, Public Circle, Mr. B. .BEN^Hji-;: A t 6-30, Service at VTcTOMAdtoeTUXjg.

■ P alace (See , Advert.-), ., A .«'» Monday, a t , 8, Miss Barton .''-

Wednesday , a t 3 and 8, Mrs. $ pencLr .;

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Collyhurst Spiritual Church,Collyhup.st Street, -, / • !î7

S unday , Dec. 4th, a t 10-Mi. i .vce uv .At 3, 6-30 and S, M iss WAU.VVOliK- -'

Monday , at 3 and S, .Mi I,om_vs. ' Wednesday , at S, Mrs. Larnek/'\ - Saturday, at 8 ,. Open Oircle. -

Longsight Spiritualist Sccicty.Shepley St., oppositi I )■ I m i \ n. , ,

K ing’s Theatre. ‘

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Sunday , Dec . -4th , a t |' 6-45‘, 'N aming Ceremony ̂ and- «ÂajjjKEbti by -- ; r

Mu. W. J . G R i N D D F Y . '- Questions invited;

A t 8-15, Mrs. ( l l . \ Vl . i .T uesday , at 8 -15,-.Mrs. SimKHsiiAÊr/ •■ Thursday , a t .8-15/ Mm. Kn o t i .

.Saturday", D ec 10th, a t -7-30;Concert by ' thé g 'Si arle’j te-T’.

Coxcekt P arty . . •

Milton Spiritualist Church,B ooth Street, E cole*

¡ÎSaturday, D e o : Grd. a f -7-30. ' .. : •Open Circle. ' , 7 '

S unday-, D e o . 4th , a t- '3, g-w . /-i.?.'Mr . H ÏB B E R T S , ;ol Bolton-... - -,

Thursday , a t 8, Members) fGxR^Kij/7 >

Moss Side Progressive Lyceum. Church,

66', B aby Street.

Lyceum Service -every S unday ,',,2 4 3 ,0 ,,' Sund ay ,-;-Deo iT m . a t '3 ,T ‘

Liberty Group, Mr A GOIJIJSSj E. - Subject;« uSex ! /Hduca t i onyL, L , -

; ' - A ll inv ited . ‘—; •r.-.yy.-r v —: Moston Spiritualist Ly.ceunpChiirch,.

Co-op. H alt, A mos, ' ‘STRBE'f ,/I' !L'--rAW;i

'.a Cy7M'.-u!VS unday , D eo.‘ 4tu ,v a t 3 * diuC 6yjo77-«-

Mj.- ING LKS unday", Dec 11th , Mr. \V iiji3 jp s7 r .

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SOCIETY ADVERTISEM ENTS.

iviiLuioiir: Suditualist Society,1,11 ’ , ( , 1 i; , s ERBET.

T iju h .s d y y . Dec 1s t , a t 7-30, M e -S. M A in G O R D O N , o£ L ondon . G ham iuui : -Ml W II WOLSTENHOLMK ¡SUNDAY, 1 >KO. 4t j). .i t 3, 6 a n d 7-45,

i l l , , . BAK.NKS, of G orton . M o n d a y , a( 3 As 7-5o, Mrs. Sh e a u s jh t h M . i 'v I, ' ' , . M rs. M aiu;k o f t .

.¿.■ ¡sic! Spioiua.ist Temple,47, O vkfuild K.o ., Cl if t o n .

S unday '. D l.v t i n , a t 11 an il 6-30, Mn S A U V D L L S .

T u e sd a y , a l 3. Miss .Ma r y M il l s .S u n d a y , D m 1 1t h , M iss M. M ix es .

Sïigi'.tôt: Brotherhood,Old S t e in e D a l i., 52a , O ld S t e i n e .

S.N. U.

Sk k VICKS :S u n d a y s a t 11-30 a n d 7. L y ceu m a t 3.

M ondays a n d T h u rsd a y s a t 7-15. T u esd ay s a t 3.

'H e a l in g m ee tin g s , F ir s t W ed n esd ay in ev e ry m o n ili a t 3.

S u n d a y D kusmhkh 4t h a n d W e e k , M us -S iiV IL L E .

T u esd a y and W e d n e s d a y ,- ' De c e .m hei! 6th a n d 7t h , -An n u a l S axe ok W o r k a n d B k h ib i- mo.N o f P ic t u r e s an d P h o t o g r a ph s .

I,See A dvert.)

Giiiidgham Spiritualist Society,O u >, i 1 1 uw 11 ■ I Vic a r a g e R o a d .

S u n d v y . D in . 3 t h , a t 7,O' ILA D D O N K E N T .

' D Éc. 1 It u , Air C R . S y m o n s . ■Dec . 1 S'j’ii, Mi -, A n n ie J o h n s o n .

S r « : Sp i r i t ua l i s t ' Brotherhoodt Jiii-ru'd,

S'W ukvv^ixl P a r k K o ., B r ix t o n , S .W .

fcjuNJXYY, De c -!t ji , a t 11-15, C h ic l e .. At 3, Ly c eu m .

l \ l 7, ‘Mr. T. W. IM,LA, T rahee Address.\ \ I *\ - v , ■■ ,-45 , L o n d o n

- 'D ist r ic t Co u n c il P r o pa g a n d a '•Me e t in g . Mr B o d d in g t o n ,, Speaker.

■ '■ C la irv o y an t, M rs. H ad l e v . ,

Church ol ih-- Spirit, Camfierweil,T nis P e o p l e 's O m m cH , W in d s o r fi© .,

ü i v m ' m , I l o : St Xt io n .

S u n d a y ; JBku --It h . a t 11, Se r v ic e . ’ • A l" 6-3ÌL M u. J . ' O SB O R N .

M I d m m v - a t .7-30.O u D e o h u b e r IOt ii-, 6 t o 10-30,'

I . - a n H a l l ,- u i I M i '> KNKSU.

/T ick e ts Is. 3d. each , in c lu d in g tax . •

diin'.ch cï the Spirit, Croydon,II \ u II ■. kl>:, .H ig h S t r e e t .

-■ S u n d a y , D e c . )t h , a t H ,; ' Mu". P H HOY S C H Û L H M V - 1 M I. R. SY M ON S.

Cinpham Spir i ' .üdist Church,\ > ,,.1 -’N , ID 1 I V ( hu b , St . L u k e ’s

f i r n ; R.1UH St ., Ol a ph a m . s ;W . ..

S u n d a y , De c . 4t h , ab r l l , ■ OLR.CLH. ÎH 3. L vcku.m A t 7, Mrs M ‘G O R D O N

■ * vVdilrcss atul Clair-yoyanee:. ■ • D ec 1 j'L’ii. M m . A d e 'Be a u r e e a ir ®.

Hr.chiioy Society û î Spiritualists,:2'40aV 'Am h u k st H o a d .

„ eSl-NDAY, . D ec 4t u , • . a t - 7-,-. • ■;. j i * v ' s u t ’p o n ;-

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Hounslow Spiritualist Society,A d u l t S c h o o l , W it t o n R d .

S u n d a y , D e c . 4t h , a t 6-30, .Mrs. MARA' ORO W O LIL

' T u e s d a y , at. 7-45, Mrs. G e o r g e . Lyceum every S unday a t 3.

Kingston Spiritualist Society,B is h o p s H a l l , T h a m es St r e e t .

S u n d a y , D e c . 4t h . a t 11..Mr,. S A N D E R S . A t 3, L y c e u m .

A t 6-30, M r s . JA M MALI I. .Monday ', 7-30, Mrs. P a ir c l o u g ii-

S.VHTH.W e d n e s d a y , a t 7-30, Mrs. Ma u n d e r s .

fterth finehley,St . J o h n ’s S p ir it u a l M is s io n , W o o d - b e r r y G r o v e (opposite T ram Depot).

S u n d a y , D e c . 4t h , a t 7.M r s . LA DRA L E W IS.

W e d n e s d a y , Dr. E l l is T . P o w e l l . D e c . 11t h , Mr. a n d Mrs. P ulii a m .

London Central Spiritualist/Society,P ood R efo r m R e s t a u r a n t ,

3, F o r n iv a L S t r e e t , H o l b o r n .

F r id a y , D e c , 2n d . a t 7-30,... „ M r . A. OH LOW S K I.S3 F r id a y , D e c . 9t h , a t 7-30,

M r s . O R L O W S K I (P sycho rne try ).

. Little Ilford Christian Sp ritualist Church, j

Ch u r c h R o a d , Co r n e r o f T h ir d Av. Ma n o r P a r k , E .

S unday ', D e c . 4t h , at"S 6-30, M r . a n d Mr s . L U .N D .i | .

Mo n d a y , a t 3, Mrs. H o d g es * an d Miss H o g g .

W e d n e s d a y , a t 8, M iss Ge o r g e . T h u r s d a y , a t 7-45, W h is t D r iv e .

T ick e ts 1/6 each.S u n d a y , D e c . l- 1t h , R ev . G. W a r d . Sa t u r d a y , D e c . 17t h , Gr a n d S ocial a n d D a n c e in th e Lib r a r y , R om ford

R d . T ic k e ts 2s. each (inc lud ing re freshm en ts) .

Manor Park Spiritualist Church, Co r n e r o f Sh r e w s b u r y R d . and

Str .e n e R d .

S u n d a y , D e c . 4t h , a t ' 6-30 , Mr . an d m & . B ïtO W N JÛ ïïN .

Sunday ', D e c . 11t h , M is. G. P r io r .

On D e c e m b e r St h , 1924, a t 3, ■Grand Bazaar and Sale of JWork.

G ifts w ill be m o s t g ra te fu lly rece ived a n d ' acknow ledged by ’'M r. S. SHARP', H on . Sec., 136, G reen S t., F o re s t Gate', L o n d o n , B .7.

Stratford Spiritual Church, I dmxston R o a d , S ix t h -T u r n in g dow n F o r e st L a n e g o in g fr o m Ma r y l a n d

- P o in t S t a t io n . -

S u n d a y ,-M r, G.

D e c . 4t h . à t 6-30, TAW LEK- G W IN N .

W e d n e s d a y ,, D e c , 7t h , a t 3 , 'L ad ies’ 'M eeting , M odani Ge r a l d .

T hursday ' , D e c St h , a t 8, P u b l ic C ir c l e .

Su n d a y , D e c . 11t h , a t 6-30, MT.-M.AimN.

* . Forw ard- inovem eiib a t LI.■ Lyceum every S unday a t 3.

• . A:’ Draw m b / R oom Ser v ic e , is held*' a t 15-, Saudm ere-road, .Ciaphaia, S.W ., nea r C lapham -road T ube S ta tion . Mrs. CxabaI r w iN; th e well-known Medium, .will give clairvoyance-'every Sunday,- - a t . .7, for in v e s tig a to rs ,. Developing C lass 's i art,ed*. - ' - *

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES undTRANSITIONS'. -

Ordinal* intimation! when printed ander IfiiT«,- Madirtg will ha inserted m follows: gis linn, li’.u Aboee sis lines, 2d. per line. Payment must yin, with the intimatian. Poetry not accepted.

I n M e .m oria m . lx lov ing rem em b ran ce of throe o;

m ir L yeeum L ls , L ily , 111 Lena, L am b, w ho h av e pfi.ssect Tn]| th e S um m orland . D early beloi|| daugh te i-s of Mi-, a n d M rs. Jo h n LjjjfjF 71, C la y to n -s ire e t. ‘‘R in g the 1)/| so ftly , th e y h a v e gone on beioijy Mrs. A v e r t o n , H on . Sec. and Cijj d u c to r . ¡ag | - J j J

TO th e lo v in g tn e in o ry of our friend , M rs. D a ley , w ho passed tofjj§ H ig h e r L ife on N ov. 2 9 th , ISIS, 3|J w hose re m a in s wore la id in Barpuriiif’ C em etery , M ancheste r. “ T he bi‘o ||j s tr in g of m e m o ry ’s h e a r t is sa<§y) to u ch ed to -d a y .” — F ro m Mgj B aju-sto w a n d F a m il y .

NEW SECRETARIES.. gbingM in ta« Harass and M i m ü t »I lesréfil

el Becletie« can ¡u Intimst«! and« this tntsd i t rtijj ts t e estas a? 3d. bs fMaardad witfc tk« inttraitp

S o u t h p o r t . H'a w k sh e a d Spi^ d a l is t s ’. Ch u r c h an d F oivesthp H a l l .— Mr. W. L. L oylas, 10, Brouij- ton. R oad, S ou thport. ; -f;

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