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No. 1787—V o l . XXXV. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1922 P r ic e T w o pe n c e .

Original Poetry.

Our Humanity.

Gon has His hand in our hum anity's,Restraining, or constraining, where ’(.is well T h a t He should frustrate, or should else compel. Thus are we faced with the perplexities W hich cross our path, in our environ dwell,And fill our m ind with the anxietiesArising from complex societiesT h a t would build up a heaven, or make a- hell.Therefore, should we seek ever to subserveThe body to the spirit, not to sellOur b irth righ t for a potage whose reserveIs as th e Sodom .apple, past preserve,Or as the tolling of momentous bellT hat mournfully sounds death in its slow knell.

' * ' ' " ■ — H. B arrett B.

The Implications of Spiritualism.Stanley De Brath.

[C oN TiN C TiiD F r o m L a st W e e k .]

l IV .— T he S u b jec tiv e F acts.* T h ese are m ainly m ental, Involving the faculties of (jhe, subconscious m ind ; though the line of demarcation

Bing an artificial one, the two groups are seldom entirely parate, and i t m ay well. be th a t some facts classified in lihe Subjective group may belong wholly or partiahy to the

g jjp r. Some apparitions; for instance, are said to have

|f t ‘-physical traces such ¡is scorched fabrict, while the èll-cstàblishcd ability c.f some mediums like D. i>. Home i handle red-hot coals are certainly objective, though,

¡pi'ey are signs of a subjective state. In fact, all mediumis- g£c- phenomena are objective to the observers, and sub- p e ti ve ,to the. medium. Hypnotic phenomena., too, are te jec tive .undgikonc aspect and subjective under another. Bbill, no other classification is as yet possible. Thè mental

sheets w hich. give information through clairvoyance, jsychomotry, automatisms and the like are of Touch wider ¡liman in terest than those which merely certify the exist-

co of the ectoplasm, or even than those which, throw, a ew light on biology.

!*. Supernormal photography may perhaps-be taken as ¡the link between the two classes. Its results are objective, p u t their vglue lies not in the more fact th a t forms and lyriting can be impressed on the photographic plate, b u t j|hat they are clues to the nature of the force-intelligence feerating.W . Portraits of deceased persons m ust necessarily be ’ fósidts of intelligence and will of s o m e kind, bu t the crude gfplanàtion th a t the spirit of the deceased is.posing before

camera is negatived 'by many considerations, even ough a clairvoyant may describe the figure th a t aftcr- ards appears ,on the plate. ' W hat i s the nature of the lorce-Jntelligeuce ? This is the problem presented by the ;bjactive group of facts.

. . . . . T A p p a r i t i o n s .

. ..These £u*e testified to from all lands and throughout

. history. , Those who argue th a t a universal belief must, false, take a curious view of human evi deuce,.andoxhibit. i^Uegatiye bias than, thosé who accept i t show^credulity. * 'niay adm it fh a t m ost cases of apparitions arè fiàUucinar

lory in the sense th a t they are impressions produced by an invisible agent acting on the sensorium of the percipient, the la tte r referring it. to (lie sense of sight ju st as we nil refer our impressions in dreams. There are, however, some th a t are: more objective, bu t these may bo passed by for the present. *

The Census of Hallucinations conducted by the S.P.R. is the best modern evidence. Seventeen thousand adults returned answers to the question, “ H ave you ever, when believing yourself fully awake, had a vivid impression Of seeing or being touched by a living being, or an inanim ate’ object, or of hearing a voice ; which impression, as far as'.; , you could discover, was not. due to any external physical ' yi c a u s e ? ” R ather over two thousand persons answered I _> affirmatively, and to these persons exhaustive enquiries were addressed. In this w ay i t was found th a t 381 apparij-Y- l ions of persons living a t the- time or no t more than twelve, hours dead had been recognised by the percipients.-' severe and sceptical analysis led the committee to redueg/j;^ the number of substantiated apparitions (withinjvtw^VjnN- v hours of death) to 30, or about 1 in 43 of tire recogrdsed apparitions. 1 On even this-reduced number the commijttee ;«f reported that" “ of recognised apparitions tlios^ coinciding 4' with death are 440 times more, numerous U\am‘w o'pivoul^ expect from the m athem atical tliep^ys causal relation obtained.”

It must; be remarked th a t if the general' testim pnj^r from many quarters over since classical times, the numer-c.,.:' ous instances collected by modern investigations and- the. Y th irty instances th a t the S.P.R . Committee considered , fully substantiated are held to be sufficient to establish the fact, and therefore the possibility of such apparitions,Ok. i t is probable th a t many of those reasonably rejected b y . ; the S.P.R. on account of imperfect corroboration may£ have been genuine. , . r , .

Typical instances are given by Sir Oliver Lodg Survival of Man,” section iii., page SO), and by theC. Tweedale (“ Man’s Survival After D eath,’’ .page | quoted from Proc. S.P.R ., vol. v. page 413. ¡fn bn'e'ql former cases (S.P.R. Proc., vol. iii. page 97J a faVomiie devoted Scottish workman appeai’ed to his employer J had no reason to suspect any accident “ in an extraor vivid dream ” with a face much disfigured, and allege he had no t done w hat he was accused of doiTjg. y^phejiy asked w hat this m ight be, he replied, “ Ye’iT s u n e i l^ y i 'Tlie m an had drunk nitric, acid accidibiMlly, and first thought to have committed suicide,;; «uspigkjir' wards disproved. • \ '... ,• .

Another case quoted’'from , vol. Vii.4, page 33,Mrs. Paquet, who, when making tea, suddenly saw? her-, brother, Ediuund ¡Dunn. “ The apparition stood with towards me, or rather, partially so, and was in th'e': ai>t' p;£ t** falling forward—away from me—seemingly 'W pelled^-bjt two ropes or a loop of rope drawing against ¿ is legs. ^TKe 5 vision lasted bu t a moment, disappearing cker'ar'Tbw rail; ing or bulwark, bu t was very distinct. I dropped theltqa) clasped my hands to m y face, and exclarqedy;tAty- K4. is drowned.’ All details were subsei^qqpHy^ oven to the rolled-up trousers Showing 'the wmt-qll^ng,v .which had bcen bought oiily a fefr di$S befyre the acsid

, The case quoted by -Sir; Tweedale. is^that of a n d appearing to \a -Ogqry.short time of his deaflj. iji § 6u tlj jAfrica,’ .¿fihegippar^ao announced th a t ho h a d bt<$figure wore a- heard, wMchifi^.lMt jdefefijione before on service, so his' friend .could no t have expeated- detail. He also appearofeiii service k it, -thbh not. ?'The vision, took, plape -before the telegraphic anripi rhfent of .^b “a c f e n ^ £ l i n g 's

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W :'liiortnUy- wounded as described. Such instances could be

•; multiplied indefinitely, b u t l have purposely quoted from

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inexpensive and readily accessible books ra ther than from Proc. S.P.R., which are not within the reach of many persons. , -|H Many of these visions include certain surroundings, 'such ns the b ight of the rope which carried Edm und Dunn overboard; and occasionally even more complicated

-accessories to .the idea i t is intended to convey. This is a/'crUciaKinatter in estimating the nature of the appcar- iances; ; On this, Sir Oliver Bodge says :—

• “ All these difficulties sink into non-existence directly r i t ’ is' apprehended th a t the vision is a mental impression ‘'produced by a psychic agency, veridical in the sense of

- corresponding to reality more or less closely, bu t subjective in the sense of there being no actual bodily presence. This is the kind of rationalising theory on which the Society

' for Psychical Research started its existence ; i t m ust have been in the hope of similarly detecting an element of

• commonsense running through a great variety of popular ' legend th a t conferred on its pioneers the motive power

S' • necessary. Anyhow, th a t was their adopted theory, and£ . • accordingly all such apparitions, were in the first instance

supposed to be due to telepathy from the dying person, and were called phantasm s of the living.”

It-m u st, however, be remembered ,■ th a t such visions ■have not infrequently been the prelude to prolonged , communications.r v A very complete analysis of such apparitions is given in

Professor Bozzano’s work, “The Phenomena of H aunting.” * ; i f e has collected 532 cases of this kind, of which 491 are

connected with-houses and 4! with places. By another ■ classification 374 are subjective or telepathic, and 153 are physical (poltergeist), Professor Bozzano’s conclusion, based on the obvious mitod and purpose often manifested,

-is as follows“The spiritist hypothesis under its two forms of

telepathic transmission between the dead and the living, 5: a n d '’of manifestations of the deceased by...mediumsliip,

\ vUs* alone capable of explaining-'thet.gre'aterk ptft&iof these ■ $S£S£i®ei&&nbhSij?; while'/the ‘hypbthesis of telepathy between

living,-' Of. "‘psybhometry’ and ‘animism,’ if they are ^ySecSssSfy to Hie complete comprehension of the facts, . .yeah 'only be reckoned as complementary hypotheses.”

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The. meaningless and persistent nature of some of

-m■'¿•l ,these eases where an echo of a tragedy is repeated yearii’i - after year may have an explanation th a t m ay-appear more

'-reasonable in the sequel. Ip a sta te where the measuresm s,jVof days .and years no longer exist, b u t time is perceived only

.^-'hasjireviousl y rejected.'f- i-v Some* may th ink i t superstitious to examine into such

■. -'i.'- .tbings.'b'êing thought

To my m ind to refuse examination from fear of superstitious is Hie nioife unreasonable

'■ attitude. We are now in a position to éonsider thé évidence’ ■ y -îpriticaHy w ithout fear o r bias. ' 1

: E x t e r n a l is a t io n .

v '_ it is well known th a t in certain hypnotic states the jg^i-m ^get.is anaesthetic, and ex'nibit-s no response to touch or

»,to-tS^ipulatipn of the sense of taste and smell. If, however, 'jt* hypnotiser holds his hand,. the subject -at- once perceives

** ' |he-taste of salt, m ustard, or w hat not, in th e m outh of the................. . . . . - .................... Sensations ofj^tp;-.rliypiiotist, or scents inhaled, by the latter.

.g tpuch.are similarly transferred.Mr. Henri Durville has_ conducted a. long 'series of

experiments on these lines, b u t w ithout contact between ^ ‘■iylu'mself end the hypnotised subject. He refers the pheno- ^liw^vjjiena to “ animal magnetism,” and claims th a t by pro- r^yf> io iiged “ m.agnetisatioh” np t only is-sensation exteriorised,

'¿ jit the phantasm of the subject* also. I prefer myself, term “hypnotised” to “ magnetised,” the former word

fq D ^ re ly indicating a process of hand-passes, whereas the ^7 f i t te r implies a theory th a t cannot pe'considered proven.

# j j The “exteriorised phantasm ” being apparent only to -gelid rvoyaqt_ 'vision, or merely reported by the subject;.

. ALes,Phenom6hes de H antise” (Hauiitings) by PrOf.

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there are b u t few satisfactory proofs of its existence.si only evidence th a t seems a t all convincing is the alicT illumination of calcium sulphide by the presence offl phantom. - Mr. Durville explains this ' experiment follows :—

“ E a rly . in 1903 M. Blondlot. professor of Physic the University of Nancy, when studying X-rays, fo| th a t some were refrangible and some were not. H e j j discovered th a t the refrangible rays are of a separate Taj and th a t they augmented the luminosity of small RaS These rays are said to be abundant in sunlight and tojfj coed also from various substances, including the hup body. Prom having been discovered a t Nancy, tlieyjJ called NT-rays. These N-rays were found to cause lum ind in sulphide o f 1 calcium under the following cc-iiditijj Patches of sulphide are caused to adhere to a black cm board sh e e t; the screen so formed is exposed to 43 sunlight, and then is placed in the dark in a dry p || The luminosity passes off, bu t if the screen is tak en ^ a dark room and the fingers placed a few millimetres-^iinch) distant, the sulphide begins to glow with as*light. j |

Mr. Durville claims th a t the presence of the plj tom (only-visible to clairvoyants) is m anifest .d by 0 a .screen becoming luminous when the phantom approach i t closely. He claims th a t strong scents such as am n J and bergam ot to which the hypnotised subject is iif§ sible are perceived by the la tte r when they-are presently the phantom. He thence concludes the real exterkmj tion of a “double” or “astral body.” in which the nodi senses reside. jp

This theory of the exterior! sathm of a “ double’ some independent support. In “ Phantasm s o P | Living” (Vol. 1., pp. 104-109) there is a well-supported^ in which a Mr. Beard caused a phantasm of M uisJl appear three miles away to-certain acquaintances who'Jj unaware of las intention to try the ex penmen*-. A refe || to. this will be found in Sir William B arre tt’s “ On the Till hold of a New World of Thought.” Mr. Po.imoii

Apparitions” also quotes a number of cases. .'»!These phenomena are included here as being inj

m ediate between m aterialisations visible to all present^ those -visible only to a clairvoyant or seer. They'll indicate possibilities as yot’Unknown, w hether Hie “ doifl is really exteriorised o r'no t, - _ . m

A short tim e ago an account was published of o i l British soldiers in Prance who were hypnotised in hosjl and “sent” to report w hat was doing a t their liom^j England.. I t was sta ted th a t a large percentage - on results of this somwehat..dangerous experim ent wet’oa sequent! y verified. 1 regret no t to have kept the refcm They are certainly interesting as indicating powers n i l living suhject analogous to the apparitions of thosej have passed, over the river of death.- They seem to ifl indicate po'wevs inherent in the soul whenever i t can! independently of the body. . . M

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Spiritualism Gaining Ground in Jewish Quartef

T j-ia n k s to Mr. T-T. AA7. Enghohn, ivliat lies prov|j be the greatest address ever given to a Jewish audieai Spiritualism was achieved b y him on Eebruary' 2nd aj| Jew s’ Free School Old Boys’ Club, E ast London,150 ladies and gentlemen were gathered together tolf a fine piece of spiritual oratory.

Mr. jEngholm had to deal with a sceptical aufl^ and although. some very fine, questions were pu t tdm

. some in. a very critical form, yet there was hardly a * person who did not leave ¡the meeting felling (jj impressed. Mr. Engtiohn was^ very impressed ivilj intellectual audience, and thanked thoin for graspinjj few points lie mentioned to them.

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Spiritualism and SocialismW. H. Evans.

■ , The lengthy correspondence which lias run through ' ‘Our 1 hiper” on this question calls tor a fuller consideration,

1 and I had hoped th a t some,move talented pea than mine i »would have written on this theme. The correspondence

(.revealed how keen is the interest amongst Spiritualists on "the problem of Hading a way and means for producing .conditions which render the manifestation of human .brotherhood easier of achievement. What struck me in t he

ji* correspondence was the ignorance of Socialism displayed by its critics, and this, too, from those whom one would

-yjxpect to be better informed. Socialism, like Spiritualism, uffers from ft class of critic who imagines th a t it is not

necessary to know anything of either to be a, competent critic of both ; and Spiritualists especially should realise the

ocessity of trying to understand a question before ventur- g to 'criticise it.

The question of many will be, “ W hat has Spiritualism (o do with Socialism I have in former articles indicated •ihat Socialism deals with the economic aspects of human brotherhood. 'Even so, the relationship between them is

jl'iio t clear to many. Eirst, then, let lis clearly understand if «.'hat. - the, term Spiritualism implies to the Spiritualist, g. There are m any, especially ambng -\yhat we may term the fkorthodox persuasion, who emphatically declare th a t Spirit-

■ualism is not a religion—it is a science, bu t pot a religion. Bood. Socialism too is a science, in so far as it i'easons upon the data which history affords of the evolution of

'.peoples, races and states. B ut those who'so emphatically, m.11 us th a t Spiritualism is not a religion but only a science overlook one fact, which is th a t the scientist is not only concerned with the. examination of facts, but also the principles and laws which correlate and underlies them,

j The facts of Spiritualism are ju st so many scat tered bricks jggft'hen regarded as isolated phenomena, but by comparison ■pro see th a t they are all related to a principle. T hat

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principle is t he law of the survival of man over bodily death. Dab of this emerges w ith great clearness another fact, th a t

'.inan is a spirit, and it is this fact upon which all religionsmI/a re founded, for clearly if man is not a sp irit religion is of j? juo very great consequence, and may simply be regarded as

a mere emotional fatuity.W hat the orthodox critic really means when he declares

ra t Spiritualism is not a religion, is th a t i t is not orthodox ; liât is, I t does not support the'claim s of dogmatic theology o which .we reply, so much the worse for theology. One ay. ask, if Spiritualism is not a religion, why arc some embers of the orthodox; church so anxious to use the* facts

f Spiritualism to bolster lip some special church doctrines ? fs i t no t mean and despicable to speak disparagingly of the try power which they—rightly or wrongly—believe can • rove what their emotions desire them to »think is true ?

iftoi •hmaloly Spiritualism is too big for compression into frimy doctrinal formulas.» The great fact of man being a spirit here and now jjg* which the phenomena of Spiritualism have proved, has an

ppoal not only to m an’s intellectual nature, bu t also to is moral and emotional nature, and i t is only a question f time for.an evolution of terms which will clothe anew e religious fervour which contemplation of- this fact

vokes. T he need is felt, af»d is so urgent th a t a set of rinelples have been-accepted by the great body of Spirit- alists in this country u.s au expression of Sinritua-listic itta. These principles given by tluj spirits through our

cloved medium, Emma dlarclinge Britten grew naturally } out of facts and teachings whieli have come to us from the

b'thcr side. The unanimity and consensus of teachings "Ifo3131. different spirits the . world over relative to these ^principle» are remarkable. All speak o r God a-s' a Eather,

(of m ankind as brothers, of the immortality of the soul, of ¡regression beyond death, of the operation of the law of ,uso a.nd,effect, and th a t everyone m ust reap as he so.ws. . KSpirilualists accept these principles, and if their accept*

»oe..>$etfhs the denial of some theological- dogfnas we are tp.-Jin, deterred., byt simply throw over th a t w h ite ,we lb,y.Ikrgçri-yie^sUol^^èh'u&;--iaob .true. ,T h ié f f h h ^ r i“\ .-„x.,,-, ^ of the ■scief**'1’

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I t is in our acceptance of the second principle, h u m an ,1 brotherhood, (.bat- we see (lie relationship of .Spiritualism' and Socialism. As 1. have frequently pointed out, the acceptance of any principle or tru th carries wit!» it ce rta in . logical inferences and conclusions. If we accept the principle of human brotherhood, then we cannot stop a t mere acceptance, hut m ust go on to discuss and devise means for its universal realisation. Lot us now ask, what . do we mean by .Socialism ? . '

Broadly speaking,we may define i t thus : “ The organid*'• iug of the means of production, distribution and exchange for the collective good and not for private profil-.” That,1 think, m ost Spiritualists will agree to w ithout bothering ov er the name. You can go amongst opponents of Social­ism and of .Spiritualism, and you can preach both w ithout mentioning the name, and your opponents will agree with you. W hat they are opposed to is neither Socialism nor, Spiritualism per se, but their own misconceptions of. it*.: and their ^surprise and wonder is amusing when they dis-';

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cover th a t what they have opposed are the very tiling^ they hold 'most- dear. 1 assume th a t we are pra,c6io.ully„> fiT* agreed th a t the welfare of the community as a whole is“ , ^iss oui- regard. T hat wo arc desirous of organising the affairs, of life in such m anner th a t every individual shall be assur-ed!*P-lslS of food, shelter, clothes and some degree of leisure for thh"’;rdt$3X development of their higher nature. . This-wV agree is minimum demand. .. ■-?

- Now. i t is notorious th a t a t the preselit .time, .this» riil linimum demand cannot be granted under- th e preseSit.?'? Asx-e

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system claim th a t as self-interest & the strongest inl$ie, in human nature, th a t system is best which provides condir, tions for its five play, and offers the greatest reward for its efforts, i t is simply putting: the law of the jungle into, cultured language, because it. only recognises the m oral la w in so far as it is essential to preserve in tac t tire condi; tions for the flee interplay of selfish interests. 'T h a t some good does come of this. We do not deny, b u t the main'* • 'J"C| question is. can a better system be devised which,/by£:pi- Jn 'r1 appeal no t to m an’s selfish nature, bu t to his ^iigber njirisil'-q-''"». 3 and spiritual Instincts, leads men to realise th a t the .greatest. happiness can come to man, not by living on. a bagis of-.,. * ~ ‘l f self-interest, b u t acting according to the law of servicA ; •** • * f * i f * 9S

Now, although many Socialists are materialists, apd-_, , %\ i do no t recognise th a t man is a spiritual being, we should;*' not le t th a t blind us to the good work they a r t endeavouri" ■ 1;iug to do. W hat we have to realise is th a t th e r tv b i^ o n of social life is continually though i t may be hinderedif he does not realise it, th a t m an is a spiritdaTbeii%;?slV^iiyi.| of all people be deeply concerned-about- bringing- s$S§nF f / i-3 those conditions iv can be made moreth a t he should study as well as lie can! the various problems of our social life. W e.arc to-day living in a tim e of stress and suffering --when the machinery of capi\ has broken down and demonstrated its inabihiryi'tosojij with the great economic stress.

At the same time, i t lias entered the social coirlScf ness of the people th a t wc cannot allow millions to S t a i ^ | aud>»« . .,»v . unproductive. This non-productivity^ pammtf-tiujkja dc-teiiorating effect upon those ..who red.eiyefrilib^ and an enlightened statesmanship w6uTd.hg-ye: towards not- merely maintaining the ^y-si^4texisi¥iic§n86^i people concerned—though th e doI|;js^ nbtiad^P% te *'■th a t—but the moral stemina*-a^w|^yw|iifeh.is of- e^it” not of greater concern. No* SiiiritnaSst -can* vxjiw’'" things with indifference, befavuge: he recognises thaiy-i absence of any vision o f spirjtoal lah%'which h a s . ^ about the preseht steteipf^.ffaii'S, and attention is d by statesm en fb tho perpetuatiou and inaidtenaxtcS \rery system vvhich lias roSqlted'in i-Ke present-

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-.'iiortttlly- wounded as described. Such instances could tie multiplied indefiniteiy, b u t i have purposely quoted from

/inexpensive and readily accessible books rather than from Droe. S.P .R ., which are not within the reach of m any

'■■ , persons. -j§| Many of these visions include certain surroundings,

. _ . 'such as the b ight of the rope which carried Edm und Dunn ' overboard; anil occasionally even more complicated

ijT ^ -.accessories to .the idea i t is intended to convey. This is ' afhi^ciaD 'm atter ill estimating the nature of the appear*

^'¿¿Vances; ' On this, Sir Oliver Lodge says :—• “ All .these difficulties sink into non-existence directly

;y •“i t ’is' apprehended th a t the- vision is a mental impression ' ‘produced by a psychic agency, veridical in the sense of

¡£- ■. corresponding to reality more or less closely, bu t subjective it,.f in the sense of there being no actual bodily presence.

’ This is the kind of rationalising theory on which the Society ;.v ' ' for Psychical Research started its existence ; it m ust have toV- -- been in the hope of similarly detecting an element of

- eommonsenso running tlirougli a great variety of popular ih ^ ;r ‘»legend, th a t conferred on its pioneers tiie motive power yjp-? y accessary. Anyhow, that, was their adopted theory, and jp toy accordingly all such apparitions, were in the first instance iytto: supposed to be due to telepathy from the dying person,

" and were called phantasm s of the living.”, I t-m u st, however, be remembered th a t such visions

" have no t infrequently been the prelude to prolonged %• .communications.to. . *'• A. very complete analysis of such apparitions is given in . *. Professor llo/.zano’s work, “The Phenomena of H aunting.” *

;H e has collected 532 cases of this kind, of which 491 arc ' connected w ith ' houses and 41 with places. By another

j^ - . teclassifiteation 374 are subjective or telepathic, and 158 are |SvK*-~ physical (poltergeist). Professor Bozzan.o’s conclusion, ? V - b a s e d on the obvious mind and purpose often manifested,

■ is as follows:—“The spiritist hypothesis under its two forms of

“ ]. telepathic transmission between the dead and the living,5>HricC of manifestations of th e deceased ; by,.mediumship,

and 'anim ism ,’ if . they-arc if-%, -- 'tîHè» complete comprehension of the facts,

rV- ’êaû/'bnly ho rébkonéd as complementary hypotheses.”Thé. meaningless and persistent -nature of spme of

- to ‘ .Cftese cases where ah echo of a ¡tragedy is repeated year _ /A - after year may have an explanation th a t m ay-appear more

treasoiiable in the sequel. Ip a -sta te whore the measures f-'vpf 'days.and years no longer exist, bu t time is perceivecj only

« e À, ^ÿyOftÆnge of-.stato, i t may be th a t the guilty or earth-bound ' ^ îtbu i; gives these semi-automatic manifestations of its state

% ,;‘i ' i ;:dhtil,'th'a,t state Changes by its acceptance of the aid i t •■^hàs^prèvimisly rejected. 1

ï- Seine m a y th m k .it superstitious to examine into such ,■.'(¿things. To m y m ind to refuse examination frpm fear of

peing thought superstitious is thé more unreasonable f i r p a ttitude. We are noiv in a position to Consider the evidence’

•*-pritically w ithout fear o r bias. -E xtf.b.n a ia sa tig n .

l i t . is well knoWn th a t in certain hypnotic states the -.$■ S ^ i^nh jqc t is anaesthetic, and ex inbits no response to touch or tf-CT" .-' WCî^ihqlatipn of tho sense of taste and smell, if, however,

i^o. hÿpfiqldspr holds his-hand, the subject a t once perceives i £ V . ' t ^ t a s t e - b f salt, m ustard,-or vyh.at not, in th e mouth of the jsV T -i^pnotist, or scents inhadeil-by the latter. Sensations of tè-fa* ÿ to u c ly a re similarly transferred.

Henri Dur ville has_ conducted a long'series of P®|<®¥pèrimeuts on these lines, b u t w ithout contact between fl^jljinxseH and the hypnotised subject. H e reiers the pheno-

^ m ena to “ animai magnetism ,” and claims th a t by pro- longed “ m agnetisation‘’ no t only is-sensation exteriorised.

c M / - 5>üt th e phantasm of the subject alio. I prefer- myself.term “ hypnotised” to “ maguetised,” the former word

£. £v - -~ÆrèIy indicating a process of hand-passes, whereas the SétfiîSplies a theory th a t cannot be considered proven.

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there are b u t few satisfactory proofs of its existence. T'igg oply evidence th a t seems a t ail convincing is the alleges illumination of calcium sulphide by the- presence of tluCj phantom. ■ Mr. Durville explains this ~ experiment- follows :—

“ Early .in 1903 M. Blondlot, professor of Physios : the University of Nancy, when studying X-rays, Eoud| th a t some wore refrangible and some were not. He tlie| discovered th a t the refrangible rays are of a separate kini and th a t they augm ented the luminosity of small flamesjj These rays are said to be abundant- in sunlight and to prigS coed also from various substances, including the hmnsi|a body. Prom having been discovered a t Nancy, they a‘i$|| called N-rays. These N-rays were found to cause lum inosity in sulphide o f 1 calcium under the following conditioner Batches of sulphide are caused to. adhere to a black caettft hoard sheet; the screen so formed is exposed to divecy sunlight, and then is. placed in the dark in a dry plac<|l The luminosity passes oil, but- if the. screen is taken intpj| a dark room and this fingers placed a few millimetres (a«S ¿inch) distant, the sulphide begins. to glow witii a fain® iight.

Mr. Durville claims th a t the presence of the phan­tom (only -visible to clairvoyants) is manifest d by suck a .screen becoming luminous when the phantom approaches i t closely. He claims th a t stropg scents such as amntoniaj and bergamot to which the hypnotised subject is insert sible are perceived by the la tte r when they-are presented t the phantom. l ie thence concludes the real exteriorise (ion of a "double” or "astra l body,” in which the normal; senses reside.

This theory of the exteriorisation of a "double” ha£i some independent support. In ' ‘Phantasm s of th<f Living” (Voi. I., pp.. 104-109) there is a well-supported cased in which a Mr. Beard caused "a- phantasm of himself iff; appear three miles away tp. certain acquaintances who were;, unaware of his intention to try the experiment. A reference?] to th is will be found in Sir William B arre tt’s “ On the Tin- hold of a New World of Thought.” " Mr. Podmoie’s*

•-"Apparitions” also quotes a num ber of cases.These phenomena are included here as being infer

m ediate between m aterialisations visible to all present, anil those-visible only to a clairvoyant or seer. They mn; indicate possibilities as yc t’u'nknown, whether the “ double'^ is really exteriorised or'not. -

A short time ago. an account was published of cevtainji British soldiers in Fi'ance who wore hypnotised in hospifcig and “sent” to report w hat was doing a t their homes. t£ Englamd. I t was stated th a t a large percentage of tbe| result^-of this somwehat.:daugerous experiment vyoi’c stilft’ sequentl.y verified. ( regret not to have kept the reference] They are certainly interesting as indicating powers TN toj; | t iv ix e suhject analogous to the apparitions of those wha- have passed over the river of death. They seem to me to] indicate powers inherent in the soul, whenever i t can aci independently of the body. .

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Spiritualism Gaining Ground in Jewish Quarters.

T hanks to Mr. H . W . Enghohn, w hat has proved t f j be the greatest address ever given to a Jewish audience onj Spiritualism was aclueyed by him on February' 2nd a t tbp Jews’ Free School Old Boys’ d u b , E as t London, wlietlj 150 ladies and. gentlemen were gathered together to hca|f a fine piece of spiritual oratory. . .

• Mr. Enghohn had to deal w ith a sceptical-' audienccfl and although some very fine, questions were p u t to him; some in a very critical form, yet there was liardly a sinale person wild did j jo t leave (the meeting feeling deeplg impressed. Sir. Eugholm wa-^ very impressed witii h r intellectual audience, and thanked them for grasping t,li few points l,c mentioned to them. v

H e who offers knowledge to ’ one w ho1 canno t r e c r iL i t “ casts -pearls before-sw ine” ; an d the ' ignoi&Lce of-Mra^ th a t offers s u c h , knowledge is on ly equalled by: the e r f f who^caimot^re(iSi.fe i t . 1 Ij

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of Spiritualism goes on .simultaneously with its evolution,*.Lvvj as a philosophy and a religion. Let us not lim it it, b u lk eep -s j } x' i t as brda.d as the universo, and as high as the heavens.

i t is in our acceptance of the second principle,.human brotherhood, th a t wo see the relationship of ¡spiritualism and Socialism, As I. have frequently pointed out, the acceptance of any principle or tru th curries with it certain logical inferences and conclusions. If we accept the principle of human brotherhood, then we cannot stop a t mere acceptance, bu t m ust go on to discuss and deviso means for its universal realisation. Lot us now ask, what do we mean by Socialism ?

Broadly speaking,we may define i t thus : “The organis­ing of the means of production, distribution and exchange for the collective good and not for private profit.” That,1 think, m ost Spiritualists will agree, to w ithout bothering over the name. You can go amongst opponents of Social­ism and of Spiritualism, and you can preach both w ithout mentioning the name, and your opponents will agree with you. W hat they are opposed to is neither Socialism nor Spiritualism per se, bu t their own misconceptions o f.it, and their Surprise and wonder is amusing when they dis* '» cover th a t w hat they have opposed are the very things • y they hold most' dear. 1 assume, th a t we are practically ^ ' agreed th a t the welfare of the community as a whole is our regard. T h a t wo are desirous of_organising the Affairs .-A“? of life in such m anner th a t every individual Shall be assured’L a “ of food, shelter, clothes and some degree of leisure for the" ’ development of their higher nature. .. Tiiis we agrée is a mini muni demand.

Now. i t is notorious th a t a t the present timé, .this/.-- minimum demand cannot be granted under • the pijegeptf? system of civilisation: T hat system lcncfwn as’theiCÁpijg system is based upon self-interésL ..'Che upholdérsróK. .. .system claim th a t as self-interest is the strongest in áfe ióna»^ '^ in human nature, th a t system is best which provides condi-', lions Cor its free play, and offers the greatest reward for its efforts. I t is simply putting flic law of the jungle into cultured language, because i t only recognises the moral law iu so far as i t is essential to preserve in tac t the condi­tions lor the free interplay of selfish interests. '"That some good does come of this, we do no t deny, h u t the m aiuv'f . question is, can a better system be devised which, .by: an|^ appeal no t to m an’s selfish nature, bu t to his Jiighër m oral and spiritual instincts, leads men to realise th a t the greatest happiness can come to man, no t by living on à b a s is^ fv ^ 'v self-interest, bu t acting according to the law of serv ice .te t..

N oy, although m any Socialists are materialist^, and-*« do no t recognise th a t man is a spiritual being, we should no t le t th a t blind us to the good work they are endeavour*; iug to do. W hat we have to realiso is th a t the e'voluj^ntjir, of social life is continually going on, and none can ste>p^f>.il though i t may be hindered. B u t the Spirit.uaüs^íká^Mf‘''lí' if lie does not realiso it, th a t man is a sp iritua lbóingv^iótdC^H of- all people be deeply concerned about brin gin g - ■ ¿hofft" 5.1 those .conditions whereby the spiritual sidè can be made inoro manifest th an to-day. This.neccsritàte|p?f th a t he should study as well as lie can, the various próblb$%'Of our social life. ' W e.are to-day liviug in a tim e of stress and suffering---when the machinery of capjLtg^fxp lias broken down and demonstrated it« i n a b i l i t y L t o ’ with the great economic stress. L «

At the same time, i t lias entered thé social cohscioug- * ness of- the people th a t we cannot- allow millions to and so \ve have the unemployment dole, a method;,,, ing the crisis which is sheer waste in th a t 'i te i j^ ^ i t i unproductive. Tiiis iiou-productivity^ eam ïp t'ïp a deteriorating effect- upon those who qeôéi and an enlightened statesm anship wôhid have

Spiritualism and Socialism.W. H. Evans.

■•'concerned wit-1V1' tí*¡ principles and laws which

The lengthy correspondence which has run through iO.ur Paper” oil tiiis question calls L’or a fuller consideration,

d 1 had hoped th a t some,more talented poh than mine would have writ-ten on this theme. The correspondence

Revealed how keen is the in terest am ongst Spiritualists on :tli<f problem of finding a way and means for producing '^conditions which render the manifestation of human |brs>therhood easier of achievement. Wliat- struck me in the ¿corrdspoqdeneo was the ignorance of Socialism displayed ;l}y its critics, and this, too, from those whom one would jfexpect to be better informed. Socialism, like Spiritualism, Jgjiffers from a class of critic who imagines th a t if; is not, ¡¡necessary tó know anything of either to be a competent ■Critic of. both ; and .Spiritualists especially should realise the .necessity of trying to understand' a question before ventur­ing to'oriticiso it.

The question of many will be, “W hat has Spiritualism •to do with Socialism ?• " 1 have in former articles indicatedfthftt Socialism deals with the economic aspects of hum an ’¿brotherhood. Even so, the relationship between them is ¿not clear to many. First, then, let lis clearly understand Jwha.t, th e , term Spiritualism implies to the Spiritualist. '¿There are many, especially among -\yhat we may term the ¿orthodox persuasion, who emphatically declare th a t ¿¡pirit- ¿ualism is not a religion—it is a science, bu t not a religion, ■'(lood. Socialism too is a science, in so far as it roasons ¿upon, the data which history affords of the evolution of ¿peoples, races and states. But. those who'so emphatically, tgll us th a t Spiritualism is not a religion but only a science Overlook one fact, which is th a t the scientist is not only

■the examination of facts, but also the correlate , and underlies them,

si'l’he tacts of .Spiritualism are just so fnany scattered bricks 'when regarded as isolated phenomena., but by comparison jpyo sec th a t they aro all related to a principle. T hat ¡¡principle is the law of tlio survival of man over bodily death. £Q.ut of this emerges with great clearness another fact, th a t iinan is a spirit,-and i t is this fact upon which all religions ‘'-‘jive -founded, for clearly if.mAn is not a sp irit religion is of no -very great consequence, and may simply be regarded as

Oa 'mere, emotional fatuity.’ W hat the orthodox critic really means when he declares

; that Spiritualism is not a religion, is that- i t is no t orthodox ; vfitiat is, i t does not support the claims of dogmatic theology ¿-To which .we reply, so much the worse for theology. One ijtnay ask, if Spiritualism is no t a religion, why arc some ■•niembers of the Orthodox church so anxious to use the! facts %f Spiritualism to bolster ùp some special church doctrines ? yls it not mean and despicable to speak disparagingly of the Wery power which they*—rightly or wrongly—believe can • ' prove what their emotions desire them to,.think is true ? Fortunately Spiritualism is too big for compression into

teujy. doctrinal formulas.te; The great- fact of man being a sp irit here and now /Which the phenomena of Spiritualism ha ve proved, has an ¿ììppèàLhot only to m an’s intellectual nature, but. also to f:hls moral aiid emotional nature, and i t is only a question ipf fciuie for.an evolution of term s which will clothe anew r the«., religious fervour which contemplation of. th is fact 'yjyòkeé. The need is fclt. ahd is so urgent tha t a set of .¡principles have been, accepted by the great body of Spirit- phalists. in this country a.s an expression of Spiritualistic /faith. , These principles given by thq spirits through our ;.jbè\oved medium, Em m a .-Hardinge B ritton grew naturally l'pùteòf facts and teachings which have come to ns from the i&tlup; side: The., unanim ity and consensus of teachingsi d i f f e r e n t spirits the ..world over relative to these |p |$)eiples are remarkable. A ll speak or " God a^ a Father,;

m ankind as brothers, of the iwin'ortality of the soul, of progression, beyond death, of the operation of th e ja iv of i;ij|tusó and. effect, and th a t everyone nuist 'reap as he sows. ¡£^1 '»Spiritualists accept these principles, and, if their accepfc- .Vajpóo-.lhefiiha the denial of some theological dogOhits we are & ^/i^,pe-..d,eterredJ b u t simply throw over th a t \yhioK àye

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/b o a permeating force, a leavening of the nmre materialistic .-.aspects of the question. One thing, we m ust avoid the

mistake of the .churches if we wish to survive as a move­ment,--and. th a t js, we m ust take an intelligent interest inTtfie advance of m ankind and the social organism i t

..revolves,and we should be in a, position as a body to advise "our^people and direct their efforts. Religion and ptailo-

■ sophy is not w orth much unless i t touches life a t all points, ..and our concern should be th a t every spirit th a t incarnates t in the flesh should have the very best possible social environ­

m ent, the opportunities and advantages o f educating and enlarging their minds, and every facility for drawing out

■ those spiritual powers arid aptitudes which will direct the energies of the passional man into channels productive of

-the-greatest good.

Spiritual Healing.Fine Work by a Peckham Circle.

At a recent lecture delivered a t Lausanne H all some remarkable cases of healing were quoted by the speaker, Mr. T. Smallwood. H e began by stating th a t his remarks would be mainly a report of the work done by the members of the Healing Circle of th a t church, and therefore i t would be difficult to eliminate the personal element. He quoted Sir'W illiam B arrett, who said, “ W hat the hum blest of men

" ‘affirm from their own experience was always worth listen­in g to,- and w hat the cleverest of men in their ignorance

'- denied was never worth a m om ent’s consideration.” Mr. .Smallwood begged them to remember th a t personal tostK

hm ony was the best kind of evidence for- any set of facts!cluti M «1» B a rp ftti^ h e ;: sai4i''4were working w ith

, '"h i^ '"andidpinge''.excellent -feefcvice in relieving pain and * * * *ttal^jMbfcdi^aae,wre-,®he la tte r -h ad been suffering from

— . .$c§ss .inetlie, nose fo r m ore th a n tw en ty years owing to a__ if -rblowL-Teceived during childhood. For the whole of th a tf t * *’ »period sh e ’had suffered intense pain, the abscesses con-

tinually forming aiid breaking about every ten or twelve %; T . d a y s . From, orthodox methods s h e . could get no relief. ¿.V She had been cured in a few treatm ents. In developing K ' / f W d using her healing gift she was returning grateful thanks

'- fo rh e r cui-e in the best way possible, v-sp ’■>_» Their circle was now dealing with a patien t who had

/been turned down as incurable by three hospitals. She h ad been'suffering for m any years from valvular disease of

heart, and had occupied a bed for m any weeks in St.. Hospital, Lewisham. On her discharge she was

jp <s \ advised to try. St. Bartholomews. On exam ination therethe. doctors stated th a t they could do nothing for her, bu t

/com plete rest was the only thing, and if she would, come in ^hey. wquld watch the fiase. ' As they could "do nothing for

WPWii&hQ' wffosed to go in, considering th a t she eoukl get L ater i t was suggested th a t she ought -to//'at-home.W- vwyj •• .. *-'w

H ospital for .Diseases of the H eart. On going there, ~~ 1' " a' ~ ’“J- -J* ’.............: th a t they took her to the

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was reP!:>r*' fortnightly, m other, hearing ,that the Healing-Circle was doing

„Vj, :-'-x'.^qdd-Tvork, gent to know- if.,there was any pd^ible hope for. i' ^ \ ^^r.-dapgh ter, “ Nearly all the cases we get,” said Mr.

’ inaflwood,- “ate the incurables from doctors and hospitals. ¡g S as a last resoth’ce, and. the healing spirit-^ I ^ P ^ ^ ^ ^ I f e a i e r is always a t their service free of charge.”

u^riyS niallw ood quoted Mr. Oaten, "who said, did not 'reverence the name'of the

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‘fools’ have been able’ to do w hat the best physicians iq| London could not accomplish. The m other informed us| th a t the patient was so ill th a t she could not be moved from! her bod, so we went to the bedside and gave treatm ent.’

In the sick girl’s own words (when visited by Mi&j B arnett next day) she had felt a tingling all over. Had! Mr. Smallwood, she inquired, a ba ttery in his pocket ? " Tli«jj power was pouring through her, and she felt like a newj person, and wanted to get ou t of boil and dance with joyij

Mrs. B arnett gave her another treatm ent, and on the! second visit of the complete- circle she greeted us a t the/ street door (it was a very foggy evening) and, bu t for t-lie? fog, she said, she was coming down to the circle to be/ treated, which she has been doing since. Three days after,: th a first treatm ent she was due to report to the liospital.iTo show th a t the treatm en t is really doing the patien t good,|ami th a t tile progress is not imaginary, after the usual! examination the doctors who had previously told her" tog stay in bed now said she m ight take a vvalk every day wlieni i t was fine. , S

After a few more treatm ents she reported again thc:| second fortnight, and was told th a t owing- to the im prove^ merit she m ight “do now a little house work.” On this! occasion she had travelled from Blacklieath to the W est ofl London on the top of a motor bus, did some shopping at® iSelfridge’s, and returned’home by the same method. T he| jolting of the bus had not affected her in the least. Fre-fl viously she had never been out w ithout an attendant. Slie/ was continually being prostrated by heart attacks, beingil more or less an invalid for eighteen years. She is n<Kv doingj m ost of her own house work, being free from pain, to quote | her own w ords,.“ Life is now worth living, thanks to the/Wonderful healing power of the Spirit, God be praised. hMShe was present a t the meeting, and laughingly testified;! th a t she was “ feeling very fit.” *

Other cases were quoted by the speaker, including one! of obsession, where the patien t was about to be sent to a?| lunatic asy lum .. This person was pu t to sleep and soon'? relieved of Ills unwelcome visitor. These cases are not;,4 always so easy to deal with, obsession is a real danger to '-’ those who ignorantly invite it.

The lecturer emphasised the difference between^ psychic, or mental, and spiritual healing. I 11 the former tliej! healer transferred his own magnetism and vitality to the* patient, in the la tte r he was a channel for tho'power to flow: through. H e claimed to prove his case by personal illustra-,^ tion. H e (the speaker) was anything b u t robust in physque,! never a t any tim e weighing more than 8st. 61bs., the weight­ed a big healthy boy. In addition, bis work in traversing^ a large district all day long was very tiring, and left him j qu ite /unfit to s ta r t healing in the evening. H e had nog vitality of his.owu to spate. B u t as soon as he started-theJ healing .‘treatm ent, the power of the spirit began to flowjjj and he became so refreshed- th a t he could go on' treating!* case after case all the evening. If he had to depend on liisj own strength he would be depleted after the first case.!; His colleagues also affirmed th a t they never, experienced^ anything but good from their efforts in healing.

I t is hoped as a result of the lecture th a t an additional | healing circle will be formed in Beckham, as the harvest! is great, and the labourers arc few. f . J

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T kaxsition ,oby Mb, George -.Wood:— Mrs. "Edithà* Wood and adopted son, G. A. TV Wood, of 4, F oundry-lane^ Yeadon, nr. Leeds, wish-to convey-their sincerest thanks-to^ all Mends for kind letters-and sym pathy .shown to- them,*.-! and also for floral-tribu tes, in their sudden ■bereavement.

We have' received-a-fid perused with' pleasure n 1:1 tie. four-page leaflet concerning “Seaneeè-yàt“- H endon,” by MK T. Blyton. . Mi. Blyttni is' the s.ecret-aiy "of the*'Hendon'! iÿpiritïialisb Fellowsliip Ôentoef and the ìékflet is a repi-int| from the “ Hendon andFinchley Times”- of a paper deliver 41 before ih a t Society. It-dealsTucidly. with the phenomena# of many .of the great medipïfis Of thé psiât f "fclièAÎ)aveiâpor^ Brothel'" ' r' w ' ^ ” 7n— ■B- --’ * - w ~a—--Ï* (the I tdaya»” ■' MS#^B îÿjio: vely' coiicei’ned' iiT ,piiem e n tì blicSÌ®'ânïl'i's’ ahhfcbetiveén th e pasM rcd 'tho- . 'K '' , . - £j

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Activities at Bolton.

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f'lCHB groat meeting addressed by Sir A. Conan Doyle in Albert Hall, Bolton, some weeks ago, was the signal

A Series of pulpit outbursts, b u t which have been promptly effectively countered by the.local Spiritualist Churches*

<,r. Mr. Thomas Turner, of the Henry-st. Church, organised .¿muster meeting in the Paragon Picture Hall on Sunday

ijight, January 29th, having as . principal speaker Mr. "James Lawrence, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and secretary of Ihr Defence League.SiSj>Mr. Lawrence riddled the clerical allegations relative

Jilunacy accompanying Spiritualism, quoting the latest governm ent returns thereon. Mrs. Turner gave nearly

” '10 clairvoyant delineations, a by no means simple task in 'invassembly in great measure unsympathetic.

lysT f 'During the same evening several addresses were ''delivered in opposition, one being entitled “ W hat Sir A. ,jCqnan Doyle did not tell us.” Mr. Turner arranged th a t ^reports bo taken and handed to Mr. Lawrence so th a t he

Cgjld reply-on Monday night. Questions were invited, iew took advantage of the privilege. A feature of the

Q'epli” sermon in the King’s w as'the bold stand taken by Webster, of the Deane-road Church, who told the Rev.

«BpsJookson, when he declared th a t “Spiritualists do not to God,” th a t he was a liar, an incident reminiscent

Of. the early struggles of the Defence League.The campaign of defence and propaganda, was con-

tipped on Wednesday night, when Mr. E. W. Oaten, editor ‘oLThe Two Worlds and treasurer of the Defence League, -gaye his trenchant -lecture on Spirit Photography, accom-

. p.ipyeJ by the showing of m any flue slides, in the Miners’ 'iSalk. Bridgemau Place. Again there was a packed house,• Mr." Oaten being greatly appreciated, the combined efforts of'.the three churches fully justifying themselves.

•Pr-».-- The unwholesome conduct of Mr. Eilson Young came id,'for much caustic comment during the week-end, and if

n-cyery district where attacks occur1 would ac t as Bolton has •-'ulpne' fear of the consequences—if no higher incentive— i^.pydd' soon compel cessation.

'¡Farewell Social and Dance, to Mr. Horace Leaf.

Mortim er H all, London, W ., was filled to its utm ost fcpapacity on Jauuary 30th by a very large and distinguished r^gAtheeirig. of Spiritualists»- who m et to wish Mr. and Mrs.

Horace Leaf God-speed on their missionary tou r to Aus- pMiralia 'and New Zealand. Great enthusiasm was manifest |||in 'Oughout, and everyone keenly enjoyed the excellent ^ningrpinm e of songs, recitations and dancing. Mr. Percy

Rgmyth made an excellent chairman.¿T he principal event of the evening was a series of short

.sppeches.by Mr. If. B rittain , Hon. Sec., M.S.A., Dr. Abraham . > Wallace, Mr. H. W. Engholm, of “ l ig h t ,”, and.M r. Leslie

:;e.urhiHV, of the L.S.A. All spoke in the highest terms' of i^tlfe-work of Mr. Horace Loaf for Spiritualism, and agreed |tf ia t a better selection could not have been m ade,for the

iuvppse of consolidating the work done by Sir 'A rthur ppnah; Doyle during his rcGent visit to Australasia-; As a j ibfcurer and as a medium itfr. Leaf holds a foremost place §&n.OPg British Spiritualists. They rejoiced to think th a t

Keeping flying' the flag of the greatest cause Pthe? world-was in such capable hands. ,

Leslie, Oumow, a -native bom Australian, •expressed' Jitfelie conviction th a t Mr, Leaf,would'.be loved by, and in his ^ t i jm / loye, the people among wlipniMhe-Spiritualists. of

|ilreat'.Brit-aiu,vvere sending him. . - .i:s!'‘|Jn< yeply- M r Horhce Leaf remarked, how. difficult i t ,

viipr,,one,in his position th a t .evening to say anything a. ■ splendid demohsti’ation of genuine.

ijecijitipn of Spiritualism and his owuv'w.ofk.for it filled feçlings to 'o.d,eep.fpr'adequate expressipn; Ho

message, he believed, would, more than any other, help this troubled world of ours. ' '

Mr. Horace Loa f goes to Australia and New Zealand a t' the invitation of the united Spiritualist Churches of th4se: two countries, and as the personal nominee of Sir A rthur Conan Doyle. Ho carries with him official greetings from the Spiritualists’ National Union of Groat Britain, and film London District Council of the S.N.U. to Australasian Spiritualists.

A substantial m onetary presentation was made to' him as the result of the proceeds of the Social and Dance” and from private subscriptions.

The ¡Social ended by the entire company heartily singing “Autd Lang Sync,” and expressing the wish for the missionaries’ safe and speedy return.

Spirit Photography.

Big Audience at Bolton Lecture.

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That Sir A rthur Conan Doyle’s recent visit to Bolton has considerably stim ulated local interest in Spiritualism was evidenced recently when the Miners’ Hall was packed1 by an eager audience to hear Mr. E. W. Oaten, editor of the Spiritualist organ, The T wo W orlds, lectu ro -on .“S p irit1 Photography.” ' , ... ■ s

There are undoubtedly photographic effects produced- totally outside the recognised canons of photography, ! , “" Mr. Oaten said. These he did not'claim to be photographs > x.-,- of the spirits themselves, b u t were effects produced-by other -. , -V •intelligences: than our own. All m atter possesses .-.' the ” property of radiation, the lecturer added, and each' indivjd':, - ; *v ual has a psychic emanation peculiar to. T- v-fcype lends itself to the prdduction of spirit photograpJis.

Mr. Oaten explained how these effects are obtainet£The medium (the person with the particular psychic sub-. ■■ stance) established a contact w ith the other intelligences by handling the plates, sealed though they be, aud the psychic extras seldom passed through the lens. He told how,, by- merely handling the unbroken, newly-purchased' packet;: the medium established contact, with the result tba-t -whenthe plates were developed, even though they had never exposed to light or the inside of a eamera,: psychic ,phenqsi,if|; 3 m ena often made itself manifest. O ther psychic extras , showed themselves on portraits after the medium had ^ merely handled the unopened box containing the plates. - i

R e s e a r c h .St ill N e e d e d . , ' ,L ’h |JMany branches of this research wore^touclied upon by-MLfefll

Mr.- Oaten, who said they did know these effects - wereLte produced, b u t did not- know how. He told of one photo.-i-S;1'.: graphic medium who, when sent some personal beIdhgii^Sii.-iiiQv^| of a d e a d . person, photographed it, with, the r e s p lfc x th a ^ fe .^ * pictures of people who have passed over appeared the plate, and were clearly recognised b y the ie la tiy ^^ fp s . ^ The lecturer .threw upon the screen & laii^e,’collhctiou sp irit photographs, wliicli, he guaranteed, were" produced->v^Ji'^^ under conditions which made fraudulent m am piflatioir a a -! u tter impossibility.. Some of the “ psyohic extras” wpt shadowy faces surrounded by. a bright cloud-like form ^ " and m any of them , recognised by near. relatiycsj^W e^'ilf'» people long dead,and of whom no portrait^xisfed ., '^ l io i '3 Qp' '¡¡. were shadowy figures in trailing veils-and fiowing,<^a©eryi'^\-L’ There is y e t,a great deal qfjteseiu'ch to be done, ^i.«Q a^q£-v.*V p ' said, in conclusion, *u- «»w«****— -of th is great subject; local experimenting

-Wo have liad so '¿ a n y 'appateiitly ithpo%sible’7 ti^ ib . ^ brought'- into being before our o v ^ ,l>tli^b..'Si9g >jdisinjss ligbtly^a .clginoCphotography; .-Bi^phahly p e rc ^ l^ h jo fe itlie i) , • .-Jhig,imeeting' a t the • 1in awAy-1Avitii

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Despite Uio flat of certain journalists wlio would have us believe in their ability to decide on the merits of Spiritualism, and th a t on tire basis of a single seance and a few weeks’ reading, one cannot hu t remark on the wonder­ful progress which is everywhere evident. The sturdy

t growth of our principles is evident by the huge numbers which are rallying to our standard, and tin*, tremendous interest which is being taken in our literature.

The writer recalls the time when it was not unusual on leaving a Spiritualist meeting to find vituperation of the vilest kind hurled a I. one, and on occasion missiles ofa more materialistic kind m et one. Those were, excitingdays when the "fig h t” , tor one’s principles was essentially •tealiptie, and when self. CQutrol', Sacrifice aiid enthusiasm .

>. ¿v>ssi$r Jib i' migrimi oim ni •» of ’j the YapóSties of Spiritualism :*l- . . . d 1 / .1 ,. . i- t - . ,1.11 , „i dl l . | . .. Id :. , v dlepçlë.ci" ¿ü t-: tliè V/eakiitfgs ttud made the fyuid

fài.|i|i}Îli'a,'>tro!ig, united and virile body, few in y , pei;haps, b u t tenacious i n . their loyalty to the ,'orld. -Those days have gone, an d whilst they had

re, , / ^ î h o i i advantages. \yc do not regret their going. To-day ' 'fho virulent opponents of Spiritualism are few in number

ifi't'! ' . and negligible in quality.- The mass ’ofpeople are passively accepting our position, whilst those who positively support us.constitijte a growing band.

., l ' There remains a large and influential body, particu- iAj , . . ' -te lari y. .of'-'intellectuals, who continuously strive to settle-the K .y '“* i q a t t e r by arguim:-ut, b u t we subm it th a t all.the argum ent Ifc-L. : •in'-tihe world can never settle any question until the basic ij&d ' v~4- facts upon which suoli argument- is reared are definitely jV V' settled. I t consequently follows th a t the-seance room,’•a;-ip. ra ther than the forum, m ust .be-our court,of appeal, and

sanco psychic phenomena are .unstable, and, variable, andjA-tetlepehd in largo, measure upon the physical and tempera-

m ental balance of those, who take p a rt in the s&vnce, since, ^yi-S^too, -the forces a t work are so subtle th a t their equilibrium ~; ‘i-.eisi^asily Upset, i t may well be th a t the p a th of the investiga-

fjta%b.Qth long and tedious. -.dirtatob hesitate to say' that- the best men and;

History affords a valuable parallel. The Christianity of the first throe centuries was clear of most if not all (¿1 modern creeds,- and was conducted, largely upon tire ¡is. of present-day’ Spiritualism. I t grew by virtue oi i$ a ttachm ent to' the spirit world through its recently aiis Leader.

I t w asjw hen Constantine came to the throne anl statecraft dictated policy th a t the church departed fron the practices of the early days. There can, we think, no doubt th a t the conversion (?) of Constantine was pure]| a political pose, dictated by policy. He found his Empiij riven by contending religious sects. ‘ The hoary symbologjj of ancient Egyptian ideas was in conflict with the beautiful if imaginary mythology of Greece, and these in tu rn show« differences with the views held in the N orth and West .o| the Empire, whilst the devotees of the new Christ-followe: were everywhere winning their way far more by the quali|)i and devotion of their lives than by statem ents of principal

.W e-think there is little doubt th a t Constantine, wM was a shrewd and clover statesm an, despite his cruel an| immoral nature, was struck by the sacrifice and sinc.efitw of the new movement, and finding himself powerless prevent its growth, took i t under his care to be used as i tool in his hands. Then ensued a- series of Councils iH which an endeavour was made to placate the variou

Loft -mtSteria-lism aud 'rationSliôn', rather than from theolo- te'giciil sources. ' Thé nhpterialism ohjagb century, however,

i$fdoad o f dying—of that, there can, we think, be no ques- ì&otta’-and i t follows th a t Chejïulk of people, coming to -h j ' (XîV.day are recruited from those wlio.have been connected-

..¡„path : the churches or from th a t larger body who have been gÇihdifferent both to materialistic philosophy on the one

h a n d .o r to religion on the olher. The former have to be Ijrqjight to th ink clearly, bu t the ,la tte r have been trained to , ISimk' iii deep ..-grooves, deeply out by tradition and logoriti

..$Chg;f?liiSculty svitlr s.rfch well-meaning folk is to,.ptìrsuade ■ âiem -fuJrnfciamme their old beliefs in the ligh t of new and extended facts. . . 'te \T lie ré , isc'hoiyever, a tendency to kaim a t the incor-

religious and pliilosopliies by grafting the salient featuri of each on to the new and vigorous growth. - If our readi of history is correct, th a t was the motive and purpose S the conversion of Constantino. It led to the securing q| a measure of religious peace within his empire by thf establishment of a polyglot religion which should embraeç the vaist m ajority of his subjects, l i r a measure, it sue* deeded, b u t i t adulterated the simple practices of the early] Christians, and the teachings of Jesus of N azareth with i’ mass of-unworthy and u tte rly innovaient dogmas whiclij-iii the course'of centuries, brought about all the horrors. o| an- inquisition, and the terrible religious persecutions whica devastated Europe.'- Erom the days'of Constantine religioii has been defined, regulated and propagated by schoniin|; statesmen and priests, instead of reliance being upon guidance from the unseen. From those days, tooj Jesus became a God to be worsliipped-instead of a brothef to be followed, and the world is the poorer for it. Th|

. Christianity of Jesus died ju s t then, and the world has been floundering in à morhss of disputing creeds ever since. It must" ever be so where principle is sacrificed to policy.

There is a tendency to-day to repeat the process.; To adulterate the simple teachings of the sp irit people) with the impressive if magnificent creeds and dogmas of ?1 theological system. . We believe .Spiritualism to be recurrence of the teaclüng and practice of the early çhurç!| in pre-Constantine days, .and We do-no t feel disposed

‘ encourage any w hittling away or adulteration of jts prijjj , ciplés merely to palliate those peopje' who liave imbibei large doses of state-adm inistered medieval theology.

M odern Biblical criticism within the chni;ches i| causing tlieiu to abandon ju s t those infantile and mythipii ideas wliich Constantine and liis successors grafted, on to early Christianity. . Lot us beware th a t we. Spiritualists do not countenance our Spiritualisjn being used; as a cput^i to support the senile elements attaching to , theology.

Aye,. truly, there m ay be. niqre danger accruing Tis from popularity thaiT^'from, Violent opposition. .Mg>i a good m an has (been ruined by .the ‘^swelled head*’ eajUîji by the flattery of his, supposed friends, ancf the .dapger ifj as great in the case of a good caus^.. as in 'th a t o£.a.goo|i man. Let us, tl'icn, b,e. faithful to the spirit iyeopje and] thieir teachings, and ignore the wiles .Of the, tepipters-

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' W iLhad a call this week froih Mr. :Jas. Tinker, for'iner secretary of the B.S.L.D., who lias 'ju st ref-u: "from South Africa.' Mr. Tinker ha's'considerably. Ipiprovj in health by his sojourn, abroad, and-he ha.a. vve gatiie returned Itomejpermanei-ft^yr' , ’ -

. A MA.fvT’vS. ^piri|iual:iwritings .will unfold day by. day much after , t^ , ,^ % % 'o l - ,A 'pla]^-rheuoo' the^m ust^ey is

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i-iiEBRUARY 10, 1922 T H E T W Ó W ó R L b è ‘o l r

t1CURRENT TOPICS.

. Mr. JosEi’ii W illiam Oot.es, of Briet-field, I .ancushiro, whose transition wo recorded in our last issue a t the ripe age of SI, was probably the oldest mem­ber of the Spiritualists’ National Union, and a familiar figure a t the Annual Conference.

After Sir A rthur Conan Doyle’s success­ful lectures in Bolton, Blackburn and Birmingham, tho usual crop of sermons followed from m ost of the leading pulpits.

|C(Jeni3rftily'*^peaking the balance is fairly held. Quite a ;- i^umb.cr of ministers and Clergy treated Sir A rthur’s con- Iptebtioiis w ith respect aud commented favourably upon

Spiritualism, contenting themselves with a few minor SXie^eryatiops a t the close of their addresses. Bev. J'. V'Jlarqujiar, M.A., told Iris audience th a t the New Testament- Wcontaihed several accounts of seances in which tho dead' •A'ejAimed and spoke to their friends. He claimed tha t. kTb}j£phenomena of Spiritualism were real—all unprejudiced cyphers and Hunkers adm it that; .ti'he task of Spiritualists |fj,s to prove scientifically . . . th a t they are produced'

b f .ead people returning transiently to our sphere.”

S- Benediction

B ev, Canon H emmino, M.A. (Bolton), claimed th a t ‘‘in so far as .Spiritualism emphasises the reality of the spiritual world and recalls them from being absorbed in material and temporal things

?■ HkmiAy he regarded by Christianity, not as an enemy, b u t

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M«iis Should bp so we cannot understand. All (lie best |kintics; adm it tlie shaky historical foundation upop which

V£|ew Testanient records rest, lc-avingg rave doubts in -4^ , minds of the unbiassed- student. The modern revela- ■ tjon.has behind i t the cprrpboratiye testim ony of present

witnesses, whose probity and exactitude can be .^ g u n n e d ' .

.Hlntruth-s

P erhaps the keenest adverse criticism comes from Bev.. C; 11. Hulbert., of the W esleyan Central. Mission, Blackburn,- who indulges in wild and improvable

i|tatements. He raised the lunacy'bogle in virulent trap- ;||ings; and is reported to have-said, “ In Now York one

p i, was devoted solely to people who hart lost their playing will} Spifitualisni.’’

On January 29th, in the Princes’ Theatre, lyaekliium, _ Mr. 1?. W. Qaten, Vice- P re^deh t of the’ 8..-N.U., replied to Bev. C. H. H ulbert, and oli’ered a donation

<“guiiie.p> to the Blackburn Nurses’ Home if ho would name, and address of th a t asyluip, * He stig-

‘gfatltod>Mg..Hu\bci:t’s statem ent as ¡1 wicked falsehood, and jgjjitogeded to quote the result of Mr. Hi J. Osherh’s inquiry pud^/lunacy in England, and pointed o u t .th a t replies to

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pind-'Lunacy,” by H. J . Qsbhrn, price 3d.)

-- S ir AifTHUR has been da hjisy in th e press as upon , tho p latform , . A rticles

• from his pen have recen tly appeared ~ in -tho' '-“ D aily H a il ,” “ ‘T he ftpferfee,” .

fe^ehiiig-News,” and of course ‘‘The Sunday. 'J i^ p i^ s ;” nsjipslattier-ariiple-is excelfcuitlv-w ritten in. a. leafing 'sp ir it

t/My. .laf.- 'Douglas,.. Bit- A rthur compares, the-,.w „ »wo .-•

has had an opportunity to forget.” Sir A rthur shows, incidents mentioned a t the close of the, seance are forgotten A ‘ six weeks later, and suggests th a t the bias due .to early theological training may have .something to do With fSrftt Douglas .setting aside, incidents which are iueonipatibie with previously settled opinions..

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I n th e “ liven ing News” of .January 24th,To the Meek Sir A rthur makes a brief general survey J and Lowly Souls, of Spiritualism, which he1 claimed . was

| sent of Cod as an answer to the material:.ism of the ..Iluxloy-Jlfoeke] school of last century. The ’ phenomena were signs which evidenced the extra, terrene origin of the rovolnfion which followed. Such revelation view;od life after death and religion from two planes of experience instead of one, and made religion personal to. each of us. (tod had again Sent, the message of thV humble and lowly. “ II. was the same last time. Where w erg tlie"-. highbrows of (iree.ee and I tome ? Where were tho clergy ?B ut the. common people heard him gladly . . .- People ,5trip over their own brains. 'They use their wits to invent. \, incredible alternatives, when the tru th is clear before: them. B u t even the learned and (lie clergy will find. ifch*£ a t last.” This is well said. " , - -,i

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Spiritual w orth noting. . ‘‘Hell is a m y th .’k WAphorisms. “ Pui-ga-toiy is a fact. b u t sh o u lii ';b 'e /' .-

regarded as a sp iritual hospital.t’ “ T here ¿hr* are no devils or angels as separa te creations. They are all" under-developed or f ully-developed • hum an being&’l

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happym ust all be happy if anyone is to be happy.” • PiApi

In the “ Befereo” Sir A rthur comments Like Gomes upon the discussion which lias followedto Like, Mr. Geo. K. Sims’ articles, and dealing .

with t he allegations th a t sp irit messages-»- are frivolous, tells his readers that- “ the higher the spirit- . uality of the sitters, and the more unselfish their aims, the ' ,

-higher are the communications. Afigelie messengers 'dcry^ not descend to promiscuous circles who meet ou t of curiosityy a - v to see physical proofs of supernal power. Psychical:? researchers will never a tta iu high intercourse. B ub when _thp righ t conditions are observed, the messages become siiqli th a t they transcend the human brain.” Sir Art-Kpr quotes instances of valuable and dignified messages.

A Plea for the Protection for Mediums.

Sin c e Mr. Geo. B. Sims has approache the subject with a due sense of re sn t^ bility and a desire for thorough iuveg' gation, Sir A rthur appeals for his assi: ance to remove the shadow of th&)^

from ìnediuniship, and to ..lift the medium àb‘()V,e'''i5lig tricks of igiioreCnt and- foolisli y'knoyy-ails” who^'pbsè ,

/investigators. He claims th a t Spii-itualists haj1-lislfed the fact of-the after-life ' upon an unassailable bai b u t th a t we have no t yet been successful-in getting to the public the wonderful things we have loarried. we agree with him th a t we^have n ^ t done so; badly sidering our handicaps. ■ ' .f

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'gqptleman Assayed to answer Mr. Hope's recent lootpre on Spirit PhoU'graphy. The lecturer' m ust' be so m d tM ^S a t ^ g ^ l of a humorist, since ho declared th a t be had lio d p s ito ^ fp ijk » to find'. truth^aiifl lie and his friends'wore anxiouS;“ to p h t V5 Spiritualism ton a sound-basis.” • 'B h ^ ot oourse. told tlie:?-'S stovy-r—bujfc not the whole of it—of his v.e.li-kuown ex p e iV ^ l meiit a t Greiyo; A t question t ime he. was faced by ono of two people who had successfully experimented with $ p i ^

.photography ip tlieii- own homes, and had to take the p< tion. th a t he, (Ud not dopy that- psyclneal piienomena'.^riX

■: possible.” After donomicing all phyhoo-psychifral jph'hno-’t-A ■micim asj'i-aijdulpi^., t.his wvas a big eoncesSlou.' “Mr. ^sepnis tobeh4<->,yad that. Providencexhais' bohiftr^d Up, .

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’ T ile “Soufhppi-t Journal” reports a lectorq^.0 icpn deJiYCfcd at kopthiiort by Mr. Edward Bush, 11Y which * that.'gentleman essayed to answer Mr. Hope's recent lecture ;

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REPORTS OF BOClETABY« WORK; -V Orflnif». -la anaita Iniaillsn, m o la ti .

!* *ïl*w «jaaiinit oni», and mill ;

T h é t w o w o r l d s

¿Mt'anaa* 40 m id i In îantm. Usa a«at sardi. R iparliSK ;-Í , «art rate* a i I r tra i »aal< an Tatidsy marnlng.

- - A tM in tM ! altir-alrcUi ara aacitdsa,

*î j Î .vï.TJ-Rr*»ii*ell»a Annaineamanta, nal iteatd ln i 14 ÿfta i4 f< i£r« iï 0% addad l@ Riparti II Keampaniad ky i l i \y» nn»S ifi« s« i Vangar nattcai « a it appaar In aar

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td.TarlUsimnl ealanmi,:'S.- -?assìal RiS«rls, ta ansare iniarUtR sana wttk,

.» - lÈaaldiraEtk lk l i M i l I f Brit gall «n Tatidtp sam - in ' lag. i t a s u d i ara allowtd Iras; all kayand ara

n tkargadlar *t tka rad al Xd. par lina.'4.— IMPORTAR?. Ha Ipeeial ar Ordinary Raparti

va Sandali tUhvBI ks Intarlati.In all taiaa «kart tka addraii a! a meatlng-flkc«

data aat afpaar In a kaclaty ripari; lì v il i ka tamd M H n a ira rs Saldi.

v. i- 0PE01ÂL REPORTS»

« rC 'K HO.«ardi ars Iniarlad Irai. A la s i litr i n ia k l'r a_ i f . “ „okM ia al U . per Has it sida, sand t la sp i « U l

pjiar. ripari,

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"Mb . H. J. Osbown, of London, gave iis 'A y e ry interesting lantern lecture on i'S p in t Photography” a t the Schools

-Pentwyn-road, Blackwood. Mrs. Hale- strap, of Tredegar, took the chair. ■There was a good attendance, and "questions were asked and answered. Mrs. Berry, the President, moved a vote of thanks to both Mr. Osborn and Mrs. Halestrap.

DEVONPORT : KER ST.

Mbs. Mixes Ob» , of B ristol, has ju st conducted a successful mission amongst us. On Sunday, .Jan. 22nd,

i -two very helpful addresses wore given ;£.v.arid.rthe evening message was a lofty

station, of _Spiritualism .•■ £.'.{3óiir

Jc.efe w.ere, arranged for members, HJiese,,;'sittings. ’ .valuable, advice

jm$ 6' ' ‘on unfoidinenfc;' and” in ■ ’cases physical aiintente wore

j - -Aagnosed and treatm ent prescribed.Ef ' One special feature of the v isit was i ^ the Wednesday evening-lecture on

feKy. the auric colours, w i th their signifi- ._ . \ nation, followed w ith delineations of

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■ On Tuesday, Jan . 2^,th,,tlie members of., the .Great ^Yarm outh' Spiritualist

«.Society lipid their' ‘first Social, which, pi uvea to be a great success. T-hoiigh nut organised for financial purposes, nevertheless a .substantial profit ac­crued to the Society’s funds. Generous

,'gilts of refreshments and money were ‘ .1 evolved from t-ho members, and an

■foxchllmt voca! programme, inter.s- .jjuirsck with, games and competitions,

i waY^.'catried through. Everybody they ,‘had had a most

\ oiijbyaWe, .evening,wand ' ting, , will ' muloubueqly ;holp -H towards.; binding ith is mb\ÿ rBooiety^still ïSfiàçé, clçecSyte t 'o t h e r in the. h n n r lM n f -ten é n ro th e r -

'L'lie day was a very happy.one, the children’s efforts being greatly appre­ciated by tile congrotagion.

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LIVERPOOL : DAULBY HALL.

HUCKNALL.

Tub above church held two propa­ganda meetings on Sunday, Jan. 29th; in the Co-opevatiye Hall, .Mr. Harvey Metcalfe being the speaker. There were between 400 and 500 people present in the evening.

On Monday we held two meetings in our own church. There was a good attendance a t. both meetings. Mr. Metcalfe was again the speaker. Altogether wo- have had a glorious time. We wish to. thank Mr. Metcalfe for the messages he gave to the people and the able way in which ho answered the questions pu t to him.

NUNEATON.

T he new and enterprising Spirit­ualist Church a t Nuneaton had Mr. A. W hyman with them on Sunday and Monday, .Tan. 29th and 30th. The

■ attraction of Mr. W hyman’s eloquence and most wonderful powers of clair­voyance and olairaudience is so great th a t no rooms are available to accom­modate the crowds who seek the privilege to witness the demonstra­tion of his powers.

H is address on Sunday evening on “The Nazarene and Spiritualism ” was the m ost explicit exposition of Spirit­ualism ever made known in Nuneaton. The Palace Cinema was packed 'with the most appreciative „audience, who

. failed to control their .feelings when idlepowers of,Mr. W hyinan, as a clair- VpT%nt, wete,dem onstrated. • - -

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THBtC.yeeifiii bóndiiétfed' théssUidcès on Sunday, Jan . 29th, .An ppep,session was lield in the afternoon, when the naming, of the little son of Mr. and . Mi Hughes was eoudueted by M r.. hi A. Keeling. The ceremony, was-

‘ "vj-'iy-Ampi-essive; Many visitors Were ;'Pi;e5§pt..y A nice tea was providéd by ; grandma of the' child,, to cR^b^ipIjithe;fo&casipn. . " , V,* * LP;&c?'tdveìiihg' thè ' platfornv' ivas

tidcfm.b^^toef.l’byijeuHi,' who rendered.■ Polosi’- ^fecitatiOliSj-Apapei-s,., pianoforte

; 1 dii et? ; A h%\y. -ahdtoleaSuiiig fea tu re? -‘w tì» the 'rbndering. b f t^ è '& c h d m songs; ■;iu .-n^^singjngV' H ìe|siffiihgA ^i^tieès

local trustees was agreed.to on principle and left to the Executive to purs’ By this action the church propert becomes Secured to the cause of Spirifij ualism for all time. Mr. Frank Peaa-cfwas elected a lion...member ,in spill life. Votes of thanks term inated t fmeeting. £‘Ì

PLYMOUTH : MORLEY ST.

The annual members’ meeting of the Portsmouth Temple of Spiritualism was held a t the church in Victoria-road South on Wednesday, evening, - Jan. 25th, under the .chairmanship of Mr. A. Ti. Fielder. Reports were presented indicative of a very, successful year’s work, ‘ w ith increased interest and progress. The bank’ overdraft has been cleared, and owing to the legacy left by Mr. F rank Pearce, only £200 liow., remains 6n mortgage, which sum will undoubtedly be cleared before the n ex t annuahim.eeting. , .

During th e year the chiireh. has been registered', foiyqthé solemnisation of- hiai-i-iages, ’and one. aetiial. Wedding has taken piace! ' Thè .present niémbejship returns show' 181 ‘paying an d 'sev en honorary membeijs, a slightly decreased number from last year, accounted for by removals irony the town, passings on, etc. The Lyceum has 75 on its registers, and over 90 per cent, of the Scholars who sa,t passed the B.S.L.TT. examinations, some ■ w ith disfunction.- Dui-ind theryear many sumn had been

'donated to 'c h a r itie s ,s 'Dite ¿big town’s meeting had been held a t the Town' Hall, a t which Dr. Ellis Powell and Sir A rthur Conan Doyle-'spoke, and large* meeting^ '-outside the church premises' diad also been held a t ..the Portlahd Hall. ■

The' result of the elections for- the new. officers was as follows .President, Mr. - A. B.- ■ Fielder y- ymeipresideiltB, Miss A. M. M a rc h ^ td ; Mr. Humby ;

--secretary, Mr. ¿¿GV McFarlane ; trea ­surer, Mr. ;Y ,'H tu s t ; librarian, Mr-. E!‘: Crichton. Bell ; Lycpurn, conductor,; Mr.' B. H arry ; . organist, Mr., Albany ; committee, Messrs. Woodstock,! Gut1, let-, Phillip ,. Murray ..and , Wheeler ; bu ild ii^ committee,, Messrs, H irst, -

; Gutteridge.Bnd HivmbyJ dòlégates-ito,. National %>n£erence, M J.uànd'nM is.'! .MoFàrlané!-f ■ , . '-ri'ii; _ s' ‘ ‘ Js »A . J.5.*

On Sunday, 'January 22nd, a t meeting organised by the Nation| Spiritualist Church,. M orley-st.,, Pl^ mouth, wo were favoured w ith a v h .i’ from MT. Evan Powell, the famui: IVelsh medium, the Com Excliang' being talccn for the occasion. < J f l afternoon subject was entitled 111 way out of chaos,” and . the eveniij .subject was “Do the dead return ?s Both subjects were dealt with -i a m ost powerful and interesting maf™ net-, meetings being well attended. ^

Mr. Powell gave an interestiii exposition of Spiritualism a t tt evening service, emphasising his suj ject with great enthusiasm. I t i conviction we want, not conversion, li said; if we convince you w e.have y$

ever, whereas if we convert yo n can turn again. Clairvoyance wa

foryoualso given a t the evening service-Jj Mr. Powell, all descriptions hem recognised. W. H. W atkins, Esq., C.ff, took the chair a t both services

LONDON : LITTLE ILFORD.

T h e annual general meeting of tt above church was held on Tuesdaj Jan. 2=lth. The balance sheet for t§ year ondiug December, 1921, was pri sented, and proved to be very credil able and acceptable to the member

I t was reported th a t the land f( the new church was purchased, an efforts were ui-ged for the speed materialisation of the building. |

The following officers were elect« to serve during- the present yeaj

' President, ’ JR*. W. G. W atson ; vii| presidents, Mr. T illett and Mr. I Benson treasurer, Mrs. W. A. Watsol hon. secretary, Mrs. A. Di'xoij stewards, Mr. Washington, and Ashworth'; Lyceum conductor, H ogg; Lyceum secretary, Miss As| worth ; delegates to S.N.U., Atfi Jam rach and Sirs. M arriott ; m em b| of the. committee, Sirs. Washington Mr, M arriott, Mr. Dixon, Miss Jacl son, Mrs. Lund! Miss Watson.

LONDON : WALTHAMSTOW.!

Tixet th ird annual tea and soo| gathering attracted an assembly ( nearly 150 to the Free Christian Giure Hall in Trm-o-st.', on a recent Satureia;

The proceedings were of an in tei est-ing'„ naturo .„throughout, Mr. Dad

-(the new President) being an eilectif and energetic M.C.; whilst the geni| of Miss Mòorcroft (horn sec.), wild' services' s ince-the formation .of tì Society have been m ost arduous, \v| eyidenk throughout the occasion, ;uj great praise is. due no t only to' tiied^ oflicialsi.abpye-naniedj b u t also-tip willing band of workers - w ho. cheènj

- performed the duties assigned to thè? « Among those ’present wore M; Mm-ch," Mrs. Murcli; Mi-s. Gradd? K ent, and m any ’other, old fx-iends-1 the dBase. -The; vocal items were h lrif- òbàractér, "and excellently H tiered by-M rs.. Kem^shall, Miss Yfi fqrd, Miss k^rrison^'and M essis"H r iiig, Bowler- and Elliott. - A' % rencLgród! item of ! Special interest.;^

va,iShng by a little Lyceum ;boY aÉ| ' “Mbnuny.! M nnubyi ” .. 'The. accqrqpani i n on Is tty the son . and-dancè.-in'usic wtn'ti exceUeqt. ’j i 1 '■"’‘ " ’’klirént to^i lM e ^ to ry -^ ! |

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If and. some good old English games ^^ in te rsp e rsed during the evening, jgufisuccess of the gathering was on a g^fw ifh th a t of the church itself, ypicli, under good management, lias ©/•■'raised to a-n im portan t and

mlpsiidly successful position in E ast on don, and now only requires eon- ' ed enthusiasm and a larger build-

for its meetings to .enable i t to ie,rank amongst the foremost Spirit- Ij.st churches of the Metropolis.

(»LONDON : MANOR PARK.HE annual general meeting was

jkrih Jan. 18th. Mr. T. Brooks, the gident, was returned to office for .^seventeenth time, which speaks ujnes fqr the esteem held by the

iejhhers for him. Mr. Brooks thanked ' ¿officers and members for making

|task so easy, and only w ith their ‘fort could.he uphold th a t office, li-.the officers were returned again, * the' pleasing addition of Mr. J. ¡llis as choir master, e activities of the past year have

j§ep',.yery arduous, and the bazaar iVKffkcrs were given a vote of thanks,

I’lie total bazaar profit was £73.|p i e income showed £361' 6s. ■ 10d„ iyuißt the expedniture absorbed

jg|tä6i7s. lOd ; By perm anent building, p w' 2g: Sd.; Cash a t bank, £34 16s. 7d, f i^ 'e can look forward w ith confidence ifutlie' work 1922 entails. A vote of •thgpks to officers and workers of 1921 sylo.sjgd a successful year’s work.

ifMEETINGS HELD ON SUNDAY, V FEB. 5th, 1922.

teB&KRY-, A tlantic Hall. — Mr. Alex- p tie r gave ail address on ‘‘Angels ©fKivisdoni and light.” , Mrs. Alexan-

gave clairvoyance.- B r i s t o l , Dighton Hall, — Addresses

feh.clah'voyancc by Mrs. Trueman, of teiyihoijt.il. Mr. M artin presided, TjjlJnited : Morning, open, circle ledSjt.Ahe' President. Evening, Mrs. y/iddee, of Dighton Hall, was the speaker and demonstrator.

Clifton : Address and clairvoyance Ky; Miss, Mary Mills.

BniffilidHAM, BalsajI Heath. — Mrs.‘ iges. ‘of ' Saltley, gave address and ^.irVoyance to a fair .congregation. * fSpia.il H e a th : Mrs. Harris, of

. ijj^ try , gave ail address on “The

8ij-of ‘ Olil’iSt.” She also gave des-iptioijs’ Mr. W. Sliarpe,presided.

m Darlaston . — Mr. G. H. Berry, jp$i(lent, S.N.U., in the afternoon Silt'oq spiritual things, and in theRViirip- Knrtlcf* .nr» “ T.cs h.Imping spoke on “ Is Spiritualism

'Igion ? talcing the Seven Principles, iirybyance; floral and symbolic, |fe*|iyen. by Air. W. Knowles.

|E®ekbv. . — Airs. Ford spoke on H p istenng angels.” Clairvoyance. gptov.oNPOMT. — Mr. N. Waterfiejd

trance address on “Spiritual- | | p ”Tfe'origin, nature and.phrpose.” ®'.S:.-Peiu'co gave the clairvoyance. tagjgarBBs .Market Hall. — Mrs. A. iSSracli,'- Of -London, discoursed in

I Afternoon' and evening and gave Yoyanoo.

fe^r;f.'-rrk My. A. Clayton, of ^•uiiilliain, gave an addrfess fol- ®edto^ibla,iryoyance'. . '■^.p.ynoii. -r-. .ferixton : Air, - TV W.

a-franco address on “The M d ?;; .-.s

’'Mts.. A! Boddihgton j p a p d-Aaddress' orn “Practical Sp irit-;ifldivtrt"»?’ Io\vihr! hv f.liLipvnvA,m*.fi:

•!^-i6ll6ived by clairvoyance „ Miss E . Stead addressed .

Mt^iieqting. on “Alodfern ,yieivs .o f "Mrs. Self gave .clahwoyaiice.

tain : A-lormng,:.circle. Evening, \ippdward ’Sannder§ gavh an {.'i-ipHp.vc'eci by .claii'voyancu.-1-^ Ssixha& iie iit; «¡otc ,M*T,J3lla;

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gave an address and also answered questions.

London Spiritual : Morning, Dr.W. J. Vanstone spoke on “'I'he frea- sures of spiritual wisdom.” Evening, Air. (h Prior gave an address on “Fellowship.”

Manor Park : Alorning, Air. Meadconducted the healing service. After­noon, the Lyceum held their open session. Evening, Mr. Pulliam gave an address on “ (rod is,” and Airs. Pulliam- gave clairvoyance.

South London : Alorning, circleconducted by Mi«. Still. Evening, Mr. H. Boddington gave an address on “ The brotherhood of m an.”

Loughborough. — Mr. S. Hose conducted the services and gave tests.

MHLYNOOUirr, (1 h a m . ~ Mr. O. Evans gave an address on “Whore was Christ during the space of time from the death to the resurrection ? ”

AIe x b o r o ’.— . Air. 0. N. Porter took for his evening address, “ l'ho soul’s awakening.” Mr. Brown ren­dered a solo.■ Newport,' Central. — Air. Nortliam,

Of Cardiff, gave an address and clair­voyance.

P eterborough. — Addresses and clairvoyance by Mr. Harvey Metcalfe, of Kettering. Air. Bull presided.

P l y m o u t h , Morley-st. — Air. L eth­bridge gave an address entitled '“The Creator.”- Mrs. Cook gave clairvoy­ance. '

Stonehousc : Meeting conducted .by Air. Prout. Soloist, Miss Hambling. Address by Mr. Loome on “Seek and ye shall find.” Clairvoyance by Mrs. M artin. Memorial service to several members now passed to the higher life.

P ortsmouth, Temple. — Airs. Mary Crowder gave addresses and clair­voyance. .

Lake-road : Airs. Hayward, ofSouthsea, gave addresses and clair­voyance.

Y o r k , National. ‘— Addresses by Airs. Nicol, who also described spirit people and conveyed message's.

SOCIETY ADVERTISEMENTS.

Manchester Society of Spiritualists,38, Maskell Street , Ardwick.

Sunday, F eb ; .12th, a t 10-30, Lyceum A t 3, Open Circle .

A t 6-30 and 8-10, Mr . A. CLAYTON, Speaker and Clairvoyant.

Monday, a t 6, Alias Sandiford. Wednesday, 3 & 8, Aiiss' W allwork,

Manchester Central Spiritualist ChurchOnward H all, 207, Disansgate.

Sunday, a t 6-30. ;F eb . 12.—Circle’’for Members only.

„ 1 9 .— AIr s . R.UTH D A R B Y .',, 26.—Circle for Members Only:

ARircji 5.—Mh, E. W. OATEN, at;'the ArdWigk P icture Theatre.

Collyhurst. Spiritual Church,Collyhurst Street . ' '

Sunday, F eiI. 12djff, a t 3, 6-30 and 8,- Mrs. W OLFENDALE. ' ' 1.

Monday, a t 3 and 8, Aiiss Miles.. ..Wednesday, a t S, Airs.: SiiARPLiss; Sunday, F eb , 19-hi,'. Air: ALcGommon.

Moss Side toogra«$Kre Ly;coVm, v - “■ Church, - '

66, .E a b y . Street'.

B right Services every Sunday a t -2-30.

L ri'day. 'E’bB'. 17th . Select Dance. Cohpneuoe''7-3u!- Programme 2s.

■*'" Re fr esh i n ( >n fs i u c! u < ! i « I. " ■ SÖNj^A'YfHp^R.tÖüRY ..Ì'9ÌH, a t 8,';. ' "

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SOCIETY ADVERTISEMENTS^: p f . i f------------------------------ --- - .............. .;South Manchester Spiritualist Church ; y , v K :

P rincess H all, Aloss S id e . ' *---------

S unday . Feu. 12th , a t 2-30, ,LycbuMs.Anniversary (see special notice).

AiONDAY, a t 8-15, A1 embers’ Develops;in g C lass. Airs. -E a s t w o o d .

T uesday, a t 8-15, Public Developing, •. Circle, Airs. F orrest. .

T hursday, a t 3 and 8-15, Airs. H,oee;

Longsight Spiritualist Society,Shepley St ., opposite P it E ntrance,;'

K ino’s Theatre.

Sunday, F eb . 12th , a t 6-45 and 8-15, Mrs. LA N E. . ,

Naming. Ceremony, Airs, ChaP^Ell. T uesday, a t 8-15, Airs. Langford. Thursday, "at 8-15, 'Airs. Shakbsuaft.

Open Circle on Saturday .a t ’ 8. Doors closed a t 8-15...

Sunday, F eu. 19th , Air, GuiN'Dlby .

Moston Spiritualist Lyceum Church,Co-op. H a l l , Am os S t r e e t . •

S u n d a y , F eb . 12th , a t 6-3Ö, Lyceum: Open Session.

Sunday, F èb . 19th, Air. H art.,

Milton Spiritualist Church,Booth Street , Bccles Cross.

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Saturday, F eb . l l m , a t 7-30, ^ 4Op e n Cir c le . ] • 'i i

Sunday, Feb . 12t h , a t 3, 6-30 . Mr s . 'E L L IS ;

Monday, a t .3 and 7-45, Airs. H a ll .- W e d n e s d a y , a t 7-45, Cir c l e . - ’ -

T h u r sd a y , a t 8, Me m b e r s ’ Cir c l e . • T u e sd a y , a t 7-30, S pe c ia i, V is it of Air. A. -Cla y to n . Silver Collection'.

Brighton Spiritualist Church,Athénieum H all, North St.

Affiliated to S N.U. .

Wednesday, Airs. Orsdsrod. ^

Brighton Spiritualist Brotherhood, .Old Stein e H all, 52a,. Old Stein e . >

Affiliated to S.N.U. - «

Services : V Sundays a t 11-30 and 7. Lyceum a t 3~\?:k

Mondays and Thursdays' affTuesdays a t 3. Cl

Healing meetings, F irs t' A V ednesday,)i'n |5 .. every m onth a t, 3.

. _____ JSunday, ' 'f2rfef'.‘

L y c e u m S u n d a y , . .'(District Council-}," ‘ 'Chair; .ACrs^ R STREET. ; i ,

Sunday,- F eb .', ISt-h , Aiiss B.yrteaap.'-u’

x Bristol Spiritualist Temple,.'47, ÜAKPIELD R d,-, • Clifton .'K-VKt.’ii

.S u^ daYv Fe b . 1 2th , a t 6*30, ‘a* , w

J i l É. . - AIR.. JONES, of -Cutdiff K gN pky; 'F é r . -19-i-h , Alias, Ag

Gillingham Spiritualist'Society, 'Oddfellows’ Hall,' Vig‘arage,Road. t ,

' ■ "SIÜDAV, afc..” • ,,;Mhs.- L-.-LEAXTIS,'- '' ''

Sunday. T ' b I9rn,'SST wyaiuy-, - ^ ^S u n d a y , (F ìsb.. 26t h , Airs. Cannock ,' v ' i

Clapham Spiritualist Church, ~AdÌ ousìnG REFijkM Club , St . Lowe’s t. „

- R d .^ ÌH ìGh SK, CLapiia m , S.W.« ¿ r *

Sunday, 'F e b . 12th,-.a t n C iß C L lU -, At:;3f-LYöEuSt.. A t PBdOHix

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/70 T H E T W O W O R L D S F e b r u a r y 10,

SOCIETY ADVERTISEMENTS.

Brixton Spiritualist Brotherhood Church,

Stock w ell P ark R d ., B rixto n , S.W t

t Suîir>'A.Y, E e b . 12t ii , a t 11-15; Cir c le . s ), .At 3,. L yceum . A t 7, Mrs. NEVILLE, .yi-W.; Address and Clairvoyance.

* * Sunday , F e b . 1 9th , Mrs. Clements / Saturday , F e b . 18 t h , a t 7, Social.

• A lt are welcome.

Church of the Spirit, Camberwell,W in dso r E d., D enm ark H ell.

A"WifitdMi S

S unday , F e b . 12th , a t 11,Mrs . C. GREEN.

A t 6-30, R e v . G. W ARD. Sunday , F e b . 19th , Mrs. Ha d l e y

/ ' an d Mb ; T. W. E lla . W edn esda ys a t 7-30.

Church of the Spirit, Croydon,H arewood H aLl , 96, H igh St r e e t .

Sunday , F e b . 12t h , a t 11, Mr.. PER C Y SOHO LEY.

, A t 6-30, Mr, H . BODDINGTON.

East London Spiritualist Association.No. 7 R oom, E arlham H a ll , E arl-

. ham Gro v e , F orest Ga te (pass th ro ’ Main Building to Second Door on Left).

S unday , F e u . 12t h , a t 7,Mr s . MAUNDER.

S unday , F e b . 19th , Mrs. Olem pson .

gltham Spiritualist Church, 1W e l l H all , Co-operative Ha l l .

vjA V NdAyv-Fe.^. IS'THj'Àt ;7 , Tq be annbunoed,

^■ ^^ jH qN E S D A V ,' F e b . 15t h , tit 8,Rev. G. W ar». \__

Hounslow Spiritualist Society,. Adult S chool, W itjton R d .

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S unday , F e b . 12t h , a t 6.-30,. ■ / M i s s GEORGE. •'1 ;

j . ■¿„WqpspÀY, Mrs. Goode. W e d n e s d a y , a t 3, G u i l d . L yceum every Sunday a t 3.

'foM- ,Hackney Society of Spiritualists,

2 4 5 AME VEST RO AD,

S unday , F e b . 12t ii , a t 7,„ Mr s . S. PODM ORE.

Monday, a t S, Chicle .

' Kingston Spiritualist Society,a 'B is r io p ’s H all, T ham es St r e e t .

g v '1’# ' . : Sunday , P.Ep. 12th , a t 11,iv-Miu SANDERS. A t 3, Lyceum.

,-Y . '■ A th 6-30, MR.: N U T H A L L -an'dV 'C - ’P ! .Mrs. CLEMANCE.- F{»’. iWf-.'tn ' / ' M onday , a t .7-30, M r' Ch il d ;¡ L - f i - ' " .............■f.v

Admission, Is. -Wedn esd a y , a t 7-30', Mem bers’ Circle

CT , Manor Park Church,Corner of Shrew sbury R d . and

v ” Str en e- R d .

m■ .. Sunday, Feb . 12th , a t 6-30,

R e v , J , M. M A TTH IA S/'• • T hursday , a t 8, Rev. J . 51; 'Matthias. 9;Sj»nday , F e b . 19t h , Mr. G. T. Gw in n .

- ; , North Finchley,P P j ^ P ’' ^ . - S t -.-I P H N^s G p i r i t u a l M i s s i o n . W o o d -

V ^ ^ bSÎyÎô ^ ote (opposite Tram Depot).

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* Su^bAY,-% ;ó;S-2TH, a t 7,7 a Ìr . ‘e n (ì @;o l m ; ': '..Thursday, a k .S, . Tb - hg gn.noiuiced.

SOCIETY ADVERTISEMENTS.

Ilford Psychical Research Society,B roadw ay Cham bers, I lfo r d .

Sunday , F eb . 12t h , a t 7, Mr . and Mrs . PULHAM .

T hursday1, a t 3, Mrs. Ma u n d er . F riday , a t S, Mrs. Cro w d er .

Little Ilford Christian Spiritualist Churchy

Ch u r c h R o a d , Co r n e r , o f T h ir d A v., , J/^a n o r P a r k , E_

S unday . J a n . 12t h , a t 6-30, Mr s : A. BODDINGTON.

Monday ,’ a t 3, L a d ies’ Me e t in g . W ed n esd a y , a t 8, .Mr. Sm yth . T h u r s d a y , a t : 7.45) Committee

SQ Me e t in g .S u n d a y , J an . 19th , Mr. G. P r io r .

Stratford Spiritual Church,I dmiston R oad, S ix th T urning down F orest L ane going prom Maryland

P o in t Station .

Sunday , F eb . 12t h , a t 6 -3 0 ,’ Mr s . GERA LD. Monday , F e b . 13t h , a t 8 ^

Committee Me e t in g . W edn esd a y , F e b . 15t h , a t 3 , |

L a d ies’ Me e t in g . T hursday , F e b . 16t h , a t 8,

P ublic Cir c le .Sund ay , F e b . 19t h , a t 6-30,

Mrs. Ma u n d er . ■*'‘ F orw ard M ovem ent a t 11.' - Lyceum a t 3.

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P rs tp u tln Ann»nncem«nti, gpeaktra’ op*n Dptai, Hl.dlumi W in lid , To Let, M r Silo, Wonted, ale,:' 20 wordi, 1/6. Each additional tine, 3d.

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R emoval. — A ir. E rnest W: Oa ten , has ch an g ed -h is p rivate address to 20, M arshall-road, Levenshulm e, M an­chester, No da tes open.

SPEAKERS OPEN DATES, Etc.Mr . R obert D avies , E xponen t and

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Mrs . M[iles ; Or d , T rance an d N or­m a l / S g -i^ ie t /a p d C lairvoyant, hasopen, dates, fi?p/l 922-23/ D istance no object.1' . /‘Eor* te iT ris/apply '13, Ash-bbjéct, '. F o r terms,’ apply '1 grpve-road, Redlhnds, JBristól.

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|OilTH MANCHESTER SPIRITUALIST CHURCH, Princess Half, Princess Road* Moss Side-

» Ü J T 1 J ® 1 T O l BIS 1 HELD IN THIS A U O vl■ Masked Carnival on Sa t u r d a y , Feb. nth, 1922 , at 6 4 0 P.m.,To Commemorate the Tw enty-Fifth Anniversary. Tickets 2/« each, in aid of the,Church Fiihds.

Fancy Dress Optional. NO ADMISSION WITHOUT TICKET. M .O .: Mi«.. W. 15. BKNTtteY.

| u n d a y , F e b . 12t h , T W E N T Y -F IF T H A N N IV E R S A R Y . S p e a k e r : M r. R . A . O W E NOw aihm an : W. A. HERRING, Esq. (ok L iverpool).

^ V . Organ R e c it a l from 6' to 6-30 by Mr, P h illips , Also Naming Ceremony.7 '•. Sbloists : Miss Omapple and Mr. Homersham. A t 8-15, Mus. Eastwood and Mrs. F orrest.

; All Old and New Members Cordially Invited. All Collections in aid of Hospital Sunday Fund,

ATTENTION! M ersey sid e S p ir itu a lists . RALLY!

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A LANTERN LECTURE will be given by E. W. OATEN, Esq., londay, Feb. 20th, in Picton Hall, William Brown St., Liverpool, at 7-45 p m.

Subject: “ SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY.”An Up-to-date Collection of Slides. Questions Invited.

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P E N D L E T O N S P I R I T U A L I S T CHURCH, FORD LANE.It' Sunday, Feb. 12th, at 2-30 and 6-30, Lyceum Open Sessions. At 8 MRS. TAYLOR.Mon. Feb. 13th, 7-30, Special Engagement of Mr. ARTHUR CLAYTON (Nottingham)

>f'- - T h e Y oung B u n d Se e r . f , . ;W ednesday,Feb. I5(:h,'at3, Mr s . ELLIS. Thursday. Feb. 16th, a tS , Mr s . VERITY. Sunday, Feb. 19 th, LOCA-LS... . Y-

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jjb’A' GRAND CONCERT will be given by MRS. BURNETT’S PUPiiLS and Friends in the Church of Manchester Spiritualists,Maskell Street, Ardwick Green, on Saturday, February 18th, at 7-30 p.m. '

i%i!tjvBni,he tt and Friends are kintlly giving their services for the benefit of the above Institute. Silver Collection a t Door.

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On MONDAY, February 13th, at 7-45 p.m.; Chairm an : Mr. Rtl. BODDINGTON. S p e a k e r : Mrs. ANTftE BODDINGTON. Cla irv o y a n t : Mrs. E. CLEMENTS.

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