The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-05-27

I do so ~ He, at once, assented and the
following dialogue ensued.
Q. Sarah, who are here present with you
A. My child mother, brother, grandma.
The first named was a little immortal for
whose existence, as you are aware, she had
given hers. They were buried in one coffin
mother and child.
Q. Do you recall the last day of your tenn
poral life, when yon lay SO many hours, nerve
less and without the power of speech?
A. Yes.
Q. Had you then any foreknowledge of the
the future?
A. Yes, and tried to speak Of the happy
beings that surrounded by bed
@. Was dull scream, by which you seemed
to wish to call me, your attempt to speak?
A. 1t was. l wanted to tell you all was
we'll.
She had been greatly appalled, during all
her illness at the thought of death, and one
day said to me, if you, or Pa, were to tell me
was going to die would scream myself to
death in five minutes.
Q. Have you any message for your father
A. Tell him his child is ever with him and
will greet him home. o, that he could be-
lieve.
Q. Do you know the condition of spirits
in higher circles than yours?
A. know only that happiness increases. l
am in the enjoyment of all the happiness can
receive.
@. Are all spirits happy.
A. All are happy in their condition.
Q. What occupations have you?
A. Teaching those inferior to US.
Q. Do you cultivate flowers?
A. We desire them and they are granted.
Q. Have you any particular communication
to make to your children?
A. Teach them to know that their mother
lives and watches over them.
@. Do you know where they are at this mo-
ment?
A. At the Museum. When you meet en-
brace them for me. will be by and. although
unseen, encircle them.
The children were at the museum. During
all this interval they had awaited my coming.
The answers so far as could be known were
truthful. | was satisfied, and thanking my
new friend parted from him. My mind had
expanded to the circumference of a world.
passed out into the evening and the stars
were hung with new glory. The blue ex-
panse seemed president of life, and a mantle
of Immortality clothed the visible creation. l
thought of the lines of the Poet of Night:
Nothing can satisfy but what confounds-
Nothing but what astonishes is true;
These stars, this furniture, this cost of heaven,
If but reported thou had st not believed
But thine eyes tell thee the romance is true.
sifted my mind for a solution of the mys-
terry. knew that nothing is mysterious when
understood. A marvel ceases to be marvel
Gus when the law of its operation becomes
known. Why should not "tps" or traps"
be produced by simple and natural means,
whether in the body or out? The former by
the action of the aoiH through the vital fluids
of the body upon the muscles and nerves; the
latter by the action of the 7OiHthrough the like
elements lowering in the atmosphere, pro-
ducing rapid vibration, and hence sounds.
Thus a disembodied man rapping at table is
precisely like one in the body rapping at a
hall door.
But there is far higher certainty. OF that
which constitutes the reality of proof external
demonstrations form no part. The interior
perceptions quicken into vital energy under
the influence of this benignent power. De-
mand ofyour inner self-may not these things
be? Go to your inmost soul shrine and ask
can this not be of the God whose presence is
here? In the deep places of thought inquire
for manifestations, and you will find them
The soul will feel its way to air and liberty
The germ of interior life will expand in the
light of truth, till you will read the glorious
and beautiful creation like a familiar book.
Through the avenues of human intelligence
flows onward this inevitable tide of living
water which is to wash out sin, cleans human
ity of its stains, and bear away forever the
centuries of rubbish under which have been
buried the human heart and human under
standing.
YOUR FATHER.
Description of American House Property.
The American House, owned by Mrs. E.