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who had diseases for which the surgeon Is
but those who suffered from dis
orders of a nervous nature, such rs Splr-
ltualsts are able to relieve. Those who
had neuralgia, toothache, headache, and
ailments of like nature, Paul restored to
health by the simple exercise of Will.
"Again-and this | declare solemnly to
you as my own personal eXperience-Paul
brought me an invitation from one OF the
Friends resident in Abyssinia that |
would visit him every morning to con
verse upon the Divine Philosophy of which
we hear so much and know so lutte.
Fellow students, l rejoice to be able to
affirm that | have spent morning after
morning in a certain valley in that far OIL
country, be .ide stream with the venera-
BILE Izak Ibn Meneek, in such discussion
rs lifts up the soul and enlarges the mind.
1t will be my privilege ana my happiness
to write down for the benefit OF the whole
world the teaching of that Sage as soon
as soon"-here the president eyes grew
troubled and he tapped his knuckles with
his eye glasses-"aS soon as my mind can
free itself from the splendor and the in
toXication of that wisdom, and settle down
calmly to write. There is one thing more.
Finally my new Friends, finding out the
actual financial position of certain
Company-perhaps you know the Com
pauy-in which had invested the whole
fortunes Of my two wards and my daugh-
ter, caused me, without my knowledge, to
write letters commanding the sale of those
investments. My fellow students, on the
day on which uucOnscously | wrote-if |
did write-those letters, | also-cons 3ious-
ly and in good faith-wrote two Others
recommending the purchase OF shares IN
that very Company, so strong was my be-
lief in its stability. My friends took my
advice, deeply regret to say, and suffered.
The orders to sell were obeyed, and my
wards were saved
Ladies' and gentlemen, most of us here
present have long felt convinced of the
reality of spirit communications Many
among us, | say, have long been standing
with their feet planted upon the Solid
Rock. Others there are, perhaps, ot-of-
lesser faith, who require Il succession OF
manifestations in order to make them
constantly realize the presence OF the
spirits about us, around us over us. There
are, again, others, of whom | am one,
consistent and complete believers, whose
minds are filled with those evidences of
sight, touch, and hearing which nothing
can overcome, who yet are always de
lighted to hail every new brother to the
Craft and to recognize every new mani
festatiOn, however crude and simple, pro-
vlded that it be only genuine.
81 ask you," he continued, waxing elo-
quent, off anything short of supernatural
-energy-will-call it what you
please, 50 long as you admit that 1t was
supernatural, over and beyond
the powers and perceptions of ordinary
mani ask you, | say, if anything short
of supernatural force can account for
these miracles Has any thought reader
before this made a girl tell what was in
her mind and then show those present
her thoughts photographed Has any
splrituaiSt before this ever made a blind
girl see, and shown photograph of her
vision 3? Has any occult philosopher-of
whose miracles we hear much-ever pro
duced in India the London Times of that
' cry day Never they have been chal
lenged to do SO, and they cannot. Their
powers do not extend so far-as yet. This
proves that the wisdom of the Abyssinian
Is greater than the wisdom of the Thibe
tan, as we might expect There are, it is
true, some who have the gift of healing
our friend Mr.. Amelius Horton is one of
those rarely gifted men ; but have never
seen the exercise of that gift so spontan-
eous, so free, so ready, as by my young
Philosopher, Herr Paulus. AS for the
other things-the interposition of his
his knowledge to save
my children's fortune-it speaks for itself
That these things have been done that
they have been attested by witnesses hos
tile as well as friendly that they are not
to be challenged by the most determined
enemy of our cause-marks, | declare,
step upwards, W hich lands us all upon
higher plane" He spread his arms and
threw his head back as if to breathe the
purer and rarer air upon that elevation.
Upon this plane-nay, | know and feel
we shall commence with a nObler Kind
of spirit and more easily and more freely
than before. We all know that we have
been frequently misled and betrayed by
hooking and mendacious spirits, 1t is
reasonable to hope that on this higher
thatr h. taI TO Il
unless that vision of Swedenborg's is true
which showed the spirits choosing the
planes on which they would dwell, and
being compelled by their nature to dwell
only on those which fitted their stage of
development. Think-my friends-oh
think of the time when we shall all con-
verse freely and uninterruptedly with the
eous, of those whom we have loved. We
shall be face to face with them. We shall
see them, | am well assured, as well as
talk with them. When death laws us low,
our spirits will join them, and the living
aud the dead shall not be separated even
for an instant. Then all will seek the
higher life, because it will be shame in
the eyes of those who see all that we do
and know all that we think, to lead the
lower life. There will be nothing but
emulation of all the virtues, with medita-
tive study, and striving after truth. The
Ola Will not regret their youth, because
before their death they see and feel the
JOYS of the other world.
"All this, we knew, was to come some
time or other. 1t has already come. The
man who brought this power to us is Herr
Paulus. Let us, before we proceed to the
business of the meeting of which this
story is, am sure, a welcome witness,
pass our best thanks to Herr Paulus"
The motion was carried by acclama-
ton.
81 may, therefore" said the president,
smiling sweetly, convey to Herr Paulus
the fact that it is your pleasure to thank
him for what he has done, and done so
well. | must, however, tell you one very
singular circumstance connected with this
business. To my mind this circumstance
corroborates and confirms all that went
before. Herr Paulus assured us, when he
came, that he was Il messenger only he
brought message he showed his Gre
dentlals in the powers which he possessed.
Very we'll During the time that he was
delivering this message he had lost his
memory as to himself and his anteced-
ents; he knew nothing he could not tell
how he had been taken to Abyssinia or by
whom, or from which country he had no
parents and no relations he spoke and
wrote all languages equally well as the
occasion demanded. In Russia he spoke
Russian lin Germany, German in France,