Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-07-15
VISITED HER CHILDREN
a TRIP IN SPIRIT FROM THE IN
DIES TO ENGLAND.
Return of Spirits to Old Friends in the
Flesh-Promlsed to DO Certain
Things After Death-A
Nut for Scientists.

Il am not spirltualist do not be-
lieve in any of the work ,ngs oil
spiritualism, and l think when you
talk about cOnversing with the spirit
OF George Washington or Julius
Caesar that it is all humbug." said a
leading lawyer to Washington Post
man. ''but there are many strange
things in the lives of men and women
which cannot be dismissed with a
brush of disbelief. There is an in
huence OF mind over mind. n kind OF
biography between kindred souls
which Is wonderful. l believe as
firmly as that l am sitting here that
our minds can communicate with an
other even though they be thousands
of miles apart
IAN English woman who was af.
flicted with consumption of the lungs
left her home 10 seek health in the
East Indies The climate did not re-
lieve her malady, however and she
knew that she must soon die. She
had great longing to see her little
ones at her distant home. One day
she awoke from sleep and told her
friends she was ready to die. that she
had seen her children. She died the
next evening. Her remains were
taken back TO England for burial. Her
physician had made a note of the
exact time when the invalid claimed
to have seen her children. and calling
one of them to him asked what had
happened at certain hour on a GER
tain day. Mamma came to see us.
She was in the nursery. said the little
fellow. The mother thought and In
her mind had been with her children.
their minds had been influenced by
hers. and they thought they had seen
her
Lord Brougham who you know
was at one time Lord High Chancellor
OF England. made study of psychol-
ogy. He was inclined to be skeptical
about tho Immortality OF the soul.
and on one occasion made a solemn
compact with n friend that whichever
should die first should communicate
with the other alter death if possible.
To make the compact more binding
1T was written in blood drawn from
the veins OF both men, signed and
sealed and each one kept copy.
One day. years after this had hap.
pened. Lord Brougham went into the
bathroom, and, while drinking. saw
seated just in front OF him this friend.
He was startled very much; in fact
was thrown into trance. from which
the attendant had to awaken him.
He did not forget the vision though
he had forgotten the compact. till a
few weeks later he noticed in the
papers an account OF the death of his
friend in India He compared the
dates and hour and found that his
friend had kept his agreement and
appeared to him n short while after
his death.
Another instance in the life OF
Lord Erskine was strange one and
can be accounted for only on the the
DRY ! suggest that mind can commune
cate with mind though the bodies are
separated. Lord Erskine was OF
Scottish descent and owned a manor
in the highlands. Here he spent a
great deal OF time. and always went
up for the shooting in August One
day while at his home in England. one
of the peasants who had been on his
Scotch manor for years. appeared to
him. He was surprised. and asked.
What are you doing down hereP'
Your butler has swindled me out OF
five shillings but l thought you would
make it all right A few weeks later
Lord Erslline went TO Scotland and
one of the first persons he met was
the wife OF the peasant.
He inquired about him. The
woman said he had died on such a
day, and among the last things he said
was that you would pay me five shil-
lings that the butler owed him. Lord
Erskine paid the money. The man
had died on the day Lord Erskiue
saw him in vision in England
another instance more recent
happened to friend OF mine. He and
his wife were skebtical about the
future state. and made an agreement
that whichever died first should give
some sign OF recognition to the other
after death. His wife was ficted
with rheumatism and had to go about
on crutchea
She finally died of the disease. and
breathed her last in her hus bands
arms. He says that short time af-
ter her death he felt sharp blow on
his cheek. but could not tell whence
1t came. A few mornings after the
funeral he was lying in bed and felt
the same slap in the face Looking
up he saw his wife by the bedside.
This was repeated several mornings
That man is still living and would
take an oath that the story is true