Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-27

only the merest slit through which her
eyes struggled. The boys in the class were
strongly disposed to guy her, but she DOM
mated not only their ridicule, but their bod
les. She commanded them to take their
feet down off chair to which they were
elevated. and to sit up straight, and the
boys had to mind her. A couple OF the
girls also treated Rosa's test as a huge
joke and were irrepressible they glggieo
from first to last. But close to grandma,s
side sat dear little girl, with sober, al
most awe-stricken face, her questioning
brown eyes fixed on Rosa
"Youse don't minds II me talks 70
youse, does you little girl" Rosa's Indian
spirit Bluebell was saying as Rosa reached
forward, and grasping the little girl nano
began kneading 1t between her two. .fouse
Is not afraid Of spirits, Is you? NO; me
know that and me wants to tells youse
all about youse mamma Youse mamma
isn't dead-no she isn't dead, little girl
she's just passed over into sc spirit, ana
Rosa continued in the same strain.
No Message for the Visitor.
Haven't you got some message for the
strange lady beside you, Bluebell," asked
grandma.
Then Bluebell took hold Of my hand and
lingering 1t wistfully said: Nope, 1 can't
says anything to her today, cause never
sees her before and amt got much time.
Some other day when she come, l tells her
L
youse all, cause 1 don't wants to tire my
medium out Goodbye good bye, good bye"
then shaking hands with each of us about
her, the indian was gone. Rosa rubbed her
eyes toward her rose with her thumb and
fingers, sighed deeply three times, gave a
convulsive shudder that shook her all over,
and opening her eyes, was at once alb
sorbed trying to meInorize her word of wis
dom from the card she Immediately picked
Now we will hear our words of wisdom"
the leader of the Sunday school announced.
The tots In the infant class began. Speak
the truth, shouted boy tot BE sure
you're right and go ahead" piped wee
girl. The older ones present recited some
thing like the following:
We want teachings that will make life
better, rather than look to its being so In
the next.
Truth should be the first lesson of the
child and the last aspiration of mankind.
After these recitations another hymn was
sung, and then. while young woman
played Liberty march, the entire Sunday
school. each member equipped with flag,
marched up and down, around and across
the hall, In single and double file, finally
stacking their colors. and Sunday school
was at an end for the day.
Extracts From the Catechfsm.
Grandma loaned me one of the catechisms
she had, from which copied some Of the
tenets of spiritualism as taught to children.
What world do we live in?'
1.-THE seei."
"Who lives in the unseen world?'
Our friends. whom some people call
dead"
Are they not dead?"
mo; because spirits can never die"
Was man made out of the dust Of the
earth?"
mo"
"Why?'
Because the progress Of knowledge in
the structure Of the body shows that we
must from necessity be a helpless babe,
child. youth and SO on to manhood and
womanhood."
us 1t reasonable to believe that this earth
was created out Of nothing in six days?''
teaches us that this planet was ages upon
ages In developing before any living thing
could exist, and after that the lower orders
Of creation from condition to condition.
when man came to be the browning act of
nature or God"
what is God?"
This vast creation. consisting Of sun,
women, children-every'hing."
who was Jesus Christi
"A human being created the same as all
human beings who lived eighteen hundred
years ago and passed away in defense Of
his belief"
How should we view what all history
calls 'angels'?"
"Simply as intelligent, harmonized and
well-developed human beings that passed
away from the earthly form to that spirit
ual existence of life love and progress"
why Is sphitualism superior to Chris
tianity?"
Because Christianity rests In faith, spir-
itualism on knowledge: Christianity Is his
torical, spiritualism Is living fact.