Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-07

"a New York. April 5,--The World pub
Dish lshes the following: Luther r.
Ethan when he came to court the victim
'fhnd convert of Diss Debar, appeared
Sat the forty-seventh anniversary cele-
ltbra.lon of modern spirituallsm. held
NJ Carnegie music hall yesterday after
'4noon.
g When Edgar w. Emerson began TO
s speak, Mr. Marsh leaned forward. Mr..
< Emerson recognized ana called by
name number of departed spirits all
fof whom were recognized by the au-
ttlence Suddenly he said;
b 81 see before me an elderly gentle
man: across his forehead is written in
red letters a name-no-yes- can 1t be
. possible? The name Is Alvin Stewart"
w Mr.. Marsh who had been growing
lleNcited as the manifestation progress
ed. broke out: That's right, l rec
ognize him perfectly. He is my father
ih-law."
VI There is one near him." continued
the medium; 1T is u woman. She is
called Bveline.'
She is my sister" cried Mr.. Marsh.
81 am sorry she spoke to me-"
+ The medium said. FOR tine people may
Blink there Is collusion.'
But / never saw you In my life un-
gu last night" said Mr. Marsh, and
Fun sure / told you nothing about my
Nfamlly
I'd Mr. Marsh now arose to speak.
Where was great applause. The hall
Dad gradually filled NJ until people
blocked tho aisles nearly to the plat
form Mr. Marsh said:
VI we are here to commemorate the
anniversary of the first spirit rapplnEs
beard at Rochester forty-scven years
They thought they knew. The one
great element In humanity is the
searchng after the unknown. In some
HIS characteristic Is called natural
curiosity: in others science; in others
treligion; In others superstition. II is
all the same. And though at times
the unknown has become known.
never has the unknowable been pene-
trated.
sacred writ could not unlock the
door No one could say know, but 1
i belleve-but others have believed diff
< ferently. Why should ] be right and
they wrong? But the revelation was
" come. not from the sandy plains OF
Arabia, not from frozen Russia, but
here in our own Empire state was the
revelation TO be made; revelation
that enables us to say we know for we
fnave seen, heard and felt it's manires-
tatlons.
81 This Is the anniversary of the natal
DAY of Splrituallsm Nearly half a cen-
tlIly has rolled away since that gather
hg at Rochester. Whatever may be
the sings hurled at Splrltualism, she
has done this for the world: she has
proved the truth Of immortality.
"a when death comes the body and
apirlt break partnership, The body
goes into solitary insolvency below, and
Die spirit, while not exactly doing bus
iness at the old stand. yet continues
N existence, with the assets and credit
ond the debts, too, of the old firm.
s- The value of spirit messages de-
Ponds on the character Of the spirit.
They are not all salnts-some are bad.
And contradictory messages come to us
trst as they come from good and bad
friends on earth But It Is the duty of
NE spirits TO do us good, to be our |
guides, not to make us suffer. Religion
makes us suffer 1t torments us on
enrth, and some people think 1t fol- |
lowe us to the other place with Its per-
stcutions.
I'm a word, spirltualism has per-
fcrined two great Offices for h y:rs inity |
I'll has proved the phenomenon of i'm |
mortality, and has showed the absurd
ly or suffering for so-called conscience |
sake. Ous Father takes no pleasure in
the suffering OF his children, lie is
Just He would be worshlped in spirit
and in truth"
after the address Mr.. Marsh was
naked by World reporter touching
runor that he is contemplating putting
his ideas on Splritualism Into book
form.
VIZ is true l am at work on book on
fplritual manifestations In II / shall
al.