The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-11
PROOFS OF IMMORTALITY.
PEOF. HTSLOP TELLS now HE WAS
SATISFIED BY A MEDIUM.

some of the Phenomena with which Mrs.
Piper Has Been PuZzling tho Psychical
Research Society Convince Him He Has
Heard from of the Silent Majority.
DR.. James II. Hyslop. professor OF psychol-
ocy. ethics and logic in Columbia University.
has come back to New York from Boston. and
raassnrtcd last evening to u Sun reporter the
stnteincu. he made a few days ago in Boston
that uo is sure he can scientifically prove
life after death. He bases his opinion on
what he says is the uncontrovertble fact
that he himself has actually talked. through
human, medium. with persons long since
dead This medium is the famous Mrs. Piper
Of BOSTON, with whom he has had, in all. sew
entccn sttings. Four OF these have taken
place in tho past few days.
Il am absolutely certain" Prof. Hyslop
,aid Yesterday. that within year shall be
sule 10 lay before the world conclusive evidence
OF tho immortality OF the SOUL have been in
yestigatng and studying this matter for over
ten wears Spiritism Is the only theory that will
expla.n satisfactorily the phenomena have
witnessed In my seventeen sittings with Mrs.
pirer not once has she told me facts connected
only with my own memory. Each time they
have been common to myself and to persons
long since dead. And this s also true OF the
great number Of scientific en- who have ex-
amned her.
Beside fraud. which all are convinced Is
out OF tho question. the only explanation Of
any weight. aside from spiritisin. Is thought
transtercnce. In my skepticism held to this
idea seven years. My ideas were based then
merely on tho reports OF the Society TOR PSYCHE
ca Research which controls Mrs. Piper. DR..
Hodgson however. answered my objections
effectively. Furthermore. my own sttings
convinced mo | was wrong. single in
stance will show how untenable this hy-
pothesis is. Miss W. had a sitting with
Mrs. Piper in which she received letter from
aminister she had known when he was alive.
She was skeptical. however. She told the
minister to dictate another letter to somo
one who should have sitting at
some future time. not appointed This
was done. The letter was addressed
20 Miss Wat Reading. Mass There after
wear or SO she found 1t. In a subsequent
sjance she asked the minister why he ad-
dressed IL there. He replied that Kate Smith
had helped him. Now she couldn't recolect
who Kate Smith was for some time. Then she
remembered having known the woman some
twenty years back when she had lived short
while in Reading. The woman had long since
died Now here was a case where Mrs. Piper's
mind. il it followed teleEathy, transcribed dis
lance SPACE and time. In other words. 1t was
infinite These facts could not have been even
in Miss WIS subiinipal consciousness, Again.
myself witnessed the writing Of a letter from
dead person, suggesting that flowers be put
showed that at that identical time hundreds
Ct niles away this very en act act t ESss Rer
Piper has really an infinite mind which can
reach out anywhere in this world or any other
and pick out from any one the facts she men,
When asked whether the dead persons talk
ing with him gave their names. DR.. Hyslop
Not at FIRST. but in short while they do. I
have received In my stttipgs and have identi-
fed twenty-five names belonging to persons
not necessarily my relatives or even acquant::
ances. One George Pelham assumed name Of
whom know Another interesting point here
ia the fact that all my imp2rtant facts gath
cred wthout, questions. They were simply
The reporter then asked q ~ Mrs. Plper'ss
apsoo curing ana
%. In front OF her is a table with pillow on it.
ten %s m nutes. Her lace suddenly twtehes and
then changes to fixed upward position. She
pillow. Her right hand shortly begins 70 write
On pad the messages from the dead through tIaGh
9 ss @ s Tsn
but deeply sgniacent fact Ct that almost %
prayers are the l2Pttlest, ,purest and most beau
- Hyslop's next step will be to oresnlzss a
facts. He will also expose frauds as
he has done Of late; He will try
10 enable him to do this. He expects. he says.
he greatest amount OF skepticism for his
theory. This however. he deems healthy: His
report t. be ready in year. will answer it.
A. to the effects OF this theory being proven
true. Prof, Hyslop said II, will almost com
pet"ly revolutoni2e the ideals OF religion.
morality and politics. 1t will disturb dog
matte Theology, but it will rejuveIn
inspiring confidence in the immortality Of the
soul. In morals the economic ideal Of getting
aspirituai IDEAL. a sincere regard for the here
after can show. however. and shall do so. that
The med .nval idea OF eternal punishment here
ay will strengthen the necessity for q strong
Government and also the growing tendency o!
respect for the individual
UTTER DIAMONDS Nv MEXICO.