The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-12

fADleB OF nohtnen iuoAtry.
Questioned by Mr.. RIDDLE on his pres
ent estimate OF his Dramas SHAKESPEARE
Is reported az replying:
"Idld we'll Perhaps did not lose all nv talents;
but most thrown away. or. what is worse. led
AStray many from Cons works. Certainly. my
teachings through the drama were not bed. but not
altogether elevating TO the minds Of the weak in
spiritual lore"
1t would be supcrtiuous to exhibit the
quality OF tho communications obtained by
Mr.. RIDDLE from the other great minds Of
the past.
Exactly ten years after Mr.. RIDDLE, and
exactly ten years before Prof, HYsLoP, came
Mr.. LUTHER R. MARSH. lawyer and man
OF Intelligence and honest purposes.
Prof HYsLoP remarks in 500 of the COM
munications he has received through his
trusted medium, Mrs. PIPER:
~ 10 q strange but signincant fact that almost
every communication begins with Q prayer ad-
DRESSED by tho dead - Con. Some OF these prayers
are the ioftest. purest and most beautiful I have
ever heard"
Through his trusted medium, CLARrsA j.
HUyLER, Mr. MARSH obtained In 1890 a
great number OF personal interviews with
select for quotation examples OF his testi-
mony without O shock to the sense OF
reverence; for this poor gentleman hon
cstly believed that he was standing face
to face and talking with ADAM, Eve
CAIN, GAINS wife, TUBAL CAIN, MErHu-
sELAH, NOAH, ABRAHAM, Lor, PHARAOH,
PHARhoH's daughter, SAMSON. MALACHI,
SIMON PETER, JUDE, PAUL and the Angel
GABRIEL. besides nearly hundred OF the
other principal personages mentioned in
the Holy Scriptures. In the long list Of
patriarchs and prophets JOB was the only
one that refused to converse with Mr.
MARSH. Il know" said Mr.. MARSH In
conclusion, "tha conversations are gen.
ulne. really took place, and the commuuica-
tions are actually from those who purport
| to speak"
Thcextreme limit Of human crcdulity was
| probably touched In Mr.. MARsH's account
| of his conversations with our first parents
| in regard to their expulsion from Paradise.
| ADAM was reported as saying:
| I'VE journeyed with tho sun for many IN lies on .
trackless plln then upon high hill we rested for
| the sun was fast sinking and, weary, seated my
| loved companion. now suffering from exhaustion,
=
ence ha caused our exile and her separti m from
no" animals that % ZEN were mating for their ep,n.
ino meal, ~ she had given II with her own hands"
And upon being questioned by the lawyer
concerning her genesis and recollections OF
Eden, EVE replied as below, up to the point
where she broke down with emotion over
her separation from tho animals:
QusStioU-ApIM, as you know. has rl2sAdy
| spoken. 80 far as VIC are informed you GwoLs sud
denly to cousciuusneSs in that luXuriAnt garden and
found As yonr companion the first man Of his race
What you and he thought and said and did must in.
| tuEsely interest your postertty, mankind.
| "AnAwSr-How ran l recall the happy hours be.
meath those majestic trees. whore l. with ADAM lis
| tened 10 the voice Of Conf fancy now that can
see the flowers change In hue: can yet inhGlo their
sweet perfume In the loving air. My heart 10 sAd.
doned when l recall the parting cAresses OF those
animals had petted, whose faces. 80 familiar had
grown dear ~ me- oh. how can speak Of those lear
sceneS 40 long rhoriGhedr
Such are brief examples Of the evidence of
! the possibility OF communication with those
! h"yond the grave, as offered by two in
vestigators Of moro than average ntelli-
gence and OF undoubtnd sincerity and earn
estness. At first sight the interview with
SHAKESPEARE and his posthumously COM
posed poems, SO gravely published by Mr..