The labor world., 1899-07-15
NOTHING DIES.
Ever Changing but Never Lost Coming
Again in Different Form.
Bv PAUL WILLIAMS.

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future existence, Mr.. Williams, and if
there is an earth there is grass and
flowers and shrubs and trees and con
ditions for obtaining food. If there
are flowers there are bees and if there
are trees there are birds. All this
you see would be essential to happiness.
How naturally you see we are led to
the conclusion that conditions in the
future state correspond, in the begin
ming there, with our conditions here
s.What, Doctor, dogs and lower ani-
mails over there, too?'' yls
"a eyes, it is the opinion of many sem
siblea people that lower animals have
a future existence, one. of their rea-
sons for this belief being that the fl-
ture state would be deprived of a
large share of its pleasures to- human
beings if we could not have the assoc
citation of birds and pet animals. Again
ii we can place credence on communi=
cations from the spirit world they all
agree that such pets as we most desire
to have with us are there .
..'sHave we ever had reliable abso-
lutely authentic reports from the spirit
world, Doctor ?'' s
Nothing that would be absolutely
incontestible proof in law; and yet
millions Of people believe that we may
and do have commune with the
spirit world. =
What do the most Intelligent spir-
itualists believe concerning the future
world ??'' s.s==s !
That we start there as we leave off
here, that we find congenial employ
ment and provide for all materialistic
wants along socialistic lines, every per-
son working for the good of all. s .ss sss
s.That we find there our relat ives and
scongenial friends, that our associations
there will be. high or low as they have
been here, and that amid infinitely
better surroundings we progress TO
higher and better intellectual and
moral life Z
':That retaining the affection for
friends and rela tives that we had here
lit is natural that we should seek to re-
turn and do occasionally return to be
amid the scenes of earth, and through
the same law by which we could once
influence our friends on earth we may
and do communicate to them from our
spirit home ss ss=5 .s.s
That upon going into spirit exist
ence we throw off the deformities OF
mind and body which may have dis dis
figured or clouded our efforts here.
''That. children grow to perfect ply
steal maturity there as they would
have done here but amid vastly aim-
proved conditions over what could
have been here" sE3s So
s.'That the difficulties of commlni4-
cation with friends on earth are 50
many that the most of our friends and
relatives give up; the effort to make
themselves known to us, but resign
themselves to await reunion with us
in the spirit land.'' ss5s .,5s.
"That after certain periods spirits
pass from the primary spheres on 1 to to
other spheres, in the celestial king
dom, the trend being ever gradually
toward higher and more blissful con-
uItions.''
doctor, L went the other night to
see a spirit materialize. The room
was made perfectly dark and after
time, in dim light, spirit in white
came out of an enclosure and shook
hands with some of the most Jealous
spiritualists that sat down in front
What do you think Of that ?"
81 think it was a pure fraud, one OF
the thousands of impositions constant.
ly being imposed upon credulous spir'
itualists. The wonder is, with all the
exposures which have been made, thai
intelligent people will continue to be
so imposed upon. .
ssHow are we, to know in these spirll
communications what is fraud and
what is genuine. We have table tip
pings, rappings, slate writing, and in
spired speakers. How much OF all this
shall we reject?'' ts ss
"We have SO much to reject, Mr.. vii
lliams, that it does not pay to follow
the matter up. Beyond the probable
lity that we have future conscious ex
tistence, that we retain our individual
ity and probably progress in that othel
state to better conditions, we can alb
solutely know nothing, from the fac
THAT the future is very wisely bidder
from US. In fl fly years of spiritual