The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-10-07
Mans Immortality.

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Since the first Adam tho question of
questions has been: After this life. what?
To no man has the answer been given.
The door Of the future, even the future
Of the next instant, IS shut; so that no
human being has ever known anything
save Of the past and the instant none.
The next step is shrouded in darkness.
or, NJ best, nlumiHed only by that faith
which Is a concomitant Of the souls
subtler nature.
The best, the wisest, the most pro-
found man IN the normal, or man so de-
pleted OF the carnal until the spiritual
dominates, can have only visions. How
then can we expect any one to accept any
doctrine which has as its foundation a
life beyond this entity since il has no
knowledge predlcated upon experiences
that can be laid down as we Go the multi
plication table TO prove our sums? a man
may say. Il saw a vision, a spirit OF the
departed human, possessing FORM" but
how prove il so as 10 hush doubts. ques-
uon!ngs? The say so Of millions Of men
may not convince the one man whose
mind, though not stored with the lore OF
sages or wisdom OF the ages. vet is Of
that texture or quality il does its own
thinking and determining. What argu-
ment have we to offer that will be ac-
ceptable as a proof that the soul lives. if
he refuses TO accept tie assurances OF
those who relate their experiences OF tell
Of their visions?
Pointing 20 the new and wonderful dis
coveries in the realms Of science may
silence, but not convince UnfoIded the
revelations Of those called inspired" may
weaken his skepteism, may even under
mine the foundation Of his opposition.
still he shakes his head and refuses TO
believe in anything not squaring with his
experience or his knowledge What can
We present 10 such a one to prove that
after the passing Of this mundane state
the subtleT life unf0lds and is,
The surrounding OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES may
not impiuge upon him sufficiently 10 en-
able him 90 perceive that within him is the
higher, truer, better nature. though but
ieebly manifested In moments OF the deep
est introspection, SO subtly fragmentary
they are but ripples OF swayingS and mass
on without leaving their impress, unless
indeed, he be 0Jtuned 10 those spiritual
vortex waves which ever and anon draw
our thoughts Godward. One has 70 De OF
exceedingly fine fiber 20 be able TO realize
The delicate cords the infinite fingers play
upon ia making celestial music in our dis
cord3nt human natures. though some
times we do find a rare nature attuued 10
Z Ha of
rudely incased. But such is the stubborn
self-assertiyeu5ss of the purely human
Comprehension IS difficult Of those more
delicate whisperings from heavenly
spheres.
These rare souls Of earth sometimes
catch melodies duller ears are sealed "a.
and even TO the duller ears. M times the
chimes Of heaven are family heard. dem
onstrating that there is within us q higher
self that perceives things unknOwabIe 10
our normal self
No mortal mind ever conceived Of q
thing inconsistent. It Is not an attribute
OF the finite 10 create. The best we can
do is 10 be so responsive to the influences
emanating from the Infinite as to place
in harmony herewith aud give
forth, as reflective evidence the swayings
OF our inner subuer self Radium existed
from the beginning, but only one found il
and that after thousands Of years had
elapsed, and though but few OF us have
seen IL, and very few Of the few who have
seen IL are able 10 comprehend il none
now may deny its existence. The mind
Of man is so Cramped il expands slowly.
but IT IS absorbent and takes I'D that
which has been proven IS.
To state the proposition that a bit OF
substance, one quarter Of an inch square
will fill a space 16 feet by Is feet by 10
feet. equivalent TO 4,423.6S) cubic inches.
without diminishing itself, would be de-
MED by those of more than The average
intelligence, yet If Illustrated or ex-
planned by the bit Of mask maintaining
its bulk while filing the space with its
particles. the problem IS grasped. compre-
hended, accepted So. If we but realize
that no mortal mind could have origi-
mated the idea Of the spirits return 10 its
former earthly habitation. we begin 10
understand that the many evidences
vOuchsafed US must be based upon an in
snite principle that will became cogniz- !
able 10 Us If we contemplate the spirit
power as we do the subtler emanations
from mere material things.
In the average man may be reflections I
IF the likeness Of God. The more he con /
iiders the higher nature he perceives is /
within him, the truer reflection viii he /
gain from the mirror Of his soul, OF that /
higher and truer self that is GOd-given, /
and the more this introspection is culti- |
rated the more readily will he perceive Of /
he things which before We're but as OBJ /
ects 20 the blind
The evidences OF the spirits return have 4
been sufficiently shown to prove that il /
'annOt be blotted from the records by the 4
refusal to accept it by those who do not I
are enough about 1t to give It their medi- /
atoms and Investigations
If the question Is sincerely studied II
nay become Jacobs ladder. stretching
o Heaven, by means of which We NAV
the realms now hidden from our
ten.
That we may have unto ourselves the
more visual communion with the realms
Z the post-mortaI state, we must under
tand, as far as knowledge can be OBJ
aimed, the philosophy as well as the
cience concerning the spirits of those
Who were on earth. If the comforting
olace of a belief in spirit nature is to be /
uTs.
While we may not know. we can gain
belief that viii be the vestibule of
The mind. looking back into the mex
lorable vastness Of the past, or upward !