Charlevoix county herald., 1908-04-18

from the spirits OF the dead, that dOuk-
inant idea soon takes possession OF
the ones SO deluded that they lose all
interest In the everyday affairs of life.
read no books Except on spiritism).
read no papers, do not keep abreast of
the times and when questioned as to
the reason. invariably say, "Oh, they
tell me all I ought to know" Who are
they? why, my guides. of course
Men and women who expend their
vitality in the cultivation of the sub
iective faculties are comparatively
worthless in the practical. everyday
affairs OF life.
Let me caution all who are inter-
ested in psychic development to first
count the costs. 1t is much easier to
awaken the subjective power than it is
to control it, All is we'll SO long as the
objective has control but not SO when
the subjective gains supremacy beyond
the power of the objective to say
thus far and no farther"
Not long ago a well-known educator
in this state California; extended his
Investigations to the extent that he
heard. or thought he heard, voices. He
lost his mental balance, reason abdi-
Gated her throne and he ended life's
fitful dream by his own hand. Thus
DR.. Jekyl changed himself into Mr..
Hyde once too often.
Possibly the greatest stickler in the
minds Of spiritists is the query so Of
ten propcunded by them, viz: IF two
embodied spirits can communicate
with each other by means of telepathy,
why cannot disembodied spirit com.
the same way?"
This is usually supposed to be a set
tier. 1t is, from the viewpoint of the
spiritist because his mind is settled
when he asks it, No amount of argu-
ment can ever convert a deep-dyed-in.
the-wool spiritist
This important question is best an
swered in DR.. Hudson's own words:
AS for myself, l do not know why
they canhOt-I do not even know that
they cannot-so communicate. The
question is, Do spirits of the dead com.
municats with the living through me.
diums?"
Throughout the who field of investi-
cation, including every phase of spirit
ism eXtant, and with unbiased judy
ment, have | sought and sought in
vain for the proof that spirits do so
communicate. | have been personally
acquainted with the very best and
most prominent mediums in this coun-
try, but | have yet to meet one that
has been able to give ME any intelli-
gent or definite message of the beyond
from that bourne whence no trav-
eler returns"
l have every reason to believe that
Christ had full, accurate, intuitive
knowledge OF every attribute of the
human soul. l further believe that in
the parable of the rich man and Laza-
rus we have full, clear, concise and
definite expression as to His view of
spirit return.
Note the following expressions and
see how significant and unmistakable
are the utterances, -"between us and
you is great gulf fixed; so that they
which would pass from hence to you
cannot, neither can they pass to us,
that would come from thence" Also,
though one rose from the dead" etc.
Mark well that word though and
see what it implies. What is the con-
clusion to which we must naturally
arrive? l believe it will be the gen.
eral consensus of opinion that if Christ
considered it possible for spirits of the
dead to commune with the living He
would have taken this occasion to i'm
part the information. Not having done
so, the import of the parable is that
it is neither possible nor expedient,
for any purpose whatever for spirits
of the dead to communicate with the
| living.