Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-06-17
Mrs. Simpson and Spiritualism

dent OF the FIRST spiritual Society OF
Wichita and her withdrawal from the
society on account Of evidence Of graft.
Her views on the subject were contribut-
ed to the Wichita Eagle, which the In-
dex promised to publish at the request Of
her Barber county friends. Space was
not available until this week, but we take
pleasure in publishing the article now. 1t
follows:
Feeling that both myself and my sub
ject are entitled to a word of explanation,
| avail myself Of this opportunity of ad-
dressing the public. AS an advocate of
the theory. or rather, the facts, Of spirit
ualism, | find myself subject to more mis-
understanding and often, too, misrepre-
sentation, than would seem. possible.
have now been an observer, investigator,
student and happy participant in these
most wonderful phenomena for number
of years. My investigations have cost
me much time and considerable money.
During the earlier years | always saw
this subject dismissed from discussion with
a wave Of the hand, bit of cutting ndi-
cule, or a superstitous dangerous, let it
alone But as grew older and saw many
Of the worlds best scientists and thinkers
braving the ridicule in order to help in
veSigate. my attitude toward it changed.
And it is a most startling fact that none
Of our wise men have ever quit this in
veSdgation after once getting thoroughly
into it without pronouncing it the greatest
wonder and a new world Of facts to be
explored. Even Gladstone said Of it:
The greatest, by far the greatest, work
now going on IN the world And what
an imposing array Of great names it has
won. Crookes, whose Investigations in
electricity and other science has made
him a world leader and elected him to
the presidency Of the English Royal So
ciety. the greatest scientific body Of men
In the world, has written a book Of his
spirit researches that shows him as sure Of
the facts Of spiritualism as he is Of SUM-
shine. Alfred Russell Wallace, the CO.
discoverer with Darwin Of the laws Of
evolution, has written a book briAling
with wonderful spiritualistic facts discov-
cred by him during wears Of earnest study.
In our own country we have the two
books. the Widows Mite and the Psy-
chic Riddle, by |. K. Funk, D. D., a
man whose scholarly rank is best attested
by the fact that his standard dictionary is
IN many places supplanting our loved
Webster. Rev. R. Heber Newton, Of
the Episcopal church, and Minont J.
Savage. D. D., Of the Unitarian, are
American religious leaders who have TAX
en- an open stand for the study Of Spirit
Return.
"Dr. Richard Hodgson spent over 6f-
ty thousand dollars for the American
Psychic Research Society investigating
various mediums. He was one of the
worlds most skilled psychologists and be-
gan as a materiaEst, expecting to find it
all fraud, but ended his years Of work
with full conviction Of Immortality and
spirit return. His scientific certainty Of
future life is best evidenced by his say
ins 1 can hardly wait to die And
since his death he has identified himself
TO scientific men in many ways and says:
Things are even better than expected.
And there are hundreds Of others Of the
brightest. the best and the greatest Of
men whose writings and sayings on this
subject are truly enishtenins, but space
foCbids their mention. The public pres:
Is slowly opening up to the subject for the
people begin to demand it. A good il
lusration is Hamlin Garland's article on
The Shadow World lately begun in
EveEybody's Magazine.
Much Of my life has been with the
minority. | am proud to regard the hus.
band whose name bear as a pioneer
advocate Of the political principles so un.
popular and productive Of defeat twenty
years ago. but which are today making
our president the most popular man Of the
age. Though he could not remain in the
body to see these principles triumph, Of
his spirit presence and continuing work
for the cause he loved so well | have had
the most startling combinations. And
these proofs come not from fortune teller.
and schemers for money, but from friend.
and workers IN this field who would
scom to accept pay for their powers, and
from those who are developing their psy-
chic power quietly for their own benefit
and who would not permit the mention
iug Of their names. And the number
whom | thus find working for the higher
development. and the greater results they
are getting. and the high character Of the
persoDs engaged, would startle the city
and the nation.
Being absolutely convinced Of the
auth Of Spirituaism. and not fearing tc
stand with minority when | felt it to be
In the right. and ANXIOUS for the sake o.
truths advancementrto still be Of use tc
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