The Detroit times., 1909-12-20
NO HUNGER AND NO.
THIRST IN HEAVEN
Spirit Of Former Mayor Of Boston
Gives His Stenographer Vivid
Picture of Celestial City.

BOSTON. Dec. 2O.-What purports
To be interviews with the spirit of
Gen Augustus p. Martin. former
mayor and police commissioners OF
Boston. appear in volume. entitled
Both Sides OF the Neil,' just pub
lished
The author is Miss Manning Rob
bins, who was Gen. Martins stenog-
rapher for a number Of years. She
took down a stenographic report Of
the words purporting 10 be uttered by
s~rits through Mrs. I.eonora Il. Pi-
per. the Arlington medium. The re-
ports were made for the Society OF
Psychical Research.
Gen Marti mis- quoted as telling
what ht remembers about his own
death and the eternal life which IS
now his own In another sphere. are
appended, He Is quoted as saying
When | first passed out my mind
was cloudy. rather confused. | felt
as though I was going into space.
| did not know where. drifting, as
IL were, for a few hours-that was
all-and then | felt as though there
Ndo SlOhB Huilh blhop'u mt "HN
said 10 me: II is all right; II Is all
over, and ! said What is over?'
Il could not seem to understand
what IL all meant and after little
while. perhaps an hour, possibly an
hour or two, saw, Oh. such light
You cannot imagine It. cannot con
ceive what IL was like. And all OF a
sudden | saw people moving about.
flaAtv
Then they seemed all clad in white.
and I could not seem TO make them
out. They were moving in the air.
Did you know anything about
your funeral AZ the timer"
Yes. | knew it. said Gen. Mar.
tin. and saw the body and the flow
ers / saw the way in which | was
laid out. looked as though | was
asleep. don't you think so?-and
don't think the face showed suffering.
wes so pleased TO go out and away
from the atmosphere. | felt SO chokel
and So distrC ased for breath; and the
moment | was released from the i'm
prisoning body. then could breathe
perfectly. | fclt--I could not describe
II 10 you.
Il felt as though the air was flied
ing. rising, rising above my body until
| passed behind simply a veil. II If
thin II blinds your vision. 1t OBJ
structs the vision Tor moment from
the earthly world. Then, after we
have passed beyond It, why. the
music, the flowers. the trees. the birds.
the lakes. the rivers. the hills. the
gardens. the walks. are perfectly
magnificent. and nothing in the earth
~ world can correspond 10 them.
And We are taken up by perhaps
a priest. or man that acts In the
capacity Of what YOU would under
stand as clergyman. and they say;
This Is a state of transition. You
are now in the real life. I'm the new
ife You viii not see the face of the
Father for many. many years, but He
will give you strength and power to
go back. IL you wish. and see those
whom YOU have left behind
And then ! was surrounded by
friends whom ! knew. members OF
my family and all. surrounded by
thcm welcoming me-
And then | was taken to an actual
mansion II would be what YOU
would call a palace There is gar
len and walks about H. II Is divided
into rooms. actual compartments; |
was taken TO that. and they said.
Here Is your home: occupy IL;
have what friends you choose with
you. what relatives YOU choose with
YOU. aud as those whom you have
left behind follow you. YOU may vel.
come them to this home as you may
sec ft'
II won't in and looked about me
and they said
This is heaven this is the spirit
ual world We greet YOU
II wen 10 the window and ! looked
out upon the orchestra, they each one
bowed and waved their hands, and the
music continued
IL walked about. ! had no hunger,
no thirst no desire 10 eat. no desire
for food but am sustained by the
condition Of the clements The con-
dition of the elements Is such that we
are fed and sustained and live by
them