The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-19

set aside for expression OF Views OF
your readers on questions OF public
interest. venture 10 ask room for
the following on this, thdA most in
tcrcstng or all subjects, VIZ. "lf a
man Ole. shall he live again."
i rms question. asked by Job hun
/ urcus OF years ago. has hecn the prob
rem oi the ages. Now. Mr.. Editor. so
/ !af as have been able to learn. the
iarscr portion of mankind answers
,'is question in the Affirmative. and
| this belief or knowledge. traced to its
source. we lind rests upon the alleged
! return of travellers from that other
/! Shorc. All the great religious systcin;
I OF the world rest on this fact Ispr-
! clally Is this true OF Cnristlanity. This
f! inct. coupled With the other fact that
/ neep down in our nature is implanted
! inc longing for continued life, which
! latter fact sooner or later rises to the
+ surface In the experience OF most Of
! us. Even in the case of Colonel Robert
lnsersoll. at the grave Of his brother.
| IL was voiced III the words. III opc
! hears the rustic of IL wing. and faith
sees the faint Slinrmcring OF Il star
! Ii may he Illustrated By the conclusion
of the great t'rcnch mathematician. lie
Nerrier, when. after weighing the
larger bodies OF the solar system, he
found there WAS some thing laclS!ng;
something beyond. lie knew or ii By
It's attractive force. Then il was that
! Professor Adams looked in the tiircc-
ton indicated, and with his telescope
he found the undiscovered country
upon which mortal eyes had never
looked, and thus enlarged the bounds
OF the known.
Now. while tho majority have been
willing TO accent the statement that
there Is another country beyond mere
sense perception, there have always
been those like Professor Adams. who
were willing 10 Investigates: who ne
cepted literally the injunction III the
apostle when he said add to your
faith knowledSc.' These can sag they
know thai II this earthly house be
dissolved they have n house not built
with hands. eternal in The heavens"
AS to the attitude of the scientific
world towards this subject. as indi-
ridnnls they may be divided into two
classes: those who have investigated
and those who have not or the latter
class, the attitude OF the late Professor
Thomas II. Huxley. probably the ablest
OF them all, may he stated as rep
resentative case. In the late work,
Life and Letters Of Thomas II. HuX-
Icy by his son. Volume |, page ~!
we ind the following words: II neither
affirm nor deny the immortality OF
man. Give me such evidence rs would
Justify me In believing anything else
and 1 VIII believe II. WHY should |
not? 1t IS not hnf 50 wonderful as
the conservation OF force Or tie in
destructibili,y OF matter
These words were in II letter written
to Or. Kingsley In reply 10 II letter Of
coincidence written upon the dcnth Of
his son
Coming to the sist or your article az
regards tho result of The lnbors OF the
Psychical Research society. they have
done great WORK i'll the ncld of men
tai phenomena. including i'thouEht
transference'' telcputhy hypnotism
and kindred subjects. And as to the
great central question around which
all these cluster. namely the survival
OF psychic life over bodily death. What
IS the conclusion OF the ablcst amongst
these painstaking investigators? In
the list may be included the late ISich-.
ard liodgson secretary. Professor T..
w II, Myers, secretary. Sir Oliver
Lodge, +. X. s.: Professor \. r. Wal
lace, L. Il s.. Professor iom broso.
Camille ILLUMINATION, Professor Crooks,
the inventor OF the Crooks tube; Pro-
fcasor Hyslop late OF Columbia Uni
versity. and scores Of others These
men state over their own signatures
rs a result Of their investigation they
believe In world beyond and pos
sibiliiy of communication between the
inhabitants Of that plane of life and
this, and that this belief Is based upon
scientific facts.
Further Mr.. Editor. tho ablest man
OF this society on the negative side
of this question was probably tho late
Frank Podinore, and in his last work.
just from tho press. ''rhc New Spirit
ualism." he seems TO have about given
MP his theory OF telepathy and gone
over 10 the spiritualistic hypothesis.
thus making the verdict almost unan
imous.
In view of these facts, are we not
justified i'll the affirmation of communi-
cation with the spiritual world? "'rhat
there are guardian angels has been
taught from the earliest time. We 10
not see through tho thin veil which
separates the world of spirits and.
men we cannot see the air which
surgcs. profound and agitated ocean.
above and around us. II is a beautiful
belief, fun of consolation, OF assurance
and comfort 10 the struggling and
striving. How hard may press the
iron hand Of fate. how sharp the ninty
stones beneath our feet: We think OF
these Messed messengers by our side.
ana feel that our burdens arc for tho
purpose OF giving us strength. we
know that they arc with us In the
darkest, hours and enjoy with us the
DAYS OF our sunahine. We delve in the
soil and ainirch OF the world, and the
physical being obscures and ovcriaps
the spiritual TO such a degree that our
horizon is shut down on that side by
thick clouds and only al long in
tervals can ray or light penetrate
The darkness; while our lives might
be 50 we'll ordered that We would be
as conscious of these guardians as Of
earthly frienda.'
GEORGE G. coRBIN.
Danyillc.