The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31
n. WILLIAM r. sTEAp.
A. written down automatically ny
enc head of an Episcopal college
for young women.

OF sp!rituausm, or the spirit u
splrltualism, so called, for spirit
tiaiism IS not always spiritual. II
~ often confused with visions and un-
amy phenomena which are the out
growth OF uuspiritual souls who use
heir powers 20 make money. but the
-ealiy spiritual spiritualist Will not use
-hose God given powers for gain.
We often see people who can, with
,ut. any spiritual soul come into con-
lcci Ion With che spirit world. We often
gee theth move tables and sometimes
'att#& raps to sbe given, but none Of
heshgthings are spirltualism; they are
,nlNtphanipulutions Of most unnatural
1oShfS, which tnsnifest'eo some people
vhns Shever knew OF. the existence 81
plrits or splrituaiisfn.
Many Of so-called manifestations"
sra no more than very unnatural de-
velopmeny Of the psychic powers. and
er9 oftsR~the medium Is wholly una
ware of his gift until some untoward
circumstance brings 1t into operation,
md then mer call Il splritunlism, but
is only natures laws being carried
~ on natural lines.
only n short time aCo Va were In
r7rth life we were vaguely seeking the
-ht. with now and then circle or
eancs TO make Us more keen for the
plriIusl truth and the spiritual power.
ve are now In the spirit world, We can
peak - our loved ones, We can make
rem see us as we are, or we can use
~ hand Of some In writing. but many
us have surrounded ourselves with
1nlsterng guides 30 that We may over
me the innumerah'e influences which
whom We want 20 speak.
How the spiritual side Of spiritual
"a Is so far removed from mere me-
'umLstic manifestations as 10 make L
'puIsive sometimes 70 a really spirit
Al soul when the medium calls up the
Nourued for member Of our family and
is US VIVA, TO say to him, We feel
tnourn trn sacredness or our grief
al been made a trade, and we shrink
'om paying money for this kind OF
n'ritualism.
We need 20 soc in Il the love Of our
'jther before We can believe. We must
n'nguize IN il our Fathers supreme
W ~ His children. Oh, very wonder
II IL that Gift Of The sO-callcd medium
~ greater stin is the spirit OF the
'N who chilled rs into being and made
the messengers OF truth. to carry
those s'lll on earth the blessed It'd
that there Is no death, but life
Yer ending, and that over the way Is
. afnal home.
Soon men will open tho way SO that
ran come into communication with
n ioNsd ones without consulting those
No want only the money.
There will be a bureau OF commune
Ion watch shall make II possible to
th:rs.ant the So-called spirit voices,
{ Is 10 understand the lines Of
hncc,ion between the world Of spirits
l. our own earth.
We will then be- able 70 use Il as We
5k and when We wish or rather
can send messages and receive them
zen We choose, Just as we send a
i9s.age by telegraph or wireless.
Very soon this will be an established
ct, Wireless telegTaphy cannot re-
ain under water, it will send up wires
more volume than any yet in use.
=. must work here, and you must work
y IL there, until we finally make It
roCeed. and we spirits OF those who
re once upon earth shall come into
uch with you who are stin In. earth
We are never parted from cur loved
'os, hut until this communication IN
-rablishGd those in earth life will not
sure that we still live and love them.
nu WusC help 10 connect the two
'ridS by sceking to unite us in your
lights ana ln your wishes This will
- " more than the tongue Of man
i ten. The mystery Of death il no
ore wonderful than the mystery Of
p. We come into the world so uncom-
-idbly, with so much pain to the
".et mother who almost gives her
>. IT, make ours. This is one Of the
~ Unnatural things that come from
%, fur God never meant that life
Yull be purchased al so great price
lie.
Woman was the one who sinned, and
.man Is the one who suffers. Vast
GiQus Of people still must he born
q women stil must suffer, while men
.UeIly Try to make unnatural mothers
X the sacred responsibilities OF Wife
I'D
p"aih IL not called the birth OF the
ID but 1t Is that. When the spirit
yves tho body II is more in the nature
4 birth, not by the will Of the mother
OF God II makes no difference how
Afu death may seem TO be, II Is
SO. God made men to be born with
rul,lc ordeal, while death still re-
llnad unchanged and painless. Were
ere pain at death spirits would shrink
nm the severing OF body and soul.
any cannot understand for q long time
.a transition, They think il Is a dream
d, some are so dazed that Il Is some
ne before they can realize what has
ken place. but no one remembers any
m; they only remember the surprise
ul tho hcwilderment when the morn
e dawped in heaven.
Many men both here and there have
trned that spiritualism is the belief
spiritual truth and spiritual things,
1t alone in spirits.
The violent death OF those who have
On killed in this awful war shows us
'rSPiaiHly that the connecting line Ia
"rv short between Hs and those sud
MY sent here from earth. The tintD
scarcely a second, 50 quickly does ths