Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-05

writing. perhaps the most satisfactory
means OF cofnmunicat ton. There again.
what is done must be done with every
ptecaution against sclf-deccption. and
y y rcNcicnt and prayerful mood. ,Hui
~ YOU are in earnest you VIII win
hr"GGh somehow, for sour son is prob
""iy trying on the other side"
li"ic Sir Arthur sounded Il warn
This thing of communication can
D" rrcrdonc." he declared IF your
boy were merely in Il distant country
YOU would not expect him to contin-
ually Drop his work and write long
i"ltrrs AT all seasons. Having got in
Ivnch. be modera'e in your demands
10 not l." satisfied with any evidence
snort OF the best. but, having got that.
!"u car. 1t se"rn5 TO me. wait for that
con, phir r.y li,'is TING when you viii
DETAILS SOME or HIS
Own EXPERIENCES
On the ground that there is nothing
so convincing as personal experience.
h Ga,,i ASKED *, SIR Arthur Conan Doyle
he personally regarded most UNI
pu.stonahic also inquired what
whom ~ sent the mothers who come to
him wishful Of getting into CORE
Sp0ndence. as he terms il. with their
dead sons.
eye" hc said With me she is mo-,
particularly good. as She is inclined to
quit wrong. but at other times she
has 20; me very cXtraordinary and un-
doubted messages. one instance may
S'N' you as fairly representative.
j see young officer in Khaki she
SAID. His name cannot make ou',
Dnt he Says you Will recognize him
easily when YOU remember the gold
com mat sou gave him undci peace
Immediately she uttered those last
words" said Sir Arthur. Il knew that
the spirit who was speaking was that
OF my late brotherin law. Malcolm
hccky. member OF the royal army
medical corps. who was killed early
in the war. Soon after he took his
medical dcgrc" went to him. largely
by NAY OF a joke. and consulted him
about some minor ailment from which
! was then suffering. on receiving his
diagnosis / presented him. by way OF
fee, with an old Georgian guinea
which had acquired some time be-
fore. and had brought with me for
ms very nurpose He was quite de-
lighted with H. and always treasured
~ thereafter. frequently mcntioning
- me that he stili had il. SO immcdi
atcly the gold coin was mentioned by
,"at the message was a genuine one.
and thal my brother iu-law was the
sender.
Now VIII tel YOU Of another ex-
peri"nc" thai had recently" Sir
Arthur went on. and one that would
hav" cOnv inced m. OF the indubitabjl-
ny Of these spirit messages even If
I had not had hundreds OF absolutely
.ncont"stablc ones before. In this ga sc
WAS pr"scni ~ a Scancc with "A me-
mum "hom ] had previously had no
1pportuniiE OF testing. In this case
was not sitting in the circle IN,
was asked If | would care 10 M, a
question Yes. said. 1 should like
TO make test. Let her transmit a
Hncssasr mat viii know is meant
TOR me personally
after few t,i,,u,n,
VAS s.i"!led out: Food homes Ill Was
spel with a .kD before entomology.
:, sounded perfectly ridiculous, aud
everybody present except myscif wns
cry much distressed that such An
avident absurdity had come ,hrourn
=. noweEer. said immediately. / re-.
% "a Ina, as absolutely hnrl. The test
- r.riert- And this is WIZ rec
ssnizvd the message as meant for
ON the day before ina, on whi,h
'w' !ii'ie boys. aged nine and. scv.i,
Hhese arc The children OF Sir krihur:s
.t1"h" MARRIAGE that they must 20
10 work and XIII ali the ca,crpiil, RS
and other predatory insects in our
go u'h' ihc* were not inclined to 10
=. TOT the! are rather tender hearted
~. .r te!i""s. but explained 10 them
Shii they must. whatever their feel
iiSS might be. as these insects w.r.
1uSt as nu"h menace to our fo6u
H"hp4y a. The German submarines ihcn
NEG. a.. -
zen ana started at once So nov
you ca" see the significance OF tha
1850 mat received Food comes
~, IHl%th"i"s! Ii demonstrated
we g. H. Was in communications wi,h
"hoth"F cphtro.' III the spirit worId "
DIES, RIDES MESSAGE:
RECEIVED IN DREAM
,.n nn0'hHr MESSAGE which Sir Arthur
IAN po!!c regards as one OF IN.
most eNiraordinary-p in -,
propheuc nature. the most ,,ytraorti;,
ia ""r.--'hai he has ever received, cane
ss.,,, IN or t!t It lEt-'in Apropos OF il, he
f"'u ne nome OF on! dead seems TO
"c very near 10 us-so near maj va
N -, Ia ny as they tell US. visit Them
IN our dreams. Aiuch OF thai ni,;n,
resignation which we have ali "nse Iu,.i
IN people who nave lost those whnm
. ,H loh people who would. in uor
80 cs toUs opinion have been driven mad
- s"th 4 l"as--!s due 10 the fact that
NY! nave seen their dead and Thar
~ housh the switch-off is complete and
i hen can recall nothing Whatever OF
- ~ ~ SUI! carried by the sub
lertiNe self From this also come all
one r ,sH ah,, dreams OF which the
~ so striking IN example
On Npril 18th of last year. 1917.
nWnhe WIN a. feeling that some com
Which ! had only carried back on.
MoFd which WAS ringing in my head
!idt Word was PiaVe.' To the beSr
OF nay belief had never heard the
word before. As il sounded like the
name of place, Wen, into the study
the moment had dressed, and looked
up the index OF my Atlas. There Mas
rave sure enough, and | noted that
II VISA a river in Italy some forty
miles behind the front line. which al
That Time was vCtoriouSly ADVANCING
HAD his DREAM DULY
AI"rESrEn RY OTHERS
could imagine few more unlikely
Things than that the war should roll
back 10 the fiave. and | could not
think how any military event Of conse-
duencc could arise there. but none the
less ! was so impressed that | drew
up q statement that some such event
would occur there. :nd had il signed
by my secretary and witnessed by
my wife. with the date. April 4. at
tnched. II is II matter of history how
Sin months later the whole italian
line fell back, how it abandoned sue
ccssivc positions upon rivers. and how
IL stuck upon this stream which was
said by military critics to be almost
untenahle. In my book. THE New
Revelation spoke OF this dream and
then. writing on February 30. 1918. |
remarked that, if nothing more should
occur, the reference to the name had
been fully justified. prcsuming that
some friend in the beyond was fore
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