Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-05-30

prayerful mood. But if you are in earn.
est you will win through somehow fo
your son is probably trying on th'
other side"
Sir Arthur is convinced that he ha
had communications from his own Sol
and also from his brother-in- law, wh'
was killed early in the war. He admit
there are frauds, "blasphemou
frauds, as he phases it, who pas
themselves off as mediums, but he be-
lieves that even through true med
iums," playful, mischievous spirit
sometimes are not averse to mani
Testing themselves by the shaking
I of tamborines, eerie knocks and othel
freak demonstrations.
Underlying Principle.
"The first principle Of spiritualism,
he asserts by way of explanation, Il!
that when a man dies he in no way al
ters. He is on the other side Of the
grave exactly what he was on this
From their point of view, having passed
| it, death is not the solemn and serious
thing it appears to us. If you look al
mankind you find that great number
of them are more or less shallow and
frivolous, or fond of practical jokes.
Many of the more crude manifestations
may be put down to this, and even
some of the false ones"
"The desire Of the spiritual world is
strongly to attract a generation that is
materially-minded. What methods are
open? Suppose that beautiful messages
arrive without any physical manifesto
ton do you think they would attract
any attention? Everybody would say,
as they did in the old days in the Bible
Give us a sign, give us sign!"
These phenomena extend over
many things and some of them are
puerile, but some Of them, on the other
hand, are wonderfully impressive to
those who have witnessed them. We
spiritualists deprecate the natural
phenomena. What we attach import
ance to is the direct communication
either through clairvoyance, automatic
writing or direct voice"
Enormous Importance is given by
spiritualists to q seance recently held
in the north of England, at which
they declare, the mother Of dead SOL
dier received a direct communication
by voice. The lad had splendid bari
tone voice and a favorite song which
began, when the fields are white with
daisies, was constantly on his lips. Il
shall sing that when I come back to
YOU mother, he said when he went to
war.
He was one of those millions who
will never come back-in the flesh,
at least. His mother became devotee
of. the seance. She sat at the meeting
in question with eight other persons.
The speaking trumpet which, 1t seems,
is necessary if spirit voices are to be
materialized, became active. Presently
it is claimed, the boys rich voice sing
ing his favorite song was unmistakaoiy
audible, so audible, in fact, that the
BOYS dog, hearing the voice, came
from another part Of the
house and scratched impatiently on the
door for admission. The mother COL
lapsed. Mr.. Ernest Oaten, president OF
the National Spiritualist Union,
youches for this story, and Sir Arthur
and Lady Doyle give it their entire
credence. Sir Authur's own favorite
medium is Mrs. B.
Doyle is Strong Convert Getter
Undoubtedly, with Conan Doyle as
the latest celebrated champion of their
cause, the spiritualists have a power
fnl convert-getter for in addition to
the millions of friends Sherlock
Holmes" has made for him all over
the world, he is a medical man OF
repute. And the fact that he Is but
Following in the footsteps Of other
equally eminent men such as Sir Oil
yer Lodge, William James and Lom-
broso, gives added weight to his own
convictions. Whatever reservations In
regard to psychic phenomena ones
own skeptical mind may make. it can
not be denied that his very ardor and
sincerity, and his willingness to risk
the shafts of ridicule many OF his
friends and acquaintances have show
cred upon him, make him a potent
evangelist that appears to the minis
ters Of UNCONVENTIONAL religions to be
positively alarming.