The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-20

come homc,' tho dead father, VINO
communicated with his automatic
writing daughter, was quoted by SIR
oliver az saying. "One OF the things
/ have learned here In these months
since I have come here IL the i'm
mense power of thought. Every hard
thing you say or feel for another
makes your path and his harder. !
had no notion how much effect we
have upon each other, to living and
the dead. Your pain Is ours; our Joy
may be yours.
"The more you realize your near
ness, 80 much the nearer we can
come Pray for us all, living and res
urrected. There is u great bond be-
| tween us. All my life on earth is
so clear here. | cap unroll 1t like
scholl."
Sir Oliver dealt with predictions
supposed to be made through medi
ums by the departed, or what Is gen
orally called fortune telling. He said
| that the dead naturally had control
over the same methods OF prediction
based on Judgment or foreknowlcdge
! that we have on earth, as a'wisc man
can frequently predict future hap
penings from his knowledge of char
acter and factors affecting human
action or as a railroad manager
could predict that a new fast train
Would run over his head on a certain
date, when he intended to put such a
train on the schedule.
With disinterested and clearer
views on human character, and q
greater understanding of human
events, spirits could well have tn,
powNr to some better predictions
than the living. The clear eye OF tn,
spirit might diagnose a dangerous
disease, as yet unknown To the vic
tim. or foresee a combination of cir
lcumstances not apparent on earth
which would in all probability bring
some event to pass. Further thar
that, they had to some extent th'
power to influence events so as e
make good what they foretold. Si
oliver said however, that he wal
bafflcd by the accomplishment o
predictions which went further thar
this. When spirit said that on ,
given day and hour and at a certain
place a train wreck would occur, tn,
subject presented difficulties. lie sait
that he could not see how deductiv,
reasoning could put spirit into pos
session OF such information in ad
vance, and that he did not believe 1
spirit would exercise what power l
might have to cause such a catastro
phe.
All predictions. even those OF tn
dead, he asserted, were subject q
change, II unforeseen circumstance
intervened. There is no such "A thipl
as predestination, according to tn
lecturer. Any person for whom evi
things are predicted should remem
ber. according to Sir oliver, that hi
will is free and that he can resist an
often elude the blow which is pre-
pared for him. Vigorous huma
action can change the outcome of
future event which seems most likel
to the spirit, because of the accumu
latlon of probabilities visible to tn
ghostiy faculties of the prophesier.
The interest of the dead in thing
on earth gradually lessen before en-
crossing developments in their ne,
life, except where a spirit threads hi
way back earthward on missionar
work.
What lofty being may do" sal
the lecturer. "and what possibilitie
are open TO him on missionary enter
prise. and the different states I
which such a being may go, are nc
for us scientific men to deal with a
all. We must deal with the simpl,
the human. the tangible, the tract
able, and leave supernal heights /
theologians who make a study c
them"