Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-05
CHAPTER z

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| 1t must be admitted that the con-
solutions offered by Christian faith
| had in no way impressed Nora, al
| though this was due to no special ne
| glect in religious education. either on
her part or those about her. AS a
| child she had attended Sunday
schools. in the desultory way charac-
| teristic of her desultory family life,
and for a time during her high
| school years Nora had a period of
| great interest and activity in the
| work of a young peoples church or
| ganization, attending regularly the
services incident to such member
| ship.
But in truth, to whatever cause
| this failure was due it had meant
| nothing vital. She had not known
this, Of course, until the test came.
Now. she knew. Hope and promise of
religion were to Nora's type of
| mind insufficient in that they held
| forth hope and promise only. No.
body really knew.
Well, yes, some claimed to. For
| instance, Rosalie.
Very present and insistent at this
time was Rosalie, greatly advanced
TO the skilled circle of the elect, urg-
ing quietly, persistently and ines
of the higher life, founded-abso-
| lutely founded-on facts. On rea.
| unacceptable and fully demonstrated
facts. According, of course, to Rosa
| lie.
How could Rosalie know?
Rosalie now knew-she disclosed
this to Nora one evening as they
talked together in their apartment
because of messages that were being
transmitted to her and through her.
Resale had discovered ability as
an automatic writer by accident, she
told Nora. She had been seated at
her desk-she was now in full
tanned offices at the temple-when
suddenly the pencil poised above her
note book began to write.
IT had been making some memo
randum of new lecture dates and at
first I thought I was .jotting down
some ideas of my own" 49,.
clear sincerity of Rosalie's gaze, fix
ed on her friend.
How do you know you were not!''
Nora's question was still somewhat
perfunctory. The message of the
ouija board announcing Rogers
! death, later confirmed by the war de
partment, had overcome her at the
| time But later she had set it down
as-well. what? She did not know.
But her old distrust permitted no
place to the possibility tina tit really
came from Roger.
Because of this tiny, new born.
and YETI" Nora had come to listen
carefully if obviously, to her
friends developments in the field of
psychic research and spiritism.
"It seems to me-" she said, while
waiting for Resale, who seemed hes
liant to go on, that the things
which come through automatic writ
| ing, at least all that I have read
| in the magazines, are so vague and
general that nobody could ever know
who did write tor ever care.
Honestly, Rosalie-you see, to
me, if. 1 believe at all the thing
| would be so important that 1 can
not help saying what I think-well,
that way-just stuff. 1t was beau
tiful and ethereal and ethical in a
way, but it did not have any sense
| to it. I cannot see why it was worth
sending. 1 am afraid I just cannot
believe it-unless something really
happens to make me-"
perhaps, then, this will" Step
ping to the table where lay the
leather letter case, Rosalie drew out
her note book, turned the leaves rap
idly and pointed to a page.
from Rosalie's usual hand, with
which Nora was familiar, except that
! it was more flowing and less negible.
| Nora began reading
| ''GIorious is the change these psy-
| chic revelations will make in your
own life and those about you. What
| the older church has lacked you
bring to suffering humanity, absorb
ed in needless grief when not slaV-