The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24
HAVE MEDIUM IN
EVERY FAMILY
Spiritualism an Active
Factor in Each Family
Circle
By MARGERY REX


NEW york, July 23.--Ou ono of
ahe hottest days ~ tno ycnr, In "A rod -
md gold ballroom, one hundred mon
and women gather together TO dis
cuss Ahc futuro lfo, the disembodicd
spirits and the possibility ~ com
munlcatinp Win them.
Tho twenty -nfth convention of
the Goncrnl Assembly of Spiritual
iste la iu rrauion NJ tho waldorf
These earnest people VT nttcutiv"lv
while their header speaks or the pnF'.
~ their religion. of the socal ana
husInoss oEtrnrisn once attendant
upon 1t and ~ the freedom from per
Eocuilon which prevailH today.
soon. hc ayers. nearly everyone
will believe Iu communication with
tho dead. and In every family Ron"-
one viii servo HH medium for the
GROUP.
This announcement causes no
Rurprlse 20 the members of the con
vention, although It In rather start
ling news for outsidcrp. lIut m"
proadcut Of the catherine j. T.
Stcckcuroiior goes on TO tell of the
hcavy price believers once p1id Tor
their fnith. since any spirtuallst wns
considered At ono time q legitimate
object 10 prosecute. lie emphasizes
the difference bctwocn the fu'sIu"
teller and the medium. n distinction
not always conceded,
Various pastors Of spiritunlist
churches toll of the hcndwnv made
during the year both financially and
soclllly Young peoples societies
are formed, mortgages on churches
paid off clubs chartered and guilds
maintained.
II In surprising to learn. when they
arise To speak. that various women
in orrandies ana silks are ministers
OF this particular gospel. Several
colored women. good speakers, tell
OF success among their people and
In their church group.
One of them. Mrs. Hctty Johnson
"A New York minister rolatcs
stories Of her "child guide Chatter
box" who aids and advises her. To
one who does not entertain this be
lief II all is apt To seem trivial.
hut AZ once names Ike those OF
the late w r stead. the late william
James and the living Conan Doyle |
come to mind
General acceptance Of spirtunlism
II delayed. the president OF the meet |
Ing says Yet few believe now that
II Is actual claptrap or n device ~
satan, Neither do Intelligent minis
ters Of other crocds dcnounCe II |
from their pulpits. no declares
Later on Mrs. Mabel Marie Butler. |
of Binghampton. told me that there
was n great difference between
Hpritunlism and spiritism
"Spiritualism is as different from
spirltism as college In different from
grammar school" shc says.
"Our belief IN wonderful. now and
healthy. II is holy and wholesome.
II IL Gods own love IN a practical
form.
But the pearls ~ occult .cicncc
are buried deep iir the earth. It
takcs time To bring them completely
to light. That means we all must
work hard"
Young and comedy, she had at
tractcd more than one glance by the
Intensity OF the fervur which shonc
from her pleasant face during the
speeches OF other members
Mrs. nctty johnson tells nf the
connection between flowers aud the
spirits. At her SUNDAY services each
visitor holds a flower, which makes
II easier TO get a message.
with Gods flower I'm my hand"
she says, IL can always get bet.
ter message
THAT is like holding God In my !
hand. And-wo can better rcnliae |
that there IL paradise waiting for
us beyond the grave"
Across the tired face OF simple |
laboring man hope flashes at these |
words. Yet, at some rather extreme |
ideas which are offered Now and |
then, u few OF the audience smile |
slightly, aS though fellow members |
had not reached such high plane /
OF understanding az they themselves |
one raises a lorgncttc and smilcs su-
perciliously.
But there is n camaradoric be
tween the old and young, between |
the more intelligent and the less in
telligont. between the woll-to do and |
the poor.
They are hclu together by mutual /
belief in an extremely Consoling ,
form OF religion.