The New York herald., 1922-04-13

lions, as this Of any use practically IN
life?" was that il explained all OF life,
as indicated in a foregoing quotation.
He caught instant attention of the
audience at the outset Of his lecture,
which he called THE New Revelation,
by affirming that this question is by all
odds the most important in the world be-
cause 1t embraces the fate of every man
and woman in this building" lie char
acterized "the claim we make" as either
the most extraordinary delusion in the
history OF the human race or token OF
its greatest progress.
Outlines own Experience.
(which Of the two is it?" he said. II
will put the case before you and appeal
to you as jury for your verdict" He
then outlined his own experience since
1886. when. an unbeliever. he started to
study supernormal phenomena. and told
how he had come to know that what he
once disbelieved was scientific fact and
that he stood ankle deep on the border
OF vast ocean"
II am popularity supposed to know a
little about detective work Of
fered with a chuckle as possible sign
or his own competency as an inve5tiga-
tor. marked one of the few of Sir Ar
thurs departures from intense serious
ness.
Requesting his hearers to check his
conclusions and to say when they were
incorrect he said were 1t not for facts
discovered through psychic studies nc
would be a materiallst to-day. As
young man he had believed that "break
tho body and the soul is gone" but by
experience he had come TO know that
soul can exist independently of matter
He credited Judge Ednunds of the New
York Court of Appeals as having told
all that Conan Doyle could now tell, and
that sixty years ago. He described
Judge Edmunds, who had to retire from
the bench because Of his beliefs, as "a
great pioneer and martyr"
Sir Arthur continued his lecture with
an account of his reading and inyesti-
cation substantially as given in his
published writings. and OF how greatly
impressed he YVES with the conclusions
of such scientists as Alfred Russe
Wallace and Sir William Crookes. Their
he told of the seeing and hearing hi.
own son who was killed in the wer. and
other relatives, and OF Communications
by automatic writing, SO accurate in the
smallest detail, so faithful as 70 hand
writing even that he couldn't doubt
that the four boys were really there
own Son Visits Him.
II realized" the lecturer said. that
il was the dead who were visiting US
saw that all these physical phenomena
e.puerle things. signals to direct our
attention to higher things which the
human race has been very backward in
seeing" Next he saw the enormous i'm
portance or spreading this knowledge
and he and Lady Doyle decided to pass
the remainder OF their lives carrying the
message TO every ono.
Such phenomena as iapping and table
tipping are merely like a knock at the
door compared with the deeper phenom-
orsa. sir Arthur said. He had noted
that wherever they come from the mes
sages are practically the same. but
there are points of difference, for there
are different planes beyond in the
enormous. complex world
What Is it we learn from the other
side?" he remarked. II am not sure il
is not the same message that came to
us 1000 years ago" He continued:
I'VE have received much information
regarding the actual process Of passing
We have asked the spirits What about
DEATH? What was your experience.
The answers show remarkable agreement
All say that death itself is not painful
but is rather pleasant process. There
is a mica Sant lanor,or They cav that