The Washington herald., 1922-05-08
PREDICTS S YEARS WILL WIN
DOYLEOVER TO CHRISTIANITY
Rev. Queally Declares Spiritism Must Be
Considered Fairly. :.

compare the subtle fluid called
animal magnetism' with Sir
Conan Doyle's "ectoplasm." The
power OF communicating between
all spheres and phases of life, spir-
itual and material, was attributed
TO this fiuid. We know the heal
ings," cures" frances" etc, that
followed, and ever-increasing prac.
titioners were certainly more nu-
merous than Christian Science prac-
titioners OF today. The student Is
also acquainted with hypnotism,
a mild form of mesmerism. and the
extraordinary, fact that in hypnotic
states In which the soul Is able TO
act freely and see without the sense
organs" The swarms of "clairyoy
ants" "healers" and "charlatans''
Of all degrees swept over cities and
towns and as disciples of the new
discovery claimed preternaturaI
powers. Time has proven their
powers.
The church took only cautious no
tice of all this, and not until Swe-
denborg and Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle Joined hands and began to
teach a new religion, a new gospel
and try to turn Christ's teachings
upside down that any conflict was
either legal or necessary. II they
took a scientific stand the church
defended and defeated them scien-
tihcally. Trickery has been exposed
again and again. Double- -jointed
knees and toes were responsible
for raps. Slate writing was exposed
as mere clumsy trickery.
So Much Fraud.
NATURALIZATION" again and again
has been accomplished by stage
magicians and there are very few
of the great mediums who have not
been found assisted by fraudulent
means. Scientific minds cannot ac-
cept any phenomena contrary to
natural laws known to them. Most
of the phenomena contradict all
known laws of nature, and while Sir
oliver Lodge feels certain he has
conversed with his dead son Ray
mond. he never has, I believe, as a
man of science believed In apport
as demonstrated in seances.
II would be very unfair, however
to say that all physical phenomena
Is fraudulent and demonstrably
trickery. 1t is not so. But the fact
that SO much fraud and imposture
have successfully deceived and are
used in seances leaves II all open to
great doubt
The theories expounded by Conan
Doyle at the National Theater are
but the most elementary plagiarism
Of the church's doctrine Of the Com
munton of Saints and his audience
composed largely of members of the
divers denominational churche.
who hear little and know less OF
such definite teaching and also
numbers of brilliant free thinkers
who still retain a vague curiosity
on Immortality. were pIeasingIy as
tonished and enlightened to hear
such convincing exposition of what
or what their little neglected and
dilapidated church out yonder has
been trying to break through their
proud minds for centuries, that their
souls live. But II added this which
Conan Doyle left out and received
applause for his omision-that there
Is a responsibility here and that
there is a judgment and that there
Is reward. and retribution after
death. Nor can 1t he wisely sup
posed that We lived at random here
and we certainly do not enter an
other life destitute OF an anterior
existence.
Church Not Alarmed.
The church grants that the soul
apart from the body retains power
over organic matter. that angels and
evil splits often use this power
Therefore we cannot deny Il in the
case Of discarnate souls. That dis
carnate souls should actually have
power to Interfere in our world Is
against all experience.
To sum up in the short space al
lowed-a fair. dispassionate inves-
tigation into the subject shows
that even the greatest Christian
writers form into those who believe
In the preternatural element in
some mediums and those who say
that where fraudulent impositions
are absent the phenomena must be
explained according to the science
OF psychology. The phenomena OF
DEDICATION and visual haIlucfna
tions are not yet very satisfactorily
explained. por does any attempt yet
made by spiritistic cosmology en-
tighten US. However, whatever ea
PLANTATION whether natural or pre-
ternatural may be given of any
phenomena, no one can doubt that
the crucial and most imminent evil
is that In spiritualistic practices the
eventful subsection of the will 10
what they call external control
whether that control be human or
dfabolical-it delivers up the whole
being to auto-suggestion-su
II to all kinds Of hallucinations and
psychological alterations and opens
up a source to frightful evils.
The Christian church is neither
alarmed nor afraid at throwins
grains of sand against heaven. Nc
other subject could arouse interest
in the materialist minds Of this
country.