Evening star., 1922-10-27
"Our American Adventure"
Attitude of Toronto Clergy Toward Spritualism Re-
ferred TO by Creator of ''Sherlock Holmes"
American Visit as e'Unfair and Ignorant
BY SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.
Toronto Clergy HostiIe.

heart failure from the bufreting which
he had received.
Toronto Clergy HostiIe.
From Niagara I passed on to Toronto
upon Sunday. May II, leaving my party
behind with the agreement that We
should join up again on the way to De-
troit. Something had greatly wearied
me, and all this part of my pilgrimage
seems like a gray dream, broken only
by vivid patches while L was on the plat
form. Our friends, the clergy. had been
preparing trouble for me In Toronto.
and there was hostility in the air. which
had found some expression in the press
and good deal in the pulpits. Canon
Cody distinguished himself by a sermon
in which he mourned my falling Off from
the days when used to write detective
stories, and declared, from the profound
abyss OF his ignorance. that nothing
worth knowing had ever come through
spiritualism.
The reviewers treated me sp!endidly
however, and my meeting, though il
suffered a little in size through the cler-
lcal attacks, was still very large and rep
resehtative. The press reports next day
were also very good and one Of the
papers mad a review Of the scientific
work done upon ectoplasni. which was
ahead OF anything / have seen in the
London press. ! spoke for an hour and
three-quarters. So l had some excuse for
feeling exhausted. My references 10 the
unfair and ignorant attitude of the
clergy were always received with loud
applause.
High Circle In Toronto.
l have had the good fortune to en-
counter very high circle in Toronto
VINO have been developing upon their
own lines with remarkable results. !
learned much from them, but there
are reasons why I should not mentor
their names, as their work is still oniy
half completed. / found their reve!a
tlon a very satisfying one. aboundinP
IN evidence and giving me a good deaI
which was new. I have seldom re
celYed greater accession of strength
and wisdom. They hay. found in
their work that undeveloped spirits
need continual checking and watch
ing. but complete test lies in the
words. II believe III God" If a com
munication by word or writing is
coming through. that is the password
which never fails. 1t is. perhaps. the
same test which ST. John meant. fo'
when he said, Test the spirits" h.,
presumably had something definite In
his mind
]
Will cali Mr.. stone, had lost a rela-
tive and was grieved to hear that he
was still in darkness even though
several years had elapsed. He had a
vision Of him. bronzed in color and
rather swollen in features, looking
very unhappy. He was told thar
PRAYER would help. and he prayed
with such fervor that in a short time
his brothers spirit was actually over
the line which separates dark from
light. This happy event was an
nounced to each of the four who
composed the circle separately, 50
that when they met they found that
each had received the glad n. VS.. The
next Stage Immediately after the
dark, in which one may be submerged
so long. is said to be the garden
stage, where one recuperates before
going higher. All the teaching con
tanned in volumes and volumes O.
typed reports seemed to be yer. lofty
and definite.
Copyright 1922. by Sir Arthur Conan povle
for the Cnited States and Great Britain
To he CON ffn0ed In fow,orrc-,. g,..