Evening star., 1922-10-15

an hour and a half I might. had
closed my eyes, have thought 1 was in
an empty hall, save when there was
low gasp of emotion or quick cry
of assent. Those who were there
viii bear me witness tn that ela l 40 mo-. not
words 1 felt quite impersonal and
at my ease. 1t was not lit never
is l. 1t was always the compelling
power which was working through
me upon mankind. giving them that
message which sooner or later is
going to alter the whole world.
began by showing them what
overwhelming evidence there was for
the physical phenomena and how
foolish and ignorant it was for people
to deny them in the face OF the de-
liberate conclusions of men like Hare,
Mapes Challis. Mayo. Russell. Wal
lace, Crookes, Varley. Richet Zollner.
Lombroso. Barrett. Lodge, and all the
others who had thoroughly examined
the matter. l read the very words of
their exact position. 1 proved that
tho opponents had never really gone
into the subject, but had formed their
opinions from religious or scientific
prejudice Finally 1 quoted Prof.
Hyslop's recent dictum that man
ignorant or a moral coward. I felt
that had my audience with me.
How Doyle Was Converted.
Then 1 outlined my own search for
truth and asked my listeners to check
at what point I had been false to the
facts. I showed how I had started
from theistic materialisrn, with abso-
lutte incredulity as to any life beyond
this one Then / showed my early
psychic experiments, my long course
Of reading, my years Of struggle
against the facts. and my final forced
acceptance Of the phenomena as de-
scribed by all these great authorities,
but without any recognition of their
religious Implications. What religion
could there be in a jumping table or
q flying tambourine?
Then l showed how the war made
US all more earnest; how evidence of
psychic forces came into my own
household, bringing the subject very
close to me. ard how at last l saw
clearly that all these puertle phe-
nomena were really signs and .g, sig
way addressed to our material minds,
to the spiritual messages which ac-
companied them, I showed how these
messages varied very little, Whatever
the means by which they were got or
I showed also that they constituted
an organized philosophy and explana-
ton Of life and fate quite different
from any held by the world before,
but simple, reasonable and crediDle
when once we had cleared our minds
Of their prepossessions and prejudices:
I showed that 1t bore every sign OF
being q new revelation from God
to man. sent to the human race at
the hour Of its need, but that IN many
ways it appeared to be the old primi-
tive Christian message which had
been mininterpreted and forgotten.
ATalkedn with His Dead.
gave number Of personal in
stances-how I had talked with my
dead solz how my dead brother had
given me the correct name Of a
healer in Copenhagen whom he wish
ed his widow to consult, how I had
clearly seen my mother beyond any
doubt OF question. Was I deceived
in this and other cases which cited?
marshaled, six. eight or ten who had
been present and seen or heard as did.
How was anything on earth to be
established II this was rejected? But
II it was not rejected. and II it was
found to exactly coincide with the
experiences Of hundreds Of other com
petent observers. then what were
the world. and, above all, the churches
going to do about it? Was 1t not
clearly their province. and a mat
ter Of overwhelming Importance? II
the proof was not enough, could 1t
be denied that 1t was far greater
and far more direct than that OF any
history? The witnesses were here
now, thousands Of them. ready and
eager to give testimony.
No religious system on, earth could
survive the destructive criticism
which has not IN tho least shAksp