The New York herald., 1922-04-13

up together he said. He expected
eventually to ascertain just what it is.
Sir Arthur laid stress on what he
deems TO be the religious Importance or
his discoveries and conclusions.
We all are spirits" ne said. "Wc
are etheric spirits who for little time
are TO use this clumsy mechanism, the
body. TO express ourselves In the world
of matter. When the machine is broken
we rejoin the world which Is our own.
The crux Of everything lis that whether
we are to be joyful or sorrowful. high
or low, in that world depends on how
we spend these few years for which the
spirit is put into the machine for its
development"
Describing America as the greatest
country on earth. hc declared the great
est thing i'm America TO be the little
cottage in northern New York uiyde-
vile. Wayne county,. where the Fox
sisters. about 1918 heard rapping noises
and discovered that by means of a code
communication could be established
with an apparently supernatural agency
which produced the raps.
1T was in this very State that God
sent this revelation which is going 20
revolutionize everything Sir Arthur
said.
Carnegie Hall was filled. A great
many women in mourning garb were
seen. The lecturer was introduced by
Hamlin Garland. who said he personally
had seen and helped to produce phenom-
ena and that, although their interpre-
tation was another matter" he was
I open minded and hoped sir Arthur would
convince him. He also explained that
the proceeds Of the lectures We're to be
used in advancing the knowledge OF
spirituaHsm throughout the world.
4 One of the criticisms which the mate
rializer OF Sherlock Holmes said he had
heard was that spirits sent us diaboli.
messages. His answer was that he had
never heard word that a child couidn't
| listen to, and thai he felt, leaving him.
/; self out of the question, that these sit
! ters do draw their like to these circles. =
He had also heard that mediums were
sometimes low and gross persons His
answer was that the possible personal
vulgarity OF musician does not vul-
garize the music
II believe ne added, "thxt high
teaching can come from an immoral
man. but the medium Who assists in
communication with the dead is COM
parable to the telegraph 10y who brings
us our messages. We are glad to get the
message and cont object to the boy.
1t simply comes through him"
Another critical question was,
Doesn't 1t draw the dead down." The
speaker said the spirits themselves testi-
fled 1T was a pleasure to come. They
said, I'VE love to keep IN touch with
YOU and help you all we can, would
God allow ii IL it wasn't right?'
isn't the Bible against it?'
''On the contrary, Sir Arthur replied.
''tnc New Testament from cover to
| cover is pure spiritualism. 1t is impos-
slble to understand the cariv Christians
II you do not understand our sriritualis-
tic views" He admitted that Leviticus
had a prohibition against consulting
soothsayers. but spoke of contradictions
and of his feeling that nos all the texts
of the Old Testament were binding.
Why do not spirits guide us to muir
derers? This was asked too. the lee
turer said, and his answer was that tine
revelations are given to US for religious
purposes that 1t is the business of a
human being to develop his own brain
and that If we are going to depend oil
the dead to guide us in material affairs
the brain suffers. The true medium, he
said abhors fortune telling"
"As it," Sir Arthur said with sarcas-
tic emphasis. God sent angels into the
world to tell us what the price Of New
York Central stock will be next week :"
His answer to the query, which he re-
peated as one OF the sample interroga-