Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1923-04-14

SS>fS ~ thC pIdt6S were guHTG-
ed. They were taken away Immediate
ly and developed in way that 1 am
sure was a guard against fraud. II g
remarkable picture"
Sir Arthur showed other pictures
MAJ he had not intended to show last
night. one a mould Of glove of para.
I'm which had been formed about the
hahn or a materalized spirit and lert
when the spirit had withdrawn.
THE objection had been made that
II 'Eese were real materialiZations it
should be possible to make moulds Of
these figures said Sir Arthur so an
attempt was made to do it few
months ago in Paris and was, as you
sec successful. The experiment was
made by Geley. de Gramont and Richet
three of the most famous psychical ex
perimenters Of France.
MATBRIALIZED A SPIRIT.
They materialized spirit and hal
ready a tube of boiling paraffin. When
the spirit had come and began to move
about the room they asked him il Re
would put his hand in the tub of par
atm and then place it in cold water.
He did SO and then they told him to
\
left this paraffin glove. and models of
IL nave been made. This is one Of the
models, he said, pointing to the
screen.
"You can see that the way the fingers
are closed, the thumb folded over two
OF them and by the relatively smaller
size OF the wrist, it would have been
IMPOSSIBLE for a human hand to have
oaen withdrawn without breaking the
parafhn to pieces. Yet that wax glove
Is perfect. without a break 1 have
said to doubters, accept that glove and
you nave accepted all. explain that
glove and you have explained ALL"
SIR Arthur said that the new churcn
or sDlritualism, a name which believ-
erS in spiritism dislike would be called
the Church Of America because it orr
%lnated IN this country, from where
II res spread all over the world. AS
hr church of Rome takes its name
from Rome. where it began. so the new
church would take its name IRON
America
Il can see a vision" Ire said, placing
his hand t. his head for a moment,
and ros:ng his eyes. II can see
great church forming. which will take
in all sects from the Roman Catholic
to the Salvation Army 1t will say to
them. you are right in working for
MANKIND; you are doing good in your
own way, but if you want something
more, if you want to complete your re
| ilg1on, take what we have to offer you.
Ne can say that to Moslems and Bud
dhists. as well. and above all we can
it to the honest doubted. We will offer
! them an aid to their religion, which
! VIII bring religion and science togeth-
err which will make them one anu
| place them on a sound foundation.
This put real vitality into relig.
! ion. 1t is not new, for it hanks back to
| the early Christians who. / believe
/ were all spiritualiSts. We are trying to
I get something practical because the
] "1 Christianity is dead-dead How
else could 10 100000 young men have
'9iclcd out to slaughter. Did any NOR
NJ force stop that war? No. Christian
ity is dead. The books of the old faith
ers OF the Church in the first 800 years
you find crammed with spiritualism
-'trey are almost not understandable
except to persons who have had some
Dtv chic experience.
III eAptIltH'e IHdJ Lincoln nd0 WIN
a medium jus before he issued the
proclamation oi emancipation was told
ty Sir Arthur The medium went into
Il trance in the White House and urg.
ed Lincoln not to delay the proclama-
tlor, no matter what happened, for Il
wodld be the greatest thing he had
ever done. Lincoln thanked the med
ium, young woman named Mrs. Lot.
tie Coburn. and told her that her
words had been comfort to him. Joan
" Arc was also a medium, said Sir
Arthur.
Modern life for many persons is So
dull and monotonous particularly for
working men, that Sir Arthur felt that
spiritualism held out the only hope
Tor them. as it proved to them that
their unpleasant experiences here were
merely the preliminary to happier
life to come.
There are no children in the othe;
world, he said, except those that go
there from this sphere. Married life
happy married life. goes on Just the
same. except in gross sense. and
those spirits who are drawn together
on this Garth are together there also"