Page 214 (1/1)

"We can't do that They come from the other side My father induces the trance, and it is entirely in his hands"

He fixed a keen look upon her "Did it ever occur to you that the words of your 'guides' were, in reality, but a reflex of the wishes of Pratt or Clarke?"

"How could that be when they ca before I even knew Anthony?"

"But was not the advice of a different quality at that ti people when they are strong enough"

"Oh no, quite the contrary He opposes Mr Clarke often Sometimes he opposes us all"

"I aht were a subtle delusion, an emanation from our own bodies--or the work of a joker My reason repels them as spirits"

She s way round to explain a very si I've read some of the explanations of the way in which you think these pheno itself My father, my husband, and my little son are alive I know that No one can destroy that faith in me"

"I do not wish to destroy that faith--only so far as it seehter"

"I am perfectly sure they know better e should do than any one on the earth-plane I cannot see why you people oppose the idea of the spirit-world when it is so beautiful and could fill the world with hope The Bible teaches it when you read it right It is full of references to spirits Did not Christ rise from the dead and manifest to His disciples?"

"And did He not cast out devils?"

She was momentarily at a loss, but soon recovered "But if you admit there are evil spirits--"

"But I don't I said that merely to show you that a sceptic can quote Scripture to his purpose There is no place in my philosophy for the supernatural"

"That is e believe," she eagerly responded "I used to be frightened by the things that happened to Viola, but now I know they are natural, just as natural as anything else My loved ones are not far away, they are very near, but, oh, so intangible If I could only touch thehed "I a old, and that means I live in the past ine myself as I e first went to the mountains Robert one Really, if it were not for Viola I would like to go over to the other side to-night The spirit-plane seeht This life is but a preparatory school at best"