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mutilated in the wars。 One cannot mutilate the etheric body�察�and it remains 

always   intact。  The   first   words   uttered   by   a   returning   spirit   in   the   recent 

experience of Dr。 Abraham Wallace were ;I have got my left arm again。; 

The   same   applies   to   all   birth   marks�察  �deformities�察  �blindness�察  �and   other 

imperfections。   None   of   them   are   permanent�察  �and   all   will   vanish   in   that 

happier life that awaits  us。 Such is the   teaching from the beyondthat  a 

perfect   body   waits   for   each。   ;But�察─  �says   the   critic�察   �what   then   of   the 

clairvoyant descriptions�察�or the visions where the aged father is seen�察�clad 

in   the   old´fashioned   garments   of   another   age�察  �or   the   grandmother   with 

crinoline and chignon�拭�Are these the habiliments of heaven�拭─�Such visions 

are not spirits�察�but they are pictures which are built up before us or shot by 

spirits into our brains or those of the seer for the purposes of recognition。 

Hence   the   grey   hair   and   hence   the   ancient   garb。   When   a   real   spirit   is 

indeed seen it comes in another form to this�察�where the flowing robe�察�such 

as   has   always   been   traditionally   ascribed   to   the   angels�察  �is   a   vital   thing 

which�察�by its very colour and texture�察�proclaims the spiritual condition of 

the wearer�察�and is probably a condensation of that aura which surrounds us 

upon   earth。     It  is  a  world    of  sympathy。      Only   those     who    have    this   tie 

foregather。   The   sullen   husband�察  �the   flighty   wife�察  �is   no   longer   there   to 

plague the innocent spouse。 All is sweet and peaceful。 It is the long rest 

cure after the nerve strain of life�察�and before new experiences in the future。 

The circumstances are homely and familiar。 Happy circles live in pleasant 

homesteads with every amenity of beauty and of music。 Beautiful gardens�察�

lovely   flowers�察  �green   woods�察  �pleasant   lakes�察  �domestic   petsall   of   these 

things   are   fully   described   in   the   messages   of   the   pioneer   travellers   who 

have   at   last   got   news   back   to   those   who   loiter   in   the   old   dingy   home。 

There are no poor and no rich。 The craftsman may still pursue his craft�察�

but he does it for the joy of his work。 Each serves the community as best 

he can�察�while from above come higher ministers of grace�察�the ;Angels; of 

holy  writ�察 �to direct   and  help。 Above   all�察  �shedding down   His   atmosphere 

upon all�察�broods that great Christ spirit�察�the very soul of reason�察�of justice�察�

and of sympathetic understanding�察�who has   the earth sphere�察 �with all its 

circles�察�under His very special care。 It is a place of joy and laughter。 There 

are games and sports of all sorts�察�though none which cause pain to lower 



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life。 Food and drink in the grosser sense do not exist�察�but there seem to be 

pleasures     of   taste�察 �and   this   distinction   causes    some     confusion     in  the 

messages upon the point。 

     But   above   all�察  �brain�察  �energy�察  �character�察  �driving   power�察  �if   exerted   for 

good�察  �makes   a   man   a   leader   there   as   here�察  �while   unselfishness�察  �patience 

and spirituality there�察�as here�察�qualify the soul for the higher places�察�which 

have often been won by those very tribulations down here which seem so 

purposeless      and    so   cruel�察  �and   are   in  truth   our   chances     of   spiritual 

quickening and promotion�察�without which life would have been barren and 

without profit。 The revelation abolishes the idea of a grotesque hell and of 

a fantastic heaven�察�while it substitutes the conception of a gradual rise in 

the scale of existence without any monstrous change which would turn us 

in   an   instant   from   man   to   angel   or   devil。   The   system�察  �though   different 

from previous ideas�察�does not�察�as it seems to me�察�run counter in any radical 

fashion to the old beliefs。 In ancient maps it was usual for the cartographer 

to mark blank spaces for the unexplored regions�察�with some such legend as 

;here are anthropophagi�察─�or ;here are mandrakes�察─�scrawled across them。 

So     in  our    theology     there   have    been    ill´defined     areas   which     have 

admittedly been left unfilled�察�for what sane man has ever believed in such 

a heaven as is depicted in our hymn books�察�a land of musical idleness and 

barren monotonous adoration� �Thus in furnishing a clearer conception this 

new system has nothing to supplant。 It paints upon a blank sheet。 One may 

well ask�察�however�察�granting that there is evidence for such a life and such 

a   world   as   has   been   described�察  �what   about   those   who   have   not   merited 

such a destination�拭�What do the messages from beyond say about these�拭�

And here one cannot be too definite�察�for there is no use exchanging one 

dogma       for  another。    One    can    but   give   the   general    purport     of  such 

information   as   has   been   vouchsafed   to   us。   It   is   natural   that   those   with 

whom we come in contact are those whom we may truly call the blessed�察�

for if the thing be approached in a reverent and religious spirit it is those 

whom we should naturally attract。 That there are many less fortunate than 

themselves       is   evident     from    their    own     constant    allusions     to   that 

regenerating   and   elevating   missionary   work   which   is   among   their   own 

functions。 They descend apparently and help others to gain that degree of 



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spirituality which fits them for this upper sphere�察�as a higher student might 

descend to a lower class in order to bring forward a backward pupil。 Such 

a   conception   gives   point   to   Christ's   remark   that   there   was   more   joy   in 

heaven   over   saving   one   sinner   than   over   ninety´nine   just�察  �for   if   He   had 

spoken of an earthly sinner he would surely have had to become just   in 

this life   and so   ceased   to be   a   sinner   before   he had   reached   Paradise。  It 

would   apply   very   exactly�察  �however�察  �to   a   sinner   rescued   from   a   lower 

sphere   and   brought   to   a   higher   one。   When   we   view   sin   in   the   light   of 

modern science�察�with the tenderness of the modern conscience and with a 

sense of justice and proportion�察�it ceases to be that monstrous cloud which 

darkened   the   whole   vision   of   the   mediaeval   theologian。   Man   has   been 

more harsh with himself than an all´merciful God will ever be。 It is true 

that with all deductions ther
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