FOOTNOTES:
[26] Rev. Cyril E. Hudson in The Nineteenth Century and After, May, 1919.
[27] “On the Threshold of the Unseen,” pp. 25, 33, 34.
[28] “Raymond,” p. 376.
[29] The pamphlet with the title “The Seven Principles of Spiritualism,” by the Secretary of the Spiritualists’ National Union, is quoted by Mr. Hill in “Spiritualism,” p. 144.
[30] St. Matt. xxiii. 8.
[31] St. Matt. xxv. 40.
[32] St. John xx. 17.
[33] Hebrews ii. 11 (Dr. Moffatt’s translation of each text).
[34] “Spiritualism: Its History, Phenomena, and Doctrine,” pp. 256–260.
[35] July 12th, 1919. Some of the letters printed in Light during subsequent weeks are very instructive, and confirm the view of Mr. Fielding-Ould as to a widespread division in the ranks.
[36] Professor Breasted, “Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt,” p. 352.
[37] Quoted by Max Müller.
[38] “The New Revelation,” pp. 72–74.
[39] “The New Revelation,” p. 100.
Chapter IX
QUALITY OF THE ALLEGED MESSAGES
When a Spiritualist tells us that he receives messages from discarnate human beings through the medium and the medium’s “control” certain questions immediately arise. “Of what nature are these messages? What have you learned from them? How have they affected your judgment of this world and the next? Are they likely to help mankind in its upward progress?”