479. The fact that we had a child in the spirit world was not known to any present but myself and wife.
480. “Father, do you not, kind father, feel my soft and gentle touch upon your brow?[12] Can you not feel my presence, as grandmamma and I, with care, enfold you in our embrace?
“Mother, gentle, loving mother, do you not feel my angel kiss, as I imprint it upon your cheek?
“Father, mother, I left you before earth’s errors had a chance to take root within my young and tender mind.
481. “Then, loving parents, think of me as you do of a gentle moonbeam, which struggles to bless earth with its presence but for a moment, and then softly and sweetly returns to heaven again.
“Spirit Child.”
For George Helmick.
The following message was received through Mrs. Gourlay on the 27th of October last, by the aid of a disk and alphabet as arranged by Dr. Hare:
482. “Dear and loving mother, grandma will help me to write to you.