“And more than that, Mark, he told us about our sister Elsie, and I am sure he could not have heard about her,� Alice continued.
“Unless he may have heard you talking about her, with mother or Lissa, lately.�
Lissa flushed.
“How suspicious you are, Mark. I am sure he might have learned these things through spirit agency, as well as many others which can be explained in no other way.�
“How do you know, Alice, that they can be explained in no other way?�
“But have not all tribes and races believed in spiritualism since the beginning of the world,� said Mrs. Clyne.
“In a kind of spiritualism, perhaps; so have they believed in many other isms, but that does not prove them true,� replied Mark. “The heathen searchers after God have found Him in the water, in the fire, in the sun, and in the creatures of His making, and have worshiped the spirit of the universe as manifested in material things; but these so-called spiritists put aside the Creator and make a religion of a belief in spirits of mortals, like themselves.�
“But do you not think this should strengthen one’s faith in the soul’s immortality? Are we not spirits living in material bodies? And when the material body dies, if our spirits are immortal, why should not they seek to manifest themselves to their friends on earth? I am sure if you would read Davis’s works you would have less scepticism,� said Alice with some warmth.
“Alice, have you been reading them?� Mark spoke quickly and almost harshly. The color deepened in Alice’s face.
“Certainly I have, and many others. What harm can come of learning all one can? I am sure we should not condemn any creed until we investigate it.�