Forty-eight photographs of different degrees of excellence
were made of her. She was seen at the same time as the medium on
several occasions. Finally she departed, saying that her mission
was over and that she had other work to do. When she vanished
materialism should have vanished also, if mankind had taken
adequate notice of the facts.
Now, what can the fair-minded inquirer say to such a story as
that--one of many, but for the moment we are concentrating upon
it? Was Mr. Crookes a blasphemous liar? But there were very
many witnesses, as many sometimes as eight at a single sitting.
And there are the photographs which include Miss Cook and show
that the two women were quite different. Was he honestly
mistaken? But that is inconceivable. Read the original
narrative and see if you can find any solution save that it is
true. If a man can read that sober, cautious statement and not
be convinced, then assuredly his brain, is out of gear.
Finally, ask yourself whether any religious manifestation in the
world has had anything like the absolute proof which lies in this
one. Cannot the orthodox see that instead of combating such a
story, or talking nonsense about devils, they should hail that
which is indeed the final answer to that materialism which is
their really dangerous enemy. Even as I write, my eye falls upon
a letter on my desk from an officer who had lost all faith in
immortality and become an absolute materialist.
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