"I came to dread
my return home, for I cannot stand hypocrisy, and I knew well my
attitude would cause some members of my family deep grief. Your
book has now brought me untold comfort, and I can face the future
cheerfully." Are these fruits from the Devil's tree, you timid
orthodox critic?
Having then got in touch with our dead, we proceed,
naturally, to ask them how it is with them, and under what
conditions they exist. It is a very vital question, since what
has befallen them yesterday will surely befall us to-morrow. But
the answer is tidings of great joy. Of the new vital message
to humanity nothing is more important than that. It rolls away
all those horrible man-bred fears and fancies, founded upon
morbid imaginations and the wild phrases of the oriental. We
come upon what is sane, what is moderate, what is reasonable,
what is consistent with gradual evolution and with the
benevolence of God. Were there ever any conscious blasphemers
upon earth who have insulted the Deity so deeply as those
extremists, be they Calvinist, Roman Catholic, Anglican, or Jew,
who pictured with their distorted minds an implacable torturer as
the Ruler of the Universe!
The truth of what is told us as to the life beyond can in its
very nature never be absolutely established. It is far nearer to
complete proof, however, than any religious revelation which has
ever preceded it. We have the fact that these accounts are mixed
up with others concerning our present life which are often
absolutely true.
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