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SPIRITUALISM AND THE CHURCH.

MEETING OF CLERGYMEN.

DISCUSSION IN SECRET.

(fbok OUB own CORRESPONDENT.)

IXJNDON, January 20. - Spiritualism and its bearing upon Christian teaching was discussed at.a meeting of clergy of the Church of England and ministers of the Free Churches at All Souls' Churchroom last week. The meeting was called by the Rev. A. Buxton, Rector of All Souls'. The meeting lasted abou£ two hours, and later it was announced "that a' committee had been formed tct arrange tor further gatherings, and that provisional arrangements had been- made tor a meeting of clergy and their ladies in .February, at which messages and descriptions of Bpirit people would bo by a well-known clairvoyant." The statement also said: "The meeting waa held to discuss the fact of survival, the possibility of verbal communication with the spirit world, and its bearing on Christian teaching, inere was a crowded gathering, and owing to J united accommodation many applicants for tickets of admission were-unable to be present, The Rev. Arthur Button, the (Rector of All oouls , presided, and following an. address by the Rev. C. Drayt6n Thomas and a paper read on behalf of the j . O wen J who was unable to attend owing to illness, an interesting discussion took place when psychical experiences were given."

Mr Vale Owen's Message. The Church. Mr o,wen wrote, has turned a blind eye and a deaf oar to spiritualistic teachings because they are new—in other words, (unorthodox. It is a fact that spiritualism is here," he went on, "and it is the most progressive fact in the world of religious thought, and it has to be reckoned with. People deinand the facts. What is called the future life is a fact, and if it is so' it should be capable of demonstration. The Church is the proper body to conduct such an investigation. If any of yon here feel it your auty to investigate, you must cOunt the cost. A few of these consequences are that it is a ten-to-one chance Jhat you will be of the truth of spiritualism, and if yo(i ar -Vt °, onvinc ed of its truth, you have to preach it; If you preaßh it you may be ostracised by a great part of the clergy and fey a smaller part of the laity, and regarded as eccentrio and deluded men. ■ You will not then hold the same place in the hearts of the people that you did before."

Mrs Morris's Offer. A clairvoyant is expected to give a demonstration at flext month's meeting of clergymen and ministers of all denominations—and their Wives; Mrs Meurie Morris, whose trance sermon caused great interest & week ago, -has offered ner services as a medium to, the clergy. The Rev. O. Drayton Thomas, a member of the committee formed last Thursday, has agreed to preside at a service at the fortune Theatre, Covent Garden, when . Mrs Morris will deliver a sermon. ' "Of course* I shall havo to get permission ' from" my spirit control, 'Power' - said Mrs Morris in an interview, "but I have no doubt that he will readily givo it, for hiß great aim is to use me as a vehicle to spread the truths' whicl) ho knows. I welcome an opportunity of appearing before a body of churchmen, because they are the people who oujrht to know what real spiritualism is." ► -Mr Buxton, who called the meeting, last week,' has been present at one spiritualist seance where a medium was engaged. ''There* was nothing in it that a Churchman ooiild objeot to," ho said. "On the c&ntrary,-what was spokenr by the medium contained Help* ful and uplifting thoughts;- Where the message eame from, I cannot say With decision. But I have fto doiibt of tho absolute sincerity of very many spiritualists, such as the late Kir Arthur Oonan Doyle.' The' Church must respect their views. One strong reason that led >me to Agree to call the meotina was that I have i met so manygobd. Church people Who i have found, as I know, an additional | aid in spintunlisin to their Christian , faith." ■ ■ -

Another Trance Sermon. Mrs Meurig. Morris, the young trancemedium, appeared again at the Fortune Theatre oil Sunday n%ht, and gaVe another of her tran<se somoiis, The chair was taken by Mr Denis Conan Doyle, Son of Bir Arthur Conan Doyle, suppotted on thfe stage by Mt C6wen (who lent the theatre)* Lady Doyls, and Ad* miral JVC. Armstrong. A hyitm was sung and toward* the end of thisi Mrs Morris showed signs Of passing * tranfie/ She w»* on her feet,, in the masculine ftttuude\ she adopts under "Pact's" control, before the singing stopped. Then there W*s silence, and the V6lee, m&ny tones, deeper than Iter owtf, emerged from her lips, She (or her control) epolte for three-quarters of r an Tiour. The .subject was the Omnipresence of the Grfeat Architect, of God, the Master Mind—, the Great intelligence who was there before "man? W&s ta&ttdr. ' 'The World to which yott aW coming," said the voice, "is the world which was in bfeforO yob.r ; eatth'-plnAe was. The aoul lies,behind the mind, and tho-ysoul is part of tiqd. , I have never seen tJ soul, however. Man has always a form. ■ The next body is suitable ; to the next world. 1 ' / j There was no room in the theatre for j plj. the people who wished ia hear' the medium specie. "At .ocloftk, when the doors opened,v a queue six-.-deep stretched for a long distance down the street. Eventually . 600 people man-1 aged to feet into the theatre, and more than that number Were turned away*

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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20173, 27 February 1931, Page 15

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SPIRITUALISM AND THE CHURCH. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20173, 27 February 1931, Page 15

SPIRITUALISM AND THE CHURCH. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20173, 27 February 1931, Page 15

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