John William Fletcher, Clairvoyant: A Biographical Sketch with Some Chapters on the Present Era and Religious ReformE.W. Allen, 1883 - 302 pagina's |
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Pagina viii
... his testimony to all in freedom , as the true spiritualist must ever desire ? They are nowhere to be found , and the man who has been blessed with the most . divine gifts that God can give to His creatures here viii . Preface .
... his testimony to all in freedom , as the true spiritualist must ever desire ? They are nowhere to be found , and the man who has been blessed with the most . divine gifts that God can give to His creatures here viii . Preface .
Pagina ix
... gifts that God can give to His creatures here below , must face an ordeal and fight a battle before which the strongest spirit might well fail . In England there is no real liberty ; we are chained hand and foot to old customs , old ...
... gifts that God can give to His creatures here below , must face an ordeal and fight a battle before which the strongest spirit might well fail . In England there is no real liberty ; we are chained hand and foot to old customs , old ...
Pagina xii
... gifts might have attracted the attention of the scientific world , had their possessor bowed to the prejudice of prejudice of the moment , styled himself 66 a thought - reader , " and repudiated xii . Second Preface .
... gifts might have attracted the attention of the scientific world , had their possessor bowed to the prejudice of prejudice of the moment , styled himself 66 a thought - reader , " and repudiated xii . Second Preface .
Pagina 2
... gift of second sight . His very lessons at school were accomplished by spirit influence , sometimes hardly so much to his advantage as might have been thought , as his astonished tutors declared they were being made the subjects of ...
... gift of second sight . His very lessons at school were accomplished by spirit influence , sometimes hardly so much to his advantage as might have been thought , as his astonished tutors declared they were being made the subjects of ...
Pagina 5
... gift which excited little more than curiosity and wonder in others , but which interested him for its own sake . He suggested to the spirits controlling the boy that they should give lectures at the school - house , and they consented ...
... gift which excited little more than curiosity and wonder in others , but which interested him for its own sake . He suggested to the spirits controlling the boy that they should give lectures at the school - house , and they consented ...
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Alfred Russel Wallace appear atheism beautiful body burnt alive called century Christ Christian church civilised clairvoyant clergy clergyman crime dark death divine earth earthly England eternal existence facts faith father friends gentleman gift give given heart heaven heresy heretics higher holy honour hour Huguenots human ignorant immortality influence inspired Jerusalem JOHN WILLIAM FLETCHER lecture letter liberty light live London look manifestations marriage martyrs materialist medium mediumship mind moral nature never once passed past persecution persons physical Pope Innocent III possessed present priests proofs prophecy Protestant race realise recognised reform religion religious replied scepticism scientific séance seer slavery soul speak spirit-world SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION spiritualists stand Steinway Hall strong suffering Susan Fletcher teach theology things thought thousand to-day trance true truth unseen uttered voice William Fletcher William Lloyd Garrison Winona woman words
Populaire passages
Pagina 229 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it...
Pagina 224 - And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Pagina iii - There is no death! The dust we tread Shall change beneath the summer showers To golden grain or mellow fruit Or rainbow-tinted flowers. The granite rocks disorganize To feed the hungry moss they bear; The forest leaves drink daily life From out the viewless air. There is no death!
Pagina 45 - A shadow flits before me, Not thou, but like to thee : Ah Christ, that it were possible For one short hour to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be.
Pagina 265 - Speak, History! Who are Life's victors? Unroll thy long annals and say, Are they those whom the world called the victors, who won the success of a day? The martyrs, or Nero? The Spartans, who fell at Thermopylae's tryst, Or the Persians and Xerxes? His judges or Socrates? Pilate or Christ?
Pagina 239 - The tiny cell is forlorn, Void of the little living will That made it stir on the shore. Did he stand at the diamond door Of his house in a rainbow frill ? Did he push, when he was uncurl'd, A golden foot or a fairy horn Thro...
Pagina 243 - There are a number of us creep Into this world, to eat and sleep; And know no reason why they 're born, But merely to consume the corn, Devour the cattle, fowl, and fish, And leave behind an empty dish.
Pagina 239 - SEE what a lovely shell, Small and pure as a pearl, Lying close to my foot, Frail, but a work divine, Made so fairily well With delicate spire and whorl, How exquisitely minute, A miracle of design ! What is it ? a learned man Could give it a clumsy name.
Pagina 230 - They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
Pagina iii - And ever near us, though unseen, The dear immortal spirits tread; For all the boundless universe Is Life — there are no dead!