SOME STRANGERS

 

"You do not know us, but the others are away, so we write." 'Do you belong to this circle?'

"Yes, and we love Mary and Dee, as they all do. We have not been here long, but we wished to try to write, so here we are. 'You say you have not been there long?'

"We think we have been on this side a long time, for we were unconscious longer than we could know. When on earth we were not in accord with spiritualism. We had heard of it, but only the common medium, the fortune-telling variety, and we felt superior to that. If we had only tried it out, had only investigated in an unprejudiced way, we would have come into the heavenly life without the dreary waiting in darkness and doubt."

'Had you no religion?'

"No, we were not even church members. We thought if we lived decent materialistic lives we would come into the heavenly one— if there was one, which we really did not believe. Our guides tried to help us, but we were buried too deep in our own beliefs, and had to suffer the consequences.

"Mary and Dee are the ones who finally brought us into the light. They led us to a spirit circle whose work it is to, lead darkened souls into the light; and even then it was a long time before we could see clearly."

'You were helped by a spirit circle?'

"Yes. We could see a little, so Mary did not bother you with us. We know you love to help, but there are many here whose work it is to lead the doubting or lost ones into the true life. What a blessing it is!"

'You say you have not been long in this circle?'

"Not very long. We came when we graduated from the other circle."

'Have Mary and Dee arrived yet from their long journey?'

They had told us they were going on a trip to one of the planets. "Not yet. They are gone longer than we expected." 'Maybe they are lost!'

"No! Never! No such thing could happen here!" 'Why not?'

"Because spirit perceptions are a perfect guide."

'I wish we could have those perceptions here.'

"It would make a change in the whole world; but that is not the

law of evolution.

"We will go now, but we would like to come again and tell you of some of our experiences."