T H E K I N G ' S B U S I N E S S 647 Now this is surely interesting. Do the dogs and cats fuss any at night ? We want a wireless message about this right away. If they do then “ Sum- merland” has lost its charm for us. He says that men of 80 become 20, and that all women become beautiful there. But some women think they are beautiful now, and then he has just told us that his mother had those good old well-earned wrinkles. Now, we cannot reconcile these statements, but what is a small matter like a wrinkle in a good story, anyway? He says the New Testament is saturated with Spiritualism from cover to cover. He says theology is from the devil. We believe his theology is. He says that the bad man’s spirit finds itself in a state of utter and terrible solitude that draws him in upon himself and nobody wants to asso ciate with him. He says “ it is a purgatory.” Well, if bad men all go there and don’t want to associate with each other, what do they, do? The dogs and cats are all in heaven. Dr. Doyle makes it hard indeed for the outcasts. James Douglas, editor of the London Sunday Express, after a thorough examination of the claims of Sir Oliver Lodge and Sir “ Dr.” Doyle,-comes to the conclusion that the Spiritualists have not proven their case. And Walter Franklin Pierce, the psychical research expert, says that the strange manifestations which occurred at Caledonia Mills, Nova Scotia, in the Mc Donald family, were caused by his adopted daughter, Mary Ellen. But Dr. Doyle says Mary was only a medium and that some “ naughty boy” whom not even death could cure of his mischievousness was responsible, and says that it is a law of the other side that no spirit shall do harm to a mortal. Now you have Dr. Doyle and what he is able to tell us after thirty-five years’ study of Spiritualism. There is certainly some kind of '“ gas’ ’ pro ceeding-from the human body and Dr. Doyle has been able to exude a lot of it. It is the old worn-out story of fifty years ago—a dark room, mani festations, some sleight of hand performances to work on the imagination of the credulous, and a collection. Here is a $5000 challenge for Dr. Doyle: We are glad that Joseph Rinn of Brooklyn, a produce broker and also an expert magician, has wagered $5000, to be deposited to Dr. Doyle’s credit in any bank he may select until the result of the test be known that he can produce psychic phenomena as well as any medium. Mr. Rinn says, “ My colleagues in the Society of American Magicians can produce psychic phenomena which would knock Sir Arthur over. He is simply the dupe of unscrupulous mediums and I can prove it if given the opportunity.” Why not flood Dr. Doyle with letters and tell him he must accept the challenge or go out of business in America? —T. C. H. afe FOUNDATION FOR THE FUNDAMENTALS Some years ago a gathering called “ The Niagara Conference” was held * each year at Niagara-on-the-Lake. Through this conference, a number of the leading evangelical ministers, evangelists and teachers were used of Cod in stimulating the faith of believers who gathered there, and to promote similar gatherings on a smaller scale throughout the country. At one of these conferences a layman—a lover of the Word of God— WHY NOT SUPPORT ONE?
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