The  human  soul  is  a  living,  en-
during intelligence,  and  should
consistently  be  endowed  with  the
faculty  to  become  en  rapport  with
the  minds  of  those  still  living  within
the  confines  of  earthly  limitations,
through  intermediaries,  who  may  be
used  as  agents,  and  through  them,
awaken  from  the  treasure-house  of
memory,  long-forgotten  events,  or
have  the  power  to  warn  of  impend-
ing trouble,  through  a  flashlight
mental  process,  as  evidence  of  the
agency  of  spirit  power."

Clarence  was  in  deep  thought.
The  silence  was  broken  finally  by


152  DR.  JOHN  SA  WYER.
his  reference  to  Boehme,  that
greatest  of  mystics,  and  he  quoted  :

"The  soul  is  an  evolving  matter,
and  may  have  had  an  eternal  past,
quite  as  conceivable  as  the  life  it
shall  continue  in,  after  its  earthly
period."

"I  partly  agree  with  him,  for
everywhere,  underlying  all  matter,
of  which  physical  sense  is  con-
scious, is  a  world  where  the  mind
is  baffled,  and  scientists  are  foiled,
and  I  certainly  believe  that  there
exists  an  invisible  world,  which  no
visual  or  telescopic  search  can
reach,  surrounding  our  physical
atmosphere,  and  which  permeates  it
everywhere. "

"Good  !  "  exclaimed  Helen.  "  I
had  no  idea,  Clarence,  that  you
were  such  a  worthy  disciple  of  Dr.
John  Sawyer."

"Well,  Helen,  I  have  not  arrived
at  the  point  of  satisfaction  that  he
has,  and  I  am  glad  to  have  been  a
witness  to  the  intelligent  tests  given
this  evening.  What  we  have  heard
is  enough  to  convince  me  that  there
must  be  more  to  follow,  and  I  shall
look  for  truth  on  any  line  which
promises  to  be  an  honest  exponent
of  it  ;  for  a  man  who  does  not  for-
swear intelligence,  is  open  to  con-
viction. "


DR.  JOHN  SA  WYER.
