SPIRITS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15219, 5 March 1915, Page 8

SPIRITS.

VICTORIAN CHIEF SECRET AKCf* -MAKES ENQUIRIES. " -*S

A small doput-ition. representing th»"k Spiritualistic Chinch at Brunswick? j t.Mclbotirr.e), waited upon the Chief-.'j .Secretary of Victoria last- week. and»,£ asked him to gr.uit official regist ration A" of the Spiritualistic Church as a reß-'-r----gious Iwdy. " '; .Mr W. Giilham, president, said that '& registration wiit. desired because the'^v. adherents of the laith were ktokod upi-^ on in the light of a eet of heathen*^ar.d poor deluded ;£t - The Chief oecretaiy : 1 cannot grant-?? you registiatioii b/Kau&e your - friends choose to legaid jou as poorVV deluded heathen*.. What is your croedl^ —your articles oj faith!' * /* Mr A. (a trustee oi \h*~< church) &aid that they believed in the^% .fatherhood of God nnu the brotherhood -"^ of mail, but each individual member \ had <o work according to hie charac- ' : t-er. Power uas gixon to man to drive : ■put evil spirits by tRe laying ok tt'H hands. ' -/*■ The Chief Secretary : How * can Vf j? treat you seriously wl'ien a man stands '" before mc and boasts that he has power; 's to repel evil spirits!' - c, ,i\ Mr Gillhain: We are permitted im -V look into tho future but not for sfcl--\.. fish reasons. * Tho Chief Scc-otnry: I should likii.^' to poep at Satuidav afternoon next"?' (Newmarket Handicap day)—Butwhofc^we see may i.ot bo right. The spirit# may b e bad. Can they ''ring in' *'--" < wrong spirit and delude'you? I mean/ " can tiiere be impersonation?— Yes,'/"• they have done that. ~ .<:■ Then, .supposing yon want a good^t" spirit, is it possible for a more poweiV-^ ful evil spirit to intercede?— Yes; bate, we have a band of spirits around U£*t~ that keeps them away. My fnend^^^ who iiro clairvoyante, can bt> surround^ST ed by a band of snirite. '-4^o*. Are they not invisible ?—To the oiv||! dinary eye tht-y are, but to those whV.^T have led a good life, no. *£*$& Mr M.iller: It depends upon a man'tSrj high character. - '. O," The Chief Secretary: Then lam ont' r f4 of.' Court right "away. -« ''"a Mr Gillhan: You* must live an ab»±p solutely clean life to get tho 'best ■Tβ*^ suits. We have converts to the faith, '-Wv The Chief Societaiy: Well, there ariifS some reqlly tough joints about Mβ!-**f- J" bourne. I wish you would get hold of 7H them. I cannot see why you should to'' , ** l registered, and cannot grant your'J*-s"fP'i-qnest. How.would 1 be regarded ifljsß" registered such a body as yours? ' *'yT-' . Mr" Gillhan: They*did "so in Syd-?^-ney. ' --fe? The Chief Secretary: But they d*3fS' some very funny things there. '