SPIRITUALIST CHURCH

Evening Star, Issue 22952, 9 May 1938, Page 1

SPIRITUALIST CHURCH

Dr J. M. Moorey continued his mission before a large audience at the Spiritualist Church last evening. He opened with an appropriate and inspiring reference to motherhood and the mother’s influence in the spiritual upliftment of humanity. He then proceeded with an address on ‘ Where Are We Heading?’ The old order ehangeth, quoted the speaker, and it was good to be alive to-day. The conditions which prevailed appeared chaotic simply because we did not understand them; they did not fit in with our idea of things. Change was apparent everywhere, even in ourselves. In fact, this Dominion was regarded as an experimental country. This life, he continued, was more than a wonderful schoolhouse and a beautiful playground, and the trouble with most of us was that we did not try to find the cause of the unrest. Millions of people in the world lacked the necessities of life, and to attribute this to the late war was incorrect. War was the result of a deeper cause; it was an outlet prompted by the urge of the Cosmic Christ to find expression. Evolution seemed to employ very strenuous methods to accomplish its purpose, but before reforms could take place there must be an uprooting of old beliefs, a tearing down of faulty structures. Without such drastic measures there could be no progression. This was the case in our own lives. We had been leaning on others so long that it was very difficult to break the habit. All earthly forms were temporal. Existence was one eternal scene of change, and it was well that it was so, as change and variety made life worth living. Evolution worked in cycles and new civilisations were based upon those that preceded them, but everything that rvas was necessary, being the working out of God’s infinite law. Life’s trials were the only means by which the soul couid find the opportunity for self-expression and development. No matter what troubles came to us, there was that divine spark within us that could overcome them. It was our attitude towards them that counted. Dr Moorey maintained that, notwithstanding the waning influence of the churches, there was more practical religion in the world to-day than ever before, and he instanced the social reforms and the institutions that existed to aid humanity. He concluded by urging his

hearers never to forget that they were made in the image of God. After the address the doctor gave clairvoyant messages from spirit friends to several members of the audience. During the service a baritone solo was rendered by a member. Mr R. N. Ridd presided.