THE NEXT LIFE

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 October 1930, Page 5

THE NEXT LIFE

SIR O. LODGE’S CREED. LONDON, September 9. 5 Sir Oliver Lodge, scientist and 7 spiritualist, yesterday made an inspir--7 ing confession of faith in God and in 1 tho survival of the human soul after " death. He was delivering an address to a L crowded congregation, which included ’ many members of the British Associa- ' Lion, at the David Thomas Memorial > Church, Bristol. “These,” ho said, “are tho general 1 conclusions to which I have been led 1 by the facts known to us. “We are incarnations of spirit, here and now, spiritual being in contact with ipert matter for a time, living on ’ this planet for something under a century. “Earth-life appears i.o be an episode of considerable importance in the history of a soul, and in many cases appears to be the beginning of an individual existence or personality. Certainly the individual continues thereafter, and carries with him his power, his memory and his affection. “Already science is discovering that all activity, all energy, all spontaneity, iis to bo traced to the properties possessed by what we call empty space; and that tho matter that appeals to

i our senses is a comparatively trivial > interruption of its continuity, with a J function purely demonstrative. Tho f real fact is that wo are in the midst of ,a. spiritual world, that it dominates > tho material. It constitutes the great > and omnispresent reality, whose powers wo are only beginning to rea- | lise, -whoso properties and functions 1 exhaust all our admiration. They might, indeed, bo terrifying had we not been assured, for our consolation, that these tremendous energies are all controlled by a beneficent Fatherly’ Power whoso name is Love. “In that faith wo can face smy destiny that may befall us in the infiinite future.” In a leading article, the “News Chronicle” says—- “ Sir Oliver Lodge’s Sunday address at Bristol was a deeply interesting personal confession of faith. It is a very remarkable fact that tho venerable scientist, in spite of his unconcealed belief in the reality of Spiritualistic phenomena, has maintained his international prestige as a great physicist and a clear thinker. His intellectual courage is as undoubted as his religious piety. There is little in the broad outline of his confession of faith to which his scientific colleagues could take serious logical objection. To tho devout as to the doubting Christian he delivers a message of hope and inspiration.’’