WHAT IS A SPIRITUALIST?
"I see you describe this man as a Spiritualist," said Mr. H. W. Bishop, S.M., in a civil case at the Christchureh Magistrate's Court a few days ago "Surely this'is not a definition of employ-' ment? I take it that a Spiritualist is 'a man who has fads and fancies either of a religious or other nature. It is not a doscription of a calling." " But that is what he calls himself," said the clerk of the court. "He is walking around teaching Spiritualism." "But a man may be a Spiritualist without teaching it," persisted the magistral. " I have not heard of Spiritualistic teaching as a man's calling, but it is something I have not heard much about and don't want to. But it struck me that 'spiritualist' is not a description recognised in law." "You might as well call any mans religion his description," suggested counsel for plaintiff. " f don't call Spiritualism a religion," retorted the magistrate.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16214, 27 April 1916, Page 8
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