OBITUARY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18822, 10 March 1931, Page 12

OBITUARY.

REV. G. VALE OWEN. Hnltetf Prooa Association— By Eoctrla Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, March 8. The death has occurred of the Rev. G. Vale Owen, who was the first Episcopalian clergyman to adopt ism(The Rev. George Vale Owen, who was born in Birmingham, was 62 years of age. He was vicar of Orford, Warrington, Lancashire, from 1908-22. His publications included: “The Life Beyond the Veil,” “Facts and the Future Life,” “What Happens After Death,” “The Kingdom of God,” "How Spirits Communicate,” “The Priesthood of the Laity,” "Problems Which Perplex,” “Body, Soul and Spirit," and “Jesus the Christ.”) /"*

REV. a. VALE OWEN; United J-re.e Association —Bv Hleotna Telegraph— Copyright LONDON, March 8. The death is announced of the Rev. G. Vale Owen, the first Episcopalian clergyman to adopt Spiritualism. [The late Rev. George Vale Owen was bom In 1869 and educated at the Midland Institute and Queen’s College, Birmingham. He was curate of Seaforth, Liverpool, 1893; Fairfield, Liverpool, 1895; St. Matthew’s, Liverpool, 1897’; Orford, Warrington, 1900. He had been vicar ofc. Orford since 1908. His publications included: "The Nurseries of Heaven” (co-editor with H. A. Dallas); “The Life Beyond the Veil”; “The Lowlands of Heaven,” 1920; "The Highlands of Heaven," 1921; “The Battalions of Heaven,” 1921.1 Spiritualism and Its bearing upon Christian teaching was discussed at a private meeting of clergy of the Church of England and ministers of the Free Churches at All Souls' Church room, London. A paper was read on behalf of the Rev. O. Vale Owen, who was unable to attend owing to illness, and an interesting discussion took place, when psychical experiences were given. The Church, Mr Owen wrote, has turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to spiritualistic teachings because they are new—in other words, unorthodox. “It is a fact that spiritualism is here,” he went on, “and it is the most progressive fact in the world of religious thought, and it has to be reckoned with. People demand the facts. What is called the future life is a fact, and if it is so it should be capable of demonstration. The Church," the statement continued, “is the proper body to conduct such an investigation. If any of you here feel it your duty to investigate, you must count the cost. A few of these consequenoes are that it Is a ten-to-one chance that you will be convinced of the truth of spiritualism, and if you are convinced of its truth, you will have to preach it. If you preach it you may be ostracised by a great part of the clergy and by a smaller part of the laity and regarded as eccentric and deluded men. You will not then hold the same place in the hearts of the people that you did before.”