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SPIRITISM AND CHRISTIANITY 219
It's no uncommon thing to die for an idea' 1
To such has he reduced the salvation of man.)
And yet, as we see in some of the beautiful words
(an idea!
of "Julia," that the one who becomes as "the angel
of light" (2 Cor. xi.) leaves us in Spiritism all the
expressions of Christianity, save what is vital. By
degrees the foundation truths of Christianity are
discredited, one by one.
Stainton Moses could not ignore the fact that the
foundations of Christianity were practically upset
by Spiritist teaching. He was much startled at
first by the way the central dogmas were specially
attacked; though afterwards, as we have seen, he
joined in the attack himself.
Science and Spiritism
Sir Wm. Barrett tries to steer clear of all this.
says that "psychic research is quite
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distinct from
religion." This is true if
you confine the expression
to the S.P.R. But it is often used for Spiritism,
which Sir A. Conan Doyle says "is religion."
The Sunday Times for August zoth, 1919, has an
earnest article by Mrs. G. C. Miln, a well-known
Christian Scientist,* on Science and Spiritism.
She hopes and longs for a rapprochement between
the two, and is apparently quite aware that the
gap between them is rapidly widening, now that
Sir Wm. Crookes, W. H. F. Myers, Dr. A. Russel
Wallace, and others of like calibre, are no longer
with us.
is
*
The word "science" is surely inappropriate here, if its work
research and not dogma; neither Spiritism nor Mrs. Eddy's
cult are scientific.