Twixt Two Worlds the work of Wm Eglinton - New Age Spiritual Mission

muslin is of spirit manuiarture, but that there is no materialisation of forms. Four times \
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I presseil against his solid form, and said—' I beg your pardon,' as I would say to any
gentleman. Twice I pressed against tlie form of this man. lie gave cacji one of us tlie
pri\ilege of examining his jewels, (jne in crescent form, tlie otiier like a star. lie wears
diamonds, emeralds, and rubies. After him came 'Joey,' in a very becoming dress, which
we had never seen him wear. lie had a kind of hood upon his head. He sat at table,
and asked for paper and a book, which were given him.
" For some time he moved his hands as if gathering something from the atmosphere, just
as when he makes muslin. After some minutes he dropped on the table a massive diamond
ring. lie said, 'Now you may all take the ring, and you may put it on, and hold it wiiile
you can count twelve.' Miss M took it, and iield it under tlie gaslight. It was a heavy
gold ring, with a diamond that appeared much like one worn by a friend of mine worth
;{J'l,000. 'j"ey' saitl the value of this was 900 guineas. Mr. W examined it as we had
done. Ill' now made, as it seemetl, and as he said, from the atmosphere, twn diamoiKJs, very
clear and beautiful, about tlie size of half a large pea. He gave them into our hands on a
piece of paper. We examined them, as we had the others. He laid the ring and diamonds
on the table belore him, and there next appeared a wonderful cluster of rubies, set with a
large ruby about half-an-inch in diameter in the centre. These wc all handled as we had
the others. Last there came a cross, about four inches in length, having twenty luagnilicent
diamonds set in it; this we held in our hands, and examined as closely as we liked. 'Joey'
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took them all, and put tliem in paper and jingled them. He said, I might leave the ring
as a keepsake for Willie, but it might make him selfish.'
"He told us that the market value of the gems was ^25,000. lie remarked, 'I could
make Willie the richest man in the world ; but it would not be the best thing, antl might
be the worst.' He now took the jewels in front of him, and seemed to dissipate them, as
one might melt hailstones in heat, until they entirely disappeared. He talked all the evening,
and some of his remarks went to my heart. I was begging, as I often have, fcjr a piece
of drapery that I could keep, and I said almost petulantly, 'You do nothing special for me.'
'Mamma, mamma!' cried 'Joey,' 'for what did "Ernest" come to you yesterday?' The fact
was that 111.- day birfore ' Kriiest ' had, unasked and unsought, given me information and counsel
in a matter, the importance of which could not be expressed; as we say, it was emphatically
a case of life or death. I was rebuked, as 1 deserved, and 1 said to 'Joey,' 'What "Ernest"
told me ye.sterday was worth infmitely more than all the gold and gems in the world.'
'What do I come for?' said 'Joey,' and the tli.night pierced me that he had watched over
our children and friends, that he had been the means of saving lite, and of preparing souls
for a holier and happier existence hereafter. How could I value gold and gems, or a paltry
piece of drapery, when eternal interests are at stake? How poor we should be if our hea\-enly
Father did not pity our weakness and f...lly, and send ministering spirits to help us. One
featiu-e ..f this ^auue was, that at the close 'Joey' brought Willie forward, and they stood
-side by side, Willie in deep trance, 'Joey' said, 'Now you see me with Willie.' We all
responded that we saw both him and Willie. 'Well, perhaps you are a'.l biologised,' said
he. Many jursons think that the medium pers,,nates the .spirits dressed in nuislin made in
Manchester, and imported into the ,sr