A worker from MarseilleIn a Spiritist group from Marseille, Mrs. T…, one of the mediums, spontaneously wrote the following communication:
“Listen to an unfortunate man who was violently pulled from his family, and who does not know where he is… Amid the darkness where I find myself, I was able to follow a shiny ray of a Spirit, as I was told; but I don't believe in Spirits. I know very well that it is a fable, invented for the cracked and credulous heads… For my part, I do not understand anything anymore… I see myself double; a mutilated body lies next to me, and yet I am alive… I see my relatives in distress, not to mention my companions in misfortune, who do not see so clearly as I do; so, I took advantage of the light that led me here, to come and get information from you.
It seems to me that this is not the first time that I have seen you; my ideas are still cloudy… Allow me to come back another time when I am better used to my current situation… Never mind, I am leaving with regret; I was in my center… but I feel that I must obey; this Spirit seems good to me, but severe. I will do my best to earn his good grace so that I can speak with you more often.
A worker from the Lieutaud course.
Six workers had perished when a bridge collapsed a few days prior; it is one of them that has manifested. After this communication, the medium's guide dictated the following to her:
“Dear sister, this unhappy Spirit has been led to you to exercise your charity. As we practice it towards the incarnate, you must practice it towards the discarnate.
Although this unfortunate one is supported by his guardian angel, this one must remain invisible to him, until he recognizes himself well in his situation. For that, dear sister, take him under your protection, that is still weak, I agree; but sustained by your faith, this Spirit will soon see the dawn of a new day shining, and what he has refused to recognize, since his catastrophe, will soon become a matter of peace and joy to him. Your task will not be too difficult, because he has the essential to understand you: kindness of heart.
Listen, dear sister, to the impulses of your heart, and you will emerge victorious from the test that your new mission imposes on you.
Support one another, dear brothers and beloved sisters, and the New Jerusalem you are about to reach will be opened to you with songs of triumph, for the procession that follows you will make you victorious. But to fight the external obstacles well, it is necessary, above all, to have conquered oneself. You must maintain a severe discipline of your heart; the slightest infringement must be repressed, without seeking mitigation of the fault, otherwise you will never be victorious over others; you must rival in virtues and vigilance among yourselves.
Courage, friends; you are not alone; you are supported and protected by the spiritual fighters who have hope in you and call upon you the blessing of the Almighty.
Your Guide.”
This fact, as we see, has some situational analogy with the preceding one; it is also a Spirit who does not recognize himself, who does not understand his situation; but it is easy to see which of the two will emerge first from uncertainty. By the language of one, we recognize the proud scholar, who reasoned his disbelief, who, it seems, has not always made the best use of his intelligence and his knowledge; the other is an uncultivated, but of good nature, to which, no doubt, only lacked good direction. Incredulity, with him, was not a system, but a consequence of the lack of proper teaching. Whoever, during his lifetime, might have taken pity on the other, might have seen him in a happier position. May God bring them together for their mutual instruction, and the scholar may well be very happy to receive the lessons from the ignorant.
