Life and labor in the spirit world: Being a description of localities, employments, surroundings, and conditions in the spheres.Longley, Mary T. (Mary Theresa)
Religion
Life and labor in the spirit world: Being a description of localities, employments, surroundings, and conditions in the spheres.
Longley, Mary T. (Mary Theresa)
Spirit writings; Spirits
But in a little while our Flora became sprightly and cheerful, for she
found that she could return to her earthly home; and at night, when her
dear parents and little brother were asleep, she could talk to their
spirits and even sing them songs (for she had a very sweet voice), and
in the morning she would sometimes hear her mamma say: “It seemed last
night as though I could hear my little girl singing to me, and I do
sometimes think she comes to baby, he is so good, and smiles and chirps
so much, just as he used to when she played with him.” And the papa
would smile and say: “It does really seem as though there was an angel
in the house; I feel as though I am nearer heaven than I used to be.” So
you see this little spirit girl was doing a great work in a quiet way,
by coming to her mamma and papa in a loving, gentle manner, and by
brightening their lives with her cheerful, sunny presence.
Flora had a little harp, such as I have told you of, given to her, and
she would sometimes bring and place it in the doorway of her papa’s
home, and the breeze or air-current would cause its strings to vibrate
with sweet, faint melody. The little baby-brother would hear the
celestial music, and laugh, crow, and clap his hands, while his mamma
would lay down her sewing or pause in her work, and strain her ears to
listen to the strange, sweet, faint sounds that fell upon them.
Well, this continued for some time, until Flora’s mamma became fully
convinced that the sweet musical strains she so often heard were not the
effects of an active imagination, but that they were real and tangible;
and hearing of a spiritual medium not far away, she determined to visit
her to learn something if she could of those who are called _dead_.
I am not going to tell you about the spiritual experiences of Flora’s
mamma, only that she was so pleased with what she heard at the home of
the medium whom she visited that she went again and again, for at each
call she made upon the spirits through the medium she received more and
more information concerning her own dear ones in the spirit world, and
never failed to learn something of her little Flora, who always came
with messages of love.
So you see, dear children, this little girl of Happy Valley accomplished
the great work of bringing happiness, comfort, and peace to the sad
heart of her mamma, and, later, of bringing the grand knowledge of
immortal life to that mamma, and convincing her that her loved one who
had died still lived and loved her, and would come to her. And all this
was performed because the little girl desired to bless and help her
mamma, and so brought the little spirit-harp and caused the winds to
play upon it in her earthly home.
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