Glimpses Of The Next State.Pdf - Spiritualists' National Union

207of great refinement and rare qualities, and a great psychic; and working with her in the usualway we had the independent voice of spirit people from the year 1876 to 1900, a period of twentyfiveyears.During that twenty-five years Daniel E. Bailey, then residing at 507 Porter Avenue, Mary E.Bailey, his wife, and Sarah M. Fisher, my mother, worked with us usually. Mr. Daniel E. Bailey wasa man of large wealth, and at the time of his death in the ‘nineties he made provision for thesupport of Mrs. Swain during her life. She was never a public medium, nor did she give seances formoney; she devoted the latter years of her life in conjunction with our company in an effort tounderstand death, so-called, and the condition of the individual following dissolution.The seances with Mrs. Swain were sometimes held at my home, hut more often at the houseof Daniel E. Bailey on Porter Avenue, who has published some of the teachings that were receivedthrough Eva his daughter in spirit-life and the group of people working with her and controllingMrs. Swain’s circles.Certain phases of said seances have not been made public, that is our mission work.It is not generally known that many people after the change called death do not awake in thesphere in which they have become an inhabitant readily, and are brought into circles such as wemade (and in the material vibrations prevailing), were awakened, and of course not understandingthat they had separated from the physical, were at a loss to understand the situation, and it was ourduty and our pleasure, aided by spirit friends, to awaken them to a full realisation of theircondition, and suggest to them the way by which they could come to a greater understanding ofspirit life, and so aid their progression.For years Aline M. Eggleston, now residing at 217 Tryon Place in the City of Buffalo, wasemployed as a stenographer, and having by practice the ability to write in the dark, reported ourconversation with spirit people in shorthand; and annexed hereto are the stenographic minutes oftwelve seances under date of. September 18, 1890, September 25, 1890, October 19, 1890, October23, 1890, October 26, 1890, December 4, 1890, July 16, 1591, July 18, 1889, May 25, 1890, May 29,1890, June 10, 1890, and September 12, 1890, giving illustrations of what is known as “ missionwork” among spirit people.The spirit in the minutes called Tom at times entranced and took possession of physicalorganism of one of our circle from time to time, and talked with other spirits. This is a necessaryexplanation of the stenographic reports.I understand that there are few places in the world where this “mission work” is understoodor done. I have had the privilege of sitting many times in the last eighteen years with Edward C.Randall, of Buffalo, who has been carrying on a similar work with Emily S. French, of Rochester,the finest psychic living at the present time, with results superior to those I carried on with MarciaM. Swain.The annexed twelve stenographic reports are copies of originals in my possession, and thosetwelve reports are true records of the conversations that took place between ourselves and the spiritpeople on the dates therein mentioned.LEANDER FISHER.Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 11th day of February, 1909.E. C. RANDALL,Commissioner of Deeds,In and for the City of Buffalo, N.Y.No. 266 Parkdale Avenue,Buffalo, N.Y.June 17, 1911.DEAR SIR,