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Around the World in 88 Years -E Book - Arthur Burt

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fond of animals, kept a parrot, and her guide, who was a redIndian, has requested that this message should come through herto you. Do you know <strong>the</strong> lady?”“No,” I answered. He described her <strong>in</strong> even greater detail, but Istill said, “No.”There were 11 messages <strong>in</strong> that séance and not one person knewwho <strong>the</strong> messengers were. Every one of those 11 messages wentwrong. After <strong>the</strong> meet<strong>in</strong>g, I went up to <strong>the</strong> medium and told himI was one of <strong>the</strong> people he was supposed to have received amessage for.He said, “I have never, <strong>in</strong> all my experience as a medium, been <strong>in</strong>a meet<strong>in</strong>g where I received many messages and not one of <strong>the</strong>mturned out to be correct. I don’t understand it.”I left <strong>the</strong> meet<strong>in</strong>g, hav<strong>in</strong>g settled <strong>the</strong> issue. I had prayed before<strong>the</strong> meet<strong>in</strong>g that <strong>the</strong> Name and Blood of Jesus would be exalted<strong>in</strong> that place if it was of God. The Lord absolutely and perfectlydemonstrated for me: <strong>the</strong>re had not been one mention of Jesusor His Blood, and everyth<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> meet<strong>in</strong>g had gone wrong. Icame away completely satisfied.David’s legs were dangl<strong>in</strong>g from <strong>the</strong> loft…Over <strong>the</strong> years, many people stopped for a time at our house.Amongst <strong>the</strong>m was a black family from Nigeria, Joe and FloKolowola, who had just arrived <strong>in</strong> England still wear<strong>in</strong>g longrobes, <strong>the</strong>ir native costume. God enabled us to m<strong>in</strong>ister to <strong>the</strong>mwhile <strong>the</strong>y were students — Flo, <strong>in</strong> midwifery, and Joe, <strong>in</strong>electrician’s courses. Their second son was born <strong>in</strong> our home. Weloved and cared for <strong>the</strong>m, and Marj was like a mo<strong>the</strong>r to <strong>the</strong>m.I had extended <strong>the</strong> roof of our home <strong>in</strong> Paddock Wood, had putboards down to make <strong>the</strong> rafters <strong>in</strong>to additional rooms, and hadbuilt a ladder up to <strong>the</strong> loft which we used whenever we hadadditional people stopp<strong>in</strong>g with us.One moonlit night dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> same period, my future son-<strong>in</strong>-law,David, try<strong>in</strong>g to conv<strong>in</strong>ce my daughter Pamela to consider hisaffection for her, came to <strong>the</strong> hospital where she worked as anurse. He climbed <strong>the</strong> dra<strong>in</strong> spout, sat on Pam’s bedroom w<strong>in</strong>dowsilland tapped on <strong>the</strong> glass.194

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