Blasphemy

Many will note, with deep regret, a name held in honor throughout the land, associated with a feeble article on Spiritualism in the current “Fortnightly.” It is satisfactory that it is not Lord Grey of Falloden who writes the article, but his wife. To Lady Grey herself it does not appear to have been blasphemous to quote the words of our Lord and apply them to the unscriptural and preposterous pretensions of Spiritualism; but many who read her sentences will be distressed and horrified by what they judge to be profanity. “I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you.” This is one of the choicest and most sacred of the promises of the risen and glorified Saviour. To degrade it to the tricks and chatter of spookery through the lying mouths of mediums, is to shock every reverent mind. So obsessed is Lady Grey with her spiritualistic ideas, that she asserts that, were the apostles alive today, they would be called “mediums.” Well, possibly Judas might! Says she: “The Church preaches the resurrection of Christ as a unique and divine happening; but we know that we all rise from the condition of death.” We know no more about it than the Bible teaches us. Nor does Lady Gray!
Christian.