Show J I 1 The Trend of Thought r I IV i N N A very material period when such problems as recon reconstruction Ii 7 I labor disputes business difficulties high prices trade expansion s social cial readjustment and many others are so much before mankind t the the i bodily side of life seems all aU And yet on every hand there are indications of such a spiritual so deep peep an interest in exploration and study of those t things i gs beyo beyond d this human life and outside this bodily existence th that t. t they cannot annot but cause c consideration and speculation z t The rh mos most apparent indication of this trend of thought is the sudden Si sudden den popularity and prominence of spiritualism The librarian Jl j a leading ading l reference library declared the other day that the demand de de- de mand liland l for books on spiritualism exceeds that for or works on any other ti Newspapers and magazines bristle with stories on the theNor ic Npr Nor is th the spiritualist religion the only fi field ld of mental spiritual n 11 m meta ra P 31 study which is win winning investigators and converts No Noone one can can say today what belief is correct and what is ng g whether there is any basis of fact to popular theories or i Whether Whether the world has gone off on a tangent But there is evidence evi evi- I evi-I d derive dence I of a sincere worldwide longing to know the the truth The in belief belief in in a soul or other being the hope of a a life eternal a and ami a the Ine conviction that there exists a Supreme Power are natural J. J b. b es' es of many of-many many found in the lowest stages as well as the highest y early times men man have puzzled over these questions |