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inquire about their state of being throughout eternity? If those who have passed through the change called death,
can ana ao communicate with those in the flesh, is it reasonable to Deneve tnar any power gieaiei uuuuouiuiuuuiaw iu
possible? , You know that tomorrow morning there will be sunrise that a stone tossed into the air must fall; and these thing3
you know because Natural Law Is Immutable. Unchanging Natural Law means harmony, and harmony is love. Harmony
dominates the universe. Through the harmony of God's own law, the spirits of those who. lived in the flesh, the spirits who, have passed through the
portals of death, communicate with those spirits still in the flesh through God's law and not through the machinations of a juperstition-created devil.
Years ago, it was evil to use anaesthetics. The sorry doctrine of the fear of God delegated unto God a lust for blood and suffering. you
believe in that manner of Maker? And do you believe that stumbling, groping, erring mortals are so all-powerful as to call back the spirits ot those
they knew and loved, when life in the flesh is the lowest form of life? Does the inferior command the superior? Is that true even here on earthf
The world DARED to seek education, DARED to discover and invent, DARED to progress. And there are millions of persons right here in
America who have the courage to believe that the life, the personality, the love which they knew in their dear ones, has not been transmuted into cold,
unemotional, indifferent individuality by death a natural process far less mystifying than birth! i
Spiritualism R
e veals Life's Great Truths
THE TRUTH never injured any one. Was the savage
fiappier because an eclipse meant the intervention of evil spirits?
Was mankind brighter and more elevated when pagans fed
Christians to the wild beasts in the Roman amphitheatres? Was
the world better when Columbus was ridiculed for daring to
believe that the world was round? Did ignorance, and super
Btitution and fear of God ever elevate the race of man?
What was the cornerstone upon which the United States of
America had its beginning back in, the early colonial days?
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY! That's the answer. If you are not
The Work of the Stead Center
privileged to believe as you like, what is left in life? God is
your God the same as your brother's God. You came here not
accidentally not to labor and fret and question and suffer a few
brief years and then smoulder for eternity in hell but to
PROGRESS God gave you brains. USE them! He gave you
the power of thought. Don't permit It to shrivel and, waste.
Put it to use. If you CARE to know life, exercise your God
given instincts and mental powers and DARE to inquire. If
you care for the evidence, procure it and examine it. Learn why
we say: THERE IS NO DEATH; THERE ARE NO DEAD!
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The William T. Stead Memorial Center; S33 Grant Place, Chicago, 111. -
'"COMMUNICATION," A MOST interesting
32-page booklet, illustrated, tells about THE WILLIAM
T. STEAD MEMORIAL CENTER, Chicago, Illinois,
and its work. In this booklet is one photograph of Mrs. Cook
that will more than merely interest you. When this photograph
was turned over to'the engraver, we wrote on it our caution to
the engraver to not retouch the hair. There was something in
the hair which we wished to preserve in the reproduction. We
succeeded by printing this engraving on the inside of the front
cover, which is of heavy enameled paper.
Here are a fewjof the subjects covered in "Communication":
"Communication an Established Fact," "Death . Means
Passing Through an Open Door," "If a Man Should Return .
from a Far Country," "Those Who Die Are Not 'Called Back,' "
"The World-Next-Door," "What is the Next World Like?"
"The Same Proof 2,000 Miles Distant." There are letters giving
the experiences of men and women who came in doubt. There
is an interesting story about our Medium and Pastor, Mrs. Cecil
M. Cook. There is the story of why we call this the STEAD
CENTER why we contend that Mr. . William T. Stead CON
TINUED TO LIVE after the sinking of the S. S. Titanic in the
mid-Atlantic April IS, 1912. " . . .
"Communication" will introduce to you, "God's World,"
our book but we prefer first of all to give you the facts, so that
you may decide the degree of our own interest in pursuing
further the subject of Spirit Communication. .'
We have purchased this advertising space to tell pur story.
We respect whatever religious'' convictions you may have. We
have no quarrel with any sect. In every faith, we are taught to
see worship of the ONE GOD and we are taught to see and
respect the beauty of that faith. And our attitude remains
unchanged without respect to what the devotees of any faith may
lav about our own beautiful truth.
The Open Door Between
Earth and Spirit
THERE ARE millions of persons right here !n
America, and many more millions throughout the
world, -who KNOW that their dear ones continue
to live after their mortal eyes have closed in death.
Some of these millions are members of churches
and some are not. Some have felt the presence of
their departed loved ones others have seen them
and heard their voices.
In every mortal, the veil between earth-life and
spirit-life is very thin and as knowledge progresses,
the fabric of this veil is worn thinner. Each
twenty-four hours, on the average, EIGHT THOU
SAND PERSONS PASS THROUGH DEATH'S
DOOR, AND AS MANY BABIES ENTER THE
FLESH! Sixteen thousand times every twenty
four hours, the door between this life and spirit,
is swung open. Lleven times a minute better
than once every six seconds, day and
night, the door between the two ex
pressions of life is opened. Is it not
reasonable to believe that there
are persons ' with the gift of
seeing through?
Just as God endowed
some persons with talent for
different things, God also .
endowed others with the
gift of MEDIUMSHIP. Of
all gifts bestowed upon
mortals, Vone could pertain
more intimately to the
greatest of all -things
LIFE. Did God make this
possible? What more sacred
gift could a mortal possess?
If we believe in God, how
can we delegate to any
power of evil an ability to
penetrate the riddles of
death and the mystery of
the grave? Your own God
given common sense will
point out the answer.
In the paragraphs' that
follow, we shall make state
ments that millions will
accept because of their ex
perience. If these staTe
ments seem unusual to
you, ask yourself if you al
ready know all the things
that mankind has learned.
If our statements are out- .
side of, your experience, is'
that due to our error or
your lack of previous in
vestigation? v ,
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MRS. CECIL M. COOK
WHOSE GREAT GIFT OF MEDIUMSHIP IS KNOWN
TO THOUSANDS
The Remarkable Mediumship
of Mrs. Cecil M. Cook.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT is published by and
for THE WILLIAM T. STEAD MEMORIAL
CENTER, a religious body incorporated under the
Statutes of the State of Illinois. Our Medium and
Pastor is Mrs. Cecil M. Cook, who has served the
public for the past seventeen years. In her circles
have sat many well-known men and women.
Divines, business men, lawyers, physicians, instruc
torsmen and women in all of life's walks have
known Mrs. Cook's gift intimately. They dared
to inquire. They dared listen to the voices of their
dear ones in spirit. 1
In. our seance-room, we bear conversations In
any language or dialect on earth. The same,
evening, we have heard conversations between
mortals and spirits in a dozen different tongues
. including Hebrew and Hindustani. It is a
matter oi common circumstance to near
strangers greeted by spirits who give most
unusual names names we never sus
, pected bad ever been borne by any one.
Incidents known only to the sic
. ters (and not in their minds t the
time positively not due to tele
pathic force) are spoken of at every
seance. Some of the voices come
through trumpets: others are inde-.
pendent. Singing by men, women
and children in spirit (sometimes
singly and at other times by several)
is so clear and loud, it can be heard
by persons passing in the street.
Everybody present hears the sameN
thing, and there are many members
of our religious body who receive
the voices in the light.
We include in this announcement,
a few letters that will prove of inter
est. Other letters are produced in
our free booklet, "Communica
tion," that will tell you more about
our Medium and our work and
about the books we are jflst be
ginning to publish.
For years, Mrs. Cecil M. Cqok
submitted to the most rigorous tests
imposed upon her by so-called scien
tific investigators. She was bound,
gagged, put in sacks and cages,
handcuffed, and had her mouth and
hands filled with flour but the
voices came just the same. t She
produces the same results in private
homes and hotel-rooms and in any
city. No medium has been tested
more than she.
The most wonderful experience of oar lives wis the first
time my husband and I visited Mra. Cook's seance at the Stead
Center. In (act, this was before the Stead Center was incor
porated. It was while Mr. Stead was still on earth.
Our little daughter Alice had recently passed into the spirit,
world at the ate of 9 years. Neither my husband nor I was
familiar with Spiritualism. We were willing to learn, but we
knew nothing about Communication. Mrs. Coolc had never
seen ns, nor had we ever seen her. Not even our names had
been mentioned. We were strangers.
Shortly after the seance began, a voice came to us and said,
"Hello Papa and Mama Jennings. I am Alice Ophelia
Jennings." l
Not only were these farts correct, but we reco (raized her
voice as the same voice that had been silenced in the fiesh
such a short time before. . '
She proceeded to describe the flowers at her funeral, giving
1 us the names of those who had sent the flowers. She stated
that there was one floral piece that she could not tell who had
sent. There had been jurt one piece la the floral offering, '
that had no card attached. -All of the room had been nearly
filled with flowers. Site told us the dress we had put on her
body and the flowers that aad been placed in her hand. She
named the songs that had been sung, and sang one of them
for us. All of this information she volunteered.
Since that time, we nave had countless beautiful exper
iences, many of which have been in our own home. In fact,
without the presence of the medium, I have seen Alice as well
as other loved ones. Many times, when I have been alone,
I have heard their voices speaking to me clearly. Upon
attending the next seance, they have come and repeated what
they told me in my home.
' 1 hats Hut our Ukad who p&M lorough the change of
death are here to comfort and help us In every jossible way.
Naturally, my husband and I are firm believers in the truth
of Spirit Communication. '
. Sincerely yours.
659 W. 60th St.
Chicago, Illinois.
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a definite promise that had been made prior to my friend's
passing. t
This Is only one of almost countless tests I have received,
many of which are too personal to mention in a letter of this
nature. I wish the world could receive tome of the messages
I have had, and still receive, and could have my assurance of
the continuity of life. '
Sincerely yours.
The zealot, the religious crant, seelcs to force upon you that
which he believes. The work of THE WILLIAM T. STEAD
MEMORIAL CENTER seeks only to place before you its
remarkable evidence, and delegates to YOU the right to decide
for yourself. v
If the dejffl are only the bodiesif LIFE NEVER ENDS, it
is in keeping with what you know about God's natural law that
must be harmonious always in its operations, to believe that
God would leave the door open between earth-life and spirit
life; not only once in all history, but many times in every
generation.
We Invite You to Send for Our Free
Booklet "Communication' '
TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES and our work, we
have prepared this 32-page booklet, "Communication." It is
6x9 inches, and has beautiful covers, pictorially presenting our
view of life here and beyond the grave. This booklet contains several thousand
words of interesting material It explains about our publishing endeavors, and
about "God's World," our first book. Sending for a free copy of "Communica
tion" places no promise on you to patronize our publishing department. At
the same time, as part of our own honest convictions, we wish you to know that
we art, pnblUhir; this book, "Gcd's World." copyitd in the United States
and Great Britain. . ''
Just as Life itself is the greatest of all subjects, so is Communication a
subject of vast interest. We can not tell you the story in this space. We do
tell a most interesting Ind important story in this free booklet, "Communication.''
THIS IS A REHI0US WORKNOT FOR PERSONAL PROFIT. It
is not some individual's money-grubbing promotion. It is honest, and it is
serious. Telling the world that LIFE IS ALL ONE GREATJ LIFE and that
DEATH IS ONLY A LOGICAL CHANGE, LIKE EIRTH-A CHANGE OP
THE STATE OF BEINGBUT NOT OF PERSONALITY, is altogether too
sacred and serious to be handled for personal gain.
It is our great privilege to tell the world
THE TRUTH ABOUT SPIRIT COM
MUNICATION, and you will find that
newspaper and magazine articles that
have been published about and against
Spiritualism, are but primal efforts
told crudely.
We have been SEVENTEEN '
YEARS building the foundation
of this work, and the result of
our painstaking study and
care, fortified by THOUS
ANDS OF SEANCES, is
now at your disposal
ready for your most
searching inquiry.
If YOU wish a free
copy of our booklet,
"Communication," it
will be sent prepaid
and with no obliga
) tion attaching to you,
if you fill in and mail
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What started me Into an Investigation of Spiritualism was
" the passing into the spirit world of a person who was very dear,
to me.
While this gentleman was still perfectly well, he requested '
me that, should he die, I would see that his body was placed
by the side of his mother's. He had als-ays loved his mother
very dearly. I promised to meet the request if it were possible.
A short time after1 this conversation, my friend was stricken
and passed away suddenly in another city. The telegram
informing me of his death did not reach me in time for me to
attend the funeral. I was quite certain that no one else knew
of his request. Thus I was deprived oi keeping my promise.
A short time after this, I learned about Mrs. Cecil if.
Cook, and I attended one of her seances. My dear one came .
to me, giving me his name and calling me by my own. I asked
him what 1 should do about the promise I had made, not
mentioning the nature of the promise. He replied, "What I
asked of you then was worldly wish. We see things difler
ently when we pass into the spirit world, and it means nothing
to me now where my body lies. I am done with it. I am with
my dear one and we are very happy. So I don't want you to
worry about the promise, nor do I wish you to move my body."
Thus our very first conversation related to the subitct of
m E.
Chicago,
I had resided In Los Angeles, Cat. (or some years, and
had been. a regular attendant at the seances of a medium In
that city When I came to Chicago, I was naturally interested
In locating a direct-voice medium, and three days after my
arrival in this city, I learned about Mrs. Cook. It happened
to be one of the evenings on which she beid seances, and I
called up about twenty minutes before the seance began,
asking permission to attend, but not giving my name or any
facts concerning myself. It was manifestly impossible for the
medium to learn anything about me.
I had been In the Center only a few minutes when we were
asked to go up to the seance-room. My husband and others
in spirit came to me. calling me by name and giving unmis
takable proof of their identity. They referred to the seances
I had enjoyed in the West, and conversations were taken up
where they had been dropped only a few days before. Just ai
though I were still in the same seance-toom in Los Angelea.
Very respectfully,
30 Center St.,
Chicago, Illinois.
Date, .
THE STEAD CENTER,
O 53 Grant Place,
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. . .
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