Spiritualism: second sight

Politics, Religion and Text: W.E. Gladstone and Spiritualism

“…Thus he ticked Gerald Massey's censure of those 'who profess to believe in human nature's total depravity' and his impassioned plea 'for God's sake as well as for the sake of human progress, that the world should be rescued from beliefs such as these, and from that ossification of the letter which kills the spirit of Christ'. 115 Gladstone bestowed his most auspicious mark, '+', on the following passage from Light Beyond the Grave (1876), which advocated living a Christian life in the present, as opposed to setting one's sights on eternal glory.…”

Politics, Religion and Text: W.E. Gladstone and Spiritualism

“…Thus he ticked Gerald Massey's censure of those 'who profess to believe in human nature's total depravity' and his impassioned plea 'for God's sake as well as for the sake of human progress, that the world should be rescued from beliefs such as these, and from that ossification of the letter which kills the spirit of Christ.' 115 Gladstone bestowed his most auspicious mark, '+', on the following passage from…”