But independent of all Scriptural testimony, we know, on the authority of modern-day scientists and millions of other witnesses, that the return of the departed is an indisputable fact, and that, as Sir Oliver Lodge points out, if the 'con ditions' are provided, they can converse with us, as Spiritual intelligences conversed with mortals in olden days. Thou sands of 'the boys' who lost their physical bodies on the battlefield of this world-wide war have returned to their homes and talked with their parents and friends. And the re union has been so real that 'the blinds have been pulled up,' and a ?ood of soul-uplifting sunshine has dissipated the clouds of gloom. These facts are now becoming common knowledge, and are being shared by 'all sorts and conditions of men' the majority of the clergy excepted!