Has it not often happened that suddenly the thought of an absent one came into your mind, and that you saw him or her for a moment or two almost as distinctly as if in bodily presence before you ?" "Yes.

That has many times been the case." "And you had not been thinking of that person, nor had there been any incident as a reminder ?" "I believe not." "My explanation is, that this person from some cause had been led to think of you intently, and so came to you in spirit.

There was actual presence, and you saw each other with the eyes of your minds." "But, my wise reasoner," said Mr.Delancy, "it was the bodily form--with face, eyes, hands, feet and material garments--that was seen, not the spirit.

If our spirits have eyes that see, why they can only see spiritual things." "Has not a spirit a face, and hands, and feet ?" asked Rose, with a confidence that caused the old man to look at her almost wonderingly.
"Not a face, and hands, and feet like these of mine," he answered.
"Yes, like them," she replied, "but of spiritual substance." "Spiritual substance! That is a novel term.

This is substance." And Mr.Delancy grasped the arm of a chair.
"No, that is material and unsubstantial," she calmly replied; "it is subject to change and decay.