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Spiritualism is More Virile Than Ever – 1989 Presidential Address

February 28, 2019 by Martin Twycross Leave a Comment

In a far-reaching and rallying call to delegates at the Spiritualists’ National Union’s annual conference in 1989, President Gordon Higginson said that despite obstacles and hostility, Spiritualism “is more virile today than it has been in its history.”  

 

Urging members to continue the work of the movement’s pioneers, he called for Spiritualists to play a more active part in the world around them and help create a new standard of human life and welfare.  But in frank mood, Gordon also said that some Spiritualists “are not prepared to act as spiritual beings.”   Here is the full text of his speech:

 

“The pioneers of the Spiritualist movement will again be gathering around us this weekend.  Our movement has a long line of pioneers.  It is so lengthy it fades away into the distance.  Names tend to be forgotten, but their work lives on after them.  You and I, too, will leave traces on that road which is winding into the future.  Traces of the work we do will remain when people have forgotten our names, our initials and, thank God, even our mistakes!

 

Our pioneers were subjected to every form of scorn and abuse.  They were called upon to make sacrifices for the truth which they prized because it brought them liberty and a new knowledge.   They lost their jobs; they were stoned and pelted in the streets.  Their homes were invaded.  The windows of their homes were smashed.  Their meetings were broken up by ruffians.  They lost friends.  But still they went on.  They knew Spiritualism was true and stood by it.

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Plea for Rational Spiritualism – 1987 Presidential Address

December 29, 2018 by Martin Twycross 1 Comment

By way of background, this presidential address was written at a time when there was some criticism and negativity towards the Spiritualists National Union (SNU) from the Greater World Christian Spiritualists and where the committee of some SNU churches were trying to make them Christian Spiritualist.  As President of the SNU, Gordon used his address at the SNU Annual General Meeting to address these issues.

 

 

PLEA FOR RATIONAL SPIRITUALISM by GORDON HIGGINSON

 

Below is the text of the Presidential Address given by Gordon Higginson to the delegates at the SNU Annual Conference:

 

“There is a great deal being said just now concerning toleration for different religious viewpoints within the Spiritualist movement.  I believe whole-heartedly in toleration of all religious viewpoints, not only in Spiritualism, but in the whole field of religious thought throughout the world.Continue Reading

Presidential Address 1988 – Scrapheap Warning

September 13, 2018 by Martin Twycross 1 Comment

 

SNU President Issues ‘Scrapheap’ Warning on Spiritualism’s Future

In a rousing speech to the Spiritualists National Union’s annual conference at Sheffield, President Gordon Higginson urged delegates to rekindle the fervour of Spiritualism’s pioneers and carry forward their beliefs.  The world was crying out for the message of Spiritualism but too often “we go on altering our rules, worrying about petty things instead of concentrating on the main issue concerning life itself and our purpose on earth.”

 

Gordon warned delegates that unless Spiritualists found a way of getting the fundamental philosophy of Spiritualism across, the movement would “end up like all past religions – on the scrapheap of the world.”

 

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Presidential Address 1992 – The Future

September 1, 2018 by Martin Twycross Leave a Comment

Do you remember the modest epitaph that Robert Louise Stevenson composed for himself?  “Here lies one who meant well, tried a little and failed much.”  I expect that those words would suit both you and me.

 

There comes to my mind an old story of an American whose store caught fire and in a few hours was completely gutted – burnt out!  In the morning the passers-by, as they stopped to look at the smoking ruins saw a notice pinned up to a part of the wall that was still standing.  ‘Every thing lost except hope; business will be resumed as usual tomorrow’.  I have remembered this story quite often because there seems to me to be a deep and essential truth within it about life.  So often that which keeps us going is hope; if we lose that we come to a complete standstill.Continue Reading

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