Fragment by Frances Miller Seward

  • Posted on: 19 October 2018
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Fragment by Frances Miller Seward
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Distributor:Seward Family Digital Archive

Institution:University of Rochester

Repository:Rare Books and Special Collections

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Fragment by Frances Miller Seward

action: sent

sender: Frances Seward
Birth: 1805-09-24  Death: 1865-06-21

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transcription: msr 

revision: tap 2018-04-20

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Page 1

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Perfectly natural in
form & feature—
How do you account for
the different answers of spirits?
On the same principle
that you would account
for a difference of opinion –
in your sphere—the
dif-degrees of intelligence
Can you state any incident
of our trails?
The most interesting I now
remember was your kind
care of me when sick—
This answer was farthest
from my mind
Page 2

How are you employed
when not with me?
In teaching those below me
who have not had proper
opportunities when on earth
of learning that which is
necessary to place them
upon a plane of progression
in goodness
Do they eat in the
S. world?
They eat the fruit of
the tree of Life
Do worldy things interest you?
Jus as far as they concern
spiritual interests
Page 3

Is the earth the final home
of man?
The home of spirits may not
be fully explained at
present—Suppose it to be
a beautiful city with
clear sky, bright fields
which afford delightful
promenades joined to
your beautiful earth
by attraction which
connect the 2 worlds
and through which
spirits can
echo from one world
to another thereby keeping
up their correspondence
Will I become become a medium?
My departure from earth
Page 4

will be the cause of
developing you
Why have not these man-
been made helpers?
They have—but the world
would not receive them
Why did you smile
when you left the body?
because I saw angels
wanting to take my
spirit home
How do you go from
place to place?
As thoughts trails
through the medium
of —