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Date of account: Published 1885
Source: The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism
Reference: The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism · selected passage 172
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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The figure which had seemed to move away and return, again touched me from behind, drawing me slightly toward it

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The figure which had seemed to move away and return, again touched me from behind, drawing me slightly toward it. Then, in a brief interval of the singing, I heard, in a low voice, just behind me, 'God bless you.' As additional assurance that it was no momentary illusion, I asked that it would speak again; and again, in an interval of the music, I heard, in distinct tones, the same words, 'God bless you.' They seemed to be pronounced close to my ear. The voice was low--apparently a woman's voice--just louder than a whisper, and the words seemed to be pronounced with an effort, in subdued tones, as a person faint from sickness might speak. I particularly noticed, also, that each word was pronounced separately, with a perceptible interval between, and there was not the usual accent on _bless_, followed by the shortened _you_; but each word was equally accented.

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