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56. What right have Spiritualists to say that Spiritualism is “The Religion of Sunshine and Happiness?”

Because Spiritualism disperses the gloomy concepts found in the teachings of the past—teachings that were born in the darkness of the human mind and the savagery of the human heart—and everywhere presents to man the newer, truer and more cheerful views of human nature, life, death and the future.

57. What are the Teachings of Spiritualism regarding the socalled evils of life? Do Spiritualists deny that these evils exist?

No. Sickness, pain, sorrow, loss, trouble and bereavement; have a real, though temporary, existence. They do not exist in the same sense that the good in life exists. Evil dies—the good in life persists. Evil is the cloud crossing the face of the sun, but swiftly vanishing. Good is the ever-living, ever-shining sun. This doctrine when fully understood makes every man an optimist. It robs evil of its power to destroy peace and happiness. It strengthens all souls compelled for a time to dwell in the shadow. It shows how “evil” when rightly understood and used often merges into good.