Quote#Truth
Our own attitude to intercourse with "spirits" must be determined not…
Quote byErnest Barnes · 1874–1953
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Spiritualism and the Christian Faith (1918).
English (original)
Our own attitude to intercourse with "spirits" must be determined not by the authority of great teachers of the 13th or any other century, but by our examination in the light of the best secular knowledge of our time of the revelation of spiritual truth given by Christ.
— Ernest Barnes
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