Hannah Comstock to Isabella Beecher Hooker, August 2, 1877
Comstock, Hannah Bradley (Author)Hooker, Isabella Beecher, 1822-1907 (Addressee)
Comstock shares with Hooker her thoughts about Spiritualism. She writes: I like to obtain true knowledge on the subject of Spiritualism & to a certain extent am a believer in its doctrines, but much in the dark. The modern theory of the Spirit-World is not to me attractive. I prefer the Earth with its earthly work which is real and [illegible] upon me. The mistakes and uncertainties of the Spirit-world are at variance with all my preconceived ideas of its perfect knowledge & stability, if God should grant me more perfect spirit knowledge, I might become fascinated with it, but as yet behind the veil which I know to be thin there rises up a stern awful reality which I draw back from facing. God grant that when my time comes I may boldly enter and find rest."
Isabella Beecher Hooker and John Hooker Papers
https://rbscp.lib.rochester.edu/Isabella-Beecher-Hooker-Papers
1877-08-02
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Hannah Comstock to Isabella Beecher Hooker, August 2, 1877, Isabella Beecher Hooker and John Hooker Papers, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester.
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