| Main Performers | Albert E Denton,
Sir John Sinclair,
Lady Dowding,
William Redmond - speakers
John Heddle Nash,
Nancy Evans - vocals,
Sandy Macpherson - organ,
Harold Pook - piano |
| Set List | Introduction (Albert E Denton),
'I Hear You Calling Me', Marshall (John Heddle Nash),
'He Who Would Valiant Be',
Invocation (Sir John Sinclair),
'The Lord's Prayer' (John Heddle Nash),
The Lady Dowding,
'Pleading', Elgar (Nancy Evans),
'A Healing Prayer' (Albert E.Denton),
'Gracious Spirit, of Thy Goodness',
'Largo', Handel (John Heddle Nash),
'The World Hath Felt A Quickening Breath',
Demonstration (William Redmond),
'Homing', from Teresa Del Riego (Nancy Evans),
Reading (Albert E Denton),
'The Lost Chord', Sullivan (John Heddle Nash),
Speech (Sir John Sinclair),
The Silence and The Laying of The Wreath,
'Abide With Me', Liddle (Nancy Evans),
'Now Thank We All Our God',
Benediction (Albert E Denton),
'Jerusalem', Parry |
| Performance Notes | Lady Dowding address:
"Spiritualists - especially healers - who ear slaughtered animals and who wear fur coats manufactured from the skins of trapped, suffering gin-trap victims, were rapped bu Lady Dowding... She urged her large audience, many of whom wore furs, 'to work with the powers of light. It is not necessary to kill and destroy. You can learn to command by love.' But she and the chairman who preceded her, Albert E Denton, Spiritualist Association presidence, stressed that Spiritualism's proofs of Survival banish all fears of death. They also bring recognition of, and responsibility to, the law of love operating in this world and the next. In his opening welcome, Denton said 'As Spiritualists we have a tremendous amount to be thankful for. Instead of death and feas of the hereafter, we have knowledge, not just hope, but certain knowledge that our loved ones who have passed through the gateway of death live on in a world of vaster opportunities. He described death as 'going from one room into another.' ... [Lady Dowding] related an unforgettable Other-Side experience told to her by Britain's famous medium, Gladys Osbourne Leonard. Though her guide and teacher had said that 'to eat animals was against the law of love,' the budding medium at first paid little heed to the admonition. She was 'then taken to the planes where slaughtered animals go. She told me she can never forget that experience. She witnessed their absolute terror and in some cases despair, because man whom they loved had betrayed them.' Mrs Leonard never ate animal flesh again. 'As a vegetarian you will look younger and live longer,' said Lady Dowding. She had been told by another great spirit teacher, White Eagle,(guide of Grace Cooke) that all pain inflicted on animals by men had in turn to be suffered by its perpetrators. 'This is not a happy thought,' she said 'when one realises that over four million animals were vivisected in this country alone last year.' They probably did not realise how that fur coat came to be manufactured from animals caught by 'gin traps which thrust through flesh and bone. An animal can remain in agony, hunger, thirst and terror for many days and nights, and sometimes weeks. ... She described the founding of Beauty Without Cruelty..."
William Redmond demonstration:
"'Horse face' brought a welcome touch of humour and irrefutable proof of Survival to a nurse in the vast audience at the Albert Hall service. 'Horse Face' was the nickname for a matron who had worked with Mrs Lucy Bell, a nurse... After giving her nickname, the 'dead' metron told William Redmond, the medium, that her name was really Johnson. This established her identity without any doubt, for Nurse Bell. Redmond accurately described the matron as a no-nonsense disciplinarian. 'Are you a probationer?' he asked. Nurse Bell agreed that she had been a probationer at the time the matron knew her.
A man who had fallen from a building and died as the first spirit communicator with Mrs Bell. She recognised the decription and the name John that was given. She told the audience she had been called to a building site to help a man who had fallen. Redmond said he was anxious to get a message to his wife, and said she was the only channel. Mrs Bell said she had met the wife only at the inquest. She recognised the name Arthur which the 'dead' man gave as a brother of his. 'He's speaking of Dr Anderson,' the medium told her. An immediate flash of recognition crossed her face as she replied that this was the surgeon she had worked with at the time of the accident. 'He's also speaking of Dr Carl.' - 'That's my spirit doctor,' she laughed. The medium added that the workman thanked them bith for their help - an example of the unrealised cooperation by doctors in both worlds. ...
After giving me this information, she dashed off ... for Nurse Bell had to get back on duty that night!
A young airman who had collapsed and died and a member of the Tank Corps, were among spirit communicators on this day dedicated to the 'dead' of both world wars. Mrs Doris Allmey recognised the description Redmond gave of a tall, fine-looking young man who watned to speak to Dorothy. She recognised the description and agreed with Redmond that she was not his aunt, though like one to him, but knew the boy's mother. 'He was inthe Big Push,' said the medium, 'with Rommel's Tanks.' This was accurate. 'And why does he speak of Tobruk?' Redmond asked. 'He was killed there.' The boy asked the woman to give a personal message to his mother. ..."
(Psychic News, 14 November 1964) |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1964/168) |