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To show the possibility and ease with which many 

 of the Bible miracles could have been performed by 

 natural processes at the volition of Divine power, 

 Dr. Albert G. Geyser of New York City, on May 

 14, 1903, according to the New York World, eluci- 

 dated many of the miracles by the use of electricty 

 and the X-ray. This he did before the members of 

 the priesthood of the Holy Name Society of St. 

 Anselm's Church, to whom he said he felt he would 

 be able to demonstrate that the miracles were in no 

 way inconsistent with science. After setting up his 

 apparatus, he said : 



"For centuries those who thought deeply on the 

 matter have been puzzled with grave doubts as to 

 the possibility of God being all-seeing and all-hear- 

 ing. What did the telephone reveal thirty years 

 ago ? Did it not reveal forces in nature that would 

 allow men to hear voices at great distances? And 

 now, thanks to the great Roentgen invention of 

 only nine years ago, we are able to see through a 

 four-foot wall simply by means of this puny ap- 

 paratus." 



Then he set the great glass wheels of his battery 

 in action and allowed his audience to look through 

 pieces of thick timber, and other solid bodies. He 

 showed how simple it was to produce a halo of 

 electric fire about his head though he remained a 

 distance of ten feet from the apparatus. As he 

 raised the two negative and positive poles to his 

 head the electricity passed through and out of the 

 crown of his head in a circle of flame. Then he com- 

 pelled his machine to shoot jagged flashes of light- 

 ning. Then, referring to the Bible account of the 

 descent of the Holy Ghost in a pillar of fire, he 



