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inhabitants became fully prepared to proceed, unaffected by the perishable elements, upon the orb of their genesis, and to be, in due time, translated according to the will of their Creator, to a more spiritual world.

"This is the process by which the transformation of all unfallen beings is effected. But the pre-requisite state, together with the immortalizing fruit has been forfeited by man on the fallen orb. And without especial and divine aid, man, there, cannot arise into harmony with the heavens, or obtain an immortal body. The cause and mode of this loss will hereafter be considered."

CHAPTER VI.

CONSTITUTION OF MIND.

“UNNUMBERED ages elapsed, and the happy beings upon the orb whose immortalizing process has been revealed, had obtained to immortality; and genesis was no more. The vital elements were already controlled by the law of spirit life; the vail was removed that concealed the worlds of superior light. Freely did holy Angels visit the orb, and mingle with the happy multitudes. The song of final transmission from that to a higher plane already moved along the octaves of harmony, and arising mingled with more hallowed notes. Joy and gladness pervaded the peaceful throng, and a deeper life seemed waking from within,-quickened by the inspiration from above. Nature herself, awoke from her sluggish repose, as if newly animated. The animal king doms also, felt the animating spirit. The fowls of the air rose higher in the heavens. When lo! as if shocked by some sudden and awful collision, the orb reeled and oscillated in its movements. The mighty dome gave way, fruit dropped from the trees, the beasts ran wildly across the plains and through the forests; and the fowls of heaven, frightened, fled as if hur

ried by some wild and furious tempest. A sombre cloud encompassed the orb and night set in The angels from heaven departed; mourning and consternation reigned, and the voice of lamentation arose from myriads of prostrate beings.

"Wouldst thou know the mysterious cause? Verily, it is a mystery to fallen man; how, in the universe of mind, those consequences should exist which have succeeded the cause of this deplorable change. change. And how sin originated

is a greater mystery still."

THE EXPOSITION.

"Deep and unfathomable are the laws of mind, and strange that mental and spiritual combination that constitutes an intellectual being. There is a power, by reason of the united attributes, which confirms and individualizes created intellect and forms the soul capable of selecting for itself. Otherwise, men and angels have but brute instinct. There is a combination of spirit-principles whose union ultimates immortality. These are dependent for origin and adaptation upon the creative energy of the Lord; and without him could not have been, could not be. Nevertheless, mind in the abstract, forms its character by its ruling choice. It possesses ability to enjoy-to accumulate

means of pleasure. It can not only add to its useful facilities, but can, by appropriation, enlarge its capacity. That which can accumulate means for useful ends, can also neglect that which would redound to its benefits, yea, even withhold the soul's supplies. These abilities so prominent in the human mind, now depraved, are by the unfaithful philosophy of the race rejected. Hence, by improperly combining principles, his complement is self-destructive. He toils to win a way to the lands productive of gold unalloyed; to a kingdom of mind eternally pacific, and beneath a cloudless sky; but ne'er attains. And why? Because he denieth this simple principle-the power to pervert the intention of the soul."

THE CAPACITY OF BEING.

"ALL, whether men or angels, possess powers of research by which they investigate; of discrimination, by which they compare and judge. They have the powers of computation, by which they define, and comprehend; powers of analysis, by which they separate and distinguish; powers also of repulsion and attraction, by which they accept or reject; and powers of incorporation, by which they appropriate to their own use, according to their own determination.

"The soul, or heart, has the faculty of inclina

tion or affection.

By this it loves and admires. Also the principle of aspiration which prompts desire of superior attainments and inheritance. And finally, the principle of reverence by which superior respect is bestowed upon objects deemed worthy.

"These faculties properly cultivated and har moniously employed, unfold to degrees of refined and exalted being. Such perpetually glorify their Creator and benefit the created; and such, throughout the realms of the vast universe, where they exist united, compose one living octave, the utterance of whose pure emotions and ascending praises, unite in alleluiahs before the throne of God.

"The aspirations of such beings, when self-devoted, become transformed into ambition. Ambition prompts reverse tendencies, thence perverts the powers to individual aggrandizement, which should be devoted to universal uses, and the glory of God. Hence refraction, opposition to law, and therefore rebellion. Rebellion con fuses and deranges the organism; hence discordDiscordance causes one principle to prey upon another, thus enfeebling and preventing the appropriation of sustaining and unfolding means. This is succeeded by imbecility. Weakness and discord engender disease; and disease induces decomposition. Hence death."

ance.

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