“The wide world will be the common inheritance of her children. No
wrangling about earth, or its gold, will be heard. Industry will be
worth, and gold will be as ashes. The love of money will not exist,
and the love of wisdom will occupy its place. No fraud will be
practiced, for no wrong will be indulged. All motives to evil will
be removed, and the mind of one will be the mind of all. Corruption
and deception will not be found, for when mind knows the thoughts of
mind, the wrongs of corruption and deception will be seen no more. You
know that no wrongs can enter here. No voice of unkindness mocks the
wail of sorrow, when the love of God fills the mind. The miseries of
earth will have no abiding place, when the wisdom of God inspires all
minds. The ignorance of the first circle will not be known, when the
knowledge of good shall become universal. Passion and folly will not
be indulged, when reason and truth control all hearts. But wisdom is
developed by progress, and truth by wise counsels. The work of reform
will soon commence. The circles of heaven will improve the circles of
earth. Wonders and signs will attend your labor. They will be wonders
to the ignorant, but not to you. The work will be commenced, when the
superstitions and wrongs of religionists shall yield to the voice of
philosophy and reason. One generation must pass away, before the time
will come. They must pass from the rudimental to this sphere. In that
time, venerated superstitions will be much discarded, and human rights
will be respected. The work will commence in obscurity, and mind will
rise in glory. Ignorance will scorn the message, and ridicule will be
lavished upon the messengers. Time will bring a change. Professions
will not monopolize the industry of the poor, nor misers hold the key
of plenty. Wealth shall unite with wisdom, and poverty shall smile
at the marriage. Christianity shall no longer be a mockery, but its
wisdom shall flow like a fountain of water over the world of mind. Dark
sayings shall be illuminated, and wayfaring mind shall lift up its
voice in praise. The homes of the willing shall become residences of
angels, and the disconsolate shall fear no evil. The strong shall aid
the weak, and the days of mourning shall be ended.
“I will now conduct this circle into the chamber of hope. There came
to me a messenger from the sixth circle. He told me of things which
will be no wrong to relate. It was a prediction of future good. You may
follow me.”
We followed him to the chamber of hope. The messenger then appeared,
and said:
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