W. The wisdom which I would teach will be discarded by those who love
darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil. The pure will
receive the message, because they have no works of evil, which they
wish to justify by evil doctrines and creeds. The good will not oppose
good, because nature will not oppose itself. The wise will not oppose
wisdom, because wisdom can not uphold folly.
M. But when you go on your mission, are there not some minds, in this
sphere, who will attempt to baffle your efforts?
W. There are some, yea, many minds, in this sphere, who will not
teach the philosophy of nature in its purity. They will not teach any
philosophy, save that which is consonant with their measure of wisdom.
They will teach the wisdom which is consistent with nature, according
to their respective understandings.
M. If then, one mind denies the wisdom you teach, will it not create
distrust among the minds in the body?
W. It will not create wrong; for that already exists. It will not
disprove the wisdom I teach, though it may create distrust among minds
incompetent to decide upon the merits of the question. Minds in the
body will be prepared to discriminate between truth and error, wisdom
and folly, so that a contradiction of the philosophy I shall teach,
will leave the mind scope for a comparison of my instruction with
the volume of nature. When the mind, instructed in my philosophy,
shall find it corroborated with the evidence of nature before it, no
wisdom which shall contradict it, will overthrow my positions. If my
philosophy contradict nature, it is well that others should contradict
my error.
M. But how are minds, who are ignorant of the relation of cause and
effect, ignorant of nature and its laws, ignorant of themselves and of
God, to know which doctrine is true?
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