The Cottage--Landlord impressed--Efforts of spirits--Maniac threatens
his family--Landlord advises to send for the minister--Wife wants
a doctor--Iron moved by a spirit--Nobleman and Mary confounded by
the sounds--Attributes the sounds to satan and witches--Becomes
agitated--Boasts of English courage--Gives Mary a half crown--Sends
for a physician--Maniac grows more ill--Tea and sugar bought--The
doctor comes and prescribes--Aid promised--Curate required to pray
at his home--The maniac dies--Grief of Mary--Parental counsel at the
time of her marriage repeated--Her husband buried--The family taken
to the Alms-house--Affecting conversation between the mother and her
son--The overseer questions Mary--Oppression of the poor--Voluntary and
involuntary servitude explained.--[From page 52 to page 64.]
CHAPTER IV.
The Castle described--The centurion alarmed--Faith proved by
works--Interpretations of the Bible disallowed--Penn called
an infidel--Dialogue between the centurion and Penn--Teacher
called--Dialogue continued--Theological opinions the cause of strife
and wrong--Paine and Penn retire--Conversation between them--Witnesses
beheaded--Dialogue between the Teacher and his Master--A wheel within a
wheel--Gold and silver the motive power--Attraction of affinities--Fear
and hope make slaves--The king’s palace--Conversation between Thomas
and William--Grand Master instructs Thomas--A new song--Consistency
wrong when minds are wrong--Experience the proper test of
principles--Some minds serve two masters--Works justify--Repentance is
salvation--Departure for the Temple.--[From page 64 to page 102.]
CHAPTER V.
Unity of work--Each receives a penny--Visits another temple--The
Master’s charge to Thomas--Advice of the chief--Counsel of the
commander--Explanation of the helmet, spear, sword with two edges,
arrows and bow, sling and pebbles--Trumpet--Directions to revisit the
castle.--[From page 102 to page 110.]
CHAPTER VI.
The deacon’s prayer--Thomas and Mary converse--Dialogue between the
deacon and Thomas on rewards, a day of judgment, and the atonement--The
deacon converted--Sung the new song--Departure for the temple--The
deacon initiated into the mysteries of wisdom, and the secret
explained--Thomas and the deacon revisit the castle.--[From page 110 to
page 126.]
CHAPTER VII.
The wonder in the castle--Dialogue between the chief, the deacon, and
Thomas--The senior consulted--The circle of the temple summoned by
the trumpet--Conversation between the Commander of the temple and the
senior of the castle on war--On rights--The conversion of 24 elders,
and 144,000--The Commander conducts them to the temple, where they were
initiated into that degree of wisdom.--[From page 126 to page 144.]
CHAPTER VIII.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account