T. Is it not doing what infidels say, when thou askest an interpretation? They tell thee, that wrongs are in the Bible, and thou wilt not say, that the Bible is right without an interpretation. So, the interpreters of the Bible and infidels are agreed, that the Bible is not right without an interpretation? C. That is apparently thy conclusion, but it is a new idea to me. T. The idea will be more than apparent, when thou shalt divest thy mind of thy doubts. Thou hast more skepticism than is consistent with thy good. C. This is the first time I was ever accused of skepticism. T. Thy friends have been like thee, and thou wouldst not listen to those unlike thee. When thou wouldst know thy wrongs and errors, thou wilt not expect thy willing companions, whom thou lovest because they flatter thee, and thou payest them, for their flattery, will tell thee what will occasion thy displeasure. C. I want no wrong, nor error. T. Thou wilt not forsake thy wrongs or errors, until thou art instructed to see them; and thou art not prepared to forsake when wisdom reveals them to thee. C. I will forsake them when I see them. T. When may I expect thou wilt see them? C. I wish to see now. T. When I show thee, wilt thou forsake? C. I will. T. Then listen to the counsel and experience of the deacon. He will aid thee to see what is wrong, in thy mind. C. I am prepared to hear and judge for myself. D. Thou wilt now call thy friends together, that they also may hear and judge. C. I wish no one present at this interview, but the present company. D. What is good for thee, will be good to those like thee. C. But I do not wish my friends to know that I am considering a new doctrine. They will rebuke me for my weakness. Thou canst say what thou desirest, and, if I am satisfied, I will call them together. D. Thy wisdom is wrong. C. Wherein? D. In that thou art not willing thy friends should hear what thou permitest thyself. What is good for thee is good for them. C. What is good for them to hear, I would have them hear, but I wish to know first that what thou desirest me to hear is good; and when I know it, I will not object to the hearing of all. D. Thou wilt not refuse to hear thyself without knowing what thou mayest hear. Why dost thou do what thou wishest others not to do? C. It will be unwise for me to permit a doctrine to be inculcated among minds, who are likely to be carried away with new things. They are aided only in the right way by me; I would not have them taught wrong. D. Thou wilt suffer thyself to be taught right. C. Yea; and also my friends. D. Then thou mayest call them together. C. How am I to know that thy instruction is right? D. When thou hearest it, thou canst judge, and so can thy friends. C. But I do not choose to have them hear it, until I can judge. D. And yet thou art willing to hear for thyself. Why shouldst thou do what thou refusest to thy friends? C. Because what I hear will not injure them, unless they hear.