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 what he heard and saw in heaven, for a period of nearly thirty years. What evidence can be adduced in confirmation of these statements? is the next question; for we should not accept the mere ipse dixit of any man on a subject of this nature.

First, it cannot be denied that there is an air of reasonableness and probability about the statements, which is utterly repugnant to the idea of delusion on the part of the author. There is also a directness and simplicity in the manner of the statements, which we all recognize as among the characteristics of a truthful revelation. And their reasonableness becomes more and more manifest, the closer they are examined,—another strong indication of their truth. For consider:—

Angels are human beings removed from the lower or primitive stage of existence, and advanced to a higher and more mature state. They are all in the human form. They possess the human faculties, but in a more perfected state than those of people on earth. They also have the human organs—eyes, ears, hands, feet, etc.,—the same as men. And wherever they are mentioned or referred to in the Bible, they are spoken of as in the human form; and in some places their faces, mouths, eyes, ears, and hands are particularly mentioned.

Now eyes imply the existence of some sort of light as the medium of their exercise or use, just as ears imply the existence of some sort of an atmosphere. If there were no such thing as light, eyes would be useless and we should not have them; for the Creator makes nothing without use as an end. He adds no useless appendage to any creature. And having eyes we could not see