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plain they cannot influence others to strive for a higher existence.

"Fourthly.—Do they love notoriety?—If they do, the gates of the unseen world are shut upon them.

"Fifthly.—Do they disagree among themselves, and speak against one another?—If so, they contradict by their own behavior all the laws of spiritual force and harmony.

"Sixthly and lastly.—Do they reject Christ?—If they do, they know nothing whatever about Spiritualism, there being none without Him."

There is a charming finale. Theos marries the angel Edris. An angel? Yes; but an angel because a woman, most purely womanly. That is all, and all women can be angels—"A Dream of Heaven made human!"