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 truth is the Son of man who comes in all his glory, having the holy angels with him.

The world of spirits is very populous; far more so than our earth, over which it hangs like a vast spiritual cloud hiding the light of heaven, not only from our natural but also from our spiritual eyes. Not only are the dead of a whole generation there, but angels from heaven and evil spirits from hell in great numbers. Our own attendant spirits, good and evil, are there; our guardian spirits who befriend and guide us, and our evil spirits who assault and tempt and accuse us night and day. This vast multitude which no man can number, is under the government of angels, who are engaged in organizing and reorganizing the various elements into different societies, so as to detect the organic spiritual affinities of each individual and to give full play to the ruling love which finally determines his abode.

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

He did not create hell nor the world of spirits. They sprang into being as necessities, caused by the voluntary perversion of divine order by man. If the earth was perfect and all men lived and thought like angels, the heavens could rest upon the earth,