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 he opened the eyes of John to see the New Jerusalem descending from heaven. Let this modern Seer become familiar with spirits and angels. Let him converse with the good and wise of past ages who have gone before us into the land of light. Let him study the relations between spirit and matter; the laws and phenomena of the other life, so far as they may be comprehensible to the human understanding.

"Above all, let him report what angels and spiritual intelligences think of this Book which we call the Word of God; whether it has a divine meaning which penetrates into heaven or not; whether the angels understand it differently from us; and how they elicit its meanings. Let us be able to compare the theology of angels living in the light of God with the theology of our discordant sects. If there be any spiritual sense to the Bible, let his mind be illumined by spiritual light to receive it, and to transmit it to the benighted children of men.

"One condition more is essential to the perfection of this revelation we solicit. It must not be the dream or the vision of a night, or of many nights, but the waking business of a life! Let it last for twenty or thirty years. Let there be no hasty and