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 but it explains some of the most mysterious as well as most beautiful portions of the Scripture. The appearance of angels to men, the visions of the prophets, the wonders of the Apocalypse, the transfiguration of Christ and many other mysteries, are brought within the range of intelligent comprehension, and faith illumined by reason is no longer blind. The objections of the skeptic are removed and the doubts of the Christian are dissipated.

No spiritual being ever did or can assume a material form and appear to men. Even God could not assume a physical form except by the organic processes of conception, birth and growth. On the other hand no man ever did or can penetrate with the material senses into a spiritual sphere. Spiritual objects can only be seen by the spiritual eye. Spiritual sounds can only be heard by the spiritual ear. The coexistence of two kinds of senses, one of which is ordinarily closed but which may be opened at the divine pleasure, is the only rational ground upon which a communication between heaven and earth can be explained. Ignorance of the coexistence of the natural and spiritual bodies with their separate spheres of perception, is