Hence the soul is out of harmony, and miserable, if it is sinful, and in harmony and happy, if it is holy. Cut off from the pleasures of sense, happiness or misery will naturally be as is the moral state of the soul. Here they enjoy a degree of pleasure in spite of their sinfulness. All the sources from which they received any enjoyment are cut off. They must then derive happiness or misery from the moral state of their souls, and the society in which they dwell.
All finite creatures begin to be.
If the soul conforms itself to truth as fast as it is received, it is holy and grows in holiness. Again, as holiness or sin increases, so must happiness or misery increase. As sin is a violation of the laws of the soul's nature, therefore as sin increases, misery must increase. As holiness is conformity to the soul's nature, and conformity to truth, therefore as knowledge increases, and holiness increases, happiness must increase. These are truths which most men will readily admit.