There is no material advantage in serving your neighbour, but there is the blessing of the spirit. The greatest incentive to love and service is the inequality of life. Spiritualism proves that service is not unrewarded, and establishes beyond doubt that only by service can spiritual progress be made. This does not follow that service should be undertaken for the sake of personal spiritual advancement. On the contrary, it is essentially the spirit in which the service is given, that spirit of pure unselfishness which enhances the soul.
Spiritualism also proves that spiritual qualities are the only permanent treasures of life.
In our daily lives, in our immediate contacts at work, home, school and play, we meet those who need help. They may need a material gift, a kindly word, advice, or sacrifice of time. We should give as we should hope to receive in similar circumstances. The spirit of such a gift of service should be the motive of sharing our advantages, material and spiritual, in an effort to increase our friends' participation in the good things of life to the level of our own. The benefit is mutual.