Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1851-07-24
ANGELS.

lnO angels are nutnaIi IoIEs, oI 'ne'I, h">o
had evidence a thousand tunes: for have con-
verssd with them as a man. sometimes with one
alone, sometimes with several in company, nor
did discover in them any thing dff+rem from
man 40 to form. / have occasionally wondered
that this WIS the case; and lest It should be said
that it WINS fallacy, or vision of phau!ssy, hive
been permitted to zee them IN state OF full
waksfulnsss. or when | was in the exercise of
every bodily sense. and in state of clear per-
csption. l have frequently also told them that
men 10 the Christian world are in such blind x
norancs concerning angels snd spirits, as to ce-
lisve them tn be minds without form, and to be
principles Of pure thought, concerning which
no idsa can bs formed but ss OF something ethe-
real containing a principle OF vitality; and
whereas they thus ascrlbe to them nothing OF
man except thinking principle" they believe
that they do not see because they have no eyes,
that they do moi hear b. cause they have no ears,
and that they do not speak because my nave
neither mouth nor tongue. To these observa-
tions the angel replied, that they are aware that
such faith prevails with many i" the world
and that it 10 the ruling belief amongst the
learned, and likewise, what they were surprised
at, amongst the priests. They assigned "lso a
reason for this, viz, that the learned, wh" have
been distinguished leaders in literature ana
who frat devised such an idea concerning an
gels and spirits, thought on the snlj"c' from The
sensual principle VI the external man; and they
WIN think from those principles, and not 'r"m
interior light, and from the general tiea which
10 implsntsd in every one, W"sl OF he"e>s"y ~
aduut ,uch iic,iuns, since tn" sensual pr'nc'rlt
ee the external man has no COMPREHENSIVE oI
ANYTHING but what 10 within the sphere ot ma
turs; thu. Of nothing at ali relating to the spr-
i.usl world; from these leaders, as from guides
wss derived false mode Of thinking concrrn-
ing angels to others, who d,c not th'hK from
sasm.slvs,, but from those leaders; ana 'h"y
who at first think from others, aud make sLcil
thoughts principle ot their Faith, and ":'er"
wards view them in their understanding canh"
rscede from them without difficulty and there
fore il many cases they acqniesce in confirm
ing them. They said further. that the s'mple u
faith and heart do not entertain such an 'de'
concerning the angels hut think OF them n
heavenly men, by reason tina, they have no'"x
tineui,heG BY eruditiou what is implanted II
them fron heaven, neither do they conceive o
ANYTHING ,nhout a form: hence it Is that angel
arc always exhibited in temples, both in scnIp
turs end paint,ng. as men. Coicern'ng what !
thus i'm planted from heaven, they adred that
10 the Divine (Principle) communicated by ~
\ dug to those who are in The good OF faith and 4
4 aif.. ,.,,..,
From al my experience, which has continue
for several years, can say and affirm that an
seis, ~ to their form, are "tog-'her men; ths
thew have faces, have eyes. ears, breasts, arms
hands, feet: that they see each other, hear an
discourse with each other, in word they wal
nothing a. all which i. proper to man escsI
that they are not clothed with material body
Ihsve ssen them IN their own light, which eA
essds by many degree. the noon day ,,gh'
the world, and III that ligh: observed all par
Of their face. more distinctly AMI clear y than
ever did the facet Of men on earth. 1t mas a
20 bssn granted me to see an angel Of the II
mos, heaven; his countenancs was brig hter al
more rssplendsn, than that Of the a"es'', OF II
inferior heavens; examined him closely al
he had human form in perfection
Nis however to be rued, that the ange
c,nno, bs seen by man with eye, Of his bod
but with the eyes uf the spirit which, Is IN ma
bscsuss the spirit 10 in the spiritual world 81