Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-01-09
VOLUME VIII. NO. 2.

Q-Are tnefe any OElrlts IN q state OF misery
or pain, so as to feel their existancea a burdeD9
A-There are some who have mental suffer.
ing, because they did not improve Tor misus.
ed their advantages on earth.
Q-~Are there any so separated from their
friends as to cause them unhappness--not
being allowed the society of those they love
best !?
A-If they might (now) have been associated
with those friends by improving their advantage
on earth, then the are unhappy.
Q--Are there any,who despair of ever attain
ing The condition Of the blest !?
A--1'hey may some times, though not lasting.
ly.
Q-Does the state in which Mr.. C. now is,
seem more Immediately under the Divine Gov
ernment than our condition?
Ats inhabitants see more clearly, as they
have progressed further.
Q-Are there any in that state who disbelieys
the exstance of the Deity
A-They do not disbelieve it, but some do not
comprehend it.
Q-Then the Deity Is not vsablo from that
sphere
Ale is nowhere gisatle. We receive i'm
pressions from Him, but do not see him.
Q-Are the Apostles and founders of Chris
ianity visabIe 10 Mr.. c.?
A-No; None who are in higher sphere are
visabe to those in a lower.
O. Can those in nlgher sphere communicate
to those in a lower?
A-Yes. US, an
Q-When clairvoyanHs suppose they see Apos-
ties &c. are they deceived? or do they really see
as they suppose?
A Many of them think they see The Apostle
Paul, or whoever else they wish to communicate
with, when they really do not.
Q-When mother, who dearly loves her
good child, but VII. has lived unworthily,
goes to the spirit world, is she, or is she not,
permitted to see her child before she has attain
ed his sphere?
A-She does not see him, but receives impress
sions from him.
Q-Does he see her?
Ayes ne communicates to her. and watch
es over her.
G-Have former generations passed away, Sc
that they cannot be seen from Mr.. C.s present
sphere
Some have, and some have not.
QCouId Mr.. Z. see Adam and the ancient
Patrlarchs
A-No.
Q-ls this new ability on our part to commu-
nicate with the Spirit World a consequence Of
any change or improvement in the Human Fam
ily7
Ayes: the Human Race have become moro
refined and susceptible Ito impression from the
Spirit WOrld) than formerly.
II 1t was here casually stated by some one pres
a ent that Mr.. c. stated, on former occasion,
r that idiots have no immortal existence. The
present qnerlst demurrel to this, and asked
Q-Do children, who die Unconscious infancy
live In the Future State
A-The moment an infant has been ushered
into the world, an individuality. has been formed
d which continues to exist, provided the physical
3 constitution was perfected not otherwise.
Q-Then why do not animals also have an i'm
: mortal exlstance1
A-Man hasa peculiar formation, which ami
5 mails have not, To all who have that formation
Sou adheres-not to others.
Q-Can Mr.. c. give US any idea ofhs pres
ent locality in space-whether it is on any par
tcular planet, or around this earth
A-Human spirits love to hover around this
earth, but they are not confined to 1t.
Q-Do those born or the several planets
usually remain each on that which was his birth
place.
Answer not taken down, but believed to have
been affrmative.]
Q-Are the planets visable to MrC.?
! A-Yes.
: Q-Does Mr.. C. see this outer material
: earth Does he see it as we do, with Cur ma
terial.
Ale preceves the earth as a highly mate
rial body.
The above lj all we noted down, thougha
few other questions were asked and answered,
which we've not noted at the time. On another
occasion, it was stated, in reply to question,
that all created existences are fret clothed in
material bodies, passing thence into purer and
more spiritual forms, and that the inhabitants of
the higher planets, like Saturn, pass through a
change from the material to the purely spiritual
state equivalent to our Death, but one unattend-
ed by pain, and which Is desired, not dreaded
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