The Washington times., 1922-07-02

habitations These are exactly like the
habitations on earth called houses, but
more beautiful. They contain chambers,
drawing rooms and bed chambers in great
numbers, they have courts to them and
are encompassed with gardens, flower
beds and fields.
"Where the angels live together in
societies the habitations are contiguous
and arranged in the form Of cities, with
streets, roads and squares exactly like
the streets of our earth. In order that
might know the nature of their assemblies
In their temples, it has been sometimes
granted me to enter and hear the preach
ing. The preacher stands in pulpit on
the east. The seats are disposed like
those Of circus, so that all may view
the preacher.
ut is not allowed for any one to stand
behind the pulpit, for if any one does the
preacher is confused, as also occurs if
any one in the congregation dissents from
what he hears. Wherefore, should this
happen he must turn his face away. The
sermons are 80 replete with wisdom that
none that are heard in this world can be
compared with them. The essential
points in all the doctrines is to acknowl-
edge the Lords humanity.
"When infants depart this life they are
still infants in the other. Everyone who
departs from this world resuscitates in a
state of life similar to that in which he
was before. An infant in the state of
infancy, . boy in the state of boyhood,
and q youth, man and old man in the
state Of youth, manhood and old age re-
spectively, but the state Of everyone is
afterward changed.
Infants are committed to the care of
angels Of the female sex, and every one
has a. many infants in her care as she
desires. They learn from their governess
to talk. After this they are transferred
to another Heaven where they are in
structed by masters. Infants first be-
come angels when they become intelli-
gent and wise, and what saw surprised
me in learning that they no longer appear
as children, but as adult persons.
I'm the Heavens marriages are con-
tracted between parties who belong to
the same society. Neither can true love
exist between one husband and several
wives, for this destroys its spiritual origin,
which consists in the foundation of enc
mind out Of two. Marriages in Heaven
differ from marriage on earth in this re-
spect. Marriages on earth are designed
Tor the procreation of offspring, but not
In Heaven; there in lieu of procreation
OF offspring there is procreation of good
and truth.
''The occupations of the angels in
Heaven are their general ones. When
any one in Heaven is engaged in his occu-
patton or in some work corresponding to
Of life altogether similar to that in which
he was when so engaged in the world.
THE first state Of man after death is
similar to what it had been in this world.
In consequence Of this he Is not aware
but that he is still in the world If he does
not avert to what is told him by the
angels when he was first resuscitated who
then informed him that he was a spirit.
II have frequently heard those who
came from the world rejoice in seeing
their friends again, whilst these rejoiced
on their part that their friends have come
to them. This Is a common occurrence
when one married partner meets the other
and congratulate each other on the occa-
sion. But II two parties Of mutually dis
cordant minds meet they break out into
SpSt Spea g. enmity and sometimes actually
Mohammed also offered his followers a
Heaven In which he fired their ima9ina-
ton with the material things of life rather
than by giving them any great spiritual
solace. His description of Paradise is a
place where there are rivers of uncor-
ruptible water and of milk, and of wine
that is pleasant to drink and honey that
Is clarified.
"Those who approach near God" he
says, shall dwell in gardens of delight.
reposing on couches adorned with gold
and precious stones.''
Like Sir Arthur and Swedenborp. Mo-
hammed also believes that whoever would
attain Heaven their bloom of youth would
last forever. Mohammed taught That
they would be attended by servants who
plied them with goblets Of flowing wine
from which they would never get a
headache. Fruits Of all sorts would
be theirs for the asking and the flesh of
birds Of any kind that they might desire.
Fair damsels would accompany them 'hav-
ing large black eyes resembling pearls