YOL. IV - N O . 41.Publication Agreement • April 12th, 2020
Contract Type FiledApril 12th, 2020Mr . J on es did not think it well to interrogate the Spirits concerning doctrines, as the Spirits who attended a person entertained beliefs like his own, and would but confirm his views. If any one had any great error concerning doctrine, the Spirits attending him had the sam e; hence there was as'much conflict in the views of Spirits as in the views of Spirits in the form. If persons would have harmony, they must look to something else—he would say to Christ, to the law and the testimony. The Word, however, should not l»c taken literally, but in its spiritual sense, which was perfectly consistent with the Divine truth. That was the Word. The letter ot the Word was written aecording to appear ances, often contradictory, nhd pnges of contradictions might be cited. But’in tho true sense there was nothing contradictory. To arrive at this true scnsc#there wero required a certain humble state of the affec tions,and a knowledge of the laws of correspondences—that long lost science of scie