Often spirits become frantic upon the consciousness of a future existence, finding their life and misery did not end in the grave.
These are particularly indebted to a class of teachers who congregate together for the purpose of instructing those below them or who are less advanced in culture pertaining to spirituality.
These form societies based upon the firm foundation of morality and truth, connected with a high appreciation of elevating teachings, suitable to be imparted as instruction.
These co-workers also have small communities under their charge, through whom they seek to impart to all below them the lesson that all are but parts of one stupendous whole—making one family, no rulers, but simply teachers or guides in the path of goodness—taking each by the hand, and marching on through the heights of love, pausing upon the threshold of progression, there to refresh the mind with new aspirations for all to enjoy.
Another class have their peculiar place, particularly teachers chosen from the female departments.
This class reminds us of sisters of charity. Their duties consist in raising the fallen from a state of despair to a sense of their true condition and the opportunity for improvement.
Their love and devotedness conquer hatred, subdue obstinacy, and plant in its stead repentance and a desire to become better, after which many thus elevated become teachers of the same class.
Love, obedience, and a desire for truth are called out and instilled, inspiring confidence until they allow themselves to be taken by the hand and guided to a life of usefulness, leading to progression.
Such is the influence that love, purity and virtue, together with a share of heavenly grace, proceeding from a pure source, have over sin and vice, conquering, subduing, and raising to a standard that tends to the possession of many virtues combined.
There are teachers of every grade and class. Whenever there is an opportunity for instilling good, it is always improved, with a strong desire for the benefit of those less instructed in ways leading to progression, which always terminates in happy results.
Spirits as a class are more attached to each other than individuals in the form.
Their happiness consists in aiding each other to advance and become better, elevating and raising each one from a state bordering upon insanity to one of understanding—calling out feelings. which germinate into a tree of knowledge, goodness and happiness.
Spirit labour is one continual chain, each sphere following in succession, the higher spirits assisting those upon the plane below, and they assisting those still below them, so that all form the chain and each plane the links and love the connection between them all.
It is true there are those in the spirit world who abound in iniquity. but they too have their teachers, and are accessible to moral influences, gradually raising them to a better condition. They, in turn, become teachers and are often the most energetic, enthusiastic devotees to the class who were once their associates—knowing fully how to sympathise with them.

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