VII.

PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION.

Different Processes--The Case of Saul--Changed in a Moment--No Violence
to Human Freedom--The Case of Nebuchadnezzar--Sudden or Slow--Basis of
Warning--An Object Lesson--Function of Suffering.


VIII.

THE INTERMEDIATE STATE.

Meagre Details--Good Reasons Why--Extent of the Universe--Future
Glory--Sin in Other Worlds--No Revelation--Future Abode of the
Righteous--Solid or Ethereal--Impossible Revelations--Present Duties and
Interests--Our Limitations--Necessity of Purification--Preaching to the
Spirits in Prison--Stages of Progress--The Law of Gradual Development.


IX.

THE SPIRITS IN PRISON.

The Descent of Jesus Into Hades--Singular Reserve of
Preachers--Purgatory--Dr. Gerhardt's Book--A Bodily Resurrection--The
Spirit World Requires a Spirit Body.