A Story of the Heavenly Camp-Fires (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 1and informed by his wisdom, and be led forth to purpose and to do according to his mind only,? he being my dwelling-place to all generations. How long a period passed in my lone abiding I cannot tell, being not alone. Yet, thereby, my mind was fitted to make intelligent inquiry as to possible paths for study and service. n For the relatively brief terms of study we had proposed to take in this City, my father chose that which would fit him to be of quite immediate spiritual service to earthly mechanics, and my brother sought systematic courses for a score of years, while my mother and sister decided upon such work as would best serve them in seeking the advantages of another heavenly sphere. For my part, I sought out my old college president, Greylock, and advised with him. His well-disciplined mind, his range of acquaintance, and his experience in the educational work of the City of God, made him a good counsellor. I found that my life as a minute-man among the angels militant, and my subsequent service at Ilivermouth, stood me in good stead, now that I needed to decide upon the course topursue. I had been, when a child, powerfully drawn towards the ideal expressed in ancient text,?" My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel." I had determined to know it all, some time; but with a certain orderliness, one thing at a time during unmeasured eons of after- ages. " Order is heaven's first law," said Greylock. "The most mature and the least mature finite beings in the heavenly spheres must be so classified that the progress of advanced students and workers may not be retarded by too much contact with those who are but beginners in the schools of God. The heavenly sphere now occupied by Gabriel and his compeers, or one like it, will some time be yours, but that requires time. " Yo...