begetting friendship. The love known as friendship is based upon that which is individual between the parties thereto. To become true and genuine friendship, it must have its basis in a trust and confidence which is begotten by a knowledge of the character of the parties thereto. Where this love and esteem has its basis in the virtuous and noble qualities of the loved ones; and where friends are loved for their virtues, and for their genuine nobility of soul; and where each finds in the other that sincerity, integrity, devotion and kindness, which amounts to unswerving fidelity in every condition and relation, there is established outside of the domestic or family circle, a love, confidence, esteem and trust, deep as the life of the soul itself. To maintain true friendship and to enjoy the blessings it is capable of conferring, the character of each, as known to the other, must be such as secures perfect trust and confidence. In respect to each other, friends must be unselfish. They must be absolutely just, true and pure, each continually striving to be a happiness and a blessing to the other; seeking the companionship of each, not so much to enjoy themselves, as to become an enjoyment; not so much to be made happy as to make happy; not so much to receive as to impart blessings.

This friendship cannot exist in its purity, in the divinity of its character, in the fulness of its power to bless, until the subjects thereof have attained a high condition of moral unfoldment. In truth it cannot exist in absolute perfection out of Christ. But it can be approached, and the divine ideal can be largely actualized, when two earnest souls seek for it with all the heart. Such are the friendships of the angels be

longing to the spiritual heavens; but very unlike the imperfect and selfish friendships of the world.

Next in divine order is charity, or the love of universal humanity-that charity which suffereth long and is kind-which envieth not-which is not easily provoked-which seeketh not her own-which is not puffed up, and which thinketh no evil.

This charity, or love of universal humanity, without regard to the special character or condition of the object of its manifestation, is the goings forth of a purified and sanctified heart, and is the same manifested in the life and character of Jesus of Nazareth. And it was and is the mission of the Master, as a Teacher of the way to the Father, to introduce into the soul this heavenly charity which was and is to represent the FIRST APPEARING OF CHRIST. It is this Charity which only can give peace on earth and good will among men. And well might the angels of the spiritual heavens chant their hymn of peace and love, as they announced to the Judean shepherds the advent of that Prince and Savior, who was to become to humanity CHRIST THE LORD.

Thus the orderly unfolding of the human soul in its affections, leads step by step from the individual, through the relational, to the universal, and becomes a revelation of the several stages by which the human affections advance from chaos to completeness; which also correspond in number and character to the epochs of material creation and formation. Thus, the six yoms manifested in the unfoldment of the earth and its kingdoms, are likewise manifested in the unfoldment of the affections and loves of the human soul. Begin

ning with the individual in his self-love, there comes (1), Conjugal love, arising out of the conjugal relation; (2), Parental love, arising out of the parental relation; (3), Filial love, arising out of the filial relation; (4), Fraternal love, arising out of the fraternal relation; (5), Social love, arising out of the social relation; (6), Charity or universal love, arising out of the universal relation of man to his fellow man, which constitutes the FIRST APPEARING OF CHRIST. When perfected in each and all of these relations and their incident loves, the soul comes to the marriage-supper of the Lamb, having on the wedding garment. It will then have passed the sphere of manifestation, and will stand in the conscious, loving presence of the Father, saying, I have finished the work thou gavest me to do, and now come I to Thee. Then in the depths of his inmost being will he hear the voice of that Father saying, Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into the joys of the Lord; and the redeemed soul will then

enter

THE THIRD OR CELESTIAL HEAVENS.

Said Paul, in his second letter to the Corinthians, I knew a man in Christ, about fourteen years agowhether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell; God knoweth-such an one caught up to the third heaven; and I knew such an one-whether in the body or out of the body, I cannot tell; God knoweth-how he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for man to utter. This third, or highest heaven here referred to by Paul, belongs to the INFINITE—

the ETERNAL-the ABSOLUTE- -the UNCONDITIONED, which cannot be represented in the finite, the temporal, the relative and the conditioned; nor can it in any manner be described by human language. Therefore it can be made known only by revelation, through state. Like the self conscious principle in the human soul, it can be made known only by the presence of itself therein. To one not possessing it, no language can reveal it. Yet to this ultimate condition must the soul come, before it has finished the work given it to do, and before it can find the Infinite Father, and awake in the divine likeness.

APPENDIX.

NOTE I.

THE fact that the elements of matter must become thus advanced in condition, to acquire the ability of responding to the higher forces, is apparent from the order in which individual forms are unfolded; and such order is never inverted. But such facts also can be demonstrated by experiments with the living organism. It can be shown that the primitive elements of lime, carbon, phosphorus, etc., taken from the primitive rocks, must be subjected to the triturating influences of the elements, with their electric and magnetic forces; and must be formed and dissolved, and re-formed and re-dissolved many times, before they can act harmoniously in the structure of the most simple organic forms.

FROM THE REMARKS OF PROF. J. J. MAPES, BEFORE THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE, DEC. 6, 1856, PUBLISHED IN THE WORKING FARMER, JAN. 1857.

"Nature's laboratory seems able to create differences which escape the chemist. In many of our limestone districts, such as Dutchess and Westchester counties, New York, the farmers find it necessary to burn the limestone, and then expose it to the atmosphere before its use in the soil, until it becomes carbonate of lime, by absorbing carbonic acid; and notwithstanding the fact that their soil is a debris of limestone-at least in part-still they cannot obtain full and remunerative crops until a new portion thus treated has been added. Should they, however, add a thousand bushels per acre of lime thus prepared, the soil would cease to be fertile. Notwithstanding this truth, we know that the soil of the plain of Athens contains forty-two per cent. of carbonate of lime; and that many of